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John, I saw your post. I live in Acworth on 3 acres. We can throw bumpers or dead birds, can't shoot a gun. My lab is in training with Jerry Day. My phone is 404 594 9192. Jim O'Neill
Hey John, Good to here from you.
What is your dog training for hunt test or Field trials?
Which pro is your dog going to?
We train in Newnan, Ga. about 1 hour from you.
We train at Jerry Day's place, he trains hunt test and some field trial dogs.
I run field trials and have dogs with Al Arthur and yougsters with Jim Van Engen.
I have a couple of meat dogs at home that I train on the weekends.
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A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 with 295 people aboard was likely shot down by an antiaircraft missile before it crashed and burned on Thursday in an eastern Ukraine wheat field near the Russian border, in an area roiled by fighting between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian forces…
Reporters arriving at the scene near the town of Grabovo described dozens of lifeless bodies strewn about, mostly intact, in a field dotted with purple flowers, with remnants of the plane scattered across a road lined with fire engines and emergency vehicles. "It fell down in pieces," said one rescue worker as tents were set up to gather the dead.
One passenger in a black sweater lay on her back, with blood streaming down her face and her left arm raised. The carcass of the plane was still smoldering, and rescue workers moved through the dark field with flashlights. Dogs barked in the distance, and the air was filled with a bitter smell.
Arizona Republican Senator John McCain claimed there would be "hell to pay" if Russia or its separatist allies shot down a Malaysian civilian airliner in eastern Ukraine on Thursday — though he cautioned it remains unclear who exactly is responsible…
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Ukraine has already accused Russia of shooting down the Malaysia Airlines flight that crashed near the Russian border, raising questions about whether it can conduct an objective investigation into the disaster.
"The plane was shot down, because the Russian air defense systems was affording protection to Russian mercenaries and terrorists in this area," the Ukranian Foreign Ministry said in a statement, according to ABC News. "Ukraine will present the evidence of Russian military involvement into the Boeing crash."
Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was allegedly shot down by a group of Russian-backed Cossack militants near the village of Chornukhine, Luhansk Oblast, some 80 kilometers north-west of Donetsk, according to recordings of intercepted phone calls between Russian military intelligence officers and members of terrorist groups, released by the country's security agency (SBU)…
"It's 100 percent a passenger (civilian) aircraft," Major is recorded as saying, as he admitted to seeing no weapons on site. "Absolutely nothing. Civilian items, medicinal stuff, towels, toilet paper."
In the third part of conversation Cossack commander Nikolay Kozitsin talking to an unidentified militant cynically suggests that the Malaysia Airlines airplane could've been carrying spies, as, otherwise, it would have no business flying in that area.
There is one important reason Ukrainian authorities are so sure that pro-Russian rebels shot down a Malaysia Airlines jet: An account on the Russian social network Vkontakte, which relays official dispatches from insurgent military leader Igor Girkin, aka Strelkov, boasted about the rebels shooting down a plane at about the time of the crash…
The Vkontakte account reported at 5:37 p.m. Moscow time (4:37 in Donetsk) that a large plane — identified as an Antonov An-26 transport plane, "has just been shot down near Snizhne," a town close to where the Malaysia Airlines plane went down. This appears to be an edited version of a gloating post that is available only in screen shots now (I have one). In that initial version, the post went on: "We warned them not to fly in our skies. And here's a video of another bird going down. The bird fell behind a coal heap, residential areas were not hit, peaceful people did not suffer."
Armed with Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS), the separatists have been taking down Ukrainian military aircraft since the beginning of June. On June 13, separatists shot down a Ukrainian transport plane that had been carrying 40 paratroopers and nine crew members.
At least 10 other Ukrainian aircraft — all of them significantly lower-flying than a Boeing 777 — have been shot down since the rebels started using MANPADS according to a count kept by military aviation expert David Cenciotti, including five Mi-24 Hinds, two Mi-8 helicopters, one An-2, one An-30, and the Ukrainian transport plane.
Pro-Russian rebels claimed responsibility for shooting down two additional Ukrainian Su-25 fighters on Wednesday. The Ukrainian Defense Ministry reported that one of the jets was hit by a portable surface-to-air missile.
Putin cannot be happy about this turn of events. After all, things were going more or less according to plan up to now. Yesterday's reasonably robust round of U.S. sanctions was accompanied by a set of comparatively meek European ones consisting mostly of a moratorium on development aid. Putin was doing his best to portray himself as a responsible statesman, in contrast to the reckless Western interests that goaded Kiev into civil war. He even went so far as to say that his door was always open for further negotiations. With the fog of war descending over eastern Ukraine, it was starting to look like he would be able to keep the region on a low simmer while the world was distracted by hotter conflicts elsewhere.
As of right now, that looks less likely. While it's always dangerous to underestimate the divisions in Europe, if any kind of definitive intelligence linking Russia to this tragedy emerges, it will be much harder for skeptical Europeans to remain straddling the fence.
"The Ukrainian government reports that 23 Americans were aboard the plane, and that more than 300 people were killed in the crash."
The Americans on the plane had no connection to Russia or Ukraine, and took no risks other than booking a flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. Now they're dead. It's quite possible pro-Russian separatists killed our fellow citizens. What will the consequence be?
This also seems to prove that Russia has lost control of the rebels, who have been complaining for some time of being abandoned by President Vladimir Putin. There is no way that, a day after criticizing the recklessness of American foreign policy, his military shoots down a passenger plane. Rather, it seems that the rebels made a mistake that paints Putin into a corner. Putin hates corners, and when he's backed into one, he tends to lash out. He especially hates to do or say what is expected of him, and to give in to outside pressure. So though he has already expressed his condolences to the Malaysian government, don't expect him to do anything swift or decisive. He will likely do something to punish the rebels after the spotlight moves on to the next global crisis.
My first reaction to this was that this is a game-changer, and it's a game-changer in that it drags in the outside world, but it's hard to see what the consequences of this could be. Even if and when the evidence is marshalled to point to the rebels, what can the West do to punish them? What can it do to punish Russia for giving them these capabilities? What can it do to end the conflict? More sanctions? Putin's been blowing them off and they haven't altered his calculus all that much. A peacekeeping mission? There is still no appetite for boots on the ground and Russia still has that U.N. veto. Even if the U.S. gives Ukraine lethal military aid, it in no way guarantees that Kiev's military will be able to crush the separatists, especially not without some bloody, horrific urban warfare. The plane went down, raised the stakes, but what can the West—or Moscow—really do about it?


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Discussion in 'Science and Technology' started by Alpha_Geek, Feb 3, 2010.
