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Click to viewAccording to the good folks at Streetfire.net, the Gumpert Apollo, the fastest super car around the Top Gear test track, is officially coming to America — and not just as a Euro-plated import. The German company announced this weekend a partnership with the Arizona-based tuning shop Evolution MotorSports to have them handle US-market final assembly of ten cars per year, along with performance validation of what's essentially a kit car (winks and nudges all around, as the customized Audi V8 engine and the rest of the drivetrain is installed when it gets here). They'll then be shipped off to the exclusive US dealer, European Touch in sunny Los Angeles. In addition to Streetfire's exclusive video of the unveil of the first Apollo, straight from docks, we've got an iPhone photo gallery below of said Apollo from when it entered the Evolution MotorSports shop. We'll have more on the story later — including an exclusive chat with Marc Fritzsche, Gumpert's production manager. In the meantime, hit the jump for the press release.
"Gumpert Partners with Evolution MotorSports for US Market!" Tempe, AZ - Today Gumpert Sportswagenmanufaktur GmbH and Evolution MotorSports announced Gumpert has selected Evolution MotorSports in Tempe Arizona as their US market final assembly and Performance Validation center for the Gumpert Apollo. Gumpert has selected Evolution MotorSports due to their understanding the balance between consumers expectation for a car that is competent for the racetrack and the ability to hold the exceptionally high standards that Gumpert will demand for the chassis delivered to the US market. Gumpert feels it is imperative for all US cars to be Performance Validated and comprehensibly checked, all before being delivered to the exclusive United State Dealer, European Touch in Huntington Beach California. The Gumpert Apollo is a hand made coupe, available in a Street, GT or Race Car Configuration. The Apollo was recently featured on an episode of the UK Automotive show Top Gear where it was celebrated as the fastest around their test track over the last several seasons. Gumpert representatives have stated that "The selection of Evolution MotorSports was an easy choice. Evolution MotorSports dedication to providing an excellent finished product, attention to detail and customer service have no rival that could come close to providing the finished product required." Todd Zuccone, Founder of Evolution MotorSports commented, "All we do are Insanely Tuned Luxury Exotics. We examined the Gumpert Apollo and I knew that EVOMS was the correct choice for Performance Validation. Something Evolution MotorSports customers have known for a long time. We are honored to have been selected by the Gumpert team." Apollo Has Landed! Pictured above is the first legal USA Gumpert Apollo departing the Gumpert headquarters in Altenburg, Germany. The Apollo left Germany the last week of August 2008 for a flight bound to Evolution MotorSports in the USA. Rubber on ground is planned after customs clearance before Labor Day! About Gumpert: The beginning – from the idea to the first model. In 2001 there was a vision of a new super sports car: A car, which combined the highest aerodynamics with unmatched driving capabilities. A street-legal car, ready for the race track. Last but not least, Mr. Gumpert aspired for the Apollo to offer the best value for money of any vehicle in this exclusive class. Starting from that vision, the technical parameters to be met were defined and the first designs of the car were drawn by Marco Vanetta. At the end of this process the first 1:4 scale model of the car was produced in 2002 – and the Apollo was born. From the first model to pre-production. To successfully develop this first model into a real car is an extensive process requiring significant development experience and technical 'know-how'. To realize this vision, project management was taken over four years ago by Roland Gumpert. Coming from AUDI, Roland Gumpert has a long and impressive track record in car development and motor sport. During his time as Director of the AUDI Sport Department the Quattros from Ingolstadt won 25 races in the World Rally Championship and 4 World Rally Championship Titles. The GMG Sportwagenmanufaktur Altenburg GmbH was founded and Gumpert pressed ahead with the development of the apollo. In cooperation with the Technical University in Munich and the University of Applied Sciences in Ingolstadt constructional work, computer simulations, and finally wind tunnel tests were carried out. These research and development activities formed the basis for a first 1:1 scale model and finally the first two pre-production apollo. From pre-production to serial production. The first full-scale model of Apollo created a huge interest, both from the public and potential customers. To further develop the brand 'apollo, GMG Sportwagen Manufaktur Altenburg became, in January 2005, Gumpert Sportwagenmanufaktur GmbH with Roland Gumpert as Managing Director. The new and striking brand is characterised by the griffin: this mythological creature – half lion, half eagle – is a symbol of strength and speed and not least a symbol of earth and air. View the Gumpert web site: www.gumpert.de About Evolution MotorSports: Founded in 1997 by Todd Zuccone, Evolution MotorSports, Inc. has been the premier European aftermarket automobile performance company in the USA. Focusing exclusively on German power plants of Porsche and VW/Audi in the first decade, EVOMS has grown into other European, concept and super cars in the last 5 years. Evolution MotorSports conceives designs, engineers and track/roads tests proprietary Performance Systems for the following vehicles: Porsche, Lamborghini, Audi, VW, BMW and Mercedes. All EVOMS Performance Systems feature EVOMSit "intelligent tuning," the company's proprietary engine management software. EVOMS has an extensive client base that race their vehicles and are extreme motorsports enthusiasts. Vehicle race prep, driver coaching and trackside support are all services available to EVOMS clients. Company information can be reviewed on the following sites: Evolution MotorSports - www.EVOMS.com EVOMSit "intelligent tuning" - www.EVOMSit.com About European Touch: Serving Southern California's exotic and luxury automobile owners since 1998 enabled European Touch to be one of the premier automotive retailers in the US. European Touch franchise selections include Gumpert and YES! authorized dealerships as well as many other of the world's finest pre-owned automobiles such as Lamborghini, Ferrari, Pagani, Rolls Royce, Bentley and many more. www.europeantouchusa.com Evolution MototrSports is delighted to have StreetFire.net partnering in covering the Gumpert and EVOMS partnership VIP event on Sep 5th and 6th. StreetFire.net is the biggest automotive video site in the world. Car videos for car lovers. Footage of this event will be available on www.streetfire.net


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Space Florida wants the land because it's trying to woo SpaceX, a private space transport company owned by Pay Pal founder Elon Musk, or another commercial space flight provider to build a vertical launch facility.
State officials are so committed to trying to talk NASA into letting them have 150 acres near the Volusia/Brevard county line to build a commercial spaceport that NASA's rebuff of their initial advances earned barely a mention in the Space Florida board meeting Wednesday.
"We are engaged in a very cooperative, very supportive dialogue" with NASA, Space Florida President Frank DiBello told his board.
Buoyed by indications from NASA that it would continue to discuss how its lands could be available for a commercial launch complex "independent of the federal range," DiBello said Space Florida is "hopeful we can bring them around."
Space Florida, the state-run public economic development corporation, wants the land because it's trying to woo SpaceX, a private space transport company owned by Pay Pal founder Elon Musk, or another commercial space flight provider to build a vertical launch facility.
SpaceX is shopping for locations for such a facility and Florida is competing with Texas, Georgia, Puerto Rico and other locations for the company's business. DiBello said Thursday that Musk is among a new breed of commercial players that see the future in commercial space flight.
SpaceX, which maintains a launch pad at Kennedy Space Center, has a contract with NASA to develop a spacecraft that would allow the United States to return to launching astronauts from U.S. soil again. The company launched a rocket under contract with NASA last year to take cargo to the International Space Station.
Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll, chairwoman of the Space Florida board, wrote federal officials last fall asking for 150 acres of "excess" land NASA owns north of Haulover Canal for the launch complex. In total, NASA owns 140,000 acres at Cape Canaveral, much of it managed as Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge and Canaveral National Seashore.
The letter surprised and concerned longtime environmental advocates, who have successfully beaten back several earlier efforts to develop private launch facilities on refuge or seashore land.
In its response to Carroll's letter, NASA said its land isn't "excess" and may be needed as a potential site for future missions and as a buffer zone between Cape operations and the community.
DiBello told Space Florida's board Wednesday that NASA's argument "doesn't hold water."
Shiloh, the area at the Volusia/Brevard line where Space Florida hopes to build the launch facility, DiBello said, "is farther away from NASA operations than the city of Titusville."
Initially, state officials kept the letter from NASA quiet. Though the letter was stamped "received" on Dec. 12, it wasn't circulated until mid-January.
After newspaper stories on NASA's letter were published Jan. 22, state records show SpaceX contacted a consultant and a Space Florida official seeking a copy of the letter.
SpaceX officials said Wednesday the company is still in the "early stages" of choosing a site.
The company is grateful for its partnerships with the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and Kennedy Space Center, company officials stated in an email.
"Regardless of where SpaceX's commercial site is located, we will continue to have a robust manifest of launches out of LC-40 (its space center launch pad)."
Space Florida spokeswoman Tina Lange said the corporation is "not giving up on this effort to develop new commercial launch properties in Florida, and we hope that NASA will realize the urgency of our request and of the market need."
"Space Florida will continue to move forward with optimism and confidence that we can arrive at a solution that assures commercial launch providers will have what they want in Florida," Lange said.
Meanwhile, Space Florida is receiving responses to its request for information from companies interested in using a commercial launch facility. Space Florida officials told board members they've received interest from "multiple customers."
Space Florida has dozens of projects in the works, officials said Wednesday, including working with NASA to get the former shuttle landing facility turned over for commercial horizontal space launches.
That facility, Lange said, "if re-purposed for commercial use – would absolutely put Florida in the lead nationally in developing a network of commercially-friendly spaceports to enable rapid launch capability."
Space Florida officials said Wednesday that NASA's decision on the landing facility could come within six to eight weeks. The Space Center's official schedule calls for handing off the facility to a partner by Oct. 1.


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One of the literary world's most famous fugitives is set to pen a memoir about his time in hiding.
Salman Rushdie, the award-winning author of "Midnight's Children" and "Shalimar the Clown," is readying a book about his life during the years he was forced underground after releasing his controversial novel, "The Satanic Verses," reports the New York Times.
"I'm beginning to write this memoir," he said in an interview with Reuters. "So far I feel that I'm right: I'm not getting churned up and upset, I'm just writing it and I'm feeling quite pleased to be writing it."
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He also said that he hopes writing this book will help to both correct the historical record and show the effects of those years in human terms.
"It's about what it was like, not just for me, but for my children, people who were close to me, my mother," he said.
"The Satanic Verses," which was published in 1988, took its title from a group of alleged Koranic verses that allow for intercessory prayers to be made to three pagan goddesses. While the book received positive press upon its release in the United Kingdom, it stirred passions in the Muslim world for what were considered to be blasphemous references. The book was banned in India and several other countries with large Muslim populations and faced public protests in the U.K. and Pakistan. In February 1989, Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran issued a fatwa, a religious opinion, that both Rushdie and his publishers should be killed and a bounty was put on the author's head.
Due to his being a subject of British rule, the U.K. put Rushdie under protective custody for nine years following the declaration and eventually broke diplomatic ties with Iran over the matter.
Certain parts of the Iranian government continue to call for Rushdie's demise. The fatwa was reaffirmed by Iran's spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in 2005 and the Revolutionary Guard have stated that the death sentence still stands. The author said he still receives a "sort of Valentine's card" from Iran every year on February 14 as a reminder of its promise to kill him.
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A Sandwich A Day: Lamb and Beef Gyro at Hummus & Pita Co.
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In this great city of ours, one could eat a different sandwich every day of the year—so that's what we'll do. Here's A Sandwich a Day, our daily look at sandwiches around New York. Got a sandwich we should check out? Let us know. —The Mgmt.
I can't tell you how many times I've eaten a gyro and immediately fallen asleep. The street vendors that I frequent like to garnish their meat bombs with a squirt of white sauce, a few shreds of lettuce, and a couple of mealy diced tomatoes.
The Lamb and Beef Gyro ($6.95) at the Hummus and Pita Co. is much more judiciously proportioned. Served on a pita much more fresh than the street meat standard, it can be garnished with tabouleh and actual tzatziki, lighter than the mayo-based sauces you'll find elsewhere. The meat doesn't taste dramatically different from what street vendors use, and I actually missed how the street vendors sear their slices on the flat top before they put it on the pita (Hummus and Pita Co. meat goes straight from the spit to the steam tray), but it's part of a concession for a more lighter, more balanced gyro. I'd much rather have a well balanced sandwich with ample fresh vegetables than one that would knock me out.
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Patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels. And blaming the state is becoming one of the first refuges of bankrupt California cities.
The latest is the city of San Bernardino, which is facing bankruptcy. The reasons for that bankruptcy are at once numerous -- and not entirely clear, given considerable mystery about the city's budget accounting in recent years.
But city officials are already offering one explanation that doesn't hold much water: the state pushed us into this.
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Local elected officials who complain about a lack of state money have things backwards. The state of California is relatively spare in its spending, compared to national averages. California's local officials are, by contrast, big spenders, at or near the national lead in compensation for local workers, especially law enforcement.
Since 70+ of the state budget goes to locals, this transfer of money is literally a transfer from the thrifty and austere (the state) to the spendthrifts (locals). Since the passage of Prop 13 more than 30 years ago, the state has been effectively bailing out the locals, who lost control of the property taxes they once controlled.
Local elected officials overspend in California because the system encourages it. The locals don't have the power to raise taxes themselves (only local voters and state elected officials and voters can raise taxes), so they're spenders. They don't have to take the step of raising additional money for the programs they manage.
Whatever the other reasons for its bankruptcy, you can safely know this: San Bernardino is going bankrupt in spite of state aid, not because of a lack of it.
Lead Prop Zero blogger Joe Mathews is California editor at Zocalo Public Square, a fellow at Arizona State University's Center for Social Cohesion, and co-author of California Crackup: How Reform Broke the Golden State and How We Can Fix It (University of California, 2010).
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BOULDER — A Longmont man who was critically injured in a May 22 shootout with a Longmont police officer appeared in Boulder County Court on Monday via a video feed from a Denver hospital where he has been recovering since the incident.
Prosecutors filed two counts of attempted murder and one count of first-degree assault against Jonathan Shank, who is being held in a secure hospital unit at Denver Health. He was expected to physically appear in a Boulder County Jail courtroom on Monday afternoon for the appearance, but prosecutor Ryan Brackley said an ambulance crew sent to pick him up from the hospital declined to move him because of his condition and the possible liability of doing so.
Boulder County Jail Division Chief Bruce Haas and his staff worked to set up the video feed after Boulder County Judge Karolyn Moore approved the move, which is believed to be a first for Boulder County Court although some other jurisdictions use it routinely.
