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After just six weeks, the world finally has its next superstar: Evvie McKinney. Being on the show only for a short amount of time, the 20-year-old from Memphis, Tennessee with her beautiful, soulful voice won the very first season of The Four: Battle for Stardom, impressing not only all those tuned in each week, but the panel of hitmakers themselves, Diddy, DJ Khaled, and Meghan Trainor.
Evvie's life is about to change forever, because not only does her music career launch with the help of the panel, not only does she get a recording contract with Republic Records, but she will also become iHeartRadio's next "On the Verge" artist; an artist development program supporting the winner with airplay across iHeartMedia radio stations nationwide. This program has helped launched the careers of artists like Sam Smith, Fifth Harmony and Nick Jonas, among others.
Meghan Trainor exclusively tells iHeartRadio of Evvie's performances on the show's finale, "It just blew my mind. And I don't go to a lot of concerts. I have fun at concerts, but I'm always like studying and working. But at that, I just let go of all my thoughts, and was like, 'This is the best show ever.' And I just was like, 'Oh, this is what people mean when they have the best time at a concert.' And she gave that to me, so it was very special."
Like many of her fellow competitors, Evvie's story is very touching and inspiring. Her father, a gospel singer, passed away, and after her very first performance on The Four, explained that she was on that stage for him. Then, during the finale, Evvie opened up about her mother and brothers, and explained how much support they've given her. Meghan said of the moment, "It was beautiful, and her mom was there. I was just like, 'You did it.' And her brothers are so supportive. Every show they were there jumping. I love them."
Evvie's family was there to witness her win, and excitedly joined her on stage after the big reveal was made to celebrate. Meghan tells us of their reaction, "It was the best reaction, and her family is the cutest in the world. I don't know if [through] the glitter will show, because there's so much confetti raining down, but her older brother picked me up and swung me around like eight times, which I've never had that done to me in my life, because I'm like, 'Don't pick me up.' You know? But that was a magical moment. It felt like a little fairytale little moment."
As far as the experience as a whole, of being the person to say yes or no to someone's dream of becoming a recording artist, Meghan calls the experience "amazing" and that she learned a lot, especially when there was "so much talent that it was kind of freaky." She explains:
"The Four was an amazing experience. I felt so honored and so cool to be next to these amazing panelists every day, and I learned so much. I learned a lot on TV. I learned a lot about how to say no to people with big dreams. That was tough. That was the hardest lesson I had to learn. Because I just wanted to say yes to all of them, but I was like, we have a show and this is how the rules work. But I loved it. I loved every second of it. I loved my pretty outfits. I loved giving my opinions and letting the world see the songwriter side of me, and the producer side of me, that maybe they didn't know I had. So, it was really cool, and it was quick. They're like, 'it's over.'"


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[Reality cracking] Reversing lotteries ads (03/05/18 16:24:52)
One of the emotion with which lotteries ads play is regret. They use the slogan "it could have been you" and use the fact that we will feel regret (a negative emotion) if we don't play the lottery and if we had played it we would have won. Counterfactual thinking is one of the main drivers of lotteries, it explains why people continue to buy lotteries tickets even thought not a single one of their lottery purchase has ever brought moneys. They continue to hope imagine a future where they won.
Also consider that lottery's payout rate of 50% is lower than that offered by other forms of commercial gambling like horse racing (81%) and slot machines (89%).
A real case where regret worked: in 1995 a man took out his own life because he forget to play the set of numbers he play all weeks which revealed to be the winner numbers the week he forget to play it (the winner prize was 2£ million). This proves the power of regret.
One of the most evil lottery is the Dutch Postcode Lottery. In this lottery your postcode is the ticket number. Hence even if not participating one may still find out that one would have won had one played. Here regret is heavily exploited.
In US, in 1997, state lotteries spent over 400$ million on advertising and promotion. I repeat: 400$ million of just ads.
Another interesting data is the fact that people have faith in a sort of "religion of numbers": they believe that some number have more probability to go out than others. In Maryland's three-digit numbers game, the numbers 333 and 777 were bet nine times the average rates.
Other method than regret to persuade people that they have a real chance of winning a big prize are the following:
Tactic 1. Make winners as visible as possible, so that in judging the likelihood of winning, people have readily available examples.
Tactic 2. Design games so as to disguise the true odds.
The lotto game is a good example. Take California's lotto game, where the player chooses six of the numbers between 1 and 53. With respect to the probability of winning, the game is equivalent to choosing a single number between 1 and 23 million. But if California offered that bet, who would buy?
In designing instant scratch-off games, one common device is the "heartstopper". Players are told that they win, say, $10,000 if when they scratch off the ticket, they uncover three symbols that match. Many of the tickets are printed such that the first two symbols match. The player's heart stops with the excitement of having almost won.
Tactic 3. Ridicule doubters.
One ad in Michigan shows a curmudgeon complaining that he has no more chance of winning the lottery than of being struck by lightning. Then, sure enough, he gets zapped by a lightning bolt. In the final scene, he is shown at the lottery ticket outlet, still charred and smoking, saying, "One ticket, please."
Tactic 4. Encourage people in their natural tendency to believe that there's an element of skill in playing the lottery.
Games are designed so as to provide people with choices. Lotto and the numbers game, for example, allow people to choose which numbers they want to play. Usually in human experience, tasks that involve choice also involve skill. And many ads convey the notion that winning is not all luck
Tactic 5. Encourage people to minimize regret. One state used the slogan "Don't let your number win without you," reminding players how bad they would feel if they missed a day and that was the day when their number hit.
Tactic 6. The final tactic is concealment. Giving people accurate information on odds of winning is low priority in lottery ads. States rarely provide a factual statement of odds in their ads or on-site displays, and when they do, the probabilities almost always refer to the likelihood of winning the smallest prizes.
All these just to keep in mind that if we feel an emotion it can be induced and so not be "true". The true emotion can be felt reversing the process that have lead us to feel that emotion. So do not use only the heart but also your brain.
[i] Lotteries in the real world, C. Clotfelter and P. Cook
[ii] "It could have been you": how states exploit counterfactual thought to market lotteries, J. Landman and R. Petty
[iii] Consequences of regret aversion in real life: the case of the dutch postcode lottery, M. Zeelenberg and R. Pieters
p.s. does someone have a mirror of the phplab, the php messageboard the seeker's messageboard or things like that that are no more reachable in internet?
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If you're contemplating a mission to Mars, Nasa's Chronology of Mars Exploration makes depressing reading. For every successful Russian Mars 3 or American Viking 1, there's a failed Beagle 2 (UK) or Mars Polar Lander (US). In fact, of the 42 missions listed, only 17 have been successful. The odds, over the past half-century, of a Mars mission succeeding are around 40%.
