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News by Dan Seifert on Wednesday October 19, 2011.
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ASUS has revealed to Pocket-lint that it intends to upgrade its Eee Pad Transformer tablet to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The Eee Pad Transformer currently runs Android 3.1 Honeycomb.
According to the source, the convertible tablet will certainly get the upgrade to Android 4.0, but there is no current timeline for it. ASUS also said that the successor to the Transformer, the Eee Pad Transformer 2, will run Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, but it was not clear if it would be launched with it, or upgraded at a later date.
ASUS is the first tablet manufacturer to confirm that its devices will be upgraded to the new Android operating system. If it is able to get the upgrades out fast, it could be the first manufacturer to actually deliver a tablet running Ice Cream Sandwich.
Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich will debut with the Google Galaxy Nexus smartphone next month. Google has said that upgrades to existing devices will come a few weeks after that. Ice Cream Sandwich offers a number of upgrades, and combines the Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS for smartphones with the tablet-ready Android 3.x Honeycomb OS.
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Dan is MobileBurn.com's Editor-in-Chief. Based in Poughkeepsie in New York, Dan can be found on Twitter as @DCSeifert.


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I spend a lot of my free time waiting for brawl writing character designs and move sets for various characters that have potential to be playable, one that I wrote was for Simon Belmont and I realized that there has been a Castlevainia on (correct me if I'm wrong) every Nintendo console and handheld to date.
Castlevainia also got its "big break" on the NES so that makes Simon a classic character and brawl is in great need of more great classics.
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North Dakota voters may be asked to decide next year, whether to spend 75-million dollars a year on wildlife and people.
A petition drive is just getting underway, asking for a vote on a constitutional amendment that would set aside 5-percent of oil tax revenue, for the "Clean Water, Wildlife and Parks Trust".
Retired, UND Biology Professor, Dave Lambeth is a sponsor of a petition drive for a new constitutional amendment. The amendment would set aside 5-percent of North Dakota oil tax revenue, around 75-million dollars a year, to establish a "Clean Water, Wildlife and Parks Trust."
Dave Lambeth, Wildlife Trust: "Maybe increased opportunities for people to enjoy the outdoors, hunters, fishermen, birders, photographers, hikers."
The group would like to see more wildlife areas like Kelly's Slough, near Grand Forks. It also foresees more city parks for people and birds."
Dr. Rolf Paulson, Wildlife Trust Fund: "I think this is a real opportunity for a win-win type of situation, where the landowners, farmers and even the mining companies come out ahead, at the same time as those of us, who enjoy the environment."
Supporters of the trust fund say they don't foresee trying to take over vast tracts of farmland, but maybe working with landowners and offering some type of subsidy for land that is set aside for wildlife, and people to enjoy.
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On August 24th, Martin O'Neill and Sunderland AFC had a transfer bid accepted by Wolverhampton Wanderers, who were in the midst of a firesale. Relegated at the end of the previous season, Wolves didn't have much choice but to sell their best assets. Winger Matt Jarvis was on his way to Sam Allardyce and West Ham United, but the Black Cats weren't interested in width. What they needed was a centre forward, and Steven Fletcher fit the bill perfectly.
The price tag -- £12 million -- attracted plenty of derision. Looking back, it's difficult to understand whether or not the criticism had any merit at all. Journalists and analysts met the move with what amounted to a big raspberry. "£12 million for Steven Fletcher?", the collective intoned. "What a joke!"
It wasn't that Fletcher had played for a newly relegated side. Jarvis' sale wasn't met with the same sort of disdain despite his Wolves connection. It wasn't that Fletcher was aging, or that he'd be paid stratospheric wages. It wasn't that Fletcher was bad, either. 12 goals for the worst team in the Premier League's a pretty decent return for a striker, after all.
The best I can come up with in terms of explaining why O'Neill and Sunderland were so widely slammed for picking him up is that he's simply not very sexy. Not a pretty face, not an extravagant name or nationality (see the praise Liverpool received when they bought Fabio Borini for around the same price) and no real flair to his play. Steven Fletcher is, to be honest, kind of boring.
But being boring doesn't make you a bad footballer, and Sunderland needed someone to score their goals. Quite badly, in fact. Last season the title of top scorer in all competitions was shared between three players with eight apiece, and one of them, Nicklas Bendtner, is now at Juventus. Only one club, Wigan Athletic, had their top scorer grab fewer.
Sunderland, of course, did reasonably well in getting their midfielders in on the action, managing a respectable total of 45 goals in the Premier League last season. But they needed a focal point, someone to bang in goals that the likes of Stephane Sessegnon and James McClean can create. Steven Fletcher was the answer that they came up with.
And so far, it's looked like a pretty good one. Fletcher currently sits second in the Premier League top scorers list, level with Robin van Persie and Luis Suarez at five goals. Considering he's only had four games since the move, that's an impressive return. What's even more impressive is that a) Sunderland have gone unbeaten so far this season and b) Fletcher has scored every single one of their goals.
It'd be unreasonable to assert that Sunderland wouldn't have the record that they do if Fletcher wasn't on the team -- football is a team game and goals are merely the end product of a side pushing to get them. But what is abundantly clear is that the Fletcher gamble has paid of spectacularly. He's provided the end product to the Black Cats attack that had otherwise been lacking.
