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Hard figures are difficult to come by, but local people on the coast estimate that as many as one in five single women visiting from rich countries are in search of sex.
Allie and Bethan — who both declined to give their full names — said they planned to spend a whole month touring Kenya's palm-fringed beaches. They would do well to avoid the country's tourism officials.
"It's not evil," said Jake Grieves-Cook, chairman of the Kenya Tourist Board, when asked about the practice of older rich women traveling for sex with young Kenyan men.
You see, I had a feeling I'd heard this story before; about the lengths some (white) folks will go to and the distances some (white) folks will travel to satisfy a racial fetish, and the (non-white) folks who are more than happy to help them scratch that itch for a price. I not only heard the story a while back, I blogged about it. But then it was merely the domestic version of the above: the phenomenon of the Mangindo Party.
It's a measure of how far he's come that Jeff (not his real name), now 40, is telling me this while we're watching a black guy have sex with his wife, Amber (not her real name), 37, at an interracial orgy. In Jeff's house. On his bed. The man screwing Jeff's wife is Branford (not his real name), a 30-year-old massage therapist who's not holding back—this isn't lovemaking, this is a proper pounding. Forget Amber—that's just how Jeff likes it.
… The man who arranged tonight's event, Art Hammer (a name he uses solely for Mandingo parties), started the Florida Mandingo group four years ago, just after his divorce. An enterprising 42-year-old black swinger from Tampa Bay, he has since become the go-to guy when it comes to organizing gang bangs and orgies for couples—the vast majority of whom are white—with a fetish for black men. So it was Hammer who sent the Evites for this "pajamas and lingerie" party and secured the attendance of the guests; it was also Hammer who booked the DJ, paid for the finger food, and brought the "courtesy condoms." Amber and Jeff just had to open their home. An advertising-sales guy by day, Hammer has done a bang-up job of marketing the Mandingos among the swinger set. The name Mandingo comes from Mandinka, a West African tribe that, in the antebellum South, was prized and bred for strength and virility. (Not that Hammer necessarily has Mandinka roots; he has no idea—"I'm Art Hammer," he says. "Not Art Haley.") Mandingo is now a byword for black male sexual prowess. When Hammer established the Florida Mandingos, two other (unaffiliated) groups—the So Cal Mandingos and the NYC Mandingos—were already up and running. Today new groups keep sprouting—in Atlanta, Chicago, Oakland—but Hammer's is the most prominent, the only Mandingo group invited to host a "Chocolate Fantasy Suite" at N'awlins in November, the second-biggest swinger convention in the country.
Sexual fantasy aside, there's an economic angle to what Jill aptly names "the colonial sex trade."
Emerging alongside this black market trade — and obvious in the bars and on the sand once the sun goes down — are thousands of elderly white women hoping for romantic, and legal, encounters with much younger Kenyan men.
They go dining at fine restaurants, then dancing, and back to expensive hotel rooms overlooking the coast.
…Experts say some thrive on the social status and financial power that comes from taking much poorer, younger lovers.
"This is what is sold to tourists by tourism companies — a kind of return to a colonial past, where white women are served, serviced, and pampered by black minions," said Nottinghan University's Davidson.
…"It's not love, obviously. I didn't come here looking for a husband," Bethan said over a pounding beat from the speakers.
"It's a social arrangement. I buy him a nice shirt and we go out for dinner. For as long as he stays with me he doesn't pay for anything, and I get what I want — a good time. How is that different from a man buying a young girl dinner?"
And there's an economic angle to the Mangingo parties back home.
But the Mandingos themselves have their own issues with the lifestyle. For example, there's seldom kissing or going down. It's a rule for some—Jared won't kiss or come unless he's with someone "special." Of course, the no-kissing rule is a prostitute's code. Not that the Mandingos get paid for sex—it's against the rules. Each guest at Hammer's parties pays an annual membership—couples pay $30 and Mandingos $75. Everyone pays an additional fee of $30 for each party.
But occasionally the rules are bent. Some Mandingos confessed to receiving tips of $100 and more after private sessions with couples at last year's N'awlins in November swinger convention. Others brag about the vacations they've been taken on. "I've been to Vegas twice, all expenses paid," says John, the software salesman. "The Bahamas, Miami. One couple took me twice. After a while, you feel like a piece of meat. But hey, they're not using me to mow their damn lawn. They're using me to fuck the wife."
It's hard to figure which form of
exploitation tourism was borne of which, but the article points out that the "not-so-new" brand of just-this-side-of-legal sex tourism.
These same beaches have long been notorious for attracting another type of sex tourists — those who abuse children.
As many as 15,000 girls in four coastal districts — about a third of all 12-18 year-olds girls there — are involved in casual sex for cash, a joint study by Kenya's government and U.N. children's charity UNICEF reported late last year.
Up to 3,000 more girls and boys are in full-time sex work, it said, some paid for the "most horrific and abnormal acts".
And this article tops the list of most popular articles on Reuters. Right in the number two spot is a story about sex tourism — child sex tourism — stateside.
More than 300,000 children are being sexually exploited in the United States, according to a study by the University of Pennsylvania.
Many of them end up in Atlanta, which authorities say has become a hub for prostitution in part because its busy airport makes it a destination for men seeking sex.
Where in the past pimps advertised the girls who worked for them on the walls of men's rest rooms or on street corners, these days they use online bulletin boards like craigslist (http://www.craigslist.org/).
Customers set up liaisons after seeing girls on the sites, and then pay the girl or the pimp directly on the street, according to the Atlanta Police Vice Department.
Exploitation breeds exploitation breeds exploitation. It is perhaps the only "trickle down" model that has ever actually worked out to be true.
The only thing that occurs to me is that in all the stuff above, for the most part the activities engaged in and the people themselves are heterosexual. If the activity involved had been same-sex activity, and the people involved had been gay or same-sex oriented, I can only imagine how amplified the level of outrage would be. And the assumption would be, of course, that we (gay folks) invented all of the above.

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Looks that way. China's stock market came flying out of the gate after being closed from the end of September through October 7th. Since then Shanghai Composite is up by more than 7.75%. China had been one of the weakest performing countries for the past 6 months. The index has now entered a new bull market as well. A bull market is defined as any 20%+ gain that was preceded by a decline of at least 20%. From its low on July 5th, the Shanghai Composite is now up 21%.
Darryl Guppy: Increasing currency volatility, central-bank intervention, continued weakness in the US dollar and a crescendo of poorly informed opinion prior to mid-term US elections all add up to market moving events.
Meanwhile, China has been quietly offering support for beleaguered European nations battered by the ongoing debt crisis. This is very significant for a market that has been closed for almost two weeks because of the confluence of holidays.
The Shanghai market has been moving in a prolonged sideways trading band. Support is near 2,580 and resistance is near 2,680. These are the key trigger levels and they also provide a method for calculating the potential upside or downside movement. The width of the consolidation band is measured and used to set the target.
