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City gets money to fight domestic violenceBy Brent Curtis
STAFF WRITER | March 14,2013Rutland City on Wednesday was awarded $200,000 in federal funds intended to reduce the chances of killings related to domestic violence.
Rutland is one of just 12 cities and counties across the nation slated to receive funding under a new Domestic Violence Homicide Prevention Demonstration Initiative being overseen by the U.S. Department of Justice.
The goal of the program is to reduce the number of domestic violence killings by identifying potential victims and monitoring high-risk offenders, federal officials said in a statement Wednesday.
Why Rutland was among the dozen areas of the country to receive part of the $2.3 million in funding wasnt made clear in the statement and a call to the Justice Department wasnt returned Wednesday.
But police and local and state domestic violence prevention advocates believe the award has more to do with an ongoing community intervention initiative than with the level of domestic violence cases in Rutland.
No homicide related to domestic violence has been committed in the city for more than a decade. Domestic violence crimes and complaints are not reported at a higher rate in Rutland than in other communities, according to Karen Tronsgard-Scott, executive director of the Vermont Network Against Domestic & Sexual Violence.
Its about the same (in Rutland) as in other parts of the state, she said.
What might have made Rutland stand out to federal officials is the collaborative effort its leaders have been making to coordinate the effort of prosecutors, police, drug treatment experts, social workers and domestic victim advocates to solve some of the citys drug addiction issues and other societal ills.
Rutland Police Chief James Baker said his department is already working with a domestic violence prevention workers to find long-term solutions to what are often recurring and escalating police complaints.
The Rutland County Womens Network and Shelter worker assigned to the department is now working with police only one day a week. Baker said the federal funds would allow that person to work with police more often.
We want to look at more advocacy in our operations, Baker said. Our officers dont have time to delve into the issues enough to solve them or prevent higher levels of violence. The data out there shows that the sooner you intervene, the better off the results as far as preventing long-term violence and homicides.
Marianne Kennedy, executive director of the womens shelter, agreed with the chiefs assessment.
This kind of intervention really does create more successes and better outcomes, she said.
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> Reminder! LUGOD meets tonight at the public library in Davis.
> Our guest speaker will be Stephen Chin, lead developer of "WidgetFX".
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> Moving into the year, we saw a talk on Java EE by our own Brian Lavnder,
> a demo of GIMP by "Beginning GIMP" author Akkana Peck, and an intro to
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AUDI AG, (Xetra: NSU), commonly known as Audi is a German automobile manufacturer which produces Audi branded cars, with headquarters in Ingolstadt, Bavaria. Audi has been an almost wholly-owned (99.7%) subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group (Volkswagen AG) since 1964 (when the group was formerly known as "Volkswagen Audi Group" - VAG), and is held in ownership by its shareholders hence the term "Aktiengesellschaft" or "AG". The company evolved from Volkswagen Group's takeover of both Auto Union, and NSU Motorenwerke AG (NSU), the former having incorporated the historic Audi company which was founded in 1910.
Audi's corporate tagline is Vorsprung durch Technik, meaning "Advancement through Technology". This German-language tagline is also used in other European countries, including the United Kingdom, and in other markets, such as Latin America, Oceania and parts of Asia including Japan. The North American tagline is "Innovation through technology", but in Canada the German tagline Vorsprung durch Technik is now used in advertising.
The company traces its origins back to 1899 and August Horch. The first Horch automobile was produced in 1901 in Zwickau. In 1909, Horch was forced out of the company he had founded. He then started a new company in Zwickau and continued using the Horch brand. His former partners sued him for trademark infringement and a German court determined that the Horch brand belonged to his former company. August Horch was forced to refrain from using his own family name in his new car business. Horch immediately called a meeting at the apartment of Franz Fikentscher to come up with a new name for his company. During this meeting Franz's son was quietly studying Latin in a corner of the room. Several times he looked like he was on the verge of saying something but would just swallow his words and continue working, until he finally blurted out, "Father audiatur et altera pars... wouldn't it be a good idea to call it audi instead of horch?". "Horch!" in German means "Hark!" or "listen", which is "Audi" in Latin (compare audible). The idea was enthusiastically accepted by everyone attending the meeting. It is sometimes (incorrectly) believed that AUDI is a backronym (a reversed acronym) which stands for "Auto Union Deutschland Ingolstadt".
Audi started with a 2,612 cc (2.6 litre) four cylinder model followed by a 3564 cc (3.6 L) model, as well as 4680 cc (4.7 L) and 5720 cc (5.7L) models. These cars were successful even in sporting events. August Horch left the Audi company in 1920. The first six cylinder model, 4655 cc (4.7 L) appeared in 1924. In 1928, the company was acquired by Jørgen Rasmussen, owner of DKW. In the same year, Rasmussen bought the remains of the US automobile manufacturer, Rickenbacker, including the manufacturing equipment for eight cylinder engines. These engines were used in Audi Zwickau and Audi Dresden models that were launched in 1929. At the same time, six cylinder and four cylinder (licensed from Peugeot) models were manufactured. Audi cars of that era were luxurious cars equipped with special bodywork.
In 1932, Audi merged with Horch, DKW and Wanderer, to form Auto Union.
Before World War II, Auto Union used the four interlinked rings that make up the Audi badge today, representing these four brands. This badge was used, however, only on Auto Union racing cars in that period while the member companies used their own names and emblems. The technological development became more and more concentrated and some Audi models were propelled by Horch or Wanderer built engines. During World War II, the Horch/Auto Union produced the Sd-Kfz 222 armored car, which was used in the German army during the war. It was powered by an Horch/Auto Union V8 engine which had a top speed of 50 miles per hour.
Another vehicle which was used in World War II to shuttle German military officials safely was known as the Kraftfahrzeug (KFZ 11) or the Horch Type 80. The military used it as a light transport vehicle.
