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Goldsoboro Police say the man wanted for a murder at a strip club in September was arrested Thursday afternoon. Police say Quinton Leon Swinson II was taken into custody with assistance from the Wayne County Sheriff's Department SWAT team about 4:10 p.m. at 215 Dogwood Drive in Mount Olive. Swinson was placed in the Wayne County Jail under no bond pending a first appearance scheduled for Monday on the murder charge.
Police have been looking for Swinson after the September 30th at approximately early morning murder at Teaser's Night Club on Highway 117 South. Police say 18-year-old Jairus Saunders of Mercer Street in Goldsboro was found shot to death on the floor near the bathroom in the club.
Police say Swinson had 11 outstanding warrants for failure to appear for traffic violations and disorderly conduct for which he received a $12,500 secured bond.
The North Carolina ABC Commission says a fatal weekend shooting inside a Goldsboro strip club prompted the commission to take the alcohol permits from the business Friday. It is the second time in less than a year ABC has issued a summary suspension for Teasers on US 117.
Goldsboro Police are still looking for 24-year-old Quinton Swinson for the September 30th fatal shooting of Jarius Saunders inside the club.
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after several patrons were assaulted and one patron shot between May and November 2011. Court documents show an Administrative Law Judge ruled in favor of the business and the permits were reinstated within days of the ABC suspension in 2011.
The ABC Commission says the summary suspension of Teaser's permits is immediate and in effect until the case is heard by the Office of Administrative Hearings.
Goldsboro Police are looking for a suspect charged in the shooting death of an 18 year old inside a nightclub.
Police say they were called out to Teaser's nightclub in Goldsboro around 1:15 a.m. Sunday in reference to a shooting inside the club. When officers arrived they found Jarius Saunders dead on the floor by the bathroom from an apparent gunshot wound.
After conducting interviews and reviewing surveillance footage police have charged 24-year-old Quinton Swinson with an open count of murder. Police are now searching for Swinson. They say he is from Goldsboro and known by the nickname of "Fat Boy."
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Live Updates from the 2010 Grand National Roadster Show - AMBR Winner Announced!Written by on January 29, 2010 America's Most Beautiful Roadster Competition
One minute ago, America's Most Beautiful Roadster for 2010 was revealed. The winner is "Possessed," the beautiful '33 roadster owned by Mike and Dianna Dingman and built by Scott's Hot Rods and Customs in Oxnard, California.
There was a little drama on Friday, as the Scott's crew was delayed in finishing their rotating display and getting the car set up in time to be eligible for the competition. Patience paid off in the end, as the deep copper-colored '33 took top honors.
The concept behind the design was to blend the car Ford built in 1933 with the designs employed by European coachbuilders of the same era. Every component of the body is handbuilt. The engine is a highly-modified injected 392-inch Ford. The project began two years ago, almost to the day, and ends in the best way imaginable.
Congratulations to the Dingmans and to the crew at Scott's, and to everyone involved with creating America's Most Beatiful Roadster.
America's Most Beautiful Roadster Competition
Hello America. It's great to be back in Pomona for the 61st Annual Grand National Roadster Show. Mother Nature is smiling today and the Southern California storms ended a few days before set-up day, providing nothing but sunshine today.
Check out these roadsters competing for the AMBR trophy-the best of the best. And check back to this website all weekend, because we'll be continuing to bring you updates from the show
We're looking forwarding to three great days. We just got out of the main building where the contenders for the big prize, America's Most Beautful Roadster, have been setting up. The variety is as good as ever, but, as with last year, we've noticed a move back toward traditionally-styled rods-and Deuces are where it's at evidently.
Cover Cars That Made A Difference
We're kind of proud how well our display building at the Grand National Roadster Show turned out. Street Rodder and Rod & Custom shared the gallery building next to the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum and filled it with more than 30 hot rods and customs from our combined histories. The Cover Cars That Made A Difference display highlighted everything from the Chuck Price roadster that decorated the first R&C cover in May 1953 to Kookie Car clone that will be appearing on the cover of Street Rodder's May 2010 issue.
Trucks and Ts and A Few Other Treats
It's lunchtime on Saturday at the 2010 Grand National Roadster Show. The mellow mood of Friday has been replaced by a sea of spectators on Saturday. Here we are in Building 6, which has been designated the Motorcycle Building. It's filled with some wild custom bikes, but we were drawn to the opposite end, where we found more show vehicles. As you can see, there were lots of custom pickup trucks, and quite a few T-buckets in the mix. Here are a few of the ones that our camera liked the best.here.
The Suede Palace
The party at the north end of the show was in Building 22, known this weekend as The Suede Palace. The Grand National Roadster Show designates this building specifically for hot rods built the way they used to, meaning in the garage, on a paycheck budget, and in the style of the '40s, '50s, and early '60s-as well as vendors catering to this segment of the hot rod hobby. Separate awards are presented here; they are custom built and winners are selected by participating vendors and clubs. Suede Palace activities include live music and the pin-up contest on Satuday evening. Alex "Axle" Itzardi does a great job organizing this event within an event.
The Show Outdoors
In addition to all the show cars in the various display buildings, the grounds of the Los Angeles County Fairplex were packed with Southern California's nicest hot rods, customs, classic trucks, musclecars, and race cars, all part of the GNRS Drive-In. This is the fifth year that vehicles have been displayed outdoors at the Grand National Roadster Show, and beautiful weather and hundreds of beautiful rides made this a hugely popular part of the event. Here is a small sample of some of what was showing outside.
History of the Race Car
One of the highlights of the Grand National Roadster Show was the "History of the Race Car" exhibit, a huge collection of historical cars from virtually every area of motorsports, including our favorites from the lakes, the salt, and the dragstrip. Some are ancient, some are more current, but all are breathtaking and the whole room was amazingly arranged with sights and sounds from automotive competition. This is only a fraction of the racing icons on display.
Buzz Cars
At every event, there are always a bunch of cars that create a buzz-the cars you hear being mentioned wherever you go. There are many such "buzz cars" here at the GNRS, including the sample shown here.
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Squeeg's Kustoms built this beautiful Deuce for Todd Steven's. The car is Hemi-powered and features and interior from Gabe's Upholstery.
How cool would it be if a flathead powered roadster won the AMBR prize? We're not taking bets, but Don Smith's roadster pickup from Mansfield, Texas, would qualify. Work was done at Roy's Body Shop.Hard to beat a traditionally-style roadster like Brule Hampton's Deuce, built by Mark's Rod Shop, and motorvated by a 502ci Chevy Ram Jet. Check out the interior.Jerry Magnuson put one of his company's superchargers on the LS1 engine in this Kugel Muroc roadster (number 3 of 10 built). Chip Foose and Jerry worked together on the design of this magnificent car.
