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AMES, Iowa (AP) Iowa wrestler Tony Ramos was asked after the Hawkeyes' latest win over rival Iowa State if he's the best 133-pounder in the country.
Ramos didn't hesitate to say he was and coach Tom Brands loved it.
The Hawkeyes had every right to be cocky after another decisive dual-meet victory over the hated Cyclones.
Iowa's top-ranked wrestling team won its first five matches for an overall 27-9 triumph on Sunday. Ramos and Derek St. John had pins to lead the Hawkeyes (5-0), who have won eight straight over the Cyclones.
"I believe I'm the best. You can't go at it any other way. (Coach) Tom (Brands) tells us all the time that it's tough guys and tough competition but it doesn't have to be close," Ramos said.
It usually isn't for Iowa, which hasn't lost in 82 consecutive duals and is two wins away from tying Oklahoma State's record of 84 straight without a defeat set from 1959-66.
Andrew Sorenson was one of three wrestlers to post wins for Iowa State (0-6).
"I'm a little disappointed," Iowa State coach Kevin Jackson said. "Just disappointed that the guys didn't compete better."
This was expected to be one of the most lopsided Iowa-Iowa State dual meets in some time. The rebuilding Cyclones had yet to notch a win, and the Hawkeyes had yet to lose.
The matchup seemed to be over by intermission, but Iowa State rallied with three straight wins in the heavier weight classes.
The Cyclones, who trailed 22-0, finally got on the board at 165 pounds when Sorenson narrowly got past Michael Evans, 4-3.
Iowa State's Chris Spangler upset the Hawkeyes' Ethen Lofthouse 8-5 with a strong final period at 174 pounds, and 184-pounder Boaz Beard used a 1:00 advantage in riding time to get past Iowa's Vinnie Wagner, 10-9.
The Hawkeyes clinched the meet at 197 pounds, as Tomas Lira survived a spirited match with Iowa State's Cole Shafer for a 10-6 decision. Heavyweight Bobby Telford gave the Hawkeyes seven of the 10 matches with his 9-3 decision over Matt Gibson.
Lira was wrestling in place of junior Grant Gambrall, whom Brands is working his way back into the lineup after suffering a concussion.
"He's got a big motor. He just goes and goes and goes. We've just got to keep him going in the right direction," Brands said of Lira.
Early on, it looked as if Iowa might threaten to break its record 31-point win over Iowa State 20 years ago.
Iowa's Matt McDonough, the 2010 national champion and one of four returning All-Americans for the Hawkeyes, opened the meet with a 6-0 decision over Ryak Finch at 125 pounds.
Iowa State's 133-pounder Shayden Terukina opened with a surprising early takedown of Ramos, but it took just 4:32 for Ramos to notch the pin. Two-time All-American Montell Marion easily handled winless Luke Goettl 17-5 at 141 pounds, and Iowa teammate Mark Ballweg tossed freshman Joe Cozart to the mat in overtime for the win.
St. John, a serious national title contender at 157 pounds, pinned Michael Moreno in 4:38, giving the Hawkeyes a 22-0 lead at intermission.
Iowa State remains winless in part because it's still dealing with coach Cael Sanderson's jump to Penn State in 2009. The first five wrestlers coach Kevin Jackson sent to the mat were freshmen, and they all got beat.
Jackson said Sunday that he's leaned on the school's sports psychologist in an effort to keep his young team's head in check.
"Just to be reminded that they are freshmen and that it is a long season," Jackson said. "We got to continue to motivate them to connect to the things in the way that we need them to wrestle."
Iowa had won the three previous titles from 2008-10 under coach Tom Brands. The Hawkeyes finished third in 2011, but they appear primed for another run at the national crown next March in St. Louis.
''It's always heated," Brands said. "There's always intensity. This is a tough sport. It's about intensity. We don't change as we get into different parts of the schedule or have different opponents. We really don't have that option."
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LAS VEGAS, CES 2013 – What do a four-rotor, remotely-piloted vehicle, touch-screen car audio and a little, Bluetooth-armed facsimile of a plant stem have in common? Not much. Yet they're all concoctions from French-based Parrot; the latter is their newest gadget, a sensor-laden gardening device they've named the Flower Power.


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Recent and archived news articles by Javier C. Hernandez of The New York Times.
New York Educators Fight Back on Attacks to Tenure
The United Federation of Teachers sent out a memo defending tenure laws after two parents groups in New York filed lawsuits to challenge it.
July 30, 2014, Wednesday
At Manhattan Preschool, Accounts of Sex Abuse Case Differ
At least three families have hired lawyers to investigate after a popular intern was accused by a teacher of inappropriately touching children and arrested.
July 24, 2014, Thursday
Cuomo's Campaign Holds a Wide Lead in Fund-Raising
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has $35 million on hand, compared with his Republican challenger, Rob Astorino, who has $2.4 million.
July 16, 2014, Wednesday
New York Schools Chief Advocates More 'Balanced Literacy'
Chancellor Carmen Fariña wants schools to adopt aspects of a method that the Education Department turned away from several years ago.
June 27, 2014, Friday
New York Legislature Closing Session With a Flurry of Activity
Lawmakers were ending their annual six-month sojourn here with a flurry of deals and decisions, closing an election-year legislative session with little conflict or high drama.
June 20, 2014, Friday
Boy, 14, Fatally Stabs Schoolmate in Bronx, Police Say
A 14-year-old, who investigators said may have been teased by the boy who was stabbed, was arrested in the attack at Intermediate School 117.
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Since the first conquest of Mont-Blanc by Jacques Balmat and Michel Gabriel Paccard in 1786, the countless summits of the « Massif » have been coveted by man. The first to set their hearts on the summits were the wealthy Englishmen, who employed local guides to assist them in their climbs. Mountaineering developed and evolved until all the challenging rock faces and imposing summits had been conquered. Men kept pushing the limits of the impossible in order to succeed such exploits as the north face of the Walker (1938) and the « Linceul » (1968), both in the Grandes Jorasses, the south-westerly pillar of the « Petit Dru » (1955), the northern passage of the Dru (1973) or the north face of the Fou (1963). Chamonix's history is indissociable with the names of Terray, Rébuffat, Cassin, Bonatti, Desmaison, Hemming or Bérault and has been forged to the rythm of individual prowess and a collective passion for the mountains.
