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10.8 x 9.3 x 4.2 cm. Goethite is usually pretty ugly and unexciting, but look at the interesting form it has taken on this Canadian specimen: perfect balls, isolated on a matrix of sulfides and iron oxide! A large and very unusual specimen.
11.5 x 6.0 x 5.0 cm. An old-time CABINET specimen of lustrous, black goethite pseudomorphs after calcite rhombs totally covering matrix. A classic, excellent piece from a famous German locality and the Phil Scalisi Collection.
10.7 x 10.7 x 8.7 cm. The surface of this iridescent limonite looks like it is from another world - bumps and curves and craters, shimmering with an amazing iridescence - gold and red on this specimen! This is a LARGE one, too, with a sort of stalactitic projection in back.
5.3 x 4.8 x 4.3 cm. Very appealing specimen of lustrous orange-red Vanadinites resting on contrasting grey-black Goethite. The largest is .9 cm. The Vanadinites are quite gemmy, and they have the gorgeous orange-red caps on top of the gemmy portion that we have seen only in the specimens from this one lot. These Vanadinites on Goethite have become classics because of the beautiful contrast, but these with the caps are even more desirable. Very aesthetic and attractive all the way around. Ex. Steve Smale Collection.
4.5 x 2.3 x 2.2 cm. Fine cluster of rich orange-red Vanadinites on grey-black Goethite. These Vanadinites have the unusual opaque red-orange caps that contrast so nicely with the lustrous and gemmy side faces of the crystals. The largest of the crystals is .8 cm across. The aesthetics of each crystal, as well as the overall specimen, are very good. Ex. Steve Smale Collection.
17.8 x 11.9 x 8.9 cm. The surface of this iridescent limonite looks like it is from another world, shimmering with an amazing spectral array of colors that look almost unreal!
11.8 x 11.4 x 5.5 cm. This big, rich specimen of goethite is from Brazil, not a usual locality for goethites. There is a huge array of colors on this specimen, accented by blebs of green malachite.
7.2 x 4.4 x 2.9 cm. An old-time, specimen of layered, yellow bindheimite, brown limonite and quartz with an at-the-time-UNKNOWN green mineral in a vug on the front. Bindheimite is RARE from the famous Garfield District of Mineral County, Nevada, especially in such richness. Accompanying label identifies the green mineral as erinite. There is no such mineral as "erinite" (Erinite is a synonym of Chalcophyllite). It is now a discredited species name. Someone may find this of historic interest here on this old specimen! Ex. George Elling Collection.
8 x 7.5 x 2.5 cm. We had some of these amazing limonite specimens in auctions awhile back, and they were fiercely bid on. We spent 4 months after that trying to track down the Chinese guy who had them, and arranged to meet the Chinese guy who had them in Tucson. There, he had about 65 specimens - the great majority of which were ugly, but about 6 or 7 of which had the amazing iridescence you see here. We had to buy the entire lot of 65 to get the good ones - and we were later able to pick up a handful more. But, we have not seen any since. The luster of these is just unreal, particularly considering that chemically, limonite is basically the same as rust! The surface actually looks hardly natural; it is so shiny and weirdly bumpy - unlike any other mineral I have personally seen.
8.8 x 7.3 x 3.0 cm. A STRIKING, 3.0 cm, smoky GEM and unusually twinned cerussite crystal aesthetically set on a very hackly, dark rust-brown crust of goethite from Tsumeb. The elongated, vertical goethite "wall" next to the cerussite is a starkly, complimentary feature. Choice Tsumeb material from the George Elling Collection, which is not diminished by trivial edge wear at the highest corner of the cerussite, as you can see. An old specimen, probably from the upper oxidized zone of this world famous and now-closed mine.
8.1 x 4.9 x 3.4 cm. An old collection card which appears to be from 1974 came with this strange, other-worldly looking specimen of goethite from Mexico, that took this distinctive form at this locality. Its surface looks like shiny black bubbles.
8.0 x 7.6 x 4.0 cm. Goethite comes in all sorts of forms, including some very boring ones - but while this may not be the paragon of beauty in the mind of some collectors these Mapimi goethites are certainly anything but boring. This is a rich piling up of silky black botryoidal forms, pretty much solid goethite, with a little quartz attached. Does not look quite like anything else!
12.7 x 11.9 x 6.4 cm. Goethite comes in so many forms, sometimes just ugly and boring, other times just plain WEIRD. This type from Chihuahua falls into the "weird" category - a pocket of piled-up, hollow stalactitic tubes as it has cast and replaced selenite, with the luster and color of chocolate. Acquired by B.E. Lockhart in 1972.
15.9 x 10.9 x 10.1 cm. A couple of years back, we spent 6 months trying to track down the Chinese guy who had these amazing iridescent limonites. We found him outside a hotel at Tucson. There, he had about 65 specimens - the great majority of which were ugly, but some of which had the incredible iridescence and luster you see here. We had to take the entire lot of 65 to get the good ones. This is one of the largest from the find. The micro-botryoidal surface shimmers with an amazing spectral array of colors that look almost unreal! Note that there is no more of this around!
