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There's an amusing TV series to be written about the 200,000-strong British expat community working in and around the entertainment business in Los Angeles – Episodes meets Entourage, or that sort of thing. Or perhaps it would only make a half-decent radio play.
Either way, Welsh actor Matthew Rhys, who for five years played gay lawyer Kevin Walker in ABC's prime-time drama Brothers & Sisters, belongs to a Celtic sub-section of this population, one dubbed the 'LA Tafia' - showbiz types from the Principality, such as Michael Sheen and Ioan Gruffudd, who gather to chin-wag in their mother tongue, to dream of good fish and chips (impossible to find apparently in Santa Monica) and to watch rugby.
"We do have a little Tafia thing and it's not just actors, but every walk of life," says Rhys in his mellifluous South Wales accent – Richard Burton without the 40-a-day basso profundo or alcoholic drawl. "I was shocked by the amount of Welsh people in LA. We'd go to this British pub to watch the Six Nations early in the morning and I remember the first time I walked in it was just a sea of red."
Brothers & Sisters was cancelled in 2011, since when Rhys has been reminding that section of the British audience which never watched the show (more than two million did – on Channel 4) of what they've been missing. At Christmas he was wonderfully dark and febrile as the schoolgirl-obsessed choirmaster in the BBC's adaptation of Charles Dickens's unfinished novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, and, this weekend (it's why we're meeting atop the ITV tower on London's South Bank), he's in an excellent version of the Daphne du Maurier novel, The Scapegoat.
Last filmed in 1958 with Alec Guinness in the twin roles, Rhys plays John Standing, a kindly prep-school master at the time of the Queen's coronation, who happens to be the spitting image of Johnny Spence, a fast and feckless bastard of a millionaire rapidly sinking his family business. Standing and Spence meet by chance in a hotel bar and, having been awoken in Spence's bedroom by the now vanished plutocrat's chauffeur, he is whisked off into the bosom of his doppelganger's aristocratic family.
Beautifully adapted and directed by Charles Sturridge, the man behind the celebrated 1981 ITV version of Brideshead Revisited, it co-stars Eileen Atkins as Spence's opium-addicted mother (the role played in the original by Bette Davis), Phoebe Nicholls (Cordelia Flyte in Brideshead and Sturridge's wife) and Andrew Scott (Moriarty in BBC1's Sherlock). But The Scapegoat stands or falls on Rhys, who must give two contrasting performances as Nice John and Nasty Johnny – not an easy job considering that he is either throwing a lookalike actor around the set in intricately choreographed fight scenes or acting to strips of blue tape on the floor – scenes to be later subjected to magic digital trickery. "It messes with your head," he says, "or it did with mine."
The Scapegoat, which is well worth a Sunday evening of anybody's life and which will also be released in cinemas, isn't Rhys's first experience of doppelgangers. Or, rather, he has lived a remarkably parallel life to another darkly handsome Welsh actor, his best friend Ioan Gruffudd. Both men's parents were teachers from Glamorgan and the actors went to the same schools in Cardiff, while Rhys followed Gruffudd to Rada. "He was a year older than I was, but we went through the same primary school and high school and chapel," says Rhys. "When Ioan went to Rada I thought, 'Oh… so you can do that [acting] for a living… maybe you don't have to work'. Ioan paved the way and I followed."
They have played a gay couple on stage (in Sara Sugarman's Very Annie Mary) and for 10 years they shared a home in Kilburn, north London, speaking Welsh together – sometimes as a secret language. "It backfired on me once," says Rhys. "Ioan and I were on a train in London and a woman got on. He had his back to her and I was describing her to him in great detail in Welsh – flatteringly if overly descriptively – and her phone rang and she answered it and began speaking in Welsh."
Rhys grew up more interested in rugby and farming than drama, while his headmaster father ("not at my school, thank God") never played the stern pedagogue at home with young Matthew and his older sister Rachel (now a TV producer). "He was good like that," says Rhys. "He spent all day and every day being the disciplinarian; by the time he came home he enjoyed being more of the fun dad."
On Sundays there was chapel, where his mother would play the organ. Has any of the Methodist upbringing stuck? Rhys shakes his head with a trademark twinkle in his eyes – these peepers being his most distinctive feature; they can dance kindly but also penetrate demonically, attributes well showcased in The Scapegoat. Anyway, did he rebel against religion? "I didn't, my sister rebelled a lot more," he says. "It didn't offend me. In some ways we were lucky at Sundayf school – there were a lot of liberal-thinking teachers there… very open in its discussion of everything."
Keen on rugby, Cambrian of tongue and chapel-going, Rhys's almost parodic Welsh upbringing was completed by regular visits to the National Eisteddfod (he made his judging debut at this year's event, and since 2008 has been a member of the druidic order of the Gorsedd of the Bards), home life being full of poetry reading and song, some of which obviously rubbed off, because when Rhys decided to follow Gruffudd to Rada, he won the prestigious Patricia Rothermere Scholarship (Maxine Peake was a later recipient). Matthew Macfadyen was a contemporary.
"Rada was a slap in the face," he says. "The work rate there is big. I had friends at university and they were doing six hours of lectures every week and you're doing 12 hours a day sometimes and worked Saturdays as well. It wasn't this wild, raucous drinking, having a good time I thought it might have been. But the training is phenomenal, so it's a trade-off."
