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Folks are living it up, high on the hog at MoMo's BBQ & Grill. This new barbecue joint just down from Whitaker Center emphasizes the "bar" in barbecue with its focus on craft beer (instead of a wine list, there is a beer book complete with descriptions), flat screens and smoke-ringed menu.
The menu showcases beloved barbecue items ranging from MoMo's sliders, $8.99, (three homemade biscuits each clinging with pulled pork, pulled chicken and chopped brisket) to large combo platters such as the boss hawg, $19.99, which has heaping portions of pulled chicken, pulled pork and Texas beef brisket.
Owner Michael Moran (thus the nickname MoMo) and business partner, Dave Guy, also run the barbecue concession stand at Metro Bank Park.
"I got the barbecue bug when I was visiting my mom in Memphis, the barbecue capital. " Moran says. That "bug" led to numerous barbecue competitions in Memphis and Kansas City. At these barbecue championships, hundreds of avid barbecue-meisters gather and prepare certain categories of barbecue from whole hog to ribs to pork shoulder.
Moran was a three-time finalist in the Memphis in May World BBQ championship specifically in whole hog. A 150-pound hog can take 18-20 hours to slow cook after prepping, injecting with solution, slathering with mustard sauce and filling the cavity with various fruits. According to Moran, he practices when catering pig roasts.
"I treat every pig roast like a competition, preparing the roast in the same way as I would for the judge," he adds. "If the meat falls off the bone, it's overcooked."
So don't expect the ribs to drop from the bone at the restaurant. Instead, baby back ribs, half rack, $15.99, (everything is smoked behind the restaurant in a slow-covered cooker) are dry rubbed with Moran's signature mixture, then smoked through to a pinkish color. "When you take a bite, you should have perfect teeth marks. All the meat shouldn't come off the bone in that one bite," Moran says.
There is definitely tender resistance when eating the ribs. As Dave Guy says, "it's all about the flavor of the meat." The meat absorbs the seasonings, but if you must, slather with one of the award-winning sauces. My favorite, mango habernero, is a sweetened incendiary heat that only slightly burns the lips.
Smoked wings, $6.99, for six are thick with meat and smoked to an earthy-robust flavor. This extended smoking preparation reflects the more than a dollar per wing price tag.
I wasn't a big fan of the smoked portabella sandwich, $7.99. The mushroom is deflated of half its juices once it's dry rubbed, smoked and then grilled. It gets a bit bendable in this condition.
Brunswick stew, cup, $3.49, is a hearty, thick stew without a lot of flavor. The stew had numerous chunks of ingredients, pork, chicken, tomatoes, lots of potatoes and corn. It was just rather boring and uninteresting. A square of cornbread was surprisingly moist-crumbed with a wonderful hint of sweetness.
As a barbecue restaurant, burgers are not on the menu.
"People kept asking us for burgers," Guy says. So they created MoMo's burger, $8.99, made with chopped beef brisket, smoked Provolone cheese, bacon, lettuce, tomato and killer Alabama white BBQ sauce. The white, mayo-based sauce gets its subtle kick from cayenne, black and white peppers.
Crisply fried, fresh-cut potato chips come on the side. They are delicious, but for another dollar, fresh-cut fries are every bit as good.
Salads are huge and every bit as appealing as the barbecue combos or sandwiches. Pittsburgh salad, $7.99, is loaded down with fresh-cut fries and smoked tender, yet subtly spiced chicken. Instead of the chicken, ask for the smoked brisket for an extra buck. The brisket flavor is more intense with its smoky aftertaste.
Finally, for dessert, there is nothing light. Jump off the calorie wagon and delve into chocolate bacon creme brulee, $5. Trendy bacon has swayed the masses for a reason; it adds a salty-smoky flavor to this silky dish.
"We have a guy that comes in every day for this dessert. He's a chocolate-bacon addict," Moran says.
Mimi Says
MoMo's BBQ & Grill
307 Market St.
FOOD: Authentic Southern barbecue seeped in flavor.
SERVICE: Reasonably paced.
AMBIENCE: Beer bar with long counter and handmade, branded and shellacked tables.
KITCHEN HOURS: 11 a.m.-10 p.m., Monday-Sunday; Bar stays open until bar crowd leaves.
MENU: Authentic Southern barbecue: ribs, pulled pork, award-winning sauces, brisket and BBQ chicken.
NOTES: Major credit cards, full bar, vast assortment of craft and draft brews, no reservations accepted, happy hour from 4-6 p.m., Monday-Friday, wing and drink specials, live blues music on Friday nights, street parking or in Chestnut Street Garage with escalator access.
Restaurant critic Mimi Brodeur has an extensive background in the food business. Contact her at firstname.lastname@example.com. Her reviews appear weekly.


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The Valencia girls basketball team knew its opponents would be tough in the first round of the CIF-SS Division IAA playoffs.
And the tournament's top seeded Long Beach Poly didn't disappoint.
Valencia struggled with Poly from the opening tip en route to a 65-26 loss on Saturday night at Long Beach Polytechnic High School.
"I thought they were a little better than I thought in terms of their presses were very disciplined," said Valencia head coach Jerry Mike. "They were extremely fast. Everybody on the court anticipated where the ball was going to be."
Valencia tried to take it right to the Jackrabbits from the start with junior Kalia Summerlin driving into the lane before her shot was blocked against the backboard early in the first quarter.
And struggles inside turned out to be a theme for Valencia.
Valencia had trouble all night to find open looks, and rarely got an offensive rebound.
"They weren't huge, 6-feet, 1-inches, 6-feet, 5-11," Mike said. "But they play off the ground. Everybody on the floor for them is playing bigger than they are because they jump fast. They're so aggressive and they'll get the ball wherever it is."
Summerlin scored half of the Vikings' points, going 3-of-6 from 3-point range and scoring 13 points in the contest.
Sandra Ikeora blocked two shots and pulled down six rebounds, with Ashley Pinsker also adding six rebounds for the Vikings (16-12).
Valencia advanced to the first-round matchup with Jackrabbits (26-2), ranked No. 14 in the country by ESPNHS, by defeating Knight 64-36 in the wild-card round on Thursday.
But it was clear from the first quarter that Valencia wasn't going to duplicate that result on Saturday.
The Vikings fell behind 22-4 after the first quarter of play, and trailed 40-12 at halftime.
"It was 7-0 pretty fast and we had Jennifer (Anumba) and (Ikeora) get quick fouls which hurt us. They got two quick ones each in the first quarter," Mike said. "But (Poly) hit their free throws. They had 18 attempts and they hit 15. They're not really an outside shooting team. They rely on taking it to the bucket and they made a lot of their free throws."
Things didn't get any better for Valencia after the break.
Valencia managed just four points in the frame and continued to struggle with the balanced Jackrabbits offense as they entered the final quarter of play down 61-16.
The Vikings were able to find offense in the fourth, as they outscored the Jackrabbits 10-4 in the quarter to set the final score.
"When we had shot attempts, which were few, we hit a good percentage," Mike said. "But open shots were rare."
The loss ends a season in which the Vikings finished third in the Foothill League and went 7-3 in league play.
The team loses five seniors, but returns its leading scorer in Summerlin.
"I'm excited about what's coming back and excited about what this team did," Mike said. "We were right in the mix like we thought we would be (in league). We missed a couple opportunities to win league, but the girls had a great time and they're a special group of 11."

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Key Course Information
Entry Year
Course length
4 year(s)
A-Level Requirements *
Engineering and Physical Sciences
Professional Year Out
UCAS Code
Natural and Built Environment
*Indicative Only. Please see the Course Entry Requirements section for details on subject specific or GCSE requirements.
Archaeology explores a wide range of evidence that documents the human past - from artefacts, monuments and settlements to entire landscapes - and from these interprets how societies have adapted and developed. Modules focus on different periods of World, European and Irish/British archaeology from human origins to modern times and heritage.
Palaeoecology studies environmental evidence to assess the impact of natural events and human activities on landscapes, climate and changing environments. Modules examine themes such as ancient environments, evolution, economic and climate change.
The combined disciplines progressively develop general and specific knowledge and skills, through excavation, fieldwork, overseas fieldtrips, laboratory and practical work.
As well as the Single Honours BA in Archaeology and BSc in Archaeology-Palaeoecology, Queen's offers several degrees which combine Archaeology (the study of past human activities) and Palaeoecology (the study of past environments) with other subjects (Languages, Geography and History). We have also introduced the MSci in Archaeology, which is an integrated four-year degree, whereby students can progress directly to Masters-level study in Level 4.
Why Queen's?
Top ranking: the School has an outstanding reputation for teaching and research with Geography ranked in the world top 100 (QS rankings 2013) and Archaeology ranked 8th in the UK (Guardian University Guide 2014).
