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Just as rooting for the home team is an important facet of sports, it is also one of the cardinal rules of Rap. Yet when it comes to Houston's Hip Hop scene—which for years has been filled with a large number of raw, quirky rappers—even the backing of the nation's fourth most populous city is often not enough to launch local artists into the national spotlight.
Known for its chopped and screwed sound, a love for lean and a rapper whose mouth looks something like a disco ball, H-Town's style has been replicated by few outside of the large Texas city. But just as Houston rapper Chamillionaire's "Ridin' Dirty" earned him a brief moment of Rap stardom, the creative lyrics of oddball underground emcee Devin the Dude have helped him reach beyond Houston to attract a fanbase across the country.
Since 1998, Devin the Dude has released seven studio albums largely filled with tracks meant to aid party-goers and those who, like Devin, have a love affair with weed. And while his eighth record, One For The Road, is no different, it exhibits the ever-improving lyrics of a 43-year-old rapper while giving the aging artist a chance to reflect on his 15-year career.
Much like Devin the Dude's previous albums, One For The Road starts with a track referencing his weed smoking exploits. "'Cause when I get high I get hungry so I cook / Go get some weed and open a book of papers if I don't have a cigar / Hold up, wait, I've got some blunts in the car," says the rapper on "I'm Just Gettin' Blowed" over a beat filled with piano and a saxophone—perfect for a relaxing afternoon spent sunk deep into a couch with a bag of Cheetos.
Unlike later tracks such as "Please Don't Smoke Cheese" and "Herb The Nation," the subject matter of the album's first track isn't limited to weed, however, as Devin the Dude addresses handling rumors and gossip, showing his growth and maturity. Other tracks like "Livin' This Life" also show a lighter side of Devin the Dude, parting the overlying clouds of smoke and helping to breathe life into new artists through verses filled with uplifting lyrics.
"Life, they say it cuts like a knife / I know you've heard it all before, the struggle and strife," he raps, before encouraging his listeners to rise above their troubles and succeed. But while Devin may be well intended, such straightforward lyrics often come across as clichéd, lacking the creativity or wittiness to inspire others and instead falling flat.
While One For The Road's primarily down-tempo beats help showcase Devin's latest twist in subject matter, they also put too much of the album's focus on his lyrics, lacking the kind of complexity (or heavy bass) that would win over some fans before his raps even began. The result is an album filled with the type of laid-back, lackluster production suited for a long drive on the open road.
Two of the album's tracks—"Hear The Sound" and "Stop Waitin'"—attempt to veer from this pattern, momentarily breaking up the monotony with an R&B vibe, but this new endeavor again leads to mediocrity, as Devin's off-kilter delivery and far-from-polished voice prove to be a risk without a reward.
One for The Road's title seems to suggest that Devin the Dude is nearing the end of his career, but regardless of whether his latest album turns out to be his last, it follows the trajectory of an underground artist who achieved a cult following, matured and grew into a well-rounded rapper still experimenting with his sound, and cements Devin's legacy as one of Houston's most creative emcees.


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It looks like plans to expand Utah's liquor commission, the body that oversees the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (DABC), from five members to seven and to require at least two of those members be people who occasionally consume alcohol are winding their way through the Utah Legislature this session.
Let me take this opportunity, then, to place my name for consideration as Utah's newest liquor commissioner.
I would be the perfect compromise choice for the liquor commissioner. Yes, I do enjoy the occasional cocktail, glass of wine or bottle of beer from time to time (though never to excess), which would satisfy moderate and progressive Utahns. But, as a 47-year-old father of two preteen boys, I'm either too busy or too bloody tired to spend my nights hanging around in bars, just like the more conservative members of the Legislature.
Being a parent also gives me insight into the mechanics of the DABC. I have seen firsthand the effects of "pecking order" I punish my older son, who then takes out his frustrations on his little brother and recognize how similar that dynamic is to the way it works with Utah's liquor laws and their enforcement.
The Utah Legislature the dad in this analogy passes ridiculously restrictive laws regarding alcohol, which the liquor commission is then ordered to enforce. The liquor commission, in the role of older brother (you might even say Big Brother), is unable to go against the Legislature and passes its anger along to the staff that carries out its enforcement orders. The enforcement division takes out its pent-up frustration on the poor folks who own and operate bars and restaurants.
The result of this vicious little system is that legitimate businesspeople in Utah cower in fear that government regulators will maliciously and capriciously levy fines, suspensions and other punishments and if those businesspeople complain, the vindictiveness of regulators will just make the hammer fall harder.
Ask the folks at Brewvies Cinema Pub, who had to cough up a $1,627 fine last fall because DABC investigators deemed a few seconds of nudity from the R-rated movie "The Hangover, Part II" violated the ban of public nudity at establishments that serve alcohol. Never mind that the law was written with strip clubs in mind to keep drunk customers from harassing the dancers, not to rein in a bar showing a movie that played without incident at every multiplex in the area.
(Actually, you can't ask the folks at Brewvies, because they're too afraid to speak out lest they incur the DABC's wrath. "We don't want to shake up anything," Brewvies' manager told the Tribune's Dawn House back in October, when the fine was levied.)
Isn't this the very sort of government intrusion into business that most of these legislators rail against with every fiber of their being?
As your liquor commissioner, I wouldn't be able to change Utah's liquor laws because it's the Legislature that sets license quotas, price markups and the other picayune details of how liquor is distributed, sold and even poured.
However, I believe fervently that I could be a voice of moderation. And isn't moderation what this is all about?
One of my first initiatives would be to use the bully pulpit to encourage gently, of course our Utah legislators to understand how the hospitality industry truly works.
To that end, I would lobby for legislation that would require every Utah legislator to work for a week on the wait staff of a restaurant that serves alcohol. Every time a legislator had to walk the extra steps around the "Zion curtain" to pick up a drink order, or explain to a disbelieving tourist how the liquor laws work, it would be another step toward that lawmaker understanding how messed up the system is. (This plan would also have the side benefit of teaching lawmakers what lousy tippers some of our neighbors are.)
Even further to that end, I would request a bill to require Sen. John Valentine, R-Orem who famously argued liquor laws with the folks from X96's "Radio From Hell" last August to tend bar at the new Cheesecake Factory at City Creek until he truly understood the difference between a restaurant and a bar.
Last, in an effort to reduce alcohol consumption statewide, I would encourage the early retirement of Gayle Ruzicka. After all, her right-wing lobbying has driven more moderate and progressive Utahns to drink than any other single factor in the state.
That's my platform. Goodnight, and may God bless the good and increasingly sober people of Utah.
Sean P. Means writes The Cricket in daily blog form at www.sltrib.com/blogs/moviecricket. Contact him via email at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @moviecricket or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/themoviecricket.


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Eugène Atget (1857–1927) spent nearly thirty years photographing details of often-inconspicuous buildings, side streets, cul-de-sacs, and public sculptures in his beloved Paris. Yet before his death, he was practically unknown outside of that city. His genius was first recognized in about 1924 by two young Americans living and working in Paris―Man Ray and his studio assistant, Berenice Abbott―who appreciated the elements of contradiction, ambivalence, and ambiguity in Atget's images of Parisian architecture, streets, and parks.
