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Does the Samsung GALAXY S II get you excited?
0. phoneArena posted on 31 Aug 2011, 09:10
Okay, now that Samsung finally introduced the U.S. versions of its hit GALAXY S II, we wanted to get your feedback on whether or not yesterday's announcement actually ring your bell...
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11. sniperace (Posts: 95; Member since: 20 Aug 2009)
The biggest thing that scares me about the GSII is samsung is notorious for being slow with updating software. ex.. The Evo 4g has been updated to gingerbread since the beginning of june,but the Epic(GSI) is still waiting. Going on three months and counting. On the other hand the Galaxy SII has some awsome features. The biggest battery of any phone on Sprint ,the biggest screen,the most overall memmory,the best acmera and video (1080p at 30 fps) one of the best displays to date and all that in a very slim and sexy package.
The Nexus prime could still get my coin but it won't be easy. Yes it will have a better display , but it needs to have at least as much memmory 48gb or more, a better camera ,great battery life, good speaker phone, a very slim form factor, and land at a good price point. Most of all I need to know most of these things by september 16th the launch of the Galaxy SII. Plus the Nexus Prime would have to be launching in the mid October to early November time frame. So will the Nexus Prime transform the way I look at smart phones? only time will tell and the clock is ticking.
12. Kappa (unregistered)
After the firmware update fiascos of the previous galaxy I think I'll pass on this.
13. dissapointed (unregistered)
can someone explain why they would make a device that is full HD video recording capable but not capable of HD output? the resolution is not a huge deal because of the AMOLED screen's capabilities but they dropped the ball big time with the HD issue
15. SuperAndroidEvo (Posts: 4888; Member since: 15 Apr 2011)
Hey you can always wait to get a better phone. If you do then you will never be able to get a phone because you will always be waiting because better phones always come out. Anyone who gets a Samsung Galaxy S II will be totally happy. That phone IS the best right now still since its release. That phone will still be sick come this spring! Plus there are going to be TONS of ROMS for it, so we still don't know the full extent of its powers. I have a HTC Evo 3D & I know once the Samsung Galaxy S II finally comes out it will outclass my phone. My HTC Evo 3D has new life because I rooted it & I have it overclocked to 1.6 GHz & my phones is lightning fast. I got it to 2 GHz but it eats my battery, but I did see an extended battery to combat that. lol At 1.6 GHz my phone works very well with its stock battery. Plus my phone is 3D & I love the 3D. I can't wait for CM7 & & MIUI to come for the HTC Evo 3D, & to see what other goodness they will add because of the 3D. EVERY phone will become obsolete sooner or later, so just get what you like & enjoy it because that phone you get most likely get will become yesterdays tech before you know it. I am very happy with my HTC Evo 3D at 1.6 GHz for everyday usage until quad-core phones come out. I can't wait to see what the new HTC Evo will be like next year, so in the mean time my HTC Evo 3D will hold the fort. I made up my mind & now I am having some fun with my phone. If you become indecisive about a phone, then you won't have fun & will be stuck with whatever phone you have. Trust me the Samsung Galaxy S II is a SICK BEAST of a phone. Can't wait to see it myself!
33. Thump3rDX17 (Posts: 2160; Member since: 10 May 2010)
truer words have never been spoken. i was actually reading about the kernel to overclock the EVO 3D the other day and figured you jumped on it. was it completely stable at 2GHz? what are you getting on benchmarks? i got my Droid 3 rooted like minutes after the method was posted (i even tipped Phone Arena about it. xD) and i got this kernel called V6 SuperCharger, it's for phones with low RAM and the kernel makes more efficient use of it and my Droid 3 stays like 95% smooth 100% of the time i use it. no task killer for me. i'm still waiting for an overclocking kernel. i'm getting anxious. i need to tinker! lol.
58. SuperAndroidEvo (Posts: 4888; Member since: 15 Apr 2011)
Hey what up Thump3rDX17, yeah the phone on 2.0 GHz is pretty stable, it gets warm though & eats my battery like a 1998 Chevy Suburban eats gas. lol I got my phone now consistently on about 1.6 GHz at it's so fast. The benchmarks I got @ 2.0 GHz are: Smart Bench '11, 2829 Productivity & 2219 Game. Linpack was 112 MFLOPS. Quadrant I got 3300. That is all with the HTC Sense 3.0 on it & no stock Android. I can't wait to see the numbers on a stock Android build, or CM7 & MIUI. I am happy with those numbers. The phone was unresponsive or froze 2 times when I had it at 2.0 GHz but at 1.6 to 1.7 GHz it is very stable & I don't have that problem. I love how quick & no lag the phone has now at 1.6 GHz. If my phone benefits like this from overclocking, I can't IMAGINE what the Samsung Galaxy S II will do once it is overclocked. It should be INSANE!
59. Thump3rDX17 (Posts: 2160; Member since: 10 May 2010)
that's pretty impressive improvement. o.o
i've got to get mine overclocked like that!
show me the kernels Google!
16. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
those other phones can go toe to toe with the SGS2? In what ring is that?!? lol. The only thing that can actually pull punches on the SGS2 doesnt exist yet.. that would be the prime and its 3d accelleration or the Kal El chipset.
18. cappy718 (unregistered)
Was totally excited about it...till VZW decided not to carry it...
19. remyrz (Posts: 205; Member since: 28 Oct 2010)
I really prefer the European version.. so.. the USA versions dont do anything to me :) but I WANT IT SO BAAADDDD T____________T
20. Mr.Mr.Upgrade (Posts: 474; Member since: 30 Aug 2011)
Not on Big red aka Verizon, its a reason why Verizon will not carrie, this phone because they think its not good enough!
21. Darnelll (unregistered)
I am excited bc I am on sprint, but I'm going to have to wait to see what the deal is with Ice Cream Sandwich and the Nexus prime in relation to sprint. I would like a full HD screen and a physical camera button. I also don't want to wait 8 months to get Ice Cream Sandwich update for the SII, if a phone with it stock will come out relative soon after the launch of the s II.
22. nyamo (Posts: 274; Member since: 19 Mar 2011)
with the problems i had with the galaxy i'm not sure about this one... i may be in the minority here but i'm starting to prefer wp7. been completely happy with my focus. hoping that this wil come to wp7 but i don't have my hopes up
23. cappy718 (unregistered)
I have a poll:
How many different articles can PA put up about the Samsung Galaxy S2?
The main page is basically nothing but SGS2 stuff....
26. Allday28 (Posts: 283; Member since: 19 Nov 2010)
You realize this is a cell phone site right? When a bad ass phone like this comes out on 3 carriers they are gonna talk about it.. So if you dont want to see it DONT COME TO THE WEBSITE!!!! You expect them to talk about fricking puppies or something!??
41. cappy718 (unregistered)
Woah!!! I do realize this is a cell phone site. I'm not an idiot, but it just seems like there is a bunch of articles about the 1 thing that was learned yesterday...release date on Sprint at 200 bucks on contract. The specs on them are all pretty much the same minus the 4.5/4.3 thing. Besides that...what else has been learned about the phone? I was posing the question half heartedly to be a joke...not to get someone to jump down my throat. Take a pill...
51. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
and in a month, android users will be screaming because the page will be taken up with iphone5 launch crap. It all comes in cycles. Today is SGS2 day... is it really that hard? lol
60. cappy718 (unregistered)
I dunno...depends on when they do it...I'm hoping for Droid Prime/HTC Vigor stuff on VZW...but we'll see...
24. blank (unregistered)
F u verizon!!
27. Allday28 (Posts: 283; Member since: 19 Nov 2010)
Man I totally agree with you on this one. I mean I understand they might be getting the Prime, but I really love this version of touchwiz. I have had the Og Droid since release and I find stock Android to be really ugly and boring. Not to mention the Camera App sucks on stock android..
