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Technology allows me to be an 'on-the-fly' sort of tourist. I don't have things planned out before I get to a destination like my parents did. They had travel agents who got them packaged tours where everything from morning wake-up to afternoon snack and evening meals were all scheduled on a daily plan. I shudder to think of enjoying travel in this way. I might read extensively about a place and it's neighborhoods before I go, but if I know that I can have Internet access when I'm there, I pretty much leave it up to the moment. When we were vacationing in San Francisco, I did my usual thing… went straight to Google maps and searched for places that I wanted to see or needed to visit: food, shopping, neighborhood historical spots, or the nearest Rite-aid to buy a replacement pair of pantyhose. When I was searching for eating places and boutiques, I noticed that a number of places had websites. A number of restaurants sounded good, but they just had too much ricketa-racketa (flash) on their websites. Come on! I just want a menu… or maybe even photos to look at. I want to know what you're store, business or restaurant has to offer. A few sites required me to download a plug in. Others sites seemed like some design nightmare similar to some conceptual art experience designed by an irritating esoteric character from Nathan Barley. Worse, important information like 'store hours' or a phone number was often hidden under some cryptic heading other than the obvious 'about us.'
I actually thought if their websites are this pretentious, then they must be pretty annoying. Ergo, I didn't want to give them my business. The funny thing is some small mobile devices don't play Flash very well. Often the information I needed could just be on a list. Yes, from a consumer's point of view the web needs to be simple and easy to use. As Jakob Nielsen put it:
"Most people just want to get in, get it and get out….For them the web is not a goal in itself. It is a tool."
Pushing bells and whistles or other advanced features may be too much if you're forcing them on users. On the other hand, people should be restricted to just using the 'tried and true' methods. Mr. Nielsen argues that focus on Web 2.0 development and applications is causing many website builders to forsake good design. But I think there's a growing market/audience of people who know how to take advantages and use the newer web technologies. To be fair to these pioneering web developers… they're still trying to figure out what works and how to make it work well. Though many business successes have demonstrated the power of social networking through blogs, wikis and social networks/online community. A product or service can take off if a few connected users or mavens start talking about it on the web.
From a web educator's point of view, the web has great potential to bring people closer together and these tools are more than just ricketa-racketa. Also, users can work collaboratively to develop content from written text, to music, podcasts. They can even build on concepts and enrich discussion with video sharing.
If you read this article… Nielsen sounds kind of like (excuse my words) an old fogy… who predicts that people's use and behavior with and on the Internet will not continue as they grow older. He predicts that Internet use will go down as people age. For the sector of society who will become more involved in the 'creative' and 'technology' economies this will not be the case. And, of course their use of the technology will change because technology changes. Something just tells me that Mr. Nielsen or his perception and vision of things is sort of …. stuck. Maybe things will be this way for me when everyone is plugging directly into USB (or some kind of electronic) ports or even buying cyborg bio-add ons… I just won't get it or understand. (Of course, you know I'm joking about the cyborg thing… well sort of).


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A Celebration of Women in Sports at GVSU
Grand Valley State University is honoring women in sports.
Alumni and current students at Grand Valley State University who have played varsity sports, club sports or majored in movement science will be honored at an event during the university's Family Weekend.
The Celebration of Women in Sports and Physical Activity is set for Saturday, October 5, 5:30 p.m. at the Alumni House. The event follows a Laker volleyball game and precedes a football game.
Cari Draft, '88, owner of Ecotrek Fitness, will be the keynote speaker.
The event serves as a fundraiser for the Boand/Rowe Endowment Fund, which recognizes the leadership of Joan Boand and Patti Rowe on campus by building a fund that will support scholarships and leadership development opportunities for students.
Tickets for the event are $25, which includes the volleyball game, reception and $15 that will go toward the endowment fund. Visit www.gvsu.edu/womeninsports to purchase a ticket.
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The A-Z of Saeed
A is for Apple
Favourite fruit? Grapes
B is for Beach
Favourite holiday destination? Aosta in Italy! I've only ever been there once to ski, but it was flippin' amazing!
C is for Car
First car? The number 582 (It's a bus. I've not quite passed my test yet!)
D is for Dog
First and current pet? I had a cat called Liquorice... I tried to feed her liquorice and then I never saw her again…
E is for Embarrassment
Most embarrassing moment? Running for the 582, in the middle of winter, snow all around me and BOOM! On the floor – I fell.
F is for Football
Who do you support? Not really a football fan but if I had to choose, it'd be Liverpool.
G is for Game
What do you play? I'm addicted to The Simpsons: Tapped Out on my phone!
H is for History
Where are you from? Costa-Del-Bolton
I is for Ice Cream
Favourite flavour? Chocolate!
J is for Jungle
If you were an animal, what animal would you be? A cheeky monkey ;)
K is for Kettle
Tea or coffee? Coffee
L is for Lumber
What's the most trouble you got into as a kid? I stole a pack of crisps from the School Tuck Shop and got excluded (Gosh!!)
M is for Munchies
Favourite food? Got to be some fresh Italian pizza but Dominos usually does fine.
N is for Naughty
Who's your celebrity crush? Taylor Swift
O is for Optics
We're at the bar, what would you like? I don't drink
P is for Pet hate
What do you have an irrational hatred of? Unreliability
Q is for Queen Vic or Rovers?
Corrie or Eastenders? Corrie
R is for Region
What's your favourite thing about working on a radio station in this area? The people! You're just so nice!
S is for Sing Song
What's your karaoke song? Cha Cha Slide.
T is for Toast
What do you have for breakfast? Egg & Soldiers!
U is for Underwear
Boxers, y-fronts, knickers or commando? Boxers
V is for Video
Favourite film? Captain Phillips or Despicable Me 2!
W is for Worry
What are you scared of? Spiders! Aaargh!
X is for X Ray Vision
What super power do you wish you had and why? I'd love to fly and then time-travel!
Y is for Yolo
What's on your bucket list? I so need to go to New York!
Z is for Zip It
Last thing you wish you hadn't said? Oh there's too many.


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It's all but impossible to leave your house with just your phone and wallet these days. You also need charging cables, maybe a back-up battery, and a host of other accessories you probably can't survive the day without. In fact, most of us leave the house better equipped than astronaut's taking a spacewalk—which is why this sci-fi-inspired Space Odyssey messenger bag seems so fitting.
Designed by the folks at ThinkGeek and exclusive to their site, the $50 bag is styled to look like something NASA would give its astronauts. But with twelve separate storage areas and enough capacity to swallow a 17-inch laptop, it's far too large to take up to the space station.
It's perfect for your daily excursions, with drainage holes in case you spill a bottle of Tang inside and rubber feet on the bottom so you can plop it down anywhere. And while the bag's gleaming white exterior might end up looking dirty, there's a silver lining inside—no, literally, an actual silver lining, which will do a better job of standing up to spills and grime. [ThinkGeek]


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Saying that he is "embarrassed and humiliated" by the behavior of his staff, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie apologized Thursday for the bridge lane-closure scandal that has swamped his administration and announced the firing of a top aide who tried to exact political revenge against a Democratic mayor.
"I had no knowledge or involvement in this issue, in its planning or its execution," he said of the emerging political crisis during a press conference that stretched nearly two hours. "I am stunned by the abject stupidity that was shown here."
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie addresses the media regarding the closure of access lanes from Fort Lee to the George Washington Bridge.
Christie said he was "embarrassed and humiliated by the conduct of some of the people on my team," adding that deputy chief of staff Bridget Anne Kelly has been dismissed effective immediately.
"I terminated her employment because she lied to me," he said, later adding that he has not spoken to Kelly since Wednesday's revelations and that she was not "given the opportunity" to explain the lie.
"I am heartbroken that someone who I permitted to be in that circle of trust for the last five years betrayed my trust," he said.
The New Jersey governor also said that he has directed another Christie confidant involved in the fracas, Bill Stepien, to withdraw his consultancy for the Republican Governors Association and his bid for state party chairman.
The tough-talking Christie stated bluntly that he takes responsibility for the incident despite being "blindsided" by the news and "heartbroken" by the behavior of his staff.
"Ultimately, I am responsible for what happens under my watch, the good and the bad," he said.
While he dismissed a question about whether he considered resigning over the matter as "crazy," he indicated that he is willing to speak to law enforcement officials if necessary, saying "I have absolutely nothing to hide."
Emails published Wednesday suggested that Kelly worked with a port authority official to close lanes of the George Washington Bridge last September. The closures appear to have been designed to punish a local Democratic mayor who declined to back Christie's re-election.
"Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee," Kelly wrote to Christie ally and Port Authority official David Wildstein, who replied "Got it."
Christie said he was not even aware that his team had been seeking the endorsement of Fort Lee mayor Mark Sokolich.
"I never saw this as political retribution because I didn't think he did anything to us," he told reporters.
Christie, a Republican with designs on the White House in 2016, previously denied that he or his staff were involved in the lane closures, which prompted massive traffic gridlock on the first day of school.
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The New Jersey side of the George Washington Bridge, which connects Fort Lee, NJ, and New York City, is seen on January 9, 2014 in Fort Lee, New Jersey.
On Thursday, he said he does not know the origin of the claim that the lane closures were the result of a valid "traffic study."
"I don't know if this was a traffic study that morphed into a political vendetta or a political vendetta that morphed into a traffic study," he said.
The controversy shows no immediate sign of waning. On Thursday, Wildstein invoked the Fifth Amendment and did not answer questions on the matter at a state assembly hearing before its Transportation, Public Works and Independent Authorities committee. He appeared after his lawyers unsuccessfully tried to quash a subpoena to attend that hearing.
Later Thursday, six Bergen County residents filed a class-action lawsuit against Christie and others after they were stuck in traffic and missed work because of the lane closures. One of the complainants said she felt like a "trapped rat" during the traffic jam.
Federal officials say the Justice Department has received a request to investigate whether any laws were violated when the traffic lanes were closed. The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee is also looking into the Port Authority's involvement in the matter.
The crisis is especially resonant because it cuts to the heart of the image Christie has cultivated, one of a bipartisan problem-solver and a plain-spoken political leader.
Christie said Thursday that the incident was not reflective of his personal style or of "the environment I have worked so hard to achieve" during his tenure as governor.
"I am who I am, but I am not a bully," he said.
Later, Christie traveled to Fort Lee and met with Sokolich behind closed doors for over half an hour. He told reporters the two men had "a good and productive" discussion.
NBC's Pete Williams and Sue Kroll contributed to this report.
This story was originally published on Thu Jan 9, 2014 8:36 AM EST