Presented in this volume are more than fifty of the J. Paul Getty Museum's two hundred ninety-five pictures by Atget, with commentary on each image by Gordon Baldwin, former associate curator of photographs at the J. Paul Getty Museum. In Focus: Eugène Atget also contains a chronological overview of his life and an edited transcript of a colloquium on his career, with participants Baldwin; David Featherstone, independent editor and curator; photographer Robbert Flick, professor of art at the University of Southern California; independent scholar David Harris; Weston Naef, curator emeritus of photographs, J. Paul Getty Museum; Francoise Reynaud, curator of photographs at the Musée Carnavalet, Paris; and Michael S. Roth, president, California College of Arts and Crafts. The volume was published to coincide with an exhibit of Atget's images at the J. Paul Getty Museum in 2000.144 pages
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In an effort to help provide some relief to homeowners and prove the difference that improving energy efficiency can make, Jeld-Wen Inc. is kicking off a search to find the worst monthly utility bill in the nation. In a contest entitled, the Jeld-Wen Utility Bill Bailout, the company will award a homeowner who has the highest bill has an opportunity to receive a complete window and door makeover. The winning home will also be featured on the television show, Today's Homeowner with Danny Lipford.
"In these economic times, managing energy costs is a very important concern for homeowners for both budgetary and environmental reasons," says Lipford. "One of the best long-term investments you can make in your home is to improve its outer envelope, which includes windows and doors. Not only will you reduce your energy bills, you'll add value to your home should you decide to sell it."
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The winners of Jeld-Wen's utility bill contest last year, the Quimby family of Maine, were paying upwards of $1,000 per bill to fill the heating oil tank for their 119-year-old farmhouse. After installing 35 new Jeld-Wen energy efficient windows and two doors, the family has cut their heating oil consumption nearly in half, the company reports.
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Please don't take offense, but I have never understood people spending several hundred dollars for a firearm and then balking at spending money for a decent holster - especially for concealed carry. Concealablilty is 90 percent dependent upon the holster.


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USF Players Describe Coach Taggart
Named head coach at USF on Dec. 9, 2012, Willie Taggart, a Bay Area native, received a three-year contract extension in December of 2015 that will keep him with the Bulls through 2020 after leading USF to its first bowl game in five years.
The native of the Tampa Bay area brought his magnetic positive energy to USF and once again set a program on a winning path as the Bulls went from 2-10 in his first season to 10-2 in his fourth, reaching back-to-back bowl games and gaining the team's first Top 25 ranking since 2011.
Taggart returned home to lead USF after spending three seasons as the head coach at his alma mater Western Kentucky, where he led a dramatic turnaround for the Hilltoppers. Prior to taking the lead at WKU, Taggart had a very successful run at Stanford, helping build the Cardinal into a national power in a similar turnaround under Jim Harbaugh.
At USF, Taggart set to work changing the Bulls culture and rebuilding a winning program in Tampa. His energy and stellar recruiting once again set a program on a winning path as the Bulls doubled their win totals in 2014 and 2015 and reached the Miami Beach Bowl in 2015, the program's first since 2010.
Taggart's teams steadily improved, grew more resilient and markedly more talented. Then in year four, they set a program-record with 10 regular season wins and seven conference victories. The Bulls appeared at No. 22 in the Amway Coaches Poll and No. 25 in the AP Poll following completion of the regular season, marking just the second time in program history and first since 2007 the Bulls finished a regular season in the polls.
Taggart's first full recruiting period at USF resulted in the consensus No. 1 ranked class in The American in 2014. He followed that with another top class in the conference in 2015.
The team's primary play caller, Taggart fit the new talent into his masterful "Gulf Coast Offense," which hit its stride midway through the 2015 season and went on to set 34 team and individual records. It was just the start, as the 2016 Bulls shattered many of those same marks and produced an offense that ranked among the top 10 in the nation in total offense, rushing and scoring. The 2016 unit set 33 program records including all-time scoring, total touchdowns, total yards, rushing yards, yards per play, yards per carry and yards and points per game marks.
The 2016 Bulls placed a program record 10 players on the all-conference teams led by American Conference Offensive Player of the Year Quinton Flowers. The quarterback became the first USF player ever to post 2,000 yards passing and 1,000 yards rushing in the same season. Flowers set USF records for total yards, rushing yards, rushing touchdowns and total touchdowns while logging one of the greatest individual offensive seasons in state of Florida collegiate history. The Bulls went 10-2 (7-1, AAC) and received a bid to the Birmingham Bowl to face South Carolina.
In 2015, The Bulls won seven of their last eight regular season games and broke school offense records by the bushel as they went 8-5 and set a program record for conference wins with a 6-2 mark in The American. Under the direction of first-year starting quarterback Flowers, USF set marks for total yards (5,741), rushing yards (3,205), total touchdowns (54), touchdown passes (26), fewest turnovers (15), points in a half (51 vs. Cincinnati) and points in a conference game (65 vs. Cincinnati). Sophomore Marlon Mack set the school season rushing mark (1,381), Flowers set marks for passing TD (22) and rushing by a quarterback (991) and junior wide receiver Rodney Adams set season records for receiving yards (822) and touchdowns (9).
The fifth youngest coach in the FBS when hired at USF in 2013 at the age of 37, Taggart's energy and enthusiasm were immediately evident at as he rallied the fans and his team behind his "Do Something" mantra. The former all-state quarterback at nearby Bradenton Manatee HS established a blue-collar work ethic learned as the youngest of six kids of parents, John and Gloria, who worked the vegetable fields of Palmetto.
Prior to Taggart's arrival at WKU, the Hilltoppers had lost 20 consecutive games. But after just one year of transition, Taggart guided the school to two consecutive winning seasons (going 7-5 in 2011 and 7-6 in 2012), culminating in the program's first bowl appearance, the 2012 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, since joining the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). Taggart left for USF before coaching in the bowl game.
Under Taggart's leadership, WKU posted 14 wins in 2011 and 2012 after the program won just four games the previous three seasons combined. The Hilltoppers went from 2-6 in 2010 Sun Belt games to 7-1 in 2011, marking the largest one-year turnaround in conference history. WKU won 12-of-14 games between the end of 2011 and the start of 2012, with the only losses coming to LSU and Alabama, both of which were ranked No. 1 in the nation at the time, and most importantly, WKU secured the top recruiting classes in the Sun Belt Conference in both 2010 and 2011.


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Astronaut Buzz Aldrin - the second man to walk on the moon - says that one of his favourite films is The Dish.
"It's nice for us Americans to appreciate the wonderful Australian humour," he said yesterday of the film, which told the moon-walk story from the perspective of Australians at a radio telescope at Parkes, in central NSW.
The telescope provided a vital communications link for NASA, but the film showed how the Australians hoodwinked the agency while trying to cover up the fact that they had lost track of Apollo 11.
"I want to congratulate Australia for one of the most magnificent films that I've seen: The Dish," Dr Aldrin said in Sydney.
He was addressing a commercial radio national conference on the media's role in building unity. Talkback radio was sometimes criticised for dividing communities, but Dr Aldrin said it had great potential as what he called a tribal voice to connect people, so long as tolerance and respect were upheld.
"I have come to believe that the final frontier may be human relationships, and the job of bringing these relationship together may be the media's greatest challenge and best influence yet," he said.
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'"Fans are great around here, they support the Sabres," said Buffalo center Chris Taylor, who spent parts of four seasons with the AHL's Amerks. "It's nice to finally bring it to Rochester and let them have a taste of it."'
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I had the opportunity to sit in on a couple of sessions for this year's Innotech Conference here in Portland, Ore. I plan to write a couple of blog entries detailing each session I was able to attend & highlight one key takeaway from each.
The first session I attended was the Media 2.0 Panel: Blogging, RSS, Wiki and Podcasting session. The speakers were:
– Steve Gehlen, Founder & Executive Director, Internet Strategy Forum
– Ray King, CEO & Founder, AboutUs
– Scott Kveton, CEO, JanRain, Inc.
