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Lush green, with a stream! Very common site at mountain foothiils on the way to Uttar Kashi.
Tourish Map
Satellite Map annotated with GPS data.
Gangotri : 2940m
Bhoj Kharak : 3415m
Kedar Kharak : 4315m
Kedar Taal : 4760m
Patangani Camp : 4540m
Patangani Dhar : 5085m
Dhabba Camp : 4685m
Rudugaira/Auden Base : 4730m
Auden Adv Base : 4975m
Auden's Col : 5350m
Khatling Camp : 4970m
Water Falls : 4300m
Khatling Base : 3765m
Bhilangana Bridge : 3480m
Chowki Camp : 3630m
Masar Tal : 4550m
Masar Top : 4695m
Mayali Pass : 4990m
Vasuki Top : 4335m
Vasuki Tal : 4210m
Kedar Top : 4480m
Kedarnath : 3530m
Day 0: while on a trail in Haril village, found Wilson House at Harsi, which is now turned into a guest house with two rooms
Ganga @ Harsil
A cute little boy at Bhagori Buddist village near Harsil
A woman making wool at Bhagori in her carved wood house
A cute girl playing with a lamb, while men around her were busy cutting wool off sheep
JP, Satya, Pavan, Cpt. Himansu (our host at Harsil army camp), Abhilasha (aka Khukhari), Satish (Subbu is taking photo)
Reached Gangotri. Pavan and I are guarding the luggage while rest are checking out hotels
Gangotri temple
We offered prayers to Ganga for our safe and successful trek
Satya, Pavan, Satish and JP showing off their Himalayan Trekker T-shirts in Gangotri market
Acclimatization Trek: took the trail to Bhoj Kharak that we were to take next day, offers rapid altitude gain, very good for acclimatization
While JP was busy sorting out permits etc., rest of us hit the trail to Gauri Kund and Pandav Cave. But we didn't do much, just had loads of fun.
Eveming Ararti at Gangotri temple
It was not Hindu month of Sraavan (Vikram calendar), but I liked JP's idea of doing Kavand Yatra from Gangotri to Kedarnath, and doing Shiva-Abhishekam with holi Ganga water from Gangotri
Day 1: Super Six! (Satya, Pavan, Abhilasha, JP, Satish, Subbu) @ GMVN hotel at Gangotri. Ready to Go!
पहचान कौन? (Can recognize me?) : A modern Kavadiya dressed in white (instead of black) and cool Shades
Trail to Bhoj Kharak passes through a slope of Bhoj Tree jungle
Last point on our trek where mobile phones will work
Bhoj trees on slope, beautiful valley, green meadows, future looks sunny!
These are very fragile mountains with a number of rock fall zones
Negotiating not-so-wide ledges on stone is not as scary as it looks. Anything for those pretty Bhoj trees standing erect on the mountain slope :-)
Lone grieving atheist? (this tree reminded me title of one of my poems)
Bhoj Kharak camp site. I suggest to go a few Kilometers further on the trail to Kedar Kharak and camp on the edge of Kedar Ganga river.
Day 2: Getting Ready for Kedar Karak
If I was just a little smaller, I bet I would have looked like these small plants with white flowers; smiling and swinging!
Trail to Kedar Kharak is beautiful and easy :-) even though it was a misty/rainy day
We reached Kedar Kharak camp site in 2.5 hrs, and I decided to act my own Sholey movie (कितने आदमी थे?). Umm... didn't I look more like डान्कू (Robber) instead of Kavadiya in that white get up?
However, गांव वाले (habitants of this Raam-Gadh) refused to accept me as Gabbar Singh, the Great Robber, and were not scared at all
We decided to take up the trek to Kedar Taal that was scheduled for next day.
And not after very long, we were in the middle of a glacier
Me @ Kedar Taal
Wow, beautiful Kedar Taal. Clouds prevented us from seeing peaks surrounding it.
We hosted the Indian flag at our first goal. Khukhari became tired, dizzy and sleepy, so she returned back from halfway to Kedar Kharak camp.
Clouds finally relented to let us have a peek of Talayasagar peak
Day 3: Super Six! getting ready for trek to Patangani Dhar camp site
Climb was tough, but it was just preparation for final ascend to Patanganidhar, which is much more steep
Having done the hard work of going to Kedar Taal on previous day, it was a short day of just 3 hour trek. We used it as a kind of rest day :-)
At sunset, we were treated with amazing riot of colors for around 5 min. What a background for Bhrigupanth and Talayasagar peaks.
Day 4: Khukhari had to return since she was signs of high altitude sickness, so we were reduced to Fantastic Five! (Subbu is taking photo)
We saw Bramha Kamal on the way
Last few hundred meters were really steep, Dhar (pass) is up there
Patangani Dhar
Satish, Pavan and JP at Patangani Dhar. It started to rain, and descend over slippery moraine on the other side was quite difficult. We retired at Dubba camp site.
Day 5: Getting ready for a long trek to Rudugaira glacier campt site
Satya, JP, Pavan, and Satish enjoying Gangotri peaks and glacier
Jogin peak?
Auden's Col is finally visible (step formation on the left of me)
Rudugaira glacier and Auden's Col (the pass links ridges of Jogin and Gangotri peaks)
Campsite on Rudugaira Glacier (beneath stones, these is ice; we could hear the sound of stream flowing beneath at couple of places)
Day 6: starting to Auden Col (advance) base camp
Gangotri peaks
Treked on the ridge between glaciers on Jogin and Gangotri sides; we could hear stream flowing beneath
Saw so many interesting ice formations on the glacier
Glacier was full with table-tops, wonder if we could sip coffee sitting around them :-)
Still, miles to go before tent is pitched! Seems like that we haven't moved at all, Col is still that far!
Ridge becomes narrow and glaciers on both sides are visible; Col ABC is still around 500m+ away. Not many gets a chance to pose here :-)
Camps were set up just below the Col
Looking back to the ridge. This tent is of another team of two coming from Gangotri via Rudugaira (was led by Ramesh, the brother of our guide Balvant). So, while crossing Col and Khatling, we were lucky to have two guides who are known to be the best on this route, and our cook was guide too :-)
Day 7: We started to get ready at 5:15am with gaiters and harnesses. Snow plowing becomes difficult as sun goes up.
Ready for the D-day! We started climbing Auden Col at 6am.
Col is full with crevasses. Both teams latched their harnesses in a single rope. Ramesh is leading us. Balvant has gone ahead roped with porters.
Crevasses: avoid them; else you will reside in them for eternity.
Balvant with porters, few crevasses ahead of us.
It sometime felt like never ending quest.
Col is littered with crevasses.
Inching up
Soft snow is difficult. I slipped a couple of time at the beginning; later Satya also kept slipping a number of times. Ramesh is pulling him up in this photo. Unfortunately, your slipping has implication for people climbing behind you because it destroys nice step trail that can easily be followed.
One step at a time (Ramesh guide, followed by Satya, Pavan, Satish, JP, and not seen here Subbu :-)
Finally, atop Auden Col. One of the famous Rabbit Ears is visible. Pavan is ready with snow balls; I am not sure who is the target.
Fantastic Five! @ Auden Col. Satya, JP, Pavan, Satish, and Subbu. It started snowing lightly and we hoisted the flag after prayers at the Col.
We planned to rappel down the Col, but suddenly rocks started falling where Balvant and Ramesh were fixing the rope. We had to descend around 20 meters bare hands on the rock and take shelter at a relatively safer spot. There was pin drop silence for 15 min, and the thought whether all of us would make it down unhurt did cross my mind. Finally we started climbing down slowly, one by one, without dislodging any rock to rappel down the safe part of the desecend.
