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"...the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth..." -Genesis 8:21
As I had closed in the last segment: "I threw the yoke of the world off of my back in bitterness and sought any other means possible to relieve myself of the pain and emptiness which had troubled me from youth". I want to flashback for a second and briefly speak of how my manufacturing of meth came to be. Even as a little child I tried with all my might to suppress the truth in unrighteousness. This suppression started as "innocently" as living in my own imagination as a child and progressed as I grew older into vice, addiction, sexual immorality and crime. There is a story to be told within the context of that sentence alone, but for the sake of a PG-13 rating and to keep from getting too far off track, I will just say that the satisfaction all this brought to me ultimately became a greater void to fill and a pain increasingly more difficult to relieve. I turned to meth out of the progressive growth of my own imputed depravity. It seemed to abate the discomfort of being stuck in my own wretched skin and quieted the voice of my defiled conscience. It gave me energy, excitement, and adventure. Living this false life of course only added to the pain when the dope was all gone. I soon became frustrated with fellow addicts, middle men, and dealers who were dishonest and disloyal (big surprise). In order to be free from having to depend upon them to get me what I wanted, or for that matter, to be free from having to associate with them at all: I became familiar with the chemicals and supplies necessary to manufacture the type of meth I had grown to prefer. I applied my skills as a shoplifter to acquire supplies for local cooks in order to secure my own "cut" of the product... to my surprise most of these "cooks" were also "crooks" and I would get less than the amount agreed upon...which actually was the good case scenario, considering I was fortunate if I got anything at all. Most of these guys were so messed up that I may not see them for a month , and when I did see them, they would seldom remember they owed me anything. Even the more stable ones were very shrewd and unaccommodating in their dealings with me.
Eventually I got fed up with it all. I knew the supply list, and I was capable of acquiring all of the ingredients and supplies I needed. I felt as if my "expertise" was unappreciated and wasted on these ungrateful men, so I decided to approach one of them I believed to be trustworthy and honest, the only one whom I had found favor with. He had reservations about it and honestly I did too. He asked me why I wanted to learn. He saw a talented young man capable of much. He considered me to be "honest" and as someone having some sort of integrity. He said, "If I teach you this your life will never be the same". He knew that what I was basically asking for was a nail in my coffin, and I had a slight sense of it too which was afforded to me by my conscience. The desire of my wicked heart won out, and I insisted he teach me. Seeing as I was able to acquire free materials, it seemed lucrative for both of us. A short time later I moved up to the camp on "Devil's Elbow".
At 24 years old this was my answer to the problem all men are faced with. I took the reigns of my own addiction. I routed all outside variables I could into my own control. I eliminated my need for other dealers, other addicts, and any other outside help, and I seized upon the keys to my own kingdom, an empire of dirt, and I held the door. Or so I thought.
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When I teach cooking classes, one of the questions students ask most frequently is what is my favorite dish to cook again and again. Talk about hard questions! I'm constantly testing so many new recipes for this blog and other projects that I don't get to go back to old favorites as often as I should.
But of course, there are recipes I frequently crave and try to work in on nights when I'm not testing out new recipes. One is buttermilk roast chicken, a delicious standby for when friends come by for dinner. Another is chicken adobo and its coconut variation, which I frequently daydream about and could make in my sleep. And yet another is anything kung pao.
Kung pao chicken is such a standby in my kitchen because of both its mouthwatering sauce and its ease of preparation. But from time to time, I also make kung pao shrimp as a variation. The prep time is roughly the same, or even faster if you buy your shrimp already cleaned and deveined.
For kung pao shrimp, I adjust the sauce quantities to account for the shrimp not being marinated beforehand like chicken, but the end result is still a delicious mix of savory, spicy, and tangy with a hint of sweetness and some crunch from the peanuts. The key is drying the shrimp all around with paper towels, so they get a nice even sear in the wok. The actual cooking is super-easy and takes just 5 minutes or less.
Kung Pao Shrimp
Serves 4
- 1 pound large shrimp
- 2 tablespoons peanut or vegetable oil
- 8 to 10 dried red chilis
- 3 scallions, white and green parts separated and thinly sliced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon minced or grated ginger
- ¼ cup unsalted dry-roasted peanuts
- 1 tablespoon Chinese black vinegar, or substitute good-quality balsamic vinegar
- 2 teaspoons Chinese rice wine or dry sherry
- 2 teaspoons soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon hoisin sauce
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon ground Sichuan pepper
- Peel and devein the shrimp. Blot the shrimp all around with paper towels to get rid of excess moisture.
- Prepare the sauce: In a small bowl, combine the vinegar, rice wine, soy sauce, hoisin sauce, sesame oil, sugar, cornstarch, and Sichuan pepper. Stir until the sugar and cornstarch is dissolved and set aside.
- Heat a wok or large skillet over high heat until a bead of water sizzles and evaporates on contact. Add the peanut oil and swirl to coat the base. Add the chilis and stir-fry for about 30 seconds, until the chilis have just begun to blacken and the oil is slightly fragrant. Add the shrimp and stir-fry until mostly pink on the outside but not yet cooked through, about 1 to 2 minutes.
