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Coalo Zamorano

Coalo Zamorano

Coalo Zamorano is known for his smooth tenor voice, simple lyrics and congregational style of worship. With over 15 years in the worship ministry, his words have been recorded by the giants in Latin Worship and Praise music such as Marcos Witt, Danilo Montero and Marcos Barrientos.

As Music Director for the Lakewood Church Spanish congregation in Houston, Texas, he leads more than 9,000 members into worship every Sunday. The church program is televised and also seen by internet by more than 1 million people throughout Latin America and parts of Europe.
With three CDs under his belt as a soloist, he has impacted how Spanish churches worship and music is woven into the message of hope.

Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Jorge ‘Coalo’ Zamorano was born the third of four brothers and sisters. In 1986, the Zamorano family moved to Durango, in the middle of a family crisis. His neighbor, Marcos Witt, came to visit and ministered to them, leading to a personal encounter with Jesus Christ. Years later, his relationship with Marcos’ ministry, would bring his own talents to light.

His trajectory includes more than 50 Christian music projects as producer, composer and singer. Some of the albums in which he participated are now part of the classics in Spanish worship and praise music. These include “Poderoso” (1993), “Alabadle” (1994), y “Enciende Una Luz” (1999) with Marcos Witt and “Eres Todopoderoso” (1999) from Danilo Montero.

With first CD as a soloist, “Cosas Poderosas” (2004), showcased Coalo’s strength and commitment to church worship as a congregation. Influenced in part by his work at Lakewood Church, Coalo selected several songs translated from English to Spanish that had touched his life. The CD garnered a Latin Grammy nomination as Best Worship CD along with a Dove nomination from the Gospel Music Association.

In 2006, Coalo released his second solo production, “Eres Mi Pasion”, recorded live at Lakewood. This CD features a mix of songs translated from English, with his original songs.

His current release, “Mi Confianza Esta en Ti”, is a self-produced CD, featuring 9 congregational songs of praise and worship. The words are healing to the soul in the times of anxiety and uncertainty. This CD is a studio production that keeps Coalo’s style of pop rock mixed with funk, featuring electric guitars mix perfectly in each song.

As a producer, Coalo has been nominated three times for Latin Grammys for his work in various Christian music productions, winning one for the CD, “Niños Adorando 2”.

Coalo resides in Houston, Texas with his wife, Lorena and two daughers, Lorene and Rebecca.

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Please comment briefly on your experience with higher capacity cards or any concerns you have about memory cards in general.
Yes, I generally shoot with a number of smaller capacity cards to "spread the risk."
87% (408 votes)
No, I think those concerns are overblown and shoot with the highest capacity card my system can handle.
12% (56 votes)
My camera is a bit older and cannot handle the higher capacity cards, so this does not apply to me.
1% (5 votes)
Total votes: 469

F.  Field's picture

I shoot raw (10 MPix camera) and find 4 GB about optimal -- holds about 400 images -- while at the same time avoiding the risk of all images in one basket that would come from 8 or 16 GB cards.

Donovan Rieger's picture

All electronic devices will fail sooner or later. If the shoot will be impossible to do again, then I say use multiple smaller cards.

Bob Fidelman's picture

Having had cards fail for no discernable reason, I am a firm advocate of spreading the risk around.

Don 's picture

We have shot over 50,000 images each year for the last 4 years and have never lost an image due to card failure. Are we the exception or is this normal?

Deb Simon's picture

Love the super fast & super large new cards. In a fast action situation, I don't loose any shots to reload a fresh card, and I don't have to worry about dropping anything out of my camera bag while frantically trying to pull out an unused card and reload. Yea, it's worth the risk.

Paul Gomez's picture

Same habit from my film days, I never put a whole wedding on one roll. I try and use several cards for vasrious aspects of a shoot.

Rudi Terstege's picture

I had a number of faulty cards which are under warranty but it still doesn't bring back the corrupted photos. Even with recovery software there is allways a risk in placing all your "eggs in one basket". Spreading the risk just makes sense to me!!!

Joan Wheeler's picture

I have had an 8 g card go bad and lost may photos. Now I use 2 and 4 g cards ( and stay away from 'generic' cards. Also a 4 g card is perfect for a DVD.

Jesse Wayne's picture

I, too, am leery, but it appears most everything is a gamble these days and I prefer to use a high capacity & speed that is, until I experience a problem.

Ken Williams's picture

With several capacity cards, I can unload one to my "photo wallet" while shooting with another. You can't do that if you only have one card.

Mark Van Bergh's picture

What is a "smaller capacity" card? I have moved to 8 GB cards, and still have two 4 GB cards. The larger cards work well with my 12 MP DSLR, but when the 24.6 MP "full frame" camera becomes available, it may require going to even larger cards to provide a good number of shots (almost exclusively RAW only) per card. But with 16 and 32 GB cards, do these (8 GB) qualify as "smaller?" I have never had a CF card fail, and have heard of such situations on rarely, and usually with "off brand" cards, so that is not a big concern. Also, you may want to re-think, expand or better describe the options in your little survey (see my original comment regarding where an 8 GB card fits in your options).

Jim Cabezola's picture

A small card is as likely to fail as a large one. Indeed, I've have little 64MB (way back in the day) and 512MB cards fail, whereas none of my 2GB cards have bitten the dust yet. The problem is overblown, I feel, and can be ameliorated simply by backing the cards up to another media storage device during the lulls in shooting.

Pete's picture

I use 8 gig cards but with large RAW files this is only a few hundred photos. If I had to use smaller cards I would be changing all the time.

Jim McEwen's picture

I shoot RAW and use several 2gb CF's. I can index by card a day's shoot or by subject and edit later. And loss, if any, will be minimal.

Will's picture

I try to never remove the CF cards from a camera. The connection holes are so small a speck of dust can cause card failure. Therefore, I use the largest, fastest card available at a given time. I've never lost an image(professional photographer).

Pat Wadsworth's picture

I have an A-Data 16GB SDHC card that I have been carrying in my pocket for several months now, with no problems. I carry it inside a tiny SanDisk MicroMate card reader and use it as a USB flash drive. On the basis of my experience to date, I wouldn't expect it to be any less reliable than a smaller capacity card.

Gary C's picture

I used to shoot only on 1GB cards, but it was more to limit my 'shoots' to what would fit on a CD. I've been shooting for a while with 16GB cards and have had no problems or concerns. Just need to separate the photos into storage-size groups now.

Dave Peck's picture

I do not want to take a chance on larger capactiy card failing, if it fails then I have a lot more money invested and lost. I have mostly 1 and 2 gig cards.

Walter Lubzik's picture

We use to put all the photos on one roll of film.

Brooks Bollman's picture

I would never shoot an entire assigment on one roll of film, neither would I use only one memory card.

Bill Sheets's picture

You digital photographers seem spoiled and lazy..16 GB cards indeed. Smaller cards are cheap and it takes only a few seconds to swap in my Nikon D200. I dont use anything over 4 GB, and most of my cards are 1 and 2 GB. Sometimes the latest aint the greatest.

Dennis's picture

I use a Canon 5D. RAW files use up a lot of space. While traveling I like to spread the risk and use 8GB cards.

Dave's picture

I use 4gb cards as a balance between number of shots and safety of not having all shots on one card. I shoot raw plus jpeg.

Chuck Stefanetti's picture

The only way to go is spreading the risk. When you're being paid to shoot an event that will never happen again (photojournalism, weddings, etc.) one needs to give themself all the safety advantages practically possible. I shoot 2GB cards on my DX2 in raw mode. That allows 100 shots per card. Enough to cover one phase of an event without needing to change.

John Ayres's picture

4GB cards are the largest I use. I have some 8GB cards, but seldom will I use them. If you have to use a recovery program to recover files it takes a very long time for the program to recover the files from a large capacity card. I've had to do this on a few occasions .