– Kent Lewis, President, Anvil Media, Inc.
– John Hartman, Feedia
It was an interesting mash-up of speakers due to each speaker having a different point of view based on their work experience on media and web 2.0. It's hard to really discuss one key takeaway from this session because so much was said, but each speaker made sure to talk about how "tagging" will be important as social media expands & evolves both from a technical standpoint but also from search engine optimization one as well. Basically, on social media sites like del.icio.us where you essentially "share" your bookmarks, users categorize each site by "tagging" it with keywords that are associated with it. For example, if I were to tag our website, www.amplify-interactive.com, I would use keyword tags such as search engine optimization & SEM, but also more specific keyword tags such as portland search engine marketing & pay-per-click services. Using appropriate tags for your website is a good way to kind of "pre-qualify" what searches your site will show up for when users search on these social media sites.
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David Tennant is "smitten" with his baby daughter, according to his friend, DJ Christian O'Connell.
The Doctor Who star, who is notoriously tight-lipped about his private life, recently became a father with his partner, Georgia Moffett.
The DJ told listeners to his Absolute Radio show that Tennant, a regular guest on the show, and Moffett had done "an amazing job" in keeping the pregnancy under wraps for so long.
He said: "A couple of you have been asking on Facebook how DT is - David Tennant. I swapped texts with him over the weekend. He is smitten with his new baby daughter."
The couple met when Moffett, the daughter of former Doctor Who star Peter Davison, appeared on the BBC1 show.
O'Connell said: "I know from his texts he's enjoying it but it is utter chaos. Even with his sonic screwdriver, he's still got to change the nappies."


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Chaney gets heart transplant at 71; he wouldn't have under OBAMA CARE
Two years ago, Ed Schultz of Galen's MSNBC said Dick Chaney should be the right's poster child for what's wrong with the country. Well, today he's a poster child for the elderly getting a heart transplant just before O BUMMER CARE kicks in to void it. Doctors used to have a cut off age of 65 because
it was too risky but technology has upped the age and he qualified.
Cheney just got a new heart and is recovering nicely at 71. Bush and Romney visited him. He has survived 5 heart attacks since he was 37.
He also had to wait longer than the usual time to get one but he wouldn't have received one at all if OBUMMER CARE had kicked in because of his age and he would have died. This is what Herman Cain said when he ran. He
wouldn't be alive today because he wouldn't have received his cancer
operation if OBUMMER CARE was here.
And you know O BUMMER himself would have had something to say about Cheney getting it or not getting it.
I don't get it though. Docs said he had to be in good shape to get the transplant and took care of himself.
How could that be if he had 5 heart attcks in last 30 years?
I've never had an organ cut on, bones but not an organ. I have bad lungs so I guess I won't get new onesi if I need them when the new system kicks in.
That's why we call it O BUMMER CARE.
My doc said I have the worse lungs of any of his patients and they are all in their 70s. Think what yours will be like when your 70. All that when my oxygen level was 94%.
When I walked out of the office and saw all those old people sitting there I almost went back to kick his ass. EVery person out there was wearing oxygen. I walked out under my own power but I worry about when the day comes I'll need something but OBY will keep me from getting it.
And I'm not counting on the SC to strike it down either. Not with RHINOS Roberts and Kennedy on it. The WH is wooing Roberts now.
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His name is spelled Cheney. Seriously the guy ran the country into the ground for 8 years. One would expect that you would know how to spell his name right by now. Do I need to move you up front again?
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I will leave this here because if I move it to general IT you wont be able to respond. In the future though please keep posting related to backtrack.
greetings to all...
first post, so i'm a bit limited in which forum i can post in right now, sorry for not dropping this in the "general it" forum.
the issue is this;
i have a client that keeps getting blacklisted by various domains. he's done the simple stuff, blocking 25/tcp from the perimeter fw, etc. but the problem persists. he and i agree that this is most likely originating outside of his network (remote users, specifically) but we need to prove it with a nice pie-chart, etc... for the execs.
so i suggested that we connect a sniffer to a span on the core switch of his userspace and log any [MX] requests. his mail server is obviously in the DMZ and he doesn't have anything else originating from those subnets that should muddy the logs.
my first thought was tcpdump but i'm beginning to lean more towards ngrep now (and am definitely open to thoughts/constructive criticism on that) and i'm trying to set ngrep to watch for MX requests via regex.
i admit i haven't really dealt with regular expressions much and i'm beginning to feel over my head here. i've tried multiple variations on lines like:
but i'm definitely doing something wrong. at this point i need another pair of (informed) eyes to correct me. i didn't find anything on-target in the forum search so i thought i would ask...Code:#ngrep -q -t -i 'mx' tcp port smtp -O /path/to/log.lpc
thanks for checking me.
I will leave this here because if I move it to general IT you wont be able to respond. In the future though please keep posting related to backtrack.
i figured the 'general it' would be the best place to ask about the usage of a tool that is included in backtrack, but wasn't really sure about the newbie area.... thanks for leaving it.
Scrap that lol I'm tripping !!! The only other thing I could suggest is that you specify the adapter you are using
Code:ngrep -qtid xthX tcp port smtp -O /path/to/log.lpc
Try looking in your DNS traffic not your smtp traffic (Assuming you mean mx record lookups <shrug>).
I'm a compulsive post editor, you might wanna wait until my post has been online for 5-10 mins before quoting it as it will likely change.
I know I seem harsh in some of my replies. SORRY! But if you're doing something illegal or posting something that seems to be obvious BS I'm going to call you on it.
thorin is absolutely correct and i was a fat-finger that typed before engaging my brain. my bad. thanks for pointing that out.
i'll lose the -i and give that a go, thanks for the heads up, Dr_GrEeN
ok, so i am totally not understanding something here. from the manpages and online searches that i've done, this should work...but it isn't. I have no doubt that i've just totally misunderstood something about how to search for regular expressions using ngrep or whatever but it's making me feel like a complete idiot at this point.
before i post my code though, i'd like to say that since i have posting rights to 'general it' now, we can move this discussion if you prefer (although i'm thinking i should fit the 'newbie' title at this point ).
i didn't start a new thread as to avoid cross-posting but whatever you guys think is best.
i've expanded a bit from just ngrep here (and am attempting on a couple of different systems), in my search for being able to record and store only MX requests. here is what i am doing (emphasis added):
for whatever reason i just can't figure out how to get ngrep to see the MX request.Code:# tshark -t ad -n -s 1520 -i eth0 port 53 -w ./tcpdump_results.lpc & [20] 26011 # Running as user "root" and group "root". This could be dangerous. Capturing on eth0 # dig <site> -t MX ; <<>> DiG 9.5.0-P2 <<>><site>-t MX <...truncated...> ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;<site>. IN MX <...truncated...> # ls -al ./tcpdump_results.lpc -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 224 2009-04-16 13:53 ./tcpdump_results.lpc # ngrep -q -t -i 'MX' -I ./tcpdump_results.lpc input: ./tcpdump_results.lpc match: MX # tcpdump -n -r ./tcpdump_results.lpc |grep MX reading from file ./tcpdump_results.lpc, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet) 13:53:12.739833 IP x.x.x.x.41765 > x.x.x.x.53: 46912+ MX? <site>. (32)
i'll gladly accept whatever derisive brow-beating comes with the breadcrumb that helps me untangle this.
i appreciate the interest...
Is tshark capturing both TCP and UDP?
Do you need to quote(') the string in ngrep? (I thought that was only necessary if there were special characters, spaces, etc. Though I have no idea if that's causing your problem .. dropping them is a simple thing to try.)
