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To: All Active-Duty United States Military Personnel
To: All Active-Duty United States Military Personnel
From: A Concerned U.S. Citizen
The ongoing
With money provided by Democratic and Republican legislators, the Pentagon is building a gigantic hyper-militarized
Meanwhile the
None of the remaining corporate-sponsored presidential candidates – John McCain, Barack Obama, or Hillary Clinton – is going to end the occupation between now and the next election cycle. Beneath the Democratic Party's rhetoric of withdrawal, a president Obama or
There is no functional citizens' antiwar movement currently capable of forcing "homeland" political authorities to break from the status quo of enduring occupation.
A majority of Americans have long supported a rapid withdrawal from
Meanwhile, untold thousands of
This is all very bad news. The good news is that you don't actually need a functioning democracy, a powerful antiwar movement, or an antiwar president to end the horrendous nightmare in
You can finish it by declining to participate. You can refuse to deploy to
You can refuse to carry out actions related to sending others in
You can end the occupation. No willing participation by troops, no occupation. It's that simple.
What are Bush, Cheney, McCain, Rice, Gates, Pelosi, Clinton, Obama and the rest of the American power elite and political class going to do? Go to the Hell they have made in
Hand the whole thing over to Blackwater, DynCorp, and Triple Canopy? Not possible – not the whole occupation.
But my idea isn't just that you COULD end this war. You already know that. My bigger point is that you SHOULD end it. You OUGHT to end it, immediately, for reasons that go beyond the eminently reasonable goal of saving your own lives, limbs, and sanity.
The occupation is criminal, unnecessary, wrong, mass-murderous, and profoundly stupid. "The mission" in
Let's start with the legal aspect. The invasion had no United Nations (UN) backing. None of the other UN Security Council members shared the
Based on the principle of unilateral "preemptive" war, the invasion repudiated the UN Charter's determinations that (i) international security is a collective matter and (ii) self-defense is the only justification for war. Both the UN Charter and the war crime principles laid out by the
Any doubt that the Bush administration acted illegally and with criminal intent in invading
At the same meeting, the DSM shows, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw noted that the legal case for invasion "was thin. Saddam was not threatening his neighbors and his WMD capability was less than that of
Additionally, Dearlove noted that the Bush administration and Pentagon had given little thought to how to deal with
We have long known that the case for (one-sided colonial) war made by the Bush administration – with no small help from dominant
It is worth noting that is highly illegal for U.S. government officials to make materially false statements to the American people and to build a case for war (or any other policy) on fraudulent claims to the citizenry (United States Statutory Code, Title 18, Part 1, chapter 47, section 1001).
Even if the Bush administration had had real concerns about Iraqi WMD instead of phony charges cooked up to justify attack, the invasion was premature. UN weapons inspectors had hardly started their work before the
As "
As veteran journalist and author Jonathan Steele notes in his important book "DEFEAT: Why America and Britain Lost Iraq" (2008), the latest reliable mortality estimates from the leading British medical journal The Lancet "suggest that more people have been killed in
The supposed "antiwar" candidate Obama said the following about
Yes, we are "putting
It is no wonder that most Iraqis have long seen the
American troops in
American military personnel, please ask yourself a question: why are
No more than 2 percent of the Iraqi population has ever believed that
Most Iraqis have long figured that the U.S invaded to deepen American control over Iraqi oil and to send a message of American dominance across the petroleum-rich
This is certainly an accurate belief.
"It is sheer jingoist sentimentality to believe that the
The notion of an oil-stocked Persian Gulf nation like
British intelligence chief Richard Dearlove's observation that
The Bush administration, Steele demonstrates, sent U.S. military personnel into Iraq with a preposterously flawed historical template – the successful post-WWII occupations of German and Japan, "which met no resistance and went on peacefully for years." By Steele's deeply knowledgeable account:
"The fact that
The current bipartisan
Once the
Thanks in part to their possession of an embassy in
American military personnel: it was unforgivably foolhardy for
More then four thousand American troops have paid the ultimate price for the abject idiocy of
Please note that the privileged people who order and profit from the colonial occupation of Iraq do not put themselves or their fortunate sons and daughters' lives on the line in that country. They can wear all the flag lapel pins they want. They can join the President in foregoing golf – a great sacrifice! – for the duration of the war. Will they forego the use of their arms and/or legs and eyes for the rest of their lives?
Perhaps they should mine their golf courses with IEDs and position the woods and hills surrounding their putting greens with snipers – Iraq War veterans looking for a job back home, perhaps – to turn their aristocratic sport into a daily date with possible death or crippling.
No, they and their loved ones are exempted by class privilege from "service" in the rolling slaughterhouses of Empire. They:
Fasten the triggers for the others to fire
And sit back and watch
While the death count gets higher
They hide in their mansions
While young [working-class] people's blood
Flows out of their bodies
And gets buried in the mud
(Bob Dylan, "Masters of War,"1962)
American military personnel, I ask you to consider that the occupation of
It is opposed by the majority of Iraqis it absurdly (George Orwell would be impressed) claims to "liberate."
It is opposed by the majority of Americans, who need to liberate themselves from a false "homeland" "democracy' that renders public opinion irrelevant on
The Iraq War is contrary to the interests of your own nation. The
Under long-established international law and ethical codes, it is not just your right but also your duty to disobey criminal and immoral orders.
U.S. National Security specialists: please recall that federal officers take an oath of office to uphold and defend the Constitution of the
The president's occupation, enabled and supported by Congress and both leading
American troops: many of you have served in
The wealthy masters laugh and lie while you and/or your comrades bleed and die. They profit while working-class soldiers hope to survive ridiculous wars of colonial occupation ordered by idiotic criminals who can't be bothered to examine elementary facts about the nations into which they send Americans troops to kill and be killed.
We need democratic regime change at home. We need soldiers for freedom and democracy inside


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Brad Pitt quit smoking pot and realized wife Jennifer Aniston was boring. Holy cow, Batman… what a headline for a celebrity gossip story! But it is all true, every word of it. Almost. The famous actor said he had to quit smoking pot because he was turning into a donut. Once he came down from living his life on the couch, he realized that his life with his ex-wife Jennifer Aniston was less than emotionally satisfying. Actually, the exact word he used to describe their marriage was, "Dull". But what he was really trying to communicate to the press was living a self-absorbed life gets really boring.
Very few men in America would ever disparage either donuts or Jennifer Aniston (especially in the same casual conversation), but that is exactly what Brad Pitt did when he told a reporter about why he divorced his wife and now is thinking about marrying his new sweetheart Angelina Jolie. When he was married to Jen, all he wanted to do was start a large family. She wanted to focus on her career and spent most of her days as she has continued to do for the bulk of the last 10 years. She drinks, she smokes pot, she works out, and she spends her days off either vacationing and working on her tan at the beach or visiting spas when she's staying in the city.
Fox News, the mainstream media source, reported on Brad Pitt's revelation. They say the event that changed Brad's mind about wanting to continue to live the way he was with Jen (as a self-indulgent Hollywood celeb) was his awakening point as a humanitarian. They shared his inspirational tale about his wake up call, saying:
"After a life-changing trip to Casablanca, Morocco, "where I saw poverty to an extreme I had never witnessed before," Pitt quit smoking weed. "I just quit. I stopped grass then — I mean, pretty much — and decided to get off the couch," he tells the magazine.
"I spent the '90s trying to hide out, trying to duck the full celebrity cacophony. I started to get sick of myself sitting on a couch, holding a joint, hiding out. It started feeling pathetic [living the celebrity stoner lifestyle with Jennifer Aniston]…"
Those were his words of wisdom he shared with Parade back in September of 2011.
Pitt further revealed, "It became very clear to me that I was intent on trying to find a movie about an interesting life but I wasn't living an interesting life myself. I think that my marriage [to Jennifer] had something to do with it. Trying to pretend the marriage was something that it wasn't."
When he said that, he opened himself to a world of criticism from Jennifer Aniston's fans (and even his own friends) for saying something so unflattering about his ex. But, in his defense, he really was revealing far more about himself and his own personal growth than he was about her. After all, if her lifestyle was wrong for her the same way it was for him, she would have changed it.
Bottom line, she still hasn't. Jennifer Aniston is, like it or not, very happy and comfortable with her laid back lifestyle. She has tons of celebrity friends, she is incredibly rich, she's over forty and looks even better now than she did when she was twenty. She also knows how to work the sweet and innocent but sex and flirtatious girl next door character when she is speaking in public that she mastered pretending to be when she was an actress on Friends.