So, is everyone convinced yet? Not quite. I asked one of the critics of the deal what he makes of Fletcher transfer now, and he remains at least partially skeptical:
I'd like my part in [the criticism] stricken from the record ... on the condition I can put it back in later
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ALBANY, GA (WALB) - The Albany Dougherty Inner City Authority plans to buy downtown property for redevelopment.
ADICA Director Don Buie says the group is seeking $6 Million in bonds to buy vacant property downtown.
Negotiations are already underway with property owners. The plan is to bring residential developments to downtown and then hopefully more commercial investors.
Buie said, "It makes sense that people would want to live close to where they work. You have over 3,000 people working in downtown Albany. I would imagine that out of that 3,000, some of them would like to live downtown, eat downtown on a regular basis."
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The Sun claims that Reds goalkeeper David De Gea wrote 'See you in Manchester' on Thiago Alcantara's hat-trick match ball after the Barcelona starlet hit three goals in Spain's European Under-21 Championship final win over Italy. The unsigned message read: 'Nos vamos en Manchester'. It is claimed that the 22-year-old midfielder has a £15m release clause in his contract and has repeatedly been linked with a move to United in recent weeks.
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The case of Norman the Nutria Rat is headed to an Abbeville courtroom this summer.
In 2009 Rebecca White filed a lawsuit against Walmart after she claimed a nutria inside of the store startled her causing her to run over her foot with a shopping cart.
It appeared employees at the store were aware of the nutria and had named him Norman, now a trial date is set for July 30th
White's attorney, Anthony Fontana said white required surgery for broken bones and nerve damage after her cart rolled over her foot.
Here's how he summed up his client's case back in 2009.
"She fills up her basket, heads toward the coke section and all of a sudden this big nutria rat with a long tail and big teeth comes running right at her, she thinks the rat's attacking her, she tries to protect herself and the cart goes over her foot."
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Amesbury, MA — Andrew Stellmach, husband of Marcia (Thibault) Stellmach, died suddenly on Friday while at work. He was born in Plainfield, N.J., and was the son of the late Stanley and Doris (Cronin) Stellmach.
He was a 1978 graduate of Triton High School in Byfield, and furthered his education at New Hampshire College. He was employed as an accountant at Semi Lab USA of Billerica, Mass. He enjoyed spending time with family and friends, and loved a good laugh. He will be sadly missed.
Besides his wife, Marcia, he is survived by his two children, Sean Stellmach and his fianceé, Hannah Horton, and Courtney Stellmach; four brothers, Tom Stellmach and wife, Mary Lou, of Northport, Fla., Bill Stellmach and wife, Amy, of Colonia, N.J., Bob Stellmach and wife, Nancy, of Toms River, N.J., and Dan Stellmach and wife, Tara, of Beaufort, N.C.; one sister, Terry Gregory and husband, Ken, of Griswold, Conn.; his father-in-law, Paul Thibault and wife, Donna, of Farmington, N.H.; his brother-in-laws, Paul Thibault and wife, Kathleen, of Salisbury, Mass., and Warren Thibault and wife, Mary, of Seabrook, N.H.; his sister-in-law, Paige Sargent and husband, Christopher, of Rochester, N.H.; and several nieces, nephews, and many good friends. He was predeceased by his sister, D.A. Hatfield, and his brother Steven Stellmach.
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Patty's Still Here - Is a Trade Coming by Monday?
The Blazers are still hanging on to Patty Mills. (Story link in the title.) They have already announced that Pendergraph will be waived if not traded on Monday to make room for Oberto. They have until Monday night to cut Patty to get down to the 15 man limit unless they do an uneven trade before then that would create an additional roster spot. Are they just keeping their options open until the last possible moment in case the phone rings with a call from New Orleans, or are they actually working on a realistic deal right now? What do you think?


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My overall opinion of the Chiefs QB.Cassel and Croyle are both capable starters if they can stay healthy. I'm happy with that .
RB, LJ has not done much lately, I dont like Battle. Charles shows potential but needs to hold on to the ball. I love Savage. Could be one of are strongest positions but need proof.
WRs from top to bottom I am really excited Bowe, amazing. Bradley has been one of my favorites since college. Wade very solid 3-4 WR. Engram same as Wade for this year. Copper/Dropper when he catches the ball dynamic playmaker and good blocker. Lawrence looks good for future. Darling maybe will play TE next year we need help there with blocking.
TE. Ryan has flashes but has made many mistakes overall nobody I want long term, Key I want Darling to change positions over bringing someone in over the offseason, maybe he can rehab bulking up for the change.
LT Albert should be playing RG tell Waters retires but acceptable at LT.
LG Waters, still as good as it gets.
C Rudy needs to go needs help on almost every play, Wade Smith might be able to play good at Center but I need to see it. When he has been in its looked better. We need a Center.
RG Goff is not looking good could use an upgrade Ndukwe could be that.
RT Ndukwe I'm still not sold I would like him alot better at guard. I have not seen much of O'Callaghan no opinion need to see him. Overall are first three picks in the draft need to be on the O-Line.
DE Jackson, Dorsey, and Magee are solid Gilberry has shown flashes and mistakes. overall solid for years.
NT Tyler is good Edwards looks good for now, If Cody is available when we draft I would take him DT Alabama. bottom line we need one more.
LBs LOLB Vrabel ok would like to see Mays there.
ILB Johnson and Williams are both very good Mays is alright but I think he would be better OLB.
