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Huge 'Jihad' Graffiti by Interstate 95 Sparks Outrage, Concern
(Dave Urbanski) Drivers traveling along I-95 in Delray Beach, Fla., couldn't miss it.
The word JIHAD spray-painted in bold black lettering, nearly 20-feet high, across a wall along the northbound lanes of the interstate.
The Arabic word means, among other definitions, "Holy War."
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You know, I just don't think it's right that you lump "Protestant" and "Atheist" together.
Don't doubt my decision,Thomas!
The whole forum is Mor. We're emanations of his godlike mind.
Infallibility rearing it's ugly head
I didn't see the religion of the Canaanites listed. I worship Ba'al. Seriously, this poll is interesting. Non-Chalcedonian and Oriental Orthodox are listed separately, Protestant is linked to atheist, and nationalism is listed as a religion. What's Slavic paganism, anyway? Do people still believe that stuff? And what does "the Catholic Faith, and you are know as Catholic" mean?
I need a new choice:Easter Orthodox Protestantor;Eastern Orthodox (back-sliding)
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actually nevermind surf looked pretty fun for the longboard. double bummage for both of us, yeah?
Bummage squared dude, bummage squared, it's all chizill though because I had a pretty gnar gnar shred shesh miday sunday and was rippin on the short board, it was pretty bodacious, doesn't look like there's gonna be much of that goin down this weekend thoungh:( :( :( It's good though because after monday I'm free to shred every afternoon :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: ooooohhhhhh yyyyeeaaahhhh
thats some bullsnip. bummage cubed for me man. maybe I'll get some afternoon surfs by the time the rubber comes off..... I hope *sigh*
It's all chill brah a got a pretty uber cosmic chilled out lb sesh this morning and even with few little barrellzzz it was pretty gnar gnar not surez about tomorrowz though I dk if the barrellezz are gonna be gnarelz or notz whatev though brosef 2 more days and then my afternoonz are clear for the rest of the year
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If your pretty good you should know this stuff, completely depends on the kind of conditions you are facing and the dimensions of your board.. If you are dropping in on 20 foot faces on a shallow reef with fast traveling waves, I probably wouldn't recommend it. Now if you are using it for average waist to chest+ grovel session with a little push and a fast line, it could be alot of fun. Now, when you dip into fins that is whole different ballgame as well. What condiitons are you looking to ride it in and what are the dimensions besides the height?
Radical dude, that just blew my mind:D
But in all seriousness, you're going to have to pay attention to some of those things if you want to reach any level of decency, it just sounds like surf4life follows the concon policy


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(Lakewood) - The justice system hit the road today. Eighth grade students at Garfield Middle School in Lakewood saw suspects sentenced, plead guilty and then sentenced in actual cases.
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FOX's O'Reilly engaged in same "pathetic rambling" he decried
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O'REILLY: Yes, I -- let me explain that. Again, "The Globe and Mail" in like their 85th attack on me and the Fox News channel ... now call all Fox News viewers and listeners "lunatics." ... But this kind of pathetic rambling -- I mean, does this -- do Canadians just raise their eyebrows at that or do they take it seriously?
O'Reilly's dismissal of such rhetoric is ironic given his own history of using such terminology. Less than ten days before, on his April 20 show [2], O'Reilly labeled author Arianna Huffington "a loony lefty." On March 12, he chided a "lunatic" judge for rulings he opposed on reproductive rights. On January 16, he chided the liberal advocacy group MoveOn.org because they "sanction left-wing loonies." On April 25, 2003, he dismissed the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) for "going loony" for defending the rights of teachers to hang posters with political content in their classrooms.


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This concept of licensing is no different from getting a CDL license, which cost more than a standard license as well.
Look, I am ALL for enforcing the Constitution and the 2nd Amendment and I am not even a gun owner. I simply believe that excessive firepower is just that, for real enthusiasts who are willing to pay a high price to have the hobby. I don't ever think someone owning an AR-15 saved them anymore than owning a .45, difference has always been when some nut goes off like Colmbine, or that theater in Aurora, there is usually assault weapons to be involved for killing larger number of people, like bullet capacity alone.
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I have no idea what an "assault rifle". An AR-15 is a semi-automatic rifle. I can get a Remington semi-automatic hunting rifle (with better range) that will do the exact same thing. I can also hunt with an AR-15
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NC, you can post all you like for a mile. I still am on your side, I simply think those guns need more control than other guns.
Ask any cop and they will all say they would be more worried about any hostile situation where there are guns of that type. When common citizens have more firepower than the cops, that tells me that I am right about this. Slice it however you like, but unless the S.W.A.T. team is called in, that kind of hardware isn't even brandished by the professionals.
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Making it harder for a common citizen to own a gun does nothing to the criminal who already doesn't follow the law.We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid. - Benjamin Franklin
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Just a difference of opinion my friend.
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BTW, I did ask a Cop friend about Shotgun vs AK
Depends on the distance. Past a certain point the buckshot would be less effective and you might catch a round or two but probably not all of them. Up close it would be a mess but typical buckshot is basically .380 rounds. Less than a complete shot and its not much stopping power.
AR/AKs make a mess but typically people around here just spray and pray. Someone trained would be pretty dangerous but AKs are also pretty unreliable. If you did get hit they tend to bounce around and chew up your insides pretty bad. Plus a vest would be pretty worthless against a rifle.
I'd be most afraid of a shotgun loaded with slug though.We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid. - Benjamin Franklin
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Re: Suggs and Guns
I think people get confused by what they think is a so called "assault weapon" and a fully automatic weapon.
For one, except for the government definition, there is no such thing as an assault weapon. All firearms are designed for "assault". Second, full auto weapons are already banned from new purchase. If you want one, you must apply for a Federal Firearm License and Class III exemption and then have one that's already on file with the ATF transferred to you. When you do that, you give up your 5th Amendment right to search and seizure to the ATF, who can at any time, demand to see the weapon. People who take these steps are not the folks committing crimes. nor are people like myself who carry a concealed firearm on a daily basis.
What it boils down to are guns that look and feel as if they are military issue. This is a specious argument.
Google "Mini 14" and "HK 416". Take a long hard look at them. Tell me why one should be banned while the other should not and I will tell you whatever the reason you may have is nonsense and grounded in simply not knowing a lot about guns.
They both do the same thing. Shoot a .223 round with one squeeze of the trigger. The only difference is one "looks" worse than the other.
And as former LE, as well as having dozens of friends and family in and around law enforcement, I will tell you with 100% certainly the prevailing wisdom amongst the rank and file officers is NOT gun control. That line of thinking comes from the political bodies in LE such as the Chiefs of Police Association.
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Side note, Silver is correct about law enforcement. I have numerous friends that are cops ranging from small town Pa to Baltimore city/county. To my knowledge the small town actually has 1 AR for about a dozen or so cops (which is usually signed out on weekends for private use coincidentally), and my patrol officer buddy in Baltimore has only his pistol and i believe a shotgun at times but not always. However, like NC said, all guns have the ability to kill, which is why stricter background checks and required safety classes are really the only preventative measures possible, for those that arent good/healthy gun owners but dont want to be part of the criminal sect.
Being pro-guns I can see where people take "gun control" and think its going to effect criminals but really ANY gun law is for law abiding citizens which is why I dont think there should be limits on what you can have, but there can be on if youre healthy and law abiding.
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The system im describing wouldnt change anything for criminals and would not be 100% effective for those small percentage of law abiding citizens either, but i think it would cut down on some of those crazies that go on shooting sprees, which in turn may actually lessen any gun control laws we do have over time, by limiting those instances to call for gun control.-JAB


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David Beckham Bids Farewll To Soccer With Final MLS Cup Victory
After spending six seasons playing for the United States, David Beckham finally played his last game for the Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday (December 1).
