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How do we make studying Torah by adults a central part of our synagogue?
Your first goal should probably be some popularly-attended classes, which you can expand out from.
Start with one class. Here are some tips for making it popular, based on my experience in youth programming, scheduling things at Hillel in college, and participating for a few years now in a weekly Talmud seminar.
Once you have one class thriving, expand out into additional classes. Consider having at least one class that requires preparation of a text ahead of time, then schedule time before the class (or elsewhen in the week) when there is a study room open for people who want to do their preparation there, staffed with someone who can answer questions. Also, offer to match people up to study together. If you can create a situation in which people are meeting their friends to study, you're well on your way to having Torah study be central to your synagogue.
I don't know what level the people in your synagogue are holding at. If they are holding at a decent level, try making a night beis medrash program for an hour a night. One night have chavrusa (one on one) learning. One night have a shuir (lecture) in halacha. One night have a shuir in gemara (talmus). One night in mussar (ethics). Etc.
If they are beginners, try having a one night a week shuir on simple chumash (bible).
Sunday morning shiurim (clases) usually get great results if you have breakfast with it. People aren't working so they are willing to come.
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The Morning of the Magicians: Secret Societies, Conspiracies, and Vanished Civilizations, by Louis Pauwels and Jacques Bergier
Destiny Books, 9781594772313, 414 pp, 1960, 2009
I wasn't sure what I was expecting to get out of this book when I picked it up, and must say the introduction already had me very concerned when the authors said "so as not to weigh down the book too much, we have avoided a multiplicity of references, footnotes, and bibliographies." It should be pointed out that a "multiplicity" of bibliographies means not including any bibliography, multiplicity of references and footnotes refers to a sparse inclusion that information was taken from somewhere, but rarely stated where.
In general a lack of sources has me a bit worried about a book, but this book really supported that worry, for it wasn't common knowledge, or acceptable stories, but it was wildly "out there" stories as fact, with no backing. Pauwels and Bergier felt that science was too constraining, and that people should open themselves up to the reality of other possibilities. A notion I can agree with, but a quick look at Continue reading

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The upcoming Coachella and Lollapalooza music festivals have joined a growing number of events worldwide forbidding selfie sticks on the grounds.
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Like last year, YouTube will live-stream the giant music festival. You can choose from three channels, and (probably) see the headliners, all without bathroom lines.
Sources tell AllThingsD that the microblogging service's new standalone music app could launch as early as tomorrow at the Coachella music festival.
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This story initially misstated a statistic about the live stream viewership. It's been viewed 4 million times.
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Now that vintage clothes seem to cost more than anything on the high street, it's time to find out where London's fashion bargains truly lie. Between the charity shops' rags and the vintage boutiques' riches lie the wonders of the thrift store; second-hand stuff that's beautifully curated but doesn't cost the earth. Sift through the wares in London's ten best.
East End Thrift Store
The straightforward idea behind the EETS is to provide good value vintage – which is becoming a bit of rarity in the capital. The owners come from the Topman stable, and have a good feel for current trends. You'll find lots of vintage denim shirts for £15 and jackets for £25, as well as leather skirts and cheap £10 party frocks. To bring you prices this cheap, money has been saved on decor – by which we mean to say, there isn't any. But while the converted old Stepney warehouse isn't pretty, it is functional. The first floor now sells more expensive product and the odd designer piece. Join the mailing list to hear about frequent sales and super cheap jumble events.Read more
Beyond Retro
It's difficult to walk into this east London institution and not be dazzled by the rainbow rails. With a decade under its belt, it's easy to see what has made the franchise such a success: it caters for the festival teen, the trendy twenty-something and the shrewd, more mature, fashionista. For both men and women, this branch offers one of the widest selection of retro-wear in London, all under one roof. Ready for the summer shopper, the current stock includes Hawaiian shirts galore and its very own range of sleeveless cropped shirts in every shade and style under the sun. A word to the wise though: don't be so overwhelmed by the potent mix of patterns and colours that you pick out any old thing, finding the right item takes time and consideration.Read more
Absolute Vintage
Absolute Vintage may be a stretch away from the crowds of Brick Lane, but that doesn't stop it filling up, and with its cluttered display of goods, browsing can get tiresome. However, clothes start from a fiver upwards here and you can easily throw together an outfit for under £100 – although you'd be wise to exercise some quality control. The cracked shoe soles and faded colours take some patience to sift through, and boots are overpriced at £50 or £60. But the quantity of goods makes up for the quality, and there's a great cabinet filled with hard to find Chanel bags.Read more
This pocket-sized shop is stocked by Gallic owner Margot Waggoner with sweet sailorette dresses and bleached cotton petticoats. If you're a bit crafty, you can buy a sweet little lace collar from here and sew it on to a plain dress to make it your own. There are also lots of collectible items that look like they've been raided from a 1950s Parisian larder; cute rusty tins and vintage bits and bobs which would make perfect gifts for the kind of people who would never throw anything away.Read more
Blitz opened in 2011, and instantly put the other vintage shops in the capital to shame. This is a vintage department store, covering all floors of a glorious old furniture factory. The building itself is jaw-dropping, and has been renovated beautifully by the Blitz team. Floors are clearly merchandised with a furniture selection from Broadway Market's The Dog & Wardrobe, an accessories floor, a book collection and rails and rails of neatly presented fashion. Buyers Jan Skinners and John Howlin look to nearby Brick Lane for their inspiration, buying immaculate seersucker blazers, coloured denim, brogues and silk kimonos for their fashion focused clientele. The selection is all killer and no filler – and cleaned, steamed and folded before it hits the shop floor. To see our video of Blitz, go to www.timeout.com/blitzRead more
Crazy Man Crazy
One of the very few menswear-only vintage shops in London, Crazy Man Crazy is worth the trek from Crystal Palace station. Owner Paul Davies is about to celebrate two years in trade, and stocks American style clothing from the '40s-'50s. Although small in size, the store is cleverly laid out by style, and is stylishly propped with a gigantic white double bass and a retro radio playing '50s rock and roll. The shop provides the vintage of choice for numerous rockabilly bands, and stocks a great variety of leather and bomber jackets priced from £65-£225, and a neat selection of jeans hung on mini meat hooks for £25 to £130.Read more
As Rokit's flagship store – there's also one in Camden and two in Brick Lane – this branch stocks the most comprehensive selection of second-hand items, from tutus and military gear right through to cowboy boots and sunglasses. You won't find many well-known labels here, but it's still worth a rummage; on previous visits a Gunne Sax prairie dress and a Marimekko day dress were unearthed, and they were an absolute steal. There are also scarves, belts and hats galore. For men there are Doherty-style trilbies, waistcoats and shirts, as well as the usual male Americana. The shop at 107 Brick Lane is more boutiquey.Read more
Cafe Vintage
Tucked away on the largely residential Mountgrove Road, Cafe Vintage joins a petite parade of independent shops. Sisters Aysha Sparks and Nadia Allman head up the bijou boutique-café crossover and offer a distinctly nostalgic nod to 1940s Britain. The charming café (featuring homemade, retro-influenced cakes and artisan breads) leads to a small backroom rammed with personally selected, washed and ironed vintage. The wartime era is well represented here, but '80s and '90s outfits, shoes and accessories also feature and, though the space is small, a good scour is usually well rewarded. If you have spare threads yourself, Cafe Vintage also runs a competitive consignment service, with 50 per cent of the sales price going back to the seller.Read more
Victory Vintage
This roomy and artfully arranged store in West London's Whiteleys shopping centre fashions itself as a boutique appealing to the same shoppers that might browse the centre's designer and high street labels. Apparel is of exceptional quality, men and women being equally well catered for. Choice retro garb including carefully selected dresses, shoes and jewellery join furs (mink and fox in particular) as well as gent's suits, formal wear and dapper accessories selected by Jake Hammond, a clothes trader with years of vintage experience. Founders Zoe Plummer and her sister Rebecca do a great job of keeping the stock fresh and though items here may be pricier than more jumble-like shops in the East End, you're paying for real vintage know-how and hand-picked pieces.Read more
Frockney Rebel Vintage
Laura McAlpine (now defunct Vintroville) and furniture designer Omid Asghari are behind this sleek outlet. Together, they look to source wearable vintage (that means no fancy dress prom dresses) from across Europe and make regular visits to Berlin, Milan and Paris to handpick their women's and menswear. Despite the effort these two go two, prices are surprisingly reasonable with almost all pieces (including coats and shoes) coming in under £50.Read more


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At our Build developer conference at the end of June, Foursquare announced they were going to release an app for Windows 8. This marks the first official Foursquare app for large-screen devices, available exclusively on Windows 8. Here is what Dennis Crowley, Co-founder and CEO of Foursquare, said about the app:
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A booming town during the gold rush of the 1880s, Charters Towers is located approximately 130 kilometres south-west of Townsville on the Flinders Highway/Overlanders Way. Today you can still see evidence of those early days with many museums, tours and country style shops to showcase the history of the goldfields.
