text: I'm not sure the answer but I wonder if ISU is better off going with a pro-style offense that can run the ball and set up the play action. I doubt ISU is ever going to have the athletes to be better at the spread than the rest of the conference. This would also create a different scheme for most teams to try and defend that they do almost every other week in this league. The argument to this I can imagine is kids are not going to want to come play for ISU because everyone else plays the spread, but the fact is we have to field a team for the most part with the leftovers from everyone else anyway. Some people hate to hear that but its the fact. We will always lag the 6 Texahoma schools for kids in Texas, and while its nice we get kids out of Florida we are getting kids that have been picked over for the most part. Watching ISU football is kind of like understanding par in golf, if you don't understand what par is it really causes a lot of frustration as a fan. Maybe we should just be glad we are in a BCS conference so we have a BCS league for Hoiberg and basketball to compete in. I'm not down on Coach Rhoads either I think he is a good coach. Its very tough to win in this situation, and frankly most coaches wouldn't do any better, it probably takes a hall of fame coach like Snyder at KSU and how many of them would stick around after 2-3 yrs.


text: The Alpha Organization- Part 5 It had been 6 weeks since Kim had been to that first mixer-meeting. Things had been progressing. She was frustrated at how slowly things were going but they were progressing. During those 6 weeks she had been meeting with a variety of women members of the TAO and had been watching some instructional information on the computer. She knew that the pressure was on her and on her marriage to break Rick. She had reviewed a great deal of information explaining the superiority of the black man over the white boy and she was amazed that this information had not been explained to her before. There was also information about the need of white women to cuckold their white boys. After some discussions with some of her new women friends the whole concept was making sense to her. She knew that she would break Rick or leave him. She wanted to keep the marriage intact and she still loved him. But it would have to be the right kind of marriage. A marriage based on Rick accepting his role as a cuckold and the total acceptance of TAO. The breaking began that first night she was home when she was undressing. Rick had tried to ask where she had been and she merely responded in a vague manner that she had been to a meeting with Ellie. That night she specifically had watched an interracial porno film with Rick. He had always been the one interested in such things but she now used this tool to help her. As she watched it she made small comments about the white women and the black men. She told Rick that she had seen so many interracial couples that it seemed like an explosion to her. Rick had responded that he was not sure it was all that common and she harshly corrected him. She told him that the only thing holding back more of these relationships was the shortage of eligible black men. The evening ended up with her watching the TV from her bed with his face buried in her crotch. She held his head tightly and as she orgasmed she talked about the TV action that he could not see. When she was done she patted Rick on the head and said "Thanks honey. That was so much better tonight. I think that watching the movie helped. I could imagine I was the woman in the tape even though she had something for real that was a bit bigger. Isn't it amazing how much of sex is in the head?" Rick seemed confused by all of this. It was as if she had had mental sex with the black man and he was just a tool or vibrator. Rick started to nuzzle with Kim after her orgasm but she gently pushed him away. She then said "I am so tired honey and really need a good night's rest. Would you mind sleeping in the little guest room so I can have more room tonight?" Once again he was confused. He had brought her to a wonderful orgasm but she had no intention of returning the favor. Also she seemed more interested in pictures of black men than his actual presence. Rick knew that a real man would not have meekly accepted her orders but he saw the large dominant black man on the TV out of the corner of his eye and something just told him that he needed to go. As he got up he saw Kim prop herself up in the bed and she asked him to "put a different movie in before you go to help me sleep." He was now a little miffed but he put in another tape of black men and white women. As he gently closed her door he could see Kim rubbing herself as she watched the movie. He felt angry on some level that she would prefer these pictures to him. But he also looked down at his puny size and knew that he would never measure up. He was in total confusion. As for Kim she watched the door close and then smiled. The entire scene had played out EXACTLY in the way that Ellie had told her it would. She also knew that J would never have done this. He would be taking her right now. As she slowly fell to sleep her mind was changing. Concern for Rick was turning to desire for J. There was still more work to do. As the next 6 weeks progressed Kim had been able to get Rick to sleep every night in the guest room. She had even moved some of his clothes in there. She continued the nightly episodes with the porno and continued the little comments. She would ask Rick leading questions like if the size of the man mattered and why women seemed to prefer the black man. He gradually went from disagreeing with her to accepting what seemed to be the reality of things. The end of this inital 6 week period was the moment of the "present". This was a technique that had been shown to really speed up the cuckolding process for reluctant white boys. The event was orchestrated by Ellie. She came over one night and sat with Kim and Rick for about an hour making small talk. Ellie made a point of asking for some wine from Rick and although she was polite she did it it in such a way that it seemed as if she was ordering Rick. The beginning of servant training. Kim looked on in admiration and wondered if she would ever be that subtle and that polished. Finally Ellie said she had to go but before leaving she pulled out a box and said to Kim "Kim. I got you a little present. Now before you say anything to me I will tell you now that I am not going to say where I got it. You can thank me later." Kim laughed out loud and hugged Ellie as she walked out the front door. Rick heard Kim tell her "I bet I can guess what this is." After she left Kim sat down and Rick finally asked her if she was going to open the wrapped box. She smiled and finally did just that. The box opened and she slowly pulled out a large dildo that was totally black and realistic. Kim started laughing and Rick was just confused and upset and finally was able to speak "What the hell is that all about." Kim was laughing and finally responded "Oh. It's kind of a joke. Ellie and I were talking and she said I needed something to help me relax at bedtime. We came up with some ideas and I told her my favorite one. So she said she would make it happen. And here it is. For a moment I thought it was going to be the real thing." Kim was laughing as she picked up the dildo. She seemed to be oblivious to the confused and somewhat hurt expression on Rick's face. She headed to the bedroom and said to Rick "Well. I guess it's time to get to know my new bedtime partner." She slowly shut the door behind her and took a deep breath. All of the talk had been planned for the maximal effect. Rick's reaction had been exactly as had been predicted. She now had to just wait for the reaction. She knew that this would be one of the biggest moments in his breaking. If he stepped aside for a black dildo he would certainly accept what Kim had planned for him. Total cuckolding. The total absence of sex for him. Justice meets reality. That night Kim slowly placed the black dildo in her mouth and then worked it into her vagina. An organ not used to size like this. All she could think of was the meeting the following weekend with TAO. She would see J again. Ellie had been joking but all Kim could think of was going down on J. Worshipping him and doing all she could to please him. She fell asleep thinking about what she could wear or do to try and seduce this man who could have literally any woman in the city he wanted. Thoughts of Rick had faded. As for Rick, he had been left in the living room and had seen the note from Ellie that Kim had deliberately left behind. He read it and had to sit down and think about things. It merely said "To Kim. this was modeled on an AVERAGE man. Sorry it's plastic but here is hoping it fills the void. Love Ellie". The meaning was clear and Rick could not help but reach down to his tiny cock. To his amazement it was rock hard. He had much to think about as he wandered into the guest room knowing Kim had chosen a piece of black plastic over him. End of Part 5

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And it was sometimes difficult, Kerrey admits, to tell the difference between civilians and soldiers. Even so, Kerrey says, the killing of civilians in Thanh Phong was an accident.
