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?Hi. Hsving trouble with the wifi at the hotel but we are now at BILs.
Today was beach and pool day. They met some "friends" at the beach so hsd them to build castles with after grandma said no more in the ocean. I'd fallen enough. Somewhere or another i hit the topof my foot snd had a bg lump and bruise. At least I can wear my sandals. Tomorrow we head for Maggie Valley to meet the kids on Friday. Sunday DH and i head home and vacation will have ended.
Need to start planning for retirement.
Well they are ready to go eat. Will stop back later if I can get on line.
Noooooooooooo! Your vacation went way to fast, Laureen.
Heading out to do some retail therapy this morning. I don't do this so much anymore. At least not in the flesh. Seems that I use the Internet more and more to shop.
Tonight is a birra (beer) fest in town. All beer half price. Wonder how that one will go "down". Tomorrow night is a dance recital in the main piazza. Then we head into the major event of the year...Feste of Santa Rita.
Carol...are you having a heat wave?
Karen when is your procedure happening??
Havre a good one.
Sharona, your town sounds like such a fun town...
Why is Laureen joining the foot club.... where is Joanie.?
What a nutty summer. We are having downright cold weather now. Not complaining in the least but it will still be a high in the 70's today when it is usually in the upper 90's.
For some strange reason I wasn't sore after the hills on Tues. Got a lot of little stuff done yesterday so today is "Where can we go" day. DGD will be here till Sat. morning when I drive about 80 miles to meet up with my son and his family and they will take her back home. Great timing for all.
I know she done hurt-eth her footsie,,,, but why, oh why does she want to hurteth, and join a hurteth footie club...
Doris, you must be exhausted...
Karen, how ya doing?
Good morning ladies,
I can't wait for my first procedure on Monday. I go first for the sympathetic block and then to PT. I think the PT is the one I am waiting for the most. I want to trick my brain so that I can be pain free or near pain free. I go for the next procedures on Tues and Thurs.
Diva N I promise that I will only listen to the docs and therapist! I will follow what they say to the letter. I am glad that I have an option if the block and PT doesn't work with the transmitter. Happy Belated Birthday to your mom! It is so nice to remember them.
Laureen you sure did have a whirlwind vacation with your family and then with the DGKS. Sounds like you should have lot weight with all the activities with the DGKS! When is retirement? Hope you can walk on your foot without pain!!! Welcome to the owie foot club!
Sharon I find that I have to try on the clothes. I have bought clothes online but had to return pants because they were too short. Your town has the most festivals and fun activities. Do you try to go to all of them?
Carol enjoy your heat wave. Is Belle behaving herself? NOT! lol
Diva D have you gone to Garden of the Gods or Cave in Rock. My DGDS love these two places. At least you meet 80 miles instead of driving all the way. You sure do burn up the roads!!
Have a good one,
Karen, I am so proud of you. keep listening to your doc.
Yep, Karen have been to both of those places but Cave in Rock is too far for me to drive for that and I would be afraid at Garden of the Gods with is dare devil who knows no fear. My next idea is Fern Cliff although that isn't the French spelling it should be. Haven't been there is MANY years.
Good plan with doc and PT!!! So good you have those you have confidence in. You already sound so much better.
Well, It's hot here. But not as hot as the past few years. I still don't want to get out in it.
You guys are having a great time with family. You will have to wait until you get home to recover. lols. busy busy busy.
I went to a farmer's market last Saturday. I like it better than ordering on line for a later pickup as I could pick out what I wanted. Brought some lovely white eggplant that I roasted with onions, red peppers, onions, tomatoes,etc. Now have to make some purple long chinese (I think) green beans saute with garlic and butter.
it's just started raining.... thanks goodness. This drought seems unending.
Karen--can't wait to hear how it goes. Only the best for the best.
I woke up at 4:30 this am. so I'm not staying long. Take care
Good morning Carol and Sharon, good night everyone else!
Got to Maggie Valley NC about 5:30 tonight. Unpacked, went to dinner, ran to Dollar General to get pop and snacks (no grocery stores in town at all) and back to let Elaina watch Kids Choice Sports Awards. I knew she'd tire of it before long. So... then we went to the pool and they played and DH and I got in the hot tub. Felt good. Back to take showers and will be going to bed. I'm not too sure about foot. The bruising seems to be moving into my toes, but the bump on it isn't as bad. Will probably try socks and tennis shoe tomorrow on lose to see if that easier than sandal rubbing on the bump. Tomorrow is the Wheels of Time museum and DS and DDIL#1 are suppose to be here by noon. Not sure if we'll hit the museum before or after they come. Will check with DS in the AM.
Sounds like it is cooler at home but will be back in the 80s when we get home. Suppose to be in the 80s here too I think.
Karen sounds like you have a plan with the docs and PT so just follow their advice to make the most of it. Just glad you are moving forward with it. So frustrating when you are just waiting! Karen I'll be happy if I stay stable cause I did lose 1 pound last week. We don't eat real healthy when we are gone so could lose more I suppose. One day I walked 2.5 miles when we walked the beach.
Doris enjoy your DGD. Glad you aren't having to make the whole trip again too. Will she spend some time with her uncle?
Well DH is ready to get into bed and there aren't enough plugs for everything in the right areas. So... best go. Be back some time tomorrow.!
Good morning,
Just another cleaning day. The house is fresca.
I may take a nap this afternoon 'cause Laureen and Doris are making me tired.
Karen..I don't go to very many of these activities. The crowds in the summer are strange. I like the ones that are just local folks. Today is a mini marathon supporting a Leukaemia foundation. Tonight you can be entertained in the town square by a dance group and an exercise club group.
Do any of you watch those videos on Ted.com?? I enjoy them.
Marlene...you don't need any RV issues. Hope you get some rain.
Rags..how are you recovering?? Susan and Joanie.. where are you and hope you are both well.
Carola....sending you happy thoughts.
morning all.... so your house is Fresca? hum...
yesterday and today a nice day, will hang some clothes out... going to the foot doc with Paul...
Tragic about that Malaysian airliner that was shot down...
Fresca is a low cal grapefruit soda drink. Does it mean fresh? We had rain from about 3:30 am until almost 6:00 and it is still overcast. Only .1 of an inch but will be nice on the plants. DH counts at least 15 hummers. We have the windows open and it is a constant little roar with them zipping around and trading places on the feeders.
Sharon, I would not like a festival on my street either. Especially with crazy vacationers carrying on. At least the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival here has its' own area and although it is loud it isn't on our city/county streets. Some local adults go but it doesn't interest us. Elton John and Lionel Richie were two of the biggies this year.
Nat, hope Paul's doctor visit goes well. Is his foot getting better? The Malaysian airliner crash is horrible. Wouldn't think the airlines would be flying over a war zone.
Laureen, how is your foot? Aggravating to get an injury with so much to do.
Karen, any progress in opening your pool? Perhaps PT would OK some swimming as therapy? Good positive attitude about the Block working!
Marlene, did you get your vehicle repaired? Unreal all these recalls!
Rags, thinking about you. Hope you have a nice stack of interesting books and DVDs to keep you busy as you rest and recover! How is the pain in your neck?
Need to get ready for a trip to Lowe's and Kroger's. Hello to everyone.
Fresca = Fresh.
Watching CNN and the Malaysian airliner incident. What a tragedy. What a mess this world is in.
Morning. Raining here today and only going to go up to about 70 degrees! So put on a short sleeve shirt today and will pull the tennis shoes out once it stops long enough for me to go to the car. The foot is still purple up into the toes. The lump isn't as big. At times it doesn't seem to hurt as bad when the sandals are on. But I have to be careful it doesn't get bumped. It can't slow me down too much cause DH walks slow. Trying not to start limping either so the other leg doesn't start to hurt. Still feel tight when I bend the toes.
