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a thousand words on my year in new zealand
"I am not the same having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world." Mary Anne Radmacher
Quitting my job and getting off the wrong path
Just over a year ago I was working for Citibank and it was no secret that I wasn't happy in my job. I had worked myself into a job and onto a path that wasn't for me. I was in a fog of long-term ambiguity, indecision and general discontent. On the plus side I had managed to get to a point where I had no debt and some humble savings.
One quiet Sunday evening I decided I'd had enough of my job, as well as my own indecision, and it was finally time to take some action (or more accurately inaction) so I decided that I wouldn't go back to work come what may.
I didn't yet know what I wanted but I knew for sure what I didn't want. I've now learned that sometimes that's direction enough.
Later that evening my sister, her boyfriend and myself were having a cup of tea and we got to talking about getting away and within about five minutes we had, more or less on a whim, all decided to go to New Zealand as soon as our savings and visa applications would allow. It was an evening and a conversation that I'm eternally grateful we had.
The decision involved facing some big fears like quitting a secure, permanent and relatively well paying job and losing social comfort.
Making the decision together definitely made it easier and I consider myself lucky. To anyone struggling with making the decision on their own I offer an open ear and a barrowful of encouragement if you need it - you should absolutely go for it.
It essentially came down to a simple choice; a dead cert, safe bet of remaining in the same position forevermore, unhappy but secure or the seemingly riskier alternative of uncertainty which held the possibility of either being much worse or much better. No choice at all really, what are we here for in the end? I handed in my notice within a month.
A year of firsts
I've had an amazing year in New Zealand.
I met cousins I'd never met before who are some of the nicest people I've ever met. I met lots of great new friends who I'll remain in touch with and meet again. I discovered sushi , Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Yoga and good coffee (black as night, strong as steel, sweet as love). I met and fell in love with a smart and gorgeous girl. I finally quit smoking and practically quit drinking. I also got my first speeding ticket on an adventure in the South Island!
In addition I figured out a few things I'd like to do with my life and developed some goals that I want to work towards which I previously never had.
The first major realisation I made on arrival in New Zealand was how much I had relied on the safety and comfort of my circle of friends. I have an incredible group of friends back home, people I would live and die for but I hadn't really got to know any new people in a long time - other than random party people. I had no choice but to push myself to meet and get to know people again.
I also realised how much I relied on the validation of those closest to me to ensure my happiness. Your closest friends and family are the best voices to listen to and they will offer some of the best advice you'll get in life but I've learned that it's crucially important to consult your own counsel for the last word - you know your own situation better than anybody else and you have your instinct. I definitely feel like I've become much more emotionally independent over the last year.
My year in New Zealand was a year of firsts. I've travelled a little before, mostly across Europe but this year was my first full year away from home.
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
I'm proud that I pushed myself out of my comfort zone a lot and had my first introduction and lessons in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. I love it and I can't wait to join a school at my next location! Oss! As a side to this I reached my ideal weight for the first time ever and have sustained it.
Similar to BJJ (which pulled me out of my anxiety about group classes in one fell swoop) I took my first Yoga classes. This was the result of spending our last six weeks in New Zealand living a little way out from the city centre with a Yoga instructor who held weekly classes in her house! Namaste Marilyn.
New Zealand also brought my girlfriend, my buddy and my love; Veronika. Having reached the age of twenty-six I'd somehow skirted ever having a girlfriend but when I met her, we clicked and that all changed.
Blog and writing
I finally made writing a priority as it's something that has always interested me but I'd never felt at liberty to begin. I created this blog and it has worked as I'd hoped - a built in obligation to make myself write and I truly hope that it can help, encourage or entertain anybody. I'm already over the moon with the feedback I've got so far. Thank you.
First business attempt on a whim
Hilariously enough, with few weeks to spare at the end of my time in New Zealand and nothing much else to do with the time, I built up enough courage to try a completely unprepared, non-researched and essentially ridiculous small business plan that to be honest wasn't a screaming success but I saw it through and learned a huge amount.
As well as a lot of firsts I've improved many other areas of my life. I've learned to read a lot more and bought an e-reader which has helped a lot! I finally managed to quit smoking properly (six months and counting!) and for the first time in my life managed to get a real handle on drinking alcohol. I can now savour a pint of Guinness without the desire to follow through into oblivion. I developed a healthy approach to work, I learned to not let it take over my life and how to maximise my personal time outside of work. I also developed and now nurture stronger appreciation and love for my family back home.
I would recommend it to anyone. Quit your job, take a chance. New Zealand is an especially beautiful country with a great climate, a very relaxed culture and an instantly warm reception. You'll have a great time, you'll grow and you'll never look back.


