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# >> Bleh
clearly gran turismo looks so much better with much more detail....u couldnt even compare the foliage in GT to Forza, Forza was basically flat, while GT was lush like Oblivion!!
As A conclusion "hold your horses" xbots, nothing to cheer about...
# Re: Hellraiser (unregistered) -2007-05-18
>> you should hate yourself
Gran Turismo HD is nothing more than a tech demo. It is not close to a complete game and does not have to handle much onscreen at once. Do you want to play a game with great graphics that is nothing but time trials? Forza will improve, Gran Turismo will get worse as features are added which will tax system resources and comprimises are made. The resolution and framerate will drop when more cars are added, guaranteed. Besides, Gran Turismo will not come out for over a year if they even decide to finish it, and by that time better racing games will be available on the 360.
Why are the only graphically impressive PS3 games so far horribly incomplete?
# Re: TheOne9889 (unregistered) 2007-05-18
WOW your such a *****ing retard you know that Hellraiser? you really think that the 360 will ever be able to match the ps3's power? it wont there will be an ever gayer version of the 360 called ULTIMATE which will have a even bigger hard drive but nothing every worth it. i hope youve learned from the elite. they said you dont need hdmi or big hard drive but guess what all of a sudden their gettin their asses kicked by hdmi and bigger hard drive of a ps3 and all of a sudden their all like "were stupid lets just make our customers pay more for stuff they deserve"
I have played video games since the beginning of its revolution in the entertainment industry. As well as owning nearly every system that ever came out on the market. This has made me question a certain group of people, Fan Boys. I don't need to give a definition due to the fact that on some level we all deal with them nearly every day in some way shape or form. I posted this little quote from a random website to demonstrate the idiocy of these people and their abilities of hardly using proper language without calling one another names. I don't know what causes a fan boy or why they show such similarities to that of n00bs, but frankly I actually find them hilarious. Not that they can tell jokes, but just some are so ignorant, stupid and have no idea what they're talking about when it comes to anything.
I noticed in this new generation there are more fan boys than ever before. I don't really give a rats ass what side they're on, if they don't know the full spectrum of what their talking about then just STFU. Please! I'm sure most of us are familiar with the moron named Chad Warden correct? (http://youtube.com/watch?v=25LceCPO1ys&mode=related&search) This is my prime example of a fan boy and possibly one of the biggest idiots I have ever seen. The sad part is there are more people like Chad than many would suspect. These are the types of people that say the most meaningless things about their chosen system and then add a large hand full of bullshit to back it up. I was never a fan boy because I wanted to play anything as long as it was fun. I never cared what system it was for. What this generation of new gamers and fan boys must realize is that we already experienced system wars. We knew how they all turned out.
Speaking with a fan boy of the PS3 just two days ago I learned that he believed this was the first console war. I don't even know if knew what the NES, SNES, Jaguar, 3DO or even the Genesis were. It was a sad conversation because he was nowhere near cognizant of the existence of anything other than his PS3. Plus when I tried to talk to him about the technology of the PS3 but all he could muster were the words BLUE RAY IS THE ONLY FUTURE FOR GAMING. He wouldn't even give me a chance to tell him what makes the thing so interesting. Researching into compression I learned that as far as this generation goes, and the slow drive speed for the PS3, those twenty five gigs of space might never be used for gaming. If it did the load times would be atrocious. From my research, almost anything, with the proper compression, can fit comfortably on a nine gig DVD. With the same level of detail as if it wasn't compressed. But you could have one disc and carry all the special features and extras for a game, which would be nice. I guess you can offer that with blue ray.
I have researched enough to know which system is more powerful in terms of graphics, which one has a more powerful processor, and which one is developer friendly and more efficient. Im not going to talk about which system of this generation Im generalizing because Im talking about both. Plus I'm quite tired of talking to over privileged nine year olds (maturity more or less) and getting flamed for my opinions when, their only my opinions. So why do you have to freak out so much? If someone comments on this and makes a statement " Yah you're talking about the 360 because its the best or you're talking about the PS3 because its the uber system and everything else sucks," I'm just going to laugh at you as with the rest of the old school gamers due to your idiocy. What the idiot fan boys of this generation need to learn is that no matter how powerful a system is, it boils down to one thing, games. If a system has no good games it doesn't matter if its state of the art, its just a friggen overpriced brick. Take the Panasonic's 3DO for example. Great system, state of the art, used the new CD technology or what we called laser discs, could even play MP3 CD's. What was wrong with it? No friggen games. As well as costing an arm and a leg.
Building computers for a hobby has taught me a lot about numbers and how a company can screw with the masses to make them think which is more powerful. AMD CPUs vs. Intel CPUs is a prime example of this. Architecture is just as important as power. Without efficient architecture all that horse power is meaningless. My old 2.4 AMD 3700 runs three times faster than a computer my father purchased with a 2.8 Pentium 4 HT. How? Efficiency. We both had the same ram and the same GPU, and both CPUs were 754 socket. It just shows that architecture is vitally important when it comes to performance. Just like horsepower on automobiles. My van is a 350hp Chevy, yet a car with less than 200hp can easily surpass my van in a race with little effort. How is that possible since your vehicle has more hp? Its how its geared. My van might be slow but it can hall a lot of weight. Can that petite fast car haul a ton and a half trailer? I don't think so. Computer architecture is somewhat similar to this example. Granted the car is suited for racing and the van is suited for towing, each is geared for a specific thing. If a computer CPU is not suited to do something then if wont efficiently do it. The car might be able to pull that ton and a half trailer but it will put a large amount of strain on it. So is the car efficient for towing? No.
In closing I would just like to give a word of warning to those detail researchers, and old school gamers like myself about this new generation. No matter how much you know about the systems, to fan boys your words are just blowing in the wind. Even if its a compliment to the same system those fan boys support they will only hear what they want. Then they will take that info and use it to their liking then spice it up with bullshit to support their system. They are just going to have to learn the hard way like we did. Now to you fan boys that flame nearly everything about your opposing system, will you just shut up and grow up.


