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Cris Carter and Bill Parcells were among seven new members were enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday.
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Friday April 12, 1996
The movies have always been fond of "Jane Eyre," as well they might be of a book capable of inspiring ad copy like "A love story every woman would die a thousand deaths to live" (crafted for the 1944 Joan Fontaine-Orson Welles version). A Romantic novel with a capital R, its tale of a plain governess coping with a fancy house and the man who owns it is so potent the work has never been out of print since its original publication in 1847.
Keeping everybody enthralled from that day to this has been the combustible passion author Charlotte Bronte poured into her book. Every bit as fiery as her heroine, Bronte saw her novels as a kind of antidote to the more distant work of her near-contemporary Jane Austen, of whom she tartly wrote, "Her business is not half so much with the human heart as with the human eyes, mouth, hands and feet."
Director Franco Zeffirelli, as well known for directing operas as films like "Romeo and Juliet" and "Endless Love," is certainly familiar with excessive emotions, so much so that going over the top is always a potential pitfall for his projects. So it is baffling to have to report that Zeffirelli's version of "Jane Eyre" suffers from, of all things, a shortage of intense, identifiable passion.
Working from a well-made script by Hugh Whitemore ("Stevie") and Zeffirelli, "Jane Eyre" sticks fairly close to the novel, does well in conveying the physical atmosphere of mid-19th century England and is in all respects an honorable version. But the casting of Charlotte Gainsbourg as Jane and William Hurt as Rochester, though well intentioned and defensible, delivers so skimpily on the emotional level that the movie feels as if all the feeling has been leeched out of it.
Underlining that casting difficulty is the segment that focuses on the young Jane, played by "The Piano's" Anna Paquin, perfect for the part and immediately believable as someone in whom passion runs amok.
An orphan forced to live with cruel relatives, Jane is soon shipped off to the grim Lowood School, where the humorless Mr. Brocklehurst (John Wood) makes unsuccessful attempts to break her spirit. Unfortunately, Paquin's acting notwithstanding, this opening half-hour is so overdone it verges on parody, and when we're told that Jane's young friend Helen has "gone to a better place," we suspect it's to another movie.
Soon enough Paquin is replaced by Gainsbourg, an actress who has worked largely in France. From a visual point of view, the plain-looking Gainsbourg, the daughter of British actress Jane Birkin and French singer-songwriter Serge Gainsbourg, is an intriguing choice, even down to looking somewhat like Bronte herself.
Severe and awkward, Gainsbourg is initially successful as a character who is supposed to be charmless and without beauty. And the seriousness of her demeanor helps to calm the movie down as Jane takes a job as governess for a little girl named Adele (Josephine Serre) in a massive old pile known as Thornfield Hall.
Also helping the proceedings is veteran Joan Plowright, a spirited actress who knows just how these things should be done. As the cheerful Mrs. Fairfax, Thornfield's housekeeper, she makes Jane feel so at home the girl doesn't worry much about that sinister laughter coming from the attic or particularly notice that the house's owner and Adele's guardian, Edward Rochester, seems at great pains to avoid his own home.
As the quixotic Rochester, Hurt is also a different kind of choice from the more conventionally magnetic actors like Welles and George C. Scott who've played the part in the past. His morose character is a hard man to read and not a happy one, but he does not feel particularly dark or romantic. Hurt's quiet performance is thought-out and intellectually interesting, but it is not involving in any way that matters.
The same is finally true of Gainsbourg's work. Yes, Jane should be plain, but she doesn't have to be glum, sullen and dull as a stick in the bargain. Yes, Jane makes the requisite speech about being "an independent human being with a will of my own," but her undertaker's apprentice demeanor effectively stifles the life force this character ought to project.
Similarly, and more critically, the passion Rochester and Jane come to feel for each other is beyond the capacity of these actors to effectively convey. They are finally unbelievable as a romantic couple not because they're not conventionally attractive but because their emotions are not accessible to an audience. Anyone who's looking for a convincing modern version of "Jane Eyre" may have to wait until Paquin is old enough to play the role herself.
Jane Eyre, 1996. PG, for thematic elements and brief violence. Released by Miramax Films. Director Franco Zeffirelli. Producer Dyson Lovell. Executive producers Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein. Screenplay Hugh Whitemore & Franco Zeffirelli, based on the novel by Charlotte Bronte. Cinematographer David Watkin. Editor Richard Marden. Costumes Jenny Beavan. Music Alessio Vlad & Claudio Capponi. Production design Roger Hall. Art directors Dennis Bosher, Raimonda Gaetani. Running time: 1 hour, 52 minutes. William Hurt as Rochester. Charlotte Gainsbourg as Jane Eyre. Joan Plowright as Mrs. Fairfax. Anna Paquin as Young Jane. Geraldine Chaplin as Miss Scatcherd. Billie Whitelaw as Grace Poole. Maria Schneider as Bertha.Copyright © 2015, Los Angeles Times


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Published: Sunday, December 31, 2006
By John Briggs
Free Press Staff Writer
A Burlington group has gathered nearly enough signatures on a petition to put a ballot question before voters on Town Meeting Day urging a new investigation of the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.
Spokesman Marc Estrin, a Burlington writer and musician, said the group has been meeting for several months and has more than 1,200 of the roughly 1,350 signatures needed to place the matter on the ballot. The question would advise the Vermont congressional delegation to demand a new 9/11 investigation.
Estrin said Burlington would be the first city in the country to formally make such a demand.
The group includes Burlington attorney Frank Haddleton, University of Vermont physics professor Joanna Rankin, Charles Simpson, chairman of the department of sociology and criminal justice at SUNY Plattsburgh, a chemist, an engineer, a video producer and former city councilor Doug Dunbebin.
Dunbebin, a graphic designer, has created a Web site for the group that explains the weaknesses it sees in the 9/11 Commission Report of July 2004.
The city's director of elections, Jo… Continue reading
Outraged truth community demands answers from Guy Smith, immediate retractions and apologies urged, savage agenda driven yellow journalism an insult to the truth
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
Monday, February 19, 2007
UPDATE: Audio – Paul Joseph Watson & Dylan Avery Debate Guy Smith on the 9/11 BBC Hit Piece
The BBC's Conspiracy Files documentary about 9/11 was a tissue of lies, bias and emotional manipulation from beginning to end. Producer Guy Smith should be ashamed of himself for inflicting this travesty of yellow journalism upon the 9/11 truth movement and he is assured to encounter a vociferous and outraged response in its aftermath.
You can watch the one hour show via Google Video.
Separated into two categories below are a number of questions intended to highlight Guy Smith's production for what it was – a deliberate hit piece on the 9/11 truth movement structured around fallacy, lying by omission and overwhelming bias.…Continue reading
by Nicholas Levis
The Summary
BBC World News started reporting that 7 World Trade Center had collapsed about 23 minutes before the building actually came down, as video of the news network's live broadcast on September 11th shows.
The skyscraper also known as the Salomon Brothers Building was still standing and clearly visible over the shoulder of a BBC reporter in New York, even as the network provided accurate, past- tense details of its collapse. Jane Standley's live report was interrupted about five minutes before WTC 7 actually came down at 5:20pm EDT. A video clip establishing this anomaly was discovered on the archive.org news service and first pointed out to the public Monday by the blog writer 911veritas at 911blogger.com .
The ensuing controversy has prompted a swift, unusually angry response from the BBC, which however has failed to address the substantive issue: Apparently the network's personnel were unfamiliar with WTC 7, which is excusable. They were however reporting information culled from a source with advance knowledge of the building's collapse. Who was that source?
The answer may be essential to settling the long-standing dispute over… Continue reading
WTC7: The Smoking Gun of 9/11: Video/audio clips relating to the collapse, in controlled demolition style, of the 47-story WTC Building 7. Includes interviews with people who were told the building would fall, BBC's early reporting of the collapse, much more. Originally Posted by "Arie," March 10, 2007.
16 min 24 sec.
