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Blade (NL - BD)
Chris checks out the Dutch BD release of this gory comic book action feature...
Blade tells the story of a human-vampire hybrid possessed of superhuman strength, reflexes and regenerative capabilities. However, unlike his blood-sucking brethren Blade is immune to the usual devastating effects of sunlight, and together with his mentor, Whistler, he hunts down and kills vampires while trying to fight his ever-increasing blood lust-with the aid of a special serum.
Meanwhile, vampire overlord Deacon Frost is attempting to capture Blade in order to use his blood to awaken La Magra, the vampire god who will spell certain doom for the human race. Caught up in this struggle is Karen Jenson, a haematologist Blade saved from one of Frost's henchmen. Unfortunately Karen was bitten and must now find a cure for her own vampirism while simultaneously searching for a way to end Blade's dependency on his serum.
I don't think I really need to go into too much plot detail for a twelve year old film that was one of the DVD format's biggest sellers. In fact the region two release was one of the very first reviews I did for the site way back in 2001, and although I'd like to think that I've honed my reviewing skills in the intervening years I don't think there's really anything I can bring to the table with a lengthy review. Blade has always been one of my favourite comic book movies and as such it was a title I was looking to get in hi-def, but until recently I was only aware of the region-locked Canadian Alliance Atlantis release. Luckily I learned of this relatively cheap region-free Blu-ray from Dutch distributor RCV and jumped at the chance to own it.
This Blu-ray release presents Blade at its theatrical widescreen aspect ratio of 2.35:1 (1080/24p AVC). This is one of the major advantages over the Alliance disc, which has a heavily cropped 1.78:1 transfer (way to go Alliance). I was initially wary of buying a disc from an unknown (to me) Dutch distributor, but as soon as the film began all of my misgivings vanished. Now the DVD release of Blade was actually one of the better titles back in the early days of the format, but that was over ten years ago and visually this Blu-ray release is a improvement over the DVD in just about every conceivable way.
The first thing that struck me was the level of detail, which simply blows the standard-definition edition away. The upscaled version of the DVD has a distinct lack of clarity and exhibits a lot of compression artefacts, but here everything is extremely sharp and clean. The opening scenes at the makeshift 'rave' are superbly rendered, allowing you to pick out individual drops of blood, vamps' fangs, and the detailing on Blade's costume and weaponry. Facial textures are also very impressive and contrast is much improved, with scenes that appeared slightly washed out on the DVD looking much better on this release. Colour rendition is also improved, especially the reds, which is important in a vampire movie with so much blood on show. DNR is never an issue, and there's a reassuring layer of grain present throughout. There's what looks like slight edge enhancement to be found, along with some moderate posterisation, but aside from that the transfer is largely artefact-free. All things considered this is a very pleasing effort that came as something of a surprise.
The disc features a solitary DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 lossless track that ticks all the right boxes. There's plenty of directionality, with some impressive ambient effects and a great soundtrack. Perhaps the best example of all of these elements working in unison is during the opening 'blood rave', with crowds of screaming revellers and showers of blood filling the soundstage to the thumping tune of New Order's 'Confusion'. Things get even better when Blade makes his entrance and starts slicing and dicing vamps, as gunfire ricochets off of walls and blood-suckers cry out in pain. There's also a really neat three-hundred-and-sixty degree effect when he uses his 'glaive' weapon to decapitate a group of henchmen.
The track continues to impress as the film progresses, with some wonderfully subtle touches like the fluttering of paper across dark alleys and cargo trains screeching over rusty old tracks. The aforementioned 'Confusion' isn't the only example of pounding bass either, as pretty much every action scene beats the subwoofer into submission. Mark Isham's score is another highlight, providing a moody foundation for the rest of the elements to build upon. It perhaps lacks the refinement of a modern soundtrack, but for sheer balls-to-the-wall goodness you'd be hard-pressed to find a better effort. Hey, if anything it's worth it for the chance to hear Bang Wa Cherry's 'Chin Chin' in Master Audio!
It's also worth mentioning that the disc includes removable Dutch subtitles that are activated by default, so native English speakers will have to remember to turn them off when the film starts. Thankfully the English subtitles for the vampire language are burned-in, rather than player-generated.
Well this won't take long. The disc is practically a bare-bones affair, aside from a few standard definition trailers before the film starts. The quality of the trailers is very poor, but at least you can skip them. I guess the lack of extras could be a problem for those of you who have the time to wade through such things, but I'm finding myself increasingly unconcerned with bonus material on DVD and Blu-ray so I wasn't all that bothered.
Blade is an enjoyable comic book romp from a time when Wesley Snipes still had a career, and this BD release is a satisfying and worthy upgrade over the now-ancient DVD incarnations. Sure it's a little light on bonus material, but if you're just after an audio-visual upgrade you will not be disappointed. Phew, I got all the way through that without using the Paul Ross-esque 'fang-tastic' pun. Oh...
* Note: The above images are taken from the Blu-ray release and resized for the page. Full-resolution captures are available by clicking individual images, but due to .jpg compression they are not necessarily representative of the quality of the transfer.
Review by Chris Gould
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Great review but if you ask me, the special features on the DVD are worth having if only for nostalgia value. But that's just me I love extras and I know that I yet again am commenting on a dated forum but still.
As you say, it was just the 'no cropping or opening necessary' bit because obviously they have opened it
Chris Gould wrote: HDTV is 1.78:1, not 1.85:1.
Ya, I realize that, but I don't think anyone in their right mind would complain about the mattes being removed from a 1.85:1 movie for 1.78:1. I guess I shouldn't have said "no cropping or opening necessary", just that no one would ever care about the difference.
Ya, I realize that, but I don't think anyone in their right mind would complain about the mattes being removed from a 1.85:1 movie for 1.78:1. I guess I shouldn't have said "no cropping or opening necessary", just that no one would ever care about the difference.
Blade - Good
Blade 2 - Excellent, easily the best one
Blade 3 - Rubbish. We're supposed to believe, "that" is Nosferatu?
Good point Grifter. Regarding Blade 2, it should be cheaper from Canada than Holland (unless you live in Holland).
1.78:1/1.85:1 are so similar, it's barely worth mentioning.
Blade 2 - Excellent, easily the best one
Blade 3 - Rubbish. We're supposed to believe, "that" is Nosferatu?
Good point Grifter. Regarding Blade 2, it should be cheaper from Canada than Holland (unless you live in Holland).
1.78:1/1.85:1 are so similar, it's barely worth mentioning.
After Blade being in Scope and using the frame so distinctly, I remember being slightly thrown off when I found Blade 2 to be in 1.85. Not being overly familiar with Del Toro's films apart from the Hellboys, he doesn't seem to shoot in 2.35 much. Aspect ratio qualms notwithstanding, I think Blade 2 can be counted as a 'good' sequel. Trinity, although back to scope, was a worse experience than when my Gran used a rough towel to get the sand out from between my toes.
HDTV is 1.78:1, not 1.85:1.