I'm a compulsive post editor, you might wanna wait until my post has been online for 5-10 mins before quoting it as it will likely change.
I know I seem harsh in some of my replies. SORRY! But if you're doing something illegal or posting something that seems to be obvious BS I'm going to call you on it.
ok, here is the part where i explain exactly how i have been an idiot.
First, here is the correct syntax:
or, i could specify the "-i" switch to be case-insensitive, or I could use live capture as my source, etc..Code:ngrep -q -t MX -I <lpc file>
i tested this by ngrep'ing an lpc file for 'google' right after i had pinged it and sure enough, i got correct feedback. so i dug (digged?) an MX record and tried again... but instead of ngrep'ing for the criteria of "MX", i sniffed for the domain name that I had queried. sure enough, again I got the correct feedback.
apparently, the term "MX" does not appear at the network layer at all. i had used the correct ngrep query already and gotten the correct feedback...nothing.
this strikes me as odd, i would have thought that "MX" would show after the query, but I guess you learn something every day.
so, i'll just use tcpdump or tshark to look at the capture and pipe a grep for MX instead.
seems a bit 'hackish' but it'll get the job done.
thanks to all for trying to help me out, i appreciate it.


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Great article on CRA Josh. In my community many of the banks receive the Satisfactory designation on the CRA exam and do little in the community to change and improve their services.
CRA Exams Aren't Cutting It For Communities in Need
Posted by Josh Silver on January 21, 2016
In 1977, Congress passed the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) and required the federal banking agencies to assess a bank's record of helping to meet the credit needs of the local communities, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods, in which the institution is chartered, consistent with the safe and sound operation of the institution.
Today, the agencies do an unsatisfactory job in determining what the credit needs are and also do not carefully solicit the views of community-based organizations and community residents about what their needs are and how well the banks meet those needs. As a result, CRA exams produce inflated ratings with more than 98 percent banks passing their exams. If the agencies did a better job uncovering needs, ratings would be more rigorous and more effective in holding banks accountable.
Three federal agencies: the Federal Reserve Board, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation conduct CRA exams and rate banks on their level of loans, investments, and services in low- and moderate-income communities. Banks receive one of four ratings: Outstanding, Satisfactory, Needs-to-Improve, and Substantial Noncompliance. The last two ratings are considered fail ratings, and less than two percent of the banks have received them over the last several years. The ratings should depend on how well the banks respond to credit and community needs, but alas, these needs are really not identified on CRA exams.
CRA examiners conduct "performance context analysis." What this jargon means is that they are supposed to analyze housing and economic conditions and develop a needs analysis. For example, are vacancy rates low for rental or homeowner housing and does a high percentage of renters and/or owners experience a cost burden (paying more than 30 percent of their monthly income for housing)? If so, what is the bank doing to address this need? Is it financing construction of new or rehabilitated rental and homeowner units? What is the state of small business lending in the community and what obstacles do small businesses experience in accessing loans? Have banks tightened up on collateral requirements, for instance?
Other questions involve priority needs and the perspectives of nonprofit organizations. Within a state or metropolitan area, what are the counties or cities with greater relative need as measured by differences in housing cost burden, foreclosure rates, or percentage of residents that are underbanked or unbanked? What are community organizations saying about these conditions and needs? What are nonprofit community-based organizations saying about how easy or hard it is to acquire grants and other financing for core operating support, for pre-development or development financing for affordable housing, for funding for the provision of technical assistance to small businesses or job training?
Alarmingly, CRA exam performance context analysis seldom clearly illuminates or identifies needs. CRA exams also provide very general narratives regarding conversations with community groups, citing observations like the need for more affordable housing or financial education. In addition, CRA performance context analysis is often a blur of census statistics with unimaginative and uninformative analysis focused on data such as the number and percentages of households in low- and moderate-income census tracts.
All is not lost. The San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank has reformed the way it conducts CRA performance context analysis, which can serve as a model for other regulators. It has a researcher that conducts these analyses for exams of the banks it supervises. The researcher coordinates his work with community affairs officials and CRA examiners. While the most recent San Francisco Fed CRA exams still need work from a community perspective, their performance context analyses are the most sophisticated and clearly highlight needs. The analyses also compare smaller areas like cities and counties within large metropolitan areas so they provide a reader with priority needs in smaller areas that the bank can address.
In a forthcoming paper, NCRC will be proposing several recommendations for CRA examiners, banks, and community groups on how to improve CRA performance context analysis. One recommendation will be the development of a set of performance context measures like housing cost burdens and vacancy rates that illuminate relative need across geographical areas. Another recommendation will be much more robust conversations between CRA examiners and community groups so much more insight about unmet needs can be developed. Currently, some banks make efforts to engage community organizations in performance context analysis, including establishing advisory committees consisting of community stakeholders. These efforts as well as more frequent communication between banks and community groups should occur.
Ultimately, CRA must be about dialogue to identify community needs and how well banks respond to them. This will create more vigorous evaluations and ratings of banks. The current implementation of performance context analysis and engagement with communities in insightful conversations fall far short of the goals of the CRA statute and regulations.
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Josh B. Silver is a senior advisor at NCRC, where he produces white papers on the Community Reinvestment Act and fair lending policy and issues. He also serves as an expert on affordable housing and community reinvestment. He returned to NCRC after serving as a development manager engaged in fundraising and research at Manna, Inc., a housing nonprofit developer and counseling agency serving the District of Columbia. He also previously served as Vice President of Research and Policy at NCRC for 19 years. In that capacity, Mr. Silver developed NCRC's policy positions, produced various research studies, engaged in proposal writing and fundraising, and supervised a staff of research and policy analysts. He has written NCRC testimony submitted to Congress on topics including financial modernization, predatory lending, and the effectiveness of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) as well as numerous comment letters to federal banking agencies on subjects ranging from the merger application process and the content and accuracy of home and small business data. Prior to NCRC, Mr. Silver worked at the Urban Institute for five years, where he specialized in housing market analysis and program evaluation. He holds a Master's degree in public affairs from the Lyndon Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas in Austin.
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Thanks Josh for putting this article in print for others to see. We have a situation in Port Arthur, Texas where banks are "Redlining" in an African American city, with a high poverty rate. Glad to be a part of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC). The Texas Community Reinvestment Group has been formed to address CRA issues in the State of Texas. There is a lot of work to be done with CRA in Texas. I look forward to coming to the National NCRC Conference in March 2016.
Dear Emma and Ike:
Let's work on getting the banks to make more responsible loans and investments in underserved communities! Glad you are thinking about the NCRC conference!


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Five years ago, you bought a house for $171,000. You had a down payment of $35,000, which meant you took out a loan for $136,000. Your interest rate was $5.6% fixed. You would like to pay more on your loan. You check your bank statement and find the following information.
•Escrow payment: $232.78
•Principle and Interest payment: $751.90
•Total payment: $984.68
•Current Loan balance: $121,259.44
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1. Assuming you currently meet your monthly expenses with no left over to speak of, how much more money a month do you need to make in order to pay off your loan in 20 years instead of 25? Is this reasonable?
2. Is it more or less reasonable to consider refinancing your loan? In order to answer this, you need to look at different interest rates. Know that if you refinance, your minimum monthly payments will be based on a thirty-year loan (though you still want to be done in 20 years). Also, refinancing costs you a couple of thousand dollars up front in closing costs.


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Enyo 2 (GitHub: enyojs, License: Apache 2.0) from HP was released this week. There's a post all about the release on the Enyo blog:
Enyo 2 boasts an amazing community of developers, a broad set of cross-platform UI widgets, and a powerful layout library for building apps that work across all form factors from phones to desktops.
