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->''"He needed killin'."''
-->-- '''Anonymous''', often attributed to a witness to the murder of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_McElroy Ken McElroy]].
->''"And it turns out he was a missing person that nobody missed at all."''
-->--'''Music/DixieChicks''', "Goodbye, Earl"
->''"They had it coming!\\
They had it coming!\\
They had it coming all along!\\
I didn't do it,\\
But if I'd done it\\
How could you tell me that I was wrong?"''
-->-- "The Cell Block Tango", ''Theatre/{{Chicago}}''
->''"If you wanna be profound,''
->''And you really gotta justify,''
->''Take a breath and look around,''
->''A lot of folks deserve to die!"''
-->-- '''Audrey II''', ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors''
->''"As some day it may happen that a victim must be found,''\\
''I've got a little list I've got a little list''\\
''Of society offenders who might well be underground,''\\
''And who never would be missed who never would be missed!"''
-->-- '''Ko-Ko''', ''Theatre/TheMikado''
->''"[[ShutUpHannibal When I kill, it is on the specific orders of my Government.]] [[PayEvilUntoEvil And those I kill are themselves killers.]]"''
-->-- '''Film/JamesBond''', ''Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun''
->''"Waiting for that? Because it's all you deserve."''
-->--'''Lucy''' after [[OffWithHisHead decapitating]] [[AttemptedRape Yu Kakuzawa]], ''Manga/ElfenLied''
->''"I -- I know it's wrong, but I'm liking our killer better than our victim."''
-->-- '''Lance Sweets''', ''Series/{{Bones}}''
->'''Tenkaichi:''' "However, going on the behaviour of Jirou last night it was almost like he was yelling: "Hey! I'm about to be murdered!" I couldn't bear to watch."
->'''Banzo:''' "When a frivolous tight wad shows up before a great detective, nine out of ten times he's going to die."
->''"So I started asking myself who would want to take these guys out. And you know the first person that came to mind? Me."''
-->-- '''Debra Morgan''', ''Series/{{Dexter}}''
->'''Chief Wyatt Rash:''' Tell me something Cubby, you notice anything odd lately?
->'''Cubby:''' You mean other than the fact that no one seems to care about this woman's death?
->'''Chief Wyatt Rash:''' Along those lines.
->'''Cubby:''' Hell Wyatt, I've seen people more upset over losing change in a candy machine.
-->-- ''DrowningMona''
->''"I hope at least they were jerks."''
-->-- '''[[VideoGame/{{Half-Life}} Gordon Freeman]]''', ''Machinima/FreemansMind'', after accidentally killing two guys.
->''"Let's face it, Captain. Killing Jensen was a public service."''
-->--'''Detective Stabler''', ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit''
->''"Yeah, you're special! But don't be bossy! If you keep it up, you'll end up like that guy in that movie who bossed people around, and then zombies ate him. He deserved it!"''
-->-- '''Lilo Pelekai''', ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'', "627"
->''"If you're gonna spend all that time setting up some douchebag, he needs to die horribly."''
-->-- '''MikeMattei''' on ''{{Python}}''
->''Have you heard the news that you're dead?''
->''No one ever had much nice to say / I think they never liked you anyway''
-->--'''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORsFFjt1x6Q&list=FLM2CFpnQLwo2DUJ6zebbNmA&index=10&feature=plpp_video "Dead"]]''', ''Music/MyChemicalRomance''
->''"A man well hated, and in so short a space."''
-->-- '''Hugh Beringar''', ''[[Literature/BrotherCadfael The Raven in the Foregate]]'', which turns out to be a subversion as [[spoiler:it was not murder but divine judgment]].
->''"I do wish we could chat longer, but [[ImAHumanitarian I'm having an old friend for dinner]]."''
-->-- '''Hannibal Lecter''', ''Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs''
->''My doctor recommends [[ImAHumanitarian a diet]] high in questionable moral fiber! It aids digestion!''
-->-- '''Aylee''', ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance''
->''"''Yes,'' they deserved to die, and I hope they burn in Hell!"''
-->-- '''Carl Lee Hailey''', ''Film/ATimeToKill''
->''"I know who [[TheAce he]] is... [...] He's dead as a doorknob and to be perfectly honest, that jerk had what was coming to him. [[KarmicDeath I hope it was painful]]."''
-->-- '''Cruise Control''', ''WebAnimation/TurnaboutStorm''
->''"Obviously I don't like the idea that even someone as despicable as him could get knifed in a prison yard. But I can't say I'm terrible sorry it happened."''
-->--[[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1876&dat=19950421&id=SNUpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=T88EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5748,934014 Abe Laeser]], prosecutor, about Charlie Street's murder in death row.
->'''Public service murder''' ''n.'': the killing of a person who is perceived to be bad for a community or society.
-->--[[http://www.waywordradio.org/public_service_murder/ Double-Tongued Dictionary]]
->''Well, I can't take pity on [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil men of his kind]]\\
Even though [[PrisonRape he now takes it]] [[LaserGuidedKarma in the behind]]''
-->--'''Sublime''', "[[http://www.metrolyrics.com/date-rape-lyrics-sublime.html Date Rape]]"
->''"What a pity. But still, they weren't very nice."''
-->--{{Creator/Disney}}'s version of ''The Little House''
->''"Ah, quel animal! I cannot, cannot regret that he is dead!''"
-->--'''M. Bouc''', ''Literature/MurderOnTheOrientExpress''
->''I don't think the dude deserved it or anything. I don't wish harm on stupid people or rejoice in the harm that comes upon them. But I've searched all over for a way to feel bad for him, and I just can't find it.''
-->--'''[[Website/{{Cracked}} Robert Brockway]]''', ''[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-awful-stories-you-shouldnt-laugh-at-but-probably-will_p2/ 5 Awful Stories You Shouldn't Laugh At, but Probably Will]]''
->''"I ''love'' hitmen. No matter what you do to them, you don't feel bad."''
-->-- '''Marv''', ''ComicBook/SinCity''
->''"If you searched into the lives of some of these victims, you would find out that they they, themselves were the cause of their very deaths. In those cases, the so-called "victim", at some earlier time played some part in the creation of their "killer"''
->''No-one wept for Billington-Smith. No-one mourned his passing. During the weekend he had given everyone in his family cause to wish him dead.''
-->-- Blurb for ''Literature/TheUnfinishedClue'' by Creator/GeorgetteHeyer
->'''[[ComicBook/LoisLane Lois]]''': But who'd want to destroy [[ComicBook/LexLuthor Luthor]]?
->''([[Franchise/{{Superman}} Clark]] stares)''
->'''Lois''': Well, yeah. But who'd be crazy enough to try?
-->--''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'', "[[Recap/SupermanTheAnimatedSeriesS2E14GhostInTheMachine Ghost in the Machine]]"
->'''Prisoner''': What are you in for?
->'''[[PlayerCharacter The Warden]]''': I killed [[TheDragon Arl Rendon Howe]].
->'''Prisoner''': You call ''this'' a crime?!
->'''Emerson''': The fact that he was a very, very bad man makes you feel better about what you did?
->'''Ned''': Yes. Immensely. I would have felt horrible if it was... you, for example.
->''If ever a man deserved to die screaming, it was [[PsychoForHire Gregor Clegane]].''
-->--'''Doran Martell''', ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''
->'''[[TokenEvilTeammate Shaw]]:''' I gotta ask, though, is this guy even worth our time?
->'''[[DeadpanSnarker Finch]]:''' You know, [[WeHelpTheHelpless that's not a question we entertained]] when we saved ''you'', Ms. Shaw.
