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by the sounds of Navy Seals practicing their maneuvers, As he snuggled back
into his soft pillow to dream of glory on the battlefield, he would be lulled
to sleep by the sounds of the ocean below his sixth floor penthouse suite.
Later, as he prepared for work
and rubbed the spots on his feet where his flip-flops had worn them raw, he
would be forced to choose whether he would go deep-sea fishing, rock climbing,
whale watching, or simply tan (read, "burn") along the white sand of the
exclusive Hotel Del Coronado.
And then, of course, there was
the dilemma of what to do with a two-hour lunch break and whether he should eat
sushi or steak that evening. Yes, it was a tough life, but it was an
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E-Bay, Pete checked his Catholicmatch.com account. It wasn't that he
actually believed in on-line dating, you see. To be honest, he
wasn't having much belief (or luck) in off-line dating either. Sure he
cherished the memory of the last girl that had kissed him, but he wasn't so
sure a kiss on his cheek from Moms counted. He'd been in a dry spell
lately…a twenty-seven year dry spell.
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lifestyle of a modern day knight. Friend and gentleman to damsels in
distress and foe to enemies of the state, his exploits were many, and Clint
Eastwood would rest easy knowing his films helped raise yet another gun-toting,
cigar-smoking, misogynist. But sometimes, as Pete gazed out to the ocean,
there was a longing to share the warm breeze and the glow of the sun as it
slipped below the horizon. That day, there it was: a simple little smiley face
sitting in his inbox. Next to the smile were two seemingly harmless letters.
"H-I". And next to those two letters was a picture of a girl. A girl
named Kimmi.
Kimmi had sent the smile from her apartment in Newark, New Jersey, on
the other side of the U.S.
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not to mean that she spent her days roaming cold back alleys while pushing a
shopping cart loaded with garbage bags and cats. No, indeed. What is does mean
is that Kimmi was a Continental flight attendant, jet-setting from the world's
metropolitan hubs to the beaches of tropical locales, and she had not fully
unpacked her flight bag for a year and a half. Sure there was the way she
turned heads in her uniform, the glamour of flying and the adventure of the
unknown, but soon the hotels started to all look the same, and the names of
cities and faces of travelers started to blend and blur into one.
Sometimes she would cruise the internet in her ladybug pajamas, sipping on a
coffee, sensing that God had a new adventure in store for her and wondering
just what it was. As far as guys were concerned, Kimmi wasn't.
She'd been there, tried that, and gotten the t-shirt. Frankly, she wasn't
impressed. Was it possible to find a guy who was easy on the eyes, had a
job, wanted to get married, and actually believed his faith? Sure it was, she
figured. You could pick him up for $4.99 at the nearest bookstore in the
Romance section.
Still, every now and then, she would hear those stories of hope, and her own
faith was stronger than her despair. Just two weeks prior, she had heard
the story about the power of St. Anthony's prayer intercession. It seems
that a certain woman had heard St. Anthony was a pretty good friend to have
praying for you in the department of love (or lack thereof). After what
she deemed to be an appropriate time of asking for his assistance, she tossed
his statue out of an apartment window in frustration. It landed on the
head of a passerby below, and upon inquiry, she found out he had a bruised head
and would make the perfect husband. According to the story, they are
still married. Kimmi had no statue, and given the crowd of inner-city
roughnecks who frequented the streets below her own window, she wasn't willing
to take a chance with the whole out-the-window concept. She took the more
direct course of action.
"Here's a prayer request you can take to the Lord, St.
Anthony" she thought. "Find me a man!"
She wasn't a big believer in the whole on-line dating thing either, but she had
made some good, decent friends through Catholic Match,
and there wasn't much else to do on a Friday night, alone in a big city.
So she had done a search for guys in the Jersey
area who didn't look psycho, didn't have pictures of their ex-girlfriends in
their bio, were under forty ( "Paallleease, God!" ), and didn't have
pierced eyelids. And then she saw his profile. "Dang, St. Anthony. You
work fast!" she said aloud.
First of all, he was in San Diego.
It was certainly odd that his profile should come up in a local search on the
other side of America.
Then there was the fact that he aspired to sing Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett
covers in a cheap Vegas casino. Then there was the fact that among his
family photos was a picture of a five-hundred pound black gentleman wearing a
football helmet and eating a five pound burger. The photo was labeled,
"My Uncle Fred." Finally, Kimmi was amazed to find that she was laughing
out loud to Pete's profile responses. Where other guys tried to bleed
their hearts or win the hearts of girls with suave words, Pete had decided to
put himself out there. Either they loved him or hated him, but what they
got was pure Pete. For example:
Question: "Who would I like to meet?"
Response: "Felix the Cat, the Burger King (no, really)."
Question: "Ethnic Background"
Response: "Bulgarian/German (personally I suspect some aborigine or
Question: "Seeking someone in/willing to travel this far?"
Response: "Mongolia.
2.54 miles."
Kimmi decided two things. A) This guy was a possible
lunatic B) Lunatic or not, she needed to say "Hello".
Pete will tell you the reason he replied was because he wasn't about to
pass up the idea of corresponding with a "Hot Stewardess", but the reality was
that he felt something strange and different the moment he looked at
Kimmi's profile. And it would be cliché to say that it was love at first
sight by the time they met for their first date in San Diego. Kimmi will tell you how she called
her mother after that date telling her to "Sit down because I think I just met
my husband". And Pete might tell you—with tears in his eyes—how an angel
whispered into his ear that he was going to marry Kimmi as he watched her go
back into her hotel, or how he slept with his sweater that he had wrapped
around her shoulders for two weeks because it carried the light scent of her
perfume on that first date.
