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The GQ&A: C.M. Punk
The controversial WWE star shoots from the hip on the lies of professional wrestling, his potential departure from the company, and what really happens behind the scenes
In the wrong hands, professional wrestling can be a boring thing indeed, a rinse-and-repeat cycle of predictable storytelling and zero-stakes feuds. For a few years now, World Wrestling Entertainment has spent much of its time in a lamentable rut, focusing much of its attention on central figure John Cena and his kid-friendly potty humor and square-jawed heroics. But over the past month or so, that's been changing. Cena has a new foe: C.M. Punk, a tatted-up, fire-eyed, uncommonly erudite bad guy who thinks, and sometimes acts, like a good guy. But there's a catch to that feud. It won't last long, since Punk doesn't expect to be in the company a week from now.
C.M. Punk is a wrestling veteran, a guy who kicked around the small-time independent scene for years before finally linking up with the WWE. Within the company, he's had an impressive run: Three world championships, a few memorable speeches, a string of wonderful matches. But he's never been the focal point of the company, despite being arguably its most gifted in-ring storyteller, and that's always eaten at him. So, about a month ago, he announced on live TV that his contract was about to be up and that he would wrestle John Cena for the WWE title the night before leaving the company. That match would go down at the Money in the Bank pay-per-view event, which comes to Chicago's Allstate Arena on Sunday night.
Then, on an episode of "Monday Night Raw": three weeks ago, Punk absolutely laid into the company in a blistering, wild-eyed promo speech that indicted everything about the WWE. He invoked the names of fired wrestlers, he lamented the loss of emphasis on wrestling itself (rather than the more nebulous "entertainment" that the WWE likes to use these days), and he even tore into company figurehead Vince McMahon and his entire family. (In one particularly genius moment, he referred to McMahon's son-in-law and presumed successor Triple H as a "doofus.") He did all this with patience and writerly precision, eschewing catchphrases and building into a messianic fervor until his mic suddenly went silent and the show came to an abrupt halt. It was a genuinely electric moment on a show that's had too few of those lately.
Now, Punk was telling a story, not staging an insurrection. Two weeks after that blast of invective, he was trading barbs in the ring with McMahon himself—the two teasing a contract renegotiation before a fed-up Punk stormed off. This was more standard wrestling storytelling than what we'd previously seen, but even here, Punk's ferocious charisma shone through. At one point, he demanded the return of a discontinued line of WWE ice cream bars, and the crowd actually responded by chanting for said treats. It was a thing to behold.
The afternoon following his staged tete-a-tete with McMahon, Punk is at home in his apartment, a palatial loft in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood. Sitting amid strewn-about action figures and comic books while female wrestler Beth Phoenix lounged a few feet away, Punk took an hour of his day off to tell GQ about his problems with the WWE, his tumultuous history with the company, and his plans for the future. An unstable live-wire in the wrestling ring, the off-duty Punk was measured and thoughtful, even diplomatic at times. But he remained a fierce devotee of the art of professional wrestling. Punk has become the most prominent crusader against the company that, at least for a few more days, employs him.
GQ: One of the things you said last night was that you made the WWE socially relevant, that the only times it's socially relevant are when you're talking and when somebody dies. Do you care to expand on that?
C.M. Punk: I think pro wrestling—for some reason, our company doesn't like to call it that, but that's what it is, so that's what I call it—it doesn't seem to get a lot of mainstream attention until somebody dies. There's a negative connotation to that, but Randy Savage just passed away of natural causes. The poor guy was driving his car, and he had a heart attack. I think that was the last time we got any mainstream attention. And then all eyes are on the program, to see whether they're going to do a memorial. Are they going to forget about this guy? Are they going to pretend he didn't contribute to their product? It's not just the negative stuff with stupid wrestlers dying in stupid ways. Savage was all over ESPN. Local news reported it. It was a big news story. They don't report what happens on every other "Monday Night Raw."
GQ: Why do you think that is?
C.M. Punk: Pro wrestling has always been ingrained into American culture. It was one of the first things that was ever on television, so everybody watched it. Countless people tell me, "I got into wrestling because my grandfather watched it." It was always there. No matter how much people want to pretend that they're embarrassed by it, that they don't watch it, everybody knows about it. It's truly, I believe, one of the only art forms that America has actually given to the world, besides jazz and comic books. The media, no offense, likes to latch onto negative stuff. They're not going to report that—there's no truth to this story; I'm just using it as an example—that John Cena and his wife just had an eight-pound baby. But you'd better believe that if somebody dies, they're going to report it.
GQ: But when a story comes along that captures people's imagination, like what you're doing now, it does become relevant. How does that not happen more often?
C.M. Punk: That is a fantastic question. I don't have the answer. If it happened more often, it wouldn't be as special, right? I hear a lot of people compare what I did three weeks ago to Stone Cold Steve Austin. Everyone's just waiting for that next polarizing character. I think that's why this worked. I've been saying I'm that guy for five years. Different people are afforded different opportunities. I've been given some awesome opportunities, and I feel that I've always knocked them out of the park. But I've always been scaled back after that. This time, the genesis of it is that I'm leaving. I'm done. I'm tired. "What are they going to do, fire me?" That's been my attitude for months and months now. That finally resonated through the television screen. And that's something that everyone in this economic world can 100% relate to.
GQ: Is that parallel to Austin why you wore a Stone Cold Steve Austin T-shirt when you were delivering that promo?
C.M. Punk: I do a lot of weird little things like that because people talk about it. I don't think it's any secret; I think the biggest match any wrestling company can do right now is C.M. Punk vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin. I've thought that since I was 15. I'm straight edge. I don't drink. I don't do drugs. I don't smoke. And that is the perfect protagonist or antagonist to Stone Cold Steve Austin, depending on how you want to spin it. It writes itself. You would have to try really, really hard to fuck that one up. The idea of being on television is to wear your T-shirt so people see it and maybe buy it. I had gone out previously in the night and wrestled. You throw your T-shirt on the ground, and I don't know what the hell happens to it after that. I came to the back, and I was looking for another T-shirt. I sent somebody to go and get one, and they came back with a XXL. I was like, "I'm going to be swimming in this thing." And it's always creepy when you're wearing wrestling trunks with a shirt because it doesn't look like you're wearing any pants. I had a Stone Cold Steve Austin shirt in my bag, and it fit me. I chuckled to myself and put it on. Am I planting seeds? I don't know. I can't guarantee to anybody that that match is going to happen. Do I want it to happen? Absolutely.
GQ: In pro wrestling in general and especially with you right now, it's hard to tell how much of what's on TV is a storyline and how much of it is actually happening. But you're really done with the company for now?
C.M. Punk: How much is real? That's 100% real. That's not to say that there are still not negotiations. It's not like I'm leaving and they're like, "Good. Go fuck yourself." I think that's why this whole thing works. I'm not doing my job if people are like, "What you do is fake." And literally people on the street are confused, generally, for the first time. That's a great thing. The funny part about it is that you're going to have your staunchest critic who says that it's all scripted. It's not! Dusty Rhodes told me a long time ago that the best promos come from the heart. You watch anybody who's ever cut a meaningful promo, and it means something to them. Everything I've said isn't somebody else's words that they put on paper. They tend to hand me things like, "Here, say this," and I'm not saying any of it. If I went out there and laid an egg, if what I did was boring TV and nobody cared and nobody was talking about it, somebody would probably be pissed off. But I went out there and seemingly turned the place on its ear, and I have yet to hear one negative thing about any of it. I don't really think Vince McMahon cares. The bottom line is making money. I'd like to think that that's what I did. Whether it's real or not is almost irrelevant, but I think people can see through it and realize that yeah, this guy's pissed off, this guy's fed up. They can relate to that.
GQ: Are you at all surprised at the enormity of the reaction?
C.M. Punk: Yeah. I'd like to go out there and do that all the time, but that's just not the case. So to actually strike that nerve is tremendous. Right after that night in Vegas, we hit the ground running. We flew to Australia the next day, and that's a 15-hour flight, so that's 15 hours of everybody talking about what I did. And when I landed in Australia, I wasn't really turning my phone on because of the roaming charges. People started emailing me and texting me. Jim Rome wants me on his show, and all these ESPN people are talking about it. Bill Simmons is writing about it. I wasn't on the nine o'clock news or anything like that, but it seems like I made it socially relevant for the first time in a very long time.
