The 2012 Tata Nano has been revealed and its tiny 2-cylinder 600cc will get 3 hp more, raising the output to a grand total of 38 hp. Torque figure is also up by 3 lb.-ft to 38 lb.-ft, and the car promises to be more fuel efficient, managing to do 59.7 mpg (71.7 mpg UK or 3.9 liters / 100 km), with CO2 emissions standing at 92.7 g/km.
The revised version of the Nano will benefit from a new suspension set-up that will have an anti-roll bar at the front. In addition, the car’s steering mechanism will be revised while the exhaust note will be enhanced. As standard, the 2012 Tata Nano will be sold with power assisted brakes. The car will be available for purchase in a greater variety of exterior colors and clients will be able to choose from more interior materials.
The starting price for the 2012 Tata Nano is $2,670 (1,980 Euros / 1.40 lakhs).
Source: Tata Motors via Autocar
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Quick, what do the Ferrari 458 Italia, the Audi R8 and the Tata Nano have in common? Both the supercars and the cheap compact are extremely fire-prone.
After hearing quite a few stories about burning Ferrari 458 Italia models, the Nano is back with a vengeance, as another model went up in flames on the streets of Delhi last week.
It seems that as soon as the owner attempted to turn on the car, sparks came out of the rear, where the engine was located, and a fire immediately started. Fire fighters were quick to intervened but the Nano already burned to a crisp.
A Tata spokesman revealed that the cause of the fire is still unknown, but that people shouldn’t panic, as there are still tens of thousands of Nanos on Indian roads that aren’t burning.
Check out the fire engulf the Tata Nano in the video after the jump.
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Everybody remembers the Tata Nano right? The low-cost (albeit fire-prone) small car phenomenon that has already gripped India, right?
Well, you know what the Nano really needs, besides aftermarket tuning options or things like that? A convertible version.
That’s at least what the Indian plant where the Nano is made believed, as it has manufactured a few convertible versions of the Nano, in order to transport visitors around factory grounds in style and with the wind in their hair.
Although it seems the car has endured a few other modifications, like the tribal decals on the side or the step bar, the sight of a Nano without a roof is mighty impressive.
Still, don’t expect it to actually be available to the public, as the Nano was already cutting it close in terms of structural integrity as a coupe, so a convertible edition might be downright dangerous to drive.
What do you think of this low cost open top convertible? Share your thoughts below.
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India’s low cost car phenomenon, the Tata Nano, has sold like hot cakes since it was made available in the subcontinent.
At the beginning of the year though, things got much hotter for new Nano owners, as three cases of the tiny car catching fire have been reported. While in two of those incidents, the fire was a result of a faulty switch, the third one left police investigators puzzled.
As such, Tata got together a team of its own experts and went to work on the remains of the charred Nano. The results are finally in, but are still a bit inconclusive.
Without revealing just what went wrong with that specific Nano, the team said that “no manufacturing defects” were found. As such, all other Nanos are completely safe to drive. If you’re still feeling a bit hot in your low cost city car, rest assured as Tata will be conducting extra investigations for all cars already in service.
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Indian car company Tata is selling the new Nano low-cost models like hot cakes. But as we revealed yesterday, some models are a bit too hot for their own good, as four cars have been involved in spontaneous combustion incidents while parked or on the road.
As you can imagine, in order to gain back the confidence of the public, Tata has started investigations into all of the cases. The first three incidents were seemingly caused by a faulty switch near the steering wheel, but how that could result in the parked cars catching fire is still a mystery for us.
Now, with the most recent incident happening while the car was driven on the road, Tata began a new investigation, and promised that it will showcase the results as soon as possible. At the same time, a spokesperson admitted that the recent case is pretty unique.
Until the investigation is completed though, if you want to drive your Nano model, just pay extra attention to any smoke or excessive heat.
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Many people in India eagerly awaited the low-cost Tata Nano city car. Offering a cheap and reliable means of transportation, with just a bit more power than a scooter, the Nano is experiencing sales like the proverbial hot cakes.
But it seems that Nano models were so hot that several new cars erupted into flames just after their customers picked them up from the dealerships. The latest incident involved a Mumbay resident who picked up his brand new Nano, and was being driven by a chauffeur (he didn’t have a license yet) to his home.
On the road, the two guys were overtaken by a motorcycle, and the rider immediately pointed out that the rear of the car, which housed the engine, caught fire. The driver and passenger managed to get out safely, but the resulting blaze (pictured above) charred the Nano model (pictured below).
This isn’t the first time Nano cars have caught fire, as three more such cases were reported at the end of last year. Tata denied that a recall was in order, as the fires are likely due to short circuits, and aren’t connected.
Either way, you can be sure that these incidents will make a considerable dent in the popularity of the Nano. Now, at least, Toyota’s unintended acceleration problems don’t seem so severe.
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The Tata Nano has become nothing short of a phenomenon in the last few years, even though it is present on its native Indian market for just a short amount of time. This popularity was largely generated by its extremely low price of around $2,000, in its standard spec.
With plans to release it in other markets, like Europe or North America, you can be sure that Tata will make some changes to the Indian-spec model, and add more features, in order to attract customers from those markets, changes which will definitely increase the asking price.
Now, according to a new report, that asking price might be as high as $8,000 when the car will eventually hit North America sometimes next year. Why the triple price? Tata Technologies president, Warren Harris explains:
The structural changes that would need to be made, the changes that would be required as far as emissions are concerned, and some of the features that would be appropriate to add to the vehicle for the North American market, obviously that would drive up the price point.
You can also expect to see a more powerful engine in the Nano, with the two-cylinder 600cc unit being replace with at least a 1-liter engine, capable of taking the small city car to 90 mph, which is blazing fast as opposed to the current 65 mph limit of the Nano.
Would you still be interested in a Tata Nano even though its price is much higher? Leave a comment below.
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Remember that controversial Tata Nano tuning project which was revealed when Tata and India’s DC Design signed a contract to offer aftermarket parts for the low-cost car?
Well it seems that its price will be just a *bit* higher than the regular $2,000 asking price of the stock model. How much, you ask? About 110 times as much, with the price tag for the customized Nano being a whopping $220,000.
For all that money, you’ll be getting a shell of the former Nano, with its insides, from the body panels, brakes, suspension to the wheels or engine being completely upgraded. The “monster” 624cc engine, which developed 33 HP, will be replaced by a proper “supercar”-like 1.6-liter unit, which will get this upmarket Nano to 124 mph.
Believe it or not, Dilip Chhabaria, the owner of DC Designs says that it will sell around 2 to 5 models each year, and will also begin to export them.
Frankly, we’re left without words. If you can muster some of your own, you’re more than welcome to share them in the comments section below.
Source: AFP via Autoblog
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If you’re even remotely interested in cars, you’ve no doubt heard about India’s Tata Nano model which promises a cheap, albeit bare-bone means of transportation for emerging markets like its local country, and, with a few extra trinkets and “luxuries” will also reach European or North American shores.
But even though it has only been out for a short amount of time, bigger companies are already preparing to fight fire with fire, and are busy creating their own low-cost models for emerging markets. Nissan is already making great progress, and it seems that General Motors, together with its Chinese partner, Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC), are also planning a new model, to appear below the Chevrolet Spark / Daewoo Matiz model, which is selling in China through the 50:50 joint-venture the two corporations have going on.
Of course no official statements were given, but it’s seems a pretty logical move, which might meant that in a few years, we’ll be assaulted with low-cost models such as the Tata Nano. Is this good or bad? You be the judge by leaving a comment below.
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The Tata Nano is certainly getting its fair share of news stories these days, from the presumed pick-up based off of it, to some rather nightmare-inducing aftermarket tuning options. But now, the guys at Autocar have received a prototype of the European version of the Nano low cost model, which will most likely debut in 2011.
The new car is definitely a more upmarket model than the Indian one, if you can call things like a five-speed manual gearbox, traction control, power steering, ABS or twin airbags luxuries. It will be powered by a 1.0-liter three-cylinder engine, outputin 60 HP, and coupled with the aforementioned gearbox, as opposed to a four-speed Indian one.