28. mclifford81 (Posts: 76; Member since: 26 Jan 2010)
Nope, this is already going to be outdated considering that Samsung already released information on the LTE versions of this phone and the upgraded processing speeds on the newer units. Don't blame Samsung though, it's the carriers who wanted to make sure their precious bloatware would function properly on the hardware first before they launched in the US. These phones were read for T-mobile and At&T back in MArch when I played with them at the CTIA conference and as usual we in the US of A had to wait twiddling our thumbs for a device that was meant to be future proof but not future proof enough to last through for seven months of waiting. The Prime better be ready soon or I might jump ship and join the dark side of Apple.. SMH
36. The_Miz (Posts: 1496; Member since: 06 Apr 2011)
No thanks, I'll wait for the superior iPhone.
53. protozeloz (Posts: 5396; Member since: 16 Sep 2010)
I like turtles
37. DROIDX0430 (Posts: 469; Member since: 24 Nov 2010)
I can't think of one reason to get excited...Let's see (What's was so special about The Fascinate)--last Android phone--not Galaxy S series to receive Froyo--phone is now discontinued on VW.. Continuum--a phone that never should have been released--a little ticker tape screen on the bottom of the phone--nothing special...Rogue--feature phone--numerous problems--Omnia 1 & 2, windows phones-need I say anymore...Droid Charge--should not be anywhere near the name Droid--should have been part of the Galaxy S I series...nothing Droid about the first LTE device on VW..It's another Fascinate with LTE..Still does not contain a simple feature like "Notification LED".. and now they are coming with another series Galaxy S II...--not disappointed at all.. Verizon did the RIGHT THING BY NOT GETTING THIS SERIES...
38. DROIDX0430 (Posts: 469; Member since: 24 Nov 2010)
39. DROIDX0430 (Posts: 469; Member since: 24 Nov 2010)
Read #20 Mr. Mr. Upgrades comments...He is on point!! I will thumbs up you!
40. DROIDX0430 (Posts: 469; Member since: 24 Nov 2010)
RIM MUST be paying for a lot of Advertisement on PA...sick and tired of the Blackberry Torch popup... it want even disappear when you click close...RIP RIM
42. URC (unregistered)
Not anymore. Hooray for 3rd world s**tholes getting the most powerful phone in production (at the time) before countries that actually have money! lol
43. Cappy718 (unregistered)
I wouldnt say the USA has money...more like a lot of debt...
72. XiphiasGladius (Posts: 813; Member since: 21 Aug 2011)
As if you who is not in the 3rd world county is the only one that has the money to buy one. We have the money to buy one too. Dumbass. . .


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Sporting Kansas City can move into a tie for first place in the MLS Eastern Conference with a win against a struggling Philadelphia Union side.
Sporting KC looks more like a team poised for a strong postseason run, having won three straight matches to stay within striking distance of the Eastern Conference-leading New York Red Bulls.
The Union look more like a sputtering ship running out of fuel at the worst possible time, winless in five straight and in jeopardy of missing the playoffs for a second straight season.
Sporting KC's recent run has been aided by the resurgence of forward C.J. Sapong, as well as the play of a defense that has allowed just four goals in the past six matches. Graham Zusi will spearhead a Sporting KC attack that has scored multiple goals in all three recent victories.
For the Union, the keys will be solidifying a struggling attack that has failed to score multiple goals in any of its past five matches. Jack McInerney's well-document scoring slump continues, with the young striker having failed to score in 12 straight matches. It is a drought that has led coach John Hackworth to bench McInerney in two of the team's past four matches in hopes of helping him snap out of it, and help the team snap out of its current funk.
"We have been in this business long enough to know that these kind of runs of form happen in an MLS season," Hackworth said of the team's recent slump. "Having a five-game winless streak is nothing compared to some of the winless streaks I have had in the past as a coach. It is how you rebound from them that matters. I remember one streak where we were able to rebound and reel off 12 consecutive wins.
"I'm not saying we are going to get to that level, but we are still in a good positiion."
Hackworth could go with a Conor Casey-Sebastien Le Toux strike tandem for the second straight match, but that tandem failed to generate a goal two weeks ago in a 1-0 loss to the Houston Dynamo. With the team coming off a bye, the Union should enter rested and ready to mount a serious challenge.
That still might not be enough against a Sporting KC side starting to hit its stride. KC won't be at full-strength, though. Not with regular starters Claudio Bieler and Uri Rosell still dealing with injury issues. Bieler's recent absence has opened the door for Sapong to step in and impress, as well as fellow forward Dom Dwyer.
Sporting KC trails the Red Bulls by three points in the race for first place in the East, but Peter Vermes' side is well-positioned to take over the top spot. Especially with New York set to face the Seattle Sounders on Sunday without Thierry Henry and Jamison Olave, and especially given the fact that four of Sporting KC's remaining regular season matches are against teams currently not in playoff positioning.
Two of those matches are against the Union, though, and Philadelphia will likely need a win in one of those meetings to have any chance of making the playoffs.

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The only source of nutmeg and mace (the seed and seed coating) in the world was this tiny and remote group of six islands to the south-east of Ambon. Adrift in the stunning Banda Sea, the beauty of these islands belie the violence that engulfed them during the seventeenth century as the Dutch sought a total monopoly on the nutmeg output, and the locals resisted.
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Posted June 24, 2014
The Detroit Pistons have released the summer schedule for "Pistons Academy" youth premier camps and specialty skills camps.
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The caretaker and the seed
de Karen Kuehn
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An INSPIRATIONAL Book
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Kairos (Time): Sinfonia No. 3, Op. 73c
I. Preludio
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TPP Transparency Letter Covered by Ars Technica
"...On May 9, 2012, 30 legal academics wrote a letter to USTR's Ron Kirk "to express our profound concern and disappointment at the lack of public participation, transparency, and open government processes in the negotiation of the intellectual property chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP)."
Kirk responded immediately, saying that he would provide a more detailed response later, but he wanted to make one thing clear right away:
"You may be surprised to know that USTR has conducted the most active outreach to all stakeholders relative to the TPP than in any [free trade agreement] previously, including the proposed disciplines on intellectual property," Kirk wrote.
As the academics pointed out in their reply, this was setting the bar pretty low. "USTR's consultation process consists of choosing with whom to share its international legislative proposals and leaving the rest of the country in the dark until the deal is done," they wrote.
"We are dedicated to transparency, but sometimes what you put in a negotiating document is a negotiating position," said Ambassador Demetrios Marantis, the deputy US Trade Representative, in an interview with Ars. "It's not necessarily what your actual position is. It's in the judgment of the negotiators."
For the process to work well, negotiators argue they need to keep these negotiating positions private.
"I understand that many trade negotiations involve some amount of secrecy that can be difficult to do in public," said Michael Geist, a law professor at the University of Ottawa and a signatory to the May 9 letter, when I spoke to him.
"But it seems to me that we're incorporating stuff that hasn't been part of trade agreements until recently, and where there has been multilateral trade agreements there hasn't been more transparency. What you risk is a 'take it or leave it' approach."
Beyond the process concerns around the fact that TPP has been negotiated essentially in secret for the last few years, the leaked IP chapter has given critics more substantive ammunition.
Among the most important are a lack of definition of fair use and public domain rights, extension of copyright to "life plus 70" (putting it in line with American law), treating temporary copies (such as in a cache or a video buffer on streaming sites) as copyrightable, and a ban on the circumvention of digital locks, among others..."
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Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) issued the following statement after a suicide bomber attacked and killed Israeli tourists in Bulgaria:
"This attack on innocent Israeli citizens is as barbaric as it is tragic. The United States must stand firmly by Israel as they confront the terrorists who target innocent people around the world."
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About the Book
Photographs of memorial sites shot around the world from sites from NYC to Nairobi. Book made for exhibition at the Center for Architecture on the even of the anniversary of 9/11 in anticipation of the memorial at Ground Zero.
Essays by Rick Bell , the director of the Center for Architecture, and Tracey Hummer, the shows curator. Tracey is a writer based in NYC.
