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What is a Hackerspace?
One way to explain a hackerspace is to say it is a collaborative work environment. However, hackerspaces are also extremely varied spaces in terms of organization, mission, culture, scope, and size. There are small workshops where a few good friends get together to drink homebrew beer and hack on custom-designed 3D printers. There are sprawling spaces hundreds-strong, a small village barter economy - with ideas and imagination as currency.
One aspect that is almost completely unique to hackerspaces is environment hacking: new furniture, storage space, workstations, lighting, and rooms. Most people are conditioned by having to grow up, learn, live and work in environments that have been created for them from the top down. Freeside completely inverts this social construct, and instead empowers its members to create their own environment, grassroots style.
It's interesting to note that many libraries are building hackerspaces. As books (and knowledge) ever march digital, what function and role does a library play in society? The library, as the institution we know today, is sure to vanish. The Hackerspace is the sole heir to its the social responsibility and function, to the ongoing development of skills, and as a curator and index of knowledge.
It's a place for tinkerers and hobbyists to talk shop and compare notes. It's an unbounded blank canvas for creation, where ideas can be put to the test, things set on fire, and the stuff of legends cast in the forge of blood, sweat, and tears. Or just tablespace to work on your soldering skills. It's really up to you, as a participant, to create and define what the space ultimately becomes.
Will it be a mere reflection of yourself? A composite, stained-glass mural of its member ids and egos? Or does it emerge into its own strange and magnificent creature?
The Hackerspace Manifesto embodies Freeside values.
These sites give a great introduction to hackerspaces and the growing maker movement:
- Wikipedia's Hackerspace Article
- Hackerspaces.org Site
- Hackerspaces Subreddit
- Earth is the Hackerspaces Planet
- Hackerspaces Soup
- Make Magazine
- Maker Faire
- Libraries, Hackspaces and E-waste: how libraries can be the hub of a young maker revolution, by Cory Doctorow
This bundle of RSS feeds is a collection of Maker/Hackerspaces.
Makerspace members both create and contribute to community projects. Project may involve as few as a couple of participants at a local makerspace, to many thousands of contributors across the internet. Some examples of projects that inspire makerspaces include:
Here's a few other collected thoughts from the web about making and hacking, the stuff of real, meaningful, important and relevant work:
- The Word "Hacker" by Paul Graham
- Life and Work by David Foster Wallace
- Legacy by Aaron Swartz
- Some Thoughts on the Real World by One Who Glimpsed It and Fled by Bill Watterson
- The Hacker's Ethics
- Old and New Hacker Ethics by Steven Mizrach
- hacker ethic, Jargon File entry
What is Freeside, exactly?
Freeside is a 501(c)3 non-profit hackerspace and community. It's exclusively run by its members and volunteers. Our mission is to promote personal development, continuing education, and scientific research.
How do I get to Freeside?
3043 Commerce Way
Atlanta, GA 30354
We've put together detailed directions, as well as video.
Can I show up to visit the space at any time to check it out?
Likely not, especially if you were not expected, and/or nobody knows who you are. Freeside is a pretty chill environment, but a lot of members come to work on projects with minimal interruptions. Some members might be uncomfortable to allow strangers into Freeside, or are unable or unwilling to bear the responsibility of hosting a guest.
Also, if you arrive at our space and call our VOIP/Voicemail number, you may be disappointed to learn that the number is not currently connected to any physical telephone at the space, and that we rarely check the messages.
Instead, before stopping by randomly, join our public mailing list, or email firstname.lastname@example.com and ask ahead to make arrangements to visit.
What kind of services do you offer?
Freeside is not a for-profit organization, so we do not have products or services for sale. Our customer support is terrible, anyway.
Freeside does not provide on-demanding 3D printing, materials or machine time for construction of prototypes, or consulting for patent applications, engineering, or software. We will gladly refer you to businesses that specialize in these matters.
Freeside does not rent storage space or work space to individuals.
What are your hours?
Right now, we don't keep regular hours, but somebody is usually around during the day. Join our public mailing list and ask ahead to make arrangements to visit - our members are more than willing to show off the space and its projects!
Freeside is open 24/7 to members.
What is the best time to stop by and see it for myself?
We have an open house every Second and Fourth Tuesday night around 7p or thereabouts. At our open house, you're welcome to just browse around and see what members are working on. You're free to ask to join the fun! The open house has more of a social feel, but feel free to break away if you find something interesting to work on.
If enough people gather in a cluster, the cluster may be led around.
We also have events and classes (just about) all the time. Check out and join our Meetup group for the schedule and to RSVP.
How can I get more involved?
Freeside is a member-supported nonprofit organization. We're always looking for active new members, donors, and supporters. There are a ton of ways to get started. One way is to bring us something from our Wishlist! Probably the best way is to introduce yourself at the Tuesday Open House listed above.
The only thing that is required for membership is enthusiasm. It is easy to become overwhelmed by the space and all of the projects going on your first time there, but one of our goals is education and we'll teach you whatever you'd like to know. Don't wait for a class on it either - find a subject matter expert (SME) in the area that your interested in and they'll help you get started.
If we don't have a class/event/project/area that you'd like to see, just rally people to get it. If you can keep people excited about something, they'll help you build whatever you're looking for. The more that our members do this, the stronger Freeside becomes and the more resources you'll have at your disposal.
How much are dues?
Our current regular membership rate is $80/mo, which comes with a bunch of benefits. A discount membership rate is $40/mo, and is available to those who qualify (including students) through the Starving Hacker Program.
Other discounts are available, just ask our Treasurer.
Do you offer day passes or short-term membership?
We do not offer day passes or short-term membership.
The issue with short-term membership is that our community is kept strong by creating a high trust environment. Over time, people that have weak ties to our community and little investment in the continued success of the space may not take care of the basics, like keeping the space clean and putting away tools after working on a project.
If a person is not interested in making a moderate commitment to Freeside membership, then we encourage them to continue to attend our open houses, other public events, or to get involved in one of our community projects, all free of charge.
Are my donations tax-deductible?
You may elect to have a receipt issued for your donation, to claim as tax-deductible. See the donations page for more information about what we accept and how we assess value.
Our Wishlist is a good place to see what we need!
Is Freeside an independent 501(c)3 charity organization?
Yes! Retroactive to MAY-2012, we have approval as an independent 501(c)3 charity organization. Contact the Treasurer for more information or if you have any questions.
How do I get less email from the mailing lists?
We use Google Groups to manage our mailing lists, so you can go to the Google Groups page and manage your email settings there, for the groups you are a part of. If you select the Abridged option then you'll get a daily email. The Digest option sends you an email every 25 emails to the list.
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As 2011 winds to a close, let's look back at the stories that were the most popular with Ars Technica's readers. These are ranked one through ten in order of the number of pageviews; no other criteria were used to compile this list, which contains a bit of Apple, a bit of Anonymous, and a bit of Duke Nukem. Without further ado...
1. Mac OS X 10.7 Lion: the Ars Technica review
Mac OS X 10.7 Lion is no shrinking violet. Unlike its predecessor, Snow Leopard, which concentrated on internal changes, Lion aims to remake the Mac desktop experience in the image of its mobile sibling, iOS. But is this a good thing? John Siracusa gives Apple's new OS his usual thorough consideration.