In 1958, Daimler-Benz acquired 87% of Auto Union and in the next year 100%. In 1964, Volkswagen acquired the factory in Ingolstadt and the trademark rights of the Auto Union. Two-stroke engines became less popular towards the middle of the 1960s as customers were more attracted to the comfortable four-stroke engines. In September 1965, the last DKW model, the DKW F102, got a four-stroke engine implanted and some front and rear styling changes. Volkswagen dumped the brand DKW because of its two-stroke smell, relaunching the Audi brand. The new model was classified internally as the F103 and sold as simply the "Audi" (the name being a model designation rather than the manufacturer, which was still officially Auto Union) but later came to be known as the Audi 72. Developments of the model were named for their horsepower ratings and sold as the Audi 60, 75, 80, and Super 90. These models sold until 1972.
In 1969, Auto Union merged with NSU, based in Neckarsulm, near Stuttgart. In the 1950s, NSU had been the world's largest manufacturer of motorcycles, but had moved on to produce small cars like the NSU Prinz, the TT and TTS versions of which are still popular as vintage race cars. NSU then focused on new rotary engines based on the ideas of Felix Wankel. In 1967, the new NSU Ro 80 was a space-age car, well ahead of its time in technical details such as aerodynamics, light weight, and safety but teething problems with the rotary engines put an end to the independence of NSU. Today the Neckarsulm plant is used to produce the larger Audi models: the R8, and the "RS" model range.
The mid-sized car that NSU had been working on, the K70, was intended to slot between the rear-engined Prinz models and the futuristic NSU Ro 80. However, Volkswagen took the K70 for its own range, spelling the end of NSU as a separate brand.
The first new car of this regime was the Audi 100 of 1968. This was soon joined by the Audi 80/Fox (which formed the basis for the 1973 Volkswagen Passat) in 1972 and the Audi 50 (later rebadged as the Volkswagen Polo) in 1974. The Audi 50 was a seminal design in many ways, because it was the first incarnation of the Golf/Polo concept, one that led to a hugely successful world car.
The Audi image at this time was a conservative one, and so, a proposal from chassis engineer Jörg Bensinger was accepted to develop the four-wheel drive technology in Volkswagen's Iltis military vehicle for an Audi performance car and rally racing car. The performance car, introduced in 1980, was named the "Audi Quattro," a turbocharged coupé which was also the first German large-scale production vehicle to feature permanent all-wheel drive through a center differential. Commonly referred to as the "Ur-Quattro" (the "Ur-" prefix is a German augmentative used, in this case, to mean "original" and is also applied to the first generation of Audi's S4 and S6 sport sedans, as in "UrS4" and "UrS6"), few of these vehicles were produced (all hand-built by a single team), but the model was a great success in rallying. Prominent wins proved the viability of all-wheel drive racecars, and the Audi name became associated with advances in automotive technology.
In 1985, with the Auto Union and NSU brands effectively dead, the company's official name was now shortened to simply Audi AG.
In 1986, as the Passat-based Audi 80 was beginning to develop a kind of "grandfather's car" image, the type 89 was introduced. This completely new development sold extremely well. However, its modern and dynamic exterior belied the low performance of its base engine, and its base package was quite spartan (even the passenger-side mirror was an option.) In 1987, Audi put forward a new and very elegant Audi 90, which had a much superior set of standard features. In the early 1990s, sales began to slump for the Audi 80 series, and some basic construction problems started to surface.
This decline in sales was not helped in the USA by a 60 Minutes report which purported to show that Audi automobiles suffered from "unintended acceleration". The 60 Minutes report was based on customer reports of acceleration when the brake pedal was pushed. Independent investigators concluded that this was most likely due to a close placement of the accelerator and brake pedals (unlike American cars), and the inability, when not paying attention, to distinguish between the two. (In race cars, when manually downshifting under heavy braking, the accelerator has to be used in order to match revs properly, so both pedals have to be close to each other to be operated by the right foot at once, toes on the brake, heel on the accelerator; a driving technique called heel-and-toe). This did not become an issue in Europe, possibly due to more widespread experience among European drivers with manual transmissions.
60 Minutes allegedly ignored this fact, and some claim rigged a car to perform in an uncontrolled manner. The report immediately crushed Audi sales, and Audi renamed the affected model (The 5000 became the 100/200 in 1989, as it was elsewhere). Audi had contemplated withdrawing from the American market until sales began to recover in the mid-1990s. The turning point for Audi was the sale of the new A4 in 1996, and with the release of the A4/A6/A8 series, which was developed together with VW and other sister brands (so called "platforms").
In the early part of the 21st century, Audi set forth on a German racetrack to claim and maintain several World Records, such as Top Speed Endurance. This effort was in-line with the company's heritage from the 1930s racing era "Silver Arrows".
Currently, Audi's sales are growing strongly in Europe. 2004 marked the 11th straight increase in sales, selling 779,441 vehicles worldwide. Record figures were recorded from 21 out of about 50 major sales markets. The largest sales increases came from Eastern Europe (+19.3%), Africa (+17.2%) and the Middle East (+58.5%) . In March of 2005, Audi is building its first two dealerships in India following its high increase in sales in the region.
Their 2007 worldwide sales have been released as 964,151 vehicles sold, yet another record for the brand. It is predicted that in 2008, they will pass the 1 million unit mark.
Audi has recently started offering a computerised control system for its cars called Multi Media Interface (MMI). This comes amid criticism of BMW's iDrive control, essentially a rotating control knob designed to control radio, satellite navigation, TV, heating and car controls with a screen. MMI was widely reported to be a considerable improvement on BMW's iDrive, although BMW has since made their iDrive more user-friendly.
