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Me, I confuse the challenger for the top education job in California government with a certain Southern Rock outfit out of Spartanburg, S.C.
But it's not the Marshall Tucker Band that's running for superintendent of public instruction. It's Marshall Tuck, the former executive with a schools-oriented nonprofit backed by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and former president of Green Dot, the charter school operator.
So as an education guy with degrees from UCLA and Harvard Business School, how embarrassing it must be to get an endorsement from "The John F. Kennedy Alliance" that arrived in the mail this week for the office of "Superintendant" of Public Instruction.
Who wants to be associated with a big fat typo when he's vying for schools boss?
But I put quotes around the name of the alliance because it's not really an alliance of anything at all but rather a company that produces slate mailers. And I'm not going to lay too hard into Tuck himself here 'cause candidates who pay for their place on these mailers have to put an asterisk next to their names, and Tuck's name is un-asterisked, so I'm imagining his team wasn't offered the chance to proofread the slick mailer.
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"This has been a remarkable season and the team far surpassed my expectations," OU head coach David Mullins said. "It is sad to say goodbye to four amazing seniors but I am also excited about building on our progress from this year."
Oklahoma (17-7, 6-3 Big 12) advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament for just the fourth time in program history and second time under Mullins.
"It's always disappointing when the season comes to an abrupt end," Mullins said. "We fought hard today but Miami was just too good and rode a lot of momentum after saving a matchpoint in doubles."
The Sooners fought hard in doubles to start the match, but dropped just their fifth doubles point of the season.
Senior Whitney Ritchie and freshman Morgan Chumney paired up at the No. 1 spot to record an 8-5 win over the 8th-ranked duo of Monique Albuquerque and Clementina Riobueno.
Senior Mia Lancaster and sophomore Zita Engbroks fell at the No. 3 position to leave the doubles point in the hands of court two. Hermon Brhane and Whitney Wofford fell just short in a tiebreaker and Miami took a 1-0 lead before singles.
Miami took a 2-0 lead after Chumney fell 6-0, 6-1 at the No. 3 spot. Sophomore Emma Devine fell 6-0, 6-3 at No. 5 to put the Hurricanes up 3-0.
The Hurricanes clinched their victory as Brhane fell 6-0, 6-3 at the No. 2 spot. Miami will advance to the Sweet Sixteen of the 2014 NCAA Championships held in Athens, Georgia, May 15-20.
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1. Chumney/Ritchie (OU) def. Albuquerque/Riobueno (UM) 8-5
2. Bolivar/Dubins (UM) def. Brhane/Wofford (OU) 8-7
3. Lileikite/Wagner (UM) def. Lancaster/Engbroks (OU) 8-5
Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2
1. Whitney Ritchie (OU) vs. Stephanie Wagner (UM), unfinished
2. Clementina Riobueno (UM) def. Hermon Brhane (OU) 6-0, 6-3
3. Lina Lileikite (UM) def. Morgan Chumney (OU) 6-0, 6-1
4. Mia Lancaster (OU) vs. Melissa Bolivar (UM), unfinished
5. Monique Albuquerque (UM) def. Emma Devine (OU) 6-0, 6-3
6. Abbi Melrose (OU) vs. Brittany Dubins (UM), unfinished
Order of Finish: 3, 5, 2*
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Polly, Joe-B Shine
Remember when Citizens Bank Park opened? Critics proclaimed pitchers would not come to Philly because of the hitter-friendly ball yard. We'll that proclamation has disappeared.
Joe-B continued his success at the Phillies home last night, improving to 17-6 in 45 starts there. In last 19 starts there, he's 8-0 and the Phillies are 15-4 in those games. Can he pitch again this afternoon?
Great to see Polly get his 2,000th hit and great to see the fans' reaction on a rainy night. Fan enthusiasm certainly wasn't dampened and they cheered until he came out for a curtain call.
Breaking down his 2,000 hits: Tigers 806, Phillies 732, Cardinals 462.
I believe the last player to get his 2,000th hit in a Phillies uniform was Dale Murphy. He did it on May 29, 1991 at the Vet. Polly graduated from high school that year. Most of "Murph's" hits came while wearing a Braves uniform.
Most career hits for a Phillies player is 2,234 by that Michael Jack Schmidt, who never played for any other team.
So, weather-permitting, the Astros wrap up a two-game series this afternoon. It is a historic game. How, you ask? Well, it is the last National League game the Astro will play in Philly. They're switching to the American League next year.
Down On The Farm
**Lehigh Valley split a pair at Louisville, winning the nightcap 4-3 after dropping the opener, 5-1. LHR Joe Savery picked up his second save.
**Reading lost, 2-1, to Portland. 2B Cesar Hernandez, 3-4, 2 stolen bases.
**Clearwater also lost by one run, 4-3, in 10 innings at Dunedin. RF Anthony Hewitt hit his 5th homer.
**Lakewood was a 4-1 winner at Delmarva, which is located in Salisbury, MD. RHS Colin Kleven (2-3), 1 unearned run in 7 innings.
May 15, 1989: One of the most exciting finishes in Vet history. After 11 scoreless innings, San Francisco scores two in the top of the 12th. With two out and two runners on base in the bottom of the 12th, RF Bob Dernier hits a three-run, game-winning, inside-the-park home run to left field, 3-2.
A left-handed catcher?
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Mission awareness trip
Jan. 29 – Feb. 9, 2009
A warm welcome
Sponsored children in the Philippines welcome us with a smile and a song. Their choir of 20 sponsored children charmed everyone.
With great admiration I note that our dear friend and longtime sponsor Jerry Menard has arrived in good health and great spirit. He currently has two children sponsored in the Philippines. I believe this mission awareness trip marks Jerryís seventh trip this year to visit sponsored children.
During lunch the owners of the Good Shepherd Center in Antipolo, where our group is staying, told me that after meeting the sponsors and learning about CFCA, they, too, want to become sponsors.
Two talented sponsored girls with severe physical limitations won our hearts with an emotional rendition of ìYou Light Up My Life.î Four personal testimonies added meaning and substance to the afternoon.
Visit to former sponsored child, elderly in dump
In Quezon, we split into small groups to visit families and livelihood projects. My group visited the home of Maria Elena, a former sponsored child, recently married and now working as a business analyst and auditor at a major bank. Riding jeepneys and tricycles takes Maria Elena the better part of two hours to get to work and costs about $2. But the work is steady, and Maria Elena is grateful to be able to help her mother.
We were able to visit several aging friends in the dump area of Payatas. They seem to overcome difficult living conditions with hope and determination.
Today after lunch we traveled about one hour into the countryside near Antipolo to encourage an organic and sustainable food/farming program for 21 families. We dedicated a new water pump and hand tractor, purchased with a loan from CFCA. The hand tractor motor also provides power for the new irrigation pump. The tractor and irrigation system permits the CFCA families to produce two rice crops per year – sometimes three.
