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What will happen when Mikel Leshoure finally sees the field in a regular season game? ESPN has completed their Madden 13 simulations for week three so we already "know".
The Madden sim produced a 9 carry, 52 yard, one touchdown performance for Leshorue against the Titans defense. That, combined with 12 catches for 105 yards and two touchdowns from Calvin Johnson, helped the virtual Lions leave Nashville with a 27-17 win.
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Calvin Johnson catches 12 passes for 105 yards and two touchdowns, including a 24-yard score on Detroit's first drive, as the Lions take out the Titans 27-17. Matthew Stafford throws for 302 yards, while two Detroit backs combine to run for 95 yards to keep the attack balanced. Meanwhile, Chris Johnson has another disappointing performance for Tennessee, rushing for only 57 yards in the loss.

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Basket Case 2 (1990)
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Belial is back for round two, and this time around, hes bringing some friends! Escaping the media frenzy after the first film, Duane and his deformed basket-brother hide out with Granny Ruth in her secluded mansion. When a tabloid reporter gets too snoopy, it time for the freaks to stand together to keep their secret hideout, well, secret. Widescreen high def transfer looks great! Also includes interview and behind the scenes featurette. DVD
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Basket Case 3: The Progeny (1991)
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In the third and final installment of Frank Hennlotters Basket Case trilogy, we find that brother Duane is still hopelessly insane, while deformed Belial is about to become a daddy! Eve, or Mrs. Belial as the case may be, delivers a litter of bouncing baby monsters. When the police show up and cart the critters away, proud papa Belial sets off to gather up his brood of bloodthirsty offspring in a gory climax thats sure to please. Includes original trailer. DVD
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Beast of Yucca Flats (1961), The
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Tor Johnson is a Russian scientist who escapes to the USA with top secret Soviet documents. Russian agents run his car off the road into a bomb testing site where an H-bomb explosion turns him into a bloodthirsty atomic monster. Ed Wood mainstay Conrad Brooks co-stars. No budget drive-in horror from Anthony Cardoza. DVD
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Beyond Atlantis (1973)
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John Ashley and Sid Haig are a couple of crooks out to steal a stash of pearls from the population of a small uncharted island. They join up with good guy Patrick Wayne and Lenore Stevens to help plunder the loot. Once on the island, the leader of the islanders has other plans and orders his daughter to mate with one of the strangers in order to continue their race which just so happens to be a race of pop-eyed water-breathers! Another in the series of Filipino horror and exploitation films from John Ashley and producer/director Eddie Romero. DVD
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Big Bad Wolf (2006)
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A twist on the werewolf legend has Derek Cowley and his friends playing a game of cat and mouse with an unusual monster. With appearances by David Naughton and Clint Howard.
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Bird with Crystal Plumage (1970) , The
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Dario Argentos first feature length thriller is visually exciting and quite interesting in a Hitchcock sort of way. Tony Musante is an American writer in Rome. He witnesses a murder through a large art gallery window and before you know it, the police wont let him leave the country until the murder is solved, but the killer threatens his girlfriends life if he doesnt leave... Add in an excellent Ennio Morricone music score and the chills run deep. Includes trailer and the complete soundtrack. DVD
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Black Demons (1991)
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Seldom seen zombie stuff from director Umberto Lenzi isnt all that bad. It really takes you back to the early 80s style of zombie films when voodoo and black magic are the culprit in bringing the dead back to life. Widescreen, in English, with trailers and interviews. Out-of-print DVD.
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Black Emanuelle's Box Set Volume 1
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Director Joe DAmatos first Black Emanuelle film may have just been a rip-off of the popular European soft sex film, but with Laura Gemser in the lead role, the film caught on with audiences world wide and spawned several popular sequels. Here we have three of those films in one handy box set. In EMAUNELLE IN BANGKOK (1977) photo journalist Emanuelle is sent to the city of Bangkok where her passport is stolen and shes defiled by thugs. She prowls the underground club scene on a journey of lesbian ecstasy and yes, it does contain the ping pong ball scene!
In EMANUELLE AROUND THE WORLD (1977) our globe hopping journalist is out to uncover a sadistic ring of white slavers and dwells in the world of bondage, bestiality, and beyond. In SISTER EMANUELLE (1981) she renounces her life of lust to become a cloistered nun Yeah, like thats going to last when shes sent to a remote convent for wayward girls.
Also included in this box set (and packaged with Emanuelle Around the World) is a fourth disc of music compiled by composer Nico Fidenco. Also includes deleted scenes, featurettes, half a dozen full color postcards of various Emanuelle movie art, and more. DVD
In EMANUELLE AROUND THE WORLD (1977) our globe hopping journalist is out to uncover a sadistic ring of white slavers and dwells in the world of bondage, bestiality, and beyond. In SISTER EMANUELLE (1981) she renounces her life of lust to become a cloistered nun Yeah, like thats going to last when shes sent to a remote convent for wayward girls.
