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The �peaceable kingdom,� where lions lie down with lambs amid other unlikely combos, turns out to be not so far-fetched when it comes to one of North Carolina�s most vexing policy challenges. While there are holdouts who enjoy their status as predators � or who don�t want to risk becoming prey �many conservatives and liberals agree that the state�s redistricting procedure is a mess that needs fixing.
Which group represents the lions and which the lambs? Well, let�s say that�s in the eye of the beholder.
Anyway, the outlines of a consensus spanning ideologies and parties were on display in Apex on the evening of Dec. 11. The NC Coalition for Lobbying and Government Reform sponsored a meeting to build support for a new approach to redistricting that would defuse what has become a toxic cycle of smash-mouth partisanship. A key proponent, Apex Republican Rep. Paul Stam, was on hand to talk up House Bill 606, of which he is a lead sponsor.
Nobody would mistake Stam, the House Speaker Pro Tem, for anything less than a loyal Republican and staunch conservative. But he has been pushing for redistricting reform ever since Democrats ran the show in the General Assembly and drew congressional and legislative voting district boundaries to their liking. Since Stam clearly doesn�t want to be mistaken for a hypocrite, he�s making the same kind of arguments now that his party is in charge. That puts him in league with liberal-minded reformers appalled by how the line-drawing process has been abused.
A handy way to describe that abuse is to say that instead of letting voters choose their legislators, it lets legislators choose their voters. It turns a basic principle of representative democracy on its head.
Redistricting is a chore undertaken by the General Assembly at the outset of each decade, after the national census. The goal is to adjust the boundaries of congressional and legislative districts to account for population changes. Districts represented by members of Congress, the state Senate and state House are supposed to be more or less the same size as others in the respective categories.
But that�s where the age-old, disreputable art of gerrymandering comes into play. Politicians can and do skew the lines to favor their party, powerful incumbents and themselves.
This state�s Republicans had long chafed at what they saw as rough treatment at the hands of Democrats who controlled the redistricting machinery for decades. So when they took control of both legislative houses in the 2010 elections, they set out to fix the Democrats� wagon.
Specialists used computers to draw districts finely calibrated to maximize GOP chances. The basic technique was to group as many Democratic voters as possible into as few districts as possible. That gave Republican candidates elsewhere a big advantage.
The payoff came in 2012, when the state�s congressional delegation ended up split 9-4 in favor of the GOP, even though Democratic candidates took 51 percent of the overall vote. Legislative Republicans padded their majorities to levels where no gubernatorial veto could be sustained if party discipline held.
Stam explained to his hometown crowd a fact of political life: Redistricting reform has the best chance when neither party can anticipate the outcome of the next census-year election. In other words, the temptation for a party that expects to win that election, and thus maintain its power by drawing favorable district lines, is too great.
In keeping with that rule, reformers in the state House advanced a bill in 2011 � nine years before the next redistricting � and won final approval by a bipartisan 88-27 vote. Besides Stam, who was majority leader at the time, those in favor included Speaker Thom Tillis. (All the no votes were cast by other Republicans.)
The bill went nowhere in the Senate. It was reintroduced this year as H.B. 606, gathering 61 sponsors (a majority in the 120-member House), but was not brought to a vote in the face of continuing Senate resistance. The Republican leadership there, under President Pro Tem Phil Berger, has been adamant in pressing to secure partisan advantage while it has the chance.
H.B. 606 would delegate the drawing of district lines to the legislature�s nonpartisan professional staff. Districts would have to be �reasonably compact� and �composed of convenient contiguous territory� � a marked contrast from the wildly spread-out and twisted shapes, cutting across county, municipal and precinct boundaries, that now are common and that confuse voters and officeholders alike. Staff-drawn district plans would be subject to up-or-down legislative votes.
The bill also includes this language, which gets to the heart of the matter: �No district shall be drawn for the purpose of favoring a political party, incumbent legislator, or member of Congress, or other person or group, or for the purpose of augmenting or diluting the voting strength of a language or racial minority group. In establishing districts, no use shall be made of any of the addresses or geographic locations of incumbents.�
Redistricting reform is an essential tonic to restore the health of a political system that depends on the honest competition of candidates and ideas. It would combat voter apathy and make officeholders more accountable. And let�s be honest: From the standpoint of those who seek to protect the interests of disadvantaged, vulnerable people reform is especially important if it would curb undue influence amassed by those who show too little regard for folks who struggle just to get by.
Barring a court order rejecting North Carolina�s current district maps, we won�t redistrict again until 2020. That�s a long enough interval to comport with Stam�s rule of thumb � neither party should be confident that it�ll be in the driver�s seat by then. So let legislators, when they come to Raleigh in the spring, welcome their own version of the peaceable kingdom and join across party lines to give us voting districts that are fair and functional for all.
Steve Ford is a volunteer program associate at the North Carolina Council of Churches. This essay originally appeared on the Council�s website and was released by N.C. Policy Watch.


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Sunday, June 01, 2014
The college degree premium and the Lucas critique
Yet this seems like exactly where we are going with government policy toward higher ed.
Historically, college degree holders earn more money and have lower unemployment rates than to non-degree holders.
So, in an attempt to increase earnings and employment, we are pushing for "everyone" to get a college degree.
Here's David Leonhardt from "The Upshot", after showing that the wage premium for a bachelor's degree has never been higher:
"Those returns underscore the importance of efforts to reduce the college dropout rate"
"At some point, 15 years or 17 years of education will make more sense as a universal goal. That point, in fact, has already arrived."
People, I know this sounds bad, but maybe it's because so many people drop out that the degree premium is so high.
Maybe if twice as many people got a bachelor's degree, the wage premium would fall dramatically.
Degree attainment and wages are outcomes of a complex, simultaneous structural socio-economic model. Making policy recommendations based on one reduced form relationship from that model without an understanding of the deep parameters is very bad science and the recommended policy is extremely unlikely to have the desired results.
It may seem strange for a college professor to be arguing that not everyone should be getting a college degree. But I have seen kids drift along for years, racking up debt and not human capital only to drop out and struggle. I have also seen thousands of kids make an economically unwise choice of major, get their degree and then struggle mightily.
Not all "colleges" produce that big premium and more importantly, not all majors produce a big premium, as I discussed in an earlier post.
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- J Scheppers said...
According to PEW using Census data college completion has increased from 12% to 31% from 1971 to 2012. I would suggest that moving the cohort from 12% to 31% from no degree to degreed with no change in knowledge would reduce the performance measure of the non-college graduate more than the decrease to the college graduates.