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About The Graphic Communications Conference
The Graphic Communications Conference represents more than 60,000 workers in all craft and skill areas in the printing and publishing industry. Every day, GCC members help print, produce and design numerous publications, including The New York Times, Chicago Sun-Times, San Francisco Chronicle, NY Newsday, Elle and Cosmopolitan magazines, Harper Collins and Penguin books, Chevrolet brochures, Harry Potter books and L.L. Bean catalogs. GCC Teamsters work in desktop publishing and electronic color prepress. They operate web and sheet-fed, offset, letterpress, rotogravure, silkscreen and other specialty presses. They handle binding, finishing and shipping of finished products. They produce inks, paper and packaging materials made of paper, plastic, cardboard and metal. They are also journalists, graphic artists, typesetters, sales people and support staff.
President: Kurt Freeman
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Hometown Hot Rodding - February 2014
1957 Chevy Sedan Delivery
Joe Petralia
San Diego, CA
Joe Petralia's killer 1957 sedan delivery was built by his buddies over at Bartone Bros. Racing. Well, actually, Michael Bartone built it for himself, but Joe just had to have it! Since it was originally built with no intention to sell, nothing but the best parts were used—to the tune of about $175K, Joe says. Where did all that money go? Well, the 1957 sits on an Art Morrison chassis with coilover suspension, four-link rear, 9-inch Ford rearend, power rack-and-pinion, Wilwood disc brakes, and Budnick wheels. Underhood is a 540hp Bill Mitchell/World Products 427ci Motown small-block Chevy backed by a Keisler five-speed, and fortified with Vintage Air and Painless Performance wiring. The interior consists of Connolly leather with German square-weave carpet, power windows, and a full custom sound system. We'd venture to guess that extremely slick black paint over an arrow-straight, perfectly gapped body soaked up quite a bit of time and cash too. So far, the 1957 has accumulated less than 750 miles since completed, but that number should be steadily climbing soon.
1974 Corvette
Eden Prairie, MN
Finally! At the ripe old age of 50 (back in 2003, anyway), Terri and Gary Bloom had all of their kids out of the house and through college, so it was high time for them to have a little fun! After about a year and a half of searching, they found a 1974 Corvette roadster with a 454 in pretty good condition. They loaded up and drove to Chicago from Minnesota and trailered it home. Then the real fun began! First, the engine was rebuilt with a mild cam, hi-rise intake manifold, 850-cfm Holley, and Hooker headers with side pipes (naturally). After that the entire interior was replaced, a custom cloth top was made, and the hardtop redone with new vinyl. Next came new red paint, wheels and tires, tunes, and after assembling it all, they were ready to hit the road! Surprise, surprise, Terri and Gary entered the Vette in their first car show and came home with First Place. In the years since then, they've met a number of great people thanks to the Vette and accumulated their fair share of trophies.
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The paper "described and evaluated Arrakis, a new operating system designed to remove the kernel from the I/O data path without compromising process isolation. Unlike a traditional operating system, which mediates all I/O operations to enforce process isolation and resource limits, Arrakis uses device hardware to deliver I/O directly to a customized user-level library. The Arrakis kernel operates in the control plane, configuring the hardware to limit application misbehavior."
The Arrakis paper avoids mentioning containers, but what they propose has a lot of applicability to the containers technology. Containers aim to provide isolation/portability of VM without incurring the overhead of VMs. So containers run an application set on the OS and raw metal with better performance instead of running it on a VM layer. Arrakis is providing OS level technology to improve efficiency for the same goal.
The Arrakis approach is also closely related to the ExoKernel and MicroKernel approach. Containers, ExoKernel, Xen Unikernel, and the Arrakis project form a spectrum from monolithic to microkernel OS. It seems like Tanenbaum will have the last laugh.
Hardware support
Arrakis exploits hardware support provided for Virtual-Machine-level virtualization, and pushes further and implements virtualization at the application (or potentially at the container) level. Arrakis is built on Barrelfish, which already supports standalone user-mode device drivers, akin to found in microkernels. The paper argues that with some modifications the idea can be brought to Linux as well.
This is what Arrakis requires from the hardware:
"Arrakis assumes the network devices provide support for virtualization by presenting themselves as multiple virtual network interface cards (VNICs) and that they can also multiplex/demultiplex packets based on complex filter expressions, directly to queues that can be managed entirely in user space without the need for kernel intervention. Similarly, each storage controller exposes multiple virtual storage interface controllers (VSICs) in our model. Each VSIC provides independent storage command queues (e.g., of SCSI or ATA format) that are multiplexed by the hardware. Associated with each such virtual interface card (VIC) are queues and rate limiters."
"Network cards that support SR-IOV have the key elements of this model: they allow the creation of multiple VNICs that each may have multiple send and receive queues, and support at least rudimentary transmit and receive filters."
"Storage controllers have some parts of the technology needed to provide the interface we describe. For example, RAID adapters have a translation layer that is able to provide virtual disks above physical extents, and SSDs use a flash translation layer for wear-leveling. SCSI host-bus adapters support SR-IOV technology for virtualization and can expose multiple VSICs, and the NVMe standard proposes multiple command queues for scalability."


text: We're not sure what to think about the remake of Red Dawn. The movie was plagued with issues (the villains changed from the Chinese to the North Koreans following a crapload of controversy) and shelved for years, but now it's coming out and this is the very first look at the footage from the flick. And surprise, it's not terrible! Then again, this is a cut of a trailer, so there's nothing we can really base it on other than Chris Hemsworth and Josh Hutcherson looking good with guns. We'll update with the trailer as soon as it goes wide!


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Wish we could be at San Diego Comic-Con International this year, but make sure to checkout our friends at Weta Workshop and their booth for The Hobbit #3613 to get your Hobbit fix. Be sure to also keep posted for our upcoming announcement on our Smaug figure set to be launched later this fall!
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MVR axial shaft seals
For added protection in extremely contaminated applications, SKF also offers MVR seals. Like V-ring seals, MVR seals also seal axially and function by combining lip contact with centrifugal "flinging" action. MVR seals are, however, different from V-rings in that their rubber element is stretch fit into a metal case. The metal case is then press fit onto the shaft. The case provides excellent protection from heavy debris and enables the seal to accommodate high rotational speeds without requiring auxiliary clamping devices.
MVR seals are used in rotating shaft applications such as gearboxes, speed reducers, saws, lathes, motors, mixers, where high levels of contaminants reduce the service life of radial shaft seals and bearings. MVR seals can also serve as primary seals to retain high-viscosity lubricants or exclude contaminants in dry-running applications.


