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'80s nukes essential for Atari future
Look, world peaceniks. The U.S. would love to disarm our nuclear stockpile, but we can't because — what's that behind you?! An asteroid?!
According to one line item from the U.S. Government Authority Office's Report to the U.S. Senate's Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development on Actions Needed by
National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to Clarify Dismantlement Performance Goal … Good god. We need to disarm the U.S. government's keyboards.
Anyway, according to that report, those older nukes that were going to be dismantled as newer, presumably eco-friendlier weapons are phased in have been earmarked for use in planetary defense. The plan is to hopefully devise the means to launch them at incoming asteroids before we're wiped out with one.
And that's all fine and good, but what about our nukes, as in the ones that you, me and every other Joe Six-pack isn't allowed to own? Asteroids, meteorites, comets — those can all seriously impact (ah-ha!) our property values. This isn't Encino Man; we can't turn every crater into a senior prom pool party.
Nope. If the government gets nukes to prevent holes in America, then the American people deserve nukes to prevents holes in their azalea gardens.


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Yahoo! for Mayer's big opportunity
PUBLISHED: 25 Jul 2012 00:02:25 | UPDATED: 25 Jul 2012 10:55:14PUBLISHED: 25 Jul 2012 PRINT EDITION: 25 Jul 2012Yahoo's Marissa Mayer is set to earn $US100 million over five years, but will still be dealing with the very common challenge of balancing work and parenthood. Photo: Reuters
Rachel Nickless
The media furore over Yahoo!'s new pregnant chief executive planning to take just two weeks' maternity leave has been decried by some as anti-feminist, but frankly I get it.
Thirty-seven-year-old Marissa Mayer is out of the ordinary person's league with her new job, saving an ailing internet behemoth, and her pay packet of $US100 million over five years. However, she is still about to deal with that very common challenge of balancing work and parenthood.
At first I had mixed feelings about her plans. Personally I was knocked for six when my first son was born, not just by the wonder and importance of my new job, but also because it was such relentless, hard work. I used to see mums with small babies in cafes and think they had it easy. Now I know they need that caffeine hit after being up all night. There are plenty of other joys and challenges as kids grow.
Two weeks' maternity leave wouldn't be nearly enough for me and my family. Nor is it for many others. But Mayer is powerful, rich and intelligent. It is for her and her financier partner to ensure their son gets all the high-quality care that he needs, whether that be from dad, extended family, or paid nannies. Hopefully she can also implement some degree of flexibility at work if she wants it.
Australia's Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Elizabeth Broderick, takes a similar view, telling me she would never challenge an individual woman on work and family choices: "They decide what's best for them."
Recently returned from a tour of Afghanistan, Broderick says she was saddened to find women troops with children back in Australia who have received hate mail for leaving their children. I'll wager no soldier dads get these sorts of letters.
Hopefully people will respect Mayer's individual choices, but I am glad her new job has generated conversations about the challenges of juggling work and family for everyday people. Mayer and Yahoo! are to be congratulated for exploding a few stereotypes when gender and pregnancy discrimination remains rife in many workplaces. I hope one day soon we will read of a public company going one further – appointing chief executives who job-share to also care for their children.
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Dear Mr. Parrot-god (more formally known as IronStylus) are there any plans for a jester themed skin for our new friend known as Qinn?
I just want to know if she's melee or ranged.
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I must be the only person getting annoyed with the constant stream of "strong woman who don't need no man" types. At least Karma was eloquent and demure.
Reversed Aura
I really like this extended reveal. I hope you guys can do this for more champs in the future. Players still love lore like this!
Finch Toast
Possible abilities for Quinn Passive: Enemies attacked by Val are left with a vision marking for Quinn and her allies. Q: Quinn sticks a trap on a wall of the map's terrain (Trees Towers etc.) When enemies walk near it a trip-line is shot out, and enemies that walk through are slowed, if the trip-line touches another wall rather than connecting with the ground enemies are snared. W: Quinn uses her W to control Val, using W is similar to alt clicking for Yorick's clone or Annie's Tibbers. Leveling up this ability increases the radius Val can fly from Quinn and the amount of initial damage Val does. E: Much like Fizz's Playful/Trickster Quinn can get over short terrain jumps, but when she comes out of being un-targetable fires a skillshot based off of magic damage. R: Around the range of Lux's/Caitlyn's ultimate, Val flies up above the field and gives vision to anyone in the Radius, Val dives onto the desired target dealing Physical damage initially and damaging while slowing over time. I love to think of Champion kits, but never know what ratios they should be because I don't know how to make them not Over/Underpowered. Hoping Quinn/Valor can be like Mordecai/Bloodwing!
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There is no time for rest my dear Parrot. This is a time of change, a time of action. Why do your talons lay rested? Where is the chirp, of that red-adorned war-bird who brings his emotion and dreams to battle? No, there is no time for rest...


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161 of 166 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Some of us don't want/need a smartphone!,
By MdniteEagl (Mt. Arlington, New Jersey United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: LG A340, Silver (AT&T) (Wireless Phone)
I've had the original Samsung Rugby A837 since it came out in September of 2008. It's been a good phone all these years, but I was ready for an improvement. Unfortunately, everything was headed the smartphone route (even the Samsung Rugby line has migrated to a smartphone), and the remaining "phones" were aimed at the truly "basic" market, like the Pantech Breeze line. For me, I just don't need to carry what is essentially a nanocomputer with me; I just want a phone for calls and quick texts, maybe check a sports score, and grab a basic picture once in a while.