2. How one man tracked down Anonymous—and paid a heavy price
Aaron Barr, CEO of security firm HBGary Federal, spent a month tracking down the real identities of the hacker collective Anonymous. But when he prepared to go to the FBI, Barr and his company were viciously attacked—in part by a 16-year old girl. Leaked e-mails reveal exactly how it happened.
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4. Anonymous speaks: the inside story of the HBGary hack
After interviews with the hackers from Anonymous who invaded HBGary Federal, Ars brought you the inside story of how the attack went down—and what it means for the rest of us.
5. Duke Nukem Forever: barely playable, not funny, rampantly offensive
Duke Nukem Forever finally arrived—and we found it to be one of the worst games from a major studio in quite some time. The jokes border on hateful. The graphics are a blurry mess. The shooting is unsatisfying. The good news? It's short.
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7. iOS 5 reviewed: Notifications, iMessages, and iCloud, oh my!
The long-awaited public release of iOS 5 for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch hit the streets in 2011. Thanks to better notifications, a new way to avoid texting, and a new focus on cloud sync, it's one of the best iOS updates yet.
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The attacks by Anonymous on security firm HBGary have yanked back the curtain on the dark world of government-sponsored malware. Where does the US military get its custom rootkits? It buys them—and the zero-day exploits that deliver them—from private security firms.
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How can it take 3GHz to emulate a Super Nintendo? The man behind a major SNES emulator explores the difficulty of true hardware emulation—and what users get from such efforts.
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BAMAKO, MALI—Fighting erupted between Islamists and Malian soldiers in the city whose capture by militants first prompted French military intervention, while French forces kept up their bombardments of another key town, fleeing residents said Thursday.
Mali soldiers claimed to have recaptured the central town of Konna, although this could not be confirmed, while the French continued airstrikes on the Islamist-held town of Diabaly, at least 200 kilometres away.
Mali conflict spills into Algeria
Residents who escaped Diabaly said French bombs continued to hit Islamist positions there overnight but they said the town remained under the control of the radical Islamists who have advanced south after controlling northern Mali for nearly a year.
"There were bombardments last night in Diabaly and civilians have continued to come here to Niono, said Oumar Coulibaly, a resident of Niono. "This morning I saw people who came from Diabaly and the Islamists still occupy the city."
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A Malian military official, who insisted on anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to journalists, said the fighting began Wednesday between Malian soldiers and Islamists from the group Ansar Dine.
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France expects to ramp up to a total of 2,500 soldiers that will include French Foreign Legionnaires. It has committed helicopter gunships, fighter jets, surveillance planes and refuelling tankers in the fight against the Islamists who seized control of northern Mali last year.
A former French colony, Mali once enjoyed a reputation as one of West Africa's most stable democracies with the majority of its 15 million people practising a moderate form of Islam. That changed in April 2012, when Islamist extremists took over the main cities in the country's north amid disarray following a military coup, and began enforcing their version of strict Shariah law.
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Last December, the UN Security Council passed a cautious resolution, outlining steps that needed to be taken before an international military intervention, one which diplomats said would not occur before at least September.
But in a surprise move last week, French President Francois Hollande authorized airstrikes in Mali to stop a sudden southward push by three Islamist rebel groups. The Islamists warned that France had "opened the doors of hell" and that all French nationals would pay, as would any country that helped the military intervention.
France's allies have offered vocal support for the country's military operation in Mali, but when it comes to sending troops or weapons, they are agreeing to the bare minimum: a transport plane here and there, a handful of support staff and a lot of promises to think about it.
American officials say they are providing intelligence to its European ally and are considering deploying American aircraft to land in Mali for airlift or logistical support. The U.S. is offering possible surveillance drones, too, but won't entertain notions of sending American troops to keep terrorists from carving out a safe haven like they did in Afghanistan before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
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Dear Dave,
I make about $70,000 a year, and I have $9,000 in student loan debt. I also have a car that would bring enough to allow me to pay off the student loans. Do you think I should sell?
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Nice name! Seriously, there are two questions I ask when it comes to selling a car to pay off debt. One, is the value of your car and other vehicles—including motorcycles, boats and such— more than half of your yearly income? If so, then you have way too much money wrapped up in things that are going down in value. So, unless you're talking about a super-expensive car, I'd say the answer on this one is no.
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I have $1,000 in credit card debt, a $12,000 car loan and I owe my parents $20,000. The loan from my parents is causing stress because all I can afford to give them is $200 a month. They don't need the money, but they'd like to see it paid off soon. What can I do?
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Make out a simple, realistic budget, and sit down with them to explain what you're doing and how you plan to address things. Start a debt snowball, and begin knocking out your debts smallest to largest. By the time you pay off the credit cards and the car, you'll be able to give them lots more than $200 a month.
Just ask mom and dad to stick with you a while longer. I think it will make them feel better to see that you're serious about getting your finances in order!
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Amazon landed the first real volley in the 7-inch Android device market. Sure, the initial Kindle Fire was rough around the edges, but its shockingly low $199 price tag and integration with Amazon's services won over a few (million) consumers. Amazon sold tons of Kindle Fires in December 2011, and it wasn't long before the device held the top spot on the Android hardware charts.
The Kindle Fire struck us as the perfect tablet-y gift for a close relative who has been hemming and hawing about whether to get an iPad for two years straight—here's a Kindle Fire, dad, now stop e-mailing me every week about tablets. Once the gift-giving season had passed, though, what were people going to do—buy one for themselves? Many tablet and Android enthusiasts, perhaps foreseeing the coming of Google's own tablet, the Nexus 7, stayed away.
Google didn't just create a sleek, snappy, honest-to-goodness Jelly Bean tablet; it also slapped it with the same starting $199 price tag as the chunkier, lackadaisical Kindle Fire. The Nexus 7 came out of the starting gate as a better iPad competitor than the Kindle Fire had any hope of being, and the race was over almost before it had even started.
It was almost unfair to compare the Kindle Fire and Nexus 7 at all, given that Google freely admitted it was selling the Nexus 7 at cost, if not at a loss. Its price point belied the value of the product, and Google was (and is) counting on its deep pockets and robust advertising-based business model to keep Android's foot in the tablet door while other hardware manufacturers attempt to re-group.
But Amazon's narrative for the Kindle Fire was never all that different from Google's. The real money wasn't in the low-margin hardware but in the high-margin banana stand of Amazon's services and digital products: apps, music, movies, books, and all the rest. With the announcement of the HD versions, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos made this much more explicit, with multiple mentions about the value of Amazon's "services" and how the Kindle Fire would act as portal for that content. With this new round of Kindle Fires, Amazon has focused on improving those services, adding things like "X-Ray" to books and movies (a feature which automatically identifies actors and authors for the media you're currently viewing), improving parental controls, and offering a ton of audiobooks. But good services by themselves just aren't enough to distance it from the rest of the hungry Android pack.
Despite Amazon's presence as a huge go-to for books and its growing movie and music business, in our view the company was (and still is) underestimating the importance of the delivery vector for those services—the actual hardware. The regular e-ink Kindles may be no technological feat, but they're designed for a single task, and they're good at it. A tablet should be more like a blank slate, able to handle any of the varying tasks that developers, the Web, and media can throw at it. But Amazon continues to get in the way of Android with its own fork of the OS—an even bigger crime than before, since the custom modifications are all to Ice Cream Sandwich, which will delay, perhaps substantially, the adoption of the newer Jelly Bean on the platform.
