Friends with Money (2006) IMDB rating: 6.20 Plot: A drama about three married women, their husbands, and their lone single friend.

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Has anyone else been having problems with council tax debt?
from years ago before they changed the Legislation

My friend a single mother of five kids who works and has tried her very best for whole of her kids lifes (18yrs) with the small amount of money she earns, has a debt with council tax ?1000ish which has accumulated over 3 yrs. yestertday she was visited by a baliff who originally came for ?130 payment in the end he charged her ?500 (which she borrowed from a friend) for 2hrs waiting fees (?370) because she was at work and unable to just drop her shift.
She is in receipt of housing and council tax benefit and since the Legislation change in nov last year (2009) she now receives full benefits for housing and council tax.
Obviously she is on a very low income as she recieves these benefits, inspite of this her repayment is set at ?80 a month whch she cannot afford.
Also If she cant afford to pay council tax or rent NOW she couldnt before, so the debt must be the fault of the law that was in place when the debt was incured.

Role Models (2008) IMDB rating: 7.70 Plot: Wild behavior forces a pair of energy drink reps to enroll in a Big Brother program.

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out of 10 rate this very very lyrical rhyme yo,,,rap hip hop?
council estates bouncing havans of hate,no saving grace
only raving round the place,children copying what their seen,its obscene
worrying about green,burrying their dream,
cynicaly smoking zest,clinacly broke and depreesed
the drug scence is humuongus,morphine mixed with fungus
dealing wheeling stealing in the bacterial streets
so they can be kneeling to material treats,sick of serial and sweets
braking the law to reach new feets,kids need new role models quick
because the dole players are thick,standing still like a brick,
underage illegal thinking leads to thunderous rage and drinking
life sleping and shrinking,but hows to blame its the goverment
when they gona discover its all bent,half sealing cracks with rubber not cement,
from the slums themself but wearing a posh accent
i aint agrresive so i aint saying this in spite,in my opion
the bark is worse than the bite,so i dont fight i leave my blackmark when i write

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Hey. I saw the e-mail. Honestly the first time I read this, I just breezed through it so you would answer my question. But now that I’ll take the full time to answer it properly, there’s something very important that you have to realize before becoming a rapper: It’s more important to give an effective message than it is to be extremely lyrical. Every time I tell this to people I use the same example. Listen to this song. Maybe listen to it a few times, and really analyze every line down to the last word. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNcloTmvT eA

There isn’t a single complicated line in that song. It’s literally something my 13 year old sister could write, and yet it is one of the best rap songs ever made. Why? Because Pac had a message in his head. He didn’t try to cram as many multi’s as he could into the rap and make it as fancy and lyrically skillful as he could. He asked himself the same four questions that everyone should be asking themself any time that they write something with a message in it.

Q1: What is the subject that I want to rap about?
Q2: What do I want to say about that subject?
Q3: Who am I writing this for?
Q4: What is the best way to go about expressing that?

Pac’s answers to those questions were simple, and there’s no doubt about what they were.

A1: I want to rap about my mom
A2: I want to say that she’s the nicest, sweetest, most important woman I’ve ever met in my life
A3: I’m speaking to my mom, and also to an audience who wants to feel the emotions that I express in order to relate to their mothers
A4: The best way to express this is by using a smooth, slow beat, pouring my heart out, expressing my deepest emotions, and keeping my lyrics simple enough for everyone to understand.

Now, you need to ask yourself the same questions.

Q1: What is the subject of my rap?
A1: It appears that your rap is about the drug problems in the slums.

Q2: What do I want to say about that subject?
A1: It appears that you’re just describing how bad it is. At the last few lines you mention the government, but you don’t say anything about what they’re actually doing. So basically, you’re not saying anything that we don’t already know. Which is fine, as long as you can be creative with it.

