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The prices that BT charged rivals to access parts of its network to provide services to their subscribers were not justified, the Court of Appeal has ruled. The Court rejected claims by BT that the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) had not acted in accordance with EU telecoms laws when it considered whether what it had charged …
When BT updated the exchange where I live to fibre my broadband speed dropped considerably, BT is not my broadband supplier.
Since this upgrade I also get an unsolicited letter a week offering me BT fibre broadband.
Is something going on here? I think it is.
You may be dealing with a violation of the Data Protection Act 1998: use of personal data for purposes other than indicated at the time of collection. Might want to follow it up in that way - BT (and others) do get nervous when you lob that at them because they really, really, really do not like the supervision..
Personally, I put letters like that back in the post with a label over the address, but without postage. The idea is that only when it starts to cost something, companies will pay attention.
I wouldn't be surprised. When will people realise the former public utilities behave badly, overcharge and stifle competition.
Just because their competition isn't much better in terms of service doesn't mean BT should be let off the hook. They are sitting on a huge infrastructure which should be free for anyone to use so long as they contribute to its up keep.
> When BT updated the exchange where I live to fibre my broadband speed dropped considerably, BT is not > my broadband supplier.
They might not be the broadband supplier but they do own and maintain your telephone line. Most likely the installation of the new cabinet disturbed your existing wiring. I don't think cables in the existing cabinet are touched until/unless you take the service but anyone undertaking ground works and installing a large metal box near by could upset things a bit. It seems way more reasonable to me than BT deliberately 'sabotaging' your line.
In an ideal world it ought to be possible to have it 'repaired' but in practice you'll have a hard time getting anyone at BT (or probably your ISP) to accept there's a fault. There's a lot of leeway when it comes to classing broadband performance as a fault. Little point going into here other than to say there is some justification and also some obfuscation. In most cases though if you can't hear noise on the line no-one will want to know - feel free to complain about it though. You might get lucky.
Alternatively if you have FTTC in your area then why not switch to it? BT's Infinity seems to be a reasonable service and is very competitively priced. Alternatively if you're one of the pathological BT haters there are plenty of other ISPs offering a cabinet based service.
That's not my site but it's a good list. Actually there's a lot of information on that site so well worth a read :)
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>Personally, I put letters like that back in the post with a label over the address, but without postage. The idea is >that only when it starts to cost something, companies will pay attention.
Or get the return envelope, glue it to a paving slab an post it.
...... actually I think I may have some bricks kicking about somewhere, they might do, easier to carry to the post office.
Wrote : "Personally, I put letters like that back in the post with a label over the address, but without postage. The idea is that only when it starts to cost something, companies will pay attention."
Can you explain that? You put a label over your own address? So is BT's address pre-printed on the back, and if so you are assuming it will go back to them and they be charged for the return postage?
I am not sure it will work like that. As long as you really are at your address, I believe that *you* could be charged for the return postage because the Post Office have already done their job properly.
Of course, if BT were to use a pre-paid return envelope, use that (but they don't work that way, being a phone company). I send loads of mailshots like that back, often adding more stuff to get the weight into the next cost bracket. Depending on context I remove anything to identify myself.
I also make a note of mail spammers "Freepost" addresses - you can use any envelope for those. I have a large collection of unused pre-addressed envelopes (they come with electricity bills etc but I pay on-line) and I once sent about a fifty of them back to a mail spammer using labels I printed myself with their Freepost address. I am not sure how far you can go with this - could I put one on a parcel with a few house bricks in it, does anyone know?
As I said in a separate post, BT do not send out pre-paid return envelopes. They are a *phone* company, they want you to do business over the phone. They do not phone you though as they are not allowed to.
So be ready to pay for the stamps on that paving slab.
There's nothing pathological about hating BT. It's a rational response to a company that proves again and again and again that it can't be trusted, that it rips off its customers, that it distorts markets and that it quite frankly doesn't give a toss.
I wasn't born a BT hater...they made me one through their egregious service. The sooner the company is put down and properly split up (none of this Chinese walls BT Retail/ BT Openreach bollocks).
BT has not changed it's attitude towards either it's customers or it's competition since the days it was nominally in public ownership.
I can't help thinking the only 'cure' would be for it it be shut down completely and the bits sold off.
A better cure would be for the government to take full control of it again. I mean lets face it, they're recording more profit than the government, and yet they need the government to pay half the costs for them to do... anything.
It would be better in the public domain as a distributor to the otehr services and not an active entity.
Same with british gas.
> A better cure would be for the government to take full control of it again.
And you base that recommendation on what, exactly? Its track record of running large projects? The way it and its predecessors have run the economy? The honesty and integrity of MPs?
And as if that wasn't farcical enough:
You think that the government's policies with respect to privacy and copyright protection mean that they would be best suited to run the country's internet infrastructure?
You are either taking strong medication or there's been a rip in the space-time continuum and your post has come here from some alternate reality. I'm not saying that private enterprise is doing a bang-up, perfect job but lordy, lordy let's not hand what we've currently got to the government.
