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The World Cup is underway, which is, according to my research, some sort of tournament wherein the participants are forced to run around in meaningless zigzags for two hours in order to keep away a horde of bees swarming around the stadiums and in which each game results in a tie. If you, like me, are accustomed to seeing games in which one team is actually determined to be better than the other, rather than every participant winning the equivalent of a "had the best time" trophy or a "got stung by the fewest bees" penicillin shot, or maybe you'd just like to see a game where a goal is scored as a result of something other than one of the players falling asleep on the field or getting distracted by a flower, then take advantage of this viewing guide I've put together to help maximize your enjoyment of "the beautiful game."
North Korea vs. Brazil – Tues., 2:30 P.M. ET
Brazilians have a long and proud history with the game of soccer, having long ago abandoned all public education and security spending in favor of spending their public money on training an elite squadron of soccer predators capable of scoring upwards of three goals per game. North Koreans have a history of famine and being killed arbitrarily by their dear leader. Most projections have the Brazilians winning this game by a score of at least 3 – 0, but these projections fail to anticipate the hunger of the North Koreans. That is to say, whether they choose to eat the grass on the field or the opposing squad could make all the difference as to whether they are stomped or able to upset the delicious, favored Brazilians.
Mexico vs. France – Thurs., 2:30 P.M. ET
This match pits two of history's fiercest enemies against one another in an opportunity to redress grievances left unredressed since the nations last clashed on the first Cinco de Mayo. Who breeds the sluttiest women? Whose rich are the most douchey? Whose underclass the most violent? Who cares? No matter who loses, America wins. USA! USA!
Slovenia vs. USA – Fri., 10:00 A.M. ET
Speaking of USA! USA!, If you don't like seeing American athletes mercilessly beat up on some European country that you've never heard of, then you are probably not actually American. Have you ever seen your birth certificate? Authentic American ones have a picture of a bald eagle ripping the heart out of an anthropomorphized map of Europe with its beak while it pulls a European woman's breasts from her blouse with its claws as she struggles to fellate it. I don't know what Slovenia's birth certificates look like, but if I had to guess, it's an extreme close-up of an eagle's nuts or belly-button and an accompanying feeling of excitement and shame.
Boston vs. Los Angeles., Tue., 9:00 P.M. ET
Has the World Cup inspired in you a curiosity about "passing", and you wonder what it would be like if athletes passed with a purpose, toward the goal, with the intention of scoring? And what is "scoring" anyway? Why not watch a game of basketball and find out?


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Research Topics
Nobuhiko Kobayashi
Affiliation: University of California
Country: USA
Detail Information
- Mechanical stress promotes the expression of smooth muscle-like properties in marrow stromal cellsNobuhiko Kobayashi
Department of Comprehensive Medicine 1, Jichi Medical School Omiya Medical Center, Saitama, Japan
Exp Hematol 32:1238-45. 2004..The present study investigates whether mechanical stress promotes expression of smooth muscle cell (SMC)-specific cytoskeletal protein in marrow stromal cells...
- Influence of contrast ultrasonography with perflutren lipid microspheres on microvessel injuryNobuhiko Kobayashi
Department of Integrated Medicine 1, Omiya Medical Center, Jichi Medical School, Saitama, Japan
Circ J 67:630-6. 2003..In conclusion, perflutren lipid microspheres enhanced US-related microvessel injury as with other contrast agents at the dose of 1.0 ml/kg, but not with 0.1 ml/kg and the appropriate US setting...
- Evaluation of transmural myocardial perfusion by ultra-harmonic myocardial contrast echocardiography in reperfused acute myocardial infarctionHiroshi Wada
First Department of Integrated Medicine, Omiya Medical Center, Jichi Medical School, Saitama, Japan
Circ J 69:1041-6. 2005..Evaluating transmural myocardial perfusion by myocardial contrast echocardiography (MCE) could predict the long-term recovery of left ventricular (LV) function...
- Up-regulated synthesis of mature-type adrenomedullin in coronary circulation immediately after reperfusion in patients with anterior acute myocardial infarctionTakanori Yasu
Department of Integrated Medicine I, Omiya Medical Center, Jichi Medical School, Saitama, Saitama, 330 8503 Japan
Regul Pept 129:161-6. 2005..The purpose of this study was to determine whether coronary sinus-aortic step-up of mature forms of AM is accelerated in patients with AMI after reperfusion...
- Exercise after heparin administration: new therapeutic program for patients with-option arteriosclerosis oblitransYasuhiro Maejima
First Department of Integrated Medicine, Omiya Medical Center, Jichi Medical School, Saitama, Japan
Circ J 69:1099-104. 2005....
- Effect of reperfusion therapy on cardiac rupture after myocardial infarction in JapaneseNahoko Ikeda
Cardiovascular Division, First Department of Integrated Medicine, Omiya Medical Center, Jichi Medical School, Saitama, Japan
Circ J 68:422-6. 2004....
- Multi-detector computed tomography for imaging of subendocardial infarction: prediction of wall motion recovery after reperfused anterior myocardial infarctionHiroshi Wada
First Department of Integrated Medicine, Omiya Medical Center, Jichi Medical School, Saitama, Japan
Circ J 68:512-4. 2004..The aim of the present study was to determine whether the evaluation of transmural myocardial microcirculation by newly developed 4-slice computed tomography (CT) can estimate the recovery of left ventricular function...
- Exercise training in patients with chronic heart failure improves endothelial function predominantly in the trained extremitiesNobuhiko Kobayashi
Cardiovascular Division, Omiya Medical Center, Jichi Medical School, Saitama, Japan
Circ J 67:505-10. 2003..Exercise training appears to correct endothelial dysfunction predominantly by a local effect in the trained extremities...
- Contrast echocardiography for the diagnosis of left ventricular thrombus in anterior myocardial infarctionHiroshi Wada
First Department of Integrated Medicine, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, 1 847 Amanuma, Omiya, Saitama, Saitama, 330 8503, Japan
Heart Vessels 29:308-12. 2014..In conclusion, contrast echocardiography offers a clinically feasible and useful method for noninvasively evaluating left ventricular thrombus in anterior myocardial infarction. ..
- Endothelial cell injury in venule and capillary induced by contrast ultrasonographyNobuhiko Kobayashi
First Department of Integrated Medicine, Omiya Medical Center, Jichi Medical School, Saitama, Japan
Ultrasound Med Biol 28:949-56. 2002..05; 30-Hz frame rate, 13.8 +/- 3.6 cells, p < 0.01) compared with sham operation (0.10 +/- 0.22 cells). The finding indicates that diagnostic contrast US potentially causes EC injury, particularly in venules and capillaries...
- In situ detection of acetylaminofluorene-DNA adducts in human cells using monoclonal antibodiesTaka aki Iwamoto
Radioisotope Research Center, Department of Dermatology, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara 634 8521, Japan
DNA Repair (Amst) 3:1475-82. 2004..Thus, we succeeded in establishing novel monoclonal antibodies capable of the in situ detection of NA-AAF-induced DNA adducts in human cells...
- Trichothiodystrophy fibroblasts are deficient in the repair of ultraviolet-induced cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers and (6-4)photoproductsYoko Nishiwaki
Radioisotope Research Center and Department of Dermatology, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan
J Invest Dermatol 122:526-32. 2004..Our results suggest that there is no major difference in the repair defect between TTD and XP-D and that the cancer-free phenotype in TTD is unrelated to a DNA repair defect...
- Src family kinases and nitric oxide production are required for hepatocyte growth factor-stimulated endothelial cell growthYasuhiro Maejima
Department of Internal Medicine, Omiya Medical Center, Jichi Medical School, Amanuma Cho 1 847, Saitama City 330 8503, Japan
Atherosclerosis 167:89-95. 2003..These findings demonstrated that Src family kinases regulate HGF-stimulated NO production in HUVEC and that HGF stimulates HUVEC growth through NO-dependent and NO-independent pathways...
- The total amount of DNA damage determines ultraviolet-radiation-induced cytotoxicity after uniformor localized irradiation of human cellsKyoko Imoto
Radioisotope Research Center Departments of Dermatology Public Health Medical Genetics Research Center, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan
J Invest Dermatol 119:1177-82. 2002..Present results indicate that in the range of photoproducts studied, the spatial distribution of DNA damage within a cell is less important than the amount of damage in triggering ultraviolet-induced cytotoxicity...
- Neurons and astrocytes exhibit lower activities of global genome nucleotide excision repair than do fibroblastsAya Yamamoto
Radioisotope Research Center, Nara Medical University School of Medicine, Kashihara, Nara 634 8521, Japan
DNA Repair (Amst) 6:649-57. 2007..Although the reduced but substantial NER capability of neural cells is indispensable to preventing progressive neurological abnormalities, that low NER capability might have implications for brain ageing...
- DNA single-strand break repair is impaired in aprataxin-related ataxiaMakito Hirano
Department of Neurology, Radioisotope Research Center, Nara Medical University, Nara, Japan
Ann Neurol 61:162-74. 2007..The goal of this study was to prove the functional involvement of APTX in SSB repair (SSBR)...