GQ: You've talked a lot about your treatment within the WWE and the way the company generally runs. How could it be done better?
C.M. Punk: A lot of the people who are in charge—and this isn't a negative thing—are old. They have a wealth of experience, yes, but there's no youth that's involved in anything. The youngest people there are all performers. I don't envy their job, trying to get inside somebody's head and figure out who they are and what their character is. It's a nerve-racking thing when you first get there. If you're like me, this was your dream job; you worked 13 years to get to where you are. The normal course of action is mouth shut, eyes and ears open, not stepping on toes. But that's how you get ahead. A squeaky wheel gets the grease. If something sucks, I've always been completely vocal about it, and I've been punished many, many times because of that. But I don't think I'd be in the spot I'm in right now if I wasn't me. I've always just been me. I don't think we should be looking externally for talent; there's plenty of guys and girls in house that are super-talented that we don't do enough with. A guy like Evan Bourne, who's a fantastic high-flyer, does the most fantastic stuff on the roster. I could go on: Kofi Kingston, Dolph Ziggler, Beth Phoenix. There's Nattie Neidhart, Tyson Kidd. Tyson Kidd is a fantastic wrestler, maybe not the greatest promo. So let's help him. Let's teach him to get better instead of signing someone from Europe who failed at Euro football. I could talk about this forever. Part of it is that there's no territories; there's no place for people to learn. And the places that people can learn aren't the best, and they're completely looked down upon. Like independent wrestling. It's easy to shit on people from a great height, but it's another thing to pull them aside and try to impart knowledge. And I've been on the other side of the coin where I try to help somebody out and they blow me off like they know everything.
GQ: When you say you've been punished, what does the company do?
C.M. Punk: We have dress code violations. For a while, the big thing was that people who wear suits get ahead. I'm not a suit and tie kind of guy. I wear a suit once a year, for the Hall of Fame, or if I have to go to a funeral or something. It's just not me. And I think our travel is ridiculous enough. When we go overseas, it's sometimes two flights to get to where we're going, a three-hour bus ride, and then you're in a hotel for four or five hours. You have to eat and try to work out, and you're lugging your bags around. And you're getting the crap beat out of you on a nightly basis. The last thing I'm worried about is wearing nice, uncomfortable shoes. I've never worn a dress shirt that's been comfortable. I've always just worn dress shoes. On more than one occasion, I've heard that a champion should dress like a champion. But I'm a champion because of who I am. Who I am is not that guy. If everybody wears three-piece suits, everyone looks the same. When you hear "C.M. Punk," what do you think of? I'm covered in tattoos. For a while there, I had a crazy hobo beard. And you want me to shatter that illusion I'm projecting by wearing an Armani suit? Not only am I not that guy; that doesn't make sense business-wise for me.
GQ: When somebody like you comes from the indies, how do you even get a shot in the company at all?
C.M. Punk: I'm a very goal-oriented person. In 2004, I was working for [independent wrestling company] Ring of Honor. I didn't create the place, but I'm proud to say I'm one of the guys that made it a hell of a place to work, for young guys to learn. We did a lot of awesome stuff there, and I helped out. And I was really bored. I'd done everything: Been to Japan, been to Puerto Rico, wrestled in Europe. Every company that I was ever in, I'd become their champion. And I have a very strong bond to the old school. I'm friends with a lot of legendary wrestlers that I respect, like Harley Race. I look at what they did, and what they did is so drastically different to what an independent wrestler did in 2004. Me and my friend Colt Cabana were working four days a week, which is insane and unheard of. But then you look at guys like Ricky Steamboat and Ric Flair, who wrestled every day of the week, twice on Saturday, and twice on Sunday. I craved that. I always said that I was born 20 years late; I would've thrived in the territory days. But I was bored. I needed something new. I set the bar high: Working with the WWE. I figured out that if I went to work there then, they'd say I'm not big enough, so I kicked my own ass and got into mega-shape. I ordered my own gear. They contacted me, and I said, "Give me three months to get into shape, so when I go there, you can't say no." That's what I did. In any situation, the cream rises to the top. I didn't have an easy go of it; they hired me and sent me into their developmental system. But I've always worked my ass off. I'm never satisfied. It's like that now; that's what keeps driving me. And I think that's how I worked here, because I don't take no for an answer.
GQ: When you look back at your time with the WWE, what were your proudest moments?
C.M. Punk: I will always say that my proudest moment was just being C.M. Punk. When I started wrestling in the backyard with my buddies, I was C.M. Punk. When we didn't know anything about the wrestling business and decided that we needed to run shows because we were awesome, when we built a wooden ring and eventually bought a ring and started running shows—these untrained goofballs that we all were—I was obsessed with being the best wrestler. I think it's an awesome story, that I've been C.M. Punk since I was 15, and that I went from rolling around in the backyard to WrestleMania. I'm extremely proud of that. I've always been me. The last three weeks of my career, I've cut some of the best promos I've ever cut, and I do consider myself to be a promo guy. Winning the Heavyweight Title for the first time, when I cashed in on Edge, was awesome. The fact that I can work with anybody, from Undertaker to Big Show to Rey Mysterio.
I don't want to sound egotistical, but I'm egotistical to an extent. If you're in this business and you don't think that you're the best, or want to be the best, then I don't know what you're doing. I would never be happy with just coming to TV tapings, not working house shows, and just getting by, staying in the shadows. I'm proud of the fact that I can turn chickenshit to chicken salad.
GQ: What are some of your lowest moments in the company?
C.M. Punk: I'm not Superman. Eventually, the grind gets to you. If you're away from your friends, you're not traveling with anyone you like, and you're doing stuff that doesn't creatively stimulate you, that's when it becomes a job. Sometimes, I think it's easy to see who's talented and what works. Oftentimes, they go the other way, and that's frustrating. I was really bummed when Cabana got fired. I didn't feel like it was my fault, but maybe there was something that I could've or should've done to prevent it. He's a super-talented guy. I'm brutally honest; he knows that. I can look at him and be like, "Maybe trim up, work out harder, do more cardio." But when he's in the ring, he's the most entertaining guy. A company slogan is "We put smiles on people's faces." That's what that guy does, and he does it with his wrestling style. It's amazing. I was so bummed when he got fired because I want the best for my friends. If I could somehow trade places with him, I probably would, just so he could experience what I have. He deserves it. My buddy Luke Gallows got fired; that sucked. I was with the company when Chris Benoit's murder/suicide went down; that was a pretty fucking low point in everyone's life. I still can't explain that one. A lot of people don't like to talk about it. It still blows my mind.
Professionally, what bums me out is not feeling like they ever really got behind me. My fan base, how I became popular, was really despite them. It was very organic. Instead of giving me the ball and letting me run with it, they would give me the ball to keep it warm for somebody else. I always just want to be the guy.
GQ: When you finished up your big promo and went backstage, what was the atmosphere?
C.M. Punk: Gorilla position is our central base of operation, right behind the curtain. It's called that because that's where Gorilla Monsoon, a legendary wrestler, used to sit and watch all the matches. That's where the wrestlers come in and out. I cut that promo, and my mic was cut off. I knew we were on the air, and it didn't make sense for me to walk back through there. There was going to be a lot of angry people waiting for me. So I jumped off the ramp, double birds in the air: "Fuck this place, I'm leaving." I walked out a side ramp, and I actually walked past this gigantic group of people who were all waiting at the bottom of the stairs in Gorilla to see me coming out. I walked out and got to see everyone's legit reaction. It wasn't like, "Oh, he's coming," stone-faced. I walked behind people, and they had their hands on their heads, eyes wide open, looking around like, "Did you hear that?" I loved it. It couldn't have been any better. If I can do that with employees, I was immediately thinking that maybe we did that with the live audience. And you couple that with the millions of people watching on television throughout the world—somebody in Egypt is probably sitting their, hands on their head, mouth wide open, calling their friends. By the time I left the ramp and got to my phone, I had more than 200 text messages. It's a great feeling.
GQ: What kind of reactions have you gotten from your co-workers?
C.M. Punk: Nothing but positive stuff. Everybody wants to say what I said. There's a lot of unrest. There are a lot of people who are unhappy. I don't want to say I'm their hero, but a lot of people have said that. It's not like we work for a tyrant. It's like this in every job, I think. There's certain people who are afforded privileges and maybe, maybe don't deserve them.