6.5 x 4.1 x 1.7 cm. An exceptionally aesthetic pseudomorph from the famed Santa Eulalia District of Mexico. Sparkly, botryoidal, tan mimetite covers a sharp and complete all-around goethite after gypsum crystal on mimetite-covered goethite matrix. The back of the pseudo has a very distinctive groove and the lightly contacted termination reveals the inner core of goethite. Certainly not a detraction, but in fact, a "revelation". This is an oddity - have not seen the like before. Ex. Brent Lockhart Collection.
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- Bethesda bundling its 2006 and 2008 role-playing game hits on Xbox 360 and PC in North America for $30 and $20, respectively; PS3 version blocked.News - Posted Feb 17, 2012 6:52 pm GMT
- Johnny brings you details of the Fallout settlement between Bethesda and Interplay, while Sony announces that Netflix is coming to the PS Vita. Also: murder!Video - Posted Jan 10, 2012 3:13 pm GMT
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Homosassa Springs is a small town about 15 minutes south of Crystal River [1], and it is largely unremarkable except for the Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park (4150 Suncoast Blvd., 352/628-5343, www.floridastateparks.org/homosassasprings [2], 9:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. daily, ticket counter for boat rides 9:30 a.m.–4 p.m.). Unlike many other natural state parks, the facilities got their start as a full-fledged tourist attraction; Nature's Giant Fish Bowl opened in the 1940s, giving visitors a look at the vast underwater ecosystem.
The park went through several owners and incarnations before being bought in 1984 by Citrus County and then turned into a state wildlife park in 1989. Although the environmental and ecological aspects of the park are amplified these days, the big draw is still the opportunity to catch a glimpse of fish, turtles, birds, and manatees in and around the 45-foot-deep spring.
Boats depart regularly from the visitors center to viewing areas, and while the experience at Homosassa Springs feels more like a zoo visit than a nature excursion, this giant fish bowl still thrills.
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a genetic disease. It occurs mostly in boys. Symptoms typically appear between ages 1-4 years old. The main sign of DMD is muscle weakness that worsens over time. Before age five, the muscles in the legs, arms, and trunk begin to weaken. Later in the disease the heart and respiratory muscles weaken.
This is a progressive, serious condition that requires care from your child's doctor. If you suspect your child has this condition, contact the doctor promptly. There are many therapies used to treat the symptoms of this disease. They should be started as soon as possible.
DMD is caused by a genetic mutation. The mutation causes the gene to make inadequate amounts of a protein called dystrophin. This protein is needed to keep muscles intact.
These factors increase your child's chance of having DMD. Tell your doctor if your child has any of these risk factors:
If your child has any of these symptoms do not assume it is due to DMD. These may be caused by other conditions. Tell your doctor if your child has any of these:
Your doctor will ask about your child's symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. Your doctor will also ask if there is any family history of neuromuscular disease. The exam will focus on your child's muscles. The doctor will look for signs of weakness. You will likely be referred to a specialist.
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Talk with your doctor about the best plan for your child. The disease worsens over time. Your child may need different treatments as the disease progresses. Options include the following:
Therapy plays a large role in treating DMD. Your child will work with a therapist to try to keep muscles strong.
The disease causes contractures. This is when a muscle shortens, making it difficult to move. The therapist will focus on preventing this with range of motion exercises.
Scoliosis is common in DMD. Exercises can help to keep the back as straight as possible.
Braces are used to keep the legs straight and prevent contractures. A walker and wheelchair may be needed later when the leg muscles become too weak to walk.
Your doctor may prescribe a steroid medication like prednisone. This can help to improve muscle strength and slow muscle weakening. Steroids can weaken bones. To keep bones healthy, your child will take vitamin D and calcium supplements. If your child experiences heart problems, he may be given certain medications to slow the damage.
As the disease progresses, the muscles that support breathing may weaken. Your child may need a ventilator. It will deliver air through a mask, tube, or sometimes through a tracheotomy (a surgical hole in the windpipe).
Surgery is sometimes used to treat symptoms of DMD. For severe contractures, surgery may be performed to release specific tendons. Scoliosis can sometimes interfere with your child's breathing. In this case, back surgery may be done.
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In a decision filed with its clerk of court this morning, the Montana Supreme Court officially disbarred former Havre lawyer Morton B. Goldstein. The decision was reached in a 5 to 2 vote.
The two dissenting justices, W. William Leaphart and James C. Nelson, reportedly voted against disbarment because they disagreed with the court's earlier decision to approve its current method of investigating and disciplining the state's attorneys.
Goldstein, who resigned his "attorney membership" in a letter he filed with the Supreme Court March 1, 1999, also was ordered to pay all costs associated with the Commission on Practice proceedings. The ruling said the $27,109.67 total must be paid to the Commission on Practice within 30 days of the ruling, unless otherwise ordered by the court.
