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There is a long tradition in criminal justice research of interviewing active offenders, but very little of this research has focused specifically on police problem solving. This is unfortunate because active offenders provide substantial amounts of information about each of the elements of the crime triangle: victims, offenders, and places. Such information should prove useful for strategic problem-solving interventions, because it yields information about crime patterns in general that may not be obvious when examining one case at a time. The information from such interviews may enhance existing problem-solving projects or generate new ones. The information can also improve officer safety.
The distinction between offenses and offenders is important because it highlights the two different kinds of knowledgestrategic and tacticalthat can be gleaned from interviews of active offenders. You can learn about one important leg of the crime triangle by studying offenders. Information from such interviews provides important tactical information for responding to one specific individual or specific patterns of behavior. Such information is useful in responding to that individual and others who may behave like this person. Studying offenses provides information of strategic value for responding to patterns and trends in general. This guide attempts to bridge the gap between police and researchers by underscoring the common purposes both groups have, and pointing out the problem-solving value to be gained from interviewing active offenders.
Information from active offenders is particularly important because in some cases, it comes from offenders who have not been caught. In other cases, information from active offenders can inform you about offenses other than those for which the offender was arrested. Robbery provides an excellent example. Interviews with active armed robbers revealed that these offenders experienced a large number of victimizations that they did not report to the police.1 Often these victimizations were retaliation for earlier robberies and sometimes produced an escalating series of crime sprees. However, these victimizations have implications for the broader community because these offenders often "take matters into their own hands" and retaliate for their victimization, harming innocent members of the community, making the community less safe in general, and greatly increasing fear of crime. This is a key element of the SARA model as it more fully elaborates on the nature of crime problems and their genesis.
This guide falls into two parts. The first part provides a summary of the most important findings from offender interviews, while the second provides concrete recommendations on how to set about conducting offender interviews for problem-oriented policing projects.
Much is known from offender interviews conducted in prison. There is some evidence that active offenders have different patterns of offending and different perceptions; they may be more forthright and provide more valid information than offenders in prison or jail.2 There is a large and growing body of evidence regarding how active offenders perceive their tactics, motives, targets, and offense patterns.
Research with active offenders has focused on five categories of offenders:
This guide highlights key findings from these interviews that apply directly to problem-solving. The central finding from this work is that the context of offenders' livestheir lifestylesare important to understand their offending. Interviews with active offenders consistently underscore the role that their values, relationships, and activities play in their involvement in crime. These key findings provide a foundation for implementing strategies to interview active offenders.
There is a large body of research with drug users and drug dealers. One study focused on serious heroin drug users in New York City.3 The researchers interviewed and observed heroin users in flophouses, street corners, cars, and
treatment centers in an effort to put the users and their lifestyles into a broader context. They examined the reasons for drug use, the search for drugs, and the experience of being "high." Many of the heavy heroin users held jobs, kept relationships together, and met a variety of social obligations. This broader context of lifestyles and values can yield clues about behavior and associations that can help you better understand how offenders structure their lives and mix offending with more conventional lifestyles. Such understanding can lead to more effective policing, through Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) as well as problem-solving.
Two examples illustrate this important point:
A researcher working in Harlem interviewed hundreds of Puerto Rican drug dealers.6 He identified extreme poverty, rapid social change, and political and cultural isolation as key forces that lead to drug selling. Many of the drug users and sellers he interviewed shared values consistent with the American Dream: they were highly motivated, ambitious, and enterprising. Officers committed to problem-solving can find ways to involve nongovernmental organizations (including faith-based groups), families, and other groups such as drug treatment organizations, job placement services, and community resources to address these issues. These interviews underscore the extremely high levels of victimization experienced by individuals involved in drug dealing, and how that victimization further isolates them from law-abiding roles and relationships. This is the sort of information that you can employ to good advantage.
An important question to emerge from this research is how can police officers engage community services or involve other agencies in the effort to solve these community problems. Here are four suggestions:
Interviews with active offenders have been supported by the U.S. Justice Department since the mid-1980s. The National Institute of Justice implemented the Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring system10 in the jails and pre-trial detention facilities of the largest cities in America. In this program, recent arrestees provided urine samples for drug analysis, and were interviewed and asked about their drug use, drug treatment, and participation in gangs and drug sales. These data reveal a variety of important findings. First, the interviews offer insights into the diversity of offenses and risky behaviorsincluding unprotected sex and shared needle usethat arrestees engage in. Second, arrestees are generally truthful about their drug use, particularly when self-reports are compared to urinalysis. Third, these interviews dispel the myths that offenders use a single drug and that drug abuse is confined to a specific category of offenders. In many cities, more than half of all arresteesregardless of chargetest positive for drugs. Finally, these data reveal that arrestees have a large volume of contacts with the criminal justice system, few of which result in more formal processing. These are lost opportunities for problem-solving and intervention.
Research with active residential burglars may offer the most provocative lessons for policing. Three key projects, funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, were conducted in Odessa ( Texas),11 Delaware,12 and St. Louis13 using active residential burglars for their source of information. These studies document that residential burglars have a variety of motivations, most of which are linked to their desires to engage in a lifestyle focused on partying and keeping up appearances. These offenders maintain a focus on short-term goals and engage in behaviors that entrap them in more offending.
Residential burglars are both victims and offenders. Their victimization is related to their involvement in offending and is more generally related to their lifestyle. Lifestyle issues have proven important in a number of different cultural and comparative contexts.14 As a consequence, these victimizations should be of interest to you. Few offenders report their victimization to the police. Fear of reprisal, fear of detection, or fear of not being taken seriously all lead to under-reporting of victimization among active offenders. Such under-reporting is often treated with a "wink and a nod" by police, because offenders "got what they deserved." Yet in the case of residential burglars (and other offenders), these victimizations create the motives for new offenses. Some of these crimes are the obvious result of their own offending, as their victims (many of whom are offenders themselves) seek redress outside the legal system to right the wrong that was done to them. By engaging in such behavior, offenders circumvent the criminal justice system and invoke punishment themselves.