A break below support at 2,580 has a target near 2,480. A break above resistance near 2,680 has an upside target near 2,780. Moves above or below these trigger levels have a high probability of moving rapidly. This gives rapid access to good profits for an upside breakout, but it also points the way to quick losses in a downside break.
On balance, we remain bullish for two reasons. The first reason is the long term inverted head-and-shoulder trend reversal pattern. The consolidation is consistent with this type of pattern, although it has continued for longer than usual. The second reason is the powerful upsurge in the short trading period between the two holiday breaks. This surge developed despite the increase in tensions with Japan and continued attacks on the valuation of the renminbi. In this sense, the news in the last week was already accounted for in the index activity last week.
Our bullish bias is tempered by the continuation of volatility within the consolidation band. This is not a market for the nervous.


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"This well researched survey of Laredo's economic history will be of interest to local historians and to scholars studying commercial relations between Mexico and the United States. The book is an excellent case study demonstrating the relationship of local growth to national and international policies. Adams is to be complimented for this useful survey of Laredo's economic history." -- James McLaird, Emeritus, Dakota Wesleyan University, Western Historical Quarterly


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Women Barred from Cannes Festival for Wearing Flats
Utterly extraordinary it's reported that women – including those with disabilities – are being TURNED AWAY at Cannes for not wearing heels.
— Caitlin Moran (@caitlinmoran) May 19, 2015
If someone told me I needed to strap on a pair of deadly, yet fashionable, stilts in order to attend a film screening, I'd probably kick my comfy flats at that person in the place where the sun don't shine.
Attendees at the Cannes Film Festival, the world's most prestigious film festival held in France, are complaining about the events' lack of acceptance of all types of fashion – mainly women's shoes.
Allegedly, two women were permanently banned for their flagrant footwear, and slew of other guests, some of whom were older women with medical conditions, were also begrudgingly let into the event after being stopped by event organizers.
Asif Kapadia, director of the new Amy Winehouse documentary commented on Twitter that his wife had been barred from entry from the festival, though eventually let in.
Wow. Story in Screen says women were turned back from red carpet screening #Cannes2015 for NOT wearing high heels. pic.twitter.com/Yf2O3CyEW5 — Kate Muir (@muirkate) May 19, 2015
Oddly enough the event's guidelines specify formal wear, but mention nothing about the death-defying shoes. The festival's spokesman commented on the upset: "Rules have not changed throughout the years (tuxedo, formal dress for gala screenings) and there is no specific mention about the height of the women's heels as well as for men's."
Fuck me, if I were Charlize Theron, or any A-list actress, I'd walk out of the entire event right now – IN SOME COMFY FLATS.
— Caitlin Moran (@caitlinmoran) May 19, 2015
Apparently some of the male attendees like Benicio Del Toro and Josh Brolin even offered to show up to some of the festival events wearing their own pairs of heels in protest – now that's a red carpet I'd like to see!
Denis Villeneuve says he, Benicio Del Toro and Josh Brolin will walk the red carpet in high heels in protest at the #cannes flat shoes ban
— Alex Ritman (@alexritman) May 19, 2015
The whole community is up in arms over what's now being called #heelgate, so hopefully Cannes can get it's guidelines together before Brad Pitt's forced to don a pair of Louboutins.
I'd like to see every guy hosting that event strap on a pair of stilettos! What would you say if they tried to stop you at #heelgate?


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Monday, March 29, 2010
Book Review: Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson
When sixteen year-old Hattie Brooks receives the message that she has inherited her uncle's homestead claim in Vida, Montana, it solves some of her immediate problems. She now has a place of her own, away from Arlington, Iowa and her spiteful aunt, one of the many relatives she's lived with since her parents died.
As it happens, she simply trades one set of problems for another, except this time, she invests more than hard labor. She invests herself in becoming a neighbor, a friend, and a responsible member of her community. The scrubby parcel of land boasts nothing but a nine- by twelve-foot claim shack to live in and a barn to house a range horse and a cranky milk cow.
Her tasks are daunting. In order to prove the claim, she has to cultivate one-eighth of the claim, forty acres, and set four hundred eighty rods of fence–all within the remaining ten months of the claim. One of Hattie's challenges is just to get through the Montana winter. Nothing productive toward working her claim can even be started until the ground thaws.
Hattie Big Sky is a delightful book written in first-person. Throughout the book she corresponds with a school chum, Charlie, who is fighting WW1 in France, and to her uncle, husband of the spiteful aunt. Through her uncle's efforts, she becomes published in the Arlington paper and receives a small monthly income that sees her through an otherwise bleak existence. Hattie's struggle for survival is shown in vivid detail and readers learn to admire this young woman's grit, determination and humor. Hattie is capable of grinding hard work and raw courage, but is also the frequent recipient of the kindness of neighbors. She repays these kindnesses in her own way, endearing and binding her to the kind of friendships she has never known before.
Although this book is considered a Young Adult genre, it is delightful for any age. Hattie Big Sky is fashioned after the author's own family history and its authenticity is obvious from the very first page.
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Labels: grit, homestead, Montana, young adult
Monday, March 15, 2010
Wind Turbines: Harnessing the Wind for Electricity
As early as the 1930's, wind was used to generate electricity in rural farming areas, mostly where electric distribution systems had not yet been installed. Now we have gone full-circle with modern, "personal use" wind turbines designed to produce electricity in homes when the wind is blowing.
Systems are now available that can either store electricity or, depending on the utility company, can spin the meter backwards, sending electricity back to the grid, giving credit to the wind machine owner. When the wind is not blowing, the house is powered by the utility.
Wind turbines can also be used on a larger scale to power neighborhoods, businesses and schools. Large turbines are grouped together into "wind farms," which provide bulk power to the electrical grid.
When mechanical energy is used directly by machinery, such as a pump used to lift water from underground, the machine is usually called a windmill. A wind turbine is a machine for converting the kinetic (motion) energy in wind into mechanical energy.
If the mechanical energy is then converted to electricity, the machine is called a wind generator.
The two types of wind turbines, based on the axis on which the turbine rotates, are horizontal axis and vertical axis. The most common, horizontal-axis wind turbines, typically have either two or three blades which operate with the blades facing into the wind. Vertical-axis turbines have the motor shaft running vertically to the ground and usually result in lower energy extraction efficiency.
Wind turbines are also classified by the location in which they are used: onshore, offshore or aerial, and each have unique design characteristics. Wind turbines may also be used in conjunction with a solar collector to extract the energy of the sun.
Not all opinions are positive regarding wind turbines, however. Noise and vibrations from the rotating blades may interfere with the tranquility of some nearby country dwellers. In Kansas, many object to the interrupted land aesthetics converting wild prairies into vast industrial areas. Radio, TV, wireless Internet, phone, anything that receives or transmits over the airways may, in some areas, be affected by wind turbines. As a result of these problems, property values could be impacted.