How embarrassing for the US. Thanks, Nobama!
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Even if Constellation had gone forward, it's unlikely we would have gotten back to the moon within 10 years.
Maybe if Constellation had been funded to the necessary level from its inception (2004, was it?) that might not have been the case, but it wasn't.
As long as humans get back to the moon, I don't care whether those humans are American or Chinese. I just want us humans to get back there and hopefully set up a permanent base.
I just hope that with several other countries competing to get to the moon, techniques and technologies will be found to make space travel less expensive. If we could eventually bring the costs down to the point where corporations can get into the act and make space exploration profitable, then it will really take off.
Yeah, I know that point might still be centuries away, dangit.
Yeah, those smelly commie chinks. How dare they! The Moon is American!
Seriously, guys, get over yourself.
Why is this embarrassing for the US? It's actually embarrassing that China cannot feed its entire population and is poisoning its environment through shoddy mining and manufacturing processes.
What I said in the other thread... assuming that the Chinese will even get to that point, a manned moon landing by China is perhaps the only event that would make a manned U.S. mission to Mars actually possible. Just like Apollo only happened because of Sputnik/Vostok.
I wouldn't want to be going to the moon in a Chinese-made craft.
More like Chinese made with stolen Western technology.
The Shenzhou was actually derived from the Russian Soyuz, using the most reliable spacecraft design constructed so far.
^And from what I have seen, they updated it quite nicely!
Sensationalism aside, the article does make a good point about how much more awesome a landing today would be, media-wise. That's the sort of thing we'd need in order to rejuvenate interest in space, no matter who does it.
Even if Obama gets 8 full years (yes, I voted for "change", but not this kind), the next prez could do a 180 and restart the program.
It's not like they've sunk that much money into the current program that an 8 year gap would be such a big deal.
And just maybe there are bigger things to deal with right now other than moon landings and those of us who want the future to happen in our lifetimes are out of luck.
I can't see how China getting to the moon in 2020 would be embarrassing for the US. America got there in 1969. The space race is over, America won.
Obama's decision to cancel Constellation was a good one. According to an independent review board, Constellation was both over budget and behind schedule. There had been a consistent lack of development of new technology, and the entire endeavour was diverting time and resources from other projects.
As I understand it, Constellation as planned was inadequate for the task of establishing a permanent manned base on the moon. Essentially it was an attempt to recreate the Apollo project. Now there is no denying that great scientific discoveries were made by Apollo. But there is little more that can be learnt by such short visits that cannot be achieved using unmanned probes, at a much lower cost.
By cancelling Constellation, and increasing the NASA budget by $6bn over the next five years, Obama has opened the door to a great number of scientific projects.
It was almost two generations ago though.
I don't see it as the same race. It's either a new race, or it's not a race at all, but the ambitions and skills of the current generation. The ground we stand on may still have the same names, but it's all new people. What can these new people achieve?
When our offspring are grown up, they'll look back and say..
Our great grandparents achieved space flight and walking on the moon.
Our grandparents created the microcomputer, the internet and mobile phones.
What did our parents achieve? A level 80 death knight.
You say that like it's a bad thing.
I highly doubt China is going to send anyone to the Moon before 2020. They've launched two manned missions into low Earth orbit and are now gearing up for a few more and a series of small space stations. If the third of these is up before 2020 I'd call that a huge success.
Let the Chinese go to the Moon, as long as someone's carrying this forward. They can afford it, we - thanks largely to Dubya - can't. Obama's done the right thing, here.
But would returning to the moon be an achievement?
If it was a full scale project, for purposes of scientific enquiry, then yes we should return. But to go back simply for the sake of going back is pointless. An ego boost for the American people, a moment of defiance, a shout of 'AMERICA, FUCK YEAH!'.
And at the risk of repeating myself, Constellation was over budget and behind schedule. It wasn't working. Even if you only wanted to send a couple of guys to the moon for publicity purposes, Constellation was barely adequate. Anything significant, forget it.
I'll admit that, yes, I'm disappointed too. I'm just old enough to remember the last couple of Apollo missions. I'd love to see a return to the moon. But this project wasn't working.
Oh, I reckon our kids will look on mapping the human genome as our big achievement. It's kind of important.
And this is how I view every single post from people here who constantly complain about going to Mars.
Me: "Why do we need to go to Mars?"
Them: "WHY?? WHY??? GEEZUSSFUCKINGAREYOUNUTS? BY THIS TIME IN STAR TREK THE ANTIGRAVOMETRIC SELF FLAGILATOR WAS INVENTED AND THE MARTIAN COLONIES WERE GOING FULL FORCE AND THEN IN THE SECOND GRADE I REMEMBER BEING TOLD THAT BY 2005 I'D BE TAKING A VACATION ON THE MOON BEFORE HEADING TO THE MINES OF MARS.....WE HAVE TO GO TO MARS....JUST....FUCKING....HAVE....TO!!!!!!!!"
In another Moon thread, there was the mention of going to the Moon to extract H3 to use as an energy source on Earth. If that were the purpose of returning to the Moon, then by all means do it. But if the intent is just to send three people there to collect rocks, hotwire the lunar buggy, and walk around for a bit -- then no.
Going to Mars eventually is important as a milestone. It's political as much as scientific.
But it has to be done at the proper time. Just saying we're going to do it without the infrastructure in place to make it a practical ambition is counter-productive.
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Her story of moving to the Lowcountry is much like others. After vacationing to the area for many years, she and her late husband, Don, decided to move from their Maryland home to the Greater Bluffton area.
Don founded CareCore National in 2007 and moved its corporate headquarters to Bluffton in 2008 and expanding its offices in 2010. The company employs about 1,200 people nationwide with more than 500 of those in Bluffton. The company is Bluffton's largest employer.
Don was instrumental in helping get the innovator project off the ground. Before he died suddenly in September 2011, he offered space in the CareCore National building. In January 2012, the board of directors decided to honor him by naming the center the Don Ryan Center for Innovation.
Helen worked beside her husband as the community outreach manager for CareCore for many years. She continues to stay involved with the innovation center by meeting frequently with Jordan Berliner, its director.
"First of all, she is a fabulous lady, great thinker and I rely on her for advice, thoughts and input how the center works within the community," Berliner said. "Helen helps me connect with people she knows who can be support for the center, whether they have business experience or could be sponsors in the private sector for the center. That is invaluable."
Her career
Originally from Connecticut, Ryan was told during her senior year in high school that she shouldn't become a nurse because of her disability. Diagnosed with polio since she was in seventh-grade, Helen was determined to start a career in nursing despite what others said.
