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Artist of the day: The Hazies
This was then: "I was thinking ... we'd be on MTV and then be selling 100,000 copies. Hopefully, six months from now, we'll talk and we'll be at that point."
This is now: "We hope to get a lot of people out, of course. But it's really just a chance for us to get together, hang together and play music together."
Both quotes are from Ken Logan, the singer of alt-rock band The Hazies. The first is from 1996, shortly after the Tampa group's debut album had come out on a major label, EMI, and the Hazies were poised to make it big.
The second is from two weeks ago.
After a five-year hiatus, The Hazies are reuniting for a concert Friday at Jannus Live alongside several peers from their era — Freaks Rule, Men From Earth and Dee Force. The show is dubbed "Back to the Future 2010," but for the Hazies — Logan, guitarist Greg Zink, bassist Dave Walker, keyboardist Wes Eubanks and drummer Steven Tanner — it's a chance to relive the heyday of a once-thriving Tampa Bay music scene. (Tickets are $15; click here for details.)
Back in the '90s — before Bandcamp, MySpace, iTunes and Napster — major labels still controlled the music world. Rock bands hoped to be discovered by A&R guys, sign a multi-album deal and tour the country on the label's dime. It worked in Florida just as it did as everywhere else — Matchbox Twenty, Creed and Seven Mary Three all came from the Sunshine State.
Originally known as UROK, the Hazies came together in 1989 and were among a handful of Tampa Bay bands (Pee Shy, Sugarspoon) that attracted major-label attention. Back then, Logan said, the local scene was vibrant enough that they could play different venues each night of the week and still draw hundreds of fans.
"Back 15 years ago, there were probably 30 different venues you could play in the Tampa Bay area, and make a living at it, and not see the same person night after night, because each venue had their own following," said Walker. "We gave people a reason to come out and make sure they had a good time."
After being signed by EMI, the Hazies' album Vinnie Smoking in the Big Room sold more than 11,000 copies in its first six months. The band was written up in Billboard, their video for Skin and Bones was played on MTV, and their cover of Turning Japanese landed on the soundtrack to the Chris Farley movie Beverly Hills Ninja.
Cue the chords of Behind the Music.
It's not that the band fought or imploded. But disagreements with their label over their follow-up to Vinnie took their toll. After thousands of shows, the band came off the road in 1998, and they didn't perform as frequently around town. Five years ago, they put down their instruments and moved onto other projects — families, jobs, other bands.
"We never officially broke up or anything; it just as a business wasn't going anywhere for us," Logan said. "We just didn't feel the need to play anymore. The last shows that we had done were kind of lackluster, and we didn't feel like it was a great, organic experience anymore."
Some of them remained musically active. Zink and Tanner play in the North Pinellas funk collective The Black Honkeys, and Walker works with guitarist Robin Trower. (In fact, he was recently at a gig with Trower in Indiana when he spotted a Hazies poster backstage. He stole it.)
A few years ago, the group reunited on stage at a wedding. This summer, they all hung out at a Crowded House concert in Clearwater. Facebook photos from that outing prompted fans to leave comments asking if the Hazies were getting back together. Walker started calling old friends from other bands, and Friday's '90s reunion lineup at Jannus started to take shape.
The concert may lead to more Hazies gigs, but for now, Walker said they're just focusing on the first one. He said some fans are even flying in from out of town for the gig.
"It's crazy that that's come about — people spending $500 on a $15 show," he laughed. "But we had some hardcore fans back in the day. We were fortunate that we were able to travel the country and have a good fan base, and that's what kept us going years after our recording career had stalled. It's heartwarming to know that people still want to relive you."
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Every Saturday in March, kids can slide into the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center's Discovery Lab for some Slime Science. They'll get dirty with gak, goop, and oozing observations.
So slime on down.
It's held every Saturday from 1 to 3 p.m., during the month of March.
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Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 3:15 AM
Lil Kim who ? Lol
Well I must say that lil Kim, black Friday was wack. The part that she's going to turn pink friday into Friday the 13th was clashed. And how dare her tlk about Nicky surgery when she looks like they deep her in a bucked of bleach. And besides your time is up you did what you did and no one wants to hear it any more. Also Nicky already used Friday the 13 TH in one of mixes you dumb silicon hoe Kent al the way


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The international relations and co-operation department was on Sunday following up on reports that a South African man had been arrested in Sudan.
"We've noted the reports and are following up through our mission in Sudan," spokesman Clayson Monyela said.
The South African was part of a group of four men captured by the Sudanese military in the tense Heglig oil region, French news agency AFP reported. The other three are a Briton, a Norwegian and a South Sudanese man.
"We captured them inside Sudan's borders, in the Heglig area, and they were collecting war debris for investigation," Sudanese army spokesman Sawarmi Khaled Saad told AFP after the four were brought to Khartoum.
A colleague of one of the men said they were deminers working on the South Sudanese side of the border.
The British embassy was "urgently" investigating the arrest of its citizen and had requested consular access, AFP reported.
Jan Ledang, country director for the Norwegian People's Aid mission in South Sudan, identified one of the captives as employee John Sorbo.
"It's impossible that they were in Heglig. They were in Pariang about a 90-minute drive from Heglig in the South's Unity state," Ledang told the agency.
The four were on a de-mining mission "and one of them was from the UN", Josephine Guerrero, a spokeswoman for the United Nations Mission in South Sudan was quoted as saying.
"We're uncertain of the circumstances," she added.
Heglig, Sudan's main oil region, has been at the centre of recent fighting between Sudan and South Sudan. - Sapa


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By Bill Tamburrino
Coach Jerry Patenaude's varsity golfers picked up two more victories in non-league matches as they beat Steele Canyon High School and Olympian High School to improve to 4-0 on the season.
Ryan Graf led the Bulldogs in their 206-216 win over Steele Canyon. Graf fired a 38 to beat Kazar Matoian by one stroke. Mike Smith and Dane Harvey both carded 42. Thomas Andrews shot 45 and Jason Morton carded a 45.
"Dane's 42 is the lowest varsity debut score I can remember since I took over as coach six seasons ago. It was a great way to the start of a varsity career," said Patenaude.
Harvey had a good news-bad news hole on the second hole. The bad news is that he hit his tee shot on the par three in the rough about 40 yards short of the hole. His lie was behind a sand trap and he couldn't see the hole from his lie. The good news is that he hit a wedge shot that cleared the bunker and rolled straight into the hole for a birdie.
The Dawgs traveled to Salt Creek Golf Club to take on Olympian High School. Graf repeated his 38 to lead the Dawgs to a 216-226 victory. Matoian carded a 41. Drew Andrews shot 43. Ben Anderson-Parks turned in a 46, and Frankie Romero shot 47. Tanner Angel shot 48.
"We are off to a great start. I have already seen improvement in a lot of the guys. Dane Harvey shot one of the best rounds by anyone in his first match and Ryan (Graf) has been very consistent in his play. Shooting two 38s, one at home and one on the road, and earning medalist honors in both matches, was very impressive," said Patenaude.