After a wait of about two hours, Shank's image appeared on an iPad screen for the hearing, which was moved from the courtroom to an adjacent conference room for better Internet access. Moore was worried that the access from the courtroom was causing delays that could imperil Shank's ability to hear her.
In the video, Shank was visible from the chest up. He wore a neck brace and had a full beard. He sat motionless as Moore read him his rights and public defender Eric Zale waived a reading of the charges and noted that he had filed a motion for a bond hearing to address the $10 million bond, which he characterized as "unprecedented in Boulder County."
Brackley acknowledged after the hearing that the bond is rare.
"We haven't seen many $10 million bonds in Boulder County, but we also have haven't seen many attempted murders of a police officer," he said in response to a reporter's question about the bond amount.
Shank was taken to Denver Health on May 22 after Officer Brent Cairns shot him three times during an exchange of gunfire. According to investigative reports, Cairns stopped Shank's car early that morning on suspicion of driving with his headlights off. Shank pulled over in the parking lot of the Best Buy along Ken Pratt Boulevard east of Main Street and got out of his car with an AR-15.
Cairns reported to investigators that Shank was adjusting the rifle and so he fired. Shank and the officer reportedly exchanged 35 rounds, but Cairns was not hit. Shank was struck three times. Shank was struck in the left cheek and the bullet lodged near a vertebra. Another bullet struck his upper left arm and entered his chest cavity, while a third passed through his left thigh.
Zale said his client's jaw is wired shut.
Shank was moved to the hospital's jail unit on June 3 even though he had not been arrested on the charges yet. A warrant for his arrest was sealed.
Haas said Shank is expected to remain at Denver Health for another two to three weeks before he can be released to the Boulder County Jail to await court proceedings.
Shank is scheduled for a bond hearing on July 30 and a preliminary hearing on all three felony counts on Aug. 22. He is expected to appear in person at those hearings.
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The family of crew members, who were on board Protecteur when the fire broke out, were transferred to the USS Murphy on Saturday.
OK. WTF is this crap?
CBC Radio News is reporting that the recovery is not going well. The towline appears to have broken due to heavy seas.
That's an old report, fortunately. PRO is now under tow by USNS Sioux, and it's apparently going very well.
Here is a link to some pics from the USN while the USS Choisin was attempting to tow PROTECTEUR.http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=HMCS+Protecteur&d=posted-20140227-&ct=0&mt=all&adv=1
Look how high she's riding in the water. Her Screw is almost showing. That'll make her corkscrew thru the water as they tow her. That isn't going to be a pleasant ride but at least they'll be in Pearl in a couple of days.Thank-you to our good friends in the USN.
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Glass Half Full? Potentially, another cool artificial reef to explore here on the West Coast!http://www.artificialreef.bc.ca/
I agree from the standpoint of my imagination (I'm not a diver). I always said that the Tankers would be excellent to dive on as there's so many large open areas to explore. # 6 Centerline for example is big enough to put a PMQ into. The Jungle Deck is a couple of hundred feet long and would give access into all the cargo tanks aside from the #'s 1 Pt, Stbd and Centerline, which are in the Open Jungle Deck. The Engine Room and Boiler Rooms are huge as is the Hangar, and Dispersal Area.But. The cost to prepare the ship for that would probably be prohibitive to say the least they are environmental nightmares with all the pipes full of fuels and other nasty stuff here and there. Who would really want to pay for that kind of thing?
....The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) awarded a contract to DSME in 2012 for the construction of four MARS tankers to replace the existing RFA's single hulled tankers, with the first ship of the class due to be delivered in October 2015, with the final vessel due in April 2017...
These new rules are going to drive up the cost of disposing of the old vessels as it's likely the insulation issue will apply to the next set of ship tagged for disposal.
Commissioned in 1995, not sure if we are used to something that newI wonder if the government would be willing to go down the used vessel path again. Any problems encountered would be media fodder, especially given the outcome of the sub purchase.


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To make it easier for you, on your delivery day we will give you a morning or afternoon slot to choose from.
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If you contact us in time, we will be able to rearrange your delivery date and avoid any additional costs for you.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation and understanding.
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Normal delivery times are 8am - 8pm on working days. However occasionally we will be able to offer weekend delivery dates.
Please ensure you supply the correct contact details as the buyer will be notified of a delivery date either by text message or a call.
If the goods you ordered are in stock, we aim to deliver as quickly as possible usually within 1-10 working days.
Normally delivery is within 4 weeks from the date of receipt of payment.
Please note some items may be delivered slightly sooner or later than the above stated period (up to 10 weeks).
If you have an urgent requirement call us with the items you wish to order, your full delivery address and your latest delivery day
and we will tell you if we can supply the products in time.
Generally, where an order contains more than one item all items will be delivered at the same time once all items are available.
Usually we contact our customers within 1-3 days before the delivery date and inform them about the delivery time slot.
If it is not suitable for you, you can decline the time slot and we will rearrange delivery within 1-10 working days.
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we reserve the right to charge the customer a minimum of £25 to cover part of the cost of the failed delivery.
This is not always the case as it depends on the courier company used for a specific delivery.
Goods are delivered to the building door only, and there will be no taking goods upstairs.
The goods will be left inside your premises at the safest convenient location.
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Our drivers are unaccompanied; they will not be able to move or take away any existing goods or property and will not carry out assembly or installation of the goods unless arranged.
Thank you for your understanding.
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After acceptance the buyer shall not be entitled to reject products which are not in accordance with the contract.
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By Sue Ann Rybak
Neighborhood Partners to End Gun Violence, a group of local residents — many from the Northwest — who have committed themselves to demonstrating to bring attention to the problem of guns in Philadelphia, protested at Delia's Gun Shop, 6104 Torresdale Ave. in the Northeast on Tuesday evening, April 5.
About 50 protesters carried signs, prayed and sang hymns outside the shop. The protests are designed to call attention to the easy availability of guns and the group is targeting gun shops it believes are making guns available to criminals and other violent offenders. The organization is asking gun shop owners to adopt the code of conduct developed by Mayors Against Illegal Guns, an organization of which Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter is a member.
"The code of conduct doesn't interfere with anyone's second amendment rights," said Rev. Linda Noonan, a pastor at Chestnut Hill United Church and the Co-Coordinator of NPEG. "Our job is very simple right now is … to prevent illegal sales of guns. One of the things we can change is the frequency with what guns hit the streets locally. Even if we don't live in the line of fire, we can put our bodies on the line."
According to the non-profit organization Ceasfire, Philadelphia has the highest per capita rate of gun deaths for any major U.S. city and has more gun homicides per year than any developed country. An average of 30,000 people, Ceasefire says, are killed by guns in the U.S. every year
According to the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention statistics, an average of 75,000 people are killed or injured by guns each year. Eight children die everyday from gun violence, according to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
"It really is about making it as difficult as possible for illegal guns to get on the street," said Rabbi Linda Holtzman of Mishkan Shalom Synagogue in Manayunk.
"I believe they obey the letter of the law. But, if they took these extra steps maybe they would save some lives. Neighborhood Partners to End Gun Violence is an organization of different faiths that believe our faith compels us to choose life and when possible to preserve life.
Delia's owner, Fred Delia, said he didn't believe that his gun shop deserved the attention.
"I feel I have been running a legitimate business for 41 years," said Fred Delia.
He said NPEG came in with a letter with suggestions but that he follows some of the rules already under the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the city's Gun Violence Task Force.
