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Consumer Reports: Tesla sedan has 'minor problems'
Consumer Reports said Monday that while the Tesla Model S luxury sedan remains a hit with its staff, the long-range electric car has developed a few annoying quirks and "minor problems."
Top of the list is the car's unique outside door handles, which are supposed to automatically extend themselves from being flush with the door as the driver approaches or touches them. They didn't always work, Consumer Reports says. Tesla, however, fixed them with an over-the-air software update.
Just before the car went in for its 12,000-mile servicing, the center screen went blank. While that might mean going without navigation or stereo choices in some other cars, on a Tesla, the screen performs many key functions. Tesla's repair center fixed it and tackled a creak in the roof, as well, CR says. There also was a problem with a trunk latch.
Consumer Reports says it isn't yet ready to knock down the car's "average" rating for predicted reliability until owners replying to its annual survey weigh in. Overall, so far the car has "decent reliability," and it is still one of the best new cars that Consumer Reports has ever tested.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk acknowledged some of the nagging issues in a call with analysts last month. "We definitely had some quality issues in the beginning," he said, mostly because the company was "figuring out how to make the Model S."
He says there has been a problem with vibration in the cars due to a cable that wasn't tied down, and it was easily solved. He also says there are "a fair number of cars" that are going to need to have a shim, a tiny round piece of metal like a washer or spacer, inserted to solve another issue involving the car's differential.
Cars.com, which had a Model S for testing, also noted quirks with the car, including the door handles. It noted a moon roof that shut with a clatter and a warning that the turn signal wasn't work when, in fact, it was.
Musk says Tesla engineers hold a weekly quality meeting, and they are working toward the goal of a "car that never needs to be serviced."


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St. Johns is bringing Soap Box Derby races back to Michigan
ST. JOHNS — Dan Matson can't remember how he placed in the Clinton County Soap Box Derby in 1976.
But even 43 years later, he can clearly remember going to school and proudly showing his trophy to friends after the race.
"I didn't win to go to (the national championship in) Akron (Ohio), but I got a trophy," Matson said. "I just remember taking home a small trophy. For a little boy, that was a big thing."
Matson raced in the Soap Box Derby when he was 13, and it was his first and last year racing. Despite its popularity, the derby only ran from 1963 to 1976.
Now, Matson is serving as race director for the resurrected St. Johns Soap Box Derby, which will take place June 16 on Clinton Avenue with up to 32 racers.
He was inspired to bring the race back because he wants to share the same experience with his son as he shared with his father in building the car and participating in the race.
"Kids nowadays, they'd rather stay inside and play video games," Matson said. "I have a 10-year-old boy who I don't see as much as I would like to, and I want to get him involved in something like this that my dad and I did when I was a young boy."
Matson remembers the lone experience fondly, from building his car with his father to pushing his car up French Road to practice.
The race gave him a chance to meet new kids. He lived in the country and got to meet all the kids from the city who built cars.
That resulted in friendships that Matson still has today, including some friends who will have children and grandchildren participate in this year's race.
Matson didn't meet Phil Hanses during the 1976 derby, as far as the two men remember, even though Hanses also raced.
The sheer size of the race is what sticks out most in Hanses' mind.
"I just remember the big crowds and the excitement of it all," he said.
Hanses will also share the experience of the resurrected derby with his son. And his son is 12, the same age Hanses was when he participated in the derby.
Hanses is "absolutely" glad for the chance to share the experience with his son.
"We've gotten away from these types of things as a society," he said. "It's nice to see something where kids can do hands-on things."
And there's a general sense of excitement in the community about the derby coming back, he said.
Hanses is a Westphalia native and said he's heard lots of people talking about it there.
"When it's mentioned over there, people get excited about it," he said.
The derby in St. Johns used to be the third largest in the country — it had 95 racers at its peak and would often attract 5,000 to 7,000 spectators.
As it returns this year, Matson and other organizers say it's the only one in the state. And the International Soap Box Derby lists it as the only local race program in Michigan.
"The last race we know of in Michigan was four years ago in Saginaw," he said.
That means this is the state's first chance in four years to send racers from a local program to compete in the FirstEnergy All-American Soap Box Derby World Championship Race, which is held in July in Akron, Ohio.
The city will send two racers to the championship — one in the stock class and one in super stock. Sixteen kids and teenagers can participate in each class.
Stock cars are a little smaller, ideal for kids ages 7 to 13. Super-stock cars are slightly bigger and built more for riders ages 9 to 18. There's a third class, but the derby won't have any masters class cars in its first year back.
Though the stock classes are the same as they were 40 years ago, there have been changes to the derby — namely, the cars themselves.
Kids participating in the race used to build their own cars. You can see some of them from back in the day at the AgroLiquid building on M-21.
Now there's an official kit car that all racers buy new or used.
A stock car kit will run you $520 on the All-American Soap Box Derby's online store. A super stock kit is $505. The kits include the shell of the derby car, axles, brake and steering assemblies hardware and instructions and a helmet. You buy the wheels separately — those go for $115 new.
There are used cars available as well as sponsors to help with costs.
Showcasing downtown St. Johns
So far, the race already has its two main sponsors even though the committee planning the derby only just firmed up sponsorship levels, one organizer said. Those levels will be available next week.
Jason Denovich said MAHLE and Bee's Sports have already signed up as the main sponsors. The committee is looking for eight to 10 more and for a sponsor for each of the up to 32 cars, he said.
The Clinton County Chamber of Commerce is helping get the word out to generate more interest — Matson went to a luncheon on Jan. 17 to tell businesses about the derby's revival.
"We're excited that it's coming back," chamber of commerce Executive Director Brenda Terpening said.
She remembers going to watch the race when she was younger and being amazed by the number of people in the community that came together.
Bringing it back "definitely can be" an economic boon for the community, she said, particularly for downtown businesses.
Dan Redman said it provides an opportunity for the city to showcase all the great things in downtown St. Johns.
Redman, executive director of the city's Principal Shopping District and Downtown Development Authority, said there's a lot of interest in the downtown area, including from soap box derby organizers and planners for the county's Relay for Life, which is taking place downtown this year.
"There are a lot of good things happening," Redman said. "We're excited because (the derby) will attract new people to downtown St. Johns."
Contact reporter Megan Banta (517) 377-1261 or at email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @MeganBanta_1