Also included in this box set (and packaged with Emanuelle Around the World) is a fourth disc of music compiled by composer Nico Fidenco. Also includes deleted scenes, featurettes, half a dozen full color postcards of various Emanuelle movie art, and more. DVD
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Black Shampoo (1976)
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Jonathan is tall, muscular, ballsy, and one of the most sought after hair stylists around; although that may be due to his reputation as a lover. Everything is cool for Jonathan until he gets between his sexy young receptionist and her former employer, the mob! Now Jonathan must pick up his chainsaw and become a killing machine on the side of the little guy in this slice of 70s drive-in black exploitation. Widescreen print with commentary by director Greydon Clark, text interviews with stars John Daniels and Tanya Boyd, photo gallery, trailers, deleted scenes and more. DVD
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Black Soul Dynamite: 10 Movie Blaxploitation Collection
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Ten solid action, exploitation, and martial arts movies in one 3 disc collection. Jim Brown takes on the Japanese in PACIFIC INFERNO (1979), while Richard Roundtree grapples with thugs in MIAMI COPS (1989). Ron ONeal teams with Roundtree in the action film MERCENARY FIGHTERS (1988) while Ajita Wilson and Linda Blair butt heads in SAVAGE ISLAND (1985). Steve James becomes a STREET HUNTER (1990), while director Antonio Margherti shows former boxer Marvin Hagler how to get mean in INDIO (1989). Hong Kong action import MAFIA VS NINJA (1984) brings a little kung fu action to the mix, while Jim Kelly kicks ass in KILL FACTOR (1978) aka Death Dimension. You also get director Bitto Albertinis BLACK EMMANUELLE 2 (1976) and Fred The Hammer Williamson in director Umberto Lenzis BLACK COBRA 4: DETECTIVE MALONE (1990) wraps things up in fine Euro-import style.There are a couple flicks that may be a bit suspect as far as calling them blaxploitation movies, but most of the movies in this set are uncommon to find on DVD and you do get a few decent imports added to the mix, making the collection well worth the money as a whole. DVD
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Blood Drinkers (1966) , The
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aka The Vampire People. Marco, resident Philippino vampire, hangs out with his dwarf assistant. Together, they seek to reanimate Marcos long lost love by infusing her with the blood of his victims. He realizes it may be better to just go after her twin sister and go for a heart transplant to make things easier all around. Uncut print with commentary by producer Sam Sherman, interview with director Eddie Romero, who didnt direct this movie, lost scenes from the film, live horror show preview, and trailers. Out-of-print DVD has a small hole thru the UPC code, otherwise brand new.
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Blood Feast (1963)
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Partners in crime, David Friedman and Herschell Gordon Lewis brought the world the very first gore film, and Im sorry, between the low budget effects and mostly bad acting, it never gets old and is well worth repeated viewing. Uncut remastered print with commentary, trailer, every outtake filmed, short film and more! DVD
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Blood Feast 2 : All U Can Eat (2001)
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Herschell Gordon Lewis and David Friedman, the two guys responsible for creating the words first gore film got back together after almost forty years to bring the world, Blood Feast 2. This time out, the grand nephew of the original killer is trying to bring back our ancient goddess... Or something like that anyway. Look for John Waters as a slightly, shall we say catholic wedding guest who steals the show. R rated edition, with photo gallery and trailer. Out of print DVD.
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Blood of Ghastly Horror (1965 to 1971)
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Jewel thieves are using a Viet Nam war vet with a transmitter implanted in his skull to steal stuff for them Or something like that anyway. With Kent Taylor, John Carradine, Regina Carrol, and ex-Disney star Tommy Kirk. An amazingly incoherent mess of a movie even by director Al Adamsons standards this thing started out as Psycho-A-Go-Go in 1965. New scenes were shot and added in 1971 and it was once again released as Fiend With the Electric Brain. Even more scenes were filmed and added in 1971 (hence our dates listed after the movie title) and the title was once again changed to Blood of Ghastly Horror. Its a drive-in clunker that needs to be seen to be believed! Now out of print DVD.
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Blood of the Vampires (1970)
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aka Curse of the Vampires. Phillippino vampire fun is sort of a follow-up to director Gerardo DeLeons The Blood Drinkers. Long time Philippine cinema icon, Eddie Garcia, plays an innocent victim of his families vampire curse. He prowls his nights away in a quest to quench his ever present blood lust until he and his vampire family are tracked back to their hidden lair. Includes commentary from producer Sam Sherman, interview with director Eddie Romero, live horror show preview, trailers, and photo gallery. Out of print DVD.
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Blood Stained Bride (2006)
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Tracy, fresh from being dumped by his girlfriend meets Madeline, coming off more of a bloody break up of her own. It isnt long before Madeline is leading Tracy down the isle one emasculated step - and one more dead body - at a time... And nothing is going to stop her in this bloody black comedy. Photos, outtakes, extras and trailers. DVD
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Bloodfest : 5 DVD Collection
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This five film collection includes the US versions of five classic drive-in horror films, all packed in a cool collectible coffin-shaped tin box. You get THE THIRSTY DEAD (1974), about a series of women who are kidnapped by a cult who must feast on their fresh blood in order to remain immortal; SISTERS OF DEATH (1978), the story of five women who escape a secret club, only to be trapped by a madman when they attend a reunion; the US version of Lucio Fulcis HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY (1982) which needs little explanation; BLOODY WEDNESDAY (1985), a rare to find psychological horror story about a one mans descent into madness; and THE HATCHET MURDERS (1976), which is the original US cut of Dario Argentos Deep Red, which is cool for completeists. This out of print collection is worth it for the cool coffin tin packaging alone. 5 DVD Set in collectible coffin shaped tin box.
