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To Romney:
1. You've said on numerous occasions that you would oppose any tax increases. But you've also supported a two trillion dollar increase in defense spending. Democrats on Capitol Hill have said they will not agree to waive the mandatory defense cuts set for the end of the year without increases in revenue. If faced with a choice between increased taxes and cuts to defense spending, which would you choose?
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Officials said the Air Force spends more than $20 million a year for flight paper. If iPads can replace the loads of paperwork, it could save the service a lot of money.
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In 2007, Americans spent more than $13 billion for nearly 11.7 million cosmetic procedures, according to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. That's up from nearly 8.5 million procedures in 2001.
Women and men are flocking to doctors' offices to get rid of "ugly" features and improve the "so-so" ones. They are driven by self-esteem issues, the desire to fit into an image-conscious society, perhaps vanity and even career and romance opportunities.
Of course body modifications date back thousands of years. From head reshaping and neck elongating to body painting and tattooing, body enhancements are a part of every culture. They can signal an individual's place in society, mark a special moment, or simply fit in with the latest fashion.
The jury is out on whether the latest nips and tucks, when done to climb social ladders, gain access to better jobs or better mates, actually work. But in a society focused on image, scientists have established that looks matter:
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- Skinny people might have a leg up when promotion time comes around: A study being presented this month at a psychology conference found that being obese or overweight can hinder a person's opportunity of getting a job or moving up the work ladder.
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Since 1997, surgical and non-surgical cosmetic procedures have increased more than 450 percent in the United States.
While women have been the most typical connoisseurs of tummy tucks and facelifts, men have jumped on the vanity train, as the figures below from the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery indicate.
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The No. 1 non-surgical cosmetic procedure for U.S. men and women last year was Botox injection, with more than nearly 3 million procedures overall.
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While liposuction is one of the chart toppers for cosmetic surgeries, Volandes said gastric bypass surgeries are becoming increasingly popular for a new set of dieters. "It is a procedure that was intended for people who are very, very morbidly obese, and now we're seeing it in people who are in the high 100′s and who might be 5 foot 2." He added, "There are real risks here."
Another alarmingly popular and invasive procedure these days could be called a Jimmy-Choo fix. Cosmetic toe modification is a solution chosen by some women who want to squeeze into high heels with narrow toes and heels. The majority of women that podiatric surgeon Suzanne Levine sees at her Manhattan office come in with hammertoes in which the foot curves inward. The answer can be Botox injections to loosen up the muscles pulling on the toe or, more dramatically, a surgical shaving down of the bones of the second and third toes.
Many women wear spike heels in spite of the pain for the overall slenderizing effect of wearing heels; they make a woman look more petite and feminine. "It's more aesthetically appealing when wearing certain clothes," Levine said.
Toe cleavage, in which the pinky toe gets severed off, can also help women slide into snazzy stilettos. This procedure can alleviate the pain from too many hours in heels, which place most of your body weight onto the ball of the foot and squeeze the toes together. Shoes aside, the long-term result can be inward- or outward-pointing toes and arthritis in the feet, Volandes said.
Another option would be to ditch the heels, of course. "But fashion tastes are what they are," Volandes told LiveScience, "and people are willing to go through extremes, and this is just one additional extreme to be quite honest."
He refers to this as a Cinderella-type phenomenon. "If you are born an envious stepsister with a wide foot, medicine can surgically enhance you into a Cinderella so that your newly trimmed foot fits a narrow glass slipper," Volandes wrote in a 2006 issue of the journal Medical Humanities.
The new you?
Body embellishments are nothing new to human societies. What's in and what's out, however, has changed throughout human history with big breasts or small breasts, tiny waists or rolls of fat being prized or scorned as the ultimate in beauty.
Today's cosmetic surgery can give a person a cuter nose and sexier thighs. Research has shown people feel better about the body part they had fixed, said psychologist Diana Zuckerman, president of the National Research Center for Women & Families. But, she added, there isn't as much hard evidence for whether self-esteem or even a career get a boost.
One past study found that nearly 90 percent of patients reported satisfaction a year after receiving cosmetic surgeries, including boosted overall body image.