So, while no one thinks Jen is totally evil, she is not the most famous humanitarian or recognized as a rocket scientist. She's nice in public, she's got a rockin' hot body that lots of Hollywood men have been able to have a great deal of fun playing with, but Brad Pitt seems to have reached a point in his life when he was with her that he simply outgrew her socially and emotionally. Now, he's happy living with a girl who might be a little too skinny but is exciting intellectually (rather than just physically) to be with; he's also been able to share the joys of raising kids with a partner who appreciates what it means to have kids even more so that he originally did. All this, and his lifestyle is healthier because while he still might smoke weed occasionally, he is by no means a celebrity stoner couch surfer.
To that end, even the writers over at OK Magazine cut him a little bit of slack for telling people the number one reason why he quit smoking pot and left his wide. They had this to say:
"Although that interview got him into a little bit of trouble — he apologized for pretty much calling Jennifer "dull" — we respect Brad for opening up about his past and his plans for the future."
We'd also like to add congratulations to Justin Theroux for being willing to commit to Jennifer Aniston. She's a nice girl who is herself starting to mature a bit (especially in the last three years) since she's had her own humanitarian awakening moments. She's made a film to promote breast cancer awareness, is doing far more for St. Jude Children's Hospital than she ever did, and she's spent more time and money helping support children at a Mexican orphanage. She even showed up to help man the phones for George Clooney when he organized a telethon to help the impoverished residents of the island nation of Haiti when it was hit by devastating earthquakes.
The lessons here, following the history of these star celebs, are fairly simple ones. Like gravitates toward like. When Brad was a party boy who simply cared about his sex life and his public image as the world's most gorgeous couple, he married Jen. Once he realized that he could use his star power more wisely, he gravitated towards Angie. The tragedy is he did not break off his relationship with Jennifer amicably before getting involved in a new romance — but the blessing is that he has moved on to become more of who he was meant to be all along. Quite simply, without Jennifer Aniston (or continuing to be the poster boy toy that represents the high life), Brad Pitt is a better man.
Does he ever smoke pot socially or as medical marijuana for relaxation? Yeah. But he's off the couch and doing great things as a green celebrity now and as his empathetic connection with people in third world countries increase, he's becoming a world-famous humanitarian… no longer known simply for being the world's most handsome man or arm candy for Aniston.

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Two of three Albany men convicted of fracturing a man's skull during a beating in a bar parking lot are headed to prison.
William Sizemore was sentenced to serve five years in prison for aggravated assault and aggravated battery. Prosecutors say he was the primary aggressor in the beating of Jaylon Edwards outside Charley B's in June 2012.
Sean Marney was sentenced to two years in prison for aggravated assault. Prosecutors say he held Edwards during the beating.
Steven Hatcher was sentenced to a year probation on a misdemeanor affray conviction. He was ordered to pay $3,000 to help cover Edwards' medical bills.
Sizemore and Marney must pay $11,000 each.
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TOLEDO, OH (WTOL) – Arson seems to be a serious problem that won't go away in the Toledo area.
In recent months, numerous vacant buildings have gone up in flames, causing investigators and residents who live close to the flames serious issues.
So why do people choose to burn down a building?
"Sometimes it's for profit. Sometimes it's for kicks. Sometimes somebody's trying to clear a house. It's really hard to tell.' explained Lt. Matthew Hertzfeld of the Toledo Fire Department.
Unfortunately, it happens to be one of the most difficult crimes to solve, because evidence can be lost in the fire and extinguishing process. Witnesses are also typically reluctant to come forward.
Although the number of fires so far this year is lower than last year, the 143 arsons in 2011 are taken personally by investigators each and every time. The number was also higher last year because of a firebug who was eventually caught.
"It's not an accidental fire when it's arson. So that means someone is doing that with some disregard." said Lt. Hertzfeld.
Investigators told WTOL that you can help find arsonists by keeping an eye on vacant properties in your neighborhood, and call 911 if you see any suspicious activity.
If you live next door to an empty house or building, Lt. Hertzfeld gave this advice:
"They can make sure that there's no brush between houses, make sure you have a working smoke detector, make sure there's an escape plan if a fire."
If you are in need of a free smoke detector, all you need to do is stop by any Toledo Fire Station and fill out the proper paperwork.
If you have any information about any of the previously started fires, or if you see anything suspicious, call Crimestopper at 419-255-1111.
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Lawton- Even though we got a little rain earlier this week, Lawton and all of southwest Oklahoma remain in a severe drought.
That situation has public officials sounding the alarm. They've called a symposium Thursday night to discuss water conservation and answer questions for the public. City of Lawton Public Works Director, Jerry Ihler, believes a key factor in conserving water is educating the public on the importance of doing so.
"If you look at the drought map for Oklahoma southwest Oklahoma is in extreme drought. So it's an opportunity to educate the folks who can encourage their communities to go out and implement water conservation," said Ihler.
Mayors from surrounding towns are scheduled to attend the meeting as well. The invitation is open to all who are interested.
The symposium starts at 6 P.M. at Lawton's City Hall. Look for coverage tonight on 7NEWS.
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KUSA - A black tie affair was held Saturday night to benefit a new 12 story addition to the University of Colorado Hospital.
The new emergency floor is scheduled to open in April.
9NEWS entertainment reporter Kirk Montgomery attended the event, where he spoke to five time Grammy winner Dionne Warwick.
Warwick said that when the hospital asked her to perform she never considered a 'no.'
More than One Million dollars was raised Saturday night for the cause.
Next week marks the one year anniversary of the death of Whitney Houston, Warwick's cousin. Warwick declined to answer any questions about Houston.
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East Texans are asking for help locating dogs they have reported as stolen from their own homes.
The Humane Society of Northeast Texas said they have received reports that there are people impersonating animal control officers and humane society employees, forcing East Texans to give up their pets.
"Whatever their scam, whatever they are trying to pull, they got away with it," said Scott Holloway, the Executive Director of the Humane Society of Northeast Texas.The Humane Society of Northeast Texas said a woman came to the shelter asking for her dogs, dogs they never had. "Two men showed up in a red pick up truck with a cage in the back and they said they were from the humane society foster group, and there is no humane society foster enforcement group. There is nobody from the humane society that will go out and pick up any animals anywhere," said Holloway. Ivonn Martinez's dog is missing too. She said it is a Chihuahua-Terrier mix, a surprise gift from her 9-year-old brother. "He went with his piggy bank to this lady and told her, 'Will you sell me that puppy for everything I have in this piggy bank?' He had 47 dollars and that's what he gave the lady for this puppy. He spent all that money just to me," Martinez said. She said her dog was taken on Saturday by who she thought was animal control. "A white van with tinted windows and they saw the dogs and they pulled up beside a dumpster and they opened the back doors and they had nets and they caught them," Martinez explained. However, Chris Kemper with Longview Animal Control said they do not work weekends unless it is an emergency, and they would not remove a dog from a property without a warrant."We would never remove an animal from an enclosed property or an animal that is on a leash or behind a fence or under the care, custody, or control of an individual. We would never remove that animal without a warrant signed by a judge," Kemper said. So, how can you tell if the people showing up at your house really are who they claim to be?"If animal control shows up at your house, we will be clearly identified by our uniform and by our vehicle," Kemper said. If there is still a question, you can ask to see their badge and their identification card from the city.
Kemper said that Longview Animal Control is investigating this matter. If you have any information on this investigation, you can contact the Humane Society of Northeast Texas or Longview Animal Control.
Martinez said she is offering a reward for the return of her missing dog, Palomita. Martinez said Palomita is white with brown and black spots. She is one year and three months old and expecting puppies. If you have any information, please contact the Humane Society of Northeast Texas.
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It's been an embarrassing amount of time since my last video, so I thought I'd do a little of everything with Tod. Check it out -- part haul, part mini-review, part look. Also very much taking video/post requests, so please feel free to comment below!
Pardon my head being partially cut off for 95% of the video, I'm so rusty!
Also, this video took me a day and a half to upload. I can't figure out how to turn off the HD setting on my camera to help things along, but rest assured, more videos will come when I do!


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Fourth 'burger' junction for county in roundabouts plan (From thisisoxfordshire)
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Fourth 'burger' junction for county in roundabouts plan
Updated 4:27pm Thursday 3rd July 2014 in News
A FOURTH 'hamburger' roundabout will be created in the county as part of changes to two North Oxford junctions revealed by transport officials.
The £9m plans for Wolvercote and Cutteslowe roundabouts have been put forward by Oxfordshire County Council, clearing the way for the Northern Gateway business park scheme.
Cutteslowe roundabout is set to become a hamburger junction, controlled by traffic lights.
Hamburger junctions feature roads through their centre. Once completed, along with other conversion schemes in the city such as in Kennington, Heyford Hill and Green Road, it would be the fourth of its kind in Oxford.