I didn't actually rappel; I just slid in a controlled way :-) Little did I know up there that there is a big crevasses just below the Col, and I must pass through that small snow bridge. If I had deviated, then people below would have been yelling and jumping wildly to bring me back on the track; I loved participating in that yelling once I was down there :-)
How precise! Exactly on the snow bridge; paused there for a min. to catch my breadth and inspect around. I can certify that snow bridge was real solid :-)
Final 10 meters, I had fun, and little control; harness saved the day :-)
Balvant is better than James Bond. He removed the rope, no safety of harness, and coolly climbs down with an ice axe, and his hands, knees and feet.
Our joy of safe survival didn't last too long. Ramesh quickly lined us up and roped us and told that the day was not yet done, we have to cross big chunk of Khatling, which is also littered with crevasses. All those straight dark lines are potential crevasses. It was still snowing a bit.
Some places we just jumped over the crevasses one by one while folks around held rope tightly, you know, just in case...
Guts of a crevasse.
Humm... a nest (looks like they were breeding there) of crevasses.
We hissed them... go away...
Finally we were on safer ice, and not tied :-)
Nature has made beautiful, and countless, ice sculptures. Crevasses were still there, but easier to recognize and avoid.
I had decided to camp on ice, others were reluctant thinking that it would be cold. Alternate camp sites on rocks didn't offer a smooth surface, soon others brought their camps too. On that night, I had best sleep of the trek.
Couldn't resist walking around on the ice.
Day 8: Good Morning.
Satya, JP, Ramesh, Balvant, Satish and Pavan enojying a fine morning at Khatling glacier.
Pavan capturing some of Satish's dance moves.
Later he joined too. Anybody noticing at Bollywood?
Yup, I am landing from sky!
All good things come to end, we were ready to roll at 9:15am
Anybody in there?
Oh My God, this was worse than previous day. Shark jaw glacier canvases, and we had to cross them.
Enjoying the beauty
There were a series of water falls.
Instead of taking Water Fall route, we crossed through glacier. It was supposedly faster and scarier :-)
Humm... doesn't shock us anymore
Keep going in right direction :-)
Some places were a bit tricky to cross.
Reached almost the end of glacier
Moraine followed the glacier, with Bhilangana river flowing below.
Khatling Base is a beautiful camp site.
A fine afternoon to shave and take bath in Bhilangana river.
Bhilangana river.
Fantastic Five! Shaving and bath seemed to have given me a new look.
We had dinner around camp fire.
Pavan, Subbu and Satish were busy showing their skills in the night using head lamps.
Finally, JP came out of the tent and forced us to end our party (our protest that it was not even 9pm didn't impress him). So we said our Good Nights to Day 8.
Day 9: It was a sunny morning, and Chowki Camp site was a short trek (3-4 hours); little did we know what mother nature has in store for us.
Beautiful valley.
Makeshift bridge to cross Bheelanagana. It was raining quite a bit. We all took shelter below a big rock after crossing the river, and waited for rain to stop.
Makeshift bridge to cross Bhilangana. It was raining quite a bit. We all took shelter below a big rock after crossing the river, and waited for rain to stop.
Chowki Camp site: There was another gang of profs from University of Cincinnati to collect rock samples for their research on dating the glacier.
Satish lost in his thoughts.
A herd of 500 sheeps across the river
Day 9a: Was lost due to rain. We spent the day in the tent watching Khatling peak and debating whether to go up towards Mayali pass or down towards Gangi village if it rains the next day as well.
Day 10: Rain finally stopped, and we were happy to continue to Mayali pass.
It was beautiful valley...
surrounded by beautiful peaks
We reached Masar Taal camp site around 11:45am. The last part of the climb was very steep.
In the evening, we paid a quick visit to Masar Taal.
Masar Taal camp site.
Day 11: The world around our camp site
Day 11: Good morning
Masar Taal, on the way to Mayali Pass
Fantastic Five! @ Masar Top
It snowed previous two nights. It was so pretty with virgin snow, we couldn't stop clicking our cameras.
Semi-frozen lake
Fantastic Five! @ the base of Mayali pass
Lights! Camera! Jump! Click! We all did it.
The climb starts
Semi frozen lake at Masar Top from Mayali Pass
We just couldn't stop clicking our cameras.
By now, we were familiar with crossing crevasses.
Joy of holding the flag!
Fantastic Five! @ Mayali Pass
Joint photo of Himalayan Trekker and Kolkata team with guides.
That day I finally did what I thought I had lost ability to do: I ran on boulders! A misty valley awaited us below.
Our final camp site: around a kilometer before Vasuki Taal.
Beautiful sunset
Fantastic Five! gossiping inside a tent.
Day 12: Fantastic Five! ready for Vasuki Taal and Kedarnath
Vasuki Taal
Final climb to Vasuki Top. Kedarnath peaks at the background.
Vasuki Top: getting ready to climb down to Kedar Nath
Kedarnath peaks that form the background for the Kedarnath temple.
Kedarnath temple town. Temple complex is near the center of the photo.
Kedarnath temple.
Kedarnath temple


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NEW YORK (AP) - Oprah Winfrey will be sounding off when she lends her famous voice to the season opener of "Sesame Street."
Sesame Workshop has announced that Winfrey will voice an animated segment called "The O Show." In the spoof, the letter O will host her own talk show with guests including Otto the Orangutan and Ophelia the Octopus.
"Sesame Street" debuts its 41st season on Sept. 27 on PBS.
Other celebrities taking part during the season include Wanda Sykes, Jason Bateman, Colin Farrell and Katy Perry.
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|Aamir Khan (brother)
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Faisal Khan (born 3 August 1966 in Mumbai, India) is a Bollywood actor.
Khan is the son of producer Tahir Hussain. His brother is Aamir Khan who is an actor and producer, and he has two sisters, Nikhat Khan who is a producer and Farhat Khan. His uncle Nasir Hussain was a producer and director. His nephew Imran Khan is an actor and his cousin Tariq Khan is a former actor of the 1970s.
Khan made a brief appearance in his uncle Nasir Hussain's 1969 film Pyar Ka Mausam playing Shashi Kapoor's role as a child at the age of three years. He made his adult film debut in 1988, playing a minor role as a villain in his brother Aamir's film Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak. He played another bit part in his brother's 1992 film Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar.
Khan got his first leading role in the 1994 film Madhosh which was produced by his father and directed by Vikram Bhatt. After a five-year hiatus, he made his comeback alongside his brother in Mela (2000). He appeared in several films that fared poorly at the box office.[1] He also appeared in the TV serial Aandhi in 2003.[1] He appeared in Chand Bujh Gaya in 2005. In 2015, it was announced that he would be the star in Chinar - Dastaan-E-Ishq a film produced by Rajesh Jain.[2]
In 2007, Khan was reported missing for two days. He had filed a report to the police several days earlier accusing his brother Aamir of keeping him confined in his home because he was mentally ill.[3] He was eventually traced to Pune and brought back to Mumbai where he went through a medical examination.[4] He was eventually diagnosed with a mental disorder, and his brother Aamir and his father were in a custody battle over Faisal that garnered much press coverage. Faisal's custody was awarded to his father, Tahir.[5]
- Actor
- Chinar Daastaan-E-Ishq (2015) .... Jamaal
- Chand Bujh Gaya (2005) .... Rahul Mehta
- Aandhi (2003) .... Siddharth (TV series)
- Basti (2003) .... Satish Kulkarni
- Border Hindustan Ka (2003) .... Raj
- Kaaboo (2002) .... Raja
- Mela (2000) .... Shankar Shane
- Madhosh (1994) .... Suraj
- Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar (1992) .... College Student (Special Appearance)
- Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988) .... Baba's Gang member
- Pyar Ka Mausam (1969) .... Young Sunder
- Producer
- Tum Mere Ho (1990) (co-producer)
- Assistant director
- Tum Mere Ho (1990)
- ^ a b Indiantelevision.com Team (14 November 2003). "Faisal Khan to debut in 'Chausath Panne'". Mumbai: Indiantelevision.com. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
- ^ "Aamir Khan's brother Faisal Khan to make a comeback". The Times of India.