"There's this idea that if you look better you'll be happier. You'll feel better about yourself," Zuckerman said, "and logically that makes so much sense because we live in a society where people do care what you look like." But there are limits to what surgery can do.
While physical attractiveness could woo a hot guy, for instance, Zuckerman points out the difference between a "7″ and an "8″ on the looks scale is not so noticeable to the eye. "Most people getting cosmetic surgery don't go from being a 3 to being a 10," Zuckerman said during a telephone interview. "People do have these unrealistic expectations about how this is going to change their life and how it's going to change how they feel about themselves."
Why do they do it?
It's easy to be shocked by the accelerating market for cosmetic surgeries and enhancements, but the larger question is why people do it. The reason is simple: The fairest of them all, at least by advertising and marketing standards, is today's big celebrity on the covers of glossy magazines and featured on "Entertainment Tonight."
"We are bombarded with images of people who've had plastic surgery," Zuckerman said, "and our sense of the ideal of what we're supposed to look like is so unrealistic that you really can't achieve it without plastic surgery." She noted, for instance, these ideals include a "Barbie-doll body, which just about nobody has naturally, or a 60-year-old woman who looks 35."
Not even the stars can achieve perfection, hence the need for the pit-crew of make-up and other stylists, the ideal lighting and then the digital enhancements. Zuckerman calls this the trickle-down effect, because it's the finished product seen by the everyday TV watcher.
Back at the body level, not only aspiring actors or rich socialites sign up for a boob job or pectoral implants. Psychological problems, such as low self-esteem, depression and body-image disorders play a role, say scientists.
Many people getting cosmetic procedures have an exaggerated sense of their flaws and their appearance, a medical diagnosis called body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), according to Zuckerman. "There's a tendency that, now their hips are too big, their ears stick out or their chin is too small," Zuckerman said.
Perhaps the most extreme case of BDD, she said, is Michael Jackson.
"There's a large psychological component, as you can imagine, to this," Volandes said. "The toll that body image disorders can have on people, this truly can be just as traumatic to people as physical ailments."


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Maven Jetty Plugin Configuration Guide
In order to run Jetty on a webapp project which is structured according to the usual Maven defaults (resources in
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web.xml descriptor at
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Simply type:
This will start Jetty running on port
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It is extremely convenient to leave the plugin running because it can be configured to periodically scan for changes and automatically redeploy the webapp. This makes the development cycle much more productive by eliminating the build and deploy steps: you use your IDE to make changes to the project and the running web container will automatically pick them up, allowing you to test them straight away.
If, for whatever reason, you cannot run on an unassembled webapp, the plugin supports the
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For more information, see the Jetty User Guides and the FAQ.
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Regardless of which jetty goal you execute, the following configuration parameters are common to all:
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- systemProperties Optional. These allow you to configure System properties that will be set for the execution of the plugin. More information can be found on them at Setting System Properties.
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Let's take a look at an example of how we set these common properties (see also Setting System Properties):
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- webXml By default, this is set to either the variable
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- scanTargets Optional.A list of files and directories to also periodically scan in addition to those automatically scanned by the plugin.
Here's an example of setting these parameters:
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The configuration parameters specific to this goal are:
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Here's how you would set it:
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This goal first assembles your webapp into an exploded war file and then deploys it to Jetty. If you set a non-zero scanInterval, Jetty will watch your
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In an eerie echo of the storyline of director Johnnie To Kei-fung 's hit 2005 movie Election, about a power struggle at the top of a triad gang, one of the city's most active triad groups - the Wo On Lok - has been locked in a bloody succession war as past and present leaders prepare to gather in a secret location to "vote" in a new leadership.
These machinations have helped reveal the city's often hidden underbelly. Anti-triad investigators say a series of violent incidents - one of which led to a traffic policeman shooting dead a knife-wielding thug in May - stems from the refusal of two leaders elected in 2009, nicknamed Fei Wai and Sam Chuen, to stand down in 2011.
The men who want to take over - known as Chi Fung and Dai Ma - took exception to the pair clinging on to power. In the latest attack, Fei Wai and his henchmen were set upon by a group of around 30 rivals in Ashley Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, on the third day of the Lunar New Year.