Why should anyone care about the victimization of one offender by another offender? One answer to this question would be that such victimizations and the mayhem they create add considerably to community disorder. These studies underscore the diversity of offending that burglars engage in. While each of these studies was focused on burglars, they all found that their subjects were not strictly burglars. These "burglars" also engaged in robbery, drug sales, car theft, and a variety of other offenses. If you see arrested burglars strictly as burglars, you may miss key features of the broader context of offending and lifestyle that may lead you to find the burglar in a drug investigation or a gun case.
The findings from research with armed robbers underscore the versatility of offending patterns among robbers, the high levels of victimization among armed robbers, and the role of lifestyle pressures among this group of offenders.
In one study conducted in St. Louis, individuals who robbed drug dealers were interviewed.15 It was found that while robbery is the "purest" of offenses with regard to motive and intent (cash), robbers engage in a variety of other offenses. The robbers interviewed engaged in a number of activitieslegal and otherwisethat enmeshed them in a lifestyle that they have difficulty leaving. These individuals also had very high rates of victimization, a pattern similar to that for residential burglars and drug sellers.
In another St. Louis study, it was found that armed robbers also engaged in a number of other offenses including burglary, drug sales, auto theft, and assault.16 A pattern was observed whereby offenders would engage in a minor form of offending, be victimized, and retaliate by engaging in a robbery. This pattern increased their level of offending, both in terms of frequency and seriousness.
Few of these offenders chose to report their victimization to the authorities. The failure to report victimizations clearly was linked to involvement in offending. The conclusions indicate that encouraging offenders to report their victimization is a key to preventing future offending. Lacking legal recourse, many offenders take the law into their own hands, circumventing legal means, and thereby increasing the odds of engaging in additional crime.
Interviews with active gang members have been conducted since the start of the 20th century. Federal funding resulted in a number of studies looking at the impact of policies, the motivations for joining and offending, and potential solutions to the gang problem. These interviews provide a picture of gang members that reinforces that of the drug users and dealers, burglars, and armed robbers.
Gang members engage in a variety of offenses-a phenomenon that researchers call "cafeteria-style offending."17 Cafeteria-style offenders pick and choose from the wide variety of offending options. One week, these offenders may be burglars, the next day they may be robbers, and that afternoon they may steal a car. It is a
mistake to regard such individuals as specialists, yet such perceptions are understandable as you typically see these individuals only with regard to the offense for which they were arrested. It is also clear from this research that gang members experience a large volume of victimizations. Gang membership is also transient. Most youth who join a gang tend to do so for relatively short periods of time. During the periods of time that they are active gang members, their levels of offending and victimization were elevated compared to both their time before joining the gang as well as after leaving the gang.
One of the notable features of gang membership is the level of bragging about gang membership. As stories are told over and over again, they attain "mythic" status. Sorting through the talk and bluster about gang activity becomes an important issue because so much of it is simply that, talk. One way to do this is to bring multiple sources of data to bear on the same issue. In this regard, you would bring as much information to bear on an investigation involving a gang member as possible. This would include school records, parental interviews, juvenile court information, field interrogation cards, division of youth service records, and interviews with family and associates.
There have been a number of interviews with offenders involved in firearm use. These studies reinforce what was learned in earlier studies including the versatility of offenders, high levels of victimization, and easy access to firearms.
In one study, nearly1,900 prisoners were interviewed in 10 state prison facilities.18 Fifty percent of the prisoners were classified as gun criminals. Three-quarters of the people interviewed owned at least one gun, and of that group, three-quarters owned handguns. Not surprisingly, a majority of the prisoners had used a gun in the commission of a crime. Most inmates reported that they owned a gun for protection, owned small, inexpensive weapons, and had a preference for large caliber, high quality firearms. It is important to note that informal and illegal means dominated the methods by which inmates obtained guns, and most reported that a gun could be obtained within a matter of hours. This picture of the illegal firearms market is consistent with a view of the street gun scene as very informal, word-of-mouth, and easy to access for offenders. It also reinforces the view that offenders are not easily deterred by the chance of arrest and penalties for illegal possession of firearms.
Interviews of incarcerated male juveniles and inner city males showed that gun possession was common among these groups.19 Not surprisingly, involvement in drug sales had important effects in increasing gun carrying. Selfreports of gun carrying were also high among those not involved in drug sales. Taken together, these reports suggest the importance of monitoring gun acquisition by those at risk for involvement in gun violence either as victims or offenders, even at a young age. Other research supports the conclusion that there are strong relationships between being involved in drug sales, gang membership, and gun ownership and use.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (now the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) initiated a17-city program several years ago. This program was designed to comprehensively trace all crime guns, and provide the results of those traces to local law enforcement officials for better prosecution and enforcement activities. A major part of the initiative was to conduct interviews with all offenders illegally possessing a firearm, as well as their associates. This information was to serve both as background for future investigations, as well as to form a backbone of knowledge for police problem-solving efforts. Interviews revealed that females made many straw purchases for felons who could not purchase a gun, and ATF now includes multiple purchases of firearms made by females as a category of concern.
The Strategic Approaches to Community Safety Initiative (SACSI) was a problem-solving initiative funded by the National Institute of Justice in10 cities to address a local problem of their choice. Based loosely on the approach in the Boston Gun Project, these cities formed task forces, identified gun problems, and formulated strategies to address problems. The majority of cities did choose gun crime as their problem. In Detroit, simple gun possession became a focus for the intervention as problem-solving research demonstrated that individuals charged with carrying a concealed weapon or unlawful use (typically charged as city ordinance violations) often were arrested in more serious assaults as well. Rochester, N.Y. focus group interviews documented the easy availability of guns coupled with the knowledge that gun prosecutions were increasing. Despite this, few offenders reported a willingness to give up their guns, owing to the danger on the streets. Detention interviews conducted in Indianapolis demonstrated that arrestees were familiar with several of the initiatives that had been put in place and were in some ways amenable to the messages about reducing gun carrying. St. Louis detention interviews documented a high level of knowledge regarding gun penalties, particularly the higher penalties imposed by federal prosecution compared to the state of Missouri. When asked whether they feared punishment from the criminal justice system or being caught without their guns on the street, arrestees were evenly split. This finding indicates the need to increase the credibility of the threat of arrest, prosecution, and imprisonment among offenders.