Putting the wind to work is not a new concept and the use of wind turbines has caused problems for some. Corralling wind power for efficient, safe use has a way to go toward perfection. But we're getting closer to efficiently utilizing the wind's unlimited potential.
Posted by Mary E. Trimble at 3:07 PM 5 comments:
Labels: harnessing wind, wind generator, wind turbines, Windmill
Sunday, March 7, 2010
THE WINDMILL: An American Tradition
Windmills helped define the American West. Although in many parts of the country we tend to think of windmills as an old-fashioned method of drawing water from a well, they still are widely used today in rural United States and abroad.
On a recent trip to Eastern Oregon, I was fascinated with an old Aermotor windmill on an abandoned homestead north of Grass Valley. The dilapidated house and sagging barn spoke to me of a family with long-passed dreams and plans. The windmill, however, seemed to be in good shape–a few bullet holes, but it appeared to still be operable.
I could easily make out the manufacturer's name on the wind vane, Aermotor, Chicago. What tales of history that old machine could spin!
Aermotor is known as the most popular water pumping windmill of the 20th century. Their windmills have been called the Cadillacs of windmills because of their outstanding design and quality workmanship. Even today, old reconditioned Model 702 mills, which have been in production since 1933, can command prices almost as high as those of factory fresh mills.
The phenomenon began in 1883 when Thomas O. Perry conducted over 5,000 scientific tests on 61 different experimental wind wheels. As the result of these tests, Perry figured out a way to design a wind wheel that was 87% more efficient than those currently on the market. The company he worked for was unimpressed.
Perry partnered with an astute businessman, LaVerne Noyes, and five years later, Noyes and Perry introduced Aermotor Windmill, much to the amusement of their competitors. But, within four years, Aermotor became the dominant supplier of windmills throughout the world. Not only did these windmills efficiently pump water out of the ground, the Aermotor design reduced maintenance costs. By 1904, Perry and Noyes transformed the Aermotor Windmill of Chicago into a major American industry.
A key to Aermotor's efficiency is its wind wheel which consists of curved galvanized steel blades which are riveted to steel wheel clips which in turn are riveted to curved steel rims.
The pumping Aermotor is governed through the action of a slightly off-center wind wheel counterbalanced by a coiled governor spring. The wheel automatically turns away from increasing wind, because of its being off center, slowing its speed. As the wind decreases, tension on the spring causes the wheel to turn back into the wind. Thus, the free energy of the wind is captured.
Below the turning wheel, a long rod moves up and down. This "sucker rod" is powered by the windmill's motor, a unique set of mechanical gears that converts the rotary motion of the wheel into a reciprocating up-and-down motion that powers the water pump located deep underground.
Over the years, the company changed ownership and locations, moving from Chicago, Illinois to Detroit, Michigan, to Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, to Argentina, back to the United States to Conway, Arkansas, returning to Illinois at Decatur and finally to its present home in San Angelo, Texas.
This remarkable windmill can be seen in many parts of North America today as well as
in many countries abroad. Many thousands of them are in service, efficiently lifting ground water for agriculture and livestock.
According to Bob Bracher, Aermotor's President and CEO, their windmill company is the "oldest and largest water pumping windmill producer in the world." Further, they stock replacement parts for all of their windmills dating back to 1933, and many parts for models dating back to 1915. That's American business integrity and ingenuity at work.
Posted by Mary E. Trimble at 10:14 AM 6 comments:
Labels: Aermotor, water pump, wind, Windmill
Monday, March 1, 2010
Book Review: Counting the Cost by Liz Adair
Counting the Cost by Liz Adair captures the essence of love: not always practical, often destructive, but present and undeniable nevertheless.
The fast-moving story takes place in 1930s New Mexico. When eastern society lady Ruth Reynolds moves onto a ranch where cowboy Heck Benham works, sparks instantly fly. There is a big problem though--Ruth is married and Heck is as honorable as he is hard-working.
Fate draws them together, but not without pain and heart-wrenching sacrifice and challenges. Yet, their love shines through at every turn, though the cost is perhaps more than anyone would bargain for.
Adair does a magnificent job of describing the New Mexico setting–its rugged people and stark countryside at a time when nothing came easy. A New Mexico native, she paints the story with meticulous detail and historical accuracy to the ranching and social norms of the era.
Counting the Cost is available through Inglestone Publishing Bookstore www.inglestonepublishing.com, the author's website www.lizadair.net,or Amazon.com.
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Labels: forbidden love, Liz Adair, New Mexico, ranching, romance
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GREENACRES CITY — The flood of applications that city officials expected for the city administrator`s post has turned out to be a slow but steady stream.
Some 150 resumes were anticipated for the position Wally Douthwaite will leave today as he prepares to take over as city manager of Gresham, Ore., a Portland suburb.
Only 44 individuals have applied, and Douthwaite said the number probably will not top 50.
In contrast, the city selected Douthwaite from a field of 159 applications four years ago.
At that time, the city had about 8,800 residents and a budget of $1.7 million. The population now stands at around 22,000, and the annual budget has grown to $3.9 million.
Douthwaite made $24,000 a year in 1981 when he became Greenacres City`s first administrator. He now receives $35,000 annually, the salary published by the city in its advertisements for his replacement.
Although the administrator`s position today offers more money and additional professionial opportunities, Douthwaite said, other less enticing factors are keeping down the application count.
The volatile nature of South Florida politics is probably the single biggest reason more people have not applied, he said. The state`s reputation as a city manager mill may have deterred people from mailing in their resumes, he said.
``Few people are willing to leave secure positions elsewhere and come to South Florida, where managers tend to get fired quickly and in great numbers,`` Douthwaite said.
Douthwaite said recent publicity about South Florida`s cocaine trafficking has also hurt its reputation to the point that people from other regions of the country may not want to relocate here.


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The United States would never allow itself to be "played" by Iran in negotiations about to resume on the Islamic republic's disputed nuclear programs, U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry insisted Thursday.
Kerry and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel met with reporters in Tokyo on the first stop of an Asian tour and cast the soon-to-resume negotiations with Tehran as an opportunity for peaceful resolution of a long and bitter standoff over Iran's suspected pursuit of nuclear weapons.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani vowed in his speech to the U.N. General Assembly last week that his sanctions-battered nation is eager to put Western concerns to rest that Tehran's nuclear developments are aimed at anything other than civilian uses such as power generation and medical research.
The pledge from Rouhani that Iran will never build nuclear weapons was followed by an agreement two days later to meet with senior diplomats from the United States and five other major countries to kickstart negotiations that have been at an impasse since April.
The Iranian officials' gestures buoyed hopes in the West of an opportunity to improve a U.S.-Iranian relationship that has been hostile since the 1979 Islamic Revolution and the hostage-taking episode that followed at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.