The LG A340 came almost out of nowhere in April 2012, and after reviewing the specs, I jumped on it. I qualified as an upgrade from AT&T, so it didn't cost much at all ($19.99 for me), and it arrived in a couple of days. The first thing you will notice about the A340 is that the screens are HUGE for this type of phone. The external screen is a remarkable 1.7-inch 128x160 - not that long ago, that was a typical size for the *internal* screen! The A340's inside screen is a 2.4-inch 240x320 that's very clear and sharp. Another thing I like is the clock reading on the internal screen doesn't take up an unnecessary amount of space, so you can actually put up some wallpaper that you can see without having it obliterated by what time it is. Not the case for the external screen though; wallpaper or not, the date/clock is just below dead center. The sound quality is pretty good during phone calls (no issues hearing or being heard), and the keys respond quickly for basic texting. The camera is only 1.3 megapixels, so you're not going to replace a true camera with this, nor should you expect to. The camera has one drawback, though... the lens is on the back of the lower body (above the battery door) so you have to be very mindful of keeping your fingers out of the way when lining up and taking pictures. You'll also want to clean off the fingerprints before you take a picture, as your hand will otherwise normally be over the lens. The A340 comes with a basic WAP browser, but AT&T does include its new Social Net app that allows direct access to Facebook and other social networks. Again, it's not a smartphone, so don't expect to watch movies with it. The A340 also handles AT&T Navigator for driving directions, and a few other built-in applications that may make life easier for some. Physically, the A340 isn't as thick as the Rugby I'm replacing (and I did like the feel of the Rugby for that reason), but it's not wafer-thin, either. The A340 is very long when open, easily reaching from ear to mouth like a normal phone handset, and is over 2 inches wide as well... us guys with larger hands can get a comfortable grip. Battery life is listed as 3 hours talk and 250 stand-by, about the same as the Rugby, so no issues there. The A340 is also a "greener" phone, using recycled materials for the case and an energy-efficient wall charger. This is what I want from a cell phone... a well-featured, full-size flip phone without too many bells and whistles. Thanks LG and AT&T!
121 of 129 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
This review is from: LG A340, Silver (AT&T) (Wireless Phone)
This would be a decent voice "dumb" phone except that AT&T and LG have loaded it FULL of crapware that CANNOT be deleted. Ignore what you might see on the AT&T web site - NOT ONE of the numerous idiot apps has a "Delete" option. This phone is designed to trick you into using data. Here are the apps that I cannot delete:
- Star Tweets - Wikimobile - snap - UNO - Pac-Man Champion - My-Cast Weather - Bejeweled - Maps - City ID - Browser - YPmobile - Mobile Web - AppCenter - AT&T Navigator - AT&T FamilyMap - Social Net - AT&T Radio But wait - it gets worse !! My speed dial menu is ALREADY POPULATED with the following AT&T numbers that always appear at the top of the list and CANNOT BE DELETED OR MOVED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST: - AT&T Check Bill Balance - AT&T Customer Care - AT&T Directory Assistance - AT&T Pay My Bill - AT&T View Data Usage - AT&T View My Minutes - AT&T VoiceDial Because these seven appear at the top of the list, the speed dials for my family members DO NOT APPEAR ON THE SCREEN unless I scroll down. THERE IS NO WAY TO CHANGE THIS. I have now spoken with AT&T four times about this. AT&T has finally admitted that NONE OF THESE CAN BE DELETED OR MOVED. So - it's your call.
38 of 40 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great non smart phone option,
This review is from: LG A340, Silver (AT&T) (Wireless Phone)
It's almost impossible to find a non smart phone these days. Your options are limited to crappy made in China phones or Nokia phones circa 2001.
In looking for a phone for my father, I wanted something simple, easy to use and cheap. I was able to get this on an upgrade for 1 cent. Amazon literally charged me 1 penny on my credit card. No rebates to deal with and in California no sales tax on the full price of the phone. I really like the flip design of this phone, it prevents accidental butt dialing. Easy operation, open the phone to answer the phone and close it to hang up. I was able to transfer contacts easy enough by simply copying them to the SIM card and back again to the LG phone. Another plus is the ability to increase the font size, for the overall menus and the screen where you dial a number. The large displays already help a lot, but the bigger fonts make it even easier. One minus with AT&T is the inability to remove the default AT&T contacts from the phone. There may be a way to do it but I'm still trying to figure out how.
25 of 27 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
The one to buy. Great Senior's Phone,
By J. Hill "american consumer" (Huntington Beach, Ca USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: LG A340, Silver (AT&T) (Wireless Phone)
LG/AT&T saw a niche (the U.S. Seniors Mkt) did some research and made a good 3G phone/2G EDIG) for us. i.e., They accounted for high frequencies hearing loss by Seniors. This phone has a capability to deal with it. I have had the phone three weeks. Seems to have enough battery. Comes with a USB type a/c wall charger. Good phone sound and the text is easy to read. I believe there is a capability to block selected unwanted incoming (phone numbers) calls or messages. Saw it someplace while tinkering with the phone just can't recall where its located. Well written manual (PDF) is available on line. Can't locate call block in there either.