DS#1 and wife will be here in 2 hrs and 10 minutes. He wants to go to the museum. Have asked DS#2 if he wants to go too. If so we'll go tomorrow if not we'll go this afternoon. I'm sure we'll be buying raffle tickets for $50 so we'll get 7 tickets and a tee shirt! LOL!
Virginia good idea for Karen to talk to PT about swimming to help the foot. Swimming is one of the best types of exercising your could do. Could even possibly do foot exercises or leg exercises on the steps or down in the pool!
Rags hoping you are doing okay! I'm sure DH is hoping your "pain in the neck" is getting better! LOL!
Nat what is the new thing going on with Paul's foot? Hope today's visit goes well. Must be foot month! Better than foot in mouth though!
I wondered what happened with that airliner. So they were flying over a war zone? Doesn't make a lot of sense but better that than thinking someone specifically shot them down. That could start another war! Still a horrible thing for the innocent passengers.
Virginia was hoping we'd get some hummers this year with the flowers we planted but hadn't seen any before we left. They seem to come and go around our house, but I'm not putting out food for them either.
Well need to head over to the other side to see what's happening over there. Kids are looking forward to seeing mom and dad. Think grandpa is ready to share them too! LOL! Be back later!
I got a call today from the clinic where the first sympathetic block will be performed. I will be having my first block at 11:15 AM with DH there to take me to eat afterwards than on to PT. My leg should be dead for 8 hours. I just hope that I am not in pain after it wears off. If it helps than I will go with the flow and take extra muscle relaxers!
Diva N I will be the perfect patient! Hope Paul's foot is alright!
Diva D I guess I would not take her to Garden of the Gods if she is a dare devil. There have been so many people falling to their deaths. I think Ferne Clyffe is a good choice. I do have confidence in my dr. I know either way I will have something to keep my pain in check.
Marlene I am glad that you found a farmer's market that had veggies you loved. I will tell all after the first block and PT. Get a nap in today!
Laureen I am tired for you. I liked that you got to soak in the hot tub. I don't know how you are walking on that bruised foot. I feel for you! You lost weight that is all that counts. You could have gained. You built up muscle! Enjoy the rest of your vacation with your family!!! It is a fun packed one! I don't think grandpa will go for 2 wks with DGKS again! I will have mine for 1 wk and they are older but still a lot of work.
Carol glad it is sunny! That Belle is a character! I hope she fell on her feet from the bed!
Sharon I guess you would get tired of the crowds at all the activities held there in the summer. I can't conceive of all the activities that Laureen and Diva D are doing with their DGKS. I can barely walk so most of them will be out for me when my DGDS come in Aug. I like the way you described your house as fresca.
Virginia I talked to the PT about swimming and she thought it was a good idea. I will be swimming with my DGDS when them come in Aug. I just hope the pool it done. DH promised that it would be done even if he had to stay up all day and night until it was clean and clear! Glad you got some rain to help your garden grow. DH doesn't have as many hummingbirds as he has had for years. I guess it is because I don't have the flowers this yr as before.
Well parents are here so I'm toast! LOL!. Elaina and I were sitting outside on the rocking chairs when they drove up. She just squealed! They didn't see us. She was so happy to see them. When we went out for lunch they had to move their seats back to their own car! LOL! All in all it was a good experience for all. Went to the Wheels Through Time museum and it was good. DH bought the raffle ticket special with a free tee-shirt, free dvd and 7 chances. He never gets souveniers for himself so it was okay. This was a trip for him to have a good time as mine was just being with the kids.
Other DS will be here later tonight and we'll all spend tomorrow together. No tubing as it's too cold I'm afraid.
Karen, you are on your way! Hoping the blocks work.
Sharon, I wouldn't participate in all that stuff either. Not my interest and too crowded and noisy for me. Neighborhood things are different versus the touristy stuff where I live.
So what did you do today with your DGD? When do you leave tomorrow?
Nat how did the appointment go?
Well think I'll take a nap. Kids went with mom and dad to their room so peace and quiet except for DH and the TV. LOL!
Be back tonight or tomorrow.
Oy and veh ... we're home, thank God. I've never been so exhausted from a vacay. It is a good exhausted, though. The condo we were in was lovely and the trip was worth it just to be there. We had so much room to knock about in! The beaches - well, they were beautiful. It was really too hot - July in South Florida is hellish - but hey, there was water right there.
But I'se here now. I'll have to do a lot of reading to catch up. Somebody post with a synopsis so I'll know the down-n-dirty version of what's going on around here!
What is the name of those lightly battered and fried veggies that sound like "fresca?" Misa fresco or some such ... so DELISH!
Paul's foot is a mess... his tip of the toe is completely callused ... he fell last week, didn't hurt himself, but must have stubbed his big toe, the podiatrist thinks the nail will have to come off... this is the toe, next to the toe that was amputated. Paul is simply not walking right, not lifting his feet when he walks, To make matters worse, the vascular doc is moving one hour south, so that is 2 hours traveling for us, so we are transferring to another vascular doc... Paul has an appt. next Friday with the old one, and we will have everything faxed to the new guy, the new one will read his info, and then we will make an appt.. oy, double veh.
How really tragic the Malaysia crash is. both Russia and Ukraine, will not hastle, as to whose rocket it was. There should never have been a "mistake" like that.
If youse guys think you are exhausted, join the crowd. I am beyond hope. I had to meet with a lawyer this morning on some business so that took 2 hours and like a fool I had suggested we walk there. About 7 blocks. Then we did not much until we had to go to the insurance man (who wasn't there) and out for lunch. Then came home and baked cookies and are doing the sewing we started down at her house. It is a backpack type of thing. Just winging it with no pattern. So we won't be going to any park today. She decided she would rather ride the bike than do that. Fine with me.
Have to leave in the morning about 8:30 to meet my son, etc.Then I'm coming back to sleep.
Just an update and revision. DGD decided she would go ride the bike we borrowed some more and said she was going to explore. Sounds innocent enough! Well she came back and had riden to the local park, played on the equipment and then rode back. It's about 1/2 mile but down several streets. Didn't bother me but I decided she is just like my kids were - - - when in doubt, do it and then announce instead of asking.
WHO THE HECK WAS WATCHING THAT PRECIOUS KID/???????????????oy veh..
Doris I understand completely! When I walked the kids down to the park, It is just before where they turned to go to the elementary school and Elaina is the same age as mine were when they road their bikes to school and I didn't worry about them. I wouldn't want to do that with the grandkids. I guess there's just so much that we hear about today that we didn't before. I'm sure she was safe and probably has more knowledge than our kids did to protect herself. I'm sure for her it was an adventure.
Had a nice chat with both boys and DDILs and grandkids. Never did get the nap except for about 15 minutes then they were ready to go to the pool. Went and got in the hot tub for awhile. Then out to dinner and the Dollar General for more pop and water etc. The hot tub is so nice but I ache so afterwards when the muscles tighten up again.
Kim glad you had a good time. I know how you feel about having fun but feeling tired after the fact. Can't imagine how I'm going to feel on Monday! We need this periodically though. My posts you can skip cause it is just what I've been doing with them for the past 2 weeks.
Nat sorry to hear about Pauls toe and the vascular doctor moving. That always makes it hard. Do they think taking the nail off will help the callous? Oh Vey is about all I can say on that. So hard when you have circulation conditions.
Well going to sleep so we can go to breakfast and tomorrow we are going to go pan for gold and/or gems. All the kids both big and small are excited about this! LOL!
Will be back tomorrow evening. Have a wonderful day tomorrow. Hope you all have better weather than we are here!
Happy Birthday Rags.
Laureen, the nail isn't isn't the problem with the callus.. they think the nail has an infection under it.
