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Ever since it arrived almost 20 years ago, the Audi A4 has proven to be a popular compact executive car, with over five million sold since its was introduced to the UK in 1995. In addition to the saloon models, Audi also offers the A4 as a more practical Avant estate and a rugged Allroad model. The Allroad is similar to Volvo's XC70 and gets a raised ride height and quattro four-wheel drive technology for mild off-road ability.
The latest generation of the A4, which shares its platform with Audi's sportier A5 coupe and convertible models, was launched in 2008, and received a facelift mid-way through 2011. The updates included new shaped head-lamps and LED running lights, a reshaped grille and revised taillights to fit it with Audi's new look. The main upgrade to the interior was a more intuitive MMI infotainment system.
Audi offers the A4 with a choice of four petrol engines - the 1.8 TFSi, 2.0 TFSi units are available on all SE, SE Technik, Black Edition, and sportier S Line models, while the petrol 3.0 V6 is available solely on the Black Edition. The ultra versions add various efficiency tweaks to give optimum fuel economy.
Buyers of the high performance S4 and RS 4 Avant quattro models will find their cars powered by a 3.0 V6 and 4.2 V8 respectively. It is also worth noting the Audi RS 4 is only available in Avant guise.
Audi's efficient 2.0 Ultra model is the cleanest and most efficient model with a combined cycle of 67.3mpg and just 109g/km of C02, but its no slouch with 161bhp. Buyers also get a choice of a further three versions of the 2.0-litre TDi diesel (with 134bhp, 148bhp and 174bhp) and a 3.0 V6 diesel.
An all-new Audi A4 will go on sale in 2014, with a sharper new look, and a lower weight to help improve its dynamics and economy.
Our choice: A4 2.0 TDI (143) SE
It's due to be replaced next year, but the current A4 still has plenty of kerb appeal. Simple lines and smart detailing help the car stand out, while Audi's four-ring logo has plenty of car-park kudos. A mild facelift late last year brought tweaked headlamps and tail-lights, but otherwise the handsome and well proportioned saloon has remained largely unchanged since its 2008 debut.
The S line model benefits from distinctive 18-inch alloy wheels and a subtle bodykit, plus eye-catching xenon headlamps with built-in LED running lights as standard.
Inside the A4 is starting to show its age, but there's no doubting the quality. High- grade materials are used throughout and fit and finish is flawless. And while the design of the dashboard and the graphics used for the infotainment system look old-fashioned, everything is clearly laid out, the switchgear operates with slick precision and the low-slung driving position feels perfect.
There's also a decent amount of kit: all cars get a DAB radio, Bluetooth and three-zone climate control as standard. The S line adds a number of worthwhile extras, such as part-leather trim for the sports seats and some upmarket-looking brushed aluminium inlays for the centre console and door tops.
The attractive exterior and classy cabin do a fine job of keeping the A4 in contention, but lacklustre driving dynamics betray its advancing years. There's nothing wrong with the car's composed and predictable handling, but it lacks the involvement of the BMW 3 Series and can't match the Mercedes C-Class for comfort and refinement at speed.
Even so, the steering is precise, there's strong grip and decent body control, while the front-wheel-drive layout means the Audi always feels stable and secure.
Buyers wanting a sharper driving experience can specify the even firmer S line suspension, plus the £220 Drive Select system, which allows you to alter the steering and throttle response to suit the conditions. However, if you only choose one option, make it the £300 adaptive damper set-up: this vastly improves the Audi's ability to cope with imperfections.Without this, the car has an excessively stiff ride, causing it to crash over bumps and potholes that the lower-spec SE shrugs off.
Our choice of diesel engine would be Audi's powerful and efficient 2.0-litre TDi Ultra model, whereas our preferred petrol engine for the A4 would be the 1.8 TFSI. In addition to having an impressive 168bhp, it has a combined economy of 50mpg and CO2 emissions of 134g/km.
As expected, any A4 with Audi's legendary four-wheel-drive quattro system delivers impressive all-weather ability.
It feels robustly constructed and features plenty of tried-and-tested parts, but according to our Driver Power 2014 satisfaction survey the A4 flatters to deceive, with owners placing it in 80th place overall – well behind both the 3 Series and previous-generation C-Class. More worryingly, the Audi finished 110th for reliability and 54th for build quality. Only respectable scores for performance and gadgets stopped it sliding out of the top 100.
Fortunately, the A4 turned in a stronger performance in the Euro NCAP crash tests, where it was awarded a five-star rating. Standard safety kit includes six airbags, stability control and tyre-pressure monitors, while £900 adaptive cruise control, £370 lane-keeping assist and £440 blind-spot monitoring are available as options. Yet you'll have to wait for next year's model if you want low-speed collision avoidance and traffic-sign recognition – both of which are available on the Mercedes and BMW now.
As with all other Audis, the A4 boasts outstanding interior build quality. The firm but supportive seats offer lots of adjustment and the dashboard boasts tasteful aluminium trim and high quality soft-touch plastics.
Audi has also been generous with the A4's standard equipment, with base SE trim cars receiving three-zone climate control, a 10-speaker stereo, cruise control, Bluetooth connectivity and rear parking sensors.
Thanks to its generous interior dimensions, two tall passengers can fit comfortable in the back of the A4 and the 480-litre boot on the saloon model is big for its class. If, however, more space is needed, the A4 Avant increases boot space to 1,430 litres.
Yet while the Audi's load bay is flat and benefits from a wide opening, it doesn't get handy levers to fold the rear seats flat. Plus, its 60:40 split layout is less versatile than the 40:20:40 in the rival Mercedes and BMW.
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All of the engines that Audi offers in the A4 are efficient, but it's the diesels that offer the best mix of performance and economy.
For business drivers, the obvious choice is the efficient 2.0-litre TDI Ultra model which has an official combined cycle of 67.3mpg, and emits only 109g/km of CO2.
The more powerful 2.0 TDI 150 offers almost identical figures to the less powerful engine, and thanks to an average combined economy of 63mpg and similarly low emissions, it falls into the same company car tax bracket as the lower powered engine.
TDIe model owners can also spec their A4 without the stiffer sports suspension, which makes it a better and more comfortable choice.
The A4's bigger 3.0 diesel and petrol engines are much faster, but thirsty and more expensive to take. The 3.0 V6 TFSI with quattro can only manage a combined cycle of 35.0mpg and emits 190g/km of C02. The range topping RS 4 Avant has a combined economy 26.4 mpg and emits a hefty 249g/km.
