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Question: Would enacting new or additional gun laws keep high capacity clips out of the hands of criminals? The answer is no. The city of Chicago has pages of gun laws on the books but astronomical amounts of gun crimes. You can't own an AK-47 but they are still found in Chicago. You can't own an M-16 but they are still found in Chicago. You can't even own a handgun within the city limits unless it's registered with the city as of June 28th, 2010. What this means is that handgun crimes are all illegal but they still happen. Whether they have one gun law or 1,000 gun laws the criminals still have what they need to do what they want. Why don't people understand "THE CRIMINALS DON'T CARE WHAT LAWS YOU MAKE." "THEY ARE STILL GOING TO DO WHAT THEY WANT." The law abiding citizen is the one who follows these laws and is unable to protect themselves because they follow some gun law that doesn't work. Let the people protect themselves. Also, I'm not sure if you are a gun owner, but a moderately trained human being can carry multiple clips on him and change out an empty clip within seconds. So your argument is irrevelant.
Lastly, I pray for Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords to make a speedy and full recovery. I also pray for all the other victims of such a senseless and horrible crime.
Letter: Speaking out against high-capacity firearm magazines
What hunter needs a high-capacity magazine—a clip that holds more than 10 rounds—like the one a gunman used to shoot 20 people in a matter of seconds in Arizona? These magazines are for killing a lot of people fast.
The United States Constitution guarantees to our citizens the right to keep and bear arms. At the same time that we can all acknowledge this basic right, I believe that we should also be able to come together to develop reasonable, common-sense laws designed to ensure that the right to bear arms is exercised safely and responsibly.
The assumption that more guns reduces crime is a fantasy. According to the Violence Policy Center (www.vpc.org/), the highest gun-death rates are:
1. Louisiana, with 46% gun ownership
2. Mississippi (54%)
3. Alaska (61%)
4. Alabama (57%)
5. Nevada (32%)
The lowest gun-death rates are:
50. Hawaii (10%)
49. Rhode Island (13%)
48. Maine (13%)
47. Connecticut (16%)
46. New York (18%)
More guns do not equal less crime. Contact Congressman Randy Hultgren (www.hultgren.house.gov/) and tell him to sign a bill that outlaws the sale of high-capacity magazines.
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Eastern Washington will need everyone on board when they play in Saturday's FCS semifinal game against Sam Houston State. That is because the Bearkats are intimately familiar with EWU's common opponents in the Big Sky.
Sam Houston State beat both Cal Poly and Montana State this season. So did Eastern Washington, so you can bet both programs will look at a lot of film from those games to get an idea on how to handle each other's tendencies.
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Sam Houston State was the underdog going into last weekend's quarterfinal game against Montana State. They pulled off a monumental upset, beating the Bobcats 34-16 by scoring 17 points in the second quarter.
The winner of Saturday's game in Cheney will advance to play either Georgia Southern or No. 1 North Dakota State in the FCS championship game January 5 in Frisco, Texas at FC Dallas Stadium.

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One thing we discussed last night at the French Conversation Group was whether panache means the same thing in French as it does in English.
According to the OED, panache [/pəˈnaʃ/ (UK) /pəˈnæʃ/ (USA)] comes from the Middle French pennache, which originally meant a tuft or plume of feathers, and by the late 19th century had come to mean "manly elegance or swagger, chivalrous or heroic courage, flamboyance, elegance, style".
Pennache comes from the Italian pennacchio (plume), from the post-classical Latin pinnāculum, a dimmunitive of pinna (wing, feather, pointed peak), which comes from the Proto-Indo-European *bend- (something protruding). Other words that possibly come from the same root include pin, peg, pinafore, pinion and pinacle.
According to Le Dictionnaire, the French word panache means:
- ornement composé de plumes flottantes, placé sur une coiffure = an ornament of floating feathers worn on the head
- élément qui rappelle la forme de cet ornement = something resembling such an ornament
- surface triangulaire du pendentif d'une voûte en forme de sphère = a triangular area of a roof pendant in the shape of a sphere
- (au sens figuré) élégance et brio = (figuratively) elegance and panache
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Original post made by Old homewoener on Dec 30, 2012
here is what happened today: i placed an old computer for sale on Craigslist because I just purchased a new one.
Now the buyer ask to meet me in a cafe in Palo Alto, I went there but nobody showed up, fine I came back but before I come home 2 police cars with 4 officers stop in front of me
apparently the buyer called the Police for a prank, or maybe because I was selling the computer too cheap and he was actually a seller that want to sell a similar computer for more money, or any other reason that I cannot think right now.
After I gave my information and ID to the officers and explained what happened we all laugh about it, and joke about how old the computer were, and they left and everything is fine, but I just wonder why 2 cars, and 4 police Officers arrive for me. I am wondering that because the average police officer in Palo Alto earns 120k a per year, plus pension, health benefits, and also to remember that their future are guaranteed with 100% of retirement income.
I am all for to build the new Police station by Park Boulevard, especially since the city will cove part of the price tad and the other part a private construction Company will pay the rest, but my problem is: once the building is done are they going to keep hiring more officers?
I sincerely hope not. Two days I read the news that a family of father mother and daughter that is a Stanford grad were stealing from the Stanford Shopping and were cough by the private security personnel there. No Police were involved only after the arrest were made.
I understand we need the sworn Police officers, but at more than 50 in the rank and file, Palo Alto has a tremendous amount expense with these officers and definitely an overhead and unnecessary number of 4 officers to check in a sale of an old computer. or maybe they are bored?
on Dec 31, 2012 at 11:41 am
I think if you did the math, you'd realize that 50 officers is not that many. 50 officers cover the entire city (residential and business) 24x7. That's 3 shifts of officers, who work 5 days/week...which means (in simple terms) that in a day, you have an average of 35 officers covering the 3 shifts.
