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Tuesday, April 11, 2006
Rapper Proof, born Deshaun Holton, was shot and killed on April 11, 2006, at approximately 4:30 a.m. EDT (0830 UTC) at the Triple C Club on 8 Mile Road in Detroit.
Proof was known for his work together with his good friend Eminem and his group D12.
Another man was shot shortly afterward, and was taken to St. John Hospital.
On April 12, 2006, Mario Etheridge, 28, of Detroit turned himself in to the police, having been named by several witnesses. Mario was allegedly a bouncer at the club. “Police said he is a cousin of Keith Bender Jr., the bouncer who was allegedly shot by Proof during the fight.” The fight that started inside the club was reported to be over a pool game. The argument was taken outside where, “A shot was fired in the air, Proof allegedly pistol-whipped Bender, knocked him to the ground and then shot him. Etheridge then allegedly opened fire on the rapper, striking him four times in the head and chest. One week later, Keith Bender Jr. died of his injuries on April 18, 2006.
Official Police reports are yet to determine the series of events which left Proof and Keith Bender, 35, deceased. Bender died 8 days later on April 18, 2006. Following Proof’s death, rapper Snoop Dogg called on fellow musicians to unite, describing the incident as “a loss to the hip-hop community”.
The tributes were led by fellow rapper The Game who was first to comment on the tragedy. The Game remembers how he and Proof became ‘real cool and real homies’ and that ‘Proof will always be remembered and I as well as the Black Wall Street family will keep his memory & his family in our prayers 1’. The second to comment on Proof was long time friend Royce da 5’9″ who was deeply saddened by the death of his good friend. Royce had been a friend of Proof for over 9 years and the two had recently reconciled. Royce echoed the music community, saying ‘He is such loss for the hip hop community…I hope that he will be remembered for the talented artist and great person that he was, and not the tragedy that he fell victim to’.
Eminem was the third to discuss Proof’s death days after his passing, clearly affected by the tragedy. Eminem described Proof as “funny, smart and charming” and said that he would be sorely missed and described him as “the heart and ambassador of Detroit hip-hop”. Eminem said that Proof was, and always will be, his best friend.
Tributes poured out of the UK with Vm2k6 leading the remembrance. Proof’s demise which was mainly overlooked by the UK media was documented and reflected by VM2k6 in which he calls Proof ‘fresh, talented and meaningful, a rarity in Hip Hop today’. He continues saying that Proof had ‘the greatest ability to transfer his experiences and most of all feelings into words’ and finished with the heartfelt line- ‘I guess its only in Death you really begin to shine’.
Several fan videos were released in tribute to Proof, including the hit “Good Die Young” music video which used D12’s 2004 single, which is currently one of the highest discussed and viewed videos on YouTube.com. Many other “slide show” flicks were created, which are appearing all over the internet. The “Good Die Young” clip was produced by RYKE Video Productions.
Proof stated how he wanted to be remembered in an interview with Sohh.com shortly after his album release; ‘I want people to say that I was a true artist’, ‘ That I did it best and stayed true to Hip Hop roots’ and ‘I’d want people to understand I did it for the love not for the charts.’
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Yesterday afternoon, the Supreme Court of India asked Karnataka to release 12000 cusecs (cubic feet per second) of water from the Kaveri river till September 20 to Tamil Nadu after Karnataka pleaded not to release water. A week ago, the Supreme Court ordered Karnataka to release 15000 cusecs of water for ten days. Various cities in both states faced violent attacks.
At least five tourist vehicles with Karnataka registration plate were vandalised in Tamil Nadu. In Bangalore, protestors burned Tamil Nadu vehicles. A Tamil Nadu truck was stoned in Chamarajanagar. Pro-Karnataka activists attacked shops and Tamil people in Pandavapura. Police personnel were reinforced at the Tamil Nadu-Karnataka border and it was later sealed.
