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- Younes Kaboul own goal, Luis Suarez, Philippe Coutinho and Jordan Henderson as Liverpool win 4-0
- Match report as Reds return to the top of the table
Good afternoon and welcome to live coverage of Liverpool against Tottenham from Anfield.
And what a big day for the red of Merseyside.
Talk of cup finals at the end of the season has become a little clichéd, but there's little doubt that the next seven games are absolutely huge.
Win them all, Liverpool walk away with the Premier League for the first time.
First up is Tim Sherwood's Spurs side, who appear to be growing in confidence. Easy it won't be.
Follow all the twists and turns over the next few hours here.
And there's no sign of Emmanuel Adebayor for Tottenham.
But Brendan Rodgers is able to pick that frightening front line of Suarez and Sturridge, with Sterling and Henderson playing big supporting roles.
If the Reds keep this team fit for the rest of the season....
- Liverpool: Mignolet, Johnson, Skrtel, Agger, Flanagan, Henderson, Gerrard, Coutinho, Suarez, Sturridge, Sterling.
- Subs: Brad Jones, Aspas, Moses, Sakho, Cissokho, Lucas, Allen.
- Spurs: Lloris, Naughton, Kaboul, Vertonghen, Rose, Bentaleb, Sigurdsson, Lennon, Chadli, Eriksen, Soldado.
- Subs: Dembele, Dawson, Friedel, Kane, Winks, Townsend, Sandro.
- Referee: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire)
Before you grab that beer, make that cup of tea, here's plenty of reading to keep you occupied.
Here's John Aldridge speaking about Liverpool's title hopes and why neutrals should be supporting them.
Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler says the Reds' fear factor WILL seal them the Premier League title, here.
And Everton have just beaten Fulham at Goodison Park. Yeah, maybe not one for you. If it is, match report here.
Luis Suarez has scored a mere 28 goals in the Premier League this season, despite missing the first six games of the season.
And while Brendan Rodgers says he's got no plans to sell the striker (why would he?), he says the Uruguayan is worth £100million.
"Luis is certainly on his way towards that. His consistency has been phenomenal and what you see now is a more mature player," the Reds boss explained.
"He is a world-class talent. Things evolve and times change. Time will tell."
Meanwhile, the scene is set:
Arrived at Anfield... #LFC pic.twitter.com/2NPcKWARHW— James Carroll (@James_Carroll84) March 30, 2014
This is what Tottenham are up against this afternoon.
Liverpool have scored 51 goals in the first-half this season, more than 15 other teams' total goals scored in the Premier League.
Manchester United have 52 in total.
But will nerves get in the way this arvo?
11 - Liverpool have won 11 and lost none of their last 12 Premier League games at Anfield. Fortress.— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) March 30, 2014
Our man David Maddock has filed this ahead of the game:
You have to hand it to Brendan Rodgers, he's not going to die wondering.
The safe option here, with top spot at stake against a Spurs side likely to flood midfield, would be to retain Joe Allen and press hard in the middle.
The Reds boss has never done safe though, and there is nothing but admiration for the fact he has boldly stated his belief his attacking players are better than the vistors'.
For the first time in five matches, he has gone with Sterling and Coutinho together. The last occasion? That nerve-shredding 4-3 against Swansea.
So you have been warned. But remember, this is the side that beat Arsenal 5-1, and the same formation (if not quite personnel) that thrashed Tottenham on their own ground.
If Liverpool have been bold, then you argue Tim Sherwood has been even braver, because there doesn't seem anything suspiciously like a defensive midfielder in his line up, and the strategy would appear to continue to be a defensive high line.
Anyone who remembers the chasing Sterling gave to the unfortunate Kyle Naughton at Whute Hart Lane (and is of the Red persuasion) will relish that.
But there is a school of thought which suggests the best way to unsettle Liverpool is to go at them. Villa got a point here doing that, Swansea so nearly did. Seriously, it could be any score. 5-4 anyone?!
Huge, deafening rendition of You'll Never Walk alone rings out around Anfield.
And it has an immediate impact, too, as Liverpool GO AHEAD!
But for all that attacking might at the front of Liverpool's team, it's two Tottenham touches that send it in.
Own goal and own goal assist - Younes Kaboul the man.
David Maddock has this to say on the first goal
Phew, deep breath required. We did warn you. And with Spurs playing a magnficently brave - or bonkers - high line, Liverpool have got in perhaps seven times already behind the visiting defence, within the first five minutes.
The only wonder is how they have scored only one goal. It was a fine one too, in the build up, even if Kaboul provided the Keystone Kop finish.
Hang onto your hats. This is going to be some ride. And some score.......
Sturridge and Suarez nearly combine to double Liverpool's lead.
Sturridge does his best superman leap from the Uruguayan's cross, but it wasn't to be and it sails over.
Positive start from Liverpool, even despite that early goal.
Is there any way back for Spurs?
Yeah, wasn't particularly pretty, was it?
Kaboul in all kinds of problems for the first.
But now there's yet MORE to be concerned about as Luis Suarez makes it two.
Tottenham at sixes and sevens at the back. 2-0.
Here's what chief sports writer Oliver Holt has made of the first half-hour:
All the talk before the game was about whether Liverpool could cope with the nerves of playing for the right to go top of the table.
They answered that question inside two minutes when they scored the opening goal. Nerves also tend to fly away when you have a striker of the quality of Luis Suarez, who pounced on a mistake by Younes Kaboul and ran half the pitch to score a superb second.
If Suarez and Sturridge keep scoring, anything is possible.
You have to say, for the second goal, Spurs were seriously hampered by an injury to Vertonghen just before Suarez took his tally to 29 for the season. Hampered that is, by the fact it wasn't Kaboul who went off, because so far the visiting skipper is having a mare.
The first goal, you felt sorry for him, but the second was criminal. You can't hestiiate on the ball when Luis Suarez is around - I think it has been conclusively established by now, this dervish of a striker hardly needs any help from the opposition.
The intent he showed when charging past Dawson was incredible. He really wants this, you can see, and it's hard to see anyone stopping him.
A word on the atmosphere, by the way. Where it was anxious on Wednesday night, and eventually restricted the Reds, here it is passionate and encouraging. I haven't experienced this sort of emotion for some time at Anfield - it is spine-tingling...and an incredible sign of what Liverpool are doing here.
Simon Mignolet parries away Roberto Soldado's strike, but it's been all too quiet up top for Tottenham so far.
But then normal service is resumed. Suarez has a header parried onto the bar by Hugo Lloris with a fine save.
Danger is never far away as the Uruguayan's 20-yard free-kick curls wide moments later.
Well, if there were any nerves among Liverpool's squad, it didn't take long to get rid of them.
Just over a minute, in fact.
Early goal, then a cushion through Luis Suarez later in the half. Liverpool 2-0 up and speeding to another three points.
Tottenham, well, are struggling.
You have to say, for the second goal, Spurs were seriously hampered by an injury to Vertonghen just before Suarez took his tally to 29 for the season. Hampered that is, by the fact it wasn't Kaboul who went off, because so far the visiting skipper is having a mare.
The first goal, you felt sorry for him, but the second was criminal. You can't hestiiate on the ball when Luis Suarez is around - I think it has been conclusively established by now, this dervish of a striker hardly needs any help from the opposition.
The intent he showed when charging past Dawson was incredible. He really wants this, you can see, and it's hard to see anyone stopping him.
A word on the atmosphere, by the way. Where it was anxious on Wednesday night, and eventually restricted the Reds, here it is passionate and encouraging. I haven't experienced this sort of emotion for some time at Anfield - it is spine-tingling...and an incredible sign of what Liverpool are doing here.
Liverpool resume their charge for three points with a positive start to the second half.
No messing about here.
Keep this up, and they're 585 minutes from winning the title.
Or something like that.
And that's sealed the points for Liverpool.
Philippe Coutinho strikes the ball sweetly past Lloris to make it three.
