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View Tan Tara from this Deck! Location is Awesome! in Lake of the Ozarks
- bedrooms 3
- baths 3
- sleeps 10
- pool yes
- hot tub no
- pets allowed no
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This condo is centrally located so you can enjoy all The Lake of the
Ozarks has to offer. From fishing, to skiing, boating, sailing,
shopping, dining, and golfing. You will enjoy the space and theme
this condo offers. I like to call it The Crab Shack! It makes you
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whole family because there are plenty of places to sleep here. The
master bedroom boast a queen size bed, twin beds in the second
bedroom, the third bedroom upstairs off the loft, has a queen plus 2
twins and a full bathroom. There is a quaint area on the loft that
has a couch, loveseat, and a tv. There are two decks, one off the
back,(lakeside) and a large deck area by the front door, where the
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At Pelican Bay there is a clubhouse where you can play cards, relax by the
pool inside, while your children are having fun/swimming in the pool outside!
Keep a good eye on them though because we do not have a lifeguard on duty!
Bring your fishing boat or ski boat and you will have the time of
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launch nearby.
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Pelican Bay is so close to golfing, shopping, and dining, there is
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Winter Rates Oct. 1st - April 30th
$125.00 per night 2 night minimum
Summer Rates May 1st - September 30th
$275.00 per night 2 night minimum
Weekly special: 7th night FREE
Refundable Security Deposit $200.00
Cleaning Fee $125.00
10.475% (Lodging tax 3% Sales tax 7.475%) charged on Rental fee only
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Top things to do in Lake of the Ozarks
- Go Shopping at the Outlet Mall
- Golf at Tan Tara!
- Experience the Tastes of the Lake at the many fine Restuarants
- Parasail
- Shop some more at the Unique Shops
Top things to do on a budget
- Fish
- Swim
- Camp
- Visit Ha Ha Tonka State Park and Hike
- Visit Bridal Cave
Top things to do with a family
- Big Surf
- Go Kart Riding
- Miniture Golf
- Ski , Tube
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12:40am Thursday 6th February 2014 in National News © Press Association 2014
Twitter has reported a net loss of 645 million dollars (£395 million) for last year
The popular micro-blogging site, which reported a loss of 8.7 million dollars (£5.3 million) a year earlier, made its market debut on the New York stock exchange in November.
In its annual earnings report, published tonight, it showed its total revenue for last year was 665 million dollars (£407 million), more than double the 316 million dollars (£194 million) of 2012.
By the fourth quarter of 2013, the number of monthly Twitter users around the world had increased to 241 million, the newly released figures show, although growth is slowing down.
Chief executive Dick Costolo said the site would only get better.
"Twitter finished a great year with our strongest financial quarter to date," he said.
"We are the only platform that is public, real-time, conversational and widely distributed and I'm excited by the number of initiatives we have under way to further build upon the Twitter experience."
Twitter's public debut on the stock exchange was the most highly anticipated since that of Facebook in May 2012.
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The chairman of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on Tuesday pushed for talks between Thailand and Cambodia to end deadly clashes that have erupted over a temple along the border.
Last week's deadly stampede during an annual festival won't result in criminal punishments, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Monday in a speech broadcast on state television.
Cambodians turn out to honor hundreds who died in a stampede. CNN's Anjali Rao reports.
The Cambodian government has decreased the official death toll from a stampede on a suspension bridge in the capital from 456 to 347, the Phnom Penh Post reported Thursday.
A stampede that occurred during a festival in Cambodia's capital city of Phnom Penh has killed 339 people, officials said Monday.
A CNN crew heads into Thailand's Red Shirts Heartland to take a look at the people behind the protests.
Villagers march more than 300 kilometers from northwest Cambodia to ask the prime minister to save their homes from developers. Some 400 families in the country's south learn their farmland had been given to developers only when bulldozers arrive.
It's a community of crude green metal sheds, baking hot during the day and lacking clean running water. Residents say thieves can slice through the thin walls with their knives.
After a deadly border clash, military leaders meet to ease tensions
An exchange of gunfire between Thai and Cambodian soldiers in a disputed border region Wednesday left one Cambodian soldier dead, the Thai military said.
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Violence erupts between Thai and Cambodian protesters over an ancient temple both countries claim is theirs.
A month-long stand-off between Thai and Cambodian troops around an ancient temple in a disputed border region eased a bit with an agreement to withdraw many of the soldiers, a Thai military official said Saturday.
Thailand and Cambodia have become ensnared in controversy over a second temple on disputed land along their border, the Thai news agency reported Monday.
Cambodia and Thailand have agreed to redeploy some troops away from the site of a border temple at the center of a tense military standoff in its second week.