Assume the 2 heaviest shifts are 6am-2pm & 2pm-10pm, you probably have 14 officers on the first 2 shifts and 7 on the midnight shift.
14 officers on duty to cover a city of 65,000 residents and untold number of people who come to work here on a daily basis.
Simple math, I know. But I think some people would wonder how 14 officers over an 8-hour period could possible cover all needs of the city.
on Dec 31, 2012 at 11:46 am
I would also add that the 14 officers are not all out on the streets in patrol cars either. You have to include levels of management (a shift sergeant for example), some maybe in the office doing paper work, etc.
on Dec 31, 2012 at 6:12 pm
What you likely saw were two training units. Each unit had a field training officer and a trainee which is the reason you saw four officers. Anytime someone calls 911 and reports someone might be selling stolen property that will calls for two units to be dispatched. It just so happened that the units that responded to your incident each had a trainee. The assertion that Palo Alto PD is overstaffed is unsupported by the level of crime in the city versus the departments staffing.


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Recently, a letter by Bruce Skud and Joanna Hammond appeared in The Daily News suggesting that the impacts of Hurricane Sandy and the "warnings" of three other anti-nuclear organizations are reasons to suspend Seabrook Station's ongoing license renewal process.
While it's common practice for the anti-nuclear community to use national emergencies and tragedies to shamelessly advance its agenda, we believe that area residents are entitled to the true, independently verified facts regarding Seabrook's safety.
Seabrook Station is one of the newest operating nuclear plants in the country and was specifically designed to withstand extreme events such as earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, flooding, and fires.
For example, while Seabrook is built in a seismically stable area according to the U.S. Geological Survey, the plant is still designed to withstand a direct hit from an earthquake as strong as the one that occurred last year in Japan. Moreover, to protect against storm surges and flooding from storms such as Hurricane Sandy, Seabrook is built 2 miles inland behind woods and a vast marsh, is 21 feet above sea level and buffered by a protective wall.
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More than three months have passed by, and still no answers for a Bollinger county family.
It was Scottie Robins' two daughters and son who found him murdered when they arrived home from school back in September.
Investigators say they have tracked hundreds of leads, but have made no arrests.
It's hard on Robins children, but they say their father raised them to be strong.
They talked to Heartland News about the father they dearly love and miss as they pray for justice.
"I miss him a lot and it's going to be hard for Christmas," said Jaime Robins.
"We have no choice but to be strong," said McKayla Robins. "It's easier for us because we are together."
Tristan, Jaime and McKayla say they try not to think about the day they got off the school bus and found their father shot in their home.
They say everyone who knew their dad loved him. He was a well known tow truck driver with a reputation for being fair and friendly.
McKayla remembers the last she spoke to her dad.
"He was laying on the couch watching TV, and I said good night and I love you just like every night," said McKayla Robins.
Renee Shaffer says her children miss their father terribly, and need answers.
"It's dying down for everyone else and coming alive for us," said Shaffer.
They find strength in staying together.
"We have our ups and downs and everyday brings different emotions but it has brought us all closer,"said Shaffer.
Now at Christmas they remember the good times.
"He was just all around an awesome person. He was just a really good guy and he genuinely cares about everybody," said McKayla.
Now they pray someone out there has answers that would allow their family to truly heal.
"I really, really hope there's justice and they find who did this," McKayla said.
The family has since moved to Jackson.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A woman whose unborn child was killed by a sniper nearly five decades ago in one of the deadliest campus shootings in American history urged Texas lawmakers Thursday to reject proposals that would allow concealed handgun license holders to carry their weapons into college buildings and classrooms.
Claire Wilson James, now 64, was a freshman at the University of Texas and eight months pregnant in 1966 when Charles Whitman lined up his rifle sights and shot her through the belly as she was walking the campus plaza. She lay on the ground for 90 minutes while Whitman, positioned at the top of the campus tower, killed 17 and wounded 32 before he was killed.
"A campus is a sacred place ... very open and vulnerable" that doesn't need more guns, Wilson James, now an elementary school teacher, said at a hearing at the state Capitol.
She was among dozens of witnesses testifying for and against the campus-carry issue, including several with direct experience with mass shootings at Fort Hood in 2009 and at Virginia Tech University in 2006.
Former Army Sgt. Howard Ray was on Fort Hood when a gunman opened fire near where he was. Ray said the shooter fired several shots in his direction and he couldn't return fire because Fort Hood policy did not allow him to carry his personal weapon.
"I reached for it, and it wasn't there," Ray said. "That day is a clear message to me that our citizens should never be restricted in their ability to carry at home, in a university or any other place."
Texas is one of the strongest gun-rights states in the country and has allowed concealed handgun licenses since 1995. License holders must be at least 21 years old and pass a training course. They are allowed to carry their weapons many places, including the state Capitol where simply showing their license to security will allow them to bypass metal detectors.
But college campuses remain off limits for weapons and the campus-carry question erupted into one of the most contentious issues of the 2011 session before if failed. Supporters, including the Texas Rifle Association, are pushing the measure again, calling it a gun rights and self-defense issue. Thursday's meeting drew a large police presence outside the committee with at least four state troopers stationed inside the room or in the hallway.
Texas Tech student David Bloom, who said he has a concealed handgun license, said he wants to be allowed to shoot back if someone draws a gun in one of his classes.
"I'm not advocating vigilante justice. I'm just asking to be allowed to have something more than a ball-point pen," to fight back, Bloom said.