"We follow the laws of the federal government not a religious organization," said Pat Sirianni, a supporter of Delia's. "This is why there is separation of the church and state."
Some supporters of Delia felt that the organization was trying to take away their Second Amendment Right to bear arms.
Dan Roberts, a supporter of Delia's Gun Shop said he felt Heeding God's Call (NPEG is a chapter of Heeding Gods Call) was trying to extort the owner into signing the code of conduct.
NPEG members begged to differ.
"The most important thing that brings me here is the loss of life, and children pay the price of guns on the streets. It's the human element. We are concerned about the people who are being shot," said hill resident Bob Fles, a layperson at Chestnut Hill Presbyterian Church.
Heeding God's Call will host a Good Friday Vigil on April 22. The citywide ecumenical service will be held at 4 p.m. at Delia's gun store, 6104 Torresdale Ave.
Neighborhood Partners to End Gun Violence will be featured on Religion and Ethics Newsweekly show on WHYY on Sunday, April 10 at 1 p.m.
A preview of the show can be seen at http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/next-time-on-religion-ethics-newsweekly/
For more on Neighborhood Partners to End Gun Violence see http://www.heedinggodscall.org/content/neighborhood-partners-end-gun-violence


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Maryland's legislative auditors criticized the State Highway Administration for inadequate monitoring of its speed camera program in an audit report released Tuesday, saying the state began using the cameras without conducting sufficient tests to ensure they could accurately record a vehicle's speed.
The report also said the state used its mobile cameras to catch speeding motorists for nine months without having the devices independently calibrated to ensure they were functioning properly.
Acting Legislative Auditor Thomas J. Barnickel III said in a letter to lawmakers that the state "lacked adequate assurance" that its contractor, Xerox State and Local Solutions, reported all cases where the system's errors caused it to reject citations prior to being issued.
Highway administration officials defended their management of the speed cameras, which have generated more than a million speeding citations and yielded more than $34 million in fines. The state's cameras are limited to highway work zones, including several in the Baltimore region.
"The speed camera issues identified in the audit have been addressed," agency spokeswoman Lora Rakowski said Tuesday in a statement.
"SHA stands behind the integrity of the program and its effectiveness in increasing safety on the State's highways," Rakowski added. "The audit findings were not based on violations of Maryland statute or internal SHA policies."
Sen. James C. Rosapepe, co-chairman of the Legislature's Joint Audit Committee, said he thought auditors raised "very reasonable" points, adding that the highway agency had taken appropriate steps "to fix the problems they identified."
The release of the audit comes days after a Baltimore Sun investigation of Baltimore City's vast speed camera program found that citations issued to motorists can be inaccurate and the process unfair. The city continued to operate one camera months after learning it had issued an incorrect speed reading, and nearly 6,000 citations were deemed invalid by the city.
The city also contracts with Xerox, as do Baltimore, Howard and several other Maryland counties. In January the city will switch to a new contractor, Brekford Corp. of Anne Arundel County.
Auditors did not assess Xerox's performance. Company officials referred questions to SHA.
State highway officials told auditors their decisions were guided by a goal to issue valid citations, not a desire for revenue. They said the aim of automated speed enforcement is to slow traffic, improving safety for workers and motorists.
In their response to the audit, highway officials said "there is no evidence that any equipment failed the calibration requirements or that citations based on inaccurate equipment were issued." They also noted that while state law requires annual calibrations, it does not say when those checks must occur.
In addition, officials defended the use of laser-based technology not approved by the International Association of Chiefs of Police. They said the technology was new when the state switched to it from radar in 2010 and that the association had not kept its list of approved systems up to date.
During a pilot speed camera program from October 2009 through June 2010, auditors found, the state did not set benchmarks for the "reliability and readability" of the citations. Only 44 percent of detected violations led to $40 citations because more than half were "deemed unacceptable by SHA due to reliability and readability issues." That translated to a loss of $850,000 in potential revenue.
State officials say the performance of radar during the pilot spurred their decision to switch to a laser-based system, which they say is better suited for pinpointing speeders in multilane highway traffic.
Both during and after the pilot program, the state's contractor has been Xerox, formerly known as ACS State and Local Solutions. Before awarding a multiyear contract to Xerox, the state used a consulting firm to test the company's proposed equipment in an active highway work zone.
But the consulting firm deviated from testing instructions by performing fewer than half of the 40 required test runs, auditors found. Furthermore, the firm reported the results of just eight of those runs, and five of the eight weren't done using two independent radars, as planned.
"Nevertheless," auditors wrote, "the consulting firm stated that the observed results fell within acceptable standards, and SHA's technical evaluation team gave an overall 'good' ranking," the audit said, adding: "SHA could not provide a reasonable explanation or documentation regarding why the tests were considered sufficient."
Auditors took issue with state highway administrators for failing to develop procedures to verify that Xerox accurately reported when and why a citation could not be processed even though a camera had caught a car speeding by at least 12 mph over the limit.
Under the contract, Xerox must issue citations for at least 90 percent of speeding violations after any "uncontrollable events" — such as a speeding vehicle's license plate being obstructed by another vehicle — are discarded. Failure to meet that requirement would trigger a penalty of $40 for each citation needed to meet the 90 percent level.
"Without an independent review of the instances in which citations were not issued and were noted as the result of an uncontrollable event, there was a lack of assurance that the contractor met the 90 percent performance requirement," auditors wrote.
State highway officials said they and state police officials "periodically" reviewed those violations and raised questions and concerns with the contractor.
In addition, highway officials said the agency has set up formal contract monitoring procedures. Those will allow the agency to conduct an independent annual review.
The requirement had been 95 percent. But state officials lowered it to 90 percent in May 2010 while evaluating the Xerox bid. Auditors say SHA officials reported the rate was dropped because the contractor asserted "it was unable to meet the 95 percent legibility measure."


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Casio Watch // Watchshop
"Darling" Lipstick // Melt Cosmetics
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Big Lots Highlights Insider Disclosure Issues
A criminal probe of Big Lots CEO Steven Fishman points to problems with the Securities and Exchange Commission's disclosure rules for automatic trading "10b5-1" programs for company executives, says Jonathan Moreland, director of research at Insiderinsights.com. Photo: AP.
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Summer shows are about to begin at Penobscot Theatre Company! Penobscot Theatre's Dramatic Academy students will perform a variety of plays they have developed while also attending classes and workshops. Over forty students have studied acting, voice, stage combat, dance, and clowning in order to share their new experiences with the community in a performance setting. The Session 1 Series will feature productions that are based in Shakespearean plays and sonnets with a particular focus on versions of Romeo & Juliet. All shows are available to the public and most are family friendly!
