Hurricane Sandy Leaves Behind Destruction

Millions of people from Maine to the Carolinas waited wearily for the power to come back on Tuesday, and New Yorkers found themselves all but cut off from the modern world as the U.S. death toll from Superstorm Sandy climbed to 40, many of the victims killed by falling trees.

Attacker beats and kills pastor in Texas

A North Texas pastor was killed Monday by an attacker who rammed a car into a church wall, chased the pastor and beat him with an electric guitar, police said. Police in Forest Hill, a suburb of Fort Worth, did not say why the unidentified suspect attacked the Rev. Danny Kirk Sr., the founding pastor of Greater Sweethome Missionary Baptist Church. The suspect, who police used a Taser to subdue, also died a short time after being taken into custody.

Salma Hayek wears $1 million earrings

Damn now this is what you call bling

Hurricane Sandy Touches Base

When sharks are just off the porch you know it's tragic. https://www.facebook.com/RobL100 <-- Pic came from

Top cities for Gen Y people to get JOBS

Gen Y, Millennials, the Internet generation -- where are these young workers, known for their love of gadgets and dislike of 8 a.m. meetings, most likely to find the best job opportunities and salaries? 1. Seattle Median Gen Y Pay: $44,000 Annual Wage Growth: 4.4 Percent 2. Houston Median Gen Y Pay: $44,000 Annual Wage Growth: 4.3 Percent 3. Minneapolis Median Gen Y Pay: $42,800 Annual Wage Growth: 3.3 Percent 4. Washington, DC Median Gen Y Pay: $49,500 Annual Wage Growth: 3.2 Percent 5. Boston Median Gen Y Pay: $46,200 Annual Wage Growth: 3.3 Percent

Sandy Delays Thousands of Flights

NEW YORK (AP) — Hurricane Sandy grounded thousands of flights in the U.S. northeast Monday and upended travel plans across the globe, stranding passengers from Hong Kong to Europe. The massive storm threatens to bring a near halt to air travel for at least two days in a key region for both domestic and international flights. Major carriers such as American Airlines, United and Delta cancelled all flights into and out of three area airports in New York, the nation's busiest airspace. According to the flight-tracking service FlightAware, nearly 10,000 flights had been canceled for Monday and Tuesday, almost all related to the storm.

Steve Jobs Yacht Finished

Just over a year after Steve Jobs's death, shipbuilders in Aalsmeer, Holland have finally finished the yacht that the Apple visionary spent years designing -- stealthily, of course. Boy, does it look like an Apple product. Her name is Venus. Built entirely out of aluminum, the yacht was designed by Jobs personally along with some help from French designer Phillipe Stack. It's a big one, too. The ship measures between 70 and 80 meters, but because of the aluminum construction, it's lighter than your typical yacht, giving it a bit of an edge when it comes to speed. It doesn't lack amenities, either. The front of the ship is equipped with a uniquely large sun deck with a jacuzzi built in. Behind that comes an all glass cabin that's topped with a bridge equipped with seven 27-inch iMacs that handle the ship's navigation and controls. When you take a step back, squint a little and turn your head to the left, it sort of looks like an iPhone 4 with the strip of windows around the middle and the clean lines. Jobs's yacht project might seem a little out of character at first. After all, the billionaire was famously humble about many aspects of his lifestyle. He lived in a normal house on a normal suburban street in Palo Alto, California, not some massive mansion out in the mountains. He wore jeans, a black turtleneck sweater and New Balance tennis shoes, a basically thrifty choice for a man who could afford his own cashmere farm. He also drove a very nice car, but it wasn't rapper nice. That is, it wasn't a Bentley or an Aston Martin or a Maybach -- just a Mercedes. (Ok, now we're stretching the humble thing, but you get the point.) We now know that Steve Jobs was not a stranger to the finer aspects of being filthy rich, luxuries like chrome-coated yachts and custom-built private jets. But hey, the guy wanted to retire one day, and so what if he wanted to live like a king after building the world's most valuable technology company. Walter Isaacson wrote about the yacht in his biography of Steve Jobs, who had evidently been working on the project alone for six years: After our omelets at the café, we went back to his house and he showed me all of the models and architectural drawings. As expected, the planned yacht was sleek and minimalist. The teak decks were perfectly flat and unblemished by any accoutrements. As at an Apple store, the cabin windows were large panes, almost floor to ceiling, and the main living area was designed to have walls of glass that were forty feet long and ten feet high. He had gotten the chief engineer of the Apple stores to design a special glass that was able to provide structural support. By then the boat was under construction by the Dutch custom yacht builders Feadship, but Jobs was still fiddling with the design. "I know that it’s possible I will die and leave Laurene with a half-built boat," he said. "But I have to keep going on it. If I don’t, it’s an admission that I’m about to die." Sadly, Jobs did die before the yacht was finished, but the folks at Feadship finished the job. Evidently, the Jobs family recently had a little christening party with the shipbuilders, who all got an iPod Shuffle with "Venus" engraved on the back as a token of thanks. Now that we said all that stuff about Jobs and conspicuous consumption, you'd think they could have at least splurged for the iPod Touch.