Police responded five days later by raiding an entertainment venue controlled by the triad group and arresting 15 mainland prostitutes.
The operation, led by the organised crime and triad bureau and Kowloon West regional anti-triad squad, was the force's way of turning up the heat on the gang ahead of the election.
"We want to send a message to the triad that police are monitoring them closely and they will pay the price if they cause any trouble," a senior officer said.
The Wo On Lok's business is crime - extortion, loan sharking, drug trafficking and the control of nightclubs, mahjong dens and massage parlours. According to police, its turf extends across Yau Ma Tei, Tsim Sha Tsui, Mong Kok and Sham Shui Po.
Police sources say triad gangs maintain some of their traditional rituals, such as the election of new leaders, all of which are illegal. Triad membership, or even claiming to be a member, is a crime under Hong Kong law, but investigators say it is a notoriously difficult offence to prove.
"It doesn't matter how many triad tattoos they have - it's not that straightforward," a source said. "Unless you raid an initiation ceremony or the individual actually admits to being a triad member, it's very hard to prove.
"Costly, long-running undercover operations often don't bring the returns required and often witnesses are hard to come by for obvious reasons."
In the May incident, only one of 16 people arrested was charged. Late last year, he was jailed for 3½ years for wounding.
The Wo On Lok, also known as Shui Fong, was founded by a group of workers in a soft-drinks factory in Sham Shui Po more than 70 years ago.
Police figures show reports of triad-related crimes rose 6 per cent to 2,340 last year from 2011.
The Triad Rivals
The Sun Yee On is probably the city's biggest triad society in terms of membership and the most influential, best organised and wealthiest.
Founded decades ago by Chiu Chow and Hokkien immigrants from northeastern Guangdong who speak the Fujian dialect, the society has as its traditional stronghold Tsim Sha Tsui East, but its influence extends to Wan Chai, Tuen Mun and Tseung Kwan O. Its activities include drug trafficking, loan sharking, extortion and smuggling.
Its main rival, the 14K triad, was formed by a Kuomintang general in 1945 to fight the Communists. It is active in West Kowloon, Yuen Long, Kwun Tong and Eastern District, and engages in drug trafficking, prostitution, extortion and pirated goods.
The Wo Shing Wo, the first of the "Wo" family of triads, is indigenous to Hong Kong. It was first active in Tsuen Wan but its influence has spread to West Kowloon, Sheung Shui and Fanling. It controls red-minibus routes and is involved in underground gambling dens, drug trafficking and pirated goods.
Other triads from this group include the Wo Hop To. Active in Western District and Aberdeen, it engages in extortion and loan sharking and controls red-minibus routes.
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"The large traditional Triads have individual origins that can be traced back several hundred years. They're headquartered in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and mainland China. All use binding rituals and oaths … The traditional Triads have branches in, or connections within, every Chinese community of any size in the entire world … They join forces to conduct various types of specific business ventures in various locations. And then they dis-associate to reconfigure at another time and place. Unlike Mafia godfathers, the significance or importance of a leading Triad crime figure relates to the size of his profits, from both legal and illegal business activities. The latter includes smuggling—drugs, people, and anything else of value—illegal gambling, prostitution, car theft, financial fraud, and counterfeiting, etc."
"Our kinda guys, right?" Martha surges.
"Goodness me. Are you serious?"
"Hey, don't misunderstand. I don't want 'em living next door and dating my daughter—should I ever have one—but if you need something done, and you have the money, well, it seems to me, these are the guys . . . if they can be trusted."
"Maybe," I consider aloud, and pause, as Martha can be unexpectedly provocative. "They certainly aren't in the Yellow Pages. They aren't the fellows you call to get your cat out of a tree . . . unless your cat's a leopard that you smuggled into the country and it just ate your neighbor."
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The last thing HK needs is US style racketeering laws that would break up the triads and bring in blood thirsty disorganized gangs that use extreme violence and don't care how many innocents they maim along the way.
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In reply to: CatInAFlap (Feb 24th 2013, 11:01am)
"We want to send a message to the triad that police are monitoring them closely and they will pay the price if they cause any trouble," a senior officer said. Ooooh! Scary stuff Mr Anonymous Policeman. I'd be shaking in my boots if I were a triad. Clearly, they do not pay a sufficient price to deter them.