The 37-year-old British hunk made sure to go out with a bang at the Home Depot Center, as he and his teammates managed to pull off a second consecutive MLS Cup victory, beating the Houston Dynamo 3-1 before hanging up his cleats.
Joining David on his monumental career day were his three adorable sons, Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz, who were proud of their soccer star dad on the winner's podium and even posed for photos with the cup.
So now that Beckham's soccer days are slowing down, what's next for the famous English family?
"There's a lot of rumors about where I'm going to play," David told Ryan Seacrest earlier this week, adding, "what we're going to do, where we're going to live. We actually haven't made up our minds about where we are going to end up. But it's a big decision to make. We've been here for six years."
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Galloway prepares Tornado Track & Field for '09 debutMarch 19, 2009
First year coach James Galloway and the Brevard College Tornado track & field team will begin their 2009 season Saturday at the Wake Forest Open in Winston-Salem, N.C. The meet is the first of five on the schedule for Brevard this season.
"I am excited to start the season on Saturday," Galloway said. "This is a building process as the team is learning a new system and preparing to compete at a high level. The first steps will be taken Saturday."
The Wake Forest Open features some of the best collegiate track & field programs in the East. Among the squads in action are NCAA Division I teams Duke, Appalachian State and Wake Forest and Division II squads Carson-Newman and Findlay.
The meet is the first for Galloway as a collegiate head coach. He brings more than 20 years of coaching experience to the position.
From 1984 to 1994, Galloway coached the Brevard High School and Brevard Middle School track & field and cross country teams. During that time, Galloway coached the Blue Devils to several conference championships in track & field and a 6th place finish in boys cross country in the 1994 North Carolina state meet. Two of Galloway's athletes won state championships, and many more qualified for the state meet.
Galloway returned to BHS in 1997 to coach the cross country team. He was instrumental is starting a middle school cross country program to train runners for the high school level. The new program and Galloway's leadership paid off; the Blue Devils finished among North Carolina's top ten 2A teams in 1999, and one of Galloway's protégés won an individual national title.
From 2001-2005, Galloway served as assistant girls' track & field coach at West Henderson High School in Hendersonville, N.C., and in 2006 he became the head coach of both track teams at West. Under Galloway's leadership, the girl's team won six conference championships and five regional championships. Seven of Galloway's athletes won individual state titles, and the team finished as high as state runner-up on the boys' side and 3rd place on the girls' side.
Galloway is a certified USA Track & Field Level 1 Track & Field coach, and from 1998-2003 he spearheaded a USATF Junior Olympic track club. The club's purpose was to train athletes during the summer months while introducing new athletes to the sport of track & field.
In his time as a USATF coach, Galloway coached one state champion, ten All-Americans, and 22 national meet qualifiers.
Coach Galloway holds a B.S. in Management from the University of North Carolina-Asheville and an MBA from Western Carolina University. In addition to his role as Brevard's track & field and cross country coach, he serves as Mill Planner at the Kimberly-Clark Corporation in Hendersonville, N.C.


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Hey there,
What are your thoughts about Meachem ? I mean why was he such a good deep threat when he was in NO and he suddenly became irrelevant in SD ? Was he overrated in NO (ie. he was shining only because of Drew Brees) or he just doesn't fit into the SD system ?
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I think it's a little of everything. First off he wasn't that great in NO if you look back. Also as I remember guys on this site back when we signed him talking about him being a body catcher. That doesn't fit with Rivers go and get it throws. Don't get me wrong I think he has talent and can be good but I think he'll be stuck behind many WR's in are system who are a much better fit/talent. I think DA,V Brown, K. Allen (AKA the Raider fan), and Floyd will push him back on the depth chart. Unless he really impresses the new coaches I think he's out of SD.
gotta win the lottery so I can move back to San Diego
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Wilkieray really hit it on the head. Even in New Orleans he was at best the #3 option (his last season he was pretty much competing with Lance Moore for that #4 spot when everyone was healthy with Colston, Graham, and Sproles definitively ahead of both the other two... and Devery Henderson still getting deep looks). But also, Drew Brees and Philip Rivers are different types of passers when they're playing
game to a "T". Brees is a "right on the numbers" guy - he'll fit that ball through a window and put it right on the numbers with gusto meaning that if the defender doesn't jump the route, he's got a better chance of knocking the ball away than intercepting it (typically why most of Brees' INT's tend to come off of either tipped balls or receivers failing to secure the catch and defenders seizing opportunity). Rivers is the type to "throw guys open" (at least when he can step into throws), in that he'll put the ball where only his guy can get it, lead them or the route away from the defender's path/trail and rely on the receiver to track the ball and make the catch (typically away from their body as they'll have to extend - look at where Malcom Floyd and Antonio Gates have made their bread and butter... there's definitely a common theme).
Meachem is really just a bad fit and was more or less a "panic buy," not so much panic for the necessity of the team unit (this part is my personal opinion) but rather as a salve to the fans for having let a former Pro Bowler walk in free agency (be there valid reasons to do so or not). We saw AJ Smith do the exact same thing when he moved up in the order to draft Ryan Mathews the year following letting LaDainian Tomlinson receive his walking papers. Meachem was a recognizable name to Chargers fans because he was someone whom many fans had been eyeing as a potential draft pick for us the year we ended up with Buster Davis (we'll never know if Meach would have been the pick or not because the Saints selected him ahead of our pick). And no doubt he was viewed as a "deep threat" which appealed to Norv who seemed intent, come hell or high water, on living and dying by the deep ball last season - ultimately to the detriment of the team and the potential long-term health of his franchise QB given that the offensive line was average at best to begin with and then was decimated by injuries (and one lazy SOB).
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use as a deep threat who can clear out defenders to open things up underneath for the other receivers. Otherwise I agree with what The LBC said.
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Meachem can still be good but he has to be in an explosive offense like New Orleans with a lot of talent around him to help take attention off him...he was always a product of the system Imo...
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riceraider8080 wrote:
Meachem can still be good but he has to be in an explosive offense like New Orleans with a lot of talent around him to help take attention off him...he was always a product of the system Imo...
This...and now we are a system in need of him
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riceraider8080 wrote:
Meachem can still be good but he has to be in an explosive offense like New Orleans with a lot of talent around him to help take attention off him...he was always a product of the system Imo...
This...and now we are a system in need of him
Well you guys just signed him back so we shall see if he can get back to where he was before.
On the bright side for SD, since he signed a 1 year $715,000 contract that means that is $715,000 we don't have to pay. That is assuming he sticks with NO for the whole season.
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Also worth noting along with what everyone else has said (Injuries, not being great in the first place, or being a bad fit here/with Rivers), kind of actually going with injuries though. A few "sources close to Meachem" said that he was almost completely broken down, didn't have the size/speed/qickness that made him such a valuable deep threat previously.
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BEACH BOYS WILSON & JARDINE WANT 'ENDLESS SUMMER' The Beach Boys widely heralded 73-concert 50 th anniversary world tour ends in London with shows on Thursday and Friday, but some in the band do not want it to end. However, singer Mike Love, who owns the rights to the group name, does.
Love is taking his pre-reunion tour version of the group on the road.
Members Brian Wilson, Al Jardine and original guitarist David Marks are not included in his plans.
Love's version includes a backup band and only one other longtime member, singer-keyboardist Bruce Johnston. Before joining The Beach Boys in 1965, Johnston was a member of another surf band, The Rip Chords (who were actually only Johnston and Doris Day's son, producer Terry Melcher), whose biggie was Carol Connors' "Hey Little Cobra" that hit No.4 in 1964.
Wilson told several publications that he was having more fun on this tour than he's had in decades. He told CNN that he doesn't understand why his cousin, Love, doesn't want the show to continue on.
