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Churchill Oaks was a beautiful setting last Tuesday night for Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation's annual check presentation ceremony. The outdoor backdrop of the Choctawhatchee Bay made for some lovely photos. Greig and Sandy Buckley, Demetrius Fuller, Cory and Hillary Fosdyck, John and Michelle Russell, Tiffanie Shelton, Jeanne Dailey, Ken Hair, Tanner and Katie Peacock, Don and Betty Hefner, Debbi and John Morris, Vickie and Ray Dollar, Jane and Greg Bahr, Zach Billingsley, Lauren Magli, Jane Soloman, Steve and Lynn Dugas, Chan and Laura Cox, Roger Hall, Lisa and Gerald Burwell, Shaye Smith, Myra Williams, and Joan Carter were some who attended and enjoyed the heavy hors d'oeuvres by Chef Tim Creehan of Cuvee Catering and wine provided by DCWAF. I positioned myself in line behind John Morris and whatever he poured, I tried to get some of the same.
I enjoyed another great meal at Travinia's bar last Wednesday night, along with Peggy and Kent Lillie, Sue and Mark Devlin, Mitzi and Harry Millsaps and John Stasko. I ordered the Sinatra Chicken, which is topped with smoked pancetta mozzarella and a light semi-sweet Grand Marnier cream sauce, and my dining companion had the veal parmesan, both of which were very good. The bar serves great upper-end wines, and its house wine � Salmon Creek � is excellent! Great evening with friends! And we saw Beverly Schmitt outside.
I saw Ladie Bea and Wayne Carlisle at The Vue on Sunday. Good to see them as I had not seen them in a while. Joe and Kathy Perry, and Greg and Beverly Schmitt enjoyed the beach.
The V Seagrove hosted an art reception Sunday for former Walton County Artist of the Year Susan Lucas. Her artwork has hung in the restaurant for several months. The V provided wine and cheese and the event was well attended. Robin and Roger Godwin, Chip and Nancy Haring, Genevieve Torrey, Claire Bannerman and John Czapleski, Mike and Sherry McCarty, Ladie Bea and Wayne Carlisle, Joan and Marty Mars, Nancie and Michael Warner, Jan and Joe Stanko, Karen and Steve Peterson, Mary and Arno Lutz, Len and Fran Ross, Karen and Maunsel White, Nina and Garrett Horn, Donnelle Clark, Miffie Hollyday and Richard Stein attended.
Suzanne West hosted members of the Women's Art Network at her home Monday night for their monthly get together. Donnelle Clark, Karen Kolenberg, Ann Welch, Dorothy Starbuck, Sue Knight, Carol Dickson, Martha Cooper and Joan Vienot attended.
Gulf Place Homeowners Association gathered at Amore's Pizza last Thursday evening for their monthly get together. Brad and Claudia Droy, Dana Saffel, Mike and Carol Stovsky, Joe and Kathy Perry, Ralph Crossley, Mary and Joel Tidwell, Sharon Thompson, John Spencer and Christine Agnew, Bill and Cheryl Freeze, Lorene Gruzdis, Steve Bacon and Diane Smith and Ed and Donna Macdonald enjoyed.
Heidi and Jeffrey Ellis saw Adam Ant in concert in St. Petersburg.
Donna Vann is visiting London.
Lynn Nesmith is in California with Mark and Paige Schnell.
Jim and Gail Lockwood have escaped the humidity and are off to Beech Mountain for 10 days. Bonnie Pleggenkuhle is there also.
Peggy Jones visited Bourbon Street in New Orleans.
Scott Jackson is back in Hawaii.
Michael Dobson and Demetrius Fuller attended a wedding in Chicago.
Congratulations to Lauren Carvalho and Steve Pingree on their nuptials at Rosemary Beach last Saturday.
Congratulations to Chan and Laura Cox who celebrated 30 years of marriage this week.
And to Jan and Joe Stanko who recently celebrated their 25th.
Hilton Sandestin Beach Golf Resort & Spa has been recognized with the TripAdvisor GreenLeader Bronze title for its efforts to decrease their carbon footprint and make the resort a more eco-friendly property.
Paige Schnell's work was featured in Traditional Home magazine.
Condolences go out to Joy Fine in the passing of her husband, Tom.
Wish a "happy birthday" Saturday to Attorney Daniel Uhlfelder.
Sunday to Kathy Kemp.
Monday to the illustrious Duke Bardwell, Claire La Plante, Another Broken Egg's Ron Green and Sue Parsonnet.
Tuesday to Darrell Barnhill, wine man Michael McIntosh Jr., PR lady Jami Ray, Skip Reynolds, and Realtor Nina Horn.
Wednesday to numbers lady Susan Thornton, Vie's Lisa Burwell, Realtor Garner Chandler, Bob Steeno, Bala Boyd, Lori Bradley, Erin Adkinson, and Rick Helfand.
Thursday to Nancy Stanley.
Friday to artsy Lisa Hinds, music man Ted Cobena, Robert DeMars, and Realtor Doug Kocour.
Deborah Wheeler is the arts and entertainment reporter for The Walton Sun. She may be reached at 654-8443 or email firstname.lastname@example.com. Her Party Line column appears weekly in The Sun. Contributions are accepted.


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How can I get around this?
the headers would have to be offset.
Once I get my due (one is ordered ), I am planning to design a compatibility sheild for level shifting, analog input protection etc.
what's about the analog ports and the DAC's-Out
Ti has some Bidirection Levelshifter with 8 Ports or else
there must be enough place for all IC's
I think this document should be sited in a sticky post on this section of the forum:-ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/chapter%208.pdf It is all about different techniques for translating 3V3 and 5V.


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Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris will open up the Cannes Film Festival this year, but it won't be part of the competition. Neither will Pirates of the Caribbean 4 or The Beaver—the ill-fated dark comedy starring Jodie Foster and Mel Gibson—though both will offer the festival star studded red carpets and raging post-premiere parties.
The competition, however, is full of familiar names. Pedro Almodovar will show his latest film, The Skin I Live In, starring Antonio Banderas and Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life stars Brad Pitt. Sean Penn is in Paolo Sorrentino's This Must Be the Place and Drive features Ryan Gosling—that's enough eye candy to last ten days. As for the women, they should offer a pretty diverse style line up.
Tilda Swinton will be in town for Lynne Ramsay's We Need to Talk About Kevin and now that Lars Von Trier's Melancholia is in the competition we can expect Kirsten Dunst and Jennifer Connelly—and, because it also stars Alexander Skarsgård, Kate Bosworth should pop up in Cannes, too. Throw in a little Diane Kruger alongside Midnight in Paris` Marion Cotillard and Carla Bruni Sarkozy and all of our style stars will be in one place! One very beautiful, sunny place.
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 38 diseños de 18 diseñadores freelance.
I decided to tell my story on how I came up with this...I have been cutting out expenses and I bought a new car better on gas and pocketbook- It is a stick. I stalled at alight and this guy was going nuts...I caught up to him and told him how sorry I was I got a stick haven't driven one in year etc etc.. He replied I'm such a jerk. People like you have to remind me what a %*T&88 I am - Then I thought how good it would be to start a movement drive it forward.
Drive it forward is a message you would display on a bumper sticker. That says your a courteous driver. You let them in. Your understanding a happy drive. It a movement
Like pay it forward
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It is a movement to promote happy healthly driving. I got a new car and it was a stick - i stalled at a light and a man went nuts. I caught up to him and explained what happened and he told me thanks for reminding him that he need to be more human when he is driving. I thought what a great idea to have a reminder that your a courteous driver.
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Memo to PepsiCo: Lose the beverages, keep the snacks and buy Mondelez
Jul 18, 2013
That headline is pretty much the gist of a lengthy "whitepaper" that Trian Fund Management, which owns significant stakes in both companies, posted on its website July 17.
