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He was drawn to him. Not simply because he was the prince, or because of their grand destiny he kept hearing about. No, Arthur was learning kindness and mercy. He was a good man, though not a perfect one, and would be a great king. He did not appreciate Merlin's deeds, but he knew Arthur at least saw him as a friend, whether Arthur liked that or not, whether he admitted it or not…Merlin didn't mind so much. He knew. Now it was just a matter of getting his prince a present. The possibilities were endless. He'd been scrubbing a while when Arthur burst back into his room."
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Arthur gave him that, 'do as I say' look. He just looked back over his shoulder at him, exasperated. His expression faltered a bit when he gave Merlin a once over, then he looked around the room. "Your lousy scrub job will have to do. Now go."
"Nothing I don't already have."
"And I never get anything I want. This is why I hate birthdays."
"So…You?"
"Nothing…Just that you're the kind of prat who'd wait silently while others would try to guess at what goes on in that head of yours."
"None of those…those imbeciles even care about what I want why should I-?" But Arthur seemed to soften a bit in his rant. "I want something with thought put into it. I want something that means something. Not out of obligation. That isn't so much to ask is it?"
It was as if a weight had been lifted, he didn't have to get anything special or rare. Arthur wanted a freely given gift. That he could accomplish with ease. On his way back to his room, he was stopped by a noblemen's daughter. "Could you…Give this to Arthur?On his birthday?I know you are his servant. It is-" She flushed scarlet, handing him a bottle with large curved script, "It is a gift."
Gaius was not amused, "Lady Selene?You're sure?"
"Yes, she was the blonde with the purple dress. Why?"
"This is a wine laced with potion!A truth potion!
"That's not what she said. She says she gave it to you." Arthur's arms were crossed over his chest as his eyes glared, Merlin rolled his eyes. "This isn't a joke, Merlin!Lady Selene's father is a powerful man AND she says it was some of Tortiga's finest wine!If I find you've horded it for yourself-"
"I haven't!I'm having Gaius okay it first, alright?Is that so terrible?"
Arthur studied him and a soft smile twitched at the corners of his mouth, "Well…Thank you then. I guess if you were only having Gaius check it, I can't be mad at you. Not when you're only looking out for my welfare."
Merlin blushed and glared at him. "I was DOING my job." Arthur shook his head. "Anyway, shouldn't you be getting ready for the banquet tonight?There is plenty for you to do before then."


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Revealed: Liz Hurley’illion after an epic legal battle over his grandfather’s colossal fortune
The Daily Mail can reveal Damian Hurley will not receive anything from late dad
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It is a betrayal that has horrified and devastated Liz Hurley as son is disowned
A year on from the tragic suicide of her former lover, Liz Hurley has been doing what any loving mother would: gently trying to guide her only son through the conflicting emotions of losing the father he was just beginning to get to know.
Who knows where that first rapprochement might have led? The one solace in the tragedy was that Bing died thinking that his two children — Damian and older half-sister Kira — would be financially secure. He had recently won a court battle, overturning his own father’s attempt to exclude them both from family trust funds5 million).
Taken from Lisa Kerkorian open Facebook page: Lisa Bonder Kerkorian had a daughter Kira with the late billionaire Steve Bing
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Kira’s mother, Lisa Bonder, has also been left reeling. She told the Mail this week: ‘?’
Yet in the final years of his life Bing had tried to build bridges, only for his tragic death to unfold against a backdrop of labyrinthine legal action: in March 2019, Steve’s father, the billionaire Dr Peter Bing, went to court to cut Damian and Kira out of the ‘grandchildren trusts’ he had set up nearly 40 years earlier, on the basis they were both born out of wedlock.
Dr Bing, now 90, appealed that decision and last October, four months after his son’s death, a judge ruled that he could distribute the trust as he saw fit.
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‘r’s children as far as the trust was concerned. ’s relatives — Stephen’s father and the family of his sister.’
‘Damian and Kira have been disinherited from the Bing family trust. There’s no recourse, they can’t go back. They lost. It’s been very painful for them and left a family void for Damian and Kira to deal with.
‘I can tell you Steve loved his children and regretted not being there for them during his lifelong struggle with drug addiction. He expressed remorse to me for not being a father to them and he lived with the guilt of that.’
‘That’s one of the reasons this story is so tragic,’ Lisa says. ‘Here’s a man that I think really felt empty most of his life, he found himself in a very lonely place and he reached out to Kira and Damian — to see if he could develop a relationship. But in the end, everything was too much for him.’
Bing’s fortune descends largely from his developer grandfather Leo’s property empire built in early 1920s New York. Steve inherited approximately $600 million (£460 million) when he was just 18, the launch pad for a life lived out in the gossip columns.  e met Lisa in Los Angeles in the late 1990s, the start of a six-month fling she cut short because of his hedonistic lifestyle. ‘He was living a life I didn’t want to participate in, so he and I went our separate ways very early on,’ she says.
The pair had a shortlived marriage in 1999, but Kirk nonetheless adopted Kira and continued to support her even when, in 2004, a DNA test confirmed that Steve was Kira’s biological father.
But Bing refused to acknowledge his parentage, which had been confirmed when a private detective took used dental floss from his discarded waste bin.
He wrote a will around the time Liz was three months’ pregnant in which he disinherited both Kira and Liz’s unborn baby, stating explicitly that it was ‘not his intention’ to provide for either this child — meaning Damian — or any child ‘now living or hereafter born’. It was, Lisa says now, the final rubber-stamp of rejection for both.
Lisa believes that it is no coincidence that it was only after Kirk Kerkorian’s death aged 98 in 2015 that Bing decided to contact Kira to ask her if she would be willing to meet with him.
‘Kira was interested,’ says Lisa. ‘I think she saw it as an opportunity to make amends, to heal the past and possibly get to know her grandparents and her cousins from Steve’s sister Mary.’
Lisa also believes that, with his own finances by then what she calls ‘in crisis’, Bing wanted to ensure that Damian and Kira were provided for.
‘Steve essentially had blown through his entire fortune, so he was not doing well financially,’ she says. The cushion, however, was the existence of six independent trusts, set up by Peter Bing in 1980, to provide for future grandchildren.
‘These were six separate trusts with separate tax benefits, the only identifying language determining who the beneficiary was of each trust being birth order because there were no grandchildren born in 1980,’ says Lisa. ‘If there were less than six grandchildren, then the remaining trusts would be split equally.’
One Hurley family friend said: ‘It is thought Mary’s children are incredibly wealthy, so it is seen as somewhat spiteful to go after the cousins in this way.’
Peter Bing’s lawyers promptly filed an appeal — ultimately heard over Zoom in October last year.
The ruling went against Hurley and Lisa. Lisa says: ‘It was a bizarre outcome given that a hugeorn out of wedlock.’
It meant the end of the road for Kira and Damian, who were by then dealing with a more visceral tragedy: last June, Steve Bing fell to his death from the balcony of his rented 27th floor apartment in Los Angeles.
‘I think he was incredibly lost and isolated,’ says Lisa. ‘I can’t imagine ever in a million years taking the drastic measure that he took — but he must have been in so much pain.’
