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John Phillips
Vanitas XIX
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About the Artwork
John Phillips (b.1951) says 'In a world of increasing proliferation of photographic imagery and the recording of all aspects of our lives, there is a need to reclaim photography as a route to creating startling images. The Vanitas prints seek to reclaim the discarded and overlooked, and look to tradition in Western Art, particularly painting, and the theme of Vanitas - Mortality.' John Phillips is an artist, photographer and printmaker who lives in London.
About the Artist
John is founder and full-time Director of londonprintstudio where he also teaches on the studio's MA programme. He studied sculpture at Sheffield Polytechnic (now Sheffield Hallam University), and has a PhD in Fine Art from the University of Brighton. His work is held in a number of collections including V&A, International Institute of Social History and Rhode Island School of Design Museum. He has designed and curated many exhibitions, and retains a strong interest in socially engaged art practice.

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Jobless Claims Inch Lower
Slightly lower jobless claims figures painted a rosier economic picture Thursday morning. Michael Casey explains. Photo: Getty Images.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Well took me a little while to get around to it, but i couldn't resist, thanks Mr Stencil
Well took me a little while to get around to it, but i couldn't resist, thanks Mr Stencil
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Thank you for these, they are wonderful.
I've been meaning to download these for about 6 months. I actually have it on a list from last Summer, so its great to get around to it finally. Awesome that all these different Canvases, Stencils, and Sticker Sprays were made available by other users. What a great resource.
These are awesome, thank you so very much
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Stefano, or anyone, do these actually work for artrage 3.5 studio pro? not sure since this is so long ago.
Can anyone tell me how to get these canvas presets to work on a mac. I put the files in the canvas folder and they show up in the Import Preset window but when I select one of them I get an error message. Thanks for any help.
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Both sides are saying little, of course. It's not Kessel's "style" to make public waves out of the blue and Nonis is hardly about to start talking about any negotiations that are—or aren't—happening in public. But there are two things that I keep batting around in my own head, and I really believe they are relevant to any discussion about the kind of team the Leafs will be in the years ahead: is Kessel the kind of player that you want to pay superstar/cornerstone player money to and if so, does that type of deal not have to happen now, before he smells free agency and his agent nudges him to seek the largest and longest-term deal he can? (Keep in mind this will be Kessel's one and only opportunity to hit pay-dirt in free-agency when he is still 20-something. He will sign for at least six seasons and by then, players with his attributes, in my view, tend to decline. This is his ultimate earning window.)
Can the Leafs afford a lame-duck Kessel this coming season?
Both sides are saying little, of course. It's not Kessel's "style" to make public waves out of the blue and Nonis is hardly about to start talking about any negotiations that are—or aren't—happening in public. But there are two things that I keep batting around in my own head, and I really believe they are relevant to any discussion about the kind of team the Leafs will be in the years ahead: is Kessel the kind of player that you want to pay superstar/cornerstone player money to and if so, does that type of deal not have to happen now, before he smells free agency and his agent nudges him to seek the largest and longest-term deal he can? (Keep in mind this will be Kessel's one and only opportunity to hit pay-dirt in free-agency when he is still 20-something. He will sign for at least six seasons and by then, players with his attributes, in my view, tend to decline. This is his ultimate earning window.)
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- AnonymousJuly 30, 2013 at 8:51 PM
If you had asked this question a year ago I would have quickly answered that the Leafs should trade him. I suspect it was half due to the maddeningly uninvolved way Kessel sometimes plays, and half due to the fact he reminded me of Burke and what might have been with Seguin, and Hamilton.ReplyDelete
But to my surprise, my opinion has mellowed since the playoffs. I think it happened when he seemed to throw off some of the baggage he carried every game against the Bruins. I am even sure I recall him throwing a bodycheck against a Bruin (even if it wasn't much of a check, at least he made the effort). Finally I felt I a reason to be a supporter.
But I am concerned that Phil will drift back to being that too-often uninvolved, peripheral winger. And I wonder how committed he will be to do the work needed to stay productive after 4-5 years, as he gets older.
So with that in the back of my mind, even the mellower me says trade him. In my view they should sign him to a new contract for the high end dollars being mentioned. But either signed long term or not, come next spring if the Leafs are not in a playoff position I hope they look to move him for one or two top calibre young players or lottery draft picks. On the other hand, if they have locked up a playoff spot then keep him for the run.
Michael, thanks for your interesting columns. So far as I'm concerned, you have the best Leafs discussion out there.
My sense is quite a number of Leaf followers have seen their perception around Kessel evolve over the last season or so. His performance against the Bruins in the playoffs no doubt convinced many fans who had always liked him and his skill level- but found his occasional lack of passion (and production against the Bruins) troubling. After he delivered at crunch time against his old team and former nemesis, the sentiment has shifted more toward his being a legitimate impact player.ReplyDelete
It's interesting that you still are of the view that the Leafs should consider moving him. I wonder if others feel similarly?
I agree that down the road, he strikes me as a player who may fall off quickly. Any loss of speed/desire won't be easily offset. He's not yet (will he ever be?) the kind of winger who will outwork the opposition and thus be able to make up for any decline in elite skill.
Now, that may be, as you say, four or five years off. In the meantime, do the Leafs need him as a foundation piece to become a championship team? Based on what you are saying, you may be of the view that they are still two or three years away, and if so, he may be worth trading him for "futures" who will emerge just as the Leafs are really good.
Thanks for kick-starting the discussion, Steve. And thank you as well for the kind words about VLM.
- Oliver TJuly 31, 2013 at 1:25 AM
Give him what he wants. It's not every day you have a 40 goal scorer (potential 50 goal scorer) already wearing your uniform.ReplyDelete
I apologize because I'm sure you were looking for a more nuanced argument, but I think sometimes it just is what it is.Replies
Short is fine- thanks Oliver.Delete
- KiwiLeafJuly 31, 2013 at 4:03 AM
Hi MichaelReplyDelete
Me and a couple of my friends here in New Zealand who are NHL fans run a kind of pool here every year where we draft ourselves teams and accumulate points. You know the kind of thing.
When we are getting an idea of how to sort the players for drafting, we multiply the amount of points they scored in a season by the points per game for that season to produce an index. Then we weight those indices from the last 3 years so that last season is more important then the year before that than the year before that. When you do that calculation, the only players more valuable to their teams (in terms of scoring points) over the last 3 years than Phil Kessel are (in order) Crosby, Stamkos, St. Louis, Giroux, Ovechkin, Kane, Malkin.
So, yes, I'd pay the man.
You just don't willingly let players on that sort of list go, you build around them and their inherent strengths. You fire coaches instead of trading these guys unless they are utterly toxic in the dressing room. And while Phil appears to be a fragile wee soul with his quirks, you'd hardly describe him as toxic.Replies
Thanks for that, KiwiLeaf. I guess one of the questions would be: what would a team have to pay to acquire (as a free-agent) a player like Kessel? And what would assets would you have to give up to obtain someone with his skill set and offensive numbers?Delete
- Pete CamJuly 31, 2013 at 8:52 AM
We have witnessed the gradual transformation of Phil Kessel from a pure sniper to a well rounded unselfish offensive player who is equally adept at scoring goals and setting up teammates with pinpoint passes. The defensive part of his game has come along more slowly but I detected a marked improvement under Carlyle. He has become more responsible in his own end and has even developed a little edge to his game. Many elite offensive players gradually develop a defensive game and morph into complete players. I believe that Kessel is on that path.ReplyDelete
The Leafs have plenty of outgoing forwards who can fill the leadership roll. Definitely Lupul and Kadri and I suspect Clarkson and Bolland. Kessel can quietly lead by example.
I liken Kessel's situation to that of another great Leaf of the past. Frank Mahovlich came to the Leafs with great fanfare. He was, like Kessel, an accomplished sniper and developed the rest of his game over a period of time. Mahovlich also led by example. He was not outgoing and you rarely heard quotes from him in the papers. He never, to my recollection, wore a C or A on his Leaf sweater (I believe Pulford, Stanley and Horton wore A's and of course Armstrong wore the C; and yes we called them sweaters back in the day, not jerseys) but more often than not he was the straw that stirred the drink.
I rued the day when Mahovlich was traded. He was a unique talent that only comes along rarely. I believe that Phil Kessel is such a talent and that it would be a huge mistake to trade him. I believe that the Leafs must sign Kessel to a long term contract; the sooner the better.
