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If you are looking for our latest coverage of this topic, please follow the High School & Beyond blog, which looks at the forces that shape adolescents' pathways to college and career.
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A summer workshop for hundreds of recent high school graduates in the District of Columbia emphasizes the shifting mindset needed to be resilient and successful in college.
With 60 more colleges participating in The Common Application for 2015-16, students can now use the system to apply to more than 600 institutions, some of which will not require an essay for the first time this year.
The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators releases a FAFSA Simplification report that creates three tiers of forms, depending on the complexity of a family's finances.
School counselors urge high school students to reflect on their summer job, volunteer, and travel experience as they make career and college plans.
A new report on college readiness shows that even when African-American students take the recommended core classes in high school most do not meet the minimum ACT scores to indicate they are on track to succeed in college.
First lady Michelle Obama invited 130 students from traditionally disadvantaged backgrounds to attend the 2015 Beating the Odds Summit to encourage them to find ways to complete college.
A coalition of nearly 50 organizations submitted a letter to the U.S. Department of Education urging that information on colleges facing government litigation be included in upcoming federal college tool.
A new survey conducted for Achieve shows that most college instructors and employers believe students come to campus and the workplace with at least some gaps in preparation.
ACT test performance remains flat for low-income students, with just 11 percent meeting all four college-readiness benchmarks, compared to 26 percent of the overall test-taking pool.


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The ONS said production including the energy supply and mining sectors fell by 1.9 per cent in the three months to November when compared with the previous quarter, while manufacturing sank by 0.7 per cent in this timeframe.
Over 2012 as a whole, production was down by 2.4 per cent, which will not help the growing uncertainty as to whether the government can avert a triple-dip recession in 2013.
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Carleton College will comply with all applicable laws such as ACA, FMLA, federal, state, and any applicable regulations.
The College observes the following holidays:
- New Year's Day
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In addition, the College provides three floating holidays.
When a holiday falls on a Sunday, whenever possible, the following Monday will be observed. If the holiday falls on a Saturday, whenever possible, the preceding Friday will be observed.
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Vermont lawmakers eye changes to state gun laws in wake of Newtown shooting
BENNINGTON, Vt. -- State lawmakers plan to challenge Vermont's permissive gun laws in the upcoming legislative session, but any attempt to restrict firearms or ammunition is likely to be met with opposition steeped in a history and culture emanating from before statehood.
Incoming Senate Majority Leader Philip Baruth, D-Burlington, plans to file legislation in the coming days to enact a state-level assault weapons ban. It would prevent the sale of semi-automatic firearms utilizing a detachable magazine and ban high-capacity magazines. The bill would also require trigger locks on all firearms.
Additional provisions restricting firearms could be added to garner support among colleagues, he said, but the focus is on restricting so-called assault weapons.
"If there are other measures that people think are helpful and those are added in committee, I'm happy to have them. I want something to get done. I don't think you do that by being purist about your legislation," Baruth said. "What generally happens is they get dragged down by their own weight. What I wanted to do was focus on what is being used again and again in these killings."
Widely viewed as one of the most liberal states in the nation, Vermont also has some of the least restrictive gun laws. Gun owners in Vermont are not required to obtain a permit to carry a concealed weapon, nor must they register firearms, and people as young as 16 can purchase a firearm without parental consent.
Firearms are barred only from court houses, schools and school buses, according to Assistant Attorney General John Treadwell.
Despite few gun restrictions, Vermont is also among the states with the lowest crime rates each year.
But the Dec. 14 shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., has reinvigorated a longstanding conversation on gun control in Vermont and across the country. Police said 20-year-old Adam Lanza shot and killed his mother at the home they shared before forcing his way into the school where he gunned down 26 more people, including 20 first-grade students, before taking his own life.
Law enforcement officials in Connecticut said the weapon used by Lanza was a Bushmaster AR-15 semi-automatic rifle with an extended magazine holding 30 bullets. That weapon was previously banned under a federal law enacted in 1994 but allowed to expire in 2004. It would be banned in Vermont under Baruth's legislation.
Baruth said he expects fierce opposition from gun rights advocates who believe that "any change is tyranny." The state's gun culture dates back to legendary Revolutionary figure Ethan Allen and his fellow militiamen.
But guns have evolved and are far more destructive today, Baruth said.
"We're a rural state. There's a long hunting tradition. Go back to the Green Mountain Boys, the idea of a well-organized militia. I get that. What I guess I would like people to admit on the other side is that times have changed technologically," he said.
"You can equip a single person with enough firepower to kill an entire room, and they don't have to rely on a fertilizer bomb. They can just bring a few guns and kill 50 or 60 people. That's not defending their home from a single intruder. I want some acknowledgment of that, and I think you don't often get that from opponents of gun control," Baruth added.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Sears, D-Bennington, said the right of Vermonters to possess weapons is clearly stated in the state's constitution.
Article 16 of the document, adopted in 1793, states that Vermonters "have a right to bear arms for the defence of themselves and the state." It is even more clear than the U.S. Constitution, which states, "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."
"I think it's partly libertarian, more than liberal," Sears said of the distinction Vermont's early leaders included in the Vermont document. "It says right in the (state) constitution I have a right to own arms for my personal defense. That, I don't believe, is the same way the U.S. Constitution is written. So, it starts over 200 years ago in the Vermont culture that we have a right to defend ourselves and we have a right to use arms to do that."
Additionally, Sears said the state constitution does not limit that right to one's home or property. Laws today reflect the spirit of Vermont's early days by allowing firearms to be owned without permits or registration and concealed on one's body.
In today's world, lawmakers should be looking at ways to keep weapons out of the hands of people with "significant mental health issues" and "people with criminal backgrounds," according to Sears.
"Everything should be on the table. We should have a discussion both nationally and at the state level regarding violence in our communities and the use of high-capacity magazines," he said.
Mary Ann Carlson, a former Democratic senator from Bennington County, said she experienced the backlash of Vermont's strong gun culture after introducing legislation in 1994 that would have restricted semi-automatic weapons and required gun registration in Vermont.
Carlson was defeated in the ensuing election and said her bill played a role in that defeat.
"I think probably the NRA came after me," she said. "There was a bumper sticker out that said, 'guns and ammo yes, Carlson no.'"
Carlson and other sponsors were looking to keep firearms out of the hands of people who should not own them, she said. She still believes that "many incredible people who have guns use them responsibly" and those responsible gun owners could help create restrictions that would prevent gun violence.
"I wish that the ... people who use guns responsibly would speak out so people who use guns irresponsibly can't just go out and buy a gun and the next day use it," Carlson said.
In the short term, Sears said he hopes to meet soon with the speaker of the House, the Senate president pro tem, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and the office of Democratic Gov. Peter Shumlin to discuss how lawmakers should proceed.
"Should there be a conversation on violence in our communities? Absolutely," Sears said, but warned that additional restrictions may not prevent a tragedy. "Connecticut has some of the toughest gun laws in the nation and where did it happen? It happened in Connecticut."
President Barack Obama, in the aftermath of the Newtown shooting, tapped Vice President Joe Biden to head a task force to develop legislative proposals to protect Americans from gun violence and prevent future tragedies.
A national law is better suited to protect Vermonters and Americans, Sears said.
"We need to see what the federal government does, if they do anything, which is doubtful. We at least need to see what they come up with," he said.
Shumlin, who will be sworn in for a second two-year term on Thursday, is unlikely to support any new state-level restrictions on gun laws. He completed a questionnaire for the NRA last year that was provided by his campaign to the media. In his answers, Shumlin, a hunter who owns six guns but is not a member of the NRA, rejected a state-level ban on firearms in the questionnaire as well as state registration or licensing of guns.
He also indicated he would oppose legislation mandating locking devices on guns. Instead, Shumlin checked off that he would support a resolution urging Vermont public schools to adopt the NRA's accident prevention program as part of its curriculum.
Spokeswoman Susan Allen said Shumlin was unavailable to comment for this story. He has stated publicly several times since the Newtown shooting that he opposes state-level restrictions on firearms. He has steadfastly refused to indicate whether he would support additional federal legislation.
However, Allen said, Shumlin "is open to seeing what the president and what the White House comes up with."
"The NRA questionnaire makes it look like he wouldn't budge an inch but I think like any parent the Newtown shooting made him question things," she said.