But Iran's changing diplomatic posture was met on Tuesday with deep skepticism by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who called Rouhani "a wolf in sheep's clothing." The Israeli leader denounced Iranian assertions that they don't seek the capacity to build nuclear weapons, calling them deceptions, and vowed to take whatever action is necessary to prevent Tehran from reaching "breakout" capability.
Kerry and Hagel appeared to be trying to recover the more hopeful outlook for Oct. 15-16 nuclear talks in Geneva that followed Rouhani's speech and Western diplomats' congenial interaction with U.S.-educated Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at the U.N. gathering.
"It would be diplomatic malpractice of the worst order not to examine every possibility of whether or not you can achieve [a nuclear accord] before you ask people to take military action and do what you have to do to prevent it," Kerry said.
"You have to exhaust the remedies before you ratchet up to a next tier," Kerry said, alluding to earlier threats of airstrikes against Iranian nuclear facilities if and when the international community sees Tehran on the verge of building its own atomic arsenal.
Kerry said he and President Obama had assured Netanyahu during their meetings over the last week that the United States remains vigilant in protecting Israeli security, and that Netanyahu's warnings of a duplicitous Tehran weren't intended as criticism of the U.S. interest in possible engagement with Iran.
"I did not interpret Prime Minister Netanyahu's comments as suggesting that we are being played, somehow, for suckers," Kerry said. "I understood it to be a warning: Don't be played."
Iran's actions will be closely examined to see if they match up with Rouhani's conciliatory words, Kerry said, promising that "there is nothing here that is going to be taken at face value."
Hagel also defended the U.S. response to Rouhani's overtures, which included a 15-minute phone call with Obama on Friday, the first contact between U.S. and Iranian leaders in more than three decades.
"Engagement is not appeasement," Hagel said. "It is not surrender."
Meanwhile, in another potential sign of defrosting relations, the head of Iran's civil aviation authority said he was exploring the possibility of reopening direct flights to the United States, which have been suspended since the revolution.
Capt. Hamid Reza Pahlavani was quoted by the pro-reform newspaper Shargh as saying Iran is prepared to restore the direct air links if the U.S. government agrees.
Airplane parts acquisition and service contracts are among the international business dealings hampered by economic sanctions imposed as punishment for Iran's refusal to open its nuclear facilities to U.N. inspection.
Rouhani made clear during his U.N. speech that Iranians are suffering under the punitive measures that have slashed oil revenue and cut the value of their currency in half.
Pakistan militants attack pro-government group; at least 13 dead
Russia evacuates personnel from Libya in wake of embassy attack
Seeking new home, at least 94 Eritreans die as boat sinks off Italy
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Rock star releases new album with Toby and Ronnie Dunn duets.
Joseph Hudak | Published: Sep 24, 2013
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Sammy Hagar and Toby Keith have done some serious drinking together—usually at Sammy's legendary Cabo Wabo Cantina in Mexico, and often with the entrepreneurs' signature lines of booze. Sammy launched and then sold the lucrative Cabo Wabo tequila line and is now in the rum business, with Sammy's Beach Bar Rum, while Toby oversees the Wild Shot mescal brand.
But even though he'll sip Toby's smoky mescal, there is one thing the former Van Halen frontman will definitely not do: "Don't eat the worm!" Sammy warns. "Don't listen to Toby on that one."
Fans can listen to Toby sing, however, on Sammy's new duets album, Sammy Hagar & Friends, released today (Sept. 24). Together, the pair tackle Jimmy Buffett's sunny classic "Margaritvalle." "Toby says that's the kind of song that you play right before you pass out," Sammy says with a laugh, recalling late nights at his Mexican bar with his Oklahoma buddy. "Toby and I have sang 'Margaritaville' in Cabo Wabo probably as many times as we've sang any other song. We have a couple tacos, a couple margaritas, a couple shots and we go down [to the club] and play with the band."
But Toby isn't the only country star to join Sammy on Sammy Hagar & Friends. Ronnie Dunn also pops up on the roadhouse rocker "Bad on Fords and Chevrolets."
"Some of my best friends are country guys, like Kenny Chesney and even Willie, who I've known for a long time. As I get older, you start appreciating the country boys, because rock stars in general can be really competitive and egotistic and self-centered," says Sammy. "The country guys just aren't like that."
Except when they try to get you to say bon appétit to a mescal-soaked worm. "I'm not going to eat the worm," reiterates Sammy, who prefers to enjoy Toby's Wild Shot as a mixer. "I'm not a mescal drinker straight-up, because, man, it puts you in the hospital!"
For more on Sammy, Toby and Ronnie, pick up the Sept. 30 issue of Country Weekly, on stands now.


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What drew me to the show- My love of hair accessories and does this show every deliver aka Lemon. B. Whoever decided on the hair accessories she wear must be my one true love lol. They can do no wrong in my books.
Imagine my over excitement this season when there was a elven/jedi theme wedding with fairy elven crowns!!! Yes Geek times on prime times, the love the favs and the crowns Doctor Hart sure look awesome in her crown make me want to showcase some of my elven crown ideas. Working on a few sketches inspired by what I think was the most teary episode to date.
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What did you think of President Obama's commencement speech Sunday at Notre Dame? How will the Notre Dame controversy change … Continued
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James Faulkner smashed a fifty off 24 balls and helped pull a sensational heist for Australia, who sneaked in through the back-door for a four-wicket victory over India to go 2-1 up in the seven-match series.
Chasing 304, Australia snatched victory from the jaws of defeat when Faulkner clobbered Ishant Sharma for a four and four sixes in the 48th over, which yielded 30 runs and put the Aussies on the course to an improbable victory. Sharma bowled length balls, short balls and invited Faulkner to take his pick and left Australia with 14 to win off the last two overs. R Ashwin bowled a brilliant penultimate over, giving away only five but Faulkner kept his cool and deposited Vinay Kumar for his sixth six to hand Australia an incredible victory.
It was India's game for most of the day. They were four down in the 13th over after they had been put in by Australia but Dhoni's unbeaten 139 off 121 balls (12 fours, 5 sixes), his ninth hundred and Virat Kohli's fourth successive score of over fifty, set the foundation for one of the finest comebacks in modern-day cricket. Despite Mitchell Johnson's 4/46, India managed to finish with 303/9 off their 50 overs, setting Australia a tough target.
The Aussies of course started well, as they would expect from Aron Finch and Phil Hughes, who added 68 for the first wicket but lost their way thereafter, losing key wickets as the required run rate was allowed to shoot past unmanageable proportions. Skipper George Bailey (43) tried hard but Adam Voges in spite of his fourth half-century, proved to be a detriment - at a time when Australia were forced to score at nearly eight an over for the latter half of the innings, Voges, playing his 28th ODI, took 63 balls to get to his fifty. Besides, he was guilty of calling the big hitting Glenn Maxwell for a run before sending him back, only for Shikhar Dhawan to catch the latter short with with a direct hit.