As for other ownership costs, we would recommend sticking to the lower spec cars as they offer the best residual values in the compact executive class.
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'Soon to be replaced' a negative point? Surely you could say this about many cars though. In addition it means that you will receive a hefty discount off list price compared to competition, which may easily outweigh it being an older model for some.
Is that an A1 or an A4 in your rear view mirror? Is it a widely shared phenomenon that you can't tell one Audi from another or is it just me?
Funny that this featue, dealng with a model getting rapidly towards "runout", should appear suddenly!
"Audi has a strong reputation for reliability, which is backed up by its 10th-place finish in the 2013 Driver Power customer satisfaction survey – that's far ahead of arch-rival BMW in 15th." Yet:
Engine reliability - bottom 10 brands
1. MG Rover (failure rate: 1 in 13)
2. Audi (failure rate: 1 in 27)
3. Mini (failure rate: 1 in 40)
4. Saab (failure rate: 1 in 40)
5. Vauxhall (failure rate: 1 in 41)
6. Peugeot (failure rate: 1 in 44)
7. BMW (failure rate: 1 in 45)
8. Renault (failure rate: 1 in 46)
9. Volkswagen (failure rate: 1 in 52)10. Mitsubishi (failure rate: 1 in 59)
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It's two strikes and out for Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus, whose latest Election Day pickle led County Executive Dan Vrakas to relieve her of her duties for the historic recall elections in May and June.
According to a statement released Thursday from the County Executive's Office, Vrakas posed an ultimatum to Nickolaus in an effort to restore confidence in the upcoming election: Either resign as clerk or she designate her Election Day duties to the deputy clerk.
Nickolaus chose the latter.
"Kathy agreed to hand off her election duties to the deputy county clerk in order to avoid my public call for her resignation," Vrakas said. "In stepping aside, Kathy also agreed to allow outside consultants and county staff to work side-by-side with the deputy clerk to help restore confidence in our election process."
Vrakas stated that the county plans to move swiftly to examine the problems that arose during Tuesday's election.
Patch contacted Vrakas' office for more information, however, a call back was not immediately received. Democratic Party of Wisconsin Spokesman Grame Zielinski wasn't conviced the move will restore the integrity of the upcoming election.
"This is strange news and still offers no great assurances to the voters of Waukesha County that their votes will be properly counted," Zielinksi said. "Her legacy of incompetence has made this so."
Vrakas' announcement comes just two days after , when some election results weren't posted until 10 hours after the polls closed.
Nickolaus, who garnered national attention last April when her office made a mistake that , said she introduced new procedures Tuesday to follow guidelines set forth by the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, which oversees elections in the state.
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By Jan Sparkman
LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. — My plan for these columns to reflect the (more or less) sequential history of Laurel County's early days brings us to an event that surely changed the dynamics of the community in much the same way that television did almost a century later.
While the story of London's first newspaper may be familiar to many old-timers around the county I'm sure not everyone who reads this column will know it. In writing about it I will rely heavily on Russell Dyche's "Laurel County History" (1954). After all, who knew more about this paper's history than Dyche?
It was started as The Mountain Echo in Barbourville (Knox County) in 1873 by W.E. Word and J.H. Wilson. Dyche calls it "a panic baby" since the country was in one of its most severe money panics at the time. The paper did not thrive. Wilson bought Word's interest in 1875 and took on as partner London's Vincent Boreing. The newspaper was soon moved to London, where it was purchased by Russell Dyche's father, A. R. Dyche, in 1878.
Dyche writes: "At that time there were no papers published in Kentucky south and east of Richmond and Stanford except The Mountain Echo and a newly established paper in Somerset."
The Mountain Echo represented the outlying counties of Bell, Breathitt, Casey, Clay, Clinton, Garrard, Harlan, Knott, Knox, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Pike, Rockcastle and Wayne by publishing news releases from these counties in The Mountain Echo. These old columns make for interesting reading but, of course, as other counties established newspapers of their own, these columns were phased out and replaced by news about who had been born, who had died, or who had married in various small communities within Laurel County.
Dyche goes on to say: "A.R. Dyche made frequent trips in the interest of the Echo to many counties in Eastern Kentucky and was a familiar figure in court day crowds in the county seats." The Mountain Echo had a wide circulation, according to Dyche, along with a great amount of influence on politics and community advancement.
Dyche describes the equipment purchased by A.R. Dyche in 1878 as ancient. "The paper was printed one page at a time on the same kind of a press as was used in Colonial times, commonly called the Washington hand press, though as I remember it, it carried some other name. The paper cutter was a most crude affair, and the two job presses were less crude only in degree." Dyche tells of the upgrading of equipment undertaken by his father, saying that by 1893 the plant was "completely modernized."
A.R. Dyche sold The Mountain Echo to his son, Russell, in 1903. Russell and his brother, Will H. Dyche, ran it for nine months and sold it to E.C. Linney, ending a 26-year ownership of the paper by the Dyche family. But that was not the end of the Dyche Dynasty as we shall see in next week's column.
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I've had an inquiry about whether or not Jarvis Jackson, founder of London, left papers of any kind that may have been deposited with some institution or organization after his death. If any of his descendants reading this article have an answer to this question, please let me know.
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Linux Conference at Open Systems World/FedUNIX'94
Open Systems World/FedUNIX'94 in Washington DC, in its sixth year, included several conferences and classes such as the FedUnix Sessions, Motif/COSE Users Conference, Novell AppWare Developers, SCO, Solaris, Windows NT, and World Wide Web/Mosaic conferences. For the first time, on December 1 and 2, Open Systems World offered a Linux International Users and Developers Conference and a one-day Linux Tutorial.
The suggestion to include a Linux conference at Open Systems World was made by Thomas Sterling, the Acting Director of CESDIS (Center of Excellence in Space Data and Information Sciences). Alan Fedder, the director of Open Systems World, made the choice to bring Linux to Open Systems World/FedUNIX'94.
Linux Journal developed and sponsored the Linux conference with immeasurable help from the speakers and other volunteers. One article cannot begin to include all the information presented at the sessions and the tutorial; future articles will include a more in-depth and technical report about each session.
Approximately 50 people signed up for the conference and the tutorial, but there were 67 people, including speakers, present during the one-day conference. Included in the conference were several panel discussions interlaced with presentations from experts on particular subjects.
Robert Young of ACC Bookstore moderated four panel members: Eric Youngdale and Donald Becker representing developers and Dan Irvin of Linux Systems Laboratories and Mark Horton, a support person for InfoMagic, representing resellers.
Audience during panel discussion.