Q3: Who am I rapping to?
A3: This isn’t directed at anyone, which is one of the biggest problems. Remember, you’re not just rapping about the slums, you’re sending a message. If you’re rapping to the suburban kids who don’t know what it’s like in the ghetto, you have to go deeper into it and take time to paint a vivid picture in their minds instead of just touching on one subject at a time. For instance, listen to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFobbGqxv tE

If you’re talking to ghetto kids, you’re basically preaching to the choir, which is pointless unless you talk about these things in a creative way. Either use more metaphors, and attempt to do it in a way that has never been done before, or put a SPECIFIC message behind it such as a personal story or a spirit-raising slum song, For instance, listen to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loPRsrqrD Xc

If you’re talking to the government, you want them to do something about it, so get on their case and point out what they’re doing wrong instead of saying "i aint agrresive so i aint saying this in spite,in my opion". For instance, listen to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn2i4uvmK kw&feature=related

And finally, question 4, you can only decide once you figure out the answer to question 3. Feel free to e-mail me if you don’t understand any of this.

NexxJordan | Feb 04, 2010

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i like it its pretty good
Joe | Feb 04, 2010

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siht man how many multis in that

ill man 10/10

you ill,got sum skillz
mciiiiiiiiiiiiiiii | Feb 04, 2010

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best rhyme of this generation ill tell u that
Shpetime B | Feb 04, 2010

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2/10
Truly Beats, Rhymes and Knives! | Feb 04, 2010

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It’s pretty good.

One thing I’d say though is that a lot of your lines that rhyme with a word in the line could easily be two lines, broken at the rhyme.

Like
Cynicaly smoking zest, clinacly broke and depressed

is no differant to
Cynically smoking zest
Clinically broke and depressed

If you get what I mean.

Which is still actually a pretty good pair of lines but you could try
Zest smoked cynically, so clinically depressed
Cos I lost my status as the best by being broke like (and i cant think of a rhyme for depressed)

just my thoughts. But even if you don’t like it I reckon its a 6/10

Need to hear it on a beat though.
Max | Feb 04, 2010

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9/10 good stuff weaved together like a fine cloth and refreshingly real. Keep on doin your own thing man, u got somethin.
Thomas | Feb 04, 2010

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Dope- 9/10
Nas nd Em (fvck the NY Jets) | Feb 04, 2010

Full Grown Men (2006) IMDB rating: 7.00 Plot: Alby Cutrera (Matt McGrath) yearns for a time when life was carefree and action figures were twelve inches tall. When his wife insults him for being more of a playmate than a father to his young son, Alby heads for safety and tracks down his boyhood pal Elias (Judah Friedlander) whose memory of their younger days is considerably less rosy. They set out on a road trip to Diggityland, their favorite place as kids, but simpler times turn complicated as the two friends confront the land mines of their past. Journeying through the Oz of Central Florida, they encounter a cast of wounded roadside romantics – a disgruntled ex-theme park employee (Alan Cumming), a horny bartending clown (Amy Sedaris), and a delusional mermaid (Deborah Harry) – each one shedding light on the perils of not letting go. Full Grown Men is the bittersweet tale of a man who learns the hard way that the best years of his life may still lie ahead of him.

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Actors: McGrath Matt,Friedlander Judah,Cumming Alan,Grayson Jerry,Karpf Benjamin,Fyfe Jim,Ilku David,Badalamenti II Peter Donald,Echavarria Louis,Comedy,Drama,

What do you think of this poem?
He had three sons and they, all three,
When called, for the encampment left;
So the poor father was bereft
Of rest and peace, for war, thought he.
Is hard – one has no time to feel
That one has ceased to be.

And many months went in and out,
And rife with tidings was the world:
No more were Turkish flags unfurled,
The Moslems had been put to rout,
For the unscarred Romanian lads
Full well had fought throughout.

The papers wrote that all the men
That had been called the spring before
Were due to quit the site of war;
So to the village came again
Now one, and now another yet
Of those who had left then.

But they were long in coming, they.
He wept – he thought how they would meet,
So at the gate or in the street
He scrutinized the roads all day,
And they came not. And fear was born
And lengthened the delay.

His ardent hope waned more and more
And ever bleaker grew his fear;
And though he questioned far and near,
All shrugged their shoulders as before;
At last, then, he went to the barracks
To learn what was in store.

The corporal met him. "Sir, my son.
My Radu, well – how does he fare ?"
He did for all his children care,
But Radu was the dearest one.
"He’s dead. In the first ranks, at Plevna
He fell. And well he’s done !"

Poor man… That Radu was in dust
He had long felt, and felt past cure;
But now, when he did know for sure,
He stood bewildered and nonplussed.
Dead Radu ? What ? The news exceeded
All human sense and trust.