Thomas Sovick, who teaches a popular history of rock and roll class at the University of North Texas, said he got his concealed handgun license two years ago because he has been threatened nine times by students who were either upset by grades or generally unstable. He wants to be allowed to carry his .45-caliber pistol to class.
"I'm not worried about anything happening to me at home," Sovick said. "The only place I worry is in the classroom."
Opponents say allowing guns into campus buildings only increases the chances for violence, including suicide. University of Texas System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa, who oversees nine campuses, wrote to Gov. Rick Perry this week saying students, parents, faculty and campus police worry that allowing guns into classrooms will create a culture of fear among students and teachers.
John Woods, whose girlfriend Maxine Turner was among the first victims killed by the Virginia Tech shooter, said someone carrying a gun would not have saved her. Woods is now a graduate student at the University of Texas and a spokesman for Texas Gun Sense, which opposes guns on campus.
"She was shot in the back of the head. A concealed handgun would not have done her any good," Woods said. "She never saw it coming."
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In-car entertainment options have come a long way from the choices of AM and FM radio stations, the tape deck, and the CD player. The arrival of compressed digital-audio formats such as MP3--and the enormous popularity of portable music players such as the iPod--means that people are more able and willing to take their songs with them on the road, and an array of digital-audio storage devices from USB flash drives to SD cards has facilitated the portable-music revolution. The advance of satellite radio and the emergence of HD radio and DVD audio have added even more options for in-car audiophiles. Bluetooth technology has given drivers the means of streaming calls and music from their cell phones through their car speakers.
Car stereos have rapidly evolved to accommodate these additional features. From stereos that read compressed audio format discs, to receivers with dedicated iPod adapters and USB ports, to systems with built-in Bluetooth receivers and HD radio tuners, in-dash systems now often boast up to six different means of playing music with the option to connect even more sources. Moreover, car stereos are no longer exclusively for playing audio. Many larger (double-DIN-size) systems feature touch screen LCD displays with integrated GPS navigation and the ability to play DVD video.
On top of the bewildering number of source options, drivers also face an increasingly complex series of choices when it comes to audio quality and acoustic output. Do you want a car stereo with preouts for an external amp? What kind of stereo will be compatible with a standalone subwoofer? What does a system's wattage rating really mean?
Our buying guide helps to answer the array of questions facing the aftermarket car-stereo consumer. While we won't be delving too far into the realm of audio components such as speakers and amps, we'll be looking at the major features and specs of modern in-car systems to help you make the best decision for your mobile media.
Not long ago, in-car radio was limited to the choice between AM and FM stations. Today, thanks to digital technology, satellite and HD radio offer subscription-based and free-to-air options respectively. However, you'll need the right kind of stereo if you're planning to listen to either of these two newer formats.
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The XM Mini-Tuner can be used with car stereos.
With the advent of XM and Sirius satellite radio (possibly soon to be the same company), drivers have a source of commercial-free, on-demand radio with a far superior sound quality to that of AM and FM radio. While a minority of stereo head units, such as Alpine's CDA-9820XM, come with a built-in satellite radio tuner, most stereos now come "satellite radio-ready", which means that they can be used to play satellite radio with the use of an add-on XM or Sirius receiver plus a satellite radio subscription. Some car stereos can be hooked up to generic satellite radio tuners, such as the XM Mini-Tuner, eliminating the need to buy a dedicated module and separate subscription for the car.
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The JVC KD HDR1 has a built-in HD radio tuner.
The other recent advance in in-car radio has been the gradual proliferation of HD radio (sometimes referred to as high definition or hybrid digital radio). HD is a digital broadcasting technology that makes use of the existing FM spectrum to send a digital signal along with the traditional analog signal. Radios with built-in HD receivers sort through the multiple signals and reproduce the original broadcast without the multipath distortion associated with standard analog FM and AM reception. (Multipath distortion happens when a radio signal is picked up by the receiver numerous times, and is particularly problematic around high buildings, which reflect signals and make them bounce around.)
To date, there are only a handful of car stereos on sale that come with built-in HD radio tuners. Examples include JVC's KD HR1 and the Alpine DVA-9956.
More common are stereos that come with the capability of picking up HD radio via add-on receivers. These include single-DIN stereo receivers such as the JVC's KT-HDP1 is a universal device that connects to any FM-capable stereo to play HD Radio.
Like in-car radio, disc-based audio has been given a new lease on life thanks to new digital formats. Compressed audio codecs such as MP3, WMA, and AAC give drivers the ability to rip multiple albums onto a single disc, eliminating the need to carry stacks of CDs on the road. Nearly every car stereo that leaves the factory today comes with the ability to play MP3 and WMA-encoded discs; some also feature the ability to play AAC files for music bought on iTunes and burned to disc.
An intuitive interface for navigating digital-audio discs is essential.
With the increased number of tracks on a single disc comes the necessity for an improved means of navigating songs and albums: it is not too much trouble to skip back and forward through 15 songs on a regular CD, but to find the specific track out of hundreds of MP3s on a disc is a lot more difficult.
In CNET's review process, ease of navigating disc-based digital audio is one of the most important factors when considering the merits of a stereo. Many single-DIN systems feature only a single-line, monochrome LCD display, showing no more than eight or ten characters for song title, artist name, and other information. Using such a basic readout to find your way through a maze of folders (directories) and tracks (files) can be difficult. Some systems index all the songs on a disc in seconds, enabling users to search for songs by artist or track name without interrupting the current song.
Stereos such as the Dual XDMA6700, with its scattered audio control buttons, are far less helpful.
If you're planning to play lots of MP3 or WMA-encoded discs, check out the interface for skipping between folders and files and the amount of ID3 tags that can be shown on the stereo's display.
USB and SD cards
The Clarion DFZ675MC features an SD card slot on its faceplate.