After what he describes as "pootling about" in stage roles at the National Theatre, the Old Vic and opposite Paul Bettany at the Royal Court, Rhys picked up his American agent, who encouraged him to join the annual post-Christmas emigration of British actors to Hollywood for what is known in LA as the 'television pilot season'. "A number of us would go out in January when it's quiet over here and we wanted to party," he says. "We'd troll off and try and nick jobs off the Americans."
One of those jobs included, rather wonderfully, the final ever episode of Columbo ("Now there's a pub quiz question for you"), but in the event Hollywood came to Rhys – or rather to London – in the shape of Kathleen Turner, Mrs Robinson to his Benjamin Braddock in Terry Johnson's hit West End adaptation of the 1967 Dustin Hoffman movie The Graduate. In 2000, the 45-year-old star bared all each night at the Gielgud Theatre in the famous seduction scene – but the then-26-year-old Rhys could not share the sell-out audiences' taste for onstage nudity. "I was just embarrassed," he says. "It ran for six months and I can honestly say I didn't look at her once when she was naked. I always thought that a) I can't look at her because she's going to think 'You little perv' and b) I didn't want to because of… Welsh nerves. I hope she didn't take it badly.
"A bit of box-ticking in the West End, with a big Hollywood star… it certainly helped," he adds. "And you get all those celebrities coming to see her.
"I'd get a knock on my door from her dresser… 'Come down for a glass of champagne.' 'Who's in?' 'Tom Hanks.' It all seemed quite glamorous to me."
To the delight of journalists, simultaneous to being seduced by an older woman on stage, Rhys was also dating a more mature woman off it – Jude Law's publicity agent, Ciara Parkes – the last time that Rhys has been associated with a named girlfriend. Yes, there was tabloid tittle-tattle about a supposed fling with Sienna Miller (he declines to comment) during the filming of the 2008 Dylan Thomas biopic, The Edge of Love, but Rhys remembers this time mostly for his baptism by paparazzi fire, as the snappers pursued Miller (who played Thomas's wife, Caitlin) and co-star Keira Knightley across various locations in the Welsh countryside.
"I've never seen anything like it," he says. "The military precision… they had camo [camouflage] netting – it was a real eye-opener as to how those girls live their lives. And there's something very strange about large groups of men following girls around photographing them."
Rhys is currently single and fancy-free – not an unenviable position for a relatively young man (he's 37) at large on the West Coast. "My mother's despairing," he says. "In the last year-and-a-half I haven't been in the same place for more than six months… but, yeah, I do enjoy the single life. Also I haven't met her yet, so… until then…" The subject is terminated with the twinkly-eyed thing. Not that it's a particularly wild existence in Santa Monica, with no Welsh hell-raising in the tradition of Richard Burton or the younger, pre-teetotal Anthony Hopkins. "We've all calmed down a lot now," he says. "A lot of boys are happily married with children now." The 'boys' don't include Rhys Ifans, another native Welsh speaker, who apparently only ever visits Hollywood in order to work, and therefore doesn't qualify as a member of the Tafia. "But I've had a few nights with Rhys outside of LA. I know his capabilities."
Rhys moved to Santa Monica full-time in 2006, when he won the role of Kevin Walker in the ABC drama about an upper-middle-class Californian family, Brothers & Sisters, part of an ensemble cast led by Sally Field, Rachel Griffiths, Calista Flockhart and Rob Lowe. Kevin was a gay lawyer – although his sexuality was, groundbreakingly, not an issue. "The creator, Jon Robin Baitz, was very clear he didn't want campness about him," says Rhys. "He didn't want a coming-out story, in fact he wanted it as inconsequential as possible – the lawyer who's the brother who happens to be gay. That was the brief."
Did he have any qualms about playing a gay man? Or, to put it another way, were American actors scared of what such a part might do to their reputation in a still homophobic Hollywood, where openly gay performers are as rare as easy-going publicists or vocal critics of Scientology? "I think so," replies Rhys. "I was surprised by the volume of American actors who weren't going to do it. What people actually said was, 'Aren't you scared of being typecast?' I thought 'Oh, it's a part… like any other'. I've done it [played gay men] on stage and TV before."
Typecasting certainly hasn't prevented Rhys from being hired for another long-running American TV series. In October he will be moving to New York (where he has already spent the first part of the year, playing Jimmy Porter in a Broadway revival of Look Back in Anger), after the FX cable drama The Americans was recently commissioned for a full 12-part run. "It's set in 1981," he explains, "and it's loosely based on the truth about the KGB in Washington at the height of the Cold War, when they were trying to infiltrate the FBI with these sleeper cells – agents posing as Americans and adopting American lifestyles. I suppose I can relate to that, being Welsh pretending to be American."
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Jimmy Williams, C.Jackson, L.White, and Justice are all there for the taking....
And Ko Simpson.
God if Chad Jackson, Winston Justice, or Jimmy williams are there at our pick it will be a great draft so far for us.. and that is the order i want them in. Imagine getting the #1 Rated WR in the draft in the 2nd round or the #2 rated offensive lineman.. that would be too great.
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I would actually say even though I quoted you that you are one of the Christians I would not consider on a high horse. Your buddy
Aber I would consider on a high horse.
I think the good thing about the country is that everyone has a right to their opinion and even if I don't agree I respect it.