A major aspect of the Europa Nano will be its small size, being extremely short than other regular A segment models. No word yet on whether or not this specific version will be a five-door, or retain the lack of any boot access from the Indian-spec ones.
But all these luxuries will come at a cost, as Autocar speculates that the final price will be around £4,000 – £5,000 in the UK, translating to €4,400 – €5,400 or $6,500 – $7,500. For what if offers, do you consider it a bargain? Let us know by leaving a comment.
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A new report has just arrived from India, together with a spy shot which might betray the fact that local carmaker Tata is indeed planning to release a pick-up version based on its low-cost Nano model.
Frankly, words betray me at this point, and thoughts like “What’s it going to carry?” are present. But considering the design of the front cabin or the single windshield wiper taken straight from the Nano, it just might come true, courtesy of a few weld spots and a pick-up flat bed.
Indian websites are revealing that the upcoming model, codenamed Penguin, will be powered by a rear-mounted 350cc diesel engine, sending all of its “massive” power directly to the back wheels. Just imagine the burnouts possible with it! (/sarcasm).
But seriously, if this model will come to life, I’m sure it will bring in even more money for Tata, alongside the Nano. What do you think? Leave a comment with your view on this awkward little prototype.
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Tata boss Ratan Tata has once again confirmed that a hybrid version of its low cost Nano model will arrive in the future. He hasn’t revealed what type of system his company will employ, but it’s safe to say that it won’t blow anyone away, or be expensive, as that will contradict the purpose of the Nano.
Either way, the small Indian car is still doing great, and with fuel economy figures around 50 mpg, due to its small engine and weight, it will definitely attract many people in the markets that it will soon appear, like Europe or North America.
Might a hybrid Nano spark your interest? Don’t be shy and drop a comment with your view on the small, low cost Indian model.
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While most car fans consider the very existence of the Tata Nano as being an attack against the car industry as we know it, it seems that Carnation Auto, based in New Delphi, has teamed up with Dilip Chhabria’s DC Design to offer aftermarket tuning options for the Nano.
That’s right, let that idea sink in for a bit. We’ll not only be invaded, at least according to Tata, by Nano models, but some of them will also receive tuning to stand out from the pack, and judging from the prototype model pictured above, it’s not going to be pretty.
There isn’t much you can say after seeing such a thing. Luckily the body kit will be available in 2010, so until them we can shield our eyes. What do you believe? Leave a comment with your view on the matter.
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Honestly, you can’t really ask for much when you’re buying a brand new car at just $2,500 like the Tata Nano. It has become extremely popular in its native India, and is gearing up to be released in other territories, including Europe.
But it seems that Tata isn’t happy with shipping an India-spec Nano to these countries, and is considering implementing some upgrades to the model, among which a better acceleration and … wait for it … a tailgate. No, I’m not kidding, it seems that future Nano owners will be able to push the 33 HP engine to a new redline at 6,000 rpm, but due to safety considerations, the top speed will still be limited to 65 mph. Also, the Indian engineers are considering shipping the Nano with a five-speed gearbox in Europe, and keeping the four-speed one in the local market.
And as I’ve said above, a big change to the Nano will be introduction of an actual tailgate, as if you want to store something in the boot of the current model, you need to open he back doors, fold the seats and place your cargo. Another “luxury” implemented might be a new system for the side mirrors, which may even hint at an electric subsystem, which would cost extra. A new “check strap” which will limit how far the doors open might also be included.
The changes aren’t confirmed though, and neither how much they will jack up the price of the cheap Nano.
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It seems that one of the newest trends in the automotive industry is the introduction of small cheap cars, targeted at nations which are still in development, with the prime example being the Tata Nano, coming from India.
The popularity that the tiny model is enjoying has now sparked the interest of many other big carmakers, one of them being Nissan, which reportedly is preparing to launch its own small vehicle platform, dubbed V (think Versatile). This new car, which is in development for quite some time, will use fewer parts than current compact Nissan models, and will target countries like Thailand, India or China, at the middle of 2010.
Nissan also has high hopes for the small model, hoping to sell over one million vehicles per year as early as 2013. This also means that it will launch the V in other territories besides the Asian countries, like Europe or the US, around 2011.
Do you think that such small, cheap vehicles are the future? Leave a comment with your thoughts.
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The ratio of unoccupied to occupied seats had been growing throughout the fourth quarter, and by the time Ball State running back Jahwan Edwards high-stepped into the end zone for the third time Saturday, the aluminum bleachers beyond it were virtually empty.
Five minutes remained, but the day was clearly lost.
And the season?
With seven games left, the challenge facing Virginia is to see that another lost one isn't a foregone conclusion as well, after a 48-27 loss that coach Mike London called "embarrassing" and which set off another round of soul-searching among players who've already done their share.
"We're going to have to really man up and we're going to see where everybody's heart is at, where everybody's head is at, where everybody's focus is at," quarterback David Watford said. "We've just got to man up and play. It's put up or shut up right now. Seven games left. We've got to win."
That had been the theme heading into Saturday as well. With Virginia sitting at a 2-2 crossroads after letting a winnable game at Pittsburgh slip away, a couple veteran players had gone as far as to call Ball State a "must win."
But the canny Cardinals, a five-point underdog from the Mid-American Conference, took advantage of Virginia's numerous mental mistakes and torched a defense that had seemed to represent the Cavaliers' best chance of staying in games.
Virginia was flagged for 13 penalties and committed three turnovers that led to Ball State scores. Defensive mistakes, including a spate of personal fouls, kept drives alive. Offensive miscues took Cavalier points off the board.
"You've got to have poise in those situations," London said. "We just didn't play very smart today."
The Cavaliers had reason to expect better, with a defense that had been swarming and disruptive and an offense that had been revamped since the loss to Pitt.
A corporate-style house cleaning was done at wide receiver, with everyone essentially required to reapply. The line was shuffled, with two new starters in place and a third at a new position.
The changes paid off early. When Watford dived for and grazed an end zone pylon early in the second quarter, completing a 27-yard run, Virginia led 17-7.
"We were rolling. We were ready to go," he said. "We were just firing on all cylinders and it was a great feeling. We were just ready to score."
Ball State answered with a field goal and then moved 79 yards in 10 plays to tie the game.
Virginia's second-half unraveling began quickly, with a Kevin Parks' fumble leading to a Ball State touchdown. The Cavaliers responded with an 85-yard drive and 2-yard Parks touchdown run, but their next two possessions also ended in turnovers.
Still, Virginia was very much in it, down 34-24, when a 79-yard touchdown pass from Watford to Tim Smith was nullified after offensive tackle Eric Smith, a true freshman, strayed too far downfield.
The Cavaliers settled for a field goal that pulled them within a touchdown. Two plays later, Ball State quarterback Keith Wenning connected with Jordan Williams for a 72-yard touchdown.
Edwards' dance into the end zone provided the final margin.
"I am usually not speechless, but I am pretty darn close," Ball State coach Pete Lembo said. "It is going to take a while for this one to really sink in, but this has got to be the biggest win in the history of Ball State football in nine years."
For Virginia, it was a deflating loss that leaves the Cavaliers in an all-too-familiar spot, as guard Luke Bowanko, a fifth-year senior, pointed out.
"It's frustrating. You can talk about having seven games left, and a lot of football to play, but I've been here for a long time in this situation," he said. "At some point, I can't help you, coaches can't help you. You've got to help yourself and I don't think we did a good enough job of that today."
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Whichever way church members voted in the EU referendum (if they voted at all), the latest newsletter from the Cambridge-based Jubilee Centre suggests a couple of ways in which local churches can help bring together their local communities if relations are still fractured following the vote, perhaps having been made worst through some of the ongoing discussions on social media, where it’s easy for people to communicate only with those who share their views, as an unhelpful ‘echo chamber’. In particular, it suggests holding community events to:
• bring together people of opposing views on Brexit so that they can relate to one another as fellow human beings; and
• remind people of the things that they have in common, such as living in the same neighbourhood (and perhaps even uniting over shared frustrations on road closures or potholes in the East Northants of 2018…)
Might there be opportunities for you to hold such an event? The authors suggest that new housing developments provide particularly good opportunities for this type of thing.