Richard Munz took the inspiration for his S' Deuced roadster from a bronze sculpture by Stan Wanlass, and Jim Busby Racing Team turned the little one into a remarkable replica big one, compete with an Ardun head Merc motor.Tom Walsh is the builder behind Sidney Allen's sweet red roadster, with a 3x2-carbed Hemi, five-speed, and Sid Chavers interior, plus and Auburn dash panel and Halibrand quick-change.James Hetfield is back at the GNRS with this amazing '36 Auburn boat-tail, painted deep chocolate brown. It's a knockout.
Floyd Williams wanted a cool, clean Deuce and builder Dave Lane delivered the goods with this black beauty, running a ZZ4 with Hilborn injection and Accel electronics, backed by a five-speed Tremec.George Poteet's Salt Racer '34 coupe harkens back to the good days of hot rodding, but was actually just finished by Rolling Bones Hot Rod Shop and appearend on the March 2010 cover of SRM.Jim Jacobs famous '29 Tub appeared on R&C's second "Are Coupes For Chickens" cover in December 1988, before being covered with magazine pages.Pete Chapouris' '34 coupe appeared on R&C's first "Are Coupes For Chickens" cover in November 1973, before becoming known as the California Kid.The Dick Flint roadster has been seen everywhere. Don Orosco is the owner of this iconic track-nosed car which was on SRM's cover in August 2000.It doesn't get more hot rod than the Bo Jones '27 T-modified, originally built in 1967, restored a decade later and currently the property of Roy Brizio.
There's more history in the Tom McMullen roadster than in ten other cars combined. You may remember it from the cover of Hot Rod in April 1963.Bud Bryan worked for Rod & Custom in the early days and his A/V-8 '29 roadster, Project Highboy, showed up in those pages a lot, including the cover in 1969The first car to grace the cover of Rod & Custom (then Rods and Customs) in May 1953, was Chuck Price's roadster, now part of Richard Munz' collection.Neal East drove his full-fendered '32 to the beach for the August 1961 cover photo for the first full-sized issue of Rod & CustomCustoms are part of the display too. Larry Watson's Grapevine was carefully cloned as Randy Rhoades' '52 Chevy Gra-Vin Image.Bobby Alloway's flamed '34 coupe introduces the past to the present, and made the trip to the GNRS for our gallery.Frank Currie's '32 was driven to Bonneville, where it turned 205 miles per hour, then driven home. That's a hot rod.
Remember this tub? The super-smooth '32 Ford Phaeton, built by Boyd Coddington, belongs to Bob Kolmos.Another groundbreaking contemporary-styled smoothie is George Lange's '32 roadster. The former AMBR winner appeared in SRM in February 2003.We end with Ron Kregoski's just-finished perfect clone of Norm Grabowski's Kookie Car. Look for it on the cover of Street Rodder's May 2010 issue.It's hard to miss Mike & Kelly Jones' flamed '41 Ford pickup, rolling on an Art Morrison chassis. The 'rails were stretched 9 inches, the cab stretched 6 inches and chopeed 3 inches front and 2 1/2 in the rear. There's a 350 Ram Jet under the hood.Vendetta is the name of this amazing '48 Ford F-1, built by Tom Stephens and Nissens Hot Rod Garage. It runs a blown, injected Ford FE 406, but the bodywork is what its all about, especially the '37 LaSalle elements all over the place-not ot mentino the 1,579 louvers.There aren't many '57 Chevys like this one, built and owned by Rodger Lee at Ironworks Speed & Kustom in Bakersfield. The engine is a 402 LS2 with Kinsler stacks and FAST injection. The suspension is C6 Corvette.
Tangelo Pearl is the color on Joe Lukens citrus sweet '55 Ford F-100. The engine is a Ford 351 Windsor. The headlights are Harley-Davidson.We've never seen anything like Jim Richards' radical custom pickup, built from a mid-'60s GMC/Chevy cab turned 180 degrees. The chopped, channeled, narrowed, sectioned, shaved, pickup with a '34 LaSalle grille runs a '70 Buick 455 engine.Rod & Bedelia Sanford showed up with this '40 Ford Deluxe Coupe. A TCI chassis was built for the car, powered by a ZZ383 crate motor with a custom intake and 3x2 carbs. Power seats, bluetooth, and iPod connections are modern elements.We love the beautiful paint on Bruce Ricks, '57 Oldsmobile Super 88 Convertible, called Cinnamon Flame and Black Copper paint. Leather interior. It's running the original J-2 engine, manifold and carbs, and 4-speed Jet-A-Way transmission.The convertible follows the theme established by Bruce's '57 Olds Fiesta wagon, which is also running an original 371ci J-2 motor and transmission. This wagon was designed by Chris Ito, and features a Paul Atkins interior.Dale and Cathy Whygle's flamed T-bucket was the first in a line of fine '23s. The blown 354 Hemi is a lot of motor for the little T.
We'll leave you with a final '23, this one owned by Jr. Amstutz. It's impossible to see the ghost flames in the paint, but they're there. A Chevy 350 pulls the roadster, backed by a TH200-4R trans.Tom Branch pulled the louvered hood off his '32 roadster to show off the 1958 Stude 304ci V8 topped with four Bendix Stromberg carbs. The transmission is a Borg Warner T5.Jamie Johnson's Deuce five-window coupe is an original piece from the body (no filler) to the wood to the rails. The frame has been boxed and C-notched in the rear. Jamie johnson, deuce coupe. A 4-71 blower feeds the 327 mill.Paul Gommi's '32 roadster is a basically unrestored survivor from '40s, when it raced on the lakes. The gray primer was shot over the original black paint back in 1949.Handbuilt race buckets and a Red Ram Hemi distinguish Bob Hill's '32 three-window, which was a bunch of parts last time we saw it. Check it out now.It's been 20 years since Norm Crum shot the paint on this '29 Model A, owned by Gail & Christiine Eastman. The 229ci Flathead features a Winfield cam, Offy heads, and McCulloch blower.Robert Ruiz, 27 Ford phaeton, better known as the Royal Hawaiian, is a Suede Palace favorite and is pulled along by that blown 392-inch Hemi motor.