ROLB Hali looks very good had a couple mental errors in game one but I expect that to get cleaned up as he gets used to the position. could use quality depth as the only other LBs that I would put on the feild are Belcher who needs to develop in coverage and Studebaker. I would like to see one Stud picked up off Free Agent market in off season to replace Vrabel.
Secondary strong from top to bottom nothing needed for years to come Flowers, Carr, Leggett, Washington, and Colclough at corner.
Page, Brown, and Morgan are very good S. McGraw is an excellent backup and amazing on ST.
Overall in my opinion we have top ten NFL talent and will have for many years. I also think we are the best team in the AFC west this year and should make the playoffs by winning the weakest division in the NFL. It will be hard to go far in the playoffs with the O-Line we have, but we are good enough around them to get there.


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The Prospect Depth Chart – Outfielders
1. Wil Myers – It takes virtually no time in deciding who the Royals top prospect is, that is something that different from previous seasons and shows the separation in usable talent between Wil and others in the system. Â Coming off a disappointing 2011 minor league season the young converted outfielder went to Arizona in the fall of that year and corrected a couple of things, putting together an impressive Arizona Fall league season. Â He continued that progression in 2012 showing more power than he had at anytime in his brief career finishing just one home run shy of the minor league title. Â According to Wil, the power display was an effort on his part to drive the ball more and show that he can fit into his future middle of the order spot. Â On defense Wil still has some strides to make in reading balls and taking the correct path to the ball but I believe it was over talked about by a few in the media last season. Â Is he a gold glove level outfielder currently? Â No, will he be suitable to play a corner outfield spot in the future? Â Definitely. Â His arm is plus, his athleticism is solid and his baseball IQ is quite high.
Pure and simple this kid is a baseball rat who has a knack for hitting and love for hitting that I've only seen out of Billy Butler for the Royals. Â He should be the Royals starting right-fielder on opening day but instead will have to wait until June or July.
2. Bubba Starling – Usable talent is the name of the game with Bubba considering no other Royals prospect has as much athleticism as he does in the org. Lack of competition against upper level talent in high school has put him behind the eight ball forcing him into a half season in rookie ball as opposed to full season ball like most his age would be playing in. While in the Appy League Bubba did get a chance to display his full set of tools showing his great arm, power (20 XB hits), defensive range and stealing ten bags in eleven tries. While he showed plenty of flashes those that watched noticed some wrinkles in his swing that needs to be ironed out. As you can see in Mike Newman's video on Fangraphs, Bubba has a hitch in his swing that needs to be worked out on top of what looked to me a noticeably late foot plant.
We knew he was a work in process prior to the draft and that remains the case but a solid season in 2012 shows there is plenty to be optimistic about. I personally doubt we'll ever see the player that people dreamed about at the time of his drafting but if he can be a plus defender with plus power that can make one hell of a center fielder.
3. Jorge Bonifacio -Â While Starling is uber-athletic and Myers could possibly play some center in his early years Bonifacio profiles as a definite right-fielder now and in the future. Â It is his big arm that makes him a right field prospect but his average speed, so-so routes and lackadaisical effort are plenty of things he'll need to concentrate on to fit the position. Â The defense has plenty to work on but it will be the bat that ultimately decides what kind of future Bonifacio has in the minors and majors. Â At 6'1 190-200 lbs the first thing most notice is the wide shoulders and big chest, it is this characteristic that makes most, myself included, think that he'll add plenty of muscle and become a mid 20′s to low 30′s home run hitter. Â He can do that with a solid plate approach, wide stance and strength to all fields. Â The approach at the plate is reminiscent of Jeff Bagwell with a little more upright stance and less load.
Some have stated that Bonifacio's lack of hip movement will hinder his ability to hit home runs in the future. Â This could be true but I believe his good balance will allow him to wait on balls and his strength will lead to him becoming a .300 plus hitter with plenty of extra base hits, even if they are just doubles. Â The outfielder ran into the wall of full season ball at the all-star break and struggled before getting injured the last month. Â He'll need to bounce back in a difficult right-handed hitting assignment this season to keep his top ten Royals prospect status.
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4. Elier Hernandez -Â The Royals gave Elier their biggest international signing bonus ever based on what most see as a full set of tools. Â The Royals gave Elier the same challenge that they gave Mondesi but didn't get quite the results that Alberto put up. Â The right fielder flashed his tools showing some pop to the gaps as well as a solid arm and speed in the outfield. Â Unfortunately for every flash of good there was plenty of bad with some poor reads in the outfield and a plate approach that allowed pitchers to expand the zone and let Elier to get himself out.
Don't panic Royals fans Elier has a lot of tools and is very young but from what I saw he needs to make some adjustments to unlock his pull side power on top of getting better at recognizing pitches.
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Brett Eibner – I'm not quite ready to give up on Eibner like others just yet. I realize he has struggled greatly to make contact (34% K rate in '12) on a regular basis but I still have a dream of the power and there are still tools defensively. Those tools defensively include a cannon for an arm, good routes and reads that allow his average speed to play up slightly.
If Eibner was a potential starter then I would join in with others but a bullpen arm isn't all that valuable to the Royals and they can hold out another half a season for the Drew Stubbs dream.
Lane Adams – Those who follow local boys Bubba Starling and Jason Adam know they have a third Royals prospect that makes up the tripod in Adams. Â On top of being a good guy Lane has a few tools to work that he brings to the baseball field with solid speed, a decent arm and some flashing of some pop. Â A very good prep basketball player Adams has started to convert those skills to the diamond with a decent season at Kane County prior to Wilmington where he held his own. Â A solid org guy Adams could become more with his tools if he continues to develop.