- Contribution of fluid shear response in leukocytes to hemodynamic resistance in the spontaneously hypertensive ratShunichi Fukuda
Department of Bioengineering, The Whitaker Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, Calif 92093 0412, USA
Circ Res 95:100-8. 2004..We conclude that in addition to enhanced vascular tone, pseudopod formation with lack of normal fluid shear response may serve as mechanisms for an elevated hemodynamic resistance in SHR...


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Confusion part 2
boer jan
Think it is clear by now that eBelgium is divided, not only in two but in 4 parts
- First: the part I will call the anti PTO and has the power at the moment.
- Second the part of eBelgiens who are RL belgiens or are eBe citizens who see this country as theirs but don't agree with the idea's of the first group.
- Third the PTO group, some say many some think few, who want power and money.
- And last but not least the group of citizens who think something is wrong but do not really understand what is right and what is wrong.
Now I hear more and more about a referendum among citizens.
Trouble is that the biggest part of citizens can be find in the last group, so they can not really be sure what to vote.
So, by this I want to the first two groups to explain why we must be occupied or why we must be free, think that there is no need to ask the PTO's why they want to conquer the country:)
Most easy is that first the current power (gov and friends) makes a clear statement with pro's and contras in an article.
then the second group can makes one too (it will take time to organise this cause even if they want the same free country history has made that they aren't always on the same line).
After that I am prepared to talk with both about the different arguments and making a résumé on neutral bases, only when both approves I publish it.
After that we can see If there is need for a referendum or not and in the meantime it makes a good première for the next elections
This way the people can make their own idea about all this without quarrels and lies.
All I ask is that it stays civilized
boer jan
Wegens gebrek aan tijd deze maal geen Nederlandse versie, sorry
Due manque de temps pas de traduction Français cette fois désolé
There is no confusion at all, we know very well who is who and what they are doing.
Still I'll give you vote.
you make part of group 2 but there a lot of players who really do not know who to believe or why and they vote also
please try to work together with the others so that everyone's view of that group is represented , I do not want an extra division created 😉
And tbf, there is no PTO group. What is there to PTO for? Money? Sorry, MQ and NLSP already ran off with all of that. Sell our regions to Poland? No need to PTO for that. Our government is already doing that.
I fail to see that, even if there is a PTO as the forum elite claim, what the goals of these PTO'ers would be?
At least there are some players who openly told before they were PTO, so I assume that there are always such elements in every country, if we should be afraid of them is, I think,is one of the biggest arguments who will be used in the explanations I ask above.
Let's just clear it out so everybody can have his own idea without being forced to believe what others want we take for granted
We don't have congress, territories, national army, any funds or programs. Maybe we are already PTOed?
I like this article more than I liked your previous one ^^
However, there are way more groups in the eBe-community. I know a few people that could be put in a fifth group and people that are mixed between groups.
There have been a tendency in eBe to divide everything with 'label A' or 'not label A'. This is already done for a very long time. I'm pleased to see that you have come up with 4 different labels, but I personally would say this is still a simplification.
I do applaud your idea to come to some fair, transparent and honest communication. This is important and I hope that with better communication, eBe can become a better nation 🙂
I also really don't get why people want to divide eBe in groups. That's just the best way to polarize everything and make a problem out of thin air. (Same for RL Belgium btw)
I'm one of the second part but I agree that eBe is in a bad situation
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From Minnesota. I have a Capital One Auto Finance account that was included in my Chapter 13 in 2008. They are still reporting each and every month as "petitioned for Chapter 13" with a past due amount each month. The amount they are reporting does not match what the courts says is past due. I have spoke with Experian and they state that because the Chapter 13 isn't discharged they have the right to report it the way it is. FYI, I am current with my Ch 13 payments and the Trustee does not indicate any past due amount.
This seems wrong to me. Any idea. How can they report a incorrect past due amount.
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Hi kk! Welcome - Glad you're here and that you're posting.
From Minnesota. I have a Capital One Auto Finance account that was included in my Chapter 13 in 2008. They are still reporting each and every month as "petitioned for Chapter 13" with a past due amount each month. The amount they are reporting does not match what the courts says is past due. I have spoke with Experian and they state that because the Chapter 13 isn't discharged they have the right to report it the way it is.
This is probably true. Bookkeeping during a CH 13 is a bit of a bear. There's the timing issue, for one. When the trustee receives your funds, he typically holds them for some period of time (days, sometimes weeks, even longer). By the time the trustee has distributed the funds, interest has accrued. We had some accounts that were truly off. When the BK was discharged, things lined up. And because you're not able to check your finance account online (at least we couldn't during BK-nor did we receive paper statements from our auto loan account) it becomes even harder to keep track of. We also had a hard time getting a straight answer from CSR's - in fact I can't think of a single instance where we got accurate BK reporting info from a CSR.
FYI, I am current with my Ch 13 payments and the Trustee does not indicate any past due amount. You're referring to not having a past due account on your BK, correct? That will not align with your creditors due dates and/or payments received by the creditors.
This seems wrong to me. Any idea. How can they report a incorrect past due amount.
It looks like you're in the third year of your BK. How much longer before you're discharged? (I was counting down the days, that's for sure!)
I believe in the Spring of 2013 is my end date. Yes I am looking forward to that. Fortunately my credit scores have come up with work, but this one item from Capital One is the only thing hurting me so far. Of course with the exception of the bankruptcy.
Unless you're trying to refinance a mortgage - or some such thing that requires trustee approval - during the BK, I'm not sure that I would worry about it.
If you're really uncomfortable about it, you could dispute the reported balance with the CRA's. I still tend to think it's likely to be more of a trustee payment timing issue, though. Is it outrageously off?
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If I recall, even under a Chapter 13 (we filed ch 13 in 2004 under the old bk laws, may be different now), that date of filing of the bk creates an automatic stay against ALL creditors and prohibits further collection activity. Reporting a balance, past due, or even lates POST bk filing is prohibited. You can't be punished because the trustee doesn't disburse immediately.
In our particular situation, we were behind 8 months in our mortgage payments and included those arrears in our bk. We continued making our reg monthly mortgage (without reaffirming) to the mortgage company once we filed bk. Filed 11/04. So we paid our mortgage payment to the bank and made our plan payment to the trustee. Trustee did not make a disbursement until May 2005. Mortgage co tried to list late payments from 4/04 through 4/05. Discussed with our atty who advised we contact the bank and remind them we filed bk and reporting derogatory info POST filing violated the automatic stay. Bank tried to say that the payments we were making directly to them wouldn't be applied until the arrears were paid. And that they would continue reporting late payments until we were current. It took a call from our atty to the bank to stop the derog reporting after the date of filing. Once the atty made the call, the account changed to show the current balance on the loan and status was "debt included in wage earner plan". Lates past 11/04 were removed and even updated to say, paid/paying as agreed. Some of our accounts stated "included in bankruptcy", "included in wage earner plan", "closed/paid/paying as agreed" with a note that debt was discharged through bankruptcy. Check with your atty, the laws MAY have changed, but unlikey in regards to the automatic stay provisions.
Thanks for the response, that is was I thought too. My attorney totally gave me the brush off. I think I am going to contact the creditor and see what they say.
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Thanks for the response, that is was I thought too. My attorney totally gave me the brush off. I think I am going to contact the creditor and see what they say.
Whoa! Slow down and measure twice before cutting once. In our Ch 13 BK, we were expressly told not to contact the creditors directly. Double check with your attorney.
I know you are frustrated with this, but in our experience - creditors can list the balances due them. They are not 0 until the BK is discharged. We went the rounds on this during our BK when we applied for a refi, and our mortgage lender made several calls to the CRA's regarding how several accounts were reporting. Much to her and our surprise (and dismay) they were reporting correctly until the BK was discharged. When our BK was discharged, they reported a zero balance due them. Remember, most folks do not complete their BK's - and any amount you owe your creditors after trustee payments are made, is considered paid in full only when the BK is discharged.
It looks like the devil may be in the details. But when you're involved in a BK, my (unsolicited) advice is to always work with your attorney.
And to concentrate your efforts where they can do the most effective good.
Best wishes to you as you continue through BK and beyond!
Absolutely agree with beamMEup, ALWAYS work with your and through your attorney. Our atty is the one who advised us to call the bank first and discuss how they were reporting. Our atty was the one who had to end up calling the creditor to get them to report correctly. If you feel your atty is brushing you off, call a few other local attys and ask if what CapOne is doing is permitted. Most will offer a free consult.
I decided to let this one go. I do not want to talk to the credit for fear they will report to the other 2 CRAs. My attorney is no help whatsoever. I will just wait. I have the court records proving my point. I only have 23 payments left so its not THAT long.
Thanks for the help.