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Lamar Odom is hoping his ex-wife Khloe Kardashian gives him another chance.
Odom and Khloe were married for seven years before divorcing.
Their public marriage was often plagued with Odom’s addiction troubles.
Now, five years after their divorce, Odom wants to rekindle things.
He reflected on their failed marriage in a recent episode of “Celebrity Big Brother.”
Odom admitted he wasn’t good to Khloe during their marriage.
He shared that if he could take back all the wrong things he die, he would.
Odom expressed a desire to take Khloe to dinner once he leave the house.
If given the opportunity, the former NBA player said he will make amends and do the right thing.

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Turns out someone figured how to make the Nintendo Wii Remote (affectionately known as the WiiMote) interface with a PC, of the Windows, Mac, and Linux variety. You just need the following:
1 Bluetooth Dongle (Cirago, $15)
1 Nintendo Wii Remote($36, free shipping)
Then, you can follow the instructions here. Personally though, I’m not sure if there are any worthy WiiMote apps for the computer. Yes, you can at the very least use a PC-enabled Wii Remote as a mouse (on Windows your use Wiinmote). But as anyone who’s played a Wii FPS will tell you, waving around a stick is nothing compared …read more
Yet another example of totally offbeat Japanese creativity:
English port please Nintendo. Not all of us have geeky Japanese-fluent otaku-wannabes who can decipher game menus. (Thanks CNET Asia)
Someone’s head might be rolling over at the PlayStation 3’s manufacturer. Apparently to build more interest in the gaming console (which has fare relatively poorly against the Xbox 360 and Wii), someone sent Joystiq an email declaring that the PS3 provides better value for money, while the Xbox 360 and Wii of course, do not:
The informercial-esque message — titled “Keeping Entertainment Simple” — made our day with colorful accusations, including one that the Xbox 360 “requires … multiple upgrades and additional external devices, putting a burden on the wallet and adds clutter to the entertainment center.” That clutter would be …read more
Enjoy a new found freedom in all of your Wii games with the Kama Wireless Nunchuck from Nyko.
The Kama Wireless Nunchuk provides all the same abilities and features of the wired version, but with no cables tethered to the Nintendo Wii remote.
I actually picked up two of these controllers today from my local Game Crazy. They were a little pricey at $35.00 USD each compared to the wired Nintendo version for $19.95 USD but they are so much nicer.
The Kama Wireless Nunchuck is compatible with all Nintendo Wii software that utilizes the Nunchuk attachment and requires no additional …read more
If you were a child of the 1970’s and 1980’s like me then you probably remember the Nintendo (NES) Entertainment System and the Super Nintendo gaming systems.
I’m guessing that a lot of the Gadget Blog readers might still own fully working console systems and have a box full of dusty game cartridges like I do as well.
Well for you gamers who don’t have the original console systems anymore because your mom sold them at a garage sale or donated them to charity, this is for you:
*insert angelic music*
The Retro Duo is awesome! I have one as a back …read more
Looks like there is plenty of Wii games to go around but are there enough Wii consoles in the USA and UK? Hmm….Have you bought a Wii yet ? I have not touched my machine for the past 1 week now. Its been busy for me. Check out a whole list of Wii games here.
A study from Research and Markets says that the total number of games for the Nintendo Wii is reaching the total number of games available for the much older Xbox 360 console. According to the study Sega leads the pack with the most releases for current …read more

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Bharat Box Office Day 4: Salman, Katrina-starrer rakes in Rs 122 crore
The Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif-starrer Bharat has had a good run at the box office so far. The film, which released on June 5, has managed to mint Rs 122.20 crore at the box office
Salman Khan's Bharat was a much-awaited film. Directed by Ali Abbas Zafar and co-starring Katrina Kaif, Bharat has had a good run at the box office so far. The biggest family film of the year, Bharat has got a lot of love and appreciation at the box office. On day 4 of its release, the total collection of the movie is Rs 122.20 crore.
Film critic and trade analyst Taran Adarsh took to Twitter to confirm the box office collection. He wrote, "#Bharat rocks the BO... Biz jumps on Day 4... Multiplexes join the party, single screens rock-steady... Will continue its winning streak today [Sun]... Being patronised by family audience... Wed 42.30 cr, Thu 31 cr, Fri 22.20 cr, Sat 26.70 cr. Total: Rs 122.20 cr. India biz."
#Bharat rocks the BO... Biz jumps on Day 4... Multiplexes join the party, single screens rock-steady... Will continue its winning streak today [Sun]... Being patronised by family audience... Wed 42.30 cr, Thu 31 cr, Fri 22.20 cr, Sat 26.70 cr. Total: âÂ¹ 122.20 cr. India biz.— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) June 9, 2019
Adarsh had earlier shared that the film's opening day moolah has surpassed that of Salman's hit films including Tiger Zinda Hai (Rs 34.10 crore), Sultan (Rs 36.54 crore) and Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (Rs 40.35 crore). Bharat saw a bumper opening and minted Rs. 42.30 crore on its first day.
Despite tough competition from the much-hyped India vs South Africa World Cup match, Bharat wasn't impacted at the box office. Directed by Ali Abbas Zafar, Bharat is an official adaptation of the 2014 South Korean movie Ode To My Father. This marks Salman's third collaborating with Zafar after Sultan and Tiger Zinda Hai.
Bharat also features Disha Patani, Sunil Grover, Jackie Shroff, Nora Fatehi and Sonali Kulkarni. The Bajrangi Bhaijaan actor sports five different looks in the film spanning 60 years, including a crucial part showcasing the actor in his late 20s, looking much leaner and younger.
The film, produced by Atul Agnihotri, Bhushan Kumar, and Krishan Kumar, released on June 5. Apart from Bharat, Salman will be seen in Prabhu Dheva's Dabangg 3 and Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Inshallah.
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Well, not really, but what CNN did do was determine that 80% of the claim made by Michael Bloomberg’s anti-gun group is bogus. Erika noted yesterday that other analyses show that it’s more like 90%, but give credit where it’s due. CNN decided to do what most media outlets skipped, and looked at the actual data:
So on Wednesday, CNN took a closer look at the list, delving into the circumstances of each incident Everytown included.
Everytown says on its web site that it gleans its information from media reports and that its list includes school shootings involving a firearm discharged inside or on school grounds, including assaults, homicides, suicides and accidental shootings.
CNN determined that 15 of the incidents Everytown included were situations similar to the violence in Oregon — a minor or adult actively shooting inside or near a school. That works out to about one shooting every five weeks.
Some of the other incidents on Everytown’s list included personal arguments, accidents and alleged gang activities and drug deals.
While 15 school shootings is still 15 too many, it’s a far cry from Everytown’s claim of 74. Those were violent incidents as well, but they had other causes and weren’t the kind of mass shootings seen at Sandy Hook. Furthermore, the Santa Barbara massacre was not just a shooting either, and didn’t all take place in a school.
Everytown wants to blur lines and reduce all causes to the presence of firearms, but the Santa Barbara massacre is actually proof that the guns aren’t the cause. Their argument also neglects to mention that firearm violence has been decreasing over the last several years (especially since the end of the so-called assault weapons ban), and that mass shootings are very rare, even if they get tons of media attention for obvious reasons.
How can we prevent more of these incidents? The true connecting factor for most of these is mental illness, and we need some proposals for protecting society from the potentially dangerous among us no matter what weapons they access. Restricting weapons from law-abiding citizens won’t keep people like the Santa Barbara killer from committing multiple murders, and gaming stats to create hysteria as Bloomberg does only distracts from the real issues, and delays any work toward sensible and applicable solutions.


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Booongo sharpens games portfolio with UI and UX upgrades
Content developer Booongo has further enhanced its leading games portfolio by making several UI and UX improvements across its slots.
The UI and UX upgrades have been designed to improve the gaming experience and provide increased functionality for all existing and future Booongo developed titles.
The company has changed the size, placement and visibility of key gaming functions including the main spin button, quick spins, autospins and bet adjustment options. Booongo players can now also see their latest win value in the centre of the screen, while each game’s paytable has been redesigned to be made even easier to understand.
Booongo has also ensured the adjustments are optimised for mobile devices, in particular when games are accessed in portrait mode, in order to allow players to receive the best experience across all channels.
These improvements will be followed by Booongo’s upcoming Promo UI 2.0 rollout, which will drive a tighter connection between the main gameplay and gamification features of the developer’s suite of games. The highly-anticipated release of the supplier’s new offering of Jackpots, Prize Drops and Cashbacks widgets will run in parallel alongside existing promotional campaigns.
Yuriy Muratov, Head of Account Management and Business Development at Booongo, said: “Launching these UI and UX upgrades to our games is an important step in making the overall experience as enjoyable as possible. We understand the changing nature of online slots and how players access their favourite games, which has significantly shaped the modifications we have made.
“With these new design layouts implemented across our games, we’re now focused on the next steps to incorporate more functionality within our content that will make for a more immersive experience. 2021 promises to be another huge year for Booongo that will take our portfolio to the next level.”

