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#best news this week
RIOT – "We're a very small team set-up in Italy trying to complete a detailed and polished simulator based on the actions of real riots happening around the world"
#watch and
Lessig on "Aaron's Laws – Law and Justice in a Digital Age" – "Lawrence Lessig marked his appointment as Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard Law School with a lecture titled "Aaron's Laws: Law and Justice in a Digital Age." The lecture honored the memory and work of Aaron Swartz, the programmer and activist who took his own life on Jan. 11, 2013 at the age of 26."
Lego Dance by Annette Jung – "Michael is doing the Lego dance."
Japanese Condom Ice Cream ゴムアイス…?? – "This was meant to be a proper food review, unfortunately it didn't turn out that way"
Wasa – "A remake of What's up"
HIM INDOORS – "An agoraphobic serial killer, on the verge of eviction, finds an impromptu visit from his nosy neighbor, potentially disastrous as he plans to remain indoors"
j.viewz playing Teardrop with vegetables – Massive Attack: Teardrop
Has Banksy been arrested by London cops? – "Rumours are circulating that British activist and street artist Banksy has been arrested. Fortunately, they seem to be false."
Traktor DJ for iPad – Hmm, now that would almost be a reason to buy a new iPad … but of course I won't.
Jeremy Hammond on Aaron Swartz and the Criminalization of Digital Dissent. – "Aaron's efforts to liberate the internet, including free distribution of JSTOR academic essays, access to public court records on PACER, stopping the passage of SOPA/PIPA, and developing the Creative Commons, make him a hero, not a criminal. It is not the "crimes" Aaron may have committed that made him a target of federal prosecution, but his ideas – elaborated in his "Guerrilla Open Access Manifesto" – that the government has found so dangerous."
The Utilitarian and the Devil: A Parable for the Dead – "One day, the Utilitarian got out some candles, noxious herbs, bread, sour wine, and some blood, took off his clothes, and summoned the Devil. The Devil appeared in the the palpable dark punctually, just as the last incanted word left the Utilitarian's lips."
The End of Plastic – "One of my side projects is looking at a type of plastic made by the Colletes family of bees. Unlike honeybees, these bees are solitary. Every spring, the female bees dig underground nests in which they'll lay the eggs. They consist of several tunnels that dead-end into nest cells, each about the size and shape of the last joint of your little finger. The bee lines the nest with a material that looks for all the world like cellophane; then she provisions the nest with a mixture of pollen and nectar, lays an egg, and seals it off."
JoniMitchell.com – Is Justice Just Ice? – "if you choose to see this resource as a benefit and a service rather than as an attempt to defraud and infringe, and if you feel this situation is unfair… please help me by sending an email to the attorneys and the photographer Charlyn, Leslie, and Carolyn – asking them to drop the lawsuit. "
YOU HAD ONE JOB! – blog that should make everyone feel better about their own fail.
shipping container greenhouse – urban farm unit by damien chivialle – "damien chivialle has created an open-source model in the form of 'urban farm units' (UFU), which seek to supply urbanites with organic provisions, while minimizing their transport in response to these factors."
Deep Inside – A Study of 10,000 Porn Stars – "For the first time, a massive data set of 10,000 porn stars has been extracted from the world's largest database of adult films and performers. "
Endlich frei – Der BR setzt bei der Space Night auf CC-Musik – "Der Bayerische Rundfunk (BR) hat sich dazu entschlossen, die bei den Fans sehr beliebte Kultsendung Space Night komplett mit unter Creative Commons-lizenzierter Musik (CC-Musik) zu produzieren"
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As the United States and the rest of the world try to decide what to do about the worsening crisis in Iraq, the United Nations and humanitarian NGOs are struggling to find a place to shelter the hundreds of thousands of refugees and internally displaced people (IDPs) the new fighting has created.
For the last week, the Iraqi government has been locked in combat against fighters with the Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) — also known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) 00 for control of several cities and villages in Iraq. The result is that the United Nations on Wednesday upgraded Iraq's crisis to a level 3 humanitarian disaster — the most severe rating it has. "Now we're focused on delivering water, food and essential items," Colin MacInnes, deputy head of UNICEF in Iraq, told the Washington Post. "Iraq already has a level 3 polio disaster," MacInnes continued, and as Syria across the border is also in the midst of a level 3 disaster, "that means we have currently three level 3 disasters that are affecting the country."
"At the present moment, we have a very serious confrontation and we have meaningful levels of internal displacement. We are not yet witnessing a massive refugee outflow and I think it will depend on whether this crisis can be addressed effectively in the near future or whether it will be a protracted conflict," said U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres at a press briefing on Tuesday. In the map below, the massive outflows of people from some of the cities that have seen the most fighting is clear. The red circles, indicating cities where people have fled, total up to over one million Iraqis who have abandoned their homes to escape the violence.
"If it will be a protracted conflict, I think it will be inevitable to have again a meaningful outflow of refugees," Guterres continued. The odds of the conflict becoming a protracted one increased over the last forty-eight hours, as the cities of Tal Afar and Iraq's largest oil refinery fell to militants. Somewhere between 2,000 to 3,000 people are said to have fled from Tal Afar, according to the European Union, as seen in the map below which also shows the many sites around the country where IDPs are gather. Many are trying to make their way into Kurdish provinces in Iraq, joining an estimated 300,000 of their fellow Iraqis, in the areas highlighted in light green in the main section of the European Union's map.
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"We understand that many of these displaced civilians are currently under the hot sun in the open, and have extremely limited access to food, water and shelter," UNHCR Senior Field Coordinator Andrei Kazakov said. "It appears that many are planning to move north to Duhok governorate. But in the meantime, we must get them the help they urgently need."
"Looking at the situation of the countries of the region, I mean Syria is obviously not a possible destination [for Iraqi refugees], Jordan is now having the enormous pressure of the Syrian refugees," Guterres said. "So it's difficult to see how the region can cope with another big refugee outflow." The overburdening of the region can clearly be seen in the final map, below, charting the number of Syrian refugees taking shelter in Syria's neighbors. Lebanon and Jordan in particular have been stretched to capacity, taking in 1.7 million Syrians between them.
Making matters worse, donors have yet to provide the funding necessary to take on this many challenges on the humanitarian front, with only 31 percent of the United Nations' funding requests met. Last year, according to Dr. Richard J. Brennan, Director of Emergency Risk Management and Humanitarian Response at the WHO, was an "unprecedented" year in terms of humanitarian disasters, which saw three Level 3 disasters stretch the system to its breaking point. When asked earlier this year what could be done if another Level 3 disaster — as Iraq has now become — emerged, his one word answer says volumes about what to expect in the coming months: "Pray."

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A 30-year-old man was arrested and booked on suspicion of burglary Saturday after allegedly breaking into a woman's home – and into her lingerie drawer. The 22-year-old victim called police when she returned home with a male friend and found the suspect in her bedroom. Pasadena police Lt. Chris Russ said the man held the suspect until police arrived and took him into custody.
That's when officers discovered the suspect was wearing the victim's lingerie under his own clothes.
The man was being held in lieu of $50,000 bail.
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text: Ok. Every week I am teased by my mechanic that this weekend will be the first time I get to test drive my '66 and it keeps not happening. Maybe this weekend. Anyways, it had new tires on it 4 plus years ago and they have been just sitting there holding air, never going anywheres. So if they don't show any visual sign of dry rot are they for sure safe to still use? I don't want them to fall apart once I do start really driving, in theory if it ever happens. Thanks, Julie


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Cloud file storage service Dropbox is a long-time favorite here at WWD — it provides a quick and easy way to store files in the cloud, sync them between different machines and share large files. However, although Dropbox encrypts your data, to be completely sure that your data is secure, you need to encrypt it yourself. Up until now that's been a fairly laborious process. Enter BoxCryptor, a Windows-only (s msft) tool that can encrypt and decrypt files on your Dropbox account in a completely seamless fashion.
After installation, you'll need to provide a password to encrypt your files with and a directory to save the encrypted files in. BoxCryptor then acts as a virtual harddisk, encrypting and decrypting data in real-time. Save a file to the virtual disk, and BoxCryptor automatically encrypts it and stores it in the directory you specified. Retrieving a file is just as seamless.
BoxCryptor is currently free and requires the .NET Framework 2.0 to run. It's a really easy-to-use tool, but you should note that the version that can currently be downloaded is only an alpha that will fall into read-only mode on 31st March 2011; the author recommends not using it for production purposes just yet.
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A few years ago I met Stephen Toub on the Developer Conference circuit. Stephen is one of those smart, young, fun guys that every your person admires. He lives in New Your City and is a technical lead for MSDN Magazine. A prolific writer, he has also written 30 articles for msdn.microsoft.com
He also wrote a very cool Tablet / Windows XP game that I use in my "Developing for the Tablet PC" talk, so he is a "REAL" developer.
Stephen has a slot for an article who's topic is "Moving Files: Uploading and down loading with .NET".
Since my new role in the Web Tools and Platform Group is all about ASP.NET Developer Community….. I'd like to solicit your thoughts and suggestions for the articles.
I'm going to be doing allot of writing this year and if I asking for input is fruitful, I will do this regularly. I'll also give public credit to those to participate.
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Excavation work for an irrigation pond at a proposed dog training center in Carmel Valley was illegal and lacked a permit, said an attorney for a group opposing the project.
Monterey County will require the Carmel Canine Sports Center to have a grading permit, which would allow work to continue before an environmental analysis is complete, according to a letter from the county Resource Management Agency.
That is illegal under state environmental law, the opposition's attorney said.
The work done was based on what county planners said was allowed, said project co-owner Martha Diehl, a member of the Monterey County Planning Commission.
The proposal is unfolding on 45 acres on Valley Greens Drive across from the Quail Lodge and Golf Club and has sparked pushback from neighbors.
When owners modified the irrigation system and dug the pond, they relied on county direction saying permits are not required for "continuation of agricultural use," Diehl said.
She referred to a June letter from planner Steve Mason that said, "Any activity or structure that is not related to agricultural production is not covered under the exemption."
Neighbors question whether the center, which is selling individual memberships to dog owners for up to $5,000, fits traditional agricultural use.
The county requested work on the pond stop over neighbors' concerns, meaning sprinklers couldn't run and summer hay production revenue was lost, said Diehl.
"It is not a popular proposal and it has been poorly received by those most affected by it," Monterey attorney Michael Stamp, representing the group Friends of Quail, said by email on Thursday. Neighbors have voiced traffic, noise and water supply concerns.
The center will have minimal impact on neighbors and is environmentally friendly, Diehl has said.
The county recently accepted use permit paperwork, but a do-over is required on what the county said was an inadequate traffic study.
In the meantime, environmental analysis can begin, which will ultimately determine if a full environmental impact report is required. That in-depth study is sought by two separate Carmel Valley organizations and was recommended by the chair of the Carmel Valley Land Use Advisory Committee.
The dog center needs "a close look," Stamp said Thursday.
"We have been presenting the county with the information that the county needs to say 'No.' We will continue to do that and to ask that the county remain accountable on this project," he said.