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text: Andy Katz | NCAA.com Correspondent | February 16, 2018 College basketball bubble breakdown: Who's getting a bid? Johnathan Williams talks Gonzaga basketball Share Selection Sunday is three weeks from Sunday. Three weeks. And just when it appeared predictions were easy to make, Thursday night offered up a reason to believe the NCAA tournament will be as wild and unpredictable as any we have seen in recent memory. Wisconsin upset Purdue, handing the Boilermakers their third-straight loss and likely sending them off a No. 1 seed line. Houston helped its cause by beating Cincinnati, but also probably knocked the Bearcats down a peg. Penn State got the sweep of Ohio State, helping the Nittany Lions but also pushing the Buckeyes possibly down a line and maybe opening up a chance for Michigan State to win the Big Ten. Washington blew a chance to reinforce its position as a bubble team by losing to Utah by a dozen — at home. Arizona got yet another quality win — this time on the road at Arizona State — and enhanced its chances to climb higher on a quest to get up to a possible No. 2 seed. And don't get ahead to Saturday just yet. Friday night, St. Bonaventure has a chance to change the narrative on its bid chances if it can upset A-10's undefeated Rhode Island in rocking Olean, N.Y. Longest current winning streaks Rhode Island 16 Vermont 14 FGCU 13 Montana 13 pic.twitter.com/j2Jy4rY8kj — NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) February 16, 2018 Onto the bubble: America East: Vermont is undefeated at 12-0 in the league. The Catamounts can win an NCAA tournament first-round game. But Vermont doesn't have the resume to get in without winning the America East tournament. American: Cincinnati, Houston and Wichita State are in. I can't see a scenario where Houston doesn't get in after beating Wichita and Cincinnati as well as Arkansas at home. I know the Cougars don't have a quality road win. So, it would help to beat Temple, Memphis or SMU on the road in the final few weeks. But it may not be a necessity. Watch the Cougars. They are going to be in the NCAA tournament. Temple lost to Wichita State Thursday night. On the road. But the Owls beat Auburn and Clemson on a neutral court. I don't care that those were in November. Those wins matter. And Temple beat Wichita State at home. The Owls are a NCAA tournament team. Temple gets Houston and UCF at home and then at UConn and Tulsa on the road. Win at least two, maybe three, and there is no debate from anyone. Atlantic 10: Rhode Island is playing for a top four-line seed. St. Bonaventure is the only other possible team that could get an at-large berth. But the Bonnies must beat URI Friday night. The next time they would play the Rams could be in the A-10 tournament final. Do that and it's all moot. Davidson has the goods to get hot and win the A-10 tournament. But that's the only entrance into the field. The Bonnies have a backcourt that could do damage in the field with Jaylen Adams and Matt Mobley. Guards can win games in the NCAAs. But they've got to get there first. ACC: Virginia, Duke, Clemson, North Carolina and NC State are safe. Yes, the Wolfpack are all good. NC State beat Arizona on a neutral, Penn State, Clemson and Duke at home and North Carolina and Syracuse on the road. All are jockeying for seeding. I'm starting to wonder about Louisville. The Cardinals do own a win over Florida State on the road, Indiana and Virginia Tech at home. But Louisville lost nearly all of its other elite games against Purdue, Seton Hall, Kentucky, Clemson and Miami. Louisville has a brutal schedule down the stretch that could either help or hurt the Cardinals: North Carolina and Virginia at home, Duke, Virginia Tech and NC State on the road. That's a play your way in or out schedule. MARCH MADNESS SHOP Miami should be good, but could sweat a little. Remember, when Miami won at Minnesota, the Gophers had Reggie Lynch. That matters. They beat Middle Tennessee State, got wins at NC State and Virginia Tech and knocked off Louisville. The Hurricanes have chances to seal things up with games against Syracuse and Virginia Tech at home and North Carolina on the road. Virginia Tech's wins over North Carolina, NC State and the monster one over Virginia in Charlottesville could be the clincher. But look at the final four games after a road game at Georgia Tech: Clemson, Louisville, Duke and at Miami. Those are called opportunities. Florida State: The Seminoles home win over Clemson in overtime should give them some pause. FSU has the win at Florida, home wins over North Carolina and Miami. Road wins at Virginia Tech and Louisville. That all seems like it's enough. Playing at NC State and at Clemson in the final four games could help erase any doubt. Recap of last nights big comeback Win against #11 Clemson pic.twitter.com/w680rYkUEf — FSU Men's Hoops (@FSUHoops) February 15, 2018 Syracuse: The Orange aren't there yet. Unfortunately, Syracuse played and beat teams that looked good on paper but haven't turned out to be NCAA teams, like Maryland, UConn and Georgetown. The Orange's best win was at Louisville. Syracuse can play its way in or out over the final five games with chances at Miami and Duke and home games against North Carolina and Clemson. RELATED: 6 underated players who don't get enough credit Big 12: Texas Tech, Kansas, West Virginia and Oklahoma have all done enough to be in the field and work on seeding. Kansas State: The Wildcats are making a strong case within the Big 12. Kansas State swept Oklahoma State, won at Baylor and Texas and have a home win over TCU when the Horned Frogs were playing well. Kansas State has three home games left, two on the road. If the Wildcats can just hold serve they should be in the field. Texas: The Longhorns have only five Big 12 wins, but that's included Oklahoma, Texas Tech and TCU. The win against Alabama in Birmingham will carry plenty of weight, too. Still, losing four of the last five causes concern. And the schedule is loaded with potholes or chances: at Oklahoma, Kansas State and Kansas, home against Oklahoma State and West Virginia. Oklahoma State: The Cowboys have great wins at Kansas and at West Virginia. They also knocked off Oklahoma, Florida State on a neutral. They have tournament-type wins. But they need to keep going and the schedule is rough with three road games in the final five games. The two remaining home games are against Texas Tech and Kansas. That's called a chance to play your way into the field. "We have to decide who we want to be. This is three weeks in a row where we come out kind of flat and not with the sense of urgency that you need to have success consistently in this league." @thacoachmike after tonight's loss to Kansas State. #okstate pic.twitter.com/X5dRCkcCaN — Cowboy Basketball (@OSUMBB) February 15, 2018 TCU: The Horned Frogs are playing shorthanded and aren't the same team that beat Nevada and St. Bonaventure earlier in the season. The best Big 12 wins are against West Virginia and at Oklahoma State. TCU plays some separation games coming up against Oklahoma State, Baylor and Kansas State. Road games are against Iowa State and Texas Tech. TCU must get at least two of these five. Baylor: The Bears are back in the at-large picture. Remember, Baylor did knock off a healthy Creighton in November. The Bears have won four in a row, including beating Kansas and winning at Oklahoma State and Texas. The Bears have three of five at home, including Texas Tech, West Virginia and Oklahoma. The road games are at TCU and at Kansas State. This is a bid-earning type schedule. Big East: Xavier, Villanova, Creighton, Providence and Butler are safe. Trevon Bluiett speaks on the Big East grind The Friars' home win over Villanova should erase any doubts. Butler has one of those too. St. John's doesn't get on this list yet. The Red Storm have wins over Duke, at Villanova, Marquette and Nebraska. But St. John's did lose 11 in a row. Let's talk at the Big East tournament and see if the Red Storm are still relevant. Seton Hall: The Pirates are suddenly back in this discussion due to four straight losses and six of eight. Seton Hall does own quality non-conference wins over Texas Tech on a neutral, Louisville on the road. But the Big East hasn't produced the necessary wins outside of the road win at Butler. Seton Hall could use more with games upcoming at Providence and St. John's and home games against Villanova and Butler. When the Cheese starts to warm, it can get HOT really fast. Myles scored 24 points in the second half, check out the highlights. #HALLin pic.twitter.com/nNPHKfEUJi — SHUSeniorDay.com (@SetonHallMBB) February 16, 2018 Marquette: The resume isn't bad when you look at wins over Vermont, at Providence and at Seton