However, Australia were propped up by a quick cameo by Brad Haddin (24 off 16) before Voges and Faulkner creamed 91 off 50 balls to set up a sensational win.
Earlier, India were reeling at 76/4, having lost Suresh Raina and Yuvraj Singh off successive deliveries to Johnson when Dhoni joined Kohli in the middle. Australia were breathing fire and the hosts were relying on their two most successful batsmen in ODI cricket to bail them out of trouble.
Despite wickets falling at the other end, Kohli had held his own and was scoring at a-run-ball while Dhoni, who had hurt his ankle, before even facing his first ball, settled down to graft and play himself in. The Indian captain did not attempt a single big shot and was content pushing and nudging the ball in the gaps. When the team slipped to 154/6 in the 32nd over, with Kohli and Jadeja back in the hut, Ashwin walked into the middle and played a cool hand to add 76 runs for the seventh wicket with Dhoni as India edged past 200.
An expectant crowd was waiting for some fireworks as the Indian innings reached the last ten overs. Dhoni accelerated in typical fashion moving from 60 to 139 while India moved from 202/6 to 303/9, a score that had looked improbable 18 overs ago. But aided by some inept Australian bowling barring Johnson, and Bailey's respite to his Indian counterpart in the penultimate over, Dhoni blasted 34 runs off the last 12 balls he faced, setting a daunting target for the Australians.
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Automotive Cheap Tricks & Special F/X II, the ultimate book of automotive custom painting has been released. Automotive Cheap Tricks & Special F/X II is a compilation of step-by-step instruction by Craig Fraser, one of the greatest forces behind the popularization of automotive custom painting. In fact, Special F/X II far exceeds its predecessor, F/X I, in superior design, nearly double the content (31 chapters, including 11 introductory sub-chapters and a comprehensive glossary), and size (212 pages). The subtitle, Learn How to Paint Cars, Trucks, Motorcycles, Musical Instruments, Surfboards, and R.C. Cars, really says it all, and lives up to its promise with some of the most cutting-edge work dissected for your reference and execution.
This amazing visual smorgasbord tutors on how to achieve stunning graphics, special effects, murals, pinstriping, and more for beginners and pros. It's especially fascinating how perceptually difficult effects (bullet holes, fire, water droplets, old school flames, and tons more) and textures (alligator and dragon skin, chrome, cheetah fur, faux f/x, and many others) are so easily rendered with stencils, freehand shields, a variety of tapes, vinyl, and even a torch! It almost seems as if the author gave away too much, like a magician who would surprisingly reveal his secrets with impunity.
Fraser was thoughtful enough to include enough editorial and instruction for newbies that includes a Back to Da' Basics chapter, and some great articles on self-promotion, the zen of custom painting, how to photograph your artwork (the importance of this cannot be overstated), the paint and equipment you'll need to get started, and the business of custom painting.
In great, painstaking detail throughout, the book also addresses critically essential information on the proper sequences and steps to working with urethanes and clearcoats, among other things. The fact that improper methods can lead to catastrophic results on, say, a $100,000 vehicle makes this book even more important.
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Automotive Cheap Tricks & Special F/X II is beautifully printed in full color and on heavy paper stock, and it's obvious that the publisher spared no expense in producing it. At $34.95 this volume is a steal. And it is, without question, the new gold standard for books on automotive custom painting and will remain so for years to come."


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Kasabian's tribute to Cilla Black
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Kasabian paid tribute to Cilla Black as they headlined V Festival in Chelmsford last night (22.08.15)
Kasabian paid tribute to Cilla Black as they headlined V Festival.
The 'Days Are Forgotten' hitmakers dedicated their track 'Goodbye Kiss' to the late showbiz legend as they performed at the Virgin Media-sponsored festival in Chelmsford last night (22.08.15).
However, the tribute was met with mixed reactions from their fans.
One wrote on Twitter: "Kasabian dedicating Goodbye Kiss to the late Cilla Black was a highlight (sic)"
Whilst another added: "Still unsure how I feel about Kasabian dedicating a song to Cilla Black last night (sic)"
During their energetic set, the rock band urged the crowd to "make some f***ing noise" as they opened with 'Bumblebee' before reeling off popular tracks including 'Shoot The Runner', 'Underdog' and 'eez-eh'.
Tom Meighan was clearly pleased with the reaction the band got, telling the revellers: "Thank you Chelmsford, my lovely darlings."
And as a final 'thank you' to the supporters, the band jumped off the stage and interacted with the lucky fans who had made it to the front row.
One fan who watched the set wrote: "#kasabian- you were amazing last night! #VFestival #VHylands #HylandsParkOnFire (sic)"
Whilst another shared: "@KasabianHQ rocking my world @vfestival #VFestival2015 #Kasabian (sic)"


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October 1, 2005
10/1/2005 - NIEHS Launches Web-based GIS Portal
The NIEHS has launched a new website with an interactive Geographic Information System (GIS). The effort is being led by researchers at UCSD, San Diego State University, and Duke University. The site provides valuable information for assessing environmental hazards caused by Hurricane Katrina and Rita. As noted in a recent NIEHS news release: "To help expedite clean-up efforts, the NIEHS has worked with its academic Partners to establish a Geographic Information System (GIS) on the NIEHS Response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita website. The GIS system uses satellite maps to plot the locations of chemical plants, refineries, superfund clean up sites, as well as schools and other places, in relation to potential hot-spots of contamination where flooding has occurred. Interactive tools will be developed to help assess exposure and infrastructure damage, and eventually offer advice on remediation.
November 20-22, 2005
New Center for Earth Observations and Applications (CEOA)
CEOA Symposium on Science & Technology in GEOSS.
Bringing together academics with industry and government officials, the aim
of this symposium is to discuss and examine the roles and responsibilities
necessary for the long-term success of Global Earth Observing System of
Systems (GEOSS).
Thursday, August 25, 2005
Tribal Regional Workbench initiative
Dr. Palmer Taylor and Dr. Zoran Radic gave a tour of Dr. Taylor's lab to
community-based and tribal partners collaborating in our SBRP Research
Translation Core, and Community Outreach Core.
Tribal Regional Workbench
Dr. Marshall Cheung, director of the 29 Palms Band of Mission Indians Tribal Science lab, visited UCSD on July 28th. Dr. Robert Tukey, the director of UCSD's Superfund Basic Research Program, gave Dr. Cheung a tour of his lab and an overview of the SBRP program at UCSD. Others who also took part in the tour include staff from the 29 Palms EPA lab, Ian Kanair (the Environmental and Natural Resources Director for theSnoqualmie Tribe), Richard Marciano (SDSC) and Keith Pezzoli (Urban Studies and Planning). This interaction is part of a long term effort to collaboratively develop tools for a tribal regional workbench.