Activist shareholder Nelson Peltz, founding partner and chief executive of Trian, explained on CNBC that he is urging PepsiCo Inc. to acquire the newly independent Mondelez International Inc. to create what should be the world's largest snack food company. Even if PepsiCo doesn't do the deal, it should separate its snack and beverage businesses, he said.
Peltz has been suggesting improvements to PepsiCo for some time, but the company has indicated it's not interested in such radical changes. Mondelez itself has been growing more slowly than projected since its October 2012 split from Kraft Foods.
"Trian believes PepsiCo is at a strategic crossroads as secular forces ranging from changing consumer tastes to the increased importance of emerging markets have changed the outlook for its key businesses," Trian said on its website. "Trian believes PepsiCo's current structure is increasingly unmanageable. While it has a leading portfolio of 22 billion-dollar brands, PepsiCo has underperformed its peers as it grapples with the differing needs of its fast-growth (snacks) and slow-growth (beverages) businesses and the resulting inherent conflict in allocating its resources."
Trian's "Alternative A" sees PepsiCo buying Mondelez for $35-38 per share, according to the New York Times, then using the merger "as a catalyst to spin off its beverages business." Trian acknowledged this would be a "transformational merger." Mondelez stock, which neared a high of $32 a share in April, more recently has been trading below $29. PepsiCo, on the other hand, has been on a nice upward trend this year, currently about $86, a 32-year high, although there may be some run-up due to Trian's efforts.
Alternative B foresees no acquisition of Mondelez but the separation of PepsiCo's snacks and beverages.
Trian has amassed stakes of more than $1 billion in both PepsiCo and Mondelez since early this year, the Times reported. While there has been speculation on Wall Street, it's unclear if Trian has enough support among other PepsiCo shareholders. PepsiCo maintains there are significant synergies between its snacks and beverages businesses.
All of these gyrations would, of course, make Peltz a much richer man.


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|System: X360, PS3
|Review Rating Legend
|Dev: EA Tiburon
|1.0 - 1.9 = Avoid
|4.0 - 4.4 = Great
|Pub: Electronic Arts
|2.0 - 2.4 = Poor
|4.5 - 4.9 = Must Buy
|Release: June 10, 2008
|2.5 - 2.9 = Average
|5.0 = The Best
|Players: 1
|3.0 - 3.4 = Fair
|ESRB Rating: Everyone
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by Amanda L. Kondolojy
From the moment you begin playing NASCAR 09, you can tell this is another EA/Tiburon sports game. From the menu design to the gameplay structure, nearly everything about this title reminded me of Madden. Of course, this is a very good thing, not only because I am a huge Madden fan myself, but because it gave me the impression this title would give me a deep and engaging automotive sports experience, just like the deep football experience of Madden.
The first hour or two of the game feels very restricted and only consists of Jeff Gordon showing you all the different ways to play the game. It seems very linear, which is a big no-no in automotive games. However, the good news is once Jeff steps off a little, you are actually able to experience all the different modes of the game. I was actually overwhelmed at first with all the options available to me and was unsure how to start. However, the game is organized extremely well and has a central point from which you can decide what you want to do.
The individual season mode will probably grab the attention of most gamers, and allows you to create your own car and racing persona. From there, you can run a short season, medium season, or full Sprint Cup season. You'll b able to take your car on the road and compete in races from Florida to Arizona and everywhere in between. Races generally have around ten laps, and I was struck by how long most races were. Instead of a five minute race like you would find in Gran Turismo or Need for Speed, races will generally take about twenty minutes to complete. Furthermore, if you plan to practice and qualify, they can take even longer. So, if you're looking for a casual pick-up-and play experience, the season mode will definitely leave you a little more committed than you might have originally wanted. The length of the races during season races also becomes an issue just because the gameplay can get pretty boring during those twenty minutes and is only punctuated by a few non-interactive pit stops, especially if you have the competition beat and are just riding the track until you run out of laps.
Luckily, there is a much shorter mode that features faster and challenging gameplay. The Sprint Driver Challenge mode features several high intensity challenges that range from remaining above a certain speed to passing a certain amount of cars. There are also a few "boss" battles in this mode where you will be pitted against racing legends and it will be your task to reach the finish line first. This mode provides the most fun, and is extremely fast-paced. Some challenges take only a few seconds to complete, while others will take a few minutes, but all of them are very fun and will probably take more than one try to complete successfully.
Although the main focus of NASCAR 09 may be the Sprint Cup Series, there are also other racing series you can participate in including the trucks-only craftsman series. It is great to see a NASCAR title incorporate some of the lesser-known series, and I had actually never raced in a Chevy Silverado before now, so that was definitely an interesting experience.
Graphics in this title are extremely sharp and have the type of sheen you would expect from a Tiburon release. Cars are slick, and damage is subtle but realistic considering the durability of stock cars. Tracks are very realistic, but lack a certain amount of detail other automotive titles have recently been able to produce.


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And the Chowdah-head Nation rejoices.
It's apparently a done deal now that the Big Man from Mascouche is on his way to Boston to be the Red Sox set-up man.
Which begs the question: what do we do with the Gagné McFarlane figure on our desk? Our thoughts so far:
a) Put it in a drawer until he leaves the AL East.
b) Ritualistically hang him from his goatee and ping elastics at him.
c) Just live with it, because the Jays aren't catching the BoSox anyhow.
We're leaning towards b).
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Many musicians have had a passing interest in wrestling, but none have maintained a steady love for it more so than the rockabilly icon, Johnny Legend. In this, the second part of our interview with the Rockabilly Rasputin, Legend talks about Classy Freddie Blassie and writing Pencil Neck Geek, his battles with censorship, and his experiences within wrestling, from indy shows to ECW.
The faded star Gorgeous George may have been Johnny Legend's first brush with wrestling stardom, but it was another wrestling superstar of the era, Classy Freddie Blassie, who became a true friend. If George was on a decline, Blassie was at his peak in the early '60s. Legend started going to Los Angeles' famous Olympic Stadium, using L.A.'s infamous public transit, taking him three hours to get there one way.
Legend was noticed first as a photographer at these wrestling events. "I got a reputation of one of the best cameramen at the Olympic. They let me go down to the front row and sit with the press," Legend states with pride. "[The promoters would say], 'There is that kid who takes the good pictures with the $8 Kodak camera.'"
As a recognized wrestling photographer, the wrestlers allowed Legend the rare privilege of penetrating their secretive world. While some wrestlers maintained their kayfabe identities around him, Blassie would never stay in character when behind the scenes or outside of the arena. "Fred was always one of the nicest guys in the world. I had to coax him to get a ferocious look on his face," Legend laughs.
Unlike others who tend to exaggerate, Legend has firm documentary proof of his involvement with Blassie and the other wrestlers: he has 8mm films of Blassie, Al Costello, Hard Boiled Haggerty, and many other wrestlers with him. Legend realizes that this footage is very rare, from an era when wrestlers would rarely allow themselves to be filmed breaking kayfabe.
Legend and his friends went on to start one of the earliest Blassie Fan Clubs, complete with its own newsletters. For these young teenagers, this itself had a lot of perks. "We'd start getting fan letters from girls, sending us photos of them with bikinis," he states with some naughtiness in his voice. Thinking that their photos would end up in the hands of Blassie or figurehead club president, teen actor Jay North, Legend and his friends worked these girls as much as they could, going so far as to write responses to them pretending that they were North.
In the early '70s, Legend's Rockabilly work began getting noticed by the music world with his band, Blue Midnight. But he did not forget his passion for wrestling while a musician: he decided to approach his icon, Blassie, to record a song. Called Pencil Neck Geek, it has become one of the most recognizable wrestling songs in history. "They should put on my tombstone: the man who wrote Pencil Neck Geek," Legend declares.