Some stereos, such as the Blaupunkt SD48 and the Jensen VM9512, come with integrated SD card readers. For those who want to play SD card files through USB-enabled car stereos, adapters are available.
Another option for transferring audio to your car stereo is by a Bluetooth radio connection, which can be used to stream music from portable audio players or cell phones with the advanced audio distribution profile (A2DP), often called Bluetooth audio. Some stereos also include the more sophisticated audio/video remote control profile AVRCP, which lets drivers play, pause, and search for files on a Bluetooth-connected device by using the stereo faceplate controls.
Sony's Pioneer DEH-P9800BT.
The biggest development in the world of portable digital audio in the 21st century has undoubtedly been the iPod, and car stereo makers have come up with innumerable ways to let drivers play their iPod libraries on the road.
Auxiliary-input jacks
The most basic solution for in-car iPod playback is a generic line-in jack and patch cord, which enables drivers to stream music from their players via the stereo to the car's speakers. Some stereos, such as the Sony MEX-BT2500, have auxiliary-input jacks built in to the front of their faceplates to enable drivers to play content from iPods, Zunes, and other digital-audio players through the car speakers.
When playing audio via an aux-input jack, drivers are still required to use the digital-audio player itself to select and control all music playback. The same is true for connections made via FM transmitters, which plug directly into the player and broadcast the iPod's audio to the stereo, and for old-school cassette adapters.
Single-DIN systems
For those looking for a greater degree of control over their iPod libraries when behind the wheel, there are a wealth of stereos that feature an "intelligent" or "full-speed" USB iPod connection, which transfers information from the iPod to the stereo's display itself and gives the driver full search and playback control via the stereo's faceplate buttons. Technically, USB-compatible systems will produce a better sound quality than auxiliary-input jacks because there are fewer connections on the way to the speakers. Stereos with a USB connector let you plug in a USB key filled with MP3 files, and the stereo will use the key as an audio source, just like a CD. With an auxiliary input, you are playing the music on your MP3 player, then running its output into the stereo, where it gets amplified again, as opposed to the single amplification step with the USB key. In reality, you probably won't notice a difference in audio quality, because it will be minimal.
The challenge for single-DIN stereos with intelligent iPod connections is to present a user-friendly means of navigating iPod libraries. Single-DIN stereos don't have the luxury of touch screen systems found in many double-DIN systems, and so, as with MP3 discs, the presentation and navigation interface for iPod tracks is a critical factor in their usability.
Sony's CDX-GT610UI
Among the single-DIN-size stereos that we have seen that do a reasonable job of transferring iPod control to the driver are the JVC KD-PDR30, which all come with iPod connections as standard. With the Sony CDX-GT620IP, for example, drivers can select songs according to artist, album, or playlist. In iPod mode, the stereo's single-line LCD display shows information on artist and album, track name, or track number, according to the user's preference. Although the display shows only eight characters of each information tag, a dedicated SCRL button scrolls the information, enabling the curious driver to get all the relevant information. An option in the setup menu also enables users to configure the display to automatically scroll tag information when a new source, album, or track is selected.
If iPod connectivity is your priority, however, then there is one system that stands head-and-shoulders above the competition in the single-DIN category. The Alpine iDA-X001, designed with input from Apple, is a dedicated in-car iPod interface. Not only does it have a wheel that mimics the movements of the iPod controller, but it also provides menus in the same fonts as the iPod itself, and even displays album art for tracks on fifth-generation iPods.
The iDA-X001 is the first car stereo we have seen that has no internal moving parts. The single-DIN-size stereo comes with a range of features that gives drivers direct control over the songs in their iPod libraries, including a spring-loaded jog wheel for browsing through iPod libraries; an alphabet search function inspired by newer iPods; and a bright, 320x240-pixel TFT screen for displaying album art and iPod menus.
Touch screen systems
For systems with touch screen LCD display, recreating the iPod experience is easier, and many double-DIN-size stereos feature a virtual version of the iPod wheel or the iPod screen itself. However, more real estate does not necessarily mean a more user-friendly iPod experience. When evaluating the usefulness of these touch screen iPod interfaces, one of the important factors to consider is ease of scrolling through digital-audio libraries: if you have an 80GB iPod connected, then you will not want a system that requires you to search through songs one--or even six--at a time.
The Dual XDVD8182 and the Pioneer AVIC-Z1 are examples of systems with cumbersome and labor-intensive iPod interfaces.
Searching through iPod tracks on the Dual XDVD8182 can take forever.
When using the Dual XDVD8182's touch screen to navigate iPod libraries, for example, the only way to browse tracks is by pushing the up or down arrows (to see each name one at a time) or by pressing the File button that allows you to skip forward six entries at a time. As an example of how time-consuming this method of browsing is, it took us more than 120 presses of the File buttons to get through the list of artists in our 4GB iPod Nano. As with the Dual system, the Pioneer AVIC-Z1 only allows users to scroll through iPod entries five at a time; with 80GB of songs loaded on an iPod, getting to the bottom of the list will take hours.
Systems that do a good job of reproducing the iPod interface retain the simplicity of the player itself and give users a means of quickly navigating large libraries. Two such systems we have seen are the Alpine IVA-W200 and the Clarion MAX675VD./p>
The IVA-W200 does a good job of offering a flexible range of control options for iPod music: users can select tracks by the artist, the song title, the album, or the playlist. The IVA-W200 screen displays full tag information for each track, and its basic text format and lack of fancy graphics enable drivers to read the information at a glance. To get through large iPod libraries, the IVA-W200 features a touchable search bar, which enables drivers to quickly skip through the alphabetized list of tracks or artists.