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But it wasn't Guillen who drew the ire of the preseason predictors who tabbed the Sox as a below average operation. It was Williams. ESPN's Rob Neyer called for the team to win 75 games before the season and believes the White Sox are what should have been expected and that Williams' assertion the team is underachieving is off-base. FanGraphs' Dave Cameron ripped Williams for his direct role in the club's performance due to their lack of talent, not their underachievement. (Guess that's the last time Williams listens to Cammy when it comes to player advice, eh?) Like always, hindsight is 20/20 but there's a good chance if the predictors were offered a mulligan on their outlook on the White Sox, they would have taken it. Do you think given the opportunity, on August 22nd with Jake Peavy on his way back and the club at 63-60, would anyone stick to their 75-win prediction? Maybe the most stubborn but not many. …
September 27, 2009
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Richmond, VA (PRWEB) December 12, 2012
Renew Health and Wellness announced today that they have opened a center in Richmond, Virginia. The new clinic specializes in natural hormone replacement therapy and weight loss programs that are both affordable and easy to manage.
The Richmond center is owned by real estate entrepreneur Don R. Cameron. His successful career in consulting and medical project management led the way to his investment in the Renew centers. Cameron shares ownership with Adren and Pam Greene.
"We are excited to bring this new service to the Richmond area", said Cameron. We have only been open a short time and we are already having a positive impact on the lives of our clients".
Other key staff include Harriet McCoy, nurse practitioner. McCoy, who has a Masters Degree in Exercise Physiology, and a second Masters as a nurse practitioner began her career in healthcare at Pritikin Longevity Center. Working in the preventative medicine field for over 14 years, she brings great insight to Renew's Richmond facility and is dedicated to the concept of natural healing.
"Our bio-natural hormone replacement therapy has been shown to have many positive effects on both women and men, said McCoy. These include weight loss, mood enhancement, improved energy levels and more continued McCoy.
Anti-aging treatments are significant because both men and women can have hormone deficiencies as they get older. Even menapause can affect hormone balance significantly. The Renew Health and Wellness Clinics treat this with a bio-natural process that starts with a simple blood test.Take our 3 minute Hormone Health test here to see if you are a candidate.
All therapy programs begin with a consultation from a licensed physician or nurse practitioner and are managed alongside of your current healthcare needs and requirements. The bio-natural process is plant-derived and comes from the wild yam. Little or no side effects exist with this treatment and all programs are individually customized to each patient's needs.
The new Richmond area facility is located at 10120 West Broad St (Suite F), Glen Allen, Virginia, 23060. Contact them directly at 804.447.2332 or see map and other details here. The second "Renew" office is located in St. Louis, Missouri.


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If anyone could help me to identify this - the maker, it's use, an age and even a value, it would be greatly appreciated. I will be happy to list or send more photos if requested. Thank you in advance for your help.


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March 26, 2009
You would do well to give the new Grundfos SL ranges a serious look - the SL is flexible in a way that few pumps in its class can match.
An advantageous combination of technologies makes the durable SL an efficient option for sewage pumping stations in municipal network systems. The same advantages apply to sewage, effluent and surface water pumping stations in connection with commercial buildings.
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When sized correctly, it offers you a solution that is optimised to the actual conditions in your system.
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Picking the right control and monitoring system is a factor that does more for peace of mind that any other single component. Maintenance needs become predictable with integrated analogue sensors, and you will be the first to know when something isn't the way it should be.
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NC Senate Leader Phil Berger yesterday called our health program for low-income people, Medicaid, "a runaway federal entitlement program that is diverting funds away from priorities like education, transportation and our judicial system." NC's far right John Locke Foundation calls Medicaid paying for health care "a parasitic disease to taxpayers and beneficiaries."
With all the hyperbole, it's worth noting who the actual low-income people are on NC's Medicaid program the right wing hates so much:
One Million Children: 960,827 of the people on NC Medicaid are low-income children ages 0-18.
Half a Million Aged and/or Seriously Disabled: 491,619 of the people on NC Medicaid are either over 65 and poor or have a very serious disability and are poor, or both.
Parents and pregnant women: The smallest and last group of people on NC Medicaid, 360,852 of the total, are extremely poor parents of the poor kids already covered and pregnant women.
We don't cover adults ages 18-64 on our Medicaid program no matter how poor they are, unless they have a very serious disability.
So these are the parasites, the kids and moms and grandparents who are the cause of this "runaway entitlement." A million kids in our state who have the gall to think they should be able to see the doctor if they are sick. The aged and disabled who, by the way, reach out their aging hands to demand the vast majority – 63% of Medicaid spending in NC – just because they need so many health services. The million children on Medicaid are cheap in comparison, "only" asking for 24% of the spending.
Yes, it's always easy to speak of a "parasitic disease" or all "those people" who are the supposed cause of cuts to all other areas of the budget. This nasty language doesn't sound quite so grand when you have to apply it to the real citizens we serve in our Medicaid program. In fact, I would say it is our moral duty to care for the citizens of our state who cannot care for themselves.
Of course, all this bashing is in service of one goal: selling off our award-winning Medicaid program to the private health insurers. And we all know how well private health insurers have done with our current health system. By all means, let's turn our most vulnerable kids and grandparents and pregnant women over to the insurance industry too. What could go wrong?


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So he's going into tearful detail on how he gets his chemotherapy on Wednesdays, and then on the Thursdays after he has a horrible headache that sends him to ER.
I reviewed different options (besides stopping cancer treatment): medications to get rid of his headaches, medications to prevent his headaches, etc. He then asks me this:
"Doctor, I'm not sure I want to take more medications. Wouldn't it be easier to just move my chemotherapy to Mondays, instead?"


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While a school providing instructions on understanding the driving dynamics of high-performance Jaguars may not be the answer for everyone, what are your thoughts on teen drivers attending a basic performance driving academy before getting their driver's license?
School was in session at Texas Motor Speedway, and the fast-paced course being taught was about understanding the high-performance character of new Jaguars.
The school is the Jaguar Performance Driving Academy, and it's staffed by instructors with a vast range of motorsports experience, who teach basic and advanced courses. The basic course is complimentary for owners of a new Jaguar XFR, XKR, XKR-S or XJ Supersport models and costs $1,850 for non-owners. The advanced course is $2,495 for owners and non-owners. Academy locations move to various racing facilities across the United States.
For those interested in buying one of these performance-enhanced Jaguars, starting prices are: XFR, $82,000; XKR, $97,500; XKR-S, $132,000; and XJ Supersport, $111,200.
The cars used for training mainly were XFR and XKR models, powered by a 5.0-liter supercharged V-8 and a six-speed automatic with manual paddle shifting. The engine cranks out 510 horsepower at 6,000-6,500 rpm and 461 lb.-ft. of torque at 2,500-5,500 rpm. I drove a top-line XKR-S convertible to the track near Dallas, which is propelled by a supercharged 5.0-liter generating 550 horsepower at 6,000-6,500 rpm and 502 lb.-ft. of torque at 2,500-5,500 rpm.
Zero-to-60-mph times/top track speeds are 4.7 seconds/155 mph for the XFR and 4.6/155 for the XKR. The XKR-S test car, which was limited to street use, can blast from 0-60 mph in 4.2 seconds and to a 186-mph top speed.
Owners paying extra for the higher-performance Jags may not have the opportunity to experience the advantages of the cars' sophisticated performance technology or have a clear understanding how to use it. It was the goal of the instructors — Davy Jones, Roberto Guerrero, Mark Wolocatiuk, Ken Hill, Mike Finch and Sam Schultz — to give students knowledge of and confidence in the Jaguars that can benefit them both on the track and in everyday driving situations.
The Jaguar Performance Driving Academy is a great tool for owners of the high-performance Jaguars to understand their cars' driving dynamics, said instructor Davy Jones, who has an impressive international racing history, including a 24 Hours of Daytona win in the cockpit of a Jaguar race car. "They realize what a luxury it is and how refined the automobile is, and when they get it on the track they see the true performance side of it."
Academy students, under the instructors' close and patient guidance, first learn about the cars' driving dynamics via exercises on a tight handling oval, figure-eight course and autocross. Later, students apply what they learned on a larger, faster infield track.
Adaptive Dynamics, a system on the high-end models that enhances handling response, was explained by former Formula One and Champ Car driver Roberto Guerrero.
As he put the car through its paces on the handling course, Guerrero said that with Adaptive Dynamics, every time you turn to the right or left, the computer is reading which way the load is being transferred.
"I touch the brakes and the front shock absorbers get stiffer, and when I accelerate the rear shock absorbers get stiffer. The amazing thing about Active Dynamics is that it reads the wheel travel 500 times per second and then it adjusts the shock absorbers individually — 100 times per second depending where the load is being transferred."
For track purposes, Guerrero had the car set in Dynamic mode, activated by a checkered flag console button, which enhances the car's performance features. "It has an electronic differential and it makes it very aggressive," he said. "It gives us very fast throttle response, it holds the rpm longer, it puts all the performance features to the next level. Depending on the grip in each wheel, it can send up to 90 percent of the power to the wheel that has the most grip."
Next, I moved to the figure-eight course, where Ken Hill, with strong credentials racing both motorcycles and cars, slipped into the driver seat.
"The single biggest issue that drivers face when they come out on the racetrack, or that motorists face out on the highway, is they are not looking where they need to, and if something happens that they're not expecting, they get tense," Hill said. "And as soon as you tense up, emotions become jerky — now you're throwing the car around … and that's how and why spins happen and people lose control."
After a rehash of the workings of Dynamic mode, he explained the operation of another technology offered on the high-performance Jaguars, which gives them an edge on a racetrack — or in demanding real-world driving situations such as maneuvering through twisty mountain roads.
Hill put the Dynamic Stability Control button into the Track mode, which softens the parameters that it allows us to drive.
"In full normal mode it's only going to give us 4 of 5 degrees of slip angle before it figures out you're heading toward a crash — it's going to start applying brakes, trying to get the nose back around in front," he said. "In the Track DSC setting, we're going to get 11 or 14 degrees maybe before it starts stepping in to avoid a crash — cutting throttle and applying brakes. If we hold this button 20 seconds or so it turns everything off, and then the car's in full manual, and it's no different from a '68 Charger (figuratively speaking)."
For everyday straight-line driving, when a boost in spirit is needed, Sport mode is a good choice, Hill said. It gives a passing edge because the throttle's going to stay with you a little longer before it upshifts.
After repeating the exercises and applying the instructors' lessons, students — following a radio-linked instructor through the course — were able to efficiently push the Jags on the high-speed track.
While all of the advanced technologies packed into the elite Jaguars assist the driver, Jones said driver awareness and control are keys to a successful track experience.
"Be smooth and patient — patience is a key word," Jones said. "There's a fine line between not being aggressive enough and being too aggressive. We're going to try to keep you within those bounds."
"These vehicles are so capable and have so much performance that it's not unlike selling somebody a gun," Hill said. "There's a responsibility involved if we sell somebody a pistol — we should show them how to use it safely — and if we're going to sell a vehicle that had 510 horsepower we should give them the opportunity to learn how to drive it as safely as possible."
Licensed drivers, at least 21 years old, who are interested in experiencing the Jaguar Performance Driving Academy can obtain information by visiting the website at http://www.jaguarusa.com/r-performance-academy/register/ or calling 866-513-7200.


