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http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2006/04/04-27-06tdc/04-27-06dnews-15.asp

I’m hoping my email to the author of the original article got them to connect the dots in the new article.

Hearing waived, charges filed in theft

A Penn State freshman accused of stealing three cameras, two Apple iPods and a laptop from a Simmons Hall dorm room waived his preliminary hearing yesterday.

Dustin McLaughlin, 18, of Philadelphia, was charged with five felonies April 19 in connection with an incident in which someone trespassed into a room Feb. 4 while the occupants slept and removed $2,692 worth of items.

Former student and Mr. Black Penn State Anthony Thrash-Strong was arrested Tuesday on charges of burglary in connection with the same incident. Thrash-Strong, 19, of Wisconsin, was charged with burglary, criminal trespassing, criminal conspiracy, receiving stolen property and theft by unlawful taking and released on $25,000 unsecured bail. All charges are felonies.

Thrash-Strong was a member of the Penn State track team on a university track scholarship.

Pat Cooper, at 77 years old, is still just about the funniest ass-kicker you can ever ask to listen to.

I’d pay money to see a Pat Cooper / Don Rickles steel-cage match of comedy.

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Penultimate \Pe*nul"ti*mate\, a.
     Last but one; as, the penultimate syllable, the last syllable
     but one of a word.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Penultimate \Pe*nul"ti*mate\, n.
     The penult.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  penultimate
       adj : next to the last; "the author inadvertently reveals the
             murderer in the penultimate chapter"; "the figures in
             the next-to-last column" [syn: {next-to-last}]
       n : the next to last syllable in a word [syn: {penult}, {penultima}]

Story 1, 02/27/2006

Two related Collegian articles from this year:

Freshman wins crown in [black caucus] pageant

This year’s winner, Anthony Thrash-Strong (freshman-recreation, park and tourism management), performed a choreographed, roller-skating routine to music as his talent. “I feel as though I am overcoming the typical stereotypes that are placed on my generation,” he said. “I continue to be cultured and push myself to be an individual in all aspects of my life.”

Dustin McLaughlin (freshman-business management) was asked to compare black role models of today to those of previous generations in the question-and-answer segment. “The young today look up to the wrong people,” he said.

Story 2, 4/24/2006

PSU freshman faces five felony charges”

A Penn State freshman was charged Wednesday with five felony counts for allegedly entering a Simmons Hall room Feb. 4 while the occupants were sleeping and for allegedly taking two Apple iPods, a laptop and three cameras.

Dustin McLaughlin, 18, of Philadelphia, faces charges of burglary, criminal trespassing, criminal conspiracy, receiving stolen property and theft.

…

Police said they ran a Penn State identification card access report, which found that the two missing cards were used Feb. 4 at the Atherton Hall Aquafina vending machine.

According to court documents, witnesses placed McLaughlin and Anthony Thrash-Strong in the Atherton Hall lobby at the time of the purchase.

When interviewed by police, Thrash-Strong said he was hanging out with McLaughlin at McLaughlin’s Simmons Hall dorm room when McLaughlin went to the bathroom and returned with several cameras and other items.

When police interviewed McLaughlin, he said that he and Thrash-Strong were walking through the hallways of Simmons and noticed an open door. They allegedly observed two men sleeping inside.

The two entered the room together and took various items from the dorm, McLaughlin told police.

lol@stereotypes and role models


echo 'obase=10; 120D0' | bc
echo 'ibase=16; obase=10; 120D0' | bc


(latter is if the input base isn’t detected automatically, or you’re paranoid).

Beware that base16 needs capital A-F or you get a crappy error.

isoinfo -i lifeboat-installer.iso -fR (find, use rock-ridge extensions)
isoinfo -i lifeboat-installer.iso -x “/ISOLINUX/pxe.cfg” > pxe.cfg

Jim Norton bombing at the adult video network awards

(scroll halfway)

I just scrolled by Telemundo and saw this title — El Ninja Mexicano.

El Ninja Mexicano @ IMDB