Friday July 12 – Sunday July 14:
10 A.M. "Romeo& Juliet: A Fairy Tale" – Tiny Thespians
"Will & Whimsey" – Junior Troupe
1 P.M. "Musical Selections from West Side Story" – Show Choir
"The Seussification of Romeo and Juliet" – Youth Troupe
7 P.M. "Romeo and Juliet" – A modern interpretation – Young Adults
Session 1 Productions will feature the following performers:
Tiny Thespians: Max Thompson, Maisie McCarthy, Cami Layman
Junior Troupe: Connor Plante, Selina Plante, Christopher Noonan, Nolan Kuhl, Charlotte Beckwith, Byron Sockalexis, Pheona El-Hajj, Paige Blackwell, Katie Cramm, Claire McBride
Show Choir: Brina Campbell, Eleanor Prescott, Olivia West, Conor Kenney
Youth Troupe: Alec Allain, Charlotte Turner, Jessica Spalding, Maiah Godino, Nicholas Rhodes, Claire Thompson, Maile Sawyer, Olivia Mosca, Elisabeth Budd, Morgan Wipert, Noam Osher, Zivi Osher, Haidee Hodson, Ruby El-Hajj, Aidan Babbitt, Rebeclyn Parker, Molly Hagerty, Sienna Newman, Lucy Morison
Young Adults: Abby Young, Matthew Bullard, Matthew Stanhope, Charlie Hanscom, Caitlin Hession, Megan Ward, Sarah Littlefield, Melissa St. Peter, Danielle Grover, Macey Jennings, Conor Kenney, Nicholas Danby, Alyssa Stubbs, Charis Gananakan, Mary Clark, Luke Cote
Tickets are $6 children/$11 adults with a $1 discount for cash or check purchases. All seating is general admission. Tickets can be purchased online at penobscottheatre.org or by calling our Box Office at 932-3333.


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The shot of the cup, roll and flower needs a little explanation before we get into the tutorial. One, there's too much image. It needs some cropping, in from the right and left, down a little from the top. We don't "need" to show the handle, the viewer will "know" that the cup has a handle somewhere. The right edge of the plate can go also, it doesn't add needed information. The exposure for this shot was about 20 seconds. The light came from an LED flashlight played around the setup. The "setup" was a plastic panel over a black mountboard. Nothing was needed for the background since the falloff of light was enough to render the wall black. The first thing to do (after cropping) is clean up any distractions. There's a couple of reflections under the cup, just to the left of the plate. The easiest way to fix them would be to create a new Layer and use the Spot Healing Brush (J) to quickly remove them and any other stray light in the lower left of the shot. I can sit and tell you all day that the cup is full of hot coffee, but there's nothing to indicate that's the case. There are images all over the web (such as in Flickr) of people playing with smoke. Many come from taking shots of burning incense smoke. Many are colored and manipulated into very interesting shapes and patterns. To learn how a shot of incense smoke provides to "steam" coming from the coffee cup, hit the "read more".
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You now know Kylie Ireland as one of porn's sexiest redheads with a thirst for filth, but when we first got to know this babe in 1994 she was a bleached blonde girl-next-door gone bad. The industry was quick to embrace her, landing her AVN's Best New Starlet in 1995 and back to back FOXE Awards in 1995 (Vixen) and 1996 (Fan Favorite). Playboy Magazine included Kylie as one of their top 10 porn stars for 1997. Her many other honors include an induction into the AVN Hall of Fame in 2005.
Kylie has done it all, and we don't just mean hundreds of movies and dozens of photo spreads and magazine covers. She is one of few porn stars with her own action figure. Toy company Pipedream Products signed her to an exclusive contract. She's even been in some high-profile mainstream projects, including "Tales From The Crypt" and 20th Century Fox's virtual reality head trip "Strange Days." In addition to being under a five-year exclusive contract with VCA Pictures, she was also the company's Director of Publicity. Kylie embraced her Irish roots by returning to her natural red locks during her time at VCA.
These days, Kylie keeps very busy with incredible performances, directing, and running her own cam site and official website. She hosts a Spice Radio talk show every Saturday and Sunday evening from 7-11 pm PST on Sirius 108 / XM 248. Kylie also loves meeting her fans at personal appearances.
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) Setup reliever Jason Frasor signed a $1.5 million, one-year deal Thursday with the Texas Rangers.
The 35-year-old right-hander spent most of his career with Toronto, setting a Blue Jays franchise record with 505 appearances since his major league debut in 2004.
Frasor was 1-1 with a 4.12 ERA in 50 games last season, when he was on the disabled list more than six weeks because of right forearm tightness. He returned for the final month of the season after the only DL stint in his career. Frasor said he feels good, which he said was confirmed by the extensive physical he underwent Wednesday including X-rays and an MRI.
``Picture after picture,'' Frasor said. ``The doctor afterward, he said everything went great. That goes along with how I feel, really, really good.''
Frasor was traded from Toronto to the Chicago White Sox midway through the 2011 season, but was dealt back to the Blue Jays at end of that year. He is 26-31 with 26 saves and 3.77 ERA in 525 career games, including 20 with the White Sox.
``When it became clear the door in Toronto has closed ... I just wanted to go to a winner,'' Frasor said. ``I didn't sniff a playoff race. I wanted to be on a great team. I'm thrilled. This is a perfect opportunity.''
Texas designated catcher Eli Whiteside for assignment to make room on its 40-man roster.
Notes: The Rangers will play their season opener at new AL West rival Houston on Sunday night, March 31, for a national ESPN broadcast. After an off day Monday, the rest of that season-opening series will be played Tuesday and Wednesday (April 2-3). ... The Rangers announced their minor league coaching staffs Thursday. That includes the return of minor league managers Bobby Jones at Triple-A Round Rock and Steve Buechele at Double-A Frisco.


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* On Telecom to offer 4G broadband in homes and offices
* Company eyes more funding options as more licenses issued
SAO PAULO, Aug 6 (Reuters) - A new Brazilian telecommunications company backed by billionaire financier George Soros plans to invest at least 500 million reais ($218 million) over the next three years, executives said on Tuesday, ramping up competition among Internet providers in a cooling market.
Soros is set to invest at least $150 million, giving him a majority stake in On Telecom, which offers home and office connections over fourth-generation (4G) cellular networks, Chief Executive Fares Nassar told journalists.
The technology, aimed at regions with a dearth of broadband cable coverage in the world's fifth-largest country, will be rolled out in parts of Sao Paulo, Brazil's most populous state.
Nassar said the company could expand into other regions as Brazil offers new 4G licenses, which would require new resources to be raised from Soros, other investors or an initial public offering.
The newcomer is targeting a niche in the Brazilian market exploited in recent years by broadband operator GVT SA, which offers specialized broadband services in regions and business segments underserved by major players. GVT has expanded rapidly in markets not dominated by large phone companies, allowing it to charge slightly higher rates for Internet services.
France's Vivendi SA, which bought GVT three years ago, put the sale of the Brazilian company on hold in March after bids fell short of its asking price. One reason Vivendi has considered selling GVT is the cost of investments, which topped $5 billion since the French company took over.
At the same time, phone companies such as Telefonica Brasil SA, TIM Participaçoes SA and Grupo Oi SA are now shifting focus to higher-value broadband services amid a sharp slowdown in Brazil's mobile phone market.
Last year Cayman Islands-based Soros Fund Management received regulatory approval to take over Brazil's Sunrise Telecomunicaçoes, the holding that controls On Telecom. In September, Sunrise acquired broadcast rights for 4G frequencies covering 133 municipalities around Sao Paulo state.


