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I'm a fun-loving guy that tries to live life to the fullest. Family is huge part of my life and I'm looking for someone who feels the same. I always try to look on the bright-side of life. Also, I was born and raised in the south, so I still believe in being a gentleman. I work hard and am very passionate about what I do. I'm looking for a woman that compliments me and also challenges me to be a better person. I would love to meet someone that can find the brighter side. Of course I would like to find someone with the same interests, but I'm always game for being exposed to new things. If you like to laugh, work hard, and enjoy life and all of its wonders.... I'm your man. :-)
Camping , Coffee and conversation , Cooking , Dining out , Movies/Videos , Museums and art , Music and concerts , Exploring new areas , Nightclubs/Dancing , Playing cards , Playing sports , Travel/Sightseeing , Video games , Volunteering , Watching sports , Wine tasting
Baseball, Basketball, Bowling, Football, Golf, Soccer
I exercise 3-4 times per week.
I like Cats, Dogs
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I love to travel and experience different cultures. I've traveled quite a bit outside the U.S. and am always looking to experience more. I just moved to Miami and am still learning the lay of the land.
I love to experience life in general. I enjoy going to games, whatever the sport, concerts, movies, museums... Pretty much I'm game for all. I feel that it doesn't matter what you do, just as long as you're in good company.
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Height: | 6'2" (187cms) | 5'2" (157cms) to 5'11" (180cms) |
Body type: | Athletic and toned | Slender, About average, Athletic and toned |
Eyes: | Brown | Black, Blue, Brown, Green, Hazel |
Hair: | Black | Auburn / Red, Black, Light brown, Dark brown, Blonde, Salt and pepper, Dark blonde, Platinum |
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Smoke: | I'll tell you later | Occasionally, Daily, Cigar aficionado, Yes, but trying to quit |
Drink: | Social Drinker | Social Drinker, Moderately |
Occupation: | Other profession | No preference |
Work in the sports industry. I absolutely love it! |
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Roundup: 10 Inspiring Budget-Friendly Bedroom Makeovers!
Sure, you can toss thousands of dollars at a bedroom makeover and it'll probably look pretty great. But today we're celebrating the unique creativity of DIYers who make their spaces look like a million bucks on a budget. Check out our ten favorite budget-friendly bedroom makeovers from the Curbly archives--they're full of thrifty inspiration and clever DIY projects!
1. This kid's bedroom went from drab to fab for under $100 thanks to lots of DIY improvements!
2. We all know the powers of paint and this makeover is proof! A fresh coat on the walls, combined with rearranging and repurposing pieces you already own, is a great way to keep the costs of your makeover down.
3. This high-style bedroom is full of thrift store finds--all given a new, glam life with coordinating paint!
4. With a few clever IKEA hacks, this apartment went from a studio to a one-bedroom for a fraction of the cost of an add-on!
5. By updating the decor with some thrifty finds, this guest room got a fresh new look for cheap (and yes, the wall color stayed the same)!
6. This bedroom is full of money-saving DIY pieces: from the jewelry organizer and wall hooks to the laundry bad and even the upholstered chair!
7. Part office, part craft room, and part guest room, this makeover maximizes its storage space while still feeling cozy and inviting.
8. Soothing neutrals, better lighting, and some DIY storage projects make this a more relaxing and calming master bedroom.
9. Reusing items they already had as well as making smart purchases helped turn this bedroom into a show-stopper!
10. White paint and thrift store decor to the rescue! This dark basement bedroom got a much-needed makeover for cheap.
Many of these bedroom makeovers keep their costs down by reusing or repurposing items, freshening up thrift store finds, and/or solving storage or design dilemmas through smart DIY projects. Do you have any other tips or ways to stay on budget and still create a stylish space? Share your suggestions and ideas in the comments!
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Our practice riding range is located in the K-Mart parking lot at 180 Broadway (Route 4) in Elmwood Park, NJ.
Classes offered on weekdays and weekends.
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If you want to take the Basic RiderCourse (BRC1), all you need now is just a current and valid NJ Driver License. You no longer need a motorcycle permit to take the course. However, if you intend to ride a motorcycle on the street before taking the BRC1, you still need to get a current and valid motorcycle permit (take the NJ MVC motorcycle written test and eye test). If a police officer pulls you over, you need to show a current and valid motorcycle permit. (You are not allowed to ride a motorcycle outside the State of NJ on a NJ motorcycle permit).
As of 1/28/11, anyone under the age of 18 must take a beginner motorcycle safety course approved by the State of NJ in order to get a motorcycle license/endorsement. The Motorcycle Safety Foundation's Basic RiderCourse (BRC1) is the beginner motorcycle safety course approved by the State of NJ. (Written parental/guardian permission is required. Call us for more details).
If you decide to drop out of the Basic RiderCourse (BRC1) during the first day of the practice riding exercises, $100 of the course fee will be refunded to you. We are the only NJ Motorcycle Provider that offers this unique refund policy. If riding a motorcycle is not for you, we don't want you to lose all your money. Other Providers will not refund any of your money.
If you don't pass the BRC1 Skill Evaluation (which you need to do in order to get your motorcycle endorsement/license), you can retest 3 ways at The Riding Academy of NJ;
Standby for Basic RiderCourse (BRC1) classes: If a BRC1 class you want to get into is full, you can try getting into that class as a Standby. Come to the classroom, which is located on the 2nd floor inside the Big Boyz Toy Box building at 2 Shady St in the renowned & historic Bunker Hill section of Paterson, on the first night of the class by 5:30 PM if you want to get into the "A" or "D3" class, or on the first morning of the class by 7:30 AM if you want to get into the "B" or "D2" class. If we have a no-show for that class, you can get in the class. You will need to bring your valid NJ Driver License (or valid NJ motorcycle permit if you don't have a valid NJ Driver License) and payment with you.