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When I come to the United Kingdom for a golf related event, the weather is always a factor that I relish. You come to expect the unexpected in this part of the world and this weekend did not disappoint. The forecast in England or Scotland will change a couple times a day making it nearly impossible to figure out a proper dress assignment.
Saturday morning found us playing our final leg of the four Open qualifying courses at the Rye Golf Club, which is located about an hour northeast of Canterbury. Thomas Lewis, the young amateur who was tied for the lead after the first round, shot 63-64 at Rye a couple of weeks ago to win the qualifier and set a course record. Par at Rye is 68. Do you think the USGA would conduct a U.S. Open qualifier on a par 68 golf course?
Ted Bishop from the Open Championship
PGA Vice President Ted Bishop files daily reports from the 2011 Open Championship
Rye GC joined Littlestone GC, Royal Cinque Ports and Prince's Golf Club as the foursome of courses the R&A chose to conduct its local qualifying for the 2011 Open Championship at Royal St. George's. I found the playing conditions at Rye on Saturday to be the most brutal of my golfing career. Strong winds accompanied by heavy rain, made the day one I will never forget.
Every facet of the game was nearly impossible, but having a pair of rain grip gloves made playing on this day a doable deal. For those that don't know, rain grips are worn on both hands. These gloves are designed to perform better as they get wetter. It also makes it unnecessary to keep the grips on the golf clubs dry.
By the third hole my shoes were full of water. My pants and underwear were soaking wet under my rain suit an hour into the round. Soon my upper body was drenched and the weight of my wet rain gear added at least ten pounds to what I carried.
My caddy was a grizzled Englishman in his early 60's named Freddie. He was the best caddy that I have ever had in the UK. Freddie was himself a six handicapper. Winds on Saturday were between 60-70 kilometers, or 40-50 mph. Two things I will always remember about Freddie. He rolled his own cigarettes on this blusteriest of days and before I hit every shot he would say, "Commit to the shot, Ted."
A few miles away, the players in the Open Championship were battling similar conditions. Peter Alliss, English golf legend and BBC commentator, called Saturday brutal. He said it was one of the three worst days of weather in the 140 year history of the British Open. Need I say more?
Saturday's morning players at Royal St. George's got the raw end of the draw. Many had played Thursday morning and Friday afternoon, which turned out to be the windiest and rainiest portion of the 2011 Open. When Darren Clarke teed off on Saturday, he only experienced three holes of tough weather. Phil Mickelson had nine.
Tom Lehman said it best this weekend, "Playing in this weather is as much about attitude as anything."
Tom Watson had 18 holes of this brutal weather on Saturday morning. That evening I ran into Jim Nantz who was working for the BBC this week. He called Watson's third round 72 a great round and one that will be lost in the agate type of the sports pages. The 61-year old Watson who has five Open titles to his credit just continues to amaze every year of this championship.
As the weekend progressed, it became hard even for us Americans not to root for Clarke. Several years ago he lost his wife to cancer. He has been a stalwart of golf for the Europeans over the years. The Northern Irishman paved the way for younger stars such as Graeme McDowell and Rory McIlroy. He is well like by Tour players and it was a popular win.
The Americans placed five players among the top seven including co-runnerup finishes by Mickelson and Dustin Johnson. Everyone in the world was ready to bury the boys from the U.S. When all was said and done, eight Americans finished in the top 12 of the 2011 Open Championship.
We spent our Sunday morning at Royal St. George's and then returned to Canterbury to watch the final round of the Open at a local pub called Bishop's Finger. I couldn't resist. My final lunch at this year's event included the best fish n' chips I had all week washed down with a pint of Bishop's Ale, a locally brewed dark libation.
Here are a few of my memories from this wonderful trip to the south of England.
- Playing the four Open qualifying courses in some of the rudest weather I ever teed it up in.
- The tightest fairways and firmest greens I ever played anywhere. The opposite of U.S. golf!
- The toughest, most brutal weather I have experienced at a professional golf event.
- Making back to back birdies into the winds at Royal Cinque Ports on Holes 3 and 4.
- Enjoying the R&A Dinner at the Canterbury Cathedral where Thomas Beckett was murdered inspiring Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales."
- Playing the 17th at Littlestone GC and being a few yards from where the U.S. launched its invasion at Normandy.
- Renewing acquaintances across the pond with Jim Nantz and Harvey Green of the Miami Dolphins.
- The Abode Hotel where many Tour players stayed including Steve Stricker, Camillo Villegas, Matt Kuchar, Paul Casey, Thomas Bjorn, Thomas Lewis and Hunter Mahan. Anthony Kim lodged across the hall from me all week and it was great to see him back in form.
- The narrow pedestrian streets of Canterbury with its pubs, shops and eateries.
It truly was a "cracking" week and I really enjoyed taking you on this trip with me.

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Medisafe 1 Technologies Signs the $7MM Perpetual License Agreement
Nov 15, 2012, 09:00 ET
JERUSALEM, November 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Medisafe 1 Technologies Corp. (OTCBB: MFTH), a developer of patented technologies that physically prevent unauthorized administration of prescription medications, announced today that the company has signed a $7MM non-exclusive perpetual license sale agreement to transfer rights for the full commercialization, marketing and distribution of its patented medicinal locking mechanism and bar-code matching system to a third party, SafeCode Drug Technologies Corporation (SAFC).
Details of the license sale will be provided in an 8K to be issued within the next four days
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Medisafe 1 Technologies seeks to effectively prevent unauthorized administration of a drug or medicinal substance by hypodermic needle. Medisafe's patented technology is a medical assembly with a locking mechanism that is intended to ensure the substance cannot be released from the hypodermic needle without positive pre-matching between the substance and its intended patient.
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Your look at the five biggest and most buzz-worthy stories of the morning.
1. Sanford's Ex-Wife Says He Trespassed
Former Gov. Mark Sanford's campaign for a vacant South Carolina congressional seat hit another bump Tuesday as court documents surfaced revealing his ex-wife Jenny Sanford filed a court complaint against the former governor in February for trespassing at her home.