Atomic Punk, Aaron Grote's 21st interpretation of a Sixties bubbletop showcar found a spot front and center at the entranceway of the Suede Palace. Can you notice the '59 Plymouth traces on the Hemi powered b-top?Priscilla Morales and Mark Itzardi are the owners and builders of these his 'n' her '60 El Caminos. Priscilla's pink one runs a 350 Chevy engine and rides on front and rear hydraulics. Mark's gold one runs a built-up 283 mill with air shocks which come in handy when he tows his race coupe. Both cars feature a ton of 'flake inside and out.Max Grundy's drab green '50 Merc was chopped 6 1/2 inches front and 5 1/2 in the rear. The bodywas dropped over a modified '72 GTO frame, with a small-block Chevy under the hood.How do you like Dennis and Henrietta Johnston's '32 tudor sedan, built from an all original steel body on the original frame? The drivetrain includes a 402ci Chevy big-block, Richmond six-speed with OD, and a Ford 9-inch.You're looking at the original paint on this '57 Olds Super 88 Fiesta, once a tow vehicle for Eddie and Bud Meyer. Russ Lynes is the owner now and decorated his display sign with old black 'n' white photos of Bud and Eddie from the old days.H&H Flatheads built the flathead engine in Ed Dwyer's suede '34 Ford three-window coupe, which wears the original "block letter" Edelbrock heads, plus a slingshot intake with dual Strombergs.
George Poteet's "Miller Hauler Special" '32 Ford pickup, designed and built by Brian Stinger at Stinger's Hot Rod Shop, with paint, machining, and final assembly at Rad Rods by Troy.Zack Norman's '32 Ford roadster, built by GNRS 2010 Builder of the Year Troy Ladd of Hollywood Hot Rods.


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According to Chuck Carlton of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott is flying to the states of Texas and Oklahoma to personally deliver invitations to his conference.
As was reported earlier, Texas A&M could be the fifth school to receive a come-hither look from the Pac-10, but remains firmly planted on the fence. However, Carlton sheds some new light on the A&M situation with word that another member of the Big 12 could be looming very large in the background.
Per Carlton, Kansas and their storied basketball program would be moved upon quickly by the Pac-10 if A&M continues to drag its feet.
This is the first time we are aware of that Kansas has been so concretely linked by a reputable source to a move to the Pac-10, so certainly this could be a means to push A&M to making a decision sooner rather than later. However, Kansas has a lot to offer from both an academic and athletic standpoint so, distance aside, it would make sense that they would be an option.
And, as far as the state of the Big 12 is concerned at the end of the night? As Public Enemy so eloquently put it: So get the morgue, embalm the goner.
That would suck for us.
I guess i figured Baylor would get that spot if A&M didnt go...
I have a feeling this won't happen. If the Big East option is on the table...I don't see why they would want the PAC-11.
I posted this in another thread......but I will post again...
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/st ories/061210dnospoaggieswavering.931134ce.html
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Texas A&M's wavering on joining the pac-10 with texas, texas tech, oklahoma and oklahoma state could open the door for other schools such as baylor, utah and kansas.
A highly placed official from a big 12 school told the austin american-statesman that "a&m is sitting on the fence."
Baylor, which seemed to be looking on the outside after Colorado accepted the Pac-10's invitation to join this week, might be back in. It all depends on A&M, the official told the Statesman.
''If A&M doesn't go, Baylor's got a window to go," the official said. "(Texas, Texas A&M and Texas Tech) -- none of them have anything against Baylor. We're not opposed to Baylor, and we've said positive things about them."
But, the official continued, "The schools on the West Coast just don't see the benefit of Baylor. The Pac-10 is talking more about Kansas and Utah because they bring different (television) markets. Baylor's been lobbying everybody around Texas. They need to be lobbying California."
And no KSU? Does the Pac 10 have no interest whatsoever in Baylor? And I take it the TX legislature is not pushing Texa$ at all any more to take BU with them? KU would be a much better fit with the Big East and the basketball tradition.
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I have a feeling this won't happen. If the Big East option is on the table...I don't see why they would want the PAC-11.
I can't see why any college would opt for the Big East over the Pac-11 at this point; it would be a no-brainer even for a basketball school like Kansas to select the PAC-11 over the Big East; the PAC-11 is going places, while the Big East is nothing but a house of cards.
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Count on this, whatever happens it will be the worst possible scenario for ISU. Man, how much grief can come to one school?
The Pac 11 is going places, but Kansas will never be able to compete in football. They would be stuck with Texas, OU, Texas Tech, ASU, AU, Ok State and Colorado. They would be anywhere between 6th and 8th in their division. What do they gain from this in basketball? The Pac 10 is weak conference in basketball, barely got two teams to the NCAA tourney. Going to the Pac 10 hurts their RPI because the conference just isn't that strong. As for other sports - Kansas would suffer in the non-revenue sports as well. I guess if the money is better than always being mediocre, then you take it.
Why Kansas might prefer the Big East:
- only a one hour difference in time zone.
- better chance to win the Big East in football and get that automatic BCS bid.
- plenty of Bball games on ESPN.
Why Kansas might prefer the Pac 10:
- keep rivalry going with the Oklahoma and Texas schools.
- easier to recruit in state of Texas for football and California for basketball
- Pac 10 is perceived as more stable than Big East.
It would be nice if the Big 10 and SEC would act first with regard to their raid on other conferences. Until then, we won't know exactly how stable the Big East is.
ISU would go to the PAC-10 in a heartbeat.....better academics, more stability, and more money.
The remaining schools can say they're unified, but it's everyone for themselves right now.
I've heard Utah is going to get tha spot. They've been in line for it fr a while. There's some politics involved that could go a long ways for Utah.
So all of the talk that KU can't join a conference without KSU because of some state law was just smoke?
I'm convinced a restructured and rebranded Big East will be stable. Right now, yes, it is a house of cards.
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Brooklyn, N.Y.-The Georgia men's basketball team dropped its third game of the season Monday night, losing to No. 1 Indiana 66-53 in the semifinals of the Progressive Legends Classic at the Barclays Center.
"It was a hard-fought game, a game we thought we could win," said head coach Mark Fox. "I thought the difference was our immaturity late in the second half. In the gut of the game, Indiana's experience showed and I give them credit for that. They're a terrific basketball team. I thought for 30 minutes we looked like the team that we all believe we have this season. The key is to learn how to play that way for 40 minutes, not 30. That's the next thing our team needs to learn."
Senior Vincent Williams and sophomore Kentavious Caldwell-Pope paced Georgia offensively with 14 points apiece. Sophomore Nemanja Djurisic led Georgia on the boards with seven rebounds.
Georgia, which led by as many as five during the first half, entered halftime with a 30-29 lead. Eight different Bulldogs scored in the first half and the team only committed five turnovers.
In the second half, Georgia led 38-34 when Indiana went on a 19-4 run, capped off by a baseline jumper from Indiana guard Victor Oladipo to put the Hoosiers up 51-42 with just eight minutes left in the game. Oladipo scored 11 of his team-leading 15 points in the second half.