The home side absolutely rampant. This could turn very messy.
Game over. The only question now, surely, is whether Liverpool will want to enhance their goal difference, given how important that could be come the season's end.
They have dominated this game, and exposed Tottenham as a side without leadership, and without, seemingly, a clear idea of what they should be doing. No wonder Daniel Levy was sat staring enviously at Brendan Rodgers from the directors' box. Was that a hint of drool on his lips?
The most remarkable thing about this Reds performance so far, is the complete lack of any apparently pressure on them. They have played with a freedom which is stunning given the position they find themselves in. If they can play with the same joyful abandon in their remaining games, then yes, they will win the title.
Liverpool have been excellent this afternoon, particularly Suarez and Coutinho, but their job has been made an awful lot easier by this Spurs side.
Spurs, frankly, have been rank. They have lacked purpose, cohesion and hunger. They have played like a rabble whose season is already over. Some thought this might be a difficult game for Liverpool but they couldn't have been more wrong.
On the evidence so far, they might as well have got a stepladder out and helped Liverpool to the top of the league.
Well, it's turning into a bit of a blood bath for Spurs.
Jordan Henderson whips in a free-kick, nobody gets a touch on it and the Reds go four up.
Just too good. And Liverpool's continue their title march.


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Music / MIDI help
Mark Lentczner <mark.lentczner <at> gmail.com>
I'm a little lost in the bewildering array of music packages for Haskell, and need some help.
I'm looking to recreate one of my algorithmic music compositions from the 1980s. I can easily code the logic in Haskell.
I'm looking for a the right set of packages and SW so that I can:
a) generate short sequences and play them immediately, preferrably in ghci,
-- but 'runHaskell Foo.hs | barPlayer' would be acceptable
2) generate MIDI files
I'm on OS X.
So far what I've found is: Haskore, the midi package, and the jack package - and then I'd need some MIDI software synth for the Mac, and Jack based patcher.... Or perhaps I want SuperCollider, and the Haskell bindings - but that seems rather low level for my needs here (I don't really need to patch together my instruments, and I don't want to have re-write the whole timing framework from scratch.)
So - What's a quick easy path here?
- Mark
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Minutewomen To Take On St. Bonaventure Saturday
Feb. 7, 2014
The Last Meeting
January 19, 2013
St. Bonaventure, N.Y.
Last Meeting: St. Bonaventure 61, UMass 49; Jan. 19, 2013
The Bonnies extended their lead to 16 points in the second half before UMass rallied back in the final nine minutes to pull within 45-41 of St. Bonaventure on the strength of a 10-0 run. Jasmine Harris converted a pair of free throws to start the stretch before Niggeling knocked down back-to-back three-pointers, with the second dropping the deficit to 45-39 at the 7:46 mark. Carolann Cloutier capped the run with a pair of made free throws.
After Ortega ended the UMass scoring streak with a layup, Harris answered on the other end with a trey before Nola Henry hit a running layup to cut the St. Bonaventure lead to one, 47-46 with 4:23 left. However, the Minutewomen were unable to continue their strong offensive showing into the final four minutes as St. Bonaventure used free throws to pull away.
Scouting St. Bonaventure Women's Basketball
Katie Healy spurs on the offense with 15.7 points per game while also leading the team in rebounding with 8.3 pulled down in each contest. Gabrielle Richmond adds 10.4 points while Nyla Rueter follows with 10.3 scorer per game to round out the trio averaging double-figures.
The Bonnies have won their previous six contests, all Atlantic 10 games, while the only losses in conference play were against Duquesne and Dayton on the road. The squad is outscoring foes on average, 62.4-to-60.1 and holds a 36.7-to-32.1 edge in rebounding.
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Mital Stopping And Popping Her Way Into The Record Book
As a sophomore in 2012-13, Mital hit 48 of her 151 tries from long distance (31.8 percent) after she finished 8-of-39 in the category as a freshman (20.5 percent).
She is also ninth all-time in three-point field goal attempts (300) and her made percentage (.333) puts her in 11th place in the record book for the category currently.
Timbilla To Join Most Successful All-Time UMass Rebounders
Harris Making The Most
She provided 10 points, seven boards and a career-high five assists against VCU before she chipped in 16 points, seven rebounds and two assists versus Dayton. To continue her recent stretch of success, Harris totaled 11 points, three rebounds and a trio of assists at Fordham's Rose Hill Gym. She added 14 points, a career-high six assists and two boards against George Washington and scored 13 more to go with seven rebounds and a pair of helpers at Rhode Island.
She Gets Buckets
For her career, Pierre-Louis has never shot less than 44.4 percent for a season and has made 172 of her 356 attempts as a Minutewoman (48.3 percent). She was 20-of-43 as a freshman (46.5 percent) and 32-for-72 over her sophomore campaign (48.8 percent).
Ready Inducted Into UMass Athletics Hall Of Fame
Ready finished her career ranked eighth all-time in scoring at UMass with 1,406 career points, including a 20.7 point per game average as a senior. An all-American and all-region selection as a senior, Ready was also invited to compete for a spot on the 1980 U.S. Olympic Team. A stress fracture caused her not to attend the tryout and the Olympic Games ended up being boycotted by President Carter due to the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan.
Ready still ranks among the best all-time at UMass in several categories. She is No. 1 in career field goal percentage (.545), second in points per game (16.5), third in rebounds (831), third in rebounds per game (9.8), and sixth in field goals (615). During her career, she was twice nominated for the Wade Trophy as Player of the Year (30 players nationally nominated each year).
Following graduation, Ready went on to become a basketball and volleyball coach before taking over as the Director of Student Life at Massasoit Community College from 1995-2008. She was deeply involved in the Special Olympics program in Southeastern Massachusetts and was nominated for the Special Olympics Hall of Fame after serving as its Game's Director. Ready is currently the Athletic Director at Massasoit.
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New Zealand shares fell, led by OceanaGold, after the gold miner sold shares at a discount to repay debt. Chorus halted its two-day, 18.5% slump driven by the threat of regulated prices.
The NZX 50 Index fell 8.44 points, or 0.2%, to a two-week low close of 4007.24. Within the index, 19 stocks rose, 18 fell and 13 were unchanged. Turnover was $130 million.
OceanaGold, whose interest range from the Macraes gold field in Central Otago to its Didipio project in the Philippines, fell 12.2% to $3.60 and its ASX-listed shares dropped 14% to $2.825.
The company raised $C93.3 million, selling 30 million shares for $C3.11 apiece or $A3 per ASX-listed CHESS Depository Interest. The CDIs were at $A3.27 yesterday.
The sale "was at a discount" and that's weighed on the stock today, says James Smalley, a client adviser at Hamilton Hindin Greene.
Some existing investors may have paid for the new entitlement by selling their old shares, he added.
Chorus, the network company spun off from Telecom last year, rose 0.4% to $2.79, snapping a two-day slide.
A draft determination from the Commerce Commission on access charges could slash annual pretax earnings as much as $160 million, the company said this week.
The government has hinted it may water down the regulator's position.
"One would hope it has built a bit of a base at these levels," Mr Smalley says. Still, "the one thing that's not going to be removed from the stock any time soon is that ongoing uncertainty".
A number of Chorus investors were previously holders of Telecom, where their experience of regulation was "nothing short of hideous".
Xero, the cloud-based accounting service, rose 2.9% to $7.20, the biggest percentage gain on the NZX 50, having fallen from a record high yesterday.
"There were always going to be a bit of profit taken" given the gains, Mr Smalley says.
"The market's willing to wear that you have to spend money to make money" he said of Xero's plan to grow sales at the expense of short-term profit.
Hallenstein Glasson Holdings, the clothing retailer, was unchanged at $5.08 after telling shareholders at the annual meeting today that sales in the first four months of the year are up 7% and profit is tracking ahead of the same period a year ago.
Postie Plus Group tumbled 17% to 20 cents after saying there is a risk it has breached its bank covenants. Still, just 9000 shares changed hands.