Be curst, o, fiendish arm and man !
"And how is George ?" "Sir, I’m afraid
Under a cross he has been laid,
Breast-smitten by a yataghan."
"And my poor Mircea ?" "Mircea, too,
Died somewhere near Smirdan."

He said no word – dumb with the doom,
With forehead bent, like, on the cross,
A Christ, he looked, all at a loss
At the mute flooring of the room.
He seemed he saw in front of him
Three corpses in a tomb.

With feeble gait and dizzy eyes
He walks into the open air;
While groaning, stumbling on the stair,
He calls his boys by name and cries
And fumbling for some wall around
To stand upright he tries.

The blow he hardly can withstand;
He does not know if he is dead
Or still alive; he rests his head
Upon a bank of burning sand;
His long, emaciated face
He buries in his hand.

And so the man sat woe-begone.
It was midsummer and mid-day;
Yet soon the sun faded away
And lastly it was set and gone;
The human wreck would never budge;
He just stood on and on.

Past him, men, women walked care-free,
Cabs on the highroad rumbled by,
Past marched the soldiers with steps high,
And then, the moment he could see,
He pressed his temples with his fists:
"Three, mighty God, all three !";

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i am going to be honest! i cried! written with such passion! the only change you might want to make is the length of your poem. you can do this because you are very talented. thank you!

justicejamie888 | Feb 03, 2010

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meh
Shawn | Feb 03, 2010

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This poem has possibilities but you have to make it shorter. Don’t go so much into details. When poetry tell a story it must only touch the subject lightly. The horror and grief will come through better by not clearly stating the facts. Facts are far to heavy for poetry.
Use the essentials of what you want to convey. Your style is good. Some verses are very beautiful but they are overrun by the lenght of the poem,they cannot stand out anymore.
I hope you will allow me to say this because you have the potential to make it a great poem. Just needs some more work. Good Luck.
Gino's mom | Feb 03, 2010

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) IMDB rating: 7.00 Plot: Decepticon forces return to Earth on a mission to take Sam Witwicky prisoner, after the young hero learns the truth about the ancient origins of the Transformers. Joining the mission to protect humankind is Optimus Prime, who forms an alliance with international armies for a second epic battle.

Actors: Turturro John,Turturro John,Ward James Harvey,Adler Charles,Alvarado Derek,Anvar Cas,Benyaer Michael,Bizik Robert,Borodaeff Ted,Brooks Jerome Ro,Brown Anthony C.,Burkett Lee,Carter John Sterling,Carter Larry,Chen Charles,Action,Adventure,Sci-Fi,

Who will win the Razzie 4 Worst Screen Couple?
The nominees are…

any two (or more) Jonas Brothers "Jonas Brothers: The 3-D Concert Experience"
Sandra Bullock & Bradley Cooper "All About Steve"
Will Ferrell & any co-star, creature, or "comic riff" "Land of the Lost"
Shia LaBeouf & EITHER Megan Fox or any Transformer "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"
Kristen Stewart & EITHER Robert Pattinson or Taylor whatz-his-fang "Twilight Saga: New Moon"

I don’t need to do farther online research to say that they mean Taylor Lautner (not Taylor Swift). I think the Raspberry panel would probably give this award to Bullock just to defL8 her ego if she gets lucky at the real movie awards show the next day. My pick would be "Transformers." The 30th Raspberries take place March 6.

Wrong Turn 2 (2007) IMDB rating: 5.60 Plot: Dale Murphy (Henry Rollins) is hosting and producing his own reality T.V show called “The Ultimate Survivalist,” with six contestants lead by Nina Papas (Erica Leerhsen) who’ll be thrown together for six days in a simulated post-apocalyptic wasteland. Located in a remote part of West Virginia, the contestants discover that what they are really fighting for is their survival- against a family of hideously deformed inbred cannibals who plan to ruthlessly butcher them all… Who will survive?