Hall. But losing six of eight isn't going to cut it. Five games are left and Marquette must win the right three to even be considered. That means beating Creighton at least once and maybe beating DePaul and Georgetown on the road just to get more road wins. It's a steep climb. Big Ten: Michigan State, Ohio State, Purdue and Michigan are all safe and working on seeding. Nebraska: The Huskers have zero standout non-conference wins. So, this is going to get done within the conference. And the win over Minnesota in early December has to be treated differently. The Gophers were ranked 14 at the time due to them being much more healthy and suspension free. Nebraska has a convincing home win over Michigan. The Huskers have four Big Ten road wins. But none were against the upper echelon. The final three games are at Illinois and home games against Indiana and Penn State. Winning out would be critical to their cause. But even at 14-4 in the Big Ten, it's not a lock. All Big Ten records aren't created equal. The good news is that Nebraska would likely get a double-bye and play an NCAA-bound team in New York at the Big Ten tournament. Penn State: The Nittany Lions will have to earn a bid through the Big Ten, just like Nebraska. But that's doable. Penn State swept Ohio State and has a win over Nebraska. The Nittany Lions won four in a row, six of seven. Penn State can play its way in or out over the final three games: at Purdue, Michigan and at Nebraska. RELATED: The best names in college hoops Conference USA: Middle Tennessee is the only possible bubble team. The Blue Raiders are 13-1 in the league, 21-5 overall. Middle whiffed on chances against Auburn, USC and Miami. So, if Middle loses in the C-USA final, this will be an interesting case. Watch Middle and you will see they are tournament talented. But will the numbers add up? My prediction is that if Middle loses to Western Kentucky in the C-USA final (Western beat Purdue) then the Blue Raiders will get in. But losing to a lower-level team, or maybe even Old Dominion, could mean the NIT. Mountain West: Nevada is going to get in, even if the Wolf Pack don't win the league tournament title, barring a collapse. Why? Nevada beat Rhode Island for its best non-league win. Sure, they lost at Texas Tech in overtime and to TCU in Los Angeles. But the Wolf Pack swept Boise State. Nevada didn't have its best player Caleb Martin when they lost to UNLV at home. The Wolf Pack can't afford to lose more than one more game or else my slant will change. Boise State: The Broncos have looked like an NCAA tournament team. But they have missed out on chances, losing twice to Nevada and suffering a tough loss at Utah State. Boise State cannot lose again. That means knocking off Colorado State and San Diego State at home. Boise could win the AQ in Las Vegas. But if they don't get an at-large, they will point to multiple missed chances (one-point overtime loss at Wyoming). Chandler Hutchison talks Boise State Basketball Pac-12: Arizona is safe and moving up the seed line. UCLA: The wins over Arizona and Kentucky could be enough. And a home win over USC helps. But the schedule could get dicey with the final three games at Utah, Colorado and USC. Ultimately, UCLA will probably be fine. But what if they were to lose all three? USC: The Trojans have quality wins over Middle Tennessee and New Mexico State. And the win over UCSB looks better now that the Gauchos are winning the Big West. But the Pac-12 hasn't gone to script. Sure, they swept the Oregon schools on the road, but that's the best USC has to offer right now. The two-point home win over Oregon Thursday night was massive. USC could use a strong finish. It's all doable with games against Oregon State and UCLA at home wedged around Colorado and Utah on the road. Washington: I had to bump the Huskies back down to the bubble. Yes, the Huskies have a win over Kansas in Kansas City, road wins at USC and Colorado and home wins over Arizona and Arizona State. All enough to likely earn a bid. But losing three-straight games, including a home to Utah Thursday, pushes the pause button. The Huskies need to hold serve at home against Colorado, Oregon State and Oregon and could use a split at Stanford and Cal. Utah: I'm bringing back the Utes. Utah did beat Missouri and have four Pac-12 road wins (Oregon, Oregon State, Arizona State and now Washington). The Utes have a real shot to win out with a road game at Washington State and home games against UCLA, USC and Colorado. If that happens then they have to be in the discussion. SEC: Auburn, Tennessee, Missouri, Alabama, Florida and Kentucky are all in the field and working on seeding. Yes, Kentucky has lost four in a row but wins over Virginia Tech, Louisville, at West Virginia and even the ones over one-bid league leaders Vermont, East Tennessee State and Harvard (if it wins the Ivy over Penn) are enough for now. And we don't stop. #WarEagle pic.twitter.com/LUXucpUtKp — Auburn Basketball (@AuburnMBB) February 16, 2018 Texas A&M: The Aggies' wild season continues. Non-conference wins over West Virginia, Oklahoma State, Penn State, UCSB, USC and Buffalo should be enough. SEC wins over Mizzou, Arkansas, Kentucky and at Auburn make the Aggies a lock, right? Well, yes, but then suspensions and injuries hit again. The Aggies lost at Mizzou. What happens if the Aggies tailspin again with games at Arkansas, Vanderbilt and Georgia remaining as well as home games against Mississippi State and Alabama. I don't see it. But we can't say for certainty just yet with this team. RELATED: Naismith Trophy Top 20 list announced Arkansas: The Hogs have the win over Oklahoma in Portland and beat Minnesota at home when the Gophers were No. 14 for a reason. The win over Tennessee at home is aging well. So, too, is the home wins over Mizzou and Oklahoma State. But the schedule is brutal down the stretch, allowing Arkansas to choose its own fate. Games against Texas A&M, Kentucky and Auburn at home and road games at Alabama and Missouri. Arkansas will likely win enough of these to get in the field. Sun Belt: Louisiana is 12-1 in the Sun Belt, 22-4 overall. The Ragin' Cajuns will be a tough out for any team in the first round. But they don't have the resume to get in as at-large. WAC: New Mexico State is 9-1 in the WAC, 22-4 overall. 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WASHINGTON — Rep. Doug LaMalfa, R-Chico, was not happy about President Barack Obama"s call Monday to postpone the "sequester" budget cuts again.
Obama asked Congress to approve short-term spending reductions as a way to delay the across-the-board sequester cuts now set for March 1.
Real action toward balancing the federal budget, not more delay, is needed, LaMalfa said. "People want to see government rein in spending."
An incentive to get the government to reduce spending, the sequester was part of a deal made in 2011 to raise the nation"s debt ceiling, allowing the government to borrow more money.
Not only would the sequester cut spending by $1.2 trillion over 10 years, it would hit most government programs. Medicaid and Food Stamps would not be cut.
The sequester was due to strike at the end of last year, but the "fiscal cliff" agreement delayed it for two months.
Before he was sworn in as the north state"s congressman, LaMalfa said the House passed two proposals to refine the sequester rather than allowing across-the-board cuts. But neither plan was taken up by the Senate.
On Monday, the Washington Post reported some Republicans in Congress favor letting the sequester strike because it would reduce spending significantly. But others don"t want the sequester to impact the military budget.
"I"m not in favor of just letting it hit," LaMalfa said. "But it could well happen."
He hopes one of the House"s previously passed plans to modify the sequester will be adopted, he said.
Obama favors ending the sequester with cuts in health care and other mandatory spending and eliminating tax breaks that benefit the rich and big companies, according to the Washington Post. Republicans favor deep spending cuts without any tax hikes.
Aside from the sequester, LaMalfa said House Republicans are working on a budget plan and hope to see the Senate and Obama produce their own budget plans.
Then, the issues involved in cutting spending can be clearly addressed, he said.
So far, the Senate"s main budget interest seems to be raising taxes, although its members use the euphemism "revenue-enhancement," he said.
The House will propose a plan to balance the budget over 10 years, he said.
LaMalfa said he plans to vote today for a bill that will ask Obama to produce a plan for balancing the federal budget — at some point.
Staff writer Larry Mitchell can be reached at 896-7759, firstname.lastname@example.com, or on Twitter @LarryMitchell7.