The evolution of the sport today leaves no passage, gully or ice fall unconsidered, but the great classics like the Mont-Blanc are still as appealing as ever. Mountaineering is not an exclusive sport and there are high-mountain routes to suit all levels of fitness and ability.
Let yourself be tempted by an adventure in one of the most beautiful mountain ranges on earth and contact the professionals.
Often described as the roof of Europe, every year the Mont-Blanc Massif attracts millions of visitors who come to admire, this exceptional natural site. By the same token thousands of alpinists aspire to reach the summit of Mont-Blanc. To conquer Mont-Blanc is a dream shared by many passionate climbers. A dream within the realms of reality as long as one does not underestimate the hidden difficulties on this legendary mountain. Sharing its summit with the communes of Chamonix, St-Gervais and Courmayeur in Italy, the « normal » climbing route is via the Aiguille du Gouter and the « Arête des Bosses » There are other less practiced itineraries such as the « Traverse », departing from the Aiguille du Midi, via the Mont-blanc du Tacul and the Mont Maudit, or the « Royal traverse » from the Domes de Miage via the famous Bionnassay ridge.
For the most experienced alpinists, the Innominata ridge is accessed from the Italian side.
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7th May 2013
Delaware Senator Karen Peterson comes out during same-sex marriage vote 8
11:56 PM — Delaware State Senator Karen Peterson came out as a lesbian during her speech to convince colleagues to vote in favour of same-sex marriage.
US: Delaware becomes the 11th state to make same-sex marriage legal 17
10:18 PM — Lawmakers in the US state of Delaware have voted 12 to 9 in favour of a bill to legalise equal marriage on Tuesday, making the Diamond State the 11th to allow same-sex marriage.
Conservative Home Editor: Scrapping equal marriage bill 'would leave David Cameron looking weak' 7
4:14 PM — The Catholic editor of influential Conservative website Conservative Home has said that, despite opposing equal marriage, he does not think that David Cameron should bow to pressure to scrap the bill to legalise it.
US: Minnesota House appears likely to pass equal marriage bill 3
3:56 PM — A bill to legalise equal marriage in the US state of Minnesota, will go to the State House floor on Thursday, possibly suggesting that its advocates have gathered enough votes for it to pass.
US: Illinois GOP Chairman resigns after supporting equal marriage
2:53 PM — The Chairman of the US Republican Party in Illinois has resigned, following persistent calls for him to step down over his support for equal marriage, but has denied that is the reason for his resignation.
William Hague rejects change of direction on equal marriage to tackle UKIP threat 28
2:29 PM — William Hague has rejected the suggestion that the government should change direction on issues such as equal marriage and immigration, to win back voters lost to UKIP in last week's local elections.
Senior Tory Councillor: It is a shame that some voters have gone to UKIP over equal marriage 15
1:40 PM — A senior Conservative county councillor has expressed disappointment at the fact that ballot papers in last week's local elections were spoiled by voters who voiced their opposition to equal marriage.
US: Delaware Senate to consider equal marriage bill 2
1:26 PM — Lawmakers in the US state of Delaware are to take up a bill to legalise equal marriage on Tuesday, which could potentially make the Diamond State the eleventh to allow same-sex marriage.
6th May 2013
Poll: 70% of US millennials support equal marriage 6
5:12 PM — A new poll has found that, in the US, millennials are leading the push towards greater acceptance for equal marriage, which 70% saying the support marriage for same-sex couples.
Tory MPs urge David Cameron to scrap equal marriage bill over UKIP threat 84
2:02 PM — David Cameron, has been urged to scrap the equal marriage bill, in an effort to attempt to win back voters who chose UKIP over his party in last week's local elections.
5th May 2013
Archbishop of San Francisco: Rhode Island's legalisation of same-sex marriage is an 'injustice' 67
5:20 PM — The legalisation of same-sex marriage in the state of Rhode Island prompted condemnation from the Archbishop of San Francisco, who called the law an injustice to children.
Northern Ireland Alliance Party leader: 'Straight majority shouldn't decide what counts as anti-gay discrimination' 8
11:27 AM — The leader of Northern Ireland's Alliance Party, David Ford, has spoken of his support for same-sex marriage, warning that it is dangerous for a majority to tell a minority what is and isn't discrimination.
Australia: Three available seats in Tasmanian Upper House likely to be populated with equal marriage opponents 5
3:30 AM — Equal marriage efforts in Tasmania looked to have taken a blow this week, as three available seats on the Legislative Council were set to be taken by equal marriage opponents.
4th May 2013
Cardinal Keith O'Brien says he couldn't follow Church's teachings on homosexuality as he prepares for exile 77
1:49 PM — The former leader of the Catholic Church in Scotland, Cardinal Keith O'Brien has admitted that he failed to follow God's teachings after facing accusations of inappropriate sexual conduct with fellow clergymen. A Scottish newspaper has claimed that the Cardinal has been asked by Rome to leave the UK.
Norman Tebbit: Ban on straight civil partnerships is discrimination, ban on gay marriage is not 137
11:23 AM — The former Conservative Party chairman Norman (Lord) Tebbit has told a PinkNews reader that the ban on same-sex marriage is not discriminatory, but the current system of not allowing heterosexual couples to enter into a civil partnership is.
3rd May 2013
UK: Government tells PinkNews no need for Queen's Speech to mention equal marriage bill 70
7:19 PM — With Parliament already dealing with the issue, there is no need for the Queen to mention same-sex marriage in next week's speech, a Downing Street source has confirmed to PinkNews.
Rhode Island Bishop warns Catholics against attending gay weddings because it may 'harm their relationship with God' 60
6:52 PM — The leader of Rhode Island's Roman Catholic Diocese has criticised the state's decision to legalise equal marriage.
US: Iowa Supreme Court rules that birth certificates must name both same-sex parents 3
5:41 PM — The Supreme Court in the US state of Iowa has ruled unanimously that the department of health in the state must name both same-sex spouses as parents, on a child's birth certificate.
Video: Equal marriage parody of Finland's 2013 Eurovision entry goes viral 3
4:12 PM — An equal marriage themed parody of Finland's 2013 Eurovision entry song, has gone viral online, and has been viewed more times than the original.
