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Yesterday the Twitter account of British model Katie Price was 'hijacked' in what turned out to be a PR stunt for Snickers.
A series of tweets discussing the Eurozone debt crisis, and calling for 'large scale quantitative easing in 2012' had many of her 1.5m followers initially guessing she'd been hacked.
However, the four tweets were swiftly followed by one that clarified the issue; "You're not you when you're hungry @snickersuk #hungry #spon" – which also contained a link to the photo above of Price holding up a Snickers bar.
Nothing else was said on the matter other than a curt: "I have not been hacked at all".
Many brands wouldn't be brave enough to try something like this (most limit themselves to pouring investment into a Sponsored Tweet – or settle for a hashtag competition and creating a page), so this is certainly imaginative.
There's also a certain amount of kudos that should be dealt out to Miss Price for being good-humoured enough to let this happen. But then again, it's likely to have come with a reasonable fee.
But is the message really a good one? In this set-up, eating a bar of Snickers returns Price to her usual 'self'. One which is suggested be unintelligent and 'shallow' (as picked up by some tweets at the time). Should the brand really be suggesting that eating its product does such a thing?
It's easy to nit-pick. Is there such a thing as a perfect stunt? Perhaps, but let's not forget that this intended to be tongue-in-cheek. Whether she's happy to laugh at herself or has just paid off, it's no skin off Price's nose since insulting her intelligence is nothing new – and it got people talking.
Twitter was also central to another debate around false identity over the weekend, as it emerged that the @OfficialGlitter profile was not really one belonging to Gary Glitter – but part of a 'social media experiment' that aimed to highlight the access people had to children's social media accounts.
Though true in part, this really wasn't the best way to highlight the issue - Glitter's name alone was enough to cause a stir. The Tumblr blog explaining the reasoning behind the 'experiment' has now been deleted, as well as many of the tweets from the profile.
An account apparently belonging to Rupert Murdoch's wife Wendi Deng was accidentally verified as official a few weeks ago, and the fake @ShippamsPaste also came to fame late last year. With very little room to manoeuvre in terms of using Twitter creatively and the site's application-based verification program shut down – is there more of this to come?
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I think you're reading too much into it - the campaign concept is that snickers makes you feel yourself again by eliminating hunger. Price is 'normally' a bimbo, just as say Stephen Hawking is 'normally' a genius. It doesn't position snickers as making you stupid. I think the whole campaign is great, the only thing I dislike about it is putting more money in Price's already overstuffed wallet.
@vikki - well you don't really make it clear so you can hardly say that's my point. Face it - your writing is not up to scratch on this piece. You infer that eating a snicker will make you dumb - not that it will return anyone to their usual state.
It just seems rather pointless. Once again, creating 'buzz' and brand exposure has its value, but you're better off selling your product on its ACTUAL merits, not imaginary ones. I mean, does this make you want to buy a Snickers bar? More than anything it's just plain annoying. If you're going to 'hijack' someone's account, you should have a brilliant and honest proposal in place, otherwise it's wasted. Most people I know would unfollow an account for doing something like this - I'd like to know if others feel the same, and if you're seeing some value in this campaign that I've missed..?
@Rebecca It does seem fairly out of the blue, but Snickers has been running with this creative tagline for a while. Remember the Betty White Superbowl ad from 2010? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTPJYZLD6L8
I wonder if the brand's testing the message in the UK market. Seems not to resonate as well. At least not when it's wrapped up in this package.
I totally agree with Ian, I'm really glad actually to see someone else praising it as I thought it was great.
It's one of the most (if not the most) creative uses of a public figure's social channel by a brand I've seen.
It got great coverage and interaction, with her tweets being RTed into my feed at least 10 times.
Furthermore, I would totally agree with the two commenters above that the whole "this campaign is bad because it's saying Snickers make you a bimbo" argument is stupid. If you think about it for longer than half a second knee jerk reaction length of time, it's actually quite clever.
Perhaps people are letting their opinions of Price get in the way of an imaginative campaign?
@Jamie As I pointed out to Ian above, I'm actually defending this 'stunt' in my piece. Hence why I've referred to it as both creative, and imaginative. certainly no knee-jerk reaction here.
Has nobody seen the Joan Collins Snickers advert? Along the same lines as Betty White, and explains this all very clearly.
Personally, I think someone got carried away at Snickers. What would've been more appropriate is to get Stephen Fry (or someone equally as witty), start him Tweeting some really stupid, nonsensical rubbish - and then introduce Snickers, therefore restoring his IQ. Easy.
I think it belies a lack of respect for your followers to do this. People follow you for what you have to say. If you take money to let others tweet for you to sell their products, this is at the expense of your fans. It's exploitation.
I've worked with Katie Price briefly in the past. She is canny celebrity businesswoman who understands how to monetise her status and is pretty open about her strengths and weaknesses.
