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Returning from another successful Waterfest show, we had a great time with Kreuzerfest opening the event (see separate story); an evening of mayhem and burnouts at Chilis restaurant; a chance to meet old friends and find new cars.
Our lasting memory of Waterfest 2010 has to be the sweltering heat and high humidity. It sapped energy and drenched clothes, making it the weekend-long test of endurance. Why isn't this event in May or June?
When we did step out onto the scorching asphalt we were greeted by the usual array of magnificent machinery. With fewer vendors and less show cars, the event did look slightly depleted, yet it remains one of North America's most vibrant and important VW/Audi events. As such, it will continue to draw our support and we were delighted to meet so many regular visitors.
As usual, we're not going to waste space with words, preferring to cram as many photos into these pages as possible. So plant yourself on the couch or lock the door on the restroom and enjoy the best of Waterfest.
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Hey Abi,
Thanks and welcome to wetpixel. As i'm sure you noticed in this thread, I couldn't have produced the results i did my 2nd time around without the help from fellow wetpixilians, like Jeff and James and others. This place is a great resource.
For my backdrop i used about 40lbs of dive weights to hold it down and it was still billowing out a bit. I think a pole or other sort of pockets for weights would certainly help. Cheers,
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Cycling insanity, intersection mayhem, climate catastrophe.
Knowing that readers attention span is sometimes limited, todays column is subdivided into three sections. Its kind of like watching 60 Minutes, but without the commercials. And, other than segment three, this isnt quite so pompous.
Its the first time Id seen people stand in line for 25 minutes and be happy about it.
The voice of Gaige Sippy, Iron Horse Bicycle Classic director who helped host a locals-only registration party at 5 p.m. Nov. 30, just five hours before online registration began for the 2013 ride and race. The party a first-time event at Mountain Bike Specialists on Main Avenue attracted about 200 entrants.
These couple hundred clued-in cycling enthusiasts were fortunate if paying $95 for the privilege of pedaling 50 miles with 5,500 feet elevation gain can be defined as fortunate. At noon Dec. 2, just 36 hours after online registration opened, the road ride from Durango to Silverton was sold out.
I think the locals appreciated it, Sippy said of the party.
So if youve been Rip van Winkling, even for a few days, youre out of luck. The 1,900 road ride slots are taken. A few of the 600 race slots are available, but only for women.
The 2011 Memorial Day weekend tour sold out Jan. 15. Last December, it took just six days to fill the 2012 tour, and Sippy assumed theyd reached a zenith. But as the entries rolled in on Dec. 1 and 2, he was blown away again. Hed refresh his screen, 30 more entries. Refresh, 30 more.
This year it just went crazy, Sippy said.
Those of us who didnt register can continue to pig out over the holidays and watch tons of sports. Those of you fortunate enough to enter, better get out and ride.
Let me start this by saying that the reconstruction of Florida Road, begun in early 2010 and finished in May 2011, turned out just fine. Its smooth for cars, its relatively safe for bicyclists and pedestrians, and how can you not love all those brown wooden fences? Yes, we got our $17 million worth.
So whats wrong? OK, here it comes:
That intersection at Florida Road, East Third Avenue and 15th Street still scares the bejesus out of me. On a bicycle or in a car, its a crapshoot whether youll live or die.
Recently, I was driving up 15th and veering onto Florida, as another car headed toward me, turning left from Florida onto Third. The right of way was mine, but still I was on guard, taking nothing for granted at this crazy intersection. So I wasnt too stunned when the car suddenly turned in front of mine; I mashed the brakes and avoided an accident. What stunned me was what happened next: The offending driver honked and glared at me!
Earth was moved, concrete dividers added and repaving completed during the reconstruction, but the improvement was miniscule. I just feel sorry for this poor crossroads its always been so misunderstood.
Hope you werent expecting great things from the United Nations climate talks. Its possible you didnt even notice the two-week-long session in the Arabian Peninsula country of Qatar that concluded over the weekend. Global-warming discussions seem to fly under the radar in the United States particularly.
The main sticking points are the amount of carbon emissions to cut and a battle over money: poor countries want rich countries to help fund their struggles against climate change.
Some stubborn folks are still stuck arguing about whether the Earths temperature is going up. Im sure its just coincidence that most of those people have connections with carbon-energy-producing industries. Well, whatever. Common sense tells you that its possible that humans are having an effect on the mercury. And if thats true, then shouldnt we be doing something especially considering the potential catastrophe if we dont?
Its easy to postpone things for a year, and maybe not much harm is done. But if you do that 20 times, and if the preponderance of scientists are correct about the Earths warming and whats causing it, then youve really jacked things up.
Part of the problem is humans worry most about whats in front of our faces. For the average person, that means jobs and families. For the media, that means Syria or the fiscal cliff or Duchess Kates baby.
Its time to look down the road. Science and recent experience Hurricane Sandy, a typhoon last week in the Philippines, quickly melting ice sheets indicate that world weather is abnormal.
The legacy of this generation continues to erode. On everything from the national debt to health care to climate change, we keep punting the key issues. Its embarrassing.
In the future, Im afraid, were going to have some explaining to do.
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Or rather, a camisole. I wanted to test this before making a full length version, because well I am now unable to make a pattern without first making a toile first. There. It's funny, until 3 years ago, I'd made only …ONE. And I'd made many skirt suits, 3 winter coats before then. I have been converted. But I digress.
Back to the Ruby Slip/Camisole.
It's a *tiny* bit snug under the bust, but it's good everywhere else. Not bad for a toile! The lace wasn't wide enough so I had to piece it, and it actually turned out fine. Too bad the lace isn't very soft. But the (poly) satin is really nice, and I've got enough left over for another one.
The fabric was actually pretty easy to hem, it didn't slip around as much as I'd thought it would. Following Sherry's sew-along for the slip was great.
As I was making the tubes for the shoulder straps, I stumbled upon an easy way to turn them right side out. After following Sherry's directions I used a large needle (wool?) and tied the long thread around the eye in such a way that made it easy to remove at the end. Here's some pics…
Make sure you leave the tail end of the seam's thread at least as long as the tube. Push a loop of thread through the eye…
…and hold the needle hard against your finger.
Take the loop and wrap it over the top of the needle…
…then pull it tight. When you insert the needle, eye first, into the tube the thread will not come loose.
Here's the neat part, after it comes out the other end, you just need to pull the needle back and release/pull the thread loop back over the eye. It's a good idea to wrap the thread end around your finger twice so it doesn't just slip right back inside.
And wiggle/turn it right side out.
One very important point I will need to remember next time I make tubes, is to make sure to sew it down the middle of the folded strip! My tubes are a bit tightly packed with the seam allowances, and I wasn't going to trim that skimpy seam!
Next time, I'll show you the transformed RTW top I bought that was too big!


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Trayvon Martin trial looms large
Trayvon Martin trial looms large
Trayvon Martin
From The Washington Informer By Barrington M. Salmon
For more than a month after 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was shot and killed in Sanford, Fla., hundreds of thousands of angry protestors across the United States and in cities around the world, took to the streets.
Their demand: That Sanford authorities arrest and charge the man who shot and killed Trayvon – George Zimmerman. Forty-four days later, Special Prosecutor Angela Corey charged Zimmerman with second-degree murder.
The case comes full circle this week with the selection of an all-female jury. That done, the Zimmerman murder trial will begin, and America will once again be embroiled in a case that generated widespread outrage in many quarters and exposed a deeply polarized nation.
The Rev. Graylan Scott Hagler said while it's difficult to predict an outcome, there will be a great deal of pressure on Circuit Court Judge Debra Nelson and a criminal-justice system which is viewed by most African Americans with a jaundiced eye.
"It's a lot of pressure on the court. It has to be fair and impartial, but too many conscious, concerned Black people they cannot be," said Hagler, a long-time community activist and pastor of Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ in Northeast. "There really are concerns that a simple decision may let Zimmerman go which may cause all types of problems."
