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Fake Dork copies on eBay
Avoid being ripped off!
12th July 2008 - 08:45 PM
Only need to know backstory: eBay username lchange1 is making Dork bootlegs.
Thanks to daisydeadpetals and 4ibanez for gathering this information and the research. Thanks to sistinas for photos.
Making these fake copies is extremely profitable. Each Dork sells for $500 the cheapest, and making a vinyl is way cheaper than that.
There is a way to know that a Dork EP is fake. While the legit Dorks have one set of serial etched near the center of the vinyl, the fake ones have two; one of them is made by the factory that manufactured the vinyl, and the other set is manually etched with the original serial.
The etched serials on the fake copies are:
AFI's side
Factory etched serial: a59276-m-a
Manually etched serial: 163680-a (or 1636860-a)
Loose Change's side
Factory etched serial: a59276-m-b
Manually etched serial: 163680-b (or 1636860-B)
Pictures of a legit copy, with the original serials can be found courtesy to Elizabeth V Bouras (sistinas) here:
<a href="http://www.psychotica.net/afi/dork" target="_blank">http://www.psychotica.net/afi/dork
The original serials are:
AFI's side: 1636860-A
Loose Change's side: 1636860-B
AFI Series recommends to abstain from buying Dork EP copies from eBay unless you cna be absolutely sure that the copy is legit and that you trust the seller. "Return policy" sellers would be better as you can return in original condition for a refund if it's a boot.
DU pre-release track names
30th April 2008 - 01:31 AM
So I remember there was a list written (allegedly) by Jade of songs he was listening to back in 2005. Some of the titles no one knew. And then DU came out months and months later and we went back and found the tracks resembled early titles of DU tracks.
So I was wondering if anyone (Alli?) remembers them.
Kill Caustic was 'Ether' for example.
EDIT: Found them.
Ok. So can we line these up with potential BlaqkAudio pre-release track titles?
AFI - Ether (2:38) [Kill Caustic]
AFI - You're Slowly Dying (3:56)
AFI - MIX_on_the_arrow_v03_mix_recall (3:12) [On The Arrow]
AFI - Virgin Holocaust (2:52)
AFI - Ultra Noir (3:34)
AFI - Fallen Like The Sky (3:56)
AFI - Beneath the Morning (4:31)
AFI - She Doesn't Speak (3:31)
AFI - Killing Time [The Killing Lights] (REMOVED FROM LIST)
AFI - Breath Play (REMOVED FROM LIST)
AFI - ChairkickingFTC (3:37)
AFI - The Wolf and the Lamb (REMOVED FROM LIST)
AFI - CrushMIP2 (2:56) [Carcinogen Crush]
AFI - SuicideFTC (REMOVED FROM LIST - Probably became Suicide Romantic)
AFI - Boys in the Storm (REMOVED FROM LIST)
AFI - Suicide Romantic (4:05)
All were titled by Jade as "AFI" songs.. but those who listen to BA may know the lyrics and can possibly see.
Note: The Wolf And The Lamb possibly a cover the band recorded?
Note x2: There's no guarantee this is Jade.
30th April 2008 - 01:30 AM
Theres more:
You're Slowly Dying
Virgin Holocaust
Ultra Noir
Beneath the Morning
She Doesn't Speak
Killing Time
Breath Play
The Wolf and the Lamb
Boys in the Storm
Suicide Romantic
All from here.
Jade's Playlist.
I/we (some members at the OMB) have figured that it is indeed his profile:
"I say its solid
I mean no one besides Jade has AFI tracks with weird names, songs by Loose Change, Love Equals Death, DJ Shadow, Paris Hilton, Too $hort, MC Stay N Skool, Covenant, and Sigur Ros(just to name a few) all on their Last.fm."
No one else would have had On The Arrow, or had a track to rename to On The Arrow back in April, because we didn't know it existed?
No one could have had DU tracks, or had a tracks to rename to DU titles long befor ethe album was released. We didn't know what the tracks were until June-ish
There are also Blaqk Audio tracks, as mentioned in the Jade's Blog Thread.
Here we go again, more cryptic videos and postcards
12th April 2017 - 10:45 PM
In the light of AFI posting, yet again, more cryptic videos and sending postcards to whom I think are DF members, both which will likely point out to a new release by the band and perhaps more rounds of secret shows, I thought I'd revive too, like the band, this board a little.
Sooo... Any thoughts on the videos and postcards? Am I the only one thinking they might regress a little more to their darker, but not necessarily harsher, material?
PS: Hopefully somebody will read this
Anyboy see all the classic afi lately at the shows?
12th April 2017 - 10:42 PM
They arrplaying a number of classics on tour now and a few rare gems and some unplayed ones now newly played like reivers music now the world and midnight sun. Also paper airplanes! Heres midnight sun!
How many of you still listen to AFI?
1st March 2017 - 12:01 PM
Like, on a daily basis, or as much as you did when, say, you first started posting on here?
Just wonderin'
Here we go again, more cryptic videos and postcards
19th October 2016 - 06:37 AM
In the light of AFI posting, yet again, more cryptic videos and sending postcards to whom I think are DF members, both which will likely point out to a new release by the band and perhaps more rounds of secret shows, I thought I'd revive too, like the band, this board a little.
Sooo... Any thoughts on the videos and postcards? Am I the only one thinking they might regress a little more to their darker, but not necessarily harsher, material?
PS: Hopefully somebody will read this
coffee, what?
19th October 2013 - 07:12 PM
Any takers?
Misheard Lyrics!!!!
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28th March 2011 - 04:39 PM
what lyrics have you misheard?
'Golden Nostrils',instead of cold in lifes throes.
(someone said that on a different board and now thats what i hear every time i listen to that song!)
'I left here for donuts',instead of 'i left here in darkness'
both from silver and cold
'feed on the lonely' i hear that in wester
Ever and a day!
and of course,'this is my line,this is a turtle'.
i have more that i will post later.
Davey on Broadway
American Idiot
15th March 2011 - 03:53 PM
Davey has been cast to play St. Jimmy beginning March 1, 2011 !!
"I couldn't be more excited that Davey is joining the American Idiot cast to play St. Jimmy. Not only is he a good friend of mine, but I feel that he also brings the perfect energy and air of menace to the part, says composer/co-author and lead singer of Green Day Billie Joe Armstrong. The audience is going to freak out.
Hmmm... thoughts?
I know the album, but I've never seen American Idiot the show, and I've been kinda curious. My roommate saw it and said she loved it... maybe I'll go check out Davey... haha.
New Picture Thread (funny and normal)
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new picture thread, no inapropriate
21st January 2011 - 10:34 PM
Just a couple of pictures from the BA show in Detroit
Davey drinks coffee during the show!!!
Crash Love!
Its been a year
10th January 2011 - 02:33 AM
First birthday of Crash Love.
Oh my god.
So what do you think of it now? What do you think of the whole cycle? Will the gold jacket retire to the closet from whence it came?
I still love CL. I think it is fucking awesome. Woop.
My Interview with Vic Chalker
For the AFI history nerds....
29th September 2010 - 10:18 AM
For the past few weeks I have been in communicating with AFI's original bassist Vic Kenyon (AKA Vic Chalker) and did an interview with him for the
about his days in AFI 1991-1992. He gives some awesome information about their original demo and TONS of other, never before heard, stories and cool stuff
I know this should go into the interview/reviews section, but no one checks there so I am putting it in here.
B: Were you the original bassist for AFI?
VK: yes. adam, davey, mark and i all got together in adam's parents'
garage to write and play some music. mark had bought some peavey
guitar and amp, i bought some jukey bass from a fly by night music
store in santa rosa and adam had drums which i believe were his dads.
i recall davey and i shared adam's dads' bass amp for vocal and bass
duties until it was blown out.
B: When you were in AFI, did AFI stand for A Fire Inside?
VK: i seem to remember AFI standing for A Bunch of Fucking Idiots. not the
nicest thing to call yourself, but i really like to have cuss words in
a band name. i do believe it was emulating EMF to the degree that the
F didn't stand for frequency. having fuck in your band name challenges
you in flyer making and promotion, which is nice. davey really wanted
to call the band 'bananas in the rough' but we call kind of thought
that was a little to big-hair-ish. sorry dave if i ruined your new
secret band name.
B: Can you describe how you came to join the band?