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The List: America's 20 Best State Parks
If national parks were "America's best idea," as Ken Burns called them, our state parks are at least a damn
If national parks were "America's best idea," as Ken Burns called them, our state parks are at least a damn good one, and a very close second place — dozens of them rival our most famous in scenery, terrain, and opportunity. Our national map is dotted with places where the landscape is so grand and wild, the word "park" seems a little tame. Unfortunately, in tough budget times, state parks are threatened more than national parks — California alone had slated 70 state parks for permanent closure, and residents there and in other states have banded together in grassroots efforts to keep parks open, with mixed success.
1. Chugach State Park, Alaska
It's the third-largest state park in the U.S., but it feels bigger, when you consider you can see snowy peaks, grizzly bears, and beluga whales in the same park. Chugach State Park includes the glaciated peaks of the Chugach Mountains visible from the city of Anchorage and extends out to the Turnagain Arm, including popular whale-watching viewpoints. LINK
2. Franconia Notch State Park, New Hampshire
It would to be hard to argue for a single spot in the White Mountains that contains more diverse awesomeness: Franconia Notch State Park is home to the biggest and baddest adventure climbing in New England, an aerial tramway for less-risky sightseeing, the New England Ski Museum, trout fishing, hiking, and one of the oldest ski resorts in North America. Until 2003, it was also home to the Old Man of the Mountain, the stone face jutting out of Cannon Cliff that became a New Hampshire icon, but, like all of us, eventually succumbed to time and fell down. LINK
3. Eldorado Canyon State Park, Colorado
Writer David Roberts named Eldo one of the three most important areas in the development of traditional rock climbing (the other two being the Gunks and Yosemite), and you don't even have to scale the 40-story-high red sandstone walls hanging above South Boulder Creek to appreciate it, with a handful of trails that get you as high as climbers who tackle the hundreds of trad routes here. LINK
4. Adirondack Park, New York
A lot of folks would put the Adirondack Park in a list of their favorite national parks — and there's nothing wrong with that, except it's not a national park. It's just big and awesome enough to be one. The park is the largest state-level protected area in the U.S., covering 6.1 million acres, almost half of which is state land, and 1 million acres of which is wilderness — and it includes the entire Adirondack mountain range. LINK
5. Baxter State Park, Maine
Home of one of the Northeast's most famous mountains, Thoreau's Katahdin, Baxter State Park is a big, wild place, wilderness preserved as a park, and the mountainous pride of the state of Maine. Its popularity has led to a parking permit system for its more heavy-use trailheads — including all the access points to climb Katahdin, Maine's highest peak, which sports the east coast's most daunting ridge hike, the Knife Edge, where the trail narrows to three feet wide for a third of a mile. LINK
6. Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California
California's biggest state park at nearly 1,000 square miles, Anza-Borrego is an enormous desert wonderland within a few hours of L.A. and San Diego. Varying from stark dry desert mountains and canyons to lush palm-tree-lined oases, the park contains more than 100 miles of trails for hikers, backpackers, and mountain bikers, 500 miles of dirt roads to be explored by bicycle or motor vehicle, and steep paved roads for road cyclists who love a challenge. LINK
6. Mount Tamalpais State Park, California
From the 2,571-foot summit of Mt. Tam all the way down to the Pacific Ocean, the terrain here serves up vertical relief, solitude, and huge views, just 20 miles from the urban cacophony of San Francisco. Mountain bikers, trail runners, and even hang gliders call Mt. Tam their playground, and San Francisco road cyclists tackle 6,000 feet of climbing on the 40-plus-mile ride from the city to the summit. LINK
7. Dead Horse Point State Park, Utah
The parking lot at Dead Horse Point State Park, 30 miles from Moab, is a few steps from arguably one of the most dramatic vistas in the desert Southwest — looking down 1,000 feet to the top of Dead Horse Mesa, which itself towers a thousand feet above the Colorado River doing a 180-degree turn and wrapping around its sandstone base. Grab a camp chair and get some thinking time in as you watch the sun set over Utah's canyonlands. LINK
8. Denali State Park, Alaska
That's right, there's also a Denali State Park, essentially right across the street from Denali National Park — but think Alaska-scale "across the street." On any given day, you have about a 50 percent chance of actually seeing Mount McKinley from anywhere nearby, because of the weather the massive peak creates. But spend a few days in Denali State Park, and you're almost guaranteed to get the best views of the Alaska Range — and have a wild experience among the grizzlies, wolves and moose that call the park home. LINK
9. Tallulah Gorge State Park, Georgia
Tallulah Gorge draws admirers as one of the most breathtaking in the southeast, a 1,000-foot gash in Tallulah Dome that drops the Tallulah River over six waterfalls in one mile. Mountain biking and hiking are popular here, as well as some serious multipitch rock climbing. But the real deal here is boating — rafting and kayaking the Tallulah when the upstream Georgia Power Company opens its dam, a few times a year. LINK
10. Devils Lake State Park, Wisconsin
Three hours from Chicago and even closer to Milwaukee and Madison, Devils Lake is the Midwest's iconic climbing spot, with a rich history and a unique no-bolts, toprope-first ethic. Oh, and legendary sandbagging. Check your ego and headpoint a couple of Devil's Lake's hundreds of routes before jumping on anything bold here — it's not tall, but it's not small in any sense. LINK
11. Indiana Dunes State Park, Indiana
Surrounded on all sides by Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore and only an hour from Chicago, this mass of soft sand blown off Lake Michigan is something of an oasis among the industrial complex here. The Indiana Dunes are one of about 35 locations in the world where you can hear "singing sand," a loud rumble caused by wind blowing over the dunes. LINK
12. Slide Rock State Park, Arizona
Arizona's Grand Canyon casts a big shadow over everything else in this state, which has a lot more to offer besides the Big Ditch. Two hours south of the crowded South Rim is this state park, home to one of the best natural waterslides in the country, where the sandstone has been washed smooth by the waters of Oak Creek, which stays cool at about 60 degrees through the hot Sedona summer. LINK
13. Stone Mountain State Park, North Carolina
Maybe not the most famous Stone Mountain in the South — the ginormous quartz dome in Georgia with three Civil War leaders carved into its face is the more-recognized — North Carolina's 600-foot granite dome brings fly-fishers who cast in 20 miles of designated trout waters surrounding it, rock climbers who inch their way up its legendary runout slab routes, hikers, and history buffs who come to see the homestead from the mid-1800s that sits at its base. LINK