She took the four-year route as she attended Salve Regina University to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing. It opened the door to a wide variety of opportunities.
"In 1969, it was unusual to have a four-year degree in nursing. But I could do anything, and it became a stepping stone to many careers and areas of employment," she said.
Helen had multiple careers, including one in the Navy Nurse Corps, at hospitals from Connecticut to Kansas and in education systems as a teacher and administrator.
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For six years, she served as principal of Hilton Head High School. In 2008, she became the leading force for the John Paul II Catholic School which opens in the fall.
"Once the staff and administration steps in, then I'll have to find a new project to start," she said. "My children know that I'm always busy with something. I'm not one to sit at home or play golf every day."
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She has filled her time by reaching out to local nonprofits. In January, the Bluffton Boys & Girls Club honored Helen for the financial support from CareCore National. As an initiative instilled by Helen, CareCore has delved into community organizations as board members.
"We started giving two paid vacation days for employees after their first six months to take those days and volunteer at the Boys & Girls Club or other nonprofits," she said. "I felt that the middle school children were often lost in the shuffle and through the Boys & Girls club program, they can have more time spent focused on them. CareCore helped not only through donations, but also the volunteer program."
She stepped back from CareCore National in November and the transition has been tough. With close ties to the employees, she wanted to make sure the company was left in good hands.
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At Enable Labs, we have a business mindset. At the end of the day, business comes down to commerce, the exchange of goods and services for money. E-commerce can be a small component of a larger project or the project's raison d'etre. We have extensive experience with both extremes. Here are some issues faced by e-commerce.
Centrally located in the heart of New York's Tech Valley, Enable Labs can provide these services to businesses located in or operating in Warren County, NY. Many of our staff were born and raised in upstate New York and know Warren County well. As you can see listed below, Enable Labs has a lot to offer the businesses of Warren County, NY. Contact us at 866.895.8189 to get started.
Shipping costs can vary based on weight, distance, method and timing. Don't give your e-commerce customers a bunch of charts and a lengthy explanation! Just give them a choice of method and timing and let the system tell them the price.
'Cyber Monday', 'Free Shipping Until ....', etc. are phrases familiar to anyone who's spent more than five minutes online. A good e-commerce solution needs to recognize discounts for a variety of reasons (e.g., purchase total) as well as the ability to schedule sales to run anywhere from hours to days long and well in advance to coordinate with advertising.
E-commerce is one of the most attractive targets for fraud and hacking. You need a solution that is current, secure, and complies with the latest regulations.
When a customer places an online order, the process is just beginning. A decent e-commerce solution needs to provide the end user the ability to track both the progress of the order and the resulting shipment. It also needs to give you, the vendor, the ability to manage the order fullfillment workflow.
Payment processing is the most important part of any e-commerce project and the solutions can be quite varied. Everything from direct communication with banks, to paypal integration, to sending an invoice along with the shipment are possible solutions.
Whether it's called a basket, bag, or a cart, shopping carts are an important part of any e-commerce solution and not all are created equal. Customers may need to keep carts for days before they check out. Some customers might be a group of accounts each adding to a single cart before the purchaser ultimately checks out the order.
Unless you're selling an unlimited supply of virtual items, inventory control is an important part of any e-commerce solution. What the software does can depend greatly on whether the item is unique, limited, plentiful or virtual.
Any e-commerce platform needs an easy navigate administrative console for site managers and site workers to operate their store proficiently. The console needs to understand the permissions of the users and limit functionality accordingly.
Setting up and running an online e-commerce presence can be brilliantly simple or brutally painful (just ask anyone who's sold one more of something than they have through their eBay store.) In the end, it often comes down to managing your catalog of products. and how that integrates into your online presence.
Coupon codes have become an important part of any e-commerce presence and are often a key indicator of the success or failure of the related advertising campaign. Enable Labs can work with you to create a coupon code solution that works for you. Whether you want generic codes usable by anyone or unique codes restricted to limited usage or a single individual, we can help.
Similar to custom themes, one of the hottest trends in e-commerce is the building of marketplaces. Amazon, Etsy, eBay, etc are all working to put together customers and suppliers. They take their cut for helping to facilitate the deals. Enable Labs can make you a player in this lucrative space.
Some e-commerce solutions are unique to the business using them, while others are more of a white-label solution (i.e., the same software with different products and a different look and feel.)


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Joyful nights in Havana
I don't know whether it's just their favorite song or whether they think it's ours, but whenever we visit Cuba, the street musicians always play "Comandante Che Guevara." They may not be communists at heart, but they're certainly romantics. The song is cloyingly sweet, but nobody here cares. The balmy breeze and the rum, which I share with everyone, of course, make us feel sentimental. Even the guitarist takes a swig from my bottle. That's how you do things on Malecón, the promenade in Havana Harbor. Everyone gives what they have: I, my drink; they, the feeling, which is danceable. And so the party begins, a free, outdoor celebration on the seawall separating Malecón from the ocean. It's roughly eight kilometers long, but not very high, which is why half the city comes night after night to sit, dangle their feet and chill. If it turns into a party, nobody here will object. People sometimes ask me if I think this joyful way of life will go on forever or whether Cuba will change far too quickly as it opens up to the United States. They ask me because I lived in Havana for two years. But what do I know? Or rather: What do I want to know? Perhaps I would rather cling to a dream than destroy a memory when I say I think Cuba will certainly see a lot of change – for better or worse or somewhere in between – but what won't change is what Cuba always had, even before the communists, and will always have, even with the capitalists. Why? Because it has nothing to do with ideologies and is something money cannot buy: the heat of the Cuban night and life in the open air. People here will be dancing beneath the stars to the sound of the waves as long as the seawall on Malecón is still standing.
Helge Timmerberg
Our columnist, Helge Timmerberg, an irrepressible globetrotter since 1969, writes travel books and contributes monthly to our magazine.


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The Baltimore Civic Center opened on Oct. 23, 1962, with the hometown debut of the Baltimore Clippers hockey team. This week, it celebrates the beginning of its 50th year with nine performances of "Disney on Ice."
In between, the arena has hosted the Beatles and Bruce Springsteen, circuses and monster trucks, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and televangelist Joel Osteen.
"The unique thing about our building: history," said Frank Remesch, the general manager of 1st Mariner Arena.
Fifty years after it opened, Baltimore's arena is among the world's top-grossing in its class. In the year ending November 2011, 1st Mariner Arena's sales were nearly $16 million, according to Billboard magazine, making it the world's seventh-highest-grossing arena that seats between 10,000 and 15,000 people.
