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Ely Cathedral. Sometimes known as the Ship of the Fens, since it seems to rise out of the often mist covered flat Fens. This Panorama is centred in the Presbytery which was built in the 13th century to house the shrine of the founder, St Ethelreda. The Choir and of course the Octagon soaring above all at the Crossing.


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War-funding legislation survived a fierce partisan battle in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, but its passage is a major step toward providing commanders in Iraq and Afghanistan the money they need for military operations in coming months.
Democratic leaders pushing the $106 billion measure on behalf of the Obama administration had to overcome an unusual alliance of anti-war Democrats who opposed continued war spending and Republicans who united in condemning $5 billion included in the measure to secure a $108 billion U.S. line of credit to the International Monetary Fund for loans to economically struggling poor countries. Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon, top Republican on the Armed Services Committee, contended that Democrats were endangering troops by shifting money to create room for a "global bailout loan program."
The bill, in addition to about $80 billion for military operations, includes an array of other spending priorities, including $7.7 billion to respond to the flu pandemic and over $10 billion in development and security aid for Pakistan and Iraq as well as countries including Mexico and Georgia.
The vote was 226-202, with only five Republicans voting for the bill, while 32 Democrats opposed it.
Rep. Steny Hoyer, leader of the Democratic majority, unsuccessfully appealed to Republicans, saying 80 percent of the package still went to the troops. "Stand up for them," he said.
The Senate could move as early as this week on the legislation, which also includes $1 billion to fund government rebates for consumers who trade in their old vehicles for more fuel-efficient models.
The Pentagon has said that without the bill the Army could start running out of money to wage war as early as July. President Barack Obama has pushed for the package, arguing that it is crucial to his efforts to wind down operations in Iraq while boosting personnel and fighting power in Afghanistan.
Republicans also objected to a decision by House-Senate negotiators to remove a provision that would have prohibited the release of photos depicting U.S. troops abusing detainees. It was taken out, "at the demands of the fringe left," said House Republican leader John Boehner.
Obama, in negotiating the removal of the provision, guaranteed that he would stop the release of photos showing detainees abuse.
Unable to count on Republicans, Democrats had to appeal to some of the 51 anti-war colleagues who opposed the legislation when it was first offered in May. Rep. Dennis Kucinich indicated that he would not change his "no" vote. "America has to start taking care of things here at home, and we can't do it by continuing to support wars based on lies," Kucinich said.
"One of the problems is we have some very deep-seated philosophical views that pursuing Afghanistan and Iraq with additional funding is not appropriate," Hoyer said.
Votes were swayed by other factors, including the money to fight the flu pandemic and initiate the "cash for clunkers" auto program. Also in the measure is $534 million to provide extra money for 185,000 service members who have had their enlistments involuntarily extended since Sept. 11, 2001. They will receive $500 a month for every month they were held under stop-loss orders.
The measure also had almost $7 billion in "add-ons," money not sought by the Pentagon. The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation said those additions include controversial programs that the Pentagon did not want, such as $2.17 billion for eight C-17 transport planes.
Passage of the bill, which provides money through the Sept. 30 end of this budget year, would bring to nearly $1 trillion the amount spent on the wars and other security matters since the Sept. 11 attacks. More than 70 percent of that has gone to Iraq, the Congressional Research Service said in an analysis.
Congress has passed similar war supplementals, meaning the money is not part of the regular Pentagon budget and adds to the federal deficit, every year since 2001. The White House has said that this will be the last war supplemental and that future spending will go through the regular appropriations budgeting process.
The administration is seeking $130 billion for to finance fighting wars in the fiscal year 2010 starting in October, down from about $143 billion this year and $183 billion in fiscal 2008, the CRS said.
Obama's original request last October was for about $83 billion, including $75.5 billion for defense purposes. But as is customary, Congress used the must-pass bill as a vehicle to add new programs, such as the "cash for clunkers" measure or increase funds; money for pandemic flu went up by about $4 billion.
The measure includes $10.4 billion in foreign aid, with $2.4 billion for Pakistan, $1.4 billion for economic development in Afghanistan and $700 million in international food aid.
House-Senate negotiators also reached compromises on several policy controversies: they denied the White House $80 million to close the detention center at Guantanamo but agreed that detainees could be transferred to the United States to face trial. The issue of imprisoning convicted terrorists in the United States was put off for another day.


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Hey guys, I just got back into java after taking a class on it in high school 2 years ago. I'm trying to make this simple program that tells you in how many hours you'll reach your desired level in an MMORPG. So far my code looks like this:
import java.util.Scanner; public class enter { public static void main(String[] args) { double ExpToLevel; double ExpPerHour; double time; Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in); System.out.println("Enter your experience until level up"); ExpToLevel = input.nextInt(); System.out.println("How much experience do you get an hour?"); ExpPerHour = input.nextInt(); ExpToLevel / ExpPerHour = time; System.out.println("You'll reach your level in " + time); } }
It's telling me the equation is an unexpected type. How do I fix this problem?


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Steve's various renders.
On the old forums I posted various threads showing some renders I'd done. But now we have a new forum I'll put them all on this one thread.
Please bear in mind my poor old computer struggles with Daz Studio even at it's most basic settings, so I can't compete with the pictures you guys do, and I don't do any postwork, because I'm a very lazy person.
And i might have trouble with the size of these pics, because the resizing feature isn't working yet.
Here are a few pics of everyone's favourite barbarian.
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Being as you are struggling with your hardware, you have still been able to produce the desired artwork, so well done, Steve.
By the way is that M4 your using???
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I so wish to know what he is wearing. I could use that set of clothing. Very good work for a OLD PC. I'm getting flashbacks to my last one.
Keep up the good work.
Thanks for your comments guys. When I finally get some cash saved for a new computer I can step things up a bit.
And no, he's not M4, he's Genesis, using some basic morphs that came with the software and some generic - but very useful - morphs I found (probably on sharecg or renderosity). It took a while to find a skin that suited/fitted, eventually I used a female skin (Cassandra for V4) which I then altered slightly, and the hair is Felicity hair. All freebies. The loincloth is by Trekkiegrrrl. The strap on his chest is Piratebelt for V4, with bits hidden or with increased opacity. The bracers and boots came with DS. I've found a number of hair/skin and accessories that work with different figures of different genders. I sometimes wonder why they are labelled as being for a certain figure (V4 for example) when they can be used on anybody with a minimum of messing around.