Jardine, who says he wasn't even consulted by Love about the possibility of carrying on, is taking his disappointment further. He's created a petition that's available to sign on www.iPetitions.com. The petition is a letter he wrote to Love. It states bluntly, "To Mike Love: In order to preserve the validity of 'The Beach Boys' as a whole, and not as a 'money-saving, stripped-down version' that contains 1 original member, and 1 member that joined in 1965, we ask you to reinstate the 3 other members to the touring group for your final years of performing. It's the right thing to do, and it's what the fans want."
VENTURES' GUITARIST NOKIE EDWARDS HEART PROBLEMS Guitarist Nokie Edwards, 77, who first joined surf music pioneers The Ventures in 1960 and has been with the band ever since (except between 1969 and 1972), passed out onstage while the group was on tour in Japan.
He was hospitalized in Sendai, Japan.
A statement on The Ventures' website said that rumors were that he'd suffered a heart attack. Edwards' wife Judy posted, "Nokie did NOT have a heart attack. Rather, he is suffering from Congestive Heart Failure (CHF), which causes him to pass out - also his blood oxygen level was very low at the time this occurred." She further said that doctors have been removing fluid from his heart and lungs. He also needs another wire hooked up to his pacemaker but he's resting well.
The Ventures have sold more than 100 million records and are the best-selling instrumental band of all time. "Walk Don't Run!" was a No. 2 smash in 1960, and, in 1969, the band scored their biggest hit when they covered the theme song from "Hawaii Five-O." It hit No. 1 and is their last hit to date. The Ventures were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2008.
BARRY GIBB TO TOUR Barry Gibb, the last surviving member of The Bee Gees, is launching his Mythology World Tour in February with three dates in Australia, according to a post on his website. The Gibb family lived in the land Down Under from 1958 until 1967 and scored their first hit records there. They hit it big internationally almost immediately after moving back to their native England.
Gibb's band will include his son, Stephen, and late brother Maurice's daughter, Samantha. Gibb will touch on every facet of his Bee Gees career, from the stately Beatlesque ballads of their late '60 s and early '70 s period, through their record-selling disco phase, his solo and duet hits and into the '90 s.
Dates for the American leg of his world tour have yet to be announced.
STONES DENY CONCERT CONFIRMATIONS The worldwide press (including yours truly) reported that, as part of a 50 th anniversary celebration, The Rolling Stones would perform four concerts next month, two in London and two in New York City. One recent rumor also had them set for a show at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Australia. Not so fast.
The Stones tweeted, "Dear fans, no Rolling Stones gigs have been confirmed or announced. Do not buy tickets from the SongKick website, or anywhere else."
It is true that the band did indeed record two new songs in a Paris recording studio last month. "One Last Shot" and "Gloom and Doom" will be included in the new 50-track 50 th Anniversary 3-CD, "GRRR!"
Meanwhile, on Oct. 18, all four Stones, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ron Wood, will attend the premiere of the band's new documentary, "Crossfire Hurricane," at the London Film Festival in Leicester Square.
A new biography, "Mick Jagger," penned by Phillip Norman, author of the best-selling Beatles bio, "Shout!" and also "John Lennon: The Life," will be published Oct. 2. Publisher HarperCollins says the book shows the singer as "human, vulnerable, often impressive, and sometimes endearing." It will cover major events in his life and Stones events, including his highly publicized 1967 drug trial, the disastrous 1969 Altamont free concert, as well the women in his life.
LED ZEPPELIN HOLDS PRESS CONFERENCE All three surviving members of Led Zeppelin, guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant and bassist/organist John Paul Jones, held a press conference in London to kick off the publicity for the Nov. 19 release of the DVD of the band's 2007 reunion concert at London's O2 Arena.
When asked what was best about the gig, the band's first complete concert in 27 years, each said the incredible relief and the knowledge that they had actually pulled it off.
It's been told that Plant hasn't really been a fan of one of the group's signature songs, the classic "Stairway to Heaven." "I struggle with some of the lyrics from particular periods of time, the musicality of it and the (song) construction of it is peerless. But, maybe I didn't quite feel the same about the lyrics a little bit later on in life as I got a bit further down the road. Maybe I'm still trying to work out what I was talking about."
The trio was asked why it took so long, five years, to release the concert on DVD. Jones deadpanned, "Five years is like five minutes in Zeppelin time." He continued, to laughter and applause from the attending media, "I'm surprised we got it out so quickly."
Those who believe that drummer Jason Bonham was merely filling in for his late father, Zep drummer John Bonham, who died in 1980, putting an end to one of the most successful rock bands in history - guess again. "Jason was absolutely monumental in his performance and his playing, his spirit, his enthusiasm. His knowledge of what made Zeppelin tick was something special. Nobody else could have done it."
Plant said, "He drove us." Plant added how much it meant to the Bonham family to see Jason, who drummed in Zep in three of its four brief prior reunion performances, carrying on for his dad in a full-length Zeppelin concert.
JENNIFER HUDSON WANTS TO PORTRAY ARETHA Jennifer Hudson is apparently lobbying big time to portray Aretha Franklin in an upcoming biopic, according to the New York Post. Her lobbying efforts included a surprise appearance at Hearst publications' 125 th anniversary bash in which she sang a medley of hits by Franklin and Whitney Houston. By way of introducing her take on Franklin's "Oh Me Oh My," she reportedly told the attendees that it was her plan to portray the Queen of Soul someday.
GREEN DAY'S ARMSTRONG MELTS DOWN, HEADS INTO REHAB Green Day leader Billie Joe Armstrong may have set the Guinness World Record for F-bombs in under 60 seconds at the star-filled iHeartRadio Fest at the MG Grand Arena in Las Vegas after he was told that his band, Green Day's, set was edited down to only one minute in order to give performance time to Usher and Rihanna.
What generated all the press was that his F-bomb-a-thon meltdown occurred onstage, not backstage. He ended his tirade by doing a Pete Townshend impersonation, smashing his guitar.
There was apparently one problem with the lines of communication: the band later admitted during its public apology that their set hadn't been cut at all.
Two days after his show-stopping performance, the 40-year-old Armstrong entered rehab to deal with an unspecified substance abuse problem.
Earlier this month, Armstrong was hospitalized just before Green Day was to take the stage at the I-Day Festival in Bologna, Italy, with what was reported to be gastric distress.
Green Day's new album, "Uno!," the first of a trilogy of albums to be released before January, came out this week.
SOUL TRAIN AWARD NOMINEES Five veteran performers were nominated for Soul Train Awards. Among those nominated in the Best Gospel/Inspirational Performance category are BeBe Winans for "America, America" and the late Whitney Houston and Jordan Sparks for "Celebrate." Reggae icon Jimmy Cliff is up for Best Caribbean Performance for "Rebirth," while Tony Bennett and jazz sax and flute player Kenny Garrett got noms for, respectively, "Isn't It Romantic" and "Seeds From The Underground."
RENAISSANCE TO RECORD NEW CD, TOUR U.S. Noted English progressive and folk rock veterans Renaissance, led by singer Annie Haslam, she of the five-octave voice, have recorded their first album in a dozen years and only its second album since "Time-Line" in 1983, according to its website. The album, "Grandine il Vento," was recorded in New Jersey and will come out early next year.
The band will begin a tour of the east coast on Oct. 3 at the Howard Theatre in Washington, DC and continue through its Oct. 28 gig at the Strand Center for the Arts in Lakewood, N.J. No West Coast dates have been set.
Renaissance was formed in 1969 by former Yardbirds' singer Keith Relf and former and current Yardbirds drummer Jim McCarty after that legendary British blues-rock and pop outfit dissolved the year before.
SUZI QUATRO HEALED & PERFORMING AGAIN Leather-clad rocker Suzi Quatro, who relocated to England in 1971, is performing again after breaking her right knee and left wrist when she fell getting off an airplane in Kiev, Ukraine in April, according to an update on her website. She tested her knee and wrist at a gig in Essex and pronounced herself recovered. The 62-year-old who racked up far more hits in her new home and in Australia than she ever did here in the U.S., is currently rehearsing a new career retrospective show, "Unzipped," that runs Oct. 29 - Nov. 3 at the Hippodrome in London.