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Fear not, the time is coming
Fear not, your bones are strong
Fear not, help is nearby
Fear not, Gula is near
Fear not, the baby is at the door
Fear not, he will live to bring you honour
Fear not, the hands of the midwife are clever
Fear not, the earth is beneath you
Fear not, we have water and salt
Fear not, little mother
Fear not, mother of us all
(Birth song of the women of Shechem's valley, in Anita Diamant's The Red Tent)
Such a beautiful song 🙂 That book should be required reading for every midwife and doctor involved in childbirth!
And such beautiful Mary dolls! They are lovely!
Lovely! Thank you.
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Angela attending the birth of my precious son. I It is an amazing feeling being pregnant at Christmas time.
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The Arrival
Here's the bad omen I got while sitting in the theater waiting for Charlie Sheen's new movie to start. For no apparent reason, this odd-looking blond woman sitting in front of me swings her mop around and asks me where I got my tickets. Given that this was a free sneak preview, I leaned to the left lest she try to suck out my brain with some hidden appendage. After I told her I was a film critic she bellowed out proudly: "I got my tickets at the UFO conference." This was scarier than anything in the film.
Turns out "The Arrival" is a paranoid, UFO-fanatic's wet dream. SETI researcher Zane Ziminski (Charlie Sheen) spends the entirety of the film running around screaming how aliens have been sending signals to Earth. When he actually finds some aliens, his psychosis becomes reality and his lifelong geekiness is suddenly an achievement. "Look! I discovered alien life and saved humankind from annihilation. I told everybody those Star Trek Conferences would pay off someday."
When director David Twohy realizes his film isn't going anywhere he starts up with all these amateurish, implausible elements that snowball into disaster. For instance, after Zane is fired he sets up a $100,000 lab in his attic (with money that's growing on the tree outside his house). In order to explain how all the equipment works, Twohy introduces the curious black kid-next-door who asks Zane question after question. Here's the despicable message: "if the stupid black kid can understand it, so can you."
Eventually the movie becomes a farce. The best moments? I liked the part where Zane gets into the trunk of a VW Bug while an alien stands right in front of it. I also liked the fact that most of the aliens are in Mexico. What a deceptive argument for immigration restrictions.
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How to Figure Out Who You Are
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Hehe. I need to find some way to use the line in the third panel.
Smoking jacket!
And I love panel 1 and 4. Awesome punchline.
I had to take a break before continuing after the first panel as it had me laughing so hard.
Rick's response in panel 1 sums me up to a 'T'.
And as far as I'm concerned, if I'm deliberately hiding from me, then I have a right not to have me seek me out and force my company on me.
Yup, that was some quick thinking there.
I think it may even have gotten Missy's motor running..!
Young Scott with hair... were you the inspiration for Big Nate?
Do you actually have (and wear) a smoking jacket? That would be cool. How does Missy react to it?
I only miss the hat on panel 4!
I have a smoking jacket, but I need to make one of those silk-brocade faux-fezzes with the tassel.
I love how the best version wears a robe (or is that the smoking jacket?).
Does that last panel mean that in the early 22nd century people will be looking at sweatpants and a t-shirt as a classy look from a more civilized age? (Though if they're looking back and saying late 1900's to early 2000's is more civilized, they live in a Mad Max style post-apocalypse. Or they've forgotten all of our era's terribleness.)
I had a full cup of tea and a dry table. After panel 4, half a cup of tea.
The "Right Said Fred" T-Shirt still cracks me up. Awesome.
Dr Dust Cell: your table dissolved? The tea is strong with this one!


