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Stop it. It's opening friggin day don't do this.
Just in case things do head sour, http://nbadraft.net
what's our biggest position of need.
looking for team to bandwagon, pls help
Stop it. It's opening friggin day don't do this.
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James McAdoo. I have been looking into all of these guys for my weekly piece, and I am telling you, cross your fingers for James McAdoo
That's who i got in NBA 2k , i also traded Gordon because of his terrible shot type.
"I don't know if people know I dislocated my pinkie finger. And [Tyreke] told me, 'You wanna go home or you wanna be here?' I want to be here. And he said, 'All right, then go tape it up and let's play. Let's go. We not stoppin' at no stores. Straight gas. That's what we do, just keep going.'"
To hell with it. I'll play. I also would like McAdoo as of now.
McAdoo/Anderson/Davis ohhhh man.
Shabazz is also promising but I need to see him play some this year.
Look at Walter's 2013 NBA Mock Draft Database. Shabazz and Noel are listed a lot more times at 1 then Zeller is. Plus, lets not forget the fact Zeller is white. I hate to bring it about, but can you recall the last American-born Cacausian that was picked #1? I'll help you. 1989. His name was Pelvi....I mean Pervis Ellision.
Yeah, I've never heard of him either.
EDIT: Pervis was actually a African-American. I apologize for that mistake; he doesn't have too many relevant pictures on Google Images. This only makes my point stronger, however, because the last American-born Caucasian to go 1 (any position, not just big men)...........1977, Kent Benson.
Being considered the best, most polished (term often associated with white athletes) does not, in any way, guarantee that your going first in the draft. Just telling it how it is.
In regards to who I'm looking at, there are a few intriguing prospects that catch my interest.
Shabazz (who will go first unfortunately)
McAdoo (won't slip past #4)
Zeller (won't slip past #5)
Mitchell (top 10 pick)
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I don't know how people can STILL misspell his name. GordOn. Not GordAn. Yikes
And this does matter because if he doesn't go 1, we may have a shot at getting him being that I think we'll end up with one of the five worst records in the league.
I gave you the facts. I'll let you decide why you think such a disparity may exist. I'm just excited at the prospect of possibly landing him. Zeller and Davis would make such a nasty frontcourt duo.
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The lowriders that are saving lives
Top Gear meets LA ex-gang members seeking redemption through cars…
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Outside Rich's place, we meet Spike, who has agreed to drive us to his shop, Gator Customs, in a 1964 Chevy Impala lowrider. Paint sparkling in the sun like a stripper's nail varnish, it is, unequivocally, one of modern civilisation's all-time best ways of getting somewhere sitting down. Reflections from the metalflake dashboard overlay the sulphurous grey sky with a glittering disco filter, and the odd thrum of its modified 400bhp V8 manages to escape through Patrice Rushen's disco-funk classic 'Forget Me Nots'. It has the somewhat uncanny effect of making everyone in and around it exceedingly happy. There's waving and pointing. As per Cypress Hill video protocol, I try desperately not to smile.

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Yes but it was Evert's choice to not play more slams. However I do agree Evert should have won 24 or 25 slams, and should have made herself the real record holder rather than Court or Graf. She must be kicking herself. I wonder if she then would be considered better than Navratilova who only has 18 (and only would have 19 or 20 now even if she played the French and Australian through the 70s, if Chris also did, she wouldnt have benefited half as much0 or if MN would still be considered better because of her H2H ownage of Evert in the 80s. Peoples perceptions (often baised and unfairly slanted to MN IMO) of Chris vs Martina is why I laugh when Federer fans think the talk of the Federer-Nadal H2H and its impact is a unique case, people have always cared about major H2Hs between major rivals, even a bit too much at times.
I do expect if Serena reaches 20 or more slams, that will include atleast 1 more RG title.
With Federer I believe it is because of Federer's obvious weakness. I don't think that Martina had something that Evert couldn't handle. She just played better. I mean not match up wise, she would've been an equally big problem. No rock paper scissor type sh*t.
With Nadal, when you see him pepper Federer's BH, people know that the same trick wouldn't necessarily work on a guy like Djokovic or if we are talking 2006, Blake (
) Martina there looked unbeatable for any hypothetical opponent.
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Grand Utah Roulette Day 2
Early Sunday morning on Devil's Lane:
The climb out of Bobby's Hole:
It wasn't the steepness but the sand, lose rock and lack of grip. Here's dwip, pushing the bike on his own all the way up:
jakbrand was the only one who cleared the climb without stalling or needing help. Here he is riding my bike:
Here's ebarDP48 on his loaded KTM 690...:
We unloaded each bike and hiked gear up the climb. Latitude 40 Maps rates this climb as a double "D", just like several other climbs around Moab such as Elephant Hill, Pritchett, Moab Rim, Murphy, Hardscrabble, Rose Garden, etc., but this is the only double D with the admonition: "May be impassable for most 4WD vehicles." jakbrand wasn't expecting that, I am sure.
Here's tbang giving it a go:
Took us about an hour and change to ride/carry all six bikes and gear up the climb. They don't call it Bobby's Hole for nothing.
Beef Basin was a nice break from the technical sections that preceded:
Climbing the Abajo Mountains to cool off a bit:
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So my third and fourth mechanicals were inability to get the bike started once after stopping and once after crashing. I could only restart the bike on downhills. Below is my fifth mechanical along the flattest section of road that day, Gooseberry Rd….the bike simply quit. We diagnosed it as a fuel pump issue, these WR's being fuel injected, we could not hear the fuel pump priming...