Features & Details
- Category Fine Art Photography
Small Square, 7×7 in, 18×18 cm
80 Pages
- Softcover: 9781366565624
- Publish Date Oct 23, 2008
- Language English
- Tags dar tourism, social criticism, julie dermansky, fine art, killing fields, ground zero, genocide, memorials, photogrpahy, travel, africa, asia, cambodia
About the Creator
Julie Dermansky (b. 1966, New York City) is a transdisciplinary artist whose work is focused on documenting society's impact on the natural world and social injustice. Her work raises awareness of environmental issues, and draws a connection between social injustice and climate change. She has documented the aftermath of earthquakes and storms, the military-industrial complex in Iraq, and the expansion of the industrial landscape across the country, uncovering information overlooked by the mainstream media. Dermansky is an affiliate scholar at the Rutgers University Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights. Her photographs have been published internationally, and her reports are published by The Atlantic, Al Jazeera, The Guardian, Truthout, and the Desmog Blog, among others. Her series "Fracking in the USA" was screened at the 2015 Visa pour l'Image, Perpignan's International Festival of Photojournalism.
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I hate the way Twitter transforms the written word into abbreviations and hieroglyphics, the staccato bursts of emptiness that occur when Twidiots who have no business writing for public consumption squeeze themselves into 140-character cement shoes. People used to write more intelligently than they speak. Now, a scary majority tend to speak more intelligently than they tweet. If that's a concern—and all evidence suggests it isn't—you can keep your tweets private, readable only by those you invite. But that reduces your number of "followers," so almost nobody does it. A private Twitter account cuts against the whole spirit of the enterprise—a bit like showing up at a nude beach in a muumuu.
There are admittedly pockets of genius on Twitter, as anyone who's ever visited the Goldman Sachs Elevator Gossip page knows. (@GSElevator: "If you can only be good at one thing, be good at lying. . . . Because if you're good at lying, you're good at everything.") But most often, Twitter makes otherwise great writers good, and good writers bad. It's a format that encourages even the pros to locate the mediocrity within. From @salmanrushdie: "One year today since I joined Twitter. I'm amazed to have 400,000+ of you with me. Thanks for following, everyone. It has been fun."
I hate the way Twitter turns people into brand managers, their brands being themselves. It's nearly impossible now to watch television news without an anchor imploring you to "follow me on Twitter," even as you're already following him on television. You couldn't do this much following in the physical world without being slapped with a restraining order.
Though I've just catalogued much to hate about Twitter, there's plenty more to hate about Twitter. I hate that Twitter makes the personal public. That conversations between two intimates that formerly transpired in person or by email become conversations between two intimates for the benefit of their followers. I've actually been to lunch with people who have tweeted throughout, unbeknownst to me. (The fact that they only looked up from their iPhone twice in two hours might've been a tipoff. Though that's pretty much par for the course, even with untweeted lunches these days.)
I hate that formerly respectable adults now think it's okay to go at each other like spray-tanned girls on Jersey Shore, who start windmill-slapping each other after they've each had double-digit cherry vodkas and one calls the other "fat."


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Mining's risky business
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Christine St Anne is Morningstar's online editor.
When oil and gas giant Woodside Petroleum (WPL) announced in December last year that it would expand its operations in Israel, Morningstar associate head of basic materials Mark Taylor was less than enthusiastic.
Under the agreement, Woodside will buy a 30 per cent interest in the Leviathan gas joint venture. When announcing the deal, the company's chief executive Peter Coleman said the move was a significant step towards realising Woodside's ambition of securing world-class growth opportunities.
For Taylor, the deal was simply "a great way to take the shine off a good story". In his report titled "What are they thinking?" Taylor said it was "di-worsification" at its best and said he hoped Woodside will hopefully "come to its senses before too much is outlaid".
UBS was a little more restrained in its assessment of the deal. The investment firm said that while more work and de-risking is needed, it adds another "growth option" to the Woodside business.
Woodside's foray into Israel highlights the issue of sovereign risk. It was only a month ago when Rio Tinto (RIO) chief executive Tom Albanese stood down after the mining giant announced a US$14-billion write-down - including a US$3-billion write-down of its Mozambique coal assets.
According to Taylor, the miner increased its level of sovereign risk under the watch of Albanese. "Rio's write-down of the Mozambique coal assets gives an indication of where that path can unfortunately lead," Taylor said.
In comparison, Taylor said BHP Billiton's (BHP) entry into US shale gas "kept its sovereign risk in check". But in a world of finite resources, the mantra for many mining and energy companies is to go where the resources are, despite concerns about fraud and corruption.
In fact, fraud and corruption is one of the top 10 risks facing miners, according a recent report from Ernst and Young. Global consulting firm Behre Dolbear found the greatest level of corruption exists in countries such as Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, Indonesia, South Africa, Papua New Guinea (PNG) and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Rio already has operations in Mongolia, Indonesia and South Africa. Tiger Resources (TGS) is currently operating in the DRC region, while Santos (STO) has mines in PNG.
UBS head of resources research Glyn Lawcock said emerging opportunities will spur resource companies to move further into non-OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries.


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The Pacers win their fist preseason game against a poor Wolves team. Minnesota is trying to win as many preseason games as they can because they know once the regular season starts they will not be winning very often. Through the first three games the Pacers were 0-3 and the Wolves 3-0. Not because Minnesota has a better team but because they are in win now mode. They are feeling the backlash from their fans because they are a poorly ran franchise that can never get over the fact that the Lakers should be their team.
Jim O'Brien is also fealing the pressure. After tinkering with the lineups in the second half of the first three games with horrible results he's had shore up the rotations so the novice fans will stop bickering. After three meaningless preseason games he's had to stop experimenting with the lineups and stop trying to develop the end of the bench.
Indiana has not had a coach for more than four years since Slick Leonard's twelve year stint ended in 1980. We were a poorly ran francise untill Donnie Walsh came in the mid 80's. In the early 90's we had a playoff team but couldn't convince a good coach to come hear till Lary Brown in the mid 90's. That's when things took off.
We had a nice run that ended in going to the Finals in 2000. Then we make some trades that bring us Jermaine O'neal, Ron Artest and Brad Miller and we make another playoff run. Making the playoffs for 16 out of 17 years has spoiled the fans. The novice fans need to appreciate how hard it is to build a playoff team.
Jim O'Brien has been criticized too harshly by some short sighted fans. We need to realize that we are still in transition and are rebuilding on the fly. We should be happy that Larry Bird talked Jim O'Brien in coming here and that we don't have a rookie coach to go along with our young roster.
It's been a shock to our system that we've gone from a half court team to a running team but we don't have Rik Smits and Jermaine O'neal in the post commanding double teams. Roy Hibbert is trying to be our man in the post but is still young, awkward and still learning but has a work ethic that gives us confidence that he'll succeed. Don't forget that it took Rik Smits and Jermaine O'neal some to get it going.
Larry Bird has took some unfair criticism also. The biggest blemish on his record is drafting Shawne Williams 17th in 2006 but look at his contemporaries. Twelve through twenty look like this: Hilton Armstrong, Thabo Sefolosha, Ronnie Brewer, Cedric Simmons, Rodney Carney, Shawne Williams, Oleksiy Pecherov, Quincy Douby, Renaldo Balkman. To be fair Donnie Walsh was in charge until april 2008.
The Pacers have turned Jermaine O'neal, Troy Murphy and Shawne Williams into Roy Hibbert, Josh McRoberts, T.J. Ford, Darren Collison and Magnum Rolle. They have drafted Danny Granger, Brandon Rush, Tyler Hansbrough and Paul George in the first round being 17, 13, 13, 10 and have had two second round steals in A.J. Price and Lance Stephenson. The last time we've had a second round steal was Antonio Davis in 1990.
Larry Bird's three year plan is looking good. After this year when we will have some cap space to hopefully bring in a nice veteran in a slim class of free agents and have another chance to draft between 17 and 10. We will finally have the roster that we can be proud of for many years.
These last few years have been frustrating and in alot of ways mirror the late 80's. We should be thankful that we've bottomed out at only 32 wins. Do you remember the four strait 20 win seasons we had in the early to mid 80's. That monumental failure set up the success in the 90's.
The Pacers have spoiled us. Who else could build a team without any top 9 picks. It's been 20 years since we've had a season so bad. How many teams can say that?
We were 27th in the league in attendence last year. The Colts are bringing in 50,000+ fans every game but do you think once Manning retires the fans will be patient while they get another quarterback?