The opinions of all the panelists seemed to be that a cooperative relationship existed, and would continue to exist, between developers and resellers. There was mild dissension about Linux support when the moderator commented that the user couldn't get, or shouldn't expect to get, Linux support for the low price of a Linux distribution on CD; this was disputed by Mark Horton, support person for InfoMagic, who replied that the InfoMagic CD-ROM included support, and discussed the kind of support they were giving. Horton added that, in general, the support wasn't getting abused/overused by the end user.
There was a feeling of good will between developers and resellers. This was definitely a panel discussion, not a panel argument.
Moderated by Michael K. Johnson, the four panelists included Marc Ewing of Red Hat Software, Mark Komarinski who writes the "System Administration" column for Linux Journal, Ross Biro of Yggdrasil Computing and Mark Bolzern of WorkGroup Solutions.
Mark Horton, Mark Komarinski and Phil Hughes
They discussed the current commercial products available for Linux, obstacles to the development of commercial products, and how commercial vendors might be persuaded to port their product to Linux and market it.
There are already about 50 commercial applications available for Linux, including Tecplot, ISE Eiffel, Genplot, dBMan, ESQLFLEX and JustLogic Database Manager. Although Linux users expect relatively inexpensive applications, it's not profitable for commercial marketers to produce such low-cost applications due to development and marketing costs. Distribution channels can be a significant cost factor in inexpensive applications, as well as the cost of advertising, which can, for example, run $3,500 for a one-time quarter page ad in a popular Unix magazine.
Mark Bolzern said that while Linux is becoming "the Unix of choice", Linux is not yet trusted to be mission-critical. Bolzern anticipates, however, that over the next year, Linux will be used in this capacity, such as the application currently in use at Virginia Power for real-time data collection.
Ross Biro stressed the importance of hardware in the commercial future of Linux. Except for Cyclades who makes serial boards, there aren't enough hardware vendors making their products' specifications available for Linux developers. There was general agreement among audience members, the panel and the moderator about the need for more hardware support for Linux. (However, it's rumored that half of Cyclades' domestic sales of one of their serial boards is to Linux users.) Mark Komarinski noted that having most of the kernel written in C (as it is now) will help with porting to hardware.
Some panelists and audience members added positive comments about the two ports for the DEC alpha chip in progress: one being done by DEC, the other by Linus Torvalds on a machine loaned to him by DEC.
Mark Bolzern talked about how his company was investing in its Linux application now and pricing it far below the actual price the development and marketing costs would allow for such a product, because they anticipate that the future volume of sales to the Linux market will make this worth their investment.
Bolzern advised that his company is paying a PR firm to promote Linux, with the idea that increased sales of their product will follow as Flagship demos become available on many more of the different Linux distributions on CD-ROM. To help with the PR work, he asked for success stories, such as how Linux users replaced their whole network with Linux systems, or did something with Linux that could not be done any other way. Please e-mail to email@example.com
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June 29th - 30th, 2012
We are inviting all of those in Nassau County who have the passion to fight cancer to join us! Start a team, join a team, make a donation or simply help us spread the word!
To register or to find out more visit:
Relay For Life is more than just a fundraiser. It's a life-changing experience. At Relay, every person in the community has a chance to celebrate, remember, and fight back. And every person who participates joins others around the globe as part of this worldwide movement to end cancer.
Everyone's reason to Relay is as unique as their own personal story. At Relay, you can find healing, comfort, and support from others who have faced cancer or who have lost a loved one to the disease. You have a chance to meet people in the community who are equally as passionate about finding an end to cancer in our lifetime. You can thank all the people who have done so much to support you through your personal cancer experience. And you can gather together with friends, family, and colleagues to laugh, cry, and create lasting memories.
No matter why you take part in Relay, however, one thing is clear: with every step you take, you are helping the American Cancer Society save lives. With your help, we aren't just fighting one type of cancer – we're fighting for every birthday threatened by every cancer in every community. Each person who shares the Relay experience can take pride in knowing that they are working to create a world where this disease will no longer threaten the lives of our loved ones or claim another year of anyone's life.


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Gainesville Police Officer Critically Injured
Gainesville Police Officer Critically Injured During Gator Fan Celebration
POSTED: 6:03 am EDT April 3, 2007
UPDATED: 9:54 am EDT April 3, 2007
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- A Gainesville police lieutenant was critically injured after being hit by a pickup while trying to clear the streets amid the celebrations of the Florida Gators' win against the Ohio State Buckeyes in the NCAA title game early Tuesday.
Police said Lt. Corey Dahlem was opening the road at University Avenue and NW 17th Street at about 2:30 a.m. when he was hit by a Toyota pickup. Police said the vehicle struck Dahlem and continued down the road.
"(Dahlem) is in very, very serious condition," Gainesville Lt. Keith Kameg said. "This is something that is a tragedy for tonight. Our hearts and prayers go out to his family."
The driver of the truck was stopped about three blocks away and was taken into custody.
Witnesses said the driver was going about 70 mph and did not stop even after he hit several cars and then the officer.
"The car was coming past way too fast and it hit the other car and it sounds like he was next to it," witness John Stephenson said.
Police said the man appeared to be driving drunk, Local 6 reported.
Dahlem was rushed to Shands Hospital at UF where he is listed in critical condition.
He is a 22-year veteran of the police department, Local 6 reported.
Florida Highway Patrol identified the driver of the truck as Austin John Wright, 21, of Atlantic Beach. He gave two breath tests that registered his blood alcohol level at 0.227 percent and 0.214 percent, nearly three times the legal driving limit, FHP spokesman Mike Burroughs said.
Last edited by Willowdared; 04-03-07 at 03:35 PM. Reason: adding detailMolly Weasley makes Chuck Norris eat his vegetables.
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Best hopes for a full recovery.\\` ` ` ` < ` )___/\
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The officer, and his family are in our prayers!YEAH, IM THE BERRIES, AND CHERRIES IN YOUR REAR VIEW MIRROR.
Handle every stressful situation like a dog.
Eat it, Play with it, or piss on it, and walk away!
As smart as man is, we haven't been able to invent a machine that can smell drugs or tell us where a person has walked, Dogs are sophisticated investigative tools!
I thought this was a nice article...from the campus paper no less.
Party's over
When the revelry goes wrong
Winning national championships has almost become routine for us. You know the sequence of events: We all cheer for our team - football or basketball, take your pick - and once we've slaughtered our opponent - usually Ohio State - several thousand of us stream onto University Avenue in celebration.