The Commission on Practice investigated allegations against Goldstein in 1997 and 1998 and filed its recommendation for his disbarment with the Montana Supreme Court in March 1998.
The disbarment action stemmed from Goldstein's handling of the estate of the late Kenneth G. Axvig, who died Aug. 276, 1996. Goldstein wrote a will that left half of Axvig's estate, estimated at more than $2 million, to Goldstein and disinherited Axvig's only child, Ole Axvig.
The hearing on state investigator A. Lance Tonn's recommendation to disbar Goldstein was held March 26, 1998, in Great Falls.
The commission's unanimous recommendation included a 15-page report of facts and findings and said the recommendations were not made lightly.
"The unanimous consensus of the participating members is that the conduct of Respondent was so incredibly egregious that the Commission recommends that Respondent be disbarred from the practice of law in the State of Montana and that his name be stricken from the rolls of licensed attorneys."
The commission added that Goldstein should be made to pay the entire costs incurred by the commission in prosecuting his case.
Axvig, a Kremlin-area farmer, had suffered a heart attack, stroke and a broken hip between April 1990 and September 1993. He was moved into Northern Montana Long-Term Care after he broke his hip in September 1993. Axvig was still residing on the fourth-flour unit at Northern Montana Hospital when Goldstein said he first met him in late 1995.
Goldstein executed medical and general powers of attorney on Dec. 22, 1995, that gave him power over all of Axvig's affairs. On Dec. 29, 1995, he removed Axvig from the long-term care unit and eventually moved him into Axvig's Highland Park home.
The commission's report recounted what it called several questionable, unethical and illegal actions by Goldstein.
More than $1 million in cash and checks, most of it without any accompanying written bills or receipts, was spent from Axvig's estate during the 20 months Goldstein was Axvig's lawyer.
A Havre jury concluded in August 1997 that Goldstein used undue influence and took advantage of Axvig's diminished mental capacities in preparing the 1996 will. Great Falls District Court Judge Thomas M. McKittrick, who presided over the case, subsequently named Ole Axvig representative of the estate.
Chief Justice J.A. Turnage wrote in the majority decision that the court accepted the Commission on Practice's findings and that its recommendations for punishment were justified and appropriate.
"After examining the record," Turnage wrote, "we conclude that Commission's findings, including those findings challenged by Mr. Goldstein, are supported by clear and convincing evidence."
Lawyers for Ole Axvig have filed suit in 12th Judicial District Court in Havre in an attempt to recover funds missing from the estate and alleging that Goldstein slandered Axvig.
Goldstein, contacted at his home in Havre this morning, said he hadn't heard of the decision yet.
"I haven't seen it," Goldstein told The Daily News in a telephone interview.
When asked what he might do, he said, "Well, it depends on what it says. But my guess is that I will have to wait and look at it."
Asked if he had any other comments to make on the court's decision, Goldstein said, "No, because I haven't seen it."


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Paid a few dollars more for another hard drive instead. But if you have to keep all your disks available.
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Guess its not blueray compatible yet.. I will wait on that one.
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- When hard drive fails I install new hard drive and get files from redundant drive.
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Something of a technician, Burrows was among the first to use seam stitching that shows—to eliminate hemlines and any stiff construction. Along with his constant investigation of new ways to cut and drape clothes, that makes him one of the more innovative designers in New York. Not just New York, Anywhere.
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After being closed nearly a year, the family-owned Wings 'N Things is up and running and ready for their biggest day of the year
By JAIMEE LYNN FLETCHER / ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
To serve more than 31,000 wings on Super Bowl Sunday – that's the goal.
Family-owned Wings 'N Things will look to break its 2011 record after being closed for 11 months after a fire ravaged the kitchen and damaged the nearly 30-year-old building.
Founded: Owners of the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, N.Y. created the Buffalo wing in 1964. Teressa Bellissimo was trying to scrounge up a late-night snack for her son and his friends at the bar after hours and did so by frying up a bunch of chicken wings and dousing them with hot sauce.
At the time, chicken wings generally were used to make chicken stock, and most cooks viewed wings as scraps. The trend caught on and spread to Florida, then moved to the West Coast.
Accoutrements: Did you ever wonder why wings are served with blue cheese dressing and celery sticks? Back in the day, the blue cheese dressing was used to cool the tongue after eating spicy wings, and the celery served as a spoon for the dressing.
Fry it up: The original way to make Buffalo wings calls for frying the wings, dipping them in a butter sauce and then smothering them with hot sauce.
Source: Don Hayes; The New York Times
"I don't see it being that much different than before," said Don Hayes, owner of Wings 'N Things.
The fire happened at 3:15 p.m. on Nov. 23, 2011.
A twisted heap of charred plastic hangs on a wall, with a sign under it showing the exact day and time that a fryer in the kitchen caught fire.