Military Service Men and Women: Active military personnel can take the MSF courses for free at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in Lakehurst, NJ. Call (732) 323-2525 for details. If you are a NJ resident and took the Basic RiderCourse (BRC1) at a military installation within the past 180 days, you can get the NJ MVC road test waiver by going to any NJ MVC Testing Center with your BRC1 Completion Card and military documents.
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The Motorcycle Safety Foundation (MSF) courses we offer are conducted on weekends and weekdays, rain or shine, except in severe weather conditions like heavy rain, lightning, snow and ice. Some of the MSF courses we offer are only conducted on weekdays. Some are only conducted on weekends. (We reserve the right to cancel a class at any time due to weather, low enrollment or unforeseen circumstances). We regularly conduct classes every week from mid-March to the end of October, weather permitting.
To learn why taking a Motorcycle Safety Foundation (MSF) RiderCourse is an important part of getting the most out of your motorcycle experience, listen to Robert Gladden, MSF Vice President, explain why. Click Here.
Our award-winning instructors are highly trained to teach the Motorcycle Safety Foundation courses. They are certified by the Motorcycle Safety Foundation and the State of NJ. To see who they are and to read about their credentials, Click Here.
Be sure to read the page/tab for the course you are interested in along with our Cancellation Policies and FAQ's before registering for one of our courses.
To see when the courses are offered and to register for one, go to our Course Schedule.
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The Motorcycle Safety Foundation� is the internationally recognized developer of the comprehensive, research-based, Rider Education and Training System curricula that promotes lifelong-learning for motorcyclists and continuous professional development for certified RiderCoaches and other trainers. The Motorcycle Safety Foundation also actively participates in government relations, safety research, public awareness campaigns and the provision of technical assistance to state training and licensing programs. The Motorcycle Safety Foundation is a national, not-for-profit organization sponsored by BMW, BRP, Ducati, Harley-Davidson, Honda, Kawasaki, KTM, Piaggio, Suzuki, Triumph, Victory and Yamaha. To visit the MSF website, Click Here.
The Riding Academy of N.J. Inc., is a Not-for-Profit NJ Motorcycle Safety Provider. We accept donations of any kind; money, helmets, motorcycle riding gear, parts or lubricants for Suzuki GZ 250's. This would help us to help the community by promoting motorcycle safety training. All charitable contributions are tax deductible.
The Riding Academy of N.J. Inc., shall admit students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to all students at the school. It will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies.
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OR99-1004 Dear Mr. Covington: You have asked whether certain information is subject to required public disclosure under the Public Information Act, chapter 552 of the Government Code. Your request was assigned ID# 125107. You assert that the requested information is excepted from disclosure based on section 552.108 of the Government Code.(1) Section 552.108 of the Government Code states that information held by a law enforcement agency or prosecutor that deals with the detection, investigation, or prosecution of crime is excepted from required public disclosure "if release of the information would interfere with the detection, investigation, or prosecution of crime." Gov't Code § 552.108(a)(1). You inform us that the requested information pertains to a pending case. We therefore believe that the release of the information "would interfere with the detection, investigation, or prosecution of crime." Id. However section 552.108 is inapplicable to basic information about an arrested person, an arrest, or a crime. Gov't Code § 552.108(c). We believe such basic information refers to the information held to be public in Houston Chronicle Publ'g Co. v. City of Houston, 531 S.W.2d 177 (Tex. Civ. App.--Houston [14th Dist.] 1975), writ ref'd n.r.e. per curiam, 536 S.W.2d 559 (Tex. 1976). Thus, with the exception of the basic front page offense and arrest information, you may withhold the requested information from disclosure based on section 552.108(a)(1). We note that you have the discretion to release all or part of the remaining information that is not otherwise confidential by law. Gov't Code § 552.007. We are resolving this matter with this informal letter ruling rather than with a published open records decision. This ruling is limited to the particular records at issue under the facts presented to us in this request and may not be relied upon as a previous determination regarding any other records. If you have questions about this ruling, please contact our office. Sincerely, Yen-Ha Le
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War monument
Favorite thing: At the end of the King Albert square there is a war monument, which remembers the soldiers who died in the First World War.
The beautiful house behind the monument is the cafe with the beautiful name: Le Chien Vert (the green dog), what's in the name, I have never seen a green dog- Beer Tasting
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Koning Albertplein
Favorite thing: If you continue walking along the Nieuwpoortlaan, you arrive at a big bus stop. And behind this bus stop you find the quiet King Albert square.
It is a nice place to rest. If you stop at this square do not forget to look around, you will discover some beautiful old houses.- Road Trip
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Steam carrousel
Favorite thing: Big fun for the children of course, as on the beach road there is a mini steam carrousel.
Maybe that in the past it was driven by steam, nowadays it is driven by an electric engine.
But if you are a kid, that doesn't really matters, as long as the carrousel keeps on turning.- Family Travel
Beach cabins
Favorite thing: You can't miss them, the colourful beach cabins.
I have a few colleagues at work, who live near the Belgium coast, and they call these beach cabins "strangetenten", in fact this the Flemish dialect for strandtenten, which means in English beach tents. It is kind of funny that even in a small country as Belgium there are so many different dialects.
Fondest memory: It is kind of strange, as De Panne is really not far from where I live (about 45 minutes by car), but when I walk around here among the many other visitors, it always gives me a kind of being on holiday feeling.- Family Travel
- Beaches
Intelligent dogs
Favorite thing: I think that the dogs are very special in De Panne, you could even say they are remarkably intelligent.
Well, they have placed signs on the beach, so that the dogs know how to behave.
Like on this picture, you can see that dogs aren't allowed on the beach, and the doggy toilet is to the left.- Road Trip
- Travel with Pets
Playground for kids
Favorite thing: On the beach there is an area where kids feel at home. It is kind of a special children's playground, they can climb and jump on air castles. Swim in a bath full of coloured balls . . .
Oh, I wish I was younger . . . .- Theme Park Trips
- Beaches
The Leopold I - Esplanade
Favorite thing: When you arrive in De Panne by car, you will arrive certainly at the big roundabout near the city centre. There are plenty of parking places to loose your car, so that you can discover this city on foot.