Bradavon wrote: Is the Canadian BD really cropped? Their Blade 2 isn't (which is also out in Holland).
Blade II OAR is already 1.85:1, no cropping or opening necessary for the HDTV masters that Alliance uses.
Blade II OAR is already 1.85:1, no cropping or opening necessary for the HDTV masters that Alliance uses.
Cheers Chris. Will pick them up. Blade 1 & 2 anyway. 3 was terrible!
Freerecordshop, Mediadis, Bol. All of those carry it. I got them in a 3-2 offer from Freerecordshop a while back, along with Se7en (also got Jackie Brown).
Nice review Chris. Only question now is: how do I get it?
Bout time Norrington got a bit of credit for kicking off the Marvel franchise with this near masterpiece IMHO.
But, where is the superb commentary track from the DVD!?!?! Bah!
But, where is the superb commentary track from the DVD!?!?! Bah!
Yeah, I've got it. Not a bad transfer on that either. As for Alliance, admittedly opening it up isn't as destructive as removing loads of information, but it's still messing with the OAR. I think it has something to do with them using HDTV broadcast masters as the basis for their discs. Apparently their Se7en is 1080i as well.
Thanks. Seven is open matte 1.78:1, for those who like that. The Dutch BD is uncropped.
I'm not making it up It's Alliance; they did the same thing to Se7en and Outlander as well. I have the Dutch Blade II as well and am already working on a review for that. Blade III is also available, but I have no interest in that.
Dave, that isn't the track. The track is Chin Chin and as far as I know it was recorded specifically for the film and only appears in that one scene. I've only ever been able to find looped versions taken from the film's soundtrack (complete with the sounds of Blade kicking the c**p out of vampires).
Dave, that isn't the track. The track is Chin Chin and as far as I know it was recorded specifically for the film and only appears in that one scene. I've only ever been able to find looped versions taken from the film's soundtrack (complete with the sounds of Blade kicking the c**p out of vampires).
Is the Canadian BD really cropped? Their Blade 2 isn't (which is also out in Holland).
which track is that Chris? this? http://open.spotify.com/track/3ZWfqrvlX0avv903f...
If anyone knows where I can get the complete version of that bloody Bang Wa Cherry track I'll be very surprised!
Disc Details
Release Date: 15th August 2009
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English
Subtitles: Dutch
Extras: N/A
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Stephen Norrington
Cast: Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson, N'Bushe Wright, Donal Logue
Genre: Action and Horror
Length: 120 minutes
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WASHINGTON — Democrats' hopes of winning a Senate majority appeared lost Tuesday as Republicans kept their seats in Indiana, North Carolina and Wisconsin and were leading hard-fought races to retain their seats in Missouri and New Hampshire.
Democrats picked up a seat in Illinois and were ahead in Pennsylvania and Nevada, where they were fighting to hold the seat held for 30 years by Sen. Harry Reid.
Democrats needed a net gain of five seats to win a majority, or four seats to split the Senate 50-50. In the event of an evenly divided Senate, the party that wins the White House would effectively win the Senate majority since the vice president acts as the tie-breaking vote.
Democratic Rep. Tammy Duckworth ousted Republican Sen. Mark Kirk in Illinois. Duckworth, who was first elected to the House in 2012, lost both of her legs in combat in Iraq; Kirk suffered a stroke during his only term in the Senate.
Democrats also were leading in Pennsylvania, with former state environmental chief Katie McGinty ahead of Republican Sen. Pat Toomey. In Nevada, Democratic former attorney general Catherine Cortez Masto was leading Republican Rep. Joe Heck in early returns as they competed for the open seat of retiring Senate Minority Leader Reid.
In Indiana, Republican Rep. Todd Young beat two-term former senator Evan Bayh for an open seat created by the retirement of GOP Sen. Dan Coats. Bayh was a late entrant to the race and had an early lead in polls. And in North Carolina, GOP Sen. Richard Burr, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, defeated Democratic former state representative Deborah Ross.
But the most unexpected victory for Republicans was in Wisconsin, where GOP Sen. Ron Johnson won a rematch against Democratic former Sen. Russ Feingold, who had led Johnson by double digits in polls just a few weeks ago.
The party that controls the Senate will help determine whether the new president can push his or her agenda through Congress for the next two years. If the early trend holds, the Republicans would maintain control, which would give them power over both chambers of Congress for another two years. If Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump wins, the GOP will hold the executive and legislative branches.
Democrats believed they could wrench the majority away from Republicans because the GOP had so many more seats to defend this year. There were 24 Republican-held seats on state ballots Tuesday and only 10 Democratic-held seats.
There was at least one state, Louisiana, where the outcome of the Senate election may not be known for weeks.
In Louisiana, there were 24 candidates vying to fill the open seat of retiring Republican Sen. David Vitter. Unless one of them received at least 50% of the vote, which is unlikely, there will be a runoff between the top two vote-getters on Dec. 10. Republicans are expected to keep the seat.
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Over the past few years the U.S. coasts have been hammered by hurricanes while the Midwest escaped disaster. In August that changed. The Midwest region sustained severe property damage from a huge storm system that dumped more than 15 inches of rain over the course of 10 days. The storm, accompanied by several tornadoes, swept through Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. In all, 21 counties in Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin were declared federal disaster areas. Preliminary figures estimated damage to be in excess of $1 billion.
Rushford, Minn. was among the worst hit, suffering an estimated $38 million in damages. The suburb of Winona, which is wedged between two levees — one on the banks of the Mississippi River and another on Rush Creek — saw its downtown submerged by several feet of water. Rush Creek poured over its levee and the other levee prevented the water from draining into the Mississippi River. No one expected another flood in the town of 1,800 residents. The levees were built in 1962, the last time the small town flooded; therefore, most property owners didn't have flood insurance.
Citing the hard-hit businesses, Rushford city administrator, Windy Block, told Minnesota Public Radio that what happens to those businesses will affect the town's ability to recover.
Mike Beach, assistant vice president and executive general adjuster for McLarens Young International, a global claims management and adjustment company, says, "Not only are the buildings destroyed, but the contents of the shops are lost. Property owners without insurance coverage will likely never recover from these losses — they'll be unable to rebuild."
Looking for trouble
Beach spent September filing flood claims in Minnesota, seeing firsthand the damage the Mississippi River wrought on the nation's heartland. In addition to having flood insurance, property owners throughout the Midwest, now dealing with the aftermath of that weather-related event, also see the need for a disaster recovery plan.
Throughout the Midwest, property owners of every size face similar challenges. However, those with adequate insurance coverage and a disaster plan will be better positioned in the aftermath of such an event — when, and if, it occurs again.
Pete Bell, CEO of Cotton Companies, one of the largest disaster preparedness and restoration organizations in the U.S., recently deployed restoration teams and trucks to the Midwest to work on flooded commercial buildings. The Houston-based company was involved in the cleanup after Hurricane Katrina and the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York City.