They're also promising more updates, with some great hyperbole about the future of web apps:
We see a web-centric future in which there aren't iOS apps, Android apps, Mac apps and Windows apps - there are just apps: apps that let you access your content and get stuff done, wherever you happen to be, on whatever device is handy.
Miso Dataset (GitHub: misoproject / dataset, License: MIT/GPL, npm: miso.dataset) is a client-side library for managing data. There's an example called Exploring government spending that uses D3 and Backbone.js alongside Miso Dataset to generate an interactive chart that reminds me of the images David McCandless creates.
Dataset provides tools for working with data in a web-friendly, event-based manner. Data can be loaded using techniques like jsonp, and then manipulated in a similar way to Backbone's models (Dataset also has an event-based syncing system). It comes with extensible classes for parsing and displaying data, and it also plays well with Node.
There are Dataset tutorials, and a Quick Start guide for the perplexed.
Dataset is actually part of a wider project called Miso by the Guardian Interactive team and Bocoup.
Thanks to @flywheeltech for sending this in.
dancer.js (GitHub: jsantell / dancer.js, License: MIT) by Jordan Santell is an audio API designed for making visualisations. It can work with the HTML5 Audio or use a Flash fallback. It actually includes stuff like an FFT class from DSP.js, so it allows interesting effects to be created while working at a relatively high level.


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I don't know anything about either one. You seem to like a CZ so why not go with it. Just like you said this is just starting over, it's not a one time only deal. Good Luck
Hey all I hate to do this as I don't always like "X" vs "Y" post, but I really want to know. I have kind of been out of the hand gun loop for several years due to financial restraints...and nearly all my firearms went by the wayside. I am now getting back into it and have come across a couple that I feel are real bargains not just in price. To be clear, I'm also not trying to start a pissing match between any one and post it here in the hopes of honest feed back from folks that have experience with both, what they like and why and finally, what their recommendation is. Here are the two options I have narrowed down for my next purchase. Both have good reputations and each of their respective owners seem fairly loyal.
I can get a Beretta/Stoeger Cougar in 40S&W or 9mm for $329+$24 tax locally
I can get a CZ 40P for $310 delivered and transfered via Buds.
I have handled and enjoyed the feel/fit/finish of both...but have not fired either of them yet.
A bit about my background. I am a huge fan of CZ's in general and have more than a dozen rifles in CZ/Brno. In hand guns I have also owned Berettas and Taurus counterparts and loved them due to how they fit and reliability. I have also owned a couple of CZ's but at the time went with the former due to the SS finish and feel they were just as reliable. Not hung up on SS now. I also owned an Astra A-100 years ago in 40 that I absolutely loved. (Some what of a Sig copy) All four of these style guns felt balanced and fit my hands.
Use: This is meant to be just a general home defense hand gun with regular shooting sessions and general carry. One plus I have heard on the Cougars is due to the rotating barrel the recoil is lessend...not totally critical to me but maybe for the enjoyment of it's use to my wife. Like the tactical abilities of the CZ 40P...and the fact that it is a CZ. This purchase is not meant to be a end all gun as I will add more later but more of a new starting point in regard to handguns. Okay...what say you?
Thx in advance,
I don't know anything about either one. You seem to like a CZ so why not go with it. Just like you said this is just starting over, it's not a one time only deal. Good Luck
The Cougar is a very nice gun. The trigger might be better than the CZ. But, I didn't keep my Cougar in the 1990s because it was a sub 4" barrel. The shorter sight radius didn't work for me - I generally don't like sub 4" guns at the range.
I own both a CZ 40 P and a Beretta Cougar 8040D. I deliberately chose to go with the D after having shot my 8000F - L (+G mod) and my Beretta 96 D.
Is one of these guns "better" than the other? No, not really.
I can understand someone who feels they will only have one wanting to obtain the better of the two. It's natural.
It is not, however, useful to say which of these fine handgun designs is "better".
In terms of size the 8040 is shorter in sight radius but on the range I haven't seen that as a serious handicap for anything other than bullseye shooting. At 25 feet or less there isn't enough difference in the two sizes to matter.
An 8040F can have a G mod done, as can a PX4F. This makes them equivalent to the 40 P which has a decocker.
Let me state that I don't like the standard Beretta safety. A safety that has to be rotated up as opposed to down. Smith & Wesson and Ruger also went in that direction. I therefore opt for either decocker only or double action only variations on pistols from these makers. That's my choice that I made after it was pointed out to me how my (then) Beretta 92 FS operated the opposite way from my TZ 75 (the only 2 centerfire pistols I owned, at that time).
My feeling for a person who will only have one of these two excellent pistols is to get to borrow examples of both and see how they feel. See how they shoot for you. While Stoeger is turning out very affordable new Cougars there are still plenty of used Cougars out there. You can sometimes (as did I) find one for sale that never left the gun shop before. You can get an F and do a G mod or get a D or stick with an F if you are already trained to swing your safety up instead of down.
The 40 P is still plentiful as new from CZ.
I own a 40-P and have shot a Cougar several times. FWIW, both are very nice guns and real bargains compaired to their brothers at either company. As for price, the 40P is currently selling for about $300-$340 around here (paid $289 for mine 18 months ago) while the only Cougar I've seen was about $400. I didn't have both guns together for a side by side review, so any comments comparing the two guns in any specific way are more from impression than actual measurement.
From my experience, the 40P seems slightly larger - though I think the grip/mag well may be shorter? - with a longer barrel/slide, has a rail for accessories, better sights and can use the 40P or 75 compact magazines. The 40P is also less expensive than the Cougar and came with two magazines, snap caps and a cleaning kit (don't know about the Cougar).
As for the Cougar, it feels more like a compact SIG. While a bit "blocky" in design compared to the CZ, it may be a bit easier to conceal due to the overall design. The Cougar has an ambidextrous safety (the CZ doesn't) which is a plus for lefty's and the Cougar is available in 9mm if you prefer that caliber. That's the caliber of the gun I shot and I believe it held 15 rounds. You'd have to buy a P-01 to get a gun similar to the 40P if you want a CZ in 9mm. I also found the Cougar to be easier and quicker to break down/field strip for cleaning than the CZ.
That being said, either gun would be an excellent addition to any collection, are close enough in price that it shouldn't matter much and both are very well made, reliable weapons at a bargain price. For a home defense or range gun, I'd probably go with the CZ, but for a carry or self-defense pistol, I might just decide on the Cougar. It all boils down to personal preference and intended use and I'd be happy with either.
I totally agree with Rachilders concerning the Beretta safety. If you want to get the safety off fast and still acquire the target, the up motion of the Beretta safety just doesn't work for me. I also much prefer frame mounted as opposed to slide mounted safeties because it is so much easier to disengage the safety with my thumb while I am acquiring the target. For that reason alone, I would prefer the CZ since in most other respects the guns are comparable in quality. As an added consideration for me is that the CZ full size guns fit my hand better than any gun I have picked up. Even my favorite gunsmith in Iowa, who has been working on guns for 40 years and loves 1911s admits the CZ has the best egronomics of any pistol he has tried in his life. Caveat - we both have large hands.


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Have you asked yourself what's going on lately?
Our President appointed AG, Eric Holder caught in an arms scandal, President appointed Treasury Sect. Tim Gietner not catching a manipulation of the libor, and Ben Bernanke and crew openly admitting from the latest FOMC minutes that they are unsure of how bad things may get…
and now…drum roll please!!
HSBC caught allowing tens of billions in illicit transactions within the US financial system which benefited Iran, terrorists and drug cartels.