-->-- ''Series/PersonOfInterest'', "Nothing to Hide"
->"Oh, poor [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves Roach]]! He didn't deserved to die-[[BastardBoyfriend Oh]] [[DirtyCoward wait]], [[JerkAss yes he did]]."
-->--'''[[WebVideo/BrandonsCultMovieReviews Brandon]]''' in his ''Film/DemonKnight'' review.
->''Down by the docks, hot blood in the sun.\\
The body lay up against the reeds.\\
The locals said the man had it coming.\\
And it's time someone put him six feet in the ground.''
-->--'''Music/BetterThanEzra''', "Summerhouse"
->'''Solas''': We have fought living men, with loves and families, and all that they might have been is gone.
->'''Iron Bull''': Yeah, but they were assholes.
->''"Anyone might have killed him! I wish ''I'd'' killed him!"''
-->--'''Literature/LordPeterWimsey,''' ''The Nine Tailors''
->'''Helen''': Have you ever killed anyone?
->'''Harry''': Yeah, but they were all bad.
->'''Giles:''' Why would someone want to hurt [[AlphaBitch Cordelia]]?
->'''Willow:''' Maybe because they met her? ({{Beat}}) Did I say that?
-->-- ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', "Out of Mind, Out of Sight"
->'''Decker Shado:''' Am I supposed to feel bad about this? At least [[BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil Koba]] has a tragic backstory, [[JerkAss Carver]] was just a dick.
-->--''WebVideo/DeckerShado'''s thoughts on Carver's death in ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes''
->"''I mean, here we are, busting a gut to find out who killed Martin Barrett, and everyone's glad he's dead!''"
-->--'''DC Jones''', ''Series/MidsomerMurders'', Down Among the Dead Men"


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It isn't hard to destroy a business in the current economy, but if you really want to excel at failing, take the example provided by MKS Supply, distributor for Chiappa Firearms.
In one incredibly insulting and ignorant press release, MKS Supply has destroyed any goodwill the company may have built up over the years.
It seems Chiappa was using RFID tracking chips in its revolvers, which brought up privacy concerns for a number of shooters and bloggers. Instead of addressing the issue by explaining the use of the technology and attempting to hold a dialogue with concerned parties, MKS instead insulted those worried about the improper use of this technology by portraying them as unhinged conspiracy theorists:
BOTTOM LINE: The Chiappa PASSIVE RFID can be read ONLY when passed within (2-3 inches) of an active(and powered) reader that is dialed in for the particular long antenna radio frequency of the RFID-this is not random. And it will NOT go into operation for a year or more.
SUMMARIZING: RFIDs have NO power source or GPS locator. Rest assured they are NOT transmitting your identification and location information to a Chiappa Firearm tasked CIA satellite.
RFID Removal: For those still concerned you can simply remove the grip cover and remove the hot glued RFID from the frame in the grip area when (over a year from now) these begin to appear.
Others may prefer to wrap the revolver and their head in aluminum foil, curl in a ball and watch reruns of Mel Gibson's 1997 film, Conspiracy Theory. Well, that's a plan too!
As it turns out, MKS was not only arrogant and dismissive, but wrong. Passive RFID can be read from hundreds of feet–or even as far as 1000 feet–not just 2-3 inches as they claimed.
MKS Supply took what should have been a minor public relations headache and turned it to a disaster for both themselves and Chiappa. If I were Chiappa, I'd quickly fire MKS Supply as my U.S. Distributor with an angry and public denunciation, and if I was one of MKS Supply's other clients, such as Hi-Point, I'd be looking for more mature and stable representation.
MKS Supply has really damaged their reputation here, and with so much competition in this market, I'd be mildly surprised if they manage to survive their flippant dismissal of legitimate customer concerns.

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A skeptic convinced -- Viking River Cruises: Viking Legend Cruise Review by WillametteRiver
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A skeptic convinced -- Viking River Cruises
Destination: Europe - River Cruise
Embarkation: Budapest
The ship itself was great. Our French Balcony was of course small, but very comfortable and there was room for everything to be stowed away. Bathroom was fresh and modern, equipped with a vacuum flushing system that worked very efficiently.
We loved having only 179 passengers aboard, as we really got to know people. Most of our cruise was from USA, England and Scotland. I believe that someone could go on this cruise, not knowing anyone else, and they would feel totally be-friended and included. It is a wonderfully inclusive environment.
The food was simply amazing. Very elegant, lots of options and courses, not too large of portions -- so you didn't feel guilty trying lots of interesting things. I found the 'regional specialties' to be delicious. They More always had the traditional back-ups on the menu: steak, roasted chicken, salmon, Caesar salad, etc. There was always fresh fruit and wonderful salad.
One huge hit with everybody was their Latte / Coffee machine that is available (and free) 24 hours a day. At 6am they have their amazing pastries from Schmidl bakery available (watch their video on Viking Food). I liked grabbing a moccaccino and small pastry early in the morning, heading to the Library and video-chatting with my husband (in USA) on FaceTime.
I found the internet to be way better than I had read. The Library is a great location, in case your room doesn't have the best Wi-Fi reception. I had almost no problems posting a few pictures on FB, getting email, looking things up on Google or FaceTiming.
I incurred almost no phone charges as I forwarded my iPhone to my home phone in USA. I asked AT&T to give me "International Roaming" (even if you don't make calls -- do this!), I turned OFF Cellular Data. Texts TO me cost nothing, texts FROM me were supposed to cost 50 cents, but most of the texting I did was through FaceTime, so it was free.
The sites we visited were literally "jaw dropping" for me. I 'd done my homework in advance, so knew quite a bit about what we'd see -- and I was still stunned with the beauty and history. Our tours were fabulous. We just went on the included tours, as that was enough for us. On excursions I learned that we could ask to be included with the "gentle walkers", so the guide would find the easiest route, and take it slowly.
I would have never thought Budapest would interest me -- But being up on Buda Hill seeing Matthias Church was amazing! Loved the Melk Abbey (Melk, Austria) and cruising through the Wacchau Vallay. Bratislava was an interesting medieval city. Vienna was so beautiful and elegant. In Salzburg we ate in a 650 year old restaurant, had delicious Hungarian Goulash. I bought my mementos here (but wore out my knees as it was a long day), Passau was a delight - town hall was beautiful and so rich in history.
The crew amazed me. They were so friendly and personable. I thought surely they would just put on an act of liking their guests. But they truly ENGAGED us and actually enjoyed the interactions. They responded to every request with a "can do" attitude. When it was time to tip, I was pleased to give the suggested amount, and also hand special thank you tips to several others that had truly blessed us - like Frances who (when asked) would make menu recommendations) or Alexander who greeted us by name each morning and would ask for my mother by name if she was missing.
I had considered NOT getting the Viking Optional Transfers (to and from airport) -- but in the end it was so much easier that I did it. It was a bit pricey, but it was so well organized and stress-reducing, that I was glad I chose that route. Less
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Cabin review: A319 Deluxe Stateroom with French Balcony
No noise problems or anything else. Location seemed idea. It was nice being on 3rd floor - a bit higher for viewing. Library (great Wi-Fi reception) just down hall, and the 24 hour Mocca machine was also! I had decent Wi-Fi in this room.Read All Deluxe Stateroom with French Balcony (A) Reviews >>
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Why Is Martin McDonagh So Captivated By Villains Who Love Their Pets?
Christopher Walken and Sam Rockwell stole Bonny the shih tzu. Woody Harrelson wants her back.
Vito Corleone has his cat. Dr. Evil has Mr. Bigglesworth. Jabba the Hut has whatever this thing is. Even Hitler had a German Shepard named Blondi.