I think either we get rid of current marriage law as a secular contract (which it is) or we just made one form of secular bonding contract that everyone follows. Introducing extra legislation and process will cost money. In my opinion if everyone is equal there should only be one set of laws.
Bruce if men and women historically got married for procreation should we then say if a man or woman is infertile they should no longer be able to be married, or that married people with kids should never be allowed to divorce? I will agree historically marriage was formed to help create and raise children but our society is so far gone from that with people who either don't have kids, have kids with random people, had kids and divorced, remarried having kids with a previous spouse and then have kids with the new spouse, that to argue that is still the core purpose of marriage is not our society value overall.
I do agree that the homosexual community is asking for a change in the law but it that change caused by granting equality and acknowledging their rights or is it them wanting rights they should never be allowed? I think this is the heart of the issue.
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I just got through framing and drywalling several arches throughout my home. Now, where the arches' "new" drywall meets the "old" orange peel textured drywall, there is a difference of about 1/8" in wall thickness due to the textured finish on the "old" wall. My question is....How do I tape coat these butt joints where the two walls are uneven?
Should I first sand/scrape down the texture a bit (maybe a couple of inches in on the "old" drywall) to give the tape coat a more even starting point?
Or should I simply just forget the scraping/sanding and just tape coat and feather it out with a thicker coat on the arch (new drywall) side?
I am a fairly handy guy, but I've never applied drywall mud before...Is this a job I should leave for a pro perhaps?
Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks.
These areas need to be: Filled in with a 12" knife or trowel of compound.
Allow the area to dry. This need to "bridge" the area that is less than the connected seam. Essentially, you would fill-in the "crevice" portion.
After it dries, scrape or sand the imperfections.
Recoat, with a thinner layer, that extends beyond the 1st coat.
After it dries, scrape or sand the imperfections.
Recoat, with an even thinner layer, that extends beyond the 2nd coat.
After it dries, scrape and sand the imperfections.
Repeat the last step until it is properly blended.
The key point is to blend the area, so that it is not visible to the naked human eye.
Example: If you were to take a 6' or longer level (or straight edge) and place it against any drywalled ceiling or walls, I guarantee, that it will never sit fully "flat".
However, to the naked human eye, you can't see that, and it appears flat thru proper spreading and blending of areas ... and a proper primer and paint application.
Atlantic pretty much covered the process. That said, you might want to get a pro to do the repair if you've never done any finishing. After you get the area "leveled out", you still have to match the wall texture and blend it in.
you could try sanding the wider wall with a belt sander to remove the orange peel being careful not to dig into the paper surface then install some flex bead and proceed as what ATLANTIC stated.
you stated that these are arches that you are working on so they need to be beaded. BOB
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Category: baby name discussion
Today's question is: where do you turn when discussing your name choices? These days, when picking the perfect name can seem to be a minefield of do's and don'ts, many if not most parents-in-waiting turn to others for guidance and opinions. How about you?
— Is your partner your principal sounding board and if so is finding a name a primary topic of conversation?
— Do you talk about names with your friends (pregnant and not) – and how honest do you really want them to be?
— Do you find that talking with your family—especially those of the parental and grandparental generations—is trickier than talking to friends—and if so, why?
— Have you made virtual friends on message boards whose opinions you value? Have you become part of an online community that has raised issues of interest to you and that you might not have considered before? Have they helped you in arriving at a decision?
Tell us about your name community!
Thank you all so much for participating in the latest nameberry survey.
We were really gratified that more than 600 of you responded and demonstrated how expansive the nameberry world has become: in addition to the US, the UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, answers came in from Brazil, Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden, Israel, Singapore, Malaysia, United Arab Emirates and United Republic of Tanzania–as well as a number of "unknown locations."
Some of the results confirmed our assumptions about how you've approached naming your children, while others were quite surprising. One question that was of particular interest to us was 'What was your prime source for choosing a name'? It was almost a toss-up between baby name books and the internet. 29% of you voted for books 26% for the internet in general, and 11% for nameberry in particular (not too shabby since we've only been in existence for a little over a year!). Other top answers were the family tree, 'my own imagination' and books/movies/TV/music. But for those out there who think celebrities and their kids' names are a major influence, that certainly doesn't hold true in the nameberry world: only two people checked that one off.
Now for the other results:
- A majority (69%) began thinking about names when you were children or teens, the next largest group (12%) as soon as you began trying to have children.
- Most of you spent a lot of time thinking and talking about names. For 58% it was a favorite topic of conversation, while 22% spent every minute of the entire nine months and beyond.
- 67% of responders had some disagreements with their partners about names but were able to find a number of names they both liked; only 6% made the name decision on their own.
- In terms of family pressure, for 54% the decision was left to the parents-to-be, for 41% family members made many suggestions and were outspoken when they didn't like one of your ideas; only 5% experienced a lot of pressure.
- And how did you respond to outside advice? A whopping 80% listened to others' ideas but made their own decisions.
- Answers were split about using names from the family tree: 17% named the baby for a family member, 9% used a variation of the name to suit their taste; 46% used one as a middle name; 29% did not use one at all.
- The final decision was made most often (38%) by the last few months of pregnancy; next highest (18%) as soon as you saw the baby; the fewest (12%) agonized until a choice had to be made.
- Ethnicity was not a major factor for most: 62% said it was not important, 30% it was somewhat important, only 8% said it was essential for the name to reflect their ethnic background.