Drug Sniffing Dogs at the Highest Court

(Reuters) - Two dogs, a chocolate Labrador retriever named Franky and a German shepherd named Aldo, should have their day at the U.S. Supreme Court. The court is scheduled on Wednesday to hear Florida's appeal of two decisions by that state's highest court that found the detection of drugs by trained police dogs had violated the constitutional ban on unreasonable searches and seizures under the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. These arguments involve distinctly different issues: whether a dog can sniff outside a home without a warrant, and how qualified a dog must be to do a legitimate sniff. They give the Supreme Court a chance to extend, or limit, prior decisions giving police a long leash to use dogs, including for suitcases at airports and cars stopped at checkpoints. "If the court vindicates the ability of police to use dogs without probable cause, and that a sniff outside a car justifies searching that car, it could enhance their ability to use dogs for law enforcement," said Richard Garnett, a University of Notre Dame law professor and clerk for former Chief Justice William Rehnquist. Like others in law enforcement, Florida maintains that dog "alerts" are not searches because they uncover illegal activities that deserve no privacy protection. The retired Justice David Souter mocked that idea in a dissent from a 2005 pro-sniff decision, saying it supposes that a trained canine becomes an "infallible dog" that never errs. At least 23 U.S. states joined each of Florida's appeals, calling drug-detecting dogs "essential weapons" at the forefront of efforts to stop illegal drug production and sales. The Supreme Court is often their ally in search cases, typically siding with the police. SANCTITY OF THE HOME One of Wednesday's cases, Florida v. Jardines, concerns a December 5, 2006, search outside Joelis Jardines' home near Miami. A "crime stopper" had tipped police that marijuana was growing inside. Relying on that tip, a detective, joined by Franky, approached. Trained to find the strongest odor, Franky went to the front door, sniffed the base, and sat down. That was the alert his handlers were looking for. After obtaining a search warrant, police found marijuana plants inside the home. Jardines was arrested for possessing more than 25 pounds of marijuana, and stealing the electricity to grow it. In voiding the search, Florida's highest court called Franky's sniff an "unreasonable government intrusion into the sanctity of the home." There, it said, the expectation of privacy was much greater than in a car or an airport. The court also likened Franky to the heat-sensing thermal imagers that the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 2001 decision that cut across ideological lines, said could not without a warrant be used outside a home to detect marijuana growing inside. Where the government uses a device "not in general public use" to uncover details about a home, "the surveillance is a 'search' and is presumptively unreasonable without a warrant," Justice Antonin Scalia then wrote for a 5-4 majority. "Jardines is a line-drawing case: the question is can police use the dog at the front door," said Orin Kerr, a law professor at George Washington University and former clerk to Justice Anthony Kennedy. "If a warrant were needed, police would never use the dog at a house, because then they could just go inside." TELLTALE NERVES Wednesday's other case, Florida v. Harris, involves a search not of a house, but of Clayton Harris' pickup truck. An officer pulled over Harris near Bristol, Florida, in the state's panhandle, on June 24, 2006, after seeing that the truck had an expired tag. An open beer can lay in the cup holder. Nervous, shaking and breathing rapidly, Harris would not let the officer search his truck. Out came Aldo, who was led around the truck for a "free air sniff." Near the driver's door handle, Aldo gave his alert, becoming excited and then sitting down. The officer then searched the truck's interior, and found 200 pseudoephedrine pills and 8,000 matches, which are ingredients for methamphetamine. Harris pleaded no contest, but he got a reprieve. The Florida Supreme Court said the state did not show Aldo's reliability as a drug detector with evidence of his training, certification and performance, and his handler's experience. By comparison, Franky had no such problems, according to court papers. At the time of Jardines' search, he had made 399 positive alerts. The result: seizures of roughly one ton of marijuana and 34 pounds of cocaine and heroin. "The state's 'credentials alone' canine-reliability test is based on an overgeneralized assertion - that all trained or certified drug-detection dogs are reliable in the field," a group of 34 law professors said in a brief supporting Harris. Regardless of how the court rules in both cases, police will go on using dogs for drug detection. The questions are when, and how. Decisions in both cases are expected by the end of June. The cases are Florida v. Jardines, U.S. Supreme Court, No. 11-564; and Florida v. Harris, U.S. Supreme Court, No. 11-817. (The story was refiled to make clear drug-sniffing dogs in headline) (Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Editing by Howard Goller and Tim Dobbyn)

Natina Reed, Musician & Star of Bring It On, Dead at 32

Natina Reed, member of the R&B group Blaque and star of the 2000 cheerleading flick Bring It On, has died at age 32 after being struck by a car near Atlanta, E! News has confirmed. According to a press release sent from the Gwinnett (Ga.) Police Department to E! News, police received a call of a pedestrian hit by a vehicle at about 10:30 p.m. yesterday. "The driver of the vehicle contacted 911 to request assistance," the press release states. "Natina Reed was pronounced dead at Gwinnett Medical Center at 10:59 p.m. E.S.T." "Preliminary information indicates that Reed was in the roadway on Lawrenceville Highway near Hamilton Road when struck," the release continues. Though the investigation is ongoing, the release states that the driver "was determined to be not at fault and there are no charges pending." Gary Collins, TV host and actor, dead at 74 Reed was a protege of TLC's Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, who herself died in an car accident in 2002. Reed is survived by her 10-year-old son, Tren Brown, whose father is the rapper Kurupt. Sunday would have been her 33rd birthday. Fellow Blacque members Brandi Williams and Shamari Fears-DeVoe issued a joint statment today: "We are devastated by the loss of our group member, sister and friend Natina Reed. Because of the enormous support of Blaque fans and our love for each another, Blaque officially reunited this fall and we were in the process of working on a new album and a reality show. Natina continuously embodied the pioneering spirit of Blaque and her undeniable creativity touched the hearts of fans everywhere. Natina was a mother, sister, accomplished songwriter, artist and friend. We ask for your prayers at this time for Natina's family. She will forever be missed and her global influence eternally felt. We thank God for the experiences we shared." Twitter has also been teeming with tributes to Reed. "Last night the world was changed forever, life will never be the same....she was my sister," tweeted her bandmate Williams. "#RIP #Sad #BringItOn," her Bring It On costar Gabrielle Union added. Questlove of The Roots offered, "man. in eerie Left Eye fashion....rip to Blaque's Natina Reed," also posting a link to a Blaque video.

Flight Attendant Claims Magic Johnson Fired Her For Being 7 Minutes Late

Is being seven minutes late grounds for dismissal? Apparently so, says Latina Thomas, Magic Johnson’s former personal flight attendant, who claims to have been fired last month for being a tiny bit tardy. Thomas, 45, is suing Magic Johnson Entertainment and Clay Lacy Aviation, her joint employers, in LA County Superior Court for age discrimination, wrongful termination and multiple labor code violations. Among other things, she claims the defendants failed to provide meal and rest breaks, pay her overtime, or keep accurate records of the hours she worked. She is seeking “compensatory damages” for the wages she was allegedly denied since she began working for him in 2004. According to the lawsuit, Thomas, who worked on the basketball legend’s private Gulfstream jet, earned $75,000 a year and a $25,000 bonus. A third of her time was spent catering to Johnson’s requests: stocking the plane with newspapers, DVDs and “highly specific in-flight food and beverage choices,” such as red vine liquorice, which she was required to “regularly squeeze to make sure they were soft,” the suit claims. She was the only flight attendant on duty, and since she was so busy taking care of Johnson and his guests, she was never allowed full rest breaks or meal breaks. In 2010, the suit alleges, Thomas–a former flight attendant for United–injured her wrist and took a medical leave. A “substantially younger” flight attendant took her place. When Thomas returned, Johnson became “less cordial” and “more standoffish and dismissive of her,” she alleges. On Sept. 6, after trying to waiting at a deli counter trying to get “two types of specific turkey” for Johnson’s sandwich, she arrived at the plane seven minutes late. Two weeks later, Thomas was fired for being “15 minutes late” for the September 6 flight–a pretext, she alleges, for age discrimination, noting that she was immediately replaced with the woman who had filled in for her when she was on medical leave. Thomas claims she has been “emotionally devastated” by the situation, and feels as if a “rug has been pulled out from under her,” according to the suit. Since she was “falsely terminated for her conduct” she claims she’s not able to find work again as a flight attendant, either by a private operator or an airline. Neither Thomas’s attorney, William Becker, nor reps from Johnson’s company returned phone inquiries from ABC News. A representative from Clay Lacy Aviation in Van Nuys, Calif., had no comment.