"A lot of people think that insurance companies make decisions for their property after a disaster, but it's the property owner's job to make the decisions to mitigate the damage and get the property back to its operating conditions," Bell says. "After a disaster, you don't want to be looking in the Yellow Pages trying to find a contractor to fix your building. You need to have all that in place before something bad happens."
A study on the cost-effectiveness of mitigation strategies conducted by the Multihazard Mitigation Council of the National Institute of Building Sciences found that for every dollar spent on pre-disaster mitigation, four dollars are saved. Pre-disaster mitigation includes everything from emergency preparedness to having adequate insurance.
Increased insurance costs
While having a disaster recovery plan may lessen some of the angst associated with maintaining communication with employees, clients and vendors, the anticipated spike in insurance costs in the nation's midsection will be cause for concern among commercial property owners.
"In the past, insurance companies were willing to leave the Midwest alone because it has been safe ground for them — they've felt comfortable there because there were no hurricanes or earthquakes and they looked at the Midwest as being the safe part of their portfolio," says Robert Levin, CEO of Globe Midwest/Adjusters International, a national loss consulting and appraisal firm based in Southfield, Mich.
However, Levin expects insurance companies will soon introduce similar coverage limitations and deductibles in the Midwest that are prevalent in hurricane-prone regions. "Since they've been getting away with it in the coastal states, I expect the insurance companies will start to apply it to the Midwest," he says. In fact, many national insurance carriers like Allstate Insurance Co. and State Farm exited many of the markets vulnerable to hurricanes.
That means many Midwest property owners will not be able to renew their existing policies and will have a harder time finding coverage, says Russell Longcore, an executive general adjuster and author of Insurance Claim Secrets Revealed. He adds, those who can find insurance will pay more for it, and policies will have more exclusions and require higher deductibles before coverage kicks in.
The bottom line for property owners is they can expect to see this fixed operating expense increase and have to address whether they can absorb it or if they have to pass the additional costs on to their tenants.
Hedging on the investment
In the Midwest, floods and tornadoes are the most common weather-related disasters. But, earthquakes should also be on property owners' coverage lists. One of the largest fault lines in the U.S., the New Madrid Fault Line, stretches across much of the Midwest, crisscrossing the Mississippi River in three places. The seismic zone has the potential to impact Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri and Ohio.
Tornado damage is covered in most policies because it's considered wind damage — but some insurance companies have excluded wind damage because of the losses incurred in coastal areas. On the other hand, floods and earthquakes are excluded from almost all commercial property policies, says Judy Spry, a partner in BDO Seidman LLP's litigation and forensic investigation group in Chicago. Property owners can assume that they're not covered from losses related to flooding and earthquakes unless they've specifically requested it.
In most cases, flood insurance is only considered when a property sits in a flood zone and has a mortgage on it, says Barbara Munch, assistant vice president of corporate insurance and risk management for KeyBank. Even then, the $500,000 coverage lenders require is nominal.
But, as Hurricane Katrina illustrated, buildings that aren't in a flood plain can still be flooded. The National Flood Insurance Program estimates that more than one quarter of claims are paid on properties not located in a designated flood area. In addition to natural disasters, flood insurance encompasses destruction resulting from water main breaks. One flood recently swept through downtown Cleveland.
Experts advise commercial property owners talk with their insurance agents and/or insurance company to get quotes for both flood and earthquake coverage. "If you can buy it, you should," Longcore says. "Even if you think it won't happen to you, it could happen to you."
Midwest property owners should also consider safeguarding themselves with business interruption and business expense coverage. Many retail leases, for example, have provisions that allow retailers to stop paying rent if the shopping center is inoperable due to flooding or some other kind of disaster. In these situations, when the owner's income is in jeopardy, Levin says having the appropriate insurance will cover the loss of income. In addition, owners can get insurance to cover themselves if a retail tenant moves out and they can't lease the space after the property is repaired.
Value appraisal
Securing adequate coverage to address disasters is just one side of the coin — getting the appropriate amount of coverage is the other, says Longcore. Owners must make sure their property is "insured to value." Insurance companies can penalize owners if their properties aren't insured to value, which means that each property needs to be appraised every two years so the policy can be updated to reflect the current market value and its replacement cost.
If a building is worth $1 million when a policy is written, for example, most insurance companies require $800,000 in coverage. However, if the building's value has increased and it's worth $1.4 million at the time a claim is filed, the insurance company will charge a hefty penalty for not having the building insured to value. Penalties levied can run well into six figures.
Additionally, owners should make sure they have a replacement cost value policy (RCV) instead of actual cash value (ACV), which will cover only the depreciated amount of the property.
"This is hugely important, but thousands of property owners throughout the Midwest have found out that they have an ACV," Longcore says. "These owners should really sue their agents for malfeasance, but that's really like closing the door to the barn after the horses have gotten out."
Emergency preparedness tips
Have an emergency management team in place: designate employees with specific roles before a disaster strikes and make sure that everyone in the company knows who these people are and what their tasks are.
Establish an emergency contact hotline: provide employees with an out-of-state emergency number that allows them to check in and learn of the office's status. This may be your only line of communication to your staff.
Designate a place and time to meet: if all lines of communication are broken, this is the only way for the team to get back on track. This can be a remote place that you feel is less likely to sustain damage and is a good spot for the emergency management team to meet.
Line up a restoration contractor: familiarize yourself with the process of restoration, the price guides and contracts and have all these terms worked out prior to an event.
Arrange for back-up office space and/or operations: have alternate customer phone communication and plans for delivery of your products or services. Many of your customers may not be affected and will still count on you. These customers are valuable and you risk the potential of losing your customers to your competition who can deliver the products or services.
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Ronald Meester, 64 - March 18, 2012
Ronald "Ron" Eugene Meester, 64, of North Platte, formerly of Gothenburg, died Sunday, March 18, 2012, at his home in North Platte following a battle with COPD and emphysema.
A visitation will take place at Blase-Strauser Memorial Chapel in Gothenburg on Wednesday, March 21, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. with family present 4-6 p.m.
Services will be conducted at Blase-Strauser Memorial Chapel on Thursday, March 22, at 10:30 a.m. with the Rev. Matthew Groenke officiating. Interment will follow at the Gothenburg Cemetery.
Meester was born June 16, 1947, at Gothenburg, son of Walter J. and Hannah (Johanning) Meester. He grew up in Gothenburg and attended Gothenburg Public Schools.
He had many different jobs throughout his life, but he always said that the best time of his life was when he was the site supervisor at Windy Peak outdoor lab in Bailey, CO, according to family members. He was able to work with school kids from the Jefferson County School system teaching them outdoor activities.
Meester loved to be outdoors and enjoyed fishing and driving his truck, family members said. He was a woodworker and metal worker. He also enjoyed spending time with his cat, Amber, and his dog, Toad.
He had lived at the Pawnee Hotel since 2006, where he made some great friends and met Karin whom he loved to spend time with, said family members. She took care of him during his illness with cancer until his death.