Riding a wave of relative stability, Cambodia's self-proclaimed "strongman" Hun Sen wins another five years as prime minister
The foreign ministers of Thailand and Cambodia will meet Monday in an effort to resolve a week-long military standoff over an ancient border temple that sits on disputed land, Thailand's prime minister said Thursday.
Cambodia and Thailand will begin talks Monday aimed at resolving a lingering dispute over territory near an World Heritage Site temple, where more than 4,000 troops from the two sides have been deployed
Cambodia and Thailand continued to reinforce their troops along a disputed border area Saturday, even as they prepared for talks to avert a military confrontation
CNN's Matthew Chance reports on how Russia could be part of the solution to the global food crisis.
Each year the West showers the Southeast Asian country with more aid, hoping it will clean up its act. But China isn't making it easy
Cambodia is crowning its first new king in decades, amid an array of official celebrations.
Cambodia has selected Prince Norodom Sihamoni, a former ballet dancer to be the nation's next king.
Suffering from poor health, Cambodia's King Norodom Sihanouk has announced his abdication.
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Festivus By the Sea Beach House Rental in Depoe Bay
- bedrooms 3
- baths 2
- sleeps 9
- pool no
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Welcome to Festivus By the Sea. Your home away from home. This newly built 3 bedroom 2
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Sleeps up to 9 • 3 bedroom • 2 bathroom
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Top things to do in Depoe Bay
- charter fishing
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- collecting agates
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In the quiet after the storm of new camera announcements last week, Samsung has introduced the TL320. Billed as the first digital camera to feature an AMOLED display with HVGA resolution, the 12.2 megapixel TL320 ultracompact also offers a 5x wide angle lens, manual exposure controls, and retro styling.
The Canon PowerShot SD780 IS was just announced on Tuesday, but Canon's rapid-fire shipping department had a production-ready review unit in our waiting hands yesterday afternoon. The 12.1 megapixel, 3x zoom SD780 is touted as the smallest Canon Digital ELPH today, but is smaller really better in this case?
The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-S980 debuted earlier this week in a flurry of pre-PMA camera announcements. It's a basic point-and-shoot, but Sony has managed to equip it with a couple of user-friendly tech goodies and a sizable 12.1 megapixel sensor.
The affordable Canon PowerShot SD1200 IS, thin and stylish SD 780 IS, and flagship SD960 IS and SD970 IS models update several popular ultracompacts in Canon's Digital ELPH series. Key upgrades include higher-resolution sensors, DIGIC IV processing across the board, and 720p HD video capture in most models.
In anticipation of PMA, Samsung has updated its SL series of point-and-shoot models to include four new offerings: the wide-angle, HD-video ready Samsung SL820, the premium Samsung SL620, and the budget-friendly Samsung SL202 and SL30.
The Cyber-shot DSC-T90 and DSC-T900 offer style and technology updates to the T70 and T700. Look for more megapixels, HD movie mode, and some new technology in the latest models from Sony. And, of course, the chic, ultra-slim design that the T series is known for.
It seems that a 10.0 megapixel point-and-shoot just won't cut it anymore: in their pre-PMA camera announcements, Sony unveiled the Cyber-shot DSC-W230 and DSC-W290 models, both sporting 12.1 megapixel sensors.
Fujifilm has announced the first waterproof addition to its family of stylish point-and-shoot cameras, the FinePix Z33WP. Boldly styled to match its Z-series counterparts and attractively priced under $200, Fuji is betting vacationers will flock to the Z33WP's "go anywhere" versatility.
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What are your car seat transport needs? If you need your double stroller to be a complete travel system for two children, choose one that can accommodate two car seats.
How and where you will use it? If you need a stroller for long, tiring outings, you may want to look at dedicated two-child seats. If it's only for outings to the zoo, museum or park where the kids are in and out, a detachable seat or standing board may work best.
How strong are you? Double strollers can be very heavy. Whether you live in the city or suburbs, you're going to need to lift and carry it -- into trunks, up the stairs, or onto public transportation.
What is the size of your trunk or car? And bring a tape measure to the store too, so you can measure the double stroller when folded, to determine whether it will fit into your trunk. Some double strollers are difficult to fit in compact cars.
A good double stroller can be very pricey, and most come with just the very basics. Convertible strollers, for example, often only come with a base that includes a seat that's suitable for 6 months and up. Bassinets, car seat adapters, standing platforms and second seats are an additional purchase. Even things you would expect to find on expensive, higher-end strollers – cup holders, child snack trays and parent organizers -- are often an optional purchase that can run up the tab several hundred dollars or more.