I can't think of a more reticent GM-player combination in the NHL. Thus I would not expect to hear any posturing from either of them. I just hope that Nonis will quietly strive to sign his young star.Replies
Like you, Pete Cam, I well remember "The Big M". It's a shame, really, that some of the best hockey he played came later in life when he got away from Imlach and the pressures of Toronto, including his time with Detroit, and of course Montreal where he was hugely instrumental in them winning Cups in '71 and '73.Delete
If, as you say, Kessel can follow a career arc similar to, say, Yzerman and Modano, and become more of a complete player, he would indeed be special. Even if he doesn't, he brings rare skills, for sure.
It's hard to know what Kessel is feeling and thinking, but I sense Nonis will do everything he can to sign him. Thanks Pete.
My opinion about Phil Kessel has radically changed over time. Initially, I was concerned that the price was too high. When I first saw him play I felt that he was far too one-dimensional. When the actual cost of the trade became apparent, I came to rue the day that Burke made the trade. As everyone agrees however, he has transformed into a more complete player. Without doubt, my position has changed from hating the trade to feeling ambivalent about it, and even more of two minds as his game continues to evolve. If he continues to improve the way he has, I could end up liking it. I cannot remember my opinion about a trade changing so much over time.ReplyDelete
As far as trade him or sign him goes, I am in the camp articulated by Steve Colombo. I would listen politely to offers. (I am assuming there is no NTC in the mix and Nonis can do as he pleases.) That said, any offer would have to knock my socks off for it to make more sense than an extension. On the other hand, if the Kessel vibes are that he wants to go down the free agency path then I would be listening intently to offers. Better to strike when the iron is hot than to be left high and dry next July.Replies
Kessel is a player that can confound and confuse, Bobby C., so it is not surprising that you feel as you do and that your view on him has shifted over the years. (I sense you are not alone...)Delete
The notion of Kessel leaving in free-agency and the Leafs left with nothing but maybe a couple of playoffs appearances for his time here would not sit well indeed, Bobby- thus my thinking that Nonis will want to get something done very soon. The longer talks go toward free-agency, the more most players will want to explore that avenue.
Hi Michael,ReplyDelete
I say do everything to keep Kessel. I've been impressed with his skill set since he came to the Leafs, and he's continued to improve in my opinion. His development, I think, foreshadows an ability to further change his playing style in the future if he does lose a bit of speed. He's not tall, compared to many NHLers, but he's strong and built surprisingly thickly for a guy with so much speed. Plus, has he ever been injured? He's still quite young, and I think he'll keep maturing and developing his grittier side with Carlyle and these Leafs. His confidence seems to be growing, and that is an important key to his potential for greater leadership.
Thanks for casting your "vote" on this one, Matty! Well said.Delete
- InTimeFor62July 31, 2013 at 11:39 AM
Strictly related to watching/enjoying a player and appreciating what he brings to the club, Kessel is a keeper. I also think his "I don't care" comments to the media's inane and constant questions may well suit him for continued functionality in this market.ReplyDelete
That said, I rarely ever heard about, thought about or cared about contracts in my youth. I only remember hearing about Keon supposedly 'not being worth a new contract' (but apparently worth controlling, so he jumped to the WHA, not to mention the $1M contract for Bobby Hull) and the other Leaf contract when Sittler got $365,000 (if I remember correctly), and I was happy for him and me, because my favourite Leaf would be staying.
Now we've all grown 'up' and 'into' the commercial morass of a Cap World... though I believe a player of his caliber can have a workable role on a Carlyle team, I think any possibility of trading him would relate to his contract demands (term and salary).
Without attempting to predict what might happen, I would suggest the Leafs might pony up a max term/high dollar contract, but the longer and higher the numbers go (or would 'need to go'), the more likely Kessel would be traded.
When and how that looks has so many variables (dependent on the interest of other teams and the price they might pay) that it's impossible to cover them all quickly. Suffice to say, it could be a package deal (with Bozak) for a center more suitable to a Carlyle team or it could be for stud prospects/lottery picks at any point over the term of a new deal. It could even come this summer without a new deal in place OR a sign and trade to a franchise that wants him 'locked up'.
The return would have to be better than we paid to get him, or there would be 'h-e-double-hockey-sticks to pay' in Leafland.
It's not the world I want to live in for my hockey viewing pleasure (hence, I'm not really enjoying the cap and wonder if the game could still grow as the NHL may want, if a freer market was possible). However, knowing what we're up against (and can't control) may help us all to cope with what may be coming down the pipe.
Your articles are certainly thought-provoking, Michael! My first thought was that I would be (uncharacteristically) brief in my comments!Replies
Thoughtful comment, as always, InTimeFor62.Delete
This question is more nuanced than some may think. Of course Leaf fans want to keep Kessel. Who wants to give away elite skill and some excitement, to boot?
But there are so many factors nowadays, including the cap, of course. We know it will go up by the time Phil hits free-agency, but if you're going to pay a guy for 8 years and give him 8 million or more a year, you better hope he is "worth" it for at least the first few years, eh?
The idea of Kessel leaving as a free-agent is not satisfying, thus the conundrum. Do we sign him now, at his price, or risk losing him for nothing a few months from now?
Given the reality of modern-day hockey, signing him seems the prudent thing to do, despite the ridiculous money that will be paid. If we don't sign him before the season starts, I think they do have to look to move him. Thanks, InTimeFor62.
"We know he will likely never be Bryan Trottier..."ReplyDelete
But he might be somewhat like Mike Bossy...world class shot? Won some cups too.
Pay him!
Kessel is entering his prime years as are many other core Leafs. A guy like Clarkson is probably at his peak. Phaneuf is 28 and isin his prime with some good years left. Lupul is 29 and probably near his peak. The time to go for it is now and over the next five years.
No trading Kessel for prospects. We have lots of prospects. The cupboard has been restocked. We would actually have trouble making a spot for somebody if there were surprise over-performance at training camp.
As fans, we have waited long enough. I think many fans will agree that we want to see deep playoff runs over the next five years. A first roound win is the new meassure of success. We want a second round appearance this year. We want a matchup with a weaker opponent and a win. We want a second round win and a third round appearence in the next three years.
Some good news, Joe Colborne is putting on more weight and seems really motivated:
On Tuesday Colborne skated at the MasterCard Centre in Toronto and his 6-foot-5 frame was noticeably larger on the ice as he scrimmaged with 18 other members of the organization.
"I weighed in just under 222 pounds," said Colborne. "I was around 213 when the season ended. I came in at 216 to start last year. I'm looking forward to maybe one or two pounds more, but I feel fast and strong on the ice so I'm not too worried about weight. If it comes I want to make sure it's the good weight."
"I've said ever since day one if (the coaches) want to throw me on the wing I don't care," said Colborne. "I want in the lineup and to play with some good players. If it means the wing, then that's fine. It's a good thing to have options."
"I think I went a long way to show I can play at the NHL level and it's about taking the next step, continuing to show I deserve to be up here," said Colborne. "I don't want to be content on coming up and being an average player. I want to continue to improve and be a go-to guy."
We need to see the kind of playoff results you are talking about, agreed, DP. Thanks for posting.Delete
- apollo678July 31, 2013 at 4:45 PM
I think he is a keeper.ReplyDelete
To me he gets better and better every year. Look at his stats over his 4 years here. Look at his playoff stats. Look at his ability to not only survive but thrive in this most demanding of markets.
He has beaten cancer.
Despite being shy he has figured out how to play in the league's biggest market.
He has made us forget (or at least almost forget) about the significant cost required to bring him here.
Nobody laughs at Kessel now like they did when he was picked last at that all star game a few years ago.
How many more points would he have if Bozak had not flubbed on so many glorious chances?
And now his defensive game is getting better. His compete level is getting better. He never misses a game (at least in the last 3 seasons...imagine how frustrating it would be to have a Gaborik).
I feel like he has a quiet strength about him and seemingly a determination to overcome any obstacle. He has certainly been challenged in his young life. I think the best is yet to come and from what I have heard he likes playing here and is comfortable in Toronto.
No brainer to me.Replies
Thanks for chiming in today, apollo678!Delete
I was happy when Brian Burke traded for Kessel. I was so desperate for a talented player to play for Toronto, I didn't get caught up in the debate on his price then. I'm very pleased with how Phil had finally gotten the monkey (Bruins) off his back in the playoffs.ReplyDelete
However, the Leafs can't afford to have him play out his contract here and go to free agency without compensation (ala Chris Bosh for the Raptors). Nonis needs to feel out the situation with him. Wouldn't it be ironic if Kessel left without compensation and his seemingly over priced buddy, Bozak remained?
As much as I love having such a talented player playing for the Leafs, I don't think of Kessel as being a franchise player (yet). I'm on a fence whether to pay him like he is one because on one hand I'd like to save the money for someone who is and then again, I wonder if we'd be getting such a player in the next 10 years.Replies
You've touched on one of the real issues here, drgreg- is Phil a true franchise player, and thus worthy of the huge investment a team has to make for that kind of player? If we pay him for 8 years, what will he be in five years?Delete
A three-year deal would be easy. Eight years is not so easy....