- Add the scallion whites, garlic, and ginger, and stir-fry for 30 seconds. Pour in the sauce and mix to coat the other ingredients. Stir in the peanuts and cook for another 1 to 2 minutes. Transfer to a serving plate, sprinkle the scallion greens on top, and serve.

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The 10 articulated VDL Citea Electrics for Groningen are an important step towards making bus transport in Groningen sustainable. The arrival of the electric buses is in line with OV-bureau Groningen Drenthe's objective that all buses in the city will be completely electric by 2020. Fully electric bus transport will contribute to Groningen's target of being energy-neutral by 2035. From 2030, public transport throughout the Netherlands will no longer be allowed to emit harmful substances.
Qbuzz concession director Astrid Veldhuizen regards the purchase of the 100% electric buses as a fantastic step for travellers, drivers and the environment alike. "Needless to say, we believe it is important to become more and more sustainable. So we are very happy that, in conjunction with OV-bureau, we are able to take concrete steps." Astrid is also very pleased with the implementation of the system. "Thanks to a thorough preparation by Qbuzz and intensive collaboration with VDL Bus & Coach, the charging infrastructure has been successfully implemented and the timetable introduced without problems. We are very curious to hear travellers' reactions. Our drivers are already very enthusiastic about the new buses. They drive really well and are very quiet."
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The modular construction of the Citea range means that there are many electric variants with customised solutions in the fields of design, powertrains and battery packs. The VDL Citea SLFA Electrics for Qbuzz that have been supplied are 18.1 metres in length and have an updated, futuristic BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) design. This design won the 2017 Red Dot Award. The Red Dot Award is a prestigious international design prize. The VDL Citea Electric won the award in the category 'product design'.
Qbuzz was established in April 2008. Qbuzz is an ambitious and innovative quality driven company in the Dutch regional mobility market. Qbuzz has recently won two concessions by offering high-quality public transport. Qbuzz transports approximately 230,000 customers daily with 2,400 employees, 650 buses and 26 trams.
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It strikes from the darkness, purple leaves flaring as it launches its deadly stinger at your head... the new CG Triffids are definitely scarier than the old foam-rubber versions. But how does the BBC's Triffids remake stack up otherwise?
We've only seen the first episode out of two so far — we'll review both episodes fully tomorrow or Thursday — but so far, we're liking the new Day Of The Triffids pretty well. It was probably never going to be quite as horrifying or gut-wrenching as the 1981 version or John Windham's original novel, but it's more or less holding its own. The Triffids are used sparingly, and mostly loom in the darkness like great horrible venus flytraps.
The first 90 minutes moves at a fair clip — you have the infodump that explains how we used Triffids as a clean, renewable fuel source and averted global warming, but nobody realized how dangerous they really were. And then there's the miraculous light show in the sky (now converted into a kind of solar flare instead of a meteor shower) which blinds almost everyone on Earth. Soon the blind, shambling masses are nothing but a rich food supply for the rampaging Triffids.
Some of the additions to the story serve to cover over some of the slight inconsistencies in the original — like now, there's a "Triffid rights" activist who's responsible for Bill Masen getting blinded by a Triffid sting, and also for releasing the Triffids after everyone else goes blind. It makes a tad more sense that the Triffids would have male and female plants, and there would be elaborate precautions to control their breeding — it's one of the ways in which this version feels fairly thought out.
The obligatory scenes of blind people staggering around and clutching at the few sighted people who remain are gotten through fairly quickly, and they don't pack quite as much horror as the earlier TV version, which really dwelled on the horror of being besieged by too many blind people ever to help. Here's a clip of the horrific earlier version:
The 1981 producers may not have had the money for huge setpieces or super-convincing plant monsters, but they could marshal the real horror of being at the mercy of people you can't really help. In its place, we get lots of disaster-movie and apocalyptic standbys, like a plane crash and ambitious shots of traffic disasters. And then we move on to phase two of the post-apocalyptic recipe, which is various flavors of authoritarianism and crazy communities. (I bet there'll be a lot more of that in part two.)
Like I said, this version feels reasonably thought out, and I like Dougray Scott as Bill Masen, the only scientist who can deal with the Triffids. The scene where he and Jo (Joely Richardson) put on a little BBC broadcast, and struggle to keep in place their good old BBC presentation as everything's going down the tubes, is pretty amazing.
If there's a weak link so far, it's Eddie Izzard as the (seemingly) evil Torrance. He doesn't talk for the first hour, although he does get the weird "surviving a plane crash by cocooning yourself inside flotation devices" moment. (Would that really work?) And then he skulks around looking shifty and ominous, before making a weird random power grab. I wasn't sure if Izzard's role was just severely under-written, or if he was just underplaying it. Either way, he seemed a bit bored by the whole exercise, and it was hard to feel whatever menace we were supposed to get from him. But maybe part two will be better?
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Photos: Emotional Janowicz goes all out in search for sponsors
A few years ago, Jerzy Janowicz's parents sold their shops and apartments so that their son could play professional tennis.
-Paris Masters: Murray wastes match point in defeat
On Thursday, Janowicz started to repay their faith with a barnstorming performance that left US Open champion Andy Murray red faced in the third round of the Paris Masters.
"It's not easy for me to talk about this week because I had really tough moments in my life and this is really like a movie for me," the 21-year-old Pole, who also beat Marin Cilic and Philip Kohlschreiber in Paris, told a news conference following his 5-7, 7-6, 6-2 win over the Briton.