From this roundabout you have a splendid view over the Leopold I - Esplanade.
Info: Leopold I was the first Belgian King.
This Esplanade was already a unique place in the past. As on the place where stands the Leopold I monument there were four big villas of wealthy families. And during World War I the Royal Family lived here.
These Royal Villas were destroyed during the Second World War and removed in the 50-ties.
In the beginning of the Esplanade there is a big arch construction, which works as a gate, and which makes a visual connection with the Leopold I monument.- Historical Travel
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Collecting shells
Favorite thing: As you can see at this big billboard, made by Elger Esser, it looks as collecting shells is something of all times.
Who can still remember his first visit to the beach . . . and how interesting and fascinating it was to search for those shells, the bigger and more colourful they were, the prouder you were.
Fondest memory: walking in the surf of the sea and searching for shells.- Family Travel
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Sand yachting
Favorite thing: More then hundred years ago, sand yachting became a sport. Some creative minds dreamed about using the wind as a source of energy to move across land.
Take the combination of a car, a sail and the wind, and you have a sailing car.
Pioneers of this remarkable sport were the brothers Andre and Benjamin Dumont, who drove with their first sailing cars in De Panne and in Middelkerke.
As De Panne has the widest beach of the whole Belgium coast, it is surely the cradle of the sand sailing.- Adventure Travel
Westhoek Nature Reserve
Favorite thing: I found it very relaxing to walk in the Westhoek Nature Reserve. It is a bit of the beaten path, as most people who visit De Panne do not come so far, to go to the beach, and only walk on the beach promenade. Good for them of course, and even better for us, nature lovers, like this it is not very crowded over here , and like this it is still possible to listen and hear the singing of many birds in this nature reserve.
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Grand Place
Favorite thing: A pleasant little square in the centre of town surrounded by restaurants and bars.With a fountain in the middle it is a lovely place to sit and have a rest.
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Favorite thing: It seams that also in De Panne the people like immure someone in the sand. But why had someone forgot him?
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Favorite thing: ... yes, also in De Panne I had to take the mandatory feet picture :-)
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Favorite thing: How art can become one with the environment.
This beautiful wooden construction of a Dutch artist in the dunes of De Panne.- Arts and Culture
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LONDON (MarketWatch) — European stock markets moved mostly higher on Monday after softer-than-expected euro-zone manufacturing data and weak German inflation numbers added to expectations the European Central Bank will launch easing measures at its meeting on Thursday.
The Stoxx Europe 600 index SXXP, -0.29% gained 0.2% to end at 345.08, after closing with a seventh straight weekly rise on Friday.
Europe's week ahead: ECB action expected
The ECB is widely expected to launch a package of easing measures next week, but a question remains: what kind?
Topping the list of gainers in Monday's trade, shares of Orion Oyj ORNBV, +3.28% rallied 15% after the Finnish drug maker lifted its full-year earnings guidance, as it struck a deal with German peer Bayer AG BAYN, +0.39% to develop a prostate cancer drug.
On a sector basis, mining firms helped lift the pan-European benchmark after China's official manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index rose to 50.8 in May, compared with 50.4 in April. Analysts polled by Dow Jones expected the PMI to come in at 50.6. A reading above 50 signals expansion.
Miners are sensitive to growth indications from China, as the country is a major user of natural resources. Shares of Rio Tinto PLC RIO, +3.88% RIO, +1.90% RIO, +2.41% climbed 2.1% in London, BHP Billiton PLC BLT, +2.98% BHP, +1.23% BHP, +1.42% advanced 1%, and Anglo American PLC AAL, +5.43% picked up 2.3%.
The moves helped lift the U.K's FTSE 100 index UKX, +0.36% which put on 0.3% to 6,864.10.
PMIs maintain pressure on ECB to act
PMIs were also in focus in Europe, where the final readings for May were released. For the euro zone, the data showed the region's manufacturing sector expanded at a slower pace than initially thought, with the PMI coming in at 52.2, down from the flash estimate of 52.5.
Howard Archer, chief U.K. and European economist at IHS Global Insight, said in a note the data highlight "that the euro zone is still finding it a struggle to really develop growth momentum."
The numbers therefore, Archer noted, reinforce the view that the ECB will deliver a package of easing measures at its meeting on Thursday, including liquidity measures and a cut to interest rates.
"If the ECB fails to deliver, having built up expectations, it risks upsetting the markets and also denting its credibility," he said.
ECB President Mario Draghi said in May that the Governing Council would be "comfortable" with easing monetary policy in June, triggering a selloff in the euro EURUSD, -0.06% The shared currency traded fractionally below $1.40 ahead of his comments, but has since fallen considerably and traded at $1.3602 on Monday.
"The ECB would undoubtedly like to see it head down further. It needs to impress the markets for this to happen," Archer said.
More broadly, the indexes in Europe moved a notch lower in the afternoon after U.S. markets were hit by manufacturing data that initially fell short of expectations. The S&P 500 SPX, +1.09% was already in the red ahead of the Institute for Supply Management report, but weakened to as low as 1,915.89 after the release.


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Falguni Shah takes the thumri further in a new album.
She's sung for the Obamas, the Dalai Lama, Oprah Winfrey and even for hardened criminals. She's performed with noted names like Yo-Yo Ma, A.R. Rahman, Wyclef Jean, Philip Glass, Ricky Martin, and Blues Traveler. Her songs have also been featured in Angelina Jolie's directorial debut, A Place in Time.
Meet Falguni Shah, popularly known as Falu, a singer from Mumbai who has generated a devoted fan following in New York. At the launch of her new album Foras Road — produced by Grammy-Award-winning producer Danny Blume — Falu wowed the audience with a powerful rendition of the traditional thumri.
Here are excerpts from an interview.
Could you share an early memory of music from your childhood?
The earliest memory I have is from when I was four and I got a chance to sing in an Amitabh Bachchan movie, Do Aur Do Panch in the child chorus for 'Humko jeene do, jeene do'. I couldn't reach the mike and they gave me a stool to stand on.
