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PRESTONSBURG — A longstanding member of the Emergency Medical Services community was honored last week during a ceremony at the TranStar offices for national EMS Week.
Larry Adams has served both as a local firefighter and emergency technician with Prestonsburg Fire Department, and has for the last 10 years also been a trainer of EMS personnel from around the state. As part of last week's National EMS celebration, Adams was honored by dignitaries and colleagues both for his years of dedicated service. On Friday, he was presented with a Governor's Citation, a Kentucky Senate citation, and a certificate of membership in the Kentucky Colonels.
Dozens of community members and EMS personnel turned out to say thanks to Larry for all of his years of service.
"Larry has taught so many EMS students over the years," said Allen Lafferty, owner of TranStar Ambulance. "Larry taught me in EMT class in 1989, and ever since then I've always respected Larry."
Adams was born and raised in Kentucky, but says like a lot of people, he and his family moved to Michigan to find work in the factories.
Larry Adams began his EMS career when he joined the Chelsea, Mich., Volunteer Fire Dept. in 1968. He obtained his EMT Certification in 1976 at the Wastenaw Community College in Ann Arbor Michigan where he also obtained his Instructor license to teach First Aid and CPR with the American Red Cross.
"I just can't believe all this," said Adams on Friday.
Larry spent 10 years with the Chelsea Michigan VFD before moving his family back to his hometown of Prestonsburg in 1979. He also became a Fire Service Instructor through the Fire Commission in 1979. He was then hired on at the Prestonsburg Fire Department where he served as the EMS Coordinator.
Adams says it was strange coming from Chelsea where he would roll with four other firefighters to every call. When he got to Prestonsburg, he would be at station 2 by himself, and was told, "If you get a call, roll, and we'll meet you there."
According to Adams, on his first call he rolled out to a fire in Goble Roberts addition by himself, and sure enough, "Kenny Crisp was there in full turnout gear waiting by the fire hydrant on me."
As part of the ceremony, Adams was also reunited with "Freddie the Fire Hydrant", a robotic hydrant that once scurried about school gymnasiums to the delight of children before being retired. Adams said he had a dream about Freddie recently.
"I knew it was just sitting parked in the closet," said Adams. "I was going to go ask for it." Adams says that when he retired from Prestonsburg Fire Department, "Freddie more or less got retired too.
"We went to every school in the county. Anywhere anyone called us and wanted us to come, we would go."
In 1980 Larry challenged the State's EMT exam and became Kentucky EMT Certified in February of that year.
In 1993 he became an EMT Instructor Trainer, one of only 18 in the state of Kentucky at the time. Larry taught EMT classes at Mayo State Vocational School in Paintsville, Kentucky and Prestonsburg Community College for several years. He also taught and continues to teach Fire Training Classes through the Ky. Fire Commission at KCTCS.
Larry retired from the Prestonsburg Fire Dept. after 24 years of service as EMS Supervisor in charge of Training, Arson Investigator, Building Inspector, Flood Plain Manager, Zoning Enforcement Officer and was acting Chief of the Fire Department.
In October 2003 he was hired with Trans-Star Ambulance to be the Director of Safety & Training. He not only assists with the continuing education for employees but also teaches EMT, CPR and First Aid Classes to the public as well.
"Every EMT in Eastern Kentucky has been touched by this man," said Lafferty.
Larry is also the Chief of the David Area Volunteer Fire Dept.
Allen Lafferty says that Adams heart and life have always been wrapped around the EMS world, trying to save lives, teach others to save lives and trying to just make a difference in the world.


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Is this new Band Hero and if so,are u launcking your backups via usb or disc?
Hi Guys,
I've managed to back up my Band Hero game but I can't seem to get it to play, from a search it does seem like a common thing but the posts don't make sense on what to do to me.
Can someone please explain (as though they're talking to a really dumb person) how to do this? All the numbers and acronyms just confuse me.
My Wii is running on V4.2, I have used bannerbomb and bootmii installed on IOS, I have a WAD manager (wadmanager14.wad) and Neogamma R7.
I have my other back ups working fine but can't figure this one out, Neogamma see's the disc but the screen just goes black.
Despite reading these forums religiously for the past few nights I still can't work a lot of it out and I end up looking like this >>>>>
I came across this but the hack was different to how I did mine so wasn't sure how close I could follow it.
Thanks for any help guys, I appreciate questions like this come up often so it probably frustrating.
Last edited by wanty; 02-09-2010 at 12:03 PM.
Is this new Band Hero and if so,are u launcking your backups via usb or disc?
Sorry, I forgot to add that in my post.
It is via disc and as for if its the new Band Hero, I didn't realise there was a new one so I presume not.
First download and install this wad:
RapidShare: 1-CLICK Web hosting - Easy Filehosting
Then download softchip:
Softchip r99-SFTC.rar
IOS 223 (use the + button to change)
Remove 002 Protection: Enabled
Load Requested IOS: Enabled
Press A, then insert game.
Try re-burning the game at 1x if this does not work.
Worked for me, hope it helps..
Thanks Wiicker.
Just to clarify (as I said me = dumb person), do I install them both with WAD manager as I did with Neogamma? Or am I way off the mark here?