Villains throughout history have had pets. It's an easy way to humanize them, so that they're not just mustache-twisting caricatures. Sometimes they're a source of sympathy for the audience, as with How the Grinch Stole Christmas' melancholic dog Max, resigned to a life of thankless servitude to the cause of holiday hatred. Other times they're more along the lines of henchmen, like Ursula's Flotsam and Jetsam in The Little Mermaid.
The true expert on villains and their pets is Martin McDonagh, the playwright-turned-screenwriter-director. McDonagh's Broadway play The Lieutenant of Inishmore, which went up in 2010 at Mark Taper Forum starring Chris Pine, is about the leader of an IRA-like terrorist organization who tears off for home after he hears his cat is sick.
His new movie Seven Psychopaths, which came out Friday, doubles down on the fury-meets-furry motif. The pet shih tzu of a gangster (Woody Harrelson) gets taken by a dog-nappers (Sam Rockwell and Christopher Walken), and Harrelson spends most of the film trying to retrieve her. In addition, another of the titular psychopaths, played by Tom Waits, carries around a rabbit. The film even pays a brief visit to the Zodiac Killer, whose wall is adorned with a huge cat photo ("I picked that cat poster myself," McDonagh says).
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Yes, these animals obsessions humanize the villains, as McDonagh acknowledges. But it's even more about the comedy -- "the absurdity of someone who can kill 100 people and cares so much about his pet," he says.
It's also a bit of Hollywood commentary. "[It] allows you to explore that Hollywood thing of how you can't kill the dog, but can kill 100 women in a film, which I'm against, even though I do it in the film" (not 100 women, but some). This kind of meta-statement especially makes sense in this film, which revolves around one of the dog-napper's friends, a screenwriter named Marty (Colin Farrell) who is trying to write a movie called Seven Psychopaths. (Marty also, for instance, grapples with the criticism that his female characters tend not to be not very strong, and McDonagh has acknowledged that the same is true of this movie and his previous one, In Bruges).
Originally in the script, Sam Rockwell's dog-napper character did kill the dog, but McDonagh took it out. "There's a decency to that character, so it wouldn't be true to them or the film to go down that route," he says.
Chris Pine's character hears the news that his cat is sick, in The Lieutenant of Inishmore at the Taper in 2010
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A villain's love of animals also speaks to what McDonagh calls the "sentimentality of violent men," a theme that is especially prominent in the way Inishmore satirizes the self-righteousness of terrorist organizations like the IRA.
"It's more about the absurdity of the lack of respect for life that men who are supposedly waging a political war can accept," he says. Their caring for a cat over human life parallels their favoring of the cause over humanity as a whole. "So the whole cat thing in that is to poke fun of the sentimentality of terrorism. In this [Seven Psychopaths], it's more of a fun, quirky, Hollywood setup."
McDonagh is no animal hater -- he's actually the opposite. The main impetus for Inishmore was the story of McDonagh's own cat, whom he at first temporarily called Pussy, only for the name to stick. When he moved to a "crappy high-rise" in London where it would be hard to keep a cat, he sent Pussy (a male, by the way) to live with his parents in Ireland. One day his mom called to say the cat was sick, which got him worried. She'd call back every so often with updates. "The cat was already dead for months at this point," he says. The same story takes place in Inishmore.
"Maybe I just like working with animals," he adds. "I love the rabbits in this [film]. The rabbit scenes are almost more fun than any of the others."
A fake lost pet poster to promote Seven Psychopaths, spotted on a storefront in Santa Monica
Photo by Eve Weston
McDonagh says he probably won't kill any pets in his films -- at least not again. He had a rabbit blown away in his short film, Six Shooter.
"You expect no one to ever see a short film, so that was an easy one," he says.
The film won him an Oscar.
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text: Dan DavisThe Daily JeffersonianNew burial rates at Northwood Cemetery will take effect.Monday, Cambridge City Council approved, by a 5-2 vote, the adoption of the new rates. Councilman at Large Jerry Thompson and Second Ward Councilwoman Delores Harbin voted against the rate increases. Rates will increase $100 for all burials to: Weekdays $550 Saturday morning $650 Saturday afternoon $750 Sunday $925 Memorial Day, July 4, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years Day $925 Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day $750.An amendment to an enterprise zone agreement with Encore Industries Inc. met with approval.In the text of the original agreement, the company reportedly purchased machinery, equipment and materials in the amount of $3,400,000. This was amended to $3,825,000. Improvements to be performed to the 192,000 square foot facility were originally valued at $600,000. This amount was raised to $1,025,000.The original agreement was executed Jan. 27, 2003. The duration of the agreement will not be affected, continuing through 2013.A single request was made to council a change in the salary ordinance for park security officers and five transfers totaling $7,800 and referred to the Finance Committee, scheduled to next meet in regular session May 17 at 4:30 p.m. in Council Chambers, 1131 Steubenville Ave.Four area residents spoke in favor of proposed renovations to the skate park, located in the City Park, including a boy who said the stereotypes some have of skateboarders are inaccurate, and that many problems that occur at the skate park are attributable to subjects not using the facility. The point was raised that, when parents take youths to other communities to skate, money that might otherwise be spent here isnt. A better facility here could change that. Five Cambridge High School government students were on hand, observing local government in action.


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Eyetopia's 30th Year Anniversary Brings Back 3d-glasses!
In Tokyo today, we had a special news flash. Some special commercials have been planned to run during prime time, all for an eyewear store local to Tokyo known as "Eyetopia". The store is celebrating its 30th year, and in commemoration of the event, they have had all the commercials for the night between 8:55 and 9:11 pm, as well as between 11:14 and 11:18 pm set to run in Full 3-d!
In preparation for the event, they have been giving away free 3d-glasses. If you have a pair, like the kind you picked up when you bought Spykids 3d, and are local to the Tokyo area, blow the dust off those lenses and break 'em out for some fun use! (I mean, how often do you really get to use those things?)
Maybe we should all insist on making everything in 3-d and just wearing one blue contact and one red one all the time!
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I the Mighty
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With the release of their debut EP, Hearts and Spades, the San Francisco Bay Area twenty-somethings better known as I the Mighty are proving themselves a musically seismic force to be reckoned with. With their high-energy, technical riffs and singer Brent Walsh's distinctive wailing, I the Mighty can be best compared to bands like Circa Survive and Say Anything.Read More...
It didn't take long for I the Mighty to start making an impression on the West Coast. The quartet landed on the music director's desk at local modern rock station Live 105 around the release of Hearts and Spades, and from there it's been one milestone after another. I the Mighty have found regular radio airplay, opening slots for Deftones, Hawthorne Heights, and There For Tomorrow, as well as packed venues up and down the West Coast. Not to mention glowing reviews and coverage in Alternative Press, AMP Magazine, and on AbsolutePunk.net
"We wanted to introduce I the Mighty and Hearts and Spades to as many people as possible, so we decided to put together a 'track hunt' and make each of the songs available on different social media sites and later on Purevolume.com," explains singer Brent Walsh. "We researched how our fans and friends discovered music online and embraced that by giving them a reason to connect with us (the EP for free) and then we tried to build a personal friendship with each one." The band's marketing strategy has been an unquestionable success, with over 3,500 full EP downloads within the first 3 months of release.
In addition to their high-energy live set, I the Mighty have paired new media intellect with traditional promotion to help build a loyal and enthusiastic group of fans. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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- LyricsHey lucid dreamer, make up your mind
Caught on the other side
You feel the world stop spinning
Just before you see the light
Knowing you'll wake in your empty room
- LyricsYou carry yourself
Like the lines in your pocket
But you lack the simple courage
To move out of your parents' house
I'm calling you out
- Speak to Me - 58,153 plays
- LyricsIf hell broke out in the White House
How long would it take for word to carry here?