- InTimeFor62August 2, 2013 at 2:05 PM
In the context of a 'lame duck Kessel' concern, I'm also thinking about a 'lame duck Reimer' whose contract expires at the end of this season.ReplyDelete
I know it's a bit different than Kessel, because it doesn't appear that Reimer really has much chance to 'recover his place in the conversation'. Reimer has probably proven his value to other teams, especially how he deals with adversity and this might just be the kicker for a team that is rebuilding.
As I further considered our situation and wondered how another team might enter a 'win-win' trade scenario, I knew that we still need a 1C (if not now, then 'down the road'), but what if the other team needs a 1G? Reimer may not suit our management's requirements, but could be a hot commodity for another (and I'm sure the Leafs, at least, value him enough to know others probably want him.
We seem to need a trade partner that has cap room and we probably need to release Liles. It is possible that the Leafs are almost done with Colborne as a potential top 6 Center (of course, we can only speculate).
But I wonder what a 'hockey card trade package' of Reimer, Colborne and Liles would bring from a team whose 1G may retire instead of play for $1M.
Of course, I mean the Flames (and Kiprusoff) who also have Kari Ramo and (former Leaf @ $925k) Joey MacDonald. Wouldn't Reimer be ideally suited to challenge for the Number 1 spot in Calgary (if not here)?
Joey would be a good backup for Bernier (if he's gonna' inherit the No.1 spot) and gives the other Scot (McIntyre) a shot at camp to finally make the NHL.
Of course, the big question would be, could we extract a future 1C prospect in Sean Monahan if they were getting a more developed Colborne now?
Perhaps Calgary would want more, but if Liles consents, that would solve our apparent 'cap crisis' that so many fear is evidence of mismanagement to those who judge before the deadline!
Food for thought, even if only to claim an idea in advance of a happening that is 'possible' :)
I would love to be a bug on the wall during the actual internal musings and interactions of GM's throughout a trade process! Failing that, I'm wondering if you think this would be a fair scenario for both sides of such a deal, Michael?Replies
My very much at-a-distance impression of the Flames, InTimeFor62, is that they have (finally) acknowledged that they are in major rebuild mode, after desperately clinging to faint hopes that they still had a playoff team the past few seasons.Delete
That said, I don't know what they would be willing to give up for the type of package you put forward today. Colborne is an intriguing player, but hardly 'proven'. He may develop but it's hard to know right know. They already have a lot of "OK" NHL players. Would they give up a Monahan? I have no idea. I doubt it, though Reimer surely would be enticing for them. What's a solid young goaltender worth? Quite a lot, I would think.
Moving Liles may be a challenge. Nice player, but a fairly big salary and he is what he is.
Interesting scenario, however!
- InTimeFor62August 2, 2013 at 2:58 PM
Quick hit on a 'lame duck Phaneuf' -ReplyDelete
Michael, do you think the 29 year old Bouwmeester's 'reduced cap hit' (5.4M cap hit vs. previous 6.68M) signing is a good metric for comparison and a harbinger of legitimate cap reduction for Phaneuf?
It sure seems many commenters I've seen (mostly elsewhere) think it is impossible to sign him for the same (or less) than he receives now...
Bouwmeester is an excellent player with some 'gaps'... so is Phaneuf (even if their skills are not the same). The future may not be as cap 'fearful' as we might think!
Good question, InTimeFor62. I admit I was surprised when I saw what Bouwmeeter signed for. Though he is still very well paid, obviously, the number was not as staggering as I would have suspected.Delete
The impact on Phaneuf? That I don't know...


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Kudlow In Wash. Exam.: Govt Shutdown "Doesn't Sound That Bad To Me"
In a March 8 op-ed in The Washington Examiner, columnist Lawrence Kudlow wrote that a government shutdown "doesn't sound that bad to me." In fact, as Media Matters has previously documented, experts agree that a prolonged shutdown could have a "meaningful" effect on the economy.
From Kudlow's op-ed:
Surely the Tea Party advocates will push the GOP to stay on message and stay the course. That's what November's elections were all about. And if a satisfactory deal cannot be reached, one that keeps the GOP spending-cut pledge and includes a spending-limit rule with real teeth, then why not shut down the government?
Reading through various reports from the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post, you get the sense that no great harm will come from a shutdown.
Social Security checks will be mailed. Other benefit payments will be met. Air-traffic controllers will do their jobs. Border protection and military operations will continue.
Uniformed military personnel will be exempted. The Postal Service will do its business uninterrupted. And incoming revenues can be designated for interest payment on the debt.
Doesn't sound that bad to me. It sure isn't the end of the world.
Back in the early '80s, when I served in the Office of Management and Budget under President Reagan, we went through several brief government shutdowns. Yes, the Washington Monument and a bunch of public parks closed.
So what? Nonessential personnel got a holiday. The rest of us had to work.
But nonessential programs were not funded during the shutdown, and their unused budgets were subsequently rescinded. Savings were significant.
Frankly, a government shutdown in Washington is a minuscule price to be paid for the greater good of financial solvency and economic growth. If the Republicans can't get the right deal for full-fledged spending cuts and a clear budget-limitation rule with severe budget-cutting penalties, they should go ahead and shut down the federal government.


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No national debate over spate of black on white crimes
Paul Joseph Watson & Alex Jones
Prison Planet.com
August 23, 2013
Despite engaging in a seemingly endless and racially-charged national debate about the Trayvon Martin case, the US corporate media has shown no interest in reviving this obsession despite a spate of black on white murders, at least two of which indicate a racially-charged hate crime motivation behind the killings.
George Zimmerman's acquittal last month drew a line under nearly 18 months of hand-wringing over the threat posed to black people by racially-charged hate crimes. Black ideologues like Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and others were constantly in the headlines holding up the Trayvon case as a dire warning that African-Americans could now be targeted for murder merely as a result of the color of their skin.
In light of several high profile black on white murders in recent days, the invective has been noticeably less verbose. The most anger Jesse Jackson could muster over the gang-initiation hate crime slaying of Australian student Chris Lane was a tepid tweet stating that the incident should be "frowned upon."
Lane was slaughtered by a gunshot to the back as part of a gang initiation by three juveniles, an incident which the media initially tried to downplay as "bored teens." Two of the suspects are black. It subsequently emerged that one of the suspects had posted racist tweets on his account before the murder, stating "90% of white ppl are nasty. #HATE THEM." Another reads, "Ayeee I knocced out 5 woods since Zimmerman court!." "Woods" is a racist term for white people.
Barack Obama, who personally inserted himself into the Trayvon Martin case on two separate occasions, was "not familiar" with Lane's murder, according to the White House.
Meanwhile, in Spokane Washington, 88-year-old World War Two veteran Delbert Belton, who survived being wounded during the Battle of Okinawa, did not survive a brutal beating carried out by two black teens outside a pool hall.
As one respondent to the story remarked, "If this had been 2 white kids beating up an old black dude, it'd be all over the national news by now."
The story has received local attention but comparatively little national coverage, despite the Drudge Report prominently linking the story. Drudge has consistently highlighted the problem of black on white crime over the last few years and been attacked for doing so.
The national media has also largely ignored what could be the most shocking story out of all three – the apparent "Trayvon-revenge" killing of David Santucci in downtown Memphis by three African-Americans named Mario Patterson, Dondre Johnson and Jerrica Norfleet.
According to Santucci's brother Miguel De Diago, police are covering up the fact that the murder was a racist hate crime and that Santucci was killed because he was white in revenge for George Zimmerman's acquittal. Although authorities claim the murder was motivated by robbery, nothing was taken from Santucci, he still had his wallet, keys and cell phone on him after being shot dead.
These three murders all occurred within the last two weeks, but the press attention they have received in comparison to the Trayvon case has been virtually non-existent.
Trayvon Martin supporters have made the claim that these murders have not sparked a national debate because the culprits were arrested and charged, unlike George Zimmerman who was initially released.
However, this misses the point entirely. During Zimmerman's trial, no racially-based motivation for the shooting was uncovered, yet a national debate about race ensued. In at least two of these cases, there are clear indications that two white men were indeed the victims of racist hate crime, yet the outrage has been comparatively muted.
As Pat Buchanan highlights, "interracial violence is overwhelmingly black-on-white," yet the national debate over the Trayvon Martin case would suggest the opposite. The media is deliberately avoiding difficult questions about why black culture encourages broken homes and criminal behavior in preference of manufacturing the myth that blacks are under some kind of endemic hate crime assault from whites.