The shooting on February 26, 2012, ignited a ferocious national debate about race, vigilantism, racial profiling, equitable justice and gun control after Zimmerman admitted shooting Trayvon with his 9-mm. handgun. He got out of his pickup truck, followed Trayvon and he said the pair got into a fight at the Retreat at Twin Lakes community.
Zimmerman, a volunteer neighborhood watch captain, contends that Trayvon circled back and attacked him as he walked back to his truck – punching him in the face and slamming the back of his head on the sidewalk repeatedly.
Akosua Tyus, president of the Washington, D.C. branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), declined to speculate on how a jury might rule, but said the trial removes one of NAACP's major concerns: That Zimmerman is tried in a court of law.
"The trial will allow Blacks to learn about how the courts and the criminal-justice system work," said Tyus, who has headed the D.C. branch for three years. "It will also shed light on racial profiling which is still a serious problem."
Tyus, 30, acknowledged the contentious nature of the case.
"There will be people who are upset on both sides of the table. It has become a racially divisive [case], but what's most important for the NAACP is that Zimmerman is tried and that the criminal-justice system runs its course," she said. "The error was his not being charged initially [and his] not [being] arrested."
Trayvon's parents had said from the beginning of their ordeal that their most urgent desire was justice for their slain child. They were special guests of the Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network, and were attending a four-day conference in the District when Corey announced her decision.


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(SACRAMENTO) - Attorney General Bill Lockyer today sued 13 key manufacturers and distributors for allegedly failing to warn that their products expose consumers to the toxic chemical lead in violation of Proposition 65.
"We believe the public should know that handling keys - ordinary brass keys like you'll find in your pocket or pocketbook to lock and unlock your house door - may expose you to the toxic chemical lead at levels that exceed Proposition 65 limits," Lockyer said. "Given this discovery of lead exposure, parents may want to rethink using their jangling keys as a convenient toy for their toddlers and small children."
Proposition 65 - otherwise known as the California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 - was passed by the voters to protect the public from exposure to toxic substances known to cause cancer or be harmful to reproductive health. California has placed lead on the Proposition 65 list. Lead also is a known neurotoxin that can damage the brain and nervous system of children who ingest it.
Under the law, businesses are required to provide a "clear and reasonable" warning before exposing anyone to a chemical on the Proposition 65 list. Notices may appear in a variety of ways, including warnings on product labels or signs posted where the product is sold. The warning is required unless the business can show that the exposure poses no significant risk. The law provides a fine of up to $2,500 for each violation.
Keys generally are made of brass containing 2 % lead which makes them easier to cut. Some keys, including many car keys, are steel and contain only trace amounts of lead. Chrome-plated keys also produce lower exposure to lead.
In laboratory tests for the state, researchers looked at more than three dozen keys from 13 different makers. While the researchers found widely varying levels of lead on the hands of test subjects, the very lowest test results still exceed the Proposition 65 "No Significant Risk Level" of 0.5 micrograms per day when doubled on the assumption that people handle keys at least twice a day. While the highest testing results were 80 times the 0.5 micrograms per day limit, the average of all keys tested was about 19 times the "No Significant Risk Level." Both new and old keys tested were found to release lead at fairly similar rates.
The 13 companies named in the Proposition 65 civil lawsuit filed in the San Francisco Superior Court are: Ilco Unican Corp., Master Lock Co., Schlage Lock Co., Kwikset Corp., Best Lock Corp., Arrow Lock Manufacturing Co., Weiser Lock Corp., Dexter Co., Jet Hardware Manufacturing Co., Chicago Lock Co., Olympus Lock, Medeco Security Locks, and American Lock Co.
It was noted that consumers can reduce contact with lead from keys by placing plastic or rubber covers over the head of the key and washing their hands after handling keys. Consumers also might want to avoid mixing their keys with gum, candy or other food products commonly placed in a pocket or purse.
"No one really knows how much of the lead from keys is being ingested, but we do know that consumers are being exposed to lead, some of which may get into the body through hand-to-mouth contact," Lockyer said. "This exposure is sufficient to trigger the Proposition 65 requirement that consumers be warned or have the company prove that the exposure is safe."


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DePuy Spring Creek is a classic spring creek. There is over 3 miles of water that offers long flats, riffles, and a pond. You will find rainbow, brown and cutthroat trout that are all wild fish. There are three angler's huts located on the upper, middle and lower part of the stream and rest rooms are provided. The angler's huts have tables, chairs and wood burning stoves to warm up the cold angler during the fall and winter months. A small fly shop is located at the upper end of the stream where you can purchase flies, leaders, fly floatant and a variety of other angling needs.
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In this follow-up to our immensely successful first volume, youll find over 2000 logos as well as special case study features on brand identities such as MTV, CCTV, and the Metropolitan Museums Berlin branch. Top design and branding offices featured include Meta Design, Saffron Consultants, Research Studios, Stefan Sagmeister, Studio Dumbar, and Zion Graphics. With a foreword by Meta Designs chief design officer Uli Mayer-Johanssen and introduction is by branding guru Wally Olins, this collection brings an insiders prospective to the art of designing successful logos.
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Logos — for everything from food and fashion to conferences and corporations — are among designers? most prized projects. When Logo Lounge debuted in hardcover, it was the first in a series celebrating the work of top logo designers on the innovative LogoLounge website. Created by Bill Gardner, president of the leading design firm Gardner Design, the LogoLounge website (www.logolounge.com) features the work of handpicked top designers as well as up-and-coming new talent. This book, now in paperback, presents the site?s best designs of the year as judged by an elite group of name-brand designers.LogoLoungeoffers a wealth of inspiration and insights for graphic designers and their clients.
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The opportunity to learn from a true master is a "priceless experience" – and precisely the words used by students lucky enough to participate in the recent weekend workshop on the Nuclear Weapons Free Zone in the Middle East taught by the world-renowned expert Ambassador Nabil Fahmy.
Twenty-four students as well as some visiting fellows at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies attended the classes to learn about the nonproliferation issues in the Middle East from Nabil Fahmy, who served as Egypt's Ambassador to the United States and Japan and has been involved with deliberations over a possible nuclear weapons-free zone in the Middle East for over 35 years.
The feedback from students in the workshop was extremely positive. "He painted a portrait of the events taking place in nonproliferation negotiations, explaining how history unfolds," said Karim Kamel (MANPTS '12) "and I left this workshop with a deeper understating of the nonproliferation issue in the Middle East. Ryan Vigneux (MANPTS '12) added: "I thoroughly enjoyed the course and learned an immense amount because of Ambassador Fahmy's insider perspective."
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There have been rumours of the settlers devouring human flesh to survive and at least two contemporary written accounts refer to this practice.
Early Jamestown colony leader George Percy wrote of a "world of miseries" that included digging up corpses from their graves to eat when there was nothing else. "Nothing was spared to maintain life," he wrote.
Percy and Capt. John Smith (of Pocahontas fame) documented an account of a settler who killed and ate his pregnant wife to survive.
"One amongst the rest did kill his wife, powdered her, and had eaten part of her before it was known, for which he was executed, as he well deserved," Smith wrote.
Even with these eye-witness accounts, scientists had trouble believing they were accurate. Until now. Recently the skeleton of a young girl, believed to be about 14 years old, was found in what was a trash heap. Her bones were dumped among the garbage and bones of animals that had been killed and eaten by the settlers.
The young girl's bones showed signs of chop marks and dismemberment, and there had been crude attempts to open her skull, no doubt for brain matter. The chief archeaologist for Jamestown had this to say "We found her in a trash dump, unceremoniously trashed and cannibalized, and now her story can be told. People will be able to empathize with the time and history and think to themselves, as I do: What would I do to stay alive?"
It's a good question. We should not judge the settlers. If you or your children were starving, what might you do? Our culture teaches we should not kill in order to eat, but if a person dies, is it so wrong to eat their flesh in order to live? I
t's a question we might not want to face but the desperate settlers of Jamestown had no choice but to make their own personal decisions. And we will never know who participated and who did not.
