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In Mingo County, residents along Neds Branch have seen what happens when an abandoned mine problem gets worse.
For years, a huge coal-waste impoundment loomed on a hillside up a hollow just outside Gilbert.
In February 2003, heavy rains caused the impoundment to overflow. Runoff flooded and damaged the road out of the hollow. A dozen families were trapped.
By the time Richardson got there, there was an 80-foot notch down the front of the impoundment.
"A piece of the hillside broke off, and the middle went, and the slurry poured out," he said.
Richardson called in some contractors with heavy equipment. They got to work on what would become - eight months and $3.2 million later - the biggest emergency AML project in U.S. history.
Now, bright green grass covers the former impoundment site's carefully sculpted hills. Rock-lined ditches were placed along the gravel-and-dirt road to keep out ATV riders.
Along with impoundments, underground coal seam fires can be among the most expensive abandoned mine problems to fix.
In Centralia, Pa., federal officials gave up on putting out such a fire when the price was estimated at $663 million. Instead, the AML program spent $42 million - under direct orders from Congress - to relocate nearby residents.
Centralia and Neds Branch are from the everyday AML jobs.
In West Virginia, the average AML reclamation job runs about $150,000.
It's more like the one Richardson's crew did behind Berry Godby's house outside Chapmanville.
Up the hill from the home along Corridor G, there are two old deep mines. One night earlier this year, water that filled up one of the mines blew out of the hillside.
"It washed straight across the yard, hit the back of the garage, filled the garage, and it was up to the back window [of the house]," Richardson recalled.
In April, DEP contractors used backhoes, loaders and trucks to build a new retaining wall to control any future slides. The project will cost about $250,000.
Budget woes
While Congress has kept AML money bottled up in Washington, presidents from both parties have done little to help.
The first Bush administration sought huge cuts in 1992 and 1993.
Bill Clinton did not propose a major increase in funding until his 2000 financial year budget, the seventh of his eight spending plans.
In each of his first three budgets, George W. Bush proposed major reductions in AML spending.
This year, Bush called for a $53 million AML budget hike. That proposal is part of a larger plan to overhaul the entire program.
At the same time, states complain that the cost to reclaim mine sites has skyrocketed.
"Unaddressed sites tend to get worse over time, thus increasing reclamation costs," said Steve Hohmann, director of Kentucky's AML program. "Inflation exacerbates these costs. The longer the reclamation is postponed, the les reclamation will be accomplished."
A deadly problem
Even AML projects that seem inexpensive can be trouble if they are not reclaimed.
In the last five years, more than 160 people across the country have died in abandoned mines.
No federal agency investigates these deaths fully. The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration keeps a list - cobbled together from newspaper articles and other media reports - on its Web site.
In May 2003, OSM published a study that said 1.2 million Americans live within a half mile of a dangerous abandoned mine site.
"These are not merely 'ugly landscapes' that need to be made more attractive," said OSM Director Jeff Jarrett. "These are serious, life-threatening, high-priority hazards."
Most of the fatal accidents are drownings. Water collects in mine shafts and open pits companies left behind. People fall in and drown. Others use open pits as swimming holes, and drown when they can't climb out because the walls are sheer rock.
Other deaths involve ATV accidents or falls into vertical mine shafts that can be hundreds of feet deep.
More than a decade ago, in 1990, the AML program helped avoid a near-disaster on the playground of Kimball Elementary School in McDowell County.
The school's maintenance guy was mowing the law, and his mower cut off, Richardson recalled.
"He bent down to check it, and he fell over," Richardson said.
DEP investigators found that blackdamp - a toxic mix of gases that forms in underground mines - was seeping out of an abandoned portal adjacent to the playground.
The state spent about $170,000 to seal the portals.
"If the kids had been outside, and gotten into that, it would have been bad," Richardson said.
To contact staff writer Ken Ward Jr., use e-mail or call 348-1702.


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Qualcomm's CEO and CEA's President, Gary Shapiro, opened the CES 2013 conference yesterday by talking about the consumer electronics industry with a very heavy focus on mobile technologies. The entire theme for the keynote was the idea of being born mobile.
The idea of being Born Mobile was presented by Paul Jacobs during and prior to his CES 2013 keynote. The idea is that many of the new generation of consumers, 20-somethings and younger are essentially born mobile. Since I consider myself as part of this generation, I must say that the keynote was a horrendous representation of the mobile generation. They are protrayed as obnoxiously self-important and ambitiously naive.
After the annoying 'teens' got off the stage and Paul Jacobs began to talk, he started to talk about Microsoft and brought the always energetic Steve Ballmer on stage. They obviously talked about the close relationship between the two companies and how they, together, are becoming more mobile. Admittedly, this is being talked about Windows Phone, which has yet to find success and Windows 8 RT, which seems to be in a similar boat.
Moving on from that, Paul Jacobs talked about the history of the company and their past, present and future. He talked about the fact that the company has shipped over 11 billion chips over the course of it's history and that it continues to be the dominant force in the mobile industry. Paul Jacobs then proceeded to talk about what their new chips were and what they enabled in tablets. There was a statement where they said that their new chips were not only faster than the current competition, but also faster than the future (a clear allusion to Tegra 4's announcement the day before). He then went on to show some graphical demonstrations and a demonstration of their tablet running their new Snapdragon 800 (yet another naming scheme change) playing back a 4K video. This included a long procracted conversation about the new movie called Pacific Rim that was coming out, followed by a trailer that also happened to feature an in-movie Snapdragon advertisement (yes, we have sharp eyes).
Paul Jacobs also talked about their Tricorder X-Prize and how they were opening the contest on the first day of CES. He then went on to invite Alice Eve on stage, whom he spoke with lightly regarding the future, mobile, the movie, and random things in general. She didn't seem to really follow long with most of the techie stuff, but was appropriately snarky and entertaining nonetheless.
Moving away from that, Paul came out and showed off a nice Rolls Royce Phantom which had been converted to electric. This car was not converted to electric to prove that Paul Jacobs is an ecologically friendly rich man, but rather that Qualcomm has been working on technologies like wireless charging which enabled Qualcomm to drive the car across country and charge it mostly wirelessly.