Yes.First ios and then softchip.If you have any more issues pst them here
Thanks, as soon as rapidshare lets me have a download spot (I'm a lowly freeloader) I'll give it a bash!
For anyone else who isn't a premium member of rapidshare, the first IOS is also available here at time of posting.
MEGAUPLOAD - The leading online storage and file delivery service
Ok I have a problem already, when trying to install CIOS56-64-v5146 I get
Mounting device ....... Ok!
Retrieving file list ...... Error! (ret = -1)
I have only the WAD in my SD card and its in the root.
Any ideas?
Edit - I've been searching the forums, do I need to install CIOS38_REV14INSTALLER? Or something like it?
Last edited by wanty; 02-08-2010 at 11:36 AM.
Put wad in "wad" folder on a root of an SD card....

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By Gerry J. GilmoreAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2003 The leaders of the United States and Great Britain today pledged to stand fast in Iraq and continue their unified fight against world terrorism as yet another apparent terrorist bombing rocked Istanbul, Turkey.
Meeting with reporters in London, President George Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair both offered condolences to the estimated 25 killed and near-400 injured in separate Istanbul bombings that targeted a London-based bank and the British consulate.
The latest attacks, which occurred just hours before the Bush-Blair press conference, followed a Nov. 15 bombing of a synagogue in Istanbul that reportedly killed 20 people and wounded 300. Both days' bombings have been attributed to al Qaeda.
The latest bombings illustrated the terrorists' "ambitions of murder," Bush said. The terrorists "want to intimidate and demoralize free nations. They're not going to succeed."
The United States, Britain "and other free nations are united in our determination to fight and defeat this evil, wherever it is found," the president said.
Blair, too, had harsh words for "the latest terrorist outrage" in Turkey, noting the bombings "should not lessen" the U.S.-British commitment in Iraq.
Establishing democracy in Iraq after the removal of the regime of former dictator Saddam Hussein is a task that's "noble and it is necessary," Bush asserted, vowing to eradicate Iraq of "thugs" and "killers."
U.S.-coalition forces in Iraq have lately stepped up operations against suspected insurgent hideouts in the wake of increased attacks on anti-terror troops in the past few weeks.
However, press reports say insurgents in Iraq lately seem to be eschewing military targets and are focusing on people who cooperate with coalition forces, such as political officials and interpreters.
For example, today's bombing in Kirkuk, Iraq, killed five Iraqis and wounded 40, according to reports, and occurred at about the same time as the Istanbul attack. That attack, according to press reports, damaged the building of a Kurdish political party that favored the coalition.
Bush promised "to finish the job we have begun" in Iraq, noting that he'd recently met with families of British service members who'd been killed there. Britain has deployed about 17,000 troops to Iraq, second only to the United States' 130,000.
British troops who were killed in Iraq have sacrificed "in the cause of human freedom," Bush said, noting that Great Britain has been a steadfast U.S. ally during the global anti-terror war.
"And we are grateful," the American president asserted.


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What more can I say about Clayton Kershaw other than that he has perhaps the brightest future of any player in baseball – and has already had more success than most - and all at just 24 years of age?
Entering 2011, Kershaw was coming off of two 4+ WAR seasons (4.1, 4.7), had fanned over nine per nine innings in back-to-back campaigns, and had already cut his walk rate by a full free pass from 2009 to 2010. His FIP was no higher than 3.12 between '09 and '10, and he had exhibited the excellent skills of inducing weak contact (IFFB% in 2009 and 2010: 13.5% and 12.4%, respectively) and keeping the ball in the park (0.92/0.37/0.57 HR/9 marks between 2008 and 2010).
2011 proved to be his best season yet, and the young man is not even close to his prime. He whiffed 9.57/9 IP, cut his walk rate down by almost a walk and a half to 2.08 per nine, kept the ball in the park yet again (~half a home run per game rate), and induced infield popups 13.3 percent of the time while limiting the amount of line drives hit against him (18.2% in '11, career 18.7%).
Kershaw produced a FIP of 2.47, a 2.52 tERA, and a 2.81 SIERA, all of which serve as career-best marks. One of the major reasons for Clayton's success was his slider, which he threw over 25% of the time. Though we all remember how foolish he made Sean Casey look with his curve way back when in Spring Training, and know how devastating "Public Enemy Number One" can be, the slider is a more controllable pitch, and Kershaw can more easily throw it for strikes. Looking at his pitch selection, it's easy to see why Clayton has reduced his walk total in three straight seasons. He's thrown the curve less in each of his seasons in The Show (23.0%/16.8%/7.0%/5.4%) while simultaneously increasing the usage of said slider (0.3%/6.9%/19.6%/25.5%).
With a 6.8 WAR season and two straight 200-plus inning campaigns now under his belt, the doubters who loudly proclaimed the Dodgers had no "ace", and that Clayton walked too many to ever really be successful, have nowhere to turn.
Chad Billingsley has been an excellent number two starter over his six-year career. Still just 27 and sporting a career 3.71 FIP, 3.84 tERA, and over eight strikeouts per nine, Billingsley is only now entering his prime and can improve upon what has been a very, very good start to any major league career.