Meester was preceded in death by: his father, Walter J. Meester; his mother, Hannah Meester; brothers—Larry in 2006 and infant brother, Terry Lavern; an infant sister, Betty Lou; grandparents—Folkert and Ellen Johanning and Wyatt and Grace Meester.
Survivors include: his special friend and caregiver, Karin Cain of North Platte; a brother, Bob (Priscilla) Meester of Lexington; sisters—Shirley G.(Ed) Claflin of Gothenburg, and Bonnie (Clifford) Wedemeyer of Cheyenne, WY; former spouses, Linda McCollum and Carol Volesky; sister-in-law, Linda Meester of Cozad; nieces—Michelle (Mike) Courtney of Lincoln, Melissa (Terry) Walker of Gothenburg, Heide Deharty of Grand Island, Becky Brooks of North Platte, Angie (Bill) Shafer of Centennial, CO, Brenda (Brett) Manus of Albuquerque, NM, Johannah (Eric) Ducy of Wheatland, WY, Kim (Todd) Rosenthal of Lincoln, and Amanda G'Schwind of Lexington; nephews—Wyatt (Sandy) Meester of Cozad and William (Erica) Wedemeyer of Cheyenne, WY; great- and great-grand nieces and nephews, cousins and his Pawnee Retirement Hotel family.
Memorials are suggested to the family, 1925 Ave. C, Gothenburg, NE 69138.
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From an aesthetic perspective alone, there's no restaurant in Argentina quite like El Bistro, from the bright white interior slashed with crimson to the mounted unicorn heads that gaze down from the walls. The menu is as singular as you'd expect from a young chef like Mariano Cid de la Paz, a protégé of El Bulli's Ferran Adrià. We're talking the likes of suckling pig confit and melon tacos with citrus and honey juice; perhaps followed by lychee gnocchi with lime , mint and rosehip ice cream. Thanks to the friendly, down-to-earth staff, dinner passes as an exotic but surprisingly unfussy adventure; and if you can follow it with a seat at the tango show in the cabaret next door, the evening ramps up into the ranks of the unforgettable.
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In which we try to make sense of "Return to Nukem High: Volume 1"...
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The other day I was clicking around the old boob tube and stumbled upon something called "Lizzie Borden Took An Ax" which turned out to be a new film staring Christina Ricci as the infamous parent killing ax wielding nut bag. I immediately though "Hey is this Lifetime? Wow I'm not going to watch this! Hey let's not watch that." Then I moved on. Now I read that the flick is being released on DVD this coming April 8th. So just in case you don't have Lifetime but still want to enjoy a movie that was made for Lifetime... ya know this might be important news.
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Content Films have picked up "The Heist", a new film about a group of robbers who plan to hit a bank that just so happens to be built on top of another bank that just so happens to be haunted by a group of robbers who tried to rob the original bank. Confused? It just so happens to be a slow day and this just so happens to be the best I have right now. I swear I'll stop writing the news again.
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Fun fact. This past September the BGH crew was in an elevator and we were 99% sure we made "A Nightmare On Elm Street" it girl Heather Langenkamp big time uncomfortable. Turns out it was actually the step mother from "Terminator 2". Funny story huh? Anyway Heather Langenkamp has landed a small part in "Star Trek Into Darkness", the J.J. Abrams sequel to 2009's "Star Trek" reboot. See how that whole thing tied in?
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It wasn't really my scene, but I loved every minute of it.
A few weekends ago, my mother and I traveled to Atlanta, Ga. to see one of her all-time favorite artists in concert - Tina Turner.
I knew from the moment I stepped into Philips Arena that this concert was going to be a bit different than ones I have been to before.
First, there were no cowboy hats or opening acts. The stage looked massive and more like the set of a production than a concert.
"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men."
-Luke 2:14
We heard the first stories early on Thursday. Unconfirmed reports of additional incidents surfaced throughout the weekend.
I'm beginning to realize that I was just a lazy teenager. During the past few weeks, I've introduced you to a Latin teacher, symbolic adoptive parents, a veterinarian and a banker. All are teenagers and still in high school.
Though high school is but a faint memory to me now, I know I never did anything more than what was required of me.
I never took a job through the school's work co-op program. I'm not even sure that was an option for me. Work? Hey, I was in high school, I'm not supposed to work!
Where were the other 6,000 voters?
On Nov. 4, Taylor County saw a record number of residents heading for the polls and casting their votes.
In all, 65 percent, or 10,997, voters voted. However, the county also saw a record number of registered voters with 17,023.
It stands to reason that there will always be a percentage of registered voters who don't vote, but 35 percent?
"Dear Lord ... Humble our hearts and make us truly thankful for these and all thy blessings. And bless our dear ones, wherever they may be. For Christ's sake ... Amen."
Those are the words to my family's dinnertime blessing. I've known those words for all of my life, as have my children. My mother has said them all of her life, as did my grandmother before her.
Most of the time, I simply say the words by rote, without really thinking of their meaning. But there are certain times during the year that it means more to me than others.
Here at the newspaper, we get news releases on an hourly basis from various groups and organizations across the country. Most probably don't realize we're a community paper and, that if it doesn't affect Taylor County or its residents, then we're probably not too interested.
But every now and then, one comes across my desk - or into my e-mail's inbox - and it catches my attention. I opened one such e-mail the other day, and the first thought that passed through my mind was, "Well, duh ..."
I recently purchased my latest car; a loaded Saab 95, complete with 7-speaker stereo system, heated and cooled seats, multi-function sunroof and a plethora of other amenities, some of which I have yet to figure out how to operate. It is a luxury car that gets 32 miles per gallon on the highway, and it could easily be the most comfortable car I've ever owned.
I've been a horror film fan for as long as I can remember. And, as a result, the month of October remains my favorite time of year. In addition to cooler weather, the month also brings us Halloween, which means horror movies rule the airwaves.
Unfortunately, recent years have found me dipping into my own collection for my fear season frights, as the classics that once dominated the TV screen have been replaced with newer films. In this case, newer isn't better.
The other day, I came across a copy of one of the first columns I ever wrote. It was about being a parent. As I read my own words from 14 years ago, I found myself laughing at the naiveté.
The simple worries of a parent with a baby.
Well, that "baby" has just celebrated his 16th birthday, and his younger brother and sister are far from being babies as well.
The headline on that column read: "How do you know if you've done right?"
If nothing else, in the past 14 years I've learned the answer to that question: You don't.
Newspaper readership is down. That's certainly no secret with the downsizing going on at many of the large metropolitan newspapers across the country. However, community newspapers are still in large demand, and we're not looking for that to change anytime soon.
Sure, we see Lexington and Louisville television news channel reporters in town occasionally. But do we see them here on a regular basis? What about the state newspapers?
Of course not. They only show up when "big" news occurs ... and even then it's usually only for "bad" news.