- ^ "Aamir Khan's mentally ill brother goes missing". The Times of India.
- ^ "Aamir's brother found". rediff.com.
- ^ Khilnani, Rohit (5 November 2007). "Aamir and Faisal: fall out of two brothers". Mumbai: CNN-IBN. Retrieved 2011-07-27.


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Excellent place! A very tastefully decorated studio in a charming old house in the heart of Amsterdam. You will find everything you need, from a lovely shower to a dressing gown and your personal slippers, good quality towels as much as you want, a very good bed with stylish bed linen. Tea- and coffee making facilities, and even a microwave give it the finishing touch. And above all: it has a view on the gardens of the neighbouring houses and is very quiet. Debby is a very friendly host and she gives excellent advice on places to see, coffee bars to go etc. Thank you very much for your hospitality! I will definitely come back!
Beautiful room in a great area right by the market. Debby was a brilliant host and gave us advice on places to visit - we will definitely be back!
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if I return in Amsterdam i will be staying here again.
Very nice place to stay in Amsterdam. Tidy flat furnished affectionately and very calm. A bright, large Bathroom and a view through big windows into the garden gives the flat a relaxing atmosphere. We enjoyed our short stay in Debbys Appartment very much, as it felt like a little oasis in contrast to the sometimes loudy and crowdy centre of Amsterdam.
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Toyota kidnaps one more electric car
The storyline is meant to be changing. From Who Killed the Electric Car? to Who Revived the Electric Car? Now that automakers seem to be reevaluating plug-in cars, you'd think the era of automakers taking extraordinary steps to keep electric cars from private ownership would be over. You'd be wrong.
As GM talks up the Volt, it ensures EV1s at museums and universities not be returned to the road as electric cars. As Toyota gets headlines for suggesting it will offer a few fleets a few plug-in hybrids in 3 or 4 years, it does what it can to take the myth-busting RAV4 EV out of private hands.
In mid-January a 2002 RAV4 EV south of San Francisco came to the end of its five year lease. The leaseholder chose not to buy out the lease, and returned the electric car to the dealer. Very few RAV4 EVs have been returned to the dealer when the lease ends. Most people have been so pleased with their electric Toyota that they choose to buy the car outright. Some, recognizing the market for the cars, pay the $27,000 balance only to turn around and eBay the car, earning a quick $5,000 to$15,000. Why this leaseholder simply turned in his electric car to his Toyota dealer is unknown.
But Eric Doebert, a salesman at Magnussen Toyota in Palo Alto, knew there was still interest in the car. The dealership did well with the RAV4 EV during the brief period it was offered, selling twenty one of the $42,000 electric SUVs. And as soon as the word got out that a used RAV4 EV had been returned and would be offered for sale, the calls of interest began to pile up. Ordinarily when a leased car is returned the dealer gets first dibs – if they choose they can buy the car and sell it.
Since no leased RAV4 EV had ever been returned to the Palo Alto dealer, Doebert was unprepared for Toyota's unusual next steps. The Toyota computer had a block on the car – the dealer couldn't buy the car. The dealer wanted to work out something with Toyota due to the great interest in the car. They simply wanted to do a little business, sell the used electric car. But Toyota refused. I know that at least once before a leased car was returned to another dealer, and ultimately that RAV4 EV was resold to a private party. Apparently Toyota decided that would not happen again.
So just before closing time on Thursday January 24th, without any notice and after the sales and used car staff had left, Toyota corporate in San Ramon sent two of its agents to retrieve the car. The lot boy gave up the keys, and the staff returned the next morning to find a good sale on a great Toyota had been denied them by Toyota.
The situation isn't as bad as it might have been. Toyota agreed with Plug In America in 2005 to stop destroying RAV4 EVs, and I trust that this car will remain "in service." But it won't be driving around the San Francisco Bay Area, taking someone to work, some kids to school, heightening interest in plug in cars and proving the viability of electric cars. RAV4 EVs in private hands prove daily that electric cars are not dead yet.
— Marc G: Plugs and Cars Blog
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My guess is that Toyota is as afraid as the other automakers that drivers will learn that EVs don't have engines, spark plugs, radiators, hoses, belts, oil and air filters, fluid changes, alternators, mufflers, catalytic converters, and transmissions. Those are profitable maintenance items, and if drivers get used to not having to pay for them, it could affect automaker profits down the line. The primary wear items for EVs are tires and wipers (maybe someday brake pads, but regenerative braking lightens the load on those).
Free press, even bad, is still free press.
I think Toyota should be hunting down and publicizing the RAV4-EVs that are out there.
But, As Mr. Killian notes above, a durable, low-maintenance automobile is not in the best interest of the company (in terms of growth and the bottom line). Bastards.
I laugh at the total imbecilility of believing that the crappy and impractical 1990's EVs are seen as viable alternatives to a gas car, or that the automakers would spend billions to develop them (and new technologies like regenerative braking, which is still a major enhancement of Evs) jus so they could destroy the vehicles.Another big stupid idea is that all the automakers were braindead and couldn't see that the EV-1 (named by Tiem recently as one of the worst cars ever built) and Rav4 were totally impractically, exorbitantly expensive (the EV-1 cost three times more than
a Honda Accord and needed $20,000 every 5 years to replace the battery pack of 26 NiMH cells, weighing 1200 pounds(!). Only those naiive and gullible fools who swallowed the preposterously illogical arguments of that crockumentary "Who Killed .." would believe that all of the dozen major automakers would want to avoid a "new" (right!! – the Detroit Electric of 1907 was pretty much every bit as good as the EV-1) tehnology.
Do the math using DOT stats and you'll see that the Chevy VOLT can accomplish everything (and more) the EV-1 ever could in terms of
avoiding gasoline and carbon emissions, especially while runningon ethanol, which is almost always cleaner than grid-supplied electricity.
Only a dimwitted seven year old would buy the baloney that people need to spens over $43,000 for a car (the EV-1) that couldn't reliably get to a destination over 40 miles away (and don't get lost, or have to detour, or use the AC too much) , took 8 hours to recharge, required $20,000 worth of batteries every 5 years (the new Tesla battery pack costs $30,000, and
also lasts about 5 years, whether you drive the car or not). Anyone who shills for these poor quality EV makers should be required to own and drive one. I can't think of a better punishment, although it might be considered cruel and usual to force someone to drive a battery-only EV.
I love the ignorance of those who think that a battery EV will have low maintenance and be more reliable than a gas car. Where are they living? on Mars? Most auto problems have nothing to do with the power drivetrain. They involve accessories THAT ARE ALMOST ALWAYS POWERED BY ELECTRICTY. And automakers don't make money by building unreliable cars, as this fool claims. Warranty claims, to the contrary , are the biggest negative on a companies corporate profits.
And after the warranty, the owners vitually NEVER go to a dealership for repairs. Sorghum Crow, in other words, is a lying bastard.