Fred Ford – The JUCO draftee showed plenty of power in his initial minor league assignment, belting 13 home runs and putting up a .247 ISO for Burlington.  On top of that Ford absolutely crushed left-handed pitchers with a 1.160 OPS against but he'll need to improve his contact results after striking out in 33% of his plate appearances.  The size, 6'5 200 lbs and athleticism are things to dream on but he'll need to fine tune plenty at the plate to become and impact player.
Alfredo Escalara-Maldanedo – The youngest player drafted won't turn 18 until February of next season which makes this and the following player interesting draft picks in 2012. Â Of the two Escalara is a sure thing to stick in the outfield and profiles as a center fielder longterm who could provide plus defense with his speed, intelligence and strong-arm. Â On the offensive side Alfredo didn't show much pop in the Arizona Fall league but profiles as line drive hitter with some power longterm. Â Definitely a project but one that has plenty of tools from which to work.
Alexis Rivera – The Royals tried to land a steal or two with the back half of the their first ten picks of the 2012 draft and with Rivera they have a nice project from to work. Â Just turned 18 in June, Rivera measures in at 6'2 and 225 stocky pounds which I'm sure is a big part of the reason the Royals took him out of Puerto Rico by way of Florida where he showed he was up to the challenge against upper level Florida competition and in his first exposure to rookie ball. Â The left-handed hitter showed good patience and drove balls well against right-handed pitching (.929 OPS vs RHP). Â The size could be a concern whether or not he'll be able to stay in left or forced to play first base. Â The switch to first can be a killer for any prospect as one has to absolutely rake to survive that corner spot.
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Clint Scoles
I didn't say he was a local boy I said Bubba and Jason are local boys and Lane is the third wheel in their tripod. Sorry if it was confusing how I wrote it. You would have to follow the three of them on twitter to get the connection they have.
What's Lane Adams local connection? He graduated from high school in Oklahoma.
Clint Scoles
Of the two last year I definitely was more enamored with Toney because I had been told he had multiple tools with power and speed.
As far as Gore and Chapman are concerned both of their games are built on speed while both lack power. Of the two Chapman is better all around but he lacks pop to do damage. Nice org guys to have but probably not much else. If you had to make a bet on either you may lay it down on Terrance because he does have an 80 tool in his speed.
Any optimism on Ethan Chapman IDF? With all the hoopla around Gore & Toney last year, it seems we should be more enamored with Chapman's season. Same speedy numbers, but a much better bat profile and history than the other two. None have any power. I don't care how toolsy a player is, he could be a stud in 4 tools – if he doesn't have the hit tool, he won't become a prospect. Hit trumps all. So is 313/383/420 this year and similar @UCSB enough?
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"A UFC newcomer faces a returning veteran as Francis "Limitless" Carmont and TUF alumni Chris Camozzi will go to war at UFC 137," declared UFC officials on the promotion's website.
Camozzi first rose to prominence with his short stint in the eleventh season of "The Ultimate Fighter." After being removed from the show with a broken jaw, the 24-year-old returned at the season finale, defeating James Hammortree via unanimous decision. Since then he has racked up a 2-1 record, last edging Strikeforce veteran Joey Villasenor via split decision at Shark Fights 15.
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Huckabee in 2007: 'There's No Such Thing as a Palestinian'
Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at 5:23 pm
Building off former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee's rejection of a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine, Josh Smilovitz at the Israel Policy Forum finds video from 2007 of Huckabee telling a Jewish gathering that those people who think of themselves as Palestinians are really suffering from a false national consciousness.
HUCKABEE: Basically, there really is no such thing as — I have to be careful in saying this, because people will really — but there's no such thing as a Palestinian.
INTERLOCUTOR: No, that's true.
HUCKABEE: There's not.
INTERLOCUTOR #2: Finally, someone said it!
INTERLOCUTOR #2: Before 1948, there was all Arabs who were– you were — you were –
HUCKABEE: You had Arabs and Persians. And there's such complexity within that. There is really no such thing. That has been a political tool to try to force land away from Israel. What my point is, if that's the issue, if it's real estate, if you look at a map, and say here is how much Israel has and here is how much the Arab states hold, there is plenty of land for them to have. Let them take it out of Egypt. Let's take it out of Syria. Let'em take it out of Jordan. There are plenty of places for this to be. Without sacrificing the Golan Heights, which would be suicide. Suicide.
Do I have the heart to tell Huckabee that the Golan Heights have nothing to do with Palestinian territory? Ah, well, he actually goes on to say he's been to the Golan and looked down at "Syrian bunkers," but the conflation is still bizarre. Well, not actually bizarre if you believe that there are simply "Arabs and Persians" between Afghanistan and what's now Israel and the "complexity" within those categories isn't worth remarking upon. You would, alas, not be a particularly trustworthy person to consult on Middle Eastern affairs.
It's amazing: here's a major political figure, then a candidate for president, as he probably will be again, denying that the Palestinians exist as a nation. He then goes on to argue that Arabs are an undifferentiated mass, and if people care so much about Palestinian statehood, they should just take a chunk out of places that aren't historic Palestine and give that to them. Hey, they're all Arabs, so whatever!