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Word Wrap for Text Viewer and Editor
Project is part of Google_Summer_of_Code_2006
Student: Ahti Kitsik (email@example.com)
Blog: http://ahtik.com/blog/
Mentor: Philippe Ombredanne
First "micro/alpha"-release is available at http://ahtik.com/blog/2006/06/18/first-alpha-of-eclipse-word-wrap-released/
Implementation notes -- developer-only reference
Related interfaces and classes
Interface to a text editor. This interface defines functional extensions to IEditorPart as well as the configuration capabilities of a text editor.
Text editors are configured with an IDocumentProvider which delivers a textual presentation (IDocument) of the editor's input. The editor works on the document and forwards all input element related calls, such as save, to the document provider. The provider also delivers the input's annotation model which is used to control the editor's vertical ruler.
Represents text providing support for
- text manipulation,
- positions,
- partitions,
- line information,
- document change listeners,
- document partition change listeners
A IDocumentInformationMapping represents a mapping between the coordinates of two IDocument objects: the original and the image. The document information mapping can translate document information such as line numbers or character ranges given for the original into the corresponding information of the image and vice versa.
Storing and managing text.
Maps character positions to line numbers and vice versa.
Adapts an org.eclipse.jface.text.IDocument to the org.eclipse.swt.custom.StyledTextContent interface. The document adapter is used by org.eclipse.jface.text.TextViewer to translate document changes into styled text content changes and vice versa.
Experiment with IDocumentAdapter
Creating IDocumentAdapter that supports word wrap would fix TextViewer to support wrapping. But as wrapping is only visual then all related ruler columns like annotations, line numberings etc fall apart.
Current AbstractDocumentAdapter wordwrap patch is only providing visually wrapping viewer without any externally accessible wrapping model.
JFaceTextUtil.modelLineToWidgetLine(...) is becoming responsible for returning same line number for multiple lines that form one wrapped line.
public static int modelLineToWidgetLine(ITextViewer viewer, final int modelLine) { int widgetLine; if (viewer instanceof ITextViewerExtension5) { ITextViewerExtension5 extension= (ITextViewerExtension5) viewer; widgetLine= extension.modelLine2WidgetLine(modelLine); } else { IRegion region= viewer.getVisibleRegion(); IDocument document= viewer.getDocument(); try { int visibleStartLine= document.getLineOfOffset(region.getOffset()); int visibleEndLine= document.getLineOfOffset(region.getOffset() + region.getLength()); if (modelLine < visibleStartLine || modelLine > visibleEndLine) widgetLine= -1; else widgetLine= modelLine - visibleStartLine; } catch (BadLocationException x) { // ignore and return -1 widgetLine= -1; } } return widgetLine; }
StatusBar is showing cursor position correctly (2:34) even after patching DocumentAdapter to support word-wrap. Also Goto Line works correctly!
Patching DocumentAdapter seems to be not enough to keep editing functionality. Keyboard navigation is not fully functional (Del key does not work and some of the navigation has unexpected behaviour).
It would make sense that it's possible to wrap only visible area (not the whole IDocument). But looks like IDocumentAdapter cannot work this way
About LineNumberRulerColumn
LineNumberRulerColumn is currently using following to paint line numbers
for (int line= visibleLines.getStartLine(); line < lastLine; line++) { int widgetLine= JFaceTextUtil.modelLineToWidgetLine(fCachedTextViewer, line); if (widgetLine == -1) continue; int lineHeight= fCachedTextWidget.getLineHeight(fCachedTextWidget.getOffsetAtLine(widgetLine)); paintLine(line, y, lineHeight, gc, display); y += lineHeight; }
If there would be a logic to have wordwrapped model then this logic could be patched by following to support word wrap:
int lastWidgetLine=-1; int lastLineNumber = -1; for (int line= visibleLines.getStartLine(); line < lastLine; line++) { int widgetLine= JFaceTextUtil.modelLineToWidgetLine(fCachedTextViewer, line); if (widgetLine == -1) continue; int lineHeight= fCachedTextWidget.getLineHeight(fCachedTextWidget.getOffsetAtLine(widgetLine)); if (lastWidgetLine==widgetLine) { paintLine(lastLineNumber, y, lineHeight, gc, display); } else { paintLine(line, y, lineHeight, gc, display); lastLineNumber=line; } y += lineHeight; }
How to store wrapped and unwrapped line number information about the same document?
Both of these are required:
- Wrapped line information is for the text viewer, code navigation, vertical column annotations.
- Unwrapped line information is required for functionalities like goto line, line numbering ruler column, current line highlight.
Also please note that changing editor size etc forces to rewrap the whole document and slows editor significiantly if the document is long.


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Hampton man faces gun charges in N.J.
November 09. 2013 8:49PM
NEWARK, N.J. — A New Hampshire man has been indicted in New Jersey on gun-running charges.
Matthew Crisafi, 38, of Hampton, the owner of a small trucking firm, is accused in an indictment handed up by a New Jersey federal grand jury of using a website that specialized in illegal sales activity to offer guns for sale.
The indictment alleges Crisafi sold $11,000 worth of weapons to an undercover officer, including semi-automatic rifles and handguns.
The transactions allegedly were made using bitcoins, an Internet-based currency that allows users to conceal their identities.
The guns were delivered by the U.S. Postal Service, the Justice Department said, and were intended to be sent to locations outside of the United States.
Crisafi was arrested Friday in Hampton by federal customs and Homeland Security agents and charged with smuggling firearms, unlicensed sale of firearms and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
He will be arraigned in federal court in Newark.


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President Bashar Assad's first interview with a Western television journalist since a March uprising was a coup for Barbara Walters and ABC News, but not entirely for Assad.
In excerpts aired by ABC Wednesday, Assad denied ordering a violent crackdown on residents and denounced the United Nations when Walters asked about the U.N.'s claim that there had been widespread killings and torture of protesters in Syria.
Walters confronted Assad with pictures of civilians brutalized by his regime. When she asked him on camera about the torture of children, he said, "I don't believe you."
She talked on Wednesday of Assad's "disconnect" with what is going on within his country and his own role, an attitude that may have extended to her discussions with him in his Presidential Palace.
"He was very happy with the interview," she said "He likes the confrontation. He likes the tough questions. When it was over, he smiled and thanked me and he was happy. I don't know if it did him any good."
Walters said in an interview that she was apprehensive about going Syria because the U.S. government had warned her not to leave her hotel room. Adding to the concern, a Jordanian airline booked for the last leg of her trip delayed its flight because it did not want its pilot to stay in Syria overnight.
But her fears dissipated by the time she arrived in Damascus from an airport about 18 miles away. She even wandered through some outdoor markets and talked to people, although she was accompanied by a government minder.
Walters said she had met Assad twice before, which cut down any fear she may have had of him. While in the Middle East several years ago, she said Assad's wife called and asked Walters for an off-the-record meeting with the couple in Damascus. Walters also traveled to Syria three years ago, hoping for an interview, but it didn't happen.