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President Obama returns to Berlin today to deliver a speech at the Brandenburg Gate, five years after a speech by then-candidate Obama drew more than 200,000 people (and made its way into a negative ad from Arizona Sen. John McCain).
First, the cover that greeted Obama in 2008 (translation: "Germany meets the SuperStar" -- a play on Germany's American Idol-esque show "Deutschland sucht den Superstar")
And now, the cover Der Spiegel released last week (translation: "The Lost Friend"):
Even though Obama may no longer be a "SuperStar," polling suggests he's still got plenty of goodwill in Germany. A new Pew Research Center poll shows 88 percent of Germans trust Obama to do the right thing when it comes to world affairs, and nearly nine in 10 wanted him to defeat Mitt Romney last year.
But while people still trust Obama, they don't think he's lived up to the hype on some key issues -- particularly when it comes to climate change and drone strikes. A 2012 Pew poll showed 59 percent of Germans oppose U.S. drone policy, while 73 percent say Obama has not pushed hard enough on climate change.


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There's a Tiny Utopia in the Middle of Queens
There is confusion over whether it even exists.
New York City has many glorious and terrible attributes. One thing it generally isn't, though, is utopian. One fifth of the population live below the poverty line, yet it has the highest cost of living in the U.S., with few of the egalitarian living arrangements typical of utopian communities. Yet there is one place in the sprawling metropolis, however, that is literally a Utopia.
Utopia, Queens, is a tiny neighborhood surrounded by Jamaica Estates, Fresh Meadows, and Flushing.
It purportedly got its name from the Utopia Land Company, which in 1903, tried to re-house Jewish families living in Manhattan's squalid Lower East Side. The plan never came to fruition, but the name lived on in the form of the Utopia Parkway, which influenced the naming of the nearby Utopia playground, and of course the neighborhood itself.
Exploring Utopia, getting a sense of how "utopian" it is, and speaking to people who live there, it turns out, is not straightforward. Figuring out if the neighborhood bears any relation to paradise depends who you ask and where you look. Some people there will even claim it doesn't exist.
Google Maps, however, is certain that it does, so I set off to find it. According to Google, the quickest way to get to Utopia from Manhattan's Upper West Side is via the F train to 169th Street, and then the Q30 or 31 bus. The route seemed simple enough, even if I never thought I'd enter any kind of utopia on a city bus. But as the bus meandered along the final leg of the journey through Flushing, it was exciting to watch the blue map dot move closer to the area designated "UTOPIA".
I rang the bell to exit the bus at Utopia Playground, a nearly three-acre green space replete with a climbing wall, tennis and basketball courts, and a rainbow fence. The park "lives up to its name," said Parks and Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe, who bestowed it with the honor of "Park of the Month" in December 2009. Impressive.
The geographic heart of Utopia, according to Google Maps, was off Utopia Parkway on 67th Avenue and 180th Street. An attractive tree marked the spot: here was Utopia. The area has a distinctly suburban feel. The lawns in front of the two-story detached houses are neatly trimmed, and the flower beds well-tended.
This part of Queens is well-off. Donald J. Trump grew up round the corner in Jamaica Estates. The mean household income is $80,000, house prices in the area keep going up, and more people have college degrees than the city average. The quiet, tree-lined streets give off the impression, in accordance with the statistics, that this is a nice place to live.
A few houses down 180th Street from the exact location of Utopia, a man sat at a desk under his garage roof, filing what looked like newspaper clippings. When asked, he was adamant that this area was not Utopia. He'd never heard of a neighborhood called Utopia, only the street called Utopia Parkway. This was Flushing, he said.
Was Google wrong? Well, maybe just confused.
Turns out, it was foolish to follow Google so blindly. According to the Community Board 8 website, Utopia has a clearly defined geography, south of where it is marked on Google Maps. The demarcated area runs from Utopia Parkway and Union Turnpike to 188th street and up to 73rd Avenue. I headed to a stretch on Union Turnpike, where Jewish delis coexist with Chinese supermarkets and Mexican taquerias.
"Truth of the matter is, there is no utopia in any place unfortunately. We just try to maintain sanity and goodness as much as you can," says Tami Hirsch, sipping a cappuccino inside Lulu's Bakery, an Italian-American bakery on Union Turnpike.
Hirsch has lived in Utopia for 50 years, and speaks in glowing terms about a friendly, prosperous and family-oriented place; a hidden jewel in New York City. She knows the area better than most people, as she is the president of the Civic Association of Utopia Estates.
The Civic Association's motto "We Are Our Neighbors Keepers", has a distinct air of utopianism. The group meets four times a year and, says Hirsch, regularly lobbies local politicians on behalf of its residents. Whereas the fortunes of some parts of New York City rise and fall, Utopia has remained consistently pleasant, she says.
It isn't clear how the Utopia neighborhood came into existence. Unlike the Utopia Parkway, the neighborhood was never officially named. The district manager of the Community Board, Marie Adam-Ovide, says it is more of a sub-section of the Fresh Meadows neighborhood. And Tami Hirsch's Civic Association, says Adam-Ovide, probably has a lot to do with the fact Utopia even exists at all.
Utopia, Queens, doesn't appear on business addresses. Charles Tola, the owner of Lulu's Bakery, says he knows some people call the area Utopia, but he's only ever used Fresh Meadows for business purposes. Other nearby establishments and homes are listed as Fresh Meadows or Flushing. To confuse matters further, Wikimapia, Google Maps, the New York City census map, Community Board 8 and locality.nyc all provide different boundaries for Utopia.
Although it seems like an appealing designation for real estate purposes, too—who wouldn't prefer to live in a neighborhood named Utopia?—local agents are more pragmatic. "No one has ever referred to it as Utopia," says David Yudell, a real estate agent for Exit Realty, based in the area. When described over the phone, Yudell says that area is really Fresh Meadows, or part of Flushing.
Yet Utopia, Queens, clearly does exist, at least to the people who are aware they live in it. As the area changes and more people move in and out, it may be up to idealistic civic associations like Tami Hirsch's to make sure neighborhoods as small as Utopia have a future. We all deserve our own piece of paradise, well-defined or not.