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DOZENS of people were forced to flee their homes after fire ripped through a block of flats yesterday.
Firefighters kicked down doors and carried residents to safety as people battled to rescue their families and pets at the blaze in Venners Water, Didcot.
The fire, which started in a top-floor flat at about 5am, left two people – believed to be a mother and child – in hospital.
Joe Sutton, 25, and his brother Tim, 17, were the first to raise the alarm and managed to run to safety with their dog, Skippy.
Recovering at nearby pub The Ladygrove, Joe said: "I was just coming in from a night out when I thought I could smell smoke.
"Then I saw all the black smoke. I went and got Tim and started banging on doors – I knew there were children in there."
Tim said: "When the fire brigade arrived, they came up to the window on ladders.
"But I told them there was no way I was leaving the dog, I just couldn't do it. So I got her in a bit of a headlock and we managed to get to the stairs."
Firefighters said the blaze had taken hold of the three-storey building by the time they arrived.
Around 50 firefighters worked to wake up and rescue residents, care for those already outside and start tackling the fire.
Paramedics also treated a number of casualties at the scene for smoke inhalation.
About 40 people are believed to live in the block.
Sarah-Jane Goodchild and her daughter Abi-Jane, who had celebrated her seventh birthday the day before, were woken up by their neighbour banging on the door.
She said: "It was just panic. My neighbour was bashing on my door and then it was the firemen, telling us to get out now.
"It was a matter of just finding anything to chuck on, I don't care that I'm wearing a dressing gown. At the end of the day, we are safe, we're alive, and that's all that matters."
The cause of the blaze is now being investigated. Firefighters at the scene said it was too early to know if arson was suspected.
Residents are being rehomed by South Oxfordshire District Council while it is established when, or if, they can return.
Tracy Polatsoy and Georgie Martin escaped their ground-floor flat with pet cat Charlie.
Ms Polatsoy said: "I could see flames out of the window and heard things dropping – it must have been things from the top-floor flats.
"Then I could smell the smoke and we realised we had to get out of the building.
"We've been told there is an awful lot of water damage, so we are getting rehoused as I don't think we will be able to go back."
She added: "This isn't exactly what we had planned for the bank holiday."
All the residents were yesterday being cared for at The Ladygrove by landlords John and Tina Colthird. They opened their doors at 6am and served bacon sandwiches, tea and coffee, pet food for the animals and hot cross buns donated by the local Greggs store.
Mrs Colthird said: "We are just doing what we should be doing, caring for the community.
"I think they are all okay. They are all stunned, but we are doing what we can."
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Shanahan has options … if he wants them
Published: January 4th, 2009 | Tags: Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Jamie Dukes, Mike Shanahan, New York Jets, NFL coaching search
Mike Shanahan's stunning dismissal in Denver immediately made him the best candidate on the coaching market. But does he even want to coach in 2009? He has $20 million remaining on his contract, and even with an inevitable bidding war that will begin at about $25 million, Shanahan isn't even thinking about coaching right now.
Shanahan sat down with our own Adam Schefter this week on NFL GameDay Morning (you can watch Part I and Part II) and said that he wants to get back into coaching. Some day. Right now, he is committed to taking two weeks off before going forward.
A number of the current NFL openings could be filled by the time Shanahan comes back from vacation. And if you follow Schefter's blog, you would know that a few of these teams are already moving fast. But if these teams would wait, and if Shanahan was willing to jump back into the game right after a painful break up, I believe these would be the best situations for him.
- N.Y. Jets: Shanahan would inherit a playoff-ready team and a veteran quarterback in Lord Favre who could assimilate the full breadth of Shanahan's offense. He would inherit a 3-4 defense, which he prefers, that is in need of a qualified defensive coordinator. Hey, Romeo Crennel is available. The Jets already reached out to Shanahan, but was told that he was going to take a few weeks off. The Jets are also looking at another coach with a Super Bowl ring, Brian Billick, who will interview with the Jets this week. Boston College coach Jeff Jagodzinski will interview Tuesday. Current Jets assistants Bill Callahan and Brian Schottenheimer are also candidates.
- Cleveland Browns: Speaking of Crennel, Romeo reportedly intimated he would be willing to stay on in Cleveland if the right head coach came about. Like Shanahan, who would have the luxury of grooming a semi-raw Brady Quinn who was groomed under Charlie Weis at Notre Dame. That's not a bad place to start. The Browns are actively talking to former Jets coach Eric Mangini. But Randy Lerner is known to be unpredictable and likes to do the unexpected. Like maybe wait the two weeks to talk to Shanahan?
- Detroit Lions: The Lions have the first pick in the draft and could be in the position to draft Georgia quarterback Matthew Stafford or Heisman Trophy winner Sam Bradford. Both are underclassmen who could be motivated to enter the NFL Draft to play for Shanahan. In addition, the Lions have an additional set of picks that includes a first-rounder complements of the Dallas Cowboys who overpaid for Roy Williams. But would Shanahan be willing to yield power of those picks to new general manager Martin Mayhew?
— Jamie Dukes
- Did you miss the latest "Put up your Dukes?" Watch Jamie put the Dallas soap opera into perspective.


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I just bought a house and there was a coal stove left in the basement that's not being used. I was hoping someone could let me know if this is worth selling or any other information. The only info I could see is that it was made by Agricola Furnace Company. Any info would be appreciated, thanks!
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Ainsworth, NE, United States, 2006/03/28 - The Enigma Radio Network announces that their programming can now be heard worldwide on shortwave radio.
The Enigma Radio Network announced today that starting on March 29th their podcasts will be heard throughout most of the world on Shortwave radio. This event marks the continued expansion for the award winning network as they seek to provide even more ways for people to enjoy their programming.
The Daily Dig, a 3-5 minute world news program can be heard on Frequency 15.825 on WWCR, Monday through Friday at 1:05 PM Eastern time. This news program covers all of the days top stories with commentary on current events and is hosted by Kathleen Keating, an international best selling author and investigative journalist.
The Enigma Files, an hour-long weekly show hosted by Kathleen Keating, will be available on Wednesdays at 4pm Eastern, also on Frequency 15.825 on WWCR. The Enigma Files was the winner of the 2005 Peoples Choice Podcasting Award for World News, and is one of the networks most popular shows. Tune in each week for insightful interviews, commentary and much more.
Homeland Security Weekly, an hour-long weekly show hosted by Doug Hagmann, can be heard on Frequency 15.825 on WWCR on Thursdays at 4pm Eastern. Hagmann, is the founder and director of the Northeast Intelligence Network and CEO of a multi-state licensed private investigative agency serving many Fortune 500 clients. A 20 year veteran of conducting investigations in the private sector, he has logged over 35,000 hours of covert surveillance in his career and is the author of Tactical Surveillance. He is a member of the International Counter-Terrorism Officers Association and possesses many law enforcement related training certifications.
Kathleen Keating, the founder of the network stated, Enigma Radio Networks growth has been consistent over the past year. The expansion to shortwave radio insures that we can fulfill the needs of our listeners by expanding the options to hear the shows. We look forward to working with WWCR to bring our listeners quality entertainment. We also anticipate even broader expansion by early 2007 and will ultimately offer our listeners 24 hour programming.
The Enigma Radio Network looks forward to providing their listeners with even more free ways to enjoy their programming. All of the networks shows will remain available on-demand, and free of charge, on the Internet. More information on The Enigma Radio Networks Shortwave debut and their programming can be found on ernradio.com.
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About This Game
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Ignition challenges Game Boy Advance players to tame the animals in ZOOO, a fun puzzle game that requires players to match animals before they pile up. The zoo is in trouble, and it's up to players to send the animals back to their cages by matching three of the same animals together. Players must manage lions, pandas, crocodiles, elephants, and more. The goal of each level is to switch animals around between columns or rows so that three of them are lined up. These animals then disappear, causing the stack of animals to move down. If players line up the animals just right, when the stack drops down, more animals will line up, creating a combo and netting the player some extra bonus points. Once a certain number of animals have been caged, the player moves on to the next level. In addition to the single player mode, gamers can also challenge each other to a ZOOO battle using the Game Boy Advance link. Gamers who are fond of online games like BEJEWELED will find ZOOO a fun, challenging game that will provide hours of entertainment.
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- Number Of Players: 1-2
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ZoooPublisher: SuccessRelease Date: March 14, 2006MSRP: 19.99 USD
Minna no Soft Series ZOOORelease Date: October 31, 2003
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Well folks, the tekkies have been washed,
and the pile of snow jackets we collected for the mountain kingdom of Lesotho is ready.
Now we just have to throw our bathing suits in a bag, and off we are for a month to the Beloved Country!
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My temp works ok but not great. My meat prob is trying to work but wont make it through a cook and I have way over cooked 4 pcs of expensive meat putting my trust in this thing. Any of you guys have this trouble?
I have pulled my hair out over this thing.
I was trying to cook 2 tender loins yesterday (Saturday July the 12th) and was trying to trust this thing. i was shooting for a 150 degree and it made it to 126 and did not mover any farther and finally checked it with my trusty thermapen and it was at 190 and was very dry and tough as a boot. Do you know what 2 beef tender loins cost. I have called several times and have never got to speak to a rep. Nor have they returned my call.
My DigiQ DX2 has not worked since I have had it. I have tried to calibrate it just like the book says and after the first beep it goes to 33 degrees and when I stick in ice water it go to 26 degrees or every what the 26 stands for and just stays there. I try to adjust it up by 6 clicks to get it to 32 and give it plenty to make the adjustment but it just stays there.I have 2 meat probes and they both act the same way.
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Ventura Police say an attorney filed a claim against the city of Ventura, alleging that an officer who killed himself had sexually assaulted a young girl over a five month period in 2011.
Officer Ricky Payne killed himself in October of 2011.
At the time, the Ventura County Sheriff's Department completed an independent investigation which included an interview with a female who was a minor.
In a claim with the city, which is usually a precursor to a lawsuit, the mother of the minor claimed she didn't discover what occurred until last December.
The claim seeks $10 million dollars in damages from the city. Because there is potential litigation, city officials say they can't comment on the claim.