Gerhard Klann remembers it differently. Although Klann didn't know about another eyewitness, Pham Tri Lanh, when he talked to 60 Minutes II, it turns out his recollection also matches hers about what happened at the second set of hooches. Klann says the unit knew there were women and children before they opened fire.
Klann served in the SEALs for nearly 19 years, and was hand-picked for an elite counter-terrorism team, Seal Team Six, after the Vietnam War. Klann is currently a steel worker in Pennsylvania.
In 1969, he was one of the seven SEALS in Lt. Kerrey's unit in Thanh Phong.
Recently, he described his memory of the night: "I can see it. I relive it often enough but I can't describe it. It was, it was carnage. It was, we just virtually slaughtered those people. I mean, there was blood flying up, bits and pieces of flesh hitting us.
"It was completely a free-fire zone," he says.
How Klann Remembers It
The SEAL unit was working in the Thanh Phong area with a Vietnamese district chief, who is "mentioned in a 1969 naval communiqué. According to the document, "The District chief said that if people weren't GVN (meaning supporters of the American-backed South Vietnamese government) he didn't want them alive." Days before the main operation, Klann says, the SEALs went into Thanh Phong and found only women and children in the hamlet. They let them go and returned to the base. Klann says the district chief pressured them to return with these instructions.
"No matter who you came across, bring back anybody if you think they're gonna be of any intelligence worth or eliminate 'em," Klann remembers, adding that they were also supposed to capture a Viet Cong chief.
When the squad learned that the Viet Cong chief was expected back in Thanh Phong on Feb. 25, Gerhard Klann says the decision was made to return. That night, he says, he and the others approached the first hooch - the hooch Kerrey says was filled with men. Klann disagrees, and his story matches what we heard in the eyewitness account in Vietnam - that there was an old man, a woman, and three young children.
He says Kerrey gave the order to kill them, because he was worried that they would sound the alarm.
Klann says his job was to kill the old man. He says the man put up a fight, and he asked Kerrey to hold him down while he cut his throat. At the time, Klann says, he didn't question the order: "It was war, we were in a war zone. And that's not a time tquestion orders. We got a chain of command, he gave the order and we obeyed."
After killing the people in the first hooch, Klann says the unit went to the main hamlet, where they thought the Viet Cong chief might be.
At this point, Kerrey says his unit came under attack. Klann, however, says the unit took no fire at all. At this point, they gathered together everyone they found. Most of this group were women and children. None appeared to have any weapons, Klann says.
The unit decided that the Viet Cong leader was not there, Klann says. "We got together and we were, 'hey, the guy ain't here. Now we got these people, what do we do now?' "
Then, Klann says, the SEALs killed the prisoners. It was not spontaneous, he says. "I don't think we would have acted spontaneously on something like that," he says. "There was an order given."
Why? "Cause we'd already compromised ourselves by killing the other group."
Klann says the decision was Kerrey's. "I don't remember his exact words, but he was the officer in charge. The call was his. We lined up, and we opened fire. We, we just slaughtered them. It was automatic weapons fire. Rifle fire." The shooters were about six to 10 feet from the prisoners.
Baby Was The Last To Die
Then, Klann says, the shooting stopped. "It was dead quiet. It was dead quiet. Then you could just hear certain people, hear their moaning. So we would just fire into that area until it was silent there. And that was it. And, and until, we were sure that everybody was dead."
There was some moaning, he says. "I remember one baby still crying. That baby was probably the last one alive." The baby, he says, was "shot like the rest of 'em."
When told about Klann's account of the events at Thanh Phong, and the fact that much of Klann's story is supported by a woman who says she was an eyewitness in the village, Kerrey seemed stunned. Then he conceded that what happened at Thanh Phong may have been worse than he remembers.
"I don't believe that's true," Kerrey says of Klann's account. "When your reporters provided that information to me a couple of days ago, this came as a big surprise to me. Because that's not my memory of it.
"Gerhard I will not contradict. I will not contradict the memory of any of the six people that were on the operation that night. So if that's his view, I don't contradict it, it's not my memory of it. And as to the eyewitness is at the very least, sympathetic to the Viet Cong. At the absolute very least."
Kerrey's unit had been warned that a lot of the enemy in this guerrilla war didn't wear uniforms and that other Americans had been attacked by women and children. Thanh Phong and the area around the hamlet were controlled by the Communists. But Mrs. Lanh's account is supported to a remarkable degree by Klann.
Kerrey says he did not help Klann kill the old man in the first hooch. "That is not my memory of it... I'm just, I'm not gonna et into a... Gerhard for 30 years has been living with this memory as well. And so part of what we're gonna have to do is not just reconcile the memory. Reconciling the memory is just the smallest part of it. But reconciling the pain that is felt. Reconciling the guilt that is still there. The feeling that somehow we did something horrible and how do you go on living? What would we do now?"
If it occurred as Klann says, was it a military necessity to kill those people? "I don't have any doubt that the people that we killed were at the very least sympathetic to the Viet Cong," Kerrey says. "And at the very most, were supporting their efforts to kill us.
"I mean, the Viet Cong, in a guerrilla war, the people that get caught in the middle are the civilians. And the Viet Cong were a thousand per cent more ruthless than any standard operating procedure that any American GI or Navy SEAL had."
Kerrey also disagrees with Klann on what happened after they left the first hooch. He says that he and his unit did not shoot people at close range: "I don't have any doubt about it, this part. We engaged from a distance. We fired light anti-tank weapons, into this area. We fired M79s into this area, we fired automatic weapons into this area, and we advanced on the area to finish the job. "
The official battle report on Thanh Phong says Kerrey's unit came under attack and returned fire, up to 12,000 rounds, and used some heavy weapons, including M-79's, grenades, and armor-piercing rockets.
"Now it may be that there were people still alive as we came up close, but we didn't go into a village and round people up and shoot them in cold blood," he says.
"I mean it, it is certainly possible that some of Gerhard's memory, memory happened towards the end, I don't, I don't want to go down that road. Because I've not had the opportunity to talk to other men who were there that evening. And until unless we do that I don't think that we can even get close to, all of us feeling confident that we know what happened.