Ray Hull's picture

Having cracked the perforated face of an expensive, large capacity CF card with a name-brand card reader whose pins had gone awry, I stick to 4 GB and lower.

Dale Hazard's picture

Putting all your eggs in one basket? Not for me. So far, I've had one 512 mb card go corrupt on me. Fortunately I was able to retrive the files before the card went bad. Suppose that was somebody's wedding pics. I'd have lost 50 pics, not 500 or more. Until it gets to the point where the file size get much larger and my 512mb cards only hold a small amount of pictures (I get about 60 RAW files on 1 card) I'll stick with the smaller cards. And by the way, just try to buy a card today smaller than 1GB.

David Robinson's picture

I have the perfect back-up system for my travel photojournalism. It's called a wife. What I miss with my Nikon D80 she nails with her Canon 40D. We both use 4-gig cards, because anything can fail, and they take 5 seconds to change. So get 4-gigs and a spouse!

Cliff Sanders's picture

I have experienced the failure of a card and the hours of effort needed to recover the photos. I find it hard to place my trust in a single card; no matter the make.

Fred McCaslin's picture

This is a developing area of interest for me. For now I shoot with 2GB SD cards. I would prever to spread the risk and would not consider a higher capacity card. Additionally, the larger capacity cards really download slowly in my HP computer though it is only a year or so old. In the film days, I would send rolls of my important shots in for processing on different days so as not to lose them all at the same time. Nothing has really changed in terms of risk.

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Personal Project; Hudson’s Heritage; Ted Kawalerski’s Hudson River Project

When I began this project—what has since evolved into something much more than I originally imagined—it was a hobby. I moved to Sleepy Hollow, New York, about 25 years ago and I became intrigued by the river. It was new. And I didn’t know much about the Hudson River or the communities and people who grew up alongside it.

It wasn’t a flash of inspiration about future gallery showings or book deals that started me down this path. It was a hobby, pure and simple; something I could work on between commercial assignments. I knew there had been a lot of work already done about the Hudson River, but I wanted to look at it differently. The coastline of the river is a tapestry of natural and manmade forms—from age-old forests and lakes to industrial facilities and power lines. But I wanted to show what the people who lived along the banks of the river saw.

Bride—Halloween Parade, Tarrytown, New York.
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I decided from the very beginning to shoot in black and white. With my Nikon F3 and Tri-X film in hand, I traveled up and down the river. The diversity of the environment gave me the opportunity to get involved with the people—young and old, male and female—and the much varied landscape in which they lived and worked.

Over the course of the next 10 years, I’d go out to shoot when I had the time, making 8x12” exhibition-quality prints on Ilford’s Multigrade paper in the darkroom in my house as I went along. But it wasn’t until about eight years ago that I decided to pursue this project more seriously.

I transitioned to digital in both my personal and commercial work about two years later and found digital to be so much easier to work with. I began with a Canon EOS-1D Mark II and have since upgraded to the Canon EOS-1D Mark III. Besides not having to deal with the darkroom chemicals, there are so many advantages to a digital workflow. Adobe’s Photoshop has allowed me to make fine adjustments in these photos, especially in the image densities, that would have been impossible in the darkroom.

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Thursday Night Bites: Sun Belt and ACC football on tap

Can Logan Thomas lead the boys of Blacksburg to bowl eligibility? (AP)

A full, uninterrupted week of glorious football continues with a Thursday night Sun Belt showdown and a cross-division ACC clash. We’re sure you have so many questions.

Louisiana-Monroe at Arkansas State

 What information do I, the discerning consumer, require in order to consume this game? The Warhawks and Red Wolves are scheduled to kick off at 7 p.m. ET. in Jonesboro's Liberty Bank Stadium. The game will be televised on ESPNU and streamed on WatchESPN.

• What's at stake here? A WHOLE LOT. Arkansas State and Louisiana-Monroe currently top the Sun Belt standings, sharing a 4-1 conference record and 6-3 overall record with Middle Tennessee State, which has already lost to the Warhawks and plays the Red Wolves to close out the regular season. A-State leads the series, 19-14, and has an 11-5 record when playing ULM at home.

Who gets hired away to a more high-profile head coaching position first, Todd Berry or Gus Malzahn? You spelled "Ron Prince" wrong.

No. 8 Florida State at Virginia Tech

 What information do I, the discerning consumer, require in order to consume this game? The Seminoles and Hokies are scheduled to kick off at 7:30 p.m. ET. at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg. The game will be televised on ESPN and streamed on WatchESPN.

• What's at stake here? More for State than Tech, although Tech's needs are more dire, if that makes any sense. The 'Noles are tied with Clemson at 5-1 in conference play atop the Atlantic Division and own the head-to-head advantage over the Tigers. If FSU wins out, it's in the ACC championship game, and the only remaining league obstacles are these Hokies and Maryland. The Hokies, on the other hand, need to win two of their last three games to even become bowl-eligible. Tonight's odds obviously don't look great, but if they lose tonight and beat Boston College, only Virginia will stand between Tech and a postseason bid. (The Cavaliers, by the way, are 3-6 and would need to win all three of their remaining games to go bowling. Thanksgiving week in Blacksburg could be barn-burnier than usual this year.)

• What even is a Hokie? Virginia Tech has one of our favorite mascot origin stories of all time. A choice excerpt: "Fred Meade, a local resident chosen by the student body to serve as the school's mascot, had a large turkey pull him in a cart at a football game in 1913. The school's president halted the cart pulling after one game because he thought it was cruel to the turkey. Meade continued to parade his mascot, which he had trained to gobble on command, up and down the sidelines--and did so until another "turkey trainer" took over in 1924 to continue the tradition."

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Between the Hashes Week 14: The world reacts to the Iron Bowl's stunning finish

Auburn Fans Auburn beat Alabama following a crazy finish, these fans were pretty excited about it. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

Each week, Campus Union will delve into the fun, the weird and the wacky of college football with a series called Between The Hashes. It’s a way to decompress from the madness of the week, and to find a few things that you might have missed.

As we reflect on the regular season coming to an end (not quite yet, as there are a few stragglers happening next week for leagues without conference championships), and with our blood laced with turkey gravy, let me just say how much fun it has been putting this piece together every Sunday during the season. It's the fans, the mascots, the plays, the pictures, the quotes, the uniforms and the memories that make college football as great as it is. Recapping that from week to week has given me an even greater appreciation of what this sport is all about.

Week 14 is behind us, and it couldn't have been any more exciting. I tweeted on Saturday that we were a Hawaii win away from the perfect college football weekend -- and it happened. Let's dig in.

World War Eagle

Maybe you heard, but this year's Iron Bowl was pretty special. One second of game time changed the entire college football season. And it was this play that unfolded:'s Pete Thamel wrote from the scene:

They didn't want to leave. That's what happens when the craziest finish in the history of college football unfolds on the sleepy Alabama plains. It kicks off a party that's a graduation celebration, wedding reception and sorority formal all rolled into one primal scream. Photos flashed straight to Instagram. Elderly couples hobbled on the field and pecked lips. Families posed for Christmas card pictures.

And there were plenty of pictures and videos from the memorable finish. First, the radio call:

And the reaction from Ohio State's team bus:

Even Big Boi weighed in.

Fans posted their reactions to the game on YouTube:

And the pictures rolled in one by one.

We'll all be talking about this game for a long time.

Missouri is rightfully celebrating its appearance in the SEC Championship Game, but lost in the conference realignment shuffle was one of college sports' biggest rivalries: The Border War. At least one dutiful fan kept things in perspective.

Dial M for Rivalry

The Michigan-Ohio State game is always a big deal. For whatever reason, Ohio governor John Kasich decided to get in the act this year by having a little fun with the idea that Ohio State fans and alumni don't say the word Michigan. Only he went one step further, banning the letter 'M' on Saturday -- something I personally have an issue with because I tend to enjoy the letter 'M.'

