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Step into an immersive tour through London's history, narrated by the animals who once lived here. Beasts of London explores the fascinating role animals have played in shaping the capital. Be guided through time, from the Roman era through Medieval London and right up to the present day, narrated by the beasts themselves. Discover how animals – from lions and elephants to horses, rats and pigeons – have shaped the city and its beastly history.
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Are you part of a jet-setting LGBT couple looking to travel abroad this spring? Let the U.S. State Department guide you toward the countries you should and shouldn't visit.
Sometime in the last few weeks, the folks at Foggy Bottom took a break from warning people not to visit, you know, Syria, and launched a world-spanning travel site specifically catering to the LGBT set. It's really something: thorough federal advice for "LGBT individuals or families," even as the Supreme Court is on the verge of taking up the Defense of Marriage Act. This is progress, people. But things are not so progressive out there — no, says the State Department, things can get ugly across the border:
There are a number of countries that provide legal protections to those who are LGBT. Unfortunately, there are others that do not, and a significant number that even criminalize consensual same-sex sexual relations.
So that's why they've launched a Q&A page and a country-specific guide to LGBT regulations around the world from countries like Afghanistan, or Switzerland. They also have broader advice like, "Be a responsible adult," and "Be wary of new-found 'friends,'" but those are hardly LGBT-specific. That the State Department is providing awareness of this country's legal protections, though, that is specifically something new. And useful!
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The Washington Wizards lost to the San Antonio Spurs tonight and are now 0-12 on the season. John Wall remains injured but it looks like he has a plan. Or he's falling asleep. Either way.
TNT, meanwhile, continues to razz the shit out of Washington, comparing them to the Washington Generals. It involves singing and reciting names—something they've done before.
"C'mon man," Barkley said. "The Washington Generals. C'mon. You want to call them, Bullets, Wizards. I call 'em the Washington Generals….Hey, that's my man Meadowlark Lemon out there. C'mon man."
It's almost impossible to think things could get worse, but you never really know do you? And it's no use looking to the upcoming schedule (though it includes the Knicks and Heat upcoming) because you are literally the worst team in the league—there are no "fatten up" portions to the schedule when you are a Washington Wizard.
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Nearly two years after passage of the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, or Dodd-Frank, much remains unclear about the legislation's scope and significance. In Research magazine's July cover story, "Dodd-Frank's Many Questions," policy analyst and author Nicole Gelinas ennumerates uncertainties and unknowns in areas ranging from "orderly liquidations" and the Volcker Rule to credit-card disclosures and payday lending.
In "Seeking Social Media's Payoff," Ellen Uzelac looks beyond the hype surrounding social networking to assess the burgeoning field's potential benefits for financial advisors—and the risks for those who are slow to get involved.
Research's popular annual feature "Portrait of a Branch Manager" this year focuses on Keith Vanderveen, president of the home region of Wells Fargo Advisors' Private Client Group. Profiled by Jane Wollman Rusoff, Vanderveen is a hard-driving competitor who is dedicated to bringing his once-lagging region into the top spot among the firm's territories.
Other highlights of the issue include Prof. Michael Finke offering analysis of how to revamp planning for "Retirement in a Yield-Free World" and Sales Seminar columnist Bill Good drawing out UBS's Ira Walker's wisdom on " Aiming High" to become a top producer.
Click through the following slides to preview the July issue of Research magazine.
On July 20, 2010, President Barack Obama signed into law the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, better known as Dodd-Frank. Nearly two years later, formidable uncertainties remain as to what the legislation entails, writes Nicole Gelinas, a Chartered Financial Analyst charterholder and contributing editor to the Manhattan Institute's City Journal.
"The law had three broad goals: preventing bailouts, protecting the economy from the risk posed by the nancial industry, and protecting consumers from bad financial products. Signing the law was just the start," writes Gelinas. Subsequently, regulators have had to write rules for implementing the law, a process that is still ongoing. Moreover, how those rules will be interpreted in practice involves further uncertainties.
Gelinas offers numerous questions about the legislation that remain unresolved. These cover topics ranging from what firms will be designated "systematically important financial institutions," or SIFIs, and what regulators will do with such firms, to what activities fall under the category of "abusive practices" from which consumers will be protected by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
She also discusses the legislation's "missing pages," or matters that it does not address. These include: "Can Dodd-Frank protect the economy absent reform of Fannie and Freddie and of the government student-loan market?"
Contributing Editor Ellen Uzelac ranges across the important yet overhyped subject of social networking.
She finds examples of financial advisors who are finding valuable contacts and information by using tools such as Facebook and Twitter. She also finds that hard information is hard to come by regarding how such networking affects advisors' bottom lines.
Illustrating the different uses advisors find for social media, Uzelac highlights one who blogs regularly, another who focuses on meeting people and building rapport with clients, and a third who uses Twitter as a "listening post.'
"Social media is not a standalone, not a silver bullet," Marissa Fox-Foley, executive vice president of marketing for LPL, tells Uzelac. "But we are certainly seeing the power of it as a communication and amplification platform. I'm hearing from the wirehouses and other financial advisors that they are following news more on Twitter than on Bloomberg. That's where people are going today for true information updates. That's fantastic."
Contributing Editor Jane Wollman Rusoff profiles Keith A. Vanderveen, president of the home region of Wells Fargo Advisors' Private Client Group. In three years, Vanderveen has driven that region—Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Arkansas and parts of Illinois—from last of 10 to fourth place in profitability and advisor retention.
"His chief goal is to lead the region to No. 1," writes Rusoff. "If resolve and performance record are any indication, that will happen soon."
Vanderveer places a big emphasis on recruiting. One of his key considerations: "I want FAs who understand that they're dealing predominantly with clients in 'the second half of life' who want personal connection and trust."
He also focuses on finding managers who inspire advisors—plus removing ones who don't: "I have not been afraid to change managers when we needed to, and put someone in the seat that knows how to set a vision and inspire people to perform better than they would on their own."
Retirement in a Yield-Free World
In this month's Annuity Analytics column, Prof. Michael Finke of Texas Tech University writes on how to readjust retirement planning for an era in which yields have plummeted.
It's a shift that's not easy to make. "America has become a nation of yield addicts," writes Finke.
Finke looks at declining yields for Treasury Inflation Protected Securities, or TIPS, as an indicator that zero or even negative real returns on safe assets may be the norm over the coming decade. He then delves into withdrawal rate strategies suitable for such a climate.
Finke advises taking a fresh look at annuities that offer a higher withdrawal rate in exchange for a loss of liquidity. "Many advisors bemoan current rates of return on annuities which are as low as 3.8% on an inflation-adjusted single premium immediate annuity,"he writes. "However, these rates are based on the current yield-free reality. Are you willing to gamble that the market is wrong?"
Sales Seminar columnist Bill Good details the strategy that has enabled Ira Walker of UBS to become a top producer.
"The key is leverage," Good explains. "You and everyone else have exactly the same amount of time each week. Why then do some make it to the end of the rainbow and others don't?"
According to Good, "Ira Walker understood and implemented the concept of leverage better than anyone I've seen." That has meant building a staff with specialized functions and following a disciplined "Model Day" schedule.
Good turns the mic over to Walker to explain some keys to success in his own words. For instance, Walker describes how he practices "advocate-based marketing." Says Walker: "A major focus of my day is finding out how I can help my clients. Sometimes it's making a critical introduction. Sometimes it's helping them get tickets to an event that is otherwise unavailable. Sometimes it's referring them business. Some of the people I advocate for appreciate it, and they become great advocates for me."
In his latest Political Monitor column, Senior Editor Kenneth Silber sketches out some developments to watch for in the presidential race.
"Romney has far outpaced Obama in raising campaign funds from donors in financial-services industries," Silber writes, and predicts that the Obama camp will try to turn this disparity to its advantage, by citing it as evidence in portraying Romney as a candidate closely linked to Wall Street.
Yet, Silber observes, "such portrayals seem to be already accepted by the public and their significance discounted." A poll taken in May showed that a 56-32% majority thought Romney would do more than Obama "to advance the economic interests of financial institutions." The same poll, however, had Romney edging Obama 47-46% on being trusted to do a better job of "handling the economy."
To access the July issue of Research, click here.