The Gainesville Police Department did a great job of preparing for these swarms of revelers. And we especially appreciate how lenient the police were about many rules that are usually strictly enforced. Open container and public decency laws come to mind - who doesn't love to celebrate with a little drunken streaking?
Hell, cops are people too. They wanted us to have a good time and enjoy our victory. Their main duties - crowd control, fire prevention, keeping us out of trees - were only done to protect us. They could have been real jerks to the mob of ecstatic fans, but they weren't.
So when we learned that GPD Lt. Corey Dahlem was struck by a drunken driver early Wednesday morning, it really pissed us off. When we learned the driver tried to flee the scene, we got even madder. Dahlem is in critical condition with life-threatening injuries at Shands.
But we got maddest of all when we learned that the man police charged with the crime took breath tests yielding blood alcohol levels of 0.227 and 0.214, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The legal limit in Florida is 0.08. There is never an excuse for drunken driving. Ever. We're infuriated that this man got behind the wheel and struck a 22-year veteran of GPD, who was only working to keep celebrators like Wright safe.
Most of the time, our celebrations have been relatively safe. It's unfortunate that one person's bad judgment ruined the otherwise praiseworthy effort of most students to responsibly celebrate. With all the practice we've had in the last year, shouldn't we be better than this?Molly Weasley makes Chuck Norris eat his vegetables.
Do not puff, shade, skew, tailor, firm up, stretch, massage,
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Dumb A@s We Won I Have A Good Idea Let's Start A Riot! This Is Sad When Your Team Win And Then You Riot. God Help Us.S.W.A.T Maximum Violents
The officer did not survive his injuries
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- A police officer who was struck by a car after the Florida Gators won the NCAA championship died Wednesday, authorities said.
Lt. Corey Dahlem, a 22-year veteran, was struck by a black Toyota as police were clearing the streets at the University of Florida early Tuesday after the Gators' win against Ohio State, authorities said.
Dahlem died Wednesday just before 3 p.m., hospital officials said.
The Florida Highway Patrol said the driver, Austin John Wright, 21, of Atlantic Beach, had a blood-alcohol level almost three times the legal limit. He is accused of running two motorcycle officers off the road. The officers were not injured.
Wright remained in jail Wednesday on $500,000 bail.
Copyright 2007 by The Associated PressMolly Weasley makes Chuck Norris eat his vegetables.
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I hope the driver is punished to the ends of the earth even though that won't help the officer or his family. I'm glad the other two officers weren't injured though. My thoughts and prayers to the family and the department.http://www.odmp.org/officer/16551-de...l-eron-shannon
Police Officers put themselves at risk for strangers every day. Some do not make it home to their families. Next time you think of saying something negative about the police, remember...YOU are one of the strangers.
I hope they ammend the charges that he is under to include a form of murder.
RIP my Brother. Thoughts and prayers to the family and the Dept."An Unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it." Jeff Cooper
Some people are meant to be the police......Some people are meant to call the police!!!
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Driver could face 30 years under law
Sun staff writer
April 05. 2007 6:01AM
A man accused of driving drunk and fatally injuring a Gainesville Police lieutenant Tuesday morning in the aftermath of the national championship celebration could be prosecuted under a law passed following the death of another GPD officer in 2001.
Attorneys with the State Attorney's Office are reviewing whether Austin J. Wright, accused of DUI manslaughter in connection with Gainesville Police Lt. Corey Dahlem's death, could be prosecuted under a law known as the Scott Baird Act.
Gainesville Police Officer Scott Baird, 23, died in 2001 after he was struck by a vehicle while trying to remove a batting cage that had been dragged from a field at Gainesville High School onto NW 16th Terrace. Baird had been with the department two years when he was killed.
The year following Baird's death, Florida legislators passed a law that makes manslaughter of a law enforcement officer punishable by a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison rather than 15 years.
Prosecutors plan to review crash investigation reports and other records before determining if Wright will be charged under the Scott Baird Act, said State Attorney's Office spokesman Spencer Mann.
Wright, listed by troopers as an Atlantic Beach resident, was being held at the Alachua County jail late Wednesday.
Earlier Wednesday, Wright had made his first court appearance, at which a $500,000 bond was set for his release, said Florida Highway Patrol spokesman Lt. Mike Burroughs.
After the crash, Wright was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence with serious bodily injury to another and failure to stop or remain at an accident involving injury, Burroughs said. But, after Dahlem's death Wednesday afternoon, the charge was upgraded to DUI manslaughter aggravated by leaving the scene of a traffic crash involving death. Wright also was cited for careless driving and violation of a traffic control device.
Wright's driving record shows he had received tickets for speeding.
He was cited for speeding in Hernando and Duval counties last year, a report from the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles showed.
The name of an attorney representing Wright was not immediately available Wednesday.Molly Weasley makes Chuck Norris eat his vegetables.
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I am so sad to hear he died....
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Searched for lady slippers
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Hollows filled with
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CHARLOTTE — Over the course of No. 1 Dukes undefeated run through nonconference play, coach Mike Krzyzewski hasnt seen much from his team that has upset him.
And even though Dukes 67-50 win against Davidson was a struggle for the majority of the game, Krzyzewski came into the postgame locker room in a good mood, cracking a joke about the long walk he had had from the Blue Devils locker room.
And while he said he was pleased with his teams performance, he succinctly summarized the difference between the first half, which ended at 29-29, and the second.
In the first half, we gave up offensive rebounds, Krzyzewski said. In the second half, we didnt.
Duke (13-0) allowed Davidson (7-6) nine first-half offensive rebounds, which resulted in 14 second-chance points. Duke had zero second-chance points during this same stretch. Davidson also outscored Duke 16-10 in the paint in the opening half despite playing all but five minutes without 6-foot-10 starter Jake Cohen.
One reason Duke struggled in the paint was because of Davidsons game plan. Coach Bob McKillop called for his big men to double-team their Duke counterparts every time they touched the ball in the low post. As a result, Mason Plumlee finished with a season low in shot attempts (seven) and points (10). He also pulled down seven rebounds, recorded two assists and three blocks, and committed six turnovers.
Any player, when defenses begin to key on you more and more, you have to learn what you can do to help your team, said Ryan Kelly, who led Duke with 18 points. Like I said, even if (Plumlee) isnt getting as many shots or making as many shots, he does so much for our offense. Theres so much focus on him, it opens up things for other people.