To be fair, several early missions didn't even make it off the launch pad and the chances of success have improved considerably over the decades. But you don't have to go back far to see failure. Only last year, Russia's Phobos-Grunt mission to the Martian moon Phobos failed to make it out of Earth orbit (well, it did eventually when it burned up on re-entry). Perhaps the most infamous though is Nasa's 1999 Mars Climate Orbiter, where a mix-up between imperial and metric measurements sent the spacecraft careering into the Martian atmosphere to be destroyed.
On 6 August (GMT) 2012 Nasa will try again with what is almost certainly the most ambitious and exciting Mars mission ever launched. The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) with the Curiosity rover is designed to investigate whether the planet ever had the conditions to support life.
The rover is essentially a robotic geologist, that will collect and analyse soil and rock samples as it trundles across the Martian surface. And it is big: around the size of a Mini Cooper or small SUV; at 900kg (almost a tonne), it's heavy and when hurtling towards the planet, it's travelling at some 5km/s (mps), roughly 18,000km/h (11,000mph).
So, here's the engineering challenge: successfully land a rapidly moving, car-sized rover on an alien planet. Remember to show your workings.
"When you have a big vehicle, it's actually very difficult to slow down," says Dan Rasky from Nasa Ames in Silicon Valley, California. Rasky, now the director of the Emerging Commercial Space Office, helped develop the MSL heat shield that will protect the spacecraft as it enters the Martian atmosphere.
"The major part of slowing down is being done with your heat shield," says Rasky. "It's a very tenuous atmosphere – similar to 100,000 feet [30,000 metres] here on Earth – but if you design things right, you can still slow things down enough that you can land safely."
'Scary' idea
Nasa engineers originally planned to employ the same material that was used to land the Viking missions in 1975. But when they tested it in a special wind tunnel, equipped with high intensity heaters designed to simulate the conditions the MSL spacecraft will face, things didn't turn out as expected.
"The material didn't work," Rasky tells me. "The very high heat just burned through the heat shield which would have burned into the structure of the spacecraft. So you would have got to the surface in pieces."
Instead, the engineers turned to Phenolic Impregnated Carbon Ablator, or PICA for short. Phenolic is the same material that we use for saucepan handles, a plastic that burns but doesn't melt. PICA was first used on Nasa's Stardust mission and is also fitted to the SpaceX Dragon Capsule.
"There's part of it that gets burned away. The Phenolic burns to generate a pyrolysis gas, which turns out to be an important way that it absorbs the heat," Rasky explains. "SpaceX intends to get multiple uses out of its heat shield, which you can do if you size it correctly."
Once the heat shield has done its job, the MSL spacecraft should have slowed to around 400m/s. With the rover still encased in the shell of the heat shield, the parachute deploys to slow the descent down even further. Parachutes have a proven track record on Mars – most recently with the Phoenix mission. But with MSL, the parachute is only the first stage in a much more complex landing process. This will be the first mission to use a 'sky crane'.
"It looks scary but it actually eliminates a lot of the problems that previous designs had," says Nasa's Steve Sell, an engineer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena who helped develop the concept.
On the face of it, the sky crane looks unnecessarily complicated. Once released from its parachute and protective shell, the lander uses engines to slow the descent. At this stage, the MSL resembles a flying bedstead with the rover slung underneath. As this combination nears touchdown, the rover is lowered towards the surface on cables and its wheels unfurl. On contact, the cables are severed and the skycrane (bedstead) flies away and crashes and the rover starts work.
What could possibly go wrong?
Silent entry
I ask Sell how they ended up with something that's so complex. "When you're designing rover style missions in particular, you quickly run into a problem where if you're going to put the rover on top of a lander, with legs and rockets, you have to get it off there somehow when you're going to touch down," he explains.
"There's a very complicated issue of designing a way to reliably, on all kinds of different circumstances – on slopes, on rocks, on sand dunes - drive something off the top of a platform. You also have the additional complexity that for Curiosity, this rover is over five times larger than any previous rover built to land on Mars."
That means that if they put the rover on top of the lander, there's every chance it would make the whole arrangement too top heavy, causing it to topple over. Likewise, if you attached the rover beneath the lander, it could get trapped if the legs sank into sandy ground or landed at an odd angle. So that's out too.
Another option that's been used successfully – most notably on the recent Spirit and Opportunity missions – is airbags. With this design, the rover bounces across the surface encased in a cocoon. When it comes to a stop, the airbags deflate, the cocoon unfolds and the rover trundles away. So why not use that system?
"When you start trying to make that [airbag system] bigger, so it could safely land a one tonne rover, you end up with an airbag system that is very, very large…it just doesn't scale up."
So, it was back to the drawing board. Eventually, by a process of elimination, they ended up with the sky crane.
"You can think of the rover wearing a jet pack on its back," says Sell. "When we get 20m above the surface, the jet pack lowers the rover on three bridles and that whole system keeps moving down towards the surface with the rover held seven and a half metres below the jetpack. When it touches down, the jet pack stops, it cuts the bridles free, then the jetpack flies away and crashes...it's a way of landing without ever having to land the spacecraft."
The landing sequence from entry into the atmosphere, to the rover landing takes place automatically in just seven minutes. The last command sent to MSL will be two hours before touchdown and, because of the time delay between Earth and Mars, mission control won't know whether it's succeeded until some 14 minutes after.
"By the time we get the signal that says 'I've started entry' – it will already have been on the surface for seven minutes!"
So does all this make Sell nervous? "It actually makes me very confident. Most of us on the project have been involved in the design and testing of the spacecraft for years now…we understand how everything on the spacecraft was built and tested and put together."
Rasky, though, is a little more cautious: "There's always a risk that something won't go well but we are certainly hoping for the best…there's always that lingering doubt."
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HIV Positive Zimbabwe Woman Laced Child's Porridge with Menstrual Blood
A 17 year old maid, Pelagia Mureya from Zimbabwe was caught lacing a baby's porridge with her menstrual blood. WTF that in itself is probably one of the most degusting things I've ever hear on the news. The 17 years old maid is also confirmed to be HIV –positive.
According to sources at the MSN the maid had repeated this act several times before. So Mureya would cook the porridge and put her menstrual blood in it then give it to the 4 year old child to eat. But one time the parent actually noticed a spot of blood in the porridge and asked Mureya about it. Mureya claimed to be ignorant about the whole act. The parent became suspicious and took the maid and the blood spotted porridge to the hospital. Blood tests were taken from both the spot of blood and Mureya. The hospital then confirmed that the spot of blood did match Mureya's blood. The parent of the 4 year old quickly pressed charges against the Mureya.
Authorities arrested Mureya and she has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, if she is on good behavior she could be released in 8 years.