I am not arguing that college has no effect, but a sizable change in the ROI on a degree is simply related to the size of each of the cohorts.
- 12:44 PM, June 01, 2014
Yes, the Lucas-style critique is spot-on. Also missed by Leonhardt and others is that *even if* the difference is reflects skill, a change in the college premium is just as easily (more easily?) explained by a lowering of our standards for a high school diploma. Instead of raising the ceiling, lower the floor.
- 5:34 PM, June 01, 2014
Well, the world needs ditch diggers, too.
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Nestle has reportedly spoken to a small group of potential buyers in an effort to sell its diet business Jenny Craig, as the world's largest food group looks to divest underperforming businesses.
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Only A Pawn In Their Game
A bullet from the back of a bush took Medgar Evers' blood.
A finger fired the trigger to his name.
A handle hid out in the dark
A hand set the spark
Two eyes took the aim
Behind a man's brain
But he can't be blamed
He's only a pawn in their game.
A South politician preaches to the poor white man,
"You got more than the blacks, don't complain.
You're better than them, you been born with white skin," they explain.
And the Negro's name
Is used it is plain
For the politician's gain
As he rises to fame
And the poor white remains
On the caboose of the train
But it ain't him to blame
He's only a pawn in their game.
The deputy sheriffs, the soldiers, the governors get paid,
And the marshals and cops get the same,
But the poor white man's used in the hands of them all like a tool.
He's taught in his school
From the start by the rule
That the laws are with him
To protect his white skin
To keep up his hate
So he never thinks straight
'Bout the shape that he's in
But it ain't him to blame
He's only a pawn in their game.
From the poverty shacks, he looks from the cracks to the tracks,
And the hoof beats pound in his brain.
And he's taught how to walk in a pack
Shoot in the back
With his fist in a clinch
To hang and to lynch
To hide 'neath the hood
To kill with no pain
Like a dog on a chain
He ain't got no name
But it ain't him to blame
He's only a pawn in their game.
Today, Medgar Evers was buried from the bullet he caught.
They lowered him down as a king.
But when the shadowy sun sets on the one
That fired the gun
He'll see by his grave
On the stone that remains
Carved next to his name
His epitaph plain:
Only a pawn in their game.
love ol mr. dylan. Saw him, Willie, and Mellencamp when they came to Corpus. Great show! Anyways I don't see how the message of the song can be related to any event that is taking place in todays world. Maybe you can elaborate?
I just think it's important for us to consider each other's point of views. I was listening to this song and just though that sometimes we behave as if we're programmed. I was reading a Tea Party guy's Youtube blog and he basically everyone listening to television is brainwashed except people looking at FOX; Liberals make the contrary accusation. In the end sometimes we're being fed lines and going out like good soldiers on behalf of people that may or may not really care what our conditions are. I just think that, if you're going to stand your ground, it's important to do it after having thought it through and considered various positions; otherwise you're just a tin soldier.
Every great civilization has come to an end. Greed, power, corruption, and moral breakdown were mostly to blame. Maybe we are all pawns on the left and the right. I can't really say there is anyone in Washington that really has our best interests at heart.
The song could possibly be about any one of us, or it could be about all of us.
Is our defense that good? I think so. And the scary part is that the whole team seems to take a sadistic pride in shutting people down. What is Pop feeding them? They looked brainwashed out there, a single minded machine that just eats up their opponents. -----pjrfan
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My Genealogy Wish - A Handwriting Search Algorithm
We are all familiar with different ways to search on Ancestry and other genealogy database for our ancestors. We type in a surname and we have two options. First we may choose the "exact" search, hoping that the stars are aligned and the census enumerator wrote our ancestor's name correctly and then the indexer correctly read the handwriting. Then when that doesn't work, we may try the "soundex" search. Did the census enumerator write the surname as it sounded and not how we think it should be spelled?
But what options do we have when the census enumerator spelled the name correctly but the indexer got it wrong? Often we try searching the surname with just the first few letter and an asterisk (I could search for Eiswerth as "Eis*"). Or we add a question mark to note an unknown letter (search Bascom as "Basc?m:). But what if there was an easier way?
Here is where my wish comes into play. I wish there was a way to search based on handwriting. Just as soundex looks at letters that sound alike, I want a search algorithm that looks at how letter look alike.
Here are some of my ideas to get it started:
- What letters look the same? Capital Ls and Ss. They would have the same code, just like the soundex.
- How many humps does the letter have? All those Ns, Ms, Us, Rs, and other letters could be counted as humps. Then when you searched you would find sequences of letters with the same number of humps.
- Which direction do the stick parts of the letters go? Up like a "d" or down like a "p".
- What ways did letter groups get written? Double "s" looked like an "f".
What do you think about "handex"? (And I will call it that until someone thinks of something better!) Leave a comment and let me know.
What are your wishes for the genealogy community? I'm still looking for guest bloggers to add the the Summer of Genealogy Wishes and I would love to add your wish to the series. Send me an email to email@example.com.


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2 October 2014
San Francisco, Calif. - With several storylines brewing prior to the Audi Melges 20 North American Championship, the buzz in the fleet is the current wave that Cesar Gomes Neto and his Portobello team is riding. Racking up wins across North America including the U.S. Nationals, Canadian National Championship and most recently the Pacific Coast Championship, Gomes Neto has remained unfazed and is heading into their biggest challenge yet with a stacked fleet this coming weekend on San Francisco Bay. Despite John Kilroy's Samba Pa Ti holding the current world title and racing on his home waters, a Portobello win would solidify Gomes Neto's claim as the toughest team to beat in North America headed into the 2015 Miami Winter Series.
Based out of the well polished, relaxed and racing oriented San Francisco Yacht Club, twenty-one Audi Melges 20 teams are ready to lock horns and do their best to slow Gomes Neto down, and at the very least require him to compete in the last race to secure an overall win, something he has not had to do with the benefit of a throw out for the past two events. More impressive yet is that he continues to win while sailing with a new tactician in the past three events. With reliable bow/trimmer John Bowden keeping it real on the front of the boat, Gomes Neto has managed to have several talented sailors help call the shots, with Scott Nixon taking the reigns this weekend.
Standing in Gomes Neto's way are familiar world class pro and amateur Audi Melges 20 teams who are chomping at the bit to end his run, along with several newcomers on the West Coast making their first appearances at the Audi Melges 20 PCC's last weekend. Across the Atlantic from Italy is current RC44 and former Melges 32 owner Andrea Pozzi on Bombarda, who along with the rest of the fleet is hoping to learn some valuable lessons in preparation for the 2015 Worlds Championship set to take place in San Francisco Bay this time next year.