Baruth said he will push his legislation aggressively, despite Shumlin's apparent opposition. "I think, first of all, you can't let your actions be controlled by people down the line. You have to do what you were elected to do," he said.
The governor "is making a valid point" about the need for federal action, Baruth said. But, laws must move forward at the local and state level, too, he said.
"I think of it as a belt, suspenders and super glue approach. You need a federal approach, you need a state approach and you need a municipal approach," Baruth said.
At least one additional Senate member is drafting gun legislation, as well as House members, according to Baruth. He declined to identify those lawmakers, but said legislation is expected to be introduced in both chambers.
"I understand that it's not something anybody wants to take on. It will be very contentious. I just feel like we're at a point where we have to have the conversation," Baruth said.
The NRA and other gun advocates have charged that those seeking new restrictions on firearms are exploiting the tragedy in Newtown. Sears, also a gun owner but not a member of the NRA, disagrees with that sentiment.
"I don't think you're exploiting anything by having this discussion at this point, quite frankly," he said.
But, preventing future tragedies will require more than new restrictions on firearms, Sears cautioned. Much like views on smoking and obesity have evolved, the thinking in Vermont and the nation concerning guns and violence will also need to change, he said.
"I think society has to take that same type of action with violence. It's a culture shift," Sears said. "There needs to be, somehow, that culture shift away from the use of guns."


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Utility of Pupillary Light Reflex Metrics as a Physiologic Biomarker for Adolescent Sport-Related Concussion." JAMA Ophthalmol. 2020."
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Characterization of the Motion of Booster-seated Children During Simulated In-vehicle Precrash Maneuvers." Traffic Injury Prevention. 2019."
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The Influence of Enhanced Side Impact Protection on Kinematics and Injury Measures of Far- or Center-Seated Children in Forward-Facing Child Restraints." Traffic Inj Prev. 2015;16 Suppl 2:S9-S15."
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A Sandwich A Day: Ham at No. 7 Sub
A new sandwich every day.
In this great city of ours, one could eat a different sandwich every day of the year—so that's what we'll do. Here's A Sandwich a Day, our daily look at sandwiches around New York. Got a sandwich we should check out? Let us know. —The Mgmt.
We at Serious Eats have tried our fair share of sandwiches from the often-wacky No. 7 Sub. Still, we wondered how Tyler Kord and friends would handle a classic: the ham and cheese sandwich. The core of the Ham ($9), mild sliced deli ham from Schaller & Weber and melted muenster cheese, is standard enough, but the sub veers into bizarre territory with its toppings: pickled red onions and (surprisingly good) pickled blueberries, crinkle-cut potato chips and a healthy dose of not-too-spicy jalapeño mayonnaise.
Despite these oddball additions, the sandwich tastes surprisingly familiar with its mix of mayo, meat and cheese. Together the chips and crackly custom hero roll add some welcome crunch while the pickles help cut through the rich, fatty components. Though it could benefit from a bolder ham choice, the sub is a solid take on the deli sandwich, tasting different without abandoning its conventional roots. Note: Office workers line up out the door during lunchtime at the Broadway location, so come early or late if you dislike long waits.
No. 7 Sub
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SW-Motech Trax Adventure Pannier Kit HONDA VFR 1200 X Crosstourer (11 – Onward)
The SW-MOTECH TraX ADVENTURE pannier system is a durable and secure aluminium touring luggage system that is available in either anodized silver or powder coated black. These finishes not only offer superior corrosion resistance but also make cleaning after an off road adventure much easier.
This TraX aluminium pannier kit includes everything you need for your next bike tour:
- A set of model specific Evo quicklock pannier frames. The Quicklock luggage support system was invented by SW Motech and allows for the easy removal of the mounting frames from your bike in under 2 minutes, thus ensuring the lines of your bike are not compromised.
- When you require luggage, simply secure the pannier frames and Trax Adventure panniers and you are ready to go.
- The Trax Adventure panniers are available in 37 L and 45 L size permutations.
- Integrated sturdy tie down points on the lid allow for additional storage of items such as a Desert Fox fuel cell, sleeping bags, water bottles etc while large handles make it easy to carry the boxes.
- .The panniers are firmly secured to the Quicklock frames via a stainless steel ,lockable 5 point mounting system.
- Matched lock-sets are supplied with the kit ensuring you only require one key
- .An embossed 1.5 mm thick aluminium construction with precise robot welded seams and unique punch rivets ensure your belongings will remain dry and secure no matter your adventure.
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Darn. The Ironman is tomorrow. How did I forget about something that monumental in my life. I only have a few hours to train now. I had better head out into the night and get started. And I need to get a bike too. I hope Sport's Authority is open twenty-four hours. But I'm getting sleepy already. I think I will just lay down for a little while and rest my eyes. Just for a little while. Maybe I should enter the Aluminum Foil Man...
Friday, October 10, 2008
Posted by Ka`iana at 9:46 PM
2 comments:
- Anonymous said...
at least you're tin foil man...i'm soggy bread crumb man
- October 11, 2008 at 8:58 AM
- Ka`iana said...
I overslept...shoots! Maybe next year...
- October 11, 2008 at 9:47 PM
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I love repeating a motif and moving notes around a central note or notes. Fig. 3 feels really comfortable to me for some reason, I guess it just has good economy of motion. This is an idea you can try on any string, in any scale, with any rhythmic combination, so have fun with it. Again, try different accents.
I came up with this line (Fig. 4) for a song of mine called "Piece of the Puzzle."" It's a cool, quirky lick with a nice melodic quality. I feel like we can blow over all kinds of exercises to build technique, but when it comes to actually making music, you really want it to sound inspired and melodic and not coined by a technical approach.
I actually came up with this idea sitting on my couch watching Lost on Netflix and for some reason it just stuck with me. I used to always have a guitar in my hand when watching TV or riding the bus to school. Of course it's invaluable to have practice time with silence and focus, but sometimes playing when your attention is elsewhere can be effective too.
The lick in Fig. 5 is the tag line from the title track of my Toe Jam EP. It starts in a D minor tonality—of course throwing in some bluesy b5 notes—and then moving to an E minor sound before returning to D.
Joe Robinson
Hailing from Australia, 21-year-old Joe Robinson is considered uniquely gifted as a virtuoso guitarist and singer/songwriter, and his 6-string ability and compositional insight have already earned him a worldwide following. Robinson's latest EP,Toe Jam, features a more creative production style and a sound he says expresses his true identity as an artist. For more information, visitjoerobinson.com.


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The following is a timeline of events in the canon of the 3D Universe, in the order which they occurred. Note that the article does not include events from Grand Theft Auto, Grand Theft Auto: London 1969/Grand Theft Auto: London 1961, Grand Theft Auto 2 or the HD Universe, because they are confirmed not to take place in the same canon.
- 1798: Liberty City is founded. This is 22 years after the United States declaration of independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1835: Earth begins its existence according to the Epsilon Program.
- 1842: The 66th Cavalry under Colonel Henry Bolt leaves their base in Fort Carson to head to Las Barrancas in order to heed the calls of homesteaders as bandits attacked. The entire force falls down a hole whilst running to the nearby Las Barrancas. The hole then take the name of the "Barrancas Mass Grave".
- 1869: The Liberty City Police Department is founded.
- 1872: The Liberty City Fire Department is founded.
- 1888: Ranch starts operating in America.
- 1897: Sweeney General Hospital opens in Portland, Liberty City.
- 1900: Auntie Poulet is born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
- 1908: Earnest Kelly is born in Vice City.
- 1911: Alberto Robina is born in Cuba.
- 1923: Construction of the Liberty Memorial Coliseum is completed.
- 1925: Juan Cortez is born in Central America.
- 1930: The Portland El, a commuter train, begins regular service in Portland, Liberty City.
- 1932: Barber Black Sheep, a barber shop in Vice City, is established.
- 1934: D. Flour Bakery, a cream bun filler, starts operating in San Fierro.
- 1935: Salvatore Leone, member, eventually Leader of the Leone Crime Family is born in Sicily, Italy.
- 1935: Avery Carrington is born in Texas.
- 1942: Ricardo Diaz is born in Colombia.
- 1944: Umberto Robina is born in Cuba.
- 1951: Tommy Vercetti is born in Liberty City.
