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The Year In Pot
One of the problems that the marijuana reform movement consistently faces is that everyone wants to talk about what marijuana does, but no one ever wants to look at what marijuana prohibition does. Marijuana never kicks down your door in the middle of the night. Marijuana never locks up sick and dying people, does not suppress medical research, does not peek in bedroom windows. Even if one takes every reefer madness allegation of the prohibitionists at face value, marijuana prohibition has done far more harm to far more people than marijuana ever could. RICHARD COWAN, FORMER HEAD OF NORML, NOW EDITOR OF WWW.MARIJUANANEWS.COM
Estimated U.S. deaths in 2000 attributed to:
tobacco: 400,000
alcohol: 110,000
prescription drugs: 100,000
suicide: 30,000
murder: 15,000
aspirin and related over-the-counter painkillers: 7600
marijuana: 0
Number of americans arrested since 1965 on marijuana-related charges:
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February 9: ArizonaDeborah Lynn Quinn, 39, born with no arms or legs, is sentenced to one year in Arizona prison for marijuana possession after violating probation on a previous drug offenseattempted sale of 4 grams of marijuana to a police informant for $20. Quinn will require around-the-clock care for feeding, bathing, and hygiene.
February 15: The United States' prison and jail population surpasses 2 million people. Prisons are one of the fastest-growing expenses of government. It costs about $100,000 to build a single prison cell and about $24,000 per year to house an individual prisoner. Some 1.3 million U.S. inmates are currently serving time for nonviolent offenses. One-quarter of the world's prisoners are now incarcerated in the "land of the free."
February 18: AtlantaLouis E. Covar Jr., 51, a quadriplegic, paralyzed from the neck down in a diving accident on July 4, 1967, who says he uses marijuana to relieve the pain from muscle spasms in his neck, is sentenced to seven years in prison after being accused of selling marijuana out of his home. Covar denies the charge, insisting the small amount seized (one and a quarter ounces) was for his personal medicinal use. According to the Georgia Department of Corrections, the special care Covar needs will cost $258.33 a dayor more than 660,000 if he serves his full seven years. A typical prisoner costs taxpayers $47.63 per day.
February 23: The Hawaii Medical Association comes out against the pending state medical marijuana initiative. Heidi Singh, HMA's director of legislative and government affairs, says more studies should be done, and that "physicians cannot in good faith recommend a drug therapy without clinical evidence to back it up."
February 28: Madrid, SpainThe chemical in marijuana that produces a high shows promise as a weapon against deadly brain tumors, according to Spanish scientists. In a study on rats, a team from Complutense University and Autonoma University in Madrid found that one of marijuana's active ingredients, THC, eliminated tumor cells in advanced cases of glioma, a quick-killing cancer for which there is currently no effective treatment. The researchers found that pumping THC into the tumors cleared the cancer in more than a third of the test rats. The drug prolonged the life of another third by up to 40 days, but was ineffective in the rest. The cancer did not recur in any of the survivors.
March 2: Marijuana-like compounds ease tremors in mice with a condition similar to multiple sclerosis, researchers say in a study, published in the British journal Nature, that appears to corroborate patients' claims that pot helps them deal with the disease.
March 13: Mondovi, WisconsinPolice raid the home of Jacki Rickert at 3:30 a.m. and seize a small amount of marijuana. Rickert, 49, who is wheelchair-bound and weighs 90 pounds, suffers from Ehlers-Danos syndrome and reflexive sympathetic dystrophy, bone and muscle diseases respectively. She smokes marijuana to ease her pain and strengthen her appetite. Rickert was promised but later denied entrance to the federal Investigative New Drug program, which distributes a tin of 300 pre-rolled marijuana cigarettes to eight legally protected American citizens each month.
Rickert's daughter, Tammy, claims the police raid has left her mother a wreck. "She's tiny, frail," Tammy said. "She's not out to hurt anybody. She's trying to maintain some semblance of a quality of life. The marijuana, which the government pretty much told her she could use, helps a little. This whole thing is unbelievable."
March 16: New York CityAn unarmed black security guard, Patrick Dorismond, is shot dead by undercover New York City police officers conducting a marijuana "buy-and-bust." Two plainclothes detectives approach Dorismond, asking if he will sell them "some weed." Dorismond rebuffs the men, a scuffle ensues, and a third officer, Anthony Vasquez, fires a single bullet into Dorismond's chest. No drugs or other contraband is found on Dorismond's body. The shooting is the third time in 13 months plainclothes New York City police officers kill an unarmed black man.
Under Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, marijuana arrests have risen from 720 in 1992 to 59,945 in the first 11 months of 2000.
April 1: Canada's premier national newspaper, The National Post, editorializes in favor of an eventual legalization of marijuana: "Canada's police, judges, and prosecutors have better things to do with their time than track down those who produce and consume a substance no more dangerous than alcohol and tobacco. We should begin the decriminalization of marijuana by immediately reducing the punishments that can be imposed for its possession to modest finesand start thinking about how to regulate its use."
April 25: The Hawaii State Senate passes medical marijuana legislation, joining California, Oregon, Washington, Maine, Alaska, Arizona, and the District of Columbia in shielding medical marijuana patients from criminal prosecution.
June 9: Human Rights Watch releases a study showing that Illinois has the worst racial disparity among jailed drug offenders of any state in the nation. Black men in Illinois are 57 times more likely than white men to be sent to prison on drug charges, and blacks make up 90 percent of all drug-related prison admissions. Though federal studies show that nationwide white drug users outnumber black drug users 5 to 1, blacks make up about 62 percent of prisoners incarcerated on drug charges, compared with 36 percent for whites.
June 14: Los AngelesBestselling author, cancer and AIDS patient, and high-profile medical marijuana activist Peter McWilliams is found dead in his home. McWilliams, barred by a federal court order from using marijuana to counteract the extreme nausea caused by his AIDS drugs, is found slumped on his bathroom floor, choked to death on vomit. His federal prosecutors say they are "saddened by his death."
McWilliams's books include How to Heal Depression; Getting Over the Loss of a Love; Life 101; and Ain't Nobody's Business If You Do: The Absurdity of Consensual Crimes in Our Free Country.
July 31: Ontario, CanadaOntario's top court rules unanimously (3-0) that Canada's law making marijuana possession a crime is unconstitutional, because it does not take into account the needs of medical marijuana patients. The judges allow the current law to remain in effect for another 12 months, to permit Parliament to rewrite it. However, if the Canadian government fails to set up a medical marijuana distribution program by July 31, 2001, all marijuana laws in Canada will be struck down.