Earlier in the week, Ohio State coach Urban Meyer's wife joined in on the antics:

But it wasn't all exactly playful nonsense. The two teams got in a kerfuffle during the second quarter of Saturday's game. After the final whistle, the players kept talking.

Quotes of the Week

Let's go ahead and get it out of the way: Steve Spurrier and Les Miles are head-and-shoulders favorites to win the season-long award in this category. Miles gave his take on Thanksgiving food. While it wasn't quite as good as his explanation of Columbus Day, we'll take it.

And Spurrier went unfiltered after the Gamecocks beat Clemson on Saturday, their fifth straight victory in the series.

Nebraska's Kenny Bell had a creative way of showing his support for coach Bo Pelini:

While Pelini himself had a curt response to a halftime interview:

The Memorial UGA I – UGA VIII Mascot Award

Best wishes go to Mississippi State student Micheala Mills, who suffered a broken leg during the Egg Bowl against Ole Miss when she was hit by the ESPN golf cart. But staying in character and keeping your mascot head on? Now that's worthy of commendation.

The Ricky Dobbs All-Stars

A hodgepodge of some of the better stat lines of Week 14.

Northern Illinois QB Jordan Lynch: 5-of-17, 39 yards, 1 TD; 321 rushing yards (FBS record for a quarterback), 3 rushing TD in 33-14 win over Western Michigan

Ball State QB Keith Wenning: 27-of-33, 445 yards, 6 TD in 55-14 win over Miami (Ohio)

Fresno State QB Derek Carr: 38-of-50, 519 yards, 6 TD, 1 INT in 62-52 loss to San Jose State

San Jose State QB David Fales: 37-of-45, 547 yards, 6 TD; 33 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD in 62-52 win over Fresno State

Central Michigan RB Zurlon Tipton: 216 yards, 4 TD in 42-10 win over Eastern Michigan

Washington RB Bishop Sankey: 200 yards, 1 TD in 27-17 win over Washington State

Oregon WR Josh Huff: 9 catches, 186 yards, 3 TD in 36-35 win over Oregon State

Florida State WR Kelvin Benjamin: 9 catches, 212 yards, 3 TD in 37-7 win over Florida

Ohio State QB Braxton Miller: 6-of-15, 133 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT; 153 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD in 42-41 win over Michigan

Michigan QB Devin Gardner: 32-of-45, 451 yards, 4 TD; 1 rushing TD in 42-41 loss to Ohio State

Maryland QB C.J. Brown: 13-of-25, 259 yards, 2 TD; 138 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD in 41-21 win over NC State

North Texas RB Brandin Byrd: 251 yards, 3 TD in 42-10 win over Tulsa

Northwestern QB Trevor Siemian: 31-of-44, 414 yards, 4 TD in 37-34 win over Illinois

Indiana QB Tre Roberson: 25-of-37, 273 yards, 6 TD, 2 INT; 154 rushing yards in 56-36 win over Purdue

Stanford RB Tyler Gaffney: 189 yards, 1 TD in 27-20 win over Notre Dame

Boise State RB Jay Ajayi: 147 yards, 1 TD; 4 catches, 105 yards, 1 receiving TD in 45-17 win over New Mexico

UNLV QB Caleb Herring: 20-of-30, 270 yards, 5 TD; 60 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD in 45-19 win over San Diego State
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Teammate On Teammate Crime

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That screengrab above is from Francis Howell (Mo.) High's Class 5 Championship win over Christian Brothers College last weekend. You need to fast-forward to the 1:54:10 mark of the game to see the celebration where Francis Howell's catcher absolutely leveled his own pitcher. You can then see in slo-mo replay at the 1:55:30 mark and from a different angle at the 45-second mark here. (Thanks to Tim Southmayd, of St. Louis, Mo, for the links.)

Cash In On The Cup

With the Stanley Cup Finals beginning Wednesday night, here's a sampling at some of the prop bets offered by Bovada.lv.

Series price

Boston Bruins: +130

Chicago Blackhawks: -150

Will a goaltender win the Conn Smythe Trophy?

Yes:  -225

No: +185

Total Games in the series:

Over: 5 1/2  (-180)

Under: 5 1/2 (+150)

Total goals in the series

Over/ Under: 27

Will there be a 5-minute fighting major penalty called during the 2013 Stanley Cup Final?

Yes: -250

No: +195

How many games of the 2013 Stanley Cup Final will go to overtime?

Over 1 1/2: (+135)

Under 1 1/2: (-165)

Will any game in the 2013 Stanley Cup Final go to double overtime?

Yes: +275

No: -350

What Nerve!

Big-time Lakers fan Jack Nicholson once had the unmitigated gall to get lovely and beautiful Celtics fan Maria Menounos kicked out of her seat during a game at the  Staples Center.

Lovely Lady Of The Day

Model Meghan Williams gets today's LLOD honors.

Of Course He Does

Kanye West was at "The Decision." Who knew? Oh, he also thinks he's the Michael Jordan of music.

Feel-Good Story Of The Day

Yes, this is where we are at with Justin Bieber, but it keep in mind that he's still a hit with little kids, so it was a cool gesture for the Colts long-snapper (and Hot Clicks/Carrie Underwood fan) Matt Overton to surprise a group of sick children with VIP tickets to an upcoming Bieber concert

Prank Video Of The Day

Very creative job here by setting up innocent people to take a butt-kicking from someone who thought you were messing around with their wife. (Thanks to Zack, of Myrtle Beach, S.C., for the video.)

Video Of The Day

This dog refuses to be bullied by a Tiger. (Thanks to Andy, of Dublin, Ireland, for the video.)

David Letterman Video Of The Day

David Letterman has a drum fetish.

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With some unsettled weather in the morning it was the later starters who put together the best scores in the latest Sidmouth Jewellers Friday meeting, writes Chris Roberts.

Jonathan Lee took full advantage of this and scored 37 points to take the victory including three birdies and a two.

Much to the club manager’s enjoyment one point back was James Spiller and Mark Thomas both with 36 points and, with James pinching second place on countback, I can safely say that he did mention the result to Mark!

James and Mark both had a brace of birdies each of which one where twos.

John Jones still heads the league table by an impressive 15 points over James Spiller with Mark Thomas a further five back.

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Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Tuesday termed the current financial year as ‘unusual’ for world economies, and said the growth rate for India would be around eight per cent.

“The current year is a very unusual year for the world economy and the Euro zone crisis has made virtually every country revise its growth rates downwards. This year, at the Planning Commission, we expect the growth rate to be around eight per cent. We are not expecting nine per cent in the year 2011-12,” he said.

Ahluwalia had earlier projected the growth rate for the current year at 8.2 to 8.5 per cent. Chief Economic Advisor in the finance ministry, Kaushik Basu, had yesterday said the growth rate for this financial year would be 7.5 per cent to eight per cent, after taking note of the ongoing global economic slowdown.

Speaking to reporters after delivering an address at the Vignana Jyothi Institute of Management here, Ahluwalia said one should not unduly be depressed by short-term problems.

“From the 12th Five-Year Plan, beginning April 2012, we see an average growth rate of nine per cent,” he added. Replying to a query on inflation, he said inflation, on a year-on-year basis, was high and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) had downgraded the growth prospects of all regions.

Portraying a gloomy outlook for the global economy, the IMF, in its latest report, said the global economy was in a dangerous phase, as business activity had weakened and confidence had fallen sharply. Global growth would moderate to about four per cent through 2012, from over five per cent in 2010, the IMF has said in the World Economic Outlook Report.