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At Home Dads and Working Moms: You Can't Have it Both WaysRon Mattocks
Since the release of U.S. Census Bureau data indicating the statistical rise of stay-at-home dads, there has been an avalanche of commentary across the variety of news and business outlets. Two of the most recent come from Forbes and Business Week.
In the Forbes post, "Why Are We So Worried About Stay-At-Home Dads?" Frieda Klotz provides an economic overview of the factors related to the rise in men as primary care-givers and then contrasts this against the animosity shown by both men and women over the notion of a woman being accepting of man who earned less than.
Klotz was specifically referring to comments in response to an article last fall in The Economist which stated that women were the ones riding to the rescue in this recession as they were working more hours than were men while still maintaining the household. It's interesting to note that the article did a fair share of lamenting over the continued fact that men still earn more too, ultimately concluding that:
"Both as entrepreneurs and as employees, women still seem to be at a disadvantage. The most obvious explanation is that most of them have children."
The statistics used in The Economist article on the surface seem contradictory to those cited this month in Business Week. Women now fill a majority of jobs in the U.S., including 51.4 percent of managerial and professional positions, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. The piece then followed this up with data gained from the Pew Research Center which found that 23 percent of wives now out-earn their husbands, and furthermore, this trend was even more dramatic among women under 30 considering that on average they take home more than their male counterparts in all but three of the largest cities in the U.S.
Essentially, what it comes down to (and this is somewhat generalized) is that there's no happy median here. Women want husbands to be more involved at home, but either snub stay-at-home dads or refuse to give up the reins over the household. And of the women who are working, they're still not happy about the idea they are earning less even though that trend seems to be going the other way.
Men on the other hand are upset about not receiving due consideration when it comes to matter such as maternity leave, and for those men who are able to take advantage of the situation, the New York Times writes that that a mother's future earning goes up 7% for every month the dad is on maternity leave. And while a father's parenting competency will forever be in question it seems, for those SAHDs who defy this misperception, they're still pariahs at the mommy-and-me groups.
The solution according to Klotz would be that of balance. In her opinion:
"The best-case scenario for men and women might be if the career success of one partner were not based on the stay-at-home withdrawal of another; if laws allowed a more egalitarian workplace that favored a work-life balance…"
This seems logical assuming both men and women could accept the idea of a little give and take, starting with Klotz herself who, although accepting of the idea having a SAHD, also confesses her misgivings.
"Would I worry about my partner's trustworthiness, in a reversal of men's anxieties about mailmen and visiting plumbers? How would I cope with the pressures of having to earn enough to feed a household?"
Bottom line, and this goes for both moms and dads, whether working or staying at home—you can't have it both ways. In the meantime, why can't everybody just focus on the real priority here—the kids.
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Ron Mattocks is a father of five (3 sons, 2 stepdaughters) and author of the book, Sugar Milk: What One Dad Drinks When He Can't Afford Vodka. He blogs at Clark Kent's Lunchbox, and lives in Houston with his wife, Ashley, who eternally mocks his fervor for Coldplay.
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This webinar provides linkage between CAPA and the complaint file. It focuses on risk assessment and impact assessment as tools for linkage between complaint handling and the CAPA life cycle.
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Complaint file management is the most sited element by FDA Inspectors. The problems are compounded by the confusion in the industry about leakage between the CAPA system and the complaint system. This webinar establishes the linkage between CAPA, risk assessment, impact assessment to the complaint file.
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Not all regions are created equal.
Try as it might, the NCAA men's basketball selection committee faces an impossible task of balancing out all four regions of the tournament field into equal quadrants. Some teams might get overseeded or underseeded for whatever reason, while the potential matchups facing one top seed might appear to be a cakewalk next to the death sentence given to another.
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While I was at work my oldest fed our 3 hatchlings. She put in one of our big turtle's feeder fish to hang out as well. Her thinking was it was as big as them and they are so tiny they wouldn't eat it. Wrong!! I just watched the feeding time video and OMG they picked at that poor fish mercilessly! And I saw aggression between 2 of them. That part concerns me but no injuries were had. Will I need to individually feed them? One was holding back from the other two and only stepped in for a few nibbles when the others weren't "on the fish". I know hatchlings are carnivorous but thought they only would attack much smaller prey. Lesson learned there! So we feed live anyways to the adults we have but have seen no aggression. I thought I read stinkpots can be aggressive to eachother especially males. Does this mean these two are males or just normal hatchling bad manners?
hatchling stinkpots eat live fish? agression problem?
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Posted 28 July 2012 - 12:27 AM
Sounds normal... feeding frenzy, no holds bared. They will attack their prey, especially when it's moving around, they get excited. When I had two small musks in the same tank, razorback and a stinkpot, I would feed them in their living tank at each end. Worked out fine come feeding time. Yes, they can get a little aggressive come feeding time. Just keep an eye on them.
Posted 01 August 2012 - 05:48 AM
mom, they werent intially attacking each other. just a couple toes in the wrong at the wrong time, n i think their eyesight isn't the best. there was an injury but there was no blood. my baby, blastoise lost a middle claw one his right front leg, but it doesnt affect blastoise in anyway. i do wonder though if it will grow back. they do seem like they are all best buds
Posted 06 November 2012 - 02:53 PM
starting feeding them in separate containers if its an issue.
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Latest update September 25th, 2016 12:55 AM
By Latoya Giles
The Robb Street business community was left in shock and disbelief after the owner of Rachpaul's Drug Store, was found murdered in his home early yesterday morning.
The bound and gagged body of 84-year-old Harold Rachpaul, of 75 Robb Street, was discovered next to his bed by his son and grandson, just around 08:00hrs yesterday.
This newspaper was told that Rachpaul lived in the top flat of the three-storey property. A pharmacy was housed in the lower flat and a Chinese restaurant above that.
Sources close to the investigation have stated that the pharmacy which is located at the front of the building was ransacked and a quantity of phone cards, cash and other items were missing.
When Kaieteur News arrived at the scene yesterday morning curious onlookers and family members were at the front of the building. They all expressed shock and mostly questioned why anyone would want to hurt the octogenarian who was well known in the Robb Street area.
Kaieteur News was told that the dead man's son, Leonard, and his grandson came yesterday to open the premises, as was customary.