Virginia, you beat me to the early post.
have a good day everyone.
Happy Birthday, Ragsie! I hope your day's path leads to nothing but happiness and joy with those you love.
HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RAGS. Hope you are able to get out long enough to enjoy the weather and a gift or two. Been thinking about you!!
Happy Birthday Rags! Hope it is the best!
HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO RAGS!!! Sure hope you get to do something fun today as you more than deserve it.
We are off to mine for jewels, so have to go. BBL!
I have been walking on my foot like the PT told me too. It feels like my whole bottom of my foot is on fire. I usually stay off of it in the morning when I first wake. It takes a little getting it use to walking on and than by the afternoon it is okay.
Laureen I know you are enjoying a little rest with the kids' parents there. How is that foot feeling when you walk? Enjoy yourselves!
Kimmie you have been gone a time! How long have you been gone? I like vacations that I can rest and then do things. I know you must be tired! Get some rest!
Diva N I high step it when I walk for fear of falling. It must be hard when you have to high step it with both of the feet. I hope that the dr can take care of the infection in his foot. Glad you found another dr close by.
Diva D you should have lost weight with all that walking. I bet you are tired trying to keep up with that DGD. Your neck of the area is usually safe. I use to let my DD ride her bike into town to the park. DS usually takes the DGDS to the mall or into town to the store. You sure did pack a lot of activities in. You will need to rest when she is gone! Enjoy her. They grow up so fast.
Carol were you the one running down the street yelling? Hope you don't get rained on going to the supermarket!
Sharon and Virginia how did you guys get your typing and pic so big?


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She cannot help but look terrific! She makes me question my 'gayness'. Have to go look at guys for a minute....
Yea i like the new one better.
I heard UMBRELLA on the radio again. It was number 3 on a top 10 countdown show.
With UMBRELLA its like awesome and incredible had sex and UMBRELLA is their baby.
Ella, ella, LOL
With str8 men, all you need is time.
She's hot. I'd totally root her...
Now if only I could get hard for women
Official album cover is also MUCH better.
Oh my gosh guys the UMBRELLA music video is totally awesome .
It's almost epic and has pyrotechnics falling down and diamond glitter raining down while Rihanna ballets.
She is so sexy in those fishnet stockings and red stiletto heels with the Umbrella opened.
Wow the only thing for me is that she could have choose hotter guys to stand under the Umbrellas but overall love it.
It's so hot, so sexy, and she is doing the ballerina thing that she tried in the We Ride video.
This Australian website showed a 2 minute snippet of it for 30 minutes, the site is down now.
I'm so excited i can't wait for the world premiere.
This song is so going to be HUGE now that she has an awesome video to go with it.
With str8 men, all you need is time.
Oh wow I can't wait for the vid!
***missin' my jub*** xoxo
Good Girl Gone Bad Album photoshoot
She is HOT
Click the frog and refresh the new page.
With str8 men, all you need is time.
This is album is shaping up to be super awesome.
I just hear 3 new tracks and luv em all.
Rehab - Justin Timberlake wrote it, Timberland produced
Questions Existing - really deep song
Let Me Get That - lol
With str8 men, all you need is time.
Ummm i just found out that Rihanna will be releasing another single on June 5th called, "Shut up and Drive."
I don't understand the reasoning behind that because UMBRELLA hasn't even started yet, it's going to be HUGE after downloads are released.
And the video just came out last week.
So why would Def Jam release another single. By June 5th Umbrella will probably be number 1.
I really like "Shut UP and Drive" its a hot song but it just seems way too soon.
Umbrella is wow and needs to run its course.
Radio stations are still playing Break It Off lol.
With str8 men, all you need is time.
Rihanna & Nicole Scherzinger - Winning Women
I love this song .....this is song awesome
Its no secret Rihanna is one of my favorite people but this will be my last new Rihanna thread until the album is released on June 5th 2007.
This thread will serve to share the latest Rihanna news, info, stories. I'll try to update as much as i can. Feel free to share news as well.
Current Rihanna threads
Rihanna Good Girl Gone Bad Mixtape
Umbrella Patch - For those who can't get enough of Rihanna's latest single, UMBRELLA
Umbrella Music Video
Good Girl Gone Bad Album Cover
Umbrella Single
Rihanna's love Life
Rihanna and Fabolous
Rihanna vs Teairra Mari vs Amerie
Rihanna featuring PCD's Nicole "Winning Women"
Rihanna & the 2007 grammys
Well you already know that Rihanna is the new face of Covergirl. Look out for ads starting in July.
Rihanna covers the May 12th issue of Billboard magazine,
All week long May 7th - May 11th 2007, Rihanna will be co-hosting TRL
Don't forget to vote and get Umbrella to number 1 on TRL. It was at 5 on Thursday.
Umbrella on Billboard,
Umbrella f/ Jay-Z
Hot 100: #63 (LW: #72) [WK: 3]
Pop 100: #36 (LW: #51) [WK: 4]
Pop 100 Airplay: #17 (LW: #20) [WK: 4]
Hot 100 Airplay: #23 (LW: #29) [WK: 4]
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs: #34 (LW: #48) [WK: 4]
Upcoming events
• 05.07.07 106th & Park
• 05.07-11.07 Co-Hosting TRL
• 06.05.07 Good Girl Gone Bad In Stores
• 06.08.07 Rihanna on the "Today" Show
• 07.07.07 Live Earth Concert
You know i checked billboard today and i was surprized to see that, "Never Again" is the number 8 song in the country. Surprized because it was released after UMBRELLA and the latter song is not even top 20. I found that very concerning because UMBRELLA should be HUGE.
So i had to find out whats really going on. UMBRELLA fans not to worry. Apparently, soon after "Never Again" was released it was made available for digital downloads hence its rise up the charts. For some reason Def Jam won't release UMBRELLA for digital downloads until May 15th 2007. So that explains it. So UMBRELLA should be #1 soon there after.
And then she will release "Shut Up & Drive" on June 5th, the same day her album comes out
Rihanna rocks
With str8 men, all you need is time.
she keeps coming with the hot singles i'm looking forward to her new album next month as well.
"I'm just a pretty little thing that'll make you wanna sing"...Sugababes "Wear My Kiss"
my place http://www.justusboys.com/members/phoenix72
Rihanna was awesome on TRL and 106 & Park today.
Ella, ella
With str8 men, all you need is time.
Pictures of Rihanna hosting TRL this week
Rihanna TRL picture from today May 8th 2007,
Rihanna arriving at TRL today
Rihanna at the King of Fashion show last night May 7th 2007
Oh Cinderella
With str8 men, all you need is time.
The only person I love more than Rihanna is Lil' Kim! HOLLAAAA
Beyonce who?
.::It's the DICK LICKA! The BABY SIPPA! Ain't a bitch alive make a fella CUM QUICKA!::.
I love Rihanna's new hair do!
They need to do a sequel to Aeon Flux and cast her in the lead!
***missin' my jub*** xoxo
missed those shows..i'm bad when it comes to remembering who's on TV and at what time.
"I'm just a pretty little thing that'll make you wanna sing"...Sugababes "Wear My Kiss"
my place http://www.justusboys.com/members/phoenix72
I really should give this its own thread but i said i wouldn't start a new Rihanna thread until the album comes out so i wont.
But anyways, "Shut up & Drive" leaked today and i hope i didn't overhype it for you guys but i still maintain its awesome. Its very techno poppy, a little Ray Of Lightish.
I can't get enough of it. Its my new ringtone. This song rules. I mean i like UMBRELLA a littlle more but Shut Up & Drive is gonna be HUGE.
Rihanna has really gone bad though
This song is ALL about sex and i am not sure if i'm cool with Rihanna singing it at 19. I kind of feel dirty after listening to it.