How rigorous was your training?
I started taking lessons from Kaumudi Munshi, who was also my mother's teacher, at the age of three and after I finished school, she put me in a seven-year masters' program. When I was very young, I remember my mother not feeding me if I didn't practise my scales. She'd give me a bite after each effort! It was all very playful. When I turned six, I became very serious about singing. At 14 I would practise for 16 hours a day — I would practise like a maniac.
Your husband Gaurav Shah is an oncologist and a member of your band. Would you say you had a marriage 'arranged by music'?
That's so true — I like that term! Gaurav is the soul of my band. He was studying neuroscience at Harvard but was also learning the flute and vocal. After graduating, he came to India to learn music and he was in my classes with Kaumudi Munshi and Ustad Sultan Khan. Obviously the concept of dating didn't exist, so he signed up in all my classes one by one. That's how we started hanging out together and all we did was sing together! My parents liked him a lot.
How was your experience as a visiting lecturer at Tufts University?
It was fantastic — my first introduction to how music works here, how America works. It was a mixed class of all nationalities. Some of my students were older than I was — I don't think I was teaching — I was just sharing what I knew.
Over the years you and your musicians have evolved an 'Indie Hindi' band.
In our last album, Gaurav wrote 'In the Rain' which is an English thumri. That made me think — why don't we explore the roots of thumri and really create an entire album? Foras Road is what that is.
Did you write all the songs or are they old classics?
I inherited this semi-classical music from my teacher — there are seven languages in the album. I have learned 5000 thumris — I always had them, I grew up with them. There are some songs we wrote in that style and some were handed down, for which we re-arranged the music.
Growing up, did you ever expect to perform in the clubs and concert halls of New York?
I never imagined I would do what I'm doing right now. I started experimenting — sometimes that works, and sometimes it doesn't and you learn from your mistakes. I found my niche from all the experimentation — small basement sessions for birthdays to festivals to Carnegie Hall — I did it to find out where I belong. It just fell in place.
Why have you chosen to present classical music in such a non-traditional way?
The younger generation considers classical music their 'parents' music'. I want to break this. Classical music is passed orally from generation to generation and if we don't pass it on, we will lose it.
If you have an image, if you look cool, if you can be one of them, the young generation will relate to you and the music. We have made an effort to take this old sound but present it in a very cool and hip and modern way. When I sing a thumri it's exactly as a baiji would sing it but the arrangement with instruments is something that we may not hear in India.
I was recently in Jacoby Hospital in the Bronx — some of the people were in wheelchairs, some with breathing machines. You touch their hearts with music. We did a show at Sing Sing, a maximum security prison. I think it's been one of my best shows. That audience, many who were in handcuffs, loved it. For two hours they felt free.
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Big thanks to my voice actors NEF, BIBLO and GRANDFATHER-CLOCK. Thanks also to MUNGLAI (MONKEYCLOCK) for letting me continue his idea. And finally, thanks to TOM FULP and NEWGROUNDS for their support, especially today!
Updated: now with more music added from the Fellowship of the Ring Complete Recordings album, minor adjustments and changes made, scene selector added, "auto" quality added (default, switches from "high" to "medium" during intensive scenes and back again), and a (crude) pause function added at bottom right of screen or by hitting spacebar (attn: since lots of scenes contain Movie Clips within Movie Clips, some stuff might keep on playing, but continued playback should not be affected).
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Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
Scientific Name: | Pteropus fundatus | ||||||
Species Authority: | Felten & Kock, 1972 | ||||||
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Red List Category & Criteria: | Endangered B1ab(v) ver 3.1 | |||
Year Published: | 2008 | |||
Date Assessed: | 2008-06-30 | |||
Assessor(s): | Helgen, K. & Hamilton, S. | |||
Reviewer(s): | Lamoreux, J. (Global Mammal Assessment Team), Racey, P.A., Medellín, R. & Hutson, A.M. (Chiroptera Red List Authority) | |||
Justification: Listed as Endangered because it has an extent of occurrence of less than 350 km2, with all individuals in fewer than five locations, and there is a continuing decline in the number of mature individuals through hunting. |
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Range Description: | This poorly-known species is restricted to the islands of Mota and Vanua Lava, in the Banks Group of Vanuatu. It is a lowland species. |
Countries: | Native: Vanuatu |
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Population: | It is probably not an uncommon species (based on available specimens) (K. Helgen pers. comm.). |
Population Trend: | Decreasing |
Habitat and Ecology: | There is little information available on the natural history of this species. It is present in lowlands, often secondary/disturbed tropical forest. This species has been collected in village plantations and gardens. It is a small species of fruit bat. It is likely to roost in small groups or individually, possibly in trees or foliage (K. Helgen and S. Hamilton pers. comm.). |
Systems: | Terrestrial |
Major Threat(s): | This species has a restricted range. It is threatened by hunting for food (K. Helgen and S. Hamilton pers. comm.). The species could additionally be threatened in the future by severe habitat loss (i.e., complete loss of trees). Stochastic events could threaten this restricted range species (K. Helgen pers. comm.). |
Conservation Actions: | This species is listed on Appendix II of CITES. It is not believed to be present in any protected areas. Further studies are needed into the distribution, ecology, and threats to this species. |
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History in the Making
The clock radio on my dresser snapped to life right in the middle of a late night deejay's nasal introduction of the next country and western tune. Ignoring the plaintive wail of misbegotten love and using slits for eyes, I looked at the red digital readout on the clock face — 4:15 a.m.! Oh, pain and misery, I was warm, I was tired, I didn't want to get up, but I had to. Today, Oct. 22, 1999, was a very important day, a little bit of aviation maintenance history would be made this day, and I had to be there; I had given my word to a zealot.
History notwithstanding, two and a half hours later, I was onboard a Boeing 757 and strapping myself in the jump seat's five-point harness. For those of you who have never had the pleasure of riding a jump seat, the one in a 757 is bolted on the rear bulkhead behind and 14 inches above the captain's seat. Once strapped in, you have a great view of the overhead circuit breaker panel. Waiting for push back, I felt like I was on display — like a butterfly pinned to black velvet.