Evaluated on its own, the Kindle Fire is a passable tablet. It's not incredibly easy to use, nor is it all that quick. It has no standout assets aside from its deep connection to the Amazon ecosystem; whether or not that's an asset to you, the customer, depends entirely on your engagement and purchase history with Amazon. With all that, it accomplishes plenty of tablet tasks adequately enough to justify its $199 price.
However, the Kindle Fire can't be evaluated purely on its own, because no device exists in a vacuum. Google laid down the 7-inch tablet law in July, and the Kindle Fire flatly does not measure up. Worse, with Apple still expected by many to announce a 7-inch-ish tablet of its own soon, the Kindle Fire could well finish a distant third in its price and size bracket before the holiday shopping season even swings into full gear.
Look, touch, feel
The first Kindle Fire had a much narrower bezel on the long sides than on the short ones, but the Kindle Fire HD fills the border out all around, as we noted in our initial hands-on with the device. This gives it a chunkier, boxier look than the first Kindle Fire or the Nexus 7. We noted how portable and book-like the Nexus 7 felt in our hands as we carried it around; due to its shape, the Kindle Fire HD feels a bit more like an iPad.
At 13.9 ounces it's not very heavy, but it weighs more than the Nexus 7's 12 ounces. Thanks to the rounded and rubberized back, the Kindle Fire HD is more comfortable to hold than its predecessor, the Kindle Fire. The power button and a volume rocker sit flush with the edge at the top of the device, between a headphone jack and one of the speakers.
Two ports, mini-HDMI and Micro USB, are planted in the center of one long side, while the microphone is embedded on the other long side, around the edge from the front-facing camera. Whether I hold it in my left or right hand, my thumb seems to find its way to the spot right over the camera's lens; I'd worry that I'm going to end up with a lot of finger-grease smeared on it, as the glass doesn't seem particularly resistant to prints.
The 1280×800 display, so important to the branding that "HD" is even in the device's name, is the same size and resolution as the screen in the Nexus 7. And a very good screen it is, with crisp text and fine edges to visual elements throughout the OS. The display uses in-plane switching (IPS) to help widen the viewing angles to great effect, and there's no noticeable lighting unevenness along any of the panel's edges. We didn't see much difference in the color profiles or display of blacks between the Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire HD. If the screens were presented on their own, we're not sure we'd be able to tell the difference. The Kindle Fire HD's display is a bit warmer and brighter at the highest setting.
The Kindle Fire HD's screen also has a polarizing filter and "anti-glare technology" that Amazon made specific mention of during its presentation. We compared the Kindle Fire HD and Nexus 7 in direct sunlight, and both displays were perfectly visible. Whatever new layering processes or films Amazon has used don't seem to our eyes to make any appreciable difference.


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Newtown: A special town shattered by tragedy
At the crossroads that marks the center of this three-century-old New England postcard town stands a flagpole that's a kind of barometer. Every day, says Susan Osborne White, who has lived here all her life, "it tells me which way the wind is blowing" — and she calls the local newspaper whenever the flag is lowered to half-staff, to ask why.
No one is asking that now as the flag forlonly hangs over a heartbroken, uncomprehending town.
Along streets where every window twinkles with holiday candles, police sirens wailed Friday. Over horse pastures in what was until fairly recently a rural town, helicopters' rotors thudded. In shops, televisions set to news stations blared.
Gesturing at a TV image of the shooting scene behind him at Newtown Hardware, Kyle Watts gave a pained cry, "I know that place," and shook his head. He's 18 and had gone to Sandy Hook Elementary School, and yet he and others working at the store felt they hardly knew where they were.
"A week or two ago," he said in disbelief, "we had the Christmas tree lighting. There was singing."
In normal times, this is a place that marks the year with a community tree lighting, an endless Labor Day parade running past the Main Street flagpole in which it's said everyone is either a participant or spectator or both, and an annual fund-raising lobster dinner at one of the five volunteer fire companies. It's a place where a benefactress, Mary Hawley, donated the classically designed town hall and the large, re-brick library, both set among towering oaks and maples. On a lake in town, part of one of the Spencer Tracy-Katharine Hepburn comedies was filmed.
It's become a bedroom community for commuters to Manhattan and Connecticut's more toney coastal towns, but it has retained the rural character that was set in 1708 when the colonial assembly of Connecticut permitted 36 men to lay out a new town. Some houses today date from not long after that, but there are typical modern subdivisions, too.
"It's still very much a small town in its heart. People really know each other," said Dan Cruson, the town's historian who has written a number of books about Newtown.
Sandy Hook is a section of town where the first grist mill was built along the rocky, rushing Pootatuck River. Other mills followed, and manufacturing grew in Sandy Hook. "It's always had its own identity," Cruson said, and in recent years it has been revitalized with smart restaurants and shops in Sandy Hook's center.
Every year, the local Lions Club raises thousands of dollars with a charity event along the river: Thousands of numbered yellow rubber ducks are sold for $5 each, then dumped in the swift current for a "race," the winner of which might get a big screen TV or a weekend in Manhattan 60 miles away.
In the crowd watching and cheering and at events like the fire department's lobster dinner, "everyone knows everyone. All of Sandy Hook is so tight," said Watts.
Maybe the school shooter was recognized when he entered and didn't seem a threat because he was known, he and others at the hardware store speculated. "You would never think ..." he said, leaving the thought incomplete.
The closeness has another dimension, of course.
"Everybody in town is going to help out. ... All of the churches are open tonight," said his co-worker Francis Oggeri, who's 22.
Scudder Smith agreed. "I was just down at the firehouse. Restaurants were sending in food," said Smith, publisher of the Newtown Bee, the weekly paper that has published since 1877.
He said Newtown is "getting bigger than the little country town that I grew up in. I've been here 77 years.... But it still has the feeling between neighbors that it always had."
The Bee had closed this week's edition — with front-page reports on the schools "performing at or above target," on vandalism at a cemetery, and other stories — when the first word of the shooting came in.
"We've been putting everything on our website. We were the first ones down there," Smith said. "We've had calls from Turkey, all over Europe."
A police scanner alerted the newsroom, and reporter Shannon Hicks said, "I listened long enough to figure out where this was unfolding and headed out." Her photo of terrified children being led across a school parking lot appeared around the world.
Asked about the town, Hicks said, "It's a good town. We have our issues" — squabbling over the local budget, police news and the like — "but this is not the kind of thing that's suposed to be one of them."
Standing by the cluttered antique wooden desk of the publisher, she looked down sadly. "I've already heard comparisons to Columbine," she said.
Folks here want to tell about the town that was here for 300 years before Friday's attack.
At the Bee, they mention how Halloween brings out so many children to Main Street houses — one was made into a "princess castle" this year, another for years had a three-story web and giant spider in front — that the paper has used clickers and counted more than 2,000 kids some years.
They mention the homely, simple things that might counter the horror.
"We have two garden clubs, and they get along, they don't hate each other," said Susan White, who checks the flagpole every day.
She laughed but then grew more serious, mentioning that her father was on the school board that authorized the building of the Sandy Hook school. "That was my school," she said.
Telling about an award her mother recently received for work on a 75-year-old scholarship fund in town, she said of the ceremony, "It was a Norman Rockwell moment."