In reality, crime statistics drawn from Justice Department and FBI figures show that "Blacks are an estimated 39 times more likely to commit violent crime against a white person than vice versa, and 136 times more likely to commit robbery."
Facts cannot be labeled "racist". The deliberate policy of the national media in hyping the idea that blacks face a growing hate crimes threat from whites – when it clearly appears that the opposite is true – means the genuine problem of black violence and how to address its root causes for the benefit of all Americans no matter what their skin color is being buried.
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Roenicke, teammates appreciate Braun's apology
Lucroy, Axford support suspended left fielder, believe team will move forward
CINCINNATI -- By the time the Brewers made it to Great American Ball Park on Friday afternoon, they had almost 24 hours to read and digest the statement released by left fielder Ryan Braun, who admitted to and apologized for taking a banned substance as he recovered from an injury late in the 2011 season.
And as the team prepared to open a three-game series against Cincinnati, one question bounced around the visiting clubhouse:
Was it enough?
"It was certainly enough for me," manager Ron Roenicke said. "I think it's enough for his teammates. He made some calls to his teammates, but I think no matter what he comes out and says, there's going to be some negative from a lot of people, still, that he didn't say enough, that he didn't explain himself enough. I think he did."
In the statement, Braun said that he was dealing with a nagging injury late in the 2011 season and turned to a cream and lozenge, both of which, he was told, would help him recover quickly. He said he regretted not admitting to taking the substance immediately after he tested positive for synthetic testosterone in October of that season, when he instead appealed a suspension and won.
Nearly two years later, Braun was suspended on July 22 for 65 games after Major League Baseball linked him to the Biogenesis clinic and its founder, Anthony Bosch. Along with Braun, 12 other players received 50-game suspensions, while Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez was suspended for 211 games but has appealed.
Brewers reliever John Axford is one of those teammates who has spoken with Braun, and he said those conversations, combined with Thursday's statement, were enough for him to move forward. Since the suspension, though, Axford said one of the most significant issues for him was that he wanted to know exactly what Braun had done, and he was pleased to see that come out.
"Everybody wants to know that," Axford said. "For Ryan to be able to step up and say exactly what happened and what he did, I think that was huge, not only for himself, but for everyone involved around him, especially his teammates, his family, his friends, his supporters and people outside that are questioning it."
When asked if Braun should go a step further than the statement and address the media in a press conference, Axford said it could help people move on and put the situation behind them.
Catcher Jonathan Lucroy, who also talked with Braun last week, called the statement "a good first step in the road to redemption" and was fairly confident that more is on the way.
"I think he will do [a press conference] eventually," Lucroy said. "I don't know when, but he will do one. I think that will help him out, for sure, to answer some questions, and answer some direct questions, and kind of get it all out there, I guess."
Roenicke understood why Braun decided to go with a written statement, saying he likely can't answer various questions for legal reasons. He also understood why some people, especially fans and other players, wanted more from Braun.
"If he wants to [hold a press conference] some time, fine," Roenicke said, "but I don't think it's necessary. I think he needs to move on. I think we need to move on as a team. He's going to be with us next year, and hopefully, we get that same player back that's very important to this club and fits in well with the team."
Braun's suspension runs through the end of this season, meaning he'll be able to join the team for Spring Training. Lucroy, who said he believes the hardest part for Braun has been dealing with the fact that he lied to teammates, expects Braun to be welcomed back with open arms next season, as long as he is a good teammate and contributes to the team.
Axford offered a similar sentiment.
"I don't want to talk for everybody at the same time, but I think when Ryan walks around the clubhouse, he's not looked down upon. He never has been," Axford said. "He's always been a great teammate, a great friend and a great person. So this course of events that have built up to what's happening right now, obviously there's a little bit of a mark, but I think people are going to be able to move past it, personally."
As for this season, Lucroy said the attention surrounding Braun's suspension is just a distraction, and players are not letting it get to them. Roenicke added that Braun likely feels worse than anybody, and that he believes the apology issued Thursday was truly genuine.
"This is a nice young man that messed up," Roenicke said. "That's what it is, and he's got a long road ahead of him. He's going to be, I'm sure, yelled at [at] all of the stadiums he goes to again next year. He's going to have things continue to be written about him, but it's a first step in trying to get through this, probably trying to heal up some relationships, whether it's the fans, whether it's his good, good friends, whether it's his teammates. I think this was a nice step towards that."


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Harvard now actively welcoming entrepreneurship
Every Harvard student who opens a laptop to catch the latest episode of "Girls" owes a debt of gratitude to Mark Zuckerberg.
The Facebook chairman and his dorm-room buddies, who created the $64 billion social-media site at Harvard in 2004, sparked a startup culture at the university that's still gaining momentum. One campus-hosted company, Tivli, is using software and TV-network deals to offer the HBO series and other fare to students. The startup is not only breaking a longstanding restriction on cable in Harvard's housing, it's also vying to reshape how pay-TV is delivered.
Harvard is fostering a reputation as a hotbed for innovation, working more actively than in the days of Mark Zuckerberg -- or Bill Gates before him -- to promote entrepreneurship and weave it into campus life. The school's Innovation Laboratory, or i-lab, is the headquarters for Tivli and more than 100 fledgling companies founded by students and alumni.
"Harvard's attitude toward entrepreneurship today is a complete 180 from what it used to be," said Tuan Ho, who founded Tivli in 2009 with Nicholas Krasney -- in their dorm room. "Now, computer-science classes encourage students to come up with ideas and take them over to the i-lab to turn them into businesses. That would never have happened years ago."
Located next to Harvard Business School in Boston, the 18-month-old i-lab also hosts student-founded companies such as RallyPoint, a networking website for military members, and Vaxess Technologies, which is working on a way to reformulate vaccines so they don't need refrigeration.
Harvard plans to use the facility as a hub of innovation for the entire university, much as the seeds for Yahoo and Google were planted in Stanford University's California computer labs. It's a way to avoid losing students like Gates, who dropped out in 1975 to found Microsoft.
"There's always been a focus around here on investment banking and consulting, but you can feel an entrepreneurial spirit sprouting," said Will Ahmed, who graduated from Harvard last year and now runs i-lab tenant Bobo, a technology and data- analysis company providing health feedback for athletes and coaches. "At Stanford, starting a company is a career path. Now it's beginning to be one here, too."
For Tivli, Harvard is both a home base and a blue-chip client. The company provides a way for the university to offer cable channels via Internet connections, allowing students to watch on computers and tablets for free, akin to applications offered by pay-TV providers such as Time Warner Cable.
While companies such as Comcast, Dish Network and Intel are working on similar concepts, Tivli is offering its service to universities in partnerships with pay-TV providers. Users can view live and on-demand TV and are able to record shows to watch online later.
The channel lineup includes Time Warner's HBO, which sees Tivli as a way to directly market its programming to college students -- a group the cable industry is concerned may never sign up for pay-TV after becoming accustomed to free online video.
Harvard is paying Tivli for its service and providing it for no extra charge to students who live on campus. That's a big shift for the university, which long resisted giving students cable TV in their rooms for philosophical reasons, Leo Donnelly, Harvard's information-technology infrastructure director, said in an interview. The original idea was to prevent students from watching too much TV, a principle that's become impossible to enforce in the era of YouTube and Netflix.
"It used to be that Harvard had some control of the amount of video students could watch," Donnelly said. "Those days have changed."
Zuckerberg, who met with Tivli's founders when he visited the i-lab in 2011, didn't have the kind of support from Harvard that the TV startup and its cohorts now enjoy. When Facebook was getting off the ground, the university didn't adopt the site as its official online "facebook," sticking with its own less- developed house directories.
Zuckerberg declined to comment, according to Larry Yu, a Facebook spokesman.
"While student entrepreneurship has been historically less of a focus at Harvard, the university has developed a novel and innovative approach," Gordon Jones, the i-lab's managing director, said in an interview.
Facebook grew by spreading among colleges, campus to campus, a tactic Tivli is imitating. The TV startup has struck deals with Yale University, Texas A&M University and the University of Washington, among others. Once it gets enough traction with colleges, Tivli plans to market its service to hotels and apartment complexes, according to President Christopher Thorpe.
For now, Tivli's employees peer into laptops in a warehouse-like space in the i-lab, where a horde of shabbily dressed students munch on free food as they plot the future of about 100 burgeoning startups housed in the building. The 30,000-square-foot (2,800-square-meter) facility also holds classes and lectures on starting companies and applying for grants and seed money, and runs competitions for ideas with cash prizes.
"This has been Harvard 2.0 for me," said Bobo's Ahmed. "In the next five years there will be a dramatic paradigm shift in terms of the entrepreneurial spirit at Harvard. Hopefully you won't lose the Facebooks to Silicon Valley."