She will also host an upcoming documentary show for BBC Radio 2 about the music of her native Detroit. The guests she's interviewed so far include Wayne Kramer of The MC5, Lamont Dozier of the fabled Holland-Dozier-Holland Motown songwriting team and Alice Cooper's one-time guitarist Dick Wagner.
The airdates haven't been announced.
NEW THIN LIZZY ALBUM Irish rockers Thin Lizzy, who were led by bassist-singer-songwriter Phil Lynott until his drug-and alcohol-related death at age 36 in 1986, is preparing to record its first studio album since 1983, and the first-ever without Lynott. Three of the five members, including lead guitarist Scott Gorham, have been in the group for more than 30 years. The album will be produced by Kevin Shirley, who has produced and mixed records by Rush, Iron Maiden and Journey.
NEW BOOKS In the coffee table book, "Rock and Roll Billboards of the Sunset Strip," Los Angeles photographer Robert Landau captures what he calls, "those ephemeral masterpieces in all their larger-than-life majesty and glory."
Landau showcases billboards mostly from the '60 s and '70 s starring The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Santana, The Eagles, Carole King, James Taylor, Stevie Wonder, Randy Newman, Jackson Browne, Neil Young and others. He'll discuss and sign his book on Oct. 14 at Book Soup on the Strip,
8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood. The book is available at www.angelcitypress.com/rbss.html.
Neil Young's memoir, "Waging Heavy Peace," has just been published.
The 512-page tome, "offers a kaleidoscopic view of his personal life and musical creativity. It's astoundingly candid, witty and as uncompromising and true as his music."
Bob Dylan has been writing a follow-up to his acclaimed 2004 autobiography, "Chronicles: Volume One." No other info is available other than that he tells Rolling Stone that, "It's a lot of work. I don't mind writing it, but it's the rereading it and the time it takes to reread it. That, for me, is difficult."
Willie Nelson tells a ton of never-before-heard tales of his life, family, music, politics, Texas, religion and his favorite recreational activity from throughout his 79 years in "Roll Me Up And Smoke Me When I Die," that's due for publication on Nov. 13, according to publisher William Morrow. The forward has been penned by his pal Kinky Friedman.
Carlos Santana has inked a book deal with Little, Brown and Co. The memoir is set for release sometime in 2014. The guitarist is expected "to tell stories of such friends and peers as Miles Davis, Eric Clapton and Herbie Hancock."
On Oct. 2, Morrow will release Kenny Rogers' take on his life, "Luck or Something Like It." He indicates in a promo video he taped that he is proud of the fact that he wrote the book himself, wanting to be sure he got everything just right.
Heart's Ann and Nancy Wilson have done what they've always done. They teamed up on a joint memoir, "Kicking and Dreaming: A Story of Heart, Soul and Rock & Roll," which was published this week. The 288-pager from HarperCollins details, among other things, the rock music world of sex and a debilitating abuse of drugs, and of stalking Paul McCartney all over Scotland.
Brit New Wave glam rock gets put under the magnifying glass by a guy who should know what that behind-the-scenes life was like over the past 34 years in Duran Duran, in bassist John Taylor's aptly titled, "In the Pleasure Groove." What's examined? What else? Sex, drugs, drinking, the usual.
Of the memoir he's writing, Americana folk-rocker Steve Earle says, "I am doing the first thing I have ever done just for money, but I don't think I'll go to hell." Earle, a 57-year-old San Antonio native who is a recovering heroin addict, is going back on a lifelong pledge to never write his autobiography as a way of raising funds to pay for the medical expenses for his two-year-old son who has autism. Earle's first fictional novel, "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive," was published last year. No title or publication date for the autobiography was given.
NEW RELEASES Among the recently released albums, digital reissues and deluxe box sets are "Uno," the first of a three-part CD set coming out between now and January from rockers Green Day; "Push And Shove," the first studio album in 11 years from Anaheim-originated ska punk popsters No Doubt; "Mystic Pinball," from 60-year-old Americana folk rocker John Hiatt; "Rhythm Sessions," from 60-year-old jazz guitar vet of more than 3,000 recording sessions, Lee Ritenour, with guests Stanley Clark, George Duke, Chick Corea and Dave Grusin; "Blues for Jimi: Live in London," a 2007 tribute from the late journeyman British guitarist Gary Moore and featuring Hendrix bandmate Billy Cox and Mitch Mitchell together on three tracks; and "Aftermath of the Lowdown," the first solo album in 14 years from Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora, with help from Paul McCartney's longtime guitarist Rusty Anderson, and on "Weathering the Storm," lyrics from Elton John's decade's long collaborator Bernie Taupin.
Also, "Goin Down Rockin: The Last Recordings" from country outlaw Waylon Jennings, who died a decade ago at age 64; a 2-CD "R.E.M. Document (25 th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)"; "Broken Bones," the 11 th studio album since 1984 from metal guys Dokken (also available as deluxe CD/DVD); "Thankful & Thoughtful," from soul and disco singer Bettye LeVette, released to coincide with the publication of her autobiography, "A Woman Like Me" and featuring her takes on songs by The Pogues, Tom Waits, Neil Young, Bob Dylan and Sly Stone; "Lover Man" from 84-year-old Broadway singing star and 2011 Kennedy Center honoree Barbara Cook; "Music To My Ears," from bluegrass master of all things with strings, Ricky Skaggs; and "3 Skulls & The Truth" from Los Lobos leader Dave Hidalgo, Native American (Nakota Nation) singer-guitarist Mato Nanji and North Mississippi All-Stars and Black Crowes lead guitarist Luther Dickinson.
"Pbx Funicular Intaglio Zone" from former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitar master John Frusciante; "Raise Up," the first album in over a decade from former Sly & The Family Stone bassist Larry Graham and his band Graham Central Station; "It's About Pride," the first studio album in a dozen years from Southern rockers The Outlaws; "Yokokimthurston," a collaboration between avant garde noise rockers Yoko Ono, former Sonic Youth singer guitarist Thurston Moore and SY bassist Kim Gordon (she and hubby Moore separated last year); "St. Peter & 57 th St," a new studio CD celebrating
50 years of New Orleans' beloved Preservation Hall Jazz Band, featuring appearances by Big Easy piano legend Allen Toussaint, Steve Earle, the bluegrass-playing Del McCoury Band, My Morning Jacket, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Trombone Shorty and others; and "Man of Good Fortune" from country singer Billy Dean.
Also "A More Perfect Union," a new collaboration between 93-year-old folk legend Pete Seeger and folk guitarist Lorre Wyatt with their pals Bruce Springsteen, Nightwatchman Tom Morello, Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, and Dar Williams; "Concerto for Group & Orchestra," from former Deep Purple keyboard wizard Jon Lord, who died in July at 71; with The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Lord's pals Steve Morse, Joe Bonamassa, Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson and others; "Streetcoe (60 th Anniversary Re-mastered Edition)" from former Clash leader Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros; and another big batch of rereleases from Frank Zappa.
Holiday albums include "Christmas Time's A-Coming," the sixth holiday album from The Oak Ridge Boys; a bargain-priced "10 Great Christmas Songs" packages from Ella Fitzgerald and Peggy Lee; Kenny Rogers' eighth, "Christmas Live!;" "Christmas With The Rat Pack," from Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis, Jr.; "Christmas Harmonies," from The Beach Boys; and "Now That's What I Call Today's Christmas" with contributions from Coldplay, Norah Jones, Rascal Flatts, The Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Mariah Carey, Lady Gaga, Christina Aguilera, Carrie Underwood, Sugarland and a group of today's hottest kids, including Justin Bieber, One Direction, Demo Lovato, Selena Gomez, Carly Rae Jepson and others.