The View, a talk show featuring four women with a variety of backgrounds and ideologies, is produced by and often features appearances by Barbara Walters. In May 2001, the co-hosts were awarded the Safe Horizon Champion Award for their continued efforts to raise awareness on issues of importance to girls and women. In March 2002, The View received the Linda Dano Heart Award from Heartshare Human Services of New York for its programming philosophy that brought enlightenment, entertainment and comfort to families throughout the nation and New York in the wake of September 11, 2001. As a result, the show boasts 30 million viewers, received the 2003 Daytime Emmy® Award for 'Outstanding Talk Show,' and other Daytime Emmy® Awards.
In her history as host of The View, Rosie O'Donnell has brought important and difficult-to-discuss issues to the table, such as depression and autism. Long ago she established "Rosie's For All Kids Foundation," which has raised more than $56 million and awarded more than $22 million in grants to over 1,400 child-related non-profit organizations to benefit low income families across the country since its inception.
Addressing the need for truth and transparency in US government and media is thus in keeping with Rosie's long history of grappling with important issues on The View.
A bit of background–What is The View, and who is Rosie O'Donnell? (And what's the big deal, anyway?) In the last few weeks, Rosie O'Donnell, host of ABC's popular morning talk show "… Continue reading
by Tod Fletcher
Debunking 9/11 Debunking is a monumental accomplishment by David Ray Griffin. He exhaustively and definitively destroys the pretensions of four major "9/11 debunking" publications published in 2006, shortly before the fifth anniversary of the events. Although the book is organized into chapters dealing with each one of the four publications in turn, Griffin has such a broad knowledge of all the evidence pertaining to the events, and such command of logic and argument, that the book is thoroughly cohesive and progressively builds an integrated critique of all dimensions of the official theory. Debunking 9/11 Debunking will effectively serve as a veritable encyclopedia of not just the facts of 9/11, but of the best arguments to debunk the official (and semi-official) lies about the facts. Griffin, as usual, avoids speculation and focuses on showing that the official story of what happened that day cannot be true.
Before the four central chapters, Griffin provides an Introduction ("Conspiracy Theories and Evidence") in which he distinguishes between rational and irrational conspiracy theories and discusses the "double standard" used by the mainstream and left-leaning press, i.e., the confused (or self-serving) way in which they fail to make this distinction and then assert that critiques of the official account are "conspiracy theories" while completely obfuscating the fact that the official story is itself a conspiracy theory. He deals in detail with tendencies of human thought that make it difficult for people to look at unfamiliar and threatening evidence ("paradigmatic thinking" and "wishful-and-fearful thinking"),… Continue reading
Winipeg Sun, May 28, 2007
By ROSS ROMANIUK, SUN MEDIA
Joe Hawkins holds a poster for an event that
examines a theory about the terrorist acts of
September 11, 2001. (Marcel Cretain/Sun Media)
Conspiracy buffs are in for a big treat.
California architect Richard Gage will be in Winnipeg this week to offer his
explanation of why the World Trade Centre towers collapsed on Sept. 11, 2001.
Gage has become a leading figure of the so-called 9/11 truth movement, an informal
campaign from people all over the world who challenge official accounts of what
happened that day.
He argues that a deliberate, controlled demolition using explosive devices
is what really destroyed the twin towers that day, along with another skyscraper
known as WTC 7 or Building 7. Speaking to Sun Media from his Bay Area home this
weekend, Gage said few people are even aware of the third building.
"It's the smoking gun of 9/11," he said. "It was a 47-storey
building, not hit by an airplane, that came down into its own footprint in 6.5
seconds, at nearly freefall speed — symmetrically, smooth, straight down."
Gage says Building 7 fell after sustaining relatively minor damage due to the
collapse of one of the twin towers hours earlier, with small fires on its fifth
and 12th floors.
Explosions were heard around its base as it collapsed and a large amount of
molten metal was found in the basement area, said Gage. He claims the only good
explanation for the presence of the metal is that it came from certain kinds
of incendiary charges.…
Please Take Notice That:
On Behalf of the People of the United States of America, the undersigned Architects
and Engineers for 9/11 Truth and affiliates hereby petition for, and demand,
a truly independent investigation with subpoena power in order to uncover the
full truth surrounding the events of 9/11/01 – specifically the collapse of
the World Trade Center Towers and Building 7. We believe that there is sufficient
doubt about the official story and therefore that the 9/11 investigation must
be re-opened and must include a full inquiry into the possible use of explosives
that may have been the actual cause behind the destruction of the World Trade
Center Towers and WTC Building 7.
The Undersigned
Read the growing list of signatures at www.ae911truth.org/joinus.php
We cordially invite all Architects, Engineers, Interns and affiliates to JOIN
US in this worthy patriotic cause. We welcome everyone who has an interest in
contributing to the success of ongoing investigations into the WTC building
collapses on 9/11. We want to hear about your interests, background, and what
type of contribution you may be well-suited to make. Please let us know the
kinds of activities that would appeal to you the most, such as forming/participating
in a committee, local speaking arrangements, authoring statements, presenting
lectures, appearing on radio, etc. in Section IV on the join form.
With our deepest appreciation,
Richard Gage, Architect …Continue reading
Firefighter Web video blasts Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani's reputation as the man who led the city out of the darkness of 9/11 came under sharp assault yesterday in a video that accused him of mishandling the attack and then turning a financial and political profit from it.
The ex-mayor's presidential campaign moved quickly to discredit the film, entitled "Rudy Giuliani: Urban Legend," which the 280,000-member International Association of Fire Fighters released on the Web yesterday.
Interspersing attack footage and interviews with victims' relatives and union officials, the film charges Giuliani gave the FDNY inadequate radios and interfered with efforts to recover the dead.
"Whenever I hear [Giuliani] talk, I want to scream out to the world and say, 'God, he's so full of it,'" says Rosaleen Tallon, whose firefighter brother was killed.
City Uniformed Firefighters Association President Steve Cassidy, who appears in the video, says he hopes it will debunk Giuliani's 9/11 mystique.
Team Giuliani moved quickly to rebut the video as a distortion from union leaders who back Democrats and don't represent rank-and-file views.
Defending Giuliani at an afternoon news conference were former Office of Emergency Management Commissioner Richard Sheirer and Lee Ielpi, a former city firefighter whose son died on Sept. 11.
The men praised Giuliani as a competent and compassionate leader who did much for the FDNY before and after 9/11. Giuliani spokesman Mike McKeon bashed the union leadership as making "Michael Moore look like Edward R. Murrow."
Source URL: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/07/12/2007-07-12_firefighter_web_video_blasts_giuliani.html
Firefighters undercut Giuliani's 'urban legend'
Nearly everyone has seen the footage of Rudy Giuliani on 9/11 and in the days immediately afterwards, acting decisive, examining the wreckage, calming a city and a nation.…
Contact: Richard Gage, AIA, Founding Member of AE911Truth.org
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Former California Seismic Safety Commissioner Endorses 9/11 Truth Movement
Prominent Engineer Calls for a New Investigation of 9/11
FRANCISCO, CA July 16, 2007 — San Francisco architect Richard Gage, AIA, founder
of the group, 'Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth,' announced today the
statement of support from J. Marx Ayres, former member of the California Seismic
Safety Commission and former member of the National Institute of Sciences Building
Safety Council.
"We are proud to have the support of Marx Ayres, a nationally recognized
expert in building energy systems and earthquake damage to building nonstructural
systems, in our search for the truth about the events of 9/11.", said
Mr. Gage. "He has signed our petition requesting a reinvestigation of
those tragic events and he has now gone even further by providing his personal
statement of support for a new investigation of 9/11."
Mr. Ayres is a nationally recognized expert in building air conditioning design
and analysis, energy conservation, thermal energy storage, commissioning of
HVAC systems, and earthquake damage to building mechanical systems, with over
55 years of experience. Co-founder of one of the largest building engineering
firms in Los Angeles, Mr. Ayres has been in responsible charge of the design
of hundreds of major building projects, including high rise offices, commercial
centers, hospitals and laboratories, hotels and residential buildings, universities
and colleges, schools, theaters and entertainment centers, jails and correctional
facilities, TV and sound studios, governmental buildings and… Continue reading
Dear 9/11 Truth Seekers,
I regret that, due to the fact that I'm addressing an audience in Oslo tonight, I am unable to attend your United for Truth March here in Brussels. Nevertheless, I wish, by means of this written statement, to say a few words of encouragement and appreciation for your efforts.
