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Usability Tools Podcast: Gallery Pages
August 13th, 2007
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Each week in our Usability Tools podcast, I will be sitting down with UIE's Managing Director, Christine Perfetti to discuss tips and tools for improving your site's user experience. The goal of our weekly podcast is to share some of the most important findings from UIE's research on web design and usability.
In this week's episode, Christine asks me about UIE's research on Gallery Pages. Gallery Pages, the list of links to content, are a web site's hardest working page. They are the final page that determine whether users will successfully find their content.
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» How galleries help users make confident choices
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» Why longer gallery pages may help users
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Borderline (Madonna song)
Front sleeve of US 7-inch vinyl single
|Single by Madonna
|from the album Madonna
|February 15, 1984
|February 1983
|Reggie Lucas
|Reggie Lucas
|Madonna singles chronology
|Music video
|"Borderline" on YouTube
"Borderline" is a song recorded by American singer Madonna for her eponymous debut studio album Madonna (1983). It was released on February 15, 1984, by Sire Records as the album's fifth single. Written and composed by its producer Reggie Lucas, the song was remixed by Madonna's then-boyfriend John "Jellybean" Benitez. The singer used refined and expressive vocals for the song, whose lyrics deal with the subject of a love that is never fulfilled.
Contemporary critics and authors applauded the song, calling it harmonically the most complex track from Madonna and praising its dance-pop nature. "Borderline" became Madonna's second top ten hit on the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number ten. In the United Kingdom it peaked number two after it was re-released as a single in 1986. Elsewhere, the song reached the top 10 or top 20 of a number of European nations while peaking the singles chart of Ireland. "Borderline" was placed at number 84 on Blender magazine's "The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born", while Time included it on their critic list of "All-Time 100 Songs".
The accompanying music video portrayed Madonna with a Latin-American man as her boyfriend. She was enticed by a British photographer to pose and model for him, but later returned to her original boyfriend. The video generated academic interest for its use of power as symbolism. With the video, Madonna was credited for breaking the taboo of interracial relationships, and it was considered one of her career-making moments. The release of the video on MTV increased Madonna's popularity further. Madonna performed the song on The Virgin Tour (1985) and the Sticky & Sweet Tour (2008), where a punk-rock version of the song was performed. "Borderline" has been covered by artists including Duffy, Jody Watley, Counting Crows, and The Flaming Lips.
- 1 Background
- 2 Composition
- 3 Critical reception
- 4 Commercial performance
- 5 Music video
- 6 Live performances and covers
- 7 Track listings and formats
- 8 Credits and personnel
- 9 Charts and certifications
- 10 See also
- 11 Notes
- 12 References
- 13 External links
In 1982, Madonna was working with producer Reggie Lucas on her debut album. She had already composed three songs, when Lucas brought one of his own compositions to the project, calling it "Borderline".[1] However, after recording the song, Madonna was unhappy with the final version. According to her, Lucas used too many instruments and did not consider her ideas for the song.[1] This led to a dispute between the two. After finishing the album, Lucas left the project without altering the songs to Madonna's specifications. Hence, Madonna brought her then boyfriend John "Jellybean" Benitez to remix "Borderline" and two other recorded tracks.[1] On hearing the final version, Seymour Stein, head of Sire Records declared, "I dared to believe this was going to be huge beyond belief, the biggest thing I'd ever had, after I heard 'Borderline'... The passion that she put into that song, I thought, there's no stopping this girl."[2]
"Borderline" was recorded in February 1983 and ushered a change from Madonna's normal vocal tone.[3] A sentimental track, the song talks about a love that is never quite fulfilled.[4] According to author Santiago Fouz-Hernández in his book Madonna's drowned worlds, the song's lyrics like "Something in way you love me won't let me be/I don't want to be your prisoner so baby won't you set me free" depicted a rebellion against male chauvinism.[5] Madonna used a refined and expressive voice to sing the song, backed by Lucas's instrumentations.[4] It is considered the best example of the working relationship between Lucas and Madonna, and he pushed her to find emotional depth in the song. Although sounding icy, the chorus is contemporary in style, and the vocal range for this song was later used by Madonna as her own personal range through her whole music career.[6] It opens with a keyboard rich intro played on a Fender-Rhodes electric piano and a catchy synth melody provided by Fred Zarr.[7] Bass player Anthony Jackson doubled Dean Gant's synth bass to provide a solid and more complex texture.[7]
The chords in the song were inspired by the seventies disco sound in Philadelphia as well as Elton John's musical style during the mid-seventies.[7] The chord sequences cite from Bachman-Turner Overdrive's song "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet", while the synth phases display Madonna's typical musical style.[8] The song is set in common time with a moderate tempo of 120 beats per minute. It is composed in the key of D major with Madonna's vocal range spanning from F♯3 to B4. The song follows in the chord progression of D–C–G in the first verse to Bm–Em–A–F♯ in the pre-chorus, and changes to A–F♯–Bm–A–E and G–D–A in the chorus.[9]
Critical reception[edit]
Author J. Randy Taraborrelli, in his biography of Madonna, called "Borderline", along with "Holiday", the two key recordings which helped in establishing Madonna's base in the music industry.[4] He added that Madonna's sober voice made the track "as close to an old Motown production as a hit could get in the dance-music-driven eighties."[4] Author Maury Dean in his book, Rock 'n' Roll Gold Rush, called the song "echoey boogie" with "saucy-style and come-hither magnetism."[10] Author Rikky Rooksby in his book, The Complete Guide to the Music of Madonna, called it harmonically the most complex track of her debut album.[7] Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic called the song effervescent.[11] Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine called the song soulful.[12] Commentator Dave Marsh in his book, The Heart of Rock & Soul, said that the "music's too damn good to be denied, no matter whose value system it disrupts."[13] Journalist Roxanne Orgill in her book, Shout, Sister, Shout!, commented that "Borderline" was the song which made Madonna the star she is.[14] Thom Duffy of Orlando Sentinel commented that "Borderline" was a song that "introduced Madonna, the helium-induced pop star, and a siren kitten."[15]
The song was placed at number 84 on Blender magazine's "The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born."[16] Time also included it on the critic list "All-Time 100 Songs", stating that "Madonna went on to sing more-clever songs ('Material Girl'), more-showy songs ('Like a Prayer'), more-sexy songs ('Justify My Love'). But 'Borderline,' her first top-10 hit, captures the essence of her pop appeal, its freshness, simplicity and vitality."[17] Pitchfork Media considered the song the 106th best one of the 1980s, stating that "'Borderline' is one of the first laid bricks in the cathedral of Madonna's mythology, four minutes of emotional helium that became her first Top 10 hit on the heels of an iconic music video."[18]
At the 1984 Billboard Music Awards, "Borderline" received two nominations, in the categories of Best New Artist and Best Choreography in a Music Video, but did not win either.[19] In September 2014, the song was placed at number two on Rolling Stone's list of "100 Best Singles of 1984". Carrie Grant from the magazine described the track as a "melodic synth-a-palooza with the plunky low end", and also noting that Madonna's vocals were restrained on the song, but sounded emotional. "The radio remix, which trims nearly three minutes from the tune, boasts one of Madge's most iconic fade-outs, standing by as she "la la la"s into the void."[2]
Commercial performance[edit]
In the United States, the song became Madonna's first top ten hit when it reached position ten on the Billboard Hot 100 on June 16, 1984; it charted for 30 weeks, becoming Madonna's longest-charting single in the United States (tied with "Take a Bow" in 1995). The song reached a peak of four on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. It also became a crossover success by charting on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart at 23.[10] On October 22, 1998, the song was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipment of one million copies.[20] In Canada the song debuted at number 56 on the RPM issue dated August 4, 1984[21] and reached a peak of number 25 on September 15, 1984.[22] The song was on the chart for 14 weeks.[23]
In the United Kingdom, with the original release of the song on June 2, 1984, it was able to reach a peak of only 56. However, upon re-releasing the song on January 1, 1986, it reached a new peak of two on the chart and was present for a total of nine weeks.[24] The song was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) on February 1986, for shipment of 500,000 copies of the single.[25] According to the Official Charts Company, the song has sold 310,000 copies there.[26] Across Europe the song topped the chart in Ireland and entered the top ten of Belgium and Netherlands.[27][28][29] It also peaked at number 23 in Switzerland and number 12 in Australia.[30][31]
Music video[edit]
"Borderline" was filmed on location in Los Angeles, California from January 30 to February 2, 1984 and was the first video that Madonna made with director Mary Lambert, who later also directed the videos "Like a Virgin", "Material Girl", "La Isla Bonita" and "Like a Prayer".[32] Author Allen Metz noted how the video portrayed Madonna's then "burgeoning star quality".[33] It is regarded as one of her career-making moments[34] when the video was started to be shown on MTV.[35] She acted as the girlfriend of a Hispanic street guy who is picked up by a British photographer who publishes her picture on a magazine cover. The portrayal of the street life and high-fashion scene in the video was a reference to Madonna's life in the gritty, multiracial streets and clubs that she used to haunt while her career was beginning, as well as the world of popularity and success she was experiencing at that moment.[33] The storyline involved her being emotionally torn between the photographer and her boyfriend.[35] Madonna's boyfriend in the video is portrayed as Latino, and her struggles with this relationship depicted the struggle Hispanic women faced with their men.[34] Lambert said that there was "no formula" used when making the "Borderline" video and that they were "inventing it as we went along."[36] In the January 1997 issue of Rolling Stone, Lambert described the video and its plot as, "Boy and girl enjoy simple pleasures of barrio love, girl is tempted by fame, boy gets huffy, girl gets famous, but her new beau's out-of-line reaction to a behavioral trifle (all she did was to spray-paint his expensive sports car) drives her back to her true love."[5]
"When I screened 'Borderline' for Madonna's manager, Freddy DeMann, he was hysterical that I had combined black-and-white footage with color footage. Nobody had done that before. He made me screen it for all the secretaries in the office and see how they reacted, because he felt I had crossed a line that shouldn't be crossed."