- 1952: Moorehead Rides Again, a show featuring Gordon Moorehead and Molly Malmstein, is cancelled.
- 1953: Francis International Airport in Shoreside Vale, Liberty City opens.
- 1953: Ken Rosenberg is born in Vice City.
- 1953: Phil Cassidy is born in Vice City.
- 1956: Victor Vance is born.
- 1958: Ray Machowski is born in Liberty City.
- 1958: Melvin Harris is born in Ganton, Los Santos.
- 1958: Lance Vance is born.
- 1961: Mercedes Cortez is born.
- 1964: Alberto Robina opens the Café Robina in Little Havana.
- 1964: Zero is born.
- 1964: Candy Suxxx is born.
- 1964: Asuka Kasen is born in Japan.
- 1965: Kent Paul is born in England.
- 1965: Maccer is born in Salford, England.
- 1965: Kenji Kasen is born in Japan.
- 1966: Sean Johnson is born in Ganton, Los Santos.
- 1967: 700 hippies choke to death on toads on the "Notorious Blackfield Bad Trip of 1967" in Blackfield, Las Venturas.
- 1968: Carl Johnson is born in Ganton, Los Santos.
- 1968: Howlin' Petes Biker Emporium opens for business in Vice City
- 1968: Joey Leone is born in Liberty City.
- 1968: Momma's Restaurant opens for business in Saint Mark's, Portland, Liberty City and was run by Momma Cipriani.
- 1968: Toni Cipriani is born in Liberty City.
- 1969: Jazz Magazines, a magazines store, opens.
- 1970 K-DST, a classic rock radio station, begins broadcasting from Los Santos.
- 1971: Tommy Vercetti is ambushed and attacked by eleven gang members in Harwood, Liberty City. Vercetti murders all of his attackers and is sent to prison. Following the incident, Vercetti is nicknamed "The Harwood Butcher".
- 1971: 8-Ball is born in Liberty City.
- 1973: Carson General Hospital opens in Rockford, Staunton Island, Liberty City.
- 1974: Maria Latore in born in Liberty City.
- 1977: Burn Baby Burn and spray'n'go open in Vice City
- 1978: Ken Rosenberg begins his career as a lawyer in Liberty City, defending the Forelli Family.
- 1978: Columbian drug lord Ricardo Diaz moves to Vice City after obtaining a green card by bribing the INS.
- 1979: The construction of Hyman Memorial Stadium is completed in Vice City and the stadium opens.
- 1980: Alex Shrub is elected Congressman for Vice City.
- 1980: Maurice Chavez begins working in Vice City as Sal, the Wheat-Free Clown.
- 1980: The band Ambulance (featuring Bernard "Crow" Gordon and Trev) become a hit in Vice City.
- 1981: Wave 103, a new wave radio station, broadcasts its first show in Vice City.
- 1981: The Florida secessionist movement begins.
- 1981: Evacuator, a film starring Jack Howitzer, premieres and is shown nation wide.
- 1981: Pressing Issues, a topical debate programme, begins broadcasting on Vice City Public Radio.
- 1981: Kent Paul is arrested in Kent, England, for vandalism after damaging Mark Cosgrove's car.
- 1982: Kent Paul moves to Vice City from England.
- 1982: Cluckin' Bell begins operations in America.
- 1982: Barry Stark becomes a naturist.
- Mid 1980s: Salvatore Leone takes control of the Leone Family after a bloody conflict in Sicily. A brother of Salvatore's is believed to be involved in the conflict.
- 1984: The events of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories take place in late fall.
- 1984: Hurricane Gordy heads for Vice City, but bypasses the state.
- 1984: The car company Maibatsu releases a new sports car called the Thunder.
- 1984: Mary-Beth Williams is born in Vice City.
- 1984-1986: Several radio stations in Vice City are either shut down or are bought out and renamed. Fresh FM is bought out by Oliver Biscuit and rebranded as Fever 105 while Paradise FM and Vice City For Lovers are shut down. Meanwhile, both K-Chat and Wildstyle begin airing.
- 1985: The Home Degenatron games console is released.
- 1985: Giggle Cream is released with the slogan "Make Desserts Funny".
- 1985: Jack Howitzer is nominated for an Oscar, but does not win the award.
- 1985: Jenny Louise Crab was named Vice City's civilian of the year.
- 1986: The events of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City take place, in summer.
- Tommy Vercetti is released from prison after serving fifteen years for the murders of eleven men, and is sent to Vice City by Forelli Family leader Sonny Forelli.
- Victor Vance is killed during a botched drug deal at Vice Port.
- After Lance Vance reveals Tommy Vercetti's belated payment to Sonny Forelli to be of counterfeit cash, Tommy Vercetti kills Lance Vance and Sonny Forelli.
- 1986: After Sonny Forelli's death, Franco Forelli is the new head of the Forelli crime family in Liberty City.
- 1986: All bridges between Vice Beach and the mainland are closed due to a hurricane warning. They later reopen after Hurricane Hermione safely bypasses the city.
- Unknown (1986-1992): Ken Rosenberg is disbarred and enters rehab in Las Venturas because of his increasing cocaine addiction. By the time he is released in 1992, Tommy Vercetti has stopped associating with him.
- Unknown (1986-1992): Lazlow is fired from his radio DJ job at V-Rock, later to become a talk show host on Entertaining America in 1992.
- 1987: Brian Johnson dies. Shortly after his death, his older brother Carl moves to Liberty City.
- 1987: Giggle Cream is withdrawn from sale two years after being released after being linked to the deaths of 23 people.
- 1987: Blox is withdrawn from the market and is used as an American defense strategy.
- 1987: Swapmeet, a sitcom, premieres.
- 1988: A pollution leak occurs in Liberty City, presumably with some harmful effects as a government body report stated: "This spill is nowhere near as serious as the pollution leak of 1988, so I don't know why people are complaining".
- 1988: A damaging earthquake strikes the Doherty district of San Fierro, levelling buildings and collapsing a section of freeway.
- 1990: Madd Dogg releases his first two albums entitled Hustlin' Like Gangstaz and Still Madd. GMW also releases an album entitled GMW: It's a GMW Thang!
- 1991: Yakuza queenpin Asuka Kasen first arrives in America.
- 1991: An emulator for the game One Eyed Monster War for the eXsorbeo is released [1].
- 1991: Rochell'le released her album Leg$.
- 1992: Kent Paul becomes the manager of the Gurning Chimps and proposes the band goes to America.
- 1992: Paulie and Johnny Sindacco, Salvatore Leone and the Forelli Brothers form a truce and business partnership in Caligula's Casino in Las Venturas. Former Forelli Family lawyer Ken Rosenberg is selected as their "middle man".
- 1992: A large earthquake rattles the State of San Andreas, prompting the closure of inter-county bridges throughout the state.
- 1992 (1st January - 21st March): The events of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas take place during winter, in the early part of the year.
- 1992: Roger C. Hole is first elected Mayor of Liberty City.
- 1992: The sitcom My Five Uncles premieres, replacing the cancelled sitcom Just the Five of Us, which starred Jimmy and Claude Maginot. Both shows aired Friday on VBS. Jimmy is arrested the same year, in possession of cocaine with several prostitutes at the Four Dragons Casino in Las Venturas (while being interviewed by WCTR news' Richard Burns at the child actor convention).
- 1993: The infamous million dollar lunch incident takes place in Liberty City, in which Mayor Roger C. Hole, three Russian prostitutes and a senior manager from a construction company were caught attempting to secure government contracts.
- 1994: Madd Dogg releases an album entitled N.L.A.D.B. (Never Leave A Dogg Behind), which is poorly received and directs him to retire. Rochell'le releases an album called Dangerous Curves before her career spirals downward as well.
- 1994: Toni Cipriani kills a made man for the Leone Family, forcing him to go into hiding outside the country.
- 1994: Ohio State sues Cluckin' Bell over the side effects of their meals, which includes mammary gland swelling, although no link could be proven. [2]
- 1995: Liberty City Mayor Roger C. Hole is photographed having lunch with Franco Forelli.
- 1996: Believed to be when Yakuza leader, Kenji Kasen, first arrives in America.
- 1997: El Burro, a prominent porn star since 1986, is placed under investigation by the LCPD because of the leadership position he allegedly holds with the Diablos street gang.