Sorghum Crow doesn't know what he's talking about. The major failed
waranty companents are ELECTRICAL (as Beauhrt noted correctly) not associated with the gas powertrain, which typically carries a 100,000 mile warranty. Crow is either a fool or lying thru his teeth.
Anyone who claims that electric cars are viable alternatives, should be forced to own one. They are nothing more than a gigantic headache and of no little value. They simply cannot replace a gas car, as even dimwitted 7 year olds easily can understand. And the batteries cost a small fortune, a point avoided by those shysters claiming that "it only costs pennies" to operate. There are obviously plenty of deceiving shills posting on this blog. An they aren't even plausible in their arguments – the idea that a company would spend billions to build a car so they could destroy it (and accomplish what?) is so bizarre I am starting to reconsider the possibility that we have been visited by aliens. Really stupid aliens. Really, really stupid aliens.
Kermit (& Tom) (assuming one isn't a sock-puppet, the writing style is pretty similar):
I assume you haven't owned, say a RAV4EV, whose story in Wikipedia seems reasonably accurate, including the battery issues. I haven't owned one either, but maybe people who do can comment knowledgably. I've driven an EV1, and it wouldn't have been practical for me, but it sure was fun. I tried to drive an electric SMART in Palo Alto, but there were too many people ahead of me in the line to try it.
I don't know what car companies' motivations are in this, but I suspect at least some of this is avoiding Osborne Effect. In particular, it is a bad idea to talk very much about something if a) You can't deliver many of them, due to supply constraints b) You can't deliver it yet, and customers wait. Cars are at least somewhat like computers, especially in the old days: customers expected vendors to support products for a long time, including spares.
One can hope that the Toyota 1/X concept car actually turns into a real product sometime, and that people pick up on the Trinity AVS work.
Pure gasoline-powered *cars* will slowly be going the way of the dodo in favor of EV and PHEV… at least for anyone who isn't wealthy. Peak Oil is here or coming soon, and even if it weren't, there are some areas (like Los Angeles, CA Central valley especially) that need to be *burning* less, whether it's gas, diesel, ethanol, biodiesel.
For the record, let me say that our family has a 2002 RAV4-EV in the garage, and it is a great vehicle, so unlike some other posters, I have first-hand knowledge of what I am talking about. We have 76,000 miles on the original battery pack and it is still going strong (that's just one data point, but it is a point consistent with plenty of real data). I consider the suggestion that NiMH batteries need to be replaced every 5 years quite silly.
I also was on the EV-1 waiting list (the one GM doesn't like to admit) for a long time before getting a letter saying there were no more to lease. The EV-1 would have satisfied my needs as well.
No one said the RAV4-EV and EV-1 would have satisfied everyone's needs (what two vehicles would?). The point is that they would have satisfied a great many people's, and that would have made a difference.
I don't know where the venom of Kermit Beauhrt and Tom C Gray comes from, but they embarrass themselves with the ignorance they parade as facts. I invite both to the take a ride in my well over 5 year old 2002 RAV4 EV. It has 57,000 miles on the original battery pack and still has the original range of well over 100 miles per charge. It is my only car, and has proven to be more reliable than the gas cars I have owned in the past.
Kermit and Tom are the same person. It takes a pretty immature and uninformed person to write such tripe, and then to respond to his own manure. Oh well, the enemies of EVs have been guilty of much worse. I figure this bozo is a freelancer, though, since the industry guys hire people who can at least spell.
For the record – Kermit – I've been driving a RAV for over 5 years like Earl, and there has been zero maintenance, just like its zero pollution.
It's the only car I've driven for half a decade and I've driven all over LA, Orange, San Diego and Ventura Counties. That's a pretty good range for a car with a proprietary charging infrastructure!
All the new EVs will be able to charge from any 110 or 220 plug, greatly expanding the range.
If you don't like the pollution from the electricity you use, why are you still using dirty power? You have a choice to get power from solar or wind, so do so and all of your driving in an EV will be 100% pollution-free.
I know Kent Beaucherts' (AKA Kermit Beauhrt) comments can be a little harsh and sometimes he follows up his cantankerous comments with more cantankerous comments under a different name but please don't delete them. They are a source of great amusement to some. You can learn more about the postings of Mssr.Beauchert here. http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/off-topic/672-ken-kent-kerry-beauchrt-beuchert-beuchrt-biker-rider-krider.html
Or, just stick his name(s) in quotations and google away.
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I'm getting an odd error. We are using iOS 5 with ARC. When NSZombiesEnabled is set to true and the app is plugged into the debugger we get this error (it happens normally too but not as consistently)
2012-07-04 11:25:17.161 Trivial[624:707] -[vcCurrentGames gamesLoaded:] [Line 284] Found 62 games that are my turn.
2012-07-04 11:25:17.162 Trivial[624:707] -[vcCurrentGames gamesLoaded:] [Line 285] Found 26 games that are their turn.
2012-07-04 11:25:17.169 Trivial[624:707] -[vcCurrentGames tableView:heightForHeaderInSection:] [Line 409] Height 1: 29
2012-07-04 11:25:17.171 Trivial[624:707] *** -[vcDashboard retain]: message sent to deallocated instance 0xf62c3c0
We are not retaining the dashboard anywhere (ARC doesn't allow retain). This only happens after the app is loaded from the background. vcCurrentGames is actually a UITableView on the dashboard. Which makes it even more odd to me, because if the dashboard is dealloced then why is it's UITableView loading?
I've read a little bit about this. The dashboard is defined in the app delegate as a property:
@property (nonatomic, strong) vcDashboard *vDashboard;
I've attempted making this weak so that it will zero out, but that doesn't work either. Can someone tell me why it's being dealloced or why it's trying to retain vcDashboard after it's been dealloced?
In app delegate I declare it like this:
UIViewController *viewController = [[vcDashboard alloc] initWithNibName:@"vcDashboard" bundle:nil];
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Park Service ranger: "We've been told to make life as difficult for people as we can. It's disgusting."
posted at 6:41 pm on October 4, 2013 by Allahpundit
I missed this nugget from Wesley Pruden yesterday, but I think it's actually better for a Friday afternoon to sort of sum up the week.
When and how did the National Park Service become "the shock troops of the punitive bureaucracy"?
The Park Service appears to be closing streets on mere whim and caprice. The rangers even closed the parking lot at Mount Vernon, where the plantation home of George Washington is a favorite tourist destination. That was after they barred the new World War II Memorial on the Mall to veterans of World War II. But the government does not own Mount Vernon; it is privately owned by the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association. The ladies bought it years ago to preserve it as a national memorial. The feds closed access to the parking lots this week, even though the lots are jointly owned with the Mount Vernon ladies. The rangers are from the government, and they're only here to help.
"It's a cheap way to deal with the situation," an angry Park Service ranger in Washington says of the harassment. "We've been told to make life as difficult for people as we can. It's disgusting."
Sad to say, but there's precedent here. The extent of the barricade mentality may have deepened over time, with some memorials being shuttered now that stayed open in '95, but the NPS has apparently always been a lead actor in shutdown-theater pageantry. Andrew Stiles interviewed former Bush Interior Secretary Gale Norton about it, and she said it's nothing new:
"The National Parks Service has a long history of dramatizing budget issues by inconveniencing the public," she says. "They often choose the most dramatic type of action in order to get their message across. It's something I had to guard against when I was secretary — not letting them play budget games."
NPS has engaged in such behavior for decades, Nortons says, recalling at least one occassion during the Reagan administraiton, in which she worked as an attorney for the parks service, when NPS decided to close Skyline Drive, a scenic highway running through Shenandoah National Park, in order to make a statement during an appropriations fight on Capitol Hill…
"Given the fact that they have closed so much, and acted so broadly, I imagine that decision was made at the highest levels of park service leadership, in cooperation with department leadership and the White House," she says.