If ever anyone started to make dubious historical arguments to deny the historical roots of Zionism — let alone that ludicrous historical assertions undermine the right of Israelis to live in their own state — as a plot against the Arabs, he would be run out of the political discourse. In this country, he gets a Fox News TV show and a shot at the GOP presidential nomination.
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Comment posted August 18, 2009 @ 11:08 pm
Someone tell Huckabee that Jews don't think Jesus is the Messiah – and someone tell the Jews that Huckabee is using them to try and fulfill his mythological biblical Armageddon.
I guess you might also want to clue him in that before WWII, there was no such thing as an Israeli.
I wish people didn't believe in fairy tales.
Comment posted August 19, 2009 @ 3:56 pm
There were Israelites at one point.
A lot of today's problems are at least exacerbated by this odd notion of pan-arabism. (is that a word?)
Comment posted August 19, 2009 @ 6:55 pm
Its true, there is no such thing as a Palestinian. Palestine comes from the Roman word Palaestina. This is the name ("Provincia Syria Palaestina") Hadrian gave to the Judea area to demoralize the Jews and try to blot out the name of Israel by naming it after their mortal enemies: the Philistines. It has been scientifically proven that so called "Palestinians" are of no relation to the now extinct Philistines. Your argument regarding Zionism is of no bearing with these facts. Zionism is over 2,500 years old. All you have to do is read the Bible to find numerous references to a return to Israel. Yet if you go back 2500 years, you will find no people in Israel called Palestinians. Israel has never been historically "Palestinian." You think Nablus is historically Palestian? Haha In the Kingdom of Israel it was Shem, the birth place of King David. There is no word in the arab language that is Nablus. Its from the Greek word Napalus aka NAPLES! The Palestinians aren't very good at pronouncing p's. Do you want to give Nablus back to Greece now too? There is no place in Israel that is not historically Israeli. Not a single place that a palestinian can make a claim that a Jew cannot make 1000 years older. I don't like Huckabee, but he is right on this one. And you need to learn more about history.
Comment posted August 19, 2009 @ 7:07 pm
You can't really go back 2500 years because if you do, why stop there?
Comment posted August 19, 2009 @ 11:31 pm
Yeah well you can't go back to fantasy land either. The facts are what they are.
Comment posted August 20, 2009 @ 6:00 am
Hey, I have a better solution for Huckabee;
Using Huckabee logic, since Palestinians had nothing to do with The Holocaust, how about we give Germany to the "Israelis" and call it a day!
The Germans can just move to Italy or another country, since they are all Europeans anyway so whats the big deal, right?…
What a narrow minded, racist that numpty is.
Cant believe anyone takes him or his politics seriously.
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Comment posted August 22, 2009 @ 10:13 pm
so weird that Huckabee is right. It's time for the Arabs to go home — to Arabia, where they belong.
Comment posted August 22, 2009 @ 10:16 pm
you know you arab-lovers are so weird. if you lived there, you wouldn't be able to walk down the street holding your girlfriend's hand. You wouldn't be able to go to church. You wouldn't be able to have a cocktail. You wouldn't be able to get a job with any government department. You would be watched all the time. And yet you defend these countries?
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NO SUCH THING AS PALESTINIANS: March 31, 1977, the Dutch newspaper Trouw
published an interview with Palestine Liberation Organization executive
committee member Zahir Muhsein.
Here's what he said:
"The Palestinian people does not exist. The creation of a Palestinian
state is only a means for continuing our struggle against the state of Israel
for our Arab unity. In reality today there is no difference between Jordanians,
Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese. Only for political and tactical reasons do
we speak today about the existence of a Palestinian people, since Arab national
interests demand that we posit the existence of a distinct "Palestinian
people" to oppose Zionism.
For tactical reasons, Jordan, which is a sovereign state with defined borders,
cannot raise claims to Haifa and Jaffa, while as a Palestinian, I can
undoubtedly demand Haifa, Jaffa,Beer-Sheva and Jerusalem. However, the moment
we reclaim our right to all of Palestine, we will not wait even a minute to unite
Palestine and Jordan."
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So, as I was sitting here mulling the various ways that we could blow up this team, because we really, truly, suck right now, I began thinking about what sort of team construction we should have in the future.
This led me to examining the championship teams of years past, and I noticed something that struck me - a really high % of these championship teams had a point Forward rather than a traditional PG. First, I thought it might be the Phil Jackson effect:
Jordan's Bulls - 6 championships with Scottie Pippen essentially running the point. You didn't think John Paxon was running the point, did you?
Kobe's Lakers - 2 chips with Lamar Odom initiating the offense, and 3 with some combination of Rick Fox, Robert Horry, and Brian Shaw running the top of the strong side. Does that make anyone else physically ill, or is it just me? Derek Fisher essentially is a wing shooter who also sets goods screens for a guard.
Then I noticed that some other teams did really well with a point forward.
The Celtics of the 80's had Larry Bird sharing duties at running the point.
The showtime Lakers ran a real PG, right? But Magic was 6'9" and played the other 4 positions as well as PG. Magic is effectively a point forward, even though he was listed at PG.
Olajuwon's Rockets had Sam Cassell for their PG, but it was Robert Horry initiating the halfcourt sets feeding Hakeem Olajuwon the ball. Cassell primarily did what a shooting guard would for this team - make plays in isolation when the shot clock was winding down. Yeah, Sam, we see your balls.