I'm not a big fan of Twitter celebrity endorsements but isn't just a natural extension of offline brand endorsement - they seem a bit route 1 to me, but this a little different.
I can only imagine that she weighed up the pros and cons and the endorsement £s outweighed the minor blip to her Twitter output.
@paul it could be seen as exploitative of her fans, but the beauty of Twitter is that it only takes one click to unfollow....
In the context of Levenson/NOTW and the hacking of celebrity (and teenage murder victim) phone and email accounts, it's interesting that the marketing industry regards a spoof version of the same activity as creative and imaginative. However hilarious and innovative it might have seemed to the creative team, did no one consider that it might backfire disastrously and bring the brand into disrepute through trivialising serious issues of privacy and disclosure.
@Paul – I agree I think it is a bit insulting to your followers, however I think the whole twitter celebrity thing is an insult to people's intelligence, most have nothing interesting to say and it isn't really just them talking as a real person, many of them have a PR bod sitting there tweeting for them with the aim of promoting their 'brand'
I think it is quite a good idea form Snickers to take over the account but it has to be the ultimate expression of selling out. I wouldn't see any reason in following anyone who is a sell out promoting whatever business pays the most money to talk about them. If I want to see adverts I'll just turn Sky on :-)
PS @garley franger I think you are being far to harsh and I think you will find she said "eating a bar of Snickers returns Price to her usual self"
The Katie Price pic reminded me of the Andrea Turner Flake stunt. Not a huge fan.
@garley franger
You commented to Vikki "Face it - your writing is not up to scratch on this piece. You infer that eating a snicker will make you dumb - not that it will return anyone to their usual state."
Pot, kettle – you used 'infer' when you meant 'imply'.
There is no easy way to see impact of this campaign for Snickers but wouldn't be as difficult to track the affect on Katie Prices following. Perhaps, she already did note her Fan count before the stunt and few hours after the stunt.
Have to say I agree with ian & Garley franger on this one... Poor.


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For more, see video of March 1, 2017 Download TRAIN 'REC' CATHOLICISM: Firsthand accounts of the LA Religious Education Congress; Michael Voris returns from his visit to the L.A. REC — and he has a lot to say. [Will post video on AQ when (and if) it becomes available on YouTube – AQ moderator Tom]
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Hello everyone and welcome to the Vortex where lies and falsehoods are trapped and exposed. I'm Michael Voris, coming to you from the controversial and notorious Los Angeles Religious Education Congress here at the Anaheim Convention Center in Southern California.
As we enter the Lenten season today, we find a Church in a state of civil war — and that is not an exaggeration. We here at Church Militant have been saying for years that a war was going on for the soul and heart of the Church.
That war has now erupted into the open, and evidence of that is extremely obvious here at the Religious Education Congress — also known as the LA REC. Just looking around, there are groups advocating for women priests just outside the doors, Protestant speakers on the main stage like Jim Wallis using racism as a switch and bait for Marxist social justice causes disguised as "the Gospel," and dissident priests pushing for acceptance of active homosexuality in the Church like Fr. Bryan Massingale. Add to that Arthur Fitzmaurice, who just comes flat-out and says the Church is wrong on its sexual teachings, and they need to be dumped – all of them.
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Church Militant went to the microphone and asked him if he was so supportive of biblical principles and Christianity, why he took two separate donations from George Soros' group, Open Societies Foundation?
Wallis initially lied to a reporter who exposed this back in 2010, and then later denied it again before eventually apologizing and admitting the truth that yes, he had in fact accepted two grants — one for $150,000 that he characterized as a small grant. In total, his group accepted $325,000 from Soros between 2004 and 2007.
The mostly liberal audience of older liberals didn't like the question, but, and here's the point, a good number of people came up to us after the conference and said thank you for opposing him. We got a number of emails and texts in addition to the face-to-face encounters saying the same thing. One lady even told us she was so bothered by what Wallis was saying that she had to leave the arena and pray an Our Father.
What's the point of all this? That for the first time, you can sense the growing backlash by faithful orthodox Catholics — many of them younger Catholics who have approached us — and are sick to death of hearing about immigration and not abortion, liturgical dancing and not Eucharistic reverence, the call for marriage "equality" and not the call to chastity and holiness.
On a personal note, our crew was actually struck by the number of attendees who recognized Church Militant and came up and said "Thank you!" for the work we do and how they consider it important for the Church in this civil war.
I even had a brief encounter in the hotel lobby with L.A. Abp. Jose Gomez and told him that dissent was being preached from various speakers at his conference. After a moment of pleasantries, he thanked me for the information. The inside chatter is that Archbishop Gomez is trying to change the culture of the archdiocese from extremely modernist and dissident to more faithful.
But here on the ground, there is still too much dissent and heresy for regular Catholics – many of whom are beginning to wake up to the civil war. Something's wrong, deeply wrong, and that is beginning to dawn on them. And if the hierarchy won't do something about it, then they are going to.