Note the point about budget games. Darrell Issa sent a letter to the director of the NPS yesterday demanding to know why open-air memorials have been closed and noting that the tactic seems oddly similar to other inexplicable closures back in March, when NPS was grumpy about its budget being cut due to sequestration. Quote: "Specifically, the Committee received information that proposed budget adjustments submitted by an NPS official in the field to deal with sequestration impacts were rejected by NPS superiors in favor of cuts that would be more visible and disruptive." Hearings are presumably on the way, as only a really thorough public shaming is apt to make them think twice about this in the future. I wonder who the Lois Lerner of the NPS will turn out to be. Fair warning to whoever that person is: You're looking at some hard time involving months of paid vacation and a luxe government pension, pardner.
Via John McCormack, here was what the World War II Memorial looked like this morning. They've actually wired the barricades together to make it marginally harder for people to get in. Exit quotation from Tom Hanks, commenting on the Honor Flight vets who insisted on entry earlier this week: "Good for the veterans. Good, go see it. We should all have access to them all the time.""
The fences/barricades were not wired shut when I was here on Tuesday. pic.twitter.com/mMV6TsqGt7
— John McCormack (@McCormackJohn) October 4, 2013
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You're Going to Want to Check Out the Sign We Found Posted at a Recently-Shut Down Restaurant in Texas Lourdes on October 5, 2013 at 10:40 AM
Here's a sign on I95 as you enter DC.
Rumor has it that it will soon be moved from the MD/DC border to the PA/MD border.
Akzed on October 5, 2013 at 11:17 AM
unsourced and probably fabricated Park Service ranger says of the harassment. "We've been told to make life as difficult for people as we can. It's disgusting." lostmotherland on October 4, 2013 at 7:44 PM
Here's some source material genius.
Akzed on October 5, 2013 at 11:27 AM
But on Friday a group of Vets decided to storm the barrycades erected by the Obama administration at the Vietnam Memorial, as reported by the local NBC News station (via The Patriot Perspective):
How in the world do they justify barricading a wall? It has no moving parts. No one needs to be there to work it for visitors.
Are we allowed to look at the Washington Monument, or must we divert our eyes?
This is the petulant sadism of a spoiled child.
Akzed on October 5, 2013 at 11:30 AM
Are we allowed to look at the Washington Monument, or must we divert our eyes? Akzed on October 5, 2013 at 11:30 AM
The National Park Service placed cones along highway viewing areas outside Mount Rushmore this week, barring visitors from pulling over and taking pictures of the famed monument. dogsoldier on October 5, 2013 at 11:30 AM
Thanks for answering my question presciently.
I will divert my eyes from the Washington Monument and Mt. Rushmore too, like a good American.
Akzed on October 5, 2013 at 11:34 AM
Good God, we can't even take photos now? Lourdes on October 5, 2013 at 11:35 AM
He got this tip from Kim Jong Un.
Akzed on October 5, 2013 at 11:37 AM
"He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people…"
Akzed on October 5, 2013 at 11:39 AM
"The Milky Way is now closed to tourists." -0b00ba
Akzed on October 5, 2013 at 11:42 AM
Remember they have shut the commissaries too. Obama wants soldiers and their families to suffer. dogsoldier on October 5, 2013 at 11:49 AM
Commissaries on bases?!
My reservist son had drill canceled this weekend, but we could afford for 0b00ba to get his portrait painted during the shutdown.
This is worse than "let them eat cake," it's "humiliate the minions."
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I'm in the process of moving my sites from one hosting company to another. I've copied all items and the database tables over. My site displays well on my new host, but any time I attempt to access the wp-admin section, I get nothing but a blank page.
I've seen other posts in this forum discussing how a blank line at the end of a file can cause this. To remedy this I've checked all of the php files in the root for blank lines at the end (wp-config, wp-load, wp-settings, etc.) I've re-uploaded the wp-admin and wp-includes directories fresh. I've repaired all of my database tables, and I'm not getting anything.
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Thursday, 21st Feb 2013 10:43
A special presentation evening about the ITFC Charitable Trust's trip to Ghana is being held in the Players' Lounge at Portman Road this evening (6pm – 8pm) where those interested in taking part to can find out more. After the success of their trip to Kenya in 2011, the Trust is offering its supporters the chance to spend 10 days on the gold coast of Ghana from Monday 18th – Friday 29th November 2013.
Aimed at bringing like-minded individuals together, this trip is being organised to carry out essential building work on primary schools around Woe, a small rural town in Ghana's Volta region.
The trip is organised by African Adventures from start to finish; from private airport pick-ups and in-country orientation to project briefings and organised leisure time.
The aim is to raise funds for ITFC Charitable Trust, whilst supporting African Adventures' partner projects in Ghana and providing supporters with a life-changing experience.
The money raised for the ITFC Charitable Trust will help fund schemes run by the club's charity helping young people in Suffolk, inspiring them, motivating them and getting many back on track and into a path of education or employment.
At the presentation evening there will be staff on hand to discuss both the adventure and the projects you'll be helping to support at the Trust and in Woe, Ghana.
Terry Baxter, the Trust's chief executive, says they are looking to replicate the achievements of the Kenyan adventure in 2011, Town's Simon Milton is pictured above during that trip.
Baxter said: "The previous trip we did to Kenya was a huge success not only generating much needed funds for us as a charity but each of the participants returned with tales of their once in a lifetime experiences shared."
African Adventures works with community projects in developing areas of Africa. Volunteers can choose how they help, with project roles ranging from teaching in schools and working with underprivileged children, to football and multi-schools training.
The trip will support African Adventures' Community Development Pledge, which provides resources and micro-finance to all projects it supports.
Dan Mew, UK development manager at African Adventures, said: "We are delighted to continue this partnership with the ITFC Charitable Trust.
"Volunteers on this trip will help support our Community Development Pledge, where we have committed to providing schools and youth centres across Ghana with teaching, coaching and community support, as well as development assistance.
"ITFC Charitable Trust supporters and staff will have a life-changing experience and will have positively engaged with over 1,000 children who live in extreme poverty."
All aspects of the trip will be organised by African Adventures and the ITFC Charitable Trust, including fundraising support.
Those taking part in this African Adventure will stay together in a private volunteer house, surrounded by a beach garden. The accommodation benefits from running water, electricity and Western-style toilets.
The facility is based in a private compound and rooms will be same sex and couples can have their own rooms upon request. You do not need to be qualified in your chosen field – you will be provided with teaching or sports coaching resources prior to departure.
Volunteers of all ages welcome but under-16s must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. There is no upper age limit.
Places are strictly limited but are still available, so those interested in finding out more are invited to attend the 2013 African Adventures Launch Presentation at 6pm in the Players' Lounge at Portman Road.
For further details please contact Jo Ann Barker at ITFC Charitable Trust on 01473 400940 or via email or log onto www.itfccharitabletrust.org.uk.
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Let me preface this by saying I am a committed believer in the First Amendment. After all, itĺs allowed me to make a living and pay the bills for more than three decades. Newspapering is the only job Iĺve ever had as an adult.
However, I have to admit I am sometimes perplexed at the lengths people will go to argue their fights to free speech.
Please indulge me. I went to a Catholic elementary school and spent eight years under the firm tutelage of the good Sisters Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Freedom of speech was pretty much a rumor. You did as the nuns said - and quickly. Unless, of course, you enjoyed having your ear grabbed or your knuckles rapped with a brass ruler.
