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Keaton Simmons' sophmore album is too sappy
Keaton Simons' sophomore album "Beautiful Pain" is riddled with cliché love songs and sprinkled with cheese. Where is the raw and bluesy guy from the first album? This album is ripe full of second-rate pop songs. My apologies go out to Jason Mraz who co-wrote some of the songs along with Simons.
The difference between Simons and Mraz is that there's actually something soft and melodic in Mraz's voice to coincide with the poppy love songs. At times Simons sounds like a less raspy version of the Nickelback frontman as he forces his manly voice.
This is not to say that Simons has a bad voice, it's quite decent. Go back to his debut album "Can You Hear Me?" and listen to "Without Your Skin." In that song you'll find Simons' voice saddled deep within the confines of a bluesy song about a deeper sense of love than just a "Beautiful Pain."
Simons' sophomore album isn't a complete disappointment. After the first seven tracks fans get a glimpse of the man from Simons' debut album on the track "Other Side." It doesn't stray as far from the musical theme of static bubbly happiness as it could have, but Simons does get real for a second. At this point in the album Simons gets serious with the girl he's been wooing for the last seven songs when he asks her to love every side of him: good, bad and ugly. He sings "There's another, darker side of me, inside the lies" then goes on in the chorus to beg for his girl to stay by pleading "Don't let your heart betray the love we made." Then the guitar solo soars in to give the song an anthemic feel, one to gather the masses under the universal fear of being completely honest with another person.
Perhaps by playing all the instruments on most of the songs (including the guitar solo on "Other Side") Simons spread himself too thin on this album. He could have focused more on tuning the songs to sound like his voice and not the voice of say, Jason Mraz. Earth to Simons: A pop song about love written by Jason Mraz does not make you sound like him. Go back to writing your own songs so that the album sounds authentic.
If you like generic pop songs sung by a man who sounds like he should be either fronting a rock band or strumming his blues guitar under a solo spotlight than you should buy "Beautiful Pain" that will be released April 30th.
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At this lodge, experienced rangers and trackers facilitate extensive interaction with the environment. Comprehensive day and night game drives and guided bush walks with an armed ranger provide an unforgettable game viewing experience. In between bush activities you can relax by the lodge pool or choose a spot on the deck and watch game at the waterhole. There is also a lovely art gallery and curio shop in which to find that special memento.

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Bank owned auctions are often called different names like REO auctions, OREO auctions, or Foreclosure auctions. These terms are just different ways of saying the same thing. The seller, a bank or other financial institution, has taken ownership of the property. A bank might take ownership of a property for a number of reasons, but the most common is a borrower not being able to pay for the mortgage or loan on the property or real estate.
At Rowell Auctions, Inc. we regularly conduct online and onsite auctions of bank owned property and bank owned real estate. These bank owned auctions are listed on our website as foreclosure auctions, but the meaning is the same. Due to our close relationship with financial institutions helping them manage growing REO inventories our bidders will often have a wide variety of bank owned properties at auction. Our bank clients find that auctions, either online or onsite, is one of the best ways to quickly achieve market value in today's sluggish real estate market.
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10 Hybrids That Teach Their Drivers to Save Fuel
Gasolineelectric hybrids have always led the market with fuel-saving technology: start/stop engine systems, Atkinson-cycle-engine configurations, low-rolling-resistance tires, and slippery aerodynamics. Now these cars feature driver aids to help you bump up your mpg even more.
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This complex-looking double bar graph shows 1-minute fuel-economy averages for every minute of a 16-minute trip. Mirrored below the fuel-economy bars you see the percentage of electric assist and other high-tech hybrid functions. This setup focused our attention on trying to improve the mpg, but the system isn't quite perfect. We found that a minute is too long to wait for immediate feedback yet too short to be helpful on a longer trip.


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Dee Walker slugged Galax into an early lead and the Maroon Tide blew the game open in the sixth inning to pick up its first win of the season, bashing Fort Chiswell 13-2 in a Mountain Empire District game Monday at Mountain View Park.
Walker's three-run home run spotted the Maroon Tide (1-7) a 4-1 lead in the third inning.
Galax led 5-1 when it pushed eight runs across in the bottom of the sixth with six walks and singles by Bailey Shumate, Janisa Lawson and Channing Russell.