With the teams ready to do battle, there is no better venue than Berkley Circle where conditions provide for tight crosses, windward mark jam ups that shuffle the fleet, and awesome rides downwind with teams leap frogging each other as they blast into the gates. The North American Championship will take place over three days with eight races scheduled. The conclusion will either break the regatta win streak of Gomes Neto, or have to stand as one and proclaim, "Hail Cesar."
As with other Audi Melges 20 events around the world, racing updates as they are available will be posted online at the Official Audi Melges 20 Facebook Page. Be sure to also follow the fleet on Instagram, Twitter and YouTube. Tune in for the latest racing information, results, video interviews, and photos. Race reports, press releases and photos will also be available online each day post racing at melges20.com.
1.) Michael Kiss/Mike Buckley, Bacio
2.) Roland Vandermeer, BLAST!
3.) Andrea Pozzi/Lorenzo Bressani, Bombarda
4.) Rob Wilber/Anthony Kotoun, Cinghiale
5.) Mike Keefe, Flannel
6.) Tom Kassberg/Cameron McCloskey, Flygfisk
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12.) Bob Hayward/Phil Toth, Manatea 20
13.) Alexis Michas/Mark Mendleblatt, Midnight Blue
14.) Jim Wilson/Sam Rogers, Oleander
15.) Cesar Gomes Neto/Scott Nixon, Portobello
16.) Elliot James, Problem Child
17.) Richard Davies/Charlie McKee, Section 16
18.) John Kilroy/Paul Goodison, Samba Pa Ti
19.) Wes Whitmyer/Max Fraser, Slingshot
20.) Doug Wilheim, Wilco
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Monday, August 30, 2010
The Perceived Age Demographic in Genealogy
Here are some of my thoughts in response:
Genealogy Conferences
I definitely believe that the age perception garnered from a genealogy conference is not accurate. As Tina and some of the other commenters to the blog post have mentioned, money is an issue. The older generation is the one with the expendable money and free time to spend on such events. Young adults (gen-x, gen-y) are too poor or too busy trying to build a career or going to school. And young(ish!) families have huge time and budgetary constraints. Until recently I was an under 40 genealogist (oh, how quickly time slips by!). While money was not always the issue preventing me from attending a conference, time constraints and managing a family definitely were. Though I would love to attend a national conference I have yet to do so.
The national genealogy conferences often come at times that are difficult for parents and gen-x/y students. The NGS conference typically occurs in April while school is still in session. Parents can't attend if they have K-12 students still in school. And most gen-x/y students are still attending college classes. Similar problems occur with the FGS conference, though it tends to vary its schedule in a more helpful way. Often FGS is held the same week as the start of K-12 school, a particularly stressful (yet joyous!) time for parents. This year however, it was held a few weeks earlier in August rather than September which was most helpful. Until the national conference organizers are willing to change the dates of the conferences the demographic won't change.
I think the same thing applies to magazine subscriptions. The older generation has the extra income to spend on such things. The younger folks, on the one hand get their information more from the internet rather than printed material, and on the other, they also seek out free sources on the internet to save money.
Where can we find an accurate metric measurement?
A demographic breakdown of Ancestry.com subscribers would probably provide a more accurate view of genealogists but it would still be skewed more toward the folks that have money. And it would exclude all the users who access Ancestry.com at libraries.
I don't believe there is any one source that can provide an accurate assessment of who genealogists are. The genealogical arena is broken down into too many "channels", in much the same way that the main stream news media shifted over the years from three major network channels to an information free-or-all on the internet. For instance, if we could analyze the viewers of Roots Television perhaps we would discover a much younger demographic and find those genealogists who prefer to absorb information through video.
The next question
Instead of analyzing traditional venues for a clue to genealogical demographics, perhaps the question we should be asking is where are today's genealogists getting their information? And what are they looking for while they are there?
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Marian, as I've read over all these things posted recently on demographics I wonder if we are missing an important question? Shouldn't we be wondering what it is that makes a person of any age want to know who they are? I've been a genealogist since 1995 and I've always been disappointed in the numbers of people who could care less about their ancestry. I'm stunned when I find a person of any age who actually knows their grandmother's maiden name and I'm downright elated when I find one that knows the name of a great grandparent. I was in my early 40s in 1995 and the genealogists I met then were not computer genealogists and were mostly much older than me. Back then it really did seem like an older person's "hobby" and I felt I was before my time, so to speak. But now we can look around and see that lots of younger people have the "disease" (LOL!), so really, MY question would be: When there are so many who never give it a thought, what is it that makes that one person want to know where they came from and how they got here?ReplyDelete
Good question! Olive Tree Genealogy is kind of tackling this same issue by asking the reverse question: http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/08/it-boggles-my-mind.html
Very astute observations Marian and I hope this dialog continues in the genealogy community. Your post has gotten my analytical juices flowing in terms of genealogy conferences and accessibility for those who can't attend. I smell a new post coming on! Stay tuned.ReplyDelete
Your points for the younger gens are spot-on. The only reason I was able to attend FGS in 2007 was because I had a work project that was in Indiana that late summer, and my boss let me arrive early to attend the conference. Any trips I take I have to save up vacation time, and since I only get a certain number of days a year, I tend to use them for visiting family. I actually saved up a week's worth of vacation time from last year so I could go on a genealogy trip to Salt Lake City with the local genealogy society in April.ReplyDelete


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The local farmer's market has been getting some great kale. However, I don't know of many good recipes for kale. Can anyone suggest anything? So far I've just been steaming/blanching it with any combination of balsamic vinegar, soy sauce, and olive oil. Can kale be substituted for cabbage effectively?
Specifically, I'd prefer recipes with kale as the primary ingredient to be served as a side dish (as opposed to something like minestrone soup). I have lots of frozen leftovers to be eaten, so I'd like the kale to be a side dish to an already-cooked meal. I have no dietary restrictions, so the sky's the limit! (I also enjoy recipes designed for certain dietary restrictions, so please don't let that be a deterrent either ^_^)
I cooked kale for my bento all last week, and this is basically what I did. I loved it, and it made a surprisingly good bento staple for me. The below is posted from my personal blog, so it's a little irreverent and written for people who know me. :) It's simple and lovely.