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Once I got to Hite, I decided to call the Grand Utah Roulette quits,
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And then there were two...
So dwip and jakbrand gave each other high five's for getting rid of their 5 companions and were left to continue the Grand Utah Roulette by their lonesome selves.…
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Platform: PS3
Released by Ubisoft
The first-person shooter just got a massive shot in
the arm - an incredible shot in the arm - with the release of
Far Cry
Set on a tropical island, somewhere in the middle of who knows where, a group of pretty young things is out on a holiday. Extreme tourism gone extremely wrong, when you, as Jason Brody, are captured by a group of pirates. Held with your brother, you must initially break out of the prison you've been chucked in as you get used to your controls.
But, when the rescue goes wrong, it's up to you to get the hell out of there and survive....
After the initial horror of what's transpired,
Jason must do all he can to free his friends, negotiate the island
and just generally, live to fight another day.
Not since Grand Theft Auto have I been as engrossed in an open world as much as I have in Far Cry 3.
There is just so much to be done in the open environment, so much to explore and admire and so many dangers to take you away from the land of the living.
The thing is, it's actually quite distracting. I spent a day's gaming roaming free and trying to hook up the radio towers that I didn't go back to the main storyline for a while. That's no bad thing and it's a real credit to how engrossing and enveloping the wider world is that the developers have created.
There are plenty of pitfalls too - from pirates who can take you down without much effort to the wild animals, which will turn on you without any hint they are around . For instance, I spent a lot of time heading to various radio towers, avoiding detection and was about to climb to the top when 2 kimono dragons set on me. Likewise, when taking a swim across the waters to get to an objective, I was calmly sitting there before a shark took a chunk out of me.
It's this kind of unpredictability which is so in keeping with the world that's been created which renders this game so immersively realistic and so utterly engrossing. Along with some slick animation and totally reactive gameplay, it's just completely difficult to stop playing once you've started.
With an intelligent
storyline, smart AI which doesn't let you off the hook and often
catches you out without you even realising, it's an extremely
strong contender for Game of the Year. Littered with Kiwi accents
here and there, it's likely to have a strong appeal here which is
With its gritty storyline (human trafficking, drugs, pirates et al), it doesn't ever release its grip as you spend time on the island, collecting plants to build your own medical kits, hunting animals to craft your own gear bags for carrying the wide expanse of weapons you have, there's just so much to dive into. As you unblock radio towers, the world is gradually revealed to you - and with enemy camps there for the taking, there's just so much to do in terms of side missions or outside of the main storyline.
It's hard to recall when a game like this was just so utterly absorbed into your consciousness. But I guarantee you there's no such thing as just 5 minutes with Far Cry 3 - this game saps your life, chews you up and spits you out - but it's one hell of an addictive yet insanely entertaining ride. Easily one of the best games of the year.
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Spring 2013 Site Review
Position: Legal Intern
Student: English Senior
First, the EJC is extremely flexible with the hours they allow you to work. The office is open every day from around 9:00AM to 5:00PM, and as an intern I was able to pick and choose which days and hours worked the best for me. The only thing they asked was that I would be in the office working for at least ten hours a week. I chose to be in the office from 9:00AM to 2:00PM every Monday and Wednesday. Often times, I'm the first one to arrive at the office, so I was given a key to get in and start working. This key also means that I can come in even earlier or after hours to get work done if necessary – however, I haven't had to do that.
The first thing I do is check the office voicemail. It is my duty as an intern to transfer those messages to the Call Roster, so that all the interns can keep track of who has called when. After updating the Call Roster, I start from the top and return calls according to the earliest dates. If the potential client (PC) doesn't answer, I leave a voicemail message explaining who I am and ask them to call back. The real work begins when a PC answers the phone.
When a PC answers, I immediately pull up the "Intake Template," which has a list of questions and guidelines to help me interview the person on the phone. I go through the list of questions, I ask any other questions that I deem are relevant, I try to answer immediate questions the PC has to the best of my ability, and then I inform them that I will be back in touch with them as soon as I've spoken to the lawyers of the office about their situation. In all, the process can take anywhere between ten minutes to an hour, depending on the complexity of the situation, and the emotional level of the PC. I then upload all the information onto the EJC database, where the information will be stored forever.
Once a week, I meet with the lawyers to discuss the cases I have dealt with over the past week. They give me a detailed description of what the PC will need to do next in order to resolve their situation. It is then my responsibility to call those PCs back, and relay the information to them. I then close out their case on the EJC database, and my work is done for that PC. Then, it begins again!
Spring 2013 Site Review
Position: Legal Intake Intern
Student: English Junior
The Equal Justice Center is a non-profit law firm that provides direct legal representation to people and groups of people with employment issues. As an intake intern, you are the first person that potential clients talk to when calling the office about their claim. An intake intern has the responsibility of being the face of the law firm and providing the first impressions. This great responsibility requires being an expert listener and communicator so that the attorneys will know all potential clients' issues through your accounts.
With a humble main office, the EJC has been active since 2001. In the time since, it has expanded to two other offices, one in Dallas and another in San Antonio. All offices focus on the same issues that plague low-wage workers such as unpaid labor, minimum wage violations, no overtime pay, and discriminatory working conditions. It is a fascinating law firm that focuses entirely on one issue and so can serve a demographic that normally would not be able to gather the attention of high-paid attorney's offices. Director Bill Beardall, having over thirty years of experience under his belt, began his career representing migrant workers and has since gathered a team of nine lawyers in total with his level of progressive idealism.