But don't tell that to countless Dodgers fans and analysts who see him as nothing more than a weak-hearted and intestinal-fortitude lacking bum. In fairness, less see him this way after his career-best 2010, but many still view him as a detriment to the Dodger rotation.
There is no doubt Bills has areas of his game he needs to improve on. He's always allowed too many baserunners (career 1.37 WHIP), and his K/9 IP has fallen in four consecutive years (9.01/8.21/8.03/7.28), while his walks per nine innings pitched jumped last season to an unacceptable 4.02 after a career-best mark of 3.24 in '10.
Never hampered much by the long ball (career 0.67 HR/9 IP), Chad has maintained a fairly normalized BABIP of .302 and induced a marginal amount of infield popups at 7.6% (although last campaign saw a career-high 10.5 IFFB%). Though he's faced bouts of being singled to death, Chad doesn't produce as much weak contact as you would hope he would, which hurts him and the numbers, particularly with an overall weak defense behind him.
Billingsley has twice been a 4+ WAR pitcher, with a 3.1 WAR season coming off of a broken leg mixed in for good measure. Yes, there are areas of his game that need improvement and have always needed help, and yes, I would move him in the right deal (with a big bat in return). That said, he's a vital cog in the Dodger machine, and has been a really, really good pitcher for a number of years.
The Dodgers could do a lot worse behind Kersh (see below and below and below), and fans should be happy a supremely talented pitcher with upside like Chad possesses is in the rotation and in the fold through at least 2014.
Ted Lilly is actually Latin for "Home Run Steal", for those of you who were unaware.
The more you know.
Lilly, in his first full season with the club – and the first of a three-year, $30+ million back-loaded deal with a no-trade clause in '11 and '12 – was predictably bad. Nearly historically bad, as he could not stop allowing balls to fly out of the park and baserunners to fly 90 feet after 90 feet. He gave up 28 homers and 35 swiped bags, and was nearly one of two 30-30 men for the 2011 Dodgers. Lilly has historically given up home runs at an alarmingly-astounding rate, with over one per game in every season of his thirteen-year big league career.
Lilly posted more than acceptable strikeout and walk numbers (7.38 and 2.38 per nine, respectively), as well as a very good WHIP of 1.16. Unfortunately, when you allow home runs out the wazoo and free bases, your year-end numbers look pretty bad. A 4.21 FIP for a third starter isn't outrageous, but for the money he's making, he needs to be more productive and much more consistent.
Lilly allowed 23 homers and a .474 SLG% in his first 22 starts, but just five long balls and a .293 SLG% in his last 11 starts. He actually got lucky on the season with a .260 BABIP against, but of course, home runs don't affect BABIP, so Lily has maintained a .270 BABIP over his career.
A three-year decline in WAR, a 36-year-old body, and a three-year increase in walk rate with a history of too many walks allowed doesn't bode well for a guy the Dodgers will expect and need to be as productive as Hiroki Kuroda was. A career tERA of 4.61 for your third starter on an offensively-light squad isn't exactly optimal team building strategy.
But hey, he induces a ton of popups. I'm sure that makes up for it.
Signed to be the number 3/4 starter following a "rebound season" that was all Petco Park, Aaron Harang's days as an effective and productive pitcher are over.
Once a 4+ WAR pitcher for three straight seasons, the 33-year-old righty (now the proud owner of a back-loaded two-year contract) has seen his strikeout rate fall in three consecutive seasons to a paltry 6.54 per nine in 2011. He's generally kept the walks down, but with a declining strikeout rate, the fact that he has walked over 3.0/9 IP the last two seasons is troubling.
Harang's FIP has not been below four since President Bush was still in office, and like the man above him in the piece and the man to follow, he's massively prone to the round-tripper. He has surrendered over one homer per game each of the last six seasons, and has done so in eight of his ten career seasons, with the other two yielding marks of 0.80 and 0.94 HR/game.
With a three-year decline in WAR, a career WHIP of 1.35, and recent injury problems, this is exactly the guy you'd want to give a two-year deal to, with more money in the second year, and a mutual option for a possible third year, right?
Put your hand down Ned Colletti.
Chris Capuano was signed to back-loaded two-year deal (sound familiar?) after a pretty solid comeback season with the New York Mets following an injury-filled 2010. He fanned over 8.0/9 IP while walking under three per nine, and had a solid FIP around 4, just about what you'd like from a number 4/5 starter.
Unfortunately, he can't keep the ball in the park, allowing over 1.3 HR per game last season. Of note is that it was not a blip; it's long been a trend of the lefty (a la Lilly), as he's allowed over a homer per game for the last six seasons, with a near two long balls per game mark in 2004.
Yes, Dodger Stadium will help, but giving up a massive amount of home runs isn't exactly what you want to be known for, regardless of where you pitch.


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One of America's longest running Sister City Exchange programs received some special recognition from the Elberton City Council yesterday evening.
In attendance at last night's meeting were all seven Japanese exchange students along with their chaperone.
Elberton Mayor Larry Guest said the program is something that the city can proudly hang its hat on.