Take a walk down Gill and Mosman Streets in the centre of town for many great examples of colonial architecture of the late 1800s. Stop in at the World Theatre, originally the Australian Bank of Commerce and now housing a state-of-the-art cinema and 660 seat auditorium arts facility. Continue to The Miner's Cottage in Deane Street where you can try your hand at panning for gold.
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Every year about this time I hit my blogging slump…and this year has been no different. Except with the added bonus of growing bigger by the second (it's
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We spent last week in Vegas enjoying the sun and I got to sneak away to lunch and fabric shopping with Camille…those pink polka dots are perfect.
Today in between vacation laundry I pulled out a work in progress and basted the whole thing…then realized that I had basted the whole thing with the backing right side up…sigh.
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Hmm. I have several files that were over 2GB, One around 3GB, and the other
is 28GB. Im running ext2 as my filesystem. Ive searched using mc, recover
and debugfs, and they can find no trace of my wayward file. I guess I have
to give up at this point, though it is painful.
----- Original Message -----
From: "ME" <email@example.com>
To: <email@example.com>
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 10:59 PM
Subject: Re: [vox-tech] Recovering data
> Others on the list can correct me if I am wrong, but I think the max
> filesize for ext2 and ext3 is 2GB while for ResierFS is in the Exabytes
> but since Max block dev size for Linux-2.4 series is 2 Terabytes, this can
> be an effective limit for all fs under this version kernel.
> So, if you were using ext2 or ext3, and tried to write an 8GB file via smb
> service mapped volume to an ext2/ext3 filesystem, it is not clear what
> would happen without looking at the source. I would *hope* that an error
> would be returned to smbd during the file write, or an exception would be
> thrown effecting error control and recovery so that when the write beyond
> max was being attempted, the error would be passed by smbd to the session
> to fail the transfer.
> This being said, I have seen files in ext2 that had reported sizes larger
> than 2GB, but in all cases where I saw this, the file was damaged and did
> not really occupy the space stated in the listing. I'm still not usi9ng a
> current ext3, so if anyone can state with certainty that ext3 can write
> beyond the 2GB file limit, then they would likely be informing you of what
> is true now.
> This is one feature of resierfs that makes it more sexy than ext3 -
> assuming it is still true.
> Probably not what you wanted to hear. :-/
> If the file was deleted, you can examine using "mc" (midnight commander)
> to read the device directly (as root) and try to "undelete" the lost file.
> However, last I checked, this was only officially supported for ext2 under
> mc. :-/
> (To make matters worse, i think that mc uses the same effective procedure
> as debugfs for "undelete.")
> Sorry, hope the news gets better,
> Michael J Wenk said:
> > Okay more details.
> >
> > My network has 4 systems on it. The two important systems in this case
> > are
> > praxis and buffy. praxis is a linux system running debian woody(2.4.19
> > kernel), and buffy is a toshiba laptop running windows XP.
> >
> > I ran a full save backup on buffy using the ntbackup tool that comes
> > XP. This was run last thurday or friday(I forget which.) The next day
> > tested restoring a cpl of files from the backup and it worked great.
> > to
> > some CD issues, I couldn't do the rebuild restore that day, so I waited
> > until last night. I decided to run an incremental backup, and when the
> > thing thought that EVERY file had changed, I decided well, that's bogus,
> > we'll just go with the full I made before. I also decided to use a
> > different filename for my backup(I checked append to backup as well.)
> >
> > Here's where I made my major error I think, I didn't check to make sure
> > the
> > backup file was still there before I reinstalled. I suspect(not knowing
> > enough about the ntbackup tool, I do not know) that when I ran the
> > incremental, it decided to delete my old backup file. Why it did this,
> > do
> > not know, nor can I understand why anyone would think the simple change
> > a
> > filename would mean the old filename was unimportant. Anyways, after I
> > ran
> > the reinstall and added the basic driver packages, I went and lo and
> > behold
> > my backup file was empty. The original name was "Jeanette Backup.bkf"
> > the name I chose to make the incremental was "Jeanette Backup2.bkf".
> >
> > The system is running samba 2.2.3a. There is nothing useful that I can
> > see
> > in any samba logs. I did notice something I was unaware of, the laptop
> > that
> > I call buffy was not in my static DHCP table, ie, it is getting various
> > addresses and names. I wonder if that could have an effect? I went
> > the filesystem that I stored the backup on and tried to search for the
> > file
> > with debugfs, but either because the file was too large(recover
> > on me) or some other reason. Ive tried the tricks I know to recover a
> > file,
> > and have failed, so Ive pretty much given up on my data, but ANY help
> > would
> > be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Oh, the laptop XP system did have its latest patches
> > on
> > windows update.) My samba uses user authentication, and other than only
> > allowing connections on my local subnet, has no other configuration...
> > Please let me know any other details needed.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Mike
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Rod Roark" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
> > To: <firstname.lastname@example.com>
> > Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 3:20 PM
> > Subject: Re: [vox-tech] Recovering data
> >
> >
> >> This sounds like one of those problems that depends
> >> completely on the smallest details. I think it was Einstein
> >> who said a problem cannot be solved at the same level of
> >> awareness with which it was created. :-)
> >>
> >> I don't know if anyone here can help, but if we can you'll
> >> have to give more info. Like exactly what was involved in
> >> doing the backup and the test restore (Samba?).
> >>
> >> On Monday 17 March 2003 01:54 pm, Michael J Wenk wrote:
> >> > I have a problem where I seem to have lost around 10GB of data from a
> >> > backup of a PC I have. The file was not rm'd. I suspect that the
> > program
> >> > that wrote it trashed it(I admit Im not totally sure.) What happened
> > was I
> >> > ran a backup under XP to a netdrive that resides on my linux system.
> >> > verfied the data was there and was usable(by doing a small restore.)
> >> > However, after I rebuilt the machine, that same backup file went from
> > about
> >> > 10GB down to 20KB. Since I have not written that kinda data to the
> > disk, I
> >> > suspect that my data is still there, however using debugfs(the trick
> >> to
> >> > getting info back I know) did not work. Does anyone know of any
> > way
> >> > to get at that information?
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Fleeing vehicle crashes, injures 3 people
07/16/2014 7:39amA police chase involving a possible suspect in a robbery sent three people to the hospital.
Dog attacks 14-year-old girl
07/16/2014 7:55amA 14-year-old girl is in the hospital after being attacked by a pit bull in Cottonwood Heights.
Utah boy drowns in eastern Montana lake
07/16/2014 8:43amOfficials in eastern Montana have released the name of a 15-year-old boy who drowned while trying to swim to an island in a small lake near Miles City.
Fate of historic school debated in Draper
07/16/2014 8:57amDraper city leaders and members of the community are at odds over the fate of a historic building.
The myth of the 'base tan'
07/16/2014 9:28amIt's a widely held belief that if someone wants to protect their skin from the sun over the summer, they need to have a base tan. But dermatologists say it's a dangerous myth.
Feds may seek more proof on auto mileage claims
07/16/2014 10:04amThe federal government may require automakers to road test cars to ensure the accuracy of gas mileage claims, the Environmental Protection Agency confirmed Tuesday.
Tips for choosing a home inspector
07/16/2014 11:15amGetting a home inspected before closing is routine for finding out what might be wrong with the house you're buying. But how do you know which home inspector is right for you?
