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For the 60 acts who were quickly sifted, sorted and settled until there were but 24 left, Simon Cowell summed up the night within the first five minutes of Wednesday's The X Factor episode: "It's the moment of truth."
And many truths were spoken indeed: After those remaining transitioned from boot camp into the judges' houses, Cowell, 53, and fellow judge Demi Lovato, 20, assigned to the groups and young adults categories, respectively, proved honesty is always the best policy. (Judges L.A. Reid and Britney Spears will mentor the 25-and-older and teen groups, respectively.)
Cowell's lesson of the night? People have to like you. A lot.
To Texas darlings Sister C, he warned, "There's probably a reason why you haven't been picked up by a label yet, and I think it comes down to personality." The former American Idol judge, joined in his Miami Beach, Fla., home by guest Marc Anthony, continued: "It's yours to win or lose right now."
Lovato carried a similar tune: If you want people to like you, watch the 'tude.
The freshly minted judge, seated next to guest mentor Nick Jonas in her L.A. home, told a teary-eyed (albeit paint art-adorned and skin-flaunting) CeCe Frey that she can win over more fans by toning it down.
"All of this emotion right now is what's opening you up," she said. "If you can put emotion into your performance and people can see how vulnerable you can get – that is what will set you apart."
The words of wisdom from veteran Cowell and newcomer Lovato were as abundant as the talent, so tell us:
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Two controversial Greeley billboards on which images of American Indians were used to make a pro-gun rights statement are gone, and the space on one of the billboards is posted as for sale.
The billboards — one on the northbound side of U.S. 85 near 18th Street, the other on the westbound side of U.S. 34 near 95th Avenue — showed three men dressed in traditional American Indian attire and the words "Turn in your arms. The government will take care of you." They have both been replaced with blank space.
Calls made after-hours to Lamar Advertising, which owns both billboards, were not returned as of Monday evening. Matt Wells, an account executive with the company, said earlier that a group of local residents purchased the space, and they did not want to be identified.
Several Greeley residents voiced their concerns that the billboards were insensitive and mockingly used the plight of American Indians to make a point, seemingly without their approval. Others, many in responses from across the country, expressed support for the billboard's message.


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Last month, the Wiseman family took a very pregnant, lovely yellow Lab named Annie home to have her puppies, whom the Wisemans would then foster as their umpteenth litter. Annie had seven healthy puppies on Election Day: a chocolate, a yellow, a chocolate, a yellow and then three dusty brown adorable mutts.
Two Saturdays later, right after another foster home agreed to take three litters to her farm, a family brought eight crying motherless puppies to the County Shelter. The puppies had not eaten for two days while their people waited for the mother dog to return. No mother dog leaves her babies for two days, not if she can return.
Shelter staff and FOTAS volunteers fed the starving babies immediately, while thinking what could be done to save them.
One of the volunteers present was another veteran foster parent and recalled that the Wiseman puppies were about the same age as the orphans. The Wisemans agreed to add the eight motherless puppies to the seven they already had, hoping that they could persuade Annie to feed all 15.
When the new batch arrived, each ball of fur was rubbed with bedding from Annie's own litter and placed in their own puppy pen. Heather Wiseman sat on the floor and gently called to Annie, knowing she would come to her. That's all it took.
For two weeks the mother dog has nursed her seven and then the batch of eight, seven of which are girls. The Wisemans have supervised and supported and supplemented Annie's care. The 15 puppies are fat, healthy, affectionate and playful. Those that are not adopted in Aiken County will probably find a new home up north for Christmas.
Meanwhile, out in Windsor a small chestnut stray is raising her litter of eight in a drain pipe. She has moved the pups many times trying to avoid human interference. Time is running out to give any of them a chance at a good life in a caring home. Likely, their lives will be short and as miserable as their deaths.
Last weekend, Herbie Brown, the '79 Airstream that FOTAS converted into a Rescue Waggin', was parked on Church Street in Wagener waiting to be decorated for the Christmas parade the next day.
A car pulled up, and the driver, an older gentleman, asked about the FOTAS Spay/Neuter Assistance Program that had been running monthly in Wagener since the beginning of August.
"I live in Perry," he said. "And there's this neighborhood dog. She goes from house to house and everybody feeds her. Well," he went on, "She's pregnant."
He wants to let her have her puppies. He believes they will find homes, and then they'll get the mother spayed. And who will spay and neuter the puppies? He shrugged and smiled.
Please support Spay/Neuter. Please, remember that a Christmas puppy needs your love and care for at least another dozen Christmases. Please support FOTAS in any way you can: donate, foster, adopt or volunteer.
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The recent disappearance of UFC GiFs from the internet is thought to be linked to a deal the organization recently struck with an online copyright protector.
Late in September, Zuffa signed a deal with Bent Pixels to ŌĆ£effectively monitor the high volume of new UFC video content being uploaded to YouTube on a daily basisŌĆØ and ŌĆ£help address copyright infringement issues.ŌĆØ
Bent Pixels says it ŌĆ£helps leading brands protect their creative property and grow their channels on YouTube so they earn the most from their online video content. Our core technology finds, monetizes and protects copyrighted video content anywhere online.ŌĆØ
Clients include Funimation, MNET, SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, Ooyala, College Humor, Shaq Entertainment, Joe Rogan, Kevin Hart and America's Funniest Home Videos (AFV). The company is headquartered in Las Vegas.
ŌĆ£According to our Statfire forecast, the UFC is approaching its 500 million video view milestone on YouTube.┬Ā Our goal is to provide strategic insight to help the UFC identify what video content fans like and want more of on YouTube while also monitoring what branded content is being altered,ŌĆØ says Marty Cordova, Bent Pixels COO.
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Residents from 28 states with a valid permit are legally allowed to carry a concealed firearm in Pennsylvania, but they can't purchase a handgun here.
"According to federal law, an out-of-state resident cannot purchase a handgun in Pennsylvania," said Trooper Adam Reed, a state police public information officer.
Residents of other states attempting to purchase a rifle or shotgun in Pennsylvania also might run into difficulties, Reed said.
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Chief Deputy Holly Garner of the Blair County Sheriff's Department files paperwork for a concealed-carry permit application.
If non-Pennsylvania residents attempt to purchase a firearm that is banned in their home state, firearms sellers are not permitted to complete the sale, Reed said.
"It has to be lawful [to purchase and possess the firearm] in the state of the buyer's residence," Reed said.
The firearm's dealer is responsible for ensuring compliance and verifying the sale is legal in both states, Reed said.
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Pennsylvanians' concealed-carry permits are honored in multiple states.
States with written reciprocity agreements: Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming.
States with statutory reciprocity agreements and similar firearms laws: Colorado, Iowa, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Utah and Wisconsin.
Firearms retailers in Pennsylvania use the Pennsylvania Instant Check System, which scans an applicant's valid Pennsylvania driver's license for all necessary information.
The automated system flags any non-Pennsylvania ID and requires a trained operator to handle the background check request, Reed said.