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It has been verified what we all suspected. Bruce Willis announced his retirement due to aphasia, a language impediment caused by damage to a specific area of the brain that governs linguistic abilities and comprehension. He is being looked after by his family, especially by his wife Emma Heming Willis.
The Willis family suffered greatly over the last three months following the 67-year-old actor’s diagnosis, but it also strengthened their bond as a unit to battle the sickness.
According to reports, Willis hardly ever leaves his house and spends the majority of his time there.
The news that Bruce Willis, who we have all known, is having difficulty staying true to his vicious reputation shocked the globe.
Despite being only 67 years old, the adored actor—who is best known for his roles in Die Hard, Pulp Fiction, and Sixth Sense, among other movies—is quitting acting.
In an Instagram statement, his family said the following:
“To all of Bruce’s incredible supporters, we wanted to let you know that, in addition to his health problems, our dear Bruce was recently diagnosed with aphasia, which is affecting his cognitive ability. Bruce is leaving the career that has meant a great deal to him after giving it careful thought.
The statement went on, “Our family is going through a really trying time, and we are so appreciative of your continued love, compassion, and support.” We wanted to include his fans because we understand how much they mean to you and how much you matter to him, and we are navigating this together as a strong family. “Live it up,” as Bruce often says, and that’s exactly what we’re going to do together. Love, Mabel, Evelyn, Scout, Rumer, Emma, Demi, and Tallulah.
Just one week later, Bruce officially announced his acting retirement.
Aphasia is characterized as a “trapped” experience by Dr. Duane Campbell, Chief of Neurology and Director of the Stroke Center at MedStar Health.
Additionally, he said, “People feel stuck, which is really frustrating. Communicating and having the ability to express oneself are crucial for a high quality of life.
If you could picture all of your families there, you could feel the things that are upsetting you and they could be talking to you, but you couldn’t comprehend a word they were saying. It is really annoying. It essentially isolates you; it’s as if you only speak your own language and nobody else can relate to you. That’s really crippling, then.
Emma, Bruce Willis’s wife, and their kids are now taking care of him. She does not, however, have it easy. Emma stated in an interview that looking after everyone in the house has affected her health as well.
Additionally, Emma said, “I recently heard that when you over-care for someone, you wind up under-caring for yourself. That truly spoke to me and stopped me in my tracks.
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2-Bedroom Villas DuplexSet on two levels, this stunning villa features a master suite on the first floor and second bedroom on the ground floor. Offering 170 sqm of opulent space, this villa offers sweeping views across the entire valley, whether it be from the bathroom or the bedroom. Amenities include sun loungers, hot tub and a barbeque on the sun kissed terrace. The spacious living room is complete with sofa and open fireplace, home from home touches continue with a kitchen with microwave, cooker and refrigerator and a wine cellar.
2-Bedroom Villas One LevelSet across one level with 157 sqm of living space, these ultra stylish and modern villas overlook the gorgeous valley, with two bedrooms featuring king beds, the master suite boasts of its own double vanity bathroom. The spacious terraces are the perfect way to enjoy the sunshine with sun loungers, a hot tub and barbeque for in villa dining. The airy living room is the perfect relaxing place with an open fire. You’ll also benefit of having a wine cellar and kitchen with microwave, electric oven, cooker, sink and refrigerator.
Villa Master SuitesOffering between 111 to 126 sqm of living space, the Villa Master Suites are a spacious oasis for relaxation with a king size bedroom with double vanity bathroom. The terrace area is a wonderful way to enjoy the outdoors in privacy, with sun loungers, hot tub and barbeque. Complete with home from home touches, this villa has a spacious living room with open fireplace, a wine cellar and equipped kitchen with microwave, oven, sink and refrigerator.
Villa Deluxe RoomsThe Villa Deluxe Rooms offer two bedrooms, but can be sold separately as one-bedroom villas. Measuring between 45 to 47 sqm each villa compromises of a spacious terrace overlooking the charming Estancia vineyards and the valley, where you can catch some of the most mesmerizing sunset views. Rooms include a twin and king size bed with luxurious Egyptian cotton.
Grace SuitesThere is just two Grace Suites, both measuring 79 sqm with a spacious 18-metre terrace, which can interconnect with the Deluxe Rooms. Uninterrupted views of the snow-capped peaks and the sweeping valley that stretches for miles can be privately adored from the comforts of your bathroom or bedroom.
Deluxe RoomsOffering between 40 and 42 sqm the Deluxe Rooms all feature individual perks, with interconnecting capabilities, sunset views from the balcony and sweeping views of the east or west, which showcases the mountains or vineyards.
The concierge team at Grace Cafayate is made up of passionate locals who have worked all over South America, whether you’re looking for activities, car rentals, activities, wine tasting tours, horse-back riding, sightseeing around the valley or child care arrangements, the concierge team are on hand to make your Argentina holiday that extra special.
Around this boutique you will find plenty of places to relax including at the outdoor heated pool and whirlpool.
Golf lovers don’t have to venture far to put a ‘hole-in-one’, La Estancia de Cafayate is a sweeping golf course and estate set in the valley, with a lively golf club house, indoor pool, gym, squash courts, two polo fields and access to the estate’s vineyards.
The RestaurantTraditional Argentine cuisine is on the menu at The Restaurant, with meats such as beef, lamb, goat and llama. Locally sourced wines accompany your meal, with staff ready to help you pick the perfect match to your meal. Guests can choose to dine inside or on the terrace with stunning views of the valley. The Restaurant serves a buffet breakfast, lunch and dinner.
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Police have released security images of a man wanted in an alleged sexual assault on the TTC.
On Jan. 3 just before 10 a.m., a 26-year-old woman was on the subway heading north between the St. Clair West and Glencairn subway stations when a man sat down and allegedly sexually assaulted her, Toronto Police said Saturday.
The man is described as 5-foot-10 and between 35 and 45 years old. He was wearing a dark winter jacket, a black baseball hat with a white Nike logo, and rectangular-framed glasses.
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When Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) put forth his budget plan in 2011, it included a provision to make Medicare sustainable into the future, but Democrats dishonestly pretended Ryan was setting out to destroy Medicare rather than save it. You may remember the Democrat ad that showed Ryan pushing a wheelchaired grandmother over a cliff. The Democrats were so dishonest about Ryan's proposal that Factcheck.Org deemed the Democrat lie one of the worst politiical deceptions of 2011 in it's Whopper's Of 2011 list.
To those dedicated to the truth rather than deception, it is obvious the only thing that will ultimately destroy Medicare is to leave it unsustainable, as it is now. The unfunded Medicare liability stands at over $81.755 TRILLION dollars. We don't have to come up with all that dough immediately, of course, but we do need to start addressing the problem sooner rather than later, or we'll be in a world of hurt. As things stand now, the Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund will become insolvent in 2024.
One mechanism to help address the Medicare liability is already encoded into law. It's known as the "Medicare Trigger". When the Medicare Trustees determine Medicare faces a significant revenue shortfall, the "Trigger" is pulled, and the law requires the President to fast track a process to address the revenue shortage. The President has 15 days to put forth a solution.
For the fifth year in a row, the Medicare Trustees have pulled the Medicare Trigger, and for the fourth year in a row, President Obama has violated the law by ignoring it. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) and Rep. Ryan sent Obama the following letter urging him to follow the law:
March 1, 2012
President Barack Obama
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mr. President:
Following last year’s Medicare Trustees’ report, we wrote to you expressing our concern about the impending insolvency of the program’s Hospital Insurance Trust Fund. We also asked that, in accordance with current-law requirements, your Administration submit to Congress a proposal to address the Medicare funding warning issued in last year’s Trustees’ report. To date, we have received neither a response nor solution.
The law requires you to submit a legislative proposal to Congress following a warning by the Medicare Trustees triggered by a determination in two consecutive years that general revenues will account for more than 45 percent of Medicare’s outlays for the current fiscal year or any of the next six fiscal years. Specifically, Section 1105 of Title 31 of the U.S. Code requires:
If there is a Medicare funding warning under section 801(a)(2) of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 made in a year, the President shall submit to Congress, within the 15-day period beginning on the date of the budget submission to Congress under subsection (a) for the succeeding year, proposed legislation to respond to such warning.
Last year marked the sixth consecutive finding of excessive general-revenue funding and the fifth consecutive funding warning. During recent testimony before the House Budget Committee, Medicare’s Chief Actuary suggested that it is likely this year’s Trustees report will issue its seventh consecutive such finding. As if this weren’t a clear enough call to action, your own Secretary of Health and Human Services testified last year before the same committee that “the traditional Medicare Fee-For-Service program is unsustainable.”
Mr. President, the Medicare Trustees, Medicare’s Chief Actuary, and your own Administration have all sounded the alarm about Medicare’s financial distress. Yet, the budget you submitted to Congress this month continues to punt on addressing the foremost fiscal threat to seniors, physicians, and the national balance sheet. Not only does this violate the statutory obligations laid out under current law, but it also threatens the sustainability of health care security for today’s seniors and future Medicare beneficiaries.
You have often asked for Congress to “put politics aside” and solve the pressing issues facing our country. We would ask that you join us in this challenge and put a plan on the table. We look forward to receiving legislation to address the Medicare funding warning in the near future.
Very truly yours,
Senator Jeff Sessions
Representative Paul Ryan
President Obama was required to submit his proposal by last tuesday, but instead he has chosen to violate the law...again...and Medicare remains ever more unsustainable than it was before.
If only we had a media to report these things, perhaps the people would begin to understand what is really going on in this country, and what is really going on with this administration.
You may recall that the so-called supercommittee failed to reach an agreement on $1.2 trillion in spending cuts just before last Thankgiving. That failure set off another Medicare trigger, which required $123 billion (2%) in automatic payment cuts to Medicare providers. Now a group of Democrats are seeking to stop those cuts. In other words, those Democrats are seeking to renege out of the even the backup plan to the deal they agreed to previously. It makes one wonder, why even make a deal with the Democrats in the first place, when they have no intention of keeping their word, and when the Democrat President has no intention of even following the law ? It reminds me of how the Democrats pass Pay-Go legislation every few years and then forget all about it the second the ink dries on the legislation.
And the unsustainability beat goes on.
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Tom Hiddleston is in LA with Taylor Swift, and the talk is that he could be meeting with James Bond producers about the iconic role.
Tom Hiddleston insists his disproportionately documented relationship with Taylor Swift is not a publicity stunt — but he may not even be aware it is.
Friends of Taylor Swift’s ex told Page Six the jilted DJ is peeved at how she’s been flaunting her new “relationship” with actor Tom Hiddleston.
The Internet’s in a tizzy over conspiracy theories that Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston’s #Hiddleswift romance is just one big #fakeout — a mega piece of performance art no more...
Sources tell us that Taylor Swift is a “clingy girlfriend” and she initiated all the photo-ready displays of affection at her July Fourth extravaganza.
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It's the mind-bending conclusion of "The Tholian Webs!" One crewmember makes the ultimate sacrifice to save the Enterprise in this all-new re-imagining of a classic Star Trek episode!