The attacks in New York and Washington six years ago left the American people stunned and ready to agree to almost anything the Bush-Cheney administration proposed. At home, this has meant severe restrictions on civil liberties in the name of the so-called PATRIOT Act.
Abroad, we have had a so-called war on terror, which has really been a war of aggression against Muslims and a war for oil and domination in Muslim nations. This has meant six years of torture, humiliation, and the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people in Afghanistan and Iraq, people who were either innocent civilians or soldiers fighting against an immoral and even illegal occupation.
During this period, we have also seen an unprecedented media cover-up in the United States and allied countries. Such cover-ups have happened before. But in this case, the crime was more enormous, the consequences were more catastrophic, and the evidence was more obvious. (For example, just by looking at the collapse of Building 7 of the World Trade Center, anyone who knows anything about these matters can see that it was brought down by explosives, as Danny Jowenko of Holland has illustrated.) The failure of the media to expose the lies of the official story threatens the continued existence of democracy, which simply cannot function without an independent media, dedicated to revealing crimes of state.…Continue reading
By Alan Miller August 21, 2007
Former Chief of NIST's Fire Science Division Calls for Independent Review of World Trade Center Investigation
James Quintiere, Ph.D., former Chief of the Fire Science Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has called for an independent review of NIST's investigation into the collapses of the World Trade Center Towers on 9/11.
Dr. Quintiere made his plea during his presentation, "Questions on the WTC Investigations" at the 2007 World Fire Safety Conference. "I wish that there would be a peer review of this," he said, referring to the NIST investigation. "I think all the records that NIST has assembled should be archived. I would really like to see someone else take a look at what they've done; both structurally and from a fire point of view."
"I think the official conclusion that NIST arrived at is questionable," explained Dr. Quintiere. "Let's look at real alternatives that might have been the cause of the collapse of the World Trade Towers and how that relates to the official cause and what's the significance of one cause versus another."
Dr. Quintiere, one of the world's leading fire science researchers and safety engineers, also encouraged his audience of fellow researchers and engineers to scientifically re-examine the WTC collapses. "I hope to convince you to perhaps become 'Conspiracy Theorists', but in a proper way," he said.
In his hour-long presentation, Dr. Quintiere discussed many elements of NIST's investigation that he found problematic. He emphasized, "In every… Continue reading
Even I question the 'truth' about 9/11
By Robert Fisk
Published: 25 August 2007
Each time I lecture abroad on the Middle East, there is always someone in the audience — just one — whom I call the "raver". Apologies here to all the men and women who come to my talks with bright and pertinent questions — often quite humbling ones for me as a journalist — and which show that they understand the Middle East tragedy a lot better than the journalists who report it. But the "raver" is real. He has turned up in corporeal form in Stockholm and in Oxford, in Sao Paulo and in Yerevan, in Cairo, in Los Angeles and, in female form, in Barcelona. No matter the country, there will always be a "raver".
Robert Fisk, award winning journalist, for the Independent in London; described by the NY Times as "the most famous foreign correspondent in Britain"; frequent contributor to Amy Goodman's Democracy Now, a man so famous he has become a verb in his own lifetime, and he's is a 9/11 truther!
In this article, Fisk complains about the ill-behaved 9/11 truthers who shout out questions about the 9/11 cover up at various speaking venues, but this complaint may be just to give himself some cover. Without that shield, he would be immediately denounced and marginalized, (he may be anyway) but he goes on to mention the dirth of plane parts at the Pentagon,… Continue reading
Released: September 06, 2007
Zogby Poll: 51% of Americans Want Congress to Probe Bush/Cheney Regarding 9/11 Attacks; Over 30% Seek Immediate Impeachment
67% also fault 9/11 Commission for not investigating anomalous collapse of World Trade Center 7
Kansas City, MO (Zogby International) September 6, 2007 – As America nears the sixth anniversary of the world-churning events of September 11, 2001, a new Zogby International poll finds a majority of Americans still await a Congressional investigation of President Bush' and Vice President Cheney's actions before, during and after the 9/11 attacks. Over 30% also believe Bush and/or Cheney should be immediately impeached by the House of Representatives.
The 911truth.org-sponsored poll also found that over two-thirds of Americans say the 9/11 Commission should have investigated the still unexplained collapse of the 47-story World Trade Center Building 7 at 5:20 p.m. on September 11, 2001.
WTC 7 housed the mayor's emergency bunker and offices of the SEC, IRS, CIA and Secret Service and was not hit by any planes but still completely collapsed into its own footprint nearly eight hours after the Twin Tower attacks. FEMA did not explain this collapse, the 911 Commission ignored it, and the promised official study by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is now 2 years overdue.
Janice Matthews, executive director of poll sponsor 911truth.org, observes: "The supermajority response to the WTC Building 7 question signals an increasing public concern about this remarkable event — up from 38% last year. We can perhaps credit this… Continue reading
Six activists managed to get into Real Time with Bill Maher on Friday, October 19, 2007, at CBS studios with signs and banners, as well as 9/11 "truth dollars" advertising activist websites. They disrupted the panel discussion segment of the show with statements questioning the official story of 9/11, and they openly challenged Bill Maher to a debate on WTC Building 7.
Los Angeles, California (WeAreChangeLA.org) October 23, 2007 — Maher was talking science during a round table panel discussion when the first activist named Randy stood up, held up his smuggled-in sign reading '9/11 is a cover up fraud' and shouted "Investigate 9/11, Nothing else matters" and other comments to the same effect.
Randy was swarmed by show crew members, and Bill Maher scampered into the audience, put his hands on the back of a crew member shouting, "Out, out, out".
After making his way back on stage, Maher barely got his mic back on when a second activist, Katy Kurtzman stood up and shouted "What about Building 7? What about Building 7, Bill?" Maher stood up and said "I'll kick your @ss out of here, too!" and producers proceeded to escort Kurtzman out of the audience.
One of the panelists, Joel Stein, LA Times columnist then jokes "I was only allowed two guests so things should be okay after this." That's when the third activist, Peter Thottam challenged Maher once again about Building 7 "Tell us what happened to Building 7, Bill!"
As Peter was grabbed and dragged… Continue reading
Quick links, added as issues are mentioned during the debate and by callers:
Norman Minetta's Testimony to the 9/11 Commission re. Cheney's actions on 9/11/01: click here
9/11 widow, Patty Casazza, talking about whistleblowers who tried to talk to the 9/11 Commission (video here). (Related, MLK Family attorney, William Pepper, talking about importance of 9/11 investigation, danger of government infiltration to destroy the efforts: Video here). Also, related article, "The War on Whistleblowers."
Physical evidence issues, as mentioned by callers:
Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth — AE911Truth.org
Steven Jones, Thermite and molten metal — Scholars for 9/11 Truth & Justice
Activism: WeAreChangeLA, details of march scheduled for November 11
Bill Maher show: Article and Press release and article about dissent in USA 2007.
Dear Thom Hartmann listeners.
We applaud your skepticism! And we're glad you've come to this site for more information about 9/11 Truth. Just a few links here to some basic information to briefly introduce what we're asking, why we're asking, and why it matters. This is not a matter of "belief," it's an issue of facts vs. deceptions. Due diligence is required–we ask people to simply consider the questions, review the documentation, and come to conclusions based on what you learn.
» Kevin Ryan makes the case: You can choose to not look at this information, to choose denial, but ultimately, it's a personal decision.
"To me, the report in question represents a decision point, not just for the… Continue reading
Ministry of Mythinformation Blog
Concerning the graduated repression of the Nazi regime, the Reverend Martin Niemoller, in 1945, stated, to the effect:
First they came for the Communists, and I didn't speak up, because I wasn't a Communist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up, because I wasn't a Jew.
Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up, because I was a Protestant.
Then they came for me, and by that time there was no one left to speak up for me.
Though this quote has taken on many forms and endured several disputes, the ultimate interpretation stands. That silence about liberty infractions equals civil death.
Further, on the notion of leading the public headstrong into oblivion, the Nazis said it best:
"Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia , nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany . That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country." Hermann Goering, 1946… Continue reading


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Concord Police are investigating a Tuesday afternoon shooting that left two people dead and another man injured. Cornelius police have posted two more counts of indecent liberties with a child against a former Community School of Davidson official. Meanwhile, this week's police blotter in Davidson includes several single-vehicle accidents, including two with injuries, and a report of a driver who failed to stop and drove onto the grass in the middle of a traffic circle on Griffith Street. Read on for details on those incidents and a summary of this week's traffic enforcement.
Police and emergency medical personnel were dispatched around 3:15 to 482 Gibson Dr. NW in Concord, to investigate a report of a shooting. They found three people there with gunshot wounds.
A man and a woman were dead at the scene. Another man was transported to Carolinas Medical Center-NorthEast with injuries described as non-life threatening.
Police said later this afternoon they believe "all people involved in the situation have been accounted for."
No further information was expected to be released Tuesday. Police said their investigation is at a "very early stage."
A former community school of Davidson official has been charged with two more felony counts of indecent liberties with a child, bringing the total to three since his is arrest June 11.
Kevin Green, 45, was charged on June 20 and again on June 27 as Cornelius police investigate the case.
Green is free after posting a total of $85,000 in bond. He's due in Mecklenburg County superior court Wednesday on the first charge.
Green had been director of business, facilities and personnel at Community School of Davidson. He announced his resignation from the charter school in April, and had planned to work until the end of the school year. But when school officials learned he was under investigation, they put him on paid administrative leave for the rest of the year, and banned him from setting foot on the campus.
Police and school officials say the charge is unrelated to his work at the charter school.
RELATED COVERAGE: June 14, 2013, "Ex-charter school director faces indecent liberties charge"
Below is a summary of Davidson Police Department incident reports from June 24 – 30
FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 8:45am, Concord Road by College Drive – A 2005 Lexus driven by a 64-year-old Davidson woman was struck by a deer that ran into the roadway by Davidson College Presbyterian church. The vehicle sustained $2500 worth of damage, and both the driver and the deer were unharmed. The deer ran off eastbound on Concord Road.
FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 6:05pm, East Rocky River Road – A 2004 Ford pickup truck driven by a 32-year-old Mooresville resident hydroplaned due to heavy rain and spun out of control. The vehicle spun sideways across the road and into a drainage ditch, and stopped when it hit a tree. The vehicle sustained $5000 worth of damage and had to be towed from the scene, and the driver did not suffer any serious injuries.
FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 8:10pm, Griffith and Jetton Street traffic circle – A 23-year-old Statesville woman driving a 1999 Honda failed to slow for the traffic circle at Jetton and Griffith Streets, driving into the middle of the circle and striking a "One Way" road sign owned by the town of Davidson. The vehicle sustained $200 worth of damages and the driver was unharmed.
SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 10:38am, Davidson-Concord Road – A 21-year-old Charlotte woman driving a 2010 Honda lost control of her vehicle after being distracted and drifted off the right side of the road. The driver over-corrected and came back onto the roadway crossing oncoming lanes, and then went off the road on the other side. After driving off the road, the vehicle struck an embankment causing the airbags to deploy. The driver was treated on the scene by Medic and transported to Presbyterian Hospital – Huntersville. Officers noted that the driver was not texting and driving.
SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 10:23pm, Davidson-Concord Road – An 18-year-old Cornelius woman driving a 2008 Volkswagen drove off the right side of the road while traveling west. The driver over corrected while attempting to get back on the road, crossing the center line and then running back off the right side of the road. The vehicle then struck and traveled along an embankment before rolling over and coming to rest upright, perpendicular to the roadway. The driver was treated by Medic on the scene and transported to Presbyterian Hospital – Charlotte. The vehicle was totaled.
SUNDAY, JUNE 30, 4:50am, Northbound I-77 on-ramp at Griffith Street – A 46 year-old Davidson man driving a 2012 Dodge was turning his vehicle around on a median and did not realize he was close to a yield sign, striking the sign and causing minor damage. His vehicle sustained $900 of damage.
- BAILEY ROAD – 1 citation for speeding
- BEATY STREET – 1 citation for speeding
- BOUNDARY OAKS COURT – 1 arrest for DWI
- CONCORD ROAD – 2 citations for speeding, 1 citations for driving without a license
- DAVIDSON-CONCORD ROAD – 1 citation for a safe movement violation
- E ROCKY RIVER ROAD – 1 citation for speeding
- GREY ROAD – 2 citations for speeding
- GRIFFITH STREET – 7 citations for speeding
- JETTON STREET – 4 citations for failing to stop at a stop sign
- N MAIN STREET – 4 citations for speeding
- POTTS STREET – 1 citation for speeding
- ROBERT WALKER DRIVE – 3 citations for speeding
- SAM FURR ROAD – 1 citation for speeding
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Laptop, dual monitor, twinview: no easy way out
Hy guys, after searching, googling and trying several thigs I guess I need some help, even a link to some useful documentation (that I've not read :) ) will be most welcome.
I'm using a HPElitebook 8440p with NVIDIA GPU NVS 3100M , nvidia drivers 270.41.03, X.Org X Server 1.10.1 (with queue patch to avoid lockups), gentoo 64bit platform.
I usually have two different monitors attached (different resolution) but often I have to disconnect one monitor and use the laptop with only his LCD or attach it to a different monitor.
Right now I'm using twinview option and all works fine, besides the fact that I'm unable, no matter what, to tell xorg to rescan and/or be aware of a monitor change, unless I restart xorg. As you can understand this is pretty cumbersome.
I don't require any auto detection when a monitor is detected or disconnected; I've tried to activate HP WMI to detect fn+f4 (monitor output), activated acpid and placed
Option "EnableACPIHotkeys" "true" but I'm unable to tell xorg to rescan or twinview to manage properly a monitor change situation. I could be enough to find a command or something else that could be scripted and activated by some key combination, but so far I've had no success.
right now my configuration is the following, that allows me to work fine (laptop LCD is the primary monitor, otherwise the toolbar management becomes a nightmare) once I have monitor connected at x startup.
I'll be glad to anyone able to give me some hints on how to sort this out, it is really annoyng. I know that this topic has been discussed a lot but I failed to find a solution, no matter how hard I tried.
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
Option "Xinerama" "0"
Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
ModulePath "/usr/lib64/opengl/xorg-x11/extensions/"
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "NVS 3100M"
Option "AllowDDCCI" "true"
Option "RegistryDwords" "EnableBrightnessControl=1"
Option "EnableACPIHotkeys" "true"
Option "DPMS" "FALSE"
Section "Screen"
# Removed Option "TwinView" "0"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "DFP: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "1"
Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-3"
Option "metamodes" "CRT: nvidia-auto-select +1600+0, DFP: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
Option "DPI" "96 x 96"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Re: Laptop, dual monitor, twinview: no easy way out
Unfortunately the binary drivers don't support XRandR 1.2 which is needed for monitor hotplugging support.
Re: Laptop, dual monitor, twinview: no easy way out
I can't believe that in Nvidia someone can really think that is acceptable.
Right now I'm using nouveau, works for me: it's way from perfect ant it's slow, but at least it has monitor hotplugging....
Re: Laptop, dual monitor, twinview: no easy way out
Why don't you use disper ( http://willem.engen.nl/projects/disper/ )? Launch it when the acpi event (Fn+F4) occurs. That would be a scriptable solution.
Monitor hotplugging is very much allowed, as long as you have DynamicTwinview active (by default it is active). If you use the GUI nvidia-settings, then also you should be able to dynamically (de-)activate any attached monitor.
Oh yes, in my usage, till date I haven't missed anything from xrandr-1.2 while using nvidia-drivers.