Mothers plant rice rapidly
We were invited to plant rice. I discovered that any mother can plant rice about 20 times faster than any of us. Special planting songs keep everyone moving right along.
We dedicated and handed over four young carabao (water buffalo). These gentle animals are treasured and cared for as a member of the family and given names. They serve a family in many ways Ö power in plowing, milk, breeding. The receiving family agrees to share the first calf with another family.
The tree planting ceremony was very well organized. My tree is called Rambutan, a fruit tree. Every tree had a local child sponsor and an aging sponsor, who have agreed to watch over it. Bamboo fences protect each seedling from goats and other animals.
Dumagats thankful for land help
It seemed like the entire 281 sponsored Dumagat families had gathered in this pretty place for this special day. They expressed deep gratitude to CFCA for the efforts to obtain the official title to their ancestral lands.
On our last evening, the Zamboanga project organized a magical evening. With music and dance, the Zamboanga team shared video greetings to the mission awareness trip group from each of their subprojects. For my wife, Cristina, and me, it was very special to share this evening with our own sponsored 10-year-old Shaima, her father, Abbas, and two older sisters, Salieha and Salwa, who are here in Manila looking for work.
Paul (Paul Pearce, CFCA director of international programs) showed everyone the new film trailer for the CFCA documentary on Zamboanga. The people here are honored and excited about the documentary.
The other group, accompanied by Paul, visited Legazpi, Naga City, Pantao, Bicol area, as well as the Bataan area.
Thank you for traveling with us. Cristina and I will fly directly to Guatemala to meet up with the mission awareness trip in session.
Godís blessings to all.
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Water for Elephants is a romantic drama where lovers are played by Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon. The star of the movie is however its biggest star, elephant-Tai, who made her way to the Pattinson's heart.
Robert Pattinson plays veterinary student in a film based on Sara Gruen's bestseller Water for Elephants situated in 30's depression in United States. Life treats Jacob (Pattinson) hard until he gets a job from circus as a veterinarian. It is lead by cruel ringmaster August (Christoph Waltz). His young wife Marlena (Reese Witherspoon) is the draw of the circus and Jacob becomes attracted to her. The movie is directed by Francis Lawrence.
For the last 6 months Pattinson has been filming the last two parts of Twilight saga in Louisiana. The actor made a quick stop in Los Angeles before heading to Vancouver to finish the filming of Breaking Dawn.
Water for Elephants was mostly filmed in California near the farms where exotic animals are kept for filming purposes. The movie begins were tragically but these events lead Jacob to animals and love.
"Basically life flipped him finger. He has no way to turn back to his old life so the only possibility is to leave distress behind and look forward. Everything happens so fast that Jacob didn't even have time to wallow in self-pity. I thought that it must have felt like a shock. I didn't have many lines in the beginning so I just played with gestures, expressions and other physical ways," Pattinson tells.
The beginning of the movie was also otherwise challenging for Pattinson because as a rookie his job in the circus was only to listen.
"When I read the script for the first time I thought that all the pressure are on Christoph and Reese. Then I noticed that I was in almost every scene even though I didn't have any lines. It was slightly stressful but Francis was very good at calming my nerves. He knew all the time what he wanted so I trusted him. On the other hand the movie isn't only based on actors' performances but we are a part of spectacle which biggest star is the elephant."
The elephant who played Rosie made great impression on Pattinson.
"When I went to meet the elephant, Tai, she was in hand stand on her front legs. I spent hours with her and we tossed a ball. Tai snatched the ball with her trunk and tossed it back. I knew then that whatever the movie will be, at least I get to work with this amazing elephant for three to four months."
Pattinson admits that he is a friend of animals but doesn't like circus."When I was five I was in Zippos-circus in London with my mother and sister. I remember when the clowns came to the circus in a little car. One of the doors exploded and I thought that the leg of the clown was broken. My sister said that the clown died! I was in that belief even two years ago when I was telling the story. My mother heard my rambling and wondered what I was talking about, the clown didn't die. Anyway, I was so traumatized about it that I haven't been in circus since" Pattinson laughs.
Water for Elephants was a better experience for Pattinson because no injuries were required this time. Pattinson thanks the director for that.
"He had so much to do in practical arrangements only but was always sure about everything. The budget wasn't big but Francis had the responsibility of 200 animals, 300 extras, circus tents and trains. He took huge risks all the time. For example the scene in the beginning, where the circus tent is put up by hundreds of men, was shot by one take. Francis wanted to shoot it right before sunset and we had 20 minutes time to prepare for the scene and 7 minutes to shoot it. I didn't believe that it could be done but Francis didn't hesitate a second," wonders Pattinson.
The other massive scene in the end of the movie where the tent is pulled down was also shot with "all or nothing"-attitude.
"We shot that on the last day during sunset. In the inside and round the tent was piled with explosives and when they exploded the area was covered in enormous trail. When the sun was set behind the trail was seen a flagpole with American flag. It was the only thing standing up after explosion. The crew couldn't believe their eyes. No one could have imagined that something like that will happen and that it is captured on film. Francis just followed calmly eating peanuts. He never stressed about anything."
Pattinson is on his way to becoming a specialist playing in movies where the theme is forbidden or unusual love. The proof are the Twilight saga, Remember Me and Water for Elephants.
"In the movies love is always connected with problems. If everything went smoothly from the beginning to the end it would be a bad movie. But I like this story because it is the beginning of Marlena's and Jacob's love story. I didn't want to be supposedly good guy who comes and seduces August's wife and ruins his lifework. The most important thing for Jacob is that he gets Marlena to believe herself and that she deserves a better man than August – Jacob or someone else."
The humble star also knows his limits because he thinks that he can only handle certain genres.
"I don't think that I could play in every genre movies. Most of the scripts that I read aren't for me. No one would take me seriously in the movies based on those scripts. I say yes to a movie when I read a script that has role which I believe I can play."
With Twilight there has formed a permanent "circus", that consist of passionate fans, paps and other curious people, around Pattinson. The actor assures relieved that the situation has calmed down a bit.
"Nowadays I always go inside from backdoors. That is why there is a less hustle and I wouldn't even have time for that. In the beginning it was unusual experience when the crowd went crazy. Now I go to the events tired. I film half a day, go to the airport, a car is waiting me at the destination where I fall asleep immediately, I spend 10 minutes in the event handing out a award or show myself, go back to the car, to the airport and to the filming location."
In order to relax, Pattinson compose and plays guitar. "I always travel with my guitar but it isn't so fun anymore because I can't drink whole night and stay up till 5 am," Pattinson laughs.
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Marlins rally in eighth, score in ninth to beat Mets
MIAMI -- The Miami Marlins rewarded their manager with the best possible birthday gift.
