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TUCSON, Ariz. — The man who pleaded guilty to a deadly Arizona shooting rampage that also wounded then-Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords came face to face with his victims Thursday, with one scolding him and saying his parents and community had failed him.
"We've been told about your demons, about the illness that skewed your thinking," said Susan Hileman, at times visibly shaking, to Jared Lee Loughner at his sentencing hearing. "Your parents, your schools, your community, they all failed you.
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"It's all true," Hileman said. "It's not enough."
"You pointed a weapon and shot me three times," she said, staring directly at Loughner. He looked back at her. "And now I walked out of this courtroom and into the rest of my life and I won't think of you again."
Loughner's mother Amy could be seen wiping her eyes.
Earlier, Loughner told U.S. District Judge Larry Burns that he will not be speaking at the hearing Thursday where the 24-year-old is expected to be sentenced to life in prison. Loughner wore dress pants and a dark brown shirt with a tie, and drank from a foam cup.
Giffords and her husband, Mark Kelly, were in court. Kelly was expected to make a statement.
Loughner pleaded guilty three months ago to 19 federal charges under an agreement that guarantees he will spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole.
The deal calls for the dismissal of 30 other charges and a sentence of seven consecutive life terms, followed by 140 years in prison.
Both sides reached the deal after a judge declared that Loughner was able to understand the charges against him. After the shooting, he was diagnosed with schizophrenia and underwent forcible psychotropic drug treatments.
Some victims, including Giffords, welcomed the deal as a way to move on. It spared victims and their families from having to go through a potentially lengthy and traumatic trial and locks up the defendant for life.
Ron Barber, a former Giffords staffer who was shot in the cheek and thigh during the attack and later won election to her seat when Giffords stepped down, plans to make a statement, said his spokesman, Mark Kimble.
Hileman, who was shot three times while trying to save her 9-year-old neighbor, and Mavy Stoddard, whose husband died shielding her from bullets, plan to address the court.
"He has to pay the consequences for what he did, and justice will be served," Hileman said.
Judy Clarke, Loughner's lead attorney, didn't return messages seeking comment.
Christina Pietz, the court-appointed psychologist who treated Loughner, had warned that although Loughner was competent to plead guilty, he remained severely mentally ill and his condition could deteriorate under the stress of a trial.
When Loughner first arrived at a Missouri prison facility for treatment, he was convinced Giffords was dead, even though he was shown a video of the shooting. He eventually realized she was alive after he was forcibly medicated.
It's unknown whether Pima County prosecutors, who have discretion on whether to seek the death penalty against Loughner, will file state charges against him. Stephanie Coronado, a spokeswoman for Pima County Attorney Barbara LaWall, said Wednesday that no decision had been made.
It's unclear where Loughner will be sent to serve his federal sentence. He could return to a prison medical facility like the one in Springfield, Mo., where he's been treated for more than a year. Or he could end up in a prison such as the federal lockup in Florence, Colo., that houses some of the country's most notorious criminals, including Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols and "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski.


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I drive past these signs on Townsend lane,quite often,but The other day I actually wondered what they were for,as it seems daft warning drivers to stop at a red light....and there's 2 of them?????
I drive past these signs on Townsend lane,quite often,but The other day I actually wondered what they were for,as it seems daft warning drivers to stop at a red light....and there's 2 of them?????
Are there two stop lines?
I can see why..
There are two sets of lights close to each other. I bet people were looking at the far set of lights and stopping at the second stop line by mistake.
It's a wierd intersection, I can see why mistakes could be made -
What is needed perhaps is a shot at the first stop line. It looks as though there is a cycle-lane coloured strip across the road where the stop line(s) is/are, for bikes to go right in front of the stopped cars
The first stop line is lost in the red bicycle crossing , it's hard to see where the actual line is - very poor design
Yup, that is what I thought. Naughty drivers, thanks AZ.
The US standard actually separates the crosswalk markings from a stop line, and the stop line is much wider -
All you ever wanted to know about markings here....
Our homeowners assoc has 10 miles of private roads so I sometimes get involved in this stuff.
Blind drivers must have a hard time with all this.
nah... they can just go by this book - page 35 of chapter 3 says the stop lines shall be 12 to 24 inches wide, and that any crosswalk shall be 4 ft away from the stop line. Cross walk lines shall be 6 to 12 inches wide.
http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/pdfs/2009/part3.pdf Chapter 3 only
Whole document here - http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/pdfs/2009/pdf_index.htm
Looks like the UK standards needs to be made clearer.... This Federal document is an attempt to get states to standardise their markings and signs - it's worked because the Feds have the Highway Funds purse strings...
They also probably have a braille version of this book...
Our assoc does buy a lot of signs, so I tried to see which US one would be closest to the blue signs in the first post. I think it's this one -
A blue sign in the US is general services information, and nothing to do with traffic control - such as -
Over here, in the rush to accommodate cyclists there is bound to be some overlap. There are also some very short cycle paths of a few metres. This here is somebody trying to make it safer for cyclists to turn right and it has to better that they steam on and just do it rather than wait around for...more white paint.
I just wonder how many drivers look at them and say "Yeh,I know,that's what red lights mean"! Do they serve any practical purpose? I got beeped,for stopping to study them!
Zooming out from Az's map I can see this is a bit of a race track, merging and de-merging from two-way to one-way and back. I suppose it's all down to the timing and sequence of the lights. Cyclist would be risking life and limb tuning into Maiden's Lane while the lights were green. Why the central reservation too? They could put a filter turning right at the junction and stream all traffic at the de-merger point...what do I know?
There was a serious road accident on this road a while back when a woman was killed. They've since added umpteen changes to the road signage and road layout.
There was a school there which has since been demolished and in it's place we now have a new Health centre....it is still a very busy thoroughfare.
The whole Anfield area has been inundated with an abundance of road signs since the residents parking Zone came into play too. They must have used hundreds of gallons of road paint and made the road sign makers millionaire's!!!! And they are still making changes............Lynholme Road for example...........coming from Cherry Lane along Utting Avenue.....you can no longer turn left along Lynholme......so yet again more signs!!!
this is a new(ish) set of lights to aid 2 cars an hour who want to cross townsend.. the stop line on maiden is so far back by time u have crossed stop line ready to turn the lights have changed.
as for the stupid cycle lane come on willya WHEN WAS LAST TIME YOU SAW A CYCLIST STOP AT A SET OF LIGHTS
Arizona Bicycle Laws
It sounds like 2% of traffic fatalities are cyclists -
- ARS 28-644 Stop for traffic lights and stop signs
- ARS 28-817 Always use a white headlight and a red rear reflector when you cycle after sunset or before sunrise
- ARS 28-792 ARS 28-904 Yield to pedestrians at crosswalks and on sidewalks
- ARS 28-756 Before you turn or change lanes, look behind you, signal to show your plan to turn or change lanes, and yield to any traffic already there. Cyclists may signal their turns by extending either their left arm for a left turn or their right arm for a right turn
- ARS 28-721 Any vehicle moving slower than the normal traffic speed shall drive in the right-hand lane, or "as close as PRACTICABLE" to the right edge of the road, except when preparing to turn left or when passing
- ARS 28-704 Any vehicle on a two-lane road that has five or more vehicles behind it must pull off at the first safe pullout to allow the vehicles behind to proceed
- ARS 28-815 Special conditions that affect cyclists more than motorists are recognized in the law
- Riding two abreast is permitted by law (A.R.S. 28-815)
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I dont think the subsequent comments relating to this question are correct.TomChivers wrote:So if an improving junior graded 100 has a season consisting of beating me 30 times, his grade will be 190 only. Yet clearly his grade should be higher than mine, i.e. over 200.
