Zinc Master
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Bears Sign Quarterback Jeff George
DA BEARS
LAKE FOREST, Ill. - Jeff George signed a one-year deal with the Chicago Bears (news) on Monday, returning to the NFL after a three-year absence.
George will be the backup to Chad Hutchinson, who will make his first start in two years against the Minnesota Vikings (news) on Sunday.
"I'm just excited to be back in it. It's a great opportunity for me and I'm very thankful for them bringing me in," George said after his first practice with his new team. "Whatever role the Bears want me to do, I'm willing to do that. I can't say enough how happy I am and how thankful I am to be out here."
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Mon Nov 29 '04 1:10:47 pm
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Zinc Master
Zinc Master
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17th Century British Porn to Be Auctioned
how good could it be?
LONDON (Reuters) - The world's first known piece of printed pornography, described as the "quintessence of debauchery," is expected to reach up to 35,000 pounds ($65,040) when it is auctioned next month.
"Sodom," penned in the mid-1670s, has been attributed to John Wilmot, the second Earl of Rochester and is described by auction house Sotheby's as a "closet drama rather than for the stage" with pornography "in almost every line."
"We believe this is the first printed pornography in English literature, a unique copy of the quintessence of debauchery," Peter Beal, Sotheby's book specialist said.
"It is one of the most notorious publications in literature and makes most pornography written 300 years later seem tame."
The book centers on the decision made by a lustful King to "set the nation free" by allowing "buggary" to be "used thro' all the land" and then details the dire consequences.
The book, the only surviving copy, will be auctioned on December 16.
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Mon Nov 29 '04 1:19:17 pm
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Zinc Master
Zinc Master
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Plenty of room at inn for Mary and Joseph
LONDON (Reuters) - A hotel chain is offering couples called Mary and Joseph a free night's stay over Christmas.
"We are trying to make up for the hotel industry not having any rooms left on Christmas Eve 2004 years ago," said Sandy Leckie, manager of the Travelodge hotel in Covent Garden.
"Our hotel is definitely more comfortable than a stable. I just hope they don't bring their donkey," he said.
But the offer has just one proviso -- the Marys and Josephs have to prove their identities first.
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Mon Nov 29 '04 1:32:07 pm
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Zinc Master
Zinc Master
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Smiling Frowned Upon in Visa Photographs
PITTSBURGH - Imagine being denied a passport for, of all things, your teeth. It could happen, but not because they're crooked. Under new rules for visa photographs that began this summer, the State Department doesn't want to see them at all, according to a story published in Sunday's Pittsburgh-Post Gazette.
The new guidelines permit people to smile for passport and visa pictures but frown on toothy smiles, which apparently are classified as unusual or unnatural expressions.
"The subject's expression should be neutral (non-smiling) with both eyes open, and mouth closed. A smile with a closed jaw is allowed but is not preferred," according to the guidelines.
So why does the State Department frown on smiles?
Smiling "distorts other facial features, for example your eyes, so you're supposed to have a neutral expression. ... The most neutral face is the most desirable standard for any type of identification," said Angela Aggeler, spokeswoman for the State Department's Bureau of Consular Affairs, which handles travel-document guidelines.
A photograph of a person's face is considered the international standard for a "biometric" or physical identifier by the International Civil Aviation Organization, a United Nations (news - web sites) agency that sets international aviation safety standards. Last year, the organization announced standards for machine-readable passports which would include physical characteristics that computers could use to confirm people's identities.
"To allow for best possible comparison, if you smile or blink your eyes or turn your head, there would be fewer comparison points. So when you go to the counter, you will look at the camera in neutral face to offer the best comparison to the matching points on the picture in the passport," said Denis Chagnon, a spokesman for the International Civil Aviation Organization in Montreal.
Some photo shops and even immigration attorneys say they were blindsided by the prohibition against flashing pearly whites.
Mark Knapp, an immigration attorney with Reed Smith in Pittsburgh, said he knew about some of the other new guidelines for photographs but not the no-teeth rule. Knapp said he learned about the new guidelines from a colleague whose client's photo was rejected because of a toothy smile.
"You can't make this stuff up, honestly," Knapp said.
"What is interesting is the idea that you can't smile anymore and that they're rejecting photos. The idea that you can't smile is what most immigration lawyers find absurd," Knapp said.
Janet Stewart, who works at a downtown Pittsburgh photo shop, said she learned about the guideline the first day it went into effect because she had a photograph rejected.
"I'm the only photographer that says, 'Don't smile,'" she said.
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Mon Nov 29 '04 1:34:41 pm
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DelfinoPie
Martin Phillips
King Of Monsters
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Has anyone been watching "Im A {failed} Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here?"...that Janet Street-Porter woman needs a rolled up newspaper shoved down her throat and pissed down...
*counts to ten slowly*...sorry her voice just grates on me so much, and she is so opinionated about things that really don't matter, causing arguments-a-plenty...
Bitch.
MOVING ON...
Optical Studio No problem man :-)
Delfino
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Mon Nov 29 '04 2:50:20 pm
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IbanezGuitarist
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Does anyone have Power Tab Editor 1.7? If you do is there anyway that I can rid of the music staff and keep the tab staff? B/c I want to print it out but if I get rid of the music staff it will cut the pages printed in half. Some please let me know!!
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Mon Nov 29 '04 4:15:28 pm
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OCPS470
Chris Peters
Lake Mary, FL
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TOALL: I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving! I had my fill of pumpkin pie (the best treat ever!!!!) so everything is good!
962: I also checked out eye of ra. I liked the "evil white guy doing the robot" vibe of it haha! I think your control and phrasing improved a lot from some clips I heard a while ago. Really smooth lead tone too...is that the Traynor 40 watt?