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Bloodrayne (2006)
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Bloodrayne (Kristanna Loken), is a sexy killing machine determined to use her supernatural fighting skills to combat her father and his army of vampires. With Ben Kingsley, Michelle Rodriguez, Billy Zane, and Michael Madsen. Includes commentary from the always amusing director Uwe Boll, making of segment, and a second disc that includes the Bloodrayne 2 video game. DVD
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Bloodsuckers from Outer Space (1984)
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Writer and director Glen Coburns spoof of drive-in horror and exploitation films finds an alien force taking over the townspeople of a rural Texas town and transforming them into bloodthirsty zombies while a photographer and his girlfriend attempt to make sense of everything. Frequently funny characters, a swipe or two at ornery rednecks and the moron military, and Pat Paulson as The President all add up to a good time! Glen just mastered this DVD from the only 35mm print struck, so it looks as good as youll find. Also includes The Bloodsucker Reunion documentary with cast and crew. DVD
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Boy and His Dog (1975) , A
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Harlan Ellisons post-apocalyptic story of a young man (Don Johnson) and his telepathic dog, Blood. They roam whats left of America attempting to scrounge food, water, and safety. He stumbles across an underground recreation of middle-class society run by Alvy Moore and Jason Robards, and is promptly put to work as a stud for the towns women. He escapes with Susan Benton back to the surface world, where faithful Blood and a twist ending await. This out of print DVD contains commentary and the original trailer.
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Brain Damage (1987)
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Heres a limited edition, high definition, 5:1 dolby digital transfer of Frank Henenlotters cult horror classic about Aylmer, the brain-eating parasite, and his boy, Brian. Complete with commentary from director Henenlotter, isolated music score and original trailer, this is the definitive uncut edition containing all the gore that was trimmed from the original US release. Now out of print DVD.
*The cover is printed on silver foil paper, so it does not scan well, but looks great in person.
*The cover is printed on silver foil paper, so it does not scan well, but looks great in person.
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Breaking Her Will (2009)
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The young lady had no idea the gentle looking stranger offering her a ride after a fight with her boyfriend was a twisted bastard with crucifixion, bondage, and rape fantasies until she found herself blindfolded, ball-gagged, and bound in his basement. Days of mental and physical abuse later, shes killed by her unstable captor, who hangs himself for his senseless actions. An unnerving and relentless experience from filmmaker Bill Zebub. Due to mature content 18+ to order. DVD
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Breeders (1986)
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An alien presence living in the NYC subways is looking to reproduce by impregnating human women. Can a detective covering the case of accosted women and a female doctor discover, and put an end to things, before the shit hits the fan? Check out Tim Kincaids gooey 80s horror outing to find out. Out of print DVD.
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Bride of Re-Animator (1989)
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Eight months after the events of Re-Animator, Dr. West, Dan Cain, and the severed head of Dr. Carl Hill return to create a female monster using pieces and parts from parts from a hooker, a virgin, and Cains dead girlfriend to bring the world Bride of Re-Animator! Full screen version DVD.
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Brutal Massacre : A Comedy (2008)
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The career of once famous B movie director Harry Penderecki (David Naughton) is in serious decline since his heyday of the 1980s. He hasnt had a hit in forever and his clout dries up to the point that hes now on the outside of Hollywood looking in. Determined to return to his glory days of films like Bowel Movement, People Pesticide, and Ill Take the Ring Back and the Finger Too, he returns to direct what he believes will be his ultimate masterpiece of horror and brings along a documentary crew to document his comeback. Things dont go so good Packed with recognizable faces from horror and B movies past and present (like Brian OHalloran, Ellen Sandweiss, Ken Foree, and Gunnar Hansen), Brutal Massacre is sure to at least amuse long time horror movie fans looking for a decent horror comedy homage. Includes extended and deleted scenes, behind the scenes featurette and trailer. Now out-of-print DVD.
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Beneath the streets of New York there are hundreds of miles of unused tunnels. Up from these tunnels comes something horrible some sort of monster and its now stalking the sewers of Manhattan, causing the homeless to mutate into hideous and hungry creatures Cannibalistic, Humanoid, Underground, Dwellers of C.H.U.D. for short. The 90s were one of the worse decades for horror films - nowhere near as wretched as it is today, but an awful decade with very few decent horror films produced. CHUD is one of the rare enjoyable horror films from the 80s. DVD
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Campus Corpse (1977) , The
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Class jock, Craig, and class brain, Barney, are out to pledge the Delt Fraternity. During a grueling five mile run down the side of a mountain in freezing weather and wearing only a jock strap, Barney falls and breaks his leg. Now only one question remains? What are the Delts going to do with a frozen, half naked corpse? And how is Craig going to lie about the death of his buddy? A Hitchcock-like feel helps the movie. Out of print DVD.