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The federal government is rejecting renewed calls for a public inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women in advance of a meeting Wednesday between premiers and native leaders, one of whom says the prime minister is isolated in his position.
The premiers and aboriginal leaders endorsed the idea of an inquiry when they met last year, but there is growing momentum behind such a proposal, said Ghislain Picard, national chief of the Assembly of First Nations.
"The difference between last year and this year is that there is more and more support," Picard said in an interview ahead of the meeting in Charlottetown.
"What we have today is that the federal government is standing alone."
Native leaders say the need for an inquiry has been highlighted by the death earlier this month of a 15-year-old aboriginal girl whose body was found wrapped in a bag that was dumped in the Red River in Winnipeg.
Tina Fontaine had been in the city for less than a month when she ran away from foster care. Police are treating the case as a homicide.
"In light of recent events … it's clear that this issue cannot be overshadowed by other pressing issues," Picard said.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper said last week that cases like Fontaine's should not be viewed as a "sociological phenomenon" but rather a serious crime to be investigated by police.
The federal government says it is taking steps to deal with the problem of violence against aboriginal women, such as setting up a national DNA missing person's index and introducing tougher sentences for murder, sexual assault and kidnapping.
"We don't need yet another study on top of the some 40 studies that have already been done," a spokeswoman for Justice Minister Peter MacKay said in a statement.
"We need police to catch her killer and ensure the perpetrator or perpetrators are punished and face the full force of the law."
Several premiers including Ontario's Kathleen Wynne, Manitoba's Greg Selinger and Brad Wall of Saskatchewan have spoken out in recent days calling on the federal government to change its mind.
Wynne said Harper's comments were "outrageous," suggesting the prime minister is ignoring the systemic problems behind the violence faced by aboriginal women.
Wall said the provinces remain united with aboriginal leaders.
"Saskatchewan, on a percentage basis, has a high First Nations and Metis population … so we'd like to see it the subject of an inquiry," he said in an interview.
"There's a societal element that we do need to look at and the provinces and the federal government bear responsibility in that regard."
Michele Audette, president of the Native Women's Association of Canada, said an inquiry could take years to complete its work, which is why she would like to see a federal-provincial working group established to spur some action.
Audette said her roundtable proposal would bring together federal and provincial ministers responsible for various programs affecting aboriginal people.
"It would help to stop working in silos," she said in an interview.
"And it would help end the broken relationship between indigenous people and this current government. … If the federal government says no to this, it's obvious there's a huge problem here."
P.E.I. Premier Robert Ghiz said the call for an inquiry is part of the meeting agenda, but he is also interested in the roundtable idea.
"Dialogue is good," said Ghiz, who will be the longest-serving premier at the meeting. "If one door closes, you always have to look for another to open up."
The premiers will continue with their own meetings on Thursday and Friday. Ghiz said other items on the agenda include health-care innovation, internal trade, competitiveness and the temporary foreign worker program.
The long-term bid to create a national energy strategy will also be discussed, but Ghiz suggested he doesn't expect much progress because two of the largest energy-producing provinces — Alberta and Newfoundland and Labrador — are in the midst of replacing their premiers.


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Journal Review: Coaches, Media Like Little Giantsby Matt Wilson • August 10, 2006 Share:
GRANVILLE, OHIO - The quarterback position still might be in the air, but Wabash College's football team knows where it stands among the North Coast Athletic Conference media and coaches.
Despite the loss of quarterback Russ Harbaugh - a 2006 Wabash graduate who set a single-season conference record with 3,504 passing yards last season - the Little Giants were picked to finish first in both the media and coaches poll during Tuesday's NCAC Football Media Day at Granville Country Club. In the coaches poll, Wabash received eight of the possible 10 first-place votes to record 98 points. The second through fourth spots were separated by two points with Ohio Wesleyan, Wooster and Wittenberg, respectively, occupying those slots. The Little Giants, who won last year's conference title with a perfect 7-0 record, got 24 of the 28 first-place votes in the media poll.
"Wabash deserved to be picked first and they certainly have had a great tradition for a long time," said Wittenberg coach Joe Fincham, whose team was selected to finish fourth in both polls. "They might not have Russ out there leading the team, but their defense has always been tremendous."
Chris Creighton, who enters his fifth season at the Little Giant helm, hopes to have the quarterbacking situation figured out as soon as possible, but won't make that determination until all the players report for practice. Senior Dustin Huff served as Harbaugh's backup last season. He started in two games in 2004 and last season completed all nine of his passes he attempted.
Huff, however, had surgery on his non-throwing shoulder and was unable to workout with the Little Giants during the spring. Brandon Neighbors and Rich Lehmann also are vying for the Little Giant signal-calling duties.
"Dustin Huff was our clear-cut No. 2 guy last season, but we have not been able to see him perform since his injury," Creighton said. "Some of our quarterbacking situation will be determined when we see if Huff is healthy or not. And those other two guys also have done a good job for us. We are just going to evaluate all three of them."
Coming from a guy who was a quarterback during his playing days at Kenyon, Creighton knows the importance of the snap taker for any team.
"A quarterback has got to be a great leader and has to be the person to get the team going," Creighton said. "Without a great leader at quarterback, it's going to be very tough to win a conference championship."
Whoever takes the snaps for Wabash this season will have plenty of options to throw to. The Little Giants return wide receivers Ray Green, Mike Russell and Geoff Walker and tight end Graham Nelson, who last season combined for 147 catches for 2,094 yards and 21 touchdowns. A healthy Bart Banach also gives the Little Giants another receiving weapon.
The Little Giant backfield last season was a three-man rotation between Don Juan Brown, Chris Ogden and Brandon Roop. Though Ogden and Roop both graduated after last season, Creighton liked the looks of last year's backfield and expects to use a similar rotation this season. Along with Brown, Billy King makes the transition from the defensive secondary to offensive backfield. Creighton said the third person in the backfield rotation is still to be determined.
"Billy King was recruited here as a quarterback because that is what he was in high school," Creighton said. "He just moved to defense because that was the spot where he thought he would most help the team."
Experience also will be a key ingredient in for the Little Giants' defense.
Wabash returns five starters from last year's defense that ranked third in the nation in scoring defense last season. Heading the list is junior Adi Pynenberg, a pre-season 2006 All-American selection. Pynenberg has led the Little Giants in tackles each of the last two seasons, including having 96 last season.
The Little Giants also have replacements for key defensive players missing. Creighton used Tim Parker as an example. Parker, a three-time all-conference selection - graduated after last season. The players vying for the linebacker position are seniors to be Chris Greisl - a captain this season - and Andy Deig.
"Don't get me wrong, we are going to miss Tim Parker," Creighton said. "But we have capable players to replace him."
The Little Giants put their experience to the test Sept. 9 when they travel to Franklin.
"I just feel great about this team," Creighton said. "We have had good senior leadership and our work ethic has been amazing. Everything we have done up to this point I would give an A. But on Aug. 13 everything changes because that is when the freshmen come in and we have to involve 55 new people in our team chemistry."
Wilson is Sports Editor for the Crawfordsville Journal Review.


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Opened in 2006, the museum (Museo della Lanterna) is a huge archive of the history of the city of Genoa and its port. It's available through the use of many displays. It's located just under the historic lighthouse, the symbol of Genoa for many centuries. A part of the museum is dedicated to showing the mechanism of lighthouses.