"Is it ready to explode?"
"we can go all night"
"you look like you can handle whats under my hood"
But then again she got naked for UMBRELLA so i should expected an all grown up Rihanna.
Gay clubs are going to have a field day with the remix to this song.
Its a really fun song and i can see them doing lots with the video for it.
It will also be used in car commercials.
Anyways I will always love Ri Ri no matter what.
Rock on Rihanna
In other news Rihanna hosted TRL again today, looking lovely and the fans voted UMBRELLA the #1 song in the country. Rihanna was so happy, you should have seen her light up when it was revealed.
Pictures from today at TRL,
Rihanna performing "Unfaithful" last night at The Links for Life Gala benefit concert,
With str8 men, all you need is time.
Shut Up & Drive is all over YouTube & I'm listening to it right now.....
.....this is shaping up to be a great album to listen to this summer I really can't wait now!
***missin' my jub*** xoxo
^ Be sure to come back and tell us what you think of the song.
Seems like Kelly Clarkson has a girl crush on Rihanna lol, she couldn't stop complimenting how beautiful Rihanna was in person when they met up at TRL today. She seems to like the UMBRELLA video and the body paint. There was a little tension, not sure of they really like each other lol but its all good.
With str8 men, all you need is time.
^^^^I really like it! Seriously, I love great music in the summer and Umbrella & Shut Up...sound like really great songs to have fun to this summer.
P.S. Why do Kelly & she have tension?? I heard Rihanna say on TRL that it was hard getting Umbrella to her because so many people were trying to get it for themselves......was Kelly one of them??? I wonder who else was vying for Umbrella??
***missin' my jub*** xoxo
Well Rihanna was getting touchy feely with Damien and then Kelly said, "you two should get a room."
Then later after Rihanna said Kelly's video was "hot" Kelly gave her a look.
Maybe i am reading into nothing.
^ Tells who passed but i couldn't find who else wanted it. I did hear her say that she had to fight to get it though and she even prayed on it.According to Terius Nash, the song was shopped around to many labels before it reached Rihanna. Mary J. Blige and Akon both passed on the song, but once it got to Karen Kwak at Universal, she sent it to Antonio "L.A" Reid. Thus, Rihanna's version of Umbrella was born.
The TV version of the video is different from the online one.
She will be performing it at the MTV movie awards and she might sing Shut Up & Drive since it will be released to radio June 5th along with the album.
Latest Billboard,
Umbrella f/ Jay-Z
Hot 100: #52 (LW: #63)
Pop 100: #37 (LW: #36)
Pop 100 Airplay: #14 (LW: #17)
Hot 100 Airplay: #17 (LW: #23)
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs: #28 (LW: #34)
With str8 men, all you need is time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7bK4Vee36M I just saw this on Mtv and I can't get it out of my head. What do you guys think?
It's not my kindo of music, but Rihana is SO hot!
And the song's good, really good.
P.D.: i prefer her hair Brown....!
The UMBRELLA video was added to youtube on, April 26, 2007 and currently has over 2 million views, 2,415,354 to be exact.
Tell me this young lady isn't a superstar
Ella, ella
LOL sounds like someone needs an UMBRELLA patch
Do a quick search and you will know what we think
With str8 men, all you need is time.
I am a fan of this song, and that video was awesome. She is a distinctly beautiful woman, and that is one of the most sexually charged things I have ever seen.
i hated it so much the first time i heard it but absolutely love it now.
I love it, I hated her song "Unfaithful", it drove me berserk, but this and S.O.S. never disappoint... I like her a lot, and it's not very often these days a Pop artist fancies my interest.
man... this song is the SHIT... the video is one that should go down in history... minus the jay-z part because he's just too gangster for rihanna
I guess I am just werid. I LOVE the song. But I cant stand to watch the video. It just really bores me alot. So much more could have been done. I like when a video follows a story line or something to that effect. She does look extremely hot in the video though hehe.
I love hairy guys...
She said that rather than tell a story she wanted the video to be performance based.
It really could have been so much more, but, yes, she is hot in it.
I just wanted some more with the Umbrellas. Get literal. Have hot guys or one main guy under it with rain coming down and more.
I do like the choreography after the bridge though. I had to learn it for my reenactment of the video with i may put on youtube
With str8 men, all you need is time.
I can't stop listening to this song. It's hooked me like no other song since SOS.
Thanks guys for your replies, glad to see i'm not the only one with the problem.
I agree that more could have been done with the video. It almost looks like a covergirl commercial with all the close up profile shots of her but she is sexy non the less.
Sexy shitless male dancers perhaps could have been the route she might go down next time.
I love It!, i dont like her hair tho!
Loved the song, video was cool as well. It's pretty addictive thats all i know.
"I'm just a pretty little thing that'll make you wanna sing"...Sugababes "Wear My Kiss"
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2,755,058 views aon Youtube now
The single will be available on itunes on tonight/tomorrow so expect to see Umbrella shoot up the charts on it way to #1.
UMBRELLA has #1 all over it
With str8 men, all you need is time.
just so everyone knows... her new album "Good Girl Gone Bad" will be available on June 5th... since i haven't seen anyone else say when it's coming i thought i should tell y'all
Great video ...but not a great song ....
P.D.: I like her dancing ballet.....!!!!
I mean, her long and warmy legs
I've been seeing that video, and how mch i see it more i like it!!!!
I really like the song, and I think the video is fabulous. I love the artistic turn she took with this one. Not entirely original, but well done and takes the song to a whole new level. I stop on VH1 & MTV every time i pass & it's on.
the sing is amazing but was very dissapointed in the video!
the video I dont think suited what she is!
I am dissapointed alot in rhianna but the song is great!
I love this tune!!!! I never listen to this type of music but I can't get this song out of my head. I'm obsessed with it now. I think she is so incredible hot.
"I would like to find the person who invented sex and see what he's working on now."
You can stand under my umbaaarella... ella ella eh eh eh under my umbrella eh eh eh under my umbaaarella ella ella ella eh eh eh eh under my umbaaarella ella ella ehh eh eh ehhh ehhh ehhhhhhhh!
There are 3 versions of the video.
One for the internet
One for MTV/VH1
One for BET
I saw all 3 i like the BET one a little more because it has 2 extra scenes.
now #2 on itunes!!
With str8 men, all you need is time.
I'm not really a fan of the song but the video is strong, especially the silver metal shots. The Jay Z cameo is a bit pointless though, he's not even on the Radio edit here.
Bend me, break me, anyway you need me
as long as I want you baby, it's alright.
Congrats to Rihanna on having her first number song EVER in the UK. This week Umbrella reached number 1 just on downloads alone. The single won't physically be released until 2 weeks yet she is number one already.
She has had 3 #2 singles in the UK with: Pon De Replay, Unfaithful and S.O.S but Umbrella is her first number one and did i mention she got to number just by downloads ALONE
Congrats Rihanna, you work so hard. Oh she is also number one in Ireland, again just on downloads.
This weeks Billboard Charts
Umbrella f/ Jay-Z
Hot 100: #44 (LW: #52)
Pop 100: #33 (LW: #37)
Pop 100 Airplay: #11 (LW: #14)
Hot 100 Airplay: #12 (LW: #17)
Hot RingMasters: #4 (LW: #12)
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs: #24 (LW: #28)
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay: #24 (LW: #28)
^ Umbrella fans don't worry. Remember that downloads aren't available in the US until May 22nd, so by next week it should rocket to the top 10 and more than likely reach #1 the week after that
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Avigdor Lieberman, Israeli Foreign Minister
Israel's increasingly troubled relations with its main ally in the Muslim world took a turn yesterday when it formally protested to Turkey over the "incitement" generated by a television series featuring fictional scenes of barbaric acts by Israeli soldiers.