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This infra-red sensor board contains both an IR transmitter and an IR receiver. The transmitter is enabled via a digital control signal and the receiver provides an analog output. By enabling the transmitter and reading the variable voltage output of the receiver, it is possible to measure the distance of a reflecting object in the region of 1cm to 10cm away.
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Albuquerque police shoot man wielding rifle
Man shot 3 times by police in southeast Albuquerque
Police were at the scene of an officer-involved shooting in southeast Albuquerque on Thursday.
Investigators said police shot the man after he pointed a rifle at them near Zuni Road and Espanola Street, just off of Louisiana Boulevard. Police identified the man as Dennis Aragon, 41.
Albuquerque Police Department Chief Ray Schultz said Aragon was shot three times in the lower abdomen.
Schultz said Aragon came to the area to look for someone who ripped him off during a drug deal. The safety of the rifle was off, Schultz said.
Initial reports indicate that multiple 911 callers saw him pointing his rifle at several people.
When police arrived, they said they found Aragon and two others. Police said the two others complied with police, but Aragon walked away and refused orders.
Schultz said Aragon then turned around and pointed, or shouldered, the weapon at police.
"Shouldering means the gun is actually brought up with the butt stock of the rifle place up in the shoulder position, which usually is done in concert with the intent to use that weapon," Schultz said.
Police then shot Aragon three times, Schultz said.
"I heard, like, four or five gunshots," said witness Josh Baca.
Those gunshots could have been from the officer, but one witness also told Action 7 News that he saw a truck that was being chased by another truck and then he heard gunfire from both just before police arrived.
Aragon was taken to University of New Mexico Hospital, where he underwent surgery. As of Friday morning, Aragon is in critical condition but is expected to survive.
Police said Aragon was in the area on Wednesday night and fired shots into the air, looking for the person he said ripped him off in the drug deal.
Schultz said he has a lengthy criminal history and just got out of jail.
"He has spent about three to four years in prison, just recently got out of jail on the 16th of this month. So, it looks like he just got out of jail two or three days ago," Schultz said.
Thursday's was the fourth officer-involved shooting in the area in 2012. The officer in Thursday's shooting, who has not been identified, is on standard paid leave pending an investigation.
Man criticizes APD's use of lethal force
A man who was shot by Albuquerque police in 2011 when he confronted officers armed with a bayonet said he believes officers had other options on Thursday than to use lethal force.
Orlando Paisano said he believes the Albuquerque Police Department should have used to less-than-lethal weapons.
"They have different options. Where's their mace or batons? Where's their K-9? Where's the bean bag gun?" Paisano said.
Paisano said he was in a similar situation in June 2011 a few blocks from Thursday's shooting scene. Paisano said APD opened fire on him in an apartment courtyard on Bell Avenue and Dallas Street in southeast Albuquerque.
"They Tased me and they shot me eight times," Paisano said.
Police were called by Paisano's girlfriend, who said she'd been beaten and told them he was armed. Two officers showed up and used a Taser on him twice, but it didn't work against Paisano, who officers said was armed with a bayonet.
"I had a bayonet on me, and they had other options," Paisano said.
According to APD, the officers used non-lethal options first, but Paisano put them in a life-threatening situation and they had to open fire.
The officers were justified in the shooting, police said, while Paisano said he survived by the grace of God.


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Goals: 5 (Stanford 2/24/13)
Assists: 1 (twice, most recent at Vanderbilt, 4/1/13)
Points: 6 (Stanford 2/24/13)
Ground balls: 4 (Yale, 3/23/13)
Draw controls: 4 (Boston University, 3/29/13)
Caused turnovers: 1 (Cornell, 3/2/13)
Freshman · 2013
Played in all 14 games ... Ranked fourth on the Crimson with 23 goals and 25 points ... Tallied five goals and added an assist for a six-point effort at Stanford (Feb. 24) ... Added a hat trick and three draw controls at Cornell (March 2) ... Had a ground ball and a draw control against Penn (March 9) ... Netted two goals and had a draw control at Marquette (March 19) ... Tallied two goals, caused a turnover and added a career-high four ground balls against Yale (March 23) ... Had a career-high four draw controls and tallied a goal at Boston University (March 29) ... Netted a goal. dished out an assist and had a ground ball at Vanderbilt (April 1) ... Tallied four goals at Brown (April 6) ... Found the back of the net for two goals at Holy Cross (April 10) ... Scored a goal, added three draw controls and snared a ground ball at Princeton (April 13) ... Had a draw control at Boston College (April 17) ... Tallied two goals and grabbed a ground ball against Columbia (April 28).
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Played two years of varsity lacrosse at St. Anthony's … Helped the girl's lacrosse team win two state championships and a No. 3 national ranking in 2011 and 2012 … Named an Academica All-American in 2012 … Won the St. Anthony's High School Scholar Athlete of the Year in 2012 … Nominated for News 12 Long Island Scholar Athlete in 2012 … Received St. Anthony's Honorable Mention in 2012 … Also played four years of varsity tennis at St. Anthony's … Captain of the varsity tennis B in 2009 … National Honor Society member from 2010-12 … Received the St. Bonaventure Award from 2010-12 … Member of the St. Anthony's leadership team from 2010-12 … Won the Dun Scotus Award in 2009 … Won the Louis Gregoire Award in 2012.


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Having grown up in that area I'm sad to see WOUR not mentioned. Having not lived there for several decades I don't know if they're still on the air or what they've morphed into but in the early seventies glory days of FM radio it was a truly awesome radio station.
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My own sympathies are divided, although my present surroundings are rural in the extreme. Looking out my windows I see, to the south, a corner of the hayfield that borders my yard, and numberless hills beyond; to the west, the remainder of that hayfield, and the beginning of our long driveway; to the north, a copse of woods and a seasonal spring-fed pond that my daughter, Julia, has dubbed Lake Inferior; to the east, more woods, and a couple of cows that have wandered up the hill from the farm next door. When my family and I moved here 11 years ago, I assumed that cattle were naturally hylophobic; that assumption came to an end one day when Julia and I crossed through our woods to a pasture on the other side, attracted the attention of a few irritable cows, and were chased, at a surprisingly high rate of speed, halfway home. We can laugh about it now.
Babe of the Day
In none of my visits to the city have I been chased by a maidan idea not lacking in appeal, now that I consider it. I have, on the other hand, enjoyed many other of the charms of which the city is sole province, including the availability of many and varied broadcast stations. New York City is heaven on earth for music lovers who enjoy FM radio.
In upstate New York, by contrast, the pickings are slim. Our nearest broadcast stations of notable transmitting power are PYX 106 and Q 103, both in Albany, 59 miles east of here. PYX 106, owned by Clear Channel Communications, adheres to a classic-rock playlist: "Free Bird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd, "More Than a Feeling" by Boston, "Squeezebox" by the Who, and countless other songs that have been played to death for nearly 40 years. Q 103, which is part of the Loudwire Network, is a rock station with a slightly more adventurous format: They play the usual product by Kiss and Sammy Hagar and Aerosmith, but they also play Green Day and Goatwhore and Beck. Interestingly, the PYX website also includes "The Weekly Babe Countdown," "Vito's Vixens," and other pages to which listeners can turn for scintillating color photographs of irritable-looking, anorexic women in bikinis; for its part, the Q 103 website has similar pages, titled "Babe of the Day" and "More Babes." Both stations appear to have concluded that their listenership is divided between heterosexual males in whose lives attractive women do not play a significant role and women who don't mind thinking of themselves as fodder for same. This is not unreasonable, given that the bands whose music those stations play have evidently arrived at the same conclusions.
Less robust in my part of the world is, as expected, classical radio. The last time I wrote in this space about FM broadcasting, I enthused about the generally adventurous WCNY (Syracuse); they endure, but their signal seems weaker and less distinct than before, for whatever reason. At the same time, signal-strength gains appear to have been made by the generally excellent WHMT (Schenectady), an NPR station that, unlike the same area's WAMC, manages to stay afloat without semiannual, weeklong cadgefests of inane nonprogramming and threats of the station's imminent demise. Also nearby is WSKG (Binghamton), which ranges from the awful (an announcer with the most preposterous British accent this side of Noomi Rapace's performance in Prometheus) to the sublime (any station that would play Rick Sowash's Daweswood Suite during prime time can't be all bad).