Despite its success, 1st Mariner Arena's future is up in the air. In the next few years, it could be renamed, handed off to a new management company — or even demolished.
Three companies, including the current manager, are bidding on a city contract to run the 14,000-seat arena for up to 10 years, a deal that carries with it the naming rights. Meanwhile, planning to replace the still successful arena with a larger facility continues.
It's not the building that accounts for the arena's achievement, Remesch said. "It's Baltimore" and its diverse customer base that makes it a success, he said.
Remesch works for SMG, the Pennsylvania-based management company that acquired the management rights in 1999 to what was then called the Baltimore Arena. The management contract expires at the end of this year.
SMG and two other arena-management companies — Los Angeles-based AEG and Global Spectrum, a subsidiary of Philadelphia-based Comcast-Spectacor — are bidding to run the arena for the next five years. The city's request for proposals offers whoever wins the contract the option to extend it for another five years.
"I'm really confident that we will win just because of our track record," Remesch said.
In addition to being the top-grossing U.S. venue in its size class last year, 1st Mariner Arena was also No. 1 in 2009 and in the top three in 2008 and 2010.
Tom Noonan, president and CEO of Visit Baltimore, the city's tourism and convention bureau, said the statistics are a testament to SMG's management of the facility, which is smaller, older and not as up-to-date as some of its peers.
"They're doing a remarkable job. We just wonder how much better SMG could be doing with a bigger-size" arena, Noonan said.
He supports a plan floated by the Greater Baltimore Committee and Willard Hackerman, president and CEO of Towson-based Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. Hackerman, who did not respond to an interview request Monday, owns the Sheraton hotel near the arena.
The $900 million plan calls for the hotel, at the northwest corner of Charles and Conway streets, to be demolished and replaced by an 18,500-seat arena and a 500-room hotel. Under the plan, the convention center's east wing also would be expanded. The city would pay for the convention center expansion, while private money would build the arena and hotel.
A study commissioned by the Maryland Stadium Authority urged further research and pointed out that private financing for such a project is unusual without the presence of a top-tier professional hockey or basketball team. The study warned, however, that an aging 1st Mariner could quickly become "functionally obsolete" and lose market share.
A memorandum of understanding is being drafted so that the Maryland Stadium Authority can continue to study plans for a new arena, hotel and expanded convention center and the project's financing. Its completion will activate $2.5 million set aside by the state to conduct a second phase of the arena study, according to the stadium authority.
"The study will help us determine the next steps and the costs," said Kaliope Parthemos, Baltimore's deputy chief of economic and neighborhood development.
Donald C. Fry, the head of the Greater Baltimore Committee, said the memorandum's primary parties would be the state, city and Hackerman. The memo outlines the parties' understanding of the building and financial plans, he said. The second part of the study would further examine the feasibility of constructing and paying for the arena and convention center expansion, he said.
"We were just looking to see exactly where we are with private-sector dollars," Fry said.
In March, after the release of the arena study's first part, Hackerman and the Greater Baltimore Committee suggested the area could be financed entirely with private dollars.
With construction of a new arena considered unlikely before 2016, the current facility would need to suffice for several more years.
City officials are scheduling meetings now with the three bidders for the management contract and hope to make a recommendation to Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake by mid-November, Parthemos said.
The city's Bureau of Purchases decided to combine the naming rights with the advertising and management contract because it "made for a more efficient process," she said.
In June, the city's Board of Estimates approved a six-month extension of naming rights for 1st Mariner Arena. Arena Ventures LLC, run by former 1st Mariner Bank CEO Ed Hale, has paid $75,000 a year since 2002 to keep the bank's name in lights on the side of arena.
1st Mariner would be happy to entertain the idea of keeping its name on the walls of the arena, said Dennis Finnegan, the bank's executive vice president. "It's been a good relationship," he said.
It was Hale who suggested the city allow the Baltimore Arena's naming rights to be sold, he said.
Hale's indoor soccer team, the Baltimore Blast, has been a primary tenant of the arena since the early 1980s. The arena also has been home to indoor lacrosse and lingerie football teams, and is a popular stop for professional wrestling tours.
While luring an NBA or NHL team to Baltimore remains unlikely because of the proximity of teams in Washington and Philadelphia, the March study suggested a new facility could draw one-time or infrequently occurring events such as NCAA tournaments or Olympic qualifiers.
But there will always be those who hope for a home team to root for between the end of the Ravens' season and the beginning of baseball in the spring.
Howie Lewis remembers his first arena visit to watch hockey back in 1988. Even then the arena felt cramped and old, he said, with too many obstructed-view seats. But that wasn't that unusual for minor-league arenas at the time.
Now, however, teams in smaller markets boast updated facilities. Lewis, a member of the Baltimore Bandits Booster Club, has season tickets for the Hershey Bears, a minor-league hockey team whose gleaming 10-year-old arena makes 1st Mariner seem antiquated and inadequate.
Lewis said he believes a small, ardent fan base for hockey remains in Baltimore, and the city could again host a team in hockey's top minor league, the American Hockey League. The Clippers (1962-76), Skipjacks (1982-93) and Bandits (1995-97) had intermittent success, but Lewis feels the addition of teams in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and Norfolk, Va., has increased awareness of minor-league hockey.
"All people could talk about was whether Baltimore would get another team," said Lewis, who recently gathered with hundreds of other die-hard AHL fans in Cleveland. "It just makes so much sense. But it's only going to happen if they get a new building."
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It's been 12 years since the death of Oakland's #1 son, internationally known graffiti artist and Bay Area legend Mike DREAM Francisco. And every year, on the very day he was tragically taken from us and what is also officially known and proclaimed by Oakland as DREAM DAY, the community gathers to celebrate his life and unending legacy. Children and their parents, beginner and seasoned graff artists, DJs, musicians, b-boys, b-girls, artists, friends, family, loved ones and fans…all come together, to pay tribute to Oakland's beloved graffiti King Mike "DREAM" Francisco. Recognized worldwide as a style master, Dream's graffiti established the visual aesthetic of Oakland's Hip Hop culture, and put The Town on the map in what is now the fastest growing art movement in human history.
All proceeds from the event benefit the Dream Book Fund & the Dream Legacy Fund for his son Akil Francisco, Dream's only child, now 12 years old.
If you were unable to attend and wish to support, please make checks out to The Dream Legacy Fund, or Akil Francisco.
Checks can be mailed to:
Irene Francisco-Ancheta
427 Central Ave.
Alameda, CA 94501
Pics below are from DREAM DAY 12 held at the Oakland Metro Operahouse on February 16, 2012.