Some tofu (1/3 block to 1/2 block if starving) extra-firm nonsilken tofu
One beautiful red bell pepper, sliced into rounds
One bunch kale leaves, washed and drained well
Three big cloves garlic (chopped), less if sharing air with someone you like, more if you have the whole bed to yourself
teaspoon or so red pepper flakes
olive oil
sea salt
freshly-ground black pepper
One lemon
Slice tofu into whatever size pieces you like best - I left it in slices about one inch by three inches by 1/2 inch or so. Fold into clean kitchen towel and stack a few cookbooks/physics books on top. The tofu will absorb the knowledge of the books stacked on top of it, so choose wisely. I do not recommend Sun Tzu - no one likes to be outmaneuvered by processed soybeans. It's embarrassing, and the pets will point and laugh. Ignore for twenty minutes or so.
Heat cast iron skillet. When skillet is hot, add a little oil and let that heat over medium-high flame. When hot, lay bell pepper rounds flat on the bottom, sprinkle with a pinch of salt and liberally with black pepper. Flip once or twice, cook until warm but not soft. Remove from pan and add a smidge more oil (how much is up to you, but tofu will absorb it like whoa if the oil isn't hot enough), and add garlic and red pepper flakes. When oil is nice and hot, grab the smartened-up tofu and lay it in the pan, pressing it down into the garlic, and cooking until golden brown on each side. Remove tofu and garlic from pan and set aside. Wrestle kale into the pan (it will try to jump out), saute lightly, until leaves are bright green, soft, but not anything like the canned mushy, nasty green nonsense they tried to feed you in grade school. Adjust salt to suit you. Put the kale on a plate, put tofu, garlic, and bell pepper on top, squeeze lemon juice to taste over the whole shebang. Devour. Goes well with a white wine spritzer while sitting on the back porch steps fending off the dog.
I like a kale salad. Finely shredded kale in a lemon based dressing, you can add what ever vegetable or nuts you like to this. I usually just go with bell pepper, shredded carrots, and pine nuts.
Kale mashed potatoes are also a crowd pleaser. I saute the kale in olive oil with garlic, onion, salt, and pepper adding in the potatoes and lightly mashing.
I'm trying to love kale. I don't.... but I'm working on it!
I found this site the other day but haven't tried the recipes yet:
This recipe however I just had yesterday and it was FABULOUS! I did add in whole wheat spaghetti but I "taste tested" the kale without it and would have eagerly eaten the whole pan! Spicy and salty and earthy and just straight up good!
If you look through raw food websites you can probably find tons of kale side dishes - the best tip I found from raw food is to let dressing sit on your kale for a while so that it can tenderize the leaves!
Good luck! And if you try something delish make sure you come back to let us know!!! Maybe you can help me love kale! ;-)
Thank you for the great ideas! Erisgrrrl, I'll let you know if I find something wonderful. I've never been a big kale eater, but the produce at the market was so lovely that I just had to get some. The farmer even went through the trouble of carefully cleaning the leaves after a muddy rain and tying the bundles together in pretty fan shapes.
It's great to be around people who care about their food! ^^
I haven't had it in a while, but they make good greens.
you just stew them up with spinach, collards, turnip greens, and mustard greens in turkey broth. Add beef bacon salt and lemon or cider vinegar and you're all set.
Serve with roasted rabbit and cheddar grits.
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The Gauchos (2-3) will be hosting rivals, No. 65 Cal Poly (4-1), in their regular season finale on Saturday before heading to the Big West Tournament at Indian Wells, April 25-28.
After their narrow 4-3 loss to Hawaii, the Gauchos are now locked into the fifth seed for the Big West Tournament but will be looking to play spoiler to visiting No. 65 Cal Poly, who leads the conference with a 4-1 record, and needs a win and a Pacific loss to capture the top seed.
The rivalry match at the Rec Cen Courts will be the final home match for seniors Benjamin Recknagel, Mbonisi Ndimande, and Max Glenn.
In his first three seasons at UCSB, Benjamin Recknagel compiled a 44-30 overall record in singles, playing primarily at the No. 1 and No. 2 positions and has had another strong campaign this season, going 11-7 in singles play and 9-6 in doubles on the dual match season.
Mbonisi Ndimande's career at UCSB began in 2011-2012, when he went 25-8 in singles, playing mostly at the No. 3 position, and accumulated a 17-13 record in doubles. This year has been another strong year for the senior, who sports an 11-9 record splitting time primarily between the No. 1 and No. 2 positions and a 10-8 record in No. 1 doubles.
Max Glenn, who currently serves as captain of the team, compiled a 22-17 record in singles play over his career at UCSB.
The Gauchos' regular season finale will be held at the Rec Cen Courts on Saturday beginning at 1:00 PM.


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(CNN) -- "The Duke" knows within a split second if something is awry. The trouble is, he only has two further seconds to put it right.
Such are the fine margins in Orlando Duque's chosen discipline, cliff diving -- which he lovingly, and understatedly, refers to as "fun" and "intense."
The Colombian is a master of his art, with 11 world high-diving titles and two Guinness world records to his name, including one for a "perfect 10" dive at the World Championships in 2000.
He had started out in conventional Olympic-style diving, but after growing tired of the pool he turned to the cliffs and an adrenaline-fueled pursuit that can thrill and terrify in equal measure.
"When I jump off, immediately I know if things are going well or not," the 39-year-old told CNN's Human to Hero series.
"I know if I'm having a problem or something or if I just need to go through the dive and things should be OK.
"You get information immediately and it's amazing how fast you start processing that and, if needed, trying to make adjustments -- because you can make adjustments in mid-air, but it is just really quick.
"It's nice. As soon as you jump off, you know if it is OK, we're good."
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Duque is a permanent fixture on the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series circuit, which this year consists of eight events in glamorous destinations such as Brazil, France, Thailand and Portugal.
Participants perform four dives from a 27-meter cliff -- two stipulated, two freestyle -- often reaching speeds of 85 kph with every fall.
Every leap is a leap into the unknown; a crash landing from 27m is the equivalent of a 13m fall onto concrete.
But ask Duque for a comparison and he offers an unlikely one.
"When I dive off a cliff, it's too much fun. I have all the control, I decide to jump and the feeling in the air, it's just amazing," he says.
"It's kind of like how your dog feels when he sticks his head out of the window, he's just so happy feeling the wind. That's how we feel.
"When I'm standing up on top, I'm worried. I know this is high. It's going to be some danger involved in the dive but I still want to do it.
"And you're worried, you have a little bit of fear but then when you're in the air, you feel the wind in your face. You hear it. It's really, really intense and then once you're in the water, it's like 'Whoa'. It's just relief.