In the time that the office has expanded, it has also taken on more responsibilities. Handling intake from practically every major city in Texas, one can imagine there are massive amounts of workers with issues. The office still does not have the proper amount of lawyers to handle every one of these cases, and being non-profit complicates things further. This was a major reason the EJC partnered with the UT Law School clinic to provide unpaid interns the opportunity to help the office in its goals in return for experience in employment law.
Spring 2012 Site Review
Position: Intake/Translation Intern
Student: Philosophy Sophomore
The Equal Justice Center is a non-profit law firm. Their purpose is to help low-income families achieve justice in the workforce. They are partly founded by IOLTA, which is a lawyer trust fund that is possible through the interest accrued by the interest gained on lawyers that deposit temporary funds to that fund. There are four staff attorneys, supervised by Bill who also runs the law clinic at the UT law school.
In a typical day as an intake intern, I spent most of my time speaking with potential customers. The primary duties of an intake intern are to answer the phone, conduct intakes and after meeting with the staff attorneys to discuss potential cases, call back the people that I took their intake and either reject them, give them legal advise instructed by the attorneys or schedule them to come to the office.
An intake is a simple form designed to guide the interns into finding out the facts that pertain to employment law. They are used to get a brief summary of what occurred to the person calling. The questions include; where they worked, how long and how much is owed. They are simple to follow, however in some cases they are not enough to understand the nature of the problem that occurred to the person calling. There are certain cases that are called mechanic's lien cases, which involve construction work done at a sight. These types of cases are special. The attorneys at the EJC specialize in this type of case. They allow people not paid for their jobs to put a lien on a property to recover lost wages. These cases tend to be more difficult for me as an intake intern and probably intake interns in general since they add more questions to ask. They require interns to ask the chain of command, to try and find out when the work was done, under what company and to establish the chain of contractors and subcontractors that worked at the sight.
I like talking to people and hearing their problems, the part that makes the conversation unique however are the weekly intake meetings. The attorneys offer their inputs and put law into practice, they offer undergraduates the special perspective of the limits of the law. They allow us to recognize justice independent of the law. The most tedious task as an intake intern is inputting the information taken in an intake into PIKA, which is software that the EJC uses. However beyond that, the experience gears people into a new perspective, introducing us interns to the practice of law and the law that governs the workforce.
Fall 2011Position: Intake Intern
Student: International Relations & Global Studies Sophomore
My time interning at the Equal Justice Center was spent mainly as an intake intern. My main duties consisted of listening to potential clients who called in to the center. Typically I would start my day at 10 o'clock by turning on my computer and accessing a call roster on the Equal Justice Center. If there were any messages on the general voicemail I would listen to those and then transfer that information to the Call Roster. Oftentimes people did not leave a complete message, however the voicemail had caller ID and the phone number was added to the call roster. After listening to the voicemails I would go down the call roster and call everyone who was designated as "awaiting call." If the person was available I would pull up the intake form, and talk to the person to gain the information necessary to fill out the intake form. The intake form consisted of the potential clients contact information, their employer's contact information, and the particulars of their case such as how much they are owed, what actions the person had taken so far, what jobs the potential client performed and when they started working for the employer. After filling out the information that took about 30 minutes, I would upload the file into the server and then copy the file into an internet site designed specifically for the Equal Justice Center, so that lawyers could handle intakes and ongoing cases in a more organized manner. After the information was uploaded to the system, a meeting would be held on Wednesday and Friday, so that the lawyers could evaluate the potential cases labeled in the servers as "intake pending." If the lawyers decided to take the case I would probably only have to set up a meeting. If the lawyers had to refer the case for whatever reason to another agency, I would have to call the potential client back and provide them with the contact information of the agency the lawyers had designated. On some occasions I would also have to provide further information so that the client could be fully aware of the situation they found themselves in.
Spring 2011Position: Intern
Student: Sociology Senior
The Equal Justice Center is a non-profit law firm located here in Austin, Texas. The EJC is a group of attorneys who work together to promote worker's rights of U.S. citizens and transnational workers. They promote justice for everyone and work hard to make sure all employees are paid the wages that they have earned. They also make sure that employers abide by minimum wage and overtime federal laws that are in place.
As an intern you have several responsibilities. When you first start it is your responsibility to sit in on the law student clinics to get an understanding of what the EJC does, the basic worker's rights laws and standards, and how the problem of exploitation plays out in the United States. You are also responsible for practicing how to make initial or follow up calls to clients and dealing with clients on a walk-in basis.
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Texans fire Kubiak as coach, Phillips to serve as interim
Gary Kubiak pulled the Texans out of the NFL basement and remains the only coach to take them to the playoffs.
That wasn't enough to save his job, not with the Texans mired in an 11-game skid that has dropped them back to the bottom of the league.
Houston fired Kubiak on Friday, one day after the Texans lost 27-20 at Jacksonville and continued their stunning fall for a team that expected to make a Super Bowl run. Houston (2-11) was flagged 14 times for a franchise-record 177 yards.
The 52-year-old Kubiak was hired in 2006 and led the team to AFC South titles in 2011-2012, the highlights of his eight-year tenure as coach of his hometown NFL team.
The Texans said they couldn't wait any longer to start turning things around, not with the losses and undisciplined play piling up.
"What's taken place with this organization is unacceptable," general manager Rick Smith said. "We've got three weeks of an evaluation process left and we've got to right the ship."