Asked to elaborate, World No. 69 Janowicz took a sip from an energy drink and paused for some 20 seconds and said: "Well, I had problems in my life. First of all, I have always had problems with sponsors.
"I didn't have money for my career; all the time my parents were helping me. They were selling their shops, they were selling the few apartments, so they decided to go all in to help me as much as possible."
Image: Poland's Jerzy Janowicz
Photographs: Benoit Tessier/Reuters
Becoming a professional tennis player is no easy feat
Janowicz had other problems, but he would not say more.
"This is the problems actually I can tell you," he explained.
The son of two former professional volleyball players, Janowicz picked up his first racket while he was still wearing nappies.
"When I was like two years old I was running already with a tennis racket on the court," he said.
"I couldn't basically hit one ball but I was holding this racket all the time."
Becoming a professional tennis player is no easy feat and Janowicz is well aware of that.
"I just would like to have few days off to think about what happened this week, because this week is really not easy to take for me because I'm from Poland and I know it's not easy to become professional tennis player," he said.
Image: Jerzy Janowicz of Poland
Photographs: Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images
'I was fighting my whole life with money'
While no one would have blamed Janowicz if he had decided to paint the town red in celebration following his unexpected win on Thursday, the Pole has more pressing concerns. He is still looking for a sponsor.
"I have problem with sponsors. I was fighting my whole life with money, so this week is really important for me to get some sponsors, to get some help," he said.
Janowicz will face eighth seed Janko Tipsarevic for a place in the semi-finals and Murray warned the Serb to expect some more fireworks from the Pole.
Like most tall players on the circuit, Janowicz is a big server, having already served at 251 kph. However, he is not just a one-weapon player.
Image: Poland's Jerzy Janowicz
Photographs: Benoit Tessier/Reuters
'I'm fighting right now for every single ball'
"He is maybe a little bit more unpredictable than a few of them from the back of the court," said Murray.
"He tried a lot of dropshots and went for winners maybe when he was out of position that maybe some of the others don't."
Janowicz, who has been working with a fitness coach since the beginning of the season and has changed his racket, is not looking for excuses anymore.
"My behaviour on the court is also a little bit different. I decide not to give up, whatever the situation," he explained.
"I'm fighting right now for every single ball. Doesn't matter if I feel good or not, if I have good day or week. I'm just trying to play my tennis."
Image: Jerzy Janowicz
Photographs: Benoit Tessier/Reuters


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Liz Cheney: 'I am not pro-gay marriage'
As conservative as former Vice President Dick Cheney is, there's one issue on which he's been quite progressive: marriage equality. In fact, Cheney supported same-sex marriage as far back as 2000, when the vast majority of politicians in both parties were still publicly opposed to the idea.
As Cheney said in 2004, "freedom means freedom for everyone" to enter "into any kind of relationship they want to."
His daughter Liz Cheney, running for the U.S. Senate in Wyoming, apparently disagrees.
Liz Cheney flatly declared on Friday that she is "not pro-gay marriage."
Cheney, a Republican running for the U.S. Senate in Wyoming, made the policy statement after accusing the campaign of incumbent Republican Sen. Mike Enzi of distorting her views on the subject through a campaign push poll.
"I am strongly pro-life and I am not pro-gay marriage," Cheney said in a statement released by her campaign. "I believe the issue of marriage must be decided by the states, and by the people in the states, not by judges and not even by legislators, but by the people themselves."
For context, it's worth noting that Mary Cheney, Liz's younger sister and Dick's other daughter, is openly gay and married her longtime partner just last year.
In other words, Liz Cheney is running on a platform of opposition to her own sister's marriage – and even her legal right to get married. I've heard of politicians who struggle with "family values," but this is remarkable.