"I have seared into my memory the sight of the dead women and children as we came up upon them. That's what I have seared into my memory. And to me it's as bad as if it had happened the way Gerhard, you see dramatic differences and I don't. I mean, and I just don't see dramatic differences. Because I feel no moral or military justifications for their deaths."
Kerrey says that Klann was a loyal member of the unit, and that he actually sought him out to be part of his squad. "I am surprised by his story," he says. "But I'm not, I'm not angered by it."
Both Kerrey and Klann say they admire the other, and bear each other no ill will.
Kerrey Meets With Others
There were five other SEALs with Bob Kerrey and Gerhard Klann that night in Thanh Phong. Four will not talk about the operation in any detail. The fifth man supports parts of both Kerrey and Klann's stories. Michael Ambrose agrees with Klann thaKerrey helped Klann kill the old man at the first hooch. But he emphatically disagrees with Klann that the other villagers were rounded up and shot. Ambrose does say, however, that they were shot at close range - 20 to 50 feet, he says- much closer than Kerrey contends.
This past weekend, Kerrey and those five other SEALs got together to talk about Thanh Phong, apparently for the first time in 32 years. They released a statement saying "We received fire and we returned fire." The memory "that we rounded up women and children and shot them at point blank range is simply not true." The statement concluded: "We were young men then and did what we thought was right and necessary."
"It's not impossible that some version of what Gerhard is talking about happened," Kerrey says. "But it's not my memory."
A military cable supports a crucial part of Klann's story - that Lt. Kerry's unit visited Thanh Phong two weeks before the attack, and found only women and children there.
"None of us remembers that," Kerrey says of the earlier visit. "It would have been a violation of SEAL team procedures to go back in. It would put us at considerable risk to go back, right to the same spot."
Kerrey admits that as a SEAL, his orders were to get the job done, and forget about taking prisoners. If Klann's story is true, would those actions have been permissible under military rules of engagement?
"I can't go that far," Kerrey says. "No. I think it would not have been permissible. But it's, it's you know and the problem is, the truth of the matter is, it felt like it was permissible - within the rules as I understood them."
Military and civilian lawyers who are war crimes specialists disagree with that interpretation. They say that any order to kill civilians or unarmed prisoners is illegal. But Kerrey's actions apparently were not challenged in 1969, even though, according to an army radio log 60 Minutes II found, a resident of Thanh Phong did make a formal complaint about atrocities committed the night of Kerrey's operation.
Kerrey says the events of that night should not be investigated as a war crime. "I certainly wouldn't have been afraid of an investigation at that time," he says.
"To describe it as a war crime, I think is wrong," he says. "Or to describe it as an atrocity, I would say, is pretty close to being right. Because that's how it felt and that's why I feel guilt and shame for it."
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Brett Freeman, Principal here at Woking College. Welcome to our College.
Summer Art & Design Exhibition at the Lightbox
July 7, 2017, 1:22 pm
Celebrating its eighth year at The Lightbox, The Woking College Summer Art and Design Exhibition celebrates work from students in all the Visual Arts categories including Fine Art, CTEC Art & Design, Design & Technology, Photography and Textiles. The exhibition is the culmination of students work for their A Level examinations.
The Private View on Wednesday 28th June drew the largest number of guests since the Exhibition's inception with over 500 students, parents, past pupils, trustees of the Lightbox and VIP guests. Students from Woking College provided a mellow backdrop of Jazz music and refreshments were served.
The Exhibition is open to the public from Thursday 29th June to Sunday 9th July: Admission is free
Highlights of this year's show included a catwalk fashion show featuring and modelled by students studying Textiles at the College and was greeted with a standing ovation and much cheers and applause.
Art Prizes judged by The Lightbox and Jan Rubin from NADFAS were awarded to students in the following categories-:
- CTEC Art & Design - Jasmine Ritchie
- Fine Art - Lily Robinson Hill
- Graphics - Fraser Tatterdill
- Photography - Winona Newman
- Resistant Materials - Thomas Crook
- Textiles - Gemma Jones
- Award for Best in Show - Nadia Asbridge.
These talented students now have the opportunity for their work to be entered in the prestigious National NADFAS competition where their work could be displayed at London's famous Mall galleries.
Head of Art Emma Hobbs commented: "Our students engagement with their subject, hard work and determination to succeed is clearly evident in the exceptional work they have produced. I am very proud of their achievements and successes and the hard work of my team in supporting and inspiring them on their journey to becoming young artists."
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Skip to comments.Letting the Cat Fight! out of the bag covers for policy failure
Posted on 11/13/2012 8:35:05 AM PST by Qbert
Its easy to get caught up in the Cat Fight! aspect of LAffaire Petraeus.
The emails that Jill Kelley showed an FBI friend near the start of last summer were not jealous lover warnings like stay away from my man, a knowledgeable source tells The Daily Beast.
The messages were instead what the source terms kind of cat-fight stuff.
More like, Who do you think you are? You parade around the base You need to take it down a notch, according to the source, who was until recently at the highest levels of the intelligence community and prefers not to be identified by name.
And with the hint that this could turn out to go beyond Petraeus, who can resist a #PaulaDoesThePentagon hashtag and a cover like this:
Its such a great distraction to what lies beneath, a failure to protect our Ambassador despite clear warnings, a cover up, misleading campaign spin, and delay in letting the Cat Fight! out of the bag prior to the election.
Fox News, with some early help by CNN, almost alone has helped uncover the real scandal. But the real scandal is not making headlines. How convenient.
A reader writes:
The Chicago machine sure knows how to use distraction to their advantage they also used it for 4 months in the election when nobody laid a glove on their 4 year dismal record.
Did someone say Cat Fight! Twins! Paula Does The Pentagon!
So will the sequel to "All In" be "Fall Out"?
Maybe one good thing out of all this is that some wives out there won't let themselves get so frumpy.
That's the way the communists do.
Good grief...this sounds like stuff I used to hear when teaching in junior high.
That being said, how is it that Obama knows nothing about what is going on with Fast and Furious, or Benghazi or the FBI getting the goods on the Director of the CIA? And Democrats wailed about Romney being "out of touch"!
This is the duty of the presidency we're talking about here. He should have known this stuff (of course, he did) but he was only interested when he and his Chicago mafia could blackmail Petraeus into giving that laughable "video caused the attack" hearing to Congress.
This blatant lying to Congress and the people is impeachable. And Hillary's a** should be grass for hiding out in Australia and refusing to testify.
Mrs. Petraeus looks very matronly.
Is that a requirement for females that have a job in the Obama administration?
Classic bimbo eruption technique.
It would appear that "All In" was a pretty accurate description of things....
No, I think the sequel will be titled "Coitus Interruptus".
Even the vaulted $300,000,000 Consultant, Turd-blossom Rove and the Mr Electable Romney campaign were distracted by the Obama BS. The Republican Party needs to be buried, it sucks the life out of Conservatives!