The airing of the series, on Turkish state television, coincides with tensions triggered by a decision last week by Ankara to exclude Israel – which it has severely criticised over last winter's war in Gaza – from a planned NATO air exercise.
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Re: S-WEEKLY FOR COMMENT- NYPD facing new oversight?
Released on 2012-10-16 17:00 GMT
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piece is, as stated below - what the NYPD is doing is correct, oversight
will slow them down, and we trust them to do what is right, go team
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On 10/11/11 1:06 PM, Sean Noonan wrote:
-when referring to official NYPD titles they use Counter-Terrorism
-I want this to come off as explaining rather than defending NYPD's
methods. Please watch my wording, Carlos especially.
-I know I have written this with the general assumption that police are
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in wording to fix it.
-As usual it's also too long, please suggest things to cut. (Stick I
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-I also don't like the ending.
-I'll send the AP articles in a follow-on email. I don't mean to be
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NYPD facing new oversight?
Peter Vallone, chairman of the New York City Council's Public Safety
Committee, said after an Oct. 7 hearing over the New York Police
Department's (NYPD) intelligence and counterterrorism operations, that
"That portion of the police department's work should probably be looked
at by a federal monitor." The hearing was prompted by a series of
investigative reports by AP reporters Adam Goldman and Matt Apuzzo
beginning August 24. Following media reports from AP cite Congress and
Obama administration officials as saying that they have no authority to
monitor NYPD. The NYPD has served as a leader in new counterterrorism
approaches, and now is facing growing concern over its activities.
The New York Police Department established its Counter-terrorism Bureau
and revamped its Intelligence Division in response to the Sept. 11, 2001
attacks. Their methods have gone largely unchallenged and have been
generally popular with New Yorkers in taking on one major mission: do
not let those attacks happen again. Preventing terrorist attacks
requires a much different model than arresting individuals responsible
for such attacks. That much is obvious. What is not, and the way in
which the NYPD has maintained a careful balance, is following the law
and maintaining civil liberties while finding and stopping budding
terrorists. this sentence is awkward. so your point is bravo NYPD. in
that case, how are you not going to come accross as pro-police?
Since the August 24 AP report that detailed "covert" activities
targeting muslim areas of New York, followed by an Aug. 31 publication
of what appears to be a leaked NYPD powerpoint detailing the
Intelligence Division's Demographics Unit, criticism of the program has
reached a new level. Members of the City Council expressed concern that
their constituents were being unjustly monitored. Six New York State
Senators asked the state Attorney General to investigate the possibility
of "unlawful covert surveillance operations of the Muslim community." A
group of civil rights lawyers asked the Federal District Court Judge in
Manhattan Oct. 4 to force the NYPD to publicize any records of such a
program, and also a court order to retain any records of such
activities. Two U.S. Congressman, Reps. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., and Rush
Holt, D-N.J, in response to the AP investigation, have asked the Justice
Department to investigate.
Knowledge of aggressive and preventiveyou say aggressive, i say
sometimes over the top/possibly against the law. also, they can be
preventive without being aggressive activities by NYPD's Intelligence
Division and Counter-Terrorism Bureau are nothing new. STRATFOR has
written about them since 2004, and a few books on the subject have been
published.so what. Criticism of the department's are not new either,
various civil liberties groups have criticized the methods instituted
after 9/11, and Leonard Levitt (who also helped the AP investigation)
has long been critical of the NYPD and its Commissioner Ray Kelly (see
nypdconfidential.com). But for a long time, New Yorkers trusted that
Kelly and the NYPD were doing the right thing. Kelly was seen as someone
who should not be criticized, unless you wanted to risk your political
career. the previous sentence is randomThese new calls for oversight,
and the growing controversy over NYPD's activities indicate that a
decade or so after the September 11 attacks, it now faces the likelihood
of new oversight mechanisms and judicial review. that is a good thing.
police always say (not to me) guilty people don't allow for searches of
their private property and need lawyers. oversight = the way it should
Americans are culturally resistant to domestic law enforcement that they
see as "spying," and while there is always a careful balance between
security and civil rights, that balance is now turning towards `civil
rights' in New York City. turing from where? from right after 9/11 or
some point after?But the activities of the NYPD are also much more
nuanced than the media coverage lets on.is that your judgement? This
report aims to provide context for intelligence activities in a
counterterrorism and crime prevention context, as well as examining what
new oversight for the NYPD might mean.
New York and the Terrorist threat
While <September 11 had an effect on the world, and US foreign policy>
[LINK: http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/20110905-911-and-successful-war]
it goes without saying that it had an overwhelming effect on the City
itself. New Yorkers were willing to do whatever it took to make sure
such an attack did not happen again, and when Ray Kelly was appointed
commissioner, he advertised this as his prerogative (his critics will
chalk this up to ego and hubris). This meant revamping counterterrorism
and moving to an intelligence-based model of prevention, rather than one
based on prosecution [LINK, Stick, is there one about this that's not
based on NYPD as an example?].
The Intelligence Division existed prior to 9/11. It was known for
driving VIPs around New York-one of the most popular destinations for
foreign dignitaries and one that becomes very busy during the UN General
Assembly. It also faced restrictions- a 1985 court order known as the
Handschu Guidelines required the NYPD to submit "specific information"
of criminal activity to a panel for approval to monitor political
activity. When David Cohen, a former CIA analyst, was brought in to run
the Intelligence Division, he went in front of the same U.S. District
Court Judge- Charles S. Haight Jr.- who lawyers saw on Oct. 3 to get the
guidelines modified. Haight modified them twice in 2002 and 2003 and the
result gave the unit much more leeway to monitor the city and look for
developing threats. i don't understand how removal of oversight gives a
unit more leeway to monitor the city and look for developing threats
unless the unit goes outside its legal limits. if they were doing
everything legally, oversight isn't a problem. if the law didn't change,
how did their scope?
The Counter-terrorism Bureau was founded in 2002 and involved the
analytic and collection responsibilities similar to the Intelligence
Division, but also the police side. The training, coordination and
response of police units falls under this Bureau. This is mainly a
bureaucratic difference and they work closely together- which is even
obvious by going to their website.
As the capabilities of NYPD Intelligence Division and Counter-Terrorism
Bureau developed, they faced the toothing issues of any new intelligence
organization.i thought you said they weren't new, and used to drive
around VIP's Their officers learned as they took on new monitoring
responsibilities, investigated new plots, and analyzed intelligence from
plots in other parts of the United States and abroad. The lack of access
to information from the federal government as well as police departments
around the United States was one of its major challenges. The US
intelligence communities sensitivities over security [LINK:--], as well
as problems communicating amongst themselves, were only amplified with
local police forces. Moreover, the NYPD belief following 9/11 was that
the federal government could not protect New York. The most high-profile
city in the world- whether it's for business, tourism or terrorism-
decided it had to protect itself.
NYPD had to deal with three challenges: detecting plots within New York
as they developed, getting information on terrorist tactics from outside
New York, and understanding and even deterring plots developing outside
New York. But with these challenges it also had three key advantages- a
wealth of ethnic backgrounds and language sills to draw on, the budget
and drive to develop liaison channels, and the nimbleness (word?) that
comes with small size allowing it to adapt to changing threat
Looking for plots
STRATFOR first wrote about NYPD's new <proactive approach to
counterterrorism> in 2004 [LINK:
The focus moved from waiting for an attack being imminent, and allowing
police and prosecutors to "make the big case", to preventing and
<disrupting plots long before they occur> [LINK:
This often means that operatives plotting attacks are charged with much
lower profile charges than terrorism or murder [correct words, Stick?],
and often look dim-witted in how they expose themselves to authorities.