In 1985 the year of the first lottery many fans jumped on the bandwagon when we got the second pick and were rewarded in the 90's. By the mid 90's it was hard to get a good seat. People need to reserve there seats now because conventual wisdom will tell you that starting next year good seats will be getting harder to come by.
Let's not be novice short sighted spoiled fans. Let's enjoy the run the Pacers are about to make and appreciate the hard work this organization has done.
Me and my fellow area 55ers will see you at the game. Go Pacers!


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Avon SKIN SO SOFT Soft & Sensual Hand Rescue Balm Reviews
Reminds me of my mom, and the 80's.My mom was obsessed with skin so soft in the 80's and early 90's. i can't speak to this in 2013, but in the old days, I thought it smelled kinda funky and just got an 'ok' vibe from it. — 3 years, 8 months agoposhinprogress | 181 reviews
Smells niceI like the smell of this product and it leaves your hands feeling soft but a little bit oily. — 8 years, 11 months agoMenita | 1 reviews
A good, basic productI am a fan of Avon products and am certain that the "most discerning" of buyers would be raving about some of their products if they were sold in a department store with elaborate packing and a price-as-the-index-to-quality attitude. I do use this product on occasion, but you need to plan to be at home and wear cotton gloves as it feels greasy. I would compare it to the feeling of rubb...read moreing Vaseline petroleum jelly on your hands. I would recommend using a regular hand lotion first and then a drop of this product to seal in that moisturizer. You also might try putting a drop of this balm on only the BACK of your hands and rub the backs of your hands together, leaving your palms and finger tips grease-free for driving, touching delicate fabrics, or handling documents at work. This is a good product to use at night to seal in moisture. If you leave in the tropics or an extremely humid area, use this product sparingly as it does not really seem to sink in to your skin but seems to sit on top of your skin, just like petroleum jelly does. — 8 years, 11 months agoRebeccaR1 | 4 reviews
Great for your handsThis is such a great product to keep your hands from cracking in the winter. — 8 years, 11 months agoashley22198522 | 13 reviews
For handsThis is great for extremely dry hands. It stays on for a long time. I could take or leave the fragrance but I like how strong it is for my hands. I like a lot of lotions from Avon. — 8 years, 11 months agodidapr08 | 49 reviews
Smells great, but a little iffyAs with all SSS products, it smells great, but I was a little disappointed in the results. My hands didn't seem to get any better — 9 years agorileymarie | 4 reviews
Rolls off my skinVery moisturizing, but I find that this rolls off my skin in clumps when I rub it in. — 9 years, 2 months agomizbrophy | 5 reviews
Best Moisturizing Hand Cream!This cream is VERY moisturizing, smells great, makes my hands soft and lasts through multiple washes!! It's a little thick, but it absorbs in the skin. — 9 years, 3 months agoclaudiaf | 14 reviews
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Facial Expressionism
Immanence EnVISAGED
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At this moment, when the machine-assisted biometric reading of faces has never been more prevalent and more standardized, the fifteen artists participating in Facial Expressionism at the Art Gallery produce innovative aesthetic deterritorializations of faces that purposefully over-spill the limits of any singular signifying system, thereby resisting a simple complicity between a face and the evolving metrics for 'knowing' it. Their works explore the ontogenesis of a particular face with its various expressive manifestations, the gestalt of figuration with ground, the immanence of representation and materiality, and the entanglement of gesture and affect.
ARTISTS: Michael Alvarez, Jeremy Bailey, Maya Bloch, Justin Bower, Guy Denning, Kim Dorland, Paul Gillis, Annie Lapin, Gerardo Monterubbio, Buddy Nestor, Rachel Niffenegger, Kambui Olujimi, Dominic Quagliozzi, Phoebe Unwin, and Eric Yahnker
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: Galileo Gonzalez
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- Categoría Bellas artes
Cuadrado pequeño, 18×18 cm
90 Páginas
- Fecha de publicación mar. 14, 2012
- Idioma English
- Etiquetas Cerritos College Art Gallery, Eric Yahnker, Phoebe Unwin, Dominic Quagliozzi, Kambui Olujimi, Rachel Niffenegger, Buddy Nestor, Gerardo Monterubbio, Annie Lapin, Paul Gillis, Kim Dorland, Guy Denning, Justin Bower, Maya Bloch, Jeremy Bailey, Facial Expressionism, Michael Alvarez, Immanence, Visage, Face
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The Cerritos College Art Gallery presents rotating exhibitions highlighting the work of emerging and mid-career artists. A special emphasis is placed on works that confront challenging and pressing issues in contemporary art and culture. In support of exhibitions, the Cerritos College Art Gallery also regularly hosts workshops, lectures, and performances.


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Papua New Guinea's (PNG) state-owned air navigation service provider signed a contract with Comsoft, of Karlsruhe, Germany, to modernize the island nation's air traffic management (ATM) and surveillance systems to the latest international standard. The parties announced the contract in Port Moresby, PNG's capital, on March 28.
Comsoft will deliver ATM automation and the capability to track aircraft by multilateration in the Port Moresby terminal area and by automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast in the PNG flight information region. Subcontractors Micronav and Frequentis will provide 3D tower control simulators and voice communication systems at Port Moresby and five remote towers, respectively. The domestic airports of Madang, Mount Hagen, Goroka, Nazdab and Tokua will contribute to the overall surveillance coverage.
Last year, Comsoft installed aeronautical message handling technology in PNG in an earlier phase of the modernization. After a procurement process started in November 2012, Papua New Guinea Air Services Ltd. (PNGASL) chose Comsoft to continue the modernization. The value of the latest contract is 33 million PNG Kinas, or $12.8 million. "Our commitment to the people of Papua New Guinea as well as the aviation industry is to provide modern equipment and systems that will contribute toward achieving our vision of becoming a world class air navigation service provider," Ted Pakii, PNGASL managing director and CEO, said in a statement.
The Australian government is contributing K12.2 million ($4.67 million) toward ATM modernization in the country it once ruled through the PNG-Australia Transport Sector Support Program. The nations signed a memorandum of agreement to support cooperation in transport safety and security in 2010. James Hall, minister-counselor for development cooperation with the Australian High Commission, attended the contract signing. The PNG government is providing K30.6 million ($12 million) from its 2013 and 2014 budgets.
The PNG television station EMTV videotaped the press conference announcing the contract. In remarks during the event, Comsoft CEO Manfred Schmid said: "PNG's actively expanding economy called for state-of-the-art ATM in order to cope with increasing demands for air services and meet industry advancements. The essential modernization will bring PNGASL fully in line (with) the latest ICAO recommendations, standards and practices. The fully automated and scaleable ATM automation solution from Comsoft will allow smooth aeronautical services across the entire airspace of PNG as well as integration with neighboring countries' airspace."


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By Tim Goodenow for MSNsportsNET.com
November 9, 2009
|Coach Izzo-Brown
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - The West Virginia University women's soccer team will start its quest for the 2009 NCAA College Cup against Loyola University Maryland in the opening round of NCAA tournament Friday, Nov. 13, at W. Dennie Spry Stadium in Winston-Salem, N.C.
"Any time you make the NCAA tournament, your first reaction is excitement," said coach Nikki Izzo-Brown. "We knew we would be traveling somewhere within in a driving radius. We are excited to be playing in such a tough bracket and our preparation for Loyola begins tonight."
Wake Forest will serve as one of 16 host schools for the first and second rounds of the national tournament. The other first-round match in Winston-Salem features 10th-ranked Wake Forest versus Kennesaw State. The Mountaineers and Greyhounds will kickoff on Friday at 3 p.m., while the Demon Deacons and Owls begin at 5:30 p.m. The winners of Friday's games will face off in the second round on Sunday, Nov. 15, at 1 p.m. Tickets prices have been set at $5 for students and seniors and $7 for adults.
The Mountaineers are 9-9 all-time in NCAA tournament play, including a 3-1 mark against teams on a neutral site. WVU has played only one match all-time at W. Dennie Spry Stadium – a 2-0 loss to Virginia in the 2006 NCAA first round. West Virginia and Loyola have met twice before, with both contests coming during the NCAA tournament (2002, 2003).