HIV Criminalization is wrong, but this woman intentionally wanted to spread HIV. There is a difference between the two. There are laws in place now in several different states that d not specifically go into detail much of what is involved when spreading the HIV virus. For example if one man with HIV bites someone who does not have HIV chances are that they will not spread the virus unless there is a laceration in the person mouth and the person who is being bite's skin is broken and bleeding. In some states the person who not only go to jail for assault which they should BUT they might go to jail for trying to spread the HIV virus, even if self defense was the intention and NOT trying to spread the HIV virus.


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I was surprised recently by some of the comments we received on our blog related to a blog entry I wrote about a club owner who filed for bankruptcy. They were comments that led to some inner turmoil about protecting freedom of speech, encouraging people to interact on our site, ensuring that the material on our site is accurate and trying to keep our site professional.
In today's atmosphere of instant access and communication with people anywhere in the world through the Internet, e-mail, instant messaging and television, I shouldn't be surprised that when people find a venue to express their thoughts on a subject about which they are passionate that they sometimes forget themselves and resort to language that they wouldn't use if they were facing a person rather than a computer screen.
I share this story with you because I'm a firm believer that your club should not only have a Web site, but it should also have a blog on which you share news about your facility with your members. In return, your members can comment about a Pilates class they took, the functional training they are doing with their personal trainer, the cleanliness of the locker rooms or other subjects they find pertinent. Blogs are also a way for your members to ask questions of you, your staff and other members. Although the computer can be a more impersonal way to interact with your members than if they asked you the questions or made the comments to you in person, the fact is that you are not always around for them to ask questions, and even if you were, they might not always be comfortable sharing their comments with you in person. In addition, an informative and interactive Web site that includes a blog can carry your club into your members' everyday lives as they get on the site to see, for example, what people thought about the 20th anniversary party at the club the night before or what people are saying about the new cycling class. It's a way to encourage interaction between members as well, perhaps helping people with similar interests find workout buddies or tennis partners.
However, as I found with our blog, sometimes the comments begin to get into shady territory. The comments on our site started with one reference to a club owner and then snowballed into a multitude of comments calling the individual unflattering names. Despite our lawyers' assertions that we were not liable for comments made by others on our blog, I removed all the comments related to that blog entry because they had degraded to name calling, which I found unprofessional and didn't want associated with our publication's blog. At the time, I could not verify the accuracy of the claims, and many of the comments were anonymous, which often calls into question the motives of the commenters. We print stories about lawsuits and criminal activities related to people in our industry, but it is done without name calling and after verification, with our names clearly stamped on the articles.
You may face similar issues on your blog. My suggestion is to have a plan in place for what is and is not acceptable on your blog — and your Web site for that matter. According to our lawyers, Section 230 of a federal statute called the Communications Decency Act provides broad immunity from defamation liability for all publishers and computer users who publish information provided by other computer users. (That is, providers of bulletin boards, chat rooms or forums.) Regardless, you must decide what type of comments go beyond what you find acceptable and have a means to remove those comments should you deem it necessary.


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Spinning the numbers: Richards gaining ground on Goode?
One of the most exciting aspects of politics is the art of the spin. Even if a poll shows a candidate trailing her opponent 58 to 31 percent, you'll never hear the candidate admit she doesn't have a chance.
And in the 5th District congressional race, where Democrat Meredith Richards' own poll shows incumbent Virgil Goode holding 58 to 31 percent edge, her campaign staff says they're "encouraged" by the seemingly devastating numbers, and even use poll results to show how Richards could win.
When Richards declared her candidacy, she was considered a long shot at best. Goode has the name recognition from being in politics since 1973, in Congress since 1996 and from famously switching parties, going from lifelong Democrat to run for reelection this year as a Republican.
"After the full story is told about her record here in Charlottesville and his rather extreme record in Congress, the numbers are 46 percent Richards, 40 percent Goode," says Richards' senior political consultant Jim Severt.
Of the 300 people polled in August, Severt considers one of the most "amazing" numbers the fact that only 50 percent said they'd reelect Goode. "Fifty percent is incredibly low for someone who, up until now, was considered invulnerable."
The Richards camp also takes heart in numbers showing Richards garnering 55 percent of women's votes in the district (to 25 percent for Goode) and 49 percent of the Southside Virginia vote to Goode's 34 percent.
Severt thinks high unemployment levels along the North Carolina border will help Richards. "Obviously, Southside is Goode's natural base," he says, "but with the persistent economic distress, people are willing to look at change."
Goode, of course, has his own poll, and in September it showed him carrying the 5th District 60 to 28 percent. "But I don't go by that," he says.
Nor does he go by Richards' numbers that show a closer race than predicted, and the strong showing among women and Southside Virginians. "I would disagree with that," he says.
Goode isn't resting on the extravagant lead in his poll. At a press conference October 18, he told supporters, "We have got to have a good turnout. With a small turnout, the opposition could win."
Traditional wisdom is that Democratic candidates fare better with a large voter turnout. Could Goode have forgotten that he's no longer a Democrat?
Political pundit Larry Sabato expects low turnout for the Virginia midterm elections. "I don't want to say an underdog can't win," he says, "but the odds are great every incumbent will win."
Severt thinks the poll indicates several other strengths for Richards, especially among African Americans, who make up 24 percent of the 5th District. Her survey sample included 13 percent African Americans, 85 percent of whom support her. "I think it underestimates her strength to some degree," he observes.
The Richards camp also is counting on Governor Mark Warner's popularity in the 5th District, which he carried in last year's election. "To go from Ollie North carrying the district to Mark Warner shows something is changing," says Severt.
Goode's response to the Warner factor: "I don't think so. I'll carry some of those precincts."
As the race winds down to its final two weeks, the one number no one disputes is that Richards is trailing in her fund raising. While she's raised around $136,000, Goode sits on approximately $750,000.
And some Richards supporters wonder when her television commercials will begin. Seventeen days before the election, even Severt is unsure. "As soon as resources permit," he hedges. "We have money to run a good solid buy in several markets."
Goode is already advertising on TV. Can voters expect a media blitz the last week before the election? "I'm not going to tell the press that," he says.