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I know a lot of you guys are counting down the moons, days, hours, minutes, seconds, breaths, eye-blinks and everything else until you get your hands on the new iPhone 5. We're obsessives, we get it. So here's something to placate you until then. A spoiler alert, if you will: here's what's inside the iPhone 5 box.
I don't know how BGR's source got their hands on an iPhone 5 early, but hopefully you guys will be just as lucky as this guy. There doesn't seem to be any surprises or anything (like a free 30-pin adapter), just a lightning cable, a power adapter and the new EarPods with what looks like something that could be a traveling case. Oh yeah and an iPhone 5. [BGR]


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As the earnings season reaches its tail end, the worst of the global financial crisis appears to be over for much of corporate Australia. With nearly $40 billion worth of profits handed down over the past month, signs are emerging the recovery in earnings is gaining momentum.
Although the proportion of companies that have beaten expectations for the first half of the 2013 financial year was similar to the last few years, expectations among analysts of future earnings growth have improved.
"For the first time in three years, a majority of companies [54 per cent] are seeing their earnings forecast upgraded," Deutsche Bank's head of equity strategy, Tim Baker, said.
Companies including miner Newcrest, retailer JB Hi-Fi, transport group Asciano and Insurance Australia Group were among the big names to come in ahead of the market's expectation of profit. However, among those to disappoint investors was Tabcorp, energy interest Origin and mining services companies Boart Longyear and Drillsearch.
Mr Baker said dividends had come in better than expected. While net profits were fairly flat for the first half of the 2013 financial year, dividends were up 1.3 per cent.
David Cassidy, UBS's head of strategy, said company earnings had so far been fairly steady according to forecasts, with expectations for the year ahead more realistic than they had been previously.
"I don't think we're going to an upgrade cycle, but we look to have passed the downgrades," Mr Cassidy said.
Earnings growth for the industrial sector picked up, but were driven by so-called defensive companies such as telecommunications and those operating healthcare, while cyclicals – companies that are
dependent on the ups and downs of the economy – remained stagnant, Mr Baker noted.
The main disappointments have been second-tier resources stocks, which were less able or willing to cut costs like their bigger counterparts, and mining services companies, which have been hit by their clients' cost-cutting, Deutsche Bank's head of research sales, Glenn Morgan, said.
Mr Cassidy said the markets were starting to price in stabilisation or a potential turnaround for stocks in a range of sectors such as discretionary retail and steel.
"Quite a lot of the domestic cyclical sectors are starting to rally. I don't know if the market is going into an upturn, but the fact that earnings looked to have based out has been enough to see a lot of these share prices jump, given how cheap they were," he said.
While the broader market is tipping double digit growth in profit for corporate Australia, Nomura strategist David Jennings was more bearish over the outlook. He was tipping earnings expectations for the 2014 financial year were likely to fall as they have in previous years.
"Our take away from this reporting season is that we are not at the beginning of an upgrade, but rather this is a bit of a breather and reality is going to have to bite pretty soon," Mr Jennings said.
"We're still looking for the market to fall back from these levels by the end of the year."
Corporate chiefs generally sounded a cautiously optimistic note over the health of the economy.
Commonwealth Bank chief Ian Narev said that while risks remained in the economy, if the current stability continued this would translate into a "slow but steady rebuilding of consumer and business confidence".
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text: In the fight for your firearms freedom, the Florida Chamber of Commerce and the Florida Retail Federation were determined to kill Florida's HB503, the bill that protects your right to keep a firearm in your vehicle for personal protection. They even threatened the Legislature and the Governor with a lawsuit. The Legislature was not intimidated -- they passed the bill. Governor Charlie Crist ® was not intimidated -- he signed it into law.