Bing’s death sent shockwaves around the world, compounded by the revelation that the man believed to be worth $600 million (£435 million) had in fact left an estate worth just $337,000 (£260,000). A combination of generous charitable donations, debts and complex outstanding lawsuits against Steve’s estate had left him effectively insolvent.
‘After Steve died, Kira wrote Peter a letter and it was returned unopened,’ says Lisa. ‘Mary and her children have shown no interest either, but the greatest sadness here is that Peter Bing didn’t view this as an opportunity to get to know his grandchildren as a tribute to his son’s life. It’s a despicable reflection of how poorly a family can treat its own members.’
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One of the things I've had alot of fun with is using the c4 or the IED and putting them on cars and setting it off when someone walks by. Play as the Taliban you might as fight like one right?
Sorry its been so long since I made a post, You know the holiday season just takes p all your time. Well anyways I'm reviewing Gun Bros today.
Gun Bros is free in the app store but if you actually want some really good stuff you might find yourself buying more then you would have paid for the app itself. But its stiff free and its a great game I would recommend it to anyone.
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 -Vietnam review
The Vietnam expansion for Battlefield Bad Company was just released yesterday and its going strong so far. There is alot to love about the Vietnam expansion. For one, the music in the game really takes you back in time if you've been there. The maps all look great with alot of detail and are very well made, for example half of "Hill 137" is completely destroyed by what looks like fires and bombings. All the burning embers flying around make it really something to look at and it brings you in the world. The weapons are also well made, both looks and firing seem to fit the guns perfectly and the vehicles especially the HUEY are very fun to drive. Only one day out though and there are already a ton of glitches in the game. When I first started playing I had unlocked all the weapons already and was disappointed because I though you weren't going to earn them-you just got them. But I played again today and all of the unlocked weapons were gone and its back to stage one. This would be good if the XP you earn actually contributed to your level because as of now whenever you finish a game you start out in negative XP. The same amount you just earned so when it adds up its just a big fat ZERO. One last thing I have a problem with is that it seems like no map is good for sniping, its either to close quarters to snipe in or theres too much obstacles in the way.
Other then those problems the game is still great and I definitely recommend it. Its well worth your money and you'll have a great time playing it.
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Ok so I finally got the Beta key for Battlefield Play 4 Free and its very laggy and buggy at the moment. Starting the game in full screen won't show the cursor and gets very frustrating. A simple solution for this problem is to start the game in windowed mode and when your in-game press Alt-Enter and you'll be brought to full screen. Other then that its just laggy sometimes but the game looks great and it really does feel like your playing a Battlefield game.
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Call of Duty Black Ops is going to have their first map pack "First Strike" on February 1, 2011. The new maps include:
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Stadium – Hockey rink in northeastern United States.
Berlin Wall – Takes place at Checkpoint Charlie. Is a battle between East and West Berlin.
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EA Games has just released Battlefield Bad Company 2 on the iTouch, iPhone, and iPad. The graphics are looking pretty good for an itouch game and it even feels like BFBC2 when you play it. There are a bunch of problems so far but I don't know if its just me. When ever I try to play campaign its crashes which is disappointing since I would really love to try it. The multiplayer if far too laggy for me to play well and I get connection errors every once and a while. I'm not sure if its just my itouch or what but I hope it gets fixed if its the game, and its possible since it just got released today. I really hope this is only a temporary problem because the game looks and feels great. Even the menu and music resembles that of the console one except the music is just a little bit different.
Right now the game is only $0.99! Get it while its cheap and you know a mobile version of BFBC2 isn't going to be the cheap forever. Even if it does have problems now I'm sure it'll get fixed ASAP and you can't turn down the price now.
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Battlefield Play 4 Free is a free to play FPS shooter. From what I've seen so far I believe it works like Combat Arms or Crossfire where there are servers to pick from and a store where you can buy weapons. The game is only in its beta stage and I haven't gotta key for it yet but as soon as I do I'll write more about it. The graphics aren't like Battlefield Bad Company but they're pretty good for a free 2 play FPS though. Its being made by EA so it does seem promising and maybe it can even be the next Counter Strike. So far I've seen tanks, helicopters, armored cars, and even a jet but whether thats playable I'm not too sure. Theres only a little bit of gameplay from the trailer in first-person and there isn't any HUD (heads up display) showing so there isn't much too see.
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# to find out how they compared.
# The best results were on images that have been preprocesse, cropping, masking and padding with 128 level gray or by a technique inspired by <NAME>,
# read more [here](https://github.com/rozni/uni-ml/blob/master/Cognitive_Systems_for_Health_Technology_Applications/Case_2/Image_Preprocessing.ipynb)
# or see the [full report](https://github.com/rozni/uni-ml/tree).
# Even though, artificial neural networks are great in making linear combinations
# on their own, we thought of helping them, in this case, the model was trained
# on images preprocessed by the CLAHE method mentioned above and then converted to grayscale.
# That improved the training speed twice (there is 3 times fewer input values).
# We also tried to use YCrCb and HSL colorspaces, they performed just as good
# as ordinary RGB (although, YCrCb seemed pick up on features a little earlier).
# This grayscale  was interesting because of the faster training
# starting to recognize feautres much earlier compared to RGB (about 5 epochs),
# we have not found out when would RGB took over.
# This model was reached about 70% accuracy on
# a balanced subset of the dataset (18 000 samples, we trained on equal amount of eyes with and without symptoms for easier assesment), which was some of the best we achieved.
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# + _uuid="fb1cae1e2ed42956364582877e44bec9864928b4"
BASE_DIR = '../input/'
TRAIN_DIR = '500x500_cropped_clahe_128/500x500_cropped_clahe_128/'
TARGET_SIZE = (300, 300)
# + _uuid="73b99bace79455f0e6fae067872f042c04f2e3b7"
model.add(layers.Conv2D(32, (3,3)))
model.add(layers.MaxPooling2D(pool_size=(2,2)))
model.add(layers.Conv2D(128, (3,3)))
model.add(layers.Conv2D(256, (3,3)))
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As you get older, your body will start to change in various ways. It’s likely that there will be times when you worry or are unhappy with the way that you look.
It can be a difficult thing to have to deal withour confidence can take a hit. You may not want to meet with your friends, or toAnd thatyou could end up comparing yourself to those you see,And if you see them as the definition of ‘beautiful’ or ‘the ideal look’, but feel you are nowhere near achieving being the same,Focusing too much on how you look can leave you depressed, anxious, and like you can’t change anything. It might even lead to you becoming fixated on it, and.