Christian Watford and Jordan Hulls also each contributed 14 points each for the Hoosiers. Hulls was four of six from behind the arc with three coming during Indiana's second half run.
After Georgia's defense held Indiana's shooting to just 32 percent in the first half, the Hoosiers made nearly 60 percent of their shots in the second half.
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As part of CityBeat's continuing election coverage, we've once again sent a questionnaire to the non-incumbent Cincinnati City Council candidates to get their reactions on a broad range of issues.
Nine of the 14 non-incumbents chose to answer our questions. Others either didn't respond or couldn't meet the deadline.
During the next few weeks, we will print the responses from the non-incumbents to a different topic each time.
Today's question is, "City Manager Milton Dohoney Jr. has proposed a garbage collection fee which, so far, City Council has resisted. What is your stance on this fee?"
The COAST/NAACP anti-streetcar petition crew is causing all sorts of debauchery and grabbing headlines for its attempt to garner support for a sweeping, all-inclusive anti-rail ballot initiative. And it is exhausting.
Last week's Porkopolis column examined the in-fighting among the various Tea Party factions after the spokesman of the Tea Party Express wrote a satirical blog item about a letter from "Coloreds" to President Abraham Lincoln.
The not very funny but very hateful item was written by conservative radio talk show host Mark Williams, who was angered by the NAACP's resolution asking the political movement to denounce and expel its racist elements.
The NAACP turned out to the City Council meeting Wednesday to start the conversation about a disproportionate amount of city contracts awarded to non-minority contractors. Many of the speakers said that of the $1 billion worth of contracts awarded by the city, less than 1 percent were given to minorities.
In a reaction to economic sanctions pushed by the United States, Iran today stopped exporting oil to six European nations. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the nation would no longer sell oil to Greece, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and Portugal. Also, he appeared on TV to announce that an underground bunker complex for uranium enrichment needed to create nuclear energy is now fully operational.
Maybe Christopher Smitherman, the Cincinnati NAACP's president, is cagier than most people think.
Christopher Smitherman was elected this evening to another two-year term as president of the NAACP's Cincinnati chapter. The former Cincinnati City councilman will focus on increasing the chapter's visibility on issues of health, education and youth violence during his next term, according to a statement he released.


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A brilliantly blue volcanic lake, Tolire Lake is set in a crater at the foot of Mount Gamalama, on the island of Ternate, North Maluku Province. The Lake is comprised of two lakes, roughly 200 meters apart: TolireLamo, The Greater Tolire Lake, and TolireIci, the Small Tolire. The Great Lake is almost perfectly round, somewhat resembling a giant pan.Its mystical waters change colors with the seasons, from a bright blue during the summer, to a dark green or brown throughout the rainy season. 50 meters below the lip of the crater where in it lies, Tolire Lake spans about 5 hectares, yet its depth remains unknown. Some believe that it leads directly to the Ternate Sea.
As with many a volcanic lake, Tolire is surrounded by many legends. One such legend tells of a man who impregnated his own daughter. In their fury for such a deed, the gods cursed them, transforming the father into the Great Tolire Lake, and his daughter into the lesser one.
Local folklore tells that the bottom of the lake is covered in treasure belonging to the bygone Ternate Kingdom, which was thrown into this lake to prevent it from falling into the hands of the then invading Portuguese.
Others believe that the lake is inhabited and guarded by invisible crocodiles, measuring a dozen meters in length, as well as an even larger, white crocodile, which only occasionally makes an appearance. According to local belief, you can try to throw a stone into the lake, but no matter how hard your try: it will never touch the surface of the water.
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Robin Thicke didn't get his first choice. The singer wanted comedian-actor Kevin Hart to appear in the video for his "Blurred Lines" single, in which he imagined having married men running around chasing girls. But Hart was in New Orleans shooting a movie. Thicke needed a new plan.
"So then I thought, 'Who else is a great example of being a married guy or a dad?'" Thicke said during an interview with Big Boy's Neighborhood on radio station Power 106 in Los Angeles. "We all know T.I.'s got a family. He's got kids. T.I. was not on the song. I reached out to T.I. and was like, 'Hey. I think you'd be perfect for this,' and he just nailed it, murdered it."
Thicke worked on "Blurred Lines" with longtime collaborator Pharrell. The song's studio session was more fun than work. "We had this great chemistry," Thicke told Big Boy. "We cut the whole song in an hour, besides T.I.'s part. We made the whole record in an hour and were walking around the studio like two old men hollering at young girls from the porch. So it'd be like, 'Hey, girl. Come here.'"
"Blurred Lines" appears on Thicke's forthcoming Blurred Lines album, his sixth. Due in late July or early August, the LP also features Kendrick Lamar and 2 Chainz on "Give It To Me."
For now, though, Thicke is enjoying the success of his "Blurred Lines" single. "It's a dream come true," Thicke says. "I love making music, but I never really try to think of radio formats. I just make music I want to hear. It's really nice when you hit something and it pleases the masses. It's really nice."
(May 16)
UPDATE: Robin Thicke's publicist has confirmed that Blurred Lines will in fact be the title of his sixth album. The July 5 album will include contributions from T.I. and Pharrell on the titl track, as well as Kendrick Lamar on "Give It 2 U."
The tracklisting and artwork to Thicke's Blurred Lines is below:
1. Blurred Lines ft. T.I. + Pharrell
2. Take It Easy On Me
3. Ooo La La
4. Ain't No Hat 4 That
5. Get In My Way
6. Give It 2 U ft. Kendrick Lamar
7. Feel Good
8. Go Stupid 4 U
9. 4 The Rest Of My Life
10. Top Of The World
11. The Good Life
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UPDATE#2: Interscope Records has released the album snippets stream to Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines:
RELATED: Robin Thicke Releases "Love After War" Album Cover, Tracklisting


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Annie Dougherty-Changing their world as it changes them
Newscast Media LUSAKA—It is summer of 2012. Everyone in her senior class has graduated. Some graduates are doing mission work, while others are pursuing admirable paths in their chosen vocations. Meanwhile, the thoughts of Annie Dougherty, a 22-year-old Psychology graduate, have drifted thousands of miles away to a land she has only read about and seen on television and in movies.
Annie planned to spend the entire fall 2012 and part of winter 2013 in Africa working with underprivileged and at-risk children in the remote village of Mazabuka, Zambia.
Teaching would come naturally for Annie Dougherty, since she was home-schooled, and as the second eldest of a large family, she got real life practice teaching her younger siblings. Yet the school system in Africa was a little confusing for her. Upon arrival in the Continent, Annie was assigned the first set of eight girls she would be helping pass the written exams which include science and maths.