Facilities: the School boasts the internationally-renowned 14Chrono Centre for Radiocarbon Dating, the Centre for Archaeological Fieldwork, departmental collections and laboratories for study of artefacts, bones and other scientific materials and instruments, access to GIS, laser scanning and specialist teaching laboratories. The Centre for Archaeological Fieldwork is a self-funded unit which obtains commercial work from, eg the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA), law enforcement agencies and civil engineering companies. This link with the School not only exposes our students to employers, but also provides nformation on what the modern market requires from Archaeology - information that is fed into our modules, especially those on field techniques.
Placements: we have links with many employers including the NIEA, the National Trust and the Ulster Wildlife Trust, who provide our students with advice on their work, and also run more in-depth advice sessions (often at Taught Masters level). Past students have gained work placements with these and other organisations.
Entry Requirements
Selection Criteria
In addition to the entrance requirements below, it is essential that you read the How We Choose Our Students pdf prior to submitting your UCAS application.
Entrance Requirements
MSci Honours
A-level: AAB + GCSE Mathematics grade C
Irish Leaving Certificate: H2H3H3H3H3H3 + if not offered at Higher Level then Ordinary Level grade O4 in Mathematics.
Note: applicants for the the MSci degree will automatically be considered for admission to the BSc degree if they are not eligible for entry to the MSci degree both at initial offer making stage and when results are received.
Note: students intending to study Archaeology with another subject should also refer to the subject requirements for the other course.
All students: there are no specific subject requirements to study Archaeology and Palaeoecology, although subjects as diverse as Art, Physics, Biology, Geography, Geology, Classical Civilisation, History, Chemistry, Mathematics or Languages have all been helpful in the past.
International Students
For information on international qualification equivalents, please click on Your Country in the International Students website.
If you are an international student and you do not meet the entrance requirements, you should consider a preparation course at INTO Queen's University Belfast, which will prepare you for successful study on these degree courses. INTO at Queen's is based on the University campus and offers a range of courses including the International Foundation in Engineering and Science.
For students whose first language is not English
An IELTS score of 6.5 with a minimum of 5.5 in each test component or an equivalent acceptable qualification, details of which are available at: http://go.qub.ac.uk/EnglishLanguageReqs
If you need to improve your English language skills before you enter this course, our partner INTO Queen's University Belfast offers a range of English language courses. These intensive and flexible courses are designed to improve your English ability to entry to this degree. Please click the links below for more information:
- English for University Study - an intensive English language and study skills course for successful university study at degree level
- Pre-sessional English - a short intensive academic English course for students starting a degree programme at Queen's University Belfast and who need to improve their English
How To Apply
How to Apply
Applications for admission to full-time undergraduate and sandwich courses at the University should normally be made through the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS). Full information can be obtained from the UCAS website at: www.ucas.com/apply.
When to Apply
UCAS will start processing applications for entry in Autumn 2017 from 1 September 2016.
The normal closing date for the receipt of applications is 15 January 2017.
For candidates applying to Oxford or Cambridge and for those whose choices include Medicine, Dentistry or Veterinary Medicine/Science the closing date is 15 October 2015.
Currently there are two intakes to Adult Nursing (one in September and the other in February).Those applying for entry in February 2016 should apply prior to 15 January 2015.
Applicants are advised to apply as early as is consistent with having made a careful and considered choice of institutions and courses.
Earlier applicants normally receive decisions more quickly, however, UCAS accepts that some applicants, especially those from outside the UK, may find this difficult. Late applications are, in practice, accepted by UCAS throughout the remainder of the application cycle, but you should understand that they are considered by institutions at their discretion, and there can be no guarantee that they will be given the same full level of consideration as applications received by the advisory closing date.
Take care to enter the details of the institutions and courses clearly and correctly on the application. For Queen's, the institution code name is QBELF and the institution code is Q75. These should be entered in the Choices section of your UCAS application. Please note a Campus Code is not required. For further information on applying to study at Queen's, please click here.
Course Content (including module information)
All students normally take six Level 1 modules. Single Honours students normally take five Archaeology/Palaeoecology modules. Students on Joint Honours degree programmes normally take three Archaeology/Palaeoecology modules, in addition to three modules from their second subject.
Level 1
Level 1 covers both disciplines, and the modules are introductory courses which assume no previous knowledge. (They may also interest students who are taking another subject as their main degree, but who wish to enhance their knowledge of their human and environmental past and heritage.)
Level 1 modules
- Ancient Humans and Landscapes
- Barbarians, Vikings and Traders: The Archaeology of Historic Europe
- Environmental Change: Past, Present and Future
- Europe in Prehistory
- Introduction to World Archaeology
- Plus choices from Geography and other Schools
Levels 2 and 3
Students explore in detail the themes introduced in Year 1, and Level 2 and 3 modules allow for specialisation and the development of practical skills. Level 2 modules provide skills and concepts necessary for the dissertation that is normally taken at Level 3 for Single Honours students, and for future employment in Archaeology.
Level 2 modules
- Archaeological Excavation
- Archaeology and Heritage of Rome (including week-long fieldtrip to Rome)
- Flints, Farmers and Forts: Ireland in Prehistory
- From St Patrick to the Plantation: The Archaeology of Historic Ireland
- Landscapes and Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
- Maps and Mappings: From the Stone Age to the Digital Age
- Palaeoenvironmental Techniques
- Thinking Through Things: Theorising Global Archaeology
- Plus choices from Geography and other Schools
Level 3 modules
- Colonialism, Capitalism and Conflict: Exploring the Archaeology of the Modern World
- Climate Change: Science and Society
- Dating the Past
- Medieval Settlement
- Merchants, Metals and Miners: From Stone to Steel
- Monuments and Ritual in European Prehistory
- Quaternary Palaeoecology
- Society, Death and Disease
- The Archaeology of Human Evolution
- Dissertation (double module)
- Plus choices from Geography and other Schools
In the MSci, Level 4 modules enable students to gain practical experience in digital heritage and field techniques.
Note: some modules may be subject to change
Fees & Scholarships
There are different tuition fee and student financial support arrangements for students from Northern Ireland, those from England, Scotland and Wales (Great Britain), and those from the rest of the European Union. Higher education funding arrangements mean that students can study now and pay later.
Further details can be found on our fees and funding section.
Queen's works to ensure that all those who can benefit from a university education have the chance to do so, and a generous system of financial support is in place to help them. Each year Queen's offer a range of scholarships and prize for new students. The most up to date listings are available here.
For international students, information on tuition fees, can be found here. Information on scholarships for international students, can be found here.
Learning and Teaching
At Queen's, we aim to deliver a high quality learning environment that embeds intellectual curiosity, innovation and best practice in learning, teaching and student support to enable student to achieve their full academic potential.
Within Geography and Archaeology we do this by providing a range of learning experiences which enable our students to engage with subject experts, develop attributes and perspectives that will equip them for life and work in a global society and make use of innovative technologies and a world class library that enhances their development as independent, lifelong learners. Examples of the opportunities provided for learning on this course are:
- Lectures: introduce basic information about new topics as a starting point for further self-directed private study/reading. Lectures also provide opportunities to ask questions, gain some feedback and advice on assessments (normally delivered in large groups to all year group peers).
- Practicals: where students will have opportunities to develop technical skills and apply theoretical principles to real-life or practical contexts. Many Archaeology, Geographic Information Systems and Physical Geography modules have associated practical classes, ranging from 3 to 9 hours study per week, depending on the module content.
- E-Learning technologies:Information associated with lectures and assignments is often communicated via a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) called Queen's Online. A range of e-learning experiences are also embedded in the degree through, for example: interactive group workshops in a flexible learning space; IT and statistics modules; podcasts and interactive web-based learning activities; opportunities to use IT programmes associated with design in practicals and project- based work.
- Seminars/tutorials: Significant amounts of teaching are carried out in small groups (typically 10-20 students). These provide an opportunity for students to engage with academic staff who have specialist knowledge of the topic, to ask questions and to assess their own progress and understanding with the support of peers. Students should also expect to make presentations and other contributions to these groups.
- Self-directed study: This is an essential part of life as a Queen's student when important private reading, engagement with e-learning resources, reflection on feedback to date and assignment research and preparation work is carried out.
- Work placements and Field Classes: Students taking 'Geography at Work' undertake a work-placement during Level 3 and undertake internal work with the Centre for Archaeological Fieldwork (CAF) as part of 'Archaeological Excavation' in Year 2. These modules provide significant learning and employability enhancement opportunities.
- Supervised projects: In final year, students will be expected to carry out a significant piece of research on a topic or practical methodology that they have chosen. They will receive support from a supervisor who will guide them in terms of how to carry out research and who will provide feedback on a number of occasions during the write up stage.
- Personal Tutor: Undergraduates are allocated a Personal Tutor during levels 1 and 2 who meets with them on several occasions during the year to support their academic development.
Career Prospects
Studying for an Archaeology degree at Queen's will assist students in developing the core skills and employment-related experiences that are valued by employers, professional organisations and academic institutions. Graduates from this degree at Queen's are well regarded by many employers (local, national and international) and over half of all graduate jobs are now open to graduates of any discipline, including Archaeology.