I would like to chime in on this even though it is an older thread. I am also in the repayment plan. I disagree with many on board who advise to ignore your credit report until you are discharged. JThe simple fact that you are in a chapter 13 plan does not give creditors the right to report anything they want to. You are still protected by FCRA and the bk automatic stay. There is a lot of case law that has established the reporting of late payments after filing and past due balance is considered an act of attempting to collect on a debt. This violates the automaic stay. The reported balance due is certainly disbutable. Essentially, the agreement you have with a creditor has been re-written by a Federal BK judge. Payments and balance due, if reported, should reflect the revised (via bankruptcy) amounts. The rationale that creditors can report the original payment and balance info since if the BK is dismissed this would be the amount owed is ridiculous. If the BK is dismissed, then the creditor can report what is owed. Until then, they are required by federal law to report accurate information
Just because you are within the plan does not create a creditor freeforall with regards to your credit report
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The unions representing nearly 20,000 employees of the FAA have joined in a coalition "to hold the FAA accountable" for meeting its modernization goals and to improve working conditions at the agency. The coalition represents the largest group of organized employees at the FAA.
"There are many challenges that the 21st century will bring to the FAA," said Michael Fanfalone, president of the Professional Airways Systems Specialists (PASS). "The employees we represent are the ones ensuring aviation safety. Through this united front, we will hold the FAA accountable for modernization and improving the public trust."
The alliance said it will also work to prepare its members for the many changes to FAA jobs imposed by technological advances and modernization.
"We are taking a coordinated and collaborative approach to resolving issues through this alliance," Fanfalone said. "All FAA employees reap the rewards of a stronger, united front at the agency."
PASS represents more than 11,000 employees of the FAA and Defense Department who install, maintain, support and certify ATC and national defense equipment; inspect and oversee the commercial and general aviation industries; develop flight procedures; and perform quality analyses of the aviation systems.
The chartered Aviation Labor Coalition includes the National Association of Air Traffic Control Specialists, the American Federation of Government Employees, the National Federation of Federal Employees, the Laborers International Union of North America, the Professional Association of Aeronautical Center Employees and the National Association of Government Employees.
The largest single union at the FAA is the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (Natca), which has nearly 14,000 members and represents nearly 19,000 controllers, engineers and other FAA employees.
Early last month, Natca marked the 20th anniversary of the Aug. 3, 1981, strike by the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (Patco), which prompted President Ronald Reagan to fire 11,345 controllers 48 hr later.
"The Patco strike was a watershed event in labor history," Natca president John Carr said. "From those ashes, we have built a relationship with the FAA based on trust, honor and integrity and we are doing our best within the limitations of collective bargaining in the federal sector to co-manage the National Airspace System."
He added that Natca has achieved success "by working hard to build collaborative relationships with the FAA, Congress, aircraft owners, pilots, business aviation, airports and many others" in the aviation community. "We are an acknowledged leader in our field and are working hard to find and propose solutions to the problems currently plaguing the air travel system," said Carr.
Addressing the possibility of a shortage of controllers in the near future, Carr maintained that one option is to continue hiring back fired Patco controllers. More than 800 have been brought back since President Clinton's executive order in 1993 lifted the ban on such rehires.


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I'd like to request that someone update this project.
Wigglefree was one of the first mods I ever downloaded after my first Jailbreak. It has since been abandoned, and I miss it!
Basically what it does is stops the icons from wiggling when you hold down to delete or move them. I've noticed an increase in performance when the wiggle is absent, which is great because it makes moving around the icons much faster/ more fluid.
The author, Yanik Magnan, has open-sourced his Wigglefree project to those brave enough to pick it up.
Open Source @ Sakurina's iPhone Hacks
Can someone please pick up the torch where he left off?


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Bayou's haiku thread certainly did not hurt regarding the SECCG. Would such a thread be in order for the BCSCG?
Of course, I ask this and I haven't even thought up a haiku yet.
Bayou's haiku thread certainly did not hurt regarding the SECCG. Would such a thread be in order for the BCSCG?
Of course, I ask this and I haven't even thought up a haiku yet.
Victory... does not depend entirely upon numbers or mere courage; only skill and discipline will insure it. - Vegetius
Roll Tide Bama
It's been a long time comin'
We are messin' with Texas
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"You don't have to flaunt your success, but you don't have to apologize for it, either" -- Gene Stallings
"No coach has ever won a game by what he knows; it's what his players know that counts." -Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant
The colt will fire blanks
A nation will be reborn
The tide is rising
Roll, Alabama!
Over Texas in The Rose~
Be victorious!
"She is the last of her kind, she thought. No wars had ever touched her, and she had lived through three; nothing had disturbed that world of hers, where gentlemen smoked on the porch or in hammocks, where ladies fanned themselves gently and drank cool water." - Jean Louise Finch describing her aunt in 'Go Set a Watchman'
the men in crimson
will defeat the burnt orange
one more victory.
My first attempt in any of the haiku threads. Haven't done one of these since grade school.
The Crimson Tide arrives
Judgement day for the Longhorns
Thirteen for Bama
Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.
It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience. -- Gaius Julius Ceasar
Conflict in Cali
Pachyderm stymies bovine
She earns her thirteenth
To California!
Bama carves up the Longhorns.
Thirteen is achieved.
texass is dead meat
and Bevo would make good steak
oh, the irony
Colt is not a horse
he is more like a jackass
I will call him 'mule'


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Bill Gates may think we're living in the greatest time in history. But the same elements of our society that have allowed Western civilization to succeed also spell its impending collapse. Anthropologist Ted Fischer interviews fellow Vanderbilt anthropologist Arthur Demarest for some perspective on why we're in trouble. Continue reading
As Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping travels to the United States this week — a trip designed in part to head off mounting tensions between the two countries — GlobalPost correspondent Kathleen McLaughlin reports from Beijing on the growing influence of Western culture on Chinese youth. Continue reading


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Leading councillors have approved a controversial move to two tier education in Bury St Edmunds.
Suffolk County Council's cabinet rubber-stamped the £23 million plans for the majority of schools in the area which includes closing St James, Hardwick, Howard and St Louis Catholic Middle Schools in August 2016.
It also backed the National Education Trust to set up a new 11-16 academy on Moreton Hall.
Notices will now be published outlining proposals for each school affected by the transition, which the public has four weeks to comment on.
The cabinet will consider any representations before making a final decision in April.
Bury would be the final area of the county to adopt two tier schooling - a move which education bosses say is necessary to improve attainment and bring Suffolk in line with the rest of the country.
However, concerns have been raised over the levl of funding for the transition and the risks to the education of children attending middle schools during the transition.
The break away Bury St Edmunds Academy Trust, which includes Barrow Primary, Horringer Court and Westley Middles as well as County Upper, is operating under an all-through model of schooling.
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Automotive News [sub] hasn't received the memo that EVs need good news, badly. Instead, AN hammers the last nail into the electric vehicle's coffin. If range anxiety, the lack of 220V outlets at your curbside parking spot, and high prices aren't enough to keep you away from an electric car, how about "an Orwellian future where faceless international corporations track your every move. Drop by the bar after work, call in sick to go to the beach, visit your mistress' house. The all-seeing eye of Big Brother knows where you've been."
That's what will happen when you drive an EV, says Automotive News [EN]. Your green friend will snitch on you. 24/7. The car will be "continuously connected through the wireless Internet to data centers monitoring the car's location, battery charge and driving range." Why? It's for your own good:
"By using such advanced telematics, drivers can locate nearby charging stations, know how far they can drive before draining the battery, monitor traffic to take less crowded routes, assess their driving habits to improve mileage and compare their mileage with that of other electric car drivers."
TTAC readers know since the beginning of the year that this is afoot. Nissan is opening a huge earthquake proof data center, along with the launch of their Leaf. They need a lot of storage, because according to AN, Nissan's "CarWings telematics system will retain historical driving, charging and electricity consumption information globally."
Toyota will even snoop further. They will invade you house! Says Automotive News: "Toyota envisions a similar scenario with so-called "smart homes" connected to plug-in hybrids. This system would not only monitor driving but also home energy habits." So no grow lights in the basement, you hear? Automotive News hammers a few more nails into the coffin:
- "Securing this wealth of private information will be a key trust issue in promoting a future that makes the most of electric vehicles' potential. "
- "Imagine the potential for summoning such records in lawsuits."
- "If personal privacy is botched, electric vehicles could end up more like tracking devices."
Personally, I think EVs have no great future. Hence, their impact on your privacy will remain subdued. And privacy, what privacy? OnStar already knows that you visited your mistress, or parked for hours in front of a strip club. You credit card company will vouch(er) for it. Your cell phone provider has a very good idea of where you are at any given time, even without GPS. Your friendly electric utility knows how much power you use, and they won't keep it a secret. "When electric companies notice unreasonably high power usages or patterns of use that fall in line with grow house light cycles, they go straight to the authorities," explains Howstuffworks. For a few dollars, I can match your P.O.Box to your home address. Electronically stalking you is creepy, agreed. But it falls in the realm of general creepiness.