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Candy Stripers (2006)
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An alien craft lands in a small California town with a mission to take over the world. The nasty aliens first stop is the local hospital where they inhabit the bodies of a trio of beautiful candy strippers (featuring Playboy Playmates Deanna Brooks and Serria Tawan) and turn them into voracious sexual predators on the lookout for men to use as breeders for their alien race. Ah yes, how can you go wrong? DVD
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Cannibal Ferox (1980) aka Make Them Die Slowly
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aka Make Them Die Slowly. When college student Lorraine grabs up a few friends and heads into the Columbian jungle to disprove the theory of cannibalism, she didnt count on a sleazy drug dealer (played by John Morghen) mucking things up by raping and killing a native girl. The tribe seeks revenge by capturing, torturing, killing, and eating everyone except Lorraine, who gets away to ponder that whole cannibalism thing for the rest of her life. this is Umberto Lenzis gut-munching cannibal classic, widescreen and uncut. Includes commentary from director Lenzi and star John Morghen, trailers, photos and posters, and a new interview with the director that was done for this DVD release.
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Cannibal Girls (1972)
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Early Ivan Reitman directed horror comedy finds (SCTV regulars) Eugene Levy and Andrea Martin starring as a young couple who settle in at a little bed and breakfast while on a romantic holiday. Run by a trio of flesh-hungry women, they fancy the couple not as guests, but more as tomorrows menu. Cannibal Girls is a cult film worth a watch. Includes interviews with Reitman, producer Daniel Goldman, and star, Eugene Levy; original radio spots, trailer and an alternate audio track that features the Warning Bell sounder gimmick used in theaters
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Verizon Wireless was chosen to partner with East Orange Campus High School in East Orange New Jersey to pilot a program using tablets for education. All 480 students will receive a 7″ Samsung Galaxy Tab that will operate on a private network, also implemented by Verizon Wireless.
"This is a logical next step for school systems; delivering information in a way that our students are accustomed to consuming it," said Makeba McCray, Technology Coordinator for East Orange Campus High School. "With the increasing cost of paper and the popularity of digital devices, this was also a natural cost-saving step that we hope everyone will benefit from and enjoy. To complement our plans, we needed a carrier with a reliable network at a great value. We're excited to work with Verizon Wireless, who gave us exactly what we hoped for."
For more information please see: http://thedroidguy.com/2011/10/verizon-wireless-tests-steve-jobs-educational-vision-except-with-android/
This Halloween we have a few tech-safety tools and applications that parents can use to make sure their little ghouls and goblins are building lasting Halloween memories and staying safe. Parents can now, from their smartphones, keep their children safe without joining them door-to-door or worrying from home. Safe and Fun Trick-or-Treat Tech Tips:
Less than a year ago we introduced our 4G LTE network to the nation, rolling it out in 38 cities with coverage available to 110 million Americans. At that time we announced an aggressive goal of bringing our 4G LTE network to more than 185 million Americans by the end of 2011.On Thursday, Oct. 20, we turned on our 4G LTE network in 22 new markets including Buffalo, NY. With these new cities we tipped the scale and we can now officially, and proudly, say that we have surpassed our goal. Verizon Wireless' 4G LTE network covers more than 186 million Americans from coast to coast.
To coincide with the rapid expansion of our 4G LTE network, we've steadily introduced an array of 4G LTE-enabled devices, ranging from notebooks and netbooks; to hotspots and modems; and tablets and smartphones. With our two newest devices, the DROID RAZR by Motorola and Samsung Stratosphere, we now offer consumers 15 4G LTE-enabled devices to choose from.
Bringing the freedom of choice to the world of enterprise IT, Verizon Wireless and VMware, Inc. announced a strategic partnership to introduce to the market VMware Horizon Mobile, enabling Verizon Wireless business subscribers to gain the freedom to choose a single Android device for both professional and personal use.
VMware Horizon Mobile will provide a simple way for IT departments to securely provision, manage and de-provision a corporate mobile workspace (email, applications, data, etc.) to an employee's Android device over-the-air, while enabling the employee to retain the privacy and control of their personal mobile environments.
Mossberg, however, didn't see any change, especially if on AT&T. "My AT&T model dropped too many calls, just as earlier AT&T iPhones do," he writes. "My colleague's Verizon iPhone 4S dropped none."
Nearly one in four women will be the victim of domestic violence and nearly three out of four Americans know someone who has been a victim of domestic violence. Verizon Wireless through HopeLine® from Verizon is helping consumers spread awareness about domestic violence and aid in its prevention during Domestic Violence Awareness Month and year-round. This October, everyone has several options to join in and make a difference with Verizon Wireless.
To find out more ways you can help and to join our journey of hope please see: http://news.vzw.com/news/2011/10/pr2011-10-03c.html
Verizon Wireless and Samsung today announced the Samsung Stratosphere™, a Galaxy S® smartphone, will be available in Verizon Wireless stores and online at www.verizonwireless.com beginning Oct. 13.