MMI has been generally well-received, as it requires less menu-surfing with its mass of buttons around a central knob, with shortcuts to the radio or phone functions. The screen, either colour or monochrome, is mounted on the upright dashboard, and on the A4 (new), A5, A6, A8, and Q7, the controls are mounted horizontally. However, an "MMI-like" system is also available on the Audi A3 and A4 models when equipped with the optional Audi Navigation System Plus (RNS-E).
Current models
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Future models and concept cars
Hybrid vehicles
An all-aluminium car was brought forward by Audi, and in 1994 the Audi A8 was launched, which introduced aluminum space frame technology (called Audi Space Frame). Audi introduced a new series of vehicles in the mid-nineties and continues to pursue leading-edge technology and high performance. Prior to that effort, Audi used examples of the Type 44 chassis fabricated out of aluminum as test-beds for the technique. At one time, a copy of this body was fitted with a turbine engine, gaining a World record for mpg in a full-sized car, approximately 200mpg.
In the 1970s, two vehicle manufacturers Audi and Subaru designed their own four-wheel drive (4WD) systems in passenger vehicles. In the 1980s, 4WD systems in cars became a fad, and other German manufacturers like Porsche, BMW and Mercedes-Benz offered 4WD systems in their cars to compete in the marketplace, along with GM, Ford, Toyota and others. The 4WD system in the Mercedes-Benz vehicles were riddled with problems right from the design sheet. The system also was not popular in Porsche vehicles because owners wanted the traditional performance of the rear-wheel drive they were used to in older Porsches. Although Porsche and Mercedes-Benz offer 4WD systems in some cars and trucks today, neither manufacturer is as well-known for 4WD technology as is Audi. Audi has recently applied the quattro badge to models such as the A3 and TT which do not actually use the Torsen-based system as in prior years, with a mechanical centre differential, but with the Swedish Haldex Traction electro-mechanical clutch 4WD system.
By 1991, Audi had the 4 cylinder Audi 80, the 5 cylinder Audi 90 and Audi 100, the turbocharged Audi 200 and the Audi V8. There was also a coupe version of the 80/90 with both 4 and 5 cylinder engines.
Although the five cylinder engine was a successful and very robust powerplant, it was still a little too different for the target market. With the introduction of an all-new Audi 100 in 1992, Audi introduced a 2.8L V6 engine. This engine was also fitted to a face-lifted Audi 80 (all 80 and 90 models were now badged 80 except for the USA), giving this model a choice of 4, 5 and 6 cylinder engines, in saloon/sedan, coupé and Cabriolet body styles.
The 5 cylinder was soon dropped as a major engine choice; however, a turbocharged 230 hp (169 kW) version remained. The engine, initially fitted to the 200 quattro 20V of 1991, was a derivative of the engine fitted to the Sport Quattro. It was fitted to the Audi Coupé, and named the S2 and also to the Audi 100 body, and named the S4. These two models were the beginning of the mass-produced S series of performance cars.
The engines available throughout the range were now a 1.4L, 1.6L and 1.8L 4 cylinder, 1.8L 4-cylinder turbo, 2.6L and 2.8L V6, 2.2L turbo-charged 5 cylinder and the 4.2L V8 engine. The V6s were replaced by new 2.4L and 2.8L 30V V6s in 1998, with marked improvement in power, torque and smoothness. Further engines were added along the way, including a 3.7L V8 and 6.0L W12 engine for the A8.
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Other engines on sale and featuring in products of the Audi brand include:
All TDI models are diesels.
Since the end of 2006 Audi has started using the latest LED Headlight technology as their new trademark for their new models. The style was first introduced in the R8, and is now being orientated to suit the whole Audi model range. The models that Audi presently manufactures that include the new Daytime Runng Lights are:
2008 facelifted A3/S3
2nd generation TT/TT-S from 2006
2008 Audi Q7
2008 Audi Q5
Audi R8
2008 facelifted Audi A6/S6
Audi A8/S8
Audi RS4 (2009)
In 1980, Audi released the Quattro, a four-wheel drive turbocharged car that went on to win rallies and races worldwide. It is considered one of the most significant rally cars of all time because it was one of the first to take advantage of the then-recently changed rules which allowed the use of four-wheel drive in competition racing. Many critics doubted the viability of four-wheel drive racers, thinking them to be too heavy and complex, yet the Quattro was to become a successful car. Leading its first rally it went off the road, however the rally world had been served notice 4WD was the future. The Quattro went on to achieve much success in the World Rally Championship. It won the 1983 (Hannu Mikkola) and the 1984 (Stig Blomqvist) drivers' titles, and brought Audi the manufacturers' title in 1982 and 1984.
In 1984, Audi launched the short-wheelbase Sport Quattro which dominated races in Monte Carlo and Sweden, with Audi taking all podium places, but succumbed to problems further into WRC contention. In 1985, after another season mired in mediocre finishes, Walter Röhrl finished the season in his Sport Quattro S1, and helped place Audi second in the manufacturers' points. Audi also received rally honors in the Hong Kong to Beijing rally in that same year. Michèle Mouton, the first and only female driver to win a round of the World Rally Championship and a driver for Audi, took the Sport Quattro S1, now simply called the "S1", and raced in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. The climb race pits a driver and car to drive up a 4,302 meter high mountain in Colorado and in 1985, Michèle Mouton set a new record of 11:25.39, and being the first woman to set a Pikes Peak record. In 1986, Audi formally left international rally racing following an accident in Portugal involving driver Joaquim Santos in his Ford RS200. Santos swerved to avoid hitting spectators in the road, and left the track into the crowd of spectators on the side, killing three and injuring 30. Bobby Unser used an Audi in that same year to claim a new record for the Pikes Peak Hill Climb at 11:09.22.
As Audi moved away from rallying and into circuit racing, they chose to move first into America with the Trans-Am in 1988.