If you want you can set up voice commands to make the phone dial for you plus several other verbal command functions. If your laying on the floor and can get the phone open you can tell it to call someone on your list of phone numbers.. and it will do it. When your at Best Buy just tell them what you want the phone to do and they will set it up for you. Service is the one thing that Best Buy is better at then Amazon. Something the bozo's that run Best Buy don't seem to understand. The A340 has lots of alternative sounds, ring/vibration and other settings. When the phone rings the screen on the front shows who's calling or what the text message says. Just flip it open to talk or see the message on the larger screen. Push a button and it switched to a loud speaker phone. This is not a $400 Apple. It's a free (sorta) phone from AT&T via Best Buy and its loaded with capabilities that I have no use for. I just handed over my 5-year old Nokia and Best Buy transferred all my phone numbers to the new phone and handed me the Nokia back. So I drove a nail through the Nokia sim chip and took the phone to the recycle center. Best buy will also get you a new phone number or set-up an AT&T account if you want one. Bottom Line: Most Seniors could care less about Facebook, maps and the mobile web. But it's all available in this phone for an extra $20 or so per month. Set it up and give it to Grandma. This one she should be able to use.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
This review is from: LG A340, Silver (AT&T) (Wireless Phone)
I purchased two of these phones. after a month of use if you use the phone for more than a few minutes it feels as if your ear is frying. And when it starts doing that the party that you are talking to cant hear what you are saying. This is not just on one phone but both of them which leads me to believe that this model phone is an ATT reject as they do not sell them on their website. Now the only thing that ATT can do is replace them with the same model.Why would i want two more of these? I just paid two upgrade fees and cannot get another upgrade until i am due for one. I am just using my old phones. Do not purchase these phones unless you really dont want to talk to anybody on them.
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Nice phone, with one major annoyance,
This review is from: LG A340, Silver (AT&T) (Wireless Phone)
This is a very nice phone, particularly if all you want to do is make and receive phone calls. But then, what else is a mobile phone useful for?
There is one major flaw with the phone that has been noticed by many others. It is impossible to delete the seven stupid contacts for AT&T. Worse, "AT&T" is early in the alphabetization, so these seven contacts end up dominating the contact list. My work-around, which is a total hack, was to prepend "A " to all my other contacts. This works, but it is ridiculous that one has to resort to this kind of hack. Are you listening AT&T? (Yes, stupid question I know, they don't care, they still think they are the phone company.) This phone would be ever so much better if these contacts could be deleted or put somewhere else.
23 of 28 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
LG A340 Phone (AT&T) not supported well by ATT or LG,
By Abe "quantpro" (NYC) - See all my reviews
This review is from: LG A340, Silver (AT&T) (Wireless Phone)
The good first. Calls are clear and as loud as you need. It can take up to a 32GB micro sdcard. Relatively large display.
Now for the bad news. LG and ATT do not make backup software you can use on your PC called PC synch, very bad for anyone who values control over their contacts, calender and all other data. There is no backup command or restore command on the phone as all my previous Nokia's had. Hours with ATT on phone resulted in no help in transferring my contacts or Calendar. If you have less then 250 contacts you can copy basic contact details only to your new sim card and then use it on your new LG a340. I have over 800 contacts. I got a $25 credit for wasting my time from ATT then they told me to go to an ATT corporate store who had equipment to do those transfers. They took my phones and told me that they cannot move the contacts because the LG a340 is not supported. They told me to contact LG for backup software. I contacted LG and they told me the Carrier develops the software. I am now blue toothing one contacts at a time from my Nokia. I will have to do the same with my calendar. They promised that it would be trivial to transfer when I ordered the phone. Excuse me I need to spend the next week manually transferring my contacts and calendar. I'll come back and edit after I have more experience with this phone. Finished the A's and B's. Still no luck finding backup software for this phone. Another disappointment for a phone which can take a 32GB sdcard is that when I attempt to see files on that card which started off 90% full there is a very long delay accessing the memory card. I think it should only take a memory card it can obtain files from in a reasonable time frame not so long I want to leave it and get back later. Now to get my C's transferred. bye More calls to ATT sent me to a Corporate store on the Upper West Side. Same problem as other store. Phone not supported. Spoke with a new agent on phone, she agreed I must return phone and get a different one made by a company that provides backup software and possibly backup/restore command to sdcard. LG A340 should be labeled Senior Phone. No way to back up except only contacts with internet to ATT cload. This is my first time returning a phone. All my Nokia's had the functions I needed with sdcard backup and PC sync. If I don't like the next phone I will have to buy an unlocked Nokia and use that. Oh yes they gave me another $25 credit.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
This review is from: LG A340, Silver (AT&T) (Wireless Phone)
I acquired this model directly from AT&T as an upgrade. The first major problem encountered was that the Address Book was taking up to 15 seconds or more to load. The second problem was the same slow loading of AT&T Navigator. In addition, Navigator appeared to have difficulty homing in on my location. When I spoke to an AT&T Tech, he believed the problem was in the instrument and further stated they had issues with this phone. That was enough for me. Instead of accepting a simple replacement unit, I requested an altogether different model.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Couldn't get calls,
By Jimmy (Charlotte, NC) - See all my reviews
This review is from: LG A340, Silver (AT&T) (Wireless Phone)
These phones are pretty bad.