Duke began to find openings in Davidsons defense more frequently in the second half. After recording just one assist while committing nine turnovers in the opening half, the Blue Devils had seven assists and just two turnovers in the second. Krzyzewski saw an opportunity to catch the Wildcats sleeping on ball screens, and Cook successfully drove the lane, either finishing his own shot or finding open teammates. Cook scored 15 points 13 in the second half and added two second-half assists.
He made some big floaters and layups to keep us going, Krzyzewski said of Cook. Hes playing with a lot of confidence. And he should be, because hes played well.
Duke opened the second half on a 12-0 run. Plumlee scored the first points on a strong drive to the basket. He missed the ensuing free throw, but Kelly converted both free throws after he drew a foul. Quinn Cook then hit a jumper to put Duke up 35-29 with 15 minutes, 47 seconds left. Tyler Thornton and Kelly followed with back-to-back 3s to put Duke ahead 41-29.
During this stretch, the Wildcats went 0-for-5 with four turnovers. Chris Czerapowicz finally made Davidsons first basket of the second half with 13:31 left.
The initial second-half spurt by Duke was part of a larger 19-5 run. Davidson shot 2-for-11 during this stretch.
But Davidson wasnt done. A Tyler Kalinoski 3-pointer cut Dukes lead to single figures with 9:11 left. DeMon Brooks hit a jumper in the paint over Plumlee, but Plumlee dunked the ball on the other end. After Jake Cohen hit a 3, Plumlee came back with a hook shot to put Duke back up by 10 at 52-42.
The Wildcats were never able to close the gap to single figures after that, in large part because Duke limited Davidson to just two second-chance points in the second half as opposed to 14 in the first. And that was certainly something that made Krzyzewski feel good.
-- One game after scoring a Duke career-high 31 points against Santa Clara, Seth Curry went 3-for-11 from the field for just six points in front of his hometown Charlotte crowd. He did record a team-high three assists, though, which tied his season-high. Other than Mike Krzyzewski, Curry drew the loudest applause during pregame introductions.
I got the shots that I wanted, but I just wasnt able to knock them down, Curry said. Coming out of the gate, I was maybe pressing a little bit, trying to get my shot going. It didnt really go early or anytime throughout the game. I got the shots that I wanted, thats the biggest thing. Ill bounce back Saturday.
-- For the fourth game in a row, Duke appeared to come out sluggish, or at least not matching the standard set this season. After the game, Quinn Cook didnt seem overly concerned that it would develop into a long-term trend.
We know we can get better at it. Its a long season. At the beginning of the season, we started off so great at the beginning of games. The last four games, we havent. We know we have to get better at that.
-- After the game, Duke alum and current Bobcats player Gerald Henderson stopped by the locker room to see the current Blue Devils (as Henderson left after the 2008-09 season, he no longer has any teammates left at Duke). He slapped hands with Josh Hairston and Quinn Cook upon his arrival and posed for several pictures.
-- The shortening of Duke's bench continues. Tyler Thornton, who finished with 10 points, was the only reserve to log at least 10 minutes (23). Josh Hairston played nine minutes, Amile Jefferson came in for three minutes, and Alex Murphy came in during the game's final minute.
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Wednesday, November 19, 2003Valparaiso University head men's basketball coach Homer Drew announced that Jarryd Loyd of Niles West High School in Skokie, Ill. and Aris Williams of Georgetown Preparatory School in Washington D.C. have signed national letters of intent to attend Valpo and play basketball.
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Judge hears fight over documents in Sullivan caseJuly 23,2013By Brent Curtis
Staff Writer
A Rutland judge heard arguments today in a fight over whether an auto insurance company must turn over notes from a claim made by Christopher Sullivan following a fatal crash in the city this spring.
Prosecutors say Sullivan, a former city attorney, was drunk behind the wheel in April when 71-year-old Jane Outslay, of Mendon, was struck and killed on Strongs Avenue.
The driver in the crash fled the scene but a day later Sullivan identified himself as the driver in the crash and turned over his 2004 Lexus sedan which had heavy damage to its hood and windshield.
On the same day that Sullivan turned himself in, his wife filed a claim with GEICO insurance, according to the Vermont Attorney General's office. Prosecutors issued a subpoena for the claim but have been opposed by the insurance company which asserts that it has a duty to defend Sullivan against a potential civil lawsuit.
In Rutland criminal court today, Judge Theresa DiMauro questioned the attorney for the insurance company and an assistant attorney general on their legal arguments. DiMauro, who said she would make her decision in the future, asked the prosecution why they were interested in what the insurance company has described as notes taken from a conversation with Sullivan's wife.
In his answer, Assistant Attorney General Ultan Doyle acknowledged that prosecutors have talked to Sullivan's wife themselves. But he said the substance of her conversation with the insurance carrier could shed more light on the case.
"We'd like to see if there was other information she shared with GEICO investigators that she did not share with the state," he said.MORE IN This Just InRICHARD'S POOR ALMANACK: Workers on this day in 1984 in a Cheshire, England, peat bog find well-preserved human remains at least 2,000 years dead, born this day in 1843, Robert Todd Lincoln, eldest son of the president, present at three assassinations. 0Rutland Herald content editor Rich Alcott uploads data direct to your head: Workers on this day... Full StoryTOMORROW'S HEADLINES TODAY: Josh O'Gorman reports on the impact of state budget cuts on state colleges, Rutland Town welcomes Donna Zeller as town clerk, Bryanna Allen in Killington for chili cookoff and Haley talks up big Shrine game with N.H. and Vt. 0Rutland Herald News Editor Alan J. Full StoryWHITE RIVER JUNCTION A Royalton man denied charges that he pointed a gun at a woman and her... Full Story
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But it never felt a drop. For the turn had started and a body had appeared.
The woman inhaled sharply in surprise. She stood motionless for a brief moment before dropping to a knee, resting most of her weight on the pole-like weapon in her left hand. She looked up at it between the wet strands of long brown hair over her eyes. Her trident, she realized. She took her right hand off of her knee and examined the appendage. Five fingers with five nails covered in caramel skin. It was hers, but a moment ago it was nobody's. A moment ago it didn't exist.
With a heave, she stood. Her fish scale mail making little tinkling sounds as she did. "I am… me." The sound of her own voice seemed out of place here, but it did comfort her.
"Who am I? What am I? Why, am I?" Of course she already knew the answer to the first two. She was Melissa Ray. A level one barbarian Findamancer, popped to no side. The "why" remained a mystery, however. It was an answer she knew would be difficult for even a Findamancer to find.
Melissa closed her eyes, tilted her head back, and drew in a proper breath. She then looked over her shoulder at the sun rising above the choppy waves. It was her first dawn, and it was brisk, and it was gloomy, and it was beautiful. She knew in that instant she wanted to live to see a second.