Units of the Fonterra Shareholders' Fund fell 2.2% to $6.60, the lowest close since they roared higher in the debut last Friday, having been sold in the initial public offering at $5.50.
The units are now trading at more realistic levels once the hype and promotion of the IPO had died down and institutions had secured shares they missed out on in the IPO, Mr Smalley says.
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So many events take place in the Season 1 finale of "The 100," which is titled "The End of the World As We Know It," that it is must-see TV for fans of The CW futuristic series. It begins with Bellamy (Bob Morley) ordering preparations for the battle between The 100 and the grounders, even as Clarke (Eliza Taylor) pleads with him to do the right thing and find a peaceful solution to the problem. And just as Clarke feels she has persuaded her band of survivors to take a different course of action, several things happen that change the course of action -- and there is plenty of action.
As the story opens, Bellamy and Clarke stand over the grave of the 18 of those who have lost their lives since the shuttle from The Ark landed. Bellamy sees that as his failure; but Clarke is encouraging, saying that without him there would have been so much more death.
Executive producer Jason Rothenberg has requested that the specifics of the finale be kept under wraps so viewers will get the enjoyment of watching them unfold, but here a few spoilers about what happens on earth:
- Bellamy forces Octavia (Marie Avgeropoulos) to make a difficult decision.
- Raven makes a discovery that could be the saving of The 100.
- Raven (Lindsey Morgan) and Clarke work closely together, putting aside their jealously over Finn (Thomas McDonnell) in a nice girl-power moment, until Jasper's (Devon Bostick) expertise is needed for the technical aspects of the work.
- Finn makes a couple of bold moves that you just won't see coming.
- We haven't seen the last of Murphy (Richard Harmon).
- Octavia proves herself to be quite the woman warrior.
- Something that was talked about in Episode 1 comes to play a role the finale
But it isn't just The 100 that see a lot of action in the Season 1 finale. There is a lot going on for those that remain on The Ark, as they desperately struggle to come up with a solution to ensure their survival. There is only 48 hours of oxygen remaining and things look grim as Jaha (Isaiah Washington), Kane (Henry Ian Cusick), and Abby (Paige Turco) try to come up with a scheme to save lives.
One thing is for sure. The body count is a lot higher than 18 by the end of tonight's Season 1 finale, which airs at 9 p.m. ET/PT on The CW.


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I Think I Can
Today the artist, writer and ever entertaining thinker of thoughts Ophelia Chong shares with us another story of living with technology.
The Droid con-nected to the Verizon, The iPad connected to the Wifi, The powerbook connected to the network, The iPod connected to the earphone, The landline connected to the bundle, The keyboard connected to the bluetooth, The Kindle connected to the 3G.
Oh Mercy how they Scare!
I try to control the ambient noises around me while I work, the television set on the 562nd rerun of Law and Order, the occasional dog bark, the flutter of paper falling out of the printer; its all white noise. Except the unexpected sounds of information coming in. Pings. Pings for Skype, Seesmic, Twitter, iChat and email. I am like Pavlov's dog, each Ping stirs my interest and I start salivating about the next
Gilt special sale on gold lame platform running shoes.
If you are like me, you have your cell phone on your desk. I bought a Droid, even though I am a life long Apple fanatic, I left the Apple Garden and went with a Droid (also Verizon was not carrying iPhones at the time, so really I didn't have much choice other than switching carriers). The Droid and I puttered along, the interface took a while getting used to and I was a bit envious of all the Apps my iPhone friends had. I mean they had HIPSTAMATIC! But the Droid/Verizon did have one plus over Apple. I got email on it 1 minute before I got it on my Apple powerbook. My Droid was always first to stick up its arm and say "Pick ME!!"
Is it Verizon vs. Time Warner, or Android vs. Apple? Most likely the network, but deep in my heart I believe its the little Droid saying to itself "I thought I could."


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Wu Zhao, Woman Emperor of Chinais the compelling story of one womanrs"s unlikely and remarkable ascent to the apex of political power in the patriarchal society of traditional China. Wu Zhao, Woman Emperor of Chinais the account of the first and only female emperor in Chinars"s history. Set in vibrant, multi-ethnic Tang China, this biography chronicles Wu Zhaors"s humble beginnings as the daughter of a provincial official, following her path to the inner palace, where she improbably rose from a fifth-ranked concubine to becoming Empress. Using clever Buddhist rhetoric, grandiose architecture, elegant court rituals, and an insidious network of "cruel officials" to cow her many opponents in court, Wu Zhao inaugurated a new dynasty in 690, the Zhou. She ruled as Emperor for fifteen years, proving eminently competent in the arts of governance, deftly balancing factions in court, staving off the encroachment of Turks and Tibetans, and fostering the staters"s economic growth. SH0310 History of the Far East (AB) SH0311 History of China (AB) SH0301 World History I
Table of Contents
|Editor's Preface
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|Author's Preface
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|Genealogies of the House of Tang and the House of Wu
|p. xvii
|What's in a Name?
|p. 1
|Historical Preconditions for the Ascent of a Woman Emperor: Steppe Culture, the Silk Road, and Buddhism
|p. 11
|From the Sichuan Countryside to the Inner Palace
|p. 17
|Empress Wu: A Changing of the Guard
|p. 37
|The Two Sages
|p. 49
|Celestial Empress and Grand Dowager
|p. 65
|Wu Zhao as Lover: Lady of Perfect Satisfaction
|p. 93
|Sage Mother Rising
|p. 103
|Queen of Terror
|p. 125
|Bodhisattva of Mercy
|p. 137
|Emperor of the Zhou Dynasty
|p. 157
|Octogenarian in Retreat: Succession, Factionalism, and Craneriding in the Final Years
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Hello guys. What mods do you guys recommend?
Hello everyone. Are there any solid, decent mods you guys should recommend trying out for TSL and Kotor? Like, is there anything else here or elsewhere other than the sticky thread which I've read and the handful of WIPs? I don't know if I should play modded skyrim, or Kotor. I played Kotor and TSL vanilla (well, not exactly vanilla, I played with TSLRCM 1.8.1) last year when I bought the complete collection for christmas last year (Kotor and TSL). So.. anything you guys recommend? I kinda have the urge to play Kotor and TSL again, I don't know, lol.
Oh, and I have been to this site before, but I haven't posted much (join date 2010 :P). But I have visited this site at least 1-2 times a year to see what's going on here. Oh, and is this the right section? Sorry if it ain't, this forum is a bit confusing.
But if you want good mods, here in this community we make nothing else than solid, decent mods and most final version are in the Taris Upper City Emporium section. Also, if you really want to fully appreciate the gain of TSLRCM, try TSL vanilla and you'll see the difference.
KotOR vs Skyrim is not comparable, as Dragon Age is not to KotOR or Max Payne to Jedi Outcast. It's a battle in your heart for what you prefer, more recent engine, very strong storylines, kissing the bride, killing bad guys, making mods, adding mods to heat up your GPU and CPU. It's all up to you, but I can tell you one thing, I really love Dragon Age, Max Payne 1 - 2, Jedi Outcast, Skyrim and GTA 3- VC-4 and I still comeback to KotOR each time I have the chance. KotOR is cheap on your GPU/CPU and it's easy to mod it, because here we have a solid community that kept me interested in the game for 9 years, almost a decade. So last year when I saw this game in super pack, I've bought it for the old times, that's my romance with this game.
Hey, thanks for the reply and for the tip about kotorfiles. I've never actually explored it to its full extent so.. yeah, I'll do the sorting thing you mentioned. And I haven't checked the Taris Upper City Emporium section either that much, thanks for that as well.
And you're right about Skyrim, it can basically eat your PC if you aren't careful, and with the load orders and load orders, and more load orders, and compatibilities, Agh! So complicated. One time I destroyed my Oblivion game when I put too many mods in it. :(
And I really like all the work modders have done here, I've checked many screenshots and it all looks so cool.
