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Long anticipated by fans of Audi's S-Line performance cars and by driving enthusiasts in general, the 2009 Audi TTS will finally reach U.S. showrooms by the end of the year.
This will be the first S model for Audi's sports car since the TT was launched in 1998, and at first blush the raw horsepower numbers might disappoint some. The power increase from standard TT models is not as significant as that in other S-Line cars. Yet indicators suggest that the speed and response S buyers expect are here, and thanks to the TTS's light weight, efficient transmission and relatively small turbocharged engine, fuel mileage figures should be impressive. We might think of the TTS as a true high-performance sports car with a green conscience.
This hot-rod TT will be available as a hard-top Coupe or two-seat, convertible-top Roadster, like the standard TT models. Yet the TTS, which was unveiled at Detroit's North American International Auto Show in January, sports some subtle appearance tweaks that distinguish it from other TT models.
Its standard lightweight alloy wheels are upgraded from 17 to 18 inches in diameter, and 19-inch rims are optional. The headlights are jewel-like bi-xenon projector beams, with a unique ribbon of LED bulbs running horizontally underneath; the low-energy LEDs operate as the daytime running lights. The front and center portions of the TTS body and frame are manufactured from aluminum, and curb weight for the coupe is 3075 pounds. That's a few hundred pounds lighter than most similarly sized, similarly specified sports cars, even with the TTS's standard quattro all-wheel-drive system.
The most prominent TTS distinction lies under the hood, where a 2.0-liter, turbocharged four-cylinder engine generates the power that makes it go. This inline-4 features direct fuel injection and higher boost pressure than Audi's other turbo engines. The TTS turbo also gets a number of durability enhancements, including heavy-duty pistons and connecting rods. It delivers 272 horsepower and 258 pound-feet of torque, or 22 horsepower and 22 pound-feet more than the most powerful engine in current TT models.
While other markets will get a conventional six-speed manual transmission, there will likely be only one choice in the United States: Audi's six-speed, dual-clutch manu-matic. This transmission works like a manual with an automatic clutch system, rather than a conventional automatic. Its paddle-shift feature delivers razor-sharp, race car-style gear changes, but it also has a fully automatic mode. The all-wheel-drive system has been beefed up for even faster response directing power between the front and rear wheels. The TTS will not be offered with front-wheel drive, as the standard TT is.
Audi claims the TTS Coupe goes from 0 to 62 mph in 5.4-seconds, with top speed governed at 155. The acceleration figures roughly match those for a Porsche 911 Carrera. Yet, thanks to the TTS's light weight and other efficiencies, Audi also promises a combined mileage rating greater than 29 mpg. That's impressive in a car of the TTS's anticipated capability.
To complete the performance package, Audi has equipped the TTS with its adaptive magnetic dampening suspension, which uses magnets to almost instantaneously adjust shock-absorber stiffness to optimize handling capability without wrecking ride quality. The electronic stability control features an aggressive track mode that will allow drivers to slide the car in turns. The brake calipers are painted gloss black and prominently visible through the spoked rims.
Inside, the TTS gets heavily bolstered sport seats upholstered with leather and Alcantara. The information display includes a timer to record lap times or acceleration figures.
The Roadster's top opens and closes with the touch of a button.
The Coupe, meanwhile, offers 24.7 cubic feet of cargo volume, which is substantially more than you'll find in the trunk of a large luxury sedan like the Mercedes-Benz S-Class and should leave room for a couple of tour-sized golf bags.
Audi expects the first TTS deliveries to customers in the United States by the end of November 2008.
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I have been working a small program as a way to practice C++. Here is a quick sequence of how the program works and does:
- do-loop menu (2 choices: 1) read/write 2) exit)
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case 1: read/write function
case 2: return 0;
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1)enter name of read file
2)enter name of write file
5)read.getline(temp, 50);
6)write << read // copy everything from data that were saved in memory from read file to write file
For some reason, the work only works: the first time it starts AND the user must enter the correct file name (file exists)
Case: If user enters the name of a file (always stalls upon read file, not write file) that exists the first time the program starts, it works. However, it works only once. Once the user returns to the mean menu and tries the same sequence, the program would say the "file" does not exists even if the user enters the exact same file name. I have tried cout the array used to store the file name. It holds the correct file name each time.
Case: If user enters a file name that does not exists, the program would not work, period.
Does anyone know what is going on? I have tried using dynamically allocated memory to make sure the file name is stored clean each time. I have tried to use different technique like trying different loops and if/else. Nothing has worked. Is there something static about the fstream?