Kubiak thanked the team for giving him his first head coaching job in the NFL.
"Though we came up short this season, the work, effort and sacrifice they gave me and this organization over the last eight seasons is not to be taken for granted," he said in a statement provided by the Texans. "We had a great run here and we will never forget our back-to-back AFC South championships. Coming back home was a dream come true for all of us. This will always be our home."
Kubiak's overall record is 61-64, with a 2-2 mark in the playoffs. Owner Bob McNair said the decision to let him go was a hard one.
"It was difficult for me because I think so much of Gary," McNair said. "We've been evaluating it every game and asking the question, `What's in the best interest of the organization?' We're at the point now where we need to go ahead and make some changes because losing like this is unacceptable."
He added: "We're here to have a winning culture and this year has not contributed to that."
The Texans said defensive coordinator Wade Phillips would serve as interim coach for the rest of what has been a miserable season. McNair said NFL and head coaching experience were important factors in filling the job, and that the 66-year-old Phillips will be considered.
Kubiak suffered a mini-stroke Nov. 3 in a frightening scene, collapsing at halftime during a game against the Colts and being rushed to a Houston hospital. He suffered a transient ischemic attack, which occurs when blood flow to the brain is briefly interrupted, typically by a blood clot or narrowed blood vessels. Experts say they are often a warning sign for a future stroke, particularly within three months of a TIA.
Kubiak returned to coach, but the Texans have been unable to rebound from injuries to top players including quarterback Matt Schaub, running back Arian Foster and linebacker Brian Cushing, who was lost for the second straight season.
McNair pointed to messy play and the handling of second-year quarterback Case Keenum as reasons for the move before the end of the season.
"I think the last straw was losing," McNair said. "We've got a lot better talent than Jacksonville and to lose to them twice, to their credit they played harder, played smarter and to have them beat us on that is not acceptable. If a team's going to beat us because they're better than we are, or have better ability that's fine, but we expect to go out and play hard and play smart, and we didn't play smart."
Kubiak, a former NFL quarterback who calls the team's plays, has long been known as a top offensive coach, mentoring quarterbacks in Denver under Mike Shanahan and then Schaub and Keenum in Houston.
He was hired in 2006, along with Smith, after the Texans finished a franchise-worst 2-14. Smith spent 10 years with Kubiak while the coach was offensive coordinator of the Broncos. Smith was Denver's defensive assistant for four seasons before moving into the front office for his last six years with the Broncos.
The pair helped transform the Texans, which began play in 2002, from league laughingstock to contender. The team went 6-10 in their first year and 8-8 in each of the next two seasons. Expectations were high in 2010 after Houston finished at 9-7 for its first winning record in 2009. The Texans instead fell to 6-10, which led to many fans calling for Kubiak's firing.
His original contract was due to expire after the 2010 season, but McNair defended him several times amid the bumps.
Last year, the Texans announced contract extensions for both Smith and Kubiak, rewarding them for taking the team to the playoffs last year for the first time. Kubiak's three-year agreement has him under contract through 2014.
McNair said at the time he offered Kubiak a four-year deal, but the coach preferred to make it for three.
Kubiak made his mark as Denver's offensive coordinator under Shanahan, winning two Super Bowls. An eighth-round pick out of Texas A&M, he spent nine years as John Elway's backup. He finished his career 4-1 as a starter, all in emergency relief of Elway.
"You always hate to see guys fired," Broncos coach John Fox said. "It happens, it's tough. But you never like to see that. He's a good friend and a heck of a coach, a guy I have a lot of respect for and it's unfortunate."
The Texans also fired special teams coordinator Joe Marciano and replaced him with assistant Bob Ligashesky, who is in his 10th NFL season and first full year with Houston. Other recent departures from the Texans include assistant head coach Alex Gibbs (for Seattle) and offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan went to join his father in Washington.
Keenum, Phillips and the rest of the Texans will get three weeks to show what they have to McNair and company. With Kubiak out, it is clear that the evaluation process could have stiff consequences as the team tries to rebuild.
"We have a young quarterback in Case Keenum and we need to find out if he's capable of being a starter or capable of being the backup," McNair said. "The way you find out about that is by playing him."
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Just Call Him Dr. McKidd
By Kelley L. Carter
Could there be another McDreamy or McSteamy in the making?
Scottish actor Kevin McKidd, 35, plays Owen Hunt, the love interest of Cristina Yang (Sandra Oh) on ABC's Grey's Anatomy, and things start to heat up between the two tonight.
"His character is an old-fashioned tortured hero," says series creator Shonda Rhimes. "I call him Heathcliff when we're talking about him in the writers' room.
"This season, all the way around, is our no-holds-barred season. We're not holding anything back. Owen Hunt is definitely apart of that."
We caught up with the actor on a break from taping an upcoming episode.
Q: How did the Grey's offer come together?
A: I was doing a movie off and on for three months (overseas), and it was my son's birthday, and I'm hardly ever in the same country on my son's birthday, so I managed to land back (in L.A.) around 2 p.m. on his birthday. I promised him, "I'm going to be there on your eighth birthday." Then I got a call from my agent, saying, "You have to turn back around because Shonda wants to meet you for this role on Grey's." I was like, "I'd love to meet her, but I can't. Can we do tomorrow?" And they're family-friendly, so they were really understanding.