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text: A lot of the usual suspects in this week's Global Volcanism Program Weekly Volcanic Activity Report, brought to us by the Smithsonian Institute and the USGS. However, that doesn't mean that there isn't a lot to discuss - and some bonuses along the way. Nyamuragira and Nyiragongo, Congo Two eruptions caught a lot of people's attention this week (and that doesn't include the on-again now off-again activity at El Hierro) - the first was the new fissure eruption at Nyamuragira in the Congo. Advertised as a tourist destination by the Congolese government (but not exactly in the friendliest of locations, the eruption was definitely impressive as the video of the event shows - plenty of fire fountains and lava flows. The NASA Earth Observatory image of the eruption clearly shows the new lava flow right next to an older lava flow from the same rift system on Nyamuragira. However, a wider shot of the area seen on November 12 by the EO-1 satellite also gets a glimpse at the persistent lava lake at Nyamuragira's neighbor, Nyiragongo (see above) - or check out this November 15 image that captures both volcanoes as well. Image: False color ALI image of Nyamuragira and Nyiragongo as seen on November 12, 2011. Image courtesy of the NASA Earth Observatory.Etna, Italy The other eruption that garnered attention was the 18th paroxysm at Etna this year. Dr. Boris Behncke was there and was able to film some of the spectacular explosive activity that accompanied the lava flows that issued from the Southeast Crater. An Aqua image taken on November 15 (see above) captured the plume towering over the water to the east of Sicily - the plume cast an impressive shadow on the surroundings. Image: The plume from the November 15, 2011 eruption of Etna in Italy. Image courtesy of the NASA Earth Observatory.Kizimen, Russia As usual, there is a lot of action in the Kamchatka Peninsula of Russia. Unlike previous weeks, there wasn't much explosive activity at Kizimen. Instead, the large lava flow on its flanks continued to flow, although an October 26 ALI image of the volcano caught a small plume with minor ash fall on the snow. The subdued activity at Kizimen in Russia as seen on October 26, 2011. Image courtesy of the NASA Earth Observatory.Shiveluch, Russia Shiveluch was also quieter than usual, with some "small" explosive (if by small you mean only reaching 4.5 km / 14,800 feet) along with its own lava flow and dome. The November 5 ALI image of Shiveluch shows that dome growing on its lower flanks along with a healthy steam-and-ash plume from its summit. Image: A weak steam-and-ash plume and the dome on Shiveluch in Russia, as seen on November 5, 2011. Image courtesy of the NASA Earth Observatory.Puyehue-Cordón Caulle, Chile Another consistent visitor to the Weekly Activity Report is Chile's Puyehue-Cordón Caulle. The latest SERNAGEOMIN report (spanish) from Chile has reduced the eruption to a "minor eruption" with low intensity. In fact, the biggest threat now from Puyehue-Cordón Caulle might not be new eruptions of ash but rather remobilization of ash to produce lahars down the river channels on its flanks. An ALI image taken on November 4 shows the still-impressive plume of the volcano, along with the viscous lava flow produced during this eruption. The plume and lava flow from Puyehue-Cordón Caulle in Chile, imaged on November 4, 2011, courtesy of the NASA Earth Observatory.Nabro, Eritrea There actually isn't any new report from Nabro, but this clear ALI image taken by EO-1 on October 16 shows the extent of the lava flow and ash from the eruption that caught much of the world off guard this summer. Without any active volcano monitoring in this part of remote Eritrea, it is hard to say definitively if the eruption is over, but even if it is, it was one of the more impressive of 2011. Image: The lava flow and ash from Nabro in Eritrea as seen on October 16, 2011. Image courtesy of the NASA Earth Observatory.Tharsis Tholus, Mars and Kilauea, Earth The final update isn't so much about the volcano in question - that being Kilauea, but rather the scale of volcanism across the solar system. The ESA released an image of a relatively small Martian shield volcano known as Tharsis Tholus. It has many of the same morphological features of terrestrial shield volcanoes - low, broad slopes and a summit collapse caldera, but the scale of the volcano is stunning. [Kilauea on Hawaii](http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/kilauea/) is considered one of the larger volcanoes on Earth, but its summit caldera only measures ~4 km across at its widest (with the smaller Halemauma`u Crater inset within the caldera). The summit caldera at Tharsis Tholus is at least 40 km across - 10 times bigger - depending on how you define the caldera with over 2.5 km of subsidence. That is like having a collapse caldera the size of Yellowstone caldera at the summit of the volcano (except that this caldera was likely formed rather passively unlike the formation of Yellowstone). Mars may not have many volcanoes as compared to Earth, but when it does, it does them big. Image: The main image is Tharsis Tholus on Mars as imaged by ESA's Mars Express. The upper left hand inset is a digital elevation model for the summit caldera at Kilauea in Hawaii (courtesy of SDSU).


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Having conceded a 146-run first-innings lead, England collapsed to 160 all out second time round, failing to recover after Umar Gul had wrecked their top order with a three-wicket burst.
Pakistani opener Mohammad Hafeez alone scored the 15 runs his team needed to complete the formality of victory.
"We did not expect it to be so easy for us...a wonderful performance from the team, especially Saeed Ajmal... his seven wickets in the first innings put us on the way to victory," Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq said in a pitchside interview.
England were shot out for 192 in their first innings and in the second, Jonathan Trott (49) was the lone top-five batsman to reach double figures. Gul took four for 63 while off spinner Ajmal claimed three wickets to complete his second 10-wicket test haul and earned himself the man of the match award.
Left-arm spinner Abdur Rehman also chipped in with three second innings wickets.
"He's been a matchwinner for us for a longer period of time," Misbah said of Gul. "Whenever we need him he bowls his heart out."
England captain Andrew Strauss made no excuses for England's feeble efforts with the bat.
"All credit to Pakistan, I thought they played exceptionally well. Once they got ahead of us in the game they did not allow us back in," he said.
"I thought our bowlers did a pretty good job but in both innings our batsmen should have done better so we need to learn a lesson from it. We won't be panicking and we'll come back strong in the second test."
Gul, who went without a wicket in England's first innings, mowed down the top order on Thursday, starting with Strauss, who departed for six runs after a controversial dismissal.
Umpire Billy Bowden adjudged Strauss caught behind down the leg-side even though hotspot revealed no trace of the ball touching his bat or thighpad. The opener opted for a review but could not overturn the decision.
There was no such confusion about fellow opener Alastair Cook (five), who meekly gloved a Gul delivery, again down the leg side, to depart caught behind.
Gul struck another huge blow when he banged it in short at Kevin Pietersen, who could not resist temptation and holed out to deep square leg as England slumped to 25 for three.
