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June 27, 2005
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Busting powder with the Summit 8
By: Lane Lindstrom
We have a bone to pick with Bombardier Recreational Products, makers of the Ski-Doo Summits, in particular, with the Summit 800.
Oh, we don't really have any complaints with the sled itself, it's a dandy and one that we've dialed up many a mile on. No, it's with the marketing of the snowmobile. Go ahead and go to the Ski-Doo website and work your way through the site until you get to the Summits section. Click on the video section and watch the Summits. Things are going along fine, you're getting all worked up and anxious to go snowmobiling because the Summits are busting powder, hitting some jumps and doing what a mountain sled should do.
Then, flashing across the bottom of the screen is the dis
claimer, "Professional Riders. Do Not Attempt." Leave it to a lawyer to ruin everything. With all due respect to Ski-Doo (and its lawyers—kind of), if you don't pound the powder with this sled and jump and carve and climb, then you might as well leave the Summit 800 on the trailer. Better yet, leave it in the dealer showroom and buy a toboggan.
The Summit 800—the lone-standing sled in the 800 class these days—deserves to be treated to a meadow of powder and a mountain of snow. That's its entire purpose for being.
Can we say those things without getting into legal trouble? Okay, here's our disclaimer—don't wreck while doing any of these tricks because it's not our fault. You're the one driving. But if you do decide to pony up and buy a Ski-Doo Summit 800, then use the sled to its potential and take it where it's designed to be—off trail in the backcountry.
Let Me Count The Ways
The Ski-Doo 800 made the SnoWest Top 10 Sleds For '06 list for lots of good reasons, the foremost being the Summit 800 is a perfect blend of nearly all the characteristics western riders are looking for in a sled. A blend that includes lightweight, a great powerplant that can carry the load, a good chassis that works with you in the powder, not against you, and a history void of any major mechanical issues.
We hadn't really planned on shining the spotlight just on the Summit 800 in this issue. Originally this story was supposed to be about the 800cc class of mountain sleds. This class has dwindled down to just one—the Summit 800. Polaris went a different direction for '06, dropping the 800 from its lineup while focusing on a couple of new sleds in the 600 and 700 classes. That's a shame because the Polaris 800 RMK was a formidable opponent in this class in years past. The RX-1 is gone, too, but you won't see a lot of weeping and wailing about that.
It wasn't so long ago that the 800 class was the crème de la crème. The flagship of the mountain sled lineup. The sled most every western rider scrambled to get his hands on. At least three of the Big Four were always represented in the class, which was fiercely competitive. Or used to be. Now the Summit 800 owns the class.
The Summit 800 continues to fill a hole that, had the 800s completely gone away, would leave a void in the mountain lineup. We think the jump from a 700 to a 900 just might be too much for some riders. The horsepower (and weight) puts some riders in the realm of needing a lawyer's disclaimer. However, the 800 eases that transition and makes it more plausible. While some might not think of this as a valid reason for keeping the 800 class around, we think it's definitely worth considering.
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Besides, we're big fans of the 800 class. With all the hype surrounding the 1000 and 900s, the 800s and even 700s (those are next month's topic) get kind of lost.
The fact that the Summit 800 is the only 800 left standing in this class certainly doesn't (and shouldn't) take away from the truth that this machine can easily hold its own against most other sleds on the snow.
Not convinced? It's pretty tough to explain away the results from the World Championship Snowmobile Hillclimb at Jackson, WY, last spring. Ski-Doo cleaned up in the 800 class, winning the top five spots, led by Chuck Hogan. Hogan then came back to win the Stock King of the Hill. A fluke? Hardly. The top five spots in the season points championship were all scooped up by Ski-Doo racers as well.
And what the racers compete on on the mountain is the same thing we consumers get when we purchase one from our local dealer. The fact is that the Rev chassis has proven to be a great western-style platform. The engine is tough. The sled is light. This Summit is available in no less than five different track configurations (from 144-159 inches long, all 16 inches wide and from 2-2.25 inches deep), depending on when you plunked down your 8-10 Gs for it.
The Summit 800 is available in the Adrenaline skin and, if you were lucky enough to preseason one or can still find a spring-only model, the X package. The X package is the sweeter deal (of course) because of all the add ons (not to mention the two-year engine warranty), along with the fact that it lost 20 lbs. compared to the in-season model, which still lost a respectable 15 lbs.
Not All Happy Campers
Not every last western snowmobiler is sold on the Summits—there has been a smattering of complaints over the past couple of years, since the creation and release of the Rev chassis. From what we've heard, most deal with the rider not being able to adjust to the rider forward position. The riders making this complaint say they just can't get used to it and it's uncomfortable. It definitely takes some getting used to but the rider forward angle has been softened on the mountain Rev (compared to the trail Rev) and it's been our experience that once you do get used to it, it's a definite benefit to the rider (which would be why the other three manufacturers have since followed suit in varying degrees). The Rev chassis, with its rider forward position, is one of the reasons this sled does so well in the powder and boondocking. The center of gravity, with the rider so close to the heaviest part of the machine, the engine, keeps the balance of the sled very manageable and that means you don't have to wrestle with the sled to get it to do what you want it to. It's a rather simple concept, actually. The farther you are from the heaviest part of the sled (again, the engine), the harder it is to maneuver the sled. And, usually, the more tired you get.
Let's take that idea of centralized mass a step farther. One of the preferred methods of riding in the West is to stand up. Much of the time, when you're standing while riding, depending on what you're doing like sidehilling, climbing, etc., you're standing forward on the machine as close to the stirrups as possible—helping to centralize the mass and make the sled more maneuverable. Ski-Doo has done part of this work for us with the Rev chassis.
In many ways, the '06 Summit is identical to the '05 model. And in some ways, it isn't. The Summit 800, again depending on which model you're scrutinizing, lost 15-20 lbs., putting the machine at 473-478 lbs., depending on your track and the package (Adrenaline vs. X). That's a big accomplishment for a sled that was already among the lightest in the industry. So is that the biggest news on the Summit 800 or is it that the '06 now has the Rotax 800 H.O. PowerTek engine? That's a tough one. Riding in the West is all about lightweight and power. Maybe it's a draw but regardless, it's a good argument as to which has more influence on the other. Does a lighter machine benefit the powerplant more or does a beefier motor help propel a lighter sled more easily? We could argue long and hard about each thought. They do complement each other.
A few words about the H.O. PowerTek engine, which puts out about 140 horses. Here are some comments on this EPA-compliant powerplant from the SnowTest staff.
"You can tell this engine has been fine-tuned. Likely the best power package available."
"Overall engine performance and throttle response is very strong. Lots of pull."
"Torque with a capital T."
"Good oomph in the midrange. Gets on the pipe quickly. Quick response down low."
Ski-Doo claims the PowerTek is the first carbureted engine to be EPA compliant. To get the most from this engine, Ski-Doo engineers integrated new compression ratios for the PowerTek, which for '06 is 13.25:1. The Tek in PowerTek is an acronym for T) Throttle position sensor, E) Electronic Rave, K) Knock sensor. The T part, among other things, of course, is what helps the 800 H.O. to be EPA compliant. With TPS-based mapping, the Rave valves can be held closed longer for maximum fuel efficiency and torque while reducing emissions.
We Like To Argue
For the purposes of this argument, though, we want to throw in the track to the lightweight/engine mix. One SnoWest SnowTest staffer said, "This sled does crawl up on the snow fairly well." Lightweight plays a part here as does a broad powerband with plenty of low end grunt ("Very strong bottom end. Maybe the strongest part of the motor," said one SnowTester) and the 16-inch wide track. Tracks are as long as your grandmother's woody station wagon these days and longer tracks do offer flotation … but when you're talking about snow, wider is better, even if it is only an inch wider than a conventional track. Spreading out the footprint of the track is what offers more flotation. Longer is better when hillclimbing but not always when you're working the powder in the trees. Ski-Doo had a corner on the wide-track market until Yamaha and Camoplast jumped into the mix in 2006. It's a little hard to believe that it took so long for a wide track to appear on mountain sleds in light of the fact that utility sleds have been using wide tracks for years for one very important reason—flotation.