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Background. Length of stay is the main determinant of the cost of hospitalization, which is why strategies must be implemented to reduce conventional hospital stays while maintaining quality levels. Short Stay Units (SSU) were created with the aim of reducing hospital stays in a certain group of patients and pathologies.the evidence of decreased length of stay, efficiency, readmissions in the emergency department, cost-effectiveness, and mortality of these units. Methods. We made a systematic review of the literature, using the MeSH terms "Observation Unit", "Short- Stay Ward", "Monday to Friday Clinic", "Monday to Friday Surgery Ward", "Short Stay Hospitalization", "Alternative to Conventional Hospitalization", "Alternative Admissions" in the MEDLINE database, Web of Knowledge and the Cochrane Library from January 1 1960 to January 1 2012. The studies reviewed were selecteProtocol. Results. The SSU made it possible in certain groups of patients to reduce the period of stay and maintain efficiency, showing no increases in emergency readmissions or mortality. Conclusions. The SSU can be an instrument to reduce the cost of the health process in a certain group of pathologies. </s>
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Background:DeMethods:Nasopharyngeal swabs were collected from 5,240 Philippines from June 2009 to December 2011. EV68for 5′ untranslated region (5′UTR), viral protein 1 (VP1), and VP4/VP2. Phylogenetic trees were generated using the obtained sequences.Results:Of the 5,240 tested samples, 12 EV68 positive cases were detected between August and December in 2011 (detection rate, 0.23%). The detection rate was higher among inpatients than outpatients (p<0.0001). Among VP1 sequences detected from 7 patients in 2011, 5 in lineage 2 were diverged from those detected in the Philippines in 2008, however, 2 in lineage 3 were not diverged from strains detected in the Philippines in 2008 but closely associated with strains detected in the United States. Combined with our previous report, EV68 occurrences were observed twice in the Philippines within the last four years.Conclusions:EV68 detections might be occurring in cyclic patterns, and viruses might have been maintained in the community while some strains might have been newly introduced. © 2013 Imamura et al. </s> About This Project:
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The Luang Say is stately and stylish, from the minute you arrive through the gates and enter the French colonial pavilion that houses the lobby and the upper floor Explorator Suites. The hotel is themed upon the early French explorers who traveled through this part of Indochina, and there are photos on the wall of travels of yesteryear, old maps, and artifacts -- from ancient ethnic hunting weapons, to cases of butterflies from collections, to lots of eye-catching art pieces. The lobby has a checkered floor, with a wooden staircase leading up to the open balcony above, from where one can look down on the lobby.
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The hotel is located five to 10 minutes out of the town center in quiet neighborhood. Bicycling is the best way to get around.
The Luang Say Residence is located slightly outside of the town center of Luang Prabang. It is too far to walk to the old historic district and main temple area, but it's only a 10-minute bicycle ride or one can take the free tuk tuk shuttle service the hotel provides. It is a 15-minute drive to the airport from here. The hotel is on a quiet street that sees little traffic, especially at night, and it is a great escape from the crowds, yet still not too far removed. One blemish on the location is that there are not many restaurants or bars right in the neighborhood, so one needs to go to town for this.
There are only 24 suites at the Luang Say Residence, with 20 of them being Pioneer Suites and then there are 4 upscale Explorator Suites. The rooms are all incredibly spacious, with fine wood Lao floors and French colonial decor. There are large poster beds in every suite, elegant sofas, rattan topped tables, wood writing desks, high ceilings, and a choice of both air-conditioning and fans. Paintings and art objects decorate the rooms, and even the enormous flat-screen televisions have wooden painting frames around them. Other amenities include hot water kettles for coffee and tea (with French presses for making the provided gourmet coffee), stocked mini-fridges, safe boxes, robes and slippers, and plenty of closet space. There are terraces to relax on looking over the gardens, and beds come with giant mosquito netting to ensure undisturbed sleep. The bathrooms are some of the largest in town, and have plenty of Luang Say toiletries, rainfall showers, and lots of mirrors. The facilities are truly luxurious, although for the pricetag, there ought to be large bathtubs included in all -- but only the higher-end Explorator Suites have them. Those suites also have lounge areas, double vanity units, and private garden terraces overlooking the property, plus almost double the space of the Pioneer suites. All suites come with free Wi-Fi and breakfast.
The Luang Say has one of the best swimming pools in Luang Prabang, big enough to swim some laps, with a spacious area with sun loungers to relax in. There is the upscale Belle Epoque restaurant here, which serves Lao cuisine as well as international dishes. The restaurant serves up Lao specialties like pla ob samun prai (fish filet in parchment) and also offers items like foie gras and pan-seared scallops on the extensive menu. The free breakfasts for guests include excellent eggs benedict. The 1861 Bar has a colonial feel, with a marble fireplace, plush armchairs, and ethnic hunting weapons and regalia of the early explorers that came to the area. The resort has lush grounds and there is even an organic garden out back which grows vegetables and spices that the restaurant uses for its dishes. The hotel also has free bicycles for guests to use, as well as a free tuk tuk shuttle service on call.


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RStrength in numbers. 'Smaller' sites like Reddit start the ball rumbling, Slashdot joins in, a few smaller sites hosted by webmasters that are part of these communities join in, the snowball gets bigger, then maybe Yahoo/Google/Facebook/Flickr get on board.
Re:And Slashdot? (Score:4, Interesting)
Talk about the US all you want, but it's mostly the European nations that are doing the blacklists (e.g., piratebay). In fact, the supposedly superior Nordic countries (they're socialists there!!!!!!!!!!!!1) that are really starting to ramp that up.
Re:And Slashdot? (Score:5, Informative)
I've been here well over a decade and even still I don't hold such Delusions of Grandeur of the Olden Times.
Today, Reddit is bigger than Slashdot in both volume and content. And, believe it or not, this goes further than pictures of cute cats.
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Reddit does have some gems, but the S/N makes it useless most of the time. Reddit is the Dig of Slashdot.
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But it's enough that many, many people come here rather than (or in addition) to Reddit.
Hey, I agree, Slashdot should follow suit.
Not to split hairs, but Reddit is significantly more popular [alexa.com] than Slashdot is according to Alexa [alexa.com].
Granted, Alexa isn't the end-all-be-all, but it is a fairly useful metric, and straight popularity isn't a particularly good indicator of quality.
Why should slashdot follow suit? Every visitor here probably knows what a piece of crap this is, there's no need to educate the readers here. But if they did, I'd support them.
Slashdot will no doubt get some of the Reddit refugees.
We really need to drive the point home what this bill means to the average Joe.
Re:Looks like Wikimedia might be in the fight (Score:4, Insightful)
Yes. Usually if Wikipedia (ie Jimbo) wants to do something, they appoint enough people who are for it into voting positions for it to pass. That's hard on short notice. Not that this is a bad proposal in this case, but to say Wikipedia's administration "typically govern by consensus" is delusional. They manipulate the bureaucratic system they created, until they get what they wanted rubber-stampedFunny)
>>A tricky thing for Wiki to do on short notice as they typically govern by consensus.
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Lobbyists are just there to help congressmen understand their positions
Good. Maybe you can spend some of that free time explaining to everybody why the Internet is 'broken'.
Hopefully other major supporters(Google, Facebook, etc) will follow suit and get the word out how bad this piece of garbage is.
The thing is, every single person vaguely familiar with the Tech world already knows this. It's everybody else that needs convincing, and I'm pretty sure neither Google nor Facebook, 2 Tech giants, are the right pick the counter this.
That's a lot more illustrative than just spelling out for a visitor what SOPA could do.
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I'd say it's our/the tech community's responsibility to educate everybody else that needs convincing. If not us, then who? The papers?