Casey McGehee hit a sharp grounder that caromed into right field off the back of reliever Gonzalez Germen's foot, allowing the winning run to score, and the Miami Marlins rallied late from a three-run deficit Monday night to beat the New York Mets 4-3.
"I didn't get (gifts) but I'll take the win," said Miami manager Mike Redmond, who turned 43. "The presents stopped coming about five, six years ago."
Jarrod Saltalamacchia hit a tying double in the eighth off Daisuke Matsuzaka, who failed to retire any of the five batters he faced in relief of Jonathon Niese.
Giancarlo Stanton had an RBI single and the Marlins scored another run on shortstop Omar Quintanilla's fielding error in the eighth.
Christian Yelich led off the ninth with a single off Scott Rice (0-1). He advanced to second on Ed Lucas' sacrifice. Germen intentionally walked Giancarlo Stanton before McGehee got his RBI single.
"Everybody kind of knew they were going to walk Stanton there," McGehee. "I just tried to have a good at-bat. I was able to get a ball to hit hard."
Marlins closer Steve Cishek (2-1) pitched to a scoreless ninth for the win. Miami is now 15-5 at home and 6-1 in its current nine-game homestand.
The Marlins have won two in a row in their final at-bat.
Christian Yelich and Ed Lucas led off the eighth with walks. Stanton followed with an RBI single and Quintanilla let McGehee get through his legs, allowing Lucas to score. Saltalamacchia doubled to right-center to make it 3-all.
"Any time you can get on the board and you can get into a position that you can tie the ball game, I felt good," Saltalamacchia said. "I've caught Daisuke before so I have seen his stuff. I was pretty comfortable up there. I was able to get decent wood in it."
Kyle Farnsworth relieved Matsuzaka and with the infield drawn in retired Jeff Baker on a grounder to second. Farnsworth walked pinch-hitter Garret Jones and struck out Adeiny Hechavarria and retired Marcel Ozuna on a grounder to third.
"When I was warming up in the bullpen, I was struggling with my command," Matsuzaka said through an interpreter. "I tried to focus on the batter and getting outs. I really regret taking away Niese's win the team's win."
Niese pitched seven shutout innings and allowed five hits, struck out six and walked one but was replaced after throwing 108 pitches. Niese has permitted one run or less in his last four starts.
"Anytime a game is lost, it's tough to watch," Niese said. "But it's just one game. I never want to leave a game but 108 pitches, I figured our bullpen has been doing great."
Daniel Murphy and Curtis Granderson homered off Miami's Nathan Eovaldi in the first inning for 2-0 lead. Murphy's shot over the fence in right field was his first of the season and Granderson hit his third with a drive that bounced off the upper deck in right-center field.
Bobby Abreu had a sacrifice fly to left, scoring David Wright in the fourth. Wright led off the inning with a double and advanced to third on Grandeson's single.
Eovaldi scattered five hits, walked one and struck out a career-high 10 in seven innings.
"The Marlins have been hot, especially in this park and late," Mets manager Terry Collins said. "They can be really tough."
Eric Young Jr. returned to the lineup and went 1 for 4 after a freakish pregame injury Sunday. Young was struck on the right cheek off a batted ball from Lucas Duda that bounced off an indoor batting cage.
Although he passed concussion tests, Young said he felt dizzy and manager Terry Collins sat him out of the series finale against the Rockies.
Marlins starter Jose Fernandez said his left thigh feels fine and he will make his next start after being struck by a one-hopper off the bat of Dee Gordon in the fifth inning of Miami's 5-4 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers Sunday. Fernandez went 4-1 with a 1.59 ERA in April, earning his first NL Pitcher of the Month award.
Game notes
The Mets scored in the first inning for the fourth consecutive game. ... Young made a diving catch to rob Giancarlo Stanton of a base hit in the seventh. ... The roof at Marlins Park was opened for the seventh time this season. ... Henderson Alvarez (1-2, 3.28) is scheduled to start Tuesday for Miami against the New York Mets' Bartolo Colon (2-4, 5.65).
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Rays host wedding at Tropicana Field
Long-time Rays fans Ashley Hill and Ron White tie the knot at Tropicana Field.
It's not just the 2020 season at stake, but the future of MLB
If the owners and players can't find common ground to return to the field, the damage to baseball will be devastating.
Olney: Relationship between MLB players and owners is at all-time low
Buster Olney details the working relationship between MLB players and owners, calling its "worst in about a quarter of a century." Explaining the distrust in negotiations.
Kurkjian celebrates Tippy Martinez's birthday with a good story
On Tippy Martinez's birthday, Tim Kurkjian explains what the former Orioles pitcher is best known for.
Tim Kurkjian's Baseball Fix: How Tippy Martinez once picked off the side
It was extra innings. A catcher who had never caught was behind the plate. Martinez needed to find a way to get out of the inning. So he picked off one runner, then another, then another. Side retired.
Remember that time a goose crashed into the Tigers' scoreboard?
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Actress Gaby Hoffman Pregnant With First Childby Thomas Chau | PopCrush
'Girls' guest actress Gaby Hoffman is expecting her first child with cinematographer boyfriend Chris Dapkins, according to Us Weekly.
Hoffman, 32, is best known for her roles as a child. She co-starred in such films as 'Field of Dreams,' 'Sleepless in Seattle' and 'Now and Then.' Her recent work includes guest roles on 'Louie' and HBO's 'Girls' where she played the character of Caroline Sackler.
"She and her boyfriend Chris Dapkins are thrilled. Gaby is doing very well," the source tells Us Weekly. "She's been staying in LA filming another project."
In the Season 3 finale of 'Girls,' it was revealed, perhaps not entirely coincidentally, that her character was pregnant.
Congrats to Hoffman and her boyfriend on their upcoming bundle of joy!


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|November 26, 2012
Energold Drilling Announces Third Quarter 2012 Financial and Production Results
|Energold Drilling Corp. ("Energold" or "the Company") announces year-to-date revenues of $115.8 million, an 18% increase from $98.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2012.
During the third quarter, the Mineral division drilled 92,300 meters, a decrease of 46% compared to Q3 2011, due to the continued weakness in the overall capital markets. The division remains profitable, generating $17.3 million in revenue this quarter and a net earnings of $0.6 million. The Energy division drilled 61,700 meters during the third quarter, generating $9.0 million in revenues, while the division's year-to-date revenues increased 302% to $38.9 million compared to the same period in 2011. The Manufacturing division's revenue for the first nine months in 2012 was $11.4 million, a 16% increase from $9.8 million in the comparable period in 2011.