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Actors: Rollins Henry,Battle Texas,Braun Steve,Currie Holmes Matthew,Ken Kirzinger,Robson Wayne,Scrutton Jeff,Carleton Clint,Horror,Thriller,

Breakup with your girlfriend over this?
In 2005 i met a woman, fell in love with her , her with me. But we lived in different states. Well after visiting her on numerous occasions, i decided to give up my job to be with her. One of her kids is handicap and slow, and i felt sorry for the fact that he had no father figure, her other son is a typical teenager. So i moved here in October of 09, things were great, but lately things have been going down hill. Her youngest son is 14 and literally hates me because he’ is a republican and iam a democrat, literally. He’s very disrespectful towards me and ive tried to talk to my girlfriend about it and she doesnt see a problem with his actions. For example, after i say something, sometimes he will say that what i said was stupid! He will come in from school and walk right past me like iam invisible, and continue throughout the day. I spend most of my time helping the other one get to the toilet, getting him food, drinks ect. My girlfriend goes to work late in the day around 5pm, shes a bartender at a resturant, and normally doesnt come in untill 12am. Over the last 2 months we have not been having sex at all!!! And i have confronted her on this and she says its because she’s tired or because i’ve been drinking wine or beer or whatever her bogus excuse is, we literally have had sex twice since december 1st. I told my friends about her actions which include, calling me telling me she’s about to get off around 9pm, but walking in around 1am. Even though the place closes at 10pm she claims she has to stay and do stuff normally untill midnight. She and the other son who’s non handicap just have started to drive me crazy. Her sons address her parents by thier first names which i dont agree with, but when i suggest they use grandma and grandpa they tell me I’m wrong, and she thinks they should be able to call them whatever they want to. They have no disipline at all, and whenever i try the fatherly stuff, my girlfriend never takes my side, she always sides with her sons. Other day i caught one of them trying to copy my credit card number, but i walked in on them in the act. My girlfriend comes home, i tell her about the situation, she tells me her sons would never use my credit card!!! Even though the boy admitted he was going to use it to buy songs from itunes!!!! I have given up on trying to be a dad to these guys because they have no respect for me or my property, and with my sex life in the dumpster, do you think it’s time for me to call my old boss and head back to work? I have no family or friends in this state, and im really starting to feel depressed about how this how thing turned out. And if you would break up with her, how would you put it to her?

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she doesnt know how lucky she is to have someone like you SHE does not deserve you whatsoeve
if you want to dump her say that you have to go back because your mum is ’sick’ and she wants to see you or makke an excuse coz it sounds like shes taking u for granted and she sounds like she soesnt even care about u! so its not really that important try to maake a few frnds in the state (i know its gonna be hard leaving the kids home but TRY) go v=back to ur job back in ur state and find someone who actually loves u and someone tht UR HAPPy with whats the point of life if your miserable evryday???? thank god u ddnt commit sucide…
the legend | Feb 05, 2010

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Looks like your a free babysitter! One who fell in love with a woman who fell in love with being out with you. I don’t want to say get the heck out but If you can’t talk her into making your relationship a two way deal….then…mabye…

Hopefully you can work it out.
Best Whishes for you.
DeAnnaTwilightFreek | Feb 05, 2010

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forgod sake get over her and move on…u have quit ur job for her and her sons…what else can she ask for!…u have done everything u could on ur part…changing states and jobs for someone who doesn’t even give u respect doesn’t sound right…give it a last try talking to her that if she keeps on continuing this u will have to move on…if she doesn’t care then really..MOVE ON
sam | Feb 05, 2010

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okay well i’d say, man up. do you what makes you happy! you cant base your life on someone else unless you really truly feel that you love them, and to me, you might have use to love her, but you dont anymore or else you wouldnt have thoughts of leaving her. if being with her and her family doesnt make you happy then just do what makes you happy. shes a mother and no mother would choose a guy over their kids, so your best off without her if your not happy with her. I mean yeas youve been together for quite sometime, and yes if you feel you cannot live without her then try and staay and work it out, but if you feel your just wasting your time, then make yourself happy. you need to make that decission on your own and you cant ask for advice on it. it concerns YOUR life, not anyone else’s. its not going to effect me or anyone else saying "just break up with her or stay with her" its your life thats gonna be effected.
if you choose to break up with her, i’d say just tell her straight up. "im sorry but things have changed between us and i just dont feel that this is right for me anymore. i still love you but right now i need to do whats best for me and my life"
i hope you work things out
snookypoo | Feb 05, 2010

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She’s using you. Her kids are doing what they’re doing with her blessing, if not her prompting.
Worst part is if you leave, she’ll make you out to be the "bad guy".
MikeyG | Feb 05, 2010