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Website Bleeding Cool is playing host to the debut of all five episodes of superhero dramedy Aquaman: The Teen Drama.
Well, first off, here’s episode #1 of the miniseries:
Before you ask, no, this is in no way associated with DC Comics or the CW television network- it’s just for fun and was dreamt up by writer/director Patrick Willems. The show is meant to be tongue-in-cheek (as you can tell) and plays off of the typical teen dramas that nets like the CW air year in and year out. The difference here is that, of course, the main character is Aquaman and the cast is made up entirely of characters from the DC Comic.
To get an idea of what AQUAMAN: THE TEEN DRAMA is, take a CW show like Gossip Girl, but then imagine that the main character is Aquaman. And not in a Smallville way, where it’s set before he became a superhero. Nope. This is Aquaman, prince of Atlantis, card-carrying member of the Justice League, dressed in shiny orange and green spandex in the middle of Manhattan, going to fancy parties and getting caught up in romantic entanglements and sinister vendettas. And, of course, the whole cast is made up of characters from Aquaman comics like Mera, Ocean Master, Aqualad, and King Shark – all reimagined as teen drama characters.
Honestly the show’s pretty funny, and it’s actually kind of cool to see all these characters reimagined and placed into what’s a truly bizarre setting for all of them. True, if you’re a fan of the excellent (no, really) current Aquaman comic book published by DC, you probably won’t find too many of the translations all that relatable to their four-color cousins, but that’s the fun of it.
Check back at Bleeding Cool, one of the top comic book news sites on the web by the way, at 1pm eastern/10am pacific for the next four episodes. The site will air one a day for the rest of the week. Personally, I’ll be tuning in to see what Ocean Master has up his backstabbing sleeve… ooo that Orm, he’s so smug….


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We naturally long to sequester our doubts and fears, to disavow pain and worry. Unfortunately, to vanquish doubt is to leave the domain of the human being. Conversely, to embrace both one’s doubt and faith, one’s fear and courage, is to relate to the totality of the human experience.
The paradox of struggling with doubt — as with all so-called “negative” feelings — is that only by inviting it in, exploring and illuminating its meanings, can we be enriched as creative artists. This is especially true for those writers and actors among you, whose work involves creating life-like characters. The plain fact is, the more willing you are to mine the landscape of your own doubts, the truer and more recognizably human your characters will be. (And the more impact your characters’ faith, if such is their destination, will have.)
Keeping the tension between Faith and Doubt alive within you, without either falling prey to blind optimism or succumbing to despair, is not easy. We veer so often in one direction or the other that, in their exaggerated forms, Faith and Doubt can look like two sides of the same coin. . .
In all aspects of life, an unquestioning faith is the same as unwavering doubt — both are belief systems employed to try to protect a person from the complicated, sometimes contradictory, always unpredictable ebb and flow of actual experience.
“Faith and doubt, both are needed...”
The truth is, if we each had winged imps named Faith and Doubt parked on our shoulders, competing for air-time, the ideal situation would be for their voices to stay at more or less equal volume. For our attention to shift from one to the other, and back again.
And, ultimately, for us to integrate what each has to say, and to struggle to create and thrive from that place within us where all feelings, including faith and doubt, reside.
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We return later than usual to the ship, at 1:30. We have late lunch, hang out a bit and then I con Mom into walking into town to see the market. It's late afternoon and she wants to sleep but I convince her that she can sleep tomorrow. We walk along the Rhine river for close to a mile to reach the town. It's a pleasant walk. ...
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Do you over-pluck your eyebrows? Do you know someone who plucks his or her eyelashes? Not having eyelashes or eyebrows can be a devastating problem for many people, and now they can do something about it. It’s called eyelash and eyebrow transplants, and the procedure uses your own natural hair. The entire process is done right in your doctor’s office and usually under local anesthesia only. Once the hair is gently removed from the back of the scalp, the hairs are dissected out under a microscope and then placed individually into the area designed for the eyebrow or the eyelid lash line.
The pattern for the eyebrow is determined by you and your physician based upon any remaining eyebrow or eyelash hair follicles as well as pre-determined aesthetic dimensions. For eyebrow transplants, you can expect about 100 hair follicles to be placed in each eyebrow. Eyelash transplants typically involve the implantation of 40-50 eyelashes in each eyelid. After the procedure is completed, no dressings are placed and the recovery is easy. You will be given an antibiotic and pain medicine for any discomfort.
Amazingly, the transplanted hair follicles will grow just like your hair! There is no special care required, and all you have to do is trim them when they get too long. The prices vary, but they are very affordable.
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AMERICANS DIE IN LIBYA
Our Ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, and 3 other embassy staffers, die in a mob-led rocket and gun attack in Benghazi. Meanwhile, more jihadists protest in Cairo, burning the American flag. Much of this stems from reaction to an Israeli-American's movie insulting the prophet Mohammed. Setting aside Islam's ever-present thin skin, why are we surprised this happens? Our government encourages the ouster of strongmen secularists like the late Muhammar Khadaffi, while supporting revolutionary jihadists in Libya, and Muslim Brotherhood adherents in Egypt. You'd be forgiven for thinking our overlords WANT conflict and war.
THIS is the "film" supposedly sparking all this turmoil.
One must note, that the uprisings and attackst also happened on 9/11, a day of celebration in jihadist circles.
UPDATE: The Christian Science Monitor reports this whole event may be a fraud. "There May Be No Anti-Mohammed Movie".
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7:10 Liz Bowen, from "Support Rural America". Promoting a constitutional sheriff's event next Saturday, 09-22, at the Josephine County Fairgrounds, and it's 1-4pm. Josephine County Sheriff Gil Gilbertson is the host, and it's a continued effort to bring more local control back to our resources.
7:35 Crimtestoppers with Lt. Mike Budreau.
8:10 State Rep. Dennis Richardson, back from the trade delegation trip to China, and a report on how it went.
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All day long I hear people speaking a language that isn’t my own. I know I should be picking more of it up, like my peers I should be attending classes and using books and podcasts to brush up on my knowledge. I have been here for six months and am yet to get beyond the ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ stage. It is typical English laziness to expect people to speak your language wherever you go. Not to mention a real shame to be missing out on all the possible interactions. Yet, I confess to sometimes liking the lack of having a clue. Enjoying the floating along in a river of sounds that I can neither decipher nor respond to, so do not have to tune into. I can bathe in them, lost in my own thoughts, without risk of overhearing something that might jolt me out of the reverie.
So I was walking out of the toilets in the shopping centre, heading back to work and musing on something and nothing, when a tiny old lady grabbed my arm and said something in rapid Japanese that I didn’t catch a word of. She had intruded so completely into my daydream that I wondered how much shock was etched across my face. We were passing the outer room of the toilet, a place of brown tiles and endless mirrors reflecting back at themselves. Other women were walking through, washing their hands or touching up their make-up, while trying in a very Japanese way not to look at the possible scene that the old lady and I were about to create.
I took all this in within a second then glanced back at her. I almost had to bend double to get my face close to hers, she was so little. Her face was a web of lines, crinkling up from the eyes and curving all around her mouth. Looking at her I felt reassured in my determination to be not as afraid of the ravages of old age as the skin care adverts want me to be. It was clear the lines had been worn by the laughter of a lifetime’s good experiences rather than by its cares. It was a comforting thought, knowing that one day I will be the older lady in this scene, speaking to a younger girl who will maybe understand, maybe won’t. The young are always too self-absorbed to hear the wisdom of the old, even when there is the benefit of a shared language.
Perhaps that is as it should be.
She clutched my arm again, with a firm but warm grip. Her eyes as they met mine gleamed and sparkled so much that it almost made the years melt away so that I could see the cheeky young girl she must have been once, back when the Showa Emperor was young. Japanese people’s ages are impossible to guess with any accuracy, I am always at least 10 or 20 years out when I try. So when I say that she looked like she could be anywhere between 80 and 90, you know that she was of a good age. As her hand touched me I got a sense of all the years and events that had passed between her time and mine. Then it dawned on me.
Given that her head was about level with my waist, the only thing she could have been saying was something along the lines of ‘look at how tall you are and how little I am, what on earth have they been feeding you in your country to let you grow so big!’ She grinned and I smiled down at her from my great – if only for Japan – height, before we nodded and went our separate ways.