August 16: Los AngelesThe American Medical Marijuana Association reports that medical marijuana patient, grower, and author of How to Grow Medical Marijuana Todd McCormick, confined to federal prison while appealing his case, has been sent to solitary confinement. Todd has severe spinal problems that have caused him "unbearable" pain, according to his mother, Ann McCormick. She says Todd went to the medical office and requested the synthetic form of marijuana, Marinol, produced by Unimed Pharmaceuticals, which he had been taking before his incarceration. One day after Todd asked for the easily prescribed drug, the feds ordered he be drug tested. When the results came back positive for marijuana, Todd was placed in solitary confinement.
August 20: SeattleA crowd estimated at 100,000 gathers at Myrtle Edwards Park for Hempfest 2000, calling for the legalization of marijuana for personal and medical use, as well as legalization of hemp for environmentally sustainable industrial uses. The event is the largest of its kind in the world, with no arrests reported.
September 8: Santa FeGreen Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader joins New Mexico's Republican governor, Gary Johnson, in criticizing the nation's war on drugs, calling for marijuana legalization and reform of what Nader calls "self-defeating and antiquated" drug laws. Rehabilitation gives a far better payoff than "criminalizing and militarizing the situation," Nader says at a news conference. "Study after study has shown that, and yet somehow it doesn't get through to federal policy."
October 16: The FBI releases its 1999 Uniform Crime Report. There was a record total of 704,812 U.S. marijuana arrests in 1999, or one every 45 seconds. Of those arrests, 620,541 (88 percent) were for simple marijuana possession, and 84,271 (12 percent) were for sales or cultivation. Through 1999, there were 4,175,357 marijuana arrests under the Clinton administration, a record for any U.S. presidency.
November 7, election day: Voters across the United States pass sweeping drug law reform initiatives. In California, despite united opposition from Governor Gray Davis, Attorney General Bill Lockyer, Senator Dianne Feinstein, statewide police associations, and prison guard unions, citizens vote 61 percent to 39 percent to pass Proposition 36, diverting nonviolent drug offenders into treatment rather than prison for first and second offenses. Proponents claim the move will save the state $150 million annually and eliminate the need for a new state prison. Mendocino County voters approve Measure G by a 58-42 margin, decriminalizing personal use and the growing of up to 25 marijuana plants.
Nevadans vote 65 percent to 35 percent to pass Question 9, allowing qualified patients to possess marijuana for medicinal purposes. In response, a self-appointed task force of state health care officials, the Nevada Medical Marijuana Initiative Work Group, moves to limit use of the drug to research studies, adding months if not years to approval time.
By a 53-47 margin, Colorado voters pass Amendment 20, allowing qualified patients to possess up to two ounces of marijuana and grow up to six plants. Tom Strickland, U.S. attorney for Colorado, says that his office will continue to "aggressively enforce federal drug laws, including the prohibition of marijuana, regardless of the passage of this ballot initiative."
Utahans, by a margin of 69-31, pass Initiative B, denying government agencies the right to seize property from individuals before they are convicted of a crime.
Oregonians pass a similar property-seizure reform initiative, Measure 3the Oregon Property Protection Actby a margin of 67-33. Measure 3 diverts drug forfeiture proceeds from police treasuries into drug treatment programs.
November 27: In U.S. v. Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Cooperative, 00-151, the Supreme Court takes on the issue of whether "medical necessity" is an acceptable defense against the federal law that makes marijuana distribution a crime. A decision is expected by June 2001.
December 6: Brussels, BelgiumLiberal prime minister Guy Verhofstadt and a coalition of Liberals, Socialists, and Greens vote to end marijuana prohibition. As of January 1, 2001, Belgium, joining Holland in embracing tolerance, will "exempt from punishment possession, consumption, and trade of up to five grams hashish or marijuana." Belgium is the seat of the European Union.
December 6: In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine released today, President Bill Clinton is asked if he thinks "people should go to jail for using or even selling small amounts of marijuana." Clinton replies, "I think that most small amounts of marijuana have been decriminalized in some places, and should be." Clinton adds, "We really need a reexamination of our entire policy on imprisonment. A lot of people are in prison because they have drug problems or alcohol problems and too many of them are getting outparticularly out of state systemswithout treatment, without education, without skills, without serious efforts at job placement."
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The author's commitment to helping victims of online crime grew out of her first-hand experience as a victim of cyberstalking. Ray Everett-Church, a senior privacy strategist at ePrivacy Group, said, "The vast majority of authors have an expertise and interest sufficient to inspire them to take on the task of writing a book. For [this author], it is something much deeper … this book is evidence of her passionate commitment to make sure that others are not forced to live through the nightmares."
In the years since her personal ordeal began, Hitchcock—who won a legal decision against the perpetrators in her case—has become a nationally recognized Internet crime and security expert. She has helped pass laws related to online harassment in several states including Maryland, Minnesota, Michigan, Maine, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire. As president of Working to Halt Online Abuse (WHOA, at www.haltabuse.org) she teaches law enforcement personnel
worldwide how to track down cybercriminals and work with victims. She also consults on cybercrime cases for the U.S. Department of Justice, the National Center for Victims of Crime, and police departments worldwide. A sought-after speaker and writer, she is frequently quoted in media coverage of cybercrime and security issues.
Hitchcock wrote Net Crimes & Misdemeanors (Information Today, Inc., 2002) to help individuals and business users of the Web protect themselves, their children, and their employees against online cheats and predators. She details a broad range of abusive practices, shares victims' stories (including her own), and offers advice on how to handle privacy invasion, financial scams, cyberstalking, and identity theft. She provides tips and techniques that can be put into immediate use and points to the laws, organizations, and Web resources that can aid victims and help them fight back.
Vinton Cerf, often referred to as "the father of the Internet," said the book is "filled with real-world examples, hard advice, and Web pointers—an eye-opener for those who think the Internet is only a virtual world."
Visit Lifetime TV's Web site to learn more about Hitchcock's accomplishments and the champion for change award at www.lifetimetv.com/community/olc/champs/profiles_index.html.
Net Crimes & Misdemeanors: Outmaneuvering the Spammers, Swindlers, and Stalkers Who Are Targeting You Online (256 pp/trade paper/ISBN 0-910965-57-9/$24.95) is a CyberAge Book from Information Today, Inc. It is available in better bookstores everywhere through Chicago-based trade distributor Independent Publishers Group (IPG) or by calling the publisher at (800) 300-9868 [outside the U.S. call (609) 654-6266]; faxing your order to (609) 654-4309; e-mailing firstname.lastname@example.com; or logging on to the ITI Web site at www.infotoday.com.