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Yes, get the fu[k out! Put it gently, tell her you are sick and tired of being put on the backburner sexually, her sons are undisciplined brats and you ain’t putting up with it anymore. Then just pack your stuff and get out! You will be much better of, believe me!!!
Midway 56 | Feb 05, 2010

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Simple sweet and to the point. DUMP HER. Shes obviously dont appreciate you so its best to leave her alone especially since her son may ruin your credit.
zero dark angel | Feb 05, 2010

The Damned United (2009) IMDB rating: 8.00 Plot: Taking over England’s top football club Leeds United, previously successful manager Brian Clough’s abrasive approach and his clear dislike of the players’ dirty style of play make it certain there is going to be friction. Glimpses of his earlier career help explain both his hostility to previous manager Don Revie and how much he is missing right-hand man Peter Taylor who has loyally stayed with Brighton & Hove Albion.

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Inherit the Wind quote analysis please!?
i need a a good descriptive analysis of these quotes please help its for a test!

1. (Pg 17) Hornbeck: "a man who wears a cathedral for a cloak, a church spire for a hat…"
2. (Pg 33) Rachel: "a schoolteacher is a public servant: I think he should do what the law and the school-board want him to. if the superintendent says, ‘Miss Brown, youre to teach formt eh Whitley’s Second Reader," i dont feel i have to give him an agreement."
3. ( Pg 34) Rachel: "Matthew Harrison Brady came here to find himself a stump to shout from. thats all."
4. (Pg 47) Drummond: ‘all i want is to prevent the clock-stoppers from dumping a load of medival nonsense into the United States Constitution."
5. (Pg 51) Drummond: "im sorry if i offended you. but i dont swear just for the hell of it. you see, i figure language is a poor enough means of communication as it is. so we ought to use all the words we’ve got. besides, there are damned few words that everybody understands."
6. (Pg 51-52) Rachel: "can you buy back his respectability by making him a coward? i understand what berts going through. its the lonliest feeling in the world—to find yourslef standing up when everybody else is sitting down. to have everybody look at you and say, ‘Whats the matter with him?’ i know. i know what it feels like. walking down an empty street, listening to the sound of your own footsteps. shutters closed, blinds drawn, doors locked agaisnt you."
7. (Pg 55) Drummond: " the man who has everything figured out is probably a food. college examinations notwithstanding, it takes a very small fella to say, ‘i dont know the answer!’"
8. (Pg 66) Brown: "O lord of the Tempest and the thunder. o lord of righteousness and wrath! we pray that thou wilt make a sign unto us! strike us down this sinner, as thou didst Thine enemies of old, in the days of the Pharoahs! let him feel the terror of Thy sword! for all eternity let his soul writher in anguish and damination—"
9. (Pg 66-67) Brady: " reverend brown i know it is the great zeal of your faith which makes you utter this prayer. bit is it possible to be overzealous to destroy that which you hope to save—so that nothing is left but emptiness. remember the wisdom of Solomon in the Book of proverbs. ‘he that troubleth his own house…shall inherit the wind’"
10. ( Pg 67) Drummond: "all motion is relative perhaps it is you who have moved away—by standing still."
11. (Pg 68) Howard: "well he said at first the earth was too hot for any life. then it cooled off a mite and cells and things begun to live"
12. (Pg 71) Drummond:"im trying to establish your honor that howard or colonel brady or charles darwin or anyone in this courtroom or you sir has the right to think!"
13. (Pg 72) Drummond: "with allrespect to the bench i hold that the right to think is very much on trial! it is fearfully in dnager in the proceedings of the court!"
14. (Pg 91) Drummond: "it frightens me to imagine the state of learning in this world if everyone had you driving curiousity"
15 ( Pg 93) Drummond: "yes! the individual human mind…. (long speech)"
16. (Pg 94) Drummond: " this man wishes to be accorded the same priviliege as a sponge! he wishes to think!"
17. ( Pg 97) Brady: "i mean to state that the day referred to is not necessarily a twenty-four-hour day"
18. (Pg 110) Drummond: " Bert, whenever you see something bright, shining, perfect-seeming—all gold, with purple spots—look behind the paint! and if its a lie—show it up for what it really is!"
19. (Pg 115) Cates: "I was a schoolteacher. i fee; i am…i have been convicted on violation an unjust law. i will continue in the future as I have in the past to oppose this law in any way I can. I—"
20. (Pg 119-120) narration: "As the orator is maneuvered into position he seems almost to be an inanimate object like a huge ornate vase which must be precisly centered on a mantel." AND " Then like a figure in a waxworks, toppling from it pedestal, he falls stiffly, face forward"
21. ( Pg 126) Drummond: "he that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise in heart"