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At least 29 people have died and 12 more are missing and feared dead in the worst tropical storm to hit Vietnam this year, officials said Wednesday as downpours continued across central provinces.
The bodies of four more drowning victims were recovered Tuesday in Daklak, taking the death toll in the Central Highland province to 11, while nine others swept away in the floods remained missing, said provincial official Phan Thi Thu Hien.
Lightning killed three farmers in Ha Tinh province on Monday, and seven people died in a flash flood in the province the following day, said Trinh Nhu Tien, a provincial disaster official.
"It is still raining heavily in the mountains. The death toll could rise if the weather does not improve in the next few days," the official said.
In Lam Dong province, flash floods killed at least four people, while another was missing and feared dead after being washed away, Duong Thanh Hung, a provincial official, said. A 13-year-old boy was killed by a falling tree, he said.
Three people also died in Nghe An, Phu Yen and Gia Lai - one in each province - and two more were reported missing in Dac Nong province, disaster officials there said.
No deaths were reported in Quang Binh where floods isolated three districts, but casualties were expected because the floodwaters were the deepest in 30 years, said Nguyen Ngoc Dien, a provincial disaster official.
The tropical storm was downgraded to a depression on Monday, but heavy rains continued, the national weather center said.
Milorad Dodik, the leader of the Republika Srpska in Bosnia, arrived in Moscow at the height of his conflict with the West. Is it about time to return the Russian airborne forces to Bosnia?


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Producer turned super-producer turned emcee Hit-Boy continues his takeover of the industry with new project release HITstory.
The Cali native, who has spent the last few months familiarizing the listening public with his talents as an emcee, is the man behind the boards for The Throne's hit single "Ni**as in Paris" and A$AP Rocky's major label debut offering "Goldie."
The aptly-named HITstory will include previously-released singles "Jay-Z Interview" and "Old School Caddy," as well as guest appearances from Big Sean, Bun B, Chip Tha Ripper, Kid CuDi, John Legend and Stacy Barthe.
Featured Songs From This Album
Those who have been following Hit-Boy‘s campaign to go from Ni**as in Paris producer to respected emcee already know that he can spit solo, but for standout selection Busta Ass Ni**as Hit-Boy decided to roll deep,...Read More
First DJ Booth Appearance:
"Jay-Z Interview" (2012)
Total DJ Booth Features:
Member Reviews and Ratings
- Logic ft. Big Sean - Alright
- Top Remixes of the Month [April 2014]
- Asher Roth - Retrohash
- Iggy Azalea - The New Classic
- Joyner Lucas - Don’t Ask for Nothin
- Top Hip Hop / R&B Music Songs Chart (April 21, 2014)
- Behind The Boards Interview Series: Statik Selektah
- Future - Honest LP
- Win an Exclusive Vinyl Version of De La Soul’s “Smell The Da.I.S.Y.” [CONTEST]
- DJ Whoo Kid Breaks Down His Essential DJ Set-Up
Discover the best new songs, videos, and albums added to the Booth.


イタリアは常に前衛的なオートバイのために有名となっています, 今回はイタリア人は私たちに完全に異なる何かをもたらしました, エンジニアリングとパフォーマンスの面で両方. このイタリアの裸 2,000 立方メートルは本物の技術不思議で.
スズキ・カタナはで初めて登場しました 1981 そして、すぐに大きな注目を集め、それを所有したいさらに多くの人々. に 2019, スズキは、完全に新しいカタナを準備しました. スズキは良いthigsを台無しにしたくありませんでした, そうスズキカタナは、その独特の外観を保持しました.
ハーレーダビッドソンはオートバイの提供を変更しただけ巡洋艦の世界に入っているドライバーに適した安価なオートバイを提供することを決定しました. この目的のために、我々はHarelyダビッドソンストリートを提示します 750, すべてのドライバのための巡洋艦.
Harley-Davidson presented at the CES fair the production version of his previously announced electric motorcycle called LiveWire. The sale is about to start, so we are introducing to you Harley-Davidson® LiveWire ™ – the first Harley electric motorcycle.
For the year 2019, Ducati made improvements for the Multistrada 1260 Enduro model. The Multistrada 1260 Enduro shares most of the technical solutions with Multistrada 1260, which belongs to the category of sports-turer motorcycles, while the Enduro version is intended for those users who from time to time like to descend from the asphalt on the off road.
Ducati, after the WSBK test at Jerez, presented the Panigale V4R in detail at the EICMA Motor Show. Panigale V4R will represent Ducati’s hope in the superbike championship. Panigale V4R was created almost simultaneously with the V4S, but the development of the V4R lasted almost a year longer. Even people in Ducati did not know what the ultimate technical specification of the Panigale V4R model would be to the end of the test in Jerez. In Ducati until the last moment, they were not sure if they would use a wet or would still use a dry clutch.
Since the Benelli TRK 502 has appeared on the market, it has generated divided opinions. While some drivers are quite happy with him, others are unhappy. However, TRK 502 leaves the impression of a good small volume engine tourer and an affordable price.
The GS series has been on the market for nearly 35 years, and BMW has released official information on the new R1250 GS model for 2019. The new R1250 GS successor is the R 1200 GS. Although it looks aesthetically similar to its predecessor, it is a completely redesigned model with which BMW wants to consolidate its primacy in the motorcycle adventure market.
Yamaha introduced the new Tenere 700 for 2019. The new Yamaha Tenere 700 is characterized by good handling and simplicity in making the whole motorcycle.
Kawasaki introduced Versys 1000 and Versys 1000SE for 2019. The new Versys is enriched with a lot of electronic devices that will make all Kawasaki fans happy.


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Supporting Multilingual Learners’ Academic Language Development
A Language-Based Approach to Content Instruction
- Available for pre-order on March 13, 2023. Item will ship after April 3, 2023
Prices & shipping based on shipping country
A practical and comprehensive resource, Supporting Multilingual Learners’ Academic Language Development: A Language-Based Approach to Content Instruction introduces an accessible language-based approach to teaching academic language to multilingual learners across the content areas. Luciana C. de Oliveira provides elementary school teachers with everything they need to know to successfully teach grade level content to multilingual learners. Chapters are organized by subject, addressing the specific language demands of teaching English language arts, social studies, mathematics, and science. Each chapter features examples of implementation in grades K – 5, practical strategies, and a wealth of tables, figures, and resources.
The Language-Based Approach to Content Instruction (LACI) in this book provides teachers with a ready-to-use framework of six scaffolding elements that serves as a guide to making content accessible, enabling multilingual learners to meet the grade level standard of their peers without simplification. Aligned with WIDA and CCSS standards, this resource provides the tools and methods teachers need to support multilingual learners’ academic language development in the content area classroom.
Table of Contents
Meet the Author List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgements 1. A Language-based Approach to Content Instruction (LACI) for Multilingual Learners 2. A Language-Based Approach to Content Instruction’s Six Cs of Support for Scaffolding and Teaching and Learning Cycle 3. Teaching English Language Arts to Multilingual Learners 4. Teaching Social Studies to Multilingual Learners 5. Teaching Mathematics to Multilingual Learners 6. Teaching Science to Multilingual Learners 7. Implementing LACI in the Classroom Appendix: CCSS Text Type, WIDA Key Language Uses, Genre Families, Genres, Purposes, Stages, and Language Features
Luciana C. de Oliveira is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Graduate Studies in the School of Education and a Professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning at Virginia Commonwealth University, USA.

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CONCORD - Even after the House of Representatives on Jan. 2 adopted a rule prohibiting deadly weapons from areas in and around the State House under House control, that didn't stop a man wearing a holstered sidearm from strolling into the House anteroom Thursday.
The so called "gun ban" bars weapons from "the House Chamber, anterooms, cloakrooms, or House gallery."
The man, who identified himself as Brad Winslow of Salem, participated in the Second Amendment rally on the State House steps at noon Thursday. Later, he decided to head on up to the second-floor Hall of Representatives, where the Ways and Means Committee was hearing a bill to repeal education tax credits.
With his holstered pistol on his hip and carrying a rifle used as a standard for carrying a "Don't Tread on Me" flag, Winslow strolled in, signed a petition intended to gauge public opinion on the tax credit repeal bill, and strolled out.
Asked about whether he should have entered the House anteroom while packing a pistol, Winslow said he thought the no-gun rule in the House applied only within the Hall itself.
Virtually no one noticed, and Winslow ambled off, mixing with an assortment of people who went into and out of the House chamber during the afternoon hearing.
Sergeant at Arms Walter Sword said if the gun had been noticed, the man would have been reminded of the rule and asked to leave the domain of the House of Representatives, which is the procedure specified in the rule.