2. Dignitaries Attend Thatcher's Funeral
Britain's Margaret Thatcher was laid to rest this morning in a ceremonial funeral with military honors that stretched from the Houses of Parliament to St. Paul's Cathedral. Queen Elizabeth and her husband, Prince Phillip.
3. Senator Receives Potential Ricin Letter
Police have a suspect in mind as they try to determine who mailed a letter to Sen. Roger Wicker that tested positive for ricin.
4. Boston Marathon Breakthrough With Recovery of Bomb Remains
Federal agents zero in on how the Boston Marathon bombing was carried out with a kitchen pressure cooker packed with explosives, nails and other lethal shrapnel. Authorities say they still have no leads on who might have done this or why.
5. 'DWTS' Says Goodbye to Another Star
After five weeks of struggle on the ballroom dance floor, comedian D.L. Hughley was voted off ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" Tuesday night.


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The fourth day of presentations!
Lola explained how her project shifted in many directions after she was inspired by a video of Capuchin monkeys wanting equality in their food. She talked about how primates have a sense of fairness and justice, and then described how she learned about the mining of coltan in gorilla habitats, leading to her electronic waste drive that helps dispose of and recycle products that contain this metal so she can help protect primate habitats.
Zada described her process of becoming a dedicated volunteer for the San Francisco Food Bank and the Homeless Prenatal Program after volunteering at the needle exchange during the Exploration phase of the Fairness arc. Her research on homelessness made her more passionate about doing what she can for the various organizations in San Francisco to help change disadvantage peoples' lives. She is still running a donation drive for the Homeless Prenatal Program and raised over $600 in the evening.
Isaac showed us the dozens of stencil art pieces he has created throughout the arc. He talked about the controversy of street art and what he does or does not consider to be acceptable street art, and described the process of creating the stencils: what was easy, what was difficult, his thought process in creating the more controversial pieces.
Connor talked about his discoveries during the Expression phase in learning various computer programs like Unity and Google Sketch-up to help him build his video game. He told us about the major hiccups he came across in learning and debugging code. His game is based on the Saharan desert trade game that the school attempted to create at the beginning of the Fairness arc and includes a series of moral dilemmas that the player has to solve as they move through the world he has created.
William presented his short four-act play about warring tribes and the discovery of metal to triumph in battle with actors from the Sand Leopards and Phantoms. After the warlord's troops were defeated in battle, he sent them into the mines, where they found a wonderful hard substance that they then used to defeat their enemies. William's conclusion? People with weapons made of metal was not fair.
Quinn presented an infographic-packed study of the fairness of education. He talked about the advantages and disadvantages of people of various races and genders, told us the story of desegregating schools, rapped about the court case Plessy v. Ferguson, and compared rising rates of graduates from high school and college. Based on all the evidence he collected, he decided that education is becoming more and more fair, despite setbacks along the way.
Audrey re-presented her game at the very end of the day and told us all about the difficulties she faced in making her games fair (initially, the person who went first always won) and making it more complex (instead of winning in 2 or 6 moves). She had a glittery, completed board game based on one of her favorite shows to show off at the end of Expression!
In the evening, Brightworks became a show-and-tell event for parents and community members. The kids created displays of their work and stood by to answer questions and talk about their process and the end result. The kids did so much work this arc! They knew how to answer every question posed to them and handled themselves with the professionalism that their work deserved!


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akanyc necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 23 diseños de 8 diseñadores freelance.
Venture Products (http://www.venture-products.com)
Venture Products (http://www.venture-products.com) "VP" sells proprietary and licensed products in a wide array of distribution channels.
VP is seeking to redefine its online presence, and introduce unique products for the home and office that will be sold direct to consumer online.
The existing site is a brochure site; it does not have any e-commerce capabilities.
The winning design will use VP's existing logo/branding. Information for VP's distribution channel partners will also be made available via the site. Finally, the new site will incorporate a shopping cart to power online sales.
Venture Products will utilize WDH shopping cart to manage online transactions. See examples within.
Consumers who are interested in unique products for use at home or in the office from brands such as:
Fun play, Shock Athletic. Best Step. Organize by Design, Force Field
Website and shopping cart design will be based upon utilizing current logo, but not necessarily the current color scheme. That said, some of the current color schemes can be used by the designer if they feel that better design results can be achieved with this approach. We're open to your creativity.
Shopping Cart Template will consist of main shopping page with several products/brands displayed along with a promotional blurb for each item.
Example: http://www.flight001.com
(This is based on the WDH Shopping E-Commerce Engine)
Upon clicking the selected brand or product, user will see a category page that lists all the products associated with that brand.
Each product will need a page that displays product images, name, price, and description.
Designers who have question contact email@example.com
Dynamic, Informative, Consumer Oriented, Elegant, High-Product value, easy to navigate, and find information. Design should be clean and well presented.
There will be four pages: (1) Shopping Home Page, (2) Category Page, (3) Product Page., and (4) Checkout Page. Please see http://www.flight001.com and http://www.lagarconne.com as the guidelines for these pages.
Along with the four template pages with key design criteria elements as outlined, design should include a "Shop Now" icon that will serve as a call to action to purchase item or add to cart.
Winning design must be delivered as original layered Photoshop files otherwise agreed with contest holder.
Please avoid typical os-commerce, bad fonts and highly complicated design.


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It's hard to imagine that some movie lovers only know Jackie Chan through films like Rush Hour or the Karate Kid remake, but here's hoping they see the light soon. The highly prolific actor and director has appeared in films for more than fifty years, performed an untold number of death-defying stunts and choreographed some of the most insane fight scenes you'll ever see. Eagle-eyed fans picked him out in Bruce Lee vehicles like Fist of Fury and Enter the Dragon, but most everyone else was introduced to Chan through Hong Kong action/comedy productions like Project A, Armour of God and, of course, the popular Police Story franchise. The first two installments were also directed by Chan, and Shout Factory has seen fit to pair up these two entertaining action spectacles as a single-disc Blu-Ray release.