Iron Man 3 Trailer - Official Marvel | HD

Of course Robert Downey is about to make a killing with this next installment.

Hybrid of Sandy, winter storm threatens East Coast

WASHINGTON (AP) — Government forecasters say a big storm that they're calling "Frankenstorm" is likely to blast most of the U.S. East Coast next week. The storm is an unusual mix of a hurricane and a winter storm. The worst of it could be focused around New York City and New Jersey. Forecasters on Thursday said there's a 90 percent chance that the East will get steady gale-force winds, flooding, heavy rain and maybe snow starting Sunday and stretching past Wednesday. The hurricane part of the storm is likely to come ashore somewhere in New Jersey on Tuesday morning. NOAA forecaster Jim Cisco said the storm is so massive that the effects will be felt along the entire coast from Florida to Maine and inland to Ohio.

Mercedes Benz F800 Photos

Now this is a dope car from all angles

At Sizzlers

Im here about to eat me some rib tips with sauteed mushrooms and mash potatoes.

I also got the endless salad bar to go with my meal of course. My daughters got them some pizza like kids do lol. I hope these rib tips are bomb because im starving for real.

Todays History Lesson

On October 24, 1861, workers of the Western Union Telegraph Company link the eastern and western telegraph networks of the nation at Salt Lake City, Utah, completing a transcontinental line that for the first time allows instantaneous communication between Washington, D.C., and San Francisco.

Shark Attack Kills California Surfer

A California surfer was mauled and killed by a shark off the Santa Barbara coast today, officials said. The victim was 40, but not immediately identified. The shark moved in for the kill shortly before 11 a.m. PT as the victim was surfing near Surf Beach in Lompoc, Calif., according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office. That is near Vandenberg Air Force Base. A fellow surfer pulled the victim from the water, called 911 and started first aid procedures until the Vandenberg Air Force Base Fire Department arrived, police said. Air base spokeswoman Lt. Mary Vasta did not state the cause of death, saying only, "[Paramedics] started CPR and then ceased CPR, and we are not sure why they did that." But Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office spokesman Sgt. Marc Williams confirmed he had been bitten by a shark and was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics. Williams said a shark expert would try to determine what kind of shark was involved on Wednesday. The victim was not affiliated with the air force base.

Have you seen the new Waves button on the latest @Dell laptops?

The new Dell laptops have a Waves Plug Ins Button on them.

In the Lab going in

Getting some mixing done in Purple Studios on this rainy monday in northern california.

San Quinn 2012 "Realest Intro Ever"

This is by far one of Quinn hardest songs right here.

Stockton, Oakland on “Most Dangerous Cities” List

Shootings and violent attacks are frequently reported in Stockton, landing the Central California city on a “Most Dangerous Cities in America” list. Forbes.com published the results of their analysis Thursday. They looked at cities with populations above 200,000, and then the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports database from 2011. The FBI’s data does not account for differences in police reporting standards. Taking a look at the violent crime rate, which is the number of violent crimes per 100,000 residents, Detroit tops the list with a rate of 2,137 crimes. Oakland is #3 on the list, with a violent crime rate of 1,683 crimes per 100,000 residents. Stockton ranks #8, with 1,408 violent crimes per 100,000 residents.

Mass shooting reported in Wisconsin: 7 hospitalized, suspect remains at large, police say

A shooting at a spa near a mall in Brookfield, Wis., on Sunday left at least seven people hospitalized, according to local news reports, and police are searching for the suspected gunman. Police identified the suspected shooter as 45-year-old Radcliffe Haughton, of Brown Deer, Wis. Haughton is 6-foot-2-inches tall, weighs approximately 210 pounds and was last seen wearing a camouflage jacket, grey sweater, blue jeans and carrying a white and black backpack, police said. He was reportedly driving a black 2003 Mazda Protégé with license plate no. 171-KZD. The shooting occurred at the Azana Salon & Spa across the street from the Brookfield Square Mall at approximately 11:15 a.m. local time, police said. Authorities have not released a motive. But according to WISN-TV, Haughton is the estranged husband of one of the spa workers. Officials initially described a "mass casualty" situation, WISN said, though to this point no fatalities have been confirmed. A spokeswoman for Froedtert Memorial Hospital told the Associated Press that said four victims were being treated for non-life threatening injuries at the hospital, and that three more victims were expected. According to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, the mall has been placed on lockdown, as has a nearby country club. SWAT, fire and rescue officials responded to the scene, and a Flight for Life helicopter landed in the mall's parking lot. Police and tactical units were conducting a sweep of surrounding buildings, and a bomb squad was also called in. In August, Wade Michael Page, an Army veteran with white supremacist ties, opened fire at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis., killing six and injuring three others before shooting himself. And Sunday's shooting took place less than a mile from a hotel where a gunman opened fire during a Living Church of God service in 2005. Seven people were killed and four wounded in that shooting. Author: Dylan Stableford, Yahoo

Fresh 2-Pac Merch

These are some cool tees right here. http://merch.2pac.com

Idle Warship - Beautifully Bad

Directed by Talib Kweli & Bernard Gourley a deep and inspiration song.

Good night world its time i get some sleep

Im barely laying it down for the night and my body is so happy. Had to give you all a quick blog before i do and let you know today was a great day and to re-assure you im working hard.