This newspaper was told that the two men were talking with a male individual and were heading to the back door, which they surprisingly found open. The two then went inside and made the gruesome discovery. Loud screams were heard from the building and this caught the attention of persons in the area.
Rachpaul, according to relatives, was wrapped in a bed sheet. The cloth was tightly around his head, and his hands and feet were bound with an electrical iron cord. His face had marks of violence.
According to relatives, a vault was open and a quantity phone cards and an undisclosed sum of cash were missing.
Police sources stated that the elderly man might have known his killers since there was no apparent breakage.
Roger Phillips, the dead man's son in law, told reporters that he was contacted sometime around 09:00hrs and told about the incident. He immediately rushed to the scene. Phillips confirmed that the entire place was ransacked and there were no signs of forced entry.
Meanwhile, a nearby resident, under anonymity, stated that the man would usually be up at 06:00hrs tending to his dogs. The resident did not recall hearing or seeing anything amiss.
The body was taken to the Lyken Funeral Home where a post mortem examination will be performed on Monday.
Rachpaul leaves to mourn his wife, who is presently overseas, five sons, a daughter and a number of grand children.
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We frequently get emails and phone calls from customers who want to use the wall outlet to control their Chilipepper pumps. The Chilipepper ships with a 6 foot two-wire control cable and a push button to connect to it.
In normal operation the control wire is connected to one or more buttons wired in parallel, or to a UM506 X10 remote receiver for remote operation. It can also be wired to both. Turning the power to the Chilipepper on and off with the wall outlet has no affect on and won't start the Chilipepper.
However, there is a way to control the Chilipepper with the 110 volt power. When the Chilipepper starts up the software program in the microcontroller chip initializes and then begins immediately to run the program. The program first looks for a "button press", and when it sees it begins looking for a "button release". Only when it sees that the button has been released does it begin pumping water.
By placing a 200 uf capacitor across the control wires the Chilipepper will turn on when the power is turned on. What happens is when the software in the controller chip looks for a "button press" it sees what it thinks is a contacts closed situation when it's really the capacitor acting like a short circuit. The capacitor charges up to 5 volts through a pull up resistor in the button circuit. Once the capacitor reaches about 2 volts the input to the microcontroller no longer looks like a short circuit and the software detects a button release condition, and starts the Chilipepper.
You can still connect buttons and a remote receiver to it and they will work fine as long as the power is on to the Chilipepper. If your power goes out in a storm when it comes back on your Chilipepper will cycle.
Customers that want to use a light switch to control the Chilipepper will have to leave the switch in the on position… the Chilipepper needs 110 volts to run. They will simply need to switch it off and then back on when they want to use it again.
You need to find a 200 uf capacitor with a 12 volt or higher voltage rating. Since it will most likely be an electrolytic capacitor and thus polarized, you will need to connect it to the Chilipepper with the correct polarity. The capacitors are typically marked with the polarity showing a minus or plus sign or both next to the leads.
You will need a volt meter to determine which wires are + and – coming from the Chilipepper. Connect the voltmeter to the two wires. If the reading is + 5 volts then the red lead from the voltmeter is connected to the + wire. If the reading is -5 volts then the black lead is connected to the + wire.
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Tom Pelphrey (born July 28, 1982) is an American actor.
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Born in Howell, New Jersey, Pelphrey graduated from Howell High School in 2000, and from Rutgers University (Mason Gross School of the Arts) in 2004 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.[1]
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Pelphrey's most notable role has been the role of Jonathan Randall, the son of Reva Shayne and her late former husband, Richard Winslow, on the CBS soap opera Guiding Light. He joined the cast in September 2004 and received critical acclaim for his portrayal of anti-hero Jonathan.
He was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Younger Actor" in 2005 and won the award the following year in April 2006. He received a third consecutive nomination in the same category in 2007 but lost to Bryton McClure. Pelphrey won his second Daytime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Younger Actor" in 2008.
His character's popular romantic relationship with Tammy Layne Winslow (Stephanie Gatschet) was the subject of great controversy, as the characters were first cousins and siblings by adoption. Jonathan got drunk and got Lizzie Spaulding pregnant. Tammy promised Jonathan to help take care of the child. The baby was named "Sarah" after her great-grandmother Sarah Shayne. Alan Spaulding, the baby's great-grandfather, put a hit on Jonathan's head which led to Tammy pushing Jonathan out of the way and dying. Jonathan faked his and Sarah's death to escaped from Alan Spaulding. In 2007, Jonathan made a guest appearance. In August 2009, Jeffery O'Neil, who had been chasing Edmund, passed out in Jonathan's yard and that marked Jonathan's return to the show. After he and Jeffrey chased Edmund, he eventually returned home to Springfield along with Sarah to reconcile with his mother and let Lizzie see her daughter, with custody papers for shared custody. On September 18, 2009, Guiding Light ended after over 70 years of broadcasts.
As the World Turns[edit]
Tom signed a contract to play "Mick" on As the World Turns beginning in October 2009.[2] His run ended in February 2010 when his character was sent to prison for his misdeeds. Pelphrey earned an Emmy prenomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Mick Dante.
Primetime television[edit]
On March 30, 2007, he appeared in an episode of Numb3rs, "Pandora's Box". [1] On October 17, 2008 he appeared in an episode of "Ghost Whisperer". Appeared in one episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in 2009. In 2015 Pelphrey landed the recurring role of Kurt Bunker, a former neo-nazi trying to reintegrate into society, on Cinemax's action drama Banshee. To prepare for this role he started lifting weights and did research by reading books on the neo-nazi movement in America.[3]
From September 6, 2007 to September 30, 2007, Pelphrey performed in Kevin Mandel's A New Television Arrives Finally as the title character, at Theatre 54, in New York. Pelphrey starred in In God's Hat at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater, in New York City, through August 7, 2010.[4] He's currently starting in the musical drama End of the Rainbow as Mickey Deans.[5]
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|The Burg
|Douche Bag Dave
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|CSI: Miami
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|Ghost Whisperer
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See also[edit]
- ^ Meet Tom Pelphrey: Kristen Hamill chats with the Mason Gross graduate, who now can be seen on The Guiding Light, The Daily Targum, October 5, 2004
- ^ Potter, Courtney (September 1, 2009). "Tom Pelphrey to Join "As The World Turns"". SoapNet. Retrieved 19 September 2009.
- ^ "Interview with Tom Pelphrey on Banshee". myFanbase. March 26, 2015.
- ^ Jaworowski, Ken (July 26, 2010). "Richard Taylor's Vision From the Gates of Jail". The New York Times.
- ^ "End of the Rainbow". Official Site.


