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Kim Kardashian has over twenty-seven million Instagram followers.

And, to the being star’s credit, she knows just because any and each one of them have been following her.

In jubilee of this ultimate amicable media milestone, Kim has common a often Not Safe for Work selfie of her often exposed physique lying in bed, a swimsuit hardly covering her plenty behind end.

Kim Kardashian Thong Selfie

“27 mil!!!!! Thank you so much!!!! I love you all!!!!!” Kim captioned the charming photograph.

Along identical lines, behind in July, Kanye West’s prettier-half posted a Kim Kardashian bikini design in respect of her 16th million Instagram follower.

So, yes, Kim has someway gained over eleven million supporters in similar to 8 months.

On Tuesday, meanwhile, Kardashian’s younger half-sister, Kendall Jenner, distinguished her fulfilment of twenty million supporters with her own voluptuous selfie.

“Ask and you shall receive. selfie for all twenty indent of you. interjection for all the love,” Kendall wrote as a heading to a design that done her demeanour eerily similar to Kim.

We really, really, unequivocally hatred to think what possibly of these women will do if they ever strike 50 million followers.

Kanye West showed a unequivocally opposite side of himself currently in an speak with BBC Radio 1’s Zane Lowe.

The father of Kim Kardashian initial discussed his many new beautiful pursuits, along with his headline-generating antics, revelation the host:

“When you go to work, it’s a challenge. You’ve got to work hard. You’ve got to completely, tirelessly remind people of your prophesy no make a difference what. That’s the approach I’m gonna word it.”

Kanye West Cries Over Dead Teacher

West afterwards spoke lovingly about the late Louise Wilson, a obvious conform pattern highbrow at Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design. She died in 2014.

“The final time I saw her we had cooking at Hakkasan, my the one preferred grill in London,” West said. “I think she knew she was gonna pass, and she only longed for to give me a little difference of recommendation to move forward. She was asking me about my daughter. She was asking me about my wife.”

At this indicate in the discussion, Kanye took a impulse to pick up himself and continued.

“I didn’t know we were gonna remove her. She told me, she said, ‘Thank you for the times you came to performances. This has unequivocally meant a lot to me.'”

West was afterwards strike with tension (around the 26-minutes symbol above, land his hands in front of his face.

After component himself, the artist noted: “That’s never happened to me in an speak before.”

West additionally concurred he should not have slammed Beck after the Grammys, but still took a clever position opposite the eventuality in general.

“Let’s be turn for a second. The Grammys sell blurb time,” he said. “It’s a silly tender what they try to get divided with each year. Every right away and afterwards an Arcade Fire or a Daft Punk wins, but each damaged time is right twice a day… It’s the Super Bowl. And I hadn’t been in 6 years.

“The Grammys have been only similar to an ex-girlfriend. As before long as you get in the car with them, you’re gonna expostulate right behind home.”

Llamas in all aren’t the many seemly creatures, but the dual which got lax in Arizona currently have been sketch comparisons to swivel-hipped using behind Barry Sanders, due to their capability to hedge captors similar to a span of bushy outlaws.

In box you do not have the eighteen mins to watch which complete video, certitude us when we say this llama fool around was the genuine deal. Fortunately, as usual, the Internet didn’t pass up the event to bust the a small waggish memes.

Here have been the llamas reimagined as Thelma and Louise:

Llamas: Thelma and Louise

And here they have been in Bey and Jay mode:

Llamas: Jay Z and Beyonce

The black llama was apprehended by military first, but the white llama ran giveaway for multiform some-more mins prior to being lassoed. Thankfully, the office finished peacefully, and no llamas were tazed, which is a thing which essentially happened before.

In total, the follow lasted about a half hour, but the suggestion of the llamas query for leisure will live in the hearts forever.

Or until something else droll happens on the Internet. Hey maybe Madonna will decrease down again! We can usually hope.

While you’re watchful for Madge to tumble, check out a small some-more amazing animal videos in the art studio below. We goal you didn’t have anything you were ostensible to get ahead today:

In the early 2000s, the auto-porn being show Pimp My Ride incited out to be an astonishing strike for MTV, and helped spin little-known rapper Xzibit in to a dear radio personality.

The show worked as a kind of Extreme Makeover for cars, rescuing down-on-their fitness drivers from the tough times and annoyance of owning beat-up lemons by outfitting their vehicles with ridiculously unreal brand new features.

Putting a pleasant fish tank in an ’87 Chevy Beretta never done most sense, but we all went along with it since it done for great TV. So might be we shouldn’t be astounded by the actuality which it was rounded off 99% BS.

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In an essay which appeared on Huffington Post today, car owners who appeared on the show suggested which in most cases, their reactions were fake, their cars were rendered un-driveable, and the dumb bells and whistles which done the show important were private immediately after filming was completed.

One “contestant” (as producers assumingly called the pimpees) complained which the champagne cooler and drama complement in his car were private by producers for reserve reasons (oh, the humanity), whilst others settled which modifications which done their cars bootleg or dangerous were irresponsibly left in place.

Hilariously, one motorist states which a string sweets appurtenance which was commissioned in his box caused strands of the gossamer provide to “fly all over the place,” blinding him as he drove.

Another settled which the show’s “repairs” done his car so complicated which the tires burnished opposite the circle well, forcing him to compensate to have the gadgets removed.

But the most appropriate story comes from Justin Dearinger, whose car burst in to flames after being pimped. He offering HuffPo the following video as proof:

So might be when XZibit was arrested for DUI following his marriage final year, it was a box of the Auto Gods delivering a little much-needed car karma. Or might be he only got beaten at his marriage and gathering home. The universe might never know.

In 2012, Dallas Cowboys far-reaching receiver Dez Bryant was arrested for assaulting his mother.

The charges were in the future dropped, and the situation did not outcome in any low mark from the Cowboys or the NFL.

Now, however, footage of Angela Bryant describing her aroused confront with her son could outcome in fines, suspensions or worse, only as video of Ray Rice assaulting his wife led to the Baltimore Ravens using behind being disciplined by the league.

In the video, Angela Bryant says which  the situation began when she attempted to mangle up a quarrel in between Dez and his uncle.

Dez proceeded to fall short skill via his mother’s home. Angela says he afterwards grabbed her shirt, pulled her hair and struck her regularly with a ball cap.

When she fled to an additional location, he allegedly followed her and pounded her again.