In one swift movement Melissa spun the point of her trident downward and speared the ground between her feet. She then brought the point up to eye level and examined the little crab that was now skewered to her weapon. Her trident had found its target, naturally, and now she had the beginnings of some rations. It wasn't nearly enough, but it was a start. Melissa felt sorry for the little critter that just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, but at the same time realized it had to be either the crab or herself. And she would always choose herself.
A resounding crunch met her ear as Melissa forced herself to bite into the crustacean's carapace. The shell was gritty and the little bit of meat within was slimy and slid around on her tongue. The Findamancer opened her mouth as she fought the gag reflex and little bits fell out. But eventually she managed to close her mouth around what remained and forced herself to swallow. She looked at the point of her trident and what was left of the crab and shuddered at the thought of taking a second bite. "Maybe if I had something to wash it down with…"
Melissa looked around for something to drink and noticed two containers hanging behind her from her waist. It was a canteen and a small pouch. She opened them up and turned them over. Both empty. She spotted a tide pool on the ground not far from where she was standing. Kneeling down next to it, Melissa cupped a hand and took a sip. It was salty, as expected. She swished the liquid around in her mouth before spitting it back out into the pool.
She was about to stand up when her reflection in the water caught her eye. It was a curious thing. Long brown hair framed her tanned face and was held mostly at bay by a coral headband. Her angled jaw line matched her hard brown eyes. She reached toward the reflection but pulled her hand back when she caused the water to ripple.
"Enough with such frivolities." She stood once more and began her walk off of the rocky shore where she had popped. Before her was a dark cliffside which extended for some distance in both directions. There wasn't much space along most of the shoreline between the cliff and the sea, but there was enough. Melissa turned to the left and took the southerly rout. She would gather rations along the way and eat them after she found something to drink as well.
After only making it two hexes further along the coastline, Melissa realized that the move penalties could become a serious problem for her survival. She had managed to find a couple more crabs, a small fish, and some edible sponges, but still no freshwater. Searching aimlessly wasn't getting her very far. She was afraid she may have to resort to licking water off of the drizzle drenched Cliffside. Melissa rested her rump and her trident against a barnacle encrusted boulder as she pondered a solution. She was a Findamancer after all. There should be something she could do to find water.
Out of the corner of her eye, Melissa spotted a Y-shaped piece of driftwood lodged between two rocks. It gave her an idea. Walking over to the small piece of soaked timber, she picked it up and held the two short ends. "Dowse!" she commanded. An exhilarating rush of juice surged from her hands and through the piece of wood. The point at the other end immediately started tugging in a different direction. She was soon being pulled across the rough terrain toward an area of the cliff near the hex boarder. Just when she thought she was going to have to nullify the spell to avoid passing into the next hex and leaving her spear behind, her makeshift dowsing rod turned toward a crevice in the cliffside.
There, hidden among the rocks, was a steady stream of water no wider than her pinky finger. Melissa opened her mouth and tilted her head so the water could drip in as it fell. It tasted dirty, but it would have to do. She set her canteen underneath to start filling, then retrieved her weapon and the rations that were skewered to the end of it.
By the time Melissa used up all of her move, she was in a hex with a sandy beach and a clearer sky. There were still a lot of large rocks about, but it wasn't as difficult to navigate. She made sure the hex was free of any hostile units before collecting up more scraps of driftwood and beach grass to make a pitifully small fire. As the sun set and the moon lit up the sky, Melissa managed to turn her collection of edibles into a small meal of crabby pâté and sponge kabobs. Something she still didn't like the taste of, but was much more palatable than eating them raw.
The sound of waves washing ashore eventually lulled Melissa to sleep, where she had dreams about what she may come to find tomorrow.
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Wickedly sweet and just a little bit salty, these biscuits are deliciously moreish.
50g/2oz caster sugar
1 tbsp water
2 tbsp salted peanut halves
250g/8oz unsalted butter
250g/8oz caster sugar
2 tbsp crunchy peanut butter
375g/12oz plain flour, plus extra for dusting
300g/10½oz dulce de leche
½ tsp sea salt flakes
1 tbsp salted peanuts, chopped
75g/3oz dark chocolate, melted
For the caramel peanuts, lightly grease a non-stick baking tray and arrange the peanuts on the tray.
Heat the sugar and water in a saucepan until the sugar melts and the mixture is boiling and golden-brown in colour (do not stir the caramel). Pour the caramel over the peanuts and set aside to harden. Once set, roughly chop the caramel peanuts and set aside.
Meanwhile, for the biscuits, preheat the oven to 170C/325F/Gas 4. Line two baking sheets with baking parchment.
Cream the butter and sugar together in a bowl, then beat in the peanut butter until well combined. Sift over the flour and stir until the mixture comes together as a dough. Cover the dough with cling film and chill in the fridge for 15 minutes.
Roll the biscuit dough out onto a lightly floured surface and, using a biscuit cutter, cut out 24 biscuits. Place the biscuits onto the lined baking trays and chill for a further 15 minutes.
Bake the biscuits in the oven for 12-15 minutes, or until golden-brown. Remove the biscuits from the oven and set aside to cool for 5 minutes, then transfer to wire rack to cool completely.
Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the sea salt and chopped, salted peanuts. Set aside to cool (make sure the filling mixture doesn't harden completely).
Spread the dulce de leche on half the biscuits, then sprinkle with sea salt and chopped peanuts. Sandwich together with a plain biscuit.
Melt the chocolate in a bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water (do not let the base of the bowl touch the water). Drizzle the melted chocolate over the biscuits then sprinkle over the caramel peanuts.
Set aside until the chocolate has set, then serve.
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We had a particularly wacky group of girls all celebrating their 50th birthdays this weekend and, since this is my big year too (I'm the oldest in the group), I was invited to join in the traditional jump.
On closer inspection you'll see that it wasn't me, but a serial killer in a wig. What the? I guess I was pretty excited to take part. Can't explain the hair...Thanks for the memories ladies.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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We loved seeing our picture on your blog!!! We had such a wonderful time at the Fairbanks House, due in large part to yours and Bill's "wacky" personalities!!!! You are now an honorary "50 Chick"!
Thanks for a WONDERFUL weekend!!! The servants cottage was quaint, cozy and comfortable. We will definitely be back and we hope to bring more friends.
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This year, individuals with special needs from Clinton and DeWitt will have somewhere to go to celebrate Thanksgiving.