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This plugin is designed to produce mandibular asymmetry measurements from dental panoramic radiographs.
Eduardo Moura, Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil. eduardosmoura at gmail.com
Arnaldo Sena, Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil. arnaldoufcg at gmail.com
Herman Gomes, Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil. hmg at dsc.ufcg.edu.br
This plugin has been created as part of the methodology for mandibular asymmetry analysis proposed by Alexandre Durval Lemos in his PhD work, developed at the School of Dentistry, Department of Social Dentistry, Pernambuco state University, Brazil, with the collaboration of Cintia Regina Tornisiello Katz, Mônica Vilela Heimer, Aronita Rosenblatt, and Denise Nóbrega Diniz.
Nine anatomic points should be indicated in sequence directly on the dental panoramic radiograph image using the ImageJ POINT TOOL, from which angular and linear measurements can be automatically calculated.
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Rome II and Tort Conflicts: A Missed Opportunity
46 Pages Posted: 22 Nov 2007
This article reviews the European Union's new Regulation on tort conflicts ("Rome II"), which unifies and "federalizes" the member states' laws on this subject. The review accepts the drafters' pragmatic premise that a rule-system built around the lex loci delicti as the basic rule, rather than American-style "approaches," was the only politically viable vehicle for unification. Within this framework, the review examines whether Rome II provides sufficient and flexible enough exceptions as to make the lex loci rule less arbitrary and the whole system more workable.
The author's answer is negative. For example, the common-domicile exception is too broad in some respects and too narrow in other respects. Likewise, the "manifestly closer connection" escape is phrased in exclusively geographical terms unrelated to any overarching principle and is worded in an all-or-nothing way that precludes issue-by-issue deployment and prevents it from being useful in all but the easiest of cases. The review concludes that, although attaining a proper equilibrium between legal certainty and flexibility is always difficult, Rome II errs too much on the side of certainty, which ultimately may prove elusive.
On the whole, Rome II is a missed opportunity to take advantage of the rich codification experience and sophistication of modern European conflicts law. Nevertheless, Rome II represents a major political accomplishment in unifying and equalizing the member states' laws on this difficult subject. If this first step is followed by subsequent improvements, Europe would have achieved in a relatively short time much more than American conflicts law could ever hope for.
Keywords: Rome II, Choice of Law, Conflict of Laws, Private International Law, Tort Conflicts, Torts, Product Liability, Environmental torts
JEL Classification: K13, K19, K20, K30, K32, K3, K40
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Ludus Luderia
by Alexander Cortey
Brazil / Culture / Destinations / Sao Paulo /
Do you remember those endless games of Monopoly you used to play with your cousins and siblings, that would inevitably end up in tears? Or those tortuous games of Twister where you'd pray to "twist" around your high school sweetheart, only to end up staring at your best mate's backside for a good half hour…well, this little world of board games is back to haunt you at Ludus Luderia.
Located in the old Italian district of São Paulo, Ludus Luderia is a house converted into a gaming (of the traditional, non-digital kind) cafe and bar with stacks of imported and national games that number in the hundreds.
Special attendees help you pick out or join-in on a game. Call me old-fashioned, but what better way to make new acquaintances or simply have fun with friends than via a game of cards and a couple, too many caipirinhas…
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Creativity and Discontinuity
On this site, and in my book, Visionary Creativity, I say that creatives swim in the culture of their day and manifest in their work the spirit of the age. The things they create—in art, design, science, technology, business—embody that spirit, and at the same time are a little off center for us, somehow not what we expected, presenting a discontinuity that stretches us, restructures our consciousness, pulling us into the future.
What do I mean by discontinuity? Let's start by flipping through the pages of an art history book. The most obvious thing we notice about art is that it changes. For example in modern painting we see the change from the realism of Courbet, to the everyday subjects of Manet, to the Impressionism of Monet, to the Post-Impressionism of Cezanne, to the Cubism of Picasso. What is the reason for these changes?
We might be tempted to try to explain the changes by developments in the materials and techniques used by the artist, or changes in society, but so frequently, so regularly? Since these changes are unrelated to function, we call the phenomena non-functional stylistic dynamism, a term coined by Morse Peckham in his book, Man's Rage for Chaos: Biology, Behavior, and the Arts, on which the material here is based. And since we find this non-functional stylistic dynamism in all of the arts of all cultures, let us for the moment assume it to be an essential quality of art, and see what role it plays in our experience of art.
Perception as Active
Now let's go back up a bit and look at the workings of perception. We usually think of perception as passive, with stimuli coming in through the senses, etc., but it is in fact highly active, playing a major role in forming what we perceive. The stimuli that come in through the senses are often vague and indistinct. We do a lot of work, referred to in psychology as cognition, to make sense of them. People in different cultures, people native in different languages, people with different worldviews, do this work differently. They perceive the world the way they do because they grow up in cultures that mold their cognitive processes in particular ways. From the relations of heaven and Earth, to the relations of male and female, to what will be on our breakfast table, we live in cultures, which means worlds of expectations. And by the time we reach adulthood, most of the situations we encounter are in fact what we expect them to be. When they are not, our cognitive processes work hard to cover over discrepancies, as we see in optical illusions when we put something right in front of our eyes we and do not see it. This is related to what is sometimes called the social construction of reality. As Einstein put it, "Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." The neurophysiology of this process is presented in detail by Jeff Hawkins and Sandra Blakeslee in their book, On Intelligence.
However, sometimes situations we encounter diverge so far from what we expect that we cannot fudge them. Things or situations for which we are not prepared, territories for which we have no cognitive maps. Imagine a person seeing an automobile for the first time, or a television, or a home computer. We might imagine that they would think, oh, a horseless carriage, or a radio with a miniature movie screen, or the home version of HAL. But that assumes that they are familiar with carriages, radios, movies, and computers. If they are not, they will have no prior concepts on which to hang what they encounter. There are reports that the Native Americans who saw Spanish ships in the Caribbean for the first time perceived them as clouds. We might have expected them to perceive huge canoes, but apparently the difference was too great. We call such an encounter a discontinuity, the difference between what is anticipated and what is encountered, and we don't like it. However, there is one circumstance in which we are open to discontinuities, the art experience.
Discontinuities are fundamental to art and occur in several forms: Internal discontinuities, in which the work of art sets up expectations that it then violates, as in Haydn's Surprise Symphony, with its burst of kettle drums after lulling us with a quiet passage, or Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim Museum in which we enter under a low ceiling before the space explodes up into the rotunda. Stylistic discontinuity, in which we might anticipate a Post-Impressionist painting, but encounter instead a Cubist painting. Formal discontinuity, as when we go to a concert expecting to hear musicians play, and instead encounter the indeterminist modern musician, John Cage, fiddling with a dozen radios. And finally, contextual discontinuity, in which we encounter a work of art outside of the environment in which we would expect it, as in the graphically sophisticated late nineteenth and early twentieth century quilts by American women that were put in bedrooms rather than in art galleries, and then in 1971, exhibited in the Whitney Museum.
Imagine going to the "Independents" exhibition of modern art in New York in 1917. The Fountain, a men's room urinal submitted by Marcel Duchamp, was hidden from view by a curtain, but if you had looked behind the curtain, you might have remarked, "You'd think the plumber would have gotten that out of here before the opening."
An openness to discontinuity is difficult; it requires stripping ourselves of the protective armor of our preconceptions and leaving ourselves exposed to the unknown, which is why so many people are uneasy with art—they do not want to challenge themselves. And those who are interested often experience art in quiet settings where they are protected from outside disturbances—museums, galleries, theaters, concert halls—that allow them to let down their preconceptions. The art experience is one in which we do not deny discontinuities, but rather are open to them.
As we become accustomed to a given style of art, it no longer produces a discontinuity; what we encounter becomes what we anticipated. So, by continually changing, art keeps ahead of our anticipations. For example, once the ancient Greeks of the sixth century became too accustomed to the style of vase painting that placed black figures on red backgrounds, the artists shifted to red figures on black backgrounds. There were no functional or cultural reasons for the shift. Just the desire on the part of the artists to shake up the audience a bit.
Artists walk a fine line in the introduction of discontinuities. If they take them too far, their audiences will not be able to bridge the gap and the work will be rejected, perhaps to be rediscovered later and heralded as having been ahead of its time. We see this for example in the well documented premier of Igor Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, which incited a riot. Music is very powerful at setting up expectations. If these expectations are not met, we can feel extreme discomfort. In Stravinsky's case, it took audiences only one season to catch up. On the other hand, if the discontinuity is too slight, the artist will be criticized for being timid or no longer developing.
In an interview about his movie, Apocalypse Now, Francis Ford Coppola stated: "It was supposed to be sort of a war movie in their [the distributors] minds, and what they got was strange; it was surreal, it was long…. When it did come out… it was controversial; people didn't totally know what to make of it. Anyway, years later, I was sitting in a little hotel room with a little 17-inch television in London, and it came on, and I always liked the beginning of the picture, so I started watching it, and I wasn't planning to see the whole thing. But I watched the whole thing, and my reaction was, "Gee, this is nowhere near as far out or as unusual as we thought at the time." And you know, as often happens, art or work that everyone finds controversial, 15 years later… You know, I always like to say the abstract art of one period becomes the wallpaper a few years later."
Note that this implies that different audiences and different individuals will have different art experiences. So, when someone says, "That's not art to me," they may not be having an art experience—they may lack the contextual references. Or they may have already become jaded to that form and find the work derivative. Or they may be experiencing a discontinuity, finding it uncomfortable, and wanting to deny it.
Art Changes How we Know
What is the purpose of this discontinuity in the arts? I said earlier that our perception works through preconceptions, we see the world that we anticipate. People in different cultures perceive the world differently because their cognition, formed by their upbringing, functions differently. Living in a world of expectations is very convenient. An example often given is that when stepping off a curb and hearing a hum or seeing a flash of light we do not want to engage in an analysis of what they might mean, we want to immediately step back. But it goes far beyond that, it is at the core of how we perceive the world and how we function in it. When we encounter anything—a door, a chair, another person—we do not scan it and engage in pattern recognition, we impose a meaning on to it. We have a concept of a chair, what it means—we can sit on it—and we impose that meaning onto it, making it a chair for us. In traditional Japanese décor there are no chairs. One sits on the floor. It is the failure to understand this that is the cause of the great lack of progress in the field of artificial intelligence, which seeks, for example, to teach a computer what a chair is, when a computer does not sit.
But what happens when the world changes, for example when cars become electric and make a different noise? Or when identity is no longer attached to land, or wealth to natural resources, or education to Greek and Latin, or sex to roles, or information to print?
The media guru, Marshall McLuhan, referred to the artist as an early warning system. Artists are constantly asking themselves, "What am I experiencing and how?" Unlike the rest of us, they are not content to just have experiences, they must attempt to penetrate into the origins of their experiences. In so doing, they are in touch with changes in themselves and the world—to use our earlier terminology, changes in the spirit of the age—before the rest of us, and these changes become central to their art. Cézanne said of his art that he was trying to portray the solid world of the paintings in the museums. But if that was what he was trying to do, why did he not just copy the techniques of the masters? In a sense he did. The masters looked at their world with an intensity that revealed how their cognition structured it. Cézanne looked at his world with a similar intensity. His world appeared different because his cognitive processes were different from those of the masters, and Cézanne showed us his world rather than an imitation of theirs.
We are most aware of the workings of discontinuities in the arts, but it also takes place in other fields, including science and business. When Einstein developed relativity and Larry Page and Sergey Brin developed Google, they were doing two things. First, they were advancing a scientific understanding of the workings of nature, or organizing all of the world's information and making it available to us. Second they were restructuring our consciousness and making it more able to function in our emerging world that they were also reshaping. Artists are often aware that they are doing this because writing about art has been addressing this since the beginning of modernism. But we have been told that scientists are supposed to investigate nature and business people are supposed to make money. That is why we have such poor understandings of science and business. We do not understand that scientists, business people, and not just artists can be motivated to restructure our consciousness and move us forward into an unfolding future. The motivation of the creative architect, designer, musician, scientist, mathematician, business person, etc., is to pursue their discipline, but also to convey to us his discoveries about changes in the spirit of the age.


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June 14, 2018 @ 4:30 pm - 7:00 pm
"Healing Ourselves First: Resilience as Our Greatest Clinical Competence," a conference for healthcare professionals and caregivers, presented by MAC, Inc., and Coastal Hospice, will be held on Thursday, June 14, from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at MAC. The keynote speaker, the Rev. Dr. Carla Cheatham, will explain the differences between burnout and compassion fatigue, and how to avoid fatigue; and will educate practitioners and caregivers on what they can do to practice self care and strengthen their resiliency. $10. Registration is due June 8. Register at CoastalHospice.org/resilience. For more information, call 410-742-8732.