- 1997: The "Hong Kong Handover" takes place in Liberty City, resulting in a massive influx of Chinese Triad activity.
- 1997: Liberty City mayor Roger C. Hole is accused of securing drugs for city officials in exchange for sanitation contracts.
- 1997: Zaibatsu Pharmaceuticals, unveiled their new wonder drug, Equanox, claiming it will combat lethargy, depression, melancholy and sexual dysfunction.
- 1997: Car jacking in Liberty City is at an all time high.
- 1997: The FBI makes false allegations against Liberty City businessman Barry Harcross, who also had offices in Colombia. The charges were that of money laundering and buying more than flowers from his Colombian office. This may suggest links to the Colombian Cartel gang.
- 1997: The first known usage of the drug SPANK takes place in Liberty City .
- 1997: The American Road Safety for Everybody (A.R.S.E.) Group starts a protest to ban motorcycles from Liberty City.
- 1997: A protest is started to take Swampmeet, off the air before the premiere of its ninth season.
- 1997: The Pilgrum's Pantry opens.
- 1997: RAILS, a breakfast cereal that consumers snort, is placed under FDA Scrutiny.
- 1997: Mayor Roger C. Hole is reelected for a third term.
- 1997: Roger C. Hole opens up an absolute legal killing mayhem for a week in honor of his 59th birthday celebration.
- 1998: The events of Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories takes place during the spring.
- 1998: Jesus Max Sentenz founds the new vigilante group Avenging Angels. They become defunct by 2001.
- 1998-2001: Big Shot Casino is renamed Kenji's Casino , still controlled by the Kasen Yakuza and renamed for Kenji Kasen, the new waka gashira (second-in-command, likely under his father in Japan) of the Yakuza.
- 1998-2001: Donald Love avoids the Colombian Cartel by living on a yacht in the Caribbean, and his investments make him a billionaire.
- 1998-2001: Toni Cipriani's apartment building in Saint Mark's is destroyed, and the portion of the street directly west is damaged. Cipriani moves into his family's restaurant with his mother.
- 1998-2001: The Jefferson Street Credit Union Building construction work is finished, making it the tallest building in Liberty City. The Callahan Bridge construction is also completed.
- 1998-2001: Three radio stations in Liberty City are either shut down or are bought out and renamed. Radio Del Mundo is shut down, LCFR is bought out by Love Media and replaced by Chatterbox FM while The Liberty Jam is replaced by Game Radio.
In addition to most of the DJs from those stations, radio DJs Boy Sanchez, Cliff Lane and Natalie Walsh Davis are all fired. Gardening With Maurice is taken off the air for claiming the possibility of cross breeding a peach and a Pekingese midget.
- 1999: The car company Maibatsu comes out with a 12 seat SUV called the Maibatsu Monstrosity. The car is advertised having a submarine feature.
- 2000: The events of Grand Theft Auto Advance take place.
- 2001 (February): Barry Harcross is cleared of all the allegations dating back to 1997 and returns to Liberty City. Newly elected president George W Bush announces plans to visit Liberty City and improve Francis International Airport.
- 2001 (March): The license for the Red Light District in Portland, Liberty City is up for renewal, with Mayor Miles O'Donovan planning to revamp the area to compete with Amsterdam, Bangkok and Baghdad, although a report states that there is no tourist industry in Liberty City. Winston Cole confirms that the Porter Tunnel project is behind schedule and will be finished within six months (October).
- 2001 (April): A report is released stating that the pollution from a recent oil spill in the Liberty City Harbour (presumably the Portland Docks on Portland) will not affect the residents of Portland. Salvatore Leone walks free from court with only a $450,000 fine for illegally importing tomato sauce from the docks in Portland , Liberty City . He had been on charges of racketeering and tax evasion.
- 2001 (May): Cheung Industries of Shanghai, a Chinese company, expands into Liberty City with a mackerel factory in Callahan Point, Portland. Mayor Miles O'Donovan denies he has misused government funds to support a nail gun business.
- 2001 (June–July): Donald Love purchases Chatterbox FM, hiring Lazlow to host a month later. All senior members of the Leone Family are under investigation. Liberty Tree states that killer bees are not a threat to Liberty City.
- 2001 (August): Leon McAffrey, once the most powerful crooked cop in Liberty City, snitches on his trainee Ray Machowski (and his connection to Yakuza) to gain a dishonorable discharge instead of prison time.
- 2001 (October): 8-Ball is sentenced to a long stint in jail after being convicted on 85 counts of owning a gun without a license. The Oriental Gentlemen arrives in Liberty City and is quickly arrested for not providing a valid reason for being in America. The authorities begin plans to deport him. The dog ban in Liberty City is upheld.
2001 (October)
- Grand Theft Auto III takes place in the fall, Catalina and Claude arrive in Liberty City, having left the state of San Andreas nine years previously. The two rob a bank, however, Catalina shoots Claude, leaving him for dead, before speeding off with high ranking Colombian Cartel gangster Miguel.
- Claude is later arrested and recovers from his gunshot wound. He is convicted but escapes when being transfered from Staunton Island to Portland Island when the Colombian Cartel attack the police convoy. They kidnap the Old Oriental Gentleman and, in the confusion, Claude and another prisoner, later identified as 8-Ball manage to escape and avoid the shock waves of a bomb left by the Cartel .
- Claude and 8-Ball escape to a safehouse and change out of their prison clothes, before driving to Luigi's Sex Club 7. 8-Ball convinces the clubs owner, Leone Family made man Luigi Goterelli, to give Claude a chance and he has him drive Misty from the hospital back to the club.
- Claude continues to work for Goterelli, who later introduces him to Joey Leone, who has him stir up tensions between the Leone Family and both the Forelli Family and the Triads. Joey later introduces Claude to Toni Cipriani, the right hand man of the Don, who has Claude continue working in the ongoing troubles with the Triads.
- Claude also begins working for factory manager Marty Chonks and Diablos leader El Burro.
- Claude is later introduced to the head of the Leone Family, Salvatore Leone, who is keen on tackling the Colombian Cartel's rising power base and has him team with 8-Ball to destroy a freighter used to manufacture the drug SPANK.
- Claude was later called to Salvatore's home and has him drive to move a car from Chinatown before the police discovers its contents. Claude, however, receives a message on his pager from Maria Latore, the Don's wife, who tells him to go to a small dock, where she explains the situation, that she had told Salvatore they were an item and that he'd had a car bomb planted in the car. The two, with Yakuza co-leader Asuka Kasen then escape to Staunton Island by boat.
- Claude, in an attempt to prove himself to Asuka, returns to Portland Island and kills Salvatore Leone as he leaves Luigi's Sex Club 7. He then continues to work for Asuka, protecting her from the paparazzi and an undercover policeman. She then introduces him to her brother and co-leader Kenji and the crooked policeman Ray Machowski.
- Claude works for Kenji and helps him maintain his honour, including busting Kanbu out of prison and ambushing a deal between the Colombian Cartel and the Uptown Yardies. Claude also begins to work for corrupt policeman Ray Machowski, attempting to cover up his dealings with the Yakuza, including killing his partner and killing his former partner partner.
- Claude then briefly works for King Courtney, leader of the Uptown Yardies, before he is betrayed when the Cartel succeed in forming an alliance with the Yardies .
- Media mogul Donald Love contacts Claude and employs him to rescue the Old Oriental Gentleman, who was in the police convoy with him and helps Love with his business interests, including defending a Securicar from the Cartel. Love also has him kill his former boss Kenji Kasen in an attempt to drive down property prices. Love , however, disappears without a trace (most likely Killed by the Yakuza for his for Kenji).
- Claude also begins working for D-Ice, leader of the Southside Hoods sub-sect
- Asuka Kasen , following the death of her brother, becomes enraged and manages to capture Miguel, Cartel leader Catalina's right hand man. She begins to torture him and uses the information to have Claude attack the Cartel and their businesses interests. This results in her death at the hands of Catalina, who also kills Miguel and kidnaps Maria. Claude later rescues Maria and kills Catalina. Claude and Maria begin to walk away from Cochrane Dam, where the final battle between Claude and Catalina takes place. After the battle, they leave and Maria starts talking excessively. Claude (presumably) fires a gun, which may have been intended to make her stop talking or to kill her.
Events after October 2001
Two other Rockstar game series released concomitantly with GTA III era games also take place in the 3D Universe.