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The House of Hesse is a European dynasty, directly descended from the House of Brabant, and it ruled the region of Hesse, with one branch as prince electors until 1866, and another branch as grand dukes until 1918.[1]
The origins of the House of Hesse begin with the marriage of Sophie of Thuringia, daughter of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia and Elizabeth of Hungary with Henry II, Duke of Brabant from the House of Reginar. Sophie was the heiress of Hesse which she passed on to her son, Henry upon her retention of the territory following her partial victory in the War of the Thuringian Succession in which she was one of the belligerents.[2]
Originally the western part of the Landgraviate of Thuringia, in the mid 13th century it was inherited by the younger son of Henry II, Duke of Brabant, and became a distinct political entity. From the late 16th century it was generally divided into several branches, the most important of which were those of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) and Hesse-Darmstadt. In the early 19th century the Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel was elevated to Elector of Hesse (1803), while the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt became the Grand Duke of Hesse (1806), later Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine. The Electorate of Hesse (Hesse-Kassel) was annexed by Prussia in 1866, while Grand Ducal Hesse (Hesse-Darmstadt) remained a sovereign realm until the end of the German monarchies in 1918.
Donatus, Landgrave of Hesse is the current (February, 2018) head of the house.
Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, died in 1567. Hesse was divided between his four sons, four new lines which arose: Hesse-Darmstadt, Hesse-Kassel, Hesse-Marburg and Hesse-Rheinfels.
The Battenberg family are morganatic descendants in the male-line of the House of Hesse, issuing from the marriage of Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine with Countess Julia Hauke who, along with her children and agnatic descendants, were made princes and princesses of Battenberg and Serene Highnesses.[1] The Battenbergs who later settled in England changed that name to Mountbatten after World War I at the behest of George V, who substituted British peerages for their former German princely title.[1] Those descended from the marriage of Alexander of Battenberg, Prince of Bulgaria, contracted with a commoner after the loss of his throne, were granted the title Count von Hartenau.[1]
Hesse-Kassel and its junior lines were annexed by Prussia in 1866; Hesse-Darmstadt became the People's State of Hesse when the monarchy was abolished in 1918. Hesse-Philippsthal died out in the male line in 1925, Hesse-Darmstadt in 1968. The male-line heirs of Hesse-Kassel and Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld flourish.[1]


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Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish: My Lords, the amendment, as the noble Lord rightly said, is completely different from the previous one. I hope that your Lordships will manage to make the distinction between the case made on the previous amendment, which was about war widows from the Second World War, and the case on this amendment, which is about the Armed Forces Pension Scheme, which is an occupational pension scheme for people, some of whomvery many perhapsreceived some injury while in the forces, but the majority of whom retired fairly hale and hearty and took up other ways of civilian life, subsequently died, and obviously left widows.
It is also fair to point outit may be a nice point to makethat it is not valid to compare this scheme with provision in other countries. One must compare it with the provision in other public service schemes in this country. Prior to the Social Security Pensions Act 1975, it was a normal and well-established principle of occupational pension schemes, including all those in the public service (including the AFPS), that to qualify for a pension the widow of a pensioner had to be married to him at the time he was engaged in the occupation covered by the scheme. The AFPS was similar in that aspect to other public service schemes. The noble Lord mentioned the Civil Service. I shall throw in education, the health service, doctors, nurses, teachers, police, firemen and local authority employees. That is what this scheme must be compared with.
The effect of the amendment would be to give an open-ended retrospective commitment to the AFPS alone, the full extent of the cost implications of which are difficult to determine. We have no record of the number of post-retirement marriages contracted before
Baroness Hollis of Heigham: Shame!
Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish: My Lords, surely I must have some sport, given the trials that I am suffering. Your Lordships would not deny me that.
Baroness Hollis of Heigham: Resist the temptation.
Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish: My Lords, no, I have decided not to resist temptation, as the noble Baroness is inviting me to do. I remind the Benches directly opposite that the years about which I am talking are the years in which they had some responsibility. They had some responsibility for the decision not to have retrospection. They introduced the improvement. They were well aware that, as usual, there would be those people who would fall on the wrong side of that implementation date and would therefore not benefit from it. The improvement was given a phased introduction in that only service in the relevant occupation from 6th April 1978 would count.
We are now 17 years into the programme of phased introduction. If it was good enoughdare I say?for the Benches opposite when they were in government and had the responsibility of finding these kinds of sums of money and decided that they did not want to do it either in this scheme or across the public service scheme, then I suggest it is good enough for them tonight to continue the view that they took then; that is, that they should make a cut-off date of 6th April 1978.
The improvements come to all occupational pension schemes. As I argued in Committee, the principle of all occupational pension schemes in these matters is that retrospection is not taken into account; retrospection is not considered to be the proper way forward. Improvements in schemes are made from the day of the improvement onwards. I do not see any basis for the House agreeing to make a unilateral change in this specific occupational pension scheme.