In 1989, Audi moved to IMSA GTO with the Audi 90, however as they avoided the two major endurance events (Daytona and Sebring) despite winning on a regular basis, they would lose out on the title.
The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), having difficulty regulating the quattro four wheel drive system, and the impact it had on the competitors, would eventually ban all four wheel drive cars from competing in 1998, by then Audi switched all their works efforts to sports car racing.
By 2000, Audi would still compete in the US with their RS4 for the SCCA Speed World GT Challenge, through dealer/team Champion Racing competing against Corvettes, Vipers, and smaller BMWs (where it is one of the few series to permit 4WD cars). In 2003, Champion Racing entered an RS6. Once again, the quattro four wheel drive was superior and Champion Audi won the championship. They returned in 2004 to defend their title but a newcomer, Cadillac with the new Omega Chassis CTS-V, gave them a run for their money. After four victories in a row, the Audis were sanctioned with several negative changes that deeply affected the car's performance. Namely, added ballasts and Champion Audi deciding to go with different tires and backing off the turbos boost pressure.
In 2004, after years of competing with the TT-R in the revitalized DTM series, with privateer team Abt Racing/Christian Abt taking the 2002 title with Laurent Aïello, Audi returned as a full factory effort to touring car racing by entering two factory supported Joest Racing Audi A4s.
Beginning in 1999, Audi built the Audi R8R (open-top prototype) and the Audi R8C (GT-Prototype) to compete in sports car racing, including the Le Mans Prototype LMP900 class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. For the 2000 season, Audi focussed mainly on the new Audi R8, due to favorable rules for open-top prototypes. The factory-supported Joest Racing team won at Le Mans three times in a row with the Audi R8 (2000 — 2002), as well as winning every race in the American Le Mans Series in its first year. Audi also sold the car to customer teams such as Champion Racing.
In 2003, two Bentley Speed 8s, with engines designed by Audi, and driven by Joest drivers loaned to the fellow Volkswagen Group company, competed in the GTP class, and finished the race in the top two positions, while the Champion Racing R8 finished third overall and first in the LMP900 class. Audi returned to the winner's circle at the 2004 race, with the top three finishers all driving R8s: Audi Sport Japan Team Goh finished first, Audi Sport UK Veloqx second, and Champion Racing third.
At the 2005 24 Hours of Le Mans, Champion Racing entered two R8s along with an R8 from the Audi PlayStation Team Oreca. The R8s (which were built to old LMP900 regulations) received a narrower air inlet restrictor, reducing power, and an additional of weight compared to the newer LMP1 chassis. On average, the R8s were about 2-3 seconds off pace compared to the Pescarolo-Judd. But with a team of excellent drivers and experience, both Champion R8s were able to take first and third while the ORECA team took fourth. The Champion team was also the first American team to win Le Mans since the Gulf Ford GT's in 1967. This also ends the long era of the R8; however, its replacement for 2006, called the Audi R10 TDI, was unveiled on 13 December 2005.
The R10 TDI employs many new features, including a twin-turbocharged diesel engine. Its first race was the 2006 12 Hours of Sebring as a race-test for the 2006 24 Hours of Le Mans, which it later went on to win. Audi has been on the forefront of motorsports, claiming a historic win in the first ever diesel sports car at 12 Hours of Sebring. Audi has achieved the title as the most dominant motor sport power since the start of the 21st century, continuing its long and storied motor sport heritage. As well as winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2006 making history, the R10 TDI has also shown its capabilities by beating the Peugeot 908 HDi FAP in 2007, and beating Peugeot again in 2008.


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The Income Tax department has slapped Rs 2000 crore ($370 million) notice on Finnish mobile firm Nokia for alleged tax violation.
In January, the Income Tax department which 'surveyed' Nokia's books of accounts said that the telecom maker defaulted on some tax payments. Tax authorities also claimed that Nokia changed its accounting model to bypass tax liabilities.
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Nonetheless, 1974 was a banner year for Corvette, the second-largest production run to that date in the marque's history (1969 was the highest). Chevrolet produced 37,502 '74 Vettes, including 32,028 coupes and 5,474 convertibles. Three engines were available: the L48 and L82 small-block 350s, rated at 195 and 250 hp, respectively; and an LS4 454, rated at 270 hp. Today, these soft-bumper Vettes are in plentiful supply and reasonably priced, making them excellent candidates for every kind of restoration imaginable.
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"My 1974 Chevy Corvette started life with the L48 engine, Corvette Orange paint, and a Saddle interior," says Bob Evans, a private investor in Greenwich, New South Wales, Australia. "I bought it in Detroit, in 2005. Bob Cummings, its third owner, had owned it for 21 years, and his friend had owned it for eight years prior to that. In all that time, the Corvette never saw snow and was never driven in winter."
In the 1990s, Cummings extracted the Corvette's L48 mill, in favor of a GM Performance Parts ZZ3 350 HO crate engine. According to Dr. Jamie Meyer, associate marketing director of GMPP, "The ZZ3 was one of the best-selling crate engines of all time. It featured an iron block with four-bolt main caps, a 3.48-inch forged-steel crank, powdered-metal steel rods, and 4.00-inch high-silicon aluminum pistons. It was topped with GM aluminum heads with 1.94/1.50 valves, 1.5-ratio rockers, and a 9.8:1 compression ratio, giving it a rating of 345 hp. Its successor, the currently available ZZ4, is an improved version with 355 hp."
Cummings didn't stop there. He gave his Vette the best road manners he could rustle up, installing tubular A-arms and a spreader bar from Vette Brakes and Products, along with front Bilstein shocks and a dual-mount spring.