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Keith Dorton - The State of Racing
We've Got to Bring Common Sense Back to Racing Engine builder Keith Dorton of Automotive Specialists shares his very strong opinion on how to improve racing and make it more affordable at the same time
I have been quiet about how I think the way racing has been going for a few years now. The last time I wrote an opinion piece for Circle Track it was my thoughts on crate engines and how they aren't exactly the cure-all many people pretend them to be. That last article cause me and our company a lot of grief, so I want to make it clear I'm not targeting any specific companies or organizations.
I have been involved in the engine side of motorsports for 50-plus years and our business has been around nearly as long as well. My intention is to share my feelings on the path motorsports continues to take—especially stock cars.
I'm sticking my neck out again because I truly love what I do, and I want to do what I can to see that this great sport continues.
Today, new open, or unrestricted, engines can produce nearly 900 horsepower. These new engines have greatly added to the cost for this type of racing. And with that added horsepower, the speeds have increased to the point that we are approaching 200 mph on many 11/2-mile racetracks. These speeds have not made for a better race for either drivers or spectators. We can only be thankful for the vast increase in safety of the cars and tracks to help protect the competitors while they race at these speeds.
You might think, "The Cup teams have tons of money, who cares how much it costs them to race?" but these trends affect us all. I know I sound very negative, but that's just the way it is. Smokey Yunick told a lot of us in the business years ago, "Boys, you'd better find a way to keep the cost down or you will find yourself out of a job!"
It has been my job to find ways to increase horsepower, and I have always tried to keep up with technology. And I have also never met either a driver or a crew chief that didn't want a horsepower advantage over their competitors. There are forms of motorsports that have a place for unlimited technology and horsepower, but that's not oval-track stock cars.
GM, Ford, and Mopar have all developed engines exclusively for stock car racing that share no real parts that are used in any of their street engines. But along with the cost of these new engines, they make so much power that you have to restrict them in some manner. NASCAR's Nationwide and Truck series both basically use the same engines as the Cup series but require teams to use a tapered spacer to cut down the horsepower. They are capable of producing 900 horsepower but the tapered spacer cuts that down to the 660 to 700 range.
Here's a real-world example: I recently finished an engine that will race at Daytona in the ARCA series. This engine had all the exotic parts normally seen at this level of racing, including a super-light crank, rods, pistons, and rings. It used a six-stage oil pump and an intake manifold that cost $3,500 alone. And for all that when you installed the restrictor plate required by the racing series it only made a little more than 360 horsepower at 7,000 rpm! That's a ridiculously small amount of power for an engine that came with the same cost as a Cup motor. All the competitors could have bought a new OEM engine for less than $8,000 that makes that much power.
It's my opinion that we shouldn't be building these obscenely powerful—and equally expensive—race engines if we're just going to add a restrictor to cut the output. It's just a waste of everyone's hard-earned money. From my experience, I believe that an engine with 660 to 700 horsepower and a maximum rpm of around 8,500 would be ideal for top-level stock car racing. And for feeder series that power output can be brought down to 600 to 630 horsepower with a carburetor change. And with the technology we have now, those engines could have a life expectancy far greater than what is currently being used at a dramatically reduced cost.
Our success with this spec engine has succeeded our own expectations for performance and longevity. The champion of the Pro Cup Series ran one of these engines more than 5,500 laps without any major maintenance or expense. One of the reasons we were able to do this was by using hydraulic roller lifters. In the recent past, you would never consider hydraulic lifters because you couldn't get more than 5,000 to 6,000 rpm out of them, but now that's not the case. By using high-quality hydraulic roller lifters you can get to very racy rpm levels, and best of all, the hydraulic lifters act as shock absorbers to protect the valvetrain. We've worked really closely with Crane Cams to develop a camshaft and lifter package that makes really good power while also being really easy on the valves and springs. This way you have a method to make good power without abusing your engine, but the hydraulic lifters still provide a reasonable method of limiting the rpm levels.
Plus, teching for hydraulic lifters is relatively easy. All you have to do is pull the valve covers and check to see that there is no lash between the rocker tip and the valve. Hydraulic lifters should be set with no lash, but solid lifters will require a few thousandths of an inch of lash. If anyone tries to cheat and run solid lifters with no lash the engine won't be very competitive.
I don't mean to imply that I have all the answers but there are sure more logical ways to keep speeds under control and make for better racing than slapping restrictors on everything. Just cutting power to the engines isn't all that's required. With lower power numbers, if drivers can simply flat-foot it around the racetrack, the racing won't be improved. Changes to the chassis will also be necessary. Whether it is less aerodynamic downforce, harder tires or something else entirely remains to be seen. But we must try something.
And while we are talking about issues in racing that we should rethink, I can't stop without saying something about carburetors. Specifically the 390-cfm carburetors that have been a popular way for sanctioning bodies to limit horsepower. I truly can't understand why you would have a rule that requires a small carburetor to limit power but then allow racers to modify those carburetors to increase the horsepower.
Modifying a carburetor is a great way to spend a lot of money for sometimes a very substantial gain. In some racing series I've seen teams racing 390 carburetors that cost approximately $3,000 after they've been modified. But once they've had all that work done, the carbs are very fragile and sensitive, and most teams require multiple carburetors.
Why not just use a 600-cfm carb and require it to be stock? The carburetor costs only around $700 and will produce the same horsepower as the highly modified 390.
But if high-end, unlimited-technology race engines are harmful to the sport, on the other end of the spectrum I firmly believe that crate engines haven't done racing any favors, either.
I just never have seen the logic behind crate engines.
Has short-track racing gotten better since crate motors have been shoved down our throats? As I have said before, I think there is a place for crate motors in oval-track racing. That's entry-level classes, higher level classes aren't well served by the momentum racing created by the low horsepower crates. I'm sure there are some racers, tracks and even racing series that have survived because they were able to cut their engine costs by going to crates, but I don't think there are many.
No matter what anyone tells you, cheating has been rampant since these engines came along. This, I must add, does not come without some expense. From what I understand, most places don't even check for seals anymore. I was recently told by one short track car builder, "Don't bother coming to a race with a stock crate motor." If cheating is that prevalent, then why even bother?
Did I ever cheat up a crate engine? Yes, I've made it public knowledge that I have. The first one I saw we improved it 35 horsepower and never got caught. We did this just to prove that we could. But since then it has gotten even more blatant. There is one manufacturer making no secret about its available upgrade for a crate motor. It brings the cost up to $18,000, nearly what a real race engine would cost.
Another issue I have with crate motors is their limited rpm range. Race engines should be able to turn more than 6,300 to 6,800 rpm. Who wants to hear a field of race cars all on the rev limiter by the time they hit the flagstand? More horsepower and more rpm most definitely makes for a better race for both drivers and spectators. Racing should be about learning throttle control, acceleration and deceleration and being able to work through traffic—not just flat-footing it all the way around the track like a box-stock go kart.
Before I close, let me explain that we all owe sanctioning bodies, tracks and racing series a big thanks. Without them taking the risks they have during these tough economic times, we probably wouldn't be able to continue to do business as we have previously. We at Automotive Specialists are very appreciative for this.
Why am I spending my time and gambling on offending those that make my way of living possible? Simple: I want racing to regain the excitement, the car counts and the full grandstands that we were so fortunate to enjoy in the past. I think that keeping the cost and speeds at a manageable level are a step in the right direction, but we must also make the racing exciting and enjoyable for both teams and fans.
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Big tip: Ohio waitress gets feds' check for $434K
CINCINNATI -- If only it was a tip.
Veteran Cleveland waitress Ginny Hopkins grabbed her mail on her way to work and found a federal tax refund check for nearly $435,000. She "laughed out loud," then took the check with her to Johnny's Downtown Restaurant to show around.
She enjoyed the speculation for a couple days about what she could do with the apparent windfall. Her granddaughters were thinking tickets to see the popular boy band One Direction. She had other ideas.
"Grandma hasn't had a vacation in 28 years," she said. "I would have gone to Hawaii."
It was all in fun. On Thursday, she said, she instead went to the Internal Revenue Service office in Cleveland with the check.
"I'm here to give you a half million dollars," she recounted telling employees. She said she had to show them a photo ID.
"Like anybody would walk in and just give them a big check," she said. She said the IRS employees politely told her the mistake would be investigated internally. A message was left Saturday at the IRS office.
A waitress for 40 years, she wouldn't say how much she earned last year, but laughed and replied: "Not enough to warrant a refund like that."
She said she had originally filed her return in January with her son's help, but an electronic filing glitch caused information on her return to get deleted. She filed an amended return in April, claiming a $754 refund.
She still hasn't gotten that. She said the IRS folks gave her information for checking on the status of her refund.
She said next year, she'll file her return requesting direct deposit of her refund.
Hopkins, who spoke by telephone Saturday before heading to her job for her sixth day of work in the week, said she wasn't sure what she would do if another $434,712 suddenly showed up in her bank account next year.
"I'd have to start balancing my checkbook a lot better, I can tell you that," she said.


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Wherefore art thou (and who are you with and what are you doing)? How to have a delightful long distance relationship. Good morning gay ladies and welcome to 2011. As I pen these words, millions of hangovers are flowering in unison across the globe and the sharp thorns of niggling disappointment (Was that really, the best party in the whole wide world? Who the frack was that I pashed?) are threatening to overtake the entire month of January. People everywhere make resolutions they'll never keep. We're all another year older and another year closer to old age, infirmity and the grave. Happy New Year everyone. What, glum? Me? Oh no, I'm perfectly swell, thank you gals ever so much for your concern. It's just my ladyfriend has left me. For New York. For an entire month. I'm absolutely fine, though — spiffing, even. I barely notice that she's gone, to be honest. I go to bed alone, wake up alone, make out with no one; it's not a problem for me at all. In fact, I'm so good at handling it that I thought I'd take the time to share with you the etiquette that's involved in maintaining a successful long distance relationship.
Definition: What is a long distance relationship? This unfortunate occurrence may be a temporary arrangement or a longer term situation in which you and your ladyfriend are geographically separated for a significant period of time. I understand that for some couples of the lady-loving persuasion, the phrase "significant period of time" may be somewhat problematic to define. Indeed, I have no doubt whatsoever that there are those amongst you who strongly feel that the time it takes for your lady to make it to the corner shop and back constitutes an uncomfortable separation, but far be it from me to impose any heteronormative assumptions regarding your deeply personal experiences, so let us simply agree that a long-distance relationship is whatever you feel it is. Gay enough for you?


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BOTHELL, Wash. – Students at the University of Washington Bothell have gone above and beyond at the US Imagine Cup 2012 competition. Projects by two student teams won in the preliminary round and will proceed to the semi-final competition this spring.
UW Bothell students Jack Chang Keng-Wei and Jebediah Pavelas formed Team Kinetic Math. Their team competed in the software design category and presented a tool for interactive math education. The tool utilizes the Microsoft Kinect to teach students an abstract and visual method of math.
Students Evan Harris, Craig Nishina, and Peter Thongprada Luangrath competed in the game design category as Team Credit/No Credit. Their team created an educational game intended to fight the global spread of infectious diseases. The game teaches young players that people are vulnerable and capable of contracting transferrable diseases such as malaria and HIV/Aids.
The US Imagine Cup competition was created by Microsoft to challenge students to create unique technological solutions that address real-world challenges through software design and game design. The competition began on August 16, 2011 and will continue through a second round of semi-finals on March 13, 2012. The final competition will be held in April of 2012 in Seattle. For more information on Imagine Cup, visit www.imaginecup.us. To learn more about the students and their projects, visit www.uwb.edu/css/newsandevents.
About UW Bothell: The University of Washington Bothell combines the benefits of a small campus with the resources and prestige of a world-renowned university. Offering over 30 degrees, options, certificates and concentrations, its curriculum emphasizes close student-faculty interaction, collaboration among students, and hands-on learning.For more information, visit www.uwb.edu.