Niche Rim Slim should be the hottest album out during tax Season

Cal State flunks 27 state lawmakers –politics over education with tax $$

If you though the Cal State system was about education, you would be wrong. It is a political operation, with lobbyist, high priced administrators and a propaganda machine a union or corporation would envy. Now, we find out it is rating the legislators. Guess what, if you are a Republican, you failed! “California State University has failed 27 members of the California Legislature for their lack of support for CSU and higher education. Every one – 21 members of the Assembly and six state senators – are Republicans and eight of those are from the Central Valley, home to five of the 23 CSU campuses.” If you want fiscal responsibility—you failed. If you wanted to end the use of campuses as a political headquarters, you failed. If you supported the right of professors NOT to be extorted by unions, you failed. This corruption and abuse of students and tax dollars must stop. Who will do that? Author: Stephen Frank

Life in North Korea Is Still Horrible

Despite Kim Jong Un's triumphant calls for prosperity and reports of progress from diplomats in Pyongyang, everyday North Koreans still say that every day is a struggle. In fact, if the vignettes offered up in a just published New York Times exposée are at all representative of the life of your average North Korean, things are downright miserable. There's a terrible food shortage -- as usual -- and electricity flickers on and off with not apparent regularity. The government offers little tolerance for criticism or alternative ways of life, like Christianity. The best any of them can hope for is to escape to China on a temporary visa and, if they're really lucky, find work in a factory there. RELATED: What Kim Jong Un's Mystery Lady Might Mean for North Korea There's some evidence that suggests North Koreans are more cognizant of their impoverished situation because they're more conscious of what's going on outside their country's borders. Just last week, Laura Ling, the former Current TV reporter who found herself imprisoned for months in North Korea, wrote a column for The Los Angeles Times about how the shiny veneer that Kim Jong Un has been showcasing to the world is flimsier than ever. "Despite the culture of fear that permeates North Korean society, food shortages and the Gulag-style prison camps that hold an estimated 150,000 to 200,000 political prisoners, there are signs that the government is losing its iron grip," she writes. "Some televisions in the border region, for example, are now able to pick up programming from neighboring China, providing some North Koreans access to news from outside the country." RELATED: The North Korean Roller Coaster Rider Mystery Is Solved If we know anything in these first six months of Kim Jong Un's rule, it's that change needs time. The country's income discrepancy is a natural part of economic development, experts say, and even though it's a bummer that the folks reading the Bible in North Korea think the government will kill them if they find out, progress takes patience. "People leapt to very sweeping conclusions about reform, but it’s not a switch that happens in a day," Daniel Pinkston, a North Korea expert with the International Crisis Group, told The Times. "On the other hand, the privileged few who have a monopoly on certain sectors are making out like bandits."

Point 5 - "Ima Boss Remix"

New video from my young homie Point 5 Directed By: Jae Synth

Flavor Flav Arrested for Assault With a Deadly Weapon

Flav was arrested around 3am and booked on two charges -- felony assault with a deadly weapon and misdemeanor domestic violence (battery). He's currently being held on $23,000 bail.

The Man With The Iron Fists - Trailer (HD)

This look like the best movie ever made to me. I can not WAIT!!!!!!!!

Miami Rapper Bizzle Shot & Killed At Car Wash In Front KIDS

The victim was identified by police as Robert Labranche, 37, of Miami. Word quickly spread on Twitter that Labranche is a local rapper known as Bizzle or Chowtime. Bizzle’s MySpace bio identifies him as Robert “Bizzle” Branche, who has uploaded several video performances on YouTube. On Tuesday morning, a handful of friends and family members gathered at the Magic City car wash where Bizzle was killed. Among them was Alex Pierre-Louis his former music manager. Pierre-Louis said Bizzle was a well-liked businessman who employed young men to work at his car wash on Northwest 54th Street and Seventh Avenue. "He didn't grow up with a lot of money. If he saw a little kid buying food at Wendy's he paid for the food. He was always looking out for people." Bizzle's younger brother was too inconsolable to speak with reporters. "My brother just died," he said. According to Miami police, officers on patrol in the area of the car wash at 770 NW 54th St. heard gunshots about 8 p.m. and began canvassing the area. They found Labranche’s body on the ground in the corner of the car wash. Labranche had two children, both younger than 10, inside an SUV he was apparently driving at the time. The children were not hurt, said Miami police spokesman Willie Moreno.

Read more: http://globalgrind.com/news/rapper-bizzle-dead-shot-killed-car-wash-miami-photos-video#ixzz29Tg8iZyJ

Shakira shows off her baby bump on stage

The pregnant singer didn't let her growing belly stop her from shaking her hips and giving the audience a fabulous performance