14. Silver Falls State Park, Oregon
A few minutes from Salem in a low-elevation rain forest, Silver Falls State Park is Oregon's largest, no small feat in a state whose entire 363-mile coastline seems to be state beaches and park. Its Trail of Ten Falls is a designated National Scenic Trail that takes hikers and runners past 10 waterfalls in 8.7 miles — and underneath the rushing water of four of them. LINK
15. Palo Duro State Park, Texas
At 60 miles long and up to 800 feet deep, Palo Duro Canyon's nickname, "The Grand Canyon of Texas" is not boasting. The technicolor walls here make for high-desert scenery more commonly seen in southern Utah, and wall-calendar worthy in their own right. Texans might tell you the singletrack here is the best mountain biking in the state, and it's hard to argue with them. LINK
16. Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, Texas
If you want to climb (not boulder) in Texas, Enchanted Rock is your best choice, and the 650-acre pink granite dome happens to be at the center of Enchanted Rock State Park. Routes up to three pitches long line the faces of Enchanted Rock, from 5.5 to 5.11, and trails long enough for overnight backpacking surround the batholith two hours from Austin — and you can walk to the summit. LINK
17. Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park, Michigan
Porcupine Mountains State Park is big: Big Midwest mountains (more than 600 feet vertical drop), big wilderness (58,000 acres), and big snowfall (more than 15 feet per year). Nearly 100 miles of trails (and 20 miles of cross-country ski trails) wind through old-growth forest and past cliffs, waterfalls and four large lakes, including the picturesque Lake of the Clouds. LINK
18. Smith Rock State Park, Oregon
Even if you're not a rock climber, the trail to the top of Smith Rock's Misery Ridge is worth a trip here, rewarding the sturdy hiker with a view of eight Cascade volcanoes all in a row on the horizon, including the Three Sisters. If you are a climber, you're here for the volcanic welded tuff that gave rise to hundreds of climbing routes, including America's first 5.14 sport climb and the classic three-pitch Pioneer Route up the tower of Monkey Face — and pre-2011, the epic rope swing (now prohibited) from the summit. LINK
19. Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada
America's best desert scenery is often compared to Mars, and the terrain at Valley of Fire so resembles Mars that the Mars scenes of Total Recall were almost all filmed here. As aesthetic as nearby Red Rock Natural Conservation Area (but not nearly as tall), the red-and-white rock here makes for glowing sunset photos, as well as prime terrain for hiking and even some under-the-radar canyoneering. LINK
20. Custer State Park, South Dakota
The Needles Highway winds through the Tolkienesque landscape of the Black Hills' Needles, home to some old, bold climbs, many put up by Herb and Jan Conn in the '40s, '50s and '60s using a 50-foot rope and historically sparse protection. Perched on the rugged terrain that arguably marks the transition from the Midwest to the West, the 70,000-plus-acre park is home to a herd of more than 1,300 bison, pronghorn antelope, mountain goats and four lakes full of trout. LINK
Elephant Rock State Park near Taum Sauk Mountain in SE Missouri is some shockingly good granite bouldering.
You have to include John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park off of Key Largo. It is almost entirely undersea. Exploring is done by glaas bottom boat or SCUBA and snorkelling. Beautiful underwater scenery and abundant marine life. Very cool!
I agree! We went there this year and it is superb! Not sure which one but there is one in the middle of the keys that is absolutely amazing.
You missed Allegany State Park in New York, a great state park
Wyoming ? Oh wait the Fed came in and made them all National Parks before we had a chance. Grand Teton State Park has a good ring to it.
My son climbed his first state high point in Custer State Park last year. At the age of 2! Loved that place.
Hocking Hills State Park in Ohio is another favorite of ours…great hiking, waterfalls and photo ops! Leelanau State Park in northern Michigan has a very scenic lighthouse and rocky beach where you'll often find a number of small balanced rock structures.
Bahia Honda State Park in the Lower Keys is great, Best beach in the Keys with the only remaining piece of Flaggler's rail trestle. Cool, laid back spot.
I think waimea canyon state park and kokee state parks on Kauai in Hawaii are amazing! They could be added to your list as well.
Another great thing about Mt. Tam: mountain biking was pretty much invented there.
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I think that this should have been the top 50! Redwoods State Park (CA), Robert Moses State Park (NY), John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park (FL), Lewis and Clark Caverns State Park (MT), and Antelope Island State Park (UT) are surprisingly missing. If you are looking for your next state park adventure, check out Oh, Ranger! ParkFinder™ ( http://bit.ly/fdEs9g ) for iOS and Android. The free app features every federal and state park and public land in the US and more than 50,000 municipal parks, all searchable by location and activities.
Good sharing.. America is blessed with such a wonderful paradise on earth. Recently I have been to valley of fire state park which was a great experience for me along with my kids. My son is very fond of wild life. He likes small hearted cacti which he had seen at valley of fire state park. Thanks for sharing such a big list. http://www.etraveldestinations.com/ here you will find great information on some of the best places of America.
The Adirondack State Park is actually more of a state forest preserve similar to the national forests with private land as well as state owned. Within the park are over 50 state campgounds. i would recommend canoeing or kayaking in Forked Laked is in a remote lake with sites to boat in to. Also in the high peaks area, you can hike up Mt. Marcy, the highest in the state and near Lake Placid, home of the '80 Olympics.
Allegany State Park has got to be on or near the top of the list and didn't even make the top 20. I've been many of those places over the years, and none is as good as ASP…waterfalls, hiking trails, conservation experts, programs for kids and adults, swiming in two lakes, creekside campsites all over the park (fun for kids to get into the creeks and find creatures there), free movies under the stars, hootenanny sing alongs and CHEAP. Renting a cabin is less than 200 a week. Where else can you get all that kind of entertainment for such a low price? Close to the casino in Salamanca. Not too far from Niagra Falls. It's 65,000 acres and HUGE. Open all year long, winter time means winter sports with a great cross country ski course.
What about Joshua Tree Nat'l Park, CA…a climber's Mecca, astronomer's dream, and artist's/photographers blank canvas!??