Angela tells military which at one point, Dez “started articulate about how he’s going to [her] out.”

She additionally says she programmed to hit Cowboys owners Jerry Jones in sequence to assistance Dez cope with his annoy issues. It is not well known if she ever did so.

In 2013, Bryant spoke at a Men Against Abuse Rally in Dallas and famously settled which he’s “done with done at home abuse.”

The NFL and the Dallas Cowboys have nonetheless to criticism on the video and what stroke it might have on Bryant’s career.

Kaitlyn Bristowe has been reliable as The Bachelorette for 2015, according to reports. She should be voiced on The Bachelor: After the Final Rose special.

Despite a lot of await for Britt Nilsson and Jade Roper, it’s a finished understanding for Kaitlyn, according to Reality Steve, the Oracle of The Bachelor Spoilers.

Speculation which ABC would have Kaitlyn Bristowe the subsequent Bachelorette began rught away after she was nixed by Chris Soules on The Bachelor.

Monday night, he opted for Whitney Bischoff and Becca Tilley over Kaitlyn, the loveble, air blower the one preferred dance physical education instructor from Vancouver, British Columbia.

The proclamation should come on Mar 9, after Chris picks Whitney or Becca and goes open for the initial time on the After the Final Rose special.

Then again, Chris himself was not reliable by ABC until after Andi Dorfman’s deteriorate culmination aired, so it’s misleading if the producers will draw towards this one out.

For now, the producers have been personification it tighten to the vest similar to they regularly do, observant they have been still determining since man, what a difficult call this one is.

Not really. Kaitlyn Bristowe is The Bachelorette. The end.

The brand new guys have been already set to begin filming her deteriorate subsequent month, and either they know it’s her or not, they have been in for one heck of a great time.

Whether she was removing LOW on the premiere, removing funny at Costco or vocalization her thoughts in her Canadian accent, Kaitlyn was a provide on The Bachelor.

Chris’ detriment is the gain, and may be someone else’s.

If zero else, she will be the many entertaining, beer-chugging, smack-talking shot-caller the show has ever had this year. She’s a impression (and hot).

Win or remove (at love), Kaitlyn’s mark in authorization story has been cemented. She’ll be the second Vancouver Bachelorette, funnily enough, after Jillian Harris.

Here’s anticipating she fares improved than Jillian and many of The Bachelorette stars over the past 10 years. The lane record, by and large, is not stellar …

Selena Gomez reached out to a depressing, clearly suicidal air blower on Instagram this morning, flitting along a summary of impulse and goal to all who follow her.

Based on her note, it appears as if Selena beheld one of her supporters seemed to be going by a really formidable time.

In response, Gomez followed the unnamed individual, left a extensive criticism and additionally posted a screenshot of summary and on her Instagram account.

Very Pretty Selena Gomez

“By me following you is not me observant it’s ok to think these thoughts. It’s not me observant ‘hey you pronounced unhappy things, so I’m going to follow you to have you feel better,'” Selena wrote.

“God puts us in situations which have been so unexplainably formidable for a reason. There is someone in the universe feeling so much, only similar to you. There is someone who will regularly have it improved or have it approach worse than you.”

Gomez, who is NOT dating Justin Bieber at the impulse but who might be bedding DJ Zedd, continued:

“The indicate of all of which is for [you] to feel not alone. My indicate is, you have been not alone in this world. People bland feel so most emotions they instruct they could spin it off. But that’s not since we have been here. We have been here for relationships, for people only similar to us who feel worthless.”

Selena resolved by referencing a aloft energy and writing:

“Your purpose is to share, help, encourage. Remember that. Please. Before you think of receiving your life, think of all the life’s you could save. I love you. More importantly there is a God which will love some-more than I ever could.”

Well pronounced and good done, Selena. Let’s goal everybody out there heeds these words.

Yesterday, Lee “Uncle Poodle” Thompson blamed Jun Shannon for the actuality which Honey Boo Boo is “morbidly obese.”

Now, Poodle has a veteran healing perspective to behind up his claim.

Honey Boo Boo on The Doctors

June and 9-year-old Alana (aka Honey Boo Boo) appeared on the healing speak show The Doctors this week to plead Alana’s eating habits.

Predictably, the docs were confounded by Alana’s diet.

In further to the actuality which Alana is some-more than twice the weight she should be for her age and distance (she clocks in at 4’6″, 125 pounds), Alana is assumingly pang from serious asthma as a outcome of inflammation caused by her diet.

“She’s pang from serious asthma, which is caused by the approach she’s eating the dishes in their house,” says Dr. Travis Stork.

“I didn’t see anything in which refrigerator that’s gonna possibly urge Alana’s weight, or revoke the inflammation in her body…This isn’t a joke. Now’s the time,” Stork told Mama Jun following an investigation of the family’s home.

Many have referred to which Alana’s ongoing over-eating might be a coping resource scored equally to her family’s new struggles.

In Sep of final year, Jun left Alana’s father. Shortly thereafter, it was suggested which Jun was dating Mark McDaniel – the male who not long ago served ten years in jail after being convicted of molesting Alana’s oldest sister.

Needless to say, all of which could be a lot for a 9-year-old to take, but doctors contend coping by binge-eating will usually devalue Alana’s problems.

The poetic Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, has delivered a singular video residence to prominence the significance of an emanate nearby and dear to her heart.

No, not grouping Prince William to keep stately family members divided from her kids at all costs, nonetheless we would cruise profitable income to watch that on video.

Recorded to await the UK’s initial Children’s Mental Health Week, Kate Middleton‘s video hopes to lift recognition and await for children’s seizure issues.

Specifically, mental ones.

Kate says she has seen the stroke of bullying, bereavement, family relapse and alternative issues, that lead to depression, anxiety, obsession and self-harm.

The mom of Prince George says the tarnish around mental seizure equates to that most immature kids do not get the assistance they so really bad need, and this contingency change.

She done the comments in an online video for Place2Be, an classification that offers romantic assistance and await in schools opposite the United Kingdom.

Kate Middleton said: “Through Place2Be I have seen the benefits of gift immature kids await for their mental seizure in the reserve of the propagandize environment.”

“Both William and I unequivocally hold that early movement can forestall problems in childhood from branch in to incomparable ones after in life,” says the 33-year-old.

Kate available her ardent debate at Bethlem and Maudsley Hospital School in Beckenham, London, to launch a week-long debate by the charity.