@ Will Godfrey
Wrote : "BT has not changed it's attitude towards either it's customers or it's competition since the days it was nominally in public ownership."
I don't agree, it is much worse. I do not recall that the nationalised BT charged you a "processing fee" for you to pay your own bill as they do now.
@AC 08:50 A better cure would be for the government to take full control of it again.
I can only imagine you're not old enough to remember Post Office Telephones. It used to take six months to get a phone installed. The job would be done by three different people who would each come to the house and fiddle about for half an hour, then wander off.
When they eventually finished you'd be the proud possessor of a monstrous plastic phone with a rotary dial (but not the owner - you had to pay every month to rent the thing, and if you terminated the service you had to give it back). You couldn't change it for anything else because the Post Office made it more or less impossible to get equipment certified for connection. For this reason alone, a 300-bps modem used to cost about £500.
Aahh, the good old days!
You beat me to it!
Our experience was even worse. When we moved to the outskirts of Reading in 1962, my dad was told that as we more than 220 yards from the nearest service point, it would take 18 months for a connection and as there was 'no other demand' we would have to pay the full cost of cable laying. They continued to insist on this even after dad sent them a photo showing the post right outside our front gate, with two cables going to houses across the street!
The impasse was only broken when dad was able to find the postal address of one of the upper management (no idea how he did that) and sent him copies of all the correspondence plus the photo, along with a request for an interview with a newspaper reporter.
I'm not surprised. Like any business they will try to maximise their profits. They have an obligation to their shareholders (anyone with a pension fund, so probably most of us) to do so. Unfortunately network provision in the UK is a very competitive market with ludicrously small margins in some areas. While this judgement is probably more concerning leased lines I suspect that it's all part of a greater problem. BT are being denied the kind of profit margins they think they need in other sectors and so are trying to claw that back elsewhere.
Now whether or not the margins BT wants are reasonable is hard to say. However I'm a firm believer that the ongoing issues facing general internet access in the UK are the result of low prices. There's almost no money to be made on an on-going basis so the case for investment and expansion is weak. It doesn't help that really there is still no specific 'must have' application that would guarantee a useful income from 'superfast' broadband. Yes it'd be nice if everyone would watch HDTV over their Internet connection but how does that generate revenue? If people were willing to pay for that service they'd already have signed up with Sky or VM.
NB: To the persistent downvoters. I'm not against network investment and I'd love to see everyone in the country with 100Mb/s to their house and office. Unfortunately I'm cursed with common sense and I have an idea of the costs involved and especially given the last five years I have to ask if enough money is available (doubtful) and whether it's prudent to spend it (questionable) on this. We're currently all experiencing the result of a large unbridled, thoughtless spending spree. Do we really want to repeat the same mistakes?
You seem to be mis informed about a few things, If people were able to get Sky or Virgin do you think they'd be complaining here? In the vast majority of the country, and I'm talking geographically here not population coverage, BT is a monopoly. You CANNOT get these other services. And most people I talk to DON'T want 100MB, 1MB would be a start!
BT have made massive profits, historically, by charging people to use the network they inherited cheap while slowly letting it run into the ground. In the meantime they have cherry picked to make more profit and completely ignored the fact that they are supposed to running a national infrasctructure.
They choose not to provide service where there is no profit in it, but then use every underhand tactic in the book to make sure no competition can possibly get established in an area that they have allready decided not to provide service to.
BT is a national disgrace and the reason that the UK has a third world telecommunications network. Competetive market my arse!
Have you ever been to the third world?
What sensible business, especially one offering fixed as opposed to mobile services, is going to concentrate on geographic rather than population coverage?
It's hard to argue they're a monopoly when the 1Mbps you claim to want is available over 3G.
The market must be competitive, logically, because telecoms services in the UK are amongst the very cheapest in Europe, if not the world. Broadband availability is very high (6th in the world). If we were living in a monopoly that wouldn't be the case.
The problem with infrastructure rollout generally - but especially in the UK - is that prices are too low. Who's going to lend me money to build something if I can't pay them back for 20 years? If price continues on a downward curve, I might never be able to pay them back. It doesn't matter who provides the service - BT, Virgin, the government, a local co-op - the market has set prices below a point where you can invest anywhere other than locations where you're guaranteed to make a return. Add the risk that a regulator might force you to resell your new shiny infrastructure to a competitor for a fraction above what it cost and you can understand the reluctance. How many factories would BMW open if they were told that at any point Peugeot might be allowed to buy their cars from them at cost + £10, slap a lion badge on the front and sell them as their own?
Line rentals ?
So are we gonna get cheaper mandatory line rentals, or are our ISPs just gonna make more profit on what they sell us?
Re: Line rentals ?
This article has no direct impact on the last mile. It's talking about the charges BT levied for their core network and/or transits. Stuff that only other ISPs and very large companies are likely to be buying. There might be a knock-on effect somewhere down the line but for the average man in the street this ruling means bugger all.
The other side
BT gets slapped for this but Virgin Media has never had to share any of its infrastructure with any other company. (Not that anyone would want to use its shoddy network).