It's a list of the best *state* parks.
Cloudland State Park in Georgia is beautiful.
Sorry, it's Cloudland Canyon State Park in Georgia.
Lost maples State natural Area in Texas – gorgeous hill country forest trails with rare stands of bigtooth maples, crowded in November but beautiful year round
So you totally skipped the WHOLE Washington State Parks System.
A list of the 20 best state parks that excludes both Niagra or Itasca, the countries two oldest state parks, and parks that surely would have been designated as national parks had the states not beat the feds to the punch is a flawed list IMO. Obviously this list is purely the writers opinion, but if I were making a list, i'd put a bit more effort to uncover some of the more unique jewels that are not second best to our national parks in anyway but name.
I'm really disappointed there were NO state parks listed from Pennsylvania. Cherry Springs state park is beautiful for stargazing, Presque Isle (Lake Erie) State Park ois where Pennsylvania's only beach is, and is calm, serene and beuatiful, and Rickett's Glen state park.
"National Parks were America's Best Idea" was a Wallace Stegner quote…

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My name is Helene Ragnhild Ostby. Aged 22, I hail from Providence, Rhode Island, and am travelling with my father, who runs a jewellery business.
We take a trip to Europe every year to keep abreast of the latest retail trends, sailing with White Star Line, first class. In the spring of 1912, we decided to try the much-advertised facilities in the latest addition to the fleet, RMS Titanic ....
This much I know from the replica boarding pass that is handed to me at the door of Titanic: The Artefact Exhibition, now installed at the O2 bubble in north Greenwich. Eighteen months from now, the sinking of the unsinkable hits its centenary. Earlier this year, the wreck and its five-mile field of debris, 453 miles south-east of Newfoundland, was declared an archeological site, which means it has now been scientifically mapped, and any future salvage attempts (there have been seven so far) will be subject to archeological procedure. Already there is fresh material in this show: HD video of the skeleton vessel, ghostly-green, algae-encrusted, and two-and-a-half miles under.
But what of the artefacts that distinguish this exhibition from what one can only guess will be a glut of other commemorative Titanic events over the next 18 months or so? In themselves, they are rather humdrum, and not even especially numerous. Since RMS Titanic Inc (RMST) began its forays to the wreck (not discovered until 1985), it has retrieved some 5,500 items. Of these, several hundred are on permanent display in Las Vegas (including a 15-ton chunk of the ship's shattered hull), and about 300 have made it to the O2. You have to wonder where the choicest bits ended up.
Unremarkable as most of these items are in themselves (a gentleman's pipe, a pair of pince-nez, playing cards, a toothpaste pot), they represent small miracles of survival, while so much human life perished. It is profoundly striking that the queen of spades should have retained its features (give or take a few brown stains) after 100 years in saline, while some 1,500 fully dressed corpses have disappeared without trace, crushed by pressure of water, consumed by marine bacteria and nibbled by crustaceans and fish.
What everyone knows about the Titanic is that the elite accommodation was top-notch. No surprises, then, in the room set showing a smart mahogany bed, plush draperies and en suite dining facilities. More revealing is the third-class set-up, with its neat wooden bunks, topped by carved finials in a nod to stylish living, with proper pillows and mattresses. This was a democratic first for the Titanic: lesser cruise ships offered budget passengers only straw to sleep on.
Other room sets are more potently atmospheric. There is a replica of the captain's deck, showing what he might have seen through the glass as he gazed out on that moonless, windless night (a lot of black, basically, pin-pricked with stars, whose light was patently too feeble to reveal an iceberg). There is a terrific suggestion of the boiler room, its row of glowing coal furnaces multiplied by mirrors to suggest the ship's 157, each tended by a "fireman" and a "trimmer", tasked with breaking up the coal into useable pieces. A typical lump the size of a beachball is on display (whether or not retrieved from the sea-bed is unclear).
At the other end of the temperature scale is a wall of ice, for the benefit of those who have trouble imagining such a thing, complete with imprints of hands into which visitors are encouraged to insert their own. Children will enjoy this, and the designers of this show have thoughtfully added child-height captions to the exhibits, worded with them in mind.
In the end, though, it's the intangible elements that reach out to you from that apocalyptic freezing scene in the early hours of 15 April 1912. Clutching your replica boarding pass, before departing you scan the wall-sized lists of names to discover the fate of your passenger. Miss Ostby, it transpires, survived, having been persuaded (possibly under protest) into one of the lifeboats. Her businessman father, Engelhart, did not. And here's a thing: among the survivors, crew outnumber first-class passengers. The lackeys were ordered into the boats, to steer them or simply set an example. They were in the habit of doing as they were told, it seems, and that humility served them well.
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I have an approx. 3 yr. old Nook Simple Touch that I fully charged a few days ago. Today when I tried to wake it after a time out, I got a message that the battery was too weak to start the unit and to connect it to the charger. With my reading habits not changed since the last full charge, I would normally expect a couple of weeks battery life before I got below about 15%.
I was just curious if anyone else had experienced this issue and that (hopefully) my battery has not reached the end of its useful life, and this is just a glitch that might be fixed with a reset or other prototcol. I don't think the battery should have such a short useful life (approx. 3 yrs.), and unfortunately it is past warranty coverage.
Oh, and I don't keep the Wi-Fi on at all.
If you got a Nook Simple Touch when they first launched, yours would be roughly 28 months old. However, Lithium ion batteries will live only 2-3 years even if they're on a shelf. It's entirely possible the battery is gone. I'm fairly sure you could find directions on how to replace it...if you want to try it.


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1940s music was based mostly around the big band sound, and jazz. Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Artie Shaw, The Dorsey Brothers, Dizzy Gillespie, Cab Colloway, Glenn Miller, and Bing Crosby all helped define the 40s musical era.
Every decade has its unique musical styles, the people living in the 1940s were enduring the largest war in the history of the country. World War II was taking its toll on the people in the United States and abroad, but performers kept their upbeat styles to help America take their mind off of the current events of war. Not only did they continue to make fun music, many of them took their talents to the troops to help improve their morale.