Conceptually looking for the signs of a terrorist plot is not difficult
to explain, but successfully doing so and preventing attacks is an
extreme challenge, especially when trying to balance civil liberties.
STRATFOR often writes how attackers expose themselves prior to their
attack. Grassroots defenders [LINK], as we call them, can look for signs
of pre-operational surveillance [LINK], purchasing weapons and making
improvised explosive devices [LINK], and even talk of intent to carry
out an attack [LINK?]. All of these activities are seemingly innocuous
and often legal-taking photos at a tourist site, purchasing nail polish
remover, and using free speech, for example. But some times, and the
ones that NYPD are most worried about, those activities are carried out
with ill intent. at the end of the day, how often could you really tell
the diffeerence? hence the need for profiling. Local citizens will be
first, and police officers second, to notice these signs. NYPD's
challenge is to figure out how to separate the innocent from the threat,
and a large part of that is based in intelligence.
It is for this reason that NYPD "Demographics Unit" as AP reported, and
which is now probably called the Zone Assessment Unitprobably called, we
can't be sure?, has been carrying out open observation in neighborhoods
throughout New York. Understanding local dynamics, down to a
block-by-block level, provides the context for any threat reporting and
intelligence that NYPD receives. The thousands of 911 and 311 calls
every day- partly due to the "If you see something, say something"
campaign- can also be put into the same context. Along with the
observations by so-called "rakers" detailed in the AP reports, this
allows NYPD analysts to "connect the dots" and hopefully find plots
before an attack.
The controversy developed by AP's reporting is a natural American
reaction to perceived encroachments by law enforcement, but the NYPD
activities are nothing novel or as bad as they sound. i think a middle
class? white guy shouldn't make those judgements. They are not involved
in domestic spying, if you think of espionage as violating (with
permission or not) general laws of privacy or security. This unit is not
tapping your phone stealing things out of your briefcase, or breaking
into your home. All of these activities still face the same judicial
restrictions and warrant requirements that authorities from the FBI to
local police have generally followed.
Instead, these undercover NYPD officers in this unit are making open
observations of public activity. These are the same observations that
any citizen can make-in places where there is no reasonable expectation
of privacy. Law enforcement officers from local to federal levels have
in fact been doing this for a long time. They are looking for indicators
of criminal activity in any business, religious institution or public
area, not presuming guilt in any of these places. A business owner who
is not involved in activities that enable crime or terrorism- document
fraud, money laundering, etc- has nothing to fear from a visit by an
undercover officer. EXACTLY!!!!In fact, they may be better protected if
the officer notices other criminal activity in the neighborhood. dude,
cops on every street makes us safer. unless we are muslim, black or
poor.The goal is to separate the innocent people from potential or
actual criminals and focus on them. Long before NYPD was looking for
jihadists, police have used the same methods to look for Klansmen in
white Christian areas, Neo-Nazis at gunshows or music concerts, Crips in
the black LA neighborhoods and MS-13 members in Latino neighborhoods.
what about pot-dealers in Westlake? These are indeed generalizations,
but also it's also factually true that these locations are where the
different groups tend to congregate. yes, criminals congregate in the
ghetto's. can that be entered into the discussion about whether or not
poverty creates criminals?Generalizations are not enough and why
STRATFOR writes about looking for `the how' rather than `the who'
[LINK]. And `the how' is exactly what police are looking for, or should
be looking for, while observing different neighborhoods.
Looking for indicators of terrorist activities are what allow NYPD to
take on the extreme challenge of preventing terrorism, rather than
investigating and prosecuting an attack after it occurs.
Accessing information
The other major criticism within the AP reports are the links
established between the NYPD and the CIA. The latter, it is well known,
is America's foreign intelligence service and is banned from espionage
activities inside the US. The fear that the NYPD is allowing the CIA to
get past that legal barrier is a reasonable one, but so far it is also
The second challenge that the NYPD realized after 9/11 was trying to get
intelligence about threats from abroad, so it could be prepared at home.
Few of the major plots and attacks targeting New York City were planned
or staged there. For example, the 9/11 plotters trained in other parts
of the United States, the 1993 attackers lived in New Jersey, and even
Faisal Shahzad was trained in Pakistan and staged his operation from
?Connecticut?. On top of that, the long-term operational planning for
these attacks was done outside the United States, and those inspiring
attacks, like Anwar al-Awlaki, were or are based overseas. So when the
NSA gets an intercept or the CIA hears from a source about an impending
terrorist attack in New York City, NYPD would like to know the details.
Similarly, as groups like Al-Qaeda change tactics, degrade, or emerge,
NYPD would also gain from that understanding. While much of this is
available in open-source, a lot of information, and sometimes the most
up-to-date is kept classified within US government agencies,
The Intelligence Division, under Cohen's leadership, knew it faced many
bureaucratic barriers to getting that information-many of these are
outlined in the 9/11 Commission Report. Information sharing was, and
still is, a key problem in the US government, so the NYPD sought ways
around this. Part of this was cooperation-assigning many more officers
to the FBI-ran (is that accurate?) Joint Terrorism Task Force in New
York. This meant that information on classified networks could be
accessed more easily, or rapport could be developed with other members
of the JTTF to pass information along. As AP noted, they also developed
links with the CIA, through current or former CIA officers, in order to
get "read in" to reports from overseas. So far at least, there is no
indication that NYPD's domestic activities are being fed, or are even
useful to the CIA.
Understanding new threats and tactics
Getting better access to US government reports and analysis, however,
was not enough in NYPD's eyes. As they see it, they needed tactical
information as soon as possible so they could change their threat
posture. NYPD's greatest fear is that a coordinated attack on cities
throughout the world would happen, and police in New York would not be
ramped up in time. For example, an attack on transit networks in Europe
at rush hour, could be followed by one a few hours later when New
Yorkers were on their way to work. The quicker they knew the tactics in
another attack abroad, the better prepared they would be in New York if
one was imminent. This example is underlined with the 2004 train attacks
in Madrid. NYPD officers were in Madrid within hours of the attacks and
reporting back to New York, but the report they received from the FBI
came 18 months later. Sending officers abroad- they reportedly are
located in 11 cities- has become a controversial method for dealing with
that delay in information.
NYPD also believed that they didn't get enough information from the
federal reports- they were either watered-down or redacted for
classified information. The NYPD belief is that, for example, having an
officer go to as many attack scenes in Israel as well as developing with
security agencies there will provide the insight needed in case a group
active in Israel came to New York.
The officers based overseas also work to develop liaison relationships
with other police forces. Instead of being based in the US embassy- like
the FBI's legal attache- they work on the ground and in the offices of
other police forces. The NYPD believes that this provides them insight
they need to prepare New York City, and are willing to risk the ire of
and turf wars with other US agencies, such as the FBI, who have a
broader mandate to operate abroad.
Managing Oversight and other challenges
Commissioner Kelly, the NYPD, and politicians will brag that New York
has not seen a successful terrorist attack since 9/11. They will say
that the NYPD methods are working, have disrupted 13 plots on the city
in the last 10 years, and thus are justified. Those basic facts are
true, but that interpretation is now facing the most criticism New York
has seen in that decade. NYPD has been successful because it is small
and flexible, has little oversight or legal limitations, WTF! HOW DOES
LITTLE OVERSIGHT=SUCCESS???yes, without legal limitations i bet they are
successful. so are other criminals like drug dealers and has taken on a
very specific mission. Oversight is by no means a bad thing, and in fact
making sure that those liberties NYPD seeks to protect are not violated
by the organization itself is a good thing. But the problems NYPD saw
with national agencies in getting access to intelligence in a timely
fashion are those that come from bureaucracy and oversight. Moreover,
the lack of intelligence is often due to risk-aversion from collecting
it. We are by no means saying that such a <chilling effect> [LINK:
will happen with any new oversight of the NYPD, rather that new
oversight will be careful to not impede NYPD's success. here you finally
explain it better, but your piece belies a completely different tone.
actually, you outright say oversight impedes success.