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Speak to a Costa Mesa attorney if you have been arrested for drunk driving.
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Chris Koch & Associates one of the best DUI attorneys in Costa Mesa has said that it will extend the December holiday offer. The holiday special will surely go a long way in helping first time DUI offenders to get professional legal representation at a very good price. The Costa Mesa DUI attorneys offer states that for any first time offender of driving under the influence, the firm will offer full representation and legal assistance for just $900. With such an affordable offer and its expertise and experience well documented, this is arguably the best chance available for anyone in need to get professional legal help.
According to the DUI firm which has been very popular in the city of Costa mesa, the price, and the conclusively of its offer is the ideal show of the firms top end quality service delivery marked by a strong touch of affordability. The package comes fully fit with total legal representation as well as an increased level of flexibility that any first time DUI offender will not get anywhere in the city. For many experts who have been keen on the progress that has been made by the firm in the last few years, there is a growing list of clients in the city who were looking for this type of professional legal consultancy in the city. For more information about the DUI attorneys in Costa Mesa visit, http://CostaMesaduiLawyer.info.
According to a statement from Chris Koch & Associates, the offer was inspired by the need to promote its professional service to a diverse range of clients. With the package, it is very obvious that one thing t looks very clear is the fact that Chris Koch & Associates is not only a top rated provider, but also one that takes full consideration in terms of getting service to those who need it. As the spokesperson notes, on the face of DUI cases in Costa Mesa this was an ideal chance to get the help of an experienced attorney. He says "we are happy to extend our DUI December package for first time offenders, on the face of the increase of incidents during the holidays, launching such a package could not have come at a better time than it has now."
Chris Koch & Associates is a leading DUI attorney with specific experience and expertise in the sector. The criminal defense firm has a state of the art team of lawyers and experience to handle even the most extreme cases. The lawyers base their expertise on the number of years the law firm has been offering professional service in Costa Mesa. For more details on how anyone can get the best DUI attorney in Costa Mesa and claim the holiday package please feel free to contact Chris Koch & Associates today.
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Publishers Say PS3 is Too Expensive
In 2006 the PlayStation 3 launched as the most expensive console of this generation. Now, more than two years later, it still retains that title and publishers wish it weren't so.
According to Bloomberg, Sony is under pressure from video game publishers to drop the price of its flagship console. At $399, the PS3 is $150 more than the Wii and twice the price of the cheapest Xbox 360 (though the same price as most expensive Xbox 360).
Of course, all game publishers want the hardware to be as affordable as possible, so that more consumers will buy the systems, thereby expanding the user base. The majority of video game systems are sold in the latter parts of the life cycle, when the hardware hits its lowest price points.
"Anytime a console manufacturer reduces the price, software publishers benefit," said Yves Guillemot, chief executive officer of Ubisoft Entertainment.
Analyst with Janco Partners, Mike Hickey, believes that Sony will drop the price of the PS3 $50 to $100 sometime next month. "If they can't meaningfully increase their install base, then you will likely see a capital reallocation," Hickey said. But Sony is sticking to its guns with regards to its current pricing.
"Everybody in the development community would love for the PS3 to be free, so they could just sell razor blades," Peter Dille, senior vice president of marketing for Sony Computer Entertainment America, said in an interview.
Executives at top game publishers do agree that the current PS3 price is a sticking point with consumers looking to get into next-generation gaming.
"Sony obviously still has a ways to go with their pricing," said Peter Moore, head of EA Sports. EA has shifted some of its resources to developing for the Nintendo Wii, naturally incentivized but the large install base.
"You can't ignore the guy who has half the market," Moore said. For the previous two console generations, Sony has been the one with the largest share of the market, but the Japanese electronics maker now finds itself no longer on top of the heap.
With the PS3's high price tag being such an issue, nary a month goes by without some talk about a price cut. While a price drop for spring is less expected than one during the holiday season, publishers along with consumers who are still on the fence about buying one would like it to be as soon as possible.
zuesacuatlIt is price, the PS3 is the best console on the market for graphics and capabilities, but the price just kills it for console fans. I own both the crackbox360 and the PS3, and the MS box could not even touch the PS3 in exclusive title graphics. I also own the wii for my kids, its a great console for the whole family.
The Schnoz360 just has better exclusive titles and most games that are out on both systems run better on 360. I have both a 360 and PS3 and have had my PS3 for over two years. I have probably played games on it for a few hours in those two years and the rest of my time on it used watching Blu-ray and being dissappointed by Yellow Dog. Now that my HTPC has a Blu-ray drive I can't remember the last time I turned the thing on. What Sony needs is a miracle from God....of War. And where the fuck is Gran Turismo 5? In case you need a sign that things are bad for Sony, Tekken 5 is coming out for the 360.
zuesacuatlNo, let me correct myself, for most people it is price. I did not care about the price when i bought mine. I know others that love my PS3, but would not buy it cause the $tag attached to it. All three systems are good, they excel in their own little niches, and will satisfy the common gamer. In my opinion, the more advanced gamers understand the technology behind each of the consoles, and most of those will agree that the PS3 is above the rest.
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Actually the 360 has a better GPU. The only advantage PS3 has for graphics is the added space on Blu-ray for storing high res textures, but all that doesn't matter because the PS3 is limited by its dedicated 256MB of Video RAM, where as the 360 has shared memory and gives the developers freedom t use more than 256MB for video at a time. BTW, the 360 can touch the PS3 in exclusive title graphics. Killzone 2 probably has the best graphics for PS3, but the flame thrower affect is worse than PS1 graphics. And for games that aren't exclusive to PS3, they run better on 360, even when ported from an engine designed for PS3. PS3 has frame rate issues in many shared games as well as more aliasing than the 360.
hellwigNintendo makes profits because it creates software, and focuses more on user experience than fancy graphics (thus cheaper hardware). Microsoft doesn't make money on the XBox (neither hardware nor software), but that hasn't stopped them in the past.
Sony can't reduce price because they have no other revenue stream from their PS3. Sony doesn't create the games for their console (like Nintendo), and they aren't run by a buffoon (like Microsoft). Plus they still have that whole "its a game console AND Blu-Ray player" aspect to play off. Even when HD-DVD was still alive, that was an additional $200 to the cost of your XBox.
The SchnozThere is no way x360 graphics are on par with the PS3. The x360 runs a GPU that was old when the system came out. I've seen both on a HD projector and there's no comparison.
I don't know what you were watching, but it doesn't prove shit. The added eDRAM and shared memory of the Xenos GPU gives it to 360 FTW. And dated GPU? Look up the facts fuser. The R600 GPU was based on the 360 GPU which came out more than a year ahead of the R600. And the R520 came out just a month ahead of the 360, so I don't know where you get off saying it was a dated GPU at the time of its release.
The SchnozThere is no way x360 graphics are on par with the PS3. The x360 runs a GPU that was old when the system came out. I've seen both on a HD projector and there's no comparison.
I don't know what you were watching, but it doesn't prove shit. The added eDRAM and shared memory of the Xenos GPU gives it to 360 FTW. And dated GPU? Look up the facts fuser. The R600 GPU was based on the 360 GPU which came out more than a year ahead of the R600. And the R520 came out just a month ahead of the 360, so I don't know where you get off saying it was a dated GPU at the time of its release.
Lost them as exclusives... they are still going to PS3 as well.
I prefer the PS3 over the other units, but i LOVE the load times of the 360 over the PS3.
The Wii is SHii. I own one, and I am beside myself that people like this unit! Ok..Great, the Wii has motion detection/sensing.. But it SUCKS!! There is nothing on earth more inaccurate then the Wii's motion controls. I HATE IT. Play tiger Woods, It is SOOO far from real golf. Even Mario Cart… the controls blow chunks. I personally feel if you are going to use motion as a control that it better replicate real life…or what's the point?
Every day I will choose PS3 and/or 360 over the Wii. I firmly believe Wii has sold so many units due to price, and nothing else. Parents who are not gamers certainly are going to buy the sub $200 unit over the $400 unit, it's a no brainer.
captaincharismather graphics issue is a crapshoot because it depends on the people making the game. some games look better on PS3 than on the crashbox and vice versa
there is only a small group that that go for preference. Sony won the lat generation with the PS2 and the xbox was a distant 2nd so the PS2 owners wanted to continue with Sony but they put a high price tag on it. most people are flocking to the crashbox because of the games (and they don't care how many times they had to get microsoft to replace it LOL). the first console i got with the Wii because it was the cheapest and i Like Nintendo and it is not as bad as some strung out lord of the kings geeks say it is. I for one am going for a 2nd console and it will be PS3 because i like the games on it better and I already gave Microsoft too much of my own money buying windows for my PC multiple times over the years
Anonymouswho cares about graphics or HD if you don't have a decent display to show it? What majority of consumers have switched to HD displays? If the average family has a big screen it's most likely in the family room and the game system is in the kids room. That's just an average. Even if you know all there is to know about consoles and what they can and can't do you will still need to invest in a display. You have to look at it from a family on a budget perspective. Sony sold all the console they could to everyone else. It makes no difference what's so ever what it can do or how well it looks to "Joe Average".
AnonymousOriginally I baught PS3 because the blu-ray and 1080P resulution. But it turned out most of the game still stay at 720P resolution. So the PS3 does not get much of the advantage over XBOX 360. And 2 of my friends baught Xbox360 because it is cheaper and play Halo and GTA4. But almost everyone has Wii (6~8).
Another issue is Sony still manufacturing PS2 which is totally different machine and would divide the resource. I believe Sony should build a strip down PS3 (no Blu-ray, no HDMI) that can play PS2 and PS3 games on DVD and discontinue PS2, so all the resource are dedicated to PS3. So that they can lower the PS3 price without losing money.
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No it isn't. It's a horrible idea. They would have to reprint every game and many of the games would need recoding to fit on a DVD9. Than it would lead to customer confusion of what game to buy, the Blu-ray or DVD one. What they should do is bring back backwards compatibility to the PS#, but removing blu-ray and HDMI? They already have a sytem like that, it's called the PS2.