The county council also announced its intention to install traffic lights at Wolvercote roundabout, widen the A40 and A44 approaches and close the exit to Five Mile Drive.
Both roundabouts will gain cyclist and pedestrian crossings.
The council is also proposing to build a new link road between the A40 and the A44 west of the Wolvercote roundabout – in a different scheme – but has not yet decided on the exact location.
Oxford City Council leader Bob Price said: "The county council is moving extremely well on the highways front and we are making good progress and bringing together the required landowners.
"This will help with problems of congestion, but there is obviously a long way to go."
David Nimmo Smith, county council cabinet member for transport, said: "These proposals aim to reduce journey times through the two junctions, while avoiding negative impacts on the A34. [We also hope it will] improve safety for all road users, but particularly pedestrians and cyclists."
County councillor for Wolvercote and Summertown Jean Fooks said residents would be pleased Godstow Road would not close.
She said: "These plans look as though they will give great advantages to pedestrians and cyclists.
"And although some will be disappointed that Five Mile Drive is to be closed off, it will at least stop it being used as a rat-run."
The scheme is part of the City Deal signed by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg in February.
It was agreed the business park would not go ahead before significant steps were taken to tackle congestion in the area.
Oxford Bus Users spokesman Hugh Jaeger cautiously welcomed the plans.
He said: "It sounds like they are thinking about the right solutions here, because we know with the A40 the problem is not the number of lanes but the bottleneck junctions."
A county council spokesman said the current plan, if approved, would see work start in the summer of 2015 and last six or seven months.
The county council will consult residents at a series of presentations, starting today in The White Hart Pub, Godstow Road, Wolvercote, from 2pm to 8pm.
The next is in St Peter's Church hall, Godstow Road, Wolvercote, on Saturday from 10am to 3pm, with a third in Cutteslowe Community Centre, in Wren Road, from 2pm to 8pm next Thursday.
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6:58am Thu 3 Jul 14
Andrew:Oxford says...
Green Road, Heyford Hill have been upgraded, Kennington will be compete soon - leaving the bottleneck that is Rose Hill - It's time to get that sorted.
After that it's time to do something with the double-flat junction at Horspath...
Then start work on North Oxford.
7:33am Thu 3 Jul 14
HomerSimpsonDoh says...
Once again,there is NO SUCH thing as a rat run. When will these stupid people get this into their heads. Otherwise every road is a rat run unless you take the longest route to get from A to B every journey. Doh
8:38am Thu 3 Jul 14
museli says...
HomerSimpsonDoh wrote:Most of us know what a 'rat-run' is - you'll always get a few deniers who think by pretending the term doesn't exist then the problem doesn't but willful ignorance is unlikely to solve anything.
"And although some will be disappointed that Five Mile Drive is to be closed off, it will at least stop it being used as a rat-run."
Once again,there is NO SUCH thing as a rat run. When will these stupid people get this into their heads. Otherwise every road is a rat run unless you take the longest route to get from A to B every journey. Doh
10:22am Thu 3 Jul 14
Oxonian says...
"Rat run" may make the process sound bad, but there is nothing wrong with trying to avoid congestion, especially as using other roads may help a main road to be less congested. Many roads are residential, and most of us have to get used to vehicles driving along our roads, instead of moaning at drivers who take alternative routes.
10:33am Thu 3 Jul 14
museli says...
12:54pm Thu 3 Jul 14
Peterjbdk says...
museli wrote:... and usually travelling at greater than the 20 mph speed limit, which is a danger to children, pedestrians and cyclists: it's 20 mph for a reason!
In the case of the Five Mile Drive rat-run it is almost always some selfish driver using it to jump a few places in the traffic queue waiting to join the roundabout.
2:11pm Thu 3 Jul 14
Madi50n says...
Although, they'll have to take into account the traffic lights north & south of the roundabout which just backs everything up at rush hours, and the the right turn 100 ms north. Could they remove the lights and make people cross at the roundabout and put in a central lane for right turners? Otherwise all 9 mill will be of no use to anyone.
7:23pm Thu 3 Jul 14
Oxonian says...
If there were three lanes leading into these roundabouts, clearly marked for traffic to go left, right or forward, it might ease the congestion without any need for "hamburgers" or traffic lights.
7:34pm Thu 3 Jul 14
Jameslouis says...
But if it is the people persons who designed the new round about and lights when you head towards the Abingdon road from Littlemore great I look forward to it.
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Boston - More Than a Feeling
"So many people have come and gone
Their faces fade as the years go by
Yet I still recall as I wander on
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On the radar
One of our traditions at Residential Design + Build is to report the results of our annual Market Trends Survey. This year's results can be seen on pages 16-19 of this issue. We've asked some new questions this year as well as some standards to gauge trends.
The results can be summarized as follows:
A few of the questions asked you to rank products and homeowner preferences, which got me thinking about other lists and rankings we could produce for you. So I've come up with the Top X Blips on your Radar for 2012.
Health care reform – The U.S. Supreme Court will be making a big decision in the first half of this year. It will be deciding the constitutionality of the health care reform act. Specifically, the justices will decide if it's constitutional for the government to force its citizens to carry health insurance. There's more on the plate than this, but this will be the major decision they make. Other aspects of the health care reform effort will have an effect on your business, but with so much of it up in the air until the Supreme Court makes its decision, it's difficult to know exactly how. Stay tuned.
Elections – There's plenty of uncertainty surrounding the big elections to be held later this year. The biggest one is whether or not President Obama will be re-elected. Secondly, there's the question of who will be the person to challenge him from the Republican party. Another uncertainty will be how much attention housing will get during the campaigning. Will the rhetoric focus on jobs and the economy in general, or will housing – an economic driver – get the attention it deserves? Also, I wonder which will be more substantial: the effect of the economy on the elections, or the elections on the economy?
Survivor series – Our popular survivor series will continue in 2012, beginning with the next installment in the March/April issue which will include the story of Laughlin Homes and Restoration in Texas. Until now, the series has focused on design and construction firms that have struggled or been reinvented as the result of struggles. Laughlin is a different company that has remained strong, and the article will show you why and how. Moving forward, the company in focus for the May/June survivor article is already working on its contribution.
A new year is always a time for renewed hope and optimism. This year is no different. The housing market has remained stable on the low end and poised for improvement for a few years now, so why not have hope?


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Red Hot Chili Peppers Biography - Red Hot Chili Peppers Discography - All Heavy Metal Bands
1994 Warner Brothers release featuring 13 tracks, all non-album cuts! Includes live versions of 'Give It Away', 'SuckMy Kiss', 'I Could Have Lied' & 'Nobody Weird Like Me', the'Coneheads' hit 'Soul To Squeeze', the cult fave 'Fela'sCock', their interpretation of the Stooges' 'Search &Destroy', mixes of 'Give It Away' and 'If You Have To Ask'and more! Each disc comes in a separate standard jewel case &all three are housed together in an embossed, colorful, CD-sized slipcase box.
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I didn't want to invest in this set based on the
previous reviews. But I finally gave in because sometimes
you need more chilis. I don't care for the remix of Give it Away.
A song this good shouldn't be messed with. The live portion just
isn't as good as Hyde Park or Off the Map – I guess I'm spoiled. But
the rare disc – even tho its only 4 songs they justify the cost. It
is the peppers between 'Mother's Milk' and BSSM. 'Sikamikanico' is a
rocking, 'everything-you-like-about-the-peppers'. Everyone is at their
Amazon only lists the contents of disc 1, and that seems to have a lot of repetition. Not too surprising from the current "experts" posting reviews, but: Nobody here has bothered to tell what else you get for your $60+. What years (and RHCP incarnations) does it cover? What songs? How much filler? Any other materials worth mentioning in the set? Photos? Write-ups?
Amazon didn't make a mistake those are all of the songs on all three discs. $63 is a little more than I'm willing to pay for 13 songs.
To he who thinks the list is of only disc 1: that is all 3 discs.
Live disc:
1. "Give It Away" (in-progress) – 3:43
2. "Nobody Weird Like Me" (live) – 5:03
3. "Suck My Kiss" (live) – 3:45
4. "I Could Have Lied" (live) – 4:33
Rare disc:
1. "Soul To Squeeze" – 4:50
2. "Fela's Cock" – 5:10
3. "Sikamikanico" – 3:25
4. "Search And Destroy" – 3:34
Remix disc:
1. "Give It Away" (12″ mix) – 6:02
2. "Give It Away" (Rasta mix) – 6:47
3. "If You Have To Ask" (The Disco Krisco Mix) – 7:32
4. "If You Have To Ask" (Scott & Garth Mix) – 7:12
5. "If You Have To Ask" (The Friday Night Fever Blister Mix) – 6:34
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The emotions of Los Angeles Kings fans were toyed with for quite a while, but after lots of speculation the Blackhawks' Daniel Carcillo did indeed make his way from the Chicago Blackhawks to Los Angeles. KingsCast TV was way ahead of everyone else, posting the scoop at 1:44 PM Pacific...