Re: Laptop, dual monitor, twinview: no easy way out
I'll give also a try to disper: many thanks for the help.
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He's in a BMW (beamer), Bomber like Hiroshima is a comparison between a bomber (plane who drop bombs) and Hiroshima which is a town based in Chugoku in Japan. Hiroshima was attacked by a nuclear bomb the 06/08/45. Logic means that he is blowing up just like hiroshima when the town got attacked but in a musicaly way
Katrina is one of the most powerful hurricane of the history of America. it was between 23/08/2005 and 31/08/2005 near the state of Louisiana, it also did several damages in other states like Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi and Ohio. Logic say that he's gonna hit his enemies strongly just like what did The Hurricane Katrina to Louisiana and other states nearby.
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Why do we write open source code?
For some time I was thinking about writing this post and I have just watched Chris DiBona presenting a fantastic session called Open Source is Magic in Google I/O and got motivated. In addition to this, today is Download Day (if you have not downloaded Firefox 3.0 yet, go ahead and do it), so nothing better than write about open source on this Tuesday.
I was deep thinking why people write open source code. I am not talking about why companies do it, I am talking about you, as a developer, do it in your free time. According to a very interesting BCG/OSDN Hacker Survey made in 2002 - I could not easily found it, so Chris got me a copy (thanks!) - it could be extracted 4 groups from the different motivations answered by the public: believers (do it because they think open software should be open), professionals (for work needs and professional status), fun seekers (for non-work need and intellectual simulation) and skill enhancers (for skill improvements).
[Updating] The motivations that made the groups:
I can understand this group segmentation, but I think the time has definitely changed and we - communities, companies and softwares - have definitely evolved. Some years ago, Java was not open source, Firefox and OpenOffice.org were getting more adopters, Ubuntu was not out, companies were not doing contests and giving prizes away, etc, etc, etc. But my big question is, why do you write open source code? I mean, why do you join, for example, java.net, SourceForge, Google Code or freshmeat and commit your code there in order to create a whole community around it? Why do you send code to help a current open source project? Answering this question, I would say that I am a believer because I do it for the knowledge sharing between people, but I definitely do it for the fun too. How fun is sharing your ideas, getting new ones, mixing all together and creating something even more nice?! Talking about fun, would you will invite someone to go out for a glass of water on Friday night? Neim! It is the same as wasting your free time to write something that you do not get excited, it just does not make sense.
So, it is your turn. What do you think about the current period that open source is passing? What do you do for open source and why do you do it? Any other comments you may have, please feel free to add!
PS: I was looking some other presentations in Google I/O and there was a slide showing the book Producing Open Source Software from Karl Fogel. I have read this book some time ago and it has a pretty interesting reading if you want to learn about the nature of maintaining an open source project. Take a look!
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by jwenting - 2008-06-20 00:05the only reason for me is to fix something that's broken or missing in an OSS project when doing that would be cheaper/faster/easier than using something else or writing my own.
by smsajid - 2008-06-19 21:18To share ideas, to innovate, to invent, to make a difference to someone's life
by mondain - 2008-06-19 10:26I personally fall into several of those boxes. My primary motivation for working on Red5 is to improve my skill set, but in doing this I find enjoyment. Its really great when your part-time hobby starts paying your bills :) http://osflash.org/red5
by filipiz - 2008-06-18 06:18great, Joca!! great.
I'm reading the book "The World is Flat" and one of its sections (Flattener #4) talks just about the open sourcing, what are its motivations and how they contribute to the globalization.
If you want i can borrow it to you when I finish reading. I think you will enjoy it a lot.
by jwenting - 2008-06-18 06:02Only one reason: I need some functionality that's either missing or broken from an almost-fitting OSS product and it's cheaper/faster to modify it than it is to start from scratch implementing that functionality.
by fabriziogiudici - 2008-06-18 05:46
For many reasons: improve my skills, it's fun, and improve my reputation. I'm not a "believer": I don't believe that software should be open sourced. I think that open source software has many chances to be better than closed competitors, since it could be more driven by the real users needs.
I would add that I also write open source software because I'm a moron: if I spent all the time I devoted to it in paid activities, i would be probably rich :-)
by whp - 2008-06-18 00:12Form me it was ability to change software the way I wanted it to be. Fun was a bonus. If there hadn't been any fun I would have quit earlier - not because of lack of time :/.
by ilyaromanenko - 2008-06-20 06:06I do opensource at work cos it's saves many moneys :) It also iteresting to work with professionals :)
by aekold - 2008-06-18 01:49There are many reasons to do it:
1. I am working on web-based ejb projects, but I prefer Swing and desktop. So I am writing OSS to satisfy my programming needs.
2. Almost all software have some leaks and can be improved. If you don't fear your own programming skills - it is great to improve something you're using.
From my point of view - it's just question "what software means for you". If it's just your work and you hate computers and technologies - you will never write something opensource, but if you like software evolution - you can take part in it.
by serge_rehem - 2008-06-29 19:21For me is about learning, sharing knowledge, having fun and work on something I've special interest. It's not about sharity, as I say in my blog: http://bazedral.blogspot.com/2008/03/software-livre-caridade.html (ptBR), that talks about collaborative work inside companies.
by serge_rehem - 2008-06-29 19:17For me is about learning, sharing knowledge, having fun and work on something I'm interesting in. For example, if I'm a java desktop developer it's natural to contribute in desktop open source projects. In my blog bazedral.blogspot.com (ptBR) I say that open source is not about charity...


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Survey: German Men Are The Worst Lovers. So, Who Are The Best?
A poll published by OnePoll.com surveyed 15,000 women around the globe to rank countries with the best and worst male lovers.
According to the survey, Germany got the lowest scores because the men are "too smelly." Rounding out the top five are the English ("too lazy"), Swedes ("too quick to finish"), the Dutch ("too rough"), and Americans ("too dominating").
On the other side of the sex spectrum, Latin countries unsurprisingly favored well in the survey. Spain boasts the best men in bed, while Brazil, Italy and France follow close by.
The full results read:
1. Germany (too smelly)
2. England (too lazy)
3. Sweden (too quick)
4. Holland (too dominating)
5. America (too rough)
6. Greece (too lovey-dovey)
7. Wales (too selfish)
8. Scotland (too loud)
9. Turkey (too sweaty)
10. Russia (too hairy)
1. Spain
2. Brazil
3. Italy
4. France
5. Ireland
6. South Africa
7. Australia
8. New Zealand
9. Denmark
10. Canada
(Via Telegraph)
I am black and i was also happen to be in bed with the German guy and he was an animal in bed and so good, plus he wasn't smelly, so if it happen that one person had a bad experience with that one German guy, it was his/her bad luck but generalizing isn't a good thing.......I must say, I LOVE GERMAN GUYS and i could still go back to them for more pleasure.
What the fuck is this? very rude closed-minded and have superiority complex for sure i've dated already a different types of guy from the different countries like France, Italy, Britain, Denmark, and Greece etc. but my Greek lover are the best lover with all of the guy that i've dated
So... Some people who comments here seem to have like no idea about how statistics work...
Glad to live in Latin America. No wonder why some many european ladies are landing over here each summer. The Law of Migration: you travel abroad to find what you don't have at home.
My boyfriend is German and he's the best partner I've ever had. very loyal, respectful, gentle, and hygienic! He smells wonderful all the time and our love making is the best I've ever had. This poll is silly
Well I'm Australian and I have a German partner.... just saying.... so she didn't have any luck there in her own country. Thing is there is always an exception to the rule. Even if this is a poll and even IF it is true, there will ALWAYS be an exception to the rule and some who do not fit in to the category specified, stupid to think otherwise. Even when I went to Germany and thought ok... most Germans are always pissed off (probably because of the constantly shit weather etc) there is an exception, I met REALLY great ones (sure minority, but still) also, COMPLETELY different when the sun is out and it is summer, it then switches to MOST are nice, happy and friendly.