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Despite NASCAR mogul Bruton Smith saying there was a 70% chance that he would move a major race out of the Charlotte Motor Speedway, NASCAR officials say the deadline has passed to get a race moved for the 2014 racing season.
During a one-on-one interview in May, Speedway owner Bruton Smith told WBTV's Paul Cameron there was a strong chance he'd move the Bank of America 500 out of Charlotte.
The Bank of America 500 is one of two annual races held at Smith's Charlotte Motor Speedway, along with May's Coca-Cola 600. The BoA 500 is held in October.
On Friday, NASCAR officials told WBTV that the deadline to have a race moved for the 2014 racing season has passed and the organization has not received a formal request from Speedway Motorsports Inc.
"I know you're not gonna cut this one out, but I've been having some strong conversations about one of these events being moved," Smith said in May. "And Las Vegas is a great place - it's the entertainment capital of the world - and they want another event."
In addition to owning the Charlotte Motor Speedway, the North Carolina native owns eight NASCAR tracks, including the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, hosting a total of eleven NASCAR Sprint Cup events.
Smith said he's flown out to Vegas several times to talk about moving a Sprint Cup race to his track there, saying he knows that officials would approve the move.
"I've made two trips out to Vegas and it costs money to go out there. I know all the powers out there," he told WBTV. "I have a lot of friends in Las Vegas - I have businesses out there, I have six businesses in Las Vegas."
The Charlotte Motor Speedway is based in Concord, North Carolina. Smith has been involved in legal fights with Cabarrus County for years over money he is owed.
In fact, in 2009 Smith filed a lawsuit against the city and county seeking millions of dollars worth of infrastructure improvements near the Concord track.
Smith claimed officials breached a contract by not following through on the infrastructure improvements.
The improvements were part of the agreement reached to keep CMS in Concord after a bitter dispute flared up over the construction of the zMax Dragway.
"Some of your dear friends over at Cabarrus County are gonna say 'Is he? Is he? Is he?' Well... he may," Smith said. "Someone once said 'follow the money.' Well, if we do this, we will be following the money because, here again, there's a lot of money in Las Vegas. And if it gets to be strong enough, I imagine we might do something like that."
When asked if he thought he could make more money at a race in Las Vegas versus having a race in Charlotte, Smith's answer was simple.
"Yes, yes, yes. Oh yes," he said. "Plus, we're discussing a ten-year contract for a lot of money every year."
According to Smith, money plays a huge factor in his possible move. He says a lot of the hotel/casinos in Vegas would love to have the race there, because race fans would fill up the hotels.
"You've got 150,000 rooms out there, more than any city in the world," he said. "And they want to fill up those hotels, and we do fill'em up. That's good."
Smith played a major role in getting NASCAR to move the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards from New York to Las Vegas five years ago.
When it comes to a timeline on the potential move, Smith says this isn't a spur of the moment idea.
"Oh, now there you're pinning me down. I don't know how soon, that's just, it's something that's been in the stages now for at least a year."
So what's it going to take to move the race from Charlotte to Vegas?
"When the game is over, it'll be money, money, money. Money will move it," Smith said. "I'd say [the chances] are about 70/30."
And the attendance numbers appear to back up Smith's claims.
According to Jayski.com, attendance numbers at the one race hosted at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway are higher than any of Charlotte's three Sprint Cup races since 2010.
The only Sprint Cup race that is currently held on the LVMS is the Kobalt Tools 400, which is held in early March. In the past three race seasons, it has averaged more than 150,000 fans in attendance.
The highest attendance at Charlotte Motor Speedway in that same time was 145,000 at the 2011 Coca-Cola 600 race.
Charlotte's fall race, the Bank of America 500, has seen a nearly 65,000 fan decline since 2007, according to records, while Las Vegas has lost less than 10% of that.
NASCAR as a whole has seen a decline in race attendance in recent years.
According to Speedway Motorsports, Inc. (SMI)'s yearly report, the company has been plagued by declining attendance - a 38% drop in the past five years.
That attendance drop has resulted in a $72-million drop in attendance revenue since 2008.
The Charlotte Motor Speedway races outperformed four of Smith's other seven tracks in 2012.
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PEORIA, Ill. -- Hundreds of runners took to the streets Sunday to celebrate survivors and remember a promise.
The inaugural Susan G. Komen Promise Run and Relay put participants in Susie's shoes to celebrate the birthplace of a nation-wide fight against breast cancer.
The memory of Susan G. Komen lives on in her hometown through breast cancer survivors and through a new race.
"This is where the promise started, "said Susan G. Komen Marketing and Development Director Gina Morss-Fischer. "This is where that grass roots movement began."