"That was the clock that was in the kitchen," Hayes said.
It sits next to a clock showing the time in Buffalo, N.Y., to pay homage to the birthplace of the Buffalo wing, and a clock showing the time in Munich, a favorite vacation spot for the Hayes family.
When Hayes first learned about the fire at the restaurant at 18302 Beach Blvd., he thought it had been contained to the kitchen and the damage was minor.
"I honestly figured it would be a couple of days or a week or so," he said.
Fire inspectors and the insurance company told him Wings 'N Things would need some major work. In addition to revamping the kitchen, the walls and ceilings needed to be replaced.
"Then it was in two weeks, or three," he said. "In about February or March, I gave up on giving estimates on when we would reopen."
Wings 'N Things reopened about a year later on Oct. 30, serving hundreds of customers who faced an hourlong wait.
Now, Hayes said they've had plenty of practice in their new digs to deliver on Super Bowl Sunday.
In 2011, game day saw 31,578 wings sold. As of Friday, about 2,400 had been ordered.
"By Saturday night, whatever number is on that board, we will double it on Sunday," Hayes said.
The kitchen has new fryers that turn out better results. As long as the new equipment runs as planned, Hayes said he believes the restaurant will top its 2011 numbers.
"If one fryer goes down on Super Bowl Sunday, that's it," he said. "But I'm not concerned."
Hayes purchased Wings 'N Things as part of a Florida-based franchise in 1989, but broke off in 1990.
The restaurant was one of the first in Orange County to serve Buffalo wings, a culinary trend that was born and bred in New York in the 1960s and slowly moved to the West Coast.
After more than two decades of doing business in Surf City, Hayes said he and his staff have the system down – fire or no fire, new equipment or old.
"We're so comfortable with how we've done this," he said. "We learned how to do wings right."
In 23 years, Hayes said they have not experienced an incident like this fire but his restaurant has faced and overcome other types of challenges and Wings 'N Things still remains a staple in Huntington Beach.
"We've been through three slow downs in the economy and we've been able to survive," he said. "A lot of it has to do with the customers who come in week after week. They've got to get their wing fix."
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Sometimes we choose to change; other times we're forced into it. Rarely does change happen spontaneously and easily as a result of an epiphany—which means if you want to change, it's probably best not to sit around waiting for an epiphany to strike.
Forced changes can be strictly external when something in a person's life changes and requires an adjustment. If there's no concurrent inner change, then the person will just recreate a life similar to the previous one. Forced changes also come about when "rock bottom" is reached. Behavior that creates negative consequences is repeated until the person reaches a crisis point and has to make what is basically a life-or-death choice. To reach this point, all warning signals and insightful feelings related to the behavior have to be denied or suppressed. When a person's breaking point is finally reached, making a major internal shift is the only way to survive and go forward.
Change by choice seems preferable. Yet, it's often the most complicated and challenging route to take. Even becoming aware of the need to change is tricky. Not only are we reluctant to change for fear of making our lives worse, but we all have blind spots. What we tell ourselves about who we are often doesn't match the way we spend our time or the types of people and things we surround ourselves with. But just as a mirror makes it possible for us to "see" our own eyes, our external world reflects back our real goals, our true beliefs, and our actual selves. That doesn't mean it's easy to accurately observe ourselves in the mirror of our external world. It's an acquired skill that takes honesty, courage, and compassion.
Once we become aware, we can make an external change, such as modifying a habit, or an internal change, such as modifying beliefs or goals. Any starting point works because external changes eventually lead to internal changes and vice versa. However, inner changes usually create results more rapidly and easily. External changes that modify behavior take more time, need a certain amount of willpower, and are prone to relapses. But both internal and external methods require conscious commitment and persistent effort.
Too bad epiphanies are so rare. If only we could intuitively know what needs to change in order to live better lives and then just as effortlessly make that change, rather than being forced to change or forcing change through self-modification. But epiphanies have a spiritual element to them, and people haven't learned how to meld the physical with the spiritual yet. We have, in fact, concentrated on the physical more than the spiritual because it's more readily observed, measured, and explained.
For the past year, I've been trying to make a change by choice, rather than wait until I hit rock bottom or wait even longer to experience an epiphany. Yes, I'm talking about my clutter and disorganization problems again. My approach has been to combine inner changes with external changes. I've worked on expanding my awareness of all the negative consequences of clutter and disorganization and the positive aspects of having fewer possessions.
This is a reversal of previous beliefs and habits, because, like most people, I've spent my life trying to acquire more things. The problem is once a person's physical needs are met, acquiring additional things is about trying to fulfill emotional needs. Possessions come to represent security, happiness, success, and even love. And it's the emotional connection which makes it so hard to stop acquiring more things and even harder to let go of possessions. How can you ever have enough happiness or too much love? But the truth is, acquiring and hoarding excess possessions actually represent very different emotions—ones such as fear, insecurity, and neediness. And no amount of possessions will ever assuage these emotions. So dealing with serious clutter problems usually requires finding a way to detach the emotions from things.