Spinners Ajmal and Rehman then joined the party.
Ajmal trapped Ian Bell (four) leg before, a decision that was reviwed in vain, and Rehman dismissed Eoin Morgan (14) as England lost the top half of their batting order for a paltry 74.
Trott looked largely unperturbed and hit six boundaries before abandoning his usual restraint and chasing a wide Gul delivery to give Adnan Akmal his fourth catch behind the stumps.
Graeme Swann (39) counter-attacked, hitting a few lusty blows, but his cameo only succeeded in making Pakistan bat again.
The second test starts in Abu Dhabi on January 25.
Pakistan are hosting the three-match series in the Gulf due to security concerns in their own country. The teams are playing for the first time since the controversial and acrimonious 2010 series in England which led to three Pakistan players being jailed for corruption.


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27 July, 2011
my 4th 360 tour showchicago tampa 09 and miami pitt 11 it seemed in miami they were done but tonight u2 pulled out all the stops even ended with bad amnesty one in house. Bono seemed so energized not even close the best show on tour. Thanks soooo much dont be gone to long. my 11th u2 show and first alone was simply awesome
27 July, 2011
Moneygreat show, guys, rock on
25 July, 2011
from houston to chicagoLoved U2! Flew from Houston to the Windy City and had an amazing time! Thank you guys. Have fun in Burgh...wish i was there!
25 July, 2011
from chicago to pittsburgWe live in the Cleveland area, and we were just at the Chicago show which was completely out of control! And we decided we have to go to the Pittsburg show also! How could we not? Only 2 hours away! So pumped! Thanks for adding this show to the tour guys!!!!!!
19 July, 2011
Stayed UP all night in Oakland to get U2Have really liked U2 since hearing Live From Red Rock. Also War and Unforgettable Fire! Really U2 is the most talented band in the World. Went to the the Joshua Tree tour almost 20 years. I am really phsyched they are Coming to Heinz field.. Pittsburgh hold down Fort Pitt.. That 360 Tour is going to be heard and felt all the way up to mount washington....
15 July, 2011
rewind and replayi am just a fan another pixel on the screen. A line on a page, that gets lost in between. Just wanted to say Thank you, for your words and melodies; they often give me hope, in this world of extremities. Our eyes may never meet, and our paths may never cross; but our spirits become one, and one is never lost. Ill see you in Pittsburgh in a couple of weeks,Ill be close enough to see you but not enough to speak.One more night to shine in my tiny little world, before the tour is over, i needed to get my fill. After the show ill want to stay, and do absolutely nothing but rewind and replay.
15 July, 2011
flying to pittsburghi am flying to pittsburgh from florida to see them again. i saw the miami show and want more fun!!!!!!! Pittsburgh is where i grew up and went to high school. it will be cool seeing U2 there
15 July, 2011
pittsburghdoes U2 know that Bob marley played his last concert in pittsburgh before he died? Was sept 23, 1977. I hope they mention this. maybe even play a Bob Marley tribute????????
13 July, 2011
pittsburghoh i cant wait!!!!!!!!!!!
11 July, 2011
open micI invite U2 to the best open mic night in Pittsburgh. The night before your final US show, come on in to Club Cafe on the S Side and join in the mix. Dublin natives Mark Dignam(north sider) and Glenn Hansard have played here, so drop on by 7pm-11pm!
09 July, 2011
cant say goodbye 2i to was in miami on 6-29 and this will b my 4th and last 360 show never been to pitt goin alone from fla looking for a 36 hr girlfriend to lift off with. utopian
06 July, 2011
Coming from Australia to see my Boys!!This will be my 5th U2 360 concert and I am coming from Sydney, Australia for the last US date. VERY EXCITED!!
05 July, 2011
InchicoreI will see U2 two years and one day after seeing them in Dublin. Deadly! the countdown is on!
05 July, 2011
I will FOLLOW!This over "40" year old "PARTY GIRL" is "ONE" of Bonos "Magnificant" fans who will follow him "Until the end of the World", because she loves him "BAD" and is "Out of Control" for "The Fly" Its gonna be a "Beautiful Day" and I will be "Stuck in a moment" when I hear him sing with such "DESIRE" that I may move in "MYSTERIOUS WAYS" after I "GET ON MY BOOTS" and "STAY" with "Pride" I just wish He would play "Bullet the blue sky".....Oh Bono, If only I could get pulled on stage! my dreams would all be met! your biggest fan scince 1985. and by the way, If your not busy, I am hiring a U2 tribute band called "one" to play at my house for the one year anniversary of my moms death (a celebration of life party) and would LOVE for you to crash it- just sayin ;)
04 July, 2011
22 days!!!so looking forward to this show!! :D
04 July, 2011
cant say goodbyejust saw them in miami on wednesday and i just cant say gooddbye yet! just bought two tickets for the show in pittsburgh..i might be crazy but theres no better gift i could give myself!
29 June, 2011
UltravioletI heard Ultraviolet for the first time in Chicago and Raleigh, NC, in 2009. I have been looking forward to this show since last year. This song is very meaningful to me...my wife is my light and she has always been there for me. I hope you make it part of your set list that night. I want to sing this with you and dedicate this song to my beautiful wife Anca! Allin Vesa MD Charlotte, NC
01 June, 2011
Hi from HondurasI love U2!!!