All Google has to do is simply put in an interstital page of censored results with the overlay "The Stop Online Piracy Act has will remove many sites from the Internet, including the ones you probably were looking for. Write your congressperson and then click here for the full internet." which redirects to the proper search.
Facebook is similar. "Posting this on your wall could remove your Facebook access due to the Stop Online Piracy Act. Click here to object to this law and continue posting."
For Google, it presents a borked listing of sites - perhaps culled from the pages near the end, and completely useless results.
For Facebook, it threatens people to loss of access. Given how people are addicted to it, that could be quite scary.
Clearly Google and Facebook can reach audiences that have absolutely no clue about it.
Why those two words? Major carriers and websites are held liable for the content of their users even when one decides to go rogue and abuse their services. This includes sites such as Academic Earth, CosmoLearning, Google, Facebook, Reddit, Slashdot, Sourceforce, Steam, Wikipedia, and Youtube; and removing one of these can make a significant impact on progress.
The only good thing about the law is that they add provisions to prevent abuse. However, that should have been in the DMCA inste
Think about it this way: if Google and Facebook don't act and SOPA/PIPA passes, they'll be in a situation where the government requires them to do something that's basically impossible. They'll have no choice but to break the law (and risk fines) or shut down parts of their operation entirely. The desire to survive generally outweighs any consideration of contracts or money in most sane and rational people.
I hate lolcats. You have now convinced me to support SOPA.
Re:Follow their lead (Score:5, Insightful)
Controversial web sites, such as those espousing hate speech, expressing sympathy for terrorists (pro-Hamas or pro-Hezbollah), and right-wing militia groups will quickly be added to the lists. Most people won't miss them, but the civil libertarians will go berserk. A freedom of speech case will make it to the US Supreme Court, but nothing will come of it. In a 5-4 decision, the censorship will be upheld as constitutional. All the web sites move to European servers or darknets. The government halfheartedly swats at them off and on for the next ten years, until an example is made of someone, who probably ends up successfully fighting off the charges. It's hailed as a major win for civil libertarians, but nothing really changes, because nothing ever does. The government goes back to swatting halfheartedly at websites on darknets.
Sites like Flickr and Facebook, which generally depend on original conten
Man, I feel like you're the voiceover for a future history channel show, chronicling the end times. I can hear it...
Sorry, I was being a little hyperbolic to express my strong feelings. You're right, it wouldn't be the internet. But it would be largely the end of "the internet as we know and love it". All the undergrounding and moving to Europe you've described would likely result in splinter internets, similar to the chinese internet behind the great wall of fire, and multiple "Internets" = "THE intern
And, yeah, I guess I'm responding more to the general Slashdot attitude of "SOPA will kill the internet!!!!!" than I am responding to you, specifically. Sorry that you had to take the brunt of my long-winded rant. Plus, you make a very good point, in that the Internet could very well die. It's somethin
The blackout idea might help to convey the problems with SOPA. More likely, people will think that the problems are being exaggerated by the participants in the blackout.
You're right... fortunately for SOPA's supporters, SOPA has a few consequences that, I believe, most people will be able to relate to.
That might sound like a far-fetche
Sorry, but a SOPA does away with due process. This is our constitutional right, and not something that any bill should take away
Slashdot should participate as well (Score:5, Insightful)
It matters because it shows we'll make sacrifices to make a point. It's easy to post something whining about how bad these bills are, but much, much tougher to actually give up something to back that up. The supporters of these bills know that. They're counting on the millions and millions of us out here to grump about it...and move on. To ignore it, as if it doesn't matter to us, doesn't apply to us. We need to demonstrate that it DOES matter, that we're not going to let it go.
add Google, Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo, Wikipedia. Can you imagine the exposure? That would be the nuclear option.
Back when they were trying to pass the Communications Decency Act back in 1996, a bunch of the major web sites changed their pages to black backgrounds and included a link explaining why they were doing it. I remember that really getting my attention the day I went to Yahoo (remember when Yahoo was important?) and seeing that for the first time.
If someone like Google or Facebook did that to protest SOPA today, I guarantee that it would get major news attention.
It seems like a blackout of many sites would be more effective if all the sites were blacked out at the same time. If multiple sites people regularly visit are down simultaneously, then you are more likely to get an "OMG, the internet is broken" reaction than if sites were down at different times (which will give more of a "Dang, wikipedia is doing that same thing reddit did last week, weird" reaction).
SOPA (Score:3)
didn't find any information how to calculate that. can you explain how this is done?
Re:SOPA (Score:5, Informative)
"What the bill can't do is block numeric IP addresses" [lifehacker.com]
Way to troll Slashdot story submissions (Score:4)
"Reddit's planned 12-hour 'blackout' on January 18 sounds like an ineffectual, if not self-defeating, strategy for opposing the Stop Online Piracy Act."
As soon as you submit a patch to Slashcode [slashcode.com] for slashdotters .
Because you're the one who feels the current system is inadequate. Many of us disagree. Besides, Slashcode is open source and used by many sites, not just Slashdot.
Re:When can we get Reddit's moderation system on / (Score:5, Insightful)teresting)
I think a cap is still necessary, as it forces mods to move on to other comments. After a certain point on reddit, the top comments just keep snowballing until you see comments with 3000 points. Not just parent comment either, the children comments are also overrated.. Meanwhile equally insightful or funny comments in lower threads are +40. That's worse sorting in my experience.
The problem with Slashdot is the huge amount of groupthink and related moderation. Slashdot has a HUGE problem with downmodding any non-popular opinion (within slashdot crowd). Reddit addresses that, while Slashdot does not..
To say this in more mathematical terms:.
Yes, that means that you have to use better and more extensive arguments, provide references etc, while your opponent in the debate might not. But Slashdot is not advertised as a platform where every viewpoint gets equal treatment. If you want to participate, learn to deal with it.
I've routinely found that the people who complain about group think think their comments are insightful and informative, when they actually tend to look like overrated trolling to me. I'm still mildly amused by the guy who thought that his claims that all environmentalists want to commit genocide should be +5 insightful, and not -1 troll. Clearly, Slashdot wasn't ready to accept his truth.
We could allow people to tag every comment an every moderation and every tag with +1 leftistfuturist or whatever they desire. Ans every user could tag every other user as anything they like and we could have
Why can't we have both? Up/down votes (with no cap) given only to citizens in good standing, with meta-moderation?
Metamoderation makes Slashdot worse, because moderators who go against the groupthink receive a lifetime ban from moderating, so you end up with a system where only people with the "correct" beliefs have mod points.
Metamoderation is good for eliminating trolls, but it suppresses minority opinions even more than a straight upvote/downvote system.
Interesting, since your UID indicates you're rather new here.
Correlation is not causation. In this case, "when a particular individual signed up for an account" is not the same as "when a particular individual started reading."
Re:GOOD!!! (Score:5, Insightful)
Communism is socialism gone awry, where things are done in the name of the people, and corporations are not really allowed, but the system is still geared towards an elite that is a parasite on the rest of the population.