KG's Celtics had Rondo, but they made their championship push in his rookie season, with Paul(ette) Pierce doing a lot of the handling, especially in crunch time.
That just leaves the double-Wallace Pistons (Billups), Duncan's Spurs (Parker), and the Bad Boy Pistons (Isiah Thomas). Billups and Parker are scorers first, leaving Isiah as the only proto-typical distributing PG of the last 25 years to win a championship (!). One other thing - all these teams hung their hat on defense, none were known as elite offensive teams.
Even the teams that didn't quite make it there, in recent years...LeBron made it all the way to finals with little backup.
And yes, Orlando was at it's best with Hedo handling the rock; not Jameer Nelson.
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Some of the best archers in the nation made their way to the Arklatex Friday to compete in the Regions Archery Pro-Am Tournament. It's a weekend long event taking place at Cypress Black Bayou Park and Recreation Area in Benton. Archers of all ages will face off in competitions to prove who has the best shot.
While it may not get as much publicity, archery is a fast growing sport in the nation. Many competitors at the tournament believe it's because the sport is accessible to anyone, regardless of age or gender. To some archers it's become much more, a way of life. The Rhodes family says they travel across the country all year competing in archery tournaments. "It's what we do" says Jason Rhodes.
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Although there are no hard statistics yet, Erin Finley, owner of on Main Street in Westhampton Beach and head of the said she is hearing that most merchants are seeing more foot traffic and sales this year.
"Business is fabulous this summer, up 20 to 30 percent over last year," she said adding, "Right now, on a Wednesday in the middle of the week, my cafe is full. People are waiting on line and it's been this way all summer."
"Everybody is pretty happy," concurred Joyce Gilbert, administrator at the . "Hotels and motels are booked every weekend and the rainy weather at the end of July really helped retailers and restaurants."
Although she didn't have any exact numbers, she said that a 20 percent increase in local business sounded about right.
, the new eatery that has replaced Indian Cove Restaurant in Hampton Bays, is thriving as well as , its sister bistro down the road, Gilbert added. Other local restaurants including, , and are also very busy, she said.
At of Westhampton, business is up 15-20 percent, according to Gus Karayianakis, one of the new owners who took over the delicatessen last summer. Bagels are our best-selling item followed by all the specialty fish items including lox and whitefish salad.
The real estate market has definitely improved as well although the numbers vary from one realtor to the next.
"Sales have been spectacular," says Ann Marie Pallister, a managing broker at where there has been 166 percent jump at her Hampton Bays office and a 128 percent increase out in Montauk.
"People realize the bottom has passed and that prices are creeping up," she said. "They want to jump in while prices are still low."
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The year 2012 had its share of triumphs in 2012, including the return of Anita Baker to the recording studio, the continued staying power of new-school British Soul and emergence of the highly creative Frank Ocean. But although there were plenty of good things that occurred in 2012 musically, there were also some sour notes, including the death of music icon Whitney Houston and the latest solo album by her former husband, bad boy Bobby Brown. Here's the About R&B/Soul look at the five worst things to take place in 2012.
1. Worst Surprise: The Death of Whitney Houston
On Feb. 11, 2012, Whitney Houston died at the age of 48, shocking the entire music world. The singer was found unresponsive in a hotel room in Los Angeles and was pronounced dead by paramedics just before 4 pm. From the mid-1980s to mid-'90s, Whitney was one of the biggest stars in all of music, and had a long streak of No. 1 hit songs, including "Saving All My Love for You," "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)," Heartbreak Hotel" (with Faith Evans and Kelly Price) and "How Will I Know." Although her career got off track due to substance abuse problems during her nearly 15-year marriage to Bobby Brown, she launched a successful comeback in 2009 with the album I Look to You. Despite her personal woes, she was a highly talented and revered icon who influenced many of the artists who came after her.
2. Worst Album: Bobby Brown's 'The Masterpiece'
Since Bobby Brown titled his fifth studio album The Masterpiece, and since he's previously said this is the best work of his career, you'd expect it to be a pretty good comeback for him, at the very least. But unfortunately the album -- which was released June 5, 2012 and was his first studio release since 1997's Forever -- not only doesn't live up to its name or the hype, it's one of the most poorly sung R&B releases of the year. And that's a shame, because his producers give him some pretty good melodies to work with; it's just that Bob's voice obviously isn't up to carrying a full load at this stage of his career.
3. Worst Album Cover: Rihanna's 'Unapologetic'
Whoever thought it was a good idea to take a photo of a gorgeous young woman and then digitally scrawl words all over it, making it look like a poster that's been struck by graffiti artists has a thing or two to learn about what art is. This isn't art: it's a messy eyesore. Even the pouty look on Rihanna's face adds to the visual sourness.
4. Worst Mixtape: Lloyd's 'The Playboy Diaries Vol. 1'
Formerly romantic singer Lloyd Polite has decided to not live up to his last name and instead take the low road here by singing about mackin,' pimpin' and playin' women. When he's not sleeping with someone else's female, he's schooling her man on how a "bitch" should be treated or bragging about how he'll cook for a woman after he's done wearing her out in the bedroom: "I don't give a f_ck, only like them ghetto sluts," he sings on "The Question." But although he gives his best effort, his high-pitched, nearly-feminine vocals aren't quite convincing.