VK: not really. it's been quite some time. i'm pretty sure, though, we
started off talking about starting a band and before i knew it,
everyone had instruments and we were all playing together. I use the
term playing together loosely because it took a few months before we
were actually playing the same notes although we were all playing at
the same time.
B: Other than Ny-Quil, were you involved in writing any of the music or song lyric/song titles? If so, which ones?
VK: this is a tough question because so much of music is collaborative in
nature. many times, many bands will have a riff that evolves to a song
by jamming it out over and over. mark was a pretty prolific song
writer and would come to practice with a song written in it's
entirety, from the intro to the end with stops and accents already
planned out. i would bring some riffs and we would either work them
out into a song or ditch them by the roadside. i've always been a fan
of letting the vocalist work out the words and the melody which is one
of the reasons that davey wrote the lyrics to nyquil (as well as most
song that mark didn't write the words for). although i could be having
a revisionist memories here, i seem to recall writing red hat as kind
of a break-up song that was a real departure from any of the previous
AFI songs.
B: Can you recall the titles of any songs (if any) that you performed live that were never recorded? Any cover songs that you can remember playing live or recording?
VK: i don't recall to many song names. mark would be the authoritative on
this subject because he wrote most of them. for covers, we played
'california uber-alles' at the talent show in the 11th grade. that was
a different time and place where the only bands that played were
either silver surfer, guitar virtuoso types or metal bands doing
vocal-less covers of metallica songs. needless to say we didn't win,
but i thought we killed it and left the crowd kind of speechless. at
that point in time, DK wasn't an easily accessible band and i think
everyone thought we were these young militants from the theme of the
song. another song i recall playing (which was one of my favorites)
was 'nutrition' by the dead milkmen. it's a really spunky song and
kind of a non sequitur when you consider the content contrasted with
the punk songs we were playing at that time. mark was a fan of minor
threat and we covered a ton of minor threat songs in practice. we were
all huge angry samoan and decendents fans and attempted to play any of
their songs when we could figure them out. i'm not sure if we played
it live, but i really enjoyed playing 'bikeage' by the decendents at
B: What was your relationship with the members of the band like, how did you
know them?
VK: i just saw davey at a wedding a few weeks ago and he reminded me that
i was the first person to befriend him in high school. i don't
remember that but i'll take his word for it since his brain is a
little sharper than mine. we met in a transitional english class as
freshman (freshman weren't allowed to take honors classes, but we
segued into honors the subsequent year) and immediately became skate
or die buddies. mark and i were in advanced math classes and art
classes together and eventually the three of us met up. adam and mark
were neighbors and had known each other since childhood and mark
introduced us to adam. davey, mark and i were all fringers and adam
was more of a prep at that time but we all got along well and managed
to become good friends. i think the music was just another excuse to
try to create something together and it ended up working out well.
B: Were there any other members of AFI that the general public does not know about (even if they were in it for a short time)?
VK: davey's dad? no, not to my knowledge.
B: What was the line up of AFI when you were in the band?
VK: the OG members, adam, davey, mark and me.
B: Do you remember your first/last live show with AFI? Anything crazy ever happen at your shows?
VK: do you mean like actually being able to finish a song without fucking
up? um... i could be confusing this with some I13 show or a loose
change show, but i seem to remember there was a crew of dudes that
loved to shoot around with no clothes on. they referred to the act as
'nudie-rudey,' and, while it was essentially streaking, would run on
stage while someone was playing, much to the chagrin of the band.
there was also a psuedo-dance/posturing called the scarecrow robot,
but i'll leave that to the readers imagination. maybe one day a
youtube clip will come out to describe it in all its glory.
B: What were your favorite AFI songs back them and what were your favorite songs to play live?
VK: that's a good question and i'd have to remember the actual song titles
(which i don't) to answer this question. we really only had maybe
10-15 songs, including covers, so can i say all of them?
B: Did you record any songs with AFI?
VK: we recorded our first demo with dave raitt. yes, that is bonnie
raitt's brother. his son, bay raitt (who i think won an oscar for his
work on gollum in the LotR movies), was in the same class as the four
of us and he had convinced us that his dad was an awesome engineer,
although our demo didn't turn out too great. granted making a shitty
demo takes more effort than from just the engineer, it was probably
one of the muddiest, low ended, speaker destroying demos i have ever
heard. i think we recorded four or five songs, which hopefully will
never see the light of day, in the course of a day. mastered them on
the spot and left with the demo. about three days later, adam's car
speakers had been destroyed from the lowest of low ends coming from
that tape.
i also played bass on the dork ep. i was working at taco bell at the
time and had pulled an all-nighter when we drove to triangle sound (i
think) in lakeport. i didn't have a bass amp so i plugged right into
the console. everyone else worked on the overdubs while i slept
outside. later after geoff replaced me, he overdubbed all of the
tracks, which probably sounded a million times better.
B: Do you have any old recordings anywhere?
VK: not of AFI. i wish i had kept a few copies of dork, it could helped
pay for college!
B: Are you in this picture
VK: i know that mock turtleneck anywhere! from left to right, adam, davey,
mark, then me. i guess we are such nerds we did it in alphabetical
order without knowing it.
B: Do you have any pictures of you playing live?
VK: not with AFI, no. although i know there are some circulating somewhere.
B: Did you play a lot of shows with AFI?
VK: i don't think so. the only ones i can remember are:
talent show (one song)
ukiah high tri (lunch set)
phil's house (totally awesome)
low gap park
there was one more i didn't recall that adam reminded me of, our first
real show. my memory of those times is a little cloudy, but i have
been corrected. phil's house was our first "house party," kind of like
a warm up show. our first real show was at the lakeport fairgrounds in
(surprise!) lakeport. we didn't have a method of taking all of the
drums and equipment and the whole band to the show so a family friend
volunteered to take us there in his van. he was this real nice guy
named art who had become a paraplegic at a young age when he dove into
a shallow pool and broke his neck, hence having the van to carry his
wheelchair around. we were all stoked in the back of the van, ready to
play our very first show, when art started pulling coors lights out of
a cooler in between the driver and passenger seats while driving the
windy highway between ukiah and lakeport. at first everyone was like,
whatever, it's only a beer. but then one beer turned into two, three,
then eight. no one wanted to drive back with art so we all found
alternative rides for the ride home and made art schlep our
instruments home. i felt bad at the time, but, in reality, i shouldn't
have because no ride is worth the possible consequences of driving
with a drunk driver.
B: Why did you leave the band?
VK: i didn't leave, i was kicked out. my recollection was adam's neighbor
telling me that he had heard us practice. upon my telling him i wasn't
there and him telling me he had heard a bass, i knew the gig was up. i
think a day or two later, they handed me my papers. they had every
right to kick me out. i was a total flake (as are 99% of most
musicians, hence why only the hard workers make it), i would show up
to practice late, if at all. i didn't have the motivation to write
music, i was preoccupied with other things besides playing music. it
was a very pivotal point in my life where i was being pulled in a
number of directions without any goals. speaking of being a flake,
this reminds me of the time that i was recruited by I13 to play bass
with them. adam was playing drums, N13 and jade were playing guitar. i
showed up to practice about 3 or 4 hours late, played one song and
then that was that. it was an awesome song (i think the spirit of '76)
but they didn't need a bass player without a watch, either (insert
timing joke here).
B: Do you listen to current AFI? What is you favorite AFI album since your leaving of the band?
VK: to be honest, i haven't listened to an AFI album in its entirety for a
long time. even at the point of getting kicked out of the band, my
musical tastes were diverging from everyone else. i've followed them
at shows and watched their music change and evolve. to be honest, i'm
torn between the dark hardcore when mark was writing most the music
and the poppy stuff that jade is writing now. i'm a sucker for
dynamics and production and i think the music they are making now i
find most appealing.
B: Any other memories about your band mates or experiences you had with AFI that you can think of?