Her video can be watched at Place2Be’s website, that additionally facilities countless tips and superintendence for relatives on children’s mental seizure issues.

A Kensington Palace orator said: “The Duchess of Cambridge is a committed hold up of issues associated to children’s mental seizure and romantic wellbeing.”

“Her Royal Highness has seen that addiction, poverty, abuse, neglect, detriment and seizure of family members, can have a prolonged lasting, dire stroke if left unsupported.

“The Duchess of Cambridge is generally endangered with early involvement mental seizure await for immature people, to plunge into these issues at the beginning probable stage.”

If since that support, Kate and the classification hold a larger series of immature kids in the UK and over can “have the brightest probable futures, as they deserve.”

The Duchess is additionally a enthusiast of dual alternative charities that privately assistance disadvantaged people, Action on Addiction and East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices.

Looking radiant, the profound Kate, due to give bieing born to her second kid in April, delivered the summary wearing a blue £250-Jaeger tile-print ensemble.

The dress, that belts around the waist, giving a glance of Kate Middleton’s baby bump, and is nonetheless an additional e.g. of her smashing maternity fashion:

Hey, is it prohibited in here?

Or is it these sizzling superheroes who flash and charm on the small shade each week?!?

Indeed, you can keep your Avengers. You can have your Spider-Man (or Spider-Men, deliberation the most incantations of this webbed teenager). We have no seductiveness in your Batman.

We’ll take a former abounding seducer in a hood.

We’ll commotion for a spiteful vampire, a span of abnormal hunters and, oh God yes, greatfully palm over the fastest male on Earth.

On a scarcely every day basis, radio is delivering red prohibited superhero movement true in to the vital room these days, from Stephen Amell’s abs on Arrow Season 3 to Ian Somerhalder sinister smile on The Vampire Diaries Season 6.

And the most appropriate partial of all? Aside from the simmering looks of the actors and actresses listed above?

You need not move off your cot or compensate $47 for a movie sheet to want badly over them? They have been easy on the eyes and on the wallet! Go stare flirtatiously away, readers.


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Our friends at MMO-Champion have datamined the tier sets, and the druid tier set looks very interesting!  Maokai, anyone?  Click to enlarge.

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Simone de Beauvoir is best known as the author of The Second Sex, but she was also the author of a vast array of other political and philosophical writings. Together, these provide a major contribution to political philosophy and theory that has so far been little explored. This book is a study of Beauvoir's political thinking. In addition to locating Beauvoir in her own intellectual and political context, it shows how Beauvoir's work still speaks to a host of issues that remain of concern today. She is an important interlocutor in debates about the values and dangers of humanism; about the st ... More

Keywords: ambiguity, Beauvoir, failure, freedom, human existence, political action, responsibility, violence

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In a paper published today in Nature, scientists from Seoul National University, Macrogen, and other institutions present the de novo genome assembly for a Korean individual. The effort used SMRT Sequencing and other technologies to generate the assembly, fully phase all chromosomes, and perform detailed analyses of structural variation and other elements. In the process, the team generated novel sequence data that helps fill gaps in the human reference genome and continues the trend of developing important new population-specific resources. The work, reported in “De novo assembly and phasing of a Korean human genome,” was contributed by lead authors Jeong-Sun…

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Paddlesurfing Baja: Punta Abreojos

We rolled into Punta Abreojos late in the afternoon. Winds were strong offshore, but flukey with lots of holes. The inconsistent offshore winds probably explain why I ended up having to paddle out to sea to rescue a kitesurfer who was headed for the horizon.

The kiter had crashed his kite and couldn't relaunch it, the wind was blowing him further and further from the shore. I was able to catch the guy after about a half hour of solid paddling. He was making it more difficult by trying to self rescue himself by holding the ends of his kite with his hands (you can see the kite in the photo- the self rescue attempt wasn't working out so well). When I finally caught up to him, it was getting dark, still blowing hard offshore and I did feel a little bit of, "What the F... am I doing out here?"

Fortunately I was able to roll up his kite, lay on top of it and get him to paddle himself in behind me. He came in at Razors- I paddled a quarter mile up the coast to the sand beach since walking in over barnacle encrusted lava rock lugging a waterlogged kite and my 11'11" paddleboard wasn't sounding so hot.

Abreojos is a sweet spot. I ended up paddlesurfing it for two days- we camped right in the dunes in front of Burgers (the mushy point, most people camp here). The water was low 60's but with the SUP, trunks are possible. There are other spots to camp at further from the point, and there are multiple points on the inside and further south- all await someone like you to haul your ass down there and paddlesurf it.

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what the fuck is this world coming to...?

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ah that comment won't get approved. but come on man no need to post about this place.

John Ashley said...

Hey Anon.,

Not afraid to post your perspective- work a little harder though, give me a bit more of an argument for not stand up paddling it.

I'll make one: No need to stand up paddle the main point- many other more spots in the area if you just drive around a bit where there will be nobody surfing. We're talking like five minutes in either direction...

And... place ain't a secret- wasn't fifteen years before the road was paved and it sure ain't one now.


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Let's take a realistic approach here.

While you can serve an all out Paleo festival if YOU'RE the hostess or host, I recognize that we all live in the real world and the chances of most parties you'll attend during this festive time of year being Paleo are slim to none.

Does that mean you have to be a Scrooge and bah-humbug all the action?

Absolutely not!

What to do in order to avoid food and drink that might potentially tempt you way off track?

While in general terms, I'm not a big fan of the idea of being 'half paleo' or ' sometimes paleo', to each his own, and if you've found that certain non-Paleo foods don't wreak havoc on your body as much as others, and you're going to use the annual party at work as the time to deviate a bit, decide in advance what you're going to have in advance and work around it.

For example, if you know you're going to want to have more than one glass of your favourite Screaming Eagle Cab that your boss pours every year at his holiday shin dig, make sure that you:

-Balance out the rest of the meals that day with plenty of fresh veg, lean proteins and healthy fats

-Don't arrive hungry and start drinking on empty

-Make sure your wise nutrition choices carry you along through dinner so that you don't end up with a plate full of starch as you drink the vin, which would result in a pure carbo-surge

-Remind yourself to stick to the plan.  True, if you look at the big picture, having an evening of drink once in a while (still carrying on with the wine example, but you could easily replace it with a serving of your best friend's decadent mousse au chocoat or what have you!) needn't be cause for you to completely say 'the heck with it' and give yourself a free pass to simply shoving anything and everything into your mouth while telling yourself you'll 'be good tomorrow' or something like that.  That is far too close to the 'diet' mentality, which is neither sustainable nor fun.  Stop there.  Remember- if you've planned, you'll be able to get your head around it emotionally, removing the 'bad' tag and making it that much easier to get right on board with paleo once again.