Excluding non-cash and extraordinary items such as bonus acquisition expense for Energold Energy Drilling Services ("EEDS"), foreign exchange, and share-based payments, Energold generated $2.1 million in adjusted EBITDA on combined gross margins of 21%. Without the adjustments, the Company recorded a net loss of $2.5 million in Q3 2012. Fred Davidson, President and CEO, states, "Our results this quarter reflect the uncertain business environment, the decline in activity in some markets due to ongoing external factors including politics, weather issues, and difficulty in accessing capital for junior exploration companies. The Company's revenue remains robust in several diversified markets, with a strong senior and intermediate clientele who are committed to their projects."
Energold's growth has been significant over the past three years, and has broadened its revenue base to diversify the risk exposure of a purely mineral based business. EEDS in Alberta and the Manufacturing division, operating as Dando in the U.K., continue to perform above management's expectations. In the current period of softer demand for mineral exploration, the Company is leveraging relationships from its market leading position in frontier drilling and expand complementary service offerings to existing clients. Energold is focused on identifying new growth opportunities, increasing productivity, and capitalizing on synergies for growth within the Energy and Manufacturing divisions. With $27.8 million in the treasury, and over $96.0 million in working capital, management believes the Company remains in an enviable position to weather the current market environment and capitalize on acquisition opportunities.
Third Quarter Results Comparison ($CAD '000s except per-share amounts and meters drilled)
** Adjusted Earnings -- Extraordinary and non-cash items include bonus expense to Energold Energy, accretion expense on debenture, share-based payments, foreign exchange, dilution and equity gain/loss on IMPACT, impairment/write-down of assets.
Meters drilled during the third quarter decreased over the comparable quarter in 2011 as a result of the challenging capital markets, particularly in the junior mining sector. The Mineral division drilled 92,300 meters in the quarter, a 46% decrease from the comparable quarter in 2011 generating revenues of $17.3 million, a 45% dip from the comparable period in 2011. Average revenue per meter was $192 in the first nine months of 2012 compared to $174 in 2011. Management anticipates this to trend lower as excess rig capacity in the markets may lead to lower competitive bids. Gross margin percentage is historically tied to the business mix of frontier-style drilling and established brownfield drill programs, with the latter moving the average revenue per meter lower. With a higher percentage of programs dedicated to majors' brownfields projects during the third quarter, gross margin was 28%, compared to 31% in the comparable period 2011.
Meters Drilled During the Quarter
As of September 30, 2012, Energold had a total of 130 mineral exploration rigs, with two track mounted rigs on order from the Manufacturing division, Dando. Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central America and accounted for over 52% of the meters drilled for the third quarter of 2012 with 45 rigs in the region. With local offices in Mexico City and a depot in Chihuahua to service field operations, the Company has expectations of further growth in Central America. South America currently has 42 drill rigs across Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Chile, and Argentina, contributing 21% of the total meters drilled for the quarter. During the quarter, demand stabilized in Brazil after declines in the second quarter; however costs remain elevated to retain key personnel. The market, in general, saw rapid growth in 2010 and 2011, but has recently experienced a decline in activity and utilization and increasing political risk. Colombia's growth remained positive, with several ongoing programs and commitments from existing clients in the area. The modular S rigs continue to be well suited for challenging and remote projects within this region and the Company expects the area to pick up as macro-economic issues continue to resolve. Energold currently has 40 rigs in Africa, and meters drilled here accounted for 27% of total meters drilled in the mineral division, a 7% increase from the comparable quarter in 2011. Additionally, there are currently two rigs in Asia, with efforts continuing to penetrate the Asian market where the Company's S rigs are ideal for the combination of challenging infrastructure and low labour costs.
EEDS generates the majority of its revenue during the winter months due to favorable ground conditions. As expected, the historically lower levels of activity during the third quarter resulted in a slight decrease in revenue of $9.0 million during the third quarter compared to $9.7 million in the third quarter of 2011. There were no seismic contracts worked on during the quarter; however, there are several outstanding tenders.
Oil sands operations account for $7.0 million revenues for the third quarter and $23.9 million of year-to-date revenue, approximately 61% of total revenues in EEDS. The Company drilled for oil sands clients despite the warmer months, a sign of the backlog of work available in the industry. As a testament to the robustness of the industry, in August 2012, EEDS was awarded multi-year energy drilling contracts valued at $45 million annually, scheduled to commence in 2013 (see News Release dated August 21, 2012). Currently, all of EEDS's oil sands rigs are committed for the 2012 to 2013 winter season, and management's growth target for 2013 is 25% to 50% above the 2012 figures.
Meters Drilled During the Quarter
Energold Manufacturing, operating as Dando, continued to expand its business clientele and marketing globally, generating $3.6 million in revenue accounted for using the percentage-of-completion method during the quarter, while incurring a net loss of $0.3 million this quarter as the group continues to work through lower margin legacy contracts. Year-to-date, the division is growing with revenues of $11.4 million and gross margins of 23% compared to $9.8 million and margin of 18% in 2011. The Company expects a strong Q4 to close out 2012 with contracts being completed before year end. With a sizable order book globally resulting from the implementation of a structured approach to procurement, increased sales and marketing efforts and synergies, Dando manufactured and shipped a variety of mining and water rigs to Uganda, Kurdistan, Nigeria, Ghana, and Indonesia during the quarter.
As part of the efforts to strengthen internal competencies and efficiencies, Industrial Processes Chihuahua, S.A.C. ("IPC"), a manufacturing facility in Chihuahua, Mexico, acquired by Energold in 2011, is now supplying the group globally. Previously, IPC was producing specific parts for the Company's Mexican operations and provided ongoing support for rig fleets in the area only.
Energold Drilling Corp. is a leading global specialty drilling company that services the mining, energy, and manufacturing sectors in over 22 countries globally. Specializing in a socially and environmentally sensitive approach to drilling, Energold provides a comprehensive range of drilling services from early stage exploration to mine site operations for both metals and energy sectors and has an established drill rig manufacturer, Dando. Energold also holds 6.98 million shares of IMPACT Silver Corp., a profitable silver producer in Mexico.
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I was going though the mailbag and I received the following missive:
therealbetty commented on A Guide for Using Szukajwarchiwach.PL Poradnik — #Polish, #Archive, #Guide, #Poradnik
Thanks for all your work on this! I tried to check your list of towns and I would like records from the Przeciszow and Oswiecim area in Malopolskie. Am I out of luck this time around as I could not find them? I am assuming that area is in the Krakow archives.
Well therealbetty, thanks for writing again! That is a very good question. I went back and looked at the NAC's PDF document that listed Archives/Parishes being put online:
I did not see Oswiecim (aka Auschwitz) listed. To be sure it was a parish, I looked it up in a Gazetteer [Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i Innych Krajów Słowiańskich (The Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland & Other Slavic Countries) — see my Gazetteer page]:
It says the Roman Catholic (r) is in Oswiecim (i.e. "loco"), the Greek Catholic/Orthodox is in Krakow and the Evangelical parish is in Biala. This is the Oswiecim you mentioned as you can see it is in Wojewodztwo (old woj.) Krakow, Powiat Biala, Gmina Oswiecim. (2nd-4th columns).