HILLSVILLE -- Michael Francis knocked in a loose ball in the final minutes Monday night to lift Marion to a 2-1 win in a Southwest District boys' soccer match at Tommy Thompson Field.
For the Cavaliers, the feeling of coming up on the short end of a one-goal match is too familiar.
INDEPENDENCE -- Grayson County's second one-run win over Fort Chiswell this season didn't have a lot in common with the first one. Other than one similarity, that is.
"They were both wars," said Grayson County coach Mike Worrell after his Blue Devils rallied from four runs down to defeat the Pioneers 7-6 Tuesday at the GNB Baseball Complex.
Looking for a house a few blocks from Palm Beach in sunny Florida?
Susannah Pushkin, whose grandparents were originally from Baywood, is hoping someone will agree to trade her a home in Galax in exchange for her 1,358-square-foot house in Lantana, Fl.
Pushkin is the owner of a two-story, 100-year-old farmhouse in the Baywood community of Grayson County, and is looking for something to do with the property. In order to begin working on the place, she needs a home back in Galax.
Holly Padgett Parker of Raleigh, N.C., is a Galax native and the city was her home for 27 years. "I miss it every single day," she says.
Let's talk a little bit about dialect and colloquialisms.
A few years ago, I was offered a hostess position at a very ritzy restaurant in downtown Raleigh, N.C. The owner and my company had done some business together and the owner was so impressed with my demeanor and professionalism that he asked me to come to work on a part-time basis and train potential hostesses about customer service and attitude.
HILLSVILLE — The Carroll County supervisors added responsibilities for water and sewer projects and operations to the county administrator's duties after a joint closed meeting Monday between the county board and the Public Service Authority.
The board and the authority members emerged from an unusual joint closed session at the supervisors' regular April meeting and ended the interim appointment of Assistant County Administrator Ronald Newman as director of the PSA.
When the show's over, actors Randy Carico and Art Pemberton might have an identity crisis.
The pair stars in the Galax Theatre Guild and New River Players production of the popular laugh-out-loud comedy "Greater Tuna," opening later this month at the Rex Theater in downtown Galax.
Carico, of Pinnacle, N.C., and Pemberton, of Galax, portray all of the 20 eccentric characters — of both genders and various ages — in the town of Tuna, Tex.
They quickly change personas and costumes throughout the production.
WYTHEVILLE — Virginia State Police are seeking an older model Plymouth car and its two or three occupants that allegedly took shots at three tractor-trailers on Interstate 77 in southern Carroll County on the morning of April 16.
Anyone who has information about a brown or gold early 1990s model Plymouth Acclaim should contact the state police's Wytheville office at (276) 228-3131, said Sgt. Mike Conroy.
HILLSVILLE — Carroll authorities filed a first-degree murder charge against a Cana man less than one day after a citizen found a body in Lambsburg on April 16.
Sheriff Warren Manning announced late on April 17 that deputies charged Chad James Hall of Cana with first-degree murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony and obstruction of justice.
Money is hard to come by, and Grayson County is working on a new program that could help spend taxpayers' money more wisely.
Recently, the county decided to embark on a plan to open a Day Reporting Center, similar to one in Giles County. The idea is to take people with minor felony charges — such as bad checks or minor drug violations — and put them to work in the county, instead of in a jail cell. The idea will cost the county around $5,000 to get started, but could save thousands of dollars each year.
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The bus company is looking to hire replacement drivers with no end in sight to the union walkout.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg said they have the right to strike but not to damage someone else's property.
With the strike now in its second week the city is setting up a voucher system to make sure parents of disabled children won't have to pay out of pocket for transportation to school.
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Quade Cooper scored all of the Reds' points but it was not enough as the Lions fought back to win 23-20 at Ellis Park.
The Australia stand-off scored and converted two tries and added two penalties in a dominant first-half performance but the Lions took control when James Hanson and Jake Schatz were sent to the sin bin late in the game leaving the Reds to finish the match with only 13 men.
During that time Courtnall Skosan scored the decisive try in the 77th minute, which was converted by Marnitz Boshoff, to snatch a late victory for the home side.