The 64-team NCAA tournament field includes 30 conference champions receiving automatic bids and 34 at-large selections. Wake Forest, the No. 3 seed in the 16-team North Carolina region, and West Virginia were at-large picks. Kennesaw State won the Atlantic Sun Conference and Loyola won the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference to earn automatic berths.
Loyola carries a 15-4-3 record on the season and is riding a program-record 14 game-unbeaten streak (12-0-2). The Mountaineers own a record of 9-6-6 after advancing to their eighth BIG EAST Championship semifinal.
West Virginia now has made 10-consecutive trips to the NCAA tournament, a mark tied for the ninth-longest streak in the nation. The Mountaineers first made the field of 64 in 2000 and have not missed since, advancing to the Sweet 16 twice and the Elite Eight in 2007.
Seven BIG EAST women's soccer teams (Connecticut, Marquette, Notre Dame, Rutgers, St. John's, Villanova and West Virginia) made the NCAA tournament, a feat also accomplished in 2006. The seven teams selected is one shy of the league record of eight set in 2001.
"The number of teams from the BIG EAST each year shows how good the conference is," said Izzo-Brown. "We played all six of those teams this season and all of us can make deep runs in this national tournament."
A BIG EAST team has advanced to the College Cup 10 times in the past 14 years. In addition, a BIG EAST squad has played for the women's soccer national championship seven times in the last 12 seasons and claimed a pair of national titles.
Third round games will be played at on-campus sites Nov. 20, 21 or 22. Quarterfinal matches will be played Nov. 27, 28 or 29. Times will be announced. The 28th annual 64-team NCAA Women's College Cup will be played Dec. 4 and 6 at Texas A&M in College Station, Texas.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — A member of a bipartisan "Gang of Six" senators says the group is unlikely to reach agreement on a plan to cut the deficit by $4 trillion over the next decade through a mix of new tax revenues and cuts across a wide swath of the federal budget.
Sen. Tom Coburn says chances of the group reaching agreement after months of negotiations are "not good."
The Oklahoma Republican was a member of President Barack Obama's fiscal commission and he voted for the panel's plan in December. The group has been closely watched by those hoping for a bipartisan deficit-cutting plan that might gain momentum despite the partisanship consuming Capitol Hill.
Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, a member of the group, said that it met Tuesday and will meet again Wednesday.


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John is allergic to wool.
John recorded an advertisement for a set visit to the studios of Doctor Who, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures for Children In Need 2008 with David Tennant, Catherine Tate and Eve Myles.
The winners of the contest were met at the studio by Russell T. Davies.
November 2008, John participated in the Birmingham Christmas Lights Switch On; he sang songs from his album Music, Music, Music which was released later in the same month.
John co-hosted the Children in Need gala with Gethin Jones at the Millennium Center in Cardiff (November 2008).
The video for What About Us the first single from John's 2008 album Music, Music, Music revolves around two couples: one straight and one gay The aim of the video is two show that the two couples are the same.
John performed at the 2008 edition of the Faenol festival in North Wales. He had been asked to go for a couple of years, but because of scheduling problems hadn't been able to.
As part of Radio 4's "Big Bang Day", John contributed to a special Torchwood radio episode, as well as taking part in an in-studio discussion with Ben Miller, Alan Alda and Eddie Izzard (2008).
In 2008, John appeared at the Cheltenham Literature festival (Gloucestershire) with Russell T Davies in a discussion of their television show Torchwood.
In September 2008, John hosted a concert in Hyde Park to celebrate Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber's 60th birthday.
John and Scott are building a six bedroom house Cardiff, on the beach no less. They intend to adopt in the near future and this house will be perfect for their new family.
John released his autobiography entitled Anything Goes in 2008.
John contributed commentaries for the episodes Captain Jack Harkness and End Of Days for the Torchwood Season 1 DVD box set.
In The Making of Me broadcast in 2008, John explores what made him gay his personal belief is that he was born gay but the show does DNA testing, other tests and explores other theories to challenge John's views.
Olivier Awards
Best Actor in a Musical for The Fix (1997) (Nominated)
Stonewall Awards
Sexiest Man of the Year (2008) (Won)
Entertainer of the Year (2006) (Won)
SyFy Genre Awards
Best Actor/Television for Torchwood (2008) (Nominated).
On June 29 2008, John took part in the Gay Pride Parade in Toronto, he was included in the How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria float with the host Gavin Crawford.
John met with Russell T. Davies, Phil Collinson and Andy Pryor when he auditionned for the role of Captain Jack. He was cast straight away and one of the reason for it was his passion for Doctor Who, the hard part was shutting up about it for 9 months since his casting was a "secret".
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John provided commentaries for the episodes The Empty Child, The Doctor Dances, Boom Town and The Parting Of The Ways for the Season 1 DVD box set of Doctor Who in 2005.
John provided a commentary with David Tennant and Freema Agyeman for the episode Last Of The Time Lords for the Doctor Who Season Three DVD boxset in 2007.
John's favourite animal is a dog, but his partner Scott, is more of a 'cat person'. John's dog Lewis passed away in May 2008. He had been with John and Scott for twelve years.
In August 2008, John adopted another dog, 'Captain Jack', a Jack Russell Terrier, from the Cardiff Dogs Home. John supports the Home, and opened a new kennel block there. This way John showed is support in the first National Dog Adoption Month in the UK which was August.
John is patron of the charity TheatreMAD, which is a support organisation for people with HIV, which will raise awareness and funds through theatre-based events. In February 2008 John teamed up with Stonewall again as part of a campaign to combat anti-gay violence.
John is a major supporter of the World AIDS charity. He also sponsors Dogs Trust a UK canine welfare charity and Crusaid a UK charity dedicated to helping poor and marginalised people with or affected by HIV and Aids.
John placed #9 in The Sun's 'Ultimate Gay Icon' (2008).
AfterElton's Hot List voted John #2 (2008).
John came second in TV Guide's Most sexiest sci-fi guy to watch. First place went to Tom Welling (2008).
SFX Magazine Doctor Who Special, John's Doctor Who character Captain Jack Harkness came in at Number 7 for Best Companion (2008).
Solo Albums
Matador, (1991).
Aspects of Lloyd Webber, (1997).
Reflections from Broadway, (2000).
John Barrowman Swings Cole Porter, (2004).
Another Side, (2007). Went Gold in 2008, and was awarded the gold disc on The Alan Titchmarsh Show, 11 February 2008.
Music, Music, Music (2008).
Theatre Appearances
Anything Goes, (1989).
Miss Saigon, (1991 & 1993).
Matador, (1991).
Phantom of the Opera, (1992).
Hair, (1993).
Rope, (1993).
Sunset Boulevard, (1994 & 1996).
Red Red Rose, (1996).
Aspects of Love, (1997).
Evita, (1997).
The Fix, (1997).
Hey Mr Producer, (1998).
Putting it Together, (1998, 1999, 2000).
Beauty and the Beast, (1999).
Company, (2002).
It's Better with a Band, (2002).
Anything Goes, (2002).
Love's Labours Lost, (2003).
Beautiful and Damned, (2003).
Anything Goes - Drury Lane, (2003/2004).
Chicago, (2004).
A Few Good Men, (2005).
Cinderella at the New Wimbledon New Theatre, (2005/2006) (John's first Pantomime appearance).
Jack and the Beanstalk, (2006/2007) (Pantomime).
Aladdin at the Birmingham Hippodrome (2007/2008) (Pantomime).
Robin Hood at the Birmingham Hippodrome (2008/2009) (Pantomime) (for a record £270,000).
At the suggestion of Rob Lowe, his co-star in A Few Good Men, John was offered the role of Jason McCallister on Brothers And Sisters but could not take it due to his commitments to Doctor Who and Torchwood.
John wore a kilt at his civil partnership to architect Scott Gill. They had been together for 16 years before the ceremony (a commitment ceremony which accords gay couples many of the same rights as heterosexual couples in the UK) It took place on Wednesday 27 December 2006, and they held their reception at the St David's Hotel And Spa in Cardiff Bay. They have homes in London, California and Florida; the latter near John's family, who he returns to vist every Christmas.