“The difference is, while other countries are growing at one or 1.5 per cent, for us slowing down means eight per cent. Some people say it could be less than eight per cent. They also think it will be somewhere on the higher side of seven per cent. I do expect we will be able to reverse that from next year. I think the global economy will get back into a more normal position,” Ahluwalia said.

“Our expectation is that it (inflationary pressures) will come down significantly by the end of March 2012. Not even next month, I see some softening from this November,” he added. On whether the increase in interest rates by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) would ease inflation, he said the last increase had not yet had any impact on inflation and hinted that lowering of interest rates was not expected at this juncture.

Concerned over high inflation, RBI recently raised key interest rates by 25 basis points, its 12th such increase since March 2010. Following the increase, the short-term lending (repo) rate stands at 8.25 per cent and the short-term borrowing rate (reverse repo) is 7.25 per cent. The central bank is scheduled to unveil the second quarter monetary policy on October 25.

On agricultural production, Ahluwalia said the current year had a very good monsoon, one per cent higher than normal. “Our assessment is, while agri growth was a little over two per cent in the 10th Plan, it will be 2.5 per cent in the 11th. This year, the performance of agriculture has also improved. We want to achieve four per cent growth and hopefully we will be able to do that in the 12th Plan,” he said.

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Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah had written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the return of the remains of executed terror convicts Afzal Guru and Maqbool Bhat and also raised the demand at a meeting, the state government said Tuesday.

The disclosure followed the release of a letter written by People's Democratic Party chief and former chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed to the prime minister seeking Guru's body be returned to his family.

"In a letter to the prime minister, on Feb 19, Omar Abdullah had strongly pleaded, handing over the mortal remains of Afzal Guru to his family," the state government spokesman said, adding that in a recent meeting with the prime minister Abdullah had reiterated the demand of Afzal Guru's family.

The spokesman said that "given the strong sentiments attached to the treatment meted out to Afzal Guru's family, especially the denial of a last chance to meet their loved one before his execution and the denial of a judicial review of the case", Abdullah told the prime minister that the least the government can do in this matter is to return the remains to his family.

He said that recognizing the similarity between both cases of Afzal Guru and Mohammad Maqbool Bhat, Abdullah also asked for return of the remains of Bhat. It has been an unresolved issue and a long pending demand of his family ever since his execution in 1984.

Parliament attack convict Guru, hailing from north Kashmir's Sopore district, was hanged in Delhi's Tihar Jail Feb 9. Bhat, the founder of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front, was hanged in the same jail in February 1984 following conviction on charges of killing an Indian intelligence agent.

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Wagner College blasts Sacred Heart, 49-28

Cormac Gordon | By Cormac Gordon | Staten Island Advance
on October 24, 2009 at 8:47 PM, updated October 24, 2009 at 8:54 PM

Seahawks.jpgA trio of Wagner College defenders gang up to stop Sacred Heart's Brian Friedman, right.
Wagner College came up with some unexpected help Saturday after dynamic freshman running back Dominique Williams went down with a knee injury early in the first half of the Seahawks’ pivotal 49-28 victory over Northeast Conference rival Sacred Heart University on Homecoming Day on Grymes Hill.

Coach Walt Hameline inserted little-used junior Jeremy Martinez into the halfback slot in place of Williams, who will undergo tests today to ascertain the extent of the injury he suffered after carrying the ball just four times, and scoring Wagner’s first touchdown in the first quarter of the back-and-forth contest.

The 5-foot-7 Martinez, who played mostly on the junior varsity until this season, and whose previous career highlight was an eight-carry game in a 59-28 blowout loss at North Dakota State last month, responded to his emergency call with 24 carries for 127 yards, including a pair of touchdown runs, as Wagner improved to 4-3 on the season and 3-1 in the NEC.

"I know he’s been chomping at the bit for an opportunity to get in there," Wagner coach Walt Hameline said of Martinez, a Long Island product out of Bellport High School. "And he showed what he can do.

"Jeremy played his heart out today, and we needed him."

Martinez scored his first touchdown on a 7-yard run early in the third quarter to give Wagner a 28-25 edge and wrestle the lead from a persistent Sacred Heart (1-6, 1-4) club which racked up over 400 yards of offense in the first two quarters while taking a 25-21 halftime lead.

He put the outcome on ice in scoring his second with 2:30 to go in the game on a 3-yard punch through the right side of the Wagner line.

"He stepped up big," declared Wagner quarterback Nick Doscher, who once again proved the backbone of the Seahawk attack, picking up 123 rushing yards out of the Seahawk option offense to go along with 157 yards in the air on 11 of 17 passing, which included one touchdown toss, a 21-yarder to Tyrone Collins.

"Jeremy didn’t surprise me," the freshman quarterback continued of his new backfield mate. "We see every day in practice how good he is. Today he went out there and proved himself to everyone else."

For the running back it was a hope fulfilled.

"They told me, ‘We’re counting on you,’" Martinez said of his teammates’ response to his entering the lineup. "And I just tried to run as hard as I could."

Despite the big offensive output of Martinez, Doscher and Wagner’s fleet of receivers — and kickoff returners Lon Woods and Frantz Placide who gave the offense good field position all afternoon — it was a defensive play that proved the game’s decider.

That came in the final seconds of the third quarter with the game tied 28-28, when Sacred Heart quarterback Dale Fink rolled to his right on a second-and-4 deep in his own territory at the Pioneer 13-yard-line.

Wagner free safety Chaz Legette had Fink zeroed-in the whole way.

"There was no one for him to throw to in the area, but I knew another receiver was going to cross through," the Wagner junior said.

Sure enough, Sacred Heart’s 6-foot-5, 240-pound tight end Chris Rapp slid left to right in a crossing pattern near the 20-yard-line.

And Legette was waiting.

"It was like Christmas," he said of his second interception of the game. "I saw the ball, and when I caught it I saw nothing but green."

His 21-yard touchdown return gave Wagner the lead for good at 35-28.

It was Wagner’s third victory in the last four games, the lone loss a 6-2 defeat in a driving rainstorm at Bryant on Nov. 3. And it gave the Seahawks some momentum as they head to Duquesne for another NEC game next week.

"These are important games," said Hameline. "I feel like we’re getting better every week. Our defense is improving, and Nick gets more comfortable with every snap."

But on this day, Hameline was most appreciative of the work of his seldom used reserve running back.

"He made the difference," the coach said. "He was there when we needed him."

NOTES: In an annual Homecoming Day tradition, Doscher received the James Robb Memorial Trophy as the game’s outstanding Wagner offensive player, and Legette was recognized with the Lt. Nick Lia Memorial Trophy as the Seahawks’ outstanding defensive player ... Placide, a junior cornerback, led the Seahawks with seven tackles.


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Obamacare's shaky debut

President Obama has vowed to fix glitches in computer registration for coverage under the Affordable Health Care Act. But foes want to put a stop to Obamacare. (AP photo)
Staten Island Advance Editorial By Staten Island Advance Editorial Staten Island Advance
on October 26, 2013 at 8:01 AM, updated October 26, 2013 at 8:18 AM

The Affordable Health Care Act isn’t the first government program to survive a shaky start in the attempt to bring medical coverage to millions of people

 Since 1966, Medicare, which was put on the critical list by many early opponents, has protected generations of Americans age 65 and older. Currently, it insures the health needs of more than 50 million recipients.

 But at first, the program was less than robust.

Cries of “socialized medicine” greeted Medicare. There were predictions that 50,000 doctors nationwide would refuse to participate. Only reluctantly did the American Medical Association endorse doctors’ cooperation. As it turned out, most physicians accepted Medicare patients. By 1970, the kinks in the plan were worked out.

It’s reasonable to expect Obamacare to survive and thrive, too, even though it’s not yet quite what the doctor ordered.

President Obama claims to be more upset than anybody over the flaws that have disrupted computer enrollments for millions who lack health coverage. He has vowed to fix the problems.