In Tamil Nadu, people vandalised a hotel whose owner was of Kannada origin. They left a note in Tamil, warning Kannada people not to harm Tamilians. Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah wrote a letter to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha asking for the safety of Kannada people in Tamil Nadu.
Metro Service in Bengaluru were halted for 20 minutes in the afternoon. Police used lathi-charges to disperse crowds. One person was killed when police used gunfire while confronting vandals under section 144. Considering the security issues, private colleges and schools sent students home.
Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara said 200 protestors were taken into custody. He also asked the protestors not to vandalise, saying, “Our appeal is if you are protesting, please protest peacefully. We know that injustice has been done to Karnataka. We have deployed sufficient amount of police force. We have got support from Centre”.
Mysore city didn’t face section 144, but considering the ongoings in Bengaluru, students of the National Institute of Engineering were asked to go home at 4:30 PM. They were also advised not to go in groups, as a precaution against the section 144 clause which prohibits large gatherings.
Bangalore City Police confirmed on Twitter that Section 144 was imposed which would last till September 14. The imposition took place at 5 PM IST.Farmers in Bangalore, Mandya, Mysore and Hassan blocked the roads while protesting the decision.
Kaveri begins in Karnataka, but a major part of the river is in Tamil Nadu.Karnataka has limited water supply for farmers and asked the Supreme Court for releasing only 1000 cusecs of water.
The Supreme Court has announced their next date of hearing on September 20.
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
Zach Scruggs, a lawyer for United States Senator Trent Lott, says that State Farm Insurance Company is destroying records related to claims for damage from Hurricane Katrina.
The records allegedly contain information saying that State Farm fraudulently denied insurance claims made by its policy holders, including Lott, that had homes there were damaged or destroyed when Hurricane Katrina came ashore on the Gulf Coast.
Scruggs said that Lott has “good faith belief” that many employees of the insurance company in Biloxi, Mississippi are destroying engineer’s reports that were inconclusive as to whether or not water or wind was the main cause of damage to the buildings affected by the hurricane.
Lott is among thousands of home and/or business owners who had their property damaged or destroyed during the hurricane and had their claims denied because State Farm claimed that their policies don’t cover damage caused by floods or water that was driven by the wind.
State Farm has not issued a statement on the matter so far.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
A trustee of the estate of the late author Adrian Jacobs filed a lawsuit against the US publisher of the Harry Potter series, Scholastic Inc, on Tuesday. He claimed that J. K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter series, had copied scenes from Jacob’s novel, The Adventures of Willy the Wizard, to the fourth novel of the series, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. The suit followed a similar case last year, in which the trustee sued the UK publisher of the series, Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Both of these cases are currently pending.
The complaint stated that in both books, the protagonists “are required to deduce the exact nature of the central task in the competition”, and had done so in a bathroom. Both books also involved “rescuing hostages imprisoned by a community of half-human, half-animal creatures.” The suit also claimed that Christopher Little, a literary agent of Rowling, was originally the literary agent of Jacobs. The claim was denied by Scholastic.
Scholastic called the claim “completely without merit”. They pointed out that Rowling had said in February that she had never read Jacobs’ book. The trustee said that the US was the world’s largest foreign market, so they brought their first overseas action there. He demanded that all copies of the Harry Potter novel be destroyed, and all the profit made by the book given to him.
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10 Ways To Sell Your Stuff
As much as we may dislike it at some point in time, we all find ourselves in one of these situations… we’ve been collecting for years and now want to sell that collection; we’ve inherited an estate we would like to convert to cash; or we’ve cleaned out the attic, the basement, the storage building and have boxes of stuff we’d like to sell. If you fit into one of these circumstances, you’re probably looking for a good way to get rid of all those things.
While it would be easy to just give unwanted items away, most of us would prefer to get a monetary return on these items, especially if trying to recoup monies spent on the original purchase.
While there are several ways to get rid of stuff – all resulting in monetary reward – not all are equal in effort or monies received. The top ten (10) ways to dispose of stuff are itemized below.