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Multiple digital data pages (480 kbits per page) were holographically recorded and retrieved with low bit-error rates in thick ( and ) photopolymer media. The photopolymer systems were fabricated with the optical quality and low level of scatter required for digital data storage. We believe that these results represent the first demonstration of holographic storage of high-capacity digital data pages in photopolymer media with the thickness that will be required for such storage densities.
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By Gennifer Biggs, security, storage, and managed services editor
Let me start this blog by saying that I can't possible do justice to the presentation by Daniel Pink, the keynote speaker at CompTIA Breakaway. He was funny, smart, engaging – did I mention funny? Oh, and highly informative. Pink shared insights and tips that most IT business owners in the audience could roll out in their business starting the minute they get off the plane from San Antonio. The author of several books, most recently Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us talked to the audience about the misconceptions of what motivates us (money) and what they as business leaders can do to change that ineffective habit in their business.
The bottom line: Three things motivate most people: autonomy, mastery, and purpose. Pink suggested that by giving your team autonomy over their time, technique, team, and task – even for a few hours a week – you can spark fresh creativity that is not only satisfying to your staff but enhances your business. If you follow that up with mastery – allowing people to improve at their job, you've taken another step. And lastly, if you shut the door by giving them purpose – showing them why they are important to overall success of your business, you have hit the trifecta.