Although the majority of our graduates are interested in pursuing careers in archaeology-related areas (town and country planning, environmental impact, Land and Property Services [formerly Ordnance Survey]) significant numbers develop careers in a wide range of other sectors. The following is a list of the major career sectors that have attracted our graduates in recent years:
Employer Links – Consultations:We regularly consult and develop links with a large number of employers including, for example, the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA), National Trust, Ulster Wildlife Trust, who provide both snapshot advice on their work, as well as run more in-depth advice sessions, the latter often at taught Masters level. We also run a careers seminar programme with guest speaker employers and further study coordinators (teacher training, Masters and PhD degrees).
Placement Employers: Our past students have also gained work placement with organisations such as:
Other Employer Links:We benefit greatly from housing the Centre for Archaeological Fieldwork in the school. This self-funded private unit obtains commercial work from NIEA, the police and civil engineering companies, thus exposing students to employers, but also providing the unit with information on what the modern market requires from Archaeology. This information is then fed into the archaeology modules, especially those on excavation techniques.
Pease take a look at www.prospects.ac.uk for further information concerning the types of jobs that attract Archaeology graduates.
Further study is also an option open to Archaeology graduates. Students can choose from a wide range of Masters programmes as well as a comprehensive list of research topics, see: http://www.qub.ac.uk/gap
Other Career-related information: Queen's is a member of the Russell Group and, therefore, one of the 20 universities most-targeted by leading graduate employers. Queen's students will be advised and guided about career choice and, through the Degree Plus initiative, will have an opportunity to seek accreditation for skills development and experience gained through the wide range of extra-curricular activities on offer. See Queen's University Belfast fullEmployability Statementfor further information.
Degree Plus and other related initiatives: Recognising student diversity, as well as promoting employability enhancements and other interests, is part of the developmental experience at Queen's. Students are encouraged to plan and build their own personal skill and experiential profile through a range of activities including; recognised Queen's Certificates, placements and other work experiences (at home or overseas), Erasmus study options elsewhere in Europe, learning development opportunities and involvement in wider university life through activities, such as clubs, societies, and sports.
Queen's actively encourages this type of activity by offering students an additional qualification, the Degree Plus Award (and the related Researcher Plus Award for PhD and MPhil students). Degree Plus accredits wider experiential and skill development gained through extra-curricular activities that promote the enhancement of academic, career management, personal and employability skills in a variety of contexts. As part of the Award, students are also trained on how to reflect on the experience(s) and make the link between academic achievement, extracurricular activities, transferable skills and graduate employment. Participating students will also be trained in how to reflect on their skills and experiences and can gain an understanding of how to articulate the significance of these to others, e.g. employers.
Overall, these initiatives, and Degree Plusin particular, reward the energy, drive, determination and enthusiasm shown by students engaging in activities over-and-above the requirements of their academic studies. These qualities are amongst those valued highly by graduate employers.
Assessment & Feedback
Assessment (general): The way in which students are assessed will vary according to the Learning objectives of each module. Some modules are assessed solely through project work or written assignments. Others are assessed through a combination of coursework and end of semester examinations. Details of how each module is assessed are shown in the Student Handbook which is provided to all students during their first year induction.
Feedback (general): As students progress through their course at Queen's they will receive general and specific feedback about their work from a variety of sources including lecturers, module co-ordinators, placement supervisors, personal tutors, advisers of study and your peers. University students are expected to engage with reflective practice and to use this approach to improve the quality of their work. Feedback may be provided in a variety of forms including:
- Feedback provided via formal written comments and marks relating to work that students, as individuals or as part of a group, have submitted.
- Face to face comment. This may include occasions when students make use of the lecturers' advertised "office hours" to help address a specific query.
- Placement employer comments or references.
- Online or emailed comment.
- General comments or question and answer opportunities at the end of a lecture, seminar or tutorial.
- Pre-submission advice regarding the standards you should aim for and common pitfalls to avoid. In some instances, this may be provided in the form of model answers or exemplars which students can review in their own time.
- Feedback and outcomes from practical classes.
- Comment and guidance provided by staff from specialist support services such as, Careers, Employability and Skills or the Learning Development Service.
Once students have reviewed their feedback, they are encouraged to identify and implement further improvements to the quality of their work.
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- Does Inappropriate Quality Control Demotivate Workers
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Age Past Revised Core and Companion
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I really appreciate everyone's support from when I launched Age Past back in 2011. It has been some time and I have worked hard on the game since... Read more
New RPG Dungeon Acessory Kickstarter
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Thanks for your support! I wanted to let you know about a new Kickstarter we have launched. It's a complete dungeon and castle layout accessory kit for RPG... Read more
Sand & Woe - Free Beta PDF Download
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Here is a link to D/L the beta PDF of Sand & Woe.
There are some great art pieces in it currently including maps, so it's definitely... Read more
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I am running a new Kickstarter with Daft Concepts. We are selling laser cut minis in groups and there is an 8 mini set for the Age Past... Read more
New Companion Book: Sand & Woe
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I hope you have had a chance to make some characters and even get some role playing sessions of Age Past in. I have run a few... Read more
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I have made some new PDF fielded PC sheets with character creation help and guidelines. There's also a new GM tools D/L with fielded Initiative, Monster and... Read more
Books Shipped (Mostly)
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I have sent all the books out via drop ship to all those who ordered who don't have PO boxes or want their books signed. Hopefully you will... Read more
I got the Final Proof
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I received (after almost 3 weeks) the final book and it looks great. I will be sending everyone his or her book starting this week. I was... Read more
Hey all check out this new KS!!
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I'm involved with this new KS. I have made several designs and might work on some Age Past for it as well. I hope you take the... Read more
More Art!!!
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Commission: Ulvira by iara-artWatch
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Very creative and beautiful!
very cool look
I've seen this before, either on here or on google images. Great work as always.
Very nice-I was wondering when I would see a drow female with their snake-headed whip!Its great to know that people actually read about these wonderful creatures.I have several books of my own that is going to need graphics-Im on a mission!
Lovely UuU
I love it when Dark Elves have this colour skin.
Very well done.......
Beautiful, erotic & deadly - all of a drow's best qualities
This is definitely the best depiction I've seen yet of the snake whip, love it.
I love how black the snakes are on this one! Great!
Thank you for getting the whip right. I have yet to see anyone else do the drow female in all her evil glory; with the whip.
Ewe... So sexy!
absolutely gorgeous.. though the business tie at her chest just throws me off like crazy.
It's not a business tie. It's a spider.
hmm, I kinda see it, but without the legs it still looks like a business tie with the sharp angle at the bottom and round top like a knot. I'm sure it wasn't the intent, but I can't see it any other way. ^,..,^''
Aren't snake-whips supposed to be short though? I've always pictured them resting at about three feet long.
Nice job though!!!
Nice job though!!!
as I said its a commission, and this is what the client wanted, she was very specific about all the details
thank you!
thank you!
That is great. I love the colors and the powerful character. The snake whip is cool.
exactly as I pictured a drow matron...
Awesome design. The midriff window is an odd choice, IMHO, but I always liked showgirl skirts.
thanks! Well, its a commission, and the client was very specific with the design of her attire, so, it was not really my choice haha
The dress and the snakes and the circlet and her hair... Just awesome!!!
Wow! She is sooooooo sexy!
Dark and beautiful!
Absolutely stunning....words can not express....


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The Amarillo Chamber of Commerce's hottest and spiciest event of the year will fill downtown with the aroma of Texas Panhandle barbecue from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday for the fifth annual "Good Time 'Celebrate-2000' Bar-B-Que & Cookoff."
The barbecue competition will be outdoors at 11th Avenue and Polk Street and on the chamber grounds at 10th and Polk.
The public is invited; advance tickets are $10 each.
"Everyone attending can feast on all the barbecue they can handle," said Richard Dyer, owner of Desperados BBQ & Steaks and chairman of the chamber barbecue committee.
"Teams will prepare about two tons of ribs, brisket and other meats. Coors of Amarillo, Coca-Cola and McDonald's will provide drinks," he said.
This year, the cookoff features 67 barbecue competitors, many with elaborate smokers and cookers.
The business-sponsored cooking teams - with names like "Hogapaloza," "Roastmasters," "Texas Legal Tender" and "Bone Biters" - will compete in professional, corporate and amateur divisions, in ribs, brisket and other meats categories.
A showmanship award will go to the team with the best use of a theme, said Belle Gage, chamber coordinator for the event.
"The barbecue will provide our members and others with a great chance to share food, fun and networking with their colleagues and business acquaintances,"said Gary Molberg, chamber president.
Ed Montana and the Insufficient Funds band will entertain.
Also, a $5,000 Son-of-Brisket cooker, donated by Tiernan Co., will be given away at the barbecue. Tickets are on sale at the chamber office, 10th Avenue and Polk Street.
Gage said the barbecue wouldn't be possible without the many sponsors who contribute, making the cookoff a success.