Would it stay hush hush till the weather changed
Till the sun warmed the snow and fears?
Well I would wanna know. I would wanna know
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(Lunar months : 1- Muharram; 2- Safar; 3- Rabi-'uIAwal; 4- Rabi'u Thani'; 5-Jamadul Awwal; 6- Jamadu Thani'; 7- Rajab; 8- Sha'ban; 9- Ramadan; 10- ShawwaI; 11- Zul-Qi'dah; 12- Zul-Hiliah) Seeing a dream during the month of Muharram means that the dream is most true as it is seen. Thus, having a dream during the month […]
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We managed to go to Jamie Olivers Big Feastival for a day the other week. Music and Food – basically my idea of heaven. The venue was at Alex James' farm in the cotswolds, which meant it was only an hour drive from our home. The niggling terror in the back of my mind of Ned losing his cool thanks to an extended driving trip were proved to be false, as he happily sat in the car the whole trip.
The feastival was excellent for a few reasons – the food there was all amazing. I literally thought I'd broken my insides through the amount I managed to inhale over the 7 hours we were there. Also, the atmosphere was fantastic – the weather held out for us, and just made the whole day truly beautiful. Most importantly, the feastival was really focused on families – what this meant was that a large portion of the festival area was utterly dedicated to making sure your kids didn't drive you insane while you tried to eat as much cheese as humanly possible. Highlights of the kids area included a fairground, a large tent full of activities including a milkable fake cow (no, really), a tent dedicated to blowing bubbles, and an animal petting tent, which Ned loved, though we had to make sure he didn't go all 'Mice and Men' on any of them
Thankfully, Ned took an extended nap during the day, which enabled me and Claire to perform outrageously adult activities such as sitting down (!) having a rest (!!) and even drinking half a small plastic glass of wine (!!!) during our third round of eating bred covered in a range of toppings, Ned decided we'd had enough relaxing and awoke from his slumber, in his usual bad mood and in possession of the grumpiest face I've ever seen
Luckily, chips were at hand. Ned reluctantly managed to devour each and every one, then ran off to play on some Hay bales.
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Testing of actionscript code is not very useful if your tests can't wait for and react to events. Flexunit is the main unit testing framework for Flex and it has some nice tools for setting up asynchronous tests.
The code I'm testing for this example comes from the Swiz Cafe Townsend project. Swiz has its own unit testing framework to go along with flexunit, but I'm not going to use it here. It does not appear to be updated to run with the latest version of flexunit (though calling
constructSwizContext() in your own test class's
[Before]-annotated method fixes the main issue).
More importantly, though, using a dependency injection framework like Swiz in your unit tests means having to set up all the relevant dependencies and tying your tests to the framework. You're testing not just your target methods but also your Swiz configuration. That's great for integration tests, but here I want my unit tests to just test the methods' functionality. Therefore I'll manually create the objects that Swiz injects in the production system.
The code under test is the
updateEmployee() method in
EmployeeDetailPresentationModel, which basically dispatches an update event for an employee. I'm testing both for the event dispatch and for correct employee values.
Async.handleEvent can be used to listen for the event and to provide a result method that will be called when the event is registered.
Here is the test:
I'm adding this test to
com.cafetownsend.presentation.test.EmployeeDetailPresentationModelTest in Cafe Townsend, and making use of its existing setup. Before each test, it creates a basic employee, defines a presentation model, and importantly, creates a new dispatcher for the model. When the application actually runs, Swiz will inject that dispatcher, but for a test we can just create a plain old
handleEvent, we pass in the test itself, the dispatcher, the event we're listening for (
EmployeeEvent.UPDATE), the method to call when the event is detected (
verifyUpdate), the max time we'll wait for the event (500 ms), the 'passThroughObject' (employee), and the method to call if the time-out is reached (
dispatchingEventNeverOccurred). The call to
updateEmployee() is what all the set up has been for and what kicks things off.
handleEvent parameters are pretty straightforward except for the passThroughObject. This is an object containing data from the test that you can pass through to your result handler (
verifyTest) in order to make assertions. It's easier when you see verifyTest:
The employee object we created in the first part of our test is passed through as the second argument tp
verifyTest, and we can use it to check if expected changes took place somewhere else in the code, in this case, the model's tempEmployee. The passThroughObject is just a convenient way to preserve information from the beginning of the test for assertions at the end.
Looking a little more at Swiz Cafe Townsend's
EmployeeDetailPresentationModelTest, there are already tests like
dispatchUpdateEvent, which makes sure that when
updateEmployee() is called, the appropriate event is thrown. If all you need to test is that an event is dispatched but aren't worried about checking data, all you need is
Async.proceedOnEvent() with a timeoutHandler that includes an
Assert.fail() if it actually gets called, ie. the test times out without registering the expected event.
Another useful trick in Flexunit is using the asyncResponder to add a result handler to a service call, but that will have to wait until later.


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On March 4, 1994, Christian women in tens of thousands of Protestant, Orthodox and Catholic churches all over the world will pray for "peace in Palestine."
Their prayers' wording has elicited objections from Jewish groups, whose efforts to have the organizers integrate more balance into the services were unsuccessful.
March 4 will mark the 107th annual World Day of Prayer.
On that day, Christian women in local churches from North America to India, from Estonia to Papua New Guinea, will gather together to recite prayers and readings compiled by Palestinian Christians.
Five thousand local church groups in the United States also are expected to participate.
Liturgy for the annual observance and celebration is written by ecumenical Christian groups of women. The task is rotated between countries and regions, each of which chooses the topic and liturgy, which are then distributed worldwide for World Prayer Day.
The service for the 1994 observance, designed by Palestinian Christian women, focuses on Palestinian suffering.
Objections were raised by the International Council of Christians and Jews and the American Jewish Committee, as well as others.
"They don't have to express love for the Jewish people, but there is no sense that the burdens of oppression fell on both Palestinians and Israelis," said Rabbi Lori Forman, interreligious affairs program specialist at the American Jewish Committee.
"We're concerned that women will leave the services with no sense that there's been tragedy on both sides," she said.
The services' introductory reading says, "Our country, Palestine, was declared the State of Palestine in 1988 and recognized by over 100 members states of the United Nations.
"However, we have been suffering under occupation for almost three decades. For ourselves and our children, we seek a future where justice and freedom prevail and are the basis for attaining this Palestinian state."
The next section of the service compares the pain of Palestinian mothers to that of the women who followed Jesus on the Via Dolorosa.
"Whether it is down the winding alleys of the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem or the streets of other occupied cities, mothers follow handcuffed sons and daughters trying to comfort them with their tears."
Children in Palestine "who have been denied their right to self-determination express their wish for a free homeland. In the process, many of them are imprisoned, tortured and killed," the study reads.
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"By sending soldiers into Palestinian homes, the Israeli military authorities have put women into the front line of the struggle.
"Soldiers are not only in the streets of the villages, refugee camps and cities; they are breaking into our homes to beat, smash, humiliate and arrest. With or without reason, by day or by night," she wrote.
Last summer, when the prayers and readings were first put together, the women's seminar of the International Conference of Christians and Jews registered its objections with the International Committee for the World Day of Prayer.
The International Committee reviewed the concerns and decided not to change any of the language.
Instead, it sent out a "letter of affirmation" to the national committees coordinating efforts in individual countries.
"We felt that the service was not problematic, and that it is an authentic voice of Palestinian women," said Eileen King, executive director of the International Committee.
"It is lamentation but not accusation," she said.