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Salman Khan’s “Jai Ho” full teaser released on Youtube

Eros has released the first trailer of Salman Khan’s much anticipated movie “Jai Ho”. The 1 minute video shows Salman in his ‘Dabangg’ avatar but without his cop uniform.

jai ho salman Salman Khan plays a common man in the movie who wants to do good for people. A 10 second teaser had been released one day before to increase the anticipation of fans.

It showed Salman’s trademark blue color silver chain bracelet. This small teaser had crossed 56,000 hits within 24 hours.

“Jai Ho” is the remake of Telugu movie “Stalin” which had Chiranjeevi playing the role of an ex-army man Jai Agnihotri, who fights against corruption.

Salman is playing the same role in the remake and from as per the teaser, actress Tabu is playing Salman’s sister role.

Directed by Salman Khan’s brother, Sohail Khan, “Jai Ho”, also features Danny Denzongpa, ex-bigg boss contestant Sana Khan, Daisy Shah and Genelia D’Souza in important roles.

The movie is targeted for Republic day holiday and will be released on January 24, 2014.

The trailer has gone viral on Twitter while Salman Khan’s fans trended the hashtag #JaiHoTrailerTonight .

It remains to be seen if the movie also breaks all previous records of Salman Khan.

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This past Wednesday, Jess and Rob came to visit and of course, they brought my little bean with them.

I'm telling you guys, it's crazy how such a tiny being can make you fall so hard for them that it makes your heart ache (in a good way). I'm sure all you parents (and everyone else who loves their friends' kids, nieces, nephews, etc) already know this. I would give my kidney (and more) to this kid if it came to that (it won't, he is healthy and amazing).

I can't wait for my brother and his wife to have their baby too.  I feel very blessed right now with all these babies in my life (and on the way!), and my heart has grown exponentially in the love that I have for them.

I posted this on Facebook and my mother said "Looks good on you" and that I should be a mother. HA! Keep dreaming woman! I KNOW that being a parent is the HARDEST job on the planet, and I am not cut out for that. Maybe one day? But probably not ever (so stop dreaming mother) :P

We all went for lunch and when we came back to my house this guy greeted us on my deck. He just wanted a cozy place to sleep the little bugger. So cute. P.S- STOP SHITTING ON MY DECK OR I WILL DESTROY YOU. Just kidding.

He is just the best little man in my life right now. Love him. Have I said that already? Funny story: Dave gets super grossed out by baby barf and shit and just everything that comes out of them. Me? Not so much. Before Jess brought Jackson over Dave had said something like "He better not barf or shit on our couch" (obviously he was joking...mostly).  Anyway, low and behold, Jackson barfed on the couch. Literally two minutes later Dave texted me from work, out of nowhere, and asked, "Did the kid barf on our couch?"  HAHAHA! YUP! It was like he felt it happening. Precious.

After Jess and Rob left, Dave and I decided to try out a (kind of) new restaurant in our hood called 3030. We had been wanting to try it for a while, and Dave got a great recommendation from someone at work so we decided to go for it.

It was one of those places. Super trendy, hipster, trying too hard to be cool without wanting to seem like they are trying too hard. And that's fine. Places that are TOO hipster make me want to blow things up because I hate try-hards, but I can overlook it if the ambience is good and the food is even better.

The beer was good. I ordered the braised beef cheeks with cider glazed spaghetti squash, sauteed dandelion greens and celeriac puree. Their words, not mine. I just want to disclaim something before I begin: by no means am I a 'foodie'. What the fuck does that even mean anyway? You have labelled yourself a foodie therefore you are an expert on all things good in the food department? No. If it taste's good, it taste's good. Sometimes it costs a lot and taste's great, and sometimes it costs five dollars and is delicious. It is so pretentious to call yourself a foodie and arrogantly tell me that your meal cost a thousand dollars and it was the BEST thing you have ever eaten. Please. Did you go to school for that? No, you didn't, so stop being so annoying. Thanks.

Having said THAT, I am not above spending a lot of money on food every so often in order to enjoy the experience of a really good meal. The few times that Dave and I have spent an exorbitant amount of money on dinner and really enjoyed it are memorable moments to us, because if the food tastes good, it lessons the blow of the check at the end of it all. The entire experience as a whole is what makes a good time, because it's a rare thing that we do. So all the players need to be on their game: the atmosphere, the food, the staff, the beer...everything needs to add up to to make it a great thing.

Unfortunately this was not one of those experiences. I also realize that when I complain in the next paragraph, that it is entirely first world problems and I feel guilty even doing it (only a little). Because seriously? Look at this pile on my plate.  The food was horrible. I was so excited to try those beef cheeks because I have always heard that if they are done right, they are really really good. These were not done right (I am pretty sure anyway, I have never had them before, but I can't imagine that anyone would have enjoyed these). They were literally PURE fat on the inside and tough and burnt on the outside. I am talking, it was a giant, wobbly, gelatinous mess hanging out on my plate. The only way I can think of to describe it (and it's gross so don't read on if you don't want to) is by comparing it to ejaculate, or, baby batter if it pleases you. Like when it gets all cold and lumpy and well, sploogy. I know that beef cheeks are super fatty, but TRIM THAT SHIT. NOBODY wants to eat cold man milk. I don't care how much you are getting paid for it.

The rest of my meal was only sub-par as well, and just not good. The squash was delicious, I will give them that, and our waitress was really, really nice, so that helped a bit in my bitterness about my meal.

Dave got some sort of black cod, and it was so salty he barely got through it. Want to know how much two beers, two mains and one dessert cost us ? Just over $80. I know. It still kills me that we had to pay that much for a gross meal. BUT, we just aren't the type of people to complain about that kind of thing. I don't like making people's lives difficult (even if we are super nice about it, you know someone is being put out), so we paid up, and even left a good tip. We did get a free dessert out of it all because they were out of the one I wanted so the waitress brought me a free bread pudding. Which I had never had before, and which was SUPER delicious.  So there you go, two points for 3030 for a great dessert and a nice waitress.