We missed calls all the time. My wife is pregnant, so we had to buy a pair of Go phones to get better reception so that I wouldn't miss her call when she went into labor! The software running the phones is glitchy too. Sometimes it would take up to a minute to open our address books, and then it would open up other software, called CityID when we ended a call. Bad news.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Really Bad Phone Design,
This review is from: LG A340, Silver (AT&T) (Wireless Phone)
Beware of this phone. The face plate is too heavy and is secured to the body of the phone by two weak outer hinges, rather than one strong central hinge. If the face plate slides when you touch it, you should return it asap because it means that one of the outer hinges is beginning to fail.
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i have been dealing with this kenmore dishwasher for a couple weeks now. customers concern is that the sanitize light blinks at the end of the cycle. now from my understanding that means that the unit failed to reach around 155*f. i put the unit into service mode first and cycle threw until the heater comes on. its drawing around 8 amps and the heater is getting hot. now that i know the heater and the circuit is ok, i replaced the control board thinking maybe the relay is shutting off to early. customer calls back and says it doing the same thing. so i tell the customer to run the hot water before running the machine. he does and same thing happens. he even went as far as turning up the heat on the water heater. so now i change the owi sensor because it i know it has the thermistor in it. customer calls back with the same issue still. im at wits ends with this thing. the customer has been really good/patient about this. i just want to get this thing fixed. any suggestions. any help would be great. thanks alot/ Related Models |
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First, I'm not an expert repairman, just a homeowner who had to learn about this junky dishwasher.
As you see, it is winter, and probably cold where this is at. Even here in Florida it will get cold enough to bother the dishwasher. Running the hot water at the beginning of the cycle isn't going to help three hours later at the end of the cycle, since this dishwasher is incredibly slow too. So even though the element is heating, it isn't heating enough. I believe that as the element gets old, which doesn't take long, it loses the ability to heat as when it was brand new. You will need to replace the heating element. After that, you will have to make sure the dishwasher gets the proper 120°F water, either with a recirculating pump or a point of use water heater (tank or tankless). I am back in this situation again, after fixing it about two years ago just with the element replacement. I believe these elements are so junky that you have to keep their heating to a minimum. I would set up a point of use water heater to the maximum for the dishwasher, which I THINK is 140°F. Also, you can't have such hot water going anywhere but to the dishwasher or you'll get scalded. If you use a recirculating pump it will have to have the water heater temperature increased to 120°F or more, which is a negative aspect of this option. I was hoping somebody might follow-up and suggest which option is better between the pump and the point of use water heater. I hope you'll let people know if this works, and I hope I've been able to help. Last edited by ksquared : 02-14-2013 at 09:09 AM. |
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You could find A. R. in Lindy's almost any night, making deals, lending money at rates as high as 48 percent.
Arnold Rothstein compartmentalized his whole life into various segments, some legal, most illegal—a confusing, but profitable, mix of legitimacy and corruption. Most knew him as a gambler. He was much more. His "Big Bankroll" nickname revealed far more than one might surmise. From his earliest days, he carried huge amounts on his conservatively tailored person— eventually up to $100,000.
A big bankroll conferred immense power upon the bearer. Have a scheme? See Rothstein. In a jam? Go to Rothstein. You'd get the money on the spot, no paperwork, no wait. And so, A. R. fenced millions of dollars in stolen government bonds, backed New York's biggest bootleggers, imported tons of illegal heroin and morphine, financed shady Wall Street bucket shops, bought and sold cops and politicians.
Rothstein wasn't merely rich, he was smart. That was how he became rich. A. R. was "The Great Brain," smarter and savvier than those around him—no matter what crowd he was in—the gamblers, the reporters, the politicians, the hoodlums, the showpeople, the "legitimate" businessman. They knew it, he knew it; he prided himself on his overwhelming intelligence, his ability to calmly, coldly manipulate any situation.
Preface to the Paperback Edition ix
The Players in Our Drama xiii
Chapter 1 "I've Been Shot" 1
Chapter 2 "Nobody Loves Me" 15
Chapter 3 "Everyone Gambled" 23
Chapter 4 "Why Not Get Married?" 41
Chapter 5 "I've Got Plans" 52
Chapter 6 "He'll Crucify the Big Feller" 66
Chapter 7 "Let's Go Looking for Some Action" 92
Chapter 8 "Take Any Price" 104
Chapter 9 "Chicken Feed" 123
Chapter 10 "I Never Take My Troubles to the Cops" 136
Chapter 11 "Am Wiring You Twenty Grand" 147
Chapter 12 "I Wasn't In On It" 169
Chapter 13 "The Chic Thing to Have Good Whiskey" 193
Chapter 14 "The Man to See Was Arnold Rothstein" 209
Chapter 15 "I Can't Trust a Drunk" 219
Chapter 16 "I Don't Bet On ... Boxing" 232
Chapter 17 "I'm Not a Gambler" 244
Chapter 18 "I Will Be Alone" 268
Chapter 19 "Will I Pull Through?" 284
Chapter 20 Cover-up: "A Decenter, Kinder Man I Never Knew" 294
Chapter 21 "Tell Me Who is Using My Money for Dope" 316
Chapter 22 Aftermath: "A Wonderful Box" 330
Chapter 23 Case Closed: "I Did It, You Know" 343
Chapter 24 Epilogue 357
Notes 388
Bibliography 450
Acknowledgments 465
Index 467
Posted May 27, 2010
This book really opened my eyes to the amount of gangs and gambling in the 1920's. This man really was a criminal genius. He fixed games and had major gambling debt with a lot of people. On occasion he would be making hundreds of thousands of dollars in a night, and the equivalent of that today is just ridiculous. Reading this has shown me that gambling was probably even more popular 90 years ago than it is today. There were so many underground gangs that were out at night in the Chicago streets. If you didn't play your cards right you ended up in jail or dead, Just as the case for Rothstein. It's really hard to describe what a life like that could lead to. For Arnold it was full of lies, cheating, and abandonment. He even put his own family in danger. This book was a lot different than I thought it was going to be, and it was very good. It was very informative, and I recommend it to anyone that enjoys baseball and learning about life in other time periods.