Ski-Doo went one better for the upcoming season by enlarging the windows in the track (less rubber equals less weight, in this case 2 lbs. less rotating weight), which evacuates more snow out of the suspension. Granted, this past season, due to low snow conditions in many places, we wanted as much snow as possible in the suspension to lubricate the sliders, but during a normal year you're packing a lot of snow (read: weight) in the suspension, which can rob power or, at the very least, drag down the sled's efficiency. And our thinking is that Ski-Doo has shaved weight in as many places as it possibly can on the sled so the next logical place to take some pounds off is the track.
Other places where the Summits lost poundage (depending on model) was the elimination of the third rear heat exchanger (7 lbs. alone), drilling the jackshaft, new skis and new RT mountain seat. There were mixed feelings from the SnowTest crew on the new seat. Some felt it is a little too wide and a little soft compared to competitors models but overall everyone felt is was better than previous Ski-Doo seats.
If you were able to ride both the Adrenaline and X Package models you might be able to tell the difference in the ride—the X rides better than the Adrenaline because of the higher end shocks, HPG T/A. While such comments as "The suspension package works very well in all conditions," were common among the SnowTest staff, one SnowTester's comment, "I prefer the better shocks," was also common. Generally, Ski-Doo has made some definite improvements in its suspension (design and setup) over the past two or three years and the ride to the mountain is a lot more tolerable these days.
Oh Yea, The Skis
This story probably wouldn't be complete without some verbiage on the skis. In the first couple of issues, we complained loudly about the new Pilot 6.9 skis and how they were, well, here's how one SnowTester put it, "Terrible—very darty and herky jerky." We have since ridden the latest version of the 6.9s and they are improved but we need to ride them in better conditions than we experienced in May and June when we rode them. So until then, we'll give Ski-Doo the benefit of the doubt while the jury remains out. And we'll keep an open account with certain aftermarket companies.
Really, the only complaint we have with the Summit 800 is the skis. Oh yea, and the "Do Not Attempt" disclaimer.
We plan on taking our Summit 8 through the powder ringer this winter and get every ounce of performance out of it possible. That's because we know this 800 is up to it. We might even take a lawyer or two along just to help dig us out.
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BRADENTON -- A 47-year-old Bradenton man was charged with killing his 47-year-old girlfriend early Sunday by the Bradenton Police Department.
Linda Brown died of a gunshot wound just before 6:25 a.m. Sunday at Manatee Memorial Hospital.
Terry Braddy, her live-in boyfriend, was taken into custody without incident. He was booked into the Manatee County jail Sunday afternoon and charged with one count of unpremeditated murder, according to the Manatee County Sheriff's Office website.
At about 5:20 a.m., police responded to a 911 call at the couple's residence in the 200 block of 19th Street East. They discovered Brown with a gunshot wound to her abdomen.
The Manatee County Homicide Investigative Unit has taken over the investigation.
On Sunday afternoon, a neighbor who did not want his name used, said he heard a gunshot coming from the direction of house Saturday night. There is no indication if the fatal shooting and the gunshot Saturday are related.
Brown's slaying is the eighth homicide in Bradenton during 2013, according to police.
Braddy did not have a previous criminal record in Manatee County, according to the Manatee County Clerk of Court website and sheriff's office website.
Anyone with information on the case should call Bradenton Police Detective James Curulla at 941-747-3011, ext. 2224, or call Crime Stoppers at 866-634-8477 or send an anonymous e-tip to manateecrimestoppers.com
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---- — HAMILTON — Jacob "Jack" Hauck said he is running for selectman "to give the people in town more of a voice."
Hauck, 77, who moved to town last June after 15 years in Wenham, said that because he's retired he can devote more time to meeting with residents and state legislators and preparing for meetings. He quoted Alexander Hamilton, the country's first secretary of the treasury, for whom the town was named: "Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives."
"What that requires," Huack said, "is for elected people to spend more time with the people whom they represent."
Hauck said he has met with more than 200 residents to talk about what is important around town.
"Without a doubt, the thing I am hearing about the most is something needs to be done about the property taxes," he said. "They are too high."
He said town officials need to do a better job communicating with residents and need to start looking for ways to increase commercial tax revenue, by reaching out to businesses about locating to town.
"Maybe we need to better inform the people about where their money is being spent," Hauck said. "And then look at ways to spend more efficiently."
Hauck said he will work to develop a five-year strategic plan for the town but said residents should be the ones who develop the plan.
"We don't have one," he said. "And I don't know how we can go ahead without knowing where we want to be in five years."
JACK HAUCK Age: 77 Occupation: Retired journalist Family: Wife, Helen; two children, Steven and Margaret Education: BA in languages from Rutgers University Political experience: Has never run for political office, but helped organize other campaigns


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Tim Burton has designed a balloon for the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Parade. This new creation, B. Boy, is pure Burton. "It's such a surreal thing that you don't even believe what you're hearing. Somebody's trying to play a joke on you or something. It had that kind of feeling," comments Burton. B. Boy will certainly stand out amongst a field populated by cheerier characters like Spongebob Squarepants and Snoopy. Learn more about B. Boy's origins after the jump.
According to the New York Times, "B. was created, Frankenstein's monster-style, from the leftover balloons used in children's parties at the Great Ormond Street Hospital in London. Forbidden from playing with other children because of his jagged teeth and crazy-quilt stitching, B. retreated to a basement lair, where he obsesses over Albert Lamorisse's film "The Red Balloon" and dreams that he, too, will be able to fly someday."


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The Los Angeles Neighborhood Councils Coalition--which includes the Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council as well as its Highland Park counterpart--is scheduled to hold its monthly meeting on Saturday, May 5, at 10 a.m. in Hollywood.
The meetings of the coalition, which represents L.A.'s 95 Neighborhood Councils, are generally under-reported in the local media, except in some blogs. But they are an excellent venue to hear—and even get to meet—City bigwigs, besides being privy to discussions surrounding critical issues about community life spanning the gamut from public safety to public works.
(You'd be surprised how many people in L.A. spend countless hours voluntarily representing the community via their neighborhood councils at such meetings.)
Recent meetings have included such City representatives Chief Administrative Officer Miguel Santana, Council Member Bernard Parks, Council Member Jan Perry, attorney and Redistricting Commission Member Helen Kim. A string of representatives from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power as well as other city agencies have also attended the LANCC's past meetings.
Click here to view the Coalition's charter (but note that the site's Events section is misleadingly stuck in February).
Los Angeles Neighborhood Councils Coalition meeting, Saturday, May 5, 10 a.m., Hollywood Constituent Center, 6501 Fountain Ave., 90028.


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Susan Dominus, a staff writer for the magazine, profiled the actor Daniel Radcliffe for this week's cover story. Her last article for the magazine was about college career-services counseling.
Why Daniel Radcliffe now? Don't you normally profile someone at the apex of his or her fame?
There's something unique about Radcliffe's version of celebrity — he is as famous as the Beatles, for example, or Justin Bieber, but he has the added layer of being so closely associated with a beloved childhood hero. Imagine if only one actor had ever played Santa Claus over the course of history, how much that actor would mean to children — that's sort of what Radcliffe means to a certain generation of young people. I also think there was a lot of pressure that came with playing not just a role in one of the most successful movie franchises ever, but a character who was very much a role model.
Why, oh, why is he so worried about hurting people's feelings?
Daniel is acutely aware, as he put it, that pretty much every person he meets will vividly remember having met him — that seems to be at the top of his mind. I guess the real question is: Why can't he bear the thought that someone might have found meeting him to be disappointing? I think that's a combination of rare empathy and also just youth — part of growing up is realizing that it is O.K. if some people think poorly of you, based on a superficial impression. It comes back to that sense of responsibility: he doesn't want to be the person who emotionally crushes some kid, or former kid, now adult, who loves Harry Potter. I think Daniel feels protective of that child's magical connection, which is in its own way, wildly mature.
An outcome of being a child star, in Radcliffe's case, is making a good deal of money. Did he address this with you?
