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Coast Leaders Kick-Start Plans to Use RESTORE Act millionsBy Rhonda Miller | Published 13 Jul 2012 07:41pm |
Gulf Coast leaders have begun planning how to use millions of dollars from the RESTORE Act recently passed by Congress. The money comes from fines BP will have to pay because of damage caused by the oil spill. MPB's Rhonda Miller reports.
"... to maintain the emphasis... we want that money spent here on local contractors and local employees. Thank y'all so much for your work..."
Mississippi's 4th district Congressman Steven Palazzo told city and county officials in Gulfport Friday they will be the leaders in deciding how the hundreds of millions of dollars from the RESTORE Act will be spent.
"This is the billion dollar question. What can that money be used for? "
That's Trudy Fisher, executive director of the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality. She was appointed by the Governor to lead the team guiding Mississippi's use of RESTORE Act money.
"There are some general categories. Ecological restoration, mitigating damage and restoration of fish, wildlife and natural resources. There's promoting seafood, ecotourism, economic development, including port infrastructure, workforce development and job creation."
State leaders say jobs created by the RESTORE Act do not have to be directly tied to environmental projects. Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Employment Security Mark Henry is a member of the Governor's team guiding the process.
"I think this would be an opportunity for us to assess the workforce needs on the coast. To try to gear the training and workforce development to those needs that are here for now and for the future."
Leaders are already outlining plans for RESTORE Act money, estimated at between $5 and $20 billion, to be divided among five Gulf Coast states.
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They interviewed him right upon arriving back to his country. I have translated some parts that I found interesting.
He´s first asked about the Americans calling him The Argentinian Machine and claiming he´s got bricks in place of his fists, he then replies with the typical stuff, it was going to be a really tough fight, he is a very good fighter, we trained hard, we are very happy, etc. He sounds quite humble.
Then another interviewer says Sergio Martínez has told him Matthysse will be fighting Mayweather in a year. He answers going back to how hard he trained and maybe that was the reason Maravilla spoke so nicely about what he saw in the ring.
After that, the interviewer asks about his next step, and talks about García, and how he was there at the end of the fight looking quite worried. Matthysse then gives praise to Peterson, saying he was top level in the division, having beaten some of the best before. He doesn´t say anything about García at all.
Interviewer asks again about Danny García. Matthysse: "He is good, it´s going to be a very good fight. I saw him a bit slow in his fight against Zab Judah. Truth is that´s a fight I´ve been looking for and now it seems the United States (yeah he actually says this, like the U.S. as a whole decide on these matters, quite funny) wants to make it, so I really wish it can be made, since I want it and I see myself really well prepared for it.
Next, they ask him about the possibilty that García wanted, and was expecting Peterson to win because was afraid of fighting Matthysse.
Answer: "For sure, they were pretty confident Peterson was going to win, the thought he was going to be superior and I was just putting up a good fight. But well, we overcame him. It wasn´t easy at all, we trained hard and now we´ll see. In September, I think, they say it´s the García fight, so let´s train hard for it."
Question: Does it bother you that there´s rumours about you using forbidden substances?
Answer: "No, not really! Yes, it´s that there was a lot of talking about that because Dallas´ manager watched me taking my vitamins, the ones I always take. I took controls before, after, and everything is fine. I just take that because my conditioning trainer told me so, it´s the only thing I take because I don´t like that stuff. I train a lot, let them come and watch the trainings. It´s in that, not in any forbidden substance."
Then they ask him about other fighters and fights, friends, family, how he´s resting for some days, relaxing his eating habits, and other stuff.
Next, they got back to it and ask him what would be after the potential García fight.
He says: "first there´s García, then they talk about Khan maybe by the end of the year, then they talk about Mayweather (he chuckles a bit), I don´t know, they are talking a lot! I wish they could make all those fight and well, getting to Mayweather, the truth is that would be a dream!"
Then they ask him about the comparisons with Manny Pacquiao. He says thay they were all very happy, and with the adrenaline of the moment the yanks got all excited and said all kinds of things.