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September 8, 2011
Three years ago, in the wake of the Supreme Court's disappointing decision in Crawford v. Marion County Election Board, I chaired a hearing to examine modern-day barriers to our most fundamental civil right, our right to vote. At that time, Indiana and Georgia were the only states in the nation with restrictive photo ID laws. This year, however, a majority of states passed or considered amending voting laws to require specific identification. Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee examines this growing trend of disenfranchisement.
Many Americans associate barriers to voting with a dark time in our nation's history. We will never forget the courageous and resilient Americans who were attacked by dogs, blasted with water hoses, or beaten by mobs simply for attempting to register to vote. We remember a time when stubborn and recalcitrant state officials used discriminatory devices such as poll taxes, grandfather clauses, and literacy tests to exclude American citizens from their democracy. We cannot backslide on the progress we have made protecting every American's right to vote.
Five years ago, members of Congress stood together on the Capitol steps to reaffirm our commitment to achieving full democratic participation by reauthorizing the Voting Rights Act. This Committee played a key role in reinvigorating and reauthorizing that landmark law. After nearly 20 hearings held by the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, we found that modern day barriers to voting continue to persist in our country. We have made great progress in our national quest for a more inclusive democracy, and while today's tactics are nowhere near as vile, we must understand that today's voting restrictions are not only harmful but run contrary to our Constitution's text and history.
New voter disenfranchisement tactics arise almost every year. In fact, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures, since 2001, nearly 1,000 voter ID bills have been introduced in 46 states. This year, 35 states advanced legislation requiring citizens to obtain and display unexpired government-issued photo identification. Such legislation was passed by Republican legislatures in 12 states including Alabama, Minnesota, and Missouri. Only three states--including my home state of Vermont -- do not have a voter ID law and did not consider voter ID legislation this year.
This Committee has already received expert testimony that voter ID laws will disenfranchise African-Americans, Hispanics, military veterans, college students, the poor, and senior citizens. And these laws are universally opposed by the AARP, the League of Women Voters, and traditional civil rights organizations who have long worked to protect Americans' access to the ballot box like the NAACP and MALDEF. So why is this the focus of so much effort in state legislatures? Beyond formal voting restrictions, in recent elections we have witnessed overt threats by armed vigilantes attempting to intimidate Hispanic voters at the polls in Arizona. We witnessed cross burnings intended to intimidate African-American voters on the eve of an election in Louisiana. We also saw organized efforts in Maryland to deceive minority and low-income voters with false information about polling locations and phony endorsements. Yet these are not the stories or concerns we hear about when partisans advance new voting restrictions.
On the contrary, to justify their ill-conceived and ill-advised voter ID legislation, politicians allege wide-spread voter fraud. We even heard Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords' 2010 challenger cite to "rumors" that his opposition was busing in people from across the Mexican border to vote illegally in a U.S. election. Of course, the Secretary of State in Arizona dismissed that allegation saying that it was simply an "urban legend." A previous Senate Rules Committee hearing examined the myth of wide-spread voter fraud and concluded that there was no credible evidence of in-person voting fraud, even in states like Indiana. That lack of evidence, however, has not stopped efforts by Republican state legislators in some states to pass restrictive photo ID laws.
Following the passage of Indiana's photo ID law, a dozen elderly nuns were turned away from the polls because they did not possess the required photo ID. I understand that several of them held expired photo IDs that were not sufficient under Indiana's restrictive law. Interestingly, the strict Indiana law did not prevent the Indiana Secretary of State, a politician who has made voter fraud prevention a priority, from committing fraud himself, resulting in a grand jury indictment. One can only conclude that at least in Indiana, the restrictive photo ID law did not prevent voter fraud while it certainly did prevent many otherwise-eligible voters from exercising their constitutional right.
It is regrettable that the Supreme Court did not protect the fundamental right to vote three years ago when it failed to invalidate Indiana's restrictive photo ID law. Had just two Justices been more protective of the right to vote, the nuns in Indiana would have been able to vote in that year's primary election. Because the burdensome law was allowed to stand, those sisters and untold others were disenfranchised and other state legislators were encouraged to make it more difficult for the elderly and the poor to vote.
Four decades ago when Virginia passed a law requiring voters to pay a $1.50 poll tax the Supreme Court invalidated the law. Simply because the tax would apply to every voter did not make it permissible under the Constitution. Justice Douglas noted that "the right to vote is too precious, too fundamental to be so burdened or conditioned." I agree.
Our great Nation was founded on participatory democracy. Our founding document begins with "We the People." Successive generations of Americans have come together to amend our Constitution six times to expand the participation of its citizenry in the election of the government--to former slaves, to women, to young people, to include the direct election of Senators, and to prohibit poll taxes. In this way, "We the people" have reiterated and affirmed the fundamental importance of the right to vote. We should all remember Judge Wisdom's analysis in the 1963 case of United States v. Louisiana, where he concluded that a law which burdens a citizen from access to the franchise is a wall that must come down. His words are as true today as they were 48 years ago.
I thank the chairman of the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights for calling this important hearing and the witnesses for traveling to be with us today.


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December's Image of the Month: Man with Torah II
Posted by admin | 28th September 2012December's Image of the Month is Yitshak Frenkel-Frenel's Man with Torah II (1920)
Yitshak Frenkel-Frenel (1899-1981) was born in Odessa, Russia (now in Ukraine). He is the great grandson of the famous Hasidic Rabbi Levi Yitzchok of Berdichev.
In 1917, he studied under Alexandra Exter at the Art Academy of Odessa before emigrating to Mandate Palestine in 1919. Later that year, he travelled to Paris where he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts and the Académie de la Grande Chaumiere, as well as sculpture at the studios of Antoine Bourdelle and painting under Henri Matisse.
He returned to Palestine in 1925, and opened the Masad and Eged studios of art and established and directed the painting studio of the Histradut School in Tel Aviv. He eventually settled in Safed, Israel in 1934 and a museum at his house exhibiting his work was opened in 1973.
Three of Frenkel-Frenel's paintings, Shabbat Blessing and the two studies, Man with Torah, in the Ben Uri Collection clearly reveal the juxtaposition of the abstract, Cubist influences he adopted during his Parisian years blended with his traditional Jewish heritage.