I hope that your Lordships will accept from me the argument that this amendment concerns an entirely different category of people from those with which we were dealing in the previous amendment. I hope the House will agree that it is right to resist retrospection in what is an occupational pension scheme. If the noble Lord, Lord Freyberg, insists on putting this amendment to the vote and does not rest on the laurels of his first victory, then I hope that your Lordships will join me in the Lobby against him.
Lord Freyberg: My Lords, I should like to emphasise that I am not proposing that pension
This is a necessary provision because of the habitually early compulsory retirement from the Army, far more so than in any other profession. Indeed, no less a person than John Major made this point in relation to early retirement and pension anomalies to the House of Commons on 2nd May 1980 when he said:
He went on to ask the Minister to promise that
It is a plea with which I am in complete agreement and I echo it in the hope that the amendment will be accepted.
The Minister argues that pensions for post-retirement marriages will be costly to implement. Cost alone is no excuse for robbing servicemen of the pensions they earned for their widows. The Minister also says that pensions for widows of post-retirement marriages would have costly knock-on effects. That ignores the special circumstances of army retirement. Policemen and members of the fire brigade retire at around 55, while in the Civil Service, in the 1970sthe period under discussionalmost all civil servants worked until they were 65. There would therefore be no significant read-across. For that reason the Armed Forces, with their far earlier and compulsory retirement dates, must be treated as a separate case.
To sum up, I want to stress that pre-1978 service widows of post-retirement marriages do not simply receive inadequate service pensions; they receive no Armed Forces pension whatever, regardless of their husbands' years of service. Moreover, the pre-1978 cut-off date penalises the most elderly widows. That is indefensible. Their husbands served the country just as long and, in the Second World War, just as hard as the servicemen who came after them. It is for that reason that I must test the opinion of the House.
On Question, Whether the said amendment (No. 186) shall be agreed to?
Their Lordships divided: Contents, 121; Not-Contents, 135.
Resolved in the negative, and amendment disagreed to accordingly.
7.23 p.m.
[Amendments Nos. 187 and 188 not moved.]
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Coalition of Bar Associations of Color
Reassured by Supreme Court's Decision in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin
- The Coalition of Bar Associations of Color (CBAC) - the Hispanic
National Bar Association (HNBA), the National Asian Pacific American
Bar Association (NAPABA), the National Bar Association (NBA) and the
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in higher education is a compelling national interest. We remain
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Supreme Court partially vacated a lower court ruling that had upheld
the right of the University of Texas at Austin to partially consider
race in its admissions' policy. However, in deciding Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, it left intact the precedent it set in Grutter v. Bollinger, which allows schools to consider racial diversity as an admissions factor.
Last summer, CBAC filed an amicus curiae brief with the Supreme Court in the Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin case. The brief highlights the progress made in diversifying the legal profession since the Court's ruling in Grutter v. Bollinger,
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"These are important factors to consider when taking a holistic
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members of the Asian Pacific American community are heartened by this
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day in the legal profession, and are thankful that our nation's
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A PASSENGER jet was just seconds from crashing into a UFO over Glasgow, an official probe has found. The Airbus came within 300ft of the blue and yellow object as it flew at 3,500ft above the city.
The shocked pilot radioed the airport's control tower saying: "We just had something pass underneath us quite close. Have you got anything on in our area?" The tower replied: "Negative. We've got nothing on radar." The pilot later said there had been a "high" risk of collision as the object "loomed ahead at a range of 100m" as the Airbus A320 came in to land in sunny weather.
Both him and his co-pilot described the object, seen above the city's Ballieston area, as "bigger than a balloon" with a small frontal area.
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I think this is a great example of how people 'build' onto original stories of unidentified flying objects to make them appear if they are really talking about visiting aliens.
The original story says they saw something blue and yellow bigger than a balloon and did not mention anything about flying saucers. But the video presented in the OP is showing a flying saucer in front of a UFO. So the story is being twisted right from the start to fit peoples visiting alien agenda.
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Bhatkal says IM looking for tie-up with al Qaeda
The Indian Mujahideen wants to join hands with the al Qaeda for "joint operations" in India and has even held talks with a senior leader of the dreaded terror outfit, a move that has led to a falling out with the Pakistan's ISI, its patron and handler. Rajesh Ahuja reports.delhi Updated: Sep 20, 2013 07:41 IST
The Indian Mujahideen wants to join hands with the al Qaeda for "joint operations" in India and has even held talks with a senior leader of the dreaded terror outfit, a move that has led to a falling out with the Pakistan's ISI, its patron and handler, HT has learnt.
These revelations come within days of al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri endorsing the right of militants to fight "Indians in Kashmir" in his first specific jihad guidelines.