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Movie News: Two Van Damme Remakes; Sam Rockwell's 'Single Shot' Trailer Thrills
The Counselor: What we've seen from Ridley Scott's upcoming legal thriller The Counselor has impressed us as cool and sexy, but new images add some wild ingredients to the mix; check out the groovy threads and Western-style headgear. Michael Fassbender leads the all-star cast that includes Brad Pitt, Javier Bardem, Cameron Diaz and Penelope Cruz. The movie opens on October 25. [The Film Stage]
Kickboxer/Bloodsport: Jean-Claude Van Damme, who played his own twin not once, but twice (Double Impact, Maximum Risk), will now see two of his movies remade without him. New versions of both 1989's Kickboxer and 1988's Bloodsport are being developed separately, the former with Hong Kong actor-turned-director Stephen Fung at the helm, and the latter under the direction of James McTeigue (V for Vendetta). May the best kickboxing fighter win! [Deadline]
The Heat 2: Sandra Bullock claims "a miracle" would be required for her to make a sequel to The Heat, the box office success ($155 million and counting, worldwide) in which she stars with Melissa McCarthy. Bullock, who early in her career did the the rather awful sequel Speed 2: Cruise Control and later made Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous, has learned her lesson: "If you look back on my illustrious sequel work [Laughs], nothing has proven successful." [EW.com]
A Single Shot Trailer: Sam Rockwell, who's often been cast in lighter material like The Way, Way Back, plays a grizzled hunter who makes a fateful mistake one day, turning his life upside down in the thriller A Single Shot. Rockwell looks dark and dangerous in the first trailer for the movie, which also stars William H. Macy, Kelly Reilly, Jason Isaacs and Ted Levine. It will be available via various Video On Demand platforms beginning on August 20, ahead of its limited theatrical opening on September 20. [YouTube]
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This is a photo-etched detail parts set for use with aircraft kits.
A set of self-adhesive photoetched metal parts for use with the kit type and scale listed. Some parts prepainted. Zoom series (small sets covering only the really critical bits like belts and instrument panels). For details see the product image.


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I'd like to ask if any of you with Wipi AB experience (using bridles), could give me a hand with proper tuning.
Initially I had set up my bar ('01 Wipi bar) with about 2ft leader lines, and 30m of line all set at the same length when fully sheeted in. This seems to have worked well with other kites w/o bridles, but it does not work while using the bridles. The rear lines are way too slack when fully sheeted in.
What should the front/rear difference be in line length, when using the bridles when fully sheeted in?
Am I beating a dead horse, or should I just ditch the bridles altogether. If I choose to or it's recommended to ditch the bridles - what would be the recommended line setup?


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Bobcats escape with OT win over Bucks
Charlotte, NC (SportsNetwork.com) - Kemba Walker flirted with a triple-double, scoring 25 points while dishing out 10 assists and grabbing nine rebounds to help Charlotte escape with a 111-110 overtime victory over the Milwaukee Bucks at Time Warner Cable Arena.
The UConn product scored seven of the 10 Charlotte points in the extra period. Al Jefferson tallied a season-high 26 points with nine rebounds for the Bobcats, who have won four of their last five contests.
"We came out in overtime and made enough plays to win," Bobcats head coach Steve Clifford said.
The Bobcats were up 109-108 when Walker missed a shot from the elbow to give the ball back to Milwaukee with 25.9 seconds left. The Bucks struggled to find an open shot out of the timeout before Khris Middleton missed a contested mid-range jumper.
Walker stepped to the line with 1.6 ticks left and sank both free throws to put Charlotte up 111-108.
Milwaukee thought that they tied the game after Middleton took a cross-court inbound pass in the corner and nailed the shot, but his foot was on the line and Charlotte escaped with a win.
"I didn't know where I was," said Middleton. "It was a good play and a good shot, but obviously my foot was on the line."
Brandon Knight registered a double-double with 26 points, 14 assists and eight boards, while Middleton scored 19 points for the Bucks, who have yet to win consecutive games this season.
The Bobcats used an 8-0 run late in the fourth quarter to take a 99-94 lead. Knight made a layup with 51.5 ticks left for the Bucks' first field goal since the 5:19 mark to pull Milwaukee within three.
Walker missed a technical free throw and Middleton drained a pair of free throws to make it a 99-98 game. Walker redeemed himself with a driving 13-foot jumper to put Charlotte up three.
After Middleton missed a three, the rebound bounced out to O.J.Mayo who stepped back and nailed a long-distance shot to tie the game at 101-101 with one second left.
Milwaukee led 33-17 after 12 minutes. Charlotte was down 52-39 with 4:23 left in the second stanza but a 13-2 run, capped off by a Josh McRoberts 3-pointer pulled the Bobcats within 54-52 at the break. The score was knotted up at 78-78 leading into the final frame.
Game Notes
The Bucks fell to 1-5 in overtime this season, while Charlotte moved to 2-0 in OT ... Charlotte forward Cody Zeller sets new career-highs in points (12) and assists (4) ... The Bucks have lost four straight and nine of their last ten in Charlotte ... Charlotte shot 58.8 percent (10-for-17) from beyond- the-arc.


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- Date: 11/14/2018
- Location: Exercise Room
420 Litho Street
Sausalito, California 94965
- Introduction: No partner required.
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Simple and versatile style of dance taught in a relaxed, fun environment. Learn with or without a partner since instruction is given for leaders and followers. Dancing with various partners is encouraged, but not required. Please arrive 5 minutes early to allow time to register.
Fee: $13 Resident; $15 Non-Resident


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Fayette village council members learned Thursday they will be without a village administrator when the new year begins.
Tom Spiess told councilors at the regular meeting Thursday that he intends to resign as the interim administrator Dec. 31.
What began as a temporary assignment in October 2001 will finally come to an end six years later, but that doesn't mean Spiess will be finished with village affairs.
Spiess said he wants to devote more time to personal and family endeavors and to focus on economic development.
"Is there a lack of passion? Not at all," he said Thursday, but added that his passion was never about doing work that others with better management skills could handle.
"What I really want is to get back to selling this community," he said in reference to economic development efforts.
Spiess said later the village needs an advocate and that role should not be filled by the administrator. A community advocate, he said, should be free of the demands of day-to-day operations to enable more attention to promotion, growth and development of the community.
Spiess also said he's not sure the village can afford a full-time administrator in its current financial situation. The position was created when the village was economically strong, but job losses in the past 10 years have changed the revenue stream.


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Hidden in iOS 5 is a panorama mode for the iPhone's camera. It's turned off by default, but if you're willing to do a little tweaking, you can turn it on for your phone.
In order to get the panorama mode, which lets you take large shots combining multiple photos, you'll either need to have developer access or a jailbroken phone. With developer access, you simply add "EnableFirebreak=Yes" to the com.apple.mobileslideshow.plist on your phone. A simpler method will be to just snag an update via Cydia on a jailbroken phone tomorrow.
Of course, there are also apps in the App Store that offer up similar functionality without tweaking the guts of your phone. But where's the fun in that?
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slondon27 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 46 diseños de 20 diseñadores freelance.
AreU4Real? The name pretty much says it all. I'm creating a new concept to meeting and doing business with others on-line through areU4real.com. Similar to a Better Business Bureau online for individuals, as we're real people living in a virtual world, never quite sure who is on the other end of the keyboard.
We need a company logo. The logo will be the branding identification of the company and website. It will be used for online presence as well as on business cards, other printed material, and merchandise.
People on networking or dating websites for a starting point. People wanting to meet or do business with others online.