UKIP candidate who published homophobic and biphobic flyers defeated in Staffordshire contest 22
4:01 PM — UKIP candidate David Nixon, who distributed leaflets claiming legalising same-sex marriage would lead to explicit "Homosexual Sex Education", has failed to be elected as the councillor for Stone Rural in Staffordshire.


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The Broward County Libraries Division continues to face and meet budgetary and many other challenges during an extended period of financial duress at the local, state and national levels. But again, as reported last year, an adaptive, stalwart, creative and highly efficient and productive library staff, deliver state of the art library services to thousands of library customers every day, while maintaining an overall high customer service rating.
With 9.4 million library customers entering one of our libraries during the last fiscal year (October 1, 2010 to September 30, 2011) over a half million of them attended a library program, 10.3 million library items were checked out and over 17,000 attended a free computer class. During this period about 23,000 people a placed over 100,000 holds on library materials each month. And a milestone was achieved in October 2011, when over 25,000 e-book or other e-titles were downloaded from the library's website in a single month, a record.
During the last year, the new Dania Beach Branch was opened, the Young at Art/Broward County Library facility was completed, and two other new facilities were underway. Many technological improvements were made including a new main frame computer, many real time online services and a new mobile application. Six Regional Libraries re-opened on Sundays and the library continues to re-organize and change its staffing patterns for increased budgetary savings. The library's support groups contributed over $700,000 for programs, activities, materials and staff training. The library assumed the management and operations of the Historical Commission the last fiscal year, yet managed to continue basic operations, present new and traditional programs and print special publications. Following are more details:
New and Renovated Facilities
During 2011 the Libraries Division opened the new 10,000 sq. ft. Dania Beach Branch Library, a Gold rated LEED's facility, held ground breaking ceremonies for the new Lauderhill Performing Arts Center Library, saw the completion of the construction phase of the new 55,000 sq. ft. Young at Art Museum/Broward County Library facility and entered into the design phase for the new 25-30,000 sq. ft. Pompano Beach Branch. The Division, working in conjunction with the Fort Lauderdale Housing Authority, worked on "The Little Green Library", a LEED's community information center located in a new public housing venture, which will open in 2012 at no cost to the County, except for the loan of LEED's library information materials.
Main Library renovations continued throughout the year, including the completion of the long awaited escalator project. The $8 million massive window replacement project commenced. All of Main's windows and exterior doors will be replaced with current hurricane resident glass and frames.
Historical Commission
During FY11 the Libraries Division was asked and agreed to administer the operations, exhibits, collections, programs and services of the Historical Commission. The Division is thus responsible for two advisory boards, the Library Advisory Board and the Historical Commission Board. During the last year, the library conducted an inventory of the fixed assets of the Historical Commission and through the Construction Management Division, an evaluation of the Historical Commission facility itself was conducted. Celebrations were held for Historic Preservation as well as the annual Pioneer Day. The Libraries Division rotated several historic exhibits throughout the library system and also produced two brochures, one on the special collections of the Historical Commission, the Bienes Museum of the Modern Book at the Main Library and the African-American Research Library and Cultural Center; the other on the National Register of Historic Places located throughout Broward County.
In conjunction with these efforts, the Division has expended a significant amount of time and resources coordinating its digitization efforts and accomplishments to date as well as planning a comprehensive system for improving and expanding these efforts during 2012. Currently, the library has digitized about 35,000 documents and artifacts.
The FY12 Budget
As part of its FY12 budget submission, the Libraries Division consolidated the regional or cluster administrative structure, deleting ten associated vacant positions. The library has been charged to develop a program whereby up to twenty additional vacant full time positions will be replaced by part-time nineteen hours a week positions, to staff libraries at peak work load periods and assist in the re-opening of five regional libraries on Sundays. The Division is also committed to expanding and improving the number and duties of volunteers, explore an increase in revenues from merchandising and advertising opportunities and increase fees, including new fees for faxes, non-resident computer use cards and for holds placed but not picked up.
Technological Improvements
This past year, the Libraries Division upgraded its library automated system, expanded its self-service equipment to eighty units and through our Foundation, provided various makes of e-readers to several libraries for public and staff education and use. Over 1,000 free computer classes continued due to the efforts and support of the Foundation as well as the OASIS senior volunteer program.
The library greatly increased its online services, including a tremendous growth of available digital book titles, maintained one and added another on-line real time tutoring services and provided downloadable music. The library added online résumé and career assistance, test improvement assistance and language learning. In December the library implemented its own mobile application. The library placed QR (Quick Response) Code posters directing customers to free Internet book titles, in libraries, the airport and planned for 2012, bus terminals.
Several publically funded or private grants allow the library to provide twenty-two after school, youth or adult literacy improvement programs – a new high. The library continues its After-School @ Your Library program at eleven branch libraries, funded by the Children's Services Council of Broward County. The State of Florida provided funds for eight adult and youth literacy programs and the City of Sunrise, the Ann Jacobs Trust and the Jim Moran Foundation provide three additional such programs.
For increased services to the public, the Libraries Division received the benefits and administered over $700,000 of donations provided by the Broward Public Library Foundation and the various Friends of the Library groups. To recognize and honor its many service accomplishments, reflecting the many positive services the library provides the greater community, the Libraries Division received nine awards from the National Association of Counties in 2011.


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"The story of the Corvette-from concept to its continuity, from its balance of design and engineering to its role mirroring the culture into which each generation has appeared-is one of automotive history's most significant because it embodies the ideas and actions of very smart, passionate people."-author Randy Leffingwell on his upcoming book Corvette Sixty Years
On May 15, 2012, Motorbooks will release Randy Leffingwell's Corvette Sixty Years, a large-format illustrated book that chronicles the history of the Corvette from its earliest prototyping through its modern-day performance and beyond.
Leffingwell is no stranger to telling Corvette's story in words and photography. In 1997, he penned Corvette: America's Sports Car, followed by Corvette 50 Years (C50) in 2003, and Legendary Corvettes in 2009. "With each of these, I tried to find new information and a different way to tell what I really believe is one of the most interesting stories in automobile history," he says.
VETTE recently sat down with the author and asked him to recall the brainstorming sessions behind Corvette Sixty Years, and to provide us the behind-the-scenes story of how it was created. We then invited him to pick some of his favorite vintage photographs from the book to share with our readers, along with his comments.