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- Perceptions matter: beliefs about influenza vaccine and vaccination behavior among elderly white, black and Hispanic AmericansKaren G Wooten
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Immunization Services Division, 1600 Clifton Road MS A19, Atlanta, GA 30030, USA
Vaccine 30:6927-34. 2012..Knowledge and beliefs about influenza vaccine that differ across racial or ethnic groups may promote racial or ethnic disparities in vaccination...
- Socioeconomic factors and persistent racial disparities in childhood vaccinationKaren G Wooten
National Immunization Program, Immunization Service Division, Atlanta, GA 30330, USA
Am J Health Behav 31:434-45. 2007..To better understand the effects of socioeconomic factors on racial disparities in childhood vaccination...
- Associations between childhood vaccination status and medical practice characteristics among white, black, and Hispanic childrenKaren G Wooten
Immunization Services Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30030, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 101:229-35. 2009....
- Influenza vaccination of healthcare workers in the United States, 1989-2002Frances J Walker
National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 27:257-65. 2006..The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommends annual influenza vaccination for HCWs to reduce transmission of influenza to patients at high risk for serious complications of influenza...
- The association of health insurance and continuous primary care in the medical home on vaccination coverage for 19- to 35-month-old childrenNorma J Allred
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Division of Immunization Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Pediatrics 119:S4-11. 2007..Our goal was to examine the association of continuous care in the medical home and health insurance on up-to-date vaccination coverage by using data from the National Survey of Children's Health and the National Immunization Survey...
- Hepatitis B surface antigen prevalence among pregnant women in urban areas: implications for testing, reporting, and preventing perinatal transmissionGary L Euler
Epidemiology and Surveillance Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Pediatrics 111:1192-7. 2003..To estimate race/ethnicity-specific prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) in pregnant urban women and to evaluate factors associated with maternal HBsAg testing...
- Comparing colorectal cancer screening and immunization status in older americansCarrie N Klabunde
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Eric Toth charged with child pornography, misuse of Social Security, identity theft
A former teacher at the prestigious Beauvoir School at the National Cathedral was charged on Thursday with three counts of production of child pornography, one count of misuse of a Social Security number, and one count of identity theft.
Eric Toth, 31, was taken into custody in April 2013 after he was caught in 2008 in a third grade classroom with child pornography on his camera. He has remained detained since.
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The two Books of Maccabees (Sifrei Maccabim) are the only ancient source that provide a full telling of the events that led to the Chanukah victory over the Greeks. This is the first English translation that is true to the original Hebrew text. Here you will find the authentic words and deeds of Mattisyahu and Yehuda Maccabee, the passion of their faith, their incredible heroism and the evil of their Greek oppressors. Here is a taste of Chanukah that you never savored before.
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Get an overview of this hotelHotel in Lebanon with free breakfast and indoor pool
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Situated in Lebanon, this hotel is 4.1 mi (6.6 km) from The Trophy Club and within 20 mi (32 km) of Clinton County Fairgrounds and Clinton County Courthouse. Traders Point Creamery and MacGregor Park are also within 32 mi (52 km).
Hotel Features
An indoor pool, a fitness center, and coffee/tea in a common area are available at this smoke-free hotel. Free buffet breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, a business center, meeting rooms, and a 24-hour front desk are onsite.
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All 57 rooms provide conveniences like refrigerators and microwaves, plus free WiFi and cable TV. Coffee makers and free local calls are among the other amenities available to guests.
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Quality Inn & Suites Lebanon features an indoor pool and a fitness center. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-related amenities consist of a business center and meeting rooms. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast. This business-friendly hotel also offers an arcade/game room, coffee/tea in a common area, and a safe deposit box at the front desk. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
Quality Inn & Suites Lebanon is a smoke-free property.
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76th Annual XIT Rodeo rides again
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What began as a tribute to the XIT Ranch cowboys has grown into a yearly event attracting thousands of people from all over the Texas Panhandle.
This is the 76th year for the XIT Rodeo & Reunion, planned to be bigger and better than years past.
"It was a get-together for them to come to every year and that's how it started," XIT Rodeo Director Mitchel Bezner said. "And it's just grown from that and it draws because it was such a vast area of the different counties that made up that ranch."
Making the event bigger- and fuller- is the world's largest free barbeque. More than 9,000 pounds of beef are cooked in underground pits for two days before it is served Saturday afternoon. Thanks to sponsorships and generosity from the community, the food is free.
"I think it's just a way of life up here," XIT Rodeo Director Seth Gustin added. "So many people in this community have served on this board or have family who were on the board. And, so, it's just something that we all look forward to every summer and it's just a great event."
And who could forget the XIT Rodeo Queen?
"After I got started, I thought, 'Wow, this is really awesome being a part of something this big,'" XIT Rodeo Queen Cassidy Horn said. "It's kind of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be able to represent this and I'm just so happy that I'm able to do it."
Texas tradition in a small Texas town- head out to Dalhart this weekend for a taste of the Lone Star State.
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Boston, Massachusetts' The Carrier started off by playing a perfect blend of intense hardcore and intelligent songwriting, leading to critically acclaimed releases such as No Love Can Save Me and One Year Later. This year's release, Blind to What is Right, continues The Carrier's onslaught of brutal intensity. The album kicks off with the title track, and the band immediately opens floodgates to release a frenetic fury of riffs and snare rolls, exploding with energy. The album continues displaying an aural beatdown, with the guitars spewing chunky distorted riffs mixed with dissonant harmonies. The vocals, supplied by powerhouse Anthony Traniello, also add to the destruction. Screams of pure frustration and hatred fill the mix, dominated by words of frail despair and hopelessness.
Lyrics — 8
As the album progresses, the brutality doesn't let up for a second. The production is extremely crisp and clear, with every instrument and riff (minus bass) prevalent in the mix. Wave after wave of musical attacks pummel the listener into submission. Songs like "In Silence Together" and "Everyone Who I knew and Loved is Gone" force the listener into a circle pit from hell, while "Wash Away My Sins" trudges through a mudslide.
Overall Impression — 8
Unfortunately, the album has some very apparent flaws. The onslaught of distorted riffs and pounding drums never takes a breather, and the album suffers for it. The album is constantly filled with passages to mosh to, so much that it eventually becomes stale. By the end of the album, you will have difficulty telling the songs apart from one another. Another flaw with the album is that it's dominated by cliche hardcore songwriting and lyrics, the same you've heard over and over, again and again. Although a far from perfect album, The Carrier deliver an enjoyable and fierce introduction to 2011. Blind to What is Right is a solid and intense melodic hardcore listen. The band is really good at what they do, and since they are still perfecting their craft, they might yet surprise us with an incredible release in the future. Note: I strongly dislike UG's review format, so excuse me for the formatting.


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Vodafone's Emporia RL1 is the 'back to basics' anti-smartphone that costs £60 on PAYG
Vodafone has launched a handset that can rightly be called an anti-smartphone, with its clear focus on just making calls and texting. However, the lack of features is something that many will find refreshing, for not every single person on this planet needs or wants a superphone, not even in 2011.
For the 'back to basics' crowd, the Emporia RL1 is perfect. Oh, and because it doesn't do much, it's also cheap. You can get it for £60 on Pay as you go, and it's free on contracts that cost £24.38 per month or more. That £24.38 per month gets you 600 minutes and unlimited texts, so you can put the Emporia's main features to good use.
The Emporia RL1 is easy to use, it has larger than average keys, and up to 8 days standby time (and 3 hours talk time). It comes with and charges in the 'dock' thingie you see above. It's got 100 entries in its phonebook memory, 8 MB of internal memory, and the display is a 1.8-inch OLED affair. Speaking of that, text size can be adjusted, the ringing volume can be boosted, and there's even 'extra powerful' vibration.
The Emporia RL1 has an alarm clock, calculator, and birthday reminder tool, but no camera, no internet access whatsoever, and no MP3 player either.
It's pretty clear who this phone is aimed at – and that's fine. Those who think Androids are (just) humanoid robots need mobile phones too.
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Iraqi football has enjoyed a resurgence in 2013, a year that started with the senior national side reaching the final of the Gulf Cup in Bahrain in January, and continued with the country's youngsters finishing fourth at the FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013, their best result in four appearances in the competition.
Those two performances bore the hallmark of one man: Iraq's national team coach Hakim Shaker, who was the senior's side caretaker boss at the Gulf Cup and took charge of the U-20s in Turkey. Just for good measure, the 50-year-old also led the nation's Olympic team to next year's AFC U-22 Asian Cup in Oman.
Shaker went into coaching at the age of 28, a move prompted by the injury that brought his playing career to a premature end. After a five-year stint in charge of El Jaish at the start of the 1990s, he spent several years coaching clubs in Qatar and then moved on to national- team duties. In 2011 he guided Iraq's U-19s to the final of the Asian Cup, where they lost out to Korea Republic, a blow softened by their qualification for this year's U-20 World Cup in Turkey.
Speaking after that final, Shaker said: "We are proud of the way we have performed. We are all the happier because this achievement was so unexpected, namely because Iraqi football has had very few resources to draw on in recent years."
Countries with very strong youth teams have a solid base on which to build, and the work carried out in the different age groups is essential.
On 11 September, Shaker was named national team coach on a full-time basis, replacing the Serbian Vladimir Petrovic. Appointed in February, Petrovic had overseen just one win in seven games as Iraq finished bottom of Group B in the fourth round of the AFC qualifiers for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™.
Speaking exclusively to FIFA.com, Shaker revealed the secret of his success with Iraq's national sides: "I've put a lot of emphasis on self-confidence and being professional, and on the strategies we've used in the competitions we've played in. More than anything, though, I've been lucky enough to work with a talented generation, whom I believe will bring Iraqi football glory in the future."
Shaker, who caught the eye at the U-20 world finals by celebrating his players' goals in exuberant style, took the opportunity to defend the work being done by Arab coaches: "Despite their abilities, local coaches don't tend to inspire a lot of confidence in Arab countries," he said. "If I can make a go of things and get good results, then hopefully that will change attitudes and lead to homegrown coaches being held in just as high regard as foreign ones."
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The Iraqis were the revelations of Turkey 2013. After topping Group E courtesy of defeats of Egypt and Chile and a valuable draw with England, they knocked out Paraguay in the Round of 16 and Korea Republic the last eight before Uruguay halted their run in a semi-final penalty shootout.
As the coach explained, that showing did Iraqi football a power of good: "Coming fourth will allow the group to grow in confidence and progress. The U-20 team's star players are also in the national side and their performance in Turkey shows we are on the right track."
Shaker, who has coached every Iraq national team from U-17 level upwards, added: "Countries with very strong youth teams have a solid base on which to build, and the work carried out in the different age groups is essential. Thanks to that Iraq has some quality players to call on."
The next challenge for his seniors comes this Friday when they travel to Saudi Arabia for their latest qualifying match for the 2015 Asian Cup. Iraq have won just three of their games so far, and Shaker knows he will be expected to make this crucial encounter a turning point in his side's campaign.
"The strong showings of the youth teams can only help the senior side step up their performance levels," he added. "The Saudi Arabia match won't be easy, but you can't rule anything out in football. I wish our Saudi brothers every luck and I hope to see both teams make the final phase of the Asian Cup."