Maybe "Ambassadorus Benghazhistanus Coveruptus"?
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Governor Ducey Signs Legislation In Support Of Law Enforcement
PHOENIX — Governor Doug Ducey today signed legislation to increase the severity of the punishment for attacks on law enforcement officers that are motivated by hatred against law enforcement. Senate Bill 1366 establishes malice against law enforcement as an aggravating factor when sentencing criminals who assault police officers.
"Our police officers put their lives on the line every day to defend our communities and keep our streets safe," said Governor Ducey. "Their job is dangerous enough already, and we have zero tolerance for anyone who would target officers simply for doing their jobs. This legislation sends the clear message that Arizona stands firmly by its men and women in uniform, and I am proud to sign it."


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Prizes, Prizes, Prizes!
Some of you may ask: "Well, what are we going to win?".
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I really thought this was an April 1st joke until I actually found a present icon in my thread ^^
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Where is the list of the winners? HBDay EPVP
Our festivities are starting today, on April 1st and will end on April 10th this year. By that you will have the opportunity to get into the seek for 10 days.
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Gravois Mills is a village in Morgan County, Missouri, United States. The population was 208 at the 2000 census, at which time it was a town.
Gravois Mills is located at 38°18′26″N 92°49′20″W / 38.30722°N 92.82222°W / 38.30722; -92.82222 (38.307354, -92.822152).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.9 square miles (2.2 km²), of which, 0.8 square miles (2.0 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km²) of it (9.41%) is water.


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Saturday, July 13, 2013
This interview with Snowden came out over a month ago but it's still really interesting. Whether he's a hero or a traitor to the U.S. is upto the individual to judge. I personally think he stood up for what was right in his mind, despite going against the entire United States government. That has to count for something.
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This fucking interviewer is such a douchebag. Way to be impartial. "What is your definition of profiling?" What are you fucking retarded? Look it up. I'm surprised the interviewer didn't ask Trayvon's parents what racism means to them.
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Friday, July 12, 2013
The News is a fucking joke. And out of all news rooms KTVU in the bay area. Fuck that summer intern. Fuck anyone with two eyes that let this "official list" of racist American me love you long time Chinese oriented joke names pass for the pilots of Korea's number 2 airways. As someone intelligently pointed out .. "that summer intern is a patsy." And they're probably totally fucking right. I'm so sick of these fucking stupid easy laugh Asian jokes. And especially after two 16 year old girls died as a result of being burned to death while being torn from a fiery plane. Yeah. These trivial "Asian" lives are worth making jokes about because all these Asians, we're all the fucking same. KTVU is claiming a "mistake". Me under estimating how powerful my fart is , is a mistake. This is just negligent and poor example of "news reporting". Racism in fucking America. Still waiting to hear the verdict of the Trayvon/Zimmerman case.
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A 12 year old boy who would make any free thinking parent proud. This kid is amazing. Thanks to Monica for posting this on facebook.
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Reading this article and listening to Malala Yousafzai speak seriously brought tears to my eyes. Being shot in the head by the Taliban, surviving, and pushing forward to better the world through peaceful change and education is not something you get to witness every day in this day and age. Especially not with an individual who just turned 16. The world never ceases to amaze me and all the humans in it. She is definitely an inspiration and proof that despite the problems we think we have, there are plenty of things in this world still worth fighting for. And even though they don't all have their own reality shows or instagram accounts, they are out there changing things about the fucked up world we live in because their eyes are wide open.
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Dude. This dog is better at skating than I am!
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Um. Super good! Thanks to Bosco for posting this on facebook.
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Gonna be at Enids tonight with Jason who also illustrated this flyer. Stoked to be friends with such talented people!
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With the impending closure of Max Fish on Ludlow drawing near ( July 31), it's natural that in my drunken state I utilize this video tool on instagram. Why flood the feed with multiple photos when I can flood the feed with half the amount of videos? Shit's done changed and it's gonna keep changing. Manhattan is one of the most obvious examples of change and transformation. Get Heavy. And maybe if you're lucky you'll remember it all someday.
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Got you stuck off the REALNESS! One of the best songs. EVER.
Last night at Max Fish. OFFTHEHOOK. The sound system was fucked so he basically freestyled shook ones.
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Sunday, July 7, 2013
Necro freestyling in Bed Stuy.. 1992
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Undercover 1990's coverage. Shitty sound but pretty cool footage.
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BBC always coming through with great documentaries. This one is about the legendary hitmaker Nile Rodgers.
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Utah Jazz vs. Golden State Warriors: Report card
Jacob's Dad LOGAN, UTJan. 8, 2012 1:08 p.m.
I like these articles and it is good practice for a young rising writer, and nobody forces you to click on an article that you don't enjoy reading. I love it when someone has the courage to grade the players. I think coaches grade out their players, and I like doing the same.
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This is one article that we can do without after each game. Whats the difference what one writer thinks? Just report the game and stay away from individual and and position grading it means nothing, this is a "team" game!


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Joseph MazerGold Toned Joseph Mazer Rhinestone and Cabochon Jeweled Bangle Bracelet
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2001 Paul Reed Smith Singlecut (pre lawsuit)
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You are bidding on a 2001 Paul Reed Smith Singlecut guitar. It is a three color sunburst with a 10 top and birds. I am the first and only owner of this guitar. It was purchased just out of the box in 2001. This guitar is in excellent condition. I'd give it 9/10. It has a few very minor nicks along the lower bout - no belt rash. As you can see, the original hardshell case and hang tag come with the guitar.
Currently this guitar is equipped with a Bare Knuckle Nail Bomb pickup in the bridge position (worth $200). The original PRS #7 Pickup (see pictures) is included with the purchase. It is also equipped with a Tonepros adjustable bridge (worth $140). The original PRS stoptail piece (see pictures) is included with the purchase.
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[NEWS] 141001 Kim Jaejoong wins Male Top Excellence Award at 2014 Korea Drama Awards
JYJ"s Kim Jae Joong wins the "Male Top Excellence Award" at the 2014 Korea Drama Awards on October 1 which is held at the Cultural Arts Center in Gyeongsangnam-do.
During his acceptance speech, he expressed, "Filming has been hard but thank you for helping me out with your unwavering smiles. I am so nervous because I don't appear often on TV. I thank Mr. Baek and JYJ members Yoochun and Junsu. It's my first leading role so I'm really grateful to you for giving me this award. I hope to meet you all again in the future."
Jaejoong has impressed the judges with his acting in his role in "Triangle". Meanwhile, other nominees he bested from the category are Ji Chang Wook, Lee Seung Gi, Lee Jong Seok, and Yoo Ah In.