An individual's Social Security number and other identifying information is run through the PICS system, which cross-checks information against a national background check database, Reed said.
If a wanted felon attempts to lie on the background check and purchase a firearm, police are alerted.
Retailers that fail to properly verify the legality of sales to out-of-state residents could face penalties under the federal gun control act, Reed said.
And anyone knowingly selling a firearm to an individual intent on committing a crime - whether the buyer is a Pennsylvania resident or not - would be held liable for any crimes committed with that weapon, Reed said.
Under the Uniform Firearms Act, Pennsylvania has written reciprocity agreements for concealed-carry firearms with 18 states and statutory reciprocity without formal written agreement in another 10 states.
The agreement means an individual with a valid concealed-carry permit or license issued in their home state is legally allowed to conceal carry within the commonwealth.
But for Pennsylvania residents previously denied a concealed-carry permit, obtaining one from another state was as simple as logging online and applying.
Dubbed the "Florida loophole," part of the reciprocity agreement between the two states meant Pennsylvania residents could apply online for a Florida concealed-carry permit. Once obtained, the permit was valid in Pennsylvania.
But the loophole was closed by Attorney General Kathleen Kane last week after modifying the reciprocity agreement.
Florida concealed-carry permits in Pennsylvania are now only honored for individuals who can prove their permanent or dual residency in Florida.
All Pennsylvanians with a Florida concealed-carry permit - about 4,000 individuals - need to obtain a Pennsylvania concealed-carry permit by June 8, Kane said.
Previously, residents did not have to show up in person to obtain the Florida permit, Reed said. The Florida permits were available online and heavily sought by Philadelphia residents, where the application process is much stricter and more people are denied concealed-carry permits, Reed said.
Closing the loophole means only Pennsylvania residents approved by the state will be allowed to legally conceal carry, he said.
"It may very well prohibit those who can't lawfully get the permit here in Pennsylvania from having them," Reed said.
Out-of-state residents must carry their permit or license to carry a concealed weapon on their person at all times if they are in possession of a firearm, Holly Garner, Blair County chief sheriff's deputy, said. Those individuals must produce their license or permit if requested by law enforcement.
Similarly, Pennsylvanians' concealed-carry permits are honored in those 28 states, including Florida.
The vast majority of all concealed-carry applicants in Blair County are residents, many of whom are individuals renewing their permits, Holly Garner, chief sheriff's deputy, said.
Between November 2010 and November 2012, the Blair County Sheriff's Office processed 6,400 concealed-carry applications, Garner said, about 99 percent of which were from Pennsylvania residents.
That number jumped to 7,100 in January, with an additional 200 applications still waiting to be processed, Garner said.
Heavy demand has strained the PICS in recent weeks in the wake of mass shootings and a rush to purchase firearms out of fears of new laws restricting what's available.
In late January, state police announced they had fixed a glitch that prevented county sheriffs from uploading photographs of concealed-carry applicants to PICS.
"Harrisburg is working out the glitches, and we're trying to accommodate and process our permits in a timely manner," Garner said.
The PICS process normally takes only a few minutes to complete, but retailers and law enforcement have reported extended waiting times because of high demand.
Mirror Staff Writer Zach Geiger is at 946-7535.


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I used to get quite a lot of anime in the 90's and I only remember Manga doing them
so where can I get a good selection of them from Amnerican sites, I am subscribed to Manga force but we dont have dominon tank police on DVD here for example
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the anime in english.
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I find that I can find all of the anime I buy even cheaper than rightstuf on amazon.com though rightstuf can have cheaper stuff when they have sales so it's pretty awesome actually.


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COLUMBIA — Joey Pankake chugged toward home plate, and though he didn't know it at the time, he was going to beat the throw from left field fairly easily and South Carolina was going to win for the second time on probably its most important day of the season.
Pankake, of course, could not have foreseen this as his legs churned and his arms pumped and he drove headfirst into home plate. His helmet popped off in a cloud of dust, Pankake popped up into a crowd of celebratory teammates, and at the end of a long day, the Gamecocks' aspirations for this season of change were very much alive.
Pankake scoring in the 11th inning Saturday, on Brison Celek's single to left field, gave USC a 7-6 win over Kentucky in the second game of a resilient doubleheader. In Game 2, USC led 5-1 after three innings, trailed 6-5 in the middle of the seventh and forced extra innings with a run in the eighth. In Game 1, USC won 5-2 after trailing 2-0 in the middle of the sixth.
Regardless of what happens in today's 1:30 p.m. series finale, this was a productive weekend for USC (30-10, 10-7 Southeastern Conference). Coming off being swept at Florida, the Gamecocks needed wins, since matchups with No. 3 LSU and No. 2 Vanderbilt loomed the next two weekends.
Saturday's wins by no means guarantee a fourth straight trip to the College World Series. A middle reliever besides Adam Westmoreland almost certainly needs to contribute for that to happen. But Saturday showcased the pieces, and the fight, required for USC to make another serious run at Omaha.
"That was 20 innings of very important baseball for us," said first-year USC coach Chad Holbrook.
The Gamecocks began the second half of their SEC schedule Saturday with things returning to normal, as they've come to know it — two dramatic wins, like so many over the previous three seasons, and encouraging signs from two rehabilitated pitchers who USC desperately needs.
But after ace Jordan Montgomery and closer Tyler Webb threw their final pitches — and proved their elbows seem just fine — two guys who haven't shined in Omaha won Game 2 with a catch and swing that, if USC is playing two months from now, will be landmark moments of this year.
With two outs in the top of the 11th and a runner on first, Kentucky's A.J. Reed ripped Webb's pitch to right field. Reed had already put Kentucky up 6-5 with a three-run home run. As this ball carried toward the fence, Holbrook thought he hadn't positioned sophomore right fielder Connor Bright deep enough. Holbrook knows these are the small decisions that can swing a season.
Second baseman Max Schrock had a different perspective, as he turned around. He saw that Bright, a Wando High graduate who hadn't played outfield until this season, got an auspicious jump on the ball. "Man, he might catch that ball," Schrock thought. Bright sprinted toward the fence, nabbed the ball on the warning track and let his coach exhale.
Two years before Bright got to USC, Brison Celek made the same trip, from Bishop England High. In his first two seasons, he played nine games, then redshirted. He got in 29 games last year. A broad-shouldered power hitter – or at least he thought so – Celek had a .197 batting average and no homers in 66 at-bats before this season, when he has one. He rarely played because he focused too much on pulling the ball, so his swing got long and he struck out frequently. In Saturday's two games, he struck out five times in his first nine at-bats.
But he learned to shorten his swing, and has found a home as USC's designated hitter. Saturday's second game was his 10th start in the past 11, after getting just three previous starts this year. Even with Saturday's five strikeouts, he was hitting .292 when he walked to the plate in the 11th, with Kyle Martin on first after a single and Pankake on second.