So we are going back tomorrow to try something else. KIDDING! I don't think I would ever go back there to order food. All the reviews that I read AFTERWARDS said a lot of the same things that I did. That it's just not very good. I definitely learned a lesson here: read the reviews first, duh.

And that's the end.

P.S- I will probably never write a post like this again because I feel super pretentious about even writing this crap. There are starving people out there that don't get to eat anything, so who am I to complain?

So everyone, go out there and enjoy your food and the abundance of it that we have as Canadians (and everyone else lucky enough to live in non-starving countries), because we are incredibly lucky. Enjoy it even if it's a Big Mac because let's all get real here...they are effing DELICIOUS.

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Two wins in the regular-season finale at Fosston Tuesday night locked up the No. 6 seed in the Section 8A tournament for the Park Rapids wrestling team.

The Panthers defeated Fosston/Bagley 40-28 and Red Lake County Central 66-18 to end the regular season with a 10-12 record in dual meets.

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Laine Jensen's pin at 103 pounds, Cameron Free's 11-9 decision at 119 and Dylan Holmer's 8-2 decision at 125 gave the Panthers a 12-3 lead against Fosston/Bagley. Jensen led 4-0 with a pair of takedowns before recording his pin at the 2:41 mark. Free used a takedown, reversal and nearfall to build a 6-2 lead in the first period and held on with a second-period reversal and third-period takedown. Holmer used a pair of first-period takedowns and a takedown in the second period to spark his win.

Pins by Adam Branstrom at 135 and Zach Steffen at 145 gave Park Rapids a 24-13 lead. A takedown and nearfall set up Branstrom's pin at the 1:06 mark while Steffen used a takedown and two nearfalls to build a 10-0 lead before recording a pin at the 5:11 mark.

Danny Pike's pin at 160 and Jared Nash's 12-4 major decision at 171 pushed the Panthers' lead to 34-16. A pair of takedowns gave Pike a 4-0 lead before his pin at the 2:23 mark while Nash used a takedown in the first period, a nearfall and takedown in the second period, and a pair of takedowns in the third period to spark his win.

Kenny Weaver used a takedown and nearfall to set up his pin at 1:42 in the heavyweight match to seal the victory.

The Panthers dominated their match against RLCC as first-period pins by Jensen at 103, Free at 119, Holmer at 125, Steffen at 140, Zac Haugland at 145, Pike at 160, John Drury at 189 and Weaver at heavyweight led the way.

Park Rapids also received forfeit wins by Luke Hartig at 130, Branstrom at 135 and Nash at 171.

Park Rapids 40, Fosston/Bagley 28

103: Laine Jensen, PR, pinned Josh Ballard 2:41. 112: Garret Sander, FB, minor decision over Ben Baumgartner 8-1. 119: Cameron Free, PR, minor decision over Mark Harmon 11-9. 125: Dylan Holmer, PR, minor decision over Lucas Maul 8-2. 130: Luke Conger, FB, pinned Luke Hartig 5:28. 135: Adam Branstrom, PR, pinned Derek Brinkman 1:06. 140: Cory McClung, FB, major decision over Zac Haugland 12-2. 145: Zach Steffen, PR, pinned Wyatt LaFriniere 5:11. 152: Blake Olson, FB, minor decision over Kevin Just 18-12. 160: Danny Pike, PR, pinned Dylan Fjerstad 2:23. 171: Jared Nash, PR, won by forfeit. 189: Andrew Juve, FB, pinned Cole Tretbar 1:16. 215: Cooper Wilson, FB, won by forfeit. Hwt.: Kenny Weaver, PR, pinned Jon Erickson 1:42.

Park Rapids 66, RLCC 18

103: Laine Jensen, PR, pinned Cody Gagner 1:35. 112: Jacob Magnell, RLCC, won by forfeit. 119: Cameron Free, PR, pinned Austin Berman 1:53. 125: Dylan Holmer, PR, pinned James Hanson :10. 130: Luke Hartig, PR, won by forfeit. 135: Adam Branstrom, PR, won by forfeit. 140: Zach Steffen, PR, pinned Thor Roggenbuck :49. 145: Zac Haugland, PR, pinned Cameron Lundeen :27. 152: Cody Trontvedt, RLCC, pinned Nick Schulz 2:53. 160: Danny Pike, PR, pinned Blake Dehate 1:22. 171; Jared Nash, PR, won by forfeit. 189: John Drury, PR, pinned Tyler Johnson :59. 215: Conway Hamm, LCC, pinned Cole Tretbar 3:01. Hwt.: Kenny Weaver, PR, pinned Tyler Tougas 1:58.


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Old 08-22-2012, 01:39 AM #148
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My dad is a navy seal and still doesnt really want to play. He will someday though.
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I am a new father, I hope my son is interested in some sort of hobby when he gets of age. However, I do believe some of you parents posting in here telling other kids what their parents should be doing or how they are lacking as parents, are completely out of line.
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i took my 11yr old brother in law (long story) out last weekend and he was really excited about paintball so much so that he began watching youtube videos the entire week before we played. by the time we got to the fields and got a few in he thought he was invincible and decided to try a superman dive on a barrels field into the snake... well he tried he caught so much ground and stuck his landing that his feet flipped over his head and his hopper lid opened, threw all his paint on the ground rolled into it and still managed to roll into coverage popped up and took one other player out on a cross with what ever was still in the feedneck. the whole team couldnt stop laughing we got shot out. that still keeps playing over and over agian in slow mo in my mind. he will be better but that was his best fail.
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my father got me started on paintball. We still play together sometimes even though i got really good and started playing touronment. he is more of a woods ball person though. i am 100% speedball. we still go to the nppl every year together though.
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My dad is too rich to play paintball and thinks its for the blue collar NASCAR crowd. He can't risk having welts because his business negotiations will suffer.

It's been that way for at least 10 years.
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I've been playing PB or involved with the sport here in South Africa for the past 19 years. I don't have any kids yet, but you can be damned sure I will introduce my kids to the sport as soon as they are old enough. In my opinion thats around 12-13 years old (when I started).
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For sure I'm going to be that Dad and my wife will be that Mom.

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My dad is too rich to play paintball and thinks its for the blue collar NASCAR crowd. He can't risk having welts because his business negotiations will suffer.

It's been that way for at least 10 years.