The Samsung Stratosphere is the first 4G LTE smartphone from Verizon Wireless equipped with a five-row QWERTY keyboard and designed with Samsung's four-inch Super AMOLED display. Additionally, the Stratosphere supports enhanced B2B-enabled connectivity services from Cisco, the most comprehensive mobile implementation of Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) and support for secure remote device management from Sybase Afaria.Key features: 4G LTE – customers can expect fast download speeds of 5 to 12 megabits per second (Mbps) and upload speeds of 2 to 5 Mbps in 4G LTE mobile broadband coverage areas Five-row QWERTY keyboard Samsung Super AMOLED™ Screen Technology makes watching movies, viewing videos and playing games come to life, even in bright light and outdoor environments Android™ 2.3 Gingerbread – support for Google™ Mobile Services including Gmail™, YouTube™, Google Talk™, Google Search™, Google Maps™ and access to more than 250,000 apps available to download from Android Market™ Samsung 1 GHz Cortex A8 Hummingbird Application Processor Front-facing 1.3-megapixel camera for video chat and 5-megapixel rear-facing camera with autofocus and flash (720p HD playback and 480p DVD-quality recording) Mobile Hotspot Capability – share 4G connection with up to eight Wi-Fi enabled devices or a 3G connection with up to five devices AllShare® – enables wireless connectivity through Digital Living Network Alliance® (DLNA), so customers can send multimedia content to other DLNA Certified®-enabled devices such as TVs and laptops Samsung Media Hub – Samsung's own content service, offering a vast lineup of critically acclaimed films and TV programs for rent or purchase Bluetooth® 3.0 technology – support for headset, hands-free, stereo, phonebook access, and object push for vCard and vCalendar Multiple video file formats supported, including DivX and XviD Wi-Fi Connectivity (802.11 a/b/g/n)
Verizon Wireless announced the new iPhone 4S will be available on the Verizon Wireless network beginning on Friday, October 14. Verizon Wireless customers, as well as those who want to make iPhone 4S their reason to switch to the nation's most reliable network, will be able to pre-order the iPhone 4S online beginning today at www.verizonwireless.com/iPhone. In addition, the company announced the iPhone 4 8 GB model is available now for $99.99 and has lowered pricing for iPhone 4 16 GB and 32 GB models.
"Verizon Wireless customers have embraced iPhone 4 on our network and we fully expect the enthusiasm will continue to grow for iPhone 4S," said Dan Mead, president and chief executive officer for Verizon Wireless. "With more and more customers depending on their iPhone every day, it is important that they have the device they can count on and a network that delivers. As millions of customers can attest - reliability matters."


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The Pittsburgh Steelers are looking for offensive line help, and they believe Arizona Cardinals LT Levi Brown is the answer. But how much of an upgrade is Brown, really? According to Pro Football Talk, the Pittsburgh Steelers have acquired Levi Brown from the Arizona Cardinals, and the trade is reportedly a "done deal", pending a physical. The details of what the Steelers have parted with have not been leaked, but I doubt they are giving up what the Baltimore Ravens traded to the Jacksonville Jaguars for a star left tackle in Eugene Monroe. Brown isn't a star at all, but he does have more than one year left on his contract, unlike Monroe, though it is not exactly a friendly contract if Brown does not play at a high level.
The Steelers really wanted- and needed- an upgrade on the offensive line, and a trade at the bye week makes sense. This gives their new player time to learn the system before the team's Week 6 game against the New York Jets, and the Steelers clearly don't have faith in their own personnel. Their backups on the offensive line aren't anything to write home about (Guy Whimper is probably the most well-known name of them), but the most importantly takeaway out of this deal is Mike Adams. Brown's contract takes him until 2017, which means that the Steelers have essentially given up on the second-round pick out of Ohio State.
Levi Brown knows plenty about not living up to a lofty draft status, as he is one of the biggest offensive line busts of the past few decades after being the 5th pick in the 2007 draft out of Penn State. He has plenty of talent and has shown flashes of it, especially recently, for the Cardinals, but he can get beat really badly and has been inconsistent at best. The Cardinals were basically forced to start him going into the year, but now they have finally decided to cut their losses with Brown and give up on his potential to be a consistent LT. They have found a trade partner in the Steelers, and the most interesting thing will be watching what they gave up.
With Brown's contract and lack of production, I would be shocked if the Steelers parted ways with more than a sixth-rounder for Brown's services. The big picture item here for the Steelers is that they believe that they have made a significant upgrade at LT, with the bigger picture item being that they have given up on Mike Adams. He has been putrid to this point, but Brown isn't much of an upgrade over Adams. The former is older, but he is a bit better at this point and has "change of scenery" upside to counter Adams's "youthful" upside.
The Steelers are doing whatever they can to give Ben Roethlisberger a credible offensive line, and they are also cutting their losses with Mike Adams. The Arizona Cardinals have done the same with Levi Brown, and, hopefully, the Steelers didn't give up a pick of remote significance for Brown. There is a chance he finally puts it all together and plays well, but that chance is slim. It's not impossible, but the Steelers should only bet on Brown being a not-too-big upgrade over Adams.
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PINAL COUNTY, Ariz. - On Wednesday, February 20th, 2013, the Pinal County Sheriff's Office arrested Hayden's former acting Fire Chief Charles Vega, 37 years old, of Hayden, for theft and trafficking in stolen property.
In late December, Hayden Police contacted Pinal County Sheriff's Office after money from an annual dance fundraiser for the town's volunteer fire department was found to be missing. Hayden Police told sheriff deputies they believed the theft had been done by a town employee.
During the course of the investigation, Gila County Sheriff's Office was investigating a theft of property from the Asarco Mine located in Kearny. It was soon discovered which recently removed Fire Chief for the Town of Hayden, Charles Vega, was a former employee of the Asarco Mine, and one of the last people to have the stolen items.