- When it came to a name's literal meaning, 64% knew what it was but didn't consider it a major factor, 21% didn't care about the name's meaning, while for 15% it was a prime factor.
- Biggest problem in choosing a name? For 40% it was deciding among all the names you liked, for 35% agreeing with your partner on a name choice.
- The tellingly large segment of 36% kept the name a secret until after the birth, while 27% debated their choices with family and close friends, 21% talked about names with anyone who was interested, and 16% said they and their partner made the decision alone and announced it before the baby's birth.
DON'T FORGET—Part Two of this survey will be coming soon.


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|R.A. The Rugged Man // Legends Never Die
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Release Date: April 30, 2013
|1. Still Diggin Wit Buck
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Few artists are ever as controversial as they are influential. New York legend R.A. The Rugged Man has lived up to this billing by combining the authenticity of his undeniably rugged life with lyrical skills feared by nearly all of his hip hop peers. Originally from a broken home in Long Island's Suffolk County, R.A. was raised by a Vietnam veteran/mental patient father whose exposure to Agent Orange left his brother Maxx physically and visually impaired and his sister Dee Ann unable to walk or speak. Finding refuge in hip-hop, R.A. began his whirlwind rap career at the age of 12. His immediate growth as an artist and constantly rising profile soon caught the attention of the major labels, and R.A. found himself at the center of a nine label bidding war. While he eventually signed with Jive, his vile behavior proved too much for the label to handle as they left his career to die without an album in stores to his name. To make matters worse, the rapper's stage shows had become so out of control that he was banned from performing in the United States.
Taking matters into his own hands, R.A. pioneered the indie-rap hustle, pressing his own vinyl singles and racking up one of the most impressive resumes in rap history. From collaborations with Wu-Tang and Mobb Deep to The Notorious B.I.G. and Kool G Rap, not to mention productions from Erick Sermon, DJ Quik and The Alchemist, his discography reads like a Hip-Hop Hall of Fame. This independent hustle led to show-stealing appearances on the three Rawkus Soundbombing collections, as R.A. became one of the most recognizable faces of the "underground" hip-hop movement that began gaining steam in the late 90s and early 2000s. A new generation of fans began discovering the Rugged Man's music in the 2000s, as he was featured on the Platinum-selling WWF Aggression compilation, got awarded the prestigious "Hip-Hop Quotable" by The Source magazine, and inked a deal with indie label Nature Sounds. He dropped his debut studio album Die Rugged Man, Die! in 2004, and followed up with the 2009 compilation Legendary Classics, finally giving fans remastered versions of Rugged Man classics that had never seen the light of day. R.A. has also been acclaimed for his writing, regularly contributing to Vibe, Complex and Mass Appeal magazine, and later landing a book deal with Testify Books. He expanded into film by producing and writing the cult classic Bad Biology, and is currently working on his directorial debut - a documentary based on the life of his father Staff Sgt. John A Thorburn.
Now, two decades after his career began, R.A. has improbably outlasted nearly all of his peers. Having been banned, forgotten, blackballed, and left for dead, the Rugged Man has somehow emerged in 2013 with a thriving career, a nonstop touring schedule, a die-hard fan base, and a new album that is sure to solidify his place as one of the most important figures in underground hip-hop. Featuring A-list guests like Tech N9ne, Hopsin, Talib Kweli, Brother Ali, Krizz Kaliko, Vinnie Paz, Masta Ace, Sadat X, Eamon, and more, Legends Never Die is not only a celebration of R.A.'s illustrious career, but an exciting look at what's still to come. "Honestly, I feel like this is only the beginning," says R.A. After all these years, the fact that the Rugged Man remains an innovator in the art of rhyming is probably the most remarkable aspect of his story. "The only reason I live is to be the best at what I do and I get better at it every day of my life," he says. "I can't wait to unleash it to the world."


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It makes me furious and absolutely shows that the administration is hiding something. Keep pushing them. We can't let it die off.
Thats what we get for electing a Marxist Socialist and a Muslim for President
How did we get to this point..This just proves incompetence in the Obama Administration.
More likely a coverup and stalling, hoping it will go away. Many in administration, state department, etc. have been caught in lies.
I hope that Fast & Furious hasn't been forgotten
I'm with you there I don't see Issa on TV anymore,it sounds like Obugme has told them to stop or he'll send Holder after them along with the IRS.
My God, we read all this stuff daily and it's just like back in the Clintong regime. Not a dam thing will happen. The RINO REPUBS are in on the gang bang and all this does is give us zero squared hope. The news is more controlled than Hitler's propaganda. What the hell are we supposed to do? If you write or call your worthless fake congressman you'll get a prepared form letter back that means nothing. Somebody tell me something real, please.
Obutthole is hiding something and we know he is the most sinister president we ever had.He makes Nixon look like a choir boy.Benghazi & Fast & Furious are 2 things the Obutthole administration screwed up royaly and now they have to hide the witnesses.who should be questioned by congress.
As evil as this administration is this is NO surprise
Obama and his scandalous administration are scumbags and dirtbags. My belief is that if a person is not coming forward on information they MORE THAN LIKELY have something to hide. RIGHT OBAMA!