Police Story (1985) introduces us to rogue police inspector Chan Ka-Kui (literally "Jackie Chan" in the English dub), who's participating in a sting operation to bring down local kingpin Chu Tao (Yuen Chor). Things go downhill fast: their cover is blown, a shanty town is destroyed and Chan carjacks a civilian to stop the bus that Chu escapes in. He's eventually forced to watch over Chu's secretary, Selina Fong (Brigitte Lin) until she's due to testify against him in court. Naturally, trouble follows the tw...you know what? It doesn't really matter, because Police Story is all about insane physical stunts mixed with enough slapstick to make Buster Keaton jealous. This action/comedy hybrid forces you to keep your eyes glued to the screen, lest you miss Chan deftly scaling a ten-foot security gate or using background props to pummel a gang of henchmen. Bottom line: the original Police Story is a supremely accessible, fun and entertaining film, and it's easy to see why it spawned four sporadically less impressive sequels.
Police Story 2 (1988) offers a little too much baggage in the story department. It picks up right where the original left off, as rogue police inspector Chan is demoted to "traffic cop" after causing so much personal injury and property damage. Chu Tao, having just been released from a short time in prison, decides to make life miserable for Chan his his girlfriend, May (Maggie Cheung, also returning from the original film). Police Story 2, by and large, represents everything good and bad about your average sequel: it's bigger, louder, and it recycles the bulk of its core material from the first outing. There are, of course, plenty of inspired moments (mostly the action sequences, which once again revolve around the skill of Chan and his talented co-stars), but Police Story 2 drags its heels along the way. Proportionately, there's a push towards more character development and subplots...but in a free-wheeling franchise like Police Story, such accessories aren't always needed. I'll admit, however, that the last 12 minutes are probably my favorite between the first two films, even beating PS 1's "mall scene" by a small margin.
The third, fourth and fifth installments in the franchise (Supercop, First Strike and New Police Story) are all available on DVD, so give 'em a shot if you haven't already. For now, this 1080p double feature is meant to replace the Dragon Dynasty DVDs released in 2006. Though Shout Factory didn't exactly pull out all the stops to make this a memorable Blu-Ray debut, it's still not a bad deal for less than $20.
Many fans have long equated "1980s Hong Kong action flick" with "crappy picture quality" and releases like this only enforce the stereotype. Paired on one disc, the masters of Police Story 1 & 2 were provided by Fortune Star and, to Shout Factory's credit, appear to be dead on arrival. Police Story 1 suffers the most with inconsistent color timing, edge enhancement, a lack of clarity, poor shadow detail and about half a dozen other strikes against it. Police Story 2 looks a little better...but only within the confines of a direct comparison, because it's nothing to write home about otherwise. While their visual problems won't severely hamper your enjoyment of these gritty action spectacles, a little bit of elbow grease would've been much appreciated. Both Police Story 1 & 2 have never looked all that great on DVD, but anyone expecting a night-and-day improvement from older DVD releases will be rightfully disappointed.
The audio department fares a lot better, as we're presented with separate 5.1 and 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio in both English and Cantonese. Though even the latter language option is partially dubbed, it's definitely the go-to track for purists...but at the end of the day, dialogue and plot aren't the strong points of either film. Surround channels are smartly used on several occasions, while most other portions of Police Story 1 & 2 are decidedly front-loaded. In all cases, dialogue is generally clear and most of the exaggerated sound effects pack quite a punch. Optional English subtitles are included for both films.
This one-two punch of Jackie Chan's Police Story 1 & 2 is a mixed bag, but the price is right. Those expecting spiffy new A/V presentations or even a host of new extras will be disappointed...and in certain respects, this Blu-Ray release almost isn't worth the "upgrade". Still, this is likely the best these films will look in Region "A" for quite some time...but just barely, the reviewer says while damning with faint praise. Overall, it's a budget priced release for two films that deserve better, but I'll give Shout Factory the benefit of the doubt: its considerable action-per-dollar ratio makes this a Recommended purchase.
Randy Miller III is an affable office monkey by day and film reviewer by night. He also does freelance design work, teaches art classes and runs a website or two. In his limited free time, Randy also enjoys slacking off, juggling HD DVDs and writing in third person.


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 24 diseños de 7 diseñadores freelance.
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I hate the term, but the logo should be somewhat web 2.0ish in that we are aiming for an overall site design with simplicity at its core.
The site is for techies - guys who are proud of being geeks. What I mean by "geeky without being cheesy" is that it can be more exciting than the average corporate logo, but I'm not a fan of the logo at geek.com (http://a.fsdn.com/gc/wp-content/the…r/logo.gif)
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1) http://stackoverflow.com/
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By catering to the audience, my strip would lose its identity, and I would probably quit after a few more monthes of that. But I want to be "true to my vision" as well, and so I'm going to phase it out.
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Regardless of who holds the position, the Federal Reserve chairman always plays an influential role in the financial services industry, for both investors and savers. But Janet Yellen, the first woman to serve as the chair of the Fed Board of Governors, arrived in office just as the Fed was beginning to tighten the quantitative easing spigot. As the Fed tapers the bond purchases it started in response to the financial crisis, many observers worry about the effect on the stock market, while others are worried about the risk of inflation or deflation. Everybody is worried about the effect of higher interest rates on economic growth and for the bond market.
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The Chester-born 36-year-old made 249 appearances for the Reds between 1997 and 2004, and played a major role in their treble-winning season of 2000/01 when they won the League Cup, FA Cup and UEFA Cup.
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Both Batman and Superman have major motion pictures currently in the works – Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises and Zack Snyder's Man of Steel – and that's not even including the proposed Justice League film, which will showcase both Batman, Superman, and a number of other major DC superheroes.
Now there's a rumor going around that there's a another film in the works that will utilize both Batman and Superman, which, for simplicity's sake, will heretofore be referred to as Batman/Superman.
According to our pals at Think McFly Think, Warner Bros. has two plans for a Batman/Superman film. The first, and their preferred plan, is to feature Batman as the veteran superhero who takes Superman under his grizzled wing. Apparently, the hope is that they can convince Christian Bale – with the help of dump trucks full of cash, perhaps – to return to the franchise after Rises, despite Nolan's absence.