Here are a couple of pics I did recently, of a strange pair of buddies having a midnight stroll.monsters_formatted_5.jpg652 x 687 - 40Kmonsters_formatted_4.jpg740 x 557 - 53Kmonsters_formatted_3.jpg749 x 675 - 40Kmonsters_formatted_2.jpg727 x 687 - 61Kmonsters_formatted_1.jpg752 x 560 - 31KPost edited by SteveM17 on
Here is a snippet of a short story I made using Daz Studio. The full thing is on my blog at http://moody-by-name.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/a-tale-of-zombie-folk.htmlapoc23_formatted.jpg764 x 537 - 31K
Here is a panel from a comic strip which can be found here; http://moody-by-name.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/the-adventures-of-pablo-joe-funeral_7.htmlvictor_pic.jpg776 x 584 - 47K
Here's a short comic strip I posted on my blog a while ago, made using just Daz Studio (and Powerpoint for the words).
More can be found at : http://moody-by-name.blogspot.co.uk/
But don't go there if you're easily offended.SETI4.jpg1196 x 649 - 54KSETI3.jpg1060 x 611 - 61KSETI2.jpg1135 x 705 - 78KSETI1.jpg1514 x 505 - 95K
Here is a quick strip made using Daz. More can be found on my blog: (beware, swearing!) http://moody-by-name.blogspot.co.uk/PABLOJOE_14TH_MAY.jpg1532 x 1157 - 171K
Here's a couple of pics of everyone's second favouriote vigilante:punisher1.jpg1352 x 729 - 383Kpunisher2.jpg1352 x 729 - 287K
A couple of pics from a comic strip I did, to practice with lights and angles. Full thing is here: http://moody-by-name.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/a-hard-case-to-crack.htmlDETECT6.jpg1532 x 841 - 69KDETECT5.jpg1532 x 841 - 63K
Here's a few pics of Gotham's finest in action. (Joker morph - by Joe Quick - and Batman costume can be found in the superhero freebie thread).bat_man_v_joker_5.jpg1352 x 729 - 361Kbat_man_v_joker_4.jpg1352 x 729 - 384Kbat_man_v_joker_2.jpg1352 x 729 - 418K
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Awesome Steve , I love web cartoons . keep up the good work :)
Here is a panel from my latest strip which can be found here: http://moody-by-name.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/the-wisdom-of-solomon.htmlSOLOMON3.jpg1527 x 989 - 157K
Conan, yet again.conan_v_monster1.jpg1352 x 729 - 460K
Here's a snippet from ashort comic strip on my blog, which is here: http://moody-by-name.blogspot.co.uk/
(Warning, blog contains swearing and humour some may find offensive)PM7.jpg1513 x 703 - 103K
Ivy Posts: 5,599SteveM17 said:Here's a snippet from ashort comic strip on my blog, which is here: http://moody-by-name.blogspot.co.uk/
(Warning, blog contains swearing and humour some may find offensive)
good one :)
Another snippet from a comic strip made using DS, full thing here: http://moody-by-name.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/how-to-cope-with-christmas-with-voodoo.htmlVOODOO_VIC_XMAS_2.jpg1524 x 937 - 154KVOODOO_VIC_XMAS_1.jpg1315 x 949 - 159KPost edited by SteveM17 on


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The 21st century version of "The dog ate my homework."
We have two new entries today in the continuing saga of Ivy League and affluent college students trying to delay taking exams on account of their being traumatized by Darren Wilson's acquittal and Eric Garner's deaths and their being exhausted by the physical and emotional burdening of taking to the streets to protest those two traumas. The first entry is an overwrought, horribly written, and horribly reasoned essay by a young man who styles himself as a third year Harvard Law Student and editor of Harvard's Law Review. John Hinderaker fisks this horrible effluvia, so I don't have to.
I have only one thing to add . . . well, actually two. First, Obama was once a third year Harvard Law Student and editor of the Harvard Law Review. Second, if those two law students — who are separated by more than 20 years — are representative of Harvard Law School I have been right all along in believing that people go into Harvard Law reasonably smart and come out manifestly dumb and, too often, unprincipled.


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Prosecutors want tougher laws after attack is caught on video
Two Story County prosecutors were attacked in the Story County Courthouse, and it was all captured on camera.
The Story County prosecutor said the video shows why the law on assaults needs to be changed.
Officials said the suspect in the video had an intended target, and he asked for the prosecutor by name.
Surveillance video taken from the Story County Courthouse is making prosecutors nervous, and County Attorney Stephen Holmes furious.
"Our ability, or our willingness to prosecute people who are serious criminals -- that is in jeopardy," said Holmes.
The video shows four prosecutors leaving for the day. A man approaches them and then hits a prosecutor in the face. Another prosecutor comes to his aid and is also hit in the face.
"This person could have been armed with a knife, could have been armed with a gun, and it could have been a much, much different result," said Holmes.
Holmes said a prosecutor's job can be dangerous, and when they're out in public, they can be vulnerable. He said a change in the law is necessary.
"When I prosecute someone, it's not in the name of Story County, it's in the name of the state of Iowa, and the state of Iowa needs to stand up here and recognize this," said Holmes.
Holmes wants the state Legislature to make an assault against a prosecutor just as severe as one toward a police officer.
"It takes the level of assault and bumps it up and makes it a felonious assault, makes it a felony," said Holmes.
He wants change before it's too late.
"Sadly, historically, what it takes is a tragedy. We averted one the other day," said Holmes. "I don't want to think of a tragedy. I want to be out ahead of it."
Both prosecutors received injury to their faces in the attack.
The man charged in the attack, 31-year-old Major Robinson, of Mason City, is still in custody at the Story County jail.


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Johnny Knoxville's name is just the latest to be attached to the Farrelly Brothers' long-gestating "Three Stooges" movie. Let's hope this one sticks so they can get on with already.
The Farrelly's are awaiting word on their offer to Knoxville for the role of the Alpha Stooge, Moe, reported Variety. This is quite a switch from the likes of Sean Penn, Jim Carrey and Benicio Del Toro, who were once in line to play the trio.
"This isn't a Farrelly version of "The Three Stooges." This is "The Three Stooges," the Farrellys recently explained to Collider. "And, it's not a biopic, by the way. We've written three new episodes. The movie is actually three episodes that go back to back to back. Each one picks up where the other one left off. We want you to look at it and say, 'It's Moe, Larry and Curly!,' so we have very high standards on this route."
The film is planned to be composed of three 27-minute segments, with an eye toward a PG rating.