It sounds like your father is scared and giving you lame excuses. The only thing not covered by a business suit would be his face and hands. Face is covered by a mask and hands, well, what man doesn't have beat up hands anyway.

Being scared is a sign of being weak. Being weak will make business negotiations suffer as well.

10 years, holy hell. That sucks man. Hopefully you'll at least get a fat inheritance to make up for it.
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I have been playing for years.. and my oldest son, always watched. When he was about 7, he expressed that he wanted to play. I told him.. well, why dont you watch a game, be a part of a game. So I placed a mask on him, and let him walk around during the game, wearing a safety vest over his parka, and he got to see the action up close. When he wasnt paying attention, I pulled out my Tiberius Arms Tac8, and shot him dead center of the chest. He looked down, looked up at me, and then started to cry. From that point on, I knew he wasnt ready to play yet. Now 3 years later, he plays paintball all the time, he loves bunkering, and is quite ready to play more, larger games.
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I have had a pretty damn spoiled life, Summer of grade 12 i first fell in love with paintball. My Coach from when i played football in grade 11 ran a youth group at the local church, joined up with them at P.A.G, played for a few hours most fun i had in my life besides hockey,baseball and football.

My parents ended up splitting for a second time in the last year and a half and this time for good. My father, pretty laid back guy played football out of California and was suppose to play for USC. Well he took us last weekend to P.A.G because it was his weekend, rented 3 guns and 300 rounds for myself, him and my brother. Well last night, i ended up picking up myself a Invert Mini with two tanks, Empire hopper and mask. (Early birthday/Christmas Present) My 19th birthday is on the 13th... We now plan to attend paintball every second weekend. looking to eventually get into tournament ball next year.
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Not sure if my story is completely relevant for this thread, but I am telling it anyway.

The only time my mother has set foot in a paintball facility was around 8 years ago when I managed to sneak away after school to play while being grounded. In the middle of the game she shows up against the netting and yelled my name full volume. Everyone that was playing quit playing and just stared. She tells me to throw everything in my bag and proceeds to chew me out while we head out the door.

Extremely embarassing to have your mother show up like that at a field in front of all your paintball buddies.
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My 10 year old started playing after being invited to a birthday party at a local field. That following week -- with my wife's prodding -- we bought him a basic setup with a Spyder mechanical marker. A few weeks later I bought a Mini from a ref at the field. Now I've started playing with him and just bought a used Axe. It's fun playing together and talking about the sport and strategies and such. We also travel out of town to play. But I'm that type of Dad and not all dads are. But that's not a bad thing either. It's tough being a parent and most of us are trying to do the best job we can.
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I wish I had a kid to go paintballing with so I'll tell this story from a kid's perspective who brought his dad into the sport.

I had been invited to a paintball birthday party (first time ever paintballing) and my mom and dad wanted to go to make sure I was safe (12 years old at the time). We get there and I go to my first game and had a fun. I shot one person and then got shot myself but I told my dad how much fun it was. He joined in after purchasing the rental equipment and we messed around a bit when we were on the same team. When he was on the other team, I always made it my goal to shoot him. I ended up shooting his twice and he would just run around like Homer Simpson every time he got shot "DOH!" It was funny as hell but my parents have split since then and my dad got the harsh end of it.
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Not really a paintball outing story but...

I was down in the basement with my 3 yr old daughter and she was watching cartoons while I was on here skimming through the different sections. I happened to come across a picture of someone's VS3 and she looked right as I got to the picture. She got all excited and said, "Daddy! Is that yours?" (yes my 3 yr old has an amazing vocabulary, she can repeat anything you say... ANYTHING lol) I look at her and say, "Yeah baby, daddy has one like that." She responds, "I want one like yours! Then you can shoot me and I can shoot you!" I was thinkin seriously? You want to shoot me of all people lol. So I countered with, "How about we be on teams?" and she looked at me with evil grin and said, "Yeah! Then we can shoot them before they shoot us!" I told her that's how we do it. She then gave me the saddest little face and said, "Daddy can I go paintball with you?" I told her, "As soon as you get older of course you can baby girl, and when bubby gets older we'll bring him along too."

Not gonna lie, I cried a little on the inside at that moment. I can't wait for my kids to get older and introduce them to this great sport. Got about 7 more years for her and a little over 8 1/2 for him (places here don't want kids under 10 due to their rental masks not fitting properly, may be able to talk them into letting them get in a year early if I buy them masks to fit them)

I do however have a related event now that I think about it...

I was in my first year of college and was really into playing. Talked to my dad about going with me one time and him being around 50 at the time agreed. He served in the National Guard around The Vietnam War and was on our state's pistol and rifle teams while in the reserves after the war and is an avid hunter so I could only wait to see how he did on the field. First 2 mins of the game he shoots out a police officer and his partner that were on the opposing team. He takes these guys out all day long by himself and while they're gettin mad about the ordeal he's havin a blast and laughin with me about the day. Sadly, that was the first AND last time he went. Although, my little girl asked him to go with her and he said he would so we'll see.
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My mom went out to a scenario game and got hit in the head and the chest at point blank range by friendly fire. She hasn't played since
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I'm another paintball Dad. I have three sons from 24, 21, and 14. My sons convinced me to go along once and I was hooked. I love that we can go as a group and do so most weekends. Course, it helps that we live by one of the best paintball parks in the nation. Three years into this, I now have all of my own gear, the youngest son in tournament play, and a ton of stories I know my boys will tell for years.
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I've been playing paintball since 1986 (showing my age), Joined a team in early to mid 90's, played D1 through the early 2000's. I've been on a hiatus since 2005 up until this year when my 14 year old son came across a photo album in the attic. He showed some interest in paintball after watching a video of me and my team playing world cup, sky ball, NPPL, and X-ball. I sent him back up to the attic and directed him to a chest in the far corner buried behind some boxes. When he opened the chest he was in awe. He pulled out all the guns I ever played with. A Barracuda, Auto cockers, mags, Matrix. All the memories came flooding back. He sat there and listened as I told stories about each gun and how unique they are in their own way. He really wanted to shoot them and to try paintball. As my wife stood there shaking her head she could see that it was starting all over again. lol! With his help we tore down the newer guns knowing parts would be more readily available. We received new orings and rebuild kits in the mail a few days later and built most of the guns back to perfect working order. Later that day we took a trip to the local PB shop and bought new masks, and Tanks. After I was sure everything was good to go I took him in the backyard and let him rip through a case of paint while teaching him the basics of shooting. He practiced almost everyday and after about a week he said he wanted to play at a field but didn't want to play anybody but me. My noob son just called the old man out of retirement. I asked him if he was sure about this and his reply was "Yeah, i'll lite you up I think..." That day didn't go so well for him and I broke him into the sport 18bps at a time. Since then we now play every weekend and his game has improved drastically. He's even thinking of starting a team to play tournaments. I've molded him into a great tourney player and I see myself in him while he plays,screaming out positions, giving directions, snap shooting, shooting lanes, moving. It's like I have come full circle and i'm passing the torch. Yet, I think back on all the great times I had playing and traveling and this is by far the most fun I've had playing paintball.
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So i just became a PB dad when my son decided he wanted to play PB. He is 11 and we are just starting out. Always looking for tips for a new dad to the sport
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Great stories by everyone! My son is not quite 8 so I still have to wait a while before I can take him, but I am already talking to him and getting him excited about it.