A gift of thanks to Lil' John from MaryJane. Handmade by AGANA.
To get your own custom jewelry, holla at our girl AGANA here.
Special shouts to Willie Maze and the rest of the TDK family for making this event happen year after year. MUCH RESPECT!
Also, check out the Legacy: The Art of Mike "DREAM" Francisco exhibit, which honors the life of the artist and writer Mike "DREAM" Francisco who pioneered the art form of "graffiti" on the West Coast. The exhibition runs from January 14, 2012 to April 14, 2012 at the historic International Hotel in San Francisco. For more info about DREAM and the exhibit click here.
Rest in Power KING DREAM.
(Sunrise) August 15, 1969 – (Sunset) February 17, 2000


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MILLS v. LEHIGH VALLEY R CO(1915)
[238 U.S. 473, 474] Messrs. V. F. Gable, Arthur R. Thompson, and Frank Van Sant for plaintiff in error.
[238 U.S. 473, 475] Messrs. Henry S. Drinker, Jr., Edgar H. Boles, John G. Johnson, and Samuel Dickson for defendants in error.
Mr. Justice Hughes delivered the opinion of the court:
During the years 1906 and 1907, Naylor & Company-a firm of which the plaintiff in error is surviving partner-were shippers of pyrites cinder over the lines of the defendants in error from Buffalo, New York, to points in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The published rate was $2 per gross ton. On April 4, 1908, these shippers filed a complaint with the Interstate Commerce Commission, alleging that the rate was 'excessive,' 'unreasonable,' and 'unjustly discriminatory.' They asked that the railroad companies be ordered to desist from exacting the rate, that a lower rate be fixed, and that reparation be granted. The defendants answered and, after hearing, the Commission made its report on January 5, 1909, holding 'that the rate on pyrites cinder should not exceed the rate on iron ore from Buffalo.' The rate on iron ore was $1.45 per [238 U.S. 473, 476] ton to points of destination to which there was a rate of $2 on pyrites cinder. Reparation was refused. Naylor & Co. v. Lehigh Valley R. Co. 15 Inters. Com. Rep. 9. Order was made accordingly.
On May 8, 1909, Naylor & Company filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission a motion for a rehearing on the question of reparation alone, and the motion was granted. Additional evidence was taken and various sums were awarded by the Commission against the respective companies as reparation on shipments made within the period of limitation. The order was made on June 2, 1910
In May, 1911, this suit was brought, pursuant to 16 of the act to regulate commerce, in the circuit court of the United States for the eastern district of Pennsylvania, to recover the several amounts of money set forth 'as and for damages and reparation' in accordance with the Commission's order. Issue was joined by a plea of not guilty. Upon the trial, the two reports and orders of the Interstate Commerce Commission, above mentioned, were received in evidence over objection. There was testimony that the amounts awarded had not been paid. That constituted the case for the plaintiffs, and the defendants offered no evidence. A request by the defendants for 'binding instructions' in their favor was refused. The case was submitted to the jury with the instruction, in substance, that the finding of the Commission was prima facie evidence of the facts, and that it was for the jury to say whether the plaintiffs were entitled to recover the amount of money claimed. A verdict was returned for the plaintiffs in specified amounts which appear to be the same as those awarded by the Commission with interest to date. The defendants then moved for judgment non obstante veredicto. The motion was dismissed and judgment ordered for the plaintiffs on October 30, 1912. At the same time, the trial court allowed to the counsel for the plaintiffs a fee of $1,000 for their services in the proceedings [238 U.S. 473, 477] before the Interstate Commerce Commission and a further fee of like amount for their services in this suit; and to this allowance the defendants excepted. Exceptions having also been taken to the refusal of the request of the court to direct a verdict for the defendants, to the instruction given, and to the dismissal of the motion for judgment non obstante veredicto, proceedings in error were had before the circuit court of appeals, where the judgment was reversed, without directing a new trial. Lehigh Valley R. Co. v. Clark, 125 C. C. A. 235, 207 Fed. 717. And to review the judgment, this writ of error has been prosecuted.
The grounds of the ruling of the court below are: first, that there were no sufficient findings of fact in the reports of the Commission, as required by the statute; and, second, that the plaintiffs had failed to present any evidence which made out a prima facie case of damage sustained. That is, it is said that if the statements in the first report of the Commission could be regarded as findings of fact within the meaning of the statute so as to make them prima facie evidence of the facts found, they were not sufficient to support the plaintiffs' claim; and that there were no facts found in the second report which entitled the plaintiffs to go to the jury.
The fundamental question thus presented, with respect to the effect of the Commission's reports and orders, has recently been determined in Meeker v. Lehigh Valley R. Co. 236 U.S. 412 , 59 L. ed. --, 35 Sup. Ct. Rep. 328, and, in the light of the conclusion there reached, little need now be said. In dealing with the objection that the reports and orders of the Commission then before the court did not contain any findings of fact, or at least not enough to sustain an award of damages, it was held that the statute does not require a statement of the evidential or primary facts. The court said: 'We think this is not the right view of the statute, and that what it requires is a finding of the ultimate facts,-a finding which, as applied to the present case, would dis- [238 U.S. 473, 478] close (1) the relation of the parties as shipper and carrier in interstate commerce; (2) the character and amount of the traffic out of which the claims arose; (3) the rates paid by the shipper for the service rendered, and whether they were according to the established tariff; (4) whether and in what way unjust discrimination was practised against the shipper . . .; ( 5) whether, if there was unjust discrimination, the shipper was injured thereby, and, if so, the amount of his damages; (6) whether the rate collected from the shipper . . . was excessive and unreasonable, and, if so, what would have been a reasonable rate for the service; and (7) whether, if the rate was excessive and unreasonable, the shipper was injured thereby, and, if so, the amount of his damages.'
In the case now under consideration, the first report of the Commission was concerned only with the rates which should be charged. No reparation was allowed and no findings whatever were made as to damages.