Nothing new. Move along. And take that battery out of your cell phone.
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50 Comments on "Got A Mistress? Don't Buy That EV!..."
bunkieNovember 3rd, 2010 at 3:18 pm
First of all, that graphic is in exceptionally poor taste.
Second, I agree that if you think that you motor through life in a anonymous fashion right now, you're sadly mistaken. The solution, of course, is to enact laws limiting access to this information and reinforcing the notion that the gathering of personal data by the police (and other authorities) requires some sort of court order.
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carguyNovember 3rd, 2010 at 3:21 pm
+1 Most of this can already be done. The real key here is legality and not technology which is why we need to update our privacy laws.
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psarhjinianNovember 3rd, 2010 at 3:27 pm
It's not so much poor taste, but it is true that the future is more Max Headroom/Minority Report than 1984.
And yes, corporations already mine this, and often do so without any legal restriction.
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Advance_92November 3rd, 2010 at 4:17 pm
You can track people by phone, gas receipts, even the bar tabs if they use credit cards. And that's not even considering OnStar or GPS.
This whole article is so silly I can't believe it was even relayed on here unless someone had a cool 'bad Obama' picture they were looking to spread. At least it looks a bit more professional than the baseball cap last week.
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Daanii2November 3rd, 2010 at 5:08 pm
First of all, that graphic is in exceptionally poor taste.
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mpresleyNovember 3rd, 2010 at 5:24 pm
Very poor taste. I agree 100 percent. A classy site like TTAC should be able to afford a color picture of the Maobama as he spies on the rest of us. And what's up with those ears? My god, he's probably listening to us, too.
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nonceNovember 3rd, 2010 at 6:15 pm
This whole article is so silly I can't believe it was even relayed on here
You haven't read much of the stuff submitted by The Newspaper, have you? This is bargain-basement paranoia compared to that stuff.
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DweezilSFVNovember 3rd, 2010 at 6:37 pm
It's only poor taste because they couldn't work George Bush's picture into that graphic, right? You'll live
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John HornerNovember 4th, 2010 at 12:57 am
No kidding about the poor taste, not to mention misleading. By and large it isn't big government which is tracking your every move, it is big business! The irony of this picture being posted by an author who makes his living in China is just too rich. There the government really is watching you, not to mention carefully choosing what you may and may not see on the Internet.
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Daanii2November 4th, 2010 at 2:06 am
I'm missing something here. What's in poor taste, even exceptionally poor taste, about that graphic? I hate to be dense, but can someone explain it to me?
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rpn453November 4th, 2010 at 3:46 am
By and large it isn't big government which is tracking your every move, it is big business!
Wait, are you saying there's a difference now? They used to share the same owners.
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November 4th, 2010 at 7:12 am
It's in poor taste because an otherwise neutral discussion about big business going "Big Brother" on EV owners just received a heaping dose of partisan politics. Yes, we know you don't like Obama. Point made, point taken, change the graphic to something less politically charged. Thanks.
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windswordsNovember 4th, 2010 at 12:09 pm
Whiners. After enduring posts and pictures comparing President Bush to Hitler, this is kindergarten stuff. I don't remember much left wing outcry about that. Since BO is the Head of State and this is about the potential of the State to "watch" you, it's appropriate. Get over it. If it makes you feel better just imagine it John Boehner's face in the graphic. He's the new evil/nazi/extremist/corporatist/animal hater/bigot/racist enemy right?
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windswordsNovember 4th, 2010 at 12:15 pm
If you think this is more about big corp. than big government then in your mind substitute an image of Steve Jobs or Bill Gates (after all they are the technological enablers of this). Besides, I always thought Bill looked suspicious.
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psarhjinianNovember 4th, 2010 at 12:24 pm
I'd say Mark Zuckerberg, Sergei Brin or Larry Page would be better poster children for the End Of Privacy As We Know It.
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nonceNovember 4th, 2010 at 12:32 pm
Don't forget Steve Jobs.
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nonceNovember 4th, 2010 at 12:33 pm
After enduring posts and pictures comparing President Bush to Hitler, this is kindergarten stuff. I don't remember much left wing outcry about that.
Believe it or not, some people who thought that the "BusHitler" stuff was — at best — in poor taste don't like this either.
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Daanii2November 4th, 2010 at 1:07 pm
I'm bothered by banks. I recently had to answer some "security questions" to access my bank account. The bank, which I just starting using two years ago, used as security questions some of my home addresses from 20 and 30 years ago.
I assume the bank got those addresses from the credit rating companies. That banks can get all that private information about me (and of course much more financial information) so easily makes me mad and concerned.
I shudder when I think of all my medical records becoming electronic. I can see some clearinghouse that collects all of that and reports it (for a fee) to those who inquire. No longer will the past bury anything.
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redmondjpNovember 3rd, 2010 at 3:28 pm
I'm not in favor of the tracking aspect of this at all. But there are good ideas in here regarding communication between the EV, it's charger, and the electrical grid. Alan Cocconi (IIRC) proposed many years ago using grid-connected EVs as distributed energy sources to supply power at times of peak demand (peak load shaving). It's a good idea.
Say that it's 4pm and your EV is plugged in at work with the battery pack fully charged. Say that you've got 100 miles of range in the pack (the 2nd-gen battery packs on the EV-1s easily had this) but you only need 20 to get home. Then say that you can program your EV charge controller to allow 50 miles of range worth of energy (giving you 30 miles of buffer in case you want to make some shopping stops on the way home) to be removed (giving you $ credits of course) before you unplug from the grid and drive home at 5pm.
Then, you reconnect to the grid once returning to home. Now, EV charger and grid communicate some more, and EV pack recharging commences after midnight, when grid has excess generating capacity as well as lowest energy cost, fully recharging the pack while you sleep.
The smart grid is coming. Some of the snooping aspects of it I don't like. But OTOH, there are positive benefits that can allow us to use our existing energy infrastructure more efficiently. If we can figure out how to even out our energy demand over the 24-hour period, we will avoid having to build some (but not all) new power plants.
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bunkieNovember 3rd, 2010 at 3:42 pm
Data can be obfuscated to hide personal information without losing its value from a grid management perspective. Until recently I worked for a Swiss bank (I'm an IT professional) and we did this time while doing development work. Again, this is about making the laws work for us and, I might add, preserving the notion of respect for the rule of law which is something that politicians of both parties would be well advised to remember.
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dswillyNovember 3rd, 2010 at 3:41 pm
Fortunately my fleet is usually about ten years behind + in technology. Try tracking me in my '82 Toyota truck……….
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bunkieNovember 3rd, 2010 at 3:44 pm
To really protect yourself, replace all the steel and iron in the truck with aluminum foil. That will defeat that pesky magnetic GPS tracker that the police love so much…
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M 1November 3rd, 2010 at 3:45 pm
Not especially different than the potential for abuse of OnStar and similar systems with less-recognizable branding.
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redmondjpNovember 3rd, 2010 at 3:56 pm
And regarding Onstar, I discovered a couple of years ago that the Feds have already used Onstar (w/o court order, BTW) to listen to in-car conversations (uses the hands-free cell phone built into the car) of people in an Onstar-equipped vehicle (who may not have even had an Onstar subscription). Very scary stuff.
If you don't want people knowing where you are and listening to you in your car, and you don't use Onstar, it's simple: snip the wire going from the Onstar unit to the antenna. Problem solved! Now of course, since we have further integrated these functions into modern vehicles' electronic systems, you will also lose your built-in NAV functions and internet too. Hmmm, what to do, what to do (I like the tinfoil hat idea).
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asapuntzNovember 3rd, 2010 at 4:27 pm
OnStar => GM => Gov't => ScaryGraphic
Why elected officials are scarier than barely-accountable corporations is beyond me. I guess I can just avoid the corporations, as long as i don't buy anything or go anywhere?
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bikegoesbaaNovember 3rd, 2010 at 4:33 pm
Why elected officials are scarier than barely-accountable corporations is beyond me.
Theoretically no corporation can pull you out of your house at gunpoint and throw you in the slammer, but the government certainly can.
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chuckRNovember 3rd, 2010 at 4:17 pm
We have always been at war with Eastasia. We don't like Eurasia either.
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mpresleyNovember 3rd, 2010 at 5:27 pm
But Euthanasia is another story, altogether! Too bad razor blade production is down…
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George BNovember 3rd, 2010 at 4:22 pm
Disconnect the antennas from the car telematics hardware and it can't do much. Cell phones provide a better source of location information, but they are easier to disable by simply turning them off.
I'm no fan of the president, but I agree that throwing his image into the article is a bad idea. Larger threat of targeted in-car advertising and bundling of unwanted telematics services with car purchase than government use of location information.
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thebeelzebubtriggerNovember 3rd, 2010 at 4:43 pm
"Cell phones provide a better source of location information, but they are easier to disable by simply turning them off."
Many modern cell phones are not "off" unless you remove the battery. You can only turn off user functionality, carrier functionality usually remains intact as long as the battery is present and charged.