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The Carson City Justice and Municipal Court is statutorily limited in jurisdiction. It has authority to determine probable cause, hold arraignments/first appearances, and conduct trials on misdemeanors, Driving Under the Influence (DUI's) and traffic offenses. In addition, the Court sets bails, issues warrants, monitors suspended sentences for compliance of conditions and conducts felony preliminary hearings.
The Court is responsible for assessing misdemeanor fines and forfeitures and collecting civil fees. The Court has authority to hear and decide small claim disputes up to $7,500 and formal civil actions up to $10,000. The Court hears all landlord/tenant disputes; issues temporary protective orders, stalking orders and other civil orders; and holds hearings on contested cases.
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DO NOT GIVE CALLERS your personal information. Hang up. If you are in doubt of whether or not you have a court matter, call the Justice Court Clerk's Office between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., (Effective Monday March 23, 2020 office hours will be changing to 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.) Monday through Friday at (775) 887-2121.
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Payment of Court Fines and Fees: The Fines and Fees Office handles all payments of citations including traffic and court fines. You may pay your fine in person, by mail, or by credit/debit card. The Payment Center's address is 885 East Musser Street, Suite 2003, Carson City, Nevada 89701. It is located on the second floor of the Carson City Courthouse. If you have any questions regarding your payment, please call the Fines and Fees Office at (775) 887-2064. To make an online payment click here.
Traffic Citations and Continuances: Traffic court is held Monday, Tuesday and Thursday at 1:15 p.m. There is a mandatory appearance for all citations involving child restraints, traffic accidents, property damage, driving on a no valid, suspended, or revoked driver's license. You must appear on the date and time on your citation. At traffic court you are advised of your rights and the charges against you. If you plead "guilty" or "nolo contendere" (no contest), a sentence will be imposed at that time. If you plead not guilty, the matter will be set for a pretrial conference with the District Attorney's Office immediately following your arraignment. If you have been involved in an accident and enter a plea of not guilty, your case will be set for trial. If you are charged with no insurance, unregistered vehicle, or no valid driver's license and you now have the required documentation, be prepared to present it to the Court. If you are unable to appear in Court on the date and time indicated on your ticket, you may request a continuance over the phone. Failure to appear or pay your citation may result in a warrant being issued for your arrest. Additionally, your driver's license may be suspended by the Department of Motor Vehicles.
Click *here to view a 4 1/2 minute video for general information on Traffic cases. This video is shown at the Courthouse prior to entering Traffic Court.
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Justice and Municipal Court Clerk's Office
885 E. Musser Street, Suite 2007 (2nd Floor)
Carson City, Nevada 89701
(775) 887-2121
For a map to the Courthouse click here.
Traffic Safety School: Traffic Safety School is available for Nevada licensed drivers, once in a 12 month period, if the citation you received did not involve an accident, and the demerits for the charge is 4 points or less.
Upon receiving a Certificate of Completion for participating in traffic school, the Court will adjust your violation to non moving which keeps demerit points from being reported to the Department of Motor Vehicles.
For a list of certified traffic safety schools you may contact the Department of Motor Vehicles at www.dmvnv.com/dlschoolstss.htm, or the Court at (775) 887-2121.
If you live in another state and you received your citation in Carson City you are required by the Court to take a Nevada certified traffic school. You must contact the Court prior to paying your citation if you want to attend traffic school and avoid demerits being reported to the Department of Motor Vehicles in the state where you reside.
For additional Traffic School information please click here.
*Please note Commercial License holders are not eligible to participate in the Carson City Justice Court traffic school program. You may contact your local Department of Motor Vehicles for information regarding their traffic school program information.
If you need information regarding demerit points on your driver's license please contact DMV as the Court does not retain that information.
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Driving Under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs: If you have been arrested for Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol and/or Drugs, you will be given a court date on a Wednesday morning or afternoon. There are three things that may happen at that time: Arraignment, Sentencing, or Pretrial Conference. At an arraignment you are advised of your rights and the charges against you. At this time you will inform the Court if you have hired an attorney. If you are unable to afford an attorney, the Court may appoint one to represent you. You have the right to have an attorney during all stages of the proceedings. If you plead guilty or nolo contendere (no contest), you may be sentenced at that time or you may be rescheduled for sentencing depending on several factors. You will be advised of your blood alcohol level at your arraignment. If you plead not guilty, the matter will be set for a pretrial conference with the District Attorney's Office. You must attend all court hearings or a warrant will be issued for your arrest.
Court Appearances for those being held in jail: Arraignments and first appearances for those who are charged with crimes and are still being held in jail are done via closed-circuit television Monday through Friday. The Judge is in the courtroom and the defendant participates from the jail. These proceedings are open to the public and if you wish to observe, you may do so in the courtroom. Amounts and conditions of bail are also addressed at this time.
All other court appearances for criminal charges or citations: If you have been charged with a crime other than traffic or DUI, you have been given a date for arraignment on a Tuesday morning at 9:30 a.m. At an arraignment, you are advised of the charges against you and your rights. On a misdemeanor charge you will enter a plea. If you plead guilty or nolo contendere (no contest), the Judge may impose a sentence at that time. If you plead not guilty, the matter will be set for a pretrial conference or trial. On a felony charge, a preliminary hearing will be scheduled and you will not enter a plea.
Warrants: If you fail to appear for a scheduled court date or pay a fine as ordered, a warrant may be issued for your arrest. If you are arrested, a cash bail must be posted. If bail is not posted, you will remain in custody and be brought before a Judge within 72 hours (excluding holidays and weekends) for further action.
Backgrounds/Records Checks: The Court does not do background or records checks over the telephone. You must make your request in writing and include the individual's names and years you wish to have searched. You must also include a check or money order for $1.00 per name per year to be researched.
Temporary Protective Orders: To apply for a temporary protective order against domestic violence or stalking/harassment, you must come to the Court. Advocates to End Domestic Violence has an office on the third floor of the Courthouse and will assist you in completing the application. The Advocates are also available at 884-1886 and after regular hours at (775) 883-7654. To qualify for a domestic violence protective order you must:
a. Have been a victim of or been threatened with domestic violence; and
b. Be related to the defendant by blood or marriage; or
c. Have a child in common with the defendant; or
d. Have resided or had a dating relationship with the defendant.
For a stalking and/or harassment protective order there must be a continuing course of conduct of reckless behavior by the defendant, and
a. You must feel terrorized or fear for your safety, and
b. There must be more than one incident.
A Judge will review your application and issue a 45 day temporary order for just cause.
Small Claims Information: If you feel that someone owes you money or has collected money from you unfairly, you may wish to file in Small Claims Court. The amount cannot exceed $10,000. The law requires that prior to filing a claim, you must make a demand for payment from the person who owes you money. If they fail to pay you, you may then file your claim. To file a claim in Carson City Justice Court, the person your claim is against must reside, be employed, or have a business in Carson City. To obtain forms and information for filing, you may pick them up in person or send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to the Court. The form is also available on our Forms page.
The filing fees, including service are (Effective January 1, 2017):
For claims up to $1,000, the fee is $111.00
For $1,000.01 - $2,500 the fee is $131.00
For $2,500.01 - $5,000 the fee is $151.00
For $5,000.01 - $7,500 the fee is $191.00
For $7,500.01 - $10,000 the fee is $241.00
Once you file the claim and pay the filing fees, the matter will be set for hearing before a Small Claims Referee. The hearing usually occurs within approximately 30 days of filing.
Eviction Information: The court has forms available for three types of summary evictions. These are: 1) 5 day nonpayment of rent; 2) 5 day failure to perform conditions of rental agreement; 3) no cause notice to quit. The notice must be filed with the Justice Court prior to serving on the tenant. The cost of filing of the notice is $71.00. For further information regarding procedures please contact the Justice Court at (775) 887-2121. The above notices are also available on the forms page.
Complaint and Summons: If you have been served with a summons and complaint, you have twenty days from the day you are served to file your defense with the Court. The answer should be filed in proper legal form. The Clerks cannot provide you with forms or legal assistance. You may wish to consult with an attorney. If you believe you owe the amount claimed, you may contact the attorney for the plaintiff to make arrangements for payment.
Marriages: Marriages are performed on Saturday's at 11:00 a.m. The cost of a marriage is $75.00 - CASH ONLY. You must bring a valid marriage license and provide your own witness or interpreter as needed.


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There was a white elephant here a moment ago. Im absolutely sure I saw a white elephant. Everyone is convinced there was no white elephant but I could see it. It was right there in front of everyones eyes and lots of people claimed they couldn't see it but it was there I tell you. I'm not mad. It was there!
Anyway the white elephant seems to have moved a little toward the door and all the people who say they couldn't see a big white plain as the nose on your face elephant, are suddenly all pissed off as if they dont want the big white elephant to leave. That cant be the case though because they say there isnt a big white elephant, so I dont understand why they are all pissed off.
Anyway, if you see a big white elephant, give him a little push toward the door would you?


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The next Tango: Two men in a tub
From The Conformist to The Sheltering Sky and 1900 to The Last Emperor, Bernardo Bertolucci has never been about the pursuit of trivia. He even made sex seem weighty in Last Tango in Paris.
Yet Trivial Pursuit fans will form a definite niche market for The Dreamers, another Parisian tango that shows Last meant no more than the "Final Chapter" of Friday the 13th or Cher's "Farewell Tour." I'm talking about lovers of film– the French New Wave and all that inspired it, not Star Wars and LOTR.
The film's teasing hints of incest and bisexuality may attract aficionados of kinky sex, who will likely leave disappointed when they find there's no payoff.
Perhaps the largest audience for The Dreamers is that portion of the "aging hippie" population that's hungry for nostalgia and not in denial about the way things were.
Adapted from his novel The Holy Innocents by Gilbert Adair, The Dreamers is the story of an American student in Paris in 1968 who spends a month with a twin brother and sister in a relationship so insular they must eventually rejoin the world or die.
Matthew (Michael Pitt of Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Murder by Numbers) meets Isabelle (Eva Green) and Theo (Louis Garrel) at a demonstration protesting the government's firing of Cinematheque founder Henri Langlois. They recognize each other from having attended many of the same screenings there.
The siblings invite Matthew to dinner at the apartment they share with their bourgeois parents, then to stay the night, and in the morning to move in while their parents are away in the country.
Being film buffs, all three are inclined to quote and recognize actions or bits of dialogue from classic films. Having already discovered the twins sleep together mostly or completely nude, Matthew finds they make a game of their movie quotes with "Truth or Dare"-like consequences for the one who fails to recognize the film. Theo, for instance, has to masturbate in front of the other two for missing a dance step from Blonde Venus. Once Matthew is pulled into the game, the sexual stakes are raised.
They argue as passionately as the three of them love each other, all in different ways. The twins' closeness becomes increasingly disturbing to Matthew. Anyone who's been around one or both members of a set of twins will recognize the syndrome, though it's rarely so extreme in real life.
It's not all sex. Matthew and Theo argue the relative merits of Chaplin vs. Keaton and, while sharing a bathtub, Clapton vs. Hendrix. Theo's Maoist views are also a subject for debate.
The Dreamers captures many hallmarks of the late '60s: young people crossing sexual frontiers their parents never dreamed of, spoiled products of capitalism comfortably discussing theories of alternative government, and always the demonstrations going on outside.
Bertolucci conveys the period credibly. His use of film clips is fun, but his casting is uninspired. Pouty-lipped Pitt is okay as the American who's naïve by French standards. Garrel nails Theo's anger but fails to indicate any warmth he may have inside. He seems to be channeling Jean-Pierre Leaud– who cameos as himself in a clever combination of old and new footage– but without that actor's sense of wonder.
Green is sexy and mysterious but lacks the charisma of, say, the young Jeanne Moreau, who was in the middle of a threesome in Jules and Jim– or even Jean Seberg in Breathless, with whom Isabelle identifies.
Perhaps the director had trouble finding young actors willing to go along with the extensive nudity he required. (Jake Gyllenhaal is known to have turned down the part of Matthew for that reason.) In any case he's done what he could with what he had to work with– although, considering the film was guaranteed an NC-17 for nudity anyway, the story seems unusually timid in restricting sex to the unrelated male and female. Such, perhaps, was life in the country that invented the menage a trois, or at least named it.
Watching The Dreamers, I kept thinking, "Americans are so not going to get it." But that doesn't mean some Americans won't find it as captivating as I did.