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1911 Combat Training Video
Kickin' it old school with the 1911, great stuff here. Enjoy! I enhanced the video with better audio and video.
Took a peek at it yesterday. It seems to me I saw he same video, or something similar, when I learned how to shoot the 1911 as a Navy corpsman...42 years ago. But I remember the first aid/field med instructor at corps school in San Diego...a grizzled old chief..saying "if you guys get to Vietnam, and some of you will...keep that .45 but go down to the armory and check out a sawed off 12 gauge shotgun. That way of you're ambushed while treating someone and some ---- jumps up from behind a hush, you can blow him away, and you don't have to be all that accurate either.". I never went to Vietnam, and that was the last time I fired a 1911 until I bought one, this spring.
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With only 35 seconds expired on the clock in the first quarter of the Mineral Water Bowl's 48th Annual game, the Southwest Minnesota State University Mustangs' quarterback, Charlie Kern, fumbled the ball, which was then recovered by Joe Uzzell of the Pittsburg State Gorillas. Uzzell returned eight yards for the first touchdown of the game Saturday afternoon at Tiger Stadium at Excelsior Springs High School. Supporters from both teams braved the freezing temperatures to load the stands and cheer on their home teams.
Uzell's TD was the first of 90 points the Gorillas put on the board to the Mustangs' 28. Saturday was SMSU's first appearance at the Mineral Water Bowl after a 7-4 NSIC Conference record. The Gorillas, 9-2 from the MIAA Conference, made their third appearance at the MWB and recorded their third bowl game win.
The rest of the first quarter was a trade, back and forth for both teams, but with the Gorillas winning the first quarter 24-14. Heading into halftime the Mustangs trailed the Gorillas 59-21. The third quarter didn't improve much on the Mustangs' score with another TD made by Gorilla Ramsey Hamilton with 13:18 on the clock. The Mustangs did respond with 1:56 left in the third with a Charlie Kern touchdown and a Lan Shuvellier kick, bringing the score into the fourth up to 69-28 still in the Gorillas' favor.
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Above: Ain't that America? [See below]
- Powell pipeline: What if growth slows? - Salt Lake Tribune Editorial
Above: Ain't that America? [See below]
- Powell pipeline: What if growth slows? - Salt Lake Tribune Editorial
The reason given for the $1.5 billion Lake Powell Pipeline is that rapid population growth in St. George will soon outrun the water supply. But what if population growth turns out to be much slower than pipeline proponents have projected?Preliminary population projections from the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget have raised that possibility. Growth in St. George has slowed dramatically in the wake of the Great Recession and the bursting of the real estate bubble. Fewer new homes means fewer new customers to pay off the pipeline. That could leave taxpayers statewide holding the bag for an expensive project. It's reason enough to scrap the pipeline, at least for now. [Read the rest ...]
Related:BLM approves Las Vegas plan to pump and pipe desert groundwater - Christopher Smart, The Salt Lake Tribune
- Unethical enablers - Ogden Standard-Examiner Editorial
It didn't take the Utah Supreme Court long to send a big smile to the face of Lt. Gov. Greg Bell, state Sen. Curt Bramble and other opponents of legitimate ethics reform in Utah politics. ...
- Health insurance: Get down to business, on behalf of Idahoans - Idaho Statesman Editorial
A gubernatorial task force can make a business decision about creating a health exchange an online marketplace for Idahoans shopping for insurance.Or the group can make a political decision. ...
- Ignoring What We Don't Like - Twin Falls (Idaho) Times-News Editorial
... We may not like Obamacare, but it remains the law. We may not like the idea of a state-run health insurance exchange, but it's better than inviting the feds in to do it for us.It's time to take a deep breath and get it done.
- Progress arrives in preventive care - Santa Fe New Mexican Editorial
... Starting now, women can get the health care they need without counting the costs, just one more reason to be thankful the United States is on the path to universal health care for all.
- Underemployment drags down Oregon economy - (Portland) Oregonian Editorial
The college graduate working part-time as a barista in Portland is more than a cliché. A report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics this week confirms that Oregon has one of the worst underemployment problems in the nation. ...
- Immigration and keeping families intact - Los Angeles Times Editorial
About 5,000 children in more than 20 states were put in foster care after their parents were detained or deported by immigration authorities. That's unacceptable.
- Gabby and Liang: Ain't that America - Los Angeles Daily News Editorial
The most powerful image from Thursday night's coverage was the one of the American gold medal winner, gymnast Gabby Douglas, and her coach, Liang Chow. Not only did it whip up some good old national pride, it exemplified what's so wonderful about the U.S.So many of the other teams are a sea of sameness. The Danes look mostly like Danes. The South Koreans look like South Koreans. The Nigerians look like Nigerians.But what does an "American" athlete look like? None of the above and all of the above. It looks like Gabby. It looks like Liang. They all look like Americans.


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Arizona voters may not get a chance to vote to reelect the president.
Secretary of State Ken Bennett said Friday he is requesting officials in Hawaii to provide verification that President Obama was, in fact, born there.
Bennett, who is the state's chief election official, said he has had multiple requests from constituents to verify the president is a "natural born citizen" and therefore eligible to hold the highest office in the land. Those requests, he said, included that he demand to see the actual birth certificate and even to go to Hawaii to do a forensic examination of it to determine its authenticity.
He said he rejected those requests. But Bennett said he learned that Hawaii has a law which allows that state to do a verification for any officials from other states who have the need.
"I downloaded the form off of Hawaii's web site, I got a $5 money order and filled it out and basically sent it in," he explained. "What you're asking for really is for them to say, yes we have — or do you have — a certificate for Barack Hussein Obama II born on Aug. 4, 1961 to these parents at this place and on and on and on."
Bennett said if he eventually gets the verification, end of the matter. And if he does not?
"I don't think it does anyone any good to speculate the worst case scenario," he said.
"I think Hawaii will, one way or the other ... will confirm or verify that they have a certificate for the president," Bennett continued. "And it's done."
The move comes despite the fact that Gov. Jan Brewer vetoed legislation last year which would have required candidates for president to provide documents proving they meet the federal constitutional requirement to be a "natural-born citizen" before their name is placed on the ballot. The governor said giving the secretary of state authority to decide if a candidate is eligible, as the law would have allowed, "could lead to arbitrary or politically motivated decisions."
Similar legislation this year requiring political parties to provide such proof never made it to the governor's desk.
But Bennett said that does not preclude what he is doing.
"I don't think every specific act that the secretary of state does in the course of their duty is specifically authorized in a statute," he said.
For example, Bennett said that as the chief election officer for the state, he designs many forms. And he said there is no specific authority for that.
He acknowledged that so far he has made no similar request for other candidates.
But Bennett, a Republican who is weighing a run for governor in 2014, said he is not singling out the Democratic president for special treatment. He said he was simply responding to the request of a constituent, saying he would do the same thing "if somebody asked me to verify the Libertarian candidate or Mitt Romney or whoever it might end up being."
Bennett's move caught Brewer by surprise. But she declined to criticize him.
"I guess whatever he determined is the proper thing to do," the governor said, saying she does not have an opinion on it.
But the governor already is on record as believing such a request is unnecessary.
Brewer said Friday she had spoken several years ago to her Hawaiian counterpart when the issue first arose.
"She validated to me that the (birth) certificate was valid," Brewer said. "And I put that to a rest."
In vetoing last year's legislation, Brewer suggested there was an "ick" factor in the measure, noting candidates who could not produce a "long form birth certificate" would have the option instead of furnishing other documents.
"I never imagined being presented with a bill that could require candidates for president of the greatest and most powerful nation on Earth to submit their 'early baptismal or circumcision certificates' among other records to the Arizona secretary of state," she wrote.