What really gives this Vette its agility, however, is a Phase 3 Dragvette 6-Link Suspension Package, which radically changes the geometry of the car's rear suspension. According to Dragvette owner Steve Yates, "[With the Dragvette package], the Corvette will maintain zero camber on the rear wheels throughout the travel of the suspension. This allows the tire to maintain a flat position on the asphalt, unlike the original suspension that pitches the tire camber all over the place. Zero camber is a desired trait for all three types of driving: street, autocross, and drag racing. Simply explained, the tire remains perpendicular to the road, no matter what the car's relationship is to the course."
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Hunt is the author of four books, including a short story collection and three novels:The Impossibly; Indiana, Indiana; The Exquisite; and Ray of the Star (all from Coffee House Press). His translation of Oliver Rohe's Vacant Lot is recently out from Counterpath Press. Hunt is on the faculty at University of Denver's creative writing program.
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Gluten free pasta! Manager takes order and flags order for strict precautions.
2833 Crossroads Boulevard, Waterloo, IA 50702
Gluten free fusilli noodles for an upcharge. Or rice noodles are GF. I had the pad Thai w rice noodles and loved it. The sauce is naturally GF. In the spicyness scale of 1-10, it was probably a 4. A little zing if you like your food mild like me.
4302 Summit Plaza Drive, Louisville, KY 40241
Pad Thai was great! Can substitute GF pasta for many dishes. No soups GF though. Staff very helpful!
687 Lynnhaven Parkway, Virginia Beach, VA 23452
stopped by during vacation. staff were knowledgeable about GF options and friendly. Sevice was fast and food was fresh and good.
10925 Olive Boulevard, Creve Coeur, MO 63141
Service was very good. Noodles were a little dry. But would go back again.
125 University Avenue, Westwood, MA 02090
Pesto cavatappi is super yummy.
648 Old West Central Street, Franklin, MA 02038
the options are few but the food is tasty.
2124 N High St, Columbus, OH 43201
I ordered gluten free spaghetti and meatballs, which but subbed the meat balls for grilled chicken since the meatballs are not gf. I get home with my to go meal and there were meat balls on my dish, obviously wasn't very happy, but the store kindly refunded me!
1460 16th St, Denver, CO 80202
have gf fusilli or rice noodles and several varieties of sauces and salads all outlined in the little gf pamphlets available at order counter.
12190 SE 82nd Ave, Clackamas, OR 97086
Delicious food. Celiac friendly, staff is very knowledgable regarding cross contamination and celiac. Have eaten here several times and Never gotten sick. Very reasonable prices too
1001 75th Street, Woodridge, IL 60517
Always GF. It's one of our go to places for my daughter who has celiac. Never a bad experience and always careful
2000 North Clybourn Avenue, Chicago, IL 60614
We generally have been happy with Noodles & Company but yesterday found bits of other noodles in a rice noodle order that had been put in with an allergy flag. The store apologized and refunded the order but that does not solve the problem, of course.
125 University Avenue, Westwood, MA 02090
Really yummy "fast food" pasta. There are only a couple of dishes that are completely gluten free, but my pesto was really yummy. When I called to ask about preparation, they assured me that it is cooked separately from the normal pasta. It was cheap too - I didn't get any add ons such as chicken and my large pasta dish was less than $7. One concern - my GF friend ordered a salad dish and it came with croutons in it. She is not celiac and was able to just pick them out but still could have been dangerous for someone highly sensitive.
219 Daniel Webster Highway, Nashua, NH 03060
Salads, gluten free pasta options. They were careful to notify kitchen of my gluten & dairy allergies. I had pad Thai with shrimp and had no problems.
1667 K Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20036
Gluten free pasta for nearly all menu items. No gf bread.
687 Lynnhaven Parkway, Virginia Beach, VA 23452
about 10.00 for bowl of pasta w/o meat gluten free pasta is extra cost here. -- 5.89 plus 1.50 plus tax. no meats are gluten free. and not many options
6531 York Avenue South, Edina, MN 55435
The allergen list has changed over the last few years. I used to get Wisconsin Mac and cheese with rice noodles. Then they changed the sauce. Then I'd get pesto cavatappi or buttered noodles (with GF fusilli). Now both of those sauces have gluten. Now the only thing they have for us is pad thai, which is very delicious.It's best with rice noodles (no upcharge) but there's an upcharge for GF fusilli.My regular sized bowl with chicken and a drink were about $10.
3450 86th St W, Indianapolis, IN 46268
No longer gluten free. They are only for those "cutting back on gluten"
7853 U.S. 31 South, Indianapolis, IN 46227
They no longer have separate pans for allergies and are now only for people who are "cutting back on gluten" and not "gluten free"
7405 Laguna Boulevard #170, Elk Grove, CA 95758
Had the GF penne rosa (which is made with gf rotini noodles) very good flavor. Great service.
2561 Sycamore Road, DeKalb, IL 60115
Very knowledgeable use separate pans and utensils.
2035 Bond Street, Charlottesville, VA 22903
First time to this restaurant chain. Very impressed with friendly service and great knowledge of gluten. The cashier quickly whipped out a detailed chart of the break down of every meal, and the cook filled in any questions we had with confidence. $1 pasta substitution too for gluten free pasta on those style meals. I'll definitely be back for more! This celiac is happy.
996 Old Country Road, Garden City, NY 11530
The macaroni and cheese was delicious and the noodles were possibly the best gluten free noodles I've eaten to date. No reaction afterwards so I will be back!
2000 North Clybourn Avenue, Chicago, IL 60614
There Gluten free pasta is the BEST! I have tried many many many gluten free pasta and all have tasted funky and not good. But the noddles and company noodles are the BEST! I didn't even know they were gluten free until my mom told me! I definitely recommend it!
7216 NE Cornell Rd, Hillsboro, OR 97124
There Gluten free pasta is the BEST! I have tried many many many gluten free pasta and all have tasted funky and not good. But the noddles and company noodles are the BEST! I didn't even know they were gluten free until my mom told me! I definitely recommend it!