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In May I finished the refactoring of the sequence damage-repair code for updating the controller time-lines after pattern changes. It is a lot less code now and it is also faster. The "less code" is important as there is quite a bit of logic to handle combining events from patterns overlapping in time or on several tracks.
In the same vein, I could also refactor main-page-patterns with quite a nice code removal mount (~400 lines).
While reading "The Art of Unit Testing" I decided to start cleaning up the test suite in buzztard. The changes so far result in tests that are more focused, less brittle and a lot smaller. I am writing down some of the tips on the wiki.
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Freeview today posted the following stats. Make of them what you will.
• 1.3m Freeview HD-equipped TVs and set-top boxes sold in Q4 2011.
• 4.4m Freeview HD-equipped TVs and set-top boxes have been sold to date - a quarter of them in the last quarter, according to the first figure.
• Sales of Freeview HD-capable TVs doubled in December 2011 when compared to December 2010.
• Freeview+HD set-tops account for 30 per cent of all Freeview+ box sales.
• 2m homes regularly watch HD programming broadcast by Freeview HD.
• More than 90 per cent of the 2.6m smart TVs in UK homes have Freeview HD tuners on board.
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2 Mean Milkers
The poor slave endures some unbelivable abuse in this forced CFNM video. Heavy on physical and verbal abuse these 2 ladies left nothing to the imagination as they brutalized this guy before bringing him pleasure. Face slaps and body slaps so hard that they actually
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3 mean women flipping a coin CFNM
Sometimes clothed women can be outright mean and these 3 here, well they just take the cake when it comes to being mean. They have a coin fliping contest to see who gets stuck jerking the poor guy off. It's bad
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G Spot Overmatched?
G-spot enters the wrestling arena overmatched by weight and size by her male opponent yet she still manages to overcome him. Features scissor locks, verbal taunting.
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Jana Destroys
Jana uses her powerful legs to overcome her male opponent with crushing scissor lock holds.
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Kelly's cock desctruction milking
If you like to see cocks take abuse at the hands of pretty clothed women you will LOVE this one. Most of the painful stuff takes part after the guy cums. Not really sure why she got so mean
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Last Man Standing
This is a ball kicking fest. Both of these guy absorb MASSIVE groin kicks and to stop the assault one of them agrees to hold the other up while both girls kick him in the balls SUPER hard.
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No matter what you think of the war, or the military, I think today is a good day to remember there are real people serving, and they have parents and families who love them.
I'd like to recognize the parents of the people in the military. Yes, your sons and daughters volunteered but when they did, they volunteered you for the toughest parental challenge: love and support your kid's choice knowing it could be, is, dangerous.
Perhaps it's not a coincidence that Memorial Day falls between Mother's Day and Father's Day.
For those of you with kids in the military today, thank you.


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Public Comment
New: Vote 'United for Community Radio'for the KPFA Local Station Board
Current situation and background
As long time observers know, there never seems to be peace at KPFA-Pacifica.
After the 1999 Crisis, Pacifica reorganized with new bylaws which called for democratic governance by a board elected by the listeners and staff, both paid and unpaid. Immediately, a divide formed over the new governance. The current conflict is a continuation of this divide.
The current conflict began with the layoffs in 2010, when the union accused Pacifica management of union busting and usurping local control. While it is the duty of the union to fight to save jobs, anyone who has seen KPFA's annual audited financial reports can see that KPFA's local management more than doubled the payroll during the boom years between 2000 and 2006, and then failed to make the necessary cuts when the economy collapsed and listener support plummeted between 2006 and 2010. The number of staff the station can afford to pay is directly tied to the level of listener support which in large part depends on the state of the economy. By 2010, the station was in danger of insolvency, which is the reason Pacifica stepped in.
There have also been claims that the layoffs were political and did not follow the union contract, but the National Labor Relations Board has dismissed as 'without merit' all the complaints filed by the union regarding this matter.
Underlying problems
One major area of friction is programming. It stands to reason that a trade union looking after the financial security of its members will prefer programming which appeals to a more affluent, if progressive, audience. But the mission of Pacifica is to be the commons of the airwaves, to represent a broader and more diverse community, to include the voices of the voiceless and marginalized.
Another area of friction is the working relationship between paid and unpaid staff. Until 1996 both were represented by one "industrial" union. In 1996 this was changed to a "craft" union that no longer represented the unpaid staff. This created a kind of a class system resulting in an uneasy working relationship between the paid and unpaid staff.
Possible Solutions
So what to do with these conflicting needs and interests? How does a union look after the financial security of its members in a non-profit organization that does not make profits and must live within a balanced budget?
The primary task of the station should be to fulfill the mission of Pacifica. The management and union should carefully work out a paid staffing level that can be sustained during the economic ups and downs and avoid the temptation to add too many people during the economic boom times, as happened between 2000-2006.
A stable paid staffing level would help remove the one main source of anxiety and tension. It would also end the practice of measuring the value of a program only by the amount of money it brings in, a sad and ironic state of affairs.
Pacifica holds the unique position of giving a platform to the powerless and voiceless, as the union did at one time. While the notion of workers' rights resonates to all within the progressive community, it must be remembered that it is to respect and honor ALL labor, not just paid labor.
It is important to note that KPFA relies on a large number of unpaid staff; 75% of the programming is done by the unpaid staff. At KPFA there simply is not enough money to pay all those who contribute to the station.
A progressive organization like KPFA should have one all inclusive union for everyone who works at the station.
Bringing Peace to KPFA and Pacifica
It is time for all the staff, paid and unpaid, and for listeners to embrace the democratic victory that was won for us in legal and street battles of 1999-2001 and by the people who formed the original "Save KPFA" in the mid-1990's. KPFA was not sold out from under us, and thanks to their efforts, it never will be. It is time to bring peace to KPFA and Pacifica and help strengthen this priceless resource.
'United for Community Radio' (UCR) coalition stands for:
Community Resource - Reclaim the mission of Pacifica and KPFA as commons, with broad and diverse participation, not to be controlled by any particular group or party.
Program Council - Programming decisions to be made in fair, collaborative, and respectful manner.
Mutual Respect – Foster cooperation and equality for paid and unpaid staff.
Please vote for the following 'United for Community Radio' candidates:
Ramsés Téon Nichols - Organizing Committee Chair of Local SEIU Local 1021, SF Green Party
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Well, it looks like we've reached the end of the sketchbook! Thanks, everybody, for coming on the ride with me and leaving comments.
Winners this go round are:
Houston Trueblood for the trivia question
Aminder Dhaliwal and
Frankie Swan for the raffle
Please contact me with your mailing address so I can put a doodle in the post for you!
In other news, I am hoping to do a small print run of the doodlebook sketches in a single bound volume. It's looking right now like there will be around 200 pages of doodles, so it should make for a nice little book.
In an effort to get some funds together I'll be selling original artwork from the book, so I started a Tumblr HERE. There are 5"X8" drawings and 2"X3" drawings all over the place, looking for a home. If you see one you like, contact me at Precious (dot) Rascal (dot) Store (at) gmail (dot) com. Pass the word on to interested parties!
With any luck, I'll get a Kickstarter up soon, and we'll launch this book project into high gear post haste. More on that when it happens.
Otherwise, I'd love to know what some of your all-time doodlebook favorites have been. Peruse them HERE and leave a comment. The most popular ones may become a print package.
16 Aug For Junko
17 Aug For Meredith
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19 Aug For Pete
23 Aug, with special guest doodle by Sr. Michael Lester
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Instagram can't be caught.
Data released this week shows that, for the first time, Instagram had more users than Twitter, marking a huge jump in the photo-sharing app's popularity.
In just six months, Instagram — a free mobile app which allows users to take and post photos that resemble Polaroids — skyrocketed to 7.3 million daily users in August from fewer than 900,000 in March. Twitter, which already had about 5.5 million daily users in March, trailed behind in August with 6.9 million users.
Instagram's having a good month; a few weeks ago, it was purchased by Facebook for $741 million, hit a milestone of 5 billion photos shared, and now is apparently competing with, and beating, the giants of the mobile app world.
Wired explains that its popularity comes from its status as a "mobile purebred." Unlike Twitter which maintains a website, Instagram is mobile-first and mobile-only, and is reaping the benefits of a large shift in traffic to mobile devices.
But despite its wild success, the company appears to be trying to make a fundamental change to the way their product is understood.
The most recent update to Instagram's software for the newly-released iPhone 5 pulls live-filtering, which was the biggest feature from the app's last update.
Instagram allows you to add filters to photos — which do things like heighten the contrast, tint the photo orange or turn it black-and-white — and Instagram 2.0 last year made it so you could see how different filters would look while taking the photo, instead of just adding them after the photo is taken.
To try to explain why this was swiped from the newest version of the app, BuzzFeed dug up an interview with Instagram's founder Kevin Systrom (third from the left in the photo above) from earlier this year in which he explained that he doesn't see Instagram the way that most people do.
"I don't like the idea of Instagram as a photo sharing service, and I don't think it is. It's very much a communication tool," he said in February.
So Instagram, which now only runs on Apple products and Androids, is simplifying the way it operates to get on more phones and get more users, even if that means sacrificing a popular feature. (The live-filtering is currently only missing from the iPhone 5, but eventually will be fully gone).
It seems odd that right when Instagram surpasses Twitter in number of monthly mobile users, it removes a fun, attractive part of how it works. You'd think that they must be doing the right thing and should everything the same to stay on top.
But the photo-sharing app is taking a risk to ensure they're not pigeonholed as exactly that, and it's that thinking that might just be what keeps them ahead of the curve.