The New York City Council does not have the same capability for
classified hearings that the US Congress does when overseeing national
intelligence activity. The security procedures and vetting are not in
place. Moreover, the national government has limited legal authority-
though of course a Department of Justice investigation could happen.
What Peter Vallone and federal government media sources are essentially
saying is that they are not willing to take on oversight
responsibilities. In other words, they are happy with the way NYPD is
working and want to let it continue. As oversight exists now, Kelly
briefs Vallone on various NYPD operations, and even with new oversight
by the City Council any operations will most likely be approved of.
The NYPD still has to keep civil rights concerns in mindso your entire
piece is, what the NYPD is doing is correct, oversight will slow them
down, and we trust them?, not due to the legal or moral issue, but in
order to function successfullyjesus. As soon as NYPD are outcast as a
danger rather than making the neighborhood more secure, they lose access
to that intelligence that is so important in preventing attacks. They
have their incentives to keep their officers in line, as much as that
may sound unlikely to those were familiar of the NYPD of the 1970s.
Threats and Dimwits
The AP stories are only a limited reflection of what NYPD is doing. But
let's assume the focus, even as it's made out in positive stories about
NYPD, is on jihadists, rather than threats like white supremacists,
anarchists, agents of foreign governments, or less predictable lone
wolves. The attack by Anders Behring Breivik [LINK:] in Oslo, Norway,
served as a reminder of this to police departments and security services
worldwide that tunnel vision focused on jihadists is dangerous. If NYPD
is indeed only focusing on Islamic neighborhoods (which is probably not
true), the greater problem is they will fail at security rather than
face prosecution for racial profiling. Thus there is an incentive for
exceptional thinking about what the next threat could be, and looking
for signs of an attack- rather than simple profiling. We must presume
that NYPD is aware of this as well.
In fact the modern history of terrorism in New York City goes back to a
1916 attack by German saboteurs on a New Jersey arms depot that damaged
buildings in Manhattan. However unlikely, these are the kinds of threats
that NYPD will also need to think about as it aims to continue to keep
its citizens safe.
NYPD's success is not that simple. In the Faisal Shahzad case, luck that
his IED did not work was just as important as the quick response of
police officers in Times Square [LINK:--]. US operations in Afghanistan
and other countries that have largely disrupted the Al-Qaeda network
that was able to carry out the 9/11 operation have also severely limited
its ability to attack New York.
This of course leads critics to say that the NYPD is creating plots out
of unskilled and dimwitted individuals, like the two suspects arrested
may 11 for allegedly planning to carry out an armed assault on the
Empire State Building or other targets [LINK:
Critics say that these individuals would have no capability without an
NYPD undercover officer getting involved. It's true that they would be
limited, but it's false that this means they present no risk. One attack
worth thinking about are the five individuals who are often made fun of
for their poor shooting while training at firing ranges in the US, or
returning to get a deposit on a truck they used in an attack. Those same
five were actually infiltrated by an FBI informant in in the early
1990s, but he was taken off of the payroll. The group later connected
with Ramzi Yousef in September, 1992 and carried out the 1993 World
Trade Center Attack. Even seemingly inept individuals, when given the
right access to operational commanders and weapons, become extremely
The NYPD is always walking the fine line between security and civil
rights in its work to keep New York safe. Checks and oversight on its
functions are part of the system it works to protect. At the same time,
it helps to understand how its functions work and why they have been so
Sean Noonan
Tactical Analyst
Office: +1 512-279-9479
Mobile: +1 512-758-5967
Strategic Forecasting, Inc.
Colby Martin
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Steve Allen "Toby" McKenzie, 59, a resident of Cleveland, passed away, Thursday, May 2, 2013, in a Chattanooga hospital.
He was a member of Mount Olive Church of God.
He was a well-known local entrepreneur; initiating the operation of National Cash Advance and many property developments.
He graduated from Bradley Central High School in 1971. He was a multiple letterman in both football and baseball. After high school, he took a job as a paper boy for both the Cleveland Daily Banner and the Chattanooga Times.
From this humble start, he went on to co-found and own two "rent-to-own" companies in the 1980s and 1990s, and National Cash Advance in the 1990s. At the time of its sale in 1999, the Cleveland-based National Cash Advance included 550 stores nationwide.
He was a well-known philanthropist in the Bradley County area. He made numerous donations to local concerns, including the United Way, Lee University and several local schools. He also established scholarships at both UT-Chattanooga and UT-Knoxville. One of his most notable donations was made to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, where his contribution (along with his former wife Brenda Lawson) allowed retirement of the debt of the UTC "Roundhouse." The arena now bears the name McKenzie Arena in the family's honor.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Bob and Gail Bettis McKenzie; and brother, Mark Patrick McKenzie.
Survivors include his wife, Rebecca Howle McKenzie of Cleveland; three children: Shasta McKenzie and husband, Jody McGill, of Cleveland, Steve "Toby" McKenzie Jr. and wife, Elizabeth, of Ooltewah and Ashley McKenzie of Ooltewah; two stepdaughters: Mary Beth Baker and Meagan Frye, both of Cleveland; grandson, Steve Allen McKenzie III of Ooltewah; three stepgrandsons: Dawson Satterfield, Bo Baker and Joey Frye, all of Cleveland; sister-in-law, Debbie McKenzie of Cleveland; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Terry and Melanie Gaston; nephews: Mark McKenzie, Jason McKenzie, J.T. McKenzie; niece, Casey McKenzie; and nephews-in-law: Jared Gaston and Clark Gaston.
The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 5, 2013, at Mount Olive Church of God with Pastor Gary Sears officiating.
Interment will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens with Chris Eaton, Steve Logsdon, Rick Lawson, Jared Gaston, Clark Gaston and Charles Heron will be serving as pallbearers. Joseph Decosimo, Larry Kugler, Larry King and Brad Kilpatrick will serve as honorary pallbearers. A white dove release ceremony will conclude the service.
The family will receive friends from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Fike Funeral Home.
We invite you to send a message of condolence and view the McKenzie family guest book at www.fikefh.com


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Top 10 political losers of 2012By RICHARD S. DUNHAM
Hearst Newspapers | December 30,2012AP File Photo
Former presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann, wave to supporters in Manchester, N.H., last spring. Romney is the biggest political loser of the year.So, after all the cliches about a close presidential election (too-close-to-call, dead heat, photo finish, neck-and-neck, razor-thin, toss-up), it wasnt that close.
John Kerry came closer to the presidency in 2004 a lot closer than Mitt Romney did in 2012. That makes the failed Republican presidential candidate the years biggest political loser.
But who joins him on the Top 10 List of Losers? Here are our choices:
1. Mitt Romney
The economy was lousy. The president wasnt particularly popular. Washington was particularly unpopular. Voters were ready for a change. Still, Mitt Romney managed to lose the election. This is not the place to list all of his faults (from failing to connect with average Americans to saying the wrong thing at the wrong time). Lets just say he lost the 2012 election the old-fashioned way: He earned it. And hes the presidential loser most likely to vanish from the national political scene since Michael Dukakis.
2. John Boehner
The Speaker of the House is second in line to the presidency behind Vice President Biden. But on Capitol Hill, hes a paper tiger. The Ohio Republican cant even control his own rowdy conservative caucus. Governing? Well, weve all seen: He cant.
3. David Petraeus
War hero. Revered general. Future president. Stop there. The Petraeus path to the presidency took a permanent detour this year when he admitted to an extra-marital affair with his biographer and unceremoniously resigned as CIA director.