Where is CY's comprehensive anti-triad program?


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I am looking for a 50" plasma and come across these two models. The 5070 is in Costco and I am wondering what is the difference between these two TV's or they are the same??
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I am looking for a 50" plasma and come across these two models. The 5070 is in Costco and I am wondering what is the difference between these two TV's or they are the same??
One is last years model (5070) and the other is this years model (5080). I don't know what the technical differences between the two are though.
IMHO, you can't even compare the two.
5070 is last year model. 5080 is this year model under the code name Kuro - it has new plasma cell structure or something like that.
5080 is so much better that not only it outperforms 5070 it also outperforms every other plasma in its price range including some 1080p Samsungs and Panasonics.
IMHO, Costco sells 5070 for very high price. Walmart sells 6070 (60"!!!) for just couple of hundred more.
You can buy 5080 for the same price for sure almost everywhere and with some luck and FS/BB sales even couple of hundreds less.
Check HDTV Deals forum.
fooit is absolutely right. Before considering buying the 5070 from Costco you should
try to find a good price on the 5080. This years Pioneer line has received outstanding reviews from many different sources. Try doing a search on "Kuro". This is the name of the
8G Pioneers. It is Japanese for black and the series is so named because of the panels
industry leading black-levels.
I have a 5070 and it has outstanding blacks. The 5080 must be incredible if it improves on that.
Both models are outstanding but the 5080 has about 80% lower black level than the 5070 (according to pioneer :))
Hey all.
Its come down to these two amazing plasma tvs but I cant decide which one to go for. I can get which ever one for the same price so thats not an issue. I have not seen the 50z85 in person yet as its coming out in a week or 2 in Canada. Anyone have input on which I should go for?
Anyone in America can give opinions thats seen the z85 in person?
Biggest difference I know of is the z85 is of course 1080p while the 5080 is not.
IF (big if) the z85 improves on the current generation of Panasonics in terms of overall PQ then it's a no brainer, get the Panasonic.
As you say, both sets are probably going to have amazing PQ so you might as well get the 1080p model.
I just want to start by saying how happy I am to have found this forum really great info here.
I currently have a 50 Toshiba rear projection non HD with a Yamaha 5.1 receiver and a set of PSB Image series speakers.
Now Im torn between a Pioneer 5080HD or a Sharp LC52D82U. Im aware of the pros and cons of potential burn in and lower resolution on the 5080, and the lines on the LC52D82U. My theater room is dim or completely dark and I sit about 9 to 10 away from the screen. Ive done a lot of reading and Im still having a hard time making up my mind would any one like to share their opinion?
As for the audio Im pretty much sold on the Onkio 605 it seems to have just about everything except THX at a good price. I dont see any need to change the speakers I think the PSBs would be tough to beet.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Hope I put this in the right forum it kind of falls between plasma and LCD.
Opinions are subjective and really of little value in making your decision if you're "torn between 2 models". If you read the forums you'll find thousands of opinions for and against various technologies, manufacturers and models. None of them can make up you mind for you though, unless you want to make a buying decision by keeping score of what gets good opinion reviews and what doesn't. My opinion is that this isn't the right path - you should buy what your own eyes tell you is delivering the best picture in your own opinion.
I'd suggest that a better tactic would be:
1) find a retailer that has a no-quibble return policy (*make sure* in advance they won't hassle you if the unit has been used for 30 days and you return it - Costco allows 90 days on all TV's, no questions asked).
2) if you're really torn and can't make up you mind, flip a coin. Otherwise, pick whichever one you like better.
3) buy it and live with it for 30 days (or 90, whatever the return policy is)
4) if you have no regrets at the end of the test period, then you're done.
5) if you have regrets, go back to step 3 with your other choice. Repeat as often as necessary to satisfy yourself that you got the right model.
I did this 4-1/2 years ago when looking for a 32" CRT HDTV. I went thru 2 models of Panasonic (my trials & tribulations spanned over a model year change) and one Toshiba before finally landing on the Sony KV32HS510. The retailer I was dealing with was *very* flexible and helpful, and was clear that they wanted me to be happy above anything else. I will definitely buy from them again because of their great service.