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"In three seconds you went from being really worried and now you're in the water and you're super happy. It just changes really quickly and it's hard to compare to anything else, you know?"
Duque swapped the football pitch for the pool aged just nine and has never looked back.
He made the switch to cliff diving in 1995 and was soon the sport's dominant force.
His first cliff diving world title came in 2000, the season in which he broke a world record after scoring a perfect 10 from all seven judges for a double back somersault with four twists from 24.4m in Hawaii.
He went on to win an incredible nine world titles, the last coming in 2009, the first year of Red Bull's sponsorship. Agonizingly, he lost out to British rival Gary Hunt last year in the very final round of competition.
But he did get his own back on an emotional return to the pool in July, winning gold as high diving made its debut at the 2013 FINA World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, alongside more established disciplines such as swimming, synchro and water polo.
It was fitting reward for a pioneer of the sport who has had much to do with its slipstream into the mainstream -- and one which ranks as his proudest achievement.
"It was the first time our sport was there, so being part of that group that was probably the top there," he says.
"And winning my first cliff diving world championships back in 2000. It was a great competition. It was of course the first one. That stays in your mind, for sure."
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Easing back into the pool environment -- where in Olympic diving competitors leap from heights between 1-10 meters -- is a much easier transition than the move in the other direction. So apart from the obvious, what takes the most adapting to?
"If you're going higher than 25 meters the speed is much higher so you have to get used to that first, and the height and the speed of the fall," Duque says.
"You cannot train that too much because the impact of the water is so heavy, the body cannot handle it. You have to really trust yourself, trust your skills. Know that you're going to be able to do it."
Duque can still recall the first time he dipped his toe in the cliff diving water, in Switzerland.
"It was scary," he explains. "And it's because you don't have that much proper training let's say up until that point. You kind of have to take the leap. You go up and then you know you can control certain dives and then you've just got to do it.
"Luckily, I had really good technique, really good preparation. It was in Switzerland in this little river thing and beautiful place but in those moments when you're like scared, you don't even realize what's around you.
"You forget all of that and you just focus on the dive. It was really nice but I can only remember the dive, let's say."
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Duque is currently third in the standings with just one event remaining this season -- inclement weather dealt his championship hopes a blow by forcing the abandonment of the penultimate event in Brazil.
It did, however, save Duque's body the strain of another competition and he admits that even textbook dives tend to hurt in some way shape or form.
"Doing some of the things I've done, I've scared myself a few times but it's more of a natural thing," he says.
"It's just my defense mechanism telling me, 'Listen, be careful', you know? You have to be concentrated to do this.
"I'm fully conscious of what I'm doing and I know I can do it, it's just you have that automatic switch in your head that is telling you be careful, you're not supposed to do this.
"If you make a mistake then deceleration is too quick -- you can have a concussion, you can have a broken coccyx the legs can separate and then you overstretch, separated pelvises -- that's common injury.
"It could be that you have some internal bleeding if you were to land completely flat."
Duque has seen the sport grow in his near 20-year cliff diving career, and after recognition by FINA at the World Championships, there is one more leap for it to make.
"I've been around this for over 15 years and every year is getting better in terms of diving, also the sport is growing," he says.
"We've just been included in FINA (which governs most water sports). Hopefully in the future, it will make it to the Olympics. You know, this is a spectacular sport that would add to the Olympics."


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The sixth of RKO's Fred Astaire -Ginger Rogers pairings of the 1930s, Swing Time starts off with bandleader Astaire getting cold feet on his wedding day. Astaire's bride-to-be Betty Furness will give him a second chance, providing he proves himself responsible enough to earn $25,000. Astaire naturally tries to avoid earning that amount once he falls in love with dance instructor Ginger Rogers. Numerous complications ensue, leading to the second time's the charm climax, with Ginger escaping her own wedding to wealthy Georges Metaxa in order to be reunited with Astaire. The film's most indelible image is that of Fred Astaire, immaculately attired in top hat and tails, hopping a freight car--a perfect encapsulation of the film's Depression-era cheekiness. The Jerome Kern-Dorothy Fields score includes such standards-to-be as Pick Yourself Up, A Fine Romance, The Way You Look Tonight, Never Gonna Dance and Bojangles of Harlem. The peerless supporting cast of Swing Time includes Helen Broderick, Victor Moore, Eric Blore, and Landers Stevens, the actor-father of the film's director, George Stevens.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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The purchase to a group led by Chris Hansen, a Seattle native living in the San Francisco area, is not complete, and the Maloofs have a history of bailing on major deals at the last minute, as Sacramento officials know from getting their hearts broken in arena negotiations in the Northern California city. But if details from the very reliable Wojnarowski are completed, chances are good the NBA is forever leaving a town that has supported professional basketball like few others.
Seattle has already secured financing for an arena and was only waiting on having a team in place before moving forward with construction. The hope there all along has been for the relocated franchise to be re-named the SuperSonics, wear the familiar green and gold, and play in KeyArena until the new building is completed. That, Seattle Mayor Michael McGinn told NBA.com in October, would likely mean two seasons in the old facility.
The Maloofs are expected to keep an extremely small percentage of team, but will have no real input or say in franchise, sources say.
I think he's going to be a star. And as time goes on, he'll be the face of the Spurs, I think.--- Coach Pop on Leonard
Did you ever notice, when you put the 2 words ' The' and ' IRS ' together it spells 'Theirs...'? Tis the season............
And to think, at one time the Magoofs were interested in buying the Spurs! Thank you Peter Holt and the current ownership group for stepping up to the plate.
Since you can't fix stupid, at least you should be able to prosecute it!
The Sacramento Kings will be sold to an ownership group that will move the franchise to Seattle for $525 million.
The source also said that the Maloof family will have no ownership stake or decision-making within the franchise, which has been a reported point of contention during negotiations.
Yahoo! Sports reported on Wednesday that a deal to sell the Kings to the Seattle group was nearly complete for $500 million.
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And now according to the sacbee.com there are folks in sacramento that want to buy the team and keep them there.
This is quite a mess the magoofs have created
Since you can't fix stupid, at least you should be able to prosecute it!
In a stunning new twist on the Sacramento Kings saga, a group including the new owner of Downtown Plaza is proposing to buy the team and build a $400 million arena on the site of the troubled shopping center.
The group includes JMA Ventures, the San Francisco investment firm that bought Downtown Plaza last year at a bargain-basement price.