Socialism can have degrees, but in general a government that takes responsibility fo


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3 night trip Jan 13, 2018
University In was in walking distance of every destination we had planned. Room was comfortable. First time for a lower level room(basement) type. Great fit for our weekend.
This is not a hotel for business travelers: one hanger in the closet, coffee machine did not work, half the TV channels were not working, front desk run by college students with no incentive for customer service.
We appreciate your feedback and do apologize u were unhappy with your stay, we are working hard to fix the issues you have experienced. Thanks for staying with us!
The place is not fancy (no restaurant, bar or pool), but the bed was very comfortable and room was very clean and had a nice TV. It also had a kitchen area with a stove, refrigerator and microwave, and the bathroom had a bathtub. It had a free parking lot. The neighborhood was safe, but not exciting. The place didn't seem to have an elevator, so if carrying your luggage up a flight of stairs would be a problem, ask them about that.
We do apologize for the late response, However we appreciate your feedback and want to thank you for staying with us!
2 night trip Nov 17, 2017
"Great for our overnight stay"
This was a nice basic hotel. The room was clean and comfortable and while we did not need the kitchenette for this overnight, it would be handy for a longer stay.
Thanks for staying with us.We appreciate your feedback!
1 night family trip Nov 1, 2017
University Inn appears to be a former college dorm. The rooms have been renovated into comfortable living areas that include a full sized fridge, stove, microwave, and kitchen sink. Our room was extremely clean and parking was free! The location was perfect for my husband (30) and me (26.) We were within walking distance of several mom and pop restaurants and enjoyed our experience in "Dinkeytown." You're within 2 miles of US Bank Stadium and a short Uber drive to the Mall of America. We will definitely be back!
3 night romance trip Nov 18, 2017
the bed was awesome. Bathroom had completely empty roll on toilet paper roll. Still miss having a small breakfast bar set up in morning
4 night business trip Nov 13, 2017
"A great stay near campus."
The staff at this older, but well maintained hotel was extremely helpful. Would definitely stay here again when visiting the U of Minnesota.
Thanks for staying with us. We will work hard to take care of your concerns. we appreciate your feedback!
Pleasantly surprised this hotel is very nice excellent value. I would stay there again.
3 night business trip Nov 5, 2017
Our stay was very good, location was most important to us as we were visiting our granddaughter who attends U of M. It fit the bill perfectly and it included parking. Clean, comfortable bedding and beds!
Clean room, friendly staff, very easy on-off access to 35, free parking, and an easy walk to Dinkytown and the U of M. No thrills. Lobby is very modest, rooms are very pedestrian, work out room is a few machines, no water no wipes. Overall, we've stayed a few times visiting our daughter who is a student at the U of M.and would stay again. We've found the hotel to be priced competitively and a fair deal.
John, Thanks for choosing our hotel when visiting your daughter. we will work hard to fix the issues you have experienced. we appreciate your feedback!
It was all good except there was traffic noise all night.
Response by University Inn
Thanks for staying with us, We appreciate your feed back!
2 night romance trip Oct 14, 2017
Not friendly or welcoming. It was clean but things were broken and when reported the staff had a "could care less" attitude.
Kristin, We want to apologize for u not feeling welcoming. our staff are here to make sure all your needs are met and to have our guest happy while staying here at the University Inn. We will look into the issues you have experienced and work hard to fix them. Thanks for your fedback and letting us know us know!
beds were very hard and uncomfortable. Desk staff was not over helpful, seemed distracted easily.
we want to apologize u had such a unpleasent experience. We are here to make sure our guest feel welcoming and there needs are met . we will work hard to fix the issues you have experienced. We thank u for your feedback!
The room was good other than finding some food left in the fridge from the guests before us. Other then that, I would stay here again.
1 night romance trip Sep 16, 2017
"Converted Dorm Rooms "
This would be great as a place to stay for someone in their early twenties coming here to tailgate for a Minnesota football game. The rooms are clean and comfortable and updated. I had a suspicion that these rooms were converted dorm rooms...I was proven right when I was told students were living there.
Thanks for staying with us. we appreciate your feedback!
Very nice place...very clean and modern. Every where we were going was within a mile or barely more than that, making walking a breeze and taxi rides cheap. A shuttle would have been great or a simple continental breakfast but they had snack and great coffee! Loved the room!!! Nice and friendly helpful people. This will be our 'go-to' place in the future.
2 night romance trip Sep 10, 2017
Terrible.....one of the worst places I've ever stayed. Location was about all this place has going for it. You couldn't pay me to stay here again. Room was not as described, we were in the basement, we had 6" of window with a view of the tires in the parking lot, it smelled like urine, and we found hairs in our bed, not to mention the maid entered our room at 8am on Sunday to clean it. Realizing we were still asleep, she quickly apologizes and exited. Check out time is 11.
"great location, close to downtown plus university"
comfortable place, easy access to freeway, parking and wifi are free. very friendly staff
Thank you for taking time out of your day to let us know how your stay went! We are happy to hear that you had a good stay with us! We hope that we will get the opportunity to see you again!
"Perfect for a budget."
I was greeted warmly by staff. The hotel was very clean. The carpet in my room was a bit damp but I would still stay here again.
Nani, We will have to look into why the carpet was damp! However, I am happy to hear that you had a great time here in Minneapolis and with our hotel! We look forward to seeing you again and we would like to thank you for taking time to let us know how your stay went!
I had a wonderful stay at the University Inn. It is very clean and comfortable and within walking distance of the stone arch bridge and old mill district. Nadia at the front desk gave me exceptional service!
Melissa we are very happy to hear about how your stay went! We would like to thank you for taking time out of your day to give us a review and we will let Nadiya know that you liked the service she provided! We hope that we will get to see you again!!
1 night trip Aug 15, 2017
Nice, clean, quiet & simple. Parking is a huge plus. Very convenient location. Love this place
Mike thank you for taking time out of your day to let us know about your stay! We always love hearing about it! We hope that we will see you again soon!
"My Go-To Twin Cities Hotel"
This is my go-to hotel in Minneapolis. The rooms are clean, everything works, little kitchettes if you want to cook your own food, free parking lot and courteous staff.
Timothy, Thank you for your kind words and for taking time out of your day to let us know how you felt about your stay with us! We love having you stay with us and we cannot wait to see you again!!
Visiting our daughter who is living in Dinkeytown so the location is very convenient. And the room is very clean. However, that's where the pro's end. The hallways are concrete block which made us feel as though we were staying in a dorm. We were on the lower level meaning....in the basement. It was very musty smelling and not pleasant. We were next to the parking lot and since we were in the basement could see people'S feet walking past our window, not to mention car headlights shining through at night. Wouldn't have been a problem if our shade would pull all the way down. The air conditioning unit is so loud we likened it to a jet engine. I didn't sleep at all and by morning my head was pounding. Turned it off only to hear constant running water sound that drove us nuts. My pillow had fresh blood on it when we arrived-yuck. Wish we would have known they don't clean your room every day or provide fresh towels before we placed them on the floor. Internet didn't work on first day and was told they regularly have problems with it. Person at reception first day was very nice. Second day person was nice but next time he needs a cigarette break it may be better not to stand by door to hotel smoking! And there are questionable people hanging around outside which made us feel not entirely safe. If you need the convenience of the location you maybe can handle it but if not spend a few extra dollars for a different hotel.