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Carved out of the erstwhile District of Cuttack, Kendrapara District is situated in Central Coastal plain zone of Odisha. The District is bounded by Bhadrak District at its North, Jajpur at its North West,Jagatsinghpur District at its South, Cuttack District at its West and Bay of Bengal at its East. Kendrapad District lies in 20 degree 20’ N to 20 degree 37’ N Latitude and 86 degree 14’ E to 87 degree 01’ E Longitude. The Coastline of Kendrapara District covers 48 Km stretching from DhamraMuhan to Batighar. Headquarters of Kendrapara District is well known as the TulasiKhetra.
DIET, Kendrapara is an old Teacher Education Institute in the district. Since its inception in the year1971 as a Secondary Training School,it has been functioning as an oldest and premier institute of the district in the field of the Teacher Education.It was started as a Basic Training (B.T) School on 28th February 1903 & upgraded to Elementary Training (E.T)School later on. Since December 16, 1971, it has been working as Secondary Training school till its upgradation to DIET in 2005. Since then, DIET has been serving as an apex institute in the field of Elementary Teacher Education in the district. It strives its excellence to impart quality education at par with the best in states to the elementary teachers through upgradation and enrichment of their content knowledge, updating of skill and capacity building. The Institution cherishes a rich &prosperous academic heritage in the district.
In the year 2005, the STS was upgraded to District Institute of Education and Training. Since then, the institute has been working as a leading teacher education institute in the district. With the collaboration of Sarva Siksha Abhiyan and SamagraSiksha, the institute has been working for the qualitative improvement in the field of school education. Preparation of training module, training of the teachers as master trainer and district resource group, preparation of activity bank, question bank, collaborative research taking CRCCs and DRG have been the focus of the institute.The institute has its own building in its own land having one MP Hall, 3 classrooms, Administrative Block, Library, ICT Lab.

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German and French manufacturing slips but services edge higher
Former chancellor George Osborne says the vote for Brexit was “an alliance of the insulated and the insecure”.
In a discussion on the causes of Brexit and Donald Trump’s victory
Osborne said the insulated were elderly voters who owned their homes
outright but were anxious about the pace of change while the insecure
were “on the margins of employment and looking for something to
address their grievances.”
Snap summary: The Mnuchin and Ross show

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Citi of Books is delighted to launch the publication of the book “A Rose from Charlie and Marie” by Dennis Frank Maček. This thrilling book is now available for purchase at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other retail outlets.
Dennis Frank Tomas Macek, formerly a U.S. government operative, university English teacher, and air-conditioning technician, lives in Lincoln, Nebraska, with his wife, Judith Kay Wilson, a retired professor of literacy. Both practice Zen Buddhism and are active politically to arrest climate change.
“A Rose from Charlie and Marie” is a thriller novel and a love story implicitly animated by Buddhism. The major theme is acts of love and courage prove us to be eternal beings.
The most profound yearnings that people have, such as a longing for love or an exciting experience, are frequently drawn to them in the complex dance of human needs. Sometimes presented as an unexplainable lure to self-destruction, these desires are mysterious and long-lasting, often buried or suppressed. Marie and Charlie’s union appears almost inevitable, implying a plan that goes beyond simple love and concern.
The book was rated 4 stars and reviewed by Elizabeth A. Allen of ForeWord Clarion Reviews, who quotes, “Charlie and Marie make for compelling characters… Though Buddhist philosophy appears in the pages, this is definitely a highly readable story. A ROSE often finds Charlie and Marie considering in what way to best live their ‘lives’. They strive always to do good and not to spread harm, which leads them to perform delicate moral calculations in their spy jobs. The tension between their positive morality and their undercover activities forms an interesting basis for this unusual story.”
“A Rose from Charlie and Marie” by Dennis Frank Maček is now available for purchase via the links provided below:
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Therapeutic: antiulcer agents
Pharmacologic: proton-pump inhibitors
Erosive esophagitis. Duodenal ulcers (with or without anti-infectives for Helicobacter pylori). Active benign gastric ulcer. Short-term treatment of symptomatic GERD. Healing and risk reduction of NSAID-associated gastric ulcer. Pathologic hypersecretory conditions, including Zollinger-Ellison syndrome.
Binds to an enzyme in the presence of acidic gastric pH, preventing the final transport of hydrogen ions into the gastric lumen. Therapeutic Effects: Diminished accumulation of acid in the gastric lumen, with lessened acid reflux. Healing of duodenal ulcers and esophagitis.
Adverse Reactions/Side Effects
CNS: dizziness, headache. GI: diarrhea, abdominal pain, nausea. Derm: rash.
PHYSICAL THERAPY IMPLICATIONS
Examination and Evaluation
Monitor improvements in GI symptoms (gastritis, heartburn, and so forth) to help determine if drug therapy is successful.
Assess dizziness that might affect gait, balance, and other functional activities (See Appendix C). Report balance problems and functional limitations to the physician, and caution the patient and family/caregivers to guard against falls and trauma.
In cases of NSAID-induced gastritis, implement appropriate manual therapy techniques, physical agents, and therapeutic exercises to reduce pain and decrease the need for aspirin and other NSAIDs.
Advise patient to avoid alcohol and foods that may cause an increase in GI irritation.
Instruct patient to report bothersome or prolonged side effects, including headache, skin rash, or GI effects (nausea, diarrhea, abdominal pain).
Absorption: 80% absorbed after oral administration.
Metabolism and Excretion: Extensively metabolized by the liver to inactive compounds. Converted intracellularly to at least two other antisecretory compounds.
Half-life: Children: 1.2–1.5 hr; Adults: 1.3–1.7 hr (↑ in geriatric patients and patients with impaired hepatic function).
TIME/ACTION PROFILE (acid suppression)
|ROUTE ||ONSET ||PEAK ||DURATION |
|PO ||rapid ||1.7 hr ||>24 hr |
Contraindicated in: Hypersensitivity.
Use Cautiously in: Geri: Maintenance dose should not exceed 30 mg/day unless additional acid suppression is required; SoluTabs contain aspartame; use caution when used in phenylketonurics; Severe hepatic impairment (not to exceed 30 mg/day in these patients); OB/Lactation/Pedi: Pregnancy, lactation, or children <1 yr (safety not established).
Drug-Drug: Sucralfate ↓ absorption of lansoprazole (take 30 min before sucralfate). May ↓ absorption of drugs requiring acid pH, including ketoconazole, itraconazole, atazanavir, ampicillin esters, iron salts, and digoxin. May ↑ risk of bleeding with warfarin (monitor ...

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Skip to comments.Michigan affirmative ban is OK, Supreme Court says
Posted on 04/22/2014 1:05:58 PM PDT by South40
WASHINGTON (AP) A state's voters are free to outlaw the use of race as a factor in college admissions, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in a blow to affirmative action that also laid bare tensions among the justices about a continuing need for programs that address racial inequality in America.
The 6-2 decision upheld a voter-approved change to the Michigan Constitution that forbids the state's public colleges to take race into account. That change was indeed up to the voters, the ruling said, over one justice's impassioned dissent that accused the court of simply wanting to wish away inequality.
(Excerpt) Read more at utsandiego.com ...
But voters have to make them. This is only a partial victory.
A 6-2 decision shows tension between the Justices?
The commie’s have something else up under their sleeves. No doubt in my mind.
We voted to ban affirmative action back in 2006. Its a done deal here. The pro AA bunch have expended all their options and all they have left is to simply flout the law with the state legislature holding the purse strings.
Last I checked there were nine justices. Who abstained?
Ah, from the Fine Article:
Justice Elena Kagan did not take part in the case, presumably because she worked on it at an earlier stage while serving in the Justice Department.
And you have two guesses which two justices dissented. Hint: Neither of them were male (although that does not mean they're not masculine.)
Free Market >> Socialism
Constant values >> Variable (Relative) values
Western Civ >> Islam
We need a law against Affirmative Action presidents.
Heaven forbid that everyone should have to compete on an even playing surface. The libs can't have that now, can they?
Otherwise, it's always bitterness, sourness, dejection and negativity....and that's the description of a liberal.
The completely unexpected attacks on Clarence Thomas will now commence.
Worst Negro in history: Clarence Thomas catches hate after SCOTUS affirmative action ruling
No mention of Asians and their representation, which exceeds their percentage of the population.
Although University of Michigan freshmen enrollment decreased slightly this fall, the Ann Arbor campus enrolled more graduates and undergraduates than ever before.
Total enrollment at the university is 43,426, a 1.7 percent increase that marks the largest student body in university history. Overall, there are 27,979 undergraduates and 15,447 graduate students.
Underrepresented minorities make up 10 percent of the freshmen class, a 0.5 percent decrease from 2011 and a 0.6 percent decrease from 2010.
Overall, there are 2,207 blacks, 1,785 latinos, 442 Native Americans and 81 Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders enrolled. At 5,689 students, Asian Americans, who are not considered underrepresented, make up 13.1 percent of the school’s total student body.
This year 13.5 percent of the student body 5,881 students are considered international, an increase of roughly five percent from last year.
U-M first- and second-year undergraduate tuition this year is $12,994 for Michigan residents and $39,122 for out-of-state students.
I’ll take a victory where I can get it.
But this sets the conditions for constitutionality at the court level, at the whims of operatives, and I don’t want them to have that power.
Thank God the SCOTUS found that states were free to vote. What would we do without the permission of our Lords to determine our own future. Do I really need a contempt tag?
Kagen did not vote as she had worked on the case while in the DOJ. thus 6-2
Didn't stop her from opining on DeathCare.
A step forward.
I wonder how the regime will try to undermine this.
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was raining bubbles when I looked out the window
The bubbles were lying on the ground
big round ones
I called the sleeping girl to come look
And then we saw the bubbles rain from the sky
The kids on the next block began popping the bubbles
running and laughing
I had never seen rain bubbles before.