Then Kimmi might grab his hand and with sparkling eyes tell you about Pete's
proposal, how he felt the sudden urge to propose one day after working out. How
he left (un-showered, mind you) and drove six hours in the rain, praying the
Rosary non-stop (for courage!) and listening to jazz, all just to make it to
New Jersey by the time her flight came in at midnight. She'll tell you
how she thought he was a rapist as he surprised her in her parking lot, and how
she thought she was going to die in a car-jacking as they were chased by
undercover cops (who thought Kimmi and Pete were drug dealers from Ohio).
For you see, Pete had chosen to propose at a chapel that he found on
Google.com. The problem was he failed to realize he had chosen a church
in the roughest part of New Jersey.
The cops were just as surprised to learn that their suspects were on their way
to a chapel at 2 a.m. in the morning. They told them to get out of there.
Fast. Kimmi was so relieved to be alive that she both laughed and cried
and didn't even seem to mind the crack addicts approaching her car at the subsequent
Her voice will probably get softer as she relates how beautiful the quiet
old church actually was, and how once they reached the Adoration Chapel, she
couldn't help but say to the Lord, while pointing at Pete, "Jesus, I'm sorry,
but he just nearly got me killed!" Then Pete will probably pick up the story,
and tell you how he grabbed her hands in silent prayer and after a while,
dropped to a knee and opened the small cigar box she had bought him on their
first date in San Diego.
Inside was an engagement ring, and Kimmi gasped "Yes" after he asked her,
"Kimberly Meister, in the real presence of our Lord and Savior, will you do me
the honor of being my wife? Kimmi, will you marry me?" Then they kissed for the
first time. Kimmi will conclude: "So basically I was almost raped,
murdered, and got engaged all by 3 a.m. in the morning. Typical
"Yes," Pete will say. "But at least you were surprised."
Yep. That would be an understatement.
And so, this love story draws to an end, but it's only one chapter of a
never-ending book. For most likely if you've read this far, you've been
privileged to witness Pete and Kimmi give themselves to each other in sacred
and holy matrimony and love. Pete had been praying he would make it through the
vows without passing out and Kimmi prayed it all would come off like she
planned, but no matter what happened, they are now man and wife. You are
encouraged to look upon the newly weds that you see before you—naïve, happy and
so full of hopes and dreams for their life together. Please, take a
second to notice the way time seems to slow down every time he looks at her or
the flood of silent words that no poet could ever capture every time her small
and tender hand lightly touches his. Don't be ashamed at the lump in the
throat that may rise or the tear that may glisten in an eye that may have been
dry for many years. For before you is a brief glimpse of true and faithful
love, love as God intended it. And who can't help but tremble a bit at
the far greater, perfect love and promise He has fulfilled through His own
son's love for us?
To those whose dark hair has since grown gray, please turn to the person
next to you, and gaze a few moments into the same young eyes of the person you
pledged to love, cherish, and be true to till the gentle breeze of death should
temporarily separate you. Or perhaps you might send a prayer of
appreciation for the memory of the one you loved and lived for, the one who now
awaits to embrace you in Heaven. For those who are younger but have been
through some years of joy and suffering together, please reach out and softly
hold the hand that might be a bit plumper and wrinkled than you remember but
the same warm hand that you grasped so tightly the day you both stood before
God and pledged you would always love one another, come good or bad. And
to the young who are old enough to dream of the mystery of true love and wonder
about the one person they will spend the rest of their life with, and to those
who feel too old, hopeless, weak, unattractive, inadequate or tired to ever
find your soul-mate and spouse, we ask you to say a little simple prayer of
trust in a heart that may have forgotten to say one for awhile, and then wait
patiently for the answer that will come.
Peter and Kimberly Dillon invite you to join them in a silent, continuous
prayer of simple and humble gratitude for a multitude of blessings both
material and spiritual, for the prayers and encouragement from those they know
and don't know, for their parents and mentors who have shown them that real
love begins when the chips are down, and for the fulfillment of a prayer that
has been answered in a way larger and more perfect than their dreams could ever
have been. God has never been early, but He has always been on time. Amen.


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One of music's hottest new couples made a public appearance at New York City's Central Park Zoo over the weekend. Taylor Swift and One Direction star Harry Styles hung out with the British boyband star's stylist and daughter while checking out the animals and other attractions.
Taylor, 22, and Harry, 18, didn't display any public affection, but they obviously had a grand time together, with Taylor sporting a very large smile on her face.
The couple dated briefly in April and got back together last month. "X Factor" host Mario Lopez spilled the beans about their relationship during a radio interview in November.
Taylor previously dated Conor Kennedy but has a penchant for hooking up with famous men, including Taylor Lautner, Joe Jonas, Jake Gyllenhaal and John Mayer.