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1996MEditionNovember 3rd, 2010 at 4:30 pm
Tinfoil hats on in 1……2…….3!!!
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L'avventuraNovember 3rd, 2010 at 4:36 pm
EV telemetry should be the least of your privacy worries in the modern age. As mentioned, OnStar already pushes the privacy envelope, its frequently used by the police and FBI, and even can tell if there is person in the passenger seat (via airbag detection)- your mistress should be scared..
You guys even had an article on it:
Beyond that modern smartphones already hold a ton of information on you, if you are concerned about privacy, or hiding that mistress, the first place your wife, or a snooper, will look is your smartphone. Better have a strong password, though it does nothing to stop Big Brother from listening in. There are so many more easier ways to get information then EV telematics data.
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V572625694November 3rd, 2010 at 5:06 pm
Reminds me of the story about the woman who discovers a GPS device her husband has hidden on her car so he can track her movements. She puts it on somebody else's car. Hilarity ensues. This won't work with Big Brother Leaf. Or your rental car. Or your car w/On-Star (regardless of whether you buy the service or not.
Privacy's over; we might as well get used to it.
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thesalNovember 3rd, 2010 at 5:46 pm
"Privacy's over, we might as well get used to it"
Love that line…and once we all get past the teething pains, it will be a new "norm" to live by. Expect everything to be everyone's knowledge. It could work, so long as there is equility in loss of privacy! (I'm thinking that's the pipe dream part)
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jet_silverNovember 3rd, 2010 at 5:15 pm
Now imagine you could track cars by their TPMS sensors: http://blogs.insideline.com/straightline/2010/08/hax0red-rutgers-university-of-south-carolina-remotely-hack-tpms-sensors.html
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sfdennis1November 3rd, 2010 at 6:56 pm
FAIL on the graphic, Schmitt, are cheap shots the best you can do?
And while we're making cheap shots, I can assure you that just about ANY Democrat doesn't give a flying-f*ck whether you have a mistress, or an "extra-Mr.", or whatever you do privately and consensually…than most Republicans, especially the 'subset' of the holier-than-thou Bible-thumping (usually cheating themselves) conservative teabagging/KKKristian variety.
Neither corporate spying, nor the intrusion into personal privacies, nor the obsession with policing other's private sex lives originated with President Obama. Again, a cheap shot.
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gslippyNovember 3rd, 2010 at 9:58 pm
Your crass stereotypes smell more like cheap shots than the use of an obviously comical graphic which communicates a fear people have had for decades.
Here's an equal-opportunity jab, if it'll help you feel better: http://www.badtastetshirts.com/big_brother_is_watching.htm
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SykeNovember 4th, 2010 at 9:55 am
Actually any politician couldn't care less if you've got a mistress. They're not even worried about theirs – unless the information leaks out during an election year. At which point you're talking national security crisis.
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golden2huskyNovember 3rd, 2010 at 10:17 pm
I wouldn't worry about this so much…California's courts have ruled that it is permissible for the police to trespass onto your property and place a tracking device on your vehicle without a court order. Nice, huh? America is going to crap in a hurry. I would expect this to make its way to the Supreme Court, but no doubt the Roberts led "Scalito" gang will have no problem with this. After all, if you are not doing anything wrong, you have nothing to worry about (deep sarcasm)…
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caljnNovember 3rd, 2010 at 10:53 pm
With regard to big brother and the photo up top, it was George's team that gave us the "patriot" act.
(oh lord,,,please keep us safe,,,please!)
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AaronHNovember 3rd, 2010 at 10:53 pm
The weak and stupid envy-ridden brats and parasites will always love politicians even as the politicians murder them…It has been proven throughout history…You don't have to watch Monty Python to figure that out. TV and public schools turn people into retarded government-worshiping psychopathic brats.
It is OK for Reid and Pelosi to know where you are…Really!…It is!
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jetstar1November 4th, 2010 at 12:47 am
I go to car websites, specifically to enjoy myself and avoid the political media fires.
that photo is poor taste, and no i have no need for a tea bagging car blog.
see you guys
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probertNovember 4th, 2010 at 2:28 am
Cell phones are required to have gps positioning built in.
Funny to hear complaints of future problems when – under Bush – the NSA, with the help of the aforementioned phone companies (not quest though) – illegally spied on Americans. Does anyone care – thought not.
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chuckRNovember 4th, 2010 at 9:24 am
So NSA, Echelon, Carnivore, those all started under Bush?
I am concerned, and the solution is a smaller government with fewer powers. Its riskier vis a vis our real enemies, but those who trade freedom for security will end up with neither. The trick is figuring out what is essential and what should be forbidden to the government. In the 70's, the German government was able to destroy radical factions like the Bader-Meinhof gang, but the people decided the price in the required level of surveillance was too high.
So, back to the Bush bashing. If you think he started it and that you can only be saved by the Other Party, you haven't been paying attention.
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MrBostnNovember 4th, 2010 at 5:21 am
Guess my eyes failed me. I didn't notice the graphic was of Obama. I read the text, barely looking at the face, and moved on to read the story.
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John FritzNovember 4th, 2010 at 8:17 am
I am absolutely baffled over the indignation expressed by so many TTAC readers regarding the photo at the top of the page. There is nothing that positively identifies this individual as Barry Obama. That is a conclusion being reached by many without any supportable evidence.
And even if it is Barry, you're going to take up for this guy? Why?
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SykeNovember 4th, 2010 at 9:58 am
If that's Obama, it's a damned poor caricature.
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285expNovember 4th, 2010 at 10:04 am
John, there is no doubt that is our Dear Leader being pictured, but having President Obama as the face of an overly intrusive "We know what's best for you" Big Brother certainly isn't particulary inappropriate. While the faces of Carlos Ghosn or Akio Toyoda might have been more accurate, nobody would have known who they were.
But exceptionally poor taste? Get a grip folks.
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panzerfaustNovember 4th, 2010 at 1:43 pm
"Imagine an Orwellian future where faceless international corporations track your every move. Drop by the bar after work, call in sick to go to the beach, visit your mistress' house." This guy has heard of the internet, and cell phones hasn't he? This sort of tracking has been going on for a decade or more.
And speaking of cell phones, if you want a system that will; " locate nearby charging stations, know how far they can drive before draining the battery, monitor traffic to take less crowded routes, assess their driving habits to improve mileage and compare their mileage with that of other electric car drivers." Nissan ought to just give Apple a call and ask them to turn this into an ap for the iPhone, it'll be done in a week and be easier and cheaper than anything Nissan will inflict upon us.
Actually, we're closer to Huxley's "Brave New World" than we are to Orwell.
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PeregrineFalconNovember 5th, 2010 at 9:13 am
Absolutely loving the delicious angry political tears. Perfect timing what with the mid-terms having just passed.
Please continue with the "tasteless" images – they seem to be a great way to weed out anyone who can't take a joke.
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I can't be the only one who is obsessed with Cirque Du Soleil. Ever since my dad took me to Quebec and I learned how the acrobatic circus got its start I was a fan. With Josh I got to see Quidam, my first Cirque show. It was even better than I could have imagined.
And thanks to a lovely friend I got to see my second Cirque show. When I put out a call for suggestions of things to do and shows to see in Vegas, Erin told me she works for Mystere and that she could get me comps if I was interested. It was so sweet of her and helped make my trip so special.
Sam and I were show buddies for the week and she was just as excited as I was. We headed over to Treasure Island, where the show is performed, not sure what to expect. There was a huge line when we got there and we were nervous we would be late for the show but we got to skip ahead to the VIP section and get our tickets and snacks. I felt super special. ;p
Our seats were fantastic and the show was phenomenal. Truly classic Cirque at its best. I thought Quidam was good but Mystere was 10x better. The crowd interactions were hysterical (I got popcorn thrown at me by the clown!) and the stunts were truly spectacular. I would highly recommend checking this show out if you're in Vegas. Next on my list of Cirque shows to see are O, Zumanity, Ka, and Zarkana.
Sam and I had so much fun seeing Mystere we decided to see another show. Since we were in Vegas we decided to see something quintessentially Vegas. We went to see Thunder From Down Under.
Because Sam and I are students (read: cheap) we decided to hit up Tix4Tonight. They're on every street corner of the strip and sell tickets for the shows that didn't sell out that day. We were able to get Thunder from Down Under tickets for $40 instead of $60. Once you buy the tickets you have to go to the show's box office and claim them. Until you do that you are not assigned seats. We headed over to Excalibur where the show is held and got to pick out some pretty nice seats for what we paid.
Getting a ticket also comes with a picture. How awkward do I look? haha
The show was packed, the girls were screaming, the music was loud (and awesome- they played a lot of Mr. JT), the guys were hot. For being a show about guys dancing around in their underwear it was really well choreographed and high quality. There were a lot of bachelorette parties here and I think this would be the perfect place to do something like that. All the girls were really encouraging of one another and everyone was just in a good mood and wanted to have fun. I would totally recommend this show to a group of girlfriends looking to have fun in Vegas. There were even a few guys!