Rather than becoming the one-hit wonder that it did for Blassie, Legend wanted to do an entire album with the Classy one. "Billy Zoom was going to be a part of it, who later went on to be a part of [influential punk band] X," Legend reveals. A big Blassie fan, scheduling conflicts did not allow Zoom to perform on the album. One can fantasize that had history been different, Zoom's involvement with Blassie might have eventually led to Viggo Mortensen being part of wrestling history, as Mortensen married Zoom's X bandmate, the haunting singer, Exene Ce.rvenka [www.exenecervenka.com.]
Legend did not want to stop there. In 1976, he thought about doing a joint wresting/rock show. "I was hanging around with George Thorogood, who was [both] a big wrestling fan, and a big Blassie fan, and we wanted to do a combined wrestling and rock show," Legend explains. "The whole thing was the bands would have performed in the ring, not somewhere else. I had worked out all the logistics and audio."
Once again, circumstances prevented this dream from coming to fruition. Legend continued with his Rockabilly career. It wasn't until 1985 that he would be able to take his ideas to the next level, but he wouldn't be able to do so without the help of the King. Not Elvis Presley, but the real King, Jerry Lawler.
Lawler and Legend put on a show called "Rock and Roll Wrestling," and Legend puts over Lawler big time in terms of making the venture happen. Legend says that his own contributions involved having the wrestlers use 1980s alternative and new wave as their theme music, while other promotions were still using 1970s rock. To Legend, mixing wrestling with the most current and alternative music is the way to hook new fans, back then and to this day.
To coincide with the show and eventual video of Rock and Roll Wrestling, Legend convinced the cutting edge label Rykodiscs to put out an album featuring wrestlers singing rock tunes, that featured Lawler and future Minnesota Governor Jesse "The Body" Ventura, among others. "By a strange twist of fate, WWF's wrestling record came out the same week as ours did," Legend points out, and he heard through various sources that Stamford was not pleased at this coincidence whatsoever.
What further irritated them was that "We sold 25,000 videos of Rock N Roll Wrestling, and Coliseum Video told me that we sold as much as one of their WWF videos."
Irritating America's most successful wrestling promoter did not figure on Legend's radar. Throughout his career, he has had far more powerful opponents coming after him. A humble man who only spoke about this after much goading, Legend finally spoke about his crusades to defend the First Amendment over the decades.
One of Legend's many interesting experiences was working as a checker for the adult film industry in the 1970s. A long forgotten profession, checkers would be dispatched by producers to various adult cinemas across America to count the patrons seeing their films, to ensure that they were not being ripped off by unscrupulous theater owners. The counting done, checkers would also be paid to watch these adult films, to make sure they were being shown in their entirety.
Legend took full advantage of being able to see most of America at his employers expense. "It was a real Jack Kerouac thing for me, going on the road," Legend recalls fondly. As luck would have it, Legend's career as a checker coincided with the release of his employer's film Deep Throat, which became the most controversial adult film in the history of the genre.
Legend saw the film being protested coast-to-coast, with people calling not only for it to be banned, but adult cinema in its entirety. He was able to see the same people who later made life a living hell for Larry Flynt, and realized that if this self-appointed group that might as well have been called the Ministry to Promote Virtue and Eliminate Vice had their way, freedom of speech would have become a distant memory.
"We gave them what they wanted," Legend says with glee. "I was good friends with the projectionist, so we decided to pull a trick where we interjected scenes from [a hardcore film called] Teenage Fantasies during certain scenes of Deep Throat." Of course, no one knew what Legend was doing, since he was able to cut between both films almost seamlessly. Needless to say, those scenes from Teenage Fantasies made the Deep Throat scenes seem like The Little Mermaid.
The self-appointed censors of the town were thoroughly disgusted by what they had seen. At a town council meeting soon after the screening, the leaders of this group stood up and gave speeches full of fire and brimstone, calling for it to be banned, and the theatre to be shut down and razed. "The head pastor in the town later spoke up at a town meeting, with tears in his eyes, saying it was the most horrible thing he had ever seen, and definitely the work of the devil. He started describing the scenes, and quoting the explicit dialogue verbatim," Legend says, while imitating the voice of the religious zealot.
Legend's brilliance then reveals itself: the head pastor's veracity was called into question because he was describing a film that wasn't Deep Throat. An unlikely source came to the rescue of the film after the pastor's peroration.
"One of the town's top policeman, who loved and knew his porn, stood up and laughed, saying to him, 'You went and saw the wrong film, pastor. That's Teenage Fantasies," Legend laughs. "The pastor then was so humiliated and sat down, like a broken man. The screening of Deep Throat went on as planned after that," and Carolina Beach's self-appointed censors never bothered that theatre again while Legend was there.
Legend was so inspired by his own victories that he decided to make adult entertainment films of his own. He is one of the foremost historians of American adult entertainment, and one of his aforementioned heroes also shared a love of this genre of film. "Fred Blassie was a porno fan," Legend says as a matter-of-fact. "He didn't know much about film other than pornos. [He used to say], 'Unless it's John Wayne or Paul Newman, I don't know who the hell you're talking about!'"
Legend's first adult entertainment film was called Teenage Cruisers, released in 1977. Combining Rockabilly music with adult entertainment, it became an underground classic of its time.
Most recently, Legend made an adult film entitled Nympho Libre, in 2007. No doubt capitalizing upon the successful farce, Nacho Libre, Legend's film is notable for being a pastiche of various art forms: adult films, lucha libre wrestling, and, most importantly "Tijuana Bibles." Tijuana Bibles were subversive comic books depicting sexuality, and popular between the 1920s and 1960s, sometimes featuring satires of popular comic book characters such as The Archies, but engaging in acts that would have been more at home in Hustler. In today's world, Japanese hentai anime would be the closest thing to a Tijuana Bible. Legend admits, "It was an excuse to shoot something with wrestling scenes, but it turned into something really avant-garde."
Legend's adult films were so mainstream that his old friends at Rykodiscs, picked up both Nympo Libre and Teenage Cruisers, introducing the latter film to a whole new generation of fans. By this time, however, Ryko had a bottomless pit of money to promote Legend's DVDs, since they were now owned by Warner Brothers. "Ryko said we'll throw caution to the wind," and heavily promote these films, Legend says. "Tower Records was even planning to put up displays all over the country," advertising Nympho Libre.
If a new generation of counter-culture fans were discovering Legend's work, the law of physics would demand an equal and opposite reaction from a new generation of cultural prudes and censors. The newspaper juggernaut, the New York Post, published a scathing piece on its infamous Page 6 in July 2008, condemning Warner Brothers for distributing Legend's Teenage Cruisers. Almost instantly, the Post's readers inundated Warner Brothers with calls, feigning great moral indignation. "Warner blew a gasket," according to Legend. Unlike the 1970s, the forces of closed-mindedness and censorship won this battle.
Demonstrating his magnanimity, Legend was less concerned about his own DVD being banned, but more about the other films that have now been banned as a result of the attention given to his films. "Ryko had no comeback, and shut down their entire erotic art-film catalogue, which is almost half their library," Legend says with consternation in his voice.
But for Legend, there was a silver lining in all of this: the publicity he garnered from the New York Post caused there to be a renaissance of his works, not just of his adult films, but of his work in Rockabilly and wrestling. In fact, the DVD producers can hardly keep up with the orders of Nympo Libre these days, with orders for it coming all over the world. "It's become a cult classic already, with a strong fan following in Russia right now."
Legend's wrestling shows in L.A., first called Incredibly Strange Wrestling (ISW), and then Johnny Legend's Incredibly Strange Rock and Roll Wrestling after he broke with ISW, continued to attract both mainstream wrestling fans, but also non wrestling fans.
The combination of Rockabilly bands playing with American wrestlers, and Lucha Libre stars, provided a forum for fans of all of those genres.
Hollywood celebrities became a constant presence at his shows -- stars who would otherwise not be caught dead at a mainstream wrestling event. Legend's genius decided to take advantage of the Hollywood glitterati in his crowd, and came up with a tag team in the late '90s called "Los Paparazzi." They would come to the ring with their cameras, and take photos of their opponents when decimating them.