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Keeping in mind that Core i7-920 uses 20x multiplier (or 21x available through Turbo Boost technology), most overclockers try to get their system to work at the BCLK base generator frequency increased from the nominal 133MHz to 180-210MHz. Taking into account that Core i7 processors support even memory frequency multipliers starting from 6x, the list of the most interesting nominal rates for the overclocker memory includes the following values:
As you can see from the table above, the memory with 1600MHz frequency will be of primary interest to computer enthusiasts willing to overclock their Core i7-920 based platforms. Slow DDR3-1200 will most likely be rejected because of insufficient bandwidth. As for fast DDR3-2000, it may become a worthy part of an overclocker system, but on the one hand, it is too expensive, and on the other it is a little tricky to actually use. The technical difficulties we are talking about mostly come from the fact that the L3 cache of Core i7 processors should work at least at twice the frequency of the memory. Therefore, to ensure its stability at 4.0GHz frequency (instead of the default 2.13GHz), you may need to increase the Uncore voltage quite substantially, which may end up dangerously high for the semiconductor processor die.


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How do 49ers replace Aldon Smith?
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Now that star pass-rusher Aldon Smith is out likely for about a month as he seeks treatment for a personal matter, where does that leave the San Francisco 49ers' defense? Smith is on the reserve/non-football-illness list. He can re…Share Tweet
Harbaugh: 49ers offense lacking precisionESPN.com Sep 23, 2013SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Jim Harbaugh is going to have to address his quarterback's state until Colin Kaepernick leads the San Francisco 49ers' offense out of its sudden and perplexing funk. This was the 49ers coach Monday afternoon when asked about Kaeper…Share Tweet
N.F.L. Roundup: Manning Sets Mark as the Broncos Winnytimes.com Sep 23, 2013Peyton Manning became the first N.F.L. player to throw 12 touchdown passes in the season's first three games, topping Tom Brady's 11 in 2011, as the Broncos beat the Raiders, 37-21.Share Tweet
Wembley wants a London franchise, Super BowlCNNSI.com Sep 23, 2013The famous arch rising above Wembley Stadium is becoming an increasingly familiar sight for NFL fans.Share Tweet
Patrick Willis will get his groin looked at today, could have MRIprofootballtalk.com Sep 23, 201349ers linebacker Patrick Willis left Sunday's loss to the Colts with a groin injury. The Niners now need to see if he'll be ready to go in only three days. Per a league source, Willis is sore. He'll see a doctor today, and there's a chance he'll get an …Share Tweet
Upon Further Review: 49ers Week 3ESPN.com Sep 23, 2013A review of four hot issues from the San Francisco 49ers' 27-7 loss to the Indianapolis Colts: Time without Smith: It takes a major story to overshadow a second straight blowout loss by the defending NFC champion. After Sunday's loss, star pass rusher A…Share Tweet
Frustrated 49ers running back Frank Gore has 'choice words' for coach Jim Harbaughyahoo.com profootballtalk.com Sep 23, 2013San Francisco 49ers running back Frank Gore is not accustomed to losing with Jim Harbaugh as his coach. The 49ers were 13-3 when Harbaugh took over before the 2011 season. San Francisco finished 11-5 last season and advanced to the Super Bowl. Harbaugh …Share Tweet
Peter King's Monday Morning QuarterbackCNNSI.com Sep 23, 2013Three weeks in, there are surprises across the NFL. The 49ers are struggling, but that isn't their biggest problem.Share Tweet
Steve Mariucci on San Francisco 49ers: "There's a lot of work to do"Sep 23Former head coach Steve Mariucci joins "Around the League Live" to talk about the struggling San Francisco 49ers and also how the team should handle linebacker Aldon Smith.
When will Aldon Smith be back?Sep 23San Francisco 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith has taken a voluntary leave of absence to check into rehab, but how long will he be away from the team? NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport has the latest.
San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh: Everybody must get betterSep 23San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh discusses his team's loss to the Indianapolis Colts and how the team must improve.
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And that's how I got here, stuck inside a magical cell that cancels the power of the "Great Wand". I learned, later on, that the lady in the cave is named "Sky Liza"
"Alright, Snap, you must come with me," Sky demanded as she opened the cell.
"What do you want from me? The wand? Here, take it," I ungratefully said as I flung the wand across the room.
"I just want to get out of this place, and go back-" Just then, I was interrupted as the wand flew back to me. I gasped, throwing it again and again, it wouldn't get away from me.
"Well, you see, you're now the new owner of the Great Wand. The wand will never go away from its owner," Sky explained.
"the real owner, unfortunately, died from an unknown cause. Whoever uses the wand next, bounds to it." I widened my eyes. This can't be, I'm stuck here for how long I should know. I screamed in horror and tried to run for it, but there were guards.
"Stop him!" Sky faintly shouted. I thought quickly, the wand illuminated bright stars and swirled around the guards, causing them to fall down and sleep. I ran without hesitation. More guards, I waved my wand at them, causing bombs to shoot out in a spherical shape at the guards. They fell down in pain. I could get used to this I thought.
"Wait, stop! Please," Sky ordered. She caught up, I swirled my wand in my hands and- everything turned white.
I woke up in faint agony, I didn't quite exactly remember what happened after I Sky tried to stop me. I couldn't see a thing.
"Where am I?" I questioned myself as I got up from the floor.
"Welcome to your destiny, Snap." Someone said. There was a really bad ache in my head, so I heard that same voice in an echo.
"Who... are you? How do... you know me?" I uncomfortably. I tried to open my eyes, but I couldn't do it. It seems like I was paralyzed.
"Remember those wands you saw in the cave you went in?" The voice questioned.
"Yes..." I answered, moaning in pain.
"Since you've so kindly lead them to me, I stole them all!" The voice laughed.
"Give it up, Snap, you've lost your family in a ship wreck. The only thing you can do to survive is to go into the keep? That's pathetic," The voice claimed.