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True when you are young. Appearance is "it", nice dress, nice shoes, nice hair, etc....
Just look around you, in HS for example, the beautiful people have their own little group, the nerds , the jocks , etc.
Then there's the 'reject' group. Ever seen the beauty go out with the beast ? Only in movie.
As you go through life and becoming more mature, your priority will shift. Looks may become priority # 2 , as personality of a person matter most.
This stage is when we all are looking to get serious in relationship (long term commitment like marriage, children). When you come to this stage in life, you won't be so picky as far as 'look' goes.
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I get what you're saying and I agree with you to an extent, but I don't think you get waht I'm saying. My friends and I always use this exmaple when we're asked this question:
If you were in a mall/club/out somewhere and you saw some really hot chick and a really ugly chick. Regardless of how their personality may be, which one are you more likely to approach. Honestly, you would not want to approach the ugly person first. So, you go upto the pretty girl and get to know her. Then, if her personality sucks you would put her aside and move on. Am I right? There is no way you would just approach a random ugly ugly person in real life and be like "Hey, you're ugly but maybe your personality is amazing." There are plenty of beautiful people with amazing personalities. You just have to find them.
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The BSW at UC is New Zealand's most established Social Work programme. The programme is ideal for those who wish to focus their studies on helping people. Graduates provide professional assistance to those experiencing difficulties in their lives and in their communities.
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In your first year, you will take three compulsory courses in Social Work and four courses in Human Services, Psychology and Sociology according to one of four elective streams.
Entry to Social Work courses at 300-level and above is competitive. Completed courses at 100 and 200-level can be credited to a BA with a major in Human Services if you choose not to continue with a BSW.
In your fourth year, 80% of your work will be made up of field work. This is a great opportunity for you to put into practice the knowledge and skills you have gained. Students require a full driving license to undertake field work placements and must be prepared to travel out of Christchurch.
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Science Translational Medicine.
"In most cases, genome sequencing is not going to tell people what disease they're going to get or die from. It can be valuable in telling what diseases they have an excess risk for," said study co-author Dr. Bert Vogelstein, director of the Ludwig Center for Cancer Genetics and Therapeutics at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
"Genome sequencing is not going to be the dominant component of patient care," he added. "It will not be a substitute for preventive medicine strategies incorporating routine check-ups, exercise, physical status, lifestyle."
The costs of whole genome sequencing are plummeting, making the
test more accessible to more people, yet the ability of the test to
provide useful information to patients has not been studied
quantitatively, Vogelstein said.
The authors used data on identical twins in registries in
Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway, as well as a U.S. registry of
World War II military veteran twins, to look at genetic risk for 24
common diseases including diabetes, Alzheimer's and breast
The researchers calculated that genetic sequencing would reveal
a predisposition to at least one disease in 90 percent of the twins
But that's only predisposition, not whether you actually fall
ill or not. The actual risk of getting one of these conditions
would be no different from that of the general population, the
authors noted.
The analysis also concluded that most individuals would receive
negative test results for 23 of the 24 diseases but, again, this
hypothetical information would not necessarily predict the future.
Even with a negative test result, the risk for developing most of
the diseases for which one tested negative would still be 50
percent to 80 percent of that in the general population.
To put the results in context: 2 percent of women who undergo
whole genome tests will likely get a positive result for ovarian
cancer risk, explained Vogelstein, who is also an investigator at
the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, in Chevy Chase, Md.
That puts their overall risk of developing a tumor in their
lifetime at 10 percent.
And the 98 percent of women who get a negative result don't
necessarily get a "get-out-of-jail-free pass" as they still harbor
the same risk as the general population, Vogelstein said.
If it comes down to a choice between spending money on a genome
test and spending it on health measures such as regular check-ups
and joining a gym, it might be wise to go with the latter, he
"If I spend it on a gym membership, that will definitely decrease my risk for ovarian cancer," Vogelstein said.
On the other hand, a genetic test might seem prudent for someone
with a family history of a specific disease.
Commenting on the study, Dr. Marc Williams, vice president of
clinical genetics for the American College of Medical Genetics and
Genomics in Salt Lake City, said: "There's certainly some promise
in this type of testing but we're still trying to sort out what are
the best situations in which to apply this type of whole genome
Williams pointed out that "if we broadly apply it without
thinking about the clinical context -- why we are doing the test,
what we hope to learn -- then we could get into a lot of trouble in
terms of coming up with a lot of information we don't know what to
do with."
In the end, though, said study author Vogelstein, it comes down
to an individual decision.
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scrap prices are down here in pa last year this time .72 cents a lb for cans now .61 cents
here in michigan scrap steel has been hangin around 10 cents a pound about 200 a ton
i to am on a fixed income, fortunately my hunting spot is only 10 miles from the house.i have a little nissan frontier pickup that does pretty good on gas, thats not a factor for my hunting, this darn arthritis is just about to take care of my hunting trips, I'm going to try and get my other knee fixed this winter. gas prices is supposed to go down this summer if we can believe our politicians. boy the spell check is a wonderful thing! i always have trouble with those big words like it & the! have a good day & good hunting for those that get to go!