Hearing Carcillo headed to #LAKings for a pick.— KingsCast TV (@kingscast) July 16, 2013
... but it took a while for any sort of confirmation. In the end, it's a single conditional draft pick. If Carcillo plays more than 40 games with Los Angeles next season, the Kings give up a 5th round pick in 2015. If he doesn't, the Kings give up a 6th round pick. I'll take the under; if the Kings actually need Carcillo to play more than half the regular season games, we might be in trouble. (He hasn't done that since 2010-11.)
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Carcillo's name is a familiar one, but as you can see, he never actually played all that much for a stacked Chicago team. As per usual, we'll break this move down further in the next few days to figure out what we're getting.
The first takeaway: we now have a little over $2 million to work with, and Clifford, Lewis, and Nolan still need to be signed. Lewis is almost guaranteed to be back, but the fates of both Clifford and Nolan are in doubt. The second takeaway: cool, a natural left winger! He replaces the newly departed Dustin Penner, who signed with Anaheim right as this trade was being announced. (Cheers, Dustin.) The third takeaway: training camp is going to be extremely competitive this year.
- Defensemen competing for two regular spots: Keaton Ellerby, Jake Muzzin, Alec Martinez, Jeff Schultz, Willie Mitchell (if healthy)
- Forwards competing for five regular spots: Dwight King, Tyler Toffoli, Matt Frattin, Colin Fraser, Carcillo, Jordan Nolan (if signed), Kyle Clifford (if signed)
Of course, Carcillo has a long history of suspensions and fines as well. His suspension for boarding Tom Gilbert last January earned him a seven-game suspension, his tenth disciplinary action from the league. His record has been clean since; let's hope it stays that way.
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12:00pm Friday 18th January 2013 in News
A helpline set up to help vulnerable people keep warm is ready for a rise in calls over the next few days.
The Affordable Warmth Helpline, part of Oxfordshire's Warm Homes Healthy People initiative, gives advice on coping during cold weather.
Staffed by experts in benefits, grants and energy efficiency, the helpline opened on November 21 and had received 82 calls by December 31.
Project manager Dale Hoyland said: "The number of calls that we have received shows there are people in the county who really worry about managing their fuel bills."
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The story of A Jealous Woman is one of faith, hope and charity: faith in the horse, hope
for the future, and charity to mankind.
Owned by two retired mailmen who race as the Three Cent Stable and trained by true believer Francis Meza and assisted by her husband, Eddie, A Jealous Woman seeks her second straight stakes win in Monday's Presidents' Day feature, the Grade II, $150,000 guaranteed Buena Vista Stakes for older fillies and mares at one mile on turf.
A Jealous Woman has been trained by Francis for just over a year, since the 7-year-old California-bred mare recovered from a bowed tendon suffered in March of 2010.
The chestnut daughter of Muqtarib bred by Denise Kim Thorson and part owner Nick Tamborrino was second in the Goldikova on Breeders' Cup day last Nov. 4, then made her 2013 debut with a courageous neck victory under regular rider Brice Blanc in the Megahertz Stakes at one mile on turf Jan. 19.
"Right now, she's at her peak. She's at her best," Francis said. "Last Tuesday she worked five furlongs on the grass in a bullet 59 flat with Brice up. He always works her."
A Jealous Woman is owned by Richard Reid of Arcadia and Tamborrino of Rancho Cucamonga, who were mailmen for 30 years before turning their focus to racing. "We're just little guys enjoying the game," Reid said.
Francis has been a pastor for the past 20 years, a time during which she learned the ropes walking horses for trainers Richard Mandella and Craig Lewis. She also worked eight years for the California Thoroughbred Trainers organization.
"We got involved when we were counseled by the racing chaplaincy about 21 years ago," said Eddie, chaplain for the Race Track Chaplaincy of America, and brother of former jockey Rafael Meza. "We got counseled by the Race Track Chaplaincy and thanks to them and God, it changed our lives completely.
"Our marriage was broken, but we were not ready to give up on it or the race track industry, so we challenged ourselves, to leave the past and try to do better for everybody. When challenging situations come our way, we look for the best.
"A Jealous Woman was a challenge for us. Three Cent Stable gave us the opportunity to bring her back to health and she responded really well for us. I mention it to the owners all the time that she's one in a million.
"Being involved with horses for the last 35 years, you don't see them come back from these kind of tendon injuries. Now, A Jealous Woman is 100 percent. I'm not talking 90, 80 percent. You look at her, you don't know what tendon was injured.
"Even when an injury like that heals, usually horses go down a level. They go lower. Before she would run (a mile in) 1:34 and change, 1:35. Now she's running 1:33 (her time for winning the Megahertz) consistently. That's out of this world.
"And the attitude that she has, she doesn't look like a 7-year-old mare. She looks like a 3-year-old filly. She's a joy to have in the barn. It's opened up a lot of doors in different areas. Now we have a stable of over 20 horses."
One might say A Jealous Woman has been their salvation.
Bob Baffert entered three Triple Crown hopefuls in Sunday's Grade II San Vicente Stakes at seven furlongs: maiden winners Belvin, Shakin It Up and War Academy.
"Belvin and Shakin It Up broke their maidens here," the Hall of Fame trainer said. "The horses haven't run in a while but they're all doing well and they've worked well. There weren't any allowance races, so I went here."
The San Vicente field: Belvin, Rafael Bejarano; Shakin It Up, David Flores; War Academy, Martin Garcia; Caballo Del Cielo, Corey Nakatani; Mudflats, Edwin Maldonado; and Treasury Bill, Joe Talamo.
Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer has 50 percent of the field of six entered in Saturday's Grade II Santa Maria Stakes for older fillies and mares at 1 1/16 miles: Going for a Spin, Lady of Fifty and Snow Fall.
Running three horses in the same race is not a first for the Hall of Fame trainer, one of only six to saddle at least 6,000 career winners.
"We've had three horses in the same stakes many times before," said Hollendorfer's top gun, Dan Ward. "They're all doing very well.
"As far as strategy, you don't want two horses out there going head and head, of course, but the horses are racing for different owners and they're trying to win."
The field for the Santa Maria, which goes as the fourth of 10 races: Great Hot, Gary Stevens, 8-1; Book Review, Rafael Bejarano, 8-5; Private Affair, Hector Berrios, 8-1; Going for a Spin, Edwin Maldonado, 8-1; Lady of Fifty, Joe Talamo, 2-1; and Snow Fall, Tyler Baze, 9-5.
Acclamation serviced his first mare as a stallion at Bud Johnston's Old English Rancho in Sanger recently, but Johnston still holds hope that the 7-year-old Unusual Heat horse can make it back to the race track, where he earned an Eclipse Award as champion older male of 2011.
Acclamation was named California-bred Horse of the Year for the second straight year Monday night at the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association's annual awards dinner.
"We're concentrating on the breeding season now," Johnston said a few days before the award was announced, "but I would love to try him in the Breeders' Cup this year (at Santa Anita Nov. 1 and 2). There are a lot of things to consider and resolve before something like that could happen, but he loves to train, he looks good and he acts wonderful."
Acclamation has not raced since winning the Grade I Eddie Read at Del Mar on July 21, 2012. An attempted comeback was aborted early last October when a sprain in the horse's left leg reoccurred.
Trained by Don Warren and also owned by Johnston's wife, Judy, and Mary and Peter Hilvers, Acclamation has an 11-2-6 record from 30 starts, with earnings of $1,958,048. He stands at Old English Rancho in Sanger for "an advertised stud fee" of $20,000.
Native Frenchman Brice Blanc will be on hand for a good time and a good cause when
Santa Anita's jockeys seek their third straight victory over Holy Angels School in their annual charity basketball game next Thursday, Feb. 21, at La Salle High School in Pasadena.
Proceeds will benefit the Holy Angels athletic program and the Kentucky-based Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund (PDJF). Game time is 7:15 p.m.; doors open at 6:15 p.m.
"I didn't play in the game last year, but I did the year before," Blanc said. "I just go to have fun, and it's a worthy cause. In France, I didn't play basketball. That was girls. I played soccer."