"but, then I saw potential in you. You were destined to hold The Great Wand. If you so desire to see what it is, then answer." I hesitated. I didn't know what to say, I had no choice. I, still paralyzed, nodded. Then, I heard an evil laugh, followed by a werid noise getting closer to me. I clentched my hands together, wishing I'd see. Just then, I saw black smoke with thunder surrounding me. I quickly wished to stop the black smoke, but it was too powerful. I thought of a place, a place like the throne room. The noise suddenly stopped. I looked around me, I was in the throne room, with the exception of it being polished and tidy. There were no blood puddles. I noticed somebody was sitting on the throne. It looked like a king. He was smiling at me, then he frowned.
"Who are you? What are you doing here?" The king asked. I noticed my wand was gone as well, I saw it on the throne's armrest.
"I... uh... I got here by the wand you have right now..." I pointed towards the wand. He picked it up, and glanced at it. The king grinned.
"Ah... so it was true, the wand has powers..." He said to himself.
"So, what's today's date?" I questioned.
"April 22nd, 1689" He answered. It was the year I was born.
It was the year 1950, the future from where I was. Sky gasped, she'd just witnessed the evil wand owner take me. Just like that, poof, gone.
"Oh no, this is bad, very bad..." She stuttered. Sky knew that we were all doomed if the evil wand owner got its hands on The Great Wand. If that happened, space will be taken over by massive black holes and anti-matterl. It wouldn't be very good.
"Sky, my wand is gone." She turned around to see Dr. Roberto, the electric wand owner.
"What? Are you sure you haven't mixed it up with your stick subjects?" Sky asked. Dr. Roberto is a maniac, crazy human, well, used to be human. He fell into a pit accidently, critically injuring every limb. He'd no choice other than to put his brain into an android. Suprisingly, he was successful on doing so and here he is now, doing more science.
"No, I haven't. Look, if I can't find my wand, then I can't create enough energy to store my labratory to test the experiment on the cause of-"
"Look, you talk way too much, just compress your sentences, okay? Now, I don't know what happened to it, but I have other things to worr-" Just then, Sky was interrupted by another wand owner, videm.
"Okay, where did my wand go!?" videm questioned. Sky stressfully growled.
"Look, I know your wands are missing, but The Great Wand owner just took off and got captured by the evil wand owner, and if I can't get enough peace and quiet to think about what I have to do solve my problems, then I can't solve any of yours either!" Sky screamed. Videm stood there in shock with his mouth opened. Dr. Roberto just stood there with a stirn face, crossing his arms.
"Look who's not compiling their sentences." Dr. Roberto muttured. Then, the lights went out. Darkness was coming.
"I have your precious wand owner in my time travel, and if you don't surrender, he will..." A strange voice laughed.


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Heart disease is substantially elevated in patients with type-2 diabetes, yet the biological and genetic basis for this elevated risk is not well understood.
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Colorado's Arapahoe Basin closed Sunday, June 6, as the last resort open in the state. The Beach, the Basin's notorious parking lot apres-ski spot, was full and there was plenty of end of season pond skimming to be had. Here are the photos.
May 3, 2010
Arapahoe Basin's East Wall finally opened last week and the mountain is skiing better than it has all season. Here's a look at some of our favorite lines on the East Wall—arguably the best in-bounds terrain Summit County, Colorado has to offer.
April 21, 2010
A-Basin giving fans a chance to purchase history May 1 when they begin selling Exhibition Lift chairs.
April 7, 2010
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December 9, 2009
Who can afford to ski the real Haute Route during a recession? What we need is a domestic version, a tour connecting, say, nine ski areas in Colorado. It's out there for any mountain yokel willing to hoist a heavy pack, bribe snowmobilers, and break trail where trails aren't meant to be broken. It starts in luxury and ends with nearly rotten mayonnaise—conditions permitting.
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I love to make this in the shape of a football and spread ketchup on them as the strings.
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- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
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- garlic salt, to taste
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- Heat oven to 350ºF.
- Beat milk and egg with fork in large bowl. Mix in beef, bread crumbs and salad dressing mix (dry). Shape into 6 small loaves. Place in ungreased rectangular pan, 13x9x2 inches. Brush loaves with Worcestershire sauce.
- Bake uncovered 35 to 45 minutes until no longer pink in centers of loaves and juice is clear. (If using meat thermometer, insert so tip is in center of one loaf. Thermometer should read at least 160ºF.)
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I made 2 half-pound loaves to pop 1 in the freezer for another quick dinner when time is short. The ranch mix is a perfect seasoning, and I used Panko crumbs,and the added Worcestershire gave a "steak" taste to the finished loaf. YUM! Great dinner and some leftover for sandwiches tomorrow. Thanks for sharing Ceezie. Made for Pick A Chef Spring 2011.


