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Dual Enrollment: Accelerating the Transition to College
Students can take rigorous courses and earn college credit while still in high school under dual enrollment programs.
College Transition Programs: Promoting Success Beyond High School
Many students lack the knowledge or skills to move easily from high school to college, but transition programs can fill that gap. MS WORD (280K) | PDF (54K)
OVAE's Resources: Easing Transitions to Postsecondary Education
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Advancement Via Individual Determination - AVID.
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The Bridge Project from Stanford University
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Lindsay Lohan may be a "Mean Girl" but she says she's no thief.
"Fyi- i would never steal, in case people are wondering," Lohan wrote Thursday on her Facebook and Twitter accounts, Access Hollywood reported. "I was not raised to lie, cheat, or steal."
A day after pleading not guilty to felony grand theft for allegedly swiping a $2,500 necklace, Lohan said she wished she would be "left alone to just work."
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She called it "absurd" that media focused on the skin-tight, white dress she wore to her L.A. court appearance.
"What i wear to court shouldnt be front page news," Lohan tweeted.
Hours earlier, Lohan lawyer Shawn Chapman Holley told CNN her client would be open to a plea deal if it means no more time in the clink.
"Ms. Lohan maintains her innocence, and now that I've seen the police reports, I believe the case is entirely defensible," Holley told CNN. "Having said that, we will entertain a discussion concerning a plea if it means no jail so that she can move forward with her recovery and her career."
Lohan reportedly faces up to three years behind bars if convicted of stealing the "one-of-a-kind" necklace from Venice boutique Kamofie & Company on Jan. 22. It's the most serious charge yet for the troubled actress, whose career has been on the skids through years of legal woes.
On Wednesday, L.A. Superior Court Judge Keith Schwartz set bail at $40,000, which Lohan posted.
Judge Schwartz said it seemed Lohan had violated her probation stemming from a 2007 DUI case and warned her not to break the law before her next court date on Feb. 23.
"Look around this room -- everybody has to follow the law," Schwartz said. "You're no different than anybody else. Don't push your luck."
Lohan, who recently completed a three-month stint in rehab, was last sent to jail July 20 for violating the terms of her DUI probation by skipping alcohol counseling classes.
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I tried installing Arch and got to the partion stage. The guide said to work with /dev/sda, but every single partitioning tool shot back that there was no such device. So I tried installing Archbang instead. Get to Disk Preparation, and my available disks are: none existent. I have two HDDs, and if I'm not trying to install anything, it currently boots to Linux Mint just fine (with both HDDs working without issue).
Any ideas?
'All we ever were, just zeroes and ones'
ls /dev
What do you see there?
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Currently on the live Crunchbang installer:
autofs log rtc0 tty23 tty47 uinput
block loop-control shm tty24 tty48 urandom
bsg loop0 snapshot tty25 tty49 vcs
btrfs-control loop1 snd tty26 tty5 vcs1
bus loop2 sr0 tty27 tty50 vcs2
cdrom loop3 stderr tty28 tty51 vcs3
char loop4 stdin tty29 tty52 vcs4
console loop5 stdout tty3 tty53 vcs5
core loop6 tpm0 tty30 tty54 vcs6
cpu loop7 tty tty31 tty55 vcsa
cpu_dma_latency mapper tty0 tty32 tty56 vcsa1
disk mcelog tty1 tty33 tty57 vcsa2
dm-0 mei tty10 tty34 tty58 vcsa3
dri mem tty11 tty35 tty59 vcsa4
fb0 mqueue tty12 tty36 tty6 vcsa5
fd net tty13 tty37 tty60 vcsa6
full network_latency tty14 tty38 tty61 vga_arbiter
fuse network_throughput tty15 tty39 tty62 vhost-net
fw0 null tty16 tty4 tty63 watchdog
hidraw0 port tty17 tty40 tty7 watchdog0
hidraw1 ppp tty18 tty41 tty8 watchdog1
hpet psaux tty19 tty42 tty9 zero
hugepages ptmx tty2 tty43 ttyS0
initctl pts tty20 tty44 ttyS1
input random tty21 tty45 ttyS2
kmsg rtc tty22 tty46 ttyS3
'All we ever were, just zeroes and ones'
Go into your bios/firmware setup. Is the disk detected there?
Have you scanned the systemd journal and/or the kernel log for any error messages?
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If I try and start gparted I get the following message:
Invalid partition table - recursive partition on /dev/sr0.
FYI, I tried installing Linux Mint 14 and the installer/partitioner on that could work with the HDDs just fine.
I go into system information on Archbang on the live installer, the only storage device that comes up is my DVD-RW drive (the one that's running the Archbang cd).
Not sure if it's relevant, but when I start up the installer for Archbang, it mentions ata1, ata2, ata3, & ata4 saying 'reset failed (errno=-19), reset failed, giving up'.
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'All we ever were, just zeroes and ones'
What is /dev/dm-0? Have you set up LVM?
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What is /dev/dm-0?
No idea.
Have you set up LVM?
I get the error message I quoted upon opening gparted without having done anything else. The message pops up when it's trying to scan devices.
Longer error message from gparted:
File system: ext2
Size: 2.75 GiB
Path: /dev/mapper/arch_root-image1
Status: Not mounted
First sector: 0
Last sector: 5756927
Total sectors: 5756928
e2label: No such file or directory while trying to open /dev/mapper/arch_root-image1
Couldn't find valid filesystem superblock
tune2f2 1.42.6 (21-Sep-2012)
tune2fs: No such file or directory while trying to open /dev/mapper/arch_root-image1
Couldn't find valid filesystem superblock
Couldn't find valid filesystem superblock.
dumpe2fs 1.42.6 (21-Sep-2012)
dumpe2fs: No such file or directory while trying to open /dev/mapper/arch_root-image1
Couldn't find valid filesystem superblock
Unable to read the contents of the file system!
Because of this some operations may be unavailable.
The cause might be a missing software package.
The following list of software packages is required for ext 2 file system support: e2fsprogs
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Archbang installer finds the HDDs if I choose the second installer option (Vesa mode instead of Xorg autodetect). If I run the first, xorg autodetect, it throws up the 'can't find ata1: reset failed' messages. So I managed to install it using the second option. Only problem is that upon booting after a successful installation, the 'can't find ata1: reset failed' messages come up, claims it can't find the drive with 'UID: [blah blah blah]' and leaves me with an emergency shell.
Getting quite frustrated now :-/
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'All we ever were, just zeroes and ones'
All of the gparted output looks to be about the installer system, in which case it's irrelevant. I think the same goes for dm-0.