States Legalizing Marijuana Will Violate Federal Law

On a Monday teleconference call, former Drug Enforcement Agency administrators and directors of the Office of National Drug Control Policy voiced a strong reminder to the U.S. Department of Justice that even if voters in Colorado, Oregon and Washington pass ballot measures to legalize marijuana use for adults and tax its sale, the legalization of marijuana still violates federal law and the passage of these measures could trigger a “Constitutional showdown.” The goal of the call was clearly to put more pressure on Attorney General Eric Holder to make a public statement in opposition to these measures. With less than 30 days before Election Day, the DOJ has yet to announce its enforcement intentions regarding the ballot measures that, if passed, could end marijuana prohibition in each state. “Next month in Colorado, Oregon and Washington states, voters will vote on legalizing marijuana,” Peter Bensinger, the moderater of the call and former administrator of the DEA during President Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan administrations, began the call. “Federal law, the U.S. Constitution and Supreme Court decisions say that this cannot be done because federal law preempts state law.” Bensinger added: “And there is a bigger danger that touches every one of us — legalizing marijuana threatens public health and safety. In states that have legalized medical marijuana, drug driving arrests, accidents, and drug overdose deaths have skyrocketed. Drug treatment admissions are up and the number of teens using this gateway drug is up dramatically.” Bensinger was joined by a host of speakers including Bill Bennet and John Walters, former directors of the While House Office of National Drug Control Policy; Chief Richard Beary of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP); Dr. Robert L. DuPont, founding director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and who was also representing the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) and several others. In response to the drug warriors calling out Holder again to take a strong public stance against these marijuana legalization measures, Mason Tvert, co-director of the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, the group behind Colorado’s Amendment 64 said to The Huffington Post: We believe anything claimed by participants on the call today needs to be taken with many grains of salt. These people have made a living off marijuana prohibition and the laws that keep this relatively benign substance illegal. The nation wastes billions of taxpayer dollars annually on the failed policy of marijuana prohibition and people like Bill Bennett and John Walters are among the biggest cheerleaders for wasting billions more. The call today should be taken as seriously as an event by former coal industry CEOs opposing legislation curtailing greenhouse gas emissions. They are stuck in a certain mindset and no level of evidence demonstrating the weakness of their position will change their views. This is an election about Colorado law and whether the people of Colorado believe that we should continue wasting law enforcement resources to maintain the failed policy of marijuana prohibition. Our nation was founded upon the idea that states would be free to determine their own policies on matters not delegated to the federal government. The Controlled Substance Act itself acknowledges that Congress never intended to have the federal government fully ‘occupy the field’ of marijuana policy. We hope the Obama administration respects these state-based policy debates. If Amendment 64 is adopted by the people of Colorado, there will be sufficient time before any new businesses are established for state and federal officials to discuss the implications. Today’s call elaborated on a September letter that nine former DEA heads sent to Holder strongly urging him to oppose Amendment 64 in Colorado, Initiative 502 in Washington and Measure 80 in Oregon. “To continue to remain silent conveys to the American public and the global community a tacit acceptance of these dangerous initiatives,” the nine said in the letter to holder obtained by Reuters. A month before the 2010 election in California, Holder vowed to “vigorously enforce” federal marijuana laws and warned that the government would not look the other way and allow a state marijuana market to emerge. California’s Proposition 19 was narrowly defeated in 2010 and the pressure is on Holder again to voice opposition to these 2012 measures. When pressed by a reporter during a Q & A following the call if the group was at all surprised that Holder had not yet made a statement about the measures, former drug czar John Walters replied, “I think it’s shocking. All you have to do is say things that this administration has already said. It would help enormously and I think it would defeat these measures.” Both Colorado and Washington’s pot ballot measures are quite popular with voters, according to recent polling and have been backed by an increasingly diverse group across a range of ideological perspectives. In Colorado, if marijuana is legalized it would be taxed and regulated similar to alcohol and tobacco. It would give state and local governments the ability to control and tax the sale of small amounts of marijuana to adults age 21 and older. According to the Associated Press, analysts project that that tax revenue could generate somewhere between $5 million and $22 million a year in the state. An economist whose study was funded by a pro-pot group projects as much as a $60 million boost by 2017. Amendment 64 has received support from both Democrats and Republicans in Colorado, the NAACP, former cops and other members of the law enforcement community as well as more than 300 Colorado physicians andmore than 100 professors from around the nation. The measure appears to be popular among Colorado voters with several recent state polls showing wide support. In Washington, a 25 percent excise tax would be in place if the state passes Initiative 502, which state revenue experts say could generate as much as $1.9 billion over the next five years, The Seattle Times reported. If passed, the initiative would allow adults 21 and older to buy up limited amounts of marijuana or marijuana-infused food products and would create state-licensed growers and retailers. The Associated Press reports that if Washington’s I-502 passes: • Public use or display of marijuana would be barred. • No marijuana facilities could be located near schools, day cares, parks or libraries. • Employers would still be able to fire workers who test positive for pot. • It would remain illegal to privately grow marijuana for recreational use, though medical patients could still grow their own or designate someone to grow it for them. • It would be illegal to drive with more than 5 nanograms of THC, the active ingredient of cannabis, per milliliter of blood, if the driver is over 21; for those under 21, there would be a zero tolerance policy. This is the second time that Colorado voters will decide on pot legislation — state voters considered and rejected a similar recreational pot legalization initiative in 2006. Source: Huffington Post (NY) Author: Matt Ferner Published: October 15, 2012 Copyright: 2012 HuffingtonPost.com, LLC Contact: scoop@huffingtonpost.com Website: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: 'There Is Hope After A Breast Cancer Diagnosis'

Eloise Caggiano - Breast Cancer Survivor of 7 years Nobody wants to have breast cancer. It's terrible. One day you feel great, and the next day you're suddenly being asked to make all of these life-changing decisions that you know will make you feel physically terrible! No one wants to have five surgeries. No one wants to have months of chemotherapy. But you go ahead and you make these decisions that will change the way your body looks forever and will make your hair fall out, because you have to. Because even though you don't want to do any of these awful things, you WANT to live and be healthy and happy and beat the crap out of cancer. You have to fight. I was a 33-year-old woman living in New York City with great friends and an active social life, a successful career in public relations, two marathons under my belt and a gym membership card tattered from over-use. All was well in my world. Then I received my breast cancer diagnosis and everything changed. My life was consumed with fighting breast cancer. And I was worried that I didn't personally have what it would take to pull this off. I remember thinking "Oh man, I really hope I can do this." I guess you never truly know what you are capable of until you are faced with a challenge like this. I got through my breast cancer battle and if I may say so, I did it fairly well. It wasn't easy -- there were very tough moments, both emotionally and physically -- but thankfully my surgeries and treatments all went as smoothly as they could and I was surrounded by the love of my family and friends. You learn so much about yourself and what you are capable of. The amazing support and encouragement I got from others was so important, but physically I was the one going through it all. So when I came out on the other side as a survivor, I was pretty darn impressed that I was able to do it. When I was diagnosed and going through treatments, I could have easily wallowed in my misery, complained, and stayed home feeling sorry for myself. Instead, I chose to get up every day like a "normal" person, get dressed, pop on my wig, and go to work. It wasn't always easy, and I had to adjust my workload because I didn't always feel well and was pretty tired, but I knew if I went to work it would make the day go faster, I'd feel more productive and chances were, at some point during the day someone would make me laugh. None of that would happen if I stayed home on my couch by myself. It was important to me to keep as many things as "normal" as possible -- I wanted to feel like I still had some normalcy in my life, like going to work, going to the gym, spending time with friends. Now, I'm a seven-year survivor and for the past four-and-a-half years I've been able to take the personal trauma of battling breast cancer and put it to good use daily and show others that there is hope after a breast cancer diagnosis. As the program director for the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer, I am so proud that the money raised at our events -- more than $470 million in the past 10 years -- helps people get the breast cancer screening and treatment they need, regardless of their ability to pay for it. I was so fortunate to have good health insurance and access to great doctors, but not everyone is so lucky. To know that the work we do every day could ultimately help turn someone's diagnosis into a story of survival is so rewarding. And to know that we are funding research into new treatments, prevention, and ultimately a cure is incredible. When I think back to the fear and uncertainty I felt after being diagnosed, I also think about all that I've learned from this experience. I've learned how something good can come out of something bad. It strengthened my relationships with my family and friends. I changed my career. (And I ran one more marathon!) At our Avon Walks, I see sisters walking together in celebration of their mom's survivorship, I see mothers and daughters walking together, I see men walking for their wives -- families and friends all come together to celebrate, support and honor those they love. I'd like to think that every time someone is diagnosed with breast cancer, it raises the awareness for those around them, causing those people to become a little more educated and a little more vigilant about their own health. Something good out of something bad. If you would like to learn more about the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer please visit www.avonwalk.org. And if any of you Huffington Post readers would like to register for one of our 2013 events, please use the promo code "Walk2," to get $10 off your registration fee! And don't forget 50% of all sales from my pink tees will go to that charity.