Actually, our little village has a radio station of its own: WJIV (Jesus Is Victory), owned by the Flint, Michiganbased Christian Broadcasting System, and whose local managers are admirable, civic-minded people. WJIV's programming is not to my taste, but it's far better than another very strong Christian-station signal that dominates the left of the dial in my area. The last time I stumbled on the latterno matter how long I can stand to tune in, they never adhere to the law and announce their call lettersI heard a rambling, fevered monologue by a woman who sounded so crazy that I was honestly frightened. There seems to exist a point of view that faith, once considered an accident of birth, may soon become an accident of broadcast.
Perfectly formed
All of this came to mind after my first day with 47 Laboratory's Model 4730 Midnight Blue stereo FM tuner ($1500, footnote 1), one of the most delightful review samples to come my way in recent years. In common with virtually every one of the Japanese firm's other products, the 4730 is modestly sized4.8" (123mm) wide by 3.75" (96mm) high by 8" (206mm) deepand its dark blue casework is geared more toward the aesthetically sophisticated shopper than toward teenaged boys or newly promoted hedge-fund managers in search of a trophy system. Those folks wouldn't recognize this simple, subtly beautiful device as a high-end audio product at all.
The 4730's simplicity extends to its interior, and its design includes a nod to the classic analog tuners of the 1960s: At its heart is an old-style, rotary, variable capacitor custom-made to designer Junji Kimura's specifications. Its shaft is fronted with a beautiful two-piece dial roughly 3" in diameter, which responds with reasonable smoothness to a front-mounted knob. Save for the rear-mounted power toggle, this knob is the Midnight Blue's only user control.
Other 47 Lab traits abound: short signal paths, a mix of point-to-point wiring and small circuit boards, a hand-selected integrated circuit for amplification, and a well-regulated power supply, this one built around a sturdy Triad toroidal transformer. Also included are a pair of gold-plated Switchcraft RCA jacks and two sets of antenna inputs: one 75 ohm F connector and a pair of 300 ohm terminal jacks.
Listening to the radio
I placed the 4730 on the middle shelf of my Box Furniture equipment rack, right next to my seven-year-old Shindo Masseto preamplifierthe Midnight Blue is supported not by compliant feet but by three small, slightly rounded steel studsand connected the two with my enduringly excellent Audio Note AN-Vx silver Litz interconnect. I connected the tuner's 75 ohm input to an attic-mounted RadioShack FM antenna, and the 300 ohm input to a common dipole.
Then my family and I set about to listen. It didn't take long to find the above-mentioned Q 103, our first taste of which was Shinedown aping Joe Cocker's version of "With a Little Help from My Friends." Although not unpleasant, it rivaled Heart's version of Led Zeppelin's "Rock and Roll" for sheer Why the fuck-ednessso I spun the dial to hear what else we could tune in. I found, in no particular order, a snippet of an especially boring Haydn symphony; a discussion of the proper role played by computer games in a fundamentalist Christian family; a commercial for a water park; an oft-repeated and condescendingly dumb commercial for an Albany-area chain of new-car dealers; a little more Jesus; andLed Zeppelin's "Kashmir"!
Footnote 1: 47 Laboratory. US distributor: Sakura Systems, 2 Rocky Mt. Road. Jefferson, MA 01522. Tel./Fax: (508) 829-3426. Web: www.sakurasystems.com.
Is a great FM stereo receiver really any better than a decent HD Radio receiver?
The bit rates are very low, so no a HD rcvr can never sound as good as FM at its best can sound.
..Simply because no company has used one for well over 30 years. But custom designed? Who is going to make such a part with such a small production run? And what can be done to it that hasn't already been done? It's technology that was pretty much perfected by the 1930's. Such parts can be found in the inventory of many a surplus parts supplier, and given the design and construction of the adjacent pcb, the whole circuit strikes me as a fugitive from some old piece of low to midlevel audio gear. No tuner company worth its salt would put out something at this price point with a 3 gang tuning capacitor. Middle of the line 70's stereo receivers had at least 4 gangs, and upper line stuff had 5 or more. Each additional gang resulted in better selectivity and sensitivity. I'd love to hook up my old Sound Tech 1000A to it and check out its performance. Given what I see, my expectations would be low. Doesn't stop it from sounding good, as long as you're not in a crowded metro area, where the marginal selectivity and poor image rejection would likely overwhelm the thing.
I don't know much at all about tuner tech, but that this tuner doesn't look nearly as robust as what was found in nearly every silver faced Pioneer reciever of the 70's.
Which is not to say it doesn't sound excellent. Just that like much of 47 Labs gear, it looks a little chincy.
I will reserve comment until I try it, don't doubt jmsent's observations but we don't see tuner reviews that often, think the last mention was last year and even that wasn't a full review. We have been fed a steady stream of DAC's and all things streaming most of which have frankly left me cold. I would have liked to have learned more about the quality of the tuner's sound; depth, imaging etc, vis a vis other models Naim Nait or Accuphase. But FM is so barely spoken off these days that it was nice to see a tuner review.
Until I hear this tuner, I can only say that of the 47 Labs gear that I've had experience with, the sound and build quality is exquisite!
Aside from this 47Labs unit the only other new tuner design is the Bel Canto FM1. Bel Canto claims new implementations of dsp imbue this tuner with "superb analog output performance". Anyone know?
A gorgeous looking tuner that reminds me of the early Naim Naits, have seen reviews - all positive, although they say very sensitive to antenna placement in one review. Have to go hear and compare.
Looks nice, but I will take a Marantz 10B please, or maybe a tube McIntosh tuner!!!!
I am very pleased to see a new (analog!) tuner at this late date!
In fact, I was extolling this new product in response to a cogent thread on the topic ("why so few AM/FM tuners on the US market") at www.audiokarma.org
I came back to peruse Mr. Dudley's Stereophile write-up to refresh my memory -- and only then did I notice the rather crude looking cabinet work on the first product photo in the column. Looks like a spray-painted Hammond box :-(
That's OK for homebrew but rather inexcusable, I'd opine, for a $1500 commercial, "boutique" product. That said, I would like to give 47Labs (famed as they are for their aesthetic sense as well as for sonics) the benefit of the doubt and assume that Art received a preproduction/"beta" sample!
Here's hoping...
To wit? - A good external 'multi-element' / 'directional antenna with gain' on the roof (or in the loft), and a rotator, and a rebuilt vintage tuner with better selectivity than 3 gangs can give and better indication of your tuning. And probably have enough over for someone install the antenna and cable, or DIY.
Is it a fashion item?! Because the only aspect of it that is high end is the price.
Luckily classical FM is fine down here, for the moment.
Program guide?
They still do live broadcasts using simple miking, too!


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Listen up. I have a bone to pick. We are an under represented population. (Women who are also Atheists that is.) In school we are taught to be nice and lady-like. (I know this is a generalization, but just roll with me here...) In the church, which we have now left, we are taught to submit to our husbands and keep silent. Once an Atheist...NOW WHAT? How do we break free from the constraints that religion has placed upon us? How do we remain feminine, beautiful, and yet be strong and forthcoming about our beliefs and why we hold them? I'm hoping to create some discussion around what it means to be Atheist for us ladies.
Ladies, what have been your experiences having left a male dominated religion and venturing into a belief system which truly defines us as equals when it comes to all human rights?
Do any of you still struggle with aftermath of religious thinking about yourself or your role as a wife/mother, etc?
Men: Feel free to chip in with your insights as well. This isn't battle of the sexes so I don't want to hear anything about that. Your insights are valuable to the discussion. Thanks!
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I'd like to preface my statements by saying that what I'm about to say should be in no way interpreted as an attack on women. What I am going to say however may not be comfortable for women to hear.
It is my observation that the real power which oppresses women (certainly in the more civilized corners of the world) is not male power. Rather it is female power. It is the fear of how your female friends and relations will react to your behavior that keeps you "in line".
No women I know (literally not one) is so submissive as to meekly bow their head and do whatever their husband or boyfriend tells them to. Every woman I know has an independent mind and can think and act for herself and if it was suggested to her by her male relations that she should shut up and do what her husband / boyfriend / father said every woman I know would tell the to F*&K off in no uncertain terms.
The same is not the case however when a woman asserts power over another woman. Here it seems to be that there has been no women liberation. Almost every woman I know spends a good deal of time and energy worrying what other women think and in particular what other women think of them. Frankly I see women being really horrible to each other all the time.