With the Clarion system, drivers are presented with an iPod dashboard on the system's bright LCD touch screen display, from where they can select tracks according to the usual iPod categories (podcast, artist, album, playlists, genres), and can search within those categories. Like the Alpine IVA-W200, the system has a user-friendly one-touch scrolling feature for searching large music libraries.
While the entertainment capabilities of car stereos continue to expand, other applications have found their way into aftermarket systems and can now be used as Bluetooth hands-free calling interfaces or GPS navigation devices.
Bluetooth hands-free calling
The Sony MEX-BT5100 has a built-in Bluetooth receiver.
Most Bluetooth applications require the purchase of add-on Bluetooth receiver modules, which enable calls to be routed from a connected cell phone through the stereo to the car's speakers. Add-on Bluetooth kits often include an external microphone, which can be attached to the car's dashboard or sun visor. Some systems do come with Bluetooth calling capabilities built in.
Sony's XDMA6700 also features a built-in microphone and a unique hard-button keypad, although curiously requires an external module to connect to Bluetooth phones.
When evaluating a Bluetooth-enabled stereo, it is important to take into account the ease of making and ending calls and the quality of the built-in mic. Also, many add-on modules are clunky boxes that require a substantial amount of room behind the dashboard or in the globe box.
GPS navigation
As this is primarily a guide on car stereos, we won't go into too much detail on the technical details of GPS: those looking for an in-depth analysis of GPS can check out our GPS buying guide. However, navigation does deserve a mention as many double-DIN aftermarket car stereos (and some single-DIN ones) come with navigation as an optional or standard, integrated feature. Most touch screen and LCD in-dash audio/ video players come with navigation as a standard feature or offer it as an option via an add-on GPS module.
Among the former group, the Pioneer AVIC-Z1 and the Eclipse AVN series are state-of-the art examples of navigation-enabled stereos, as both offer detailed maps, text-to-voice route guidance, and the option of real-time traffic information. The AVIC-Z1 even comes with the added benefit of a voice-recognition system--something that we usually see only in high-end factory-installed systems.
The Pioneer AVIC-Z1 combines audio/video playback with GPS navigation.
Other in-dash touch screen navigation systems include the Alpine Blackbird portable navigation device.
As with factory-installed systems, ease of programming is a key feature to consider when shopping for an aftermarket in-dash navigation unit. Processor speed and refresh rate are also important factors: you don't want the system to take three or four seconds to refresh between each letter of a destination or when adjusting the level of zoom.
Because navigation systems usually feature maps, which require lots of real estate, single-DIN systems don't often attempt to offer navigation. One notable (and unfortunate) exception is the KD-NX5000, which, despite its size, integrates a bright, 3.5-inch color LCD screen to guide drivers around.
The JVC KD-NX5000 is a hard-drive-based system, which means that its GPS database is stored on an internal drive rather than read from a DVD-ROM. The advantages of hard-drive-based GPS systems are numerous: they don't require a separate disc drive for navigation data; they are far quicker at calculating routes and refreshing maps; and they can often be used to store media files as well as their map information. Expect to see more hard-drive-based GPS units hit the market as hard drives become more rugged and resistant to extreme temperatures.
The way that a car stereo sounds is primarily dependent upon the specs of the amplifier (whether built-in or external), and the number, configuration, and quality of the car's speakers. The presence of a dedicated subwoofer, for example, gives drivers a more immersive bass feel; and component speakers (woofers for low-range output, midrange speakers, and tweeters or super tweeters for high-range output) used in conjunction with external crossovers deliver better audio reproduction than full-range (or all-in-one) speaker assemblies.
External--rather than built-in--amplifiers also generally lead to increased power and a clearer output. The options for external amplifiers, in-car speaker arrangements, and other external components are limitless and beyond the scope of this buying guide, but some things to look out for when shopping for an external amp are: power ratings (usually rated in ohms); separate volume controls for front and rear channels; and the presence of high- and low-pass filters.
When shopping for a car stereo, there are a number of features to look out for in order to optimize audio quality. First, decide whether you are intending to use the stereo's built-in amplifier or whether the output is going to be channeled through an external amp. For stereos with built-in amps, some key considerations include:
Power rating:
Always use the RMS rating (measured in watts) rather than the peak power rating. RMS is an indication of a system's continuous power used for consistent output rather than its maximum capability.
EQ controls:
Most stereos come with some kind of equalizer for enabling drivers to tweak the bass, treble, and midrange bands. Advanced systems have four-, five- or even seven-band equalizers, and give the driver control over the center frequencies for each band for the smallest tuning tweaks.
Crossovers and high- and low-pass filters:
Some stereos such as the Eclipse AVN 6600 feature user-configured crossover settings, which let drivers set the frequency at which audio signals are sent to a specific band. Adjustable high- and low-pass filters work in a similar way by reducing or blocking output that is under or over a specific frequency before it gets to selected speakers. For example, a high-pass filter might allow only frequencies over 2000Hz to play through the tweeter speakers. In this way, the speakers are protected from damage and only those sounds intended for a certain acoustic range are amplified, leading to a more refined output.
For those audiophiles who want to route their audio through an external amplifier, the preout connections are a key consideration when shopping for the stereo head unit itself. Preouts are RCA connections required to connect your stereo's output to an external amplifier. Advanced systems will have more powerful preout configurations of four, five, or eight volts, which deliver a better signal to the amplifier and result in a clearer, brighter output. Basic stereos will come with one or two pairs of RCA preouts (allowing a limited number of amps to be connected), but advanced systems can have up to five.