The video narrative weaved the two relationship stories in color and black and white.[37] In the color sequence, Madonna sings, flirts and seduces the Hispanic guy (Louie Louie) who becomes her boyfriend. In the black-and-white sequence she poses for the photographer, who also courts her.[37] The video had Madonna in her usual style in those years, wearing her hair in a haystack, lace gloves, high heeled boots with thick socks and her trademark "boy-toy" belt.[34] She changes clothing from one shot to another, in color as well as black and white, while wearing an unusual array of clothes including crop-tops, T-shits, vests and sweaters coupled with cut-off pants and jeans as well as a couple of evening gowns.[35] Posing for the photographer, Madonna looks towards the camera with challenge in her eyes, depicting sexual aggression.[33] At one point, she starts spraying graffiti over some lifeless classical statues, portraying herself as a transgressor who breaks rules and attempts innovation.[37]
With the video, Madonna broke the taboo of interracial relationships. Although at first it seems that Madonna denies the Hispanic guy in favour of the photographer, later she rejects him, implying her desire to control her own sexual pleasures or going over the established pop borderlines with lyrics like "You just keep on pushing my love, over the borderline".[37] The contrasting image of Madonna, first as a messy blonde in the Hispanic sequence and later as a fashioned glamorous blonde, suggested that one can construct one's own image and identity. Portraying herself as a Hispanic also had the clever marketing strategy of appealing to Hispanic and black youths, thus breaking down racial barriers.[37]
After its airing, "Borderline" attracted early attention from academics.[5] They noted the symbolism of power in the two contrasting scenes of the video. The British photographer's studio is decorated with classical sculptures and nude statues holding spears, a phallic symbol. In contrast, phallic symbols portrayed in the Hispanic neighborhood include a street lamp which Madonna embraces and a pool cue held erect by Madonna's boyfriend.[5] Author Andrew Metz commented that with these scenes, Madonna displayed her sophisticated views on the fabrications of feminity as a supreme power rather than the normal views of oppression.[33] Author Carol Clerk said that the videos of "Borderline" and "Lucky Star" established Madonna not as the girl-next-door, but as a sassy and smart, tough funny woman. Professor Douglas Kellner in his book Media Culture: Cultural Studies, Identity, and Politics Between the Modern and the Postmodern commented that the video depicted motifs and strategies which helped Madonna in her journey to become a star.[38] The clothes Madonna wore in the video were later used by designers like Karl Lagerfeld and Christian Lacroix in Paris Fashion week of the same year.[35]
Live performances and covers[edit]
The song was performed by Madonna on The Virgin Tour (1985) and the Sticky & Sweet Tour (2008). on the Virgin Tour, Madonna performed the song wearing a black, fringed micro-top and similar skirt, with her belly button exposed, and multiple crucifixes in different sizes, hanging from different parts of her body.[39] Madonna performed the song in its original version. She appeared from behind a silhouette, and descended the steps while waving her hands and singing.[40] The performance was not included on the Madonna Live: The Virgin Tour VHS in 1985.[41]
"Borderline" was added to the set list of the first leg of her Sticky & Sweet Tour in 2008 during the "Old School" section of the performance. Madonna wore gym shorts, sneakers and long socks in this section.[42] The outfit was designed by Jeremy Scott and was a reference to Madonna's old days in New York.[43] A punk-pop version of the song was performed by Madonna while playing a purple electric guitar on a microphone as the backdrops displayed Keith Harring's cartoons and graphical imagery.[44]
Jon Pareles of The New York Times called the performance enthusiastic and punk-pop.[45] Nekesa Mumbi Moody of USA Today called it a "rocked out performance".[44] Caryn Ganz of Rolling Stone called it a "Cheap Trick-style power pop song [performance]."[46] The song was not included in the 2009 leg of the tour and was replaced by a rock version of Madonna's other song "Dress You Up."[47] In June 2016, Madonna appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and closed the show by performing "Borderline", watched by the President of the United States, Barack Obama.[48]
In 2000, an electro-industrial cover of the song by Nivek Ogre of OhGr was included on the tribute compilation album, Virgin Voices: A Tribute To Madonna, Vol. 2. Heather Phares of AllMusic said that Ogre's version "missed the mark."[49] Chicago pop punk band Showoff recorded a cover for the 2002 compilation album Punk Goes Pop.[50] In 2006 singer Jody Watley covered the song for her album The Makeover.[51] Watley's downtempo version attained UK release as a single in October 2009.[52] An acoustic folk cover of the song by The Chapin Sisters was included on the 2007 Madonna tribute album Through the Wilderness.[53] In 2008, singer Duffy performed "Borderline" at Radio 1's Big Weekend in Mote Park, Maidstone, Kent, England.[54] The Flaming Lips and Stardeath and White Dwarfs recorded a cover of the song for the 2009 Warner Bros. Records compilation, Covered, A Revolution in Sound. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic described the cover recording as turning Madonna's version "inside out".[55] Counting Crows performed the song at the Royal Albert Hall in 2003, an MP3 of the song was released on the band's official website on March 17, 2009. The performance was criticised by ABC News, calling it anticlimatic.[56] In 2010, the TV show Glee covered it in the episode "The Power of Madonna" in a mashup with the song "Open Your Heart", performed by Cory Monteith and Lea Michele.[57]
Track listings and formats[edit]
- Note: Borderline "Dub Remix" is also known as "Instrumental"
Credits and personnel[edit]
- Madonna – lead vocals
- Reggie Lucas – writer, producer, guitars, drum programming
- Fred Zarr – synthesizers, electric and acoustic piano
- Dean Gant – synthesizers, electric and acoustic piano
- Ed Walsh – synthesizers
- Anthony Jackson – electric bass
- Ira Siegal – guitars
- Bobby Malach – tenor saxophone
- Gwen Guthrie – background vocals
- Brenda White – background vocals
- Chrissy Faith – background vocals
Credits adapted from the album liner notes.[3]
Charts and certifications[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
Year-end charts[edit]
See also[edit]
- ^ a b c Taraborrelli 2002, p. 76
- ^ a b Grant, Carrie (September 16, 2014). "Madonna, 'Borderline' – 100 Best Singles of 1984". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
- ^ a b Madonna (LP, Vinyl, CD). Madonna. Sire Records. 1983. 9 23867-1.