Major sponsors are Amarillo National Bank, American Land & Title, BFI, First American Bank, Western Uniform & Towel, Amarillo Globe-News, Coors of Amarillo, KGNC AM/FM, Custom Trophies, Desperados BBQ & Steaks, Host lce, Southwest Coca Cola Bottling, Southwest Airlines, Tiernan and Randy's Music Mart.
Additional corporate sponsors are Bank One, FirstBank Southwest, Bank of America, Edes Custom Meats, Hoffbrau Steaks, KAT Country Radio, SOS Staffing Service, Texas Cattle Feeders Association, Autco Tires, Asarco, Edmond Deaton & Stephens, Energas, First National Bank of Amarillo, First State Bank, Mason & Hanger, Miller Gutzmer & Hancock, Plains National Bank, Royal Glass, Southwestern Public Service, Toot'n Totum, Thrifty Nickel, Amarillo Fire Department Honor Guard, Amarillo Police Officers Association, Cactus Feeders, Chet's Country Store, Cumulus Broadcasting, H&R Meats, Hooters, KFDA-TV, IBP, McDonald's, Miller Paper, Rabem Rentals, Sir Speedy, Swisher County Meats, United Supermarkets, U.S. Naval & Marine Reserve and Whitney Russell.
Tickets are $l0 a person in advance and $15 the day of the event. Each barbecue ticket can be used for one admission to a Rattlers hockey game on Oct. 19, said Larry Stalcup, a spokesman for the chamber.
Tickets may be purchased at the chamber office, 10th and Polk. For more information on barbecue tickets and prize tickets, call 373-7800.
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The Big Creek Outfit is one of the 12 professional-division entries at this year's Amarillo Chamber of Commerce "Good Time 'Celebrate-2000' Bar-B-Que & Cookoff" - and one of 67 teams altogether. Other professional entries include American Land & Title, Cattle Call BBQ, Coors of Amarillo, Crown Travel Center, Desperados, Dyers, First American Bank, KGNC FM, Just Like Grandma Cooking, Syrus Restaurant/WRCA, and Tiernan.
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A $5,000 Son-of-Brisket cooker, donated by Tiernan Co., will be a top prize in the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce "Good Time 'Celebrate-2000' Bar-B-Que & Cookoff" on Thursday.
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This is a discussion on Re: OT:Request for a favor 2 - Hewlett Packard ; I very much appreciate all of the comments. Looking at the server logs, I estimate that about 150 of you looked at the presentation. Some of you replied to the list but about 50 of you responded privately. Most of ...
I very much appreciate all of the comments. Looking at the server logs, I
estimate that about 150 of you looked at the presentation. Some of you
replied to the list but about 50 of you responded privately.
Most of you who responded privately said things worked just fine, saying
something like this:
> I use Firefox within a VMware virtual machine on my notebook and the slide
> show was beautiful. No problems with download or hesitation and the image
> and sound quality was stunning.
Those of you for whom things didn't work, you tended to respond to the list,
and your comments were the most important. Let me try and answer them
here as best I can.
Olav wrote:
> It does not work in Netscape 7.2.
> In IE, after several minutes of downloading the images nothing further
> happens. A black image on the left, on the right 3 arrows. Even after
> clicking one of the arrows, nothing happens.
I checked this out using Netscape 7.2, which by chance I actually have on
one of my older PCs. The precise technical problem is that I used a variable
named "goto," which was apparently a previously reserved word in Javascript
but is no longer. But even if I change the variable name, Netscape 7.2 istoo
old to support all of the features we need and it just won't work. It's time to
upgrade, Olav. Netscape became Firefox long ago, after it was bought by
AOL . Netscape was officially abandoned earlier this year. It exists no longer.
The more serious comment is this one:
> Ditto FF vers 3.0? With win XP.
> Black screen plus occasional "pffft."
While most people didn't have any trouble with Firefox, it is the most flakey of
the browsers. The problem arises beause of its association with RealPlayer.
There is no Javascript-controllable MP3 player in the web standards, thusyou
have to use one of the three media players: Windows Media Player, QuickTime,
or RealPlayer.
IE works with all three, but if you're using IE, we know that you're on Windows
and that you have WM, thus we specify that player.
The rest of the browsers, for some reason or another, only work with one
player each. Google Chrome, although it's based on Apple's WebKit, the same
code from which Safari is built, only works with WM. Safari only works with
QuickTime. And Firefox only works with RealPlayer, as does Opera.
If you're on a PC and using IE, the IE/WM combination tends to be very
reliable. If you're on a Mac, the Safari/QT combination is also very reliable. The
FF/RP combination is flakey on all three OS's: Windows, Mac or Linux.
I know where the problem is: telling the player where to jump in the MP3 file
and then asking it to begin playing from there. It simply doesn't always work,
and I've yet to find a reliable way to get it to do so, that's why almostall of
the complaints were about FF.
Gilles writes:
> Works like a charm.
> Audio and video both stunningly clear.
> I'm using WinXPP/SP3, with IE version 7 (Version 7.0.5730.13
> to be exact).
> The only possible issue I had - I could not see the video in
> full-screen mode. I'm not sure if I should have been able to. I tried
> to double-click on the screen and that action simply stopped the
> presentation. Clicking on the forward arrow resumed it from that point.
Although it may not seem like it, the page is just an ordinary web page. It has
no downloaded, plug-in application associated with the page, thus when you
double-click the image it won't expand to full-screen., simply because a
webpage doesn't have that capability. When you do that kind of thing with
Adobe Flash, you're invoking the plug-in's behavior, not the web page's.
While I would very much like to write a downloadable, plug-in player, we're at
that evolutionary point now where people won't download any new software,
thus I believe that we're going to be constrained from now on to use the
behavior that's present in the browsers themselves.
John Skelton writes:
> I tried it using FF 3.0.3, after a 30 sec wait* got a quicktime update which
> I canceled,* then the slide show with a black screen. Tried clicking on the
> start arrow, after a quick burst of network activity another black screen.
What this message was telling you is that you either don't have a copy of
RealPlayer loaded on your PC, or that it's older than our base level (which is
unlikely because I chose a very old version of RP to use). With you electing
not to download the player, the behavior you got is very reasonable.
Everything about the presentation is timed off of the sound track as reported
by the player. With no player, no timings and thus no presentation.
The screen is black only because that was the first slide. If the first slide had
been something else (a picture of a horse), that's all you would have seen.
John Dunlop writes:
> As you said, Safari was by far the best. 5 seconds after I started the
> process, the presentation started by itself and went all the way through
> perfectly.
> IE 7 took about a minute to load (as far as I know) but didn't start
> automatically. I had to slick on the "run" arrow. Also, the timing of afew
> of the slides seemed a bit erratic. For example, near the end, four slides
> flashed through very quickly and I hardly had time to see them.
> Firefox 3.0 just didn't load anything except the main screen. I clickedon
> the "run" arrow but it never loaded any pictures. Disappointing.
> I hope that helps. I wonder what it is that makes Safari so much better
> than the others?
Safari is a bit better than the others in a few respects, particularly inblend
speeds, but the primary difference lies in how the individual images of the
webpage are downloaded. IE serializes its downloads, while Safari, Google
Chrome and Firefox open up multiple threads. Ordinarily this doesn't makemuch
difference, but if one image gets hung up in transmission, IE sits there and
waits for an extended period of time until it decides to give up on the image,
marks the image with an "x" and then proceeds to download the remainder of
the images.
A ratty network connection anywhere between England and New Mexico will
generate this condition, and I think that it's at my end at the moment.
I'm sure that's what happened to you in your case. If you were to try IE
again, the chances are that everything will work just fine, but if there were
some way to actually report problems or suggestions to Microsoft about IE,
recommending de-serializing its image downloads would be one of the two
primary things I would report.
Finally, one of you wrote:
> It runs great on an intel Mac with Safari. I suspect you already knew
> that.
> I tried it with Firefox but I get a problem with Firefox that I had
> before, a weird sound bite that sounds like it says "winamp" with
> something about llamas.
Again, this is the problem with Firefox's Javascipt control of RealPlayer.. I've
spent a great deal of time on trying to find a reliable solution to this problem.
Clearly, I have to spend more. We have about 20 PCs and Macs that I use to
test the webpages here on, and I wouldn't have released it if FF/RP didn't
work perfectly on all of them, but there are still machines out there forwhich
the combination doesn't yet work, and thus I really do appreciate your
Wirt Atmar
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My sorority sister knocked me out with a "Cunt Punch!!" To the kootchie!!
My sorority sister knocked me out with a "Cunt Punch!!" To the kootchie!!
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When a girl knowingly, or unknowingly mouthes off resulting in a fist to the cunt.
"That stupid bitch wouldn't shut her mouth so I cunt punched her."
by Jumbotron June 21, 2007
A term used for when a person (usually male) punches a woman in the genitals until either internal swelling or some form of submission is involved. The female version of a kick in the balls, though since women don't have balls, the punches are far more aggressive to compensate the pain threshold handicap.
That bitch deserves a proper cunt punch
by Crazybobbles March 12, 2007
The name of the act of dropping on the knees and uppercutting the vagina. It bends the clitoris while also traumatizing the tender area near the labia.