The "ataX: reset failed" messages are probably what you need to worry about. Gather all the information you can about the controller: manufacturer/model, type (IDE/SATA), BIOS settings, etc. Google for issues (sort by date as it may be a regression) then post all the info here if Google doesn't return anything useful.
If it's a SATA controller, you could also try changing the mode (ie. Compatible/IDE, AHCI, RAID). Keep in mind this may cause boot issues with other OSs: Windows almost certainly and maybe Ubuntu too.
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Was the HDD ever a part of RAID? Was the HDD ever used with GPT? Generally installers fail to identify HDD if there is any left over from either RAID or GPT.
"Evolution is the nature's way of issuing upgrades".
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@Throne777 - just a polite note to let you know that if you get your hdd issues sorted, you will want to install Arch, not Archbang, to get further help on the Arch forums. Generally, you won't receive much help if you're asking about other distros you're trying to use, especially Archbang see: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=157361&p=1 and https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Forum_Etiquette
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Throne777, The moderators have received a couple reports about Archbang support. It looks to me as if you are trying to install Arch, are having problems, and are falling back to Archbang as a sanity check. If so, fine. Please clarify the next time you post that this is what you are trying to do. If I am wrong, and you are trying to install Archbang, then you will probably want to refer to their forums.
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@Throne777 does fdisk -l show anything....
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Sailors hoisted the first unmanned aircraft capable of carrier operations aboard the USS Harry Truman on Monday at at Norfolk naval base, Va. It marked the first time the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System, built by Northrop Grumman, has boarded a ship.
Navy officials transported the X-47B demonstrator from it's home at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., to the Truman to prepare it for the tests the Navy has planned for one of only two demonstrators build thus far. Navy and Northrop engineers will test it in port and underway on the Atlantic Ocean.
The Navy plans to fly the X-47B from the carrier this winter follow weeks of on board tests. The Truman received software upgrades to operate the X-47B, which will allow sailors and Northrop contractors to fly the UCAS with hand-held controllers.
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A theist has recently made this claim to me online. I have to say this is a new one on me, I have never heard anyone claim that the universe is actually shrinking.
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Simple answer no, and is best explained with Hubble's law.
What can you expect from someone who thinks that a magical sorcerer created the universe? ...that He created a human son through "immaculate conception" (no disgusting semen was involved) who then walked on water, converted water to wine, and cast demons into pigs? ...who "loves" us enough to have created a lake of hellfire that nonbelievers can look forward to if they don't kowtow to Him?
Technically, immaculate conception means that Mary was born free of Original Sin. Not to be confused with the virgin birth
"Free of original sin" means very little because it means so much or so many different things. Check out all the different interpretations in the Wikipedia entry to see what I mean. But I take your point.
Yeah, when I learned that the universe was expanding at an exponential rate I thought right away.. could that make it a young universe?
I mean, i'd imagine the life cycle of a universe might be like an explosion or ripples in a pond where it moves outwards quickly and slows down as it ends.
They have evidence as well supporting the possibility of a multiverse. (Which to me would be further evidence against god.) Meaning there are millions/billions or even infinite other universes out there. Personally, I am certain there are is other universes, fields or oceans of them. To me it just seems natural. And it seems elitist,isolatist and primitive of us to assume ours is the only one. If there is a multivere how would that work for god? Now god didn't just create the big bang...? Now he would have to create all the big bangs! The problem though to me is.. if god created us in his image and the universe to house us... then WHY did he create millions of others?
However that also goes for our current picture of the universe... our planet is so fucking small that our galaxy itself would be enough.. in fact WAY too much to house us...so why all the other galaxies?
There is no direct evidence of multiple universes. Multiple dimensions and universes are all purely mathematical and theoretical concepts. They look very nice on paper, but that's it....so far
The very fact that a Theist would make such a claim shows how badly they understand anything Scientific. Another case of wondering how the moon got there - I mean how did it get there and how does it make moonlight??? lol.
According to every Cosmologist out there, it's expanding. That being said, until they're all diagnosed with bulimia and colorblindness I'll side with them over some theist.
What do bulimia and colorblindness have to do with anything?
Would seem when you comment on things drinking all night any attempt at being pithy fails. LOL
I think I meant anorexia, in respect a distorted view of reality And referencing red-green colorblindness since red-shift is indicative the expansion of the universe. That's my guess anyway.
Did he cite any evidence to support this claim?
Not only is it not shrinking, its expansion is accelerating. Here's a good link explaining how the universe is expanding and will be continuing to do so:


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Sweet potatoes or 地瓜 come in various colors. The most common orange and yellow and not as common purple. The purple color one is slightly more expensive. Sweet potato is really good for us as it contains lots of vitamin A, C, manganese, Bs, potassium, dietary fiber and iron. Hence, it has antioxidant, anti-inflammatory properties, can improve immune system, preserve eye sight, fight infections, anti-cancer (some even said better than ginseng) and low glycemic index (suitable for diabetics). This is by far one of the healthiest food to eat. However, people suffering from kidney and gallbladder ailments are not suitable to eat this. Consult with your doctor for a recommended amount.
Recipe coming up will be my version of sweet potato rice (地瓜飯), stay tune for this healthy and yummy rice!!
It looks so normal on the outside, but inside is a vibrant purple color and very sweet!! I bought it at my local Asian market. For the above recipe, I just steamed it for 30 minutes in the steamer or until soft. Break open and enjoy!


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2012 4x4 Of The Year
Solid Axle Slugfest
Some of the greatest battles have never been fought. Mr. T versus Chuck Norris, a grizzly bear versus a lion, the Millennium Falcon versus the USS Enterprise; the Michelin man versus Frosty the Snowman, King Kong versus Godzilla (actually, Kong and Godzilla did battle in a 1962 film, but you get the point). The reason for this diatribe is to set the scene for one of the greatest battles for off-road supremacy of all time. (Please reread that last sentence in your boxing announcer voice to get the full gist of where we are heading.)
Our 30th Anniversary 4x4 of the Year test took on a bizarre dreamlike aura as two of the greatest 4x4s ever built came to blows. Both vehicles have front and rear locking differentials, big aggressive tires, proper trail gears, and similar power-to-weight ratios. One is a nimble zippy featherweight with quick, agile performance: the '12 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon. The other is a heavyweight bruiser with deep axle gears, big V-8 power, and 3⁄4-ton parts to back it up: the '12 Ram Power Wagon.