The second path, if they can't get Bale to return, is to feature Superman as the veteran superhero who takes a newly-cast Batman under his wing. In both scenarios, the studio would like to use Henry Cavill as the man of tomorrow.
On the one hand, this rumor is difficult to swallow due to the fact that, again, both superheroes have feature films coming out in the next two years as well as a third film featuring both in the next … uhh, three years? Four? Maybe five? After all, how many films can Warner Bros. produce with the same two characters before audiences say enough is enough?
On the other hand, as was reported when Justice League was announced, Warner Bros. is interested in continuing the Batman franchise in some manner after Nolan finishes his tenure. Additionally, the recent DC Reboot will most likely see a veteran Batman create the Justice League, which will involve less experienced superheroes than the caped crusader, including Superman.
This would be the second time that Warners has attempted to mount a Batman/Superman film, the first being Batman VS. Superman – prior to Batman Begins – which was to be directed by Wolfgang Petersen and written by Se7en scribe Andrew Kevin Walker. Colin Farrell (eh?) and Jude Law (eh?) were all but set to portray Bats and Supes, respectively, and the screenplay was considered by many who read it to be excellent, with a story that involved the Joker and Lex Luthor pitting Batman against Superman.
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There's little doubt, in this writer's opinion anyway, that a World's Finest film could be well and truly excellent. That said, maybe DC should explore creative success with their lesser known properties first – from The Flash to Aquaman to Blue Beetle to Booster Gold and on -- before they return to the Batman/Superman well once more.
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The Dark Knight Rises hits theaters July 20th, 2012 and Man of Steel hits theaters June 14th, 2013.
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Skip to comments.Dems Pull Chief Justice Candidate
Posted on 08/17/2012 2:52:35 PM PDT by RobertoinAL
The Dems in Alabama have pulled Harry Lyons as their Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
"The hearing generated colorful commentary from Lyon, who represented himself. At one point, Democratic Party Chairman Mark Kennedy asked Lyon if he believes gays and lesbians are abominations. Lyon replied, "God made Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve."
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Well done, judge ~ you would have hated that job anyway...
THANK YOU for the Friday Chuckle...
Exactly, and the name will surely be remembered when our NEW president needs a judge!!!!!!!
The Democrats' last hope in Alabama is ... Harry Lyon
Published: Friday, March 16, 2012, 6:33 AM Updated: Friday, March 16, 2012, 9:14 AM
John Archibald — The Birmingham News By John Archibald — The Birmingham News
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harrylyon.jpgHarry Lyon, when he ran for governor in 2006.
Harry Lyon is the last hope for Alabama Democrats.
He's the last man standing between Ten Commandments Judge Roy Moore and the top spot on Alabama's Supreme Court.
There's a lot on the line. So who is this guy?
Maybe I should let you decide.
Lyon, you see, is a guy who has run for office at least 10 times as a Republican and a Democrat. He has never won, though he takes great offense when called a perennial candidate.
"Abraham Lincoln ran 10 or 11 times," he said.
He is a lawyer who served in the marines and was shot twice — though neither time while in the military.
He was shot in the arm when he was 17, in what he described as an intentional hunting "accident" in South Carolina. But the most serious shooting was in 1998, when Lyon was shot with a .38 by the now-deceased Robert Lee Black.
Newspapers at the time said Lyon poured Hershey's Chocolate Syrup on Black's car before Black shot him in the neck, leaving him face down in chocolate goo.
Black was charged with attempted murder, but was acquitted after Black's lawyers subpoenaed Lyon's neighbors to testify about his character.
"The jury wasn't out long," one court official recalled.
Lyon, though, claims Black shot him and poured chocolate syrup on a car to make it look as if Lyon had provoked him.
"I'm a diabetic," Lyon said. "I don't keep chocolate syrup around."
In 2001 Lyon was convicted in Shelby County of menacing after authorities said he pulled a gun on a neighbor and held police at bay for two hours.
Lyon was fined and handed a suspended sentence, but he still won't accept the guilty verdict. He claims he merely made a gesture his accusers found threatening.
"Other than a traffic ticket, I have never broken a law," he said.
I asked if there were other charges I should know about.
"I've never been disbarred," he replied.
In 1984 the State Bar did find Lyons guilty of violating its code of professional responsibility, saying he failed to include a disclaimer on a newspaper ad.
Lyons scoffed at that:
"It was like jaywalking."
There is nothing typical about Lyons.
He once ran for lieutenant governor with a bullwhip and cattle prod. He said — and this may have been a moment of clarity — that he would use them to direct the Alabama Legislature.
He planned to run for mayor of Pelham, at one point, as "Low Carb" Lyons. His platform was to drive the fat folks out of town:
"Let's face it," he said. "The fact is that fat people are ugly and disgusting to look at as much as is traffic congestion and wasteful spending by our city government."
And while running for governor in 2006, he called for students in all public and private high schools to take mandatory drug tests. To be paid for by the schools.
It wasn't long ago that he told the Montgomery Advertiser that illegal immigrants who refused to leave the country should be executed by public hanging.
"What I said was 'hang 'em from the rafters,' " he said. "It wasn't a serious statement."
It is hard to tell what is.
But Lyons claims he is dead serious about his current race, and insists he is "in it to win it." And he swears, by the way, that he's not crazy.
"I have no problem submitting to psychological testing if Roy Moore will," he said.
Who wouldn't like to see that?
John Archibald's column appears Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Write him at
This brings up an interesting situation....what if it had been Adam and Steve. Would the snake have brought out the apple? Would Adam have gotten along with Steve...even if he were straight and fairly conservative? Would Steve have taken to condemning Adam in front of the animals for his anti-gay behavior? Would Adam have supported Chick-Fil-A in the Garden of Eden? Would Steve have packed up and left the Garden of Eden on his own accords because lack of support?
There are a thousand questions here. Course, it would have been more interesting if this had Adam, Steve, Eve, and Wendy at the beginning...with Eve and Wendy as lesbians but both Steve and Adam as straight guys.