Previous to 2009 an ungraded junior would have been graded 260 taking your previous grade as 200. I pointed this out and several other anomalies during the 2009 rehash and I think the basis was changed so that the junior would be 250.
Since 2009 juniors, who have played more than 20 games, as in your example are treated as ungraded so his new grade would be 250 most likely or possibly 260.
The basis of grading juniors is not clear in the documentation produced after the 2009 rehash, and if you burrow into the calculations for juniors along the way you can have a discussion with Roger de C about lack of stability over time and Brian Valentine about whether start values are needed in the markov process and a few other people who think that the ELO system solves all the problems. Additionally arbiters seem to think that both systems predict results and justify the accelerated paring system in tournaments. Neither system is based on any concrete mathematics and thus are approximations to a goal which can never be achieved.
Even the name is approximately referred to as the Clarke BCF/ECF grading system, whereas in fact it was invented by a Scotsman Kenneth Harkness primarily for RR tournaments. Clarke instigated its approximate use for unbalanced leagues where players had different activity rates and, thus made the issues of deflation, stretch and local inertia more prominent. Cynics suggest that Harkness gave the ECF the grading system as a joke and later Scotland switched to an ELO based system but the ECF havent realised the joke yet. Perhaps this last point could be confirmed by Geoff Chandler who is an approximation to a Scotsman or Alex McFarlane who spends so much time over the boarder he could be considered as extrapolated English.


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The Pi's ARM CPU runs at 700MHz, but an emulated x86 processor isn't going to be nearly that fast: specifically, rpix86 emulates an Intel 80486 running at roughly 20Mhz with 640KB of real memory, 4MB of expanded memory, and 16MB of extended memory; Super VGA graphics supporting up to a 640×480 resolution and 256 colors; a SoundBlaster 2.0 sound card; and keyboard and two-button mouse support.
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Aalto's next project is "ax86," a version of his x86 emulator for Android. It will include optimizations for Android devices' newer ARMv7-capable processors, but otherwise shares a substantial amount of code with rpix86, leaving the door open for further enhancements to the Pi version. Aalto is also responsible for DSx86, which can emulate a 286 or 386 processor on a Nintendo DS.


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Golden Globes 2013: The Winners' Reactions
Winners for the 70th annual Golden Globe Awards were announced Sunday evening at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
PHOTOS: Complete Golden Globes Winners List
Best motion picture, drama, and best director, Argo: Ben Affleck had his game face on as the filmmaker, who had won best director and his film best picture, found himself, time after time in the backstage press room, asked how he felt being snubbed by the Oscar in the directing category. Affleck, standing with Argo producers George Clooney and Grant Heslov, gave the usual platitudes. Variations of "tonight is purely wonderful." "If you can't be happy with a best picture nomination, your figure prospects are pretty dim." Part of the interest is that the Academy rarely honors a film with best picture if there isn't a best director to go along with that. It was Clooney who finally cracked -- a little -- admitting less-than-stellar feelings on the snub. "I'm disappointed … he should have been nominated," Clooney said, adding that it's hard to figure out what the Academy does sometimes. He said the Argo makers talked about the snub the next day and figured to look on the positives: The film received seven nominations and is winning other awards, meaning the movie is still in the race. "It's disappointing, but we're not dead yet," Clooney said. The trio was later joined by castmembers including Alan Arkin, John Goodman and Bryan Cranston as well as composer Alexandre Desplat and Tony Mendez, the real-life CIA agent who ran the Argo affair. Clooney also praised Affleck for his instincts, which will ensure the man works for a long time. Her pointed out that Affleck was in actor jail before turning to filmmaking. "It's how you handle yourself when (in a bad spot) that creates a career and not just a great run," Cloone remarked. "He directed his way out." Affleck, meanwhile, talked of how All the President's Men was an inspiration for the film, informing the Washington D.C. segments, and said one the most important things he learned over the years is to wisely pick your collaborators. "Work with people who make you better," he said. "And I did that on this movie."
Best comedy or musical, Les Miserables: "The idea that singing and dance is not masculine is the craziest thing I've ever heard." Those were Hugh Jackman's strong words for one reporter, inquiring whether the actor's friends back home ever poke fun at him for singing and dancing "in tights" on film. "50 years ago, if you couldn't sing and dance you basically were never going to get a girl." Just moments earlier, director Tom Hooper interrupted a story Jackman was telling about going without water for 42 hours in order to appear emaciated on film. "Any suggestion Hugh is making that he was grumpy is a complete lie," zinged Hooper. Between declarations of love for the music, for Anne Hathaway's rendition of "I Dreamed a Dream" and for the audiences that are shelling out millions of dollars to see the film in theaters, the cast kept the mood light backstage at Sunday's Globes with sarcasm and a bit of banter. "Only one man proved himself not to have the vocal stamina to do the entire part, ladies and gentlemen, Sacha Baron Cohen," cracked Hooper at the expense of his actor, fielding a question about temporarily shutting down production due to Cohen's failing vocals. Hathaway and on-screen daughter Amanda Seyfried told fashion reporters that they designed each other's respective dresses and for good measure, Hathaway added: "I painted her nails."
Jodie Foster, Cecile B DeMille Award: The actress drew a visible, emotional reaction from many colleagues and cohorts in the auditorium (including a wide-eyed stare, immortalized by television cameras, from longtime friend Mel Gibson). Backstage, Foster was equally thoughtful and well-spoken as she fielded questions from reporters. "My work has evolved," she said of gravitating towards directing in recent years after a long and storied career as an actress. "Hopefully I'll be doing different things than I did when I was 3 years old and 6 years old and 20 years old." As a child of show business, Foster recalled being told by her mother (whom she graciously addressed in her acceptance speech) at a young age that her acting career would be done by 18, and then, by 40. "I never thought this was what I would do, but I realize that I get to exercise so many other aspects. Literature, psychology, philosophy," she said, referencing the film industry. "It has the depth that you bring to it and i didn't realize that when I was little, but now I do."