A special Thanksgiving dinner will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Ericksen Community Center, 1401 11th Ave. North. The dinner will include turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, stuffing, green beans, salads, pies and other items.
"It's going to be like if you went to grandma's house," Carmen Nielsen, organizer of the dinner, said.
Nielsen is the mother of a 26-year-old daughter with special needs. She is active in community organizations supporting individuals with special needs. Nielsen enjoys working with these individuals. She added that they are the most loving people.
"They're a good group to work with," Nielsen said. "They're a lot of fun."
Nielsen saw a need for a dinner for individuals with special needs and decided to do something about it. She said many of these individuals have no family and no place to go. She felt that they might enjoy spending time with each other.
"The community of these handicapped individuals is almost like a family," Nielsen said.
Nielsen is happy with the support the dinner has received so far. She said the Ericksen Center has worked with her to accommodate the dinner. She has received private donations to purchase the food for the dinner, as well as volunteers to help at the dinner. Through donations, she has enough food to feed approximately 200 people. Anyone wanting to help out can arrive at the Ericksen Center between 3 and 8 p.m. Wednesday.
"There's a good outpouring of people to help," Nielsen said. "There's a lot of good people out there, you just need to know where to shake them out of the bushes when you need them."
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Initially, I saw a news story about Tiger Woods being involved in a car accident in front of his family home. The story suggested that he had not been drinking. Then the nights that followed, the news uncovered that he had been involved in a string of sex scandals... the story just kept escalating. Just how are the two stories related, and why did he get uncovered immediately after the accident?


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Cons – In the Home Office there are constant political games and backstabbing going on. All the managers are jockeying for position and the rest of the workers are just trying to hang on. There are CONSTANT changes in what Senior Management claims they are trying to do and, in reality, they usually have no idea as to what is going on below them. The moral is exceptionally bad and the chances for promotion are very, very poor unless you become a favourite of some manager, look good, are young (new grad preferably)...and preferably all of the above.
There is little, if any, respect for Senior Management as they have no idea at all just how poor the moral is or how hopeless a great many of the employees actually feel.
Advice to Senior Management – Pay attention to what is happening in your own company instead of just focusing on your next six or seven figure bonus.
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Hello everyone! I miss everyone! I wanna share some photos of my campaign materials after 6 months "technically off" from the area. These photos were taken when we conduct the foreshore development audit in all coastal areas in Tagbilaran. This project is in partnership with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources which aims for a proper management of the city foreshore lands. This is very critical project, but I enjoy a lot. Anyway....let me share you these simple things that made me so happy back two years ago up to this time.


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Part Two of a Seven-Part Series
While Part 1 of this series laid out the significant benefits in safety and savings that could come from a driverless car, there is an old saying: One man's savings are another man's lost revenue.
The fact is that a driverless car would slash hundreds of billions of dollars of annual revenue, or even trillions, from all sorts of entities: car makers, parts suppliers, car dealers, auto insurers, auto financiers, body shops, emergency rooms, health insurers, medical practices, personal-injury lawyers, government taxing authorities, road-construction companies, parking-lot operators, oil companies, owners of urban real estate, and on and on and on.
At the same time, the driverless car will create enormously lucrative business opportunities to serve new customer needs.
I'll turn first to the revenue that is in peril and then examine the opportunities. I invite you to offer your own ideas on potential business threats and opportunities. Please share them in the comments section below.
While car sales might initially boom, as the fleet shifted to driverless cars, sales would then fall off a cliff—and new and used car sales add up to a $600 billion-a-year business in the US. Any drop in sales would also affect auto finance companies, which write loans for almost 70% of new car purchases and half of used car purchases. Many parts would disappear from cars: Who needs airbags if you aren't going to crash, or backup assistance when the car parks itself? The amount of steel used in cars would drop, because cars wouldn't need to be as massive and sturdy. Body shops would mostly disappear for lack of business.
Auto insurers, which collect more than $200 billion in personal auto premiums each year in the US, would initially see profits rise as accidents declined and payments to customers dropped. They would, however, eventually see something like 90% of premiums disappear. In fact, the US model of mandatory personal auto insurance might become archaic.
Emergency rooms would lose millions of patients a year, and hospitals would have hundreds of thousands fewer people who needed to stay overnight. Health insurers would have to give up revenue as car-related injuries plummeted.
Personal-injury lawyers would see car-related cases all but disappear. In fact, the trend is already moving in that direction because the spread of cameras and sensors in cars makes it much easier to document who is to blame in an accident and removes the gray areas where lawyers may get involved.
If cars are in nearly constant use and can come when called, the need for parking almost vanishes. One MIT study claims that, in some U.S. cities, parking lots cover more than a third of the land area. Other estimates are that there are as many as 2 billion parking spaces in the U.S., about the size of Connecticut and Vermont combined. Much of this valuable real estate could be reclaimed for more beneficial social and economic purposes. At the same time, property values, especially in cities, would decline as additional supply becomes available.
Maybe you'd have to pay extra for the windows to stop showing ads, become transparent, and let you see the scenery.
The first time I saw a Google driverless car on the road, we all excitedly ogled it, craning our necks to catch a glimpse of what we thought of as a crazy piece of futuristic concept technology. I remember my essential impression of it was along the lines of an awed, "Humans can make that." And I think the motivation behind a lot of technology innovation is based in that sort of challenge, in pushing the limits of what humanity can accomplish. However, it's important to follow that question into a responsible follow up: we CAN make that, but SHOULD we?
This series begins to explore many factors can influence the answer to that question. It reminds us how drastically and holistically technology shapes our existence as a society—and it's only touched the tip of the iceberg. Sure, automatic driving will mean we can take a nap on our way to work, but it also means a comprehensive shift of our economy, a new class of ethical questions to answer, a redefinition of travel, a huge environmental impact, and a redesign of infrastructure. If driverless cars were implemented across the board today, virtually no aspect of society would be left undisturbed.
One additional question that arose for me was the legal matter of responsibility for error. If a Google car did kill a child on the road, who is to blame? The owner? The child? Google as a corporation? The individuals who produced it? Or can a machine itself beheld accountable for its actions? As machines become more and more humanlike and are able to perform more complex tasks, this will become an unavoidable dilemma, and Google cars might set the precedent.
Weighing the pros and cons like this, it's tricky to measure hours of productivity against loss of jobs, against property values and the slew of other ripple effects. If this were just an economic concern, it would at least be possible to project those financial gains and costs and declare a winner. However, this case in particular is much further complicated by the factor of human lives and injuries. How do you measure the preservation of 30,000 lives a year against the loss of trillions of dollars? How do you put a price to the preservation of even ONE life for that matter?