"Marlene slapped me, so I dropped on my knees and cunt punched that pendeja."
by Boy Blue September 06, 2008
to throw an uppercut punch to a womans vagina.
I wanted to cuntpunch that stupid bitch for what she said.
by QP November 24, 2006
To fire you fist violently between a womans leg, possibly forcing your whole fist into her vagina causing a massive popping sound.
"OMG Chewat just cuntpunched Laura"
"I know, the pop could be heard for miles"
"I know, the pop could be heard for miles"
by LeeDeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee February 06, 2010
When the penis is so enormous that your pussy feels like it's getting brutalized in the best way. That's true romance.
I'm in love. He cunt punched the shit out of my pussy last night.
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text: assert(i++);Now if you compile with -DNDEBUG, i won't be incremented by the assertion. Just imagine if you added assertions or dbc to Smalltalk. An expression evaluation could call a method that changes the state of the thing being tested. (In other words, you can introduce HeisenBugs.) To add assertions with no fear of HeisenBugs, you need to introduce Eiffel-style queries. In Smalltalk, that means adding a new programming construct - a method that can't change the state of the system. Given the fact that "everything is an object" this new construct will have to fit into the existing hierarchy of classes that form the core of the system. No - Eiffel itself doesn't have Eiffel-style queries. There is nothing to stop an Eiffel query from changing the state of the system other than programmer self-discipline. (This is because of things like caches, which change the physical state but not the logical state, and because the compiler can't tell the difference between physical and logical changes.) If Eiffel doesn't have a special construct, Smalltalk doesn't need one either. Another way of putting it is that we already use Eiffel-style queries all the time in Smalltalk. Consider methods like #collect:, #select: etc. Much of the collection protocol is side-effect-free, and safe to use in assertions. Incidentally, C++ does have a construct, namely const as applied to methods. It would make sense for a C++ assertion mechanism only to allow calls to const functions. Of course, you could still get HeisenBugs by using mutable or const_cast<> or other workarounds. (The difference between logical and physical state is the reason these workarounds were added to C++.) -- DaveHarris


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An hour after he took over the New Orleans Hornets head coaching duties from Byron Scott last month, Jeff Bower met with his assistants before reviewing tapes of the Portland Trail Blazers.
Consumed by his new duties, Bower said he did not have time to celebrate the promotion. After telling his wife about his new role as head coach along with general manager, Bower said he was immersed in trying to make a successful transition.
Now a month into the job, Bower's schedule has remained hectic. He is awake by 4 a.m. on non-travel days, working. He usually leaves his Alario Center office by 5 p.m., but he is back to the grind of watching game tapes at home after spending time with his family.
"The fun and the challenge of it is a great thing," Bower said. "But it takes a little thought process to manage my schedule, but I do a lot of different things at odd hours. I get up early and do a lot of studying and reviewing. At 4 a.m., it's a great time of the day because it's quiet."
Of the league's 30 coaches only Bower, the Los Angeles Clippers' Mike Dunleavy, San Antonio's Gregg Popovich and New Jersey interim coach Kiki Vandeweghe are coaching and running their basketball operations departments.
Despite Bower's extra duties, Brian Hagen, the Hornets' senior director of player personnel, said the Hornets are on schedule with their college and European scouting. And they continue to contact teams and take inquires about potential trades with the February deadline fast approaching.
"Before the change and after the change, we're right there all the time," Hagan said. "Even when I'm not here, the BlackBerrys are our best friend."
Without any previous head coaching experience, Bower admits he is learning as he goes.
"Our whole approach as we move forward is to measure and judge how our players perform," said Bower, who has been with the Hornets since 1995. "Their performance and results tells us what they know and don't know. Each game is a measuring stick. It is important for guys to know where they measure up in relationship to the rest of the league."
Bob Bass was the team's general manager when David West was drafted in 2003, and Allan Bristow was in charge of basketball operations when the Hornets drafted point guard Chris Paul, though Bower was the Hornets' director of player personnel. The other 13 players on the roster were brought in by Bower.
When Scott was fired after a 3-6 start, team president Hugh Weber said he told Bower there's no way he can say he doesn't have the right players for the right reason because he hand-selected this team.
"We like the idea that now Jeff will be held accountable for results," Weber said. "Our expectations are high; our sense of urgency high; our patience is low."
Since taking over, Bower's record is 7-6 and the Hornets have a 10-12 overall mark. Despite a lopsided defeat to the Los Angeles Lakers and a road loss to the rebuilding Sacramento Kings, Weber said he likes where the team is heading.
"We're on the path to get the result we want," Weber said last week. "When we made the change and talked about the need for better diligence for details and being prepared, focusing on the discipline that's needed on those details and the basics, and that's what you see. It's the beginning but once you have that foundation where there is the Hornets' way of doing things, you add layers of complexity to it."
--- Attention to details ---
Weber said he sees a system that is starting to take root, where players have more information and are better prepared.
Paul, the team's franchise point guard, was not pleased with the decision to fire Scott, but he gave Bower a game ball after he earned his first victory against the Clippers on Nov. 17.
Before Friday's shootaround, Paul walked side by side with Bower's lead assistant Tim Floyd, grinning as they discussed plays.
"It's unbelievable to see how detailed he is, he breaks down every game," Paul said of Bower. "He prepares as well as you can, knowing guys' tendencies and different things like that. Going into a game if we don't know what a guy is going to do, it's our own fault."
Bower, who retained all of Scott's assistants and added Floyd, conducts practices as if they are teaching sessions. During shootarounds, players are grouped and seated by their position with each one of the assistants assigned to a group to discuss details about the game plan and the opponent.
"We take the team that we're playing against and the day before we'll go over their top four or five plays," shooting guard Devin Brown said. "Really before (with Scott) we were coming to the shootaround to just stay in shape with all the stuff that we were doing.
"Now whatever coverage we are calling, it is just one way to do them, and I think that was a little bit different from before. Everybody knows really what their job is now and you go out and do it."
Brown said he recalled a game last month against Dallas when Scott was still the coach and the Mavericks started Rodrigue Beaubois, a rookie shooting guard from Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe.
"He was never mentioned to us before the game and he came in and right off the bat scored nine points," Brown said. "We were in a 9-0 hole and we didn't even know who that was. So now we go over every individual. It's a lot more emphasis on scouting reports and guarding individuals and knowing what they do."
One of the criticisms West had about Scott's offensive sets were that they had become too predictable.
"The last thing I want is for our team to become predictable and become boxed into a certain set or style of plays," Bower said. "The schemes we are running now may be totally different in a month or so. We're emphasizing fundamentals, spacing and knowing where everyone is going to be."
--- 'A coach first' ---
Bower distributes an expansive 44-page scouting report on each upcoming opponent, which includes shot charts on each opposing player.
"He's a coach first, and that's to the core of who he is," said Floyd, who gave Bower his first NBA assistant job in 2003 when he was the Hornets' head coach for a season. "He has a grasp of players and what works in terms of approach. He's incredibly positive and has a great strength in not repeating himself.
"He always gives fresh information and never has a meeting with the team where he's not completely thought out about what he's going to say. He's not shooting from the hip."
Almost a week before the Hornets played the Milwaukee Bucks, Bower was already telling his players about Milwaukee's emerging rookie Brandon Jennings, who had a 55-point game against the Golden State Warriors last month.
"A lot of the stuff he comes up with is from a thinking man's perspective," West said.
The Hornets' offensive sets involve spacing and ball movement. Bower has made a point to get screens set for small forward Peja Stojakovic on the wing and has Paul moving around the floor, so defenses won't be able to trap him.
Paul severely sprained his left ankle in Bower's debut game against Portland and missed three weeks, but the Hornets were 4-4 without him because of strong play from rookie point guard Darren Collison.
Bower has given Collison and fellow rookie Marcus Thornton extended minutes. When Scott coached the team, Thornton and Collison rarely got off the bench.
"From Day 1 when he came in as coach, he told me he was going to put me out there," Thornton said. "I thank him every day for that."
Bower is not a charismatic former player or someone who seeks the spotlight and must take center stage in team huddles. In Wednesday night's 97-96 victory against the Minnesota Timberwolves, Floyd drew up the game-clinching play that had Paul breaking to the basket after an inbounds pass to West.
But the Hornets remain a work-in-progress under Bower. They have lost nine of 11 games on the road. The bench remains inconsistent, especially backup center Hilton Armstrong. Defensive breakdowns are a continuing problem.
"We're on a short-term concept that every day matters and we haven't expanded that yet," Bower said. "We want to keep our focus at the ground level, and that's why every practice and game day matters. I believe in letting players know what their job is and when they do it well or when it needs to be improved."
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Petition for Hines Ward Day – Sept 16, 2012
Steeler Fans Need Signatures To Make Hines Ward Day!
There is a petition that has been started to make the first game of 2012 to be known as Hines Ward Day. The petition is to Mayor Luke Ravenstahl and Mr. Art Rooney II. The petition needs 1,000 signatures and as of this writing are half way there.