Other trip Aug 6, 2017
"Clean rooms, friendly staff, rooms not ready"
Rooms were not ready when we got there, we had booked 4 of them. We all waiting in the 1 room that was available when ready. Staff was nice about it. Very clean rooms. IF the rooms are not ready when it says online this should be changed.
Thanks for staying with us. We appreciate your feedback and love hearing how our guests stay went! You are right! If they are not available and ready we should figure out a way of changing it. We are sorry for the inconvenience and we hope to see you again soon and redeem ourselves!
1 night romance trip Jul 30, 2017
"Room was not ready, went somewhere else"
We did not end up staying there. Our room was not ready when we checked in about 5:30pm and would not be ready for another hour and a half by the time they called us. They were VERY short staffed, other guests had that issue as well
Thanks for staying with us. We appreciate your feedback and love hearing how our guests stay went! We are extremely sorry for your experience with our hotel and we hope to see you again soon and redeem ourselves!
2 night romance trip Jul 29, 2017
"Large, clean, comfortable "
We had a car, but didn't use it. It's only a 1.2 mile walk to the other side of the river over the Stone Arch Bridge. Walking distance to the university and its restaurant/bar area if that is your destination. The hotel is clean and the rooms are spacious. My 4-rating on the facility was only due to the fact that it is a little older hotel. The upkeep has indeed been upkeeped. The kitchenette was wonderful as well. I would recommend this hotel to family and friends
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We loved the location of this hotel and it was comfortable and clean. Our only concern was that when we arrived, there was an ozone generator operating in our room, which was probably there to help rid the room of an odd, mildew smell. Unfortunately, the generator label read that the room must be vacant of people and animals during its use and following its use for some hours, which worried us, though we didn't realize this until the next day upon reading the label and more about such devices online. Fortunately for our sake, due to its noise, we unplugged it about 45 minutes after we arrived. When I mentioned it to the lobby person the evening of our arrival, she said she wasn't aware of this machine. I would suggest to the management that if you are going to use these machines (not so good for the environment), then I would strictly follow the manufacturer's directions so as not to place anyone in harms way, including your own employees.
Thanks for staying with us. We appreciate your feedback and love hearing how our guests stay went! We are extremely sorry for your experience with our hotel, we will look into this incident. We hope to see you again soon and redeem ourselves!
"Too many transients. Didn't feel safe."
Hotel needs to team up with community and find better place for long term transients. Had bad experiences in hotel parking lot and at Dinkytown with aggressive transients. Clean up your act.
EJ we will look into what you have said here today. I am sorry that your experience was not up to your standards. We will reach out to our AGM and see if she can get in contact with you. Feel free to contact the front desk and speak with Nadiya (AGM) she would love to make this right by you! Thank you for taking time to let us know about your experience. We greatly appreciate it.
Nice little hotel close to U of M. Complimentary coffee is really good.
Chris, We are happy that you had a great stay! I love the complimentary coffee also!! We hope that we will see you again soon!
"Perfect location to visit a student "
Check in was quick. Hotel is easy to find and had adequate parking. 2 minute drive to visit my student that lives in dinkytown so location is good. Not much in terms of food/drink right around hotel but close enough.
Thank you for taking time to let us know how your stay went and what you thought of our hotel! We greatly appreciate it! We are glad that you had a good stay and we hope that we will see you again!
"Nice hotel, easy walk to campus"
Very nice experience, overall very quiet hotel and staff was friendly. Clean room.
Thank you for taking time to let us know how your stay went! We love hearing about our guests stay and thoughts!! We are happy it seems that you had a great stay and we hope to see you again soon!
First room had ants in it, but when I asked for a different room it was changed right then and there. New room was very clean, bed comfortable and good pillows
Paula, We are very sorry about your first experience with our rooms. That would bother me also, I am happy that we got you switched over into a nice room for you though! Other than that I hope that your stay was great! Also thank you for taking time to let us know! We appreciate the feedback! We hope to see you again!
1 night family trip Jul 12, 2017
"Cute place, spacious clean rooms, great location"
Loved it. Room was spacious, staff was friendly. Painless booking process and great parking.
James, Thank you for taking time out of your day to let us know how your stay went! We love hearing about it! I am happy that you had a great stay and that out booking process was not hard. We hope that we will see you again soon!
It was convenient to the places I needed to go. It easy to get public transportation to places I couldn't walk to.
Response by Human Resources Manager
We are happy to hear how your stay went and that you enjoyed the location of our hotel! We love and appreciate your feed-back! We hope that we will see you again soon!!
We enjoyed walking to Dinkeytown, but many of their restaurants close early in the summer. Also, the inn's complimentary shuttle was not very available from day to day.
Janice, thank you for taking time to let us know how your stay went! We love hearing about how our guests stay went! I can understand how frustrating that is to have restaurants close early and not being able to get to places very easily. I wish we could help with the restaurants but we will look into the shuttle service for you. We hope that we will get to see you again soon!
4 night family trip Jun 27, 2017
"Easy walk to campus"
Very clean, staff was friendly and helpful, price was reasonable and parking was included. Have already made plans to stay again on my next visit to the Twin Cities.
Erin, we are very happy that your stay went so well and we appreciate your feedback! We love hearing how our guests stay went! We cannot wait to see you on your next visit!
The Inn was nice and in a very convient location. It was nothing fancy at all but if you don't need a fancy room this works. The location was great was in walking distance to food, shopping and was secure. The parking was nice and easy to get in and out. Very close to UMN! We were on the lower level and could be a bit loud at times. It had a full size refridge and micro that was nice. A couple of spider in the corners of the bathroom and in the room. Nothing big but I think with being on the basement level it will be hard to keep those bugs out. Overall a nice stay and plan on staying there again in the future. Hope next time to stay on the upper floor and will see if that will be better for noise. Do think it was a little pricey but all hotels in MN near the UMN campus are overpriced. I would say University Inn was the best value for a place to stay near the campus.
Brenda, Thank you for taking time out of your day to give us your feed-back! We love hearing about our guests stay! We will have to look into the two spiders. I don't like spiders so I can understand how some guests may feel about that. As for the lower level, we would love to find a room in the upper level and on the side where the parking lot is. That may help with noise caused from the street, next time don't hesitate to ask if they have any available rooms on that side. We love that you had a great stay and we hope to see you again soon!
2 night family trip Jun 12, 2017
Business trip and road trip with Family combined. Hotel was comfortable and convenient to areas we wanted to see. Staff were outstanding and free flavored coffee during our stay!
Thank you for taking time and letting us know how your stay went! We love hearing back from our guests! We are happy that you and your family had a great time and we hope to see you guys again!
4 night business trip Jun 1, 2017
We left behind a cord, & Brad has agreed to mail to us. Thank you!!
Peyton, I am so happy that Brad was able to do that for you! We would like to thank you for taking time out of your day to let us know about this situation and we will thank Brad for all of his hard work. We hope that we will get to see you again soon!