Asked about the future for him in and outside the rings after he retires: "Well yes, I´d like to fight Mayweather, I aspire to it, it would be my dream and I would like to get to it now that it´s been proposed to me. Then I expect to fight some more years, and after that I´ll retire and I´d like to own a gym, and then teach the young kids. I´d want to teach kids from 6 to 10 years because that´s something beatiful. It´s something that they do in the U.S. and it´s something beautiful. I lived it when I was in the bootcamps with Maravilla and all the little kids were there, and they taught them and what I saw, the little kids learing, I would like to do that when I retire."
Interviewer asks about how that Mayweather fight would be a great leap forward not only in his career, but also in the economic side of it.
Answer: "Yes, for sure, I was just speaking to my friends and they are all freaked out, they are dreaming even more than me about it. They have a lot of faith in me and to me, that would just be a dream, so if I have to fight him I´m going to train, I´ll give all my life at it and I´ll leave all of it up there, because he´s the best, and to get the undefeated out from him would be something very good. So if it happens, I´m gonna dream with that, take his undefeated, make a good fight and stay in history."
Interviewer says that in the last fight, Mayweather looked a bit slow, and watching Lucas fight, seems to him that Matthysse is faster nowadays (¿?).
Answer: "No, no, Mayweather has this style... he didn´t look any slow to me! He´s an excellent fighter, constant counter-puncher, the truth is he´s a difficult fighter, a strange one. But I have faith in myself, so if I get to the fight I´ll kill myself training and I´ll put up a good fight."
Keeping with Floyd, interviewer asks what do you have to do to beat Mayweather, because of his speed and defense.
Answer: "Yes, of course, you have to have a very good plan. But you also have to hit him in the arms, in the elbows... if you leave him alone, he hits you from everywhere. You have to stick close to him and throw to wherever you can. If you stay close to his body and you hit him in the shoulders, in the arms, in the elbows, you "loosen" him. And I think that´s where the secret is, pressuring him and hitting him in any place you can all the time."
Interviewer says how Murray wasn´t favoured in his fight and then goes back to the Judah and Alexander losses in which they robbed him. So he asks what does a boxer think in those moments.
Answer: "Well the Judah fight helped me a lot, it opened my mind up, because I realized that if I could beat Judah, who is a very good fighter, and then the same happened with Alexander, I gained a lot of confidence and that made me think I can win a fight against any of the best fighters out there."
About Mayweather, he´s in welterweight, LM is in lightweight, so how would that go, seeing that they are negotiating a fight with Canelo and they´ve asked him to come down to welterweight.
Answer: "Yes, of course, I would have to go up to welterweight, but I would do it if I got offered the fight, no doubt. There´s no problem, yes, I would have to work a lot, I would have to put those 3 kilos in my body, but with a good training I don´t think there´s a problem with that."
The he tells the young boys that they just go to the gym, start learning, try hard and if you want it and work on it, you can get there.
Then they ask him about a possible fight against Maidana. He says maybe, he doesn´t really know, they fought in the amateurs, he´s a different category now but if they end up in the same one and both want to fight, he´s fine with that.
Then he says he supports Boca Juniors but he´s not much into football, says he doesn´t watch a lot of boxing either, but he watches the good fights, the ones that he likes.
Asked about his idol, his favourite fighter. Answer: "Yeah I admire Oscar de la Hoya, Chávez, I liked those boxers."
Then he asks him about Broner, another one that comes strong: "Yes, he´s very talented, just moving up in weight and I think he´ll give a lot to talk about. He´s a very good fighter, a big guy, and the truth is he boxes very well."
Then they speak about Hopkins. He says Hopkins got to him after the fight and they talked a bit. He says Hopkins spoke really nice words to him and gave him some advice too. They had to use a translator since he doesn´t understand anything at all when spoken at in English.
To close it up, they ask him and he says he´s not much into any other sport, he just watches movies from time to time.
Then he says after the fight, when does the strong training starts for the next one, what he does, etc... He says after the fight he takes bath, surfs the internet, watches the fight, and then rests. Now he has 15 days off and then they´ll see what fight comes up, he wishes it´s the García one.