And on a 3-1 count, Celek, once such a greedy swinger, hit not a soaring homer to win the game, not even a double into the gap, but a bouncer between shortstop and third base.
"I've never been as happy to hit a ground ball in the six hole in my life," he said.
This is what Holbrook had to see Saturday, and the immediate aftermath brought what he wanted to hear – that Montgomery and Webb had no unusual elbow pain after working Game 2. Montgomery allowed two runs and struck out seven in 5 2/3 innings, his third start back from a bone stress reaction, and his first extended outing. Webb hadn't pitched in two weeks because of a muscle strain, but showed no ill effects while throwing three scoreless innings, with one hit.
Before Saturday, Holbrook's first season had been pockmarked with frustrating changes: myriad injuries, and USC being swept twice for just the fifth time since it joined the SEC in 1992. But at least for a day, as Montgomery talked about taking his usual post-home start jog on a treadmill at Carolina Stadium, everything felt normal again.


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118 Duquesne Student-Athletes Named to A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
June 28, 2013
The Atlantic 10 Conference recorded its second-highest number of student-athletes that earned a spot on the prestigious Commissioner's Honor Roll. There were 1,618 student-athletes that qualified for Commissioner's Honor Roll distinction for the Spring 2013 semester, including 118 Duquesne student-athletes.
To be listed on the Commissioner's Honor Roll, a student-athlete in an Atlantic 10-sponsored sport must have a 3.5 GPA or better (on a 4.0 scale) during the specified semester. Freshmen are eligible to receive the award.
The 1,618 honorees is second only to the Fall 2012 semester when 1,637 student-athletes received the distinction. For the 2012-13 year, there were 3,255 selections to the Commissioner's Honor Roll, which eclipsed the previous single-year record of 2,728 by over 500 selections.
"The fact that we continue to shatter records with the number of student-athletes honored with Commissioner's Honor Roll distinction is a credit to the dedication our student-athletes have to their academic endeavors," stated A-10 Commissioner Bernadette V. McGlade. "Academics is at the forefront of our mission as a conference and something our membership puts a high value on. These numbers demonstrate a commitment by our institutions to that academic success."
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SPARTANBURG — Panthers defensive coordinator Sean McDermott is the first to admit the front seven appear to be the strength of Carolina's defense.
At least on paper.
The Panthers bolstered their defensive tackle position by adding Star Lotulelei and Kawann Short with their first two draft picks, signed veteran linebacker Chase Blackburn to give them more depth at linebacker and hope to get three-time Pro Bowl linebacker Jon Beason back to full strength this season after missing 12 games last year.
The hope is that the rookie defensive tackles help take up more double teams and free up defensive end Charles Johnson and Greg Hardy, who combined for 23½ sacks last season, to get more pressure on the quarterback. That, in turn, would then limit the amount of time their unheralded group of defensive backs will have to cover receivers.
"Every defense has an identity, and coming out of the shoot the front seven is certainly what we think on paper will be our strength," said McDermott, now in his third season with the Panthers.
The secondary still has question marks, with only one of the positions settled. Charles Godfrey will start at free safety, but coach Ron Rivera said the rest of the positions remain up for grabs.
Carolina released cornerback Chris Gamble and outside linebacker James Anderson this offseason, but the heart and soul of last year's 10th-ranked defense remains intact, led by middle linebacker Luke Kuechly, the AP defensive rookie of the year.
"I like the continuity in the defense," McDermott said. "I am excited about this year, but we have a lot of work to do, like any team.
"Like I said to the players the other night, every team right now is sitting in a room thinking they have answered all of the questions in the offseason. We're no different. But what we do from this meeting going forward will separate us."
Johnson and Hardy are perhaps the NFL's most underrated pass rushing tandem.
Johnson had 12½ sacks and Hardy had 11 last year for the 7-9 Panthers, career highs for both players. Carolina also got veteran defensive tackle Dwan Edwards, who contributed six sacks last year, to re-sign for fairly cheap and feel the addition of 310-pounders Lotulelei and Short give them some much-needed beef up front.
"Those guys are a threat to push the pocket inside and that helps our outside pressure," McDermott said. "It all works hand in hand."
Carolina's defense will continue to revolve around ultra-talented Kuechly, who became the first rookie to lead the NFL in tackles since San Francisco's Patrick Willis.
"The greatest thing about Luke is he understands that he's only one part of the defense, and so he has to do his job within the defense and everything else will work out," McDermott said.
As for what's viewed as a patchwork secondary, McDermott believes the Panthers have plenty of players with ability, including free agent additions Drayton Florence and D.J. Moore at cornerback. Carolina will also rely on former South Carolina standout Captain Munnerlyn, who has started 34 games, and youngsters Josh Norman and Josh Thomas at corner.
A host of players are competing for the vacant strong safety spot, including D.J. Campbell, Mike Mitchell and rookie Robert Lester from Alabama.
"We've got players back there that have ability, and we're just going to let them fight it out," McDermott said.
Godfrey said an improved pass rush should lead to more turnover opportunities for the secondary. He had two interceptions last season and said he'd be disappointed if he doesn't get eight this season.
"Our front seven is great, and that's not a bad thing that people are talking about them," Godfrey said. "That's true. They are really good. (But) you'll see. We'll make plays on the ball. It's not like we want to be better than them. We're all one unit, and that's the way we're going to approach it."
NOTES: Rivera said he was pleased with the tempo of the team's first full padded practice Sunday morning. ... Rivera said he expects Ted Ginn Jr., who caught two passes last year in San Francisco, will be a factor in the offense, saying he believes Ginn can "blow the top" off the defense. ... Rivera said rookie guard Edmund Kugbila will have an MRI on his injured right hamstring.


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1. Jeradiah3 (Posts: 1032; Member since: 11 Feb 2010)
I dont know about you, but Im ready for Samsung to reveal the Note 3 now. Im tired of the rumors and ready for the real thing!!!
14. squallz506 (banned) (Posts: 1075; Member since: 19 Oct 2011)
5.5" is the dual sim asian variant, made for itty bitty hands
6.0" is the USA LTE-A super sized variant
33. moroninc (Posts: 193; Member since: 14 Jul 2012)
really?? im asian and ive got bigger hands than you, i use the note II with one hand you racist dingo
34. roscuthiii (Posts: 2217; Member since: 18 Jul 2010)
A dingo stole my baby.
(You have no idea how long I've been sitting on that just waiting for the opportunity to drop that quote. Thank you.)
35. moroninc (Posts: 193; Member since: 14 Jul 2012)
knock yourself out. and FYI Asian are indians, Chinese Malay, Korean, Australian, even Isrealis are Asian so when you say little hands you must be really narrow in the head from watching way too many George Bush
38. Nathan_ingx (Posts: 3771; Member since: 07 Mar 2012)
Which Asian country consumed the whole continent of Australia? O.o
42. simplyj (Posts: 404; Member since: 23 Dec 2009)
Because there are three main races in the world - Caucasoid, Mongoloid, and Negroid.