Box sets include a 2-CD/DVD collections of Emerson, Lake and Palmer's 1970 self-titled debut album and 1971 second album, "Tarkus;" a live 4-CD set, "Keystone Companions: The Complete 1973 Fantasy Recordings," from Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia and Bay Area keyboardist Merle Saunders that includes covers of songs by Bob Dylan, Smokey Robinson, Jimmy Cliff and the Broadway team of Rodgers and Hart; and a 10-CD Amazon exclusive, "Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. B.B. King."
NOW PLAYING Classic acts from the '50 s, '60 s and '70 s continue to perform. Here's what one of them is doing.
Back in 1969 and 1970, Leon Russell was known as the Master of Space and Time. This was when he served as musical director for Joe Cocker's traveling hippie Mad Dogs & Englishmen Tour and in 1971, when he served in the same capacity for George Harrison's Concert for Bangladesh. It was during this time that he wrote his hit "Delta Lady" about one of the Mad Dogs backup singers, Rita Coolidge.
Rita was a Tennessee native of Scottish and Cherokee ancestry who caught the eye around that time of deep gravel-voiced country music outlaw Kris Kristofferson. They were on the same flight and Kristofferson got off at her stop rather than stay for his actual destination.
The two were married in 1973 (and divorced in 1980). That year, she and her new hubby reached No. 12 on the adult contemporary chart with their duet, "A Song I'd Like to Sing."
Soon, Coolidge began hitting the charts with her own records. In 1977, she hit No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart and No. 1 in Canada with her slow ballad version of a song Jackie Wilson originally hit it big with in 1967, "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher." Her follow-up single, "We're All Alone," went to No. 1 on the U.S. and Canadian adult contemporary charts. In all, she's registered five No. 1 singles here and in Canada. Her last No. 1 single to date (adult contemporary chart here and in Canada) was "All Time High," the theme song from the 1983 James Bond action flick, "Octopussy."
Now 67, Coolidge continues to perform. She has 11 concert dates on her calendar between now and the end of the year, including two nights, Oct. 27-28, at the Suncoast Casino in Las Vegas.
Steve Smith writes a new Classic Pop, Rock and Country Music News column every week. It can be read in its entirety on www.presstelegram.com. Like, recommend or share the column on Facebook. Contact him by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Brochure (PDF)
Welcome to the Department of Modern Languages
and Intercultural Studies
.: Programs - Highlights :.
Whether you are taking a 100-level language class to fulfill a General Education requirement, or a 400-level culture seminar for your French or Spanish major, we are glad to have you with us. Please take a moment to navigate our site in order to see all that we have to offer.
What makes us distinctive?
Engaging the Liberal Arts through language:
At Salisbury University, all language courses are a part of the Fulton School of Liberal Arts. Our major programs have been designed to include the following academic disciplines: literature, history, cultural studies, and applied linguistics. Our lower-level courses emphasize skills acquisition, while our upper-level courses focus on content knowledge. All levels, however, will blend both skills and content acquisition, and will promote the development of critical thinking skills. Critical thinking infuses everything we do, from language learning to understanding poetry to study abroad.
(Dr. Pubill, Dean Pereboom, and SU students in Buenos Aires,
Argentina. January 2014)
Talented and dedicated faculty:
Our professors come to Salisbury from some of the best institutions in the nation for graduate study in literature, culture, and pedagogy. Many of your professors will speak three or four languages. Your classes will be taught by expert educators who are active in their respective professions. We love to teach and we think it shows!
(Dr. Detwiler - Fulton School Chair award and Dr. Kew - Fulton School Teaching award in 2013)
Small class sizes with "smart" classrooms
in the state-of-the-art TEC building:
Class sizes in our department rarely exceed 20 students per class and often are a bit smaller. Our dedicated language classrooms are now located in the 165,000 square feet TEC building. As smart classrooms, these learning spaces are equipped with the latest technology available. Many of our professors use a teaching interface called "MyClasses" to deliver course content and to interact with students beyond the classroom.
(SU Spanish major Johnita Dickerson - Service Learning Internship at Bennett Middle School - 2012)
Study abroad requirement:
If you decide to major in French, Spanish, or secondary education for either language, you will be required to participate in a study abroad experience. As our mission states, we believe that an extended stay in another country is the best way to attain cultural and linguistic proficiency for the target language and related region. You may take advantage of our "in house" department abroad programs in Ecuador and Spain, or explore additional opportunities by visiting the Center for International Education. If you chose a department program, one of your SU professors will lead the trip. Our faculty are deeply committed to study abroad.
Courses in less-commonly taught languages (LCTLs):
Following a growing national trend in this area, we offer classes in the LCTLs each year. Chinese and Arabic are among our newest classes. Contact the department for more information about these language opportunities and current offerings.


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45% Of Doctors Might Quit If Obama Care Passes
Interesting article from Investors.com. A poll of 1,376 practicing physicians, chosen randomly throughout the country, said they oppose the medical overhaul plan and would think about shutting down their practices or retiring early if universal health care were passes.
"The poll contradicts the claims of not only the White House, but also doctors' own lobby — the powerful American Medical Association — both of which suggest the medical profession is behind the proposed overhaul. It also calls into question whether an overhaul is even doable; 72% of the doctors polled disagree with the administration's claim that the government can cover 47 million more people with better-quality care at lower cost."
"More than seven in 10 doctors answered "no" when asked if they believed "the government can cover 47 million more people and that it will cost less money and the quality of care will be better."
"This response is consistent with critics who complain that the administration and congressional Democrats have yet to explain how, even with the current number of physicians and nurses, they can cover more people and lower the cost at the same time.
The only way, the critics contend, is by rationing care — giving it to some and denying it to others. That cuts against another claim by plan supporters — that care would be better".
Read the rest of the article at the link above.


text: The Belk Library Student Advisory Group (in cooperation with Library Administration) sponsored a "Food for Fines" drive. The drive lasted from December 12 – 22. During that time, the library accepted 1 canned food item for every $1.00 owed in fines up to a $15.00 maximum. Several patrons that did not owe fines also contributed to this drive. During the drive, 533 items were collected and donated to the Watauga Hunger Coalition. A special thanks to all who contributed. We hope to do another "Food for Fines" drive again this year.


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Brigham City Police Investigating Apparent Murder-Suicide
A Brigham City woman discovered horror when she returned home Tuesday.
Her daughter was shot to death in one room...her husband -- the girl's stepfather -- was in another...and the family dog was shot to death as well.
Police believe Michael Woodruff, 45, shot Alix Norman to death...then killed the family dog...before turning the handgun on himself.
Police are continuing to investigate what the motive may have been.


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By Michelle Dunlop Herald Writer
The Boeing Co. Dreamliner program often has stolen the spotlight in recent years during company executives' quarterly earnings calls with analysts and journalists.
Expect Wednesday's second-quarter earnings conference call to be no different.
The actual numbers likely will be overshadowed as company executives answer questions about the most recent incidents involving Dreamliners, especially the July 12 fire in London. Boeing also could be grilled on 787-8 production, 787-9 progress and the 777X launch.
Ethiopian 787 fire
Aviation officials were scrambling Friday to determine appropriate steps for airlines to take after British investigators urged that 787 emergency locator transmitters be disabled. British investigators of the Heathrow incident seemingly have cleared the Dreamliner's auxiliary power unit and lithium-ion batteries from causing the blaze. Yet questions linger:
How will Boeing repair the damaged 787?
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch in a Thursday report noted that the Ethiopian Airlines 787 sustained "extensive heat damage in the upper portion of the rear fuselage." The 787 had "blackened and peeling paint and damage to the composite structure." This is the first of Boeing's mostly composite 787s to be damaged so extensively by fire.
"It's not clear how you repair that," said Robert Mann, an aviation consultant in Port Washington, N.Y. While fixing a traditional aluminum alloy fuselage is "relatively well understood, in composites, it's not." Other Dreamliner customers will be watching the incident closely, he said.