Man with Torah II shows how he dismantled his subject and reassembled it in an abstracted form. The man's legs are painted large, in proportion to his head and arms and seem to symbolise a steady foundation in the teachings of the Torah, with the base of the triangle sitting above his shoes. The detail of the the shirt cuff hint at his knowledge of French fashion, while the Torah still remains firmly at the painting's centre.
All three of Yitshak Frenkel-Frenel's paintings in the Ben Uri Collection will be in the upcoming From Russia to Paris exhibition (4th October 2012 - 28th October 2012 ), alongside our latest acquisition, Chaim Soutine's La Soubrette (c. 1933).
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STRAW POLL RESULTSREPUBLICANS DEMOCRATS Welcome to College Convention 2012!Every four years America chooses a new president. Like Olympians gathering for their quadrennial contests, the candidates face a decathlon of challenges - primaries and caucuses - that test their stamina and determination as well as their qualifications. The first event, the first primary, is won or lost here in the frosty streets and warm coffee shops of New Hampshire. Every four years they come, the Democrats and the Republicans, the Libertarians and all the rest. In this small state with a rich tradition of handshaking, doorbell ringing and living-room neighborhood stump speeches, candidates are made or broken by the rigors of meeting what must seem like half of the people in the state.What is College Convention 2012?On January 3-6, 2012, college and high school students from across the United States will gather at the Grappone Conference Center Concord, NH,for College Convention 2012. At College Convention we expect to gather all of the major party presidential candidates as well as the dozens of independent and third party candidates who exercise their right to run in the New Hampshire First in the Nation Presidential Primary. There will be a full agenda led by elected officials, candidates, media personalities, issue advocates, and citizens interested in raising the issues that matter to you in this Presidential election cycle.College Convention 2012 is Sponsored by the following:
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You Shall Not Pass! Finding The End in Open World Games
Daniel Hindes breaks down the invisible walls of gaming's boundless open worlds to discover that they do in fact end, and how developers can get creative with those confines.
Daniel Hindes breaks down the invisible walls of gaming's boundless open worlds to discover that they do in fact end, and how developers can get creative with those confines.
Dominic Cooper says the Warcraft universe is a "very specific world" and meeting players' expectations won't be an easy task,
Pre-purchases for Warlords of Draenor expansion also now available: $50 for standard edition and $70 for Digital Deluxe bundle.
New Heroes of the Storm video shows all your Blizzard fantasies coming true at once: Abathur! Mecha Tassadar! The ability to transform into a giant Dragon!
Several racial traits to be updated in upcoming World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor expansion.
Blizzard didn't want to "devalue the accomplishment of levelling," lead designer says.
Creative director Alex Afrasiabi says the pay-to-win model breaks player trust, and Blizzard has no intention of doing that.
Blizzard unveils new look and facial animations for popular character, which focuses more on her "warrior" side than current model.
Upgrading your character to level 90 may cost you the price of a full game, according to image pulled from game's test servers.
Blizzard's MMO adds 200,000 subscribers in three months to end 2013 with 7.8 million members.
But Blizzard isn't saying yet how much it will cost.
Blizzard Entertainment establishes "Microtransaction Strategy" business unit, seeking director and manager to help lead the initiative.
Greg Street AKA "Ghostcrawler" quits Blizzard to join Riot Games where he will work as lead game designer on an unannounced project.
20th Century Fox wants to turn Magic into a film franchise along the lines of Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings.
Blizzard says account-stealing malware stems from a fake version of the Curse Client.
Blizzard wants to know…
Legendary Pictures confirms Clancy Brown and Daniel Wu will appear in new movie based on Blizzard's fantasy series.
"That's right. The NSA is spying on Second Life, a game for people who don't have a first one," Colbert says.
American Civil Liberties Union lawyer says recent revelations show that NSA's surveillance to thwart terrorism plots was "not well calculated."
[UPDATE] Publishers pledge to help those affected by recent surge of unexplained copyright claims; YouTube issues statement.
Jon Stewart jokes that it would make sense to monitor MMO, considering how "Islamic terrorists do like to be surrounded by 72 virgins."
[UPDATE] Microsoft says, "We're not aware of any surveillance activity. If it has occurred as reported, it certainly wasn't done with our consent"; Blizzard also releases statement.
No specific roles were announced, but Paula Patton, Ben Foster, and more will star in the film.
The wait for Blizzard's Warcraft movie gets a little longer as it's pushed from the original December 16 date, probably to get out of the way of the competition.
50 percent of sales from $10 Alterac Brew Pup pet will go to Make-A-Wish charity supporting children with life-threatening medical conditions.
A community manager on the official WoW forum says that the game will "disallow flying while leveling from 90 to 100."
Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime says company has already begun work on follow-up to Warlords of Draenor.
COO Paul Sams says upcoming movie aiming to be "great fantasy movie" that happens to be based on an established franchise.
Senior game producer says "We're happy with the business model we have now. It's very successful."
[UPDATE] Blizzard confirms next expansion for MMO; raises level cap to 100, adds new character models.
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick teases new content for MMO coming in 2014.
Blizzard's MMO now has 7.6 million subscribers across the world; "significant and exciting new content" coming to the game.
Blizzard has trademarked a new domain that may reveal their next MMO expansion.
SoCal band announced as the music talent for this year's show.
Blizzard Entertainment wins lawsuit against World of Warcraft bot company.
Director to talk about the collaborative process between Blizzard and the movie's creators.
CEO Bobby Kotick heralds the announcement as a "new chapter" in the World of Warcraft publisher's legacy.
World of Warcraft heads to the big-screen in 2015.
New trademark application from World of Warcraft and Diablo developer covers "online computer games," among other things.
Publisher and parent company Vivendi seeking appeal of preliminary injunction that blocked $8.2 billion sale.


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LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming senior receiver Chris McNeill will miss the final game of the season because of a knee injury.
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McNeill has 150 career catches, just one catch away from tying Gordy Wood for 10th place.
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"Workhorse tablet."