Simkha Weintraub, a Conservative rabbi who works for Arab-Jewish coexistence and who is director of public affairs for the New Israel Fund, met with King several months ago after learning of the service's content.
"I wish the service had been changed," he said. "It was an opportunity to affirm the humanity of us all.
"It feels particularly tragic because women have been in the forefront of dialogue groups and the peacemaking effort," he said. "A great store of experience is not being utilized" on World Prayer Day, Weintraub said.


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Writer/Producer Robin A. Borakove always felt different than many of her friends and family members. Her behavior, abrasive tongue and inability to maintain relationships were a constant battle in her life, even though she was a bright and happy child most of the time. Still, something was wrong. After many incorrect diagnoses and medications failed, she lived with it until she felt she was no longer able to.
It wasn't until recent years, after her children grew up and moved away, that her true diagnosis became clear - she was suffering from Asperger's Syndrome, a mild form of autism that impacts a person's ability to communicate and socialize well with others, causes insomnia and more. To help those facing the challenges of Asperger's, Borakove documented her struggles in the new film, "Metamorphosis: Journey to Neurofield and pEMF," now available on Amazon and elsewhere.
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"The film is really about my journey, from a woman dealing with misdiagnosed Asperger's and the day-to-day struggles that people with this condition have to deal with," she said. "I had so many misdiagnoses that when I finally heard my doctor say I had Asperger's, it was a relief. He said to me, 'This is why you have sensory overload and relationship issues.' It was amazing to hear this for the first time." Thanks to noted psychologist Dr. Nicholas J. Dogris, a proponent of neurofeedback therapy or Neurofield, Borakove is overcoming the impact of Asperger's by retraining her brain through the therapy which uses computers and sensors to monitor brain activity. "Neurofeedback is the process where the brain heals itself. We can speed up your brain or slow it down. It's a form of learning basically so your brain learns to calibrate itself and function differently," Dr. Dogris said. By embracing her diagnosis and therapy, Borakove began a quest to spread awareness and education through the art of storytelling. She teaches children that even if they're challenged, they too can be a HERO. Taking that belief to heart herself, she donates 100% of the proceeds from her books, "Little Edwin's Triumph" and "Fairy Fizzle's Plight," written by Robin when she was a child herself, to her charity advocating for those with autism. Today, Borakove, along with actress Ayla Fox as Robin's character "Fairy Queen Flutterby," travel the globe visiting schools, libraries and hospitals, bringing their inspiration and support to young special needs children and their parents. Robin proclaims, "It's a risk, but in each show I come out and say that I am on the spectrum, that I have a mild form of Autism called Asperger's Syndrome, that I'm proud and that I have a strong message about love, healthy living and literacy." "My dream is to produce enough products...novels, DVDs, comic books, movies, interactive and educational video games, dolls and more...so that I can raise sufficient funds to provide a Special Needs Adult Resource Network, because support after the age of twenty-five is so limited." With her new children's TV pilot, novel and comic book series, Borakove aims to bring her positive message to a greater audience of children and adults alike. To learn more, please visit http://fairyqueenflutterby.wix.com/fairy-queen.


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Matthew, These look like good things for me to use for efficiency in the science collection. Will these these be in the upcoming 4.2.2 release? I assume that if I use these and introduce a dependency on 4.2.2 or later that I should also bump the version number of the science collection in PLaneT - even if the interface remains the same. Does that make sense? I guess the term 'experiment' here confuses me. Is this something that might go away again? Should I wait until everyone is comfortable with the results? Doug On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Matthew Flatt <mflatt at cs.utah.edu> wrote: > Version 188.8.131.52 (now in SVN) starts an experiment with > performance-oriented unsafe operations. > > The new `scheme/unsafe/ops' library provides operations such as > `unsafe-vector-ref' and `unsafe-fl+' (for inexact real addition) that > are inlined by the JIT without contract checks. If a call violates the > contract of a function from `scheme/unsafe/ops', arbitrarily bad > things can happen. As long as contracts are satisfied, however, > performance should be a little better than with corresponding safe > operations. > > As part of the experiment, the expansion of `for' with `in-range' and > `in-vector' now uses unsafe operations (in a safe way). For example, > `in-vector' uses `unsafe-vector-ref' as well as a fixnum comparison > for detecting when it has reached the end of a vector; it also uses > unsafe fixnum arithmetic to increment the index as long as the step is > 1 or -1 (in which case no overflow can occur during the > increment). These improvements make a 10-20% difference in a tight > loop over a vector. > > Future possible directions include making the JIT specialize > combinations of inexact operations to avoid boxing intermediate > results. > > The exports of `scheme/unsafe/ops' are protected, so that a code > inspector can prevent access to unsafe operations by untrusted code. > > _________________________________________________ > For list-related administrative tasks: > http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-dev > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.racket-lang.org/dev/archive/attachments/20090906/b5df38fe/attachment.html>
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New Workshop for BME Gay & Bisexual Men
Date Published: 13/04/2015
Public Health England (PHE) has commissioned The Quest for Gay Men to deliver its flagship "The Quest Workshop" in Manchester to provide an opportunity for Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Gay & Bisexual Men to get together with others in a safe and friendly space.read more
First Greater Manchester therapy group for gay and bisexual …
Date Published: 09/04/2015
Survivors Manchester and LGBT Foundation are launching a new therapy group for adult male survivors of childhood sexual abuse, who also identify as gay, bisexual or questioning. We also welcome applications from trans men, who identify as gay, bisexual or questioning.read more
Date Published: 01/04/2015
We're excited to announce that The Lesbian & Gay Foundation (The LGF) is changing its name to LGBT Foundation to reflect the diverse and inclusive work that we do with lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) communities.read more
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The Lesbian & Gay Foundation and Three Circles Fostering have been working together with care leavers to develop a new resource for foster carers and residential care staff to promote the wellbeing of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) young people in care.read more
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Two studies of PrEP in gay men and trans women have demonstrated that the availability of PrEP reduced the rate of infection by 86%. This amounts to the highest effectiveness yet seen for PrEP and is superior to most other HIV prevention interventions.read more
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A new project for LGBT people over 50 years of age who live in Trafford is being set up for members of the LGBT community to share and discuss their thoughts on health and social care issues including housing.It launches on Friday 27th February 2015 at Trafford Housing Trust.read more
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Sex, sexuality and intimacy among old people and care home residents in particular is the last taboo. There is little awareness of the intimate and erotic needs of older care home residents needs.read more
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A major new national initiative to tackle hate crime brings together a partnership of 31 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans (LGBT) organisations from across England and Wales, including The Lesbian & Gay Foundation (The LGF).read more
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Affleck's Angel Volunteers!
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Following on from Manchester's Hate Crime Awareness Week and Affleck's Palace joining The LGF by becoming a third-party Hate Crime Reporting Centre, we heard from General Manager Tony Martin, who has kindly decided to volunteer his time with our wonderful LGF Village Angels.read more
Promoting LGBT Voice across Greater Manchester
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Febrauary & March 2015 will provide an opportunity to hear about the importance of having lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender voices heard across Greater Manchester and contribute to improving the health needs of this community where you live and work.read more
Have your say at LGBT Question Time 2015!
Date Published: 05/02/2015
To mark Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans (LGBT) History Month this February, Manchester City Council with support from The Lesbian & Gay Foundation (The LGF), are hosting LGBT Question Time for its third consecutive year.read more
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Manchester City Council have committed to halving late and undiagnosed HIV by passing a motion on HIV testing in support of the Halve It campaign. The testing services at The Lesbian & Gay Foundation (The LGF) were also specifically mentioned as part of the motion delivered today.read more
Hate Crime Awareness Week 2015
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As part of Manchester's Hate Crime Awareness Week, 26th January to 1st February 2015, The Lesbian & Gay Foundation (The LGF) have a number of events and activities taking place across the whole week and culminating in our Sunday Service Drop-in on Sunday 1st February, 1-3pm.read more
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2- ExerciseYet again, this infamous word keeps coming up in topics of body and mind. Without getting to the obvious reasons why you should exercise, or why you stopped, let's look at how you can incorporate exercise into your daily routine without hitting the weights.