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A simpleton musing on a weekday in the nude, scrolling through iTunes and finding that a great deal of songs are called "La La" or "La La La." Every single one of them spark magic. Maybe it's just me; maybe I love to sing along to children's choirs. The funky soul production of Raphael Saadiq on Lucy Pearl's "LALA" has enough groove to get Stevie Wonder on his feet. Lil' Wayne, in my humble opinion, was at his strongest during 2007's Tha Carter III sessions, when his collection of tracks leaked and he decided to re-record the album. Those initial sessions were wonderful, stuck in my car's CD player in college for months on end. One of those initially leaked tracks was "La La La," quite possibly my favorite Lil' Wayne song. The chorus has a high-pitched sample chanting "La La La" to keep Weezy flowing. "I pray that I go where no other rapper has, and when you rappin' as vivid as I, the limit is the sky." A track that always gets the party bouncing. Strangely enough, Lil' Wayne recorded another track full of La's, one that actually made it onto Tha Carter III, one called "La La" with Brisco and Busta, produced by the legendary David Banner. The sample is younger, on that toddler shit, and sounds great in a car. Everyone knows this song. "Started out hustlin', ended up ballin'." Marlee B follows suit on his instrumental project, Medication Vol. 1. "La" (only one La?!?!) has kids chanting the hell out of some La's, bass thumping like he has been known to do all over Main Attrakionz projects. This beat has been known to destroy speakers and save marriages. Snoop Lion even goes in on his "La La La," the video featuring kids dressed as animals as Snoop says nonsense, hoping the Jamaicans take him in as their own. Maybe not the strongest example that all songs with "La" in the title are powerful. That being said, if the song came on the radio, I wouldn't change it, but I might ask myself, "Why the hell is the radio playing?" Jay-Z goes in on "La-La-La" a Neptunes-produced track for the Bad Boys II soundtrack, sounding straight out of The Dynasty sessions. "Memph Bleek always smokin' that la-la-la, Beanie Sigel always smokin' that la-la-la, Neptunes track smoke like la-la-la, it's the Roc baby, sing a lullaby." Even if you are familiar with Hova's la-la's, you haven't listened to the track in years. Refresh. To come to a close on my nonsense rant, Slum Village also has a "La La" but no samples of it, no kids singing "la la" like they know how, no Detroit rhymes tied with "La La," they were probably just really stoned and couldn't think of a better title. Regardless, the track is dope. Lastly, it isn't in the title, but who could really forget Kiley Minogue's "Can't Get You Out of My Head"? Check the Flaming Lips doing a cover of it down below. La la la, la la la la la, la la la.


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We'll Never Know If Brett Favre Had To Discuss His Penis Under OathYet as Jennings headed to the Twin Cities in mid-March for his free agent visit, he made the obvious phone call. To Brett Favre. So what exactly did Favre tell Jennings about what to expect with the Vikings? That's what CBS Sports Network's Jim Rome asked… (more)Source: deadspin.com
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Samoa students plead not guilty
Four of five students charged in relation to the school brawl at the Savalalo Market two weeks ago have denied the charges against them.
Christopher Tamaseulagi, 17 of Vaiusu, Henry Grey, 17 of Vailoa, Kasiano Pesamino, 17 of Vaiusu and Laki Suaesi Letoa, 19 of Vaie'e entered a not guilty plea in the District Court on Tuesday.
The matter was heard before Judge Vaepule Vaemoa Va'ai.
The students are jointly charged with fighting in a public place. Tamaseulagi is also charged with the assault against Tulimatala Nu'usolia. This happened on 31 July 2012 at Vaiusu.
Judge Vepule adjourned the matter for a full hearing on 21 January 2013.
The fifth student alleged to have been involved in the incident, Nicky Tolumaanai Misiluki Su'a did not appear.
His father Misiluki Su'a was there to excuse his son. Judge Vaepule told Nicky's father to inform his son to appear again in court next week on 28 August.


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Strange Music, "Most Known Unknown" (Originally Published July/August 2010)
After 10 years, 20 LPs (including five Tech solos and two Tech collabo LPs) and nearly 1.5 million records sold by Tecca Nina alone, Strange Music is in a strong spot, despite the lack of mainstream hip-hop support from the industry or the fans, or much radio or video play. It doesn't hurt, though, that what the label pushes is a roster of diverse
entities. The most recognizable faces, other than Tech, are fellow Kansas City natives Krizz Kaliko and Kutt Calhoun. The former, a plus-size live wire with slick raps and a singing voice steeped in opera and gospel influences, makes the brand's most commercially viable music. Calhoun's been with Strange since its start and reps the streets with his lyrics, along with Big Scoob, a rhyme partner of Tech's from the pre-Strange days. And in May 2009, O'Guin introduced a Los Angeles–based division, Strange Music West, which signed Cali horrorcore veteran Brotha Lynch Hung as its first act. Only nine acts have signed to Strange since 2000, a self-imposed limitation that has allowed O'Guin to devote maximum energy to projects and ensure fan satisfaction.
Violet Brown, director of urban music for the record-store chain Trans World Entertainment, has long appreciated the label's consistency. "Strange Music is quietly selling millions of units without compromising who they are and
what they stand for," says Brown. "I have said this thousands of times: There are no casual Tech fans."
In addition to being fanatical, most of his followers are also a bit one-dimensional—meaning heavily White. "I'm trying to brighten my music up now, because [the dark sound is] why a lot of Black muthafuckas stopped listening," says Tech. "For one, my imagery, a Black dude with a painted face—over here, they don't do that shit. You gotta go to Africa for that. But, to them, the red spiked hair I used to have threw everybody off, and I've yet to fully get them back."
The music speaks for itself. Beyond his face paint and unconventional tastes, Tech is a pure lyricist, deft in double-time flows and multisyllabic rhyme schemes. Contentwise, his verses run the gamut from painfully honest introspection to indictments against his music-industry peers (see "Crybaby," on his 2008 double-LP Killer), with dashes of political commentary and demonic possession thrown in. For many, though, looking past Tech's presentation is a task. "It seems to me that every other race—Whites, Asians, Latinos—is more accepting of weird-looking imagery, where Black folks seem to want to see the same type of dude all the time," says Kaliko. "If you think about the general Black population coming from the hood, they're used to seeing the hood stars that have the cars and money… They want to see these entertainers that they can identify with."