GQ: When you do these promos, you weave in a lot of subtle references and inside jokes. Do you plan all these out?
C.M. Punk: No. Planning stuff out sucks. If you plan stuff out, you wind up talking in a very monotonous, unnatural way. For some reason, talking is easy for me. Practice does make perfect; I've been doing it for a while. Being out there in a high-pressure situation with a live audience and a live TV camera on you, it brings something out. It's very organic. Obviously, I think about what I'm going to say. But no matter what I think I'm going to say, Vince McMahon or whoever I'm out there with could say something, and it would have zero relevance to what he just said. I don't know an actor in Hollywood that could do what we do. For all of our superstars and divas who need improvement, they're still light years ahead of anybody in Hollywood. I don't think you could grab a Tom Hanks, and five minutes before he's supposed to go on television, hand him a five-page script. That's a meltdown. It's what I do. I can't explain it, really.
GQ: It was interesting watching you talk with McMahon. There seemed to be a little feeling-out period for the first couple of minutes...
C.M. Punk: And then it opened wide. I've always wanted to be in the ring to do stuff with Vince; I don't think there's anything bigger than that. But I've never been given that opportunity. So I'm not slowing down. Last night was that situation. I was going to go out there and do nothing but hit a grand slam.
GQ: Is he someone you feel comfortable talking to?
C.M. Punk: Yeah. He intimidates a lot of people. I'm certainly not intimidated, but he does have a very strong presence. If you ask for five minutes, he'll say he's got a TV show to write. But he's not really blowing you off. He's got a TV show to write. Only a few people can really command his attention, and I certainly couldn't do that when I first got here. I can definitely do that now.
GQ: What made you demand the return of WWE Ice Cream Bars last night?
C.M. Punk: If I have Vince McMahon over a barrel and he wants me to re-sign—If I'm Carmelo Anthony or LeBron James, everybody wants me, I can get whatever I want, and I'm this prick douchebag—I'm going to ask for ridiculous stuff. The idea came from those crazy rock and roll riders: "I need a football field of green MMs." But I actually love those ice cream bars, and I would love to see them come back. And I'm always trying to crack up whoever I'm in the ring with. I think Vince subscribes to that theory, too. He's calling me "Phil." But that's the chemistry. It's just fun.
GQ: You always hear backstage stories, like about people like the Undertaker or John Bradshaw Leyfield being hardasses who keep everyone in line. What do you think your reputation is backstage?
C.M. Punk: I don't know, and I would hate to assume. I would love to find out, though. Obviously, guys like Bradshaw and the Undertaker have been with the company for decades, and they're good at what they do. They don't suck. They're fucking awesome; that's why they're here. If they have something to say, I would like to think that somebody's going to listen. I'd imagine I fall somewhere in between hardass godfather type and the who-the-fuck-does-this-kid-think-he-is guy. There's a lot of times when I'm throwing a fit because everyone has completely destroyed the locker room. I'm in these locker rooms more often than I'm sitting in my living room. To get back from working a main event match, where you're hungry and tired and hurt, and everyone's already left the building, there's luggage bag-tags, half-eaten food, sweaty wrist-tape, shit strewn all about—I'm that guy who says, "Hey everybody, we're going to have a meeting, and I'm going to tell you to clean up the fucking locker room." It never gets done; it's one of those things. I would think that is the genesis of adapting a leadership role in the WWE. I don't think the Undertaker was like that when he first got here. Imagine him when he first walked in the building. There's Jake Roberts, Jimmy Snuka, Hulk Hogan, all these guys. They're probably looking at him like, "Who's this new kid? I gotta put him over tonight?" I'm sure he was quiet, too. But then eventually, all these people fall to the wayside. I'm the old guy on the road now. We were just in Australia, and somebody on the babyface bus comes up to me and says, "Cena was at an appearance this morning, so do you know who was on the babyface bus with the most seniority? Kelly Kelly." Your ascension as a locker-room leader is one of those things that naturally happens. I would like to think that, instead of being the guy who yells at them to pick shit up, maybe they look at me as a leader. But maybe that's premature in my career.
GQ: So there's really a babyface bus and a heel bus?
C.M. Punk: Absolutely.
GQ: Which one has the better atmosphere?
C.M. Punk: I don't know, depends on who you ask. The business has changed a lot. It used to be about bragging rights between the buses, about who partied harder. Now, I'm the only heel who's awake on the bus; everybody is passed out asleep. I can only comment on the heel bus. I wouldn't set foot on that other bus.
GQ: Who do you hang out with on the bus?
C.M. Punk: I miss Luke Gallows. There's really nobody I hang out with on the bus.
GQ: In Australia, somebody caught you on camera calling a ringside fan a "homo." When it went public, you apologized for it immediately. What brought that on?
C.M. Punk: It was just me doing my job, being a bad guy. I'm glad you mentioned something. When I saw that TMZ picked it up, because what a salacious story, I was legit embarrassed. My best friend Chez, ever since I have known her, has tried to curb anyone around her from using any gay slur. It's something that slipped out, more in reference to the guy's faux-hawk. It's not like he said anything that made me mad. It was just a back-and-forth that everybody was enjoying until I slipped and said something that could potentially damage somebody. I wasn't proud of it. I have gay friends, and sitting there in Australia, I was immediately thinking, "What are they going to say? Are they going to be disappointed?" Before I even talked to anybody in the office, I went to Twitter, and I apologized. It wasn't a public relations statement. It was just that I fucked up.
GQ: Now that you're ending your time with the WWE, do you have any plans for the future?
C.M. Punk: I have no plans. Cabana was fired on a Friday and wrestling on a Saturday. That is not going to be me. I haven't talked to anybody. Nobody's contacted me. I'm positive that people will try to contact me on Monday, but I just want to sit on my couch. That's kind of the idea. I've been doing this for a long time with no break. Especially over the last year, I had an elbow surgery and narrowly avoided hip surgery, so all my downtime's been used up by rehabbing so I can get back in the ring. And I never missed a beat; I was doing commentary with my cracked-up hip. That wears on you after a while. I'm looking forward to not setting an alarm, not flying anywhere, not having a schedule. I think everyone's dream is to do nothing. I want to have time off and not be injured. I want it to be summer vacation, where I don't have anything to do for three months. I can do anything.
GQ: Are you set for life? Could you never work again?
C.M. Punk: I don't know if this sounds bad, but I am set, yeah. I don't spend my money. I don't buy cars or have an expensive drug habit. The only thing I've ever bought with the money I've made is my house. My car was paid for in 2005. I don't like having debts. I don't like buying anything that I can't buy in cash. I didn't have a credit card until about a year ago. I'm not going to say I'm fortunate, because I've sacrificed a whole ton, but I'm set.
GQ: Does that have any appeal for you? Never working again?
C.M. Punk: No. Everybody jokes with me that I'm going to go crazy in the first week, and maybe I am. But maybe that's what I need to experience. I've never not done this, whether it was because I needed to pay bills or because I was so passionate and obsessed about it. But I think I'm reaching a point where I can step away and where I need to step away for a while.


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Floating Museum exists in the continuum of artists examining their relationship to institutions, and responds to the evolution of museums; ranging from the cabinet of curiosities or Wunderkabinett between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, transitioning to the dense accumulations of time-capsule vitrines in nineteenth century museums, and finally to the complete contrast of the highly self-conscious, contemporary art space. The idea and practice of a mobile museum might be traced from the Wunderkabinett to Marcel Duchamp's Boite-en-Valise (Portable Museum) from 1941 in a briefcase.
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Deepavali 2001
Woke up at 5:30am to join the kids army of the colony to burst the loudest patakas to wake up the locality with a bang. Beginning of the most awaited festival. Prepared for it from days before by buying huge boxes of fancy crackers, new clothes and sweets. Spent the entire day on the streets blocking vehicles and hopping from one neighborhood to another. Consumed so many sweets given at every house. Twilight meant lighting diyas and arranging them on compound and all around the house. Collecting dry fruit boxes and diaries that mom got at work. After the day's excitement, spent the last hours on the terrace watching the night sky dazzle with delightful rockets.