Before I ever really talked to Dan one on one, I watched him on the set of "A Young Doctor's Notebook," and it was so obvious that he loves the work and is doing it for the challenge and the satisfaction and the camaraderie. He grew up on sets with some of the best British stage actors of our time, and they were in some ways role models — so I think he wants to become a great actor, because that's the bar that was always put in front of him. If you never left the Olympic Village, you'd probably want to earn some gold medals at some point. Also, from what I saw of him, his tastes are not exactly expensive — he likes books and hoodies and Ping-Pong, hates fine dining and seemed fine with the so-so hotel where the independent film director of "Kill Your Darlings" and he were staying in Venice (although it was a serious bummer that the lights didn't work in the Ping-Pong room).
All the smoking in this profile seemed like a throwback to a '40s movie. Is he trying to quit? Does he hate that question?
I don't think he's trying to quit; I certainly saw no signs of that. He gave up drinking, which could not have been easy. I think there's a certain sense that he does need some outlet for a lot of the pressure he's often under, and that everyone has made their peace with this particular poison for now. I don't think he particularly likes being photographed smoking, because he knows a lot of young people look up to him, and I'm sure he'd hate to be responsible for anyone picking up the habit.
Being famous to this degree sounds like a nightmare. Does he experience it that way? You say he is prone to headaches.
It sure did not look fun to me. So often, he seemed like public property — I remember that after Dan did one interview with a reporter, the reporter stood up and reached out a bit, and Dan stuck out his hand to shake hands, politely — but no, the reporter actually just pulled him under his arm and with his other hand, took a selfie of the two of them together. People didn't always even ask. That said, I think Dan also realizes that his position can be wonderful and unique — when he's in a car and a hundred 13-year-old girls are running alongside it blowing kisses, he's watching with amazement the way anyone would. I think there's a certain amount of disassociation that happens, too, as if he's a voyeur watching the life of this celebrity whose body he happens to inhabit.
Dan also talked about the challenge of self-worth that celebrity can create — are people talking to you because they like you, or because you're famous? When Dan starred on Broadway in "How to Succeed in Business," he refused to smile during the curtain call, for fear of looking arrogant — it drove the producers crazy until he came around. I think part of that is also his fear that they might have been applauding for Harry, not for him. He really wants to have earned whatever praise he gets.


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HOUSTON —A flash flood watch remains in effect for all of Southeast Texas until 1 p.m. Friday. Flash flood warnings remained in effect for some areas around bayous and creeks.
"We could see a repeat performance of Thursday's downpours on Friday morning," KHOU 11 News Meteorologist Chita Johnson said.
The lows will be in the mid-70s and the highs will reach the upper 80s.
She said we can expect more of the same over the next couple of days.
"We'll see widespread one-to-two inches of rain, pockets though, up to three, even five inches of rain just as we saw Thursday," she said.
The chance of rain remains 30-to-50 percent through early next week.
"This rain isn't really going anywhere anytime soon," she said.
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Seattle Slew's purchase price of $17,500 was a bargain for the Taylor and Hill families. He was a champion at two, three, and four, became America's tenth Triple Crown winner, and earned over a million dollars.
Seattle Slew won the Champagne Stakes and was undefeated at 2. His winning streak continued at 3 with victories in the Flamingo, Wood Memorial, Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Belmont Stakes. He was named Horse of the Year for 1977. Seattle Slew suffered from a serious viral infection at 4 but returned to defeat younger champion, Affirmed, in the Marlboro Cup.
At 4 Seattle Slew also beat leading handicapper Exceller in the Woodward before narrowly losing the Jockey Club Gold Cup to him. Seattle Slew's final race was the Stuyvesant Handicap, which he won carrying 134 pounds.
After his racing career, Seattle Slew stood at Three Chimneys Farm in Kentucky. He was leading sire in 1984 and produced 12% stakes winners, including Slew o'Gold, Swale, Landaluce, Slewpy, Adored, and Seattle Song.
Seattle Slew was inducted in the Hall of Fame in 1981.
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Oil falls below $107 after US crude supply jump
By ALEX KENNEDY, Associated Press
SINGAPORE (AP) — Oil prices fell to below $107 a barrel Wednesday in Asia after a report showed a larger-than-expected jump in U.S. crude supplies, suggesting demand remains weak.
Benchmark oil for May delivery was down 63 cents to $106.70 in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract was up 30 cents to settle at $107.33 per barrel in New York on Tuesday.
Brent crude for May delivery was down 63 cents at $124.91 per barrel in London.
The American Petroleum Institute said late Tuesday that crude inventories rose 3.6 million barrels last week while analysts surveyed by Platts, the energy information arm of McGraw-Hill Cos., had predicted an increase of 2.8 million barrels.
Inventories of gasoline increased 1.3 million barrels last week while distillates tumbled 1.4 million barrels, the API said.
The Energy Department's Energy Information Administration reports its weekly supply data later Wednesday.
Crude has jumped from $75 in October as signs of an improving U.S. economy bolstered investor confidence. However, crude demand hasn't picked up yet and economists expect consumption could remain tepid with U.S. gasoline prices nearing $4.00 a gallon.
Some analysts forecast weaker economic growth and demand from China, the world's second largest economy, will pull oil prices lower. Capital Economics expects Brent crude to fall to below $100 by the end of the year.
"Perhaps the biggest concerns are the signs of weakness in China," Capital Economics said in a report. "The years of sustained double-digit growth in China's economy are now ancient history and the risks over the next several years, both to growth and commodity demand, lie overwhelmingly on the downside."
In other energy trading, heating oil was down 1.6 cents at $3.22 per gallon and gasoline futures fell 2.4 cents at $3.36 per gallon. Natural gas slid 2.3 cents at $2.19 per 1,000 cubic feet.
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It sounds like a case of Fagin and the Artful Dodger, right out of Oliver Twist.
Portland police say that a man enlisted the help of a small old boy as he robbed an Oregon store on Saturday, a day after the pair may have robbed a foot cart.
Just before 6:30 p.m. police were called to the report of a robbery at "The Meadow" a specialty shop on that sells books, salts and chocolates.
The victim told officers that the man entered the shop with a child, who appeared to be about 10 years old.
"The man grabbed the victim, covering her mouth and pinning her arms," Sgt. Pete Simpson said. "The suspect told the victim he would hurt her if she yelled."
Meanwhile, the child went behind the counter and stole money from the register.
Both suspects escaped on foot. The victim was not seriously injured.
The man was described as African-American, 20 to 30 years old, about 6 feet tall, with a medium build.
He was wearing all black clothes.
The child was African-American about 4 feet, 8 inches tall, wearing a brown shirt and blue jeans.
Police believe the same pair robbed the Pepper Box food cart a day earlier.
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(WMC-TV) - A burglar was caught on camera walking into a home and stealing from a family as they slept.
In the video, the burglar can be seen checking to make sure nobody is around before breaking into the home.
An alarm finally stopped him... it was the family pet.
"Dog that was in the residence started barking when he realized that it was not a family member," said Cpl. Brad Snyder, Paragould Police Department.
Video shows the burglar leaving the house fast after the dog sounded the alarm.
Despite the dark and grainy video, police are hoping someone can help recognize the crook.
"Typically with residential burglary, people are not at home, there's nobody at the residence so with this happening with somebody at home, it is somewhat concerning," said Cpl. Snyder.
The victim, who did not want to talk on camera, woke up as a result of the barking dog then heard the burglar running to get out of the house.
Corporal Snyder says this case is a good reminder about the need to secure your home.
He said, "Make sure your doors are locked. Make sure your windows are locked. Make sure your garage door is down and if anything seems out of the ordinary, report that."
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Police said the woman did not have any obvious signs of trauma. The medical examiner will determine her cause of death.
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Each room has a unique personality that is reflected in the decor of hand-woven fabrics and hand-crafted furniture, paintings and other decorations from the many indigenous villages in the region. The floors are made of traditional tile and covered by area-rugs that are also hand-made.
As the hotel was being constructed, an on-site wood and metal shop was built to provide not only the structural elements for the building exterior, but also individual furnishings for each room. This shop is still in use and complements sources from around the region to supply the highest-quality elements appropriate to each dwelling.