Funny thing about my past experience - the Sony is what I really wanted to start with, but I ended up trying the Panasonic(s) and the Toshiba because they were several hundred dollars cheaper, but in the end, I spent almost 6 months of pain to realize that you get what you pay for. It's no cliche.
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At this seating distance, you won't be seeing the extra resolution of the Sharp over the Pioneer, but you will see the better blacks from the Pioneer.
Plasma sets tend to hand satellite and cable signals better than the LCD ones. Response times are also faster on the plasma sets.
Burn in is still something to think about for plasma units and you have to watch responsibly.
I'm thinking at that distance, and in a dark room, you'll be better off with the Plasma. Especially if you're not planning to play many videogames, or use it with a PC.
I love LCD's (and have one) but in a dark room, I find you can set the Plasmas "dimmer" and still produce brilliant blacks.
Good luck with your choices!
Thanks for the replies guys
In the end I went with a Sharp Aquos LC-52SE94U. It was a little more than I was originally looking to spend but Im really happy with it. Its performance on 1080 is excellent, deep blacks and absolutely no banding like previous models. Im also very pleased with the Onkio 605 and the PS3.
(kina expensive weekend!)
I have a chance to grab up either of these 50" plasmas at a substantive discount. The questions I am wrestling with are #1 they are both display sets but appear to be in great shape, there is about 1k difference between the sets, the deal puts them at least $500 less than the nearest sale price for the 5010 and $700 less than what the 5080 seems to be going for at the two major chains. I did check out the Elite versions but I don't think I can justify the price difference given the feature set improvements or the warranty issue.
Anyone who has experience with these sets and or with buying a display set I would welcome your input. I had toyed with the newer Panasonic 800 and 850 but think the Pioneer sets will still be the better panel. Thoughts or comments? And the deal has to be done before Sunday. Thanks.
Michael TLV
To see the additional resolution ... you would have to be roughly 1 to 3x display height away from the TV. If you sit at 9 or 10 ft or more ... you won't see the extra pixels ...
But what you will see at that distance is downconversion artifacts from 1080p to 768p ... moire patterns ... dancing staircases ... weird shimmering on brick walls ... and so forth on the 5080 unit. Much less so when the 1080p does not have to be re-processed.
I have a chance to pick up a Pio Elite pro-110 over a Kuro 5080 at really reduced pricing (new 9g's about to hit the shelves). Even with the lower prices it's hard to justify the $1700 difference within my budget.
So, I am at a quandary as to justify the extra 1700 for the Elite.
As I can't physically compare the two in any showroom,
Is the 1080p really worthwhile when sitting 10-12' from the picture? How well will a Blu-ray player work with the lower rez?
Can the 5080 still be "calibrated" to bring it more into specs?
Is an extra 2 years warranty on the Elite worth the extra $$?
Your thoughts..
You have to decide for yourself if you can see the difference between 768p and 1080p at 10-12'.
I know that I can't - I tried several times at 2001 Audio Video when they had 50" 1080p and 768p sets side by side playing the same content.
Sure, when I get closer to like 4-5' I can clearly see the difference.
I think you'd better be looking at Elite 1150 if you can find it... or maybe 58" Samsung 550/650, 58" Panasonic 800 or 60" LG 60...
Price-wise they should be around the same price you are willing to pay for Elite 110 - IMHO, from 10-12' 58"-60" would be more valuable than 50" Elite 1080p.
I have a 5070 and it is a great tv, most of the material i view is 720p ( expressvu) thus a 768
panel is great. I don't think i have changed/checked the settings more than three times in two years.
Nah, I have pretty well settled on a Pioneer ..just too much time invested in checking all the plasma puppies out and Panny's came in a distant 2nd. Apparently, there are some issues with the upper end Pannys, including the 800's as well.
Unfortunately, my viewing room won't properly accommodate much over a 50", so that rules out a 60". The seating is pretty well clustered 10-12' from any set that will be mounted on the fireplace rock. That's why I was thinking that a 768p x 50" may be ok.