Here is a really nice promo video to introduce people to paintball. Runs about a minute and I think it's really nicely done!
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The NSA and the Telecoms By Catherine Rentz Pernot

President Bush's domestic surveillance program isn't the first time that the telecom industry has been caught up in allegations that the government was conducting illegal domestic surveillance. Here's background on their historic relationship.

In 2004, veteran AT&T communications technician Mark Klein ran into problems with the Internet circuit he was responsible for maintaining. He believed the problem was emanating from a secret room in the company's San Francisco operations center. So Klein asked for help from the only co-worker cleared to work in the room.

Klein's colleague led him down to the sixth floor to an orange door labeled 641A -- a room within another room -- where he punched a code into a special lock and opened the doors. Klein peered over rows of servers and high-tech equipment; he later went public with his suspicions that the room was operated by the super-secret National Security Agency (NSA) and that AT&T was diverting the whole flow of Internet traffic in several of its operations centers to the NSA.

If the allegations against AT&T are true it wouldn't be the first time: Telecom companies have surreptitiously handed clients' communications over to government agencies since World War II. But those relationships are now being tested in a lawsuit against AT&T challenging the legality of the alleged activities within the secret room Klein saw.

Operation Shamrock

After World War I, NSA's predecessor, a civilian code-breaking agency known as the Black Chamber, working on behalf of the government, would pick up telegrams every day from the telegraph companies in violation of secrecy protections of the 1912 Radio Communications Act. Eventually exposed and shut down, the relationships regenerated after World War II, this time with the NSA, which was formed secretly by an executive order by President Truman in 1952.

As the NSA quietly grew into the world's biggest intelligence agency, the telecoms similarly expanded in strength and breadth with new technologies and increased communications coverage. One NSA operation, code-named "Shamrock," would become known as the largest intercept affair in U.S. history. "For almost 30 years, copies of most international telegrams originating or forwarded through the United States were turned over to the National Security Agency," announced Sen. Frank Church (D-Idaho), who spearheaded the investigations that exposed Shamrock. The program, he said, "certainly appears to violate section 605 of the Communications Act of 1934 as well as the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution."

L. Britt Snider was the then-30-year-old Congressional investigator who uncovered Shamrock. In September 1975, after what he described as a series of fruitless and "sometimes comical" efforts to penetrate the goliath NSA, he won a breakthrough interview with Louis Tordella, who had just retired as NSA's deputy director. Tordella unveiled the essence of Operation Shamrock: NSA had a secret room in New York City, obtained with the help of the CIA, where each day it would copy international telegrams sent through the three major communication providers: ITT World Communications, Western Union International, and RCA Global.

"We thought initially it was only New York," Snider explained, "But it turns out to be San Francisco, San Antonio, Washington, New York -- all ... their offices that sent international telegrams."

When FRONTLINE asked how the NSA got the companies to hand over telegrams during Shamrock, Snider replied, "They asked." The companies agreed to hand over communications without warrants.

The revelation of Shamrock and other abuses by the Church Committee investigations led Congress to enact the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) in 1978. FISA set up a special secret court and set of procedures to oversee intelligence agencies' domestic surveillance.

"What Congress said is, 'Phone company, don't hand this stuff over to the government unless you have a warrant or other proper authority,'" explains Cindy Cohn, an attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which in January 2006 filed suit against AT&T for allegedly illegally handing over its clients' communications to the NSA.

The Bush Administration's "Terrorist Surveillance Program"

For more than 25 years after Shamrock was exposed, no new allegations of domestic spying by the NSA came to light. But on Dec. 15, 2005, The New York Times published an article headlined "Bush Lets U.S. Spy on Callers Without Courts," and a firestorm erupted. According to the article, with the president's authorization, the NSA "monitored the international telephone calls and international e-mail messages of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people inside the United States without warrants over the past three years." Four days after the story was published, President Bush defended the program at a press conference, maintaining that it was limited to calls between suspected terrorists abroad and individuals inside the U.S.

But when Snider heard the news, he was shocked. "I was surprised that we would ever see this be raised as an issue again, because the FISA had settled that issue," he said.

It is still unclear which telecoms have cooperated with the NSA program. On May 11, 2006, USA Today reported that the NSA was collecting Americans' phone calls into a massive database and was getting the data directly from AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth; BellSouth and Verizon both disputed the report. In February 2006, the online publication CNET asked large telecommunications and Internet companies about their involvement in the NSA. Fifteen denied involvement and 12, including AT&T, chose not to reply.

Only one major company, Qwest, announced its refusal to turn over any communications to NSA. The attorney of then-CEO Joseph N. Nacchio issued a statement. "In the fall of 2001 … Qwest was approached to permit the government access to the private telephone records of Qwest customers. Mr. Nacchio made inquiry as to whether a warrant or other legal process had been secured in support of that request. When he learned that no such authority had been granted and that there was a disinclination on the part of the authorities to use any legal process, including the special court which had been established to handle such matters, Mr. Nacchio concluded that these requests violated the privacy requirements of the Telecommications Act. Accordingly, Mr. Nacchio issued instructions to refuse to comply with these requests."

The issue is being brought to a head by the EFF's lawsuit against AT&T, which is the first of its kind. In response to the suit, AT&T issued a statement saying "the law does not permit" comment on the NSA allegations. In July 2006, U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker denied motions from the government and AT&T to dismiss the case. "AT&T cannot seriously contend that a reasonable entity in its position could have believed that the alleged domestic dragnet was legal," Walker wrote. The case is now on appeal before the 9th Circuit.