4.0 starson by AzgerPros: Keyboard, nice clean android load, fast, excellent battery life, good camera
Cons: A little heavy for a tablet, long charge time (hot charger!) Longer boot time than other tablets. Screen washout in strong sun.
Summary: Love it.
I bought this as a replacement for a Samsung Galaxy Tab that I did not quite love out of the box. This thing does real work. I just shot 3 hours of UX QA-test video, using it as a backup camera. It took great video and it was easier to use than the Nikon D5100 on the tripod. The battery lasts a couple of days. I feel perfectly comfortable not having to lug my Dell Latitude E6510 around. With a micro mouse, it is a pretty acceptable laptop alternative.
Kudos to Google for making Android better with each release, and creds to Asus for a nice clean distro that is uncluttered with fluff and crud and has a lot of useful basics. Nice cloud integration too, and for no extra cost.
The real bonus is support for SD and microsd, USB & tethering - it's a nice hub tool for media exchange, demoing media and social media. I particularly liked the fact that it happily found my NAS server and will stream media off it without a hiccup. it will even connect with USB hard drives.
Ergonomically, I find its slight fatness comfortable for reading, with a very positive hand feel thanks to the the grippy, beveled back. Might not be the prettiest of the bunch, but its homely.
28 year computer corp veteran of DEC, Compaq, HP, and Dell and this is my all time favorite little handheld computing device bar none. (sorry iPaq). I've actually used early "road warrior" thin and light notebooks that were not much bigger than the Asus. (and cost $3000).
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You wake up to a big noise. You just got out of a black hole in your Escape Ship. You remember your ship being attacked, but that's pretty much it. You got knocked out when your colony exploded too close to your pod. What is happening? Where are you?
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The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday, February 26, 2014, upheld the death sentence of John Thuesen. He was convicted in 2010 by a Brazos County for the murders of siblings Travis and Rachel Joiner of Eldorado.
Thuesen shot and killed the Joiners at their home in College Station on March 6, 2009.
654 Schleicher County voters cast ballots in the party primaries on Tuesday, March 4th with 465 of them voting in the Republican Primary where the most hotly contested race was for Justice of the Peace. Phil Edmiston was the top vote-getter with 202. T.J. Rodriguez received 146 votes while Gary Shipman tallied 107.
Edmiston and Rodriguez will square off in the Republican Primary runoff on May 27.
The winner of that race will face Lupe Sanchez. She won the Democratic Primary with 141 votes.
The EHS tennis team were crowned as 1A State Champions in Team Tennis on Monday, March 3, 2014 in a day-long tournament played in sub-freezing temperatures in Junction.
The event is sponsored each year by the Texas Tennis Coaches Association.
James Baker has taken over as administrator of the Schleicher County Nursing Home. He is a native of Crane where he got his first nursing home experience and where he decided to pursue a career in nursing home administration.
He comes to Eldorado from San Angelo where he served most recently as administrator of the Elsie Grayer Health Care Center at the Baptist Retirement Center.


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Hiatus Schmiatus
New Comic every Thursday!*
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One more thing...
Rather than let a week or two go by between comics, I am just going to officially go on....dun dun dun, hiatus! Just till next year, hopefully. This is usually when my comic becomes eratic as I am so busy with Rocky Horror Picture Show(October), Gaslight(October/December) and Dickens(November/December). No weekends free, work slam packed, etc. So, thank you to all my readers and see you next year.
I may get bored and slip in a comic or two, but don't hold your breath... much
Uploaded by Adam at 07:31 on 26 SeptemberThis breaking news just in...
Prop H8 is screwed. With no lube and very little kissing.
Posted 11:30Wed 26 June
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I really can't think of anything to say that can sum up my feelings. I wonder if women felt this way when allowed to vote or slaves when set free. It wasn't an instant happiness or perfect integration, and I know the examples may seem more extremely important, but oppression and inequality is hurtful and hateful, no matter how controling or discriminant it is. Those were the first steps that started the dominoes of civil rights. This is another domino. Let the rest of the dominoes fall! Hurrah!
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A one minute long stop motion about the importance of wearing condoms and my point of view of what can happen when we wear them.
This was a school project made in 2011. It's supposed to be a institucional advertisement.
Attention: this movie is a work of fiction. It's not scientifically proven that sperm destroys AIDS.
Rated 2 / 5 stars May 10, 2012
this should def be on youtube. but make sure you tell people sperm doesn't kill the aids virus, hahahaa.
Rated 3 / 5 stars May 9, 2012
While this was an entertaining video, I personally think that it belongs in Youtube and not really on Newgrounds. Really cool though
Rated 1.5 / 5 stars May 8, 2012
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Hot Water Heating Capacity of Tankless Water Heaters: this article explains the hot water heating capacity of tankless water heaters, also called instant water heaters or "on demand" water heaters. The quantity hot water is delivered can be expressed in gallons per minute of hot water at a particular temperature rise over the incoming water temperature. We also discuss the question of what "endless hot water" really means.Our page top photo illustrates three Bosch instant water heaters for sale in a Home Depot in Celaya, Mexico in 2012. Green links show where you are. © Copyright 2014 InspectApedia.com, All Rights Reserved. Typical Tankless Water Heater CapacitiesA typical small point of use electric tankless water heater may be able to increase incoming water temperature by about
A larger electric tankless water heater may be able to increase incoming water temperature by about
Some tankless water heaters are rated at 9.8 GPM but be sure to check the temperature rise that the heater can provide at that flow rate (35 deg.F.). We haven't seen a tankless water heater providing more than 5 gpm flow rate at high temperature rise (over 65 degF) rating. If your building needs higher hot water flow rates you may need to use a conventional hot water tank or a gang of tankless water heaters. If you're trying to provide 100° water, a 35 deg.F. temperature rise assumes an inlet water temperature of 65°F - not something you can count on in cold climates. In our OPINION, even 100° temperature rise may not be high enough if the system is being used with a mixing valve or on long piping runs that we described earlier. Does a Tankless Water Heater Provide Endless Hot Water?Limitations on Hot Water Production Rate of Tankless Water HeatersEach model of tankless water heater is rated to provide a specific water temperature rise, for a given water flow rate. [Sketch of a point of use tankless water heater courtesy of Carson Dunlop Associates] Typically a tankless water heater can provide 2 – 5 gallons (7.6 – 15.2 liters) of hot water per minute. For example, a heater may be capable of increasing the temperature of incoming water 60 deg. F. at 3 gallons per minute flow rate. The temperature rise that a tankless water heater can provide and the water flow rate that it can support depend on the heater's BTU output capacity which in turn is a function of the fuel used (gas-fired or electric) and the efficiency and the size of the heater. Also see tankless water heater Problems & Defects where we describe the Tankless Water Heater Cold Water Sandwich Effect. Readers should also see ALTERNATIVE HOT WATER SOURCES to distinguish among these types of hot water producing systems. The original text of this article was provided courtesy of Carson Dunlop - that text has been edited and may not entirely reflect CD's views. Our OPINION is that readers looking for plenty of hot water heated efficiently should also consider the heater we describe at Indirect-fired Water Heaters. ...