2124 N High St, Columbus, OH 43201
There Gluten free pasta is the BEST! I have tried many many many gluten free pasta and all have tasted funky and not good. But the noddles and company noodles are the BEST! I didn't even know they were gluten free until my mom told me! I definitely recommend it!
687 Lynnhaven Parkway, Virginia Beach, VA 23452
If you let them know you have an allergy they are extremely accommodating. The gluten free pasta is amazing.
7700 East Kellogg Avenue #1014, Wichita, KS 67207
I love going here! i have been several times and they have always asked if i had an allergy. the first time they had the manager talk to my family and explained the gf menu and he was very helpful. this is one of my favorite places and their gf pasta is the best i have ever had!
1345 Western Boulevard, Jacksonville, NC 28546
Good place with several options. Staff are knowledgeable about gluten allergies and Celiac's. No safe desserts, soups, or sides, unfortunately, but there are several entrees that can be made with their gluten free noodles. Beef and shrimp are safe add-ins.
203 S 72nd St, Omaha, NE 68114
Not a lot of safe choices for celiac
414 South Duff Avenue, Ames, IA 50010
Noodle's & Co. has a lot of gluten-free options. Every menu option can be switched to one of the two gluten-free noodle options. I usually order spaghetti. Instead of meatballs, I ask for steak. The manager explains my options and then swipes his card on the register to put an allergy alert on my order. I have dined at Noodle's & Co. numerous times and absolutely love their food!! I have Celiac Disease and never have been sick afterwards.
903 Indiana Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46202
Tried two different locations. Employees not knowledgeable, got sick both times.
4333 Wisconsin Ave, Appleton, WI 54913
Too man tables in dining area, expand or open another location nearby. Order is wrong almost every time we order, hellishly chaotic almost all of the time probably adding to the problem. Someone hire a bus boy, dirty tables constantly reminding you of their existence, bringing down the atmosphere of the room. However, on the up side, the food is great, well done every time, and the service and knowledge about gluten intolerance is impressive. The consistently good food and service is why i return despite my grumblings about disorganization. Organization would make this place 5 stars for sure.
4733 South Timberline Road #104, Fort Collins, CO 80528
They have options. Wish there were more... a few times the gf noodles were obviously overcooked. It'll do in a pinch.
406 South 9th Street, Columbia, MO 65201
Pad Thai with shrimp is delicious. They can make several dishes with rice noodles.
1600 Miller Trunk Highway, Duluth, MN 55811
Great and accomodating
2124 N High St, Columbus, OH 43201
Loved the Chicken Pad Thai!
2274 N Eagle Rd, Meridian, ID 83646
Ordered the spaghetti and meatballs with gf noodles. They brought it out to me and told me there was gluten in the meatballs. They offered to make me something else but I just ate it anyway. It was delicious but I definitely ate gluten.
4333 Wisconsin Ave, Appleton, WI 54913
My favorite gf sauce is no longer available. There are still about 5 dishes on the menu that are gluten free as long as you substitute the pasta for either of the 2 gf pasta options. I'm not a fan of the remaining gf sauces but I am a fan of how careful they are when you let them know you have celiac or an allergy.
2030 Mackenzie Way, Cranberry Township, PA 16066
We had eaten at this restaurant several times without a problem, then my daughter (who has celiac) got terribly sick one evening after eating the Rice noodles w only butter and parmesan cheese. We won't be going back there again.
1502 S Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80222
Tastes great, but always end up with cross contamination
1737 E Evans Ave, Denver, CO 80210
Every time I eat at a noodles I get cross contamination- I actually find gluten noodles in my gluten free dishes. I always explain to them I have Celiac and they say they cook mine in a dedicated pan. Finally a manager told me the noodle containers are stacked on multiple level shelves in back often get spilled into the others below. I've stopped trying to eat at Noodles and Co.
46308 Cranston St, Sterling, VA 20165
I have eaten here several times, and gotten pretty sick about half of those times, even though I always order the same thing. The current staff doesn't seem to care much about anything, really. The last time, there were dirty dishes on nearly every table and only one patron dining, and the rest of the tables had trash or sticky stuff smeared on them. Today the tables were mostly clean, but the dining room is otherwise filthy, with food and trash all over. That's not to say the food isn't usually good, but I've not had a good run of it here as of late. The 2 people I've spoken with the last 2 visits had no idea what "gluten allergy" meant. Maybe I should stop coming for dinner and try lunch instead?
1528 Gemini Pl, Columbus, OH 43240
Yummy full menu available ask
5265 E 82nd St, Indianapolis, IN 46250
The Fusilli noodles were VERY undercooked, chewy and somewhat hard. It's unfortunate because I was so happy that I could eat nearly anything on the menu when I first went in.
3755 Old Court Rd, Pikesville, MD 21208
Most of the time the gf noodles I order are actually gf....
6430 E State St, Rockford, IL 61108
This place was very accommodating. The staff came and asked how they could help and were with me the entire time I ordered and also came out after to make sure everything was ok afternoon redress. Great place to eat. I will be coming back. Had the rice noodle spaghetti and meatballs. Amazing. Manager and cook were great!!
210 N 14th St, Lincoln, NE 68508
Eaten here many times, never felt sick afterwards. Usually require a managers code when taking the order and labeling it "allergy". Nice when you can talk to the manager and they understand and take the necessary precautions.
489 River Highway, Mooresville, NC 28117
While I've had good success & enjoyed the food at other locations, this new location has caused gluten cross-contamination issues on my last 2 visits. The food and service are sub-par, and the staff are still not knowledgeable at all regarding their menu, certainly not about GF. It has only been open about 2 weeks, but this location is incredibly disappointing. Hoping it will improve but it will be a long time before I would consider giving it a final chance.