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- Scam is known as: "Rachel from credit card services".
- Has been around since 2009
- Declared public enemy number one by FTC
- Latest people reported the number as that of "Non, Cell Number"
- Around 22% of people reported it as "Recorded Message"
- Please comment about the number using the form below. It will help us learn more about the scam and raise awarness.
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called me at home and cell : female recorded voice. with offer for last chance to make credit card rates lower... I have previously placed my numbers on the do not call list.. They continue to call....even as often as I hang up.
9, Sep. 2013called twice, answered and nothing. Worst telemarketers in teh world obviously
9, Sep. 2013Called me several times offering a lower rate on my credit card. When I asked who I was speaking with, they were silent. When I prompted them again, they hung up. The number they are dialing is listed under the federal Do Not Call List.
9, Sep. 2013just phones and hangs up
9, Sep. 2013Recorded message offered lower rate for credit card if I pressed one - very suspicious.
received a call on cell...didn't answer it
9, Sep. 2013Called Cell - didn't leave message - received call from # before...scammer
Called cell w/ deceptive "offer" for lower credit card rate. Hung up when I asked how they got my number.
9, Sep. 2013Female voice recording regarding my credit cards. There is no problem, but for an opportunity to lower my interest rates to as low as 6.something percent, I should push the number 1. I didn't. I agree that it is very suspicious.
Christine M
9, Sep. 2013Phising attempt to get credit card info - refused to tell me who the company was and when I said I suspected this was a id theft scam, the caller (young male) became extremely verbally abusive and then hung up
Offered to lower my interest rates on Visa and MasterCard. Since I don't have a MasterCard I questioned which bank they were calling from and they would not say. I then asked if they were cold calling because I am on the national do not call list and they are liable to a fine. Said I should just shut the f*ck up and listen. When I asked for a supervisor they hung up.
Some scam recording about lowering CC interest rates.
Rich L
9, Sep. 2013Company makes illegal Robo calls, which are subject to $16000 fines if you can find them. When I answered and asked the person if she knew she was making illegal Robo calls she hung up. Cannot call their number back as it comes back as no such number. Using a reverse directory finds the number coming back to Dutch John, UT. Lots of good that info gives. Where can we possibly put an end to this. Notifying FTC and FCC seems to do no good. If we could hit them hard in the pocket book it might stop them.
9, Sep. 2013I received a recorded message (female voice) saying that this was a call regarding my credit card, but that nothing is wrong, only that I may qualify for lower interest rates. She said to stay on the line to speak to a representative. A guy answered and when I asked him which one of my cards he was calling from he said they handle Discover, Visa, MC and I said I want to know which one you own. He said something stupid like I have to sign to have them own my card! I said I understand how that works but I am asking you which credit card company are you with. He hung up. I'm putting this on my facebook too. And I'm reporting them because I too am on the Do Not Call registry.
10, Sep. 2013Had same issues with others. Hit 1 to talk to a representative, the moment I asked them to put this number on the Do Not Call Registry they hung up, albeit after she made a rude comment.
10, Sep. 2013calls on cell and land line, nuisance calls at least. This company? should be investigated by BBB & federal government.
10, Sep. 2013Same as above. "No problem with your credit card...." but offered to lower rates. Caller ID said "Cell Phone". I DID press 1 to talk to a live person. I'm getting this down to the bottom of this when I'm home to answer! Asked WHAT company... Said she wasn't with any company. ??? But then said she was with M/C & Visa. How can you work for BOTH??? Asked WHY my called ID said "cell phone" when it rang? She said it didn't. Ummm, yep, it did. Told her that my number was on the Do Not Call Registry. "Click" -- she hung up. :) Will keep this number on file (like I do the rest), and if they call again, they get fined.
10, Sep. 2013Just called my cell phone...did not answer, but if anyone figures out who these people are and what we can do to get them fined I am all for it.
10, Sep. 2013Yes, called cell. No message. CRACK DOWN ON THESE LAME 'HOLES
Recorded message came on, they call me all the time....i waited to talk to someone so i could tell them to take me off the list...i told him i was on teh do not cal list and i was going to report him and he said "go ahead with your threats" and hung up. This has to be a scam to get your credit card information.
Got the same call and I presses 1 to have them take me off calling list. When she answered she said she was with card services and could lower my interest rates. And I said I don't have a credit card and before I could say take me off your list. She said" I quote". Why did u push 1 are u stupid? I said did u just call me stupid? She said" yes I did call you stupid and was thinking about calling u a b***h and matter fact I will call u a stupid b***h!" I ask to talk to her boss and at that time I was mad. Her so called boss talked to me even worse. Call me a w***e and talked about my dirty v****a. I am furious!!!!! Something's got to be done with this company. On the net this info comes back to Union Telephone Co. In Dutch John UT. I call them and they say they do not have anything to do with them. It has to stop. NOW
Called my cell phone. I did not answer and they did not leave a message. I am also on the Do Not Call Registry.
Called my cell phone. I did not answer and they did not leave a message. I registered with the Do Not Call Registry 2 months ago.


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Immigration hesitancy
I'm confused. On May 1 Bertie Ahern
other EU members for "failing to throw open their borders to workers from new member states". But, when it comes the potential
new states of Bulgaria and Romania it seems that
Ireland will say 'not yet'
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Monday, December 14, 2009
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Here are some pictures from our 1st Annual Christmas Comedy Show which was held at The Comedy Union. Special thanks to club owner Enss Mitchell for providing the venue. The Comedy Show was great as it featured performances by Rion Evans, Clayton thomas, Vincent O'Shana, Red Grant, Melanie Comarcho and Tony Rock. The show was hosted by Esau McGraw and there were jokes heard all around. The Party was one of the hottest in years! Stay tuned for our next event coming up soon!
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Samsung has announced it will merge its own touchscreen OS, Bada, with the Linux-based Tizen OS.
Tizen was a collaboration between Intel and Samsung and was born from the ashes of MeeGo where it failed to rise like a phoenix. Nokia left it for dead and jumped to Windows Phone. Samsung was a little luckier with Bada in 2010 in an effort to update the operating system on their low-end smartphones and their touchscreen feature phones. The OS has multi-tasking, an app store and a completely rehauled UI that looks somewhat similar to Android.
More than 10 million Bada devices were sold last year, making it a marginal success for the company. Bada will fold into Tizen, but all current apps and the SDK is backward compatible with the new OS. There is a chance that Bada devices, like the Wave phone, will be updated to Tizen later this year via an OTA update.
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Any tips AT ALL on how to get a good mark in personal writing? Definitely struggle with it the most on paper 1
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Im the same but a speech is always one of the options so you should practise speech techniques ect
Its either going to be a short story, a speech or a personal essay.