As soon as I heard the pitch for the character, I was sold on it. It's a different energy and a different viewpoint. I thought it was an important story to tell, especially on a prime-time TV show. To get in there and get your hands dirty and explore what trauma surgery is like in war zones and what it's like to rehabilitate yourself to civilian life … it's not just a new doctor showing up. It's exploring how hard it is to reintegrate yourself back into the real world after being in the war zone for three tours.
Q: One thing that stands out about your character is that he's not just a pretty boy. He's hard-core and the antithesis of the other males on the show.
A: It's not just about the look. I think what becomes attractive about these guys is that there's something about people in the medical profession that there's this strange attraction to them. Every single day they're dealing with life and death. And I think that's the thing that is attractive to people.
I think the thing about Owen that is different is that he kind of doesn't care what anybody thinks of him. He has seen really terrible trauma over and over again.
Q: How's it been on set so far?
A: I was nervous because I've only ever joined a project right at the beginning. I've always been there in the pre-production, helping set the tone. But this machine is rolling. I was slightly nervous, thinking, "Are they going to like me?" But everyone has been super, super cool.
Q: Sandra Oh's character is tough as nails, yet your character seems as if he's going to be the guy to come in and settle her down.
A: That seems to be the dynamic, yes. Between him and her, it's going to get really complex and kind of tense and explosive. He has a cloud hanging over him, and he has something going on that's dark. But I think you're right. He helps to teach her that it's not all about getting one up on everyone else.
Q: Women are rabid about the male doctors on this show. Is your wife prepared to deal with what's going to come?
A: My wife lives in blissful ignorance. She doesn't watch network TV. She's like, "What job are you doing now? Grey's Anatomy? All right, then. Fair enough." I'm probably not prepared, either. Ask me in six months. (c) Copyright 2008 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Co. Inc. <>>


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Three jailed for 42 years after meat cleaver attack
Posted: November 30, 2012|
Three robbers who brutally attacked two men in a Cambridge car park with knives and a meat cleaver have been jailed for a total of 42 years.
It is believed they came to Cambridge to stamp their authority on the patch, although police say no true motive has been found.
Sertac Ozgurel, 25, Karim Douglas, 25, and Dennis Royes, 28, were each jailed for 14 years at Cambridge Crown Court for the terrifying attack in St Bartholemew's Court, off Riverside. They, along with Isamil Sonmez, 22 – who will be sentenced at a later date – travelled to the city from London on June 20 to scare off a rival gang.
In a planned ambush, they used a black BMW X3 to block in a Hyundai before smashing their way into the car and dragging out the two 21-year-old occupants.
They slashed one with a cleaver and stabbed the other with a knife. A total of £200 in cash and a mobile phone were taken from the victims as the attack continued.
The victims were able to get back into their car and drive off. They were pursued by the gang in the BMW, but managed to escape before calling the police and an ambulance. One victim was treated for a deep cut to his forearm while the other was treated for a small stab wound.
Details of the BMW were circulated to neighbouring forces. Essex officers spotted the car being driven at 130mph on the M11 heading to London. They stopped it and arrested all four occupants.
All four denied robbery and causing grievous bodily harm with intent and possession of an offensive weapon, but were convicted following a trial.
Ozgurel, of Pembury Road, London, Royes, of Danesdale Road, London, and Douglas, of Stamford Hill, London, were all jailed for 14 years for causing grievous bodily harm and eight years for the robbery, to be served concurrently.
Sonmez, of Harts Lane, Barking, Essex, was also convicted of dangerous driving and will be sentenced on December 21.
Summing up the evidence in court, Judge Gareth Hawkesworth described the robbery as an "unpleasant act of gangsterism".
He said: "The men intentionally used their black BMW to force the car to reverse back.
"Whatever the two men were up to on that day is inconsequential. Just like all of us they are entitled to protection of the law."
After sentencing, Det Con Kevin McCann, who led the investigation, said: "These men came up to Cambridge in order to threaten these men. They thought they were above the law and could use extreme violence to intimidate others.
"Such criminality will not be tolerated and anyone who commits such offences faces a long stretch behind bars."
Labour councillors in Abbey have called for the recent police crackdown on drug dealers on Riverside and Stourbridge Common to be a police priority. A report on the police action considered by councillors last night said there were 21 arrests for drug dealing in three months.
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A local school has triumphed at a Royal Society of Chemistry contest on campus.
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Former colleagues and students from all over the world packed an RSC meeting last week to pay tribute to Sussex chemist Professor Michael Lappert FRS.
Sussex scientist becomes 60,000th Fellow of HEA
Sussex scientist Dr John Spencer from the Chemistry department has become the 60,000th Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA).
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Staff in the science schools and IT Services were sorry to hear that their former colleague Peter Simmons had died on 22 October, aged 72.
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Passenger traffic at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport continued to grow in the first quarter of 2010 due to the Easter holidays and the launch of new services.
Overall passenger traffic at Tullamarine grew 8% to 6.7 million, says operator Melbourne Airport. Domestic traffic was up 5% to 5.2 million while international traffic was 16% higher at 1.5 million.
"It has been a busy quarter, largely attributed to Easter, international students arriving for the beginning of the university year and increased services from our airlines. Qantas launched an A380 service on the popular London-Melbourne route, V Australia launched services to Johannesburg, Tiger Airways to Brisbane and Jetstar increased services to Cairns," says CEO Chris Woodruff.
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The Causeway and Second Link, as vital arteries for the throngs travelling for leisure, work and trade, ought to be symbols of best practices in cross-border cooperation. This is hardly the case, as recent events have shown. Instead of making daily crossovers as convenient as possible, measures in the air appear to be retaliatory in nature and narrow in focus.