Obama and his Gov. needs Jail time – plain and simple
IF THE OBAMA, administration is hiding something, concealing all the information from the people and the investigators, the THEY ARE GUILTY OF OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE. The Obama administration have been found guilty of many violations of the law, especially the Constitution. But, what is the most FATAL CASE AGAINST OBAMA, is his INELIGIBILITY, because his father was never became an American citizen and what more, HE LIED ALMOST EVERYTHING in his life, from his birth certificate, to his passports, to his social security number, to his selective service registration was fraudulent. By these documented facts about his life, are enough to send OBAMA to jail, or Kenya to serve his lifetime sentence and REWARD.for all his violations of our Constitution and laws..GOD willing, we can fulfill our delayed American dreams.
Don't forget all the incoming records of people flying into the USA are missing around the date Obama was born. About 10 days worth.
Our gangsterment is so rigged. The only thing that might happen is they will investigate themselves and alter the data if necessary.
The military should march the entire administration off to GITMO.
Whgen will the impeachment proceedingds start in ernest? I want to watch it.
We The People have a fraud and usurper sitting in the White House going by the name of barack hussein obama using a stolen social security number , forged birth certificate and forged selective service registration card to prove he is a legal sitting US President .
We The People demand the US Congress honor their oath to the US Constitution and remove this fraud and usurper barack hussein obama from office under Article 2 Section 1 Clause 5 of the US Constitution .
Obama: US should fund research for cleaner
President Obama says the U.S. must shift vehicles off oil permanently and so the public can avoid spikes in gasoline prices.
Yes, Sir; We can really pick 'em.
We can really pick our presidents. We have finally picked one that is even worse than his opponents predicted he could be. We picked a loser with a reputation so packed with black-mail material that he can be made to do anything – not that he wouldn't do ANYTHING on his own if he felt he would be harming the United States in doing so.
Every single thing he has tried to hide has been made glaringly apparent – from his drug use and smuggling, his efforts to hide his place of birth and even his nationality to his homosexuality – everything that he has tried to hide has been brought to light. (Brought to light does not mean proven in an impeachment hearing or even a criminal court). Of course once you have the backing of either major political party's mafia hit squads, and battalions of crooked lawyers there is little or no chance of any real charge seeing the light of day. He will remain free to continue his extortion rackets, "Constitution Defying Behavior" and his vote/re-election fraud because he was picked by the global elite and has equipped himself with an equal amount of black-mail ammunition on his enemies with which to secure and maintain his own freedom.
Of course our major media is so compromised by political pressure and their normal (C)communist position on every question that there is absolutely no outrage that isn't spun or covered up to the extent that Our Imposter-In-Chief remains absolutely free and with an unblemished reputation for committing every single transgression that a crook/politician can be accused of.
But we, the American people have allowed him to assume the mantle of dictator and have allowed this imposter to remain firmly ensconced in his oval orifice taking multi-annual 4, 5, 7 million dollar vacations at the expense of the American people.
The Rush Limbugers and Bill O'Malleys (or is it O'Reillys) of the world do nothing except eye their ratings as they give the sheeple what they think the flock wants to hear, but can't bring themselves to mention the word IMPEACHMENT.
"eL Rushbo" speaks for the establishment "Rinos", but in 20+ years has never changed one welfare recipient's vote. "El Rushbo" couldn't see the "Village Idiot" trampling the Constitution nor the breaking of every international convention in existence on the treatment of prisoners. He couldn't see the destruction of Iraq for the next 4.5 billion years nor the murder of one million Iraqis nor the theft of its national resources by a moral degenerate's lies and his ever so perverted handler's guidance.
Now we have everything that "The Village Nitwit" left in place for the
establishment of a globalist, American slave society and we think Obamination is smart enough to enslave us all by himself. Ha, Ha, Ha.
Obama has just as much trouble getting his shoes on the correct feet as George Bush did.
We Americans seem to think "Abomination" could have passed Patriot Acts 1 and 2 all by himself.
We think Abomination is capable of resurrecting Osama bin Laden from the dead, kidnapping him, and then pushing him out the door of a helicopter into the ocean, WITHOUT A TRIAL OR A CONVICTION, AND NO WITNESSES, AND NO FILM OF THE ATTROCITY!!! We don't even comment on the deaths of more than 20 Seal Team 6 members in a helicopter crash??? and consider it to be a mere coincidence. WOW, WHAT A MAN!!! Not only do we believe he is capable of all these things, but we allow him to think he is a messiah for having been able to do these things IN THE NAME OF OUR COUNTRY!!! WOW, WHAT AN AMERICAN!!!
Everyone at every level of the State Department and in all branches of government should be reminded that when they are found to be part of this humongous cover-up they will be prosecuted just as those who initiated and are running the cover-up.
It's the same old bull. All with the Obama administration up to their eye balls in guilt. They were behind this as they were behind the Holmes shooting and the school. None of the survivors will tell the truth unless the gop can promise to protect them and their families.
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Im a bit worried about the level of security my 2002 325ti compact currently has... the alarm is pittyfull and to be honest i could shout louder, dont thinkk i would even hear it from inside the house... literally just goes beep....beep.....beep......beep. Now if someone was trying to get into my car, persoanlly i want there to be the equivilant of a small volcanic eruption going on outside... not what sounds like a 4 year old girl losing her voice
Any recomendations for alarms? and what kinda price range i should be looking into?