- 2003: The events of Manhunt take place in November.
- 2006: The events of Bully take place.
- 2007: The events of flashback levels of Manhunt 2 take place in the fall.
- 2013: The events of non-flashback levels of Manhunt 2 take place in winter.
- Hank
- Bryan Forbes
- Armando Mendez
- Louise Cassidy-Williams
- Diego Mendez
- Jerry Martinez
- Possible deaths:
- Victor Vance
- Lance Vance
- Harry
- Lee
- Leo Teal
- Carl Pearson
- Pierre La Ponce
- Mrs. Dawson
- Mike Griffin
- Dick Tanner
- Marcus Hammond
- Nick Kong
- Charlie Dilson
- Hilary King
- Pedro Garcia
- Forelli Capo
- Ricardo Diaz
- Gonzalez
- Don Sonny Forelli
- Possible death: Cam Jones
- Mickey
- Ralph Pendelbury
- Beverly Johnson
- Billy Dexter
- Freddy
- Alan Crawford
- Little Weasel
- Kane
- Little Lion
- The Snakehead
- Jizzy B.
- T-Bone Mendez
- Ryder
- Benny
- Johnny Sindacco
- Jimmy Hernandez
- Eddie Pulaski
- Marco Forelli
- Big Poppa
- Big Smoke
- Frank Tenpenny
- Possible deaths :
- 1987
- Dan Sucho
- Giovanni Casa
- Cedric Fotheringay
- Joseph Daniel O'Toole
- Vincenzo Cilli
- Roger C. Hole
- Black Lightman
- Faith W.
- Paulie Sindacco
- Avery Carrington
- Ned Burner
- Toshiko Kasen
- Kazuki Kasen
- Massimo Torini
- Possible death:
- Mike Forelli
- Lee Chong
- Salvatore Leone
- Tanner
- Leon McAffrey
- Kenji Kasen
- Miguel
- Asuka Kasen
- Catalina
- Possibly Maria Latore
- Possibly Donald Love
Here are links to walkthroughs of all of the games missions, describing the events as they unfold.
- Vice City character birth dates, along with "Big" Mitch Baker's Purple Heart and Ricardo Diaz's green card information can be found here
- The date the Francis International Airport is established can be found here
- Along with the LCPD investigation of El Burro, the information regarding the immigration of the Liberty City's Yakuza co-leaders circa.2001, can be found here
- Information regarding the "Hong Kong Handover" and its influence on Triad activity can be found here
- Information on Liberty City Mayor Roger C. Hole can be found in the GTA LCS instruction manual
- Date of when Liberty City is first established can be found on map included in GTA LCS packaging


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Cold calls: Ticket to a good job
Cold calling is for champions. Skeptical? Well, I'm not sure you have much of a choice. Fewer than half of all jobs are advertised, and most people don't get jobs through listings. So how are you going to find them? Your best odds are networking. But most people exhaust their network in a month, and most job hunts last at least four months.
Everyone knows that it's really hard to make a cold call, so people will respect you for trying. But you'll get self-respect, too. Because if you respond only to ads, you're basically running a passive job hunt, waiting for something to pop up on your computer screen. If you approach companies you're interested in, whether or not they post jobs, then you are taking control of your hunt.
Think of all the times in life you regret. Usually it was when you didn't take a more active role in your life. In this sense, you can't lose making a cold call. No one ever says, "I wish I hadn't been so aggressive in trying to get what I wanted." If you're aggressive and you don't get what you want, you probably weren't going to get it anyway. So might as well go down swinging.
The easiest and most obvious cold call is not really even cold. It's a follow-up call. This is what you do when you've been sending tons of resumes out but getting no interviews: After you send your resume, call the hiring manager to say you really want the job.
You will probably have to dig a lot to find the hiring manager. But hey, you have all day to dig, right? You'll have to call human resources. Maybe some random dialing within the department. Maybe some Googling. But you can find someone who sounds like she might be the hiring person and ask who the hiring person is. Sooner or later someone will tell you.
Once you get that person, pitch yourself on the phone. That pitch has to be good. Friendly, informative, fast. This is the crux of the art form. Then, ask if you can come in for an interview. Even though the advertisement says no calls, a call is a great way to get someone to pay attention to you when there's a huge pile of resumes.
You can use this same tactic even if there's no job offered, and you haven't sent a resume. Just call someone in a department that interests you. Business development in an advertising agency. Marketing at a Fortune 500 company. Tell the person you're interested in that industry, and you really admire the company, and you'd like to schedule an informational interview. If you ask for a job, the person can say no, outright. But information? That's not so easy a no. Of course, the person has information. And you'd be surprised how many people are willing to give it if you just ask.
Then you need to be charming. And smart. If the person loves you, she might make a spot for you in her department. Or maybe she has a friend who's hiring. Who knows? You never will until you try.
It's all about odds. You need to have the ego strength to dial these people all day. You need only one person to say yes. That yes means you expanded your network that day. And all those people who say no, you'll never see them again. They're gone. No need to feel bad or embarrassed. It's over. Move on.
Of course, the odds are not great that the cold call will work every time, but you need it to work really well only once, and then you're done. You have a job.


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Cedeno leads Mets past Giants
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Ronny Cedeno drove in five runs to match his career high, Jason Bay had only his second multi-RBI game this year and the New York Mets beat San Francisco 9-1 Thursday to take three of four from the Giants and win their first series in a month.
Bay had two RBIs as Mets won for the fourth time in five games following a 2-14 slide. His only other multi-RBI game was April 13, when he hit a two-run homer against Philadelphia.
Chris Young (3-5) allowed one run and four hits in seven innings, struck out four and walked none. He had been 0-4 with a 6.00 ERA in five starts since winning at the Los Angeles Dodgers on June 28.
Hunter Pence had a fourth-inning sacrifice fly for San Francisco, which has lost seven of eight since opening a three-game NL lead over the Dodgers on July 25. Melky Cabrera was a home run shy of a cycle.
Barry Zito (8-8) gave up seven runs, six hits and three walks in 4 1-3 innings. San Francisco pitchers walked six in the game and 19 in the series.
New York took a 4-0 lead in the first on Bay's two-run single and Cedeno's two-run double. Zito has a first-inning ERA of 8.10.
David Wright had an RBI single in the second, and run-scoring singles by Bay and Cedeno made it 7-1 in the fifth. Cedeno had another two-run double in the seventh.
NOTES: The Mets had their largest victory margin since routing the Phillies 11-1 on July 3 as they took two of three in that series. ... All-Star R.A. Dickey (14-2, 2.83) goes for the Mets when they play a series opener at San Diego on Friday night. He will be appearing in his second game at Petco Park. ... The Giants are sending RHP Ryan Vogelsong (8-5, 2.22) to the mound in Colorado on Friday night. The NL ERA leader has never lost to the Rockies in 10 appearances. ... Young had last faced the Giants in 2009, when he was 3-0 against them for the Padres. ... Giants C Buster Posey, given the day off, has 19 RBIs since the All-Star break. ... The Giants activated RHP Shane Loux and C Hector Sanchez from the disabled list after optioning OF Justin Christian and C Eli Whiteside to Triple-A Fresno. ... Mets LHP Johan Santana, on the DL with a sprained right ankle, threw his first full bullpen session and it to throw another Sunday.


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Tapestry Weaving
Thoughts on Teaching Tapestry
As some of you know I have been working on a class through CraftArtsEdu for quite some time now. The first part, taking all the photos while weaving the piece, was a lot of fun (of course I did that with Elena, so how could it not be fun!). Now I am on my own doing the voice over. Yes, I will get to done before all of your kits are layered with dust. I just found out that two days of voice overs sound like I am talking inside a ball of fuzz. I fought with my microphone and adjustments for hours only to finally get the bright idea that maybe it wasn't on my end. Sure enough, I think hurricane Sandy wreck havoc on the servers that are hosting this class. So two day's of voice overs were lost. Yuck. They are really hard to do. But all is not lost because in the meanwhile I had the lovely opportunity to teach a private workshop to a lovely woman named Amy. And of the things I realized while I was teaching her is that I need to incorporate that kind of teaching style in to the voice overs. Now granted, I am still warping the loom in the voice overs and there is no way to give that too much exciting color. So I was glad I taught Amy before I got into the weaving part of the class. Now I am so excited to get back to it if only those servers would behave. Things do seem to always happen for a reason.