His ire is well-aimed. It’s a crisis that should not have happened.

What went wrong?

The Department of Health and Human Services failed to adequately test the website before its launch on Oct. 1. The system quickly crashed.

Now the government is mounting a high-tech campaign to resolve the delays that affect computer registrations at health exchanges in 36 states.

The federal experts and outside consultants have expressed confidence that the uninsured will be able to sign up for coverage before the new law takes effect on Jan. 1.

New York is one of the 14 states not affected by the national problems because it chose to create its own insurance marketplace with the help of a federal grant.

Nearly 2.7 million New Yorkers (about 16 percent statewide) don’t have health insurance. Most of them are workers and their families who earn too much to qualify for public programs such as Medicaid, but not enough to purchase medical coverage on their own.

Those New Yorkers can shop for government-backed health insurance online ( or by calling 1-855-355-5777).

The Affordable Care Act requires that all Americans obtain health coverage or face a penalty. The insurance is to be made available in the new marketplaces at reasonable rates, even to those with pre-existing medical conditions.

It was a mistake to force consumers who register online nationally to create accounts first in a series of difficult steps before they could browse health plans.

Yet the prognosis for Obama care isn’t as dire as opponents claim.

One possible remedy while improvements are made would be to extend the open enrollment deadline beyond March 31 if necessary. This would delay any fines.

Even though it complicates the political battle over the controversial program, making adjustments to the mechanics of the Affordable Care Act can be done.

It shouldn’t be seen as a fatal blow to what is intended to benefit the quality of life for millions of people.


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Don't cut vital city services

Letters to the Editor | By Letters to the Editor | Staten Island Advance
on July 27, 2010 at 2:07 PM, updated July 27, 2010 at 2:20 PM

Hey, Mr. Mayor, I have an idea on how to save money when it comes to the Fire Department. Why don’t we go back to a well outside of each house and a couple of pails of sand. You know that would probably clear up the budget deficit that you so badly want to rectify.

While your at it, I can think of a few more things that may work. I say we put all police officers on bikes. Think of the savings, they will all be physically fit and the crooks won’t be able to outrun a cop on a bike now will they?

Sanitation can have their men and women run alongside the trucks to prevent them from getting fat. They need to be physically fit, correct?

I say that instead of you taking the subway to work in the morning or traveling by car to your fancy dinners and so forth, that you bicycle to these things. You would look cool, dude.

Finally, instead of butting into the safety of the people of New York with your "I will make this city run better" attitude, I say stay out of it. I, along with other New Yorkers. pay dearly to live in this city. We demand that you and your group of leaders who run this city do a better job of cutting back on the programs that you feel the people who are irresponsible need, and start making them pay for their actions. Section 8 housing where you pay for half their rent comes to mind, Handing out condoms to teenagers is another. Cutting the firefighters and the budget is just completely unacceptable.


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Blame Rep. Grimm and his Republican cronies

Letters to the Editor | By Letters to the Editor | Staten Island Advance
on December 19, 2011 at 2:55 PM, updated December 19, 2011 at 2:59 PM

    What do a 1,661-mile-long oil pipeline and a two percent tax cut have in common? Nothing, except for the fact that House Resolution 3630, for no apparent reason, would institute both of these totally unrelated things. And it recently passed the House, thanks to Congress and our allegedly practical, logical, pragmatic representative there, Mike Grimm.

    As we all know, the country’s current economic situation is dire, with millions of Americans finding it hard to make ends meet. So it seems logical that a tax break might help struggling Americans and stimulate spending during the holiday season. But what isn’t logical is the inclusion in the same legislative package of the Keystone Project, a controversial oil pipeline whose environmental impact and safety — yes, you read that right, safety — has not been determined and will not be able to be determined within the timetable set out by the bill.

    If you’re like me and are one of those people who wonders why there’s so much partisan gridlock and no confidence in our government, look no further than this bill. There is only one reason why these two totally unrelated items somehow found their way into one bill: Politics.

    Congressman Grimm and his Republican cronies used their control of the House of Representatives to hold the president and our country hostage. Faced with an economic crisis, President Obama wanted to extend the payroll tax cut so hardworking Americans can have more in their pockets. Congressman Grimm and the Republicans, instead of doing the logical thing and helping out millions of Americans, opted to use this tax cut for political cover.

    With the impact of the proposed Keystone pipeline still unknown, the GOP forced the project, and whatever consequences may come with it, down the president’s throat by tying it to the tax cut. Fully knowing that the president could not support the whole bill, all the Republicans wanted was to turn around and say President Obama is for higher taxes during bad economic times. This was an electoral ploy that ends up hurting hard-working Americans.

    When Congressman Grimm ran for office, he portrayed himself as an outsider, as a straight shooter who wouldn’t play typical D.C. politics. With that in mind, I challenge him to respond as to what warranted tying the payroll tax cut to an oil pipeline that hasn’t even been effectively researched yet. Why is it so hard to have a vote on a payroll tax cut and then a separate independent vote on the Keystone pipeline?

    Congressman Grimm has gone back on his campaign pledge to end Washington politics as usual. The American people, in particular the voters in this district, deserve better from their representatives. We all wonder why this country has lost confidence in Washington. Congressman Grimm’s vote on HR 3630 is Exhibit A.


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It’s time for another installment of the State of the Hostile Web, a series that I’ve never officially started, yet have many entries examples of user-antagonism to highlight.

This time it started with a simple goal – I wanted to craft a clever reply to a Twitter post by my buddy Chris Bailey (@chriscognito):

Chris' Tweet: "Do you know when to cut bait and run? Sometimes knowing when to kill a program is as important as knowing how to start one."

I don’t know about you, but for me, I immediately heard Kenny Rogers. Maybe that’s because I was born and raised in Texas, but that’s besides the point. This was a crystal clear opportunity to blast the Internet with a reminder of the awesomeness that is The Gambler.

The Gambler Album Cover from (Links to Amazon)To ensure I got it just right, I did a quick search for the lyrics, and the first site to pop up is called LyricsFreak (they don’t get any link love from me – you’ll see why), which displays the words in all of whiskey-soaked glory. But when I go to cut-and-paste them (you can call it lazy – I call it efficient), nothing is selectable. At all. The normal click-and-drag to highlight doesn’t work and the right-click menu is taking the day off.

I was perplexed. I was annoyed. But I also know a little bit about these here Web pages, so I figured that I would just view the page source to disable the code that was blocking me, or I might copy the lyrics from there.

…and I stopped dead in my tracks, confronted with this:

That’s the very first line of the song: “On a warm summer’s eve on a train bound for nowhere”.

Beyond disabling all of the standard methods for copying a bit of text, Lyric Freaks encoded every single character of the song.

Part of me understands that their goal is to not have other people copy their database in bulk. Assuming they paid for the transcription, it has value to them that they want to protect in order to make some money . I get that. I’m a happy little capitalist myself.

But this practice has instantly made the site useless to me, when there is a sea of lyric sites available. Beyond that, any developer can tell you that this won’t make the least bit of difference to someone specifically scraping the Lyric Freaks site to snag their content. None.

So, the people who actually use their service, see, and hopefully click, their ads and tell others to visit are hamstrung.

Luckily Sing365 made it easy for me to reference The Gambler Lyrics.

Which I used oh so cleverly in under 140 characters:

This is a very long blog post that boils down to the fact that LyricFreaks has lost site of what’s important, hurting prospective users before they even have a chance to turn them into fans. All this in an attempt to protect something, using a method that won’t work, making the Web a little less friendly and a little less usable.

User-hostile practices do not work on the Internet. Your site or service is one among many competitors, and it won’t take long for a competitor to eclipse your work, so do yourself a favor and build solutions that reward the user for visiting instead of making their day harder in an attempt to protect a castle made of sand.