Genoa A city of art, the capital of Liguria in northern Italy and metropolis looking onto the sea, Genoa has grown up around the city's port - a natural cove that has always been the site of thriving traffic and commerce. Its ancient heart, Europe's biggest historic medieval center, is crisscrossed by a tight weave of alleys that capture the multicultural soul that has always characterized the city's history. Here, among workshops, eateries, and beautiful shops, glimmers a glimpse of the noble past of Genoa, "La Superba", consisting of sixteenth-century villas, Baroque votive aedicules, and prestigious churches giving onto small squares nestled between the buildings. Modernity is a few steps away, in places returned to the people and tourists by restoration and great urban renewal projects conducted over the last decade. Genoa offers a dizzying mix of the old and the new. The Expo with the Aquarium, Via San Lorenzo, the Palazzo Ducale, and the splendid Via Garibaldi full of museums. The city's charm can also be found in the numerous delegations from Nervi to Voltri - autonomous cities until the 20's - where visitors can explore villas surrounded by nineteenth-century parks, picturesque sea strolls, and museums large and small. Text: www.turismo.comune.genova.it


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Our A5 continues to seduce drivers with its smarmy blend of substance and style. You can hear it, the moment they sit behind the wheel, a sort of half-gasp as they scan the cockpit.
"Oh yeah...this is nice"
New drivers will typically just sit there taking it all in, the glow of the instruments, the contours of the steering wheel, the snugness of the seats. And after the engine's been started, a deep resonance seems to melt drivers into the vehicle itself, almost like being absorbed. It's a sensation worth remembering.
Pretty sexy, ain't it?
We've often thought the cars from Ingolstadt were crafted around the driver, like he or she was a central and integral component. It's a type of mechanical interface that almost borders on a biological connection. It's a characteristic unique to Audi cars. No one does it better.
With some 12,000 miles on our A5 it would be fair to say we've come to know the car intimately. Unlike a spouse or sibling however, the Audi exhibits none of those endearing little foibles or character flaws. It stands there day after day, a paragon of perfection, mocking you for your inherent mortality.
I realize this after tweaking its tough, synthetic rubber dash. I compare the organic-looking texture to my own skin. Ten years from now it will look exactly the same while liver spots and wrinkles begin their inevitable march across my body. The A5's muscled flanks will remain taut while mine begin to recede, its engine still capable while mine sputters.
Like most Audis, the A5 sports a superb build quality. It's the kind of car that's going to last through multiple owners, each one treating it with new car reverence. You can just tell. I like the thought of that. This A5 is beautiful now and will be for years to come.
In some ways, this A5 is something of a collector's item as it's most likely the last we will see of its six-cylinder engine architecture. In truth, we're just fine with that as the replacements are every bit as good, probably better. Either the 2-liter gas turbo, the 3-liter turbo diesel or the hotrod turbo in-line five will most likely find themselves living beneath the A5's long hood. Offering both better performance and efficiency, we'd gladly trade our V6 for any of them. And it's not like the 3.2-liter is a wanting motor. Its 256 hp and 243 lb-ft of torque pull it along beautifully, especially in the upper rpm range. Considering the car's 3,800 lb curb weight, that's quite good. And it's a very smooth mill too with a great voice. It's just that there are better options that will leave the A5 an even better ride.
If we could re-order this Audi we most likely would have dipped into the S-Line bin for a few sportier bits. Both the S-Line seats and steering wheel are pieces worth a year of nothing but PBJ sandwiches. As it stands, the A5 can handily out-handle the seat bolstering and leave the driver sliding to and fro. And the S-Line steering wheel. Fhugettaboutit. Its awesomeness has yet to be charted.
We did have a few weird moments, something akin to computer glitches. Every few months the nav screen will wig out leaving it useless. Once the car is restarted it's back to normal. The same sort of thing happened with our former longterm Q7. One morning its suspension dropped to the axles, leaving it undrivable. A quick restart and it was fine. Chances are both of these issues were resolved on the next scheduled service.
And speaking of service, Audis tend to be somewhat more expensive to maintain than the average car. Our first major scheduled service will run $800 while issue like a standard brake job costs upwards of $1,200. Compared to BMW's free scheduled maintenance that's a bitter pill to swallow.
It's been said "you get what you pay for". In regards to the A5 it means a sexy, luxurious and technically proficient ride. You could say it's worth every penny.
At a glance
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Agriculture, Food, and the Environment
Kathleen A. Brosnan and Jacob Blackwell
Throughout history, food needs bonded humans to nature. The transition to agriculture constituted slow, but revolutionary ecological transformations. After 1500
The American Antinuclear Movement
Paul Rubinson
Spanning countries across the globe, the antinuclear movement was the combined effort of millions of people to challenge the superpowers' reliance on nuclear weapons during the Cold War. Encompassing an array of tactics, from radical dissent to public protest to opposition within the government, this movement succeeded in constraining the arms race and helping to make the use of nuclear weapons politically unacceptable. Antinuclear activists were critical to the establishment of arms control treaties, although they failed to achieve the abolition of nuclear weapons, as anticommunists, national security officials, and proponents of nuclear deterrence within the United States and Soviet Union actively opposed the movement. Opposition to nuclear weapons evolved in tandem with the Cold War and the arms race, leading to a rapid decline in antinuclear activism after the Cold War ended.
The American Experience during World War II
Michael C. C. Adams
On the eve of World War II many Americans were reluctant to see the United States embark on overseas involvements. Yet the Japanese attack on the U.S. Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, seemingly united the nation in determination to achieve total victory in Asia and Europe. Underutilized industrial plants expanded to full capacity producing war materials for the United States and its allies. Unemployment was sucked up by the armed services and war work. Many Americans' standard of living improved, and the United States became the wealthiest nation in world history.
Over time, this proud record became magnified into the "Good War" myth that has distorted America's very real achievement. As the era of total victories receded and the United States went from leading creditor to debtor nation, the 1940s appeared as a golden age when everything worked better, people were united, and the United States saved the world for democracy (an exaggeration that ignored the huge contributions of America's allies, including the British Empire, the Soviet Union, and China). In fact, during World War II the United States experienced marked class, sex and gender, and racial tensions. Groups such as gays made some social progress, but the poor, especially many African Americans, were left behind. After being welcomed into the work force, women were pressured to go home when veterans returned looking for jobs in late 1945–1946, losing many of the gains they had made during the conflict. Wartime prosperity stunted the development of a welfare state; universal medical care and social security were cast as unnecessary. Combat had been a horrific experience, leaving many casualties with major physical or emotional wounds that took years to heal. Like all major global events, World War II was complex and nuanced, and it requires careful interpretation.
American Film since 1945
Joshua Gleich
Over the past seventy years, the American film industry has transformed from mass-producing movies to producing a limited number of massive blockbuster movies on a global scale. Hollywood film studios have moved from independent companies to divisions of media conglomerates. Theatrical attendance for American audiences has plummeted since the mid-1940s; nonetheless, American films have never been more profitable. In 1945, American films could only be viewed in theaters; now they are available in myriad forms of home viewing. Throughout, Hollywood has continued to dominate global cinema, although film and now video production reaches Americans in many other forms, from home videos to educational films.
Amid declining attendance, the Supreme Court in 1948 forced the major studios to sell off their theaters. Hollywood studios instead focused their power on distribution, limiting the supply of films and focusing on expensive productions to sell on an individual basis to theaters. Growing production costs and changing audiences caused wild fluctuations in profits, leading to an industry-wide recession in the late 1960s. The studios emerged under new corporate ownership and honed their blockbuster strategy, releasing "high concept" films widely on the heels of television marketing campaigns. New technologies such as cable and VCRs offered new windows for Hollywood movies beyond theatrical release, reducing the risks of blockbuster production. Deregulation through the 1980s and 1990s allowed for the "Big Six" media conglomerates to join film, theaters, networks, publishing, and other related media outlets under one corporate umbrella. This has expanded the scale and stability of Hollywood revenue while reducing the number and diversity of Hollywood films, as conglomerates focus on film franchises that can thrive on various digital media. Technological change has also lowered the cost of non-Hollywood films and thus encouraged a range of alternative forms of filmmaking, distribution, and exhibition.