5. Worst Trend: Monetizing Free Music
There were a few occasions during 2012 when record labels took material that had been released free online by R&B artists and then turned around and repackaged it for sale. The most notable of these occurred when three mixtapes that Canadian singer The Weeknd put out were converted into a CD package and re-released as The Trilogy (it sold 90,000 copies in the U.S. its first week out). There was also the re-release of The-Dream's free digital album 1977 as a non-free physical CD.


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Jereme Chien, an eighth grade student at Lower Macungie Middle School recently took 10th place in the Lehigh Valley Mathcounts competition, held Feb. 10 at Trexler Middle School in Allentown.
Sandhya Sriaam, a 7th grader at Eyer Middle School was among the top female competitors.
The 29th annual event attracted more than 200 middle school competitors from five counties.
The regional competition was organized by Lehigh Valley Chapter of the PA Society of Professional Engineers, Lower Macungie Middle School was fifth top ranking team of the 30 schools that participated.
The students spent the morning taking a series of tests that featured questions like:
- The product of three consecutive odd integers is 9177. What is the sum of these three integers? (63)
- Draw a pentagon with each of its five diagonals. How many triangles are contained in the figure? (35.)
Tests were sent immediately to a scoring room for grading and ranking. The afternoon session featured the top ten ranking individuals paired in a "Jeopardy" like stage competition to determine final ranking. The top 10 individuals were as follows:
- First Place - Yogeshwar Velingker, eighth grade student at Orefield Middle School
- Second Place – Alexander High, eighth grade student at East Hills Middle School
- Third place – Michael Medaugh, eighth grade student at Pocono Mountain East Middle School
- Fourth place –Daniel Qian, eighth grade student at Southern Lehigh Middle School
- Fifth place – Sai Mallipedhi, eighth grade student at Springhouse Middle School
- Sixth place –Aryaman Khandelwal, seventh grade student at Springhouse Middle School
- Seventh place- Matthew Liu, sixth grade student at Springhouse Middle School
- Eighth place - Alana Dee, eighth grade student at St. Joseph the Worker
- Ninth place –Shaumik Phadke, an eighth grader at Springhouse Middle School
- Tenth place- Chien
In addition to Dee, top ranking female competitors were: Sarah Mackin, an eighth grader at Southern Lehigh Middle School and Sriaam.
The top five student finishers will advance to the state competition in March at the Sheraton Harrisburg Hershey Hotel. The Lehigh Valley Chapter will pay the registration and hotels costs for the competitors and their coaches.
The four top Pennsylvania students will go to Washington, D.C. in May to vie for national honors. Almost 6,000 schools nationwide participate in the competition co-sponsored by the National Society of Professional Engineers, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and a host of industries that see the importance of making math excellence as challenging, exciting, and prestigious as participation in sports.


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Posted Mar 1, 2011 4:59 PM CDT
By Martha Neil
After being paid nothing for a 10-lawyer leap to Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, a legal recruiter sued the Los Angeles law firm for $100 million.
A federal magistrate judge in Houston has now awarded $365,150 to Houston-based CB Legal Search, reports the Houston Business Journal.
The recruiter contended its introduction of a 10-lawyer group from Chicago-based Bollinger Ruberry & Garvey to Lewis Brisbois resulted in the move. However, no contract was signed, and the firm said it owed nothing, contending that it had relied on a prior relationship with two other lawyers at the firm.
A total of 12 lawyers made the move.
The article relies on court documents and doesn't include any comment from either side.
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After having some time to reflect on Al Davis's decision to draft Terrelle Pryor, I have paid some thought to the pros and cons of the decision, and how they are likely to effect the Raiders in both the short and the long term.
Pryor's acquisition has received a generally positive reaction from Raider fans, and has predictably been greeted with derision by the haters.
Do they both have a point?
Here is how I would break it down. I will start with the negatives, as I always like to finish on a positive when it comes to my Raiders.
Cons :
· The Raiders do not have a good track record in drafting quarterbacks and then developing them (Kenny Stabler aside)
· Effect on Jason Campbell. Bruce Gradkowski was let go so as to avoid a quarterback controversy on Oakland as he was a fan favourite. We just generated another one, and I have to think that it will be at the back of Campbell's mind.
· Pryor is a run first quarterback – They have a poor success rate in the NFL. When they do succeed, they need a lot of time to develop.
· Pryor has inconsistent mechanics. You can't always fix that.
· It leaves Oakland without a pick rounds 2 through 4 in the 2012 draft, and they have holes to fill on this roster (CB, OLB).
Pros :
· At a 3rd round pick and about $5 million, this isn't a huge gamble.
· Pryor has a unique skill set that should if used correctly cause nightmares for defensive coordinator, especially in the red zone. A silver & black Wildcat comes to mind.
· He could contribute in certain situational packages early on, and his addition to an offence already loaded with off the scale speed (McFadden, Ford, Jones, etc) will create opportunities that a coach like Hue Jackson should be able exploit.
· Pryor stepped into the breach at Ohio State when needed, proved he was a winner and consistently did all that was asked of him in high pressure situations.
Lastly, and importantly, I believe that Pryor is a good kid who is totally committed to football.
He has the confidence to see himself as a quarterback, but the commitment to say he would play any position asked of him. I like that.
So where does he fit. I certainly would have taken him over Cam Newton, and he probably fits as a Raider into the Jerry Porter/Ronald Curry mold of 'great athlete, what shall we do with him?'.