More than 400 runners participated in the inaugural Susan G. Komen Promise Run and Relay.
The 13.1 mile half marathon course sent runners across the Peoria and East Peoria area, eventually finding the finish line in front of the Peoria Civic Center.
Some ran in relays, some culminated their progressive half-marathon Sunday, but for breast cancer survivors, the challenge was nothing new.
"When they announced this, it just gave me an additional goal to keep pushing my body into the shape I had been in before,"said breast cancer survivor Anita Durham.
Durham was diagnosed with breast cancer just over one year ago. She finished radiation therapy last October.
As a life-long runner, Sunday's course was another step toward recovery.
"I think whenever you are a survivor, your goal is always to try and push back to be where you were before you were ever diagnosed," Durham said.
For others competing in the half marathon course, it was their first time at a Susan G. Komen event.
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Twitter has launched a new music app that helps people find new artists based upon the accounts they follow in the social network.
#Music, which has been described by its creators as a 21st century mixtape, allows the songs to be played directly in the app or through third-party services Rdio, Spotify and iTunes. More are set to be added in the future.
It features a #NowPlaying screen that shows all the tracks being tweeted by those they follow, regardless of fame level, allowing users to join them in listening.
The app is currently available for iPhone and iPad through the Apple App Store and can also be accessed on the #Music website.
"Twitter and music go great together. People share and discover new songs and albums every day. Many of the most-followed accounts on Twitter are musicians, and half of all users follow at least one musician," said Twitter's Stephen Philips in a Twitter blog post.
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The Pew Global Attitudes Survey (June 23) is remarkable for one statistic. Seventy-one percent of the Indian population surveyed this year loves the United States, and fifty four percent have a high regard for Bush. Sixty-three percent of Indians who talked to Pew feel that the US places India high on its list of priorities, and meets this regard with concomitant largess. Pakistan, which actually receives greater US aid and has closer ties to the US government (it is the only "major non-NATO ally"), has no such illusions. Twenty-three percent of the Pakistanis who took the Pew survey like America, and only ten percent think highly of Bush.
The news of this survey came at the same time as the US government released its "Foreign Relations of the United States" volume on South Asia, 1969-1976. That valuable document offered transcripts of conversations between President Nixon and his consigliore Henry Kissinger. Sandwiched by some crafty diplomacy by the Indian government led by Indira Gandhi, and by the resilience of the East Pakistani political and guerrilla opposition (as well as by the obduracy of the Pakistani political and military leadership), Kissinger-Nixon vented their frustrations. Gandhi is an "old witch," Nixon said, while Kissinger added, "the Indians are bastards anyway" (November 5, 1971). India went to war against Pakistan to liberate Bangladesh and on December 16, 1971, Mrs. Gandhi announced the Pakistani surrender at Dacca, "the free capital of a free country."
Kissinger, who now represents many multinational companies that do business with India, hastily agreed to a television interview with NDTV. He apologized for his remarks, adding that he is a "strong supporter and promoter" of a close relationship between India and the US.
It is not clear if Kissinger played any role in the deliberations, but a few days before his interview (on June 29), the US and Indian Defense ministers signed an historic agreement, "New Framework for the US-India Defense Relationship." This agreement brings the Indian military into very close relationship with the US armed forces. The "bastards" not only love the US, but they've also joined them in a military relationship.
One can't take surveys very seriously in societies with a high digital and telephonic divide. In India, unless a survey is rigorously invested in the views of the rural population, it tends to gauge the impressions of the urban middle class and that handful of the elite who are willing to waste their time on such a telephone call (The Pew report is quite forthright, "The surveys in India and Pakistan were also disproportionately or exclusively urban samples").
For these class fractions, the propaganda of consumer goods is immense, as is the desire to sit in the winner's circle rather than struggle from the margin. That the Indian exploitative classes are more eager to be nice about the US than the Pakistani exploitative classes is not a surprise: the anti-Muslim tenor of the Bush administration is perhaps the most obvious factor to turn off the support of many in Pakistan, even as they might long for the same kind of upwardly mobile consumer lifestyle.
The propaganda of consumer goods, largely manufactured in China even as they have the cultural imprimatur of being "American," is sufficient to create consensus over such otherwise boring events as a defense agreement. When the US and the Pakistani governments announced the "major non-NATO status" for the latter, the media outlets of the exploitative classes gushed (June 2004). Much the same happened a year later, in early July, in the Indian media that is read by this same sort of class combinations. The details of the agreements, discussed only in a few major papers, seemed to be less important than the creation of some kind of entente with the US, the ideal typical image of upwardly mobile consumer bliss.
Some immediate concerns leap out from the defense agreement between India and the US.