31 May, 2011
I go crazy if I dont go crazy this nightOhhh looking so fwd to the show........
28 May, 2011
Hi from HondurasHi...It will be my first time at show like this, with my favorite band...I love U2...The show it will be two days after my 33th birthday...the best form to celebrate for me. I am going to travel from my country, Honduras in Central America to United States only for this magnificent show...It will be great if you only say a few words for my country or only say hi "HONDURAS"...thank you! ;)
27 April, 2011
All the way from DenmarkMy birthday was at the 11th (turned 16), and at 2am (gmt+1) U2 was on in Brasil, so I sat back and enjoyed my present, if you will ;) I am really looking forward to the REDZONE tickets at the Pittsburgh show - i am coming all the way from Denmark - the saddest country on earth. If you will sing Original of the species as you did during vertigo tour or/and Electrical Storm I would be very happy!! even if you dont - a day with U2 is still the best day ever!
27 January, 2011
I am on my wayI will be there all the way from sydney all flights booked and ticket s paid for cant wait. How lucky am I. The two Sydney shows were Magnificent and to be in the red zone for the second was fantastic at all the shows I have been to I have never been that close.
26 January, 2011
anxious for U2!!just got my tickets and can't wait! it's gonna be a blast!
21 January, 2011
U2 in the BurghSoooo psyched! My favorite band in my favorite city, and with any luck watching from in the pit! As long as Moment of Surrender graces the setlist, it should be beyond incredible!
03 January, 2011
PITTSBURGHCannot wait, was at the Chicago Sep 14th show in 09 and so anxious to see the show again....magnificent!! I will be on the floor trying to get as close as I can..Please sing Bad!!!! xxoo Gina
26 November, 2010
we will be there againAfter the great shows in Milan (2009) and Brussels (2010) we will be there in Pittsburgh in 2011! All the way from Europe!
01 November, 2010
Stay!!!I would love for them to play either "Stay" or "Bad" or both!


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We've had an interesting image sent in from a reader, showing what appears to be an Instagram logo on the home screen of a Lumia 620 being advertised. The promotional material shows the Windows Phone in Portugal listed for 170 euro with a coupled package, but what's interesting about the device is definitely the mysterious use of the Instagram logo. Could this be a sign of what's to come, or is the app being falsely advertised?
While we could imagine certain apps being displayed to help attract the customer's attention, "Oh, look Mary. That Windows Phone has Instagram!", but we can't see Instagram being added to a Lumia advertisement. But if one does a search for "Instagram" in the Windows Phone Store, there are a number of third-party apps that make use of the Instagram logo, which could then be selected and pinned to the home screen.
We then have to look at Molome founder, Sittiphol Phanvilai, and his recent meeting with Nokia CEO Stephen Elop. Would the company be focusing on Instagram as well as checking out alternatives like Molome? We're not too sure. What we're sure about is that if Instagram was heading to Windows Phone (or Lumia handsets with a limited exclusivity deal) then Nokia would have shouted about it at Mobile World Congress.
We've previously looked at Instagram heading to Blackberry 10, but not Windows Phone, further worsening the issue with popular apps not coming to Microsoft's mobile platform. While we personally may feel indifferent about complaints being made about Facebook and its image sharing app, consumers clearly enjoy using the service, and Windows Phone owners would like to see it available.
It's certainly wishful thinking, but we can't see this advertisement revealing Instagram in any way. Sorry, folks.
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Amid calls for Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's removal over allegations of the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. military personnel, some conservative pundits have their own ideas of who is responsible. Media Matters for America has identified at least four groups who have been blamed: women, feminists, Muslims, and the academic left.
Ann Coulter, right-wing pundit and syndicated columnist, said:
I think the other point that no one is making about the abuse photos is just the disproportionate number of women involved, including a girl general running the entire operation.
I mean, this is lesson, you know, one million and 47 on why women shouldn't be in the military. In addition to not being able to carry even a medium-sized backpack, women are too vicious.
[FOX News Channel, Hannity & Colmes, May 5]
Linda Chavez, syndicated columnist and FOX News Channel political analyst, wrote:
But one factor that may have contributed -- but which I doubt investigators will want to even consider -- is whether the presence of women in the unit actually encouraged more misbehavior, especially of the sexual nature that the pictures reveal.
[The Heritage Foundation's website Townhall.com and The Baltimore Sun, May 5]
George Neumayr, managing editor of The American Spectator, wrote:
The image of that female guard, smoking away as she joins gleefully in the disgraceful melee like one of the guys, is a cultural outgrowth of a feminist culture which encourages female barbarians. GI Janes are kicking around patriarchal Muslims in Iraq? This is [Feminist Majority Foundation president] Eleanor Smeal's vision come to life. Had Thelma and Louise gone off to Iraq -- and sexually humiliated some of Saddam Hussein's soldiers as payback for abuse to Jessica Lynch a few cities back -- the radical feminists could make a sequel. ...
Feminists are good at creating a culture that produces "equal-opportunity abusers," Donnelly says. What happened at Abu Ghraib is also happening in feminist America, she adds, pointing to an Associated Press article from last month on a "disturbing trend around the country. Girls are turning to violence more often and with terrifying intensity." ...