Road tolls are par for the course and one would not expect countries to make distinctions for foreign vehicles as curbing congestion is often a key concern. For small nations, like Singapore, congestion to the point of crippling gridlock would be nothing short of a national disaster. Hence, its long obsession with vehicle ownership and usage levies, now among the highest in the world. Against this, a Transport Ministry policy to "equalise the cost of owning and using foreign-registered vehicles on Singapore roads" should not appear unreasonable.
Yet, an uproar has surfaced, leading citizens of both nations to wonder if their officials are placing sufficient emphasis on prior consultation on all cross-border matters. Most tellingly, Singapore's Foreign Affairs Ministry had to ask its counterpart for more information about works to build a man-made island in the Strait of Johor - partly below the Second Link on the Johor side - only after media reports appeared last month on the massive reclamation. Similarly, media reports about Johor's internal proposal in February to impose a fee on Singapore vehicles and the Republic's foreign vehicle permit fee hike this month both gave no indication if bilateral steps had been taken to discuss the implications of such moves.
Singapore's fee hike will not affect the majority of Malaysians - there is no increase for motorcycle users, almost nine in 10 in cars will pay nothing as they drive in on free days or during free hours, and goods vehicle drivers will in effect pay just $1.33 a day. Malaysians commuting daily by car would be the ones seeing usage costs levelling up to those of Singaporeans who pay $33 a day (the amortised cost over 10 years of a $120,000 car, excluding insurance, road tax and interest).
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By Ed Owen, mediaweek.co.uk, Monday, 21 February 2011 11:35AM
Playboy has previously offered an internet-only video-on-demand (VoD) service.
The new service will ride on top of a web-TV service developed by Capablue for internet-connected TVs.
Dave Cooke, head of digital and new media of Playboy TV International, said: "We are keen to make our wide range of adult entertainment content available to viewers when and where they want to watch it.
"Through Connected, viewers will now be able to access Playboy TV online via their connected TVs.
"Capablue's Connected has simply integrated with our existing VoD platform. It enables us to provide a bespoke service without having to build our own system, which can be a long and expensive process."
Playboy will be able to monetise the service through pay-per-view and subscription.
Playboy also plans to launch a branded nightclub in Central London, 30 years after the last Playboy nightclub venture lost its licence.
Playboy founder Hugh Hefner bought back the Payboy empire for $210m in January.
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Hacker threats rise, with defenders lacking, report says
A Cisco security report released on Thursday showed that hacker threats reached "startling levels" last year and that the world is suffering from a shortage of skilled computer defenders.
A Cisco security report released on Thursday showed that hacker threats reached "startling levels" last year and that the world is suffering from a shortage of skilled computer defenders.
Snapchat has released an update to its disappearing-photo app following a security breach last week that exposed the phone numbers of millions of users.
The sudden death of prominent hacker Barnaby Jack was due to an accidental overdose of heroin, cocaine and other drugs, a coroner's report said Friday.
Hackers broke into Snapchat, the hugely popular mobile app, accessing the phone numbers and usernames of 4.6 million users and publishing them online, tech news website TechCrunch has announced.
Five people were arrested Monday following a global "cyber heist" in which hackers stole $45 million by overriding the cash withdrawal limits of prepaid debit cards, US officials said.
A 19-year-old computer science student pleaded guilty Tuesday to hacking the computers of Miss Teen USA and other women and secretly photographing them with their own webcams.
Worried that computer hackers attacking banks and media companies could easily shift targets, the airline industry is taking preemptive steps to ensure it doesn't become the next victim.
Catching a cheating lover online using commercial spyware seems to be easier than nabbing the hacker behind it.
When Israel's military chief delivered a high-profile speech this month outlining the greatest threats his country might face in the future, he listed computer sabotage as a top concern, warning a sophisticated ...
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Software titan Adobe Systems warned that hackers stole credit card numbers and other information relating to nearly three million customers.
At a time when millions of computer users face increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks, the antivirus software they rely on to keep their information safe frequently fails to do the job.
With its PC sales slowing, Hewlett-Packard Co. is grappling for a piece of the exploding cybersecurity market as a key part of CEO Meg Whitman's plan to turn around the struggling company.
Hackers have hit back in retaliation for US cyber-spying on Brazil but mistook the US space agency NASA for the National Security Agency (NSA), a news website reported here Tuesday.
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Here is a section debate concerning the word 'Meaning' with an extremely obstinate, irrational, Catholic fundy.Continue
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A few days ago, I had a discussion with a friend who enjoys having informal debates with theists. This is not usually my thing. I find the discussions to be pedestrian on account of theists typically not understanding basic concepts of logic. Their arguments tend to get get muddled and if I can get them to understand that much, it might well be deemed a miracle by the Catholic Church and I could finally become Saint Patrick #2.
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I found this a very amusing debate.
Quite humorous comments from both sides.
But, the well was already poisoned by Michael Shermer before Lennox started his preconceived spiel.
Lennox made every mistake Shermer already gave an answer to in his first argument.
Lennox continually used the following fallacies:
"It is not possible to:" (An argument from ignorance, is following and a Dunning-Kruger effect ( "I Know") bit of nonsense is…Continue
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Yes, Matt Dillahunty wipes his feet on Matt Slick.
Slick is not so slick, producing a fallacy a minute in this debate with Dillahunty.
Demonstrating clearly that even the best apologists are nothing but fallacious, moronic nutjobs.