I feel sorry for BT as I see it being forced into problems in the same way as the Post office was when it lost its monopoly and the other postal providers took all the easier more profitable areas from them.
Re: The other side
Isn't the difference here that BT (the private company) inherited their network from BT (the national telecom service), paid for by the public.
Virgin media - formally NTL - formally Comcast - had to pay to have their own network built.
Re: The other side
Er, no. It was not 'inherited'.
It was the Government who sold the (public owned) network to BT, which was bought and paid for by the shareholders.
Re: The other side
BT Plc may have inherited their network which at the time was in such a poor state since the Government did not invest money made back in to the network but wasted a lot of it. I believe Thatcher refused to put in Fibre back in the 80's as she said this would cause unfair competition in the Telecoms Industry.
NTL which was Comcast/Comtel which received 75%of it's funding form YES the government and as of yet this has NOT been paid back to the taxpayer!!!
Please also note that BT Plc has opened up all of it's network which includes pole sharing, duct sharing so it is fair competition for it's competitors yet Virgin media does not allow any of this, not even at there exchanges which is unfair competition!
Re: The other side
Not sure they "paid". They ran up loads of debts, couldn't pay them and got bailed out with public money. NTL/Virgin picked up those assets in the government equivalent of a fire sale.
The government sold BT's network to shareholders. In public ownership BT was a net contributor to the exchequer, so it's hard to argue that the taxpayer funded the network - it's more the opposite, that BT funded the taxpayer.
None of this excuses dodgy behaviour of course, but it's not true to say that BT were somehow gifted a fully functioning business at the expense of Joe Public.
Google, please buy BT and upgrade everyone to 1Gb symmetric broadband and do away with telephone line rental
Nationalize the Infrastructure and charge BT and others rent to use it and maintain it.
This is what happens when the Fox (BT) has the keys to the henhouse. The US missed the opportunity to fix the infrastructure problem when AT&T (Ma Bell) was broken up into the Baby Bells, each of which became problematic in different ways.
The government builds the roads and maintains them and the telecommunications network infrastructure should be the same way so that there can be some kind of competition between service providers.
In my area, Verizon will not maintain it's POTS lines and are deliberately letting them decay even though there are laws and regulations in place that require them to provide repair and maintenance. Fiber has not been built out here and we are stuck with either cable internet (Time Warner) or DSL.
That is a choice between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea.
Re: Nationalize the Infrastructure and charge BT and others rent to use it and maintain it.
It won't help. When telcos were publically owned, governments treated them as cash cows and milked the profit. Supply always lagged demand as that's the most economically efficient model in a utility monopoly business - it's cheaper to let demand go unserved than build ahead of the curve to be ready for it.
Even if there were a nationalisation, what would change? The rollout of new services is slow and targeted, because the return on investment is poor. At current prices it might take 10 or 20 years to recoup the cost of a fibre rollout, and those prices are dropping. An investor would be better off putting their money in the bank. If that rollout was driven by a public body, where would they get money from? What would be their incentive to do it well? What would change to make them put supply before demand? I think you'd end up with exactly the same situation as today, just with a different logo. The ever-so slightly lower financing costs of a government organisation might subtly change the economics enough to make Virgin go bust - that's about all I can think of.
The kind of thing in the court case
Is why $employer had to pay 150k for a 1Gb/s circuit installation (fibre was already there) and still pays 35k/year for it, vs prices which are less than half that in areas where there is competition to BT for the last mile, and 1/10 of that in areas like the City where there is _real_ competiion.
Yes, seriously. We've been flat out told by BT reps that we'd get much lower pricing if we were receiving comparable service from a competitor and until then we can go whistle.
Prices have dropped recently but they're still eyewateringly high compared to areas where there's competition.
Monopolist uses monoply powers to proptect its monopoly
BT think of these things as "theirs" In reality they were *given* to them by the UKGovt at the sell off over 30 yrs ago.
While BT (and possibly Virgin) are the only players to have made *any* investment in new ducts it's clear that 30 yrs on they are still the de-facto monopoly in the UK.
Who looses?
The UK *consumer*
This will not change unless a few senior execs start going to jail.
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Morning Brew – Anna Paquin is a proud bisexual married mother
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Out singer Sia employed Lena Dunham to help her with her Late Night with Seth Meyers performance of "Chandelier."
E! has an interview with Orphan Black EPs on how they created the newest clone.
"We had just wrapped season one, and we went out to dinner with [Tatiana] and we were going to pitch this idea to her. And she had already come up with the idea, her and her hair team. They had already been talking about a character like this. I mean, it's obviously important to us that Tat is behind us in what we want to do in creating new characters, so the three of us went, 'OK, let's do it.'"
Marlene King participated in a Reddit Q&A yesterday where she answered fan questions, including how Ali's return affects page.
And the Paige /Alison storyline this summer is one of my favorites, and I can't wait for fans to watch it play out. It's very emotional, and I think it's very real to what teens go through when they are bullied.