- ^ a b c d Taraborrelli 2002, p. 78
- ^ a b c d Fouz-Hernández & Jarman-Ivens 2004, p. 141
- ^ Cresswell 2006, p. 714
- ^ a b c d Rooksby 2004, p. 11
- ^ Rooksby 2004, p. 12
- ^ "Borderline – Madonna Ciccone – Digital Sheet Music". Musicnotes.com. Alfred Publishing. Retrieved May 29, 2009.
- ^ a b Dean 2003, p. 523
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (September 9, 1983). "Madonna > Overview". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved July 20, 2009.
- ^ Cinquemani, Sal (September 9, 2001). "Madonna: Madonna (Remaster)". Slant Magazine. Retrieved July 20, 2009.
- ^ Marsh 1999, p. 502
- ^ Orgill 2001, p. 80
- ^ Duffy, Thom (June 21, 1987). "The Many Faces Of Madonna". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved November 21, 2010.
- ^ Staff, Blender (April 1, 2009). "X and Y playlist: The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 20, 2009.
- ^ Jones, Radhika (October 24, 2011). "All-Time 100 Songs: Borderline". Time. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
- ^ "The 200 Best Songs of the 1980s". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
- ^ "Billboard's Video Music Award Nominees". Billboard. 96 (44): 49. November 3, 1984. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
- ^ a b "American single certifications – Madonna – Borderline". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved March 10, 2013. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH
- ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 6797". RPM. RPM Music Publications Ltd. Retrieved July 20, 2009.
- ^ a b "Top RPM Singles: Issue 8602." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
- ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 8651". RPM. RPM Music Publications Ltd. Retrieved July 20, 2009.
- ^ a b "Madonna: Artist Chart History" Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
- ^ a b "British single certifications – Madonna – Borderline". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved March 10, 2013. Enter Borderline in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Select Gold in the field By Award. Click Search
- ^ a b "Madonna: The Official Top 40". MTV. MTV Networks. Retrieved December 20, 2010.
- ^ a b "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Borderline". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
- ^ a b "Madonna – Borderline – Hoogste notering" (in Dutch). VRT Top 30. June 4, 1984. Retrieved July 20, 2009.
- ^ a b "Dutchcharts.nl – Madonna – Borderline" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
- ^ a b "Swisscharts.com – Madonna – Borderline". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
- ^ a b c Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (doc). Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ Madonna (1990). The Immaculate Collection (VHS). Warner Home Video.
- ^ a b c d Metz & Benson 1999, p. 163
- ^ a b c Batchelor & Stoddart 2007, p. 45
- ^ a b c d Clerk 2002, p. 36
- ^ a b Tannenbaum & Marks 2011, p. 15
- ^ a b c d e Kellner 1995, p. 270
- ^ Kellner 1995, p. 269
- ^ Clerk 2002, p. 41
- ^ Morse, Steve (June 3, 1985). "Madonna Is Naughty, Nice And Talented". Boston Globe. Retrieved November 21, 2010.
- ^ Madonna (1985). Madonna Live: The Virgin Tour (VHS). Warner Home Video.
- ^ Odell, Amy (August 25, 2008). "Madonna's Tour Starts, Costumes Don't Disappoint". New York. New York Media LLC. Retrieved July 20, 2009.
- ^ Bernstein, Jacob (August 25, 2008). "Madonna's Costumes for Her Sticky and Sweet Tour". Women's Wear Daily. Advance Publications. Retrieved July 22, 2009.
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Hill currently lies just a single point off the championship lead despite missing out in the second race at Snetterton and the defending champion is determined to make amends.
Noriyuki Haga will make his debut at the Fife circuit following his recent appearance at the World Endurance Championship event at Qatar and is keen to close in on the top six in the overall standings.
Hill said: ""I am ready to go to Knockhill and hopefully we will get some sunshine as we always get good support from the local fans there. The round was a cracking one for me last year with a double win and hopefully we can have another good run.
"After missing out in the second race at Snetterton it makes you even hungrier – I wanted to go straight there! We know what we need to do and we are going to come out fighting.
"We need to try and stay ahead of the game and keep pushing on and hopefully we can be back on the top step of the podium for Swan Yamaha."
Haga said: "It will be my first time of going to Knockhill and I know that it is a short track and people tell me the weather can change very quickly.
"I have been watching the racing from last year on DVD and I am looking forward to get out on the Swan Yamaha there. I don't have any experience of the track but I am hoping that we can achieve some good results."


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As Boy Scouts of America (BSA) prepares to reconsider its homosexuality policy, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree wrote to the organization's leaders asking them to lift the ban on openly gay members, volunteers, and staff.
"I think Scouting has had a great impact on our communities and the thousands of young Mainers who have gone through the program. It has taught them valuable lessons about leadership, serving community, and helping others," Pingree said. "But the BSA's discriminatory policies on gays undercut these lessons in many ways. So many parts of our society--including families, the military, and many churches--have changed their attitude toward gays and lesbians. It's time for Boy Scouts of America to catch up to the communities it serves."
Reviewing the policy last year, the organization decided to uphold its longtime ban. The decision sparked the outrage of many, including at least one Eagle Scout in Maine who returned his medal in protest. On Wednesday, BSA's board will consider lifting the national ban while giving local groups the power to decide whether to exclude or welcome gays.
"I appreciate that BSA is reconsidering the policy, but they should not allow discrimination at any level," said Pingree. "It's not okay to give some kids the opportunity Scouting offers while withholding it from others. I sincerely hope Boy Scouts of America make the right decision."
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Wednesday, June 9, 2010
They were back! What did they want this time? She felt paralyzed as
ice water crept through her veins. Her muscles refused to
cooperate. She wanted to run, to hide, anything but this awful
feeling of being unable to move. No! No! Not again! I don't want to
go with you! As usual her wants weren't taken into account, and
the familiar process began to take place.
The blinding white light, common to these experiences,
spilled into the room from one window on the west wall. The
foot of her bed faced the opposing wall in an attempt to deter
her tormentors, in the hopes that she could deter them.
Wolf howled in the back yard, and his chain rattled in an
attempt to get to her. There would be no protection this night.
They found her again. No matter how many times she moved,
they found her. The recent move to Portland, Oregon was no
exception. For a year she felt safe. Now it didn't matter; it was all
starting again.
Her body felt light and she levitated off the bed. The blood
stilled in her veins, her body growing stiffer. The sensation of
fight or flight took over, but she had no energy to follow through
with it.
A small scraping sound to her left, she turned her eyes, the
only thing she could move in that direction. The window opened
by itself. A blue beam with her torturers, tiny, hairless gray
beings with large black eyes flowed into the room. She shut her
eyes; she didn't want to see them. They removed her blankets,
and their hands guided her body.
Their grainy, leathery hands felt so cold she shivered involuntarily.
She hated it when they touched her. Caught in the
blue beam she looked up to see something she had hoped never
to see again. Her body floated out the open window and then
up, up, up toward the waiting craft.
Her back brushed the top of the cedar tree in her back yard.
She knew which tree because she could smell its calming scent.
Far below her, Wolf had ceased his howling, but she could still
hear his whimpers as though from far away. Tears that wouldn't
fall grew in the corners of her eyes. I should never have tied Wolf up
in the backyard. If she had kept him with her maybe she wouldn't
be about to suffer this again.