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That couldn't be further from the truth. Automakers -- especially General Motors -- have been researching autonomous vehicles for decades. In the '90s they were building demonstration units capable of driving better than most humans. Although you can't go down to your local dealership and buy one, the technology developed along the way has trickled down into the cars on sale now, not to mention benefitting the military.
But if you are looking forward to the day when you can start up your car, input your destination into the navigation system, and then kick back with a cold one while you read the sports section, you will have a long wait to never. Not even Google could get its car into showrooms.
Google Computer-Driven Prius from Ben Tseitlin on Vimeo.The History Of The Future
Driverless cars were being built long before Google was a verb. General Motors showcased autonomous cars as far back as the 1939 World's Fair. At GM's "Futurama" exhibit, the company predicted we could be zooming along the developing highway system at 100 mph by 1960. Even then, GM engineers knew that they could program the machines to be better drivers than humans.
Autonomous vehicles don't get drunk, they don't text while driving, they don't tailgate, and they don't become too enfeebled to see or react to traffic conditions. "Smart" cars riding on similarly "smart" highways that can communicate about road and traffic conditions could virtually eliminate accidents, not to mention those nerve-crunching, time-sucking traffic jams created by rubberneckers who all slow down at the same place to see a state trooper pull over a speeder.
But for all the potential benefits of such technology, there's almost zero likelihood of it getting past the lawyers. Federal law dictates that no vehicles are allowed on the road without a human "in control." State laws are similarly worded. Test cars like Google's are legal because the human aboard can override the automation. But even cars that drive themselves with humans aboard won't be commercially available any time soon, because personal liability lawyers would have a field day. Lawyers already press litigation and lawsuits on hundreds of thousands of cases involving alleged defects in vehicles that are under the control drivers. Take the driver, and the automakers' standard defense of "driver error," out of the equation and that puts 100 percent of the fault for an accident on the automaker.
"People simply will conclude, with good reason, that it would be unfair and inefficient to hold them responsible for the operation of technology without any clear way of knowing whether it works or not," says Stanford University Law Professor Kenneth Anderson. "The responsibility then moves backwards to the manufacturer, and other points of expert contact, but it is hard not to conclude that in terms of the actual operation of the vehicle, that point of accountability [to the operator] is lost."
An actual trial lawyer is more negative about the technology performing consistently in real-world conditions over time without a human operator playing an active role. "We are without a doubt the most creative and ingenious society in existence, but I think it would be much wiser to focus on safety of our human-operated automobiles," says Tab Turner, an Arkansas attorney who has won numerous settlements for his clients from auto companies.
"If we can't even successfully create safety belts that safely perform in rollovers, for instance, or child seats that actually fit in cars, how can we expect computer-operated cars to improve death rates?" he says.
Technology That Saves Lives
The only place we're likely to see real, live autonomous vehicles deployed is in a war zones. The military is keen to integrate the technology into its combat vehicles and fuel trucks. Half of the casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan have occurred in supply convoys targeted by roadside explosives. If the trucks were traveling without drivers and guards, protected from above by helicopters and plane and monitored by satellite for counter-strike, the savings of life and materiel would be enormous.
In 2008, a Chevy Tahoe nicknamed "Boss" and engineered by a team drawn from GM, Continental Teves, Caterpillar, and Carnegie-Mellon University, beat out 85 other teams and entries in the DARPA Urban Challenge, sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The Pentagon created the competition to develop an autonomous fighting vehicle that will keep as many humans off the battlefield as possible. Like a next generation of "drone" fighters and intelligence gathering planes, the military wants tanks and vehicles that don't even need to be operated by remote control, let alone humans.
Outside of the military applications, the focus is also on saving lives, through developing technology that can be used in regular cars to improve their ability to help drivers. "We are not trying to replace the driver," said Professor Chris Gerdes of Stanford University, who has worked with Audi and VW on autonomous driving, and specifically the Audi TTS. "Instead we want to learn how the best drivers control the car so we can develop systems that assist our robotic driver and, eventually, you and me."
Working together, Audi, Stanford, the Volkswagen Group Electronics Research Lab and Oracle developed a distinct engineering achievement. The Autonomous Audi TTS Pikes Peak integrates advanced algorithms, the Oracle Java Real-Time System (Java RTS), Oracle Solaris and GPS with safety and navigation systems. The key is to make all the systems work seamlessly so there is no delay between what the sophisticated sensors detect, and the resulting input to the car's controls.
Five years ago, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that auto accidents cost the U.S. $230 billion a year. Of that, $31.7 billion was spent on health care for the victims. WHO expects auto accidents to be the No. 3 killer worldwide by 2020. Autonomous vehicles aren't going to change those horrific numbers overnight. But the technology this research has delivered might.
Collision avoidance technologies that were developed as a part of autonomous car research, like electronic stability control, are proving to save more lives than anything since the seatbelt. The next step for automakers is to integrate stability control with other systems, to develop fully "crash-proof" vehicles.
On Sale Today And Coming Soon
Cars like the Ford Taurus already offer features like park-assist, lane departure warning, blind-spot detection, and adaptive cruise control. All of these technologies have grown out of research into autonomous cars, just as NASA's space program in the 1960s brought us Velcro, satellite TV, medical imaging, ear thermometers, smoke detectors, and shock absorbing football and bicycle helmets.