Rose Troche, Kimberly Peirce, Jamie Babbitt and Lisa Cholodenko made the IndieWire list of 25 Most Important LGBT Filmmakers. They should have been higher, IMO.
Ariel Schrag's new novel Adam is incredibly queer, and so so good. She spoke with Brooklyn magazine about the book, which comes out today! I highly recommend it.
Vulture had a psychiatrist analyze the prisoners of OITNB. Results: Not typical.
Lea DeLaria went on MSNBC's Ronan Farrow Daily yesterday.
You probably noticed that Naya Rivera deleted her Twitter account. Luckily she still has Instagram.
La Roux has released a new track called "Tropical Cancer."
Mashable has "The Evolution of the Pride Parade." Always good to reflect upon. Related: Here's a great Logo series called Trailblazers premiering June 26.
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Breakfast in So. Westchester - Larchmont, Pelham, New Rochelle, Bronxville, Mt. Vernon?
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- MarkDPelhamNY Sep 11, 2009 08:44 AM
I'm still mourning the loss of the Thruway Diner. Soccer season is starting up and I'd love to establish a "breakfast tradition" before practice. Is there ANY place you would recommend in the area? I've combed through the obvious threads and haven't found anything suitable.
Larchmont Diner is only OK, Pelham Bay Diner is very uneven and expensive, the Pelham Cafe is dodgy. Anyone? Diner is preferred but "cafe" or other variants are welcome as well.
Mont Olympos Diner on Central Ave Yonkers... across from Kohl's. It has been consistently good for the past few years.
For something a little "fancier", City Limits in White Plains, at the end of Rt 100.
re: mary30
Does AJ's do breakfast? Mount Olympos is not exactly where they are looking.
There is a diner at the corner of S. Columbus (RTE 22) and Fulton that I pass on the way to BJ's, called either Columbus Diner or Kasteli Diner. Has anyone been there?
Also on Pondfield Road is the Pondfield cafe just past Bronx River Parkway at 3 Pondfield Road West, Bronxville (Yonkers). I have had some good breakfasts there when my ds went to a local daycare. It is pretty small.
re: rolise
A.J's does do breakfast. And they have great omelets etc
Stanz on Chatsworth in Larchmont but only weekdays and Saturdays. They're closed on Sundays.
Park Place Bagels in Bronxville (which, IMHO has the best bagels in Westchester), just expanded and has an actual restaurant now instead of just a take-out counter. I think everything from there very good.
re: MarkDPelhamNY
The bagel place on Gramatan in Fleetwood is also awesome, though they don't really fulfill the rest of your requirements.
re: btbauer
Well, I will put in a rec for Green Apples if you are in Fleetwood. It's a little hidden but if you are headed south on Grammatan, make a right at the Gas Station (that's Williams I think).
Hey they even improved their Web page. I guess with the Athena gone, business may pick up there.
re: MarkDPelhamNY
Thanks for the support Mark. We have been to AJ's for burgers but not for breakfast so am looking forward to hearing your review, please post.
When you try Stanz, be prepared to wait - tiny space - also note that you order at the counter. It's charming and "neighborhoody" and the food is good. For even better, if you are willing to go as far as Rye, I highly rec "On the Way Cafe" which is on the way to Playland.
I'm a fan of Scarsdale Metro Restaurant in Scarsdale. It's a step above the standard greasy spoon. Great fresh ingredients and fast service.
re: varsitysg
I agree good food but parking can be an issue.
My boyfriend and I love Splendid on Mamaroneck Avenue in White Plains. Great breakfast for a great price! Quick friendly service as well.
I think my quest is over - Eileen's Country Kitchen in Yonkers. See my review - http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/761041.
Oh, AJ's (recommended by Mary below) is very good for breakfast, too - cheap and kid friendly.
re: lollypop
there is a new restaurant country kitchen in the BJ's shopping center near Fairway in Pelham which was not bad. it may be a chain.
re: rolise
Huhh...went to this place (because five guys burger was packed!) and it was horrible! The service was so bad, the waitress was laughing at something else while taking our order, the soda was flat and then she came back, apologized because she was distracted and wanted to verify my order, which she had incorrect. I had ordered the chicken fried steak, i got fried chicken instead and then got charged for roast beef which was more expensive and food wasn't even good...it tasted like chain restaurant food straight from the pantry at Costco!
re: petuniafromhell
Look I went once. We had a waiter. Order was correct, food was not bad. Bill was correct. I like Costco. You should have complained to manager and had charges taken off your bill.
Last week i was on vacay and my husband's cousin took us to cheesecake factory. Not only did she send back her shrimp scampi just because it was too spicy, they did not charge her for it and the manager came to the table.
re: rolise
Well, the truth is, I NEVER COMPLAIN, at restaurants, services, etc. Not my style, i just take note and don't go back...it just bothered me so much that it was one thing on top of the other that was going wrong that day.
re: petuniafromhell
Complaining is worth it. If done politely.
re: menton1
Second Cafe Mozart. Wish it had more traffic-places like this are plentiful in Brooklyn and Manhattan but rare in Westchester.