It would help to know what sort of mods appeal to you before attempting to answer this question.
Well, I would like to have new items. Especially in the first kotor game, since it seems that there are so few items and item types to find. I don't really like new force powers, since those are fine in kotor. TSL isn't a problem since it has the workbench and lab station that you can use and modify stuff. I know there's the Red Hawkes workbench mod for kotor which I tried myself a couple years ago. Maybe I should try that agian. But I don't think it adds items, does it? And I would also like to refresh the look of the game so is there any graphical overhaul mods? Like those that change the whole game. If there aren't any I can do with downloading them separately.
Yeah, I know. Lol, I thought that the filefront site was lucasfiles, as in the LF network's own file hosting site. My mistake. How does one even get into Lucasfiles, anyway? What's the URL? I've been there before, but can't seem to find it now.
I will go and check out mods on my own now as this site has lots, and filefront. Oh and I forgot deadlystream! Very cool mods over there too. But I prob. won't play the games until next week, or after christmas as I have a huge geography project to do now. And other school related stuff.
Do you think it'll come back? I never checked it extensively, though it had some stuff in there. Maybe it's down for maintenance... because maintenance costs? You know, with the reduced traffic this site's receiving, it can't really be that cheap to host it. I did read the announcement of rebuilding this site, but I don't how far that has come.
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Do you long for the more innocent days when Adam West and Burt Ward raced across your television in Technicolor glory battling the charismatic villains of Gotham City? When you think of the Joker, does a Latino actor who refused to shave his mustache come to mind before Heath Ledger or Jack Nicholson? Do you constantly find yourself wondering where the "POW's" and the "BAM's" are as you sit through the Tim Burton and Christopher Nolan Dark Knight films? If you answered yes to any of the questions above, then "Batman '66 Volume 1" is tailor-made for you!
DC Comics releases the first five print issues of Batman '66 for fans of the psychedelic and campy romp we all grew up with. I specifically remember watching the series at my babysitter's house after school every chance I could get. If you prefer your Caped Crusader a little less gloomy and a little more fun, this collection will thrill you.
The first five issues included in "Batman '66 Volume 1" features the Riddler, Egghead, Chandell, the Joker, the Penguin, the Mad Hatter, the Clock King, the Sandman, Mr. Freeze, and two different Catwomen all clashing with the Dynamic Duo as they protect the citizens of Gotham City from the rogues' zany crime sprees. Batgirl even gets in on the action when Batman and Robin are out of town fighting evil in Japan.
Jeff Parker handles all the writing for "Batman '66 Volume 1." He does a bang-up (pun intended) job of adapting the vibe and wackiness of the TV series in comic book form. You can totally imagine Adam West, Burt Ward, or any of the other actors voicing their characters seen on the page. Parker doesn't skip a beat when it comes to bringing the swinging 60's exploits of the Caped Crusader and his boy sidekick to life.
A long list of artists worked on the illustrations for "Batman '66 Volume 1." Jonathan Case, Ty Templeton, Joe Quinones, Sandy Jarrell, Reuben Procopio, and Colleen Coover all provided their unique talents for the graphic novel collection. Some of the characters look like their acting counterparts at times, while at others they don't. My favorite visual interpretation is of Cesar Romero's Joker. Romero refused to shave his mustache for the show, so he would just paint over it with white makeup. The comic books show his mustache clearly painted over, just like you could see it in the original series.
"Batman '66 Volume 1" includes some fun extras. There are several variant covers featured at the back of the book. They were drawn by Jonathan Case, Kevin Maguire, Cully Hamner, Chris Sprouse, Karl Story, and Dave Johnson. The San Diego Comic-Con action figure variant cover for issue #1 is found in here as well.
If you long for more of Adam West and Burt Ward's take on the Dynamic Duo, "Batman '66 Volume 1" will fill that void. It's like holding five new episodes in your hand for you to devour. Writer Jeff Parker, all the book's artists, and colorists completely capture the essence of the television show. Throw your limited edition "Batman" Exclusive Original Television Soundtrack Album into your stereo, sit back on the couch, and get ready to go back in time to the hip and psychedelic era of Gotham City.
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March 7, 2013
Four UCLA women's soccer players - sophomores Sarah Killion and Samantha Mewis, junior Jenna Richmond and senior Zakiya Bywaters - helped lead the U.S. Under-23 Women's National Team to the tournament title at the Four Nations Tournament in La Manga Spain. The U.S. swept through the competition, defeating Norway (3-1), Sweden (6-0) and England (2-1).
All four Bruins played in the 6-0 win over Sweden on Mar. 2, with Mewis, Killion and Bywaters getting starts. Mewis assisted on the first goal of the game in the 2nd minute and scored one of her own in the 71st minute. Bywaters also scored a goal in the 43rd minute.
Killion started in each game, Bywaters started in the Sweden and England contests, and Mewis earned a start against Sweden and came off the bench in the other two games. Richmond played in the Norway and Sweden games.


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Archive for the 'Steve Baldwin' Category
I am a bit surprised to see Congressman Darrel Issa climb aboard the Trump train. While he likes to send out press releases that make him look like the second coming of Ronald Reagan, his Congressional voting record is simply not as conservative as he wants people to believe. Indeed, his most recent Conservative Review rating for 2015 is only 59 percent. He voted wrong nearly 40% of time on issues dear to conservatives.
I checked with some friends who are deeply involved with convention politics … the Rules Committee meets in April and can change any rule they want, including the rule that candidates must win a majority of delegates in eight states in order to be nominated at the convention. If the candidate does not hit that threshold, then none of delegates representing that candidate will have their votes counted.
The UT Shifts to the Left
I'm really sick of the bias of the UT. There are critical stories breaking every week about the fiscal trouble our country is in, not to mention stories about the corruption of the Obama administration – such as the "Fast and Furious" scandal – but you wouldn't know much about such stories from reading the UT. If all you read was the UT, you would think everything in the country is fairly hunky-dory. But, no, both our state and our nation are on the verge of fiscal collapse and all we get from the UT is biased, dumbed-down wire service national stories and politically correct local stories.
Many pundits are trying to explain what happened in California. After all, Republicans lost every state-wide race, picked up one Congressional seat and actually lost a seat in the State Assembly. Moreover, California voters elected dozens of hard left wackos and removed the 2/3 vote in the Legislature that had protected us from out of control budgets. Unfortunately, California will pay a heavy price for such stupidity at the polls. Hundreds of our largest businesses have already fled and many more are now planning to do so. There is little hope at this point that California can escape a long-term – perhaps permanent – recession.
Well, so much for the Tea Party Movement. At least here in California the Tea Party proved to be almost meaningless. Carly "I'm a conservative now" Fiorina suckered many Tea Party leaders into supporting her campaign, thereby successfully breaking off what should have been unanimous Tea Party support for Chuck DeVore, one of the most articulate conservatives to run for high office in decades here in the Golden State. Make no mistake about it; Carly comes from the establishment GOP and her tendencies will be, of course, to moderate once elected. I don't really care how well she was coached to pretend she was a conservative; she had absolutely no record of supporting conservative causes or candidates. None. The Tea Party needs to recognize that the only way to judge candidates is on their past records; forget the pretty ads and the poll-driven sound bites.
I will have some experts on government waste calling into my show this Thursday, including David Williams from Citizens Against Government Waste. Obama, of course, lied to the voters about how he will eliminate the corrupt "earmark" process. I also will talk about the growing case for the impeachment of Obama, the Arizona illegal immigration bill, and the recent take-over of the internet by Obama's regulatory agencies (What, you mean you didn't read about that in the UT?) We will also get into some of the elections. If fact, here are my thoughts on the elections so far:
Once again, I am hosting the Rick Amato show this coming Thursday on 1170 AM KCBQ from 9-11 PM. My first guest will be Brian Kennedy, President of the Claremont Institute, perhaps California's leading conservative think tank. Mr. Kennedy is an expert on the Progressive Movement, missile defense, and defense issues in general.