Even if his fan base never changes, Tecca Nina and his Strange Music team have little reason to complain. Humility has been the label's best asset. Realizing the limits of underground prestige, O'Guin and Tech aren't opposed to booking shows with low guarantees, of, say, $10,000. The rationale is simple: Take a small payment, kill it onstage and then anticipate bigger offers the next time around. The capacities of their venues have ranged from as low as 800 to as many as 18,000. In May, the label released its second concert DVD, K.O.D. Tour: Live in Kansas City, taped last November and serving as a visual testament to the raucous energy at a Tech N9ne show. Not to mention an example of SM's dedication to quality—it's shot with seven cameras, in high-defi nition, and is offered on Blu-ray.
In 2008, Tech was one of only three rappers to place within Pollstar's top 50 highest-grossing artists in terms of concert-ticket sales (the other two were Jay-Z and Kanye West). That Strange Music exceeds 200 shows a year is staggering. Yet what's baffling is that their tours—including their most recent, 36-venues-in-37-days Strange Days Tour (tagline: "A Decade of Excellence"), which began in early May—have yet to reach the key Southern markets of Atlanta and New Orleans. Considering how dominant ATL, specifically, is these days, that's a problem. "I keep telling Travis, 'Put me on tour with Ludacris or somebody from the South,'" says Tech. "It's easier said than done, but bottom
line is, I can't infect the world if people are alienated."
Nevertheless, thanks to constant touring, in January 2009, O'Guin and Tech were able to drop $2.1 million into the renovation of an open 18,000-square-foot space in Lee's Summit (located 20 minutes south of Kansas City), turning it into an immaculate, all-purpose SM facility. The Strange logo (a snake and a bat crisscrossed) can be seen on everything from stairs, to floor tiles, to the soda machine, to the thermostat frame. There's a filing cabinet containing video footage of every show throughout the label's existence, ordered chronologically. One office is bursting with high-quality film equipment; another holds the social-networking team. There is also an office where a man works on building SM's new online store, O'Guin's comfy digs, a sleek conference room, four different kitchens, and quite a few more cubes and offices filled with happily working SM employees.


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In 622 AD the prophet Muhammad left Mecca and was given sanctuary in the city of Yathrib, in the volcanic-hills 320 km (200 mi) to the north. The city became known as Madinat al-Nabi — 'City of the Prophet of Allah', shortened to al-Madina, or Medina — 'The City'.
For the next 40 years, Medina Saudi Arabia was the capital of the Muslim world and, although the city gradually declined in political importance, as Islam spread across the Middle East to cities like Jerusalem and Damascus, it retained its spiritual significance — for it was here that Muhammad laid the foundation stone of the first mosque in the world, the Masjid al-Quba. When he died in 632, the Masjid al-Nabawi (Prophet's Mosque) was built on the site of his house. The al-Nabawi contains his tomb and is second in importance only to the al-Haram in Mecca.
The original Masjid al-Nabawi was 30 x 35 m (100 x 115 ft) built of palm trunks and mud, with three entrances. Its basic plan was the one adopted by mosques everywhere. Over the centuries. Al-Nabawi has been rebuilt, embellished and enlarged many times; although smaller than the al-Haram, it is still a magnificent building, ten times its original size, with room for half a million worshippers.
Medina Saudi Arabia is enclosed by a huge 12th century wall, flanked by towers and a castle. Of the four entrance gates, the Bar al-Salaam, in particular, is renowned for its beauty. Outside the city walls there are suburbs of low houses, courtyards and gardens. The city is packed with religious monuments, shrines, and shops selling artifacts and holy trinkets.
Like Mecca, the holy part of Medina Saudi Arabia behind the city wall is haram (forbidden) to non-Muslims. However, many of the sights and facilities of the city are accessible to non-believers.
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Achieving Unity: A Torah Thought For Pesach
Pesach conjures up ideals of freedom. Freedom from slavery, freedom to serve Hashem the way we want without oppression. Indeed, our sages tell us that the prime purpose of being freed from the horrible bondage of Egypt was so that we would "be able to serve Hashem on that mountain [Mt. Sinai, where the Torah was given]."
When one looks at the present condition of the Jewish nation, however, it appears increasingly difficult to feel encouraged. Not only are we still in galus, not only have we not merited the ultimate freedom that will come with the arrival of Mashiach, but it seems that in many parts of the world our freedom to serve Hashem is increasingly being challenged.
Even in places where we have felt relatively at home we are now seeing troubling signs of resurgent anti-Semitism. What one might call genteel anti-Semitism is perhaps even more troubling because it is couched in such terms as "human rights," "animal rights," "rights of the child" and similar "social justice" slogans.
Take New York, the city with the highest concentration of Jews outside of Eretz Yisrael. For many years Jews have flourished in New York, and may it be Hashem's will that they continue to flourish. Nevertheless, a frum Jew there could not be blamed for feeling that his deeply held values are being targeted.
For starters, the New York City Health Department's legislation regarding a religious issue such as bris milah, with obligations imposed on mohelim, has worried many, not only because of the law itself but also for the precedent it sets –government encroachment into what until now had been treated as a purely religious issue.