Three and one half hours later, descending from 37,000 feet into the Denver airport, my back and I came to the same conclusion that this particular jump seat I was warming must have been designed by an aerospace engineer who should have studied harder in school.
At 10:30 a.m. local time, the zealot met me at the gate. Tom Hendershot, at 5 feet 9 inches, is a quiet spoken guy in his 50s who has been in aviation maintenance all his adult life. He is a man who chooses his words as wisely as he chooses his goals and objectives, but, I have found out that just under the surface of this unassuming man, an unabashed zealot resides.
Tom works for the new Frontier Airlines whose motto is "Spirit of the West." A year ago this undercover zealot — this man who passionately believes in our profession arbitrarily decided that he was going to do something that was never done before. He was going to make Frontier Airlines the very first, large air carrier to have 100 percent of its 232 eligible mechanics earn FAA Aviation Maintenance Technician (AMT) awards.
At the same time, Frontier Airlines would earn the FAA's Diamond Certificate of Excellence award. The FAA's Diamond award is issued to organizations who have 25 percent or more participation in the FAA AMT program. Several large airlines have previously earned the Diamond Award of Excellence, but 25 percent or even 50 percent participation was not good enough for Frontier's resident zealot. Tom wanted Frontier to be the first Part 121 air carrier to get 100 percent participation in the award program.
Earlier in the year, in March, I had a chance to talk at length with Tom when he told me what he was going to do. Quite frankly, I wasn't sure he could do it and I told him so, but then again there was something about the fire in his eyes, that look of determination, that feeling of quiet confidence that I couldn't ignore. So taking the bait, I said, "Tom you pull this off and I will be there."
Tom later told me during our many telephone conversations that it was easy to gain the support of Sam Addoms, the president and CEO of Frontier, as well as Jon Bartram, the vice president in charge of maintenance. It was harder to convince 232 mechanics of the importance of this quest. Many of them were not quite sure what this Aviation Maintenance Technician award was all about, after all, wasn't it an FAA program? A few mechanics that came to Frontier from general aviation had a working knowledge of the AMT award program, but never gave it a thought that air carrier mechanics were eligible too.
Tom went to work convincing the mechanics on the hangar floor that this was a very important personal and company goal. He handed out to his mechanics the FAA Advisory Circular 65-25 that explains the AMT program so they could read about it. He set up OJT classes to teach them the required two-hour classes on the FAR, as well as to record all that attended the Frontier's maintenance training classes at Boeing and other equipment manufacturers. He worked with Monty Taylor, the Denver FSDO's safety program manager for airworthiness, to coordinate this ever-growing, complicated task. He spent nights and weekends, on his own time, on this project — that's how you know for sure a person is a zealot — they have this "whatever it takes" attitude.
In August, Tom called me and told me that Frontier reached its goal and the award ceremony would be on Oct. 22, in Frontier's hangar at Denver. I smiled into the telephone and said "Tom, I will be there."
Driving from the main terminal to Frontier's hangar, Tom gave me the readout on the AMT award winners. There were 16 Bronze award winners, 11 Silver, 43 Gold, 126 Rubies, and 36 Diamonds. I wasn't surprised to see Tom's name as one of the Diamond award winners; zealots push themselves harder than anyone else. I mentally totaled up all the hours of training it took for Frontier to achieve this award and it came to approximately 12,000 hours of regulatory and maintenance training. In real dollars and loss of productivity on the hangar floor, Frontier Airlines in 1999 invested over $6 million for 12,000 hours of training for their mechanics. What did Frontier get for its money? A better-trained workforce, better fleet reliability, reduction in re-work, higher employee morale, less employee turnover, and increased customer satisfaction. All in all, not a bad deal for $6 million.
At 11:30 a.m., it was time for pictures — this moment in history would have to be immortalized. I have stood for group shots before but never with 201 mechanics. In fact, there were so many mechanics, that in order to get everyone to get into the picture, all the mechanics had to be perched on four tiers of a maintenance tail stand for a 737, and on the hangar floor. The photographer had to stand half way across the hangar to take the shot.
I was glad when the picture taking was over, after all, one can only hold one's stomach in just so long. I spent some time talking with the mechanics as we stood in line for the barbecued ribs. Some of them seemed surprised that this was such a big deal with Frontier senior management and FAA shaking hands and smiling and such, after all, all they did was get some training. They didn't quite realize the size and scope of the commitment that Frontier had made with their maintenance employees. Nor did they see the commitment the FAA has made to the maintenance community in recognizing individual mechanics and organizations who make such a serious commitment to excellence. I smiled to myself, knowing that in time they will see, and when they realize the impact of this day's events, a few more zealots will be born.
With Tom serving as the master of ceremonies, first on the agenda was the FAA presentation of the Diamond Award of Excellence. Jeff Roy, manager of the Denver FSDO, presented the award to Jon Bartram, VP of maintenance for Frontier. Bartram, thanked the FAA and his employees for their participation and promised to duplicate the achievement next year.
Next, a special FAA recognition award was given to the widow of Mr. Duane Johnson. Mr. Johnson worked in the Frontier training department and, up until the time of his passing, was an ardent supporter of the AMT awards program. His loss was keenly felt by his family, friends, and by Frontier.
Next, each of the 201 mechanics was called up to receive their individual award and pin. Tom asked me to help give out the awards. Hey, no problem, but when you give out an award, the accepted practice is to shake the award winner's hand. To be honest, shaking hands with the first 50 or so mechanics wasn't too bad, but these were mechanic's hands I was shaking, not the soft, limp, bureaucratic hands I have to shake in Washington.
I quickly found out that an average Frontier mechanic's handshake could quite easily crush a cue ball. A few of the mechanics waiting in line for their award saw my discomfort and took pity on me, and shook my hand with a light grip, a few others did not. After experiencing these guys' grips, I would have bet money they could install and remove a cleco in sheet metal without using the pliers.