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I don’t think most people on this forum want to do your homework for you so I would suggest you go to cliffnotes and read their summary of ITW and also their quote analysis. It may help you find the answers you want. Good luck!

hickcrazy1 | Feb 03, 2010

Firewall (2006) IMDB rating: 5.80 Plot: With his family held for ransom, the head security executive for a global bank is commanded to loot his own business for millions in order to ensure his wife and children’s safety. He then faces the demanding task of thwarting the kidnapper’s grand scheme, which makes him look guilty of embezzlement.

Actors: Ford Harrison,Bettany Paul,Patrick Robert,Thriller,Drama,CrimeAction,

Wireless broadband service and windows firewall…?
As I understand it, Firewall’s basic function is to block all connections initiated from outside (among other things). So if I am using Wireless Broadband service using windows xp with firewall turned ON, is it possible for anyone to initiate connection from outside, bypass firewall and hack into my PC? (Assuming the outsider hasn’t installed any cookies, spyware, trojan etc on my PC through some other sites which I visited earlier)

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windows firewall as a program is invertantly weak, AVG has a good-ish firewall. but if someone wants to hack you, they will one way or another. its a matter of time before you hit a site that uploads a worm on your pc. you can have your info on a external HDD and that way unplug it after use and its safe from hacking.
Mirza | Feb 09, 2010

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By itself a firewall is rather secure. The only way to get around that is for you to bring in something, thus opening the door. THAT requires that you have a good AV program running that dynamically checks what is happening. Not all AV programs do that.
Greyolddave | Feb 09, 2010

Ciao (2008) IMDB rating: 7.20 Plot: A man dies very unexpectedly and leaves behind two men: Jeff, his best friend and Andrea, an Italian he’s been corresponding with online. Jeff informs Andrea of Mark’s passing; Andrea writes back to express his shock and sympathies. On a whim, they continue their correspondence and a rapport grows between them. They eventually meet, where they extend their e-mail exchanges into more personal and intimate conversations. They talk about their respective countries, their jobs, their families, their lives. Mostly, they talk about Mark. What began as a tragedy that linked two strangers from different ends of the world becomes a deeply realized friendship that may change their lives forever.

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Actors: Smith Adam Neal,Calza Alessandro,Blaum Chuck,Boles John S.,Anthony Frederick,Cannon Brian,Clark Steve M.,Croghan Cole D.,Davis Robert A.,Demaio Douglas,Dotson Larry Jack,Drama,Romance,

May I please ask for your congratulations?
You need not answer, but I had to post my absence which will be much more than I’d like for the next 2 and a half days! Words of congratulations I’d not refuse though…
You see, I’ve won a 15,000 dollars Fellowship for my work in weaving and tapestry making. And I have to make preparations as to how go up a stage and receive my prize. I was 1 in 5, who entered work dealing with the Fine Arts.The piece which won I thought very meritorious, I had named this very intricate weaving, "Pavane for a Dead Princess". 5 completed works and 2 in progress, I entered, and by the weight of value for "…….Dead Princess" I was accepted as a competitor. I’ve been rather amazed for the last week and a half because of my win. I had though I’d be disqualified for the 2 not completed pieces, but WOW, my work made it through, nevertheless.