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After an extended break from the Michael Jackson fan community, author and Merrimack College professor Dr. Joseph Vogel is back. He appears on this week's special edition of The MJCast to mark the release of his fully revised book, 'Earth Song: Michael Jackson and the Art of Compassion'. Interviewed by Jamon Bull and Charles Thomson, Vogel gives the most candid interview of his career.
After attracting criticism for his endorsement of fake tracks released on the MJ Estate's first posthumous album, Vogel left social media several years ago. In this exclusive interview, Vogel tells The MJCast he no longer stands by his old comments and now believes the songs are fake. The Estate assured him it had evidence they were real but, over the years, he came to realise that simply wasn't true.
Fans who boycott the Estate over the release of those songs are being perfectly reasonable, says Vogel. He hasn't spoken to the Estate for around two years and hasn't been approached to appear in Spike Lee's rumoured Thriller documentary. He is now actively seeking a publisher to reprint his first MJ book – 'Man in the Music' – in part so he can remove his words on the fake tracks and cease to acknowledge them as MJ songs.
Also in this bombshell interview, Vogel discusses how and why he revised his Earth Song book, why he left social media, whether the fans who turned on him were justified and what his next projects will be.
Joe's revised edition of 'Earth Song: Michael Jackson and the Art of Compassion' includes fresh insights based on new evidence and interviews with key MJ collaborators, like Earth Song short film director Nick Brandt.
In addition to writing several books on Michael Jackson, Joe has appeared in the Estate's documentaries on the Bad and Off The Wall albums and wrote the liner notes for the Estate's Bad 25 box set.
- Joseph Vogel's website, Twitter and Facebook pages
- Earth Song: Michael Jackson and the Art of Compassion
- Man in the Music: The Creative Life and Work of Michael Jackson
- Michael Jackson and the Reinvention of Pop
- Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues 1989 documentary
- Michael Jackson's Dangerous album
- Michael Jackson's Moonwalker
- Michael Jackson's Dangerous deposition
- Michael Jackson's The Girl is Mine deposition
- Michael Jackson's Bad 25 album and documentary
- Michael Jackson's Off The Wall album and documentary
- Crack Kills lyrics
- Nick Brandt's website
- Earth Song short film
- Stranger in Moscow short film
- Childhood short film
- Brad Sundberg's website, Twitter and Facebook pages
- Earth Song live at Wetten Dass (1995)
- Earth Song live at the World Music Awards (1996)
- Earth Song live at the Royal Brunei concert in Brunei (1997)
- Earth Song live on the HIStory World Tour in Munich (1997)
- Earth Song live at Michael Jackson & Friends in Munich (1999)
- Earth Song live at the This Is It rehearsals (2009)
- Michael Jackson's This Is It documentary film
- Jason Malachi – Breaking News
- Joseph Vogel's Huffington Post article; Exclusive: The Inside Story Behind Michael Jackson's Controversial New Song and Album
- Joseph Vogel's Huffington Post article; Is Michael Really Michael? A Review of the King of Pop's New Album
- Joseph Vogel's Huffington Post article; Michael Jackson's Forgotten Humanitarian Legacy
- Howard Weitzman's official statement on the Cascio tracks
- The MJCast's online repository for Cascio Case court documents
- Joseph Vogel's article; Regarding the Cascio Tracks
- The Michael Jackson Estate and Sony Music's Michael Jackson Halloween album; Scream.
Music Breaks & Ads
- Funkyphon – Stranger in Moscow (Orchestral Version)
- Michael Jackson – Earth Song (Demo)
- Michael Jackson – Rock With You (Live in Yokohama, 1987)
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If you have any thoughts, opinions, or feedback on the show, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com or find the links to our many social networks on www.themjcast.com. Michael on!


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The owner of a CrossFit studio in Toledo, OH, was shot and killed Monday outside of his fitness facility.
An autopsy showed that Joseph Lengel Jr., 57, died of a single gunshot wound to the left side of his chest, the Toledo Blade reported today. Police responded to the shooting shortly before 6 a.m. Monday at CrossFit Toledo-Intensity Fitness. Lengel was taken to the University of Toledo Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 6:35 a.m., the newspaper reported.
Toledo TV station WNWO reported that police have surveillance video that may have captured the shooting but declined to give details of what is on the video. Police are working on the assumption that that shooting may have occurred after a robbery, according to the report
Lengel opened the CrossFit studio eight months ago, WNWO reported. According to the studio's website, Lengel achieved a CrossFit Trainer Level 1 certification. In July, Lengel finished sixth at the 2012 Reebok CrossFit Games in the 55-59 masters division
Friends and others have left condolence messages on the studio's Facebook page. Saturday's visitation and Sunday's service will be held at Waterville (OH) Community Church.


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Objective To compare the efficacy of Azathioprine in reducing the Disease Activity Index (DAI).
Patients and methods A double blind randomized controlled study was conducted on 56 new patients, assigned to two therapeutic groups: (i) prednisolone plus placebo; (ii) prednisolone plus Azathioprine. Patients were checked regularly for 1 year. 'Complete remission' was defined as healing of all lesions after 12 months, and prednisolone <7.5 mg daily, (DAI ≤ 1). Analysis was done by 'Intention To Treat' (ITT) and 'Treatment Completed Analysis' (TCA).
Results Both groups were similar in age, gender, disease duration, and DAI. Primary endpoint: By ITT and TCA, the mean DAI improved in both groups with no significant difference between them. The difference became significant for the last trimester (3 months; ITT:P = 0.033, TCA: P = 0.045). Secondary endpoint: The total steroid dose decreased significantly in both groups, with no significant difference between them, except for the last trimester (ITT: P = 0.011, TCA: P = 0.035). The mean daily steroid dose decreased gradually in both groups becoming statistically significant in favour of azathioprine, in the last trimester, especially at 12th months (ITT: P = 0.002, TCA:P = 0.005). Complete remission was significant at 12 months only for TCA (AZA/Control: 53.6%/39.9%, P = 0.043).
Limitations Sample size was rather small to demonstrate all differences. Other limitations include the choice of primary and secondary endpoints and the unavailability to measure thiopurine methyltransferase activity.
Conclusion Azathioprine helps to reduce prednisolone dose in long-run.
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Lockheed Martin has won a contract worth up to $454m to help the Pentagon with its Cyber Crime Center.
The company will provide support to the Department of Defense's centre, known as DC3, which investigates criminal, counterintelligence and counterterrorism cases and will also offer security support to Defense Industrial Base partners.
"Our industry team provides solutions to address a cyber threat environment that is highly dynamic and growing in volume and complexity," said Dr Rohan Amin, DC3 programme director for Lockheed Martin, in a canned statement.
"We recognise the uniqueness of the mission and look forward to working with DC3 to address these future challenges."
General Dynamics, which previously ran the centre, lost out on the contract to Lockheed in January, but filed a protest against the decision with the Government Accountability Office.
The company subsequently dropped its complaint after nabbing a subcontract off Lockheed, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Lockheed will deliver digital and multimedia forensics examination, analysis, research, development, test and evaluation, information technology and cyber analytical services to the DC3. ®