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Have a thesaurus handy when you read this book. The author repeatedly uses $50 words, trying to impress the reader with his extended vocabulary, which in my opinion takes away from the contentof the book.
Lastly, the introduction of so many characters in every chapter leads you to wonder who the book is actually about. Not the best "mobster" reading material, but does give some interesting insight to that era in history and little revealed facts about the 1919 World Series.
Posted May 26, 2004
Rothstein tells the story of the underside of the glitzy Broadway that reigned from the turn of the century to the end of the 1920s. Arnold Rothstein is best remembered today as the man behind the 1919 World Series fix, but that was just one example of A. R.¿s greatest ability, putting himself in a position where he could not lose. He got into nearly every conceivable area of crime and knew just when to get out, or exactly who to pay off to keep the income coming. He knew what the odds were when a sucker veered from this path, yet ¿The Big Bankroll¿ met his end after losing too much at cards and then refusing to pay his debt. Author David Pietrusza, who did a similarly masterful job with Judge and Jury: The Life and Times of Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, helps the reader return to a world where mobsters, athletes, Tammany Hall politicians, and Broadway actresses rule the city. Everyone else better get out of the way, turn their head, or put out their hand for a bribe. Pietrusza¿s research is exhaustive and brings about new conclusions on Rothstein¿including significant forms of income few ever knew about in his lifetime¿and hands us A. R.¿s killer in a 75-year-old unsolved murder case. The author even provides a preface that introduces the many underworld characters involved in the story, as well as an epilogue that tells the reader what happened to everybody after A. R. got his.
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Rothstein takes 500 pages to explain what you could read for yourself with a simple web search at the historical files in the New York Times (who shot Rothstein and why). You will learn a lot of names, a lot of places, but not much else. Author kicks over a few rocks, then moves onto the next name dropper in the story. The background information is more valuable than the story of Rothstein (for folks interested in New York City and the birth of the underworld.) Rothstein would give the book long odds, maybe 20-1, but Rothstein liked betting on winners with long odds. Give the book 3 stars for effort and scope.
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Alan Myers, the drummer for Devo during its best-known period, has died, the group confirmed on its website. Myers, whose age was not immediately available, had been living with cancer. He served as Devo's drummer from 1976 to 1985, replacing second drummer Jim Mothersbaugh and succeeded by Sparks' David Kendrick.
Myers, one of SPIN's 100 Greatest Drummers of Alternative Music, played on a formidable run of albums. His work can be heard on the new wave pioneers' 1978 debut Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo and their platinum 1980 breakthrough Freedom of Choice, plus 1979's Duty Now for the Future, 1981's New Traditionalists, 1982's Oh, No! It's Devo, and 1984's Shout.
Devo's founding members paid tribute to Myers on the group's website. Lead singer Mark Mothersbaugh said, "Alan Myers' metronomic drumming style helped define the sparse machinery rhythms that were a signature of our band's early sound." Bass player Gerard Casale, calling Myers "the most incredible drummer I had the privilege to play with for 10 years," said, "Losing him was like losing an arm." In a Reddit AMA this week, Casale said he "begged" Myers not to quit the band.
Writing for SPIN recently, Fred Armisen observed: "Devo had a very clear message about humanity and evolution, and Alan Myers' tribal drumming emphasized the urgency of everything they did. His beats utilized repeating patterns on low-tuned rack toms, while still maintaining the rock rule of the snare on the two and four — unless, of course, a song was in an odd time signature, like the inventive, mechanical patterns in 1978's 'Jocko Homo' or 1979's 'Blockhead.'"
In 2010's The Secret History of Devo, current Devo drummer Josh Freese told SPIN he learned to play drums to Freedom of Choice. "It's fun in the way that it's very metronomic and the patterns are very deliberate and kind of nursery rhyme," said Freese, who has also drummed for the Vandals, Guns N' Roses, and Nine Inch Nails. "A lot of people think that it's a drum machine on 'Whip It.' But that's Alan Myers."
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Looks like Pittsburgh is going to lock him up long term. I wish we could do that with our big time DBs. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07199/802384-66.stm
Re: Polamalu Troy actually has been good for more than 1 year and i would pay him top 3-5 safety money. unlike Samuel..i wouldnt mind paying him but show us its more than luck
And whatever they pay him won't be as much as if he waited a year and entered free agency. So they know they're getting a decent deal on him. It's a lot like the Vasher situation where he was given an extension early. If they had only done that with Samuel...