The second report is as follows:
This report, it will be observed, shows the relation of the parties as shipper and carrier in interstate commerce; the general character of the traffic involved and the amount of the shipment with respect to which reparation was claimed; the determination that the rate exacted (which was specified) was unjust and unreasonable to the extent that it exceeded the established rate (also specified); and, further, the determination that the companies respectively should pay a stated amount 'as reparation for the collection of unreasonable charges' on the quantities mentioned. It is at once apparent that these findings meet the test laid down in the Meeker Case, unless it can be said that they were insufficient as to the amount of damages suffered. Thus, there would seem to be no room for question that the finding that the rate charged was unreasonable is a sufficient finding. The Commission stated: 'We now find that the rate of $2 per gross ton, assessed and collected by the defendants on the shipments giving rise to complaint, was unjust and unreasonable to the extent that it exceeded the subsequently established rate of $1.45 per gross ton.' It is insisted that, in view of the provisions of the first order, and the Commission's description of it in the second report, the essential basis of the ruling was not the inherent reasonableness of the rate established, but its relation to the rate on a competitive commodity. We think, however, that the specific [238 U.S. 473, 481] finding in the second report that the rate exacted 'was unjust and unreasonable' to the extent specified was a finding as to the ultimate fact of unreasonableness which should be taken precisely as made. The finding in this respect is substantially the same as that in the second Meeker Case ( 236 U.S. 434, 435 , 436 S., 59 L. ed. --, 35 Sup. Ct. Rep. 337).
As to the amount of damage sustained, there would be no question if the Commission had found, as in the case last cited, that the shipper 'was damaged' to the amount mentioned. The distinction attempted to be drawn is that, in the case referred to, there was a statement that the shipper 'was damaged,' while in the present case the Commission held that he was entitled to the stated amount 'as reparation.' In both cases, the amount actually allowed was the difference between the amount charged and that which would have been payable at the rate sanctioned. The difference between the findings in the two cases, we think, is merely in the form of words used.
When the Commission made the award 'as reparation' they undoubtedly expressed the decision, as a matter of ultimate fact, that there was injury in this extent to be repaired. No other intelligent construction can be put upon their statement. If, as was held in the second Meeker Case, a finding of the amount of damage as a finding of ultimate fact is sufficient, the expression of that finding is not confined to a particular formula. What the Commission decided was that the shippers were entitled to reparation; that is, to be made whole,-to be compensated for a loss because of an illegal and unreasonable exaction; and the amount which they stated as the sum to be paid 'as reparation' on the specified shipments was the amount which they found necessary to accomplish the reparatrion,- to afford the compensation. The statute was not concerned with mere forms of expression, and in view of the decision that a finding of the ultimate fact of the amount of damage is enough to give the order of the [238 U.S. 473, 482] Commission effect as prima facie evidence, we think that the trial court did not err in its ruling. The statutory provision merely established a rule of evidence. It leaves every opportunity to the defendant to contest the claim. But when the Commission has found that there was damage to a specified extent, prima facie the damage is shown; and, according to the fair import of its decision, the Commission did find the amount of damage in this case.
There was error, however, in the allowance of the fee for services before the Commission. 236 U.S. 432, 433 , 59 S. L. ed. --, 35 Sup. Ct. Rep. 328.
The judgment of the Circuit Court of Appeals is reversed and that of the District Court is modified by striking out the allowance of $1,000 as attorney's fee for services before the Commission, and is affirmed as so modified.
It is so ordered.


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- "Sheriff, I can see your dwelling from here! You're almost home."
- —Buzz Lightyear to Woody
Andy's House is the house where Andy, Molly, and their mother live. It appears in Toy Story, Toy Story 2, and Toy Story 3. At the end of Toy Story, the family moves to a new house.
Andy's Room
- "...and this is Andy's room."
- —Woody
Andy's Room is where all of Andy's toys are kept and where their stories and adventures begin in the films Toy Story, Toy Story 2, and Toy Story 3. Andy's Room is often used by Woody to hold a staff meeting for toys.
In Toy Story, Andy shares a room with his baby sister Molly. A little later, a Buzz Lightyear action figure joins the toys in the room, and Buzz, unaware that he is a toy, thinks his "spaceship" has "crash-landed on a strange planet." It is later seen that Andy's room is located across the yard from Sid's room. At the end of the film, the toys settle in Andy's new room after the family moves to another house.
In Toy Story 2, at Andy's new house, Andy has his own independent room. After Woody is kidnapped, the room is transformed into a Crime Scene Investigation by the rest of Andy's toys, with Hamm and Etch operating Exhibits A (in which Etch displays Woody and Hamm states that Woody has been kidnapped) and B (in which Etch does, or rather attempts to do, a "roughest sketch of the kidnapper") and Mr. Potato Head running Exhibit F (in which he details the escape route the kidnapper's vehicle) while Buzz attempts decipher the message behind the vehicle's license plate to trace the vehicle and the kidnapper, who turns out to be Al McWhiggin of Al's Toy Barn. At the end of the film, Jessie and Bullseye move to their new place in Andy's room.
In Toy Story 3, set several years since the events of the second film, the same room is shown to be littered with more posters, photos, and drawings on the walls, but by the time the toys finally return to the room, the room has been cleared. Mrs. Potato Head has also left one of her eyes in Andy's room, which helps her see what Andy is doing while preparing to depart for college. At the end of the film, the toys move out of the room and permanently settle at their new home at Bonnie's house.
Molly's Room
- "It's not in Molly's room. We've looked everywhere."
- —Bo Peep, while searching for Woody's hat
Molly's Room is where Mrs. Potato Head, Barbie, Bo Peep, Bo Peep's Sheep, and the rest of Molly's toys are kept in Toy Story 2 and Toy Story 3. In Toy Story, Molly at first did not have her own room, having to share a room with Andy. It was after The Davis' moved to a new home when she got her own room. This was not revealed in Toy Story, but in Toy Story 2 by Bo Peep while all the toys were searching for Woody's hat. Her room is never seen until Toy Story 3, when Molly is rummaging through her old toys.
The Attic
- Woody: "You wait: Andy's gonna tuck us in the attic. It'll be safe and warm..."
Buzz: "And we'll all be together."
Woody: "Exactly. There's games up there, and books, and...and..."
Buzz: "The race-car track."
Woody: "The race-car track. Thank you!"
Slinky: "And the old TV!"
Woody: "There you go, the old TV! And those guys from the Christmas decorations box! They're fun, right?"
- —Woody, Buzz, and Slinky, during the staff meeting
In Toy Story 3, the Attic is the place where a seventeen-year-old Andy intends to put his toys, except Woody, in before leaving for college. When Woody and Buzz hold a staff meeting days before Andy's departure, they mention the attic as a place where they can all be together, being there for Andy. The games, the books, the old TV, and the race-car track are all mentioned to be stored in the attic. However, at the end of the film, the toys end up not being stored in the attic, but at Bonnie's house, where Woody has thought it will be better for his friends.
- On Andy's desk is Luxo, Sr. (the father lamp from Luxo, Jr.), painted red.
- In Toy Story, when Buzz Lightyear demonstrates how he "flies", he bounces off the ball from Luxo, Jr.