After own experience, woman creates scholarship race for single moms
07/16/2014 11:34amKatie Bunnell was 23 years old when her husband unexpectedly passed away, leaving her with a 3-month-old baby.
Maintain your brain
07/16/2014 2:00pmThe ins and outs of how to keep your brain healthy so you can run on all cylinders.
Local band believes in 'giving out' music, releases video
07/16/2014 3:45pmThe Signal Sound released a music video last week, so KSL talked to them about the video, their influences and what's next for them.
Parole board considering release of Reggie Campos
07/16/2014 4:05pmThe man once convicted of shooting a neighborhood watchman during a confrontation in Bluffdale, leaving the man paralyzed, is scheduled to be released from prison. But because of several recent court rulings, the parole board met Wednesday to decide whether he should remain in prison for another year.
Ex-boyfriend stabs man in fight over woman, police say
07/16/2014 4:07pmAn ex-boyfriend stabbed a woman's new boyfriend in a fight Tuesday, police said.
2 arrested in connection with forged check, stolen motorcycle
07/16/2014 4:31pmA man and woman were arrested Tuesday evening after attempting to pass a forged check and riding on a stolen motorcycle, police said.
2 arrested after stabbing sends man to hospital, police say
07/16/2014 5:32pmTwo men were arrested after a confrontation that sent another man to the hospital Wednesday, police said.
Passers-by save driver from burning semitruck
07/16/2014 5:51pmTwo semitrucks collided and caught fire on I- 80 near the Wyoming border Wednesday morning. Investigators said passers-by pulled a critically injured person from one of the semis.
Funeral held for 6 slain family members in Texas
07/16/2014 7:23pmSix white caskets containing the bodies of a suburban Houston couple and four of their five children were wheeled into a church Wednesday for funeral services not far from where the family was gunned down at their home a week ago.
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Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert Speer, commonly known as Albert Speer (19 March 1905 - 1 September 1981), was an architect, author and, for part of World War II, Minister of Armaments and War, sometimes called "the first architect of the Third Reich".
Speer was Hitler's chief architect before becoming his Minister for Armaments during World War II. He reformed Germany's war production to the extent that it continued to increase despite massive and devastating Allied bombing. After the war, he was tried at Nuremberg and sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment for his role in the Third Reich. As "the Nazi who said sorry", he was the only senior Nazi figure to admit guilt and express remorse, many referred to him as the "Good Nazi" and a book on his life was written with that title. Following his release in 1966, he became an author, writing two bestselling autobiographical works, and a third about the Third Reich. His two autobiographical works, Inside the Third Reich and Spandau: the Secret Diaries detailed his often close personal relationship with Adolf Hitler, and have provided readers and historians with an unequaled personal view inside the workings of the Third Reich. Speer died of natural causes in 1981, in London, England.
He began his architectural studies at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology; his decision to study locally instead of at one of the more prestigious institutes was dictated by the inflation crisis of 1923. In 1924 when the inflation had stabilized, Speer transferred his studies to the more esteemed Technical University of Munich. In 1925 he transferred again, this time to the Technical University of Berlin. It was there that he came under the tutelage of Heinrich Tessenow. Speer had a high regard for Tessenow and when he passed his exams in 1928 he became Tessenow's assistant, a high honor for a man of 23. His duties as assistant involved teaching seminar classes three days a week.
In the summer of 1922 he got to know Margarete Weber from Heidelberg (1905 - 1987). They soon fell in love; a relationship frowned upon by Speer's socially conscious mother, who felt the Webers (Margarete's father was a successful craftsman who employed fifty workers) were socially inferior. Despite this opposition, they married in Berlin on 28 August 1928, though it would be seven years before Margarete Speer would be invited to her in-laws' home. Between 1934 and 1942 Margarete gave birth to six children: Albert (*1934), Hilde (*1936), Fritz (*1937), Margarete Nissen (*1938), Arnold (* 1940, born Adolf, renamed after 1945) and Ernst (*1942).
Speer states he was apolitical as a young man, and that he attended a Berlin Nazi rally out of curiosity. He was surprised to find Hitler dressed in a neat blue suit, rather than the brown uniform seen on Nazi Party posters. Speer claimed to have been quite affected, not only with Hitler's proposed solutions to the threat of Communism and his renunciation of the Treaty of Versailles, but also with the man himself. Several weeks later he attended another rally, though this one was presided over by Joseph Goebbels. Speer was disturbed by the way he had whipped the crowd into a frenzy, playing on their hopes. Although Goebbels' performance offended Speer, he could not shake the impressions Hitler made on him. The next day he joined the Nazi Party as member number 474,481.
In 1931, Speer surrendered his position as Tesserow's assistant due to pay cuts. With little work, he devoted time to Party activities, and since he was one of the few members with a vehicle, was often assigned to drive Nazi officials, developing contacts among the Nazi elite. Speer's first major commission as a Party member came in 1932 when Karl Hanke (whose villa Speer previously worked on) recommended him to Goebbels to help renovate the new District Headquarters in Berlin, and, later, to renovate Goebbels' Propaganda Ministry. Goebbels was impressed with his work and recommended him to Hitler, who assigned him to help Paul Troost renovate the Chancellery in Berlin. Speer's most notable work on this assignment was the addition of the famous balcony from which Hitler often presented himself to crowds that assembled below. Speer subsequently became a prominent member of Hitler's inner circle and a very close friend to him, winning a special place with Hitler that was unique amongst the Nazi leadership. Hitler, according to Speer, was very contemptuous towards anybody he viewed as part of the bureaucracy, and prized fellow artists like Speer with whom he felt a certain kinship, especially as Hitler himself had previously entertained architectural ambitions.
When Troost died in 1934, Speer was chosen to replace him as the Party's chief architect. One of his first commissions after promotion was perhaps the most familiar of his designs: the Zeppelintribüne, the Nuremberg parade grounds seen in Leni Riefenstahl's propaganda masterpiece, Triumph of the Will. Speer's selection for this commission followed his successful design for the 1933 May Day commemoration in Berlin. In his autobiography, Speer claimed that, upon seeing the original design for the Berlin rally, he made a derogatory remark to the effect that the site would resemble a "rifle club" meet. He was then challenged to create a new design. His design, using huge flags, was so successful that he was the obvious choice for the Nuremberg rally.
The grounds were based on ancient Doric architecture of the Pergamon Altar in Anatolia, but magnified to an enormous scale, capable of holding two hundred and forty thousand people. Speer insisted that as many events be held at night as possible, both to give greater prominence to his lighting effects and to hide the individual Nazis, many of whom had become corpulent in office. Speer surrounded the site with one hundred and thirty anti-aircraft searchlights. This created the effect of a "Cathedral of Light", (which referenced columns) or, as it was called by British Ambassador Sir Neville Henderson, a "cathedral of ice". Speer later described this as his greatest work.
In 1935 Speer started a close cooperation with the German-French sculptor Arno Breker. They were friends over decades until the death of Speer.
Nuremberg was also to be the site of many more official Nazi buildings, most of which were never built; for example, the German Stadium would have held another four hundred thousand spectators as the site of the Aryan Games, a proposed replacement for the Olympic Games. While planning these buildings, Speer invented the theory of "ruin value." According to this theory, enthusiastically supported by Hitler, all new buildings would be constructed in such a way that they would leave aesthetically pleasing ruins thousands of years in the future. Such ruins would be a testament to the greatness of the Third Reich, just as ancient Greek or Roman ruins were symbols of the greatness of their civilizations. In practice, this theory manifested itself in his marked preference for monumental stone construction, rather than the use of steel frames and ferroconcrete.
In 1937 Speer designed the German Pavilion for the 1937 international exposition in Paris. Speer's work was located directly across from the Soviet Pavilion and was designed to represent a massive defence against the onslaught of Communism. In his memoirs, Speer relates how he was able to obtain a clandestine look at the plans for the Soviet pavilion, and how he modified his plans in response. Both pavilions were awarded gold medals for their designs.
Speer was also directed to make plans to rebuild Berlin, which was to become the capital of a "Greater Germany"—Welthauptstadt Germania. The first step in these plans was the Olympic Stadium for the 1936 Summer Olympics, designed by Werner March. Speer also designed the new Reich Chancellery, which included a vast hall designed to be twice as long as the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles. Hitler wanted him to build a third, even larger Chancellery, although it was never begun. The second Chancellery was damaged by the Battle of Berlin in 1945 and was eventually demolished by the Soviet occupiers after the war.