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The Blair Witch Project
The Blair Witch Project | |
Theatrical release poster
Directed by | Eduardo Sánchez Daniel Myrick |
Produced by | Robin Cowie Gregg Hale |
Written by | Daniel Myrick Eduardo Sánchez |
Starring | Heather Donahue Michael C. Williams Joshua Leonard |
Music by | Tony Cora |
Cinematography | Neal Fredericks |
Editing by | Daniel Myrick Eduardo Sánchez |
Studio | Haxan Films |
Distributed by | Artisan Entertainment |
Release dates |
Running time | 81 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | Between $20,000 and $750,000, depending on the sources. |
Box office | $248,639,099[1] |
The Blair Witch Project is a 1999 American horror film written and directed by Eduardo Sánchez and Daniel Myrick. The film was produced by the Haxan Films production company. The film relates the story of three student filmmakers (Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard, and Michael C. Williams) who disappeared while hiking in the Black Hills near Burkittsville, Maryland in 1994 to film a documentary about a local legend known as the Blair Witch. The viewers are told the three were never seen or heard from again, although their video and sound equipment (along with most of the footage they shot) was discovered a year later by the police department and that this "recovered footage" is the film the viewer is watching.[2]
The film received enormously positive reception from critics and went on to gross over US$248 million worldwide,[3] making it one of the most successful independent movies of all time. The DVD was released in December 1999 and presented only in full-screen.
A studio production film based on the theme of The Blair Witch Project was released on October 27, 2000 titled Book of Shadows. Another sequel was planned for the following year, but did not materialize. On September 2, 2009, it was announced that Sánchez and Myrick were pitching the third film.[4] A trilogy of video games based on the film was released in 2000.
The film opens with the opening text stating that in October 1994 three filmmaking students disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland while shooting a documentary. A year later, their footage was found by an anthropology class from the same university as the film makers during a study in the field. The footage was then handed over to the police as evidence.
In October 1994 film students Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams and Joshua Leonard set out to produce a documentary about the fabled Blair Witch. They travel to Burkittsville, Maryland, formerly Blair, and interview locals about the legend of the Blair Witch. The locals tell them of Rustin Parr, a hermit who kidnapped seven children in the 1940s and brought them to his house in the woods where he tortured and murdered them. Parr brought the children into his house's basement in pairs, forcing the first child to face the corner and listen to their companion's screams as he murdered the second child. Parr would then murder the first child. Eventually turning himself in to the police, Parr later pleaded insanity, saying that the spirit of Elly Kedward, a witch hanged in the 18th century, had been terrorizing him for some time and promised to leave him alone if he murdered the children. He was hanged after being questioned by police and reporters.
The second day, the students begin to explore the woods in north Burkittsville to look for evidence to prove that the Blair Witch exists. Along the way, two fishermen warn them that the woods are haunted and recall that in 1888, a young girl named Robin Weaver went missing, and when she returned three days later, she talked about "an old woman whose feet never touched the ground." The students hike to Coffin Rock, where five men were found ritualistically murdered in the 19th century, and then camp for the night. The next day they move deeper into the woods despite being uncertain of their exact location on the map. They eventually locate what appears to be an old cemetery with seven small cairns. They set up camp nearby and then return to the cemetery after dark. Josh accidentally disturbs a cairn and Heather hastily repairs it. Later they hear crackling sounds in the darkness that seem to be coming from all directions, but they assume the noises are from animals or locals.
The following day they attempt to return to their vehicle but cannot find their way. They try until nightfall, when they are forced to set camp. That night, they again hear crackling noises but cannot see anything. The next morning they find three cairns have been built around their tent during the night. As they continue trying to find their way out of the woods Heather realizes that her map is missing and Mike later reveals that he kicked it into a creek out of frustration the previous day. Josh and Heather attack Mike in a fit of intense rage. They realize they are now hopelessly lost and decide to simply "head south". They discover a multitude of humanoid stick figures suspended from trees. That night they hear more strange noises, including the sounds of children and bizarre "morphing" sounds. When an unknown force shakes the tent they flee in a panic and hide in the woods until dawn. Upon returning to their tent they find that their possessions have been rifled through and Josh's equipment is covered with slime, causing them to question why only his belongings were affected. As the day wears on they pass a log over a stream that was identical to the one they had passed earlier despite having traveled directly south all day and again set camp, completely demoralized at having wasted the entire day seemingly going in circles.
The next morning Josh has disappeared. After trying in vain to find him Mike and Heather eventually break camp and slowly move on. That night, they hear Josh screaming in the darkness but are not able to find him. The next morning Heather finds a bundle of sticks and fabric outside their tent. Later inspection reveals it contains blood-soaked scraps of Josh's shirt, as well as teeth and hair, but she does not mention this to Mike.
That day Heather films herself apologizing to the co-producers of her project as well as her family and breaks down crying and hyperventilating, understanding that something terrible is hunting her and Mike. Later, they again hear Josh's agonized cries for help, but this time they follow them and discover a derelict abandoned house in the woods. Mike races upstairs, following what sounds like Josh's voice, while Heather tries to follow. Mike then claims he hears Josh in the basement. He runs downstairs and after what seems to be a quick struggle goes silent and drops the camera. Heather shouts for Mike but gets no answer. She enters the basement screaming in fear while her camera catches a glimpse of Mike facing the corner, just as Parr's victims had been made to do. Heather then utters a final scream as she and her camera violently drop to the floor. There is only silence as the footage ends.