10638 Perry Highway, Wexford, PA 15090
Love all of the gf options - esp the pesto!
50 Boston Turnpike, Shrewsbury, MA 01545
Great chicken pad Thai noodle !
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Did I say Open World & RPG = MMORPG? No. I just said "Please don't make the Half-Life series into a MMORPG." It would be an injustice to the Half-Life series if it were to be made into a MMO game. That is all.
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More like the bar is being set back to where it used to be.
It's not "being spoiled" to expect a PC port to actually target PCs, DX10/11 at this point should be standard (DX10 was released nearly 6 years ago), high res textures are a given (My 2 year old graphics card has more memory than the 360 and PS3 combined, etc.)
I agree I wouldn't describe taking advantage of technology to give a better experience as being spoiled, i'd describe it as something game makers should to. Frostbite 2 is a powerful game engine, why undersell it's capabilities.
You all missed the context in which i was implying the "spoiled" part ....
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The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) thinks selling the Navy and Air Force on its cloud-based email system is a question of when, not if.
Maj. Gen. Ronnie Hawkins, DISA's vice director, told reporters Tuesday that DISA was in active negotiations with the other two military departments even as it moves through the process of transitioning the Army's 900,000 email users to its new internal cloud-based enterprise email system.
"On this side of the street, in DISA, it's 'when.' If you talk to the services, it's 'if,'" he said. "We're in those negotiations with all of them right now. The 'ifs' are contingent on the pricing and the delivery of the capability."
Hawkins and Mike Krieger, the Army's deputy chief information officer, say pricing and capability were not the only things the other services were watching. Krieger said within DoD, all eyes remain on the Army. The service will soon ramp up its transition from the many stovepiped, geographically segregated and relatively ungoverned email systems the Army uses now, to a single enterprisewide email system, managed by DISA at nine data centers around the world.
The Army has moved roughly 20,000 users to the cloud so far, Krieger said, but will accelerate its migration to DISA system with the help of an automated migration tool the Army first developed to let troops hang onto their data when they deployed.
He said they hope to use the same tool, with some modifications and patches, to transition roughly 1,000 users per night at any given command to the new cloud service.
One of the first major Army components to move will be the Army department's headquarters (HQDA). Krieger said that is not an accident.
"When I get 16,000 people at HQDA, including the Secretary of the Army, the chief of staff, the undersecretary, the vice chairman, and a whole lot of principal three-star (generals), I think a lot of people who are saying 'if' will say we've reached the tipping point," Krieger said. "We frontloaded HQDA so I can get the secretary, the chief and all the seniors on board so I can get over any resistance. Then, when I hit the four-star commands, I can say, 'the boss is already on. You're next.'"
DISA also is bringing email users from several of DoD's combatant commands into the cloud, including the U.S. European Command (EUCOM), Africa Command (AFRICOM) and the Transportation Command (TRANSCOM). Additionally, the Defense Logistics Agency has signed on for the service, and DISA itself will migrate its own employees to the same cloud, Hawkins said.
Krieger said the Army paid DISA $52 million to handle this year's email services, translating to roughly $50 per user, per year. But he said the Army reached the agreement with DISA with an understanding that the service's costs would decrease after the first year of service.
"As you put more people into the cloud, the more volume you get, the less its costs," Hawkins said.
Krieger said the cloud email system also will host mobile enterprise email capabilities. For now, that means Blackberry-only, but adding support on the cloud provider side of the equation would be trivial as soon as security challenges around newer platforms like Google's Android and Apple's iOS are solved.
The Army also is looking to move the entire service's Sharepoint collaboration systems to the DISA cloud, Krieger said. Much like email, those systems today operate on servers scattered across Army posts, camps and stations around the world.
"We think it's the same business case," he said. "The software's paid for, but there's too many people standing up their own Sharepoint portals. So what you're paying for is extra servers and extra people running them."
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Understanding how the food system is shaped by policy, politics and food regulation is a fundamental skill for nutritionists and public health nutritionists. This unit focuses on understanding how policy, politics, and evidence affect how we approach important nutritional issues such as healthy eating, food security and sustainability, obesity and other chronic diseases and how we manage them at a population level. Applied case studies investigating topical food policy, politics and evidence issues are used to illustrate these concepts in action, for example current policy activities to protect food security and sustainability, the latest developments associated with Dietary Guidelines, Food Selection Guides and Nutrient reference Values, as well as food regulation related to food fortification and food labelling.
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Dec 24, 2007
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Ho, ho, ho , merry Christmas to you all,
like Daniel said, on his site, he always knew that Santa should have been a robot…
Who else can bring gifts to all the kids, all over the world in just one night?
Happy holidays,
and a LEGO build full new year.
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so thats a alpha rex with overlay of snowmobile pieces?
- Dec 24, 2007, 7:31:00 AM
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Mery Christmas to NXT lovers!
- Dec 24, 2007, 7:42:00 AM
No that is a Alpha rex build out of black, red and white elements.
I have a lot of red pieces and just rebuilded the Alpha Rex in another color.
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How did Fieldy turn the dreads into braids???
Its a mystery! unless he is doing an AXL ROSE and had fake braids put in!
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RE: How did Fieldy turn the dreads into braids???
Yea when I seen Fieldy in St. Louis we had a mini convo about hair, he mentioned he used to wear his hair straight like mine and prob would do it again, I responded that yea he definitely was rockin that straight shit in Coming Undone...in regards to his braids he said he has to keep ppl on their toes and switch shit up, honestly I can't say for sure if the braids are his own hair, I now they are attached to his scalp...but truthfully the texture of the braids seem a little strange so I can't definitively say if it's his own hair or not...but fuck if it's not, Mr Funk Master Field Dog can do what he likes lol ;^]
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Re: How did Fieldy turn the dreads into braids???