Go through the exam papers and do this question, look through your answers and consider where you might be losing marks and learn how to fix this, if you still dont know ask your teacher.
Make sure too show off your vocabulalry, use varied sentance length and keep an eye on spelling.
It should be 2-3 A4 pages.
If youre doing a short story keep it simple over a short time period, it is more important to have a character the reader can connect than to have an intricate storyline. describe all the characters clearly and in detail. let the reader get to know the character through what they do and how they feel not what you say about them.it is important that the story can grab the readers attention and make them feel emotions.The story needs to progress ; a character could make a decision, have a change of heart or do something exciting, make sure you have a very strong opening and closing line because these need to grab the readers attention and leave them with a lasting impression.
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Japanese Libraries eyeing ways to bring thieves to book
The Daily Yomiuri - Osaka,Japan - reports Libraries in Kanagawa Prefecture are trying to deal with the problem of having large numbers of their books and other materials stolen, defaced or deliberately damaged by inconsiderate readers.
In Yokohama, 24,147 books were stolen from 18 municipal libraries in fiscal 2005, accounting for nearly 1 percent of the 3.59 million books owned by the libraries.
According to the Yokohama municipal government, the damage in terms of the books' purchase prices amounted to 28.71 million yen. A similar number of books have gone missing annually over the past several years, city officials said.
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Hi sorry for delay had to get away from this rain - a bit wet around injectors - would that give the judder I discribe -you were right about egr it wasn't connected but the judder is still there
As its a mechanical fault it tends not to turn on the fault light and you can sometimes hear a 'hissing' noise with the engine running.
Check the hose clips for tightness and inspect the trunking for any cracks or splits and also all the vacuum system, the small bore pipes and fittings for cracks and missing parts.
The best way to locate a leak is to have the engine running and warm and then spray lighter gas /propane around each joint in turn. If the engine rev's up you've found your leak.
Now you might think that spraying lighter gas around a hot engine isn't wise, however the flash /ignition point of gas is about 400°C so you need a naked flame or spark to set it off and I've used this method for many years without incident.
Work your way through each possible joint one at a time and you should find it. I use a slightly flattened piece of brake pipe and some rubber hose from the can of lighter gas to provide a spraying 'wand' and allow a direct blast of gas into each area, especially those difficult to reach with large implements.


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Killer Elite
I liked it. Pretty boring at first but gets better later on.
Uhhh un Prophete is a heavy movie, one of my fav french movies! Have watched that flick 2-3 times now.
You should also see The Intouchables if you have not already.
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This show took place in connection with the Post Gallery Show curated by Susan Joyce on July 5th 2002. Editing by Alan Kelley, video shoot directed by Dave Scandina. Only $15! For excellent DVD quality. Please see the SRL order page for ordering. Edited by Alan Kelley, Shoot Directed by Dave Scardina. |
Berkeley Show at the ShipyardBerkeley, CA$25.00 |
SRL DVD only release of December 15, 2001 performance in Berkeley at the Shipyard!! See SRL's most concentrated show ever. 30 tons of mechanical madness unleashed in a 75 by 60 ft area. Plenty of close calls for the audience and maximum crash and burn for the machines. Your kids will cheer as the Pitching machine deconstructs Jeffery the Giraffe with 200 mph 2 by 4 boards. Watch as the Sneaky Soldier dives into a bath of flaming calcium carbide. See and hear it all for only 25$ mastered directly to DVD from the Beta SP Master.
Edited by Alan Kelley, Shoot Directed by Dave Scardina. 24 min. | |
The Arbitrary Calculation of Pathological AmusementsTokyo, Japan$25.00 |
Alan Kelly, editor supreme takes you on a romp through SRLs weirdest show
experience ever: SRL Performing "The Arbitrary Calculation of
Pathological Amusements" in downtown Tokyo on December 23 1999, (the
emperors birthday). See what happens when Japanese corporate colossus NTT
(working through their public Museum the ICC) use their muscle to get
permits for explosives, flame-throwers, and the Pitching Machine to
operate in downtown Tokyo!!
Edited by Alan Kelley, Directed by Dave Scardina. Show Produced By ICC/NTT. Curated by Hisanori Gogota. |
CrimewaveSan Francisco, CA$25.00 |
Alan Kelley's eagerly awaited edit of a SRL produced show in the Bay Area held on an
empty parking lot off Beale Street at the foot of the Bay Bridge. The
show revolves around the many humorous aspects of violent human interaction.
Also included in the video are footage from the Wired anniversary party and the SRL Halloween Trick where the V1 was operated in front of the Roxie Theater and several other machines and props operated by SRL members on Minna Street. Includes footage of Mark Pauline being detained by the SFPD for questioning on the device ignited on 16th Street...
Edited by ALan Kelley, Directed by Dave Scardina | |
The Undexpected Destruction of Elaborately Engineered Artifacts: A Misguided Adventure in Risk Eradication, Happening Without Known Cause In Connection with Events That Are Not Necessarily RelatedAustin, TX$25.00 |
Alan Kelley's eagerly awaited edit of SRL's largest event ever:"The
Unexpected Destruction of Elaborately Engineered Artifacts : A Misguided
Adventure in Risk Eradication, Happening Without Known cause, in
Connection With Events That are Not Necessarily Related". SRL adds 5000
spectators , 60 tons of machines , 50 srl members working tirelessly on
site for 3 weeks, at an Austin, Texas racetrack to equal major mayhem.
Artfully condensed on video to 18 min.
Edited by ALan Kelley, Directed by Dave Scardina, Additional footage by Anjali Gupta. |
SRL Contemplates: A Million Inconsiderate ExperimentsPhoenix, AZ$25.00 |
SRL's fiery show in Phoenix. Staged Jan. 28, 1996. 23 minutes of hell
on earth.
Edited by Alan Kelly, shoot directed by Dave (Crazy Dave) Scardina. | |
A Calculated Forecast of Ultimate Doom: Sickening Episodes of Widespread Devastation Accompanied by Sensations of Pleasurable ExcitementSan Francisco, CA 1994$25.00 and The Deliberate Evolution of A War ZoneGraz, Austria 1992$25.00 |
The Doom shows was SRL's biggest show ever and the War Zone event resulted in a nation-wide
defense alert in Austria.
Both directed and edited by Leslie Asako Gladsjo, produced by Leslie Asako Gladsjo and Rita Roti.
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SRL Performing at SFMOMA:SF Museum of Modern Art Groundbreaking Ceremony San Francisco, CA 10 min. $15.00 |
April 8, 1992. Short, but to the point. See the show that stopped downtown
San Francisco for 15 minutes.