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Kings to play in Seattle next season
With the finalization of the Sacramento Kings' sale to a Seattle-based ownership group, the NBA's relocation committee will overwhelmingly ratify the franchise's move to Seattle for the 2013-14 season, league sources told Yahoo! Sports.
The new ownership group, led by Chris Hansen and Steve Ballmer, will purchase 65 percent of the Kings at a franchise valuation of $525 million. The new owners will file for relocation to Seattle before the March 1 deadline, sources told Yahoo! Sports.
The Seattle group's plan is to play the next two seasons in KeyArena before moving into a new $500 million arena in downtown Seattle in 2015, sources said.
The new Seattle owners will bring back the franchise's longtime Sonics name and colors.
Yahoo! Sports reported on Jan. 9 that the Maloof family was finalizing a deal with the Hansen-Ballmer group to sell the franchise, and ultimately relocate it to Seattle. A formal announcement is expected this week, sources said.
The relocation committee has been briefed several times on the sale process to the Hansen-Ballmer group, sources said, and fully support the franchise moving to Seattle for next season.
The relocation committee is chaired by Oklahoma City Thunder owner Clay Bennett, and includes Washington's Ted Leonsis, Minnesota's Glen Taylor, Utah's Greg Miller, Miami's Mickey Arison, Indiana's Herb Simon and San Antonio's Peter Holt. Bennett moved the Sonics from Seattle to Oklahoma City in 2008.
The NBA's Board of Governors support this ownership group, want a team back in the Seattle market and will approve the sale at the next league meeting, sources said.
While NBA commissioner David Stern did work dutifully to find a way to keep the Kings in Sacramento for several years, the league was pushing the Maloof family to sell their 53 percent ownership share, and wanted badly for them to exit the league as owners, sources said. The Seattle contingent is purchasing the Maloofs' portion of the franchise and a 12 percent share from minority owner Bob Hernreich.
Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson issued a statement on Sunday night promising to fight to keep the franchise, but sources said the Maloofs reached an agreement in principle to sell the team over the weekend of Jan. 4-6, and that the pushes by potential local ownership groups in Sacramento were too late.
Sources: Kings to play in Seattle next season - Yahoo! Sports
Did you ever notice, when you put the 2 words ' The' and ' IRS ' together it spells 'Theirs...'? Tis the season............
Nice for Seattle.
But what gets lost in this is that the Kings will vanish, a team that has been in the NBA since the beginning. The Rochester and Cincinnati Royals were powerful teams back in the day. It appears that the Sonics' history will now be revived, but the Royals-Kings legacy might be lost.
It is too bad about the Kings going away, I wonder why everyone there waited until the last minute to try and buy them?
Why didn't these 'heavy hitters' show up a whole lot earlier in the process?
Since you can't fix stupid, at least you should be able to prosecute it!
Maybe the sale agreement will allow the same loophole for the Kings franchise. Although, as a fan of the NBA for 30+ years (yeah Hemisfair!), I think a Sonics for Kings trade is a good one.
I agree that this is the end of the Kings forever, though.
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BOSTON, Mass. – MIT overcame a 4-2 first half deficit with seven straight goals and outlasted Emerson College 9-6 in non-conference women's lacrosse action at Rotch Field on Thursday afternoon. With the win, the Engineers improved to 3-2 on the year while the Lions' ledger dropped to 0-5.
Emerson grabbed an early lead in the second minute as Maeghan Ross took a feed from. MIT evened the score just over a minute later as Kelly Duncan scored the first of her two goals on the day off a free-position shot.
Emerson's Chelsea Phillips answered with a free-position shot of her own, but MIT again rallied to tie the game on the first of Katie Kauffman's three goals on the afternoon. Emerson then dominated play for most of the remainder of the first half as Dodge scored twice to give the Lions a 4-2 lead. An Engineer goal by Stephanie Ledger with 2:30 remaining in the first period sent the teams to the locker room with Emerson holding a 4-3 advantage.
It took 10:19 for either team to score in the second half when Kauffman scored her second marker of the day. The Engineers scored less than a minute later on Duncan's second goal for a 5-4 lead they would not relinquish. The lead stretched to 9-4 for MIT before Emerson scored the final two goals of the contest in the last 1:33.
Kauffman led MIT in scoring with three goals and an assist in addition to four groundballs and two draw controls. Laura Wacker registered one goal, one assist, and two caused turnovers as Molly McShane and Lauren Rodda contributed two draw controls. Molly McCartin chipped in two caused turnovers as Sarah Ritter collected eight saves in her first intercollegiate start.
MIT had a large edge in shots in the game with 31 to Emerson's 19. The Lions also turned the ball over 19 times to just nine for the Engineers.
MIT's next game is Sunday in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., against Western Connecticut State University. Emerson is idle until March 26 when the Lions host Rivier College in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference contest.
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Exit Through the Gift Shop trailer
And in the other corner we have Street Art: The Ephimeral Rebellion. This German documentary made for the Arte TV channel, doesn't even have a spot on Rotten Tomatoes. However, it seems to be a more down-to-earth documentary that sheds light on international graffiti artists without all the Jackass humor.
Street Art: The Ephemeral Rebellion trailer
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Sands asks Nev. court to overturn documents ruling
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada's highest court is weighing arguments put forward by casino giant Las Vegas Sands Corp. and disgruntled former Sands executive Steven Jacobs.
The two have been embroiled in a court battle since Jacobs filed a wrongful termination suit in 2010 and accused Sands of a multitude of misdeeds, including doing business with known gangsters and making inappropriate payments to an attorney who was also a Macau lawmaker.
On Wednesday, Jacobs' attorneys asked the Nevada Supreme Court to overturn a decision by a district judge throwing out his defamation suit against Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson.
Sands asked the court to overturn decisions made by the same district judge regarding disclosure of evidence.
After Jacobs filed his suit, Adelson told the Wall Street Journal that his former employee was fired for cause. Adelson added that Jacobs was attempting to explain the termination "by using outright lies and fabrications."
Jacobs, who worked in Macau for the Sands subsidiary Sands China Ltd., responded by amending his original suit to accuse Adelson of knowingly spreading harmful falsehoods.
Clark County District Court Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez decided against Jacobs on the question of defamation. She ruled that Adelson was protected by the litigation privilege.
Jacobs' team argued in its appeal that Adelson should not have been protected by this privilege, in part because his statements went beyond the content of the lawsuit.
The Sands appeal concerns a trove of documents Jacobs has sought as evidence.