The Usability of the Link Icon

Peter Steen Høgenhaug has posted the results of a usability test focused “aimed at exploring how little documentation you could leave in a CMS, and still have even the most non-savvy person use it with no issues”. This lead him to discover how few people make the connection between an icon of two links in a chain with the act of creating a hyperlink to another page. It’s a quick read and a fascinating study of the cognitive association, or lack thereof when trying to extend real world imagery to represent online actions.

It would be interesting to see a study focused on users who are familiar with content management systems, to see if they find this to be an issue. Without a great replacement, we may need to rely on discovery and learning for this association.

This reminds me a lot of my previous post . So, posing the same question as we did there – what would be a good replacement? I haven’t been able to come up with a great iconic substitution and am leaning ever so slightly, toward simply using the word Link. I’m sure there’s something better though.

What do you think, is it worth changing? If so, what should it be?

What happens to user experience in a minimum viable product? »

“feature complexity — scope — is always the cost multiplier, not user experience. There aren’t debates about experience or how far to take it. The user experience simply has to be up to base standard in order to ship, no matter how trimmed down the feature is.” I agree 100% – without a consistent experience, you can’t trust the results gleaned from your minimum viable product.

Confusing and Cluttered Twitter Search Results

For the last couple of years, one of the most important columns in my TweetDeck setup was the one tasked with presenting tweets that mention Refresh Austin. The search itself is pretty straightforward, though it includes several variants to account for all of the possible ways that people might reference our group: refreshaustin OR austinrefresh OR “refresh austin” OR “austin refresh” OR @refreshaustin. This worked beautifully for a long time, but a little while back (I don’t know when exactly) I noticed that the feed included many tweets that have nothing to do with our group. A significant portion of these are written in languages other than English, so it’s been hard to detect a pattern.

Until today.

Twitter Search for Refresh Austin

The photo shows five recent tweets, three of which do not apply to our group at all. The key detail is that all three link to, which I set up a long time back to point to the Refresh Austin site. But in these cases, the problem appears to be due to the fact that a longer URL, which starts with ‘ra’ was cut off when the users retweeted or simply posted a tweet greater than 140 characters.

Twitter’s search now follows links within tweets to determine that they are both valid (non-spam, no malware) and also to provide additional context. So, in this case as resolves to, the tweets appear in my search feed even though they have absolutely nothing to do with us.

So now I understand why this happens, but I do not have a solution for it. While I do not want to filter out tweets that contain the link as it is a valid link, I’d love to reduce the overall noise. This is a bit frustrating, but seems solvable with a bit of time and effort. Should I figure something out, I’ll post it.

Data Will Set You Straight

We are very proud of our empirical focus, because it makes us humble – we realize that most of the time, we don’t know up-front what customers want. The feedback from testing quickly sets us straight, and helps make sure that our efforts are really focused at optimizing the things that make a difference in the customer experience

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The rest of the response to the question “What types of things does Netflix A/B test aside from member sign-up?” is well worth the quick read.

Interactive Sketching Notation »

"The interactive sketching notation is an emerging visual language which affords the representation of interface states and event-based user actions. Through a few simple and standardized rules, what the user sees (drawn in greys and blacks) and does (drawn in red) are unified into a coherent sketching system. This unification of both interface and use, intends to enable designers to tell more powerful stories of interaction."

Interaction Design in the Age of the iPad

The direct touch input removes a layer of abstraction, and that’s a really big deal. In this way, it was like going back to design for print – when you push it with your finger, it moves! – but it’s utterly unlike print in every other way imaginable. Point is, the direct interface really does mean reevaluating every assumption when it comes to interactive design.

Derek Powazek in Thoughts on Designing for iPad

Derek’s post is chock-full of insights, but that quote in particular struck me. I don’t think we’ve realized just how different the iPad and similar devices are from our familiar grounds, both in terms of design and usage. Tools that we’ve relied on, in some cases quite heavily, like the hover state, are on their way out, while entirely new capabilities are introduced.

We are no longer chained as designers, developers or users to that single little arrow moving about the screen. We can finally make use of all of our digits on-screen.


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1985 Lamborghini Jalpa

Lot No.: 135

Registration: OJI 3472
Chassis Number: ZA9J00000ELA12169
Engine Number: 12169
Number of cylinders: 8
CC: 3500
Year of Manufacture: 1985
Estimate (£): 20,000 - 25,000
Sold for (£): 40,825

Produced between 1982 and 1990 the Lamborghini Jalpa was the' junior' Lamborghini of the 1980s, it was designed to rejoin the battle with Ferrari's similarly sized 308 series. Major changes involved a quad-cam V8 engine with capacity increased to 3.5 litres and somewhat more aggressive styling, mainly in the side treatment of the body, which was again conceived and executed by Bertone. Maximum power was 255bhp at 7000rpm, good enough to give the aerodynamic Jalpa a top speed of around 155mph. The Jalpa was still a Targa-style two seater with a carburettor fed engine mounted transversely, with a five speed rear transaxle and fully independent suspension, as per the earlier Urraco and Silhouette. Production was both limited and sporadic, with a mere 419 examples manufactured over eight years.

This extremely rare right-hand drive 1985 Lamborghini Jalpa has covered a believed genuine 47,706 kilometres from new. Offered in the most appropriate colour combination of black with cream leather interior, this car oozes 1980s muscular styling. The Targa roof is easily removable for instant open top motoring and can be quickly fitted if one is caught out in the rain. The bodywork is in sound order and has benefited from many years in a single collection. In addition, the original service booklet is unusually available in the history file.

Buyers should be aware that this lot has formed part of a large private collection and has been stood for some time, as such some remedial works may be required. The owner will put the car through an MoT prior to the sale, however, a condition report from Terry Keys will be supplied in the history file at the auction. Any interested bidders are welcome to contact Terry Keys Motorsport prior to the sale.

Until quite recently the Jalpa has been overlooked by classic car investors. However, their rarity and drivability have resulted in prices steadily rising over the last three years and Silverstone Auctions fully anticipate them to continue to do so.


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I lost my heart on a monday
And I'm still ripped off and passed out
Too much alcohol and weed shot my ass out
One of these girlies made my day for real
And I've got to tell you a little sum
About the way that I feel
I don't know how old she was but it doesn't matter
I know that they do it better
No older woman can do it the way they do
Fuck "more experience" when they choose you
I just cannot explain why these girlies
Always hit me like an a- train
With their buttersoft skin and their curly hair
They try to look innocent but they're always up to sin

L - Y - N
L - Y - N

They knock you out at the drop of the dime
First eye contact...yo that's the moment When you wanna die
But when you take a look downsouth
You´ll see a hell of a body on the way to blast your eyes out
Drinking brew after school kissing ex-friends
Hands always where this skirt ends
They wanna make you hot no doubt
And you wanna take a shot no doubt
Wicked game that´s the way that they wanna play
Naughty thoughts and a surprise under their shorts
At any given time she wants to do you screw you
Use and abuse you like she´s always used to
You can run but you cannot hide
You´re a two- second- brother when your hips collide
You know who we´re talking about no doubt
The little young nasties no doubt

L - Y - N
L - Y - N

L - Y - N
L - Y - N
L - Y - N

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High Fidelity
   ------Elvis Costello

Some things you never get used to
Even though you're feeling like another man
There's nothing that he can do for you
To shut me away as you walk through
Lovers laughing in their amateur hour
Holding hands in the corridors of power
Even though I'm with somebody else right now

High fidelity
Can you hear me?