Produced, directed and edited by Leslie Asako Gladsjø.
"...A risky but commendable attempt by an establishment
institution to embrace a genuinely modern, dangerous and defiant kind of
art." -Wall Street Journal
"In Florida we call it fraud, not art, and we put them
in jail." -Letter to the editor SF Chronicle
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The Pleasures of Uninhibited Excess45 min. 1991 $25.00 |
A fast-moving and comprehensive documentation of three SRL performances 1989-1990. Includes "Illusions of Shameless Abundance ...", ArtSpace Computer-Controlled Installation, "A Carnival of Misplaced Devotion ...", plus details of the 1989 bomb hoax incident.
Program Director : Leslie Asako Gladsjo. |
The Will to Provoke: An Account of Fantastic Schemes for Initiating Social Improvement45 min. $25.00 |
SRL'S 1988 European tour with shows in Amsterdam and Copenhagen. SRL ferrets out and gleefully satirizes assorted icons of cultural pride in two of Europes more allegedly libertarian democracies.
Dir. Jon Reiss, Cinematography, editing Leslie Asako Gladsjo. |
A Bitter Message of Hopeless Grief13 min. 1988 $18.00 |
Living in a fictional world all their own, SRL's machines act out scenarios of perpetual torment, exasperating consumption, and tragic recognition.
Directed by Jon Reiss, Fictional worlds, Mark Pauline, Matt Heckert. |
The Virtues of Negative Fascination70 min. 1986 $25.00 |
Five mechanized performances, 1985-1986, 70 min. of endless pursuits, unavoidable captures, and merciless punishments.
Directed by Jon Reiss. |
A Scenic Harvest from the Kingdom of Pain45 min. 1984 $20.00 |
Documentation of three SRL events, 1983-1984. Meet Stu, the SRL guinea pig, and see him training to operate the 4-legged Walking Machine, see 10-barrel shotguns, hear the "Stairway to Hell".
Dirs. Jon Reiss, Joe Rees. |
Seven Machine Performances50 min. 1983 $20.00 |
A selection from SRL's early performances, a must for those interested
in how such an enterprise ever got started in the first place.
Directed by Joe Rees, editing Joe Rees/Jon Reiss. |
Color T-shirt Price: $20.00 Size: XL only |
Black and white T-shirt Price: $15.00 Size: L, XL |
Over 60 articles, angry letters, weird stuff, Bible Burn press, etc.
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Cardiff is not the first name that springs to mind when discussing glamorous film-making locations, but the Welsh capital is, increasingly, becoming the movie and television producer's venue of choice.
For many years the city was best known for its Arms Park, declining post-industrial image and Saturday-night scuffles. Now it is shrugging off that bleak heritage and striving for new status as a sort of "Valleywood". To underline that, on Saturday the BBC launches the fantasy drama Merlin, starring Richard Wilson and Anthony Head. Much of it was shot in Wales.
On the back of the recent success of Dr Who and Torchwood, film crews are increasingly forgoing the hustle and bureaucracy of London and other locations for Cardiff and its environs because of the area's willingness to co-operate, lower location fees and range of scenery.
This month, Tim Roth and Kelly MacDonald began shooting the feature film Skellig in and around Cardiff. South Wales became the preferred location for filming, even though David Almond's best-selling novel is set in his home city of Newcastle.
Other films recently shot in and around the city include Abraham's Point, starring Mackenzie Crook, and the horror film Flick, with Faye Dunaway. The Wesley Snipes action-thriller The Contractor was also filmed in the city.
The nearby town of Barry also continues to provide a cheaper alternative to London for the BBC's award-winning series Gavin and Stacey, currently filming a Christmas special.
Nicky James, location manager for Torchwood, said: "Cardiff is now a fresh, new city – the Opera House and the Civic Centre had just been finished before Dr Who was filmed there. [They are] very striking and have given Cardiff a new, sleek skyline. Coupled with the backdrop against water, it's really very striking and futuristic."
David Ball, a film producer who spent 26 years at the legendary Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire, moved to Cardiff because the Welsh capital became a much more desirable option to film in than London on account of its range of locations – all within easy reach of the city. After producing a succession of films in Wales, he decided to make Cardiff his home.
"You've also got forests, lakes, beaches, castles and so much diverse architecture in the city," Mr Ball said. "All the locations you might need are 20 minutes away from Cardiff, but a day location and overnight stay if you're doing it from London, which is much more costly.
"We shot New York here for The Last Seduction II. With some clever camera angles and some yellow taxis, some steam coming through the pavements, we were able to create New York City in Cardiff... You can film both old and new here. When you film in London there's so much bureaucracy, with the different councils and film offices. In Cardiff you get it to a much lesser degree. It's a very user-friendly city when it comes to filming."
Wales has been a location for film and TV in the past, but that was mostly in the north. The 1960s science fiction series The Prisoner, starring Patrick McGoohan, made Portmeirion a popular tourist destination. Much of Merlin was also shot in north Wales.
And not just film producers are benefiting from the city. Dr Who and Torchwood are attracting tourists in droves. More than a million people have gone through the doors of the Doctor Who Up-Close exhibition in Cardiff Bay's Red Dragon Centre since it opened in 2005. Replete with daleks and cybermen, props, costumes and monsters, it is now part of the tourist campaign for Wales.
Visitors keen to see places featured on the shows can also pick up maps of locations used across the city – a concept not a million miles away from the guided film-location tours offered in Hollywood.
Ed Townsend, head of public relations for Visit Cardiff, said: "A number of hotels are now offering Dr Who breaks and packages, which are proving to be very popular. Quite a lot of production companies are also basing themselves here in Cardiff, which is having an affect on people's awareness of it as a place where filming is done. Cardiff is a gateway to any kind of environment you want."
"When you see Cardiff on film, it looks like LA – it looks amazing," says John Barrowman, who plays Torchwood's Captain Jack. "I think a lot of people are going to want to come here, not just because of Torchwood but because it's such a great place."
- More about:
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Helmet-less rider in front of Pondicherry police campaign - India
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In India helmet is not yet mandatory but this campaign try's push public awareness. There's also no regulations for set belts on cars and of course no prohibition to us the much later distraction of cellphone. Motorcycle riders are seen driving helmetless holding a phone to their ear and trying to avoid the potholes and the erratic traffic.
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Can't decide whether to Swaddle your little one or go straight to a Grobag? With the new 2in1 Gro-snug you can have the best of both worlds! Unique seams on the front give ample space for a natural froggy legged sleeping position while poppers on the armholes allow for swaddling with arms in or arms out for the freedom of a newborn Grobag.