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Putin says closer ties with Europe 'unavoidable'
Russia's Vladimir Putin said on Friday that closer ties with Europe were unavoidable, a day after his proposal for a free trade zone "from Lisbon to Vladivostok" met with a cool German response.
"I do not know what forms our cooperation should acquire -- will it be a common free market or will it be our associated membership in the EU," the Russian prime minister said in the German capital Berlin.
"But a rapprochement between Russia and Europe is unavoidable, if we want to be preserved as a civilization, if we want to be successful and competitive."
"Can we assume that Russia together with Europe will one day be in a single currency zone? I can assume that."
Putin, who is scheduled to have talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel later on Friday, floated a bold idea of a vast free-trade zone from Russia's eastern tip to Europe's western extremities.
But Merkel immediately poured cold water on Putin's idea, not least because of his plan to create a joint customs bloc with ex-Soviet Belarus and Kazakhstan.
"The steps that Russia has taken recently do not point in that direction," she said in Berlin in response to Putin's remarks published in Germany's Sueddeutsche Zeitung daily.
"I hear again and again news from Russia that import tariffs are, let's say, surprisingly increased," she said.
Putin, who is famous for his often abrasive style and a manner to shoot from the hip, offered however a good-humoured response to Merkel's skepticism, saying her remarks meant she was interested in Russia.
"It means that Ms Merkel read my article -- that's already good," Putin quipped to the laughter from the audience. "She is interested in what is happening in Russia."
Striking a more serious note, Putin said the Russian government was well aware of the country's problems and would work towards fixing them.
Putin also complained Europe was putting up barriers to Russian firms who wanted to continue their expansion westward.
"Sometimes it is difficult to (expand) ... due to reasons that are completely unclear to us," he told the gathering, attended by representatives of German corporate giants such as Volkswagen, Deutsche Bank and Siemens.
"One cannot work like this," he said.
As an example Putin cited a deal, which collapsed, under which General Motors would have sold a 55-percent stake in its European unit Opel to Canadian auto parts maker Magna and Russia's largest lender Sberbank.
"Has this firm become better off?" Putin asked, referring to the carmaker.
"Nothing has changed for the better there."
Merkel was ready last year to provide 4.5 billion euros (6.0 billion dollars) in guarantees to Opel if GM sold it to Magna Sberbank but GM scrapped the deal in late 2009, deciding to keep the unit.
Putin added other Russian companies such as steelmaker Severstal, oil firm Surgutneftegaz and Renova, an investment group controlled by billionaire Viktor Vekselberg, faced problems in Europe.
Another problem, Putin said, was that the European Union often did not take into account Russia when developing its gas market liberalisation reforms.
"I believe it is justified that new and fair rules in such a sensitive sphere are developed by our colleagues in the European Union, in the European Commission at least in consultation with Russia as the largest energy supplier."


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Trollin' in the Deep — Obama: Worst Communist Dictator Ever
Please allow me to introduce myself: I am a troll.
Allow me to rephrase that: People who disagree with me think I am a troll (one of those Internet troublemakers who venture into enemy territory). To some degree, I suppose they're right, but I'm not so much a troll in the "intentionally offending as many readers as possible" fashion; rather I derive irrational amounts of enjoyment from poking holes in prevailing conservative arguments. Indeed, trolling in that sense is a sport that ranks pretty high on my list of favorite things, along with Asian food, cheesy monster movies, and modern Russian composers. And speaking of Russians, let's talk about one of the far right's favorite words they love to wield against the left: "Communism."
I suppose I should make myself clear about that whole Communism thing. The Russian Federation is no longer a Communist state, nor are any of the former Soviet satellites, and only five official Communist states even exist (Cuba, China, Lao PDR, VietNam, and North Korea). Yet how many of us have been able to go a single day without a Republican cluttering up our Facebook news feeds, or haranguing us in real life about our "Communist dictator," Barack Hussein Obama II? Show of hands? That's what I thought.
In September 2008, a cursory search on Google Trends yielded exactly zero results for the words "Barack Obama" and "Communist." However, the following month of that same year saw a meteoric rise in searches for those same terms. This, of course, begs the question: "If Obama was really a Communist, shouldn't there have been evidence all along?" Of course, the Tea Party claims that evidence has been there all along, ranging from out-of-context YouTube clips to faux documentaries claiming to expose the president's "real father."
Obama's opponents go to extraordinary lengths of illogicality trying to prove — once and for all — that our twice-democratically-elected president is actually a card-carrying Communist. Of course, they also think he's a Kenyan, Muslim, socialist, Nazi, atheist, anti-Christ, reptiloid, myriad epithetic hybrids, etc., ad nauseum, ad infinitum. I plan on addressing only claims that he is a communist. As you will see, this is not too difficult.
Seeing that I am a college student, naturally I have my own personal copy of The Communist Manifesto, though I should point out that it isn't dog-eared or covered in highlighter ink, because, well, I'm not a Communist. And before you start throwing empty vodka bottles at me, remember that Thomas Jefferson owned a Qur'an, slaves, rewrote the Bible, and still got his mug minted on a nickel. And for what it's worth, I also have a copy of Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations (even though I haven't plowed through it yet either).
Now I'd like to start with the pure, unadulterated definition of Communism, straight from the most American of all books, Merriam-Webster:
1 a : a theory advocating elimination of private property b : a system in which goods are owned in common and are available to all as needed
2 capitalized a : a doctrine based on revolutionary Marxian socialism and Marxism-Leninism that was the official ideology of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics b : a totalitarian system of government in which a single authoritarian party controls state-owned means of production c : a final stage of society in Marxist theory in which the state has withered away and economic goods are distributed equitably d : communist systems collectively
Do you see where applying this to current U.S. politics gets problematic? I don't see Obama "advocating elimination of private property," nor any system of common ownership. I'd even go so far as to say that none of you reading this post have had your property confiscated or have had to stand in line for hours just for a loaf of bread.
Besides this, there are religious issues as well that contradict the Tea Party's "Communist dictator" narrative. Karl Marx said famously, in a quote we've all likely seen on everything from bumper stickers to t-shirts that "religion is the opiate of the masses." As Eugen Schoenfeld of the Hartford Institute for Religious Studies put it, religion in Marx's mind was "a false consciousness" and "the product of men, the product of those in power — those who control the productive process." In stark contrast, Obama makes frequent reference to the Bible in his public addresses and written works, while rarely mentioning "non-believers." Does this sound like the kind of person who would rage against all religious belief as a false human construct like Marx, Engels, Mao, and the rest of their ideological ilk?
You should know that the impetus for this article was a recent troll trip I took to one of the more foreboding corners of the conservative echo chamber known as The Daily Beck. This right-wing Facebook page, which is currently hovering at nearly 10,000 fans, is actually a poor man's homage to Glenn Beck (as if the lachrymose pundit could be more intellectually impoverished) and it brims with conspiracy theories that would make even Weekly World News (the good people who brought us Bat Boy) shake their heads in disbelief. This particular page is truly a part of the "shadowy place" that Mufasa warned us about. Only the bravest trolls go there, because only they are sufficiently equipped to survive the stings of stupidity and still be able to emerge with their sanity intact — and, hopefully, victorious in the struggle for Truth, Justice, and the American Way.
Here's a screen capture of yours truly totally truth trolling (as Steven Kohlbert):
Convincing die-hard conspiracy theorists of the error of their ways is just not going to happen. However, what I try to do is to help those who aren't yet die-hards to distinguish truth from hate-mongering fiction.
There's a veritable horde of Facebook page owners like myself who specialize in this sort of thing, usually with an element of comedy involved to help lighten the load. Sure, some of their posts are intentionally offensive and/or vulgar. That's not my style personally, but I'm not one to tell another writer how to, well, write. After all, what is a writer but someone who writes things in the hopes that other people will read them?
I may be anonymous on Facebook when I'm running my Steven Kohlbert page — which is a liberal version of television personality Stephen Colbert, who obviously apes a conservative narrative — I'm most definitely an individual with my own thoughts, feelings, hopes, and dreams and not some paid spammer in George Soros's employ (I've been accused of being this by such luminaries as Joe the Plumber himself, in all his non-licensed glory). I haven't earned a single penny doing what I do, and it looks like it may stay that way for the foreseeable future.
Honestly, as long as I can help people see through the Glenn Becks and Jerome Corsis of the world, that's payment enough.
Quoting Carpy:
Do you EVER post anything worth reading?
She does and I usually don't agree with it, but i do read.
Recently, she has been rather "off". It will be nice when she is back on game as I always enjoyed the making a counter argument.
Children are a blessing and are never inconvenient.............
I think sarcasm is under appreciated here on this board. It was funny, and made some good points.
Communism is glorified by the useful idiots.
Learn from history, that way you won't be doomed to repeat it.