Perhaps in the eyes of feminists this isn't a crisis but a potential social program and these girls deserve ROTC credits.
[The American Spectator, May 5]
Cal Thomas, syndicated columnist and host of FOX News Channel's After Hours with Cal Thomas, wrote:
Some Arab commentators are repeating the myth that the West has, once again, humiliated Muslims. If there has been humiliation, it isn't the fault of the West. It is Muslims' fault. They took trillions of dollars in oil money, and instead of building a culture dedicated to elevating their people, including women, they have squandered it on agendas and adventures that had the opposite result.
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James Taranto, editor of The Wall Street Journal's OpinionJournal.com, wrote:
[T]he New York Times profiles some of the soldiers implicated in abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib, and to be honest, they sound like a bunch of losers. ...
[I]ncreasing the quality of military recruits would probably help avoid future Abu Ghraibs. One constructive step toward that end would be for elite universities to drop antimilitary policies, so that the military would have an easier time signing up the best and brightest young Americans.
Many academic institutions have barred ROTC or military recruiters from campus for left-wing political reasons--first as a protest against the Vietnam War, and later over the Clinton-era "don't ask, don't tell" law. Whatever the merits of these positions, it's time the academic left showed some patriotic responsibility and acknowledged that the defense of the country--which includes the defense of their own academic freedom--is more important than the issue du jour.
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How Has Technology Influenced Music
The 1990s observed probably the most rapid rates of technology within the twentieth century. A movement which spurred a rise in the supply of media and helped usher within an era where music was formed by emerging technologies, transforming not just the songs from the 90s, but altering the field of music for that decades ahead.
In the epicenter from the new wave of technologies within the 90s was digital revolution. Bulky, single-purpose cell phones were substituted for smaller sized devices loaded with a lot of embedded functionality. The web increased tremendously from anonymity to become digital communication and knowledge web adopted by 50% of Western Countries. Assisting to boost the dominance from the internet was Intel's development of the Pentium nick. For his or her part, computing devices manufacturers added staples for their pc choices for example CD burners and CD Rom drives.
Using the onslaught of recent technology came a change from the songs from the 90s. The 1990s heralded the beginning from the boy band, teen pop sensations, commercial and sampled hip-hop music tracks. Even armchair musicians would obtain a opportunity to make higher musical contributions using the glut in musical technology because it grew to become feasible for a broader quantity of musicians to create electronic music. What began out sounding like dance music was progressively less targeted for the dance-floor audience and much more towards home listeners. This genre later grew to become referred to as "Electronica", or perhaps in its slower manifestations, "Chill-out" or "Ambient music".
At the end of spring 1998, the very first Music player was launched, plus the 32 and 64MB Audio players. Through the mid 2000′s the Mp3 format would overtake the CD player in recognition. Early adopters from the technology – mostly more youthful music audiences could be because of the chance to endorse their preferred music tastes — the pop songs from the 90s, catapulting celebrities in to the place-light. Unsurprisingly, between 1997 and 1999, American teen celebrities and groups were extremely popular, with a few of the popular functions to be the Backstreet Boys, NSYNC, 98 Levels, Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears. This scene targeted the more youthful people of Generation Y.
Today, technology is constantly on the play an important role in deciding which music we allow into your own space. The web and new media have built on the top from the foundations set within the 1990s getting better use of talent that may go undiscovered previously. Songs from the 90s stimulate a feeling of nostalgia of possibly the last decade where the dominant music genres nowadays remained as within their infancy.


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Nominations for the 64th annual Tony Awards came out this morning, and supporters and critics alike are pointing to the high number of red-carpet, Hollywood names on the list: Denzel Washington, Scarlett Johansson, Jude Law, Kelsey Grammer, and Christopher Walken among them. The program has been nationally televised since 1967 but, say theater professionals and longtime observers, the trend toward big-name movie stars sends a dire message about the future of legitimate theater.
"It's sad," says Howard Suber, professor emeritus of the UCLA School of Film, Theater and Television.
"The film industry used to be a parasite on theater," he says, hearkening back to the early days when only those who failed on the legitimate stage would go to work in Hollywood. "But now theater is a parasite on the film industry, a trend that is being accelerated by the demands of the TV show that needs a red carpet." Mr. Suber, who has taught for 45 years and regularly flies to New York to attend the theater, points out that the Tonys telecast is modeled on the Academy Awards show, and says that as all awards shows have been doing well lately in the ratings, "why shouldn't the theater try for the same thing?"
Beyond the television show, big names help sell tickets, says Christopher Presley, director of professional development for The Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University in New York.
"In these times, Broadway producers are striving to create 'must-see' events. Hollywood star casting has become one of the ways they try to meet this need," he says in an email.
"Unfortunately, in some cases the Hollywood stars are not able to deliver on-stage, eight shows a week."
Broadway relies more and more on Hollywood stars to sell tickets, says Catherine Rodgers, Professor of Theatre, Meredith College in Raleigh, NC, especially for non-musicals. "As brilliant as Jude Law's "Hamlet" and Denzel Washington's portrayal in "Fences" are, they are cast to fill the seats at a time when Broadway ticket prices are soaring. This is more and more the trend of the London stage, also, particularly on the West End where Law originated his leading role in Hamlet last year," she says by email.