- Try different methods of commuting. The simple act of walking to the nearest bus stop and using your legs to get there can help a lot.
- Take the stairs once in a while. Elevators are great… for moving office equipment! Don't be one of those people who waits in the lobby forever just to get to the second floor.
- Got an hour for lunch? Eat fast and get outside. A brisk walk to burn off some of those calories can do wonders for your afternoon burnout.
3- Keep a balanced dietEver notice that about an hour after lunch you're as productive as a mule in a county fair? That massive bowl of pasta you had in the employee cafeteria is most likely to blame. The biggest problem nowadays is that we starve ourselves throughout the day and once the clock strikes noon, we're running to fill up on carbs. Not the best idea!
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NVIDIA Announces Retail GeForce GT 640 DDR3by Ryan Smith on 6/4/2012 9:00 PM EST
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CeriseCogburn - Monday, June 04, 2012 - linkForget it, just buy the massively available GTX460 at the same price and get at least 2X the performance, and that includes forgetting about the 7750 mentioned as well, a massive rip off. Reply
zcat - Monday, June 04, 2012 - linkWasteful and proud of it, eh. Reply
JNo - Tuesday, June 05, 2012 - linkTrue but changing cards frequently to save small amounts of energy has to be traded off with the fact that new cards cost energy to make and use up the earth's materials - they are not very recyclable and recycling in itself costs energy.
So there has to be a balance - upgrading too often wastes energy when existing cards probably suffice and not often enough means you will burn energy with old inefficient electronics eventually. Lower wattage and being green shouldn't be an excuse to justify buying shiny new things all the time. Reply
Taft12 - Sunday, June 10, 2012 - linkMost tech fiends don't just throw video cards in the garbage - they sell them on eBay or Craigslist to fund their newest purchase. Sounds pretty green to me! Reply
CeriseCogburn - Tuesday, June 12, 2012 - linkTossed out or not it takes resources and energy and rare materials to make video cards, every single one of them.
If you want to save the earth, buy the best, instead of crap that needs an upgrade sooner rather than later.
Otherwise you're following the Obama car plan - destroy running cars with silica sand poured into the engine, to get a new car and some government welfare tax dollars with 2 tons of rare earth metals to make the battery ( mined from China the world market controller and video card manufacturer ), in order to "save the earth"... which actually becomes MORE WASTEFUL all the way around.
Likewise, for instance, use your old system instead of buying some crap apu for your HTPC just because you want to be cool and are set on fan boying out. Reply
rickcain2320 - Monday, June 25, 2012 - linkActually batteries have a much longer lifespan than car engines, electric motors will last the life of 2-3 automobiles or more, and they don't require regular fluid changes which are incredibly polluting to the environment.
Batteries are also quite recyclable and worth doing so. There's a huge industry behind recycling regular lead/acid batteries as well.
Going back to video cards, it is nice to see a card draw much less power. Having dealt with a Geforce 8800GTS before I can honestly say a performance video card is merely a space heater that just happens to play games. Reply
tviceman - Monday, June 04, 2012 - linkRyan you summed it up perfectly pointing out there is absolutely no good reason to use DDR3 ram. Terrible, terrible pairing. This card will be a complete dud until GDDR5 is used in place. Reply
Onus - Wednesday, June 06, 2012 - linkI agree 100% with this. If this was done as a necessary cost-saving feature, this card is doomed; as is the performance is too low (choose HD6670 for less) and with GDDR5 the price will have to be higher, and from the results at Tom's Hardware, it won't catch up to the HD7750. Reply
CeriseCogburn - Tuesday, June 12, 2012 - linkBut GTX 460 destroys all of them for $99 - the same price. Reply
zcat - Monday, June 04, 2012 - link15W idle? Was hoping for better from Kepler. AMD's ~10W iirc.
In any case, I'm really looking forward to the bench & power consumption comparison reviews for this card and the GDDR5 version, as my mini-ITX workstation (yes, I said workstation) "needs" an upgrade from the Intel HD4000 for some better-than-meh summer gaming fps. Reply
medi01 - Tuesday, June 05, 2012 - linkI think AMDs new cards are down to less than 1 watt, if monitor is switched off. Reply
Onus - Wednesday, June 06, 2012 - linkCheck out the single-slot HD7750 by XFX. I put one in my PC-Q08 and it runs very nicely. Reply
RaistlinZ - Monday, June 04, 2012 - linkGDDR3 is the Devil's DRAM. Reply
Casper42 - Monday, June 04, 2012 - linkI guess its a good thing then that its not mentioned anywhere in the article above.
DDR3 != GDDR3 Reply
BrunoLogan - Tuesday, June 05, 2012 - linkNothing to see here... Bring us the 660Ti instead. Reply
Assimilator87 - Tuesday, June 05, 2012 - linkEVGA's website says these cards support three monitor Surround? How is that possible without Displayport? Reply
Taft12 - Sunday, June 10, 2012 - linkThe EVGA versions DO have displayport Reply
skroh - Tuesday, June 05, 2012 - linkYou're suffering from Eyefinity brainwashing. Surround on nV cards does not require DisplayPort. In this case, your resolution options will be limited by the fact that the third port is HDMI, but who would go for higher than 3x1080P with an entry-level card anyway? Reply
UltraTech79 - Wednesday, June 06, 2012 - linkThis shitty card is nearly better than my 8800GTS512 and costs twice as much. How many YEARS do you think I can run my 8800 to make up for this 50$?
Too many. Reply
philipma1957 - Sunday, July 08, 2012 - linkfanless with gddr5 ram would make it worthwhile.
the hd7750 is the best fanless card for htpc.
this card is next to worthless with a fan inside of it for htpc.
the card pulls 65 watts pcie only this means it can be fanless just like the sapphire hd7750 ultimate .
or buy a gtx 670 and turn the fan down for htpc and up for games Reply
mpauls - Tuesday, August 07, 2012 - linkI bought a Dell Vostro 460 in Jan. 2012. It came with 16 GB's of Ram, 1 TB hard drive, a Nvidia 310 video card with 512 MB, the OS is Win 7 SP1 64 bit. I got a good deal on the GT 640 at $87.00. After uninstalling the old Nvida drivers, I installed the latest nvidia driver, the 301.42-desktop-win7-winvista-64bit-english-whql.exe, rebooted ,went into the desktop, then closed down the computer.
After seating the GT 640 card, which takes up 2 slots on the back of the computer, in a PCI e Slot ver. 3.0 and screwed the DVI cable into the back of the computer, I put on the power and saw on the monitor a black screen and the monitor open/close button stayed yellow. There was no post.
Has anyone experienced this with a video card. Gigabyte says it's either the power supply which has 350 Watts and upgrade it, upgrade the Bios, or the card is defective. Nvidia says upgrade the bios or if that does not work the card is defective--the power supply is suffient, the card uses 65 watts.
If the card is Ok, will a upgrade of the Bios work? Reply


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There's at least one thing most Coachella watchers will likely agree on: this 2014 lineup has no wow at all.
That's a fairly bold statement to make, considering the opening-night main attraction for this year's double-weekend spring festival in Indio is the first performance in more than a decade from OutKast. The celebrated hip-hop duo of Andre 3000 (above, center) and Big Boi largely disappeared from stages around the time their 2003 double-disc opus Speakerboxxx/The Love Below took home the Grammy for album of the year.