WestsideRentals.com and Meticulous Talent Management will co-sponsor the event which will again enjoy the support of a wide spectrum of people from the horse racing industry, including Hall of Fame jockeys Eddie Delahoussaye, Laffit Pincay, Jr., Gary Stevens and Mike Smith. All will be available to autograph photos and other memorabilia beginning at 6:30 p.m.
"It's great that we're now able to help raise money for the PDJF and to bring awareness to the Eye on Jacob Foundation," said Flores. "Racing is a very dangerous sport and we have a lot of guys around the country with serious injuries who need help in their everyday lives. The PDJF is there for them and we want to do all we can to help out."
The Eye on Jacob Foundation is named for Jacob Desormeaux, the 14-year-old son of Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux. Jacob was diagnosed several years ago with Usher's Syndrome, a rare disorder that causes loss of hearing, imbalance, and eventual loss of sight in approximately 14,000 children in the United States.
"We are honored to be part of this event," said Sonia Desormeaux. "We're hoping to be able to provide some nice prizes and to make people aware of Usher's Syndrome, which is extremely rare. Jacob is looking forward to the game and he's elated to be part of it."
In addition to WestsideRentals.com and Meticulous Talent Management, sponsors for this year's event also include Hollywood Sports Park, KHS Bicycle, Ojai Valley Inn & Spa, and Temple City Bike Shop.
Attendees will be eligible to win prizes including a paint ball package to Hollywood Sports Park, an Electra Townie 3-speed Adult Alumni bike (retails for $550), a kids BMX Free Agent Stiletto bike (retails for $350), and a Half Court Prize, to be determined, by Ojai Valley Inn & Spa, as well as basketballs which will be signed by all jockeys and student-players.
This year's Santa Anita jockey team is likely to include: Captains Flores and Talamo, Rafael Bejarano, Alex Bisono, Brice Blanc, Victor Espinoza, Omar Figueroa, Eswan Flores, Martin Garcia, Garrett Gomez, Aaron Gryder, Mario Gutierrez, Kevin Krigger, Julien Leparoux, Modesto Linares, Edwin Maldonado, Orlando Mojica, Corey Nakatani, Alonso Quinonez, Kayla Stra, Mike Smith and perhaps others.
HRTV's Kurt Hoover will again coach the jockeys' squad, while Joe Mora, Kathy Rameriez and Austin Puertas will lead the Holy Angel's crew.
La Salle High School is located at the southwest corner of Michillinda Ave. and Sierra Madre Blvd. in Pasadena, about four miles northwest of Santa Anita Park. Admission is $5.
For the first time, there were two ties in the final results of ShowVivor, Santa Anita's online handicapping contest that concluded Sunday. Ties resulted when both players were eliminated on the same day, which never happened before.
The winners, both retirees, were eliminated on the same horse. Lawrence Zufall and Edward Finnegan, who each won $2,250, selected Roar Baby Roar to finish at least third in Sunday's seventh race. The 2-1 favorite ran fourth. ShowVivor began Jan. 4 with 4,388 participants.
"I've been playing the horses for about six or seven years and the same with ShowVivor," said Zufall, a retired auto salesman from Canton, Ohio.
"Oh, that's so exciting," said Mindy Finnegan, wife of the other winner, Edward Finnegan, who was out playing golf in Captain Cook on the Big Island of Hawaii when his wife received a call with the news.
"He'll be thrilled when he comes home," she said.
Assunta Calandro and Gary Kenney tied for second and won $250 each.
ShowVivor II begins this meet on Feb. 23.
FINISH LINES. Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint winner Mizdirection blew out four furlongs on Santa Anita's firm turf course for trainer Mike Puype Thursday in 47 flat for Monday's Buena Vista Stakes . . . FrontRunner winner Power Broker had his first workout since disappointing in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile last Nov. 3, working three furlongs on Santa Anita's fast main track Thursday morning in 37 flat, according to Bob Baffert. "I just freshened him up," the Hall of Fame trainer said . . . Richard Mandella said Malibu Stakes winner Jimmy Creed is recovering from a cough that will force him to miss the Grade II San Carlos Stakes on Feb. 23, but that Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies winner Beholder remains on course for the Grade I Las Virgenes Stakes at one mile on March 2 . . . Trainer Doug O'Neill worked Sham Stakes winner Goldencents six furlongs Wednesday in a bullet 1:13.40 for the March 9 San Felipe Stakes and a potential meeting with undefeated Flashback. "He worked really well," O'Neill said. "He galloped out good, cooled out great and looked great this morning, so we're one day closer." O'Neill is hopeful that Malibu runner-up Private Zone receives an invitation to run in the $2 million Golden Shaheen in Dubai on March 30 . . . Santa Anita Publicity Director Mike Willman spoke Wednesday with San Gabriel Valley Tribune and Pasadena Star News turf writer Art Wilson, recuperating from a lengthy bout with cancer. "He sounds great," Willman said. "He is rehabbing well from a broken hip and is now awaiting word on a bone marrow transplant, which will take place at UCLA. His long-range goal is to cover the Autumn meet here and the Breeders' Cup. He's hoping to be able to cover the Pacific Classic at Del Mar." . . . Tom Quigley's guest 11:30 a.m. Saturday in the East Paddock Gardens is Marc Doche, who covers racing for the Website www.bleacherreport.com and posts his daily Southern California selections at www.pick4blog.com (as well as his best bet on the SA Website) . . . Legendary jockey Johnny Longden would have been 106 today.


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12:50pm Friday 23rd November 2012 in News By Pete Hughes, Reporter covering Abingdon and Wantage, South Oxford and Kennington. Call me on 01865 425431
THE owner of Kitson's restaurant in Abingdon High Street has opened a deli next door, selling his own food.
Chef Hristo Yankov's OX14 Deli, which opened on Monday in a former tobacconist's, features his own cured meats and smoked salmon, pickles, chutneys and freshly baked bread.
Mr Yankov said: "It has gone very well so far.
"In my restaurant next door I have the facility to produce a lot of food, and I wanted a place to sell it on the High Street.
"To open a new business at this time, you have to be either really stupid or really brave.
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"To come in at half time with the score at 16-14 we thought we were in a pretty good position to then kick on. Obviously we then got two yellow cards and that pretty much took the game away from us."
"Both teams have probably got to put their hands up and accept that it wasn't the greatest spectacle. There were a lot of errors, the skill level wasn't great from both teams I thought really."
"We had several players away on international duty and a number of others out through injury. We didn't rest any players today. I guess that just serves as a warning for the rest of the season, that if we have a few players injured we may struggle."
"Saying that we had a lot of young players out there, a lot of players without that much experience and so you have to be a little bit pleased with that final score line considering the side that they had out, which, with the exception of a couple of players, was pretty much their full strength side."
"I thought that, fifteen on fifteen, the lads did very well, but when you go down to thirteen men you are always going to struggle. Dealing with one sin bin is quite tough but dealing with two puts you under huge amounts of pressure and that was the difference at the end of the day. We conceded nineteen points in that ten minute period. Once we were back to a full complement I thought we did quite well really."
Young also singled out Charlie Hayter, who made his Adams Park debut with an adept performance, picking up a try to boot.
"I thought that with ball in hand Charlie looked very good today and he took his try really well. Obviously it is a bit of a step up from the level he has been playing this season and it will take him a bit of time to adjust to that but he gave a very good account of himself today. There's no point bringing somebody in who isn't going to figure in our plans. However, with Chris Bell playing as well as he has done this season and Elliot Daly and Andrea Masi coming back from international duty he is going to have to go some to dislodge those guys."


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KANSAS CITY -- Tigers manager Jim Leyland went with the unconventional move on Tuesday, penciling in left-handed-hitting Andy Dirks as his designated hitter against Royals left-hander Bruce Chen.
Leyland could have gone with a right-handed DH, such as Brandon Inge, who hit the game-winning homer on Monday. Or he could have gone with righty Jhonny Peralta, who opened the Kansas City series with a 3-for-4 performance that included two doubles. But Inge was 1-for-23 lifetime against Chen and Peralta was 2-for-18.
And Dirks rewarded Leyland's hunch, delivering a key single to start the eighth-inning rally and scoring the go-ahead run in a 3-1 victory over the Royals.
"I just think my lefties have a better chance against Chen," Leyland said. "I've been thinking about this for days. I had two guys who won the game for us [Monday] in Peralta and Inge. I think lefties have a better shot.
"To me, that's managing. If I didn't do what my gut told me tonight, I would just be pacifying the public. That's not the way I manage. Win, lose or draw in this game tonight, I know this is the best way to go."
Dirks, who batted No. 9 in the order, came in 1-for-2 against Chen.