This comes to mind after yesterdayĺs ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that they would not hear an appeal from the Easton School District on a lower court ruling that ordered them to allow students to don bracelets proclaiming, ôI Love (actually the heart sign that signifies it) Boobies.ö
I am not making this up. The highest court in the land was being asked to rule on the free speech merits of the rights of students to proclaim their love of ôboobies.ö
For some reason, I donĺt think Antonin Scalia was smiling at this development.
I understand what was behind this fracas. The bracelets and T-shirts were part of a breast-cancer awareness and fundraising drive. It is an admirable mission.
That does not mean I think they should be adorned for school.
Look, I love boobies as much as the next guy. And I have made a pretty good living for years by using just such double entendres in headlines.
But I still donĺt think having kids proclaiming this kind of sentiment in schools is a good idea.
Ever since I heard about the high court ruling yesterday, I could not stop thinking what the reaction of the nuns would have been if I had deigned to show up at school with a bracelet that declared ĹI Love Boobies.ĺ Iĺll let you fill in the blank. The nuns didnĺt believe in a Supreme Court. They believed in a Supreme being, usually none greater than Mother Superior.
Then again, maybe Iĺm just old. Or a complete boob. These days too often theyĺre pretty much the same thing.
In Collingdale, the silence is deafening.
Police know what kind of car struck and killed a 58-year-old borough man Friday night. They have a pretty good description of the vehicle, a late model tan or silver SUV.
What they dontĺ have is the vehicle, or the man driving it.
This despite getting as many as 50 leads.
Yesterday, police fanned out across the town handing out fliers with a description of the vehicle and the suspected driver.
In the meantime, the famiily of Tim McCaughan waits, and mourns. They want only one thing. They want the person who hit the beloved father and grandfather to turn himself in.
At this point, you have to think the SUV is likely stashed in a garage, maybe under a tarp. I still find it hard to believe that the driver could hit someone and then flee. Itĺs not like he didnĺt know what he did. A witness who was behind the SUV said the driver actually stopped, got out and muttered a couple of expletives, then got back in the SUV and fled.
He left Tim McCaughan to die in the street.
Heĺll be caught. Itĺs only a matter of time. But it would be nice if this person would do the right thing and turn himself in, bringing a little relief to a family in agony.
This is the day weĺbe been waiting for - for months.
The winter of our discontent ends today, and it has nothing to do with that extra hour of light weĺre enjoying at the end of the day, although I can admit I had to smile as I slipped on my sunglasses for the ride home last night.
The ride directly into that late-day sun can be brutal, but I didnĺt mind it at all. I didnĺt even mind stopping to get get gas, something Iĺve come to hate for the last three months as weĺve been battered with temperatures that too often leaned toward single digits.
All that ends today.
Anyone remember Dec. 22? Other than the fact that it was three days before Christmas, it stands out for something else as well.
It was the last time we hit 60 degrees.
According to some forecasts, weĺll do that and a little more today as the thermometer soars to 65 degrees.
Now I can tell you that our local TV forecasters probably are just as exuberant about the high temperature today as theyĺve been about the snow totals all winter. I figure weĺll likely top out right around 60.
Still, it will feel like 85. I canĺt remember what it was like to go out without a coat. I think I will find out today. I am going to celebrate by going to the Springfield Country Club. Actually, Iĺm the featured speaker at tonightĺs meeting of the Springfield Lions. That is, if they can get me inside.
Welcome, spring.
Donĺt get too excited, however. While we will stay warm tomorrow, rain also will be moving into the region. And pay no attention to those forecasters clinging desperately to winter calling for a final blast of snow Wednesday night into Thursday. I donĺt think itĺs going to happen. It will turn colder Thursday before another warm-up just in time for the weekend.
So tell me, how are you going to celebrate today?


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John Ford's My Darling Clementine Offers A Poetic Vision of the Settling of the West
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John Ford's My Darling Clementine Offers A Poetic Vision of the Settling of the West
Director John Ford is regarded as America's greatest director of Western movies.
But for almost a decade, from 1938 to 1946, he made no Westerns. Instead he contributed to the war effort by filming documentaries for the U.S. Navy, and his studio films of this period - among them The Grapes of Wrath, How Green Was My Valley, The Long Voyage Home, and They Were Expendable - all were set in modern times.
So in 1946 when he decided to return to Westerns, he chose a classic story to tell: The infamous shootout at the O.K. Corral.
Ford recreates that incident in My Darling Clementine, screening on Sunday, January 13, 2013, at 1:30 p.m. at the Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St., as part of the Movies That Matter film series.
Introductory and closing remarks are provided by Robert W. Butler, for more than 40 years film critic of The Kansas City Star and now a member of the Library's public affairs staff.
Ford's best Westerns were about more than gunplay and horses. He used cowboy clichés to explore big themes.
On its surface, Clementine is familiar enough, being the story of Wyatt Earp.
But in Ford's hands it becomes a meditation on the westward surge of American civilization, on the stabilizing effects of church and school and law.
Here the famous lawman (Henry Fonda) comes to rough and tumble Tombstone, Arizona, to create order out of the chaos of frontier society. He's opposed by the primitive Clantons (led by Walter Brennan at his scuzzy best) and finds an unlikely ally in the killer Doc Holliday (Victor Mature), who has fled the refinements of the East to indulge his self-destructive proclivities.
My Darling Clementine isn't just a Western. It's poetry on horseback.
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Other titles in the series:
January 27: Bringing Up Baby (1938)
February 10: All About Eve (1950)
February 25: Dr. Strangelove (1964)
March 10: The Circus (1928)
March 24: Rear Window (1954)
April 7: Wings of Desire (1987)
April 21: Singin' in the Rain (1952)
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I'm planning to slap it into my unopened Xbox 360 with a LiteOn drive.
What's the best firmware to use that will give me the lowest chance of getting banned.
Even if I do get banned again, I don't really care.
I'm thinking Xtreme 5.3...is this a suicide mission?
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its the best choice for now--------- 5.3a
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Modding a system you plan to ever access Live with is a suicide mission. If you're not worried about getting banned then yeah the old xtreme 5.3a would suit you well.
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Once upon a time, a wily woman known as =Mercuralis mentioned that she'd like to see how I did the glitter in my other Labyrinth paintings. I wouldn't be surprised if it had been thirteen months since I decided I'd make a "quick" tutorial for her (ok, so it hasn't been quite that long) because somehow what was going to be a short and sweet painting with oodles of glitter turned into something much more involved.
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Actually, I rather think it's one of the best paintings I've done to date.
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Goblin Nights, Fairy Bites by *phuriedae. From the suggester: "Beautiful, sexy, mysterious, and sparkly--a gorgeous piece of Labyrinth fan art that (for once) isn't all about Jareth!" ( Suggested by MelissaFindley and Featured by aunjuli )
I love the fairy feel of this skirt! The colors, the style, the feathered edges and I like the style of the bodice, the gold edging, the leathery look. I like how it complements Jareth and the blown-in-by-the-wind feel of that touch of a cape there. Gorgeous! The fairies are adorable! Wish I could see the castle a bit better, with her so bright and center stage I just miss the castle and I wish I could see it better so I could admire it a little more. The feather earring is a bit distracting sometimes, which is unfortunate because it's an excellent feather!
This is absolutely 100% gorgeous!
Splendid creation
This is simply breathtaking. Just. Wow.
This is absolutely stunning!
Excuse me while I pick my jaw up off the floor.