"We are privileged to have this 28th group, as this is one of the longest continual Sister City Programs in America, and it is something that the city of Elberton should be very proud of, and we are very proud of it", said Guest.
Mayor Guest read and presented the Japanese group with a proclamation on behalf of the city of Elberton.
After the reading of the proclamation, the chaperone for the Japanese group expressed her appreciation for the hospitality received during their stay in Elbert County.
"Everyone, I would like to say thanks to you for all of your support", said the chaperone. "For about two weeks my students and I really enjoyed the American life very much. I really appreciate all of you."
Today is the final day the group will be in Elbert County before departing to head back home.
The day's events will be capped off with a farewell dinner around 6:00pm.


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As South East Europe prepares for accession to the European Union, a rising movement is working to ensure this shift doesn't strip the region of its agricultural traditions and food heritage. While joining the EU will offer many benefits and opportunities to small-scale farmers, they must be protected from broad-sweeping rules or policies that are inappropriate or harmful. Today the Terra Madre Trentino Alto Adige event is discussing how, given the right support, small-scale artisan production can instead be the basis for rural invigoration and sustainable development.
Organized by Slow Food Trentino Alto Adige and Slow Food Friuli VG in Italy together with Slow Food in the Balkans, producers from both regions are joining the event in Trento today to stand against a dominant limited view of 'modern' agriculture and share their experiences. "If we lose the knowledge that underpins the cultural and gastronomic heritage of rural Europe we will suffer enormously," says Sergio Valentini, president of Slow Food Trentino Alto Adige. "Tradition needs to be seen as 'successful innovation' for its intimate relationship with the environment and cultures."
Amongst the participants are Serbian producers of kiseli kupus (acidic cabbage) from the village of Futog, who are campaigning to obtain a denomination of origin for their product. Similar preserved cabbage products are made across the Balkans, but the Futog product has been renown since Ottoman times for its outstanding quality. The last remaining producers hope that by protecting their artisan skills and livelihood, they can increase their contribution to a healthy local economy and represent one more step in the path to ward off homogenization of food.
The meeting will also highlight the Slow Food Ark of Taste as a vehicle to support local communities and protect rural environments. The latest product to join this catalogue of foods as risk of disappearing from the region is Ajvar from Leskovac in Serbia. Ajvar is a staple in Serbian kitchens, but this traditional variation is made entirely from local varieties of peppers and has an important role in safeguarding local biodiversity and culinary character.
Slow Food is working with producers in the Balkans region through its Foundation for Biodiversity activities and is coordinating the ESSEDRA (Environmentally Sustainable Socio-Economic Development of Rural Areas) project. Supported by the European Commission, the project works with eight Balkan countries and Turkey to strengthen the capacity of civil society to support rural development and sustainable agriculture policies by protecting biodiversity and the gastronomic traditions. The project includes the mapping of food biodiversity in the partners' countries.
Participants at Terra Madre Trentino Alto Adige today include: Dessislava Dimitrova from Slow Food in Bulgaria, Ivana Radic from Slow Food in Serbia, representatives of the Slow Food Youth Network, Mladen Mladic, from the Futog cabbage food community and representatives of Slow Food Permet in northern Albania.
For more information:
Michele Rumiz
Slow Food Coordinator for Balkan Countries
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text: Generations of children have given Haverford's Osage Orange its well-deserved nickname: the Climbing Tree. A native of Arkansas and Texas, the tree was named for the Osage Indians who made strong bows from its orange-colored inner wood. This tree fell many years ago but it has continued to grow in its reclining state and has become a living sculpture. In fall, the grapefruit-sized green fruits are hard to miss. In general, the tree grows 20 to 40 feet tall with a comparable spread.


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30-year-old Melissa L. Sherrill of Aberdeen, MD received minor injuries in an accident on I-64 east of the 105-mile marker Saturday morning blamed on snowy conditions. State police said Sherrill was westbound and lost control of her vehicle on snow and ice, causing it to leave the roadway and overturn before hitting a ditch. Two passengers, 30-year-old William Sherrill and one-year-old Rebekah Sherrill were not seriously hurt. Melissa L. Sherrill was cited for driving too fast for conditions.
Fairfield Mayor Chuck Griswold says the city will be estimating some utility bills the next couple of weeks after recent snow and ice made it dangerous and impossible for city meter readers to do their jobs. The estimation may result in some mistakes, the mayor said, but noted every effort will be made to correct any errors.
The Fairfield Community High School board meets Thursday night, starting with a Truth in Taxation Hearing at 7 p.m. followed by the regular board meeting. Several curriculum changes for the next school year are expected to be approved, and the board is expected to take action on the employment of fall coaches and accept the resignation of an assistant baseball coach.
Today's winner in the Fairfield Community High School's After Prom committee's 12 Days of Christmas promotion is Randy Wilson, who wins $100. Monday's winner will also win $100, with the drawings continuing through this Saturday.
This Wednesday's Powerball jackpot will be an estimated $50 million after no one matched all six numbers drawn last night. The numbers were 14-25-32-33-41 with the Powerball 34. No one matched the numbers drawn Friday night in the Mega Millions Jackpot as well, making this Tuesday's jackpot worth an estimated $550 million. The lump-sum cash option will be just over $295 million.