Knoxville starred in the Farrellys' 2005 film, "The Ringer," about a man who pretends to be mentally handicap so he can compete in the Special Olympics. It did about $35 million at the box office. Since then, however, Knoxville's last two "Jackass" movies have combined for more than $190 million, while the Farrellys' "Hall Pass," has taken in $29 million since its Feb. 25 opening.


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Under the initiative, death penalty cases would no longer automatically be appealed to the state supreme court – where they can sit unheard for years. They would instead go first to state courts of appeal.
The measure's supporters say it would also end the housing of inmates in single cells at San Quentin's death row.
"By allowing the department of corrections to place these inmates wherever is best on an individual basis, we can avoid unnecessary expense," says Kent Scheidegger with the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation.
But, opponents disagree. They say life sentences without parole are much less wasteful and costly.
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I'm considering getting an Android tablet, but googling has yielded conflicting reports on whether Android can handle polytonic Greek. The demo models I've played with in stores can't display quite a few characters, and I'll have to go with iOS if there's no solution. Has anyone here successfully gotten Android to display polytonic Greek?


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Dr. Marks is an Atlanta psychiatrist and psychotherapist, specializing in the interplay between mind and body, and how it shapes our quality of life.
Dr. Marks has worked with numerous professional men and women who struggle to find balance between life and work. Underneath burnout, depression and stress, she often finds sleep problems at the root of her patients' problems. She wrote Master Your Sleep: Proven Methods Simplified (February 2011, Bascom Hill Publishing Group) to help them understand – and conquer – their sleep patterns. She provides a thorough exploration of potential treatments, from herbal and prescription medications to a variety of therapies, explaining the potential risks and benefits related to all treatment methodologies.
Dr. Marks obtained her undergraduate degree from Duke University and her medical degree from the University of Florida. She completed her residency training at The New York Presbyterian Hospital, Cornell Medical Center. In her last year of training, she served as Chief Resident, a position reserved for outstanding resident doctors possessing superb clinical skills and great leadership potential.
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"Sleep is essential like the air we breathe. Its one of the basic elements of life. Unfortunately it is often one of the first things we sacrifice when time runs short or life gets in the way. With the easy accessibility of technology, we will continue to shave off more and more time from our sleep to fit more into the day. In my psychiatry practice, I am amazed at how often sleep is at the center of problems with physical health, relationships, and mental well-being.
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Our basement bedroom that is cold and has no windows. It's like sleeping in outer space.
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Cynthia Nixon Marries Girlfriend Christine Marinoni
Congratulations are in order for Cynthia Nixon and Christine Marinoni, who were legally married this weekend in New York!
Cynthia Nixon made the long Memorial Day weekend extra special this year by tying the knot with her long-time partner, Christine Marinoni.
"On May 27, 2012, Cynthia Nixon and her girlfriend, Christine Marinoni, were legally married in the state of New York," Cynthia's rep told People. "Nixon wore a custom dress by Carolina Herrera."
Cynthia, 46, and Christine, 45, have been together for nearly eight years and have a one year old son, Max Ellington.
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RealView Innovations' mysterious V-Screen certainly looks interesting, but does it really deliver a portable 3D experience?
"The innovation uses special optical components in unconventional ways," states Eamonn Ansbro, an Optical Engineer who is co-Executive Director of RVI. "No software, electronics or headgear is required. Nonetheless, the optical results are astonishing." Continued Ansbro: "The video game industry is a perfect fit for our technology. The V-Screen offers consumers a tremendous leap forward in optical enhancement."
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Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade makes millions of dollars a year playing basketball, but it appears that money hasn't been going toward his home in Chicago's south suburbs.
According to documents obtained by NBC Chicago, The PrivateBank and Trust Company is attempting to foreclose on Wade's $1.2 million home in the 1600 block of E. 158th Street in South Holland.
Wade is listed as the owner of the home, along with his ex-wife Siohvaughn Wade. The former couple engaged in a bitter, public divorce in the which the basketball star was granted custody of their children.
According to court documents, the former couple owes almost $541,000 on the home, including close to $1,500 in late charges, and monthly mortgage payments had not been made on the home from November 2013 to July 2014.
Wade's attorney's sent a statement Wednesday.
"Dwyane Wade and his ex-wife Siohvaughn Funches reached a financial settlement in July 2013, which included Ms. Funches being awarded the Chicago home in which she resides. Mr. Wade had provided a very generous settlement to Ms. Funches to continue to live a wonderful lifestyle and maintain the home mortgage payments he previously paid before the settlement was reached. As the sole homeowner, Ms. Funches defaulted on the mortgage and the home is now under foreclosure with the bank. We will take the necessary measures to affirm Mr. Wade is not responsible for the home's foreclosure since he was absolved of all financial responsibility when Ms. Funches was awarded the house."
The 7,847 square foot home has six bedrooms, eight bathrooms, a theater and exercise room, a guest house, in-ground pool and of course, a basketball court.
Siohvaughn Wade is believed to be the occupant of the home.
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President Obama proposed on Monday to sharply limit the value of charitable tax breaks taken by wealthy people.
In his budget proposal for the fiscal 2012 year, he said he wants to limit itemized deductions to 28 percent for taxpayers in the highest brackets. This proposal is similar to an idea Mr. Obama put forward in last year's budget. The new fiscal year begins October 1.
The proposal would eventually reduce the value of itemized deductions for those in the top tax bracket by 30 percent. Without futher action to extend the Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthy, the top tax bracket, currently at 35 percent, would rise to 39.6 percent in 2013.
Mr. Obama also said he would push to end tax cuts for Americans making $250,000 or more when they expire in two years and seek to rein in exemptions in the estate tax, which allows couples to pass estates as large as $10-million to their heirs tax-free.
The savings from the reduction in itemized deductions for high-income taxpayers would be used to pay for a fix to the alternative minimum tax.
That tax was originally designed to prevent wealthy Americans from escaping taxation by taking advantage of loopholes in the tax code, but in recent years it has affected a growing number of middle-class Americans.
The cost to fix that tax for three years is more than $300-billion, roughly the same amount that would be saved.
"For too long we have tolerated a tax system that's a complex, inefficient, and loophole-riddled mess," President Obama wrote.
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Mr. Obama may have greater ammunition in his bid to curtail the deduction this year, as other groups are also calling for scaling back tax deductions for charitable gifts.
In December, a majority of members of his bipartisan deficit commission proposed converting the deduction to a 12-percent tax credit and limiting it to people who had donated a certain percentage of their income.