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Last week, "The Skeptical Environmentalist" Bjørn Lomborg announced that he was skeptical no more. Timed with the release of his new book "Smart Solutions to Climate Change: Comparing Costs and Benefits" Lomborg now says that the world needs an investment of $100 Billion a year to fight global warming. Lomborg denies this is a total reversal of his position, considering he never denied the reality of climate change, just the severity of its impacts and cost-effectiveness of attempts to mitigate it. Nevertheless, Lomborg's switching sides has made headlines, though Class M's James Hrynyshyn wonders if someone who has gotten the science of climate change spectacularly wrong in the past will be a useful ally. To get a sense of Lomborg's original position, check out these two posts from 2009 that appeared on the earlier incarnation of James' blog: The Island of Doubt.
Lomborg v Lomborg
Class MAugust 31, 2010
"Much is being and will be written about Bjorn Lomborg's volte face on climate change. After a decade of denial — not of the reality of anthropogenic warming, but of the threat it poses to civiliation — the Skeptical Environmentalist now says: 'If we care about the environment and about leaving this planet and its inhabitants with the best possible future, we actually have only one option: we all need to start seriously focusing, right now, on the most effective ways to fix global warming.'"
Bjorn Lomborg launches campaign against logic
The Island of DoubtNovember 4, 2009
"(Pseudo)-Skeptical Environmental Bjorn Lomborg advises in the Wall Street Journal that spending money on anti-malarial campaigns makes more sense than, and by implication is morally superior to, spending money on cutting carbon emissions"
Sea level rise a red herring?
The Island of DoubtMarch 11, 2009
"There's a good reason why of all the consequences of anthropogenic global warming, nothing garners as much attention as sea level rise — with the possible exception of those darn charismatic polar bears, that is."


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I should have thought twice as this same doctor previously told me the nose job would accomplish what I wanted. Instead, I relented to another surgery and now have a canted and crooked chin. Two other doctors have suggested removing it and allowing the space to heal for a year before reattempting it in a symmetrical postion.


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Spiritual Book Helped Hostage Mollify Captor
By EDWARD WYATT
Published: March 15, 2005
''The Purpose-Driven Life'' by Rick Warren, a California pastor, has sold more than 22 million copies around the world, none more important, perhaps, than the one owned by Ashley Smith, the Duluth, Ga., woman who was held hostage in her apartment by Brian Nichols, the man accused in the courthouse killings last week in Atlanta.
Ms. Smith said on Sunday that while she was being held, she retrieved a copy of ''The Purpose-Driven Life'' from her bedroom, read parts of it to Mr. Nichols and discussed with him the book's themes of finding God's purpose for oneself. Those discussions, she said, led her captor to release her unharmed and to his later surrender to the police.
The incident seems likely only to add to the success of a book that is already a cultural phenomenon. First published in 2002 by Zondervan Publishing, the book continues to sell strongly. It was the fifth-biggest seller last year at Barnes & Noble stores around the country, and though it had recently ranked about No. 50 on Amazon.com's hourly list of best sellers, by early yesterday evening, after Ms. Smith's comments received widespread publicity, the book jumped back into Amazon's top five.
Speaking to reporters in her lawyer's office in Atlanta on Sunday, Ms. Smith said that while Mr. Nichols held her hostage, she asked if she could read. He consented, and she fetched ''The Purpose-Driven Life'' from her bedroom.
''I turned it to the chapter that I was on that day,'' Ms. Smith said, according to a transcript posted by CNN.com. ''It was Chapter 33. And I started to read the first paragraph of it. After I read it, he said, 'Stop, will you read it again?'''
Chapter 33 is titled ''How Real Servants Act.'' ''It mentioned something about what you thought your purpose in life was,'' she said. ''What were you -- what talents were you given? What gifts were you given to use? And I asked him what he thought. And he said, 'I think it was to talk to people and tell them about you.'''
Later, she added, ''After we began to talk, he said he thought that I was an angel sent from God. And that I was his sister and he was my brother in Christ. And that he was lost and God led him right to me to tell him that he had hurt a lot of people.''
Ms. Smith continued: ''After I started to read to him, he saw -- I guess he saw my faith and what I really believed in. And I told him I was a child of God and that I wanted to do God's will. I guess he began to want to. That's what I think.''
Mr. Warren, a founding pastor of the Saddleback Church in Orange County, Calif., is traveling in Africa and could not be reached for comment, said Mark Rice, a spokesman for Zondervan, a publisher of Christian books that is a division of HarperCollins, the book-publishing arm of News Corporation.
Speaking last year at a reception in Manhattan celebrating the book's success, Mr. Warren attributed its widespread appeal to a message that ''is not a religious message, it is a cultural message.''
''This is about something that everybody wants to know: does my life matter?'' Mr. Warren said. ''I don't know anybody who doesn't want to know the meaning of life.''
Photo: Ashley Smith paused while recounting her hostage experience. (Photo by Associated Press)