29 Palms EPA Laboratory web site: http://www.tepa29.org/index.html
Tuesday, July 19, 2005
The Regional Workbench Consortium (RWBC) on exhibit
The Regional Workbench Consortium (RWBC), an initiative of UCSD's SBRP Community Outreach Core and Research Translation Core will be on display in the San Diego Convention Center at the ESRI International Users Conference (July 25-29). The ESRI exhibit is one of the world's premier showcases of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). It is well worth exploring. A Map gallery opens to the public on Monday evening. The conference web site is at: http://www.esri.com/events/uc/index.html
Saturday, May 07, 2005
RWBC funding gets renewed for another five years (2005-2010)
$17.2 Million Enviornmental Grant Awarded to School of Medicine
By Sue Pondrom, April 25, 2005
An innovative environmental research and community outreach program led by the UCSD School of Medicine has received a five-year $17.2 million renewal of its grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, along with accolades for high quality scientific investigations and an outstanding community outreach program... / Read the full story at http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/health/04_25_Tukey.asp


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Infrastructure For EV's Part 2: The Future Grid
In Part 1, I covered what would happen if 10% of the cars on the road became electric overnight. In Part 2 I look at the the technology used to solve the problem – storage. However, before we get into storage, lets look at some grid basics: Different Types Of Power In extremely oversimplified terms,…Read More


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50 Cent Announces 'Street King Immortal' Release
With the recent mixtape and music videos he's been dropping, we knew it was only a matter of time before 50 Cent announced plans for an official studio album.
50 took to Twitter to confirm plans of a new album titled Street King Immortal, scheduled to drop this November.
"My official Interscope album is called STREET KING IMMORTAL due out in nov," 50 tweeted. According to RapUp, he also plans to drop a free album titled 5: Murder by Numbers, something to hold us over until Street King Immortal drops officially.
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Congress today is hyper-partisan, divisive, shallow, parochial, corrupted by money, driven by special interest, dominated by career politicians, poisoned by personal attacks, disrespectful of the voters, focused on the short term and rigidly ideological.
I believe Archie Parnell should be in Congress because he is none of these things.
Most people in South Carolina have never heard of him. He gained a bit of name recognition once he decided to run for Congress in the 5th District special election, which is June 20.
During this fast-paced special election in South Carolina's Upstate, I've had the opportunity to meet with civic and business leaders, AARP members, health-care providers and the political candidates to talk about why the 5th Congressional District race is so important to folks 50 years of age and older.
The legislative session and the special extended session have ended, and we still don't have a state budget.
Currently the budget sits in a conference committee, where lawmakers seem to be agonizing over the differences between the House's $27.41 billion spending plan and the Senate's $27.42 billion spending plan. There are a few minor differences in how the money is spent, but lawmakers aren't saying what particular policy area is responsible for the holdup.
So what are they blaming?
From time to time in this space, I like to introduce you to people in South Carolina who are making a difference. The following is a column from Jennifer Jones-Wood, writing about her work in South Carolina to help young girls around the world.
Today, 130 million girls do not have access to education. Please let that sink in.
If you were to count from 1 to 130,000,000 without stopping, it would take approximately eight years. Now that I have your attention, let me tell you about The ONE Campaign.
The busy legislative session is wrapping up. We've gotten a lot done but still have to meet once more in general session to pass a budget, consider gubernatorial vetoes and complete other end-of-year tasks.
Once that work is done, I will provide you a comprehensive report about the highlights of the session, as well as issues that are of special importance to District 45 residents.
An open letter to Indian Land Middle School administration and teachers:
After 12 years in Charlotte, my family finally decided to move "south of the border" last year. Our main priority was finding a home that would position our girls for the perfect middle and future high schools.
Our world has seen the most dramatic changes in the past 100 years. We have gone from the horse and buggy to a vehicle wandering the surface of Mars.
I would also add social advancements to the long list of technological ones, but we still have certain areas where improvement must happen.
Specifically, I refer to language.
After World War II, a fierce but civil rivalry developed between Birmingham and Atlanta as to which would become the unofficial "Capital of the South."
Founded in 1871, Birmingham was a coal and steel town with much of the ownership of the principal industries being in Pittsburgh and other Northern cities. The city's symbol was and is a large statue of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire and the forge. In 1950, the city's population was 326,000.
Editor's note: Breanna Pittman, a senior at Andrew Jackson High School, is graduating with the highest GPA in the Lancaster County School District. Here are excerpts from her speech at the county's Celebration of Excellence this month.
Tonight I want to talk about a topic that many people overlook and others just choose to ignore – failure.
Failure is inevitable. It will happen at least once in every person's life. Most of the time you don't even see it coming, and it hits you like a freight train.
The Lancaster County Youth Leadership program graduated 38 students this month. The program, a collaboration between the Lancaster County Chamber of Commerce and the Lancaster County School District, is designed to teach leadership skills and raise awareness of job opportunities and community challenges in Lancaster County, in hopes that these students will return to Lancaster after graduating from college to live and work.
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A guy was walking down a street in Ireland when a man approached from behind him and stuck a knife to the the guy's throat.
"Be you protestant or catholic", the assailant asked.
The guy thought "If I say I'm catholic and he's protestant, I'm a dead man. If I say I'm protestant and he's catholic, I'm a dead man." After a little thought, the guy said, "I'm Jewish, I'M JEWISH".
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The peepal is a type of banyan fig tree, known in Buddhism as the bodhi tree.
They were referring to a 'peepal' tree that was "mercilessly chopped overnight" for the benefit of metro construction some time back.
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It uses elements from Indian iconography such as peepal leaves, peacock feathers and lotuses, embroidered with see through net, available in black, plum and cream.
There is a peepal tree still alive here that is famed to have been planted by Vidur himself.
Another Aswath Katte, This is another peepal tree nearby under which people make these idol offerings with some wish and they come every year to do a pooja here.
The book opens with Krishna lying on his death-bed beneath the peepal tree beside Trivenisangam river, where he relives his entire life-span after witnessing the destruction of the Yadava dynasty.
The paint had begun to blacken in patches, and she could see a little peepal begin to send out its leaves from a crack in the upper floor, near the parapet she had leaned over so many times to look out at the ruins.
From cracks and crevices in the walls, sturdy little peepal trees had begun to send out leaf and stalk.
Poor Ash, after staying awake an entire night for a series of poojas, which generated lots of good vibes, smoke and ash, it is rumoured that she may have to marry a peepal tree in Varanasi, to overcome her Manglik status Chevvai dosham in South India before she can marry Abhishek.
He was squatting down by a big peepal tree, with his sabre driven into the trunk just above the ground, and his finger on the foible of the blade.
"The matter was brought before the village panchayat, which had assembled, as was the custom, under the peepal tree in the village square."