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On the estate tax, President Obama signed legislation just two months ago that set the tax rate at 35 percent and allows couples to pass estates as large as $10-million to their heirs tax-free. He brokered the deal with Republican lawmakers, many of whom deride the tax as a "death tax."
The estate tax, which lapsed in 2010, had been scheduled to rise to 55 percent for individuals worth more than $1-million.
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"While I had to accept these measures for two more years as a part of a compromise that prevented a large tax increase on middle-class families and secured crucial job-creating support for our economy, these policies were unfair and unaffordable when enacted and remain so today," Mr. Obama said, in releasing his budget on Monday. "I will push for their expiration in 2012."
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: : : : : I need to know the meaning of the cliche "urban guerilla" for a school assignment.
: : : : Not intending to put you down for your honest inquiry, but a quick look-up in any of the on-line dictionaries (assuming you don't have access to a printed one at home) would have saved you some time.
: : : : Mine defines "guerilla" (derived from the French word "guerre" - meaning "war") as an independant soldier who preys on the enemy by harrassment, surprise attacks, and so forth. Urban, of course refers to cities. Thus -- if you're still with me, urban guerillas are like the Irish Republican Army whose members further their aggendas by illicit and undercover attacks on the current powers.
: : : : Then, again, this term could be applied to the American Revolutionaries who opposed and overthrew the British rule of the early colonies.
: : : Not to put you down for your well-meaning answer, but the origin is Spanish, not French, and is spelled with two r's. (You're not alone in this. 99% of the population would misspell this word one way or another....)
: Right you are about the usual spelling - I'm just a lousy keyboarder. However, my Grolier Webster Internation Dictionary lists both Spanish and French derivations of the word guerrilla - got it right this time - (the alternate spelling uses just one "r") - check it out in some of your other sources. I'm not surprised since both are Romance languages. The further derivation is listed as coming from the French "guerre" meaning war.
: As the French say "c'este la guerre"
: By the way, how do we express "two r's" - the apostrophe should indicate the possessive, but "two rs" makes no sense. Neither does "two Rs".
: Do you have any reference that guides this situation?
: Best --- and thanks for the discussion. We can only keep language and usage alive through interchanges like these. If you happen to find any other misspellings - they're unintentional.
Several of my references said the word is of Spanish origin. Who knows, there could have been cross-pollination.
Regarding plurals formed using an apostrophe -- I always follow the Associated Press (AP) Stylebook since that's the business I'm in. AP style is R's for single letters. (Mind your p's and q's.) However, for multiple letters (ABCs) you just add "s." Same for numbers. For numbers, you use the word (one through nine) up to nine and the figure for 10 and up. Add an "s" for plural figures -- Temperatures are in the low 20s.


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Miami-Dade has "nation's highest-rated tap water"
Miami-Dade has plenty to brag about: stellar beaches, celebrities who live in multimillion dollar mansions, four-star restaurants, the world famous tennis tournament on Key Biscayne and the national basketball champions the Miami Heat.
But a county document boasted about something far more ordinary when Mayor Carlos Gimenez released his budget proposal July 9. A budget-in-brief document written by the county's Office of Management and Budget stated that the county has "the nation's highest-rated tap water."
Do we have some sort of liquid gold pouring out of our faucets that is the envy of other counties nationwide? We went in search of answers to quench our curiosity.
Miami-Dade has long promoted tap water
First, let's wade into the surprisingly controversial history of Miami-Dade county government talking up tap water.
In 2008, the county landed in hot water after it aired radio ads that boasted its tap water was better than bottled water.
Nestle Waters North America, which makes nearly $4 billion a year selling Zephyrhills and other brands, threatened to sue, the Miami Herald wrote. (It never did sue, a county spokeswoman told PolitiFact.)
The county continued to promote tap water, including a mock boxing match video between tap water and bottled water, a love song jingle "Miami-Dade tap water your No. 1!" and a video of a young cowboy asking Mom, "Howdy M'am? What do you have on tap?" She replied, "For you partner, I've got the original tap."
Miami-Dade's explanation
We asked a Miami-Dade county spokeswoman to explain the source of the claim that the county has the "nation's highest-rated tap water."
We sensed some research percolating at Miami-Dade County Hall as spokespersons sent us emails saying we'd get an answer soon.
A few hours later, we had a reply: "It's a scrivener's error," said Jennifer L. Messemer, a spokeswoman in Miami-Dade's water and sewer department.
Budget director Jennifer Moon told us in an email that "we compile input from the various departments to put in the budget-in-brief. We realized yesterday that we inadvertently left out 'one of' in the statement regarding the highest rated water. We will correct this online and in future prints."
(At PolitiFact we give props when someone fesses up to an error, but we continue our fact-check anyway.)
The error was in a document written by the budget department, according to Messemer. We did not find the same claim in other water-related documents. The full chapter on the water and sewer department's budget proposal merely refers to the water as "high-quality drinking water." (It also mentions an upcoming $1.6 billion projected to fix environmental violations from failing wastewater infrastructure.)
The annual water quality report states that the water "is delicious and meets and exceeds all local, state and federal guidelines. So drink up with confidence!"
The county has received some kudos for water quality.
Messemer pointed to a 2008 Forbes.com's Top 10 list of "Best Cities for Clean Drinking Water." The article, which ranked the Miami/Fort Lauderdale area fourth, was based on a 2007 water quality study compiled by University of Cincinnati researchers. (The report was sponsored by Proctor & Gamble.)
We found the most comprehensive water quality comparison in an analysis by the Environmental Working Group, a research and advocacy organization that says the federal government's standards for water quality fall short.
The group spent three years analyzing water contaminant data nationwide and found 316 contaminants. The EPA has enforceable standards for less than half of them.
Released in 2009, the database evaluated water utilities based on the total number of chemicals detected, the percentage of chemicals found of those tested; and the highest average level for a pollutant relative to legal limits or national averages. The analysis included the most common pollutants such as disinfection byproducts, nitrate and arsenic.
The group published a ranking of large cities, and Miami came in 46th place out of 100. (Several other large Florida cities or counties were listed, including Odessa, which is served by the St. Petersburg Water Resources Department, 20th; Pinellas County, 57th; Hillsborough County, 65th and Tampa, 68th.) You can read about government officials pushing back against the report in the Miami Herald.
Our ruling
A Miami-Dade County budget document claimed that the county has "the nation's highest-rated tap water."
A county spokeswoman said that statement was an error. The water department more typically talks about the "high quality" of the water without making a national comparison.