Almost none of the other buildings planned for Berlin were ever built. Berlin was to be reorganised along a central three-mile- (five km) long avenue. At the north end, Speer planned to build the Volkshalle—an enormous domed building, based on St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. The dome of the building would have been impractically large; it would be over high and in diameter, 17 times larger than the dome of St. Peter's. At the southern end of the avenue would be an arch based on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, but again, much larger; it would be almost high, and the Arc de Triomphe would have been able to fit inside its opening. The outbreak of World War II in 1939 led to the abandonment of these plans.
Part of the land for the boulevard was to be found by building two major railway stations, one just north and one just south of the boulevard. This would free up many of the tracks in between. However, according to Speer in The Spandau Diaries, 80,000 buildings would have to be destroyed to complete his plans.
While the north-south axis was not completed, an east-west axis, focused upon the Brandenburg Gate was completed and remains in Berlin today. While none of the buildings designed by Speer during the Nazi era still stand in Berlin, some lampposts remain.
It has been alleged that Speer was responsible for the forced evictions of Jews from their houses to make room for his grand plans, and for re-housing only Aryans affected by this work. These allegations are, however, disputed. He was also listed as being present at the 1943 Posen Conference, a charge Speer later contested by saying that he had in fact left early.
Speer did have an architectural rival: Hermann Giesler, whom Hitler also favoured. There were frequent clashes between the two in regard to architectural matters and in closeness to Hitler.
After Minister of Armaments and War Production Fritz Todt was killed in a plane crash in 1942, Hitler appointed Speer as his successor in all of his posts. Hitler's affinity for Speer and the architect's efficiency and avoidance of party squabbling are believed to have been considerations in Speer's promotion. In his autobiography, Speer recounts that the power-hungry but lazy Hermann Göring raced to Hitler's headquarters upon word of Todt's death, hoping to claim the office. Hitler instead presented Göring with the fait accompli of Speer's appointment.
Faced with this new responsibility, Speer tried to put the German economy on a war footing comparable to that of the Allied nations, but found himself incessantly hindered by party politics and the lack of cooperation from the Nazi hierarchy. Nevertheless, by slowly centralising almost all industry control and cutting through the dense bureaucracy, he succeeded in multiplying war production four times over the next two and a half years, and it reached its peak in 1944 during the height of the Allied strategic bombing campaign. Another big hurdle in his way was the Nazi policy of excluding women from factory work, a serious hindrance in war production and a problem not experienced by Germany's enemies, all of whom made use of the female workforce. To fill this gap, Speer made heavy use of foreign labour as well as forced labour, the latter mainly from the various types of prisoners in the Third Reich.
Speer was considered one of the more "rational" members of the Nazi hierarchy, in contrast with Hitler, Göring, Goebbels, and Himmler. Speer's name was found on the list of members of a post-Hitler government envisioned by the conspirators behind the 1944 July 20 plot to kill Hitler. However, the list had a question mark and the annotation "if possible" by his name, which Speer credits with helping save his life from the extensive purges that followed the scheme's failure. By his own account, Speer considered assassinating Hitler in 1945 by releasing poison gas into the air intake vent on the Führerbunker, but the plan, such as it was, was frustrated for a number of reasons, one of them being the alterations made to the ventilation system by Hitler shortly before the plan was to come in action. Independent evidence for this is sparse. Some credit his revelation of this plan at the Nuremberg trials as being pivotal in sparing him the death sentence, for which the Soviets had pushed.
On 13 January Speer gave a presentation to army corps commanders in a camp near Berlin. According to Speer, Allied bombing was not the biggest problem for German industry. He pointed out that German industry had produced 218,000 rifles in December 1944 alone, nearly double the monthly average in 1941. The production of automatic weapons was up by four times and tank production was up by nearly five times. In addition, the tanks produced were much heavier.
Speer talked for over forty minutes reeling off production statistics. German industry's problem, according to Speer, was Germany's shortage of fuel. Speer did not mention to the corps commanders anything about the shortage of ammunition or the growing reliance on slave labour.
Hitler continued to consider Speer trustworthy, though this trust waned near the war's end as Speer, at considerable risk, campaigned clandestinely to prevent the implementation of Hitler's Nero Decree. The Nero Decree was issued on 19 March and it promoted a scorched earth policy on both German soil and occupied territories. Speer worked in association with General Gotthard Heinrici, whose troops fighting in the east retreated to the American-held lines and surrendered there instead of following Hitler's orders to make what would have been a suicidal effort to hold off the Soviets from Berlin.
Speer even confessed to Hitler shortly before the dictator's suicide that he had disobeyed, and indeed actively hindered Hitler's "scorched earth" decree. According to Speer's autobiography, Speer visited the Führerbunker towards the end and stated gently but bluntly to Hitler that the war was lost and expressed his opposition to the systematic destruction of Germany while reaffirming his affection and faith in Hitler. This conversation, it is said, brought Hitler to tears. On 23 April Speer left the Führerbunker. Now in disfavour, on 29 April, Speer was excluded from the new Hitler's Cabinet outlined in his final political testament. This document specified that Speer was to be replaced by his subordinate, Karl-Otto Saur.
According to his memoirs, Speer was greeted civilly upon arrival at Nuremberg Prison by prison Commandant Colonel Burton C. Andrus, who was known for treating Nazi war criminals under his jurisdiction with icy disdain. The same memoir mentions Andrus apologizing to Speer for his policy of strictness with the prisoners under his jurisdiction.
At the Nuremberg Trials, Speer was one of the few officials to express remorse. Speer was indicted on four counts: first, participating in a common plan or conspiracy for the accomplishment of crime against peace, second, planning, initiating and waging wars of aggression and other crimes against peace, third, war crimes, and lastly, crimes against humanity. He was found guilty for the last two, for which he was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment, most of which he would serve at Spandau Prison, West Berlin, largely for his use of slave labour. In Speer's testimony, dated 15 June, 1977, he maintained that he "still [saw his] main guilt in [...] having approved of the persecution of the Jews and of the murder of millions of them.
According to interviews after his imprisonment, as well as his memoirs, Speer adopted a "see no evil" attitude towards the Nazi atrocities. For example, he claimed to have learned of unspecified disturbing events at Auschwitz through his friend Karl Hanke. He then purposely avoided visiting the camp or trying to get more information about what was taking place. In his autobiography, he claims that he had no direct involvement or knowledge of the Holocaust, although he admits having blinded himself to its existence and expresses remorse for this. He certainly was aware, at least, of harsh conditions for the slave labour, and some critics believe that his books understate his role in the atrocities of the era. Moreover, documents uncovered by the Berlin historian Susanne Willems suggest that Speer knew a great deal more about the atrocities than he claimed to.In his memoirs, Speer claimed to be "under the spell" of Hitler, finding it difficult to reconcile his personal affection and admiration for Hitler with whatever opposition he may have felt for Hitler's policies. Nonetheless, during the last weeks of the Third Reich, Speer disobeyed direct orders from Hitler regarding the Nazi's scorched earth policies. Hitler's order, now commonly known as the Nero Decree, called for the destruction of all German infrastructure in order to hinder the impending allied invasion from accessing Germany's resources.
Speer's acknowledgement of guilt was nuanced. He acknowledged guilt for being a high official of a criminal government, without acknowledging guilt for any crimes committed by himself. His self-described crimes seem to be more acts of omission, including failure to make inquiry into the Holocaust, and failure to challenge Hitler. He painted himself as a nonpolitical technocrat. However, according to The Guardian, Speer revealed in a letter he wrote in 1971 to Hélène Jeanty, the widow of a Belgian resistance leader, that he knew of Himmler's plans to exterminate all the Jews, in spite of his earlier claims to have left Himmler's Posen speech early. In the letter he says, "There is no doubt - I was present as Himmler announced on 6 October 1943 that all Jews would be killed".