And was this a Norman Rockwell town?
"We've got our ups and downs, but we're a very real town. 'Norman Rockwell' sounds like we're perfect... but we're not very different from any other town," she said.
And now, she added, "People will stick together. They have to."


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Catholic school down in GA that used to be called Pacelli High School. They won the state championship for baseball in 2009, but their football team sucks.
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I go to St. Anne-Pacelli. It used to be just called Pacelli til they merged it with some stupid middle school where the 8 year-olds think they're 18.
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FBI Whistleblower: Pentagon, CIA, NATO and MI6 Were Masterminds Behind 9/11
Posted on September 11, 2014 by WashingtonsBlog
"As Far As People Who Ran The Show, It Was The Highest Levels of NATO, the U.S., MI6, CIA And The Pentagon"
Sibel Edmonds has just released her fantastic spy thriller, The Lone Gladio. Here's our review, comparing it to the best of Clancy or Ludlum … but with a twist.
In the real world, Edmonds is a former FBI translator who translated terror-related communications for the FBI right after 9/11. In that capacity, she read communications between terrorists and other radicals.
Edmonds has been deemed credible by the Department of Justice's Inspector General, several senators (free subscription required), and a coalition of prominent conservative and liberal groups.
Serious crimes ?? Lmfao! Yea cuz we know 10s of 1000s ISIS members BEHEADING people aint as serious as an old dude in leather, riding a motorcycle and selling weed is wayyy serious! Damn youre a moron!
Stop changing the subject from ugly fat men in mc gangs HERE to "ISIS" over there. You lied about there being no real US mc gang banger problem. You were corrected by the DoJ. Shut up and move along.
"ISIS" exists. Too bad your version of reality doesn't.
Dr. King family's civil trial verdict: US government assassinated Martin
Posted on January 16, 2012 by Carl Herman
Updated 2015 version with video here:
Martin Luther King assassinated by US Govt: King Family civil trial verdict
"What then is, generally speaking, the truth of history? A fable agreed upon." – Napoleon Bonaparte [69]
The following is from : Occupy This: US History exposes the 1%'s crimes then and now (6-part series)
Dr. Martin Luther King's family and his personal friend and attorney, William F. Pepper, won a civil trial that found US government agencies guilty in the wrongful death of Martin Luther King. The 1999 trial, King Family versus Jowers and Other Unknown Co-Conspirators, [70] is the only trial ever conducted on the assassination of Dr. King.
Coming from a man who has regularly denigrated Dr. King, using MLK to further some asinine agenda is wholly unsavory, and completely hypocritical.
Yes. We all get that you hate America, hate the US government, and hate the American citizenry. You've proved that over the years.
The only thing you haven't proved is 98% of the bullshit you constantly vomit.
And just the fact that you say "senators and credible" in the same sentence proves what an idiot YOU are!
I didn't say that. Edmonds did. And yes. There has been credible testimony offered by US senators over the years. Much more credible than your outlaw biker gang testimonies.
This is the sentence Chrissy is talking about;
"Edmonds has been deemed credible by the Department of Justice's Inspector General, several senators (free subscription required), and a coalition of prominent conservative and liberal groups."
Do you even comprehend what you write?
The Lone Gladio is a novel. Do you know what that means?
Nope! Deal with it P R I C K!
Google Motorcycle Gang Crime and read DoJ and FBI stats, articles in Police Magazine, etc etc etc about the extend of outlaw MC gang criminal activity in America. They are murderers, extortionists, raipists, thieves, robbers, and all around lazy fat men.
You won't even have to Google this: here are some links you can directly click on.
There are all those things yes. And many of those ignorant MEN dont ride motorcycles fool! Lolololol you are just too freaking ridiculous for words!!!
And btw murderers isnt just a male thing and you might do well to remember that pullup! One day youre gonna cross the wrong woman with that trash talkin mouth of yours...then look out! It will be on and poppin then!
Biker Biatches. Ever heard of them? They usually ride on back, except for the big fat ugly ones. They are in on it too.
Lol. Sure. Everyone is in on it; only you hold the Truth™.
What was found in the glovebox?
It was a Porsche 959 you dummy. And in the glove box was a greased sausage wrapped inside of a condom . And 3 syringes filled with who knows what.?Makeshift dill rod, I presume. For the lonely woman on the road to God knows where.
Yes, I know it was a 959. This is how I knew you would answer.
Your story changes.
Here's the original version:
Martina Navratilova is a bull dike who runs a lethbian farm near Aspen. Her 959 had a huge synthetic penis in the back along with some syringes. Anyone with a brain can see that she did more steroids than Joey.
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Notice the gratuitous slam at JIF. Because you cannot help lying.
100's of thousands of Americans are raiped, robbed, extorted, cheated, coerced, shot, murdered, beaten to death, etc etc etc, by outlaw bikers and street gang bangers every single year. This is totally unacceptable. Except to a couple of old ladies here who defend these activities of gangsters for some stupid non-reason.
Am done arguing with you old hags about the badness of American gangs. laters.
Gone DOWN.
Want to explain why, although law enforcement is winning, you feel the desire to bring the Military in and further the bloodshed?
Because you're a prick of a cowardly man who is afraid of your own shadow, and prefers to gossip about women you don't know in an attempt to fortify your flagging sense of self-worth.
"lly unacceptable. Except to a couple of old ladies here who defend these activities of gangsters for some stupid non-reason."
I'm not defending their actions, you lying sack of shit.
You have lied so much, and imputed your false narrative on me long enough; know this: the God you pretend to follow will judge you harshly. And do not EVEN use your tired trope that "all men lie" because the whole point of Christianity is forgiveness after repenting; your continued lies that you attribute to me shows that you've neither repented nor ever will.
Lying comes to you just as easily as breathing, doesn't it?
There is NOTHING worse than a drunk that never shuts up! Not even a hundred motorcycle gangmembers!!!!! Its like fingernails on a chalkboard!
He would shit his pants if he were ever to come face to face with one of these guys.
He's an abject coward who bullies via keyboard. And, deep down inside, I think he knows it
In 2013, the estimated number of murders in the nation was 14,196. This was a 4.4 percent decrease from the 2012 estimate, a 7.8 percent decrease from the 2009 figure, and a 12.1 percent drop from the number in 2004.
There were an estimated 79,770 rapes (legacy definition) reported to law enforcement in 2013. This estimate was 6.3 percent lower than the 2012 estimate, and 10.6 percent and 16.1 percent lower than the 2009 and 2004 estimates, respectively.
There were an estimated 345,031 robberies nationwide in 2013. The estimated number of robberies decreased 2.8 percent from the 2012 estimate and 15.6 percent from the 2009 estimate.
In 2013, there were an estimated 724,149 aggravated assaults in the nation. The estimated number of aggravated assaults decreased 5 percent when compared with the 2012 estimate and 14.5 percent when compared with the 2004 estimate.
Now, this is a total of 1,163,146 crimes committed by all criminals in the US.
I want specifics; what percentage of these were committed by those you want to the Military to blow away?
Crime is going down, you moron. I am not willing to have my country torn to bits because you think gangs should be dealt with by the Military instead of what is being proven to work, evidenced by that steadily falling crime stats.
I am never going to embrace innocents being killed by the Military here in the US because you are a misanthropic dolt who hates humanity. (I cannot stand if when innocents are killed in actual, yanno, wars.)