At 10 PM, my guest will be Bob Knight, senior writer for Coral Ridge Ministries and a Senior Fellow at the American Civil Rights Union. His latest book is Radical Rulers, a book that identifies more than a dozen White House appointees who are all working to bring extreme change to America. This is the most racial group of people ever to run America and many of them have socialist and communist backgrounds. Naturally, they reflect the socialist sentiments of President Obama.
I will be guest hosting the Rick Amato show tonight from 9-11 PM, KCBQ, 1170 AM. My 9 PM guest will be Marc Thiessen, former aide to Donald Rumsfeld, former Bush Speechwriter, and author of the new best-selling book, Courting Disaster: How the CIA Kept America Safe and How Barack Obama Is Inviting the Next Attack. This book is the definitive book on the interrogation techniques used during the Bush years and how such techniques were legal and saved thousands of lives. Thiessen also examines how the media and the Obama wackos lied about this issue in order to win his election. Marc had unprecedented access to the people who carried out these interrogations and predicts that Obama Administration's refusal to interrogate terrorists (Yes, our government NO LONGER interrogates terrorists!) will eventually cost American lives.
I will be guest hosting tonight for Rick Amato once again, 9-11 PM, KCBQ, 1170 AM. My call- in guests are Mark Krekorian and Lance Izumi. Mark will come on shortly after 9 PM. He is the Executive Director of the Center for Immigration Studies, the nation's foremost immigration reform group. We will discuss Obama's dismantling of border security and his funding cuts for the Border Patrol. At 10 PM our guest will be Lance Izumi, Director of Education Studies at the Pacific Research Institute, one of California's leading conservative think tanks. He will discuss charter schools, vouchers, the Obama education agenda and so forth. Of course, if there's any time left over, there are plenty of other issues to discuss such as terrorism, Obama's budget, the State of the Union speech, the lifting of the national debt, etc. Feel free to call in tonight. The call in number: 888-344-1170.
What a joke the State of the Union speech was. I have never heard a president utter so many cliches, phony policy ideas, and insults in what used to be considered, historically, a speech composed of substantial policy proposals.
Obama retierated his promise to use the federal government to create jobs, a phony proposition if there ever was one. As everyone now knows, the stimulus bill created hardly any private sector jobs, a fact the Obama administration appears to have purposely misled Americans about. Indeed, the Obamanites created 440 fake congressional districts in which they claimed they created jobs. The only new jobs researchers can locate are government jobs. I'm sorry but making local government bigger and more intrusive has nothing to do with growing the private sector economy. In fact, empowering local government may actually impede private sector growth.
I will be hosting the Rick Amato show once again tonight from 9-11, 1170 AM (or listen on the web at www.kcbq.com). My guests are Brian Camenker and Brad Dacus.
Mr. Camenker will come on shortly after 9 PM. He is the President of MassResistance, the leading conservative group in Massachusetts. Camenker will talk about the Scott Brown revolution and the impact Brown's election will have upon Congress. Camenker is also the nation's leading expert on Mitt Romney, someone we all know is once again running for President.
The UT misses the story regarding Al-Awlaki
In the January 10 UT, Matthew T. Hall had a misinformed story about a former local imam named Al-Awlaki whose taped pro-jihadist rants apparently influenced both the Christmas Nigerian bomber and the Ft. Hood shooter. The gist of the article is that Al-Awlaki used to be more moderate when he was based at a local mosque on the La Mesa/San Diego border.
Hall doesn't seem to know the Mosque's name — Ar-Ribat Al-Islamic – nor does he seem to be aware that this is the same mosque where two 9/11 terrorists attended under Al-Awlaki's leadership. Moreover, this mosque raised funds to bail out yet another 9/11 plotter who worshiped there. Oh sure, they're a "moderate" mosque.
I am hosting the Rick Amato show tonight from 9-11 PM on KCBQ, 1170 AM. My first guest will be Anita Moncrief, a former ACORN leader who defected a few months ago. She will detail how ACORN is a criminal enterprise; how it works exclusively with Democrats, and the role it played in pressuring banks to make loans to high risk recipients. Indeed, Obama worked with ACORN to create the mortgage crisis we find ourselves in today.
I'm hosting the Rick Amato show tonight on 1170 AM KCBQ from 9-11 PM. My guest is Chris Colton, Vice President of the Center for Security Policy, one of the nation's leading anti-terrorist groups. We will be discussing the latest terror incident – the Christmas bomber – and what this means in terms of US Security needs.
I will also be discussing how the Democrats have reversed the phonics reading reforms of the last decade and the devastating effects of AB 32, which, if implemented, will send California into a depression. I may also touch on health care "reform," the Copenhagen meeting, taxes, guns, Iraqi pro-democracy protests, you name it. It would be great if some of you could call in. The call-in number is 888-344-1170.
What Happened to the ACORN Investigation?
All over America ACORN is being investigated for voter fraud and other illegal activities. But not in San Diego. Why is that? ACORN has an office in National City and over the last few years has registered at least 25,000 voters inside San Diego County. Based on investigations into ACORN's voter fraud activities elsewhere, it's a good chance that at least half of its voter registrations are fraudulent. These "voters" may be illegal aliens or they may be fake names using a fake address or perhaps using someone else's address.
Starting tonight and every other Thursday I will be hosting the Rick Amato show from 9-11 PM, 1170 AM.
Tonight's show will feature Marlo Lewis, one of the nation's top global warming experts. He will fill us in on the outrageous activities going at the Copenhagen globalony-warming summit. We will also talk about the numerous frauds being perpetrating upon Americans by the climate change lunatics such as the recent "ClimateGate" emails scandal.
At 10 PM, Richard Rider will come on the show to discuss the numerous taxes and regulations hurtling toward us as part of Obama's glorious socialist regime. We will discuss taxes at the local and state level as well.
Since the UT seems intent to ignore national stories of serious import, I find myself having to mention stories that have been ignored or misreported. Enjoy — or cry.
- The lame-stream media is going gaga over simulated sexual acts by blatant homosexual and American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert. Lambert simulated fellatio on a male dancer during prime time television on the American Music Awards. If this behavior was engaged in by a heterosexual male and directed toward a female, all hell would have broken loose, but with Lambert, he seems to have garnered nothing but positive media attention. This type of crudeness is destroying our culture, regardless of what the "sexual orientation" is of the scumbag involved. And the mainstream media should be ashamed of themselves for not condemning such behavior.
Ok, its official. The Obama Administration is either the most corrupt or most incompetent administration I have ever seen. Below is a link listing 440 congressional districts that do NOT exist and for which Obama has claimed jobs were created! These phantom districts are responsible for over 28,000 alleged jobs at a cost of $224,525.22 per job, so even if they were real, it is simply not a good investment for the taxpayers.
If it were only a few errors, it might be understandable. But this is out of control. The errors are widespread and involve almost every state. Such a pattern of fraud must either be purposeful or evidence of incredible incompetence. Either way, all these people involved with preparing these reports should be fired.
I will be hosting the Rick Amato show this coming Monday night from 9-11 PM. The call-in number is 888-344-1170. With Roger now national, Rick's show is one of the few locally-based conservative talk shows left here in San Diego. I will be talking about a number of issues:
* How dissenters to Obama's health care initiative — if it passes – may get jail time
* The impact the health care plan will have on doctors (Hint: surveys show close to half of all doctors will leave the profession)
* The impact the health care plan will have on private insurance plans
Newspapers in Freefall, Earmarks, Real Unemployment Rate, & Who's Running the Show?
I'm thrilled to be part of San Diego Rostra and am convinced this is the medium by which the vast majority of Americans will receive their news, if not already, then in the very near future. The old line media are dinosaurs, especially newspapers. And it's not just because the news cycles of newspapers are 24 hours as opposed to the instantaneous news offered by blogs and websites like San Diego Rostra, but it's also because the UT and other mainstream newspapers have never fairly reported the news. And the people knew it.


