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MagneRide is an automotive adaptive suspension with Magnetorheological damper system developed by the Delphi Automotive corporation[1][2] and now owned by Beijing West Industries that uses magnetically controlled dampers, or shock absorbers, for a highly adaptive ride. As opposed to traditional suspension systems, MagneRide has no mechanical valves or small moving parts that can wear out.[3] This system consists of four monotube dampers, one on each corner of the vehicle, a sensor set, and an ECU (electronic control unit) to maintain the system.
The dampers are filled with magnetorheological fluid, a mixture of easily magnetized iron particles in a synthetic hydrocarbon oil. In each of the monotube dampers is a piston containing two electromagnetic coils and two small fluid passages through the piston. The electromagnets are able to create a variable magnetic field across the fluid passages. When the magnets are off, the fluid travels through the passages freely. However, when the magnets are turned on, the iron particles in the fluid create a fibrous structure through the passages in the same direction of the magnetic field. The strength of the bonds between the magnetized iron particles causes the viscosity of the fluid to increase resulting in a stiffer suspension. Altering the strength of the current results in an instantaneous change in force of the piston.[4] If the sensors sense any body roll, they communicate the information to the ECU. The ECU will compensate for this by changing the strength of the current to the appropriate dampers.
Differentiating features[edit]
- Low-velocity damping control
- Ability to "draw" force-velocity curve
- Fast response
The current application of MagneRide is the third generation. The first generation was created by Delphi Corporation and debuted on the Cadillac Seville STS. Previous generations of MagneRide used more primitive dampers. The piston inside these dampers contained a single, large electromagnetic coil.
The previous generations were used as a basis for BWI's newest version of MagneRide. Changes from the previous generation include uprated seals and bearings to extend its application to heavier cars and SUV's.[5] The most notable improvements in the new system are the ECU and coils.
Improved ECU[edit]
The legislative requirement for lead-free ECU's caused BWI to redesign their control unit for the third generation. Because they could not use lead, BWI designed their new ECU from scratch. The new and improved ECU has three times the computing capacity as the previous edition as well as ten times more memory.[6] It also has greater tuneability.
Dual coils[edit]
As opposed to the previous generation's single coil, the third generation brought two smaller coils in each damper. With the single electromagnetic coil, there was a small delay from when the ECU turned off the current to when the damper lost its magnetic field. This was caused by a temporary electric current, or eddy current, in the electromagnet. This phenomenon resulted in a 20 ms delay in reaction time of the dampers. BWI eliminated this delay with its dual coil system. The two coils are wound in opposite directions to each other, cancelling out the eddy currents.[7] The dual coil system effectively eliminated the delay, causing a quicker responding suspension system.
MagneRide was first used by General Motors in the Cadillac Seville STS (2002) and is now used as a standard suspension or an option in many models for Cadillac, Buick, Chevrolet, and other GM vehicles. It can also be found on some non-US vehicles such as: Holden Special Vehicles, Ferrari, and Audi.
Specific Applications:
- Buick Lucerne: CXS trim; Lucerne Super
- Chevrolet Camaro in ZL1 trim (2012—) and SS trim (2016—) with optional package
- Chevrolet Corvette C5: Standard equipment on 2003 50th anniversary model, optional on 2003-2004 model years[8]
- Chevrolet Corvette C6: optional in coupe trim starting in 2005 model year and in hardtop (Z06) trim starting in 2012 model year; standard equipment in ZR1.
- Chevrolet Corvette C7: Optional with Z51 package, standard on Z06
- Chevrolet SS: standard as of 2015 MY
- Cadillac ATS (2013—): standard with 3.6L or 2.0T option package.
- Cadillac CTS (2009—) (Magnetic Ride Control)[9]
- Cadillac CT6 (2016—)
- Cadillac ELR (2014,2016): standard
- Cadillac SRX (2004–09): standard with Performance or Premium option package.
- Cadillac DTS (2006–11): standard with Performance or Premium option package.
- Cadillac STS (2005–11): standard with Northstar V8 and 1SG option package.
- Cadillac Seville STS (2002–03): Debut application for MagneRide, replacing CVRSS.
- GMC Sierra (Denali Trim)
- GMC Yukon (Denali Trim for all 4 corners) (SLT Trim for just the rear)
- Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 (2015–): Standard Option
- Ford Mustang GT and Ecoboost (2018)
- HSV Senator
- Acura MDX[10]
- Acura ZDX[10]
- Audi TT (magnetic ride)
- Audi S3 (magnetic ride)
- Audi R8 (magnetic ride)[11]
- Land Rover Discovery Sport
- Land Rover Range Rover Evoque[12]
- Ferrari 599
- Ferrari F12berlinetta
- Ferrari California
- Ferrari FF
- Ferrari 458 Italia
- La Ferrari
- Lamborghini Aventador
- ^ http://www.motor-talk.de/forum/aktion/Attachment.html?attachmentId=488981
- ^ http://www.delphi-iss.com/index.asp?pageID=20013
- ^ Economist, Vol. 371 Issue 8379
- ^ http://www.bwigroup.com/en/pshow.php?pid=22
- ^ "Smooth Ride", Professional Engineering
- ^ "Core Technology", Automotive Engineer
- ^ "Third Generation of Bwi Magneride Ride Control Technology Debuts In New Range Rover Evoque", Electronic Specifier – Automotive
- ^ "For Cadillac and Corvette Fans: Exploring the History of GM's Magnetic Ride Control". 2013-01-26. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
- ^ http://www.cadillac.com/2014-cts-sport-sedan.html
- ^ a b "2013 Acura MDX undefined" (video)
- ^ "Audi R8 Magnetic Ride"
- ^ "Range Rover Evoque: driven", review on the website of the BBC's Top Gear
External links[edit]
- BWI Group
- "BWI wraps up Delphi deal", China Daily


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nit pick: nodetool repair is just called repair (or the Anti Entropy Service). Read Repair is something that happens during a read request. Short answer, yes it's safe to kill cassandra during a repair. It's one of the nice things about never mutating data. Longer answer: If nodetool compactionstats says there are no Validation compactions running (and the compaction queue is empty) and netstats says there is nothing streaming there is a a good chance the repair is finished or dead. If a neighbour dies during a repair the node it was started on will wait for 48 hours(?) until it times out. Check the logs on the machines for errors, particularly from the AntiEntropyService. And see what compactionstats is saying on all the nodes involved in the repair. Even Longer: um, 3 TB of data is *way* to much data per node, generally happy people have up to about 200 to 300GB per node. The reason for this recommendation is so that things like repair, compaction, node moves, etc are managable and because the loss of a single node has less of an impact. I would not recommend running a live system with that much data per node. Hope that helps. ----------------- Aaron Morton Freelance Cassandra Developer @aaronmorton http://www.thelastpickle.com On 22 Jul 2011, at 03:51, Adi wrote: > We have a 4 node 0.7.6 cluster. RF=2 , 3 TB data per node. > A read repair was kicked off on node 4 last week and is still in progress. > Later I kicked of read repair on node 2 a few days back. > We were writing(read/write/updates/NO deletes) data while the repair was in progress but no data has been written for the past 3-4 days. > I was hoping the repair should get done in that time-frame before proceeding with further writes/deletes. > > Would it be safe to stop it and kick it off per column family or do a full scan of all keys as suggested in an earlier discussion? Any other suggestion on hastening this repair. > > On both nodes the repair Thread is waiting at this stage for a long time(~60+ hours) > java.lang.Thread.State: WAITING > at java.lang.Object.wait(Native Method) > - waiting on <580857f3> (a org.apache.cassandra.utils.SimpleCondition) > at java.lang.Object.wait(Object.java:485) > at org.apache.cassandra.utils.SimpleCondition.await(SimpleCondition.java:38) > at org.apache.cassandra.service.AntiEntropyService$RepairSession.run(AntiEntropyService.java:791) > Locked ownable synchronizers: > - None > A CPU sampling for few minutes shows these methods as hot spots(mostly the top two) > org.apache.cassandra.db.ColumnFamilyStore.isKeyInRemainingSSTables( ) > org.apache.cassandra.utils.BloomFilter.getHashBuckets( ) > org.apache.cassandra.io.sstable.SSTableIdentityIterator.echoData() > > netstats does not show anything streaming to/from any of the nodes. > > -Adi Pandit >
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It's not Canal+'s most critically acclaimed series, but season 1 made it one of its most-watched original dramas : Maison Close is returning for a second season (8 episodes) in February, 27 months after the end of season 1.