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Cruz's 10th-inning double ends Rangers' skid
Cruz's 10th-inning double ends Rangers' skid
ARLINGTON -- Once again, the Rangers struggled with runners in scoring position and fell in an early hole. But for the first time this month, they won. Nelson Cruz, who was moved up from the sixth to fifth spot in the lineup, knocked in Adrian Beltre from first base with a walk-off double in the 10th inning to give the Rangers a 4-3 victory over the Twins at the Ballpark in Arlington on Saturday night to snap a five-game losing streak. "It was important that we get back on the winning side," said manager Ron Washington. "We battled tonight. We kept getting guys out there, the opportunities were there. Finally, in the 10th, Beltre and Cruz took care of things for us. The pitching was outstanding. I thought [Derek] Holland did an outstanding job. The bullpen did the rest."
In his first outing since being placed on the disabled list a month ago, Holland turned in a quality start while Joe Nathan, facing his former team, worked out of jams in the ninth and 10th to toss two scoreless innings and earn his first win. Nathan, pitching on eight days' rest, had his longest outing in three years. "We needed this one bad," Nathan said. "You take eight days off and it's almost like Opening Day again. You're jumpy, you're excited since you haven't been out there in a while. It's nice to be well rested and feel good. But if you talk to most relievers, they would like to be in there consistently." Beltre led the 10th off with a single to left before Cruz lined a ball off Kyle Waldrop past left fielder Josh Willingham. Beltre slid into home safely as the Rangers took their first lead of the game and recorded their second walk-off win. "It was a team effort," Cruz said. "The first pitch, I was just looking to see what he had. I hadn't faced him before. After that, I was trying to drive the ball and hit a line drive somewhere." "It was out of the zone," Waldrop said. "I was trying to bury it in right there, work for a double play or soft contact and I just left it up a little bit, didn't execute. It sunk some, it just didn't sink out of the zone like I wanted it to." The Rangers had the go-ahead run in scoring position in the fifth, seventh, and eighth innings. Despite going 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position and leaving 10 men on base, they did just enough to pull out a win. "We were due to put something together offensively," Washington said. "We just kept swinging and putting runners out there. We didn't get as many of them in as we would have liked, but we got the win and that was important." The Twins jumped out front in the second inning. After Justin Morneau singled and Ryan Doumit doubled, Holland couldn't field a comebacker cleanly, allowing Morneau to score. The next batter, Brian Dozier, singled to give the Twins an early 2-0 lead. Beltre hit a leadoff single in the bottom of the second and came home on a double by Cruz, who has the Rangers' only two hits with runners in scoring position this series. His teammates have combined to go 0-for-16 with runners in scoring position in the two games. Josh Hamilton hit his 27th home run to lead off the fourth, tying Jose Bautista for the Major League lead. Along with tying the game at 2, he became the first player in Rangers history with 27 home runs and 75 RBIs before the All-Star break. The Twins pulled ahead, 3-2, in the sixth with a one-out solo homer from Josh Willingham, his team-leading 19th. Again, it wasn't long before the Rangers responded, as Beltre blasted a one-out solo shot in the home half of the sixth to tie the game at 3. Beltre was the last batter faced by Twins starter Samuel Deduno, who made his first big league start in his 2012 debut. Holland gave up three runs on six hits over six innings, striking out four and walking two while throwing 88 pitches, 55 for strikes. Holland had not pitched in over a month after being sidelined with shoulder fatigue and a stomach virus. "Everything was good," Holland said. "We had a little bit of a funk with a five-game losing streak. We wanted to get out of that as quick as possible. I think today was a big momentum swing for us." Tanner Scheppers replaced Holland in the seventh and, after throwing three pitches to leadoff man Brian Dozier, home-plate umpire Marty Foster left the game. He was replaced by crew chief and second-base umpire Jeff Kellogg. Scheppers, Robbie Ross, and Nathan combined to throw four scoreless innings. "He's pretty good," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said of Nathan, his former closer. "Nathan is used to those situations. He's been in a lot of them. Those are big moments for him. He's a big-time pitcher."
Christian Corona is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Paul has a full-time lover, an older English woman whose common sense and down-to-earth qualities more than compensate for her relative lack of passion. After all, he is surrounded by women clamoring for time with him in bed. So are all the other men in the story. When one of his sons dies suddenly during an operation, Paul is devastated and cannot make out what has gone wrong in his life. None of his current crop of friends has any insight to offer. Some of these questions become clearer when his sister, with whom he is almost unnaturally close, comes to visit.
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Close to 15,000 volunteers play a vital role in keeping Dorset ticking over every year, and they're becoming more important than ever.
The counties Volunteer Centre, in Dorchester, have been running for 30 years and they're growing.
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The B-52s look to turn Penn's Peak into a "Love Shack"
JOSEPH CULTICE/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS The B-52s (from left, Fred Schneider, Keith Strickland, Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson) will perform at Penn's Peak in Jim Thorpe on Thursday.
Nowadays, The B-52s are well-established as prime purveyors of party music for their danceable rhythms and campy songs.
They have also registered their share of quirky hits along the way, including "Love Shack", "Roam", "Rock Lobster", "Private Idaho" and "Channel Z".
There was a time, however, when the band's offbeat approach landed it right in the vanguard of the burgeoning New Wave scene of the late 1970's.
"We've always sort of stradled in between being accepted and not accepted," said B-52s guitarist Keith Strickland in a phone interview from Williamsburg, Virginia on the band's summer tour, which includes a stop at Penn's Peak in Jim Thorpe on Thursday. "We have had a foot in both worlds.
"There were people who thought this was a novelty act, and here we are, 34 years later."
The B-52s originated out of Athens, Georgia, playing their first gig at a friend's house on Valentine's Day, 1977. The band took its name from Southern slang for exaggerated bouffant hairdos.
"When we first started, we didn't imagine we were starting a career," said Strickland. "We did it to entertain ourselves and our friends."
The B-52s were originally a quintet. At the beginning, Strickland played drums and Ricky Wilson was the guitarist. Cindy Wilson, Ricky's sister, was on vocals, as were Kate Pierson and Fred Schneider. The band's unique use of instrumentation (including farfisa organ, toy piano and even walkie talkies) and do it yourself attitude fit in with the punk and new wave sounds that were on the outer edge of pop music.
Eventually, The B-52s made weekend trips to New York City to play at clubs such as CBGB's and Max's Kansas City, where the new wave scene was growing, although their genre-defying sound was much different from other bands lumped in the same movement.
"There's not a lot of bands left from the old CBGB's," noted Strickland. "Patti Smith is still around, and we still do some shows with Blondie, but there aren't a lot of others from that period."