Jessica Chastain, best actress in a motion picture, drama, Zero Dark Thirty: Chastain says she sees her career as a marathon, not a race. "I want to be working when I'm 80 years old. I look at Vanessa Redgrave and I think, 'Wow what an amazing woman.'" She said she had no interest in meeting Maya, the CIA analyst she portrays in the movie, because it would be illegal, but offered some thoughts into what she thought the woman is like. "For me, Maya is like a computer. She's the smartest person in the room; she probably always was the smartest person in the room even when she was a little girl. What does that mean? She's probably not the most fun person to be around. She has difficulty making friends because there is this single-mindedness to her drive. "
Daniel Day-Lewis, best actor in a motion picture, drama, Lincoln: Before winning the Globe on Sunday, Day-Lewis famously turned down the role of Abraham Lincoln in Steven Spielberg's film. "Fear was something that I certainly was aware of," Lewis told reporters, explaining that he was at first terrified of damaging the legacy of the "greatest president" in the history of the U.S. "I suppose the thing is that it's the work that takes over. Once that decision seems to make itself, which if you're lucky, it does at some point, the curiosity and the work takes over." And aside from bringing home some new hardware after the ceremony, Lewis will take with him the memory of speaking with Bill Clinton backstage. "I was very honored to have a conversation with him afterwards and to hear his thoughts about the man about his achievements," said Lewis. "What an incredible privilege."
Christoph Waltz, best supporting actor in a motion picture, Django Unchained: Waltz said he was not surprised by any controversies surrounding Django Unchained, given its subject matter, specifically that of slavery. "It should be controversial if you make a movie about a story against the backdrop of slavery," he said. "You better be prepared for a controversial discussion. I wish more movies gave us an opportunity to talk about subjects that matter to us today." He added that he learned quite a bit about slavery during his preparation for his part of the bounty hunter who trains slave Jamie Foxx -- but his biggest surprise was slavery's current state. "This problem, and it should be called a problem, is still somewhat alive of the minds and hearts of America. I thought it was it was as much a historical fact as it was for me."
The cast and crew of Game Change, winner of best TV movie or miniseries: "This is what my friends and I talk about all of the time," said director and EP Jay Roach of the political thread through Game Change and 2008's Recount. "It's a constant source of anxiety for me. These films are about exploring those questions." Roach added that his next HBO collaboration with writer Danny Strong and EP Gary Goetzman would come when Game Change book writers Mark Halperin and John Heilemann finished their next work. Roach also paid special compliment to lead Julianne Moore, who played Sarah Palin. "[Her] commitment to getting it right... I've never seen anyone work as hard," he said. "I've never shared or collaborated with someone who was so committed to getting it right. We could have imagined making this film with anyone else."
PHOTOS: Golden Globes' Red Carpet Arrivals
Julianne Moore, best actress in a TV movie or miniseries, Game Change: "I was actually glad I got a chance to mention her in my speech tonight," Moore said of Golden Globes host Tina Fey, the first actress to famously lampoon Sarah Palin. "What she and Katie Couric did in their industries that year was incredible." Speaking to the controversy of playing a living celebrity with quite a few plans, Moore was quick to point out the movie was not about Palin. "In no way was this a biopic or a character assassination. This was about our political process. The conclusion that I drew was that she was simply unprepared for the vice presidency. I don't know why I said yes, maybe it was vanity. But the great thing was the tremendous amount of support I had."
The cast and crew of Homeland, best TV drama: Talking about the night's other terrorist-related work, Zero Dark Thirty, the Homeland team admitted that their treatment of secret ops has yet to draw any ire or scrutiny from the government. "We haven't actually heard from our agency consultants after we blew up the agency ant the end of last season... they've been Zero Dark Thirty," said EP and showrunner Alex Gansa. "We have not been in trouble, but we have not addressed the torture issue either."
Damian Lewis, best actor in a TV drama, Homeland: Briefly appearing backstage, the Showtime star spoke of one of his favorite scenes of the past season. "It actually was a gift," Lewis said of the show's grueling episode, which saw hid character take a knife through the hand. " Lesli Linka Glatter, the director, she allowed us to run like a piece of theater -- and coming from the theater, that is the most productive way to work. We were running multiple takes with multiple actors. We were running takes that were lasting 20 minutes long. That's probably why it came out as richly as it did."
Jennifer Lawrence, best actress in a motion picture, comedy, Silver Linings Playbook: In Silver Linings Playbook, Bradley Cooper's character goes aggressively berserk when he hears "My Cherie Amour." Lawrence revealed that the song that sets her of is The Door's "Light My Fire." It dates back to a tennis match she was playing -- and losing -- and she admitted she threw a tantrum. "Every time I hear that songs I want to throw a tennis racket," she said. Lawrence, new to the awards circuit, was a bit discombobulated in the backstage press room, shoved onto a stage without much instruction. "What do I do?" she asked, looking around. She quickly got the hang of it and answered questions, thoughtful and silly, like a seasoned vet. She admitted that she though about the Oscars during the making of the movie, but only in terms of her co-stars, not herself. Even now, thinking about that gold statuette makes her nervous. "Me and the Oscars together gives me a lot of anxiety." One journalist asked her what she thought of critics who initially said she was too young for the part. "I was too young for the part," she admitted. "But I guess we turned that around. Fixed it in post, as they say."
Claire Danes, best actress in a TV drama, Homeland: Danes, no stranger to the Globes press room after wins the last two years for Homeland and Temple Grandin (2011), brought up her first Globes when she came backstage: a win for My So-Called Life in 1995. "Do you know what's funny? I remember it vividly," she said. "I was so green at that point, I didn't know what the Golden Globes were. I remember when we arrived, seeing Quentin Tarantino talking to David Hasselhoff. Funnily enough, the first person I see when I come backstage is Quentin Tarantino, and I just got to tell him that story."
Adele, best original song, Skyfall: The first question Adele fielded backstage at the Golden Globes following her best original song win for Skyfall: Would she ever be a Bond girl? Laughing hysterically, the outspoken Brit was quick with a "No!" As for Bond, himself, Adele had nothing but praise for Daniel Craig. "Pierce Brosnan was my first Bond, but Daniel Craig will be my Bond forever," she gushed. The publicity-shy songstress, politely declining to reveal her newborn son's name, appeared light-hearted and thrilled to be spending a Hollywood night out. "I feel a little bit overexcited," she confessed. "It's absolutely amazing [to be here]. It's very surreal and quite hilarious because it's not my field." And while Adele has garnered countless accolades for her latest album, 21, she may need to find a new source of inspiration for her next project. "My inspiration usually comes from heartbreak, but I don't think I'm ever going to be devastated anymore," she said with a smile.