Then there was the recent case where the New York City Human Rights Commission sued businesses establishments owned by religious Jews because of signs on the doors asking customers not to dress immodestly. Many observers were scratching their heads wondering why upscale Manhattan restaurants routinely have rules regarding dress and decorum while Orthodox businesses now faced the wrath of the Human Rights Commission for nearly identical conduct.
America has been such a safe haven for Jews for many reasons, but one prime reason was that traditional moral values always characterized the country. And the American motto of "live and let live" provided a modicum of protection while allowing people to live their lives in consonance with their conscience.
Today, if you oppose the "progressive" agenda and take issue with the immorality that is so prevalent, you will be labeled a racist, anti-progress, anti-women, etc. These labels can have very serious social and legal consequences.
Despite all this, America remains one of the better places for Jews. Jews in France are emigrating in droves due to rampant and violent anti-Semitism on the part of Muslim extremists there. The authorities are either unable or unwilling to stop it. Although the situation in England is not nearly as bad as it is in France, British Jews are very apprehensive about the growth of Muslim extremism and what it will mean for the continuing viability of England's Jewish community.
In Belgium, the government has issued an edict that will force all schools, even religious schools, to teach a government-mandated curriculum that counters our deeply held religious values.
Even in Eretz Yisrael, our beloved homeland, it seems that many segments of the population feel despised, barely tolerated for their religious lifestyle and under constant assault by the courts and the government.
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Perhaps worse than all the above is the acute lack of unity among Jews. There is strife everywhere; there is so much sinas chinam, lashon hara, and plain old ill will between different communities.
Is there anything we can do as individuals and as a community to remedy this situation? Is there any way we can bring Jews together as one?
Should we just give up and say, "This is the way it is, this is galus"? Or should we be proactive and try to bring Jews of all persuasions together so that we can achieve the brotherhood and achdus that are prerequisites for the ultimate geulah when we will one day merit to eat the Korban Pesach in the rebuilt third Beis HaMikdash?
The answer to this may lie in a deeper understanding of the Korban Pesach. Let us analyze some of the laws of the Korban Pesach and the profound lessons for today that can be gleaned from them.
The Torah does not specify the punishment that is incurred if one fails to perform any of its positive commandments, with the exception of two. One of those two is the Korban Pesach. If one fails to bring the Korban Pesach he is subject to the punishment of kareis.
What exactly is the penalty of kareis? We derive from the Nefesh Hachaim (Gate 1, chapter 18) that Kareis means a breaking of the bond between a person and Hashem and by extension between a person and the rest of Am Yisrael.
When a person is in such a manner detached, he cannot connect with his fellow Jews. He is, as it were, excommunicated from Klal Yisrael. Being cut off like that from the collective tree of the Jewish nation is a horrible sentence. The person becomes like a rootless tree being blown by the wind, with nothing to keep it attached to its source.
Chazal instruct us (Avos 2:1), "Calculate the loss of a mitzvah as compared with its reward." Rambam (ibid.) explains this to mean that whenever the Torah reveals that one incurs a severe punishment for failing to observe a commandment, we can infer that the reward for its observance is truly great.
In this case, if the punishment for failing to bring a Korban Pesach is that one's soul is cut off from its spiritual roots and distanced from his fellow Jews, then conversely a person who fulfills this mitzvah certainly must receive a reward that is the opposite of the punishment for failing to fulfill it.
Clearly, a person who brings the Korban Pesach is rewarded by achieving a deeper connection to his own spiritual roots, which in turn brings him closer to Hashem and immeasurably strengthens his bond and sense of oneness with Hashem's Nation of Israel.
Why is the reward so great? What is it about a Jew bringing a Korban Pesach that is so great that Hashem gives him an unequalled reward? And why is the punishment so severe for someone who does not bring the Korban Pesach?
One of the unique halachas of Korban Pesach is that it must be performed as a chaburah, in a group together with others. A possible reason for this is that the Korban Pesach symbolizes the sacrifice marking the passage of Bnei Yisrael from slaves of Pharaoh to servants of Hashem.
At Har Sinai Jews stood "as one man, with one heart" and began to serve Hashem as a single unit. The first time they ate the Korban Pesach, they were commanded to eat it together, as a chaburah, with achdus, because achdus was a prerequisite for them to make the giant leap from slaves of the king of Egypt to servants of the Creator of the universe.
The fact that the punishment for not bringing the Korban Pesach is the extremely stringent one of kareis teaches us how important the Korban Pesach and its message of chaburah and achdus is for the redemption of Klal Yisrael. If the transgression is kareis, the proper fulfillment of the mitzvah can bring about the greatest degree of closeness to Hashem.
We posit that this is so because just as the Korban Pesach was the mitzvah that prepared the Jewish nation for the unity of Har Sinai and the receiving of the Torah, so too the final redemption, for which we so deeply yearn and impatiently await, will only come through this message of Korban Pesach, unity, achdus, togetherness.
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The Chofetz Chaim said the times in which we live can be called "ikvesa d'meshicha" – the footsteps of Mashiach. We can, as it were, already hear the footsteps. What can we do to finally bring him through the door?
The answer is that we can come together with achdus, but we know how difficult a task that is. Each community is different; each one emphasizes the superficial things that separate us. Thus, coming together seems like a pipe dream – especially today, when the divisiveness between various groups of religious Jews is at an unprecedented level.