In a similar manner, high-quality threads were imported and provided to Mayan weavers in many villages, who then used traditional looms to produce the best fabrics possible for bed coverings, drapes and throw pillows, customized to echo the ambiance of the lake, the gardens and colorful tropical birds that live in the trees on the hotel grounds and on the surrounding hillside.
These threads and non-traditional designs were also introduced to develop a wide range of unique clothing and gifts for the hotel's gift shop – so that each customer could take the best of Lake Atitlan and Guatemala home with them.
Modern conveniences of high-quality sheets, non-allergenic pillows and blankets and "goose-down" comforters were brought in to make the overnight stay as pleasant as possible. Additional conveniences of in-room phones, cable television and Internet access complement the experience.
Each bathroom boasts ceramic tile floors and marble walls. Hand-crafted frames were customized for the large mirrors and lend a noticeable blend of old and new to the well-lighted vanity. They are supplied with large, cotton-pile towels and customized soaps, shampoos and conditioners.


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This is part 2 to my vision of the Matrix. The name of the song is Rewrite, once again I do not understand japanese so I just went with the flow of the song enjoy Ges-Xtreme productions
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A Matrix AMV i found on youtube. It's the best Matrix AMV I have ever seen. The song is Devils Never Cry. It's the theme to Devil May Cry 3. My fave DMC game. And yes ive played them and beat them all. Im in the process of upping a high Quality version of this vid with improved picture and stereo sound.
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Vid containing the best fight scenes in Relaoded.
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funny video about Why are agents trying to catch Neo.
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boondocks meets matirx
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For all The Virtua Fighter FANS. This is my first movie I made. I got the inspiration from a other clip on gametrailers called "Narutrix". I thought this was fantastic and I also wanted to make something like that. So here it is Matrix meets Virtua Fighter.
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Anime: AniMatrix Artist: Sole and the Skyrider Band Song Title: The Shipwreckers This was an AMV done by a buddy of mine, [url=http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members/members_myprofile.php?user_id=865073]Infamous[/url].
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From the house of [b]Animatrix[/b] Second Renaissance {part1} An animation. This was the inspiration behind the movie Robots. [url=[make_url]arc:content:gt-authoring:bd42101e-a38c-4a48-bea8-7a314e713384[/make_url]]Part Two[/url]
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Ping-Pong done Matrix style.
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Originally published on Thu October 25, 2012 6:59 am
As part of NPR's coverage of this year's presidential election, All Things Considered asked three science reporters to weigh in on the race. The result is a three-part series on the science of leadership. In Part 2, Jon Hamilton examined leadership in the animal kingdom.
Charming or cold. Flexible or rigid. Paranoid or impulsive or calculating.
Originally published on Sun October 28, 2012 6:48 am
From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Audie Cornish.
And I'm Melissa Block.
The Emir of Qatar visited the Gaza Strip today. He's the first world leader to do so since 2007, when the Islamist movement Hamas seized control of the Palestinian territory and Israel responded with a blockade. The emir called on Hamas to reconcile with the rival Fatah movement. He also promised some $400 million in reconstruction projects, as NPR's Peter Kenyon reports from Gaza.
Originally published on Wed October 24, 2012 1:18 am
This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Melissa Block.
And I'm Audie Cornish.
A big development today in the Justice Department's crackdown on national security leaks. A former CIA agent pleaded guilty to revealing the name of a covert operative to a reporter. John Kiriakou agreed to spend two and a half years in prison.
NPR's Carrie Johnson was in the courtroom in Virginia for the plea hearing and joins us now to talk about the case. Welcome, Carrie.
Governor Romney went straight to Nevada this morning and is now in Henderson for a campaign event. NPR's Ari Shapiro is there and joins us now. Hi there, Ari.
ARI SHAPIRO, BYLINE: Hi, Audie.
CORNISH: So, what does Mitt Romney have to say out there on the campaign today?
From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Melissa Block.
I'm Audie Cornish, and we begin this hour with a sprint. The 2012 presidential debates are now history and today, President Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney begin the two-week race to Election Day. Mr. Obama is widely considered the winner of last night's foreign policy debate, but he didn't spend much time crowing today.
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This campaign season most of us have been bombarded by political ads on TV. Those ads get the most attention from fact-checkers and opposing campaigns, but the presidential candidates are also running lots of spots on commercial radio stations. It gives them a chance to target particular kinds of people, as NPR's Brian Naylor reports.
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Meet Beeshu, an avatar of the embattled president of Syria, Bashar Assad, rendered in papier-mache and mounted on someone's finger. He's the star of the show Top Goon and the inspiration for its title.
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From now until Election Day, the U.S. might as well consist of just eight or so states, not 50.
Those are the battleground states where President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney, their running mates and spouses will be spending much of their time in what remains of the 2012 race for the White House.
It's all about amassing the 270 electoral votes required to be elected president. NPR's analysis of the race at this point suggests the eight states that are most in play are Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, Ohio, Virginia and Wisconsin.
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A great block party calls for great music. Bloktoberfest will once again be featuring an expansive live music line-up: a mix of nationally recognized and emerging local acts covering a wide array of genres and styles, presented on two stages. And as always, taking in the many musical performances at Bloktoberfest is completely free.
The main festival stage will be located inside in Jamaican Jerk Hut's atmospheric outdoor lot. Bands and DJs will be on hand to entertain the crowds throughout the day and well into the night, as Bloktoberfest moves off the street for an official after-party from 8pm to 11pm, presented by Round Guys Brewing Company.
Beyond the main stage, guests can enjoy performances on the 16th Street Stage at the intersection of 16th and South, where our line-ups will put a spotlight squarely on local musical talent from the South of South Neighborhood and surrounding community.
12:15 - DJ Handsome Sam
1:30 - The Clef Club Youth Ensemble
2:30 - Vinchelle Woods
3:30 - Swift Technique
5:25 - The Belle Game
6:45 - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
8:25 - Alo Brasil
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The Journal Sentinel sports staff brings fans the latest news and inside information on the Brewers
Brewers take on Team Canada today
Phoenix - There will be some familiar faces on the mound for the opponents Tuesday as the Brewers play an exhibition game against Team Canada at Maryvale Baseball Park.
Relievers John Axford and Jim Henderson are scheduled to pitch an inning for Canada in that game, and Brewers manager Ron Roenicke admitted the other day that it will be a rare case of rooting for opposing pitchers to do well. Team Canada is preparing for the World Baseball Classic's Pool C here later in the week, which will include Team USA, Mexico and Italy.
Infielder Taylor Green, who had been swinging the bat better in recent days for the Brewers, also will be playing for Team Canada.
We won't know who's pitching for the Brewers until we get to the ballpark. Yovani Gallardo was tentatively scheduled to pitch an inning to test a recent minor groin strain, but he also was slated to join Team Mexico, which would prevent him from doing so. Roenicke wasn't sure Sunday how that would go, and Monday was an off day so we will find out this morning.
We might see the spring debut of infielder Bobby Crosby, whose comeback attempt after two years away was slowed by a thigh injury.
The game will be webcast on brewers.com and Todd Rosiak and I will have an in-game chatter live blog during the game.
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---- — NEW YORK — Clint Hurdle won the NL Manager of the Year award Tuesday after guiding the Pittsburgh Pirates to the playoffs in their first winning season since 1992.
Hurdle was a runaway winner, selected first on 25 of 30 ballots from a Baseball Writers' Association of America panel. Don Mattingly of the Los Angeles Dodgers came in second and Fredi Gonzalez of the Atlanta Braves finished third.
"It's a bit overwhelming, to tell you the truth," Hurdle said in an interview on MLB Network. "It's humbling. It's gratifying from an organizational standpoint."
It was the first Manager of the Year honor for the 56-year-old Hurdle. His highest finish had been third in 2007, when he led the Colorado Rockies to the World Series.
The only other Pittsburgh manager to win the award was Jim Leyland in 1990 and 1992.
, the bookends to three consecutive division titles for the Pirates.