Cafe Mozart
308 Mamaroneck Ave, Mamaroneck, NY 10543
I like Hector's Village Luncheonette in Mamaroneck. It's a real greasy spoon, but they serve a full range of breakfast, including some Latino offerings. Service is friendly and they try pretty hard.


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Shortly after he announced on Monday Night Raw that he was taking time off to have surgery, rumors sprung up that Daniel Bryan did a lot of damage to his neck by doing the flying headbutt off of the forklift on Kane at Extreme Rules 2014. Some within WWE are denying that by saying that the neck was damaged by years of working a stiff style on the independent wrestling circuit.
May 14, 2014
Another match being penciled in for Extreme Rules 2014 is Cody Rhodes vs Goldust. WWE has been planting the seeds of dissension between the real life brothers, and you can expect the story line to heat up over the next couple of weeks, leading to a pay per view match. Depending on how well the fans react to the feud, Goldust could be leaving WWE shortly afterwards.
May 11, 2014
Over the weekend, there were talks that Batista was leaving WWE after working the big six man tag team match at Extreme Rules 2014, but the two sides made an agreement, and the former world heavyweight champion ended up sticking around. He worked Monday Night Raw this week, and he even did a match at the Smackdown taping against Seth Rollins.
May 7, 2014
As many people saw on Monday Night Raw, the feud between John Cena and Bray Wyatt is set to continue, despite the two of them working matches at Wrestlemania 30 and Extreme Rules 2014. WWE is setting up a rematch at Payback 2014, which should more than likely be a gimmick match. There are also rumors that Cena and Wyatt will be battling one another after that pay per view as well.
May 6, 2014
Despite picking up a win over R Truth and Xavier Woods at Extreme Rules 2014, WWE is still choosing to remove Alexander Rusev from the Hulu broadcast of Monday Night Raw. The newcomer moved up the ladder a bit this week when he was allowed to squash Kofi Kingston, but WWE officials still do not view it as important enough for Hulu viewers.
May 6, 2014
While the performers avoided major injuries at Extreme Rules 2014, Rob Van Dam did get beat up a bit, thanks largely to his closing segment with Antonio Cesaro. The former world heavyweight champion suffered cuts and bruises to his face after crashing down on to a trash can while doing his signature Five Star Frog Splash finishing move.
May 5, 2014
Since Kane was booked so strong in defeat at Extreme Rules 2014, rumors immediately spread that the veteran was going to be receiving a rematch against Daniel Bryan for the WWE Championship at Payback 2014. Those rumors may be proven to be true really quick, as management is said to be leaning towards doing a Buried Alive match between the two.
May 5, 2014
WWE has a long history of doing things on screen that are designed to capture the interest of the mainstream media. The company succeeded in doing just that at Extreme Rules 2014 with the use of Vladimir Putin on the screen. It was designed to generate heel heat for Alexander Rusev and Lana. The Washington Post actually wrote a brief piece about the segment, so word should be spreading soon.
May 5, 2014
A rather unusual chant was heard during the handicap match involving Alexander Rusev, Xavier Woods and R Truth during Extreme Rules 2014 last night. It has now been revealed that Sheamus appeared to have fallen asleep during the segment and a couple of members of the live audience caught him, so they started the chant to playfully mock the former world champion.
May 5, 2014
Those that watched Extreme Rules 2014 last night noticed a huge character change for Alexander Rusev. His manager Lana announced to the live audience that the big brute is now from Russia instead of Bulgaria. WWE also showed a picture of Russian president Vladimir Putin on the screen to generate further heel heat. Management wants to capitalize on the real life issues that the US currently has with Russia.
May 5, 2014
A picture of the mini announce team used by WWE at Extreme Rules 2014 during the WeeLC match between Hornswoggle and El Torito. The trio basically was a mock version of JBL, Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler, where they were respectively named JB Elf, Micro Cole and Jerry Smaller.
May 5, 2014
Over the last couple of weeks, Wade Barrett has picked up support from the audience thanks to his catchphrase. He also had a big fan backstage in Vince McMahon. Going into Extreme Rules 2014, the belief within WWE was that Barrett was all but guaranteed to win the IC title, especially since Big E Langston had very little to no momentum.
May 5, 2014
When WWE was scripting the finish to the big six man tag team match between the Shield and Evolution at Extreme Rules 2014, they wanted to give fans something to remember. They also wanted things to make sense. In order to clear the ring for Roman Reigns and Batista, someone came up with the idea for the remaining four guys to fight in the stands. In order to explain why they never went back to the ring, WWE had Seth Rollins hurling into Triple H, Randy Orton and Dean Ambrose from the balcony in the stands.
May 5, 2014
During the steel cage match at Extreme Rules 2014, John Cena came close to victory, but he was stopped from leaving the structure by a kid who sang in a distorted voice. Rumors going around right now is that he is the actual son of Bray Wyatt. There are talks that the kid could be utilized again on Monday Night Raw to further the story line between Wyatt and Cena.