John is taking part in Children in Need on 16 November 2007 doing 'something musical'.
In the Independent on Sunday's annual Pink List - the Top 100 powerful and influential and openly gay - John was a new entry at 17, dropping to 23 in 2008.
Musical Winners, (1996).
Broadway Now 2, (1996).
Showstoppers from Broadway, (1997).
Hey Mr Producer, (1998).
The Greatest Ever Musical - West End, (2000).
The Magical Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, (2002).
The Greatest Songs from the Musicals, (2002).
Loving You, (2002).
The Musicality of Soundheim, (2002).
The Musicality of Porter, (2002).
The Musicality of Lloyd Webber, (2002).
Essential Songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber, (2002).
The Very Best of Broadway Musicals, (2002).
Guest Artist
Sarah Brightman's album Sarah Brightman - Love Changes Everything Vol 2 (2005)
Cast Recordings
Cole Porter - Centennial Gala Concert, (1991).
Phantom of the Opera.
Hair, (1993).
Grease, (1994).
Godspell, (1995).
The Fix, (1998).
Anything Goes, (2003).
Just So, (2006).
De-Lovely, (2004).
The Producers, (2005).
Arci's Place - his debut into cabaret in New York. (February/March 2002).
His Cabaret Show at the Kennedy Centre, (June 2002).
Stepping Out Productions Second Annual Cabaret Artist Series, at the Stackner Cabaret, (August 2002).
Connor Prairie, (August 2002).
American Songbook Series, at the Lincoln Centre, (October 2002).
Sondheim Celebration, (October 2002).
Boston Pops Tribute to Jerry Herman, (May 2003).
Elegies - a song cycle, at the Arts Theatre. Performed the songs of William Finn. He gave up his one night off from his full time gig as Billy Flynn in Chicago at the Adelphi Theatre, in order to be in the show. (November 2004).
Pizza on the Park, (July 2005).
Aalst, Belgium, (July 2005).
West Side Story - A Tribute to Leonard Bernstein inn Munich, Germany, (July 2005).
Sondheim Birthday Concert, (October 2005).
Elaine Paige - A Musical Christmas at the Symphony Hall, Birmingham. (December 2005).
John Barrowman - A Musical Christmas at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. Featuring Helen Dallimore, matt Rawle and the BBC Concert Orchestra. (December 2006).
Jerry Herman Gala, (September 2007).
Another Side Tour, (April 2008).
In 2006 John hosted a special called Keys to the Castle for the American cable network HGTV. Filmed in various parts of the UK the show visited castles, manor houses and stately homes still inhabited by their owners.
In the Spring of 2006 John was the celebrity reader for the Cbeebies young childrens channel bedtime hour.
In the week leading up to Easter 2006 John co-presented ITV's This Morning alongside Fern Britton, and again in May 2008.
In 2006 John was partnered with former World Junior Ice Dancing Champion Olga Sharutenko on ITV's reality show Dancing on Ice.
John was interviewed on the BBC's 100 Greatest Musicals in 2003. He spoke about Hair, Anything Goes, Miss Saigon, and The Kind and I.
John plays a pushy and ambitious Hollywood reporter in the 2004 film Method which stars Elizabeth Hurley.
John appeared in Rick McKay's three part documentary film Broadway the Golden Age.
John was one of the presenters on the Main Stage of "Gay Pride London 2007". At one point, he was joined on stage by his partner, Scott.
He opened and closed the 2006 Royal Variety Performance, which was attended by Prince Charles and his wife Camilla.
During his time at Live & Kicking he moved from being third presenter, alongside Andi Peters and Emma Forbes, to being presenter of the weekly entertainment program Electric Circus.
John starred as a judge in the UK BBC series How do you solve a problem like Maria?. The aim of the programme was to find an unknown person to play Maria in the upcoming staging of The Sound Of Music in London's West End. The public also played a large role in the casting by voting over the phone for their favourite contestant. The success of this programme led him to be cast as a judge on the next show from Andrew Lloyd Webber Any Dream Will Do. This followed the same concept but attempted to find a 'Joseph' to star in the musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat.
The success of these and other shows of the same structure even went further than the UK when in 2008 How do you solve a problem like Maria? was done for Canadian television.
John appeared in the Cameron Mackintosh musical celebration Hey Mr Producer at the Lyceum Theatre in 1998. The show, conceived and filmed as a Royal Gala for Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip, covers the long list of musicals and revivals produced by Mr Mackintosh. John, who originated the role of Cal in The Fix performed the song "One Two Three" from the show.
John appeared as an uncredited extra in Brian De Palma's 1987 film The Untouchables
A scene of John's bare bottom was cut from the final edit of the Doctor Who episode "The Parting of the Ways", because of BBC guidelines on the amount of skin allowed to be shown on screen. John was very upset about the decision because he feels he has a nice bum!
John Barrowman applied for the role of 'Will' in Will and Grace - but he didn't get the part because the producers felt he was 'too straight'!
John watched PBS as a child and was brought up watching shows like Fawlty Towers, shows which influenced him so much he decided to become an actor.
John was born in Scotland, but moved to the state of Illinois at the age of eight where he deliberately developed an American accent to avoid being bullied. As a result of this he still uses his Scottish accent to converse with his family and other Scots (such as David Tennant when filming Doctor Who ) but his American accent when talking to everyone else.
Taking inspiration from Oprah Winfrey John returned to his school roots in Illinois and lead a theatre workshop for Joliet West High School students. The Dreamers' Workshops are now open to all high school students.
After leaving Live and Kicking John joined The Movie Game and presented until its final episode in December 1995. Alongside this he was a regular presenter of Channel 5's weekday magazine show 5's Company.
John began his stage career during his formative years in his native Scotland. Taking centre stage, he would stand on the counter at his mother's record shop in Glasgow, singing songs from the current best selling albums.
John learnt his ability to Ice skate during a summer vacation from a top West End play.
John starred alongside several other musical actors in the BBC's four part programme The Sound of Musicals which was aired weekly from January 2006.
John's new year resolution for 2006 was to give up drinking wine.
John is a member of the Duke of Edinburgh Awards Scheme, an organization dedicated to promoting outstanding achievements by young people. He has acted as MC for presentations of the Awards at St James's Palace.
John didn't get bit by the acting bug until he was a teenager, and a member of the Joliet Drama Guild in high school.
(On Birmingham where he performed his panto "Robin Hood")
John: I love Birmingham, I think the best thing about it is its people. And it has such diversity. Where else can you be in Chinatown one moment and Little India, as I call it, the next?
(On his 2008 panto "Robin Hood" before the start of its run)
John: I am thrilled to be returning to the Birmingham Hippodrome this Christmas in a production full of surprises and packed with entertainment for all ages. I am particularly looking forward to taking on Titan - with my experience of battling futuristic baddies, I don't think it'll prove much of a problem!
(Apologizing for exposing himself in radio in December 2008)
John: I was on a radio show on Sunday evening which I was told was going to be fun and edgy and I went on and was fun and edgy and I took it a step too far. I don't know if there was a (webcam) - the webcam apparently was not on. I made a mistake, I learned from that mistake and it's been a difficult week. But that's it. Move on, get on with it. I apologise in that sense if I offended anyone - I put an apology out so my mistake, my bag, let's move on.
(On the Republicans in America anti-gay sentiments and especially responding to things Anne Coulther has said)
John: What gives them the right to say that I should not have the same rights as she does. I do exactly the same things as she does. She puts a dick in her mouth, she goes down on her husband and her husband probably goes down on her. Like I do it to my partner, right? What's the difference? There's no difference. I do it with a man, she does it with a man, so we have a lot in common.
(On being a little sexually charged on telly)
John: The programs I go on, where I get a little saucy, are adult programs after the hours of nine o'clock, now if someone puts that on YouTube and it's accessible, that's not my problem. I am very aware of that but I always say to people who do things and say things about me, 'Please remember that my nieces and nephews read this stuff about me, please remember that other children read this.'