The modalities of the 'joint venture' were in the final stages when IM leader Yasin Bhatkal and his right-hand man Asadullah Akhtar alias Haddi were nabbed in Nepal and later arrested in Bihar on August 29, a counterterror official told HT, requesting anonymity.
"Two options were on the table - either the IM would turn an assisting outfit of Qaeda in India or merge with it to work directly under the command of Zawahiri," the official said.
Trained as a surgeon, 62-year-old Zawahiri, who co-founded the al Qaeda with Osama bin Laden, took over as its leader after bin Laden was killed on May 2, 2011.
IM founders Iqbal Bhatkal and his younger brother Riyaz Bhatkal, both hiding in Pakistan, were getting restless with the ISI dictating their operations, Yasin, no relation of the brothers, is believed to have told his interrogators.
"Sometimes the ISI would tell us to immediately plan an operation and on other occasion, it would ask us to lie low," Yasin was quoted as saying by the official.
Some time after March this year, Riyaz with a senior IM member, Mirza Shadab Beg, decided to go to Afghanistan and offer Zawahiri their services, Yasin, who was in touch with Riyaz through various chatting sites, said.
It is believed that the Qaeda chief is hiding in Pakistan, possibly the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan.
Scared of US drones, Zawahiri didn't come out of his hiding but sent a senior associate, who is yet to be identified. The IM men were asked by Zawahiri aide to attack foreigners in India and plan strikes to avenge atrocities against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.
Beg, however, told his ISI handlers about the meeting. "ISI officials were very angry and they picked up Riyaz and Iqbal, their laptops and phones were seized. They were let off with a stern warning," the counterterror official said.
But, it didn't deter IM leaders who were firm on a tie-up with al Qaeda, the official said.
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I'm sure you've heard a trainer or mentor utter the following at some point in your career: "Your attitude determines your altitude." It's a reminder that we must check our egos and personal issues at the door, because success can only be achieved by someone with a strong, positive and resilient attitude.
With that said, I must admit that my own attitude has gotten me hauled into my dealer's office on more than one occasion. The usual complaint my dealer hears is this: "It's not what he said that upset me. It's how he said it. He was condescending." My teeth are grinding just typing that.
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Great "topic and article"! I totally concur (positive (no ego) attitude) with you. This topic crosses on all positions and professions, thanks for reconfirming what I constantly work at putting into practice at my job and in life.
Right on target as always, Marv! You are the consummate professional. :)
Marv, awesome article, you hit the nail right on the head.
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Screendrive regularly and automatically cleans the coarse debris extractor in the Proficlear M2 module. Two motors drive the cleaning brushes and the sieves are freed of debris. An integrated timer starts and controls the cleaning automatically every 30 minutes.
Dimensions (L x W x H) 700 x 230 x 120 mm
Power consumption 4/5 watts


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Feat. Kevlaar 7, Phillie, Salute Da Kidd
[Movie Intro]
Yo my man what you think I am starvation army? you don't pay you don't play!
(Comne on man) Hey you heard what the man said, you don't have any cash so
Take a walk
Meanwhile we got some business to discuss…
I got some special chips for you, yeah just like I promised
Your gonna love them. (Thanks) Hey remember there's only enough for you!
[Salute Da Kidd]
Salute! Got the hoody on on this one…yesiirrrr, come on..
When the goons come out, it's an open invitation
The calm delete'll mute any situation
Shit so amazing comin from all ways in
Open the door or we gon chop it down blazin (blaaah)
Whoever inside getting smacked with the axe
Real hard to crack a case without a witness intact
I know my niggas got my back so I act how I act
Unjust in the world where it's hard to relax
A lot of niggas full of raps, me I'm filled with the facts
I don't mean mickey D's when I talk big macs
For the sauce damn right I'll put a split in your nugget
Fuck private, street niggas always go public
Pair of dice where it's at? All I know is the gutter
How to get it in, ski mask wait for the butter
Tend to day dream, sailing off far on the coast
But the hood's where I'm at cause they need me the most
Spark the roach just to smoke like I'm low on the weed
Do it big but the little things matter to me
Keep cash but never known to boast or brag
Street credit real good altered beast in the lab
Sixteens I could spit from the lips or the hip
So my advice pipe down with that touch man shit
From the zoo black bars we surrounded by brick
Specialize in hitting licks and that hustlin shit
See ya freak on her feet for taking one in the head
Real niggas don't die, that's why my nigga ain't dead
We survive through all the trials, play through the hard fouls
Where I'm from even little niggas loose like bowels – muthafuck uh
Yeah uh yuo yop yup yup Salute nigga yup yup
[Bronze Nazareth]
Yeah yo it get no better than fourth down to me
Don't matter to me ahh ahh yo yo…
It gets no better than 4th down, king with a 4 pound
Plus an addition of it, pistol whip him til he plummet
Simmer hell hole, smell of gold when I rummage
Chop the charts holy, prayers leaking all from it