So, unfortunately, the short answer to your question is, "No, Oswiecim and Przeciszow are not in this release of online records."
Przeciszow was in Wojewodztwo (old woj.) Krakow, Powiat Wadowice, Gmina Przeciszow and it is a parish too, as you probably knew.


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Sunday, November 6, 2011, 00:51 - Ancient Greek Language, Jokes and anecdotes
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That's right, an autographed copy of "The Iliad"! Found at the local bookstore. One might suspect that it is a fake, because Homer was reputedly blind.
To make it perfectly clear, I understand that any translator is entitled to autographing copies of his work. But am I not equally entitled to a little chuckle?
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As technology and scientific understanding advance, religion may find itself going on the offensive for the hearts and souls of man. And we are beginning to suspect that the most dangerous agents in that battle will be the nuns. Yes, many holy sisters are out tending to the sick and poor, but we wondered if some weren't packing more than rulers between those robes. We looked at science fiction's nuns and found that beneath those pacific exteriors lurk disturbing experiments, wanton slaughter, and shocking deceptions. Possible spoilers ahead.
Evangeline: Following a massacre at an orphanage, the Catholic Church recruits a young survivor, Evangeline, to be its avenging angel. Armed with big guns and slinky outfits, Evangeline hunts down nun killers, rogue geneticists, and anyone else who defies the pope's commands. Why we won't trust her: Evangeline keeps her vows to the Church a secret, masquerading as Countess di Christina. On top of that, she's an unthinking and remorseless killer, blindly obeying the orders of her mentor, Cardinal Szn.
The Sisters of St. Hilda's: In Charles Stross' "Down on the Farm," the mechanized Sisters of St. Hilda of Gratham's Home For Disgruntled Waif and Strays tend to agents of the Laundry who are, as they say, "differently sane." They keep careful watch over the patients in the secure wing and attend to the strangely tweaky Funny Farm administrators. Why we won't trust them: Each Sister is connected to and controlled by the Matron, a machine-bound entity who is none too pleased to be in the service of the Laundry. And the Sisters have been known to lock up agents who aren't patients. We don't believe for a second that it's a coincidence.
The Sisters of Plenitude: Another order of nursemaids, the feline-faced Sisters run the top hospital on Doctor Who's New Earth. Through careful study, they have developed advanced medical technology that allows them to cure every disease known to man. Why we won't trust them: That medical technology comes at a chilling price. Those Catkind angels of mercy farmed human clones for thousands of years and infected them with each one of those diseases for study. Even if that doesn't ping your creep-o-meter, consider that once ever few millennia, one of those suckers might get loose and start a plague. Sister Carlotta: Carlotta is a veritable fairy godmother to Bean. First she sends him off to Battle School, where he befriends the likes of Ender Wiggin and begins a promising military career. Then she finds his biological parents and reveals that his best bud Nikolai Delphiki is his genetic brother. And all the while, she does her best to protect Bean from the machinations of Achilles. Why we won't trust her: She waited until after her death to inform Bean that he possessed the genetic modification Anton's Key, which accounted for his extreme intelligence, but would also result in his premature death. We know she was only trying to protect the kid, but it still would have been nice to know that he shouldn't go planning for retirement.
Mary Malone: It's 2012, and you're a soldier for the fascist government of mainland Europe. A nun appears to tend to a dying enemy combatant in your care, and, because you're not a total barbarian, you let her in. Why we won't trust her: That's no nun; it's "Bloody Mary" Malone, from Garth Ennis' comic of the same name, a rebel commando with a penchant for donning habits on particularly splatter-filled missions. It's a handy rouse, but she may just like the way they look covered in bullet holes and blood.
Maya Herrera: After turning her awesome death power on her brother's wedding – killing off guests, the wedding party, and her faithless future sister-in-law – Heroes' Maya enters a convent, hoping God will help her overcome her tendency for mass killings. Why we won't trust her: Actually, this has nothing to do with trust. We're just steering clear of Maya in general.
Channon Yarrow: Overwrought from dealing with her crazed boss Spider Jerusalem and her boyfriend's transformation into a cloud of nanomachines, Channon signs up with the Brides of Christ – Fred Christ, that is. There she is free from the stresses of the outside world and receives regular ministerings from the half-alien love guru. Why we won't trust her: Channon knew full well what Fred was capable of when she joined up. But once she defects back to Spider (claiming that "The sex was lousy"), she holds special contempt for the Transient leader, coldly cursing him during one of Spider's more physical interrogations, and even getting a few shots in herself. Granted Fred deserved it, but we're still not letting Channon join our alien sex cult.


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Melinda Wadsworth and her son Robert John Wadsworth, 5, have the secret to making a school lunch fast and nutritious - Scooby Sandwiches. The Unadilla Forks mom packs Ritz crackers and fresh-cut cheeses into little baggies.
Melinda Wadsworth and her son Robert John Wadsworth, 5, have the secret to making a school lunch fast and nutritious - "Scooby Sandwiches."
The Unadilla Forks mom packs Ritz crackers and fresh-cut cheeses into little baggies. GET CREATIVE WITH YOUR KIDS LUNCHES v Place a frozen juice box in the lunch box to keep the food cold. The juice should be thawed by lunchtime.
* To provide variety, make sandwiches using whole-grain tortillas, bagels or pitas.
* Pack antibacterial wet wipes to encourage kids to clean their hands before and after eating.
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"He puts them together like little sandwiches at school," she said. "He calls them Scooby Sandwiches.
"Unfortunately, he packs them so high he makes a mess."
Like other moms, Wadsworth is busy, but she still manages to squeeze five minutes out of the day to pack a lunch for her kindergartner. Although she doesn't have much time, she shoots for food that's nutritious, too.
In addition to the Scooby Sandwich, he gets a choice of yogurt, apples and yogurt-covered raisins.
"That's during the day," she said. "And then for dinner, it's mashed potatoes and meat."
Stick to what they love
Rome brothers Chance, 10, and Trevor Todd, 6, are very picky eaters.
"Chicken nuggets, French fries and ramen noodles," parents Rebecca and Duane Todd said in unison.
But when it comes to lunch, they substitute other favorites instead: fruit snacks, a juice box, yogurt, pudding and a peanut butter sandwich.
"That comes back uneaten," Duane said.
"They'd fill up on yogurt and pudding," added Rebecca, who said their lunches are made within four minutes.
Like the Todd family, Utican Laureen Howard, mom of three, usually packs the same thing every day.