Unable to resist she opened her eyes just in time to see the
bottom of the craft open up before she floated inside. Terror
moved through her, making her previous fear seem as nothing.
What are they going to do this time? What tests will they perform?
Will they return me to my home, or will I disappear from Earth never
to be seen again? The not knowing what to expect was the worst.
The only thing certain with these experiences was it would be
extremely painful both psychologically and physically.
Everything else about the experiences depended on the
She opened her eyes and looked around. I must've blacked out
again. She wiggled her fingers and attempted to pick up her
hands, but found she couldn't. They had put her wrists in
restraints. She tried to lift one of her legs and found her ankles
restrained as well.
They removed my clothes again! It was one of the worst things
about the experiences. She had nothing, nothing. No way to
protect herself. No way to run. No way to escape. It always felt
the same, trapped like a rat in a maze with nowhere to hide.
Huge black tilted eyes that almost encompassed the entire
width of an overly large gray skull peered down at her. She
found she couldn't look away.
"Don't be afraid. We will not hurt you." An almost mechanical
voice touched her mind.
"Leave me alone! Let me go!"
"You are special. You are one of our chosen ones. Only you and
others like you can help save your planet," the voice continued as
though she wasn't trying to resist.
In some dim corner of Angel's mind she knew she had been
told this before. In fact they used telepathy as their main
communication at the beginning of an experience. They tried to
distract her from what they did. She remembered this from the
other times. They'd speak to her in her mind, telling her how
special she was and how what they were doing to her would
help them save her world. It was all lies. She knew what they
were doing, and she knew it was wrong.
She felt their leathery hands on her stomach. She tried to look
down, but the alien's black eyes wouldn't let her. A sharp
agonizing pain in her stomach below her navel told her they
performed a familiar procedure. They performed their
pregnancy test by inserting a large needle about a quarter inch
around into her ovaries to extract eggs. Why they called it a
pregnancy test, she had never been able to figure out.
Some small part of her mind grasped weakly at the idea;
there was something here she wasn't remembering, something
"You are feeling no pain, no pain." The alien's telepathic words
interrupted her thought processes.
"No pain, my ass!"
For some reason, her tormentors thought if they told her
there'd be no pain, it'd somehow miraculously disappear. What a
crock! She always felt the pain of their procedures.
The agony escalated to enormous proportions and Angel's
mind, in an effort to escape, blacked out. At least she always felt
this is what happened. She could never be sure if the pain or the
being, who kept her distracted, put the suggestion into her mind.
* * * *
When Angel Whitedove opened her eyes, it was starting
again. Her stomach hurt badly. She pulled her legs up and held
herself in a fetal position. They had returned. She groaned softly
and realized she couldn't run this time. She had nowhere to go.
They always found her in the end. It might take them a year or
so, but they always found her. Now that they had, she knew the
sleepless nights, the nightmares, and the silent horror would
start all over again.
Her mouth felt like the inside of an old shoe and tasted like one too. A wild
shiver moved through her. She looked down
and saw that she was naked. They hadn't bothered to redress her
this time. Carefully she sat up and examined her stomach. She
saw a small, red puncture wound just below her navel. It hadn't
just been a bad dream then. They had really found her again.
Angel reached up to brush long strands of dark hair away
from her face, and her hand came away with small sprigs of
cedar. She pulled the cedar from her hair and rose from the bed.
She looked around for her robe but couldn't find it. Her
tormentors must have decided to keep it for a souvenir. Taking a
deep breath to clear the cobwebs from her mind, she crossed to
her dresser and pulled a clean t-shirt and underwear out and put
them on. She knew from experience she needed to get out her
Polaroid camera and take a picture of the small puncture wound
on her stomach because it'd disappear by early afternoon.
Angel despondently wandered into the kitchen for a plastic
bag to put the cedar twigs in. She knew they weren't really proof
but like the puncture wound they were the only tangible
evidence that the visitors had found her yet again.
She felt like crying. What good would that do? As a child
when she had first begun to remember the horrible experiences
she'd cry for days after being taken, her father really the only
person able to console her. But her father was no longer with
her. She had no one to hold her and tell her everything would be
ok. Angel made sure of it. She allowed none close to her so no
one could be touched by the visitors as she had been. She didn't
want the responsibility.
The Polaroid camera positioned, her shirt lifted and the
panties lowered she took several pictures of the puncture mark
on her stomach. The journal lay open to a new page with the
date written at the top, and the bag of cedar taped to it. There
was room for at least one of the Polaroid pictures beneath it. The
other two pictures along with a few of the sprigs of cedar would
be placed in a safety deposit box at her bank along with a second
copy of the journal. She'd deposit the pages with the experience
along with them later in the day. She had learned one thing in
investigating this phenomenon, the visitors weren't above
stealing evidence. She always made sure she had two sets; one locked away safely
where they hopefully couldn't get to it.
Fortunately, they hadn't tampered with her coffee maker and
the required two hot cups waited for her just as she had set the
timer to do. Standing at the counter she looked out the window
at what promised to be another sunny but cool day. Spring in
Oregon could be incredibly fickle, boasting sunshine in the
morning and black roiling clouds filled with rain by afternoon.
Angel didn't mind though, she loved Oregon. She found it
worth all the rain to have the beautiful green everywhere. She
found the trees, the flowers, and the grass all so colorful this
time of year. I should never have left.
Angel stood on tiptoe to reach up and grab a mug out of the
cupboard above and to the left of her sink. She poured herself a
mug of caffeine fortification and added cream and sugar before
she turned and walked to the table to record the events of last
evening in what she privately called her "tormentor journal."
She needed to get it all down while it remained fresh in her
mind, at least what she could readily recall. Later she'd
transcribe her notes into her computer and take the printed
pages to be added to her typed version of the journal ensconced
in her safety deposit box at her local U.S. Bank. She could never
be too sure with the visitors.
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AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine Gov. Paul LePage is gearing up to deliver his State of the State address to the Democratic-controlled Legislature.
In his speech Tuesday night, the Republican governor is expected to focus on improvements to the economy under his watch, like a dropping unemployment rate, and his administration's efforts to reform the state's welfare programs.
Democratic leaders on Monday called on the governor to offer real solutions to create jobs and help the poor. They say the state has only gotten a back a third of the jobs it lost during the recession and that Mainers are still struggling.
LePage's office says the governor will also discuss his opposition to expanding Medicaid under the federal health care law and ideas to combat the state's drug problem.


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This is for those who own a "plastic" firearm, and also own a "steel" firearm.......do you use the same cleaner for both firearms, or do you use a separate cleaning agent for each?
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This is for those who own a "plastic" firearm, and also own a "steel" firearm.......do you use the same cleaner for both firearms, or do you use a separate cleaning agent for each?
I use Hoppe's #9 or CLP with either. No issues. The polymer used for guns is pretty tolerant.
If you're getting into stuff like carb cleaner and the like, you could have issues. With products designed for gun use, you shouldn't have much to worry about.
I use Hoppe`s as well for cleaning solution as well as oil. I oil the inside and use a silicone gun cloth for the outside. My grip is plastic so i don`t oil or clean it with solution. Little soap/water on a not very damp rag works wonders and keeps my grip smelling minty fresh lol. To much oil can jack up consistency when shooting. Don't be stingy with it, but don't be to generous either. A little goes a long way.
Thanks I am looking for the same thing and I think I got my answers here. Thanks for sharing.
I agree with these cmments as well.Hoppes and CLP are quality proven products.I really love WD-40 but dont use it on my weapon.Apenetrating oil can possibly seep into a round and render it useless.The silicone cloth is a great option for exterior cleaning.I am a firm believer also in a little goes a long way.Also I use q-tip for cleaning and removing loosened fouling and applying oil.
Another voice of agreement. Hoppe's #9 and CLP do the trick. I don't use WD-40 on weapons either. I heard it leaves a residue.