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Report: Sony Xperia Z to launch on January 15th, beating out next Apple iPhone and Samsung Galaxy S IV
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Speculation from Chinese website ePrice says that the Sony Xperia Z, formerly known as the Sony Yuga, will be launched on January 15th which is exactly one week after the start of CES 2013 where the phone will be introduced; the device is one of Sony's flagship models and will be out before the next Samsung and Apple high-end handsets hit the market...
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20. networkdood (Posts: 6330; Member since: 31 Mar 2010)
ok, so 'what' exactly about this phone will make me want to buy it?
21. Berzerk000 (Posts: 4275; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
Mainly, the camera. Sony is known for having some of the best cameras. That and with a 1080p display with their own Bravia engine, the best processor out right now, and their amazing build quality, it seems to be a pretty great package.
33. PhoneArenaUser (Posts: 5498; Member since: 05 Aug 2011)
One Source says that color reproduction is perfect for all multimedia applications that use Sony Bravia Engine, in all other applications the picture is much worse. Reflections backlight perfectly visible in the black areas of pictures and it's annoying. Viewing angles are small, because the fall colors, and the reverse side of Bravia Engine.
39. rgxVOiD (Posts: 440; Member since: 30 Aug 2012)
Also Dragontrail glass
45. kobainez (Posts: 429; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
That is prototype model of yuga. The final version has better viewing angle and greater colour reproduction
48. PhoneArenaUser (Posts: 5498; Member since: 05 Aug 2011)
I hope so. :)
51. networkdood (Posts: 6330; Member since: 31 Mar 2010)
ok, cool, thanks ...
69. Pedro0x (Posts: 271; Member since: 19 Oct 2012)
Yeah Apple is using Sony:s camera sensor and has better pictures than Sony:s phones because Apple software tweaks it, which Sony either doesn´t or does badly. The display Sony uses is much worse than IPS LCD or a good OLED. Processor is good but GPU is not so good, adreno 320 is good on 720p display but it doesn´t handle 1080p so good. The build quality is very good that I admit.
89. romeo1 (Posts: 718; Member since: 06 Jan 2012)
You are wrong about the camera the only thing sony doesn't tweak good is the auto mode in the daylight.
The sony xperia S and T have better cameras than the iphone 5 even the arc does a better job if you have the settings right.
90. romeo1 (Posts: 718; Member since: 06 Jan 2012)
and also the display of the sony xperia s and t are better than the all the oleds around (the ips i haven't seen) only problem with the screen is the viewing angles.
But i don't think there are allot of people who look at a video from the side?
93. InspectorGadget80 (unregistered)
BECAUSE it's 5" SCREEN with FULL 1080P. unlike youre tiny iPhone
22. Dacha (Posts: 12; Member since: 29 Oct 2012)
Wrong translation by PhoneArena once again. The original article states a January 15th announcement not release date.
23. ryq24 (Posts: 724; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
announcing it is one thing , when it will be available in the market is another. so far, history shows sony is not very good in this department.
25. PapaSmurf (Posts: 10456; Member since: 14 May 2012)
I'm not a fan of Sony's UI, but the specs of the phone is a force to be reckoned with.
70. Pedro0x (Posts: 271; Member since: 19 Oct 2012)
It is almost same specs as Droid DNA, but Sony should have better camera and DNA much better screen.
76. Insignificant (Posts: 192; Member since: 22 Sep 2012)
Sorry, you're crazy. Bravia Engine 2 and Sony actually using their best screens = rip competition.
27. reyenrique (Posts: 99; Member since: 07 Oct 2012)
l like the sound of it an more android phone on the market good for Sony!!! ^-^
30. oister85 (Posts: 493; Member since: 27 Apr 2012)
Man I'm exited for sony hopefully I can get this phone for upgrade
37. mrdamian0708 (Posts: 4; Member since: 06 Aug 2012)
The specs are nice, but this is where Sony and every other OEM starts to slide down, the outdated android OS that's said to be on it out of the box.
57. bipinm (Posts: 124; Member since: 07 Oct 2012)
4.2 out of the box...
38. mrdamian0708 (Posts: 4; Member since: 06 Aug 2012)
The specs are nice but this is where Sony and every other OEM starts to go downhill, the outdated android OS.
41. datsyuk (Posts: 179; Member since: 11 Jan 2012)
Looks like an awesome phone but that A15 CPU coming in the S4 will be well worth it.
44. kobainez (Posts: 429; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
15th is nt the launch date PA, its the press conference for the phone! *facepalm*
58. bipinm (Posts: 124; Member since: 07 Oct 2012)
u r right...just a press conference...PA should get their facts right....
52. a961009 (Posts: 120; Member since: 04 Aug 2011)
Always Sony's UI looks so ugly. Even worse than Samsung Touchwiz
59. SonyXperiaNexus (Posts: 374; Member since: 01 Oct 2012)
r u blind??
62. zazori08 (Posts: 113; Member since: 21 Dec 2011)
i like sonys minimalist approach on the ui unlike samsungs touchwiz which i feel like burning in my eyes especially on their 2.3 UI.
96. gazmatic (Posts: 795; Member since: 06 Sep 2012)
53. black_lance (Posts: 1; Member since: 30 Dec 2012)
Why can't all those OEM bring something completely new, instead just improving the hardware. There is no notable feature to push me to buy this flagship phones. sony and samsung talked about flexible displays for years, why we are not able to get hands on those technologies still ?. It is almost 2013. I will say this is to all OEM: don't stagnate, it's boring.
66. darac (Posts: 2156; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
Best phone on Earth right now !!
72. Ratheesh143 (Posts: 14; Member since: 21 Dec 2012)
73. masterchina (Posts: 55; Member since: 27 Sep 2011)
I used to really like Sony products, when I was in the 7th grade!
78. Jyakotu (Posts: 844; Member since: 12 Dec 2008)
When I start going the unlocked phone + prepaid SIM card route, I will definitely have Sony as my #1 choice. I love thier UI and their designs are perfect. And while their colors aren't as vibrant as the Nokia Lumia series of phones, I like that they at least try to make different colors for their phones.
81. InspectorGadget80 (unregistered)
BEST NEWS I HEAR ALL YEAR. Can't wait for CES!!!!
86. phonemirer (Posts: 111; Member since: 07 Dec 2012)
sorry people, but probably no 2013 phone can beat the nokia 808 in camera, remember that phones are still stuck on the moar mpx phase, lenses are very important.
Anyway, most of the times, nature > tech
The human eye has 250 mpx and better autofocus better than any camera, nuff said
91. romeo1 (Posts: 718; Member since: 06 Jan 2012)
The mp race is over if you did'nt know they already made 20mp+ phones.
But sony is improving the sensors at the moment the exmor r was already a big improvement and now it is the stacked exmor rs sensor in this beast.
And probably also an glass lens as they would make it out of glass and alluminium
95. gazmatic (Posts: 795; Member since: 06 Sep 2012)
this sony is setting up to be real decent.... amma by it....
my first xperia phone ('v')
98. rcwfox2002 (Posts: 41; Member since: 20 Dec 2011)
Anyone have any guess on the carrier. I'm hoping Verizon but it seems by the name and bands it's going to T-mobile or AT&T :(
99. jameshoe (unregistered)
nothing difference to htc droid dna