The big band sound dominated for most of the decade, although bebop emerged in the late 1940s as a style of jazz in great contrast to the music of the big bands. It featured a small group of musicians rather than the 10 or more associated with the big bands. The smaller size allowed more solo opportunities for the players. The music itself was characterized by more complex melodies and chord progressions, as well as more emphasis on the role the rhythm section. Furthermore, phrases within the music were often irregular in length, making bebop interesting to listen to, but in contrast to music of the big bands.
The development of bebop is attributed in large part to trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and alto saxophonist Charlie Parker. The unique styles of Gillespie and Parker contributed to and typified the bebop sound. They experimented with unconventional chromaticism, discordant sounds, and placement of accents in melodies. In contrast to the regular phrasing of big band music, Gillespie and Parker often created irregular phrases of odd length, and combined swing and straight eighth-note rhythms within the swing style.
Other influential bebop musicians included saxophonists Sonny Stitt and Dexter Gordon, trumpeters Red Rodney and Kenny Dorham, trombonists J.J. Johnson and Bennie Green, guitarists Tal Farlow and Kenny Burrell, pianists Oscar Peterson, Bud Powell, and Thelonius Monk, drummers Kenny Clarke and Max Roach, and bassists Charles Mingus and Paul Chambers.
The 1940s musical styles helped pave way to the rock 'n' roll styles of the decade that was to come.
Below you'll find well over an hour of music that spans the forties decade. Sit back and enjoy, or get up and dance!
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Chocolate And Sex Are My Sweetest Sins
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Eileen makes a discovery and a decision
We all change. Why any of us finds this surprising, I have no idea. But we're all shocked when we realize that the person we have become is so different from the person we used to be. And it's even more difficult to grasp that the person you will become might wind up being even more different than you can possibly imagine Add another person into the mix, and who knows what will happen. I...Read On
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Kitty Girl visits me for the first time, and I do my best to make the night a memorable one.
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A summer job with perks
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Filming a horror show on Hollow's Eve, in Toronto.
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When I was 16, our cleaner caught me wanking and went on to help me with my stocking and foot fetish
I thought I would share something that happened to me when I was 16, that has stayed in my memory for years. We lived in the north of England when I was growing up. And although not rich we had a cleaning lady who came during the week, she looked after me during the school holidays while my mum and dad were at work. I thought things might change as I got older, but they didn't trust me to be...Read On
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Breanne's life takes an evocative turn when she applies for a position as an Adult Wet Nurse
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A client gives a dominatrix a rubber dress, and then he's put to work making it shiny.
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Kim seduces her best friends husband.
Gary hooked his thumb vaguely in the direction of the room that he and Kimberly had converted to a nursery. "Kim's feeding the li'l one," he said. "She'll be out in a few minutes." He often referred to his new baby as "the li'l one." In fact her name was Emily, but at six months, I suppose "the li'l one" is as good a tag as any. Then with his other hand he hooked a thumb toward the hallway...Read On
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A class on French libertine literature opens the doors for a rather kinky, life-changing encounter
Much has been said about Cordelia Channings, but it usually boiled down to one fact - she was a queen bee. She had the aura and arrogance to make her peers fall all over each other to fulfill her every whim, and she knew it and took advantage of it. She was also sixteen and, while already becoming a woman in her own right, still carried the playful and innocent complexion of youth. She was...Read On
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A woman wakes up naked, in an unknown place; aching and aroused.
Waking up... There's something so warm and comforting about being in your bed. That perceived safety from hiding under the covers as a child, never really lets up with age. Today, my bed is positioned in such a way, that when the sun is rising, my eyes are gently caressed and my being gently wrestled into the world via those soft, tender rays. This morning though the light is...Read On
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An initiation into pee-play
I have had a fascination with the sight and sound of women peeing for as long as I can remember. Indeed, I began fantasizing about having my cock bathed in a hot, steaming gush of pee long before I ever heard the words 'golden shower'. In my late twenties, I actually considered visiting an escort who specialized in such things but I was ultimately too frightened to go through with the plan...Read On
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The unedited version of husband meets wife
She was eighteen; I was sixteen. She was a goddess; I was a spotty little oik - according to my brothers. According to the eighteen-year-old goddess, I was adorable. She claims that she fancied me straight away but I don't believe her. I still don't believe anyone could ever fancy me when I'm wearing shorts. "But those shorts meant I could see exactly how much you fancied me,"...Read On
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Chris had always been a breast man, and Maria's were the best he had ever had in his mouth. Full and rounded and naturally more than a handful. He loved her breasts and often stroked himself just thinking of them. Her nipples were a shade of dark pink in colour, and around the areola, there were small, secret ridges that came alive when his tongue licked over them. It would only take...Read On
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Mrs. Wilkin needs to prove her devotion to Cordelia with devastating consequences.
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Angela discover what her new Master has in store for her.
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Ben meets a woman who appreciates his fetish.
As a private school teacher, I have a part time job to help make ends meet. I am working at the local shoe store. My infatuation with women's feet started in my teens. Corrine and I met at the shoe store. She is twenty-five years old and very attractive. Corrine is 5'6" with shoulder length auburn hair. Her eyes are light brown. I always make sure to help her every time she comes in. ...Read On
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Carlo might be middle-age and bald, but his thick shaft was stretching her beyond belief...
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Cordelia takes our teacher out to an exhibition where she gets to watch more than just art.
There are moments which lay bare fundamental truths, truths that you have been longing for all your life. Such a moment was happening now, and it flooded my senses with an incredible intensity, a spiritual moment that transcended feelings. My eyes were glued to my beautiful Cordelia, they drank in the incredible pleasure painted on her angelic face, and when her sweet voice announced...Read On
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Too many Margaritas and sharing sex stories leads to some fun role playing
This story took place twenty ago when I went away with a female colleague of mine, to a business conference. During the conference, we were both required to give a speech to the large group, about a project our company had just completed. Normally, I had given these speeches alone and was a bit annoyed that I was told that I was to do it with a junior member of our staff. However, my boss...Read On
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A masseur services a very powerful businesswoman.
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His neighbor's girlfriend decides to use him for her own satisfaction
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Hot for teacher? No, she's hot for him.
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The kinky pee play continues for our golden shower virgin.