VK: you know, we spent a whole lot of time together as teenagers growing
into adults. there were a lot of interpersonal as well as group
dynamics that helped shape my life as far as making and keeping
friends. trying to think back it is such a blur that it's hard to pull
a rabbit from the hat. i do have one funny memory that i can share. i
was the only one in AFI without a car and one of the other dudes would
come pick me up for school. at that time, we would eat donuts and
coffee everyday before classes started. each person would take turns
buying donuts or bringing coffee. my number one style was to bring
iced coffee that i would make the night before, but mark would always
bring his hot and fresh. one day, he had brought us all coffee and
while he was pouring the coffee, began extolling the virtues of MSG to
us. he then explained that MSG makes everything taste better
and that he had put MSG in the coffee. needless to say, it was the
saltiest, crappiest coffee that had ever touched my tongue. we all
went a few hours without coffee until we were ablet to procure some
off campus. with that said, i'm lucky enough to see many of the AFIers
frequently. there are a lot of memories between the past and current
crew. for a full summary of experiences, i think that we'll have to
wait for my memoirs.
Questions for Jade!
21st September 2010 - 02:58 PM
I know no one looks at the AFI thread anymore and probably by the time anyone sees this it will be too late LOL
But I am interviewing Jade at the AFI/Green Day show here in AZ. I have 10 minutes with him and am open to some questions. I have a bunch already but I am going to pick some from suggestions I get. So speak now....
Will The Real "A.F.I." Please Stand Up?
14th September 2010 - 07:04 PM
woah's and oh's
best band ever
14th September 2010 - 07:38 AM
besides being the best band
i believe afi are the the best
band and of course davey has an
in every song
there are so many songs with major woah's, chorused, bridged, whatevered.
i cant help but look like a dick when i yell them all whilst wearing my noise cancelling headphones, but i just needed to
i wanna hear about everyones favourite
i pinpointed mine earlier today but have since misplaced it in my brain, haha.
Breath Play lyrics?
13th September 2010 - 06:20 PM
In the recent "In Transmission" video, Davey says he released lyrics for a song called "BNreath Play" but a google search turned up nothing. Does anyone here have these?
"Beautiful Thieves" Music Video
7th September 2010 - 04:24 PM
1000 tweets to reveal.
Edit: 1000 tweets to reveal
. Christ. Haha.
black sails vinyl?
i found it?
krimson sun
1st September 2010 - 07:59 AM
So I was at rasputin yesterday and was lucky enough to come across the bsits vinyl.now I'm confused. Aren't they out of print??
Lollapalooza Interview
30th August 2010 - 03:59 PM
Positively Negative
I rather enjoyed this one. I have no idea what in the hey Davey is wearing, but he seems a lot nicer than he has been lately. He's funny again! And I'm a little sad they didn't give Jade a mic. BOO. YAY Blaqk Audio though.
"Three years... Two years." "Four years." "SEVEN YEARS."
22nd July 2010 - 11:25 AM
When is AFI's contract up with Interscope
19th July 2010 - 03:01 PM
I thought that I saw somewhere that they signed a three cd contract with them. Thus meaning that cl would be the last one on that label.
I heard a voice
and CL
I also heard that the BA deal was only two??? So this would be the last.
Any ideas on where they might sign, or if they would resign?
which is better
DU or CL
18th July 2010 - 07:27 PM
i'm not sure.
i'm an afi fan through and through. i love all the albums.
but i've been listening to crash love a heap lately and i think its fair great, except veronica sawyer smokes, thats a shit song, but all the same i think the albums great. specally the bonus track; fainting spells. anyway, i dunno theres songs on DU that grab Me and after seeing afi after this tour the Crash Love songs grab me so yeh. not too sure
what do you guys reckon?
(reckon.... such an aussie word)
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock
4th June 2010 - 11:11 AM
See if you can guess which AFI song has been announced to be included in the upcoming Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock... just try to guess...
>> Spoiler!!! Rollover to view / Click to hide <<
Dancing Through Sunday!!!
Mikey Rhino
Formspring diva
31st May 2010 - 02:40 AM
Ask Mikey Rhino questions on formspring
and get more answers than you'll ever need, such as the status of Davey's peen.
Sing The Sorrow's 7th Birthday!
Aww, It's in 2nd grade!
20th March 2010 - 07:42 PM
Well, It is STS's 7th birthday, or 42nd in dog years.
This album rocks. I totally ate some girl scout cookies in its honor. And because they are delicious.
MTV Exclusive Promo Pics
3 Badass + 1 awkward = AFI
13th March 2010 - 03:53 AM
MTV exclusive promo pics posted
Hunter, Adam and Jade look badass... then there is Davey LOL!
STS Inverted Octopus
27th February 2010 - 11:22 AM
Does anyone have the picture of the inverted octopus that was posted on this website?
Davey is my homeboy
8th February 2010 - 07:45 PM
Anyone seen this. It like the Jesus is my Homeboy, but Davey, Etc. Had it on old computer and lost it. New g/f's mom owns an actual tshirt printing place, so the time is now. Hope someone has it. I've searched around the net and cant find it anywhere. Thanks guys.
i wanna say it was purple, or maybe im just hoping it was
Zu Boutique
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Davey's new clothing line
20th January 2010 - 03:47 AM
According to Davey on ask AFI, its not a full clothing line, just tees and it will just be available from the website for now. Oh, and apparently Jade did the music that's looped in the background of the site.
After seeing what became of the other 2 clothing lines, Im not too terribly excited for this.
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1 person injured after truck nearly hits house
1 person injured after truck nearly hits house
LOUISVILLE, Ky. —
One person was taken to the hospital after a crash in the Audubon Park neighborhood.
It happened just after midnight in the 900 block of Packard Avenue.
The homeowners told WLKY that the driver of a truck had a medical problem.
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Windham kidnap witness defies order, to remain in county jailBy JAMES A. KIMBLE
Union Leader Correspondent
July 31. 2013 8:35PM
BRENTWOOD — A material witness in a Windham kidnapping case defied a judge's order to answer questions from county prosecutors during a deposition Friday, thus ensuring his continued imprisonment in county jail for contempt of court.
Matthew Nugent of Billerica, Mass., refused to comply with an order by Judge Marguerite Wageling to participate in the court-ordered deposition after spending roughly 78 days in county jail.
Wageling, who attended the deposition, said in an order made available Wednesday that Nugent would continue to be held in contempt of court until he decides to offer truthful testimony in the trial of Luis Carvalho, 33, of Taunton, Mass.
Carvalho recently had his trial for kidnapping and burglary rescheduled for the week of Nov. 18 in Rockingham County Superior Court.
Carvalho is accused of storming a home in Windham April 15, 2012, with another man and restraining Samantha Gervais, 20, before fleeing from Windham police.
Public defenders say the home was owned by Michael Napier, who is facing drug charges in U.S. District Court in Boston.
Nugent's latest court appearance came Thursday when he appeared with his lawyer, Chuck Keefe, asking to be freed after spending nearly two months behind bars. Keefe argued that the jail stint violated his client's constitutional rights.
At a separate hearing Thursday, Carvalho was released on $10,000 cash bail as he awaits trial.
He spent more than two years behind bars awaiting trial.
Wageling said during a hearing Thursday that Nugent's freedom hinges on his obeying her order to testify truthfully at Carvalho's trial.
"Mr. Nugent holds the keys of the jail cell in his hand. He is punishing himself," Wageling said. "He will get out of jail when he testifies."
Nugent has contended that despite being given an immunity agreement in New Hampshire, his statements could be used against him in Massachusetts.
Prosecutors said Carvalho had a firearm belonging to Nugent on the night of the home invasion.
Nugent reported to police in the Bay State that his firearms were stolen and was later charged for making the report, according to published reports. Those charges were later dropped.


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How has the world benefited from the 125 years of the internet thus far?
I've noticed how some younger artists are influenced by other artists, i mean like almost completely. Without the internet that probably wouldn't be possible. Art has a beginning and that is with you opening your eyes. I've never taken any art courses, but i imagine it being similar to how the internet helps an artist grow. only you have to get your shit out there yourself.
When not creating art, you can be found?
well, i work as a custodian for a learning center down the street from my house. when i'm free im either out collecting scrap wood or relaxing with my dogs at home.
Why Fecal Face?
During the opening you'll be...?
I first found fecalface by accident looking up a name. It popped up and i just got hooked, first by the user gallery, then by art events posted. Those at fecalface make alot possible all of us. thanks.
i will be lookiing at art... maybe a drink or two.
During the opening you'll be...?
more art made, more art pics sent out and more art shown... hopefully.