A former member of Sands' team reviewed a series of private emails ahead of a hearing in 2012. Two months later, Jacobs' team asked for copies of those emails, citing a Nevada statute they said mandates the disclosure of documents used to jog the memory of a witness before testimony.
Gonzalez sided with Jacobs. Sands, wishing to keep the emails private, is asking the Supreme Court to overturn her decision, arguing that Jacobs' team needed to ask for the documents during the hearing, not weeks later.
The Supreme Court is not expected to issue a ruling for several weeks.
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With just under a third of the Premier League season already gone and another international break upon us, now seems as good a time as any to take a look back and see who has started the new campaign on fire and who has sunk like a stone.
However there is usually one problem with most 'Best XI's" - they are of course highly subjective.
Well GMS has come up with a novel idea to try and remove that element by putting together a team based entirely on statistics - but not just any old statistics, ones that are particularly pertinent and defining for each position.
So for example, the midfielder with the best pass rate gets in, as does the striker with the most goals. Everyone else is disregarded, whether they play for a big team or, well, Crystal Palace.
In theory we should have an XI that is full of the most proficient, effective player in each position.
So click through to check out the best Premier League XI so far this season....


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Norwalk defeats Fairfield Prep, claims Class LL boys soccer crown
NEW CANAAN -- The 13 seniors on the Norwalk High School boys soccer team have been forced to live the past three years with the label of being the most talented squad not to win a postseason title.
It was the equivalent of winning Miss Congeniality at a beauty pageant.
"The past couple of years we've been known as the best team in the regular season," said Andrew Melitsanopoulos, a three-year starter. "We knew we were good enough, but for some reason the pieces didn't fall."
Even three weeks ago, when success did come, the Bears had to share the FCIAC co-championship because the league was forced to postpone the final in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.
With a last chance at closure on Friday morning, Norwalk went all out and, in a dominant performance, finally found that elusive sense of fulfillment with a 2-0 win over Fairfield Prep in the CIAC Class LL title game.
It was the top-seeded Bears' first state championship since 1966.
"It feels amazing," Melitsanopoulos said. "We put in so much work over the summer and the offseason, and after all the adversity and hardships we faced, we had to get at least one."
Melitsanopoulos scored on a penalty kick in the 31st minute as Norwalk (21-1-1) was the far superior side in the first half, controlling possession and playing a short passing game to open space.
Santiago Muriel, the best player on the field all game, was often the catalyst orchestrating plays.
"He played phenomenally," Norwalk coach Chris Laughton said. "He's had a great year. He's gotten better with every game and he was the difference maker today."
The Bears tried to serve the occasional long ball to spring their top scorer, Kevin Joslyn. And the Norwalk forwards were effective pressuring the Prep backfield, which did an excellent job to keep the halftime deficit to one goal.
"We wanted to take it to them," Laughton said. "We didn't want to sit back. We wanted to be aggressors from the start, and we did that in the first half. We were fortunate to get a goal and I thought we could have had a few others."
Melitsanopoulos' goal came after Muriel took the ball off the feet of Prep's Patrick Connolly and was taken down as goalkeeper Will Steiner came out to make the save.
Melitsanopoulos had converted a penalty kick against the Jesuits' outstanding keeper in a preseason game.
"I was so nervous going against him," Melitsanopoulos said. "I was lucky to get it past him today."
Norwalk's clinching goal was beautiful soccer, with Nacho Navarro, back after missing the semifinal win over Stamford due to a hamstring injury, alone in front, converting a touch pass from Joslyn in the 78th minute.
Prior to Navarro's goal, the Bears faced some anxious moments, as No. 3 Prep (20-3-1) picked up its pace in the first 20 minutes of the second half, taking six shots.
Norwalk goalkeeper Svet Kozak stopped a header by Stephen Tortora and, after Austin Sims was taken down just outside the box, David Bruton struck a shot that caromed off of Norwalk's nine-player wall.
"I'm very proud of what they did in the second half," said Prep coach Ryan Lyddy, whose team was making its first state final appearance in the sport. "We took them totally out of their game. We were down here on the attack 90 percent of the time. It's unfortunate we couldn't put one in."
The most exciting sequence came in the 68th minute, when Sims hit the post off a long throw in by Tim Frassetto. Norwalk quickly went on a transition attack, and Navarro got free on a breakaway, but he was stopped by Steiner when he attempted to dribble around him rather than shooting.
"Disappointed is a word that you want to use, but I'm just so happy for the seniors that got us this far," Lyddy said.
In the end, the Bears, reputed as the state's best team this fall, finally was able to take home a championship trophy rather than live with a mythical title.
"These guys have been through a lot," Laughton said. "It was great to see them come out and finish off the season the way that we wanted to."
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Records: Fairfield Prep 20-3-1; Norwalk 21-1-1
Goals: N--Andrew Melitsanopoulos, Nacho Navarro. Assists: N--Kevin Joslyn. Goalies: FP--Will Steiner (4 saves); N--Svet Kozak (6 saves). Shots: FP--10; N--10


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LAKE FOREST – Welcome to Crabby & Grumpy, your No. 1 choice for sports talk in Chicago.
Today, we're discussing Jay Cutler vs. Josh McCown. Who should start? Who should sit?
Go ahead, caller. You're on the air.
"In my opinion, [McCown] should be the guy. He should be the starting quarterback for the Bears, even if Jay Cutler is healthy."
Why's that?
"You can't take a guy who is this hot out of a football game. If I was on that team, I'd have a hard time taking him out."
It would be one thing if these words were stated by Stu from Woodstock or Harry from Harvard. But they came from someone else – let's call him Brian from New Mexico – who played 13 seasons for the Bears and is a shoo-in for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
And Brian Urlacher did not endorse McCown during an afternoon show on a local station. He did so on national TV this week as an analyst on "Fox Football Daily."
Even in retirement, Urlacher can pressure a quarterback.
The Bears have a hot-button issue on their hands regardless of whether they want to acknowledge it. On Thursday, coach Marc Trestman is expected to announce whether McCown or Cutler will start Sunday's game against the Cleveland Browns.
Most signs point to Cutler, so long as he performed well and did not endure any setbacks in a private workout Wednesday in front of coaches and medical staff. If Cutler does return from a high-ankle sprain that has sidelined him for four-plus games, it would mean McCown would return to his original role as the Bears' backup quarterback.
The same McCown who set a franchise record Monday against the Dallas Cowboys with his third consecutive 300-yard passing game.
The same McCown who was named the NFC Offensive Player of the Week on Wednesday, making him the first Bears player to earn the distinction in 2013.