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...big ol' rig is shaking
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A Victorian Re-enactor working all day with a bladder about to burst
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A nude foray outside, a bonding experience, spanking and a wicked photo session fill Paisy's day.
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Guerrero vs Berto: What's Your Prediction?
I think Berto's overhand right's will be very effective in this bout. I see Guerrero trying to trade and go toe to toe, but I think Guerrero will probably get dropped several times throughout the bout and possibly stopped in the midst.
My prediction, I'm going with Berto win by TKO 6 or 7.
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Guerrero doesn't have enough on his punches at 147 to keep Berto off of him. He doesn't have Ortiz power, and Berto is quicker than he is. Berto by UD, but Guerrero will take some rounds here and there.
Berto has known stamina issues, so we'll see. But Guerrero seemed to slow down the second half of the Aydin fight too. He didn't have much on his punches to begin with at 147, and he was basically pushing his punches out there late in the fight.
I don't think Guerrero will have enough pop to keep Berto off of him.
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Oh yea, one more point before I forget.
Berto would most likely get Guerrero in trouble with one of his most known combo's which is the right hand to the body, immediately followed by the right uppercut.
I'm pretty sure that's the combo that will get Guerrero in trouble, then the overhand right's will finish him off.
This bout won't even be close folks.
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To me, it's one of those fights that's impossible to predict. I mean, we know what the two boxers strengths are, but it could go down in a number of ways.
Guerrero is the far far superior boxer, but we've seen him dropped to the ground from body shots from that Australian lightweight who fought JMM, can't remember his name. But Berto isn't proficient at hitting people in the body, regardless Berto will have a huge edge when it comes to power. So I could see Berto hurting Guerrero immediately.
But at the same time, Berto fights poorly, a lot of the times. He's too square, and his jab is garbage, it's pushy and dabby. Berto's technique is terrible, but he's very fast and athletic, and can be explosive. So, either Guerrero is out boxing Berto, or Berto is KOing Guerrero.
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I've been liking what I've been seeing from Guerrero recently but he's a long way from featherweight where he first made his name, so I don't know how much pop he still has. However I don't really like Berto as a fighter I think he's somewhat chinny and not especially powerful or disciplined despite possessing good handspeed. I'm going with Guerrero by decision.
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Ghost by decision. Berto needs to press him early and get him outta there. Toss-up fight.
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Ghost by Unanimous uncontroversial decision.
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I think Guerrero should be fighting as a lightweight and Berto will be to strong and hit to hard for him. Berto has an average chin but Guerrero does not have the power to take advantage of that. I think Berto KOs him somewhere between rounds 1 to 8. If Guerrero holds up to Berto's power he might turn the fight around in the late rounds if Berto gets tired.
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Guerrero by easy UD.
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i think Berto will be too fast for Guerrero
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Newton San Juan Del Sur Sister City Project Inc
Rating: 4.94 stars 47 47 reviews
Rodney Barker 49 Wooodcliff Road 02461 Margaret M. Gullette 68 Pembroke Street 02458 Newton MA 02458 USA
Our mission is to empower the 18,000 far-flung people of San Juan to develop their education and skills and improve their health. Current programs include maintaining school buildings, providing biosand filters and eco-stoves in the rural areas, and overseeing the free High School for Adults/ Technical Institute.
By the end of this year the Free High School will have graduated 616 people. It enrolls about 700 every year, the most-underprivileged in the region. Over 700 biosand filters have been given out. We built or renovated 17 schools, including new pre-schools in rural villages.
Target demographics:
Under-served low-income women and men who have been excluded from regular high schools
Direct beneficiaries per year:
In 2013, 681 people enrolled in our three high-school programs
Geographic areas served:
The 250-square mile area of San Juan del Sur Nicaragua
Supplies and services exclusively for charitable activities for the relief of poverty in san juan del sur, nicaragua including construction of schools, educational and cultural programs.
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I have visited the high school for adults, a Newton Sister City Project as well as other projects in San Juan. The sister city has helped citizens of San Juan for years to get education for people who are otherwise unable to go to school because they are working or because the women have children, to get clean water and get stoves with chimneys that alleviate the lung diseases caused by the interior cooking fires. Every project in which I have participated used used the small amount of money it had wisely, primarily for supplies and salaries for the San Juan teachers and other workers. Wherever I went in San Juan with any of the Sister City Project workers we were greeted with enthusaism and gratitude even from students who had attended the school years ago. This is a project that deserves all the support it can get because the returns in terms of betterment of people's lives are so great and obvious. This organization has had a life changing impact on people who, for instance, got jobs they would not otherwise have been able to get because the free high school for adults offered them an opportunity Nicaragua denied them.
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The Free High School offers a second chance to people who were cut out of the school system for various reasons. Girls who became mothers before they finished school , boys who did not finish by seventeen would never have had a chance at an educaton without the Free high School and that's what gives this school its aura of heroisim and achievement and promise for the future where old and young will assist each other and the distinctions will be less important. The graduates go on to more productive lives than they had hoped for and that is what makes supporting this endeavor so particularly satisfying.
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I've been volunteering with the Newton Sister City Project for years. This group is doing cutting edge work in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, in both education and health. The Free High School for Adults is a one-of-its-kind treasure, offering high quality secondary education to those not welcome in the public high school--pregnant women or mothers, married people, anybody over 18. Newton's work in "Appropriate Technology for Public Health"--BioSand Filters to purify water in the home, EcoStoves for smoke-free cooking, Composting Toilets, etc--reaches high standards and have produced valuable innovations. Dozens of volunteers work for the Sister City Project during the year, and give rave reviews. So do I.
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The Free High School serves a pressing need in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua--a huge number of people (over 18, or pregnant or with kids, or who have had to work) are simple not allowed to attend the "public" high school. The FHS is a lifesaver for them. They get to complete a secondary education, either in their villages, or by coming into town once a week and studying all day in the Sabatino or Saturday School. And because they follow the national curriculum, their degree has the same value as a public school diploma. It's been wildly successful, so much so that they're bursting at the seams, with enrollments rising steadily year after year. People know a good thing when they see it. Until the government Does The Right Thing and starts to fund secondary educations for EVERYBODY who needs it, we all need to support the FHS, which has been called "a model for the rest of the country."