In this case, the answer seems relatively clear, especially in light of the myriad benefits with the potential to offset costs. But in a more muddied situation, who do we trust to make that ethical decision? Are other life- and earth- saving possibilities being kept from public use due to economic concerns? It is essential that the public explores this now, because the technology as well as its accompanying ethical issues will only become more complex.
This article assumes many people switch from driving to using driverless cars, enough to cause the ripple effects listed. But what about the effects of the transition? There will be a period (possibly a very long one) in which driverless cars are a novelty, and a period in which legislation needs to catch up with the technology's capacity. In that time, the benefits listed from car safety will not emerge, including higher gas mileage and less armored frames and, impossibly, no airbags. There is no way car companies and news networks will not promote disaster stories when they inevitably occur, slowting down drivers' transition to driverless cars and keeping the driverless legislation cautious. Consumers have been convinced to be cautious by decades of a (well-advertised) car safety arms race, they are unlikely to give up uneccessary features lightly.
Also, what about other outside factors like peak oil and the availability of other forms of public transportation?
I notice the car in the video is a Prius; what will be the effect of computerized acceleration optimizing mileage? It is not hard to average over 50 mpg as a human.
Perhaps the ticket to the new mileage standards is a driverless vehicle.
"There is no way car companies and news networks will not promote disaster stories when they inevitably occur, slowing down drivers' transition to driverless cars and keeping the driverless legislation cautious."
OTOH, if legislation is passed that mandates driverless car tech — and virtually prohibits "anthrodrivers" (to coin a retronym) — many people will bemoan the loss of 'freedom', and this would instantly turn into a political issue. Although that position is somewhat reactionary, and the numbers of people that hold that opinion will decrease as time goes on (and their numbers die off), it will nonetheless slow down the rapid adoption of such legislation.
This article is a good example of the kind of brainstorming essential to dealing with the pace of change we live in. I taught a course called Future Studies back in the late 1980s and early 1990s (killed by cutbacks), and my students made some remarkable predictions once they were freed from the "right answer" syndrome.
I wish I still had that class so I could use this article.
Scrap Metal dealers will take a hit if there are less crashes and cars being totalled.
Holy shit *jobs*. Where do people generate an income to be able to buy these driver-less cars?
That's the issue all of society has to wrestle with- again. The crisis of 1900 was the replacement of workers with electricity and steam power.
We're at another watershed moment, and the widening gap between capital and labor is evidence.
This week's NOVA is on drone technology, and pilotless planes- probably for FedEx and UPS packages at first- are now feasible. Will pilots be phased out? Air crews are already smaller than before.
Driverless vehicles are delivering meds and mail in hospitals and offices; resistance to that idea has quickly faded.
Industrial robots are becoming much easier to program; we're ordering pizza on-line; cartoonists are much more productive with software; bookkeepers were replaced by spreadsheets, bank tellers by ATMs; cameras and not cops are writing tickets at red lights.
Your question is paramount to our society- how do we deal with those whose labor we no longer need?
If cars become easier to use then they will be used more and not less. This means that more gas will be used, more roads will be needed etc. Over time there may be more vehicles on the road moving things than there would be moving people. There will be a constant movement of cars and tracks at all times of day and night.
I also don't see people sharing cars any more then they do now. However if drivelers cab becomes cheap than more people will forgo buying cars. Also public transportation could become cheaper which means that buses could run more often and go into areas where it was unprofitable to go before.


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By Crystal Wylie
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The Register received reports Tuesday of violence at Madison Central High School occurring over the past two days.
But, "the bulk of this centers around rumor," said Erin Stewart, the district's community education director.
"We've been fielding calls from parents yesterday and today also," she said. "But if parents weren't concerned, it would be odd."
One parent told the Register that her daughter, who is a junior, said there were more than 17 fights Monday at the high school. Her daughter had witnessed two of the fights and tried to avoid one by going down a different hallway, she said, but was "squished" by a crowd of fleeing students.
Another parent of a senior said her daughter has been coming home with stomach aches, and she and her friends are afraid to go to school.
"Of course, if parents want to take their children out of school, it's their right to do so," Stewart said. "But, no time in the last two days have we felt like there was any threat of danger to anybody."
There have been some isolated incidents at Central the past two days, she said. However, school administrators and the school resource officer, Whitney Maupin, reported only four fights.
Richmond police officers and district administration were in and out of building all day, Stewart said, which is the normal procedure when there are any rumors of violence.
"It's a difficult situation because there are a lot of things that get blown out of proportion and over-exaggerated," she said. "But we've seen, in other communities, what can happen. So we take it pretty seriously, even if it's just rumors in the mill."
Students have been "tweeting" and posting about the incidents on social media, which has "complicated the situation," Stewart said. "Those things travel much quicker than they used to."
Tuesday afternoon, several students "retweeted" the following on Twitter: "I survived the imaginary shooting of Madison Central 2012. Not very many people can say that"
A link to a video also was posted on Twitter of what appeared to be two girls fighting in the hallway. The fight was broken up by teachers, and the video ended with what looked like hair on the ground that had been pulled out during the fight.
When asked if four fights in one day is unusual, Stewart said reports about fighting do not normally make it to the Central Office because discipline problems are usually taken care of by school administration.
One parent who contacted the Register said there were threats of gang violence, a shooting and "a lot of race stuff going on." The parent said she had been to Central several times to talk about her concerns, but "they blow me off and nothing is ever done about it."
But Stewart said the district had no reason to believe there is gang violence going on in Central. With a student population of almost 2,000, "there's no way for every student to know everybody. So when you hear something, you don't know whether or not it's true. It's a lot of kids, a lot of personalities, a lot of people in one place at one time every day."
When students return from Thanksgiving break Monday, there will be "a little extra patrolling" in the hallways and "heightened awareness" among administration, teaching staff and the school resource officer (a sworn law enforcement officer who has specialized training to work with youth), Stewart said.
"A lot of times, these nice little holiday breaks make a big difference when everybody comes back Monday," she said.
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Deathknell Checklist
Unable to break out of our rut, we once again offer two distinct checklists. The browser-based list can sort itself by number, name, faction, cost, and rarity for those of you who want to study and analyze it. There's also a simple, text version for download if you want a clean printout to take to the store or the next gathering where you'll be trading figures. If you don't already have them, you can get checklists for Harbinger, Dragoneye, Archfiends, Giants of Legend, and Aberrations, too.
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