There's a new kind of dedication
Maybe you'll find it down the tunnel
Maybe I got above my station
Maybe you're only changing channel

Even though you're nowhere near me
And I know you kiss him so sincerely now
Even though the signal's indistinct
And you worry what silly people think
Who just can't wait to feel so frozen out
I bet he thinks that he was chosen out of millions
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Captain Save A Hoe

(feat. The Click)

[Chorus: E-40 and 'Hoes']
Ah is a, Ah is a, Should I save her?
I want to be saved!!!!

It's 1993 and niggas need to miss me be savin' these hoes
You know how these tricks we be buyin' 'em clothes
Wanna taxi hoes on vogues with the beat
And have 'em sittin' next to 'em in the front seat
But not B see I'm a hog up out the V
And my motto is fuck a hoe and hit the throttle
To the smoke talkin' on my Okie doe
World wide I got a clydes up in Tokoyo

Look up in the sky it's a bird it's a plane
What's that niggas name?
Captain save a hoe main
More faster than a speeding bullet
To put on his cape and scared
I put the fake the fake the funk the funk
To me that's not the way to do it
Captain muthafuckin' Save a Hoe game to me
Flexin just like a little ol' bitch
All up in front of my company
Had to check his ass with an ear check dump and pumpin'
Talkin' to him while I'm beatin' his ass
Pumpin' fear talkin' bout nigga you gone retrospect somethin here

Mr. super trick Mr. super snitch
Yeah, you wanna kill me cuz I fucked ya bitch
You should had your cape on tight that night
Cuz a nigga like the Shot sho plugs 'em right
And now yo batch is straight callin me lovin me
On the under for the porno star that I be
And don't you come in my face with that trick shit
Ya betta try some more shit

I got the gift to grab any batch
That I want but I don't
Cuz batches now a days will get you caught up in some funk
Oh no, I'm not tryin' to save you hoes 'n
How come when I was broke you wasn't brown nosin'?
The other day you see me smobbin' down magazine
With some ol' nigga in your car lookin' at me mean
I stopped in the middle of the street
Reached under seat to grab my heat
Man that's the same motherfucker
that I got into it with at the club last week

Man them niggas can't fade
They bith made
And so they start
But niggas with no heart
Don't want no part to this
Nigga rollin' with the Funk Mobb
And when it's funk
The pump will spit them double laws
So what you doin' when we roll through you hideout
I let my mack get off and then I rides out
With your ass there smokin' like an incent
You savin hoes nigga and that's bitch shit

I'm crossin' up niggas and bitches
And even snitches just for my riches
Captain Save A Hoe
I ain't got no problem with that ol shit
I gives a damn as long as he's payin'
It ain't my fault because he's sprung off my land
I'm cashin' GA checks, go to the bank Hank
If your breath stank, you get ganked main
Long as a trick comes fallin' down
That gets me all upset to put on my suit and clown

But make that nigga take care your kids
Make that nigga call your kids his
Make that nigga get out there and work
Make his ass buy you a Brinun Burk
It's all part of that nigga take care of me
Pussy whipped nigga come save me
Batches out there be on the look out
For Captain save a hoe
Cuz he's savin hoes

[Captain Save a Hoe]
Fuck that what they talkin about
I save a hoe yeah Ha ha
Yeah baby, what's up you wanna get your hair done
Come on let's go down to Lee and Kim Nail's
We can get your nails done, get your hair done
What about your kids? How many kids you got? Two?
Ah, yeah that's cool we can go feed and cloth them kids
We can go down and get the hook up at Durant Square
Yeah baby I do anything for ya
Want you phone cranked on, I can get it cranked on to my name
Matter of fact I get you a cellular phone and a pager
We can get that package deal down there at Cellular One
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I come from a long way away
And I know a fine thing when I see it.
See it
For the same reason no one ever
Pointed a telescope at the sun
Talking about the Red Angels of N. Y. City

Who shot the shot?
Who got shot tonight?

Not even five enforcement agencies can save their own.
Never mind the people
Tonight it's raining on the Angels of the City
Did anyone prophesize these people?

Only Travis
Come in Travis
One of these days I'm gonna get myself organized.

All the animals come out at night.
Queens, fairies, dopers, junkies, sick venal.
Some day a real rain will come and wash all the scum off the streets.

Thank god for the rain to wash the trash off the sidewalk. Listen you screwheads:
Here is a man who would not take it anymore.
A man who stood up against the scum, the filth.
Now I see clearly.

Personally I know the alley
Where Jack feeds on the birds of night
Not even bobbies on bicycles 2x2
Can stop the blood and feathers flying

Wearing overalls and for once and for all
What is the dream?
I'll tell it
To live like they do in the movies
San Juan you listening?

Yeah I bet you are
Hands up for Hollywood
I hear you
Snappy on the air
Hang in their
Wall to wall
You saved the world
What else? You saved the girl
Champagne on ice
No stranger to Alcatraz
To boot
Or strip it down
Chop it a little
Being reasonable
Just freedom to move
To live
For women to take a walk in the park at midnight
Hey, but this is serious
She can't even get back home

I come from a long way off
And I know a lifegiver over a lifetaker
For the same reason no-one ever pointed
A gun at a policeman
Talking about the Red Angels of New York City

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Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Pimping and stuff

First off lets pimp the Mook! It is a great home-game type MTT and I love it. It is for sure one of my favorites.

I am also going to have to find a blog of the month. I have several ideas including some new friends, some old favorites, and other nick nacks. If you want to be considered for the Blog of the month drop me a comment.. at least you will get pimped in my comment section.

Blogger Bloody P said...

I'd pimp myself, but I'm not sponge-worthy. Yet.

Since you got pimped so hard in Jordan's blog today, why not reciprocate?

9:42 AM

Blogger PokerFool said...

You should pimp some blogs that also play the game/limits you play at. I need to find some more blogs out there that play the 100NL and 200NL tables like us.

I know of you, myself, and jjok over at, and I think Badblood plays at those levels too. Any others?

9:43 AM

Blogger Fat Dan said...

you should not consider me. Seriously, that would be horrible

9:48 AM

Blogger surflexus said...

I nominate MiamiDon.

10:15 AM

Blogger jjok said...

Bounty on my head for the tournament buyin......$11.

Nobody is getting it though because I'm taking this tourny down.

10:32 AM

Blogger SirFWALGMan said...

Screw Don man, if anyone gets the nod this week its Carmen! I could do a cutsie His/Her Blog of the month.. awwww..

10:38 AM

Anonymous mookie99 said...

Thanks for pimping the tournament. As far as the odds go Don has you listed as the underdog. If you were to bet $100 on you, you would win $140. If you wanted to put your money on Hoyazo, you would need to bet $160 to win $100.

The big action is on the SoxLover vs. Iakaris matchup.

There are already a lot of great nominations for your blog of the month, although the his/her thing is pretty funny.

11:47 AM

Blogger Alan said...

Please pick me!

I need more approval from strangers.

11:55 AM

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View Full Version : do you think AOTC will beat TPM in ticket sales?

ki-adi mundi's bro
10-27-2001, 11:37 AM
i think it will be AOTC hands down...i'm just speculating...

Eternal Padawan
10-27-2001, 01:15 PM
Phantom Menace was such a hooplah event that was being covered and over-covered by the media that everybody and their grandmother felt compelled to go out to the local cinema plex and see what all the hub bub was about. There hadn't been a Star Wars movie in 16 years (not counting SEs) and it was billed as a "must see extravaganza". Add to that all the die hard fans heading out to see it two, three, eighteen times boosted Episode 1's domestic gross to $430 million (Fact checkers correct me if I'm wrong.)

Fast forward 3 years. The hooplah isn't as hyper and the bad taste Episode 1 left in everybodies mouth hasn't quite washed away, so there is a little more tripidation and not as much media spectacle involved. Even Lucasfilm has laid low in the Frito/pepsi/Tricon cross promotions and the ad campaign will be scaled back also. So unless AOTC can develop and Titanic-like repeat viewing sensation from it's romance angle (and early spy reports indicate the odds of this are 3,720 to 1) I suspect this one may clear $2-300 million if it's lucky. Still enough, I suspect, to walk away with highest grossing film of 2002, but nowhere near TPM levels.