I'm sure you can figure out which one Asians fall under.
45. gazmatic (Posts: 795; Member since: 06 Sep 2012)
the ignorance of the comment gave me cancer
48. simplyj (Posts: 404; Member since: 23 Dec 2009)
Says the retard who knows nothing about race.
36. TruPatriot (Posts: 110; Member since: 27 May 2013)
How do you know how big his hands are?
39. Nathan_ingx (Posts: 3771; Member since: 07 Mar 2012)
squallz506(comment of size)/moroninc(comment against racism)X Note III size = size of hands.
24. Nathan_ingx (Posts: 3771; Member since: 07 Mar 2012)
I'll take two double sized Note 3 with the smaller one for my girlfriend.
1 S4 duos for my dad, 1 S4 active for my bro, 1S4 mini for my mom and the S4 zoom for my photographer friend...and make it HOT with extra cheese please!
30. InspectorGadget80 (unregistered)
Just don't read those rumors. Just wait for their conference like I am. I doubt it will get shown off at IFA 13'.
31. AppleHateBoy (unregistered)
Remember that Exynos 5 Octa was broken because it had a non functioning cache coherent bus. I just read on Anandtech that it's been fixed on the new Exynos 5 Octa. This means that battery life will be much better on the Note 3 if it gets the new Octa.
I also saw on gfxbench.com that Adreno 330 is much faster than Tegra 4's GPU so the Snapdragon version of the Note 3 will be an outstanding performer too!
2. MistB (Posts: 581; Member since: 07 Jul 2012)
5.5 inch is the note 2 refresh or possibly the budget note 2 with snapdragon 600 installed.
3. PAPINYC (banned) (Posts: 2315; Member since: 30 Jul 2011)
Any news on 7 inches???
9. xperiaDROID (banned) (Posts: 5629; Member since: 08 Mar 2013)
If Samsung go with 7 inches, their competitor will be the Asus Fonepad. lol
11. PAPINYC (banned) (Posts: 2315; Member since: 30 Jul 2011)
lol .... welcome to 2013!
17. HeWhoDoesNothing (Posts: 157; Member since: 15 Jul 2013)
Woah! Slow down...
4. TOMarsh1 (Posts: 9; Member since: 15 Jun 2013)
different sized screens for different global markets?
( 5.7" for UK, 5.7" and 6.0" for US...)
8. MistB (Posts: 581; Member since: 07 Jul 2012)
Seeing as the US and UK both have LTE, I'd say we will both get a 5.7 and 6 inch version. If such a size variation exists, the 5.7 inch is the budget version and the 6 inch is the premium version, i sincerely hope this is true as i wasn't going to settle for a small 5.7 inch screen.
5. TOMarsh1 (Posts: 9; Member since: 15 Jun 2013)
hey, doesn't the Galaxy mega already exist...
23. MichaelHeller (Posts: 2703; Member since: 26 May 2011)
Just like Samsung has the Galax Tab (lower end) series tablets along with the Note tablets (premium), there is the Galaxy Mega (low end) and the Note phablet (premium).
6. Shaznek (Posts: 43; Member since: 18 Apr 2013)
i hope they go 5,5.
49. Larry_ThaGr81 (Posts: 441; Member since: 26 May 2011)
Agreed! We've seen Samsung create s series mini versions, why not a Samsung Galaxy Note III mini version.
7. xoxoGeorges (Posts: 209; Member since: 11 Jul 2013)
They might be researching the right screen size.
10. TOMarsh1 (Posts: 9; Member since: 15 Jun 2013)
asian markets getting 5.5" plastic version?(without xenon flash)
US/European markets getting aluminium design with xenon as standard?
12. ARITRA (Posts: 45; Member since: 07 Dec 2011)
the thing is..if samsung is going to unveil note 3 on sep 4th..they have already testing it on a day to day basis..i mean the phone is already being assembled and going through final testings..
13. 1113douglas (Posts: 193; Member since: 04 Jul 2013)
5.7 inch
15. Stayfly2407 (Posts: 55; Member since: 15 Dec 2011)
If they make a NOTE III ACTIVE im on it. A waterproof note will be dope. I wont put a case on it making it bigger
18. TOMarsh1 (Posts: 9; Member since: 15 Jun 2013)
personally I don't think that will happen, here in the UK, the S4 active is selling like cold cakes!
16. quadrazeus (Posts: 359; Member since: 03 May 2013)
Blah. Still ugly.
19. MistB (Posts: 581; Member since: 07 Jul 2012)
For something you haven't even seen and from photos which are likely to be doctored or faked. Haters gonna hate.
26. quadrazeus (Posts: 359; Member since: 03 May 2013)
So tell me more about the new all-metal design of Note III. Oh, snap! There is no such new design. Except for the metal rim that you Sammy boys enjoy on every single galaxy. From Galaxy Y to Galaxy S4, it's all same. Ugly plastic and 3 buttons. Enjoy convincing yourself that the leaked photos are faked. :)
27. WHoyton1 (Posts: 1635; Member since: 21 Feb 2013)
Why do you hate Samsung, did they attack your family or is it just your a butt hurt hater?
29. ebubekir26 (Posts: 318; Member since: 21 Dec 2012)
hey quad, your're here bitching about how ugly Galaxies are, meanwhile Samsung is still king,...
fanboyism made you a blind hater, an idiot
41. MistB (Posts: 581; Member since: 07 Jul 2012)
The Note 3 isn't meant to change the design cycle, we are only kidding ourselves if we thought that. The S series is the defining flagship name. Your argument is a recycled one and the person who thumbed you up is obviously an individual with a serious case of inferiority complex against Samsung. ''Ugly Cheap Plastic.....'' I mean, seriously, be original. I could spew the same old rubbish about Sony/Nokia/HTC and LG in their articles and troll all I like, but there isn't a need to because we all choose what we like and competition is a good thing but also, because I use Apple/Samsung/Nokia etc and don't have a preference for whichever brand. Whomever delivers the best experience gets my money, simple as. Reality is fanboys will always shoot down Samsung at whatever chance they get because Samsung, simple as, is the big star and is like Apple, easy to hate because of their popularity. It isn't just about the build quality of Samsung, it is because every fanboy has an underdog mentality, verbally attack the one who is at the top whilst their brand of choice simply isn't good enough to dethrone the reigning champion and doesn't get the attention of what is in their mind is a superior product, but let's face it, is but isn't really attracting the attention of millions of consumers voting with their wallet. I mean, Samsung isn't perfect but to me, they're really the only ones that are actually trying to think outside of the box and not try to improve in one area, they research the market for 10 years ahead.
When Samsung does adapt Carbon Fibre build for design 3.0 for the S5, fanboys will still say ''Looks cheap'' and not realise what the hell Carbon Fibre is in their ignorant un-informed mind.
50. Larry_ThaGr81 (Posts: 441; Member since: 26 May 2011)
Wow! How do people like you get some hung up on designs? Anybody in their right minds would take performance and features over designs any day. Most people including myself put a case on our phones anyway, so what's the point of being so concerned with the design.