I'm feeling your pain. My wife lost a good few years back and went back to work full time this fall for about half of what she was getting paid prior to the layoff. Now I have the new bow (silencer) and am going to need 100gr broadheads (was using 75gr mini blasters). Now I need to find a new mechanical broadhead and budget the money wisely.


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We say that here on the west coast too.
A dog bit me in the whatnot once. Stung like hell and whatnot...
It is used here also (Phila)
Where is the definition of whatnot. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/whatnot
Pretty common word in Indiana and Illinois. I always assumed it was standard english. Is it not?
I wonder what a "and whatnot" is?
...if the teacher drew the rabbits & whatnot on the blackboard? They are really well done!
It looks like this girl really wants to learn, you can see the teacher student connection, is this Hine or is my impression right?


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This is the inside of Jinmao Tower, Shanghai, taken from the 54th Floor. There are 88 floors in total, not including several levels underground. This was really hard to get right because the light inside is quite low - the shots I took on Tuesday were very grainy, so I went back tonight, with a remote control for the camera and exposed for two seconds at F11. Did the trick.


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Paris Hilton's Pubic Hair
Celebrity body parts seem to be the thing to sell on eBay. A few weeks ago George Best's liver was up for sale. Now we have Paris Hilton's pubic hair. According to the description on the auction, "This bundle of Pubic Hair was taken from Paris Hilton's bathroom sink at one of her hotels when she visited Australia late last year, Surprise!!!!!!!!!!!!! She isn't a natural blonde!!!!!!!!!!!!" The auction was yanked by eBay soon after it was put up, confirming that it was almost definitely a hoax. But a screenshot of it can be seen over at Fleshbot (safe for work). I just watched American Wedding which has a scene involving pubic hair in a hotel bathroom, and I suspect this auction might have been inspired by that.
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Whoever tried to pull this one off must have somehow been under the delusion that there's somebody out there who doesn't already have some of P. Hilton's pubic hair.Posted by Gary in Dallas, Texas on Sat Apr 24, 2004 at 11:29 AM
This is a great site. I think Gary was right, though, little bits of Paris are scattered all over the globe. It's amazing that money can make a mosquito so attractive to so many people. I've got a little series called "Interview with a Dealer of Celebrity Memorabilia" in the archives at a blog I co-write. They're short 100 word pieces. I think you'd like them. Yes, shameless self-promotion, I know.Posted by Josh Maday in Saginaw, Michigan on Mon Feb 21, 2005 at 11:27 AM
auctioning pieces of Paris Hilton is as coherent as selling your late aunt's dog's clothing to walmart, see, nobody cares, and nobody wants to care, infact if they were informed by it the informer would probably be assassinated in a dark alleyPosted by DaniCesium in Rijswijk on Wed Jan 04, 2006 at 07:40 PM
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it was a jokePosted by kt on Mon Jan 23, 2006 at 04:02 PM
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Oh my bad I thought this was a discussion forum.Posted by Dani Cesium in Rijswijk on Mon Jan 23, 2006 at 04:31 PM
Hello:Posted by cindy haas in houston on Thu Sep 14, 2006 at 10:53 AM
I would just like to comment how sick and tired I am and most people with a brain of having to hear about paris hilton. She is so over exposed and such a useless human being, thanks CAH Houston
I would just like to comment how sick and tired I am and most people with a brain of having to hear about paris hilton. She is so over exposed and such a useless human being, thanks CAH Houston
So how much did it go for?Posted by Scene Hair on Tue Mar 25, 2008 at 02:47 PM
Now everything's on sale at ebay buy anything, as long as you dare to.Posted by hairloss on Sun May 09, 2010 at 10:12 AM
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Richard Bambach
Nature: An Economic History. Geerat J. Vermeij. xvi + 445
pp. Princeton University Press, 2004. $35.
Describing the interactions of organisms in nature as an economic
system is not new. For example, in 1838 Charles Darwin, making the
first mention of the concept that became natural selection, wrote in
his notebook that "One may say there is a force like a hundred
thousand wedges trying [to] force every kind of adapted structure
into the gaps in the economy of Nature, or rather forming gaps by
thrusting out weaker ones." But however common it may be to
mention the economy of nature, it is novel to construct a full
theory that characterizes the history of life and the evolution of
ecosystems as an economic system. In Nature: An Economic
History, Geerat Vermeij does just that. The book summarizes
economic ideas about ecosystems and evolution that he has been
developing for several decades. In his representation, the phenomena
that make up the forces and connections responsible for the history
of life are economy in action. It is a viewpoint that deserves
serious study.
Vermeij is one of the master naturalists of our time, and his
command of the subtleties of animal interactions is exceptional. I
think anyone can learn a great deal from this book. But it isn't an
easy read: It is intense, data-rich and packed with interlocking
conceptual models that require concentration to absorb.
The first three chapters give a general overview of Vermeij's
theoretical argument. He makes the point that he is not using
economy as a metaphor. Vermeij views economy as an organizing theory
for analysis of the evolution of the biosphere, a theory capable of
providing a full description of natural, as well as human, systems.