Nadir to the summit, play numbers for the luggage
Under Robocop femurs, guns inside the speaker
Titatium plans, pick diamonds outta ether
Smoke until I hear severe sirens from the reefer
Pious league leader, with my eye on the heater
Through the scope got my eye on the sparrow
Survive narrow, thru crashing hallways of ammo
When the plot thickens, more rot between victims
Plots form under the radar when blocks blisterin
Still ya'll, friendly game of baseball we pitchin
You still fall travel with ill thought
George bush when the music calls
Finger on the button I'ma use it this fall
Atomic abusive napalm, spray ya graveyard
[Kevlaar 7]
Lone wolf speech camouflaging sheep
Easy way out where the silencers reach
Dig a grave out everytime the violence'll peak
EQ leviatate, skull bone metal plate
Superhere since fetal all time great
Al Kaline the canine crossbreeding your fate
False preaching and hate, left the table I'm hungry
Your dinner is ate, I'm a thirsty fish
Kris my philosophy, no one's stopping me
Unless the devil got metal bars surrounding me
Perform a spinal tap on the cell block floor
Laser incision 'scription burnt around the door
Warp time to drum lines it's time for war
Fools get your bugles, this one's civil
You dummies just watch and try and solve this riddle
Stars with all the shine always die in the middle
Home is where we roll
Who really knows what lies ahead
My city groans when semis blow and niggas lie dead
Ain't no coming back, yeah I got more trust in my gat
My heart's stuck in winter mode like where is summer at?
In the hood crops don't sprout, flowers don't bud
It rains pain for days instead of showers of love
No glory, no wonder why there's no hope in the slums
No hope for a bum who's somebody's son
Homeless no doubt, no route to follow a lead
America's disease rats with top model esteem
This the slums, how you gonna follow a dream
Grammed and bagged it, simply on my mathematics
Understanding the tears underhanded my past peers
So they fall for the same fears I endured for years
Be wise my child, seek all there is to gain
Remain steadfast refrain far from foolish games
This leopard's grown his spots he can't change
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When societies undergo jarring events, fresh cultural expression emerges. For example, in a post-9/11 climate, our heightened awareness of security – both personal and national – has redefined the way we draw boundaries and deal with fear.
For the MOMA's recent exhibition, SAFE: Design Takes on Risk, French born designer Philippe Million created this galvanized steel utility barrier to be a little more inviting than the standard variety; it may prevent passage, but it also offers a place to rest.
SAFE: Design Takes on Risk explored our need for safety through a collection of contemporary designs that addressed physical protection, emergency preparedness and access to information. We mentioned this exhibition last year when we showcased the Subtle Safety Ring. We live in a dangerous world, but fear is no reason to abandon innovation — good design and a little humor are key elements of personal comfort.


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Clurin`s Blue Heaven is a 6-bedroom, 6-bath Gulf-front, Fort Morgan beach home located approximately 11.4 miles west of Hwy. 59, and only a short distance from historic Fort Morgan. Also located in this area is one of the top rated public golf courses in the U.S., Kiva Dunes. Peninsula, another beautiful public course is also nearby.This 3-level home has multiple decks and a private swimming pool. The main level of Clurin`s Blue Heaven includes a living room, dining area, fully equipped kitchen, laundry facility, two bedrooms, and two baths. These northeast and northwest bedrooms each have a king-size bed and private full bath.The third level includes a living area with wet bar and refrigerator, laundry facility, three bedrooms, and three baths. The northwest bedroom has two twin beds while the northeast bedroom has a king-size bed. Both bedrooms have private full baths. The Gulf-front master bedroom on the third level has private deck access and has a king-size bed with a bath including a Jacuzzi tub and separate shower.The ground level of Clurin`s Blue Heaven has a living area with wet and refrigerator, one bedroom, and one bath. The bedroom has a king-size bed as well as twin trundle. The common bath on this level has a shower only. Private access to the pool is available on the ground floor. This is a non-smoking home. This home allows monthly reservations November 1 - March 13.
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We enjoyed our stay here so much! The house had plenty of room and was so close to the beach. It was furnished with everything we needed for the week.
It was great. First family vacation we took (all 16 of us). House was very spacious. We all had our own space and the layout of the house was great. Views were magnificent from top deck. Nice and peaceful. Would do it again in a heartbeat.
We truly enjoyed our stay in this house! There was so much space with living areas and kitchenettes on each floor. The porches were amazing as well. Slight walk to the beach but great views!
- Wood paneling needs repair (3rd floor balcony)
Our family had an amazing time at Clurin's Blue Heaven. We were there for the kids fall break along with celebrating our daughter's 21st birthday in middle October from Thursday through Monday. The house is very spacious and accommodated our group well. There were a total of 20 people in our group with 6 families and we never once felt as if it was too crowded!