If you are wondering where your other favorite 4x4 is, let us remind you that our test is for those vehicles that are new or that have been considerably redesigned or reengineered in a way that would affect off-road performance. The Jeep has a new engine, the Power Wagon a new six-speed transmission. With so few contenders you would think a test like this would be easy—in reality it's just the opposite. It was one of the best yet toughest 4x4 of the Year trials we've ever run. Contending are two trucks with almost all the hardcore off-road requirements we have ever begged the OEMs to install—and now we had to pick just one as the best! Turn the page to see what happened.
Jeep Wrangler Rubicon
The Jeep Wrangler Rubicon is in its ninth year of production, and the 2012 model is the most powerful one yet. The Jeep model that changed the playing field for affordable, showroom-sourced trail wheelers just keeps getting better. The Wrangler received a substantial interior redesign in 2011, but the big news is the more powerful Pentastar 3.6L V-6 engine for 2012. Where the prior 3.8L V-6 was ho-hum under the JK's hood, the new V-6 is dropping 285/260 horsepower/torque numbers, an improvement over prior models of 40 percent and 10 percent, respectively. Other upgrades over the past year are improved sound deadening, fuel economy, and acceleration.
Our two-door test vehicle came in a yellow/orange paint called Dozer with a soft top, six-speed manual transmission (one of the few available in a midsize SUV), and 32-inch BFGoodrich Mud-Terrain tires. With a window sticker just shy of $30,000 the Rubicon definitely outshines its competitor in the cost arena, but what about value for those greenbacks?
A Jeep Rubicon like ours is not for everyone. If you've never owned or ridden in a soft-top Jeep, you may be surprised at what Jeep enthusiasts will put up with. Though quieter and better riding than any open-topped Jeep in the past 70-some years ,the Wrangler is not as civilized as most cars. In fact, the Power Wagon downright trounced it for driver comfort. However, driver comfort is the side salad of our test. Off-road performance is the meat.
The Jeep's solid front and rear Dana 44 axles, 4.10 gears, selectable lockers, coil-link suspension, and 4:1 low-range transfer case ratio are what Jeepers were dreaming of 15-20 years ago, and for good reason. The Jeep is a fun toy in everything but high-speed desert runs, always leaving a smile on the driver's face.
Rockcrawling is a point-and-shoot affair with twice the forward visibility of the Power Wagon. However, while rockcrawling in low range we did notice the engine would idle up at times, leaving us wishing for slower progress. Applying brakes didn't seem to slow the Jeep as we hoped. Other times—on the hillclimb, for example—we felt the new engine wouldn't always lug down as slow and low as we would prefer.
The more aggressive tires outperformed the Power Wagon's All-Terrains in the mud. The slightly better power-to-weight ratio clinched the mud, sand, and acceleration titles for the little Jeep. High-speed desert runs were fun for sure, but unstable, skittish, and on the edge of control—definitely showing the short wheelbase's limitations. Of course, that wheelbase allowed exceptional maneuverability both in town and on tight trails.
Underneath, the Jeep had fewer skidplates, but also less belly length to protect than the Ram, though neither Jeep nor Ram protect their transmission or oil pan at all. We did prefer the simple rock rails of the JK over the unprotected sheetmetal of the Ram.
The Wrangler did have certain pitfalls we'd like to see improved, such as the locker and sway bar button location and functions. First, their location is difficult to see. Second, the locker switch is confusing: down for rear on, again down for front on, again down for front off, and finally up for rear off. How about two simple switches we can see for the lockers and a third for the sway bar?
Small and frisky make the little Jeep a contender with great power for the package, a recipe that has been working since 1941.
The Good
• Fun power
• Great turning radius
• Price
The Bad
• Short wheelbase at speed
• Loud and rough on road
• Lack of skidplates
Ram Power Wagon Crew Cab The '12 Power Wagon is almost the perfect pickup truck. It has seating for four or five people, front and rear lockers, a sway bar disconnect, and even a winch. It can tow 10,250 pounds, haul almost a ton, and still run down the highway with ease and comfort. It is a big, burly brute, and for 2012 it has a new 66RFE six-speed automatic.
The '12 Power Wagon has a few other upgrades over the previous year's model that are worth mentioning, such as a new steering wheel with integrated cruise control. But more importantly, the RamBox storage bins built into the bedsides are now available on the Power Wagon. The RamBox makes use of formerly useless space in the body sides while hardly reducing bed floor space; you can still fit a 4-foot-wide piece of plywood and have lockable storage in the side boxes for tools or recovery gear. However, we would like to see a design that allows for access with a truck cap, camper, or shell installed.
Unfortunately the Ram has a $53,110 price tag, almost double the two-door Rubicon.
Bad news first: The truck needs rock sliders. It's long, hangs low, and catches rocks in the sheetmetal. And we don't mean it needs side steps; rather, it needs proper, weight-bearing rock sliders.
The locker controls, though better situated on the passenger side of the steering wheel with a giant knob compared to the Rubicon, are hidden by the transmission shifter when in Drive. Plus, there is no dash icon showing them engaged, just tiny, nearly invisible lights that blink and blink and blink. Are they working? Yes, oh wait, now the front doesn't seem to be locked. What is going on with these lockers?!!!
And do we have to live with the power bulge of the big hood, designed to cover the diesel engine, if we do not get a diesel engine under it? All it does is limit visibility. Can we get the lower Ram 1500 hood instead?
Finally, why are you twisting our arm to call this truck only "Ram" when right there on the dash it says Dodge?
Performancewise, the latest Power Wagon is hard to beat. It has good power (though we'd always like more) in the mud, excellent control and flex in the rocks, and better speed and stability when going fast both on- and off-road. In the sand the big truck is heavy. Wheelhop was induced, tires started digging, and we were quickly tugging it free with its mini competitor.
Oddly enough, we also lost a power steering cooler line in the dunes. Luckily we could send the Jeep for replacement fluid while the rest of the team put the hose back in its proper place. Not a terminal issue, just a loose hose clamp, but definitely annoying in the 110-degree desert sun. Once back up and running the Power Wagon dominated in the high-speed off-road section of the test, soaking up rough corrugated track that had the little Jeep slowing and skittering.
Finally, can we have a true mud tire? The BFG All-Terrains are good, but they didn't hold a candle to the Mud-Terrains in the mud. (Captain Obvious strikes again!)
Some will say the truck is too big for four-wheeling. Not true. It is big, but an experienced fullsize truck driver can rally with the Jeep on deserted mountain roads during impromptu night wheeling trips; ask us how we know. Plus, when it comes to hillclimbing, there is something to be said for the stability of a long wheelbase. Of course, a Power Wagon isn't as nimble as the Rubicon, nor does it turn as sharply, but for the wide-open road, whether it's dirt or tarmac, the Power Wagon is going to be hard to beat.