I know this is old ... but I have never read such a bullshit. The point is: Germans are always victims of silly stereotypes. If nothing works to satisfy the basic instincts of bored people, bashing of Germans always helps. The smelly German who is a bad lover ... Okay ...
Interesting that such polls are mainly initiated by Brits or Americans. Does that tell us something or not? Brazilians are the second best lovers? I once had one (the only foreign lover I had) and I have never had such bad sex for far ... He finished after one minute ... what a selfish guy. Does that mean that all Brazilians are like that? No!
Do you know understand that this "poll" cannot be anything else but a fake? As it's common to hate Germans it's clear enough why they got such results.
But perhaps I am not the person to judge it ... After all I haven't yet f**** through the nations.
I dont agree with that, I was once with a German man and he was a very good lover, very gentle and loving and he didnt stink.
For sure the Author never tried having a FILIPINO BOYFRIEND hehehe
Big surprise, this is dominated by Western European countries. no one has sex anywhere else then . . .
A man once made very sweet love to me. He happened to be German.
Strange... Lived in Germany for several years and never met a smelly man. They can be casual as tourists, but smelly? No. Where those ideas come from? Also German man are fantastic lovers, very caring, treat women with a lot of respect, and as Bernard said, they are uninhibited. Can be very romantic too, not shallow types. Prefer them to Spaniards or Italians, really. And American are very puritan and porn loving.
Its all the sour crout(sic) they eat yuck!!!!!
love German man.
Ethiopian girls are the best in the world.
No they are not, best women are Spaniards followed by Native american. Ethiopians gross, I can't even think of a black chick naked without being grossed out. Sorry. To each their own.
Jeremy, I don't know any straight guys that get grossed out at the sight of naked women, no matter what color they are.
First Jeremy just to break it down for you. Black women have the same body parts as White Woman, Asian, Middle Eastern and etc...what do you think we have something different. I don't assume All white men have small ass baby carrot dicks--Such as yourself, again I'm assuming--.Just because your black does not change the fact that your a woman or a man with those sex organs..what do you think, a black woman's sexual organs change? Our body is the same, minus the body color. I don't think it has anything to do with a person's gender for you. I think plain and simply your a Racist with a narrow view about the world and this is sad. Also, you could not handle a black woman! Now, that's simply my opinion and to each and his/her own.
Why does this always turn into a racial thing? Jeremy prefers white women just as I prefer white men. I am not a racist, but it certainly sounds like you are! I know plenty of black and white men that have small dicks! I love it when a black women claims that a white man could not handle her. No, he probably couldn't handle your attitude!
We all have the same body parts, regardless of the color of our skin, and we are all free to choose whatever floats our boat. Please don't take his words out of context and turn it into something it's not. The reaction you had is the result of your own emotions and interpretation of your facts. What distinguishes a fact from opinion is that facts are verifiable!
please train your reading and interpretation more. Jeremy used the word "gross", which is insulting. Further more, he said "to each is own"!! That actually goes against to what you are saying...everybody is entitled to have preferences and to choose. Apparently, not for Jeremy...
There is a difference in sharing an opinion and truthful than just being a plain ass.
this is plain stereotyping. My first sexual experience with a man was German. He was excellent in bed...one of the best and I've been with so many, many men with different nationalities. Over 100 men...I lost count. I'm not proud of it because I don't want to be labeled a slut but I'm just being truthful. He was very gentle, loving and romantic. That was 5 years ago and to this day, I still remember it with such clarity. I know that I'll never forget him no matter how hard I try...even until I grow old, I'll never forget how he treated me so kindly, the smell of his skin and the size, shape & sweet smell of his cock..My second best would be a Mexican and third a Filipino. Anyone could be a great lover and I do believe that their nationality has nothing to do with it.
Oh, thank heaven; my husband and I are #'s 2, 3 and 4 between us.
Jewish men are the worst lovers because they have no foreskin to satisfy their women. That's why they have to pay for hookers, they have no game or skills.
Totally true. Jewish men suck in bed because they are too cheap to give.....even in the sack. Trust me, I am still married to one!!
This article is SO RACIST, XENOPHOBE AND PARTIAL.
I agree, ZX you are an idiot!
Ha. So not true, at least not when you know the definition of the three words you just used.
The only experts that can tell who is the best is man on man and woman on woman...women know nothing about good sex with men...in their emotional states. They can never make up their mind
I Serbian guys
Why would Instinct publish a poll of WOMEN from four years ago, and start out with "A new poll published....." ? Give me a break!
It doesn't say new. But granted 15,000 women cannot be indicative of a world poll...
So why are you posting a poll from 2009?
Are you serious? They are posting 2009 poll results from a women's poll so THEY CAN REPOST THE PIC OF MR ESPANA 2007!!!! Get with the program
Sounds like I need a German man! He would lay there cold as ice while a wear on his ass, cum, then go.
You know there are other places in the world. There are these continents called Asia and Africa, but I guess you forgot about those.
You know these are the 10 worst and 10 best? Also, last I checked South Africa is on the continent of Africa.
This post is so silly.
Russian men are too hairy?
What if you're into that? The same argument can be made for almost every complaint on the list.
Also Italian men rank #3 and they are hairy as well - and that's awesome!
Actually you're right! I like German men!
Hairy is awesome!!!
What do those homophobic, old unwanted trolls and fa@ hags think?!
Funny thing... A poll published by the same website in September 2009 shows exactly the same results.
Well done, Instant Magazine!
Good lord it's just a silly poll. You people spend way to much time and effort on something that in the bigger picture has no real social impact. This poll is based on stereotypes and pushes cultural hot buttons to get people to engage in pointless and meaningless conversation / debate on issues that mean nothing to the rest of the world. The magazine accomplished it's goal.. write a article that would hit peoples hot buttons and spark conversation and get them to share their feelings on social media. It's just that simple!
And both of us joined this discussion anyway... :)
Absolutely agree!!! Spaniards are sooooo hot!!!
I actually agree more or less with this ...
Hmm I beg to differ. I find Germans a lot more fun in the sac. Not sure who took this pole. I think Germans are the most uninhibited. American far to conservative.
"sack", not "sac". "poll", not "pole". "too", not "to".
The majority of Turkey is in Asia, so Asians kind of did get tossed into the mix in a sideways sort of manner. :)
The results are rated by country and NOT ethnicity. New Zealand, Australia and America for that matter are made up of many different ethnicities. These would also include those from Asian countries. Perhaps those places that were not colonized in the large 500 years can claim their results are down to ethnicity but those that were must have developed their traits recently. The lack of even a mention of a Asian country is strange .
I think you need to read between the lines here on being "too smelly".....A large percentage of the male population in Germany is uncircumcised. Hygiene probably is their strong suit.....just sayin' If it smells like raw hamburger meat gone bad, I don't think it would rank very high for me either....LOL
Sorry, but I know a HUGE amount of German people, and all they surveyed was women anyway. Morons. They should have surveyed men too for this. However, I have had lovers from all walks of life and German people do not stink, the assumption of Americans being too dominating is bullshit as is some of the other things they stupid bitches said. That being said, there is one ethnic group that DOES stink to high heaven constantly but they don't seem to think they do; but I am not going to say which group.
WTF No Asians in the equation here? This is bull, I know Thailand should be somewhat ranked, why would everyone flock for free-love in Bangkok then? And all the middle-age men and women flock for the boys. Hahahah.
I've met a lot of German guys and I have never smelled any body odor on them.
With over a billion people of Asian ancestry in the largest continent in the world, you'd think theres some serious f***ing going on. Looking at this survey, you'd think they don't even exist.
Regarding Asians, they might have included the culture in the list as the editor might have felt bad for all the "little penis" comments they would've received through the voting bahaha
Agreed - WTF? How can you forget about all those countries and all those millions of lovers? They dropped the ball on this one, and definitely showed their privilege in their study.
I grew up around them. They are always horny
Didn't you know? Asians flick their seed across the room.
I think there's an obvious western European bias.