As well, I plan to eventually run a BluRay, hense my apprehension (of a 720p) in the first place.
As I said, there are no Elites and non-Elites in any showrooms now that can be compared side by side. This makes the exercise that much more difficult.
The 5080 received some really good reviews, but you probably already know that. When I was looking a couple of months ago I was in your position and was considering jumping on the 5080 at FS when, as it does now, they had it on for a good price. But, like you, I was hesitant about getting a 720p unit knowing that after thsi year nobody is likely going to be making them any more. I then hit the jackpot when I found the 5010 at Sams Club at a steal. I don;t know if they have a Sams in your area or if they have any more 5010's butit might be worth checking. Also, there is a group buy happening on redflagdeals that you may want to join. PM me if you can't find that link.
Pioneer is the way to go!


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If age is wearing on Kenny Chesney, it's nowhere more obvious than in his single choices of late. While the stadium superstar hasn't fully abandoned the boisterous country-rock anthems he's made a career on – cue his recent collaboration with Tim McGraw "Feel Like a Rock Star" – a pattern of riskier song selections released to country radio has emerged over the past couple years.
Beyond their moodier, sparer sound, these songs also share a strong connection to some of Nashville's heaviest-hitting singer-songwriters, removed from the current cadre of Nashville hit makers. Cases in point: The sweet, poignant duet with Mac McAnally on "Down the Road" in 2008, followed by the stream-of-consciousness storm "Somewhere with You" from Shane McAnally. He quickly followed those two up with the exquisite "You and Tequila," penned by Matraca Berg and Deana Carter and buoyed by the sweet harmonies and rougher edges of Grace Potter, and last single "Come Over," another McAnally co-write. His popular winking man-boy innuendo and island sheen may have been missing, but all of these songs drew from the wanderlust he weaves so successfully through almost all his songs.
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Unfortunately, Chesney's version shares only that instrumentation: The song's necessary grit and gravel are noticeably missing from his delivery, and everything comes off a little too smooth, a touch too neat and tidy. Longtime producer Buddy Cannon goes heavy on the production, ramping up the sound and watering down Chesney even further. Potter's welcome return is the highlight of the song, injecting a sexy aimlessness to the meandering lyrics that Chesney is finally able to feed off at the song's soaring last minute.
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Kudos to Chesney for putting $$$ in very deserving pockets.
Kind of indifferent to Chesney's take on this. Good song, but definitely a little too slick for my ear.
Heavy handed production ruins it. It needs the sparseness and rouch edges of Charlies version.
The review sounds positive, yet it gets a thumbs-down. I really liked Charlie Robison's version, probably my favorite song from the album. Chesney might miss the mark on grit but he doesn't bastardize the song, the song doesn't necessarily need grit. I'm glad the song will be going mainstream and Chesney oughta be as good a choice as anyone to bring it there.
I think I'd like this a lot more if I Charlie Robison hadn't already done a great job with it. Chesney's version isn't necessarily bad, it just can't match what Robison already did.
I am happy that Mr Gattis will most likely make some bucks on a great tune. In that respect is is a good thing.
Chesney does his usual great job on this song, though it could do without the mishmash that the producer throws in right before the end.
Actually, I think Charlie Robison is the odd man out. If I want to hear the gritty version the song, I'll play Keith Gattis's brilliant, brooding "Big City Blues" album.
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A 2-minute walk from the Marienplatz Square and the Hofbräuhaus Brewery, this hotel in Munich city centre offers a free spa, a 16th-century restaurant, and soundproofed rooms with flat-screen TVs. Free Wi-Fi is also included.
Platzl's large hot/cold breakfast features local and international products. Home-brewed beers and Bavarian specialities are served in the Wirtshaus Ayingers pub with beer garden. High-class Bavarian cuisine is offered in the historic vaulted restaurant.
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"Stadtmitte" means City Center. A striking number of Munich's attractions are situated in Stadtmitte. To name a few: Marienplatz, Altes Rathaus and the Munich City Museum. The Frauenkirche, or Dom, is also here. Stadtmitte is Munich at its most distinctive, Bavarian, and downright charming.