Back to Amy. I love one-on-one teaching. I can sit next to the student and watch and comment the entire time. It eliminates frustration because I am right there to trouble shoot or make a joke I kind of knew right away that Amy was going to be a quick study. I always ask people what other crafts, hobbies, etc. they've done in the past. Amy was a quilter using a huge quilting sewing machine and was also interested in carpentry (I found out later that she and her husband did all the finish work in their new home) and that she works as a computer programmer. When you put all three together and can imagine the frustration levels possible in each, I knew that Amy would find warping the loom easy. I didn't know how she would take to the actual weaving.
Warping flew by. I think there was one mistake and I think I made it! Easily fixed and a good trouble shooting lesson. One of the heddles was not completely looped on. Amy was the personification of calm.
I didn't know how much time I had with her. I knew she was going home with a loom with part of a weaving on it, but in a relatively short amount of time I had to give her enough knowledge that she could go home (with a book as well) and have fun weaving. She used the Small tapestry purse kit and will be making a purse, but not the one in the kit. At first I thought I might incorporate the sample from the CraftArtsEdu class but then I realized we would never get past just a tiny handful of techniques. I finally decided that we would just go for the advanced techniques first and if she could survive them, she could use the book to figure out the more basic techniques. She was all for it. Amy just wanted to play!
I taught Amy the concept of weaving in opposite directions as well as weaving with eccentric wefts. With these two skills you can basically build any shape and do some really serious shading. Amy learned how to add and remove colors and how to keep a bunch of them traveling in the correct direction and in the correct relationship with one another.
Two hours of weaving produced a piece an inch to an inch and half long in spots and five inches wide. Doesn't seem like a lot, but there was a lot of learning packed into that little piece. Note how perfect the selvedges are! I imagine Amy will continue in these same vein for the next fourteen inches and have a stunning piece when she is done. Her husband (who bought this lesson and loom for her birthday) expects her to make "pictures" almost immediately and I expect she very well could!
That's nine wefts in a space five inches wide. That's a lot to keep track of.
Proud owner of New Mirrix Loom with beginning tapestry.


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Putkonen feels fine following bullpen session
KANSAS CITY -- Luke Putkonen is eligible to be activated from the 15-day disabled list on Sunday. He won't be ready to play, but it appears he won't be far off.
Putkonen threw a side session in the Kauffman Stadium visiting bullpen on Friday before the Tigers-Royals series opener, and he's scheduled to throw a more intensive bullpen session on Sunday. If he comes through that without discomfort in his right elbow, Putkonen should be on track for a quick rehab assignment or a simulated game. Team president/general manager Dave Dombrowski said the Tigers haven't discussed that next step.
Putkonen estimated he threw about 35 pitches in Friday's session.
"I felt good," he said. "I spun a few curveballs at the end."
Putkonen's return will give the Tigers their long reliever back, filling a role they haven't needed much this season, but they figure to use more often over the next several weeks. While Detroit has had Drew Smyly available in the bullpen for a few different stretches in the opening month, he won't be a relief option during their stretch of 50 games in 52 days.


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My swoon meter couldn't be any higher this summer with some really amazing shows to grace my screen. I haven't been this excited about shows in a while and decided to share. Each series portrays strong, hot female leads.
- Orphan Black: Kickass, Sci-Fi, multi-clone hottie Tatiana Maslany breakthrough talent shines in this really awesome show! It's my favorite show so far next to True Blood. We all have our guilty pleasures.
- Orange is the New Black: I signed on for a Netflix subscription just to marathon this entire series after watching a few online. It's hilarious, gripping, down-right sickening, and sexy. Well it is prison and there are some bat sh!t crazy people in there.
- Mistresses (US): It could be my old crush for Alyssa Milano that lures me to this series or the lesbian couple emerging, but there is some kind of charm to this show that keeps me coming back for more.
- Exes and Ohs: Absolutely LOVE this show! It's like watching the lesbian version of Friends. The entire series is generously being posted on AfterEllen.com.


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snip-pet: a small piece of something
An open letter to WordPress.
Dear WordPress:
Your new editor is really bad. Very bad. It is as slow as molasses. In fact, sometimes it's so slow that I have to check my calendar to make sure it's 2015 and not 1985. There are times when I'm typing something from a book only to look up at the screen and find that it is several sentences behind me. I haven't been able to type faster than a computer since, well, 1985. The longer my post gets, the slower the editor gets. Is this your attempt to force us to keep our posts short so we don't use too much of your server space?
And what just happened is really irritating. I'm at the bottom of the editing screen and what I'm typing here is not visible. It's below the screen. There is always one line at the bottom of the screen that is not visible until one goes to the next line. What's with that?
The new stats page is even worse than bad. First, it doesn't give me cumulative totals for views and comments, making me add them up manually. That's not a huge problem because I simply put past yearly totals in my Excel spreadsheet and then just update 2015. The real problem here, though, is that when I do that, the cumulative totals using the new stats page numbers don't match the cumulative total shown in the old stats page. Both are substantially lower. Obviously I want the correct total, but how do I know which total is the correct one?
Next: I don't get a complete list of tags and categories. The list of tags only goes through C, and the list of categories only goes through H.
Lastly, it doesn't matter where I try to "add media," 90% of the time it automatically gets inserted at the top of the editing screen, which means I have to cut and paste it where I want it. The editor should add media wherever my cursor is in the document….
Come on, WordPress. You can do better than this….
Here a baby, there a baby, everywhere a baby at the San Diego Zoo and the Safari Park. Here is the week-old hippopotamus with his mommy, the first time I have ever seen mommy out of the pool and on land.
Zoey the Cool Cat thinks I have been neglecting her here in my blog. So following are three gratuitous pictures of the little princess taken last month. She's obviously very much abused….
Zoey the Cool Cat has this interesting obsession about where she lays herself down. When she finds a spot that is acceptable, she continues to use that spot for about five days. Then she'll find a new spot. She has about twenty acceptable spots after 7½ years living here, and she simply rotates between them. Right now her spot is my desk chair. Doesn't matter where she is, if I get up, she's in the chair within a minute.
Speaking of Zoey the Cool Cat, one of my greatest problems in life is saying "Thank you" and "You're welcome." I guess it's because I have always though that if you say them too much, they lose their meaning. In fact, I used to have a friend who said "Thank you" after almost every sentence I spoke. It really did get irritating, and when I left Texas, I didn't bring his friendship with me. I have made no effort to reconnect with him on Facebook either.
One of my recent posts got a lot of "thank you" comments. I felt kind of silly responding to each comment with a simple "You're welcome." I asked Zoey the Cool Cat what to do and she had this brilliant idea of becoming my official "Thank you" and "You're welcome" spokescat. Here's an example:
Whenever a comment needs a simple "Thank you" or "You're welcome," look for Zoey the Cool Cat to make an appearance.
Previously whenever I did a SNIPPETS post, I would have ten SNIPPETS. For today, I'm going to end at five. This editor is just too slow. My last sentence in SNIPPET 4 took over a minute for the editor to type. I can't do this.
If WordPress can't correct these problems soon, I'll be looking for another blogging platform….
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One of the biggest guitar heroes to come out of Britain in the last decade is Matthew Bellamy—the falsetto-voiced leader of internationally acclaimed apocalyptic-prog band Muse. Hailing from southwest England, the futuristic power trio (Bellamy, bass virtuoso Chris Wolstenholme, and drummer Dominic Howard) has been filling stadiums all over the world with an epic style that combines a Radiohead-like indie streak with the drama of Queen and the dystopian outlook of a fantastically bleak sci-fi movie.
Be sure to watch the detailed video where Crimson Guitars luthier Ben Crowe walks you through this project step by step. Plus, hear the MIDI pad in demoed in various music applications and styles.
Bellamy's playing on six studio albums and multiple worldwide tours proves he's got no end of chops in the traditional sense, but he and his bandmates are equally admired for always pushing the envelope and embracing new technologies (their live shows are some of the most spectacular in rock). Bellamy isn't the first to have guitars with the nearly limitless power of a MIDI XY-pad controller built right into them, but he's more identified with the mod than any player on the planet. He's even got a signature Manson Guitarworks MB-1S guitar with a MIDI controller screen option.