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When David Vasily M.D. '71 attended Liberty High School in Bethlehem, Moravian College was a popular destination for graduating seniors. And especially for those interested in entering the medical profession, as he was, Moravian's reputation carried a lot of weight.
"Liberty was a huge school, with more than 1,000 students in each graduating class, so when I visited Moravian's campus, it felt more intimate and accessible. It was just one of those things," Vasily remembers. "Something hit me and I realized Moravian was an incubator for learning. Just by the feel of the campus, I knew I could really focus on studying and academics."
One of Vasily's neighbors was a language professor at Moravian. Bernard Mikofsky had also suggested the College because of its strong pre-med program, and the professor knew Vasily wanted to be a doctor. Although the biology department was small, it had a good track record of getting students into medical school and the small class size and teaching approach helped make up his mind.
"The idea that you were being taught by actual Ph.D.'s—experts in their fields—was a real plus," he says. "I went with my intuition, and have never regretted my decision. I really enjoyed the school; I feel I received a phenomenal education; and I made very good friends while there."
One of Vasily's strongest memories is of the research opportunities he was afforded in Moravian's Honors Program. He cites Jim Mitchell, his biology professor, as kindling his interest in research, something Vasily still does today.
Vasily's honors project with Mitchell was identifying ciliates-protozoans that live in animals' stomachs. The pair classified and identified species in Pennsylvania cattle and did advanced microscopy, what he calls "unheard of at the time—to section a one-celled organism." The project was well-received and was subsequently published in a peer-reviewed journal. "That was a prestigious accomplishment for a young guy," he says.
Another professor, Ed Roeder, encouraged Vasily's interest in physics, lasers and optics. That young enthusiasm still exists in Vasily's work today with cosmetic laser surgery and laser research.
After graduating Magna Cum Laude with honors in Biology from Moravian, Vasily attended medical school in Buffalo, N.Y. After graduation, he did his residency at Lehigh Valley Hospital in medicine and then dermatology at Geisinger Medical Center. His first practice was at Muhlenberg Hospital where he set up the first inpatient dermatological care unit for seriously ill skin patients—those in need of light treatments and other high-end care. He worked there for about ten years, but also opened his practice at its current location on New Street in Bethlehem during that time, in 1984. (www.lehighvalleyderm.com)
A wrestling injury in his junior year of high school kept Vasily from wrestling at Moravian, but he combined his love of the sport with his dermatology training, and became team dermatologist to the Lehigh University wrestling team in 1979. He also consults to the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) and has authored guidelines on skin infections in wrestlers for the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA), and recently Vasily co-wrote the position statement for the National Athlete Trainers Association (NATA). "It's the go-to guide nationwide when there's an outbreak of any skin infections or conditions among collegiate wrestlers," he explains.
In addition to consulting for multiple companies in the use of lasers to treat skin conditions, Vasily also founded a laser center, Aesthetica Cosmetic & Laser Surgery Center on Chelsea Avenue in Bethlehem. The center has multiple lasers and does a wide variety of skin treatments including removal of unwanted hair, wrinkles, and tattoos, rejuvenates skin, and treats acne and rosacea. (www.ilovemyskin.com)
Although active with Beta Lambda Chi fraternity while a student at Moravian, Vasily says he spent most of his time studying and doing research. "I had to stay focused. I was intense, and that probably has something to do with where I am today.
"Moravian gave me the tools. It gave me the insight and allowed my work with biology and dermatology to be synthesized with the physics of lasers. Moravian created a well-rounded individual in me," he says. "It wasn't just the science, but also the liberal arts background which rounded me out as a human being."
"Moravian gave me the tools I needed to succeed, and created a well-rounded individual in me."


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[Verse 1: Andy]
Step in the club, and we lookin' real neato
We're neato, like a giraffe in a speedo
What's up, sonny? Que pasa mijo
Chillin' with Rihanna out in Puerto Rico
She ate my coconut, cause she thought it was a Zico
[Verse 2: Riff Raff]
Yeah, neato. I beat up the block like Steven Seagal
Pour a four in a Pellegrino, driving backwards through Reno
Pointy sided Doritos, go 'head, shoot the free-throw
I pull up at the casino, candy Cheeto steamboat
Desert Eagle (Desert Eagle), flash the Buick Regal
I pull up on you people, buttercream Beetle
Neato, neato
Neato, neato
We're neato, we're neato
Look mom, we're neato
Look kids, we're neato
(We're really neato)
[Verse 3: Andy]
Neato, burrito, hold the chorizo
Snitches get stitches, shout out to Lilo
Fuck cocaine, my cock's like a kilo
You know I be stacking mo' dough than Phyllo
Your momma sucked my dick, tell her, "Keep it on the d-low"
I keep it underground, you're commercial like Vevo
[Verse 4: Riff Raff]
Case closed, never seen before
Blow it up, C4, hide the Benz by the sea shore
All about the pesos, ten second c-note
Next year, I'm in the movies. (Quentin) Tarantino
I'm in the Costa Rica, pizza Totino
You got a low self-esteem? You can rent my ego
[Hook x2]
[Verse 5: Dirt Nasty]
Neato, butt-naked in the El Camino
I'm white like Barry, not brown like Nino
Dirt Nasty, don't ask me what's neato
While I'm shittin' on the track like Waka Flocka Seagulls
Don't look through the peephole
Unless you wanna see your grandma sitting on my meat-pole
Locked up in Chino, got shanked by a Latino
For a bag of Hot Fritos, my dick mas piquito
Neato, still whip it like Devo
Cause my dick short and fat like Danny DeVito
Barely legal, hotter than a jalapeno
When she dropped to her knees and did the Tim Tebow
[Hook x2]
Nik Nikateen


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The Cloud is one of the hottest topics in business and IT at present. There have not been many phenomena in recent history that have received so much attention or hype. One of the challenges is sorting this hype from the reality and understanding what it really means and the potential benefits for your business. Businesses with a clear foresight and strategy on implementing cloud services are already finding significant competitive advantages.