An article in Forbes concluded the Miami/Fort Lauderdale area was fourth in water quality based on a 2007 University of Cincinnati study of 12 contaminants. A more thorough national analysis by the Environmental Working Group ranked Miami-Dade County at 46th in 2009.
The claim is wrong, but it isn't so ridiculous to earn our lowest Pants on Fire rating. We're still going to end with one more joke and pour a cold bucket of tap water to douse this claim. We rate this claim False.


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Capturing a near-Earth asteroid and dragging it into orbit around the moon could help humanity put boots on Mars someday, proponents of the idea say.
NASA is considering a $2.6 billion asteroid-retrieval mission that could deliver a space rock to high lunar orbit by 2025 or so, New Scientist reported last week. The plan could help jump-start manned exploration of deep space, carving out a path to the Red Planet and perhaps even more far-flung destinations, its developers maintain.
"Experience gained via human expeditions to the small returned NEA would transfer directly to follow-on international expeditions beyond the Earth-moon system: to other near-Earth asteroids, (the Mars moons) Phobos and Deimos, Mars and potentially someday to the main asteroid belt," the mission concept team, which is based at the Keck Institute for Space Studies in California, wrote in a feasibility study of the plan last year.
Space agency officials confirm that NASA is indeed looking at the Keck proposal as a way to help extend humanity's footprint out into the solar system. But the assessment is still in its early stages, with nothing decided yet.
"There are many options — and many routes — being discussed on our way to the Red Planet," Bob Jacobs, deputy associate administrator for the Office of Communications at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C., told Space.com via email. "NASA and the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory are giving the study further review to determine its feasibility." [NASA's Spacecraft for Asteroid Missions Revealed (Photos)]
Enabling manned exploration of deep space
In the Keck plan, an unmanned probe would snag a 25-foot-wide (7 meters) near-Earth asteroid, then haul it back to lunar orbit for future study and exploration.
Its developers see the mission as a way for humanity to get a toehold beyond low-Earth orbit, allowing our species to hone techniques and acquire skills that manned missions to more distant destinations will require.
For example, the robotic mission would help develop the precision flying techniques demanded by a manned mission to a near-Earth asteroid. Further, study of the captured space rock could teach researchers how to efficiently extract water from asteroids — a resource that could be an off-Earth source of radiation shielding and rocket fuel for journeying spacecraft.
"Extraction of propellants, bulk shielding and life support fluids from this first captured asteroid could jump-start an entire space-based industry," the Keck team writes. "Our space capabilities would finally have caught up with the speculative attractions of using space resources in situ."
Up-close examination of a captured asteroid would also yield insights into the economic value of space rock resources and shed light on the best ways to deflect potentially dangerous asteroids away from Earth.
Overall, the potential benefits of the mission are huge, the Keck team says.
"Placing a NEA in lunar orbit would provide a new capability for human exploration not seen since Apollo," the report reads. "Such an achievement has the potential to inspire a nation. It would be mankind's first attempt at modifying the heavens to enable the permanent settlement of humans in space."
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Human exploration of deep space beyond the moon is a NASA priority. In 2010, President Barack Obama directed the agency to get astronauts to a near-Earth asteroid by 2025, then on to the vicinity of the Red Planet by the mid-2030s.
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The description of the video reads "Greg Tito shares his Top 5 Favorite Games of 2010" instead of 2011.
I almost forgot about these videos.
I love seeing what the 'scapist crew's favourite games of the year are.
Who's next?
Greg Tito shares his Top 5 Favorite Games of 2011.
Okay this is just sad. How did Daystar and Woem manage to comment an hour before the OP even posted? Seriously escapist, it's like you don't even care anymore.
OT: You just had to mention Skyrim on the day my brother has the Xbox, didn't you?
Finally! someone else who actually liked Dragon age 2!
There's quite a few of us, actually. It has flaws, but is still good.
Agreed, it is a fun game to play.
Very happy to see Dragon Age 2 love.
The game went from being hyped and very well reviewed to everyone pretending it doesn't exist in the span of a few months.
It's easily my GOTY 2011.
Nice that Dragon Age 2 gets some love for a change, it seems to have become the go-to punching bag for so many, that it's certainly needed.
I'm not surprised to see Dragon Age II. I don't see why I would give you flak for an entirely personal list, either. I think people were mad not because you gave DA2 a good score, but because your review omitted obvious, objective flaws such as bugs and map recycling. It was a bad review, DA2 wasn't a bad game (though it was certainly nothing compared to Origins).
This is the only instance where the "first!" comment would be entirely appropriate. How did that even happen? This site is has been having serious maintenance issues over the past six months.
OT: Until I saw there was a second page, I thought that his third game was his number one. I was about to rage, "Bullshit!" until I discovered my mental cramp. As we all know, Greg Tito sweats this game like none other.
I also liked Dragon Age 2. Its a Bioware RPG and that means, to me anyway, that the game should focus around the story and character, which it did. I was engaged by the characters and loved the way it picked off from the Awakening Expansion. It seems to me the game had a few flaws that some and suddenly due to these flaws and some disappointing changes a good game that may not quite live up to its fantastic predecessor was suddenly the worst game ever made. I think a similar thing happend to the Simpsons so I was happy to see Movie-Bob's two parter. Good on you Greg Tito, voice your positive opinion on a game even if it is unpopular.
*claps* Glad to see another person who doesn't go with the mob and try to lynch DA2 at every opportunity.
Sure the game had its flaws (alot of them), but it was far from being the terrible game that alot of people say it is at seemingly every chance that they can get. I liked the game enough to play it twice, which is more than I can say for many. Obnoxious little shits they be. :o
I think you're partially correct. Yes, the game had many, many flaws that were unmentioned in the review. Which I'm fairly sure included the "pinnacle of RPGs" tagline. However, these flaws are important in that they really, really discount DA2 from being a good game. Of all the things released this year, it's not even in the top 15.
It is interesting some people heavily protect DA2 in topics. It is as absurd as mocking the game to the end in.
OK it was not 0/10 game, but it was not a good game either.
The game was a year of the game if you played it on the consoles + if it's your first RPG, nothing more.
Criticizing this game doesn't make you "mindless mob", you will just point the obvious.
There were many many flaws in the game, and some problematic game design choices.
Came in here just to voice my props at the Dragon Age II love. It's a flawed game, but I loved it nonetheless. One of my favorites of the year (Although, I didn't play many of this year's games, so that statement is worthless).
Thanks for pointing me out like that. It's obvious that you didn't even read my post.
I don't have a problem with people pointing out that DA2 had flaws. It had many of them, and even if I had a relatively good time with the game, it most certainly is not GOTY material.