"I stick to what they like. It's easy: peanut butter and jelly, a juice box, apple sauce and a granola bar. It's easy," Howard said.
It takes her about three minutes to make lunches for Noah, 9, and Joey, 6. Her daughter Victoria is 3, goes to preschool and doesn't take lunch to school.
The real time-saver is eliminating the Thermos, she said.
"You don't use Thermos anymore, and you just buy the juice boxes," said Howard, who also said she sometimes hides the juice boxes from her kids so they don't drink them before school.
Keeping lunch nutritious, timely
When it comes to making a nutritious lunch fast, Tricia Collins Hysell, certified nutrition advisor and wellness educator at Wellness Concepts in Frankfort, says the key word should be organic.
"I'm a big believer in organic anything. When possible, go organic peanut butter, whole-grain breads, low-sugar jellies, raw vegetables with low-fat dip," she said. "They'll eat it if you have dip."
Collins Hysell says cottage cheese and fruit are a good combination as well.
"I found they eat cottage cheese if there's pineapple in it," she said.
She said to make sure you keep sugar content and simple carbohydrate content low.
"Get away from simple carbohydrates like sugar," she said. "A ball park rule of thumb is a complex carbohydrate has fiber. Without good nutritional lunch, especially a good balanced breakfast, the brain cells won't have enough energy to feed their brains."
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There's nothing wrong with being a kid at heart. You just have to get used to people looking at you suspiciously as you wander through toy stores. And while this gorgeous set of curvaceous rocking horses designed by Next of Kin Creatives are far too small for adults, they're the perfect justification for finally starting a family.
Sadly there's no pricing or availability info on either the Rocking Moto—inspired by 1970s cafe racers—or the stealthy carbon fiber Dark Horse. But they both do exist, and were on display at the recent Tortona Design Week in Milan. So if you back a dump truck full of money up to their studio, maybe you can convince them to part with the pair for your nursery.


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In the Regular Hexagon Exploration, students use a compass and straightedge to construct a regular hexagon, which gives them a kinesthetic way to start making sense of the structure of a regular hexagon as they discover its properties. Students work in groups to find angle measures and justify their reasoning using definitions and theorems. The task is open-ended. I ask groups to come up with their own conjectures about regular hexagons based on their construction. These conjectures, for example, can be about angle measures or diagonals. The goal is for my students to convince themselves, to convince a friend, and to convince a skeptic. I take this approach to enable their spirit of discovery while maintaining rigor (MP3).
To ensure students write high-quality justifications, I give students an example sentence frame and include a word bank in the task (vertex, diagonal, adjacent, perpendicular, right angle, bisect, midpoint, congruent, CPCTC). For example:
Given a regular hexagon, there is a diagonal that divides the regular hexagon into two congruent trapezoids. I know this because…
As student work I take notes on how they are working in groups to encourage the kind of math talk I want in my classroom.
We debrief the exploration on the whiteboard, with students sharing out some of the conjectures they came up with.
I would like to thank Allison Krasnow, a math/technology coach in Berkeley who share this hexagon diagram with me.
The goal of the Polygon Interior Angle Sum Conjecture activity is for students to conjecture about the interior angle sum of any n-gon. Students will see that they can use diagonals to divide an n-sided polygon into (n-2) triangles and use the triangle sum theorem to justify why the interior angle sum is (n-2)(180). They will also make connections to an alternative way to determine the interior angle sum, noticing that (n-2)180 = n(180)-360. The activity provides a nice change of pace from hands-on construction to hands on analysis, looking for patterns. I often find that changing pace like this helps me to better engage all of my students in learning.
Students work in groups in the Polygon Exterior Angle Sum Conjecture activity to conjecture about the exterior angle sum of any n-gon. Each student in the group is given a different polygon with its exterior angles drawn out. After each member of the group traces all of the exterior angles so that they are adjacent, the group compares their results to conjecture about the exterior angle sum for any polygon. The group must then prove the exterior angle sum for a triangle, quadrilateral, and then any n-gon before checking in with the teacher.
Like most of our lessons, we debrief the big ideas for the day in our note takers. We debrief students' conjectures about the interior angle sum of polygons and extend this idea further to determine the measure of each interior angle of any equiangular n-gon. Then we debrief students' exterior angle sum conjectures—during this part of the debrief, I like to have at least one group of students share out their proofs with the whole class.
The Polygon Sum and Exterior Angle Sum Theorem Homework for this evening offers my students some challenge as they review the work that was completed in class today.


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Shutterfly recently released a new application called the Express Uploader that makes it very easy for their customers to upload images to a Shutterfly account. Once uploaded, the existing Shutterfly can be used to turn albums into prints, photo books, calendars and more.
The application is powered by Adobe AIR and leverages new capabilities available in our most recent version of the AIR runtime (version 2) including integration with native code using the native process API. Congratulations to the team at Shutterfly on the launch of the desktop application!
Anumber of popular uploading tools are now powered by AIR including the Vimeo uploader that we highlighted in an earlier blog post.
Screenshots below:
Photos can be queued up for uploading and associated with new or existing albums.
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A Sandwich a Day: Short Rib Pot Roast Sandwich at Lemonade in Los Angeles
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In this great nation of ours, one could eat a different sandwich every day of the year—so that's what we'll do. Here's A Sandwich a Day, our daily look at sandwiches around the country. Got a sandwich we should check out? Let us know. —The Mgmt.
The short rib pot roast sandwich from Lemonade contains only four elements: bread, meat, macaroni and cheese. Yes, a mac and cheese sandwich! The sourdough roll is toasted, the short rib is tender, and the mac and cheese adds a creamy layer (and some nostalgia points). Try the sandwich ($11 with a salad) with one of their namesake drinks.
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The Grey Market isn't someplace your grandma picks up her Schnapps-Flavored Ensure and Active Sex Life Depends, it's a mechanism for bringing non-federalized cars into the U.S.. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Mercedes 500 SEC was just such a grey, but will its current price have you seeing red?
Okay, I promise, no more weird military-themed cartoon cars for the rest of the week. But that doesn't mean we still don't have to deal with yesterday's oddball '88 Caprice turrent-top. Perhaps it was as a show of support for our fighting men and women overseas and at home, or maybe you just didn't get enough GI Joe time when you were a kid, but that olive Caprice came away with an anything but drab 58% Nice Price win. Hell, I was surprised that no one called up the seller and demanded that he drop and give them twenty.
Today's contender resides in a nebulous world, one that is very difficult to accurately define. This 1984 Mercedes Benz 500 SEC is class on ice. Massive, ostentatious, and V8-powered, it was a worthy competitor to BMW's 6-pot only E24 6 Series. Funny thing then that the Bimmer today is considered far more an object of lust than the Benz.