As you can see, this modification puts what looks like an iPad mini (or an Etch A Sketch, if you're of a certain age) into the top of your solidbody. Wondering what the "XY" part of the controller-pad description refers to? Reach back into those long-repressed memories of geometry-class problems that required plotting points on an X/Y axis using two coordinates. Similarly, a MIDI controller pad's interface tracks the touch of your fingertip using the same coordinate logic. And it's capable of controlling any number of devices: a Korg Kaoss Pad, a DigiTech Whammy, software plug-ins, synth modules, and anything controllable via standard MIDI. Sounds fun, doesn't it? Believe you me, it is!
At Crimson Guitars (crimsonguitars.com) here in the U.K., we first became interested in the XY MIDI controller's capabilities through our work building signature guitars for Robert Fripp. We tried several of the kits available online from different companies, but they left us cold with their insanely complex wiring and excessive soldering requirements.
Stuff You'll Need
- A solidbody guitar that you're prepared to put a big hole in
- An XY MIDIpad or XY MIDIpad Mini kit (which includes the screen, surround/mounting frame, "brain," rotary encoder, hold button, on/off switch, MIDI output socket, and all necessary wiring) from AmpTone Lab (amptonelab.com)
- A battery box
- Routing templates (which we'll show you how to make)
- A knob for the rotary encoder
- Scratchplate or backplate material (may not be necessary for some guitars)
- Shielding tape and/or paint
- MIDI-compatible outboard gear
But when we found AmpTone Lab (amptonelab.com), a high-tech music-products manufacturer based in Poland, we fell in love with the whole idea again. In fact, after we installed our first AmpTone Lab XY MIDIpad, we became wholehearted supporters of their work and started stocking all their products.
Before You Order—Check Your Axe's Dimensions!
So all this talk of making your guitar sound like a spaceship or a hurricane or a flock of quacking ducks has got you excited, eh? We can't blame you—but don't order your MIDIpad just yet! First, you need to figure out which model is right for your guitar. The standard MIDIpad needs a 128 mm x 107 mm surface area, while the Mini—which was designed for Strat-style guitars with less space behind the bridge—requires 98 mm x 76 mm. To figure out which is appropriate for your instrument, cut out a paper template using these dimensions and hold it in place on your guitar. Behind the bridge seems to be the default choice, but you can put your screen anywhere you want. We've installed them at various angles to optimize interactivity according to guitar model and player needs.
You must also account for your guitar's depth: The controller and LED unit require at least 18 mm, though if you have a larger guitar it can't hurt to go a little deeper. This allows the light from the LED to spread further on the screen.
Lastly, if you're wondering about this new cavity's effect on your guitar's natural timbre, let me assure you that, in my experience, it's pretty minimal. Some instruments (like, say, a Les Paul-style axe) might even benefit tonally—and ergonomically, through added weight relief.
Speaking of Les Pauls, part of their allure is obviously those shapely contoured tops. Equally obvious: Glass doesn't bend so well. This doesn't mean you can't fit these delicate screens to a guitar with a carved top, but it requires a bit more care and skill. The trick is to route an extra cavity for the surround that keeps the four corners of the screen flush with the top so that the surround still holds the screen in place. You can bend the surround along the top's contour, but the flat screen will sit lower in the guitar, leaving some gaps between the top surface of the screen and the underside of the surround. This is remedied by packing the gaps with form-fitting material—ideally carved pieces of wood—that hold everything securely in place. Another option is to make another template (see the "Creating Screen Templates" section) and route a third cavity that allows the surround to be recessed into a flat cavity. If you choose this option, you'll probably want to paint or finish the walls of that cavity where they are visible.
Plan Your Control Layout
Before you fire up any power tools, put some serious thought into how you'll use the MIDI screen while you're playing. The on/off switch should probably be put out of the way, but you'll want the push button—which is integral to operation—close by your picking hand. Ideally, you should be able to push it and drag your finger across the screen without having to move your hand or arm too much out of regular playing position. Same goes for the rotary encoder—missing your cue because it took too much effort to switch between sounds is not going to be impressive onstage.
The xy MIDIpads run off a single 9-volt battery. You can opt for a battery box, which requires its own routing and template making, or you can secure the battery with a clip somewhere inside the main control cavity. Having the battery too near the guitars standard wiring, though, can promote excess signal noise.
Of course, figuring out where to position these new controls depends entirely on your guitar. If you're putting the XY MIDIpad in a Strat-style guitar, you may decide to mount the controls in the existing pickguard. If you've got a Les Paul or another guitar without a scratchplate, you'll probably mount them right on the face of the guitar. Either way, you'll likely need to route out a larger or entirely new control cavity and either modify your existing pickguard or make the associated new scratchplate or back plate. Given the invasiveness of this project in comparison to, say, swapping pickups, you'll definitely want to spend some time considering the aesthetics of the final result before you crack on with the hole-making fun.


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Motorino Hong Kong: Off to a Decent Start
Motorino Hong Kong
14 Shelley Street, Soho, Hong Kong (Map); +852 2801 6881; motorinopizza.com/hongkong
Pizza type: Neapolitan
Oven type: Gas and wood-burning
The Skinny: Great toppings are let down by the crust, at various times soggy or burnt.
Price:The cheapest pizza is the Marinara at HK$98 (about US$12.60) and the most expensive are the Cherry Stone Clam and Colatura di Alici, both at HK$158 (about US $20.35).
It was with no small amount of excitement that multiple friends—from die-hard pizza aficionados in New York City to fellow expats who have been living a rather bleak, pizza-less existence—barraged me with the news that Motorino was opening its first international outpost here in Hong Kong. Needless to say, I was eager to see how the famed New York pizzeria was faring in its early weeks abroad.
Stepping off a narrow staircase in Hong Kong's Soho district into Chef Mathieu Palombino's Asian venture felt like walking through a portal into an upscale hipster joint in Brooklyn. Exposed brick, warm lighting, and spray painted wall motifs feature heavily in the décor, which of course wouldn't be complete without the large wooden pizza peel garnishing the entrance.
At first glance, our pies had a lot of promise. We found gorgeous leoparding on the cornicione, which boasts an airy texture and chewy bite. The toppings were generous, though perhaps to the point of excess. I enjoy a nice, soupy center to my Neapolitan pies, but these pizzas were positively drenched, and the crust didn't really stand a chance against the onslaught.
The San Marzano tomatoes in our Margherita (HK$118, about US$15) were judiciously seasoned and brightly acidic, their natural sweetness coaxed out by a light dusting of pecorino. Generously scattered pillows of buffalo mozzarella and fresh basil leaves were in perfect proportion.
But it was let down by the crust, which had two problems: apart from the sodden center (which admittedly, some might prefer), the signature char of a wood-fired Neapolitan crust was taken just a step too far. Instead of its characteristic depth and smokiness, the char was overwhelmingly bitter, detracting from the otherwise subtle and well-balanced sweetness and tang of the toppings.
The toppings again stole the show on our Soppressata di Picante (HK$138, about US$18). Punched up with the addition of fresh chilies and the sweet hum of garlic, the gentle heat of the spicy soppressata occasionally threatened to out-burn even this chili-lover. But the salve of fior di latte mellowed it just enough to appreciate the peppery notes in the extra virgin olive oil and fragrant oregano.
Sadly, this pie—though covered with a slightly more even leopard-spotting—was more burnt than the Margherita, and even with the far more assertive flavors of the sausage and chili, I'd get mouthfuls that would almost make me wince with acrid bitterness. Which was such a shame, seeing as the un-burnt bits of crust I'd managed to pinch off had a warming, yeasty depth, and excellent texture.
Currently, the Hong Kong site is offering the same nine pizzas, and one weekend brunch pie, as in Motorino's East Village location. Some of the key ingredients, such as their olive oil, cheese, and soppressata, are sourced from Italy. And while I'm not sure that I'm ready to declare Motorino the best Neapolitan-style pizza in Hong Kong just yet, these guys are definitely showing loads of promise and dedication to their craft—not only do they only use Napoli Caputo flour, even the bricks and sand used by Stefano Ferrara in hand-building their custom oven hail from Naples, too! I'm confidently optimistic that with a little more time they'll earn the reputation that has followed them all the way across the Pacific.