Re: Polamalu Presuming of course we had any... Polamalu is a perenial pro bowler. And one of the few the Steelers would be extending themselves for. They are one of the tightest organizations in the league. They've got more unhappy campers on average right now than any team. I think they feared Polamalu would leave after what could be a potential ugly transition season, not for the west coast but because he's still upset about Cowher bolting.
I know you are new here, but they tried. They offered him a deal last fall prior to several of his INTS with $7.5M in bonuses and likely a $4.5-5M average, but at the time he wanted $12M guaranteed and $6M per...
that i forgot completely about, but I didn't know those numbers. Nevertheless, it still would have been nice to see him signed before the season started. Even though it would have been impossible to foresee Samuel playing so well and give up what he was asking for.
What you don't seem to understand is it was impossible to sign him prior to last season because coming off a season in which the national media didn't know his name (he was just part of a no name lightly thought of secondary save Harrison) he already had delusions of grandeur, comparatively speaking. It takes two with fairly corresponding motivation to get these deals done. We got Koppen re-signed when Asante passed on the opportunity, because Koppen apparently wanted to be re-signed.
the difference between Polamalu and Asante is that Polamalu is worth breaking the bank for. I wouldn't hesitate to give him top money at his position. Isn't R-whatever also a free agent at the end of the year? If so, signing Polamalu now is huge for Pittsburgh since they can't franchise both. I might advise him to not sign an extension, with the hope that Pitt is forced to franchise Ben and let Polamalu become a free agent. He would get a ton of money if he hit the market.
If you mean the Quarterburger, he's got 2 to go but wanted/expected an extension (for reasons that elude me...) this season. The Steelers have decided to wait and see on him until I guess he has a good season again under a HC not named Cowher.
If I remember correctly several years ago the Pats offered Ty Law a contract comparable to what he has earned with his "feed the family road tour" that has taken him through NYJ and now KC. The grass always looks greener, but in reality a lot of this money is fluff and all it does is inflate one's ego.
You don't know how much of the patriots offer was fluff. I am quite confident that Law took the highest amount of money (as did Milloy before him). We may not respect that position or attitude, but that is a different matter.
Ty needs to earn $7M this year to equal that insulting 4 year offer. I believe he's scheduled to make $5M in KC this year. So even if we'd asked him to take a $2M pay cut in this the final year of his deal here which was scheduled to pay him $6M with an $8M cap hit, and given what we're paying Asante under the tag I doubt we would have, he'd still have just broken even. And that's before you factor in what he's spent on relocations. Lawyer did OK financially because Buffalo was so anxious to overpay talent, even though it cost him 2 relocations since their infatuation with his talent was short lived. But then, look what it's landed him in the middle of...I don't doubt that privately he and John Abraham and half that defense would probably pay to get the hell out of Atlanta about now if they could. Problem is no matter how many examples you can point to, most players will see their own situation as unique. Guys who measure success in dollar signs and perception, to whom making a big contract splash and being publicly appreciated however briefly matters most, will ultimately chase the opportunity to acquire those right over a cliff into football oblivion. So the guys we end up extending ourselves for usually turn out to be the ones who give more than perfunctory lip service to appreciating what they have here in teamates, coaches, ownership and the potential to play a role in winning football championships. Like the old adage says, you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. Same applies to football talent and koolaid.


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We bought this mat, so that it would match with our Teak dining set and Teak shower stool, but it was a big disappointment. The wood is not Teak. It looks like some cheap wood, a lot of knots, and doesn't have the golden yellow smooth finish like our Teak dining set. There is no way this is Teak. It's a different wood. We have been using Teak furniture for years, and this is a lie. The mat also couldn't hold up in the wet environment. The wood turned black and multiple white dots. I would never recommend this product to anyone else, especially someone who loves Teak like us.
I purchased two of these small rectangular teak mats to go in front of the swimming pool steps, as it gets hot at times out where we live, and I wanted to protect my little ones' feet. However, I bought them to match my patio decor, and now after a few weeks of use, they are so faded that I'm either going to have to restain them or try to find a different manufacturer. Slightly disappointed due to aesthetics, but they appear durable nonetheless. If you don't care what they end up looking like, they definitely are functional.
We put this bathmat in our shower and it has been comfortable to stand on and has stood up well. It allows the water to drain, but gives a more comfortable surface to stand on. It's attractive and well-made.
We have been using this in our master bath for the past year. It still looks and wears like new.
I bought this for my camper and was thrilled with the quality and color. When it arrived I thought it was too good to be true!
Having just remodeled our master bath, I was looking for something natural and clean looking. My designer recommended that I look at purchasing a teak bath mat. The size of this is perfect for the space, and I can't imagine needing anything bigger for stepping out of the shower. It feels comfortable on the feet, much like what you might expect at a spa. The wood color is as pictured, nice warm shades of honey brown.
This mat is well made, but a little too large to use in front of the shower door by the toilet. Need more room, otherwise you stub your toes on it to avoid the toilet. So I used inside the shower instead. The water has bleached it a little, but the quality is outstanding.
Nice mat. Wish it was a little larger. May get another as part of our rinse-your-sandy-feet system at our cottage.