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Founded in 2008, the Centre for Language and Linguistic Studies (CLLS) aims to promote interdisciplinary collaboration in linguistic research and teaching. Membership embraces not just the members of English Language & Linguistics but also other members from the School of European Culture and Languages with an interest in the study of language, as well as researchers in philosophy, computing, psychology and anthropology, reflecting the many and varied routes by which individuals come to a love of language and an interest in the various disciplines and sub-disciplines of linguistics. Contributions from researchers in all areas of linguistic enquiry are welcome.
Our 'Guest Lecture Series' runs throughout the academic year. For this series we invite researchers from across the UK and Europe. The lectures are open all members of the university as well as the general public.
Upcoming lecture: abstract and date
The last of this term's Guest Lectures will take place on Wednesday, April 2nd, at 5pm in Darwin Lecture Theatre 2. Professor Siobhan Chapman (University of Liverpool) will be delivering, 'Pragmatics as an approach to textual revision: The case of George Moore's Esther Waters'.
In this talk I will explore the use of pragmatic theory as a way of describing, analysing and perhaps evaluating textual revision, concentrating on 'Gricean' pragmatics and its 'neo-Gricean' developments. I will take as a case study George Moore's novel Esther Waters, which focuses on the experiences of a domestic servant and unmarried mother in Victorian England. Moore revised his novel repeatedly between its first publication in 1894 and final edition in 1931, but both he had his critics have described the changes as slight or superficial. I will argue that, although the changes are in general limited to specific lexical and grammatical alterations, a pragmatic analysis demonstrates that they have a significant effect of how the events of the novel are communicated to the reader. In particular, the changes serve to increase the emphasis on Esther as the focalising consciousness for her own story, and therefore to highlight the point of view of a traditionally marginalised figure in Victorian society. I will therefore assess pragmatic theory as a tool for explaining textual revisions which have ideological as well as stylistic implications.
Programme for Spring Term 2014
|Speaker (institution)
|Title of the lecture
|February 7th, 2014
|Professor Ruth Page (University of Leicester)
|'Shared' Stories and Social Media: The Facebook 'Death of Margaret Thatcher RIP Pages'
|March 5th, 2014
|Dr Andrea Santi (University College London)
|The Intersection of Syntax and Memory Mechanisms in Broca's Area: Evidence from functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
|April 2nd, 2014
|Professor Siobhan Chapman (University of Liverpool)
|Pragmatics as an approach to textual revision: The case of George Moore's Esther Waters
Programme for Summer/Autumn Term 2013-2014
|Speaker (institution)
|Title of the lecture
|July 24th, 2013
|Dr Theresa Biberaurer (University of Cambridge)
|Rethinking Comparative Syntax
|August 1st, 2013
|Dr Ioanna Sitaridou (University of Cambridge)
|The emergence of the infinitive as a Negative Polarity Item in the history of Romeyka (Leverhulme Seminar)
|November 13th, 2013
|Dr Fred Cummins (University College Dublin)
|From prayer to protest: the phenomenon of joint speech
|December 11th, 2013
|Dr Cecile De Cat (University of Leeds)
|L1 effects in the very advanced L2 processing of noun-noun compounds
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No further talks have been scheduled for Spring Term 2014.
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|Mr. Duncan Robertson (University of Glasgow)
|Accent and Implicit Cognition: Eyetracking in Glasgow
|February 12th, 2014
|Dr Alex Ho-Cheong Leung (University of Northumbia)
|The robustness of phonological categories in child L2 acquisition: insights from a less-studied English variety
|February 26th, 2014
|Dr Eirini Sanoudaki (Bangor University)
|Language Development in Down syndrome: the pronoun question
|March 26th, 2014
|Mrs. Heidi Colthup (University of Kent)
|Ludonarratives vs. Traditional Narrative: How The Stanley Parable engages the player/reader more effectively than 'Assassin's Creed'
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|October 9th, 2013
|Dr Tamara Rathcke (University of Kent)
|October 23rd, 2013
|Prof. Jane Stuart-Smith (University of Glasgow)
|November 6th, 2013
|Dr Mercedes Durham (Cardiff University)
|November 20th, 2013
|Dr Petros Karatsareas (University of West of England)
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|Dr Evangelia Adamou (CNRS, Paris)
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In many ways, Guy Smith is the very model of a modern LD. He's lit corporate events for Tommy Hilfiger, Christian Dior, and Credit Suisse/First Boston. He's done concerts for Betty Buckley, Luciano Pavarotti, and Busta Rhymes. His special events include George Soros' Millennium Party and the James Beard Awards. He's even designed moving lights for the short-lived cable TV series The Street — plus theatre, movie openings, you name it.
But we're not here to talk about any of that, as interesting as it may be. We're going to focus on only one distinctive aspect of Smith's career — as a designer for gay circuit parties.
The circuit, if you haven't heard, is a loose collection of dance-all-night events, held all over the world, that harken back to the disco-obsessed gay night life of the 1970s (Many of these events are produced by The Saint at Large, descendant of the Lower Manhattan pleasure palace that was a gay mecca in the 1980s). Circuit parties start late, run all night, and last well into the next day. The music, and dancing, are non-stop. Some circuit parties are just for fun — many of them are charity fundraisers — while others are notorious for drugs and sex. In fact, circuit parties are controversial among some members of the gay community.
Nevertheless, circuit parties are going strong after all these years, and they represent a considerable challenge to designers like Smith, who have to load a rig into a not-always-ideal party space, put together a design, and then keep the lights in motion and in sync with the music for 18 hours or more, a task usually accomplished via a combination of creativity and caffeine.
Of course, Smith points out, there are circuit parties and there are circuit parties. For example, "The theme of the White Party is music," he says, adding, "the music is melodic, soulful, with lots of gospel riffs." The aim is to keep partygoers dancing. With that 18-hour running time, he says, "The environment must be constantly, dramatically transformed through lighting — you don't want boredom."
For this year's White Party, which was held in February at Roseland Ballroom, Smith put together a rig that included a 36' (10.8m) ring of truss as the centerpiece, with an 8' (2.4m) fabric dome on top, made to Smith's specifications by costume builder Martin Izquierdo (the fabric was a white spandex, with Mylar strands woven in). Hung on the trussing were Martin MAC 600s and MAC 2000s, which were used to project patterns, with a ring of Martin MAC 500s hung on the perimeter of the dome, "which allowed me to do radial patterns at different angles."
In addition, says Smith, "A friend of mine, an Episcopal priest, drew the shape of a Byzantine church — it was two half domes — and I used that in my design. I had one 24' (7.2m) circle of truss, broken in half, with each half placed on the side of the room," giving him extra lighting positions. Finally, as a pièce de résistance, there was the inevitable 5' (1.5m) disco ball — but in this case, Smith had it covered in fabric so that, late in the party, it was unveiled — to cheers from the guests — and gave him a new set of effects to work with in the small hours. (The designer used a pair of Reel EFX DF-50 hazers plus four High End Systems F100 fog units to give the lighting some extra support.) Smith is eclectic in his equipment choices, but the White Party rig was entirely made up of Martin units. "I really like the patterns in the MAC 500s," he says. Equipment was supplied by Vision Technical Group and the circular trussing was supplied by See Factor.
In contrast to the uptempo, music-centered White Party, there's the Black Party, which, says Smith, "is all about sex. It's about everything that's dark in gay culture and the music reflects that. It's a really heavy sound, with an enormous sound system." This time, he put together a rig of 122 moving units, including High End Systems Cyberlights — "still the best moving-mirror fixture around," he says — and Martin MAC 500s, 600s, and 2000s, along with Diversitronics strobes, the latter supplied by Jauchem and Meeh. The Black Party rig was "totally angular. There was one right angle, and all the rest of the trussing was hinged. The centerpiece for the party was a single cross — it was Easter Sunday — with 16 MAC 500s on it." While he used a broader color range for the White Party, at the Black Party he "stayed with purples, deep reds, indigos. I had a training as a psychologist, and I know that color has an effect on people."