She thought this interview wouldn't happen, either, after Assad canceled one get-together two weeks ago, presumably because it was to happen around the time the Arab League was condemning Syria. Then word came that Assad was willing to talk.
Assad hand-picked Walters for the interview.
"I can't tell you why he requested me," she said. "I can only tell you that I have met him twice before."
ABC News, under its new division president Ben Sherwood, has made news-making interviews a priority. Within the past year, "World News" anchor Diane Sawyer has interviewed Jaycee Dugard and Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, and "This Week" host Christiane Amanpour talked with former Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak and late Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi.
Sawyer and Amanpour are more closely identified with breaking news; Walters, as co-host of "The View," a daytime talk show largely for women, is seen more in terms of entertainment than news, despite her long and laudatory history as news reporter, anchor and interviewer.
She may not have been the obvious choice for the Assad interview. When ABC seeks newsmaking interviews, it generally offers prospective subjects a choice of potential interviewees.
One critic, Affen Chowdhry of the Toronto Globe and Mail, wrote Wednesday that if the Syrian government had expected a "soft" Walters interview of the type reserved for movie and pop stars, "it ended up getting something very different."
When ABC arrived in Damascus, an Assad aide first said that government cameras would be used to record the interview, but Walters rejected this. Two Assad assistants also asked for the right to look at the tape after the interview. ABC refused.
The government also said that reporter Alexander Marquardt, who accompanied Walters, would be given free rein to travel across the country. Marquardt, in an ABC blog, said this did not work out. He went to the city of Daraa, and found most residents unwilling to speak with him because they saw secret police agents nearby. Daraa's governor refused Marquardt's request to visit the village of Dael, saying it was unsafe, the reporter wrote.
Walters said that it appeared some of Assad's aides were interested in seeing the leader get more exposure in the West. The British-trained eye doctor is "not a crazy, wild man like Ghadafi," Walters said.
"Why he did this now, I can't say," she said.


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text: Timberlake Orr, 60, of Red Bank, Tenn., died in an accident on Friday, Feb. 1, 2013.Timberlake graduated Red Bank High School in 1971 and attended the Atlanta School of Photography. He managed the Camera and Craft store in Highland Plaza for many years and worked at Wolf Camera in Atlanta and Olan Mills in Chattanooga. Nature photographs were his passion and he loved the woods. He was an excellent electro-mechanical technician who loved motorcycles and built some very fast ones. He was a loyal care-giver for his aging parents until their passing in 2011 and 2012. He had a big heart, loved life and lived large.Timberlake was preceded in death by his parents, Martin and Mary Evelyn.He is survived by his sister, Nancy Orr, of Moab, Utah.Memorial arrangements are being handled by Lane Funeral Home, 601 Ashland Terrace, 423-877-3524. Visit www.lanefh.com to share condolences.


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My setup
Mainboard: ASUS M4A785TD-M EVO, Socket-AM3 AMD 785G+SB710, DDR3, Firewire, GbLAN, m-ATX, HDMI, DVI, PCI-Ex(2.0)x16
Processor: Phenom II X3 720 Black
Power supply: Silver Power SP-400P2C 400W
CNet CWP-854 RT2561T D-Link G-520
The card is an integrated Radeon HD4200.
I tried the proprietary catalyst drivers from AUR, worked OK. Neverball was fast and xvinfo showed a buncha stuff wot I don't understand so that seemed to work too. I had to set TerminateServer=True to get kdm to not freeze on logout, as described in the wiki on ATI.
I switched to the free drivers, here xvinfo and glxinfo say "Error: unable to open display", but I can select OpenGL for compositing and get the wobbly windows etc. I'm not running KMS yet.
The CNet card was problematic, but my new D-Link G-520 works great so far with ath_pci (putting !ath5k in MODULES in /etc/rc.conf) and netcfg2/net-profiles (net-auto-wireless).
Fan control
Had a bit of trouble at first, but it seems to work now. Unfortunately I have to reconfigure it on each update :-/
For some reason, time has been my most persistent problem… When I was having network problems, and openntpd had no chance of updating time on the web, the hwclock seemed to be set to whatever it was last boot, creating lots of "last mount date in the future" errors on startup, meaning I had to e2fsck 800GB on each boot if I wasn't careful about setting the hwclock manually. Not very user-friendly. At least with a better network, openntpd has a chance to keep the time up-to-date, but I still sometimes have to do that startup disk-check. I've put the following into the root crontab:
30 * * * * /etc/rc.d/openntpd restart 45 * * * * hwclock --systohc
in case the net connection drops, openntpd gets a chance to start up again, and the hwclock gets a chance to sync.


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Photos of the day: 1/18
photos from arouuuund the gloooobe.
A man swims in the ice cold water of a lake on the eve of Russian Orthodox Epiphany in Minsk, Belarus, late Saturday. Orthodox Church believers celebrate Epiphany on Jan. 19. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The group following Trevor Immelman and Jason Bohnon are reflected in the pond between the first and 10th hole during the third round of the Humana Challenge golf tournament on the Palmer Private course at PGA West. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Residents dig out from about six inches of new snow in St. Cloud, Minn. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Elvis tribute artist Connor Biers, of Romulus, Mich. prepares for his performance at the sixth annual King Fest at the Temple Theatre in Saginaw. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A Chilean cowboy waits on his horse for the arrival of competitors at the end the thirteenth stage of the Dakar Rally in Illapel, Chile. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A worker cleans seats at CenturyLink Field in preparation for the NFL football NFC championship in Seattle. The Seattle Seahawks play the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Supporters march in the 30th annual ProLife Rosary Procession in Cincinatti. The march started at City Hall. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo is seen during their La Liga soccer match against Betis at the Benito Villamarin stadium, in Seville, Spain. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
From left, rap singer Kendrick Lamar, model Karlie Kloss and actor Will Smith attend the Dior men's Fall-Winter 2014-2015 fashion collection in Paris. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Photos of the day: 1/18
A Chilean cowboy waits on his horse for the arrival of competitors at the end the thirteenth stage of the Dakar Rally in Illapel, Chile. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS


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Photo By: Megg McNamee/Special to the Town Crier
All manner of scarecrows adorn the coastal enclave of Cambria during the town's annual Scarecrow Festival, which runs through October. The artist termed this entry "Where Witches Gather."
Cambria, halfway between San Francisco and Los Angeles, boasts more than enough scarecrows to take a straw vote.
In 2009, the Cambria (pronounced "Cam," as in "camera") Historical Society, grasping at straws to help businesses hit by the recession, hosted the inaugural Cambria Scarecrow Festival, inviting local residents to submit their handmade mannequins for display in local storefronts. Only 30 people entered. The number of scarecrows has snowballed annually, this year reaching a whopping 380 bird decoys.
The scarecrows come in all shapes and sizes, from the realistic Lady Gaga scarecrow at 4015 West St. to frightening witches and cats.
Visit Country Collectibles at 2380 Main St., for example, to find La Catrina visiting Cambria with her dog on Día de los Muertos.