Lionel Mapoe also crossed the whitewash for the Lions, with Boshoff kicking both conversions and three penalties in total.
The game had swung the Reds' way from the off, when Cooper gave them a 3-0 lead in the second minute before he crossed for his first try in the fifth thanks to an interception, which he duly converted.
Boshoff then traded penalties with Cooper before the latter scored his second try of the game in the 32nd minute when he threw a dummy on the inside and eased home under the posts.
Cooper converted his score, with another Boshoff penalty taking the score to 20-6 in the Reds' favour at the break.
However, the tables turned in the second period with another penalty from Boshoff before Mapoe powered over after a driving maul for a converted try.
Hanson was sin-binned with 10 minutes remaining for repeated infringements with Schatz following him off for an early bath three minutes later after he cynically gave away a penalty with the Lions two metres from the try line.
The Lions went with forward power and a maul set up Skosan, who stepped inside to make the line after the ball was shipped to the left. The score was given after a check with the television match official to give the home side a 21-20 lead.
Boshoff then held his nerve to nail the conversion with the Lions repelling a final Reds charge to claim victory.
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Muse Communications taps Questlove in their new spot for the Honda Fit highlighting creative professions.
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BR (head bash); then JR & PR (strangled/coverup)
Knowing all I know, still on the fence.
John, with an 'inside' accomplice
I think John and Patsy caught him and he made her cover up
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patsy and john helped cover it up
Whatever happened that night. We now have forensic evidence that links all three Ramseys with the wine-cellar, i.e. Burke and Patsy Ramsey's touch dna was found on the Pink Barbie Nightgown.
The most important aspect is that staging was required. Also that the staging was more or less consistent with the Ramsey version of events.
Kolar thinks that things started in the Breakfast Bar, so where and how was JonBenet abused?
It now seems obvious that someone in that house, in the course of molesting JonBenet, either deliberately or accidentally whacked JonBenet on the head. This same person then initiated a cleanup of sorts and reported that JonBenet had had an accident.
I suspect JonBenet's molestation took place in her bedroom, and that she was originally wearing her Pink Barbie Nightgown. The interesting question is who redressed JonBenet in the longjohns, was it really Patsy? If so she would have known JonBenet was wearing size-12 Bloomingdales.
The partially opened Christmas Gifts are a clue. Some think they were opened to fetch the size-12 Bloomingdales, but why do this when there might be other underwear in the dryer or upstairs in JonBenet's bedroom. Where did the longjohns originate from?
Those partially opened gifts might be part of the original crime-scene and this is why they were placed into the wine-cellar, else why bother, or just blame it on the intruder?
On the pineapple snack I reckon that passed off without incident, with everyone involved going their own way, forgetting about its significance entirely?
Then we have, allegedly, Burke Ramsey's fecally stained pajama bottoms found lying on JonBenet's bedroom floor? Along with fecal deposits elsewhere on some object?
Which suggests to me that JonBenet's bedroom was the primary crime-scene, which must have been cleaned up to some extent afterwards. Notwithstanding a bloodstain from JonBenet on her pillow.
You could really make a case against any one of the R's. But BDI is the most consistent, including Burke Ramsey's refusal to answer any further Cold Case queries.
So it appears the staging was employed to hide JonBenet's molestation, and promote the claim JonBenet was placed straight to bed on 12/25. This suggests the R's were adopting a twin strategy of hoping she might not be found, then they could fly off into the sunset, or if found they would invoke what became their second response, i.e. IDI.
Otherwise why bother hiding her internal injuries from view, since if IDI was to be their principal explanation, just leave her semi-naked with obvious injuries and blame it all on IDI?
On BDI there is the possibility that the Grand Jury knew BR was involved in the staging sense, but not culpable in any other context. So decided he would be given blanket state protection? If there is no record of a vote, this would be consistent with someone arguing, no vote required, since state protection is mandatory?
John knows Pasty did it, but blamed Burke, and he has to deal with the situation she put them in.
I pick Pasty as the one leaving bruises on JonBenet before she died,and John knew, but overlooked it.
So did Pasty throw Burke under the bus? To save herself?
But John does it for John.
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Bear in mind that JonBenet was molested just before she was hit on the head.
I do not think Patsy was responsible for that. I reckon it was either BR or JR, wih Patsy assisting with the staging?