The other two headliners, Matthew Bellamy (left) and Muse in the middle and Win Butler (right) and Arcade Fire to close out the event, are hardly slouches – they're among the most vibrant large-scale acts around. Plus, organizers at L.A. concert promoter Goldenvoice snagged the usual slew of rarities, from the long-awaited West Coast return of the Replacements and the desert debut of another important forebear, Bryan Ferry, to turns from Pet Shop Boys, the Afghan Whigs, Neutral Milk Hotel, even English punk novelty the Toy Dolls.
Certainly nothing to sniff at. But considering Arcade Fire's booking was virtually a given (the Montreal band's tour routing already revealed it was Indio-bound for the fourth time) and that the much-circulated rumor about OutKast's reunion had all but been confirmed by Rolling Stone and the pair's own Instagram photo, there isn't really a big reveal in this roster that would cause many jaws to drop.
Several of the aforementioned specialties, in fact – NMH, the Whigs, Paul Westerberg & Co. – were teased well in advance. Others, like Beck's first major Coachella appearance since the inaugural weekend in October 1999, always seemed highly likely, considering recent activities. Indeed, not scoring Beck, whose first album in six years, Morning Phase, drops on Valentine's Day, would have been nearly as disappointing as the promise of OutKast not coming true.
That said, let's not forget: Even the weakest poster can lead to a most excellent festival once the dates arrive. In this case, that's April 11-13 and 18-20. Remaining tickets, starting at $375, go on sale Friday, Jan. 10, at 10 a.m.
There are plenty of reasons to get excited over each day's fare, though Sunday's lineup is by far the weakest, offering few reasons to turn up before sundown, assuming notables like Disclosure, Lana Del Rey and Motörhead occur after the heat burns off. Friday boasts the return of Broken Bells (the teaming of Shins leader James Mercer with soundscaper Danger Mouse) plus a number of potential standouts, from Chromeo and Ellie Goulding and newcomers Haim and Waxahatchee to established indie stars like Neko Case, as well as the aesthetic-busting booking of KROQ favorite AFI.
Saturday's mix is strongest overall, with Queens of the Stone Age sure to challenge Muse as the day's most impressive main-stage stars. There's also a deeper bench, including Pharrell Williams (whose set conceivably could include loads of guests), Kiwi sensation Lorde, MGMT, the Head and the Heart, Capital Cities, Sleigh Bells, Warpaint, Foxygen, Laura Mvula, Empire of the Sun, Ty Segall, Darkside. And though most EDM aficionados may disagree, the titans selected for the Sahara tent on Saturday – Skrillex, Fatboy Slim – are more intriguing than those for Friday (Zedd, Bonobo) or Sunday (Calvin Harris, Alesso, Duck Sauce).
Spread that across five stages over a three-day weekend and you got yourself a fine time, one that still works out to a per-set average that makes pricey passes reasonable. But the unavoidable truth for longtime Coachella-goers – who also tend to be avid concert junkies throughout the year – is that so many of the aforementioned acts have not only played Indio often, they can pretty much be seen most any time. Many A- and B-list acts have played Southern California just in the past six months.
Also: love-it-or-loathe-it Pitchfork pick the Knife right behind pole position on the first night is a ludicrous overhype. And overall, it's hard not to view this almost too eclectic mass of talent as lopsided. OutKast will undoubtedly be a highlight, but what else is happening that first night to complement the sight of "Hey Ya!" and "B.O.B." performed for tens of thousands who never got a chance to hear those live back in the day? So much of what would have been an ideal fit – Pharrell, Nas, Kid Cudi, even Lorde or Disclosure – appear later in the festival.
As I say, all of this nitpicking is no reason to suspect this won't still be a memorable experience, and as always, there are about two dozen names amid the fine print that are unfamiliar to most now but could become the talk of the season come April.
But I do wonder this: Will Coachella really sell out as fast as it has the past few years?
General admission festival passes for Weekend 1 are largely gone already – remaining ones must be purchased as a shuttle combination, for $435. All pass types (including VIP for $799) are available for Weekend 2. Deluxe packages, ranging from $2,200 to $4,700, are still available.
All fees are included in those prices. Layaway is no longer an option for either weekend.


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Mark Basseley Youssef is going to be placed on four years of supervised release after he gets out of prison.
Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, the man behind controversial movie "Innocence of Muslims", gets one year in prison after admitting to violating his probation stemming from a 2010 bank fraud conviction. He will be placed on supervision for four years upon his release.
Although none of his charges were directly connected to the content of the anti-Islam film that caused protests against America in the Muslim countries across the globe, they were actually stemming from his role as a producer in the making of the movie.
Nakoula, whose legal name is Mark Basseley Youssef, uses Sam Bacile as an alias to produce the movie. He is also accused of obtaining a California driver's license under the name and falsely telling probation officers that he's only a script writer of the movie, nothing more.
He admitted to four violations, including the use of aliases, and four others were dismissed. His lawyer asked that he be permitted to serve the sentence in home confinement, but assistant U.S. Atty. Robert Dugdale objected to the request.
"This is not a defendant that you want out there using multiple names," Dugdale said as quoted by Los Angeles Times, noting that he had a passport under one name and a driver's license under another, and worked on the film under a third identity.
Dughale additionally said that cast members of the movie suffered the consequences of Nakoula's action to dub the film with dialogue that wasn't in the script. They were tricked into believing that the movie was an adventure drama called "Desert Warrior".
The actors and actresses complained to the probation office that they were getting death threats and their careers were ruined due to the controversial content. Nakoula's attorney, however, insisted the cast had signed releases and cited the right of any filmmaker to alter his/her film.
In 2010, Nakoula was convicted on four counts of bank fraud and identity theft that caused $800,000 in losses. He was sentenced to serve 21 months in jail and was released in June 2011. He was banned from using computers and Internet during the probation.
He was arrested in September this year amidst the "Innocence of Muslims" controversy for probation violations. He was held without bond.


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A track meet report, not a RR. And my baby boy is 19 years old, 6'6" and 220 lbs. Photo:
He's a decathlete and conference track meet was yesterday and today. Right after the indoor meet he had a freak leg injury, had to get around on crutches and a wheelchair, didn't run for three weeks, and hadn't competed outdoors except for a couple throws. So our expectations were low.
But yesterday he had a pretty decent first day (100m, long jump, shot putt, high jump, 400m). No PRs, but okay considering. Then today he had a not bad hurdle race, significant PRs in the discus and javelin (he did do some upper body lifting while injured), a slight PR in the pole vault (still his weakest event), and a decent 1500m (4:35, likely the only event this forum will relate to).
He ended up 2nd with a score of 7212. So that makes him a medalist and all-conference. It's the 4th best score in school history and the best since 1994. That currently ranks him 26th in NCAA D1, so he won't be going to nationals, but I'm thrilled. His team won the meet and his 8 points were big.
So I'm really proud of my little boy for keeping it together and coming through. Had to share.
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That is very cool. He looks like a beast! (I mean that in a good way).
Wow, your boy has some skill. I love watching my kiddos compete, such pride. So I can relate to how your feeling. Congrats to him!
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7000+ point may not get him to Nationals but that's a fine score.
To try to give a better perspective to the runners, 7212 points averages 721 per event. Using the WMA calculator that's the equivalent of running a 17:09 5K. Then he also perfomed on average just as well in 9 other diverse and unrelated events.
2017 Goals: for races not to be exercises in futility
Thanks. I might post a RR about my 11 year old's run on Saturday. It was so cute.