One problem with assessments of Speer's complicity in the Holocaust comes from his status in post-war Germany—he became a symbol for people who were involved with the Nazi regime yet did not have (or claimed not to have had) any part in the regime's atrocities. As film director Heinrich Breloer remarked in the above-linked article:
[Speer created] a market for people who said, "Believe me, I didn't know anything about [the Holocaust]. Just look at the Führer's friend, he didn't know about it either".
Speer, as recounted in his diary, made a deliberate effort to make as productive use of his time as possible. In the first decade, he wrote the first draft of his tell-all memoirs. He considered this to be his "duty" to history and his people as the sole surviving member of Hitler's inner circle, in possession of knowledge and a degree of objectivity that no one else had. As the prison directors both forbade the writing of a memoir and recorded each sheet of paper given to the prisoners, he wrote much of his memoir secretly on toilet paper, tobacco wrappings, and any other material he could get his hands on, and then had the pages systematically smuggled out.
All the while Speer devoted much of his energy and time towards reading books from the prison's library, which was organised by fellow prisoner and ex-Grand Admiral Erich Raeder. The prisoners could also have books sent over from the local branch of the Berlin library, and, later, from the central library. Speer was, more so than the others, a voracious reader and he completed well over 500 books in the first three years alone. His tastes ranged from Greek drama to famous plays to architectural books and journals, partly from which he collected information for a book he intended to write on the history and function of windows in architecture.
Later, Speer took to the prison garden for enjoyment and work. Heretofore the garden was divided up into small personal plots for each prisoner with the produce of the garden being used in the prison kitchen. When regulations began to slacken in this regard, Speer was allowed to build an ambitious garden, complete with a meandering path, rock garden, and a wide variety of flowers. The garden was even, humorously, centred around a "north-south axis", which had been the core design element of Speer and Hitler's plan for a new Berlin. To maintain his physical fitness and his ability for imagination, Speer then took up a virtual "walking tour of the world" by ordering geography and travel books from the local library and walking laps in the prison garden visualising his journey. Meticulously calculating every metre travelled, and mapping distances to the real-world geography, he began in northern Germany, went through the Balkans, Persia, India, and Siberia, then crossed the Bering Strait and continued southwards, finally ending his sentence in central Mexico.
While Speer was incarcerated, his Nuremberg counsel, Dr. Hans Flächsner, remained as his attorney. His major work during this time was stalling the de-Nazification proceedings against Speer. While Speer could not have been subject to further incarceration, the property upon which his family survived during that time could have been confiscated. The proceedings were eventually ended by West Berlin Mayor and future Chancellor Willy Brandt. Flächsner would accompany Margarete Speer to Spandau to greet Speer on his release.
Speer himself appeared in the ITV television series The World at War which was first broadcast in 1973. Speer appeared in a number of episodes including the 12th episode entitled "Whirlwind", in which he admitted that he regarded the bombing of Germany by the RAF's Bomber Command as a second front. In a number of the other episodes he spoke at length of his relationship with Hitler and how he became Minister of War Armaments Production after Fritz Todt was killed in a plane crash. Speer revealed that he was meant to have been on the plane along with Todt, and having been informed of the news half an hour after it had been given to Hitler he was summoned to meet the leader to take on all of Todt's offices.
He also revealed that, unlike most of the senior OKW commanders and Reichministers, he had direct access to Hitler. He stated that he was not told exactly what was going on in the death camps, but was told by a Gauleiter that terrible things were occurring. He also contributed to Dudley Saward's official biography of Bomber Harris the Commander of Bomber Command by giving interviews and access to his files which demonstrated the effects of the bombing on manufacturing and on how artillery pieces were directed to air defence and not to the Eastern Front.
Speer's daughter Hilde (married Schramm) became a noted left-wing parliamentarian. Speer's eldest son, Albert, became a successful architect in his own right. Second daughter Margarete (married Nissen) became a photographer and Arnold, Speer's second youngest son became a community doctor.


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The iPhone Is About To Become The FBI's Newest Crime-Fighting Partner [Exclusive]
The next time you are pulled over by police you may encounter a familiar face: your iPhone. Faster than you can say "Book 'em, Dano," Apple's handset is quickly becoming law enforcement's favorite tool for identifying unknown fingerprints. The iPhone's touchscreen will even be enlisted by the FBI to spot terrorism suspects.


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Dancing With the Stars Pros Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Peta Murgatroyd Split
After 10 months of dating, Dancing With the Stars pros Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Peta Murgatroyd have split, reports Us Weekly.
The DWTS pair allegedly broke up two weeks prior to Valentine's Day. The reason for the split? Maks just "wasn't feeling her anymore," a source told the magazine. Peta, however, wasn't on the same page as her hot-headed former beau. It looks like things will be pretty awkward this season on Dancing With the Stars 2013, which premieres March 16.
But this isn't the first time Maks has worked with a former flame. The DWTS pro was previously engaged to fellow pro Karina Smirnoff. The two broke up in 2009, and things between them have been rocky to say the least.
"I will never speak to that person again," he told the New York Post when asked about Karina back in 2011. "And I never have. It has been years now. But I am not bitter."
Yikes! Here's hoping Maks and Peta resolve things before DWTS Season 16 kicks off. If not, then maybe it's a good thing Maks is hanging up his dancing shoes at the end of the year.
Dancing With the Stars Season 16 premieres Monday, March 16 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.
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Looking ahead to a big year for BEC
Last updated at 11:28, Friday, 22 February 2013
A NEW year message from TOM GILROY, Acting CEO, Britain's Energy Coast
2011 was an important year for Britain's Energy Coast.
As I explained in the last edition of this magazine, four organisations came together under the Britain's Energy Coast banner (these were the West Cumbria Development Fund, West Cumbria Development Agency, Westlakes Properties Ltd and Britain's Energy Coast West Cumbria).
We started to take stock of priorities and also listened to partners and stakeholders who told us what they thought our region needed from Britain's Energy Coast – one of the key watchwords was 'diversification' so we've taken that onboard.
We passed the first round of assessment with our application to the Regional Growth Fund.
We kicked off the Economic Blueprint work which, when complete, will provide a framework for economic development and regeneration activity for all partners across West Cumbria.
And we carried on with our day job by managing a successful property portfolio, delivering against our capital schemes programme and helping small and medium enterprises start-up and grow.
And now, we're looking forward to another busy year in 2012.
The last couple of months have seen some important milestones achieved on a number of the Capital Schemes we're funding.
A few weeks ago, Esh Construction was awarded the contract to design and build a new Construction Skills Centre in West Cumbria. Through our partners, NMP, we are investing in this important facility alongside Britain's Energy Coast Campus and Lakes College. Along with Cumbria County Council, the client and project manager for this development, this is a great example of true partnership
We're working together so that the young people in West Cumbria have the opportunity to gain skills that will lead to job security.
With the potential for nuclear new build, grid and infrastructure improvements and the drive towards renewable and energy efficient technologies happening in our region over the next decade, it is vital to get this training facility up and running as soon as we can. Design work has already started and Esh Construction will be on site by April so we'll see the new building taking shape soon.
Towards the end of 2011 we announced that our property arm, Westlakes Properties Ltd had acquired the land earmarked for the Albion Square office development in Whitehaven. This year we expect to appoint a developer and begin clearing the site in readiness for construction starting.
Upon completion of the office accommodation, 900 staff will relocate from Sellafield to their new Whitehaven base. The move will also give Whitehaven businesses a boost in trade.
Also in Whitehaven, the project to build a new community stadium at Pow Beck is gaining momentum. The team is currently assessing tenders received from developers and expects to announce the successful bidder shortly. The new venue will host Rugby League World Cup matches in October and November 2013 and construction is estimated to be complete by the end of this year.
Our WCDA team remain focussed on supporting small and medium enterprises as the Linkstart and Backing Business programmes continue throughout the year. These programmes are aimed at people who want to start their own businesses as well as existing enterprises that would value a fresh pair of eyes to help achieve their targets. If you think these programmes could help you then please get in touch with the team on 01900 65656 or have a look at our website www.wcda.co.uk. The team will also be working with other partners and stakeholders in West Cumbria to attract new businesses to the region. Our Energy Opportunity Supply Chain Project (EOSCP) team arrange "Meet The Buyer" events throughout the year so that businesses can hear first hand what the larger companies who serve Sellafield need from suppliers. These are really useful networking events and we receive good feedback from attendees. The next event is for the Design Service Alliance on February 29 at Energus. For more details go to www.eoscp.co.uk.