- Before Buzz gets knocked out of the window, he runs away from a rolling globe, a reference to the film Raiders of the Lost Ark, when Indiana Jones is running away from a giant, rolling boulder that chases him out of a temple in South America. During that scene, music from Raiders of the Lost Ark can also be heard. Also, a Wilhelm scream (a scream that is heard very often throughout the Indiana Jones movies) is heard after a swinging lamp knocks Buzz out of the window.
- The cloud wallpaper of Andy's first room also appears in Monsters, Inc. when Randall is practicing his camouflaging.
- Mickey Mouse is seen on a giant blue clock.
- The address of Andy's second house is 234 Elm Street.
- The "Andy's House" level in the Toy Story 2 video game takes place in Andy's first house. Andy's room's wallpaper his stars on it instead of clouds.
- The calendar in Andy's room used to show concept art from A Bug's Life in Toy Story and Toy Story 2, but now has a picture of a Snot Rod (specifically, it is Snot Rod but without his eyes). Andy's calender has also been shown to be in the month of August in all three Toy Story movies.
- One of the posters in Andy's room shows Finn McMissile, a character in Cars 2.
- On Andy's door is a sticker of a sign that reads "Newt Xing," a reference to the Pixar movie Newt, which was initially slated for release in June 2012, but has since been canceled.
- A sign on top of the door that leads to Andy's closet reads "W. Cutting" for West Cutting Boulevard, which is the address in Richmond, CA, where Pixar headquarters is situated.
- Andy's room is also seen in Toy Story 3: The Video Game.
- On one of the walls in Andy's room is a banner that reads "P.U.", which stands for Pixar University, a professional-development program for Pixar employees.
- A postcard pinned to a board on top of Andy's dresser is from Carl and Ellie Fredricksen, two characters from Up.
- One of the final shots of Toy Story 3 is a sky, which has a similar cloud pattern as the wallpaper in Andy's room in Toy Story.


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The Washington Post Names New Executive Editor
By: Robert Weisman | Boston Globe
Martin Baron, the editor of The Boston Globe who oversaw the news organization when it won six Pulitzer Prizes over the past decade, will become the executive editor of The Washington Post in January, both papers said Tuesday.
The Globe will launch a national search to fill Baron's job, said Christopher M. Mayer, publisher of the Globe. While citing the talent within the newsroom, he said he would also consider outside candidates. Mayer said his goal is to fill the position as quickly as possible.


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If you're the kind of baseball fan who's more interested in "Steal Your Face" over stealing a base, then the San Francisco Giants have a miracle ticket for you.
The Giants have designated their Monday, August 9 game against the Chicago Cubs as Jerry Garcia Tribute Night, a celebration of all things Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia, to memorialize the 15th anniversary of Garcia's passing.
Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir will perform the National Anthem, and Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart will attempt to shatter the Guinness World Record for world's largest kazoo ensemble with a 7th inning stretch performance of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame".
In other words, it won't be the most somber memorial service you've ever attended.
The line-up of Grateful Dead tributes, homages, and give-aways is enough to make even Tim Lincecum gasp "Whoa, Dude!" in awe. In addition to the performances by members of the Grateful Dead, pre-game performances will feature popular Grateful Dead cover bands, and Jerry's daughter Annabelle Garcia will throw out the first pitch.
Additionally, fans purchasing the special Jerry Garcia Tribute Night ticket will receive a free, limited edition Jerry Garcia bobble-head and be seated in a special "Jerry Garcia Section" of AT&T Park.
Wonder what that section's going to smell like!
Hilariously, the Giants' next home game promotion after Jerry Garcia Night will be Law Enforcement Night on August 11. You really have to hand it to the Giants for working both sides of their fan base.
Joe Kukura is a freelance writer who will spend the game in the parking lot if he can find a Volkswagon bus that makes a curiously loud hissing noise.


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Findings from Dr. Mapp's work and follow-up studies from the Harvard Family Research Project have been incorporated into a growing number of educational reform initiatives and funding opportunities, including the US Department of Education Race to the Top Fund.
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To use the template, sign up for a SurveyMonkey account, click on "Create Survey," then select "Use an expert survey template," and choose "K-12 Parent Survey."
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Matt Damon has been awarded a special accolade from Harvard university.
The actor studied English at the prestigious college from 1988 to 1992 but dropped out before graduating to pursue his acting career.
He returned to the university on Thursday to receive the 2013 Harvard Arts Medal in recognition of his contribution to the arts.
The ceremony was hosted by actor John Lithgow, who himself studied at Harvard, and the pair discussed their school days, as well as Damon's breakthrough in Hollywood with his Oscar winning movie "Good Will
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text: SHARC by Subaru Research and Development While Honda and GM phoned in this year's submissions, Subaru didn't just go big, it went massive. Not only did it develop a vehicle with seriously sci-fi capabilities, they matched it with an entirely new Hawaiian road system dubbed the "inter-island Paradise Highway." That's pretty self-explanatory. What isn't self-evident is the SHARC, or the Subaru Highway Automated Response Concept. Donning a massive dorsal fin and two insectile antennas for headlights, the SHARC combines high-speed, road-going pursuit machine, air patrol and water rescue into one completely ridiculous package. If this would've been the main character in Waterworld, it would've won an Oscar.A beefed-up suspension joins dozens of LED lights to dominate its environment, whether on-road or off. And the faux spare wheel bulge on the rear hatch extends outward to reveal a medical kit, tactical equipment and anything else an officer-on-the-go would need. And the Ener-G-Force is completely emissions free thanks to a (theoretical) hydrogen-based propulsion system powered by a large tank of purified water mounted on the roof, further proving hydrogen is the fuel of the future (and always will be).Ener-G-Force by Mercedes-Benz Advanced Design Center California You undoubtedly remember the life-sized version of the Ener-G-Force for the L.A. Auto Show. That was the civilian version of this law enforcement-focused version of the next G-Wagon. Like the version dominating the Mercedes show stand, this police variant is a burly truck developed to overcome – or more accurately, crush – anything in its way.Unlike nearly all the other concepts shown, the Traffic Crawler is an actual manned vehicle, with a hydrogen fuel cell powering all three wheels. But despite getting power from that oft-promised and perpetually delayed hydrogen fuel cell, the Honda design team managed to equip the Traffic Crawler with a trio of "exhaust" pipes protruding from underneath the body work in a subtle nod to Honda's motorcycle heritage."CHiPs" 2025 Traffic Crawler by Honda R&D Company Advanced Design Studio, Tokyo Honda Japan wasn't going to let its California design studio have all the fun, and its submission is more traditional, yet oh-so-very-Japanese. If Katsuhiro Otomo got ahold of the Morgan Three-Wheeler and transformed it into a Akira-pursuing reverse-trike, the Traffic Crawler would be it.Honda's U.S.