This is absolutely BEAUTIFUL! The glitter, the dress, the rich colors, everything is SO pretty! <3
OMG! This is so awesome!
Beautiful! *-*
This is amazing! I LOVE it. I can go on and on about how the details and the colors and just the over all composition are simply gorgeous but I feel as if I wouldn't do it justice.
very nice
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I am simply amazed at the detail on this painting, it is magnificent. The only part I don't like is the dark castle in the background, in my humble opinion it would have been greatly enhanced by painting the moon in full white or blue color with some dark clouds around it. I seriously like the fairies, they show attention to detail.
Thanks for the critique! You make a good point - it's not ideal to have almost a third of the composition with all dark values. At the time I believe I didn't want anything to distract from the main subject. If I was going to go back and change it I would probably bring the moon in behind the castle and brighten the sky up just as you suggested. The things we learn with time
O_O FREAKING AWESOME!!!!!!!!!! So beautiful. New profile pic on facebook(if you don't mind) =3
Amazing!! Probably the best Labyrinth painting I've ever seen & oh so magical! Makes me want a giant version for my bedroom wall
wow!! soooo pretty and mysterious
Exellent job here! I love the colors that you added as they compliment here. There is a sort of sexual vibe within her, yet a sort of innocence that cannot be denied. I absolutely love this! Thank you for sharing this with us .
oh my gosh its so beautiful
I love the eyes and facial expression here. Th eyes compel your attention to the face even the there is a lot going on in rest of the painting. Beautiful work.
Woohoo! Looks like Sarah's all grown up!
Just so beautiful, I love it!
While the entire shebang is gorgeous, I find myself drawn more to her expression than anything else. The tilt and wideness of the eyes and the almost feline grin are fantastic and very mood-setting alongside her surroundings.
This is amazing! I love the faeries and the castle in the background!
It's beautiful. Very realistic looking.
wow thats really beautiful!
I just love everything about this, can't even single anything out. faved it!
Utterly beautiful!
I love it! Absolutely beautiful! *favs*
I love her dress and the faeries!
so pretty!
I love her dress and the faeries!
so pretty!
You always do beautiful work!
beautiful picture. Her skin and clothes look so silky and soft.
I love love love love love this piece (and I have never put that many "love"s in a comment before ).
Are you planning on selling prints?
Are you planning on selling prints?
This is absolutely STUNNING!! I love teh colors, her dress, everything.
(Also, it looks like her skirt was made out of Fiery's, haha)
(Also, it looks like her skirt was made out of Fiery's, haha)
that is awesome.
Beautifully surealist, love the aura of mystery and vaguely sexual undertones - gorgeous.
Absolutely incredible! It really is nice to see amazing labyrinth art that isn't solely about Jareth (though he is great) It's just nice. She looks absolutely phenomenal here, the detail you put into everything is mind-blowing, including your effort in making her look like the actress. Amazing work! Kudos!


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Modern solid modelers must be able to represent a wide class of objects, and must support Boolean operations on solids. These operations are very useful for defining solids, detecting interferences, and modeling fabrication processes. Computing the boundaries of solids defined through Boolean operations requires algorithms for surface/surface and curve/surface intersection. Many of the currently available modelers use closed-form parametric expressions for the curves of intersection of quadric surfaces, and compute intersections of these curves with other surfaces by finding the roots of low-degree polynomials. Because the curves that result from intersections involving tori or more complex surfaces generally cannot be expressed in closed form, modelers typically approximate these curves by cubic splines that interpolate points lying on the true intersections. Cubic splines exhibit second-degree continuity, but they are expensive to process in solid modeling computations. In this paper, we trade second-degree continuity for computational simplicity, and present a method for interpolating three-dimensional points and associated unit tangent vectors by smooth space curves composed of straight line segments and circular arcs. These curves are designated as PCCs (for piecewise-circular curves) and have continuous unit tangents. PCCs can be used in efficient algorithms for performing fundamental geometric computations, such as the evaluation of the minimal distance from a point to a curve or the intersection of a curve and a surface. Formulae and algorithms are presented for generating and processing PCCs in solid modelers. We also show that PCCs are useful for incorporating toroidal primitives, as well as sweeping, growing, shrinking, and blending operations in systems that model solids bounded by the natural quadric surfaces—planes, cylinders, cones, and spheres.
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Senate Democrats Rounding Up Votes for Crucial Healthcare TestNovember 20, 2009Washington Bureau - NOAM N. LEVEY Reporting from WashingtonSenate Democratic leaders, having negotiated critical last-minute commitments, Friday stood on the verge of achieving the 60 votes they need to begin consideration of the most expansive healthcare legislation to go before the Senate in nearly half a century.Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson, who was among three Democratic holdouts, announced that he would back an all-important procedural vote set for Saturday that will allow the chamber to take up the wide-ranging bill unveiled this week by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.).And Democratic leaders expect Sens. Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas and Mary Landrieu of Louisiana to support a cloture vote on the so-called "motion to proceed," although the two lawmakers have not formally announced their plansWith the backing of those three senators, Democratic leaders are all but assured of clearing the procedural hurdle, a key step if Congress is to send President Obama a healthcare bill by the end of January, as party leaders hope.The Senate would start formal debate on Democrats' top domestic priority when lawmakers come back from their Thanksgiving recess on Nov. 30 – beginning with consideration of a series of proposed amendments from both sides of the aisle.The House has already passed its version of healthcare legislation, which will ultimately have to be reconciled with the Senate bill.The $848 billion Senate measure is designed to expand coverage to another 31 million Americans over the next decade, while restraining federal deficits and taking steps to make the nation's healthcare system more efficient and more reliable for patients.It is funded by a politically delicate mix of cuts to the federal Medicare system and new taxes on healthcare industries, high-end "Cadillac" health plans and wealthy households.The measure is so politically charged that finding the votes even to take up the legislation turned into a Capitol drama that dragged on for weeks.With Republican lawmakers determined to filibuster every stage of the legislative process, all of the 58 Democratic senators and the two independents who caucus with them must hold together to move any healthcare legislation.That has forced the majority leader, a veteran parliamentary strategist, to cut numerous side deals to satisfy the demands of individual lawmakers in his caucus.Reid included language in his bill that would boost aid for Louisiana's Medicaid insurance program for the poor in a bid for Landrieu's support.He slashed proposed new taxes on the medical device industry to ease the concerns of Democrats from states that are home to large device makers, such as Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh.And Friday, Reid struck a deal with Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden, who has been pressing to allow more Americans to access new insurance exchanges where commercial insurers would compete to offer plans to consumers who do not get health benefits through work.http://www.baltimoresun.com/health/sns-dc-health-senate-20,0,7250547,full.story
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part twoWyden's controversial proposal, which Reid agreed to add to the bill, would open the exchange to about a million workers who could not afford the health plans offered by their employers, according to an estimate from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.Wyden believes that will help make health insurance more affordable, although critics in the business community say it could weaken the current employer-based system through which most Americans get their health coverage.Underscoring how fraught the Democrats' search for votes has been, Assistant Majority Leader Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.) was forced Friday morning to clarify a statement he made to reporters that suggested Lincoln had told Reid how she would vote.Republicans seized on Durbin's comment, charging that Lincoln, who is up for reelection next year, had told Reid about her plans before she told her constituents in Arkansas."Let me be clear," Durbin said in the clarification, "Senator Lincoln has had a number of conversations with Sen. Reid about the health care reform legislation. She has asked important questions and there has been a positive and healthy give and take. But Sen. Lincoln has not yet signaled her intention as to how she will vote."Republican lawmakers have also kept up a steady effort to make it more difficult for conservative Democrats to vote to open debate, casting the parliamentary move as a referendum on the healthcare bill itself."(This) vote is something we need to look at as a vote that's not some sort of … a procedural vote," Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) said on the Senate floor Friday. "It's a substantive vote on whether or not we're going to fundamentally change the way health care is delivered in this country."Nelson firmly rejected that characterization."It is only to begin debate and an opportunity to make improvements," he said in a statement Friday. "If you don't like a bill, why block your own opportunity to amend it? … I won't slam the doors of the Senate in the face of Nebraskans now. They want the health care system fixed. The Senate owes them a full and open debate to try to do so."Nelson has indicated unease about several key components of the legislation, including the creation of a new government insurance plan and restrictions on federal funding for abortion, which Nelson said he wants to see strengthened.Demands like these - which figure to define the upcoming debate – will likely complicate Reid's attempt to pass the healthcare legislation even if he prevails on the procedural motion today.The rules of the Senate will require Reid to cobble together 60 votes again to end debate on the healthcare bill and bring it up for a final vote, which he hopes to do before Christmas.Several lawmakers who oppose the government insurance plan, including Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) said they would not vote for a bill unless the "public option" provision is removed.They may back an amendment during the upcoming debate that would create a so-called "trigger." Under such an arrangement, a government plan could only be created in parts of the country where commercial insurers did not meet benchmarks for quality and affordability.Liberal lawmakers, meanwhile, plan to seek other changes, including more aid to low-income Americans to help them buy health insurance.Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, said that although he will support today's procedural vote, his support for a final bill is "not at all guaranteed."