American Food, Cooking, and Nutrition, 1900–1945
Helen Zoe Veit
The first half of the 20th century saw extraordinary changes in the ways Americans produced, procured, cooked, and ate food. Exploding food production easily outstripped population growth in this era as intensive plant and animal breeding, the booming use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, and technological advances in farm equipment all resulted in dramatically greater yields on American farms. At the same time, a rapidly growing transportation network of refrigerated ships, railroads, and trucks hugely expanded the reach of different food crops and increased the variety of foods consumers across the country could buy, even as food imports from other countries soared. Meanwhile, new technologies, such as mechanical refrigeration, reliable industrial canning, and, by the end of the era, frozen foods, subtly encouraged Americans to eat less locally and seasonally than ever before. Yet as American food became more abundant and more affordable, diminishing want and suffering, it also contributed to new problems, especially rising body weights and mounting rates of cardiac disease.
American taste preferences themselves changed throughout the era as more people came to expect stronger flavors, grew accustomed to the taste of industrially processed foods, and sampled so-called "foreign" foods, which played an enormous role in defining 20th-century American cuisine. Food marketing exploded, and food companies invested ever greater sums in print and radio advertising and eye-catching packaging. At home, a range of appliances made cooking easier, and modern grocery stores and increasing car ownership made it possible for Americans to food shop less frequently. Home economics provided Americans, especially girls and women, with newly scientific and managerial approaches to cooking and home management, and Americans as a whole increasingly approached food through the lens of science. Virtually all areas related to food saw fundamental shifts in the first half of the 20th century, from agriculture to industrial processing, from nutrition science to weight-loss culture, from marketing to transportation, and from kitchen technology to cuisine. Not everything about food changed in this era, but the rapid pace of change probably exaggerated the transformations for the many Americans who experienced them.
American Mass Culture, 1900–1945
Daniel Borus
The story of mass culture from 1900 to 1945 is the story of its growth and increasing centrality to American life. Sparked by the development of such new media as radios, phonographs, and cinema that required less literacy and formal education, and the commodification of leisure pursuits, mass culture extended its purview to nearly the entire nation by the end of the Second World War. In the process, it became one way in which immigrant and second-generation Americans could learn about the United States and stake a claim to participation in civic and social life. Mass culture characteristically consisted of artifacts that stressed pleasure, sensation, and glamor rather than, as previously been the case, eternal and ethereal beauty, moral propriety, and personal transcendence. It had the power to determine acceptable values and beliefs and define qualities and characteristics of social groups. The constant and graphic stimulation led many custodians of culture to worry about the kinds of stimulation that mass culture provided and about a breakdown in social morality that would surely follow. As a result, they formed regulatory agencies and watchdogs to monitor the mass culture available on the market. Other critics charged the regime of mass culture with inducing homogenization of belief and practice and contributing to passive acceptance of the status quo. The spread of mass culture did not terminate regional, class, or racial cultures; indeed, mass culture artifacts often borrowed them. Nor did marginalized groups accept stereotypical portrayals; rather, they worked to expand the possibilities of prevailing ones and to provide alternatives.
American Radio and Technological Transformation from Invention to Broadcasting, 1900–1945
Michael A. Krysko
Radio debuted as a wireless alternative to telegraphy in the late 19th century. At its inception, wireless technology could only transmit signals and was incapable of broadcasting actual voices. During the 1920s, however, it transformed into a medium primarily identified as one used for entertainment and informational broadcasting. The commercialization of American broadcasting, which included the establishment of national networks and reliance on advertising to generate revenue, became the so-called American system of broadcasting. This transformation demonstrates how technology is shaped by the dynamic forces of the society in which it is embedded. Broadcasting's aural attributes also engaged listeners in a way that distinguished it from other forms of mass media. Cognitive processes triggered by the disembodied voices and sounds emanating from radio's loudspeakers illustrate how listeners, grounded in particular social, cultural, economic, and political contexts, made sense of and understood the content with which they were engaged. Through the 1940s, difficulties in expanding the international radio presence of the United States further highlight the significance of surrounding contexts in shaping the technology and in promoting (or discouraging) listener engagement with programing content.
Anti-Catholicism in the United States
Mark S. Massa S. J.
Historian John Higham once referred to anti-Catholicism as "by far the oldest, and the most powerful of anti-foreign traditions" in North American intellectual and cultural history. But Higham's famous observation actually elided three different types of anti-Catholic nativism that have enjoyed a long and quite vibrant life in North America: a cultural distrust of Catholics, based on an understanding of North American public culture rooted in a profoundly British and Protestant ordering of human society; an intellectual distrust of Catholics, based on a set of epistemological and philosophical ideas first elucidated in the English (Lockean) and Scottish ("Common Sense Realist") Enlightenments and the British Whig tradition of political thought; and a nativist distrust of Catholics as deviant members of American society, a perception central to the Protestant mainstream's duty of "boundary maintenance" (to utilize Emile Durkheim's reading of how "outsiders" help "insiders" maintain social control).
An examination of the long history of anti-Catholicism in the United States can be divided into three parts: first, an overview of the types of anti-Catholic animus utilizing the typology adumbrated above; second, a narrative history of the most important anti-Catholic events in U.S. culture (e.g., Harvard's Dudleian Lectures, the Suffolk Resolves, the burning of the Charlestown convent, Maria Monk's Awful Disclosures); and finally, a discussion of American Catholic efforts to address the animus.
Asian American Literature, U.S. Empire, and the Eaton Sisters
Edward Tang
The Eaton sisters, Edith Maude (b. 1865–d. 1914) and Winnifred (b. 1875–d. 1954), were biracial authors who wrote under their respective pseudonyms, Sui Sin Far and Onoto Watanna. Raised in Montreal, Canada, by an English father and a Chinese mother, the sisters produced works that many scholars have recognized as among the first published by Asian American writers. Edith embraced her Chinese ancestry by composing newspaper articles and short stories that addressed the plight of Chinese immigrants in North America. Winnifred, on the other hand, posed as a Japanese woman and eclipsed her older sibling in popularity by writing interracial romances set in Japan.
The significance of the Eaton sisters emerges from a distinct moment in American history. At the turn of the 20th century, the United States began asserting an imperial presence in Asia and the Caribbean, while waves of immigrants entered the nation as valued industrial labor. This dual movement of overseas expansion and incoming foreign populations gave rise to a sense of superiority and anxiety within the white American mainstream. Even as U.S. statesmen and missionaries sought to extend democracy, Christianity, and trade relations abroad, they also doubted that people who came to America could assimilate themselves according to the tenets of a liberal white Protestantism. This concern became evident with the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) and the Gentleman's Agreement (1907), legislation that thwarted Chinese and Japanese immigration efforts. The lives and writings of the Eaton sisters intersected with these broader developments. As mixed-race authors, they catered to a growing U.S. consumer interest in things Asian, acting as cultural interpreters between East and West. In doing so, however, they complicated and challenged American beliefs and attitudes about race relations, gender roles, and empire building.
Asian Americans and the 1992 Los Angeles Riots/Uprising
Shelley Sang-Hee Lee
Although the 1992 Los Angeles riots have been described as a "race riot" sparked by the acquittals of a group of mostly white police officers charged with excessively beating black motorist Rodney King, the widespread targeting and destruction of Asian-owned (mainly Korean) property in and around South Central Los Angeles stands out as one of the most striking aspects of the uprising. For all the commentary generated about the state of black-white relations, African American youths, and the decline of America's inner cities, the riots also gave many Americans their first awareness of the presence of a Korean immigrant population in Southern California, a large number of Korean shop owners, and the existence of what was commonly framed as the "black-Korean conflict." For Korean Americans, and Asian Americans more generally, the Los Angeles riots represented a shattered "American dream" and brought focus to their tenuous hold on economic mobility and social inclusion in a society fraught by racial and ethnic tension. The riots furthermore marked a turning point that placed Asian immigrants and Asian Americans at the center of new conversations about social relations in a multiracial America, the place of new immigrants, and the responsibilities of relatively privileged minorities toward the less privileged.