The soft grey marl Gro-snug is ideal for both girls and boys. The cosy fabric is ideal for nurseries between 16-20°C and the side zip makes for easy nappy changes without disturbing them.
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Title PRO::ICT-Promoting ICT to female students
Project Number A/03/B/F/PP-158.033
Product Role model workshop material collection
Title Role model workshop material collection
Product Type teaching material
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Role models have an important impact on the career choice of young women. This material offers a collection of different interviews, posters, games and stories, which provides insights in career development, activities, working areas and different career paths of women working in the ICT industry.
Target group
Target group:
Students in the age of 12 – 16
Change Agents:
Teacher, Youth trainer and vocational trainer in schools
Role model workshop material
The material offers a collection of different material.
1) Role model interviews
These three role model interviews are accomplished by the PRO::ICT project. The role models were asked different questions about their education, their career path, their jobs and their wishes for the future. You got a detailed insight in IKT careers of women.
2) Posters - Go for IT!
"Go For It! " Posters are a set of six posters that present images of real female role models in fun, interesting science, engineering and IT jobs. This set of six posters show six trendy young girls discussing their careers in Science, Engineering and Technology. The role models have different backgrounds, academic abilities and routes into chosen careers.
3) The ICT Role model memory game
"The ICT Role model memory game� is an online game, designed like famous memory games. You get an insight in different career paths of women working in the ICT sector by playing a funny game.
4) Link collection:
Please have a look to the link collection. There you can find a lot of interesting links to role model to more role mode interviews and interesting case stories.
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You'll find your maui motorhome easy to drive with power steering and automatic transmission but even if you are an experienced driver, you have to take into account that driving a motorhome is different to driving a car or family sized 4WD.
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Finca Kaktus - Luxurious villa with swimming pool in a beautiful location in Sant Llorenç des Cardassar |
Continent: Country: State: Region: Town: next big town: Max. number of people: Rates from: | Europe Spain Balearic Islands Majorca (Mallorca) Sant Llorenc des Cardassar Arta, Manacor 6 persons EUR 330.- / day |
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The newly built stone house is located in San Lorenzo near Manacor and Arta on a small hill in a stunning green, hilly landscape with figs, carob, olive and almond trees. Between them rise up to 15 m high pines. With a view to the north, the fascinating rock massif "de Muntanya Calicant is to see" that protects against storm and rain in winter and in summer always provides a cooling breeze. Forward, to the south, the pool has to look to the San Lorenzo and in the darumliegende landscape with views to the sea. In the village (about 2 km) at the typical Majorcan marketplace will find shopping, fine restaurants, cafes and pubs.
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Rooms | Suites: | The heart of the property are a huge living area with dining room and ultra modern open kitchen. Other features include a guest WC on the entrance area with shower, underfloor heating throughout, CD player and satellite TV and fireplace in the living area. |
Bedrooms / bathrooms: | Upstairs are three bedrooms and a large bathroom. The high-quality interior of the ground floor is made here on seamlessly. The bedrooms are very spacious and each have direct access to the balcony with vision in the hilly area and to the sea. All rooms are equipped with large fitted wardrobes. The master bedroom has a waterbed, the "small" bedroom has two single beds and the "guest room" is a double bed. |
Kitchen: | Ultra-modern kitchen. |
Outside: | two terraces, two balconies. |
Other: | Under floor heating. Washing machine, dryer, iron with ironing board and a further fridge / freezer are fitted to the garage in the laundry room. |
Pets: | on request |
Bed linen: | available |
Parking spaces: | garage |
Crib/Cot: | on request |
Distance Restaurant: | in the area, about 2000 meters |
Distance shopping centers: | in the area, about 2000 meters |
Distance beach: | in the area |
Location and surroundings: |
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Reports by two defectors from Burma that the secretive military regime is collaborating with North Korea to build nuclear weapons should send a shudder down everyone's spines. These are, admittedly, only reports. Moreover, even if the defectors' claims prove accurate, Burma is still a long way behind North Korea, Libya or even Iran when it comes to acquiring this technology. The target date appears to be 2014.
Nevertheless it is depressing, as well as worrying from a strategic point of view, to conceive of these generals getting their hands on such an important prize in the not-too-distant future.
It is, firstly, a grotesque joke to think of a regime that cannot properly feed, or provide electricity for, its citizens spending millions of pounds on obtaining nuclear technology. The point made by many foreign-based Burmese rights groups is equally important: past experience shows that the acquisition of nuclear arms gives even the most anti-democratic regimes a new aura of legitimacy in the international arena.
North Korea has been an example of this. If ever a country was a candidate for externally imposed "regime change", this brutal prison camp was it. But, as the Burma Campaign UK group points out, since Pyongyang acquired nuclear weapons, the emphasis has been on "effectively bribing the regime to give up nuclear weapons, while ignoring human rights".
They also point out that pandering to these paranoid regimes rarely gets the West far. If North Korea's response to such wooing is anything to go by, the tendency is only to up the ante and demand more concessions.
It would be a pity if the West went down this road with Burma too. The regime may well shrug off Western pressure about the lack of democracy there. But the moral sympathy that the outside world has lent Burma's imprisoned pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has at least kept the issue of Burmese human rights alive.
Another question is whether the Burmese generals can be trusted to use nuclear technology safely or whether, as some experts fear, the likely result is another Chernobyl. The world needs to watch Burma closely, and not make the same errors it has made with North Korea.
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Donaji & the Magical Poncho
This is the story of a fearless girl and her encounter with the wicked cold wind god
4.31 / 5.00 4,480 ViewsHey, this isn't just to advertise. We think it's pretty funny too.
Anyway, we got a DVD with a bunch of TN stuff on it. check it out.
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We did this mainly because we started saying "'s nobodies episode 5 on DVD!" after anytime someone said Tomorrow... like dorks, and then we filmed this, figuring it might be nice to get the word out about the DVD.
ben was Louis Armstrong, we found those condoms during the taping, this was filmed by Eric and ben only, and we didn't have a "thing" to do tomorrow; oh! and the DVD is out now.. not tomorrow.
the song:
"I see DVDs new, from these crackers white. It's got TN5, which I'm sure will delight, and I think to myself - what an affordable two-disc DVD package from Tomorrow's Nobody!"
I'd get it if it was avaliable
Nicely done, all through out, got the message across well while still being funny.
C-Dic singing Louis Armstrong! and the laugh at the end of the song, nice Pete and Eddie reference there (if anyone doesn't know what i'm talking about, Pete and Eddie is a series TN did that can be seen on the site and that puppet was character C-Dic in the series (mods can't delete me for that as the site i'm refering to IS related))
I agree with the guy below me on Eric's hair. He looks much better now.