"My publisher, Zack Miller, and editor, Darwin Holmstrom, and I started discussing doing a book on 60 years of Corvette history even before I started Legendary Corvettes in 2008," Leffingwell relates. "We knew a milestone anniversary was coming for the marque, and all we needed was an approach that differed from what we did with C50. Motorbooks' Publishing Board approved the idea in the fall of 2010, and I started work within a couple of months. I commenced interviews and photography just after New Year's 2011, and for the next 10 months it was my magnificent obsession.
"I wanted to present Corvette's well-known 60 years of accomplishment in a fresh and compelling manner," he continues. "That meant finding people with defining roles in its history and learning new nuances of their story, gathering new information that hasn't been read before, making no new mistakes in telling the history, and correcting some of the mistakes that are out there. It also meant going to extraordinary lengths so the readers exclaim, 'Wow! I've never seen that car before.'"
Leffingwell began by reviewing what he considered the core books of the hobby—including Dave McLellan's Corvette from the Inside, Jerry Burton's Zora Arkus-Duntov: The Legend Behind Corvette, and Karl Ludvigsen's Corvette: America's Star-Spangled Sports Car, among others. He also reviewed Legendary Corvettes, to refresh his thoughts with what he had written, too.
"I wanted to map out Corvette's history from a variety of authors' points of view," Leffingwell explains. "Often one author fills a hole in another one's narrative. All this reading helps me build my list of interview subjects and the questions I put to them."
Leffingwell admits that he was prepared to "travel the country shooting 50 Corvettes," to populate Corvette Sixty Years with fresh and rare photography.
Meanwhile, in separate negotiations, his publisher worked diligently with General Motors to make the book an official GM publication. In February 2011, the deal was inked; the automaker, as part of the agreement, granted the author unrestricted access to the GM Media Archive's Corvette collection, which houses 30,000-plus images of America's Favorite Sports Car, the earliest of which date back to 1952.
"It totally changed the landscape of the book," Leffingwell says. "It went from mostly my photography to mostly GM archive photography, and in doing so, positioned the book 180 degrees from Corvette 50. All of us on the editorial team couldn't have been more pleased."
Packing up his shutterbug gear, Leffingwell returned to his office to examine everything on the Corvette that he could find in print, including the Corvette books in his personal library-"130 (at last count) in English, French, German, and a couple in Japanese," he says. His goal was to memorize the archive photography that has already appeared in Corvette books throughout the decades, so he didn't choose the same ones for Corvette Sixty Years.


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Position: Elementary Teacher 1st – 5th Grade
Guin Hill has been teaching for eight years in the Mat-Su School District. She taught second grade for three years at Snowshoe Elementary and Kindergarten-1st grade multi-age at Shaw Elementary. Guin completed her teaching degree at Northern Arizona University with an emphasis in Spanish and a strong foundation of child-centered philosophy. Her many outdoor interests keep her husband and two dogs busy living an active lifestyle. Teaching in a Waldorf-inspired school is another exciting adventure for her.


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Tesla CEO Musk morphs from Tony Stark to Henry Ford
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Photo By Valentin FlauraudElon Musk, billionaire and chief executive officer of Tesla Motors Inc., speaks to the media on the first day of the 83rd Geneva International Motor Show in Geneva, Switzerland, on Tuesday, March 5, 2013. This year's show opens to the public on Mar. 7, and is set to feature more than 100 product premiers from the world's automobile manufacturers. Photographer: Valentin Flauraud/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** Elon Musk
Photo By Ramin TalaieElon Musk, co-founder and chief executive officer of Tesla Motors Inc., speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview in New York, U.S., on Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. Musk declined to confirm that the electric-car maker will be able to meet its initial delivery target for Model S sedans this year. Photographer: Ramin Talaie/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** Elon Musk
Photo By Duane A. Laverty/.SpaceX CEO Elon Musk answers questions in front of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft Wednesday June 13, 2012 at the SpaceX Rocket Development Facility in McGregor, Texas. The spacecraft recently made history as the first commercial vehicle to visit the International Space Station. The California-based SpaceX is the first private business to send a cargo ship to the space station.
(FILES) This January 10, 2012 file photo shows the Tesla Model S electric car on display during the second press preview day at the 2012 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan. Tesla Motors said May 22, 2012 it would begin deliveries of "the world's first premium electric sedan" on June 22, slightly ahead of schedule. Several customers will receive their cars that day at an invitation-only event at the Tesla Factory in Fremont, California, said the company created in 2003 by Elon Musk, a co-founder of PayPal and SpaceX. The company, which already markets a sports car at more than $100,000, will be launching the Model S, starting at $49,900, which is described as "the first premium sedan designed from the ground up to take full advantage of electric vehicle architecture." AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDA/FILESSTAN HONDA/AFP/GettyImages (STAN HONDA / AFP/Getty Images)
Photo By Bill Ingalls/Associated PressIn a photo provided by NASA, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, left, and SpaceX CEO and Chief Designer Elon Musk, view the historic Dragon capsule, right, that returned to Earth on May 31 following the first successful mission by a private company to carry supplies to the International Space Station, on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 at the SpaceX facility in McGregor, Texas. It was the first time since the space shuttles stopped flying last summer that NASA got back a big load from the space station. SpaceX hopes to launch another capsule in September.
Photo By Duane A. Laverty/Associated PressNASA Administrator Charles Bolden, left, and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, right, answer questions in front of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft Wednesday June 13, 2012 at the SpaceX Rocket Development Facility in McGregor, Texas. The spacecraft recently made history as the first commercial vehicle to visit the International Space Station. The California-based SpaceX is the first private business to send a cargo ship to the space station. (AP Photo/Waco Tribune-Herald, Duane A. Laverty)
Photo By Duane A. Laverty/Associated PressNASA Administrator Charles Bolden, left, and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, right, answer questions in front of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft Wednesday June 13, 2012 at the SpaceX Rocket Development Facility in McGregor, Texas. The spacecraft recently made history as the first commercial vehicle to visit the International Space Station. The California-based SpaceX is the first private business to send a cargo ship to the space station. (AP Photo/Waco Tribune-Herald, Duane A. Laverty)
Photo By Michael PaulsenElon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, fields questions during a news conference on the upcoming mission to the International Space Station.
Elon Musk inspired Robert Downey Jr.'s portrayal of comic-book billionaire industrialist Tony Stark in the "Iron Man" films. The role model for Musk, a billionaire industrialist for real, appears to be Henry Ford.