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There is nothing more aggravating than being in the middle of a discussion about the parameters of what constitutes a God, and another atheist in the discussion says to you,"You are being intellectually dishonest by saying deities absolutely do not exist.…Continue
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Here in the Pacific Northwest we have been blanketed with snow for the past few days. Because we do not have the infrastructure to deal with said snow, we all tuck in and stay home. Thus, we had several days with my two girls (ages 12 and 15) to enjoy board games, creative projects, and you guessed it…viewing the Nye vs. Ham debate. I would not have opted to sit through all two hours and forty five minutes if not for the fact that we were snowed in.
Having been…Continue
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This is part 3 of my debate with YouTube presuppositional apologist Dan Marvin.…Continue
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I'm currently having a debate with a presuppositional apologist on YouTube, and as far as I can tell I am destroying him. I've been saving screenshots of each exchange in the debate to make sure I have a permanent record of it, as well as to put it into a blog post so that others can see it and perhaps gain a better understanding on how to deal with these people. For some reason Atheist Nexus saw fit to put a size limit on blog posts, so I'll have to do this in multiple posts. Here is part…Continue
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I've always maintained that so-called pro-life advocates for the unborn have little science to back up their cockamamie theories concerning abortion and rely, in most cases, on religious intolerance, bigotry, and slavish devotion to dogma. All three of the solar phallic monotheisms, the Abrahamaic faiths, preach male dominance and female submission, paternalistic hegemony that by now should be consigned to the dust heap of history. Allowing a woman to have total control over her bodily…Continue
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rational |ˈra sh ənl; ˈra sh nəl|
1 based on or in accordance with reason or logic : I'm sure there's a perfectly rational explanation.
• (of a person) able to think clearly, sensibly, and logically : Andrea's upset—she's not being very rational.
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I did something I rarely do at a debate—I lost my temper. Normally, I can let ignorance roll like water from a duck's back, but sometimes there are such stunning and dazzling displays of dunce-hood that make it hard to catch…Continue
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Recently it feels like I've been involved in too many discussions about what actually constitutes rape. Long, involved discussions that boil down to the argument that victims are somehow to blame for what happens to them, whether it's based on how they dress, what their behaviour was, if they did or didn't fight back and so on. I hit on a phrase that seemed to stop one friend in his thinking tracks: bullying someone into accepting sex is still rape, in exactly the same way that bullying…Continue
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I just stumbled upon a year-old YouTube video named, "Sam Harris gets destroyed by Dr. William Lane Craig". It's the 2-hour University of Notre Dame debate held on April 7, 2011, between Harris and Craig. It was titled: "The God Debate II: Is Good from God?" The video can be found at the bottom of this page.
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I don't know if something like this already exists, but I'd like to propose an idea I had I call The Apologist's Dilemma. This was partially inspired by the youtube video Putting faith in its place by QualiaSoup.
All the Apologist's Dilemma really boils down to is you can't lie or cheat in a theological debate, referring to two specific lies that are almost universally found at the core of apologist arguments. These are:
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My Brethren without Christ, I have to let you know you're all a bunch of Darwinian primates. (Just hit the link below to get the joke.) I just got back from the September 28, 2010, Dinesh D'Souza/Michael Shermer debate at USF in Tampa. They took questions at the end of the session and I got a chance to ask the following question in front of around a thousand attendees.
The opening…Continue
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Low-level Allergy To Milk
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I would revisit her gluten free diet. Have you checked your used toaster, wooden cutting boards and spoons, lotions, shampoo, meds, vitamins or any contact she may have with her mouth.
Contamination at school is very difficult to avoid, with personal contact with food and other children. Are her school supplies safe. Play Doh is not. Have you met with her teachers and discussed her diet?
It's so difficult with children, especially when they are out of our watchful eyes during the day.
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"Not all who wander are lost" - JRR Tolkien
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Son has IgE allergies to peanuts and corn
Hashimoto's, MCAD, pregnancy loss at 17 weeks
HLA-DQB1*0302 (celiac), HLA-DQB1*0301 (gluten sensitive)
Serological equivalent 3,3 (subtype 8,7)
Extensive family history of autoimmune disorders and related symptoms
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Do not let any of the advice given here substitute for good medical care. Let this forum be a catalyst for research. Find support for any post in here before you believe it to be true. Arm yourself with knowledge. Let your doctor be your assistant. Listen to their advice, but follow your own instincts as well. Miracles are within your reach. You can heal!
Posted 16 October 2008 - 11:21 AM
My son was a Class 2 and the nurse said sometimes what they want (for the low level allergies) is for any type of "milk" ingredient to be at least third or fourth on the list of a product . . . but like I've said, our doc gave us no restrictions.
Also, like Momma Goose said . . . I'd take another look around for inadvertant gluten consumption.
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I'm going to post this in more than one forum because I need as many answers as I can get. My 6yo daughter was diagnosed w/celiac in mid-July and we've been doing the gluten-free thing since then. Her behavior has gotten worse since then and she still has stomach-aches, so the doctor ran an allergy panel and the only thing that came back elevated was milk. It was a low-level reading (0.63H - low level is between 0.35-0.70). Her regular pediatrician is out on medical leave so I was left with many questions. She's been drinking Lactaid and taking the Lactaid pills before she eats cheese and such. Are we supposed to stop all milk - even Lactaid milk? Does this encompass all dairy foods or just milk? I'm not sure what we should be avoiding and what's ok at this level. Please help!