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Long ago, in the land of Flanaess, an evil demoness founded a cult dedicated to exploring evil in its most elemental forms. This cult was based in a temple just outside the village of Hommlet in a vile shire known as Nulb. Soon, this cult ruled the region with tyranny; times of chaos and violence ensued. Hard-fought battles were waged and the war was eventually won by the good armies of nearby lands. The temple was razed, the villains were imprisoned, and order was restored. The temple itself faded into distant memory... until now. Recently, bandits have begun patrolling the roads outside Hommlet and wicked forces are rumored to be afoot, converging on the ruined temple at Nulb. Their purposes for such meetings are as yet unknown.
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With Wrestlemania only nine days away there aren't many unanswered question going into the biggest show of the year. Except, why isn't a regular tag team competing for the belts, but maybe that's just me. Anyway, tonight's Smackdown! is coming to us from my backyard of Hershey, Pennsylvania, (and yes sometimes it does smell like chocolate,) where The Rock is making his triumphant return in front of a sold out crowd.
In fact, the Rock kicks off the show, giving the people what they want. The Rock holds story time in the ring, telling the crowd that it was in Hershey where he came up with one of his catch phrases. It was because of Whatchamacallit Bar is when he came up with, "I'm gonna whip your candy ***!" (I'm not buying that story Rock.) After Rock gets to the moral of the story, Big John Laurenitis interrupts the Champ. Big Johnny wants to be in The Rock's corner at Wrestlemania to help take down Cena and get revenge. The Rock answers the request with the People's Elbow, so I'll take that as a no.
Yea, so Chris Jericho versus Fandango is happening at Wrestlemania. (Say what you will about Fandango, but he saved me $4 on my tickets to GI Joe: Retaliation. Thanks to @QuietStorm187 for the joke. Follow him on Twitter. )
Match #1 � Chris Jericho vs. Wade Barrett
The Miz joins Cole and the crew and a very crowded announce table to scout his WM opponent. Wade Barrett gets in The Miz's face on the outside and nearly gets counted out, but the IC Champ is distracted enough to allow Jericho to hit the Code Breaker and get the win.
Winner via pinfall: Chris Jericho
After the bell, Jericho calls out Fandango. I can't believe Jericho is going to job to this guy in nine days. Jericho invites the dancing machine, who is getting pelted with "You can't wrestle!" chants, but Fandango decides to dance his way to the back, instead.
If you missed RAW, or haven't read Nick Tylwalk's RAW report, (go do it now! I'll wait.) we get a recap of build up to Triple H versus Lesnar.
Josh Matthews got a chance to sit down with Paul Heyman, who starts the interview by berating Matthews. Heyman says Hunter is in a must lose situation, and when Lesnar crushes Triple H physically, he will also crush his spirit. Hunter will resent the wrestlers that work under him, because he will never be able to get in the ring again. Heyman says the entire roster will eventually rise up against Triple H.
Match #2 � Ryback versus Mark Henry - Bench Press Challenge
Booker T explains that they are using the same test that is used by the NFL. Each competitor will try to bench press 250 pounds as many times as they can. Booker T reminds the two superstars that they cannot touch each other. Mark Henry steps up first, and proceeds to break the World Record with 53 reps. (Yea, I don't think this is official.)
Ryback takes his turn, matching Mark Henry rep for rep, until he gets to 53. Henry pushes the weight back onto Ryback, trying to choke him with the bar. Ryback is able to fight free, but the damage is done.
Match #3 � Dolph Ziggler and AJ Lee w/ Big E Langston vs. Daniel Bryan and Kaitlyn w/ Kane - Mixed Tag Team Match
Kaitlyn make a blind tag, which means AJ also has to tag it. AJ hits two neck breaker, but only nets a two count. Kaitlyn explodes with a shoulder block, and tags in Bryan.
Bryan drop kicks Dolph in the corner, but AJ distracts the ref, allowing Big E to trip up Bryan. Kane runs over to take out Big E. Kaitlyn tags in, but Bryan continues to attack Ziggler on outside. AJ leaps onto Bryan's back, but when she returns to the ring, Kaitlyn hits a spear. Kaitlyn covers and gets the win.
Winner via pinfall: Daniel Bryan and Kaitlyn
The Shield cuts a promo saying that the strength of their purpose is stronger than anything. They believe the team of Orton, Sheamus and Show will implode before Wrestlemania.
Swagger looks in the ring and says what we are seeing is everything that is wrong with this country.
Swagger applies an Ankle Lock to Khali on the outside, and both men get counted out. Hornswoggle tries to help, but gets tossed into the security barrier for his trouble.
Double Count Out
Ricardo Rodriguez hobbles out on stage and wants Swagger to attack him again. Swagger attention is held long enough for Del Rio to attack from behind and lock in the cross arm breaker. Colter tries to make the save, but is clobbered by Ricardo with a crutch. Swagger ducks under a crutch shot from Del Rio and is able to retreat to the back.
Now it's time for the official RAW recap. (Just read Nick's report, instead!)
Michael Cole introduces the newest member of the Smackdown! team, Renee Young, who is with Orton, Sheamus and Show backstage. Sheamus and Show start to bicker, and once again, Randy Orton is the voice of reason.
Match #5 � Sheamus, Randy Orton and Big Show vs. The Rhodes Scholars and Antonio Cesaro
We all know this match is just filler, until The Shield shows up. Big Show allows Rhodes to take the first shot. Rhodes is ineffective and Show chops him into the corner. We go to commercial.
After the break, Orton is pummeling Sandow in the corner. Sandow fights back and Orton is in trouble stuck in the heel corner. The Viper fights all three men, but Sandow gains the upper hand. Cesaro tags in, picking Orton up and dropping him with a gut wrench slam. The heels quickly rotate with tags, Sandow drops the Elbow of Disdain. Orton kicks out. Sheamus gets the hot tag and catches Rhodes on the apron. Sheamus chops away at his chest and then follow suit with Sandow. Sheamus drops White Noise on Rhodes, but is then jumped by Cesaro and Sandow. Big Show knocks outs Cesaro and then tosses Sandow into an RKO. Rhodes gets back to his feet only to run right into a Brogue Kick. Sheamus covers to get the win.
Winner via pinfall: Sheamus, Orton and Big Show
After the match, The Shield starts to make their way out of the crowd. Show, Orton and Sheamus don't wait in the ring, though. The trio takes the fight to The Shield, brawling in the stands. All six men fight on the club level, when The Shield makes a hasty retreat. Sheamus, Orton and Show stand victorious among the crowd as the show ends.
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Super easy apron to make for mom as a Mother's Day gift. Just use a pillowcase and some soft cording to make this fun apron.
Items needed:
- 1 pillowcase
- 3 yards Cording (or pair 45" shoestrings)
- Pins
- Needle/ thread
- Scissors
- Decoration (markers, iron-on decal or adhesive cloth decoration)
- Wash and iron pillowcase, if needed.
- Lay pillowcase on a flat surface, open end at bottom. Fold the top corners down, forming triangles so that the tips of the triangles overlap just slightly. We measured 11inched from the top corner and folded the corner over at that angle. The top remaining edge of the apron should be approximately 6 inches wide.
- Using needle and thread, tack the overlapping edges of the triangle securely, making stitches that cover 1/2 inch. This will keep your edges from moving up and down.
- Fold the 3 yard length of cording in half and then place about 6 inches from the top of the apron. Carefully, insert cording under the folded sides of the triangle, keeping cording right against the fold. You should now have a loop at the top of the apron and two long tails for the ties.
- You need to make sure that the cording remains free of any stitching so that it will be adjustable and easily slip over the head before tying in the back.
- Make two small anchor "stitches" on either side of the cording, as shown in the diagram. Do not catch the cording with the stitches.
- Apron can be decorated with permanent Markers or iron-on decals. Available at sewing stores are also embroidery "patches" that can be sewn on or sometimes they have press-on adhesive.