I'd like to know if you agree with this
The main reason that women have not had and in many countries still do not have equality with men is almost completely the fault of religion. With almost all religious leaders being males and having the power to dictate to the masses I would suggest that until at least circa the 1950's most women were not empowered to exercise control over their own lives.
How some women react to each other in certain circumstances has nothing to do with the centuries of submission inflicted upon them by men. Some men may not know any submissive women but I am sure such men are living in parts of the world where women have fought for and won equality for themselves and not in the remaining 75% of the world where they have not. I am sure the 14 year old girl whipped to death on the orders of her local Mullah last week for allowing herself to be raped knew little of women's liberation for it certainly never happened there.
We are more than 50% to blame. In some societies males are 100% the blame for it. The religious leaders are always weak men. Any man afraid of empowering women is a weak man. The sooner the stranglehold of religion is broken the better.
That was a very courageous woman, in your link. Thanks for sharing.
Wow. This woman is a Hitchensian hero. So many good points, so well-put. Very bold. The transcript of this should be some kind of creed or anthem. This is what leadership should look like.
"This is what leadership should look like."
I'd say that this is what courage looks like.
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"Any man afraid of empowering women is a weak man."
That's pretty much it. They don't realize that sharing power will make both sides stronger. We all know the religions were created as patriarchies, and legitimized by "God". Under these circumstances, it is somewhat understandable that people feel they have to adhere to tradition, so this ties people down and prevents them from changing. I believe.
Nice video. I've downloaded it before it disappears again.
They've got to take it on board. It could only have come from an ex-Muslim. She's right, but it's far from being the whole story, and other approaches are needed to follow through.
This is interesting, Teri's comments about growing up believing intelligent women were "too intimidating" and kOrsan's about respect got me thinking. I actually remember a point not too long ago (maybe a few years) where I realized I was intimidated by intelligent women that I would otherwise be attracted to (not all intelligent women-- if I didn't find her attractive, it didn't even matter that she was a woman). Which was fairly surprising to me. It made me stop and think about a lot of things.
First, how in the HELL had I never stopped to think about this before?
Then, my confidence. My security in my own intelligence. I suspected that it might stem from insecurity. But simply addressing that provided the answer: I basically realized my intelligence wasn't being threatened at all. What's the worst that could happen, I learn something new and have to get used to humble responses of awe and gratitude, thereby bettering myself even further? How terrible!
Then I had to evaluate what I was attracted to. Being a 20-something male, that hadn't been a very short list of traits. Suddenly I'd discovered a new standard, and it shortened the list up noticeably.
I thought about how fulfilling the relationships that resulted from my previous mindset would have been. And found that the answer was "Not very." I realized that even relationships with the nicest girls in the world would always have an expiration date because a part of me valued something more.
Then, if I hadn't been intimidated by intelligent women who I hadn't found attractive, why should my being attracted to them make their intelligence intimidating? Physical attraction itself started to seem more and more... secondary. I thoroughly tested this at a number of college parties-- I suddenly had a second sight, and it would ruin random party girls for me forever (although this may have also been the result of a natural progression in my maturity).
So first, I now found the prospect of being with someone who could potentially challenge me and make me better not intimidating, but exciting.
And naturally, even without physical attraction being a factor, I realized that intelligent women were people I wanted to hang around. I had intelligent friends (some), more specifically atheist friends (a few), and most of them were men. I wondered why. It didn't make sense to me, so naturally I couldn't leave it alone. I decided to seek out and befriend atheist women. Kind of on principle.
I figured this shouldn't be difficult; after all, I had friends who were women, even if they weren't interested in things like atheism. Well, it proved to be a little more difficult than I'd thought. And I really felt it out. I started at the office, in group conversation. Three women in my office, three men. Of the men, one was "undecided" (I'd unexpectedly opened him up to atheism in that very conversation), one was Christian, and one was me. The women... all Christian. Over time I'd start leaning the conversation in everyday random interactions (trains, planes, friends of friends, facebook, parties etc). Dead ends, always.
I'm finding that in MOST cases it's a connection to tradition, albeit an invisible connection (which is to say, like their male counterparts, it's a brand they wear and they don't actually believe 2000 years ago a middle-eastern man walked on water and brought people back from the dead). So family can obviously be a factor. They find that what they're content with is "right" and so questioning it is wrong. There's just a whole lot of confusion to break down. And of course insecurity, defensiveness, "the walls"-- it can be difficult to really connect with someone, to say "Hey, I don't have my walls up. I'm not going to hurt you. You don't need yours up either," when you're questioning everything they've been taught. Basically, I've found that you can't poke and prod at it too intrusively or aggressively... which, makes sense I guess. You gotta find the parts that resonate with them the most and work those (I swear I'm not doing that on purpose).
As to finding atheist women (or men), I've recently started focusing on reoccurring themes in demographics. So, like right now, after deciding that the geekier the individual, the more likely they are to be atheist, I've been talking to geeky women. And I'm finding this has produced favorable results. So... look to geeky people?
(I'm very tired, none of this sounds right, I hope it makes some sense)
So, like right now, after deciding that the geekier the individual, the more likely they are to be atheist, I've been talking to geeky women. And I'm finding this has produced favorable results. So... look to geeky people?
I'm pretty geeky so that's another one for your theory. I've really battled to find atheist female friends, and now that I think about it there are next to no geeky girls around here (none that I've met anyway). This is most likely why I am the only atheist in my friendship group, another reason why I don't fit in with said friendship group.
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I was with Alex Knost after the concert of Tomorrow Tulips, which he played. in my home town in 2013, and I decided to take a series of portraits. This is one of them!!!
Tropical Rain...
I was photographing "Água de Meninos" marketplace in Brazil, Salvador da Bahia, when this girl came and asked me to photograph her. I was shooting some portraits, when started raining and she went dancing free.
Golden View!!!
This is what you see when waking before sunrise for an epic XXL session, Nazaré, Portugal.
Under the winter sky
Vasco Ribeiro the WSL 2014 World Junior Champion get's ready for another winter surf session at Guincho beach.
Solitário Surfista
Gabriel o Pensador, a surfer himself, giving great rap show after a day of surfing in Cortegaça the Surf Village.
The Fisherman and his Soul.
A local Fisherman tells the tales from the Sea... I just love the people who are a part of this community "The Sea Community".
The golden city of Marrakesh!!!
Where Is That Pot Of Gold At The End Of The Rainbow?
Alex Botelho's eleven foot board enjoying Nazaré!!!
XXL preparations.
Garrett McNamara and Nic Lamb preparing for the biggest paddle session ever at "Praia do Norte" Nazaré.
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Its just so powerful, the spray and the white water of the waves comes close giving the people a unique show of mother natures raw power, the cliff, Praia Norte, Nazaré, with nearly 100metres, imagine it live and in colour.
Elohe Ali Alvarez playing concertina with his best friend in his living room after a great session of airs in his home break Matosinhos.
Omnipotent. Omnipresent. Omniscient. He is all-powerful, all-present, and all-knowing.
Filipe Toledo thanks God after his Win at Moche Rip Curl Pro Portugal
Neptune, God of the Sea.
With a huge swell hitting Europe it created larger waves in the coastal waters than the previous years so I decided to shoot some images in my home town when Neptune made a visit. As you can see there is the face of Neptune in the middle of the white water.
Hold your breath challenge.
Alex Botelho diving deep. How long do you think he can hold his breath?
let's go shopping!!!
Nic von Rupp went shopping after surfed a cold and giant slab on the West Coast of Portugal
late afternoon sessions
Only a surfer knows the feeling of a night sesh.
Elohe met Doris
My friend and surfer Elohe Ali Alvarez this time went to meet Doris.
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The Tempe, Ariz.-based maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) company signed an installation center agreement with Innovative Solutions & Support (IS&S) to install IS&S' flat panel display system upgrades on Boeing 737, 757 and 767 aircraft. The agreement authorizes its Dallas-based Associated Air Center (AAC) to offer the upgrades.
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After 40 years, case of slain Ottumwa teen goes to trial
OTTUMWA, Ia. – Judith Cabanillas was just 13 when a middle-of-the-night phone call from police conveyed the shattering news: Her older sister had been found murdered in an Iowa farmhouse. Her mother screamed uncontrollably.