10-27-2001, 01:39 PM
TPM jumped to the number three spot of highest grossing movies of all time. Titanic is #1 with around $700 million, ANH has around $460 million and TPM grossed around $430 million.

No small feat considering TPM was in theatres for all of 4 months, Titanic's grosses account for nearly 1.5 years of ticket sales and ANH didn't reach $400 million until after 3 re-releases and the Special Edition.

However, EP is right, the hype generated by the media and promoters did significantly add to TPM's must-see status.

I predict about $300 million for Ep2, and around $200-250 million for Ep3. I think the not so happy endings of Ep2 and 3 will significantly curb the ticket sales. In fact, GL himself expects Ep3 to make the least amount of money of all Star Wars films.

master jedi
10-27-2001, 06:31 PM
I'm not sure about this one. TPM turned off the interest of Star Wars for a lot of people. Also TPM was the first SW film in a long time so that would probably factor in.

Co Jo-Da
10-27-2001, 10:05 PM
I hope AotC's will be a better film than TPM but I'm not sure if it will be in the top three at the box office.

10-28-2001, 12:47 AM
Let's wait and see as it gets closer to being released for hype. They may wait before they go nuts on the hype.

10-28-2001, 05:18 AM
I think it will not do as good as TPM but will be one of the best of that year.Every Star Wars fan will want to see it.

10-28-2001, 10:49 AM
Part of what made Star Wars such a ticket-taker at it's original release was that, at that time, you couldn't wait 3 months and then buy it to watch at home whenever you want, if you wanted to see it, you had to go and experience it in a theater (technically, there were some home systems, but they weren't big). By the time ESB came out, video rental had just started and cable was picking up users, so the home market was growing. I think that the threat of a movie NOT coming out on video right away would probably help it at the box office, but we ALL know that Lucas will release Ep 2 on tape a few months after release, so that'll hurt Ep 2 (as it probably did with Ep 1, can you imagine if Lucas had said "I won't be releasing this movie on the home market till Ep 3 comes out!"?).

That said, I think in tickets, Ep 2 probably won't beat Ep 1, but in dollars, it may actually pull it off thanks to higher ticket prices.

Co Jo-Da
10-28-2001, 11:47 PM
Still one thing will remain the same, Star Wars is best experienced at the theater.

10-29-2001, 09:59 AM
ABSOLUTELY! This is why I really want LFL to release a few prints of the trilogy to circle the globe, have special ANH, ESB, and ROTJ weekends in each town! So one town will have ANH one weekend and then that print will move on to the next town, and the next weekend, ESB will show up in the first town while ANH plays in the next town, and so on and so forth.

Eternal Padawan
10-29-2001, 12:59 PM
That's a great idea! They are always showing that stinky Rocky Horror Picture Show crappola all the time. Why not start a cult phenom for Star Wars? People could come and dress up like their favorite characters and yell lines from the movie....or we could all sit absolutely still like grown-ups and just watch the GONK!ing film...RHPS just wormed its way onto my top ten pet peeves list...where'd that darn thread go? AHA! Here it is...

10-30-2001, 12:32 AM
Somehow, I have a feeling we won't be seeing EP dressed as Dr. Frank N. Furter this halloween. ;)

Co Jo-Da
10-30-2001, 12:43 AM
Originally posted by JediTricks
Somehow, I have a feeling we won't be seeing EP dressed as Dr. Frank N. Furter this halloween. ;)

God I hope not (LOL).

10-30-2001, 01:33 AM
I think AOTC will beat TPM in Ticket sales for sure... people will go to see Jango in Action and Padme wearing that Tight white suit :)What? :rolleyes:

ki-adi mundi's bro
10-30-2001, 05:46 AM
thanks for all the replys so fast! i usually have to wait 3-5 days to get a reply...:)

11-04-2001, 05:30 PM
even though i wish, i really doubt it will, i think a lot of the tv coverage as well as other media outlets will not hype it up as much since the first film was not as great as one would have expected. as for myself i am excited as much as any of the films buti know for the average person they will not be as excited because of the result of the ep1.

but well time will tell.

The Bald Ewok
11-04-2001, 07:15 PM
In my humble opinion, I believe that AOTC will beat TPM if it becomes an overall better movie than TPM. If the story is well written with plenty of action, then I can see it achieving success. I think or more hoping that the hype will really start picking up come monday. When a lot of them media other than the theaters can talk about AOTC. Besides, being in front of Monsters, inc. probably didnt hurt at all considering that both young and old are raving about the movie. So there it is...if the AOTC is an overall better movie than TPM then I think the crowd will be there!

11-05-2001, 02:42 AM
I think that if AOTC is truly an incredible movie, it might get close to or tie TPM. The media did hype it a lot, and everyone did go see it. But I highly doubt it. IF AOTC is really really really good, theres an offset that E3 might beat TPM, if only for the fact that AOTC was good, and it is the last SW film to be made.

Then too, ticket prices are about one and a half times higher than they were in '99. So that too might change thinks a bit.

Another thing to look at too is not gross earnings but actual tickets sold. The movie that sold the most tickets in history was Gone with the Wind. It didn't make millions though because tickets only cost like 10 cents back then.

All in all, I don't think it will make more than TPM, although you never can tell. Plus, if they leave it in theatres for over a year and a half like they did with Titanic, you never know. Ill keep going to see it as long as its still playing.

The Bald Ewok
11-05-2001, 06:27 AM
RRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!! Sorry I hate hearing about "that actually Gone with the wind would be number 1 but because of ticket prices being so low it isnt." That might be true but lets not forget that when GWTW was released there was all of what 2 other movies out during the summmer. Yeah no kid it sold a lot of tickets there wasnt anything else better to watch!!!

11-05-2001, 08:25 AM
Yeah, but I think Star Wars is #2 in ticket sales, so I like that better than Titanic being #1 in BO receipts. I'd rather have SW beaten by GWTW rather than Titanic.

11-05-2001, 09:00 AM
I remember Titanic had the stipulation that no discounts or special ticket prices were allowed. The theatre in my hometown said they even had to charge full price for matinees.

When I saw Ep1 eleven times, two of those times were full price minus military discount, two of them were matinee prices minus military discount and seven of those veiwings were $1.00 each at the military post theatre.

The total I spent on watching Titanic twice was $14 the total I spent on watching Ep1 eleven times was $23. Now I can start to see how Titanic made more money.

Does anyone remember the big controversy over people being allowed to see EP1 but being sold tickets to other films like Notting Hill or Wild Wild West? I think I remember Lucasfilm claiming it lost millions because of unscrupulous movie theatre managers.

Jedi Clint
11-05-2001, 12:28 PM
Yeah, but I think Star Wars is #2 in ticket sales, so I like that better than Titanic being #1 in BO receipts. I'd rather have SW beaten by GWTW rather than Titanic.

Amen brother!! :)


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    Got a question about 12" Speeder bike with scout

    My uncle, for graduation, got me the 12" Speeder Bike with Scout in the box. The thing is, it was flipped upside down. Is this worth something or not? Just curious.
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    Not really. The problem is that the box is only sealed with tape and can easly be opened with care. It maybe worth more to someone, since its a odd ball, but collectors would probably think it's fampered with. On the bright side, you got a bad @ss 12" Speeder and Scout, that's rare in it's self. I was lucky enough to buy one at retail. It's one of the best 12" sets.
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    Good reply turbowars! (aka "what he said" )

    In general, the SW 'oddities' market is fairly slim for high rollers and often worth nothing more than a loose version of the toy since as a packaged toy it's not mint.
    Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.

    Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.

    The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.

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