Although I was initially skeptical, I now regard his main argument
as convincing. The difference between human and natural economies is
only that people can plan how to manipulate the system—but we,
too, must work within the limitations and constraints of supply and
demand and must adjust to the feedbacks and modifications generated
in an interactive system. There is merit in moving beyond a limited
view of nature as simply being so many pathways of energy flow or
chemical systems explicable by parsing stoichiometry among the
participants. Although there is much to learn from such reductionist
perspectives (indeed, energy does flow through ecosystems, and life
is a chemical system involving particular ratios of elements), the
whole of nature is complex. Full understanding of the relations that
govern the biosphere and its changes over time requires a
theoretical framework in which all aspects of the interaction of
living systems are given a place. Competition, cooperation, trade,
performance, energy, adaptation, imperfection, specialization,
diversity, feedback, inequality and scale are all concepts that play
an economic role, not just supply and demand.
The next four chapters of the book are devoted to consumption and
enemies, production and resources, technology and organization, and
the environment. This is the most straightforward section, placing
many particulars of natural history into the various factors that
form the structure of the economic system Vermeij has outlined.
Examples are abundant, and Vermeij fully explains his sense of how
economic concepts work in natural systems. For instance, in chapter
6 he elaborates on the idea that the best measure of the performance
of living things is power (energy or work per unit time),
not simply efficiency ("the quantity of output relative to the
quantity of input"). He comments that "Power makes for
prolific producers and demanding consumers with a wide reach."
To make the point that power yield is more important than
efficiency, Vermeij observes that highly efficient brachiopods and
bryozoans with a low metabolic rate dominated Paleozoic seas,
whereas later geologic time saw the rise of active mollusks and
arthropods with a high metabolic rate and a greater demand for food,
illustrating the tendency for the power of dominant animals to
increase over time.
The next three chapters, which summarize and generalize on the
preceding material, are devoted respectively to the geographic
distribution of power and innovation, with the tropics and tectonic
change as the centerpieces; the role of disturbance, with an
emphasis on extinction events; and the idea that evolution has had a
trajectory of escalating the concentration and reach of power. A
chapter on the economic limitations that humankind must eventually
face concludes the book.
The concept of nature as economy is a powerful one and is almost
surely correct in principle. Many of the specific examples Vermeij
cites are clear demonstrations of the idea. By casting natural
activities in economic terms he shows, for instance, that
high--performance animals (those with greater power) extend their
reach and tend to dominate species that are more efficient but less
powerful. When resources are limited, efficiency is selected for,
but when they are plentiful, it is power that counts. In Vermeij's
well-known escalation theory, a natural "arms race" occurs
as more powerful predators drive prey organisms to become more
powerful so as to resist predation (by burrowing to escape, for
example, or secreting a stronger shell than before)—and this
in turn requires the predators to become more powerful. Such
interaction puts the priority on power, rather than efficiency,
something that is not clear if one considers only energy expenditure.
Despite the high quality of thought and scholarship that went into
the book, I do have several warnings for the general reader. First,
although the principles are reasonable, the book is entirely
descriptive. We do not yet know the quantitative balance among the
multiple factors of competition, cooperation, trade, performance,
specialization, feedbacks, inequalities and other interactive
connections that go into any local, much less global, ecology that
is described as an economy. Rather than coming up with a full-scale
understanding of what the actual controlling influences are on the
history of life, Vermeij has instead set an agenda for future quantification.
In the three generalizing chapters, many conclusions seem more to be
assertions than deductions from demonstrated phenomena, although
Vermeij's claims are often based on logical extrapolation. The
problem is, in part, the difficulty of scale, of moving from the
local or regional ecosystem to the global level. In the chapter on
geography and innovation, Vermeij's view of the significance of the
tropics as the locale of enhanced performance seems well supported,
but his argument that tectonic activity (mountain building) is
ultimately responsible for increases in productivity is a hypothesis
that has not been fully tested and is not universally supported in
the profession.
A second issue is that in some cases Vermeij depends on the logical
pathway he selected and does not always account fully for the range
of possibilities that his own theory leaves open. This is most
apparent in his discussion of disturbance (extinctions). In this
chapter he focuses on "bottom up" disruption and argues
that every general extinction event from the largest to
more minor ones was probably caused by productivity collapse, and he
suggests that most were triggered by a combination of volcanism,
extraterrestrial impact and methane release from sequestered methane
clathrates in ocean basins. Unfortunately, when the most precise
dating of extinction events and other phenomena is available, as in
the Cenozoic era, few direct correlations of these phenomena with
each other are seen. For many more ancient events (with larger
dating errors, too), evidence is often weak or nonexistent. I
frankly was puzzled that Vermeij advocates a single causal system
for all these disturbance events, because as I see it, his
full-scale view of economic structure could accommodate a variety of
ways of stressing the system.
I mention the disagreements I have with some of the interpretations
Vermeij makes only to warn the general reader that this book is not the
final word on cause and effect in the history of life. But I believe
that his conceptual viewpoint is of great value and that anyone will
profit from learning how the biosphere functions as an economic
system.—Richard K. Bambach, Botanical Museum, Harvard University
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How To Make Contact With The Dead
It's really simple.
All you need to do is go in a dark, empty room and light some candles or have a dim lightbulb. Have a sofa or chair in the middle of the room and place a mirror high up on the walls.
So like this:
Now just think about the person your trying to make contact with. Think very hard, don't concentrate on anything else. Just think about that person and that person only.
They should appear to you, just be patient.
It has an 80% success rate if done correctly.