I would do a two week elimination on all milk products to see if it helps. Milk products are the catalyst to really bad behavour in our family. We prefer homemade almond milk as a replacement and we make a vegan cheese with cashews and nutritional yeast that is extremely yummy. Is she getting enough fiber. Store bought gluten free stuff and mixes are all practically fiberless. Adding veggies and ground flax seeds to muffins is a nice and tasty fiber boost. I add ground gluten free oats to all of my baking, peanut butter oatmeal cookies are especially popular. Organic coconut oil works especially well as a butter replacement and is a very healthy addition to a celiac's diet because of the higher risk of thyroid issues.
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You need to remember that Catalina''s tend to be bigger boats in general. Our 36 MKII is 36''4" LOA plus the pulpit overhang or almost 37''4". The 350 is 35''6" LOA plus the pulpit overhand so I bet it''s 36+'' and I am sure the same holds true of the 34. From my experience 34+ years of sailing once you adjust to any of them the size won''t be a problem, I am sure they all handle differently, to see what you like do some begging at your local marina or dealer. Where you will see an apparent difference and may require some adjustment will be docking. Obviously the bigger the boat the harder to do, but that too pass'' with practice.
As for what to buy, you need to check your wallet, I am sure the 350 has a much more modern systems approach than our 36 or the 34,is it better I don''t know, but probably better layed out from a convienence standpoint. But as someone mentioned 30K more that a late model 36 MKII and probably 45-50K more than a late model 34.
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Goat Cheese with Fruit Compote
Assuming you can find a comfortable spot in the shade, now's the time to go on a picnic! Fresh fruits and cheeses, pickles and olives, pasta and potato salads tossed with crunchy vegetables…heck, if you can find a grill, you can bring along lamb kebabs, too.
But let's say you decide to go on a last-minute picnic and you don't have time to marinate meat or assemble a salad. Still, I'm sure you have some interesting leftovers in your refrigerator or cupboards. Cheese is one of the linchpins of a picnic — you could start with what you have in the cheese drawer and take it from there.
Like cheese, fruit is one of the classic picnic staples; it's hardly surprising that it's also the #1 accompaniment to cheese. (And to nuts, especially buttery, rich nuts like macadamias.) If you have any leftover fruit compote on hand, I recently discovered that the compote is a natural pair with fresh, creamy cheeses like goat cheese: the earthy tang of the goat cheese is off-set by the sweetness of the fruit.
If you don't have any compote on hand, try topping your goat cheese (or any other soft, fresh cheese) with a spoonful of naturally sweetened jam or jelly…or a fruit chutney. I'm seeing more and more chutneys sold alongside cheese in the grocery stores nowadays, so if you don't have any good picnic foods on hand, you can always just stop at at reasonably well-stocked grocery store and make a beeline for the cheese section.
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Skiing the Andes
In South America, winter is just getting started in July
With a base of 17,388 feet, the tiny (one-lift) Chacaltaya ski area in Bolivia's Andean mountain range once laid claim to being the highest ski and snowboard resort in the world. It also boasted stunning views of Lake Titicaca and Huayna Potosi, a snow-clad peak that tops out at nearly 20,000 feet. n I skied Chacaltaya in the 1980s and had hoped to return one day to carve a few more turns. But the glacier at this now-defunct resort — once operated by the Bolivian Andean Club — has disappeared. Like other shrinking Andean ice fields, scientists say it's a victim of greenhouse gases and climate change.
But that doesn't mean there aren't more than a dozen other resorts where you can ski and ride in the Andes. And they aren't little one-lift jobbers either, not by a long shot.
Some of them rival some of the best ski areas in North America with vertical descents of up to 4,000 feet.
And while the names Valle Nevado and La Parva, nestled in the peaks that rise above Santiago, Chile, or Las Leñas and Cerro Catedral in Argentina, may not be household names in this country, they are well worth a visit for adventurous skiers or boarders who like Latin culture and — perhaps — want to learn how to dance the tango.
Come July, when the lifts have long closed at Mammoth and other resorts in the West (you can still ski on snowfields on Oregon's Mount Hood and British Columbia's Whistler resort) winter is just getting started in South America.
Terry Berg, an expert skier who lives in Aliso Viejo and makes regular forays to resorts around Salt Lake City such as Snowbird and Alta, said he had long had his eye on skiing in South America.
"I'd heard that the skiing in the Andes was really good," said the 47-year-old commercial banker. "And truth be told, I'd never skied outside of the United States and wanted to do something different. I was looking for some adventure."
Berg was also attracted to South America because his wife is from Colombia.
"I like the culture, too," he said. "And I'm the kind of guy who can never get enough skiing, so I thought 'what the heck, why not go skiing in the summer?' "
Berg ended up booking a trip with Dan Griffith's "Endless Turns Ski & Adventure Travel" guide service (endlessturns.com) and skiing for seven days at Las Leñas in Argentina.
"It was incredible, high-alpine terrain," said Berg. "Sort of like Jackson Hole or Snowbird on steroids. And that's really saying something.
"The mountain is big and there's a lot of steep shots, backcountry possibilities and long groomers for intermediates, too. It's a real all-around mountain."
The resort has more than 40,000 acres of skiable terrain, 13 lifts, a summit elevation of 11,252 feet and a vertical drop of 4,035 feet.
Berg flew overnight from Los Angeles to Buenos Aires and met Griffith and some other skiers who'd already been skiing at Cerro Castor outside Ushuaia, known in Spanish as La Ciudad Mas Astral Del Mundo. (The southernmost city in the world).