Mychel Danna, best original score, Life of Pi: Danna, shares a common thread with Life of Pi director Ang Lee. "I think he is the master of subtlety, and wants emotion to be built up and be held and held, and then at certain very key moments released, and I think that's something musically that I've also worked on. That sense of holding back emotion that becomes submerged and then released at the right moment." Danna, a fan of the book, also told reporters that he spent more than one year on the score. "I felt really obligated to bring that essence to life and not shortchange the magic of the book and to recapture how I felt when i read the book."
Lena Dunham, best actress in a TV comedy and best TV comedy, Girls: "I think that when you get criticism, you have to be elegant about it and appreciate it," Dunham said of her HBO comedy's divided viewers. "It's part of the gift of getting to put your work out there in the world. I'm sure people don't like the show for a lot of reasons." On the subject of bringing her series to the small screen, the indie filmmaker echoed the words of one of the night's earlier winners. "I realized very quickly through talking to a variety of people that cable television was the only place that was going to get to tell the stories that I wanted to," she said. "Claire Danes put it beautifully. I'm just really lucky to be working in this medium, with these people, right now."
Judd Apatow, EP of best TV comedy, Girls: "I don't think she's the voice of any generation, but I think she has a very strong voice," said the EP of star Lena Dunham -- an the words her character uttered in the series' pilot. "The world is too diverse for there to be one voice."
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I visited the Maxwell this morning to look for a collection for my zooarchaeology class to work with this fall. I need an assemblage small enough that students can manage it as a part of the class but large enough – and identifiable enough – for students to learn from. Fortunately there are several options at the Maxwell, and they are well-curated (not always a given) and so will be easy to work with. Dave Phillips, curator of archaeology, kindly interrupted his morning to show me some possibilities.
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Over the long winter, the grates of your grill have probably gotten rusty -- as have your grilling skills. With summer almost here, it's time to clean and oil those grates, and to brush up on grilling techniques, too. Here are our top 25 grilling tips:
1. Keep the grill clean and oiled. It's easiest to clean when it's hot. Just before you put on the food, scrape down the grate with a grill brush. Then moisten a balled-up paper towel with vegetable oil and use long tongs to oil the grate.
2. Leave the food alone. The No. 1 cause of food sticking to the grill is moving it too soon. Unless you are dealing with a very thin steak or delicate vegetable, don't touch it for at least 5 minutes. Walk away if you have to.
3. Pick the right fish. Use firm, meaty fish such as tuna, swordfish and mahi-mahi. Make sure pieces are no thinner than 1 inch, and use steaks rather than fillets.
4. Grill fish over direct heat. Use indirect heat only if you are grilling a whole fish.
5. Don't overcook fish. It's done when the flesh just turns from translucent to opaque. (Use a sharp paring knife to take a peek.) Exceptions: Salmon is best just before it turns opaque, tuna when it's essentially raw in the center.
6. Get the form right. Keep the mixture loose and make regular, equal-size patties so they cook evenly. Use your thumb to make a shallow impression in the center of the patty (both sides); this will prevent "grill bulge." Keep patties under 1 inch thick unless you like them rare.
7. Use the right cut. The classic burger cut is chuck, which has great depth of flavor and good percentage of fat, from 15 to 20. A leaner mix, such as sirloin, may become dry if a burger is cooked beyond medium-rare.
8. Grill over high heat. Otherwise, you'll never get a good crust. If you get a good crust on the burgers but they're still not done enough in the center, take them off the grill, cover tightly with aluminum foil and leave for 5 minutes. They will continue to cook.
9. Cheeseburgers. Apply cheese about a minute before burgers are done and cover the grill to melt it.
10. Use moderate, indirect heat. Build a bilevel fire by piling the coals on one side of the grill; on a gas grill, achieve the same result by turning half the burners to high, the others to low. Lay chicken pieces on cool side, skin-side down, and leave for 10 minutes. Then rotate 45 degrees for pretty grill marks. Only after 20 minutes have elapsed should you think about turning them over. Breasts should be done in about 40 minutes. If, when the chicken is cooked through, it isn't brown enough, move it directly over the hot coals/high burners and give it a few minutes longer.
11. Use the grill cover. The goal is to try to approximate your oven, to 350 to 400 degrees. You can pick up a grill thermometer for about $10.
12. To cook a whole chicken, butterfly it. Lay bird so legs face down and back is facing you. With shears, cut on either side of the backbone and remove it. Place chicken on cutting board, turn legs so they are knock-kneed, not bowlegged. Press down to break breastbone and to flatten. Grill, starting skin side down, over indirect heat.
13. Hold off on the sweet sauce.
Sugar burns, so if your barbecue sauce contains sugar (or molasses or honey or agave syrup), brush it on only at the very end.
14. Use the right cut. Well-marbled steaks such as T-bone, porterhouse and rib-eye are ideal for single servings; hanger or flank steaks for feeding a crowd.
15. Build a bilevel fire. Pile the coals on one side of the grill; on a gas grill, achieve the same result by turning half the burners to high, the others to low. Sear meat over hottest part. Once meat is nicely browned on either side, take its temperature. If it's not done, move to a cooler area and continue.
16. Cook pork to medium. Even the USDA agrees, there is no longer any real threat of trichinosis in pork, so you don't have to cook it to death. It is perfectly safe to eat pork medium, when the internal temperature reaches 145. (Take it off the grill at 140 and the temperature will increase while it rests.)
17. Let it rest. All meat should rest off the heat before serving. Give steaks at least 5 minutes.
18. To skewer coil sausages. Unroll the coil onto a wide, flat surface, then re-form the sausage into a loose coil, with at least a half-inch of space between sausages and no larger than a foot in diameter. Using either bamboo or metal skewer, spear coil starting at the outer cut end, going through the center and ending up directly opposite the point of entry. Adjust sausage on skewer so the spacing is preserved. Pierce a second skewer perpendicular to the first, again going through center. This will now cook evenly and flip easily.
19. Use big pieces. The larger the slices, the less likely they'll fall through the grates.
20. Cut them evenly. Shoot for slices about 1/3 inch thick.
21. Leafy or layered vegetables. For fennel or radicchio, cut in half (or quarters or eighths) always through the core, which will prevent it from falling apart.
22. Zucchini and eggplant. Buy smallish eggplant, medium zucchini, about 6 inches long. Cut off stem ends, then slice lengthwise.
23. Peppers. Cut off bottom and top so you have a box. Make one slit lengthwise and lay opened pepper on flat surface. Remove seeds and pith, cut pepper into large pieces where there are natural creases so it will lie flat.
24. Onions. Cut root and stem end off large onions and peel. Cut each onion into wide rings. Thread each slice with two thin metal skewers about an inch apart. Or just grill scallions: Barely trim off roots and trim tops to get rid of any bruised leaves, then lay perpendicular to grates.