That was in 1974. Year after year, the slaying went unsolved as Cabanillas grew up and became mother to her own daughter, who was named after her dead sibling. But she worked tirelessly to keep the case from fading away.
Now, almost four decades after that call, her quest could be near an end as authorities put a suspect on trial Tuesday in the death of Mary Jayne Jones, a carefree 17-year-old with beautiful brown eyes who worked at a drive-in restaurant.
"We hope that we can get some justice for Jayne, that she can finally rest in peace and we can stop grieving so hard for her," Cabanillas said. "It's been a long road."
When her body was discovered, investigators quickly suspected the homeowner's cousin, who had been accused of luring another woman to the same house days earlier and forcing her to perform a sex act.
But authorities did not charge Robert "Gene" Pilcher in the murder because they had no hard evidence. That changed in 2010, when DNA testing linked Pilcher to the sheets on the bed where Mary Jayne's naked body was found.
His trial on a first-degree murder charge is expected to last two weeks in Ottumwa.
Pilcher, 67, hopes to prove the innocence he has always maintained. But for Mary Jayne's relatives, who are coming from all over the U.S., the trial is finally a chance to lock up the man they believe was responsible the loss they suffered on April 9, 1974.
Pilcher's cousin, Max Marlin, owned the farmhouse west of Ottumwa, but was in California at the time. Marlin's father had come to the property that afternoon to farm. When his wife brought over dinner, she discovered the dead girl in a bedroom. Investigators say she had been raped, beaten and shot once each in the face and heart.
Mary Jayne had moved from Fayetteville, N.C., to Ottumwa in 1973 after her older sister, Jacque, married and settled there. She expected to stay only while Jacque was pregnant with her first child, but got a job at Henry's Drive-In, moved into an apartment and started dating.
At the time, Pilcher was the 27-year-old owner of an extermination business. He had access to his cousin's rural house, known as the scene of big parties. A barmaid who worked at the Tom Tom Tap told police that Pilcher took her there four days before the murder under false pretenses, handcuffed her to a bed and forced her to perform oral sex.
While they tried to build a murder case, prosecutors won a conviction against Pilcher for sodomizing the barmaid. But the Iowa Supreme Court overturned the conviction in 1975, finding the state's sodomy law unconstitutional. Pilcher was also convicted of perjury for falsely testifying about when he bought the handcuffs used to restrain the woman.
But the murder investigation sputtered. The family and the Iowa governor's office put up reward money seeking witnesses. Nothing materialized.
As years passed, Cabanillas kept pressing investigators. She traveled to Iowa in 1995, showing up unannounced on the doorstep of the woman who discovered her sister's body to learn more.
"I've never given up. Nobody in our family has ever given up. We might be quiet and unassuming, but there has been letters and phone calls back and forth for 37 years. What's happening? Why haven't you arrested him? Is he still alive? What is he doing?"
During the wait, Cabanillas routinely peppered Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation agents with questions and kept meticulous notes. The family sought to publicize the case with local media, which often reported on the anniversary of Mary Jayne's death.
"The people there in the little town, they didn't forget," she said.
One agent, Wayne Sheston, took the case file with him after he retired and kept working on it until his 2007 death, she said.
When a cold-case unit took a fresh look at the murder, detectives sent long-stored evidence from the farmhouse off for forensic testing. Analysts found genetic material on the bed sheets and developed DNA profiles of three individuals.
A database search yielded a match for Pilcher, who had been required to submit a sample after an earlier felony theft conviction. Agents arrested him at a seedy Des Moines hotel in November 2012, and he's been jailed since.
When police called to tell Cabanillas, "it was just mind-blowing because it came out of the blue," she said. She was at the California home of her daughter, 28-year-old Marijayne.
Relatives know the trial will be difficult. They have been asked to meet with authorities to privately view graphic pictures of Mary Jayne's body before the images are displayed. They're ready for the defense to paint her as a "wild child," a caricature that Cabanillas said is false. They also know there's the possibility of acquittal.
Pilcher's defense lawyers argue that the presence of his DNA does not mean he's a killer, saying it could be from the previous sexual encounter in the home. And they note that other DNA materials, as well as hair and fingerprints from the scene do not belong to him.
Defense lawyer Allen Cook said Pilcher "had a pretty darn good alibi" in 1974: that he was working in a Jaycees circus office when the victim was killed. But, Cook said, the alibi has since been undermined because many witnesses are dead or have foggy memories.
"This is going to be a classic whodunit kind of case, and I don't think the state has proof to establish my client is guilty of anything," he said.
Mary Jayne was last seen at an Ottumwa bank. Former DCI agent Sam Swaim theorizes that she was walking to work when Pilcher convinced her to get in his car. He hopes the trial provides some long-overdue answers.
"Let's find out one way or another," Swaim said. Pilcher has "been allowed to live 40 years without assuming guilt for this."
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Here's a lower third graphic teasing Bruce Beck's sportscast for last night's 6 p.m. news on WNBC in New York. It's a priceless find for anyone familiar with this wonderful moment in SNL history or those who occasionally miss spaces. (Or toilet bowls.)
Oh, did we mention they were talking about the Mets here? Yeah, they were talking about the Mets here.
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Hilarious and hella real, the tech-savvy siren is accessible like no other. That's why Fanboy nation can't get enough.
This feature originally appeared in Complex's February/March 2008 issue.
Olivia Munn has a serious jones for laughter. The 25-year-old actress, model, and host of G4 TV's Attack of the Show! will say or do just about anything to elicit a guffaw. Though she's been percolating for a minute—as everything from a Fox Sports sideline reporter1 to a Hawaiian surfer2—she was never the type of fame hound3 to sniff out celebrity by acting scandalous. In fact, it wasn't until she became the face of G4 in April 2006 that her sex appeal and formidable comic gift were fully unleashed. And with a role in Rob Schneider's April comedy Big Stan, a lead in the upcoming thriller Insanitarium, and a burgeoning relationship with the guys from the Broken Lizard comedy crew,4 even more of you will know her, love her, and bust a…gut over her.
Did you ever think you'd reach the heady heights of doing a photo shoot with fake, um, ejaculate in your wig?
I've always aspired to it, but I didn't know if it would ever come true. I wanted it in my eye for one of the [There's Something About Mary homage] shots, but they said it was too much.
Complex is classy like that. This issue focuses on classic Hollywood comedies. What are your favorites?
Office Space is probably my top. When I grew up, everybody had New Kids on the Block posters; I had a poster of Chevy Chase. I kissed him every night. I loved Fletch. Everything that he did, I was like head over heels for.
Drugs included?
Well, it did make me go head over heels. [Laughs.] I follow Chevy. If that's what he wants to do, and if he wants me to do that, then I will. No, actually, it's kind of depressing. I loved Chevy so much, and there was a definite fall from grace.
We read you hate shopping "with a passion." What does that mean?
I don't have the discipline to become anorexic or bulimic, and when you go shopping all the time, there's this need to fit into trendy clothes, like skinny jeans. The constant focus on what you look like—I just can't take it.
I gave out my Gmail address on TV once, like "whatever"—and then I got 6,000 emails in one day.
You're aware that you're absurdly fit, right?
I'm a surfer and I'm OK with being called "athletic-looking," but when people say you look "healthy," they mean you're a fatty.
Not us!
Thank you, but I think that's a guy's thing. Girls are always like, "You've got strong calves! Don't eat potato salad because they might get stronger—and by stronger, I mean fatter."
What do you think about hardcore guys camping outside stores to buy sneakers and video game consoles?
My favorite thing on a guy is a cool shirt, sneakers, and a watch, so if a guy's camping out to get sneakers, that's cool. I think you can really tell a guy by the kind of shoes he puts on his feet.
What do guys wear that turns you off completely?
Anything that looks like an outfit he put more time into than I put into my outfit, matchy-matchy, pink shoes with a pink shirt.
Nonetheless, you're generally very approachable.
I gave out my email@example.com address on TV once, like "whatever"—and then I got 6,000 emails in one day. I had to make an alternate, but I still use that one. I've called fans if they gave me their number, too.
Is that ever overwhelming and/or scary?
I don't want to be untouchable. When I was a kid, I loved Luke Perry. I sent him a five-page letter and got back one of those letters that looked hand-written, but you could tell it was just printed out. I was so upset by that. That's why it's important to me to be connected with the fans, because I'm not that special.
So true.