51. Larry_ThaGr81 (Posts: 441; Member since: 26 May 2011)
I'll take that ugly with a side of great battery life and sd card expansion slot, hold the uni-body design because I like to be able to replace my battery at will.
20. ffaarrooqq (Posts: 65; Member since: 26 May 2011)
Samsung is Confusing people with their Galaxy Series.
Different Names - Same Design - Little Specification variation.
21. PK1983 (Posts: 215; Member since: 08 Aug 2012)
Will launch with 4.3 Jelly Bean while the S4 will get it in 4 months, the S3 in 6 months, and the S2 right before the sun turns into a red giant. Thank goodness for Nexii.
22. htc_evo_3d (Posts: 84; Member since: 11 Mar 2013)
I go for 6 INCH
25. oOps.. (Posts: 34; Member since: 26 Jul 2013)
Bring it on 5.7"
28. flynfree (Posts: 374; Member since: 09 Jun 2013)
For those who says Samsung is ugly and cheap plastic made, then don't buy, you have a lot of choices!
Cannot accept that Samsung is the King in Android world ha!
Envy! ?
32. livyatan (Posts: 867; Member since: 19 Jun 2013)
I wanted 5.8'' , but I guess 5.7'' will have to do haha
37. Hallucinator (Posts: 368; Member since: 24 May 2010)
Bigger doesn't mean better, at least that's what I tell my wife.
43. ncarlosmiguel (Posts: 206; Member since: 14 May 2013)
lol. good one.
44. Padam89 (Posts: 1; Member since: 27 Jul 2013)
I am waiting galaxy note III, but if Samsung made less than 6" I will skip Samsung and will go with xperia Z ultra for sure
46. ARITRA (Posts: 45; Member since: 07 Dec 2011)
52. itsdeepak4u2000 (Posts: 3718; Member since: 03 Nov 2012)
Cool, so they're going compete with themselves.


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10 Brilliant Comedy Gems Hiding on YouTube
Like many of you, I'm a huge fan of comedy that hasn't been jammed up our asses by every link-happy dipshit on Facebook until we're puking memes. So last year, I gave tribute to some of YouTube's best hidden gems, many of which have gone on to become massive hits of their own ... like the "Party Rock Cantina" video, which had 17,000 views as of the publication of that article, and now sits at 3.2 million. I think it's time to spread the word on some more, because the thought of some of these people not getting their fair share of the limelight just seems kind of unjust and cruel.
There is no goddamn reason in the world that video should make me laugh, but I will lose it every single time I watch it. Which is to say about 75 times since it was first posted back in 2008. It took five years for that thing to reach a million views, and that kind of makes me sad. If you're one of those people who has to be prompted to turn your sound on when you watch a video, you're definitely in the wrong article, but I'll give you a heads up with this one, because it's not just an insane dog spaz-barking at the camera. They've dropped out the sound and replaced it with Steve Carell's nut-busting freak-out scene from Bruce Almighty. It's so stupid and simple, but holy shit, does it work.
Now, normally, I hate the idea of someone taking another person's original joke and just reproducing it over another video, because to me that just boils down to "Look, I can do that, too!" But I'm making an exception for this one, because someone found a cow speed-licking the air and turned it into comedy gold. My only complaint is that this one isn't six hours long:
#9. Man Loves the Shit Out of Riding a Camel
Explain to me how the world is a fair and just place when this video, uploaded in 2005, sits at only 1,200 views. No, there wasn't any creativity involved, but goddammit, tell me how a person can watch that video of that guy laughing that hard while riding that camel and not immediately show it to everyone they know and love. Because when I first saw this thing, I was in one of the worst moods of my life. My back was hurting, I was pushing through the day on two hours of sleep, I was hungry, and the last thing I wanted to do was sit down and try to write comedy. Then I watched that guy, and 23 seconds later, the world was fine again.
Just listen to him totally lose it when that camel stands up and takes off. The way his camera just jets around in all directions, combined with his uncontrollable joy, make it impossible for him to keep focused. I could sincerely watch a 20-minute video of that. And if he is that jovial in everyday life, I would give a lot to take him to an amusement park for a day. Just hanging out and soaking up as much of that as my brain could handle before I burst into a cloud of confetti and candy like a pinata made out of happy.
#8. How to Do Pretty Much Anything
I'm cheating just a tad with this one, because it already has 1.7 million views. However, I'm not just directing attention to this specific video. Yes, it's funny in its own right -- a guy showing you how to make a "delicious chocolate milkshake" by speed-chucking ingredients all over his counter in total silence. Then violently smashing an egg into the mixture at the end. But consider the milkshake video sort of a primer that prepares you for the rest of his stuff. Like "How to Play the Keyboard":
Or pretty much anything on the entire channel.
Of course, I couldn't mention how-to videos without bringing up one of my all-time favorites: "How to Make Any Spring Airsoft Gun Semi-Auto." Make sure you stick around for the ending.
#7. The Chewbacca Vacuum
I'd love to give credit to the original owner of the video, but it's long since been removed. I'm assuming it's because his or her vacuum became sentient, ate everyone in the house, and then deleted the video in hopes of covering its birth into our realm. As the title suggests, when the owner turns off the vacuum, it makes a noise eerily close to Chewbacca's famous growling. But what makes me laugh the most is that every time they demonstrate this, they flash a photo of Chewy. And every time they do a new one, I laugh harder and harder. I'm convinced that if they had made this a five-minute video, I'd be in the hospital right now.
#6. Trolling a Parade With a Trumpet
I've seen some trolling in my time, but none that comes close to what this guy did when he grabbed his video camera, his trumpet, and his enormous set of balls. Because he wasn't doing his trolling in the anonymous recesses of the Net. No, he brought his out into the real world. At a parade. During a fucking military procession.
He waited until the band was passing by and leading up to another song, and then before they could get the first note out, he began blasting the most horrible trumpet any of them were likely to have ever heard. The kind of trumpet you expect to hear at a fourth grade recital. This guy's look says more than I ever could:
That's the look of a man who's thinking, "One more note, and I swear to you that the next time you take a shit, it'll sound like a mariachi band is trying to escape your asshole." Oh, speaking of bad music ...


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Walton Picks Up 300th-Career Win
MUNCIE, Ind. – Men's volleyball head coach Joel Walton picked up his 300th career victory at Ball State when the No. 12 Ball State Cardinals defeated the NJIT Highlanders 3-1 (25-13, 21-25, 25-17, 25-19) Thursday evening at Worthen Arena. The win was Ball State's ninth-straight victory.
With the win, Ball State improves to 16-5 on the season. The Cardinals are on an eight-match win streak at Worthen Arena, matching last season's eight-match home winning streak down the stretch of the season. NJIT falls to 8-10 on the year.