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Evening folk, please be gentle as I really don't have much experience, but been looking at a Seat Leon that if left sitting for 10mins plus, has an extended crank to get the thing to start. If left overnight it takes a lot of winding over to get to fire. Engine code is BMN (2.0 PD TDi). 60,000 miles. 2007model. Its a new engine fitted due to a crack in block caused by a failed rocker on an inlet valve. Poor start was there before but mechanic assumed it was just due to the broken parts, however it is same with new (remanufactured) engine. All ancillaries were swapped over from old engine to new, it has non functioning swirl flaps (customer wouldnt fit a replacement). Injectors etc were all swapped over (new seals and adjusters fitted). Timing has been checked twice now with pins locking crank and cams. I have scoped the crank/cam but no idea if things line up like they should, cant find a good waveform to compare, but as pins are all good, am assuming it must be ok. I then thought I might aswell have a play with amp clamp and look at the injectors. Cyl 1-3 all produced an identical waveform, but number 4 is low on peak opening current and very low on closing current. There are millions of tiny air bubbles present in the fuel return line @ filter. Supply after filter is 100% air free and gd pressure. Dont have a suitable adaptor to check intermediate pump pressure tho. Once started car idles with a small lumpyness, but goes like a train out on the road. If anyone has any ideas it'd be much appreciated, but my thought are inj 4 needs looking at?
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K Lounge
Karavas Place
This venue is closed.
Those who lament that the underground, multi-ethnic bacchanalia left Manhattan when the old Bulgarian Bar closed will get a reality check in the bowels of Karavas; on Friday nights the gyro joint opens up its trippy basement for a party that sucks in a healthy cross-section of the West Fourth Street freak scene; gay; straight; ballers, dorks; whatever. The D.J. spinning hip-hop and reggae from behind bars encourages exhibitionists to shake it while others grind their partners in hilariously oversized armchairs or snuggle in high-backed antique couches along the walls. The bar at the center of the low-ceilinged room is rectangular, allowing those seated to sneak not-so-discrete peeks at each other while the bartender hustles to pull pints and pour tequila shots. Once the booze motivates one's date, the Pink Pussycat is just up the stairs and across the street.
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This week, Cat's on the prowl with gay-loving comedian Thessaly Lerner (aka The Ukulady).
The ladies celebrate Cat's birthday and get a jump start on Hanukkah when Cat helps Thessaly light her lesbian menorah.
Cat on the Prowl: Thessaly Lerner (Episode 17)
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I'm jealous. You managed to summarize the book concisely without giving too much away. Whereas I didn't mention plot at all because I couldn't figure out how to do the story justice while trying to convey that, no, really, my love for Jellicoe Road is not entirely irrational. HarperTeen should hire you to redo their cover copy for the book. :)ReplyDelete
Such a good way to put it.
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Parts of it read almost stream of consciousness and you have to just let it wash over you as characters and histories distill and become clearer on the page and in your mind at about the same pace they do for Taylor herself.
Such a great review. I read this book in January (and just reviewed it at my blog) mostly because of your wonderful review, as I do not generally read YA contemporary.ReplyDelete
So, thank you thank you. I loved it so much.
I should probably also thank you, because your wonderful blog gave me the inspiration to start my own :)
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An elderly couple was stoned while driving between Parow and Mitchells Plain last week.
According to Roy Retief (driver), he didn't realise his wife was hit when he sped off to avoid the rocks that were pelting their vehicle.
When he came to a stop he then realised that his wife was soaked in blood and he rushed to Mitchells Plain day hospital.
When we got there I shouted in Afrikaans asking for help. The nurse looked at me and said 'if you not speaking Xhosa to me I am not going to help you'.— Roy Retief
Retief said he asked for help but the nurse insisted that he should speak Xhosa or go and wait in the waiting area.
He says he left and went to a nearby Melomed hospital where his wife received help, no questions asked.
Dr Nomafrench Mbombo, Western Cape Minister of Health apologised to Retief for what happened and promised to follow up on the language issue saying the Western Cape has three official languages - Xhosa, Afrikaans and English.
The right to access to health is a human right issue. No person should be turned away when there's an emergency.— Dr Nomafrench Mbombo, Western Cape Minister of Health
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Keith recently took time to discuss emerging trends in the IoT/M2M industry, buyer profiles across vertical markets and challenges ahead.
What's the mission of the IMC and how did the group come about?
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DIY a String Art Wall Piece
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Clever Ways Of Adding Wine Glass Racks To Your Home's Décor
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Words cannot describe how much I loved this movie. I laughed all the way throughout. I could not remember one period longer than 20 seconds where I wouldn't be on the floor laughing. Sure, the humor is random. But it's the most hilarious random humor that has ever existed, period.
I, personally, have seen Anchorman 2 twice and both times I could not stop laughing. When you go to see a movie with Will Farrel and Steve Carol, you know it will make you laugh. It is obviously not going to be a touching movie or a romance. When I was in that theater both times I went, after almost every comment or action someone in the film did, a hysterical laugh came from someone. Any movie that makes me laugh as much as Anchorman 2 did is 2 hours well spent at a movie theater. On top of that, it featured many other actors and stars such as Drake, Kanye West, Jim Carry, and much more. The all-star cast delivered in making Anchorman 2 a hit and entertained me throughout the film. Good is an understatement for Anchorman 2, it was outstanding
I, personally, have not seen Anchorman 2 yet, but I am guessing it is good because I liked the first one. Additionally, IMDB.com gave it 7.3 out of 10 stars, which is a pretty high rating based on user feedback. One person said the film was funny and goofy and had some good one liners like the first film.
Anchorman 2 is a horrible film, and anyone with any common sense with recognize it. Why do people watch such mind-rot nonsense like this. It's totally ridiculous. Get off the bullcrap like this and do something productive with your life. It's time to stop watching crud like this, alright? Good.
I haven't seen the movie either, but I assume based upon the fact that Will Ferrell's other movies are all terrible then this one will be as well.
The guy's acting is stiff and one-dimensional. On SNL he ruined many scenes that would otherwise have been funny because of it, and his movies are terrible in large part due to it.
Will Ferrel is without the worst actor in the world, he always acts like a five year old in all of his movies and the people who think that that is funny than they must have an intelligence level of a five year old too. And any movie he plays in is crap and its a shame because movies like old school could've been better if they substituted will ferrel for anyone else I would've preferred ben stiller over will ferrel I mean at least ben stiller and Owen Wilson have history and make good pairs in movies. Plus there was no need to make this movie I mean if the first one was crap what were people really to expect from this one, huh did they expect this movie t get a rewarded for being so stupid I think it was a waste of time and money to make it and an even bigger waste for the people that went and watched it in theaters.