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The film features Gibson spending his summer vacation in a Mexican prison, dropping the occasional sarcastic quip, and killing lots of bad guys – or at least guys that are a little more on the shady side of the law than his character.
Directed by Adrian Grunberg (who co-wrote the screenplay with Gibson and Stacy Perskie), the film has a stripped down barebones look to its production value and cinematography work which helps sell its dark story.
With Gibson providing voiceover narration and playing a character that is more than a little hard for the audience to like, the film reminded me quite a bit of 1999's Payback and the work Gibson did with the Porter character in that film. A dream Gibson talks about during the movie also easily reminds of Porter's story in Payback.
Get the Gringo opens with Gibson sporting a clown mask as he is trying to escape the cops. His partner (also sporting a clown mask) is shot in the backseat and bleeding all over the money – despite Gibson telling him to stop.
In an attempt to avoid the cops, Gibson jumps the fence separating the U.S. and Mexico border. The Mexican police are more than happy to hand him back to the U.S. authorities until they discover the $1.7 million his character (who never has a clear name but goes by Driver and Gringo along with various other names) has in the vehicle.
Arrested, Gibson's Gringo lands in a Mexican prison that is the size of a small town, and populated by more than the average prisoners. Whole families reside in the prison (criminals can move their loved ones there for a price), and most of the criminals are better armed than the guards that are supposed to be keeping them behind bars.
The entire place is run by an inmate named Javi (Daniel Giménez Cacho) and his brothers. They keep the other inmates in line by supplying them with drugs, women, food, shelter, and pretty much anything they could get on the outside.
Everything has a cost, but Gibson quickly finds clever ways to pick up some cash here or there (scenes that will remind some of Payback's opening minutes). He also grudgingly befriends a young boy (Kevin Hernandez) and the boy's mother. It appears Javi has a bad liver and the boy is special since he is a match for a donor – whether he wants to donate his liver or not.
The film moves along at a somewhat predictable pace with Gibson growing closer to the boy and his mother; plotting a way out of the prison; figuring out just how he is going to get revenge on the people who dumped him there; and also how he is going to get his money back. He also snarls, growls and smokes a lot of cigarettes.
Although the plot is familiar and the twist are easy to see coming, Get the Gringo is a great ride thanks to Gibson's performance – both on the screen and as the film's narrator. He is older and a bit rougher around the edges (his voice seems more gravely than early in his career), but all of those elements just make his Gringo character more entertaining.
The film has a dark sense of humor (such as Gibson robbing a man as he is on the toilet or some of the one-liners he delivers at the perfect time) and gets a tad disturbing towards the end (when Javi comes looking for his liver), but from the start the audience knows what kind of movie they are getting.
Fans of Gibson's action films or the crime/dark comedy genre will find plenty to like in Get the Gringo. The film has a straight-forward and even indie feel and look to it. It won't go down as one of Gibson's best movies, but is entertaining from start to finish – as long as you know what you are getting and are willing to the Gringo take you for a ride.
Get the Gringo is available on Direct TV.


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James Ibori, Nigerian state governor funded international playboy lifestyle with £50million fraud as he rose from humble roots working in London DIY store. He bought a portfolio of luxury London homes and a fleet of armoured Range Rovers; Fraudster may have stolen $250million from Nigerian coffers as he rose through the ranks; He spent £15,000 in two-day stay at London's The lanesborough hotel; He owned SEVEN properties in Britain
Ibori, 49, siphoned off millions by inflating state contracts.
Below is Ex Governor James Onanefe Ibori showing his love to the Delta State and its indigenes through Money Laundering of what would have changed Delta State from penury and improved the lives and standard of living of an average Deltan.
(1) Delta State roads are death traps.
(2) Children schooling in dilapidated buildings.
(3) Hospitals ill equipped and no medications.
(4) Deltans graduates badly remunerated in terms of Bursary Awards in Universities and Schools of Higher Learning.
(5) Public Infrastructures and recreations areas lacking in the state.
(6) Most graduates in the state turned to Okada Riders.
(7) Indigenes cannot marry as there is no money to maintain a family resulting in children turning 40 years of age in their parents house as there is no job available for them.
The list above is just few out of many havoc commited to the Deltans Community.
It is high time we called our individual State Governors and other Public Office holders in Nigeria to order and hold them accountable for their stewardship in office and let voters be enlightened not to vote blindly anymore.
We need Government of the people, by the people and for the people rather than the Government of the few, by the few and for the few (Cabals).
Let corruption be expunged in its entirety from our government and our people will be free and free indeed. Hon. Ogunyinka, Feb. 2012
Honourable Oluwaseyi Ogunyinka, DCS, DPA, MBA/HRM
Nigerian state governor funded international playboy lifestyle with £50million fraud as he rose from humble roots working in London DIY store – dailymail.co.uk
James Ibori bought a portfolio of luxury London homes and a fleet of armoured Range Rovers
Fraudster may have stolen $250million from Nigerian coffers as he rose through the ranks
He spent £15,000 in two-day stay at London's The lanesborough hotel
He owned SEVEN properties in Britain
Ibori, 49, siphoned off millions by inflating state contracts
His rise from DIY store worker to international playboy with a £250million fortune is the stuff of dreams.
A few years after quitting his £5,000-a-year job as a cashier for Wickes, James Ibori had become one of Nigeria's most influential and richest politicians.