I'm looking for something timeless, memorable and sleek, conveying integrity and sophistication. The look and feel of the website will be created according to the logo style and color scheme. I tend to like colorful, elegant, clean designs. But, I have eclectic taste as well, so let your creative juices flow.
Ultimately, I'd like to have an flash/animated version for online marketing purposes, as well as a version for printed material. (Vector format)
I'm open to all design ideas and look forward to finding a designer to work with continually on this project.
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Our fifth LunarNET upgrade is here! We've revamped the "Eternal Blue Complete" section. The characters section is done now, there's plenty more artwork and packaging, and we even have the entire soundtrack up for you to enjoy. What's more, we've even fixed the screenshots section--so now there are all, oh, twenty-thousand or so screenshots going all the way from the start to the end of the game!
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An American Heart Association scientific statement says social media may be an effective tool to help children overcome obesity.
Experts evaluated Internet-based programs designed to help children lose weight, increase physical activity and improve eating habits. They found that children were more likely to lose weight if they interacted online with counselors and peers, their families were involved and they logged into the program often.
Because many children and adolescents are already active in social media, the expert panel said it may be an effective tool to reach overweight children and may provide a source of positive peer pressure to encourage them to make healthier choices.
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SOCHI, Russia (AP) — When Todd Lodwick leads Team USA into the Olympic stadium on Friday night for the opening ceremony of the Sochi Games, the responsibility of the role of flagbearer won't be the only thing weighing on him.
The Stars and Stripes can get pretty heavy during a celebration that will last for a few hours. For a 37-year-old Nordic combined skier not even a month removed from a major shoulder injury, Lodwick could be forgiven for thinking about passing the flag to someone else to do the heavy lifting.
"No way," Lodwick says. "I'm going to carry that thing with pride."
Lodwick is the first American to compete in six Winter Games. His career started as a 17-year-old in Lillehammer in 1994, and he isn't taking this unprecedented longevity for granted. The father of two says his fondest memory as an Olympian was during the opening ceremony of his first one, when he ran over to the stands to take a picture with his mother.
He calls being the flagbearer this year a "huge honor" and a "nice bookend" to his career.
"I don't think that it will really hit me until they put that flag in my hand," he says. "It's something I never thought would've happened."
— Jon Krawczynski — Twitter: http://twitter.com/APKrawczynski
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There's a real good reason for the drink in Kristen Kelly's hand. Actually, there are two. Her ex-boyfriend and her ex-best friend. They are together in real life like they are in Kelly's hit debut single "Ex-Old Man," and they're happily married as far as she knows. "I do not speak to them," Kelly told me when she was in Chicago on Tuesday (Jan. 15) . "That's a chapter of my life that's over and done with."
So now that that's over and done with, she has a new single ("He Loves to Make Me Cry") and is on the road with Rascal Flatts . She said she's bonded with the guys and even spent a day watching football with Jay DeMarcus, Joe Don Rooney and Rooney's dad. "I played the Texas scene — the dives and honky-tonks and festivals — for six years. But nothing to the extent of these 20,000-plus arenas. It's nerve-wracking, but I kind of feed off that energy. And the band's been so gracious," she said. But as much as she loves that kind of show, she really loves the stripped-down shows that feel like you're playing around a campfire in somebody's backyard.
Kelly's list of influences is as big as her home state of Texas. From Fleetwood Mac and Jason Mraz to Merle Haggard and Gretchen Wilson to Bob Seger and Will Hoge . Of course, Kelly's tastes lean close to home, and she's a fan of fellow Texans Miranda Lambert , Cory Morrow , Roger Creager and the Eli Young Band . But her own musical style isn't an exact replica of any of those sounds. "I have respect for what all those artists do," Kelly said, "and I pull from those influences, but I still do my own thing."


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What is Genetic Screening?
Genetic screening is performing tests on a pregnant woman to help determine if the baby she is carrying may have Down syndrome or other birth defects.
Who should have genetic screening?
All pregnant women should be offered genetic screening. It helps parents prepare for a child with special needs.
What are the genetic screens and how are they performed?
Currently the three most common tests are the first trimester screen, the quad screen and the sequential screen. The first trimester screen is usually done between 10 and 13 weeks and involves both an ultrasound and a blood draw, usually taken from your finger. The quad screen is typically done between 15 and 20 weeks, this involves a blood draw taken from your arm.The sequential screen involves two parts. The first part involves an ultrasound between 10 and 13 weeks and a blood draw from your finger. This is followed by a second blood draw done between 15 and 20 weeks.
When can I expect the results?
The results from all the tests take about three to five days. With the sequential screen you will get a preliminary and final result. A low risk result reassures the family their baby is not affected with Down syndrome, 99.97 percent of the time. A high risk result identifies the pregnancies where further testing and evalution is recommended. In addition to screening for Down syndrome, these tests can help identify babies who may have other chromosomal defects or other structural defects like Spina Bifida. If any of the blood tests identify the pregnancy as high risk for birth anomalies, further screening will be recommended, followed by a higher level ultrasound and in some cases amniocentesis.
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With the blood draw and ultrasound there is no risk. When the amniocentesis is performed by a specialist, the risk is minimal.
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Unless health care facilities act now they could miss the narrow window of opportunity to stop a potentially fatal group of bacteria in their tracks, federal health officials said Tuesday.
Bacteria known as CRE, for carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae are spreading rapidly through facilities, triggering outbreaks.
As their name implies, the bacteria are resistant to the carbapenems, a potent class of antibiotics long considered the drugs of last resort. Pharmaceutical companies have no new antibiotics under development, leading some patient advocates to say the era of miracle drugs, which began in the 1940s, may be reaching the end of its run.
"CRE are nightmare bacteria," said Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, adding "they have high mortality rates and can spread their resistance to other bacteria."
Speaking at a news briefing Tuesday, he said the microbes kill 50 percent of infected patients.
In 2001, according to the CDC, 1.2 percent of Enterobacteriaceae were resistant to the carbapenems. By 2011, 4.2 percent could thwart the drugs.
About 18 percent of long-term, chronic-care facilities providing treatment involving catheters and ventilators have experienced clusters of infection. An estimated 4 percent of acute-care hospitals also have been affected, according to a CDC report, which examined CRE infections in 2012.
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The microbes are not as widespread in hospitals as MRSA or Clostridium difficile, Frieden said, but they have the potential to be just as pervasive.
Dr. Denise Verley, director of infectious diseases at Nassau University Medical Center, said the severity of infection depends on patients' overall health.
People with compromised immunity, she said, are more vulnerable than healthy people. The microbes pose no threat to robust health care workers.
"I don't think people should think that if they got this they're going to die," Verley said.
Yet, in an outbreak involving 17 patients at the National Institutes of Health two years ago, six people died -- including a 16-year-old boy.