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One of the best things you can do for retirement is to keep yourself in good health. Medical bills will be a lot less, you'll take fewer trips to the emergency room, and most importantly, you'll feel better.
Fidelity, one of the largest holders of retirement accounts, estimates that a couple retiring at age 65 will spend $240,000 (in 2012 dollars) for retirement health expenses during the rest of their lives. This includes premiums for Medicare Parts B and D, a medigap policy, and uninsured medical costs but does not include over-the-counter drugs, dental costs and long-term-care which averages about $80,000 per year. Our family's largest uninsured medical costs have been for dental work, often at thousands of dollars per visit. Such numbers aren't in Fidelity's $240,000.
EBRI, in their 2011 survey, found that only about 10% of people had more than $250,000 in retirement savings. Worse 29% had less than $1,000 saved. With little savings, the majority of retirees will have to live on Social Security alone, perhaps augmented with a small pension. This means lots of people will be on Medicaid, the government's medical assistance program for the indigent.
Medicaid is not all that awful. For the most part Medicaid recipients get about the same level of care as those who are not on it. Their choice of doctors and medical facilities are more limited, and their wait times may be longer. However, to get on Medicaid, people have to spend down virtually all of their assets, so the lingering problem is being able to afford to spend money on many things to which they have become accustomed with their working wages.
Few people recognize that many costs are not covered by Medicare or even most medigap policies. The principle uncovered costs are dental, eye and ear care. Unfortunately, older people have more of these problems. Dental costs can be the largest of these. Things like root canals, crowns and implants are very large expenses. The alternative is false teeth. Hearing aids likewise are costly often costing thousands of dollars for a pair.
It's not just the high costs of medical care that are problems. Medical problems restrict activities which we like to do. And they take a lot of time often leaving little time for better things to do. So there are very good reasons to take good care of ourselves. People who are in good health enjoy a much better lifestyle and are able to do a lot more.
The principal ingredients to good health are eating right, exercising, and early treatment of health problems. We all know what these entail but have trouble following the discipline required.
When I went to have my knee replaced, the doctor said I should eat nothing but bright colored fruits, vegetables and fish. Surprisingly, he didn't want me drinking fruit juices either. Of course he was wrong when he added a no-chocolate requirement — or at least that was my thought.
Exercise is critical. The equivalent of a half-hour brisk walk daily may be sufficient. Stretching really helps from keeping stiffness setting in. Regular exercise delays the onset of arthritis, a real problem for the elderly. We have many friends who are in their eighties and even nineties who regularly ski and golf. My own father golfed until he was 95. He did a little exercise and stretch program every day.
Finally, take good care of health with sufficient medical and dental care. If your doctor says your BMI (body-mass-index) is too high, do something about it. Obesity will be the next generation's killer. Each extra pound of weight puts between three and four extra pounds of force on our knees that eventually destroys the meniscus. Someone who is 100 pounds overweight will put three to four hundred pounds of extra load on each knee when walking briskly or descending stairs.
Finally, do not ever try to go without health insurance. We have seen middle-age adults lose virtually everything because the expenses either had to be paid from their little savings or go into bankruptcy.


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Short cut behind the super market.
I looked at the sticker on my car windshield that has my oil change information. I last had it done on Dec 4, 2011 and the sticker gave my the mileage. I have driven just over 800 miles since that date. Everything else has been by bike. I have been asked where I get my gas and how much I pay. I can only tell them where I get gas and really don't pay any attention to the price. Even if I did I would be hard pressed to remember what it was the last time I filled up. When I worked, it was a 30 mile drive to the park and ride. I would bike the remaining 10 miles to the office. On average I would put around 700 miles a week on the car and was always bitching about the price of gas.
Early morning tennis commute in Fairhaven, MA.
Two mild winters have allowed me to bike year round since June of 2010 which put a nice dent in my gasoline bill. That makes me feel really good when I'm asked the price of gas and I say. "I have no idea, I'm not a user".


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BOCA RATON, Fla. – The PGA Champions Tour tournament will give all professional and local amateurs 50-years-old or older one chance to qualify for the upcoming tournament, the Allianz Championship tournament announced Monday.
The event will be held from February 4th through 10th at The Old Course at Broken Sound.
"This is a rare chance for local amateurs and professionals to catch lightning in a bottle and test their mettle against the most serious golfers in the area for the grand prize of teeing it up with the legends of the PGA Tour," said Allianz Championship Director Ryan Dillon.
This Allianz Open Qualifier, held at the Seagate Country Club in Delray Beach, Florida, formerly known as the Hamlet Country Club, will be conducted Tuesday, February 5th and will be available to all touring and club professionals along with local amateurs who are all 50-years-old or older and carry a USGA Index of 3.5 or lower.
The Allianz Open Qualifier sign up deadline is Friday, January 25th, and has maximum field of 84 and a minimum field of 40 participants with a cost of $400 per participant. If an amateur qualifies for the Allianz Championship, they will have to give up their amateur status for one year, but can reapply after that term.
"We really hope a local golfer qualifies and gets to play in the tournament," said Dillon. "With many PGA Tour careers starting this way, it would be a great bragging right for our community to have one start here with the Allianz Championship."
The Allianz Championship said it has a "purse of $1.8 million with an economic impact of $15 million to the South Florida area". Corey Pavin, last year's winner at the Allianz Championship, defeated Peter Senior on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff. The Allianz Championship was Pavin's first Champions Tour victory.
For more information, visit allianzchampionship.com or call the tournament office at 561-241-4653.


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I am trying to figure out if you can use Powershell with Commandlets to provision a new site. Basically if a customer calls for our solution can I write script that sets it all up? (Creating the site structure, lists, forms, documents?). I have looked through the cmdlets I could find and related to Office365 and I could not find any that deals with creating sites, creating lists etc.
I presume if that does not exist that the way to go is Visual Studio and a sandboxed SharePoint solution? That should give us most of the freedom we need?
Is there a way to migrate from an existing in house SharePoint solution and "upgrade" it to Office 365 in the cloud? Does one need a 3rd party product? Like MetaLogix?


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NYC officials: 34 injured in Staten Island fire
NEW YORK – Fire tore through three townhouses on Staten Island early Thursday, injuring 34 people including two young children who were tossed out of a smoke-filled second-floor window into the arms of neighbors below, authorities and witnesses said.
About 200 firefighters responded to the blaze that erupted at about 1 a.m. and battled the five-alarm fire for several hours.
A Fire Department of New York spokesman said 23 firefighters and 11 civilians suffered injuries ranging from minor to serious but none was considered life-threatening. He said the number was expected to climb slightly.
He said the flames were so heavy that firefighters were unable to say where the fire originated. That would be part of the investigation into what caused the blaze, he said.
"My life is in there," said Cindy Piscopo, who lived on the first floor of one of the four-family townhouses.
She said she was awakened by a top-floor neighbor knocking on her door and yelling at her to get out.
"I saw fire upstairs and flames shooting out of the side of the building" and an adjacent townhouse, she said. "The top floors are gone from both buildings."
The fire spread to the third building about two hours later, said Piscopo, who escaped safely with her 12-year-old daughter. Firefighters later found her cat behind the building, soaked from the overnight rain.
A neighbor, Anthony DiSimone, said he and his fiancee, Darleen Cerzosie, helped two young children to safety after seeing a man screaming and dangling his young son from a second-floor window thick with smoke.
"The father was stuck up there … he couldn't do anything — black smoke was just billowing out that window," DiSimone told the Staten Island Advance. "So I went underneath — he threw him right to me and I caught his son."
The man also threw his young daughter to Cerzosie, DiSimone said. The children, believed to be 5 and 3, were treated by emergency officials and seemed to be OK but shaken up, he said. Firefighters were eventually able to get to their father as well, he added.