I presented the last award, a Diamond award, to Tom Hendershot, Frontier's resident zealot. He received a special one with a gold seal that recognizes the fact that he has received an AMT award every year for the last five years.
After I presented the award to Tom, we shook hands while the mandatory picture was taken; then he left me alone on the podium to say a few words to the award winners. I told them that I did not want to be here today, but I had to be here — it was a moment of aviation maintenance history. Frontier Airlines was the first of the large air carriers to achieve 100 percent participation in the AMT awards program. I talked about commitment, the drive for excellence, and pride in our profession. I closed, as per Tom's request, with my signature closing, "If you work with your hands, you are a laborer; if you work with your hands and your mind, you are a craftsman; but if you work with your hands, your mind, and your heart, then you are a professional."
As Tom and I said our goodbyes at the gate in the main terminal, he told me Frontier would want me back next year, because he already had the training program set up to get every eligible mechanic an AMT award. I said, "Tom you do it, and I'll be there," and I shook his hand.
An hour and half later, with my body strapped in another 757 jump seat and climbing to 37,000 feet and heading east, I was thinking about what would happen to this aviation industry of ours if other airlines, repair stations, and individuals would have the chutzpah to make the same commitment to excellence that Frontier has made.
My philosophical reverie was interrupted by the more practical consideration that my right hand had now swollen to a third bigger than its original size. The increase swelling was probably due to the rise in cabin pressure altitude, and for the remainder of the three-hour trip, it hurt a lot. But, a little pain was worth it; it was a small price to pay when you get a chance to see a little history in the making.


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CHOWCHILLA -- Beverly Lewis got down to a game of hopscotch in the prison playroom with Armon, 3, the mischievous grandson she had never seen.
Dreena Washburn, 4, who was wearing a new pink skirt, challenged her mother to play tag in the small fenced-in yard.
"I wish I could live next to her," she said wistfully.
Dreena, Armon and about 70 other California children, mothers, cousins and grandparents boarded the inaugural Chowchilla Family Express bus before dawn for the long ride to visit their loved ones in the largest women's prison facility in the world.
Some 200,000 children in California have a parent in prison, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, and more than half of the women in state prisons never see their children during their incarceration.
The Chowchilla Family Express -- a free bus leaving six times a month from various California cities -- hopes to change that by helping families of imprisoned women stay connected, boosting both the emotional welfare of children and the chances of success for female prisoners who are released back into their communities.
Program director Eric DeBode said the $400,000 project, financed out of the California prison budget and by the Women and Criminal Justice nonprofit group, was the first state-funded bus ride of its kind in the United States.
Chowchilla's two adjacent facilities, in a remote part of California's Central Valley, house more than 8,000 women, 75 percent of whom are mothers.
"This bus program provides unique opportunities for female offenders to reunite with their children, who in most cases are hundreds of miles away," said Wendy Still, who runs California's female offender programs.
Most of the sleepy, pajama-clad children taking Sunday's 4 1/2-hour bus ride from Los Angeles had not seen their jailed relative for a year or more.
Many families do not own a car or cannot afford the gas, meals and sometimes overnight hotels involved in the 265-mile road trip from Los Angeles to Chowchilla.
Phone contact with prisoners is sporadic or, at $15 for 15 minutes, prohibitive. Computers are banned.
Donna Marrotti almost lost her house because of the cost of prison visits and parenting granddaughter Dreena after her own daughter Amber Herrick, 23, was sentenced to five years for car jacking. Dreena's estranged father is also behind bars.
"Last time we visited Amber, Dreena asked the prison guards if she could bring her Mommy home," Marrotti said.
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I recently found a pointer to an opinion article by Larry Peterson, Dean for the College of Science & Mathematics at Kennesaw State University, titled "Why Should I Invest in a Career in the Computer Science or Information Technology Field?" They are doing great things at KSU and I'm proud to be on the advisory board for their CyberTech program for high school students.
Dr. Peterson took a group of faculty to India this past summer to learn how things are there in science and technology. One of the lessons they learned is summed up in the following paragraph:
"There is no doubt that Indian students are much 'hungrier' in their search for knowledge and an education than students here in the United States. I came away, however, feeling that India (and ultimately China) is not our biggest challenge, but that apathy and misinformation will be more of a factor in our future competitiveness."
Apathy and misinformation is running rampant with regards to futures in computer science. There are still great jobs in the US for computer science professionals. But at the same time if the US does not have enough CS professionals to handle those jobs industry will be forced to send more jobs overseas. I worry that the idea that there are no jobs could become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
What are the facts? Quoting again from Dr. Peterson's article:
"Such perceptions are counter to industry projections and those of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics who in fact predict that jobs in these fields will be among the fastest growing and highest paying over the next decade. In fact, according to the New York Times, "jobs that involve tailoring information technology to specific industries or companies like software engineers who make applications and specialized systems, have grown." Today, employment among IT professionals, has reached nearly 3.5 million by the end of last year according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, surpassing the 2000 high when the technology boom peaked."
And you know what else? Jobs in the computer industry are often fun, interesting and even exciting. We just need to get the right messages out to students, their parents and the people who are not funding enough CS education in middle and high schools.
There are times when I have wondered if we would not be better off going back to punch cards. Really I am somewhat serious. Back in the day I remember people really paying a lot of attention to their programs before they passed them to the computer. After all if you only get one chance a day to compile and lots of time between compiles it makes sense to desk check. And of course we had come amount of JCL we had to set up to make sure things compiled correctly. This leads right into the ongoing debate about using an IDE versus using a command line compiler that is going on at the MainFunction forums. There is a good "back to basics" argument about command line compilers.