Besides working on these inner changes, I've been making external changes. For the most part, I've stopped buying things unless I actually need them or plan to use them immediately for some activity. And every time I do buy something, I try to get rid of at least two items. Decorative items have been the easiest for me to reduce. I focused on keeping only those things I love and have a place to display them. For gifts from others, I selected the ones that best represent our relationship. The most difficult category for me to deal with is the "I might need it or want it in the future" items because that involves various security/insecurity issues I have. But sometimes asking myself if the item is replaceable at an affordable price helps. If it is, most of the time I can let it go, with the understanding that I'll replace it when I actually need it. During the past year, I held a garage sale, donated other items (by the bag load), and recycled most everything else. There's been very little that ended up in the trash.
For those areas that were really out of control, the only way I've been able to make significant progress is to require that these things earn their space. Books, for instance, are particularly difficult for me to get rid of. Not only did I have bookshelves everywhere, but I had an overflow of books in bags, boxes, and piles on the floor. Initially I focused on getting rid of ones that were easy to let go. After several passes through my collection, I worked on specific categories I wanted to reduce and made some dramatic reductions in those. Eventually I was able to get rid of three small bookcases (in my garage sale), although that required putting some books in boxes to be sorted through later.
It still wasn't enough, so that's when I switched to making books earn their space. I decided how much room each category would get and then emptied the shelves. Now as I sort, I have to specifically choose to keep a book. In a sense, I'm "repurchasing" the book and can only do it if I have room for it on my bookshelves. I've been able to get rid of a lot of books simply because I'm unwilling to give them precious shelf space. With this system, I believe I will be able to winnow them down enough so they all fit on the remaining shelves. Of course, I have to admit that my secret weapon is my new Kindle which already has more free ebooks on it than I'll ever be able to read. But when it comes to reducing clutter, one needs to use every trick and tool available.
I wish I could say that I've solved my clutter problem and made significant, permanent changes in my life as a result of my year long effort. I wish I could share some impressively brilliant insights that would make dealing with clutter or changing one's life easier—for myself and for others. Maybe I should have worked harder at having an epiphany. But even though it's taking much longer than I had hoped, I'm still heading in the right direction and continuing my slow slog through my clutter. Perhaps I should take comfort in the fact that I did accomplish more than fifty percent of the goal I set for last year. After all, everything takes at least twice as long as you think it will. I probably won't write about my clutter problem again unless I do discover some amazingly effective technique or have an epiphany of some sort. On the other hand, I might not be able to resist doing a happy dance if I ever reach the point where I can say, "I did it."


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NYPD officer accused of plotting to kidnap, cook women
NEW YORK A city police officer was charged Thursday in a ghoulish plot to kidnap and torture women and then cook and eat their body parts.
Gilberto Valle sent numerous emails and other Internet communications about the torture and cannibalism scheme, according to a criminal complaint. He identified and catalogued at least 100 women on his computer, investigators said, but there was no information that anyone was harmed.
"I was thinking of tying her body onto some kind of apparatus ... cook her over low heat, keep her alive as long as possible," Valle allegedly wrote in one exchange in July, the complaint says.
NYPD cop convicted in cannibalism plot
A law enforcement official told the Associated Press that Valle's estranged wife alerted New York authorities about her husband. The official said that Valle had split from his wife, Kathleen, and that she contacted authorities about disturbing material on his computer.
In other online conversations, investigators said, Valle talked about the mechanics of fitting a woman's body into an oven (her legs would have to be bent), said he could make chloroform at home to knock a woman out and discussed how "tasty" one woman looked.
"Her days are numbered," he wrote, according to the complaint.
Valle was to appear in federal court in Manhattan on Thursday afternoon to face charges of kidnapping conspiracy and unauthorized use of law enforcement records. The name of his attorney was not immediately available, and no one answered the door to his home in a quiet, middle-class Queens neighborhood.
A search of Valle's computer found he created records of at least 100 women with their names, addresses and photos, the complaint says. Some of the information came from his unauthorized use of a law enforcement database, authorities said. He claimed, according to the complaint, that he knew many of them.
"The allegations in the complaint really need no description from us," said Mary E. Galligan, acting head of the FBI's New York office. "They speak for themselves. It would be an understatement merely to say Valle's own words and actions were shocking."
There was no immediate response to a message left with the NYPD on Thursday.
Valle met one potential victim over lunch, authorities said.
The complaint alleges that in February, Valle negotiated to kidnap another woman for someone else, writing, "$5,000 and she's all yours."
He told the buyer he was aspiring to be a professional kidnapper, authorities said.
"I think I would rather not get involved in the rape," he wrote, according to the complaint. "You paid for her. She is all yours, and I don't want to be tempted the next time I abduct a girl."
It says he added: "I will really get off on knocking her out, tying up her hands and bare feet and gagging her. Then she will be stuffed into a large piece of luggage and wheeled out to my van."