To illustrate Legend's innovative thinking, he would have Los Paparazzi be ready to pin their opponents, but then announce over the speakers that such-and-such Hollywood star was spotted sitting in a certain row of the audience. The tag team would then leave the ring, pick up their cameras, and start taking photos of the celebrities. Meanwhile, their nearly defeated opponents would have a chance to recover, and often beat Los Paparazzi minutes later.
One celebrity who fell victim to Los Paparazzi's antics was Saturday Night Live star Chris Farley.
"Two weeks before he died, Chris Farley was there. And I had the match planned out so that before Los Paparazzis was going to get the pin, the ring announcer would tell them that a celebrity was there," Legend says. "Chris Farley was drunk out of his mind, and he was going to fall down, so I propped him up on the ring post. He was so out of it, he couldn't get into the ring."
Despite the humor of the situation at the time, Legend looks back and reflects upon the fact that Farley was really in terrible shape, and totally out of control with his addictions. He then recollects with some sadness that Farley seemed to be totally alone:
"At the end of the night, at three in the morning, Farley was still there. I felt strange, since he didn't want to leave. Some Mexican wrestlers saw him there, and he asked them for a ride home. They didn't know who Farley was, so they'd say to me, 'Who is this fat son of a bitch?' Two weeks later, he died. It was just tragic."
Legend continues to be a fan of wrestling today, watching WWE and TNA religiously every week. But he sees a decline in it. "If you look up fast forward in the dictionary, you'll find the WWE logo there," Legend remarks. He respects the wrestlers in the WWE, but mourns the fact that they are trapped in stale storylines.
He also feels that the agents should be allowed to give the WWE wrestlers more freedom. He knows the orders come from higher up, but he feels that the agents should not be in an environment where they are afraid to suggest something new to the wrestlers under their supervision. Everything, for Legend, has become all too predictable in terms of the in-ring action, not to mention the repetitive storylines. "With the WWE, if the match starts with one wrestler getting a lot of offense in the start, they will end up losing in the end," Legend says with some frustration in his voice. "It's the same thing, over and over."
He feels TNA can also use improvement, but finds a few aspects of their show to be on the right track. He singles out their Women's Division, in particular, for praise. "The way TNA handled the introduction of Taylor Wilde was well done," he says, and represents how wrestling storylines can be made appealing to current viewers.
He believes their top star and someone who is destined to be an amazing heel women's champion is Canadian Angelina Love. "She is really sharp. She's a lot sharper than people give her credit for," both in terms of her wrestling and her charismatic delivery of her promos, Legend says.
For those who are unaware, Legend is still the undefeated A.I.W.A. Women's Championship, a belt he has held upwards of 13 years, and knows of what he speaks. He is no coward, and is challenging the most feared Women's wrestler today: "Awesome Kong: I'm calling you out!!!"
When asked what his favorite televised or PPV show has been since the 1990s, he points to Paul Heyman's ECW.
"I was there in Philadelphia [in 1995,] that one fateful night that Sabu came back. Eddy Guerrero [Guerrero] was there, Rey [Mysterio Jr.] was there. Paul E. Dangerously did a lot of great things [with ECW]," Legend says without hesitation.
During that show in 1995, Heyman quietly acknowledged Legend, without the latter's knowledge. At one point in the show, "Joey Styles was standing next to me doing a wraparound," Legend recollects, keeping him in shot of the camera. They didn't mention Legend's name, but a number of his friends, such as Rey Mysterio Jr., ran to him later to tell him that he was on the screen for a few minutes. Legend was touched by this.
"I never had the chance to talk to Paul E [during the show]," Legend says, and he didn't want to disturb him. But he recognized his brilliance first hand when seeing that show.
One is pleasantly surprised by the coincidence that Legend feels a kinship most with a younger wrestling promoter who also got his start in the business as a wrestling photographer.
Legend ends the interview on an upbeat note, leaving one energized not just about wrestling, but about life. Legend reveals a joie de vivre that makes one understand why it is hard to find anyone who will say a bad word about him in a business that thrives upon backstabbing. In a world of the bizarre and insane, Legend lives up to his name: he is truly a one-of-kind character that leaves a lasting impression long after most wrestling fixtures have either faded away into obscurity or eroded from within. It is passion that drives Legend, an unbridled and unrepentant love for all things against what society deems "normal."
One need not have met Legend in order to feel his influence. His theatrical Rockabilly shows and music referring to wrestling and horror films influenced the newer genre of music, Psychobilly, and whether they know it or not, one can feel Legend's presence in the shows of Tiger Army and the cutting edge HorrorPops [www.horrorpops.com].
Look at wrestling fans. Horror film fans. Psychobilly fans. What unites them? What is the one thing that links them all together in a chain that most politically correct groups would call "socially unfit" pastimes? Passion. Give the fans something they can hold on to, something unique and that they can call their own and you�ll have them forever. Passion is the mortar that binds the stones in the Church of Legend.
But behind the flowing white beard and crazed smile lies the crafty mind of a veteran, not just of the squared circle but also of the world stage itself. Whether he can be found belting out some raucous Rockabilly tunes, or in front of the camera in films produced by Disney's Miramax, or cult film director Tim Sullivan�s sequel to his terrific film remake of 2001 Maniacs, Legend has conquered all that has come his way. As Legend himself says, "I've made a living from Deep Throat to Disney."


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As we continue through a summer filled with uncomfortable triple digit temperatures, Dunkin Donut Coolatas, and blockbuster releases, director Spike Lee (Malcolm X) is steamrolling toward - what looks to be - a very controversial summer. The trailer for Lee's latest film Red Hook Summer, courtesy of iTunes Movie Trailers, has finally arrived and can be viewed above.
Apart from the deeply religious tone that you'll quickly notice upon viewing the trailer, you'll also notice Lee uses a unique style by inserting various shots that look as if they are direct from old home videos. How these shots will be used during the film remains to be seen.
Red Hook Summer stars rookie actors Jules Brown and Toni Lysaith, as well as Treme alumni Clark Peters and James Ransone. The film will also feature an appearance by Spike's Mookie character from Do the Right Thing. Lee co-wrote the project alongside James McBride, who the writer-director worked with on 2008s Miracle at St. Anna.
Check out the official synopsis for Red Hook Summer below:
Red Hook Summer focuses on a sullen young boy, Flik Royale (Brown). He hails from middle-class Atlanta and heads to Red Hook to spend the summer with his deeply religious grandfather, Bishop Enoch Rouse (Peters), in the housing projects of Red Hook. Having never met before, things quickly get off on the wrong foot as Bishop Enoch relentlessly attempts to convert the youth into a follower of Jesus Christ. Between his grandfather's constant preaching and the culture shock of inner-city life, the young man's summer appears to be a total disaster–until he meets a Chazz Morningstar (Lysaith), a pretty girl his age, who shows Flik the brighter side of Brooklyn. Through her love and the love of his grandfather, Flik begins to realize that the world is a lot bigger, and perhaps a lot better, than he'd ever imagined.
As reported here, Lee's 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks company worked out a deal with Variance Films to distribute Red Hook Summer, but that would come after plenty of studios shied away from the project due to one of the films most controversial scenes involving a main character, sex and the bible. Lee would go on to blast the studios by saying, "They [studios] know nothing about black people, and they're going to give me notes about what a 13-year-old boy and girl are doing in Red Hook?"
Spike Lee has the esteemed reputation as being one of the finest directors of our generation, and many would argue that he should have, at very least, been nominated for Oscars in the Best Picture award category for his work on both Do the Right Thing and Malcolm X. Whether or not the old adage of "controversy sells" helps boost ticket sales for Red Hook Summer remains to be seen.
Lee is also set to direct the forthcoming Oldboy remake.