That's too bad because with the W126 Mercedes went back to basing their halo coupe on the S-Class sedan platform, and not just dachshunding the SL. The visual gravitas these cars emanate is still powerful today, especially the wide open B-pillarless greenhouse and traditional three-pointed star in the grille denoting a model with sporting pretensions.
This particular car, in electric teal over tan leather, is claimed to have been brought over from Germany the year following its manufacture. It was federalized by European Autohaus Inc., as noted on its doorjamb sticker, which also claims the car to be in compliance of all applicable Federal motor vehicle safety and bumper standards in effect on its date of manufacture.
That of course is bullshit as the car rocks not only bumpers tucked in like a turtle's testicles, but the massive glass brick headlamps which, back in '84, were verbotten here in the U.S.. The car is remains all the better for not having the rectangular sealed beams and awkward extended bumpers of the U.S. SEC. It does seem to have a proper MPH speedo, as well as the cool robot arm seatbelt extenders. It also appears to be in most excellent shape both inside and out, the only obvious signs of wear being a somewhat shiny driver's throne, but that's just nit-picking.
Oh, and as far as I'm concerned, the less said about the wheels the better. Nah-ah-ah, let's just leave it alone.
Underhood you'll find the 5-litre edition of Mercedes' long serving M117 V8. In '84 non-cat form it pumped out 230-bhp. Seeing as this car has not only been modded to be a stand up citizen in the U.S. but also is apparently licensable in California, one would expect it to rock the proper emissions controls that eliminate both some of its contributions to our dirty air, and a little bit of the fun in driving the car.
And fun this car should be, only at over 3,549-lbs, that fun will be in more the grand touring vein rather than that of carving up canyons. And with fewer than 75K on the clock it should be grand for touring for plenty of miles more. Of course, if the 500 is a little too sedate, there's always the 1000 SEC which is claimed to be - wait for it - twice as good.
Upon its introduction at the 1981 Frankfurt International Motor Show, the 500SEC took up the mantle of most expensive Mercedes model, coming in at a cool $56,000. That'd be over $115,000 in today's dollars when inflation is taken into account. Or, you could have this tidy 28-year old example for $6,950.
What do you say, its that a fair price for someone to improve their SECs life? Or, does that price make this a Benz for which the seller should make amends?
You decide!
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Angela Lueking, associate professor, Energy and Mineral Engineering and Chemical Engineering, recently published Evidence for Ambient-Temperature Reversible Catalytic Hydrogenation in Pt-doped Carbons, in NanoLetters, a high profile journal that reports on research in the fields of nanoscience and nanotechnology. The results of the study resolve a long-standing controversy in the literature on using in situ Raman spectroscopy to confirm a weak carbon-hydrogen chemical bond can form reversibly at ambient temperatures. In addition, the paper clarifies carbon surface properties that lead to high hydrogen mobility to populate a carbon surface. The topic has become controversial in recent years, after other groups reporting combined ambient temperature reversibility and mobility were not easily substantiated.
Although many materials have been proposed as a means by which to increase hydrogen density for storage as a fuel in fuel cell applications, most materials work at either high temperature or cryogenic conditions. Hydrogen storage at ambient temperature would significantly increase the feasibility and engineering design of hydrogen fuel tanks. In addition to hydrogen storage, identification of a reversible and mobile carbon-hydrogen bond has implications in material science, physics, chemistry, energy conversion devices, energy storage, and electronics.
Dr. Lueking obtained her PhD in chemical engineering at the University of Michigan by developing materials that utilize hydrogen spillover as the mechanism for hydrogen uptake. Her formal academic training focuses on adsorption, surface science, environmental separations, and gas storage. She has continued work in hydrogen storage, hydrogen spillover, and novel adsorbents at Penn State. Her research pursuits have evolved to include development and advanced characterization of new carbon materials, new synthesis routes to existing carbon materials, low temperature H2 evolution from processed coal, catalytic gasification, and fundamental studies of hydrogen spillover.
Liu, X. M.; Tang, Y.; Xu, E. S.; Fitzgibbons, T. C.; Larsen, G. S.; Gutierrez, H. R.; Tseng, H. H.; Yu, M. S.; Tsao, C. S.; Badding, J. V.; Crespi, V. H.; Lueking, A. D. Evidence for Ambient-Temperature Reversible Catalytic Hydrogenation in Pt-doped Carbons. Nano Lett 2012, 29 Nov. 2012.


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Quick Review: 2011 Dodge Challenger SRT-8
Dodge's newest SRT-8 Hemi Challenger is the best one yet, but is it really a ponycar? Does it even matter?
Dodge's new 2011 SRT-8 Challenger is an enigma. With 470 hp on tap from its 6.4-liter Hemi, it's by far the most powerful ponycar currently offered, besting both the Ford Mustang GT and the Chevy Camaro SS. (Although that's only for a short time until Chevy's 556-hp LSA-powered Camaro hits dealerships.) Nevertheless, all that power is out-manned by the SRT-8's 4,200-plus pounds of mass, making it the slow kid in class. All that bulk does put a wet blanket on the festivities when the hammer drops, but is straight-line acceleration all that matters? To a lot of guys, the answer is "yes," and the conversation stops right there. To others, the sun doesn't rise and set on the 0-60 number, us included.
Here's the scoop: when you take a full-sized rearwheel-drive four-door sedan and turn it into a muscle coupe, there are going to be certain compromises to performance, and acceleration is just one of those. Cornering and stopping also suffers, because those same tires also need to overcome all that inertia. Clearly, if you approach the SRT-8 Challenger from a ponycar mentality (a big engine in a tossable lightweight car), the SRT-8 falls short. But what happens if you come from the other direction, say, as a family guy looking for a high-speed family hauler that turns heads, sounds great, and that can dominate everything on the road except said lighter ponycars?
That is an entirely different ballgame-one in which Dodge's top hot rod excels. With the 2011 Dodge Challenger SRT-8, you have a completely different mission statement: arrive with your entire clan in tow with style and speed. Ironically, the notion that the Challenger is a "ponycar" is carefully fostered by Dodge, but in fact it's a misnomer.
That said, proportionally and stylistically, the Challenger is every bit the ponycar. The SRT-8's large 20-inch wheels fit perfectly in huge wheel arches. Those arches are likewise positioned tantalizingly close to each other, further fostering the ponycar impression. Large Brembo brakes clamp down on beefy, slotted rotors, and a rakish greenhouse terminates on a muscular c-pillar. Its proportions are so perfect, you'd need a full-grown adult to stand next to it to betray its size. Ahh yes! Put yourself in that picture, and the real beauty of the SRT-8 Challenger reveals itself.