Inge finding his old hitting form
KANSAS CITY -- No more worrying about strikeouts. No more cutting down the swing or trying to massage the ball the other way. Brandon Inge claims he's back to his old way of hitting, which means trying to terrorize the baseball.
"I'm trying to pound it," Inge said. "What that does is put you in more of an aggressive state of mind."
Inge, who pushed himself through a rigorous strength program in the offseason, delivered the big blow Monday night with a two-run homer to right-center that lifted the Tigers to a 3-2 win over Kansas City. It was a flashback to the Inge who hit 27 homers in 2006 and 2009.
"Home runs, driving the ball into the gap ... that's the style of hitter I've always been," Inge said. "For some reason, in the last couple of years, I felt like I went to hitting the ball the other way and trying to cut down on strikeouts."
Inge, who hit .197 with three homers in 102 games last year, emphasizes that he's just interested in contributing to the ballclub and not on a mission to prove anything to his doubters.
"If people doubt me ... it means I must be on the radar screen," Inge said. "People are going to say what they want. The people I really care about are the 24 other guys on this team. I just want the opportunity to redeem myself."
Cabrera gets high marks for defense
KANSAS CITY -- Through the opening 10 games, Tigers manager Jim Leyland gave Miguel Cabrera high marks for his defensive work at third base.
Cabrera went into Tuesday's game against the Royals having committed one error. The Tigers are second among American League clubs with a .994 fielding percentage.
"He has done a great job," Leyland said. "There were four or five different types of plays [Monday at third base] and he made every single one of them. He's my third baseman, and I love him to death."
While acknowledging that Cabrera is not going to be as good a defensive third baseman as Brandon Inge, Leyland likes Cabrera's soft hands and strong arm.
"I mean, a great arm," Leyland said. "It doesn't look like it because he is so big and he's effortless. But if you were over there catching his throw, you would realize the velocity. He just flicks it."
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Rockville Financial, Inc., the holding company for Rockville Bank, announced on Wednesday that its board of directors has declared another consecutive quarterly cash dividend on the company's common stock of 10 cents per share to shareholders of record at the close of business on Feb. 3 and payable on Feb. 10.
The Company has now paid dividends for 31 consecutive quarters.
Shareholders have seen a 54 percent increase in the dividend since the Bank's conversion in 2011. The dividend equates to a 2.91 percent annualized yield based on the $13.76 average closing price of the company's common stock in the fourth quarter of 2013, bank officials said.
"Our board of directors understands that dividends are an important part of our capital management strategy and we are pleased the company will be paying a dividend to shareholders of record for the 31st consecutive quarter," said William H.W. Crawford, IV, president and CEO of Rockville Bank and Rockville Financial Inc.
Rockville Financial expects to release financial results for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31 on Monday, Jan. 27 after 4 p.m.
THe bank recently announced a merger with United Bank.


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I use video on a daily basis whether it's to collaborate with colleagues, catch up with friends and family out of state or simply say goodnight to my husband when I'm out of town. There is something about connecting face-to-face with someone who is hundreds or thousands of miles away that still amazes me and I'm constantly trying to convert people I know into avid video users.
Unfortunately, I'm still met with a significant amount of resistance from some people who have, what I deem as, irrational fears of video. Here are some of my favorites:
People can (and will) spy on me
I was visiting my family in St. Louis when I went to talk to my mother, who was in her office, and I noticed a piece of paper taped over the top of her laptop. I asked her what it was and she very nonchalantly told me she was covering up the built-in webcam on her computer because she didn't want people spying on her. I just rolled my eyes and said I was pretty sure her coworkers had better things to do than sit and spy on her.
Yes, it's possible for someone to hack into your camera to spy on you but, as long as you're careful, it's improbable. A few tips to keep yourself safe is to first and foremost turn off any auto-answer capabilities. This applies to consumer and especially enterprise video applications including software clients, personal and room-based endpoints. Second, make sure you are on a secure network, behind a firewall and use a decent antivirus and spyware detection software. Here are a few other tips to keep your webcam from being hacked.
I can't multitask
Alright this is true; you can't get away with everything you can on the phone. But let's face it, you really shouldn't be multitasking; not only is it rude, it actually decreases productivity. Need proof? Read the HBR blog article How (and Why) to Stop Multitasking. Video essentially forces you to focus on the matters at hand which can lead to enhanced creativity and quicker decisions.
Now, we've all had a chatty Cathy talking our ear off when we have about five thousand other things to be doing. It's difficult to interrupt over audio so you simply put her on mute while you go about your businesses and feign interest here and there. With video it's easier to escape; simply look at your watch or hold up a finger to catch her attention then let her know you have to run into a meeting or finish up a deliverable that's due shortly.
Video creeps me out
Personally, I think being able to see someone's facial expression over video is pretty darn amazing. Unfortunately, I have heard many people say that video is downright creepy. It took me a little while, but I finally understood what they meant – just replace the word creepy with vulnerable. Yes, video is more vulnerable as participants can pick up on visual clues, such as facial expressions, that would otherwise be missed over audio.
I have to admit this does take some getting used to and there are times I would love to roll my eyes or laugh at a ridiculous comment someone made. But, more often than not, being able to see my colleagues' expressions has helped meetings progress. I can easily tell when they're following along and when I've lost them in a field somewhere.
Now please get over your fears and join me on a video call. Thank you!
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Candidates standing for election across Oxfordshire this month will be announced tomorrow.
The deadline for nominating yourself as a candidate in the council elections for Oxford, West Oxfordshire, Cherwell and the elections for the European Parliament is 4pm tomorrow and the lists will be made public shortly afterwards.
To see who is standing for election in your area visit oxfordmail.co.uk tomorrow evening.
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It's been an interesting year in very many ways, but I decided to use Tax Day to look back at what's most important. My hair.
Yeah, I know. I haven't updated my blog in something like 5 months, and now I'm back talking about my hair. That's how I roll. Besides, lookit:
in thirteen or so months, I've gone from metrosexual wannabe to a William Shakespeare impersonator, with a pitstop trying out for Beck's band in between. I also stopped coloring my hair, so there's that.
While we're talking about me, check out this photo my friend Jim Tanous took at Cirque du Mac 11 from the year's Macworld/iWorld. If you like it, we posted a whole gallery of his photos of the Macworld All Star Band at The Mac Observer. Jim is a heckuva a photographer, a gifted writer, and a great guy.


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3.5/5 rDev -16.5%
01-02-2012 22:44:04 | More by dragomni
5/5 rDev +19.3%
12-08-2011 09:13:59 | More by stevecooks
4.22/5 rDev +0.7%
Received a bottle as a prize from the Spirit of Free Beer homebrew competition. Thanks, Victory!
App - Rich golden color, brilliant clarity. Pours a robust white head, creamy and with strong retention.
Smell - Wonderful hop aroma, a bit earthy and piney and spicy. A smidge of caramel maltiness.
Taste - Hops in control from the start, but sufficient malt to support the hop flavor. Finish is gentle, but turns significantly with a lingering, earthy hop bitterness.
MF - Medium body and low-medium carbonation, no astringency, and maybe a hint of alcohol warming.
D'ability - The bitter finish invites another sip. Big and powerful, but not overpowering. A really nice English IPA...hopefully they'll brew this one again some day!
07-05-2009 18:22:09 | More by mpyle
4.05/5 rDev -3.3%
On-tap at Beachwood BBQ. Oddly, Victory has yet to mention this on their website, and I haven't found any other information online. According to Gabe, it's like a "Double English IPA" - in other words, Victory took the concept behind American Double IPA's, and decided to double the hops/recipe for an English IPA style. The result is a really bitter brew from all the English bittering hops, but it works surprisingly well. Anyway, review:
Appearance: Poured with a one-finger head, which settled pretty quickly into almost nothing. Spotty lace is there, but very, very transient. Body color is what you would hope for from an English IPA - about as copper-colored as you can get, with occasional red highlights.
Smell: Grassy bittering hop madness on the front end, followed by slight fruity notes (from the hops) that resemble kumquats and over-ripe banana. Fresh mowed grass re-asserts the hop profile on the back end. It smells like it's described - an English IPA recipe amped up to 10.
Taste: Slight sweet lime or sweet orange hop flavor on the front end, sort of as if the sheer volume of bittering hops began to show through some more American hop variety flavors, but a lot more subdued. Very slight alcohol on the back end. Grassy bitterness lingers on the back of your tongue "for days" after swallowing.
Mouthfeel: Very well carbonated - doesn't feel too "heavy," compared to big American IPA's, sort of light and refreshing in its own way. Slight astringency.
Drinkability: Dangerously drinkable, because, while I don't know the exact ABV, one pint had me guessing between 7 and 9.5% from how I felt afterwards (buzzed/tipsy). Very easy to put down.