Add 1 more on the Hoppes and CLP also TW 25 grease that came with my Sig.....JJ
Ditto on Hoppes #9 and CLP. Maybe a little Sweet's on a barrel with copper or lead build-up, but the barrel will be seperated from the polymer frame, so no big deal.


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Symbol Technologies Inc. on Tuesday moved to beef up its RFID (radio frequency identification) capabilities with an agreement to acquire Matrics Inc., a maker of RFID readers and tags.
Symbol will pay US$230 million in cash for privately held Matrics, based in Rockville, Maryland, in a deal that is expected to close in the third quarter of this year, according to a Symbol statement. The company will finance the deal with short-term borrowing under a new credit facility, it said.
Matrics makes RFID products for vertical markets such as retail, defense and transportation and focuses on products designed to comply with the emerging EPC (Electronic Product Code) standard. An EPC is a unique identifier that can be associated with information such as where an item came from or when it was produced. The standard for them is being developed by EPCGlobal, a nonprofit organization created by the Uniform Code Council and EAN (European Article Numbering) International.
Symbol, in Holtsville, New York, plans to integrate Matrics products into its lineup of wireless and data capture products, the company said.
Last month, RFID rival Intermec Technologies Corp. filed suit against Matrics, alleging patent violations. Intermec is seeking licensing fees from Matrics.


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Yeah i just saw this on fox news.
Speechless---- Actually I'm not but I would get banned if my inner voice came out!!
This is a discussion on Boy Scouts Robbed At Gunpoint At Tree Lot within the Off Topic & Humor Discussion forums, part of the The Back Porch category; As reported by WLWT: Boy Scouts Robbed At Gunpoint At Tree Lot Father, Son Hit By Robbers At Tree-Selling Site POSTED: 6:53 am EST December ...
As reported by WLWT:
Boy Scouts Robbed At Gunpoint At Tree Lot
Father, Son Hit By Robbers At Tree-Selling Site
POSTED: 6:53 am EST December 4, 2007
UPDATED: 7:19 am EST December 4, 2007
NORTH COLLEGE HILL -- North College Hill police are looking for three men who robbed a pair of Boy Scouts and their fathers late Monday.
The Boy Scouts, age 13 and 11, were selling Christmas trees in the parking lot of Tom's Drive Thru on West Galbraith Road shortly before closing at 9 p.m. when the men approached, one carrying a sawed-off shotgun.
"I was hit in the cheek, once in the ear and once when they knocked me down. My head hit the blacktop. My son got hit in the cheek and the other gentleman got hit a couple times in the face," John Hancock said.
Police said the men took about $300 from the Scouts. The tree sale is a fundraiser for their troop.
"I don't care what they did to me. But because they had the audacity to point a gun and attack the children, these people need to be put away. As far as I'm concerned, they should be dead," Hancock said.
No one was seriously hurt.
The three men were last seen fleeing the area on foot. A police dog tracked them for a time, but lost the scent.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crimestoppers at 352-3040.
The story with video interview of one of the dads can be found at; http://www.wlwt.com/news/14768018/detail.html
- Janq
"Killers who are not deterred by laws against murder are not going to be deterred by laws against guns. " - Robert A. Levy
"A license to carry a concealed weapon does not make you a free-lance policeman." - Florida Div. of Licensing
Yeah i just saw this on fox news.
Speechless---- Actually I'm not but I would get banned if my inner voice came out!!
Its not about guns...Its about Freedom!
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Who would put money on the robbers living through more than one robbery in TX...?
I live in Texas send them on down I would love to visit with them
I am glad no one was hurt. But this is a sad time when folks are robbing boy scouts.
It would be a tough call as to what to do if I were one of the men there. Me with a pistol vs guy with sawed off shotgun, and several other men and children around. I don't know if I could start a firefight with my or someone else's kid possibly taking a shotgun blast.
Maybe it is best that they got the 300 bucks and hope that the police get them and lock them up.
Tough call. But sad situation.
Just remember that shot placement is much more important with what you carry than how big a bang you get with each trigger pull.
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This is in part of my playground... NCH has gone downhill over the years, it was once a really nice place to live. I'm sure I will be part of the group that is tasked to find these guys... I hope so anyway.
"Just blame Sixto"
I reserve the right to make fun, point and laugh etc.
I'd give up the cash no problem.
I'd say to them here you go have the cash box and I tell you what why don't you take my wallet with it's bits of right now useless to me and easy to replace plastic and what ever other bits of metal and paper I might have in there.
Because my life, and my boys life, and the lives of my fellow man and his boy are worth alot more to me and society at large than $300 bucks and some bits of plastic, metal, and printed paper from the US Treasury.
Now if they the hyena won't take that offering or they wish to get greedy or worse froggy and want to jump, well then thats when it's do or die time.
I personally will not take a mans life for $300 nor will I trade mine or some others for same.
BTW below is a situation very similar that occurred last summer...Hyena are everywhere and anywhere at any given time, as are sheepdogs too. :DAs reported last June by KOTV
Youth Pastor Shoots Man During Attack
AP - 6/25/2007 9:59 AM - Updated 6/25/2007 6:24 PM
Pastor Charles Donnelly
Darnell Gilbert
A preacher shot an 18-year-old man at a church fireworks stand early Sunday morning. The Wagoner Church of Christ had a fireworks stand in Muskogee to raise money for the youth group. The youth pastor and a 17-year-old boy from the church were spending the night in the tent to make sure nothing would be stolen. The News On 6's Emory Bryan reports the pastor says he would shoot again if confronted with the same situation.
At 3 a.m. Sunday morning, Youth Pastor John Donnelly had a decision to make.
"I pulled my weapon and did what I needed to do," he said.
Pastor Donnelly and a member of his church youth group were guarding the fireworks stand early Sunday morning when at least five teenagers approached and started demanding some fireworks. The pastor says he tried to make them go away, then two of them starting fighting with the teenager from his church.
"At that point, it was to protect him, to me it appeared they were still chasing him out of the tent," said Pastor John Donnelly.
Donnelly has a permit to carry a concealed weapon and is a former reserve police officer. He says in five years of selling fireworks he's never had any trouble, but he's always been there to guard it overnight.
"They'll steal you blind if you leave your stand unguarded, unprotected, they'll break in, tear doors off or cut into the tent to get in," Donnelly said.
Donnelly fired three shots and one hit 18-year-old Darnelle Gilbert. He was hit in the chest and is recovering at a hospital. Muskogee Police tracked him to a nearby apartment.
After the shooting the church closed the fireworks stand and doesn't plan to reopen it. The youth group was using the stand to raise money for a summer trip, but now they'll have to find another way.
Muskogee Police say the shooting appears to be a clear case of self defense, and they're still looking for some of the suspects.
"We have six in custody and three more who we are looking for at this time," said Muskogee Police Officer Brad Holt.
All of the suspects are 17 and under, other than the one who was shot.
The teenager assaulted in the tent is recovering too, he had a couple of teeth knocked loose in the fight.
Watch the video: Pastor Involved In Shooting Speaks
WEB EXTRA: Extended Interview With Pastor John Donnelly
Related Story:
6/24/2007 Pastor Opens Fire After Teen Church Member Is Assaulted
The story can be found at; http://kotv.com/news/local/story/?id=130196
- Janq
"Killers who are not deterred by laws against murder are not going to be deterred by laws against guns. " - Robert A. Levy
"A license to carry a concealed weapon does not make you a free-lance policeman." - Florida Div. of Licensing
Its a sad world we live in.
"All war is deception" --Sun Tzu
Laws that forbid the carrying of arms ... disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes ... they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man. Thomas Jefferson
The Scout mottoe is "Be Prepared." I'm thinking they should start packing heat. Right after they get thier Toten 'chit card that allows them to use a knife.
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No mercy...get 'em...
Proverbs 27:12 says: The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
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They find these peckerwoods yet? Need to hangem by their ...err uh...yeah... No wait! I forgot... They must not have any. They had to rob Boy Scouts...