Again, the equipment was supplied by Vision Technical Group — with one exception. Also placed on the center truss was, not a disco ball this time, but a Coemar M1200 Venus, a piece of equipment that's nearly as old as Donna Summer's career. "It no longer exists," laments Smith. "It's completely analog UFO. It's a motorized disc that moves on four axes, with four different parameters of motion. It has a single MSR 1200 light in it, like a Cyberlight does, but there's no reflector. It shoots out light at 360° through a continuous glass lens. People rave about it, and it's 20 years old. There's nothing like it on the market. Coemar laughed when I asked about parts. It's co-owned by the Roxy [a downtown NY club] and The Saint at Large. It has its own controller — I've trained a couple of friends to run it — and I call cues to them via a radio connection. They should definitely come out with a DMX version. There aren't that many units that shoot light 360°. I'd love to sit down with them at Coemar and tell them about my dream Venus."
The key to working these parties, however, lies more in the designer's sensibility as he pilots the rig to the music through an ever-changing series of looks, most of which are conceived on the spot. Each party features what Smith calls "production numbers," cue sequences built around well-known songs that are calculated to get the crowd pumping. Otherwise, he works improvisationally, running cues himself as a live accompaniment to the music in true light-jockey fashion.
Of course, nobody can work for 18 hours straight, so Smith frequently works with Ross Berger, a Miami-based LD. "He's one of the few people I trust to take over for me," says Smith. They work in tandem, he says: "I set up a program, then Russ comes in and does the same. He might do the opening of the show, then I might follow — it's whatever we agree on." Typically, Smith may work 11 hours of an 18-hour event. Even so, he says, there's no real down time: "I can't relax. I'll hang out, talk to friends." The Super Bowl of these events, he adds, was the 20th Anniversary of the White Party in 2000. "It was 38 hours long, so with the load-in it was a 66-hour gig," says the LD. "Basically, I went 66 hours straight — on cups of coffee. I was so tired I started to have hallucinations, but the music kept me going."
He's not kidding about the music: "It's a great energizer," he says, adding, "I had musical training as a child, on clarinet and piano. My mother is a concert pianist." You could say Smith's lighting control console is part of the music.
Another regular gig on Smith's calendar involves lighting for Atlantis gay cruises, a series of chartered ocean-going trips. Here, the designer lights nightly dance parties on the main deck. Before he came onboard, Smith says, the parties were troubled by outbreaks of inclement weather: "They used club lighting equipment — but there was no way to keep rain out of the ballasts. I figured the only fixtures that would work in the rain would be those that have their ballasts elsewhere — in other words, Vari*Lites®." With them, he says, the ballasts can be covered up in case of rain in the middle of a party.
In addition, he says, "Nothing has worked as well as the Vari*Lite fixtures, which have extremely bright optics. Outside, we're working without haze, and you need that brightness. Of course, we turn off many of the ship's lights, but maritime law requires that certain lights stay on." Smith's designs have generated some amusing incidents. "We were on a Norwegian Cruise Lines ship in the Caribbean," he says, "and a Carnival ship came from the other direction. Our captain got a radio query, asking, 'Are you in trouble? All your lights are off, and there's a fire.' Well, they had seen the lasers at the party. The captain radioed back, 'We're having a party! Come on over!'"
A typical rig for the cruise ship will include 24 units, usually 12 VL5s™ and 12 VL6Cs™. "Later this year," he says, "we're adding VLM™ mirrors, a Series 300™ moving-yoke unit." Speaking of the gear, he says, "The VL6Cs are hard-edged, with a fast zoom and great image-making properties. The VL5s have some of the best color-rendering I've seen." For control on this, and virtually all other, gigs, Smith uses a Wholehog console from Flying Pig Systems. "I always use a Hog when I can," he says. "I use it on 80-100 gigs a year." The board's familiarity, he notes, is its biggest selling point: "All the handles are right there; I don't have to look down while I work," a crucial feature for an LD who works live most of the time. Also, he says, the console has "a great effects library."
Otherwise, he says, his work on the ship parties is similar to the circuit events. "I plan some things and some of the DJs set up production numbers with preset cues, but the rest is basically freeform. Parties start around 11pm and go all night. I sleep most of the day on the ship. Fortunately, the coffee's good, and, on a ship, you can get food at any hour."
So how did a nice Jewish boy from Tennessee end up the king of the circuit parties? It started when he was an undergraduate at Brandeis University checking out Boston's gay club scene. "I went to a club called Avalon — I was just 21 — and I looked at the lighting system," he recalls. "I'd never seen moving lights before. They had Intellabeams, Color Pros, Dataflashes. It was fascinating." He returned to the club the next day and got a job: "I was vacuuming the catwalk," he says. "But as I worked, I learned about the rig." First he learned to clean and repair fixtures, then he became a board op, working at other clubs run by the same owner. "I was working as a family therapist for the State of Massachusetts. Then I took a course called Landmark Forum, to find out what I was really passionate about — which was lighting."
Smith quit his day job, then started full-time as a light jockey at the Venus de Milo, another Boston club. He started picking up gigs designing for corporate theatre. Then, he says, "I fell in love with an actor in the national tour of Rent," an on-the-move relationship that eventually led him to New York, where he started working Off Off Broadway while programming for designers such as Stephen Strawbridge and Don Holder. As mentioned above, he now balances a diverse portfolio of assignments from events to theatre work, the latter most notably for the outdoor company Shakespeare on the Hudson. At press time, his schedule included a number of Gay Pride events in Los Angeles and San Diego, a fundraiser for New York's American Museum of Natural History, and a corporate meeting at Grand Central Station.
Also looking to the future, he's designing a 30,000-sq.-ft. (2,700 sq. m) club and concert venue in Tokyo. He also has ambitions to design concert tours and television awards shows. And lest he be stereotyped as a disco ball wizard, he adds, "I just did an event for the New York Church of Christ — and they loved it." With an ecumenical résumé such as this, who knows where he might end up next?
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An Underwriter at this level provides funding for either the costumes or the scenery for the summer season.
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• Live, onstage acknowledgement before every performance of two of the season's productions
• Logo and link to website on the Festival's website
• Twelve individual tickets or three season tickets (value: $ 336)
• Six tickets to the children's show (value: $42)
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|The Mission of the Manhattan Institute is
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Fraud Racket Drives Insurance Rates Up
By Steven Malanga
IT'S A WEEKDAY morning, and Mike Russell is out cruising the crowded streets of Brooklyn. A New York Police Department detective for 16 years, Russell once tracked down Jamaican drug dealers and pursued cop killers on these same streets. But today Russell, who now works as a private investigator for Geico insurance, is on the trail of insurance fraud and he knows that neighborhoods such as Sheepshead Bay and Brighton Beach in Brooklyn are good places to hunt for it.
Street gangs have been staging accidents throughout these and other neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Queens, then sending "victims" for "treatment" to the phony clinics that have sprung up like weeds in the area. When Russell sees a particularly suspicious new clinic-one, say, with no doctor's name or office hours listed on the door-he'll park his car and saunter into the lobby to investigate, sending clerks and receptionists scrambling.
"Once, I walked in and there was a whole bunch of people in the lobby filling out police accident reports," he recalls. "You thought you were in a precinct."
As Mike Russell will tell you, auto insurance fraud has become an epidemic in New York-especially in Brooklyn and Queens-because of these street gangs and the phony clinics. They have been taking advantage of loopholes in New York's no-fault law that requires a driver's insurance company to pay the first $50,000 in medical bills for an accident, regardless of who is at fault.
Some legislators and prosecutors have pushed for new laws to help contain the fraud. Prosecutors want tougher penalties for insurance fraud, which is often treated as only a misdemeanor. They are also seeking to amend the no-fault law to require accident victims to inform their insurer within 90 days that they have been in an accident and intend to file claims for medical bills.
Lawmakers also want limits on the kinds of treatments covered by no-fault. Currently, anything doctors order up, including such dubious treatments as aromatherapy and massage therapy, must be paid for under no-fault insurance policies, and that is helping drive bills sky-high.
But now reform efforts are hung up in Albany.
Doctors and lawyers, who can file lawsuits in these cases when medical bills surge past the $50,000 no-fault limit, have both lobbied against restrictions on the kinds of treatments insurers must cover. And other proposals for reform have fallen victim to the state's deadlocked budget process, which is producing gridlock in the capital.