The Blair Witch Project was developed during 1994[5] by the filmmakers. The script began with a 68-page outline, with the dialogue to be improvised.[5] Accordingly, the directors advertised in Back Stage magazine for actors with strong improvisational abilities.[6] There was a very informal improvisational audition process to narrow the pool of 2,000 actors.[7][8] In developing the mythology behind the movie, the filmmakers used many inspirations. Several character names are near-anagrams; Elly Kedward (The Blair Witch) is Edward Kelley, a 16th-century mystic. Rustin Parr, the fictional 1940s child-murderer, began as an anagram for Rasputin.[9] In talks with investors, they presented an eight-minute documentary along with newspapers and news footage.[10] This documentary, originally called The Blair Witch Project: The Story of Black Hills Disappearances was produced by Haxan Films.
Filming began in October 1997 and lasted eight days.[6][11] Most of the movie was filmed in tiny Seneca Creek State Park in Montgomery County, Maryland, although a few scenes were filmed in the real town of Burkittsville.[12] Some of the townspeople interviewed in the film were not actors, and some were planted actors, unknown to the main cast. The final scenes were filmed at the historic Griggs House in Granite, Maryland. Donahue had never operated a camera before, and spent two days in a "crash course". Donahue said she modeled her character after a director she once worked with, citing the character's self assuredness when everything went as planned, and confusion during crisis.[13]
During filming, the actors were given clues as to their next location through messages given in milk crates found with Global Positioning Satellite systems. They were given individual instructions that they would use to help improvise the action of the day.[6] Teeth were obtained from a Maryland dentist for use as human remains in the movie.[6] Influenced by producer Gregg Hale's memories of his military training, in which "enemy soldiers" would hunt a trainee through wild terrain for three days, the directors moved the characters far during the day, harassing them by night and depriving them of food.[10]
Almost 19 hours of usable footage was recorded which had to be edited down to 90 minutes.[8] The editing in post production took more than eight months. Originally it was hoped that the movie would make it on to cable television, and the filmmakers did not anticipate wide release.[5] The initial investment by the three University of Central Florida filmmakers was about US$35,000. Artisan acquired the film for US$1.1 million but spent US$25 million to market it.[14] The actors signed a "small" agreement to receive some of the profits from the film's release.[15]
A list of production budget figures have circulated over the years, appearing as low as $20,000. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Sánchez revealed that when principal photography first wrapped, approximately $20,000 to $25,000 had been spent.[16] Other figures list a final budget ranging between $500,000 and $750,000.[17]
Box office[edit]
The Blair Witch Project was shown at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival, and released by Artisan on 30 July 1999 after months of publicity, including a ground-breaking campaign by the studio to use the Internet and suggest that the movie was a record of real events. The distribution strategy for The Blair Witch Project was created and implemented by Artisan studio executive Steven Rothenberg.[18][19]
The Blair Witch Project grossed $248,639,099 worldwide.[20] After reshoots, a new sound mix, experiments with different endings, and other changes made by the studio, the film's final budget ended up between $500,000 and $750,000.[17]
The movie has been widely acclaimed by critics. Rotten Tomatoes provides links to 133 reviews for the movie, with 87% of these reviews being favorable.[21] Also, the film holds a score of 81/100 on Metacritic, indicating "universal acclaim".[22] The film's "found footage" format received near-universal praise by critics and, though not the first in the found footage genre, the film has been declared a milestone in film history due to its critical and box office success. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun Times gave the film a total of 4 stars, calling it "an extraordinarily effective horror film".[23] It was listed on Filmcritic.com as the 50th best movie ending of all time.[24]
The Blair Witch Project is thought to be the first widely released movie marketed primarily by internet. The movie's official website featured fake police reports and 'newsreel-style' interviews. Due to this, some people initially thought it was an actual documentary about the 'missing' teenagers. These augmented the movie's found footage style to spark debates across the internet over whether the movie was a real-life documentary or a work of fiction.[25] During 2008, Entertainment Weekly named The Blair Witch Project one of "the 100 best films from 1983 to 2008", ranking it at #99.[26] In 2006, Chicago Film Critics Association listed it as one of the "Top 100 Scariest Movies", ranking it #12.[27]
Because the filming was done by an inexperienced operator using a hand held camera, much of the footage is shaky, especially the final sequence in which the camera operator is running down a set of stairs with the camera. Some audience members experienced motion sickness and even vomiting as a result.[28]
Awards and nominations[edit]
The Blair Witch Project was nominated for, and won, the following awards. Despite Donahue's award, her performance was praised nonetheless.
Award | Category | Subject | Result |
Global Film Critics Award[29] | Best Screenplay | Daniel Myrick | Nominated |
Eduardo Sánchez | Nominated | ||
Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award | Best Film | Won | |
Golden Raspberry Award | Worst Picture | Robin Cowie | Nominated |
Gregg Hale | Nominated | ||
Worst Actress | Heather Donahue | Won | |
Stinkers Bad Movie Awards[30] | Worst Picture | Robin Cowie | Nominated |
Gregg Hale | Nominated | ||
Worst Actress | Heather Donahue | Nominated | |
Biggest Disappointment | Won | ||
Worst Screen Debut | Heather, Michael, Josh, the Stick People and the world's longest running batteries | Nominated |
Cinematic and literary allusions[edit]
In the movie, the Blair Witch is, according to legend, the ghost of Elly Kedward, a woman banished from the Blair Township (latter-day Burkittsville) for witchcraft in 1785. The directors incorporated that part of the legend, along with allusions to the Salem Witch Trials and The Crucible, to play on the themes of injustice done on those who were called witches.[7] They were influenced by The Shining, Alien, The Omen and Benjamin Christensen's 1922 silent documentary Haxan, after which the producers named their production company, Haxan Films." Jaws was an influence as well, presumably because the witch was hidden from the viewer for the entirety of the film, forcing suspense from the unknown.[5]
None of the songs featured on Josh's Blair Witch Mix actually appear in the movie. However "The Cellar" is played during the credits and the DVD menu. This collection of mostly goth rock and industrial tracks is supposedly from a mix tape made by ill-fated film student Joshua Leonard. In the story, the tape was found in his car after his disappearance. Some of the songs featured on the soundtrack were released after 1994, after the events of the movie supposedly have taken place. Several of them feature dialogue from the movie as well.