The B-52s' self-titled first album, produced by Chris Blackwell, was released in 1979 and featured many of their now-familiar signature tunes: "Planet Claire", "52 Girls", "Dance This Mess Around" and, of course, the new wave surf classic "Rock Lobster".
As The B-52's gained popularity, some still didn't know what to make of the band.
"When we first started, 'Rock Lobster' got a lot of airplay. Rock radio felt it was too strange, but the DJs loved it and it got a lot of exposure," mentioned Strickland. "We have eclectic influences across the board, but we just love music."
The B-52s continued to ride the alternative wave into the new decade of the 1980's with Wild Planet, Mesopotamia (produced by David Byrne of The Talking Heads) and Whammy!
Tragedy struck the band in 1985 when Ricky Wilson passed away from AIDS, just after the sessions were completed for the Bouncing Off the Satellites album. Ricky's death clouded The B-52s future in uncertainty.
"We pretty much closed up shop," recalled Strickland, who had worked with Ricky on most of The B-52s music. "We released Bouncing Off the Satellites, but we told them we couldn't tour. Cindy lost her brother and was devastated. I lost my best friend, and Kate and Fred lost a friend and collaborator. We couldn't imagine doing it without him."
The band didn't perform for two years, but Strickland eventually warmed up to writing more music. At this point, he switched from drums to guitar as the band carried on as foursome.
"When Ricky and I worked together, I'd often play guitar and he'd play bass, and we did write together as a team," Stickland mentioned. "It was a change not to have Ricky with me, because he was a great teacher. He had a great innate ability as a writer and musician. He was a huge natural talent.
"I hadn't performed guitar live before, so that was the big leap. Switching to guitar in performance is a very different animal."
The following album, the Don Was/Nile Rodgers co-produced Cosmic Thing, was released in 1989 and became the most commercially successful of The B-52s career.
"When I was writing the music for Cosmic Thing, I'd sit and imagine that Ricky was playing along," said Strickland. "It was quite comforting. It was a way for me to deal with his death. He was still living on in my imagination and my mind.
"It was very bittersweet that it was our biggest album. When I listened to it I found that it conjured up a lot of imagery from our past in Athens. It's not a nostalgic album, but it is inspired by our past and it kind of told the story from our past to some imagined future."
"Love Shack" became a huge hit and is now a pop radio staple, but Strickland noted that it was first considered outside the norm for many playlists at that time.
"It ('Love Shack') is considered a standard now, but when it was released as a single, radio wouldn't play it," remarked Strickland. "It wasn't until MTV picked it up that it became a hit. Now it's in every karaoke bar and it's played at weddings. It's just a mainstream song."
The B-52s' latest album, 2008's Funplex, is an update of their sound but still contains the instantly recognizable vocal performances of Fred, Cindy and Kate.
Strickland explained that he composes the instrumental tracks for the music and brings them to the rest of the band members, who write lyrics and add their own touches.
"A friend once described our writing process like three songs being written at once," he remarked. "It's just a free for all, really, but interesting things happen. It's a big collaboration, and a lot of ideas come out in one song. It can be frustrating, if someone's favorite part gets edited out, but it is also rewarding."
On the current tour, The B-52s are performing 5-6 songs from Funplex as well as their hits. "We have some old songs, some new songs and we've added some songs we've never played live before," said Strickland.
If The B-52s have a legacy, it is for producing some of the craziest dance music to emerge from the new wave era.
"This is music that is meant to be enjoyed. It is party music," stressed Strickland. "It is part of the celebration of life, but in a spiritual, mystical sort of merry making.
"I hope we will be remembered for being about self-expression. It's about being true to your self, and thinking for your self, but not selfishly, and just enjoying life."
Tickets for The B-52s and opening act Supercluster at Penn's Peak on Thursday, July 15 are $47 for the Pit (standing room only) and $42 for reserved seating. Doors open at 6 p.m. with showtime at 8 p.m. Tickets are available online at www.ticketmaster.com, at Ticketmaster outlets, the Penn's Peak box office and Roadies Restaurant. Call (866) 605-7325 for information.


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Oconee County utility officials canceled a boil water advisory for Watkinsville shortly after noon Tuesday, after receiving bacterial test results from different sites that showed the county's water is potable.
Utility officials issued the advisory Monday morning after workers discovered a crack in a water line on Main Street near Simonton Bridge Road, and cut service to about 500 homes and businesses south of Simonton Bridge Road.
The rupture was the second in two days.
Utility workers discovered the first water line break about 8:30 a.m. Sunday south of downtown on Greensboro Highway near South Main Street. Workers found a second break Monday morning on Main Street closer to the Oconee County Courthouse.
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Nearly £1 million of illegal drugs were taken off the streets of a Scottish region last year.
During 2016, police officers working on Operation Slate in Tayside took possession of more than 1,000 batches of drugs from criminals operating in Dundee and the surrounding area. And the total value of the illegal substances confiscated since the operation was launched back in May 2015 now stands at £1,410,792, according to the Tele.
The police have also seized cash totalling £106,830 from offenders as part of the anti-drugs crackdown. The seizures last year included more than 500 packages containing class-B drugs and more than 300 class-A substances.
Officers also confiscated new psychoactive substances (NPS), formerly referred to as legal highs, on 16 occasions last year.
Tayside Division's Superintendent Graeme Murdoch of Tayside Division said: "Operation Slate, our initiative to tackle drug-related criminality, continues to be successful in reducing harm in our communities by removing illegal drugs from our streets and disrupting drug supply. We act on a variety of sources of information and intelligence to carry out controlled drugs searches — on individuals concerned in drug-related criminality, their vehicles, homes and businesses and we target major suppliers and their networks.
"Our officers in Tayside are regularly assisted by road policing officers, police search teams, the dog section, organised crime investigators and other specialists who work with us to ensure that we get the best results from the intelligence available to us. Illegal drug misuse can cause suffering for many users and their families."
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One of the most difficult things to do after you've invented a product is actually selling it. There are several options such as local fairs and craft shows or on some internet auction site. You may have even created a website dedicated to promoting and selling the next big thing to hit the market. Unfortunately for most people, selling and making a big splash in the consumer world is a long and painful road to nowhere.
So the next best thing is to follow the marketing strategies of the infomercial. There are reasons why this form of advertisement is popular and products sell in high numbers. If you are ready to restart your marketing campaign like Carol Wright Store, then put some infomercial into your website.
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I know that you know all about your product. But do you really "know" your product. What I mean is do you know what other similar products are already on the market that compete with yours? If not, then you need to do some homework and find out what's out on the market. Just because you've reinvented the mouse trap doesn't mean that someone else hasn't come up with a new idea as well.