May 5, 2014
While management has expressed some concerns backstage about the lackluster reactions that she has been receiving from the live audiences, WWE had no intentions of swapping the Divas Championship from Paige to Tamina Snuka at Extreme Rules 2014. Rumors have it that management is simply waiting for AJ Lee to return, so that she can work with Paige in a rematch feud.
May 5, 2014
At the end of the Extreme Rules 2014 main event, WWE fans witnessed Kane being put through a burning table, which he actually set up himself, by Daniel Bryan. Aside from giving Bryan a highlight, WWE also went with this route, in order to keep Kane strong in defeat. There are talks that a rematch could take place at Payback 2014.
May 5, 2014
The goal for WWE backstage this summer is to elevate Roman Reigns into a main event performer, so that he can be utilized in a high profile pay per view match against Triple H soon. At Extreme Rules 2014, WWE planted the seeds for that by having Reigns spearing and pinning Batista to get the victory for the Shield. The moment gave him some further credibility.
May 5, 2014
WWE wanted to have a really visually memorable moment for Daniel Bryan at Extreme Rules 2014, so the decision was made over the weekend to utilize a forklift backstage and in the arena. The heavyweight champion used the vehicle to cart Kane back to the ring. Bryan also used it as a platform for his flying headbutt finisher, which Kane kicked out of.
May 5, 2014
In a match filled with quite a few over the top spots, Daniel Bryan successfully retained the WWE Championship by defeating Kane at Extreme Rules 2014. A running knee followed by a pin enabled Bryan to get the pin fall victory over Kane. Prior to that spot, Kane was put through a burning table and carried on a forklift, among other things.
May 4, 2014
Since WWE needed a Divas Championship match at Extreme Rules 2014, Paige was given the victory over Tamina Snuka after delivering her submission finisher. The segment was short and quick, providing only a couple of spots outside the ring. It basically served as a pay per view buffer between the steel cage match and the world title match.
May 4, 2014
As many fans are already aware by now, Jamie Noble and Joey Mercury were recently given more of an on screen role as the stooges for Triple H and Stephanie McMahon. Since they're still in good shape, there are report floating around that WWE will have them working a match on Monday Night Raw soon. Noble and Mercury spend the majority of their time as backstage agents for the company.
October 2, 2014
There are those backstage that were disappointed with Royal Rumble 2014, as many feel that there were not enough highlight spots during the match. Kofi Kingston was praised for doing his best to produce memorable moments, but very few others were able to stand out. Jamie Noble, the agent in charge of the match, has backstage heat because of that.
January 28, 2014
On Monday Night Raw, wrestling fans saw Jamie Noble being injured in the story line after an assault by Sheamus. It was revealed shortly thereafter that he was retiring from wrestling, which led fans to question if he will actually retire. Word coming out of backstage is that this is a legitimate retirement. He will focus on a career as an agent for WWE.
November 12, 2009
On screen, Jamie Noble was forced to retire from professional wrestling after a vicious assault from Sheamus, but in reality, he is just stepping side as an in ring performer, in order to focus on his new job as a producer for WWE. Noble was heavily praised for putting over a younger star on his way out.
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The Interim Deputy National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Malam Nasir el-Rufai yesterday said despite the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)'s desperation to link him with Boko Haram insurgency, he won't stop criticising the President Goodluck Jonathan administration.
He decried the ruling PDP's penchant for making wild statements and irresponsible conjecture.
The PDP spokesperson, Olisa Metuh, weekend, in a statement insisted that the APC had links with the terrorist group and cited comments attributed to two chieftains – Muhammadu Buhari and el-Rufai – of the opposition party, to strengthen its claim that APC was synonymous with Boko Haram.
But the former Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, who made his position known last night through his spokesman, Muyiwa Adekeye, challenged the PDP or Jonathan administration to provide evidence in court linking him to the insurgency that is currently ravaging some parts of the North.
The statement said: "Terror is a crime, as is abetting it. No competent government will use evidence of terror links only for purposes of propaganda. But what do we see from the PDP? A pathetic effort to criminalise the speech of its opponents, and somehow transform that into "evidence". Why is this "evidence" not being tested in a competent court of law?
"Nigerians will not be fooled by specious arguments, not least from people mired in the PDP's medieval ethos that mistake presence in or closeness to a government with patriotism.
"Malam Nasir El Rufai will continue to discharge his patriotic duty of speaking out against incompetence and electoral skulduggery. He wishes to remind Metuh and his likes that political banter is no justification for libel".
He dismissed PDP allegation as "irresponsible conjecture."
The statement added: "The PDP has made a habit of wild statements and irresponsible conjecture. This posture reflects the strong synergy between that party and its government whose record is a long litany of incompetence, insensitivity, impunity and needless deaths.
"In place of governance, the PDP government offers excuses or blames others for its glaring failures. If its officials are not blaming jobseekers for the poor crowd control that led to fatalities, its officials will be busy shirking their duty to uphold the welfare and security of the people.
"Yet every attempt by the PDP government to politicise and trivialise its abject security failures merely reminds everyone that it is not governing.