That´s it folks, forgive any grammar, spelling, translation or whatever mistakes, I hope it interests some people!


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Multiple user accounts coming to Android?
A Neowin forum post signals something new coming to Android sooner or later.
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Multi-user support is one of the few remaining things a desktop OS can do that Android can't. The "coffee table tablet" use case would greatly benefit from a multi-user setup, as would an enterprise user who wants to keep work and home separate. It's been a top 20 item on the Android bug tracker since the debut of Honeycomb, so there is certainly demand for it.
As we've seen from my previous experiments in sticking my nose where it doesn't belong, Google likes to leave breadcrumbs in shipping products for the astute observer to find, and the multi-user situation is no different. After a bit of research, I can tell you that Google islistening. There is a surprising amount of multi-user work being done on Android - some of it is even working on devices right now.
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I was originally clued into the idea of multi-user code already existing by Abhisek Devkota, aka "ciwrl," CyanogenMod's Head Moderator. The guys at CM had stumbled upon some interestingsounding methods named "SetCurrentUser" and "onUserChanged." These methods were found inLockPatternKeyguardView.java, a file for Android's pattern unlock. Here's the whole section:
public void onUserChanged(int userId) {
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Here is also a great idea suggested by OP himself:
I'm no expert, but this looks pretty straightforward: when the user changes, switch the lock screen over to the new user's lock screen, and redraw the screen so the user can see these changes. It sounds like pattern unlock is listening for a user switch!
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Two people are under arrest as law enforcement continues to investigate a prison break attempt at the state penitentiary.
Warden Darin Young has only been on the job for a few months.
Stopping a prison escape like this, which could have been deadly for officers, is quite a feather in his cap.
Lloyd Whiteface and Jamie Lynn Klinghagen have been charged with helping an inmate escape.
That inmate, Silver McClanahan was going to fake being sick so he could be taken to a clinic outside the prison.
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"They're here, they're doing their job. They're alert, their vigilant they're steady. When it comes time to, when an incident is happening, they're response time, their actions are right on cue for the security and safety of the institution and the public safety as well," Young said.
The state is still investigating the breakout plan.
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Apparently, prosecutors don't believe they can prove the aggravating circumstances necessary to execute William Cormier if convicted of bludgeoning Dugas with a hammer in the journalist's Florida home. This may be because their only witness is William's twin brother Christopher, who after initially implicating his brother and confessing to aiding in the cleanup and burial, has since retracted his statement and refused to further help investigators. The motive is believed to be burglary, particularly of Dugas's extensive collection of Magic: The Gathering playing cards, valued between $25,000 and $100,000. We detailed the crime, the subsequent investigation, and the friendship between the Cormiers and Dugas in a February feature.
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According to the Jackson County Sheriff's Office, four people were hospitalized after a crash late Saturday night in rural Murphysboro.
It happened shortly before 10:50 p.m. near the intersection of Main Park Road and Murphysboro Lake Road.
Deputies say a 2006 Ford driven by Jonathan L. Trammell, 20, ran off the road before hitting a tree, trapping one of the three passengers.
Murphysboro Pomona Somerset Township Fire Department assisted at the scene.
All four people injured were taken to an area hospital with injuries by the Jackson County Ambulance Service.
One of the passengers was later flown to a St. Louis hospital for treatment.
Trammell was cited for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident.
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Over the last 3 weeks or more I've been talking to this guy, Brad, online. Just shooting emails back and forward. Brad is 29yo and is hot. He sounds like a nice guy and he has been working in the snow industry for the last 5 years or so and is settling down.
So when I got the email from Brad saying that he was coming over to my resort I knew things were going to get hot.
Brad came over on Wednesday morning and I met him outside his hotel. We went riding for the day and just hanging out. I had some work to do that afternoon so after riding all day we parted ways and agreed to meet up at the main bar in town around 8pm. Now I wasn't planning on bringing my roommate Will but as I was getting ready to head out just before 8pm Will said that he was heading out as well.
It ended up the three of us having a few drinks and it was pretty quiet at the bar. After a big day on the snow it wasn't going to be too late a night so around 10pm we decided to head back to Brad's place for another couple of drinks.