The Good
• RamBoxes for storage
• Comfortable place to be
• Warn winch
The Bad
• Unprotected rocker panels
• Lack of visibility
• Price
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Category : Ranked Highest
Ride & Drive (50% of total points)
Urban/Highway Jeep Wrangler
High-Speed Dirt & Gravel Ram Power Wagon
Sand & Mud Jeep Wrangler
Rockcrawling Jeep Wrangler
Hillclimbing Ram Power Wagon
Overall Jeep Wrangler
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Torque/Weight Ratio Jeep Wrangler
1⁄4-mile Acceleration Jeep Wrangler
60-0 Braking Jeep Wrangler
Load-Carrying Capacity Ram Power Wagon
Fuel Economy Jeep Wrangler
Price As Tested Jeep Wrangler
Overall Jeep Wrangler
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Engine's Avail. Power Jeep Wrangler
Transmission Jeep Wrangler
Transfer Case Jeep Wrangler
Steering Jeep Wrangler
Brakes Jeep Wrangler
Suspension Jeep Wrangler
Overall Jeep Wrangler
4-wheeling Attributes (5% of total points)
Clearance Jeep Wrangler
Protection Jeep Wrangler
Recovery Ram Power Wagon
Overall Jeep Wrangler
Interior (5% of total points)
Ergonomics Ram Power Wagon
Appearance, Fit & Finish Ram Power Wagon
Perceived Noise Level (NVH) Power Wagon
Overall Ram Power Wagon
Exterior (5% of total points)
Body Styling Jeep Wrangler
Cargo Ram Power Wagon
Fit & Finish Ram Power Wagon
Overall Ram Power Wagon
Previous 4x4 of the year winners
2011 Land Rover LR4 HSE
2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor (5.4L V-8)
2009 Suzuki Equator Crew Cab RMZ-4
2008 Toyota Land Cruiser
2007 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon JK
2006 Dodge Ram 1500 TRX4
2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee (IFS)
2004 Volkswagen Touareg V-8
2003 Lexus GX 470
2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee (4.7 HO V-8)
2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee (5-speed auto transmission)
2000 Toyota Tundra
1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee (4.7 V-8 Limited)
1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee (5.9 V-8 Limited)
1997 Jeep Wrangler Sport TJ
1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee (w/ center diff lock)
1995 Dodge Ram (2500 V-10 longbed Club Cab)
1994 Dodge Ram (1500 V-8 shortbed regular cab)
1993 Jeep Grand Cherokee
1992 Chevrolet Blazer (fullsize)
1991 Dodge Dakota
1990 Nissan Pathfinder (4-door)
1989 Toyota pickup
1988 Jeep Cherokee (4.0 engine)
1987 Nissan Pathfinder (2-door)
1986 Ford Ranger
1985 Isuzu Trooper II
1984 Jeep Cherokee (2.8 engine)
1983 Chevrolet S-10 Blazer
King of the Mountain Jeep Wrangler Rubicon
The Power Wagon is a hard truck to beat, but the Rubicon did just that. Before you start your hate-mail campaign let us remind you that our test is not to find the most well-rounded vehicle of the year, the best commuter or hauler of the year, or the nicest ride of the year. We're looking for the 4x4 of the year, and when it comes to dirt the Jeep is, well, dirtier.
We'll start by saying only one vehicle got stuck in our week of wheeling, and it wasn't Dozer yellow. Yes, the Dodge—er, Ram—has a winch, but we never needed a winch with the Jeep. The Power Wagon got stuck in the sand, but sand is a small segment of the USA. Every state, however, has mud, and in the mud the big V-8 didn't impress the way the spicy V-6 did. Light is might, and true mud tires don't hurt either. Rock fields are owned by the Jeep, and though the Ram will run down the Jeep in the high speed desert tracks, just turn toward the dunes and the frisky little 4-by will scamper away.
Is the Rubicon louder on the highway and bouncier on rutted roads, and does it require three feet to drive with the manual transmission? Yes, but to some that is better. "More connected to the vehicle" was one Judge's comment. "More fun," said another.
If four-wheeling is your pastime, your hobby, and your escape, the Rubicon is your winner. The Power Wagon is the more well-rounded vehicle, but the Jeep is still king of the mountain. It is still the sports car of the rocks. It still lives to be dirty. But this leaves us wondering: What could they do for the Rubicon's 10th anniversary next year? Could it get even better?


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I love the color. Would love to see other colors in the flesh and not just on the configurator! I am seriously debating on getting this car.
Would you be driving it on track only? Or get it licensed and street-drive it?
Yes! I wish they would post more of their UK pics of their production cars to get a better sense of the colors available.
I think white looks fantastic but if everyone has one...meh! Black/orange would be great!
I do want to license it and drive it to the track. That's what has me really interested in the car. While you can trailer it and bring race rubber, there is something nice about just getting to the track and driving!
what options did you spec out?
I spec'ed the
Cockpit Adj Brake Bias
2-Way Shocks
Master kill switches
Tow Eyes
Fire Extinguisher
Remote Battery Charge
Cockpit Tonneau cover
Also the jack pending confirmation it is a mechanical leverage type lift (like F1 jack)
I've trailered and driven to the track, pro/cons to each of course. You've considered the looky-loo, traffic-stopping attention you will be getting if you drive this on the road? What track do you drive to?
MSR, Eagles Canyons...and will be running the Circuits of American in Austin (where they had the F1 race). So mostly local.
not looking for attention though I know I will get it...probably mostly WTF looks. I drive a Tesla and flat wrapped GT-R so also get attention in that. (and a new electric motorcycle...Brammo R).
nice specs! I really want this car. Do you have an ETA?
I just switched from Orange back to Gunmetal. I was at Black before Gunmetal...haha.
Looking forward to seeing yours if you stay black, going to be awesome looking!
for sure staying black. I'm a physics guy. how can you not like black? lack of photons. all you see is a reflection via clear coat...its a dull mirror. ~4% reflection. I like Feynman sorry lol. Gunmetal is my 2nd choice...very tough not to go for...reminds me of a freaking f16 dog fighter. you get my "01" reference? one thing about black is it will hide a lot of detail the car has. but so be it...car is crazy enough and im buying the thing for me...and I will see the detail I wanna see.