4. Sheldon Adelson
Never has so much money been spent in politics with so little effect. The Las Vegas casino billionaire wasted at least half a billion trying to (a) elect Newt Gingrich as president and (b) to defeat Barack Obama. Hed have done better to play his own slot machines.
5. Karl Rove
Never has so much money been raised in politics with so little payoff. The Republican operative managed to convince a bunch of billionaires to part with millions and millions (and more millions). Then he managed to lose just about every key election contest. (Well, he did manage to win in the Nevada Senate race.) To cap it off, his televised meltdown on Election Night became one of the YouTube moments of 2012.
6. Richard Mourdock
At the beginning of the year, almost no pundit would have predicted that Democrat Joe Donnelly would be the next senator from Indiana. After all, six-term Republican Richard Lugar was a political legend in the Hoosier State with strong Democratic support. But Lugar lost his primary race to hard-right Republican Richard Mourdock, who then managed to blow the general election with extreme comments and serial gaffes. His worst? A debate remark that if a rape results in creation of a fetus, it is something intended by God. For losing a race that couldnt be lost (think Todd Akin, too) Richard Mourdock makes our top ten list.
7. Rick Perry
The 1988 Democratic presidential field, led by the aforementioned Dukakis, was called the seven dwarfs. Yet it included such future powers as Al Gore, Joe Biden and Dick Gephardt. This years Republican presidential field was compared to the kooky patrons in the famous bar scene in the original Star Wars movie. But one of the candidates had the resume, fund-raising skill and record of accomplishment beyond the Beltway to, as Rush Limbaugh gushed, make Barack Obama nervous. That man? Texas Gov. Rick Perry. But his 2012 presidential campaign was a disaster and lasted only 19 days into 2012. To top it off, Perry isnt ruling out a return run in 2016. Lets just say that Chris Christie is not quaking in his boots.
8. Allen West
He was the embodiment of the bold Tea Party freshman elected to Congress in 2010. Brash, bold, outspoken. He called Barack Obama a socialist. He said there were scores of Communists in Congress. When it came to government spending, he voted no, no, hell no. Then his Florida constituents tossed him out after a single term.
9. Jan Brewer
Two years ago, the Arizona governor was the toast of the conservative movement. She had won a comfortable re-election after signing into law a tough immigration enforcement bill. But the Arizona immigration bill became a national symbol fairly or not of Republican hostility toward Latinos. A massive Latino turnout helped President Obama win an Electoral College landslide. And it cost Republicans three congressional seats in Arizona that they had expected to win in 2012. Brewer? She went on a secretive, post-election trip outside of Arizona. Her staff, according to The Hill newspaper, refused to disclose her location or the nature of the trip.
10. Bev Perdue
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This Meme was originally created by Becky at the Kinexxions blog. Geniaus has 'dinkumised' the list and made it more specifically relevant to Australian Genealogists.
The list is annotated in the following manner:
Things you have already done or found - bold type
Things you would like to do or find - italics (colour optional)
Things you have not done or found and don't care to - plain type
Here is my contribution.
- Belong to a genealogical society.
- Joined the Australian Genealogists group on Genealogy Wise.
- Transcribed records.
- Uploaded headstone pictures to Find-A-Grave or a similar site.
- Documented ancestors for four generations
- Joined Facebook.
- Cleaned up a run-down cemetery.
- Joined the Genea-Bloggers Group.
- Attended a genealogy conference.
- Lectured at a genealogy conference.
- Spoke on a genealogy topic at a local genealogy society.
- Joined the Society of Australian Genealogists.
- Contributed to a genealogy society publication.
- Served on the board or as an officer of a genealogy society.
- Got lost on the way to a cemetery.
- Talked to dead ancestors.
- Researched outside the state in which I live.
- Knocked on the door of an ancestral home and visited with the
current occupants. - Cold called a distant relative.
- Posted messages on a surname message board.
- Uploaded a GEDCOM file to the internet.
- Googled my name.
- Performed a random act of genealogical kindness.
- Researched a non-related family, just for the fun of it.
- Have been paid to do genealogical research.
- Earn a living (majority of income) from genealogical research.
- Wrote a letter (or email) to a previously unknown relative.
- Contributed to one of the genealogy carnivals.
- Responded to messages on a message board.
- Was injured while on a genealogy excursion.
- Participated in a genealogy meme. (Now I have)
- Created family history gift items (calendars, cookbooks etc.)
- Performed a record lookup.
- Took a genealogy seminar cruise.
- Am convinced that a relative must have arrived here from outer space.
- Found a disturbing family secret.
- Told others about a disturbing family secret.
- Combined genealogy with crafts. (scrapbooking, digital artwork)
- Think genealogy is a passion not a hobby.
- Assisted finding next of kin for a deceased person.
- Taught someone else how to find their roots.
- Lost valuable genealogy data due to a computer crash or hard drive failure.
- Been overwhelmed by available genealogy technology.
- Know a cousin of the 4th degree or higher.
- Disproved a family myth through research.
- Got a family member to let you copy photos.
- Used a digital camera to 'copy' photos or records.
- Translated a record from a foreign language.
- Found an immigrant ancestor's passenger arrival record.
- Looked at census records on microfilm, not on the computer.
- Used microfiche.
- Visited the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.
- Used Google+ for genealogy. (Not yet on Google+)
- Visited a church or place of worship of one of your ancestors.
- Taught a class in genealogy.
- Traced ancestors back to the 18th Century.
- Traced ancestors back to the 17th Century.
- Traced ancestors back to the 16th Century.
- Can name all of your great-great-grandparents.
- Found an ancestor on the Australian Electoral Rolls.
- Know how to determine a soundex code without the help of a computer.
- Have found relevant articles on Trove.
- Own a copy of 'Evidence Explained' by Elizabeth Shown Mills.
- Helped someone find an ancestor using records you
had never used for your own research. - Visited the main National Archives building in Washington, DC.
- Visited the National Library of Australia.
- Have an ancestor who came to Australia as a ten pound pom.
- Have an ancestor who fought at Gallipoli. (Not a direct ancestor but some
of my Chambers relatives served and die at Gallipoli). - Taken a photograph of an ancestor's tombstone.
- Can read a church record in Latin.
- Have an ancestor who changed his/her name.
(I think William Fullerton was probably
William Fullard/Folliard, but I'm only conjecturing at this point!) - Joined a Rootsweb mailing list.
- Created a family website.
- Have a genealogy blog.
- Was overwhelmed by the amount of family information
received from someone. - Have broken through at least one brick wall.
- Done genealogy research at the War Memorial in Canberra.
- Borrowed microfilm from the Family History Library
through a local Family History Center. - Found an ancestor in the Ryerson index. (Found relatives but not direct ancestors)
- Have visited the National Archives of Australia.
(Melbourne Office only) - Have an ancestor who served in the Boer War.
(No direct ancestors, but various relatives) - Use maps in my genealogy research.
- Have a convict ancestor who was transported from the UK.
- Found a bigamist amongst the ancestors.
(Well, I'm not sure about my 3rd great aunt...) - Visited the National Archives in Kew.
- Visited St. Catherine's House in London to find family records.
- Taken an online genealogy course.
- Consistently cite my sources. (Wish I'd been more diligent about this!)
- Visited a foreign country (i.e. one I don't live in) in search of ancestors.
- Can locate any document in my research files within a few minutes.
- Have an ancestor who was married four times (or more).
(Two of my 3rd great grandfather's married three times) - Made a rubbing of an ancestors gravestone.
- Followed genealogists on Twitter.
- Published a family history book on one of my families.
- Learned of the death of a fairly close relative through research.
- Offended a family member with my research.
- Reunited someone with precious family photos or artifacts.
- Have a paid subscription to a genealogy database.
(FindMyPast and Ancestry) - Edited records on Trove.
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