1. Garage Sale – the easiest way since you can hold the garage sale at the location of your choosing. You also have control of date(s), can set and negotiate selling prices and control hours of operation. You should be aware of possible permit requirements, have help in running the sale and know the value of items you’ll be selling.
2. Individual Estate Sale – by having the estate sale yourself there are no fees involved and you can charge more for items since everyone expects to pay more at an estate sale vs. garage sale. Having your own estate sale also allows you to choose the location of the sale, and set days and hours. You can sort and review items as you tag them for possible unknown value as well as keep items of significant sentimental or monetary value.
3. Professional Estate Sale – you hire a business to oversee the entire estate sale. In this case, they take care of any permits, pricing, tax consequences, and advertising. Before committing to any contract, you should ask for references, have a clear understanding of their services, know how much they charge for their services, agree on when and how you will be paid after the sale, and have an understanding as to who will clean-up after the sale.
4. Flea Market/Trade Day – this is a great way to sell stuff because there is already established traffic. You would need to select from available dates and have everything pre-tagged. Knowing the value you want for your items is primary because most people that go to Flea Markets and Trade Days expect to haggle over prices so you may want to build in a’haggle factor’.
5. Consignment Shop – this works best for a either one item or a small number of items. Consigning is easy in that you just drop off the item, they sell it for you and you pick up your payment. Before leaving anything at a consignment shop, you should read and understand the contract with particular regards to the percentage they charge and when unsold items are to be picked up so you don’t forfeit them.
6. Classified Ads – running an ad in the local paper can work if you don’t have any concerns with people coming to your home or calling you.
7. Direct Sale (To Dealer) – selling your stuff directly to a dealer can be an excellent way to unload if you don’t expect to get top price. In most cases a dealer will only pay a percentage of the book value for any item. You should have both a maximum and minimum price in mind before approaching any dealer. Most dealers will not make offers but if they do, you should know if it falls within your expected price range.
8. Direct Sale (To Public) – this entrails selling directly to someone that you may know personally or someone that has been referred to you by a relative or friend. You have a better chance of selling the item if they are already an interested buyer. However, making this type of contact may be difficult if you don’t have a good network of friends and relatives.
9. Auction – an auction can either be onsite or at the auctioneer’s auction house. If you have a lot of stuff and you’re just looking to get rid of your stuff, an auction can be a good thing. They do all the set-up, handling of transactions, sales taxes and then give you a check. Before signing a contract, get references, understand what percentage the auctioneer will receive, ask about any additional fees for advertising, handling or moving of items, etc., and get details on how the auction will be run, i.e., will there be minimum bids? will there be reserves placed on items? You should also find out what happens to items that may not be sold.
10. Online Selling – this can be selling items on your own website or blog, selling through one of the established classified web sites or on one of the online auction sites. Selling online gives you continuous exposure and the advantage of setting your own price. Each one of these online venues has it’s own nuances and should be investigated before using.
Regardless of which method you use to sell your stuff, know the value(s) before you begin. Doing so will mean you get the most dollars possible for your stuff.
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Friday, April 23, 2010
Minas, one of the largest states of Brazil, has stopped the sale of the Toyota Corolla over safety concerns.
The move was made after nine Corolla customers reported that their cars automatically accelerated. The state public prosecutor’s office said in an online statement on Tuesday that the problem is blamed on accelerator pedals sticking underneath floor mats. Local government said the issue was “putting in danger the lives of occupants”.
According to the prosecutor’s office, sales of Corollas may resume when Toyota alters the floormats in its current models. Toyota has recalled over eight million vehicles worldwide due to acceleration problems.
Wednesday, July 6, 2005
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The European Parliament has rejected the directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions (software patent directive) sustained by lobbies of large software publicists such as the corporations Microsoft, Siemens, Nokia and Alcatel, grouped under the title of the European Information & Communications Technology Industry Association (EICTA, [1]). The directive involved the granting of software patents.