Are the emergency locator beacon's batteries safe?
The batteries in the transmitter, supplied by Honeywell, are composed of lithium-manganese dioxide. The battery cells showed signs of disruption, the AAIB wrote in its report. Investigators emphasized the rarity of a thermal event but noted "had this event occurred in flight it could pose a significant safety concern."
Boeing's likely to face questions about the locator's necessity and whether a different emergency beacon would be preferable.
Meantime, every minor mechanical difficulty attracts media attention. The latest example, involving a Japan Airlines flight from Boston to Tokyo last week, moved the company's stock price briefly, even though the plane returned to Boston as a precaution because a maintenance message indicated a fuel pump problem.
How reliable is the 787 overall?
Dreamliner production
Boeing aims to reach a combined production pace of 10 787s monthly in Everett and North Charleston, S.C., by the end of 2013. Boeing maintains it's on track to meet that goal. On Friday, Boeing supplier Rockwell Collins, which supplies 787 cockpit displays, concurred.
Doubts, however, were raised when a Boeing official told the Post and Courier newspaper that the South Carolina facility won't reach the pace of three 787s monthly by year's end. Boeing had said it ultimately planned for South Carolina to build three 787 monthly while Everett builds seven.
The North Charleston facility is producing 1.5 787s monthly and won't hit the three-per-month pace until the first quarter of 2014, according to the Post and Courier report. Lori Gunter, a spokeswoman for Boeing, suggested that the expectation that South Carolina would be at three 787s monthly this year was off-base.
"If anyone was under the impression that Boeing South Carolina would be at three per month by the end of this year they didn't understand what we've been saying about the surge line in Everett helping us to meet the program-level rate as the facility there comes up in rate," Gunter wrote in an email to The Herald.
Gunter also gave a different target date for South Carolina reaching the three per month target: mid-2014.
787-9 progress
Part of Boeing's reason for setting up the temporary "surge" line in Everett was to give the jetmaker some extra capacity as it introduces a new derivative into production, the 787-9. Boeing began assembly of the first 787-9 in May in Everett and rolled that aircraft over to the paint hangar last week. With delivery of the first 787-9 in early 2014, Boeing plans to begin flight testing in the second half of 2013.
Boeing's plans for an updated 777 jet have lawmakers in Washington on edge. The company could commit officially to the 777X program this year, perhaps at the Dubai Air Show in November. Where the company will assemble the jet and its composite wing is the question. Both Washington and South Carolina lawmakers recently took steps to try to woo Boeing.
Executives are likely to be asked about progress and air carrier interest in the plane.
Bloomberg News contributed to this report. Michelle Dunlop: 425-339-3454; email@example.com.


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A perfect 10?
This would have probably been the latest of all the Fedora 10 reviews, were I to write it.
Rather than writing something right after the release of Fedora 10, I wanted to do something different. Unlike movie or restaurant reviews which need to be released as soon as a movie or a restaurant opens, distros should be "road tested" before a valid review could be written.
So I decided to take the Road & Track approach. Back in the day, R&T used to give a car a 1,000-mile test before writing a review. That way, they gave the car a thorough going over before writing about it.
One month later, I can safely say that — right from the start — Fedora 10 "Cambrigde" has been flawless release; flawless from the standpoint of my own computer use. From the fresh install on a Dell Optiplex 150 desktop and a Dell Inspiron 5000 laptop (I don't just upgrade — that's fairly anal, I know), it has run without a hitch.
My only caveat — and it stems from the impossibility of it appearing on a Live CD due to space considerations — is that I had to download OpenOffice separately.
But out of the box, we had my Internet needs handled without the smallest of tweaks: Downloading and using XChat (yeah, yeah — tease me about it later, but I have always liked it and still use it) and gFTP were the only extracurricular things I needed to get going post-install. Out of the box, downloading and using Bluefish had my Web stuff covered. Out of the box, downloading OpenOffice.org and with Impress, and my presentations were coming one after another without a hitch.
There was no tweaking whatsoever, which is a first for me.
Then again, as the car ads say, your mileage may vary.
Two folks have brought to my attention the fact that their experiences with Fedora 10 have yet to be as flawless as mine have been. One — let's call him Peter (because that's his name) — is a long-time friend and mainstay of the Linux world in Santa Cruz. Peter seems to do extensive tests of all new releases — Ubuntu, Fedora . . . he holds no favorites — and picks them apart. Fedora 10 had a laundry list of faults, as does each of the distros Peter chooses to dissect. I appreciate Peter's thoroughness in his assessments, and I wish I had the time to pick apart distros as he does (but I don't).
The same with a respondent to one of my recent blog items in Larry the Fedora Guy named Richard, who seemed to think I was belittling the pain that some, like he himself, had gone through in a less-than-perfect experience than I had using Fedora 10.
Both Peter and Richard did not have the same experience I did.
Nevertheless, I stand by my assessment that Fedora 10 is a rock-solid distro that is as close to perfect as any I've ever used. But I'm not going to review distros any longer because distro reviews are essentially useless — what may work for me may not work for others, and vice versa.
In other words, if you give a distro to 20,000 people, you're likely to end up with 20,000 different reviews ranging from glowing to damning; all based on personal experience.
And your mileage may indeed vary.
(Fedora ambassador Larry Cafiero runs Felton Linuxworks and HeliOS Solutions West in Felton, California, and is an associate member of the Free Software Foundation.)
January 1, 2009 at 9:17 am
I fully agree. Nothing short of amazing. I have installed twice. It is on an sdhc card in my Asus eee 900. Everything works- video, sound, function keys, wifi and seems to run faster than default xandros. That's a keeper! Other is old test box- p3-600, 512mb ram. Runs great- looks great. May switch my main desktop to it soon.
January 2, 2009 at 3:16 am
Did Peter publish is laundry list of F!0 faults somewhere online?
It would be good to see what he thinks needs improvement in Fedora..