Cellphone data revealed that Valle made calls on the block where the woman lives in March, the complaint says. An FBI agent interviewed the woman, who told them that she didn't know him well and he was never in her home.
Valle, 28, lives in Queens. He had been assigned to a Manhattan precinct before his suspension on Wednesday.
His Facebook page cultivated the image of a very different man. Postings were filled with photos of a smiling wife, a baby girl and an English bulldog puppy named Dudley. A Maryland football and Yankees fan, Valle had more than 600 Facebook friends, including dozens of young women.
Valle respected his colleagues on the force, took the sergeant's exam and spoke out against Occupy Wall Street, cop killers and others who broke the law, according to the page. His current photo was a blue line, a sign of mourning for when an officer is killed, and expressed condolences for the family of a Nassau County officer who was shot to death this week.
"Keep Nassau County police in your prayers what a brutal week," he wrote earlier this week.
The page was taken down Thursday afternoon.
A man who identified himself as Valle's younger brother but did not give his name told reporters outside the officer's home that he was surprised by the arrest.
"You guys know more than I do," he said.
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One of the fastest wireless router we've tested to date, Netgear's N600 is fit for technically inclined consumers or small business. This excellent router's feature set is suited to both power home users and the most technical IT person
There are a few qualities that make a router an Editors' Choice: a simple setup process, a strong feature set, and excellent throughput. Many wireless routers have one or maybe two of those features, but the Netgear N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router (WNDR3700) ($169.99, street) has them all. The N600 has great setup, and it's laden with features that will attract not only the tech savvy home user but business IT as well. And it's without question the second fastest router I have tested to date, offering breakneck throughput rates that easily outpace the competition. That adds up to an Editors' Choice. Cisco's Linksys E4200 managed the highest throughput we've seen at 137 Mbps, but with a touted capability of 450 Mbps, I expected to get higher throughput testing with a client that has a 3x3 wireless adapter.
The N600 is a dual-band router with a maximum theoretical throughput of 300 Mbps. In real-world usage, if a wireless router can achieve half its theoretical throughput, that's superb performance. The N600 comes closer than any router I've tested to that level of throughput in benchmark results, hitting a killer maximum throughput of 121 Mbps. That excellent signal also remained fairly steady whether testing right next to or 30 feet away from the router.
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While the setup process is not as seamless as that of our previous Editors' Choice wireless router, Cisco's Valet, Netgear makes setup easier than in any of its older routers with the new Genie app. Some basic knowledge of wireless networking is required to get the N600 setup correctly, but the Genie app is a big improvement over the quirkier Setup Wizard found in older Netgear routers like the RangeMax Wireless N Gigabit WNR3500 . Genie offers a more logical step-by-step process than the older setup, and it has great graphics of how to connect the router in a network. Netgear hasn't offered routers to get excited about in the last two or three years. If the intention was to wait until it could offer a stellar Wi-Fi router like the WNDR3700's , then kudos to Netgear!
While most routers are getting thinner and sleekerconsider Cisco's latest E-series lineNetgear has not strayed too far from the RangeMax router design that debuted couple of years ago. Like most Netgear routers, the N600 is larger than most competing Wi-Fi routers in the market, measuring 8.8 by 6 by 1.2 inches (HWD) and weighing a little over a pound.
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actually i take that one back after reading the article i find it really sad that people would try to do this to get back at each other, honestly it's quite stupid embarrsing your ex friends through facebook..... man people and their issues. dang thank goodness i am single at this moment in time. this is kid drama is what this is, sad and funny, but more so sad
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Makeup on a woman is one of those things where "less is more". Done right, on the right person, it can make her look amazing. Too much however and yeah, she tends to look like a barbie doll who was left in the sun for too long.
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Azerbaijan in late April crossed a self-imposed "red line" in its relations with southern neighbor Iran by dispatching Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov on a visit to Israel, Tehran's arch-foe. Reasons for the timing of the move are not clear, but, so far, Tehran appears to be biding its time with a response.
Recent media and human-rights activist reports claim that the South Caucasus countries of Georgia and Azerbaijan are playing an indirect role in supplying diesel fuel, weapons and cash to the embattled government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Government employees deny the charges to EurasiaNet.org, but key details about the alleged shipments remain unclear.
Eurovision did it with pop music, and the hope was that the World Economic Forum would do it with entrepreneurial spirit. But, in the end, what the Azerbaijani government had hoped would be another high-profile, image-enhancing event fell far short of expectations.
The March 21 ceasefire in the battle between the Kurdistan Workers' Party and the Turkish state offers Turkey not only the hope of peace after decades of bloodshed, but poses profound implications for the region at large.
Azerbaijan's efforts to host the European Olympic Games and other high-profile international events show that Azerbaijani leaders yearn to be taken seriously in European Union capitals. But that doesn't mean Baku is willing to listen to Brussels.