I meant that in a really humble way; I mean I am special because I'm not special. Nobody really says they're not special, which in turn makes me special. [Laughs.] I just want you to really like me!
We're not the only ones who do. At last year's Comic-Con, you spent five hours signing autographs for your horde of fans. Do germs bother you when you shake that many hands?
They always have sanitizer for us. The weird thing is, I'm really O.C.D.—I wash my hands a lot and I like things in corners—but when it comes to fans, I forget to sanitize my hands. There were a lot of kisses on the cheek, too, and it just didn't bother me after a while. I know it sounds gross, but it's because they're such nice, normal people.
My friends sat me down and said, 'Olivia, it's OK to be a whore-dog.'
So fan germs touched your body later when you showered?
I'm sure some of their germs were in my mouth. When I was in the shower, I just thought about all of them and their dirty, nasty germs all over me. I mixed their germs and saliva with lye and created a bar of soap. That's what I bathe with now.
You've said that being stalked would confirm your celebrity. What would be your ideal stalking?
I'd like to be stalked by Shia LaBeouf. I'd like him to one day become obsessed with me, be outside my door every day, and I'm like, "Shia, dear God, go shoot Indiana Jones!" And he's like, "No, I love you. Transformers 2 is coming out, and I need you to be in it because I can't work another day without seeing your face." And I'm like, "Oh, Shia, I just can't."
Have you learned a lot hosting G4's sex advice segment "In Your Pants"?
Still a virgin.
A virgin?!
Oh, just in my ass. The other way, I've slept around a lot.
Are you sexually adventurous?
I can't bring in another girl. I can't have sex with people that I'm not emotionally attached to. And the thought of going down on a girl grosses me out. But if a guy says, like, "I want to stick this carrot in your ass," I would be like, "Well…if that really turns you on…."
So you're not the anal virgin you make yourself out to be!
[Laughs.] I'm saying if somebody wants to put a carrot in my ass! Nobody has put a carrot in my ass.
Complex might.
We would have to develop a relationship and feelings!
This is our second interview with you!
OK, what the hell. Just make sure it's one of those baby carrots.
You might lose that up there. That wouldn't be good.
OK, you could use a big one. Just use the bigger end—the pointy end might hurt. [Awkward pause.] I love awkward pauses. [Laughs.] I'm a whore for a laugh.
And for emotional attachment. So you were never one for making out with strangers at bars?
That'd gross me out. A group of girlfriends once had an intervention for me—this is 100 percent true. They'd always have one-night stands, but I didn't even want to randomly make out with guys. They sat me down and said, "You know, Olivia, we just want you to know it's OK to be a whore-dog." I swear to God, they said "whore-dog." I'm like, "But I don't want to." And they're like, "But maybe you should."
I'm not a big porno person. Like, I don't want to see what my anus looks like. I really don't.
Great friends. What would it take for you to leave G4?
If they were to say, "You can't act." Then I'd say, "Well, I'm sorry, I have to leave." I'm the person who's adamant that this is not a stepping stone for me. My role might change [as I act more] and I might not be there as much, but either way I want to stay there. I love seeing the network grow and being one of the reasons it's growing. I love the fans.
What's the weirdest gig you've been offered?
American Gladiators wanted me to be their host, but I didn't want to do that. I mean, I used to love American Gladiators, but I don't want to be the host of American Gladiators.
You've said you wouldn't do theatrical nudity without a real reason. What's your policy on making sex tapes for personal use?
I'm not a big porno person, but I've seen a few here and there, and that shit does not look good. Like, I don't want to see what my anus looks like. I really don't. If I ever did a sex tape and it got out, I would be suicidal. I want to be in control of how people perceive me. I don't want to be known for a sex tape or being on the cover of US Weekly; I want to be known for who I am, my hosting, my acting. I don't walk the red carpet with my boyfriend because I don't want to invite all that.
Plus, that leaves a glimmer of hope for amorous fans.
Well, I'm not married, and I cheat on my boyfriend regularly, so there's hope for everybody!
Looks aside, guys love you for being into or knowledgeable about a lot of "guy things."
Is there anything guys love that you don't?
Um, eating vagina. And I don't like watching baseball on TV. I love going to the games and eating, but it's the most boring sport on TV.
If you didn't mention vagina, we were going to run wild with that.
1. Her fine body hidden in a huge coat, Munn settled for showing off her football acumen while reporting on her beloved Sooners team (she was born in Oklahoma). Sooner? We hardly know 'er! Sigh. [BACK]
2. She won the role on the cable drama Beyond the Break after passing a surf test, and she still stays fit riding waves. Bikinis and wetsuits--makes us want to shoot the curl, nahmean? NAHMEAN?! [BACK]
3. When paparazzi ran up on her and friends Jeremy PIven and Perrey Reeves (Entourage's Mr. and Mrs. Ari Gold), she played the back to avoid being dubbed Piv's "new conquest." [BACK]
4. She recently landed a role in their upcoming film, The Slammin' Salmon, and is producing a TV show with them. Is she the Fergie to their Black Eyed Peas? She's already the apl.de.ap of our eye. [BACK]
ADDITIONAL CREDITS: (HAIR) John Ruggiero/Exclusive Artists for Bumble & Bumble. (MAKEUP) Jeffrey Paul/Exclusive Artists for Lancome. (SET DESIGN) David Cook. COVER AND FIRST IMAGES (FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH): Bikini by Lenny. SECOND IMAGE (WEIRD SCIENCE): Underwear by Hurley. THIRD IMAGE (THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY): Top by Norma Kamali. FOURTH IMAGE (DODGEBALL): Bathing suit and shoes by D&G; stockings by Agent Provocateur. FIFTH IMAGE (WAYNE'S WORLD): Dress & Shows by Patricia Field. SIXTH IMAGE (DUMB & DUMBER).


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Hey, Jake.
Yeah, I'll join the R* Wiki.
Thanks for inviting,
Mikey Klebbitz (talk) 15:55, January 2, 2013 (UTC)
RE: Sorry
Sorry, but I can't help. I only play GTA, I don't know anything about the other games.Dodo8 Talk
17:57, January 2, 2013 (UTC)
Hey Jake, the three stooges wiki needs some editors because there are four users there. If you don't want to join, it's fine with me. Later! Cloudkit01 (talk) 18:15, January 2, 2013 (UTC)Cloudkit01
BTW you can call me Curly or whatever you can call me from my user name.
Hi Ray,
Everyone can vote for or against a user's request. And if you want to be promoted, then you have to work hard, making helpful edits and fight vandalism. -- ILan (XD • Edits • Home ) 20:16, January 6, 2013 (UTC)
Have done since I was 9 years old. We get a lot of coverage on La Liga here in UK, and Barca have always been my team. I see you're a Real Madrid fan? Going to enjoy your fight for second place with Atletico Madrid? Messi1983 (talk) 10:03, January 10, 2013 (UTC)
- First of all, let me just say that I have nothing but pure hatred for Real Madrid, but as you're an editor on this wiki, I am going to be very civil with you in any football debate we have in the future.
- As for what you're saying, you Madridstas sing the same old crap every season. You haven't won the Champions League for years and next season you'll be worse off, as Mourinho will be gone, and so will Penaldo haha! Messi1983 (talk) 22:44, January 10, 2013 (UTC
Thanks, I look forward to working with you. LS11sVaultBoy (talk) 17:25, January 18, 2013 (UTC)
Phil Rosenbergs pg
The Phil Rosenberg page? It is a news article on the Liberty Tree website in GTA IV so I apologise that you are too stupid to research before jumping down my throat, believe it or not there may be a part of the GTA canon you don't know about. Don't believe me? Look it up on the website in game I believe its an article titled "Mary Jane made me fat!" Ozymandias96 (talk) 18:13, January 18, 2013 (UTC)
Your welcome and yeah I agree, nobody would be interested. LS11sVaultBoy (talk) 18:50, January 18, 2013 (UTC)
Hi! There was an angry guy here earlier! Don't worry though, I sorted him out and he seems to have gone. I'm really getting into being a Patroller! Well, see ya! LS11sVaultBoy (talk) 13:55, January 20, 2013 (UTC)
Yeah sure I'll join. LS11sVaultBoy (talk) 15:20, January 20, 2013 (UTC)
Just concentrate on fighting for 2nd place with your city rivals and getting knocked out the CL by Man United okay. Messi1983 (talk) 23:09, January 20, 2013 (UTC)
- I have better things to do with my time then watch Real Madrid. Messi1983 (talk) 00:27, January 21, 2013 (UTC)
RE: Video Walkthroughs
Well, personally I think that it is quite good to have the video walkthroughs because it's just like an extra bit of help and if you don't understand the writing then you can just watch the video. LS11sVaultBoy (talk) 19:42, January 21, 2013 (UTC)
P.S. Also, on the Rockstar Games Wiki, I aren't really sure what to write about because most things have already been done and I only know mainly about their GTA Series and the most tiniest bit about Smugglers Run and maybe another game that I can't remember.