"The latest statement from PDP spokesman Olisa Metuh is a poor and vain effort to distract attention from governance deficits. His tool is to distort words from leading opposition politicians, and them misname his resulting concoction as evidence.
"Yet the PDP ought to be wary when it comes to the subject of twisting speech; a terrain where it is vulnerable.
"After the 1 October 2010 bombing in Abuja, President Jonathan was engulfed in the unedifying spectacle of trying to absolve the organisation that had claimed responsibility for it.
"When the United Nations building suffered a terrorist outrage, the president visited the scene to assure Nigerians that it is their turn to experience some of that global scourge.
"Weeks after a presidential aide was caught employing the ruse of a pseudonym to disseminate poison, mum has been the response of the government. Like Metuh's statement, that effort was aimed at smearing someone at odds with the government with allegations of links to terror".
The ex-Minister claimed that the Jonathan administration has become increasingly desperate over 2015 that it is neglecting its basic duties to Nigerians.
It said: "Media commentaries have already reflected some concerns about whether terror persists because the government sees political advantage in it. With schools, towns and army barracks still being attacked in the North-East, it is clear that our gallant security forces need to be better resourced and led to secure lives and property.
"That solemn duty is what should exercise a government worthy of the name. But this current regime is so seized by electoral calculations that it neglects its basic duties".


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TINLEY PARK, Wis. — A man who was hit with a TASER by a New Lenox police officer wants obstruction charges dropped. He says he was just trying to help the police on the scene of a car wreck near his house. According to Patch.com:
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Nice Emotion shown here Nice expressions.
I don't speak....me too. Something already seen.
Funny Obama as captain America
UN experts recommend new sanctions on terrorists
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This is pro work worthy to be on the TIME cover.
Putin is recognizable only through the flag.
Was a good fight Top chops one and all. Congrats on the bronze, Jere
Nice work jeremix, congrats on the bronze.
glad you liked it, armatien. you should jump in again as well.
Funny Obama The Neanderthal Loves Golf
Even as a caveman he would had played golf.
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Excellent caricature but you should increase red in face.
Congrats, Hobbit. It was my favorite in the contest.
He looks happy with his new lok. Congrats on the Wood.
The one I was worried most about. Congrats on the woody cup in a contest full of top chops.
The only thing I would touch us here is match the face and body skin tones. Perfect otherwise. Congrats on the wood, hobbit.
Funny Obama Noninates Trandgendered Self
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Another great Obama metamorphosys. Impressive.
Thanks Hit, I live for "Yikes" and thanks all.
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the saddest melody the power of music
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Perfect. Republicans seize Senate, get full control of Congress Obama'll be sad for next 2 years.
O-Bama.. why cry. Amazing caricature and Pigeon coming out of Saxophone is Awesome
Enjoy the music Whether u r happy or sad. Nice
Top player here. Reduce a little the shadow under the hat. It looks floating.
Great Job... Love the use of color. Congrats on the bronze
Congrats. Great job done, Elegary. Fav's.
Decent work, thought it'd be better to have things that connect to each other and Obama character. He seems to be in Slavic kind of room with doves and fairies - all of which is really unrelated especially to Obama. Technically a great work though.
Congratulations.. I like the textures. I do wish the curtains weren't just flipped images. But that's a minor detail amongst so many gorgeous choices. Great job.
Nice work Elegary, congrats on the bronze. Just a small tip...Toning down the back wall and curtains a bit would make the foreground images pop, but you're definitely on the right track.
Funny Obama Urged To Release Torture Report
Obama has been urged to release the CIA prisoner, torture report
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Seeing their faces would be torture for anyone.
The American voter is in the cell next door... holding his/her nose
The man on the left with blue eyeglasses looks the most dangerous.
Good one again and I must agree with your earlier comment...It is torturous seeing my mug up there, .
Funny How Picasso Would See Obama
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Its clean... disorientation done perfectly. No scars seen good one
Nice improvement. Congrats on the Silver.
Perfect Obama by Picasso, sorry by Paul. Congrats.
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Funny Picassian Obama
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Shows an interesting and well-done optical take on cubism. Cool.
Creative, and really reflects the Picasso cubism style, in a photoshop kinda way
Cool for sure. Liked this one a lot. Nice job
Funny Obama to Congress: Take This!
President Obama has assigned the crackerjack Secret Service to protect John Boehner. But they're out getting doughnuts. The President wants a jelly filled. A red line has been drawn.
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uhh... I think you put the faces on the wrong bodies.
Gummy - You don't think Obama wants to strangle John Boehner. Well, if you didn't get it, it can't have worked for you. Sorry.
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Put some shadows from the Boehner's chin onto the rope and you have a top job.
Thanks all. Newsmaster - you're right, I neglected that.
Funny Kim Jong un And Michelle Obama
Kim Jong-un states " I love Michelle being fat".
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There goes Michelle's "Let's Move Campaign"... awesome stuff, Hidden.