Destruction of the WORLD TRADE CENTER decoded in order of U.S. currency

Now this new found info got me boggled.

Michael Jackson Motown Identification Card

I do not know if this is real or fake but it definitely is mike in the pic.

Tupac Amaru Shakur Artwork

Artwork by: Aleksandar Poppino Popovic

Fresh Prince of Bel Air's Alfonso Ribiero Weds Angela Unkrich

This is the 41 year olds 2nd marriage, while this is the 1st for the 31 year old Unkrich. She tweeted the next morning "1st morning waking up as Mrs. Ribeiro = AMAZING!!! So happy and blessed!"

Football Sunday

Well i'm in the studio early this morning mixing songs down and trying to finish ones that need to be finished. I hope my team wins today we play the falcons, and if you did not know i am a Raiders fan by default. I know i know, we doing bad again this year but i still love our nation. The 49ers are doing so good right now they like the top team in the NFL. I never got into the fantasy teams but i know this week is going to be crazy for you guys that play that. On the album note it's finished as in the songs i want on there i believe now i juts need to get all my features in order that i want on it. I'm trying to focus more on me and my talents so you might not see as many features as my past albums. I thought i should give you guys more of me with this one so that is what i had in mind. The kick off is about to get under way so i'm about to leave you all to your sunday of pigskin. Good luck to you and your team unless you are a falcon fan then my friend today we are no longer associates we are enemies!

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Kafani - Knock'em Down (feat. Gucci Mane & Bobby Valentino) (Music Video Trailer)

I give the boy Kafani that all day he do come with a hit single every time. He teams up with Gucci Mane once again for there 2nd club banger.

Ghanaian king's bag swiped from Oslo hotel

Rather than getting treated like royalty, an African king got a rude introduction to Norway when thieves made off with his luggage -- with his precious, valuable jewelry tucked inside. The whereabouts of King Otumfuo Osei Tutu II's valuables inside the bag swiped Wednesday from the lobby of the Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel in Oslo remain unknown. Police used surveillance video to identify a man and woman suspected in the theft and are asking for citizens' help in identifying them, acting Oslo Assistant Chief of Police Hege Naustad told CNN on Saturday. While Ghana is a constitutional democracy led by a president since the mid-20th century, it has a rich history beyond that -- including groups that date back centuries, including the Asantes, who are centered inland in the West African nation. The current leader of the traditional Asante kingdom, the 62-year-old King Osei Tutu, remains a prominent figure in Ghana. Based at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi, he frequently weighs in on issues -- from expressing condolences over the death this summer of Ghanaian President John Evans Atta Mills to promoting development and unity among Asanteman chiefs. As recently as Friday, he asked all politicians "to refrain from personal attacks and insinuations" ahead of December elections, according to his website. The king had gone to Oslo to promote his people by taking part in a conference run by the Norwegian African Business Association, according to Naustad. The British-educated monarch landed at the airport in the Scandinavian city Wednesday, and subsequently made his way to the hotel in the city center. It was there in the hotel lobby that one of the king's bags was stolen, the assistant police chief said. The royal jewelry inside the stolen luggage is "of great value," he added. The theft was immediately reported to authorities, with the hotel's surveillance tape soon becoming a key piece of evidence. The video shows a backpack-toting male suspect entering through a revolving door wearing a cap, sunglasses and light pants. The other person pictured is a woman in a head scarf and glasses, wearing light pants, a dark jacket and a dark shirt underneath.

Flying Without a Photo ID

Not only are extra fees for checked bags annoying, but they nearly caused me to miss a flight. Last Friday, while my family gulped down breakfast before leaving for a weekend trip, I dealt with a last-minute, work-related technology snafu and went through a mental travel check list. Cancel delivery of the newspapers? Yes. Stop mail? Yes. All that was left was to check in online and print out the boarding passes. I grabbed my wallet to pay the $50 in advance for two checked bags to save time at the airport. We then piled into the minivan, dropped our dog off at the kennel and headed to the airport, congratulating ourselves that, for once, we were on schedule. Our self-satisfaction -- or at least, mine -- evaporated, though, when we arrived at the airport, I opened my purse and discovered that my wallet was missing. I quickly realized that after using my credit card to pay for the checked bags, I had left my wallet on my desk. At home. With my driver's license (photo identification) in it. There wasn't time to go home and get my wallet. I would have missed the flight. And my family didn't want to go ahead without me. So we approached an agent at the security checkpoint, handed him our boarding passes and explained the situation. He wasn't amused. (Are security agents, ever?) But, after asking my husband and children to step aside, he summoned a colleague -- some sort of "no photo identification" specialist -- to deal with me. According to the Transportation Security Administration's Web site, a federal- or state-issued photo identification is required to fly. But, the site adds: "We understand passengers occasionally arrive at the airport without an ID due to lost items or inadvertently leaving them at home. Not having an ID does not necessarily mean a passenger won't be allowed to fly. If passengers are willing to provide additional information, we have other means of substantiating someone's identity, like using publicly available databases." The special T.S.A. agent had me sign a form, allowing the agency to verify my identity. He asked me if I had any other form of identification (I didn't), or if my husband had anything in his wallet that had my name on it. (Again, no.) I did have a checkbook, bearing checks that had both my name and my husband's, so I handed that over for him to examine. Then, he called someone else on his phone, and asked me some questions -- things like my previous addresses and my date of birth. It reminded me of the online verification process you go through when opening a bank account or obtaining your credit report. Apparently I answered satisfactorily, because the agent was finally given a number that he jotted on my boarding pass, before waving me on to be screened. The process took about 15 to 20 minutes. I asked if I could have some sort of documentation of the screening process for my return flight, but he shook his head. "Make sure you get to the airport early," he advised, in case the screening process took longer on the trip home. (It didn't. The process was much the same, although I was asked slightly different versions of the screening questions, and had my hands swabbed before being sent on my way.) We made our outgoing flight with a few minutes to spare, but the whole process was very stressful. I know that it's ultimately my fault that I left my wallet behind in the rush to get out of the house. But I can't help but blame the airline's extra baggage fees. If I hadn't had to grab my credit card from wallet to pay for them, my wallet wouldn't have been out of my purse in the first place. Have you ever flown without your photo identification? What happened? Author: Ann Carrns