This is a tribute to Eugène Delacroix's 1830 painting, "La Liberté guidant le peuple" (Liberty leading the people) :
Make love AND war, apparently. Here's the original, for you to compare :
There's a great play-on-words with bordel, which is a word with multiple meanings :
1 - it means "brothel" — therefore the tagline would mean "the brothel defies the order".
2 - it also means "mess" — thus the tagline could also mean "the mess defies the order" (works as well).
3 - it doesn't apply here given the sentence, but that word is also a 'light' subtitute for "fuck!" (= "putain !", which btw is a curse word but also a noun that means… "whore" *. We go full circle, it's all connected!).
* Nowadays, when refering to a lady of the night, most people don't say "putain", they would simply say "pute" (or "fille de joie" to keep it classy).
Season 2 premières on Monday, February 4 at 8:55pm on Canal+. It will be released on Blu-ray on March 1.
Remember that season 1 is available on DVD/Blu-ray with English subtitles and HBO is developing a English-speaking remake (also set in 1870 Paris). Here's a trailer for the first season :
Maison Close - Season 2 - Wallpaper
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Basic Instinct (1992)
Basic Instinct (1992) is a suspenseful, cat-and-mouse erotic thriller with psychosexual overtones. Its director-writer team of Paul Verhoeven (known for earlier films Robocop (1987) and Total Recall (1990) and then Showgirls (1995)) and Joe Eszterhas (known for Jagged Edge (1985)) created this exploitative, soft-porn, excessive, controversial film known for its negative portrayal of lesbianism, violence, initial X-rating, and voyeuristic, sensational, gratuitous sex. In 1990, Eszterhas had sold his script for the erotic thriller to Carolco Pictures for a record $3 million.
Womens' groups called the film misogynistic, and gay-rights groups in San Francisco called it stereotypically-homophobic and gay-bashing. They charged that the main murderess suspect in the film was a denegrating portrayal since she was a mentally-unstable, psychotic lesbian and bi-sexual. The film was also criticized for its confrontational scene between the detective and the main suspect's leather-clad lesbian lover.
One of the top-grossing films of its year (at almost $120 million), although originally threatened with an NC-17 rating that would have considerably cut profits, star Sharon Stone's career as a sex goddess was also revived in her copy-cat Hitchcockian murder-mystery role, similar to Vertigo (1958), as an icy, femme fatale blonde - a suspected ice-pick murderess whose novel was titled Love Hurts. In particular, she gained notoriety for the film's interrogation scene in which she uncrossed and re-crossed her legs while wearing a short white mini-dress (without panties). The film's poster declared: "A brutal murder, a brilliant killer, a cop who can't resist the danger." Another of the poster taglines stated: "Flesh seduces. Passion kills."
A critically-lambasted, belated sequel by director Michael Caton-Jones, Basic Instinct 2 (2006) (originally subtitled Risk Addiction) found the now 47 year-old Sharon Stone character (ice-pick suspected murderess and novelist Catherine Tramell) living in London where she was being treated by a psychiatrist (David Morrissey) - who fell for her game of seduction.The Story
The film opens to a man and women making passionate love, reflected in a ceiling mirror. The woman straddles the man and moves her hips atop him - her face is hidden by her long blonde hair. She reaches for a white silk scarf and ties each of her lover's wrists back to the headboard of the bed. As they both move and grind and arch their bodies toward sexual climax, her right hand extends back and she reaches for an ice-pick - she repeatedly stabs him with the sharp, phallic-like device. The orgasmic frenzy of the kinky, erotic scene with sexual thrusting turns brutal, raw, and violent with multiple ice-pick thrusts that cause gushing, spurting blood.
The murder scene in San Francisco is investigated by a tough police detective named Nick Curran (Michael Douglas). The victim is Johnny Boz, a mid-60s "retired" rock star and owner of a nightclub down in the Fillmore. Time of death is estimated as being around 2 am early that morning. The deceased left the club with his girlfriend about midnight - the last time anybody saw him. The bloody, naked corpse is still stretched out and tied up on the bed. Crudely, the detectives use special glasses and a laser light to view several cum stains on the sheets: "He got off before he got off." The case is considered sensitive because "Mr. Boz was a major contributor to the mayor's campaign and Chairman of the Board of the Palace of Fine Arts." Uncharacteristically, the police find several lines of white cocaine powder laid out on a small mirror on the side table.
Boz' girlfriend is named Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone) who lives at 162 Divisadero in the city. [Her home is actually located at 2930 Vallejo Street.] San Francisco detective Nick Curran is ordered by Lieutenant Phillip Walker (Denis Arndt) to "work the case." He and another detective Gus Moran (George Dzundza) ring the bell of Catherine Tramell's lavish mansion-home in San Francisco to question her. While waiting in the beautifully-decorated parlor, they are impressed by a Picasso painting on the wall:
Gus: Ain't that cute? They got his and hers Picassos.
Nick: Gus, I didn't even know you knew who Picasso was.
Gus: (pointing to the signature) Sure I do, says right here.
Nick: (looking at the painting) Hers is bigger.
At that moment, a blonde (Leilani Sarelle) descends a circular staircase from upstairs:
The Woman: Are you vice?
Nick: No, we're homicide.
The Woman: What do you want?
Gus: When is the last time you saw John Boz?
The Woman: Is he dead?
Gus: Why do you think he's dead?
The Woman: Well you wouldn't be here otherwise, would you?
Gus: Were you with him last night?
The Woman: You're looking for Catherine, not me.
Nick: Who are you?
The Woman: I'm Roxy. I'm her friend.
Nick: Well, Roxy, do you know where your friend is?
Roxy: She's out at the beach house at Stinson. Seadrift 1402.
Nick: Thanks.
Roxy: You're wasting your time. Catherine didn't kill him.
Gus and Nick drive along the coastal shoreline on a winding road to Stinson Beach, where they enter the driveway of the multi-million dollar deluxe "beach house" where two ultra-expensive sportscars (one white, one black) are parked in the driveway. The two detectives walk around the side of the house to a wooden, oceanfront terrace perched above the spectacular bluffs and breakers. There, they find Ms. Tramell (Sharon Stone), a gorgeous, classically-blonde beauty, seated in a deck chair facing the water. Before they finish identifying themselves, she interrupts them with an even voice: "I know who you are." She already knows about the murder, but is inquisitive about how Boz died. Nick fills her in: "With an ice pick."
Their questioning reveals her cold, icy, overtly sexual, fast-track life style:
Nick: How long were you dating him?
Catherine: I wasn't dating him. I was f--king him.
Gus: What are you? A pro?
Catherine: No, I'm an amateur.
Nick: How long were you having sex with him?
Catherine: About a year and a half.
Nick: Were you with him last night?
Catherine: Yes.
Gus: Did you leave the club with him?
Catherine: Yes.
Nick: Did you go home with him?
Catherine: No. We had a drink at the club. We left together. He went home and I came out here.
Nick: Was there anyone with you last night?
Catherine: No, I wasn't in the mood last night.
Nick: Let me ask you something, Ms. Tramell? Are you sorry he's dead?
Catherine: Yeah. I liked f--king him. Look, I don't really feel like talking anymore.
Gus: Listen lady, we can do this downtown if you want.
Catherine: So read me my rights and arrest me and then I'll go downtown. Otherwise, get the f--k out of here. (A long pause) Please.
From a busy corridor at Police Headquarters back in San Francisco, Nick walks into an open office door with a nameplate: "Dr. Elisabeth Garner - Counseling." The dark-haired police psychologist Beth (Jeanne Tripplehorn) is assigned to counsel Nick in the department as a recovering alcoholic and cocaine abuser. They are ex-lovers and his personal life has been affected by their separation: "My sex life is actually pretty s--tty after I stopped seeing you. (He shows her his palm) I started developing callouses," Nick admits. He also hasn't "had a drink in three months" and he doesn't use coke: "I'm working my ass off. I'm off the sauce. I even stopped smoking." In his treatment consultation, the troubled detective wants to be cleared: "Now you tell I.A. [Internal Affairs] I'm just your average, healthy, totally-f--ked up cop and let me outta here. Please." As he walks to the door to head out, she tells him: "I still miss you Nick," but he doesn't turn back to acknowledge her.