"It makes a world of a difference to work with people who are equally serious about the goals in front of them," Annie said. "My task was to help the girls pass the writing exams. Some girls had trouble reading and I think one was dyslexic, so we were learning how to overcome or work through the problems," she added.
The students were between grades 1-12 therefore each student had a different need, in regard to the amount of attention and time needed to overcome any impediment. Everything was a challenge in the "City of Joy", which is the name of the girls' shelter in Mazabuka, Zambia. However, Annie was thankful that she was getting fulfillment from helping the villagers learn, and was doing it on a voluntary basis.
By 6 A.M., everyone was starting their day, and the girls actually walked to school while Annie stayed home with those who went later, that way she could do the tutoring. Transportation to the local parish for religious ceremonies was in the back of a pickup truck.
Despite being a foreign guest, the women encouraged Annie to roll up her sleeves, and work with a pair of oxen, because they loved to see a White girl do the same kind of tasks they did when they were growing up. "It was a thrill cultivating the fields," Annie said. "Every time I had a chance, I volunteered myself because I enjoyed the work I was assigned to do," she added.
In addition, Annie Dougherty lived in the volunteer house by herself, which is owned by the Salesian Sisters, while the girls lived in three separate houses. Each house that accommodated the girls had a "mami"—an older African woman between the age of 20-35 years, whose duty was to mentor the younger girls. The Salesian Sisters had their own living quarters in the vicinity.
"Sugarcane is what Mazabuka is known for," Annie said. "The factory seems to employ half the city. Nsima is the most common item on the menu—maize flour cooked to the consistency of grits or porridge. I learned how to eat with my hands like a real Zambian, and have also learned a few Tonga expressions," she reminisced.
Every visitor to a foreign culture experiences both culture shock, and has to deal with stereotypes, and Annie Dougherty found herself in such a situation during the early days of her arrival in Zambia, as she was scrubbing the floors of the volunteer house.
"Don't clean too much, or you will get tired," one of the little girls said to Annie. "White people don't clean." Taken aback by the thought that White people don't do manual labor, Annie simply smiled and continued cleaning. It was a misconception portrayed by our culture and the media, in which they never show non-Blacks doing hard work or manual labor.
After the cleaning was complete, Annie sat down with the girl and told her about the kind of labor she had to do in order to afford a plane ticket to Zambia.
"I had to tell her that I spent the entire summer cleaning houses, in order to pay for my flight. I did not get upset…it gives me a chance to break the stereotypes and understand the culture here a little better."
Indeed, the Zambians noticed Annie had a strong work ethic and did not have any false airs. In appreciation for what she was doing for the girls in the village, she was gifted with a "Chitenge" (African garb), and was told by them that she was practically Zambian, because she blended so well with, and embraced the Zambian culture.
As she and the other African ladies would go shopping to the local markets, Annie recalls that the men would say to her, "Mzungu," which means "White person," as they tried to get her attention, because they viewed her as tourist who had tons of money to spend on local goods.
"I really can't describe the openness and genuine character of the people I met there. It has given me a new perspective on many things. Here there seems to be more of a sense of community. Everyone shares.
"Father Gregory Boyle who once worked with gangs in Los Angeles said that in working with the poor and underprivileged, we are allowing our hearts to be broken by the very things that break the heart of God. I think what he said is important because sometimes I am tempted to give up, when I don't see the fruit of my work, or the results I expect," Annie told this journalist.
Annie also made an interesting observation: "I got many odd questions like how many friends I have, or are there people in America who do not know how to read? In my experience so far, the culture seems to be non-reflective. It is pretty rare to hear someone say, "I think" or "I feel", usually people do say, "I'm asking for… or I am telling you about…""
As remote as Mazabuka may sound, Annie Dougherty had limited access to high-speed Internet, when there was power, and was able to keep in touch with her family and also update herself with news and current affairs around the world.
Perhaps her most satisfying event after completing six months of teaching in Africa, was the graduation ceremony, as any teacher would wish for a pupil to achieve.
This occasion found Annie's spirit already most disposed by the ambition of seeing her students' work come to fruition…it created a profound sense of gratitude that she will forever carry within the domain of her soul.
The undertaking she embarked upon, that is infused with recollections, of which some are amusing, while others instructive, created a new reality in Annie's world that allowed her human side to fully express itself, as a way of demonstrating her homage to the aesthetics of a newly-discovered culture.
Impelled by the hope of further opportunities, Annie Dougherty has since returned to Texas, and is currently working at a pregnancy resource center, and also interns at a refugee settlement center.
Annie hopes to return to Africa at some future time, and plans to use her experience and resources to affect the lives of the underprivileged, by helping them change their world for the better, as it also changes them.
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Video: Proposed Falcons stadium my present issues with neighbors
ATLANTA -- Atlanta Falcon's President Rich McKay told a packed Atlanta City Council chamber the team could build its new stadium outside the city limits if a deal isn't struck soon.
His comments came at the first public hearing on a proposed retractable roof stadium to be built near the Georgia Dome. McKay said the Falcons will play in their new stadium, wherever it will be built, by the 2017 season.
McKay said the team is set on staying in Atlanta. If a deal can't be reached they will look to the suburbs for a new home. "We want to give this opportunity every opportunity to succeed and that's been our focus," he said. When asked at what point to you look outside he said "I think probably sooner than later in the sense that we've worked this deal for twelve straight months in trying to get to a final solution."
McKay told the city council it was not a threat and he would not set a deadline for a decision. "I'm not a big deadline guy," he said. "I've negotiated enough player contracts in my life to know that deadlines are usually nice when you first say them, and they sound all great, and then when you have to change them they're not quite as good."
At the public hearing on the proposed billion dollar stadium most of the public dissension came from residents of neighborhoods surrounding the proposed site. They are worried about the impact on some of the poorest parts of the city.
Junelle Thomas said there are parts of her neighborhood that need revitalizing. "If we're going to be a world class city, with a world class stadium, then we need to have a world class quality of life for people who live around the dome," she said.
McKay said the Falcons are giving the city every chance to say yes. He said though it is out of the question that the Falcons will move to another city it is not out of the question they will move outside the city limits.
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If you want a Hollywood version of how blacks became soldiers in the Civil War, you will hear that Abe Lincoln stood up, waved his Emancipation Proclamation, shouted, �Let the Sons of Africa go to War!� and, by 2:30 the next afternoon, there were 100,000 blacks in uniform. Somebody made the movie �Glory,� included a few facts just to be different, and three days later, Furney Bryant won the Civil War.
If you want the story from some I�ve heard, Lincoln waved his entirely political document that never freed a single slave, admitted that black soldiers in the army would be good, politically, and the whole anti-slavery thing would keep England friendly. Blacks were coerced to leave the masters they loved and made adequate, at best, soldiers.