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In 1981, when the Chicago Bears fired head coach Neil Armstrong, many members of the defensive unit signed a letter to team owner George Halas asking that the Bears keep Buddy Ryan as defensive coordinator. Halas eventually hired Mike Ditka as the head coach but kept Ryan to run the defense.
The night before Super Bowl XX, Ryan gave his final speech to the Bears. However, most of the team did not know he had accepted an offer to become the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles after the Super Bowl.
I didn't know what I was doing that day I visited the Chicago Bears.
It was in October 1985 when the Bears were the talk of the sports world, running roughshod through the NFL and being called one of the greatest football teams of all time.
They were brash, cocky and, at that point, unbeaten.
I was the new guy on the block, less than nine months into a career that has now lasted more than 31 years. Unbeknownst to me at the time, I really didn't know what I was doing.
Lawrenceburg resident Louis Colpitts, 75, was seriously injured late this afternoon when the boat he was driving slammed into a large tree sticking out of the Kentucky River.
First responders described his injuries as "significant" and said he was transported by Anderson County EMS to the University of Kentucky Medical Center.
Peggy Gill and Roger Dyer of Versailles said they witnessed the accident, which happened near the Bluegrass Parkway bridge.
Dozens of legendary former NFL stars are in Anderson County today to pay their final respects to Buddy Ryan, considered one the greatest defensive minds in the history of the league.
Ryan, 82, passed away Tuesday in Louisville. A former Anderson County resident, Ryan most recently lived in Shelbyville, where his health has declined in recent years.
Three Anderson County Middle School students have been detained and are expected to face criminal charges for vandalism at the county park, The Anderson News has confirmed.
Their names are not being released because of their ages.
The suspects caused considerable damage at the park Monday night, including spray painting graphic language on the walls of several park buildings and kicking in doors.
The juveniles are expected to be charged with first-degree criminal mischief, second-degree burglary and trespassing.
Lawrenceburg police are searching for what Chief Chris Atkins is calling a "list" of suspects in a drive-by shooting that rattled the Lincoln Street neighborhood early this morning.
Shots rang out around 12:30 a.m. at 322 Lincoln St., with at least two bullets hitting the home and one punching a hole through the front door and into the family's couch.
Tristian Bean and his mother Lisa were home at the time, according to a family member who declined to be named, but neither was injured.
Legendary football coach James David "Buddy" Ryan died Tuesday and will be laid to rest at Ritchie Peach Funeral Home in Lawrenceburg.
Ryan was 82.
Ritchie and Peach Funeral Home announced Wednesday day that visitation for the former NFL coach will be 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the funeral home located at 701 North Main Street.
A funeral Mass will follow at 2 p.m. at St. Lawrence Catholic Church, 120 Gatewood Avenue.
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Nov. 13, 2006 -- A new study shows there is a "very low" risk of a rare, serious disease called Guillain-Barre syndrome in people who get flu vaccines.
But the study, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, doesn't discourage getting the vaccine.
Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) is rare; flu is common. And flu vaccines are the single best way to prevent flu, according to the CDC.
"We suggest that the decision to recommend vaccination against influenza should primarily be guided by evidence of its benefit," write the researchers, who include Kumanan Wilson, MD, MSc, of Canada's Toronto General Hospital.
Wilson's team says people who get flu vaccines "should be advised of the possible risk" of getting Guillain-Barre syndrome, "particularly in light of the serious consequences of the illness."
The possible link between Guillain-Barre syndrome and flu vaccination isn't new. The CDC recommends that people not get vaccinated if they've ever developed Guillain-Barre syndrome within six weeks of getting a flu vaccine.
About Guillain-Barre Syndrome
Guillain-Barre syndrome symptoms tend to appear quickly and worsen rapidly, sometimes leading to paralysis.
In the disease, the body damages its own nerve cells (outside of the brain and spinal cord), resulting in muscle weakness and sometimes paralysis.
Most people recover.
Early symptoms include weakness, tingling, and loss of sensation in the legs that eventually spreads to the arms. Blood pressure problems, heart rhythm problems, and breathing difficulties may occur in critical cases.
"Most people eventually recover completely or nearly completely, but some people have permanent nerve damage, and between 5% and 6% of people who develop GBS die," states the CDC's web site.
Guillain-Barre Study
Wilson's team tracked Guillain-Barre syndrome hospitalizations in more than 12 million adults in Ontario, Canada, who got flu vaccines between 1992 and 2004.
The vast majority who received flu vaccinations weren't hospitalized for Guillain-Barre syndrome during the study, but 1,601 people were.
In 269 of those cases, Guillain-Barre syndrome struck within 43 weeks (almost 11 months) of flu vaccination.
The study doesn't prove flu vaccines caused any of the Guillain-Barre syndrome cases. The findings "must be interpreted carefully," the researchers note.


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The Heritage Foundation invites you to a panel discussion on the upcoming elections in El Salvador and the stakes for U.S. national security. Three primary candidates are in the running to be the next president of El Salvador: Salvador Sánchez Cerén, of the current ruling party, the FMLN, a former Marxist guerilla organization; Norman Quijano, from ARENA party and the current mayor of San Salvador; and Antonio Saca, disgraced former president and candidate of the Unidad coalition.
As a multitude of security threats, diminishing levels of economic freedom and mounting corruption continue to plague Central America, the United States will need to respond accordingly. Join us for a discussion on the elections, security concerns and the implications for the United States.
Dr. Juan José Daboub
Chairman and CEO, The Daboub Partnership, Former Minister of Finance of El Salvador,
and Former Managing Director of the World Bank
Elliott Abrams
Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations, and
Former Assistant Secretary of State, Inter-American Affairs, United States Department of State, and Former Deputy National Security Adviser, Global Strategy, United States National Security Council
Michael Braun
Managing Partner, SGI Global, LLC., and Chief of Operations of the Drug Enforcement Agency
José Cardenas
Director, Vision Americas, and Former Acting Assistant Administrator for Latin America and the Caribbean of the US Agency for International Development
Policy Analyst, Latin America and the Western Hemisphere
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