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Brian Liepe: One of the reasons these DSLRs have been such a huge hit is because of the size of their sensor. They are really big. This adds all sorts of benefits and one of them being its sensitivity to light. You can shoot in really low light situations. Chad Perkins: Right, but another aspect of the big sensors that these DSLRs have, is the very shallow depth of field, and I mean really shallow depth of field. Now a lot times this creates beautiful images, but sometimes this could be a real challenge when you want to get everything in focus, especially when you're shooting in really bright conditions.
Now later on in this training series we'll look at some ways to manage excessive light, like when you're shooting outdoors, but this is definitely something to consider. Brian Liepe: The size of the sensor also affects the area which the lens can see. So in the Canon 5D we can see a lot more with the same lens then we can on the 7D because it has a smaller sensor. Chad Perkins: So it's almost like the Canon 5D makes all of your lenses wider because of a larger sensor? Brian Liepe: Exactly! This also means that with a 5D, we can achieve a much more shallow depth of field than we can with a 7D.
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During the first few episodes of Basketball Wives L.A., we've seen Laura Govan discuss the recent upheavals in her life stemming from a cross-country move to Los Angeles, the birth of her fourth child, and a recent breakup with her longtime boyfriend, Orlando Magic basketball player Gilbert Arenas. Govan was obviously feeling some pressures during filming which led her to seek therapy and, yes, go on the offensive with Malaysia when she felt provoked.
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Question: Do you believe in Religion or Science ... or both?
Asked by alamin to David, James, Mike, Suze, Will on 15 Jun 2011. This question was also asked by gingersrus96.
Keywords: belief, god, religion, religious
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Hey Alamin, That's a difficult question. I wouldn't say I was religious, but I'm not an atheist. I do believe in the theory of evolution and that this is how humans came to be, from simpler organisms. I believe that the universe started in the huge explosion that was the big bang. But I still fail to see how the big bang started, or why the simplest molecules joined to eventually form a single cell.
Einstein once said:" I believe in Spinoza's God, who reveals himself in the lawful harmony of the world, not in a god who concerns himself with the fate and the doings of mankind"
He is saying that he doesn't believe in a personal god, but something that runs through the universe and creates the harmony and beauty of the world!
I'm not going anywhere near comparing myself to Einstein as a scientist, but I think that his view is similar to mine on religion.
Sorry my answer is a bit vague. I guess I believe in Both, but science first!
I personally believe in science, but I also see that religion has its place in people's lives.
It's a difficult one to get too involved in really, because discussions about money, politics and religion tend to always end up being arguments! Religion is something personal to everyone. It is what you make of it.
I'm not overly religious, but I certainly have some beliefs and thoughts on it. Sometimes these contradict science however, I think (and again, this is totally my opinion) that religion or faith or whatever it is, whether it's praying to a God, or not wanting to do anything that would upset your Grandma, are still just moral guides through what turns out to be a pretty confusing life sometimes! I think that the stories told in religion are there to show us of the consequences of what happens when we do something bad, or something good, and how this can affect us and others around us. It's something that people find strength in.
The whole science vs. religion thing is something that has always been around, but I think that as it's a personal thing, you can believe in both, one, the other, or neither of them at all! I still don't entirely believe in quantum mechanics. I'm pretty sure it's all a big joke…
A tricky one, Alamin, what's your opinion?
I find it hard to accept the exact details of any religion, since the books were written at a time when we had very different understanding of the world (earth at the centre of the universe, and so on).
I think most theologians (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theology) would also have the same problem (at least the ones I've talked to seem to!), but accept that there is good advice on how to live within these books (and some odd advice too), and also that a lot of what we call "religion" is an interpretation by people. Like many things people think and do, this interpretation can be wrong, and indeed very wrong! For example, the "plogiston" scientific theory (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phlogiston_theory) was widely believed and supported by the available scientific evidence, but we laugh at it now, and people did really think the world was flat, and that the whole universe moved around the earth.
However, the universe is so weird and well connected and works "just so", that it's either a remarkable coincidence (which is quite possible), or there is something else that we just don't understand and which we try to understand through religion.