If you're in Vegas, you have to check out the shops. There are so many! I think I made it to most of them on the strip. I went to The Forum Shops, The Fashion Show Mall, and The Miracle Mile. I also just popped into a lot of stores up and down the strip and inside hotels. I also ventured out to the outlets. There's an outlet on each end of the strip. The South one was horrible but the North one was pretty good. I've been to a lot of outlets so I judge them pretty harshly. ;p
The Fashion Show Mall had the best mix of stores for me. I wandered into Ann Taylor Loft and found all their sale merchandise was an additional 60% off. I scooped up this cute wrap and another sweater.
I also got to visit Lululemon. I didn't buy anything but I tried on this Run: Back on Track tank that I had just ordered in pink. I'm so glad I loved it! Lululemon also proved why they're known for such great customer service. I have a Stride jacket that recently started having some zipper problems. It's not that the zipper doesn't work it just doesn't unzipper fully. It zips up and down but won't detach at the end. I took it into the store and the associates were so sweet. They offered to let me trade it out with a newer jacket (the Stride has sadly been discontinued) or have it sent to get repaired. Since I love the Stride so much I didn't want to exchange it for a different style jacket (without thumb holes and a hood!) so off my jacket went in the mail to get a new zipper. Thanks Lulu!
I also browsed the gift shops on the strip. In the Paris hotel I found these adorable Let's French wine glasses. Super cute but also super impractical to pack and bring home. Maybe next time.
My one "I was in Vegas" souvenir was this T-shirt from the Flamingo hotel. I thought it was super cute and perfect for lounging around the house with or wearing as PJs. I'm bringing it to NYC with me today.
Speaking of NYC, I briefly mentioned it on here last week but I'm off for another trip! This one is shorter, I'll be back on Thursday, but I'm heading to NYC for a Glam event with Kotex. I am so excited, it's on women and gender issues which I could talk about all day. I took two amazing feminism classes at Bucknell that really stirred up a passion inside me. I'm flying out at 5:45am and still have to pack. So I better run!
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Shooting skills: Training to counter an ambush
During a dynamic daylong firearms course presented by LMS Defense, police officers from a handful of agencies proved the credo, "I will get top-notch tactical training whether or not my agency pays for it"
Eighteen hands went into the air when the instructor asked, "How many of you remember what happened in Lakewood, Washington back in November of 2009?" We nodded solemnly as we remembered the assassination of four police officers — Sgt. Mark Renninger, Officer Ronald Owens, Officer Tina Griswold, and Officer Greg Richards — at the Forza coffee shop. We were at the midway point of our training as the instructor spoke briefly about the ambush attack by Maurice Clemmons and the need to practice firing from a seated position. We cast our eyes downrange and saw chairs set up on the five-yard line with bad-guy targets stapled to the target stands. We all knew what was next.
On a sunny Saturday afternoon at an outdoor range southwest of San Jose (Calif.), a group of police officers from three local law enforcement agencies — along with a small handful of civilians like yours truly — participated in an outstanding daylong firearms training session presented by LMS Defense simply called "Counter Ambush."
The instructor this day was Ken Hardesty — some readers may recognize Hardesty's name from a recent PoliceOne First Person Essay he wrote on issues related to the "open carry" movement. Hardesty — who served in the United States Marine Corps and has been a full-time police officer in large metropolitan California police departments for a dozen-plus years since — had us moving quickly from one exercise to the next, using what little 'down time' we had to top off our magazines and take down some cold water to remain hydrated.
Ten Pounds in a Five-Pound Box
The LMS website describes the course thusly: "Today's law enforcement professional operates in a reactive environment. Assault on officer statistics continue to rise annually. The focus of this course is to enable officers, as well as legally-armed citizens, to prevail under attack. Breaking contact, fighting from the ground up, and maintaining the will to win are the focus of this course."
I'd venture to say this description fails to adequately characterize how much ground is covered and how dynamic the day truly is. Hardesty packed ten pounds into the proverbial five-pound box (in a good way!), and was simultaneously hard-charging and funny as hell. He routinely asked his students, "How are you doing — you having a good time?" This was not just to get feedback on whether or not they were getting something out of the training, but to verify they weren't getting dehydrated or tired. He was fastidious about range safety and the welfare of every participant.
We began our day with a simple dot drill to get us warmed up. I had done dot drills on numerous occasions before, but not in a long, long time so it was a great refresher. The second exercise was also familiar from training I'd done in years past, but also long since dropped from my range routine. Shooting four-color discretionary targets (you can get these at a variety of places, but we got ours from Law Enforcement Targets) does require a partner on your lane, or an instructor calling to the group as we did on the 200-yard range at Field Sports Park. Hardesty called out shapes, colors, or numbers, and we hit the corresponding icons on the targets as we communicated verbally where we were aiming.
Hardesty then asked, "Is there anybody here who can't add two numbers together?" A chuckle went up and down the line, then Hardesty said, "Good, I'm going to say two numbers and you will have to add them together and hit that number. Once again, on the up command, firing a minim of one and a maximum of three. Ready. Two, four, up!"
"Six!" we all shouted as we put holes into that target.
Practicing from Awkward Firing Positions
We then got into wide variety of other drills — from shooting while turning to shooting from kneeling, prone, supine, and the abovementioned seated positions. We incorporated concealment and talked about the differences between cover and concealment. We simulated responding to a threat immediately at your six. We simulated responding to a threat at the six of a person you'd be talking with in close conversation.
It was a long day, and most every one of us had expended our cache of 500 shells (I had brought plenty extra and expended those too).
After clearing the range of our brass, breaking down the targets, and stowing the various pieces of equipment we'd used throughout the day, we assembled in the shade to talk a while. Hardesty again asked for a show of hands. "How many of you tested your limit here today or shot from a position you'd never shot from before?"
Once again, all our hands went up.
Just as the group was about to call it quits for the day and head home, I asked the police officers in attendance whether they'd paid their own way to the session or were there "on the company."
Unfortunately, I was unsurprised to find out that not a single cop there was sent by their agency. It's a sad, sickening fact that police training budgets are being decimated at departments around the country, and clearly my local agencies are not immune. On the upside, the presence of these wonderful warriors reminded me of one of the 25 Foundational Principles about which I'd written for my final column of 2010.
19.) I will get top-notch tactical training whether or not my agency pays for it
Hardesty then said something as important as he'd said all day long. "Unfortunately, every officer you see here, taking this training on their own time and their own dime, they're not the ones at their departments who need this training. These guys are squared away and they're among the best in their departments. Unfortunately, the officers who really need this training are the very ones who would never give up a day off and they'd never pay their own way to firearms training."
Down, Not Out
Soon after the class was done, I posted the above image to a popular social networking site. I then got the following 'comment' from Ray Jagger, a law enforcement friend of mine from Kirksville (Mo.) Police Department who I'd met via mutual friends some time ago.
"I really believe that too much training is still 'aimed' at learning to shoot for a target shooting contest, instead of surviving a gun fight," said Jagger. "The preferred 'stance' in my mind should be crouching behind cover, or moving at a high rate of speed sidewise. One of the 'games' I have been playing lately is trying to draw while seat belted in. With all the center consoles, retention holsters, and gear that many of us carry both on our belts and in our cars, this is not an easy chore when ...you're as big as I am. I am not so sure that using the chest backup might be quicker and easier to get into play. However these are things you want to discover... before some guy is in the middle of killing you!"
At the end of this month, I will attend another class from LMS Defense called "Down, Not Out" in which we'll focus on one-handed live fire. For example, we'll work on engaging an adversary while holding a loved one, and clearing a malfunction with only the non-dominant hand. I'm certain I'll take other LMS courses down the line, but I'll also be taking courses from any number of other trainers — I've been doing this since well before even taking the job of PoliceOne Editor almost three years ago. In fact, I originally met Hardesty during a four-hour in-service active-shooter response training at San Jose Police Department (he's in his agency's cadre of instructors).
It can be expensive to keep working on your firearms and other skills. But life itself is priceless, so I'll take "expensive" any day of the week.


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Dolph Ziggler vs. John Morrison - Good opening match. But I think we all knew Ziggler was going to win. As if Morrison apparently heading towards unemployment wasn't bad enough, the guy has to hear how much the MSG crowd wanted Ryder in the match instead of him. Ryder coming out was the only thing that kept the crowd from chanting Morrison out of the building with the "Na na na, na na na, Hey hey hey, Goodbye" chant. Then again, I missed the opening minutes of the match, so maybe they did chant that and I didn't catch it. Goodbye Morrison. Hopefully Ryder will do more with your spot than you ever did.
Beth Phoenix vs. Eve Torres - Crap match. The crowd was clearly bored. Until the finish. I gotta say, that was pretty neat to see. More spots like that from the Divas, and they may become interesting. Not holding my breath though.