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Berkman not in lineup due to sore right knee
DH slips coming off team plane; Andrus fills spot, with Profar at short
ARLINGTON -- Lance Berkman was out of Friday's Rangers lineup with a sore right knee after he slipped coming off the team plane Thursday.
Berkman said his left foot came out from underneath him as he was walking down the stairs to exit the plane. He said he twisted his right knee as his heel reached to the back of his leg. Berkman said he wore slick-bottomed shoes and there was a possibility the stairs were wet as well.
"Before I knew it, I was on my back kind of like a hurdler's stretch," Berkman said. "That's how I ended up. Thank goodness I had ahold of the hand rail or else I might've broken my neck, because I could've tumbled down the stairs."
Rangers manager Ron Washington didn't want to take a chance and sat Berkman, though Washington felt the veteran left-handed hitter could've played through the injury. Elvis Andrus was the designated hitter and Jurickson Profar started at shortstop.
"It's not an injury, but it definitely rearranged some scar tissues and cartilage and reacted negatively," Berkman said.
The Rangers were stuck in traffic for two hours after Thursday's game in New York and also dealt with a two-hour flight delay. Berkman said the team bus left for the airport at 4:30 p.m. ET and the plane didn't land until midnight CT.
"That was a bad travel day, period," Berkman said. "That's like nine hours and we gained an hour. We could've gone to Europe."
In other odd injury news, Washington said Jeff Baker will probably be sent on a rehab assignment whenever his right thumb heals. Baker was eligible to return off the disabled list after injuring the thumb on a celebratory high-five, but Washington said he's not ready.
"It's getting better, but it's not there yet," Washington said. "It could be any day. Today was the day he could've come off."


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DR. HOOK- Pointed advice: Trigger finger not a snap to cure
Lily Tomlin was electrifying at the Paramount Theater! I've never really known her one-woman shows or really appreciated the Laugh-In clips I've seen. I'm sure some of you are groaning, "Sigh, it was before his time!" I can relate. I groan at people born after 1980 who don't know or appreciate Rogers and Hammerstein or The Flintstones.
I have appreciated Lily's movies, in particular 9 to 5, because haven't we all imagined accidentally giving a Neanderthal some rat poisoning in his coffee? (Oh, you haven't? Well, ahem... actually, neither have I.)
"One-ringy-dingy, two-ringy-dingy," she started up her telephone operator skit. I never did quite understand it until I saw her performance. "Ernestine" said she had occupational injuries from working the switchboard, so she couldn't even flip the bird anymore. Poor thing. What happens when you can't straighten out your finger?
Trigger finger is a medical term that has nothing to do with the NRA. It's inflammation of the finger's flexor tendon sheath that keeps the finger from flexing and extending well (stretching out-– like flipping the bird in Lily's case). The flexor tendons allow the fingers to curl up, to make a fist. The tendons are individually "wrapped up" by a tendon sheath, but in some people– in particular, diabetics– the sheath can scar down onto the tendons. In the worst-case situation, a nodule can form on the tendon itself, making even the most flexible person become inflexible– like plenty of our leaders.
Snapping is common in trigger finger— not like Snap, Crackle, Pop, but a sudden jerk in the finger during flexion. Because it hurts to extend the finger, many people with trigger finger leave their finger curled up all day. (Hmm, you know how really bad singers on American Idol use their hand to conduct themselves while singing? One finger tends to be curled the whole time– that's like trigger finger!)
On examination, it's pretty easy to detect trigger finger. You can feel the jerkiness of the finger while flexing and the locking up during extension. If it's big enough, you can feel a small nodule usually at the base of the finger going into the palm.
Treatment consists of immobilization of the finger for... four to six weeks. Boy, you would starve to death if you could eat only finger foods! Gripping and pinching things tends to aggravate trigger finger. For those who do manual labor, in particular things that vibrate (hmm, sounds fun), Sorbothane gloves reduce the vibrations. If needed, steroid injections can be done, and eventually surgery might be required.
Ganglion cysts can also occur on the finger, palm, or wrist. They don't cause a trigger finger, but they can really hurt. A ganglion cyst comes from swelling over a tendon sheath, but more commonly over a joint. The joint capsule herniates, and contents pour into a cyst formation. Most likely, there's a congenital condition, and repetitive tasks might lead to it.
Most commonly a cyst is seen as a bump over the backside of the wrist on the thumb side, so wearing a watch feels more like handcuffs. Aspiration with a needle isn't the best thing because the cysts come back at least 50 percent of the time. Injecting steroid or hyaluronidase (say this fast three times) appears to be more effective. Surgery usually gets rid of these cysts for good. Some people use the family Bible (though I think the Torah would be more effective since it's heavier) to "smash the living daylights" out of the ganglion cyst. I have done that myself (with a large medical textbook, though) and it hurt like Holy Cow!
I would like to see Lily Tomlin again; maybe I'd even straighten out her poor fingers. Because there was so much to absorb in her performance, I think I remember only about 25 percent of the show.
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I like Nassim and his understanding of risk, but I do not like his method of trying to hedge everything, you will only make the brokers rich in the long run with that approach.
On the other hand, Hugh Hendry understands the fundamentals correctly – "It's the DEBT, Stupid!"
He is correct in pointing out the amount of leverage is at multi-century highs and that DEBT is the anchor that is now holding back the world. Going to have to get Hugh onto Freedom's Vision… (ht Michiganjedi)
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The Banner Saga: Factions
The Banner Saga: Factions earning "a lunch every other week"
Early Kickstarter success The Banner Saga isn't making much moolah for developer Stoic Games – yet.
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NASCAR -- Johnson rolls to victory in California
FONTANA, Calif. (AP) -- Jimmie Johnson is back in control of NASCAR's Chase for the Championship.
The three-time defending champion easily pulled away from Jeff Gordon following a restart with three laps remaining to win the Pepsi 500 on Sunday at Auto Club Speedway.
The win was Johnson's fourth at the 2-mile oval, a place he has used as a personal launching pad to the title the last two years.
Johnson dominated the second half of the race but had to sweat out a series of double-file restarts following a number of late-race collisions, including one that forced the race to be red-flagged for 22 minutes with six laps remaining.
Juan Pablo Montoya was third, his fourth straight top-5 finish. Mark Martin, who started the day with an 18-point lead over Johnson, finished fourth and now trails Johnson by 12 points heading into Saturday night's race at Charlotte.


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The green mountains of Triesenberg a small community of Liechtenstein
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Hi Joao,
A beautiful alpine landscape. The scattered houses are beautiful. Photography really is full of many parks and it is very nice. Appropriately to complement the white rock.
alin-m (3716) 2010-01-20 5:09
Very nice picture of this village in middle of mountains.
Beautiful scape with great colors.
Best regards.Alin.
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USA only, weekly swap with sign up on Thursdays. States will be in alphabetical order. For week 51 we'll do a Washington DC PC and still thinking of what I'll choose for week 52.
State name (or abbreviation) MUST be printed on the FRONT IMAGE SIDE, no exceptions!!! No State name on the front may result in a 3 rating. I would of course pm my partner and ask for a correct pc then rate a 5 upon receiving the correct one, as I would hope others would do but double check those PCs to make sure the STATE NAME is on the image side!
Other than that, the PC may also have a city name too but doesn't need to, of course. Pcs will most often be touristy but artsy are okay too with State name. No handmade, no free/ad. Zazzle and the like okay. Write a nice message & send naked.
PC can be a view, map, large letter, etc, sender's Choice as long as I'm age side has State name.
USA only, 4.98, unrated swappers allowed, profiles checked, swappers may be removed at my discretion. If you must rate a 1, be sure to notify me so I can angel. There may be a few states I'm unable to angel because I only have 1 PC but in that case I'll do my best to send another pc that we agree on.
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Ms Rita-Ann Freeman, known as "The Voice of Astrology" is a fifth generation astrologer, TV and radio host and publisher of a daily horoscope mailing list. She also writes the weekly forecasts for 0800-horoscope.com.
Check your weekly horoscope for information regarding your private life, especially family issues, love, friendship.
Learn about your possibilities with money and financial matters and your career options.
You'll also see which zodiac sign is the most compatible one for the week ahead.
Your karma numbers can help you when you like to play the odds.
Ari | Tau | Gem | Can | Leo | Vir | Lib | Sco | Sag | Cap | Aqu | Pis


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