The Ford Motor Co. (F) (F) founder's mastery of mass-production made the Model T the first affordable car, revolutionizing transportation. Musk, who named Tesla Motors Inc. (TSLA) (TSLA)'s sedan the Model S as a tip-of-the-cap to Henry's car, sees himself similarly as an engineer, a tinkerer, a nitty-gritty entrepreneur.
"I don't spend my time pontificating about high-concept things; I spend my time solving engineering and manufacturing problems," said Musk, 42, in a factory-floor interview.
"Have you seen my desk? It's right there in the middle of the factory," he said, pointing to a drab workspace beside the Model S line. "It doesn't look like Tony Stark's office."
Decade-old Tesla is an automotive phenomenon, with an industry-leading share price surge that erupted on the heels of its first quarterly profit, a rave Model S review by Consumer Reports magazine and rushed repayment of the Energy Department loan that got the company's factory into operation. Beyond this year's goal of selling 21,000 electric sedans, South African-born Musk wants to one day make a half-million battery-powered cars annually at California's lone auto-assembly plant.
Quarterly 'Nightmare'
Tesla's initial struggle to reach a production pace of 400 cars a week led it to miss a 5,000-car sales goal last year for the $69,900 Model S. The company's fourth-quarter loss widened after it added temporary workers and resolved supplier snags. That output level has since been surpassed, and "not trivially," Musk said.
"At this point, making 400 cars a week actually feels like a walk in the park, whereas it was a nightmare in Q4," he said July 10, declining to elaborate ahead of Tesla's release of second-quarter results.
Shares of Palo Alto, California-based Tesla have more than tripled this year amid its profitable quarter. That profit included a one-time benefit from repaying its U.S. loan early. Without it, Tesla earned less than half a cent per share.
The carmaker may report a second-quarter loss of 18 cents a share, excluding some items, the average of 12 analysts' estimates compiled by Bloomberg.
Rocket Man
Musk also runs rocket maker Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, and is chairman of solar-power provider SolarCity Corp. (SCTY)
Gains for Tesla and SolarCity shares, along with expanding SpaceX business, have swelled Musk's fortune to $6.9 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
By late 2014, Tesla's goal is to make 800 cars a week, before starting Model X electric sport-utility vehicle production, Musk said. The factory has 3,000 employees, including about 2,000 assembly workers, with two daily production shifts, he said.
The cavernous factory, pristine in early 2012, now is filled with activity. A once-spotless white floor bears smudges from accelerating production. Musk figures 40 percent of the facility's 5 million square feet (465,000-square-meters) now are used for assembly of cars, electric motors, aluminum-encased battery packs and parts storage.
Overtime and temporary labor costs are falling as workers hone assembly skills, Musk said. Tesla (TSLA) is also making "nuanced" changes to the Model S to trim production time, cost and weight, he said.
'Aerospace' Bolts
Some practices were "way overkill," Musk said, such as high-strength boron-steel inserts in the side pillars secured with "aerospace-grade bolts." Those are being replaced with lighter, cheaper and easier-to-assemble aluminum reinforcements that maintain a five-star U.S. crash rating, he said. By year end, engineers will slice the Model S's weight as much as 80 pounds (36 kilograms), Musk said.
Tesla (TSLA)'s Fremont facility is highly self-contained compared with most large auto plants. It stamps its own aluminum body panels and chassis parts, molds plastic components and dashboards and even die-casts individual metal components.
"I'm not aware of other plants that do their own die-casting," said Michael Robinet, managing director of consultant IHS Automotive in Northville, Michigan, who studies assembly practices. "That's very difficult to do on-site."
Tires, glass and stereo speakers are among the few things the plant doesn't make itself.
'Vertically Integrated'
"We're quite vertically integrated," Musk said. "We're closer to the way Ford did it than Ford is" now.
Henry Ford built the world's largest vertically integrated auto facility, the Ford River Rouge Complex, in Dearborn, Michigan. The plant had its own steel foundry, coke ovens, glass furnaces and a cluster of other shops making every vehicle part.
Ford (F) and other automakers ultimately abandoned the self-contained approach, finding that suppliers could improve production efficiency.
"Tesla is really bucking the trend," Robinet said. "It will be difficult for them to gain economies of scale as they expand if they don't work more closely with the supply base."
Tesla straddles technology and autos. Its entrance into the Nasdaq 100 this month demonstrates its tech-industry bona fides.
'Mundane Pieces'
Bill Ford, great-grandson of Henry Ford and executive chairman of Ford Motor (F), said managing the flow of parts will be a challenge as Tesla grows.
"I love their technology," Bill Ford said April 30 at a conference in Beverly Hills. "They need to be mindful as they scale up that running a car company is different than running a technology company. Some of the mundane pieces, like supply-chain management and keeping dealerships stocked with parts, aren't very sexy, but they are very real."
Most suppliers of parts and materials for Model S were hassle-free, Musk said. About 5 percent were "slightly problematic; 3 or 4 percent were problematic; and 1 or 2 percent of them were a nightmare," he said.
"We still have a lot to learn and can get a lot better, but I think we're pretty good at this point managing the supply chain for tens of thousands of units a year," he said. "We're going to really have to step things up."


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Brief DAZLR video
DAZLR in action
Brian Davis
7 comments:
- eric said...
- Jul 1, 2006, 4:14:00 AM
Some observations...
1) Nice use of the empty zamor sphere boxes.
2) I note that the bot rotates past a target and then returns a bit. Can you delve into that some?
3) Why'd it need a push for the second zamor box?
- Jul 1, 2006, 4:26:00 AM
- Brian Davis said...
DAZLR rotates past the object so it can try to locate the *center* of the object. It notes the first position it sees the object at, and the last position, and then turns back to a location halfway between these two points to target the object more accurately. Since the US sensor can detect things slightly to either side, this turns out to be important.
For the second box, it didn't need a push: I actually had to dislodge a stuck sphere (the 1st tow "warning shots" on that box never fire because the spheres weren't feeding into the shooters).
Another thing I should mention is why it fires the second volley at the first box (after it knocks it over). The US sensor could still detect the much smaller end of the box that was still "visible" to it, and too close, so it fired again.