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Washington Symphonic Brass: From Bach to Classic Rock
Featuring Guest Soloists Joe Burgstaller and Marty Hackleman
- November 17, 2013 at 4:00 pm
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Enjoy this extraordinary 17-piece brass ensemble as they present a program that will change the way you think about brass! Embark on a journey From Bach to Classic Rock that travels from music originally played in powdered wigs to music meant to be played with black t-shirts and pyrotechnics, all displaying the powerfully majestic brass sound. The ensemble also welcomes guest soloists Joe Burgstaller and Martin Hackleman for this performance. Washington Symphonic Brass has extensively toured the East Coast with an expansive repertoire and now brings nostalgic favorites from across the centuries to our stage. Founded by the late conductor Milt Stevens and acclaimed trumpeter Phil Snedecor, Washington Symphonic Brass features some of the most talented musicians from the Washington, D.C. and Baltimore areas many of whom routinely perform with the National Symphony Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and The Philadelphia Orchestra. "Brass, boldly redefined…." (The Washington Post)
Watch for their new CD out now: Classic Rock for Brass
Available at most music retailers, or at wsbrass.com.
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DJ Khaled Featuring J. Cole & Bas "Hell's Kitchen"
It's dark and hell's kitchen is hot. DJ Khaled liberates yet another track off his upcoming LP, Suffering From Success. This one is a little on the light side, features wise, and only contains two guest appearances in J. Cole and Bas. Still, the pair packs enough punch. You see it.
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LOS ANGELES – Hideki Matsuyama felt unwell and left a pro-am event on Wednesday but expects to take part in Thursday's first round at the Northern Trust Open.
Matsuyama, who won his second U.S. tour title at the Phoenix Open on Feb. 7, stopped play after nine holes at the Riviera Country Club. He canceled his official news conference and used the afternoon for recovery.
"There's no fever and I have a good appetite. I'd like to take a proper rest," Matsuyama said before leaving the course.
Hiroshi Iwata will be looking for another good tournament after finishing fourth last week at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, but Ryo Ishikawa will be absent for the tournament and also next week's Honda Classic with lower-back pain.
Ishikawa's management company said he is not eligible to play in the Cadillac Championship in the World Golf Championships starting March 3, while no decision has been made about the Valspar Championship from March 11.
"I'll play in a tournament once I feel OK taking a full swing," Ishikawa said on his official website.


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As a new entrant, its financial muscle will also help the company convince intermediaries and clients about its capacity to participate in underwriting higher risks and settle claims.
"We have started with a capital of Rs 350 crore out of which around 65 crore will be expended in the first year of operations. With our present capital, we are comfortable for next two years.
"But, despite that we will continue to look for more capital," chief executive Roopam Asthana told PTI.
He said: "One big reason for this is that we want to give confidence to our intermediaries that we are sufficiently capitalised to meet the claims when they arise."
Asthana also said higher capital availability will enable it to clock higher growth.
"We want to make sure that at all point of time, we are little over-capitalised to take advantage of market turning more positive than what it is right now... We will be able to go and chase that growth...," Asthana said, adding that higher capital will also enable the general insurer to earn more interest income.
He, however, declined to put a number to the capital that the company will be seeking from the promoters, saying it will be fixed by the end of this fiscal.
Liberty Videocon, a joint venture between Videocon Industries and Liberty Holdings, aims to break even in the sixth year of its operations.


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A$AP Rocky hit the BBC Radio 1 Xtra Live Lounge last night, and, as is the norm, performed one of his own songs and a cover of his choosing. Rocky, rather than going down the obvious route of performing one of his favourite hip-hop tracks, decided to drop a bizarre, amusing cover of Gnarls Barkley's "Who's Gonna Save My Soul," with a little freestyle at the end. Check out the cover, and another freestyle, below.
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- August 7, 2013, 11:35 AM
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive for the Dassault Falcon 7X requiring a new procedure in the airplane flight manual. It was prompted by a report of a runway excursion caused by failure of the nose landing-gear position-feedback assembly. The AD is designed to detect and correct an incorrect angle signal causing an uncommanded nosewheel deflection.


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KVH Industries Acquires Headland Media
KVH Industries, Inc. announced that it has acquired Headland Media Ltd., a media and entertainment services company. Headland Media is a provider of commercially licensed news, sports, movies and music content that they sell in the maritime, hotel and retail markets.
"The acquisition of Headland Media supports our strategic vision of extending our maritime broadband service to also include delivering premium content to vessels," said Martin Kits van Heyningen, KVH's chief executive officer. "We've captured a leading market share in the maritime VSAT market for one-to-one connectivity, and are now rolling out a new, highly efficient, low-cost multicasting capability that we believe will create significant growth opportunities for Headland Media's content by eliminating the time and cost of physically delivering DVDs to vessels. For KVH's mini-VSAT Broadband service, Headland Media's premium content offers us a great opportunity to create exciting new services that will help our customers keep their crews happy, and in the process help us differentiate our service and increase our ARPUs."
With extensive experience in the licensed content business, U.K.-based Headland Media has 115 employees, and offices in the U.K., Europe, the U.S., India and the Philippines. Headland Media has established relationships with content providers and a customer base of 9,600 vessels, 1,700 hotels, and 1,700 retail outlets receiving their various services. In 2012, Headland Media generated revenue of $12.2 million, of which approximately 85% was derived from annual subscription-based services. During that same period, the gross profit margin was almost 78%. Speaking of the acquisition and the opportunities ahead, Mark Woodhead, CEO of Headland Media, remarked, "We're excited to be part of the KVH family and to work with our new colleagues in developing the next generation of onboard entertainment services for ships at sea. The trend towards digital delivery of movies, news and sports clips has been apparent to us for several years. When we discussed KVH's capabilities, there just seemed to be a natural fit between their maritime VSAT service and our news, sports, and entertainment content."
Headland Media provides television shows, premium movies, sports, news channels and music for exhibition in commercial locations, which include ships at sea. KVH's capabilities to multicast data in the background during network idle times, and cache, manage, and distribute data onboard vessels using its Integrated CommBox Modem (ICM) will serve as key enabling technology for Headland Media's services. Headland Media's broad content range, which KVH intends to deliver over the mini-VSAT Broadband network, will also enable KVH to bring Internet Protocol television (IPTV) technology to the maritime market.
Mr. Kits van Heyningen concluded, "We see this acquisition as a great start to KVH's new initiative to bring our customers the same high-quality multimedia content they enjoy onshore, but have usually been unable to receive over their maritime satellite service because of either prohibitively high costs or protocol blocking associated with service providers' fair use policies. We believe that KVH's capabilities will help Headland Media grow sales of its services, and that having news, sports, and premium movies available on our mini-VSAT Broadband network will help our sales efforts as well."
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DYLAN/CASH Sessions 1969
A Collaboration between Pol & Sakiroo Choi
Inspired not only but the music of Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash, but also by their characters and what they ment to the people who listened to their music. this image portrays the two musical legends during some studio sessions they recorded together in 1969, you can look them up under the same name this album has. hope you enjoy it!
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General News of Wednesday, 16 January 2013
Source: myjoyonline
A Human Rights Lawyer, Prof. Kenneth Agyemang Attafuah, has called on the family of Charlotte Nyarko, an inmate of the Accra Psychiatric Hospital, who was strangled by a fellow inmate, to sue the hospital for negligence.
Akua Pokua, who was admitted only about a week ago at the facility allegedly strangled the victim with a piece of cloth.
Another inmate escaped, but remains severely injured in the head.
Authorities of the Accra Psychiatric Hospital attributed the death of the inmate as well as the injury of the other, to unavailability of drugs, insufficient personnel and congestion at the facility.
However, the Health Ministry has denied that the Hospital lacked the requisite drugs.
Prof Ken Attafuah said on Joy FM and Multi TV's, Top Story stated that people who are sent to the facility become the ultimate responsibility of the state and as such the state must take charge of them.
He stated that "this is an instance of negligence. Whichever way you cut it, if you blame it on society…society has erected structures through which it will act to meet the interest or the needs of society including those who are least fortunate and have mental disability".
"The Ministry of Health, the government of this republic takes upon itself to determine when persons should be confined that facility…when the state takes that responsibility, they come as charge of the state…and in this instance the state has on all fours failed to live-up to its responsibility…the state's failure results from the failure of those who must provide adequate funding…" he stated.
He said if the hospital is sued, it will force the state to come out its shells and put its measures in place to forestall further occurrence.
Describing the incident as huge tragedy, the Criminologist said Ghanaians have the tendency of shrugging issues of such nature aside.
"It is a failure of the generality of the Ghanaian public; we as a community have persistently failed the weakest segment of our society, those with mental challenges, who we confine usually for our safety rather than for their well-being... It is a colossal shame, a crying shame on conscience of people in this country, that we do not care enough, we do not provide enough, and we do not at the end of the day, care deep enough".


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Tom's Vacuum Center Closing. Bubba Needs a New Home.
You read that right. Tom's Vacuum Center is closing it's doors after almost 40 years here in Victoria.
So what will become of Bubba the gorilla statue that now graces the front of the store?
According to Jan Bleeker, Tom's widow, Bubba will most likely have to be sold as well.
So here's what I propose.
Mrs. Bleeker, Bubba needs a good home and I would be honored if KLUB Rock 106.9 studios could be his new home.
(361) 573-3871 is the number for Tom's Vacuum Center. Give em a call and tell them you want Bubba here at KLUB!


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Victoria Police Department
Victoria Crime Stoppers and the Victoria County Sheriffs Office need help to indentify the people responsible for a burglary.
On the morning of Tuesday August 28th a storage unit at a business in the 400 block of Schell Road was burglarized. Two red and white Sea Doo brand Jet Skis along with their trailer and covers were stolen.
If you have any information about this crime call Crime Stoppers
There's also a Submit A Tip link on the VPD Facebook page through a web browser.
Don't forget to check out the Crossroads Most Wanted on the Crossroads Today website at: http://crossroadstoday.com/Crossroads-Most-Wanted/7890624 — You could earn a cash reward up to $1000 if you provide information that leads to the arrest of one of featured wanted persons.
Please remember – DO NOT post any identifying information of potential suspects, on our Facebook wall or we'll have to remove those comments. We don't want to risk the possibility of misidentification.