The bacteria are not species new to humans, but those that normally dwell in the large intestine -- Klebsiella, for instance, or E. coli. What makes them dangerous is repeated exposure to antibiotics.
Bacteria, Frieden said, are naturally endowed with mini packages of DNA known as plasmids -- so-called jumping genes -- that allow one species in the gut to confer resistance to other species.
The process ensures that all microbes in the bowel are genetically armed to repel antibiotics.
Infections spread when patients inadvertently ingest the microbes.
Outbreaks have occurred in New York City, said Dr. Arjun Srinivasan, the CDC's expert in health care-associated infections.
He could not name the facilities, but emphasized that six states will soon require hospitals to track and report CRE. New York is not among them.
"I haven't heard of any hospitals in our association having a severe problem with it," Janine Logan, spokeswoman for the Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Council said Tuesday. "There are very strict and comprehensive infection control measures that hospitals follow.
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text: Nagoya, Japan, November 7, 2010 – Thailand defeated the Netherlands in four sets (25-15, 25-23, 15-25, 26-24) on the second day of second-round Pool F action in the 2010 FIVB Women's World Championship at the Nippon Gaishi Hall on Sunday afternoon. The victory marked the first time that the Thais had ever beaten the Dutch.The Thais again showed good teamwork and organization against their taller foes. Onuma Sittirak was the inspiration for Thailand, who had lost in straight sets to Brazil on Saturday. Caroline Wensink and Manon Flier starred for the Netherlands despite the defeat.Sittirak, with 18 points, was one of five Thailand players to reach double figures – Malika Kanthong contributed 15 points, Wilavan Apinyapong added 13 while Pleumjit Thinkaow and Amporn Hyapha each scored 10. Wensink and Flier registered 18 and 17 points for the Dutch, while Ingrid Visser notched 13.Thailand moved out to a 16-9 lead in the first set by the second TTO. Their advantage was stretched to 18-11 after they won a magnificent rally that seemed to go on forever and they closed out the first set at 25-15 on a spike by Malika Kanthong. The Dutch improved in the second set, using their height to good advantage in attack, but they still came up short at 25-23.The Netherlands held an 8-4 edge at the first TTO in the third set and took control through a combination of pressure and mistakes by Thailand. An ace from Flier made it 19-9 and the Dutch claimed the set 25-15. The fourth set was close all the way, with the Dutch up 16-13 at the second TTO. The Thais were in a chase mode for the entire set and tied the score at 24-24 before taking the final two points and the match.Following Monday's rest day, the Netherlands will take on the United States, while Thailand will play Italy.


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DartTailor necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 171 diseños de 62 diseñadores freelance.
DartTailor is a custom-tailored men's suit/shirt company that brings the luxury and fit of custom clothing to the masses at an affordable (but not discount) price. The firm specializes in high quality fabrics and European fits for a young professional audience. Quality and customer experience are paramount as this logo will be used on the web, packaging, receipts and many personal touches to make the customer feel like he has just received a hand-crafted work of art. The firm will initially service the US market.
United States young professionals with an income of $75,000/yr +. Target age 23-35, fashion-forward. Most likely single, high disposable income with a high emphasis on appearance. Custom suits enhance our customer's confidence both at work as well as with prospective girls/guys when out on the town. The customer both appreciates quality as well as recognizes an excellent deal when presented to him. Target occupations are most likely consultants, lawyers, bankers and businesspeople. They most likely live in large metropolitan areas (New York, Chicago, DC, Philadelphia, etc.) and live a fun, frivolous lifestyle. The target customer has a good understanding of designers and most likely owns Chanel/Prada/Gucci/Dolce & Gabanna shoes/sunglasses/accessories. This logo should be modern and the site will be high-quality flash to compete with any of those other firms.
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So you want to buy a Skateboard?
A Guide to Skateboards
The first thing you'll notice when browsing our website is that there are tons of different sized skateboards. So how do you know what size skateboard to buy? What size skateboard is good for street skating? What size skateboard is good for a beginner? We've got the run-down.
Sizing it up
What size deck should you skate?
Let's get some of the skateboard lingo down first. The skateboard deck is the actual board itself. The skateboard deck is the flat, long board that you stand on when skateboarding. Ice Park offer a huge selection of skateboard decks in a variety of shapes, sizes, weight and color patterns. Skateboard decks vary in size but most are between 7″-10″, and are made of either seven-ply wood, bamboo, resin, carbon fiber or plastic. Deciding which skateboard deck is best for you depends on what you will be skating and, of course, your personal brand preference.
Width – The average width of a skateboard deck is 7.5″- 8.25″. Width is influenced by the size of the rider and the type of riding. Bigger riders and those skating ramps and vert ramps typically prefer a wider deck. Street skaters usually choose a smaller deck. Choose your skateboard deck according to the width, not length.
Length – The length of the skateboard is measured from the tip of the nose to the tip of the tail. Average board length is 28″- 32″ but length is only referred to by advanced skaters.
Wheelbase – The wheelbase is the distance from one pair of inner mounting holes to the other inner pair. The average wheelbase is 13″-15″, and again, the choice is influenced by the skill set of the rider
Nose and Tail – The nose and tail of a skateboard can be hard to tell apart, but most decks provide you with graphics to distinguish the two apart. Also, most skateboard decks have a bigger kick on the nose and mellower kick on the tail.
Mounting Holes – Mounting holes are pre-drilled holes where the skateboard trucks are attached. Arranged as two sets of four holes; one set is near the nose, the other near the tail.
Ply – When looking at the side of the skateboard deck, thin layers of maple veneer are visible. Layering the wood in a cross-grain pattern creates a stronger board than a single solid piece of wood. The typical skateboard is seven-ply.
Concave – The section of the board between the nose and tail curves up slightly on the sides. The concave gives the rider more control and increases the skateboard's strength.
Decks come in many different widths. If you are a beginner to skateboarding, choose your deck according to the width, not the length or wheelbase. The width you need depends on your size, skating style and personal preference. Here are some general guidelines.
What are the different sizes of skateboard decks?
Micro Deck width: 6.5″ – 6.75" – Deck length: 27.2" – 27.6"
For skaters 5 years or younger, under 3'5" tall who wear a size 3 shoe or smaller
Mini Deck width: 7.0″ – Deck length: 28"
For skaters 6 to 8 years old between 3'5" and 4'4" tall who wear size 4-6 shoes
Mid-size Deck width: 7.3" – Deck length: 29"
For skaters 9 to 12 years old between 4'5" and 5'2" tall who wear size 7-8 shoes
Decks 7.5" or larger Deck width: 7.5″+ – Deck length: 29"+
For all skaters over age 13, taller than 5'3" with a shoe size of 9 and up.However, individual skating style will determine deck size for these decks:
7.5″ to 8″ – Standard board for adult riders skating streets or doing more technical tricks
8.0″ to 8.25″ – Skating pools, ramps and parks
8.25″ and larger – Vert, pools, cruising and just going old school
What size skateboard deck should you skate?