2 night family trip Jun 5, 2017
"In love with Mnneapolis!!"
Loved the location and the staff!! This was a combined Business and Family trip located in a good area for walking to good food and entertainment. Minneapolis is a friendly and interesting city for many reasons! Will definitely return again and stay in same location!
Thank you for taking time to let us know how your stay went! We are very happy that you and your family enjoyed your stay and your time in Minneapolis! We cannot wait to host you again!
Great location. Right off the interstate and easy access to downtown.
Thank you for your feed-back! We love hearing about how our guests thought of our hotel! We hope that you had a great stay and that we will get to see you again soon!
"Nice hotel in Minneapolis"
The only complaint I have is that the call box was out of order and the door locked when I arrived. I had to call the motel to get someone to let me in. Once inside, everything was great. Free gourmet coffee and in room kitchen was a plus too.
Heidi, Thank you for your review. We are looking into how to fix this issue. We are happy that it did not ruin your stay! We hope that we will get to see you again soon!
Other trip May 16, 2017
"A very good choice for us."
Very quiet. Even though we were on top of a freeway, noise was kept out. Never heard other guests. Great coffee. Centrally located for the events we attended.
Daniel, We are very happy to hear your feed-back and that you had a great stay! The coffee is also one of my favorite amenities of the hotel! I hope that we get to see you again! Thank you for your feed-back!
2 night family trip Apr 28, 2017
We were gone the entire day and returned past midnight only to find that housekeeping never showed.
Ed, I can understand how that would be upsetting. I am sorry that you experienced that. We always pride ourselves on having super clean and tidy rooms. Thank you for the information and the review! I hope that the rest of your stay was amazing and that we get another chance to make it up to you!
I have been using this Inn for 7 years now. Close to where I conduct business and to the big city and also along the Mississippi River. In the heart of the UM campus you have a great selection of ethnic foods to choose from. Very well priced!
Barry, That is amazing that you have chosen our hotel as your place to stay for 7 years! We would love to thank you for being a repeat customer! We are so happy to hear that you enjoy staying with us and we hope to see you again soon!
3 night business trip Apr 27, 2017
Comfortable beds. Nice to have a kitchen!
Thank you for your review! We enjoy reading how all of our guests feel about our hotel. I love that our rooms have their own kitchens! It helps cut down on the cost of going out every night! We hope to see you again!
2 night family trip Mar 30, 2017
"Overall a good deal"
I stayed at this hotel for 4 nights while my mom was recovering from surgery at Fairview Hospital. The location is great. The room was very clean. It was not stocked with toiletries however and I had to ask for soap, shampoo etc. They also did not restock daily which would have been nice. The handle on the toilet stuck and kept running unless manually pushed up. The hallway smelled musty and of a peculiar odor. But it was nice to be able to bring my own food and cook my own meals. Overall, a good experience.
Response by HR Manager
Julie, I understand were a peculiar odor can throw off your grove. I am sorry that you had to endure that and that restocking did not occur for you. I appreciate you bringing this to our attention however so that we can use it to help fix issues. Thank you for taking the time out of your day to let us know! I am happy that overall you enjoyed your stay with us and I cannot wait to see you again!
Thank you for taking time out of your day to post a review for us! We are happy that you enjoyed your stay and we cannot wait to see you again!
4 night business trip Feb 24, 2017
The only exception was that the entire room stunk at food. Everything else was perfect. Still, I plan to stay there the next time I go to Minneapolis,
Thank you for your review! I am sorry that your food smell lingered. However, I am happy to hear that it did not ruin your stay! We cannot wait to have you back again!


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Britain is now officially a billionaires’ playground,list, which includes Irish-based billionaires, ranked telecoms tycoon Denis O’Brien in 22nd postion, with a personal fortune of £3.85 billion, up £486 million on last year.
Many of the list’s members pay little or no income tax because they are not domiciled here.
With a fortune of nearly £4 billion, Lady Green, wife of Topshop tycoon Sir Philip Green, is one of 14 women on the list, but she lives in Monaco. Ann Gloag, who is listed along with her brother, Sir Brian Souter, as being worth £1 billion, is the only businesswoman on the list, with the rest either inheriting or gaining billionaire status through marriage.
A decade ago, having £700 million in the bank was enough to be among Britain’s 50 wealthiest people, but today you need at least £1.7bn. The combined wealth of the Britain’s super-rich is now greater than 2008’s pre-recession levels201 billion.


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China's December Trade Data Is, Well, Not Great…
So, yeah: "juuust a bit outside."
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Will it be quickly dismissed by "the market" with the thought that it's a trade spat related blip that is sure to correct itself starting in March, or will this trigger the slump back to 2351 (and below) on the SP500?


Fishing is a fun hobby that can be taken up at any point in one's life. To get the most from your fishing, you need to know a bit more about the subject. With this article, you can learn what it takes to become a success when it comes to fishing.
People that wish to fish in a stream need to cast upstream and allow the current to sweep the lure into the fishing hole. This looks more natural to the fish and makes it more likely that you will catch something. Make sure your line isn't in the water.
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You can use grubs to successfully catch bass. These tiny lures can help you catch some big fish. People have been successful at catching not only small mouth bass, but large mouth bass as well. They work extremely well for catching fish in highland reservoirs that do not have much brush or other coverage.
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Fish responsibly. Make sure to be considerate of the environment you are using when you fish. Don't litter if you decide you will bring drinks and snacks with you. Look into any regulations regarding the amount of fish you are allowed to catch, and follow them. If you catch a fish that isn't big enough to eat, release it back into the water.
Always be aware of the laws regarding fishing in any particular area. In some areas, it is illegal to fish in protected lakes or rivers. Others forbid the use of specific types of bait. If you don't know, have a talk with local government officials.
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As someone who has addressed this committee in the past and on whose invitation they eventually went to Israel, I should have been informed and invited.
All the details were posted well in time on this blog. Also, why did your colleagues not inform you?
As for “intentional law”, which you bandy about as if you know anything about it and I challenge you to quote the actual law, the relevant clauses and sub-clauses.
Bongani Masuku Mr, Manjra – no slander there!
Well done Marthie – it’s our common humanity that makes us take up the struggles of Palestinians, Cubans and the peoples of Western Sahara – who are all either blockaded or occupied. David Hersh would not recognise human rights if it was drilled into his head – he is so steeped in his own racism. So Soraya caught him out lying about his awareness of the meeting. What else does Hersh lie about?
I was only indirectly informed of the meeting the morning of the “conference” via Facebook.
This resolution obviously pushed Hersch’s guilt buttons, which explains his irrational, virulent reactions. Israelis need to admit their guilt for the Nakba and apologize and then learn to share the land with their Semitic brothers, the Palestinians, who are every bit as human and valuable as Jews.


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No official confirmation from Marvel/Disney yet, but these guys have been spot-on pretty-much every time they've made a call. If so, this will markminority lead and will (unless I'm forgetting someone?) be the first comic-based film to star a black superhero since "Blade" back in 98.