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William Dewey "Bill" Graham, 74, of Pulaski, Va., died Monday, July 28, 2014 in Heritage Hall Nursing Home in Blacksburg, Va. He was born on March 11, 1940 in Providence, R.I., and was the son of the late Mary Adele Herndon Graham and William Dewey Graham. He was a member of the First Christian Church, (DOC). Bill attended Pulaski County Schools, and then graduated from New River Community College. He was also a former employee of Kroger in Pulaski, Va. He is survived by nieces and their spouse: Terri and Rick Spring of Salem, Va., Amy Shoemaker of Salem, Va., a nephew, Gary (Bo) Graham of Pulaski, Va.; aunt, Frances N. Herndon of Roanoke, Va.; special school mates and friends, Jerry and Betty Anderson of Goldsboro, N.C., Charles and Jewel Cutlip Kelly of Smith Mountain Lake; longtime girlfriend, Carolyn Puckett of Grahams Forge. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, James E. and Alice Ratcliffe Herndon; paternal grandparents, Mrs. And Mrs. Charles W. Graham; a brother, James Wesley Graham. Funeral services will be held Thursday, July 31, 2014 at Seagle Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Interment will follow in Newbern Cemetery. Visiting with the family, will be Thursday from Noon until 2 p.m. Online condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.seaglefuneralhome.com
Arrangements by Seagle Funeral Home, Pulaski, Va., 540-980-1700.
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The Chad Smith/Will Ferrell Drum War Is a Go!
Chad Smith (L) and Will Ferrell (R) could be twins separated at birth, they might as well show off their skills in what they're calling 'the greatest drum vs. cowbell showdown the world has ever seen."
The idea was presented to Will Ferrell a few weeks back by the Chili Pepper drummer. Will graciously accepted, with the terms that $300,000 be raised for Cancer For College. It was just announced that goal has been reached. Will it go down at a Chili Peppers show? Will it go down in front of a mutually convenient library? I'm kind of hoping for B, to be honest. We'll keep you posted. Click here to read more.