Getting and idea of what's already on the market can allow you to compare your features and benefits. That way you can take advantage of those features that will make your product stand above the rest. Then by being able to compare other products to yours, you can tell people just why your product is better than those others. Better yet show them.
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Most people are visual shoppers. This basically means that telling about a product is a good thing, but showing the benefits and how it works is the key to selling. Using any sort of video equipment, why not video your product in action and post it on your website.
Showing the product in action and actually letting the potential buyer see the benefits of it is a great selling feature used in infomercials. The host or pitchman does tell all about the cool and exciting things a product, like a potato peeler, can do. The infomercial goes that extra step by demonstration.
Offer A Great Deal
Watch any infomercial and at some point you'll hear "but wait…" or "there's more…" somewhere in the ad. The use of bonus items as an incentive to buying a product taps into a person's need and desire to get a great deal. Low prices are the first step, especially if the price is under $10. But to sweeten the deal and make it more attractive, offer a bonus item.
Situations and circumstances are different for each people. It may not be cost effective to give a buy one get one free in your case, but be creative and look at the other offers that infomercials give away. You could give free shipping or offer another item to compliment yours. For example, if you are selling some sort of special pan or skillet, maybe give some sort of utensil as a special gift.
Mayday Urgency
Many times creating an urgency of the deal is a good way of getting a person to buy right away. One thing about human nature is that no one wants to lose out on a deal or item. So use a counter showing how many are left, or limit the time that a special deal is available. People will respond in a positive way when you do.
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API UnitDebuff
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Retrieve info about a certain debuff on a certain unit. This is essentially an alias of UnitAura with the "HARMFUL" filter applied.
name, rank, icon, count, debuffType, duration, expirationTime, unitCaster, isStealable, nameplateShowPersonal, spellId, canApplyAura, isBossDebuff, nameplateShowAll, timeMod, value1, value2, value3 = UnitDebuff("unit", index or "name"[, "rank"[, "filter"]])
If the second parameter is a string, then the third parameter is the rank (which can be nil)
- Either use:
- unit, index, filter
- or
- unit, name, rank, filter
- UnitDebuff("target", 1) -- First debuff on target
- UnitDebuff("target", 1, "PLAYER") -- First debuff, cast by the player, on the target
- UnitDebuff("player", "Immolate") -- first instance of "Immolate" on the player
- unit
- String - The unit you want debuff information for.
- index
- Number - The index of the debuff to retrieve info for. Starts at 1, maximum 40.
- filter
- This parameter can be any of "PLAYER", "RAID", "CANCELABLE", "NOT_CANCELABLE". You can also specify several filters separated by a | or space character to chain multiple filters together (e.g. "NOT_CANCELABLE|RAID" or "NOT_CANCELABLE RAID" == un-cancelable debuffs that you can cast on your raid).
- name
- String - The name of the spell or effect of the debuff, or nil if no debuff was found with the specified name or at the specified index. This is the name shown in yellow when you mouse over the icon.
- rank
- String - The rank of the spell or effect that caused the debuff. Returns "" if there is no rank.
- icon
- String - The identifier of (path and filename to) the indicated debuff, or nil if no debuff
- count
- Number - The number of times the debuff has been applied to the target. Returns 0 for any debuff which doesn't stack. ( Changed in 1.11 ).
- debuffType
- String - The type of the debuff: Magic, Disease, Poison, Curse, or nothing for those with out a type.
- duration
- Number - The full duration of the debuff in seconds; nil if the debuff was not cast by the player.
- expirationTime
- Number - Time at which the debuff expires (GetTime() as a reference frame).
- unitCaster
- String - unitId reference to the unit that cast the buff/debuff.
- isStealable
- Boolean - true if it is sealable
- nameplateShowPersonal
- Boolean - true if the buff should be shown on the player/pet/vehicle nameplate
- spellId
- Number - spell ID of the aura.
- canApplyAura
- Boolean - true if the player can apply the aura (not necessarily if the player did apply the aura, just if the player can apply the aura).
- isBossDebuff
- Boolean - true if the aura was cast by a boss.
- nameplateShowAll
- Boolean - true if the buff should be shown on nameplates
- timeMod
- Number - scaling factor for displaying time left
- value1
- Number - Value of variable effect 1 of the aura. (HoTs, resource-capturing trinkets, etc.)
- value2
- Number - Value of variable effect 2 of the aura. (HoTs, resource-capturing trinkets, etc.) - Malkorok's shield value (for all versions of the debuff), and Tortus' heroic's shield value.
- value3
- Number - Value of variable effect 3 of the aura. (HoTs, resource-capturing trinkets, etc.) - Norushen's Corruption debuff power value for example.
Retrieves the name, rank and icon texture of the first debuff on the player's pet:
name, rank, texture = UnitDebuff("pet", 1);
Or to obtain Malkorok's barrier value then:
local unit = "player" local barriervalue = select(17,UnitDebuff(unit,"Strong Ancient Barrier")) or 0 if barriervalue==0 then barriervalue = select(17,UnitDebuff(unit,"Ancient Barrier")) or 0 end if barriervalue==0 then barriervalue = select(17,UnitDebuff(unit,"Weak Ancient Barrier")) or 0 end
Macro to print a list of the target's debuffs:
/run for i=1,40 do local D= UnitDebuff("target",i); if D then print(i.."="..D) end end
- UnitDebuff and other UnitAura-based queries may not be accurate immediately after casting a spells that applies an aura to its target.
Patch changes
- Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Added return values "nameplateShowAll" and "timeMod"; changed "shouldConsolidate" to "nameplateShowPersonal".
- Patch 4.2.0 (2011-06-28): Re-added the return values "canApplyAura" and "isBossDebuff" and added return values value[1-3].
- Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Removed the return values "canApplyAura" and "isBossDebuff".
- Patch 3.3.0 (2009-12-08): Added shouldConsolidate and spellId.
- Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14): Changed "isMine" to "unitCaster". It is now possible for addons to retrieve the unitId that cast the buff/debuff.
- Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Changed this into an alias of UnitAura; durations are now available for all debuffs.
- Patch 2.1.0 (2007-05-22): Introduced duration and timeLeft return values.
- Patch 2.0.1 (2006-12-05): Introduced name and rank return values and extended the maximum number of debuffs to 40 (from 16).
- Patch 1.9.0 (2006-01-03): Introduced the removable argument.


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Substance abuse in the form of drugs or alcohol can spoil a person's life. However, because of the large wide range of alcohol detox centers and also drug detoxification centers in New Jersey to aid addicted people. If you prefer alcohol or drug detox for yourself or even any of your relatives there are also a great number of them in New Jersey.