The old Southern Democrats have nothing in common with the party of Bolsheviks, Homosexuals, illegal aliens and Angry Black People.
Can Republicans get this guy?
How can they remove an unopposed nominee? Will they have their own liberal running against former Justice Moore? They may try the write-in approach with a "Jones" or "Smith", something easy to spell.
Does this mean that Moore will run unapposed?I so hope he gets the job of chief justice.That would be sweet.
He was interviewed, this morning, on local radio.
Alabama have pulled Harry Lyons as their Chief Justice of the Supreme Court... At one point, Democratic Party Chairman Mark Kennedy asked Lyon if he believes gays and lesbians are abominations. Lyon replied, "God made Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve."
This reads like a piece from the Onion.
Great 'T'!
Thanks. A friend linked me to it the other day, and I liked it too and decided to share it with folks here
You for got about the senile old people spending all of their waking moments on the chair in front of the tv watching MSNBC.They are also a huge part of the party.
This guy is a creep. Democrats don't want him, but Republicans don't either.
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It looks more organic than robotic.
The four legs march under the barrel chest of the robot, snapping up two at a time in perfect precision. But when Boston Dynamic's creation, BigDog, is pushed, or it walks across ice, it suddenly looks very much alive as it stumbles to correct itself, and succeeds.
Designed to be the robotic replacement for pack animals or small vehicles, this future day robotic mule almost resembles the product of video games like Metal Gear Solid, Half-Life 2 or Portal.
Video of the quadruped robot first hit in 2008 and last month the company behind the design got an order for a super fast version and a human-like two-legged robot leading readers to liken their look to works of fantasy and fiction.
But robotics design company Boston Dynamics says the design similarities are purely coincidental. Their U.S. military funded robots are products of pure functionality, aesthetics doesn't enter into their creations.
"We did not do any aesthetic design on BigDog," said Marc Raibert, former MIT professor and founder of Boston Dynamics. "We talk about getting a designer to work on (the military version of BigDog), but have not done anything about it. We sometimes use artists to create concept sketches when developing new ideas for robots, but the robot designers do not use the sketches when doing the designs."
When people see his company's robots in action and think Transformers or robots from video games it's because of their own imagination, not his company's designs.
"I think much of what a person sees when viewing a robot comes from what is already in the person's head," he said. "Like a Robot Rorshach test."
Raibert says that the company has been in touch with some high-end car designers about the Legged Squad Support System, the follow up to BigDog destined for military use, but that they haven't hired anyone yet.
"We are working on LS3, which is the follow-on to BigDog and closer to fielding," he said. "It might get skins to help keep the dirt and water out. Right now we are focused on functionality. We might make a cosmetic pass later, but there are quite a few constraints just based on functionality, such as packing everything in and retaining mobility."
I asked Raibert if his company plans, during the final stages of design, to change the look of the robots meant for military use. Would he want to design them to instill a sense of fear in those that see them, or perhaps to help an operator form some sort of bond with the bots.
No, Raibert says, instead the company's focus is on "mobility, reliability, ease of use, range, load carriage, etc."
Raibert says his designers aren't even that worried about the uncanny valley. The notion of the uncanny valley first came up in robot design and later became a concern in video game graphics. The theory is that the more robots look and act like humans, the more revulsion real humans will feel toward them.
While Boston Dynamics is working on two robots that will take on the form of humans, PETMAN and the military-funded Atlas, the designers don't seem too worried about that valley.
"We sometimes talk about uncanny valley with respect to them, though the focus in our discussions is on their behavior and the quality of their motion, rather than on the exact robot shape and coverings," Raibert said.
And what of those first soldier destined to work alongside these bulking, four-legged and two-legged robots? Is it possible that a robot design could fail simply because the people who will work with them must are repulsed by them?
Raibert says his company hasn't done any studies to look into the possible effects of the uncanny valley on soldiers in the field, but he thinks Atlas, Cheetah and LS3's usefulness will outweigh any aesthetic issues.
"I think if the robots we built help soldiers and marines carry heavy stuff, so they don't have to carry it themselves, they will think LS3 or BigDog is a beautiful thing, no matter what it looks like," Raibert said. "Same for any other function that helps them with their jobs. For all I know, they may like it better if it is ugly, like the family mutt."
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My sister-in-law's family is originally from Czechslovakia (sp). Their tradition is to do the stockings on Jan 6th - Little Christmas. This is in celebration of the day the wisemen reached Bethlehem bearing gifts!
My sister-in-law's family is originally from Czechslovakia (sp). Their tradition is to do the stockings on Jan 6th - Little Christmas. This is in celebration of the day the wisemen reached Bethlehem bearing gifts!
I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas
So in Eastern Europe they celebrate Christmas on Epiphany? A bit like the Jews then I think, hey also celebrate it all a little bit later
Anyhow, it is true that in some European countries we celebrate Saint Nicholas on the 6th, Christmas with Nicholas' equivalent Santa, and Epiphany (just making a special cake and the children going round the streets to ask money or sweets).
Saint Nicholas was especially a big day when we were younger, but Christmas has always been the , say, climax. Before last year we didn't own stockings, but when I went to the store with my little sister, I really felt the need to buy Christmas things, and I bought a stocking. Few days later, surprisingly, my parents bought 3 extra stockings for us (we're four children) and hung them all at the fire place!! It was all so well decorated last year...! But we didn't put presents in them at that time as these stockings weren't planned. But this year I'll manage to let surprises put in those big cute Christmas socks
We don't do stockings, rather we do pillow cases and have done since I was born (37 years ago).
Up until last year my parents would still give us all pillow cases filled up with bits and pieces, some novelties, some chocolate etc. I would make up a pillow case for each of my parents. These are completely separate from the presents under the tree and are always unwrapped.
This year we are doing a secret santa for the pillow cases which should make it fun as only one person will know what is in someone's. We will take turns watching what each person gets.
All of us have children so we do our own child's pillow case.