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A new search feature has been added to the Italian Surname Database (thanks to Stephen P Morse's One-Step Search Tool Generator )which offers more flexibility as you can now search not only by surname but by town, province or region. I don't expect there to be any major bugs with the feature but I am still tweaking it so should you find something not quite right please let me know.
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My ancient laptop sits on the other arm of this (recliner) chair, a comfy perch to plan menus and write blog posts.
Here are a few stray reflections on the past year:
until I became a food blogger, I never thought:
1. I'd be a food blogger
2. It'd make a difference whether our meals were ready while there was still natural light outside
3. I'd buy a plate or bowl for the sole reason that it would look great in photos
4. I'd cook with bacon at least once a week
5. I'd bake with yeast, even once (and now I have a separate bread blog!)
6. I'd buy a coffee grinder just for spices
7. I'd put seeds on top of my rolls and bagels because they'd photograph better
cool things I discovered because I had a food blog:
1. blackberry crumb cake (my #1 favorite recipe discovery this year)
2. the joy of yeast baking
3. that I could prepare foods that I used to dislike and find - sometimes - that I love them now
4. Benton's bacon
my new favorite people:
1. Dorie Greenspan
2. Dan Lepard
3. Peter Reinhart
4. Mark Bittman
5. a small army of my fellow food bloggers
kitchen tasks that used to freak me out (and still do):
1. caramelizing sugar
2. baking in water baths
3. beating egg whites
kitchen tasks that faze me no longer:
1. making bread
2. tempering eggs
drawbacks from my increased time in the kitchen:
1. the mountain of dishes (I've always cooked every day, but now it seems to involve more bowls, pots and pans)
2. the number of times I've had to reorganize my kitchen drawers, "pantry" and freezers
3. not wearing my wedding rings because I take them off to knead bread and forget to put them back on.
4. a few stray pounds that showed up and don't want to leave
spiffy new equipment:
1. digital scale
2. coffee grinder just for spices
3. digital thermometer
cool cooking techniques:
1. searing green beans. And greens.
2. braising sweet potatoes
3. vodka pie crust
4. searing meat or fish and finishing it by cooking in oven
things I'd never thought I'd say (but that sound normal to me now):
1. "no, you can't eat that yet because I haven't photographed it"
2. "I had to make this, but we can't eat it, do you want some?"
3. "yes, I made that bread"


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Happy Halloween, y'all! We hope you're celebrating all weekend long!
If you're dressing up for Halloween, send us your pics! We'd like to post our faves up, especially if they're tennis-inspired. We're thinking Robin Soderling as a Gladiator might be a good choice.
So we're just wondering, what were YOU for Halloween?!


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Quick Specs
Gas Mileage 16 mpg City/22 mpg Hwy
Engine Premium Unleaded V-6, 3.7 L
EPA Class Small Sport Utility Vehicles 4WD
Style Name AWD 4dr
Drivetrain All Wheel Drive
Passenger Capacity 5
Passenger Doors 4
Body Style Sport Utility
Transmission Transmission: 7-Speed Automatic -inc: Adaptive Shift Control and manual shift mode w/Downshift Rev-Matching (DRM)
EPA Classification Small Sport Utility Vehicles 4WD
Weight Information
Base Curb Weight (lbs) 4321
Interior Dimensions
Front Head Room (in) 39.3
Second Leg Room (in) 34.6
Passenger Capacity 5
Front Hip Room (in) 54.9
Front Leg Room (in) 44.7
Second Shoulder Room (in) 57.4
Passenger Volume (ft³) 102.5
Second Head Room (in) 38.5
Front Shoulder Room (in) 57.3
Second Hip Room (in) 54.2
Exterior Dimensions
Width, Max w/o mirrors (in) 75.9
Wheelbase (in) 113.6
Track Width, Rear (in) 64.6
Height, Overall (in) 65
Length, Overall (in) 191.3
Min Ground Clearance (in) 7.4
Track Width, Front (in) 64.4
Cargo Area Dimensions
Cargo Box Width @ Wheelhousings (in) 41.7
Cargo Area Length @ Floor to Seat 1 (in) 67.8
Cargo Volume to Seat 2 (ft³) 24.8
Cargo Box (Area) Height (in) 26.5
Cargo Area Length @ Floor to Seat 2 (in) 35.3
Cargo Volume to Seat 3 (ft³) 24.8
Cargo Volume to Seat 1 (ft³) 62
Fuel Economy
Fuel Tank
Fuel Tank Capacity, Approx (gal) 23.8
EPA Fuel Economy Est - Hwy (MPG) 22
Fuel Economy Est-Combined (MPG) 18
EPA Fuel Economy Est - City (MPG) 16
Performance Specs
Displacement 3.7 L/226
Engine Order Code NA
SAE Net Torque @ RPM 267 @ 5200
Fuel System Sequential MPI
Engine Type Premium Unleaded V-6
SAE Net Horsepower @ RPM 325 @ 7000
Trans Type 7
Third Gear Ratio (:1) 2.04
Final Drive Axle Ratio (:1) 3.69
Drivetrain All Wheel Drive
First Gear Ratio (:1) 4.92
Sixth Gear Ratio (:1) 0.86
Trans Description Cont. Automatic w/OD
Fourth Gear Ratio (:1) 1.41
Seventh Gear Ratio (:1) 0.77
Trans Order Code NA
Second Gear Ratio (:1) 3.19
Reverse Ratio (:1) 3.97
Trans Description Cont. Again NA
Fifth Gear Ratio (:1) 1.00
Disc - Front (Yes or ) Yes
Rear Drum Diam x Width (in) NA
Brake Type 4-Wheel Disc
Rear Brake Rotor Diam x Thickness (in) 12.1
Disc - Rear (Yes or ) Yes
Brake ABS System 4-Wheel
Drum - Rear (Yes or ) NA
Front Brake Rotor Diam x Thickness (in) 12.6
Steering Type Rack-Pinion
Turning Diameter - Curb to Curb (ft) 36.7
Spare Tire Order Code NA
Front Tire Order Code NA
Spare Tire Size Compact
Front Tire Size P265/60VR18
Rear Tire Order Code NA
Rear Tire Size P265/60VR18
Spare Wheel Size (in) Compact
Front Wheel Size (in) 18 X 8
Spare Wheel Material Steel
Front Wheel Material Aluminum
Rear Wheel Size (in) 18 X 8
Rear Wheel Material Aluminum
Suspension Type - Front (Cont.) Double Wishbone
Suspension Type - Front Double Wishbone
Suspension Type - Rear (Cont.) Multi-Link
Suspension Type - Rear Multi-Link
Safety Features
Air Bag-Frontal-Driver Yes
Air Bag-Frontal-Passenger Yes
Air Bag-Passenger Switch (On/Off) No
Air Bag-Side Body-Front Yes
Air Bag-Side Body-Rear No
Air Bag-Side Head-Front Yes
Air Bag-Side Head-Rear Yes
Brakes-ABS Yes
Child Safety Rear Door Locks Yes
Daytime Running Lights No
Traction Control Yes
Night Vision No
Rollover Protection Bars No
Fog Lamps Yes
Parking Aid No
Tire Pressure Monitor Yes
Back-Up Camera Yes
Stability Control Yes
Other Features Electronic Stability Control (ESC)
ABS And Driveline Traction Control
Side Impact Beams
Dual Stage Driver And Passenger Seat-Mounted Side Airbags
Tire Specific Low Tire Pressure Warning
Dual Stage Driver And Passenger Front Airbags
Curtain 1st And 2nd Row Airbags
Airbag Occupancy Sensor
Rear Child Safety Locks
Outboard Front Lap And Shoulder Safety Belts -inc: Rear Center 3...