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BootHammer | The launch of the Wii U is nearly upon us. With a game changing gamepad and an impressive lineup of games finally available in HD, Nintendo seems to have everything in order for a successful Wii U debut. I'm sure many are still on the fence on whether or not to pick up the new system so join us as we give you three simple reasons to purchase Nintendo's Wii U at launch.
"games finally available in HD"
Nintendo games have been available in HD for a long time about 5 years (Dolphin Emulator). Just that the casuals have finally caught up lol.
No ones advocating piracy, you can buy games then emulate them. HD on Nintendo games is nothing new for the ones who know ;-)
Casual gamer (console gamers) only just caught up.
Many people are illegally downloading games on the console hardware itself be it the PS3 or Xbox 360. Bottom line is, if anyone wants to be pirating they may do so on the hardware itself. Emulating on another hardawre doesnt instantly mean pirating, the same person may as well do it on the original hardware.
Never pick up a console on launch. It is just not worth it. I wait 6 months usually to get a new console.
I can think of more than 3 reasons NOT to pick up the Wii U at launch! Lmao.
Seriously though, it's much better to wait about 6 months to 1 year before getting a new console, because there won't be a healthy library of games until then. Don't make the same mistake I did with my Vita...


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- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families
- Copyright 2007 MDRC. All rights reserved.
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posted by Thom Holwerda on Thu 5th Jul 2012 21:21 UTC
Microsoft is continuing its efforts to simplify its product lines, and has cut the number of versions for the next release of Windows Server down from twelve to just four: Datacenter, Standard, Essentials, and Foundation. Pretty straightforward. Windows Home Server gets axed, but then again, I don't think anybody bought Windows Home Servers anyway.


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Dr. Doug Christensen, Professor
Associate Director of Geophysical Institute
Contact: email@example.com or (907) 474-7426
Research: Seismology
Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Bernard Coakley, Professor
Contact: firstname.lastname@example.com or (907) 474-5385
GEOS 438/638 - Basin Analysis
GEOS 416 - Applied Geophysics in alternate years.
Research: Marine geophysics
Curriculum Vitae
GI Tectonics and Sedimentation
Dr. Cary De Wit, Associate Professor of Geography
Contact: firstname.lastname@example.com or 907-474-7141
GEOG 302 - Geography of Alaska
GEOG 303 - Geography of the U.S. and Canada
GEOG 305 - Geography of Europe
GEOG 311 - Geography of Asia
GEOG 312 - People, Places & Env: Principles of Human Geography
GEOG 420 - Geopolotics of Energy
Research interests:
Cultural geography, North American regional cultures, rural cultures, perceptual geography, and sense of place. Recent research interests are popular perceptions of Alaska and the expression of frontier ideology in Alaskan politics, culture, and landscape.
B.S., 1984 University of Kansas
M.A., 1992 University of Kansas
Ph.D., 1997, University of Kansas
Dr. Patrick Druckenmiller, Associate Professor of Geology
Earth Sciences Curator, University of Alaska Museum
Contact: firstname.lastname@example.com or (907) 474-6954
Research: Vertebrate paleontology specializing in Mesozoic marine reptiles; plesiosaur and ichthyosaur phylogeny; Jurassic marine reptiles of Svalbard, Norway; Alaskan dinosaurs
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Dr. Hajo Eicken, Professor
Contact: firstname.lastname@example.com or (907) 474-7280
Teaching: Sea ice geophysics (GEOS 615)
Glaciers, volcanoes and earthquakes (GEOS 120, Glaciers module of the course)
Image processing applications in the geosciences (GEOS 622)
Field techniques in interdisciplinary sea ice research (GEOS 695)
Research: Sea Ice Geophysics
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Dr. Sarah Fowell, Associate Professor
2006-2007 Outstanding Teacher Award
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Research: Reconstruction of ancient ecosystems and climates through identification of pollen and spores preserved in lacustrine sediments or rocks.
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Dr. Jeff Freymueller, Professor
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Research: Primary research focus is in the field of crustal deformation resulting from active tectonic and volcanic processes. Current research topics include studies of the subduction process in southern Alaska; uplift due to post-glacial rebound in the Glacier Bay area, southeast Alaska; the large-scale kinematics of the Indian-Eurasia plate collision zone in China; kinematics of the San Andreas fault system in northern California; deformation on active volcanoes in the Alaska-Aleutian arc; techniques for estimating deformation models from Global Positioning System (GPS), Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) and other geodetic data.
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Dr. Regine Hock, Professor
Contact: firstname.lastname@example.com or (907) 474-7691
Teaching: Glaciers (GEOS 617)
Glaciers, Volcanoes and Earthquakes (GEOS 120, glaciers module of the course)
Research: Glacier mass balance, glacier meteorology and hydrology, modeling the response of glaciers to climate change, and the contribution of glacier wastage to global sea-level rise.
Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Jessica Larsen, Associate Professor
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GEOS 120 - Volcanoes module (Earthquakes, Glaciers, Volcanoes)
GEOS 406 - Volcanology
GEOS 670 - Selected Topics in Volcanology
Research: Volcanology and petrology
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Dr. Chris Maio, Assistant Professor of Coastal Geography
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GEOG 111 Physical Geography w/Lab
GEOG/GEOS 339 Change Detection in Arctic Systems w/Lab
GEOG/GEOS 483 Research Design, Writing, Presentation Methods
GEOS/GEOG 460/660 The Dynamic Alaskan Coastline
My research focuses on elucidating coastal environmental changes occurring over multiple spacial and temporal scales in response to natural and anthropogenic drivers. This research will be an important component to developing appropriate mitigation and adaptation strategies to climate change along Alaska's coastline.
Earth and Environment: Elements of Physical Geography (4 credits)
Mapping and Landscape Analysis (4 credits)
Research Design, Writing and Presentation Methods
Dr. Dan Mann, Assistant Professor of Geography
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Current/recent postdoctoral fellows and graduate students
forest ecology, ice-age climate change, and the interactions between prehistoric humans and changing climate.
Course Syllabi:
Biogeography - GEOG 418 and BIOL 618
Ice Age Alaska - GEOG 493 / 693
Climate Change Processes ATM 494/694 and GEOG 494/694 (4 credits)
Dr. Paul McCarthy, Professor
Department Chair
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Research: Paleolandscape evolution, alluvial architecture and nonmarine sequence stratigraphy
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Dr. Franz J. Meyer, Associate Professor
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Research: Development of advanced SAR, InSAR, PS-InSAR
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UPCOMING PhD POSITION IN RADAR REMOTE SENSING -- Spring 2014
Dr. Jochen Mezger, Field Camp Director
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GEOS 225 - Field and Computer Methods (Spring, co-teaching with Rainer Newberry)
GEOS 351 - Geology Field Camp (Summer, 8 weeks, co-teaching with various faculty)
GEOS 605 - Geochronology (Fall, co-teaching with Elisabeth Nadin)
- Interaction between metamorphism and deformation
- Microtectonics
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Dr. Elisabeth Nadin, Associate Professor
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GEOS 475/675 = Presentation Techniques (co-teach with R. Newberry, Fall)
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Currently, Nadin is working in the mid- to lower-crustal sections of the Talkeetna Arc, southeast Alaska. Her investigations include 1) a geochemical comparison of mid-crustal arc levels from the Jurassic and today (as preserved in xenoliths of the active Aleutian arc); 2) detrital-zircon studies of metasediments associated with the Talkeetna Arc; and 3) rock flow fabrics preserved within the middle and lower crustal levels of this accreted arc.
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Dr. Rainer Newberry, Professor
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GEOS 692: Reading Seminar in Glaciology (Spring 2009, Spring 2011)
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International Glaciology Summer School
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Girls on Ice (http://girlsonice.org)
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Research: Cold region soil engineering problems and modeling
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Teaching: GEOS 626 Applied Seismology
GEOS 627 Inverse Problems and Parameter Estimation
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NEW YORK (AP) — A pension fund for city teachers is pledging $1 billion in new investments toward repairing roads and bridges damaged by Superstorm Sandy and other infrastructure projects.
The New York City Teachers Retirement System is making the pledge through a project of the Clinton Global Initiative, started in 2005 by former President Bill Clinton, who made the announcement on Thursday.
The pension fund money will go to projects that affect transportation, power, water, communications and housing in New York City and the surrounding metropolitan region.