This is not an endorsement of illegal gangs, rather, it is a condemnation of your little Hitleresque "final solution".
So, do please build your scaredy cat bunker and waste away while those who have a life live.
Lmao i believe that!
Or as @ Blue Saffron would say....hes a Hobyah! Lol
FAREED ZAKARIA's LEGACY:
Child Marriage – Girls are to be married when 5 years old !
Dowry – Vedas (Hindu holy script) prescribes this practice
Bride-Burning – if the dowry is insufficient burn her alive.
No Property, burn her alive.
Mass Wife-Burning (Jauhar) – Often 100s are burnt at a time.
Widow-Burning (Sati) – Sanctioned by the Vedas, Puranas, practiced by Hindu Lord Krishna's wives, it still continues in India to this day.
Not really; he's Muslim.
What's your legacy?
Come back with some smart observation and I may consider replying.
I'm apparently smarter than you; I'm not posting things that don't apply to FZ.
So, there's that.
Don't waste my time. Go watch Mister Roger's Neighborhood reruns.
How absurd that you post Hindu slams to a Muslim.
I don't expect you to grasp that point; clearly critical thinking isn't your skill.
Intellectual comprehension is not your forte. You are a racist bigot. The dissertation is about women in India from where Fareed originates.
Now rub some witch hazel and go to bed.
I am neither a racist nor a bigot; further, I am intelligent enough to know the religion one practices, regardless of the country of his birth.
Dissertation? You misuse that word as you have "racist" and "bigot".
THAT is exactly why God knew that women should be the ones to give birth to children!! He did it to prepare us for comming attractions! He knew we would need to be the tougher of the genders because of all the abuse we were going to have to endure from the male species!
I think males are wonderful. Are you a victim of domestic abuse/violence as a man or woman?
Lol oh my! That would be too much like watchin a session of Congress! No thanks!
Now how can anyone but you @ Mona Marrissa, be declared a "racist bigot" in this conversation? You are the ONLY one to slam a whole race of people and the race of particularly FZ!
When you communicate with me click the reply button. Understood. And quit changing IDs. My post is not a slam but facts. Widen your horizon and catch up with the world. And stop behaving like Yoni and Linga with your other ID banasy. Who are you pretending to be... Man or woman or half and half. Lol.
As a woman obviously.
Some drunk old hags never shut up. They just go on yacking. Like overly obese Energizer bunny rabbits spun on meds and wine. As hubbies are either dead or watching football/poyrno on TV. Lonely old hags babysitting children who's own mom's are out hoeing around again. He he
You probably shouldn't give out what your mother did while you were growing up, Philip; how many times were you left at your grandmother's house while your mom was out whoring around, anyhow?
Is that where you learned about sex? From your father's porn?
No wonder you cannot sustain a relationship. Tsk.
And i do not hate men. I intensely dislike drunkard men though. Fact of the matter my very best friend in the whole world is male.
MLK fathered many a creamy baby who to this very day live off of the MLK Foundation in exchange for keeping their mouths shut. (According to FBI)
Go rub some Witch Hazel go to bed, to borrow a phrase. Well put, Mona.
And....so? You sired two babies that you aborted.
All you did was show how utterly colorblind MLK was.
And how offended you are that he had a child with a woman who was Caucasian.
Otherwise, why post that?
@ Mona, my mobile device does not have the reply option available. And banasy and i are NOT the same person. And just by you making that accusation i dont even need to look at an IP tracker to know WHO you are! You say those very same things under various other names. My advice...stick to Blue Saffron....youre a much kinder person under that name!
For your grand mother Eve being easily deceived, and willingly, you daughters of Eve shall experience pangs of distress while giving birth as all other animals naturally enjoy doing so. And men will dominate you. So says The Word.
You can't dominate a conversation, let alone another person.
You also pick and choose what in the Bible you will follow; you are actually closer to the Pharisee than you will ever be to Jesus.
God said women would be dominated by men for what Eve did, Donna. Not me. Look it up.
You don't live by that book, Philip. Save your platitudes for someone gullible to believe you might.
P i s s off pullup! Ive no desire to talk to your drunkass ever again! Nothing but LIES come out of it! Crawl back in your whole ya worm!
Then Stfu already. Sheesh woman. Rub some Witch Hazel and go to bed.©
And i may have been a victim before, i can assure you philip i will NEVER be a victim again!
I hate what America has become, Donna. While you love the new laws that allow a woman to be sodomized. I hate them new laws. You love them. Therein lies the difference between me and you. I love my homeland. You love whatever men are in charge of it.
Lmao. You are putting your thought and words into my mouth again, Philip.
It's as if you never actually read what I post.
Oh, wait. You don't.
Eagerly awaiting Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in the corner of your bedroom, to force you to commit sodomy on someone, since you seem to think that because something becomes legal, you must do it.
You underestimate me, always. And this is why you suck at debate.
Therein lies the difference between me and you. You lie to try and make a point; I laugh at you, prove you wrong, and wait for you to lie about me and what I think again.
Because as far as I can see, you have never been correct about me even once.
I didn't steal it! I © writed it. Sheesh.
And stop calling me drunk. I am much more sober of mind than your Bill Clinton was when he bent Monica over on an Oval Office desk I paid for! (Along with half of US who actually paid for that desk. The other half see no problem with Bill getting his rocks off at the other half's expense)
It's not that you must do it. It's just that there is no longer anything American prohibiting you from doing it.
I hardly read any of your comments anymore Donna. Get a clue.
Which is why you get called out on your lies, and you lose debates to me.
That a big enough clue for you, Hypocrite Boy?


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One of the iOS platform's advantages over its competitors is that official software updates are not just provided to older devices, but provided in a timely manner on a single date. It gives older phones and tablets a nice longevity boost, and allows Apple to continue selling older hardware that works and acts much like its newer counterparts.
The downside of that approach is that only Apple gets to decide if your hardware is worthy of an update. This can cause two problems: the first is that owners of not-so-old devices can be left with old software, as is happening to owners of the original iPad (which was, believe it or not, still the newest iPad available just 18 months ago). The second is that an update can be pushed out to devices that aren't ready to handle it, as happened when the iPhone 3G received the iOS 4.0 update in 2010.
That update wasn't just missing features compared to the version of iOS 4.0 that shipped for the iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS—it also made previously existing functionality much slower. Now iOS 6 is here, and the iPhone 3GS is in a similar position: it has just come off the market, and it's using less RAM and a slower processor than the other supported devices. Does iOS 6 make the iPhone 3GS an unusable mess, or can people with older phones perform the update without reservations?
What don't you get?
Apple has been restricting certain iOS features to certain devices since iOS 4, and iOS 6 is probably the most confusing example of this yet, mostly because there are now many different iOS products with varying performance levels.
As the oldest supported device, the 3GS misses out on the largest number of features: it can't use the 3D Flyover or turn-by-turn navigation features of the new Maps app (restricted to the iPhone 4S and newer), Panorama mode (iPhone 4S or newer), or the offline reading list feature (iPhone 4 or newer). Features from older iOS versions that didn't make it to the 3GS are still not present in iOS 6: these include location-based Reminders (iPhone 4 and newer), WiFi Personal Hotspot (iPhone 4 and newer), FaceTime (iPhone 4 and newer), AirPlay Mirroring (4S and newer) and Siri (iPhone 4S and newer).