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Ultra 182 Arm 1.75" pole mount, 12" keyboard tray and a 6" arm
Ultra 182 Arm 1.75" pole mount, 12" keyboard tray and a 6" arm
The Ultra 182 Arm with a 7" extension arm is an innovative solution to the sit-stand workstation. Offering full articulation of your monitor and keyboard while supporting up to 32 lbs (14.5 kg). This unique and patent pending arm is fully counter balanced, making lifting or lowering your keyboard or monitor effortless. This arm provides 180° of vertical arm rotation and up to 360° of horizontal rotation. The Ultra 182 stows close to the wall, making it the perfect choice for tight spaces. Cable channeling through the arm assembly. Engineered for years of reliable service and quiet operation. This 1.75" (4.45cm) pole mounted model has a small 12" (30.48cm) wide flip-up keyboard tray (perfect for the iPad).
Machined out of billet aluminum, this unit is powder coated gloss white for a durable, lasting finish. Hand assembly ensures that a quality product is shipped to you.
- Mounting surface: 1.75" (4.45cm) pole
- 11" arm + 17.5" swivel extension arm
- Weight capacity: 32 lbs (14.5 kg)
- Vertical adjustment range: 16" (40.64 cm)
- Horizontal adjustment range: 16.5" (41.91cm)
- Keyboard tray size: 12" x 7.5" (30.48cm x 19.05cm)
- Arm swivel at mount: 180°
- VESA Interface: 75mm and 100mm
- Ships out 4 business days after order placed
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Hank Hill vs. the Bureaucrats
Thanks to Adult Swim re-airing King of the Hillfive nights a week I recently caught an old episode that has expanded my list of approved politicians to now feature two: Ron Paul and Hank Hill. The episode is "Flush with Power" from season four.
It makes sense that the only politician in American history whose integrity would rival Dr. Paul's is a fictional cartoon character.
In this episode, the Texas town of Arlen is experiencing a severe drought, and the local government has instituted water-rationing policies. Each household is permitted to use only a certain low amount of water each week until rain returns, and an army of bureaucrats has been unleashed to patrol the neighborhoods of Arlen, randomly checking meters and cracking down on those who defy the policy.
Rationing is a very typical measure imposed by central planners ignorant of economics. Much like the saying that a person who has a hammer sees everything as a nail, city managers see every societal problem as something that can only be solved by the exercise of their power. As if they are wizards holding magical wands, they believe each and every trouble in their jurisdiction can be fixed by regulations and policies.
This rationing policy is very bad news for Hank Hill. Hank has a lush lawn he proudly maintains, but this requires a lot of water. In order to stay within the restrictions of the rationing policy and still leave his family with enough water for their needs, Hank has to let his yard suffer.
If, instead of rationing, the Arlen city government allowed the price of water to freely fluctuate according to supply and demand, people like Hank would be much better off. The price of water would rise, which would result in people who don't value water as much reducing their consumption. This would leave more water left over for those who value the water more and are willing to pay the higher price. With rationing and price ceilings, yes, the price is lower, but the supply is extinguished much faster.
An even better solution would be for the city mangers of Arlen to completely demunicipalize water distribution and let the market handle it. Entrepreneurs would compete with each other over who can offer the highest-quality water services for the lowest price, and the victor would be awarded with the highest profits. This profit motive would make new innovations in water distribution much more likely. One entrepreneur might buy the rights to a water source in another well-hydrated territory and pipe it into Arlen. Another might invent a new, cheap way to desalinize the ocean water surrounding Texas.
Another, more pitiful solution the city managers of Arlen offer is the promotion of inefficient low-flow toilets being issued for "free" (at the expense of the taxpayers being forced to pay for them). This too is a typical response of the central planners: reduce your quality of life by using lower-quality products, citizens, and shut up. Rather than owning up to the problem being the result of foolish government management, the bureaucrats place the blame on the citizens for using the "wrong" toilets. We not only see this with the American government's present policy on toilets, but also with light bulbs and cars.
In the market you never hear entrepreneurs blaming their customers for problems. The customer isalways right, and entrepreneurs slavishly have to find ways to continue pleasing the customer. If an entrepreneur held a press conference and told his customers that they need to quit complaining and learn to accept lower-quality products, he would go bankrupt overnight; but with government it is always about making the tax-slave citizens sacrifice and suffer, and about using violent force against those who refuse.
Hank, desperate to have water for maintaining his lawn, breaks down and gets a low-flow toilet.
The toilets are immediately revealed to be inferior products — requiring many more flushes to dispose of waste than normal toilets. This is a typical result of the government's remedies: not only are they usually unsuccessful, but they also exacerbate the problems they were allegedly intended to solve.
All the extra flushing has resulted in the Hill family using much more water than they were using with the old "eco-unfriendly" toilet. By now a significant number of Arlen residents are using these low-flow toilets: the city has a genuine decivilization crisis developing. Their standard of living isdecreasing. They have less water and their waste is harder to dispose of.
Very quickly Hank expresses his desire to get his old high-flow toilet back, but he discovers the old high-flow toilets that are collected get smashed up and dumped into the ocean to aid in the development of coral reefs. When Hank stops by the hardware store to buy a new high-flow toilet he discovers that they have now been outlawed entirely in his county. This is similar to the quickly abandoned "cash-for-clunkers" program of the Obama regime that consisted of using tax dollars to buy perfectly functional but "eco-unfriendly" vehicles, destroy them beyond repair, and replace them with "eco-friendly" cars. The decivilizing effects were and remain many. There were fewer used cars available on the market, which raised the price of used vehicles and hurt the poorer people who depend on the used-car market to satisfy their transportation needs. Each and every tax dollar that was spent on this program is gone forever, leaving the economy as a whole poorer and our tax burden larger. And in the end, it turns out the "eco-friendly" cars aren't even any better for the environment.
Rightfully angry that bureaucrats have made it illegal, as Hank puts it, to "install a working toilet inyour own bathroom!" Hank decides to go to the next Board of Zoning and Resources meeting and lobby against their ban on high-flows.
As Hank begins making his case to the board, the head bureaucrat, Nate Hashaway, cuts him off and announces that in order to discuss an issue at the meeting it must be formerly added to the agenda, but only a board member may add subjects to the agenda. Hank is politely told to shut up and the gang of bureaucrats moves on to a more important matter — wishing one of their members a happy birthday.
Hank's powerlessness against his local government is quite reflective of American politics. Even the smallest, pettiest bureaucrats have no concern at all for the citizens they rule over. The political class doesn't listen to reason. We're simply expected to shut up and unconditionally obey their every foolish, illogical, or immoral command. If a local zoning board doesn't care what you think, do you really believe your congressman or senator does? For every one US representative there are over 700,000 Americans. Your congressman, contrary to what he says in his campaign ads, does not care what you think. For every US senator there are over 3 million American tax slaves. How can one person possibly represent the interests of 3 million individuals? Your senator simply doesn't worry about it, that's how.
As the condition of his lawn worsens, Hank decides to run for office on a platform that consists completely of repealing the high-flow toilet ban. It turns out that a seat on the Board of Zoning and Resources has been empty for four years and Hank automatically wins the election upon submitting the paperwork.
Hank introduces a motion to repeal the ban at his first meeting with the board. He's shot down again. Nate Hashaway is a bit more defensive this time.