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Imagine a huge population--over 18, or pregnant, or married, or with kids, or need to work during the week--who simply aren't permitted to attend the public high school. Then along comes a FREE High School for ADULTS and before you know it the new school has more students (and higher morale) that the public school. This is incredibly cool, and a real tribute to the founders, the teachers who give their time and skills, and the students who simply love their school! I've been there, I've seen the energy in the classrooms. It's truly inspiring.
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learning about how successful they were after graduation and what a difference it has made in their lives to be able to complete high school after waiting for so long.
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make it a model of adult education for all of Nicaragua.
El instituto Libre para Adultos Margareth Morganroth Gullette, es una institucion que ha venido a solucionar grandes limitaciones educativas que existian en nuestro municipio , madres y padres de familia ,obreros , campesinos que no tenian la oportunidad de accesar a un sistema educativa en una modalidad especial , gratuito . materiales libres y disponibles para cada asignatura , maestros con una gran calidad humana .
Ahora estudiar ya no es una dificultad , si no una desicion individual de interes particular y el instituto libre para adultos , no es solamente para adultos sino para todos aquellos que quieren un futuro mejor para sus vidas y la de nuestro municipio , sin importar su edad o condicion de vida.
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El instituto libre para adultos tiene sus orígenes en la alfabetización entre mujeres, en 1998, 240 mujeres organizadas en núcleos rurales y urbanos decidieron romper las cadenas y vencer la oscurana a la que fueron sometidas por muchos años, ellas muy decididas aprendieron a leer y escribir y alcanzar su primaria, luego demandaron mas educación y se apertura el instituto para educación secundaria y técnica beneficiando a 550 estudiantes. El instituto tiene un gran impacto social en el municipio, ha contribuido a mejorar el nivel de vida de las familias, a erradicar el analfabetismo y a dar capacidades para sentar las bases para el despegue de un desarrollo económico.
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Hemos tenido excelentes resultados ya que los pobladores que estudian en el Instituto para adultos tienen mejores oportunidades de empleos y estan formando sus propias microempresas, ellos reciben una educacion social y se integran a tareas concretas como el cuido de la salud y el medio ambiente,alfabetizan, hacen investigacion social para proponer e incidir en la soluciòn con el gobierno local.
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Integraria un programa de reconocimiento a las mujeres destacadas desrrollando el emprendimiento social.
I am working actually with the Technicals Institute in San Juan del Sur, I am a teacher for the Construction students,I want to say that i fell very proud to share my knowlodge with very interesting and hopefull peoples whoes don`t matter their bad economical situationr to continue student and progress.
This Project is very important for the Education and the economy in San Juan del Sur. Thank you very much to the Doners, and the Directions to made true the dreams of a lot peoples here. and to continue working for this town.
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A lot peoples whoes studied in this technical Institute, now they are working and the opportunity to get a job is better than before.
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When you expect people to be competitive, it's not only your own behavior that changes. You also set up a self-fulfilling prophecy, such that your expectations about the other side's behavior lead him to behave in ways that confirm your expectations.
In a classic 1960s demonstration of the power of expectations to create reality, Harvard psychologists Robert Rosenthal and Lenore Jacobson administered a test to a group of elementary school children that assessed the children's general intellectual ability.
The researchers told the kids' teachers that the test could identify "late bloomers" – children who were about to show a substantial leap forward in intellectual development. In fact, nothing distinguished the "late bloomers" from the other children.
Apparently, the teachers' high expectations led them to show greater attention and encouragement to the late bloomers, who became more energized and worked harder.
A similar self-fulfilling prophecy emerged in negotiation research by Kristina A. Diekmann (University of Utah), Ann E. Tenbrunsel (Notre Dame University), and Adam Galinsky (Columbia Business School). Relative to negotiators who expected less competitive opponents, those who expected their opponents to be competitive (though these expectations were not based on reality) reduced their own demands and achieved worse outcomes, thereby allowing their opponent to claim more value and become more competitive.
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By reducing their demands in the face of expected competition, negotiators created a reality that was not only self-fulfilling but also self-defeating.
Furthermore, after talks ended, these negotiators' opponents altered their self-perceptions; they came to view themselves as more competitive than did negotiators who were not expected to be competitive.
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Your expectations of a seemingly competitive buyer may lead you to lower your reservation price unnecessarily and reduce your expectations, generating worse outcomes for you and better outcomes for your opponent.
The bad news doesn't end there.
The buyer may now view himself as a competitive negotiator, confirming your initial, if erroneous, belief. Your future talks will likely be with a competitive negotiator – one of your own making.
Negotiators are often advised to prepare for talks by considering the other party's strengths and weaknesses. You should also check and verify your assumptions during the negotiation itself. Research shows that people fall victim to a host of perceptual biases when assessing others. Therefore, be prepared to find out that your opponent is very different than you expected her to be – and perhaps less competitive than you expected.
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CHICAGO -- Mount Carmel's players came together and loudly chanted "We're alive," during their Monday practice.
The Caravan understood just how fortunate they were to have escaped with an overtime win over Neuqua Valley in last week's Class 8A second round. With the amount of mistakes it made, Mount Carmel could very well have been sitting at home this week.
On Friday, the Caravan weren't about to test their luck again. Mount Carmel cleaned up its errors and left no doubt about this week's outcome as the No. 12 Caravan defeated No. 9 Lyons 41-10 in the quarterfinals at Gately Stadium.
"We had a near-death experience with that game last week," Mount Carmel quarterback Chris Sujka said. "It was real huge to come out and show that this was the Mount Carmel team."
The Caravan will meet Homewood-Flossmoor in the semifinals next week. This will be Mount Carmel's third semifinal appearance in the last four years. The Caravan lost in the semis to Hinsdale Central in 2008 and Glenbard North in 2007.
The Caravan's defense set the tone early. Mount Carmel's linemen found easy routes around Lyons' offensive line and put continuous pressure on Lions quarterback Brian Kelley.
On the third play of the game, Mount Carmel's Vontrell Williams evaded his blocker and found his way to Kelley for the game's first sack. Williams would add another later, and the Caravan finished with six sacks on the day.