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Funny Foreign Affairs: Obama & Putin
This Saturday we continue our freaking experiment with provided source images. After the recent tensions over Snowden, and then Syria, the foreign affairs between the US and Russia has hit the new low and descended into the state of mistrust and cold treatment. Are we heading to a new cold war? Photoshop this image of Obama and Putin any way you wish. Some examples are - turn this "state of confusion" into a happy affair between the presidents, use the photo in billboards and promotional posters. These are just some ideas.
Funny Obama & Putin at G20 Summit
This Saturday we continue our freaking experiment with provided source images. Photoshop this image of Obama and Putin at the G20 Summit in St.Petersburg, Russia, on September 6, 2013 any way you wish. Some examples are - show how things could go wrong between Obama and Putin on this summit, use the presidents in propaganda posters and movies, demotivational posters. These are just some ideas.
Funny Walking Obama
This Friday we continue our freaking experiment with provided source images. Photoshop this image of President Obama on a Friday walk any way you wish (image credit Pete Souza / US Government work). Some examples are - showing where Obama is heading, designing a poster with this Obama walking image, putting the president into some new environment, movies, paintings, etc. These are just some ideas.
Funny Shooting Obama
This Monday we continue our freaking experiment with provided source images. (We swapped Friday and Monday contests this week.) The White House released the photo of Obama shooting clay targets to support Obama's interview where he said that at Camp David he and his guests "do skeet shooting all the time". Basically, The White House photo was a response to the blogsphere and media who questioned Obama's shooting - if Obama does shooting all the time why have we never heard about this? The photo is dated August 2012. Photoshop this photo of Obama skeet shooting (image credit Pete Souza / US Government work) any way you wish. Please avoid chops that are "too graphic."
Funny Obama Inauguration 2013
Obama's inauguration on January 21 will be the most expensive inauguration in history costing up to $200 million. The good news is - most of this money will be paid by the donors and only $49 million will be covered by US taxpayers (federal budget). Btw, you can still book VIP seats for the event for $1 million. In comparison, George W. Bush spent $45 million on his second swearing-in (2005), and Bill Clinton spent $33 million (1997) on his return to the White House. Less than a minute of reciting the oath of office will be followed by dancing at the inaugural balls and the inauguration party with over 250 guests. $200 mil inauguration'd better be good! Photoshop how this lavish inauguration will be remembered in history and what things/events/surprises we might expect on it.
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One in eight people received an offensive e-mail in the last year, government figures have indicated.
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Question of the week: What's the difference between A) a band shamelessly exploiting its past; B) a band that keeps on keeping on like some old milk-cart horse that still must walk its route every morning even after retirement; and C) most of a band's members wresting control from a disinterested (or at least disinclined) frontman and claiming their due, a not-so-divine right born of thousands of hours in a funky-smelling van and hundreds of bleary, almost-morning stumbles toward yet another truckstop bathroom?
In the case of the Heads--Chris Franz, Tina Weymouth, and Jerry Harrison, talking no more, sans mouthpiece-artiste David Byrne--the answer may well depend on who you ask. After all, the Sex Pistols and Beach Boys both have been slagged for their own variations on this theme; why wouldn't the Heads new album No Talking Just Head and the tour they're undertaking in support of same be any less hateful?
Well, for one thing, Byrne not only refuses to dance with the band that brought him to the point where he could embark on a second successful multimedia career, but--through various comments and threats of legal action--he doesn't appear to want anybody else to dance with (or to) them either.
Well, tough titty, Dave. With the possible exception of Harrison, who had drummed for Jonathan Richman, nobody knew what the hell they were doing when the Talking Heads started out; anyone who saw one of their early shows would find absurd the idea that Byrne was so much a guiding light as to give him proprietary rights to the music. It's one of the tragedies of the ego-driven music biz: Popularly, it's the guy with the mike and the big-shouldered suit; financially, it's the one who wrote the words, then the music; and any ex-members, bass players, or drummers--regardless of flat tires fixed, contributions in the studio, or longtime support--can go pound blue mud.
Despite his often-brilliant solo career, there has always been a whiff of the elitist about Byrne, perhaps most pungent on his movie True Stories, in which he more or less says: "My, but there are some weirdos out here in the sticks. They're quite quaint. Now I will put on this enormous hat." Whatever their motives, the Heads are to be commended for refusing to be bullied by Byrne, and the fact that Johnette Napolitano will be singing on this tour is not only a refreshing admission that the other band members can't but a potentially intriguing variation on a by-now familiar formula.
Their Daveless album features instrumental tracks the Heads laid down. They then recruited a host of post-punk pop luminaries to contribute voices and lyrics: old New York pals like Debbie Harry and Richard Hell, musical contemporaries like XTC's Andy Partridge, and the next generation of the movement the Talking Heads helped start -- Black Grape's Shaun Ryder, the Violent Femmes' Gordon Gano, and Ed Kowalczyk of Live. To some, this might be a sign of a band half formed, but it actually gives the disc a nicely varied texture and tone, and is a refreshing admission by the Heads that they can't really sing.
The Heads play Deep Ellum Live Friday, October 18.