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Mod Squad Events
Dr. Greg Friedman & MOD Squad Dental are very unique in which they bring back the basics of customer service while utilizing the advances in dental technology & equipment. From "PIGSKIN THURSDAYS" during football season, to their yearly "TACO MADNESS PATIENT APPRECIATION NIGHT." Dr. Friedman is completely committed to the Scripps Ranch community...from coaching our Marshall Middle School Falcons to a roller hockey championship to a "Day at the Dentist" with local Girl Scout troops. MOD Squad Dental is your complete home for your entire family's dental care.
Day At The Dentist
Pigskin Thursday
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More Tahoe Neighborhoods
Explore Tahoe
About Washoe Valley, NV
Washoe Valley is located in between Reno and Carson City and is nestled in the foothills just below Lake Tahoe. The valley is divided in half by Highway 395 and by two lakes: Big Washoe and Little Washoe. Big Washoe has become a haven for wind surfing and kite boarding and Little Washoe is wonderful for kayaking and wildlife. The West side of Washoe Valley is home to large ranches, Davis Creek State Park, Bowers Mansion State Park and Thunder Canyon golf course. The East side of the lake has a small community, great hiking trails and a few small stores including a deli and the very popular Postal Cafe which serves locally raised and harvesting meats, eggs and vegetables in their dishes. The East side also has a state park with a boat launch, camping and picnic areas.
See & Do
Washoe Valley is home to several state parks including the Washoe Lake State Park where there is a boat ramp, a campground, several beaches and dunes, public and reserved picnic areas and horse trails. On the West side of the lake is Davis Creek which also has a campground, a small pond and picnic areas and Bowers Mansion which used to be a silver baron's home in the late 1800s. The mansion is now a museum and the park also contains a seasonal pool, a playground and picnic area, tons of grass and trees and walking trails.
The East side of Washoe Valley has several places to eat: a few bars and a deli. However, the Postal Cafe has been attracting visitors from all over the area for its cozy atmosphere, hearty breakfasts and lunches and its seasonal farm-to-table dinners. They have a nice outdoor deck where you can enjoy a view of the Tahoe range and Washoe Lake.
There is not too much nightlife in Washoe Valley, but on the East Side are several bars that serve decent food like burgers, fries and tacos and various beers on tap. One of these bars is the Sand & Sage and the other is the Washoe Bar which is popular with local and out-of-town bikers. Another place to hang out at night is at the Thunder Canyon Country Club restaurant on the West side of the lake.
The only places to stay in Washoe Valley are the campgrounds and a small bed and breakfast.There are some great spots at the Washoe Lake State Park and at Davis Creek on the West side of the lake. The Washoe Lake State Park campground has showers, bathrooms and several dozen RV and tent sites. The Davis Creek campground has forested sites, bathrooms and showers and access to a fishing pond and several hiking trails. The Deer Run Ranch Bed & Breakfast is run by a local couple and they offer two beautifully decorated rooms where you can enjoy home cooking a view of the mountains.
Washoe Valley is not known for its shopping, but it does have some small local feed stores and a deli where you can pick up wine and locally made items. The Postal Cafe also sells paintings, drawings and photography from local artists. If you are looking for something unique to the area, visit the Deer Run Ranch where the owner of this charming B&B is a long-time sculpture and sells her handcrafted items out of her studio.


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TOKYO — Invited to speak in Tokyo as part of the 'Cool Japan' cultural promotion drive, animator John Lasseter delivered a heart-felt and deeply personal tribute to Japan, Japanese film culture, and fellow animation icon Hayao Miyazaki.
"Thank you, Japan for making me who I am," he said by way of conclusion in front of a packed theatre at the Tokyo International Film Festival on Friday.
The speech was carefully written and enthusiastically presented by a Lasseter who clearly intended to educate as much as he was there to promote. Lasseter is chief creative officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studio, and DisneyToon Studios.
He included early photographs of himself and fellow student animators at California Institute of the Arts, showed a clip of Miyazaki's "Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro," which he described as "clever and economical" animation, but with depth. And then described how he wooed his wife Nancy with the same clip.
Other photos showed Lasseter visiting Miyazaki's Studio Ghibli, discovering a fantastical 'cat-bus' which was to feature in Miyazaki's later "My Neighbor Totoro," more family photographs and even adorn the wall of Lasseter's office at Pixar.
Lasseter explained how he was inspired by "Star Wars" to see animation as more than children's entertainment, and then his passing disappointment at Disney, which in the 1980s was trending that way.
The films of Miyazaki, he said were for audiences of all ages. "This man and these films were my greatest inspiration," Lasseter said.
He described showing "Toy Story" to Miyazaki and being cheered by Miyazaki's enthusiastic response. "He is supposedly not a fan of computer animation, but he looked beyond the medium and could see the story," Lasseter said.
"Totoro" Lasseter described as having a profound effect on the old and the young alike. "It celebrates the quiet moments in film, all of Miyazaki's films have five or six of these, it is so the opposite of Hollywood. Those moments set things up, like the arrival of the Cat Bus," said Lasseter.
Above all, Lasseter said that he appreciates Japan's unique juxtaposition of modern and traditional, such as super modern cityscapes punctuated by quiet gardens, or vending machines with video displays that sit next to bamboo fountains.
He closed with footage from "Big Hero 6," Walt Disney Animation Studios' latest feature, which premiered Thursday as the festival's opening film, and a peek at the next "Cars," complete with a discreet "Lupin III" tribute in the shape of an old Citroen 2CV.
"When I went to computer animation I never forgot the traditional," he said. "It is one of the secrets of Pixar."


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Hi guys! This week is San Diego Comic Con and while it's sad that Josh, as well as any of his shows, have not been represented at SDCC since 2011, I wanted to share this video of the epic year "Destination Truth" had lots of representation at the convention!
Go to last week's update for info on an event Josh is doing in PA, USA and teaser info about the fan site's 10th anniversary events.
Discovery Channel lists a "new" episode of "Expedition Unknown" on Tuesday but sadly, it looks like a rerun - a case of it being NEW to the network's airing schedule, but not to us. Go to Discovery.com/schedule for more information on airing times.
Wednesday night treats us to some random bursts of "EXU" reruns but we still don't have our "Destination Truth" reruns on Fridays back yet. Please visit TravelChannel.com/schedule for more info.
For International fans - have info on international reruns and legal ways to access episodes (I do not condone or share pirating sites)? Please contact Amanda via SingularityFanPages.com/social-media
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Hello Josh,
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Love the shows and do like the little comic parts.🇬🇧UK.
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[Rendering of a Space NK shop in Bloomingdale's]
In July, department store Bloomingdale's and British beauty chain Space NK announced that they'd decided to partner up, with Space NK boutiques to open in nine Bloomies across the country beginning in November. We'd forgotten about the partnership until a Racked reader emailed, writing:
Hallo, I was at the Space NK shop in the Short Hills Mall yesterday and the shop clerk told me Space NK had just struck a deal with Bloomingdale's to open Space NK boutiques in all Bloomingdale's locations. It'll be Soho and 59th Street to start and then they'll roll out to the rest of the Bloomies locations. Currently Space NK has just four shops in the states.
Word from Space NK's PR team is that the Bloomies in White Plains will actually be the very first to get a Space NK shop, but will be followed soon after by the 59th Street location (on November 6th), and Soho (on November 10th). Founder Nicky Kinnaird will likely be on hand for the unveilings, but specific details on store opening events are still under wraps. The store-within-a-stores will all be around 750 to 1,000 square feet and will be filled with the same high-end skincare and haircare products as the company's standalone outposts. We hope they can recreate the boutiques' tranquil atmosphere as well.
· Space NK [Official Site]
· Rackage: Space NK [Racked]
· Now Open: Space NK Debuts on the UWS [Racked]


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High-quality media conversion
These media converters get your copper-based network where it needs to go. They let you extend your copper-based network via fibre to a maximum distance of 120 km through the use of an SFP (LHC210A), providing your deployment with the connectivity it needs.
LHC211A easily converts 10/100BASE-TX to 100BASE-FX Multimode SC over distances up to 2km.
LHC212A converts 10/100BASE-TX to 100BASE-FX Singlemode SC (1310-nm) up to 20km
LHC210A: converters 10/100BASE-TX to 10/100 Mbps Fibre through a flexible SFP port that can be populated with a multimode or single-mode SFP transceiver.
Support multiple standards
Meets whatever standard you need it to. It's fully compliant with IEEE802.3, IEEE802.3U, 10/100BASE-TX and 100BASE-FX.
Straightforward installation
The media converters easily install with plluag-and-play technology into your network.
Use them in a stand-alone application or consolidate up to 14 converter in the chassis LHGC-Rack. The installation is quick and easy.
Status updates
Know how your media converter is performing. Operation status can be locally monitored through a set of diagnostic LEDs located on the front panel.
Know link media issues immediately
Features helpful Link Fault Pass Through (LFP) functionality. LFP immediately alarms administrators to the problem with the link media and provides an efficient solution to monitor the net.
Approvals — CE, RoHS; FCC Class B
Connectors —
LHC210A: (1) RJ-45 connector, (1) SFP-Slot
LHC211A/LHC212A: (1) RJ-45 connector, (1) duplex SC fibre connector
Operation — full-duplex mode or half-duplex mode
Forwarding Rate —
10 Mbps: 14,880pps,
100Mbps: 148,800pps
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CAT3, 4, 5 UTP/STP, MAX200m; 100Base-TX, CAT5 UTP/STP, MAX 100m;
Multimode fiber (50/125um, 62.5/125um);
Singlemode fibre (8.3/125um, 9/125um, 10/125um)
Standards — IEEE 802.3 10 Base-T standard IEEE 802.3u 100Base-TX/FX standard
User Controls — (2) 4-position DIP switches
Power —external power adapter, 100-240VAC input, 5VDC 1A 5W output with AC plug clips for US, EU , UK, AUS.
Size — 2,54 cm H x 9,4 cm D x 6,86 cm W (1"H x 3.7"D x 2.7"W)
Weight — 0,32 kg (0.7 lb.)
Operrating Temperature — 0 to 50° C
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About the project
Would you want to be remembered for helping the earth by planting a tree(s) on your name? TreememberMe makes this possible! You can order your tree on the website, and you will be able to follow the growing process and see the carbon offset volumes that result from your tree(s). The idea is to have forests with the planted trees for the future generations, and hopefully, help the earth return to its healthy state.
In Avista, we are so proud to have TreememberMe as our client. We started with the creation of the brand, logo, and visuals. Then, we designed and developed their website. We wanted to build a site that breathes simplicity, nature, and commitment. The content strategy focused on delivering a message on the purpose of the project at every stage, then on inviting the person to join TreememberMe by buying their tree, and lastly, to share their experience.