Both versions are balderdash.
With the issuing of the Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln did, indeed, declare that blacks would be made into soldiers. His exact words: �[Negroes] will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service.�
By that time, some Negro units had already been unofficially formed. Within a month or two, Secretary of War William Stanton would issue calls for black soldiers, and Gov. John Andrew of Massachusetts, one of the biggest abolitionists of the day, was instrumental in forming the famous 54th Infantry, which that movie �Glory� would make famous.
Anyway, recruitment began in earnest. As any good Civil War fan in Craven County knows, New Bern itself provided manpower for regiments. Our own William Henry Singleton recruited a thousand men to form the First North Carolina Volunteers. Other units were formed in South Carolina and Massachusetts.
One of the most powerful recruiters was the escaped slave and abolitionist Frederick Douglass, who stumped for warriors and called on them in his own newspaper. Among his most stirring calls: �Once let the black man get upon his person the brass letters, U.S.; let him get an eagle on his button, and a musket on his shoulder and bullets in his pocket, and there is no power on earth which can deny that he has earned the right to citizenship.�
Before the war would end, 180,000 blacks would take up guns and battle for their freedom.
But, while recruitment was easy at first, it grew harder. Even though they were accepted as soldiers, blacks were not given a fair shake, and potential volunteers knew it. Blacks could not serve as commissioned officers, for instance: For the next several score of years, they would always be ordered around by whites. They received less pay than their Caucasian counterparts and also were denied the sign-up bounty that whites received.
Worst of all, the Confederacy threatened to execute or enslave every black man captured and to execute every white officer over them.
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It took some time, but eventually, the president issued a threat to execute a Southern prisoner for every Yankee prisoner killed. In 1864, Congress finally agreed to pay black and white soldiers the same base pay � 10 dollars a month. Just think: that�s 10 cups of coffee at McDonald�s, if you can bum a friend for 70 cents to cover the tax. By today�s figures, by the way, that 10 dollars equaled $251.85 a month in pay.
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Okay, before we begin with the best releases of the year...
Morbid Angel - Illud Divinum Insanus
Didn't hate it as much as some did, but I was hardly impressed. My expectations were virtually nonexistent, so in that regard it didn't hit me too hard. Illud Divinium's being analogous to St. Anger isn't all that far off, though. It sucks to see awesome, highly respected bands sink this low.
Glasvegas - Euphoric Heartbreak
Considering I considered their debut excellent, this one really disappointed me. Unlike the debut, this one really just doesn't deliver anything. The band's attempt to beseech the sound of ambition fell short. No ice cream van this time.
Nicole Atkins - Mondo Amore
Not as disappointing as Euphoric Heartbreak, but it was no Neptune City. "Hotel Plaster" and "Heavy Boots" are the only tracks I really liked, the latter being the best track on the album.
Explosions in the Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
Unfortunately, I think these guys have fallen victim to the monotonous second-wave post-rock rut. Their first three albums and All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone were, for the most part, exceptionally fabulous albums. I've just got the feeling that their - what seems to be - inability to branch out will render them on the obsolete end of newer, more creative and innovative, post-rock. Still, never hesitate to see these guys live; they're incredible.
Deicide - To Hell With god
As I've said, I'm not the huge fan of death metal I was at one point, but jeez this album was bad. There's not one redeeming quality about anything this record has to offer. Poor songwriting, poor vocals, poor guitar riffs, no likable material here whatsoever. It's most disheartening considering the potential these guys have or use to have. It's not surprising though. Other than The Stench of Redemption, they haven't done anything great since the 90's.
Opeth - Heritage
Arguably the most polarizing release of the year. For me, perhaps the most disheartening release of the year. For the longest time I seriously thought Opeth was at the top of the "current bands making fantastic music" list. As many have pointed out, by taking out heaviness they surrendered their forte: dynamics. And I wasn't one of the folks that opposed the idea of a softer album at first. I just opposed it after I heard it. This thing puts you to sleep. As one poster said on metal archives, this is a half-baked retro regressive progressive rock album. I can see how some might think it's a decent prog rock album, but I can't see, or understand, it being anywhere near the top of the 2011 list.
#1 Permixtio/Ethere
Permixtio's 2010 release, Il Canto dei Sepolcri was among my favorite black metal albums released last year, and the three tracks here don't miss a beat. Actually, they show improvement. Just like last year's full-length, this split grabbed me and didn't let go. The first instrument heard is a xylophone, or so it sounds, and this is all we hear for the first minute and five seconds before an awesomely tuned guitar rips in and plays a riff for a while and before too long we have black metal. The second track by Permixtio is the best on the split. This track is just incredible. In fact it's 3:16 of some of the most emotional music this year. A basic, soft guitar riff and beautiful melodic soloing over it. Even though I can't find the lyrics, and even if I could it'd be irrelevant since Umbra writes his lyrics in Latin and my Latin vocabulary is hardly comprehensive, Permixtio is definitely cited as being in the depressive/suicidal black metal scene. I'm not too terribly familiar with this because I don't know what defines suicidal black metal other than lyrical content, and given that, it's genre might not be a testament to its sound. But given how much I like these three tracks I might look further into it. Ethere is interesting too. It's very atmospheric black metal, and even spacey perhaps, but while it doesn't appeal to me to the extent Permixtio does (even though in ways it's better) it's definitely leaving room to grow.
#2 .../Dead/Vidharr - Cold Journey Through Madness
Cold Journey Through Madness is the title of this split, and that title is fairly representative of what we hear. Clocking in at fifty-one minutes, and featuring three different artists, all specializing in depressive black metal, this split is worthy of being amongst the higher ranks of this year's releases. The first two tracks, "Cytostaticum," and "Exploring Secret Hideaways of the Mind Through Apathy" are very soft and ambient-type tracks, featuring gentle post-rock esque guitar work, piano, and BM screeches before Dead's "Mental Disorders" brings us an aggressive barrage of violently executed, dense, black metal. Dead's two tracks are my least favorite, though that doesn't mean they're not well written. Vidharr's tracks are much more doomy black metal. ... / Dead / Vidharr wins 2nd because its length to substance ratio is higher than any other split I heard this year.