When Broadway uses Hollywood stars in stunt casting, as it has with with musicals like Grease, where now even reality stars are getting plucked to appear, that's one thing," says playwright Charles Evered, an assistant professor at the University of California, Riverside. But, he writes in an email, "when theatre actors who happened to have become movie stars come back to the great white way, that is a good thing."
While many of the big-name stars that now grace Broadway marquees are well known to movie audiences – think Daniel Craig of the James Bond franchise and Hugh Jackman of the X-Men series – the stage novice is more of an exception than the rule, says Howard Sherman, executive director of the American Theatre Wing, founder of the Tonys.
He ticks off the credentials of many of the high-profile nominees: Denzel Washington began his career in New York's Negro Ensemble Company. Mr. Jackman started on the stage, as did Mr. Craig and Mr. Walken. Mr. Sherman vigorously defends their presence on the Great White Way.
"It is insulting to all these artist to suggest this is something they do when they have nothing else going on," says Sherman. "They have to carve time from their schedule to do live theater, but that shows a commitment."
In contrast to many who question the health of the Broadway scene, Sherman says that much to everyone's surprise, "Broadway has held up strikingly well at a time of great economic challenge." Indeed, Broadway box office receipts totaled about $1 billion for last year, according Elisa Shevitz of The Broadway League.
He adds, that if one was to read what was being written about live theater back in 2008, "they were predicting disaster , but the fact is that theater-going has held steady." He points out that the number of productions has remained at the same level. "People are still willing to invest in work on Broadway," he says, adding that no matter how dire the predictions, live theater will not go away.
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If BETA so adaptive then trying to defeat them is futile. Basicly bent over and pray it will be fast. Though it does not really go with imagine I got from watching first 2 episodes. More like a rampaging horde of wild animals that stomp everything on the way.
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Humanity's problem with BETA is they have to fight them with relatively conventional technology
TSFs are really just planes on legs
In your typical mecha show there's usually this plot device magical substance the fuels all the super technology which gives the protagonist faction a fighting chance.
For instance: Trapar Waves in Eureka 7/ Spiral Energy in Gurren Lagann/Solar Furnaces in Gundam 00
In Muvluv this magical substance is element G. However there's very little of it, and it can only be acquired by capturing a hive. But it's nearly impossible to take out a hive, let alone capture it.
What little they have of Element G they use to make G-bombs
If this was a computer game it would be similar to X-Com, except that you can only get Elerium from raiding alien bases.. with crappy human weapons.
And you don't even have reliable laser weapons yet..
and from what Elerium you have now, it's not enough to mass produce plasma riffles for everyone..
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|2012-07-11, 18:36
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Bio weapons are still hard to say either way though as it's unclear how exactly beta breeding and biology functions. They seemed to consume flesh and recycle organic matter into new units which implies some level of normal metabloic activty and breeding, but there also stuff about them being "fueled" by the reactor in a Hive and such which implies biology totally unlike anything on earth. Either way DNA research and such was in it's infancy during the 70s and the focus ought to have been rightly placed on improving industry and weapon systems to fight them, not pipe dreams of a super plague. Research should have continued, but it's entirely possible the alien biology simply didn't have a good vector for attack or even that they haven't fully deciphered the BETA genome.
Obviously though the Muv-Luv would have a pretty damn compelling reason to fund the shit out of these projects, and it's rather hard to buy that they can apparently build an anti-gravity doom fortress, but a method of detecting a hole in the ground evades them. There is really no reason beyond abject stupidity that after thirty years they can't reliably detect large tunneling operations near controlled Terran well in advance of any attack.
This is an island after a ten megaton explosion
It's completely within our ability to build a bomb five times that size within the weight and and size constraints of say... a TSF inside a drop pod. You'll forgive me if I think a hive is going to just shrug that off.
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And apparently they can just take energy right out of the air, particularly when around Hives. I guess we chalk that one down to "G-element powered SUPER SCIENCE handwavium".
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Dunno if I can ask this question of if that would lead to a spoiler but I'll give it a shot.
I thought I remember the general info saying something about a joint project in Alaska between the US and Russia (thx for another show forgetting that theres this country call Canada right there too btw) but from the map that showed the BETA invasion I thought Russia was already overrun? It ep 2 they did say that the mainland had fallen.
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"TSFs are really just planes on legs".
Hardly. The capabilities of a modern jet fighter is far superior to what's demonstrated so far from TSFs. Gone are the days of dog fights with cannons, jets mostly engage beyond visual range. The only advantage of TSF I can see is it's VTOL capability enable more flexible deployment. TSFs had shocking weapon range, bad survivalbility, limited deployment range and in general doesn't pack enough punch. So I'll simply assume air combat technology, doctrine, and ideas do not exist in the Muv-luv world by setting.
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beh if it takes serious measure that extremely harmful to envoirement just to take out 1 hive I don't any future for humanity. Even if we win fight all we get is barren world which might not be possible to live in.
I don't see how flashy planes will resolve the conflict.
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In March 2016, the new media act was adopted following amendments in both Houses of Parliament. The Senate finally passed additional legislation in October 2016, enabling the measures aimed at national broadcasters to take effect. Television and radio programs should focus in future on information, culture and education.
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