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Governor's Military Advisory Board--Amends and Supercedes Executive Order No. BJ 09-4
WHEREAS, the State of Louisiana has a vital interest in the installations and/or units of the U.S. Coast Guard and/or the armed forces of the United States located within the state, in the Louisiana Military Department, and in the concerns of the Active, Guard, Reserve, and/or retired military personnel, and their families, who reside in Louisiana (hereafter "military");
WHEREAS, in the past, the State of Louisiana has successfully employed a coordinating body to provide a forum for these various military components and to serve as a liaison between the various military entities and representatives of civilian interests; and
WHEREAS, various situations will continue to arise which necessitates the continued use of such a coordinating body;
NOW THEREFORE, I, BOBBY JINDAL, Governor of the State of Louisiana, by virtue of the authority vested by the Constitution and the laws of the State of Louisiana, do hereby order and direct as follows:
SECTION 1: The Governor's Military Advisory Board (hereafter "Board") is reestablished within the executive department, Office of the Governor.
SECTION 2: The duties and objectives of the members of the Board shall include, but are not limited to, the following:
A. Providing a public forum for issues concerning the installations and/or units of the U.S. Coast Guard and/or the armed forces of the United States located within the state, Active, Guard, Reserve, and/or retired military personnel and their families who reside in Louisiana (hereafter
"the military");
B. Formulating goals and objectives to enhance cooperation, coordination, communication, and understanding between the military, the Louisiana Congressional Delegation, the communities in the state interfacing with the military, and/or state and local government agencies;
C. Studying and determining the means to increase and/or strengthen the state's support to the U.S. Coast Guard and/or armed forces of the United States located within the state;
D. Reviewing and/or disseminating information about proposed legislation related to and/or directly impacting the U.S. Coast Guard and/or military communities within the state; and
E. Proposing and/or sponsoring activities, legislation, initiatives, programs, or projects which support and enhance the U. S. Coast Guard and/or military's activities within the state or which enhance or improve the quality of life for the U.S. Coast Guard and/or military communities;
SECTION 3: Annually, on January 1st, the Board shall submit a report to the governor regarding the status of and/or progress achieved on the issues addressed in Section 2 of this Order.
SECTION 4: The Board shall be composed of a maximum of twenty-five (25) members and military liaisons, the voting members of which shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the governor and the non-voting military liaisons of which shall be invited to participate by the Office of the Governor.
A. The voting members of the Board shall be selected as follows:
1 The adjutant general of Louisiana, or the adjutant general's designee;
2. The president of the Louisiana State Senate, or the president's designee;
3. The speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives, or the speaker's designee;
4. The secretary of the Department of Economic Development, or the secretary's designee;
5. The secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, or the secretary's designee;
6. The chair of the Louisiana Employer Support of the Guard and reserve, or the chair's designee;
7. One (1) representative each from the Greater New Orleans, Ft. Polk-Central Louisiana, Barksdale/Bossier/Shreveport, and the Lake Charles area that have established ongoing relationships with the military from their community;
8. One (1) representative for Louisiana businesses and industries from the areas described in subsection 4(A)(7); and
9. One (1) representative of local governments from the areas described in subsection 4(A)(7).
B. The non-voting military liaisons to the Board shall be selected as follows:
1. The commander, Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) and Ft. Polk, or the commander's designee;
2. The commander, Eighth Air Force, or the commander's designee;
3. The commander, Naval Forces Reserve, or the commander's designee;
4. The commander, Marine Forces Reserve, or the commander's designee;
5. The commander, Eighth Coast Guard District, or the commander's designee;
6. The commander, 377th Theater Army Area Command, or the commander's designee; and
7. The commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mississippi River Valley Division, or the commander's designee.
C. The Board may create subcommittees composed of Board members, military liaisons and non-Board members, which meet in accordance with the open meetings law, R.S. 42:4.1, et seq.
SECTION 5: The governor shall appoint the chair and vice-chair of the Board from its membership. All other officers, if any, shall be elected by the Board from its membership.
SECTION 6: The Board shall meet at regularly scheduled quarterly meetings, and at the call of the chair.
SECTION 7: Support staff, facilities, and resources for the Board shall be provided by the Louisiana Department of Economic Development.
A. Board members and military liaisons shall not receive additional compensation or a per diem from the Office of the Governor for serving on the Board.
B. Board members who are employees or elected public officials of the state of Louisiana or a political subdivision of the state of Louisiana may seek reimbursement of travel expenses, in accordance with PPM 49, from their employing department, agency and/or office or elected office.
C. Board members who are also a member of the Louisiana Legislature may seek a per diem from the Louisiana State Senate or House of Representatives, as appropriate, for their attendance at Board meetings and/or services on the Board.
SECTION 9: All departments, commissions, boards, offices, entities, agencies, and officers of the state of Louisiana, or any political subdivision thereof, are authorized and directed to cooperate with the Board in implementing the provisions of this Order.
SECTION 10: This Order is effective upon signature and shall continue in effect until amended, modified, terminated, or rescinded by the governor, or terminated by operation of law.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand officially and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of Louisiana, at the Capitol, in the city of Baton Rouge, on this 3rd day of September, 2010.Bobby Jindal
Jay Dardenne
Secretary of State


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Riodoce Oct 10, 2016
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
Special Forces Who Captured ''El Chapo" Will Search for Those Responsible for Military Ambush
Riodoce Oct 10, 2016
85 comments:
- AnonymousOctober 12, 2016 at 7:16 AM
Mexican Seal Team 6 ? lolReplyDelete
BLO is done thenReplies
- AnonymousOctober 13, 2016 at 5:49 AM
Si. Si. Pedro.Delete
- AnonymousOctober 14, 2016 at 12:15 AM
More like CDS. It's obvious it was BLO but the government wants to end Chapos bloodline/faction once and for allDelete
- AnonymousOctober 12, 2016 at 7:31 AM
It's real simple if the youngins did it there screwed there coming hard for them! If they didn't do it they lost control of that territory and going to loose many more!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 12, 2016 at 7:46 AM
It could be anyone like if there gona find them they don't know who it was much less identify each person responsible just Mexican propagandaReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousOctober 12, 2016 at 9:06 PM
well its the US intelligence that tracks them down and then send in the mexican forces to hunt them down. Its no surprise that theyre sending the Marines rather than Army since the Marines are the ones that work with the US, their gear and weapons are american their special forces train in the US, its harder to bribe a Marine than a soldier, look at the chapo both times he was captured by Marines, most leader were captured or killed by Marines,Delete
- AnonymousOctober 12, 2016 at 9:01 AM
Where the same actions taken against the criminals that shot down the military helicopter in Jalisco?ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousOctober 12, 2016 at 7:14 PM
No cuz Mencho is a bad ass! Not a spoiled little brattDelete
- AnonymousOctober 12, 2016 at 9:34 PM
well they got menchito who is acussed to be responsible. it seems as its easier to punish the leader rather than the one who pulled the trigger (well being the one who gives orders then hes responsible too)Delete
- AnonymousOctober 12, 2016 at 10:04 AM
Bad news for the crew hired to do the job. If you play with fire theres the possibility you might get burned. Dont associate yourself with snitches.ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousOctober 12, 2016 at 7:15 PM
Sure thing, I learned my lesson being snitched a few times. Haters!Delete
- AnonymousOctober 12, 2016 at 9:07 PM
bad news for the fire when the firefighters arriveDelete
- AnonymousOctober 13, 2016 at 9:37 PM
A military operation involving the Mexican Marines has led to the capture of the top assassin for Ivan Archivaldo Guzman Salazar.Delete
He will turn all of his men in for his own well being.