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(The Root) — After many Americans finish celebrating the second inauguration of the first black president, many others, including feminists and progressives, will recognize another milestone: the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, a landmark Supreme Court decision that decriminalized abortion.
The occasion has also sparked a great deal of reflection on the role of reproductive rights in America. Despite being protected for four decades, abortion has faced increasing legal challenges, particularly on the state level, in recent years. In part, these challenges are due to changing cultural attitudes about abortion — a historic low number of Americans now describe themselves as pro-choice. But how have the cultural attitudes of African Americans evolved in the 40 years since the decision became the law of the land?
A 2009 study published in the Journal of Sociological Research declared, "Earlier research generally found Blacks to be less supportive of abortion than Whites." But it also found an evolution over time: "White females and White males to a lesser extent initially appear more liberal in their views toward abortion; however, a shift over the decades produces a convergence and then a reversal, where Black females eventually become more liberal in the 1990s."
The data showed that white women were significantly more liberal than black women on the issue in the 1970s. The two groups found more agreement on the subject in the 1980s, but by the 1990s, black women held more liberal attitudes than white women. By the 2000s both groups had become more conservative in their attitudes on the subject.
Black Men's Views Not So Predictable
Overall, however, white Americans continue to hold the most liberal attitudes about abortion, but the report still chronicles a recent evolution along racial and gender lines. The attitudes of "White males, White females, and Black females appear to be becoming more conservative toward abortion over time." The attitudes of Black males, however, have become more liberal over each decade.
The same report noted that being religious and attending church were indicators of decreased support for abortion. A 2009 Pew study found that "African-Americans are markedly more religious on a variety of measures than the U.S. population as a whole, including level of affiliation with a religion, attendance at religious services, frequency of prayer and religion's importance in life." But a recent report found that black women are statistically more likely than black men to attend church, which could explain the emerging gender divide on abortion.
Despite the role of religion and the church in the black community, black women still receive a disproportionate number of abortions. Non-Hispanic black women make up 30 percent of those seeking abortions, though black people constitute only 13 percent of the country's population.
A Public Religion Research Institute survey found that many black Americans believe in a form of separation of church and state when it comes to abortion. According to the poll, four out of five black Americans think it is possible to disagree with the church on abortion and still be a good Christian.
In an interview with The Root, Gloria Feldt, a former president of Planned Parenthood, the country's leading abortion-rights organization, explained that in her experience black men, including members of the clergy, have been supportive of the cause of reproductive justice. She recalled that when she began her work with Planned Parenthood in Phoenix nearly two decades ago, the Rev. George Brooks, who was one of the most prominent black pastors in Arizona, welcomed her. She also found a community ally in Lincoln Ragsdale, a member of the Tuskegee Airmen who became one of the state's most accomplished black business leaders.
Feldt explained that despite some of the stereotypes some may hold regarding the conservatism of the black community, and black males in particular, she found these two men invaluable in their support — in part, she theorized, because they were both old enough to recall the days when women in their communities died from illegal abortions.
Diverse Supporters Are Key
Although accurate figures are difficult to obtain, estimates claim that there were as many as 1.2 million illegal abortions annually before Roe v. Wade, and that thousands of women were physically harmed or died as a result. Poor women were most at risk, not those from wealthy families, who could hire private doctors to discreetly perform the procedure. This means that because of the class and racial divides that have existed since our country's inception, black women were a particularly vulnerable group. (I have been told that a distant relative died from such a procedure in the 1930s.)
Feldt did acknowledge, though, that making an effort to find diverse allies is an essential key to ensuring that all communities are engaged in the issue of reproductive rights, something that many activists within the reproductive-rights community have not done well. Feldt recalls that she was once asked by another white activist about the racial diversity of her board of directors in Arizona.
"I was asked, 'What did you put in your letters [to convince them to join]?' " Feldt explained. "I said, 'I don't do letters. I do lunch. It was important to me, as a white woman, to pick up the phone and call people. You've got to reach out and meet people where they are."
When the organization found itself facing a significant loss of funding for its health work from the Susan G. Komen Foundation, Planned Parenthood highlighted how many low-income women of color benefit from such programs, and increased the diversity of its spokeswomen in order to publicize such work. Actress Nia Long joined other high-profile celebrity ambassadors of color, such as actresses Gabrielle Union and Aisha Tyler.
The organization has also hired a more-diverse staff to focus on actively involving women of color. In an interview with The Root, Kelley Robinson at Planned Parenthood explained that making a concerted effort to reach out to communities of color and tailor messages to them are keys to keeping women of color informed and engaged on the issue of reproductive health. Acknowledging the shortcomings of the reproductive-rights movement in the past, she said, "Women of color have been marginalized within the movement for a long time."
Going Beyond Labels
But she highlighted new findings that Planned Parenthood unveiled in the new year — namely that while many women support the legal right to choose whether or not to have an abortion, many are uncomfortable with the label "pro-choice." While the term has not been replaced, the reproductive-rights movement is striving to tailor its message to address more effectively the fluidity and complexity that reflect the way many women feel about this issue.
"Moving away from those labels has really helped in bringing in communities of color," Robinson said. "I can really see it in my work at historically black colleges." Proving how much labels appear to paint an unclear picture of American attitudes on the subject, a recent poll found that a record-low number of Americans — 41 percent — consider themselves "pro-choice," but in another poll, a record number, 63 percent, did not want to see Roe v. Wade overturned.
Robinson also raised perhaps the most important policy issue in the search for a solution to the abortion debate, particularly in communities of color: sex education. She cited a program launched by one of the Planned Parenthood affiliates in California, in which young, single mothers help to engage young teens in comprehensive sexual ed. The goal is to help educate younger girls so that they make safer, more informed and more responsible sexual-health choices.
The program reinforces the importance of employing creative solutions to find effective messaging ambassadors on the issue of reproductive rights. With unmarried and poor women more likely to seek an abortion, such programs could play a key role in decreasing the number of abortions overall as well as in communities of color, if only more funding and support existed for them.
As for conflicting racial and cultural attitudes toward abortion 40 years after Roe v. Wade, Feldt said that the subject isn't really so complex after all. "I've traveled all over the world," she explained. "Ultimately, it doesn't matter what ethnicity you are, what race you are, what color you are. There are some basic human issues and basic human needs, and people who really have concern about women and women's equality and the well-being of children always want women to have access to reproductive health care."
She concluded, "Women can't have any other power in the world if they don't have the power to determine their own reproductive destiny."
Keli Goff is The Root's political correspondent. Follow her on Twitter.
Keli Goff is The Root's special correspondent. Follow her on Twitter.