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We're all familiar with the cliché Reagan described as the nine most terrifying words in the English language: "I'm from the Government and I'm here to help you." Springer goes one better: "I'm from the Government, and I'm here to pray with you."
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Federal government officials have abandoned plans to build an immigrant detention center in Southwest Ranches, authorities announced late Friday, bringing to a close a year-long fight by local residents and others opposed to the facility.
The announcement from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, which would have staffed the detention center, was terse and offered little explanation for the decision.
ICE has reevaluated its need for an additional detention facility in South Florida and has decided that it will no longer pursue a facility in the Town of Southwest Ranches, read a written statement sent by Nestor Yglesias, an ICE spokesman in Miami. We are examining our options for additional detention space in the region and will make the appropriate notifications when a decision about the way forward has been made.
Torres declined to say if the agency is considering other South Florida locations for a detention center, or if ICE has decided that it has enough beds in the region.
For more than a year, ICE has said the Southwest Ranches location was at the top of its list to build one of the nations largest facilities to hold immigrant detainees. The proposed plan included at least 1,500 beds and 500,000-square-feet of space.
Corrections Corporation of America, the private prison contractor vying to bring the detention center to Southwest Ranches, issued a written response through Steve Owen, a company spokesman:
One of the greatest values we offer our government partners is the flexibility to meet their changing circumstances, Owens statement read. We understand ICEs decision not to proceed with a civil detention facility. We are grateful for ICEs tentative selection of our site and Southwest Ranches interest in partnering with CCA.
CCA owns the approximately 24-acre property just east of U.S. 27 between Sheridan Street and Stirling Road in Southwest Broward where the detention center would have been built. The company has been working with Southwest Ranches town leaders since about 2005 to bring the facility to Southwest Broward.
ICEs Friday night announcement was welcomed by neighboring Pembroke Pines commissioners, who have been opposed to the center being built in an area that includes a county landfill and a state prison but also thousands of homes and several schools.
We dont want that stuff in Pembroke Pines, said Iris Siple, a Pembroke Pines commissioner.
It was not a very popular idea here, said Angelo Castillo, another Pembroke Pines commissioner. In fact, thats understating it. It was a dreaded idea.
Castillo said the local outcry against the detention center was so large that the federal government must have taken notice.
But he added that ICEs statement suggests the agency abandoned the idea simply because the U.S. government realized it already had enough detention beds.
South Florida is already home to the Krome Service Processing Center and the Broward Transitional Center.
Krome, which has 581 beds, is divided into three pods for detainees with serious or criminal backgrounds and six dormitories for nonviolent detainees. The Broward Transitional Center has capacity for 700 and houses those with less serious or no criminal history.
In the end, they decided they didnt need it, Castillo said. We welcome that decision.
All five of Pembroke Pines commissioners have publicly expressed their opposition to the facilitys location, which would be surrounded almost entirely by Pembroke Pines.
They voted together in March to file a lawsuit against CCA, and to send a letter to President Barack Obama in January asking him to intervene in the selection of a site. The White House never replied.
The city also has spent nearly $125,000 in legal costs since September fighting the center and defending itself from a CCA lawsuit.
CCA counted with a federal lawsuit against Pembroke Pines in March, one day after Pembroke Pines commissioners voted to cancel a contract to provide fire-rescue, emergency medical, water and sewer services to the facility.
Pembroke Pines commissioners also had voted to hire an outside attorney to file a lawsuit against CCA in state court requesting a declaratory judgment, or a judges ruling, that would resolve the question of whether Pembroke Pines would have been legally required to provide water and sewer service to the proposed detention center.
But CCA beat the city to the punch. The next morning, the company filed a lawsuit against Pembroke Pines in federal court.
CCAs lawsuit asked a judge to order Pembroke Pines to cease attempts to block the proposed detention center, and to provide water and sewer service to the facility.
The lawsuit also asked that Pembroke Pines pay CCA for any profits the company loses as a result of the citys efforts to block the facility from being built.
It is unclear how ICEs decision will affect CCAs lawsuit against Pembroke Pines.
Owen, the CCA spokesman, said in an email that the companys lawsuit has not been affected.
We have no change in the status of our complaint to report, he wrote. We will continue to assess any developments with our legal representatives.
Some residents and activists opposed to the facility reacted to ICEs announcement with a call to meet up Friday night at a tiki bar on U.S. 27 near Griffin Road.
Kathy Bird, a South Florida organizer for the Florida Immigrant Coalition, an immigrant advocacy group, and campaign coordinator for the CCA Go Away campaign, said President Obamas Friday announcement regarding deferred deportation of young immigrants meshed perfectly with ICEs abandoning the proposed facility in Southwest Ranches.
Having ICE walk away from this detention center is definitely a step in the right direction, she said. This shows that our government is listening to us, finally. Thats at least how I feel today.


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Digital Projection International (DPI), an Emmy-Award-winning manufacturer of high-performance projection systems, announced the launch of the HIGHlite 12000Dsx+ 'Professional Series' projector. The resolute, powerful and adaptable projector will be exhibited for the first time at InfoComm 2004 (Booth #3755) in Atlanta, Georgia.
The SXGA+ native resolution HIGHlite 12000Dsx+ provides an excellent combination of lumen output (greater than 11,000 ANSI lumens) and ultra-rich contrast (1800:1 full-field). The combination makes the projector an extraordinary solution for a diverse range of staging applications and medium-to-large venue system installations.
The feature-rich HIGHlite 12000Dsx+ can support any video or computer source, includes four-side soft-edge blend capabilities and can be configured to incorporate advanced options such as seamless cross-fade, optimized video processing and user-definable geometric warp. "The HIGHlite 12000Dsx+ is, quite simply, the most capable product in its performance class," said Mike Levi, president of Digital Projection, Inc. "The projector's combination of spectacular 3-chip DLP imaging accuracy, mechanical adaptability and supreme efficiency of operation sets the HIGHlite 12000Dsx+ apart from any other medium-to-large venue display."
The HIGHlite 12000Dsx+ includes DPI's exclusive rigging/stacking system with integrated pitch and roll adjustments. This ingenious configuration renders the 12000Dsx+ "ready to rig or stack" right out of its transit case. The projector's three integrated Digital Projection, HIGHlite 12000Dsx+, chassis-leveling "jack" points enable users to quickly optimize projector pitch and roll to the exact application requirements.
The new HIGHlite joins the LIGHTNING 35HD in DPI's lineup of 'Professional Series' projectors. DPI plans to expand this lineup with more product introductions in 2004 and 2005, including additional HIGHlite and LIGHTNING series projectors.
About Digital Projection International Founded in 1989, Digital Projection International (DPI) has been instrumental in the development and application of Digital Light Processing™ technology by Texas Instruments for projection systems. DPI introduced the world's first 3-chip DLP™ projector in 1997, and has since delivered expert system engineering and world-class customer services and maintained its position as the digital imaging pioneer. DPI's groundbreaking projection research and development has garnered the admiration of industry professionals around the world. This has included many awards, including two Emmy® Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Engineering Development by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. DPI remains the first and only projector manufacturer to win the coveted award.
Today, DPI manufactures and distributes an extensive line of ultra high-performance 3-chip and single-chip DLPÔ projection systems. These projectors are the reference standard for demanding applications such as large-venue, live-event staging, Fortune 5000, Homeland Security, education, medical and scientific research, command and control, digital cinema, commercial entertainment, religious venues and elite home cinema. A UK-based company, DPI's worldwide headquarters is located in Manchester, England, and its North American headquarters is located in Kennesaw, Georgia.
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The best time to score a summer job may be right now. Thousands of seasonal jobs in Virginia are getting posted over the winter.
If you're looking for a playful atmosphere to accompany your paycheck, Busch Gardens and Kings Dominion are hiring summer help. Busch Gardens is holding its job fair Saturday morning at 10 a.m. through 2 p.m.. The company needs to hire 500 employees to work March through October. John Harris, of Busch Gardens, says least a thousand people turned out for the event last year.
"Come early, probably around 9 o'clock, so that you have the opportunity to survey the jobs we have," suggested Harris."
Kings Dominion needs 4,000 employees for its high energy season, especially since it's added new rides.
However, if you're looking for something a bit more low key, staffing expert Deseria Creighton-Barney, of Exclusive Staffing, says Richmond is ripe with other opportunities during the summer.
"I've noticed that the trend has been that business does tend to pick up in the summer…The financial industry is usually pretty heavy….general help, customer service, data entry, on up to executive level positions," said Creighton-Barney.
The Goodwill Community Employment Center stresses getting applications in early.