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Tales From The Big Chair: When the Party's Over
I don't think I have ever had a moment in my life define the word "bittersweet" for me as much as wrapping this film is. As we draw to a close on principal photography, it feels strange that I will have free time on my weekends. It feels strange that I will not have a


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Phoenix Faces Butler Friday Night
GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - Following an 11-day layoff, the Green Bay women's soccer team (2-6-2, 0-2-0 Horizon League) will host Butler (3-9-0, 1-1-0 Horizon League) on Friday at 7 p.m. at Santaga Stadium. Green Bay's last home game was on Sept. 12 against South Dakota State where the Phoenix fell 1-0.
The Phoenix is coming off a 1-0 loss against Youngstown State on Sept. 26, despite outshooting the Penguins by a 10-shot margin. It marked the fifth straight game the Phoenix lost by a 1-0 margin. Sophomore midfielder Lauren Somers (Bloomington, Minn.) led the Phoenix with five shots, three of them on goal.
Butler enters Friday coming off a 1-0 loss against Valparaiso. Friday's match is the second of seven straight conference matches for the Bulldogs. They are 1-1-0 in Horizon League play this season.
Green Bay is 5-16-0 in the all-time series against Butler and 1-1-0 against the Bulldogs in the last two seasons under head coach Trevor Warren. The last time the Phoenix beat the Bulldogs was in the 2008 season, winning at home 2-1 (Oct. 19).
Getting it done on defense: The Phoenix continues to find itself near the top of the NCAA rankings in several defensive categories. As a team, Green Bay is currently 20th in the nation in goals-against average (0.57), while goalkeeper Maddie Drusch (Appleton, Wis.) ranks 10th in the country in save percentage (.902) and 24th in goals-against average (0.59).
Follow it live: Fans can watch Green Bay's match against Butler live on GreenBayPhoenix.com. All home men's and women's soccer and volleyball games will be streamed live in the Phoenix Flix portal. Live stats will also be available during the game. For more information, click here.
Extra Time with Trevor Warren: Green Bay head coach Trevor Warren sits down with Jill Wunrow to recap the team's week off from competition and preview the weekend's home games. To watch, click here.
Next on the schedule: Green bay has one more home game against Valparaiso on Sunday before beginning a three-game road trip at Milwaukee on Oct. 15. Green Bay's final regular season home game will be against Detroit on Oct. 24.


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Now that the world has NeNe Leakes and Lisa Vanderpump, former "Melrose Place" star Grant Show says there's no room for Amanda Woodward and Sydney Andrews.
The actor, who now stars on Lifetime's "Devious Maids," stopped by Access Hollywood Live on Monday, where he dished on his new show and the current state of TV.
"Is this going to be 'Melrose'-esque," Kit Hoover, a self-confessed major "Melrose" fan, asked Grant about his new drama.
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"I don't think there's a place for 'Melrose anymore," the 51-year-old actors said.
"I think we go to 'The [Real] Housewives of Atlanta' for that kind of pleasure now," he said, referring to Bravo's massively successful "Real Housewives" franchise.
WATCH: Lifetime's Devious Maids Los Angeles Premiere
"Scripted shows, I think, need to be a little more sophisticated than 'Melrose Place' was," he continued.
According to Grant, Marc Cherry's new racy series, "Devious Maids," fits that bill.
"I think this show is," he said of the series, which is also produced by Eva Longoria. "I think it is the evolution of what 'Melrose Place' was."
"Devious Maids" airs Sundays at 10/9c on Lifetime.
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Hi. You are bidding on a VINTAGE & RARE Deco-Tel CANDLESTICK Phone Model #144005 By AMERICAN TELEC.CORP. This UNIQUE piece has been in our family for many years & had plans to finish a few restoring flaws on it. The minor flaws on this BEAUTY is that the dialer does not turn all the way and also missing a top cover cap on front of dialer, the end of the cord has been removed, the ivory body has very minor wear & the gold tone has minor wear. Overall this Phone is in Great color tone Condition for it's age, since it has been stored away in plastic for many years. This Phone is approx. 11" 1/2 in height, the red numbers are still very clear under the dialer, the black letters are still very clear as well, just need a little cleaning in this area. This bottom as shown on scanner is very CLEAN & in EXCELLANT Condition and does not show a year, but believe it to be from the 1970's. This is a MUST for your Rare CANDLESTICK Phone Collection or a GREAT minor restoring Vintage project piece indeed! I accept MO or Paypal(NO Checks!) Please include $12.95 for S&H ONLY in the USA. Canada & Int'l will be HIGHER!!! CHECK OUT MY OTHER AUCTIONS! Thanks for looking.


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Lizzy Wilson, aka Down Girl joins us again this week on the Guest Blog! Ain't she the cutest with her fuzzy eskimo coat on in Japan last year?! I can think of no-one more qualified to share advice on looking CUTE yet keeping WARM in the wintertime.
If this sudden snap of wintery weather has you scratching your head with wardrobe conundrums every morning before work, DON'T DESPAIR! Our dearest Lizzy Wilson (aka fashion-forward, stocking-wearing, pom-pom-loving 'Down Girl') has graced our Guest Blog once before… but due to popular demand she is BACK today with a whole week of wintery fashion finds!
WE REALLY MUST give Down Girl our undivided attention this week because you would not BELIEVE the efforts she has gone to in the name of wintery fashion education. Ms Lizzy has spent a whole week sourcing the cutest scarves, beanies, coats, capes, gumboots and MORE… then went to all the trouble of borrowing these gorgeous items from various Melbourne retailers, before styling and photographing her very own little fashion spreads, especially for us! WOWSERS! That's what I call above and beyond the call of duty! This labour of love was not only time consuming – it was also a somewhat expensive exercise…. rumour has it Ms Lizzy is now sporting OKOK stockings in 3 new colours!
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Erm.... I think so, trying to remember if it was that one I put the subs back on because the dubbed voices annoyed me...I think it was to be honest, was a dvd9 rip.
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Erm.... I think so, trying to remember if it was that one I put the subs back on because the dubbed voices annoyed me...I think it was to be honest, was a dvd9 rip.
Dubbed voices should only be allowed on Hong Kong Kung Fu movies from any time up until 1985!
Totally agree.
Watched District 13 Ultimatum the other night - I would actually say I enjoyed it even more than the first one, good high paced action movie (ignore the storyline - its not relevant!) that entertained me, well worth a look and some neat parkour through the film as well.
need a zombie/apocolyptic/end of the world/few survivors type movie for tonight. anyone recommend anything?
The Road - not seen it but read the book.
28 days / weeks later
Dawn of Dead remake.
Le Horde
2016 !!!! !!!! But you will have to settle for the trailer I posted for now, but you could kill at least 3 hours with it on loop!
Movies that i like most and recommend :
Harry Potter and the deathly hallows
Saw 3d
Home alone
Loving The Smurfs on that list.... random as fuck!
Tresspass with Cage & kidman.Decent
watched the inbetweeners movie the other day, thought it was class personally.
Watched Devil last night, really good film right up until the last 10 mins or so when I think they realised it was going to be difficult to pull off an ending that wasn't obvious/stupid, kinda guessed the ending, not sure what they could have done different but it just felt a little weak, was gripped through most of the film though, worth a watch and its only 1hr 20m so doesnt drag on.


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July 25, 2014
By Brad Rudner
They say good things come to those who wait. If that's true, then longtime Manchester United fans Earl Lindford and Edward "Alan" Gardner need the next eight days to go by real quick.
On Friday (July 25), the two men and their families met for an early dinner at Main Street Crossing in Brighton under the pretense of attending a veterans celebration in the town later in the day. But when University of Michigan men's soccer players Tyler Arnone, James Murphy and William Mellors-Blair appeared from around the street corner and entered the otherwise empty restaurant decked in Michigan apparel, they had to have known something was up.