More substantially, it's a terrific character with tons of cinematic potential:
I don't know how high awareness of the character is outside established comic fandom, but The Black Panther is kind of a big deal: The first black superhero in modern/mainstream comics, and also the first to hail (natively) from Africa.
Shortest possible version: Remember Eddie Murphy in "Coming to America?" He's that guy, if he was also Batman. Panther's real name is T'Challa, and he's the King of an isolated Sub-Saharan African nation called Wakanda; which maintains a surface-level facade of being a "primitive" jungle tribe but is actually a technologically-advanced super-civilization hidden deep underground. In the comics-proper, Wakanda sustains/defends itself primarily as the world's principal source of Vibranium - the super-special metal that Captain America's shield is made of.
The casting on this will be really interesting - the mega-success of The Avengers and the automatic high-profile that will come from being the first nonwhite member of what is now Hollywood's number-one "superhero factory" makes this instantly the biggest role specifically calling for a black male lead in Hollywood right now. Penny-pinching Marvel will almost certainly want to with a fresh face, but you can bet that LOT'S of established names are throwing their hats in as well.
Of less interest but still probably amusing-as-hell: The innevitable Fox News etc. freakout over the name (which predates the 1970s activist organization) and the positioning of an African leader as a superhero. This won't come out until well after the election, of course, but don't expect that to stop the fun...
I hope that they lean towards the Christopher J. Priest era of Black Panther comics. Strong mix of superhero action, politics and humor.
He's a bit on the older side, and might give people Oz/Lost flashbacks, but I'd love to see Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as the title character.
T'Challa is freaking awesome in the Avengers cartoon. I really hope this is true.
A Black Panther movie...if you'll allow me to use a hackneyed internet phrase, me gusta.
Admittedly I'm not much of an expert on Black Panther -- or comics in general -- but I HAVE seen him in the Avengers cartoon and the Ultimate Alliance games, and I like what I've seen.
So who would be the primary villain in this movie, if you had a say in it?
I'd give Hancock a technicality, because it was a superhero movie, though not from comics. War Machine was a co-star in Iron Man 2... that might count.
Well, whoever will end up playing him, I can guarantee who it won't be: Wesley Snipes.
Snipes had been trying to get a Black Panther movie made for years. It was kind of his dream project. But since his...uh, recent financial problems have left him incapable of acting in anything right now, chances are he won't be involved in any capacity.
I can only bet he'll be gnashing and grating his teeth from behind bars once he hears this news.
...um...Steel, starring Shaquille O'Neal...X-Men heavily featured Storm...and yeah, you already mentioned Blade. Black Panther and Luke Cage are the ones I'd like to see a lot.
How would Donald Glover do in this role? If Sony won't let him be Spider Man why not bring him in as Black Panther, I am sure he will care about the material and do it justice.
Wesley Snipes is due out next July, so who knows? Marvel has a lot on its plate at the moment and they very well could end up with a limo awaiting Snipes as he walks out of prison (king of like The Blues Brothers, complete with a mission from God).
1) Hollywood is under the concept that, outside of the Will Smith effect, "urban" audiences don't show up for fantasy/science fiction in general. Are there any actual numbers backing this up? Is there an actual sample size that takes demographic ratios into account? Were any movies actually targeted to black audiences? Have they even tried polling black people about what kinds of movies they want to see? Or is it just another case of "white heterosexual cisgendered male studio heads create self-fulfilling prophecies"?
2) What will this mean for the Luke Cage movie? Think Marvel is bold enough to do two back-to-back black superheroes?
I think this is a genius move, one that'll pay dividends for Marvel with the appropriate marketing. He's already a character in The Avengers cartoon series (Where he really is totally awesome by the way) so you know kids will flock to the theater. That coupled with Marvel's recently garnered fame with general audiences will really help the film reach a broad audience, an audience a lot bigger then just the presumed "Urban film audience"
I just hope it makes a lot more then the box office analyst's estimate, so Hollywood can finally get the message that you don't need Will Smith or Denzel Washington to secure a large audience with a black actor.
As for casting, he's a bit on the young side but how about John Boyega from "Attack the Block"?
He's a relative newcomer and HBO recently passed on a Pilot featuring him as a young boxer named Donnie. So you know he's in good shape and wanting to get into American entertainment.
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I think any Luke Cag what with his then-upcoming TV show being cancelled. I imagine Luke Cage will be a "Phase 3" hero. After Avengers 2 is done with. That is, assuming we get there.
Djimon Hounsou. Nuff said.
I don't see any reason to get excited yet.
First, there is the question of which version of Black Panther will they base the movie on? Seeing how SHIELD is being used so much in Marvel Studio's movies tey could very well go into the Ultimate origin of Black Panther's which is terrible compared to the original. In short, Black Panther owes SHIELD his life and all of his skills. SHIELD essentially saves him and gives him his powers. However, in the main Marvel comic line Black Panther is his own man who earned his skills.
Then there is the question of if they are going to be shoving in white people as a movie about Black Panther done in his homeland would be a very black movie.
Then there is the question of if they will give this a high budget like the other Marvel movies because the story of Black Panther is of the epic level. Marvel did announce sometime back that they plan on doing films on a lower budget for some other comic book characters. Black Panther should not be on that list.
And is the movie going to be any good? Personally aside from The Avengers I didn't care much for the Marvel Studio movies thus far. They are just a bunch of safe movies that are partly sitcoms with unimpressive action.
P.S. That "urban film audience" phrase sounds quite insulting. If


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Queen Street is named for Queen.[2]
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Queen Victoria Market (1878) & Old Melbourne Cemetery (1837)
Former Bank of New South Wales (1860)
203 Queen Street (1869)
Felton Building (1886)
Former ES&A (English, Scottish & Australian Bank) Building (1887)
Former Safe Deposit Building (1891)
Aldersgate House (1924)
Alkira House (1937)

National Trustees Executors & Agency Co (1939)
Several underground public conveniences
ANZ Bank Tower (1993)
Republic Tower (299 Queen Street)
Queen Street massacreEdit
On 8 December 1987 an armed gunman killed 8 people and injured 5 others at the Australia Police offices at 191 Queen Street. The gunman Frank Vitkovic eventually fell from a building window taking the death toll to 9.[4]
A memorial window for the victims is located at Melbourne's GPO on Elizabeth and Bourke Streets.[5]
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New mum delivers her own nephew after sister goes into labour at home!
A few minutes into the visit, Sarah went into full blown labour and baby Will was born on the living room floor, weighing in at a respectable 7lb 4oz!
Sarah, who has two other children, Tian, 12, and Seren, three, said her sister had phoned for paramedics at 9.14 when she realised the baby was on his way, but by the time they got there at 9.35, little Will had already been born!
"Afterwards there was a houseful at my sister's," she told Wales online, "Quite a few of my family and friends were there."
The delighted new mum likened the event to a visit from royalty!"It was like the Queen had been, it was quite surreal!"
Sarah went off after the birth to her mum Gail's for a cooked dinner!
"Delivering Will was a huge responsibility for Emma but she said she just went in to auto-pilot and then at the end she was shaking like a leaf," she adding: "There's plenty to keep me busy, especially when all six grandchildren are here together!"