The projects could include rebuilding housing destroyed by the late October storm, which killed at least 140 people in 10 states but hit New York and New Jersey the hardest, flooding neighborhoods and knocking out power to some residents for weeks.
The money, besides contributing to the repair and upgrade of facilities used by hundreds of thousands of people, could create thousands of jobs, the Clinton Global Initiative said in a statement on its website.
Clinton was joined by Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan, United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew, city Comptroller John Liu and American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten in announcing the $1 billion allocation. They said the funds would strengthen infrastructure so New York is better protected from the rising sea levels, droughts and storms that coincide with climate change.
"Together the work will benefit our future not only in terms of more efficient buildings and reducing the threat of climate change, but also in the lives of teachers, construction workers, and in lowering energy costs for people all over America," Clinton said. "This is a remarkable commitment."
Donovan, a key figure on President Barack Obama's long-term Sandy recovery effort, said he hoped the commitment of the Teachers Retirement System will "inspire and encourage" others.
"This infusion of private capital is like seed money that will allow us to address not only the recovery from Sandy but also the underlying infrastructure challenges that our communities face," he said.
The Teachers Retirement System manages assets of about $46 billion for 110,000 current members and 80,000 retirees.


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Hello fellow Scholars!
Once again, Vana'diel seems to have lured me back - the fact I have a computer capable of playing it again does help :) So again, I'm back playing my favourite job, Scholar. However the last time I left was right after Kaustra and Embrava were added into the game, so I suspect I've missed a bit.
So what have I missed over the last 8 months or so? Did Klimaform become usable by other jobs once the level cap went to 95+? Has the fact our helix spells now become usable at a lower level (and therefore available to a sub job) made us redundant? Did the Tupsimati ever become worth getting over a Magian Staff (and did SE ever reduce the 30k Alexandrite requirement?)
If you happen to be on Asura and see me in game, please say hi, I'll probably be the one casting random spells for a few days whilst I get all my macros set up again - coming from a background in computers, one of the biggest things I always liked about Scholar was 'programming' the job - i.e., getting all sorts of macro combinations set up to handle gear swaps, arts switching, stratagem usage, etc. I took a lot of inspiration from Kaeko both in terms of setup and in terms of what the job was capable of.
Good to be back :)
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Image: Western Butterfish, Pentapodus vitta
A 20 cm long Western Butterfish caught on hook and line with prawn bait at a depth of 6 m, Rockingham Public Wharf, Western Australia, 11 April 2010.
- Photographer:
- Justin McKenzie
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The species has been called by many common names including Black Stripe Butterfish, Butterfish, Striped Whiptail, Western Australian Butterfish, Western Threadfin Bream, Western Whiptail. In Australia, however its standard name is Western Butterfish.
Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & G.R. Allen. 2006. Fishes. In Beesley, P.L. & A. Wells. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 35. ABRS & CSIRO Publishing: Australia. parts 1-3, pages 1-2178.
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Angelina Jolie: Oscars 2012 Presenter!
Angelina Jolie will present at the 2012 Academy Awards!
The 36-year-old actress and In the Land of Blood and Honey director was announced as a presenter on Wednesday (February 8).
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Angelina Jolie
Previously announced presenters include Milla Jovovich, Cameron Diaz, Halle Berry, Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Jennifer Lopez, and the cast of Bridesmaids.
The Oscars will take place on Sunday (February 26) at the Kodak Theatre – the show will be aired live on ABC.
Can't wait to see Angie at the Oscars!!


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Ever since I was a little girl, I've loved the Kentucky Derby. Between the horses and the hats, I'm in absolute heaven. So I thought I'd share with you, over the next three or so days, some of my favorite Derby drink recipes.
We'll start with perhaps the easiest, which is Bourbon Slush. With any of these drinks, make sure you use a nice bourbon. The quality of the bourbon affects the quality of the drink, no matter how you mix it. For this particular recipe, I like to use Woodford Reserve from the special Derby edition bottle.
I got this recipe from my old friend Kate, and it is by far the best slush I have tasted or made. I tend to make it the night before a party to ensure a good amount of slushiness.
Kate's Bourbon Slush
Step 1: Tea
2 1/2 cups boiling water
2 peach tea bags
1 cup sugar
Combine the boiling water and tea bags.
Once the tea is set, remove the bags and pourinto a large plastic container. (There must be room for the tea to expand once in the freezer.)
Add the sugar and stir until dissolved.
Step 2: Those yummy flavors
6 cups cold water
1 large can, frozen lemonade
1 small can, frozen orange juice
2 cups Kentucky bourbon
Add remaining ingredients to the tea.
Stir until all ingredients are well blended.
Freeze in plastic container, covered, for 6 to 8 hours, sometimes longer depending on your freezer. Spoon into glasses and top off with Sprite or 7Up.
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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (UK - BD RB)
Scott McKenzie checks out Peter Weir's seafarin' swashbucklin' blockbuster...
It is 1805 and Napoleon's warships are deployed all over the world to engage the British navy. The HMS Surprise, captained by Jack Aubrey (Russell Crowe), is being stalked by the Acheron, a French frigate that is both larger and more powerful. Following initial defeat at the hands of the French, Aubrey doesn't retreat to England and instead decides to remain at sea, repair the Surprise and engage the enemy once again…
Based on the writing of Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander takes plot elements and characters from his novels and spins them into an original story. The elements you expect from a movie like this are all present and correct. Men being men on the high seas? Check. Everyone getting soaked through while shouting at each other? Check. Lots of cannon and sword action? Check. Peter Weir directs the action as if you're right in there with the crew and uses swooping shots of the ship sparingly but for me, what sets Master and Commander apart from any other drama-on-the-high-seas movies you may care to mention is the historical details we're offered.
Never leaving the action to head back to England for some plot development, we spend the whole movie with the crew of the Surprise and with a running time of well over two hours, we're given the opportunity to not only get to know them but also find out what role each of them performs on the ship. We get to see the inner workings of a nineteenth century warship, which could be dry and boring, but we're presented with them at the same time as Aubrey is barking orders so the viewer can either choose to absorb the details or not while the action unfolds. For example—have you ever wondered why nautical speed is measured in knots? Watch Master and Commander and you'll find out.
Most interesting of all to me was the sequence where the Surprise stops off at the Galapagos Islands. Paul Bettany's character makes a comment about taking the tortoises off the islands because they would be good food for the crew, and that is exactly right because by leaving the tortoises alive on the ship until it was dinner time, the meat would be fresher. I've just finished watching the BBC's Galapagos series on DVD and the related historical facts thrown into this movie are pleasingly accurate, making that series a surprisingly good accompaniment to Master and Commander.
The long time spent on showing the inner workings of the ship also means that we get to spend plenty of screen time with the different characters that inhabit it. We get to see how they relate to each other and the way the lower-ranked shipmates deal with the better-educated officers. The performances of the whole cast do justice to the well-written source material and there are many highlights, but my pick of the bunch is Max Pirkis as the young Midshipman Blakeney. He delivers an adult performance in a role that the director could easily have just paid lip service to and treated him as a child instead.
The central themes of this movie are leadership and teamwork, focusing most of all on how a man like Captain Aubrey can bring a group of people of different classes and backgrounds together to make the HMS Surprise work like a well-oiled machine. The movie opens with a watchman's struggle to make a decision and later touches on the difficulties he faces in establishing himself as a leader. This is counter-pointed by Aubrey's strong leadership and split second decision-making and he even gives a short lecture on how to be a leader of men. If anyone reading this review teaches management courses, you should consider showing a few clips from this movie to your class to get your points across.
Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany in the central roles are as convincing as you would expect from these two experienced actors. Together again following their partnership in A Beautiful Mind, Bettany is the quiet and measured good cop to Crowe's loud and brash bad cop. Together they effectively act as parents to everyone else on the ship and because the whole movie is set at sea, all the action in the movie involves one or both of them to some extent. The only drawback I could see to Master and Commander is the fact that it would be quite difficult to continue the series without delivering essentially the same movie again. Watching two master nautical tacticians blast the hell out of each other's ships is exciting for one movie, but even though the relationships between the characters are compelling, I'm happy for the franchise to end with episode one.