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I've decided to take on a Jdate sponsor of sorts...much in the same vein as an alcoholics anonymous sponsor. The rules of the sponsorship program are as follows:
1. I'm only to log on to Jdate if I receive an email. Once logged on, I am to respond, or not respond, as appropriate, and then I must log off immediately. No more contacting women on my own.
2. If I feel the urge to log on on without having been solicited, I must call my sponsor and have him talk me out of it.
3. If my sponsor can not be reached, I must find something to do that would be more productive than logging on to Jdate, like stabbing myself in the eye with a pen, for example.
If this program doesn't work, medication may be the next step. That, or shock therapy!
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
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excellent plan. do you have to go through the 12 steps too?
- August 8, 2007 at 11:10 AM
- Marc F. said...
Yes, and each step is the same: Don't log on to Jdate!
- August 8, 2007 at 11:17 AM
i hope when you reach step 11- the one where you must request forgiveness from those youve hurt, that you apologize to us for sitting through this painful story of your life.
- August 8, 2007 at 11:43 AM
- Shoshana said...
Great job - just make sure that your sponsor is strong enough to hold you down while you are fighting your urge to log on!
- August 8, 2007 at 12:38 PM
- Marc F. said...
The person who should be asking forgiveness from you is the one who's holding a gun to your head forcing you to read my blog.
Once you take care of that, move out of your parent's basement, put the Family Guy DVDs away and think about some anger management sesssions.
- August 8, 2007 at 12:47 PM
Good comeback, Marc! :-)
- August 8, 2007 at 10:51 PM
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Well, here are some rules I've come up with, noticing that nobody seems to have made rules for teleporting units:
Some units have capabilities that allow them to move around the map quickly without being touched. Telebriking can be anything from teleporting to digging a tunnel and then coming out the opposite end.
The first thing to do when telebriking is have the unit make an action check at difficult(5) level. If failed, there are no results, but if passed the unit may perform telebrik.
The player then must place 3 markers(dice, coins ect.) on the map. The player must then assign 2 numbers between 1 and 6 to each marker
[Example] Marker 1: 1-2, Marker 2: 3-4, Marker 3: 5-6.
The player then rolls a D6, and the marker with one of its two numbers is rolled, then the location of the marker is where the telebriking unit is placed. The markers can then be removed.
The place where the player wishes to have the unit telebrik to must not be within 2 inches of a brik (unless its considered the ground).
NOTE: This is a special rule, so only unit with the telebrik special rule may use this ability.


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New Delhi, Nov 16: Attributing "sensationalism" over the CAG's presumptive loss figure of Rs1.76 lakh crore for the "killing" of the telecom sector, government today said it plans to auction by March-end the circles that were not taken in the flopped sale of mobile phone spectrum this week.
It also rejected Opposition allegations that government was celebrating the failure of the auction and said notwithstanding the poor response, it will garner the estimated Rs40,000 crore from spectrum sales.
An Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) headed by finance minister P Chidambaram will meet soon to decide on price and date for auction of spectrum in circles like Delhi and Mumbai, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal told a news conference here.
The government, which had set a reserve price of Rs14,000 crore for pan-India spectrum on the basis of CAG's assumption of Rs1.76 lakh crore loss caused to the exchequer in the previous sale in 2008, managed a meagre Rs9,407.64 crore in the auction that lasted barely two days.
"The telecom story is no longer a story that we can talk about to the rest of the world. People ask me the question, what happened? And quite frankly, I have no answers.
"All I can say that certain events took place and there was a level of sensationalism that took over and the government was, in a sense, limited in its policy prescriptions and had to move forward in a certain way which ultimately has resulted in what we have seen couple of days ago," he said.
Sibal said the government got more than Rs1 lakh crore from the auction of 3G spectrum, which was used by CAG to base its presumptive loss. "But the customer got nothing" as there was no roll-out of 3G services.
"Where are those Rs1.76 lakh crore?" he asked in an apparent reference to the CAG estimate and the money garnered in the auction that concluded on Wednesday.
Finance minister P Chidambaram, responding to questions on the net gains made by government, said, "I think you are all jumping to numbers. I thought we started by saying let's stop myth making first. I think you are making or building more myths now."


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Getting a new kitty.. HELP!!!
well tomorrow were getting a new kitty, and she is having surgery today.. should we keep her away from dexter and shultz? how long do u think untill she will be able to meet dexter? and how long will it take for her to recover? (shes being fixed) and any good names that are unherd of very often?
There's a thread here about introducing a new cat to the family. I've also been doing a ton of reading because I plan on getting a new pair of kittens in November.
Since kitty is recovering from surgery(mine will be as well) I would definitely try to make intro to the established pets slow.
-Start new kitty in a room by itself with it's own food, water & litter box(I plan on putting ours in my oldest daughter's room). Visit it often but let it come to you, just sit in the room and talk to yourself so the new kitty can get used to your voice. Have any other members of your family do the same thing. Once the new kitty seems comfy in it's isolation room take the next step.
-Do a scent exchange. Take a blanket or towel that has been with new kitty all this time and exchange it for one that has had all the other pets in the house on it. I plan on doing this once a day for three days so all the animals get each others scents.
-Supervised visits with the other animals outside the isolation room. I plan on assigning a person to each pet and making sure that everyone is behaving. I also plan on have a portion of the house open for exploration at this point. I plan on doing this for 20 minutes twice a day for three days.
-My house is small so at this point I will open the house up to the new cats and let the established animals into the isolation room but if I had a larger house then I would open the house in stages so as not to overwhelm new kitty.
Of course all of this for me is still months away but let me know how it goes for you and if any of my suggestions helped. From what I've read this is basically the way to go.
Some names we've talked about; Max & Ruby, Toopy & Binoo, Chaos & Discord, Enigma & Mystery.
Also(copied & pasted from ASPCA site)
What Is the Recovery Process for Recently Spayed or Neutered Cats?
Although your cat may experience some discomfort after surgery, he shouldn't be in pain. Depending on the procedure performed, medication to control pain may be sent home with your cat. Here are some tips for a safe and comfortable recovery:
Provide your cat with a quiet place to recover indoors and away from other animals.
Try to prevent your cat from running or jumping for the first few days following surgery.
Prevent your cat from licking the incision site, which may cause infection, by distracting him with a few treats or by using an Elizabethan collar.
Consider using shredded paper instead of cat litter, since dust from the litter can also cause infection.
Avoid bathing your cat for at least ten days after surgery.
Check the incision site daily to confirm proper healing.
If you notice any redness, swelling or discharge at the surgery site, or if the incision is open, please contact your vet. Also call your vet if your cat is lethargic, has a decreased appetite, is vomiting or has diarrhea following surgery.
Last edited by cassblonde; January 22nd, 2013 at 08:01 PM. Reason: Forgot name suggestions. Added spay info.
that was very helpful i read it to the othe main person in the household and that thought they were good ideas! BTW i love the name binoo ~ also reminds me of my child hood memorys~
How are things going with new kitty? Have you picked a name yet?
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Microsoft's Cold Feet Over SOPA Behind BSA's 'Rethinking' Its Views
from the tech-turn-around dept
Equally interesting in that article? Even AT&T appears to be quietly pushing back against SOPA:
Microsoft isn't the only company to embrace Protect IP yet have reservations about SOPA. Tim McKone, AT&T's executive vice president of federal relations, told CNET last week that "we have been supportive of the general framework" of Protect IP. But when it comes to SOPA, all AT&T would say is that it is "working constructively with Chairman Smith and others toward a similar end in the House."To say this is unlike AT&T would be an understatement. It's been expected all along that they would support whatever was proposed on the SOPA/PIPA front. Apparently, now that they've taken the time to actually understand what the bill proposes, they recognize how it goes way, way too far...


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Bob Lutz gives grim prediction for the future of the automobile
Bob Lutz has been a senior figure in the automotive industry for longer than most, so when he speaks about where it's headed there's some authority behind what he has to say.