One, the Indian government appears to have entered into the Bush administration's hallucination of a missile defense shield. The shield may not work militarily, although India will now have Patriot missile systems, but it will certainly work to create political tension between India and China who have only recently cemented some confidence building measures.
Two, the Indian government pledged to set up co-production facilities, that is to say, the US arms manufacturers will outsource weapons production to India. This had already been intimated during the sale of F-16s to Pakistan, when Indian received this option from the Bush administration.
Three, despite the strong opposition to the use of Indian troops in Iraq, the agreement will allow Indian troops to join their US counterparts in "multinational operations" under US command. This is anathema to the major political forces in India and it will be the focus of discussion in the Monsoon Parliament session.
Four, the agreement sidelines the importance of regional resolution of conflict through the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, for example. When Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia pledged to manage the crucial Malacca straits, the Indian government did not go along. It has now preferred the US option. In addition, along the grain of the controversial US proposal for a Proliferation Security Initiative (to give its ships the right to interdict any ships on the high seas), the US and India have agreed to patrol the high seas together.
The agreement is dangerous and it has gone virtually unreported in the US. The Communist Party of India (Marxist), one of the few to have gone after the agreement within India itself, notes, "If this agreement is carried forward, India will be placing itself in the same category as Japan, South Korea and Philippines – all traditional military allies of the US." Further, "The defense agreement comes at a time when the US is actively working to prevent China from enhancing its defense potential. What is unstated in this agreement is the US aim of containment of China using India as a counterweight."
The "bastards" are useful again. They have a large market for US-based transnational corporations, they have a well-educated middle class who are ready to work in outsourced jobs, they have a consensus among this middle class toward an upwardly mobile consumer society, and they have a military that can shoulder the burden of an inelastic US armed force. It was perhaps this fantasy that forced Kissinger to quickly apologize for his 1971 statements, and for Bush to quickly quote from Indira Gandhi ("Indira Gandhi spoke of poverty and need as the greatest polluters," July 1).


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Winston-Salem, NC-The Salem College
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"Salem College has made servant leadership and community involvement a core value. This has been such a blessing, because it helps reinforce my desire for my student-athletes," remarked Howard. "My hope and prayer is that they would develop a selfless and humble heart as women and use those opportunities to be a blessing to others." The Spirits are on a 13 game winning streak as they get set to host GSAC opponent Wesleyan College Saturday, January 25th at 2pm.


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Reports of grenade-type devices used in West Oakland raid
A high profile police raid occurred last night in multiple East Bay locations, with most activity centered at the Acorn public housing complex in West Oakland. According to recent news reports, some 150 FBI agents and support staff carried out the raid, along with 120 Oakland police officers and other law enforcement officers from San Leandro, Hayward and Antioch.
OPD Chief Howard Jordan told reporters at a press conference that the raid targeted the Acorn gang of West Oakland, and that officers made five arrests, served 16 narcotics and weapons warrants, and seized firearms, heroin, cocaine and marijuana.
An official statement attributed to OPD spokesperson Johnna Watson in a Chronicle report suggested that police did not use force during the operation. This suggests OPD does not consider deploying grenade-type devices (considered to be "less lethal weapons") to be "use of force," because residents living nearby the Acorn housing complex at Eighth and Adeline streets told the Guardian that they heard loud bangs, probably from flash grenades, go off when the operation was underway around 7:30 Wednesday night.
A neighbor who lives nearby the apartment complex, who asked not to be identified, had a partial view of the police activity from their West Oakland residence. The person described the operation as "like a military presence" due to the sheer number of officers, many outfitted in SWAT gear, and "very precise," targeting a specific address and lasting roughly an hour and 15 minutes. The streets surrounding the apartment complex were closed off for the duration of the raid.
The neighbor estimated that the flash grenades (or similar devices) were used five times, but since the explosions produce echoes, there could have been fewer deployments. The observer wasn't able to see how they were used because there wasn't a clear view of the unit, but heard the bangs in sequence. An OPD officer could be heard addressing occupants inside one of the units on a loudspeaker, reading out the address, telling them they were surrounded, and then saying something like, "you in the suit, get down, get down on the ground."
The neighbor said they observed three people being removed from the unit and taken into custody – a man who was wearing a suit, a person in a motorized wheelchair, and a tall, younger-looking man. The arrestees were cooperative.
The West Oakland resident also reported seeing an armored vehicle parked at the scene. A host of official OPD vehicles were parked along the street, along with unmarked cars including SUVs and white vans.
More details about the massive police operation, the targeted gang, and the criminal activity the cops zeroed in on are sure to come out. A lot of outstanding questions remain, of course, including why officers decided to use the grenade-type devices. So far, OPD hasn't responded to our email or voice message, but we'll post the department's response if we receive one.