The report on the brutal ice-pick murder includes gruesome details, no clues, and no solid leads in the case: thirty-one stab wounds to the neck and chest, no usable fingerprints, no forcible entry, nothing missing. No prints on the K-Mart brand ice-pick either. The scarf is an expensive Hermes, and sells about 20,000 a year worldwide. Boz inhaled the high-quality, high-content cocaine - evidence was found on his lips and penis. And Mr. Boz left five million dollars, no direct survivors, no criminal record. "He liked his drugs, he liked his girls, he liked his rock-and-roll."
Catherine Tramell is the prime suspect: age 30, no priors, no convictions. Magna cum laude Berkeley, 1983. Double major: Literature and Psychology. She is the daughter and sole survivor of Marvin and Elaine Tramell who were killed in a boating accident in 1979. She was the sole heir. Estimated assets: $110 million. And formerly engaged to Manuel Vasquez, deceased, a former middleweight contender who was killed in the ring in Atlantic City in 1984.
Coincidentally, she writes thriller novels whose plots seem very close to real events. Her latest book describes a murder committed in a very similar way:
Nick: I love it. She's got a hundred million bucks. She f--ks fighters and rock and roll stars. And she's got a degree in screwing with people's heads.
Lt. Walker: You forgot about her degree in literature. She's a writer. She published a novel last year under a pen name. Do you want to know what it's about? It's about a retired rock and roll star who gets murdered by his girlfriend.
Back in his apartment that night, Nick reads Catherine's latest pulp paperback, Love Hurts (penned by Catherine Woolf). He notes a section of the novel that parallels the crime being investigated, and calls his partner:
Page 67, cowboy. Do you know how she does the boyfriend? With an icepick. In bed. His hands tied with a white silk scarf.
In a conference room in police headquarters the next day, Dr. Beth Garner introduces Dr. Lamott (Stephen Tobolowsky), a teacher of the pathology of psychopathic behavior at Stanford and a member of the Justice Department's Psychological Profile Team, to explain the deviant behavior. Either the writer is guilty of pre-meditated murder, or there is an obsessed, copy-cat killer wishing to frame the writer:
Dr. Lamott: I see two possibilities. One: The person who wrote this book is your murderer and acted out the killing described in ritualistic, literal detail. Two: Someone who wants to harm the writer read the book and enacted the killing described to incriminate her.
Nick: What if the writer did it? What are we dealing with?
Dr. Lamott: You're dealing with a devious, diabolical mind. You see, this book had to have been written at least six months, maybe even years before it was published, which means that the writer had to have at least planned the crime in the subconscious, back then. Now the fact that she carried it out indicates psychopathic obsessive behavior in terms not only of the killing itself but also in terms of applied advance defense mechanism.
Gus: You know, sometimes I can't tell s--t from shinola, Doc. What was all that you just said?
Beth: She intended the book to be her alibi.
Dr. Lamott: Correct.
Beth: She's going to say: Do you think I'd be dumb enough to kill anyone in the exact way I described in my book? I wouldn't do that because then I'd know I'd be the suspect.
Nick: So what if it's not the writer? What if it's, uh, someone who read the book? (Beth gives Nick a long, enigmatic stare)
Dr. Lamott: You're dealing, then, with someone so obsessed that he or she is willing to kill an irrelevant and innocent victim in order to place the blame on the person who wrote that book. I'm talking about a deep-seated, obsessional hatred and an utter lack of respect for human life.
Gus: So we've got a once-in-a-lifetime, top-of-the-line, looney-tooney the way you cut it -- that's what you're saying, right, Doc?
Dr. Lamott: You're dealing with someone very dangerous and very ill.
The case's assistant district attorney, John Correli (Wayne Knight) believes the prime suspect, Catherine Tramell "hasn't got an alibi" but "she hasn't got a motive either." He doesn't believe questioning her would do any good: "She'll just waltz in with some superstar lawyer who'll get us all canned for wasting the taxpayers' money." But Nick believes that she will not be a conventional suspect: "I don't think she'll hide behind anybody. I don't think she's gonna hide at all."
A bird's eye view of the beach house shows the detectives' unmarked car pull into the driveway, where only the black sportscar is parked. Nick politely asks Catherine to "come downtown and answer some questions." She accepts and asks to "change into something more appropriate" in her bedroom. While the two detectives wait for her, Nick picks up an old newspaper on the coffee table which she has conspicuously laid out - with headlines and a photograph of himself:
COP CLEARED IN TOURIST SHOOTING - Grand Jury Says Shooting Accidental.
Nick once killed some tourists under questionable circumstances and is considered prone to violence for killing innocent bystanders in the line of duty. Nick notices that the mirror of Catherine's half-open bedroom door reflects her stripping naked as she changes her clothes. He slowly walks closer for a better view as she puts her white dress on - without underwear.
On the oceanfront drive to the police station as she sits behind the two detectives in the back seat, Catherine lies about being out of cigarettes, predicts that Nick's abstention from cigarettes "won't last," and admits to "workin' on another book."
Gus: It must really be somethin' -- makin' stuff up all the time.
Catherine: Yeah. It teaches you to lie. (The two detectives look at each other, not believing what they are hearing)
Gus: How's that?
Catherine: You make stuff up, it has to be believable. It's called suspension of disbelief.
Gus: I like that. "Suspension of Disbelief."
Nick: What's your new book about?
Catherine: A detective. He falls for the wrong woman. (Nick turns around)
Nick: What happens?
Catherine: She kills him.
The film is most famous for the following scene, one of the best in the film: the police interrogation scene. A video camera on a tripod is set up to record the proceedings. Tramell has waived her right to an attorney (boldly she says, "I have nothing to hide," confirming what Nick has already suspected) and is seated in a chair in front of a room full of male police detectives. She is poised, cool, and sits there in command of the situation, refusing to stop smoking even though there's no smoking permitted in the building: "What are you going to do? Charge me with smoking?" She matter-of-factly flirts and manipulatively toys with the libidos and sexual appetites of the men as she tersely reveals her past sexual activities with the victim and plays sex games with their minds:
Corelli: Would you tell us the nature of your relationship with Mr. Boz?
Catherine: I had sex with him for about a year and a half. I liked having sex with him. He wasn't afraid of experimenting. I like men like that. Men who give me pleasure. He gave me a lot of pleasure.
Corelli: Did you ever, uh, engage in sado-masochistic activity?
Catherine: (She smiles and leans forward) Exactly what did you have in mind, Mr. Corelli?
Corelli: Did you ever tie him up?
Catherine: No.
Nick: You never tied him up?
Catherine: No! Johnny liked to use his hands too much. I like hands -- and fingers.
Lt. Walker: You describe a, uh, white silk scarf in your book.
Catherine: (She removes her white outercoat) I've always had a fondness for white silk scarves. They're good for all occasions.
Nick: But you said you liked men to use their hands, didn't you?
Catherine: No, I said I liked Johnny to use his hands. I don't make any rules, Nick. I go with the flow.
As predicted by Dr. Lamott, she admits that she would have to be stupid to write about killings that later materialize (the camera zooms in on her face as she answers):
I'd have to be pretty stupid to write a book about killing and then kill somebody the way I described it in my book. I'd be announcing myself as the killer - - I'm not stupid.
She confuses the police by associating representative fiction and actual truth. After admitting to cocaine use with Mr. Boz, she surprises the audience by directing a follow-up question toward Nick:
Have you ever f--ked on cocaine, Nick?
She smiles and revealingly uncrosses her legs, flashing her panty-less private parts at him. And then she re-crosses her legs in the opposite direction. The rest of the questioning is completed by Nick - they toy with each other and dig their eyes into each other:
Catherine: (finishing her answer about 'f--king' on cocaine)...It's nice.
Nick: You like playing games, don't you?
Catherine: (She lights a cigarette lighter in front of her, producing a small flame) I have a degree in psychology. It goes with the turf. Games are fun.
Nick: What about boxing? That's a game. Was that fun too?...
Catherine: Boxing was fun, 'til Manny died.
Nick: How did you feel when he died?