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El Boquerón is the nickname of the crater of San Salvador's volcano.
Before we left for El Salvador I told Carlos I wanted to climb to the top of a volcano. He didn't look enthusiastic. He told me he had gone with his classmates years ago and it was difficult. So I started walking each day, even running at times, trying to build up my endurance. If you know me, you know I'm not a runner. I'm a writer. I like to sit. And write. This just goes to show how much I wanted to climb the volcano.
Despite Carlos's initial hesitance, I finally did convince him that we should go. As it turns out, he had no reason to worry. The Tourism Department of El Salvador has done a beautiful job making the volcano safe and accessible to tourists. You drive most of the way in your car on a paved road to a parking lot. Near the parking lot, there's a small visitor center/museum with some information. (And there is even a public bathroom which is modest, but clean.) You pay a small fee to enter the path up to view the crater which was less than a 20 minute walk and not treacherous at all. Carlos said things were very different from the way he remembered them.
On the way up to the parking lot we saw a lot of school children in uniforms walking down the road. One teenager played with a capirucho as he talked with a friend. We stopped part of the way up at a scenic view and got out of the car. Apparently a family lives there and runs a restaurant on the same land. We climbed the steps to an elevated deck to take photos and the man told us, (not unkindly), that if we didn't intend to buy anything, it was a dollar to take photos. I thought that was more than fair.
Back in the car, we drove up to the parking lot. There were a few chuchos aguacateros (street dogs), running around. The aguacateros at the San Salvador volcano probably hang around people a lot because they were much friendlier than their city cousins.
Everywhere we went vendors were calling out "Frambuesas!" [Raspberries!] I ended up buying some but we looked like crazy people, gathered around the bag, eating them with so much enthusiasm. "Oh my gosh!" my youngest son said in English with his mouth full of plump raspberries, "These are the best frambuesas EVER!" … and they really were.
(It crossed my mind that they hadn't been washed, but none of us got sick.)
Even though they were the best frambuesas ever, my youngest son is kind-hearted and gifted one to the aguacatero.
He wasn't interested.
After agucatero-petting and frambuesa-eating, we went into the visitor center/museum.
There was a wooden box full of typical attire. We tried some on and Carlos took our photo. When I saw the photo of us, I said to myself, "NO ONE MUST EVER SEE THIS!" – I wish I looked pretty in the traditional clothing, but I looked like a silly tourist.
Here is my younger son in traditional Salvadoran dress. He said he was going to pretend he was making soup for the photo, so that's what he's doing here.
At the visitor center/museum there was a guest book that I signed.
After we finished playing around, we started up the path to see the crater. The boys bounded ahead of us, leading the way. I managed to keep up with Carlos, but it took some effort. If I hadn't been sick, it would have been a walk in the park, but since I had Guanaco Gripe, it wasn't so easy.
Halfway up to the view of the crater, the path split. One sign pointed left, the other pointed right. One said "Difícil" and the other said "Fácil." We stopped and stared at them.
"Which do you want to take?" Carlos said.
I looked at him sternly, one hand holding my aching ribs as I wiped snot from my runny nose on the back of my other hand, "Which do you think?" I responded.
A man crouched in the dirt nearby, tending to the plants that line the path.
"Disculpe la molestia," [Sorry to bother you] Carlos said.
The man looked up.
"¿Cuál es más fácil? he asked him, pointing towards the paths and the signs. [Which one is easier?]
I looked at Carlos. What kind of question is that? The sign that says "EASY" is the EASY one! Before I could say something smart, the guy crouching in the dirt shrugged. "Son iguales," he responded. [They're the same.]
"Only in El Salvador," I said to myself. We started up the one that said "Fácil" just in case.
When we finally made it to the top, we were very excited.
My younger son looked down into the crater and asked, "Where's the lava?" … He wasn't the only one who wondered though. A group of long haired surfer dudes arrived at the top a few minutes later wearing flip flops – not sure how they made it up the path like that. The surfer dudes, (who talked very surfer dude-ish), were some of the only other gringos I saw while we were in El Salvador.
While at the top, we also looked at the radio towers which, according to the security guard who was standing nearby, were used during the war by Radio Venceremos.
We walked back down a path to the parking lot, where a few vendors were calling out the items they were selling … One man selling frambuesas called to me several times. I smiled and waved, shouting out, "Ya compramos frambuesas más temprano y estaban bien deliciosas, gracias!" … ["We already bought raspberries earlier and they were delicious, thank you."] Not only did the man fall quiet, but all the other vendors in the area did too. It was quiet for what felt like forever, though it must have been less than a minute.
Carlos stifled a laugh as we walked towards the car.
"What happened? Did I do something wrong?" I asked quietly.
"No," Carlos said, "I don't think they expected you to speak Spanish."


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Waltzingmouse Sketch #5, which is a pretty awesome sketch! Be sure to check it out!
Well, that is everything I have to share today! I hope that you have had a fabulous weekend!! We had friends over for steaks, parmesan baked red potatoes and grilled veggies last night. We sat out on the back deck and chatted while we ate...it was so nice! Then us girls ran and got TCBY for everyone for dessert. So yummy!!
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I know, I know. Bowling? But seriously, the story of Bill Fong has it all: ups, downs, more downs, family ambivalence, redemption and a near brush with glory.
When Fong was young, his parents divorced. He remembers the man who would become his stepdad taking his mom out on dates to a local bowling alley, where they could bring the kids. He noticed that when he was bowling, he wasn't thinking about whatever was going on behind him. His mind could focus on the ball, the lane, the pins-and the rest of the world would disappear. He had never been captivated by anything like that.
While still courting Fong's mother, his stepdad promised that if the boy ever got a score higher than 120 he'd buy him his own ball. "He never did," Fong says. "I bought it myself."
After his mother remarried and moved away, he still had his siblings, his quiet, hard-working father, and his bowling. He joined the high school team. He went to the public library and checked out stacks of books about bowling theory. After a stint in college, he found himself smoking a lot of pot and staying out all night bowling, trying to hustle people out of small bets. He'd leave the alley after the sun came up, go out to breakfast, sleep until 6 pm, and then repeat the process.
Fong was in the middle of a perfect series—three straight perfect games bowled, a rarity only achieved 21 times—when he possibly had a stroke. Well, he definitely had a stroke, but it may or may not have started toward the very end of his third game. In that third game, on the last frame, he rolled his final ball, in front of a huge crowd that had gathered and watched as one pin, the ten pin, stayed upright—ending his quest for 900 at 899.
Go ahead and check it out, it's a good read.
The Most Amazing Bowling Story Ever [D Magazine]