Might be fun to have "I'm a theologian, get me out of here!" – to which an answer might be "where am I anyway? and who's asking?"
Hi alamin. I'm a humanist, which is a kind of atheist – so I don't believe in religion. I was brought up as a protestant but as I got older I began to fall away from this. As a humanist I believe that we should live our lives according to a moral code, not because some being has told us to, but because it is what is right as a society (i.e. I shouldn't steal from people because I don't want them to steal from me).
I don't believe in science either though. If you believe in science you take what ever it says without thinking. History has show us that that's dangerous. Science has evidence which should be looked at and understood carefully before you accept it as being true.
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CUEVAS-CUSIMANO | Tony Cuevas and Leo Cusimano celebrated their 30th anniversary on Monday, Sept. 12. Cuevas works for Southern Methodist University. Cusimano is advertising director for Dallas Voice. The couple live in Oak Cliff with their two sons, Elijah and JJ.
WATCH: Is this Bud for us? New Budweiser ad appears to support gays in the military
Budweiser has released a new military-themed ad that some folks are saying is also a "pro-gays-in-the-military" ad.
The ad starts off with a soldier calling another guy and saying, "Hey man. I'm coming home." Then in a split-screen, continues with scenes of the soldier making his way home while the other guy goes about planning and organizing a welcome home party, and then being the first one to step forward and hug the soldier when he gets home.
If it is a "gay" ad, it isn't, well, flamboyantly gay. And that's perfectly fine, since there are many, many, many LGBT people out there — including many of our men and women in uniform — who are definitely not flamboyantly gay themselves. We deserve to have our diverse community portrayed (and honored and celebrated) realistically in all our diversity.
Is this a gay ad? Did Budweiser mean for it to be a gay ad? Huffington Post has a poll up, and readers there are pretty evenly split, with 33 percent saying it is totally gay, 25 percent saying no way it's gay, and 41 percent saying probably not but I can see why some folks think it is.
And AfterElton.com points out that "if you substituted a woman for [the guy the soldier calls first], it would read pretty much exactly like a heterosexual relationship."
Only Budweiser knows for sure, of course. But — again, as AfterElton notes — this is a mega-big company with some pretty experienced advertising folks working for them, and do you really think they would let something so very obviously possibly gay slip through inadvertently?
Watch the ad yourself (below) and see what you think. All I know for sure is that I don't drink beer of any kind, but if I did drink beer, I think I'd probably drink Bud.
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Sir Vaughn sunglasses unveils what may be the riskiest ad EVER: 2 men having oral sex
OK, so I was just watching "Shortbus" on video the other day, John Cameron Mitchell's sexually explicit but not pornographic art film about gay people that includes actual sex acts. It was shocking when it came out, and it still is, though not the kind of movie you hear much about anymore.
But what timing: The advertising equivalent of that movie is just out. And it's gonna shock you. Maybe in a good way, but shock you.
The company is called Sir Vaughn. They make sunglasses. I have never heard of them, but then, I am not much of one to buy designer sunglasses anyway. But I know of them now and I suspect a lot more people will.
In the print ad, which you can see after the jump (NSFW), one man is performing oral sex on another man (and while the image is blurred out, it's clearly what it is). The one performing fellatio is wearing a pair of Rockstar Warrior sunglasses.
According to the press release, "The idea being the campaign is to remind the viewer that they and their partner may look attractive to one another naked, and during sex, they'd look much better with Sir Vaughn sunglasses on." The name of the campaign: Gay Sex Sells.
This is certainly not the first time a company has used sex — or even nudity — to sell a product. But even including a Tom Ford ad for YSL that appeared in Europe (also after the jump and NSFW), it is definitely the most explicit.
So I guess my question is, what gives? Do you like it?
P.S. — The company also says it will release a hetero version later this summer.
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The world lost a truly creative and brilliant mind yesterday when it was announced that Apple, Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs died at the age of 56. Though Jobs was not a traditional celebrity, he certainly had an impact on the lives of nearly everyone in recent years, and few people have not been changed by his creations and what he brought us. As a tribute, we wanted to share what some of our VH1 talent has been saying since the news of his passing was announced. R.I.P. Steve.
Basketball Wives star Shaunie O'Neal: RT @TheDailyLove: RIP Steve Jobs, we love you. Thank you for changing our world.
La La Vasquez: RIP Steve Jobs…praying for your family..thank YOU for all YOU'VE done to change our world and our way of thinking..
Jennifer Williams: RIP Steve Jobs…. Very very sad! He changed the technology world, definitely an innovator!
Heidi Montag: RT @RyanSeacrest "Have the courage to follow ur heart & intuition. They already know what u truly want to become. Everything else is secondary." – Steve Jobs
Mob Wives' Carla Facciolo: RIP Steve Jobs.. Its a tragic loss for the technology world and the world in general :(
Dr. Drew: Steve Jobs made a difference in my life & the life of my family. RIP Our tribute from earlier tonight – ow.ly/6OSKc
Basketball Wives L.A. star Imani Showalter: RT ieFXx bAd Boy 3 Apples that changed the world: the one that Eve ate, the one that fell on Newton's head and the one that Steve built.RIP Steve Jobs
Siggy Flicker, star of Why Am I Still Single?: A great man who left this world too soon! A visionary and a brilliant mind.