As for targets, you should see the thing slice through ranks of minfigs... :-)
Brian Davis
- Jul 1, 2006, 4:41:00 AM
Pretty cool. I didn't know the NXT had a speech synthesizer. Can't wait to get mine.
- Jul 1, 2006, 5:22:00 AM
I'm almost certain that wasn't synthesized speech, but was instead a x.WAV file, which is the generic format for any sound file you want to store on the NXT.
Most are going to be short and sweet though... space considerations.
I figured the rotate past & back thing was some sort of centering algorithm. It's gotten me to thinking about what it would take to mount the sonar to a motor and then use the discovered angle to align the firing mechanism with a target. Generally it would be more efficient (you could sweep the SONAR until you found something in range, versus rotatin the entire chasis). However, it would take an extra motor, one a gingle NXT doesn't have without relying on some sort of mechanical motor splitting device.
SONAR: 1 motor
Mobile platform rotation: 2 motors
Firing Mechanism: 1 motor
So then I think "Maybe make it a stationary turret instead..." Then you can restrict the rotation of the turret to a single motor.
THEN I start to get crazy, where you have two sonar outposts triangulating to a target and feeding the information to an artillery assembly which can change both vertical angle and direction in order to hit a target.
Curses, now I need two more NXT bricks!!!
So... Can Dazzler detect and accurately hit a single minifig?
- Jul 1, 2006, 5:40:00 AM
- Brian Davis said...
You could have a turret with the US sensor on it, but I figured why bother using one of your precious three motors for that, when you can rotate the whole platform? The original intent was for a three-motor system that could locate and range a target, elevating the firing mechanism to a selected angle (one motor to handle both elevation of the launcher and firing the launcher, based on a splitter mechanism). I ended up simplifying because rapid-fire (which implies a large magazine and near-flawless sphere feeding) was simply more fun, and I wanted to stay as close as possible to using just a single NXT kit.
Can it detect a single minifig? Depends on the range I imagine (it's not assembled anymore, although I have plans). As to high-precision targeting, the spheres bounce somewhat and the two lauchers bracket the point that DAZLR points at, so it pretty much hammers an area rather than a point.
Brian Davis
- Jul 1, 2006, 8:11:00 AM
Why not offset the sensor 20 degrees ahead of the direction of rotation (and, of course, subtract that from the back rotation). Then you would only need to rotate back if your target was > 20 degrees in FOV.?
if your bot can rotate either direction, you could rig up something that will "flop" the "predicting" sensor to the other side, based on the direction of rotation, no other motor is necessary. Implementation is left as an exercise :)
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Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she's made it out of the bloody arena live, she's still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge....
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"At its best the trilogy channels the political passion of 1984, the memorable violence of A Clockwork Orange, the imaginative ambience of The Chronicles of Narnia and the detailed inventiveness of Harry Potter." (New York Times Book Review)
"Unfolding in Collins' engaging, intelligent prose and assembled into chapters that end with didn't-see-that-coming cliffhangers, this finale is every bit the pressure cooker of its forebears. [Mockingjay] is nearly as shocking, and certainly every bit as original and thought provoking, as The Hunger Games. Wow." (Los Angeles Times)
"Fans will be happy to hear that Mockingjay is every bit as complex and imaginative as Hunger Games and Catching Fire." (Entertainment Weekly)
"Conflicting Emotions"
Ah... I think after the strong ending in "catching fire" that mockingjay might become more action oriented.
What I didn't bargain on was the book becoming so dark and for so long. I guess Hunger Games and Catching Fire had element of colourful naive adventure in them. Mockingjay is not colourless but dark, confronting and causes a ruckus of emotion in the listener.
I can understand people not liking the book - because it isn't what they had signed up for. They had signed up for light YA games. This is the mature adult reality of life. Suzanne Collins causes the readers to grow up to these issues quite quickly. They need to realise that the book is still beautifully written and narrated. There is still a story and a message.
I think the ending gives closure but not the warm pleasant feeling of a happy ending. Everyone must wish that certain bloody events didn't occur.
Definite worth listening but be warned - don't expect everyone to come unscathed and DO keep tissues handy.
"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one." - Jojen Reed. #ADanceWithDragons
"Well done... but bitter-sweet..."
As to be expected whenever a book that you have grown to enjoy comes to an end, you get a bitter sweet feeling. It gets worse when the book ends in a way that you don't really perceive it...
The book was narrated well enough; I think it was done far better in this book more due to the fact that the mental state of the characters in this book suited the narrator's strong area. The narrator does tortured/confused very well... you'll get what I mean when/if you listen to the book.
The book was bitter-sweet at the best. I feel sorry for how scarred and broken most of the characters ended up IMHO and the end of the book seemed somewhat rushed to me. It was good... but not great, definitely not up to the standard of the previous 2 books, but it was good enough. Not horrible to the point where it is unreadable of course, just bitter-sweet overall...
"Not what I expected, but . . ."
My first reaction to the conclusion was that the book lacked a certain sense of triumph. I wanted good things to happen to characters who I'd come to love. However, I have listened to the book twice, read it once and re-read the last few chapters a number of times. I think Collins point was to make the book as war-like as possible. There is loss. There are many, many things that the survivors will never recover from, yet they live. I thought Collins conveyed the sacrifice of change very well. I haven't been able to stop thinking about it.
"A very satisfying ending"
After reading some of the other reviews I was not sure how much I would like this last book. However I knew I had to read it so I would know how the story ended. I am so glad I put the opinion of others aside and read with an open mind to decide for myself if it was a worthy read.
I don't think the book could have ended any other way. This is not a story about sunshine and roses (no pun intended). It is about children forced to pay for the sins of their ancestors. The whole subject of the series is dark and disturbing and if you go into it knowing it is not going to be a feel good story your appreciation of the ending is greatly enhanced.
Katniss is not a super hero she is a teenager who has been physically, emotionally, and mentally abused. She has been put upon a pedestal against her will and expected to know all the answers, when in fact she is just a child trying to make her way in a harsh cruel world.
I like the fact that she doesn't have all the answers, that she breaks down and not always does what is expected. This makes her a much more believable character, much more human. If you pay attention to the personalities of the characters in the story they are all flawed, so it would not fit if she always knew and did the right thing.
This is a story about real people with all their faults, not super heroes, which is what makes the story a much better read.
The story line is dark and tragic and if you are not able to read about bad things happening to children this is not the series you want to read. It is not a feel good story, but it is very thought provoking. It will make you have second thoughts about the state of our world as we know it today.