Some zingers include his skepticism of man's effect on climate change, as well as the long-term viability of Tesla. On one of those fronts he may be proven correct in the not too distant future.
Speaking of the future, he has some grim predictions for what the industry might be like in the coming decades. In the first of a 5-part series of articles by Automotive News (subscription required) outlining the future of the industry, Lutz states that we are "approaching the end of the automotive era."
As self-driving technology advances, he sees fully autonomous pods you hail for a ride replacing privately owned cars. Some people will still want to own their own pod but the majority is likely to just hail a ride when needed. Remember, the average car spends around 95 percent of its life sitting and doing nothing.
The pods will be able to merge into long, high-speed moving platoons on highways where speeds of well over 100 mph would be possible, meaning you could live much further out of town. Part of your work day could even take place in the pod. Lutz describes the concept as a blend of cars and trains.
It gets worse. Lutz says most automotive brands will disappear. Instead, the pods will carry the brand of the fleet that owns them, perhaps Lyft, Uber or Waymo. Some automakers will still be around, churning out pods for the various companies that own fleets. Lutz gives the examples of manufacturers that churn out mobile phones for major providers.
And naturally, performance won't matter if no one's doing the driving. The pods will still be differentiated, however. For example, there will be different body styles available depending on your need. There will also be different grades available from basic to luxury. Some automakers such as Rolls-Royce or Bentley could still be around, offering flashy, privately owned pods. People wanting to flaunt their wealth likely won't change anytime soon.
Lutz's grimmest prediction, however, is a banning of cars that still allow humans to drive, something he sees happening as early as the next 15-20 years. He says such cars will be legislated off highways because self-driving cars will be shown to be incapable of accidents. You'll still be able to drive your classic, though at a private track. Driving will become a pastime just like riding hoses is today, he says.
There's enough practicality in Lutz's predictions to guarantee that we'll likely see some of it happen. If the predictions are accurate, let's just hope he's off on his timing, because it will be a sad day indeed when driving is banned.
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Have you been to Epicurious? If the answer is yes, pat yourself on the back, bask a moment in righteous glory and move along to "The Dish". If the answer is, "What the hell is Epicurious, and will I need any vaccinations?" then it's about time you came out of the dark ages, my friend. Epicurious.com is a miraculous website run by the folks who publish Gourmet and Bon Appétit. It's an indispensable tool and I can't imagine living without it, but judging by the number of people who still ask me what to do with turnips, it's still not bookmarked on everyone's toolbar. Click on the search box and type in the ingredient that's loitering menacingly at the bottom of your fridge. Whether it's sorrel, goat cheese or beets, Epicurious will give you a long list of ideas for what to do with it. (In fact, type in all three and you'll find a fabulous-looking recipe for sorrel-wrapped goat cheese and beet stacks.) Next time you're standing there in the produce aisle, staring at the enoke mushrooms and thinking, "Hmm..." just throw them in the cart. Go home, tap tap tap and your guests are remarking on the genius of your wild mushroom and arugula crostini, or the delightful tang of your Thai shrimp curry. "I never knew what to do with those weird little mushrooms," the guests will say. "Oh! There are tons of things you can do with them!"
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It's called California Witches, but the only biddy on a broomstick here is the picture of a witch on the logo. Owner Jenny Marcus is the Korean-born chef at this month-old restaurant at 7202 Menaul NE. Marcus learned her trade in Korea before moving to California eight years ago. She decided to name her place in homage to a Korean restaurant she had admired, one that served sandwiches, and called them witches for short.
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Barbecue is never an easy topic of discussion. Regional variations in the sauce ingredients or the cooking method, the type of wood used in the smoking, and even the style of the side dishes can cause a major food fight. Most comfort foods, especially barbecue, have roots that go deep into our family trees. We like it our way and that becomes the right way. I'll admit I'm very attached to my own homemade barbecue sauce and when it comes to potato salad, my mother's hallowed recipe sets the standard. So, I'm pleased to report that Albuquerque is graced with a new barbecue restaurant that serves sauce and potato salad that both pass muster, at least with me.


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Rivals begin chase to catch Mercedes
Given Mercedes' dominance in Australia, the German marque's rivals have now begun their chase.
Second on the road in Melbourne was the later-disqualified Red Bull of Daniel Ricciardo.
"When you think about where they were three weeks ago," said Mercedes' Toto Wolff, "then we need to be really aware of what they are capable of.
"We are yet to see a reliable Vettel, and when that happens he'll be really fast," the German told Finland's Turun Sanomat newspaper.
Williams is currently regarded as the second-fastest team behind Mercedes, but technical boss Pat Symonds is expecting a tough fight in 2014.
"Look at how quickly Renault has caught up," he told Germany's Auto Motor und Sport. "Three weeks ago they were nowhere, suddenly they have a car that can be second."
Indeed, a lot of the responsibility for Red Bull's issues is in engine supplier Renault's court.
"It is obvious that we are slower on the straights than Mercedes," the French marque's Remi Taffin is quoted by Italiaracing.
"I don't know if it's a second, and it's definitely more than a tenth, but there are no unsolvable problems," he insisted.
Also chasing Mercedes hard are McLaren and Ferrari.
"We believe that their (Mercedes') advantage is between five tenths and three quarters of a second," McLaren team boss Eric Boullier is quoted by France's Auto Hebdo.
"From our side we wanted above all to develop a reliable car, as we think it is essential to win a lot of points early in the season.
"Then we will have a very aggressive development," said Boullier.
"We need to catch up with Mercedes but also other teams that will be successful when their engine is as well."
Ferrari agrees that, despite a disappointing opening weekend in Australia, nothing is lost in terms of the overall battle for the 2014 title.
"I honestly believe that there is time for this team to fight for this world championship," boss Stefano Domenicali is quoted by the Spanish sports newspaper AS.
"Sure, it will not be easy, but of course there is time and we have the resources to do everything possible to bring it about."


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In football, a player jumping on a ball carrier after the whistle can get a penalty for piling on.
In football, a player jumping on a ball carrier after the whistle can get a penalty for piling on.
As Havelock city staff and commissioners enter the grunt work of forming the 2013-14 budget, the referee has his penalty flag in hand and is preparing to throw it.
The reason is simply. The proposed budget includes a property tax rate increase of 2 cents per $100 in property value. For a typical home in Havelock, that amounts to $27 more per year residents will have to pay the government.
We must say that the budget is only a proposal at this point, and nothing is final. Commissioners oppose the idea of a tax increase and will work with city staff during budget sessions � which are open to the public by the way � in an effort to hammer out the details of the city�s spending plan for the next fiscal year.
We do give city staff some credit. General expenses are down about $1.1 million in the proposal compared to the current fiscal year.
So why the tax increase?
According to city officials, the reasons are many. One of those is a lack of funding from the state for road maintenance. If you recall, the city started a five-year plan to improve streets and roads, with that money coming from the state�s Powell Bill Fund. Money for that fund comes from state gasoline taxes, which have been decreasing.
Also, with the lack of home construction combined with foreclosures, the city has not seen residential or commercial growth to add to the tax base. Basically, the amount of money the city is taking in from taxes, business permits, and water and sewer hookups is not increasing to match the expenses of city business.
Still, we hate the idea of city residents having to pay more.
And it�s not just in property taxes. The city is also proposing an increase in trash service from the current $13.95 per month to $16.77. That amounts to nearly $34 per year.
Add to that proposed increases in certain permit fees, and residents will be paying out more money next year to the city.
Residents are already facing enough issues, as the economy continues to struggle and many face the likelihood of work furloughs from Cherry Point, meaning less money in their paychecks.
And now this budget proposes to take more money from them. It�s just one more thing added to the financial woes many residents are enduring.
We hope city staff and commissioners will work on this proposed budget to eliminate the tax increase. If it is approved, we might flag the board and city staff for piling on, but residents will be the ones who will end up penalized.