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Antonín DVOŘÁK (1841-1904)Masterwork Index: American quartet
Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81, B.155 (1887) [40:24]
String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op.96 American (1893) [26:40]
Carmina Quartet (Matthias Enderle (violin); Susanne Frank (violin); Wendy Champney (viola); Stephan Goerner (cello)); Teo Gheorghiu (piano)
rec. 2-6 July 2012, Konzertsaal Stadthaus Winterthur, Switzerland
Founded in 1984 in Switzerland the Carmina Quartet has been the recipient of a number of awards for its recordings. This Sony Classics release sees them in a Dvořák programme and joined for the Piano Quintet in A major by Zurich-born pianist Teo Gheorghiu.
Buoyed by the great success of his fifth visit to England in 1886 Dvořák the next year completed his substantial and joyous Piano Quintet in A major Op. 81. It was composed in the Slavic folk idiom that pervades so many of Dvořák's best scores and written before his extended stay in the United States of America. Some years previous, in 1872, Dvořák had actually composed a three movement A major Piano Quintet,B. 28, Op. 5. Dissatisfied with this he destroyed it but some fifteen years later obtained a copy and began making revisions. Although it has been recorded several times it is rarely heard today. In the quicker movements of the Piano Quintet, Op. 81 the Carmina and Gheorghiu play with unerring vibrancy and an uplifting sense of joy. What wonderful music Dvořák wrote for the Dumka: Andante con moto with its glorious main melody. It's most impressively rendered here. Unfortunately I found the recorded sound rather over-bright for my taste being especially uncomfortable in the forte passages. The main culprit is Gheorghiu's too closely recorded piano with the cello not far behind.
From the recordings in my collection of the Piano Quintet,Op. 81 my first choice is the evergreen 1962 Vienna account from Clifford Curzon and the Vienna Philharmonic String Quartet led by Willi Boskovsky. Spirited and highly persuasive, this is classic chamber music playing of the highest quality. It's available digitally re-mastered on Decca 448 602-2 (c/w Schubert Trout Quintet, D.667). Another marvellous version that I often play is the stunningly vital performance from the Leipzig String Quartet with pianist Christian Zacharias. This was beautifully recorded in 2003 on MDG Gold 307 1249-2 (c/w Dvořák String Quintet, Op. 97).
During his stay in America from 1892 to 1895 Dvořák composed some exceptional works. In 1893 he completed the New World Symphony. He spent his summer holidays at a Bohemian colony at Spillville in Iowa where he immediately felt identification and great happiness among his fellow countrymen. Under these favourable conditions he completed in just a matter of weeks his so-called American Quartet. This found instant acclaim and enduring popularity for its masterly construction and splendidly memorable invention. The gloriously melodic opening Allegro ma non troppo is heard here being played with real affection. Taken at a most judicious pace the players adroitly reveal an elusive undercurrent of passion. The Lento is beautifully done with generosity and tenderness. An uplifting exhilaration is there to be heard in the delightful two final movements to round off a fine performance. Here the bright sound quality still feels a touch over-close but didn't detract too much from my enjoyment. My reference recording is from the Emerson recorded in 1984 at the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City. They play with assured concentration, intensity and unerring passion on Deutsche Grammophon 445 551-2 (c/w Tchaikovsky No. 1 and Borodin No. 2). I have also long admired the recording from the Talich Quartet who may not be as silky smooth as some but play with proficiency, real expression and impressive unity. The recording from circa 1975 is available as part of a 3 disc box on Calliope Cal 3229.1 (c/w Dvořák Piano Quintet No. 2; String Quintet and the String Quartets, Opp. 61, 105, 106).
The splendid Carmina Quartet play with an abundance of vitality and an uplifting joie de vivre but they are hamstrung by often unflattering sonics. This is a highly crowded market with some fierce competition which the Carmina cannot displace.
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First and foremost, Maritz says solution providers must understand a specific vertical market segment. That business knowledge, in fact, is at the heart of building the big data services that will drive businesses in the future. It's a natural evolution of the solution provider model in an era where IT decisions and budgets increasingly are being driven by business units rather than IT departments. "You can't just go in and sell raw data capabilities," said Maritz in an exclusive interview with CRN in advance of the formal launch of Pivotal. "It doesn't help to go in and say, 'I can give you some of this big data.' You have to go in and say, 'Here is how you can transform your business by understanding larger and more diverse data sets.' So I would either try to partner with or acquire or develop that [business] expertise and then say, 'OK, how do I use that to pull through [these] underlying [big data] capabilities?' "
Maritz is advising solution providers to get educated on big data. EMC, to its credit, is offering courses on data science and big data analytics for business transformation, available at education.emc.com, to do just that.
[Related: CRN Exclusive: 20 Tough Big Data Questions For Pivotal's Paul Maritz ]
Solution providers would be wise to heed Maritz's advice on getting business- and big-data-savvy—that is, if they want to succeed in the future. Big data services and applications are destined to determine new winners and losers in every single business.
What is exciting about the Pivotal initiative is Maritz is driving a big data platform that solution providers will be able to leverage to deliver game-changing business services. It's a far different play than any of the current Web services players, including Amazon, which is far more focused on driving a low-priced commodity platform than building a services platform that effectively becomes the operating system for a new era of big data services.
Amazon may have a strong Web services foothold right now. But my money is on Maritz and company to deliver a big data application services ecosystem that makes Amazon look like small potatoes.
If you want a sign of just what kind of big money there is in big data, look no further than solution provider Think Big Analytics, which has scored $3 million in funding from angel investor and former Cisco executive Daniel Scheinman and venture capital firm WI Harper Group. Not bad for a 50-employee company that is only three years old.
Ron Bodkin, founder and CEO of Think Big Analytics, which is advising companies on how to build and deploy big data applications, says sales have more than doubled each year since he started the business. "It's definitely an exciting time to be in this business," he said. "There is so much to be done. We are really enthusiastic about building our business and being a catalyst for tremendous value creation."
Business value creation is what big data is all about. Those solution providers that get it will thrive. Those that don't will die.
BackTalk: Steve Burke writes a monthly opinion column on CRN.com. You can reach him via email at email@example.com.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits fell sharply last week to a near four-year low and retail sales rebounded in November, hopeful signs for the struggling economic recovery.
Initial claims for state unemployment aid fell for a fourth straight week, dropping 29,000 to a seasonally adjusted 343,000, the Labor Department said on Thursday. They are now at their lowest level since early October, and within a hair of territory last seen in early 2008.
Another report suggested consumer spending picked up last month despite fears Washington will fail to avoid harsh austerity measures that could trigger a recession. Worries over this "fiscal cliff" hit sentiment hard in early December.