Now I see what you mean. Ok, we can take them off the walkthrough pages and leave them on the mission pages. And yeah I'll come on the Rockstar Games Wiki so you can tell me what to do. LS11sVaultBoy (talk) 08:20, January 22, 2013 (UTC)
Well done on getting over 1000 edits! LS11sVaultBoy (talk) 08:21, January 22, 2013 (UTC)
Do you mean you want us to put a GTA Series video on every mission page? Because if so then sure, I'd be happy to. LS11sVaultBoy (talk) 21:15, January 26, 2013 (UTC)
Sure then, do you want them on every games mission pages or just a certain game. LS11sVaultBoy (talk) 08:09, January 27, 2013 (UTC)
I realy only play GTA 4, SA, and RDR so I don't think I would be good for Rockstar Gameas Wiki. Sorry. Boomer8 (talk) 04:51, January 27, 2013 (UTC)
Are you putting on the video walkthroughs now? LS11sVaultBoy (talk) 19:25, January 27, 2013 (UTC)
Ok, I'll add them for all the San Andreas missions that are left. LS11sVaultBoy (talk) 19:29, January 27, 2013 (UTC)
I'll get started then. :) LS11sVaultBoy (talk) 19:32, January 27, 2013 (UTC)
He told me to remove them because we only use GTASeriesVideos. LS11sVaultBoy (talk) 20:00, January 27, 2013 (UTC)
Yeah, sure, go ahead :) -- ILan (XD • Edits • Home ) 16:32, January 28, 2013 (UTC)
RE: Promotion
Dude, you've always been good enough. I only needed 200 edits to become a patroller. You have over 1000 so if you tried hard enough, you could even be an admin! I'd vote for you. You will be most likely to become a Patroller but you could become an admin almost as easily. You choose! Patroller Vault Boy (Message Me!) 18:20, February 3, 2013 (UTC)
Hey man that sounds great! My ultimate goal is to create a page for every street in GTA IV and then obviously go back and add pictures to them. Any help would be great at this time because I have already created the Algonquin, Bohan and soon Duke & Broker streets and Alderney is still left. Sasquatch101 (talk) 04:19, February 13, 2013 (UTC)
RE: RE: Video Walkthroughs
The video walkthroughs are not needed for three reasons; One, the description of the mission tells me what the mission is about. Having to post videos of someone else playing the mission, tells me that the description isn't very good if someone has to watch a video to know what it's about. Second, It's actually spoiling the game for new players, by telling them what going to happen exactly at any given time during the game. Third, If I want to play the game, the game will tell me what to do and how to use the controls. I don't need a video telling me how to play the game or use the controls. Yes, I was erasing the videos, because they simply weren't needed. Also, if you were spending lots of time posting the videos, then you were wasting your time, my friend. It wasn't vandalism, it was simply getting rid of things that weren't necessary. Three good reasons why the videos shouldn't be there...
Zhou Ming (talk) 18:33, February 18, 2013 (UTC)Zhou Ming
You talk about the Admins... One thing that I'm trying to figure out is, Why are you sending me these messages? You're trying to warn me about something, and you're not even in charge of the site. I could see if you were an admin. But you're not. You're just a normal user. I don't know why you're telling me what I can and cannot do... What I was doing was not vandalism. I was just cleaning thinghs up.
Zhou Ming (talk) 19:08, February 18, 2013 (UTC)Zhou Ming
Hey, Ray!
Thanks, man. Here to help.
The reason why I haven't been leaving messages is because I've had this whole week and next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday tests. There's not much time, because of that. But from next Thursday on, I will have more time to be active here on the GTA Wiki. I'm thinking of applying for adminship.
Anyway, did you see Real Madrid win Barça, 3-1! Haha, I laughed so hard when I heard those show-offs lost against my 2nd favourite team... A very happy day that was.
See you around!
Mikey Klebbitz (talk) 14:21, February 28, 2013 (UTC)
About Ilan
Hey Ray, I left Ilan a message a couple days ago and I haven't heard from him back. I don't know if he is busy or still thinking about the message that said when to promote or something. If you heard from him, tell me. Well it's almost 1/2 hour till midnight, so good night. Your friend/dispatcher and an informal-imformant,
Cloudkit01 (talk) 03:55, March 1, 2013 (UTC)HHPMWBH
Hey, Mr. Boccino!
I've been promoted to admin.
Let me know if I can help with anything, ok?
Mikey Klebbitz (talk) 14:30, March 10, 2013 (UTC)
So long!
Mikey Klebbitz (talk) 18:32, March 11, 2013 (UTC)
Hi Ray, you are really a nice user, you got a nice page! And I would ask you something, I did my request for patroller here, it would be a pleasure if you answer yes, thanks a lot.
Thomas0802 (talk) 13:43, March 16, 2013 (UTC)
Hi Ray, I just came to thank you by the positive vote in my request, I feel so happy and it's a big pleasure to me. Thomas0802 (talk) 21:28, March 17, 2013 (UTC)
Hi Ray.
I've added a new section, check it out. I think it's much better now. Give me your opinion.
Mikey Klebbitz (talk) 16:48, March 18, 2013 (UTC)
Yeah, I agree, but I think that should be discussed.
I'll discuss it with Ilan.
Later :)
Mikey Klebbitz (talk) 14:20, March 19, 2013 (UTC)
Ray, Ilan agrees with the idea.
I'm looking for some vids.
Mikey Klebbitz (talk) 16:41, March 19, 2013 (UTC)
OK, Imma go look for Toni Cipriani's quotes.
Mikey Klebbitz (talk) 14:25, March 20, 2013 (UTC)
I already posted Toni's quotes.
Tomorrow, if I can I'll get Vic's lines.
Mikey Klebbitz (talk) 18:49, March 22, 2013 (UTC)
Re: Hey
"Hey can yiu teach me how to add video like yours because mine ussually come out like the normal while yours come different"
Go to Source mode, then add this pseudo-HTML element:
«youtube height="385" width="640"»OizFknYT50A«/youtube»
I'm not sure how to prevent it from being parsed on this talk page: substitute the angle quotes for LT/GT. God why can't Wikis use either normal HTML or BBCode. Just go to Source mode on any page to see how it looks like.
I believe that with width of 640 I can get the default "360p" version without resizing and the "720p" downscaled by 2 exactly. You can see the effect on how well reds look on the Lost & the Damned title frames, and on the resolution of the subtitles. It's always better to resample by integral ratios if possible.
-- J7n (talk) 12:19, March 20, 2013 (UTC)
Re: Videos
"When you go to to source you will figure out the keys to make the videos look like mine."
I think the conversation has been disrupted by my delay, because I didn't visit Wikia in a long time. You asked how to change the appearance of embedded videos. I don't wish to change Walkthroughs on TLaD, because I think they currently look fine. The black control applet fits better with the black 3D style of the GTA Wikia, than the other one does. In addition to that, the table around your videos has a disruptive white background color. Most videos under TLaD do not have multiple versions, with the exception of the controversial and often censored mission, and therefore do not require a title contained within a table to describe each version (PC/PSX), when there is only one.
"Also when going to youtube you copy the video URL and add it to add videos on the wiki."
Why would you "add" a video to Wikia as a pseudo-file? It's a hassle to click through the form. 'Adding' doesn't actually mirror the video data. What it seems to allow is quicker editing of all instances of the given video across the encyclopedia, but each mission video is only included on one page. So no benefit in this use case. The quickest way is to copy the video name and paste it in the edit/source mode, optionally requesting a certain size, like this.
Also, if I add a video as a ‹youtube› element, the "annotation" in the top right corner for Gun Runner doesn't appear, leading to cleaner, less commercial appearance.