Red Hook Summer is set for a limited release on August 10th, 2012.
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Comes with a bunch of great extra features like 800+ emoji's, heaps of theme colors, dark mode, floating Lollipop notifications, scheduled SMS & MMS, slide to delete, quick snap camera, multi-pick gallery, quick reply popup, better MMS GROUP messaging, audio messages and SMS blocker / blacklisting.
Plus 'oh so easy' default or per contact customization for bubble colors, signatures and notifications (icon color, led color, sound, vibrate, privacy, repeating and muting).
It's pretty special; try it, tell your friends, shout from the treetops, but most of all enjoy it!
Simple. Beautiful. Fast.
P.S works with Pushbullet and Android Wear for SMS Quick Replying.
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"To battle the Empire, a rebel alliance will form, the Jedi will rise, and you will know the power of the Force."
Those are the only words we get in the 15-second teaser for "Star Wars Rebels" that aired during Monday night's "Mighty Meds" premiere on Disney XD. Oh yeah, and "'Star Wars Rebels,' coming to Disney XD in 2014."
The clip shows a Destroyer flying off into space. Honestly, I would like to see more. Maybe Lucasfilm will unveil a longer promo at New York Comic-Con this weekend.
"Star Wars Rebels" takes place between "Episode III" and "Episode IV" when "the Empire is ... hunting down the last of the Jedi Knights as a fledgling rebellion against the Empire is taking shape," an earlier Lucasfilm release said.
Dave Filoni, who served as supervising director of "Star Wars: The Clone Wars," will executive produce the new series. Joining him as executive producers are Greg Weisman ("Young Justice," "The Spectacular Spider-Man," "Gargoyles") and screenwriter/producer Simon Kinberg ("X-Men: First Class," "Sherlock Holmes"), who also will write the premiere episode.
Reactions on the Star Wars YouTube are mixed. What do you think of the teaser?
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I want to get a couple atheist stories out of my guilt file before it's too late. Ignore this YouTube here for a second and let's look at the good media coverage. Here's the Associated Press report on a recent atheist event:
FORT BRAGG, North Carolina (AP) — For the first time in history, the U.S. military hosted an event expressly for soldiers and others who don't believe in God, with a county fair-like gathering Saturday on the main parade ground at one of the world's largest Army posts.
The Rock Beyond Belief event at Fort Bragg, organized by soldiers here two years after an evangelical Christian event at the eastern North Carolina post, is the most visible sign so far of a growing desire by military personnel with atheist or other secular beliefs to get the same recognition as their religious counterparts.
The purpose was not to make the Army look bad, organizers said, but to show that atheists and other secular believers have a place in institutions like the military.
"I love the military," said Sgt. Justin Griffith, main organizer of the event and the military director of American Atheists. He added, "This is not meant to be a black eye."
Even though the event ended up being smaller than organizers had hoped for, reporter Tom Breen got enough facts, color and analysis to fill a nice long report. Griffith talks about life at the post and the challenges that atheists face there. We learn not just that the turnout, at several hundred people, was lower than the 5,000 hoped for but that rainy weather may have been a contributing factor. Specifics are given about the festive atmosphere. We get quotes from the speakers and artists who performed at the event.
Since some soldiers from the base had expressed concern that the event would disparage soldiers with religious beliefs, that topic is addressed head on, with quotes. Rather than telling readers what to think, we're just told what was said at the event.
Finally, the story gives some history, explaining why the event took place and what atheists at the facility are trying to accomplish. And we learn that the same foundation (Stiefel Freethought Foundation) that gave Religion News Service money for coverage of atheism also sponsored this concert. I didn't find RNS coverage of the concert, but that could indicate my own trouble navigating search engines.
Reuters also had a pretty good story (although I could do without the "atheists in foxholes" reference in the headline and copy). It included some helpful data, too:
Christianity also dominates the religious makeup of the military. Only about 8,000 out of 1.4 million active duty members in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force identify themselves as atheists, and another 1,800 say they are agnostic, according to the Defense Department.
OK. Let's go back up to that YouTube for the bad. Via The Friendly Atheist, a reader found this Dallas-Forth Worth-area Fox treatment of an atheist ad campaign. A group there was planning on running a campaign with billboard ads and ads in theaters before movies. But for some reason the reporter and anchor were obsessed with painting it as a campaign targeting children. Nowhere are these claims backed up by actual quotes from the atheist group or the sources for the story. I mean, it's not like the ad campaign avoids children, just that it's a bizarre focus for the piece considering they target folks of all ages.
Now, the same station did a later report where a couple from the campaign came in for a longer interview in-studio. And that interview is actually very nice. The questions are fine and the couple is given the opportunity to respond fully. A different station did another segment on the ad campaign -- which was a positive campaign in favor of atheism -- as "anti-religious."
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by Len Lear
Not many human beings on earth can honestly claim that something they did was responsible for saving millions of human lives. But West Mt. Airy resident Albert Schatz, who died of pancreatic cancer at 84 in his home in January of 2005, did just that. And this humble humanitarian never got the proper credit for his astonishing achievement.
In fact, according to a just-published book by author Peter Pringle, "Experiment Eleven: Dark Secrets Behind the Discovery of a Wonder Drug" (Walker & Company, 269 pp., $26), Schatz was not only denied credit for the world-changing antibiotic he discovered, but astonishingly, his name never appeared on the Nobel Prize that was awarded for the discovery.
Schatz, the son of poor Jewish farmers in Connecticut, while working on a master's degree in soil microbiology at Rutgers University in 1943, extracted a compound from the fungus Actinomyces griseus which halted the growth of many virulent bacteria cultured in test tubes, including the bacilli that caused tuberculosis.
At the time Schatz was being paid $10 a week as an assistant researcher in the lab of Selman Waksman, his microbiology professor at Rutgers. Schatz tested hundreds of soil micro-organisms for anti-bacterial activity. He finally discovered in the throat of an infected chicken and in a compost heap the fungus which halted the growth of many virulent bacteria, including some known to resist penicillin.
Schatz tested the compound on a patient with tubercular meningitis because no one had ever survived the disease. But after this patient was treated with streptomycin, he survived and his health improved. The compound discovered by Schatz was reproduced in the lab at the Mayo Clinic as streptomycin, the first antibiotic ever found to be effective against tuberculosis. It was also the first effective treatment for bubonic plague ("The Black Death"), which had also killed countless millions in horrible, unspeakable ways for centuries. His discovery also stimulated the fruitful search for other micro-organisms in the soil that secrete antibiotics.
It's hard to overstate the importance of Schatz' discovery. According to the World Health Organization, tuberculosis has killed millions of human beings annually at least since the days of ancient Egypt. (In the past 20 years or so, tuberculosis has reared its ugly head again, killing large numbers of people anew, in part because of the HIV virus, which reduces the resistance of the body to the TB bacilli's infection.)
When I first met Dr. Schatz in the 1960s (he earned his doctorate from Rutgers in 1945), it was over our mutual opposition to the Vietnam War, not his historic discovery. In fact, he was so modest that he never mentioned his scientific accomplishment, which I did not learn about until years later.
"We all have an obligation to fight injustice," he said at the time, "as long as we are healthy enough in mind and body to do so. When we have an opportunity to relieve suffering, we must do so."
Despite the esteem Schatz was held in by fellow scientists, he lived in virtual anonymity in West Mt. Airy, never seeking center stage but always helping those less fortunate. Schatz volunteered at Weavers Way Co-op, for example, and at the Happy Hollow soup kitchen in Germantown. He also would collect used furniture and give it to inner-city families. "I don't want it mentioned in the paper," he once told me. "It's no big deal. Many people do a lot more."
Dr. Schatz' contributions to humanity did not end with streptomycin. In 1946 his research led to the discovery of nystatin, an antibiotic that controls fungus and yeast infections. Dr. Schatz was head of bacteriology at Philadelphia General Hospital in the early 1960s, and in later years he was a professor at the University of Chile Medical School, Washington University in St. Louis and Temple University, from which he retired in 1981.