The debate about command line v. IDE is, in some ways, a false comparison though. Compiling a program is only one of the things an IDE does. An IDE also does editing and debugging. I've read arguments against using a debugger when teaching programming. I completely disagree with those arguments. I think that a good debugger lets a student see a lot more about what is going on behind the scenes than any other method of debugging. And I really like the idea behind IntelliSense and strongly believe that it encourages experimentation. I've used all kinds of editors in my time from punching cards to line mode editors on paper printing ASR 33s to full blown, color coded, IntelliSense using Visual Studio. I think the IDE adds a lot to the process.
Getting back to compiling, is there value in students knowing about the switches and other options? Absolutely. The question in my mind is when they should learn about them. I tend to think that the first course in not the time. Perhaps not even the second one. We don't start students with assembly language after all. I have heard the argument that we should BTW.
Back in the day when you had a large program (i.e. more than 16k of memory) you had to create overlay files for the linker. You actually had to tell the linker which modules needed to be in memory at the same time and which ones could be switched out of memory to make room for them. What an education in memory management and program organization that was. It forced programmers to organize their code and to be very cognizant about dependencies between modules.
But you know I am not so sure we want to go back to that. We are content to let compilers, linkers and the operating system worry about all of that today. I would assume that at some point students learn a lot of that stuff, perhaps in an operating system class, but it is less important for the average programmer today. Likewise compiler options are less important until you are ready to produce code with real performance requirements.
I can see a need to teach students about compiler options and what they mean. Is that easier to do with a command line compiler? I don't know. I haven't really tried to do that. It is an interesting question but first we have to get past the "when" to teach them.
- Alfred Thompson
This is a rant of sorts. I've been reading a series of messages on a list server for computer science teachers. One of the claims that comes up on a regular basis is that professional IDEs (Visual Studio and Eclipse) are too complex for beginning students. There are too many options and students get lost and confused. One teacher says that he spends a lot of time telling his students "DO NOT touch anything I haven't shown you in class."
Why would you tell them that? When I taught using Visual Studio I never had a student get into something that could not be undone and many found interesting things. In fact I used to find interesting things, some of which helped me teach better, from experimenting on my own or from observing students. One of the things I like most about a professional development tool is that it gives the students more of an opportunity to learn on their own.
Somehow in 8 years of teaching I rarely ran into students who found the IDE too complex or confusing. Not the professional Borland we used when I started or Visual Studio later on. Even high school freshmen seemed to have a pretty easy time dealing with the IDE. Students seem to be expert at filtering out distractions and focusing in on what they need to know. Often they are better at it than adults. If anything, I found it harder to get some students to try new things than anything else. They seemed to prefer to stick with a subset of what was available.
There are times when I wonder if the complaining teachers are projecting their own confusion on their students or if they just want to believe that "kids aren't ready" for this level of tool.
One does have to spend some time teaching an IDE and that is a distraction from what a teacher wants to teach. To me that is another reason to use a multi-language IDE like Visual Studio. One can teach the IDE in the first course and not have to teach it again in the following courses even though they use other programming languages.
Now obviously a very simple IDE can be a useful tool. I can see using it at the beginning of a first course or for very young students. But I just haven't seen these confused students I keep hearing about from others.
- Alfred
Disclaimer: Part of the reason I went to work for Microsoft was that I really believe that Visual Studio is a great IDE for educational purposes. I didn't decide to like Visual Studio because I got a job at Microsoft.


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I know there is properly a billion threads already like this but i really need a qualifyed opinion. I have a 15" macBook Pro from mid 2009. (model A1286) I want to upgrade the RAM (from 4gb to 8gb) and the hard drive (currently it has a 320gb) The RAM is straight forward, but i'm struggling to find the right HDD. SSD is not really a part of my considerations since it's too expensive. And i'm horrible at managing space. I have looked at the WD Blue WD10JPVT 1 TB. And at the Seagate Momentus XT 750 GB. Originally I was looking for a 5400rpm drive since i really don't want any more noise than I have now. (it's nice and quiet currently ). So what should I look for in a hard drive? Anything would be an upgrade since my current drive is almost full and very slow (27 MB/s write, 25 MB/s read). So do you have any good recommendations. On specific drives or what to look for. Anything is much appreciated. - Martin |
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Nov 2, 2012, 02:51 PM | #3 |
I had a 2009 MBP, and so I know that model has had issues with the firmware version 1.7, making the choice of HD a little sensitive. I had problems with a WD Blue 500GB drive, constant beachballs. I had good results with a Seagate 500GB and even better luck with a Hitachi 500GB. For that model I would suggest trying the Hitachi 750GB 7,200rpm drive.Costs about $140 at OWC
http://eshop.macsales.com/Search/Sea...r+7200rpm+SATA and you may be able to find it cheaper if you look around.
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Nov 2, 2012, 03:04 PM | #4 |
My mid 2009 13" MBP shipped with a Seagate 5400RPM HDD, I've run a 256GB Samsung 830 and a 256GB Crucial M4 without any issues. I've never tried a WD though.
I've got the most recent boot rom, version 1.7, and it works fine. I've even had 3.0Gb/s link speed and good performance on both SSDs. |
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Nov 3, 2012, 02:06 AM | #5 |
Thanks for the replys.
I wasn't looking for an SSD do to the price and the space constraints. I have read somewhere that a 7200rpm drive is noisier and less reliable than a 5400rpm. Is that the case still. So David, should any hitachi be good(or better than a WD)? I live in Denmark I we might not have that exact drive model. Again thanks for the help. |
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Nov 3, 2012, 02:43 AM | #6 | |
I just updated my refurbished 2011 MBP with an Intel 335 SSD 240GB (new series just out) for about $212 and the speed difference is quite obvious compared with the standard 5,400 rpm drive . But as you say, they are expensive.