What I do have a problem with is that it seems like -every- time there is a excuse to bring up DA2 in a thread, people seem to come out of the woodwork to say "DA2 is shit, OMG!" While it is understandable that people have different opinions, after reading seemingly never-ending rants against DA2, it's just really obnoxious now.
In short, I (and likely many others) know that alot of people don't like DA2. We've heard it a billion times. But... can we please just shut the fuck up about it for once and move on?
Find something else to hate on, if you absolutely must hate on something. It's been nearly 10 months since this damn game came out. Some people just need to give it a rest FFS.
I have to admit, I'm one of those PC players that wrote off DA2 as a poor console port. I played the demo and it felt like too big of a change. I continued to read both the bashing and the high praise of the game and finally picked it up at a discount. I liked DA:O enough that I had to at least give it more of a try than the demo.
I ended up enjoying the game. Yes, there are common complaints about the game that I agree with (and won't list here, this is not the thread for it), but it is definitely a good game for the discounted price. If anyone that loved DA:O was too stubborn to even try DA2 (like me), I suggest that you get it. If you like it, you can still pretend to hate it in the forums. No one will ever know.
Is DA2 on my top 5 for the year? Maybe, but like chaosyoshimage I haven't played that many games this year so that probably doesn't mean much.
As for Skyrim, I still haven't played it. I do want to play it, but launch day reviews (especially for PC) made me hold of on the purchase. (That means that I did have to look up the "arrow to the knee" reference the first time I saw it.) If the game is half as good as most people say, I'm sure I'll like it.
I'm going to try that Pirates of Black Cove game based on this recommendation. I've been waiting for a good successor to Sid Meier's Pirates! for a while and I hope this fills that hole in my hearrrrrrrt.
It's actually a glitch that's been around for ages that no one appears to have noticed. Sometimes, the Staff preloads the article/video/whatever and it pops up in the "Latest Posts" box. People click it, post and boom, you get what you see here, two posts before the OP. It happens rarely[1] but it's there.
OT: Interesting list, now to watch as the DA2 review fiasco raises its head yet again as people can't seem to let it go.
[1] Last time I saw this happen was around 2010 when Hubilub did it.
I would easily put DA2 on my Best of 2011 list too. Yes it had flaws, but most of the acual complaints about it really just boil down to "It's not DA:O 1.5." Immensely enjoyable on almost every level and one of teh very few games I was eager to start a second time the moment I finished my first play.
I was disappointed by DAII but it's still my second favorite game of 2011. Naturally, Skyrim takes top honors.
I don't care either way about Dragon Age 2, I haven't played it and I'm not even slightly interested in it, but I'm glad to see you added Skyrim, seriously, just as you said, it has almost anything I ever wanted from a videogame. It has it's flaws and it's not perfect, but it's been a long while since the last time I throughfully enjoyed a single player RPG since... well, since New Vegas. I'll hunt for some mods later, but right now, I'm enjoying it as it is, I don't mind the muddy textures at all, also because my PC isn't capable of anything better at the moment.
I enjoyed Dragon Age 2.
I know I'm going to get flak for this too, but I really don't care at this point. Dragon Age 2 is a fantastic roleplaying game. One of the best games of this year.
Haters just want to hate. Trolls just want to bitch. I could care less about what they think. I won't tell you how much though... EDIT: Not all people are like that, it's okay to not like the game. But it seemed to me some people were really pissy about it. Way too pissy.
Thanks Greg. I'm glad you aren't afraid of the people who can't play a great game without comparing it to a previous title. These so called 'gamers' put too much into what a game is called instead of playing each title for it's worth. The fact that some say the game would be fine if it was called something other than Dragon Age tells it all.
Edit: *Looks at above post*... awesome!
inFamous 2!
Thanks Greg, most seem to have forgotten about this gem (maybe cause it was released earlier in the year and not in the November madness) but this is one of my top five games of the year.
looking forward to more of the staff's picks
The inventory in DA2 worked better? Returning again and again to the same dungeons, settings and places just made them more familiar? That was a good thing? Greg, I want what you're smoking.
To be fair, I agree with you about the characterisation - that was brilliant. I suppose that in terms of role-playing, it's an all right game.
Whoa, why resort to name-calling? Is it so unimaginable that people who didn't like the game aren't "haters" or "trolls" that get nourishment from other people's misery?
I really enjoyed DA2, but in the inevitable comparison to other BioWare games, it's a rush-job. It's not something most people can just ignore and "enjoy the game" at full cost. And it's also purely the publisher's fault, I think, since they barely gave BioWare a year to finalize it. In one year, we could have gotten shit-on-a-stick from most developers, but we got DA2 from BioWare. I consider that a success! And bless the people that managed to immerse themselves and enjoy it for the story; I liked it too, but the whole ordeal left me with a bad aftertaste.
Regarding the list, that pirate game looks awesome. Especially the sailing ships firing guided missiles - goddammit, that would have been useful on the high seas of the era.
Not liking the game is fine, same for being disappointed, wanted it to be more like the first ect...
I should have been more clear, but I was referring to the people who acted like the game punched their Mother and stole their car. People that trolled Bioware about it, ect...
Dragon Age 2? Really?
Kahunaburger Disapproves -10.
This is the problem with Dragon Age 2 in a nutshell. It doesn't work as a game, so people defend it as an interactive narrative with a "flawed" game attached. The problem with that defense is that it isn't a very good narrative, either - it doesn't incorporate the interactivity component well, but at the same time it can't hold a candle to most linear narratives, either.
Funny how people feel they to tell Greg his own taste is not right.
Who are all these people telling someone's personal taste is not correct
Stop telling other people what to like and not to like.
Yeah, I'm not gonna touch this one.
Great picks, Dragon Age 2 was a great game, it might actually be my #1 game out of this year. It is tied for that position with Skyrim.
I have played many games, many RPGs amongst them, in my 22 years of gaming, and in all seriousness, I gave Dragon Age 2 a 9.5 out of 10.
The only legitimate flaw, that isn't a personal opinion kind of flaw, is the somewhat repeating of dungeons. If I did review games for a living, it would be the only thing I would mention about the game as being a flaw.
I felt it was a vast improvement over Origins. I tried to play Origins all the way through before I moved on to DA2, but I could only stand a little over 20 hours of Origins before I had to move on to DA2 to see if BioWare actually corrected their mistakes and actually made a fun game. Origins was a broken and outdated RPG for when it was made. Heck, going back and playing KotOR, KotOR feels ahead of Origins in many ways. I seriously hope DA2 is what we can expect from RPGs in the RPG sub-set group it is in. Origins gets a 5 out of 10 from me.