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3rd Decisive Game
The Phillies are in their 22nd postseason series and it is only the third time they are playing in a decisive last game. The previous two times were also in a best-of-five series.
**1980 when the NLCS was a five-game set. That series with the Houston Astros has to be the most gut-wrenching, tense, nail-biting series ever, with the last four games going extra innings. Trailing Nolan Ryan, 5-2, after seven innings in the Astrodome, the Phillies rallied to take the lead, saw the Astros come back with two in their eighth. Extra innings again. Garry Maddox' double won it in the 10th, 8-7, sending the Phillies to the World Series.
**1981. The Phillies were well on their way to repeating as NL East champions when a strike interrupted the season. When play resumed in August, baseball decided to have first-half and second-half winners that would meet in a best-of-five Division Series. The Phillies were ruled as the first-half winner while the Expos won the second half. The Expos won the series, 3-2, winning the decisive game at the Vet, 3-0, behind Steve Rogers.
Game 5 History
The Phillies are 9-3 in Game 5 decisions, winning their last seven, including five under Charlie.
Oh, The Offense
In their first 11 innings of this series, the Phillies scored 15 runs against the Cardinals. Since then, six runs in their last 25 innings.
Elias Sports Bureau: The Phillies have scored first in Game 2 and 4 but have lost both games. During the regular season, the Phillies lost only two games in which they scored at least two runs in the first inning. They are 24-2 in those games, both losing coming in April (8, Atlanta; 15, Florida).
Then, the last playoff team to lose two games under the same circumstances: Yankees bowing to the Indians in the ALDS in 1997.
Ashburn Alley gates open at 6 p.m.; rest of the gates 30 minutes later.
Ceremonial first ball will be tossed by Greg Luzinski. The Bull drove in the winning run in two of the three wins over the Astros in the 1980 NLCS.
Kane Kalas, son of the late Harry Kalas will sign the Anthem. God Bless America, performed by Lauren Hart.
Rally Towels, courtesy of StubHub. Last time StubHub sponsored rally towels was Game 1 of the NLCS last year…Doc's no-hitter against the Reds. Good omen?
Phillies Postseason History
October 7 (3-5 record):
1950 WS #4 at New York: Yankees sweep WS in four games, 5-2, behind rookie Whitey Ford who tosses eight scoreless innings.
1977 NLCS #3 at Veterans Stadium: Gut-wrenching Phillies loss as Dodgers score three with two out in the top of the ninth for a 6-5 win. Bill Russell gets the game-winning single.
1978 NLCS #4 at Los Angeles: Bill Russell's 10th-inning single gives the Dodgers a 4-3 win, denying the Phillies of a World Series appearance for the third straight October.
1980 NLCS #1 at Veterans Stadium: Greg Luzinski's 2run homer in the sixth gives the Phillies a 31 win over Houston. First postseason win at home since World Series game #1, 10/8/15.
1981 NLDS #1 at Montreal: Expos (2nd half champs) beat Phillies (1st half champs), 31, in the first Division Series. Phillies out-hit the Expos, 10-8.
1983 NLCS #3 at Veterans Stadium: Gary Matthews drives in four runs and Charles Hudson tosses a four-hitter as Phillies win 7-2 and take a 21 lead over the Dodgers.
1993 NLCS #2 at Veterans Stadium: Atlanta has four home runs among 16 hits in a 143 romp, tying the Series at 11.
2009 NLDS #1 at Citizens Bank Park: Cliff Lee, in his first postseason appearances, tosses a complete game as the Phillies beat the Rockies, 5-1. Raul Ibanez, also in his first postseason game, drives in two on two hits.
Alumni Postseason History
What is your favorite memory of postseason baseball as a child? . . . What is the biggest change from the regular season? . . . What is your fondest personal postseason memory?
Bobby Wine (SS 1960; 1962-68; CH 1972-83)
"Growing up in Long Island, it seemed like the Dodger and Yankees were in the World Series every year. Some teachers brought TVs into the classroom so we could watch the games. One time, they put one in the auditorium. Watched Don Larsen's perfect game on a little black and white TV, the voices of Mel Allen and Red Barber, great announcers, the shadows in left field at Yankees Stadium…a lot of memories.
"Getting to the postseason is really hard. In' 76, we got there but we weren't as good as the Big Red Machine. The next two years, we couldn't get past the Dodgers and then in 1980, we had the greatest five-game playoff ever against Houston. Every game came down to one play, one pitch. The World Series is much more relaxing compared to the playoffs.
"I remember jumping up and down after Tug struck out Willie Wilson in '80, running on the field and joining the pile. After the clubhouse scene, I went out to the field to wave to my family because I wanted to share the moment with them. I ran up the tunnel but the clubhouse was locked to keep media from entering through the dugout. So, I had a beer by myself in the tunnel."
Menu Addition?
Bull's BBQ to feature BBQ squirrel.
April fool.
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Bull's BBQ to feature BBQ squirrel."
Even that didn't help get the offense to show up. Except for maybe Shane's 2 hits.


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The South Suburban Freethought Community is the answer to the needs of freethinkers. A group of friendly people who see the world from a skeptical and questioning perspective. We provide an opportunity to socialize in an atmosphere that promotes critical thinking.
Website: Facebook Group http://www.facebook.com/groups/161850592257/
Location: Richton Park, IL
Members: 37
Latest Activity: Jan 6, 2015
The mission of The Atheist Community of South Chicago Suburbs (ACSCS) is to develop and support the secular community, to provide atmosphere that promotes friendship, critical thought and information literacy. The ACSCS provides a place to hang out and meet new people and participate in Atheist Stuff. We provide a tolerant environment that facilitates critical discourse, freedom of dissent and critical problem solving where individuals are encouraged to be who they are. The ACSCS is committed to furthering the development of atheist stuff by holding a meetups at locations specified on the calender.
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Where Have all the Dugongs Gone?
Projects Abroad is starting a new Marine Mammal Conservation volunteer project in Mozambique.
The dugong has been hunted for thousands of years for the use of its meat and for oil. The dugong as a species is vulnerable to extinction and is now referred to as one of the rarest mammals on earth.
Although the hunting of dugongs is strictly prohibited, the destruction of their feeding habitat and fishing related fatalities see their numbers continue to decline. The dugong has a lifespan of over 70 years and with a slow rate of reproduction, it is especially vulnerable to a loss in numbers.
Projects Abroad's new project is based in the town of Vilanculos on the south-eastern coast of Mozambique. This coastline is one of the last remaining breeding grounds of the dugong. Volunteers work with the community to address problems of over-fishing and prevent dredging of the sea bed which destroys the sea grasses in shallow water which the dugongs feed on.
Volunteers snorkel to collect sea grass for re-plantation in designated protected breeding sites as well as recording dugong numbers on overnight boat trips and mapping locations with GPS on fact finding projects. Volunteers also working on projects to address the problem of over-fishing by creating artificial breeding sites as well as taking part in turtle, dolphin, whale shark and manta ray surveys.
Stuart Timson, is the Manager of the Peru Conservation project and the Conservation Specialist of Projects Abroad; he visited the Marine Mammal project recently and tells us 'when we started with our African Bushveld project based in Botswana and South Africa we heard about the work with dugongs in Mozambique. This project is very exciting for the volunteers and very worthwhile. I am excited to be able to send volunteers to Mozambique as this project has the potential for something really special.'