Catherine: I loved him. It hurt.
Nick: How did you feel when I told you Johnny Boz had died?
Catherine: I felt like someone had read my book and was playing a game.
Nick: But it didn't hurt -
Catherine: No.
Nick: Because you didn't love him --
Catherine: That's right.
Nick: Even though you were f--king him.
Catherine: You still get the pleasure. Didn't you ever f--k anybody else when you were married, Nick?
Lt. Walker: How did you know he was married?
Catherine: Maybe I was just guessing. What difference does it make? (She mocks and taunts him) Would you like a cigarette, Nick? (She lights a cigarette for herself)
Corelli: Do you two know each other?
Nick: No.
Catherine: No.
Lt. Walker: How did you meet Mr. Boz?
Catherine: I wanted to write a book about the murder of a retired rock and roll star. I went down to his club. I picked him up. Then I had sex with him.
Lt. Walker: You didn't feel anything for him. You just had sex with him for your book.
Catherine: In the beginning. (She glances at Nick) Then I got to like what he did for me.
Gus: That's pretty cold, ain't it, lady?
Catherine: I'm a writer. I use people for what I write. Let the world beware. Do you want me to take a lie detector test?
Refusing to be bullied by any of the males, she voluntarily volunteers for a lie detector test - the polygraph examination is performed in a bare, windowless cubicle with an examiner. She has sensors placed on her fingertips and arms, and belts strapped above and below her breasts. The polygraph operator bends over the machine and studies strips of graph paper from the machine. He rips the paper out and asks her to wait while he takes it to a video monitoring room where she is watched by Nick, Gus, and other police. As she looks straight into the lens of the TV camera - and then lights a cigarette, the examiner reports to them: "No blips, no blood pressure variations, no pulse variance. Either she's telling the truth or I've never seen anyone like her." Nick is convinced she is lying and is fooling the machine although the evidence seems to contradict him: "Because I know people who've done it."
Nick offers to drive Catherine home in his car - it is pouring rain that evening. He compliments her on her ability to fool the polygraph:
Nick: Beating that machine can't be easy.
Catherine: If I was guilty and I wanted to beat that machine, it wouldn't be hard. It wouldn't be hard at all. You took a lie detector test after you shot those two people, didn't you?
Nick: I passed.
Catherine: You see, we're both innocent, Nick. (He gives her a long, hard stare)
When he stops the car in the front of her house, he seems perturbed by her omniscient interest in him:
Nick: You seem to know an awful lot about me.
Catherine: You know an awful lot about me.
Nick: I don't know anything that's not police business.
Catherine: You know I don't wear any underwear, don't you, Nick? (She slips off her shoes and runs barefoot through the rainy puddles into her home)
Nick joins his police pals at a San Francisco bar, where he orders his first drink "in three months," obviously frazzled by the interrogation and insisting: "She doesn't know me, OK?" after Lt. Walker suspects that Nick is taking an inordinantly personal interest in the suspect: "What is all this 'Nick' stuff?"
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Nick: She knew how to beat it. That's why she asked to take it.
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This is a discussion on Check out this JPFO poster within the The Second Amendment & Gun Legislation Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; Do you read? What just happened in NY State? What is happening in MA? Have you read anything about Dianne Feinstein? Do you know anything ...
His previous posts are just as entertaining.Do you read? What just happened in NY State? What is happening in MA? Have you read anything about Dianne Feinstein? Do you know anything about MAIG? Bloomberg?
Regardless of the above, do you really think gun control is about guns?
"Americans have the will to resist because you have weapons. If you don't have a gun, freedom of speech has no power." - Yoshimi Ishikawa
"Never mind the fact the nazi Germany had been devastated by the loss of WWI. Never mind the fact that inflation in nazi Germany was so out of control it was hard to buy a loaf of bread with a barrel full of money. Never mind the fact that the brown shirted nazis were thugs that roamed the streets harrassing those who would oppose the nazi party. So someone finds a photograph of hitler with children and Obama with children and the geniuses determine that the two must be the same. There is nothing new about gun control conversations in this country. Because Obama brings up gun control, he's another hitler. I don't remember the last time I had to wear a yellow arm band telling the world what religion I am. No one wants to take our guns away."
Here, fixed it for you.
Charter Member of the DC .41 LC Society "Get heeled! No really"
No possible rapidity of fire can atone for habitual carelessness of aim with the first shot.
Theodore Roosevelt, The Wilderness Hunter, 1893
The comparison is valid even if in only one point: that those who cannot win an argument based on sound logic and reason alone must appeal to emotion.
No longer does a politician need to "win the hearts and minds" of the people. He must only win the hearts. The brains are nowhere to be found, which is a proof that any zombie apocalypse that may come about will be short lived, since the zombies will starve to death.
"For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast." - Ephesians 2:8-9
The purpose of the law is not to prevent a future offense, but to punish the one actually committed - Ayn Rand
I do support gun owner and I have own many guns. What I don't support are the scare tactics used to make a point. No one is going to take our guns. But it makes people feel better when everyone agrees that "yes" there is the big conspriracy that all the guns are going to be taken away. How utterly foolish can that be? I'll say this slow.....NO ONE IS GOING TO TAKE OUR GUNS AWAY.
I didn't realize gun ownerships meant that I had to be scared and paranoid. I apologize for my lack of concern about the fact that NO ONE IS GOING TO TAKE OUR GUNS AWAY.
However, it will not be for the lack of intent or for the lack of trying on the gun-banners part. And denial of their intent would be a big mistake, IMHO.
For the truth from the mouth of one of the most public leaders of the take-them-away-movement:
"If I could've gotten 51 votes in the Senate of the United States for an outright ban, picking up every one of them — Mr. and Mrs. America turn 'em all in — I would have done it. I could not do that. The votes weren't here." -- Senator Dianne Feinstein see: » Video: Dianne Feinstein Says Her Goal is to Disarm All Americans Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!
IMHO, only constant vigilance on our part will stop the likes of the Feinsteins, the Bradies, Handgun Control, Inc, the David Bohnett Foundation, the
Committee for Handgun Control, the Violence Policy Center, the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, the Educational Fund to End Handgun Violence, the Center to Prevent Handgun Violence, etc, etc, etc.
If you don't think they are trying to take them away....
OTHO, "One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!" -- Winston Churchill
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I'm just one root in a grassroots organization. No one should assume that I speak for the VCDL.
I am neither an attorney-at-law nor I do play one on television or on the internet. No one should assumes my opinion is legal advice.
Veni, Vidi, Velcro
hartlathers; your mocking contempt for us is duly noted.
You might substantiate your claim that no one is going to take our guns away. Do it in a way that takes into account the events of the past month.
While you are at it, substantiate your claim that you support the gun owner for it isn't seen here.
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No possible rapidity of fire can atone for habitual carelessness of aim with the first shot.
Theodore Roosevelt, The Wilderness Hunter, 1893
You're not paranoid if they are really out to get you...
I'd rather be lucky than good any day
There's nothing that will change someone's moral outlook quicker than cash in large sums.
Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper.
But seeing documented statements and actions for what they are instead of what we'd wish them to be would be a good start. This is about exactly that, nothing more. And it has nothing to do with firearms per se, this seeing the truth of words and actions.
Still doubt it? See post #43 below, regarding Feinstein's push this week for a new-and-improved (and stricter, tougher) AWB.
Your best weapon is your brain. Don't leave home without it.
Thoughts: Justifiable self defense (A.O.J.).
Explain: How does disarming victims reduce the number of victims?
Reason over Force: Why the Gun is Civilization (Marko Kloos).
Now, tell me what exactly, they are going to do... No, really...
As a result of the push by the POTUS and certain Senators and Representatives, some firearm legislation will be introduced. All of the particulars of that legislation may not make it to the floor for a vote... But some will.... based on your statement that "NO ONE IS GOING TO TAKE OUR GUNS AWAY" These are some of the options.
Will they pass universal background checks? Yes or no?
Will they pass national registration? Yes or no?
Will they limit magazine size (new manufacture or importation)? Yes or no?
Will they limit the importation or manufacture of any weapon currently available to the general public. Yes or no?
Will they require registration/licensing/taxation on existing firearms? Yes or no?
Will they require registration/licensing/taxation on existing magazines? Yes or no?