(On his being so busy and never out of work)
John: I could lie to you and say it's been a struggle, but I've never had to struggle. I've worked very hard but I've never had to wait tables. I've always created work for myself because I treat myself as a business. I'm the product and although I'm still human and personable, I know that I have to promote myself and create work for myself.
(On his good looks)
John: I know I'm not ugly, I'm not going to lie to you and say I don't know that. All I can say is I know I'm not ugly. I see flaws in myself, I have my problems like everyone else. But ya, I know when I get up, when I walk on stage, I have the face for a camera. So I'm not going to be one of those people who go, 'I don't think I'm good looking. I don't know what people see.' I may have said that in the past, but I would never say that now.
(Jesting - or was he? - about the kind of toys could be developped from "Torchwood")
John: We can't make Torchwood toys. We can't market to children because it's an adult show. Maybe we could do Torchwood sex toys. I will suggest it.
(Responding to an interviewers doubts about "Torchwood" series 3)
John: It's going to be a different feel because we're doing five days. Julie (Gardner) wants to make an impact on BBC1, and in order to do that we need to do a really exceptional episodic piece. Every episode is just going to be like a punch in the face. It'll be exciting, dramatic and tragic all at the same time.
(Dicussing if we might expect a new show in the vein of "How Do you Solve A Problem Like Maria?", "Any Dream Will Do" and "I'd Do Anything")
John: Ooh I don't know, you will have to watch. They are talking about it. I would like to see a year hiatus before there's another one. You need to put a pause on something when you have such a good thing going rather than flog it like a dead horse.
(On the success of "The Making of Me" and the repercussion it has had)
John: It was the highest rated show on the BBC that evening. I've had a huge response to people saying they're more open-minded now. Teenagers have written to me and said they're more comfortable with coming out now. Some were on the brink of suicide but changed their minds. I'm really pleased with that. There's nothing wrong with who I am or being gay and I wanted people to see that. There are always people who won't like me but all I ask is people respect me.
(On having Jodie Prenger winner of "I'd Do Anything" perform with him at the Faenol Festival)
John: When I was contacted by Bryn (Terfel) about performing at the festival I said I would like whoever won the Nancy role to sing in concert with me. I think it's important that we help promote the people we choose to win. I backed Jodie really quietly for the whole time as I really believed in her. When people see her do other things they will realise what a star she really is.
(On Gary Barlow's reaction to John recording "What About Us" for his CD "Music, Music, Music")
John: He said it was fantastic. I hope in future Gary will play when I sing. Funny enough, we didn't even meet each other. When I did my first album I said that when I did a second I wanted Gary to write for me. I think he is a great songwriter – one of Britain's best songwriters. I love Take That so it was always a dream of mine that he'd write for me.
(Commenting on his appearance at the Faenol festival in 2008)
John: I really love Wales so it's great to have the chance to play at a big festival here. Instead of taking the motorway we took the road up through the Brecon Beacons. I feel at home here.
(On how he thinks he could teach a thing or two about men to women)
John: I would love to lecture to women on men. I'd tell them everything about men: gay, straight, bi, how we're all the same, how we're all bastards. Men know what men want. In and out of bed. Some women are afraid to go to regions that are especially sensitive to men because they think it's dirty. I'd love to be able to tell women this. I think it would open up their sex lives. Experimentation is incredibly healthy. Men love it when their partner dresses up. My mother even advocates it. Unless you are going to get physically hurt, you should give it a go. Before you start, you need a panic word in case you feel uncomfortable. Ours changes depending on the situation but you can't shout 'stop' because it might fit into the role-play situation a little too well.
(On rumours that the third series of "Torchwood" would be milder and directed at families)
John: It's not going to change, it's not a family show. We're still going to be on after 9 pm. Torchwood's a family show if you think it's appropriate for your children to watch it. We just deal with issues of life. But no, it's not going to be toned down. We're still going to be edgy, because that's what we are.
(Talking about his solo album "Music, Music, Music")
John: There are three distinct styles on this record: Musical theatre, country and western, and straightforward pop. I wanted to sing songs I've always loved, songs like Bette Midler's From A Distance, Joni Mitchell's Both Sides Now and Dusty Springfield's You Don't Have To Say You Love Me, alongside things like Keith Urban's fantastic You'll Think Of Me. Another Side did better than I ever expected so who knows, maybe this one will do even better…
(On his habit of dropping his pants on set and the reason behind it)
John: I'm a true believer that sex is not dirty, it's not bad, and that we should all lighten up a bit. We're all brought up to think that it's naughty, but it's not. That's why I get my balls out on set.
(On his role in "The Fix" a play directed by Sam Mendes in 1998)
John: I played a coke-sniffing, heroin-obsessed, sex-addicted politician. It was extreme stuff, and there was a scene where I had to inject drugs directly into my crotch. People would pass out in the audience, I swear they really did.
(On how he doesn't see himself as a hero like Jack Harkness, but people see him as such)
John: I'd love to be a hero and that's why I love playing him, because he is a hero. But then, funnily enough, people have written to me and said I am their 'hero' because of standing up for what I believe in.
(On why he thought doing "The Making of Me" was important)
John: I never thought I would be like this, I never thought I'd be someone who would stand up for 'the cause'. I don't want to be a militant gay, because that's not me.
There are some days that I sign, like, 400 pictures, autographs and stuff. And among those I generally get a bunch of, say, four, five emails and some written letters from young men and women who are struggling to come out of the closet and they don't know who to turn to because they're afraid of their family's reaction and they're afraid of their community's reaction. So when they approached me to do this [The Making of Me], I thought, 'Yeah, you know, I really kinda have to do it.' I do think I've got a responsibility to help change perceived attitudes or try to change them.
(On why he is adamant about not calling his civil partnership a "marriage")
John: I don't call it 'marriage' for my own reasons - and I would suggest to gay men and women that they don't call it a marriage, because it connotes religious organisations that don't like them, and why do we want to take that on board?
(On the questions the program "The Making of Me" asked about his sexuality)
John: I've always known who I am. That's what I believe. I feel I was born this way. I've never questioned that. It's not going to change who I am. I always said, if the outcome is you're born this way, I'm going to be ecstatic. If the outcome is that it's something that happens to you, a trauma or it's your choice, I will have to reflect and think about that, but it's not going to change who I am because I like who I am.
(On how Captain Jack is slowly become a little more like The Doctor in "Doctor Who")
John: There's tons of stuff there to develop now, all around Jack. It's a huge science fiction world we're creating, and all the time Jack is getting more like the Doctor – with all this history, and his assistants around him. I was thinking about it the other day, and it was a really cool revelation! I had a great big grin on my face for the rest of the day.
(About fame and the work he loves)
John: I'm not out to become famous. If fame comes with the work that I do then I am honoured and happy with that, and thank goodness, that's the icing on the cake. But I came into this industry because I love the art of performing and I love making people laugh or cry, making them happy and I want to have a career with longevity and to be proud of my career.
(On his reaction when an interviewer didn't know he was gay before his stint on "Doctor Who")
John: It was about 6 months before Dr Who, someone asked me a question and I just blatantly spoke out about it and the guy's mouth dropped to the floor, and I'm like… "what??", I said "Come on!" I said, "Please, I'm 36/37"… I was 37 years old at the time, "I'm not married to a woman and I'm I musical theatre! What other clue to you need??"
(On how excited he was when he first met Elisabeth Sladen with whom he worked on the 4th series of "Doctor Who")
John: I'm in love with Lis; the first time that I met her, a year or so ago, she was coming out of an elevator. I grabbed her and said, 'I just want to say what an honour it is to meet you. I am so thrilled! Hopefully, we'll get a chance to work together one day'. She was very gracious, but after she'd gone I thought, John, you idiot, you've embarrassed yourself in front of Sarah Jane Smith!
(On the impact Captain Jack has made)
John: I'm an openly gay man playing an omnisexual hero, who is loved on both sides of the Atlantic. How could I not be proud of that?
John: I don't feel any obligation to be happy. It takes a lot to piss me off, but if you do, you'd better beware.
(criticising gay actors who are afraid to come out)
John: I know people who lie about being gay because they think it will affect their work chances. And that is just sad.