Deepavali 2011
Woke up at 9:30am to the sound of a cracker burst by a dude somewhere far away in the locality. Had breakfast while watching national news on television. Had a single piece of cashew burfi. Spent the rest of the day working on project, tweeting, reading and sleeping. Sat by the window and watched heavy rain and thunderstorms in the skies while sipping tea. Skipped lunch. The sun will set in a couple of hours and I'm going to light as many diyas as I can and decorate the house, to keep a small part of the old times alive in my life. Also, if it doesn't pour again tonight, I plan to stay in the terrace on a floor mat, covered up in a blanket and stare at the night sky forever, probably thinking about how Deepavali 2021 will turn out to be.


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Back in April we got a chance to visit Lazer Sports at their headquarters in Antwerp, Belgium to check out their Lazer Z1 helmet. This brand-new helmet is designed to improve performance, enhance safety, and keep the rider cooler.
We first got a chance to try it out during the Ronde van Vlaanderen Sportif, and have been giving it a longer term test drive over the last few months in a variety of conditions.
About The Z1
When designing the Z1, Lazer created a whole new line of helmets, instead of just improving on previous models. While the helmet retains Lazer's signature look and the Roll-Sys basket suspension system, it goes in a wholly new direction from previous helmets. Lazer has traditionally focused on making very lightweight helmets, but with the Z1 they looked at ways they could improve on safety and aerodynamics, while still retaining their fabled lightweight.
The biggest safety improvement is the T-Pro design. The T-Pro is an area of the front of the helmet that comes down further to better protect the temples in the event of a fall, and offer better side impact protection. In studying how cyclists fall when they crash, Lazer's designers realized that the temples, one of the most vulnerable parts of the head, were under-protected by existing helmet designs.
The Z1 also has a redesigned vent layout that helps channel around the head to keep you cool, the Advanced Roll-Sys adjustment system, and an integrated airfoil wing to improve aerodynamics. The back of the helmet also functions as a "glasses garage" for Lazer-brand sunglasses.
The buckle is also compatible with Lazer's Café Lock, which lets you use your helmet as a (very) temporary bike lock when you make your coffee stop.
Out Of The Box
The Z1 comes in three sizes (S, M, and L), and includes a removable aeroshell covering, which snaps on to cover the vents, offering better protection from the cold and rain, and improving aerodynamics. It also comes with a small plastic piece that inserts into the top of the helmet and protects the Roll-Sys adjustment mechanism from mud and grit—an essential for cyclocross season.
The Fit
The Lazer Z1 helmet definitely has a more comfortable fit than previous Lazer helmets, and the new Advanced Roll-Sys adjustment system makes it incredibly easy to fine tune and adjust the helmet. Like previous Lazer helmets, however, the fit isn't for everyone. The shape of the helmet is similar to Giro or Specialized, which means it should fit those with a slightly rounder head a little better. If you have a more oval-shaped head, you might want to look at a different model of helmet.
The Ride
We initially used the Z1 in Belgium, but have also been able to test it here at our offices in North Carolina. Our first impression is that it's probably one of the lightest helmets we've ever used. For the past few years we've been riding the Giro Aeon—one of the lightest helmets around, and the Lazer Z1 helmet feels about comparable on the head. It is also noticeably cooler than previous Lazer helmets we've tried, with excellent airflow even on the hottest summer days we've encountered yet. Sometimes even the lightest helmets can still feel suffocating on really hot, humid days, but the Z1 has the nice combination of being lightweight and having huge vents, which we find provide excellent cooling options.
Fortunately we haven't had a chance to test the improved safety features of the Z1 yet, but on the head it definitely feels more secure, and like it provides much more coverage. Just looking at the helmet in the mirror, we can see that it covers more parts of the head, especially on the side, which gives us a lot of confidence in it's ability to protect if the worst should happen. It actually comes down far enough that you can see parts of the helmet in your peripheral vision, which took a little bit of getting used to.
The removable aeroshell is a nice addition too, since it turns the Z1 into a four-season helmet. On some shorter, faster group rides where overheating hasn't been much of an issue, we simply snap the shell on to close off the vents and get some free speed. The aeroshell also provided excellent protection in the colder, windier, rainier climes of Belgium, where it helped keep our heads warm and dry. We'll definitely be using it over the off-season. Be forewarned though, with the aeroshell covering on, there is basically no airflow through the helmet, and it heats up quickly. If it's hot out, we'd recommend leaving it at home.
One very small niggle one of our testers did have with the helmet was glasses storage. He likes to take his glasses off while climbing or when it's really hot, and in other helmets he's usually able to tuck them neatly into the helmet vents for storage. The Z1 vents though are only designed to hold Lazer-brand sunglasses, so his shades won't stay in the helmet.
The Verdict
The Lazer Z1 is one of our favorite new helmets that we've gotten to test, and certainly the most versatile. The improved comfort and safety features alone make it well worth it. The included aeroshell and Roll-Sys protection plate also really add to the value of the helmet by making it much more versatile. In one package you essentially get four different helmets: a lightweight summer/climbing helmet, an aero helmet, a winter helmet, and a 'cross/MTB helmet. It's an incredible value for the money, and we highly recommend it.


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Hey Dad! star Robert Hughes was "pretty stressed and worried" as he boarded a plane to Australia to face multiple sex assault allegations against children, his lawyer says.
Hughes, 64, boarded Qantas flight QF2 at London's Heathrow Airport bound for Sydney via Singapore on Tuesday night.
The former prime-time TV star didn't speak with waiting media before boarding the plane about two hours before its scheduled departure.
The flight is due to land in Sydney at 6.50am (AEDT) on Thursday.
Lawyer Greg Walsh, acting for Hughes, said his client and his family have found themselves in a very stressful situation.
"When I spoke to him before he got on board, I think he was pretty stressed, pretty worried, as any human being would be in that situation," he told reporters in Sydney on Wednesday.
"But he's doing the right thing coming back to Australia and facing these allegations through the courts."
Mr Walsh said he didn't know when he could meet with Hughes because his attempts to make arrangements with police and the NSW Director of Public Prosecutions had so far been unsuccessful.
"The police are not responding to a series of letters - I've sent a number of letters - and there's been no acknowledgment," he said.
"They won't indicate where I can have the opportunity of meeting my client and speaking with him, conferring with him as you'd expect."
Hughes consented to an order sought by Australia's attorney-general that he return to Sydney for questioning in relation to claims made by five people.
A warrant, signed by Britain's home secretary, outlines 11 accusations made by people who were aged seven to 15 years at the time of the alleged abuse, which coincided with the actor's starring role in the hit family sitcom, Hey Dad!.
He has not been charged and has been on bail since his arrest in London in August.
Mr Walsh said Hughes emphatically denied all the allegations and would vigorously defend them.
"I would hope that the judicial system would be able to deal with the matter in due course without, hopefully, the intense media scrutiny that the case has attracted," he said.
According to Mr Walsh, Hughes was being escorted by three police officers and will be taken to the Sydney Police Centre upon his return to Australia.


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George Lucas Shows Off Baby Everest on New Year's Vacation!
George Lucas and his wife Mellody dote on their adorable daughter Everest while out on their vacation on Wednesday (January 1) in St. Barts.
The 69-year-old Star Wars creator and mogul debuted his adorable four-month-old baby that day after spending New Year's on the island – Everest is George's first biological child. He has three adopted children: Amanda, Katie, and Jett.
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Everest was delivered via-surrogate in August of this past year. She's a cutie!
George and Mellody were married last June at the Skywalker Ranch.


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OCCA strengthens the arts by ensuring that the Oregon coast has a rich and vibrant arts community through support and promotion of arts organizations and individual artists.
This directory represents the coastal areas of Oregon, which include Clatsop, Tillamook, Lincoln, Coos, and Curry counties and the coastal towns of Lane and Douglas counties. OCCA is the regional arts council for this area. Learn more about OCCA's regional arts activities.
Coos Sand 'n Sea Quilters was founded in 1991 with the mission "Dedicated to educate, and to share, and to perpetuate the art of quilting." Meetings are held the first Thursday of the month September through June at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Coos Bay from 7-9 PM, with social time starting at 6:15 PM.
New members are welcome. Annual dues are $20.00. An annual quilt show is held the third weekend in September in conjunction with the Bay Area Fun Festival.