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"Dear Steve,
I'm falling behind on my mortgages (2 mortgages) since I can't rent out my rental property for 7 months.
My income is not much to keep me upfloat and since there other expenses plus the devastating property taxes I'm really falling behind and having a hard time.
The property where I live was refer to foreclosure dept. but no sale date yet. (Please don't, 9 of us will be displaced) I started making my attemp to modify since they are asking $18,062.00 to reinstate it.
My dilemma is everytime I called CSR has different style of gathering information and I have to hang up and get the information they needed.
This makes me confuse how to really proceed with this. I'm trying my best and sometimes thinks of looking for a modification lawyer who knows how to do the step by step process. Please help me I don't want to loose another property in foreclosure.
Will a Land Trust save my property form being foreclose? How safe is this?
My friend highly recommend this for she lost a house in foreclosure already and put her other property into it and said her property is in Land Trust for 2 years already. She pays monthly fee of $500.00, plus the initial fee of $ 3,000.00"
Land trusts as a foreclosure trick have been highly discredited. A very prominent case filed by the Florida Attorney General against one such company has shown that the theory is built on quicksand. See this series of stories.
The attorney general's complaint said the land trusts wrongfully guaranteed they could cancel the homeowner's mortgage, misrepresented that homeowners can void their mortgage through a quiet title action, and charged an advance fee. – Source
If your friend that did this lives in Florida she might already be listed as a victim in this scam.
The underlying problem here is that while the consumer signs the property over to the land trust, the underlying mortgage still exists and the consumer is on the hook for that. Some people are now suing the land trusts to try to get the title to their property back. Because now the consumer is still responsible for the mortgage and paying a monthly fee on top of that to the land trust mortgage rescue company.
And there is of course the problem that any advance fee paid for foreclosure avoidance is illegal under the Mortgage Assistance Relief Services Rule by the Federal Trade Commission.
Maybe the reality of the situation is you simply can't afford to remain in the property at this time?
If you can afford the regular mortgage payment plus a bit extra to get caught up on your mortgage, you might want to talk to a local bankruptcy attorney about a chapter 13 bankruptcy to prevent the sale.
If you are hoping to pay for some magical process to stop the eventual loss of your home you can't afford, prepare to be scammed.
But if you want to know if there is even a mortgage modification program that your lender participates in that might be appropriate, contact a free HUD Housing Counselor and they can walk you through the process.
Mortgage Help
Be sure to first read How Not to Get Scammed by a Mortgage Loan Modification Company.
Debt-to-Income Calculator
First you'll need to determine your current debt-to-income ratio. The target debt-to-income ratio under the Home Affordable Modification program is 31%. Use this free online DTI calculator.
Mortgage Modification Calculator
The mortgage modification eligibility calculator will ask you several questions and then show you which programs you may be eligible for.
The free mortgage modification calculator can be found here.
Free Mortgage Modification Help and Counseling
If you have questions about the process or eligibility you can call 888-995-4673 and get connected with an mortgage modification adviser for free. This help is provided by government subsidized HUD Housing Counselors and they can be a big help in navigating the modification process.
In order to assist you, the housing expert will need to gather some information from you. Have the following documents handy:
- Information about your first mortgage, such as your monthly mortgage statement.
- Information about any second mortgage or home equity line of credit on the house.
- Information about the monthly gross (before tax) income of all household members contributing to pay the mortgage, including recent pay stubs if you receive them or documentation of income you receive from other sources.
- Information about your savings and other assets.
- Account balances and minimum monthly payments due on all of your credit cards.
- Account balances and monthly payments on all your other debts such as student loans and car loans.
- Your most recent income tax return.
- It may also be helpful to have: A letter describing any circumstances that caused your income to be reduced or expenses to be increased (job loss, divorce, illness, etc.), if applicable.
You can also get free help and housing counseling from a local HUD approved counselor. You can find your local free housing counselor, here.
Contact Your Mortgage Company
Not sure if your mortgage company offers modification programs? Not all do. You can contact your mortgage company to ask them about mortgage modification programs you might be eligible for. Click here to find your mortgage company.
NPV Calculator
Want to know the net present value (NPV) of your home for the mortgage modification process? No problem, use the free NPV calculator to find out. The NPV calculator is right here.
The calculator can be used by homeowners who have been denied a HAMP modification because of their NPV result or can also be used by homeowners prior to applying for a HAMP modification to help them better understand the NPV evaluation.
No Advance Fees
The Federal Trade Commission has a Mortgage Assistance Relief Services Rule which prohibits advance fees for mortgage rescue services or mortgage modification help.
Please post your responses and follow-up messages to me on this in the comments section below.
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The video for Katy Perry and Kanye West's recent chart-topper "E.T.," which premiered earlier this hour, is one of those clips that looks like it took a lot of time and money to make, for no real payoff to speak of. The Floria Sigimosndi-directed clip its share of nifty visuals, but most of the imagery is more cheesy (blue alien Katy—isn't this still a little too soon?) than it is striking or innovative, and the bombast (Supernova explosions! National Geographic stock footage! Naked male ass!) doesn't lead anywhere interesting. The similarly Kanye-featuring video for The-Dream's "Walkin' on the Moon" was more fun with a lot less hype and probably a much-lower budget.
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Antara is a college professor married to writer Shaukat. One day Antara meets Yash, a spirited young man who is immediately drawn to Antara and makes no attempt to hide it. When Antara mentions this to her husband, he is intrigued rather than angry. He asks her to indulge the young man, hoping to use it as source material for his book. However, increasingly the writer Shaukat wants Yash out of the novel as much as the husband Shaukat wants him out of his life. As fiction and fact start to blur, a dangerous game is played by all.
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Kathleen "Rocky" LaRose was named interim director of athletics for the University in mid-December 2009, and will serve in that capacity until a replacement has been named by UA President Dr. Robert Shelton.
LaRose is completing her 31st year at the University of Arizona, her 16th year as Senior Associate Director of Athletics and her 21st year as the Senior Woman Administrator. She becomes the 10th athletics director in University of Arizona history, and the first woman so named.
As Senior Associate Athletics Director, LaRose oversaw the internal operations of all 19 sports at the UA, being the first women in her capacity to have day-to-day operational responsibilities over Division I-A football and men's basketball programs. Additionally, over the year she has directly supervised nearly every unit in the department including C.A.T.S. student-athlete services, compliance, Hall of Champions, public relations and special events, business office and the Wildcat Club. She also has chaired the department's Equity committee and directed the NCAA certification process.
LaRose joined the Arizona staff in 1979 as the UA softball coach and worked from 1980 until 1989 in various capacities including coordinator of athletic special events and special projects. In 1987 she was promoted to assistant athletics director for fund development. LaRose is a current member of the Pac-10 Council which governs and regulates all Pac-10 policies, and has served twice as its vice president. On the national level, she was a member of the NCAA Management Council as the Pac-10 representative for four years and was appointed Management Council liaison to the NCAA Student-Athlete Advisory Board. She also has chaired several Pac-10 committees.
In 1990, LaRose developed the Commitment for Athletes' Total Success (C.A.T.S.), an educational approach used by student-athlete services to better the student-athlete academically, athletically, and personally.
Raised in Phoenix, Ariz., LaRose received both her Bachelor of Science and Master's degrees from The University of Arizona. While in attendance, she competed on the UA softball team as a starting infielder and clean-up hitter, leading the Cats to their first-ever conference championship title in 1979. She competed in the 1979 World Cup Softball championship as a member of the USA National Championship team. She also was a member of the Arete Society (UA's Athletics Honorary) and was the 1978 UA Homecoming Queen. She is married to Michael Proctor, the University's Vie Provost for Outreach and Global Initiatives and Dean of the Outreach College.
LaRose was awarded the Billy Joe varney Award from the university in 2004, the institution's top career service honor, and is a member of the Pima County Sports Hall of Fame.