RearView Monitor Back-Up Camera
ABS And Driveline Traction Control
Side Impact Beams
Dual Stage Driver And Passenger Seat-Mounted Side Airbags
Tire Specific Low Tire Pressure Warning
Dual Stage Driver And Passenger Front Airbags
Curtain 1st And 2nd Row Airbags
Airbag Occupancy Sensor
Rear Child Safety Locks
Outboard Front Lap And Shoulder Safety Belts -inc: Rear Center 3...
RearView Monitor Back-Up Camera
Basic Miles/km 60,000
Basic Years 4
Corrosion Miles/km Unlimited
Corrosion Years 7
Drivetrain Miles/km 70,000
Drivetrain Years 6
Roadside Assistance Miles/km Unlimited
Roadside Assistance Years 4
Other Specs
Maximum Alternator Capacity (amps) 150
Wt Distributing Hitch - Max Trailer Wt. (lbs) 2000
Dead Weight Hitch - Max Trailer Wt. (lbs) 2000
Wt Distributing Hitch - Max Tongue Wt. (lbs) 200
Dead Weight Hitch - Max Tongue Wt. (lbs) 200
Maximum Trailering Capacity (lbs) 2000
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Ian Bell has acknowledged that England's top-order batsmen will have to perform far better if they are regain a footing in the ODI series against India. England suffered their second crushing loss in succession in the third ODI on Saturday to allow India to take a 2-1 lead with two games to play and Bell knows that, with England having been bowled out for totals of 158 and 155, they will need to improve substantially if they are to prevent India securing a series victory in Wednesday's game in Mohali.
It is no coincidence that England won the first game of the series following a dominant performance from their top-order. Bell and Alastair Cook posted an opening stand of 158 within 28 overs to allow the middle-order to accelerate in the later stages of the innings.
While Bell accepted that India's opening bowlers had performed admirably in the last couple of games, he stressed the need for one of England's top-order to bat through most of the innings to provide a platform for the middle-order. He hopes that the cooler conditions in Mohali might benefit England.
"If we are going to get 150, that's not going to challenge India at all in these conditions," Bell said. "We need to get runs on the board and get a senior batsman batting for the majority of the overs.
"We haven't done that in the last two games and if we do that we can push India. In the final two games we need to get into a position to hurt India at the back end of the innings.
"Their opening bowlers are very good," he added. "They have plenty of skills and swing the ball both ways. They have made us work really hard. But we need a foundation for our big hitters in the middle to get us going.
"It's a little bit more familiar here than the last couple of games and obviously that's nice. It's been very nice here, very English really. That sure helps everyone."
The situation also presents the first significant test of Ashley Giles' new career as an international coach. While Giles' first series as England's limited-overs coach was always likely to prove demanding - England's limited-overs record in India offered little room for optimism - the extent of the last two defeats has been alarming.
But, while Giles will consider changes to the England side ahead of the fourth match, he is also keen not to over-react. He knows, both from the ups and downs of his time as an international player and from his time as director of cricket at Warwickshire, that a calm appraisal of such adversity is infinitely preferable to any hint of panic or knee-jerk reaction.
"I never, or probably only a couple of times, stamped my feet when I was at Warwickshire," Giles said. "If the coach is on an emotional rollercoaster you end up with a team that is second guessing what your reaction will be if you win or lose. That's not how I want to be.
"Honesty is the important thing. You have to analyse where you've gone wrong, look at your personnel, pull those things together and ask 'are we getting it right? Is this the right mix? Are they the right people?' That's the unemotional way of looking at it.
"The hairdryer treatment works occasionally but not very often, not if you're in it for the long term. If I did that after my third game, there would be a lot of worry."
However, Giles did provide the strongest hint yet that there may be changes to the England side. Concern over Craig Kieswetter's form - though it has not been much worse than Eoin Morgan's - has raised the possibility to him making way for his Somerset team-mate, Jos Buttler, though doubts about the latter's wicketkeeping could count against him.
While England's batting has been their main downfall in the last couple of matches there will also be a temptation to make some changes to the bowling attack. Jade Dernbach has conceded his runs at a cost of an average cost of 7.79 an over in the series to date and, after 21 ODIs, concedes more runs per over than anyone to have bowled over 1,000 ODI deliveries: an average 6.28 runs per over. Mohali may provide an opportunity to take a look at Stuart Meaker.
"That statistic is tough on Jade because he's played a lot of cricket in India and it's a hard place to come and play," Giles said. "But again you have to adapt. What the Indians have done very well is hold lengths and lines, so you have to go at them to try to score. Really that's what we've got to do."
Perhaps the most obvious message to England in the series to date is how much they miss Jonathan Trott. England won 12 out of 13 ODIs involving Trott in 2012 and, in that time, were never dismissed for under 200. In three out of four games without him, however, they have failed to reach 200 and been defeated in all three. Rested for this part of the tour, he returns to the side in New Zealand.
In his absence, England might promote Joe Root to bat at No. 3. Root has faced more deliveries than any other England batsman in the last two games and might offer stability at the top of the order and provide Morgan and Kevin Pietersen with some protection from the newer balls. Long-term, though, Root is the only member of the top five unlikely to feature in England's Champions Trophy side, so Giles is expecting more from his experienced players.
"Changes are something that myself, Alastair Cook and the coaches will talk about," Giles said. "We've got options and part of this trip is to look at those options, because we're missing some senior players. This is where you find out about people, under pressure.
"This group has been very refreshing and what we want to avoid is them just feeling beaten up. We have to pick the best team to win the next game of cricket. That will be a hot topic over the next day or two."


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