Sophomore Marcin Niemczewski had 13 kills while red-shirt senior Matt Leske added nine kills off 13 swings for a .615 hitting percentage. Red-shirt senior Larry Wrather picked up eight kills while senior Kevin Owens registered six kills. Junior libero David Ryan Vander Meer got under a career-high 23 digs to lead the match. Senior Graham McIlvaine was one dig shy of completing his third double-double of the season as he had nine digs and 33 assists.
The Cardinals benefitted from 17 errors by the Highlanders from behind the service line. Ball State hit .259 (48-19-112) for the match while NJIT managed a .140 clip (44-24-143). The Cardinals got under 64 digs while the Highlanders picked up 45. Ball State also held the advantage in total team blocks, 11.5-8, led Leske's seven blocks.
The Highlanders were led by Kajetan Borecki who had 14 kills while TJ Jurko and Ryan Thomas picked up 12 and 10 kills each.
The first set started off with the score tied four times before Ball State rattled off three-straight points to take a 13-10 lead into a NJIT timeout. The Cardinals would finish the set outscoring the Highlanders 12-3. Ball State earned five total team blocks in the set led by a solo block by Leske and McIlvaine. Niemczewski added four kills in the frame while Vander Meer picked up 10 digs.
NJIT started off hot in the second set scoring the first five points of the frame. The Cardinals would battle back to tie the score at 14-14, but it was not enough to hold the .367 hitting percentage of the Highlanders (13-2-30). Ball State hit .194 for the set (13-7-31) with Niemczewski picking up four more kills.
Leske scored Ball State's first three points of the third set, ending the frame with five kills and two assisted blocks. Ball State dominated the attack with a match-best .407 clip (13-3-27) and held NJIT to a .200 hitting percentage (11-5-30).
The fourth frame saw the score tied five times along with three lead changes. Ball State picked up 20 digs in the fourth set led by Niemczewski and Vander Meer who each registered five digs. The match ended when McIlvaine found Owens for an emphatic kill. The Cardinals hit .267 on the set (12-4-30) while the Highlanders hit .130 (14-8-46).
Ball State returns to action Sun., Mar. 23 when it plays host to No. 15 Ohio State. The match between the two MIVA foes will begin at 4 p.m. Check ballstatesports.com for more news and information on Ball State men's volleyball.


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4 Realizations That Will Ruin Science Fiction for You
#2. All Sci-Fi Authors Are Reluctant Prophets
I've said it twice already in this article, because it's a common perception: Science fiction authors often double as futurists, keenly predicting the twists and turns of humanity's progress via their faultless vision and masterful storytelling. But if they do so, I promise you, they do it reluctantly. William Gibson wasn't trying to predict the Internet. I'm sure he extrapolated the idea based on some real stuff, but go reread Neuromancer. His "Cyberspace" was a dazzling array of lights that one hacked by firing fractal dragons of intelligent light. As opposed to, say, the shitty flash websites and vast, unscalable mountains of pornography that we ended up with. Yes, he hit on the general concept, and deserves an immense amount of credit for having the foresight to see the potential in that concept, but the point of Neuromancer wasn't "Hey guys, watch out for the Internet -- oh shit, here it comes! Duck!"
He did it because he saw the potential for a good story in this neat thing that he made up. Aldous Huxley didn't write Brave New World because he saw the impending disaster of consumer pharmaceuticals; he was using it all as metaphor for a dangerous kind of human mindset that values pleasure above freedom. The fact that it matches up to the present day is roughly 90 percent coincidence to, at most, maybe 10 percent TeknoWitch-craft.
Pictured: Aldous Huxley(?)
But this retroactive prescience has happened enough times now that we kind of expect any book set in the near(ish) future to be, in some way, trying to predict that future. Everything a sci-fi author invents will get read as a symbol of something -- was the Fangpriest of Black Mars intended as a commentary on the increasingly public perversions of the Catholic church? Nope, the author probably just thought a space monk who prays by biting virgins with his nano-teeth was a cool villain. Like I said, while writing my own book, I started out carefully and exhaustively researching developments in fringe technology (in part because I was stumbling into the pitfall of futurism). I think the end product retains some of that predictive attitude, yes, but I sure as hell didn't have Abraham Lincoln fight a triceratops with a sword because I foresee the changeable nature of the Internet eventually making all history malleable. I did it because nobody else was showing me that, goddamnit, so it looked like if I wanted to read about the best thing possible, I was going to have to write it myself.
Although some efforts have been closer than others.
Once you realize this simple truth, that even the most eerily accurate futurists in science fiction are more concerned with telling the best story than gazing into their crystal ball, some of the sheen might come off of your favorite properties. You may have to grudgingly admit that Snow Crash wasn't trying to foretell the rise of food-based violence in our increasingly consumerist society; Stephenson probably just thought "What if the mafia delivered pizzas?" was a funny concept.
#1. Science Fiction Loves the Emancipator
When I talked about Lincoln fighting a dinosaur in my book, that was (shockingly) not just another case of me being a juvenile idiot man-child. (I know, I know -- I'm just as surprised as you are.) But I'm actually not alone in this particular, seemingly random obsession. For example, this is my laptop wallpaper right now:
I did not draw or even commission that piece. It was pre-existing. I Google searched "badass Abraham Lincoln" and it popped right up, because science fiction just loves the hell out of the Emancipator. You can see it in everything from modern, intentionally schlocky stuff like Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter to older, more respectable works like Philip K. Dick's We Can Build You. I once took a survey course in modern sci-fi at Portland State University. The teacher? A Lincoln biographer. A good chunk of the genre is just obsessed with the 16th president, and there's no official explanation as to why.
I have a theory, though. At his most basic metaphorical level, Lincoln is the epitome of an old-school sci-fi hero. He's almost alien in appearance: a gangly, freakishly tall, absurdly strong man in a bizarre, anachronistic uniform. He came from humble beginnings to play a vital role in a tragic war between factions of a torn superpower. Even the "bad guys" he fought were in favor of something as basely, immediately evil as slavery. That's a huge fallback in science fiction. If you want instant shorthand for your villains, have somebody toss off that they're "slavers" and not another word needs to be said before your heroes can start gleefully mowing them down. If you grabbed a biography of Lincoln and replaced all instances of "the South" with "Kloggian Nebula," and "ratified" with "laser-blasted," you'd have a pretty epic space opera. Hell, it's all right there in his nickname:
The Great Emancipator.
That's an epithet that belongs on a giant, holo-chainsaw swingin' battlemech if I've ever heard one.
Source"Fourscore and seven Kloggian slave raids ago, our cyber-fathers brought forth on this moon a new nation, conceived in blood ...
Once you realize this particular trope, you'll either start to see presidential history as a thrilling historical predecessor to Star Wars, or else you'll start falling asleep to Firefly like it's a Ken Burns documentary.
But you know what you won't fall asleep to? My fucking book!
Oof, Jesus. Just buy it already so I can start respecting myself again.