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The JP McManus-owned six-year-old won his fourth race of the season in the Grade Two Neptune Novices' Hurdle over two miles and five furlongs, beating the highly-touted The New One in a thrilling finish. At Fishers Cross will now step back up to three miles for the Albert Bartlett at the Festival, for which he is a best-priced 6-1 favourite with Ladbrokes.
"He's been great. He had a couple of problems which affected his jumping early on but we seem to have them sorted now and he's progressing the right way," Curtis told At The Races.
"I'd say he'll definitely run over three miles. He was meant to go to Doncaster over three miles for the Albert Bartlett trial but with that called off Cheltenham was the only graded race left.
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A steakhouse is just about as quintessentially Chicagoan as a restaurant can get — the James features David Burke's Primehouse, serving Kentucky-raised beef dry-aged on the premises. There's a small spa downstairs, and an extensive fitness center, the latter down to the fact that one of the James's founding partners also founded the Equinox fitness clubs. And no urban design hotel would be caught dead without something like the J Bar, a stylish and reasonably exclusive cocktail lounge where hotel guests mix with some of the more discerning locals.
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Great location, great food and great workout facilities. I would most definitely stay here again. Bar service and drinks were great and Prime steakhouse was awesome for lunch. Just a few maintenance/upkeep issues and i wouldn't have anything negative to say!
What the hotel could do better:
The room was great with nice furniture, bedding, views and mini bar. A few nicks and scratches always take something away from the overall experience. The towels were tattered and the bathroom door handle/towel rack was broken.
Room service food was definitely not on par with the actual restaurant, but it did the job late night.
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- Rating: Good
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Beautiful hotel, nice big room.
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parking fee $50/night. That's a bit excessive, don't you think?
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LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher acknowledged the team allowing what he called "big games" against Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick.
Yet Vick still hasn't emerged victorious against the Bears, which is exactly the way the club hopes to keep it Monday night when it faces the Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field.
"We've never contained him," said Urlacher of Vick on ESPN's "Mike & Mike in the Morning" on Thursday. "We keep him in the pocket pretty good. He has big games against us, but somehow we find ways to win. We get a turnover here or there or something like that. But you never stop the guy, I know that much."
Winless in three career starts against Chicago, Vick has completed 58.4 percent of his passes for 803 yards and three touchdowns to go with three interceptions against the Bears. Vick passed for 333 yards and two touchdowns in a loss to Chicago last Nov. 28 at Soldier Field, but the quarterback tossed a critical interception in the first half to Chris Harris with his team down by only one point (14-13) that proved disastrous.
Despite the lack of success against the Bears over his first 8 NFL seasons, Vick spoke glowingly of Urlacher and their various head-to-head matchups.
Vick called their history "unique."
"I think the fact we both came in around the same time, and we had so many epic battles against one another, all that I've been on the losing end of," Vick said. "But just the opportunity to play against him, the great player he is, and what he brings to the table, it's a pleasure and an honor playing against him. It's always a challenge. That's what it's about: The best going against the best."
Urlacher definitely categorizes Vick among the game's elite signal-callers, adding that the quarterback has improved as a passer over the past couple of seasons, but still looks to do damage by running the ball.
"His best assets are still his legs," Urlacher said. "He makes good decisions with the football, but he still needs to run the football. That's where he can hurt people. He's still faster than everybody, can run the football and get out of bounds. That's what he's been doing the last couple of games."
Vick credited the Bears coaching staff and Urlacher for the success of the club's Cover-2 heavy scheme, saying that "when you've got a player like that, he can demand greatness out of a lot of other players."
Looking back at last year's loss at Soldier Field, Vick said the home team shut down the Eagles in several critical facets. The Eagles racked up 398 total yards, but were held scoreless in the third quarter, while Vick suffered four sacks.
"They did a real good job in all three areas: Third down, red zone, and first and second downs," Vick said. "They just made it kind of difficult for us. We got off to a rough start in the beginning, and we were able to pick it up in the second and third quarter. We just didn't finish in the fourth. That hurt us."
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VIRGINIA BEACH--Several people who shelled out hundreds of dollars to participate in a Va. Beach Tough Mudder event last weekend are upset after organizers canceled and then said via Facebook they were offering, 'refunds to spectators and transfersfor participants.'