But, while Albany fiddles, fraud rages.
Private investigators such as Mike Russell say the fraud is taking a toll on policyholders beyond the high premiums. In the latest twist, for instance, gangs have started using stolen identities to file claims under the names of innocent policyholders for staged accidents.
In one case, Russell labored for a year and a half to clear a Geico client whose driving record contained a raft of accidents others had actually staged. Finally, he tracked down a trucker who had taken a picture of the driver of the car who hit him. Russell could see for himself that the driver was not Russell's real client.
Russell is now working to clear the name of a bus driver with multiple crashes to his name -all caused by someone else. The man has been unemployed for a year because of the blemishes on his record.
"The poor guy's wife wants to divorce him," says Russell. "I tell her, it's not his fault. He really didn't cause these accidents. Sooner or later we'll prove it."
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Ladies and Gentlemen, reading an actual play they found in the actual comments of an actual evangelical blog (we mean it, we didn't write this, we found it on the internets), we present your very own Indecision bloggers — Gonzalo Cordova, Dennis DiClaudio, Karen Lurie, Eric March and Matt Tobey — in "Atheists as a Majority", a overwrought warning against an atheist nation:
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If you enter the library of any high school in America, chances are the number of books listed under the author "Sparks" will far exceed many others in the fiction section. Nicholas Sparks has written 17 books, and I'm sure will have two finished and ready to be published by the time this column is printed.
Sure, that last statement was a bit of an exaggeration, but Sparks' wild popularity is not. Starting with the adaptation of Sparks' book "Message in a Bottle" into a film starring Kevin Costner, Robin Wright Penn and Paul Newman in 1999, the Sparks phenomenon has done nothing but spread like wildfire — one that has lasted more than 10 years, sold about 80 million books and grossed nearly $600 million worldwide in box office sales.
If you didn't realize it, a lot of money has been made, all thanks to Nicholas Sparks, who is a genius at tugging at the heart strings and formulating romances that women, old and young, hold out for and pine over.
I asked 20 girls, ages ranging from 15 to 20, what their favorite Sparks story was, why they so enjoy his work, and why they believe so many others do the same.
With more than half the votes, the favorite Sparks story was "The Notebook" which tells the tale of Noah and Allie, who fall in love in a South Carolina town during the summer in the 1940s. The story is a classic "Romeo and Juliet" tale: Allie is the daughter of an affluent couple visiting for the summer, who disapprove of her relationship with Noah, a poor local boy, despite the passionate connection between the two.
Noah and Allie split, and neither hear of the other for years until Allie sees Noah's photo in the newspaper, showing the beautiful house he had fixed up, just like he had promised Allie he would before they went their separate ways.


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A devastating injury to one of football's best running backs gives us an easy pick on top our Waiver Wire Pick Six in Week 8. Plus, a Cleveland QB? Really?
1. Rashad Jennings, RB, JAC
Maurice Jones-Drew went down early in Week 7 with what may or may not be a Lisfranc injury. If it is in fact a Lisfranc injury, he'll be out for the rest of the year. Even if he avoids it, he's going to be out several weeks, leaving Jennings as a must-grab as the No. 1 waiver pickup this week. Jennings rolled up 102 total yards and a TD despite getting repeatedly shut down in the running game. MJD was getting close to five yards per carry this season, and Jennings has enough talent to produce similar numbers with full practices as the starters. Consider him a high-end RB2 moving forward
2. Titus Young, WR, DET
Young was a popular preseason sleeper as a potential No. 2 option in a pass-heavy offense, but he's struggled to produced in the early weeks of the season, catching just 11 passes for 123 yards and one TD in his first five games. His fantasy stock jumped up on Monday night, as not only did he catch six passes for 81 yards while Charles Tillman was shutting down Calvin Johnson, but No. 2 receiver Nate Burleson suffered a broken leg that's going to keep him out for the rest of the year. Young should see single coverage while playing a huge number of snaps from this point forward, and don't be surprised if he emerges as a solid WR3 in fantasy football as a result.
3. LaRod Stephens-Howling, RB, ARI
When the Cardinals' brittle pair of backs both went down, indications were the team would lean on William Powell in the running game, due to a fear that Stephens-Howling wouldn't hold up to a lead-back workload. In Week 6, the backs received a similar amount of carries, with Powell gaining 70 yards on 13 carries and LSH managing just 22 yards on 11 carries. So far, so good. But Powell fumbled early on Sunday, sending him to the bench and LSH, who racked up 149 yards on 25 touches against a very good Minnesota defense, into fantasy relevance. Stephens-Howling isn't going to be worth using this week against the 49ers, but at this point, he's worth a pickup.
4. Dustin Keller, TE, NYJ
I still stand by picking up Brandon Myers at tight end, but Keller has emerged as a better option after totaling 93 yards and a TD against the Patriots. He and Jeremy Kerley could wind up as co-No. 1 options with Santonio Holmes out for the year, while Stephen Hill still gets a few shots per game. Keller should be a TE1 in PPR leagues moving forward and he's on the edge of TE1 status in standard leagues as well. It's probably a little much to burn a high-priority waiver claim on a tight end who has a bye coming up soon, but if he sneaks through waivers in standard leagues, give him a look when replacing Fred Davis.
5. Leonard Hankerson, WR, WAS
Hankerson had this best yardage total of the year in Week 7, racking up 70 yards on six receptions. He's starting with Pierre Garcon out, and it sounds like Garcon isn't coming back anytime soon. He had disappeared in Weeks 5 and 6 after putting together a strong three-week run after Garcon's first injury. The season-ending injury to Fred Davis could also shift a few more targets to Hankerson moving forward. He has some tough matchups coming up, but he's still worth rostering in deeper leagues to help you get through the bye schedule over the next few weeks.
6. Brandon Weeden, QB, CLE
On the surface, it seems ridiculous recommending a rookie QB that plays for the Browns, but Weeden has come through with three straight two-TD games heading into a good matchup with San Diego next week. He'll face some plus matchups later in the season as well (Oakland, Kansas City and Washington are sitting there in Weeks 13 through 15), so it's conceivable he'll have some value down the stretch, especially if Josh Gordon can continue to be a weapon in the offense.
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There is definitely lots of cool stuff and interesting things going on in Hartland. Luckily, some of it gets posted on YouTube.
Each week, Hartland Patch will highlight a YouTube video posted about Hartland. This week's pick features Hartland High School staff performing at the talent show.
Winners of the annual Hartland High School Talent Show include:
First Place - Other category: Tori Graves - piano performance
First Place, Band category: Odd Man Out (Jareb Duggan, Christian Nash, Vincent Fox, Jacob McArthur)
3rd Place, Singer category: Jessica Schira
2nd Place, Singer: Maddee Render, Alec Quinn
1st Place, Singer: Sara Manzo
Do you know of a YouTube video that highlights Hartland? Send the link to firstname.lastname@example.com and it could be featured next week.


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90night sleep time calculator helps you wake up at the right time
|Developer: Jonathan Nakhla
|Platforms: Android
|Category: Health & Fitness
|Price: Free, $0.99 to remove ads
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1. PorkyBurger (Posts: 197; Member since: 18 May 2013)
Wao, interesting. I should try this, because I have to wake up every morning at 6:30 am to get to school, and I feel like a .... IDK, dead grumpy unicorn willing to suck everyones souls I guess? I hope this will help me feel just fine! Thanks PA.
2. Killertech2099 (Posts: 138; Member since: 28 Sep 2013)
Nice app, it's good to have options
3. LikeMyself (Posts: 206; Member since: 23 Sep 2013)
Not accurate. 60-90 minutes. It can give you an idea, but don't take it that serious. And it's a habit. If you sleep regularly for 8 hours, then before exams, 3 or less hours of sleep, u will feel grumpy for sure. My advice; Watch sponge Bob!
5. PorkyBurger (Posts: 197; Member since: 18 May 2013)
The problem is, I always go to bed at 10pm, sleep about 8 and a half hours, which is good. But when I wake up.. bwaah....*grumpy mode activated*
I am still going to try this baby out, lel.