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Short Story by: Carlet la Lovecraft
Exactly 7:30 A.M. the huge feature of San Bernardino County Municipal Court Judge Kopp Hertzberg strolled along past the alarming door system, howled a dry "morning" to the Black Private Security Officer Javier, crossed the empty long hall, and stopped breathless in front of the Express Elevator and pressed the button.
Noisily, the elevator doors opened and his three-hundred pounds 63-year-old body stepped in. His old leather -gift from his only child Sonya H. Sotomayor, dated July 23rd, 1990 -- tossed inelegantly under the beefy right arm and straightened up. He was interesting now to read the long-standing rule of "judgment to the righteous acceptability" with a better system.
But there was in front of his eyes those signals: graffiti; anti-English words that made him harder to accommodate his thoughts, trying to understand what that mean. There was also a massive of blue inks, sticking gums on the wall of the elevator, a half-heart with a 1900-Love number arrayed across it; N-attached below; then power white with Pigs -- now reversed itself and struck it down and whatever who wrote those -- he noticed that he or she couldn't spell the word PIGS right.
Abruptly the elevator stopped made him to hold himself again the wall. With such impact, he shook his head while he tried to remove a bubble gum from his right finger. He pressed the finger back and forth against the wall. Finally the bubble stretched itself like a snake and still along the wall.
He stepped out of the elevator and his old classic shoes with double bracelets to hold them echoing through the corridor. It was quite, nice; the air conditioning was off; but he could still feeling the morning.
It was the challenge of this sport he liked most. It was the danger, the excitement, the handy canoe he loved so much. He had a dream; and after he had finished his political science at California State University, then Long Beach, and attended Hasting College of the Law -- he was sure now no one couldn't stop him. He was radiant, an outdoor man; and he was ready to change the world around.
He was slim, arrogant. Wearing distinctive English doubled-suits; his hair short, combed, and like a modern fossil landscape that had long since among layers and layers, the young Hertzberg moved to San Bernardino County, rented a two-bedroom apartment in Rialto and called his High School sweetheart Helen B. Rodriguez and proposed her marriage.
Two weeks later, they married at St. Israel Church in Glendale and three years later she had given him his only child: A little girl named Veronica. After all love and medical expensive and medicine, Helen Rodriguez-Hertzberg, his sweetheart, after they had diagnosed her with terminal lung cancer, passed away in August 19th, seven years and three weeks and ten days of their anniversary.
He had looked himself at the mirror in that time and it was the end of his life. All his energy had been put on his second passion --judging. Little by little, he had begun to isolated himself from the public's view --away from woman, club, and cigarette -- and stuffed himself by the high cases. He had accepted the challenge. And more than 30,419 cases had been crossing in front of him so far. None, however, of them had been rejected.
Now he saw himself as a player, a hero. Through the years that distinction had gone. It had emerged a ditch. He became physical against it. He was long-standing rule -- the old school, "The old man with the old leather suitcase and the double bracelets shoes", they said.
Whether the interest was the rocky value being an American, or whether was the eye to dare to recognize constitutionally what was cognizable or not, Kopp Hertzberg was a racer, a philosopher.
His land seemed to go out of hand, he thought. And he saw the numbers impressive, too. 17.9 percent and seven overall categories of crime -- including Judge Hertzeberg continued thinking -- homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, vehicle theft, and computer internet-virus browser. And increase with a speed of appealability and peremptory peril.
"It scared", he said himself.
He had never seen anything like it. Would he turn his eyes out of this as had done many he know? Would it be the time to enjoy the Retirement Club and hold himself in front of the Rock Cottage Lakes in any Caribbean islands, fishing or dreaming as a canoe man? Kopp Hertzberg was thrilled. But he was sure he couldn't do that. Escaping to a country he didn't have any idea where he would stand. This was his land and here he would stay. There were too many things to do, anyway.
The man himself had changed through these years. His clothes were clear but old, they did not match either; a long brown sport jacket twenty year younger, and his colorfully odd tie, was loosen. A white collar, we presume, a white shirt, and now deteriorate into a floral backdrop with long layers, and his trousers seemed it's blue or gray, tightly around his voluminous waist and made a perfect choice of laughing or disgusting human being.
Whereas Kopp Hertzberg found it difficult to believe that the day was a point of view, he didn't understand the graveyard and the deathlike of courtroom. Yet he believed it had the same structures of survivor.
Now it appears unlikely Lawyer Romero would go along with beggar table trick for 10 years and a slight federal term. Kopp, the rebuilder or the sucker rock, he would not go with Lawyer Romero's demands and he would not care what Orange County firm would change him for the 50 years as a sucker rock, son-of-the-bitch Democrat. "We must pay the promise," he had said his thoughts, leaning back on the big chair during a follow-up court appear week's Democratic National Convention he had attended the last year in San Diego to deliver a dozen demands the Old Rules against justice.
At this instance he understood it would be him or them -- who had begun to dominate local eyebrow toward his persona.
When he opened the door of his office, he turned on the light and began to prepare coffee. He took a San Fernando Fountain bottle of water out of the small GT refrigerator and filled the coffee pot.
Heavily, Kopp walked to the desk -- neat and arranged by numbers - and put neatly the old leather suitcase on upper left of the desk; then took out 45 cards and put them on the upper right.
The coffee pot began to bubble. Soon the aroma of Columbia coffee filled the room and smelled. He brought out a large mud with a name on it: DEAR BIG DAD and filled it. He walked around the desk and squeezed the chair down with stunned force.
He flipped the leather lap and took out a homemade sandwich with slimmer ham and Swiss cheese and a Washington red apple. He wrapped the sandwich and began to eat. At the same time he stretched his arm and picked up from the Lakes-Take-Me pencil holder a pen. And then opened a file with a name on it: JOHN X, and opened on page 28, Exhibition C5, and wrote his final thoughts.
By 8:00, her daughter from her downtown office called. He glanced at the watch in front of him and lifted the phone.
"I called you to know how are you doing."
"I'm fine. And you?"
"I'm fine, Daddy. Lunch?"
"Next week, I guess."
"I won't promise it."
"All right. Three weeks from now, I believe."
"I love you, Daddy."
"I love you, too."
The communication ended.
A quarter past nine, her secretary, a brown-haired woman, entered.
"Good morning, Mr. Herztberg."
"Open the windows?"
He studied him; then moved to the Out/In Basket. She picked up some documents and walked to her spot outside his office.
The few minutes he went into a thinking mode, leaning back, straightened up his ample shoulders and then his neck. When he finally made it a natural position, I saw shadows on his hall.
He tried shut to his imagination and not to think about them; but he kept thinking it was the time.
Exactly 8:17, the door opened. Mrs. Cuca stepped in, while he recognized the old Raphael Simon. He nodded to the clerk.
"Sir --"
With a spunky jump, he got up behind the desk and moved toward the door. Mrs. Cuca already had his black robe and gave it to him. He took it and put it on.
And suddenly all his personality of Kopp Hertzberg changed dramatically.
By the time he got around them much he thought he wouldn't make it through Lawyer Romero. With this holding inside him, he rounded back, then toward the courtroom's door.
It was 8:30 A.M.
"This court is section..."
"Your Honor, may I approach?"
"Your Honor, we must consider it."
"You and I have a different mountain climber," Kopp said as he stared at Mr. Romero's eyes. "This is the heavier one. That one, is the hardest. So both know which road he will take."
Lawyer Romero turned his slightly eyes to the table. He took a glimpse on John X., the took at Kopp.
"But, Your Honor," Mr. Romero said, "I accept the responsibility. What more the system ask for?"
"Punishment," he said coldly. "Three years old, Mr. Romero, he raped three years old girl for more than seventeen hours. And I don't use public domains here. And second of all, I'm not usually left out of important rule decision. He will go back and finish his 110 years."
"WHAT?" John X's hand splashed against the table. "You fat! What the hell you think I suppose to do back here? I've done my time!"
"Control your client, Mr. Romero. I'm still have the power kick him higher!"
But John X, who cared about seeing a fat boy there and a greedy, expensive lawyer, jumped ahead.
The deputies spread off. John X threw chairs and moved around the courtroom.
The deputies fallen; voices began to rebound, which it was getting louder and louder.
John X did not have intention to escape. He just wanted to kill this fat, ugly son of the bitch and his lawyer.
Lawyer Romero, inconvenient, was looking for a place to hide himself.
Two gunshots were heard. Just as John X's grasped Kopp Hertzberg's black robe. His fingers slipped loosen and brought with them a piece of fabric.
Slowly he walked back and told Kopp with his eyes open, "Why didn't you kill me?"
The bulky body of Judge Hertzberg rose. He was arranging his words carefully in his head and then said indifferently, "I'm here to judge what you have done, Mr. X., not to kill. Only what I want is that you pay what you have done to that little girl." He stepped aside and walked to the door and before he opened it, he turned. "By the way, I've added forty-two years more."
One deputy hurried to open the door for him, but Kopp Hertzherg fulminated him with electrify look. "No bother, Mr. Wheeler! Just take this garbage out of my court."
He pulled it opened and came into his chamber. He walked to his desk and took a seat behind the wooden desk.
He lifted his pen and wrote a quick signature on John X's file and put it into Out/Basket.
The door opened. A frightened Mr. Cuca dashed in.
"I haven't been in the new office more than a minute when the news struck all of us, Mr. Hertzberg," she said. "Oh my God! Are you all right?"
"Please, Margaret," he said without rising any muscle of his face. "Would you retrieve the files of Ernie Mesa and Walter Lump, please?"
"But sir --" she interrupted herself. The replanted smile, cold, shuttering across his face. "Sorry, sir --"
"And close the door."
"I always done this."
"From outside, I mean, Mrs. Cuca," he said. "I don't want to be disturbed now."
"I understand."
She found time to look at him. He nodded quietly to her. She drawn a grin as she turned and walked out.
When she came back with the files, she began to say that there were people from CRTA and from San Bernardino Police wanted to see him.
"Nothing in this world could change me what I did," he said almost inaudible, as if he were speaking to himself.
"Sir --?"
"Oh thank you," he said. "Tell them I have court at 11:30."
He took the files and put them in front of him. Casually he opened at random one of the cases. The first thing he noticed about this particular one was the accessibility and the lack of brutality. But it was the beauty of it: aggravate assault. Also, everything was neat. He understood no matter what it mumbled, he could not be muzzled by it.
Later, when I got up behind the desk, it was 9:30 in the evening. He moved around, closed the blinds, took the 45 cards with SUGGESTION & QUESTIONS and the names of the lawyers.
He picked up his leather and walked to the door.
He turned off the light of the office and stepped onto the corridor. Two or three janitors were seen cleaning and taking the trashes from offices.
He pressed the elevator. A few minutes, it arrived and moved in.
In the lobby, the elevator opened as Kopp stepped out and began to moved toward the hall.
When he stepped out of the building -- all was dark and quiet -- he looked like he had a long way to go. Almost as far as himself.
He took a deep breath and began to walk to the Van Carpool, which it was parked one of the Handicap Spots.
He opened the van door and climbed in. "Good evening, Mr. Hertzberg."
"Evenin', Roger."
The van backed off, cruised around, merged into the quieted traffic and headed to Rialto home street.
Above, somewhere, a star fallen to the sea.
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10 Crazy Ways To Sweeten Without Sugar
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Sugar Shockers
Let's be real: Most of us have a sweet tooth, and if we had our way, sugary treats would be a food group unto themselves. At the same time, we know that while sweets are enticing (and addictive), sugar consumed in excess has been linked to weight gain, premature aging, and type 2 diabetes.
Since near birth, most of us have been eating and drink sweeter and sweeter food products every year. So even if you've weaned yourself off that heaping teaspoon in your morning cup of coffee, sugar and corn syrup have wormed their way into every corner of your refrigerator and pantry. (Not sure where? Check out this list of 10 Sneaky Names For Sugar so you can find it on your labels.) This is bad news for your heart and your waistline. The good news? We found 10 surprising—and naturally sweet—alternatives to the white stuff that come with added health benefits to boot.
More from Prevention: 6 Ways To Prevent Diabetes1. Raw honey
Honey is antimicrobial, antibacterial, and antifungal—so much so that it's even been used to treat wounds. Its distinctive brand of sweetness is welcome in almost any dish. Just remember that it's not chemically the same as sugar: If you're making a swap, substitute no more than one-third of the sugar for honey. Check out these 6 Recipes With Honey for inspiration!2. Salt
This may seem a bit counterintuitive, but a tiny pinch of salt can enhance the natural sweetness in many ingredients and dishes—and especially in anything with fresh fruit. Before you add something to sweeten that next smoothie, try a little salt and taste it again. The natural sweetness will be more pronounced.
Go easy on the shaker, though: Excess sodium harms your heart. Check out our 13 ways to lower blood pressure naturally for more.3. Organic Milk or Cream
Those who can't stomach the stuff know all too well that milk and cream are full of lactose. It's less well known that lactose is, in fact, a type of natural sugar that lends a gentle hint of sweetness to all kinds of recipes. Think about how a little cuts the bitterness in your coffee. It's especially good from bring a touch of sweetness to a savory soups and stews. Consider the calcium you'll get as an added bonus.4. Grated Carrots
You know how your grandmother's recipe for spaghetti sauce calls for sugar? Try grated carrots instead. Their natural sugars bring just the right amount of sweetness (and a dose of vitamin A and beta carotene)—with no added sugar. Another idea: Carrot cake muffins, anyone?5. Beets
Much of the refined sugar you eat comes from beets—and for good reason. They are among the sweetest plants growing. In fact, the original red velvet cakes used grated beets to achieve its earthy sweet flavor and ruddy hue. Try them in smoothies, grated into your next chocolate cake, or in soups for an unexpectedly sweet taste.
More from Prevention: 5 Quick and Delicious Beet Recipes—YUM6. Orange Juice
Salad dressings are prime suspect when it comes to identifying hidden sugar in your diet. Make your own salad dressing with olive oil and lemon juice, and sweeten it slightly with a splash of vitamin-C-packed fresh-squeezed orange juice.
More from Prevention: Genius Home Cures From Your Kitchen7. Caramelized Onions
It sounds strange, but onions have a surprisingly high sugar content. It's just that we don't taste it in their raw state, when those harsh, sharp, eye-burning flavor compounds hog our attention. Rich in polyphenols, onions are one of the healthiest common vegetables and a nutrition-packed addition to your meals. Cooked slowly over a low heat, the sweetness comes into focus. They can replace corn-syrup-laced condiments, like ketchup, on your next burger.8. Maple Syrup
This sweet stuff isn't just for pancakes. Its complex flavors bring sweetness to baked goods and is a big improvement over granulated sugar in your morning coffee. Luckily, it doesn't just taste fantastic. With slightly fewer calories and more minerals than honey, this antioxidant-rich elixir has health benefits, too.9. Apples
Applesauce (no added sugar, please) is a classic ingredient for cutting fat and sugar out of recipes. Grated whole apples can work this way, too. Try some in your next batch of whole-wheat pancakes and you may not even want to reach for syrup. Diced apples also make a fiber-rich sweetener for plain yogurt. Just don't peel the skin—that's where most of the disease fighting compounds are.10. Stevia
If none of the above solutions solves your sugar dilemma, you may want to reach for a sugar substitute. Of the currently available options, stevia, which is derived from an herb and has been used in certain parts of the world for centuries, is probably your healthiest bet. It's super sweet—many times sweeter than sugar or honey—and should be used in moderation. (For Dr. Andrew Weil's take on stevia, see this article.)AdvertisementAdvertisementLet's Stay In Touch
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TAMPA — Growing up in Phoenix, Tony Peluso knew he wanted to be a lawyer or a paratrooper.
He found out he could be both.
In 1967 he joined the paratroopers and headed off to Vietnam, where he earned a Bronze Star. Then he pursued a law degree, re-enlisting in 1975 and serving as a judge advocate.
In 1992 he left the Army, with the rank of lieutenant colonel, and went to work with the U.S. Attorney's Office, a post he held for nearly 15 years.
Peluso said he followed the example set by his dad's best friend, an attorney.
"He a was decent, honorable, loyal, do-the-right-thing kind of guy," Peluso said. "Something I always wanted to be."
Now he finds himself under fire as the attorney advising the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office investigation about the 1997 disappearance of 5-month-old Sabrina Aisenberg.
A high-powered defense attorney representing Sabrina's parents has singled out Peluso, blasting the 61-year-old for trying to frame him. The lawyer says Peluso is using secretly taped jailhouse chatter between inmates to implicate him in the baby's disappearance. Those accusations have reverberated across shock jock radio and nightly newscasts in recent days, thrusting Peluso into the spotlight.
"If his integrity is called into question, that's his life," said his wife, Kathy Peluso, who is an assistant U.S. attorney. "That's what bothers him the most."
Defense attorney Barry Cohen said Peluso's investigation is payback because he defended Sabrina's parents, Steve and Marlene Aisenberg. In 2001, federal prosecutors dropped charges against the couple over making false statements. Cohen sued and won about $1.3-million in legal fees.
Cohen said Peluso is now trying to tie him to Scott Overbeck, a convicted felon, who allegedly told a cellmate that he disposed of Sabrina's body.
In a sworn statement, Overbeck has been described as acting at the direction of John E. Tranquillo, an investigator in Cohen's office who died in 2006.
The Sheriff's Office has repeatedly denied Cohen's claim.
"I try to be professional at every moment," Peluso said, declining to comment on the Aisenberg investigation.
An Arizona State graduate, Peluso developed a reputation as a zealous litigator during his military career, his wife said. He worked tough cases in the procurement fraud division in the Army's Judge Advocate General's Office in Washington.
A big, career-making case helped him reach his dream of becoming a federal prosecutor. Yet that same case raised questions about his fairness.
It involved a Lakeland munitions company that folded in 1988. Peluso worked out of the Tampa U.S. Attorney's Office preparing a case against the company, which was accused of bilking millions from the feds.
Ultimately, 10 out of 13 executives pleaded guilty or were convicted of other charges.
"That was a big case. It required a lot of investigation,'' said Assistant U.S. Attorney Donald Hansen.
But Wallace Nutting, a four-star general who was acquitted in that case, said Peluso went too far. He and his attorney, Sandy Weinberg, said that the evidence against Nutting was weak and that Peluso just included him to grab headlines.
"In all the battlefields, I never saw anyone as truly evil as Peluso," Nutting told the St. Petersburg Times in 1993.
Peluso stood by his prosecution of Nutting. "Being assistant U.S. attorney is not a popularity contest," he said Tuesday.
The case established Peluso at the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Michael Seigel, a former second in command at the U.S. Attorney's Office in Tampa who once supervised Peluso, called him a "go-to guy."
"Not only at the U.S. Attorney's Office, but in my nearly 30 years out of law school, I have met no person or prosecutor more honorable than Tony Peluso," Seigel said. "He gives 150 percent."
Seigel said when a case seemed close, his office gave it to Peluso.
"Tony has very, very good judgment," Seigel said. "He would be the right person to examine a case very carefully and decide whether we should move forward."
He got national notice for helping prosecute HCA, the Healthcare Co., in a 1999 Medicare fraud case. Two executives were convicted, but their sentences were later overturned on appeal. Still, HCA subsidiaries paid millions in damages.
"Aggressive is an accurate description, but tenacious is a better way to describe him," said Stephen Meagher, a San Francisco lawyer who represented the whistle blower in the HCA case. "But he was always fair."
Not everyone in the local legal community has good things to say. Several defense attorneys declined to speak publicly about Peluso because they said they only had negative comments.
He represented the government as an assistant U.S. attorney when the Aisenbergs and Cohen sued investigators.
Peluso argued that Cohen should receive only $250,000 in legal fees. A federal judge awarded $2.9-million, but an appeals court later reduced it.
Like Seigel, Tampa defense attorney Stephen Crawford doesn't view Peluso as one to seek legal revenge because of a personal grudge.
"Some attorneys always want to make it personal. They just need to understand everybody is doing their job," Crawford said of the allegations against Peluso. "If certain attorneys have problems with Peluso, I would tell them go look in the mirror."