25. Don't overlook fruit. Peaches, pineapple, even bananas are delicious when grilled.
The best way to tell if your meat is done is to take its temperature with an instant-read thermometer. Lift the steak (or burger or chicken breast) with a pair of tongs so you can slide the thermometer in horizontally.
Beef and lamb:
125 degrees for rare,
130 for medium-rare, 140 for medium,
150 for medium-well, 160 for shoe leather.
145 degrees for medium,
160 for well-done
Pork sausage:
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Chicken light meat:
160 degrees
Chicken dark meat:
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130 to 140 degrees
All meat should rest off the heat before serving. During this time, the juices will stabilize (so they stay in the meat) and, more important, the heat from the exterior areas will penetrate the interior, making a more evenly cooked piece of meat. This migration of heat also will raise the internal temperature of the meat by anywhere from 5 degrees (for a thin steak) to 10 to 15 degrees (for a large roast). So, if you want your steak medium-rare, take it off the heat at 120 to 125 degrees. Wrapping cooked meat with aluminum foil will raise its temperature even more.


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As a quick glance almost anywhere on the car will tell you, the three Mustang-based cars are being built in limited quantities to commemorate Shelby's 50th anniversary. The cars will be built in limited numbers — 50 black and 50 white of each of them, for a total of 300 cars. Each car will come with gold striping (to celebrate, they say, the golden anniversary) and a bunch of pomp and ceremony, including a special factory event in Las Vegas, VIN number solemnly recorded in what I'm imagining is a big, leatherbound book, and various collector merchandise. Probably a key chain, too.
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"My sister is a cold-hearted bitch," said my fellow rehabber over the phone on Monday.
I laughed. "Well, I'm sorry to hear that."
"I mean, she used to step on chickens when we were little, on purpose."
"That's too bad."
"Anyway, yesterday she found a baby bird. Naked, eyes still shut. And what do you think she did with it? She left it right there, where she had found it, all night long! I told her, 'You can't DO that, just like you can't do that to a human baby!' Well, this morning she goes back and guess what? The thing is still alive!"
"Tell her to bring it here," I said, anticipating. I have not taken any wild creatures since my mother's surgery. I've realized my life is not going to be conducive to much of that sort of thing, after all, for a while.
"I just wanted to be sure it was okay with you first."
"It's fine." It's my friend's sister. Have to take it.
"Okay, here's her number. Now don't bawl her out, alright?"
"Of course not."
"BE GENTLE!" I had to laugh at those words, coming from a lesbian.
"I'll just thank her for bringing it," I assured her.
And that's how it happened that this woman showed up, 40 minutes later, with a 4-day-old hatchling in hand. It looked just like these.
"We fed it," she said; then seeing the alarm on my face, quickly added, "Following my sister's instructions." And she described what she had done.
"That's good," I said. "I'll do my best."
"What kind of bird is it?" she wanted to know.
"Not sure yet. I'll call when I know."
"Okay. Well, thank you!" and she and her girlfriend turned to leave. "Oh, by the way, we've named it 'Lucky Egg.'"
Lucky Egg felt cold in my hand. Quick, warm it up! I had the heating pad and Kleenex nest all prepared. My guests crowded 'round; we were in the middle of a Memorial Day cookout.
"Is it going to live?"
"I don't think so," I said, with a sigh.
"Why do think that?" asked Demetrios.
"Because it just doesn't feel right in my hand. Doesn't feel like a healthy bird."
"How does it feel?" he persisted. Some doctor I'd make, if all I could say was the patient didn't look right. Stop, think. Exactly what's wrong with the way it feels, besides being chilled? It feels more like an autumn leaf than a bird.
"Dried out!" I exclaimed. "Dehydrated!"
Quick, pump it full of fluids. No, wait. Wait until it's warmed. It can't take the fluids until then.
Once it was warm, it still wouldn't gape. I had to pry its beak open, very gently of course, and squirt a few drops of my bird soup down its throat, which it managed to swallow. But by night, the poor thing didn't want to eat any more. Well, they don't eat at night, so maybe that's okay, I told myself.
Tuesday morning I woke up at dawn and reached over to the nightstand and uncovered the bird's little box. Lucky Egg was still alive! Barely, it seemed, but still moving. I forced another two bites down its mouth.
Then, greatly to my surprise, it perked up. It began chirping, the softest, sweetest, most musical chirp, and opening its mouth for food, and eating eagerly.
Now it was worth trying to identify the species, if possible. Feet: not webbed. Rule out water birds. Size: rule out Robins and anything larger. Rule out Sparrows and anything smaller. It's something in between. Beak: narrow, delicate, sharp. Not long enough for a Woodpecker; not robust like Finches' beaks. An insect eater. Mouth: yellow inside. Flange (soft lip around beak): yellow, not huge, as in Robins or Starlings. Down: long and dark gray on head. Rule out anything bald at hatching. Skin color: dark coral. Blue-gray tinge to wings. A Bluebird? Hope leaped in my chest. I've never raised a Bluebird before.
It's now the fifth day I've had Lucky Egg, and there's no longer any doubt. It's a Bluebird! I'm having a ball with it. A few more days and we'll be able to tell by the wing feathers whether Lucky Egg is a he or a she.
When that happens, just maybe I'll give this bird a new name.
This is what Lucky Egg looks like today. You can find a whole series of pictures of baby Bluebirds, from hatching until fledging, here.
INSTANT UPDATE (now that I examine this photo more carefully): Look to the left of the naked bird in the center. Do you see that patch of bright blue, near the bottom? That's the wing of a male. Lucky Egg doesn't have that. Gotta be a girl!
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"Lucky Egg"
"My sister is a cold-hearted bitch," said my fellow rehabber over the phone on Monday.
4 comments:
- DebD said...
Oh! Oh! I just love bluebirds. What a lucky egg you are! LOL
We've been blessed that a pair has set up house in our birdhouse. I'm afraid to go close and scare off the parents, but I see them flitting in and out most mornings.
- May 30, 2008 at 3:38 PM
- Anonymous said...
What a story! I hope she continues to do well!
- May 30, 2008 at 5:15 PM
- Elizabeth @ The Garden Window said...
Definitely a lucky egg !
- May 31, 2008 at 11:17 AM
- Shamassy Monica said...
I benefit from "witnessing" your heart as you care for your little ones.
- May 31, 2008 at 4:05 PM


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ISRAEL: Nationalist group urges model Bar Refaeli to marry Jewish, dump Leo DiCaprio
Rumored wedding bells for Bar Refaeli and Leonardo DiCaprio may ring true or false, but these are already being muffled by controversy.