Say something about yourself!
"Just a Pawn"
This trilogy has to be one of my favorite book series, and this book is a fantastic end to a fantastic trilogy, with a twisted ending. As with all the books it is a quick read, and I think the target audience really is for both adults and teens, but not any younger.
The characters all have major faults and change throughout the book in what I would call a realistic way. One major point to remember is that Katniss is NOT the heroine of the story, but rather a pawn of politics, if you are expecting her to be the great hero in the story you will be sadly disappointed. This book has a different feel than the two other books which are based around the actual Hunger Games, this one's setting is the battlefield between the Districts and the Capitol. This book is very much a tragedy and does not have the type of happy ending ending I was hoping for, although it does tie up the loose ends and I think tried to make the best of the situation and had a very natural and realistic end.
Busy mom and "Nana" so love the audiobooks so I can keep hands free for multi-tasking. Originally from So. Calif., living in Montana.
"I Loved This Series but..."
I was completely in love after reading Hunger Games. I anxiously waited for Catching Fire and likewise counted the months, then days for the release of Mockingjay. I finished the book, and was just sitting, staring. My husband asked me if I was okay. I wasn't sure. The book was jarring and left me depressed.
The author is a wonderful writer and narrator was great, but the story was grossly disappointing. It always seems that the last chapter of trilogy books are a fast forward, tying up loose ends but there is no depth, just a few words of resolution for the reader. Mockingjay feel into that trap. I adored the first, less so the second because of its abrupt ending, but I was very disappointed in the final installment.
"You will NOT be disappointed - fulfilling finale.."
I have read many poor reviews for this final book in the Mockingjay series - to the extent I almost did not read it. Thank goodness I decided to put those aside and form my own opinions. I don't leave this series full of disappointment , frustration or angst. I depart feeling saddened but encouraged - knowing a long due resolution and sense of completeness and hope was provided to the much abused characters.
I was worried I would regret investing in the main characters, but the opposite is true. The author provided both a compelling storyline and a fulfilling resolution to the many difficulties faced throughout this series.
As to those who lament the darkness of the story, the destruction of life, or the poor development of characters - I say they must be idealistically naive souls who have yet to face the realities of this life. There was no indescriminate destruction of life, but a sorrowful depiction of what so often occurs during those horrible situations so commonly arising during war. As to character development, how would you imagine a teenager thrown into horror movie scenarios in an attempt to protect her little sister's life, only to lose so much to the very people she thought were on her side in the end would be affected? To have all illusions shattered at such a critical and tumultuous age would be mind-numbing and life altering at best. Most people would never recover to the point they could live normal lives following such torturous abuse. These strong characters manage to give others hope by not only surviving, but in choosing to LIVE. If you were to lose all that mattered most to you, be physically tortured and mentally attacked brutally and repeatedly, would you be strong enough to face your fears and choose to continue? To be part of a new and hopefully better world? I commend the author for her depth of commitment to an honest depiction and her strength imbued to characters enabling them to embrace the hope needed to survive.
I can find a book to love in any genre -- a beautifully written classic, an interesting mystery or sci-fi, a trashy romance. Bring it!
"All good things must end..."
STORY - Almost everyone has seen the movies, read the books or heard of the Hunger Games series. This final book does not disappoint. The Capitol and President Snow are under attack and out for revenge, and Katniss has become the figurehead of the rebellion. The characters we've come to love must continue to band together and fight for what they believe in, as opposed to being in the arena. They aren't super-heros. They are young adults who are forced to grow up in lives they didn't chose for themselves, but they are smart, brave and resourceful.
The story has lots of action and violence, so there is loss and sadness. The conclusion doesn't tie everything up with a big, happy pink bow, but it's realistic, positive and very good. It's also hard to predict. With only 45 minutes left to listen, there are still major questions unanswered, so the story is suspenseful to the very end. I wanted things to turn out a little differently, but overall it's the perfect ending to a great series.
PERFORMANCE - Initially I didn't like the narrtor's voice, thinking it sounded too old for Katniss, but I've come to totally accept her and enjoyed her performance.
OVERALL - Recommended for just about everyone but, due to the violence, I wouldn't recommend for below about age 15. Great book, great series. Definitely listen to them in order, and definitely get them!
"Excellent End to the series"
I found this to be a wonderful ending to this epic trilogy. It went on so many twists and turns that I had no idea where it would end up. I would guess what would happen next, and though I was right, the book would amp up what just happened to levels I wasn't expecting. It is quite violent, but that's the nature of the series, and I applaud it for being so gritty. All in all, this is a series that should be read. Dark? Yes, but also quite moving.
As for the narration, I found it to be excellent. Carolyn McCormick did an excellent job of mixing up her voice for the various characters without being silly. Some of the voices, basically those of Capitol characters, might have seemed a bit silly, but that actually fit the characters best. All in all, she did a superb job!
tired teacher
"A Warning for Our Time"
Katniss Everdean is a hero. I love this character. She is a survivor, but she survived with class. She kept her humanity intact in a crazy world. I am wondering how I would do under the same circumstances.
I read Elie Weisel's must-read autobiography, "Night", just after I finished "Mockingjay". Weisel was a jewish teenager when he was taken by the Germans to Auschwitz. He doesn't know why he survived to tell the tale, but he did. The comparison of these two stories hit me hard, and I didn't know which was worse, the true story or the fiction. I think, as bad as Katniss had it, Elie Weisel had it worse. How can we treat other human beings so badly? It is way, way out of my ken, and yet, our society is edging closer and closer to that sort of thing every minute of every day.
The Hunger Games trilogy is a warning to us to hold on to what we have, and most especially, hold on to our humanity.
As always, Carolyn McCormick is an outstanding narrator.
"A Tad too violent for me"
Having listened to the previous 2 books, I still dislike the narrators flat, monotone voice as the main character...they should not have let her sing for sure. Having said that, her characterisations/voices are better than the main characters voice, which is unusual.
I personally found this final book a little tedious, in spite of the action and was in fact relieved when it was over. Too much tummy button gazing with the internal monologues and spoken thoughts for my taste.
I also found that there was uncessary level of detail on the torture and violence, which was almost continuous throughout the book.
Having said that the plot was interesting with some surprises in store, so if you liked the prevous two books, you will not dislike this one...but not as good as the others in my view.