- AnonymousOctober 14, 2016 at 8:45 AM
@9:37. Goes to show that CDS and in particular Ivan ordered the hit on the Army. You are correct though that he is likely to turn in everyone he knows so that the Marina won't touch him. Fuckin Marina is a punk though if they don't go after Ivan the guy who is in charge!Delete
- AnonymousOctober 12, 2016 at 10:33 AM
This will be the end of El Chapo and his family .SEMAR Special Forces are trained by Navy Seals and CIA SAD units are embedded in with them while searching for high value targets.ReplyDelete
The only people that could save them are el Teniente Fantasma y el Teniente Bravo but they were betryed by CDSReplies
- AnonymousOctober 12, 2016 at 7:16 PM
Yea, if they come back from the dead..Delete
- AnonymousOctober 13, 2016 at 4:09 AM
Chapos sons turning their backs on bravo and his crew was the biggest mistake they did. Bravos crew was the reason chapo evaded the feds for so long and they were loyal to the boss. Chapos siding with damaso over bravo was a straight stab in the back to the bravos.Delete
- AnonymousOctober 13, 2016 at 4:13 PM
Damm brea all ya sounds like a broten record,"this will be the end of chapo" omg chinga ron a filimón en yucatan and all you hacerse seré sayin the same crap....come out for some air dammDelete
- AnonymousOctober 13, 2016 at 7:31 PM
Been hearing this end of Chapo bs for over a decade. Until he is in the US its business as usual for his cartel. He leads from the inside like always. Or do you think the Mexican penal system all of a sudden was compitent? ....Delete
- AnonymousOctober 13, 2016 at 7:39 PM
Stay in school 4:13.Delete
- AnonymousOctober 14, 2016 at 12:12 AM
Damaso has caused so much problems for Chapo it's ridiculousDelete
yeah you helped him escape in 01 but that doesn't mean he has to take your shit forever. He's like a lil spoiled teenager constantly getting in trouble and calling daddy to bail him out and sue anyone that he doesn't like
- AnonymousOctober 12, 2016 at 10:53 AM
They should focus on capturing Zambada.ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousOctober 12, 2016 at 9:27 PM
For what hes the U.S. Cash cowDelete
- AnonymousOctober 13, 2016 at 9:21 AM
You can't be serious. He is the senior man in CDS. Just like the guy above me said he is the main cash supplier.Delete
- AnonymousOctober 12, 2016 at 10:53 AM
We'll see how effective these guys are later on.ReplyDelete
More than likely they'll capture half a dozen or so of the so called sicarios/killers involved in this ambush and yet leave the bosses that ordered the hit alone!
If this is the case then fuck them!
- AnonymousOctober 12, 2016 at 10:58 AM
This ambush was either a very impulsive decision by CDS or it was another group like CJNG/BLO since CDS does not ambush the military much, especially over an injured sicario.ReplyDelete
Doing so would obviously bring major heat to Sinaloa, something CJNG seems not to worry about much.Replies
- AnonymousOctober 12, 2016 at 9:42 PM
there is always a first time, Chapo might prohibit attacks on military but hes locked up he cant stop it right away. plus CDS is made up of many factions each with their own leader and dont work directly under chapo or mayo, so yeah it couldve been CDSDelete
- AnonymousOctober 13, 2016 at 9:48 AM
Yep always a first time... and they may regret the decision later..Delete
- AnonymousOctober 12, 2016 at 11:02 AM
Unless they have that American Tracking Frequency device,that caught Chapo, They aint catching no oneReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 12, 2016 at 11:31 AM
Mexican navy seals LOL its not like SF operators dont get killed.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 12, 2016 at 11:59 AM
I found somthing intresting in a video posted on el blog del narco posted not long ago where cjng caught on of ivans sicarios in jalisco and while questioning him he says he left culiacan because ivan el 20 and el kevin where killing lots of people could it be that the same sinaloa feds are helping cjng catch top ranking members of cds. It seems chapos empire is falling and braking little by little but you know what they say whatever goes up must go down.ReplyDeleteReplies
@11:59 Shame on you for reading BDN. A word of caution; don't believe everything you read there.Delete
- AnonymousOctober 12, 2016 at 8:09 PM
Right. OS. But is AFI still in existence? If so, what is there mission statement?Delete
- AnonymousOctober 12, 2016 at 9:45 PM
i seen it too, its fake as fuck its not even an interview its that automated voice text to speech shit, if there was an actual video theres no need to have the text to speech thingDelete
- AnonymousOctober 12, 2016 at 11:06 PM
No there was a video where they where hiting a sicario of ivan for going into jalisco and he said one of the guys who where killing was el kevinDelete
- AnonymousOctober 13, 2016 at 2:49 PM
link to that video?Delete
- AnonymousOctober 13, 2016 at 7:33 PM
LOL BDN is all FAKE...Delete
- AnonymousOctober 15, 2016 at 7:35 PM
8:09 the former policia judicial federal was sooo corrupt, they changed the name to AFI, The AFI changed name again to policia ministerial, due to a few "too many kidnappings" for ransom done by the federal and estatal under AFI ORDERS...Delete
- AnonymousOctober 12, 2016 at 12:04 PM
What a coward move if its was cds they rescued him so can live and then they got shot like thats f up manReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousOctober 12, 2016 at 6:55 PM
It was not CDS. They have no motiveDelete
- AnonymousOctober 12, 2016 at 8:07 PM
Yeah CDS has no reason to rescue one of their own.Delete
This is another cartel with the BRAINS, TIME and PEOPLE and MONEY to bring heat to CDS in their own turf is what nuthuggers say.
It was CDS!
- AnonymousOctober 12, 2016 at 9:50 PM
it was CDS!!! unless u want to admit thay cds is weakening and dozens of heavily armed men in trucks can come in into an area that is 100% Cds and cause havoc without cds knowing or stoppin them.Delete
So the Americans will be involved.ReplyDelete
Mex spec for are a bunch of oaxacos...dumbass chumps I'd they let them selves...did u see the raid video on mochis they were scared to go up the stairs...ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousOctober 12, 2016 at 10:11 PM
its called rookies,even if mexico has been having a Navy, their marines are new, Naval Infantry in mexico was recently created when the US decided to help modernize the Mexican Navy, and the marines special forces are even newer, they where created sroumd the time the US recreated the Raiders, a US Marines specia ops group, these mexican marines where most likely trained in a very short time, dont tell me you wouldnt be scared to go into a building not knowing whats gonna happen in there only that u might get killed.Delete
- AnonymousOctober 13, 2016 at 11:30 AM
That's not true. The U.S. marines have been training Latin american country's into becoming marines. UnitasDelete
- AnonymousOctober 12, 2016 at 12:33 PM
Fuerzas especiales del govierno vs fuerzas especiales sinaloensesReplyDelete
Let me get my pop corn ready
- AnonymousOctober 12, 2016 at 12:37 PM
No wonder the Chapitos are crying to the government that they didn't have anything to do with the ambush. They knew the Mexican special forces would come knocking. I wonder why they haven't gone this hot and heavy after Mencho for shooting down the helicopter and killing all those state police officers. Hmmm, very interesting.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 12, 2016 at 1:20 PM
The Special Forces that captured Chapo ,killed off all of El Cholo people!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 12, 2016 at 2:15 PM
Don't get confused n capture a wannabe now n say he didntReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 12, 2016 at 2:20 PM
Chapo is a joke he's a nobodyReplyDelete
I see CJNG is on government books. they never did much when CJNG brought down the helicopter. They just looked the other wayReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousOctober 12, 2016 at 10:01 PM
That is somewhat true I'm from Jalisco and for a couple months Tuxpan, Cd Guzman, Teca and Zapo were kind of hot but you didn't really see the encapuchados until the night when you could see them up in the hills like ants all over the placeDelete
About time they honor each soldier they lose on every confrontation; this means, we are going for the kids nextReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousOctober 12, 2016 at 6:56 PM
- AnonymousOctober 13, 2016 at 9:20 PM
As they wish, after all they sacrificed their brothers at arms for an excuse to invade sinaloa and make it "priista and presidenciable", the dead have a tradition of voting PRI.Delete
- AnonymousOctober 12, 2016 at 5:51 PM
El 80 from la linea was rumoured to be captured days ago but he is still free and parting in la junta chihuahua... People there believe he is the modern day roben hood. BB any stories about this?ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousOctober 12, 2016 at 8:10 PM
The new governor of Chihuahua is trying with all his might to bring down el 80. Either he is against a "modern day Robin Hood" el 80 like you said or he works for CDS?Delete
It's anyones guess!
- AnonymousOctober 13, 2016 at 2:58 AM
I was reading about this in el diario de juarezDelete
- AnonymousOctober 16, 2016 at 1:33 AM
"Cesar duarte compró tres ranchos en un dia"Delete
"Cesar duarte bought three ranches in one day"
You can guess how, I hope he paid for them with the 6 000 million pesos epn just authorized for him as a going away present, because there is no oil in chihuahua, just desert and skinny cows, except on the mormon lands or private water reserves, I hope it gets all made government property when it gets expropriated...
- AnonymousOctober 12, 2016 at 6:38 PM
so Army gets attacked, but tge federals and the Marines (2 separate branches) are the ones that step up and do the job? The Army better appreciate itReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousOctober 12, 2016 at 7:18 PM
The army is on their pay roll..Delete
- AnonymousOctober 16, 2016 at 1:41 AM
7:18 ...and the marinas are the new PRI/CIA/ATRACOMULCO cartel elite sicarios...Delete
--guerreros unidos even had a sub-secretary in the marinas on their payroll and the secretary of the mexican navy LOOOVE TO KISS EPN'S ASS, with giniral cienfogatas they always stand by "their presidente", and MAO CHONG, and on occasion "el bronco independiente".