Supermodel Bar Refaeli is one of Israel's most successful "exports." But with fame comes responsibility -- and now an Israeli organization is beseeching Refaeli not to wed Leonardo DiCaprio -- out of a responsibility to future generations.
"It is not by chance that you were born Jewish," wrote Baruch Marzel in a letter he sent Refaeli through her mother (and that promptly appeared in the press). "Your grandmother and her grandmother did not dream that one of their descendants would one day remove the family's future generations from the Jewish people. Assimilation has forever been one of the enemies of the Jewish people."
Marzel, a well-known stalwart among Israel's ultra-nationalists, appealed to Refaeli on behalf of an organization named "Lehava." In Hebrew, this means "flame:; it is also the Hebrew acronym for "Preventing Assimilation in the Holy Land."
The organization, according to its Facebook page (in Hebrew) provides assistance to Jewish girls in relationships with non-Jews, especially Arabs. There are other organizations in Israel that specialize in extricating Jewish women from marriages and other relationships with Arabs. Last month, Yad L'achim held an event for 100 women "rescued from Arab villages."
DiCaprio is not Arab, of course. But for those concerned with the cultural implications of assimilation, it's not what Leo is but what he isn't -- Jewish.
This isn't personal, wrote Marzel, who was careful to open his letter stressing that he "has nothing against Mr. DiCaprio, who I have no doubt is a talented actor." Still, he implores Refaeli: "Come to your senses, look forward and back too -- and not only the present. Don't marry Leonardo DiCaprio, don't harm the future generations."
Four years ago, Marzel sent a similar letter to Israeli beauty queen Linor Abergil, asking her not to marry non-Jewish Lithuanian NBA player Sarunas Jasikevicius (Sharas, as he was called in Israel) and thus divorce the Jewish people. They did marry -- and later divorced.
-- Batsheva Sobelman in JerusalemPhoto: Model Bar Refaeli arrives at the 2010 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Graydon Carter, held at Sunset Tower on March 7, 2010, in West Hollywood. Credit: Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images


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The spot is between Guernika ans Bermeo. It's easy to find: the spot is visible from the road. Park your car near the church. Go to the lineup by the little harbour.
DistanceTake a car
WalkInstant access (< 5min)
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Wave qualityTotally Epic
ExperienceExperienced surfers
PowerHollow, Fast
Normal lengthLong (150 to 300 m)
Good day lengthExceptional (>500m)
Good swell directionNorthWest, West
Good wind directionSouthWest, South, SouthEast
Swell sizeStarts working at 1.0m-1.5m / 3ft-5ft and holds up to 4m+ / 12ft
Best tide positionLow and mid tide
Best tide movementRising and falling tides
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The wave is incredible and very powerful: it's the best left in Europe. It holds big swell. The main risk is that you will have the best wave of your life. Use the rip current to come back to the lineup. When the tide is low, you can sometimes walk on the sandbar. The take off seems to be easy but it's not !
The Estuary is protected by UNESCO: the water is clean, which is unusual for this coast. It requires a good fitness because of strong currents. Localism can be a problem: come and surf in small group.
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Tracey Sketchit
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|OI003: The Lost Lapras
Tracey Sketchit (Kenji) is a Pokémon watcher who takes Brock's place during the time he spends with Professor Ivy.
Biography[edit | edit source]
Tracey is a talented sketch artist and is often seen sketching Pokémon while on his journey with Ash and Misty. He considers himself a "Pokemon watcher," much like Professor Oak who watches and studies Pokémon. Whenever the group find a town that has a new Pokémon or new tradition that has to do with Pokémon, Tracey always makes the group stop and stay so he can sketch it.
When the group returned to Pallet Town after their adventures, Tracey learned that he would be meeting the "great" Professor Oak. This made Tracey nervous and shaky because he thought of Professor Oak as the most knowledgable and greatest professor in the world. He even spent several minutes sorting out his sketches so he would see which ones Professor Oak would like. When he finally met Professor Oak, he gave him all of his sketches and watched him intently to see what his reaction was. At the end of the episode, Professor Oak revealed that he loved Tracey's sketches and thinks that he is a wonderful artist. Tracey then told Ash and Misty that he would no longer be traveling with them and that he would be staying with Professor Oak and become his pupil from now on. Ash and Misty were shocked and saddened for a moment because they wanted Tracey, to join them and Brock through Johto, but it was understood that was what Tracey wanted.
Since then, Tracey usually makes appearances whenever Ash visits Pallet Town or calls Professor Oak.
He was mentioned in Crisis from the Underground Up! by Professor Oak because he was going to give Ash some advice for the Nimbasa Gym.
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- Japanese: Tomokazu Seki
- English: Ted Lewis (Seasons 2 - 8)
- English: Craig Blair (Season 9)
- Dutch: Martin van den Dam † (Season 2)
- Dutch: Rolf Koster (Seasons 3 - 9)
- Italian: Patrizio Prata
- Greek: Loucas Fragoulis
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- Tracey has been in three Pokémon Movies: Pokémon the Movie 2000: The Power of One, and he made brief appearances in Pokémon 4Ever - Celebi: Voice of the Forest and Pokémon 3: The Spell of the Unown.
- Tracey's full name, Tracey Sketchit come from Trace and Sketch It.


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HEATH FAHLE: High-five state comptroller today for fiscal transparency
Heath W. Fahle
State Comptroller Kevin Lembo deserves a high-five.
This week, Mr. Lembo's office unveiled a transparency hub for the state's budget, spending, borrowing, and tax breaks. Costing a grand total of the Comptroller's website now provides a clearinghouse for anyone trying to dig into the state's finances.
Government transparency is an initiative that most everyone can support, at least in principle. Several academic studies point to the value of doing so. One study, led by Harvard professor Jeffrey Alt, found a statistical link between gubernatorial approval and fiscal transparency, noting: ". . . the governor receives more favorable job approval ratings, on average, in states that have more fiscal transparency . . . a unit increase in the fiscal transparency index increases average approval rating by 1.5 percent." Another study found that the "evidence suggests that e-government can increase process-based trust by improving interactions with citizens and perceptions of responsiveness."
An October 2007 study by George Mason University's Jerry Brito points to the possibilities of expanded government transparency. In his paper "Hack, Mash & Peer: Crowdsourcing Government Transparency," Dr. Brito cites numerous examples of how making previously undisclosed information widely available reaped big rewards.
One example from the private sector was the case of Goldcorp, a small gold mining company in Canada. Facing bankruptcy, the company put their proprietary geological data on the web and issued a challenge to the public: help us find the gold. According to the study, "Participants in the challenge identified 55 target areas of the mine that were previously untried by the company. Eighty percent of those newly identified targets yielded substantial amounts of gold and resulted in the company's turnaround."