648 MEPs out of 680 rejected the text, 18 voted for and 14 abstained.
A rejection vote became the expected outcome when the European People’s Party, initially in favour of the directive, decided to reject it.
The European Greens, Socialist Group and European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party also voted for rejection of the directive for heterogeneous reason. Michel Rocard, author of a number of amendments to the original directive, said that the majority of the modifications were unlikely to be supported by the Commission and Council, with whom the Parliament would have had to enter a Conciliation procedure if it had voted for maintaining the directive in moditifed form. “Better have no text at all than a bad one”, he added.
Before the vote, Rocard pointed at the irritation of the Parliament towards the Commission: “There is collective anger throughout the Parliament because of the way the directive was handled by the Commission and the Council”.
During the debate on Tuesday, Commissioner Joaquín Almunia told MEPs: “Should you decide to reject the common position, the Commission will not submit a new proposal.”.
The rejection was welcomed by small and medium software companies, as well as by Free Software supporters. The Directive had been subject to an intense campaigning, within the Parliament, in the news media and on the Internet. The supporters of the Council position appear to have spent several ten millions, hiring prestigious PR agencies with at least 30-40 lobbyists who roamed the halls of the Parliament every day for 3 months, and many full-page advertisements in EU newspapers such as European Voice, EU Reporter etc. The opponents of software patentability (that is supporters of the position taken by the European Parliament in its 1st reading of 24 September 2003), coordinated under the roof of the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII), also had several lobbyists stationed in Brussels, conducted several conferences and demonstrations and published some newspaper advertisements, with a total budget of nearly 100,000 eur apart from countless unpaid working hours of a dedicated supporter base, consisting mainly of programmers and software entrepreneurs.
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By Jesse Akre
Your house, as much as you like the way it is decorated, you still feel like it is still a bit on the boring side. Did you know that there is a pretty easy way to spruce up the look of it? Thats right there is and that is by purchasing some beautiful glass doorknobs. In no time, your home will be looking better than ever.
Okay, so you might be wondering, glass doorknobs, what is so special about them? The fact is, they actually have one pretty amazing appearance that is the result of the ways they can be shaped, the colors infused into them, and the many, many materials that they can be mounted on.
For example, you can get one that is in a rosette shape and actually has a pink color infused right into it, creating a breathtaking side that is only made more beautiful by its polished brass base. Or, you can get another one that is smooth and round in shape, featuring a bold blue color. There are even ones that are mushroom shaped and some that are oval while other color choices include lavender, auburn, yellow, and even crystal clear.
If youre not quite into glass doorknobs, dont fuss since there are actually a lot of other ones to choose from made from other materials as well. Like, you can get ones that are made completely out of metal that feature different finishes, ones made from a combination of metal and porcelain with a porcelain ball handle mounted on a metal base, and you can even get ones that are made out of wood or plastic.
The main thing that you want to really remember when purchasing glass doorknobs, and any of the others for that matter, is to makes sure you get the right one for the job. Seriously, there are different ones that serve different functions. For instance, the one you put on your front door is not the same one that will go on your bathroom door. For the front door, you would want to go with an entrance one that has a keyed locking cylinder while the one for your bathroom would be a privacy version that still locks but has no cylinder. There are also passage way versions that do not lock at all and ones that have the look of the fixture, but do not twist.
A convenient option for checking out all the glass doorknobs you could get, and the other ones as well, is by doing comparison shopping on the World Wide Web. In a matter of minutes you can look into what all the different online hardware stores have available and generally they will all be at a pretty reasonable price. Whats even better is that what you buy will be shipped right to you, so no worries about wasting gas and a trip outside the home.
Ultimately, if you want to really add some spice to your home, install some glass doorknobs. There are an assortment of stunning selections to choose from, all of which will be sure to please.
About the Author: Jesse Akre, owner of a variety of online stores focusing in home dcor products and information, provides consumers with information that they can use to create one chic outdoor or indoor space. Today, he shares advice when purchasing beautiful
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