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Straight-Edge Dragon Hero
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: California, US
Age: 27
Namiuchigiwa no Muromi-san
The airdate and main staff has been announced for this series,
Director: Tatsuya Yoshihara
Chief Animation Director, Character Designer: Kikuko Sadakata
Series Composition: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
Sound Director: Yuichi Imaizumi
Sound Production: Half H·P Studio
Backgrounds: Studio Tulip
Animation: Tatsunoko Production
Music Production: Starchild Records
Scheduled for April 2013
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cho~ kakkoii
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: 3rd Planet
Synopsis reads interesting! The director has mostly been involved in Key Animating a few series and OVA that I'm familiar with and the end product for those series he was involved in animation wise were pretty decent. I'm not exactly sure what a Unit Director does, but I did enjoy Princess Resurrection OVA because of its superior overall animation effort and better storytelling compared to the TV Series. So his involvement to this series as a director should be a good thing where he will have more control at how this story will be animated. Will be looking forward to this.
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Last Engage
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Florida
A comedic mermaid-based series was one of the things that kept me hooked on anime when I got here, so I'm looking forward to this one. Also, we have our cast:
Muromi - Yukari Tamura
Takurou Mukoujima - Takahiro Mizushima
Riuvia - Mai Nakahara
Sumida - Sumire Uesaka
Hii-chan - Ai Nonaka
Fuji - Hitomi Harada
Yeti - Chiwa Saito
Harpy - Kanako Sakai
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Last Engage
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Florida
Sumire Uesaka will be performing the OP. She's sung before, but this is her first single.
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Kill on sight
Join Date: Apr 2007
EDIT: The whole website has been revamped and updated.
Will this be the only anime where the mermaids actually stay mermaids the whole time and are not just apart of a side story? Comedy or not that will rule. The use of mermaids in anime has so far, to me at least, been very disappointing.
Let's see...
There are some 70's anime productions about mermaids (Toei Little Mermaid ring a bell?), but I'm focusing on the more current anime.
One Piece (Side Story)
Fairy Tail (Side Story)
Various others that use mermaids as a story motif for an episode or two.
There are some 70's anime productions about mermaids (Toei Little Mermaid ring a bell?), but I'm focusing on the more current anime.
Mermaid Forest/ Mermaid Scar (I can't remember if this was based on a legend or not, but really, wut?)
Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch (Most of the time they were regular girls/ magical idols, sooo, yeahhh. Cute, but that's it.)
Umi Monogatari (There were no mermaids perse, but girls that live and breathe under the sea sound preety close to it. Alas, they had legs and spent the rest of their time on the surface.)
Gake no Ue no Ponyo (Ponyo really had no clear classification, which is really what made it work. You could look as Ponyo as a baby mermaid if you wanted to or not. It really doesn't matter.)
Seto no Hanayome (The mermaid theme only popped up occasionally. The rest of the time it was a school comedy.)
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Blooming on the mountain
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light....
Such things were pretty normal for a time and a season and still are in some anime genres!
[cough cough]
Ok, I admit - I like the "big eyes" style of animation....
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Last Engage
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Florida
|2013-03-13, 19:03
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The Chaotic Dreamer
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: In a cruel yet beautiful world
Age: 27
But I'm one of those people who can ignore personal gripes with aesthetics as long as the content's good. I watched the PV and I agree with Warm Mist, the animation looks quite decent.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Government spending and debt are emerging as a campaign tug-of-war, with Republican Mitt Romney blaming President Barack Obama for a "prairie fire of debt" and Obama calling the charge a "cowpie of distortion." Both candidates are reaching for independent voters anxious about who's going to get stuck with the bill.
Spending and debt now rank as high on the worry scale as lack of jobs. And it has direct appeal to independents who could decide the election in about a half-dozen states being heavily contested by both campaigns.
In turning attention to debt, Republicans are tapping a winning issue they used in congressional races two years ago. Republican pollster Wes Anderson said that just before the 2010 elections, congressional campaigns shifted "from jobs and economy to government taking us over the cliff." The emphasis proved to be successful at the ballot box as Republicans grabbed control of the House, captured Senate seats and won in state races.
These days, the economy remains the preeminent issue in voters' minds, but Anderson says middle-of-the-road votes are the targets of the big government message.
"The middle is angry about where we are at and they really see two villains" -- big business and big government. Independent voters, he said, "hold both of those central tenets to be true."
Obama has taken a populist tone on reforming Wall Street and taxing corporations and the wealthy. But his defensive crouch on debt and spending reflect a hard reality: Polls consistently show voters, including sought-after independents, placing more trust in Romney to handle the debt.
A Gallup/USA Today poll this month found that overall, 82 percent of Americans called the "federal budget deficit and debt" extremely or very important, a level of interest comparable to unemployment. The same poll found Romney with a broad advantage on handling the budget deficit and debt, with 54 percent saying he would do a better job handling it compared with 39 percent for Obama.
A Washington Post/ABC News poll in April found 51 percent sided with Romney on handling the federal budget deficit, compared with 38 percent for Obama. Among independents, 60 percent preferred Romney and 29 percent favored Obama.
Romney has steadily criticized Obama's handling of federal spending and the national debt in recent weeks, forcing the president on the defensive.
In Iowa earlier this month, Romney accused Obama of inflating the debt he had pledged to reduce and boosting the federal budget deficit with the 2009 economic stimulus and 2010 health care overhaul.
Obama, in campaign events in recent days, countered that federal spending had slowed to rates not seen in decades after he inherited a $1 trillion deficit and later pushed for $2 trillion in spending cuts. The president argued that Romney's $5 trillion tax proposal would saddle the nation with more debt.
Add to the mix House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, who has said that when Congress is asked to raise the nation's borrowing cap after the election, he will insist on spending cuts to offset the increase. Democratic leaders call it an irresponsible course of action, noting the gridlock over the debt ceiling last year.
Obama's budget stewardship is open to interpretation. The debt now stands at $15.7 trillion, compared to $10.6 trillion on his inauguration day. On a dollar basis, that's the biggest ever jump in the debt. How much the debt has grown can also be measured as a percentage of what he inherited. By that measure, the debt has increased by half during the 3- year Obama administration. During President Ronald Reagan's eight-year administration, the debt nearly tripled, from about $910 billion to more than $2.6 trillion.
Much of the increase during Obama's tenure has been a consequence of the recession. In a poor economy, government spending increases automatically because more Americans become eligible for food stamps, unemployment assistance and Medicaid. A poor economy leads to unemployment which cuts into tax revenue. As a result, deficits are inevitable as more money goes out and less comes in.
Obama pushed through a stimulus package that cost more than $800 billion, and he and President George W. Bush both approved spending of the $700 billion bank bailout in 2008 and 2009. But those costs are not recurrent.
"We certainly do have a very serious long-term debt problem in the country," said Robert Bixby of the budget watchdog group The Concord Coalition. "We have an underlying structural imbalance between what we are promising, mostly in entitlement benefits, and what we're willing to pay for in taxes. But in the short-term there are a lot of factors that are pushing the debt up that aren't related to fiscal policy."


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"Five strangers trapped [in an elevator.] One of them is not what they seem." Let the guessing game begin! What is the big twist that came from the mind of M. Night Shyamalan? Who do you think is the Devil?
Even though this thriller is directed by John Erick Dowdle, Shyamalan has left his stamp on it. And clearly, if it's an M. Night twist, the answer isn't going to be as simple as "that old lady is the Devil." So we pulled together a list of possible twists for your consumption. Now vote! And please share your own ideas in the comments.
Devil hits theaters tonight at midnight.
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Trumpeter Lionel Ferbos, 102: Jazz keeps him going
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Music, jazz music, is what keeps Lionel Ferbos going at 102.
The Creole jazz singer and trumpeter celebrated his 102nd birthday July 17 by blowing the high notes for friends and family at the French Quarter club where he's had a standing gig for decades. He also sang at a recent birthday bash at the National World War II Museum, breaking into "When You're Smiling" as swing dancers shimmied.
Impeccable in a button-up shirt and tie, he posed for pictures all smiles. He cracked jokes about his age. And he relished the attention as he was serenaded both times with upbeat renditions of "Happy Birthday."
"I thought I'd be dead at about 60," he said, laughing.
No jazz funeral for Lionel Ferbos just yet. Yet even he finds the longevity surprising.