If you would like to see Hines Ward sent off in a respectful manner after all he has done for the Steeler organization and fans everywhere, then make sure to sign the petition by clicking on the link below.
Here is an exerpt from the petition…..
We believe Steelers Nation deserves to be able to properly send Hines Ward off into football retirement in style, the Steelers way. Loud and proud, the fans wearing the number 86 jersey in honor of Hines' 14 years of incredible loyalty and play for The Pittsburgh Steelers. We would like to therefore propose that the first home game of the season, September 16, 2012 should be proclaimed "Hines Ward Day" in the City of Pittsburgh and at Heinz Field. A celebration of Hines Ward's career in Pittsburgh.
Not only is Hines Ward one of the greatest wide receivers ever, and not just of the Steelers, he created a whole new role for the wide receiver, and is known for his tackles as much as his receptions. He earned three team MVP awards, was sent to four consecutive Pro Bowls and holds two Super Bowl rings. He was also named the MVP for Super Bowl 40. Hines Ward holds the Pittsburgh Steelers all-time records for receptions, receiving yards and receiving touchdowns, and is one of only eight receivers in NFL history to reach 1,000 career receptions. And let's not forget the 12,000 yards…….
Click on the link above to see the rest of the petition.
4 Responses to "Petition for Hines Ward Day – Sept 16, 2012"
Thank you so much for getting the news of this Petition out there!! Even if this can't be done because of Hines' new job with NBC Sports on the first home game of the season, we want to make sure it happens!! Dream date would be November 18 when we play the Ravens on that Sunday night and Hines will be in town for the game. What better way to irritate the heck out of the Ravens than to honor Hines with them in our house!
We <3 Hines
My birthday is Sept. 15th… what a great gift this would be.. would be sure to be at that game to see it all happen 🙂 Thanks for starting this Tracy, it's so well deserved!


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NEW YORK — The upcoming 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks plus a spate of holiday weekend violence have put New York City on high alert, the police commissioner said as the West Indian Day Parade began today.
"We're doing a lot of things both seen and unseen," said Raymond Kelly, who joined Mayor Michael Bloomberg and other officials before the parade down Brooklyn's Eastern Parkway.
Bloodshed over the weekend included a Sunday shooting in the Bronx in which eight people were wounded, including children. Four other people were shot, one fatally, in the East Flatbush section of Brooklyn early today. Kelly said some of the shootings appear to have been related to the parade.
Bloomberg said the problem is "too many guns on the streets of this city."
The annual Labor Day parade celebrating the culture of the Caribbean islands is one of the city's largest and most colorful, featuring dancers wearing enormous feathered costumes, reggae music and plenty of food. But violence has marred the parade in some years, with fatal shootings along the route in 2003 and 2005.
Police helicopters hovered over the parade today and motorcycle officers patrolled the surrounding blocks.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo stopped by a pre-parade breakfast before heading to upstate New York communities where residents are still cleaning up from Tropical Storm Irene.
"Thank you for sharing your culture, your language, your music, your food, your diversity," he said.
Cuomo said he would bring buckets of jerk chicken to Irene victims.
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• Changes to World Trade Center PATH service for 9/11 ceremonies


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From the ancient through colonial and up to the contemporary age, the in egalitarian nature of Indian caste system towards the Dalits and women is a common feature. Social scientists have extensively analyzed the situation of Dalits and women in Brahmanical Hinduism. In recent years various caste-based reservation Acts and agitations against such Acts mainly in educational sector and job sector particularly in urban areas display a very high level of caste consciousness of urban India. Thus, from ancient period, caste remains a powerful and potent force in Indian society which shapes the social, economic and political development of the country. Caste system not only determines the social division of labour, but it influences the gender-based differences also. Thus a question arises, is there a relationship between caste status, caste hierarchy and womanhood?
Dear Contributors,
In this book, an attempt has been made to know the roles played by males and females on the Social set-up of India. As caste-based division of labour is manifested in every field of Indian society, thus an attempt to assess the effects of caste status has also been made in this book.
Research papers are invited to contribute in this book on the following sub-themes-
1. Gender roles in Indian Society and Culture
2. Effects of Caste system on Indian Society and Culture
3. Relationship between Caste system and Gender roles in Indian Society and Culture
4. Gender-Caste relationship and Human Resource Development in India
The book entitled
'Gender Roles and Caste Effects in Indian Social Set-up' has been planned to publish by Readers Service, Kolkata with ISBN.
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HARROLD, Texas A tiny Texas school district may be the first in the nation to allow teachers and staff to pack guns for protection when classes begin later this month, a newspaper reported.
Trustees at the Harrold Independent School District approved a district policy change last October so employees can carry concealed firearms to deter and protect against school shootings, provided the gun-toting teachers follow certain requirements.
In order for teachers and staff to carry a pistol, they must have a Texas license to carry a concealed handgun; must be authorized to carry by the district; must receive training in crisis management and hostile situations and have to use ammunition that is designed to minimize the risk of ricochet in school halls.
Superintendent David Thweatt said the small community is a 30-minute drive from the sheriff's office, leaving students and teachers without protection. He said the district's lone campus sits 500 feet from heavily trafficked U.S. 287, which could make it a target.
"When the federal government started making schools gun-free zones, that's when all of these shootings started. Why would you put it out there that a group of people can't defend themselves? That's like saying 'sic 'em' to a dog," Thweatt said in Friday's online edition of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Thweatt said officials researched the policy and considered other options for about a year before approving the policy change. He said the district also has various other security measures in place to prevent a school shooting.
"The naysayers think (a shooting) won't happen here. If something were to happen here, I'd much rather be calling a parent to tell them that their child is OK because we were able to protect them," Thweatt said.
Texas law outlaws firearms on school campuses "unless pursuant to the written regulations or written authorization of the institution."
It was unclear how many of the 50 or so teachers and staff members will be armed this fall because Thweatt did not disclose that information, to keep it from students or potential attackers. Wilbarger County Sheriff Larry Lee was out of the office Thursday and did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment, the newspaper said.
Barbara Williams, a spokeswoman for the Texas Association of School Boards, said her organization did not know of another district with such a policy. Ken Trump, a Cleveland-based school security expert who advises districts nationwide, including in Texas, said Harrold is the first district with such a policy.
The 110-student district is 150 miles northwest of Fort Worth on the eastern end of Wilbarger County, near the Oklahoma border.
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That is great. As a former teacher in an inner city school I can tell you that teachers are at constant risk and many times administrators are too afraid to do a thing.
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YEHAAWWW BUBBA!!!! dont **** with texas
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Cool, that's just ****ing cool, you gonna give guns to the most obnoxious, self-centered, inadequate and intolerant people in the world, the school teachers.
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I even had teachers giving me props for whooping kid's asses in school, like I was their hero or something LOL.
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I would love to live in a country where people don't feel safe in a semi-public place unless they are armed. Love it.
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i dont know but there are alot of p*ssys wit a gun cuz they cant fight or take an ass kickin like a man, as 4 hunters, what da **** we dont need 2 hunt any more...b a man! bare hands!!
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happened 3 days ago. my cousin was driving back to his crib and these dudes pulled up and started blasting at his car with a 12. i think they were trying to scare him.
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Justin R. Poole, 89, Altoona, formerly of Bellevue, passed away Thursday morning at the Altoona Center for Nursing Care.
He was born in Connellsville, son of the late Correll J. and Florence (Rowen) Poole. He married Sarah Jane Gratz on June 19, 1948, in Bellevue, and she preceded him in death on April 12, 1982.
Surviving are two sons: David J. of Altoona and Douglas G. and wife, Karen, of Ligonier; a granddaughter, Elizabeth Van Dyke and husband, Cameron, of St. Clairsville, Ohio; two grandsons: Eric Poole and wife, Jennifer, of Trumbull, Conn., and Everett Poole and companion, Sue, of Johnstown; and two sisters: Jane Grey Crossland of Dover, Del., and Joanne Thomas of Somers, Conn.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Joseph S.
Justin retired as an English teacher from the Pittsburgh public schools. He received a bachelor's and a master's degree from the University of Pittsburgh and served in the U.S. Army during WWII from February 1943 to February 1946.
Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, May 25, 2014, at Mauk & Yates Funeral Home Inc., Juniata, where a funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, May 26, 2014, Pastor Jason Schwartzman officiating. Interment will be at Allegheny Memorial Park.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the American Parkinson Disease Association


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'I had my first failure of a riding lesson when my body went into fierce spasm'
Melanie Reid broke her neck and back falling from a horse in April 2010. Now home after 12 months' rehab, this week she considers transableism.
There are some unexpected perks from my situation. One of them, if you possess a fertile sense of the ridiculous, is discovering the lunacy that lurks around the edges of disability. In this regard, one of the most spectacular bits of low-hanging fruit is a person called Chloe Jennings-White, a fake paraplegic who features in a National Geographic documentary to be broadcast next month.