DCK: So have we heard back from GP yet about Satchurated feedback? You know, when it will be reviewed etc. Just wondering. We still have to collaborate on a tune one of these days.
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Mon Nov 29 '04 4:54:16 pm
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OCPS470 no word yet.. but GW's andy aledort is gonna help us some how. and chris o'bryne of G1 is gonna help us. Aarren got guitarist and guitartechnics to review em..a local radio show has been playing a track a week for the last 5 weeks. its an instrumental /melodic rock show..so lots going..hopefully some people will get it for x-mas.
about the track.. keep an eye on your inbox over the next week..
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Mon Nov 29 '04 5:09:10 pm
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Any fellow guitar players here use Sibelius G7 tablature software?? I'm currently using it...but I can't find any tablatures made on the web...I would like to learn some Satriani songs using G7...Any help will greatly be appreciated! Thanks
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Mon Nov 29 '04 5:17:42 pm
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ray lewis
albuquerque, new mexico
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i had the wonderful opportunity to meet mr satriani in santa fe new mexico at a g 3 concert at the time i wasn't playing worth crap and asked him a couple of questions and wow my playing improved ten fold! i also asked him if i could tell people that i got lessons from him and he said "sure" what a cool cat man. i once heard that joe used to give lessons for five bucks a pop well joe guess i owe you five big ones man! and hey thanks alot i appreciate all the help!
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Mon Nov 29 '04 5:56:58 pm
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joeisgreatest
Reece Thompson
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I just recently picked up the Anthology CD, so I wouldn't have to keep switching CD's in my player, and I may have found a new favorite song in Slick. The first time I heard it, I wasn't really paying much attention, that was until I heard the main lick. I stopped what I was doing and began to listen to, now, one of the coolest songs. I'd love to see this song on a live CD or DVD in the future. Never stop playing, Mr. Satriani!
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Mon Nov 29 '04 5:59:17 pm
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Heres how it is man foe those of you who know me from a few yrs ago still know me i stay with tunes to be heard ,by friends other countrys etc ok man two you this might mean nuthing but to us in canada and great britain and belgium and some others places this does gardiner bender thats what they call me or use two.explain een well those of them that are or were in power at the times call me the owner of the country when i was younger when the cops try to arrest the owner i would just shoot them any body i was allowed to do what i want as long as i was good enough with my gun to not let them take me as the owner of the country when i was like 14,15,16 etc . you make a deal as well being the owner with when your going to do time they give you a list of the charges you need and then you tell them the yr you no longer get to do what once you go for timewhen they said they needed time when i was 16 i told them around 20 or twent one done,they tried to take me this one time when i was younger strap me down,they couldnt do anything cuz great britain said he owns the country then 3 other countrys jumped in said the same so we cut a deal that the stupid ones diedfine i took care of my time date everything.they tell you how much time your gonna get before you go a make the chargeslike yr,s in advance i was the last owner ever allowed to have so many yr,s of no arrestand the last owner,you dont get to play with no money shit like that when i bought it we were in debt i bought i through great britain connection well its not actually called great britain its the strong of britain just above britain.like what do you think of that High boxing organization you see around some time i wanted her to work for me like12yr,s ago seen her around in the summer.no what happens to your guns is my guys made them smoother faster but after the one you could feel it kind of throwing you off a bit.Ruel his name isnt ruel i sent one girl there yrs ago what happened was she came over call him carlos i cant remeber what my friends name is now from drug wars the movie anyways she comes over see s my gun i was just putting money away some how seen my gun,so anyways over to acop that new it was wolf dont mess around killing people owner of the country do not a rrest tells him about guns and money no problem he new that no problem the problem was no time to relax ,maybe she finds one or more that stupid and have to di for no reason, .Right im still the owner its my gun so to prevent her from keep trying i sent her to mexico with her baby never heard from since .gardener bender with the britain power work,s good when it was allowed.more later wolf2
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Mon Nov 29 '04 6:33:32 pm
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The news of a tour Down Under is the best news we've had since last time you toured here. Iv'e spent the last 4 years rehearsing the heck out of your material with some other musicians to form the only Joe tribute band performing here in Adelaide. I formed the band simply because of the lack of tours to Oz and my band is the closest Adelaide could get to hearing the real deal. The local Ibanez guitar centre jumped on board and we have influenced many music lovers in Adelaide who had never heard your music before but are now hooked. The news of the visit to Adelaide in March is just awesome, now Adelaide can savour and enjoy what we have really missed for such a long time. The real Joe Satriani playing a show.This visit will be the first time I have seen you play live and I am just going to lap up every minute of it YOU BEAUTY!
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Mon Nov 29 '04 6:59:24 pm
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hoiguy79
Josue Vázquez
Tulancingo, Hidalgo
México
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Mañana estaré en la Fila C viendo al maestro de maestros tocando la guitarra, acompañado de un par de virtuosos...
Estoy muy emocionado dificilmente podre dormir jajaja
Adrianorb y Legolas, espero verlos por alla si no pues gritare mucho en su nombre jaja
yo tambien soy de provincia, pero creo que un viaje para ver a estos virtuosos vale la pena, ¿no creen?(bueno aunque no estan tan cerca del DF como yo jaja)
Pero gritare y me divertire en nombre de todos aquellos que por X o Y razon no podrán acudir
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hey how can I get any of music to Joe's record company.my second question is is there anybody out there that would want to colaberate on some music.My main instrument is guitar but I can also play bass keyboards and drums.Well later on happy holidays.
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Mon Nov 29 '04 7:09:21 pm
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Ray
OK
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Hey People I'm asking Experienced Guitar Players out their If you all can help me Research Which Would You play over the two guitars A Fernandes or Peavey T-15?...Ray
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