If I go to the source mode of an "added" video, the video name ("Unz5_g4RUZ8") cannot be seen anywhere. Instead I must deal with "File:GTA Vice City - Walkthrough - Mission 46 - Gun Runner (HD)" which leads me nowhere, because it is internal to Wikia. I cannot copy and add the video elsewhere, or send it to a friend. To get the video name, I must click and load the video file, which is wasteful and slow.
I arrived at this format taking example from other uploads. I think they were by SycoSquirrelSSU.
-- J7n (talk) 04:54, March 24, 2013 (UTC)
RE: Stevie's Cars
Sure, go ahead. VaultBoy Tom (Talk to me this way) 13:30, March 28, 2013 (UTC)
Thanks ^^ -- ILan (XD • Edits • Home ) 13:59, March 28, 2013 (UTC)
I dunno, maybe just put only a half of the videos. -- ILan (XD • Edits • Home ) 16:05, April 6, 2013 (UTC)
My Deepest Apologies
I did not mean to delete Tony 1998's post about me on The Tom's page as an offense. I only deleted it because I do not want any trouble, I don't want an admin trailing my account for no good reason.
Again, my deepest apologies.
PerseusDude (talk) 01:46, April 8, 2013 (UTC)
Hey Jake, are you still there? It's been a long while since we last spoke.
Mikey Klebbitz (talk) 10:43, August 2, 2013 (UTC)
Haha, I get it, no problem, man.
Well, Grand Theft Auto V was great, but some things like the driving, were changed for worst, and other ones, like eating, ducking, etc. were totally gone.
I'm doing alright, how about yourself? :D
Mikey Klebbitz (talk) 10:33, March 1, 2014 (UTC)
The driving was kind of annoying for me. But the missions were generally an improvement from those in GTA IV.
What are you up ton in the Wiki now. Do you have any ideas?
Mikey Klebbitz (talk) 18:44, March 1, 2014 (UTC)
Hey, long time no see. LS11sVaultBoy (Talk) 10:51, March 1, 2016 (UTC)


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Bill Gates helped to invent the personal computer and now, through his philanthropic foundation, he plans to help reinvent the toilet. On Tuesday, the billionaire awarded the California Institute of Technology with a $100,000 first-place prize for its work on a solar-powered toilet. The self-contained unit, which recycles water and breaks down waste into useable energy, has become the focus of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's efforts to provide sanitation to the developing world.
Every year, 1.5 million children under the age of five die of diseases caused by a lack of sanitation. Nearly 2.6 billion of the world's inhabitants do not have access to affordable or adequate sewer systems. A full 60% of the globe's human waste makes its way into streams and rivers, breeding illness and contaminating the environment. For a majority of the planet, Western-style toilets are not a viable option due to their dependance on a complex sewer infrastructure and amount of water needed to operate. At a cost of almost $1,000 per person to install a first-world system, most nations simply cannot afford the bathrooms of wealthier nations.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation hopes to help develop and distribute the toilet of tomorrow, ideally within the next 2-4 years. The Foundation has announced $3.4 million for funding projects through the Reinvent the Toilet Challenge. Through the Challenge, grants were awarded to eight universities to create toilets that use little to no water, and are able to transform waste into energy. Headed by Michael Hoffmann, the team at Caltech received the first place prize. The solar toilet stall uses a large panel to generate power for an electrochemical reactor that breaks down feces and urine into hydrogen gas. The gas can then be stored in fuel cells that provide back-up electricity for low light weather conditions or at night. Recovered water, which become sanitized through operation of the toilet, is used to flush. The entire mechanism is designed to be buried underneath a conventional urinal stall setup.
Other awards were handed to Britain's Loughborough University and Canada's University of Toronto for their contributions. Through academic collaboration and competition, the Gates Foundation aims spend some of the organization's $80 million committed to make a difference in the areas of water, sanitation, and hygiene.
+ California Institute of Technology
Via The Daily Mail
Lead Image ©Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation/Michael Hanson via Flickr


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PANEL DISCUSSION: Making the invisible visible: How art influences and impacts poverty and cities
October 7, 2015 @ 2:30 pm - 3:00 pmRSVP
Join TECHO, Univision and Pace University, and El Museo del Barrio at Pace University during "Poverty Awareness Week" for Making the invisible visible: How art influences and impacts poverty and cities, a panel discussion featuring artists Miguel Luciano and Shellyne Rodriguez. Moderated by Jorge Daniel Veneciano, Executive Director, and Rocío Aranda-Alvarado, Curator, El Museo del Barrio.
RSVP here today.
Together for a #ZeroSlums world! TECHO, Univision and Pace University, are hosting Poverty Awareness Campaign (PAC), a full week in October dedicated to generate awareness and engage communities outside Latin America to help eradicate poverty by 2030.
PAC will be held in New York City, October 6-8, with focus on "Poverty and Inequality in the Cities: Innovation and Action". The Campaign is intended to be a powerful platform of change aiming to educate, activate and turn New Yorkers into key players to help solve this global issue.
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TECHO [TEH/choh], meaning roof in Spanish, is a youth-led non-profit organization present in Latin American and the Caribbean. TECHO seeks to overcome poverty in slums through collaborative work between families living in poverty and youth volunteers.
TECHO is convinced that poverty can be permanently eradicated if society as a whole recognizes poverty as a priority and actively works towards overcoming it. Following a multi-dimensional approach to overturn poverty, TECHO mobilizes youth globally and empowers families living in slums, in order to transform slums into sustainable and organized communities across 19 Latin American countries.
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Oneida Nation marks 20th anniversary of gaming compact
VERONA >> On Tuesday, the Oneida Nation celebrated the 20th anniversary of signing the gaming compact with New York State, while at the same time, honoring employees who have over 20 years of service with the tribal enterprises.
It was on April 16, 1993, that the Oneida Nation signed the compact to open New York state's first high-stakes casino.
Oneida Nation Representative Ray Halbritter said it was the first of its kind in New York.
On Tuesday, former New York Governor Mario Cuomo appeared in a video tribute to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the gaming compact he negotiated with the Oneida Indian Nation in 1993, and commended the Nation as a rare model of economic success and collaboration during an era of economic turmoil and divisiveness.
Cuomo made his video recorded remarks during a meeting last month with Halbritter, who was the tribe's lead negotiator with the Cuomo administration in 1993.
"Thanks to Governor Cuomo and other leaders who believe in the power of collaboration, the Oneida Indian Nation has been able to strengthen this region in profound ways," Halbritter said. "The resources that we have contributed to New York's economy over the last 20 years has been a down payment on our collective future - one that we will continue to make for generations to come right here in Central New York."
Addressing the employees at the anniversary celebration, Halbritter honored 176 employees who have worked for the Oneida Nation more than 20 years.
Halbritter also noted that the Oneida people were allies to the United States during the Revolutionary War and through the Treaty of Canandaigua formed a, "firm and permanent friendship," through the treaty which is, "the longest-lasting treaty in existence."
Also in the video address, Halbritter gave Cuomo wampum that symbolized the journey of life, to which Cuomo said it was particularly meaningful.
Cuomo went on to say that the,"world seems to be coming apart," and that people have, "lost the ability to collaborate."
"Divided, we're a mess," Cuomo added.
Recounting history, Halbritter said that in 1993, when the bingo hall initially opened, there were 200 employees at the hall, a buffet, coffee shop and a handful of other smaller enterprises. The Oneida Nation now employs over 4,500 people.
A few months later, Turning Stone Casino opened its doors, and shortly after, the venue started counting over 500,000 visitors every month.
From there, the resort and casino have grown in size on what was once a cornfield, Nation officials say.
According to the tribe, since 1993, the Oneida Indian Nation has spent more than $2 billion on builders and vendors, and generated $155 million in income, property and sales tax revenue for the surrounding community, and Turning Stone Resort Casino now draws 4.5 million visitors each year.
In person, Halbritter, congratulated all the employees with over 20 years service with the Nation, saying, "It's been an incredible journey for all of us."
The Nation's enterprises will continue to grow, later this summer there are plans to open "Exit 33" a venue first announced in November. "Exit 33" will be home to the Tin Rooster- a country western-themed dancehall, The Gig- a tavern where people can see live rock bands and the Turquoise Tiger, a piano bar.
"If you aren't moving forward, you are falling behind," Halbritter said. "Great things can happen when leaders come together."