It seems like a number of people are taking this non-scientific poll to heart. Being a biomedical researcher, I can at least say that by no means is this poll generalizable to any population. It was probably a convenient sample, therefore not representative of the true opinions of people and biased towards heterosexual individuals. That said, this is Instinct Magazine, not The Advocate. I hardly expert for them to post anything too serious online. It's a piece of trivia to tell a friend about and that's it.
Yes. It's true. Greek men are lovey dovy, but they are great in bed as well. Been to GREECE three times so far, and I never complained! Woof! Of course I'm speaking as a gay man! And honestly, yes Turkish men are too sweaty, but as a gay guy, there is nothing better than a sweaty guy while having sex with him! Yum! Just my two cents ;)
You know this is BS, right? The people surveyed are total idiots.
Here I was, happy for being in second place and some sour apples from the worst list had to rain on my parade pointing out it doesn't count for it was made with str8 people. Damn!
It's really surprising, the myopic and narrowminded comments in response to this article.
You can go ahead and reply, but I probably won't see it. I just wanted to iterative a point.
Its a survey that asked WOMEN! ,Now ask gay men, and see what the survey says.........uh huh
I find this list interesting. Ireland is on the list of best lovers, and since I'm all Irish, I'm proud I guess, but on the worst list, England, America, Wales, and Germany all have a home. Now a good number of the British have Irish blood, I believe there are more people with at least some Irish blood in teh United States than any other nationality. I'm not sure if Wales has a number of Irish people living there, but I know the two have close ties and not a great love of Britain (even though Lizzie is Queen, they always maintain are Welsh, not British). I know many Germans have moved to Ireland. Is it to be better in bed? Now my Irish male cousins, two gay, the rest straight, seem to have happy love lives. So I guess if you're Irish and you want to be a good lover, don't emigrate.
Now as far as Brazilians are concerned, I'm sure tehy know a thing or two. Many of the Starbucks in my area have Brazilian employees and Starbucks baristas are my favorite eye candy and the Brazilians are strikingly handsome and at Dunkin doughnuts, you have some pretty hot Brazilians as employees, and if I were a bit younger and mor edaing, I'd put tehm to the test.
Sounds like a bunch of ethnic stereotypes to me.
Instinct Magazine seems to have forgotten that it's primarily a GAY male magazine. Writing at length about a survey that was asked of heterosexual women is just STUPID.
For with gay males regardless of the country they come from, the result has a high risk of not being the same. For some countries are plagued with overcompensating macho attitudes that manifest differently during sex with gay males than it does with straight females.
It's just a fun informative article. Not everything has to be gay!
If by "informative" you're speaking in terms of the people that were surveyed, rather than the results.
The worst lovers are ones that are "Too lovey dovey" or "too hairy" or "too loud?"
I mean, I can understand someone being too dominant or selfish...those are a bit harder to work with...but too "quick?" too "loud?" too "rough?" Those can be worked on. Not everyone is going to be the ideal lover the first time around, not to mention different people have different things they're wanting. If they're too rough, it's easy to tell them to be a bit more gentle. If you don't like their body odor, there's perfectly polite ways to let them know. Labeling them as the "worst" lovers is a bit much, though.
Lovey dovey, hairy, loud, quick, rough...some people like that. Being any or some or all of these is not a negative if the other person is turned on by it. If the guy is quick, then that means we do it more often. Lovey dovey? After a couple spankings, he won't be so lovey. Hairy? If it's not plush, it's not a toy. Rough? I can be rougher, and he'll back down right away. If you're just gonna lay there and take whatever, shame on you. And if you don't know how to control a lovemaking session without being too dominant, then get some sex therapy
Woohoo! Aussie Aussie Aussie!
Um...15000 is suppose to tell all. There are 7 billion plus people on earth. Also they only asked women, what about men that like men. We got something to say about it. Further more the 15000 women, what countries are they from? Just wondering.
that's why it's called a survey. It's a sample size of a relatively larger population, stupid.
I bet the results would be different if men were interviewed instead of women. We seem to have a more diverse appreciation for what is sexy. For some, dominant, rough and hairy can be very sexy. Even 'smelly' has it's appeal for some men.
Yes, don't blow your own horn ;)
As far as I'm concerned anyone with some amount of Spanish ancestry (i.e., Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Dominicans, El Salvadorans, Guatemalans, etc., etc., etc.) are all sub-listed under #1.
They have Latin ancestry. Hispanic is a linguistic group (like Arabs and Slavs) and not every Latino has Spanish blooks. To say that King Juan Carlos I of Spain and Celia Cruz are the same racially is absurd.
I agree. Being Latino I don't much care for the term "Hispanic" because I feel it excludes all those with indigenous ancestry. From the countries listed on both lists it seems to me that the poll was biased towards western Europeans, being that they lumped everyone in the U.S. (from hundreds of racial/ethnic groups) into one.
Not to blow my own horn (though I wish I could), but Dominicans and/or Cubans deserve their spot at the top 10.


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Tomato Flavored Brown Sauce
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|2 Teaspoon
|Chicken wing tips and neck
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|1⁄2 , diced
|1⁄2 , diced
|Chicken stock
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|Fresh tomatoes/Canned plum tomatoes
|2 , coarsely chopped
|Dried thyme
|1 Pinch
|Bay leaf
|1⁄2 Small
|Cold water
|2 Tablespoon
|Tomato paste
|1 Teaspoon
|Potato starch/Arrowroot/cornstarch
|1 Teaspoon
Heat oil in heavy medium saucepan over medium-high heat.
Add wing tips, neck, onion and carrot and saute just until well browned.
Stir in stock, tomatoes, thyme and bay leaf.
Bring to boil, stirring constantly.
Reduce heat to very low and simmer uncovered about 45 minutes.
Strain stock into another medium saucepan, pressing on vegetables to extract all liquid.
Skim as much fat as possible from surface.
Simmer over medium heat until reduced to 2/3 cup.
Blend cold water into tomato paste in small bowl.
Add potato starch and whisk to form smooth paste.
Gradually whisk mixture into simmering sauce.
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|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Dark molasses
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|Grated orange rind/Lemon rind
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|Egg yolk
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|Baking soda
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
|Ground aniseed
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|Ground cardamom
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Cream first six ingredients together until fluffy, then add remaining ingredients sifted together.
Chill dough until firm enough to roll.
Cut in 4 pieces and roll each on a floured board to less than 1/4 inch thick.
Cut with a floured doughnut cutter.
Place rings on greased cooky sheets and brush with slightly beaten egg white'.
Sprinkle with sugar, then decorate with bits of green and red glace cherries or silver dragees.
Bake at 350F for 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned.
Lift from the pans and cool on cake racks.
Gather up the scraps of dough and roll into walnut-size balls.
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|Soft butter
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|1 , beaten
|White wine
|10 Tablespoon
|2 Cup (32 tbs) (For Frying)
|Cannoli forms/Dowel pieces
|1 Cup (16 tbs) (5 Inch Long X 1 Inch In Diameter)
|2⁄3 Cup (10.67 tbs)
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|1⁄8 Teaspoon
|Scalded milk
|2 Cup (32 tbs)
|2 , lightly beaten
|Vanilla extract
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
|Almond extract
|1⁄4 Teaspoon
|Ricotta cheese
|1 Pound
|Powdered sugar
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Finely chopped candied fruit
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Semi-sweet chocolate
|1 Ounce, grated
Prepare pastry.
Combine flour and salt in mixing bowl.
Make well in center; add sugar, butter, and egg.
Add wine; stir with fork until liquid is absorbed.
Turn onto floured board; knead until smooth.
Divide dough into 4 equal parts; roll on floured surface until 1/16 inch thick.
Cut into 3 1/2 inch squares; roll squares diagonally onto forms, overlapping corners.
Seal with a little water.
Heat 3/4 inch oil in heavy skillet to 375 °F; fry cannolis, 3 at a time, in hot oil.
When light golden, remove from oil; slip off of forms as soon as cool enough to handle.
Allow to cool completely.
Make filling.
Combine sugar, flour, and salt in top of double boiler.
Slowly stir in scalded milk; cook over boiling water until mixture thickens.