We loved that each level has its own living area along with a full refrigerator. This allowed some of us that wanted our own space to get away from the main floor clatter. Each bedroom was roomy with nice beachy decorations. The pool supplied plenty of toys for everyone to enjoy. The beach is just steps away from the home. It was very private and not crowded. We left our tent and lawn chairs overnight with no problems. We saw dolphins from the balcony. How awesome is that!
The weather in October was perfect. The water was a tad bit cold but we were still able to get in after sunbathing. Once the sun came down, it was chilly, so we took blankets or a light jacket with us to watch the sunset.
Overall, we had a wonderful vacation here. It is sure to be one of our most memorable one. We would love to vacation here again if we have a party big enough to join us.
There are some recommendations our group put together that we believe will enhance the home. These little things did not put a damper on our vacation but we just thought it'd be nice to share with future visitors so that improvements can be made. The home is owned by a realty company and we just feel that it needs a little TLC to personalize it for improvements:
- Main floor washer not spinning (we didn't call maintenance, but did advise realty co. when checking out)
- 3rd floor washer left a lot of lint residue and damaged my clothes. (I thought this was because I washed clothes with their towels, but even when I stopped doing so, there was still a lot of lint)
- King bedroom on main level bathroom, faucet needs repair (appear to being coming off the wall)
- Furniture is older. Recommend new mattresses.
- Twin bedroom beds were really squeaky. Recommend new mattresses.
- Lots of outdoor furniture old and rusted. Recommend new furniture.
- Landscaping recommended on outside walkway from pool area to beach. Too much untamed shrubbery.
- Wood paneling on 3rd floor balcony needs repair
- Recommend crockpot
This house had the perfect location. Just steps from a great beach with amazing views from the balconies. Perfect in ground private pool with lots of chairs and a great selection of pool and beach toys.
The beach is fairly private and even leaving your chairs etc there was safe. Although there was a jellyfish problem. Saw Dolphins several times and yes a shark too. First time we've encountered that so it did keep us out of the water but it sent us back to the pool which was perfect.
Family room with bath and mini kitchen with full size fridge on the ground level right off the pool area. There were two nice weber grills there even though the house said there wasn't a grill so we brought one. No need for that!
All bedrooms were nice with extra pillows and blankets in all the closets. Two sets of washers and dryers. Pull out couches on each level - a little short on the extra sheets for those but it worked out fine.
Air conditioning in the home was amazing. It was in the 90's every day and the house was perfect inside for escaping the heat.
Pool was very clean but I wish that rentals would send a pool person mid-week to add some chemicals and vac it out. We are pool owners so we're a bit picky on that but with that many people using the pool all day every day it would be a nice extra.
Anyway, you wouldn't be disappointed with this place for a large group!!
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The University of Kentucky volleyball team faces a familiar situation in unfamiliar territory on Friday night.
The Wildcats make their 12th consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance and 18th overall, but they'll be far from home. The 24th-ranked Cats open postseason play in Seattle, Wash., against Colorado State at 8 p.m. EST.
The University of Washington, the host for the first-round doubleheader, goes against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at 10:30 p.m. Friday's two winners collide Saturday at 10 p.m. for a berth in the Sweet 16.
Kentucky (22-7) and Colorado State (21-8) have met only once previously, with the Rams winning in five sets in 1987. CSU qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the 22nd straight season with an at-large bid from the Mountain West Conference.
Washington (26-4) earned the automatic bid from the Pacific-12 after winning the regular-season championship. UK is 1-1 all-time against the Huskies, with the last meeting, a 3-1 win in 1988. The Huskies earned the No. 8 seed in the tournament, and are ranked No. 7 in the coaches poll.
Kentucky has never faced Texas A&M Corpus-Christi (24-7). The Islanders went 16-0 in the Southland Conference.
UK is led by junior Ashley Dusek, who was named Southeastern Conference Libero of the Year for the second season in a row, and Leah Edmond, a Paul Laurence Dunbar graduate who was selected SEC Freshman of the Year. Junior Kaz Brown and sophomore Olivia Dailey also received All-SEC recognition.
Murray, WKU also in tourney
Two other teams from Kentucky also begin NCAA play Friday.
Murray State (23-8) visits No. 10 overall seed and eighth-ranked UCLA (24-6) at 11 p.m. EST.
No. 20 Western Kentucky (30-2) takes on Boise State (25-6) at 7:30 p.m. EST at Stanford, Calif.
Kentucky vs. Colorado State
What: NCAA Tournament first-round match
When: 8 p.m. EST
Where: Seattle, Wash.
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After an anonymous user posted a summary of a serious flaw in Internet Information Server (IIS) 4.0 and 5.0 to the Slashdot Web site, Microsoft was soon alerted to the problem by a reader using the alias "Rain Forrest Puppy." The vulnerability could allow a remote user to gain elevated privileges on a remote IIS system, including the ability to start services and transfer files.