"Isn't that something?" he said. "But you know I never dreamed of that. I figured if I could go to about 50 I'd be doing good."
Not bad for a guy born on July 17, 1911, several months before the Titanic sank and a few years away from World War I.
Ferbos bought his first cornet at a French Quarter pawn shop at age 15. Now he's believed to be the oldest actively working musician in New Orleans — the Mississippi River port city where aging jazz musicians thrive.
His body isn't without signs of age. He's been in and out of the hospital in recent years and had a pacemaker implanted last year. He sometimes uses a wheelchair to get around. Despite a century of wear and tear, he's still determined to sing and blow.
"He has such a memorable singing voice, and it's always a treasure whether he's playing his trumpet or singing," said Al Kennedy, a longtime friend and fan. "He is somebody that younger musicians should know about, from the way that he shows up, the way he is dressed, the way he cares for his horn, the way he plays his horn."
Asthmatic as a child, he might never have played a wind instrument at all if it had been up to his parents.
"My mother wanted me to play the banjo," he said, adding that when he saw an all-girl band playing horns, "I said if they can play, I can play."
Ferbos began lessons with Professor Paul Chaligny, who wouldn't let him blow his horn until he knew how to read music. His early professional jobs were in the early '30s with society jazz bands like the Starlight Serenaders and the Moonlight Serenaders. He also performed with Captain Handy's Louisiana Shakers. He's still adored by fans for his big band and ragtime jazz style. His band packs the Palm Court Jazz Cafe on Saturday nights, with locals and tourists alike.
In his early career, his ability to read music put him in demand for gigs that took him to parks, schools, churches, dance halls and even prisons. He has performed at every New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival since its 1970 inception. And for more than two decades, he's had his gig at the Palm Court Jazz Cafe where he was toasted on his birthday.
"You could throw anything in front of him, and he knows it," Kennedy said. "And because of his professionalism, that's why so many bands wanted him and were happy when they signed him up."
He was making little more than a dollar a night when he played with Handy and Pichon in the 1930s. Yet Ferbos went on to perform with some of the biggest names in traditional jazz, among them Captain John Handy, Walter Pichon and blues singer Mamie Smith. He also performed with saxophonist Harold Dejan and trumpeters Herbert Leary, Gene Ware and Sidney Desvignes.
"He comes from that era where jazz started," said Ron Schexnayder, Ferbos' grandson. "Even though a lot of his friends are all gone, he's met all these big guys; so it's wonderful to have him still alive and still on stage and still performing."
Ferbos is believed to be the last living member of the New Orleans WPA band, a group formed in the Great Depression by laborers in the Works Progress Administration under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Ferbos said he was digging out one of the lagoons at New Orleans' City Park for the WPA when he was asked to join the band.
Manual labor wasn't something foreign to him.
Like many musicians of that era, Ferbos had a day trade. He worked for decades as a tinsmith, first in his father's French Quarter workshop, then eventually taking over the family business and building his own workshop. The business made everything from gutters and roofing material to air conditioning ducts for homes and businesses.
"Everywhere you drive with him around the city, he's pointing to a place where he had at one time worked," Kennedy said. "He did a lot of work putting tin up in bars."
Ferbos retired from the craft while in his 70s. His artistry in metal making was featured in the acclaimed exhibition on Creole building arts at the New Orleans Museum of Art.
Despite his long music career, Ferbos made few early recordings. He played at clubs on South Rampart Street, the city strip that in the 1920s and '30s was the epicenter of a bustling black entertainment district. After he joined the Ragtime and the Palm Court bands, he was recorded on several CDs on the GHB label. He is also featured on other recent recordings with New Orleans musicians.
"I just admire his dedication to his music," said Krystle Ferbos, the musician's granddaughter, who attended both birthday celebrations. "The discipline that he's exhibited with his craft is something that I aspire to do with the things that I enjoy in life."
Ferbos was part of the original stage band of the off-Broadway hit "One Mo' Time," though he dropped out of show in the '70s when it moved to New York. He rarely performed outside his hometown New Orleans, which is where he met his wife, Creole seamstress Margarite Gilyot.
The couple married in 1934 and remained inseparable for 75 years. Friends and family say they were rarely seen apart before his wife's death in 2009.
"When you talk to Lionel you realize how quick a life goes," Kennedy said. "For him, those 75 years vanished in the blink of an eye. It's a lesson to all of us out there to really treasure what life you have at the moment because it's so fleeting."
Ferbos won the "2003 Big Easy Lifetime Achievement Award" and has frequently been called on to tell about his experiences in the Depression, as well as in music and with metal making, on panels and in history classes.
He plays weekly at the Palm Court Jazz Cafe, where he leads the Palm Court Jazz Band on Saturday nights. At home, he practices often.
"He believes in being prepared," Kennedy said. "He will go through his song list to make sure that if he can be bandleader one more time, he's going to be ready."
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A German judge has said that he is unlikely to grant Apple an injuction against the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1N.
According to Bloomberg, Presiding Judge Johanna Brueckner-Hofmann said in a hearing today that Samsung has changed the design of the tablet PC sufficiently, making it obvious to consumers that it was different to Apple's iPad.
"Consumers are well aware that there is an original and that competitors try to use similar designs, so buyers are vigilant when looking at products. We don't think that someone buys a Samsung to make his table neighbor at the coffee house believe he owns an iPad," she said.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1N has been on sale in Germany since mid-November, after the company was forced to make a number of changes to the design when Apple won a block on sales of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the country in September.
But Apple lodged its objections to the Galaxy Tab 10.1N at the end of November, and is outlining its arguments to the court today.
Judge Brueckner-Hofmann said that her view was preliminary and could change.


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Stocks end higher; Alaska Air soars
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market is ending higher as traders buy companies that fare best when the economic outlook is bright.
All major stocks indexes rose Tuesday, but gains were led by the riskier parts of the market. Those advances suggest that investors are more confident about the economy's prospects.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 75 points to 15,300. The Standard & Poor's 500 index gained 11 points to 1,652. The Nasdaq composite rose 19 points to 3,504
The Russell 2000, an index of small company stocks, rose eight points to 1,018. It has gained 4.2 percent in July and is at record levels.
The Dow Jones transportation index rose on strong gains for Alaska Air Group and FedEx. That index is seen as a leading indicator for the broader economy.


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A New York man was arrested at Coachella Friday with more than 100 cell phones in his backpack, Indio police said.
Reinaldo De Jesus Henao, 36, faces grand theft and possession of stolen property charges. Officers say Henao was walking through the crowded California music festival picking pockets.
The crime spree was discovered when several people noticed their phones were missing and activated the "Find My Phone" feature, police said. Those signals led the victims to Henao.
Security guards detained him and when Indio police arrived they found more than 100 phones in Henao's backpack, according to police. Some of the phones were returned to the victims that day or the next.
Dan Marshall with Indio police said most of the phones were taken from concert-goers near the Sahara Tent and they seemed to be a mix of Apple and Android devices. He wasn't sure whether customers had used the iPhone or Android version of the "Find Your Phone" app. The common thread was that many of the stolen phones were "phablets," phones with big screens, he said.
Jail records did not list an attorney for Henao who could speak to the accusations.
Between 90,000 and 125,000 people were expected to attend the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival over two weekends this year, with Lady Gaga and Kendrick Lamar among the dozens of bands playing.
If you're still missing your phone, check in with the festival's Lost and Found or call Indio police at (760) 541-4291.
Marshall said that the festival had reconnected hundreds of lost phones to patrons, well beyond the number that were stolen.


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As the daughter of a woman who prized her Irish heritage, I grew up believing that most of life's problems could be solved over a comfortable cup of tea. When a crisis occurred in my family when I was a child, my mother's first words were not "Call 911," but rather "Put the kettle on." It's no wonder, then, that during those years I read many bits of wisdom from the tabs of Salada tea bags. I remember the ordinary sayings, the "stitch in time" ones, only because my mother often repeated them in a frequently unsuccessful effort to moderate the behavior of four not quite perfect daughters.
A few of the less well-known proverbs have also stayed with me through the years, probably because I seem destined to remain in need of relearning the lessons they impart. Whenever I find myself compulsively obsessing on where a comma belongs in some article I've written, whether I've sufficiently researched every idea related to a topic I'm speaking about, or if I've packed every item I could possibly need for a trip, I am haunted by a tab that warned me long ago: "No amount of creativity can compensate for a preoccupation with details."