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Gifts of the church
Scripture scholar Alice Camille belongs to the church, for better or worse.
Guest blog by Alice Camille
The decisive moment for me came in 1984. I was 26, studying for a Master of Divinity degree at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley. All the guys in my class referred to where we were as "seminary," so I did too.
I was in seminary. How could I not be? We all sat side by side in class. We used the same textbooks and took the same tests. Then I was corrected. Men preparing for ordination were in seminary; I was in theology school. How unusual. How quantum, that we could be so close and yet inhabit such different states of being.
The rest of my life in the church has reinforced the quantum aspect of the female Catholic reality. Some words do not pertain to what we do: ministry, preaching, priesthood. Even if an activity seems precisely the same whether a woman or a man does it, it doesn't "count" as the identical activity when performed by the woman.
If you respect language and the power of the word, this could seem like cheating. But it's a very careful and deliberate sort of cheating. In our tradition, words become flesh and inhabit the world, changing the rules, if no one's watching.
Many female friends and colleagues have left the church, have taken their gifts and wise hearts, degrees and expertise, and gone to other denominations with these riches. They offered the wealth they have to our community of faith and were ignored, rejected, even harmed.
I remain, simply and emphatically, because I believe these gifts belong to this church. These gifts were raised up and nurtured and sacramentally fostered by this community, by God's design and for divine purposes. I don't do what I do for my sake: for better or for worse it's called out of me.
To deny it would be to deny myself, and who knows, to deny God too. Like every other hour of history, this hour is a bridge from the past to the future. I want to remain in place, a sturdy plank, to prepare a way for that future. Rest assured, it's coming.
Guest Blogger Alice Camille writes the Testaments column on scripture for U.S. Catholic.
As a supplement of the January 2011 special issue on women, U.S. Catholic is asking guest bloggers, "How do you keep the faith as a woman in the church?" To submit your answer (about 500 words), e-mail email@example.com.
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Kenneth V. Thimann: Early UCSC History and the Founding of Crown College
Kenneth V. Thimann: Early UCSC History and the Founding of Crown College
For the complete text [PDF] of Kenneth V. Thimann: Early UCSC History and the Founding of Crown College (E-Scholarship). Includes complete audio (streaming or download) for the oral history. Note: Due to editing by the narrator, there may be some differences between the audio recording and the transcript. Audio will be found under "Supporting Material."
1997, 79 pp.
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The late scientist's oral history memoir is published posthumously. Thimann died at his home in Haverford, Pennsylvania, on January 15, 1997. Founding Chancellor Dean E. McHenry made an inspired and imaginative appointment when he invited Thimann in 1965 to head what would become Crown College and to build the science faculty at UCSC. Prior to coming to Santa Cruz, Thimann was an internationally renowned plant physiologist and held the Higgins Chair in Biology at Harvard University. He was the first UCSC faculty member who was a member of the National Academy of Sciences. During his tenure at UCSC his illustrious reputation and intellectual distinction enabled him to attract to the fledgling campus top-notch scientists who would perhaps not have come here were it not for his presence. The scientists he recruited created what has become in only three decades one of the country's most distinguished group of science departments at a public university.
Thimann's narration focuses on three major areas--building and developing Crown College, the campus's first science-oriented college; recruiting science faculty and creating graduate programs in the sciences; and his views on UCSC's evolution, including the narrative evaluation system, McHenry's chancellorship, and the founding of the Crown Chamber Players. Other subjects in his commentary include the decline of the college system in the 1970s, the founding of the Arboretum, and the Chicano Pre-Med Summer Program.


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MOOCs: A look at some massive open online courses
Here are a few massive open online course (MOOC) learning opportunities while school is out:
How to Learn Math (Stanford University, OpenEdX). For K-12 math teachers, parents and tutors; designed to change students' relationships with math. (Student version of the course planned for after summer.) Starts July 15, runs 12 weeks. online.stanford.edu/course/how-to-learn-math.
The Science of Gastronomy (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Coursera). Introduces basic scientific principles underpinning cooking, cuisine preparation and the enjoyment of food. Starts July 10, runs six weeks. www.coursera.org/course/scigast.
Online Games: Literature, New Media and Narrative (Vanderbilt University, Coursera). Focused on the online Tolkien and Lord of the Rings games, the course explores what happens to stories and films when they are turned into online games. Starts in July, runs seven weeks. www.coursera.org/course/onlinegames.
Songwriting (Berklee College of Music, Coursera). Learn the tools to write songs that revolve around prosody -- the matching of lyrics and music to support an underlying message. Starts July 19, runs six weeks. www.coursera.org/course/songwriting.


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Jamaz Richardson seems to be returning to the form that saw the Lejeune High running back rush for more than 2,000 yards last year
Jamaz Richardson seems to be returning to the form that saw the Lejeune High running back rush for more than 2,000 yards last year.
Don�t believe me? Just look at what Richardson has done the last two weeks in helping the Devilpups win two consecutive games.
Richardson rushed for 207 yards and two touchdowns in Lejeune�s 22-19 win at Lakewood last week to follow up his 185-yard, three-touchdown effort in a 47-7 victory over Spring Creek.
And if his rushing effort wasn�t enough, for good measure Richardson added an 8-yard touchdown pass with eight seconds left against Lakewood as the Devilpups (2-1) knocked off the eighth-ranked team in The Associated Press state 1-A poll.
�Yeah, that was my first touchdown pass,� Richardson said. �I was pretty happy about it.�
Richardson is also happy with the Devilpups� offensive progress.
Lejeune was unable to do much offensively in week one in a 36-7 loss at a very good Swansboro team but has since picked it up following a switch to the I-formation from the spread. Richardson now has 399 yards and five touchdowns, averaging 7.2 yards per carry.
Not too bad for Richardson, who rushed for 2,313 yards and 23 touchdowns last year. He has the potential to again rush for 2,000, and Richardson believes he and his Devilpups will continue to move forward.
Lejeune plays host to Rosewood (1-2) tonight at 7 p.m.
�We are going up from here. It�s only the beginning,� Richardson said. �What�s been key for me is going to the I-formation. The sweeps work for me. They get me out in the open and my line is doing its job.�
And once Richardson gets out in the open field, his job is to break away for long gains, something he�s proven to do in the past. He�s quite good once he breaks the first level of the defense, particularly if he�s near the outside, because of his speed.
At 5-foot-6, 134 pounds, Richardson obviously isn�t a big player. It doesn�t matter. He can hang with the best because of his quickness and strength.
�He�s so quick and he will not give up,� Lejeune coach Darryl Schwartz said. �Even toward the end of the game when we were down, he said, �Coach, give it to me. I�ll take it in for you.��
Now for the panel
The Daily News sports page designer Mike Boaz went 8-0 for the second consecutive week last week to remain in first place in The Daily News high school football forecasting panel at 20-3.
WCTI-12 sports anchor Brian North (7-1 last week) is second at 18-5, followed by Halifax Media regional desk chief Richard Clark (6-2) and JDN sports editor Rick Scoppe (7-1) at 17-6.
I went 7-1 to move to 16-7 while Kinston Free Press editor Bryan Hanks went 5-3 to move to 14-9.
This week�s games
Swansboro at Southwest
Boaz boasts: SWO 14-7
Clark cites: SWO 26-20
Hanks honks: SWO 18-16
Miller mentions: SWO 20-17
North notes: Swans 14-13
Scoppe says: SWO 27-14
James Kenan at East Duplin
Boaz boasts: JK 20-7
Clark cites: JK 30-14
Hanks honks: JK 20-12
Miller mentions: JK 21-13
North notes: JK 18-17
Scoppe says: JK 21-7
New Bern at Jacksonville
Boaz boasts: NB 10-7
Clark cites: NB 30-20
Hanks honks: NB 35-21
Miller mentions: NB 14-13
North notes: NB 7-6
Scoppe says: JHS 14-10
Mattamuskeet at Northside
Boaz boasts: NS 35-0
Clark cites: NS 40-12
Hanks honks: NS 48-6
Miller mentions: NS 49-0
North notes: NS 58-0
Scoppe says: NS 51-0
Rosewood at Lejeune
Boaz boasts: Lejeune 27-10
Clark cites: Lejeune 16-14
Hanks honks: Rose 26-14
Miller mentions: Lejeune 20-12
North notes: Lejeune 21-20
Scoppe says: Lejeune 38-31
North Duplin at Dixon
Boaz boasts: Dixon 13-7
Clark cites: Dixon 30-12
Hanks honks: Dixon 28-26
Miller mentions: Dixon 28-20
North notes: ND 28-20
Scoppe says: ND 24-23
Topsail at Croatan
Boaz boasts: Top 17-7
Clark cites: Top 45-0
Hanks honks: Top 34-28
Miller mentions: Top 26-13
North notes: Top 24-14
Scoppe says: Top 24-14
Richlands at South Lenoir
Boaz boasts: Rich 20-3
Clark cites: Rich 42-7
Hanks honks: Rich 14-8
Miller mentions: Rich 34-16
North notes: Rich 19-12
Scoppe says: Rich 31-17
White Oak at Ashley
Boaz boasts: WO 20-7
Clark cites: WO 14-12
Hanks honks: Ashley 17-14
Miller mentions: WO 25-18
North notes: WO 13-10
Scoppe says: Ashley 21-20
Prep sports writer Chris Miller can be contacted via email at firstname.lastname@example.com or by calling 910-219-8472.


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