Jennings-White is the best known proponent of a movement called transableism.


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My sister is on a plane at this very moment, flying back from Canada, and just before her plane took off, I sent her a text to this effect:
"Don't forget to lift thine pieds."
(which is our mixed concoction of Modern English, Middle English, and French–we do this all the time for no other reason, than it's funny.)
And it made me laugh, because I know that, should the FBI come across that text, they may arrest me for suspicion of conspiracy against the airline–or something of that nature. In other words, to anyone outside my immediate family, I'm talking utter nonsense. And yes, this blog is definitely all about nonsense, but I won't leave you in the dark on this one–well, not completely, anyway (you may still wonder about my sanity, and that's okay).
"Don't forget to lift your feet," is not referring to the take-off, or the flight itself. It's in reference to the landing. In other words, "Don't forget to lift your feet when you land."
I'm sure you all have millions of questions, so let me explain:
I'm not sure how old I was at the time, but on one of our many family vacations–probably to visit my dad's parents in Texas–we were sitting over the wings (the place my dad always insists on sitting because he says it's the safest place to be, should the plane crash–nice flying mantra, right?), and we heard the wheels come down right before we landed. They made that ERRRRRRRRRCH noise as they popped out from their secret trap door beneath the plane.
Anyway, my dad said, "Yep, and there go the wheels."–meaning, the pilots remembered to put the wheels down–not that the wheels had fallen off (thank goodness, though that thought probably went through my mind at the time).
And then, it occurred to me to ask, "what would actually happen if the pilot forgot to put the wheels down?"
And the answer I received was, "Well, the bottom of the plane would probably burn off in the landing."
I looked down at my feet, and thought, well if that happens, I don't want it to burn my feet off!
So, from that flight forward, My sister and I began the tradition of lifting our feet as the plane lands–you know… just in case. And every time we fly somewhere, we remind each other to do so.
Now I would like to urge all of you–for the sake of keeping your feet intact–to please remember to "lift thine pieds" every time you fly. And, if you're sitting next to me on a flight, you won't have to wonder, "What on Earth is that girl doing with her feet in the air?"


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Rob McCallumwrote a review of Optimus Nova Plus Stove on June 5, 2012
This stove is not reliable. It will break after 3 - 4 uses.
My wife is on an 8-week research trip in the Mojave desert with this stove. The pump fell apart after 3 uses leaving her unable to cook food.
I drove 1100 miles to bring a replacement stove to her, and the next AM we started to cook some eggs and the new stove failed. The hose that delivers the fuel was somehow plunged. I was using new fuel and brand new fuel cans.
DO NOT buy this stove. It will fail. Look at MSR stoves.


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Britons will be almost £500 better off this year thanks to falling inflation and changes to the tax system.
After a "torrid" five years, the Ernst & Young ITEM Club said that consumers would benefit by £482 this year and £624 in 2013, with wage growth set to outpace inflation and pay packets given a boost by the tax changes announced in the Budget.
This will come as a relief to hard-pressed retailers — but the ITEM Club warns it will be a slow recovery for the high street, as spending will be constrained by people paying down debt and will


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A white person, usually in their 20s, who fancies themselves a rastafarian and has dreadlocks--and a trust fund, thereby making them a pretentious ass.
Sally: She's such a trust-a-farian.
Sally: She's such a trust-a-farian.
viết bởi carrieberry 03 Tháng mười hai, 2009
A student at a selective liberal arts college (ie Colorado College, Reed, Lewis and Clark, etc)
Trustafarian: John Francis Drake drives an Audi A6 and lives off his parents' stock options, but calls himself Marley, wears dreads and eats ramen.
viết bởi akgrown88 31 Tháng ba, 2009
It's a little more elegant now. modern, 30-ish trustafarians are spending January in Jaipur with wealthy, titled euros and spending tons of money on Burmese laquerware. If you smell a mixture of orange blossom and body odor in the air, look for rumpled Italian shirts and shoddy khakis under a navy Blazer.You might want to check at the bar at The Strand Hotel in Rangoon.
My ex. Coke heir, hops artound the world with one small bag.
viết bởi Burt 22 Tháng tư, 2004
a trust-fund fuck that pretends to be a hippie. Fuck all you fuckers, Schlags made this up in '90.
That trustafarian at Hobart drove away in his dad's Porshe with his dreadlocks
viết bởi shocakrafan 18 Tháng tám, 2007
yogurt weaving, museli jumper wearing, rainbow nazi. Offspring of a CEO or heriditary peer with enough money from daddy to seemily appear to thick stupid hippy cunts fucked on whatever to have morals. once the 'holiday' is over, generally become a judge, arms dealer or general cunt.
: yes tarquins become a hunt sabatour.
: really, trustafarian cunt
: really, trustafarian cunt
viết bởi gavin 04 Tháng ba, 2006
Not unlike the religious group by a similar name this word came into general use as more and more people searched for a term to describe their inner most trusted friends. This was done outside their circle or mere acquaintances. A trustafarian has gained your love and more importantly your trust over the years and through many different situations. These are the people you can count on the most, who will never let you down.
Sonia is my friend who is also my trustafarian. We share ideals, our thoughts, hopes and dreams. She would never betray my confidence. I trust her implicitly.
viết bởi ShelCeleste 07 Tháng tám, 2010
They are so wealthy,
they have different accents,
then the normal American.
Large amounts of land.
New trucks and cars.
They do not travel in the normal circles.
I've only met one true Trustafarian
in my whole life.
He worked in his gardens
and was building a home.
they have different accents,
then the normal American.
Large amounts of land.
New trucks and cars.
They do not travel in the normal circles.
I've only met one true Trustafarian
in my whole life.
He worked in his gardens
and was building a home.
Trustafarians do not work normal jobs.
viết bởi steve real 26 Tháng bảy, 2006


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LOS ANGELES - The Oscar race had already started to get ugly this year when, last week, things took a decided turn into the gutter.
Two stories, one in a gossip column and the other on the Internet, accused the real-life protagonist of Best Picture-nominated "A Beautiful Mind" of anti-Semitism and of abandoning an illegitimate child.
The reports have little to do with any animosity toward math genius John Nash, who suffered from mental illness for 35 years before regaining his health and claiming a Nobel Prize in 1994.
They have everything to do with the battle for the Oscars, since "A Beautiful Mind," from director Ron Howard, is considered a front-runner for Best Picture.
The allegations about Nash were plucked from the biography on which the film is based. But the fact that both stories surfaced in the week the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences mailed Oscar ballots to members is considered suspicious by everyone in Hollywood. The ballots must be returned by March 19; the winners will be announced five days later.
Veteran Internet mud-slinger Matt Drudge, who had earlier accused the filmmakers of leaving out evidence of homosexual episodes in Nash's past, said on his site last week: "Some Academy members are discovering shocking Jew-bashing passages found in the book on which the movie is based!"
The New York Post's gossip page quoted an Internet report from MSNBC.com in which nurse Eleanor Stier, who had a child with Nash, is quoted as saying, "He's really sort of mean."
Publicists for films competing against "A Beautiful Mind" moved into high gear to deny any connection with the smear campaign.
Executives at Universal - the distributor of "A Beautiful Mind" - were shell-shocked.
"It's out of control," said Universal spokeswoman Terry Curtin. "It's unfortunate that some people are stooping to that level. It's gotten to be so dirty."
"A Beautiful Mind" was nominated for eight Oscars, including Best Actor for Russell Crowe and Best Director for Howard - who on Saturday took home the Directors Guild of America's top prize.
"It's not about John Nash, not about the book," said Sylvia Nasar, who wrote the book "A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash." "I'm distressed that people are saying untrue and very injurious things about someone who has made great contributions, and is a person who is very admirable."
As Nasar's book makes clear, Nash, now 73, made anti-Semitic references at the height of his schizophrenic delusions. The book does not give the remarks, or the question of Nash's possible homosexual tendencies, much significance. Specifically, Nasar says she does not consider Nash an anti-Semite.
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- School van hits divider; driver dies, kids hurt
A group of children had a close shave when an RTV that was ferrying them from school rammed into a divider while trying to avoid hitting a biker near Patel Nagar Metro station. The driver of the van, Sonu, wasn't as lucky, succumbing to his injuries in hospital.