Flash bangs are used to disorient the bad guys that way less deaths to no deaths will occur.
flash bangs cause problems for every person within range ... not only police' imaginary 'bad guys'
"Imaginary bad guys"? You really don't know shit about the Acorn gang and how much violence they're responsible for do you? How about you go hang out there for a week and come back and say how misunderstood they are and how the OPD are the real bad guys?
Well, I guess I am not familiar with the Acorn "gang", but I know lots about police brutality!!
For normal reasonable people, the cops are just fine.
Seriously, the cops finally do a big raid in Oaktown and go after some of the allegedly violent people there and you get all worked up over flash bang grenades. They create flight and make noise, no explosives etc. get real and go get some real news.
Do you really know this little?
The results of flash-bangs, "rubber" bullets, and other "less than lethal" weapons depend for their effects on how they're used by police--OPD in particular. Many very serious injuries were caused in the 2011 and 2012 police actions against Occupy Oakland by OPD aiming directly at protestors--there are people with permant disabilities now, internal organs removed or functioning poorly, from direct shots with rubber bullets (rubber-coated steel) and pellet rounds (bagged steel shot). Scott Olsen narrowly escaped death from being shot directly and purposely by a flash bang..
It might be obvious that the results depend on the intent, but in crowd (large or small) situations it's very difficult to find intent. Serious injury and death is possible, and lethal intent if it's not investigated and dealt with is not going to be stopped.
The general public had very little sympathy for them when they got what was coming.
"when they got what was coming" for what.... using their first amendment right? you disgust me, most of those "vagrants" were fighting for causes that would have not only helped their lives but also yours. But people like you who see 1 false media report singling out the people who don't symbolize a movement just turn the whole thing into nothing but "vagrants". Don't just go read a book read your fucking bill of rights jackass.
been invoked at the outset, these camps rapidly degraded into petty crime and public health hazards.
Oh, and trespass isn't a first amendment right - protests are supposed to get a permit and these guys did not.
So, as stated, they were doomed from the outset although, to be quite blunt, they failed more because they gave up and went home, than because of the cops who only intervened in a few cities.
a permit. The cops intervened in almost every city in a campaign orchestrated by DHS.
Occupy arrests--7732
2008 Financial Crisis arrests--less than 10.
The Constitution is not a suicide pact.
My recollection is that Scott was shot in the face by a beanbag or a dowel, and that a flashbang was used to disperse people trying to administer first aid to him and drag him from the line of fire. His life-threatening injury was not caused by use of a flash bang grenade. Use of that device was reprehensible--and the firing of a "less lethal" round right at his head amounts to attempted murder in my book.
The result of using these "less-than-lethal" weapons depends entirely on the intent of the police using them. The heavy militarization of police has made it more and more likely that they'll be used with intent to harm. The police responses to Occupy Oakland protests in 2011 and 2012 are clear examples.
Photographers and other non-criminal participants were shot directly with rubber bullets (rubber-coated steel) and pellet rounds (bagged steel shot), ending up with permanent disabilities from seriously injured organs and limbs. Scott Olsen narrowly escaped death by being shot in the head with a flash bang (and a second time when a flash bang was shot directly into the center of people who'd come to his aid ).
The real name--"less-than-lethal"--acknowledges that they can and do a lot of terrible damage. You folks here all totally trust that OPD is going to follow every constitutional and common sense way to make sure they're only, for sure, going after someone only, for sure, who "deserves" extralegal bodily damage?
Weapons of war do not belong to our society. All these agencies should turn their weapons in at the next buy-back event.
Until they do, the cops must have bigger and better weapons.
We cannot allow our cops to be outgunned.
our cops do nothing but enforce the laws of our government not our people by saying we cannot allow our cops to be outgunned you are also saying we cannot allow ourselves a chance to stand up against our governments selfish ways.
I am not a big supporter of the cops being constrained by "activist" oversight groups so that they are disadvantaged on the streets by having weapons denied to them or effective tactics blocked on grounds of political correctness.
Isn't it interesting how the father of manual weapons gun control in the US was Ronald Reagan when he was governor of California and was aghast that the Black Panthers were monitoring the conduct of the OPD by following them armed with rifles to ensure that they were not up to any funny business?
With extraordinary police authority must come extraordinary accountability of the cops to the community. Clearly, matters got much worse in Oakland once the Black Panthers were unable to keep the OPD in line that the OPD had to be taken over by a federal receiver.