"At the edge of my seat"
As I had been waiting for since around the end of the first book or the beginning of the second, the Rebellion is in full swing. And while it does not play out like I had expected, it keeps the sense of realism which hooked me on the first book. The unexpectedness of the series in general is one thing that I really like about it.
There are no easy fixes for our main characters, but at the same time it is not all hopelessly dark either. Even though in this book, more than the others, the bright spots are few and far between.
If you have already read the other books, you definitely need to read the ending to the story. But if you have randomly stumbled upon this, and are reading the reviews to see what it's about, go and read/listen to the first book in the series; The Hunger Games.
Because this series does what really great SciFi does, it makes you forget it is about the future, and merely uses a made-up environment as a backdrop to explore the human condition. Though this one is hauntingly close to what we could find real. I found this book to be a wonderful conclusion. True, there is no Hollywood ending where every this is made okay, but it is not a greek tragedy either, where everyone are doomed from the beginning.
This series is quickly become one of my favorites, and I really like Carolyn McCormick's narration of it.
"Game Over... but do they live happily ever after?"
Katniss Everdeen is still fighting for her life. The Rebels have taken up their weapons in a seemingly useless war against the Capitol and its leader, the maniacal President Snow. Katniss has been used as a catalyst for war, manipulated into becoming The Mockingjay: a figurehead of political resistance, by another would-be-totalitarian leader, when all she ever wanted was to protect those she loves and live out a relatively peaceful existence.
However, the final book of The Hunger Games trilogy offers anything but peace. This is, by far, the most harrowing of the series. The book has received criticism from some for being "too dark", but surely Suzanne Collins needed to be dark in order to deal with the subjects of political oppression, identity crises, PTSD and familial loss? She affords her YA audience the respect of not "dumbing down" the messages of her series.
District 12 is gone. Katniss' best friend, Gale, is slowly becoming as ruthless in his methods as any of the game-makers ever were. And Peeta is gone, his mind "hijacked" by the Capitol so that now whenever he looks at Katniss, he feels the overwhelming urge to kill her. Katniss is slowly losing everything she has and everything she is to the war. And there's more to lose.
If you're looking for happy endings then I can't say that this is a book/series for you. After losing so much, fighting so much and both feeling and causing so much pain, how could Katniss get a fairytale "happily ever after"? She's fighting a war and thus there are inevitable casualties... some of them heart-wrenching.
If, however, you're looking for a great read with characters whose plight will keep you gripped, writing which echoes the dystiopia it weaves, and a heroine who is pretty darn cool, then I can't recommend The Hunger Games Trilogy enough!
"poor ending!!!!!"
Last book in the trilogy, but really a dissapointing end to a excellent series. The third instalment is poorly paced and at times very badly written with contradictions of things which were mentioned earlier. Leaves a few questions un answered, and with the ending we are given leaves you wondering what was the point of this book being written in the beginning, as it defeats itself in the point it was trying to make.....
"Weakest of the trilogy"
Having listened to the first two books I had to finish the series. I had hoped that Catching Fire suffered from 'middle book of trilogy syndrome' and Mockingjay would be an incredible ending... but sadly it was the weakest book of the lot. I found it hard to invest in Katniss and the other main characters (something that wasn't the case in the previous two books) and the plot was far weaker than either of the previous books. I wasn't expecting a happily ever after ending but I was still dissatisfied with the actual ending. It just didn't sit right with me. It is worth listening to if you have read/listened to the other books, but keep your expectations low.
I thoroughly enjoyed the trilogy and would happily listen to it all over again tomorrow.
"Great book terrible reading"
It is really hard to listen to this. It sounds like a robot not like a real person. A very strange boring voice.
"The best book ever"
It was a great book and loved every minute it is full of surprises and parts of the book puts you on edge it is one book I won't forget about in a hurry and I would listen to it all day every day if i could and the characters are all different to each one has a fantastically well described personalty
the story was good but i feel the ending was rather dissapointing it didnt have me going yeah this is a great ending just a is that it moment
"Hunger games"
It is a great addition to the series and has a great re read iv read it at least 21 times to good 2 be true
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Trevor Paglen is an artist and a geographer whose practice is grounded in facts and scientific methods. Throughout his work he has addressed broad cultural issues relating to the control and dissemination of information. Seventeen Letters from the Deep State is composed of U.S. State Department documents released during a court case between two transport companies. These companies were awarded government contracts to move cargo, which may have included prisoners captured as part of the Bush administration s war on terror. While these documents are banal, largely outlining flight permissions, close inspection of the letters reveals incongruous facts: the signatures on each letter, attributed to the same name, are very different, and the locations mentioned, Karachi, Pakistan, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for instance, are places we recognize as implicated in the War on Terror. These details raise suspicions about the nature of the seemingly routine documents. ¶¶The movement of this cargo was often to black sites and part of a larger process of extraordinary rendition, the practice of apprehending people without legal permission and moving them to locations where they are no longer subject to U.S. jurisdiction. Once at these sites, suspects can be subjected to harsh interrogation methods or tortured, acts that would be illegal in the U.S. The use of extraordinary rendition was a widely criticized aspect of U.S. military and intelligence strategy, undertaken particularly during the period following the 9/11 terrorist attacks. While the Bush administration denied the existence of a program of extraordinary rendition, these letters are part of a body of evidence that would suggest otherwise. ¶¶


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Sanders to meet with NFLPosted by on October 31, 2012 – 4:45 pm
Receiver Emmanuel Sanders has been summoned to the NFL offices for a meeting about an injury that occurred during the Steelers win over the Cincinnati Bengals on Oct. 21.
Sanders went down during the fourth quarter of the game, while the team was preparing to get into their huddle. He was taken off the field by trainers, but did return to the game, leaving the league office questioning the injury.
"I have to go up and visit the NFL offices in New York," said Sanders. "I am looking forward to it. I am not going to speak on it too much. It's an in-house issue."
Sanders said he learned of the meeting after receiving a letter via FedEx and wasn't sure when the meeting was going to be held.
"It's an in-house situation and we are going to handle it from there," said Sanders. "That situation is a week ago. The NFL wants me to go to New York and I will continue to deal with it and we will handle it when I get there. Right now I am talking with Kevin Colbert and Mike Tomlin and we are handling it in-house."
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