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While attempting to compile a list of the best Long Island extreme (metal and hardcore) acts of the last 20 years (essentially "all-time"), various criterion were considered. To be considered the best, a band has to be influential (influencing various future artists), prolific (producing at least a couple of studio releases and touring consistently for decent stretches of time), unique, and known outside of their Long Island home. Each band on this list originated in Long Island, Queens or Brooklyn (the definition of "Long Island" was expanded to include more artists) before eventually developing a following across the United States, and in many cases, throughout the world. All artists mentioned also have some sort of longevity in the scene; if they are not still active, they were around for at least eight years. The list is not in order of greatness, it was simply too difficult to choose between some artists that are so different musically.
Here are the top 10 bands that made the cut:
Suffocation: 1989- present; This legendary band has inspired countless death metal acts and truly altered the course of extreme music forever. Suffocation's brutal style of death metal, which is influenced by both grindcore and NYC hardcore, combines crushing technical guitar riffs, vicious slams/breakdowns, deep vocal growls, and drummer Mike Smith's signature blast beats. With over 20 years of experience, Suffocation's live shows are technically flawless and always entertaining. Check out the Long Island Metal Music Examiner review of their recent Long Island (Crazy Donkey) show here.
Essential Albums - "Pierced from Within" (1995, Roadrunner Records), "Blood Oath" (2009, Nuclear Blast)
Vision of Disorder: 1992-2002; 2006-present; Perhaps Long Island's finest hardcore band, Vision of Disorder evolved to incorporate elements of metal and eventually sludgy hard rock into their sound. Vision of Disorder's chaotic live shows are the stuff of legends.
Essential Albums: "Still" EP, "Vision of Disorder" LP (Supersoul/Roadrunner)
Candiria: 1992-2009?; Combining elements of schizophrenic hardcore, technical metal, hip-hop, and jazz, this Brooklyn-based band truly brought artistry to the world of extreme music.
Essential Album - "The Process of Self-Development" (1999)
Life of Agony: 1989-1999; 2005-2006; This Brooklyn band combined sludgy, metallic rock with emotional (often dark) lyrics to create music that was accessible to the masses, but had enough edge to appeal to many metal fans. Life of Agony frontman Keith Caputo provides some of the most powerful yet melodic clean vocals in metal.
Essential Album - "River Runs Red" (1993)
Glassjaw -1993-present; For better or worse, the world of heavy and extreme music changed when this Long Island band released their influential Roadrunner Records debut LP, "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Silence" in 2000. This album showcased a band set to destroy current nu-metal trends with their intense, urgent sound led by an enigmatic frontman (Daryl Palumbo) who created some of the most memorable vocals and lyrics in hardcore and rock (alternating between violent screams and emotional melodic singing). Known for their energetic live show, constant line-up changes, hiatuses, a dedicated fan base and numerous side-projects, Glassjaw draw influences from post-hardcore, punk, experimental, electronic music and various types of rock.
Essential Album - "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Silence"
Merauder: 1990-present; This vastly underappreciated Brooklyn band, one of the pioneers of the metal/hardcore crossover sound, brings an urban, street element to their brutal music.
Essential Album: "Master Killer" (1996, Century Media)
From Autumn to Ashes: 2000-present; One of the first bands in the wave of melodic hardcore (later incorrectly dubbed "screamo" by some), this Long Island act used a strong DIY ethic and intense touring to become one of the more popular bands in their genre. From Autumn to Ashes combines hardcore screams, emotional melodic vocals, and crushing, pit-friendly breakdowns to create a genre-combining sound that is accessible to a large audience. Their diverse style endears them to many types of fans, and enables the band to, as vocalist Francis Mark states, "go on tour with Taking Back Sunday one month and go on tour with Shadows Fall the next month."
Essential Albums - "Too Bad You're Beautiful" (2001, Ferret Music), "Holding a Wolf By the Ears" (Vagrant Records)
Biohazard: 1990-2006; This Brooklyn act was truly the first of its kind, a band with hardcore punk roots that mixed metal with street-credible hip-hop. Biohazard was perhaps the first metal band to successfully incorporate lyrical themes similar to those found in gangsta rap (dealing with gangs, drugs, street violence, and police); it could be argued that the band had more in common with N.W.A than they did with the Cro-Mags or Slayer. In their prolific career that spanned over 15 years, Biohazard produced eight studio albums and toured with some of the biggest names in metal and rap.
Essential Album - "Urban Discipline" (1992, Roadrunner)
Sick of It All: 1986-present; This socially-conscious hardcore band from Queens are nothing short of legendary. The band's website accurately describes the band's impact and influence: "As one of the longest standing bands still proudly waving the flag of New York Hardcore, Sick Of It All have made their mark as one of the cornerstones of NYHC, proving that heart, hard work and dedication to hardcore is about more than just the music and an image, it's a way of life."
Essential Album: "Scratch the Surface" (1994, Eastwest Records)
Type O Negative: 1990-present; This unique Brooklyn heavy metal band incorporates elements of gothic rock/metal, doom and thrash to create dark, moody music. Although controversial frontman Peter Steele's lyrics deal with topics like the darker side of love/sex (including loneliness and heartbreak), as well as depression, drug addiction and suicide, the band has always always maintained a playful sense of humor amidst their melancholy, droning sound.
Essential Album: "World Coming Down" (1999, Roadrunner)
Honorable Mention - Each of these bands was missing something that separated them from the elite; perhaps their career was too short, they just weren't influential enough (in a broad sense), they didn't really originate in Long Island although two members are from the area (Dream Theater), or maybe they haven't been around long enough to have made a significant impact (yet):
Internal Bleeding: 1991- present
Indecision/ Most Precious Blood: 1993-2000; 2000- present
skycamefalling: 1996-2003
Dream Theater: 1985-present
This is Hell: 2004-present
The World We Knew: 2004-present
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We know that IT isn't an answer by itself. Tech for tech's sake has a way of turning to waste -- in the urban environment and elsewhere. But cities that don't take risks on emerging technology stand to get left behind, and that's wasteful, too.
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This article set out to find the answer to a question inspired by ASUS' hybrid chipset; can you have nForce 680i SLI performance with dual x16 SLI, at a nForce 650i SLI price? In order to answer that question, we took the only commercially available example of ASUS' hybrid chipset, the P5N32-E SLI Plus and pit it against the nForce 680i SLI based Abit IN9 32X-MAX. After reviewing both boards, comparing their features and pitting them against each other in a slew of benchmarks, we think we have our answer. Yes, you can get nForce 680i SLI level performance, complete with dual x16 SLI, triple SLI slots and lots of features all at a nForce 650i SLI price.
The performance of both boards was excellent. The P5N32-E SLI Plus, powered by its hybrid chipset, surprised us by defeating the nForce 680i SLI based IN9 32X-MAX in all of our gaming related tests and our SLI tests. Ultimately the performance gap between the two boards is negligible, but we have proved that ASUS' hybrid chipset is able to keep pace with the nForce 680i SLI in both single-card and SLI performance.
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Bradford Authorities Positvely Identify Remains
The Medical Examiner's office in Gainesville, FL. positively identified the remains found at the Mt. Sinai Cemetery earlier this week.
The remains have been identified as those of Pamela Hall, who was 24 at the time she disappeared. She was last seen on July 2, 2003 but was not reported as missing until November of that year.
Bradford County Sheriff Gordon Smith coordinated with Starke Police Chief Jeffrey Johnson and Union County Sheriff Jerry Whitehead to develop the Bradford Union Starke Task Force to Eradicate Drugs (BUSTED). This helped bring about new leads in this case which resulted in the discovery of the victim's remains.
The case was originally listed as a missing person on November 3, 2003, but is now being investigated as a Homicide.
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After 2 years and 2 denials, Panama City Rescue Mission officials are faced with a third denial in their attempt to expand Bethel Village in Springfield after a unanimous vote by city commissioners turned it down.