My plans tentatively, are to return to my place of Birth; La Habana, Cuba, in late spring and join a program the Castro Brothers are launching in order for Cuban artists to return HOME and help re-beautify the rather savaged island, since the embargo was placed against my "Home"; the island back in the early sixties, I believe? I believe I’d be very happy returning there for a while, as a Muralist. All this dependent on how safe it is to return, while the Castro Brothers, now into their late 70’s and early 80’s – progress! The island could go through great and turbulent changes, if they were to die. I most certainly don’t want to get stuck in the crossfire of Major change, I am certain YOU understand.
So, if you wish, congratulations I’d appreciate, but it is nothing I’d impose on anyone to offer me…BUT, I’ll be scarcer for the next couple of days. At seven o’clock Friday eve, I face the wonderful music which will accompany me and my win!
So…Ciao!
May you offer me luck through spirit! I shall certainly need it!!! (for I’ll probably trip!, oh, please NO!) NO!!!)
Greci. Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BIG Time !!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you for your kind response Sarrafze!
Greci.
Thanks Garrr, I’m no longer at my house, but temporarily at Titanic’s-using my nephew’s computer which is a pain in the butt to ask to use.This I’ll say: I’m not accustomed to having to beg!Plead over and over to get any favour granted.I’d be far happier if I’d not made the mistake to come to a male controlled atmosphere feeling as someone who’s a 2nd class citizen who WAITS, as the lowly female in the house of a male dominated culture, who has to act & know her place in an Ancient culture to get the most basic things done! Born of a doubly male dominated culture, is a REAL DRAG! & having to be of no threat to the delicate but totally OBNOXIOUS male mentality brings out the killer in me! Already, I’ve had to go through a lecture given by my nephew about he proper way to address a male, if I’m going to be heard AT ALL! I may go to bed soon and lock myself in or I may hit 1 of these Machos, & have to go to jail.Hope Cuba is NO longer the same! If it is, I’m in deep Shyte dear Gary!

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Congratulations! Any art or craft win like that deserves it! You did quite well!

sarrafzedehkhoee | Jan 27, 2010

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Well done Greci . GB
GB | Jan 27, 2010

Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986) IMDB rating: 4.10 Plot: When police funding is cut, the Governor announces he must close one of the academies. To make it fair, the two police academies must compete against each other to stay in operation. Mauser persuades two officers in Lassard’s academy to better his odds, but things don’t quite turn out as expected…

Actors: Guttenberg Steve,Smith Bubba,Graf David,Winslow Michael,Metrano Art,Kazurinsky Tim,Goldthwait Bob,Gaynes George,Thomson Scott,von Hoffman Brant,Mahler Bruce,Nelson Ed,Comedy,Crime,

Which Police Baton would you prefer to carry?
Of the 4 main Batons available which if these would you prefer to carry.
1. The Straight wood Baton of the 1950’s.
http://www.keepshooting.com/productimage s/selfdefense/batons/police-riot-baton-w oodenbig.jpg

2. The PR-24 Side Handle baton late 1960’s to Present
http://www.outdoorpros.com/images/prod/1 /UQ20021.jpg

3. The expandable aka Tactical or ASP.
http://www.nexternal.com/medtech/images/ Baton11.jpg

4. The expandable with side handle.
http://www.mps-outfitters.com/shop/catal og/images/md1100.jpg

And one last question is there any reason that the LA County Sheriffs Department still uses the PR-24 for Cadet Training. Just Curious as I saw The Academy last year and noticed that they were training with the PR-24 rather than the ASP expandable Batons.

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Well they all have their pros and cons!

Straight Wood:

PROS= Light, inexpensive, makes a satisfying THWOP sound on a perp, not likely to cause unintentional damage. Easy to clean with bleach. Fun to point at people and say "BACK UP, DIRTBAG…"

CONS = Very large…hard to run, hop fences, sit in a vehicle, or wrestle someone to the ground with one unless you have it in your hand.

2)PR-24 Side Handle:

PROS = Easy to trip, grab and choke with. Also a good defensive piece. Sturdy, not likely to break across someone’s temple. Also not likely to be effective in the hands of a non-trained user, so if for god knows what reason you lose control of it, you’re likely to have the facility to pump several rounds into the guy’s legs and stomach before he lands a worthy hit on you with it.

CONS= Awkward and bulky when holstered.

3) Expandable AKA Tactical or ASP

PROS = Very easy to run with in stowed position. Easy to carry multiple units. (I’ve seen some officers carry 2)

CONS= After many good hard beatings, telescoping flutes can become bent, making it difficult to collapse/expand…Expensive to replace. Also, about as intimidating looking as brandishing an oversize car radio antennae, so you’re likely to have to tap the guy a few times before he understands you’re playing for keeps. Also, typically you need to use along with another weapon like pepper spray, because it’s relatively heavy and demands a large swing radius.

4) Expandable with Side Handle

PROS = Damn intimidating!!! and can deliver one hell of a skull crushing battle. Choke, drag, crush, pulverize that low life scumbag!!!