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TLDR: If your guest OS will run on KVM hypervisors, it will run in oVirt. oVirt is simply a pretty web console to manage KVM hypervisors, storage and hosts.

On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 9:10 AM, Jason Brown <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:

It's been a while since I looked at it, and it looks like it is still very very RedHat world specific, lots of calls for developers to make it run on Debian/Ubuntu etc. Even the guest extensions only seem to work on RedHat based guests. If I am reading that incorrectly let me know. It looks nice if it actually supports other operating systems.

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You really need to check out oVirt:

http://www.ovirt.org/Home

Its the upstream for Red Hat's RHEV product and its pretty awesome. It has a really nice web console to manage your environment, and you can run the console and hosts all one one machine. Plus, it uses KVM as the hypervisor.

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All,

I'm toying with the idea of buying a heavy duty PC or server as cheaply as possible, and using a hypervisor to run about 2-3 VM's on it. I've looked at ESXi, but can't really find a management tool that doesn't cost money. Of course, KVM or any other *nix based solutions are viable here. However, I want something that's easy to set up, and flexible, so I can constantly remove images and add new ones whenever I want to play with a new OS.

Any recommendations? Also, any hardware recommendations?

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FIRST THINGS also wrote favorably about—and quoted extensively from—Bishop Chartes' nuptial sermon. I know a number of people, including Catholics, who thought little of the event. Perhaps as a Catholic convert from Anglicanism I come by my interest honestly. Still, as I often replied to critics, I can see no harm coming from hundreds of millions of people across the planet watching a man and a woman united in holy matrimony "in the Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost." So many in America and the English-speaking world are now unchurched that at least the spectacle might raise questions in their minds. Perhaps even aspirations.
Bishop Chartes does sound like a potential candidate for the Our Lady of Walsingham Ordinariate for English Anglicans who wish to become Catholics. He wouldn't be the first bishop.


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the regions of the surface and atmosphere of the Earth (or other planet) where living organisms exist
to establish a colony or colonies in; live after things that come in and area to eat after an eruption
Cottage Industry
Manufacturing based in homes rather than in a factory, commonly found before the Industrial Revolution.
a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
Emission Reduction
cutting down on the amount of harmful substances being released into the atmosphere
The trend toward increased cultural and economic connectedness between people, businesses, and organizations throughout the world.
the basic support systems needed to keep an economy going, including power, communications, transportation, water, sanitation, and education systems
an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator and measure the distance north or south.(Longitude)an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles
an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority ( Single ruler, as a king)
A seasonal wind that blows across South Asia bringing dry weather in the winter and heavy rains in the summer
removes work from one company and sends it to another company that can complete it at a lower cost
a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate


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A large clam-like shellfish that is pretty much illegal to harvest unless you are granted special permissions from the government. The hard-working folks that harvest these fine creatures and called "Geoduckers". They live hard and fast lives in the geoducking culture. Every day they make around $5000.00 holding their breath and diving to the bottom of the sea to grab the geoducks. Geoduck poachers can make up to $2 million every 2.5 years.
I'm a geoducker and I make over $5000.00 per day...Hey guys, come back. Was it something I said?
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Innuendo used for male genitalia. Commonly used by Evergreen grads in the Pacific Northwest.
Is it low tide? 'Cause your geoduck is squirting already.
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Pre-Op Transexual. Name taken from a seawater clam with a very large, Ahem, tongue - native to the coasts of the Ring of fire, but mostly along Northwestern United States and Canada. Pokes fun at deleted scene from the movie "Sparticus," where the Caesar asks the slave boy in the bath "Is it wrong to like both snails and oysters?"
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A sexual act. Geoducking a girl is when you bang a girl in the ass. Just before you jizz, you pull out untill just the tip of your head is in. right after you jizz pull out and punch her right above her crack, making her ass tighten up and shoot the jizz out, just like a Geoduck.
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Scope base for Dan Wesson model 15?
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June 26, 2008, 11:49 PM
I have a handgun scope mounted on my Dan Wesson with rimfire rings on the vent rib, using electrical tape as a buffer. But I want to mount it right. Brownell's or Midway have anything? Anyone else?
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June 27, 2008, 08:59 AM
B Square use to make a mount that clamped to the vent rib (barrel shroud) on Dan Wessons. It has been out of prouduction for a couple of years, but they occasionaly come up for sale on the Dan Wesson Forum and E bay.
The only other way your going to do it right is to have the top strap or rib drilled and tapped for a base.
June 27, 2008, 09:19 AM
I agree with rklessdriver. Here is a mount from Jack Weigand but requires drilling and tapping. I have also been told that B-Square is producing the Dan Wesson mount again. The mounts on B-Square's site are pricy though.
I believe the newer shrouds come drilled and tapped already at least on the 445 (which is now discountinued).
Looks like you can get the b-square mount from SWFA for less:
You might want to visit the Dan Wesson Forum (http://www.danwessonforum.com)for more info as well.
June 27, 2008, 11:54 AM
This is not a quicky bolt-on solution, but one I preferred to what was available commercially. Bought an extra barrel shroud, had the rib milled down to accept Warne quick release rings and bases. The bases are no higher than the original rib, so scope can be removed quickly for use of open sights.
July 28, 2008, 02:59 PM
Do you remember which Warne base you used? Very nice solution!
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Rock concerts, open bars, and, at one party, small glasses with free cigarettes welcomed Republicans to Tampa last month.
In Charlotte, Democrats at an event sponsored by the Distilled Spirits Council downed free shots of vodka and tequila, delivered straight from bottle to mouth via a luge carved from ice.
This was a side of the national party political conventions the viewers at home generally didn't see.
In prime time, Mitt Romney railed against Democratic government excess, while President Obama and his cohort criticized the Republican's business interests.
But when the cameras were off, party delegates and political elite from both sides of the aisle geared up for an unending array of breakfast buffets and late-night soirees - all paid for by corporations and political interest groups.


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Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bargnesi of Depew celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a party in Joseph's Country Manor & Grove, Depew. Mr. Bargnesi and Nina Aliberti were married Sept. 29, 1962, in Annunciation Catholic Church, Buffalo. He is a retired printer for Arcata Graphics. They have three children and 12 grandchildren.