After his retirement, Dr. Schatz became an outspoken advocate of alternative medicine and spiritual healing, partly because of a whiplash injury he suffered in an auto accident and a lower back injury caused by a fall. "On three occasions," he once told me, "spiritual healing was very helpful when conventional medical treatment gave me little if any relief. This motivated me to apply my research background to the study of spiritual healing. At first I was skeptical because scientists at the time did not generally accept such a thing, but I could not deny my own personal experiences."
Dr. Schatz also taught a workshop for Mt. Airy Learning Tree entitled "Dowsing for Health and Spiritual Healing." He taught students how to "dowse" (use a divining rod to find underground water), another practice usually treated with contempt by scientists. "You can dowse subtle energy fields of the human body," he said, "and these subtle energy fields are involved in regaining and maintaining health."
My wife, Jeanette, another West Mt. Airy resident who, by sheer coincidence, also has a doctorate degree (in education) from Rutgers University, took Dr. Schatz' course on dowsing. "First of all, he was a wonderful teacher, very sensitive and enthusiastic," she declared. "Furthermore, I was so impressed that a famous scientist would explore something that most scientists regard as voodoo. And he proved that it really worked. He showed that there is energy behind what you can see, and this energy can be harnessed for the benefit of your health. He followed his heart. He was not only a pioneer with streptomycin but also with bridging the gap between the physical and the metaphysical."
Tragically, Dr. Schatz never got the official recognition he deserved for discovering streptomycin. His professor, Selman Waksman, received the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1952 for "his discovery of streptomycin," although Dr. Schatz insisted that Waksman did none of the research and almost never even came into the lab. (It was standard practice for many years for professors to take credit for the research of their students.)
According to Pringle's new book, Waksman did not tell Schatz of his lucrative deals that resulted from the discovery of streptomycin, and Schatz did not know otherwise. But "Rutgers would make $12 million from 1947-67," Pringle said in a recent interview with a reporter. "And Waksman started earning enormous sums almost immediately, $400,000 in the first two years of royalties, which was a lot for those days."
Dr. Schatz lobbied the Nobel Prize Committee to be included in their prestigious honor, but he was turned down. Rutgers University finally did give him a medal that reads: "The worldwide impact of this discovery is now part of medical history."
Dr. Schatz is survived by his wife of 60 years, Vivian (nee Rosenfeld), who is now 87 and still lives in West Mt. Airy. The couple met with Vivian was a microbiology undergraduate at nearby New Jersey College for Women (today Douglass College). "Albert worked such long hours," Vivian said Tuesday. "He was completely dedicated to finding a cure for tuberculosis." The couple had two daughters, Linda Schatz, mother of one who lives in Mt. Airy, and Diane Klein, mother of three who lives in center city.
One of the Schatz' grandchildren, Carl Sigmond, a student at Haverford College, along with fellow students Gebby Kenny and Vanessa Douglas, has made a documentary film, "Discovering Albert," about the streptomycin saga. It won the "Best Coursework Film" award at the Bryn Mawr Film Institute's Tri-Co Film Festival earlier this year. What makes Sigmond's accomplishment even more remarkable is that he has cerebral palsy and thus had to do much of the film editing with an adapted keyboard and joystick mouse while in his wheelchair. Carl is currently working on a longer film about his grandfather.
Vivian has made a brief video about the betrayal of her husband, which can be seen at www.philly.com/schatz


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ORLANDO, FLA. (April 16, 1:25 p.m. ET) — France's Simpoe SAS exhibited the new SolidWorks plastics simulation software product line, which it was selling in collaboration with Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp., at NPE2012.
"The software simulates the injection molding process so users can look at aspects such as warpage or cooling," said Simpoe COO Thierry Leroy, who added that the software can save injection molders 25-30 percent in manufacturing costs.
The Simpoe software comes in four different packages – Xplorer, ENG Package, MFG Packaging and TOOL Package – and simulates a variety of parts, with or without inserts. It includes tools for looking at aspects such as gate location optimization, runner balancing and weld lines.
Simpoe recently signed a sales and marketing distribution agreement with Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks, meaning SolidWorks users don't have to change their interface to make use of the new technology, Leroy said. It comes in several languages and is targeted at both mold and product designers.
"We are the only company to offer plastics simulation technology of this kind," he added.
Simpoe is based in Torcy, France, and has a staff of 20. Some 85 percent of its business is in exports, Leroy said.


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In case you somehow missed it, the biggest human rights controversy of the 2014 Winter Games is Russia's treatment of individuals from the LGBT community. So far we've been treated to such delights as the mayor of Sochi saying there are no gays in town (um, sure) and Russian laws passed banning gay-rights activities.
On the eve of the Games, one Canadian group has issued its rallying cry: Keep the Olympics gay.
The Canadian Institute of Diversity and Inclusion makes a case in the snarky little video above. It's fun and cute and probably not the last protest we'll see during the next few weeks.
In fact, today's Google doodle is a drawing of Olympic athletes set against a rainbow background. Clicking on the doodle takes you to a search for "Olympic Charter," which the IOC says it would be willing to amend to include a rule against discrimination due to sexual orientation.
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Bride-To-Be Wakes From Coma After Crash Thinking She's 8 Years Old
In August, Emily Falcioni was about to graduate nursing school and marry her fiance, Justin, but then they were involved in a devastating car crash that, while they both survived, left Emily in a medically-induced coma with a traumatic brain injury.
There was a chance she would be in a vegetative state for the rest of her life, but Emily pulled through, however there was a complication. When Emily woke from her coma, her mother asked Emily her age. The 27-year-old thought she was 8 years old.
Emily doesn't remember those first days of being awake, but she does remember the time after because she spent it going through hours of therapy and rehab, which has all paid off.
Doctors originally thought Emily might be able to dress herself after a year but would never be able to live by herself, however she incredibly beat the odds.
Six months after her accident, Emily is now set to graduate nursing school near the top of her class. Meanwhile, Justin, who was on life support and severely injured himself, also has been recovering well and he and Emily will be getting married in July.
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South Carolina health insurance policies cover chiropractors*, optometrists*, podiatrists, psychologists*, social workers*, speech or hearing therapists, coverage for adopted children, continuation coverage for dependents, continuation coverage for employees, conversion to non-group coverage*, extension of coverage for handicapped dependents* and coverage for newborns*.
Each of these individual mandated coverage items accounts for less than 1% of the total cost of insurance with the exception of coverage for dentists and those coverage items marked with an *. Coverage for dentists accounts for 3% to 5% of the total cost of insurance and those items marked with an * each make up 1% to 3% of the total cost of a health insurance policy that provides these benefits.
South Carolina has 29 total health insurance mandates. The mean number of health insurance mandates for all of the states is 38. Generally, states that have a higher number of mandates have higher cost of health insurance in comparison to states with a lower number of health insurance mandates.
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The area is formally recognised through World Heritage listing as being part of the natural and cultural heritage of the world community. The core area was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1982 on the basis of all four natural criteria and three cultural criteria, at the time satisfying more criteria than any other World Heritage property on Earth.
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A federal judge ruled that women accusing Goldman Sachs Group Inc of discriminating against them in pay, promotions and performance reviews may pursue their claims as a group in a class-action lawsuit.
The decision late Friday afternoon by US District Judge Analisa Torres in Manhattan covers female associates and vice presidents who have worked in Goldman's investment banking, investment management and securities divisions since September 2004, and employees in New York City since July 2002.
Goldman was accused of systematically paying women less than men, and giving them weaker performance reviews that impeded their career growth.
Class certification can help plaintiffs achieve greater awards at lower costs than if they sued individually. Kelly Dermody, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, estimated that more than 2,000 people are in the certified class.
Goldman had no immediate comment.