Master and Commander is presented in 2.35:1 (1080p) and I'm happy to report that the movie looks very good. The detail is as sharp as any Blu-ray release I've seen so far, with much to admire in the waves of the ocean and the fog is particularly impressive, where I would have expected to find compression artefacts or grain in a lower-grade high definition disc. The colours are very strong as well, with black exactly the same shade as the widescreen borders. This is often where sub-par transfers get found out, but Master and Commander looks great and you should definitely pick it up if you're looking to show off the potential of Blu-ray.
I'm pleased to say it's a similar story with the audio quality. Master and Commander comes with a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround track and I have a word of warning for you—it's loud! I had to turn down my surround system from its usual level as soon as the opening battle got going, but the detail in the soundtrack was amazing, with booming cannons and splintering wood coming through the rear speakers. It comes as no surprise that this movie picked up an Oscar for sound editing and the transfer here definitely does the soundtrack justice. Music is used sparingly, especially in the early scenes where the only music is provided by Crowe and Bettany's characters but when the orchestra does kick in, it sounds just as good as anything else on the track.
After the high standards set by the video and audio quality I was hoping to get stuck into a decent set of extras, but I found myself faced with a rather odd collection of features. We start off with six deleted scenes, totalling twenty-four minutes, and if you add that on to the movie's running time you'll see why something had to be culled. The scenes here all go into more detail about the characters and life on the ship, although the scene leading up to the lashing may have added something extra to the movie. Without an audio commentary or 'Making of' to be found, trailers for Master and Commander, Live Free or Die Hard and Eragon round out the 'normal' set of extras before we head into oddball territory.
The trivia track is probably the most useful option available, which provides you with pop-up notes about the movie and the historical background. For example, did you know that Paul Bettany used to be a member of the Sea Cadets Corp when he was young and was one of the few actors who got seasick? Well, you do now. The pop-up map option allows you to track the geographical location of the on-screen action throughout the movie and the personal scene selections option allows you to bookmark your favourite scenes. The 'Search Content' option is an on-screen index of the whole movie that lets you to jump directly to the point in the movie where any particular subject or item is mentioned, from albatross all the way down the alphabet to weevil.
With a relatively inward-looking plot and almost no female presence at all, it's not difficult to see why Master and Commander didn't set the box office alight upon its theatrical release, but I have to say I thought it was an exciting and intelligent movie that's definitely worthy of your time. The presentation here is excellent and if you're a fan of the movie you shouldn't let the strange set of extra features put you off picking up this disc.
* Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray release.
Review by Scott McKenzie
Suitable only for persons of 12 years and over
Disc Details
Release Date: 28th April 2008
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: English DTS-HD MA 5.1, Spanish DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish
Extras: Deleted Scenes, Historical and Geographical Trivia Track, Search Content Function, Personal Scene Selections, Pop-Up Map, Trailers
Easter Egg: No
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But honestly you are the only person who has pointed that they should be wearing white in the majority of their games - the media is trying to drum this up and it was on the front page of the Dominion Post today.
But honestly you are the only person who has pointed that they should be wearing white in the majority of their games - the media is trying to drum this up and it was on the front page of the Dominion Post today.
1) Ross is Boss.
2) See point 1.
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Overrated XI M Bracewell, Burns, Rahane, Don Voges, Bairstow, Alecz Day, Donovan Grobelaar, Luke Ronchi, Faulkner, Dan Christian, Permaul
I think Robbie Deans' temperature would be hitting fever pitch about now..
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Haha, indeed. That was a mild upset.
Samoa shock Wallabies - Rugby Union - Sportal New Zealand
I would like to see the Island teams do more tours as a united force...didn't need to be united for this game however - well done Samoa.
Massive shock, although the Samoan side did look a good one with several players featuring in Super Rugby this year. Would love to see them produce something similar in the World Cup against a more fancied nation.
at that score.
IIRC Samoa had to go through qualifying this year?
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Great result for rugby. Hopefully secure them a few more games v some of the foundation unions.
Good signs for the WC too; few Welsh eyebrows will have been raised at the result, I imagine. Samoa have won both their previous WC clashes with the leekists.
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I'd personally like to see a combined Pacific team added to the Tri Nations. Hopefully this could give that a chance.
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Argentina enters the competition next year so will be 4 nations.
Fantastic result for Samoa today and full credit to them, thoroughly enjoyed watching them destroy us at every breakdown and then belt us in defense. Rod Davies will be one sore boy tonight. Tuilagi is just massive. How long is he contracted to Leicester for? If Digby leaves the Reds for the Yen then Tuilagi would make a great replacement (international import signing) - the Reds backs coach has coached him before as well.
Was also good to see the class of Genia and Beale on show - thye come on and all of a sudden they start breaking the line. Higginbothams chip and chase and flick to Giteau was also a moment of magic.
Looking a bit shaky though if that is our genuine B side, think most played themselves out of positions rather than into them - our depth not as genuine as one would hope.
Manu's in England's provisional WC squad...
Manu's a tank as well and a little tasty too.
Yeah have seen that hit on Ashton, certainly didn't miss him.
Just watched a couple of other Tuilagi videos - it's just not fair. One clip has Aleasana running straight at a halfback. That was never going to end well.
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Here's what the dealers told our mystery shoppers
• Citroen C3 mystery shopper
The only way to avoid the 20% VAT is [to ensure] that the car is registered and tax is paid by 31/12/2010.
If the car goes into 2011 then you would have to pay 20% VAT.
• Ford Fiesta mystery shopper
If you order the car as soon as possible and we can get the car registered before the end of December you won't pay the increase rate of VAT, however the cars are going very quickly as everyone is doing the same and trying to beat the VAT increase.
• Nissan 370Z mystery shopper
If the delivery date is next year, you will pay the new VAT rate. We will see if there is any help for this, but at the moment, there's none.
• Ford C-Max mystery shopper
Unfortunately, there is no way of avoiding the new VAT rate if the car is registered in the new year.
It can be avoided only by allowing the vehicle to be registered before the 31st December 2010
• Mercedes-Benz C-Class mystery shopper
To avoid the VAT increase, your car must be in the country, registered and paid for before Jan 1 (you probably have until the middle of this month to place an order that will safeguard this).
• Mazda 3 mystery shopper
If a new car is registered in Jan 2011, the VAT will be 20%.
• Toyota Auris HSD mystery shopper
Unfortunately, there is nothing I can do regarding the VAT because it is paid on the date the vehicle is registered.
What Car? says not true. As long as you order before January 4 you are allowed up to six months for delivery according to usual schedules. You cannot, in other words, ask for delivery to be delayed to the new March registration plate, but tax is calculated at the VAT invoice point, not at the point of delivery or registration.


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HONG KONG (AP) — "Ip Man: The Final Fight," about the latter years of the Wing Chun master Ip Man, will open the Hong Kong International Film Festival next month.
The martial arts master has been portrayed many times on the big screen, most recently by Tony Leung in Wong Kar Wai's "The Grandmaster."
Anthony Wong, the new film's leading man, said comparing the roles was hard because he plays a different time in Ip Man's life. He plays Ip Man from his arrival in Hong Kong in 1949 until his death.
"There are photos of Ip during this time of his life, there is a video of him practicing with wooden sticks for me to portray," Wong said at a news conference Thursday to announce the festival's lineup. "However, how he talked, how he behaved, no one really knows. That left a lot for the imagination, but in comparison, there are references for the Ip Man that I portray."
The festival starts March 17.


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NFL players are some of the smartest people in the world, so you can imagine my shock when they put together a horrific Top 100 Players of 2011 list.
I'm not as intelligent as these guys, so I won't be making my own list. After all, how do you differentiate between the eighth-best linebacker and eighth-best wide receiver? This sort of list is so subjective that there are numerous acceptable ways you could put it together.
However, there were some really dumb choices in the NFL Top 100 Players of 2011. I'll list them below:
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One of the pre-eminent figures of the Italian Renaissance, Andrea Mantegna's enduring admiration for the art and culture of antiquity is evident in his emphasis on accurate proportion when depicting the figure. Mantegna's oeuvre is further characterized by his unusual compositional choices, often incorporating perspective and foreshortening to an exaggerated degree. Mantegna was influenced by fellow Italian artists Filippo Lippi, Paolo Uccello, and, most significantly, Donatello, who worked in Padua for a period, which allowed Mantegna to see the master sculptor's work in person.