Small lightweight cars do have their advantages, but holding humans in comfort isn't one of them. Open the door to an SRT-8 Challenger, sit inside its sumptuous leather seat, and all traditional ponycar pretentions evaporate. This is a personal luxury coupe-simply put, this ain't no Piper Cub, it's a Gulfstream. And like a Gulfstream, it's fast. The SRT-8 tops out at 180 mph, goes from zero to 60 in 4.5 seconds, and runs the quarter mile in 12.9 seconds. Not as quick as a new Mustang GT, but it's a darned sight better than a blinged-out Chevy Tahoe, and it holds nearly as many people too-that's five adults comfortably.
Dodge's ponycar trompe l'oeil goes beyond just visual impersonation; enough improvements to suspension and steering have been made to perpetrate the ponycar ruse from behind the wheel. Increased wheel camber gives the heavy Challenger better cornering bite, stiffer shocks and springs for 2011 improve transitional handling, and electronic steering with a faster 14:1 ratio (2010 was 16:1) give the SRT-8 a quicker turn-in. And it goes without saying that 470 hp and 470 lb-ft of torque get things moving in a hurry, at least by traditional ponycar standards. On a road course, the SRT-8 Challenger is in its happy spot at about 8/10ths-anything beyond that and you'll need professional reflexes to avoid embarrassment.
To that point, the Challenger SRT-8 suffers from a trait common to heavier cars. The Challenger can be "challenging" to master at the limit, exhibiting wholesale understeer without a thoughtful cornering line, and massive wheelspin with too much throttle. All this is gratis the insufficient tire contact area for the given vehicle mass. On the six-speed manual test car we had, we also noted excessive driveline whip at slow speed in lower gears, and gear snatch from a dead stop. (Inordinate care is needed to keep from stalling the engine at stoplights.) Dodge's engineers made a good move by fortifying the larger Hemi with a stronger dual-disc clutch (which helps channel all that power), but its too-quick uptake doesn't resonate well with the car's mass and stiff suspension-at least not well enough for a car with a $47,575 MSRP. This is Corvette territory, so a smooth clutch uptake is the price of admission at this price point.
We also noted a few electrical gremlins in our test car, which taken at face value wouldn't be so bad, but we know two owners of older SRT-8 Challengers who've also had problems. The turn-by-turn voice commands on the GPS alternated between whisper quiet and super loud (when we could get them to work at all), and the keyless entry worked only about a third of the time. When we tried to upload MP3 song files via the USB connection, the entertainment system was unresponsive to repeated prompts. And while not strictly an electrical gremlin per se, the newest version of Dodge's GPS (the third in just five years) was frustrating and counter intuitive to operate. (Conclusion: you're better off with a $100 Tom-Tom from Best Buy.) Lastly, the push-button start needs to be held down a good two seconds before the engine cranks-which when combined with frequent stalling from a hair-trigger clutch can lead to much embarrassment.
A final gripe we had that's unique to the manual trans is the really rubbery feel to the shifter. While the shifter does a great job isolating driveline vibration from the luxurious cockpit, this is at the expense of feel. With the lever in gear, the handle can still traverse a two-inch range with modest effort-not something that inspires driving confidence.
Make no mistake, the 2011 SRT-8 Challenger is a great car; if you're a family guy who needs quick and classy transpo for the brood, this is your steed. A stout powerplant fortified with a solid suspension, a beefcake driveline, killer curb appeal, and class-leading comfort are a combination that's hard to beat-and one that the competition just can't muster. Add that to your Dodge dealer's best offer and you're off to the races-or the workplace, whichever meets your fancy.


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Former Mesa Mayor Scott Smith stated the following in a recent AZ Central article titled Gubernatorial Candidates Weigh in on Common Core. Both Smith and Fred Duval (Democrat candidate for Governor) support Common Core:
Scott Smith, Republican: "Education is the key to Arizona's future economic prosperity. All of our children deserve an excellent education that prepares them for a career. I have consistently supported higher standards for our children. This is their future. It's why companies like Apple will invest in Arizona.
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There is no way that former Mesa Mayor Scott Smith can be ignorant of the controversy surrounding Common Core aka Arizona College & Career Ready Standards. He's betting that the multi-billion dollar advertising campaign that is promoting these destructive standards will win the day. It's just a political gamble on his part. In the meantime, millions of America's children, including those in Arizona, are being treated like laboratory mice in a massive field test called "Common Core." Scott Smith is ruthlessly callous toward Arizona's children.Click here to read more
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The last thing Arizona needs is for Scott "Big Spender" Smith as our next governor. Even after being chastised by three "Davids," on December 9, the Goliath Council defiantly voted themselves a massive salary increase.
Mesa's government is growing stronger and more oppressive, while the citizenry is hanging on to full time work.
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I've been putting this off.
The inaugural post. It's not as if we're in Tarifa yet, or Spain for that matter. But you have to say something at some point.
There are good reasons to say little here; I can think of nothing in our life which isn't up in the air at the moment. The word "transitional", it turns out, is a euphemism. We've thrown everything skywards and all the bits are on their way back down. When they land the posts will follow.
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And that was it; these first words are all about managing expectations. Worryingly, it could all be downhill from here. Or uphill.
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Well for one, the place is beautiful, it's inviting and it's close to home. Resorts World indicated that it paid $40 million in taxes in May, and since October $252 million. What a great tax generator for us – and we don't even have to share it with New Jersey.
A convention center would make a world of difference there. If Genting (the developers of Resorts World) was able to be so successful with the gaming, then what's the problem going forward with a center?
The recent announcement of the lack of the ability to come to an agreement to build a convention center there was a bit disappointing. But we sense a bit of gamesmanship on the part of Governor Andrew Cuomo to get Genting to come to the table with more for the state.
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Now, its been like very well-known for the entire world how BIG Facebook is, and also how influential it is . Its a single place where you have billions of people storing all their personal info, pictures ,likes and and desires. of course such a place is like a treasure for marketers and companies. but how can you search that? how can you benefit from this amount of data, how can you analyse and see patterns ??
Rather than indexing the web, Facebook has focused on making it easier to navigate and discover content within the social network. And instead of using keywords, users will combine phrases, such as "photos of me in 2006," "my friends in San Francisco who like The Lord of the Rings" or "restaurants in New York liked by people who like Top Chef." Search results will change dynamically as users type. Results are personalized to each user based on their friends, location, Likes and other connections. Users can further refine their query with filters to the right of the results.
Graph Search allows users to conduct complex queries about people, places, photos and interests. It begins to open up the wealth of data stored in Facebook and make it accessible to everyday users. Businesses can use this information to conduct market research about their existing fans and potential customers.
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Hymn Sing
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Foundry Hall's twice-monthly (1st and 3rd Sundays) Hymn Sings at the Warren Senior Center are a time to sing favorite hymns, gospel songs, and spirituals together. All voices are welcome! Deborah Wesche is our resident pianist and organizer for this event, but guest pianists are welcome and encouraged to lead their favorite songs.