Residents and officials from Springfield came to the public hearing with more than their opinions about why they felt the expansion for Bethel Village was a bad idea, and though Reverend Billy Fox said he felt the information was mostly speculation and misinformation, commissioners decided unanimously that the expansion was not in the city's best interest.
One of the issues that came up was the possibility of there being issues similar to the ones faced at the downtown Panama City location of Rescue Mission. "The activities and programs of the Panama City Rescue Mission have had a serious detrimental effect on the citizens and properties that surround that campus," said Springfield's Chief of Police, Phillip Thorne. "Standard crime analysis tells me as a police chief that if I take the same people, programs and activities and move them to a new location, in this instance Bethel Village, it's expected that all of those issues that began at the Panama City site while not in the same numbers will now occur at the Springfield site."


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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- University of Michigan researchers are shedding new light on who is most likely to die following coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) and why.
Study results show women have the highest mortality rates and point squarely to women's increased risk for infections as the culprit. Men who get infections, however, aren't off the hook. While they end up with fewer infections overall, once they develop an infection, they are significantly more likely to succumb to it than women.
Investigators found men with infections were three-times more likely to die than men without infections. Women with infections were 1.8-times more likely to die.
The research involved more than 9,200 Medicare patients who underwent bypass surgery in Michigan over 15 months. Sixteen percent of the women in the study developed an infection at some site in the body after the operation, compared to just 10 percent of men. Twelve percent of infection patients died before leaving the hospital vs. 4 percent of patients without infections. When investigators looked at mortality rates over the first 30 days to 100 days after patients left the hospital, those with infections still had significantly higher mortality rates.
Researchers say, "Clearly, infection is an important factor when evaluating the association between sex and mortality after CABG surgery."
They call for more study to determine specific risk factors that may be leading some people who have the surgery to be more susceptible to infections than others, such as smoking, blood sugar control, genetic predisposition to infection, nutritional status and use of hospital catheters.
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Now, before you guys laugh, I was only wondering if you've ever seen a Wal-Mart have Colt LE 6920's in stock. I have a bet riding on this.
I had a hard time finding my Colt AR. Couldn't find one at any of my favorite gun shops, so I had to order it from Top Gun Supply out of OH.
Today, a friend tells me that they sell them at Wal-Mart and I said "no way".
So, have any of you ever seen a Wal-mart sell Colt AR's? And if so, do the Colt's have modified standards? Or, is it the very same Colt LE 6920?


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Romania to Sell Bonds With New Euro Deal
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Romania is seeking to raise funds in the European bond market Wednesday with its first new euro deal since June last year, in a transaction likely to cost the country only slightly more than what Spain — the fourth largest economy in the euro zone — is paying for debt of a similar maturity.
Bankers working on the sale were suggesting a price in the area of 375 basis points over the reference midswap rate, about 25 to 30 basis points more than where Spanish government bonds expiring October 2019 are currently trading, Tradeweb data show.
The bond sale comes after the International Monetary Fund last week praised Romanian officials for making progress on repairing the country's economy, but the fund also warned that ongoing political tensions between the ruling coalition and the president could derail the recovery, with parliamentary elections coming up in December.
"The big question mark is the elections and what happens in terms of the coalition, but there seems to be cross party support for the reforms being pushed through as part of the IMF program, so it is still likely to be adhered to," said Timothy Ash, emerging markets analyst at Standard Bank.
Romania last sold new euro-denominated bonds 16 months ago, when it issued €1.5 billion ($1.94 billion) of five-year notes with a coupon of 5.25%. It was also in the market in September when it raised €750 million from re-opening its 6.5% June 2018 bond.
"For a small country like Romania, a couple of euro bonds and it can cover its financing needs for the year ahead," Mr. Ash said.
Investor perceptions of Romania have continued to improve this year, with its debt insurance costs falling by more than half. Five-year credit default swaps on Romania are trading at 220 basis points — eight basis points tighter on the day and 232 basis points tighter than at the start of January, according to data provider Markit.
The country's debt is rated one notch above junk by Moody's Investors Service Inc. and Fitch Ratings, and one notch below investment grade by Standard & Poor's Corp. Earlier this month Moody's said Romania's Baa3 rating is supported by the country's diversified economic base and potential for future increases in competitiveness and incomes, and relatively low government debt ratios. In July, Fitch said Romania's investment-grade status was only at risk if political instability threatened to steer the country away from its fiscal targets.
Barclays PLC, Citigroup Inc., Deutsche Bank AG and HSBC Holdings PLC are the lead banks running Wednesday's sale.
– Michael R. Crittenden in Washington contributed to this article.


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R&B singer Chris Brown out of rehab
FILE – In this Feb. 10, 2013 file photo, Chris Brown arrives at the 55th annual Grammy Awards, in Los Angeles. Brown is no longer in residential rehab. A spokeswoman for the troubled entertainer said Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013, that Brown "is continuing his rehab program as an outpatient" and [auth] working on community service in the Los Angeles area. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
Troubled singer Chris Brown is out of rehab.
Brown's representative Nicole Perna says the 24-year-old singer will continue treatment for anger issues as an outpatient in Los Angeles and "appreciates all of your encouragement and support." He entered rehab voluntarily after his arrest in Washington, D.C., following a fight with a man that led to a misdemeanor assault charge that puts Brown's probation in jeopardy.
Perna says Brown is working on the community service requirement of the plea deal he agreed to after pleading guilty to attacking then-girlfriend Rihanna in 2009. Brown faces four years in prison if a judge decides to revoke his probation a second time. A judge briefly revoked it in August after a hit-and-run, and ordered him to perform an additional 1,000 hours of community service.
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Colorado is building up an unsavory reputation for being the residence of perpetrators of extreme gun violence. Coming up in about 5 days is the anniversary of the April 20, 1999 Columbine shootings.
This creates a curiosity about whether there is now a racial profile for who is most likely to be a mass murderer in America.
Have Colorado authorities and police officials across the nation been developing effective mechanisms to protect our citizens from recurring events of gun violence that includes a racial profile?
The Columbine massacre shocked the nation 14 years ago because the perpetrators were white teenagers who epitomized the phrase 'senseless crime.' Is that to say when black teenagers commit crimes that it makes sense?
Now unconscionable acts of violence happen with such regularity in the United States that mass shootings draw the instinctive tears of sympathy from the community and the nation but the response is more muted in almost numb disbelief that white people are doing this.
Colorado is currently embroiled in yet another horrible, shooting tragedy as James Holmes, the accused perpetrator of the Aurora Movie massacre that happened just last summer, goes to trial.
What if James Holmes were a black man? The race of James Holmes has not been made an issue. No reporter has ever depicted him as an angry young white man.
Americans still seems to be living in the wild, wild west, with old ideas about who are the good guys and the bad guys. Authorities here and nationwide can't seem to agree on how to handle this epidemic of gun violence or how to predict who might strike next. Now, more than ever, reworking the profile of the bad guy is essential.
Governor Hickenlooper and the Democrats believe more regulations will have an effect on stopping gun violence. Look at the gun control bill that was recently passed in Colorado.
President Barack Obama applauded Colorado for passing this legislation while universal support was not to be won. Authorities can't agree on the best course to take. There is a rebellion from within to undermine this new legislation. Look at this:
What is the solution that will keep guns in the hands of law abiding citizens who choose to bear arms and out of the hands of the criminal element that doesn't follow laws anyway? This discussion should include a racial profile for shooters in mass murders.
These intelligent legislators who are elected to make the best decisions for the community and the nation can be trusted to act in our best interest. This link will demonstrate how things are actually handled.
We know Colorado is not alone in battling this decadent trend in horrible gun violence in America. Would the response to these shootings have been different if the shooters were black? Other states are looking toward Colorado for direction on how to find solutions to gun violence as well.
Where would this nation be in the discussion of gun control if the shooters were all young black men in these mass murders? Of course. Chicago doesn't count.