- Bengaluru kids caught in van on fire; corporate honcho is saviour
BENGALURU: Eight schoolchildren had a miraculous escape after a private van hired for taking them to school caught fire due to a suspected fuel leakage a few metres away from Puttenahalli metro station on Saturday. However, help emerged in the form of a 38-year-old man who swung into action and smashed the rear window of the vehicle with his bare hands and helped the screaming children get out of the burning vehicle. In the process, he sustained a deep cut on his arm and had to get 10 stitches. The van driver, after noticing the fuel leakage, parked the vehicle along the road and had reportedly gone to get a mechanic when the flames engulfed the vehicle. Two children suffered minor burn injuries and were taken to the nearby Geetha clinic for medical aid. KS Layout police have registered a case. The incident occured a day after 12 schoolchildren had a narrow escape after their school bus caught fire on Kanakapura road near Kaggalipura after a motorcyclist rammed their vehicle. Pradeep Kumar, a resident of Judicial Layout in the city, was on his way to his office in JP Nagar at around noon on Friday when he came across the burning van and the children trying to get out of it. As many as 12 children were inside the vehicle with its interiors altered to accomodate more children. After the driver parked the vehicle and left to get a mechanic, some children seated in the front and middle seats noticed smoke and acrid fumes and immediately got out of the vehicle. But as many as eight children seated in the two rows were unable to get out and started screaming for help. "A few children were already standing out and requesting passersby to help the others. I just got out of the cab and ran near the van and heard the children crying. Since there were children at the back of the vehicle, I broke open the rear windshield with my hand and pulled out five kids from the van," Pradeep told BM. Pradeep added that the entire rescue lasted for about three to four minutes after he managed to break open the rear window of the vehicle. He also added that the children were unable to get out of the vehicle as they were scared and also because of the smoke and fumes emitting from the seat cushions which had also caught fire. It was only after ensuring the safety of the last child trapped inside the vehicle that Pradeep realised he was bleeding profusely from his right arm as some glass shred slashed his skin when he broke open the glass with his hands. He was rushed to Malathi Manipal hospital in Jayanagar 9th block. "I don't know how I managed to break the glass. I could not find any stone or anything to break it open. I reacted instinctively and managed to break it in four to five attempts. I got an adrenaline rush and my only priority was to save the children," Pradeep added. KS Layout police are now trying to locate the owner and driver of the vehicle but are yet to record the statement of the driver and the parents of the children. They also claimed it was being verified whether the vehicle had a valid fitness certificate. The van also had broken registration plates obscuring its actual registration details. Speaking to BM, Dr Lakshmi Narayan Bhat of Geetha Clinic confirmed that two schoolchildren were brought to the clinic with minor burn injuries. "They were treated as outpatients and were not seriously injured. It was a very minor injury due to exposure to excess heat," he added. The children were studying at a CBSE school near Yelachenahalli on Kanakapura road. Pradeep Kumar runs his own private security firm in the city. One of the police officers investigating the case pointed out that the chidlren were lucky that the vehicle was not running on LPG. In a similar accident, 12 children escaped unhurt after a bike borne youth rammed their school bus near Tatguni estate on Kanakapura Road on Thursday evening. The youth identified as Venkatesh later succumbed to his injuries and his bike went under the school bus in the impact of the collision. Fuel leakage from the bike is suspected to be the cause of fire in this incident also.
- 3 narrowly escape as van catches fire in Dewas
Three men had a narrow escape when a van, in which they were travelling, caught fire in neighbouring Dewas city on Thursday. The van caught fire due to leakage in auto LPG pipeline and soon engulfed the entire vehicle near Lohar Pipliya area. The occupants jumped out of the van in the nick of time and escaped the fire.
- Cauvery protests: Two held for damaging customised van of wheelchair-bound man during Tamil Nadu bandh
VILLUPURAM: The Auroville police have arrested two people on charges of damaging a customised van bearing a Karnataka registration number during a bandh called by pro-Tamil outfits and farmers' and traders' unions on September 16 to register their protests against the attack on Tamils in Karnataka over the Cauvery water dispute. The arrested were identified as S Muthukrishnan, 36, and R Mahindran, 28, both hailing from Edaiyanchavadi. The police were searching for others involved in the incident. The police booked them under sections 147 (rioting) and 336 (act endangering life or personal safety of others) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3 (mischief causing damage to public property) of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, 1984. The van was customised for the easy mobility of wheelchair-bound Sumitro Sen Gupta living in Aurovile. Sumitro was with his six-year-old daughter and octogenarian mother when the gang attacked his vehicle. A gang of 10 people, who came on five two-wheelers, pelted stones and bricks at the customized van that was parked near his residence at Aroma in Auroville. All the windscreens of the van was damaged in the attack. The mob also tried to attack the driver, who ran inside the house for safety. The protesters then attempted to attack Sumitro's daughter and mother who came out hearing the noise. "The attackers did not look like people affiliated to any political party," Sumitro said.
- Tamil Nadu bandh: Wheelchair-bound man's custom-made van bearing Karnataka registration number damaged
A wheelchair-bound man's custom-made van bearing a Karnataka registration number parked near his house at Auroville on the outskirts of Puducherry was damaged when a group 10 people pelted stones at it on Friday morning.
- Gang busted, insider hand led to Faizabad cash van robbery
It was insider hand which led to killing of security guard and robbery at toll naka last month. Cracking the robbery case which took place at Raunahi toll plaza on August 26, special task force of UP police arrested four people on Tuesday. Bound in Mahindra Scorpio, the group attacked a cash van which was ferrying Rs 44 lakh cash collected at the busy toll naka that is located on Luckow – Faizabad National Highway to the bank in the morning.
- No budget to run hearse van in Meerut district hospital
MEERUT: Days after a woman was forced to spend one night outside the emergency wing of P L Sharma district hospital in Meerut with the body of her daughter, district hospital authorities say that money for running the hearse van has not been released yet. It had come to notice that ambulance drivers had allegedly refused to take the woman to her village as it was located in another district of the state. District authorities say that though an air-conditioned hearse van was procured for the district hospital in March the budget for operating the vehicle has not been released yet. Giving details, Sunil Gupta, chief medical superintendent of P L Sharma district hospital, said, "We have one hearse vehicle, which was given to the district by the state government. Also, we were told that an amount of Rs 10,000 per month for fuel and Rs 10,000 per month for the driver will be given, but the money has not been released despite the fact that six months have passed since the vehicle was given to us. What can we do in such a scenario?" Imrana, a resident of Niwada village of Baghpat district had to spend Thursday night with her two-and-a-half year old daughter's body as the ambulance drivers refused to drop her home saying she was from another district. They said they would carry the body if she paid Rs 2,500. "From the log book of the emergency ward, I found out that Imrana's daughter, Gulnad, was never admitted in the hospital. An inquiry has been set up. I have written to the director general, medical and health services, in this regard and requested that the amount for operating the hearse van be released at the earliest," said Gupta. As many as 55 such hearses were procured by the state government in March this year and these were given to various districts but money for their functioning is yet to be released.
- Badaun case: Woman, lover pushed van with 5 into canal
Greater Noida: A van carrying a couple and three others from Nawada village were pushed into Ganga canal in Badaun on August 25 by the couple's daughter and her alleged lover, the police said on Sunday. The accused, Preeti (19) and Mugesh alias Sonu (26), wanted to marry but the family was against it as Sonu was already married with two kids, they said. According to police, on August 25, Raje Bhadane and wife Dharmavati had hired a Maruti Eeco van driven by one Ompal Singh to visit a dargah in Badaun to offer a 'chadar'. They were accompanied by Raje's son Lalit, his wife Sheetal, Raje's daughter Preeti, Lalit's uncle Rajender and his wife Priti. The seven-member family was also accompanied by a local tantric, Saleemuddin alias Saleem. However, the bodies of Raje Bhadana, Dharmavati and Priti were recovered from a canal in Narora area in Bulandshahr district later in the day. Raje's son Lalit, his wife Sheetal and Lalit's uncle Rajender were found unconscious at a roadside eatery nearly a kilometre away from the spot. The next day, Saleem's body was also receovered from the canal, while Ompal is still missing. According to police, Preeti and Sonu belonged to the same village and were in a relationship. Both knew each other for the past four years but since Sonu was already married, the family was against their relationship. The issue also created tension among family members. Superintendent of police Abhishek Yadav said that Preeti would pretend to be possessed by a 'spirit' and the family would regularly visit the dargah. "This was also a regular trip. The tantric was close to the family. However, this time, Preeti's father took her uncle and aunt along," he said. Police said that the two planned the murder two-three days before the family left for the shrine. Meanwhile, Sonu also came to the dargah in his vehicle from the village. "After offering a 'chadar' at the shrine, the family came out. Preeti then contacted Sonu and they took the family to a nearby eatery on the pretext of buying them soft drinks. They offered the family members a fruit drink mixed with 30 tablets of Alparax. All the family members took the drink. However, Preeti's sister-in-law Sheetal started vomiting and her intoxication lessened as a result," Yadav said. While Lalit, Sheetal and Rajender were left there, Sonu and Preeti drove the Eeco to Ganga canal with Raje, Dharmavati, Priti, Ompal and the tantric, Saleem. The duo then pushed the van into the river. "Both raised the front wheels of the vehicle near the canal even while sitting in the car and later pushed the car from behind," said SP Abhishek Yadav. Sonu then went back to near the shrine on foot to take his vehicle and later the two escaped, the police said. The two had gone to Meerut and were hiding at a hotel for some days. They later went to Allahabad where they decided to solemnise their marriage. They were arrested from Bulandshahr railway station after they got down from a bus on Sunday. Police said that the wrappers of the sleeping pills and a bottle of fruit drink have been recovered.