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Mitt Romney sharply criticized Obama administration policy in the Middle East, and suggested a new approach to foreign assistance could be an important way of easing tension in troubled nations.
"Many Americans are troubled by the developments in the Middle East. Syria has witnessed the killing of tens of thousands of people. The president of Egypt is a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. Our Ambassador to Libya was assassinated in a terrorist attack. And Iran is moving toward nuclear weapons capability. We feel that we are at the mercy of events, rather than shaping events," Romney was to tell the Clinton Global Initiative in New York City.
"I am often asked why, and what can we do to lead the Middle East to stability, to ease the suffering and the anger and the hate," he said in remarks prepared for delivery.
"Religious extremism is certainly part of the problem. But that's not the whole story."
He quickly pivoted to his foreign assistance plan.
"We'll couple aid with trade and private investment to empower individuals, encourage innovators, and reward entrepreneurs," Romney said. A copy of the remarks was released in Washington.
"Too often our passion for charity is tempered by our sense that our aid is not always effective. We see stories of cases where American aid has been diverted to corrupt governments. We wonder why years of aid and relief seem never to extinguish the hardship, why the suffering persists decade after decade," Romney said.
"Perhaps some of our disappointments are due to our failure to recognize just how much the developing world has changed. Many of our foreign aid efforts were designed at a time when government development assistance accounted for roughly 70 percent of all resources flowing to developing nations."
That's changed, he argued, as much of today's aid comes from the private sector.
Foreign aid, he said, should meet three tests: Addressing humanitarian needs, foster "a substantial United States strategic interest, be it military, diplomatic, or economic," and bring about "lasting change in communities and in nations."
The campaign released a paper describing the initiative.
"Much of our development aid meets with limited success and at times actually works against the goal of lifting populations out of poverty and into more beneficial relationships with the rest of the international community," the paper said.
"The core of the problem lies in the fact that our assistance architecture is not responsive to the demands of the modern, global economy and reflects an outdated way of thinking about the world."
The initiative is the latest Romney effort to build a more muscular foreign policy while emphasizing economic programs at the same time.
The campaign argued that aid programs "do not fully take into account that foreign aid no longer makes up the majority of capital flowing into the developing world as it did decades ago."
Worldwide foreign aid is small compared to trade with the developing world and foreign direct investment.
"But too often, our foreign aid programs try to supplant private enterprise. And they concentrate too greatly on delivering social services instead of seeking policy reforms and building institutional capacity so that societies can afford to pay for critical social services over time," the Romney paper said.
"To be effective, our aid programs must leverage private investment and trade to foster environments conducive to job creation. Free enterprise and institutions that support political freedom, the rule of law, and respect for human rights are critical ingredients for progress. If developing nations grow strong private sectors, they will become strong trading partners and friends of the United States."
His Prosperity Pact Program would be an "integrated strategy that links trade policy with development policy."
Development, the paper says, "is driven by economic liberalization. Mitt Romney will ensure that our policies reflect that relationship. Working with the private sector, the program would identify the barriers to investment, trade, and entrepreneurialism in developing nations."
"In exchange for removing those barriers and opening their markets to U.S. investment and trade, developing nations would receive U.S. assistance packages focused on developing the institutions of liberty, the rule of law, and property rights."
A major part of the program will be backing new financing structures for small- and medium-sized enterprises.


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Yep, for those of you who are Nessus freaks like me, hop over to ftp.nessus.org and grab version 2.0.7.
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The best vulnerability tool I use. I wonder if updating the plugins will be as worthwhile as upgrading the program. Thanks for the heads up.
/me bends nessus over the counter and makes sweet love to it
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Seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher was in critical condition with life-threatening head injuries after a skiing accident at the French luxury resort of Meribel on Sunday, a local hospital said.
Schumacher, 44, hit his head on a rock after a fall while skiing off-piste (away from official slopes), said a police officer with the Bourg-Saint-Maurice forces, who handled the incident. He was initially taken by helicopter to a hospital in the nearby town of Moutiers and later transferred to a larger hospital in the...


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- THIS PAGE IS NOT MAINTAINED ANYMORE. ORIGINAL AUTHOR OF IT (Stalwart <stlwrtDOGgmail.com>) SOLD HIS PAVILION AND ADVISES LINUX USERS NOT TO BUY HP LAPTOPS. IF ANYONE HAS SAME LAPPY AND WANTS TO MAINTAIN PAGE - FEEL FREE TO DO IT
- Kernels 126.96.36.199, 22.214.171.124 and 22.214.171.124 don't boot, use newest install medium possible, 2.6.21 and higher is recommended.
- bcm43xx driver is unstable, ndiswrapper is buggy - wifi is painful
- Touchpad is buggy - after a while driver loses contact with it and all fancy options become disabled
To install linux on this shiny pile of great hardware you need to use "noapic" or "acpi=noirq" kernel parameters. After you install distro you need to load modules in proper order or kernel will freeze. Ron Kuris reported lucky module order in kernel bugzilla - i2c_core nvidia snd_hda_codec cpufreq_conservative ohci_hcd snd_hda_intel ndiswrapper. I installed Arch64 and modified module preloading parameter in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf:
MODULES="i2c_core bcm43xx nvidia cpufreq_conservative cpufreq_powersave cpufreq_ondemand ohci_hcd fuse usbhid powernow-k8 snd_hda_intel pata_amd ata_generic sata_nv"
... and rebuild initramfs (mkinitcpio -p linux)
System should work now.
This lappy has GeForceGo 7200 adapter and glossy widescreen LCD. You'll need nvidia proprietary driver. To make use of LCD's native resolution you need to place correct mode in /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen 1" Device "nVidia" Monitor "LCD" DefaultDepth 24
Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1280x800" ViewPort 0 0 EndSubsection EndSection
TV-Out works! WebCam works with recent linux-uvc driver. I tested linux-uvc-svn rev.110 and it worked great with resolution up to 1280x1024
You need 2.6.18 to get sound, 2.6.19 to enable headphone jack and 2.6.21 to make it work right.
Ports and drives
DVD-RW drive works out-of-box. What else did you expect? :) USB and card reader also do work out-of-box. Tested with iPod, USB mouse and several SD cards. FireWire and Bluetooth are detected by kernel, but i have no devices to test them. Dunno if xpressCard/54 expansion slot works, i don't see any xpresscard-specific messages in dmesg. No devices to test.
Power management
CPU stepping works flawlessly out-of-box with recent kernel. CPU can be clocked down to 800mhz (per core). There are many ways to manage current frequency, just google. Power button works, lid switch works. Suspend to RAM works!
Input devices
To use sensor keys and remote control you need to set keyboard model in /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Option "XkbModel" "hpzt11xx"
Add this command to some startup script, /etc/rc.local in Arch Linux:
setkeycodes e008 221 e00e 226 e00c 213
And finally add these commands to startup of your windowmanager or desktop environment. I put them to ~/.xinitrc
xmodmap -e "keycode 197 = XF86Pictures" xmodmap -e "keycode 237 = XF86Video" xmodmap -e "keycode 118 = XF86Music"
TODO: Add Fn+fx keys Remote control mimics keyboard, no additional software needed. Range is about 4 meters.
Touchpad is generic Synaptic. On/off switch on it is hardware, kernel seems not to like the way it works - after a while driver loses contact with device and touchpad loses all fancy features like 3rd button emulation and scrollbar.
bcm43xx is unstable. NDISWrapper is buggy. bcm43xx developers swear bcm4311 (used in this lappy) is stable in 2.6.22, yet to test... Ethernet: works flawlessly with forcedeth module. Modem: Don't know anything about it, i don't think i will ever use it.
On A similar dv6000, ndiswrapper works flawlessly with the bcm4311 chipset.


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Tax Foundation Reveals Scant Link Between Taxes And Prosperity
Another day, another weird map from a libertarian group that seems designed to debunk libertarianism. Last time it was strange assertions about freedom, today it's the Tax Foundation explaining why there are no successful businesses in California or New York:
Now it would be a little silly to say that relatively high business tax rates are the cause of California and New York's success as the pillars of America's very successful high-tech, finance, and media industries. But this map seems to provide strong support for the hypothesis that policymakers seeking to create a prosperous local economy shouldn't sweat the business tax rate too much.