You can buy Robert's other book, Everything Is Going to Kill Everybody: The Terrifyingly Real Ways the World Wants You Dead, or follow him on Twitter, Facebook and Google+. Or you can just buy his book. He will give you safe passage in the Wasteland. Just buy his book and there will be an end to the horror.
For more sci-fi from Brockway, check out Choose Your Own Drug-Fueled Misadventure: Flight of Terror and 5 Real Ways to Get High Straight Out of Science Fiction.


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Christina And Michelle Naughton, Piano Duets (Orfeo). Christina and Michelle Naughton were the stunning twin pianists in their early 20s who joined the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra for its recent Mozart birthday celebration. They played the Concerto For Two Pianos in E Flat, K. 365. Their artistry is beautifully showcased in this collection of music for two pianos ranging from Mozart (the sublime Sonata in D, K. 448) to the Variations on a Theme of Paganini by Witold Lutoslawski, their sparkling encore after their BPO performance. This is an entrancing disc. The Mozart sonata works out beautifully – better, I thought, than the concerto did at Kleinhans. The recording has more depth than the live performance. Even the Schubert on the disc – the four-hand Allegro D. 947, "Lebenssturme" – has poetry and soul. The Naughtons are young enough so their strongest suit is still their technique. Their technique, I have to say, is a pleasure. In Mendelssohn's Allegro brilliant in A, which opens this disc, they run up the keyboards with such finesse that you just want to close your eyes and smile. They are amazingly together, which adds real grace to Ravel's "La Valse" in the two-piano arrangement. The disc ends with the Lutoslawski, which brought the house down at Kleinhans. It's the kind of music that was made for them. Three and 1/2 stars. (Mary Kunz Goldman)
Adderley & Holliday, Piano Duo Project (Albany). Collaborative pianists Meisha Adderley and Stacey Holliday explore their African-American heritage on this disc of fascinating music by African-American composers. Dolores White's "Rock-a-My Soul" is a ragtime take on the old spiritual a lot of us might know from camp. White's "Rhythm of the Claves" is a toccata of Afro-Cuban inspiration. Both pieces are imaginative and a lot of fun. The highlight of the disc is a set of arrangements for two pianos of three pieces by the great William Grant Still. The first is "Summerland," and the second is the reflective "Kaintuck," which reminded me of the lovely piano miniatures of Edward MacDowell. The third is an ancient arrangement of the Scherzo from Still's famous "Afro-American Symphony." I can't imagine why more pianists don't tackle this piece. It works beautifully on piano, with its imaginative rhythms and accompaniment figures and hints of Gershwin. (Rumor had it Gershwin cribbed melodies from Still.) Two pieces by Hale Smith (1925-2009) struck me as pretentious, but I liked the engaging "Allegro Giocoso" by Cedric Adderley, a composer born in 1965. It lived up to its name: invigorating, but bright and witty. Adderley is Meisha Adderley's husband, though the notes don't seem to say. There is a lot to love about this disc, and a lot of music you do not hear nearly enough. Three stars (M.K.G.)
Emanuel Ax, Variations, music by Beethoven, Haydn and Schumann (Sony Classical). Emanuel Ax is one of the best pianists in the business, virtuosic but at the same time relaxed and humorous. All his good qualities shine in this off-the-beaten-track disc. Good for Ax for giving us Beethoven's "Eroica" Variations instead of the "Diabelli." The noble, witty and intimate "Eroica" variations are too much in the shadow of the big "Diabelli," which I think people admire more out of a sense of duty. Ax's playing is bright and extroverted. He throws in his own little touches right from the get-go, lingering on the Beethoven piece's opening fermata for about a year. The music bounces and glitters and you have to drop what you are doing and listen – the performance commands attention. The Haydn Variations in F Minor are fascinating in an 18th century way. They've been played by Alicia de Larrocha, Marc-Andre Hamelin and Alfred Brendel, among others – but they, too, are too often overlooked. I always get from them a sense of constrained passion and Ax's clear and unsentimental approach brings that out. The disc ends with Schumann's Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13, a change of pace into a different era. Ax writes his own liner notes, and they're illuminating in the same straightforward way as his playing. It's especially interesting how he discusses the Haydn. "The melody begins on off beats, hesitantly and sadly, almost as though the right hand listens to and accompanies the left hand." Three and 1/2 stars (M.K.G.)
Mozart, Divertimenti in D, K. 251 and 334, the Cologne Chamber Orchestra, Helmut Mueller-Bruehl, conductor (Naxos). Here is your cheap indulgence for the new year, a fine shining CD of two of the more well-known Mozart divertimenti (more or less another term for serenades). The second, K. 334, is especially famous because of its beautiful and stately Minuet. This is music you can listen to anywhere, whether you are driving in your car, cleaning your house, studying for an exam or walking in the park. Mozart wrote it as entertainment. It was not designed to command your full attention. But that's the glory of it: The music doesn't change the world, but you marvel all the same. Its casual perfection amazes you in the way the "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" does, and there are bittersweet interludes that rival Mozart's more "serious" works. The music definitely gives back more than it demands. The Cologne Chamber Orchestra, led by Mueller-Bruehl, resists the temptation to overengineer the music. They play it straight, with conservative tempos and a luminous string sound. This recording was made from German radio. I have to mention that just so I can write that magnificent word Deutschlandfunk. Three stars. (M.K.G.)
Eric Burdon, "'Til Your River Runs Dry" (ABCKO). Fifty years into the game, Eric Burdon still sounds an awful lot like that diminutive but fiery 20-year-old Brit belting out the blues like a man on fire, in the process helping the Animals to become one of the most significant garage rock bands of the '60s, if not in history. Burdon is a man who has never really gone out of fashion, although more recently, high-profile appearances at the 2012 SXSW Festival (alongside Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band) and a scorching collaboration with the young underground garage rock band the Greenhornes pushed him back toward the limelight. Now comes "'Til Your River Runs Dry," a sturdy blues-, soul- and R&B-tinged collection of rock songs that offer Burdon's perspective on mortality as a man whose only true peers are the Rolling Stones and Paul McCartney. Animals fans will perhaps find the production a bit slick, at least compared to the rough and ready, warts-and-all approach favored on that band's classic recordings. But there's much to love here for fans of Burdon's still vibrant bluesy shout. Three stars (Jeff Miers)
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Kris Kristofferson, "Feeling Mortal" (KK records). He's 76, so, sure, Kris Kristofferson is feeling mortal. Over the last several years, however, that feeling has resharpened his muse, resulting in his best work since the '60s and '70s, when he introduced a new poetic lyricism to country music. "Feeling Mortal" is no exception – it's the first great album of 2013.