"Me and [Jon-Stefan] Bodnar complement each other really well," Williams said. "With [Kevin] Kosiewicz getting the pressure up front, it was flushing the quarterback going out of control. Me and Bodnar really stepped up this week and made things happen."
Mount Carmel's offense wasn't far behind. The Caravan (10-2) opened their scoring account with a 10-yard touchdown run by Michael Banks with 5:11 in the first quarter. A drive later, Sujka scored from five yards out, and Mount Carmel had a 14-0 lead.
The Caravan did allow Lyons (10-2) back in the game for a short time, and Banks blamed himself for it. After Mount Carmel's defense forced another Lyons' punt in the second quarter, Banks fumbled the ball and gave it to the Lions on Mount Carmel's 23-yard line.
Lyons capitalized on the mistake with a field goal and later added a touchdown before halftime. The Lions trailed 21-10 at half.
In the second half, Banks redeemed himself. Showing off his remarkable speed, Banks broke off touchdown runs of 30 and 36 yards to put the game away. He finished with 154 rushing yards and three touchdowns.
"The whole game after that I knew I had to make a play for my team because of the mishandled punt," Banks said. "If I didn't do that, that would have haunted me for the rest of my life if that would have come back and been bad for us. That was in the back of my mind when I was running."
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As part of the 'national conversation' on fatherhood that President Obama would like to have, we need to talk about the presumptions of Illinois divorce courts that influence our perceptions of the value of father involvement.
The de facto minimum parenting schedule used by Illinois courts remains, as it has been for decades, "every other weekend" with a weekly non-overnight "visit" for the non-custodial parent, normally the father.
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Reverend Al Sharpton is threatening a defamation lawsuit against Rush Limbaugh.
WASHINGTON (CNN)– Reverend Al Sharpton and his lawyers say they are preparing to file a defamation lawsuit against conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh for an op-ed published Saturday, which Sharpton alleges "erroneously" characterizes his (Sharpton's) role in a string of violent incidents in New York in the early 90's.
In the op-ed published in Saturday's Wall Street Journal Limbaugh writes Sharpton "played a leading role in the 1991 Crown Heights riot (he called neighborhood Jews 'diamond merchants') and 1995 Freddie's Fashion Mart riot."
The Crown Heights riot began after a Hasidic Rabbi accidently struck and killed an African American boy with his car. The boy died from the injuries–sparking four nights of riots. The Rabbi was not charged, but Sharpton played a large role in rallying on behalf of the young boy's family and the African American community.
According to a statement put out by Sharpton's media consultant, a study New York Governor Mario Cuomo commissioned showed Sharpton was not involved in the Crown Heights incident until after the rioting concluded.
"Mr. Limbaugh's blatant and defamatory statements regarding the Crown Heights Riots falsely give the impression that Rev. Sharpton was present during the violence that occurred when in reality he had been called in by the family after the violence," Sharpton's statement says.
"In terms of Freddie's Fashion Mart, Rev. Al Sharpton, along with local elected officials supported the protests. However, a lone gunman who disagreed with the nonviolent nature of the protests entered the store and killed seven people and himself… For Mr. Limbaugh to imply that Rev. Sharpton has anything to do with someone that killed people and himself is blatantly wrong," the statement continues.
Limbaugh's attempt to invest in the National Football League's St. Louis Rams franchise was overshadowed by a controversy over his "racial views," which Limbaugh says were false. In the op-ed, he also lashes out at several media outlets, including CNN and "the sports writer community," for what he calls "contempt in the news business
Well then you do nto know shit. Rhodesia is now Zimbabwe. I have lived history that you do not even know. Listen to me and learn.
You are the racist. The only thing you do is go around calling others racist. You do that to make your self feel better about your hate. You need someone to hate so you call others racist.
i know it's in the continent of africa. plenty of brits in that area who like americans took land that
wasn't theirs
guess you met a black man that definately has more money than you.
and also has heard and digested all the bull crap you biggoted types chose to use.
america is not the land of racism IT'S ONLY A FEW of your types left. and really there is no room for you in this country or any other place on this planet
most humans are decent, kind loving, and confident in who they are. they don't have to try and brow beat others and they darn sure don't have to judge anyone because of the color of their skin.
fewer and fewer of your type and it would be a good idea for you not to raise your children to be as limited in life as you are.
The bible is for the weak minded. And you have not studied history or you would know about Rhodesia. Why do you assume I am white? When I fought in Rhodesia. You do not even know where it was.
one day you will read your bible. and you will study history.
maybe you will realize that actually on a global picture u and those like you are actually the minority.
you are actually decendants of people of color THIS is a turth you'd like to deny
you actually carry the recessive genes BUT this you'd also like to deny
this is why you feel the need to have big guns and authority over others.
your ancestors from the beginning of time hid you in caves to protect you from the sun AND THIS made you angry because you felt all alone.
truth is your parents did love your ancestors and just tried to protect them from nature DUE TO THE RECESSIVE GENES THEY CARRIED
when is the last time you saw anyone black going into a tanning salon or using shit in a can trying to get color?????????????
THINK before u speak I'M a student of history AND i know the truth many of you would choose to ignore.
How do you come up with this shit. You are racist because you are poor. You have no one to blame but yourself.
The luckiest thing that happened to blacks was whites taking them to America.
WASN'T like that till europeans and americans
went there and taught them how to act that way
u know to steal the natural resourses on the land
kinda like ya'll did to the american indians
BTW keep at it with those warped mindsets
WE CAN AGREE nobody black PHUCKED UP AMERICA LIKE THIS
If whites are so unfair to black then why are blacks trying to get in this country? You are the racist. Just because things are not being handed to you like Obama promised does not mean whites are racist.


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Mike D'Antoni is a straight up d!(k. I have no respect for him. He's basically throwing the season down the drain, by not playing Marbury and not starting Chandler. I am a Knick fan, and I want to see the Knicks compete, not get their s#!t rocked every night.
Knicks' record without Marbury last season: 17-41(.293)
Knicks' record without Marbury in the starting lineup last season: 17-46(.269)
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Hair & Scalp Treatments
Prenatal services
Salon Services