These missing features generally don't change the operation of the phone—they're simply not present. One app that does change is Maps: on newer devices, getting directions from "current location" invokes the turn-by-turn navigation feature. There's also a button in the lower-left corner of the screen that you can tap to bring up all the steps in your route.
On the 3GS, getting directions from your current location brings up a list of driving directions that you can swipe through to see where you're going—swiping from the left brings up the next step, and swiping from the right brings up the previous one. There's also no button to tap to bring up all of the steps at once, which seems like an odd omission to me. (If you have a newer phone and would like to see how this works, you get the same interface if you use anything other than "current location" as your starting point when getting directions.)
Otherwise, Maps on the 3GS brings all of the changes it features on newer phones, including Yelp reviews, the revamped interface, and the lack of integrated public transit directions.
What do you get, and how fast is it?
Aside from the growing list of features restricted only to newer phones, the iPhone 3GS actually gets most of the new OS's tweaks and refinements—iOS 4 set expectations low on the iPhone 3G by excluding some of that version's best improvements, so it's nice to see the older handset so well-supported in this case. With the exception of the Siri and Maps sections, just about everything mentioned in our main iOS 6 review applies to the 3GS, including Passbook support, Facebook integration, shared Photo Streams, revamped sharing menus, Do Not Disturb, iCloud Tabs in Safari, the new Find My iPhone tweaks, the Camera app's exposure lock, the new Mail features, and the new call features, among others.
The new features also don't slow the phone down appreciably. To give you some idea of performance relative to iOS 5.1.1, we launched some standard apps in both versions to measure application launch times. These numbers measure the number of seconds starting from when the app icon is tapped and ending when it becomes usable:
|iOS 5.1.1
|iOS 6.0
|1.3 seconds
|1.4 seconds
|2.0 seconds
|2.3 seconds
|1.8 seconds
|1.7 seconds
|1.3 seconds
|2.1 seconds
|2.4 seconds
|2.4 seconds
|1.4 seconds
|1.6 seconds
|1.1 seconds
|1.0 seconds
Most of the results are well within the margin of error, with the exception of Mail, which consistently took around an extra second to launch. In practice, the phone feels about the same as it did running iOS 5—occasional stuttering and nowhere near as snappy as my current 4S, but still responsive to input in a way that the iPhone 3G with iOS 4 was not.
We also ran our standard suite of smartphone benchmarks on the 3GS under both iOS 5.1.1 and iOS 6 to see if there were any improvements or regressions. While GLBenchmark and Geekbench scores remain unchanged from iOS 5, improvements made to Safari's JavaScript engine continue to benefit the 3GS just as they benefit newer models.
While iOS 6 doesn't slow the 3GS down compared to iOS 5, the phone is still getting pretty long in the tooth—three years is a long time in technology. That goes doubly for the smartphone and tablet industries, where a doubling of performance between product generations is still possible.
Even if you subscribe to the belief that each year's iPhone improvements are merely incremental (and I tend to upgrade my phone hardware once every two years, myself), the jump in performance and features that you get by moving two or three generations at once really add up to a substantially better experience.
iOS 6 doesn't make the iPhone 3GS any slower or more difficult to use than it was before, which should be good news to anyone who keeps theirs around as a secondary or backup phone—indeed, it's pleasantly surprising how many of the refinements and improvements make their way down to Apple's oldest-supported piece of iOS hardware. However, that hardware has been surpassed so thoroughly by other iOS and Android handsets at this point that it's difficult to recommend it as a primary handset. You don't have much to lose if you upgrade a 3GS to iOS 6, but there's a lot more to gain by investing in a newer device.
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I avoided the pregame shows yesterday. This isn't unusual. I never watch pregame shows for the same reason YOU never watch pregame shows. I showed up at my friend's house just as they were getting ready for Alicia Keys to spend eight minutes doing a national anthem/"Fallin'"/Jazz odyssey medley. And that was fine by me. I had avoided JB and Dan and Boomer and Shannon and Coach Cowher (ALWAYS Coach Cowher), and I was happy.
And then the lights went out.
If there was anything good to be had from last night's agonizing 34-minute Super Bowl delay (apart from everyone on Twitter, including me, furiously masturbating out one-liners), it was that it showed the world, in excruciating detail, just how bad networks are at presenting football. It was a naked stretch of time that laid bare just how worthless the majority of studio people and sideline reporters are. Will Leitch was right: Last night's blackout was a historic demonstration of vapidity. There was no information. There was no backup plan. The commercial stretches to fill time (drink Bud Goth!) were ENDLESS; it was as if CBS were terrified of letting its studio crew talk again. Everyone at the party I attended screamed for Charles Barkley to show up.
The best that James Brown and Steve Tasker and Solomon Wilcots (whose Twitter handle is @SolomonsWisdom_, which is so perfectly inaccurate) could do was give you vague pronouncements that the game would start again in 15 minutes. No, 20 minutes. NO WAIT! I SEE A BULB IN THE CEILING FLICKERING! COULD BE ANY MINUTE NOW! I felt as if I were on an airplane that had landed and was delayed for 40 minutes on the tarmac before taxiing to the gate. I've had waiters give me better excuses for long delays.
This blackout should serve as the turning point, the moment in history when a network executive finally puts his foot down and says: "Why are we doing this? Why do we spend gobs and gobs of money on ex-players and ex-coaches who can't fucking talk?" What is the point of Dan Marino? Seriously, WHAT IS THE FUCKING POINT? If he were fired tomorrow, would you miss him at all? You probably wouldn't even notice him until he knocked up your niece. A decade ago, The New York Times estimated that Marino makes $2 million a year from his broadcasting duties. That's $2 million—more than 70 times the median annual wage in America—for nothing.
In fact, it's less than nothing. For $2 million a year, you get Dan Marino clumsily attempting to justify the fact that he makes $2 million a year. There is a phony pomposity to virtually all pregame shows, in which the analysts present their empty opinions as scriptural pronouncements. But deep down, they must know that they're eminently replaceable. They must know that they can and should be fired any second because they offer nothing of value. You can see that insecurity play out on pregame shows week after week in the form of strained laughter and guys going into three-point stances on tiny sections of studio FieldTurf. These are all men who must know they're wasting your time, and must therefore inflate themselves on the air in order to hide that fact. Take it from someone who knows: The more that you suspect you're a fraud, the louder you'll talk.
The entire system needs to be blown up and rethought from scratch. Why is the studio crew there? Do they have any responsibility to the viewer apart from filling time? I need a studio host to present highlights and, frankly, that's about all. That's one guy. He probably doesn't even need a desk. I'm not sure I need studio analysts. If I do, I sure as fuck don't need them ALL to be essentially the same human being. Why is a billion-dollar network hosting the most important game of the year relying on Shannon Sharpe for comic relief? That's insanity. And yet, this is common practice. Swap out CBS's crew for Fox's crew and Fox's crew for ESPN's crew and there's no difference. It's all the same show. They all do things the exact same way because ... well because they've always done it that way. And now they can't stop. Look at this photo taken of ESPN's crew from this weekend:
This is what happens when a network throws away its own brain. Ray Lewis is joining this shapeless blob next season. Will that improve anything? NO. Will anything useful that Ray Lewis might say get washed away in a sea of melodramatic self-aggrandizement? YES. Network executives should print this photo out and draw a big fucking red line through it. We've all tolerated this for far too long. The NFL studio show needs to be remade using the following elements:
• A capable host. Someone who can present news and highlights who is not Terry Bradshaw. In a perfect world, Chris Fowler hosts everything.