And finally, for
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Tell us in your own words, exactly what will transpire in the Congress of the United States, that will affect every citizen in this country, as regards firearms, munitions, and accessories.
The floor is yours, if you have the courage of your convictions, answer the questions at hand.
It could be worse!
I suppose
Proof to the contrary: Sen. Feinstein introducing new "assault weapons ban" bill in the U.S. Senate this week (1/24/13). It does indeed, per Feinstein's own claims, include outright bans that disallow possession/ownership of certain weapons, and it forced NFA registration on a host of others, beyond the basic expansion of the so-called definition of "assault" weapons. A rose by any other name ...
Your best weapon is your brain. Don't leave home without it.
Thoughts: Justifiable self defense (A.O.J.).
Explain: How does disarming victims reduce the number of victims?
Reason over Force: Why the Gun is Civilization (Marko Kloos).
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"Although 20 percent of Americans live in rural areas only 9 percent of the nation's physicians practice there." That's according to a 2004 study by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In short, the study reads, "despite greater need for health care, rural residents have fewer visits to health care providers and are less likely to receive recommended preventive services."
Of course, that's just one study. Although, personally, I know I'd be a lot less inclined to see the doctor if walk-ins weren't available a few blocks away.
It makes sense that health care would be difficult to access in remote locations. You either have to move to the medicine, or it has to come to you. What kind of person does it take to be a country doctor? Here's one example, now almost 65 years old.
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Photographer W. Eugene Smith became a war photographer for Life magazine in 1942. Though seriously wounded while photographing World War II, he returned to photojournalism and made a big splash with this 1948 photo essay about the life of Dr. Ernest Ceriani, a practitioner in the small town of Kremmling, Colo.
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As it is today and likely always will be, health care was an important issue in 1948, and Life wanted to explore that issue by focusing on, as it were, a life. I'd be interested in seeing the life of a contemporary country doctor. Do you know any?


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A video package airs highlighting the results of Sunday's Sacrifice pay-per-view.
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* Raven, Dr. Stevie, and Daffney hold their hands high over Abyss after the returning Raven DDT-ed Abyss into a pile of thumbtacks.
* Doug Williams is shown hitting both members of Beer Money, Inc. with the stolen Feast or Fired briefcase. Afterward, the British Invasion is then shown denying Team 3D's congratulations and hitting them with the briefcases.
* A fatigued Angelina Love has her hand held high after retaining her TNA Women's Knockout Championship, but Kong's revenge after the match was the highlight of this match.
* Samoa Joe is shown choking the life out of Kevin Nash in the middle of the ring, even after 'Big Sexy' had already tapped out.
* Highlights from the TNA Legends Championship Match are shown, concluded by Booker T surrendering due to an armbar by AJ Styles. Booker T is then pictured with the medical staff examining his arm.
* Jeff Jarrett is then shown hitting The Stroke on Kurt Angle from the top rope, but Sting sneaking in and pinning Angle to become the new godfather of the Main Event Mafia. While Sting's hand is being raised, Angle and Jarrett's faces are filled with shock while Mick Foley claims tight to his title belt.
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Last Sunday at Sacrifice, we saw match results that will change TNA forever. But the most shocking of all came in the Main Event, when Sting pinned Kurt Angle to become the new godfather of the Main Event Mafia. With Sting in control, what changes will be made to the Main Event Mafia? I'm sure---
Almost right on cue, the Main Event Mafia music hits, and the group of champions make their way to the ring. The new godfather, Sting, leads the group down to the ring as a saddened Kurt Angle brings up the rear, obviously not used to his new position. After the music dies down, Sting grabs a microphone from David Penzer and begins to address the rest of the Mafia.
After I won the Ultimate Sacrifice Match last Sunday at Sacrifice, I went back to the locker room and thought. I thought about what changes needed to be made to our group now that I am in charge. And then I remembered back to that October night in Las Vegas when the Main Event Mafia was formed, and I remembered why we formed this group in the first place. We formed this group in order to bring respect back to the wrestling business, but somewhere along the line, are goals changed. And then it hit me. Now I know that each and every one of us has held a World Championship in our wrestling careers; we're some of the best to ever come into this business.
The rest of the Main Event Mafia members nod their head in agreement.
But when it comes to being a successful group, it comes down to whether or not we want to get the job done. Now I've seen you guys beat down some of the baddest guys in this business, so I know that as a group if we want something, we can get it. But there lies the question. Do you want to bring respect back into this business, or are you just in this for yourself?
Throughout the ring, all the members of the Mafia look surprised that they've been called out by their new godfather, Sting.
It's up to you. Next week, at the start of Impact, we're going to come back out and you all are going to give me your answers. Think long and hard, gentlemen.
Sting exits the ring as the other members of the Main Event Mafia stay in the ring shocked. The camera then cuts to the announce table as the rest of the Mafia heads back up the entrance ramp.
Mike Tenay:
Wow, what a bombshell Sting just dropped on the Main Event Mafia! He's made his message simple: if you don't want to help bring respect back to this business, you have no right being in this group.
Don West:
Well it's quite a shocker indeed, Mike, and I for one can't wait until next Thursday to see whether the Main Event Mafia will remain intact.
Mike Tenay:
And that's just the start of a great show we have planned for tonight. Also on tap, we are expected to hear from TNA Executive Shareholder and World Heavyweight Champion Mick Foley about the King of the Mountain qualifying matches, which are scheduled to start tonight.
Don West:
Also on tap for tonight, after her convincing win at Sacrifice, Angelina Love will address the Impact Zone with her partner Velvet Sky back for the first time since being unfairly beaten down by Awesome Kong.
Mike Tenay:
Wait a minute. Convincing win? Unfairly beaten down? Anyways, we're also going to see Team 3D present their Tag Team Invitation Tournament trophies to the British Invasion, and also a check for $100,000. All this and much more coming up tonight on Impact. But right now, we head backstage to Lauren, who is standing by with Christopher Daniels.
The camera cuts to backstage where Lauren is standing with a serious-looking Christopher Daniels.
Christopher Daniels, last Sunday at Sacrifice, you pinned Suicide for a three count and won the X-Division Championship! But, you later found out that you won the match thanks to interference from the Motor City Machine Guns, and requested five more minutes where you failed to get a second pinfall, meaning Suicide is still the X-Division Champion. Now my question is, why did you not just take the win?
Christopher Daniels:
Lauren, you must not know me, but that's just not what I'm about. Every time I enter that ring and the bell sounds, I try to wrestle with the utmost amount of honor and dignity. Accepting a win that I didn't earn in the first place isn't something that I could look at myself in the mirror and be happy about. But still, that doesn't change the fact that the X-Division Championship isn't around my waist. When I came back to TNA, my goal was to bring honor back to the name Christopher Daniels. And I'm going to do whatever it takes, because until I do that, I'm not going to be remembered as 4-time X-Division Champion or a 6-time Tag Team Champion. I'm just going to be remembered as that guy who got fired.
Daniels storms off as Impact heads to commercial.
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David Penzer:
Ladies and gentlemen, the following contest is an X-Division King of the Mountain qualifying match and is scheduled for one-fall. Introducing first, from Detroit Michigan. Accompanied to the ring by Alex Shelley, he is one-half of the Motor City Machine Guns... Chris Sabin!
The crowd throughout the Impact Zone gives a mixed reaction as Sabin and Shelley make their way down the entrance ramp, holding up their hands and pointing to their right palms, symbolizing they are "Made in Detroit".
Mike Tenay:
An interesting new tradition to be started this year at Slammiversary, with an X-Division King of the Mountain Match to go along with the Heavyweight King of the Mountain Match.
Don West:
I can't wait for the X-Division King of the Mountain Match, Mike. We know what these X-Division wrestlers are capable of, and the risks they're willing to take. The X-Division King of the Mountain Match has the ability to steal the show, no doubt in my mind.
David Penzer:
And his opponent, from the City of Angels. He is the Fallen Angel... Christopher Daniels!
Daniels receives a big pop from the crowd as he makes his way to the ring with a serious look on his face, knowing that winning this match could be the first step on his road to redemption.
Mike Tenay:
We heard from Christopher Daniels before the break, and I gotta tell you, I've never seen him as determined to succeed as I did when I watched him in that interview. Think of the embarrassment of getting fired from TNA after being as successful as Daniels was. He's on a mission to prove just how good he really is.