As many have asked before, who would both parents cover for, and the obvious answer seems to be Burke Ramsey, who was shuffled out of the house early that morning, despite being a witness to prior events, and really out of the case, to all intents and purposes.
For years it was really only PR or JR who were considered as lead suspects, these days, Burke Ramsey's distinct lack of engagement, on both a personal and legal level, with the case, has many considering BDI as a more consistent theory.
Its the staging that indirectly offers clues. Since if it was PDI, then how come Patsy is ignorant about the location of the size-12's, or forgets to undo the remains of the pineapple snack?
I appreciate nobody is perfect, and criminals make mistakes, and if its PDI, then Patsy made some major errors, i.e. leaving her touch-dna and fibers all over the wine-cellar artifacts.
Even the white blanket wrapped around JonBenet was factored into the staging since Patsy said it had been on JonBenet's bed, yet BPD suggested otherwise.
Patsy had no such reply regarding the size-12's. They were in JonBenet's underwear drawer, she said. BPD checked and none were found, how so, if its PDI?
With Burke Ramsey's touch-dna along with that of his mother's being found on the Pink Barbie Nightgown, this links him directly to JonBenet. That the Gown was also dumped into the wine-cellar suggests that it was part of the primary crime-scene.
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Nobody can claim that the touch-dna found on JonBenet's underwear proves that there was an intruder!
If a match with the underwear touch-dna is ever made then the identified person can be eliminated or factored into the case.
This is same procedure for the touch-dna found on the Barbie Nightgown, the difference, we have a match , i.e. Burke and Patsy Ramsey!
To date Burke Ramsey has never been linked with the contents of the wine-cellar, given the nature of the case and that IDI, has more or less been ruled out. The presence of Burke Ramsey's dna on any wine-cellar artifact is significant.
It does not prove anything, or even implicate BR. But assuming that the Pink Barbie Nightgown was dumped into the wine-cellar, precisely because it formed part of the primary crime-scene. Then Burke Ramsey's touch-dna might link him directly with JonBenet, on the night of her death. Also what you say about PR applies to BR as well.
So in summary, it has more significance:
1. It has been matched and identified.
2. It was found on wine-cellar artifact.
3. The Pink Barbie Nightgown was bloodstained.
4. Patsy Ramsey claimed never to have physically visited the basement 12/25 or 12/26.
Prima facie, it appears the probability of an innocent explanation for the touch-dna is low.
I've always thought that Patsy killed her accidentally in a rage, then John helped to stage the scene. However, it's always in the back of my mind that:
I think important details have been deliberately kept quiet.In a 2001 interview with grand jury specialist Michael Kane, who led the 13-month grand jury probe, it has been reported "There remain 'dozens' of secrets, he said. 'Absolutely. Dozens. And a lot of what the public thinks is fact is simply not fact.'"
I know I'm the minority but I will never believe that John and patsy killed jon benet. I don't believe Burke had anything to do with it either.
To me the more " evidence" I see the more convoluted it becomes. I think that there was such a mess made so early that there was so much real evidence lost and the first cops on scene were too inexperienced to handle such a crime.
I believe a stranger did this. I think it's completely possible a stranger did this. I do not find it at all plausible that anyone in the family did it.
Juror #8: "It's always difficult to keep personal prejudice out of a thing like this. And wherever you run into it, prejudice always obscures the truth. I don't really know what the truth is. I don't suppose anybody will ever really know. Nine of us now seem to feel that the defendant is innocent, but we're just gambling on probabilities - we may be wrong. We may be trying to let a guilty man go free, I don't know. Nobody really can. But we have a reasonable doubt, and that's something that's very valuable in our system. No jury can declare a man guilty unless it's sure." -12 Angry Men 1957
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I don't get why it would be thought that Jonbenet was molested before being hit in the head. The autopsy report says it was just before or actually at death. Even after Kolar's book I still can't get past thinking that Patsy did it all, even the prior trauma due to crazed cleaning of Jonbenet when she soiled or wet. One thing is for sure though, whoever strangled Jonbenet knew there had been prior vaginal trauma. I also think it happened while wearing the pink nightgown and it was going to be hidden with the body while John was out of the house on a wild goose chase.