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Immaculate. Beautifully decorated and appointed condominium with beautiful, unobstructed Ocean and Lagoon Views on the quiet west end of the island in an upscale community. Home is located directly across the street from the beach access; a lovely, quiet, wide, family oriented beach. A short walk on the beach brings you to the community club house, ocean side pool, restaurant, and tiki bar. The home is 1 mile from one end of the island where the ocean meets the Intercoastal Waterway. Great fishing, shelling, and bird watching abound. A lovely walk the other way brings you to the Island's public pier and the town center. Restaurants, beach shops, hand made ice cream, and other family activities are available. Book on line directly via the web site address provided.
The home is approximately 2200 square feet with 4 bedrooms and 4 baths. There is an open floor plan and most rooms have gorgeous ocean views. There are large decks with lovely ocean and lagoon views.
The kitchen is fully equipped, floors are ceramic tile and carpet, all rooms have ceiling fans and there is central heat and air. All rooms have large windows or French doors for views and beautiful ocean breezes. The great room is spacious with plenty of comfortable and attractive seating. It has a commodious dining table, breakfast bar, Wet Bar, game table, stereo with CD and cassette, and
cable TV with DVD. The sunflower theme is cheerful and bright. Each bedroom has its own full bath and unique décor. One of the two master bedrooms is decorated in a Tommy Bahama style: Palm Trees, mahogany and rattan, bamboo. This room is equipped with a Queen bed, TV with DVD, shower with bath, microwave, and mini refrigerator.
The second master bedroom has a cheerful, whimsical blue and white décor. It is equipped with a Queen bed, TV with DVD, dual sink vanity, shower, and Whirlpool bath.
The third bedroom is equipped with a double bed and two twin beds (trundle daybed), French doors, personal ocean view deck, and full bath with shower.
The fourth bedroom/bunk room is designed for the kids; it is equipped with two sets of sturdy bunk beds, two dressers, a TV with DVD and front accessory connections, and a full bath with shower.
The condo has a large deck with ample deck seating. Guests have access to the club's ocean front pool and tiki bar.
Guests can bring their own linens and beach equipment or all necessities can be arranged locally.
Linen services, umbrellas and chairs, bikes, rafts, and many other amenities can be arranged locally.
The OIB, Shallote, and Calabash areas are family oriented with many activites. Golf many many public courses of all skill levels. Enjoy golfing courses of every style including the Jack Nicklaus course at Rivers Edge. Other activities include charter fishing from the Fishing Center on the island or others in Calabash. The USS North Carolina is available for tours in Wilmington.
South Port offers shopping in a lovely historic seaport as well as the launch of the ferry to nearby Bald Head Island. Restaurants are many and varied. Great seafood right on the island at Sharky's and The Giggling Mackeral. Off the island, the world is your oyster! Just over the causeway, Caribbean at the Sugar Shack and a little further The Provision Company, Las Palmeras, and many others offer anything your heart desires. The home is equipped with a guidebook for food and activity ideas. If you desire even more activity and some nightlife, the resorts of North Myrtle Beach and Myrtle Beach are a short drive south of your home base of OIB.
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Ocean and Lagoon Views. ~125 yards to beach.
4 Bedrooms, each with full bath. Elevator and stairs to the unit. Bed configuration: 1Q, 1Q, 1D & 2T, 4T (bunks). Beautifully decorated, fully equipped, immaculate condo, whirlpool tub, wet bar, Wireless Internet, 4CCTVs with DVDs, wireless internet access, W/D, DW, MW, central heat/air, Stereo w/ CD and Tape, expansive deck, outside shower. Private beach club with upscale restaurant & oceanfront pool, non-smoking, no pets. The local Beach Rental Service (number provided upon reservation), rents beach chairs, umbrellas, cribs, linens, and whatever else you might need.
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OIB is a great place to be with family. The island is quiet, primarily residential, with wide beaches, great restaurants, a small commercial area in the center with miniature golf, arcade, beach shops, Kayak and other activity rentals, church and public fishing pier. Just off the island, there are an amazing number of great golf courses within a few miles; golf amenities range from the basic to top rated, Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer designed destinations and all are easy to access. Restaurants abound; great seafood in Calabash style, Caribbean treats, Mexican specialties, Steak houses, Italian, and all manner of other choices. OIB is only a few miles north of the Grand Strand and all the activity around Myrtle Beach: world class shopping, golf, and food. OIB is only a few miles south of Historic Wilmington: Gardens and House tours, the Battleship North Carolina, historic forts and other activities are all close by. Recreational fishing excursions in the Intercoastal Waterway and the Ocean are available from nearby piers. The condo has a guest binder that details the many available activities.
vacation rental rates
2014 Rates are:
In Season (June 14 – August 30): $2295 weekly
Off Season (April 12 – May 30 / August 30– September 30): $1780 weekly
Value Season (January 1 – April 12 / October 1 - December 31): $1500 weekly
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This week's Wednesday's Child is a bright sensitive teenager who really wants to be adopted.
15-year-old Lupe is athletic, fun and would help her adoptive mother have great hair!
She loved the adventure at the Grapevine Sea life Aquarium was great from the start. Lupe got to hang out with stingrays and sharks.
"It was new to me and I like to see other sea creatures that I haven't seen before especially sharks because I'm a shark fan," said Lupe.
Lupe already knows that she wants to pursue a degree in Cosmetology.
"I like to do hair and nails," Lupe said. "I really like to color other people's hair."
Lupe has made many moves the past few years and is ready for her forever home. When she thinks about her adoptive parents, three things come to mind.
"I think about rules, structure and a great amount of love," she said.
Lupe responds well to structure and rules. She is very open and honest about her feelings and is working on appropriate ways to express her anger. She says it's not good to hold a grudge.
"It brings me down more than it brings them down so I say I'm sorry," Lupe said. "If we don't resolve it, then we just move forward."
Lupe hopes to blend in with her family. She would like to have a Hispanic family if possible.