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We have plenty of parking and its free.
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As the grand opening of its new headquarters building quickly approaches, Blue Ridge Community and Technical College anticipates the upcoming move. After relocating to Martinsburg in 2001, becoming an independently accredited College in 2005, and achieving 10-year accreditation from the Higher Learning Commission in 2009, Blue Ridge Community and Technical College has long awaited the opportunity to occupy a new building.
The beautiful new campus, located off Apple Harvest Drive, past the Commons Center, will open in August. The 55,000-square-foot building replaces the current main campus, located in the Dunn Building on Stephen Street, and offers 18 classrooms, additional parking and an on-campus servery to the student body.
For Blue Ridge Community and Technical College, the start of the fall semester is highlighted by the anxiously awaited move into the new main campus, but this will not be the only new addition to Blue Ridge CTC. The 2012-2013 academic year is a time of redefinition for the college. On the top of the list, another exciting change introduced to the Blue Ridge community with the launch of a new, redesigned website. The new site provides information about the college and its academic programs, and is user-friendly for all audiences.
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The Blue Ridge Community and Technical College 46 acre campus near The Commons Shopping Center in Martinsburg.
Accommodating student needs is important, and as technology continues to find innovative ways to assist the Blue Ridge community, administration is maintaining the endeavor to counter these services. A customized smartphone application that links directly to the Blue Ridge home page is launching this fall. Current and prospective students have instant access to campus events and deadlines, and even have notifications about closures or delays pushed directly to a smartphone. As technology continues to advance, Blue Ridge CTC has also recognized the need for this type of modernization.
Prospective and current students are excited by two other types of technology that assist students to maintain progress in academic programs. Degree Works is a program introduced as a statewide initiative to assists students in completing academic programs. The comprehensive system allows students to perform instant degree evaluations and receive feedback about types of courses to take and the number of class remaining before degree completion. This system promotes degree program awareness and assist students in a proactive approach in pursuing a college degree. In correlation with the Degree Works program, students also have access to a new online course catalog called Acalog.
This interactive software keeps students up-to-date on program changes and allows prospective students to have immediate access to the most accurate information about all of the degree and certificate programs offered at Blue Ridge CTC. These programs assist both current and prospective students in identifying a degree or certificate program that aligns with their goals.
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Standardized Tests: Recouping Development Costs and Preserving Integrity
Thomas G. Field Jr.
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January 21, 2012
Psychometric tests are designed to measure knowledge and a variety of psychological attributes. To be useful, they must be validated, sometimes at great expense. Developers often seek to recoup costs by controlling reproduction. Often, too, developers seek to avoid validity-defeating publication.
Thus far, both ends have been served by copyright law despite a variety of challenges, including ones occasionally based on subject matter. No one, however, seems to have claimed that copyright law is ill suited to control the reproduction of text designed to produce or collect rather than disseminate information.
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Block parties start Thursday outside Sluggers
Petula Clark celebrated it. Neil Young wrote not one but two songs about it. Lady Antebellum took it to No. 1 in April.
It's downtown, the heart of the city, where you work by day and party at night -- especially during Erie Downtown Partnership-sponsored block parties.
The 2013 onslaught of block-busting fun kicks off tonight with Lucky Dog, followed by Thirst 'n' Howl, outside Sluggers Sports Bar on East 10th Street between State and French streets. DJ Bill Page will spin music between bands.
"We're looking forward to the block party, that's for sure," said Mike Dvorak, lead singer of Thirst 'n' Howl. "We've got all kinds of plans going on for it."
He'll arm himself with a T-shirt cannon, firing gifts into the crowd. Look for concert smoke to roll off the stage. Expect lots of classic rock, especially, but maybe a dollop of pop, country and funk, too.
"Little something for everybody," Dvorak said. "Anything that gets people grooving and (ready) to dance."
They usually start with a dare: Lenny Kravitz's "Are You Gonna Go My Way?" Crowds inevitably do; Thirst 'n' Howl knows how to entertain. With block parties, every band kicks it up a notch to satisfy fans who spill out of work, ready to cut loose and celebrate TGIF Eve.
"It's just a huge party. It's more social, I guess," said Kayti Stadler, lead singer of Lucky Dog, which plays tonight and at Wednesday's UPMC Sunset Music Series. "We did (a block party) last year, and everyone is in conversation and enjoying the music. It's really about the party. People just got done with work; they're looking to unwind and drink."
Block parties are also about bundling: Neighboring businesses get involved. Sluggers is tonight's sponsor, but Franco's Cafe, located at 10th and State, will sell soft pretzels. Three of Erie's four professional sports teams will also take part: Otters (shoot a puck), BayHawks (shoot hoops) and Explosion (toss a football). With a home game today, the SeaWolves can't join in but will host a block party later.
Proceeds from today's games, carnival-style foods and sales of exclusive T-shirts created for the event will go to Make-A-Wish. Each block party benefits a different local charity; the 2012 parties raised more than $25,000 from assorted activities.
"We love being a part of this," said Jan Stork, the regional director of Make-A-Wish, which will sell beads tonight. "To me, one of the best things about the block parties is they invite charities to be a part of it. So it's no longer just a party atmosphere. You're doing good, as well."
Make-a-Wish raised about $1,200 in 2012; it costs, on average, about $3,900 to fulfill one wish.
"We're hoping to (raise) much more this year with all the partners working together -- Sluggers, Jekyll & Hyde, Franco's, Sassy Peacock and the sports teams," Stork said.
For the first time, block partygoers (and even those who can't attend) can help by texting, which is something they usually do, anyhow. To make a $5 donation, text WISH to 27722 during tonight's party. (The charges will appear on your next wireless bill or be deducted from a prepaid balance; you must be 18 or older.)
Sluggers general manager Dave Hughes is glad that block parties serve a greater purpose.
"Above all, it's about the cause. It's a great way to raise money for local charities, and all the money raised stays local," Hughes said. "It's a great way to get people together having fun and still support a good cause."
John Buchna, the CEO of the Erie Downtown Partnership, said the group, bands and many host bars are embracing social media -- including Twitter -- to remind fans about each week's charity and how people can help.
"We consider that part of our role in making Erie a better place," Buchna said.
The group will also encourage visitors to post photos, comments and upload videos of themselves having fun at block parties to Facebook (www.facebook.com/ErieDowntownPartnership) and Twitter (#eridtnblockparty).
"We want people to see downtown for all it has to offer -- beautiful arts and architecture, great shops and establishments," Buchna said.
He's also excited about the 2013 lineup, which includes a mix of newer bands (I-90s, Refuge, Five Second High, French Kiss) and staples (Geek Army, Money Shot, M-80s, Taylor Maid, Earthquakers).
"I think each of the host institutions really put some thought into pairing these bands correctly," Buchna said. "We have some returning bands, some new bands. Erie has so much talent. We have a cool mix of bands."
And any one of them, at any time, could play a version of "Downtown" that suits them best.