"Eric's sister has condoms!" I laughed there xD
The DVD's Been Discontinued!
But I haven't got enough money from whoring myself to buy the DVD yet!!
Just joking, I didn't actually whore myself, but I still wanna get the DVD!
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Vrindavan, also spelled Brindavan, is a holy town in Uttar Pradesh.
The town stands on the original forest of Vrindavana where the Hindu deity Krishna spent his childhood, on the banks of the Yamuna river. Numerous events are documented to have occurred here: this is where Krishna did the divine dance with Gopis (Maharaas), spread the message of divine love with his lover Radha, stole the clothes of the bathing maidens (gopis) who prayed for attaining him, and destroyed an entire succession of demons. Consequently, it is a major pilgrimage destination for Hindus, and features by some counts as many as 5000 temples.
It is believed that the essence of Vrindavan was lost over time until the 16th century, when it was rediscovered by Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. In the year 1515, Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu visited Vrindavana, with purpose of locating the lost holy places associated with Lord Sri Krishna's transcendent pastimes. Lord Chaitanya wandered through the different sacred forests of Vrindavana in a spiritual trance of divine love. By His divine spiritual power, He was able locate all the important places of Lord Krishna's pastimes in and around Vrindavana.
According to Vaishnavites and particularly Krishna devotees, Vrindavan on Earth is a manifestation of the original Goloka Vrindavan Dham of Lord Krishna. Rather than visiting Vrindavana as any other tourist spot, this place is best enjoyed when visited with the thoughts of Sri Krishna alone and when remembering him at every foot length of land. It will not be too inaccurate to say that all the great Hindu saints have visited Vrindavana in their lifetime atleast once. Even now most localites here always chant the names of Radha and Krishna during their day to day activities. This place is still being visited by devotees from different parts of India who are very spiritual and attracted to Lord Krishna.
Vrindavan is also known as the Shelter City for Widows. By Hindu tradition, widows may not remarry but spend life towards spiritual liberation, and many of those abandon their families or having abandoned by their families on the death of their husband make their way here. In exchange for singing bhajan hymns for 7-8 hours in bhajanashrams, they are given a meal and a little money (around ₹10-₹20). This enables chanting of the Lord's name and also feeding of widows who have no other means of survival. Some of them also beg on the streets. However, some of the trusts that operate the ashrams are regularly accused of skimming off vast amounts from the donations. There are an estimated 20,000 widows, some of whom are very old having spent over 30 years there.
Get in[edit]
Vrindavan is about 150 km south of Delhi. The nearest train station is Vrindavan's twin holy town Mathura, 12 km (20 min) away by rickshaw. A one-way ride from Vrindavan's train station will cost you ₹100 upwards.
Vrindavan is about 50 km from Agra, which hosts the Taj Mahal. It lies on the tourist Golden Triangle of Delhi, Agra and Jaipur.
Get around[edit]
The core of Vrindavan is congested as it is an ancient town with thin lanes. The best way to get around is on foot or cycle rickshaw. A cycle rickshaw ride from ISKCON Krishna Balaram temple to the Banke Bihari temple or similar distances would cost you ₹20 per person.
Signage in English is non-existent, so you'll either need to ask for directions constantly or, an easier choice, hire a guide to show you around. Your rickshaw driver will be more than happy to find you one, but do beware of temple scams (see #Stay safe).
Entry into all temples is free, but have some coins handy for the shoe handlers. Many temples prohibit photography inside, so enquire when in doubt.
- Bihariji. The best-known temple in Vrindavan, home to a Krishna idol known as Thakur-ji. The idol's eyes are said to be so powerful that it is kept hidden from view behind a curtain, which is opened and closed every few minutes.
- Govinda Dev Mandir. Built by Raja Sawai Man Singh of Jaipur in 1590, this squat, bulky temple reportedly had four stories lopped off during Aurangzeb's reign of terror. These days it's just infested by monkeys.
- [dead link]Jaigurudeo Temple. Also named "Naam Yog Sadhna Mandir". It resembles the Tajmahal, built with white marble. It is a unique temple in that you are prohibited from donating if you are a non-vegetarian.
- Krishna Balaram Mandir. Better known as the ISKCON Temple. A major draw for Hare Krishna (ISKCON) pilgrims to India, and uniquely among Vrindavan's temples well equipped to deal with foreign visitors. Free breakfast and lunch are available. Great restaurant. Comfortable guesthouse on the Temple grounds.
- Kesi Ghat, by the Yamuna. According to the legend, this is where Krishna killed the demon Kesi and then bathed to celebrate. Aarti (prayer lamps) are offered to the Yamuna here every evening.
- Radharaman Mandir In Seva Kunj, see the Deity of Radharaman that self-manifested from a Shalagrama Shila (sacred stone).
- Radhavallabh Mandir. A very wellknown ancient temple of Vrindavan, founded by Shri Hith Harivansh Mahaprabhu, Sri Radhavallabh Lal's idol resemble Sri Radha and Sri Krishna to be embodied in it together- "One soul and two bodies".
- Rangji Mandir. The single largest temple in Vrindavan, built in 1851 in a South Indian style, complete with intricate seven-story gopuram (gateway) at the entrance. Inside is a 50-ft high wooden chariot, taken out yearly for festivals, and in the inner courtyard is the 50-ft high gold-plated pillar known as Dhwaja Stambha.
- Seva Kunj. Planted with countless tulsi (holy basil) trees, this is the garden where gopis dance for Krishna at night, and where Krishna and his lover Radha spend the night locked in the Moti Mahal.
- The Brahmotsava Festival, held for ten days after Holi (February/March), is the largest in Vrindavan and can draw up to 100,000 visitors. On the main day, known as Ratha Ka Mela, a giant wooden chariot is pulled by devotees from the Rangji temple to its gardens and back.
- Nidhi Van (Nidhuban, Nidhuvan). Krishna rested with His beloved Sri Radha. The shrine inside has a bed, which is decorated with flowers by the priest every evening. No one is allowed to stay inside after dusk because according to popular belief the Lord visits the spot with Sri Radha. The samadhi (memorial) of Svami Hari Das is also within this complex. All the groves of Vrindavan are notorious for monkeys that have a special fascination for cameras and spectacles.Yamuna river flows through Vrindavan and Mathura. It is the most sacred river in India as it is so intimately connected with Krishna's pastimes.
- Parikrama is about three hour / 6km walk around the city performed by hindu pilgrims on the parikrama path that circles the city. Best to start early in the morning at the ISKCON Mandir.