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The Consequences of Addiction
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text: On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Kris Moore <kris at pcbsd.com> wrote: > > This weekend I had a chance to sit down and try to think out how our new > installer should work for PC-BSD 8.x. Below is kind what I've come up > with, to meet our requirements, and those suggested by users. Feel free > to read and send your comments of what you like / don't like, or think > we should add. > > LiveDVD > ------------------------ > I would like to setup 8.0 to be both a LiveDVD, and installer all rolled > into one. The idea is that at the FreeBSD boot menu, we'll have various > options, like "LiveDVD" or "InstallOnly". When running the LiveDVD, we > can also provide a link on the desktop to the installer, which allows > the user to install directly from it. Install Only will be much faster > to boot, and do an install of course, and may work better on systems > which aren't capable of running KDE4 direct from DVD. > > CD / USB > ------------------------ > I would like to get rid of the 3 disk CD installer, and instead make > just a small "boot-only" CD-ROM, which can then install PC-BSD 8.0 via > FTP across the net, or local mirror. Ditto with USB, I would like to > keep the boot-only USB image we use now, and just set it up to install > via network. > > Installation Options > ------------------------ > I would like to offer 3 types of installation from the installer. > > * Desktop - Regular PC-BSD KDE4 desktop > * Server - PC-BSD which defaults to fluxbox instead of KDE4, and set's > up SSH / other services > * FreeBSD - Installs a regular FreeBSD 8.0 system, same as regular > FreeBSD isos, except done via our nice installer :) > > > Installation Process > ----------------------- > > Here's what I'm thinking we should do for the actual installation > program flow: > > * Locale Selection (We may be able to skip license stuff, since BSD > license doesn't require us to agree and I can move nvidia license to > only require user to accept if they use it specifically) > * Select install type / options > - Desktop, Server, FreeBSD > - Fresh, Upgrade, Repair > - Install from DVD or Network > * Select disk / partition to install to and do any advanced partioning > * Select optional components. (Add PBIs, or KDE components, or > Source/Ports on FreeBSD install) > * Setup User / Password (Only on FreeBSD Install, explained below) > * Perform Installation > > Then after the Desktop / Server installation is performed: > > * Boot to a custom PC-BSD Welcome Screen > * Set Locale (If we did OEM-scripted install and skipped this setup) > * Ask user to set root-password and setup user accounts > * Ask user to set Xorg resolution / drivers, similar to how we do now > > > Installation Guts > ------------------- > > Here's were we get down to the guts of the installation itself. > > For the new installer, I think we need to approach a backend/frontend > driven hybrid model. > > I.E > > The front-end should be able to query the backend for pieces of > information, such as available disks, partition information, networking > availability, etc. Then the front-end can use this information to work > its logic and allow the user to make their selections in any way it sees > fit. Once the front-end is "ready to install", it then takes the users > selections, and simply writes a small configuration file for the > installer backend, such as pcinstall.cfg. Then the backend takes over > and performs the installation automatically, and only provides > information to the front-end to display the progress. > > I think this model will provide us with several advantages: > > First, this gives us great flexibility in the actual installation. We > can easily tailor our GUI to fit any particular theme / program flow we > wish. We can re-adjust front-end at any point, without re-writing the > backend, or we could even add multiple installer front-ends, such as > ncurses. > > Second, This will provide us with an easily script-able installation. > One of the things people still like about FreeBSD's sysinstall, is that > its script support is (fairly) easy to work with. This would give us the > same functionality, and provide a great option for OEM installs. For > example, an OEM could take a PC-BSD ISO, unpack it, throw in the > pcinstall.cfg file, repack it and burn for the customer. Then if a > desktop gets a new hard disk, or the user just wants to restore back to > the original config, they boot the DVD and the installation takes place > automatically with no interaction. Then at first boot, they are prompted > to setup locale, username, and X configuration, just like when the > received their new PC. > > > Backends > -------------------- > > With this type of model, the most important question is going to be how > we do the backend, since it'll be responsible for the actual > installation itself. I know we've looked at finstall and bsdinstaller, > but I'm not 100% certain they could do what I'm talking about without a > lot of re-writing. I'll let Ivan and Scott answer that respectively, > since they know those backends far better than I do :) > > If necessary I could simply adapt our existing scripts to this format, > and provide a SVN-like CLI interface, or even a C library which could be > called. (Our existing installer is almost entirely script driven now) > The trick will be that we need to keep the backend as small as possible, > and provide ways for the front-end to "query" the backend for system > information, and let the backend actually perform the installation via > front-end generated config file. > > > > Thoughts? BSDInstaller does everything you outlined now. I recently added a Recovery Console to pfSense which allows one to invoke the rescue option or the full installer on bootup. The only thing that I am not too sure of is the hybrid backend / frontend. BSDInstaller seperates all logic into the backend and the frontends basically focus on presenting the backend data to the user. Scott


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South Bend's average apartment rental rate in the city is approximately $850.00. The average 1 bedroom apartment rents for about $595.00 and the average 2 bedroom rents for around $700.00. The Average listing price for homes for sale is approximately $125,000. Popular neighborhoods in the South Bend area are Mishawak and Granger.


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Brigham City • In December, Mayor Dennis Fife rocked this small conservative city with a written confession of an extramarital affair he had with a woman he formerly counseled as an LDS bishop.
A few weeks later, City Council members voted to trim his powers by removing any oversight over the hiring, firing and discipline of city employees.
Tuesday night, two council members Brian Rex and Ruth Jensen introduced a nonbinding resolution seeking Fife's immediate resignation.
The resolution failed to pass with council members Scott Ericson and Tyler Vincent abstaining, and Councilman Mark Thompson voting no.
"After the shock of his admission wore off, we asked the mayor to resign," Rex said of actions he and Jensen took in private late last year. "Our feelings have not changed."
Ericson, however, called the resolution inappropriate, saying "it should be an embarrassment to all of us."
"I still feel the mayor should resign, but I am going to abstain," Ericson said, "because I feel like the council and the mayor have been childish."
Vincent, who is currently serving as mayor pro tem, said he also believes Fife should resign but chose to abstain in order to "move the city forward."
"I'm deeply concerned that we continue to bring this up," Vincent said.
Fife, who was excommunicated from the Mormon church because of the affair, sought the forgiveness and continued support of residents when he first disclosed the affair in writing.
Fife remains resolved to finish his first term in office. He comes up for re-election this November.
Following the failed vote, several residents came forward to speak for or against Fife.
"I don't care who you take to bed but I care what you do to our city," Bonnie Germer told him. "I like you. I think you're a good guy. But you've got projects I can't afford to pay for."
David Richardson voiced support for Fife, saying, "I think he's done a good job, and I think forgiving and forgetting is a good part of life."
After the meeting, Rex said that no more would be done to try to force the mayor out. Fife said he plans to stay put.
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Big Green Egg Large Ceramic Cooker
Big Green Egg Large Ceramic Cooker
For many, the Big Green Egg is the Weber of Kamados. They introduced Kamado cookers to the USA and are often viewed as the industry standard. The Large Egg is big enough for a 20 pound turkey and has an 18" diameter grate. Made in Mexico the BGE design is simple, it is built to last, and it has a limited lifetime warranty.
Round Kamados work as good as or better than standard charcoal grills for most recipes. They are, by design, excellent ovens and smokers because once the ceramic settles at the desired temperature, it stays there for hours. Eggs make great pizza ovens. Remove the grate and you can do Brazilian and Tandoori style cooking on long skewers, all standing vertically in a circle around the small, superhot fire. Open the bottom damper, remove the top damper completely, and turn your Egg into a roaring furnace with a column of flame shooting out the dome for searing thin steaks and burgers. (Shown right. Use caution if you try this method.)
But they cannot be set up for true 2-zone cooking, an essential technique easily done on other charcoal grills by piling coal to one side to create a direct and indirect zone simultaneously. A few exceptions exist, such as Primo's Oval Kamados. Click here to read more about Kamado and ceramic grills and smokers.
2-zones provide rapid temperature control, enabling cooks to slide foods back and forth from cool to hot zones for crisping skin and reverse sear steaks. Most Kamado aficionados concede the best way to create different heat zones in their cookers is moving foods closer to or further from the coal. This is typically accomplished using the many accessories available from BGE and third party manufacturers. One useful device that is a match made in heaven for kamados is the BBQ Dragon, a well-made, battery operated, clip on, variable speed fan that can convert a charcoal bed from quiet gray to rip roaring red hot in a matter of minutes. Very good for switching gears from low and slow to searing hot. We recommend using an ancillary charcoal grill for direct heat when doing 2-zone recipes. It can be a lot less expensive than buying a bunch of add-ons and much easier than trying to move hot, greasy parts around in the middle of a cook.
There is one indispensable device called the "Plate Setter" for all sizes except the Mini Egg. It's a flat ceramic disk that sits directly over the charcoal. It absorbs and radiates heat so you have indirect radiant heat, but there is still no way to get convection heat as you can by building the fire on the side of a Primo Oval. The plate also prevents grease from spattering during the cook, which many believe produces a clean, less bitter flavor.
The exterior has an easy-to-clean green glaze bonded to the ceramic. The manufacturer claims that the modern ceramic material will not become brittle and can withstand 2,000°F, but we wouldn't recommend knocking it over whether hot or cold. Ceramic is very susceptible to cracking.
The base holds an inner fire pit in the bottom of which is a charcoal grate. There's a sliding damper on the outside for air to enter below the charcoal.
Above the fire pit is a fire ring, and that's where the cooking grate rests. There are two metal bands that go around the top outside circumference of the base and the bottom of the lid and they are hinged together. Optional side tables can be attached to the bands. The lips of the lid and the base are covered with special felt for a good tight seal. On top of the lid there is a topper that controls exhaust and an optional "Dual Function Metal Top" with a dial that allows for more precise air control.