"It is hard to detect material evidence that fiscal cliff uncertainties are weighing on consumer behavior," said Michael Feroli, an economist at JPMorgan in New York.
A slow but steady improvement in the labor market has helped support consumer spending, which propped up economic growth in the third quarter when business investment sagged.
Economic growth is expected to slow in the fourth quarter, hurt by slower inventory building and a pull back in investment by companies worried about the fiscal cliff.
However, the economy does appear to be moving quickly past the headwinds presented by superstorm Sandy, which hit the East Coast in late October and led to a spike in jobless claims.
The four-week moving average for new claims, which irons out weekly volatility, dropped 27,000 to 381,500.
"The labor market might be improving a bit quicker than expected," said David Sloan, an economist at 4Cast in New York.
U.S. stocks dipped despite the data. Investors appeared cautious about making aggressive bets in the midst of negotiations in Washington to slow or avoid the $600 billion in spending cuts and tax hike set to take hold early next year.
The Commerce Department said retail sales rose 0.3 percent last month, rebounding from October's 0.3 percent decline.
The increase fell short of the consensus forecast in a Reuters poll of economists, but a measure of core sales exceeded expectations.
Core retail sales, which strip out automobiles, gasoline and building materials rose 0.5 percent in November. The government uses this measure, which was flat in October, to calculate consumer spending.
Despite the improvement, growth in spending is still seen slowing in the fourth quarter.
"Consumers have recovered somewhat ... but the trend has been declining since last June," said Joseph Trevisani, a market strategist at Worldwide Markets in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey.
GDP growth is expected to slow to a 1.2 percent annual rate in the last three months of the year, a Reuters poll showed on Wednesday, down from a 2.7 percent rate in the third quarter.
The rise in overall retail sales was tempered by a 4 percent decline in receipts at gasoline stations, the biggest drop since December 2008. That likely reflects a fall in gasoline prices during the month, which left consumers with more money to spend on other things.
The Labor Department said separately that prices received by the nation's farms, factories and refineries dropped 0.8 percent in November as gasoline prices fell by the most since March 2009.
So-called core producer prices, which strip out volatile energy and food costs, rose a modest 0.1 percent.
The report underscored a general lack of inflation pressure in the economy, giving the Federal Reserve room to continue with efforts to bring down the nation's 7.7 percent unemployment rate.
The Fed announced a new round of monetary stimulus on Wednesday, taking the unprecedented step of indicating interest rates would remain near zero until unemployment falls to at least 6.5 percent.
In a packed day for government data on the economy, the Commerce Department also said business inventories, which are a key component of economic growth, rose 0.4 percent in October, in line with expectations.
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Michael Curry Now; School of Piano Technology for the Blind; Pink Martini and Storm Large
Broadcasts: October 10, 8:00 p.m. [OPB TV], October 13, 1:00 a.m. [OPB TV], October 13, 6:00 p.m. [OPB TV], January 2, 8:00 p.m. [OPB TV], January 5, 1:00 a.m. [OPB TV], January 5, 6:00 p.m. [OPB TV], June 19, 8:00 p.m. [OPB TV], June 22, 1:00 a.m. [OPB TV], June 22, 6:00 p.m. [OPB TV]
15th season premiere: Michael Curry Now; School of Piano Technology for the Blind; Pink Martini and Storm Large
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Pink Martini And Storm Large
"Oregon Art Beat" first profiled Storm Large when she was singing in clubs with her band, The Balls. Now, we reconnect with her as she sings with Pink Martini.
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School Of Piano Technology For The Blind
A unique school in Vancouver teaches blind adults piano restoration and tuning.
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Michael Curry Now
We catch up with designer Michael Curry to see how his company has grown and his work has evolved since then our 2001 profile.
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Carla and David Fox; Portland Poetry Slam; Art in the Pearl; Portland Summer Ensembles (1523)
Oregon Art Beat: Episode #1523
Most Recent Broadcast: May 29, 2014
Gift of Gravity - Part 4; On View Now: Grayson Malone, Rowboat Gallery; Kevin Jones, Classical Revolution PDX (1522)
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Most Recent Broadcast: May 22, 2014
Art Beat Alumni Exhibition; Ann Williamson; Amenta Abioto; Brian Vegter (1521)
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Most Recent Broadcast: May 15, 2014
Ben Darwish; Julie Keefe; On View Now: Emerge; Michael Endo (1520)
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Alex Reisfar; Patrick Noe; Black Prairie (1519)
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Most Recent Broadcast: May 1, 2014
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Most Recent Broadcast: April 24, 2014
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Eric Boyer; Farnell Newton; Ginberry (1516)
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Most Recent Broadcast: November 7, 2013
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Most Recent Broadcast: October 31, 2013
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Most Recent Broadcast: October 17, 2013
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What agent B.B. Abbott worked out was that Sale would sign for slot, but he'd be used as a reliever this year. First, that protects his arm, as he's thrown a number of innings this spring. That's win number one. Win number two is the fact that the White Sox are shooting to bring him up to the Majors as a bullpen arm sometime in August or September. That doesn't just qualify him to get about $70,000 in Major League pay. That also brings him the benefits of the Player's Union. Not only does that mean he's on the 40 man roster, that means he gets split pay next year when he's in the minors as a starter. That's the difference between about $30,000 and $65,000, the minimum for a player on optional assignment with at least a day of Major League service time. He's also going to be eating away at his options next spring, and the chances of him not ever getting Major League pay go way down once he's on the 40 man roster. See how we're eating away at that $344,000 difference in bonuses between signing now and in August?
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Julianna Baggott's Pure is a truly hideous dystopia, the warped, twisted and ash-covered wreckage of civilization after a series of "Detonations" level everything outside a radiation-proof, climate-controlled Dome. The survivors outside the Dome are fused to whatever was near them or touching them at the instant of the blast. They are part-human, part-thing—a boy with bird wings fluttering out of his back, an old man with a handheld fan fused into his trachea, a man with his little brother permanently attached to his back. Inside the Dome, life is antiseptic, comfortable, surreal, robotic and ominous. Propaganda is the only language spoken; students are tracked and genetically altered; no one is allowed to step into the ashy world outside.
Pressia was six when her mother was killed in the flash of light by the impact of a glass wall. She survived with the head of the doll she was clutching fused to the place where her hand used to be. Now that she is sixteen, she will have to leave her ailing grandfather and turn herself in to kill or be killed in a deadly game. When the soldiers come for her she runs away.