And yes, I would consider many of the people that rated Dragon Age 2 a mindless mob. The reason I say this is that I watched the development of Dragon Age 2, I watched all the trailers, all the making of videos and news videos that were out before launch. BioWare flat-out told people that Dragon Age 2 was not going to be like Origins, they said they were changing everything, choices, combat, leveling, dialogue, the personality and makeup of the characters. They said that people would play Hawke and he was human, that it was a more personal and narrow story compared to Origins.
But then when the game was released, an unruly rabble gave the game bad reviews and uncalled for 0 bombs, all under the banner that the game was no DA:Origins and wasn't like Origins, totally changed compared to it. Well, ddduuuhhh, of course it isn't like Origins, BioWare was upfront with everything. Don't go buying a game knowing full well it is going to be different, then bomb it because it is different than the previous game.
They are mindless also in that many did this because they have a mentality that BioWare should only make games in the style they like, and some put on blinders, and even when looking at that there would be major changes, they must have went, "Nanana hmm hmm na, I'm not listening," or some such thing.
I felt the DA2 user review fiasco is a depressing look at how bad humanity can be about trivial things.
Dragon Age 2 had Isabela. It's one of the best games of the year for that reason alone.
I can understand hating the 0's people were giving Dragon Age, we
On the other hand though, there were obviously real problems that some people had with the game, and it seemed you were implying the complaints being subjective made them less credible. All game design is subjective. I might like reused linear areas because it lets me focus on the characters and combat not the level design. I may also like Duke Nukem Forever better than Half Life 2 because physicists are 'gay'. I'd be an idiot but its all subjective.
Good game design just means the game achieves what you wanted it to, generally that the majority of your target audience will buy and enjoy the game.
At least, unlike some games **cough** Call of Duty **cough**, I expect most of the people played DA:2 before reviewing it.
I really can't be arsed going over the same old material again, we all know the arguments and counter arguments by now about DA2. My only point is this; I did not enjoy the game, I expressed this in discussions about the game and unless there is a U-turn in the direction Bioware games are currently progressing I will not be buying another one(Note how I've not said that there should be a change, that's up to Bioware).
I do not think any of this is unreasonable? I certainly don't think I was part of a 'mindless mob' (and yes, I know you didn't say everyone was a part of a 'mob' but I actually think most of the 'haters' aren't as shallow as some people think).
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This '56 Handyman wagon went from the woods to the winner's circle
If there was ever a tale of rising from humble beginnings to an exalted position of honor and respect, it would be the story of Gordon Peters' '56 Chevy station wagon. Today, all Tri-Five Chevys are desirable to one degree or another; half a century ago, not so much. In 1956, a One-Fifty Handyman station wagon wouldn't be the car you'd drive to make a statement, unless the statement was "hire me to wallpaper your living room." The basic level of styling and standard equipment, and the utilitarian model name made its own clear statement—that these cars were work equipment, plain and simple.
Gordon's wagon was no exception. Not back then, anyway. In its early years, it was a workhorse for the Forest Service in Northern Idaho. When it was no longer needed, it was discarded. Gordon, who lives in Sunfish Lake, Minnesota, would have never known about the wagon had it not been for a friend's son, who spent a summer working for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (guess where) and spotted the forgotten '56. "He gave me the phone number for the area manager and I contacted him," Gordon explains. "He couldn't believe that someone would want that car." It cost less to buy the car than it did to have it hauled, not to Minnesota, but to Rods & Restos in Centre, Alabama.
We first caught wind of the wagon when reporting on Gordon's '35 Ford—also built at Rods & Restos—for our sister mag, Rod & Custom. At that time, he indicated that the shop was making progress on a radical '56. We had no idea how radical.
Gordon worked with illustrator Chris Ito to fine-tune his design ideas, and with Neil Lea at Rods & Restos to bring them to reality. Immediately noticeable are the wagon's completely recalculated proportions and its searing paint. The top was chopped 1-1/2 inches at the front, with the windshield laid back 4 inches, and much of the crown was taken out of the roof skin. The body was wedge sectioned 3-1/2 inches and channeled 4 inches. The fender tops were re-arched and the wheel openings reshaped, with the rear quarters extended downward and rolled behind the rear wheels and below the custom rear bumper. The combined effect is a lower, sleeker, more aerodynamic profile. The custom-built chrome side trim further enhances the wagon's stretched appearance.
Rods & Restos created the custom grille, bumpers, stretched doors, taillights, side mirrors, and every piece of custom chrome (plated by Jon Wright at Custom Chrome Plating). Scott Gifford at Valley Tool & Machine took care of the many one-off machined parts. Door glass was provided by Boring's Glass, with Lexan quarter windows supplied by Pro Glass. All in all, there are 112 body modifications on the wagon (and 1,340 handmade parts), highlighted by Rods & Restos' knockout two-tone paintjob; Sinful Cinnamon and the lighter Copper Sunset are DuPont Hot Hues.
The hood was modified to stretch all the way to the base of the windshield. Below the hood lies what you could call an "inner hood," complete with trim and an ornament, that shrouds the engine. Gordon had paid an insurance company for the entire driveline from a totaled '03 C5 Corvette. Rods & Restos built the custom brackets for the LS1 engine, along with the custom exhaust pipes that carry gases from the C5 headers to Magnaflow mufflers. Maintaining the C5 configuration, an extended torque tube connects the engine to the rear-mounted 4L60E transmission and transaxle assembly.
The wagon required a whole new undercarriage "to marry the body to the C5 driveline," as Gordon put it. The 2×4 rectangular tubular 'rails from Art Morrison Enterprises form the structure of a completely custom chassis, designed and fabricated by Rods & Restos. The suspension consists of C5 components at both ends, including 13- and 11-inch front and rear disc brakes. ShockWave air suspension from RideTech was installed at all corners, with air controlled by an Intelliride system.
Gordon needed a tire and wheel combination that could keep up with the performance and aesthetic upgrades, and chose Muroc II rims from Budnik's Surfaced series. The rear 20x10s have 4 inches of backspacing; front 18x8s are backspaced 5 inches. Dunlop SP Sport 9000 high-performance tires measure 295/40R20 and 235/40R18.