When I begin to worry about the rightness of a decision I have made, however, I'm often calmed by the tea-bag saying reminding me that "we learn to make correct decisions by first making wrong ones."
The most memorable of all the Salada sayings, the one I've struggled with most through the years, came to mind again a few weeks ago, as it has many times in the past. Each time I remember it, I find myself substituting a different word at the end to complete its meaning.
The incident that reminded me of this particular maxim happened as I was checking out purchases at a local supermarket. The young male clerk slid each of the greeting cards I had purchased across the scanner and flipped them and their envelopes into the large plastic bag that was hanging open on the frame by his counter. He then began to drop the other items I was buying into the same bag, with no apparent concern that they could easily crush the cards.
Slightly annoyed, I proceeded to rescue the cards from the large bag, saying firmly that I didn't want them to get wrinkled. I placed them in one of the smaller plastic bags lying on the counter. The clerk gave me a weak smile, said nothing and continued scanning my purchases. It was not until I paid the bill and the young man gave me the change that I noticed his left arm hung limply at his side and his left hand was severely deformed.
I left the store feeling embarrassed and upset with myself. How could I not have seen sooner that the clerk had a disability? Feeling shallow at my concern about damaged cards when he was dealing with a useless arm and hand, I considered going back to apologize but decided this would probably only increase both his embarrassment and mine.
As I made my way home, the line from the memorable tea bag hit me: "Never attribute to maliciousness that which can adequately be explained by mere stupidity." Substituting "a disability" for "mere stupidity" provided me with a new variation of the lesson I've struggled to learn often during my lifetime. I had so easily assumed that the clerk acted out of a lack of concern, when it was, instead, an inability—with one hand he could not hold a bag and insert something into it at the same time.
Then I thought of the times I have judged someone's behavior as deliberately mean or blatantly insensitive only to find out later that it was caused by weakness or lack of awareness. It occurred to me that perhaps the lesson from the tea bag is, for me, actually contained in the first part of the sentence: "Never attribute to maliciousness...." Almost any time I've judged someone's behavior as inherently mean, my opinion changed after hearing his or her life story and understanding the resultant fears and weaknesses.
Probably there are people who are malicious by nature, but I don't want to be the one to decide that. I want, instead, to listen to the voice of Salada reminding me never to attribute to maliciousness that which can adequately be explained by anything else.
In the midst of my reflections on judging others' motives negatively, I was struck with a realization that seems new each time it surfaces in my consciousness: God never does that. God knows our hearts and never suspects or assumes the worst. It made me feel better to remember that God knew that my response to the supermarket clerk was prompted by my lack of awareness of his condition as well as my fussiness about unwrinkled cards, not by meanness. It was a relief to remember God's indiscriminate graciousness, especially when I felt I had been particularly ungracious myself.
My hope is that the remembrance of God's goodness will encourage me to incorporate the insight of the tea bag into my daily life: "Never attribute to maliciousness...."


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HONOLULU — A new U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) center of excellence will officially open at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UH Mānoa). The opening ceremony for the National Center for Island, Maritime and Extreme Environment Security (CIMES) is set for Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at 1:30 p.m. in the Keoni Auditorium, Hawaii Imin International Conference Center at the East-West Center.
The CIMES mission will be to perform basic research in areas that will improve safeguards for key infrastructures in island and extreme environments as well as provide important environmental information in times of natural or man-made emergencies.
"The University of Hawaiʻi is the ideal institution to conduct multi-disciplinary research vital to the protection of Hawaiʻi and our nation's coastal areas from terrorist threats and natural disasters, such as tsunamis and earthquakes. Our university is a part of an outstanding national team due in large part to its research excellence and our location in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. In the months ahead, it will be critical that strong alliances are made with our homeland security agencies like the Coast Guard and Customs and Border Patrol to ensure that the scientific gains are transferred and realized on the ground and out at sea for the protection of our borders," stated U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye.CIMES is a partnership between UH Mānoa, the University of Alaska at Fairbanks and the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez. CIMES will work closely with the National Center for Secure and Resilient Maritime Commerce and Coastal Environments (CSR), a "sister" center headquartered at the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey. CIMES will also be working with the Maui High Performance Computing Center (MHPCC), the Pacific Disaster Center, the Hawaiʻi Ocean Observing System, Intelesense (California), the U.S. Coast Guard and relevant federal and state agencies.
"Investments in long-term, basic research are vital for the future of homeland security," said Jay M. Cohen, Under Secretary for Science and Technology, DHS, who will be present at the opening. "These colleges and universities are leaders in their fields of study. They will provide scientific expertise, high-quality resources, and independent thought — all valuable to securing America."
UH Mānoa was one of 11 universities selected from across the country to lead one of five centers to study border security and immigration; explosives detection, mitigation and response; maritime, island and port security; natural disasters, costal infrastructure and emergency management; and transportation security. Under the agreement, UH Mānoa is eligible to receive a grant of up to $2 million per year over the next four to six years.
"The basic science investigations that CIMES will be performing for DHS are all a natural complement to existing earth science and engineering programs at UH Mānoa," said CIMES Director Roy H. Wilkens. "These studies will eventually provide critical data to first responders in times of emergency as well as enhance our general understanding of the ocean and atmospheric environment around the Hawaiian Islands, Puerto Rico and the vast expanse of Alaska. Each research effort is being led by an internationally renowned scientist with an experienced technical team. We look forward to years of productive scientific inquiry with our DHS partners."


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"We're like lucky children" getting to develop for the PS Vita, says Media Molecule's Mark Healey, who believes that many of the initial run of Vita games used its unique features "for the sake of it" – something they have avoided with their new game Tearaway.
Well Nihillistic must be unique because their continuing the trend. Well maybe one of those amazing creaters can make a COD game in LBP will sure as heck be better...
and i will be lucky enough to play your next masterpiece MM, Tearaway looked absolutely creative, amazing, now send me demo on a message please lol, i want to get immerse in that paper world and help Iota to get out of it.
As psvita owner im very happy to see that 2 of sonys ELITE studios leading the way of vita AAA next wave titles. I hope to see Sucker Punch, Sony Santa Monica, Naughty Dog and Polyphony Digital follow through this initiative.
Well developers still aren't using the full potential of the PS3, sometimes it takes a while to get the hang of certain architecture.
No, duh! Games on any system will look better over time. It always happens. Best example of this is "The Last of Us".
Duh. No console launches maxed out.
It takes years to max any platform.
Waiting for my own personal troll to come disagree and run off back under their bridge of desperation.


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Nashville, Tenn. - The OVC East Division-leading Tennessee State men's basketball will look to extend its three-game winning streak when the squad travels to Jacksonville State on Jan. 5.
The Tigers are coming off a 72-66 victory over rival Tennessee Tech on Thursday night, a victory that put TSU 2-0 in conference play. Big Blue now leads the rest of the division by one-half games.
TSU got great production from a handful of players against the Golden Eagles, including a career night by forward M.J. Rhett. Rhett set highs in points (15), rebounds (11), blocks (four), attempts (11) and buckets (seven), which helped the Tigers to a 38-32 rebounding advantage.
Senior Kellen Thornton also had 10 boards in the win, and TSU is now averaging 1.6 rebounds more than its opponents. That mark is second-best in the conference.
Another player that was instrumental in the win over TTU was Patrick Miller who had a team-high 21 points. During TSU's three-game run, Miller is averaging 20.3 points, 4.3 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game. The junior is also shooting 53 percent (16-of-30) from the field and 61.5 (8-of-13) percent from three-point land.
TSU will need its key contributors to produce against a Jacksonville State team that enters Saturday's game with a 10-4 overall record and a 2-1 OVC mark.
The Gamecocks have four players who average in double-figures in points in Darion Rackley (13.6), Tarvin Gaines (12.8), Brian Williams (11.5) and Ronnie Boggs (10.8). Boggs is also the team leader in rebounds with 82.
JSU just lost to Belmont on Thursday night, but the Gamecocks still lead the OVC in scoring defense, only allowing opponents to score an average of 60.2 points per contest. JSU is also first in three-point percentage defense (25 percent) and second in turnover margin (+2.79).