The problem stems from the improper filtering of UNICODE characters in URLs submitted to the server. By using specifically craft URLs that contain these characters (the values %c0%af and %c1%9c), remote users could perform a variety of actions, which would transpire under the context of the system's IUSR_machinename account generally associated with the Web service. However, even though the IUSR_machinename account is somewhat limited in its capabilities, significant risks still exists. Microsoft quickly released a bulletin, patches, FAQ, and TechNet article Q276489 to help remedy the problem. Users are urged to load the patch, however take note that in their FAQ, Microsoft points out that systems with the "File Permission Canonicalization" patch issued on August 10, 2000 (in relation to bulletin MS00-057) are already protected against this vulnerability.
Users with foreign versions of Windows operating systems have recently complained loudly that Microsoft takes too long to issue patches for foreign language versions of the OS. German Windows NT user Frank Heyne recently pointed out in a message posted to the NTBugTraq mailing list that out of some nineteen Microsoft security bulletins, which he researched back to March 30, 2000, only four had patches available for the German language versions of Windows NT. However, the seriousness of this new IIS problem poses such a large risk across so many systems worldwide that Microsoft has made the patch immediately available in 10 langauges.
Senior Technologist for Microsoft Corporate Security and Windows 2000 Magazine columnist David LeBlanc posted several tips in relation to IIS security that among other things, help to prevent Web site defacements from attackers using this vulnerability (or future vulnerabilities of a similar nature). For example, administrators should ensure that the IUSR_machinename and IWAM_machinename accounts do not have write access to the server's Web content files and directories. David also pointed out the need to ensure registry permissions are set properly. In particular, ensure that the IUSR_ account does not have write access to the "HKEY_LOCALMACHINE\Software" tree or its subtrees.
In addition, David pointed out the need to identify command-line tools that might be useful to an attacker. Utilities such as cmd.exe, net.exe, ftp.exe, cacls.exe, etc., all pose a serious risk to the system when left exposed to non-administrative accounts. David suggests that administrators adjust Access Control Lists (ACLs) on all administrative tools so that only the Administrator account has full control, with no other groups or users defined in the ACLs for those tools. A second option is to create a new group (for example, ConsoleAdmins) and then define that group as having full control over the tools.
David also reminds readers not to set the administrative tool's ACLs to include the Administrators group because the powerful LocalSystem account is a member of that group, and the IIS service uses the LocalSystem account to perform actions in certain instances. Under a worse case scenario you can assume an attacker will find a way to exploit the LocalSystem account, so if the account does not have access to administrative tools then any potential damage would be limited.


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Tilde is a text editor for the console/terminal, which provides an intuitive interface for people accustomed to GUI environments such as Gnome, KDE and Windows. For example, the short-cut to copy the current selection is Control-C, and to paste the previously copied text the short-cut Control-V can be used. As another example, the File menu can be accessed by pressing Meta-F.
However, being a terminal-based program there are limitations. Not all terminals provide sufficient information to the client programs to make Tilde behave in the most intuitive way. When this is the case, Tilde provides work-arounds which should be easy to work with.
The main audience for Tilde is users who normally work in GUI environments, but sometimes require an editor for a console/terminal environment. This may be because the computer in question is a server which does not provide a GUI, or is accessed remotely over SSH. Tilde allows these users to edit files without having to learn a completely new interface, such as vi or Emacs do. A result of this choice is that Tilde will not provide all the fancy features that Vim or Emacs provide, but only the most used features.
This release allows editing files in unmodifiable directories, adds menu items for actions already available through short-cuts and fixes some bugs in the handling of interface settings.
This release contains no functional changes, and only changes the packaging.
An IRC channel (#tilde on freenode) is available now to ask questions about Tilde. An easy way to access it is using the freenode
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The exact timing has been iffy over the last 24 hours or so, but overall, it appears to be late Friday night through Saturday morning for the severe weather threat. Additional showers, perhaps a few thunderstorms, will be possible during the afternoon and evening on Saturday.
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The 17-year-old parties and drinks at a club in Madrid, even though she is under the legal age!
It looks like Miley Cyrus' parents' divorce may be taking a toll on the singer and actress — she was spotted out a club in Madrid Nov. 4 drinking! TMZ reports, "Miley Cyrus, 17, threw back a Corona cerveza at a club in Madrid, Spain last night … where the legal drinking age is technically 18." Partying AND breaking the law — things are not looking good!
Miley is in the Spanish capital to promote the release of her album Can't Be Tamed. While Miley has been spotted out at clubs until all hours in the past, this is the first time she has actually been spotted drinking!
Miley's parents Tish and Billy Ray Cyrus recently split after 17 years of marriage with reports saying Tish's alleged affair with rocker Bret Michaels led to Billy filing divorce papers.
We hope Miley is not turning to alcohol to deal with this difficult time!