The interior is a combination of Rods & Restos' fabrication and Paul Atkins' upholstery. The custom aluminum and leather dash is a cleaned up and contemporary spin on the stock '56 dash, and is split by a fabricated center console that extends the entire length of the interior. Factory gauges were replaced with Classic Instruments. Rods & Restos also created the pedals and door handles, as well as the custom shifter and surrounding bezel, which also houses the ignition switch. The Budnik steering wheel is mounted on a column from Flaming River.
When the wagon got to Paul Atkins' upholstery shop in Hanceville, Alabama, the Lexus SC400 buckets were covered in copper-colored leather with textured inserts. The door panels received the same treatment, and square weave carpet was laid on the floor.
Now, the humble Handyman rides like a Corvette and looks better than anybody who ever drove it through the Idaho woods could begin to imagine. "Neil Lea from Rods & Restos is the guy who made this project what it is," Gordon told us. "I was very fortunate to choose a builder who bought into my vision for this project. All of the fabricators, body and paint men at Rods & Restos went way beyond normal to provide their best efforts. The real benefit to owning this car is the incredible people who I have become friends with during the 37 months that it was in progress."
But that's not the end of the story. Since it's been finished, Gordon's '56 has been earning impressive attention. The year it debuted, the former workhorse wagon earned a spot among the Pirelli Great 8 finalists for the Ridler Award at the Detroit Autorama, and was Goodguys' Custom Rod of the Year. Talk about making a statement!


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Did you abstain from surfing the Internet yesterday in your own personal little SOPA protest? Oh, did you miss a happening. First, Mark Wahlberg said he would have prevented 9/11 with his goatee. Then, Rob Lowe went on Twitter and blew up the universe by announcing that Colts QB Peyton Manning was going to retire.
Hearing my fave, #18 Peyton Manning will not return to #NFL. Wow. #Colts
People, this was arguably one of the greatest moments in the history of Twitter. Forget about toppling the Egyptian dictatorship. Twitter was custom made for this: A completely random celebrity issuing a sports rumor and causing a sustained 24-hour online reaction that featured 50,000 "Parks & Recreation" jokes, real concerns as to whether Lowe was right, and "Deep Throat" jokes from Colts owner Jim Irsay.
My sources tell me Rob will star in an epic remake of "Deep Throat" with aging porn stars and 4 finger circus clowns!
The best part is that Lowe actually does know a lot about the Colts. He's been photographed with Irsay. He's a Colts fan. He even acts on a show that is set in Indiana and features Chris Pratt rocking a Reggie Wayne jersey. That's just enough of a connection to the Colts to make all this sound TOTALLY PLAUSIBLE. In fact, the fact that the rumor came from Lowe instead of Mort or some other bozo at ESPN made it all the more credible. WHY WOULD ROB LOWE BE LYING ABOUT PEYTON MANNING? IT'S JUST CRAZY ENOUGH TO BE TRUE!
That's what makes Twitter so great. As a news source, it's breathtakingly unreliable. People die on Twitter all the time (KANYE). Rumors get started out of nothing, from no one in particular. But the fun thing about it is that it allows you to believe such rumors for a fraction of a second. It gives you the freedom to turn your world upside down and live, just for a moment, in an alternate world where Charlie Sheen has died and Peyton Manning can no longer play football. And when a Twitter rumor does come true, it feels like you just won the Lottery. THEY WERE RIGHT! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!
So enjoy the baseless speculation and the quick death of proper journalism that Twitter has provided us all. It's not better than real reporting. It's just way more fun.


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[May 17, 2014]
LINCOLN - Saturday morning, while the
glass recycling was going on at the west gate of the Logan County
Fairgrounds, another kind of recycling was going on at the south
barn. The Humane Society of Logan County was busy taking donations
for their 3rd annual garage sale.
The HSLC sale will be held on Friday, June 13 through Sunday,
June 15 in conjunction with the Logan County Route 66 garage sale
This year the sale will be located in the south barn at the
fairgrounds instead of in the beer tent area. For shoppers this will
be a better situation, especially if the weather is less than
perfect. The asphalt drive way up to the building will mean no
wading through soggy grass if it rains, and also it should be easier
to pull a vehicle up close to load up those big purchases.
Judy Conzo and Adrienne Hahn are the designated supervisors and
organizers of the garage sale.
Hahn commented that the HSLC relies heavily on volunteers, and there
are a good many who are wonderful with the pets at the shelter. For
herself and Conzo, they have found their niche in helping to keep
the annual garage sale going.
In their third year, the group has enjoyed great success with the
sale. The women commented that the first year, they really had no
idea what to expect in donations or sales, but it was a great event.
Last year they set and met a goal of raising $8,000 for the HSLC.
This year, they have increased their goal to $10,000.
The group officially began collecting donations last week on
Wednesday. By Saturday they had several hundred items already, some
large and some small, but all in good condition and ready for
someone to come in and snatch them up in June.
Conzo said right now they are collecting and grouping items
together. The Master Gardener plant sale is coming up soon, and
after that, the HSLC will have access to tables and will get started
setting items out for display.
With the move to the barn, there is still room for tons and tons of
donations and Conzo and Hahn are hoping people will fill the barn
with great items that can be sold.
In addition, if you've gone in the past and didn't buy something,
don't expect to find it at the sale this year. Hahn explained that
local auctioneer Mike Maske is great to take what is left at the end
of the weekend and incorporate it into one of his auctions. Because
of this, every donated item is sold with the HSLC reaping the
In addition to the garage sale items, the group will also be
offering food again this year, and as an added attraction, the
Railsplitter Antique Auto Club will be bringing their cars out for a
show on the west side of the barn.
Taking a once over glance at what they already have on hand, if
you are interested in silver and silver plate, they have it. If you
are a collector of Fire King Jadite, they have at least one nice
piece on hand.
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If you're looking for vintage and kitsch, then there is a very
unique room fan that you'll want to check out; and if you enjoy
cooking in large quantities, they have some restaurant pots and pans
that you may just have to have.
Right now, one of their prize possessions is an electric chair that
was donated by Nick and Diane Turner. The chair is in excellent
condition. It comes with a detachable wire basket for hauling items
and also has an oxygen supply accessory kit included. The chair
alone retails new for approximately $1,000. At the moment, HSLC
doesn't have a price on the chair. But, it will be priced below new
retail, and is sure to be a bargain purchase for anyone in need of
such an item.
Of course in addition to the items mentioned above, there will be
lots of clothing, purses, home goods and housewares, collectables,
dishes, decorative items, toys, and much, much more.
If you've gone before, you know what great treasures can be found.
If you have not gone before, make sure this year is the year for
you. You just never know what kind of wonderful item you may find
that you've been wanting or needing.
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