The worst part about it all is, executives of "the worlds local bank" were well aware of what was going on, as it's being reported that the transactions were deliberately concealed so they could pass through HSBC's US affiliate unchallenged. According to news feeds, Iran alone received almost twenty billion as a result of thousands of transactions between 2001 and 2007. Documents were purposely stripped of any Iranian identifying data with complete disregard to any OFAC ( Office of Foriegn Assets Control ) filters that were in place.
HSBC Holding Plc head of Group Compliance, David Bagley has already announced he would be stepping down. As hedge fund managers, and ponzi scheme operators sit in prison for insider trading and duping investors, bank executives are getting caught allowing financial transactions which lead to world altering events that ultimately cost the lives of civilians and military personal from not only the United States, but numerous countries, don't even get fired…they are just forced to step down, and still stick around to guide their replacement on how to do the job.
"In 2005 and 2006, HSBC processed about 1,800 U-turn transactions through a correspondent account at JPMorgan Chase & Co." cant wait to hear Jaime Dimons response to this!
Things are getting really interesting folks…especially with the fact that metals have been flat during each and every one of the breaking news topics mentioned in this writing. Everything that has been going on are catalysts that should be pushing precious metals higher, but they are being held back…the longer they are restrained, the bigger the explosion to the upside will be. Could be why sentiment has been changing to the long side made evident in recent COT reports issued by the CFTC.
What can one expect from an entity that began as the Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation.
HSBC Executive Resigns After Money Laundering To Iran And Others Gets Exposed


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A group of East Texas World War II veterans who went to Washington, D.C. on a Brookshire's Heroes Flight have returned home.
The group landed Saturday afternoon in Dallas and arrived back in Tyler where they were met by a cheering crowd. KLTV 7's Taylor Hemness was with them every step of the way and provided regular updates on their trip.
Their last day in the nation's capital was a memorable one. The veterans also got to witness protestors taking down barricades and climbing the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, as Park Service police stood by and watched. Before all this happened one of the East Texas veterans on the trip joined them, even holding one of their signs.
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Dr. Susan Quiring has been the touchstone for our community when seeking dance and etiquette instruction. With her sparkling personality and warm heart, she makes learning fun and practical. Students are able to apply and benefit from their new-found skills almost immediately. Why select Dr. Susan and her classes?
Age Range: Susan caters to all ages, from youngsters through retirement, teaching adult group classes, private lessons, father-daughter dances, wedding parties, etiquette camps, dance camps for children and teens, Texas A&M Ballroom competitive dance clubs, and line dancing for seniors.
Skill Range: Susan is directly behind competitive awards won by others. Susan works with all dancers – from those who don't know their right foot from their left, to those who compete at the silver or even gold level.
Dance Range: Susan teaches all the smooth Ballroom, Latin, Country Western, and several varieties of Swing. Feel free to show up as a single. There is strong emphasis on the basics to help give you confidence on the dance floor.
Polished manners and superb social skills set you apart in professional and social settings. You have only ten seconds to make a lasting first impression. In Dr. Susan's etiquette classes you will learn the skills necessary to be confident in any situation:
Dining: How to manipulate silverware properly from casual to formal, conduct yourself respectfully, and be gracious towards your host and other diners. Dining and social skills are essential in today's business culture and will help you advance in your career.
Interview: How to impress the interviewer, make good eye contact, and give an appropriate handshake. How to appear professional, friendly, and capable.
Social: How to make events memorable and positive for yourself and those around you. How to be polite and courteous in difficult situations. How to be a good listener and public speaker.
Be it a job interview or a first date, manners and socials skills can calm your nerves and give you the edge you are looking for.
Learning these skills early in life will help them become habits. If you or your child want to feel more comfortable in social settings…
Try one of Susan's Etiquette classes:
Etiquette Summer Camp or Cotillion for youth; Dining Etiquette Seminars for adults; Special requests for your group or organization.
Dr. Susan Quiring is an energetic etiquette and dance instructor with a commitment to educating people in the art of social graces and dance. She has a proven ability to teach all ages and skill levels. At Susan's Ballroom Dance, we always have fun. In every situation Susan helps students feel comfortable while they learn something new. Feel free to show up as a single. There is strong emphasis on the basics. You will learn not only the steps, but also understand how to link them together. In addition, Susan is director of Class Act Etiquette, Dance & Social Skills as well as Susan's Ballroom Dance. Known as Ms Manners of the Brazos Valley, Susan develops and presents a full range of programs in business, social and dining etiquette, in addition to dance instruction. Dr. Quiring creates a fun and interactive environment for learning good manners and respect for others while building character, confidence and courtesy. Thank you for allowing me to share with you the art of manners and warm hospitality.
Swing 2, Viennese Waltz Sept 5, 12, 19, 26
Samba, Intermediate Ballroom, West Coast Swing Sept 6, 13, 20, 27
Ballroom Basics Sept 7, 14, 21, 28
Two Step Sept 8, 15, 22 at Rockies
Cha Cha Sept 3, 10, 17, 24
Intermediate Polka at Rockies 8pm, Aug 4, 11, 18
Cha Cha 2 11am, Aug 6, 13
Latin Basics 6pm, Ballroom Basics 7pm Aug 8, 15, 22, 29
Swing 2 6pm, Intermediate BAllroom 7:15pm, Aug 9, 16, 23, 30
Teen Dance Party Fri, Aug 12, Southwood Community Center
Adult Dance Party Sat, Aug 13, Studio
DINNER, DANCE, SHOWCASE Saturday, SEPTEMBER 10 – Reserve soon!
Two Step at Rockies starts June 30, 8pm
East Coast Swing, Ballroom 3, start July 5
Rumba, Ballroom Basics, East Coast Swing start July 12
Cha Cha 2 starts July 9
Dance & Happy Hour: July 16 7:30-10:00pm — Studio
Teen Dance Party July 15, 7:15-9:45pm Southwood Comm Center
Etiquette/Dance Camps June 13-16
Country Western Dance Camp June 20-23 1:15-2:45
Mon: Rumba 6:00; Ballroom Basics 7:00;
Tues: Tango 6:00; Intermediate Ballroom 7:00; WCS 8:15
Thurs: Teen Advanced 3:00; Teen Intermediate 4:30; Two Step Rockies 8:00pm
Sat: Cha Cha 11:00am
Dance Parties: Adults June 11; Teens June 25
TEEN BALLROOM March 7,14, 21,28, 4:15-5:35; Studio
TEEN BALLROOM Adv & Interm; March 10,17,24,31; 3pm, 4:30pm; studio
TEEN DANCE PARTY March 18; Bachman Center, Rock Prairie
ADULT DANCE PARTY March 12, 7:30-10; Studio
BALLROOM BASICS March 1-22; 5:50pm; studio
LEVEL 2 BALLROOM March 1-22; 7:00pm; studio
WALTZ, POLKA- Mar 3,10,24; 7:30 & 8:30pm; Rockies
SWING March 7-28; 6:45pm; studio
CHA CHA 2 ; Mar 7-28; 8:00pm; studio
CHA CHA 1- Mar 12, 19, 26; 11:00am; Studio
TEEN BALLROOM Adv & Interm; Dec 31,Jan 7, 14, 21; 3pm, 4:30pm; studio
COTILLION & FORMAL BALL Jan 28, Feb 4, 11, 18, 19; 4:30-6pm; Phillips Event Center
ADULT DANCE PARTY Jan 22; 7:30-10; Studio
BALLROOM BASICS Jan 5, 12, 19, 26; 6pm; studio
LEVEL 2 BALLROOM Jan 5, 12, 19, 26; 7:00pm; studio
TWO STEP Jan 7, 15, 22; 8pm; Rockies
SWING Jan 11, 18, 25; 6:30pm; studio
CHA CHA Jan 11, 18, 25; 7:45pm; studio
TEEN BALLROOM Jan 11, 18, 25, Feb 1; 4:30-5:50; Studio
TWO STEP Oct 1, 8, 15; 8:00pm; Rockies
BALLROOM BASICS Oct 5, 12, 19, 26; 6:30pm Studio
TANGO REVIEW Oct 19, Nov 9; 8:00pm; Studio
VIENNESE WALTZ WORKSHOP Oct 26, Nov 16; 7:30pm Studio
BALLROOM BASICS Nov 2, 9, 16; 6:30pm; Studio
ADULT DANCE PARTY Nov 28; 7:30-10; Studio
BALLROOM BASICS, SWING, TANGO II: Sept 7, 14, 21, 28, 6-9:15pm
POLKA & WALTZ: Sept 3, 10, 17, 8-9pm Rockies
TEEN BALLROOM: Sept 7, 14, 21, 28 4:30-5:50pm
DINNER, DANCE, SHOWCASE: Sept 25 6:30pm Pebblecreek CtryClub
MASQUERADE BALL: Oct 9, 7:00-9:45pm Bachman Center


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When you get home, you simply pop the receiver unit into the base station, put your camera's memory card into the slot on the base unit, and press the "Sync" button to start adding the GPS data to your pictures. There are a couple of quick options to confirm, but the actual process is very quick and simple. If for some reason it fails to tag any pictures it will tell you, but I only had this happen once on several expeditions.