The lawsuit is one of the highest-profile cases targeting Wall Street's alleged unequal treatment of women, a claim raised in a variety of litigation against many banks for decades.
In her 49-page decision, Torres said the plaintiffs provided "significant proof of discriminatory disparate treatment" at Goldman.
She cited as an example an expert's report that female vice presidents and associates were on average paid a respective 21 percent and 8 percent less than their male counterparts.
The judge also said the plaintiffs provided proof that Goldman was "aware of gender disparities and gender bias," but did not adjust its policies.
"We obviously are very, very pleased," Dermody said in a phone interview. "This case is eight years old, and sometimes it's worth the wait."
The plaintiffs were led by Cristina Chen-Oster, Mary De Luis and Allison Gamba, who were all vice presidents, and Shanna Orlich, who was an associate.
Torres said the class action will not include the claim that Goldman maintained a "boys' club atmosphere" where women were allegedly subjected to unwanted stereotyping, harassment and retaliation.
She said this was because "individual" rather than "common" issues would predominate.
The lawsuit began in September 2010, and according to Torres was delayed largely by a dispute over the kind of relief that former employees could obtain.
The case is Chen-Oster et al v. Goldman Sachs & Co et al, US District Court, Southern District of New York, No. 10-06950.
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Your just the sweetest thing Nuala , don't let these bad boys corrupt you or I'll have to get my knuckles out have a good night Nuala
Puddin, thought you might enjoy this. [And everyone else]
Someone tell me why there's a new thread for this game...?
Oh I see , I'm getting the cold shoulder because I trashed MY THREAD .....WELL when the GAME board gets more replies than the real reason we are here " REALITYFANFORUM" then thats just not right ! Get my point ? My Thread the Last Word ... had 4103 hits Top 10 Boards Big Brother 16096 Anything and Everything 10824 <<The Amazing Race 8838 Survivor 10: Palau 5366 The Amazing Race 9 General Chit Chat 4074 Survivor 8: All Stars 3483 Old Spoilers 2783 Other Reality TV Shows 2687 Survivor 11: Guatemala 2261
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Excerpt from Mr. Adnan Oktar's Live Interview on A9 TV dated April 3rd, 2011
Mankind! admonition has come to you from your Lord and also healing for what is in the breasts.
So Allah says it is the healing for your hearts
And guidance and mercy for the believers. (Surat Yunus, 57)
This verse refers to the Qur'an but as a secondary meaning, the verse also refers to Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) and the Prophet Jesus Messiah (pbuh) insha'Allah.
Now surely, everything in the heavens and earth belongs to Allah.So the Prophet Jesus Messiah (pbuh) and Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) are also included in that.
Surely, Allah's promise is true,
Islam will prevail the world
But most of them do not know it. (Surah Yunus, 55)
Allah says, including some certain scholars. The abjad (alphanumerical) calculation of this verse gives the date 2025.
He gives life and causes to die and you will be returned to Him. (Surah Yunus, 56)
No one could ever kill another, when there is death Allah is the One Who creates that. Every person who dies would instantly be returned to Allah. Insha'Allah. None of our conversations, no image, no sound would ever be lost. For instance look, this sound.. this will not be lost forever. In the Sight of Allah, even before I was born from my mother, this sound was there, this one.. It was in the destiny. This pen was also in the destiny. Even before I was born from my mother, this pen existed. Even when my grandfather, my father was not around, this pen was there. This is how destiny is. For instance this image here, our being together in this meeting, in this discourse will not be lost forever, it will remain in the Sight of Allah forever. With this original form, with our manner of talking, it would never be lost, I mean, it is not possible. For it to get lost -may Allah forbid- Allah should be lost. Since Allah would never be lost, the images and sounds would never be lost either. I mean this is how it is technically. I mean this is how it is in respect of technicality. They would never be lost.


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I'm gon' ride, I'm gon' ride
They gon' ride, we all gon' ride
I've come from the heart of South Side
Holdin' it down for my niggas that died
I gotta busy bird on my side
Pop shit and get your whole mouth wired
[Verse 1: Lloyd Banks]
Baby had tried to steal off the payroll
I'll have niggas scrappin' the skin off yo face
With the same shit they peel the potatoes
I thank the Lord for my blessings and I'm glad he gave us
The willpower and reflexes of Larry Davis
You don't wanna see my block formin'
That's a hundred and one doggs
And I don't mean the ones with the spots on 'em
We're respected highly
Cause you don't need to practice gymnastics to catch a body
Me and money's like Whitney, next to Bobby
If I bring all my niggas, I'll need an extra lobby
As soon as you ain't around jake
You get your ass whipped for chips
Now that's the real definition of poundcake
I got the crown, snake, and you can tell when I'm shopping
Cause when the mall stampedin', you feel the ground shake
I got a car I only drive on Thursdays
I'm a stunna, Banks blows more cake than birthdays
[Hook: Lloyd Banks] x2
Look at here, ain't nobody 'round here scared
I'm headin' for the top and I'm almost there
Oh yeeuh, this shiny shit right here
I'll work magic and make you niggas disappear
[Verse 2: Young Buck]
You know how I gets down, this pound holds six rounds
I told ya I'd be back bitch, talk that shit now!
You hear that fo'-fif sound; duck when I spit rounds
Cause this ain't Beverly Hills; you in the bricks now
We ain't got shit down here but dope and guns for sale
You get your head cracked and niggas don't run and tell
It's like we sell crack, get caught, head back to jail
We on that "fuck the police" shit, we livin' in hell
You better guard your grill homey and stand your ground
These bullets burn, they hit whoever's standin' around
I never learn, even after I took a couple shots
I just got me some Band-Aids and bought a couple Glocks
Had to go on a rampage and hit a couple blocks
Once they hear that 12-gauge, that's when the trouble stops
If it's beef, then I'm ready to ride
Just come to Cashville, you can find me on the South Side
[Verse 3: Lloyd Banks]
Now I ain't from Michigan but I'm in the Fab Five
You know, Yayo and 50, Buck and Game, you know my fuckin' name
Whether the truck or train, my mind's stuck on the grind
Cause somewhere down the line, a lot of suckers came
Yeah, ain't talkin' shit but we can all tell he ass
Jabs will black his eyes like the R. Kelly mask
You gotta blast me, yo, cause the Louisville
Will have yo head lookin' like the top of a pistachio
The young gunner with a raspy flow
Got every boyfriend thinkin' their girlfriend's a nasty ho
My heart laughin' it's small
Maybe it's cause my grandpop dropped right after the ball
Banks hops out, bulletproof this, bulletproof that
Bulletproof snorkel, when you hot they hawk you
I got the hood on my shoulder
Chain big as a boulder
The 3-5-7 tucker
Yeeuh, haha
I'm here... yeeuh
Lloyd Banks!
G-G G-G G-G G-G G-G G-Unit!
7th track from Lloyds Banks' debut studio album, The Hunger For More. Released on June 29th, 2004, while G-Unit and 50 Cent were at their absolute prime. Production of the song was handled by Scram Jones.


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I have had these tires on for a week and love them so far. Very smooth and quiet. Road bumps and holes are much softer than the OEM Hankooks on here before. The turn is a little slow, but once the tire hooks up they grip like on rails. Got only a couple hundred miles on them, but so far so good. I would recommend these tires to give them a try.
I have not driven on snow so I did not include the rating. I am extremely pleased with the tire.
I purchased some Hankook Ventus S1 Noble2 tires and I love these tires. They grip very well and handle corners amazingly. I would definitely purchase these tires again.
I purchased these tires (4) in January 2014 and I am as happy today (October 2014) as I was when I purchased them. If you want a softer, more luxurious ride, these are the tires to buy.
Couldn't be happier with these tires. Hankook has always made premium tires at an affordable price. Having a 225/50/17 tire size on my Eclipse, you would assume I would have horrible traction in the winter time without having a full on snow tire, but these worked great. I also like to have fun when driving, sometimes throw the e-brake and slide on the rear tires but at the rate I'm going, I'll easily get 50k miles out of the tires even with the abuse. I will definitely be purchasing these tires again.