Britain's Energy Coast is working with The University of Manchester's Dalton Nuclear Institute to help new start-ups and existing businesses develop High Technology, including Clean Tech (Renewable), products and services. In 2011, the University opened the Dalton Cumbrian Facility (DCF), its new £20m research base on Westlakes Science & Technology Park and is poised to help West Cumbria become a centre of excellence for High Tech by creating the environment to encourage product development and transfer of new technologies to market.
Renewable technologies such as Anaerobic Digestion and Biomass, which are not yet regarded as mainstream or mature markets in the UK will be central to creating new companies and products from investment in Research & Development, supported by Manchester, the UK's National Nuclear Laboratory and Britain's Energy Coast. Renewable energy led projects are also planned for urban, industrial and rural areas to drive economic regeneration, including plans to provide infrastructure for plug in hybrid and electric vehicles.
In October last year, we were delighted to receive news that our bid for a slice of the Regional Growth Fund had passed the first round of assessment. We're now on with the due diligence phase and expect to hear the final decision on whether our region will be awarded funds in April. The process to secure funds is very rigorous, as you'd expect, but with the decades of experience our team has in handling public sector programmes and projects, we have the right people in place working on this. The Regional Growth Fund was set up by the Government to help safeguard and create jobs and we are very keen to deliver the plans this additional funding would support.
Looking a bit further forward than just this year, we are involved in developing a new Economic Blueprint, which is designed to provide a coherent strategic economic framework for the whole of West Cumbria. We expect to see the Blueprint completed shortly and when it is, along with all of the partners (which include a range of public and private sector organisations), we will be signing up to it and developing a programme of activities that will support the delivery of the economic framework and enable West Cumbria to realise its potential. So, 2012 is going to be a big year for Britain's Energy Coast in many ways and we're looking forward to doing our best for the people of West Cumbria.
First published at 15:35, Tuesday, 21 February 2012
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Lozada divorced Chad and moved into a condo where pro baseball players lived. Next thing you know she's dating Carl Crawford who has a $140 million contract. Next thing you know she's pregnant. I guess after 20 years of going from Kenny Anderson (Tami's husband) to Ochocinco, Evelyn can now retire her coochie to the all sports hall of fame.
Crawford will be writing her a check for the next 20 years.
Crawford has a six month old from another baby mama and Evelyn is seven months pregnant. You do the math.
Most athletes have a whole lot of baby mamas out there and that's part of the reason they go broke. Dwight has at lest eight kids from eight mamas. Holyfield has 11– all over the place. ray Lewis, six kids/ four mamas. Kenny Anderson 7/5. Shawn Kemp 7/6. Jason Caffey 10/8. Calvin Murphy 14/9. Crawford 3/2 is just getting started.
Posted at 3:47 PM on February 20, 2014
jackie tomlin
Posted at 3:09 PM on January 18, 2014
"No I am not surprised about Evelyn.she has married and slept with ..one too many men ..and so fast ..looking for love in all the wrong places ..she seems to be a famous Athletic gold digger ..looking for famous Althletes who have money ..and if it doesnt work out ..she will establish ..a home from it ..a car from it ..money and jewelry from it ..the money from her failed marriages will bring her wealth ..thats probably how her business got started in the first place ..From a rich Althelete ..shes p.rican ..and the nadty ..they sleep with anyone ..She might be in a big house ..lonely as hell ..with her children ..(her oldest daughter ..Shanese and the lil new arrival) and no father figure ..shes too hungry for money ..and other peoples money ..that is ..she more than likely wasn't sh*t before …!!!""
Miss Truth Hurts
Posted at 7:56 AM on January 25, 2014
Posted at 12:08 PM on December 26, 2013
I just think this is sooo sad that Evelyn would marry chad knowing she was dating someone else. Marriage is supposed to be sacred not something to do for fun or money!!!!. i am married and i take my vows very serious. i would have never did something like that knowing i was dating someone else. What kind of example is she setting for her daughter? just sad.
Miss Truth Hurts
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*pyro goes off all over*
Pentalion: Welcome everyone to Monday night Rage, live from Salt Lake City, Utah! And boy do we have a show for you! We're just a week away from Threat of the Net! I'm Chris Pentalion alongside EWNCW legend Bodom!
Bodom: We have a stacked night as we look forward to the ppv, the fans are voting, and they're having their say! But tonight, we're already looking forward to a big time main event!
Pentalion: That's right, you and Jman taking on Ronaldo Romulus and Shaz! Tornado tag rules!
Bodom: We're gonna beat those assholes down real good, just wait.
Pentalion: I'm sure my friend! But right now, ready for some action by the tag team fellas, Bodom?
Bodom: Always, except when I have to deal the Shameful Awful Males.
Pentalion: Being the last Rage before Threat of the Net, you'll probably have to.
Bodom: Well, I expect Black Blooded to beat the shit out of them.
*A huge choir walks down the ramp in two single file lines before the last person stops at the end right before the ring. They all start are waiting and suddenly some music starts to play and they begin to sing.*
*Confetti is falling from the roof and the crowd is unsure of what is going on until Mixed Emotions appears at the top of the ramp holding their titles high in the air. The choir is unphased by the crowds disapproval and continues to sing until Mixed Emotions reach the ring and lower their hands to signal for silence. A stagehand brings Pride and Sorrow some mics and Pride adsorbs the heat of the crowd before speaking.*
Pride: What you just witnessed is our spectacular pre-celebratory party before our dramatic performance at Threat of the Net. The fantastic singing of Ode to Joy to get you all and us in a joyous mood before we triumph, the confetti and our titles polished up brighter than an Oscar to show you all how lucky your are to have such sophisticated and talented men as your tag champions of the world.
Sorrow: Now we hear you all such degrading terms like "I hope Black Blooded breaks you" or "We hope those Mexicans deport you back to Italy" but we are not offended as you might think. No, we are joyed because in theater, it's bad luck to wish someone good luck before a performance and we wouldn't want any misinformed patrons who have just been introduced to the arts to make that mistake would we?
*The crowd breaks out into a Yes! chant, but Mixed Emotions are still smiling and ignore them.*
Pride: Threat of the Net is almost upon us and the poll has been set as of last week and in one corner, you will have the Thespians of Italy, Mixed Emotions and who will be playing our villain will be up to you fans. Now these last few weeks, Black Blooded, the Mexican Nightmares and The Sexiest Alpha Males have all been fight to get on the poll thinking they could win our titles. You all be pinning your hopes on one of these teams to take us down but look at those names again and think, what do they have in common?
Sorrow: Before you think to hard, all of those teams have had the curtain closed on them by us. The Alpha Males and Black Blooded have lost their titles to us and the Mexican Nightmares haven't even been close to reaching our level. Now before you bring up last week, didn't you think it was suspicious for the Alpha Males to beat us by roll up?
Pride: I do brother in fact, that was our plan all along. Now we knew if the Alpha Males lost, some new team would get the third spot and we couldn't have that as an option. You may control who gets to face us, but you pick from the options we give you. So don't think your voice is going to matter, because in a few days, we will come, we will see and we will conquer whoever you pick to face us. We are going to take someone out to a Night at the Opera and whether its a pair of classless bikers, the flee bitten hounds or those womanizing leeches you call poets, they won't be coming back in one piece.
Sorrow: Now before we finish up, think hard boys, what have you all been fight for the last few weeks? The chance to become the World Tag team Champions or the chance to be the first to get taken out at the beginning of our glorious reign? We have been sitting back watching you all beat the crap out of each other and have been nice enough to let you do it on our stage, so don't get comfortable with your victories because they are only acts in an opera and everyone knows that the hero always wins in the final act.
Pentalion: There you have them.
Bodom: Way too early, Chris, way too early.
Pentalion: Knowing your hatred, it would have been way too early no matter when they came out.
Bodom: I give you that.