Don West:
Well Mike, we already know how good Daniels is. We saw him back in the early days of TNA Wrestling as a multiple time X-Division and World Tag Team Champion. Then we saw him get fired and come back under the Suicide mask and win the X-Division Championship again. And if it wasn't for a lack of communication between Suicide and Daniels, Suicide would've remembered that he was supposed to lose to Daniels at Sacrifice, and Daniels would be the champion again!
Mike Tenay:
Wait a minute. You still believe that Daniels was the one under that Suicide mask?
Don West:
Come on, Michael, it's fairly obvious to anyone with a brain inside their head that Daniels was Suicide.
Daniels stares down Chris Sabin as he gets a few last minute pointers from his partner, Alex Shelley. Referee Slick Johnson signals for the bell to ring.
Match 1 - X-Division King of the Mountain Qualifying Match
Chris Sabin w/ Alex Shelley vs. Christopher Daniels
Daniels has just begun to seize the momentum of this match. Sabin, realizing this, decides to exit the ring and take a "time out". He goes over to his partner, Alex Shelley and they begin to talk but Daniels comes out of nowhere and hits a suicide dive through the ropes! Both members of the Machine Guns go down as the crowd goes crazy for Christopher Daniels. Daniels rolls Sabin back into the ring and goes for a pin but Sabin gets his shoulder up before the count of three. Both men are now on their feet, trading shot for shot. Daniels begins to get the better of it, but Alex Shelley distracts referee Slick Johnson, and Sabin hits Daniels with a low blow! Daniels falls to his knees in pain while the crowd boos the actions of Chris Sabin. Sabin then picks up Daniels and goes for the Cradle Shock, but Daniels is able to free himself from the hold. Sabin immediately runs up to referee Slick Johnson, disrupting his view as Alex Shelley, who was standing on the ring apron, kicks Daniels in the back of the head. Daniels falls straight to the ground and Sabin goes for a pinfall... and gets the win.
Chris Sabin via pinfall (8:30)
Sabin and Shelley celebrate their win as they head to the back while Daniels sits disappointed in the ring. The camera then cuts backstage when Jeremy Borash is in the office of TNA Executive Shareholder Mick Foley.
Jeremy Borash:
Ladies and gentlemen, I'm here with TNA Executive Shareholder and World Heavyweight Champion Mick Foley. Now Mick, a lot of people want to know, as do I, who you're going to be giving the chance to go against you and three other competitors against at Slammiversary in King of the Mountain Match.
Mick Foley:
J.B., you and everyone else will find out very soon just who I'll be defending my title against at Slammiversary. I've got four qualifying matches planned for the next few weeks that are going to knock every one's socks off.
Mick gets up from his chair and begins to exit the room until he's stopped by Borash.
Jeremy Borash:
Wait, Mick, just when are we going to find out?
Mick Foley:
Very soon, J.B. But first, I think I'm going to get some Chinese food. Have a nice day.
Foley exits his office as J.B. has a confused look on his face.
Brother Ray and Brother Devon come out of the tunnel to a huge cheer from the Impact Zone crowd. Both members of Team 3D have their TNA World Tag Team Championship slung over their shoulder as they make their way to the ring. In the ring, are the trophies and check that they will be presenting to the winners of their Tag Team Invitational Tournament, the British Invasion.
Brother Ray:
After we won these TNA World Tag Team Titles at Lockdown, me and my Brother Devon here decided we wanted to give back to tag team wrestling. So we made our Invitational Tournament, and we saw some of the greatest tag teams from around the world compete for trophies, $100,000, and a shot at our TNA World Tag Team Titles.
The crowd begins to chant "TNA! TNA!"
Brother Ray:
And although they may not be anyone's personal favorite, I don't think there's any denying that The British Invasion are indeed worthy of winning the Tournament.
The crowd begins to boo at the reference to The British Invasion
Brother Ray:
But afterward, we extended our hands in order to congratulate them, and what did they do? They hit me and my Brother Devon in the head with their stolen briefcases!
More boos come from the crowd.
Brother Ray:
With that said, we have some business to take care of. Ladies and gentlemen, without further ado, the winners of the Team 3D Invitation Tag Team Tournament... The British Invasion.
Brutus Magnus, Doug Williams, and Rob Terry make their way down the entrance ramp with their briefcases in hand and smirks on their faces. The Impact Zone crowd continues to boo the winners of the Team 3D Tag Team Invitation Tournament. Once they get in the ring, a stare-down begins between them and Team 3D.
Brother Ray:
Now we're going to be honest here. Me and my Brother Devon here, we don't like you guys. But we respect you as one of the best tag teams in TNA, so we're going to let bygones be bygones for the time being. On to the---
Before Brother Ray even gets the chance to present the trophies, The British Invasion take matters into their own hands and attack Team 3D with their briefcases. The 3-on-2 numbers advantage proves to be just too much for the 22-time World Tag Team Champions to overcome, and The British Invasion have their way with them. As they try to set up a table to put one of the members of Team 3D through, both Brother Ray and Brother Devon escape the ring. Team 3D heads to the back as the British Invasion hold up their trophies and a check for $100,000.
Mike Tenay:
The British Invasion make another statement to Team 3D. With the recent confrontations between these two gone sour, you can bet their contest at Slammiversary is going to be very heated and very physical. Now to the back, where Jeremy Borash is with Eric Young.
The camera cuts to the back where Jeremy Borash is standing with a disgruntled Eric Young.
Jeremy Borash:
I'm here with Eric Young, and Eric, it seems as of late you've been kind of unhappy with where you stand on the TNA roster. It almost seems as though TNA Management has forgotten you existed, and you need to insist just to wrestle. But your recent pleas have paid off, because later tonight, you'll be in an X-Division King of the Mountain qualifying match against Kiyoshi.
Eric Young:
J.B., ever since I came to TNA, I've been a laughing stock, an afterthought. But that ends tonight. Eric Young's time is now, and when I beat Kiyoshi and move on to Slammiversary, I'm not going to hold back. I'm going to show everyone what I'm about, and just how good I really am. That X-Division title is going to be around my waist where it should be. Losing is not an option.
Impact cuts to commercial as Eric Young storms off.
David Penzer:
Ladies and gentlemen, the following contest is an X-Division King of the Mountain qualifying match and is scheduled for one-fall. Introducing first, from Nashville, Tennessee... 'Showtime' Eric Young!
Eric Young comes out to a modest cheer from the crowd. Young looks very focused to become the second qualifier for the X-Division King of the Mountain Match.
Mike Tenay:
Earlier on Impact, we saw Chris Sabin defeat Christopher Daniels to become the first qualifier for the X-Division King of the Mountain Match at Slammiversary. Now we have the second qualifying match, as it will be Eric Young taking on Kiyoshi.
Don West:
And Eric Young needs badly here, Mike. It's like he said, he's been a laughing stock in this business for years and he wants to turn his career around. No better way to do it than winning the X-Division Championship, and with a win tonight he gets one step closer.
David Penzer:
And his opponent, from Osaka Japan. Accompanied to the ring by Sheik Abdul Bashir... Kiyoshi!
The Impact Zone crowd boos the pairing of Kiyoshi and Sheik Abdul Bashir as they make their way to the ring.
Mike Tenay:
Lately, we've seen Sheik Abdul Bashir and Kiyoshi combine together their anti-American attitudes. And I gotta tell you Don, it just makes me sick the way they're against this land of opportunity.
Don West:
There you go again, Mike. Why do you always have to judge these two? They're very misunderstood and I know that if you just sat down and talked with them, you'd know just what they're about.
Eric Young stands outside the ring with the same focused look in his eyes as Kiyoshi and Bashir continue to receive heat from the crowd. Young climbs back into the ring, and this match is underway.
Match 2 - X-Division King of the Mountain Qualifying Match
Eric Young vs. Kiyoshi w/ Sheik Abdul Bashir
With Eric Young recovering on the ground, Kiyoshi goes to the top rope. Kiyoshi's attempt at a moonsault fails as Eric Young rolls out of the way. The crowd seems to will Eric Young to his feet. Both competitors get to their feet. Eric Young nails Kiyoshi with a punch, then another. Eric Young then whips Kiyoshi to the ropes and lifts him up for the Death Valley Driver. Young connects and goes for a pin, but with opportune ring positioning, Bashir from the outside was able to place Kiyoshi's foot on the ropes to break up the referee's count. Referee Andrew Thomas notices this and tells Bashir to leave ringside. Kiyoshi then begins to argue on behalf of his partner, but Young rolls him up from behind and gets the pinfall!