- AnonymousOctober 12, 2016 at 7:58 PM
You know whos winning this CDS, CDG,z,BL war? The old school fu's flyin in thier product sendin it up state not spending profits on dumbass wars!! The people not @ war are winning the war.ReplyDelete
stop riding these cartel leaders most of em are evil how do you think they made it this far?.. They all pressure woman into havin sex & make u pay with blood if u dont come back with there money.Replies
- AnonymousOctober 13, 2016 at 9:13 AM
They raped you?Delete
- AnonymousOctober 13, 2016 at 11:46 PM
Do you think ima jacker ir what? Funny ass foo get your mind right aint nobody getting raped or doing it around me. is that all you got from my comment? Point was theres no innocent organization & thats facts. & no im not giving u examples not about 2 put anybodys buisness out there.Delete
-CDS nutthuger
- AnonymousOctober 16, 2016 at 1:51 AM
7:58 well your guy got confused because YOU did not use your name to sign your work, And you are denigrating our anonymous illustriousness, hugger.Delete
What I get from your comment is you are still blaming "the cartels", we have gone from that to blaming the poolice, the soldiers, the mexican government, then the US government, and shit keeps flying, because there is something bigger and worse at work, the global vulture capitalistas and their banks with their private military forcing everybody to to their shit all over the world, because WAR for them is a very good business at any level, because money talks and BS walks.
- AnonymousOctober 12, 2016 at 9:41 PM
Guzmans are done. Even if it wasn't CDS the Feds are coming after what's left of the Guzman family. Everything Chapo once had is getting taken from him, the government has no need for him anymore since he's not bringing in major cash anymore. Goes to show Ivan couldn't live up to his fathers footsteps .ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousOctober 13, 2016 at 3:56 PM
what exactly has chapo lost if you can explain im new to this i mean all i see is there people being killed or captured but people are expendable and a few plazas or whatever they are being taken but if there is still people there that work for him that means there still trafficking dope through there and still making money so if they control it or not it dosent matter as long as there still generating cash.Delete
- canadianaOctober 13, 2016 at 1:25 AM
Was 'El Kevin' really rescued?I have my doubts on that.Captured by the enemy maybe.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 13, 2016 at 1:38 PM
Yes I agree that he was not rescued. There were people after him and against military and we all know that's BLOReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 13, 2016 at 3:59 PM
aunque el viejon se encuentra encerradoReplyDelete
nunca a descuidado a su hijo
desde adentro el nos manda un recado
que cuidemos bien el chavo
que siempre andemos armados
por que ya no es como antes y las cosas han cambiadoReplies
- AnonymousOctober 16, 2016 at 1:55 AM
3:59 WOW, more puteria, I mean poetry.Delete
Tu que eres poeta y en el aire las compones
pintale el horno a tu agüela sin bajarle los tacones.
- AnonymousOctober 16, 2016 at 4:43 PM
Cds has been giving hints for a while that the tides turned on them through corridos there's many more he even says it que siempre andemos armados porque ya no es como antes y Las cosas an cambiado that's El muchacho de la barba 2013 this is when alot or cds cats where starting to get caught up and killed because the government pulled there support they where already closing in on chapo at this time they where just doing it slowly step by step till they nabbed him in Mazatlan.Delete
- AnonymousOctober 13, 2016 at 5:05 PM
Low Battery CripsReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 14, 2016 at 5:06 AM
Thanks for translating yaquiReplyDelete
Desde Tierra CalienteReplyDelete
Llegaron a la puerta por la noche. El permiso se les pide que pase por mi tierra. Había seis quizá siete de ellos. Tenían los trajes para las balas y tenía dispositivos de SSP. Había uno cuyo vestido era todo negro. No tenía ningún dispositivo. Habló en voz baja, pero que no era de México. La suya era la voz de un chicano. Quien Sabe
- AnonymousOctober 14, 2016 at 6:16 PM
And the winner for the Nobel prize 2016 is ...ReplyDelete
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PARIS (AP) - They're fashion newcomers - but already have star clients like Beyoncé, Angelina Jolie, Kristen Stewart and Jennifer Lopez.
PARIS (AP) — They're fashion newcomers — but already have star clients like Beyoncé, Angelina Jolie, Kristen Stewart and Jennifer Lopez.
Not bad for "up-and-coming" houses Ralph & Russo and Zuhair Murad — part of a new wave of business-minded couture designers — whose shows capped fall-winter 2014-15 shows Thursday.
Here are the highlights of the end of couture week, including why Kate Winslet defends aging, and why couture can be cruel to models.
They've certainly hit the ground running.
With the finesse of a heritage house, in only her second show, designer Tamara Ralph's produced an archetypal couture display.
Gowns in duchess satin, silk gazar, crepe and chiffon sported hip-centric silhouettes — mostly sweeping the floor or cut to mid-calf.
The show played it safe with crystal embellishments which were nothing new or inventive — but the 36-piece collection still packed a creative punch.
There were a couple of 50s off-shoulder ball gowns in black and white gazar and tulle with stiff wire round the hem. It blew the ripples in the gowns' skirt into giant abstract hoops.
Elsewhere, asymmetrical gowns in sumptuous black and white silk twill had opposing directions of movement — and produced a kinetic energy.
The outgoing French fashion federation president Didier Grumbach has said: "We expect savoir-faire, which is being lost, and Ralph & Russo have it."
With clients like Jolie and Beyoncé, it's clear Grumbach is not the only one who thinks so.
Haute couture is beautiful, but it can be cruel.
6 foot-plus models in plunging silk silhouettes often find it hard to walk properly, since the sumptuous yet unhuman lengths of fabric catch their heels.
Guests were at the edge of their seats at Zuhair Murad's show when several models tripped and nearly fell in front of the paparazzi. The silk chiffon and crepe that fluttered by strangled their ankles.
At Ralph & Russo, one stumbling model had to kick out underneath her tulle dress for several moments to stop herself falling as the material got wrapped around her feet.
But the worst example this week was from Jean Paul Gaultier.
A model who opened his Wednesday show struggled in 6 inch-heels, falling down flat four times to gasps from the audience. Eventually she had to have the heels removed by an usher as she squirmed on the floor so she could descend from the catwalk.
The Lebanese designer who dressed J-Lo produced a typically glam collection with sparking beadwork.
This season, elements of deco-futurism infused the cinched-waisted silhouettes (reminiscent of fellow Lebanese designer Elie Saab) in crepe, satin and Mikado.
Rippled geometric lines appeared in strapless hourglass ball-gowns in gazar.
Flashes of skin and skin-colored tulle provided obligatory sexiness. Some of the futurist details, like "white moon" embroidery, came in streaks of fabric at times lacked subtlety.
But subtlety is not what the red carpet is all about.
Oscar-winner Kate Winslet flew into Paris for a party Wednesday night to celebrate makeup line Lancome's Nouvelle Vague project.
The curvy 38-year-old Winslet — Lancome's ambassador — has been praised throughout her career for sending out a natural image of feminine beauty.
"(Lancome) don't try and suggest that aging is a bad thing, you know, and I'm so grateful for that," she told The Associated Press, looking radiant in a figure-hugging soft blue-purple gown with strong shoulders and slits.
"We live in a world now where young women are so familiar with hearing people say, 'Well, your skin's good now darling but wait until you're thirty...' Aging so far is really fun," she added.
The fine jewelry world's annual dazzling collections are unveiled on the last day of haute couture fall-winter shows each year.
Dior's sparkling collection at 30 avenue Montaigne Thursday cleverly reinterpreted and transposed into jewelry designs original dresses from the late Christian Dior himself.
Miniature mannequins lined the walls in gowns that date from the late 1940s — and next to them the 21 one-of-a-kind pieces they inspired.
Using the four primary jewels — white diamond, blue sapphire, red ruby and green emerald — Dior designer Victoire de Castellane reimagined iconic designs such as the architectural Bar Jacket as a bracelet in white gold and orangy-pink spinels. The most expensive piece was priced at up to 2.3 million euro ($3.13 million).
Not far away, in the Place Vendome, iconic jewelers Boucheron also celebrated their heritage.
But this time they went on a voyage, tracing the 150-year path of the Boucheron family's historic links across Russia, China, Japan, Iran and India.
One section, inspired by the jewels Boucheron made for Russia's Romanovs — family of the czars — included a beautiful curved white gold necklace with white diamonds to represent the Moscow snow. They too were extravagantly priced — with one necklace at 2.8 million euros ($3.81 million).