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How about the fact that Pagan had an over 5 fWAR in 2010 or almost a 5 fWAR this year?
I know some of those variables are subjective but you don't need to go much farther than obviously Sandy Alderson to know teams use those type of evaluation methods in determining the value of players.
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For what the Mets got for Pagan, I thought it was a good trade, considering how badly he played in 2011. I thought Ramirez would be a very good reliever, but it obviously didn't work out.
That's baseball for ya'.
I see Pagan getting around a 2/3 year, 7 million dollar contract. We still don't know if he could sustain success over a couple of years or if he's just a 1 year on, 1 year off kind of guy.
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We hope Ryan Gosling isn't selling out. But judging from this trailer, it looks like he has abandoned his usual dark indie depths for pretty-boy womanizing. The pairing of Gosling and Steve Carell and co-stars Julianne Moore and Emma Stone may in fact be the best-looking rom-com since...a really long time ago. The film, from directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa (I Love You, Phillip Morris, Bad Santa), comes out July 29.
heynow | April 7, 2011 3:33 AM
Young Hercules gotta eat. Hate the game, not the player. Alternating the arty stuff and the mainstream stuff is how it has ALWAYS been done. Why single out Young Hercules to pick on?
Robert | April 7, 2011 2:16 AM
I read the script and it is brilliant and reactions to early screenings have been overwhelmingly positive. This one is going to really surprise people. No way Gosling is selling out, he has a great role.
Ryan | April 6, 2011 8:02 AM
Also, the movie's got two directors.
Ryan | April 6, 2011 7:47 AM
Some people can't catch a break. I'm sure Ryan Gosling turns down million dollar offers on a regular basis. Doesn't everyone like going to see a mix of indie and mainstream movies? So why wouldn't an actor take a role in a film directed by the writers of "Bad Santa" and with this amazing cast? Gosling's "street cred" is not in question.
Mike | April 6, 2011 7:45 AM
Seriously? 'Selling out'. The man is 30 and has made about $5 for the films he's been in. If he is so what? But also maybe he wanted to just make a film for once that wasn't mentally draining? Since this he's made an indie action film and a political thriller. So "selling out" seems doubtful.
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"The band told me they wanted the show to look like a rave every night," says LD Alex Reardon. "They wanted everything to look spontaneous instead of scripted." Reardon made the most of the constants he had in the show, which included the show's opening. Hiding the stage with a black scrim, the LD lit the stage so that a series of white beams would cut through its various slits. Backed up by a silver lame cyc, "Electric Barbarella," the first song the band performed at New York's Roseland, looked every inch the flashy rave discotheque. Operating an LSD Icon Console(TM), Reardon busked looks for the entire show as the band performed both new songs and favorites from its 80s heyday, including "Hungry Like the Wolf," "Rio," "Save a Prayer," "Girls on Film," and "The Reflex."
"I'm used to having 100 or more cues programmed per song on a tour, and here I have about that for the whole show," Reardon says. "It was a bit scary at first, but it's fun. It's certainly a different-looking show every night."
Light & Sound Design served as the tour's main lighting contractor and lighting equipment included eight Icon(R) automated luminaires, 24 Icon WashLights(TM), four High End Systems Cyberlights(R), 104 PAR-64s, four 8-light Molefays, two four-light Molefays, eight profile spots, four 5kW fresnels with barndoors, six 4-cell cyclights, four Molemags, six Mini Molemags, eight High End Systems Dataflash(R) AF1000 strobe units, one Reel EFX DF-50 hazer, one High End Systems F-100(TM) smoke machine, one Icon Console, and one Colormag desk.
Reardon praises the lighting crew who helped him out on the tour: Charles Cochran, Brad Cardinal, Greg Persinger, and Chris Chassee. Brilliant Stages built the large fan behind the drummer as well as the circular lighting frames. The backdrops were done by Alan Chesters at London-based Hangman Backdrops.


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Is truly nothing sacred anymore?
Queensland, Australia's Steven Frank Steele's methods of executing a robbery are unorthodox, and wildly ineffective. According to The Queensland Times […]
An attempted robbery at a bait and tackle shop in Minnesota was called off, mid-heist, when the robber was too […]
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Criminal enterprise presents a double-edged sword. Like, if you're good at crime, that's not really something to take a lot of pride in. And if
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This is actually some pretty f*cked up stuff...
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By Nicola Bruno
At Northwestern University, out of a place bearing the name Intelligent Information Laboratory, rises the invisible hand of
Stats Monkey
, a software program capable, its creators say, of drafting dozens of news items in impeccable English within seconds. If it seems smarter than journalists
The title translates from Italian as "
The Monkey That Won a Pulitzer: People, Adventures and (Good) News From the Future of Information
perhaps this is because so far its stories have been limited to baseball, a sport in which statistics dominate. Number crunching is, after all, a mechanical task. Speaking of numbers, the folks who invented Stats Monkey say they plan to expand its coverage to global financial markets, a place where numbers scurry by in milliseconds. In this realm, the stories these numbers tell can make a significant difference—possibly sending markets tumbling with a misstep here or there.
The escalating velocity and density of the flow of data mediates every aspect of our daily lives. Keeping this ferocity in mind, it is not difficult to understand why machines and robots—not human brains and people—face a promising future in journalism. Perhaps it is too much of a stretch for the Stats Monkey developers to predict that a story written by their program
will be awarded a Pulitzer Prize within the next few years
. With the pace of change so rapid, what might seem on its face an absurd notion can't be totally dismissed.