6. vishu9 (Posts: 251; Member since: 03 Mar 2011)
Not to be rude, but 8.5 hours is a lot of sleep.. Men on an average require no more than 6 hours, that's bare minimum. But 7 is the magic number, most optimum and you tend to wake up refreshed and active. Try it out.
8 hours is recommended by scientists but largely debated since anything more than 8 causes lethargy (as you described).
Source: I'm a pharmacologist and major night owl :)
4. AJmeBOY (Posts: 29; Member since: 16 Dec 2011)
Stupid app. Uninformed article. PA Editor and Nick, do a little more research or mark it advertising before posting fluff like this.
There are so many more robust sleep apps out there that actually do something.
I have been using SleepBot (by SleepBot) for 6 months now and love it! It can monitor your movement and restlessness to find an optimal time to wake you up +/- 15 minutes of your desired wake up time. This functions on the 90 minutes you reported in the article. Additionally, you can visually see your restlessness throughout the night and over the course of time.
Another cool feature is the sound recording. Ever wonder if you snore? Have sleep apnea? Talk in your sleep? This app can record the sounds and you can play them back later.
Check it out and perhaps redeem yourself with a well researched article.


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CISTHENE is owned and operated by Jen Altman. Apart from curating and running the shop, Jen is a professional photographer and author whose clients include Chronicle Books, Martha Stewart Living, and Kinfolk Magazine. You can view her portfolio here and follow her adventures in travel and food with her family on the acclaimed blog Nectar. She also runs the annual Instant Love retreat in Marrakech, Morocco.
"Jewelry is personal. Some, such as myself, could argue that it could indeed be the most personal thing you place on your body. It is not simply metal and stone that we adorn ourselves with, instead it is thousands of years of craftsmanship; it is metal from the depths of our Earth and minerals that have endured millions of years of trial by water and fire to become what they are today. The practice of wearing jewelry, originally for protection then for currency and finally for decoration, is as nearly as ancient as humanity itself. And I use the word practice purposefully, for truly wearing jewelry is a practice more so than an act. We imbue our jewels with our own energies, our desires, and even our individual histories; each piece becomes a Talisman charged with our personal magic.
At CISTHENE, we want you to find your own Talismans. Your own symbols of protection and power – because, that is ultimately what jewelry can give you. The ancient Egyptians and Greeks knew this, the Celts knew this, and we continue seeking out those pieces that call to our souls today. So have a look… your Talisman is waiting.
Why CISTHENE? Cisthene (pronounced kees-THEE-nee) is the mythical island where Medusa is thought to dwell. She is the subject of seduction, envy, and spell-binding tales. Whether her serpent tresses still call the island home, only the Goddess knows. After I read Edith Hamilton's Mythology when I was 12 years old, the epic tales of Olympus became my religion. I felt an affinity for both Medusa and Athena, the Great Goddess thought to have cursed her, and both figures have been muses and protectors throughout my life. In their honor, CISTHENE was founded in 2012. Featuring hand-crafted jewels, bath and beauty products, as well as hand-tooled leather accessories, CISTHENE honors the art of ancient crafts with modern sensibilities."


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Electronic services include check account balances, share draft orders, pay your loan online, view account transactions, account transfers and bill payment.
This community credit union serves persons who live, worship, work in, or attend school in, and businesses and other legal entities located in Carbon County, Utah,
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'Nashville' Recap: Season 2, Episode 9
In 'Nashville' Juliette remains the master of the cat fight.
For a show ostensibly centered on the dynamic between an aging country star – Connie Britton's Rayna Jaymes – and the next hot, young thing - Hayden Panettiere's Juliette Barnes – "Nashville" has both grown and regressed in its second season.
This week's episode featured Juliette dealing with her own young up-and-comer, Layla Grant, with each trying to out-diva the other. But it left the Rayna-Juliette storyline languishing, even though the show sparkles most when the two stars face-off.
Layla, a reality show star turned record label act, irritates Juliette by running over her opening act time with a song dedicated to pseudo-boyfriend, Will Lexington, America's favorite (only?) sexually ambiguous cowboy. Juliette retaliates by pushing Will's set into Layla's plumb spot for the next show. And when Layla tries to arrange a duet with Will, Juliette simply jumps in instead – complete with a hair-extension fueled, elegant high-sass ponytail. Lesson? Don't try and out-diva a diva.
[RECAP: 'Nashville' Recap: Season 2, Episode 8]
But it's Layla who may end up with the last laugh as the show ends with her placing a call to celeb-stalkers TMZ tipping them off that billionaire Charlie Wentworth's recently announced divorce is the fault of his philandering with Juliette.
The rest of the show was a mish-mash of the dangling storylines, none of which was majorly advanced, except Scarlett O'Connor witnesses her best friend, Zoey Dalton, making out with ex-beau Gunnar Scott.
The audience is treated with the expected daddy-diva-off between Deacon Claybourne and Teddy Conrad, the former the biological father of Maddie Conrad, Rayna's daughter she raised with Teddy.
"You think you can just swoop in here and dazzle her with this music crap?" Teddy whines to Deacon, after both watched Maddie peform. "Rayna and I have no interest in co-parenting with you. And I don't care that you're sober."
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Rayna, meanwhile, has to sit the two men down and play peacemaker. It's a role we all have grown to expect from Rayna (and any Connie Britton character), but it's beginning to get a little too comfortable.
Will remains one of the "Nashville" characters who can surprise viewers, with tension building with his male ex-lover who also happens to be his handler dispatched by his record company. Riffing about his kind-of relationship with Layla to Juliette, Will says, "Maybe someday, if I'm lucky, I'll find someone who makes me feel like the best version of myself."
The philosopher cowboy's observation prompts Juliette to end it with Charlie – who had professed his love. He walks away pretty easily, with them both thankful their tryst was never made public. Oh, Layla.
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Jerry Piper, longtime owner of Laguna Auto Parts, died Thursday evening after suffering a heart attack at his store Dec. 10. He was 60.
Piper was a close friend to many in Laguna Beach for decades. Born in San Clemente, he eventually took over the downtown business his father established on Broadway in the 1960s.
"This is a big shock for everybody," said longtime friend and fishing buddy Steven Battaglia, who built a makeshift memorial to Piper that's currently set up in the small lot behind the store at 1796 S. Coast Hwy., with candles and objects reflecting Piper's many interests, including hunting, fishing, diving, and honey-making. There's also a Christmas tree decorated with empty cans of Piper's favorite brand, Miller Genuine Draft.
A handwritten card left on the memorial included several comments from friends, one of which read, "We lost a solid rock of Laguna - Jerry, you will be missed!"
"He was probably the best guy in the whole world," continues Battaglia. "He took care of people and was always helping people. There was never a problem with money. If somebody came in and they needed brakes but didn't have money, he would tell them to pay him later, and then teach them how to put brakes on. He was always giving like that, he gave you everything you wanted. Now we're all screwed—we have all these old cars and we can't fix them without Jerry!"
Laguna Auto Parts employee Greg Etter knew Piper for 18 years.
"If you needed money, he loaned you money," Etter recalls. "If you were short, it was always, 'Pay me when you come back next time.'"
Battaglia remembers a recent incident that reflects how Piper was a different style of businessman.
"This guy comes in, and he has this can of motor oil from 20 years ago he bought at the store—he knew the date because it has the sticker on it still. He says he doesn't have any use for this oil, and can he get his money back, and Jerry says 'Oh yeah, sure,' and he gives him his money back! I couldn't believe he did that, but that was Jerry. Everybody loves him, and still will. He's a legend."
"Jerry would change your windshield wipers for you in the rain, for free," recalls Blair McManus. "And everybody loved his dog. He trained his dog to open his refrigerator, get a beer, and bring it to them."
Laguna Auto Parts was "his place, this is where it was happening," says Battaglia. "We started having fish frys here, and then moved them to Bluebird Park. Last year we had over 200 people come out for the fish fry. Everybody in this town will miss him."
A memorial gathering for Piper is set for this Wednesday, Dec. 19, at 3 p.m. in Bluebird Park. The public is invited.