Eric Young via pinfall (6:53)
Eric Young rolls out of the ring while celebrating his victory. Referee Andrew Thomas also exits the ring to raise Young's hand while Kiyoshi is on his knees, shocked at his loss.
Mike Tenay:
We now know that Eric Young will be a part of the X-Division King of the Mountain Match at Slammiversary along with Chris Sabin and the Champion, Suicide. We're going to take a commercial break, but when we get back, I hear Mick Foley's going to announce the King of the Mountain qualifying matches for his TNA World Heavyweight Championship.
Impact resumes in Mick Foley's office, where TNA Founder Jeff Jarrett comes storming in while Mick is eating his Chinese food.
Jeff Jarrett:
Mick, I just wanted to let you know that if you had any plans of "tweaking" the King of the Mountain Match at Slammiversary, you'd better think again. That King of the Mountain Match is one of TNA's greatest traditions, and I don't want to see a lunatic like you mess that up.
Mick Foley:
Simmer down there, Jeffrey. With us being business partners and all, I think you have to have a little more confidence in me. I did, after all win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship at Lockdown despite needing 25 stitch-aroonies in my eye. And I also defending this championship last Sunday at Sacrifice against three of the greatest wrestlers to ever step foot in a ring. But since you reminded me, I need to go announce the King of the Mountain qualifying matches, you might want to keep an ear on it. Now if you'll excuse me, Jeffrey...
Mick Foley gets out of his chair with his title belt over his shoulder, and heads out the door. Meanwhile, Jeff Jarrett has a confused look on his face.
Mick Foley comes out to a mixed reaction from the Impact Zone crowd. Multiple times on his trip down to the ring, Foley puts his hands in a gun position and yells "Bang Bang!".
Mick Foley:
Now I'm sure you're all anxious to hear who's going to be in the qualifying matches for the King of the Mountain Match at Slammiversary.
The crowd gives a modest cheer for Foley as they anticipate the matches.
Mick Foley:
Now despite what Jeff Jarrett might like to think, I picked the best wrestlers TNA has to offer to be in the qualifying matches. There will indeed be one qualifying match taking place tonight. And it will feature 'Big Poppa Pump' Scott Steiner...
Boos come from throughout the Impact Zone.
Mick Foley:
And a man Steiner has been friends with for a very long time, 'The King of the Mountain' Jeff Jarrett. There will be two qualifying matches next week as well, and---
Jeff Jarrett comes out from the back in street clothes, obviously frustrated with Mick Foley's decision to put him in a match against Scott Steiner.
Jeff Jarrett:
Mick, I should've known. You're just trying to stir the pot around TNA, aren't you. Now listen, Scott and I are good friends. Sure we've had our rough patches lately, but we're still---
Mick Foley:
No, you listen to me Jeffrey! I can understand if you're afraid of Scott Steiner, most people in the world are. But that match has already been finalized, and if you don't want to compete, you're going to have to forfeit the match.
Jarrett, obviously offended, begins to make his way down to the ring.
Jeff Jarrett:
Mick, I'm not afraid of anybody.
Jarrett enters the ring and gets face-to-face with Foley. Neither man seems ready to throw the first punch yet.
Mike Tenay: Obvious power struggle going on between Jeff Jarrett and Mick Foley. We now go to the back, where Lauren is standing by with The Beautiful People.
The camera cuts to backstage where Lauren is standing with Angelina Love, the TNA Women's Knockout Champion, and Velvet Sky.
Angelina, congratulations on retaining your Knockout Championship at Slammiversary. But after the match, you got annihilated by Awesome Kong. Now I hear you've issued an open challenge to any TNA Knockout, but given your physical condition, is that really a good idea?
Angelina snatches the microphone from Lauren.
Angelina Love:
Listen, Lauren. I am the TNA Knockout Champion. Sure, Awesome Kong may have beaten me down after the match, but I still won, didn't I? Tonight, if any Knockout wants the honor of getting beaten by me, they can have it.
Angelina hands the mic to Velvet.
Velvet Sky:
You see, it's simple. No Knockout can beat us because we're The Beautiful People... and they're not.
Velvet hands the microphone back to Angelina as she goes and kisses the camera. Angelina shoves the microphone into Lauren's chest as both Angelina and Velvet walk off.
David Penzer:
Ladies and gentlemen, the following is a Knockouts Open Challenge and is schedule for one-fall. Introducing first, from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Accompanied to the ring by Velvet Sky, she is one-half of the Beautiful People... Angelina Love!
Angelina Love and Velvet Sky come out from the back to a negative reaction from the crowd. After performing their normal poses on the entrance ramp, the duo makes their way to the ring. The two enter the ring in their normal fashion, by straddling the ring ropes and shaking their butts.
Mike Tenay:
After watching that interview before the commercial break, it appears that Angelina Love is awful confident in her abilities, even after the beating she took at Sacrifice. Yes, she won the match, but I think it's certain that Awesome Kong got her revenge after the match.
Don West:
Well, Mike, I have to say Kong's actions after the match should get her a fine or suspension. That's no way to treat the Champion, Mike. And if you'll allow a Beautiful People Insider to step in... I talked to Angelina and she said she was issuing this open challenge because she doesn't want people to forget just how good she really is. Even though she beat Kong convincingly at Sacrifice, she doesn't want people to think she's weak just because she got beaten down afterward.
David Penzer:
And her opponent, from Los Angeles, California. She is the newest TNA Knockout... Victoria!
Shock goes into the eyes of both Angelina and Velvet as Victoria comes out from the back. The crowd gives Victoria a great cheer as she makes her way to the ring.
Mike Tenay:
What a minute, what a surprise this is! Angelina Love issues an open challenge, and it's answered by one of the greatest female wrestlers in the business, Victoria!
Don West:
Well, certainly Victoria is one of the best female wrestlers. But the thing is, Mike, Angelina is the best, she's the Champion. As good as Victoria is, I don't think it's anything Angelina can't handle.
Victoria enters the ring and stares down both members of The Beautiful People. Velvet Sky is hesitant to leave the ring, knowing Victoria is ready to attack her partner at any moment. Love tells Sky she's fine and ready, Love rolls out, and Rudy Charles rings the bell for the match to begin.
Match 3 - Non-Title Knockout Open Challenge
Angelina Love w/ Velvet Sky vs. Victoria
Ending: After a back and forth match between two strong competitors, Angelina goes for the Bicycle Kick, but Victoria ducks under and avoids the contact. Victoria then kicks Angelina in the gut, and scoop slams her down to the mat. Before Angelina has a chance to react, Victoria hits a standing moonsault on the champion! She goes for a pin, but Angelina kicks out after a two-count. Victoria then picks up Angelina and kicks her in the gut again. She brings her into a powerbomb position, lifts her up, and hits her with the Widow's Peak! Victoria goes for the pin, but Velvet Sky breaks it up from outside! Instant disqualification for Angelina Love by Rudy Charles.
Victoria via disqualification (6:39)
Both members of The Beautiful People begin to beat down Victoria. They set up for the Makeover (Bicycle Kick/Russian Legsweep Combination), but just like she did during the match, Victoria is able to avoid contact with Love's foot and rolls quickly out of the ring before any damage can be done. Impact heads to commercial as we see Victoria signal that the belt is going to be around her waist very soon.
David Penzer:
Ladies and gentlemen, the following contest is a King of the Mountain qualifying match and is scheduled for one-fall. Introducing first, from Detroit Michigan. Big Poppa Pump... Scott Steiner!
Scott Steiner comes out from the back with his head dress and sunglasses on and his signature lead pipe in his hands. The Impact Zone crowd swarms Steiner with boos, but 'Big Poppa Pump' just shakes them off as he makes his way to the ring.