The next generation of cars, like the Volvo XC60, will have technology like its standard auto-braking feature called "City Safety." This stops the car when collision with an obstacle is imminent, leading British highway safety regulators to actually call the Volvo "the car we couldn't crash." While this technology can be expensive to add, the cost is coming down as more vehicles come with it. And insurance companies are starting to help out. European insurance companies, for example, offered a 30 percent discount on premiums for the XC60. Similar discounts are surfacing in the U.S.
BMW is building the ultimate "nanny" car -- or perhaps we should call it a "nurse" machine. The technology allows the car to safely guide itself to a stop and notify the authorities if the driver suffers a heart attack, stroke or other medical emergency and can no longer drive. The Bavarian automaker launched the project with Germany's Federal Ministry of Education and Research, which wants to improve senior citizens' quality of life. BMW claims the Emergency Stop Assistant system utilizes a lot of technology already available on its cars and says it will allow seniors to feel more secure on the road. "Our primary aim is to avoid accidents caused by health-related loss of control – or at least to reduce the severity of such accidents," says Ralf Decke, project manager for Senior Smart at BMW.
Thank You Google
This brings us back to Google. The company said its seven test cars have driven over 1,000 miles without human intervention and more than 140,000 miles with only occasional human help. One Google car even drove itself down Lombard Street in San Francisco, one of the steepest and curviest streets in the nation. Sebastian Thrun, the director of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and a Google engineer, leads Google's effort. In 2005, he led a team of Stanford students and faculty in designing the Stanley Robot Car, winning the second DARPA Grand Challenge by driving autonomously over 132 miles in the desert.
Clearly, the company is serious about building autonomous vehicles. But more than any breakthroughs Google has generated, the attention it has called to this cutting edge of automotive technology is the real value of the company's efforts.


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On March 6, 1931 Costella Miller was born in Bellville to the late Robert and Rhoda Harris. She grew up in the Ives Creek Community. She attended Isaiah Community AME Church under the leadership of Reverend Luther Shaw.
She worked as a nurse's assistance at the Bellville General Hospital for over 24 years.
Costella is preceded in death by her parents, two sons, Winston Miller and Curtis Harris, three brothers, Arthur James Harris (A.J.), Thomas Harris (Shine), Robert Harris, Jr. and one sister, Ollie Mae Weathers.
She leaves to cherish her loving memories of life, three sons, William Miller, Jr. (Trilby), Houston, Sammy Miller, Sr., (Ruby), Sealy, Freeman Miller, Bellville and four daughters, Linda Miller, ( Earnest), Sherron Watts (Melvin), Jennifer Mosley (Marty) Bellville, Veronica Monroe (Walter), of Houston, and adopted daughter, La'Zoria Curry, three special daughters, Cindy Hufferman, Ellanore Ayala and Mrs. Hazel Dixon, one sister, Clarece Long (Curtis) and one brother, Wilton Harris, Sr. and a special friend Donna Johnson. She has 21 grand children 37 great grand children and seven great-great grand children and a host of nieces, nephews, family and friends.
Service was Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at 11 a.m., located at Historic Allen AME Church, 704 West Carver Street, Bellville. Visitation was Tuesday, May 15, 2012 starting at 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. at Historic Allen AME Church.
For more information called Miller-Josey Mortuary, LLC at 979-865-0808, you can also go online and sign the online register book at www.millerjosey.com.
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Unison, the public sector union, said this would cause a drop in standards.
But Ofsted said there would be no fall in the number of school inspectors and that efficiency would improve.
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Retirements and natural wastage would account for a "considerable proportion" of the job cuts.
Unison's head of local government, Heather Wakefield, said: "Forget about 'education, education, education'.
"What we are seeing is cuts, cuts, cuts. You cannot get rid of 500 jobs and not see standards drop.
"Ofsted has played a vital role in improving the life chances of millions of children and young people since it came into being 12 years ago, and that work must go on for the sake of the next generation of schoolchildren."
Unison is seeking talks with the government.
An Ofsted spokesman said cutting the number of regional offices from eight to three - in Manchester, Nottingham and Bristol - would "move resources closer to our own front line".
The London headquarters would also become smaller.
The spokesman added: "Far from standards dropping, under the new school inspection arrangements, which will come into play in September 2005 if we receive parliamentary approval, schools will be inspected twice as often as at present, with clearer reports being produced more rapidly than at present."
Ofsted has been asked to make cuts under as a result of the Chancellor's Comprehensive Spending Review.


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Should mod bit be coated?
Have an addition on the house with a very small pitch, not quite flat, anyway had the roof on it replaced a couple of months ago with modified bitumen. Should it be coated with anything?
Typcially we only coat non granulated modbit. The exception is the GAF Energy cap, we coat all the seams with the matching paint. If its a small flat, we just coat the whole thing.
Question 1: What type of modified Bitumen is it Atactic Polypropylene (APP, plastic modified), or Styrene Butadiene Styrene (SBS Rubber Modified)
Question 2: Why didnt the roofer add slope to get the water off the roof? No Mod bit does well if ponded.
Question 3: Is it a two ply mod bit? Mod bit should ALWAYS BE MUTI-PLY
Recommendation 1: Do not coat it until it goes through a snow melt or two, so it is under hydraulic pressure. You may have voids that wont show up till then, and it is easier to patch without coating. APP produces what is called tobacco juicing, and this will delaminate coating. It is really plasticizer oil loss, but that's what they call it.