• A maximum of one analyst, preferably someone who tells you something you didn't already know. Telling me the Ravens know how to handle adversity is not a fresh insight.
• Naturally funny human beings. (Note: Frank Caliendo does not count among this group.)
• People who aren't there just because they used to play football
• Sleazy gambling people
• NERDY BLOG-NERD stat analysts
• Field pieces not involving fake dead girlfriends
• NFL Films highlights
• Something about cooking
• Beer tastings
• Charles Barkley
Frankly the options are limitless. I can't tell you how depressing it is to see networks with millions of dollars and loads of airtime at their disposal shoveling the same shit at you year after year after year. Even when they get it right, they still try to ruin it (Shaq on TNT). It shouldn't be so hard to create a studio show that feels natural and is pleasant to watch. But for whatever reason, network brass seems more interested in serving as a moose lodge for grinning NFL castoffs than they are in serving you, the viewer. There was one person last night who seemed genuinely aware that there was an audience to please, and that was Beyoncé. Maybe she should host the goddamn thing from now on.


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Apple has reportedly begun pulling engineers off OS X 10.9 in order to make sure iOS 7 ships in a timely manner, according to Daring Fireball's John Gruber. Gruber made the comments in a Branch conversation with a number of other Apple pundits on Tuesday evening. That conversation also included comments from iMore's Rene Ritchie about Jony Ive's new involvement in iOS and other gossip about what could be coming down the line from Apple.
"What I've heard: iOS 7 is running behind, and engineers have been pulled from OS X 10.9 to work on it," Gruber wrote. "Let me know if you've heard this song before" he added, linking to a 2007 article about Leopard being delayed due to the iPhone.
Ritchie threw his comments in as well, noting that Ive's work on iOS 7 is "apparently making many people really happy, but will also apparently make rich-texture-loving designers sad."
Ive reportedly stepped in on the design side after previous iOS software head Scott Forstall was ousted from the company last year; Gruber had observations on Ive as well, claiming that current iOS engineers with carry privileges (that is, they can take unreleased devices off campus) are being required to use a polarizing screen filter to make it difficult for outsiders to see iOS' "rather significant system-wide UI overhaul."
There is still some buzz about a possible Apple media event in April, though evidence on that is still sketchy at best. Apple did not comment on the iOS 7 or 10.9 rumors as of this writing, but we'll update if we receive anything.


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About 686
The technical progression and fashion fusion that define 686 are a reflection of the life experience of Mike Akira West, the founder and creative visionary of the brand. In the late '80s, Mike West was deeply involved in the SoCal skateboarding scene. After being introduced to snowboarding in the mountains near Big Bear, West knew he had found his new passion and a fresh medium for self-expression. Drawing inspiration from his vintage collection of clothing and the free expression of rap, punk, and jazz music, West began dreaming up designs and in 1992 he founded 686 Technical Apparel. He was just 20 years old.
While the meaning of the 686 name has given rise to a host of urban legends, the reality stems from significant dates and numbers in Mike West's own life. For instance, 6+8+6=20, his age when he founded the company. Working from his dorm room with an old roller fax machine and desktop computer, West began building the brand from the ground up, teaching himself how to run a business one day at a time. Following an initial launch comprised mostly of beanies, T-shirts, and denim, 686 introduced its first technical snowboarding jacket in 1993.
Fortunately, timing was on Mike West's side. As the popularity of snowboarding grew exponentially through the '90s, 686 was there to provide the style snowboarders wanted with the weather protection they needed. By combining SoCal street and skate fashion with high-performance fabrics and features, 686 was able to create the jackets and pants that became the uniform of a burgeoning army of devoted snowboarders. While 686 may be primarily known today for its fashion-forward designs, it has always been what Mike West calls a "purposeful product" company, meaning it creates product with a specific function in mind. Beyond good timing and a lot of hard work, it's the smart combination of high quality and progressive style that have led to the success of 686
686 has been independently owned and operated from the beginning, and Mike West is still sitting at the helm as the CEO and creative mastermind. By choosing to not sell out, 686 is able to pursue a creative and technical vision without answering to the demands of shareholders and corporate suits. This freedom has allowed for progressive fashion as well as technical developments like InfiDry (a waterproof/breathable membrane technology), SMARTY 3-in-1 layering systems, and the popular line of patented Toolbelt functional belts that incorporate the essential tools riders need on a compact belt buckle. From the perfect women's jacket to a weatherproof pair of snowboarding pants, 686 is your ticket to high tech, good times, and fresh style.


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ROME — How much weight does an endorsement from a lame-duck pope carry in the upcoming election?
No, not that election — the one to pick the next leader of the Catholic church. Another key ballot is looming even closer, when Italians go to the polls this Sunday to choose a new premier. And with Italy in a solemn mood over the historic resignation of Benedict XVI, the "moral vision" of incumbent Mario Monti may get a boost to the detriment of the flamboyant, scandal-plagued Silvio Berlusconi.
Even though a large majority of Italian Catholics don't regularly attend Sunday Mass, the Vatican traditionally wields influence on politics in Italy, a country where Christian Democrats held sway for decades. Just about anything the pope does or says is big news. And Pope Benedict XVI has made no secret of his preference for Monti, a practicing Catholic, whom he greeted warmly on Saturday in one of his last private audiences with an Italian political leader.
On the other hand, the Vatican has expressed its horror over the string of sex and corruption scandals swirling around the billionaire media mogul Berlusconi. And with the dignity of the papal transition very much on Italian minds, Benedict's clear preference for Monti could be a factor in making voters think twice about backing a figure who has become synonymous with an amoral, me-first way of life.
Experts do warn: Don't expect the papal factor to sway the election. But it's clear that the candidates may be adjusting their rhetoric to the spirit of the times.
Frontrunner Pier Luigi Bersani, who as a veteran of Italy's left espouses a more secular kind of ethical vision, hammered away at the issue of "morality" at a campaign rally Sunday in the critical region of Lombardy. While he comes from a different political tradition from the center-right Monti, the two share an emphasis on economic reform that could very well make them a good match in a future coalition government.
Italian law bans publication of opinion polls in the last two weeks before elections, so it's hard to tell if the sudden focus on religious affairs has caused undecided Catholics to shift toward Monti, the only practicing Catholic among the main candidates.
But a photo op with the pope is Italian candidate heaven, and Monti, because he is premier, got the providential tete-a-tete with Benedict as part of the pontiff's farewells.That Benedict carved out time in the waning days of his papacy to chat privately with Monti reflected both the importance accorded to the relationship between Italy and the Holy See, as well as the Vatican's own preference for Monti.
On Saturday evening, as cameras clicked and rolled, the outgoing pope and caretaker premier grasped hands and smiled warmly at each other in the ornate Apostolic Palace.
If Monti's rivals fumed, they did so in private.
Milan daily Corriere della Sera wrote of the Benedict-Monti farewell that no politician dared to publicly grouse that their rival was getting an unfair boost for fear of "a boomerang" effect from devout Catholics.