Considering that New Jersey (NJ) has a busy international seaport and airport, it is an interesting hub for illicit drug trafficking. A research made on alcoholic abuse admissions show a step increase in the wide range of admissions for alcohol abuse in New Jersey detox centers from 344 into 2001 to 571 in 2008. A different study conducted by New Jersey Department of drug abuse shows the number of admissions for cocaine abuse in the year 2008 became 78.
There are a variety of the latest Jersey detox centers that give facilities such as inpatient, hospital, as well as 24/7 medical care. The brand new Jersey drug detox centers have to deal with patients suffering from withdrawal symptoms, which are the most difficult, an element of the treatment process. Nearly all of these centers are loaded with qualified staff and qualified medical doctors who are able to handle these issues successfully.
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India aims to reduce 30 percent greenhouse gas emissions in next 15 years, said Union minister of state for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday. The commitment of India is also mentioned in the INDC's submitted just before the Gandhi Jayanti.
"India has submitted its INDCs which envisages reduction of carbon intensity of its GDP by 33 to 35 percent from 2005 levels by 2030," Javadekar said. The statement from the environment minister came after two leaders Rajan Vichare of Shiv Sena and Gutha Sukender Reddy of Congress had asked about the government's plan on reduction of greenhouse house emissions.
"INCDs submitted by India envisages that about 40 percent of its cumulative electric power installed capacity shall come from non-fossil fuel based energy sources by 2030. The target will be achieved with the help of transfer of technologies and low cost international finance including the Green Climate Fund (GCF)," he said.
Javadekar also made it clear that India's climate action plan over next 15 years will cost around $2.5 trillion and developed countries will help in generating such a mammoth capital. "About USD 2.5 trillion will be required for meeting India's climate change actions between now and 2030, that is over a period of 15 years which shall be met from domestic sources as well as leveraging of financial commitments made by developed countries to mobilise 100 billion US dollars a year by 2020 for climate change," he said.
In the INDC's it was mentioned that if everything goes according to the plan then India should cut down greenhouse gas emissions up to 30 percent by 2030 and up to 56 percent by 2085.


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The 2010 Ford Taurus didn´t really need to get an award before we could be sure of its prowess in safety but it might as well be official. Recently, the all-new Taurus has received five-star ratings for driver and passenger in front and side crash tests from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) had actually already beaten the NHTSA to the chase as it had previously given the title of Top Safety Pick to the Taurus.
Sue Cischke, group vice president for Ford Sustainability, Environment and Safety Engineering, said that the new Taurus is the Ford safety flagship with top safety ratings and advanced crash-protection and crash-avoidance technologies that consumers would most likely not find in luxury vehicles that cost much more.
Making the Taurus even safer is a stiffer body structure and new crash-avoidance technologies. It's well-known that the Taurus is engineered to handle an impact well while keeping its passengers safe but did you know that it also features crash-avoidance technologies?
This includes a segment-first, radar-based forward collision warning system that warns drivers of impending collisions.
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FRANKFURT, Oct 16 (Reuters) - A series of profit warnings by German companies in recent days highlights the vulnerability of small and midcap companies to emerging markets, which are now at best seeing weaker growth.
Chip equipment maker Aixtron, car parts supplier Leoni, construction machinery maker Wacker Neuson and fashion house Hugo Boss lowered expectations, all blaming developments in emerging markets and particularly in China.
Aixtron illustrated the dangers of relying on one Chinese customer after a shipment got delayed, while Hugo Boss saw its sales drop on weaker spending by Chinese tourists, sparking a sell off in the shares.
"We can't exclude that other bigger companies will lower their outlook because of China," said Heino Ruland a equity strategist at Frankfurt brokerage ICF.
Quarterly results from chemicals group BASF and industrial gases group Linde expected in the last week of October will be watched closely for the China impact.
The export-driven German economy has the highest exposure to China of all European countries, alone supplying almost half of all EU exports to the Asian country.
China was Germany's fourth-largest export market last year after France, the United States and Britain, accounting for 74.5 billion euros ($84.6 billion) or 6.5 percent of total exports, according to data from the German Federal Statistical Office.
China, the world's second-largest economy, is forecast to grow 6.8 percent this year, cooling from 7.3 percent in 2014 and the slowest pace in a quarter of a century, according to the median forecast of 62 analysts.
Weak demand at home and abroad and a cooling property market have weighed on activity, while a government anti-corruption campaign has slowed new projects and dampened consumption.
Analysts at Barclays signalled that in the European industrial sector companies with a presence in emerging markets looked vulnerable ahead of the main crop of third-quarter earnings.
"There has been no common thread across recent profit warnings, but... Macro uncertainty has led customers to adopt a "wait and see" approach to capex spending," they said in an earnings preview note for the sector.
"We expect to see a sequential deterioration from Q2."
The Communist Party's central committee will meet from Oct. 26-29 to set out their latest Five-Year plan, a blueprint for economic and social development between 2016 and 2020.
"This causes extra restraint and uncertainty," said Brokerhaus ICF's Ruland, adding that once the plan was ready the mood should ease. ($1 = 0.8805 euros) (Additional reporting by Georgina Prodhan; Editing by Keith Weir)


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These days email scams are all over the place. For many, it can be hard to spot which one is a scam or which are legit. Well, the folks over at Intel Security has made a 10 question quiz to see if you can really spot a phishing scam.
Click this link to check out this quiz and see how well you stack up.
Phishing Quiz
I took it and got 9/10 right. The last one caught me off guard! But it's from a bank that I've never heard of, and if I found it in my email, I'd ignore it anyways. According to the map below, Americans apparently can't tell a scam from a real email - not good for us, but great for those trying to scam you or put harmful software on your computer!
So, what'd you get? Take the test and come back and let me know!
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by Paul Talling
From the decaying houses on the North Circular, to the faded glory of the Tidal Basin Tavern in Prince Regent Dock, via Battersea Power Station and the Hoxton cinema, this is an extraordinary record of often wonderful London landmarks that are now prey to neglect, vandalism and the developer's demolition crew.
Paul Talling has been recording ramshackle London for several years, and here he looks at the cream of the down-at-heel, blending photographs with accounts of how particular buildings and sights fell into disrepair and what is likely to happen to them.
The Victorian Concrete House in East Dulwich, for example - a once magnificent example of an early concrete-built house but now a shell.
Palmers in Camden Town, formerly the most famous pet shop in London, where Ken Livingstone bought his newts.
Strand Tube Station, which featured in films as diverse as Battle of Britain, Superman IV and An American Werewolf in Paris.
To mention only a few of the myriad houses, pubs, cinemas, bomb shelters, cemeteries and shops meticulously recorded and celebrated here.
If you've ever peeped curiously through a gap in a boarded-up window or wondered why the building you pass every day is looking distinctly the worse for wear, this is very definitely the book for you.
- Format: Paperback
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