2. There is a slight slope, maybe I didn't describe it well, but it's enough to shed water well, I can see this roof from upstairs window and no ponding
3. Again, not sure. I do know that I helped him carry some rolls up and they were very heavy and they were torched down, if that helps
Thanks for the advice! I guess I will wait for spring/summer for any coating
Mod Bit Coating
OK heres the short version.
Both APP and SBS come in a torch grade.
SBS has a much lower application temperature so it can be mopped in special steep ASTM D312 Type IV asphalt, or torched.
APP Must be torch applied because it has a much higher application temperature than can be acheived by heating asphalt and mopping. Basically the asphalt would reach its flash point before it got hot enough to properly fuze APP.
APP is more resistant to UV light, and does not need to be coated, but it is good to do so, as it extends its life. Wait to coat it though, as described in my previous post, for the reasons stated.
SBS must be protected from UV because it is much more susceptible to damage from UV light. You did not say whether your roof was granular surfaced or smooth. The top ply of all SBS roof systems is usually granulated. APP can be either.
If I were you, and my roof was APP, I would coat it with two coats of aluminum roof coating. Re-apply as needed. Usually about every 7 years, depending on the product.
If my roof was a granular surfaced SBS, and it was a two ply roof, I would not coat it. If it was installed as a single ply I would coat it with an elastomeric white coating as recommended by the roof system manufacturer.
The fact that you have good drainage is of paramount importance with the use of mod bit. It does not tolerate ponding well.
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Iberostar Saidia - All Inclusive places you 3.7 mi (5.9 km) from Saidia Beach. This 484-room, 5-star hotel welcomes guests with 3 outdoor pools, 4 restaurants, and an indoor pool. Berkane Municipal Stadium is 18.7 mi (30 km) from the hotel, which is on the beach.
Free breakfast is included with your stay. There are ample dining options with 4 onsite restaurants, including Oujda, which specializes in international cuisine. At the end of the day, unwind with a drink at the bar/lounge.
All 484 air-conditioned rooms provide balconies, refrigerators, and safes. Guests can expect to find free WiFi and flat-screen TVs with satellite channels. Bathrooms have hair dryers and bidets. Phones are also included.
Guests of Iberostar Saidia - All Inclusive enjoy 3 outdoor pools, an indoor pool, and a children's pool. The 24-hour front desk has multilingual staff ready to help with tours or tickets, and answer any questions about the area. Other amenities at this all-inclusive hotel include a fitness center, a spa tub, and free WiFi in public areas.
Property features
- Free breakfast
- Free WiFi in rooms and public areas
- Onsite dining
- Indoor pool and 3 outdoor pools
Iberostar Saidia - All Inclusive
Hotel Amenities
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All-Inclusive Details
This hotel is all-inclusive. Onsite food and beverages are included in the room price (some restrictions may apply).
Hotel Amenities
Iberostar Saidia - All Inclusive is an all-inclusive hotel. Room rates include meals and beverages at onsite restaurants and bars. Other items and amenities, including taxes and gratuities, and access to recreational activities and entertainment may also be included. Additional charges may apply for meals at some restaurants, special dinners and dishes, certain beverages, and other amenities.
Iberostar Saidia - All Inclusive features 3 outdoor swimming pools, an indoor pool, a spa tub, and a fitness center. Dining is available at one of the hotel's 4 restaurants. The property also offers a snack bar/deli. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the hotel's bars, which include a poolside bar and a bar/lounge. A complimentary breakfast is offered. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access.
This all-inclusive hotel also offers a children's pool, spa services, and a children's club.
- Total number of rooms - 484
- 24-hour front desk
- Bar/lounge
- Free breakfast
- Number of outdoor pools - 3
- Pool umbrellas
- Free WiFi
- Children's club
- Number of floors - 2
- Poolside bar
- Snack bar/deli
- Number of restaurants - 4
- Tennis on site
- Spa services on site
- Children's pool
- Indoor pool
- Barbecue grill(s)
- Conference space
- Elevator/lift
- Fitness facilities
- Wired (high-speed) Internet access - surcharge
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Meeting rooms
- Multilingual staff
- Year Built 2009
- Number of buildings/towers - 3
- Garden
- Spa tub
- Supervised childcare/activities
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pools
- Indoor pool
- Children's pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Snack bar/deli
- Refrigerator
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Wired (high-speed) Internet access - surcharge
Room Amenities
Iberostar Saidia - All Inclusive offers 484 air-conditioned accommodations with safes and hair dryers. Rooms open to balconies. Flat-screen televisions come with satellite channels.
Bathrooms include showers and bidets. This Saidia hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is provided daily.
- Balcony
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- In-room safe
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Refrigerator
- Satellite TV service
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
- Bidet
- Shower only
- Hair dryer
Where to Eat
Oujda - This buffet restaurant specializes in international cuisine and serves breakfast and dinner. Reservations are required.
Snack Restaurant - This restaurant is located by the pool.
A complimentary breakfast is offered.
Oki - This restaurant specializes in Japanese cuisine. Reservations are required.
Fez - This restaurant specializes in Mediterranean cuisine.
Nearby Things to Do
3 outdoor swimming pools are on site along with an indoor pool. In addition to a children's pool, other recreational amenities include a spa tub and a fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Fitness classes on site
- Volleyball on site
Spa Services
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-in time ends at 4 PM
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Cribs (infant beds) are available.
- Pets not allowed
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
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