HIGHLIGHTS: "Cytostaticum," "Exploring Secret Hideaways of the Mind Through Apathy," "Void," "Processed"
#3 Starkweather/Overmars
I was gleeful when I finally heard this. Overmars has written some of the neatest stuff in the doom metal department I've heard. Affliction, Endocrine...Vertigo in 2005 and Born Again in 2007 for anyone unfamiliar with them, the latter being their last release save a ten-minute EP they put out in 2008. They best get on their game and put out another album soon. The two tracks here by Overmars include "Solitary/Following the Sperm Whale (Once Again)" and "Last Sail Sinking," both of which are great, especially the foremost. It's typical weird, experimental, avant-garde, doom/sludge Overmars. "Last Sail Sinking" features vocals from the brilliant female vocalist we heard in Born Again (I believe her name is Marion?). I read somewhere she's no longer in the band but she's sure enough featured in this split. These songs don't seem as heavy as the Born Again track, but they're awesome enough.
HIGHLIGHTS: "Solitary - Following The Sperm Whale (Once Again)," "Last Sail Sinking"
#4 Apostle of Solitude/Rituals of the Oak/The Flight of Sleipnir
Rituals of the Oak's one contribution, "Hallward," is the highlight of this release - all 17 minutes of it. As you'd guess, this is a doom split all the way around with different doom elements in the different contributions, but Hallward stands out as far and away the most complex, well-constructed track here (with female vocals, for you female-fronted doom enthusiasts).
#5 Mammoth Grinder/Hatred Surge
There's some real tasty death metal here with some excellent riffing going on. Mammoth Grinder > Hatred Surge, so naturally their tracks are better. Hatred Surge is predominantly grindcore, but the last track, "Supernova," slows down a bit and is centered around a crushingly heavy riff that's highly satisfying and easy to get behind. The one and two minute songs Hatred Surge provides ("Invega," "Disconnected," and "Mood Stabilizer") are garbage.
HIGHLIGHTS: "Pulverizer," "Survielad," "Supernova"
#6 Mealann/Annorkoth - Chapters of Cold
Pretty ambient music is what this is. But it's not all that quiet... it's more like really rich, atmospheric ambient music. Not overly melodic. These bands just do a nice job of painting a landscape. Annorkoth is actually a black metal outfit from Podolsk, but none of the tracks on this split really resemble black metal.
#7 Circle of Ouroborus/Drowning the Light - Moonflares
Circle of Ouroborus have a very soft black metal sound. It's not necessarily what I would call ambient, but it's soft. No blast beating here. Very light drums, no heavy guitar or bass. The lack of noise makes the vocals really interesting to listen to, because they're the center of focus. Anyone interested in chill, unheavy black metal... check this out. Now when we get to Drowning The Light's portion of this split, it's somewhat different. Fast-paced, distorted, lo-fi black metal is what we get here.
Other split that may be of interest to others:
Searing Skull / Hasserben (highly recommended if you like BM with low production quality... this one had some great stuff going on, especially from Hasserben)
Vastum - Carnal Law
Now this thing really impressed me. Vastum has been a band since 2009, and though they haven't released anything prior to this I've read they've played quite a few shows in the Bay Area and acquired a decent amount of attention. Well let me be the first to say this demo makes Vastum deserving of any attention they've received. This isn't some low quality poorly written garage recording... this is a heavy, intelligently written, professional sounding death metal record. In fact it wouldn't be out of line to compare this record to Eparistera Daimones. It has that heavy pounding rhythm to it (not as heavy as Eparistera Daimones, but pretty heavy). Fans of Hooded Menace or Autopsy are strongly advised to check it out. It's got a classic death metal feel to it while maintaining a modern black and doom influence. I'm definitely going to keep my eyes on these guys. They're accomplished songwriters and they've written some very promising material here.
Sigur Rós - Inni
Technically this was recorded in 2008, but it was released this year. Anything Sigur Rós does is gold. They're one of the greatest things to ever happen to music. If you like them at all, you'll like Inni. There's a rumored tour for 2012, and a rumored album, so we'll see what comes of that.
I would do a "Best EP's" list, but there are so many EP's in my top 55 it'd be pointless.
3/12 Pentagram
9/2 Chelsea Wolfe
10/16 Kylesa / Inter Arma / Indian Handcrafts / Irata
11/13 Windhand / Monolord
12/30 Clutch
FINALLY someone who agree's with me. Everyone that lives around me sucks Opeth's dick and thinks this was the greatest thing released since the first BTBAM album
Automatic loss of credibility. BTBAM is good and all, but there are far better albums that could be put in that comparison.
3/12 Pentagram
A Broken Plane
A Broken Dream
A Broken Heart
A Broken Team
No Word Said
A Silent Vow
We Loved You Then
We Love You Now
5/21 - Alice Cooper
6/01 - Primal Fear (?)
6/04 - Untimely Demise
6/09 - Striker, Axxion, Manacle (?)
6/10 - Annihilator, Razor
Feel the exact same way about the Explosions In The Sky album. Opeth I thought was great. It was to me I step they needed to take to tune their progressive side. I hope in the future even if its unlikely, have their next release as progged out as this but with the death metal back in the fold. Nice picks with the Flight of the Slepnir split and the Vastum demo. Both are really great, Vastum if it was longer could have taken the top DM spot for me.
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Governor Brown's budget announcement was greeted with enthusiasm in the ranks of California's community colleges, which will be able to add thousands of classes and students as a result of the passage of Prop. 30 in November.
The governor's budget calls for a $197 million increase to the college system in 2013-14, allowing colleges to add back many of the classes and programs that were eliminated in the past few years.
More students expected
The increased funding would also allow thousands of students to re-enter the system. Nearly 500,000 students had been turned away over the past four years due to the state's financial crisis, according to the chancellor's office. In addition, colleges can also expect $179 million in funding that had been deferred during the recession, leaving them with less debt.
As always, the January budget proposal is just that: a proposal. Over the next few months, CCA/CTA will be involved in Sacramento as the details of the proposals are reviewed and revised. As with all proposals, there are concerns that will be aired and hopefully, resolved before the governor submits his May Revised Budget and before the budget is passed in late June.
Included in CCA's concerns are the governor's proposals to allot $300 million to shift high school adult education programs to the community colleges. There are myriad programs from English as a Second Language, to career education, to GED to personal development courses and classes for older adults that will be affected by a shift to community colleges.
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The governor's budget proposal also allocates $16.9 million to increase the number of online courses in order to encourage more students to complete their work. Currently, 27 percent of community college students take at least one course online each year and nearly 17 percent of all courses offered are through distance education, according to the chancellor's office.
"The intent is to get students through the system as quickly as possible," said CCA President Ron Norton Reel. "I'm not convinced that a public speaking class online is the best thing for students, but it is clear to me that distance education is not going to go away. Either we have to be part of the discussion, or we will be left out."
Students will not have any change in their fees, but there are other aspects in the proposal that will affect them, including requiring students to pay full freight if they enroll in more than 90 units. The governor's budget proposal will also begin to change the practice of enrollment-based funding for colleges to a focus on course completion.