Connecticut is not alone is striving for greater government transparency. Rhode Island Go. Lincoln Chafee announced this week an expansion of that state's initiatives. "Chafee said over 18 months, on a rolling basis, the state will continue to add financial reports, audits, forms and other financial information such as contracts, grants and quasi-public agency expenditures." New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was lauded by the Asbury Park Press: "For the most part, Christie and his administration have been an open book."
Lembo stands out for his leadership on the issue. His calls for increased transparency of corporate handouts have been viewed in some quarters as implicit criticism of the Governor's economic development strategy of dramatically increasing corporate handouts. "There are other states that have figured out how to bring greater transparency to this whole process and still encourage economic development," Lembo adds. "We have a lot to learn from them." If so inclined, one could read Gov. Malloy's State of the State Address as a subtle rebuke of Mr. Lembo's position: "The key is making government an active partner rather than a bystander who watches markets develop elsewhere."
Carrying the subtlety point a bit further, you could also point to this line from Malloy as a dig on Lembo: "Anyone who tells you that the budget we passed two years ago didn't do its job, that it didn't make real change in how we approach our finances, is simply not telling the truth." Though criticized by the governor's staff, Mr. Lembo has steadfastly pegged the state budget deficit higher than the governor.
Whatever the reason, transparency is a key component of the public trust and it opens exciting new possibilities for government reform. Someone give Mr. Lembo a high-five.
Heath W. Fahle is the policy director of the Yankee Institute for Public Policy and a former executive director of the Connecticut Republican Party. Contact Heath about this article by visiting www.heathwfahle.com.


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This winter has been especially cold and snowy, highlighting the plight of New York's homeless population. Almost 38,500 people are currently in the city's shelter system, including well over 16,500 children. These numbers mark an all-time high.
Recently, the Bloomberg administration has taken several steps to address the problem. It has increased the budget for homeless services, created a new way for homeless advocates to air their concerns about city policies without going to court and ordered a survey of street homeless, which is scheduled for later this month.
The Funds
At a time when the city is facing a $3 billion deficit and most agencies have had to slash their budgets, the Department of Homeless Services is getting more money for its mission. This fiscal year, the agency will spend $632 million according to figures released by the city comptroller . Next year, the agency's budget is set to rise to $667 million.
The new funds will go toward preventive services, rent subsidies and other measures, said Jim Anderson, spokesman for the Department of Homeless Services. Much of the money will come in the form of federal housing vouchers that can help homeless families pay rent.
The Panel
The administration has also made remarkable progress on a problem that has plagued the Department of Homeless Services for two decades: litigation.
Advocates for the homeless have regularly gone to court to protest city policies. The Legal Aid Society has battled for homeless families' rights, while the Coalition for the Homeless has spearheaded the effort to protect homeless single adults. The court cases established every New Yorker's right to shelter in the early 1980s, and numerous other rights since then. But the litigation has created persistent problems for the Department of Homeless Services.
"The lawsuits brought almost two decades ago . . . deserve recognition for their role in helping to create today's strong shelter services system," reported the department's strategic plan , released in June 2002.
"However, the litigation that helped to generate the current system now pervades system operations. The department, constantly facing litigation or court intervention has become reticent about discussing the challenges it faces."
Some advocates disagree. "There's an exaggerated and cartoonish view of this litigation that there is an enormous amount of meddling by the court in [the Department of Homeless Services,]" said Patrick Markee, senior policy analyst for the Coalition for the Homeless. "We feel that historically the court has acted appropriately to address issues for homeless families and individuals."
Still, Mayor Bloomberg hoped to change the pattern, once remarking, "Every single thing we do, we seem to wind up in court. We're trying to find a way out of that conundrum."
Several months ago, the administration proposed that families that engaged in "gross misconduct" or refused placement in permanent housing be ejected from the shelter system. The policy would have divided families – placing children into temporary foster care and sending adults out to fend for themselves. Advocates challenged the proposal, arguing it would violate people's right to shelter. The issue seemed destined for court, but the night before the scheduled court date, a surprise settlement was announced.
The two sides agreed that families who reject suitable permanent housing can be discharged from the shelter system. However, the family would still be able to move into an appropriate apartment selected by the city.
The agreement went beyond that to address the larger issue of ongoing litigation. The parties agreed to the formation of an independent panel that will review city policies for homeless families and mediate disputes between the advocates and the city. Both sides agreed to withdraw pending court motions, withhold new motions and allow the panel to attempt to resolve the issues over the next two years.
The three individuals on the panel were already quietly working to solve the conflict. They are John Feerick, professor of law and former dean of the Fordham School of Law; Daniel Kronenfeld, senior fellow for the Fund for the City of New York; and Gail Nayowith, executive director of the Citizens' Committee for Children.
"Today's agreement is the dawn of a new era for those working to serve New York City's homeless families," said Bloomberg. "The introduction of standards of client responsibility, a new commitment to avoid litigation, and a strong and thoughtful panel to advise [the Department of Homeless Services] will dramatically improve the delivery of services to those in need."
The new agreement only applies to homeless families and not to homeless individuals. The city has proposed a similar eviction policy for them, which the Coalition for the Homeless has appealed, but the group is heartened by the recent agreement.
"We're hopeful that this settlement sets the tone for a similar resolution," said Markee of the coalition.
Linda Gibbs, the commissioner of the Department of Homeless Services said of the settlement, "We look to this as a new beginning, one where we can move forward together to end family homelessness as we know it."
The Survey
In an effort to improve service to homeless single adults, the agency will conduct an overnight survey on the streets of Manhattan in late February.
Up to 1,000 volunteers will canvass sections of the borough and ask the people they encounter whether they are homeless. The data is intended to enable Department of Homeless Services to estimate the true number of homeless.
"No one has an accurate sense of how many individuals remain unsheltered or continue to choose the streets," said Anderson of the Department of Homeless Services. "What we want to do is establish an accurate estimate."
Some homeless advocates doubt the value of the endeavor.
"These sorts of surveys and street counts have proven to be enormously flawed in the past," said Markee of the Coalition for the Homeless. "The 1990 Census attempted to enumerate people on the streets, and an independent study by academics found that they missed as many as 40 percent of the people they meant to count. Our feeling is the time and resources would be much better spent improving the system and finding out what homeless people need and want."
But Anderson argues that the survey will enable the agency to do just that. "We stand to gain so much through this effort in terms of better understanding who is out there, where they are and how we can better meet their needs," he said.
Rebecca Webber is a journalist who has covered housing issues for Gotham Gazette since July 2000.


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Sterling Silver Angled Oval Necklace
Angled Oval Brushed Sterling Silver Necklace by Philippa Roberts.