Surrounded by two generations of family members, friends and other members of the media, Lindford and Gardner received from the players four complimentary tickets courtesy of Relevant Sports to next Saturday's International Champions Cup match between their beloved club and fellow international powerhouse Real Madrid at Michigan Stadium. For these two diehards, it was a surprise of a lifetime, one they were not expecting.
There are few things that outlast their friendship, but one of them is their love for the club. Growing up in England, Lindford and Gardner -- though never meeting until 1952 in Montreal -- adored Manchester United. The passion was so deep that not even service to England during World War II could stop it.
Gardner, now 85, has seen Manchester United in person only once. That was six years ago during his yearly trip to England. It's been quite a bit longer for Lindford. Try 50 years.
In just eight days, the two men, along with their grandsons, ex-U.S. Marines Duncan deBruin and David Vaisleff, will fulfill a lifelong dream of seeing their favorite club, in person, together.
"I'm just happy they're coming here," Lindford said. "In this day and age, all the great teams are coming here. It's going to be fantastic, really."
For nearly 20 minutes, those five men, some sixty-plus years apart in age, sat around the table talking about the game they all universally love. They spoke about their favorite players and teams, the upcoming soccer season and even discussed their predicted outcomes of the big match (hint: good things coming for Man U!). To the players involved in the surprise, seeing the general happiness (and shock) on the faces of both Lindford and Gardner were priceless.
"This was easily one of the coolest things I've done in my years here at Michigan," Arnone said. "Community service is a huge part of what we do here. You can see how much this meant to them. That's a great feeling."
"It's great to know that even such a small thing like that can have a huge impact on these guys' lives," added Murphy. "They've been football fans for a long time that haven't been able to see their team. To give them the opportunity was brilliant."
The experience was a little bit different for Mellors-Blair. A transfer from Georgia State, Mellors-Blair grew up in Nottingham and spent three years training in Manchester United's Academy. He knows what it means to play for an elite program, one that started at the top with Sir Alex Ferguson, the famous manager of the club who retired in 2013 after winning close to 40 trophies, including 13 English Premier League titles. He's considered one of the best managers in the history of the game.
"He set the tone for the whole place," Mellors-Blair said. "He was looked at as a god, literally a god. It's a program known around the world. Everyone there is elite."
Sound familiar?
Now, Mellors-Blair wears a different jersey with different colors. What doesn't change is his pride.
"Wearing that jersey with the Manchester United crest, it made me smile every day," he said. "Now when I look at my jersey, I see the block M. To see that gives me the same feeling."
Gardner, Lindford, Mellors-Blair and Murphy come from a place where the sport is the biggest thing around. As Gardner suggests, it's a part of life.
"Following Saturday games, all that was talked about for the following three days was that game, and for the three days after that, all you would talk about is the game that was coming up," Gardner said. "Football is all anyone talked about. To us, it's not soccer. It's football."
While the United States has never rivaled England or any of the other soccer-hungry countries in terms of excitement and passion, interest in soccer is growing more rapidly than ever before, thanks largely to an improbable run to the knockout stage by the United States at this summer's FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
The numbers tell the story. The Associated Press reported that an average of 24.7 million people tuned into ESPN and Univision to watch the United States' group stage match with Portugal, making it the most-watched soccer game in U.S. history. Going even further, nearly 27 million Americans watched the final match between Germany and Argentina. Across the Cup's 64 matches, ESPN drew nearly 4.5 million viewers per match.
Next Saturday's match is just another step for an upwardly trending sport. An estimated crowd of more than 104,000 people will file into Michigan Stadium to watch two of the world's premier clubs in what is sure to be one of the highest-attended matches in history. Some of the world's best players are slated to be in attendance, from Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid/Portugal) to Wayne Rooney (Manchester United/England) to James Rodríguez (Real Madrid/Colombia), who won the Golden Boot at the World Cup for scoring the most goals. The Michigan players hope that the recent boost of popularity filters down to their own matches at U-M Soccer Stadium.
"You'd like to think so, wouldn't you?" Murphy said. "As the sport of soccer grows, college soccer grows, too. Everyone saw how big the World Cup was here in the U.S. and it's growing very quickly. At the end of the day, if you put in good performances and have good matches, people will come and watch you play and your support will grow. I know both our men's and women's teams would love to see more people come to our matches."
It helps that both programs are on the rise. The men enter their third season under head coach Chaka Daley with high expectations, while the women's team looks to build on the most successful two-year stretch in the history of the program. But there was a time when fans didn't show up. Arnone remembers.
As a freshman, he recalls walking around campus and bumping into people who didn't even know the university had a men's soccer team. And that was coming off one of the program's most successful seasons ever that concluded with an appearance at the NCAA College Cup.
"Back then, people either didn't know or they knew and didn't care," Arnone said. "Now, if I'm wearing a Michigan soccer shirt, they're coming up to me wanting to know when our next game is."
Consider Lindford and Gardner among that group. Thanks to this act of charity, the men's soccer team has adopted two new fans while erasing the nearly five-decade long wait to see their favorite team.
As the two groups said their goodbyes and thank-yous, Lindford and Gardner could not seem to wipe the smiles off their faces. Who could blame them? For these two men and surely thousands of others, August 2 will be a dream.
And it can't come soon enough.
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Attorneys general in 36 states are raising fresh concerns about impending changes to Google's privacy policy and its impact on consumers and on federal, state and local government employees.
Google previously announced that starting on March 1 it will begin to consolidate user information from Gmail, Google Search, YouTube and all other Google products into a single, integrated user profile that will make it easier to target advertised products to the user.
The National Association of Attorneys General wrote to Google on Feb. 22, in a letter signed by the 36 attorneys general, to express broad concerns on behalf of consumers. The state officials alleged that Google's new policy is more invasive of privacy than in the past and consumers should have an option to opt out of the new policy.
In the letter, the officials also raised questions about how Google's new privacy policy will affect federal, state, county and municipal users of Google Apps for Government.
"The problem is compounded for the many federal, state, and local government agencies that have transitioned to Google Apps for Government at the encouragement of your company and that now will need to spend taxpayer dollars determining how this change affects the security of their information and whether they need to switch to different platforms," the attorneys general wrote in the letter.
While Google and the General Services Administration previously have said that the new privacy policy does not apply to the Google Apps for Government federal contract, it is not known whether that is the case for state and local governments that use Google Apps for Government. Those state and local offices may need to investigate how they might be impacted by the new policy, said a spokesman for the attorneys general organization.
In addition, there are concerns about how the new Google policy may affect federal, state and local government workers, especially those in sensitive positions such as law enforcement, when they use their private Google accounts and Android devices, the spokesman added.
Many employees in public and private workplaces check personal email accounts while at work. Google has said that it will track and consolidate all information collected by Google products while a user is signed in.
The attorneys general have asked Google to respond by Feb. 29.
"We are hopeful that Google will respond with information about how the new policy affects Google Apps for Government, especially given the sensitive nature of government information and government officials," Stephen Ruckman, assistant attorney general for Maryland, said in an interview on Feb. 27.
Google executives were not immediately available for comment about the attorneys generals' letter. In previous statements, the Google executives have asserted that their new privacy policy does not collect any new information from users and is intended to simplify and streamline the company's numerous privacy policies into a single policy.
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Not sure about how it will affect the Gov but for end users .WHO WANT TO CONTINUE TO USE G-MAIL. Immediately KILL your current Google and g-mail accounts as you don't have enough time to clean them up BY TOMORROW AS ALL EMAILS, DATA, DOWNLOADS AND SEARCH HISTORY WILL BE AGGREGATED. Open a new g-mail account without any identification to your real name or photo...continue to divide and conquer... NEVER use Google search. switch to Firefox browser WITH PERMANENT in-private browsing settings, NEVER USE INTERNET EXPLORER...Yahoo or dogpile browsers again set to permanent in-private browsing. Never use GOOGLE BROWSER. on YOUR CONTROL PANEL block all scripts, SET NEVER SAVE HISTORY, SET IN-PRIVATE BROWSING. YOU WILL SEE OPTIONS ON THE BOTTOM OF EVERY PAGE YOU SEARCHED FOR AND CHOOSE ALLOW SCRIPTS FROM THAT PAGE ONLY. !temporary! It's not perfect and I am not an IT professional we don't have much time to solve the problem. We need laws to prevent companies from making these types of forced changes so quickly as the general public is unable to "get it together" to protect themselves until everyone else figures it out!