Streams Become Floods
Our concern should not be solely a fear of robots replacing us. Journalists' place in the world already is being reshaped by the widespread ability—belonging to anyone with a digital device—to effortlessly and inexpensively produce and disseminate information globally. Digital connectivity delivers us into unrelenting streams of social media that can drown us with their overflow of information. With digital media, government officials can—and do—bypass the pesky press by sending talking-point messages via Facebook or YouTube. Corporate interests and nonprofit organizations now rely on their own message-making strategies to deliver words about their missions and promote products and campaigns. And then there is the controversial public release of secrets by WikiLeaks and the potential this ease of revealing holds for other whistleblowers.
With this deluge of information come benefits, too. In moments of crisis, mapping assists humanitarian aid workers. In times of revolution, the once-silenced voices of protesters are heard. For journalists who are paying attention, these new sources represent an expansion of opportunity. Yet at the same time, these trends leave us unsettled, in search of answers—or at least looking for solid footing to regroup and reflect on what's happening.
When, for example, do tweets or blog posts assume newsworthiness similar to what journalists are obligated to strive to produce? And how do those receiving this torrent of information figure out what to trust and what to ignore? How is the information verified? By the crowd or by whom?
Earlier this year I wrote a paper called "
Tweet First, Verify Later? How real-time information is changing the coverage of worldwide crisis events
," published by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford. In it, I explore how people differentiate a true account from one designed with the aim of spinning the recipient in the direction of accepting supposition as fact. As the digital flood sweeps into our lives every imaginable kind of information, much of it offering nothing more than a smoke screen to blur or distort our view, figuring this out is crucial.
Who or what can help us see beyond the smoke? Will software like Stats Monkey give us reason to believe that we are swimming only in facts with its mechanical certainty? And what will be the role of journalists in a media landscape in which reporters and news items are little more than commodities, and, in the case of reporters, a soon-to-be redundancy?
Effecinque's "News in Motion" uses graphics to tell the story of the twists and turns of Silvio Berlusconi's 17 years in Italian politics.
Refreshing Journalism Practices
Beginning in 2009, as journalists were confronting these digital inevitabilities, Totem, the Italian news media agency where I worked, faced these hard issues. In 2010, along with three colleagues, Gabriele De Palma, Carola Frediani, and Raffaele Mastrolonardo, I decided to leave and launch an independent digital news start-up. Though we did not pretend to have all the answers, we were confident that our venture would not join the "clicking war" that so dominates the online media field. We had no intention of adding more noise to the information overload.
Instead, our approach was inspired by a book about journalism's future that Mastrolonardo and I were writing—"
La Scimmia che Vinse il Pulitzer
" ("The Monkey That Won a Pulitzer"). In it, we featured eight stories told by those who have created such digital projects as Politifact, Stats Monkey, and BNO News, along with digital journalists at The New York Times. Using their pioneering ways as our guide, we embraced the idea of radical change from all that we had known, and we began with our company's name. Since hitting the F5 key when using the most popular Internet browsers refreshes the page—thus sending a signal of change and constant update—our name became "
" ("F5" in Italian).
We launched in April 2010 with the intent of being relentless hunters of news and human filters of information. Our task is made easier with new technology tools and the assistance of those who New York University journalism professor Jay Rosen calls the "
people formerly known as the audience
Putting Our Ideas in Motion
In preparing to launch Effecinque, we got in touch with
, another local start-up focused on innovative storytelling through the use of motion graphics. Once we'd seen TIWI's display, the combination of our newsgathering ambition and the creative possibilities of this technology gave way to a project we call "News in Motion." The idea is simple: Each day we are inundated with massive amounts of news, much of which reaches us without a context, separated from a historical narrative. That is what we would bring to the news. In Italy, politics these days is like soap opera, with betrayal, appeasement and complicated relationships all in play. Increasingly people were feeling confused and tuning out news that has an impact on their lives. We wanted to give them a reason and a way to engage with it. Provide them, we thought, with context and interactivity, timelines and some easy-to-access data, and understanding and engagement would follow.
One of our first projects played with political stories as we thought about how to place what's happening now in the context of its longer narrative. When we showed the first demo to Francesca Folda, editor in chief of the news portal Sky.it, she saw its journalistic potential and proposed that we start a partnership. The result was a series of short videos called "
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" that quickly went viral. This led us to create another motion-graphics series that uses a new format—
Pigia Pigia
—that is inspired by the Tetris video game to present stories about big business, sports and current events.
Our approach and our partnership have succeeded. We aren't adding noise but offering news of value, albeit with a taste of lightness and fun. Our story is not uncommon and gives us hope that in an overcrowded media environment, there are—and will be—gaps to fill. With information a commodity and the fragmented digital landscape eroding what is left of journalism's mass media, value will be found in context, clarity and verification.
Niche enterprises like ours might offer valuable clues to bigger news organizations as they look to develop Web-native applications and content. What our experimenting tells us is that the emphasis should be on filtering out noise and breaking the flow of information into manageable pieces—with some form of interactivity built in. Crucial to success is an open collaboration with a variety of external sources while paying close attention to user and social media feedback.
No automated software or amateur reporter will ever replace a good journalist. This presumes, of course, good journalists will be those who adapt to changes happening around them by using emerging programs and tools and creating collaborations and conversations with those who were their audience.
That's why we are still optimistic about journalism as a thriving profession. And that's why we will be able to cheer when, sooner or later, something written by Stats Monkey is nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.
Nicola Bruno
is cofounder of
and a journalist fellow at the
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford
, where he is working on a research project about the rise of digital news start-ups in Europe. In March 2011 he coauthored "
La Scimmia che Vinse il Pulitzer: Personaggi, Avventure e (Buone) Notizie dal Futuro dell'Informazione
" ("The Monkey That Won a Pulitzer: People, Adventures and (Good) News From the Future of Information").
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