"Use some job search boards that are specific to part time jobs, summerjobs.com. We also like snag a job," said Nancy Brady, of the Goodwill Community Employment Center in Mechanicsville.
Brady also suggests checking out stores or facilities that might see more traffic during the summer like Lowes, which has a garden center, or even a local YMCA.
"You need to start job hunting now because you'll have more choices," added Brady.
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A warning on this Christmas Eve from the Richmond County Sheriff's Office.
Last December, there were more than 280 burglaries reported in the county. Just a few weeks ago, there were more than 30 break-ins in one area of Augusta.
Investigators have made a couple arrests, but they are still warning people about burglaries during the holidays.
The holidays are here and because of that, a lot of you will have new, expensive gifts in your homes. Lt. Lewis Blanchard, with the Richmond County Sheriff's Office, says criminals will be on the lookout... but deputies will be as well.
"We've put undercover officers out through the holiday season. We also have crime suppression working in full force, as well as the burglary task force. So we do have a lot of extra patrols out there."
But the Sheriff's Office can only do so much, so if you want to enjoy those new gifts for a long time, you need to make sure all of your doors and windows are locked, keep your valuable possessions out of sight, and don't let your trash give away too much information.
"Let's say you got that big 60-inch flat screen TV for Christmas, that's great, but break down the card board, put it in a trash bag, and then put it in the trash. Don't leave anything outside in front of your house so it looks like you got those items. Because you are inviting criminals. You want to be the least-likely target. You're inviting those people to come in."
And if you're going on vacation, you can let the Sheriff's Office know, and they will check on your house while you are gone, but there is more you can do to protect your home.
"Get to know your neighbors. Speak with them, let them know what's going on. Don't let the newspapers stack up. Don't let the mail pile up."
You also want to make sure your house is well-lit, and if you have an alarm, make sure it's activated.
"If you see somebody suspicious in the neighborhood, let us know. You know, if it turns out to be nothing. That's okay. We'd rather come and be proactive instead of coming out and finding that your house has been burglarized later."
You also want to be careful with social media this time of the year. Posting information about your vacation or that new flat screen TV can give criminals the information they need to steal from you.
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PA Libertarian Councilman Running in 2-Way for State Rep
Posted on Oct 5, 2012
Two years ago, when Libertarian Erik Viker ran for State Representative in Pennsylvania's 85th District, he received nearly 10 percent of the vote in a 3-way race and beat the Democrat candidate in three precincts. This year he will likely receive more votes running in a 2-way race against the Republican incumbent, State Representative Fred Keller.
Erik Viker has made the Libertarian name more familiar to voters in Pennsylvania's Snyder County since he was elected to the Selinsgrove Borough Council in 2007 where he served as the Council's Vice President. In 2011, he was easily re-elected, and was the second-highest vote getter in a field of five candidates for three council seats.
As state representative, Viker promises voters that he will introduce legislation to curb spending on victimless crimes in Pennsylvania such as zoning requirements that are "making people pay a fortune," according to Viker. "We need to respect private property again. Why do you need a permit to do something to your own property?"
Viker will work to focus on cutting government spending rather than wasteful and unneeded legislation such as a resolution that was passed to make 2012 officially "The Year of the Bible" in Pennsylvania. "It's pandering to the right wing base of the Republican party," he says. "It's so they can go and tell their constituents that they 'voted for the Bible.' The very idea that they wasted time on that over how can we save taxpayers' money is wrong."
On the Selinsgrove Borough Council, Viker has been instrumental in creating a no-tax-increase budget two years in a row. He also works closely with the Selinsgrove Police Department to ensure that the police respect citizens' rights and civil liberties, and he generally serves as a Libertarian voice for issues that the council faces.
Erik Viker says that if Libertarians can get elected to local office, their constituents will learn who they are as individuals and see that they are good stewards of public funds.
"You can see light bulbs go off over peoples' heads when I ask if government should be doing a particular job or initiative proposed, and whether or not the government can do it well," Viker says. "If you respectfully challenge the preconceptions people have about the role of government, you can change their minds."
While his odds of unseating an entrenched incumbent are long, Viker hopes voters in his district will have a chance to hear him out. He reports that the local newspapers and radio stations have treated third parties "very well" so far.
For the next month, Viker will continue to make public appearances during Pennsylvania's fall festival season and meet as many voters as he can.
Erik Viker is a professional theater stagehand and professor of that trade at Susquehanna University.
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Well that was certainly par for the course.
- Stay in the game with good early play and some unicorn magic.
- Eventually poke other team with a stick to get them interested.
- Get blown out by increased opposition effort + terrible shooting.
- Denver tried to clown the Wolves late in this one. The Wolves didn't let them. They get style points but no moral victory.
- George Karl running out on the court like an idiot = Rick Adelman getting kind of annoyed.
- Alexey Shved is not a functional NBA player right now. He's hit all sorts of walls.
- Apparently, unicorns can technical foul.


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Europe is generally agreed to be the birthplace of western culture, including such legendary innovations as the democratic nation-state, football and tomato sauce.
The word Europe comes from the Greek goddess Europa, who was kidnapped by Zeus and plunked down on the island of Crete. Europa gradually changed from referring to mainland Greece until it extended finally to include Norway and Russia.
Don't be confused that Europe is called a continent without looking like an island, the way the other continents do. It's okay. The Ural mountains have steadily been there to divide Europe from Asia for the last 250 million years. Russia technically inhabits "Eurasia".
Europe is presently uniting into one political and economic zone with a common currency called the Euro. The European Union originated in 1993 and is now composed of 27 member states. Its headquarters is in Brussels, Belgium.
Do not confuse the EU with the Council of Europe, which has 47 member states and dates to 1949. These two bodies share the same flag, national anthem, and mission of integrating Europe. The headquarters of the Council are located in Strasbourg, France, and it is most famous for its European Court of Human Rights.
In spite of these two bodies, there is still no single Constitution or set of laws applying to all the countries of Europe. Debate rages over the role of the EU in regards to national sovereignty. As of January 2009, the Lisbon Treaty is the closest thing to a European Constitution, yet it has not been approved by all the EU states.
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12 comments:
- Jenna Lee said...
The couch at the end of the bed looks heavenly. I would love to be cuddled up on that couch right now.
- May 17, 2011 at 9:00 AM
- lizziefitz said...
I've got built ins on the brain:) thanks for sharing .
- May 17, 2011 at 9:12 AM
- paula said...
beautiful! the 2nd to last image reminds me of your entry table.
- May 17, 2011 at 9:41 AM
- Stephanie Sabbe said...
I love how they styled the first one! I have a few shoots coming up and I'm really looking for good styling inspiration
- May 17, 2011 at 9:56 AM
- Melissa Richie said...
i love that first picture. it makes me want to paint all the rest of our rooms gray...i can't get enough!!!
- May 17, 2011 at 1:50 PM
- Katharine Fuchs said...
I'm with Lizziefitz and have been scouring the internets for builtins!! Thank you!
- May 17, 2011 at 2:20 PM
- designchic said...
Beautiful images...love the color, windows and gorgeous textures in the first room!!
- May 17, 2011 at 3:56 PM
- Interior Design Musings said...
I think I see a picture grouping and some grayish walls in your future! M.
- May 17, 2011 at 8:01 PM
- LLH Designs said...
I need some inspiration for re-styling my shelves, so I'm loving that last image!
- May 17, 2011 at 9:58 PM
- Allison Egan said...
Just lovely! and I esp love that deep floral settee at the foot of the bed - so cozy!
xo Allison
Spicer + Bank
- May 18, 2011 at 4:54 AM
- InteriorGroupie said...
Lovely inspiration pics! I could live in ANY of those, but the fourth pic with the cream and gold really gets me.
- May 22, 2011 at 9:30 PM
- LindsB said...
that first picture is so lovely- I really love that gallery wall!
- May 25, 2011 at 12:04 PM


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A Goldman Sachs investment banker has been arrested on a rape charge stemming from an encounter at a party at a house he was renting in the Hamptons.
Authorities say police responded to a disturbance at the $33,000 a month house Jason Lee was renting with his wife in tony East Hampton.
"While investigating, officers learned that a 20-year-old woman had been sexually assaulted inside the residence where several people had gathered," the East Hampton police said in the statement.
Lee's lawyer, Edward Burke, Jr., says his client adamantly denies the allegations. He tells The New York Times that, "We look forward to clearing his name in a court of law."
Lee works in Goldman Sachs's equity capital markets group. The bank says he is on leave following his arrest.
The 37-year-old Lee was arraigned on a rape charge and released after posting $20,000 cash bail at East Hampton Justice Court.
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