"This is all only a blueprint now," Reel said. "It's opening a dialogue. As budget hearings start, we will be there to speak up."
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Allen Iverson Announces Retirement
Former NBA player Allen Iverson officially announced his retirement from the league on Oct. 30 in Philadelphia.
"I thought that when this day came, it would be basically a tragic day," the 38-year-old said at a press conference to announce his decision. "I never imagined the day coming, but I knew it would come. I have to thank God for just giving me the opportunity to, not really accomplish all the things I accomplished in the NBA, but just giving me the opportunity to be drafted."
Iverson last appeared in an NBA game on Feb. 20, 2010 with the Philadelphia 76ers. Two days later, he took an indefinite leave of absence from the team, stating his 4-year-old daughter Messiah had health issues. Several days later, the team announced Iverson would not return to the 76ers for the rest of the season.
After being drafted first overall in 1996 by Philadelphia out of Georgetown University, Iverson went on to play in the NBA for 15 seasons. Iverson won the Rookie of the Year award in 1997.
"People all the time ask me what was my most greatest memory of being in the NBA?" Iverson said. "It was just being drafted."
Iverson played in Philadelphia for 11 of those seasons, and the rest with the Denver Nuggets, Detroit Pistons and the Memphis Grizzles.
Iverson was an 11-time All-Star and won the Most Valuable Player title in 2001. That same season, Iverson took his team all the way to the NBA Finals, where they lost to the Los Angeles Lakers in the Finals, four games to one.
Iverson also has four scoring titles and was named first team All-NBA three times. Iverson averaged 26.7 points, 6.2 assists, 3.7 rebounds and 2.2 steals per game for his career.
On Oct. 26, 2010, Yahoo! Sports reported that Iverson agreed in principle to a two-year, $4 million contract with Be?ikta?, a Turkish Basketball League team. The club announced the signing at a press conference in New York City, on Oct. 29, 2010. Iverson made his debut for Be?ikta? on November 16, 2010.
Iverson returned to the United States in January 2011 for calf surgery. He only played 10 games for Be?ikta? that season, and did not play professional basketball again.
In January, Iverson received an offer to play for the Texas Legends of the NBA D-League, but declined.
The league's current MVP, LeBron James, called Iverson "the best pound for pound NBA player of all time."
The Sixers will retire his number 3 on March 1 against Washington.
"I feel proud and happy to say that I'm happy with my decision and I feel great," Iverson said. "I'm in a great mindset in making a decision."
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ok, after struggling for a while, I have uninstalled everything and re-installed and it works fine.
- Fedora Core 4
- fixed sym links problem for crypto library (see previous thread)
- fixed mysql config problem, because of limited RAM (see previous thread): I changed the install.sh file as suggested.
During the various install/uninstall, I had some problems with the zimbra store RPM. The install was failing for some reasons.
After doing the uninstall, I have also removed the /opt/zimbra.
I have also killed all the zimbra related processes.
And I have also removed all the zimbra install, config, cert, etc. files and folders from the /tmp directory.


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McDonald's to Franchisees: Merry Christmas. Now Open Your Stores
McDonald's must pull out all the stops to eke out gains after its global October sales decline, its first in nine years.
When McDonald's Corp. stunned analysts last week by posting U.S. sales growth in November after a drop the prior month, one contributor went untouted: The company gained sales by urging franchisees to open on Thanksgiving, a holiday during which many of them traditionally close.
But it's not stopping with Thanksgiving. According to an internal memo obtained by Ad Age, McDonald's is pushing franchisees to open on Christmas in a bid to lift December sales.
"Starting with Thanksgiving, ensure your restaurants are open throughout the holidays," reads the Nov. 8 memo from McDonald's USA Chief Operating Officer Jim Johannesen. "Our largest holiday opportunity as a system is Christmas Day. Last year, (company-operated) restaurants that opened on Christmas averaged $5,500 in sales."
While that might not seem like much, consider this: In a second memo, dated Dec. 12, Johannesen pegged average sales for company-owned restaurants, which compose about 10 percent of its system, at "more than $6,000" this Thanksgiving. People close to the Oak Brook-based company said that about 6,000 more locations opened their doors this Thanksgiving than last year, so presuming their sales were on par with company-owned stores, that's about $36 million in additional sales.
Should the same number of franchisees open on Christmas and the day's take equal that of Thanksgiving, the bump jumps to a total of $72 million for the fourth quarter. And if Santa grants corporate's wish and every store in McDonald's 14,000-strong U.S. system opens on Christmas and rings up $6,000 each (a near impossibility), it could line the chain's stocking on Dec. 25 with a total of $84 million.
But if only a few thousand stores open, it's still a win, since even a little ho-ho-ho can turn around ho-hum sales. According to people close to the company, franchisees opening on Thanksgiving accounted for almost one percentage point of the company's 2.5 percent growth in U.S. same-store sales in November.
"Our November results were driven, in part, by our Thanksgiving Day performance," said Johannesen in the Dec. 12 memo. "Thanks to proper planning and your great execution, we capitalized on the opportunity to be open while our customers were on the road—and those customers rewarded us."
McDonald's spokeswoman Heather Oldani said the company does not comment on leaked documents or information, but added, "However, our restaurants will be open to serve our customers when and how they need over the holidays."
Opening on holidays didn't happen much in the company's Christmases past. Richard Adams, a consultant and former McDonald's franchisee, said, "Thanksgiving was never open, then 15 to 16 years ago, some started staying open." As recently as five or six years ago, "you would never even talk about being open on Christmas, even if some were open on Thanksgiving. For the franchisees, this is a big cultural shift."
But McDonald's must pull out all the stops to eke out gains after its global October sales decline, its first in nine years. Howard Penney, restaurant industry analyst with Hedgeye Risk Management LLC in New Haven, Connecticut, said McDonald's benefited in recent years from programs to keep stores open later and longer. But in recent years, those opportunities became exhausted, which was one of several reasons for the sales deceleration.
"They kind of maxed that out—all the restaurants that made sense to have open longer, they've already got those sales dollars—and that whole initiative kind of dried up in 2012," he said. "These kinds of things have a limited-growth opportunity year over year."
So are employees paid more to work holidays? Oldani said she can't speak for franchisees, but "when our company-owned restaurants are open on the holidays, the staff voluntarily sign up to work. There is no regular overtime pay."
McDonald's other big play to boost fourth-quarter sales, as first reported by Ad Age, was to move one of its most-popular limited-time sandwiches to December.
So now kids can also leave Santa a McRib.
Maureen Morrison writes for Advertising Age, a sister publication of Workforce Management. Comment below or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
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