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Mikro Built-in Microwave Oven
Home Appliances Design Focus: Mikro Built-in Microwave Oven
A Good Home Appliances design example, the Mikro is a creative Built-in Microwave Oven design. Mikro was designed in 2009, and here is a how it is described by its designer: This is my first microwave oven concept, I decided to develop a series of Home Appliances for kitchen with the same taste. I wanted to have an easy to use object, the big button acts as on/off and also turning it further can change the operating buttons. The nine smaller buttons could be used for various functions, actually they are optional as the rotating button on the bottom is good enough.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – South Florida dodged a a bullet from Hurricane Sandy, but we are still feeling the effects of the storm with the coastal flooding along A1A in Ft. Lauderdale Beach.
Officials are warning residents and visitors to be prepared for flooding on A1A and in low-lying areas during high tide Monday morning.
A combination of high tide, a full moon and Hurricane Sandy has formed huge waves that are pushing the ocean water up and over the beach, creating a massive flood zone for residents and businesses.
Officials have shut down most of A1A in Ft. Lauderdale and are clearing cars from the area.
Ft. Lauderdale Mayor Jack Seiler surveyed the damage from his bicycle.
"Between the seasonal high tides and the storm surge, it's been pretty tough on the city of Fort Lauderdale. We have had a tremendous impact," said Mayor Seiler.
The peak of the high tide is expected to take place about 8:55 a.m. on Monday, and the effects of the rising waters will happen between 6:30 a.m. through 11 a.m.
A1A will most likely be shutdown until Tuesday or Wednesday.
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The Reality Principle is basically that one begins to learn the need sometimes to endure pain and to defer gratification because of the exigencies and obstacles of reality. We hear it all the time from blacks, that this is just how things are, we don't deserve any help and somehow if you endure this broken life, you will be rewarded in heaven. Even though your tormentors are receiving their rewards NOW!
This post is based on a comment to my post about black people displaying the Stockholm syndrome.
A refresher of the syndrome. Stockholm syndrome describes a situation in which a hostage begins to grow sympathetic towards their captor and they even loyal to their abductor. Occurring under physical duress, tremendous emotional behavior or other traumatic situations (such as kidnapping, hostage situations), the effects of Stockholm syndrome never goes away even when the crisis ends. The syndrome is particularly obvious in battered-spouse cases, slave and master relationship, cult victims, prisoners of war, abused children, hostage victims; and individuals who are experiencing a severe emotional, isolation and physical abuse.
So isn't it futile to argue with one who has been raised by generations of people with Stockholm syndrome? Wouldn't the person you are arguing with just continue to fight to prove that the victim IS the problem?
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It's tough to get a grip on the "reality" you present. As you admit, you have no central thesis. You're merely espousing a sentiment which the reader is tasked with applying to life.
I am adequately familiar with Stockholm syndrome to discuss it intelligently. I can infer no purpose in your claim other than an excuse for behavior. I am more than willing to entertain another purpose, if you provide one. But my inference seems justified by your assertion black people need "help" to get over the generational trauma of being black. What form is this help to take? Who is to provide it? What is its lack preventing black people from doing?
So when a person comes back from the war and says that they have PTSD, is that an excuse of behavior? When a person has a traumatic brain injury and they have a change in personality or anger management and the doctors say it is because of the brain injury, is that an excuse for behavior? When you have children being abused and they do some sort of crime, everyone can see that they have issues due to abuse are those issues an excuse for behavior?
See my problem with what you are saying is that ONLY when we want to look at the root cause of the problems in the black community it is an excuse of behavior. No one claims that a woman who shoots her abusive husband is using said abuse as an excuse of behavior. At least no one who has a brain is going to say that the abuse had no part in her behavior. It is not an excuse, it is an explanation. Is it so bad to admit that black people have never had our abused psyches healed?
Not one person has so far said that poor Jaycee Dugard and her children who were held captive in Phillip Garrido's, a sick torturous pedophile, backyard, "hey, you aren't being held captive, get on with your life, get a job and raise those kids, and you better do it right even though you were in a situation of torture, torment and lack education." Nope, we have all agreed that this girl AND her children are in need of special mental help. We as a society agreed with this so much so that she has not been expected to "just move on" with her life. She is receiving the help she needs to move on with her life in a productive manner.
But somehow, it is OK for a whole population of people to be held in the backyard of a sick torturous population of people and be told, "Hey, you aren't being held anymore, get on with you lives." Not only that, we were then held back by lack of education, lack of jobs, lack of self worth, but none of that matters. This is our collective inheritance. And so if you feel that it is an excuse for behavior, why don't you explain to me and all who read this exactly what has occurred that somehow healed the minds, bodies and souls of the people who were charged with teaching us life skills?
And you are asking me to provide you with a purpose, really? And somehow you THINK I am saying that the generational trauma is from being black, really? You may see being black as the problem or trauma, I see the TREATMENT that blacks have and do suffer in this country as the problem. I see that the TREATMENT that blacks have suffered in this country was never countered by anything. And if there was some sort of collective mental healing, when and where did that take place? Or are you saying that when a person or people suffer a great trauma such as the one placed upon the black community in America, they need NO help? That once the main form of abuse has stopped, they have no lingering affects, no residual problems that are related to such treatment?
And you want me to tell YOU what type of help this is to take and who is going to provide it. Why don't YOU tell ME and better yet why don't you tell yourself? Does it really even matter who does it, what type and how? Why do you think that just because I feel that help was needed and IS needed that now I am the one that is charged with explaining the fix for all the problems or coming up with all the necessary steps to put a plan in place?
Are you one of those people who look at the person telling you that a building is on fire, and asks them to explain to you all the necessary steps to putting the fire out and to explain what exactly is it that the lack of fixing the burning building is or will be preventing the inhabitants from doing? When it all seems so obvious at least to some of us, it does.
And if you can't see what the lack of mental health prevents people from doing, there is a problem. I shouldn't have to write my thoughts and then fill in every detail for the detail challenged. Because to me if a person can not see what a lack of mental health help to people who have suffered not only mental but physical abuse shows me that you either have no imagination or no compassion or possibly both. I am not trying to offend; this is just what I see. I can't stand by and see people who have been handing down an abused persons system of survival and nothing much more than that and not see a people who need help.
In fact a people who actually needed help when the slavery abuse first stopped. Shouldn't those freed slaves have been given the mental health support and other support they needed to be able to begin living a life they know nothing about? Instead of being given more fear, more systems of abuse, other systems of exclusion and denial? It would seem to me that those freed slaves were in a worse position than Jaycee Dugard, yet I don't see anyone asking why she or her children need support.
And so, if you feel that my "reality" of blacks as a group of abuse survivors' descendants is so profoundly different, then where is your central thesis to the contrary? Where is your comparison and contrast? You haven't shown anyone here anything to counter one point made, yet continue this snide commentary that seems to say nothing more than your wrong so prove to me your right. I don't need to prove anything to you. And in fact if you believe I am wrong then I guess you should be proving that, right?
Either you take the route that blacks were abused and received no assistance to counter that and thus handed down this abused mentality generation after generation or you take the route that they were healed at some point in time which you can name and therefore handed down a sound system of parental and personal management and somehow generation after generation just continues to fail for no reason other than . . . you fill in the blank.


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Deadline for Leadership Academy applications is quickly approaching
Deadline for Leadership Academy applications is quickly approaching
Megan E. Davis
Associate EditorT he Florida Bar is now accepting applications from attorneys interested in participating in the first year of the Leadership Academy, a new initiative to shape future leaders in the Bar and throughout the profession.
"I would encourage any potential applicant who is looking to take their leadership skills to the next level to apply," said Renee Thompson, chair of the new Leadership Academy Committee. "Opportunities to be a part of a leadership program of this caliber are rare, and being part of the inaugural class will be something very special for those selected."
Applications are available here and must be completed by 5 p.m., April 1. A total of 40 lawyers throughout the state will be chosen to participate as fellows in the academy.
The academy is a key initiative of Bar President-elect Eugene Pettis, who said a growing need for leaders in the profession provided the impetus for the academy.
The Bar's Henry Latimer Center for Professionalism is developing the curriculum for the intensive, year-long program.
Jacina Haston, assistant director of the center, said the center is working to create a curriculum to allow lawyers to hone the same kind of leadership skills she developed through her own experience in a leadership program.
"As a past graduate of a Public Interest Law Leadership Institute, I would encourage any young lawyer to apply for The Florida Bar Leadership Academy," she said. "The skills you will gain from the curriculum are like nothing you will have received from law school or on the job. As a graduate you will be ready to embark on any leadership role whether it is with your employer, voluntary bar association, or The Florida Bar."
The academy seeks to help participants hone essential leadership skills, such as running an effective meeting, dealing with conflict, and finding a work-life balance. Fellows will also receive a thorough education on the Bar's structure and organization.
"This program encompasses a unique and comprehensive curriculum focused on becoming an effective leader in the legal profession," Thompson said. "The Leadership Academy Committee, along with other Bar leaders, are investing their time in the future leaders of our profession, allowing fellows the opportunity for personal growth and professional enhancement."
The fellows will be divided equally into two geographical branches, a Northern branch including the First, Second, and Fifth district courts of appeal and a Southern branch including the Third and Fourth districts.
Pettis chose Michael Faehner to serve as a co-chair of the Northern branch, while Juilet Rouhlac will take on the same role for the Southern branch.
Faehner, of Clearwater, is chair of the Voluntary Bar Leaders Conference and Rouhlac, of Ft. Lauderdale, is a member of the Bar's Board of Governors. Both are also former presidents of the Young Lawyers Division.
"Their branches are going to benefit greatly from their knowledge of and experience within the Bar and the legal profession, and from the network of leaders they work with regularly," Thompson said.
The academy is set to kick off at the Bar's Annual Convention June 28-29 in Boca Raton.
Two additional full group meetings will take place at the Bar's fall joint meeting in September and January meeting in Tallahassee.
Each branch will also hold three meetings in July, November, and March at rotating locations within their jurisdictions.
Meetings will include two half-day sessions, a networking dinner, and an overnight stay.
Fellows of the program's inaugural year will graduate at the Bar's Annual Convention in 2014, as new program participants for the second year gather for the first time.
Through the academy, fellows will have an opportunity to practice what they're learning by brainstorming and executing a service project.
The program also plans to focus heavily on networking and mentoring.
"The relationships that the leadership academy fellows will cultivate with each other and Bar leaders will be an invaluable resource to them in the future," Haston said.
Fellows will have opportunities to meet with current and past Bar leaders. They will also be encouraged partway through the program to designate an area they'd like to become involved upon graduation from the academy, for which the program will facilitate introductions.
In reviewing applications, the program plans to consider geographical and practice area diversity; professional experience level; prior leadership roles; and any disciplinary records.
Successful applicants will be notified by May 1.
Fellows will be responsible for accommodations and travel to meetings.
The academy plans to offer scholarships to about half of the participants to help offset the costs of travel and accommodations.
For more information and to apply, visit www.floridabar.org/leadershipacademy.