Note that it's not just sunny California or hip New York that end up in the bottom 10 here—low-unemployment, high-wage Minnesota is almost as "bad" as those states. Maryland, New Jersey, and Connecticut are three out of the four states with the highest median household income. The fourth is Alaska, whose "discover tons of oil" economic development strategy is hard to replicate.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — The government should require fire suppression systems in all cargo containers or compartments of planes to prevent the kind of ferocious in-flight blazes that have killed four cargo pilots over the past six years, federal accident investigators said Wednesday.
The National Transportation Safety Board didn't specify what kind of technology the Federal Aviation Administration should require airlines to install. But the board's letter to the FAA came a day after United Parcel Service said it has developed systems that can prevent or contain even fires in shipments of lithium batteries, which burn at very high temperatures.
Lithium batteries are suspected to have caused or contributed to the severity of the fire in the crashes of a UPS jumbo freight airplane in Dubai in 2010 and an Asiana Cargo plane off the coast of South Korea in 2011. In 2006, two UPS pilots were able to escape a plane shortly after landing in Philadelphia before it was consumed by flames. That plane also contained lithium batteries.
Current fire protection regulations for cargo planes are inadequate, according to the board's letter.
"These fires quickly grew out of control, leaving the crew with little time to get the aircraft on the ground," NTSB Chairman Deborah Hersman said in a statement. "Detection, suppression and containment systems can give crews more time and more options; the current approach is not safe enough."
FAA rules say airplane fire warning systems must be able to detect fire in a cargo container within a minute of its ignition. But the NTSB said its tests of two types of cargo containers showed a time lapse between ignition and detection ranging from 2 1/2 minutes to more than 18 minutes.
In the tests, the fires "grew very large, capable of causing significant damage to an aircraft" before they were detected, the letter said.
Current FAA regulations require halon gas fire suppression systems in below-deck cargo holds, but not in the main cargo compartment above deck. The main strategy for fighting fires above deck is to deprive them of oxygen by taking the plane to an altitude where depressurization is achieved.
In the case of the UPS plane that crashed in Dubai, however, there was a lapse of 2 1/2 minutes between detection of the fire and depressurization, which was enough time for the fire to damage the plane and affect the pilots' ability to control the aircraft, the NTSB said.
Also, halon systems don't work on fires involving lithium metal batteries, which are found in watches, calculators and a wide range of consumer goods.
Unlike other kinds of batteries, lithium metal batteries can spontaneously ignite if exposed to air. Also, the positive and negative poles in some lithium batteries are close together, leading more easily to short circuiting, which can cause a fire.
Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, which power devices such as laptop computers, cellphones and MP3 players, are a fire concern, too. Fires involving lithium-ion batteries can reach 1,100 degrees, close to the melting point of aluminum, a key material in airplane construction. Lithium-metal battery fires are far hotter, capable of reaching 4,000 degrees.
The FAA said in a statement that it will review NTSB's recommendations. The statement noted that FAA has been researching alternatives to halon suppression systems for a number of years. A report two years ago by the agency concluded that the cost of installing fire suppression systems in main-deck cargo compartments was too expensive to justify requiring airlines to add them.
UPS said tests last month of a new type of cargo container it has developed showed the container can suppress and contain lithium-ion battery fires for as long as four hours , which is enough time in most instances for pilots to safely land the plane. The tests were conducted at the FAA's technology center in Atlantic City, N.J., with FAA and NTSB officials looking on.
The container is made from fiber-reinforced plastic akin to materials used in body armor and suits for race-car drivers. Temperatures during the test reached as high as 1,200 degrees, but a powdered flame suppressant released inside the container prevented most of its contents from being damaged, UPS said. The airline is also testing a new type of flame-suppressing cover for cargo pallets.
While the new technologies require further testing, "we believe they have the potential to revolutionize cargo safety," UPS spokesman Mike Mangeot said.
Separately, the FedEx Corp. has developed a fire-suppression system that, once a fire is detected in a cargo container, punches a hole into the top of the container and injects an argon-based foam capable of smothering a fire, as well as absorbing toxic fumes, officials for the airline said.
FedEx has installed the system on its Boeing 777s and MD11s, which fly long routes over water and to remote areas of the globe. "We will continue installation on our entire long-haul fleet," FedEx spokeswoman Maury Donahue said.
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The remaining six acts head to the finals to compete for the $1 million prize and a headlining show in Las Vegas; grand finale show to feature an all-star lineup of guest performances, including Justin Bieber, Green Day, NE-YO, Blue Man Group
After months of searching for America's next superstar act, NBC's top-rated show "America's Got Talent" heads into its final week, with the final live contestant performance show on Wednesday, Sept. 12 (9 p.m.), and a two-hour star-studded finale featuring a dynamic lineup of guest performances on Thursday, Sept. 13 (8 to 10 p.m.) The final remaining six contestants selected from thousands of hopefuls will bring out all the stops one last time, as they compete in front of judges Howard Stern, Howie Mandel, Sharon Osbourne and host Nick Cannon for their final chance at the $1 million prize and a headlining show in Las Vegas.
After a season that has seen an unprecedented and diverse amount of talent - from waterskiing squirrels to stand-out surprises, including contortionist dancer Turf and opera singer Andrew de Leon - the final six acts that will compete on Wednesday are: Sand story artist Joe Castillo from Lexington, Ky.; comedian Tom Cotter from New York City; Earth harp inventor William Close from Los Angeles; artist David Garibaldi and his CMYK's from Sacramento; dancing group The Untouchables from Miami; and traveling dog act Olate Dogs.
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An amazing lineup of appearances will also grace the "America's Got Talent" stage on Sept. 13, including a ground-breaking theatrical performance by Blue Man Group and musical performances by Justin Bieber, NE-YO and Green Day.
On the heels of his hit singles "Boyfriend" and "As Long As You Love Me" feat. Big Sean from his latest album "Believe," global superstar Bieber makes his next stop on the "America's Got Talent" stage for the show's grand finale. His latest studio effort is his fourth No. 1 album debut and the highest debut album of the year, with four hit singles in "Boyfriend," "All Around the World" featuring Ludacris, "Die In Your Arms," and second single "As Long As You Love Me" featuring Big Sean.
Multi-platinum, three-time Grammy Award-winning artist NE-YO joins the "AGT" stage to perform his hit single "Let Me Love You (Until You Learn To Love Yourself)," from his upcoming album, "R.E.D.," arriving in stores in November. "R.E.D." is NE-YO's first album for Motown after seven hugely successful years and four RIAA gold and platinum albums as a core member of IDJ since 2005.
Green Day joins the "AGT" stage to perform their new single, "Oh Love," off the first of their trilogy of new albums - "Green Day ¡Uno!," "Green Day ¡Dos!" and "Green Day ¡Tré!" After taking the music scene by storm in 1994 with the arrival of their album "Dookie," Green Day has continued to top the charts with the subsequent studio albums "Insomniac," "Nimrod" and "Warning," while entertaining millions of fans with their frenetic live shows. Their landmark 2004 album "American Idiot" launched Green Day into the stratosphere, debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard chart and leading to five hit singles, before earning seven Grammy nominations (winning two, including Best Rock Album). Their album "21st Century Breakdown" won a 2010 Grammy for Best Rock Album and spawned two hit singles: the gold "Know Your Enemy," and the double-platinum "21 Guns," which earned them three 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, including Best Rock Video.
On Wednesday, Oct. 10, Blue Man Group will unveil its newest production complete with electrifying music, sensational technology, a captivating nightly procession and its signature interactive, audience experiences at the Monte Carlo Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. The mega-enhanced show presents a thrilling, energy-infused combination of the signature pieces Blue Man Group is known for, while introducing new playful personalities and dynamic new instruments. Founded by Chris Wink, Phil Stanton and Matt Goldman, Blue Man Group is now in its third smash decade and have transitioned from cult figures to international icons, recognized the world over as symbols of creativity, mischief and bold, boundless theatricality. The multinational media and entertainment company boasts theatrical and digital media operations across three continents, permanent live performance installations in six cities, an ongoing theatrical tour of the US and Canada, as well as a highly acclaimed show on Norwegian Cruise Line's "Epic."
"America's Got Talent" is the No. 1 summer series on basic cable in adults 18-49 and total viewers (marking the seventh straight year the show has ranked as the No. 1 summer series in that category).
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