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FAUX. Here we are with yet another faux fur. Honestly I'm starting to suspect that they're multiplying behind my back. I swear that everytime I go up to the attic to serach for something, I find a new one! Not that I'm complaining ;)
This particular one is a sale find from H&M that I bought a year or two ago and it's actually surprisingly warm for a faux fur, but it doesn't quite qualify into the perfect winter jacket category. I guess that the never ending search continues..
H&M faux fur. AMERICAN APPAREL denim shirt. ZARA pants. REBECCA MINKOFF bag. DIN SKO shoes.


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Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action.
- An attempt to measure and rank the most effective ways to reduce CO2 in the atmosphere ranked educating girls and family planning (globally) above green energy. Fewer unplanned births means fewer carbon footprints. (h/t Osman Siddiqi)
- On Monday, President Trump expanded the "global gag rule" to mean no funding can go to any NGO that also discusses abortion with beneficiaries anywhere in their operations. This expansion grows its impact from about $600 million to $8.8 billion in funding.
- There's a birth control that women can inject themselves (photo above) with minimal training. Each one lasts 3 months, and the price has just come down from $1 to 85 cents a dose.
- Does foreign aid work? Featuring Charles Kenny, Rachel Glennerster, and Amanda Glassman.
- A profile of the federal judge leading Brazil's anti-corruption campaign, "Operation Car Wash," which is modeled after Italy's fairly successful anti-corruption campaign in the 1990s.
- This week's The Weeds podcast from Vox discusses the Universal Basic Income experiment IPA is conducting with GiveDirectly in Kenya, along with the accompanying general equilibrium one examining how the large influx of cash affects the local economy. As a bonus they also talk about the controversial private school instruction program which we're also evaluating in Liberia. The prior "Weeds in The Wild" episode went to visit a Kenyan village in the UBI experiment. (h/t Chris Boyer)
- One fear of UBIs is that they'll reduce motivation for work. A review of previous UBI programs in the U.S. and Canada finds no evidence for that, but evidence of positive effects in consumption, education, and health.
- An analysis of a UBI in Iran also found little reduction in adult recipients working, with some increases for service sector workers. (h/t David McKenzie & Dina Pomeranz)
- Melissa Dell & Ben Olken find lasting positive effects of Dutch colonialism in Java. Areas close to where colonial sugar was grown in the 19th Century have better infrastructure, more schools, and higher education levels today.
And if you thought it was hard to make sure your survey questions preserve their meaning when translated into multiple languages, be thankful you're not the sign language interpreter for Snoop Dogg and the Wu-Tang Clan.
Her prep work also includes researching dialectal signs to ensure accuracy and authenticity. An Atlanta rapper will use different slang than a Queens one, and ASL speakers from different regions also use different signs, so knowing how a word like guns and brother are signed in a given region is crucial for authenticity.
Sorry, there's pretty much no video with Snoop Dogg or Wu-Tang lyrics I can post (but you can find an extended interview with interpreter and taekwondo black belt Holly Maniatty here).


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Grasslands National Park
One of only two National Parks in Saskatchewan, Grasslands National Park preserves one of the few remaining natural prairies in North America, while simultaneously offering plenty of outdoor recreation.
Visitor Information
Grasslands NP can be found along the Saskatchewan-Montana border, about an hour south of Swift Current.
The park is split into two sections – the West Block and the East Block – only about five kilometres part.
The park houses two visitor centres – the West Block Visitor Centre in Val Marie and the East Block McGowan's Visitor Centre at Rock Creek Campground. The park is open year-round, seven days a week.
The visitor centres are open on select days from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with extended hours in the summer. The centres are closed from late November to mid-May. There are no entry fees associated with Grasslands NP, however there are fees for certain day-use activities and specialty activities, like backcountry use, heritage presentation programs, and camping.
Attractions & Activities
Grasslands NP reels in over 10,000 annual visitors, providing its guests with any number of abundant outdoors activities. Hiking, drive tours, backpacking, and special interpretive events – you name it; you'll find it here.
But before you venture out into the vast natural landscape, you'll want to begin your journey at either of the two visitor centres – either in Val Marie or the McGowan Visitor Centre. Both visitor centres provide a bevy of pertinent information, like park maps, itineraries, event schedules, and more ways to explore the park to its fullest extent.
If you fancy yourself a hiker, you'll find 14 different Front Country hiking trails through both the East and West Blocks. To the west, trails range from less than one kilometre to 15 kilometres throughout the Frenchman Valley. Similarly, to the east, you can embark on either an interpretive hike or self-guided hike exploring Rock Creek.
Looking to stay indoors and off your feet? Don't miss a chance to head out of the Frenchman River Valley Ecotour – a scenic, self-guided driving tour through the French Man River Valley in the West Block. The tour can either be completed as an 80-kilometre loop, or as a 70-kilometre, one-way trip. Along the way, you'll be treated to unmatched wildlife viewing and information panels.
Equine enthusiasts are also more than welcome to explore the reaches of the park. Bring your hooved companions along and head out on a self-guided tour along the parks rustic trails and undeveloped nature areas. No horse? No problem! Guided horse tours are also available for any and all takers.
Speaking of guided adventures, Grasslands NP is known for its special events and interpretive programs. Whether it's the Cowboy Adventure in June, Badlands Blast Weekend, Fireside Chats each Friday, or Fossil Fever in August, you're sure to find an interpretive program at Grasslands NP nearly any time of year, yielding discovery and adventure for the whole family.


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A letter to the maker community
My reflections on the maker community and the potential worldwide impact our movement can have.
The letter below was sent as an email to the Makerlog team. It includes my reflections on the maker community and the potential worldwide impact our movement can have. I felt it was appropriate for the community to read it openly.
Ladies and gentlemen, we live interesting times. We possess the luck to exist in a rather consequential age: the birth of social media & mobile computing, the rise of nationalism vs. globalization, and societal & economic trends that democratize access to high technology.
The human race is on the bleeding edge — glass slabs in our hands connect us with the world in an instant, something unfathomable thirty years ago. Yet we feel farther apart than ever before in the course of human history. Social media amplifies voices of hate and intolerance. Pandemics and tragedies strike our communities. Fear consumes us — disarray dominates the news cycles.
Friends, the times are changing. These waves, trends, are moving the world towards interesting directions (and perhaps uncomfortable ones). This is why we're here. In one way or another, we are at the forefront of all these trends.
It was in 1913 when Mahatma Gandhi wisely published these now-famous words:
We but mirror the world. All the tendencies present in the outer world are to be found in the world of our body. If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him. This is the divine mystery supreme. We need not wait to see what others do.
I can't find another passage that resonates with our mission better than this one.
Folks, we're much more than a group of people building things. We're a talented team with the power to change the status quo. We have the skills, the ambition, and the passion to enact change on a worldwide scale through technology. We can connect people, build community, and push entrepreneurship forward.
Many criticize. Many analyze. But few act.
It's time we cease thoughtful inaction and engage in thoughtful action. Let's build the change we want to see in the world.
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Aside from juicy summer reads, beach days and bottomless rosé, ice cream is the thing we look forward to the most during summer. From small-batch joints to Food Network faves, you'll have a hard time choosing just one flavour at these Saskatoon faves. Curious to know what the rest of the country has on offer in the ice cream department? Peep our top picks in every major city in the country.
Homestead Ice Cream
Find it: 822 Victoria Ave., homesteadicecream.ca
The atmosphere: After 40 years in the biz, this homey shop has perfected the art of old-fashioned ice cream. This spot has even made an appearance on Food Network's You Gotta Eat Here, so you know it's gonna be good.
Number of flavours: Over 1,000 flavours are constantly on rotation (nbd—it's basically ice cream heaven), plus they have sundaes, milkshakes, parfaits, banana splits and more for a sugar rush unlike any other
Dietary friendly: Yes—they have a few flavours of sorbet on hand that are dairy-free and vegan.
The most unique flavour: They have a roster of out-there options, like Coconut Curry, Green Apple PB&J Swirl and Cookie Monster (with *four* kinds of cookie dough)
Don't miss: Sea Salt Carmel Creme Brûlée Doughnut—need we say more?
Fable Ice Cream
Find it: 633 Avenue H S, @fableicecream
The atmosphere: This minimalist locale is an under-the-radar gem in the city. Aside from the rustic brick-front counter and sleek white walls (which double as the perf backdrop for your ice cream snap), their made-from-scratch, small-batch ice cream truly steals the show.
Number of flavours: 10 flavours
Dietary friendly: Yes—they always have dairy-free, vegan ice cream on-hand, made with cashew and coconut milk for a rich texture that tastes just like the real thing. The Vegan Mint Chip and Vegan Lemon are customer faves.
The most unique flavour: Opt for White Tiger: a twist on your childhood fave without the artificial flavours and colours—instead, the vanilla ice cream is flavoured with orange essential oil and drizzled with a charcoal anise syrup.
Don't miss: Rhubarb Crisp—a summer must-try made with sweet cream ice cream, a homemade rhubarb compote and their own buttery brown sugar crumble.
Chardon Ice Cream
Find it: 1945 McKercher Dr., chardonicecream.ca
The atmosphere: This quaint ice cream counter doesn't look like much from the outside, but as soon as the warm weather hits, it's *the* place to pick up a cone (or other refreshing treat) on a hot summer night in Saskatoon.
Number of flavours: 14 flavours, plus 13 Twister flavours (soft serve with candy pieces), nine sundae flavours, five parfait flavours and four dip flavours.
Dietary friendly: No
The most unique flavour: The Cheesecake ice cream with graham crackers and cherry ripple tastes—dare we say?—even better than its namesake.
Don't miss: Maple Walnut—so Canadian, eh?