Team Orton vs. Team Barrett - As usual, these matches will have guys paired up for various spots. But all that went to complete shit once Sin Cara got hurt. Completely killed the momentum of the match and they never got it back. I was almost glad when it ended. Simply because everyone looked lost after that. There was no "ring general" in that match in any way whatsoever. For me, the best part was Michael Cole's dumb ass say that Barrett and Rhodes were "sole survivors". He clearly doesn't know what "sole" means. He has the same problem with the word "vintage".
Big Show vs. Mark Henry - What the hell happened? These guys had a good, entertaining match at MITB, but tonight, they stunk up the house. The obvious highlight being Show taking 15 minutes to decide if he wanted to do the elbow drop from the top rope. Nice to see him fly like that again though. That used to be my favorite thing about him when he was in WCW. Now I'm sure we all heard the "Boring", "HBK" and "Randy Savage" chants, but is it just me, or was there also a "Tebow sucks" chant as well?
CM Punk vs. Del Rio - GREAT match. Another Savage chant courtesy of Punk. Damn near teared up when he struck that pose on the top rope and held it for a second. And the result was much like MITB. No way in hell Punk wasn't walking out with the title tonight. The only match the crowd was into by that point in the show. But the best thing? HOWARD FUCKING FINKEL!!! So nice to see "The Fink" make an appearance. That being said, I could watch Punk and Del Rio work matches for years to come. WWE needs to make that happen.
The Rock and John Cena vs Awesome Truth - I have to admit. I never thought I'd see Rock wrestling again. And I was cool with that. I'm not one of those people who gets all pissy and thinks hat wrestlers aren't allowed to move on with their lives and move into a different career. That being said, Rock performed well when he was actually in the ring. Cena held his own(barely) and, not surprisingly, took most of the bumps in the match. Miz and Truth did their parts well. Truth cutting a promo on pigeons before the match made me laugh. Overall though, the match itself wasn't that great. Just your typical "paint by numbers" face team vs. heel team tag match. Even the post-match tit-for-tat was predictable. Personally, I was hoping for that long-awaited Cena heel turn. But whatever. It is what it is.
OVERALL REVIEW - I give the show a C-. Nothing special. Punk and Del Rio obviously stole what was an underwhelming show. Also, Jerry Lawler needs to retire already. Cole and Booker did their thing, but Lawler clearly does not care about his job anymore. WWE needs to send him home for good.
Comment if you'd like. I hope whomever watched this show enjoyed it to some extent. Have a good Thanksgiving everyone!!


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Buying 2 handguns
First post here, joined a few days ago and been doing alot of reading. I am working on a deal with my neighbor to buy the following guns and thought I would see what your guys thoughts were. The first one is a 22 revolver 9 shot H&R it appears to be in very good condition and the second one is a Post war 9mm Browning high power that has some scuff marks. The way it stands right now I am looking at a total cost of $450.00 which I think is a good deal. I already have a 9mm USP H&K and a 44mag Super Black Hawk but feel the need to add a couple more to the collection. So what are some thoughts on this potential purchase??
Welcome to the forum. Usually the new members stop by the Introduction Thread and, well....introduce themselves. :D
As for your purchases, have you seen what the HiPowers go for? :)
If it's a real Hi Power (not an FEG or one of the clones) - that is a steal...
From what I remember it is the real thing, I will have to make sure before the deal is finished. He had some others he was selling so my head got kinda full after looking at them all.
You should go browse Gunbroker.com to get an idea of the high end of that price spectrum. :)
If it is a "real" Browning regardless of where it was made, $450 for it alone is a good deal.
Buy it if it's a real Browning in good shape. Then you'll have the H&R as a free bonus.
Ok, I went and looked at it agian last night and it is a Browing for sure, it had "Canada" on the slide. I have the serial # for it, where would I be able to find out more about it?? I did go to the Gunbroker website and found one just like it, the one on there website called it a "INGLIS Browning high power" with a paint like finish and lanyard ring. They wanted close to $700.00 for it so I guess the one I am looking at is a steal.
Thanks for all the help on this.
Just give the man his money and walk away really fast. :cool:
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Eliott (however you want to spell it) for a girl. Eliette is very pretty.
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I think Eliette looks pretty and sounds more feminine.
Thank you everyone. <3
Eliette is much better for girl.
NB: Elliott in Scrubs explained in an early episode that she was named Elliott as her parents had wanted a boy. I'm sure she said they were in denial, or something like that, so used a boy's name. Therefore, the show made it clear in that episode, that Elliott is a boy's name.
I prefer Elliot, but if you really only want one L, then Eliot.
Personally, I really dislike when people use the letter Y to make a name seem more "feminine". Just give your daughter a girl's name! In my opinion, Elliot is most definitely a boy's name. I love previous posters' suggestion of Eliette.
Eliette would be much prettier for a girl


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ADAM Jenkinson launches his latest bid to be crowned a national champion when he races at Brands Hatch this weekend.
The Knutsford rider will make his debut for Direct CCTV SBR Kawasaki in the Pirelli Superstock 1000 Championship at the Kent circuit, hoping to go one better than last year when he finished as runner-up.
He is happy following a successful pre-season test in Spain.
"The main change for me this year is a different suspension," he said.
"I've been trying to chase a base setting during testing, but with every session I've been going faster and faster.
"We're in a strong position for the first round."
Bucklow-Hill based Jenkinson missed out on first place by just four points to South African ace Hudson Kennaugh after winning the final race of 2013.
He was a victor at two other rounds, in addition to standing on the podium at the end of half a dozen others.
"I don't think it's unwise to suggest we will be at the front right away," said team boss Steve Brogan after signing Jenkinson in January.


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Picture: The Kinks lead vocalist Ray Davies outside Ed Sullivan Theatre for the 'Late Show With David Letterman' - Departures New York City, USA - 19.02.08
The Kinks guitarist DAVE DAVIES is hopeful he can persuade his brother RAY to agree to reform the legendary British band.
Dave, who suffered a stroke last year (04) and has only recently recovered good use of his body, claims the WATERLOO SUNSET rockers will only get back together if his sibling decides they should.
The 58-year-old says, "I'd love one. Last year was so horrendous, I can't think of anything better.
"But it's up to Ray. It could be as easy as picking up the telephone or as complex and difficult and impossible as Ray wants to make it.
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By Richard Rossiter
Oct 6, 2003
Way of the Wizard 9 *FA: R. Rossiter and Christine Damiano, 2001.This route leads to the top of Wizard Rock. Begin at the far right side of the crag, uphill and around to the right. Stem straight up a tricky dihedral, gain the main slab, and continue to the top. 8 bolts to a 2-bolt anchor, 85 feet.
This should actually be listed as a new route and it is one of the best on the crag so far.
By Ron Olsen
From: Boulder, CO
Oct 8, 2003
Wizard Rock is a secluded spot with four moderate (8 to 10b) bolted routes. Most of the routes face west and get morning shade, making Wizard Rock a good hot-weather destination. All the sport routes can be done with a 50m rope and a set of quickdraws.
The easiest approach is from Avalon. Cross the creek by the Avalon tyrolean traverse, go up the talus field, and head up and right to the Wall of the Dead. Go around this to the right and up to the summit tier of Avalon. Traverse left under Avalon's summit tier heading downstream. Pass a short wall with several cracks (Wall of the Goddess) and continue into the woods on a trail right next to the rock. Break into a clearing, cross a gully, and you arrive at Wizard Rock.
The first route you see starts just past a fallen log and goes up a clean, blocky arete above a tree stump (Snow Crash, 10b). The second route starts twenty feet left of Snow Crash and goes up a blunt buttress (Magic Wand, 8). The third route starts twenty feet left of Magic Wand, on a narrow buttress with three blocky overhangs (Christal Ball, 9).
The fourth route is up the gully to the right of Snow Crash, and starts at a short steep corner with a black streak, just right of another tree stump (Way of the Wizard, 9).
Wizard Rock is a good place for new leaders to tackle some harder lines, since the four sport routes are well bolted.
By Ron Olsen
From: Boulder, CO
Sep 5, 2007
Richard Rossiter has done two additional routes on Wizard Rock: Right Arete and Way of the Lizard. It would be great to incorporate these routes into the Wizard Rock area description. See boulderclimbs.com/wizard.html.
From the route descriptions, it seems to me that Right Arete and Walk the Older Roads are very similar, as are Way of the Lizard and Two in the Bush.
By Leo Paik
From: Westminster, Colorado
Sep 5, 2007
|FWIW, Way of the Lizard is described as starting up something steep and then goes onto a slab. Two in the Bush, as Allen did it, went up a steep bit (~10') and then followed a crack system.