FBI in Philly reports theft of new $100 notes

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The FBI is reporting an unusual heist of some newly designed $100 bills that aren't going into circulation until next year. Agent Frank Burton Jr. says the cash was stolen from a plane that arrived at Philadelphia International Airport around 10:25 a.m. Thursday from Dallas. Investigators said these Benjamins are easy to spot. The new bills have sophisticated elements to thwart counterfeiters, like a disappearing Liberty Bell in an orange inkwell and a bright blue security ribbon. The FBI said a "large amount" of bills were stolen, but agents aren't giving specifics. The theft was reported by a courier service transporting the C-notes when the shipment arrived Thursday afternoon at the Federal Reserve Building in East Rutherford, N.J. Officials then discovered some of the money was missing.

10 Most famous Rap songs

You’ve probably heard all of the 10 most famous rap songs. They're practically unescapable. Well-crafted and unforgettable, these rap songs are enduring standouts in a genre clogged with noteworthy tunes. “Rapper’s Delight” - Sugarhill Gang Widely considered to be the rap song that brought the genre into the mainstream, “Rapper’s Delight” is nothing if not famous. Released as a single in 1979, this rap song is one of the most influential of all time. “Fight The Power” - Public Enemy First appearing on the soundtrack to Spike Lee’s controversial 1989 film “Do The Right Thing,” this famous rap song brought Public Enemy’s staunch political views to the masses. Pairing Chuck D’s powerful rhymes with Flava Flav’s unconventional back-ups, this rap song immediately made its mark. “Ice, Ice Baby” - Vanilla Ice We never said that the ten most famous rap songs had to be good, did we? All the same, Vanilla Ice does deserve some credit for this 1990 song from the album “To The Extreme.” Taking a riff from Queen and turning it into an irresistible rap song, he redefined success for hip-hop artists everywhere. “Parents Just Don’t Understand” - D.J. Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince Docile and safe, D.J. Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince’s 1989 album “He’s the DJ, I’m the Rapper” was packed with songs that parents didn’t object to. That in itself makes this mega-successful rap song’s appeal even more ironic. “Straight Outta Compton” - N.W.A. This rap song is actually more infamous than famous, because N.W.A. never did anything considered to be socially acceptable. Released in 1988 on the album of the same name, this was the gritty and foul-mouthed rap song that brought gangsta rap to life. “The Message” - Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five As one of the most quoted entries on the list of the ten most famous rap songs, this 1982 single sparked the minds of thousands of future rappers. The line “Don’t push me ‘cause I’m close to the edge” is one of the most famous in rap culture. “Nothin’ But A ‘G’ Thang” - Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg With his 1992 album “The Chronic,” Dr. Dre brought a young pup named Snoop Doggy Dogg to the masses. Featuring smooth vocals and a back-and-forth style since unmatched, the pair created one of the most well-crafted and famous rap songs. “Fight For Your Right” - Beastie Boys Long before becoming socially conscious in their rap songs, Beastie Boys were just a trio of dudes who liked having a good time. Their breakthrough 1988 album “Licensed To Ill” contained this famous rap song, which became a party anthem for the ages. “Walk This Way” Run DMC and Aerosmith Rock and rap songs collided for the first time on 1986’s “Raising Hell,” and the result was nothing short of legendary. Using a guitar riff and vocal from Aerosmith’s version of the song, Run DMC paved the way for a generation of artists who would never mesh the two styles quite as well. “Baby Got Back” - Sir Mix-A-Lot You wouldn’t think that a rap song containing the line “My anaconda don’t want none unless you got buns, hon” would ever become famous, but this one did. Featured on the 1992 album “Mack Daddy,” this rap song was a tongue-in-cheek ode that made good, even earning a Grammy. Author: Andrew Jett

Nelly Speaks On Tour Bus Arrest

Nelly tells TMZ, “It is my understanding a member of my staff made an unfortunate decision to bring unlawful materials onto our tour bus that resulted in his arrest this morning." As TMZ first reported, police in Sierra Blanca, Texas say they found 36 baggies of heroin, more than 10 pounds of weed, and a loaded .45 caliber pistol. We're told a passenger on the bus, Brian Keith Jones, was arrested after admitting the drugs and the weapon were his. Nelly adds, "Neither I nor anyone else on the tour bus was aware of his decision to bring these on board. Law enforcement officials did not press charges against anyone other than that individual.” Law enforcement sources tell TMZ field tests of the drugs in the baggies confirmed it was heroin -- but sources close to Nelly claim it was Molly ... aka pure ecstasy.

Sitting down for hours a day may be Killing you!

A recent study found that people who sat for 11 or more hours per day were 40% more likely to die early than those who sat 4 or fewer hours per day. Even those who sat for between 8 and 11 hours per day had a 15% higher risk of premature death.

Rihanna Unveils New Album "Unapologetic" Cover Art

Seven albums in 7 years; no one can do it quite like Rihanna. The Bajan beauty took to Twitter in the wee hours of the night to announce she'd be leaking her new album title and cover art ahead of schedule, and she delivered as promised. RiRi's seventh studio album seems to be titled Unapologetic, and will drop this November 19.

This Drawing is Creative and Eye Catching

You gotta love the vision that came into this drawing.

This what a real Boss look like in a True sense

None of these rappers is my role model, Barrack Obama is people!

Mac Mall - Izm

The cutty is back with a dope video and song from out the country club crest.

Reggie Bush's soon to be Baby Mama

The 25 year olds name is Lilit Avagyan and she is a Armenian dancer who speaks 3 different languages.