I would like to suggest something that can bring us all together in a most profound, meaningful way. It is called Daf HaYomi B'Halacha. The one thing that truly binds us all together is the Torah itself. Daf HaYomi B'Halacha, a program started by Dirshu several years ago, entails learning a page of the sefer Mishnah Berurah daily.
Since its inception tens of thousands have joined, and now the program has already begun the sixth and final volume of Mishnah Berurah and is on the final approach to the historic and worldwide first siyum in the Daf HaYomi B'Halacha cycle.
One of the remarkable things about Daf HaYomi B'Halacha is that it caters to the entire cross-section of Orthodoxy. There are Daf HaYomi B'Halacha learners and shiurim all over the world representing the cornucopia of Jewry – Ashkenazim and Sephardim, Modern Orthodox, yeshivish, chassidish, and everyone in between. Shiurim can be found in shuls in the Five Towns and in Williamsburg; in Lakewood and in Portland, Oregon; in yeshivas from Chevron to Kerem B'Yavneh and from Mitzpeh Rimon to Porat Yosef and hundreds of other locales around the globe.
Learning daily halacha is something that virtually anyone can do with the investment of a half hour, either by attending a shiur, learning with a partner, or dialing the many telephone shiurim. It enables a person to connect with Hashem in a way that is practical as well as inspirational.
That is why there is such excitement building around the first Daf HaYomi B'Halacha siyum. There will be major siyumim scheduled to take place during the first week of April 2015 in Eretz Yisrael, North America and Europe that will unite Jews from all segments of Orthodoxy.
In addition, Dirshu's new edition of the Mishnah Berurah, which incorporates thousands of halachic rulings on issues that have sprung up in the hundred years since the Mishnah Berurah was originally written, has been receiving rave reviews for the clear, concise manner it highlights rulings on virtually every modern-day question applicable to the laws being learned.
In short, Dirshu's Daf HaYomi B'Halacha program is a Torah learning vehicle that can and does serve as the ultimate binder of the Jewish people. It is a program that will enhance the spiritual life of every participant. It brings one closer to Hashem because through learning practical halacha a person learns to live with Hashem and be cognizant of His presence, from the moment he awakens in the morning and says Modeh Ani to the time he recites Shema before going to sleep.
Moreover, a unifying learning program like Daf HaYomi B'Halacha is able to bring together all of Klal Yisrael in a spiritual endeavor we can all agree upon. It can help us achieve true achdus – not artificial proclamations of unity but true unity of purpose as tens and perhaps eventually even hundreds of thousands of Jews come together every day to learn the same page of Mishnah Berurah and eventually celebrate together the deep, true joy of a siyum on the entire Mishnah Berurah.
Now especially, when we see how we can never be comfortable in galus as Jews, when we see the difficulties Jews are undergoing as a result of both overt and covert anti-Semitism, it is time to come together as our forefathers did upon leaving Egypt and forge an unbreakable bond among the disparate groups of Klal Yisrael.
The terrible hatred of one group of Jews for another is absolutely horrifying. We have to see the present acrimony as a wake-up call. We are being torn apart by animosity and must do something that will unite us in a meaningful way.
If we really care about achdus, if unity is more than just a mantra, it is time to get off the sidelines and do something. Joining together with the widest array of Jews imaginable by undertaking to join the Daf HaYomi B'Halacha daily learning program is an important and critically vital first step.
Perhaps this unity among all segments of Torah-observant Jewry learning Daf HaYomi B'Halacha will bring us back from the brink and help lead to that exalted time we all await when once again we will be able to bring the Korban Pesach as a chaburah – "as one man, with one heart."Rav Dovid Hofstedter
About the Author: Rav Dovid Hofstedter is the author of the Dorash Dovid sefarim on the Torah and Moadim and the founder and nasi of Dirshu, a worldwide Torah movement whose raison d'être is accountability in Torah learning among all segments of Klal Yisrael, impacting more than 100,000 participants since its inception 19 years ago.
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The Parking Industry Exhibition for 2017 returns to its home at the Hyatt Regency near Chicago's O'Hare airport and although the venue will be familiar, it will be unlike any trade event you have attended. We are changing everything to make it more responsive to those attending from different parking market segments.
We are focusing on Municipalities, University and Hospital Campus Parking, Shopping and Business Development, and Parking Commercial Operations. Each group will have a series of seminars, presentations, and expert meetings honed to their particular needs. It will be like a Forum for each within the event.
We have not forgotten the needs of our attendees. Technology will be stressed, but focused on each market segment. No need for a shopping center to be concerned about citation management, or a city on campus permit fulfillment. However, there is no question that cutting edge technology is intriguing our industry. Whether its clouds, apps, pay by cell, parking guidance, LPR, LED, or chip cards, our industry wants to know. PIE 2017 will be the place.
For exhibitors we are offering something new, too. We will be experimenting with programmed in booth appointments so attendees can make appointments with you and be in your booth at specific times. They will be enticed by offering substantial discounts on their registration fees if they make appointments with exhibitors.
As in the past, seminars will never conflict with trade show hours. Exhibitors will have the opportunity to meet potential customers and present your wares and services. Our networking events are places where you meet attendees in relaxed sessions. Every day, more networking – Coffee in the morning, Breaks at midday, and cocktails in the evening. You skip those events at your peril.
PIE 2017 will show that we are Engaged, Dynamic, and Instant. Our media products will promote PIE. The changes you see will make it an even better event, and our daily on line updates will create the buzz you need.
PIE 2017 is the place to be!
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