As on 2006's "This Old Road" and 2009's "Closer to the Bone," producer Don Was puts Kristofferson in the best possible light. He highlights the aging troubadour's craggy grace with spare arrangements that fit his conversational delivery and heighten the intimacy of these songs about life, love and hard-earned wisdom. (Not all of them are new: Two have 1970s copyrights, which makes for a nice linking of his two golden ages.) Kristofferson may be feeling mortal, but that's also freeing, and so the silver-haired devil doesn't sound as though he's ready to quit anytime soon, as he indicates on "You Don't Tell Me What to Do." And while "Ramblin' Jack" pays tribute to his friend Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Kristofferson could also be singing about himself: "And I know he ain't afraid of where he's going/ And I'm sure he ain't ashamed of where he's been/ ... And he made his own mistakes, and love, and friends/ Ain't that what matters in the end." Four stars. (Nick Cristiano, Philadelphia Inquirer)
DRGN King, "Paragraph Nights" (Bar None). DRGN King brings together two Philly music scenesters. Hip-hop producer Brent "Ritz" Reynolds has worked with the Roots, Wale and La Roux. Journeyman singer/guitarist Dominic Angelella has juggled various blues (Elevator Fight), folk (Hop Along) and rock (Dragonzord) projects; he also played guitar in Nouveau Riche with MC's Dice Raw and Nikki Jean. "Paragraph Nights," DRGN King's debut, is willfully eclectic in the tradition of Gorillaz or Beck, veering from bubbly power-pop ("Wild Night") or thumping rock ("Holy Ghost") to loping, soulful synth-pop ("Warriors"). As Angelella sings of debauched nights on the town and their existential consequences, Reynolds layers the songs with buzzy synthesizers, loopy electronics, happy hand claps, and whooping backing vocals. Stuffed with musical ideas and unafraid of milking big, obvious hooks, it's a messy, fun record. Three stars (Steve Klinge, Philadelphia Inquirer)


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The Major League Baseball regular season is over, but magic numbers still are floating around.
For area high school football teams, that is.
With five weeks until playoffs, a lot still could happen before the District 6 brackets are finalized. A few things, though, already have begun to become clear.
The first is that the magic numbers are six in Class AA and seven in Class A. That's how many wins a team figures to need to get into the postseason. In the newly limited 6-A playoffs, some teams that win seven might even miss out.
Let's start with Class AA, where there's already a clear dividing line that's appeared between the top eight and everyone else. If the playoffs started today, Richland, Central, Ligonier Valley, BEA, Penn Cambria, Juniata, Cambria Heights and Tyrone would make it, and there's a pretty good chance that won't change - right now, there's a 140-point gap between Tyrone and Mount Union for eighth place, and Tyrone's schedule, following games with BEA and Clearfield, is pretty favorable.
Mount Union and Forest Hills need to go 4-1 the rest of the way to get to six wins. The Trojans have four toss-up games left. Forest Hills needs to upset either Penn Cambria or Somerset to get to six wins.
Heights is in the most precarious position of the top eight. It could solidify its spot by winning at Penn Cambria tonight. Otherwise, the Highlanders probably have to win two of three from Bishop McCort, Somerset and Northern Cambria to finish out the year.
Speaking of McCort, the Crushers are one of the swing teams in Class A. They're currently on the outside looking in, sitting in 10th place but just 130 points out of third, and the bigger schools they play can bridge that gap if they can beat them.
McCort gave Class AA front-runner Richland a run for its money last week, so it's fair to presume it could be one of the teams to beat along with Bellwood-Antis and Bishop Guilfoyle if it qualifies. But McCort might have to win four from Westmont, Johnstown, Heights, Guilfoyle and Central Cambria to do that.
Barring some kind of collapse, Bellwood, BG and Juniata Valley are sitting pretty to make the field, as is the Portage/Blacklick Valley winner - Portage has the more demanding remaining schedule.
Northern Cambria is in good shape, especially if the Colts win at Berlin tonight. Penns Manor and Homer-Center will have a showdown in week 9 that could have a playoff berth at stake.
Along with McCort and Blairsville, Moshannon Valley and Glendale are among the teams on the bubble. They have to play each other - Glendale has a tough stretch that also includes Bellwood, Juniata Valley and Tussey Mountain.
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GIRARD - John Cramer can now take care of some things.
The Salem man found out Wednesday he was the winner of Ohio Lottery Top Prize Drawing for $2 million while he was at Kuzman's Tavern. Friends, family and the Ohio Lottery were waiting there to surprise him.
He says he plans to use the money to help his wife, Rose, and four children, Ciera, 21, John Jr., 16, Jessica, 28, and Tina, 23. Cramer was entered into the drawing after winning a $5,500 cash prize on a $20 Lucky Millionaire instant ticket. His name was pulled out of a pool of 24 other people last week.
Cramer said the news was a surprise to him. ''I was shocked,'' he said. He said he will keep his job at Aim National Leasing and he took the money in annual payments rather than in a lump sum. His wife knew Monday and was able to keep it a secret until the presentation Wednesday.
''My first thought was it was a scam,'' she said of finding out her husband had won the $2 million. ''Then I got very excited. It's going to do a lot for us.''


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NIAGARA FALLS – A Falls man with a long criminal history was charged Tuesday for his role in an armed robbery in September.
Marquan D. Florence, 23, of Weston Avenue, was charged with first-degree robbery/displaying a weapon and second-degree robbery.
Florence and two co-defendants, Peter A. Raverini, 27, of 78th Street, and James S. Smith, 22, of Dudley Avenue, allegedly lured a woman into a vacant apartment building in the 1700 block of Whitney Avenue at 1:19 p.m. on Sept. 13, after she had cashed a large check.
Capt. William Thomson, chief of detectives, said Florence pulled out a silver pistol and held it to the woman's head. He said Florence and Raverini reached into the woman's panties where she kept her cash and cellphone, then took $1,050. After that, Florence allegedly struck the woman in the side of the head with the pistol and the other men jumped out of a second-floor window and fled.
Raverini and Smith were charged shortly after the incident on charges of first and second-degree robbery.
In 2007, Florence pleaded guilty to two violent felonies after a home invasion and shooting in the city. He also recently was indicted on two cases of domestic violence, including a charge that he tried to strangle a woman.
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While we collectively mourn our long-standing Sen. Daniel Inouye, let's think about the ramifications of putting all of our eggs in one or three baskets.
With the retirement of Sen. Daniel Akaka and the death of Inouye, we will now have the two most junior senators in Washington, greatly diminishing the ability to bring federal dollars to Hawaii.
It has been said that the Hawaii economy has three parts - tourism, the military and Inouye. We have lost a major component of our economy, showing how reliance on one man is bad for our economic health.
Hawaii must diversify away from our reliance on federal government spending for our long-term economic health.
What we need is effective state governance and a robust education system worthy of the $16,000 per student we taxpayers pay. This will require a change in the Department of Education from central control to local school boards. The state with the best educational statistics (Vermont) uses this model for its school system. To move the economy and our society in the right direction, we need an educated and well-informed citizenry.
We also need an agricultural sector that can feed us. Economics is not just all about money, which is a medium of exchange, it is about system resilience and diversity as well.
Aloha, Sen. Inouye; we loved you and your pork-barrel spending that stimulated our economy for the last 50 years, but now we must move on and learn to take care of ourselves.
Simon Russell