Erk Tha Jerk - Suicide

FLOTUS Celebrates 20th Year Anniversary Dinner With Mr.President

Michelle knows how to keep her man happy. Obviously since they are going to decades strong. They wined and dined at the fabulous Bourbon Steak at The Four Seasons Hotel in Washington, D.C. Michelle gives insight to how she keeps their love strong on ABC’s Nightline where she states that she doesn’t nag him about his decision and rarely visits the West Wing.

Body of slain Mexico top drug lord stolen: prosecutor

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - An armed group stole the body of the slain leader of Mexico's brutal Zetas drug cartel from a funeral home in northern Mexico, just hours after he was killed in a gun battle with Marines, a state prosecutor said on Tuesday. Mexican Marines say initial forensic tests including finger prints confirmed they had killed Zetas boss Heriberto Lazcano, one of Mexico's most wanted men. Lazcano, alias "The Executioner," is the most powerful drug kingpin to fall in President Felipe Calderon's military offensive against the gangs. He was killed along with another suspected Zeta member in Sunday's clash. The Zetas, considered one of the two most powerful drug gangs in Mexico, have perpetrated some of the most violent acts in the country's drug war that has killed about 60,000 people during Calderon's term.

Man dies after live roach-eating contest in Fla.

MIAMI (AP) — The winner of a roach-eating contest in South Florida died shortly after downing dozens of the live bugs as well as worms, authorities said Monday. About 30 contestants ate the insects during Friday night's contest at Ben Siegel Reptile Store in Deerfield Beach about 40 miles north of Miami. The grand prize was a python. Edward Archbold, 32, of West Palm Beach became ill shortly after the contest ended and collapsed in front of the store, according to a Broward Sheriff's Office statement released Monday. He was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. Authorities were waiting for results of an autopsy to determine a cause of death. The medical examiner's office said Tuesday it has sent samples of Archbold's remains for testing, but results are not expected for another week or two. "Unless the roaches were contaminated with some bacteria or other pathogens, I don't think that cockroaches would be unsafe to eat," said Michael Adams, professor of entomology at the University of California at Riverside, who added that he has never heard of someone dying after consuming roaches. "Some people do have allergies to roaches," he said, "but there are no toxins in roaches or related insects." None of the other contestants became ill, the sheriff's office said. There was no updated phone number listed for Archbold in West Palm Beach. "We feel terribly awful," said store owner Ben Siegel, who added that Archbold did not appear to be sick before the contest. "He looked like he just wanted to show off and was very nice," Siegel said, adding that Archbold was "the life of the party." Siegel said Archbold was selling the exotic prize to a friend who took him to the contest. The grand prize has been put aside in Archbold's name and will be given to his estate, Siegel told the AP. A statement from Siegel's attorney said all the participants signed waivers "accepting responsibility for their participation in this unique and unorthodox contest." The bugs consumed were from an inventory of insects "that are safely and domestically raised in a controlled environment as food for reptiles."

Taliban shoot 14-year-old Pakistani peace campaigner

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Taliban gunmen in Pakistan shot and seriously wounded on Tuesday a 14-year-old schoolgirl who rose to fame for speaking out against the militants, authorities said. Malala Yousufzai was shot in the head and neck when gunmen fired on her school bus in the Swat valley, northwest of the capital, Islamabad. Two other girls were also wounded, police said. Yousufzai became famous for speaking out against the Pakistani Taliban at a time when even the government seemed to be appeasing the hardline Islamists. The government agreed to a ceasefire with the Taliban in Swat in early 2009, effectively recognizing insurgent control of the valley whose lakes and mountains had long been a tourist attraction. The Taliban set up courts, executed residents and closed girls' schools, including the one that Yousufzai attended. A documentary team filmed her weeping as she explained her ambition to be a doctor. "My friend came to me and said, 'for God's sake, answer me honestly, is our school going to be attacked by the Taliban?'," Yousufzai, then 11, wrote in a blog published by the BBC. "During the morning assembly we were told not to wear colorful clothes as the Taliban would object." The army launched an offensive and retook control of Swat later that year, and Yousufzai later received the country's highest civilian award. She was also nominated for international awards for child activists. Since then, she has received numerous threats. On Tuesday, gunmen arrived at her school and asked for her by name, witnesses told police. Yousufzai was shot when she came out of class and went to a bus. Taliban spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan said his group was behind the shooting. "She was pro-West, she was speaking against Taliban and she was calling President Obama her ideal leader," Ehsan said by telephone from an undisclosed location. "She was young but she was promoting Western culture in Pashtun areas," he said, referring the main ethnic group in northwest Pakistan and southern and eastern Afghanistan. Most members of the Taliban come from conservative Pashtun tribes. Doctors were struggling to save Yousufzai, said Lal Noor, a doctor at the Saidu Sharif Teaching Hospital in the Swat valley's main town of Mingora. (Fixes translation in paragraph 11 to "ideal leader") (Writing by Katharine Houreld; Editing by Robert Birsel)

Gun fired at school; no one injured

STOCKTON – No one was injured this morning when a gun brought into a Van Buren Elementary seventh-grade classroom by an 11-year-old boy accidentally was fired into the floor by a 12-year-old male classmate, Stockton Unified Police Chief Jim West said. Both boys, whose names were not released because of their ages, were arrested and booked into Juvenile Hall, West said. Bringing a weapon onto a school campus and discharging a firearm at a school both are felonies. Five Stockton Unified officers, including West, rushed to the south Stockton campus after receiving a report of the shooting from the school. The classroom teacher, who declined to be interviewed, was able to quickly take the gun from the boy who shot it, Principal Ione Ringen said. Van Buren was locked down for about two hours following the 9 a.m. shooting, West said. Officers were questioning the students and the teacher who witnessed the incident. Van Buren, at 1628 East 10th Street, has scheduled a community meeting for 5:30 p.m. Tuesday to discuss today’s incident.

The craziest stadium design i ever seen

Lebanon and abu dhabi-based practice MZ Architects were approached to design ‘the rock stadium’, a sports facility at the heart of al ain in the UAE. the designers worked with the site in order to achieve a visionary design that merges architecture and landscape, blurring the boundaries of the built and the natural to create a space that allows the visitor to interact with the desert alongside athletic activities. Sunken into the cooler depth of the desert sand, the exterior presents itself to the visitor as a series of sharply inclined planes emerging from the ground. In addition to the volcanic mountain backdrop in front of which they lay, define the space of the seating and its related activities, allowing for the conglomeration of a large number of visitors amidst a vast landscape.