It is true that dread locks can be brushed out and like Josie it takes a long time to do.
I think that Fieldy's hair was twisted not loc'ed
Dread locks take a while to lock. Even the kinkiest, coiliest hair takes over a year.
With fieldy may be he changed his mind on his style.
I remember years ago watching MTV and seeing him getting synthetic hair braided into his own at a black salon.
Does it make me bad??
Re: How did Fieldy turn the dreads into braids???
I`ve got dreads and I could imagine that he was just waiting for some time until his dreads got kinda softer, for making it easier to brush them out. It might have helped to take LOTS of "Special-Care-Shampoo".
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Detroit Red Wings (12-7-7) at New York Islanders (8-14-3), 4 p.m.
(SportsNetwork.com) - The Detroit Red Wings will try to put a rough November stretch even further in the rearview when they visit the sliding New York Islanders in Friday's clash at Nassau Coliseum.
Detroit suffered through a seven-game losing streak, the club's longest slide since the 1990-91 campaign, from Nov. 4-19, but halted the skid with a win over Carolina on Nov. 21. That Red Wings followed that 4-3 decision against the Hurricanes with a 4-2 loss against Ottawa, but Detroit has since won two straight.
The Red Wings turned in one of their best efforts of the season in the last trip to the ice, slamming the visiting Boston Bruins by a 6-1 margin at Joe Louis Arena.
Johan Franzen collected three assists in the win, while Henrik Zetterberg was one of four players to register a goal and an assist for Detroit. The six goals scored were a season high for the club.
Jonas Gustavsson was hardly tested by the Boston, needing to make only 16 saves to improve his record this season to 6-0-1.
"Well I thought we skated. We had puck luck today, too, haven't had a whole bunch of that this year, had good special teams, good goaltending, but we skated good," said Detroit head coach Mike Babcock.
Red Wings star forward Pavel Datsyuk missed his second straight game on Wednesday due to concussion-like symptoms. Datsyuk, who is leading Detroit with 12 goals and is second on the team with 23 points, will miss today's contest and Sunday's tilt in Ottawa.
Detroit forward Todd Bertuzzi also has sat out the last three games with an upper-body injury and is questionable for Friday.
The Red Wings are kicking off a brief two-game road trip today. They are 7-3-1 as the visiting team this season and will complete the swing Sunday in Ottawa.
Detroit has not fared well in the series with the Islanders in recent years, losing five straight overall in this matchup while dropping three in a row at the Coliseum. New York recorded a 5-4 shootout win when the Red Wings visited Long Island on Nov. 16.
While Detroit is beginning to awake from its November swoon, the Islanders are currently mired in a four-game losing streak (0-4-0) and have lost nine of their last 11 games overall.
New York failed to open a four-game homestand on a positive note, as it lost Wednesday against the visiting Winnipeg Jets. Mark Stuart, Andrew Ladd and Devin Setoguchi tallied a goal apiece in the second period, leading Winnipeg to the 3-2 regulation win at Nassau Coliseum.
Andrew MacDonald and John Tavares scored for the Islanders, who are sitting last in the Metropolitan Division with 19 points on an 8-14-3 record this season.
"You've got to want the puck more than the other guy out there. We need that on every shift and it's not there," said Tavares. "When we have everyone going as a team, we're tough to play against. We need more from everyone."
Kevin Poulin stopped 26 shots in the setback, losing a duel with former Islanders goaltender Al Montoya, who made 28 saves to record the win for the Jets.
Jimmy Howard expects to start in net for the Red Wings today and is 0-2-1 with a 3.55 goals against average in three career outings against the Islanders. Poulin won his only appearance against Detroit, stopping 19-of-22 shots in New York's 5-4 home win over the Red Wings on Nov. 16.


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Posted 18 August 2012 - 05:03
Posted 19 August 2012 - 00:51
Ok guys I just installed Windows 8 RTM (fresh install) and I have no sound. I have made sure the drivers are installed, checked the Windows services and ran a cmd prompt "fix" all with no luck. I have uninstalled and installed the driver several times and the everything shows it should be working but I have no sound in anything and I am at a loss... It worked in all the previous builds but now it does not work in RTM. My laptop is a Compaq CQ60-211DX and I recently upgraded the CPU and Memory, I don't know what else to do and I am pretty upset because I am really liking Windows 8.
Does anyone have any solutions?
EDIT: When the sound driver is installed video playback via youtube or any other videos is in slow motion. Once the drivers are removed it plays smooth...
Posted 19 August 2012 - 01:09
I am amazed I am not able to find any solutions, kind of a fail on Microsoft's part... Installs drivers that don't even work and when the drivers are installed the video playback is in slow motion. I really hope this is fixed when it hits retail.
Posted 19 August 2012 - 01:10
Did you install the latest driver for it?
A buddy of mine had the same issue. I pointed him to that dl and it fixed his issue.
I have a Presario CQ60 212EM and sound worked out of the box with 8 RTM and all pre-release versions too, iirc I either used the Win 7 drivers or just let WU install/update them
Posted 19 August 2012 - 01:12
Thanks, I will give that a try tonight. Not at home at the moment Just so I don't accidentally install it wrong what is the correct process on installing a .cab file?
Worked find in all the previous versions except for RTM, going to try the drivers that Lo Tec posted and see what happens.
Posted 19 August 2012 - 01:19
CAB files are common to drivers Microsoft places on their os installation disks.
They are compressed files (similiar to zip) which contain several files and can even contain hundreds of driver files. You don't install a cab file. You install the device using the add new hardware program....... during hardware installation the system will automtically look for the installation disk from it's original install location. If the disk or files are not in that default location, then you must redirect it to where the driver.cab file is located. The installation will automatically look for the required file(s) within the cab file and extract from it what is needed.
Posted 19 August 2012 - 01:35