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United Nations
United Nations is a an international organization founded in 1945 after the Second World War. There were originally 51 countries in the organization and there are now 192 Member States to express their views and pseudo governing through its committees.[1]
Economic and Social Council
ECOSOC is the principal council in the United Nations responsible to coordinate economic, social, and related work of all UN specialized agencies, functional commissions and five regional commissions. It is responsible for:
- "promoting higher standards of living, full employment, and economic and social progress"
- "identifying solutions to international economic, social and health problems"
- "facilitating international cultural and educational cooperation"
- "encouraging universal respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms."[2]
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNESCO "works to create the conditions for dialogue among civilizations, cultures and peoples, based upon respect for commonly shared values." Its broad goal is to find a way to accomplish the concrete objectives set out in the internationally agreed development goals such as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).[3]


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Pistons draft target Nassir Little predicts struggles for prep stars jumping to NBA
CHICAGO — Nassir Little changed his mind in the middle of answering a question.
The North Carolina freshman swingman was asked Thursday his thoughts on the possibility of the NBA ending the one-year college requirement for draft eligibility, which is being discussed by the league and the players' union.
At first, he said he would have liked the option to turn pro after a dominant career at Orlando Christian Prep.
He paused.
"I don't think I would (have jumped to the pros)," Little said. "I look at myself now and out of high school, I just think that jump of competition is just huge and extremely hard to excel at.
"A lot of guys will be out the league extremely early coming straight out of high school."
Little's words were surprising.
More:How will Detroit Pistons handle 15th pick? Take best player available
More:Detroit Pistons NBA mock draft roundup: Here's who they might pick
The idea is gaining more momentum with NBA commissioner Adam Silver saying last week that prep stars could be allowed to make the professional jump by the 2022 NBA draft.
"It's hard, I think, if you're that parent or guardian, to say to that player, it's more important that you go to three more classes as opposed to prepare for a really important decision," Silver said via the Washington Post. "I think that's where the hypocrisy lies."
Little, who met with the Detroit Pistons this week at the NBA draft combine, could only speak for himself.
But he was honest in knowing he wouldn't have been ready for the league just 12 months ago.
That assessment comes after he struggled in his one year in college.
"It was a struggle statistically, is what y'all are talking about, but over the year, I developed, my body developed in the weight room," Little said. "I learned more about the game."
The degree of difficulty just moving from high school to college was enough for Little last year.
"Playing against actual defense," Little said. "In high school, there's no help, you beat your guy and dunk. If you think you're going to the NBA and you think it's going to be that easy, you're in for a rude awakening.
"Going to college exposes you to that a little bit and I think it's helpful for guys going to the NBA."
Going into the college season, Little was considered a potential top-five pick.
But Little was underwhelming for the Tar Heels.
Coming off the bench, he never found a role.
Little had an immediate reason for his struggles.
"I'm not sure what I was able to do at UNC," Little said. "It was hard to understand exactly what my role was — especially on offense. It created a lot of hesitancy.
"It was being unsure, playing out of position, not knowing my position on the floor was the cause of my hesitancy."
He had a strong showing in the NCAA tournament, averaging 19.5 points in the Tar Heels' first two tournament victories.
He could be in play for the Pistons, who have the 15th pick of the first round.
Wing depth is an offseason priority for the Pistons and Little could provide an option.
He measures 6-6 with a 7-1 ¼ wingspan — optimal dimensions for positional versatility.
He projected to a plus defender capable of guarding multiple positions. He has drawn Kawhi Leonard comparisons.
During his meeting with the Pistons, he said, a member of the scouting contingent offered another comparison.
Little typically settles into the classic triple threat position on the catch, with equal potential for shooting, dribbling or passing — which led a member of the Pistons to evoke a certain member of the 2003 draft class.
"I heard a Carmelo Anthony comparison, which is not a bad one to have," Little said with a grin.
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- The University of Western Australia in Second Life stimulates virtual art .
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Romanticism is a broad movement of thought in philosophy, the arts, history, and political theory, at its height in Germany, England and France towards the end of the 18th and in the earlier part of the 19th centuries.
Romanticism can be defined as a reaction against the rationalism and empiricism of the period of the Enlightenment : romanticism is best characterized by its idealist celebration of the self, by its respect for the transcendantal, and by its conviction of the power of the imagination and of the supreme value of art.
Philosophically, the movement has its roots in Kant's theories in respect of the relation of self to the phenomenal world and of the unknowability of the noumenal world. But the most direct manifestation of philosophical romanticism is to be found in the extreme idealism of Schelling.
Through Coleridge, Schelling's views exercised a strong influence over the English romantic poets, Wordsworth and Shelley; in history and political theory, the work of Shelley's father-in-law William Godwin was much admired by romantics, who were also deeply interested in the ideas of the French Revolution. However, the arch-romantic is undoubtly Goethe, whose drama, Faust, stills remains the clearest expression of romanticist feeling.


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As the warm weather marks the start of spring, it's time to head to the pool! Pools can be a lot of fun, but they can also be hard on the skin and hair, especially with sun exposure, too. OROGOLD wants to help keep you glowing and healthy this spring and summer with these tips to take care of your skin and hair.
Skin Care
Pool water contains an excess of chlorine which can dry out the skin with continued exposure. It is important to take preventative measures to hydrate your skin before swimming. First off, drinking a lot of water can help your skin retain moisture as you swim. The recommended amount is eight cups a day.
Next, it is important to wear sunscreen when swimming outside. Sunscreen should be applied at least thirty minutes before entering the pool and should be at least 30 SPF. It's even better if your sunscreen contains vitamins A, C, or E which will help hydrate your skin, as well. Don't forget small or hard to reach places such as the tops of the ears and scalp. Sunscreen starts wearing off within about 40 minutes of sun time, so make sure to reapply generously. After your swim, washing with a mild body wash immediately will help remove the chlorine and allow the skin to repair itself quicker.
Hair Care
Pool water chlorine also dries out the hair and can make lighter hair take on a green tint. That's why it is important to condition your hair right after swimming. A conditioner that has a SPF factor is the best type. Conditioner should go along with a clarifying shampoo that contains the ingredient EDTA. A natural solution that also strips chlorine from the hair is apple cider vinegar which can go along with an olive or coconut oil as a moisturizer. If you are really concerned about protecting your hair, consider wearing a hat or swim cap to protect it from the pool water. Also, highlights should be avoided because they are more likely to turn green and dry out.
There are also preventative measures that can be taken to protect your hair. One quick fix is soaking your hair in tap water before entering the pool. This causes the hair to absorb less chlorine, therefore avoiding discoloring and lack of hydration. Some styling creams or sprays also have sun protection that deflects harmful sun rays from the hair and scalp.