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Karen Cunagin Sypher, 50, faces up to 26 years in prison for demanding millions from Pitino after the 2003 tryst. The jury reached its verdict after deliberating for just five hours.
Sypher, 50, was convicted of extortion, lying to authorities and retaliating against a witness. Pitino, who is married, was never charged, though he admitted having what he called consensual sex that lasted just 15 seconds, because, he said, she told him she was "extremely fertile."
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This week we feature a guest blog by Leomi L. Bergknut who has helped with event planning of Mealani's Taste of the Hawaiian Range and was 2009 chairperson. Growing up in Hilo, she remembers grass-fed beef was a special meal to have for dinner. Buying local, fresh vegetables and supporting our local agricultural economy is a practice Bergknut encourages by supporting local ranchers and farmers. Bergknut is a consultant who has shared her skills with those in the agricultural field as a way of sustaining our agricultural lands for the future of Hawai'i Island. She can be contacted at email@example.com or at 808-987-3432.
Support Restaurants that Source Local Food
In Kaimuki on O'ahu, town Restaurant has been able to serve island fresh products on its daily menu. Chef Ed Kenney features many agricultural products from our state: Kuahiwi flatiron steak, locally caught ahi, Big Island goat, MA`O organic lettuce, Hamakua mushrooms and many other vegetables and herbs. Recently, the Kaua'i shrimp with the Big Isle's WOW farm tomatoes was tasty, delicious and flavored with locally grown fennel and basil. For dessert, the lilikoi tart had a satisfying rich and creamy flavor.
Carbonated water was served in recycled glass containers and table coasters are made from recycled menus. Our server, Randi, was a source of information and shared, "Local products are used first, organic whenever possible, and being conscious of recycling is done as much as possible." The couple next to us had a town gift card which is another great way to celebrate the holidays with families and friends! Contact town at 808-735-5900 or www.townkaimuki.com.
Likewise, Hilo Bay Café in Hilo has a wide assortment of local Big Island products on its menu. The lunch menu features many items as the heart of their food is the belief that "local and organic ingredients are better for the Earth and for you." The soup of the day was a Hamakua mushroom potato bisque with an earthy delicate taste. The burgers at Hilo Bay Café are made from local, grass-fed beef – grilled to your preference with daily toppings of local vegetables.
Order your Hamakua mushroom potpie as soon as you are seated – it takes 20 minutes to bake and is a treat to taste. It even looks like a mushroom — the crust is flaky and there are generous portions of mushrooms to enjoy! The dinner menu also features ahi poke, roasted free-range chicken and grilled Kulana ribeye steaks. Hilo Bay Café serves lunch from 11a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and dinner from 5-9 p.m. Gift certificates are available and good for two years, 808-935-4939 or www.hilobaycafe.com.
There are many other restaurants on the Big Isle that are doing holiday gift cards and certificates– contact them and share their island style cuisine with family and friends. It's a great way to introduce family and friends to locally raised products and vegetables cooked in different ways, while supporting many of our ranchers and farmers.
Fresh Gift Giving Ideas at Farmers Markets
Take time to shop at Hawai'i Island farmers markets. Make a fruit and vegetable basket for friends or pick-up value-added products. A good find are sausages made with Kona Brewery beer and locally seasoned meats from Daniel and Clare Bobo of Island Thyme Gourmet at the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) Waimea Farmers Market. It's where you can get WOW Farms fresh and sun-dried tomatoes, gather organic vegetables grown at Honopua Farms and combine them with fresh red veal to create a gift. Visit the Waimea Farmers Market on Saturday's from 7 a.m.-noon. Another DHHL site is the Maku`u Farmers Market on the Keaau-Pahoa Highway from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Sundays. Maku`u Farmers Market has a wide range of vendors offering produce, jewelry, artwork and food booths.
The Big Island Farm Bureau Farmers Markets feature 100 percent, Hawai'i grown-and-produced products. The Keauhou Farmers Market, located at the Keauhou Shopping Center in Kona, and the Hilo's Kinoole Farmers Market, located at the old Food Fair site on Kinoole Street, are both open from 6:30 a.m.-noon Saturdays. Come early and gather fresh produce for your holiday meals! For more info on dates and times, visit www.bigislandfarmbureau.org.
Don't forget that there are other many farmers markets located on our island which feature other farmer's fruits and vegetables, locally raised plants such as orchids and handmade items.
Value-Added Products Make Great Gifts
A friend asked where could they get a holiday box of grass-fed beef? Contact JJ's Country Market in Honoka'a at 808-775-7744, Kulana Foods Ltd. in Hilo at 808-959-9144 or Kahua Ranch in Kohala at 808-882-4646 for an assortment of grass-fed beef cuts. It's recommended you place your order two days ahead of time.
A made-in-Hawai'i assortment of spices, which are all natural, with no preservatives and no MSG, no peanuts and GREAT for seasoning – is Kaiulani Spices; they are available at Foodland and Sack-n-Save stores on the Big Isle. The Hawaiian Spice or the Kona Coffee Rub & Season add flavor to grilled meats and vegetables and make great gifts for locals living on the Mainland. For gift packages or further info, visit www.kaispices.com.
KTA Super Stores has been a great supporter of the Hawai'i Dept. of Ag campaign, "Buy Local-It Matters," and many fresh local products found in the grocer's produce department can be made into gift baskets. Other products available include grass-fed beef, Kona and Ka'u coffee, locally raised eggs and dairy products, plus many other value-added products.
Know someone craving for chocolate and has a sweet tooth? Gift baskets and boxes of locally produced chocolate from island-grown cacao can be ordered online by the Original Chocolate Factory at www.ohcf.us. Find chocolate bars for sale at Greenwell Farms in Kona, which is known for its coffee (www.greenwellfarms.com), and at Island Natural stores (www.islandnaturals.com.) Island Natural Stores also has a great assortment of local honey, which includes The Local Buzz Hawaiian Honey from Na'alehu.
Green Party Planning Tip
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A Time to be Thankful
Mahalo to all of our supporters who donated their valuable time, their agricultural knowledge and products toward the 15th Mealani's Taste of the Hawaiian Range and Agricultural Festival last fall. We thank those who visited our Website and facebook pages over this past year. We appreciate all of you who attended and were able to "taste" the many dishes our island chefs cooked up using our grass-fed beef and other locally produced products. We look forward to your continued support in 2011 and wish all of you a safe holiday season full of peace and joy!


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Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are all well and good but, for Giz reader John W., the true realization of the American dream will only come about when he can watch television from his throne—no, not his Lay-Z-Boy, his bathroom throne.
So here's the deal, John is currently remodeling his bathroom and wants to install a television that can be viewed either from the toilet or the tub without getting in the way of normal bathroom usage and without electrocuting anybody. However, he's run into a snag as to how to most easily and inexpensively to actually install the set. That's where the Gizmodo hivemind comes in. We've included the system requirements and space restrictions below as well as some shots of the bathroom in its current state. If you were going to create this setup, how would you do it?
Let us know in the comments below, we'll pick out the best ideas, John will implement them, and then we'll put together a guide so that all Gizmodians can install their own toilet TVs.
TV in the 22-26" range with speakers attached.
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Would like to keep it as flush to the wall as possible the room is not very big.
Must be able to access NAS for movies and music
Must be able to access netflix, amazon streaming, youtube etc.
have some sort of waterproof (or resistant) medium for operting from the tub.
DVD player would be nice but not required.
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Explosive night no fun for animals
RSPCA Queensland is warning pet owners to take precautions to ensure their pets are safe and secure during New Year's Eve celebrations.
Fireworks may be fun for humans, but every year they create havoc amongst the animal population.
"It's likely that scores of animals will end up at our shelters or council pounds and sadly this year we've once again been forced to put on extra staff and volunteers in our call centre and our Wacol Animal Care Campus reception," RSPCA Qld spokesman Michael Beatty said.
"The sad part is that it's easily preventable. Despite the warnings many people still don't seem to understand the devastating effect fireworks can have on some animals.
"Often they will panic and end up on the road where of course they run the risk of being hit by cars. Sometimes they're found kilometres from their homes."
All pet owners are advised to make certain that their pets are in a secure environment and one that they feel comfortable with.
Ideally they should be kept inside the house and if this is not possible then inside the garage or somewhere where they feel at ease and know well.
"We also urge people to make certain their pets have up to date identification on them. It's very hard to reunite pets with their owners if they don't have identification that includes the owners' telephone numbers," Mr Beatty said.
"Ideally they should also be micro-chipped. We also recommend that horses should be securely stabled or removed to a location away from the fireworks."
Veterinary advice can be sought for particular concerns regarding fireworks or thunderstorm phobias in pets.