He wasted no time spending his new-found wealth on luxury homes, top-of-the-range cars, five-star travel and fees at exclusive boarding schools.
Playboy lifestyle: James Ibori, 49, admitted a fraud totalling more than £50million. The former Nigerian state governor had a fleet of cars and six luxury properties in Britain
Playboy lifestyle: James Ibori, 49, admitted a fraud totalling more than £50million. The former Nigerian state governor had a fleet of cars and six luxury properties in Britain
But yesterday the 49-year-old stood shame-faced in the dock of London's Southwark Court as he admitted stealing tens of millions of pounds from the oil-rich state he governed in Nigeria. Scotland Yard detectives believe his fraud could exceed £250million.
He was on trial in the UK because much of the stolen money was laundered through his London office.
Ibori moved from Nigeria to West London in the late 1980s and was found guilty of stealing goods from the Wickes store he worked at in Ruislip in 1990.
A year later he was convicted of handling a stolen credit card. He moved back to Nigeria and worked for its president, Sani Abacha, as a policy consultant.
Rising quickly through the ranks of the ruling People's Democratic Party, he was voted governor of Delta State in 1999, winning re-election four years later.
In power, he systematically stole from the public purse, taking kickbacks and transferring state funds to his own bank accounts around the world.
Exclusive home that Ibori bought in Hampstead, north London, with £2.2million in cash in 2001 Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2107280/Nigerian-state-governor-funded-international-playboy-lifestyle-50million-fraud-rose-humble-roots-working-London-DIY-store.html#ixzz1nfNFCNr2
Luxury: Exclusive home that Ibori bought in Hampstead, north London, with £2.2million in cash in 2001
He was helped by family members, including his wife Theresa, sister Christine Ibori-Ibie, his mistress Udoamaka Oniugbo, and Mayfair lawyer Bhadresh Gohil.
A massive police investigation into Ibori's activities revealed he had bought six properties in London, including a six-bedroom house with indoor pool in Hampstead for £2.2million and a flat opposite the nearby Abbey Road recording studios.
There was also a property in Dorset, a £3.2million mansion in South Africa and further real estate in Nigeria.
Extravagant: Ibori, 49, owned an apartment in this block on Abbey Road, London, opposite the famous music studios
Fleet of cars: The former Nigerian state governor owned a number of cars including this Bentley Continental worth in the region of £150,000
He owned a fleet of armoured Range Rovers costing £600,000 and a £120,000 Bentley. On one of his trips to London he bought a Mercedes Maybach for more than £300,000 at a dealer on Park Lane and immediately shipped it to South Africa.
He bought a private jet for £12million, spent £126,000 a month on his credit cards and ran up a £15,000 bill for a two-day stay at the Lanesborough hotel in London.
Prosecutor Sasha Wass told the court Ibori concealed his UK criminal record, which would have excluded him from office in Nigeria.
Extraordinary extravagance: James Ibori owned a fleet of armoured Range Rovers – including this one – bought with the proceeds of his £50million fraud
Large home: James Ibori's home in Abuja, Nigeria. Today he was facing a jail sentence after admitting a £50million fraud
'He was never the legitimate governor and there was effectively a thief in government house,' Miss Wass said. 'As the pretender of that public office, he was able to plunder Delta State's wealth and hand out patronage.'
The court heard Ibori abused his position to award contracts to his associates including his sister and his mistress.
Scotland Yard began its investigation into Ibori after officers found two computer hard drives in his London office that revealed his criminality.
Fraudsters: Solicitor Bhadresh Gohil and James Ibori's wife Theresa who have already been convicted of money laundering
Guilty: Ibori's sister Christine Ibori-Idie and his mistress Udoamaka Okoronkwo who have both being found guilty of money laundering
He was arrested by the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in December 2007, but two years later a court in his home town, Asaba, dismissed the charges saying there was not enough evidence.
When the case was reopened by Nigerian authorities in April 2010, Ibori fled to Dubai where he was detained at the request of the Metropolitan Police and extradited to the UK last April.
In a packed courtroom Ibori, dressed in a dark grey suit and black shirt, appeared in the dock to enter ten guilty pleas to fraud, money laundering and conspiracy on what was due to be the first day of a 12-week trial.
Luxury: Homes he owned in Lagos, Nigeria, and Kenton, north-west London
Homes: An apartment owned by Ibori's sister Christine Ibori-Ibie in Brent, north-west London (left) and a London property (right) owned by his mistress Udoamaka Onuigbo
His wife, his mistress and his sister were all jailed for five years each for money laundering offences following earlier trials.
Last March, Gohil, 46, and described as Ibori's London-based lawyer, was jailed for seven years for his role in the scam.
Attempts will be made to confiscate as much of Ibori's money and assets as possible so that they can be returned to Nigeria.
The Met's Detective Inspector Paul Whatmore said: 'It is always rewarding for anyone working on a proceeds of corruption case to know that the stolen funds they identify will eventually be returned to some of the poorest and most vulnerable people in the world.'
Ibori will be sentenced on April 16 and 17.
Fraud: A flat owned by Udoamaka Onuigbo, Ibori's mistress, in central London (left) and a property he bought in Shaftesbury, Dorset, for £311,000 in 2005 (right)


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