MGCCC cheerleaders win first-place awards at UCA campThe 2012-2013 Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College cheerleaders won two first-place awards and four blue ribbons during the Universal Cheerleaders Association (UCA) camp at the University of Alabama campus in Tuscaloosa July 20-22. The Gulf Coast squad, the only community college competing in its division, won first place for Fight Song and in Game Day Planning, second place in Chant, third place in Cheer, and second place overall in the division. They also won four blue ribbons in the evaluations each team receives during the camp. The teams they competed against included University of West Florida, University of West Georgia, Delta State University, Alabama A&M University, Florida Memorial University, Southern New Orleans University and Georgia State University.
“The team is very excited about how well they performed at camp,” said Shellie Campbell, head cheerleading coach. “The 10 grueling practices for five days really paid off. They are a great group and I am looking forward to a great year with this outstanding team.”
Campbell said that UCA also offered them five tryout cards so that five squad members could try out to be future UCA camp instructors. “It was quite an honor to be offered so many tryout cards because it shows that our squad was respected for their abilities.”
The 2012-2013 cheerleaders are Taylor Stanford (captain), Lindsey Gaston (co-captain/choreographer), Carissa Harris (The Barn spiritual team member), Erin Jenne, Breanna Ardoin, Kelsey Long, Jessica Gregore, Emily Weathers, Jerica Baker, Kelley Mothershead, Kelsey Olsen, Marchionda Johnson, Meagan Williams, Megan Fontenelle, Shelby Jones, Tori Harwood, Jenna Parker and Matt Nichols (mascot).


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We just played Diablo III. For fifteen painfully brief minutes, our lady Barbarian tore through hordes of Fallen, clicking them back to the Hell they came from. It was good.
The Gamescom (and Blizzcon) demo of Diablo III playable at Blizzard's booth features the three announced classes: Wizard, Barbarian and Witchdoctor, with male and female options for each. I opted for the Barbarian, what I assumed would be the easiest, most familiar introduction to Diablo III. That assumption was correct. Blizzard doesn't seem to have mucked with the successful formula of click, kill and loot in the newest Diablo.
Our short journey started in the desert.
The demo begins in the Sundered Pass, a dusty zone that smacks of Lut Gholein's desert lands in Diablo II. Of course, the deserts in Diablo III look far better than those featured in the previous game, with visible winds carrying clouds of sand across the plains, dust storms kicking up around us. The land is similarly populated with tiny desert creatures, snakes and insects that get trampled underfoot.
Our main quest in this desert land is to head to Alcarnus, as given to us by the lady Asheara, to see just what the hell is going on in that town. Since Diablo's back in town, things in Alcarnus aren't going too well. You know, demons and stuff.
That's what stood between us and Alcarnus—a hellish hot spot we actually never made it too. Instead, we ran into a few side quests. One sent us after the bounty of a man named Husam. The price on his head was high, so we took his head. It really only took one good whack from the maces we were dual-wielding. After some backtalk from Husam, we bludgeoned him until his head popped off.
We started off with some good equipment, two maces, an axe, a shield, plus full armor. We also had an Adventurer's Backpack, which brought our Barbarian's inventory to a cool 28 slots. The inventory screen should look familiar to Diablo fans, but the newest version is far more streamlined. When hovering over unequipped items in your inventory, you'll see a pop up window with that item's vital statistics and the item you currently have equipped in that slot.
That made it a lot easier to see if the leather pants we picked up at one point were better than the "lucky" leather pants we started out with. They were. A right click equipped them, draining our character's luck, but upping her armor.
We were also equipped with two Barbarian skills, Ground Stomp and Battle Cry. The former was hot-keyed to the "2" and, when enabled, stunned everything around the Barbarian. Helpful, when Fallen are surrounding you and Fallen Shamen are tossing fireballs your way. The Battle Cry, on the "1" key, increased our armor class temporarily. If we were playing a multiplayer game, that Battle Cry effect would have been passed on to our party members. But we were doing this quest solo.
The Barbarian's other skill, Cleaver, was mapped to the right mouse button. Click on it, and our lady brute did a two handed attack on two enemies at once, as long as they were side-by-side. Again, handy when surrounded by Fallen and Sand Wasps. Those Sand Wasps really suck, by the way, ejecting a quartet of mini-Wasps at our hero. Nasty.
We ran into a few other nasty things in the desert, the most annoying of which was the Desert Dervish, a spinning tornado of a beast with a strong knock-back attack.
The demo offered a few side quests on our way to Alcarnus. We ran into a "Crazed Miner," who offered us the quest, "A Miner's Gold." All we had to do was defend the miner while he raised a treasure chest via a pulley system. When he started, swarms of Fallen came after him. If we were successful in defending the miner from the swarm, we'd get half the gold. It really wasn't a challenge for the Barbarian, as Ground Stomp made that defense quest a simple task.
After that, we were quickly bested by a massive Fallen attack, as Shamans and other beasts piled upon us. It seemed like the demo ramped up the difficulty quickly when the "Thanks for playing" popped up. We could still play—and revive the dead Barbarian—but a Blizzard rep kicked us off.
From graphics to gameplay to interface adjustments, Blizzard seems to have delivered with Diablo III. The game looks fantastic, dripping with atmospheric detail and gorgeous visual effects. But honestly, it's the user interface changes that are most exciting. Blizzard has made the process of looting and equipping much more efficient, letting the player focus on the action.
We'll have more hands on impressions of Diablo III from Gamescom—and soon from Blizzcon—in the coming days.


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EAST LANSING, Mich. — A 9-year-old boy from Bath Township has started a project to help foster kids.
It's a cause that's close to Carter Fewins-Bliss's heart. He was a foster child once.
Carter enjoys lots of things other fourth graders enjoy.
“I like to play video games,” he said.
But he also likes to give back and nowadays you can catch him stocking boxes with necessities for foster kids. It’s all a part of a project he voluntarily took on in Cub Scouts for an organization called Comfort Cases.
“Comfort Cases provide kids with a large bag where they can put all their belongings in,” said Larry Fewins-Bliss, one of Carter’s dads. “They also provide them with a backpack with much needed supplies just to get them through the week.”
Carter, his dads and 2 sisters have been filling boxes with donations from the community, like blankets, clothes, stuffed animals and more for the past 4 weeks.
The family knows first-hand what it’s like being involved with the foster care system.
“So, Carter was adopted when he was 7 months old, his sister was adopted when she was seventeen months old and we adopted another child when she was four years old,” Larry Fewins-Bliss said.
Carter is getting help from his fellow Cub scouts to make sure all the products make it to Comfort Cases, a national organization that works with adoption agencies. Carter said he loves lending a helping hand because it’s the right thing to do.
“As a Cub Scout, we like to help others,” Carter said.
Carter and his family will be doing the donation drive until Mar.5. and if you would like to donate, click here.


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Few works are considered to the empirical literature on the performance of shariah stock market indices compared to those of conventional markets. This work deal with the analysis of business cycle synchronization of five Islamic and their corresponding conventional markets over the period 2000 and 2014. In this research, three different measures of synchronization were proposed: The pair wise correlation coefficients of the cyclical components, the pair wise correlations of stock market returns and the concordance index. Results suggest a high degree of synchronization between Islamic and Conventional stock markets to each pair of country, except the case of Indonesia. These results confirm the point of view of some Muslim scholars considering that the mechanisms and products adopted in Islamic finance are similar to the Conventional system under the label of Shariah.
Key words: Synchronization, Islamic/conventional stock indices, concordance index.
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