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Research Topics
D M G Halpin
Affiliation: University of Exeter
Country: UK
Detail Information
- Community care for COPD: the good, the bad and the uglyD M G Halpin
Thorax 63:187-9. 2008
- Lessons from the major studies in COPD: problems and pitfalls in translating research evidence into practiceDavid M G Halpin
Consultant Physician and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer in Respiratory Medicine, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, UK
Prim Care Respir J 19:170-9. 2010..Research help formulate management algorithms but often the questions they address are too specific to allow evidence-based sequencing of therapies...
- Confidence and understanding among general practitioners and practice nurses in the UK about diagnosis and management of COPDD M G Halpin
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, EX2 5DW, UK
Respir Med 101:2378-85. 2007..When presented with case scenarios, GPs self-reported confidence was not reflected in their diagnoses or investigation and management strategies and they seem to favour cardiac over respiratory diagnoses...
- Identifying COPD patients at increased risk of mortality: predictive value of clinical study baseline dataDavid M G Halpin
Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Barrack Road, Exeter, EX2 5DW, UK
Respir Med 102:1615-24. 2008..Identifying chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients at increased risk of mortality is an important component of effective disease management...
- Attack context: an important mediator of the relationship between psychological status and asthma outcomesC J Greaves
School of Psychology, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QG, UK
Thorax 57:217-21. 2002..This study aimed to identify whether such relationships might be obscured by the effects of recent asthma experience on psychological status...
- Budesonide/formoterol vs. salmeterol/fluticasone in COPD: a systematic review and adjusted indirect comparison of pneumonia in randomised controlled trialsD M G Halpin
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, UK
Int J Clin Pract 65:764-74. 2011....
- Evaluating the effectiveness of combination therapy to prevent COPD exacerbations: the value of NNT analysisD M G Halpin
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, UK
Int J Clin Pract 59:1187-94. 2005..Physicians are encouraged to consider NNT data within the context of their limitations and in conjunction with other analytical methods when selecting treatments for patients with COPD...
- Stratification of COPD patients by previous admission for targeting of preventative careC Bryden
Met Office, Exeter, UK
Respir Med 103:558-65. 2009....


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U: What can we expect from Rich Girl? How would you describe it?
AS: Well, Rich Girl is a metaphor, like Black Diamond is a metaphor. A lot of people didn't know what "Black Diamond" was, but my daughter's name is Diamond. And when I did the album Black Diamond, she was black and she was a diamond to me. When I did Mahogany Soul, it was blood, sweat and tears that I had gone through with a relationship and going into my own divine journey and coming up with: "You know what, my butt is burgundy, but it's big and it's off the chain!" Now with Rich Girl, it means through trials and triumphs, I've learned that money does not make us rich. It's joy, the love of God, the spirit, the love of the gift and everything else that we can offer of ourselves that is rich. So Rich Girl would be the opening of what my book is. A lot of people don't know one of my books that I want to write is Life in the Shadows of a Sex Symbol, and no it doesn't mean verbatim, you guys know what it is. But at the end of the day a lot of how these songs arrive is how I think ahead of the game. I think of titles [because] when you have to write a title album, you gonna write thoroughly. And for me it structures what I am doing. Rich Girl, it's off the chain. It's 17 songs that reminisce my journey through my heart and soul, where I am today and where I'm going tomorrow.
U: Your bio says that you felt you were losing yourself when collaborating with others, yet the first track off the album, "Do What You Gotta Do," was written by Y'anna Crawley, winner of BET's "Sunday Best." Tell us about the decision to record her song and how it relates to the rest of the album.
AS: The album is entitled Rich Girl, which is [the title of] another song Y'anna did. Y'anna is the season two "Sunday Best" winner. She wrote "Do What You Gotta Do" with my energy. In other words, she had in mind who she wanted to write like, and it was Angie Stone. So I realized that this is a person who learns from me. What better to have a source of a person that really learns from what you do and say? So when she brought the song to me I knew right away this was for me.
A lot of the people that I worked with prior to her were people that had written songs for SWV, for different people that were in a whole other hip-hop market place that even though I was familiar with because I was one of the first female hip-hop rappers — a lot of people don't know that! I came from the group The Sequence. I was the first Sugar Hill Girl. We did a song "Funk You Up," which keeps your head spinnin'. Dr. Dre did it, that was my song and a lot of people didn't know that my face was hip-hop. I came in 1979 with two young ladies Cheryl The Pearl and Blondie, and I was Angie B from South Carolina. We made four or five albums. We made the Guinness Book of World Records. We made Catch Box, which is something that doesn't happen any more for Billboard. We were the first female hip-hop group to do a twelve-piece record. Nobody realized that Salt-n-Pepa happened to step off after The Sequence. And now if you go through history, when I see Dougie Fresh and Grand Master Flash, when I see all these people they pay homage. They love Angie B because they know we were in our humble beginnings. However, I say that because I knew one day I would grow up and I would outgrow rap music. Sylvia Robinson allowed me that and I am grateful, so as a result I was able to do both.
But to make a long story short, I'm at this place right where I have the best of both worlds. I have hip hop under my belt, I have R&B under my belt so when I work with the Beyonces and the Marys and the Keys, and everybody else that comes along, I'm 13 to 14 years in the game before they get there. So to still be a part of that relevance right now is — you know when T.I. is giving me much love — it's that type of thing. Like I said, "What goes around comes around," and we're in a space where real music is coming back and it's coming back in a big way.


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In theory, this underground venue should be an ideal place to stage Eugene O'Neill's early sea plays, two of which are set in a ship's forecastle. But, with its shaky acoustic and unraked front rows, the space somewhat limits the impact of these remarkable pieces, and of Kenneth Hoyt's highly accomplished production.
Written between 1914 and 1917, the three plays visibly draw on O'Neill's own seagoing experience. In Bound East for Cardiff, set on a tramp steamer, a brawny Irishman seeks to comfort a dying colleague. In The Zone has a reclusive seaman on an ammunitions ship falsely accused of being a spy. And in The Long Voyage Home, set in a seedy London dockside pub, we see a credulous Swede, yearning for his native land, being shanghaied on pay day.
Like Conrad, who was one of his mentors, O'Neill brilliantly captures the unromantic nature of the seagoing life: a world, as the ailing Yank says in the first play, of "hard work, small pay and bum grub" and of "travellin' all over the world and never seein' none of it". And, if that play demonstrates the almost homoerotic kinship between the two seamen, O'Neill later shows us how close confinement can also breed petty-minded prejudice, suspicion and fear.
By carefully steering us past the sight of half-naked figures working in a fiery stokehole, Hoyt's production underscores the unglamorous nature of life on a tramp steamer, and Van Santvoord's designs evoke the cramped nature of the bunk-filled forecastle. And, although the acting is good throughout, I enjoyed The Long Voyage Home most because, by moving to the second row, I could finally see and hear everything. Raymond M Sage as the duped Swedish mariner, and Amanda Boxer as the raddled Cockney who lures him, on are outstanding. It's worth venturing to these tunnels beneath Waterloo station if you've never seen the plays before, but they cry out for a more hospitable venue.