- Brushed Sterling Silver
- 18" Chain
- .5" Pendant
Philippa's signature look is simple, organic shapes combined with beautifully cut gemstones. Her love of the ocean plays a large role in the selection of clean, blue and green stones in many of her pieces. Philippa's creativity stems from the nature around her, yet she also incorporates a feeling of the urban, with lines and patterns that imitate architecture and design seen around the city.
Philippa creates all the original pieces by carving in wax or fabricating in metal. Her selection of new stones for each season defines how her collections will come to life. "I love going to the gem shows and being inspired by all the stones I see. To put the colors together and develop a collection is one of my favorite parts of the job." Once the pieces are ready for production, her team of skilled crafts people make each piece by hand in her Oakland studio.


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President Gets New Convertible (Sep, 1950)
President Gets New Convertible
THE man in the White House took delivery the other day of a specially built seven-passenger Lincoln convertible with disappearing steps on which Secret Service men ride like footmen. Last of 10 cars built for Mr. Truman, his family, and distinguished visitors, it has a 145-inch wheel-base compared with 125 on the Lincoln Cosmopolitan. It has an over-all length of 20 feet compared with the standard 18-1/2.
The other nine cars are limousines. Four of the nine, used by the First Family itself, have gold-plated fittings. The remaining five, with chrome substituted for the gold plate, are for distinguished visitors.
The cars have the regular 152-hp. V-8 engines, with heavv-duty Hydra-Matic transmissions. Their curb weight ranges from 6,100 to around 6,500 pounds—some 1.700 more than the regular Cosmopolitan. Special equipment on the convertible includes a warning siren and a flashing red light. All cars have an extra rear-seat heater. Coal-black, the convertible has white sidewall tires, red-and-black leather upholstery, a tan top, and two jump seats.
To strengthen the extra-long frames, a cap of 1/4-inch steel was welded to the longitudinal members and crosspieces. Limousine tops have one regular top and part of another welded together. Lengthening drive shafts required adding a universal joint.
The convertible body was built by Dietrich Creative Industries, Inc., of Grand Rapids, Mich., the limousine bodies by Henney Motor Co., of Freeport, Ill.


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Bite of the Beast Dinner at Locanda del Lago (Santa Monica, CA)
by Bryan Tsunoda @discovering_LA
I watch for restaurant special events because it is an opportunity for a chef or an owner to execute a concept that makes them stand out above the others. My latest discovery was Locanda Del Lago's Morso Della Bestia or "Bite of the Beast". The last Thursday of every month, Locanda Del Lago hosts a communal meal, featuring animal roasts and traditional, rustic Italian dishes. The Morso Della Bestia includes a 4-course dinner featuring the choice animal, and an optional wine pairing.
For the May dinner, the "animal" was salmon. Locanda Del Lago created a four course meal to feature this popular fish. To make the event extra special, they partnered with the Italian winery, Fasoli Gino, to provide a unique food and wine pairing.
The first course was a Salmon Tartare.
It was surrounded by a delicious avocado puree, pine nuts, giardiniera and wild arugula. The salmon tartare was extremely fresh and creamy to the taste. It was paired with a clean tasting pinot grigio from Fasoli Gino.
Salmon that was cured with limoncello liqueur was combined with fresh herbs, chicory and asparagus.
This dish had a lot of bold flavors and I was surprised that chicory worked well with this dish. The Soave, a dry Italian white wine, was fruity with a nice amount of acidity to balance this dish.


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By Chris Myson
Arsenal and Liverpool may have served up some significant entertainment on Wednesday but fans of the Gunners will have left the Emirates Stadium thinking they have simply seen more of the same.
Impressive goal-scoring displays from Theo Walcott and Olivier Giroud, combined with another inspirational performance from Jack Wilshere, a player who is already the heartbeat of this Arsenal side, allowed them to battle back and secure a 2-2 draw.
But before the final half-hour surge to pick up a point, the Gunners had produced a woefully inept performance that highlighted all the problems that it seems everyone – apart from Arsene Wenger – can see so clearly.
The manager insisted again after the game that his side were making progress. It was hard to agree with that view after watching Liverpool go 2-0 up thanks to goals from Luis Suarez and Jordan Henderson, and in reality it should have been a lot more.
A side better than Liverpool – like Manchester City did earlier this month – would have ensured the game was beyond Wenger's hosts even by the time they did produce a response.
Bacary Sagna, Thomas Vermaelen, Per Mertesacker and Aaron Ramsey can all be questioned for the part they played in the shambolic first goal scored by the visitors.
Wojciech Szczesny was a bundle of nerves and lacking authority all night, while Mertesacker continued to be run ragged by the visitors, and not just by the magnificent Suarez, even by the likes of Henderson and Stewart Downing.
The club's only in-form defender, Kieran Gibbs, had to be substituted through injury in the first half and will now miss three weeks of action, giving Arsenal fans nightmares over the regular return of Andre Santos to the back four.
Even the defiant Wenger had to admit that news came as a "big blow" when he discussed the injury to Gibbs in his post-match press conference.
Goal.com understands Arsenal remain well in the hunt to sign Barcelona star David Villa on deadline day, a player they have targeted throughout the last month.
Undoubtedly, Villa would be a fantastic attacking signing. This is a player who has won everything there is to win at club and international level and achieved significant personal milestones in front of goal, such as being Spain's record scorer.
His signing would no doubt be phenomenal for the club; it would excite Arsenal fans and give the frustrated supporters a significant lift. But even the brilliant Villa is not a miracle worker.
For all their flair, this is an Arsenal team with no foundation. It is built on sand. What the team needs is organisation and discipline and the potential arrival of Villa – which remains far from a guarantee – would do little to solve that.
With £50 million burning a hole in his pocket, Wenger has said he has been unable to find players on the market who could improve upon his current squad options.
On the back of another desperately disappointing performance, Arsenal fans will surely find that very hard to believe and going all out for Villa comes across as a major gamble if that is his only plan to get the club into the top four again.
Mikel Arteta is not the strong, disciplined holding midfielder the club are trying to mould him into, nor is Ramsey and there are question marks over Abou Diaby's suitability – even on the rare occasions when he is fit to play.
As well as more strength in midfield, they also need defensive reinforcements. There is little cover at full-back and relying on Santos at left-back in the Champions League ties against Bayern Munich would surely not be a viable option.
In the centre, Mertesacker's early-season renaissance has come to an abrupt end and Vermaelen is performing as inconsistently as he has done at any stage of his career at the club to date.
Arsenal are still in the running for the top four and Tottenham's dropped points at Norwich City ensured they remained right in the race despite their under-par display against Brendan Rodgers' side.
It has been said before, and will no doubt be said again, but Wenger has to dip into his pocket and bring in more than the classy Villa to save this stuttering Arsenal season.
Going forward they still have firepower and play attractive football, but without some strength, organisation and leadership, the Frenchman's proud record of consecutive Champions League qualifications could be coming to an end this year.
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