Neither AT&T nor the NSA would respond to FRONTLINE's request to talk about their alleged relationship.

In April 2007, the Bush administration announced its proposed revisions to FISA; among the proposals was a measure to protect the telecoms. A Justice Department fact sheet is vague, stating, "The proposed legislation includes needed authority both to protect those carriers when they do comply with lawful requests under FISA, and to enable providers to cooperate with authorized intelligence activities." A May 4, 2007 Washington Post article includes more details, including that the immunity would date to Sept. 11, 2001. According to the Post, "The proposal states that 'no action shall lie … in any court, and no penalty … shall be imposed … against any person' for giving the government information, including customer records, in connection with alleged intelligence activity the attorney general certifies 'is, was, would be or would have been' intended to protect the United States from terrorist attack." The proposal is expected to be filed as an amendment to the fiscal 2008 intelligence authorization bill.

Catherine Rentz Pernot was an associate producer for Spying on the Home Front.

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i learned of this news while perusing the well-organized msnbc site and did a spit take with my guy and gallard mochachino coffee. the whole concept of forcing free-thinking consumers to watch television commercials is repugnant to me. i wiped the coffee-spit off my brilliant 17-inch viewsonic display and set about trying to put my feelings into concrete words.

it was slow going at first. it was early in the morning, and i was still a bit groggy. a delicious red bull power drink solved that. soon my fingers were dancing over the zippy lenovo thinkpad t40 keys, and the ideas flowed from my mind to the computer like the white water running through disney world's entertaining typhoon lagoon.

it comes down to this: philips got caught. countless companies (among them dell, microsoft, verbatim, samsung, and nokia) have tried to patent odd and sometimes overly invasive technologies, often ideas that will never see the light of day. but being dumb (or at least careless) doesn't mean that philips will never use this patent or, more likely, license it to the likes of sony, which sells the glorious 50-inch lcd projection wega, or syntax, which produces a brilliant 50-inch plasma tv. it's more likely that philips will first market it to broadcast outlets such as nbc/universal, the current home of the still-funny will and grace, the chuckle-worthy my name is earl, and the outrageous the office; or, more likely, to fox, home to the still-edgy simpsons and the must-see 24.

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we recently conducted a small survey among young adults ages 16 to 21 in which we asked them what laptop they wanted to bring to school next term. although the fall semester is still months away, these kids already know what they want. not surprisingly, their number-one choice was an apple macbook. when asked why, over and over they responded that it looked cool. yes, they also talked about its capabilities, but it's clear that the "cool" factor is pretty important to this age group.

making macs look cool is not a coincidence. the day after steve jobs rejoined apple in 1997, a few analysts, including myself, were invited to meet with him privately to discuss how he planned to save the company. at the time, apple was almost $2 billion in the red, losing market share and sinking fast.

the first thing jobs told us was that he was going to work hard to keep the company's current customers, whom he believed had been ignored by past leaders in their quest for broader market share. these customers used macs for desktop publishing, graphic arts, education, and some levels of scientific computing. jobs also said that he was going to focus on industrial design. at the time, i remember thinking that making industrial design a cornerstone of his recovery plan seemed like a strange way to save a company.

within 18 months of jobs' return, we got our first look at what he was talking about when apple introduced its all-in-one, candy-colored imacs. they arrived with much fanfare and became the precursor of today's sleek and stylish imacs. that launch was followed by new macbooks, ipods, and, in the not too distant future, the iphone. apple's approach to industrial design since jobs' return has been stellar.

what's surprising is that, despite apple's successful launch of all of these cool-looking products, traditional pc makers have been slow to follow suit. in fact, today's pc laptops don't look much different than they did two to three years ago. sure, there have been some exceptions, such as acer's bright-red ferrari laptop and sony's new vaio tx series, which offers four different-colored covers as an option. and toshiba's r400 convertible tablet draws oohs and ahs with its white shell. but on a whole, very few of today's laptops evoke the "cool" comment when they are trotted out at the office or on school grounds.

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America's fastest-supercomputer reign has ended, toppled by the Tianhe-2 out of China's National University of Defense Technology.

Tianhe-2 achieved 33.86 petaflop/s on the Linpack benchmark, earning it the title of the world's fastest supercomputer in the world, according to the 41st edition of the twice-annual Top500 List.

Tianhe-2, also known as the Milky Way-2, will be deployed at the National Supercomputer Center in Guangzho, China by the end of 2013 — two years ahead of its expected deployment. The machine's achievement marks China's first No. 1 crown since Nov. 2010, when Tianhe-1A was the top system.

"Most of the features of the system were developed in China, and they are only using Intel for the main compute part," Top500 editor Jack Dongarra said in a statement. "That is, the interconnect, operating system, front-end processors and software are mainly Chinese."

The number of systems installed in China has dropped to 66, down from 72 and 68 on the last two lists. As a nation, China also holds the No. 2 position in the performance share, ahead of Japan.

The U.S. may have been knocked from grace, but it didn't fall far. The same two American supercomputers that topped the list in 2012 took second and third place this year: The Sequoia (IBM BlueGene/Q system in the Department of Energy's California-based Lawrence Livermore National —17.59 Pflop/s) and the energy-efficient Titan system (Cray XK7 at Tennessee's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) — 17.59 Pflop/s).

Fujitsu's "K computer," installed at the RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science (AICS) in Kobe, Japan, is now the No. 4 system, with a performance of 10.51 Pflop/s; a second BlueGene/Q system — Mira — at Argonne National Laboratory is No. 5, with 8.59 Pflop/s.

Notably, this list boasts 26 systems with performance greater than a petaflop/s, up from 23 six months ago. And, according to Top500, the total combined performance of all 500 systems has grown to 223 Pflop/s, compared to 162 six months ago, and 123 one year ago.

Since the last Top500 list was published, the first supercomputer that managed to hit a sustained petaflop in operations-per-second, and one that frequently topped the list of the world's most powerful systems, has been decommissioned.

IBM's Roadrunner, which operated from within the Los Alamos National Laboratory, shut down its 12,960 IBM PowerXCell 8i and 6,480 AMD Opteron dual-core processors, nearly 114 terabytes of memory, and about 1.09 million terabytes of storage, at the end of March. Researchers will continue to run experiments on the machine to determine new methods for compressing operating system memory and optimizing data routing.