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Mother Nature put a literal damper on La Grange's final game of their home tournament Saturday, shortening the third place game to just four innings before mist that had fallen all night turned into a full-blown downpour. Caldwell beat La Grange 7-4 in that game.
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By Tony Jimenez
VIRGINIA WATER, England, May 25 (Reuters) - Spain's Alejandro Canizares is hoping to pull off a remarkable victory at the PGA Championship, three and a half weeks after being diagnosed with viral meningitis.
By Tony Jimenez
VIRGINIA WATER, England, May 25 (Reuters) - Spain's Alejandro Canizares is hoping to pull off a remarkable victory at the PGA Championship, three and a half weeks after being diagnosed with viral meningitis.
The 30-year-old admitted it was "scary" when he became ill on a flight from the Ballantine's Championship in South Korea to the China Open at the start of the month.
"I started getting headaches, didn't attach too much importance to it, but the next day I woke up with the biggest headache I've had in my life," Canizares told Reuters in an interview on Saturday.
"I had a fever and was vomiting, I couldn't walk straight and felt dizzy. I was taken to an emergency room at the local hospital," he said after a four-under 68 helped him open a one-stroke lead over former world number one Lee Westwood at Wentworth.
"The tournament organisers were great, one girl stayed with me the whole time. The doctors did a lot of tests and diagnosed viral meningitis," added Canizares after compiling a three-round total of 207 in the European Tour's flagship event.
The Spaniard was forced to pull out of the China Open but he said he quickly felt better after medication.
"I flew home a couple of days after and I've been resting at home since," he said. "I haven't done much, haven't worked out and haven't played much because I've felt very tired.
"This week is my first week back on tour and every day I'm feeling better."
Canizares, who won the 2006 Russian Open, said he has now been given a clean bill of health by doctors at home in Spain.
"I am very happy to be playing the way I am this week because I am still not feeling 100 percent," he added.
"I've had all the checks, blood tests, MRIs, and they say everything is normal. I'm still going to get headaches and feel tired because it was a strong virus and the doctors say it will be at least a month before I feel normal."
Canizares, son of former Ryder Cup player Jose Maria, said his family were understandably worried when they heard of his illness.
"It was a little scary when the doctors mentioned the word meningitis but I knew I wasn't feeling that bad so I didn't give it that much thought," he added.
"My parents wanted to fly out to China but I told them not to."
Canizares will have Westwood for a playing partner in Sunday's final round and he knows the Englishman will be rated the title favourite.
"I'm sure I'm going to be nervous on the first tee," the Spaniard told reporters. "I'm sure I'm going to be more nervous than Lee.
"It's a great opportunity for me, it's a pleasure to be there. I did not expect it but obviously it's very welcome to be able to play with Lee.
"I'm just going to try to enjoy it and play my golf, be focused on every shot, be focused on my game and see what happens, that's all I can ask for." (Editing by Ed Osmond)


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Pulmonary Fibrosis
Pulmonary Fibrosis from post-PTB treatment
Will my recent medical results pulmonary fibrosis affect my chance of getting a work abroad? I`m an electronics engineer and had good offers working aboard but I`m afraid that I might turn down for health reasons if they`ll find out my previous record. I undergone PTB treatment when I was in college for 6 months which resulted a scar on my right lung.
Please advise what would be the best thing to do, I`m beginning to loose self-esteem for I can`t grab greater career opportunities.
A positive tuberculosis skin test means that you have been infected with TB at some point in the past. We call this condition "latent tuberculosis" and about 1/3 of the world's population has this. About 5% of patients with latent TB go on to develop active tuberculosis which is the contagious form. If a person had previous tuberculosis and completed a full course of treatment, that person is will not become infectious in the future.
Small scars from TB are quite common and represent no health threat. Larger scars and bronchiectasis from previous TB can pose some risk of health problems in the future, but these are relatively uncommon.
To reduce the chance that your previous TB becomes an employment barrier, there are two things you can do. First, obtain documentation from the physician or clinic that treated you before and get a letter or note indicating that you have completed treatment and are at no risk of developing active TB in the future.
Second, if the scar is large, obtain a consultation from a pulmonologist to indicate what the health risk of the scar is — if there is little risk, then having that written documentation that you can provide on demand will be helpful in securing future employment.
James N Allen, Jr, MD
Clinical Professor of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine
College of Medicine
The Ohio State University


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Most web services like Twitter for example require a unique email address for each account you create. What if you want to create two or more accounts, but only have (or want to use) one Gmail address?
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Twitter is the typical service which you think is useless until you start using it. Only then will you discover the true potential. It's hard to explain why Twitter is cool, but I'll try. In a few words it's condensed and instant communication, which is increasingly more valuable as we get closer to singularity.
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By Dalia Colón
Times Staff Writer
If Paul Potts' story weren't true, it'd be a cliche: Schlubby Welshman toils away as a cell phone salesman while harboring a dream to sing opera.
In short succession, he gets appendicitis, has a benign tumor removed, and while recuperating falls off a bike and breaks his collarbone. He grows depressed, he and his wife are on the brink of bankruptcy, and his operatic fantasy seems more out of reach than ever. One day while working on his computer, he comes across a pop-up ad for Britain's Got Talent. He fills out the online application but isn't sure if he's what Simon Cowell and the other judges are looking for — a pudgy, middle-aged bloke with bad teeth.
So he flips a 10-pence piece. Heads, he'll submit the application; tails, he'll forget the whole thing. It's heads.
That was 2007. By now Potts' fairy tale audition has had more than 50 million YouTube views. The tenor wowed the BGT audience and judges with his rendition of the aria Nessun Dorma and went on to win the competition.
Now touring his sophomore album, Passione, Potts, 38, brings his Cinderella story to Clearwater on Sunday for a performance.
Where's your favorite place that you've gotten to travel so far?
I have so many favorite places. . . . It was March (2008) when we were last in Tampa at a very sweet theater, the Tampa Theatre. It's a stunning little place.
You seem to have a really vivid memory of your time in Tampa.
It's something I try very hard to do, because you never know when you're going to come back. . . . I never take anything for granted. . . . I try very hard to take things in, take a stroll around.
When you're out and about sightseeing, do people recognize you?
They did when I was wandering around Tampa last time. I think it's one of the few places that actually has the railway running through the streets.
I can hear it from my office, actually.
Yeah, we could hear it on the stage. (Laughs)
I understand you performed for Queen Elizabeth. Who was a tougher audience, she or Simon Cowell?
They were both very nerve-racking for different reasons. But it was a great honor to perform for the royal family at the Royal Variety show and a very nerve-racking experience. In theory, she has the right to have your head chopped off.
A lot of people compare Susan Boyle to you. What advice would you give her?
I think the most important thing for her, and I know the record company feels the same way, is that she take things at her own pace. If she feels (overwhelmed), she needs to slow things down.
You worked in the cell phone industry; now you're working in the music industry. It seems like the natural marriage of those two would be to have your own ringtone.
(Laughs) I think there are some available. . . . My younger brother actually has one of my songs as his ringtone, and I go bright red every time his phone rings.
Do you sing your winning aria at your concerts?
Always. . . . (It is) a reminder of where I started, and I could never forget where I started. I've heard people that come to me and say, "Isn't it time people stopped calling you the Britain's Got Talent winner?" and my response is always to say no. The moment I decide that I'm tired of hearing that title is the moment I've forgotten where I've started. It's a bit like building a wonderful house and then deciding you don't think you need the foundation anymore. And when you do that, the house falls down. You'll always have to remember where you started.