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My Dad Is Dead's Mark Edwards returns with Secular Joy
One of the more interesting trends in today's indie music world is the way aging artists have stayed with us.
North Carolina knows this better than most places with 90s indie greats Archers of Loaf and Superchunk embarking on tours, stacking up reissues and showing up on late-night talk shows. But, as they'll tell you, these bands never officially said farewell.
That's not so for My Dad Is Dead. The influential Chapel Hill-via-Cleveland group split up last year after more than 25 years and 12 LPs.
Frontman and guitarist Mark Edwards hasn't wasted any time getting back in the game though; Made for Better Things is the first album by his new band Secular Joy. It's available to download and stream right now on Bandcamp with an official release to follow in February via Chapel HIll's Unhinged Records.
Featuring MDID's Billy Buckley on bass, Secular Joy isn't far removed from Edwards' previous work. This is still slacker rock in the vein of R.E.M. with Edwards dry warble expressing sarcastic detachment and world-weary insecurity with impressive feeling. The guitars here are stacked a little heavier than with MDID, reveling in big walls of sound instead of tense, wiry guitar tangles. In all, it's different enough to be interesting without drifting so far as to to alienate fans of Edwards' old band. — Jordan Lawrence


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Want to take part in an amazing Lomographic experiment? On March 23rd, we will be creating a Photo Caterpillar at Lomography Gallery Stores worldwide. Not sure what a Photo Caterpillar is? Slide your way past the jump to get the full details and see an example!
Ladies and gentleman, on March 23rd 2013, history will happen. We are planning a mega-fun and monumentally long analogue Photo Caterpillar! For those of you who don't know what a Photo Caterpillar is, the idea is simple:
1. We all stand in a loooooooooooooong line and shoot photos of each other with analogue cameras
2. The photos are then edited together to form a stop-motion animation.
We did an awesome Photo Caterpillar back in 2010 in London (check out the video below), but to celebrate our new Analogue Day campaign, we would like to take the idea global! We will be having a Photo Caterpillar shoot at every store worldwide on March 23rd. We'd love for you to come down to your local store and help make the video; it's sure to be a ton of fun! Once we have done the photo-soot at each store, the scans will be edited into a video showing all the people who took part across the globe. Let's show the world how many dedicated analogue photographers there are!
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but I have NEVER met a republican that I could stand..
whats better is when a white girl says u r better than her white husband, black is on.
That is why all demorats are black
well, since you don't like white people or republicans then you will have enough respect for yourself to not take any government handouts from those same people. Remember, no aid at all!
Now carry on and enjoy your life.
how about since you and your other WHITE republican snobby friends were sooooo against the stimulus then you relinquish the tax cuts you received that were apart of the stimulus and use it to pay down the deficit! doesn't that make SENSE?????
I swear I HATE all you hypocritical racist clowns, every.last.one.of.you
That's because you are a racist! racist pig!
would it be fair to say that i want to like black people, except they are all dem's and i can't stand dem's??? of course not!
you and racist like you are the plague of all mankind!!!
not your skin color. martin told you differently, but you never wanted to hear about equality.
you love being a racist. you're entire identity is built around your racism. your family are racists. your friends are racist.
not all non whites are racist, but you sure are!!!
just another evil racist! be sure and say hello to your racist brothers, the skin heads!....the nazi's....the taliban!!!
if pigs could only learn to hate, you would be pig scat!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MLK was a pushover, Malcom X is a real Hero!! if whitey slapped MLK he would turn the other cheek, if whitey slapped Malcom X he would black his eye!
I like black people. If we did not have them, it would be hard to find someone to blame.
I wanna like white people too, even Obama, you wouldn't know that hes 1/2 white if you listen to him or the media.
The gravy train is over in Nov. but people like you will still keep playing your tired race card. You're so stupid that you don't realize how ridiculous you sound every time you use your old, tired race card! You'll never advance as long as you hold on to that.
i'm "advancing" just fine buddy, I'm a young black male making 50k a year and have no kids, pay mortgage, and have a credit score of 785. I will continue to call racists racist, you assault Obama on the wrong things, calling him a kenyan, a muslim, even though he was born in hawaii and is a christian. you and all your other white republican friends can kiss my black a..s..s! you call him a socialist that wants to pay back whitey? how is that possible when nearly all of his advisers are WHITE that come up with all the policies!!!! you are now all concerned about the deficit, but when Bush was hammering the deficit you were quiet as a mouse. this is why I can't stand white republicans! every one of the disgust me. then all you do is talk about how you want America back, but America doesn't even belong to whites, YOU STOLE IT! just like bernie madoof and all the other crooks on wall st are 99% WHITE that steal billions of dollars. but all you see on the news is young blacks who are arrested for stealing lunch money. LOL
get off this board and pick up my trash kunta.
do you know whay negro's smell??? so blind people can hate them too!
True dat, my Nigga!