So may I ask you: what specific pieces of evidence lead you away from suspecting one or more Ramsey's as the perps to a complete stranger doing all this? Did the intruder also commit the previous sexual abuse on JB? What was the purpose of the ransom note? Do you feel the R's know/knew the idenity of the alleged intruder? Do you feel the R's are fully inncoent, or might have been involved in some way?
I hope this doesn't sound like an attack with so many questions, I am genuinely interested in what you think.
The spot of blood on the pillow - was it from the head wound? I would think that with a head wound as bad as JB's that there would be a lot of blood. Perhaps the bash was done in the bathroom, or the kitchen, which would be easier to clean up. Somebody must have been very busy getting rid of evidence, probably in the neighbors trash cans.
If the head bash was done in the basement, or the wine cellar wouldn't there have been a stain on the concrete floor?
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Is Colorado one of the states in which one spouse can not be compelled to testify against the other?
I was thinking about how spousal privilege and the cross-fingerpointing defense might have worked if the Ramseys had gone to court before Patsy died.
Last edited by BOESP; 02-02-2013 at 11:08 PM.
In a closed-scalp injury, the skin has not been broken and the blood (and there WAS blood) remains under the skin. There was blood in the skull case, and around the brain. Some of this could have seeped from her nose, but the coroner did not note blood there. Her mouth was swabbed as were her nostrils, and no specific mention of blood was noted. The mucus that was mentioned was described as "tan"- to me, that means it could have been slightly blood-tinged, as blood turns rusty-brown as oxygen hits it.
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Is there an account somewhere of the Ws party? Was anything ever said about the way PR and JR interacted with each other? I've read a few things about the kids at the party, but I'm curious as to what the other guests said about the Rs.
mmm, your ex post explanation is seriously intellectually deficient. We now know the R's were indicted, that does not preclude BDI, it only assumes the GJ knew more or less what we now know.Oh, and BDI is nonsese because in that scenario no one is going to jail, so there is no need for a coverup. BDIs love the theory because it seems to explain PR/JR pulling in team. But the 911 call with the body in the house makes no sense, so we know PR wasn't part of the team.
The 911 call with the body in the house makes no sense so we can allow any conclusion we wish, is straight out of some logic 101 textbook i.e. from any inconsistency you may derive a truth. Lookup Godel he made constant use of this principle then ended up paranoid unable to eat, in case someone poisoned him, including Albert Einstein a friend.
PR's forensic evidence is all over the wine-cellar, despite her denial of ever visiting the location 12/24 or 12/25, so your claim that the staging is for PR is plainly inconsistent.
I rest my case.
As far as the parents' interaction- nothing was said about the 23rd as far as I know, but there WAS plenty said about the 26th after police and others were at the house. It was said that they had virtually no communication between them- that they were in separate rooms. LE has mentioned that this is SO UNLIKE other kidnapping or child injury-type situations. In a REAL kidnapping, the parents would be expected to comfort each other, or at least be in the same ROOM interacting- there would be some communication between them. Not so with the Rs that day.
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It is your opinion, that there is no intruder, It is my my opinion that it was an intruder. I believe that completely. Not just with blind faith or trust in a report, But reading the facts and interpretations of facts or evidence it still sits with me that there was someone other than the family that committed this crime.
I've looked at the other side and it just does not sit well with my soul.
Juror #8: "It's always difficult to keep personal prejudice out of a thing like this. And wherever you run into it, prejudice always obscures the truth. I don't really know what the truth is. I don't suppose anybody will ever really know. Nine of us now seem to feel that the defendant is innocent, but we're just gambling on probabilities - we may be wrong. We may be trying to let a guilty man go free, I don't know. Nobody really can. But we have a reasonable doubt, and that's something that's very valuable in our system. No jury can declare a man guilty unless it's sure." -12 Angry Men 1957
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The Rs could have been "temporarily" insane- it does happen. Never underestimate what adrenaline can do when a person is in a situation of EXTREME fear and stress.
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Is insanity a defense? there is patently staging within staging, which is why it might actually be BDI but amended by JR because he knew signs of sexual assault might lead straight to his front door?
if you now include Patsy then here the undoing aspect comes into play and you might get the results you noted.


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