*Tenorio and Thunda explode up the ramp to a great reception from the ladies, and some decent cheers from the men. They are all smiles, high fiving the fans down the ramp and posing with the women, even flirting with a couple of them, with Tenorio saying "later tonight" to one of them as he gives the lady a charming smile. T-Thunda enters the ring and poses while Tenorio goes to the timekeeper area, where Jason McManus hands him two mics. Tenorio pats McManus in the back before entering the ring, and after handing a mic to his partner he begins to speak:*
Tenorio: My goodness!! Not only you are the most conceited tag team in the whole company, now you are also the most moronic in the business!!!
*Crowd cheer, much to the dismay of the champs.*
Tenorio: First you "dedicated" us a song that was worse than a duet oof Justin Bieber and a screeching rat, and today you say that *mocks Sorrow * the hero always wins in the final act. *Back to his voice * Newsflash, kids: you ain't the heroes of this play, listen to them!
*Tenorio points to the fans, who pop for him.*
Tenorio: You are the villains... *pauses for a second* No, scratch that. I was going to say you are the villains we love to hate, like Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs, because there's a certain love for the character and, honestly, we hate you with a passion. You don't fit the bill of the intellectual, well mannered murderer, you are more like the psychotic, narcissistic transexual that is Jame Gumb in both the same novel and film!
*Audience loves that*
Tenorio: You know who are the heroes? The good guys. The ones the audience love here. And those have a proper name. Let me see. I'm asking you *points to the fans* to let these Jimmys know who are the real heroes in the play. Are they Mixed Emotions?


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The convention centre can accommodate up to 3,200 people in the Maritim Hall and up to 5,500 in 49 separate rooms of different sizes to suit any event.
The opening of the Maritim Hotel Berlin in August 2005 set new standards for events in Germany's capital city. Furnished in the luxurious style of the Roaring Twenties, the hotel is the perfect venue for balls, conventions, film festivals, award ceremonies and other similar events.
The conference hotel occupies a prime position in the heart of Berlin in the middle of the Kulturforum district between Potsdamer Platz and Tiergarten park. Warm colours, fine woods and carpets create an elegant, relaxing feel. The amenities offered by this four-star superior hotel include restaurants, a bar with live music and the exclusive Elysium spa suite, which offers a swimming pool, sauna, steamroom, gym, beauty salon and massage treatments.
The hotel has 505 stylish, spacious rooms (mostly 31m² in size), including 66 elegant suites (50 to 350m²). There is also the Berlin Salon VIP lounge with business centre. The jewel in the crown is the 350m² presidential suite, the biggest in Berlin, which boasts a jacuzzi and sauna as well as breathtaking views of the city.


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Major: Family Life and Human Development
Hometown: Las Vegas, NV
Year in School: Sophomore
Favorite thing about SUU: Being able to meet incredible new people and being able to have an actual relationships with my professor's, where they know me by my name and that I know if I need help I am able to go to their office and ask for it.
Biggest Freshman Mistake: Having a class at 9am. Just don't do it.
Piece of Advice: Get involved! Meet new people, and get active with school activities.


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John Driskell Hopkins Biography
Howdy, folks. John Driskell Hopkins here. I was born in San Antonio, Texas on May 3, 1971 at Lackland AFB and I was raised in Gainesville, GA. (Go Big Red)
I have been singing since I could talk. Like a lot of us who grew up in the South, my earliest musical experiences were in the church choir. Choir was a great place to gain a real understanding of vocal harmony and musical structure. In fifth grade, I started piano lessons and began to learn about music theory in it's simplest forms. Later, I applied what I had learned to my Dad's old Martin guitar knock off that I found under the bed. I started playing guitar and bass in high school and formed my first band with my buddies. We were called Only For Tomorrow and we played mostly U2 and REM covers. Poorly...
Having always been heavily involved in the theatre throughout high school, I went on to graduate Florida State University with a degree in General Theatre in 1993. My band at FSU was called The Woodpeckers. We played every bar in Tallahassee, I think, and later released a CD under the name Distant Relatives. I was the lead singer. I will always treasure that experience and the guys I played with. Being in that band showed me that a life in music was not only possible, but attainable and sustainable.
After college, I moved home to Atlanta and formed the band Brighter Shade with great guys that I still play with today. We have released two independent albums and played countless gigs. When Brighter Shade's gig schedule slowed down in the early 2000s, I began to focus more on producing and writing in my studio which I named after the band. I recorded, produced and performed on many different records with many different artists during those years. One of them was named Zac Brown.
I met Zac at CJ's Landing in Buckhead in 1998. I was hosting their Tuesday night open mic night and Zac came to perform. I met Sonia Leigh there as well, coincidentally. It was a fabulous platform for new talent. Borrowing from Eddie's Attic, we made the open mic a small competition and I awarded winners a small cash prize and a song in my studio. Sonia actually won one of them...
Zac and I remained friends over the years and in 2001 we began recording together on what would eventually become his Home Grown album in 2003. We chipped away at it piece by piece as he was already very busy with gigs both in the Atlanta area and regionally. It was in the studio with Zac and Shawn Mullins in February of 2005 that I heard the beginnings of "Toes". Zac had come in to demo the song and work through some of the kinks. I'm a pretty good kink straightener. It was then that I learned that Zac was in need of a bass player. I volunteered to sit in until he found a permanent player.
I truly believe that my intentions at the time were merely to get out and have some fun with my buddy and step aside when he found someone to play bass. I have always known that singing harmony comes very naturally to me and I'm a very meat and potatoes bass player that loves following the kick drum. What I didn't really expect is that we would all play together so effortlessly. After a few weeks, I said to Zac "If you're not still looking, then I'm staying." The crowds were becoming rabid. One time, this huge guy got so into our performance, he repeatedly smashed his hand into an already broken glass on the front of our stage. We played six nights a week and packed the bar every night. Jimmy and I exchanged glances while opening for Angie Aparo and I remember thinking, "Damn. We've really got something here."
The next three years were sometimes brutal, sometimes hysterical, sometimes glorious, but always magical. We were going to call it Zac Brown and The Grit, but instead we named it Zac Brown Band. We played over 260 shows in 2006. We recorded half of The Foundation at my studio and half in Nashville. Some weeks we made negative money and other weeks we made up for it. We rode in an airport shuttle death trap up into the Rockies and back down to Miami. Guys got divorced. Guys got married. Babies got born. Families got built. Dreams got realized. When Chicken Fried made it to the radio in 2008, the sky opened up.
Being in this band has taught me so much about myself. It has made me realize a lot about who I am and who I want to be. It is a band where anything is possible and there are no limits to what can be achieved. The music that we write and perform has a Southern identity, but is in many ways without genre. We never come to the table with a preconceived notion of what the music should or shouldn't be. We debate. We disagree. We celebrate. We rejoice. In the end, we stand together and we often marvel at what has come to pass this far. It's an incredible journey filled with incredible people, and it has only just begun.
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Blueberry Yogurt Muffins Recipe
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 6 tablespoons sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup vanilla yogurt
- 3 tablespoons canola oil
- 2 tablespoons 2% milk
- 1/2 cup fresh or frozen blueberries
- In a small bowl, combine the flour, sugar, salt, baking powder and baking soda. In another bowl, combine the egg, yogurt, oil and milk. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in blueberries.
- Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups three-fourths full. Bake at 350° for 20-22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack. Serve warm. Yield: 6 muffins.
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"We love these muffins. I make them all the time. They are tasty and moist. It's Blueberry season now. I'm so glad you still have this wonderful recipe. I always look for a healthy and tasty alternative for my family."
"I am a professional baker who loves to bake at home as well as at work. I tried this recipe at home and immediately knew upon reading it that it would have to be severely altered. Make sure you use a well packed cup of flour. Use three times the amount of milk. Make sure to use 1/3 cup of sugar. Make sure to you a jumbo egg. Use a half teaspoon of baking powder(leveled). Always keep your berries in the freezer until the moment you add them and then get the muffins into the oven ASAP. Use a flavored sweetened yogurt since there is no added extract and if you like to make the best recipe possible every single time. Buy a kitchen scale! Weights never change but your inconsistent American measuring will. Good luck!!!"
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"These were pretty good. I usually have a bit of cinnamon in my oatmeal with blueberries, so I added 2 tsps to the recipe. I also did not have oil, so I added 3 more Tbsps of almond milk. So good, but I think they really needed the cinnamon for the added flavor."