- Sandhya (Evening) Aarti , attend this event at ISKCON Krishna Balaram temple held at 7:00 PM in summer and 6:30 PM in winter. It's a beautiful spiritual drama of singing, dancing & chanting.
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- MVT Restaurant, Behind Krishna-Balaram Mandir (ISKCON). Best place to get Western food that is cooked by Westerners. A lot of fresh organic salads, pasta, great pizza, lasagna and Baskin Robins ice cream.
- 56 Delight's Restaurant, Opp.Shyambai School, Sw. Bhaktivedanta Rd (Go straight from Iskcon temple to Vidyapeeth Chauraha opp. shyamabai school), ☎ +91-565-6002021, e-mail: email@example.com. 06.30 A.M to 11.00 P.M. all-day dining option: buffet, a la carte meals and regional specialties.
Be sure to try the delicious lassi (yogurt based shakes) as well as jal jeera (literally means "cumin water"), a sweet and sour tamarind beverage with a spicy kick. Both are specialities of the region.
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- Hotel The Shubham, ☎ +91-565-2456025. Vidyapeeth Crossing. City hotel with air-conditioning, CTV, Room Service, 24 Hrs Hot and Cold running water. A/C doubles from ₹1000. Also includes Swastik Restaurant, a strictly vegetarian restaurant without onion and garlic that serves Indian, Indian Chinese, and Continental cuisine.
- MVT Guesthouse. 24 hrs hot and cold running water, AC or heating during cold seasons, 24 hrs electric power (with generator). Kitchens in the rooms and a Western restaurant on the rooftop.
- Yamuna Dham, Raman Reti Road (Next to Bharti Foods), ☎ +91 9990892221. Very Economical, A/C Doubles Room ₹900, Clean Rooms, Convenient Location (close to Isckon and Bankey Bihari Temple)
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Stay safe[edit]
Like all Hindu holy towns, the chaos and squalor of Vrindavan can get pretty intense.
If you take a guided tour, you can expect to be led to a temple where the priest will treat you to a simple ceremony and then start demanding donations of thousands of rupees to carve your name on a marble plaque that will supposedly go up on the wall. A few tens of rupees for dabs of kumkum on your forehead etc are reasonable, but there is absolutely no reason to pay more: simply walk out if you feel uncomfortable. The easiest way to avoid getting into this situation in the first place is to insist on going to temples of your choice, not the guide's.
Vrindavan is absolutely infested with monkeys, who are adept at stealing cameras, glasses (yes! in certain areas some are trained to come up behind you and whip off your glasses, then there are boys who ask for money to get them back by offering food to them), food and anything you're not keeping a close eye on. Wear contacts or go without if you can.


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Classification of the White Shark
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Taxonomy is the scientific art of classifying living things. Biological classification has two basic objectives:
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The system of classification used by all biologists today is based on a hierarchical scheme devised by Swedish naturalist Carl von Linné (often Latinized to Carolus Linnaeus). In the 10th edition of his Systema Naturae (published in 1758), Linné listed every type of animal known to him, organizing them into groups based on overall similarity. The Linnaean system consists of seven major categories, called taxa (singular: taxon, meaning "rank"). Arranged from the broadest, most inclusive category, to the narrowest, most exclusive category, these taxa are:
What follows is the modern biological classification of the White Shark and, for comparison, selected other creatures. Only the seven major taxa are shown. (In practice, as many as eleven sub-taxa may be sprinkled among these major divisions, but not all of them have been defined for all groups of organisms and they need not concern us here.):
Taxon | White Shark | Spiny Dogfish | Ling Cod | Northern Elephant Seal | Human |
Kingdom | Animalia | Animalia | Animalia | Animalia | Animalia |
Phylum | Chordata | Chordata | Chordata | Chordata | Chordata |
Class | Chondrichthyes | Chondrichthyes | Actinopterygii | Mammalia | Mammalia |
Order | Lamniformes | Squaliformes | Scorpaeniformes | Pinnipedia | Primates |
Family | Lamnidae | Squalidae | Hexagrammidae | Phocidae | Hominidae |
Genus | Carcharodon | Squalus | Ophiodon | Mirounga | Homo |
Species | carcharias | acanthias | elongatus | angustirostris | sapiens |
Thus, according to current ideas of biological classification, the White Shark is as distantly related to a Ling Cod (a bony fish, belonging to a completely different class) as it is to ourselves (a mammal, belonging to yet another class).
The animals whose classifications are profiled here have been chosen because they all play a role in the White Shark story. Off the west coast of North America, the Spiny Dogfish, Ling Cod, and Northern Elephant Seal are all important prey species for the White Shark. The Northern Elephant Seal is known to eat Spiny Dogfish and Ling Cod. Both Northern Elephant Seals and the White Shark have been known to bite humans, but these injuries are generally not feeding related. Only one predator among these animals has been known to kill and eat each of the others: Homo sapiens. Yet only humans classify themselves as "not on the menu" and complain vehemently when, on rare occasion, one of these creatures turns table on us. Food for thought?
According to Nelson (1994, page 65), the long-established class Osteichthyes is clearly not a monophyletic (natural) group; he advocates splitting these so-called 'bony fishes' into two classes, Sarcopterygii (the lobe-finned fishes), and Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes). This view has not yet been widely adopted in ichthyological classifications and thus Actinopterygii is provisionally used here in the anticipation of this view becoming more widely accepted. [Back to table]


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HOLLYWOOD — MTV News has been hot on the case of Taylor Lautner's big action thriller, "Abduction," ever since it was announced. As such, in recent months, we've chatted with Lautner and co-star Lily Collins about everything from the film's complex and stylized action to its sweet, believable romance, to the actors' action-star influences and intense prep work.
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"Ooof. Two different kinds of action, right?" Lautner said with a smile. "We've got both of them in this movie, that's for sure. One's a little easier than the other," he said, hinting at the kissing scene.
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"Well, the action scenes, we shot the majority of them in the middle of the night so those were kind of difficult because we were tired," Collins said. "The kissing scene, everyone was laughing all around us, everyone was making it really fun, but at the same time trying not to laugh in the middle of it, so that was kind of difficult."
"There was a lot of laughing," Lautner agreed. "We're good friends, so it was all easy."
Back in April, during his "MTV First: Taylor Lautner" interview, he explained what makes for a good onscreen kiss from an actor's point of view. "It depends on the person and your vibe together, 'cause sometimes it can totally be awkward," he explained. "But if you're in the moment and you are literally living these characters, you forget about everything else, then it's fine. It was totally fine."
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