CONS = Pretty inadequate for defence, you never know when the little bastard will shorten up on you. Prone to damage and expensive to replace. Also, incriminating blood and brain evidence can reside unseen in the telescoping flutes. Heavy as hell to carry around, it’s like having to carry an extra gun that doesn’t even shoot!

Master Blaster Runs Bartertown | Oct 12, 2009

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I have experience with all of them and never liked any of them for day to day use. But for crowd control or dealing with more that one aggressive person,I would say the side handle pr-24 is the best. My last one was the expandable side handle and I didn’t like it a ll all. To hard to expand, the ASP is basically swinging a steel rod.
ldyblucpl | Oct 12, 2009

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The Asp is concealable, light weight, and just as effective as the PR-24 in just about all situations except when deployed in a crowd control situation.

They are not all the same.

The PR24 is for crowd control and show of force. The side handle is useful when being employed while wearing gloves. The PR24 is not concealable, and it can be used as a blocking device, as well as a pushing device. Use the PR24 if you are deployed with a riot control team, or a physical presence guard, where it dangles from your belt as a deterrant.

The Asp is more along the route of escalation of force; i.e., verbal command, followed by pepper spray, Asp for strikes or joint manipulation, in a forced takedown (for example) and finally deadly force.

So in summary they are not for use in the same way. You have to analyze the mission, and the method employed.

I would never use a baton that is expandable with a side handle. The purpose of the side handle is so that you can use the long end in a pushing maneuver. You cannot do any pushing movements if the baton is collapsible.

Allow the mission to dictate the equipment. Use the smaller collapsables if you are a plain clothes officer, or a police officer that would employ the ASP while following the escalation of force with a suspect. Use a full baton with a side handle when you are deployed in a specialized role, like riot control, and in a nonlethal setting where you are likely to be wearing bulky gloves and you could benefit from the additional surface area to maintain control of the baton.
Joe Black | Oct 12, 2009

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I carry an ASP Expandable and it works very well when necessary.
cheetos and grape pop | Oct 12, 2009

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I really liked my old hickory night stick.

I really hated that damn pr-24 baton, heavy, awkward thing you had to constantly train with to remain proficient with.

The ASP, I liked almost as much as my hickory stick. I liked the compact, light weight. Snapping the baton out also had an intimidating effect that was very much worthwhile.

But, I have to tell you that I really hated being forced to give up my 9 1/2 oz. spoon sap. Got wrote up twice when the Patrol Supervisor found me carrying it in my back pocket.
Michael | Oct 12, 2009

Radio Flyer (1992) IMDB rating: 6.40 Plot: A loving father explains the value of promise and believing to his two boys trough the story of young Mike and his kid brother Bobby, who being abandoned by their dad had to move with ma and German shepherd Shane to a rural town where the local kids, lorded by abusive older scamp Victor Hernandez, consider them intruders ’stealing’ their predecessors’ place. Alas the friendly sheriff Daugherty, whose protection they politely wave, will have to act against a far worse bully, ma’s new lover who expects to be called the king and belts Bobby’s back brutally when drunk in the garage, a secret the boys want to keep secret for finally happy ma. The superstitious brothers spend their time exploring, pulling a wheeled red wagon called Radio Flyer, which name finally inspires a desperate ‘magical escape’ attempt…

Actors: Heard John,Baldwin Adam,Wood Elijah,Mazzello Joseph,Johnson Ben,Baca Sean,Munic Robert,Ratliff Henson Garette,Nicholas Thomas Ian,Verduzco Noah,Ocampo Isaac,Romero Kaylan,Verduzco Abraham,Evans T.J.,Drama,

Poll: What was the last movie that made you cry?
As in honest to goodness weeping and wailing. . . .

for me it was Radio Flyer– I just watched it awhile ago on youtube. . . . . .5 effen stars man, 5 effen stars. . .

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Don’t laugh, but it was the Lion King. I can’t believe I cried in that movie after 16 years later. Can’t believe Mufasa dies.

However, your mum. | Feb 04, 2010

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The Lovely Bones
WHO DAT NEW ORLEANS SAINTS | Feb 04, 2010

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new moon when bella leaved jacob
awww
heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey | Feb 04, 2010

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My Girl