China may have been able to carve out quickly a large economic role for itself in Central Asia, but it will take a lot more than money for Beijing to solve some of its geopolitical dilemmas in the region, according to a report released today by the Brussels-based think tank International Crisis Group.
Narcotics use is wreaking havoc in Russia, responsible for 30,000 annual deaths and 200 new HIV infections every day. But Vladimir Putin's Kremlin is letting knee-jerk hostility toward the United States cloud its response to the drug-trafficking crisis.
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WITH Mario Balotelli returning to Italy, English football is lacking something... a good training ground ruck.
Now at AC Milan, Balotelli was famous for his bust-ups with Manchester City team-mates and his manager Roberto Mancini.
So with few Mad Mario moments now, we've tracked down this scrap between team-mates at Dynamo Kiev in Ukraine.
Nigerian striker Frank Temile, 22, and team-mate Dmitry Korkishko were involved in almighty punch-up before other players piled in to split them up.
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Questions have continued to linger this week over one of the largest reported bombings to hit China in recent years, a blast Friday that killed 11 people and wounded more than 30 and was apparently followed by an attempted coverup by local powerbrokers. | 01/16/13 17:06:09 By - By Tom Lasseter
Not long after Adam Lanza shot and killed 20 schoolchildren and six adults Friday at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., the news swept through Chinese media and websites. The state Xinhua newswire ran an editorial headlined, Innocent blood demands no delay for U.S. gun control. | 12/17/12 13:25:46 By - By Tom Lasseter
North Korea caught the world by surprise on Wednesday morning with the launch of a long-range rocket that it said had successfully put a satellite in orbit, a move that the West views as part of a military program aimed at one day being able to deliver a nuclear warhead on an intercontinental ballistic missile. | 12/12/12 00:11:21 By - By Tom Lasseter
In the past year, much would seem to have changed in Chongqing, the mega-city that's been the epicenter of China's recent round of political intrigue. The city's Communist Party boss was fired, his wife convicted of murder, his police chief sentenced to jail and a local bureaucrat removed after a sex tape surfaced. Still, for Hu Cheng, whose struggle over local corruption led him to attempt suicide 13 months ago, nothing has changed. | 12/10/12 14:26:48 By - By Tom Lasseter
From the outside looking in, so far theres only speculation about the Communist Partys intentions since a party congress that ended last week. | 11/23/12 17:19:05 By - By Tom Lasseter
Faced with mounting social pressures and concerns about corruption in the ranks of the ruling class, the Chinese Communist Party on Thursday stacked its all-powerful Politburo Standing Committee with men who are nearing retirement. | 11/15/12 16:11:05 By - By Tom Lasseter
The Chinese Communist Party on Thursday unveiled its new top leadership with a procession of seven officials who walked across a red carpet before flashing cameras, finally drawing the curtain back after months of speculation about a group of the most powerful men on the globe. | 11/15/12 00:20:36 By - By Tom Lasseter
Even for a Chinese Communist Party known for its cognitive dissonance, a report delivered by General Secretary Hu Jintao last week was hard to reconcile. He warned that the state could collapse under the weight of corruption and lack of political integrity, but at the same time he signaled that reform should not be overly aggressive. | 11/13/12 14:51:32 By - By Tom Lasseter
Chinese officials on Friday renewed their accusations that exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama and those around him are responsible for instigating a wave of self-immolations in China. | 11/09/12 12:49:50 By - By Tom Lasseter
Ten years ago, there were hopes that Hu Jintao would bring reform to a Chinese Communist Party that had opened up the economy but maintained a hard-line, authoritarian style of governance. Now, with Hu stepping down as the nation's president and the party's general secretary, that central challenge remains. | 11/08/12 07:10:23 By - By Tom Lasseter
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If all goes according to plan, in about two weeks a small, secretive group comprising some of the worlds most powerful leaders will walk across a red carpet in downtown Beijing. The members of the Chinese Communist Partys new politburo standing committee almost certainly will make their first public group appearance lined up and wearing uniformly dark suits, tepid smiles and dyed black hair. | 11/05/12 07:07:13 By - By Tom Lasseter
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China on Friday announced that it had stripped disgraced politician Bo Xilai of his final immunity against criminal prosecution, expelling him from the rubberstamp National People's Congress and setting him up for almost certain trial and conviction. | 10/25/12 23:42:27 By - By Tom Lasseter


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Entertainment writer Jonathan Elliott takes a look back at the tops in pop culture of the past year. Does your list match his?