After the meeting is adjourned and the members are leaving, Hashaway slyly asks to speak with Hank in private. Turns out Hashaway has a secret stash of high-flow toilets. He offers to give Hank one if he agrees to shut up about the toilet situation. Hank heroically turns the offer down due to the gross immorality of a lawmaker not following the laws he himself commands others to obey. Lawmakers seldom follow their own rules the way they say we must. One example is how elite congressmen and senators are often exempt from the humiliating TSA search procedures the rest of us endure. Antigun politicians often use tax dollars to pay for armed security for themselves. Elite environmentalists seek to force us to reduce our fossil-fuel consumption as they fly around on private jets that emit more carbon emissions in a single trip than most cars emit in a year.
By now Hank's lawn is nearly dead, and Hashaway has launched a surveillance-and-blackmail operation against Hank, but Hank's son, Bobby, discovers some dirt on Hashaway just in time: Hashaway is the exclusive seller of the low-flow toilets.
Corporatism, also known as fascism, is collusion between businesses and the state. Examples include businesses lobbying for tariffs to protect them from foreign competition (at the cost of domestic consumers having to pay more for goods), businesses lobbying for competitor's products to be banned entirely (as with hemp and marijuana), businesses lobbying for monopoly privileges where the government outlaws their competition by instituting barriers to entry in the market, or any other scenario where private interests use the government to gain advantages at the expense of consumers.
Corporations often fear a free market, because in this scenario there is no government there to protect them from new innovators and young entrepreneurs. In a free market, all businesses must be on their toes, constantly innovating and willing to evolve. Corporations instead frequently favor a vast regulatory state that they can use to beat up their smaller competitors. (For a good example of Walmart doing this with minimum-wage laws, see Lew Rockwell here.)
This political thug Hashaway is using his government power to make people pay for his inferior toilets, and then he bans the competing toilets. This is similar to the case of Michael "Skeletor" Chertoff promoting the installation of naked body scanners in airports during his time as the secretary of Homeland Security and then immediately going on to work as a well-paid consultant for the primary company that makes them.
Not backing down, Hank reveals Hashaway's conflict of interest at the second meeting with the board and again introduces a motion to repeal the high-flow ban, but this time he begins a filibuster before the voting finishes.
As Hank reads his wife's very boring columns from the local newspaper, the members of the board eventually start needing to use the restrooms. One by one they go and come back, obviously frustrated by the poor performance of Hashaway's low-flow toilets. All the other board members can clearly hear each restroom occupant having to flush multiple times. After several hours, both the men's and ladies' rooms are out of order with broken toilets.
All the board members, except Hashaway, vote for the repeal, and toilet freedom is restored in Arlen.
Hank immediately resigns from the board.
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Let's start with the picture below today. This is one of the pictures which I asked my husband to take for the purpose of recording my outfit, outdoor, in a beautiful garden, some days ago. You know what. I think I am so tiny in the picture...
(The reason why the picture itself is tiny here is my intention, not my husband's, by the way.)
I'm guessing almost none of us can see my smile in it.
I shall stop grieving at my tininess in the pictures now. Instead, I tell you that I sewed this strange top in an autumnal color, to celebrate my survival from the summer.
This is basically same as the one I made a year ago (its blog post is here), and this also is a copy of my Yoji Yamamoto's twisted woolen pullover. I used a linen lace knit fabric this time. I'm very happy with my new top.
|I had to trim away the vast area of the picture to get it, of course.
It's fun to wear very noticeable garments, now and then, isn't it.
Happy sewing to you all!!
Much love,


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Happy August, friends!! Time to get ready for Back to School. AT&T's Back to School Promotion "What's Cool for School" runs through September 16th. Each week, AT&T will be featuring a new deal on one of their hottest products. Not only are there hot deals but they are giving away products as well. For those that enter, you have the chance to win smartphones, tablets, digital picture frames and more!
This week's giveaway prize is the Nokia Lumia 900 with an accessory kit! (Which I now want, because it comes in PINK)
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There were a several games that left an incredible impression on me as an individual. I think I can narrow them down into these five, however.
Phantasy Star II
This was the beginning of the end for me. I probably had no business playing this game when I was 9 years old, as it had many mature themes. However, I did play it, and I still remember it now with an amount of fondness. Before this game, playing videogames was merely a hobby of mine. They were something to play when I was bored, or when you had friends over. Afterwards, videogames became an integral part of my character. I started to consider myself as a "gamer," and so began my quest to find for more difficult and unique challenges.
Tetris and Street Fighter II
Whereas PhS II changed the way I viewed games, these 2 games changed the way I played them. I remember always going through strategy guides trying to find the best ways to get through stages, the best equipment to use, the best characters to use, etc. In Tetris and SF II, though, there were so many different ways to win. There was no perfect strategy. These games taught me to play games for me. There are individual ways to play practically every game, everyone has their own strategy. There are exceptions, but for the most part, there is no "wrong" way to play any game.
Final Fantasy VI (Final Fantasy III in the U.S.)
FF VI had the greatest emotional impact on me, and still does to this day. One of the main themes in this installment of FF was abandonment. All of the characters, even the villains, lost something or someone important to them. I immeadiately identified 3 characters:
Locke, for his sense of justice.
Gau, for his personal strength and wildness.
Shadow, for his guilt and remorse of the past.
I feel that is probably the most fantastic RPG made so far. The main themes are very human themes, and it seems that there should be a character that everyone can make an emotional attachment to. I'm getting off track, though. Everything about this game was incredible. After I played this game, the notion came to me that videogames may be considered an art form. Not all of them, just as all movies aren't considered art, but many of them are filled with so much personal expression from the creators, that they can actually teach something fundamental. Whenever I watch the ending to FF VI, tears well up in my eyes. I dare say, that this game is what gives me hope.
Phantasy Star Online
This was the first multiplayer game I ever played. Of course, I felt like I had to play it since it was a PhS game, and I don't regret that I did. I am a very serious gamer, and this game allowed me to meet many people with the same views as me. It showed me that I was not alone. In fact, my friends from PSO and I, that lived in the same area, decided to meet up in real life. We are still friends to this day, and hang out all the time.


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2 Kentucky men acquitted of hate-crimes charges
Wed., Oct. 24, 2012
LONDON, Ky. (AP) — Two Kentucky men were acquitted of hate-crimes charges but found guilty of kidnapping late Wednesday in connection with an attack on a gay man.
Prosecutors had argued that Anthony Ray Jenkins and his cousin David Jason Jenkins attacked 29-year-old Kevin Pennington last year at a rural state park because of Pennington's sexual orientation — a provision of the federal hate-crimes law that had not been previously prosecuted in the U.S.
It was not clear why jurors rejected that argument. They were whisked away immediately after delivering the verdicts and did not make any comments.
Anthony Jenkins' attorney, Willis Coffey, said after the trial that jurors didn't find Pennington's account of the events credible.
"You'd like to have an acquittal on all counts, but he's happy he was found not guilty of a hate crime," Coffey said of his client. "So am I."
Prosecutors said they would issue a statement later.
Pennington held hands with family members and let out an audible sigh when the not-guilty verdicts on the hate-crimes charges were announced. He left the courtroom without talking to news reporters.
Jimmy Jenkins, an uncle who raised Anthony Jenkins, dropped his head into his hands and cried when the cousins were found guilty on the charges of kidnapping and conspiracy to a kidnapping. They are scheduled to be sentenced on Feb. 21.
Throughout the trial, the defense argued that any dispute between the Jenkinses and Pennington was over a drug deal gone sour.
Andrew Stephens, the attorney for David Jason Jenkins, argued that his client had at least 21 beers on the day of the assault and was too drunk to have formulated a plan for such an attack.