(on being voted Entertainer of the Year by Stonewall in 2006)
John: Thank you for this honour. It means a great deal to me to be recognised by my community and peers. Congratulations to the other nominees. We are the few who are proud of who we are and not afraid to talk about it. We are proof that you can be honest and have a great career. I hope others can live by this example.
John: (On his next appearances in the Who Universe) I'm not in the Doctor Who Christmas special, but I come back in Series Four, which starts filming after Christmas. Series Two of Torchwood also starts airing on BBC2 in January.
(on starting a family with Scott)
John: One day I might want to have children and in order to have a child, you either do it artificially or you have sex with a woman. And you can never say no to anything. I do have a couple of very good friends who have said: 'If you want to do it, I'll be happy to do it.' So I could possibly have sex with a woman but it would be for a reason - to procreate, not for sexual enjoyment.
(on differing attitudes in the UK and US to homosexuality)
John: In the UK, we're more European in our outlook but in the US, oh my God, we're sinners, we're going to hell. How Christian is that? To tell someone they're going to hell because they're in love with somebody.
(on working in Sci Fi)
John: So I'm a huge fan of this genre and I absolutely love saving the world. How many people can put that on their résumé? I've saved the world about 15 times!
(John talking about gay marriage and religion)
John: And that's not to say I'm not religious, because I do believe in God, and I believe that I was created as I am, and that He loves me, or She... you know, whoever God may be, that Creator loves me and created me this way for a reason. And my mother believes that, my father believes that, my family believe that. [But] it's something that then those religious groups take that word 'marriage' because they think they own it. And that's what a lot of those religious groups do - they think they own God. And they don't. They don't own God. God owns us.
(John on his on-set antics while working on "Doctor Who")
John: The alien operators can only see so much through their 'outfits', so I'd moon at them every so often. Captain Jack's butt!
(John on what does it matter if he's gay?)
John: Put it this way, some (people these days) still are bigoted but most people in the general public, they really don't care, they don't care what you do, and really it shouldn't matter what you do in your bedroom as opposed to what you do for your job.
(On being gay in the US).
John: I am proud to be an American, but I'm not proud to be a gay American, because they shun me.
(On getting the part of Capt. Jack in "Doctor Who").
John: When I was told I'd got the Doctor Who job, I was walking through the middle of Covent Garden with my niece, and I literally screamed and jumped around because I was so excited. After that, I had to keep pinching myself.
(John on English Theatre audiences).
John: English audiences are appreciative of what you do on stage but they're a little bit harder to get on their feet, which I think is great because then when they do get on their feet you know that they really, really mean it.
(John on his lifestyle).
John: I just lived my life and I always feel that if you live your life and you live it honestly and are good to people around you that everything will be OK.
John: My parents have always brought us up to believe that sex and sexuality are something to be proud of, and you don't have to flaunt it if you don't want to. People don't walk around with a banner saying they're straight, so why should I walk around with one saying I'm gay? I understand there are people who want to and need to make that statement, and I appreciate that, but don't come down on me because I'm not one of them.
(on Torchwood")
John: Damn, we've got every element of like a film in this. We've got sex, blood, and violence. Rock on!


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Let the Festivities Begin
Posted: Feb 22, 2009 6:32pm ET
I went over to the Nacional Hotel this morning to pick up my registration for the XI Festival del Habano. José Antonio Candida from Habanos S.A., the organizer of the event and the global distribution and marketing company for Cuban cigars, had my package in hand with a Bolivar Royal Corona in tubo. Breakfast of Champions, I say.
The Nacional has one of the best places to smoke on the island, the courtyard of the hotel, with its Spanish colonial style arches and view on the garden.It's great to drink a mojito or cortado and smoke.
I ran into some new friends from Australia with J.A.. Arthur and Rob were very keen cigar smokers and had just arrived from Sydney. They deserve an award from Habanos for traveling the farthest to get to the event. We sat down and smoked Royal Coronas. I always love smoking a Royal Corona with its spicy and coffee character and beautiful tobacco. And it always draws well. The Aussies were a laugh and stoked to be in town.
I spoke to a number of festivalgoers at the Nacional. Many are from the United Kingdom and Italy. I heard that 120 were coming from the Far East. But I thought it was sort of strange that most of the key cigar shops were almost empty during the weekend, or at least, they had very little traffic considering the festival was gearing up. I heard the event is sold out, but where was everyone? Maybe they are all arriving today and tomorrow?
In the past, there has always been a fringe attendance during the festival. People would be hanging out at cigar shops, restaurants and private houses, but would not be attending the events. That's up to them. But there already seems to be less of the "fringers." Maybe it's the down economy?
It is certainly not helping sales of cigars in Havana. Most of the people in the cigar shops I spoke to had long faces when I brought up the question of how sales were going. But I have to admit that the selection of cigars was less than spectacular in most shops. Traditionally, the shops are packed to the doors with excellent cigars and new releases. Not this year.
This is not to say that plenty of excellent boxes were not available. Some of the best were Bolivar Gold Medals, Cuaba Pirámides 2008 Edición LImitadas, and Ramon Allones Specially Selected in cabinets of 50. You can get great smokes for about $5 to $10 a stick in Havana.
Anyway, tomorrow is the big day for the start of the festival and the public debut of the four new vitolas under the Montecristo Open labels. There's a Welcome Night party at the Club Havana. I think I will smoke an aged Punch Special Selection No. 2 with a roncito to finish off a mellow Sunday afternoon on the island.
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Andy Klueber Terre Haute, IN USA February 22, 2009 8:06pm ET
All I have to say this. When I grow up I want to James Suckling. Wish I was there.
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A lightning strike led to early hours drama for five families evacuated from their Helston homes.
A freak storm early on Saturday morning left countless houses and businesses in the area without electricity or telephone connections for days, while many are counting the cost of irreparable damage to electrical goods.
For 16 people living on the Hellis Wartha estate in Helston, however, the thunder and lightning resulted in an early morning wake up call when they were forced to abandon their homes at 6.45am due to the threat of fire.
Fork lightning hit the home of Vickie Flinders, resulting in smoke filling her loft and that of the neighbouring Wear family.
As a result four families in the adjoining homes were told to get outside by the fire service, over fears that heat could travel through the cavity walls and break out into flames. A fifth house further along the row was subsequently evacuated due to the smell of smoke.
Vickie, who works at Asda Penryn, admitted "we were very lucky" to escape without further damage, following the direct hit on a TV aerial booster box.
She said: "The loft was full of smoke. We called the fire brigade and they told us to evacuate."
Also outside in the rain was Chloe Morgado and her three children, Constantine Primary School pupils Freddie, eight, Lily, six and four-year-old Charlie.
Wearing wellie boots and coats over their pyjamas, the three youngsters spent five hours in one of the fire engines.
Mum Chloe said: "We heard the bang about half past six. There was an almighty strike of lightning which woke me up. About ten minutes later Vickie was knocking on the door. It was all quite exciting in a scary way."
She was full of praise for the firefighters from Helston, Mullion and Falmouth, who she said even wiped their feet on the doormat before going into the house each time.
After the drama Lily and Charlie made certificates to give to the firemen in recognition of their work.
"They arrived within minutes and were absolutely brilliant. They were fantastic with the kids, who were obviously a bit worried about what was going on," added Chloe.
The firefighters wore breathing apparatus while they took hoses into the house, while investigating the cause of the smoke, and then used heat seeking cameras to check every cavity wall in the terrace.
Meanwhile brother and sister Coby and Libby Wear were taken in by a neighbouring family, while dad Alan kept watch on the house.
Mum Sam, having earlier smelt "bonfire smoke" but was reassured by Alan that it was nothing, had left for work at Truro's Royal Cornwall Hospital – only for the drama to begin ten minutes later.
Electricians Cable Ollerton also received praise from the families for checking the electrics of all nine houses in the row in an emergency appointment that morning.
Elsewhere in the area Trenear near Wendron was badly hit by lightning. Countless holes in the ground can be seen where lightning struck and a cow was killed in a field, leaving a young calf without a mother.
In one house the telephone box was blown clear from the wall and the outside lines have been shredded.