The PhotoFinder doesn't come supplied with any software of its own, but instead relies on Google Picasa and Google Earth, both of which are available for free download. Both programs are well-proven, and the Geotagging feature on Picasa works flawlessly with the EXIF GPS data recorded by the PhotoFinder, automatically logging the position at which the photo was taken in Google Earth. The accuracy is quite impressive, hitting the correct position to within about 5-10 metres. The improved performance of the receiver means fewer missed locations, and the only time I found that the unit failed to record data was when I was either indoors or surrounded by tall buildings.
The ATP PhotoFinder Mini is a great little gadget, the perfect tool for anyone who's into Geotagging or who just wants to record the location of their photos, for example for birdwatching or exploration. It is small and light enough to take anywhere, attractively designed and - apart from that rubber cover - well made. It is quite easy to use and performs well in most outdoor locations.
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(1452 - 1485)
"Old Dick", "Crookback"
latest news about Richard
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Henry II "Curtmantle", king of England MP
(1133 - 1189)
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Charles Babbage MP
(1791 - 1871)
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Aneurin Bevan MP
(1897 - 1960)
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Bob Geldof, KBE MP
Bob Geldof
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Background information
Birth name Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof
Born 5 October 1951 (age 65)
Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland
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James Connolly MP
(1868 - 1916)
"Séamas Ó Conghaile"
Source: Wikipedia
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Edward I "Longshanks", King of England MP
(1239 - 1307)
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Cliff Richard MP
"Sir Cliff Richard"
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George Stephenson MP
(1781 - 1848)
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Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader MP
(1910 - 1982)
Group Captain Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader
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Donald Campbell MP
(1921 - 1967)
"The Skipper"
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Marie Stopes, D.Sc., Ph.D. MP
(1880 - 1958)
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Sir Timothy John "Tim" Berners-Lee, OM, KBE MP
"Tim", "TimBL"
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(1925 - 2014)
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Richard Burton, CBE MP
(1925 - 1984)
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Sir Barnes Neville Wallis MP
(1887 - 1979)
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Sir Walter Raleigh MP
(aft.1552 - 1618)
'Sir Walter Raleigh1
'M, #146602, b. 1552, d. 1618
Last Edited=9 Feb 2010
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J. R. R. Tolkien MP
(1892 - 1973)
"JRRT", "TOLLERS", "JRR Tolkien"
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James Clerk Maxwell MP
(1831 - 1879)
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Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG MP
(1887 - 1976)
Bernard Montgomery , 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein.
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Bono MP
Paul David Hewson - BONO
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Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson MP
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James Watt, FRS MP
(1736 - 1819)
Wikipedia Biographical Summary:
"... James Watt , (19 January 1736 – 25 August 1819) was a Scottish inventor and mechanical engineer whose improvements to the Newcomen steam engine were fundamental t...
J. K. Rowling MP
"J. K. Rowling", "Joanne Kathleen Rowling", "Jo"
J.K. Rowling - Wikipedia
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter Website
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Dr. David Livingstone MP
(1813 - 1873)
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Geoffrey Chaucer MP
(1343 - 1400)
"Geoffrey /Chaucer/"
also some good info, stories and facts in here...
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David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor MP
(1863 - 1945)
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Charles Robert Darwin MP
(1809 - 1882)
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Edward Anthony Jenner MP
(1749 - 1823)
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Robert I the Bruce, King of Scots MP
(1274 - 1329)
"Roibert a Briuis", "Raibeart Bruis", "Robert de Brus", "Robert de Bruys", "The Bruce", "Robert the Bruce", "Robert the Bruys", "/Robert/I", "King of Scotland", "Earl of Carrick", "The Brus", ""The Bruce"", "King Robert I of /Scotland/", "Robert I /de Bruce/", "King of Sco", "Schott..."
Robert I of Scotland
Roibeard Brús
Raibeart I na h-Alba
Robert I av Skottland
English Monarchs, The House of Bruce, Robert the Bruce
Henry V of England MP
(1387 - 1422)
"Henry the V"
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Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon, Queen consort of the United Kingdom, Empress consort of India MP
(1900 - 2002)
"Queen Mum", "The Queen Mother", "Elizabeth The Queen Mother"
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Boudicca, queen of the Iceni MP
(c.30 - c.62)
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Elizabeth II Alexandra Mary Windsor, Queen of the UK and the other Commonwealth Realms MP
"Lilibet", "Lilbet", "Head of the Commonwealth"
London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Queen of the Commonwealth realms Reign since 6. February 1952 Coronation 2. June 1953
Predecessor: George VI Heir-apparent: Charles, Prince of Wales
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; bo...
Aleister Crowley MP
(1875 - 1947)
Wikipedia page .
A more detailed biography .
The documentary In Search Of The Great Beast 666 .
Aleister Crowley (born Edward Alexander Crowley; 12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947) was an Englis...
Victoria I Alexandrina of Hanover, Queen of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empres MP
(1819 - 1901)
""the grandmother of Europe""
Victoria Alexandrina Princess of Hanover.
HM Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom on 20 June 1837.
Crowned Queen of the United Kingdom on 28 June 1838 at Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, Eng...
Alfred the Great, king of the Anglo-Saxons MP
(849 - 899)
"Alfred The Great", "King Alfred", "Ælfrēd "se Grēata"", "Englalandes Cyning;", "King of the Anglo-Saxons", "King of Wessex", "Alfred The Great King of England", "Alfred den store", "Alfred the big one", "Aelfred of Wessex", "Alfred the Great"
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Alfred successfully defended his kingdom against the Viking...
Elizabeth I of England MP
(1533 - 1603)
"Good Queen Bess", "Gloriana", "The Virgin Queen"
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William Booth MP
(1829 - 1912)
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Sir Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom MP
(1874 - 1965)
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Jane Austen MP
(1775 - 1817)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lady Diana Frances of Wales (Spencer) MP
(1961 - 1997)
"Lady Di", "Princess Di", "The People's Princess", "Princess of Wales", "Diana"
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Rt Hon Tony Blair, PC MP
"Tony Blair"
The Rt Hon Anthony Charles Lynton Blair charismatic, articulate, and the youngest British prime minister of the 20th century when he took office in 1997. In May 2007, before his resignation, it was rep...