Still, "the parties' silence doesn't erase the annoyance felt in some quarters for an appointment on the cusp of the vote," Corriere wrote.
Bersani's Sunday rally, his last of the campaign, included a surprise speaker, ex-premier Romano Prodi, a practicing Catholic who has defeated Berlusconi in the past and was viewed favorably by the Vatican when he twice governed Italy. Coincidence? Or calculated catch-up?
Monti, an internationally respected economist, clearly has the Vatican's blessing.
When, on Christmas Day, Benedict urged Italians in greetings to the crowd in St. Peter's Square to reflect on a "hierarchy of values" when making important choices, the country's media interpreted the papal message, pronounced from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, as a virtual endorsement of a second Monti term.
Three days later, Monti announced he was heading an election coalition made up of centrists, business leaders and other pro-Vatican forces that back his "ethical" vision of politics.
In late January, a poll commissioned by Italian Catholic weekly Famiglia Cristiana found more than one-third of practicing Catholics surveyed were undecided, largely in line with the percentage of undecided Italians across the board. But the same poll found that a good deal of Monti's support comes from practicing Catholics.


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The US District Court of California denied adult entertainment company Perfect 10's request for an injunction against file-sharing service RapidShare on Thursday, saying that the company did not offer sufficient proof that RapidShare itself had infringed on Perfect 10's copyrights.
Perfect 10 filed its lawsuit against RapidShare in late 2009, alleging that the Germany-based service illegally hosted the company's images for its members to distribute and download. Since P10 is a for-pay service, it argued that RapidShare was violating its distribution rights and making money off of its stolen content due to RapidShare's affiliate program that pays members for referring new users.
Perfect 10 also argued that RapidShare had induced users to download its adult content because, after all, RapidShare is good for nothing but copyright infringement. Basically, the mere existence of RapidShare as a file sharing service was equivalent to inducement in P10's eyes.
In her ruling this week, District Judge Marilyn L. Huff said that P10 failed to make a sufficient case of direct infringement against RapidShare, though she did concede that the service had specific knowledge of infringement by its users thanks to the copyright notices sent. She also said that P10 didn't show enough evidence to convince the court of inducement, and that P10 couldn't even show that it would suffer irreparable harm if she didn't order an injunction (the fact that Perfect 10 waited four years from the time it first discovered its content on RapidShare to file a lawsuit didn't help its case). As such, she said the public interest would not be served by an injunction and she therefore denied P10's request.
RapidShare founder Christian Schmid was understandably happy with the decision. "The view that RapidShare does not promote any infringements of copyright, unlike other file-hosts, appears to be gradually catching on," Schmid said in a statement. "It is a milestone for us that this is also happening in the US. We are happy that the court in California has not bought into the odd line of argument put forward by Perfect 10 and we look forward to increasingly emphasise the major difference between RapidShare and illegal share-hosts."
It should be noted that RapidShare's success in this case was in no small part due to P10's inability to successfully follow up on most of its claims. The porn company has a long and somewhat pitiful history of unsuccessfully suing major companies for what it considers copyright infringement. P10 has shown that it will go after anyone associated with a company that might have touched one of its images, including credit card processors (a case the Supreme Court refused to hear). It seems that P10 is a "shoot first, ask questions later" kind of company, and RapidShare should just count itself lucky that it was P10 behind this lawsuit and not a more competent body like the RIAA.
RapidShare has been on a roll lately with court decisions. Earlier this month, a German court ruled that RapidShare wasn't liable for distribution since it doesn't make files publicly available, and therefore would not have to filter user uploads. P10 will undoubtedly continue to push ahead with its legal attack, however, and a trial is the next logical step after a failed injunction request.


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Built in 1939, the old May Company department store, later turned LACMA staff offices, had a tearoom/restaurant on the fifth floor. The tearoom was a place where local women would come and play card games. In 1989, a Culver City woman was playing cards with her friends when her estranged husband walked up, pulled out a gun, and shot her; eventually turning the gun on himself. It was reported by one of the tearoom employees that these women were so serious about their game that, although there were two bodies lying on the floor, they pleaded with police officers to let them past the crime scene tape to continue their game.
I had heard rumors of a ghost that haunts LACMA West at night, but this was before I knew this story… Guards and employees have reported having apparitional experiences that range from sightings of both a man and a woman, to strange noises, to the feeling of a supernatural presence and the feeling of someone/something breathing down their necks. All of these occurred when no one else was on the floor or even in the building.
Back in June I had our building supervisor take me on a tour of LACMA West. He has worked here for over eighteen years and patrols this building, top to bottom, daily. When I asked him to tell me about the ghost, all he said was "I don't want to talk about it…"
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How to not kill your orchid
Garden Guide
It's just not fair: Orchids have this bum rap for being some of the most finicky plants to grow. Yet the truth is orchids are some of the easiest plants to grow if given the proper exposure, potting mix and right amount of water. Just ask Becky Brinkman, longtime manager of the Atlanta Botanical Garden's Fuqua Orchid Center. Becky has come up with her "Eight Ways to Kill Your Orchid":
1. Water it every day.
The most frequently asked question is "Do you water the orchids every day?" The answer is, "No, but we check them every day." Checking means looking at the potting mix to see if it's dry.
2. Establish a watering schedule for your orchid.
This one is really tempting. But when your orchid receives one less hour of light and considerably weaker light intensity during winter, does it make sense to water with the same frequency as you did in summer?
3. Water your orchid whenever you water your other plants.
Convenient, yes. Good horticulture, no.
4. Water your Phalaenopsis orchid with ice cubes.
In nature a moth orchid seldom experiences temperatures below 60 degrees. And you're thinking about applying ice water to its roots? Why not just put it in the freezer for a day?
5. Find out where your orchid is native to and water it when the Weather Channel says it's raining there.
Microclimate matters more to an orchid than macroclimate. Even if your condo is located in the rain forest, the kitchen window microclimate where your potted orchid resides is different from the microclimate within the tree canopy outside.
6. Force it to live its entire life in a beautiful pot with no drainage holes, in a dense soil mix, and smothered with florist's moss.
I know you received it from the florist this way, and it looks great, I admit it. But the florist's priority is how the plant looks, not how well it grows.
7. Force it to live its entire life in the same soil mix that the grower put it in.
The structure of peat moss (and composted pine bark) is too fine and too dense to be a good long-term medium for plants that in nature grow in trees. It retains loads of water and breaks down quickly.
8. Bring your orchid to an orchid care clinic on the coldest day in January.
See Way to Kill Your Orchid No. 4.
Becky's bottom-line basic advice is this:
- Plant your orchid in a coarse-textured potting mix that promotes air circulation, such as the combination of bark/charcoal/perlite.
- Give it intense sunlight (an east-facing windowsill is good).
- Let the plant dry out a little between waterings.
- Don't overdo it with the fertilizer (cut the dosage by half for these light feeders).
-- Danny Flanders, HGTV.com
Home Selling Tip
Clutter can cost you a sale, as it can make your house seem smaller to potential buyers. Rent a storage unit or portable pod, or ask a friend if you can borrow some space in their garage. Then move out all your extraneous furniture and knickknacks.
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On average, households lose about 20 percent of their heated and cooled air through the duct system to the outside. To avoid wasting energy, have your ducts inspected to ensure they're sealed properly and insulated if necessary.
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