Tough Mudder is a 10 to12 mile obstacle course that includes plunging into ice cold water and dodging electricity.
Organizers said Tropical Storm Andrea forced the cancellation of Saturday's obstacle course event because the course was unsafe.
Kevin Vanous, who signed up to be a participant, said he thought the reason for the cancellation was weather damage to the emergency access roads.
'The roads were too muddy and watery to get the vehicles to pick up the person that's injured and get them back to the tent. It wasn't that the course was too muddy, it was the access roads,' said Vanous.
Jon Vaillancourt also planned to take part in Tough Mudder Virginia Beach, with his family from Wisconsin. He and all his brothers wanted to participate and their mother was here to watch.
'Timing-wise, we all wanted to do it together, that was a big part of it. We all wanted to do it together with a team, but also it was a family thing for me,' said Vaillancourt.
The cancellation set off a firestorm of comments on the Tough Mudder Facebook page.
Many people thought they deserved a refund and were upset with the organization.
Zack Harwood posted, 'Bottom line, event canceled due to unforeseen weather, everyone gets that. Telling everyone its cool to transfer to an event 6+ hours away, or else no refund, isn't cool. I paid for services that simply were not provided.'
Some people said they knew when they signed up for the event that refunds were not an option.
13News contacted Tough Mudder to find out what their refund policy was. We received an email saying they'd provide people with a free transfer to another event but didn't mention anything about a cash refund.
'I know my whole team was upset. We'd been looking forward to it since February,' said Vanous.
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Hi Mudders,
As you now know, the weather took a turn for the worst and our event this weekend has been effected by the storm. We will be providing anyone who cannot make the event this weekend with a free transfer to another Tough Mudder event.
We will send another email to all registered participants with detailed instructions on using your VA Beach registration for another Tough Mudder event.Be on the lookout for an email that contains the transfer form you and your teammates will fill out within the next 48-hours. This form will also be put onto the VA Beach Event page: http://toughmudder.com/events/virginia-beach-2013/
We appreciate your patience and look forward to helping you get registered for another Tough Mudder event.


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SINGAPORE - The Asian Festival of Children's Content (AFCC), which kicked off on Friday, is presenting a line-up of activities and talks in various libraries, including the National Library Building.
The event organised by the National Book Development Council of Singapore was attended by Mr Lawrence Wong, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth on Friday.
The six-day festival includes a host of free and ticketed activities such as performances, public talks, and workshops targeted at people interested in Asian content for children, from parents and children to writers, illustrators and educators.
At the event, Mr Wong, who is also Second Minister for Communications and Information, highlighted the importance of stories in teaching children about the world and its history. Reading each other's stories will also bind communities together, he said.
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HOUSTON - An argument between two longtime friends turned into a fatal shooting in northeast Houston late Tuesday, police said.
It was reported on Calgary Lane at Onslow Street around 8:30 p.m., according to the Houston Police Department.
Officers said they were called to reports of a shooting and found a wounded man. He was sent to the hospital where he later died.
Witnesses told officers the victim got into an altercation with a friend, and he was shot.
Someone was placed in a patrol car at the scene, but police would not confirm if the suspected shooter was taken into custody.


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Conoscopic image
(Science: microscopy) The interference pattern and diffraction image seen at the back aperture of the objective lens. The conoscopic image provides a two-dimensional projection of the rays travelling in three dimensions in the specimen space.
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The Neuropathy Association encourages and supports research into the causes of and treatments for neuropathy with the goal of one day finding a cure. In support of this mission, we provide annual research grants to promising researchers and projects that support our mission. Final award recipients are selected based on the recommendations of our Research Advisory Council.
Information for Potential Applicants:
Each year, The Neuropathy Association solicits research proposals into the causes of and treatments for peripheral neuropathies. Up to two research grants, each for $ 40,000 per year for two years, are awarded.
In order to receive an application form, please send a letter of intent with a one paragraph description of the proposed project to:
The Neuropathy AssociationAttn: Grants Program60 East 42nd Street, Suite 942New York, NY 10165


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