And finally, Bret Michaels wrote a lengthier, moving statement on his MySpace page: First I must express my deepest condolences to Steve's wife Laurene, his family and friends. He showed great strength and perseverance through his illness and continued to be an innovator all the while remaining positive while fighting his battle with cancer. I can only thank Steve for his innovation, inspiration and creativity while touching all of our lives in some way shape or form. Again my condolences. He will be missed.
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Beverly Moore was seated as the newest member of the Orchard City Town Board during the trustees' regular monthly meeting on May 14.
Moore was appointed to complete the remaining two years of Marsha Thomas' term.
In other business at the Orchard City Town Board meeting on May 14, the following matters were dealt with:
• Mayor Don Suppes named trustees to the following committee assignments: finance, Ken Volgamore and Jan Gage; water, Bob Eckles and Jim Boyd; parks, Moore and Craig Fuller; roads, Volgamore and Fuller; planning, Eckels and Moore; Juvenile Diversion, Gage; Surface Creek APC, Eckels; personnel, Gage and Boyd; Delta County Housing Authority, Volgamore; Delta County Economic Development, Gage.
• Trustees questioned staff on an increased payment to a pest sprayer. The normal $60 bill for treating Town Hall had swollen to $490. Staff explained that the payment included an additional $430 in tree spraying at Town Park that had been completed.
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This presentation should help you improve your current desktop and mobile landing pages as well as how to develop new ones. How to Design a High Converting Landing Page from Bryan Eisenberg I wanted to make sure people could take the context from each of my slides so I made sure to add … [Read more...]
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Last week, Jeffrey and I were in the Bay Area of California to do some client training and work. On a quieter day we decided to visit our friends over at Marketo to catch up. A few months ago, we worked with their very talented team in redesigning much of the website, but two areas were set apart as … [Read more...]
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An article in today's Washington Post notes the increase in Muslim students who attend Catholic colleges, including the flagship Catholic University in Washington, D.C. The number is now higher at some Catholic colleges than at secular institutions and poses interesting dilemmas for both the students and schools. What apparently attracts the students in the first place is the religious nature of the campuses, but it makes for some startling images, as the Post photo gallery makes clear.
Students praying to Allah under crucifixes will surely give pause to many people, but the trend may be a positive one. It suggests a bow to the pluralism that increasingly defines America. These Muslim students are not smashing idols but learning to find their own niche among others who do not share their faith but who do share a commitment to religious education.
As one Catholic U Muslim student explains it, "Because it is an overtly religious place, it's not strange or weird to care about your religion here, to pray and make God a priority," said Shabnan, a political science major who often covers her head with a pale beige scarf. "They have the same values we do." Many of these students come from Saudi Arabia and other places in the Muslim world where no such religious tolerance is practiced. But clearly, these particular students are learning that we do things differently in the United States.


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If you have information that further answers the original question, I would submit the information as another answer (instead of adding a comment). That way it comes under the scrutiny of the voting system and allows users to comment directly to your answer.
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It's the time of year when thoughts turn to planting things in the garden, but whatever the weather there's always time for a little zombie action, right? Microsoft is giving you the chance to give your desktop a zombie makeover with a Plants vs Zombies theme to celebrate the launch of the Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare game for Windows on June 24.
But this is far from being the only theme that's available to download, and there's another game inspired look in the form of the Child of Light theme.
If you're not a gamer, there is still plenty to choose from thank to the theme based on photography provided by the community of contributors. Whether you're looking for something dark and moody, or bright and beautiful, there' bound to be something that takes your fancy.
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nn Rinaldi was born in New York City on August 27, 1934 to Michael and Marcella (Dumarest) Feis. Marcella died soon after Ann was born, so, Ann went to live with her aunt and uncle in Brooklyn. She recalls the time spent in their home with her doting teenage cousins as "the only happy part of my childhood." But it was short lived. For, as Ann explains, her father "abruptly" came and took her to live in New Jersey with him, her four siblings and a stepmother.
Though Ann's father was a newspaper manager, she states he "did everything he could to prevent me from becoming a writer." Her father would not allow Ann to attend college, and her previous school years were discouraging. She says, "at school they attempted to take out of me what spirit had eluded my stepmother. " So, as Ann explains, following graduation from high school, she went into the business world and became a secretary.
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Power to all 3,000 Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative members in the Sandy Hill area completely restored at 4:15 p.m.
- Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative is reporting a major outage affecting its customers in areas west and south of Navasota.
According to the company's online outage map, there have been as many as four outages affecting as many as 3,000 customers.
A company spokesman tells News 3 that the problem is centered around equipment failure at its Sandy Hill substation. LCRA Energy Services, which provides wholesale power to Bluebonnet Electric, is en route to the problem site with a mobile substation that will provide a by-pass for the failed equipment.
The company hopes to have the mobile substation installed by 4pm, at which point, lines will be re-energized in sections as not to overload the system. A company representative says the first customers should begin to see power come back at that time.
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