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One more question. I did consider the Seagate Momentus XT (750gb). Would I be able to feel the speed difference of the hybrid drive on my relatively old macBook pro? I mean it is not that much more expensive but if there is no difference in speed on general tasks, I would rather save my money and get more space. So many choices - Martin |
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Nov 3, 2012, 04:58 AM | #8 | |
If you want to go non ssd, i would recommend getting a few opinios from people here and then review the models in question, as in google them. Once your happy with that google the drive your thinking and include with the search your macbook. In the past i have been set on getting a particular upgrade to then learn it did not play nice with my macbook, research saved me alot of wasted time. In regards to HDs, i tend to avoid seagate, WD are good though it all varies on the model in question. Goodluck. P.s. if you do not use your superdrive, ditch that and get a caddy for a 1tb HD and put cheap ssd for your os drive. Best of both worlds, the non retina mbps are awesome in regards to running 2 drives |
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But that was what I was thinking when i found the Seagate Momentus XT. It's still gives me a lot of storage but with better speeds than a regular hard drive, if my mac can take advantage of it. But i'm not sure if it's a good option. - Martin |
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Nov 3, 2012, 08:42 AM | #11 |
I have the exact same laptop as you.
Ip upgraded to the momentus XT750 and good god the speed increase was incredible. Obviously i can see people don't like it but mine has been running with the new HDD for about 10 months and no problems so far, and the boot speed for me was a 200% increase
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Thanks for sharing - Martin |
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The SSD as a boot drive is quiet and fassssst. |
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Did you even bother reading the first post? The OP specifically said he/she does not want an SSD.
OP, use whatever hard drive you want from a reputable vendor and brand and you'll be good to go. It all depends on your budget, really. A platter hard drive is a platter hard drive. The momentus XT is slightly faster than most as it is a hybrid drive, a bit of SSD space and the rest is a regular hard drive. It decides by itself what goes where and it's been known to speed up systems quite a bit, though not as much as a true SSD does.
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Nov 4, 2012, 12:09 PM | #16 |
Frys has a Hitachi 1TB 7200RPM 2.5" drive on sale today for $89. From the specs I can find, it's a 9.5mm drive.
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Nov 4, 2012, 02:15 PM | #17 | |
http://www.amazon.com/SAMSUNG-2-5-Inch-Internal-MZ-7PC128B-WW/dp/B0077CR60Q/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1352060004&sr=8-2&keywords=samsung+830+128gb I'm not saying you have to, just that if you are complaining about slow access you can really change things by doing this. Spend a bit more and get a 256, same effect but even better |
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these are the specs of my computer. I am going to be upgrading my RAM to 4gb, but need help deciding what Hard drive to upgrade to. Hardware Overview: Model Name: MacBook Model Identifier: MacBook5,2 Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor Speed: 2.13 GHz Number Of Processors: 1 Total Number Of Cores: 2 L2 Cache: 3 MB Memory: 2 GB Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz Boot ROM Version: MB52.0088.B06 SMC Version (system): 1.38f5 Serial Number (system): W8925EX59GU Hardware UUID: 4ADEE7CE-40A0-5307-B9F5-8DE8AA946F86 Sudden Motion Sensor: State: Enabled I've done research and know that I need 2.5" hard drive SATA. What I am confused about is whether my computer will be compatible with a hard drive that has 6gb/s or needs to have 3gb/s to properly utilize the speed. I am looking for a hard drive that is 500gb. This is the one I've had my eye on, just want to make sure the motherboard is capable of utilizing the 6gb/s or if I should downgrade to a 3gb/s hard drive. http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Seaga...gy/ST500LX003/ I appreciate any help i can get. If you have other HDs in mind that would be better, just post the link. Side note, will new hard drives come with data transfer or could I just plug in my external hard drive that has my back ups on it? Thank you |
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That 500GB Seagate XT is a few generations old as far as the platter drive is concerned, and the hybrid portion is buggy. I'd skip it. You can get a 512GB SSD for $299 these days on sale, or just get a regular 1TB/750GB HD |
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Nov 7, 2012, 04:16 PM | #20 | |
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Hi. Just wanted to give an update.
I went with the XT 750gb. I also maxed out my ram to 8gb. And everything is nice and fast. The computer boots in 40 sec, compared to around 3 minutes before. The XT 750 makes a little more noise that my stock (5400 rpm) drive. But it's not bad at all. If your room is not completely silent you wont event notice. Thanks for all the advice guys! |
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In before the Green Day hate.. Love their live videos
What the hell is the point of releasing these in small segments...?
no wonder billie went to rehab, he seemed really whacked out here. killer set list tho.
These videos get me so pumped to see them in CT.
Hahaha I'm in this a lot. I wish they would have posted video of more of the older songs they did or ones they don't play live as often.
Goddamn they're good live. Billie is even more on fire than usual here.
Looks like they'll release the whole concert in 20 minute episodes. Fine by me. That concert had one hell of a setlist and they look they have the time of their lives (sorry) up there. I love how Billie sang "I've heard it all before, Mike Dirnt's a dirty whore" during When I Come Around and the whole band just cracked up. Whatever your opinion on their music is, they are a "perfect" band when it comes to... being a band. They never fight or anything, they don't play music for the money or because it's their job - they're just three (or four I guess) friends having a shitload of fun on stage and you can see that! |
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In US v. Scroggins, No. 08-10966, a defendant appealed his conviction for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon claiming "that the government obtained evidence necessary to his conviction in violation of the Fourth Amendment and that his conviction is unconstitutional in light of the Second Amendment."
However, the circuit court affirmed, finding that: 1) the district court did not clearly in err in finding that defendant's fiancee consented, at least implicitly, to the officers entering defendant's home; 2) the officers were justified in conducting a protective sweep upon entry due to potential danger; and 3) if a protective sweep for potentially dangerous individuals located such an individual, police could detain and frisk the subject, and, if necessary, temporarily handcuff or otherwise reasonably immobilize him.Furthermore, the Second Amendment argument fell short as "...those arguments are foreclosed by our circuit's existing precedent. Prior to Heller, this circuit had already recognized an individual right to bear arms, and had determined that criminal prohibitions on felons (violent or nonviolent) possessing firearms did not violate that right....Dicta in Heller states that the opinion should not "be taken to cast doubt on long-standing prohibitions on possession of firearms by felons," 128 S. Ct. at 2816-17, and we have reaffirmed our prior jurisprudence on this point since Heller was decided."
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