Tennessee State is 10-8 all-time versus Jacksonville State and won the team's last meeting 69-64 in overtime. However, JSU won the squads last meeting in Jacksonville, 65-72.
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From CARM (Christian Apologetics Research Ministry):
I Found this expose on who god is and is not profoundly ignorant. Almost every statement is unsubstantiated. If one asks "How can we know that is so?" the answer can be traced back to "Because the bible says so". I'm going to go ahead and ask the questions as to how we know that the points CARM is making are true. It's raining, my employees all went home, I am bored.
The question "Who is God?" is a good question. It is better than asking "What is God?" This is because God exists, created us, loves us, is concerned for our being, desires to provide for us, and sent the Son to redeem us.
Very bold assertions right out of the chutes. How do we know this? We can't know it. We only know this because the bible tells us. A rather weak means of knowing anything.
If we were to ask "What is God?" we might be tempted to say that God is the infinite being, the creator, a presence, or something like that. In some respect, this would be true.
How do we know this would be true? Because the bible tells us?
But the first question brings us closer to understanding more of who God really is in His character and His love for us as revealed in the Bible.
The Bible teaches us that in all existence, from all eternity, there has been and always will be only one God.
says the bible… except the bible contradicts the other holy texts that define god.
God was never created, is completely loving, completely just, completely holy, completely merciful, and that He desires the best for us.
This is incredible. How can something that is, never have a genesis point? It says so in the bible?
And this concept of God is not completely just either (as a non-entity it really can't be anything anyway). Ask the Somalian girl who was gang raped almost to death this morning if God is just. She begged for "God" to save her. Nothing. If "God" was just, and merciful, he could have distracted her captors and allowed her to escape such an awful experience. I wonder what life lesson she had to learn from the brutal raping… and if being gang raped is so important to learn it, howcome the rest of us aren't gang raped at least once in our lives?? "God" is not just. Because consider how Aunt Millie couldn't find a parking space at the doctor's office this morning, said a prayer, and voila, god helped her find one lickety split. Ah.
God is holy and He can have nothing to do with sin as the Bible says, "His eyes are too pure to look upon evil," (Hab. 1:13).
How can we know this is so? It says so right there… in the bible… but do not read the various accounts of god sinning by killing innocent people and killing people who sin.
This does not mean that God cannot see what someone does that is wrong.
Spoken with such assumptive authority. How do we know what, if anything, any god can see? Simple. The bible tells us what god can see. Who wrote the bible? Humans.
It is a way of describing how holy God is. God cannot sin. He is perfect.
How can we know this? It says so in the bible
In Christianity, God is a Trinity.
That is nice. I feel more knowledgable now that I can read how this is so in the bible.
This means that God is three persons, not three gods. Technically, the doctrine of the Trinity states that in the one God is the person of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Each is not the same person as the other; yet there are not three gods but one.
How can we know this? Because the bible tells us it is so.
This is similar in analogy to the nature of time. Time is past, present, and future. The past is not the same as the present, which is not the same as the future. But, there are not three times. There is only one thing called time.
Now this is not explained in the bible.
The reason the word "person" is used in describing the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit is because each exhibits attributes of personhood—not in a body of flesh and bones, but in personality. In other words, each has a will, loves, speaks, is aware of others, communicates with others, etc. These are attributes of personhood and we see the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit each demonstrate these qualities.
How can we know this? Very simply it says so in the bible.
It goes on and on like this. I'd like to do another thread about what the Koran tells us god is and how god is. But that would be pointless. It's as pointless a Christianity is. The points that CARM makes are fantasy.
It is amazing how people can totally surrender their mental faculties and blindly accept some words written centuries ago.
god (n) - craptacular idea created centuries ago by douchebags in robes as a means of controlling mankind and f*cking up their evolutionary progress over and extended period of time
the guy at CARM has a radio show or you can call in and bring up your objections. Why don't you do that?
He loves to talk to atheists and, more often than not, they don't come away looking too good.
Do you care to take up the challenge?
I would love to hear the dialogue.
Is it even right for us to ask this question? Are our ways and deeds not bad? Yes, there is God and God is love. We need love inside us before we can know of its existence. An informational article here- http://www.worldtransformation.com/is-there-a-god/ might be of help to non believers.
Is it even right for us to ask this question?
I'll rephrase your question (tell me if I'm wrong): Is it immoral to ask a question? Of course not. Asking questions is good (aka moral). Asking questions is part of creating knowledge—i.e. creating solutions to problems—i.e. resolving conflicts.
How else is someone supposed to decide which theory is the right theory that explains the origin of the universe and evolution and people?
Are our ways and deeds not bad?
Me? No, not that I know of. If I knew I was doing something bad, I'd stop doing it.
Is it even right for us to ask this question? Are our ways and deeds not bad? Yes, there is God and God is love. We need love inside us before we can know of its existence. An informational article here- http://www.worldtransformation.com/is-there-a-god/ might be of help to non believers.
lol. God is not love.
Love is never jealous.
God is a jealous god.
Therefore, god is not love.
He's as useless as his "son".


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DEAR MARY: As a teen, my daughter wanted name brand jeans, clothing, shoes — whatever she thought all of the "cool" kids had. She wouldn't step into a thrift shop or discount store. It was a constant battle until I decided that she would have a clothing/necessity allowance.
I gave her a set amount of money each month to cover those expenses. If there was an event coming up, she would need to save ahead to pay for whatever she needed, including her prom gown and all the accessories.
It worked wonderfully. She learned to sit down and figure out what she really needed and then budget for it. She began shopping at thrift stores and discount stores to save money. She learned to make long-range plans. It was a valuable lesson that I wished I'd started earlier! —Margaret, email
DEAR MARGARET: The longer I live the more convinced I am that the only way to train children to be financially confident in ways that will extend far into their adult years is to give them the ability to make their own independent financial decisions while they are still young — then require them to live with the consequences of those decisions, good or bad. I applaud your decision to give your daughter the opportunity and the mandate to manage money while she was still under your authority. DEAR MARY: I am in a quandary. My daughter, 14, has earned enough money to purchase her own e-reader. In order to use the device to download things, she must have a credit card on file. She is a responsible young lady, and I have no fear she will abide by rules I set. Thanks for your advice on the best way to handle this situation. —Kathline K., email
DEAR KATHLINE: I suggest that you add your daughter to your existing credit card as an "authorized user." This will give her the legal right to use the account in her name but without any legal responsibility for repaying the credit card balance.
As an authorized user, your good credit history will begin showing up in her credit file. Even at her tender age, she will begin to build a good credit record by piggybacking onto your credit history.
Just beware that as an authorized user, she could go crazy and charge up the account to the limit, without you knowing. She would have no legal obligation to repay the debt and you would have no legal recourse to make her.
Her potential downside is that your credit behavior, as the account holder, could take a dive sending all kinds of negative information to her account.
While these possibilities exist, I would say the chances of things turning sour would be slim to none for you and your daughter. Congratulations for having raised your daughter to be responsible enough to have earned your trust.
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Recently I was looking for some bread crumbs in my cabinet for a recipe. I forgot that I had gotten rid of most of the gluten in my house, and this included bread crumbs. I remembered I had some "Brown Rice" Gluten Free Rice Krispies. So I decided I would my own gluten free bread crumbs using this gluten free rice cereal and it worked perfectly. This snack was delicious!
Here's how to do it.
For the breadcrumbs:
The measurements aren't exact because its up to you and your tastes. This makes a decent sized batch but you could make this in as large or as small of batches as you want.
4 cups of brown rice gluten free Rice Krispies
1 cup grated parmesan cheese
A bit of Salt
A good bit of garlic powder
Some italian seasoning
Crush the Rice Krispies as evenly as you can, leaving as few big pieces as possible (I used my hands but, using a food processor would be much more efficient). Add the parmesan cheese, some salt, garlic powder, and italian seasoning mix (you could always make your own, throw in whatever herbs and spices you like, oregano, basil, tarragon, even some cayenne if you want to add a little kick.)
That's it! Store in a mason jar, or a nice tin container. Now you can have all those wonderful breaded foods (I'm thinking Chicken Parmesan!!) or casseroles with that amazing crunchy topping. OR you can make these delicious Baked Zucchini Fries. Enjoy!
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