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Hidden Camp is a location in Act II of Diablo III.
It serves as the main "town" in the act (main evidence being, when using Town Portal, player(s) is/are transported here).
From the camp, the player can go Caldeum Bazaar and through it to Sundered Canyon, Flooded Causeway and the Palace Gates.


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NEW TAMPA — For Anna Allsgood, the reopening of the local Publix supermarket signals the return of an old friend.
"I'm ecstatic!" said Allsgood, who lives in the Hamptons at Tampa Palms. "I didn't like driving all the way to Cross Creek or 50th Street to get to a Publix."
Allsgood, who has shopped at the Tampa Palms store for six years, was among many loyal customers disappointed when the store at 16041 Tampa Palms Blvd. closed Jan. 2 for remodeling. It reopened last week, to the relief of those who live and work in New Tampa and saw this Publix as not just a grocery store, but a focal point for meeting people and grabbing a bite for lunch.
Carla Judson of Tampa Palms said the store's closing meant more than an inconvenience. It also meant she had to say good-bye to people she appreciated and enjoyed talking to.
"The people here know me," Judson said. "Some of them even call me by my name."
The store reopened in a 54,000-square-foot space, up from 45,000 square feet, making it one of the chain's larger prototypes, said Publix spokeswoman Shannon Patten.
It wasn't just the customers who had to travel farther, Patten said. During the past eight months, the store's 200 employees were temporarily assigned to other stores in the area. Most returned to their old jobs, she said.
Store manager Rick Tucker said he was glad to be back in more familiar territory after spending most of this year working at a Publix in Largo.
"It's great to be back," said Tucker, who has managed the store for five years. "I've missed the community, the people and the store."
The new store's produce, meat, bakery and pharmacy departments are larger than before, and there is also a new 1,600-square-foot liquor store and a full-service florist.
Another change is that the Publix GreenWise organic and earth-friendly products are not in their own section, but integrated throughout the store. GreenWise products are on radial shelving that curves out so customers can quickly identify them, Patten said.
A unique addition to the store is the new "Diet-Restricted Foods" section, which features items like breads and pastas for people with phenylketonuria, also known as PKU. People with PKU are not able to digest phenylalanine, an amino acid. Symptoms include delayed mental and social skills, hyperactivity, mental retardation and seizures.
Patten said the section was included because of Tucker's recommendation. He said a number of customers had asked him about gluten-free products. Since the Aug. 12 reopening, that section has proven quite popular.
"To our surprise, we have people from all over the county who come for those products," Patten said.
Another feature of the remodeled store are the energy-saving lights in the frozen food cases, Patten said. The frozen food cases have sensors on the LED lights, which turn on automatically when a customer walks down the aisle, and then turn off when no one is there.
Jeanette Santiago, also of Tampa Palms, said she hated to shop elsewhere after going to the Tampa Palms Publix for four years.
"I was relieved when they opened back up," Santiago said. "When this wasn't here, I had to go to Winn-Dixie."
Scott Berg, who works at the Grand Reserve apartment complex nearby, said he used to depend on Publix's deli for his lunch. When the store closed, Berg said he ate more fast food, even though he knew it wasn't good for him and he didn't like it as much.
"The stuff I can get at the deli is a lot better for you," Berg said.
Sean Ledig can be reached at email@example.com.


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MARGARET WARNER: For more on today's developments, we turn to Priscilla Clapp, a retired foreign service officer who headed the U.S. Embassy in Burma between 1999 and 2002. She's now an analyst and consultant to think tanks and foundations. And Tom Malinowski, Washington director of Human Rights Watch and a former State Department and National Security Council staffer in the Clinton administration.
Welcome to you both.
Priscilla Clapp, let me begin with you.
Why this turnaround on the part of the United States? I mean, the U.S. has had Myanmar in the deep freeze now for years and years.
PRISCILLA CLAPP, former U.S. chief of mission in Myanmar: It's an attempt to respond to some very, very positive developments in Myanmar that we have been calling for, for decades.
They're finally moving in the direction that we have been asking for, reconciliation, and particularly bringing the NLD and Aung San Suu Kyi…
MARGARET WARNER: That's the opposition party.
PRISCILLA CLAPP: The opposition party — into the political fold.
They have changed their party registration laws to make it possible now to remove the objections that the NLD had to the party registration act. They can now participate in the elections that are coming up next month. They will be part of the political process. And this is a major step in the direction of reconciliation on the side of the opposition.
MARGARET WARNER: Is that the way you see it, that this is to recognize what are really significant steps.
TOM MALINOWSKI, Human Rights Watch: I think it is to encourage significant steps, to recognize what President Obama, I think rightly, termed flickers of progress.
The big, big shift in Burma has been that, after 20 years of basically trying to eliminate Aung San Suu Kyi, even kill her, the government has decided that it wants to bring her in, to some extent.
Now, why are they doing that? They're doing it because they want greater legitimacy with their own people, who have hated them for all these years. They want greater legitimacy in the international community. And they know the only way to do that is by bringing Aung San Suu Kyi in.
The question is, is this for real, is this a sincere effort to partner with her to build a new kind of Burma, or are they trying to sort of co-opt her or use her in order to get what they want from the international community? That has to be tested now.
MARGARET WARNER: What is your answer to Tom Malinowski's question, is this for real, these steps they have taken?
PRISCILLA CLAPP: I have the same question that he has: Is it for real?
I believe that they have — that they are sincere in what they are doing. And I very much trust the judgment of Aung San Suu Kyi. We not only need, but I would say my former colleagues in the U.S. government place a lot of faith in her ability to judge whether it's real. And she's saying that she believes it is real this time, particularly on the part of the president.
There are many others in this new government that I wouldn't trust an inch. But the president seems to be a sincere strategic thinker and reformer. And I think that everybody inside and outside the country wants to find ways to support what he's doing.
MARGARET WARNER: What explains that, Tom Malinowski? I mean, Thein Sein is a retired general. He was installed by the military junta. He was part of the previous regime. Why is he even taking these limited steps?
TOM MALINOWSKI: Well, there is a lot going on here, and it is probably very complicated.
One factor is China. For a lot of time, critics of U.S. sanctions on Burma said, don't sanction them because you will push them into the arms of the Chinese. Well, it turned out that pushing them into arms of the Chinese may have been the thing that got them to come right back and say, we don't want that. That's not comfortable for us. It's humiliating for us.
There is the legacy, I think, of the Saffron Revolution. We saw an image…
MARGARET WARNER: That was the 2007…
TOM MALINOWSKI: The monks being shot. That was a terrible thing.
The government succeeded in putting down that monks' uprising, but killing monks in Burma in this very deeply Buddhist society is a terrible thing to live down. The cyclone, the terrible cyclone, Nargis, the following year, in which government neglect led to over 100,000 deaths, I think a lot of people in the military, though they may have an authoritarian mind-set — they do — were ashamed of those things.
And so they want something different, and they know that to get that something different, they need Aung San Suu Kyi on their side with the international community. Again, the question is how far are they willing to go to meet her legitimate demands?
PRISCILLA CLAPP: I would add another reason.
MARGARET WARNER: OK. Go ahead.
PRISCILLA CLAPP: These ex-generals who are in the government now have traveled a lot, in the region and around the world. And they have seen how far behind their country is. They know that only reform, particularly economic and political, is going to correct this situation.
MARGARET WARNER: Let me bring it back to China in the limited time we have left.
How does China figure into the calculations of the United States here? In other words, what are U.S. interests? Is it human rights? Is it as a counterweight to China? Is it because Burma has great resources? What is it?
PRISCILLA CLAPP: No, it's — first of all, it's human rights. That really is the first — the first item on our agenda. There's no question about it.
The question of China is ancillary. China is a big neighbor of Burma's and is always going to be a major player there. We're minor. This is just — we're beginning to correct an imbalance simply by sending the secretary of state. But we have a long way to go.
MARGARET WARNER: How do you think China figures in U.S. calculations here?
TOM MALINOWSKI: I think it's a huge factor for the Burmese and I think it is a minor factor for the United States. Burma is a small pond on that chessboard.
What has mattered, I think, to Americans, successive administrations, from Clinton to Bush to now President Obama, is the inspirational quality of Aung San Suu Kyi and of this amazing, nonviolent, pure democracy movement standing up against a brutal military. That's fascinated us for a long time.
MARGARET WARNER: And so what would be a mark of success for the secretary's trip? In other words, is she just going there to pat them on the back, or is she going there to press and to do some sort of a carrot-and-stick offer here for more?
PRISCILLA CLAPP: I think she will do both. I think she will encourage them, say some encouraging words, but I think she will also press them.
MARGARET WARNER: To do what?
PRISCILLA CLAPP: That's really the basis of our policy right now, principled engagement and pressure on the other side.
TOM MALINOWSKI: The visit won't be a success if all they do is have a dialogue. We have had that with them.
They have to release all the political prisoners. They promised to do it. We thought they were going to do it this week, actually, and they didn't. So…
MARGARET WARNER: How many…
TOM MALINOWSKI: About 1,600 left.
And one reason I'm glad that the secretary is going is because I know she doesn't want an unsuccessful visit. And now the U.S. government, I think, is going to spend every day between now and her touchdown in Burma to make sure that there are real deliverables, including the release of political prisoners.
PRISCILLA CLAPP: Secretarial visits have the advantage of organizing the U.S. government.
MARGARET WARNER: Always a good thing.
Priscilla Clapp, Tom Malinowski, thank you both.
TOM MALINOWSKI: Thank you.
PRISCILLA CLAPP: Thank you.