Combine 1 cup of mixture with eggs; beat well.
Pour mixture back into double boiler; cook, stirring, 3 minutes.
Cool; stir in flavoring. (Filling must be cold before adding ricotta.)
Beat ricotta and powdered sugar until ricotta is smooth.
Fold in custard, fruit and chocolate.
Fill cannoli with small spatula, carefully packing filling.
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A fan asks about two of the game issues that I personally find most annoying. The first is that buffs are inexplicably capped at 5, even though 1) this isn't nearly enough, and 2) that many doesn't even go the full width of the belt interface. The second is that you don't get a comparison of DPS and HPs when viewing items in the Auction House. As these are both obviously needed fixes, I can only assume that there are technical issues with enabling them, which is more or less what Vaeflare admits, after halfheartedly arguing for the status quo.
I play a monk, I always have a barb friend with me and there are shrines all over the damn place (sometimes 2 are literally right next to each other). Showing only 5 of the sometimes 7-8+ active buffs on my character is RIDICULOUS. Help us take your game more seriously by presenting all of the necessary information to us.
2.) Show a proper tool-tip in the AH and on message-linked items.
Very simple. We get this only when we are in a game lobby. Why? Show us the change in life, damage and protection when we click on an item from the AH or from the chat. Now, you may ask how accounts with multiple characters are handled. One little note could be added that states: "Tool-tip comparison is based on the SELECTED hero." SIMPLE. DONE. It compares the item only to the character you have used most recently. Not that hard, folks!
Vaeflare: It may not sound hard, but it isn't an easy code change. It often takes a great deal of work in order to update and alter our complex coding, and it's actually been a notable tech investment to try to tackle this particular request for updated item comparison tooltips (which Lylirra mentioned here as well).
The good news is that we've been making a lot of progress, and this feature is planned for an upcoming patch. :)
The HPs and protection green vs. red aren't real hard to figure out, but DPS can be impossible if the mods aren't the same. Say you've got a ring with 5% CC, 116 Dex, and 6% AS. Is that better than a ring with +15 min dmg, 3.5% CC, 874 Dex, and 34% CD? Um… yes? It's really hard to figure, especially since the relative value of all those properties change as you increase your totals.
Conveniently for the discussion, I happened to have a screenshot of an almost exact comparison my Monk stumbled upon some weeks ago. The shot is below and you can click for a full sized view, but basically the damage between two rings is almost identical, despite their very different stats:
So in this instance, on this character, 153 Dex + 0.5% CC is worth almost exactly the same DPS as 9% AS, but I only know that since I had both rings in my possession. If one had been for sale in the AH, I could only have guesstimated their relative merits. Sure would be nice if those pretty green numbers provided a shopping solution, but they do not in the AH and apparently they will not for some time yet. (My sorrow is without measure.)
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Over the last month, the narrow bylanes of Delhi's Jama Masjid have been saturated with sights and sounds of milk bubbling in vats, the sizzle of skewered meats and the soporific cloying of chashni. As thousands of adherents streamed out of the main mosque to break their fast, they were joined by the curious and the hungry, caste and religion no bar. While most eateries here such as Al Jawahar and Aslam's kept their regular hours, the area's focal point, Karim's, remained open until the wee hours of the morning through the month, ladling out sehri in the form of piping hot paya and nihari. As the fasting is left behind and the feasting begins, street vendors hawk a kaleidoscopic array of foods from the au naturel of dates, sliced fruits, and jamun to the heavily embellished whole chicken doused in crackling butter and fried vermicelli in bewildering shape. Flashing orange jalebis clamour for attention among displays of more sober hued mutton samosa and fat-slathered sheermal.
In Mumbai, the gastronomical pleasures offered to both the pious and the plain are at Mohammad Ali Road and other areas such as Mahim, Kurla and Govandi. "When it comes to the Muslim community, they prefer to break their fast at a more private set up. So it is actually people from other communities who often come by. For instance, the kebab items are very popular with the Catholic community," says Sami Suvanur, who handles the brand marketing at deGustibus Hospitality Pvt Ltd that runs Neel, which specialises in Nawabi cuisine and is holding a month-long Ramadan festival at both of its outlets in Mumbai. "People are often seen sharing the menu and photos of various dishes on Twitter and Instagram," he says.
Kalyan Karmarkar who runs a popular food blog, http://www.finelychopped.com, believes that the city has always been interested in this cuisine.
"People plan annual visits to Minara Masjid like they would to Lalbaghcha Raja during Ganesh Chaturthi," he says. Karmarkar would also organise Ramadan walks for those interested in trying out the different kinds of traditional delicacies such as malpua, phirni and baara handi, that are available only during the festival.
In Lucknow, a city with a rich Muslim legacy and even richer kebabs, eateries make elaborate arrangements for the festival, at times even offering free food to all. The celebrated Tunday Kababi even offered free Iftar thalis at its Aminabad establishment as did Tandoor restaurant at Nakkhas in Chowk area and Mubeen Restaurant at Akbari Gate. This generosity even plays out in the markets.
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So far this earnings season, 120+ companies have released their quarterly numbers. As shown below, the average stock that has reported thus far has declined 0.01% on its report day, which is essentially flat. (For companies that report before the open, we use that day's change. For companies that report after the close, we use the next day's change.) Energy and Health Care stocks that have reported have done exceptionally well, averaging gains of more than 1% on the day they release numbers. Consumer Discretionay and Technology stocks, on the other hand, have averaged declines on their report days.
Below is a list of the stocks that have reacted the most positively to their earnings reports this season. As shown, Super Micro Computer (SMCI) ranks at the top with a one-day gain of 21.62% on its report day. Ironwood Pharma (IRWD) ranks second with a one-day gain of 16.51%, followed by Signature Bank (SBNY), Acuity Brands (AYI) and Helen of Troy (HELE). Other notables on the list of earnings season winners include Skyworks (SWKS), Norfolk Southern (NSC), Morgan Stanley (MS), American Express (AXP), Delta Airlines (DAL) and Bank of America (BAC).
Synnex (SNX) has been the biggest loser so far this earnings season with a one-day decline of 11.34% on its report day. The only other stock that has fallen by more than 10% on earnings is Advanced Micro (AMD) with a decline of 10.77%. Coach (COH), Capital One (COF), Citigroup (C), IBM, United Health (UNH), Intel (INTC), General Electric (GE) and Goldman Sachs (GS) are all widely followed names that find themselves on the list of losers so far this reporting period.


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The Law Office of Jason E. Taylor is not like other personal injury law firms. We are experienced attorneys who believe in a down to earth, less formal, more personal approach to helping our clients. We treat our clients like family. We are experienced and dedicated advocates who are passionate about helping our friends and neighbors in North Carolina pursue justice and compensation in a range of injury cases.LEARN MORE
What Makes Us Different
- Our attorneys are nationally recognized for their skill and experience and locally known for their dedication and hard work.
- We have superior case managers, claims managers and investigators, who work together on each case as a team.
- We have and use the technology typically only found in the largest law firms.
- If you are unable to come to one of our offices, we can and will come to you.
- As citizens of North Carolina, we believe in supporting our communities and we make giving back and supporting the communities of NC a responsibility we take seriously.
Cases We Handle
We are both the sword and the shield for our clients.
Our Firm's Philosophy
The Law Office of Jason E. Taylor is not like other personal injury law firm. To begin with, we are down to earth people and we treat our clients like family. Our lawyers and staff genuinely care about the well being of our clients. If you have been injured and cannot come to us, we will go to you.
We are passionate about justice and dedicated advocates for our clients. We work hard to protect their rights and actively pursue the compensation they are entitled to receive. We are both the sword and the shield for our clients.
Our Successful Track Record
Our knowledgeable personal injury lawyers have helped thousands of injured people obtain settlements and verdicts to cover their medical expenses, lost wages, and physical and mental pain and suffering. Our firm's success is reflected in testimonials from some of our many satisfied clients.
Earning Your Trust
You will never know how much my family appreciates what you and your staff have done in helping my father with the wrongful death case for my mother. "
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