The vents can be left open for hotter cooking, or closed nearly shut to keep your charcoal smoldering for hours. Some owners claim if you set it up properly you will not need to add charcoal for 24 hours during a typical 225°F cooking session. You could put a pork shoulder in with a small amount of lit charcoal on top of some unlit charcoal, close it, and come back in 12 hours to a succulent clod of pulled pork. If you do have to add charcoal, you must lift out the meat and the grate to do it. That's a bit of a pain.
There's a dedicated forum of BGE users and it has a wealth of information like this: "Tighten the bolts on the stands after the Egg has been used five times" and "If you have a problem with grease sticking the felt shut when it's cold, slip a Weber paraffin charcoal lighter cube in the bottom and wait for the warmth to release the opening. Then change the gaskets."
Replacements for all parts are easily available. On the negative side, we have heard that gaskets need to be replaced after a few years, parts are expensive, and that customer service could be better.
Eggs are not sold on the internet and their prices are not quoted at their website, but they have a lot of dealers coast to coast. Our posted price does not include a stand.
$849 Manufacturer's suggested retail price (MSRP), actual price may vary.
Primary Function:
Egg or Kamado Style
Combination Grill & Smoker
Primary Capacity:
262 square inches ( about 12 burgers )
Manufacturer claims that all or practically all of this device is made in the USA
Review Method:
Cooked On It
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New owners took over El Tejado last year, giving the space a facelift that makes it look like something out of The Flintstones. And that's appropriate, because El Tejado's green chile remains rock solid. This is a classic Colorado green chile, gravy-like and studded with pork, sometimes tinged a little more orange than green. While it's good smothering just about anything that comes out of the El Tejado kitchen, it's just as good on its own with a side of tortillas. And if you're feeling particularly brave, order the hot green chile. To create this fiendish concoction, the kitchen doesn't just drop some hot sauce in the kettle. Instead, it concocts a deeply layered, flavorful brew that's downright addictive — that is, if you don't singe your mouth on the first slurp.Readers' choice: Santiago's
When the lights came back on at the Denver Diner, it could very well have been a considered a city holiday. After a fire ravaged the iconic greasy spoon, the fate of the beloved diner seemed shaky — but nearly one year and $1.4 million in renovations later, it lives! Keeping with the same style of bright lights and squeaky booths but upgrading the kitchen and adding some modern aesthetics to the dining area, the born-again Denver Diner shines like a beacon. Day or night, it delivers consistently gooey and delicious biscuits and gravy, thick slices of pie, piles-of-meat sandwiches and some of the best people-watching on Colfax Avenue, just as it has for the past quarter of a century. Whether you're out for an early lunch with the boss on a Monday or a drunken, post-let-out meal with fellow clubbers on a Saturday night, Denver Diner is ready to serve, 24/7.Readers' choice: Pete's Kitchen
If you want a taste of authentic Den-Mex, get to Phil's Place — fast. Phil's has only held down this corner since 2002, when Phil Garcia bought the former home of Our Place (and a drugstore before that), but in this rapidly gentrifying neighborhood, the dive bar looks like it's been here forever. And the recipes in the kitchen stretch back much further: Junie Garcia brought them over when she left the late, lamented Bamboo Hut for the establishment run by her son. If you need a morning eye-opener (the kitchen at Phil's opens at 7 a.m. Wednesday through Sunday), you can't beat the hefty breakfast burrito, packed with potatoes, eggs and meaty possibilities, and smothered with Junie's spicy, pork-laden green chile, which is based on a family recipe created at the Brighton farm where the Garcias grew chiles that rivaled those in Hatch for power and pungency. This is one mean green.Readers' choice: Santiago's
The best breakfast burritos come from roadside shacks, street vendors and hole-in-the wall Mexican joints, right? Well, not this year. Instead, an Italian eatery with a hip Larimer Street address (one that once belonged to the Bamboo Hut, cited above!) is delivering the goods. Americatus chef/owner Iain Chisholm has branched out into burritos with a bang, offering takeout and delivery options in five flavors: bacon, Hatch chile-chicken sausage, chorizo, carnitas and vegetarian black bean, each fattened up with crispy potatoes, scrambled eggs, shredded cheese and vegetarian green chile. Chisholm knows a thing or two about pork, so all of the sausage is ground in-house. The quality of the fillings makes all the difference; these aren't your standard two-buck bombs. But if you dig your burrito a little more street, ask for yours deep-fried. Torpedoes away!2449 Larimer St.
Readers' choice: Santiago's
It's brunch every day at the Universal, a sleek and austerely decorated breakfast-and-lunch hot spot in Sunnyside. Although the weekend specials tend to be more elaborate, we're just fine with the standard menu of Southern-inspired dishes: thick, creamy grits (heirloom from Anson Mills) offered on the side and as an always-changing "grits of the day" item on their own; biscuits smothered in a medium-spicy pork-sausage gravy; a fried-egg sandwich with Tender Belly meats; and custard toast, one of the best things to happen to bread. The huge pancakes and several scrambles are also good choices; the sheer variety of flavorful ingredients in the latter, like wild-boar sausage or goat cheese and smoked tomatoes, make them stand out. But the cornbread rancheros are truly distinctive, the moist and crumbly cornbread layered with black beans and roasted-tomato salsa, all smothered with cheese. And the Bloody Mary, a bold brew augmented by a mini-salad of celery, cucumber, olive and pepperoncini, with spicy salt on the glass rim, makes getting up on the weekends worth your while.Readers' choice: Lucile's Creole Cafe
If you're looking for a new party trick, sabering at Sarto's just might be the coolest brunch-time activity ever. Sabering is the art of opening a bottle of champagne with a sword, and at Sarto's it starts with the purchase of a bottle of bubbly. Next you'll be treated to a private lesson from owner Taylor Swallows (or a member of his staff), who loves sharing his mad swashbuckling skills with the world. And while sabering is typically saved for ceremonial occasions, we think Sunday brunch is as good a reason as any to celebrate.


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Good i'm glad it finally came to a verdict. We'll never know every detail but in the end we can tell from the products created that they were iPhone copies. Protecting ones investment is a business standard..a life lesson. A monopoly? haha! I don't see how..Apple has one phone and all other companies have several models. One phone is doing better than several. Quality over quantity if you will. Im sure the war in the courts if far from over. This is one of many rounds. When the bell rings the gloves are laced and the lawyers play there positions..more stories will come.
4 tthose people use car analogy just makes no sense at all. trust me, if any car company own certain technology, they will sue if they can. so just let those car companies sort out their difference. we don't have to worry for them.
Complete BS, hey Apple you think you have a new TV coming out I can bet it will look like a Samsung TV or any other TV the market. And instead of suing everyone apple why don't you use that money to better your crappy products. I guess if you can't beat them then sue them that is the motto of Apple. Also if Apple had these patents why was Samsung even allowed the patents? So glad I got rid of my last piece of apple trash.
-Patents need to not be vague and should be explicit and be very descriptive
-Patents should not be based off of stolen unpatented idea
-Patents laws need to be designed where it is near impossible to exploit it unfairly
-A patent should last at the longest 5 years. After that, they can reapply for it, but it must go through a check to make sure if it's not an industry standard
-If the patent is determined to be able to be used unfairly, it should be reviewed and if it is, the patent can be revoked
u also have right to state ur opinion. but too bad.
No big surprise with this verdict. Apple did not win the rectangle with rounded corners part of their suit. So people can stop jumping on that one. But they did win all their other claims. I'm just curious what was in that evidence Samsung destroyed... Can't be good... And there's no Samsung is the good guy in this... This has huge impact on Samsung's ability to do business with other companies... They have taken a ding on their rep... The winner in this is every other company in the mobile market. If they know how to capitalize.