By Rick Casey
From: Lafayette, Colorado
Sep 8, 2015
HOW TO FIND WIZARD ROCK: here is how to find this obscure but worthy feature: there are two ways: (1) via the main route up through the Wall of the Dead trail, or (2) a more roundabout (but more educational) route via Solaris. (2) VIA SOLARIS: navigate to Solaris. Once there, continue up and left, past the rock, and achieve a sort of summit plateau with vistas to the east down Boulder Canyon, but turn right and continue uphill through well-spaced pine trees and lightly bouldered land until at some point it feels like you've gone too far, and you seek a descent down and right through a weakness in the skyline to the right, and descend downward and northwards...until you encounter some rock, and start to hug that wall. Congratulations, you've found Wizard Rock via Solaris!
(1) To find it via the "easier way" (as originally described in this page): access Avalon's Wall of the Dead. Continue on this trail, up and right, to the base of the upper 3rd Tier(?) of Avalon, and begin a long trail that hugs the base of the various cliffs between there and Wizard Rock. This is quite an extended traverse, from right to left (or west to east), which eventually leads you to Wizard Rock, the highest feature in the Avalon area.
See the associated photo for a valuable situational awareness...Wizard Rock is the formation in the background, taken from the highway, just a little east from the tyrolean.


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It's never been a question of knowledge, really. E-mail marketers have always known what to do to create amazing customer experiences. We know we need to segment, customize content, personalize the experience, and pull back on generic promotions. The reason why most e-mail marketing doesn't do those things and resembles broadcasts more than dialogs is that we just never put our full effort into it. Pressure was low because the channel is inexpensive and broadcasts to the file earned plenty of short-term revenue.
Now, a new set of inbox management tools are emerging from the global mailbox providers like Yahoo, Hotmail/MSN, and Gmail. These tools make it easier for subscribers to avoid whatever isn't interesting to them. In fact, Hotmail did a major release of the new features in the last week of July, so more and more subscribers have access to the Sweep and other filtering tools. I call it the "Ultra Managed Inbox" and introduced the concept in my last column.
To continue to earn high revenue from the channel, e-mail marketers must adopt a new attitude about the importance of subscriber experience and loyalty – and focus on making our e-mail messages worthy of the inbox.
Consider these eight steps now, and incorporate them into your practices and calendar to protect your base and improve response and revenues for the long term. Embrace them before the full suite of inbox management tools become ubiquitous over the next few months.
- Encourage personal whitelisting. Long a good deliverability tool, "add to the address book" now is a survival approach. Marketers on a user's "safe senders" list will continue to be given preference. Plus, this is still one of the only ways (besides third-party certification) to ensure images and links are on by default. Be sure to make it easy, and tie your "from" domain clearly to your brand.
- Segment your "from" addresses. From what we can tell from using the new tools, the Hotmail Sweep feature bases filtering on the "body from" domain, so the entire from address is what is filtered. Therefore, firstname.lastname@example.com and firstname.lastname@example.com should be treated differently. Unlike their current personal block list, Sweep won't give the option to block by domain, only the entire address.
(Subscribers can still block domains with other tools.) Please consider this carefully. We as marketers know the nuance between marketing@ and transactional@, but subscribers may not. The actual e-mail experience must be unique and tied to the from address – each e-mail message type must have a clear purpose to be viewed by subscribers as unique. Otherwise, they may sweep a marketing@ from address and wonder why newsletter@ is still coming to the inbox. That second set of messages may be quickly marked as spam.
- Turn frequency into cadence. When everything reached the inbox, being present was enough to earn a brand impression. As users employ more filters, being relevant and timely will trump volume. When I open the folder, I will expect to see timely messages tailored to my interest. On the other hand, repeated reminders about last week's sale may turn me off from visiting this folder again.
- Transactions are the new connectors. As always, transactional messages are very welcome – and could be a great co-marketing opportunity. Consider appropriate marketing that is tied to the transaction rather than pure promotions that dilute the value of the original purpose. (Also, remember that CAN-SPAM governs what is considered transaction vs. marketing in the U.S.)
- Segmentation by activity trumps demographics. Messages sorted into folders are likely to be viewed by utility. Defaults at Hotmail include Social Networks and Upcoming Events. There is no "special offers" flag – so users will either create folders by sender (e.g., L.L.Bean) or activity (e.g., Sales, Banking, Read Later). It's up to marketers to create content and offers that are worth reading later.
- The first click really counts. New subscribers will receive initial messages in the inbox (provided our sender reputations are good) – the ones just after sign-up. This is the chance to be relevant, and earn the right to stay in the inbox. Give considerable thought to the first three to five messages a new subscriber receives. It may be the last set of messages ever to go directly to the inbox.
- Consider mobile implications. Portable devices may have fewer features. For example, Hotmail on a smartphone doesn't allow movement to any folder but trash. If you have a high mobile readership, consider segment and frequency options to reduce the clutter and engage more deeply.
- Get feedback now. Start now to investigate subscribe behavior so you can plan ahead. How many of your subscribers have actually opened and clicked this week? This month? How can you gather data on their preferences and other interactions with your brand? How do subscribers want you to use e-mail strategically with other channels like postal, social, and advertising?
These changes are not off in the distant future. The tools are available (and being promoted by the mailbox providers). How are you planning to adapt for the new, ultra-managed inbox? Let me know any questions or thoughts in the comments section below.
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Bihar student dies in attack, another hurt, in Kota
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A medical student, Satya Prakash, hailing from Bihar died on the spot and another was injured seriously, when a gang of students attacked them with knives and other arms, including hockey sticks. The incident took place when the duo were coming out of the college, at Kota in Rajasthan. Police registered the case and have already identified a couple of culprits.


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There's just something so completely charming about Sacramento rockers, Die Trying. Maybe it has something to do with their goal to bring rock music back to its "three chords and the truth" roots. Or maybe I'm feeling oddly close to the band after spending the past two days working the merchandise booth at a rock show filled to bursting point with an audience of jerks who think it's just so cool to throw water on the band. Because, after that, anything that comes close to reminding me what rock music is really all about is going to win me over. The cool thing about these guys is that they don't want to change the face of rock music. They don't want to shout about the sorry state of the industry. They just want to have fun. Or, well, die trying.
"We're not trying to split the atom, we're just a rock and roll band that loves what we do", says Die Trying vocalist, Jassen. It's this dedication to making music rather than actively seeking success that helped the band find major label representation. While the old story of sending out demos to record companies continues to be so prevalent among young, energetic bands desperate for corporate backing, Die Trying managed to get signed thanks to a commitment to playing, rehearsing, improving at songwriting, and finding their way on to any stage, anywhere (even if they weren't booked). A bit of good ol' hard work paid off for these boys when, after a gig in Modesto, Island Records wished to sign them on the spot. Guys who try really, really hard actually getting a record deal? I like to think of it as good karma.
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Die Trying
US: 10 Jun 2003
UK: 6 Jun 2003
The band's first record, Die Trying, is a frenetic 40 minutes covering just about every base on the rock'n'roll diamond. From the outset, it's obvious these guys are having a good time. Though the album is clearly for rock fans, there's something very fuzzy-pop about these songs, as well—this is certainly not a bad thing, managing, instead, to give the songs recognizable melody, making them simultaneously danceable and head-bang worthy. Lyrically, the guys manage to build affecting stories of loss, lust, and reproach that outdo many of their rock contemporaries by seeming to stem from actual experience rather than a feigned sense of detachment. Maybe I'm being overly cynical, but there's just something so gorgeous about a rock band untainted by the spoils of fame (I mean, is anyone really buying the sad and sorry Meteora Linkin Park after the gajillion-selling first album?).
The first single, "Oxygen's Gone", effectively explores this mixture of rock and pop styles with a killer chorus splitting a couple of haunting verses about the death of a loved one. Certainly nothing revolutionary in the subject matter, but Die Trying genuinely have a handle on the message they're attempting to get across, namely that they don't give a shit if you've heard it all before—they love doing it their own way, so enjoy it or go listen to something else. It's hard, though, not to like this song, with its heavenly guitar work and inescapable energy. And the pop edge really shines through, evoking latter-day Goo Goo Dolls and those kings of danceable rock, Everclear.
The kicks keep coming with the title song, which proves these guys have long studied their rock roots all the way back to the days of big hair and eyeliner. Then there's the ultra-cool "Turn Up the Radio", which can't decide if it wants to be a rock anthem or pop's latest summertime theme, and, just to be cute, there's "Dirty, Dirty", which gorgeously mirrors the Waitresses' classic, "I Know What Boys Like", while adding a touch of Len's "Steal My Sunshine" for no good reason except to make the whole thing even more fun.
Die Trying's debut is quite simply an album for rock fans by rock fans. It's not all fun and games, with a few sad tracks reminding us the band has a sensitive side, but for the most part it's just one long party that you wish would never end.
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Hard hitting Hens take game 4
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Thanks to a three run sixth inning, Toledo held off Scranton 7-4 to split the four-game series at Fifth Third Field.
Tyler Crowe hit his second home run of the season in the first inning to spark the Hens' offense.
Toledo moves to 9-9 in the month of June and begins an eight game road series Friday against the Charlotte Knights, then finish up against the Gwinnett Braves.