One contributing factor to the killing fields that are today's Oakland is the increasing bankruptcy and corruption of the OPD from the days that Reagan banned open carry to the present.
cop-killing Black Panthers were a force for justice AND that any excess of OPD are anything other than a rational reaction to an out-of-control criminal populace.
Public safety takes 75% of Oakland's budget and there is a very good reason for that. It is virtually lawless.
... and is it too much to ask that you don't just spout a bunch more of your lies, such as your suggestion that lawlessness accounts for "75% of Oakland's budget"?
Nevermind. TF indeed.
And yes, police, fire and assorted other public safety expenses are about 75% of Oakland's general fund. It's less in SF.,
Dude, you;re wasting your time (as am I). The Panthers killed several police officers, for example, Oakland Patrolman John Frey on October 28, 1967.
The reason that you are wasting your time is that Lilli lives in a strange world where reality shifts to suit his purposes. He has no problem denying whatever facts don't concur with the voices that he hears in his head.
"... lives in a strange world where reality shifts to suit his purposes."
Troll's assessment is perfectly self-referential.
A citation showing one officer's killing does not make the accusation that there were several such killings more true.
There was an environment of violence between cops and blacks which predated the existence Black Panthers; any violence that individual panther member were involved in must be understood in that context. Don't forget the racism and economic exclusion, redlining, of the time; and J.Edgar Hoover.
The Panthers' track record in promoting social and economic development overshadows events of violence to such a tremendous degree that nobody -- *reasonable* -- can begin to refer to the organization as being made up of "cop killers"; that would have been as if anti-Vietnam activists accused all returning American servicemen for being "baby killers"... just because of a few bad apples at My Lai, etc.
Also, it has got to be remembered that Huey Newton had the charge of manslaughter dropped after it was shown that the judge had made an error prejudicial against him in the trial.
All these complex things which lying trolls would like to obscure by trotting out few zingers ... then followed with a mountain of non sequitur bullshit vvvvvvvvvv:
The Occupy activists were very brave to keep their activist stance against the banks and top corporate thieves. The government is turning our country into more and more of a police state. Fine if they want to apprehend drug dealing suspects, but this sounds like an assault on a whole poor community. A drug dealing gang isn't going to have a shootout with over a hundred fully armored SWAT officers.
bunch of people who don't take showers.
says the person whos probably getting more fucked by the governments stupid ass laws than most of the occupy activists and doesn't even know it
Occupy has made zero difference to anything, which is why it fizzled out as soon as it got cold and wet.
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This is quite a refreshing and well produced cd,,very talented musicians,great sound,with mellow sounds and power and punch too..quite inmpressive! The vocals are clean and well sung with emotion and excitement.Excellent job by these Aussies.It has a bit of Gong({Pierre Moerlen's Gong),Genesis,Marillion with a ungiue sound all their own,,one of best new bands i've heard in a long time.For prog lovers buy this cd.It is a wonderful tour through a garden of lush,sonic and moving musical sounds!The title song The Garden is Fantastic,22 minutes of of pure enjoyment,powerful and emotional,the ending section reminds me of the ending section of Supper's Ready and will almost bring tears to your eyes,,its that good.Very highly recommended!I'm looking forward from more from this band with anticipation.
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Unitopia – The Garden – Review
UNITOPIA – (yu-nih-to-pi-E): meaning living together as one in a place of ideal perfection especially in law, government and social conditions.
"You may say that I'm a dreamer. But I'm not the only one…"
How many bands these days make double albums? Only the Maestro, Arjen Luccasen does it consistently!
How many make one in their sophomore effort? I can't remember one… Until now.
Why take out all of the best china…unless you know that you have even more epics in the works. Why shoot for the top of one of prog's highest peaks (Supper's Ready)…when you are just getting started?
Lots of questions…and here are the answers…
One Day – One day everyone will hear this CD set! "I hope that all those that are dear to me, know of all that wasn't clear to me…one day." Very nice start to the journey.
The Garden – I have been waiting a very long time for someone to find the most important part of Supper's Ready. It's the ending, not Willow Farm or the other bits. It's the new beginning, written in the ending of the song. This band has captured the essence here, "Free… Never alone…, turn my face to the rising sun. Joyful tears, no more fears, and my mind is finally clear. Ooh, it's good to be back home." A whopping, over 22 minute quantum leap!
Angeliqua – This band's Kaleigh! The one that got away! Great guitar work, drums, rhythm, maracas, and a repeating theme throughout this CD set…the lyrics, just brilliant!
Here I Am – Some of us have been looking and waiting a long time for someone to carry on the traditional theme of Mr. Gabriel. Welcome Mr. Trueack, the stage is yours! "Hoping, this precious gift will last!"