Partridge is a Pure, a boy who was safely gathered into the Dome before the Detonation. His brother and his father were with him but his mother stayed behind to help the injured and died—or so he was told. One day, Partridge's father, an important architect of the Dome and its social structure, slips and reveals that Partridge's mother might be alive. The boy hatches a plan to escape the prison of the Dome and manages to elude capture. But his unmarked features, his vigorous health and his privileged life mark him as a Pure and put him in mortal danger in the desperate land outside the protective bubble. When he is attacked by a monstrous fusion of three people, Pressia saves him and they both go on the run.
Bradwell is a rebel with a flock of passing birds fused to his back. He knows that every explanation for what happened, both inside and outside the Dome, is a lie. But his knowledge is a death sentence if the authorities on either side discover that he is alive. His magazine clippings of life before the Detonations convince Pressia to believe him—his survival skills save her once but may not be enough to rescue her when she is captured.
Julia Baggott draws a bleak landscape convincingly. The crazed reality in Pure is carefully rendered and unrelievedly creepy. The characters are sympathetic and their questions are absorbing. You do want to find out what is behind events, what really happened to Partridge's mother, how any kind of salvation could come from such complete and macabre damage. Pure has all the cruelty and craven authority of The Hunger Games with its own spin on a trio of young people who set out to expose the evil around them.
I found the storytelling terrific and the disfigurements repulsive. The family connoisseur of YA dystopias pronounced the fictional conceit of the book "disturbing." That's exactly right. But it is so fantastical that, in order to be disturbing and not merely disgusting, every detail of the story has to work. Read it if you like well done dystopian fiction—but maybe not at night. You would not want to dream about the nightmares inside the covers of this book.
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Lynn wins 10th, Cardinals top Pirates 5-2
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Lance Lynn reached double figures in wins before the All-Star break for the third straight year and the St. Louis Cardinals are charging hard in the NL Central.
Still, after they made it three straight over the Pittsburgh Pirates there was reason for some concern.
All-Star catcher Yadier Molina sprained his right thumb on a slide and was taken out for a pinch-hitter in the third inning. He was undergoing an MRI as the Cardinals finished their 5-2 victory Wednesday night.
"I hope everything's all right," Lynn said. "You definitely don't want something to happen."
Results of the MRI were not available after the game and manager Mike Matheny said the team would re-evaluate the injury on Thursday.
"He went through some tests and you could feel some irritation there, obviously," Matheny said. "He was still trying, he got it taped up and was convinced he was going back in, but we had to get it looked at."
Rookie Kolten Wong homered for the second straight game and Matt Adams had three hits and two RBIs. The Cardinals will go for a four-game sweep over the NL Central rival they beat in the division series last fall on Thursday.
"We're getting great starting pitching, great pitching out of the bullpen and our offense is swinging it like we know how to," Adams said.
The defending National League champions are two games behind the Central-leading Brewers.
"I would say September is when you really start paying attention to what's going on," Lynn said. "But it's always good to be right there, no matter what time it is."
Neil Walker homered and doubled for Pittsburgh, which had won 12 of 15 entering the series and dropped the first two on game-winning, ninth-inning homers by Adams and Wong.
"We've been playing good baseball," catcher Russell Martin said. "The Cardinals are just playing a little better."
Rookie Brandon Cumpton (3-3) started in place of injured Gerrit Cole and was charged with four runs and nine hits in 3 1-3 innings.
"He wasn't sharp, fell behind in counts and the fastball was up more than down," manager Clint Hurdle said. "He wasn't living on the edges with the fastball as he normally does."
Lynn (10-6) allowed two runs and six hits in 6 2-3 innings and has 32 wins before the All-Star break his first three seasons in the rotation. The right-hander is tied for most pre-All-Star wins with Detroit's Max Scherzer over that stretch and is the first Cardinals pitcher to do it in three straight seasons since Hall of Famer Bob Gibson totaled 34 wins from 1968-70.
"That's pretty awesome to be in the same sentence," Lynn said. "He was a great pitcher."
Walker's 12th homer leading off the second was the first allowed by Lynn at home this season.
Adams' two-run double in the first put the Cardinals ahead to stay and he added two singles to give him 12 in the last six games. Wong hit his fourth homer off Justin Wilson in the eighth.
Molina was voted to his sixth straight All-Star team Sunday and is a starter for the fourth time. He slid feet-first into third base advancing on a groundout in the second and came up shaking the right hand after planting it a bit for balance.
Matt Holliday had two hits, two walks and an RBI and Jhonny Peralta had an RBI double for St. Louis.
Cumpton was in constant trouble and the Cardinals missed a chance to bust it open by stranding nine runners the first four innings.
Trevor Rosenthal worked the ninth for his 27th save in 31 chances. Peter Bourjos made a leaping catch for the final out at the wall in center field with a man on to rob Martin of extra bases.
NOTES: Attendance of 43,941 was the 28th sellout for the Cardinals including five of the first six games of a seven-game homestand. ... Shelby Miller (7-7, 4.15) will try to beat the Pirates for the third straight start this season Thursday and will oppose Edinson Volquez (7-6, 3.88). Volquez is 3-0 his last three starts allowing two earned runs in 21 innings, but is 3-6 with a 5.58 ERA against the Cardinals. ... Cole was placed on the 15-day DL with right lat soreness retroactive to July 5. ... The Cardinals have won 10 of the last 12 at home against Pittsburgh.


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Raise minimum wage? City shows why it's not so simple
- Onetime capital of the wool industry is the setting for a lively debate over whether a higher minimum wage would help or hurt
- Lawrence is the poorest city in Massachusetts
- 1912 strike by mill workers led to higher wages but also helped push the textile industry to relocate to the lower-wage South
LAWRENCE, Mass. — In this city, where a century ago workers staged one of America's greatest industrial strikes, people again are arguing about a living wage — but not the minimum wage bill President Obama proposed in his State of the Union message.
Massachusetts has its own minimum: 75 cents above the federal rate of $7.25 an hour. And now the state Legislature is considering whether to raise the minimum wage over the next three years to $11, which would be among the highest in the nation.
With legislative stalemate in Washington and increasing concern nationwide over income inequality, the minimum wage fight is shifting to states such as Massachusetts, which in 1912 became the first to enact minimum wage legislation.
Lawrence, the site in that year of the epic "Bread and Roses'' textile strike, is today the state's poorest city. Nearly three-quarters of its 76,000 residents are Hispanic, and more than a third are foreign-born.
With many small businesses and about 9,500 hourly workers in the region who make between $8 and $10.50, according to an analysis by an advocacy group, Lawrence illustrates what's at stake in the wage debate.