- "Gloomy Sunday" – Lydia Lunch
- "The Order of Death" – Public Image Ltd.
- "Draining Faces" – Skinny Puppy
- "Kingdom's Coming" – Bauhaus
- "Don't Go to Sleep Without Me" – The Creatures
- "God Is God" – Laibach
- "Beware" – The Afghan Whigs
- "Laughing Pain" – Front Line Assembly
- "Haunted" – Type O Negative
- "She's Unreal" – Meat Beat Manifesto
- "Movement of Fear" – Tones on Tail
- "The Cellar" – Antonio Cora
Media tie-ins[edit]
In September 1999, D.A. Stern compiled The Blair Witch Project: A Dossier. Perpetuating the film's "true story" angle, the dossier consisted of fabricated police reports, pictures, interviews and newspaper articles presenting the movie's premise as fact, as well as further elaboration on the Elly Kedward and Rustin Parr legends (an additional "dossier" was created for Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2). Stern wrote the 2000 novel Blair Witch: The Secret Confessions of Rustin Parr and in 2004, revisited the franchise with the novel Blair Witch: Graveyard Shift, featuring all original characters and plot.
In May 1999, a Photonovel adaptation of The Blair Witch Project was written by Claire Forbes and was released by Fotonovel Publications.
The Blair Witch Files[edit]
A series of eight young adult books entitled The Blair Witch Files were released by Random subsidiary Bantam from 2000 to 2001. The books center on Cade Merill, a fictional cousin of Heather Donahue, who investigates phenomena related to the Blair Witch in attempt to discover what really happened to Heather, Mike and Josh.[31]
- Blair Witch Files 1 – The Witch's Daughter
- Blair Witch Files 2 – The Dark Room
- Blair Witch Files 3 – The Drowning Ghost
- Blair Witch Files 4 – Blood Nightmare
- Blair Witch Files 5 – The Death Card
- Blair Witch Files 6 – The Prisoner
- Blair Witch Files 7 – The Night Shifters
- Blair Witch Files 8 – The Obsession
Comic books[edit]
In August 1999, Oni Press released a one-shot comic promoting the film, simply titled The Blair Witch Project. Written by Jen Van Meter and drawn by Bernie Mireault, Guy Davis, and Tommy Lee Edwards, the comic featured three short stories elaborating on the mythology of the Blair Witch. In mid-2000, the same group worked on a four-issue series called The Blair Witch Chronicles.
In October 2000, coinciding with the release of Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2, Image Comics released a one-shot called Blair Witch: Dark Testaments, drawn by Charlie Adlard and written by Ian Edginton.
Video games[edit]
In 2000, Gathering of Developers released a trilogy of computer games based on the film, which greatly expanded on the myths first suggested in the film. The graphics engine and characters were all derived from the producer's earlier game, Nocturne.[32] Each game, developed by a different team, focused on different aspects of the Blair Witch mythology: Rustin Parr, Coffin Rock and Elly Kedward, respectively.
The trilogy received mixed reviews from critics, with most criticism being directed towards the very linear gameplay, clumsy controls and camera angles, and short length. The first volume, Rustin Parr, received the most praise, ranging from moderate to positive, with critics commending its storyline, graphics and atmosphere; some reviewers even claimed the game was scarier than the movie.[33] The following volumes were less well-received, with PC Gamer saying Volume 2's only saving grace was its cheap price[34] and calling Volume 3 "amazingly mediocre".[35]
Home media[edit]
The Blair Witch Project was released on DVD on October 26, 1999, with VHS and laserdisc versions released around the same time. The DVD included a number of special features, including "The Curse of the Blair Witch" and "The Blair Witch Legacy" featurettes, newly discovered footage, director and producer commentary, production notes, cast & crew bios, and trailers.
A Blu-ray release from Lionsgate was released on October 5, 2010.[36] Best Buy and Lionsgate had an exclusive release of the Blu-ray available on August 29, 2010.[37]
A sequel, Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2, was released in the autumn of 2000, but was poorly received by most critics.[38] A third installment announced that same year did not materialize.[39]
See also[edit]
- Found footage (genre)
- The Bogus Witch Project, a direct-to-video parody.
- Schreier, Margrit (2004): Please Help Me; All I Want to Know Is: Is It Real or Not? How Recipients View the Reality Status of The Blair Witch Project. In: Poetics Today, Vol. 25, Nr. 2, pp. 305–334 (full text, qualitative content analysis on the movie´s reception)
- ^ "The Blair Witch Project". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 4, 2013.
- ^ "Editorial: Paranormal Activity Shadows The Blair Witch". DreadCentral.
- ^ "The Blair Witch Project". Box Office Mojo.com. 2006-01-01. Retrieved 2006-07-28.
- ^ Geoghegan, Kev (2009-08-11). "The legend of the Witch lives on". BBC News. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
- ^ a b c d Klein, Joshua (1999-07-22). "Interview - The Blair Witch Project". avclub.com. Retrieved 2006-07-30.
- ^ a b c d "Heather Donohue – Blair Witch Project". KAOS 2000 Magazine. 1999-01-01. Retrieved 2006-07-30.
- ^ a b Aloi, Peg (1999-07-11). "Blair Witch Project – an Interview with the Directors". Witchvox.com. Retrieved 2006-07-29.
- ^ a b Mannes, Brett (1999-07-13). "Something wicked". Salon.com. Retrieved 2006-07-29.
- ^ Blake, Scott (2000-07-17). "An Interview With The Burkittsville 7's Ben Rock". IGN.com. Retrieved 2006-07-30.
- ^ a b Conroy, Tom (1999-07-14). "The Do-It-Yourself Witch Hunt". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2007-10-01. Retrieved 2006-08-02.