How old are your kiddos?
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The decathlon is such a beast of an event - you have to be good at so many varying things! Big congrats to your son!!
More cowbell!
GC-Congrats to your son. You should be proud, especially having done all that essentially the first time out this season.
This is totally awesome!! Congrats to your son - he certainly earned it!! And, if he can do all this coming off an injury, the sky's the limit for what he can do with great training leading up to an event!!
But The Smile That I Sent Out Returned With You.
I'm not decathlete guru, but it sounds like he did great! I'd be very proud too.
- Andrew
Wow, he did an amazing job with the obstacles he had. You have every right to be proud of him! That's a great picture, too!
I came from track and field, so I could definitely relate. You have to be well rounded athlete to do well in decathlon.
Our team used to do "fun" decathlon at the end of the season where all specialists participated. Pole vault was probably most difficult event, where a lot of people got zero. My pole vault, shot put, javelin, discus and the high jump were just embarrassing, but we had fun.
Ashton Eaton who won gold in London Olympics decathlon ran 1500 meters there in about same time as your boy (4:33.6)
Slow and steady never wins anything.
Wow, really impressive. You have every right to be very proud of your boy.
Stephen is pretty good in the middle distance for a big guy, he ran 4:33 the first time he tried it last year. The 1500m is the last event and usually guys just run what they need to secure their place (Ashton Eaton has run 4:14). Stephen didn't need to do much to secure his silver and he had no shot at gold so I'm glad he gave it a good shot and won the race anyway. They actually don't do any middle or long distance training, but I think if he can train consistently through next year he should be able to get to about 4:20 or so.
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Awesome! You mist be very proud.
"The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire."
It's always fucking hot in Miami!
rather be sprinting
That's absolutely incredible! Especially that 1500 m time, he must be really hardworking. I have such respect for decathletes.
PRs: 5k 19:25, mile 5:38, HM 1:30:56
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Billboard ranks St. Pete Times Forum among top arenas worldwide
What does it mean when your venue hosts concerts in one year by Celine Dion, the Eagles, Dane Cook, Fleetwood Mac, Britney Spears, Billy Joel and Elton John, Green Day (above), Miley Cyrus, the Jonas Brothers, Metallica, Judas Priest, Kiss, Sugarland and many more ... all in one year?
It means your venue made a buttload of money in 2009.
Yes, the St. Pete Times Forum has been ranked among the top 10 venues in the world among buildings with a capacity of at least 15,001 seats -- in other words, arenas. The Forum came in 10th, which isn't bad, considering it places Tampa in a category right alongside cities like New York, London and Sydney. Anytime your arena rivals Madison Square Garden, the Staples Center and London's O2 Arena in terms of drawing power, you have to be impressed.
The rankings weren't based solely on musical events -- Walking With Dinosaurs and Cirque du Soleil's Saltimbanco and similar events were also reasons why the Forum drew in more than 571,000 people, leading to gross receipts of $33.7 million. (In fact, the Forum made $5.25 million just from hosting the SEC Men's Basketball Tournament in March.)
The full top 10, according to Billboard:
1. O2 Arena, London
2. Madison Square Garden, New York
3. Rob Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia
4.AcerArena, Sydney, Australia
5. Air Canada Centre, Toronto
6. Staples Center, Los Angeles
7. Sportpaleis Antwerp, Belgium
8. Bell Centre, Montreal
9. American Airlines Center, Dallas
10. St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa
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Opposition ducks meeting with Kerry in Egypt
CAIRO — Well-known political opposition figures stayed away from meetings with visiting Secretary of State John F. Kerry on Saturday, as the U.S. emissary urged Egypt's bickering government and opposition to overcome their differences to establish "a sense of political and economic viability" if the country is to thrive as a democracy.
Kerry encouraged Egypt's Islamist-led government to take politically difficult economic steps that are crucial to securing international loans and outside investment. President Mohamed Morsy, whom Kerry will see Sunday, has been unable to marshal support for such economic measures. His opponents accuse him of reneging on pledges of political and religious openness.
Meanwhile, $450 million in U.S. aid to Egypt has been frozen in Congress and the International Monetary Fund has held off on loans and debt relief worth more than $4 billion. Egypt has been the most important Arab ally of the United States for decades, with ties built largely on Egypt's peace treaty with Israel.
Egypt's foreign currency reserves have fallen by roughly two-thirds since the 2011 revolution that overthrew longtime secular ruler Hosni Mubarak. Morsy's government is trying to slow a run on the U.S. dollar. Unemployment is rampant, and a diesel-fuel crisis has led to waits of several hours at gas stations.
"We expect from friends, and particularly from the United States as a strategic partner, to stand by Egypt in this period, especially on the economic issues," Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Amr said after a meeting with Kerry.
The ruling Islamists are at an impasse with secular and leftist opposition parties. The umbrella National Salvation Front has called for a boycott of upcoming parliamentary elections in protest of a national constitution whose strong Islamist stamp also worries some in the United States.
Political liberals and secular parties resent U.S. urging to take part in voting they say will only further divide the country. They say the United States is showing favor to Morsy and Islamists.
Kerry addressed Egypt's intertwined political and economic problems by meeting with opposition political and religious leaders, human rights activists and business leaders. For some, Kerry's visit is an unwelcome public reminder that the United States is Egypt's principal international benefactor, and that the money comes with strings.
National Salvation Front leader Hamdeen Sabbahi refused to meet with Kerry, who had invited a mix of opposition figures to a roundtable meeting at his hotel. After Sabbahi's announcement Friday, fellow NSF leader Mohamed ElBaradei also decided against the meeting. Kerry spoke to him by phone after arriving in Egypt on Saturday.
Opposition figure Amr Moussa declined the group invitation but held a private session with Kerry, out of the view of cameras.
Kerry told reporters later that he had not heard anything from opposition figures to suggest they will change their minds about the vote boycott.


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Johannesburg – South Africa's Davis Cup star, Rik De Voest (204) was optimistic about his chances in the Soweto Open, after drawing Germany's Richard Becker in the opening round.
"Each and every player in the main draw can play ball. I don't know much about Becker but I've heard he is a good player," said the 32-year-old ahead of next week's tournament to be played at the Arthur Ashe Tennis Complex in Jabavu.
"Seeded or not seeded I am taking each match as it comes and hopefully can work my way through to the last eight and then from there it's all bonus for me."
A losing finalist in 2009 and 2011, De Voest would be hoping to make it third time lucky in a tournament which he said "brings out the best in me."
The top seed spot went to Slovakian number one, Lucas Lacko (79) with American Rajeev Ram (115) seeded to meet Lacko in the final.
The tournament favourite, Lacko, meets Brazilian Ricardo Hocevar while Ram plays South African Davis Cup player, Ruan Roelofse.
Vasek Pospisil (130) of Canada and Michal Przysiezny of Poland (152) were seeded three and four respectively.
Flamboyant former Soweto Open champion (2010), Dustin Brown (180) of Germany is seeded at number five while Brazilians Thiago Alves (186) and Fabiano De Paula (261) take up the sixth and eighth spots. Brown will come up against a qualifier in round one.
South Africans Roelofse (506) and Jean Andersen (775), who were both originally given wild-cards into the tournament, received welcome news on Monday that their new world rankings had got them directly into the main draw.
As a result, Tennis South Africa awarded up and coming South Africans Keith-Patrick Crowley (775) and Dean O'Brien (1075) the two vacant wild cards.
Crowley was presently on a tennis scholarship at the University of Miami in the USA. O'Brien, who finished studying at Georgia Tech in Atlanta last year, was playing the professional circuit in North and Central America. – Sapa