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The American Scene have posted a video teasing their upcoming third studio album. The effort, which was featured as one of our Most Anticipated Albums of the rest of 2014, is due out later this year via Pure Noise Records. It will follow up the band's 2012 sophomore LP, Safe For Now, and their debut, By Way Of Introduction.
You can watch the teaser video below. Are you excited for the release?
Additionally, the American Scene will serve as support for a handful of dates on Balance And Composure's upcoming US headlining tour. Check out which days the band will be performing at now.


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Joined: 27 January 2008
Posts: 24733
i think dats all...
i neva knew one day da famous rule breaker herself...
wud b making RULES one dayyy...
da co-owner of dis club wud b ma jaan...kanzoooo !!!!
ma bhootni partner for lifee..
Hara hara laal laal,
so come on frenz lets rock dis placee..!!!
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Anwaya (anwaya)
Aabha (aabham_monaya)
Sayani (sayani_sajan)
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Binu (trouble_maker)
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Priya (-Priya-)
Kavya (kavya.b)
Jenny (jenny1000)
*Birthdayyz of all da januables*
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v kept dis section alive n kicking wit our incessant chatting n epiosde discussions n on da way 2 dis 10th thread made a few fans as well !!!
so will take dis opportunity 2 thank all our silent fans .... all da MBtians esp G .... da popularity of this CC wudnt have been possible without ur love n admiration !!!
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ok guys as promised here r da msgs from the MP member for da other members
hello hello hello...to all ma januables....*BUMBO JUMBO JHAPPI*...for all...!!!
OMGGGG...we've managed to complete 10 threads of absolute pagalpanti..n retardness...
staying up late late nites...n irritating da MBTz n oder sukku sukku followers...
doing loads of nautanki ere n dere....hayeeeeeeeeeee kya memories ban gai hain yahan
aap sab k saath by goddd....!!!!
ohhh wel its really tough to write bout da few ppl who mean very important to ur life...in a veryy short span of
timee..to start off wid i'l start writing bout ma bhootni first of all....!!!
yar i think its been jus 4-5mths since da two of us hav got so much addicted to eachoderr....
i seriously donot rememba da dayy where we startedd to jell up....since da very first dayy...i think da bhootniz kneww dat we're like da same ppl buh wid different names....buh i think tum mera aur zara sa sudhrofyed version hoo...i stil need to get better...
everyday at IF wid u has been a new treat eachtimee....da day both of us met at da MJHT forums...since den...everyday both of us hav cum up wid a brand new thingg.....all credits to our januable bhootni bhejas...dat can neva stop workin togetherr....
i seriously dun rememba da one time wen we got bored in eachoders companyyy....agar hamare mood off bho hote the...tho oen of us always managed to cheer up da second person.....
am sooooooo lucky to hav such a januable caringg bhootni BIG SISTA like youu....seriously in da last few mths....am really used to you nooow....i dun think i can actually live widout talking to you atleast once a dayy...
kanzooo i dunno wat makes me say each n everything to youu....b it sumthin personal or sum studies related prob...i noe u'l always help me in watever matter am a lil screwed uppp...!!!
really cant thank u enuf for ur januable support thruout dese last few mths....lub u to bits kanzooooooo...!!!
jus one thing dun eva changee...u're da beshtt...n u rock da way u r....i want ma bhootni partner to stay like dis forevaa.....!!!...n yesh dun eva forget ur lil bhootni rabzoooo.....toooo...no matter whereva life takes us in future...i PROMISE youu dat i wil neva leave ur peecha noooowww...!!!
i hope dint get a lil tooo over emo....wel dats mee...wen it cums to da few ppl i love n adore in ma lifee....
always stay dere for me like u've always been....i love you alooooooooooooooootttt....!!!!!
ohh wel da lil dynamites of our cc....seriouslyy if u guys wudnt hav been wid us thruout our pagalpanti at IF...me n kanzooo wud hav neva been so motivated...u guys r like our support system at IF....u guys r indeed ma januables.....n evn i wud stayy HAMARA YEH DOSTANA kabhi na tuute...n ok noow dun take da DOSTANA thing da oder wayy...i mean it in da literal sense....
hmm yet anoder two janauble of our CC..n like everybody ere...da support system for me n kanzoooo.... :)
always readyy to protect urr MPLz .....always supporting ur bhootniz....love u guys from da bottom of ma heart reallyy n yar jus stay like dat foreva...me n kanzooo wil always b needing u guys at IF....u're all like our lil FAMILYY here.....
da benji loverr...haye haye aapke baare mein main kya kahuun...u're like our rockstar yar....ur shayiri n all adds mroe spice to our CC...n OMGG really sumtimes evn u can create records wid ur crazinesss...seriouslyy u're as adowable as benji...n yet again da jaan of our CC... :)
guys if i hav missed out on anybodyy am sowieee....am kinda in hurry coz if i DONOT pm kanzooo...in da next 2 mins...she'l kil me as am horribly late...n shez gonna get really mad at mee....
buh guys mera ek belief hai kuch kehne se koi farak nahin parta rishton main...our heart noe wat we guys mean to eachoder nooow...STAY LIKE DIS FOREVAAA...n lets try to keep our friendshipp for yrs.....IF pe ek itihaas bana k jayenge...as i hav seen aloot of times..nobody can stay ere foreva...one day everybody gets busy wid dere lives...buh GUYS uss life kaa ab ek bahaut imp hissa aap log bhi ban gae ho mere liye...n noow really i jus cant think of losing anybodyyy ere....
lets try n complete hundreds of such threadss....
MPLz rock forevaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
luv ya alllllllllllll.......
Rabo: the inventor of januable- n ultra januable herself! Mohit ki deewani…I'd say the same bout u as I said for kanzz above for makin me survive without my hubby n lessen the distant-relationship-syndrome..lolz. u n kanzz together and we have the craziest nautanki ever-the reason for my addiction to IF. Keep rocking!
Anjie (anwaya)…benji ki deewani!!! Love ur avis girl and ur KJ, MM, KK and hakuna matata greetings..thori der ko aati ho but hamain muskurahat dekar jati ho
Divya: one of my januable bachas(ok im the eldest one here-sound like a mum)…always willing to jump into TB articles for comments. N have to thank u for all the lovely food items you bring to the CC
Aabha: another of my januable sa bacha here…usually troubled by electricity. And another food lover lolz. Gradually getting into the game of nautanki. To b honest, divya n aabha mujhe cute n cuddly babies ki tarhan lagte hain-for some reason
Binu: our creative Canadian MPL, sneakin into IF and CC from her computer classes lolz! Love ur januable si siggies girl. And always ready to lend support to MPL's whether it's FS or TB article-har jaga hard um tayyar
Riya: another of our januable MPL from US (wow we are truly international club). Riya I would have to credit you as well for khaoing PD's dimagh at FS thread. U n kanzz together leave PD with no option but to listen to you. N MBTians ki band bajane main bhi aap hamara bohat saath deti ho
Kavya: ok first, m gonna really miss you for an entire month…usually wen I come to CC n its kinda spooky with no one around, kavya s the first person I find. Despite her college schedules and exams stuff, she manages to make it here at CC even if for a little while –usually goin all crazy with our pagalpanti around here. come bak soon girl!
Anu, riddhima, rohini, sayani, and the rest: m just beginning to know you better! But whatever I have come to know so far, you all are adorably januable
It's really difficult for me to send msgs to each one individually coz all of the members here are close to my heart! Rabo, kanzz thanks for makin this CC coz because of it I found such januable friends who I would not want to lose nytime in my life. Although I will become less active in a month's time or so, yet you all hold a special place in my heart, so much so that after saad, you guys occupy this tiny heart so a bumbo jumbo hug to you all!!!
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okies here is part II
now its abhaa ki baari
dis is d best place u can hang out!!its not even 2 months i have joined IF and i hav got such gr8 frnds.lyk kanzoo,rabzoo,divs,saadia didi,kavs,sayani,anjie,riya,ash..i am really srry if i hav missed out ne1i have had loads of fun here!!!can neva 4get dis place and u pple...thanku kanzoo,rabzoo 4 makin dis wonderful place!!
rabzoo....she is sweetest and bubbliest frnd i hav in IF!!bhootni no.1....kanzoo's and rabzoo's jokes crack me up!!can neva get off dem!!luv u rabzoo!!!she was d one who came up wid d mosht beautiful word.."JANUABLE"thank u rabzoo!!!
kanzoo..one of my closest frnds i have herei can neva forget u and rabzoo!!!!i still remember d nautanki me and divs did durin d KJ maniatat was d tym our 10th boards were goin on and we were lyk if dis is state den we wub b riting KJ in maths paper and equations on sajanand if we even smile d invigilator wud thnk we r total gon caseand d eng classes i took frm DMG forum and shared wid kanzoo was ultmate!!!i can neva 4get kanzoo's rabzoo's idea of cat fite...it was jus classic....in donon ka bahut accha future haiand d last hillarious topic was me teasin kanzoo wid harmani am srry kanzooand kanzoo's shaadii best one dated!!
saadia didi...wat 2 say bout her...my fav sis.....even hav no words for u.....u r d best sis in d whole world!!!!!!!!luv u!!
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