There will be 14 pillow cases this year!! and we buy so many presents for each other that it literally takes us all day to unwrap them with breaks for breakfast and lunch. It is crazy, expensive and completely over the top but we love it and I hope the tradition continues for another 37 years at least :-)
My children get a real stocking for Christmas (the kind you would wear on your legs). I always had the same as a kid and I remember getting so excited because they stretch really big and you can see all the presents through them but you don't know what they are (because they're wrapped).
Our stockings are hung on the end of the bed on Christmas Eve and when 'santa' fills them he lays them down on the end of the bed so that they're there for the Children to see and feel first thing in the morning
Here is a picture of what a stocking stocking looks like when stuffed with pressies hehe. They're under the tree here with all the other pressies because I'd only just stuffed them, but they were moved to the end of their beds before Christmas morning:
The stocking is in front of the scooter, behind the other red presents.
I still remember the feeling of stretching out my legs in the early hours of Christmas morning to feel with my feet if he had been yet or not... The feeling of my feet meeting the stocking, bolting upright in bed and seeing it there stuffed to the top with wrapped presents, a tangerine, nuts and a few coins in the end. I'd grope at it and try to figure out what was inside. And then ever half hour for the next 3 or 4 hours (bearing in mind I'd typically woken up at 3 or 4 in the morning) I'd nag my mum if I could open it yet (she always made us wait until everybody was up so we could open them together).
I plan to do the exact same for my kids, too. They can open their stockings before any other presents but they have to wait until we are all up and bring them into the living room from their bedrooms. I still remember the excitement of dragging my stocking down the stairs to the living room and sitting in front of Childrens Christmas morning TV until Mum said we could open them.
We don't take it in turns with the stockings - we just let the kids tuck in. Oh, they're from Father Christmas, of course! Once the stockings are finished with, it's no more presents until after Christmas lunch (roast), which we typically have at about 1 or 2pm. This gives the children time to appreciate and enjoy the presents from their stockings before moving onto the next, they can play with their new toys from their stockings while dinner is cooking
As well as toys in the stockings they typically get some bubblebath, pyjamas, slippers, hair bands and hair clips, a chocolate selection tray etc Small novelties.
Santa may also bring a big present and if he does, that's put at the end of their bed with their stockings and can also be opened before dinner with the rest of the stocking presents
After dinner, when we've let our food go down and spent some time together at the table, me and DH wash up and the children nag to open presents. It feels like forever (I remember!) but it's only ever half an hour or so, so presents under the tree are opened at about half 3 or 4pm. The presents under the tree are from family and friends, and we tell the children who they are from so that they can appreciate people bought them gifts and thank them.The ones under the tree we DO take it in turns to open. We hand them out so everybody has a little pile of presents that are theirs, and then we go around in turns opening one present at a time. It lasts longer that way and everybody gets to see who got what from whom :-)
It's only presents that me and my husband buy that we say are from Father Christmas and those are all opened in the morning with the stockings
Last edited by Christmas_mama; 09-17-2011 at 01:18 AM.
What a story I am definitely going to persuade my parents to do something more with the stockings. But here we always wait until my grandparents arrive about 5 pm, and then we're allowed to open one present just before eating the starter, and then another one between the starter and the main course and between the main course and dessert all the rest and we take it in turns too, so it lasts at least 3 quarters of an hour. So all the presents are unwrapped in one evening and not throughout the whole day.
If I have children later, I would surely use some of your stocking tips, it looks soo exciting, like it was at Saint Nicholas or Easter when I was younger, and when we woke up there were already chocolate figurines at the end of our beds or a track of chocolate eggs leading to the living room downstairs! And we also had to wait for our presents until everybody was up. So I am going to do the same exciting thing for Christmas!
Dancing/animated ELF cap. Press on it and it springs to life. Sings the song "We Are Santa's Elves" from the TV show "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer". As it sings, the bell on top moves side to side and jingles. Also lights around the outside blink.
I'll have to explain about the stockings later. They're mainly decoration in my house.
Last edited by Merry Christmas Darling; 09-18-2011 at 03:53 AM.
"Hail him who saves you by his grace,
and crown him Lord of all."
I'm unfamiliar with the concept of a santa who is separate from Saint Nic, and who leaves presents for adults... To me, Santa (also known as Saint Nicholas, Kris Kringle, Father Christmas...) is the big Jolly old guy with the red soft outfit, white fur, white beard... belly laugh... rosy cheeks... He flies a sleigh full of toys pulled by his flying reindeer and he lands on the roof and comes down the chimney bringing presents and taking the carrot / pie / cookies / drink that was left for him. He fills the stockings that have been hung and leaves gifts for the children.
He doesn't come for adults in this house though - Father Christmas is for the children! The toys under the tree in this house are from family and friends and for everybody (adults and children) and are put under the tree as and when family bring them round in the lead up to Christmas, but Santa comes on Christmas Eve and leaves presents for all the good girls and boys :-)
Even though Santa brings gifts for everyone in our house (stockings AND under tree), I kind of like the idea that he just brings toys for kids. That's an interesting twist that my wife would NEVER agree to. HA!!!
I love Outdoor Christmas Lights!!
In our house Santa only brings gifts for children, he does give stockings to the whole family however (at least that is what we told the kids when they were younger).
I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas


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A bar mitzvah is the Jewish rite of passage where a boy becomes a man. This video proves it may also be when a boy becomes a rock star.
Sam Horowitz had his bar mitzvah last November, but the video of his entrance to the party afterwards is only now making the rounds.
It's like he landed in the middle of a Beyonce concert and then busted out his own Justin Bieber-inspired moves. Considering he's at the age when most boys are terrified at the prospect of slow dancing with a girl, this kid shows off some serious skills dancing with women — scantily-clad ones, at that.
It's enough to make you say "Oy!"
What do you think — is Sam's entrance cool or is it too over the top?
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text: Nothing says "Baluch" quite like the Baluch "bird" motif. Found on bags and rugs ranging from funky to elegant, and featured on the covers of numerous books exploring "Baluch Group" weavings, the Baluch bird is the quintessential Baluch design element. A prayer rug I recently purchased sheds some light as to why these birds are (almost) always drawn in profile.


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