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Filming has begun on Fede Alvarez' remake of Sam Raimi's classic 1981 horror film The Evil Dead. Raimi is producing alongside original co-producer Rob Tapert and franchise star Bruce Campbell. Alvarez co-wrote the screenplay with Rodo Savagues with Diablo Cody also doing some work on the script, which she calls "unbelievably violent." The remake will keep the "five co-eds head to a cabin in the woods, and bad things happen" of the original, but since Raimi's The Evil Dead was one of the forefathers of the genre, it's immune from the scathing satire of The Cabin in the Woods. The remake stars Jane Levy (Suburgatory) as Mia; Shiloh Fernandez (Red Riding Hood) as David; Lou Taylor Pucci (Carriers) as Eric; Jessica Lucas (Cloverfield) as Olivia, and Elizabeth Blackmore (Legend of the Seeker) as Natalie. Like the original, the characters stumble upon the Book of the Dead, read from it, and are possessed until only one is remaining.
Hit the jump for the press release. The Evil Dead is slated for April 12, 2013.
EVIL DEAD remake reunites originators Sam Raimi, RobTapert and Bruce Campbell
Los Angeles, May 04, 2012 – Principal photography has begun on EVIL DEAD, in Auckland, New Zealand and will wrap in early July 2012.
Ghost House Pictures is producing the much anticipated remake of Sam Raimi's 1981 cult-hit horror film THE EVIL DEAD; the film that effectively launched the careers of Sam Raimi (SPIDER-MAN franchise); RobTapert (30 Days of Night) and Bruce Campbell who played the Ash character and was Co-Producer of the original, now brings them back to produce an EVIL DEAD for today's audience that's high on the horror, gore, plot twists and more from a screenplay written by Fede Alvarez and Rodo Sayagues. Executive Producers are J.R. Young, Nathan Kahane, Joseph Drake and Peter Schlessel.
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) and FilmDistrict have partnered with Ghost House Pictures on a worldwide deal – excluding U.K. and France – for Sony Pictures to distribute the remake of EVIL DEAD.
Five twenty-something friends become holed up in a remote cabin where they discover a Book Of The Dead and unwittingly summon up dormant demons living in the nearby woods, which possess the youngsters in succession until only one is left intact to fight for survival.
A core cast of young, fresh talent includes Jane Levy (Suburgatory) as Mia; Shiloh Fernandez (Deadgirl, Red Riding Hood) as David; Lou Taylor Pucci (Carriers) as Eric; Jessica Lucas (Cloverfield) as Olivia and Elizabeth Blackmore (Legend of the Seeker) as Natalie.
"This cast of burgeoning talent share the same spirit we had when creating the original," says Tapert. "The desire to deliver an unexpected and outrageously scary movie experience for the audience."
EVIL DEAD marks director Fede Alvarez' feature debut. Originally from Uruguay, Alvarez studied filmmaking and communications, later opening his own production and post production company. In 2005 he won a scholarship to complete a masters in screenwriting in Amsterdam. In November 2009, he posted his four-minute short Panic Attack!, which became an instant viral internet phenomenon prompting intense interest from Hollywood and Ghost House Pictures in particular.
We found a brilliant artist in Fede Alvarez. As a director, he understands what makes a story work and how to put the pieces together," says Raimi. "I'm really excited to see this story, that I care deeply about, retold by such a fine storyteller."


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War of the sexes
Posted by Smokey Stover on February 12, 2007
In Reply to: War of the sexes posted by ESC on February 12, 2007
: : : 'War of the sexes' where does the term originate and in what sense?
: : Since "war of the sexes" is a phrase in plain English, it's beyond guessing when and where it started. The actual war, that is, the conflict based on sexual roles, began when the first caveman said, "No, I'm not going to start the fire. You know how to do it, and it's your turn." Or his mate said, "Make your own stupid breakfast, I'm tired of the same old routine. You hungry, you cook!"
: : In a more modern context, it usually involves skirmishes in the battle for women's rights, such as the right to vote, or wear pants, or receive equal pay. Actually, those issues are nowadays usually subsumed in some phrase using the word "sexism."
: : To me, the phrase "war of the sexes" brings up the cartoons of James Thurber, an author who brought his sense of humor to bear on all kinds of subjects, including, in his cartoons, "the war of the sexes." These cartoons, published in the New Yorker magazine in the 1930s and '40s, gently spoofed various gender-based contretemps between men and women.
: : Whether taken seriously, semi-seriously, or humorously, "war of the sexes" is shorthand for all the conflicts that arise between men and women out of their notions of gender-based roles. Whenever these conflicts are to some degree settled, new ones begin, for genetic reasons which even mentioning will start a new skirmish in this never-ending conflict.
: The phrase that I've heard most often is "battle of the sexes."
ESC, as a generality you are surely right. As for Thurber, he used the phrase "The War between men and women" in his cartoons, and commentators on Thurber use the phrases "battle of the sexes" and "war between the sexes" pretty much interchangeably. The movie, Battle of the Sexes is based on a Thurber short story, "The Catbird Seat." Personally, I think a series of hostilities that has been going on for at least 150,000 years is more like a war than a battle, but it's a very strange war in which the participants are most often found embracing each other in a non-combative mode.


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Saturday, December 31, 2011
Google+ remains pretty strange
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I have noticed the same thing. I have broadened my google + experience by meeting some photographers and artists here that I did not know before.ReplyDelete
I asked a few of my family members who are very involved in social media. They told me that they just didn't want one more place to have to check into, that they were satisfied with their contacts in other venues and just saw the whole thing as redundant.ReplyDelete
It's because until recently you couldn't play Farmville (or its equivalent) on Google+.ReplyDelete
Also it is still hard to share news stories on Google+. For example you can "Recommend" on Facebook a story on CNN with a single click. But you can't even find a button for Google+. On many sites you see buttons for Facebook, Twitter and maybe one or two others, but generally not Google+. When Google+ buttons start appearing on news sites then you may get more people (non-genealogists) using Google+.
I think it's because genealogists and other family history enthusiasts already knew that while mildly interested, your family doesn't want to be inundated with all your genealogy news. So I think it was Google+ circles that first drew us so that, like life, we can choose our audience. Also, I think the hanging out is also something to which genealogists/family historians naturally gravitated.ReplyDelete
I also have a big Geology/Science circle, and a large Nature/Bird Photography circle, plus a smallish Philosophy-type circle. G+ seems to be particularly helpful/useful/fun for professionals of various types. Genealogy-historians and the like, are very friendly and helpful on G+, and I like being able to skim down the many interesting ones I have in my circle. As for news stories - really, I don't want to ever see news on comments unless it's from an obscure source - if it's really news, someone will tell me! Facebook seems to me to be a gossipynews place, with a few exceptions so I use it now just for friends and family.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 1, 2012 at 8:16 PM
It seems to me that Facebook devotees have so much of their lives invested in FB that they don't want to swap over, nor do they see a need to. For me, the reasons are the exact opposite and I love have different circles.ReplyDelete


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