The same McCown who has thrown 13 touchdowns with only one interception.
Yep, that McCown.
Don't get me wrong. Cutler represents the Bears' best option at quarterback as long as he is 100 percent healthy. Not 90 percent, not 95 percent, not 99 percent, but 100 percent.
Because when Cutler is fully healthy and playing his best, he can make any throw on the field and elude almost any type of pressure in the pocket. He won four of six starts before suffering groin and ankle injuries, and he has a firm grasp of Trestman's offense.
Besides, the Bears could use the final three games to help evaluate Cutler before deciding whether to retain him as a free agent or let him hit the open market this spring.
However, those entrenched in Camp McCown have a strong argument.
Until this week, the Bears' quarterback debate served as good fodder for fans and media types who wanted to fill the space between last week's final play and next week's kickoff. While we yapped, Trestman, McCown and everyone else on the Bears maintained that Cutler would remain the clear-cut No. 1 starter once doctors cleared him to play.
But something changed when Urlacher went on the record to endorse McCown over Cutler. Suddenly, it seemed possible that other Bears players privately felt the same way.
It's no secret that Urlacher was the face of the franchise and one of the most powerful voices in the locker room from 2000 to 2012. It's no secret that Urlacher remains good friends with more than a few former teammates, starting with fellow linebacker Lance Briggs.
On Thanksgiving Day, Bears linebacker Blake Costanzo wore a No. 54 Urlacher jersey through the locker room at Halas Hall. He posted a picture on his Twitter account along with the following message: "Giving thanks to Urlacher at this practice."
Remember that if you hear Bears players try to tell you that Urlacher's thoughts about Cutler and McCown don't really matter to them. It's hard to tune out someone whose message you have respected and followed for so many years.
One thing is certain.
If McCown returns to the bench this week, he will not make a fuss. McCown's humility is genuine, and his coaches appreciate his support for Cutler as the starter when healthy.
"Josh has done exactly what we've asked him to do," Trestman said. "He's performed very, very well as a backup, and he understands his role. We've got a very close quarterback room."
That's great.
Does the same hold true for the rest of the team?
• Shaw Media sports columnist Tom Musick can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com and on Twitter @tcmusick.


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2000 BMW 540it Exterior Lighting,brake Lights,switch Recall | Feb 17, 2000
Vehicle Description: Passenger Vehicles. The Brake Lamps In These Vehicles Are Controlled By A Switch Activated By The Movement Of The Brake Pedal. This Switch Could Fail Internally, Causing It To Remain Either In The "brake Lamps Off" Position Or In The "brake Lamps On" Position.
If This Happens, The Brake Lamps Either Will Not Operate Or Will Be Continuously Illuminated, Regardless Of Brake Pedal Position.
Summary Of Corrective Actions Taken: Dealers Will Inspect And, If Necessary, Replace The Existing Brake Lamp Switch With An Improved Switch.
Owner Notification Began May 15, 2000.owners Who Take Their Vehicles To An Authorized Dealer On An Agreed Upon Service Date And Do Not Receive The Free Remedy Within A Reasonable Time Should Contact Bmw At 1-800-831-1117.also Contact The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Auto Safety Hotline At 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).
This recall was issued on Feb 17, 2000 for 2000 BMW 540it, manufactured by BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE, in response to Exterior Lighting,brake Lights,switch problems.


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Saved By Cake by Marian Keyes
Never underestimate the power of cake. Or perhaps more accurately, the process of baking one. Novelist Marian Keyes discovered this while in the midst of a crushing depression and hasn't stopped baking since. The glitter-topped, rainbow-tinted, frosting-filled baked treats that came from this time in her life are the absolute opposite of depressed — they are joyful, full of life, and just plain fun.
Quick Facts
• Who wrote it: Marian Keyes
• Who published it: Plume
• Number of recipes: Over 80
• Recipes for right now: Rhubarb Crumble, Simple Chocolate Mousse, Sweet and Simple Strawberry Cupcakes, Carrot Cake Cupcakes, Lavender and White Chocolate Cheesecake, Fridge-Set Honeycomb Cheesecake, Green Tea Panna Cotta, Lemon Curd and Pistachio Pinwheels,
• Other highlights: When she talks about how baking saved her life from depression, Marian Keyes says, "Baking makes me focus on what's right in front of my nose. I have to focus. On weighing the sugar. On sieving the flour…You start off with disparate stuff, like butter and eggs, and what you end up with is so totally different."
I haven't had the kind of depression that Marian has had, but I understand this statement completely. How often have we come in from a bad day or surfaced from a truly rough time in our lives, and found that what brought joy back into the picture was the simple process of being in the kitchen? Not to even eat, necessarily, but just to make something good. That's what this book is about.
And it's also about sprinkles! And color! And playing with frosting, taking a chance with some edible glitter and a pastry bag. If the baking process brings focus, it's decorating the baked goods that brings smiles.
I found this book totally engaging, partly because of the story behind it but also because of these fun recipes. Marian isn't a master pastry chef and her aim isn't perfection. This makes these recipes feel approachable and doable in a way that many other books don't.
• Who would enjoy this book? Anyone who loves to bake or thinks they might love to bake if given a whisk and some butter.
Find the book at your local library, independent bookstore, or Amazon: Saved By Cake: Over 80 Ways to Bake Yourself Happy by Marian Keyes
• Visit the author's website: Marian Keyes
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Locals watch the raging River Tawi during flash floods on the outskirts of Jammu, the winter capital of Kashmir, India, Aug. 4. A flood alert has been issued in Jammu as heavy rains continued to lash the city for two consecutive days. At least 5 people were rescued from the flash floods that occured in the River Tawi.
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A Kashmiri man holding an umbrella rushes along a row of tourist boats laying idle on the banks of the Dal Lake in Srinagar, India, Aug. 4.
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An Indian Gujjar nomad woman searches for belongings in her mud house during flash floods on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Aug. 4.


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Is Harry Potter off the wagon? Sources tell Page Six that Daniel Radcliffe, who reportedly gave up the magic sauce in August 2010, was spotted on a date at Beauty Bar on 14th Street getting down with the night's DJ, Michael T. Radcliffe (no relation). "All was in good fun, and a special request for a Dusty Springfield song was even granted before a Jagerbomb-fueled Radcliffe got into a twist with the DJ," says a witness. "He was soon encouraged by management to grab a cab." A rep for Radcliffe didn't get back to us.
Daniel Radcliffe: Harry Blotto?
By PageSix.com Staff
December 13, 2012 | 5:00am