There's even a group of scarecrow mah-jongg ladies at 950 Main St., in front of the Joslyn Center.
Sue Robinson, volunteer co-chairwoman of the Scarecrow Festival, helps teach scarecrow building classes. She said she loves it and hopes next year's event attracts even larger crowds – of visitors and scarecrows.
Some high school art students have helped businesses make scarecrows, charging them $20, according to blogger Bigsurkate.
The event runs through October in the romantic artists' coastal enclave.
Cambria Inns (www.cambriainns.com), which comprises the Castle Inn, Moonstone Cottages, the Blue Dolphin Inn and the newly remodeled Sand Pebbles Inn, entered Mr. Goode Knight, an armored knave, in the Scarecrow Festival.
During January and early February, the Inns will offer Sand Pebble rooms for $99 per night on weekdays and $119 per night on weekends. Blue Dolphin rooms will run $129 per night on weekdays and $149 per night on weekends.
Stroll along Moonstone Beach at sunset after you've gone wine tasting. There's nothing like the Northern California coastline view mixed with the native plants and brusque wind.
Then take in the shops and antique stores – you're sure to find a distressed leather something at Antiques on Main or one of the other boutiques. You may find some unusual gift items for Christmas.
Cambria is home to many restaurants on Main Street that will delight foodies, like the cozy Black Cat Bistro, Indigo Moon and The Sow's Ear Café, which is Zagat rated.
Suggestions for tours: A husband-and-wife team runs Central Coast Outdoors (www.centralcoastoutdoors.com), which offers family, group and private kayaking, biking and hiking guided tours of the area. Some include a gourmet picnic lunch. Also try the Paso Robles-based Wine Wrangler (www.thewinewrangler.com), which provides custom tours that pick you up in a Humvee or van and escort you to local wineries so that there's no need for a designated driver.
While in Cambria, you might want to visit Hearst Castle (www.hearstcastle.org) in nearby San Simeon. The historical landmark offers evening tours with living history volunteers Friday and Saturday nights through December for $36 adults, $18 children. Visitors can soak in the atmosphere of bygone days, when newspaper baron William Randolph Hearst's glamorous guests dropped in to socialize, play billiards and do jigsaw puzzles.
For more information, visit www.cambriachamber.org.


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The Best Baby Bump Style in Hollywood
Whether they're concealing with an oversized tote or showing off with a fitted frock (or posing at a gala like Gwen Stefani and Rachel Zoe in this Instagram snap), the bump brigade is bringing it when it comes to fashion in the family way.
Stefani and Zoe are both wearing Salvatore Ferragamo dresses.
Pregnant with her third, musician and designer Gwen Stefani isn't afraid of bold style, pairing her Joe's Jeans Teddy Jacket ($298) with Paige Jeans' Skyline Skinny ($158) in Carson, and bright red L.A.M.B. Nichol Booties ($237, available online in Black).
Emily Blunt's airport style—an Autumn Cashmere Draped Waffle-Rib Cardigan ($277), Hatch's Longsleeve Tee ($98), and AG Jeans' Twill Signature Pocket Slim Leg Maternity Pants ($188) in Sulphur Fume—is perfectly cosy for the new mum to be.


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Weather challenges crop research
Monsanto agronomist tells of tests during 2012
Talk about topsy-turvy weather for research at the Monsanto Water Utilization and Learning Center.
"The climate was everything but average," said Monsanto agronomist Mark Reiman who spoke at the Nebraska Water Balance Alliance winter summit last Thursday at the learning center.
One of the wettest years, with 37 inches of rain, occurred in 2010 followed by an average year in 2011, Reiman said.
Soil moisture looked good during planting on May 1 of 2012 but precipitation had shut off by July 10.
By July 24, Reiman said the drought—coupled with high temperatures—was one of the worst since the 1950s.
For example, he said the central Nebraska area usually averages about 22 inches of rain in a year.
During 2012, a paltry 7.8 inches was recorded compared to another bad precipitation year in 1952 that saw 12.8 inches of rain.
Monsanto tested different corn hybrids, amounts of precipitation, planting levels and herbicide application in a drought study during such a challenging year.
"We wanted to make the most of what we had in irrigated and dryland situations," Reiman said. "Because you can choose hybrids, traits and agronomics to grow a good crop."
For example, heavy residue left after harvest can conserve two inches of rain in the soil by curtailing evaporation.
Sap flow collars, that monitor the movement of water through corn stems, and capacitance probes are helpful in studying corn water use.
Reiman explained that capacitance probes measure how much water moves in and out of soil.
Because different hybrids respond to different environments, he said it's important to know how hybrids perform in a drought environment.
"For example, this much rain can get you this many bushels," he explained.
Interestingly, Reiman said studies have revealed that corn stressed by limiting application of water helps prepare the crop to withstand stress during pollination.
"They show that corn performed better if it was stressed early than if stressed during pollination," he said.
Reiman said some hybrids do well with less water and others do not.
Some research has shown that over watering corn results in lower yields.
In such cases, producers are wasting water and incurring higher energy costs while irrigating.
Monsanto is setting up protocol to do more testing of the over watering of crops.
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My favorite video I've seen on here, that guy is amazing. Wouldn't that be an ex fiancée? She got a ring brah
OMG that's my ex-wife. She was a fantastic peace of ass. Loved for me to fuck her from behind. ?? When was this video made? she looks just like she did when we were married. Nice ass smaller titties but she lved to fuck and i loved to fuck her every night. She must have been fucking while i was working to buy her a new pair of shoes. oh well , she likes you to eat her honeybox and make her cum. I hope she finds what she wants.
lol, it looks like me and my gf does it mean that we will brake up ?
I was married to her, too. Honey, it's me, Marvin.
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Best I've seen that girl is as sexy as hell
would love to do this girl, great tits
This woman is very beautiful, but she seems to be more into the camera than into the guy.....
wicked games vid
Whitney Cummings sex tape
I solemnly promise I will make a feature film with a sex scene shot just like this one! It´s really great! Congratulations uploader!
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they are really cute
Who are these people? Is this part of a longer video? Are they in other videos?
e stato favoloso specialmente lei,
true that there seems to be lack of ecstasy during this. she's hot btw
I like it at 2:20, my guy can take me like that.
Nice. The only problems are the lacks of sound and cumming.