All right, here's the deal. There's highbrow, super-high-quality art; then there's lowbrow, late-night-drive-thru, junky-but fun entertainment. And I don't see much point in pulling apart my list between the two distinctions. If it's enjoyable, and fulfills its function well, and is worth my—and your—time, it made this list. Welcome to no-brow, friends. Here we go! 5. PITCH PERFECT I know, I know. But this was the surprise snark comedy of the year for me, deserving of a place on the shelf next to Mean Girls and Bring It On and Easy A and Drop Dead Gorgeous. It gets the college a cappella scene really, really right, and it's fun, and loud, and cheer-worthy where you expect it. And holy crap, someone needs to give Anna Kendrick the vehicle …
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International Networking Week was celebrated around the globe February 4th – 8th, with the Atlanta event, Discover Your Global Network, finding great success in bringing three world class speakers as well as using Skype and Google Hangouts to create live referrals from around the world.
Mike Macedonio, President and Co-founder of the Referral Institute set the tone from the stage for a great event relating his early attempts at networking and referral marketing while attending St. Rocco's primary school. From his early networking failures to a successful international franchise business owner, Mike presented the foundations for building and maintaining a sustainable flow of high value business through networking and referral marketing.
The intermission between speakers was designed to give the attendee's time to investigate and connect in real-time with Referral Institute contacts from far away places including Ireland, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Dubai and India. "It is always great to make powerful and valuable connections and it is so much easier using modern day technology," says Emile Paradis, President of Referral Institute Atlanta and organizer of Discover Your Global Network Summit. He smiled and added, "I know for a fact that a few of the connections made during the event have already created closed business for a few of the attendee's".
Mike Gomez, an Atlanta based networking powerhouse took the stage next. His global sales experience selling military jets around the world gave all the attendees insight into the risks and reward of going global. Mike has taken that experience and now helps companies plan and execute global expansion strategies.
Hazel Walker, the BNI Indiana franchise owner and co-author of "Business Networking and Sex, it's not what you think" engaged the audience with her insight into the different ways that men and women create and maintain business relationships and build powerful networks. Her book was a result of surveys of over 12,000 people from around the world and is well worth reading.
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The phenomenal 45-year career of international megastar Julio Iglesias, one of the world's ten best-selling recording artists with global sales in excess of 300 million units, is the focus of an inspired new collection of his signature songs entitled 1 GREATEST HITS. The title is set for release April 9, 2013, through Columbia/Legacy, a division of SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT.
Already certified multi-platinum in virtually every Spanish-speaking territory on earth, 1 GREATEST HITS showcases newly-recorded versions (from 2006 and 2011) of the bulk of its tracks, representing Julio's most-loved hits from the '70s, '80s and '90s. These are the songs that have turned Julio into the world's biggest-selling Latin artist and one of the most emblematic celebrities of all time. 1 GREATEST HITS is the first new album from Julio since Romantic Classics in 2006.
The collection will be available in two separate configurations: The 2-CD version will include 37 tracks, comprising 19 tracks on CD One and 18 tracks on CD Two. The deluxe version will include the same two CDs, plus Starry Night: Live From the Greek Theatre, the DVD chronicle of Julio's historic concert at the legendary Los Angeles venue in 1990.
"This album," said Julio of the project he has been working on for three years, "is mainly dedicated to all the anonymous people who have been following me for 45 years, with generosity and affection, and who have allowed me to keep singing up until today. They'll always be the great driving force of my career."
Fans will immediately be struck with the new arrangements and vocals, and the sonic advancements that enable Julio's unique and distinctive style to flourish and fill a room. Far from having the differences in sonics and production that normally affect compilations, the music possesses a uniformity and maturity of sound and interpretation. To hear a comparison between the original and re-recorded songs, please go to http://bit.ly/yMvona.
The achievements and awards bestowed upon Julio Iglesias would fill numerous rooms. As far back as 1983, he received the first and only Diamond Record award from the Guinness Book Of World Records, for selling more records in more languages than any music artist in history, including Spanish, English, German, Japanese, Italian, Portuguese, and French topping the list. To date he has sold over 300 million records and received over 2,600 gold and platinum record certifications from around the world.
Ever since Julio conquered the UK in 1981 with his #1 Pop Hit of Cole Porter's "Begin the Beguine (Volver A Empezar)," he has courted the English-speaking segment of his audience with an ever-expanding repertoire. The song became the focus track of his first Columbia LP in the U.S. in 1983, simply titled Julio. The album included "Hey," one of many collaborations with co-writer Ramon Arcusa, and the opening track on the second disc of 1 GREATEST HITS as re-recorded in 2011.
Julio released his first LP entirely sung in English in 1984, 1100 Bel Air Place, which featured his breakthrough duet with Willie Nelson, "To All The Girls I've Loved Before," a Top 5 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 that year and re-recorded by Julio in 2006. In addition to "To All The Girls I've Loved Before," two other songs were also re-recorded in 2006 and are included on 1 GREATEST HITS: "All Of You," a duet with Diana Ross, and "My Love," a duet with Stevie Wonder.
Julio's next entirely English album arrived in 1990, Starry Night, produced by Albert Hammond and named for the Don McLean-penned title song, "Vincent (Starry Starry Night)." 1 GREATEST HITS also includes "99 Miles From L.A." (by Hal David/Albert Hammond) in its original version from Starry Night.
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