"R" said it. Google, Facebook, etc., etc. exist because they make money for lots of people - kinda' hard to do just by givin' stuff away. I some respects, what they're doin' is kinda' useful - I don't need to see ads for gucci-goo even if my horse needs a new pair a' shoes. At the same time, I don't particularly want to have a bunch a prozac ads poppin' up on my screen when I use my iPad guitar to sing a song about lone wolves howlin' on the high prarie.
No government agency or business enterprise should ever rely on software as a service from any vendor that is not a segregated private cloud. The vendor has no proprietary need for targeting advertising at communities paying for its services. Period. Ever. If the government or a large business wishes to adopt the SOS model, it should do so in a private cloud that it controls completely. What flies for the public on the internet is neither practical or appropriate for government and business.
Actually, from what I read (and could understand), all Google has said is what many smarter folks already knew, you do not have any secrets from Google and they WILL do what they want with that knowledge. Remember, the ONLY secure system is one not near an internet connection, and the most secure system is locked in a safe in the off position. Google is not secure, they are in the business of making money from knowledge. That is why everything seems to be free at Google, you are paying under the table from a pocket most folks are not aware of or do not know what is really in it – aka Privacy.
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EastSeven Berlin Hostel Hostel
Schwedter Str. 7, Berlin, Germany
Voted "Best Hostel Germany 2009 + 2008", this laid-back hostel is situated in the heart of Central Berlin. This is NOT a party hostel - it's the ideal place for travellers seeking the true spirit of Berlin. Unlike larger chain hostels, the EastSeven Berlin Hostel fosters a relaxed atmosphere where it's easy to chat to the staff or make friends in the lounge, kitchen. Read more
Atmosphere 90%
Cleanliness 97%
Facilities 94%
Location 95%
Safety 98%
Staff 98%
Value 94%
- Free Wi-Fi
- Late Check-out
- Lockers
- Self-Catering Facilities
- 24 Hour Security
- Adaptors
- Bicycle Hire
- Bicycle Parking
- Breakfast Not Included
- Cafe
- Card Phones
- Common Room
- Foosball
- Free City Maps
- Free Internet Access
- Hair Dryers
- Hair Dryers For Hire
- Hot Showers
- Internet Access
- Laundry Facilities
- Linen Included
- Luggage Storage
- Outdoor Terrace
- Postal Service
- Reading Light
- Reception (limited hours)
- Steam room
- Tea/Coffee Making Facilities
- Telephone Fax Facilities
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Reception is open from 7am until midnight.
Check-in is from 3pm till midnight.
Check-out is noon.
We accept cash, Visa and Mastercard but there's a small fee for credit cards.
There's no elevator, sorry - this is a nice old building.
NO stag or hen parties,
Max. of 8 people per group (even if you make several smaller bookings)
... and no persons under 18 (unless accompanied by a parent).
EastSeven Hostel reserves the right to ask for an advance payment of at least 50%
We look forward to welcoming you to our city!
You can change or cancel your booking free of further charges until 12hoo (am) - 2 days before arrival (local time). Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay. Payments made to 3rd party cannot be refunded by the hostel.
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For larger bookings over 300 € we will reserve the right to ask for an advance payment of 50% of the total
* 3 days minimum stay
* Booking cannot be changed or modified or cancelled after booking
* We will charge the full amount direct after booking from the given credit card
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Earliest check-in: 07:00
Latest Check-out: 12:00
- Child Friendly
- Credit Cards Accepted
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- Non Smoking
- Taxes Included
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Group of 15 or more traveling to Berlin?
Voted "Best Hostel Germany 2009 + 2008", this laid-back hostel is situated in the heart of Central Berlin. This is NOT a party hostel - it's the ideal place for travellers seeking the true spirit of Berlin. Unlike larger chain hostels, the EastSeven Berlin Hostel fosters a relaxed atmosphere where it's easy to chat to the staff or make friends in the lounge, kitchen. Read more
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Standard 8 Bed Mixed Dorm Ensuite
Sleeps 8
Room types
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Standard 4 Bed Mixed Dorm
Sleeps 4
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About EastSeven Berlin Hostel
You can enjoy a fresh coffee or German beer with your fellow guests, log on to our free wireless internet anywhere in the hostel or in the garden, or simply listen to your mp3 player through our sound system.
Easy to reach from all Airports and Train stations (U2 - Senefelder Platz), we are situated in the heart of Central Berlin - surrounded by cafés, restaurants, theatres, nightlife and of course lots of shops (Kastanienallee, Kollwitz Platz etc.). The Main cultural attractions (Museum Island, Alexander Platz/TV Tower, etc.) are within walking distance.
We offer:
- Free walking tours
- Free maps
- Free use of the kitchen
- Free WiFi in rooms + lounge
- Free linen
- Free luggage storage
- Free lockers in the rooms
- Free hot shower 24 hours
- Laundry service
- Bicycle rental
- Beautiful garden/ BBQ area
- Comfortable Lounge (24h)
- Big self catering kitchen (24h)
- Italian style Lattes and other delicious drinks
- No curfew, open 24h with door code
- Reception: 7h00 - 24h00
- Check-in 15h00 - 24h00
- Earlier check-ins can store the luggage
- Late check-out 12:00 midday
Accommodation Information
We have plenty of private rooms (single/ double/ triple/ quad) and small dorms (max. 8 people)!!
Spacious bathrooms with strong + hot showers 24h, are provided on every floor, the big self catering kitchen and our lounge are located in the cosy garden-house.
Please Note:
- No stag- or hen parties or anything of the sort
- All guest have to be minimum 18 years old on arrival. Special permission has to be asked at the hostel before booking. Exception is kids travelling with parents.
- If you are more than 8 people (Group), you must first inquire at the hostel before booking!!
We also accept Visa and Master, but there is a small fee
We normally have beds available for our walk ins.
We are looking forward to welcome you in Berlin!!
Location Information
THE Hostel in Berlin centre, Prenzlauer Berg and Mitte
The EastSeven Berlin Hostel is located 80m from the underground station "Senefelder Platz" on the U2 metro line - 2 stops from Alexander Platz.
All airports, long distance railway stations and the central bus station in Berlin are easy to reach by public transport.
Staying with the EastSeven Berlin Hostel puts you right in the center of Berlin Mitte and Prenzlauer Berg - these vibrant districts with their exciting sights are the ideal place for travellers seeking the true spirit of Berlin.
With us you will
* stay in Berlin´s hippest district "Prenzlauer Breg"
* discover the relaxed part of Berlin
* shop till you drop in Berlin´s off-beat fashion shops on Kastanianallee
* enjoy Berlin´s great bars/clubs/cafes all around us - e.g. Prater (Berlin's oldest beer garden),Week End, Kaffee Burger, Tacheles etc.
* walk to Berlin´s centre, Alexander Platz, Hackescher Markt, Kollwitzplatz etc.
* find some of Berlin`s best flea markets near the Hostel
* reach main touristic sights within 10 Minutes from the Hostel - eg. Reichstag, Brandenburg Gate etc.
... and after a hard day´s walking, why not recover in EastSeven´s lush garden with some selected German beers!
Cancellation Policy
Customers can cancel their reservation free of charge up to 2 days before arrival. After this date, charges will be applied by the property up to the first nights cost of the reservation, unless otherwise stated in the property's conditions. Deposits paid are non refundable.