-based design studio actually has a two-part approach to dealing with "the harsh environment of California highways." So in addition to the four-wheeled control vehicle, a separate, two-wheeled unmanned motorcycle – or Moto-Drone in Honda parlance – can blast up the shoulder of the freeway while Ponch mans the controls safely inside his proto-ElementCHP Drone Squad by Honda R&D Americas Advanced Design Studio, California In Honda's vision of the future, Judge Dredd is apparently airdropped onto the scene of some horrific crash on "The 5" to exact his patented blend of judge, jury and executioner on the poor sap that caused this multi-car pileup. There's no mention of a helicopter in Honda's Drone Squad materials, but considering its success with jets, let's assume they got the years mixed up and were designing for 2045.The two other concepts – a reverse trike and a four-wheeled paddy wagon are entirely forgettable, but the CHiPs-esque biker of the future would look perfectly in place in the Blade Runner Redux we all know (and dread) is coming. Again, with no details supplied, all we can assume is that the pilot is ensconced in some kind of oxygenated suit that melds into the body work – God help him if he catches a crosswind or worse, some laser-guide crossfire.Volt Squad by General Motors Advanced Design California The General wants us to believe that the Volt brand is alive and well in 2025. Either that, or they weren't able to come up with a compelling – and marketeer-approved name – for its fleet of futurist patrol units. We're going with the latter. Regardless, what GM's design studio lacked in naming acumen they made up for in volume and imagination, with a trio of pursuit concepts with nary a detail (or name) to be found in their four sentence submission. What they did provide were three words: observe, pursue and engage. And if we're the guy in the mid-70s Camaro being chased through the L.A. basin by a pair of jet-powered, dual-copters, the period-specific brown interior would have a matching stain.Inside, our robocop is awash in computers and displays, including an augmented reality windshield that scans vehicles ahead for their license plates, determining who's driving, how fast and if they're wanted by Johnny Law. And in a nod to Highway Patrol's favorite method of disabling vehicles during high-speed chases – the PIT maneuver – the E-Patrol's front wheels arches can articulate outward, nudging the speeder's rear quarter panel to knock them out of commission. There's never been a more elegantly high-tech way of putting the baddies into a median barrier at 90 mph.E-Patrol by BMW Group DesignworksUSA One part cop car, two parts drone. It's as if BMW's Southern California design studio channeled the unholy lovechild of William Gibson and Phillip K. Dick to create the E-Patrol Human-Drone Pursuit Vehicle. And that's not a bad thing... It looks like the mashup of two Tron Lightcycles stitched together with an AMOLED/carbon fiber roof, but those two massive rear wheel arches are actually single-wheeled drones that are magnetically attached to the body. At the flick of a switch, they shoot off the sides, with the driver or an Xbox-loving patrol officer at home base controlling the mono-wheeled UAV as it slices through traffic in hot pursuit. But that's only half the fun. A Flying Pursuit Unit (or FPU – let's just call it a drone), deploys from the nose of the E-Patrol, equipped with a pair of video cameras, a 3D terrain scanner and radar which autonomously flies over traffic to scout out what's causing yet another massive backup on the 405.Forget black and white Crown Vics and battle-scarred Chargers. The cop cars of tomorrow will shoot drones, transform from four-wheelers into quadrocopters and fly high above the dystopian hellscape formerly known as the LA Basin. It's a brave new world desperately in need of new tools for the boys in blue, and that's exactly what six major automotive design studios brought to this year's LA Design Challenge. For nine years running, the Los Angeles Auto Show has hosted a design competition where the auto industry's best and brightest envision the future of mobility. In years past, entrants were asked to create the next revolution in urban transport, stunt vehicles and even race cars. This year, the challenge was focused on the cop cars of 2025. Here are this year's sci-fi submissions, a not-so-subtle blend of inspiration and insanity, with one winner crowned by a panel of automotive experts, law enforcement officers and daft futurists capable of embracing each automaker's vision while attempting to maintain some measure of reality. Once you see the contestants, you'll understand why. Photo: Alex Washburn/Wired To begin with, the body is made up of an inflatable Kevlar-composite fabric that's both lightweight and bullet proof (sure, we'll play along). The wheels incorporate individual 96-hp brushless electric motors and alternating red and blue emergency lights, while the tires have two compounds – a high-speed tread surface on the outer edge and a grippy, rugged tread on the inside. Partnered with the electromechanical flexible suspension arms that bend and flex based on the amount an electrical current shot through the ionic polymer metal composite, they can bend in to provide optimal grip or pivot upwards to make the SHARC into a quadrocopter designed to hover over traffic or rescue a swimmer from the a real shark. As a manned vehicle, the SHARC links up with a pair of augmented reality 3D goggles worn by the officer, providing vehicle speeds, pedestrian traffic, license identification and a bevy of other information. And as you'd expect, all this is connected to the cloud, with the "ARM GEAR control and monitoring device" keeping real-time tabs on road conditions, weather events, broken-down vehicles and objects in the roadway. The whole concept is as detailed as it is ambitious, which is why it won over the judges to take home this year's prize.


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Simon Kinberg, who has produced X-Men: First Class, Elysium and is now on X-Men: Days of Future Past, is staying at Fox to set up the Fantastic Four franchise and set-up Fox's version of the Marvel movie-verse. This is good news.
THR is reporting that Kinberg just re-upped his three-year contract which will allow him to expand both the X-Men franchises and the Fantastic Four franchises into something even bigger "with the hope of creating for Fox something akin to the Marvel model of interlocking movies." We would argue that after Marvel, Fox is really the only other studio with any sort of established comic continuity; we're still pretty invested in the X-Men, and yeah, that includes the less lovable mutant movie The Last Stand, so it'll be to have the rebooted Fantastic Four franchise brought into it. And we're equally excited to see the producer and screenwriter for First Class is going to be overseeing these movies.


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Gardners Falls is a hidden gem in the Sunshine Coast hinterland. Leave your vehicle in the car park on the banks of the Obi Obi Creek and take a short, level walk downstream to the falls.
You'll pass a number of shallow rock pools which are ideal for smaller children who just want to splash about. Follow the bubbling waters downstream where the pools increase in size and enjoy a freshwater swim in the largest pool underneath the falls.
These delightful waters are bounded by a grassy bank and backed by native forest making it the ideal spot for a hinterland picnic or a post-swim snooze under a giant water gum.
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