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3 sucides reported in a day from city
Three suicides were reported in a day from across the city here on Tuesday. The victims were in the age group of 20 to 26.chandigarh Updated: Aug 06, 2014 13:07 IST
Three suicides were reported in a day from across the city here on Tuesday. The victims were in the age group of 20 to 26.
All three victims hanged themselves to death as they were under depression, according to police sources.
In the first incident, a 26-year-old man, hanged himself to death at his friend's residence in Shastri Nagar, Maniamajra.
Police said Gaganjot Singh went to his friend's house in Manimajra on Monday night.Gaganjot and his friend Maninder Singh had drinks till late night. After that they went off to sleep in separate rooms.
In the morning, Maninder noticed his friend Gaganjot hanging from the ceiling fan in another room. Maninder got shocked and called the police and informed his friend's family. Gaganjot was rushed to hospital where doctors declared him brought dead.
Gaganjot's family informed the police that he was suffering from depression.
After completing his education, Gaganjot was still jobless, which was bothering him. No suicide note was found from the spot.
In a separate incident, a 20-year-old youth ended his life by hanging himself from a ceiling fan at Sector 25. The victim was identified as Amit Kumar and he was upset for the past couple of months. Following a verbal spat, Amit's wife had left his home and gone to her parent's house. Amit was found hanging by his neighbours, who later informed the police. No suicide note was found from the spot.
Meanwhile, in another case, a 26-year-old man, working as a painter, was found hanging from a ceiling fan on Tuesday morning.
Vishal Vaid, who stayed in Hallomajra, had left behind a suicide note. In the suicide note he did not hold anyone responsible for the extreme step. The police said Vishal was also under depression for the past few months.
The police have initiated inquest proceedings in all the incidents.
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N-Bomb Alert: 80s Puppet 'Alf' Drops Them In Series Outtakes
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23 Jul 2018
ANZLIC Meeting in Brisbane on 23 July 2018
9 Apr 2018 to 11 Apr 2018
Locate will partner with Geospatial Media to co-locate the Locate-GeoSmart Asia 2018 Conference in Adelaide.
The event will run over four days from 8-11 April 2018 at the Adelaide Convention Centre.
Abstract Submission and General Enquiries - Deepali Roy - email@example.com
Exhibition and Sponsorship Enquiries - Rajesh Kumar - firstname.lastname@example.com
30 Nov 2017
ANZLIC Meeting - 30 November 2017 - Wellington, New Zealand
10 Aug 2017
ANZLIC Meeting - 10 August 2017 - Adelaide
To coincide with Spatial Information Day on Friday 11 August 2017
7 Jun 2017
Information is like wine, technology is like fish: the next steps in building Australia's spatial data infrastructure
Foundation spatial data is utilised widely across different community sectors and is critical for public safety or national problem-solving. These datasets include addresses, administrative boundaries, place names, transport, imagery, water, elevation and depth, property, and positioning.
Geoscience Australia will demonstrate two platforms which support the implementation of a modern infrastructure for location information: the LINK, which describes the trusted foundation spatial datasets and supporting business information; and ELVIS, which now provides free, open and offline access to many of Australia's foundation spatial datasets. The seminar will outline next steps to improve discoverability, viewability, data quality and time to market.
Branch Head Simon Costello has worked for over 16 years with Geoscience Australia, PSMA Australia and the United Nations in the establishment and management of national geographic datasets and products. At Geoscience Australia he has managed a range of collaborative geospatial and modelling programs with states, industry and other Australian Government departments for geographic information management and critical infrastructure modelling programs.
Rob Newham has worked for GA since 2004 and has been involved with numerous projects. His career has transitioned from data production through to data management, modelling and analysis. In the last 18 months Rob has been involved with the development of the Foundation Spatial Data Framework (FSDF) LINK project.
Shane Crossman is Project Leader of Elevation Data Delivery within Geoscience Australia's National Location Information Branch. He has an Associate Diploma in Engineering in Land Information Sciences and over 20 years professional experience in the application of Elevation and GIS to a range of issues in relation to topographic mapping and emergency management.
This talk is presented as part of the Wednesday Seminar Series.
Time: 11.00am
Location: Sir Harold Raggatt Theatre, Geoscience Australia
Cost/bookings: Free, No bookings required
Audience: Technical
More information: firstname.lastname@example.com
4 Apr 2017
ANZLIC Meeting in conjunction with Digital Earth Symposium and Locate17
3 Apr 2017
The Foundation Spatial Data Framework (FSDF) is hosting a workshop discussing how location information is critical for innovation and for simply running business in the 21st century. It will also discuss the newly deployed cloud base system called the Location INformation Knowledge platform (LINK). The LINK allows users to discover trusted location information, learn about federated data governance, understand provenance and access a wide variety of location information data supplied by the Commonwealth, States and Territory governments.
This workshop will also include the following guest speakers discussing the importance of trusted Foundation Spatial Data within their sectors.
- Greg Scott, Inter-Regional Advisor, Global Geospatial Information Management, United Nations
- Wanda Skerrett, Chief Executive Officer – Open Spatial Australia and SIBA National Board Member
Come and find out more at a facilitated workshop at the ISDE/Locate17 conference – 2:00pm – 4:00pm Monday 3 April 2017.
In an increasingly digitised and complex world – transparency and standardised access is the answer.
Simon Costello | Branch Head, National Location Information, Geoscience Australia
21 Feb 2017
All of the legislation you enforce, the policy decisions you make, and the services you provide to citizens, impact Australian business and the community somewhere. To make informed decisions, and understand the impact of your work on Australia's people and environment, you should be using trusted, authoritative and easily accessible location information that is endorsed by the governments of Australia.
On February 21st 2017, Geoscience Australia invites you to attend a whole of government briefing on the Foundation Spatial Data Framework (FSDF).
The forum will have key note speakers from the Community Safety (Mark Crosweller, Director-General of Emergency Management Australia), Environment (TBC) and Social (TBC) sectors discussing their interactions with the FSDF as well as the FSDF Program Manager Simon Costello (Branch Head, Geoscience Australia) discussing the value of the framework.
The forum also will demonstrate the Location Information Knowledge Platform (LINK), which is being made available to government staff. The LINK allows users to discover trusted location information, learn about federated data governance, understand provenance and access a wide variety of location information supplied by the Commonwealth, States and Territories. The principles and approach are of relevance to all data managers, custodians, stewards and users of location information. The forum will also show how change programs can be managed across complex layers of governance.
This forum will is targeted at the Branch Head and Director level of agencies who currently use location information, may use location information, are interested in information management, or who are interested in seeing how this sector is managing and governing federated data.
Further information will be provided throughout January. We look forward to seeing you on the 21st!
Simon Costello | Branch Head, National Location Information
2 Nov 2016
CRC-SI 2026 Industry Transformation and Growth Agenda Forum - Hobart
20 Oct 2016
CRC-SI 2026 Industry Transformation and Growth Agenda Forum - Sydney