Charlie Chaplin MP
(1889 - 1977)
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Sir David Attenborough MP
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George Harrison MP
(1943 - 2001)
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Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet MP
(1857 - 1934)
elgar.org... ; genealogy.links.org...
Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, OM, GCVO
From Wikipedia
(2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered...
Dame Julie Andrews, DBE MP
Brentwood, Ca, United States
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Freddie Mercury MP
(1946 - 1991)
"" ફારોખ બલ્સારા"", ""Freddie Mercury""
Another One Bites The Dust
Freddie's Last Interview
Freddie Mercury - The Untold Story
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Alexander Graham Bell MP
(1847 - 1922)
"Bell Telephone Company"
Alexander Graham Bell March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922
Parents: Alexander Bell and Eliza Grace Symonds
Wife: Mabel Gardiner Hubbard 1858-1923
Elsie May Grosvenor (Bell) 1878-1964
Capt Robert Falcon Scott, CVO, RN MP
(1868 - 1912)
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Lawrence of Arabia MP
(1888 - 1935)
"T. E. Lawrence", "Lawrence of Arabia"
Lawrence of Arabia Photos
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Florence Nightingale ("The Lady with the Lamp") MP
(1820 - 1910)
"The Lady with the Lamp", "founder of professional nursing"
From British Heritage .. extract
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John Wesley, "The Methodist Founder" MP
(1703 - 1791)
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Sir Francis Drake MP
(c.1540 - 1596)
Alternate date: He his said to have died in January 1596, but his will is dated April 10, 1661.
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Sir William "Braveheart" Wallace, Kt. MP
(1272 - 1305)
"Sir William Wallace", ""The Great Patriot"", "Guardian Of Scotland", ""Braveheart""
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John Logie Baird FRSE MP
(1888 - 1946)
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Henry VIII, King of England MP
(1491 - 1547)
"King Hal", "King Harry", "Defender of the Faith", "Henry The Eighth", "Henry VIII", "King Henry VIII", "Henry Tudor"
Henry VIII of England
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Sir Frank Whittle MP
(1907 - 1996)
" Frank Whittle ", Westminster Abbey
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Charles Dickens MP
(1812 - 1870)
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John Harrison MP
(1693 - 1776)
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William Blake MP
(1757 - 1827)
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Sir Thomas More, Chancellor of England and Saint MP
(1477 - 1535)
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Thomas Paine MP
(1737 - 1809)
"Tom Paine", "Tom Pain"
This profile is a work in progress
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thomas Paine
Full name Thomas Paine Born February 9, 1737 Thetford, Norfolk, England, Great Britain Died June 8, 1809...
David Beckham MP
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Eric Morecambe, OBE MP
(1926 - 1984)
Eric Morecambe
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Group Captain Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire, Baron Cheshire, VC, OM, DSO and Two Bars, DFC MP
(1917 - 1992)
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Guy Fawkes MP
(1570 - 1606)
"Guido Fawkes", "John Johnson"
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David Bowie MP
(1947 - 2016)
"David Bowie"
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William Wilberforce MP
(1759 - 1833)
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Emmeline Pankhurst MP
(1858 - 1928)
From - (please visit for full citations)
Emmeline Pankhurst (born Emmeline Goulden) (15 July 1858 – 14 June 1928) was a British political activist and leader of the British suffragette movement which...
William Tyndale, English Bible Translator MP
(aft.1484 - 1536)
"William Tyndall"
From the English Wikipedia page on William Tyndale:
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Stephen Hawking MP
Oxford, England
Stephen William Hawking CH, CBE, FRS, FRSA (born 8 January 1942) is an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology within the U...
Owain Glyndwr ap Gruffudd, Prince of Wales MP
(1349 - 1415)
See Peter Bartrum, (March 2, 2017; Anne Brannen, curator)
Owain Glyndŵr (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈoʊain ɡlɨ̞nˈduːr]), or Owain Glyn Dŵr, anglicised by William Shakespeare as Owen Glendower (c. 1349 or ...
Michael Faraday MP
(1791 - 1867)
Michael Faraday was an English chemist and physicist (or natural philosopher, in the terminology of the time) who contributed to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry.
Faraday studied t...
Alan Turing MP
(1912 - 1954)
Two Alan Turing Movies
Alan Turing's Family Tree
Alan Turing is arguably the man who most changed the world in the 20th-century with the invention of the computer. The fact that you're reading th...
Sir Alexander Fleming, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1945 MP
(1881 - 1955)
Scottish biologist, pharmacologist and botanist. His best-known discoveries are the enzyme lysozyme in 1923 and the antibiotic substance benzylpenicillin (Penicillin...
Sir Paul McCartney MP
"Paul McCartney", "Paul", "Baby Face"
Outside Peasmarsh, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Sir James Paul McCartney , MBE is an English singer-songwriter, poet, composer, multi-instrumentalist, entrepreneur, record and film producer, painter, and animal rights and peace activist. Formerly of...
Margaret Thatcher MP
(1925 - 2013)
"Iron lady"
"Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS, née Roberts (13 October 1925 - 8 April 2013), was a British politician, the longest-serving (1979–1990) Prime Minister of the United Kingdo...
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington MP
(1769 - 1852)
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, KP, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS (c. 29 April/1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852), was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman, and one of the leading milita...
Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (Smyth) MP
(1857 - 1941)
Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (pronounced /ˈbeɪdən ˈpoʊ.əl/) OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB (22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941), also known as B-P or Lord Baden-Powell, was a lieute...
Captain James Cook MP
(1728 - 1779)
Captain James Cook FRS RN (7 November [O.S. 27 October] 1728 – 14 February 1779) was an English explorer, navigator and cartographer, ultimately rising to the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy. Cook wa...
Sir Ernest Shackleton MP
(1874 - 1922)
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton , CVO, OBE (15 February 1874 – 5 January 1922) was an Irish-born British explorer who was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic E...
Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland MP
(1599 - 1658)
"Old Ironsides", "Lord Protector"
Oliver Cromwell (born April 25, 1599 Old Style, died September 3, 1658 Old Style) was an English military and political leader best known for his involvement in making England into a republican Commo...
Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, KB MP
(1758 - 1805)
"Horace Nelson", "Lord Nelson", "Duke of Bronte", "Viscount Nelson"
See The Pursuit of Victory: The Life and Achievement of Horatio Nelson, by Roger J.B. Knight (2005), the most highly regarded biography of Lord Nelson, for extensive details of his personal and profe...
John Lennon MP
(1940 - 1980)
"great uncle john"
John Lennon achieved worldwide fame in the 1960s as a singer, songwriter and guitarist in one of the most successful bands of all time - The Beatles . He is credited as being the original and founding ...
Sir Isaac Newton MP
(1643 - 1727)
Sir Isaac Newton FRS (4 January 1643 – 31 March 1727 [OS: 25 December 1642 – 20 March 1726]) was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian who is c...
WIlliam Shakespeare MP
(bef.1564 - 1616)
"Shakspear", "Shakespear", "Shakspeare", "the Bard", ""the Bard""
William Shakespeare was the son of John Shakespeare, an alderman and a successful glover originally from Snitterfield, and Mary Arden, the daughter of an affluent landowning farmer. He was born in Stra...
Isambard Kingdom Brunel MP
(1806 - 1859)
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, FRS
From Wikipaedia:
(9 April 1806 – 15 September 1859), was a leading British civil engineer, famed for his bridges and dockyards, and especially for the construction of...