Outside of the Raiders my guess is somewhere between Vince Young and Michael Vick in terms of ability as a quarterback. I'm hoping more Michael Vick (in his Philladelphia form), and less Vince Young.
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A young osprey is back in the wild after a month-long rehab stint. The osprey became famous after crash-landing on a boat - someone then took a photo and it went viral.
Tuesday was move-out day at the Center for Rehabilitation of Wildlife on Sanibel.
Kat McDonough, a rehabilitator at CROW, has facilitated plenty of other departures, but this one was extra special.
After she and her partner cover the bird, they put the osprey in a cage and head off across the Sanibel Causeway.
"All right, all right. We're coming," McDonough said sweetly to the bird she helped nurse back to health.
The six-month-old osprey isn't able to contain how happy she is.
"She is ready to go. She hasn't stopped making noise throughout this entire trip," McDonough said.
Capt. Glenn Smith, with Adventures in Paradise, knows exactly why she's ready to break out of the cage.
"We were close to leaving for the day and had that happened, who knows what would have happened to her," he explained.
A photo of the bird went viral after it crashed onto a boat owned by Adventures in Paradise. Smith was there right after it happened.
"It's like your kid now. You want to see it grow old and take off and become something," he said.
When McDonough opened the cage, the osprey was shy and didn't budge. But slowly, you see her step out, then flap her wings, and all of the sudden she flies about ten feet.
Shortly after, she gets in front of a strong gust of wind and disappears into the blue sky.
McDonough isn't exactly sure where she'll end up, but knows the osprey will always have a special place in her heart.
"She's back where she belongs," she said.
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The Vale is the third lowest cost authority in Wales in terms of its waste management services, according to a project's findings.
A recent Waste Finance Benchmarking Project carried out by the Welsh Local Government Association found the Vale provided a very cost effective waste management service.
The council's expenditure was less than £3 per household per week across household waste collection services .
The Vale also ranked as second highest in Wales for the amount of food waste collected per household, collecting on average a huge 97kg from each household across the year, and eighth highest for dry recycling collection with almost 12,000 tonnes collected across the area.
Vale Council director of visible services and housing, Miles Punter, said: "Overall expenditure in the Vale has fallen compared to 2011/12 yet our services are continuing to improve and are consistently outperforming other councils in Wales by some way and is a testament to the fantastic work of the whole waste management team and the support of our householders."


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Jennifer Lawrence Scores Best Actress Trophy at SAG Awards
It's quickly becoming the year of Jennifer Lawrence, and last night (January 27) the "Hunger Games" gal took home another trophy at the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Miss Lawrence was thrilled to be in the running for the Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role award, and thanks to her flick "Silver Linings Playbook," she snagged the coveted honor.
However, when she heard her name called, Jennifer jumped up a little too fast and ended up experiencing a wardrobe malfunction.
Lawrence's gorgeous tiered navy Christian Dior dress came apart towards the bottom, showing off her legs a little more than she'd planned.
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Tribal is my favorite demon and the character who holds the Lucifer's Boys series together. He's not the romantic lead, just a rent boy from Hell. Is this scene, a couple of demons are deciding who Tribal will service first.
The demons clenched their fists into something that looked like a craggy red boulders. They raised them and brought them down to chest level, then swung them up again.
Tribal crossed his arms and waited. Rock demons had trouble counting as high as three, and a game of boulder, parchment, scythe could easily confuse them if they didn't give it all their focus.
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M. Holliday, M. Stumm, "Performance Evaluation of Hierarchical Ring-Based Shared Memory Multiprocessors," IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 52-67, January, 1994.
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Authorities say a 5-year-old boy has been revived after being pulled unconscious from a Waterloo motel swimming pool.
The Waterloo Fire and Rescue Department says the incident occurred around 9:20 p.m. Saturday at the Comfort Inn on La Porte Road.
Bystanders took the boy to a side of the pool, where CPR was performed.
Officials say the boy was conscious and alert when taken to Covenant Medical Center for more treatment.
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WOOD COUNTY (WAOW) - The Wood County man convicted of killing his former girlfriend has been sentenced to life in prison with the chance of extended supervision in 40 years.
Gabriel Luis Campos, 22, was sentenced Tuesday in Wood County Circuit Court.
Campos was convicted of first-degree intentional homicide for killing 18-year-old Maisie McCullough of Marshfield in September 2012. According to a police, Campos is the father of McCullough's then-two-year-old son.
During sentencing, a tearful father addressed a packed courtroom.
"It's been hard, it's been hard for everybody," said George McCullough, Maisie's father. "Maisie was just a special, special gal. She was going places. It's going to take a long time for the healing process."
Before the judge handed down the sentence, Campos had something to say.
"I took the life of a really good person in a brutal and senseless way. I take full responsibility for my actions and I regret it everyday. I am truly sorry," said Campos.
Marshfield Police say McCullough was found dead in a home in the 1300 Block of E. Blodgett Street in Marshfield shortly after 10 p.m. on Sept. 7, 2012.
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Posted by Alison Trost on February 19, 2010 at 10:11 AM.
The Infinity Bridge crossing the River Tees in northeastern England is a stunning sight, especially at night.
This footbridge, completed in 2009, is in Stockton-on-Tees, England. The walkway is supported by asymmetric steel arches and connects the north and south shores of the River Tees. The lighting design by Speirs and Major Associates (Edinburgh and London) uses the bridge's reflection on the water to complete the infinity symbol. For more pictures of the Infinity Bridge click here.