Mike Tenay:
It's been well documented how close Jeff Jarrett and Scott Steiner have been in their lives outside of wrestling. As Steiner said a few weeks ago, he used to take care of Jarrett's kids for him from time to time. But after the two were forced into a match by Foley a few weeks ago, it seemed as though that relationship was gone. Now they face off again tonight, with a spot in the King of the Mountain Match at Slammiversary on the line.
Don West:
Well, quite frankly Mike, I think Jeff Jarrett needs to suck it up. This is a business, and just because you're the founder of TNA doesn't mean you might not have to face someone who you consider your friend outside the ring. It's a business.
David Penzer:
And his opponent, from Nashville, Tennesee. He is the King of the Mountain... Jeff Jarrett!
Jeff Jarrett comes out to an enormous pop from the crowd. Jarrett holds up his trademark guitar as his pyro goes off. Before Tenay and West can even get in a word, Steiner charges Jarrett on the ramp. The bell is not rung because Jarrett's feet never touched the ring, but the brawl is on.
Match 4 - King of the Mountain Qualifying Match
Scott Steiner vs. Jeff Jarrett
Ending: With referee Earl Hebner knocked out after a collision with Scott Steiner, Steiner exits the ring to go and fetch a steel chair from over by the announce table. Steiner rolls the chair into the ring and looks like he is about to hit Jarrett, but Jarrett dropkicks the chair right into Steiner's face! Steiner goes down immediately, but referee Earl Hebner has awoken. Hebner sees Steiner down with the chair in the ring, thinks he's put two and two together, and disqualifies Jarrett.
Scott Steiner via disqualification (9:39)
Steiner has his hand raised in victory by Earl Hebner while Jarrett pleads his case. Jarrett has the look of a man who was just robbed in the middle of the ring, but he's shocked to hear...
Mick Foley comes out with his TNA World Heavyweight Championship around his shoulder and a microphone in his hand.
Mick Foley:
Hold it right there, Scottie. Now as much as I love a steel chair, I, as well as everybody else watching, saw that it was you who brought that chair into the ring. Being in the position of power that I am, I'm going to do what any great man would do in this situation... and I'm going to restart the match.
Scott Steiner goes ballistic in the ring after having his win taken away.
Mick Foley:
But Scott, since you like to use chairs, I'm going to tweak the match and make it a No-Disqualification Match. Gentlemen, have a nice day.
The bell is rung again as Jarrett and Steiner resume combat.
Match 4 1/2 - No-Disqualification King of the Mountain Qualifying Match
Scott Steiner vs. Jeff Jarrett
Ending: Scott Steiner grabs the steel chair he brought into the ring earlier, as well as the lead pipe he brought to the ring at the beginning of the match. Steiner throws the steel chair at a dazed Jeff Jarrett, who catches the chair out of instinct. Steiner then swings the lead pipe right at the chair, which cracks Jarrett over the head! Steiner goes for a pinfall but Jarrett kicks out just in the nick of time. Steiner then positions Jarrett on the top turnbuckle, and looks to go for a belly-to-belly suplex, but Jarrett is able to fight it off and hit Steiner with The Stroke from the top rope! Jarrett covers and gets the three count!
Jeff Jarrett via pinfall (3:27)
Jeff Jarrett celebrates his victory as Impact fades to black.
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Ferrari-driving killer Donald Graham may spend the rest of his life behind bars after he was convicted of murdering a missing heiress.
Justice has finally caught up with Graham, almost exactly nine years after he killed lover Janet Brown for her money.
After the case police branded Graham a "bully" and a "callous man" and called for him to reveal where Janet's body was.
The Hexham heiress "disappeared from the face of the earth" in June 2005 and no trace of her has ever been found.
That is because Graham had murdered the 45-year-old in order to get his hands on her estate in an "audacious fraud" to fund his love of luxury cars and to buy his new woman a house.
Follow live updates from 10.30am Friday as Graham is sentenced
He had persuaded Janet to transfer £300,000 into his account and the money dropped just a day before she disappeared.
Graham killed her, disposed of her body then set about draining Janet and her elderly parents out of their estate.
Graham, 60, who drove a Ferrari, a Porsche, a Range Rover and a Alfa Romeo Spider, despite allegedly being short of cash, denied murdering Janet between June 14 and 18, 2005 but admitted stealing her money.
But jurors, who had been deliberating over the case for a week, yesterday found him guilty of murder after a trial at Newcastle Crown Court.
Graham, also convicted of perverting the course of justice, will be sentenced today and faces a mandatory life sentence with a possible minimum term of around 30 years due to the murder being motivated by money.
Jurors failed to reach verdicts on co-accused Elizabeth Todd, who was accused of fraud, forgery and perverting the course of justice. She will face a retrial at a later date.
Trial judge Mr Justice Openshaw further remanded Graham, who showed no emotion at the verdicts, in custody and discharged the jury in relation to Todd.
Outside court, Detective Chief Inspector Nicola Musgrove said: "I'm pleased with today's verdict and that justice has finally been done for Janet and her family.
"Her family have shown great dignity throughout the inquiry and I hope they can find some solace that the man responsible for her murder has been found culpable.
"Graham is a controlling and manipulative man, particularly towards women, a bully who deliberately instils fear into people and uses intimidating behaviour to get his own way.
"He is a callous man who made it look like Janet was alive when in fact he had, motivated by financial greed, murdered her.
"Despite living a seemingly modest lifestyle, Janet Brown had considerable assets – Graham fraudulently accessed these and her parents' money and squandered everything on a lavish lifestyle for himself."
The detective said it had been a long and complicated inquiry and called on Graham to now confess where he hid Janet's body.
DCI Musgrove said: "This has been a long-running complex investigation with many challenges, not least that Graham has never indicated where Janet's body is.
"The investigation has seen wide-ranging inquiries. Our first step was to establish whether or not Janet was alive and this led to us carrying out inquiries both in this country and abroad.
"Once it was established there was no proof of Janet being alive our searches focused on finding a body which saw a vast amount of land searched.
"Due to the nature of the land, the month-long search was assisted by forensic archaeologists and geologists.
"Our inquiries saw us work with other agencies, including the national crime agency.
"The final piece in Janet's murder would be for Graham to admit what happened to her and give her family the opportunity to grieve."
Janet's family released a statement saying: "The last four years have been very difficult for us, dealing with the aftermath of these events.
"We are very grateful for the professionalism of Northumbria Police and for their extraordinarily thorough and detailed investigation of events over this period. Our sincere thanks go to the investigation team, and in particular, we would like to thank our police liaison officers for all their help and support that they have given us during the investigation.
"We are also very grateful to the Crown Prosecution Service for bringing the evidence in this case before a jury."
Janet had been due to go on holiday to France with her married lover of eight years, Graham, but he had cancelled at the last minute, falsely claiming his wife was ill with cancer.
Janet decided to go on holiday alone but was killed before she left her home in Lowgate, near Hexham, Northumberland, and has never been seen since.
Graham took advantage of the fact Janet was due to go abroad in order to murder her and make it appear she had just decided not to return.
He even sent postcards and letters from France, purportedly from Janet, to her elderly parents, saying she had settled in Europe and that she had a job.
Graham also ingratiated himself with Janet's elderly parents after her death and started systematically stripping their estate and assets.
He used his visits to gain access to Janet's security codes and also sold her Porsche and other cars.
After retired accountant Eric Brown and his wife, Olive, died, building society staff eventually became suspicious that withdrawals were still being made and police were called.
They believed they were just investigating a fraud in 2010 but it soon became apparent Janet was missing and a murder inquiry was launched.
Graham, formerly of Sparty Lea, Northumberland, and also of Elsdon Avenue, Seaton Delaval, was convicted of murder and perverting the course of justice.
Todd, 52, also of Elsdon Avenue, denies forgery, an allegation she faked Janet's father's will and conspiracy to commit fraud regarding the will. She also denies perverting the course of justice.


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The Keys of Marinus - Ice by Harnois75Watch
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On a quest for the Keys of Marinus, the Doctors companions find themselves trapped in mountain caves where an icy monolith holds soldiers in frozen suspension.
I can't take the Teutonic Knights in Eisenstein's Alexander Nevsky seriously because of those ice warriors.
That makes the guards look REALLY creepy!
sorry the flood of favs to your inbox lol
I just finished watching this episode!
The Ice Warriors look perfectly menacing.
The Ice Warriors look perfectly menacing.


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