Amelia's Dream/I Wish I Could Fly – I am not a big fan of sampled voice clips interlaced with the music. But this band does it effectively here, choosing a female hero to capture the historic nature of flight. The song captures the feeling more effectively IMHO than many of the Pink Floyd versions. "Over the mountain tops. Over the ocean, spray on your wings. You flew like the eagle so wild and free."
Inside the Power – Yes, there is so much power on this album. The drums, really bring out that power. Having someone like Mr. Ruggiero, who has recorded in the rare air of Abbey Road, cannot hurt! Then there are those incredible lyrics: "Inside the power, inside of me. Rushing deeper than the deep blue sea. I can know what it truly means to be taken higher than the sky. Higher than the sky."
Wow! That's CD 1 and you are wondering if you will ever have enough time to enjoy all of it. But wait, there is more…
Journey's Friend – This masterpiece clocks in at 16:30. One epic is usually all you get, even with the best bands. This one is still giving the title track a run for its money for me. Part IV, The Main Attraction and Part V, the Path are especially powerful to me. I see some similarities to some of my favorite prog songs of all time, here. Maybe the goal was to conquer allot of ground in a hurry. If so, mission accomplished!
Give and Take – This song is ready for prime time! The beautiful orchestrated opening of this song took me away, immediately. One of the best on the set, besides the epics of course. Lyrics are great, but the music makes this one special. "Our world was being torn apart, I was in two minds. Everything was going wrong, time to believe. And could we find a way out of this mess we're in?"
When I'm Down – I know the first song I will run for when things are not going my way in the future. This song has one purpose and thank you for it. "When I'm down, down can I call on you? When I'm down, down can you help me through?" Oh yeah, and then there is the Tony Banks- like keyboards….wow!
This Life – Lyrics, lyrics, lyrics…the mantra of good music! "This Life. Our Life. Make it what you desire! This Life, Our Life. It's a gateway to the other side." Wow!
Love Never Ends – Those strings and that acoustic guitar. Your favorite lady will love this one. Wonderful duet. "Eyes shining like the sunlight with that smile she sends to me. She is my future, and my friend, we are ever meant to be."
So Far Away – Beautiful instrumental track to follow up the love song. That piano and orchestra…yeah Days of Future Passed revisited.
Don't Give Up Love – The instrumental blends into this powerful ELO, One Summer Dream – sounding homage to the Beach Boys and Brian Wilson. The title says it all!
321 – A wonderful tribute to the miners in Australia trapped for 321 hours. The band's involvement with that incident and its survivors is worth a listen and a read.
Vocals, lyrics, very powerful percussion, keys, orchestras and more. Hard to find anything missing here. When you put this much into an album, the future is very, very bright! But what a mountain to try to surpass! I have a good feeling they already have that planned out….
Grabbing for the brass ring in your sophomore attempt! Now that takes guts! It should be rewarded!
Australia is definitely on the map of prog with this CD set!
Wonderful to be at the start of something new! Waiting and listening to watch the story unfold!
This is probably up there with the best top 10 prog rock albums ever written.
I call it adult as it is orchestrated with mainly real instruments.
A flute is really a flute, the cello's are real and so on and so on.
The vocals are excellent, and the production value is crystal clear.
You have to hear this album to believe it!
This is another really top notch new group that is very worthwhile. Their style is progressive rock and demonstrates excellent song-writing and musicianmanship.
There is not a bad song out of the entire 2 CD set and I find that I can listen to the entire set and enjoy it all. I suppose as a comparison, I would say they are a bit like The Flower Kings, perhaps IQ, or maybe the group Mirage.
This is their second release and I got it, unhesitatingly, since I thought so highly of their first album. So, needless to say, I recommend it too!
This was the first CD I have purchased from Unitopia, I will be going back to get their first. This is one of the finest progressive rock CDs I have heard for a long time. The album features exceptional musicians and songwriters. The tracks flow seemlessly from one to the other introducing symphonic, jazz and hard rock elements that would normally seem incongruous, but here …. seem perfectly harmonious with each other. The vocals are wonderful and complement the instruments as one.
Look at the album cover artwork and imagine what something that looks like that artwork might sound like, and ….. that's it.
People often try to compare bands with each other. In this case, that would be rather hard to do because of the various elements at play here. You could expect to find some similarities to IQ (John Wetton), and maybe the jazz passages can be compared to Gong (Steve Hillage), but putting it all together so seemlessly is truely an accomplishment.
This is a beautiful album that easily paints a garden with it's lush melodies and harmonies, but can also kick some butt. If you're into Progressive rock, this would be a welcome addition to your collection. I've really enjoyed this and look forward to whatever may come from this band in the future.


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