"These people who were stoned and drunk were going to form a plan? When this event took place, they were all about drugs," Stephens said.
Coffee argued that Anthony Jenkins has an IQ of roughly 75 and was merely a follower who does not hate gay people. He called the allegations "the nearest thing to nothing I have ever seen."
Coffey said Pennington pushed the idea that he was attacked for being gay to serve his own political agenda. Coffey invoked the name of President Barack Obama, who is unpopular in Kentucky and lost badly in the state four years ago.
"If the government and President Obama want to bow to the special-interest groups, that's their business, but they picked the wrong case," Coffey said.
U.S. Justice Department civil rights attorney AeJean Cha told jurors that the Jenkins cousins and two women planned to kidnap, beat and kill Pennington because of his sexual orientation.
"This is not about drugs, this is about the fact that Kevin is gay," Cha said.
Hawkins also played a tape of Pennington's 911 call after the attack. On the tape, Pennington's voice can be heard cracking as he tries to describe the attack and relay information about the Jenkinses.
"They're trying to kill me," Pennington told the 911 operator on April 4, 2011. "I didn't know what they were going to do. I think it's because I'm gay."
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Winter Garden West Orange linebacker/fullback Nate Ozdemir says he's been playing "G.I. Joe" in his backyard since he can remember, so to have received a pair of scholarship offers this week to both of the country's most prestigious military academies was a dream come true.
And, fortunately for Ozdemir, he didn't have too difficult a decision to make in choosing between the U.S. Naval Academy and the U.S. Army, opting to commit to Navy on Wednesday, joining his best friend and teammate defensive end Winston Chastang.
"It feels good. It feels like a lot of hard work has finally paid off. I've been working on this offer for ever and it's the only place I really ever wanted to go and I'm just glad I got it," Ozdemir said Wednesday after both he and Chastang took part in the Orange County Metro All-Star Game. "Winston Chastang has been my best friend since I was a little kid and I'm just excited to go there with him."
Ozdemir has long been considered one of the best prospects in the Central Florida area and he had been getting early looks from schools like Big Ten Wisconsin before his junior season, but for whatever reason, no schools ever courted the 6-foot-2, 230-pounder.
"For the longest time I always thought I was under-looked … I was always grinding in the gym," Ozdemir said. "I've played offense, defense, special teams, mowed the lawn and walked the dog.
He's a tough, hard-nosed football player who will play anywhere a coach tells him to line up. He's played fullback and defensive tackle for West Orange, and of course was a mainstay at linebacker for the past two seasons. He will likely play linebacker for the Midshipmen.
"I love inside linebacker," he said. "For the longest time I always wanted to play fullback because growing up I always played offensive line and playing fullback is a lot of fun. I don't mind blocking for the running back and getting to punch it in at the end."
He's excited to get a chance to serve his country and do things that aren't necessarily commonplace at regular football schools.
"It's a win-win situation," Ozdemir said. "I get to play big-time D-1 ball, get an Ivy League education … I've been playing G.I. Joe in the backyard since I was a little kid, so I get to jump out of airplanes, kick down doors .. the whole nine yards."
Ozdemir will still visit Army's West Point headquarters for an official recruitng trip and will also trip to the Annapolis, Md., based Naval Academy.
Chris Hays is the Sentinel's recruiting coverage coordinator and can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow us on Twitter at @Os_Recruiting and Facebook at Orlando Sentinel Recruiting and now on Pinterest at Orlando Recruiting.


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Joshua Tree National Park Association
The Joshua Tree National Park Association has been supporting preservation, scientific research and education at Joshua Tree National Park since 1962. As the park's primary non-profit partner, we operate four Visitor Center bookstores that are often the first stop for visitors from around the world; offer a field institute with classes taught by experts in natural sciences, cultural history and the arts; and raise funds for the park though public events and our membership program. Join us and make the most of your Joshua Tree experience! Connect with Nature Whatever your passion, you'll learn more about Joshua Tree National Park at our visitor center bookstores. Wildflower identification, climbing and hiking guides, birding, geology, stargazing, native plants, and local history are just a few of the topics included in our great selection of books. And don't forget the kids: we have games, activity books, everyone's favorite desert animals and Junior Ranger gear. Start your journey now at our online store! Experience the Great Outdoors Pick up a trail guide in the bookstore, or sign up for a Desert Institute field class and make the park your classroom. If you don't see exactly what you're looking for, a custom program will ensure a perfect fit! Discover Your Inspiration Joshua Tree National Park has inspired artists and musicians for the past 75 years. We're continuing the tradition by celebrating the arts during our annual Art Festival, music performances under the stars at the Indian Cove Amphitheater, and support of the Joshua Tree National Park Artist-in Residence Program. Your purchase in our visitor center bookstores or your ongoing membership in the Joshua Tree National Park Association allows us to continue to support vital park projects and programs as well as providing visitor services. Thank you!
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This extraordinary recording from 1928 has finally popped up on Youtube. Here's the second movement of Brahms's Piano Trio in C, Op.87 played by Jelly d'Aranyi (violin), Myra Hess (piano) and Gaspar Cassado (cello).
As I understand it, these sessions - this Brahms and also the Schubert B flat Trio (with Felix Salmond on the cello) - were Hess's first recording. She and Jelly d'Aranyi worked together for some 20 years, giving countless recitals at the likes of the Wigmore and Queen's Hall, but these trios seem to be the only surviving example of their collaboration.
Sometime in the war years, it appears that they must have had a massive fallout. Serious enough that in Hess's biography by Marian McKenna, d'Aranyi - her duo partner for two decades - is afforded just one mention, in passing. I've met a number of people who knew one or the other, sometimes both, yet nobody seems sure exactly what went wrong.
The music world is full of these situations, of course, and in the end it's immaterial since the result, unfortunately, was the same whatever the cause. But when you hear the fine blend of their sounds, d'Aranyi's mellifluous charm sparking against Hess's wit and intelligence, the flow of detail and infinite shading of ideas that takes place in their music-making (it's even more obvious in the Schubert, incidentally), it seems little short of tragic that their every move was not captured by microphone - and that their partnership has somehow been wiped from history.


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Tissamaharama is a town in south-eastern Sri Lanka. It used to be the capital of the Sinhalese Kingdom of Ruhuna as early as the 3rd century B.C. Only few buildings from that period can still be seen today. The large artificial Tissa Wewa lake, which was a part of a sophisticated irrigation system, also dates from that time. Today, the town mainly serves as a starting point for visits to Yala National Park and Kataragama.
Most Interesting places near by
Tissa Wewa Reservoir
Tissa Maha Dagoba
Yatala Dagoba
Santagiri Dagoba
Hotel Tissa Lake side is ideally situated in Tissamaharama in the south west coast of Sri Lanka in very close proximity to the world famous marine sanctuary with exotic coral formation with tastefully furitiled 50 rooms in to category Deluxe, Superior each room with private balcony offering sea view individually, hot-cold water, air-conditioning, speed internet facility, international TV channels etc.
After a five and a half hour drive from Colombo to Tissamaharama the best stop is at Hotel Lake Side Tourist Inn down Kataragama Road just passing the picturesque Tissa Lake with AC/non AC rooms. The ever courteous and gentle smiling staff makes sure you feel most comfortable and are available around the clock.