- ^ Corliss, Richard (1999-08-16). "Blair Witch Craft". Time Magazine. Retrieved 2006-07-30.
- ^ Kaufman, Anthony (1999-07-14). "Season of the Witch". Village Voice. Retrieved 2006-09-26.
- ^ Lim, Dennis (1999-07-14). "Heather Donahue Casts A Spell". The Village Voice. Retrieved 2006-09-26.
- ^ Stanley, T.L. (1999-09-27). "High-Tech Throwback – marketing of "Blair Witch Project" – Statistical Data Included – Interview". Brandweek. Retrieved 2006-07-29.
- ^ "Heather Donohue – Blair Witch Project". KAOS 2000 Magazine. 1999-01-01. Retrieved 2006-07-30.
- ^ John Young. "'The Blair Witch Project' 10 years later: Catching up with the directors of the horror sensation". Entertainment Weekly.
- ^ a b John Young (July 9, 2009). "'The Blair Witch Project' 10 years later: Catching up with the directors of the horror sensation". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 10, 2009.
- ^ DiOrio, Carl (2009-07-19). "Steve Rothenberg dies at age 50". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2009-08-02.[dead link]
- ^ McNary, Dave (2009-07-20). "Lionsgate's Steven Rothenberg dies". Variety Magazine. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
- ^ "The Blair Witch Project". Box Office Mojo.com. 2006-01-01. Retrieved 2006-07-28.
- ^ "The Blair Witch Project". Rotten Tomatoes.com. Retrieved 2011-02-10.
- ^ http://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-blair-witch-project
- ^ Ebert, Roger (1999-07-16). "The Blair Witch Project". Roger Ebert.com. Retrieved 2006-07-28.
- ^ Null, Christopher (2006-01-01). "The Top 50 Movie Endings of All Time". filmcritic.com. Archived from the original on 2006-08-20. Retrieved 2006-07-30.
- ^ Weinraub, Bernard (1999-08-17). "Blair Witch Proclaimed First Internet Movie". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2012-01-27.
- ^ "The New Classics: Movies – EW 1000: Movies – Movies – The EW 1000 – Entertainment Weekly". Entertainment Weekly.
- ^ Filmspotting, Scariest Movies, Film, Podcast, Reviews, DVDs, Adam Kempenaar
- ^ Wax, Emily (1999-07-30). "The Dizzy Spell of 'Blair Witch Project'". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
- ^ "www.globalfilmcritics.com". www.globalfilmcritics.com. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
- ^ "1999 22nd Hastings Bad Cinema Society Stinkers Awards". Stinkers Bad Movie Awards. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
- ^ Merill, Cade (2000). "Cade Merill's The Blair Witch Files". Random House. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
- ^ Smith, Jeff. 'Blair Witch Project Interview' IGN.com. April 14, 2000.
- ^ 'Metacritic: Blair Witch Volume 1: Rustin Parr'. Metacritic.
- ^ 'Metacritic – Blair Witch Volume 2' Metacritic.
- ^ 'Metacritic – Blair Witch Volume 3' Metacritic.
- ^ "The Blair Witch Project Blu-ray". Blu-ray.com. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
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- ^ B., Scott (2001-08-21). "Blair Witch Project 3 to Happen?". IGN.com. Retrieved 2006-07-30.
- ^ "Blair Witch 3". Yahoo Movies. 2006-01-01. Archived from the original on 2006-05-09. Retrieved 2006-07-28.
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Geez, Chris! Don't you understand? We wanted to spend 10 trillion dollars but those hateful and hurtful Republicans demanded just 3 trillion dollars in spending. So, we're CUTTING 7 trillion dollars! Why can't you understand my math?
Maybe because you can't understand the tax code and failed to pay your taxes; unlike millions of Americans who can and did.
Uh, DERP?!?!
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Hey, that looks like Timmy from South Park. Cartman said that Timmy is a genius by comparison. Just grab your ankles and kiss your butt goodbye if this jerk has his way.
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I just saved $63K of non-existent funds by not buying a Mercedes. Now can I use that non-existent money to pay off the house?
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I watched that yesterday, and he was nailed, bitch slapped and knocked silly….but the scary part was those freaking horns kept popping out…it gave me chills…the man looks like the devil himself.
It was looking at the face of Satan himself….
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And, of course,.00000000001% of the population, which reelected the rat-eared POS, will even be aware of this.
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Fox is the problem. Bush spent it all they were only reporting it to the people.
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I hate this prick, and he is white.
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Fcuking RACIST FreeMan!
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He's a shit liar. And a shit secy. And he can't add for shit either.
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What I expect out of Timmeh's mouth…
"b,b,b,b,b,but, we AAAALLLLLLLLL bundle."
Way to go… Mr. Pink!
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Geithner, what money are we suppose to spend in the new Syrian war?
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@Birdie Num Num. Yes, but the remaining 99.9999999999% will believe it.
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Yeah I watched it too, and to think the admin doesn't think this embarassment did any damage…….these evil fucks know exactly how ignorant their 51% voter base is.
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Their fiscal spending plan and budget consist of nothing more then "the republicans are evil and 0 cuts on spending laid out anywhere".
He's the female version of Pelosi, who was sqawking the other day "we cut 1.6 trillion and theres nothing else to cut".
Then you shouldn't need 1.3 trillion more Nancy, run the gubment on the ACTUAL savings of these cuts if thats true and you'll be in the positive of an additional 300 billion,…or am I missing something?
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Take your memories wherever you go with the Coby DP180 1.8" Digital Photo Keychain. A compact and easy way to store your photo files, this photo keychain is convenient and portable. Its LCD full-color display can present all your memorable moments in slideshow mode at the touch of a button.
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Cool little picture framePros: It works out of the case with it's own built in software. Cons: It took forever to get here by newegg standards, but it still arrived within about a week. The resolution is not so great, but for ten dollars it's a cute travel picture frame. Other Thoughts: When loading pictures it helps to put all the ones you want into one folder, because it takes a while to load each folder. 1 out of 1 people found this review helpful. Did you? |
Great Photo KeychainPros: Easy to use and appears durable. Cons: None so far.... Did you find this review helpful? |