"Pretty darn good. I had expiring blue-berry yogurt and wanted to use it. Did not add any other fruit. I thought they might turn out purple due to the yogurt color, but they didn't look funny! I will freeze the finished muffins as snacks for my teen boys. I will make again with other combos of yogurt and fruit. This produced a lightly scented blueberry muffin."


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If feel a bit behind and need to catch up on WPF, this is the book.
Great book on F# containing from Beginner to Advanced. It even has chapters on more arcane features of the language, such as Computation Expressions and Quotations.
Because this book provides source code in Standard ML, it's a fantastic
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I came to work yesterday and was told by a member of staff that, over the long weekend, one of our office email addresses have received around 17,000 "delivery failed" messages.
I deleted them from the server, keeping a few for analysis.
After looking at the headers at the headers is was pretty sure that the none of the offending emails had been sent from the two or three machines in the office which used that account.
I changed the password on the account and scanned the machines for malware just to be safe.
Later, I received an email from the email provider, saying that due to the large number of emails being sent from the account, all sending from it had been temporarily suspended. I emailed the support center with my suspicions and asked them to investigate whether the emails had actually originated from our IPs or not.
They got back to me saying that I could check myself from the logs on the admin screen. (never knew you could)
Anyway, I have been looking through the SMTP logs and, sure enough, there are thousand of entries for the account in question.
Here are a few:
Look at the fromhost, all IPs from spammy countries.
Anyway, I was hoping that some of you mail experts could confirm that our provider's mail server is being used as a relay by spammers, and that it is their negligence that has caused us considerable inconvenience.
Thanks in advance.
The emails are still coming, though at a much slower rate. I expect it will die out by the end of the week.


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Huge article and haven't finished reading myself
Source: http://www.ign.com/b...the-console-war
Eight years after the launch of the Xbox 360, Microsoft is finally on the verge of launching its successor, the Xbox One. A potentially exciting time for Microsoft has turned into an absolute PR disaster, but in a surprise move to win back some support, Microsoft decided to reverse their unpopular policies on the 24-hour internet connection checks and rules regarding sharing games. Despite the overwhelming support for Sony's PlayStation 4, Microsoft is not out of the fight just yet. There's no doubt that Sony has the edge in terms of consumer support right now, but this fight will rage on for years to come.
Part gaming console, part entertainment hub, Microsoft is attempting to take over your living room — and that's exactly why they'll come out on top of the console war when the dust has settled. Some of you may be thinking that this premature proclamation of victory for Microsoft's Xbox One months before it is even available on the market is absurd, but expanding their audience will be the catalyst to victory. They've evolved far beyond the traditional gaming console model, and their forward thinking will pay off as the Xbox One gradually asserts itself as the top choice in houses across the world.
Living rooms have typically been dominated by televisions, so it only makes sense that Microsoft aims to completely integrate the Xbox One into it. From playing your Blu-Ray movies to watching TV, Microsoft is attempting to place the Xbox One at the center of your home entertainment. Using an HDMI port for the cable TV pass-through, your Xbox will be connected directly to your set-top box. But it's more than just an extension of your cable box — it's meant to be all that and more.


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Admit it: Your eyes slammed on the brakes when they saw the graphics on this '06 Corvette. That's understandable, but there's a lot more to this C6 than a unique paint-and-graphics scheme-specifically, plenty of state-of-the-art hardware that not only spins the dynamometer needle into the Big Numbers, but also draws potential customers to the shop that built it.
Immediately after Pete Cochetas bought it, this '06 made its first run to his Dragon Race Engineering (DRE) shop in Dacono, Colorado. Cochetas says it was the only trip the car made with the OEM engine in it. "I drove it from the dealer's lot, took it to the shop, and then we ripped the engine out," he says. "We put in the first of four different racing engines that have gone through that car.
Engine No. 4, as seen here, is the strongest one yet. "This one's the iron [GM Performance Parts] LSX engine, which we used to see how far we could push the supercharger." That 7.0-liter LSX block is filled with Diamond Racing pistons, billet Manley crank and rods, and DRE Stage IV Warhawk heads, plus many more custom-made items such as the camshaft and supercharger that were developed in-house with big numbers in mind.
Right now, the DRE 1000M supercharger puts out 18 pounds of boost. Is that enough? "Eventually, our plan is to go all the way to 24 pounds," says Cochetas.
You read that right-24 psi. That may sound like madness, but Cochetas says there's a method to it. "As a guinea pig for what we do, it's my job to find out what the Corvette's weak links are. By putting that much engine in the car, we found those weak points and re-engineered driveline components to match," he says. "We've been able to turn out a better product for our customers because we've gone and broken so many things."
But heavy-duty driveline upgrades aren't what initially catches the attention of most high-country show-goers. Rather, the car's distinctive paint-and-graphics scheme is the real eye grabber. "It was always my goal to do a really over-the-top paintjob that showed off a lot of different aspects of the paints we use, and the things we can pull off graphically, while still making it fit the lines of the car," says Cochetas. "It was a monumental effort."
Cochetas says the look that's on the car now is far from what he originally envisioned. "I had a basic design, then I got together with my good friend, Sean Lynch of Brutal Image, who helps me do the airbrush work," he says. "We sat down and conceptualized it, then when I put it in the paint booth, I changed the design four times before we put any paint on it."
As for the skulls you see in back and along the sides, Cochetas says they're hand painted and took a long time to do." I came back one day, after leaving him to do the skulls, and he's probably got 180 skulls about one inch across on the bottom of one corner of the car." Cochetas recalls. "I said to him, 'What are you doing?' And he said, 'I'm doing skull piles-that's what you wanted.' I told him, 'You're going to be at this for the next year if you do 'em this size!'" Cochetas says that once the skulls were applied, the commitment was made, and the two knew they had to finish the car.
The result is a C6 that was once a consistent show-winner, but is a display-only car when shown nowadays. "Everybody loves it!" Cochetas says, "[though] I've had a few ladies say, 'I can't believe you did that to a Corvette!'"
It's no surprise, then, that this '06 is the center of attention wherever it goes. "I've had more people come up to me-even when it's sitting next to some car that has every square inch of it chromed-and say, 'This is my favorite!'" says Cochetas.
Lest you think the C6 is a trailer queen, its performance speaks for itself. On the dyno, the car has twisted the dials to 944 hp and 1,065 lb-ft of torque at the rear wheels. On pavement, using a 14 percent correction factor, the blown LSX's output is estimated at 1,097 horses and 1,238 lb-ft. The car has also turned a best dragstrip pass of 9.51 seconds at 155 mph.


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In 2012, Nissan revealed it would revive its Datsun marque as a budget rival for Renault's runaway Romanian renegade, Dacia. Then, last summer, Datsun revealed the mighty steed that would spearhead this revival: a back-to-basics city car called the Go.
And now, demonstrating it has enough spare cash to at least cook up design studies, Datsun has unleashed this, the Redi-Go concept. Unveiled in Dehli, it's a high-riding five-door city car - think Ford EcoSport but with even less off-road intent - that, says Nissan, 'previews a potential small crossover for the Indian market'.


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yes there is a reason to block legalization. Legalization will increase the number of overall users, there by increasing the number of impared drivers. It's not rocket science.
But whatever.
For that reason then you might as well block any sort of fatty foods since fat can cause a heart attack...thus anyone who eats anything with fat may kill someone if they have a heart attack behind the wheel.
Just because some people are stupid doesn't mean we need to make things illegal. Otherwise we need to make alcohol illegal, smoking illegal, and various other things as well.
I can't tell you the number of times I've seen an accident caused by someone not watching the road while lighting a cigarette. Heck I actually had someone hit me on my bike one time while doing that. Luckily they didn't hit me hard enough to hurt me, other than a torn pair of jeans and a badly skinned knee.
I made sure their hood felt my fist though...
The point being still police intoxicated drivers yes...but don't make something illegal just because it can lead to something bad...otherwise life has to be ended since it is the ultimate cause of bad things.


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Movie stars who can also sing
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As Anna Kendrick stars in "Pitch Perfect 2," take a look at other movie stars who also sing.
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