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316 Beach 19th Street
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449 Beach 21 Street, 1st Floor
Far Rockaway NY , 11691
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1931 Mott Avenue,
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16-12 Mott Avenue
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1920 Mott Avenue
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327 Beach 19th Street
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Beach 12th Street & Redfern Avenue
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16-12 Mott Avenue
Far Rockaway NY , 11691
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1836 Mott Avenue
Far Rockaway NY , 11691
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710 Hartman Lane
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14-25 Beach Channel Drive
Far Rockaway NY , 11671
phone: (718) 327-1284
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1332-1336 Central Avenue
Far Rockaway NY , 11691
phone: (718) 327-9590
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14-66 Beach Channel Drive
Far Rockaway NY , 11691
phone: (718) 327-1384
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595 Beach 19th Street
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1513 Central Avenue
Far Rockaway NY , 11691
phone: (718) 327-6247
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444 Beach 6th Street
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636 Lanett Avenue
Far Rockaway NY , 11691
phone: (718) 327-1300
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257 Beach 17th Street
Far Rockaway NY , 11691
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802 Hicksville Road
Far Rockaway NY , 11691
phone: (718) 327-7600
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160 Beach 29th Street
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phone: (718) 327-5860
P.S. 104 The Bays Water (PreK-6)
26-01 Mott Avenue
Far Rockaway NY , 11691
phone: (718) 327-1910
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420 Beach 51st Street
Far Rockaway NY , 11691
phone: (718) 474-8615
180 Beach 35th Street
Far Rockaway NY , 11691
phone: (718) 327-5828
P.S.197 The Ocean School (K-5)
8-25 Hicksville Road
Far Rockaway NY , 11691
phone: (718) 327-1083
P.S. 215 Lucretia Mott (K-5)
535 Briar Place
Far Rockaway NY , 11691
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Far Rockaway NY , 11691
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8-21 Beach 25th Street
Far Rockaway NY , 11691
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Rockaway Park NY , 11694
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Far Rockaway NY , 11691
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phone: (718) 327-5860
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JCC of the Rockaway Peninsula
1525 Central Avenue
Far Rockaway NY , 11691
phone: (718) 327-7755
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Far Rockaway NY , 11691
phone: (718) 471-6677
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Queens Library for Teens is a special library dedicated to enriching the lives of teens. It is open Monday through Friday, 2:30p.m. to 6p.m. for young people ages 12 to 19. There is plenty of relaxed, comfortable seating and library materials of high interest to young adults. There are more than 70 magazine subscriptions, an anime book collection and test-prep materials. Rules about noise and snacking are more relaxed than in the "regular" library.
The library houses 48 computers, 10 printers, Wii, X-Box, Kinnect, Play station 3 and Nintendo 3ds.The professional recording studio and music editing stations allow youth to record music and receive training and perform music live. Workshops include learning protools, reasons, audio engineering skills, video production, mixing, song writing, and singing/rapping and playing the piano.
The Homework Club meets every day from 2:30-3:30 pm. Students work in small groups with staff assistance. ELA, Regents and SAT/ACT prep workshops are offered. Science, math and literature programs are a consistent part of the monthly schedule. The technology programs are offered two times per week. They include: introduction to computers, multimedia presentations and publication, web design & graphic arts, college and career survival and much more.
Job Readiness is an integral part of the Teen Library program. Programs assist youth preparing for employment. Job readiness training, workshops, programs and events include; Microsoft Office, computer boot camps, resumes and cover letters, employment and career fairs. Individual sessions are also available by appointment.
Pre-GED classes meet Monday-Thursday from 9:00am-2:00pm. The Pre-GED courses help prepare students who want to improve their skills for a better chance of success in the GED Preparation program .The program helps facilitate a smooth transition from basic skills instruction to the application of knowledge required for success on the official GED test. The Pre-GED program provides language arts, writing and reading, mathematics, science, and social studies.
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Youth Counselors and Teen Net Mentors staff the Library for Teens, a model that has been integral to the library's success. Queens Library trains its entire public service staff to recognize that "everybody serves youth".
Queens Library for Teens opened in December 2007 in a 3,000-square-foot space, just 1- 1/2 blocks from Queens Library at Far Rockaway, in the heart of the community.
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Rockaway..."place of waters bright." The Wave.
http://www.rockawave.com/common/his tory/history.html
Far Rockaway, Queens. Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_Rocka way,_Queens
Rosenberg, Miriam. Dual Ceremony for Rockaway Nobel Laureate May 11. (2005).
The Wave. http://www.rockawave.com/news /2005/0429/Community/155.html
Amon, Rhoda. The Rockaways: A Paradise for Everyman. Newsday
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Far, Far & (Rock)Away. Forgotten NY.
http://www.forgotten-ny.com/STREET %20SCENES/borderlinefarrock/farrock.html
Hazelton, Henry Isham. The Boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens Counties of Nassau and Suffolk, Long Island, New York1609-1924: The Rockaways.
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Really suprised you are on Iowa St? All Kstate does is play solid ball (no matter home or away). Every time I watch them, they continue to impress me on playing smart football, don't turn the ball over and are VERY physical. Everybody was impressed with that OU win, but I think it could be even more impressive if OU continues to win. People automatically started hating on OU b/c they lost, but maybe they lost to a REALLY good football team, and OU is pretty good themselves?
I have only seen Iowa St play once (v Iowa) and was not at all impressed. Obviously they could be much improved since then? I have also been reading how TCU turned the ball over (something like 5x with a QB who was playing RB on Wed in practice) and TCU still had a chance to win that game.
I was gonna put some $$ on KSU & was one of my more favorable games. I just looked at your picks though...
Great read as always
agree with the LSU pick ... really likin the under in that game too ...
BOL this week


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Brady girls fall in first round at SHC
Eagles move to 8-8 on the year.
Three free throws in the third quarter was all Brady girls could muster against the Sandhills-Thedford Knights in the first round of the Sandhills Conference tournament at Arthur Monday night.
Coach Darren Tobey considers it fairly lucky the Eagles managed those, considering the team went 8-of-27 from the line for the entire game.
The Knights took advantage of Brady's misfortune, handing the Eagles a 44-36 early-exit loss.
"I don't feel like we brought our best game to the floor," Tobey said. "In fact, even though we've gotten a few wins, we haven't played well since the Maxwell game (on Jan. 5)."
Brady led the Knights in the first quarter, finishing the period up 13-12. At halftime, the Eagles trailed 23-22.
"There just wasn't as much hustle on the floor as these girls are capable of," Tobey said. "Everyone knows our offense is based on our defense and when that's not going anywhere, we're going to struggle.
Without hitting a single field goal in the third quarter, Brady headed into the final period down 32-25.
Courtney Widick hit a jump shot and Megan Polt managed a layup and free throw to bring the Eagles within striking distance with about three minutes to play.
"Then we missed six consecutive free throws," Tobey said.
When the team shoots 53% on the year, it's frustrating to see them miss so many, he said.
Widick finished with 14 points to lead the effort and Jessica Schrad added 11.
"It's just really frustrating when you know they can do so much more," Tobey said.
After a 48-33 loss to state-ranked and unbeaten Stapleton-McPherson County Friday night and an ugly 44-11 victory over winless Arnold on Saturday, the Eagles move to 8-8 on the season.
"We're going to regroup and go back to work," Tobey said of the week-long break the girls now have. "We have three games left before sub-district. That's when we want to be playing our best ball but we can't wait until then to get started."
The next time the girls hit the hardwood will be at Wallace on Tuesday when they take on the 11-3 Wildcats.
"It's not going to get any easier," Tobey said.
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