George Bonfiglio and his wife, Sheila, own the Three Dogz Diner, which overlooks the Great Stone Dam, built between 1845 and 1848. The dam and its canals produced the power that helped make Lawrence's mills the world's greatest source of worsted wool — 2 million yards a week.
He's a former union carpenter sidelined by the recession. She used to work for a bank. Four years ago, they started the restaurant, Sheila says, because "we figured people always have to eat.'' Around here, that often means "chicken barb'' — seasoned pulled turkey and chicken with lettuce and mayo on a grilled roll.
George, 60, says a raise in the minimum wage would force them to reduce their three employees' hours, or worse — "shut this place down and just do takeout.'' Thinking about it makes him mad: "It's going to end up hurting the people it's supposed to help.''
He means people like Fernando de la Cruz, a 38-year-old immigrant from the Dominican Republic who works for the legal minimum $8 an hour as a grocery store stock clerk.
De la Cruz, who says that he and his wife, Mabel, make about $2,000 a month between them — more than half of which goes to rent, utilities and gas for their 14-year-old Chevy Malibu — sees the issue differently.
A raise in the minimum wage, he says, is the only way he can begin to save for his three daughters' educations, or buy a computer so they won't have to walk to the library in all kinds of weather to do homework.
"When those who do the work share the benefits,'' he says in Spanish, through an interpreter, "that is democracy.''
Twenty-one states and the District of Columbia already have minimum wages higher than the federal one. Obama wants to increase the federal rate for all workers to $10.10 an hour over two years, and then index it to inflation.
Republican opposition in Congress — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell calls the Democrats' wage bill "a measure to destroy jobs'' — makes that unlikely.
In the absence of federal action, at least 20states are considering their own minimum wage increases, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Already this year, minimum wage workers in five states have had raises authorized last year. In another ten, smaller increases linked to inflation have taken or will take effect.
Raising the minimum wage is politically popular — "like motherhood and apple pie,'' says Ralph Wilbur, 81, who runs a printing business in Lawrence. "Who doesn't want a raise?'' More than seven in 10 U.S. voters support an increase, according to a Quinnipiac University poll.
On the same night as the State of the Union, Massachusetts' Democratic governor, Deval Patrick, got the biggest applause of his State of the Commonwealth speech when, alluding to the minimum wage, he asked business people to "consider whether you could live on it."
A bill to increase the minimum to $11 already has passed the state Senate; its House of Representatives will consider a similar measure this year. If that fails, a coalition of unions and advocacy groups say they'll try to get the issue on the ballot in November.
Proponents say the minimum wage has failed to keep pace with inflation and cannot support a household above the poverty line. Opponents say that relatively few such workers are adults supporting families, and that such jobs should not be regarded as anything other than steppingstones until workers get more skills or experience.
Above all, opponents of a higher wage insist it would mean fewer jobs, and less work for those with jobs.
Sheri Cann's family owns The Coffee Cann, a deli on the site of what was the nation's largest textile mill. The top of its long communal table is made of reclaimed mill wood.
She says a minimum wage increase could force her to cut employees' hours. Can she simply pass the cost on to customers? She bristles: "Are you going to pay $4 for a muffin? And who are you going to be upset with? Me — not Mr. President or Deval Patrick.''
Who exactly would benefit? Two viewpoints:
• Steve Reppucci is a former computer software designer who 10 years ago co-founded Mad Maggie's Ice Cream shop (Maggie's his wife). He says most of his 15 to 25 employees (the number depends on the season) are students who work part time to cover incidental costs. They don't see the big picture, he says. "When I tell them about (the proposed rise in) the minimum wage, they say, 'Oh, that's great!' They don't think about what it'll be like when they're one of three people on a shift in the summer, instead of five.''
• Yaritza Perez is a sophomore at Northern Essex Community College who works part time as an $8-an-hour fitting room attendant at a discount clothes store. She and her twin sister are the first members of their family to attend college, and she's saving for her move next fall to a four-year school. Because her parents also work at low-wage jobs and can't help with school costs, "I can use a raise,'' she says, "and it would benefit our city.''
But neither is an absolutist. Reppucci says he'd favor a higher minimum wage for adult heads of households; Perez worries that a hike would lead to higher prices for everyone.
That ambivalence is common here. If national Democrats are sure the minimum wage is a winner for them politically, Lawrencians aren't as sure about it economically.
That could be because another state law, 102 years ago, unexpectedly precipitated the greatest and worst event in the city's history.
In 1912, women and children worked up to 56 hours a week in the Lawrence mills. Workers routinely were maimed by equipment operated at top speed, pushed to work faster and paid a relative pittance — between $8 and $9 a week.
When the state Legislature passed a law reducing the workweek for women and children to 54 hours, mill owners cut wages accordingly, while speeding up production. Some workers walked out, and soon the strike spread to 20,000 others.
The Bread and Roses strike (so-called because, it was later said, the workers wanted "bread and roses, too'' — sustenance and human dignity) lasted eight weeks. The strikers were immigrants from many nations who spoke more than a dozen languages; almost half were women, who could not even vote. The mill owners were backed by local police and the state militia.
But the strikers won, in part because they turned the conditions in the Lawrence mills into a national scandal that caught the attention of Congress and first lady Helen Taft. They got a wage increase, the right to overtime pay and a promise of no reprisals against strike leaders.
But the victory proved temporary, if not illusory.
The radical union that organized the strike, the International Workers of the World, lost its hold in Lawrence amid a backlash by mill owners, churches and local politicians. In the "God and Country" parade seven months after the strike, tens of thousands of demonstrators scorned the strikers for preaching atheism and class hatred.
Also, the strike's prime accomplishment — higher wages for textile workers — was a factor in the industry's subsequent demise in the region. In the 1920s, companies began relocating to the lower-wage, union-free South. Today, only a handful of small businesses make cloth or clothes in Lawrence.
The 1912 strike came to be something of a shameful, suppressed memory for workers and their families, neither celebrated in public nor mentioned in school.
The strikers' legacy was rediscovered and re-emphasized in the 1980s, and today their struggles and achievements are a source of local pride. There's a Strikers' Monument on the commons, and tourists come to see the brick mills from which the strikers walked.
The minimum wage issue is another link to the past, says Robert Forrant, a University of Massachusetts-Lowell labor historian: "This is a debate that's gone on for a hundred years.''


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Nike Bryant system by the Nike sports shoes creative director Eric Avar led the design team in close cooperation with Kobe crystallization. At the beginning of the new shoes design, Bryant eager to have a pair of low-help and can adapt to fast play shoes. In addition, this pair of shoes need to be like a part of the feet, there is no negative feeling...