I bought these tires not too long ago and I love them compared to the Bridgetones I had on there.
Good for the money I paid.
Improvement, of course, over OEM tires. That said, awesome ride with great feedback. Went larger than OEM at 245/45/18 and the look is a HUGE improvement on the Optima SX. Much sportier like an Audi and better at handling on bumpy roads. Feel tiny, tiny slippage on the straight-aways, but I think this is due to the tire's grip of any imperfections in the road surface. Not annoying or dangerous, just noticeable at the 35-45 mph range. No issue at freeway speeds. Not many miles yet and never expect to be in the white stuff, but went all season for the higher expected mileage.
So far, it's been a great tire. Quiet, smooth and very stable at high speed.
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DANIEL NOCERA: I started this project 25 years ago, and I was always interested in solar fuels and sunlight that power the world. When we figured out how to split water and basically use the sunlight to split water to make a solar fuel, that's exactly what photosynthesis does. The day we made that discovery, at first we didn't believe it. It was too good to be true. Sunlight plus water makes fuel. So what does that mean? It means when the sun is on all the time, you can use it directly, but then the sun goes down. You can't use the sun anymore.
So if I could store the sun in terms of a fuel, then at night when the sun goes down, I can use the sun effectively. Sun Catalytix is the company that's taking that discovery to a real, live technology.
What we've done is we just basically make sunlight available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Where Sun Catalytix is headed is that your house would become its own power station and gas station. All of a sudden you don't need any more energy from anybody else because you're using the sun at your house.
We've made the discovery. We know the science works. We've even made prototypes, but what we're really doing with the ARPA-E money is taking the prototype and saying, that's no good enough just to have a prototype. We need to make sure it's robust and low-maintenance.
What a lot of the venture capital companies are doing now is saying, well, ARPA-E just went through a peer-review process, where they decided what are some of the most promising technologies, so no surprise ARPA-E in some ways has been the seed fund for getting a lot of venture capital – (inaudible) – going. So that's where ARPA-E has been really important. It allows me to maintain my contract with the U.S. public to take my invention to them.
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Jason Bishop, who has been called "America's Hottest Illusionist," will be performing his signature brand of illusion at Warren Station in Keystone on Wednesday. The show begins at 7 p.m. and is suitable for all ages.
Combining exclusive large illusions with original sleight of hand tricks and "close-up" magic, Bishop can pull a live goldfish out of an iPhone, pass his assistant through his body and turn an audience member's $1 bill into a $100 bill – yes, the lucky person even gets to keep it. He can also bounce cards off the stage 20 feet into the air, a skill that he said took him 12 years to master. Bishop delivers his mind-blowing tricks with a light touch by using lots of audience participation, frequent humor and a contemporary music soundtrack.
Bishop's one-of-a-kind show has earned him the distinction of being the youngest person to win the Magician's Alliance of Eastern States Stage Award and one of the youngest people to contend in the Society of American Magicians World-Class competition.
Raised as a foster child, Bishop is doing the show to benefit CASA of the Continental Divide, a local nonprofit that advocates for abused and neglected children in order to find them safe, permanent homes as fast as possible. All revenue from the show will support the organization.
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Low Elo Podcast EP. 11 - Red Dawn 2
Jeff is back in the studio just in time to welcome LoL's new, Russian overlords. We talk about M5's utter dominance at IEM Hannover, the strategy they used, and the new top support Janne. We also talk about the role of the jungler, the vulnerabilitiy of the jungle, how to counter jungle and other ways to bring pro strategy into your games. This is our 11th episode of Low Elo: the League of Legends Podcast for the players and we thank you, the players, for listening.


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Twitter now officially supports the cashtag, which sounds very close to Cash Cab but is actually way less fun. Going forward you can click stock abbreviations with a $ in front of them to get financial information about the company.
So for example, when you search $FB, you'll see relevant tweets about Facebook stock doing poorly. Just to be clear, Twitter isn't the place you should turn for monetary advice. Ever. And people frequently get these acronyms wrong ($APL instead of the correct $AAPL, for example). But if you're a finance asshole this could be a bit useful, if not kind of interesting. If you're everyone else it doesn't really matter because who cares for hashtags anyway? [TheNextWeb]


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UPDATE: Jay Leno still has pull in the heartland. While Jimmy Kimmel edged the Chin in Nielsen's big-city ratings earlier today, national Nielsen data from ABC shows Kimmel settling for a still-solid second-place finish in his first night at 11:35 p.m. In overall viewers, the results were Tonight 3.3 million, Jimmy Kimmel Live 3.1 million, and Late Show with David Letterman 2.9 million. Young folks also apparently prefer Leno: Tonight averaged 1.1 million adults under 50, while Kimmel attracted 887,000 in that demo, and Dave scored 683,000. Overall, Kimmel was up about 60 percent in overall audience versus his performance this season in the midnight time slot, and about 33 percent in young viewers. By the way, if usual patterns hold up, Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart will likely end up with more young viewers than either Jimmy or Dave: In 2012, airing at 11 p.m., Stewart averaged 945,000 folks under 50.
ABC's nonstop promotion of Jimmy Kimmel's move to 11:35 p.m. seems to have worked — at least in the nation's biggest cities. Early data from the 56 metropolitan areas where Nielsen has electronic ratings meters show that Jimmy Kimmel Live (2.9 rating) edged out Late Night with David Letterman (2.7) and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2.4) on Tuesday. In the 25 markets where Nielsen demo information is available, JKL placed first with adults under 50 (1.0), again beating Jay (0.8) and Dave (0.6). It's worth noting that, while Kimmel's own ratings were up sharply from what he did when he aired at midnight, JKL doesn't appear to have dramatically boosted ABC's performance at 11:35: On Monday, Nightline averaged a 0.9 rating at 11:35. ABC will have final national ratings for Tuesday later today.


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HARRISONBURG, VA – The York College baseball team dropped a 6-1 decision at Eastern Mennonite on Saturday afternoon in Harrisonburg, VA. The Spartans are now 9-17 overall while the Royals improve to 9-22 overall.
The Royals jumped on Spartan starter Brandon Ullom for two runs in the bottom of the first despite only picking up one base hit in the inning as a walk and a hit batter set the two-run single from Beau Banglesdorf.
The Spartans trimmed their deficit in half in the top of the third as junior Steve Tretter walked, advanced to second on a ground out, to third on another ground out before Devin Harbold plated Tretter with an RBI single.
The Royals added single runs in the sixth and seventh innings before tallying two runs in the bottom of the eighth to provide for the final 6-1 score.
Andy Richter went the distance for the Royals as he allowed a run on eight hits with eight strikeouts and one walk. He improves to 2-6 with the victory.
Ullom suffered the loss as he allowed two runs on one hit with a walk and a strikeout in 2.0 innings of work. Ullom falls to 1-3 with the loss. Freshman Tyler Alexander had a solid outing in relief of Ullom as he tossed four innings, allowing a run on one hit with two walks and three strikeouts.
The Royals scored their six runs on just five hits as the Spartans committed three errors in the game. Chris Harpine was 2-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI. Banglesdorf was 1-for-3 with two RBI while BJ Mortimer was 1-for-4 with an RBI.
Harbold had a big game for the Spartans, collecting three of York's eight hits while he also had York's lone RBI. No other Spartan had more than one hit in the contest.
The Spartans return to action on Sunday as they close out their CAC regular season against Wesley at 2:00 pm at Jaquet Field. York then begins the CAC Tournament on Tuesday against an opponent and a site to be determined.
Photo: Devin Harbold notched three hits in the Spartans' loss Saturday. Harbold photo courtesy of Zach Clabaugh (www.sharpedgefoto.com)


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