As we walked the 100 meters to Brad's hotel I was getting really horny thinking about what was about to happen. I was a little worried about how Will would take it since I'm the only guy he has really been with. Through our emails I had explained to Brad what Will and I had been getting upto – no anal yet but lots of kissing and sucking and I haven't given Will a rim job which he loved.
Walking into Brad's hotel room I couldn't hold it back anymore. I jumped on Brad and starting kissing him. I could only imagine what poor Will was thinking – I hadn't told him that I knew Brad was gay.
Our two interlocking bodies moved from the wall to the bed and by the time I was on my back on the bed my shirt was already off.
Will was just kinda standing there watching the show when I told him to get his cute little arse in the bed. Not only did Will take off his shirt but he stripped off his jeans to reveal a pair of black speedos – ow yeah I love this guy. Brad was doing the same to me – I was wearing my black speedos with 'speedo' written on the back of them in yellow. My cargos were off just as Will jumped into the bed. Now the only thing left was to remove Brad's pants. Between Will and I Brad's jeans were off within a couple of seconds and to my surprise Brad was wearing a pair of red speedos (the same ones in his pictures).
Over the next 3 hours the three of us did just about everything – I can't quite remember the exact order but here are some snapshots of what we got upto:
It was an amazing night and one of the horniest things I have ever done.
I don't think I'll be able to see Brad again before I leave here but we'll keep in touch.
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Jacksonville Jaguars: Ahmad Black, SS, Florida (By Tim Tebow, our lord and savior) There were a lot of rumors last year about the Jaguars taking me. They didn't, but that's OK. God has blessed me with an opportunity to play with the Broncos, and God has blessed the Jaguars with more fans at the games last year. I only wish the best for the Jaguars, and that's why I'm giving them Ahmad Black. He's a really nice guy. He's an awesome person and has a big heart. Anyway, I think it's good that I didn't play in Jacksonville. From what I hear, there are a lot of girls who wear skimpy clothing in the Jacksonville area. Some guys might like that, but I don't. Why would I want to see girly parts? Girls have cooties. A lot of girls want to take pictures with me, and while it's uncomfortable, I don't want to reject them because God has blessed both of us with the opportunity to be in a picture together, and God has blessed the camera to be able to take pictures.


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Having learned not to turn away from fear, this third weekend of the Way of Shambhala I series helps us extend that practice into everyday life situations without the barrier of the cocoon. This takes daring. Through daring and gentleness, we open to a clear perception of the world and its feedback. In doing so, our fixation on our own point of view relaxes, and we learn that we can work with whatever situation arises.
In Shambhala Training Level III: Warrior in the World, we begin to develop confidence in all aspects of our daily life.
Shambhala Training Level III is a pre-requisite for Level IV and is the third step in the Way of Shambhala 1 series.
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Blitz: The League Xbox
- Publisher: Midway
- Release Date: Oct 17, 2005
- Also On: PlayStation 2, Xbox 360
- Summary: Blitz: The League brings you more Blitz-style play, but with more content and harder hits. The League includes on-field injuries, ranging from snapping bones to bloody, career-ending hits. Now you can control the entire franchise, dealing with personnel decisions and front-office politics. New visual game modes let you view crucial game moments and moves in slow motion. In addition to traditional multiplayer, you can also play the no-holds-barred style of Blitz football online.… Expand
- Developer: Midway
- Genre(s): Football
- # of players: 2 Online
- Cheats: On GameFAQs
- More Details and Credits »
Score distribution:
Positive: 22 out of 30
Mixed: 7 out of 30
Negative: 1 out of 30
The crass, lowbrow, and gloriously juvenile Blitz proves that you don't need those fancy NFL-licensed pants to make a quality f'ball sim... Never taking itself too seriously, this shallow Madden instead chooses to revel in the seedy, sex-drugs-rock-and-roll dark side of the pigskin. Which is the side we've always desperately wanted to revel in.
Has a few balance issues but plays so well that no one will really care.
Whether you're a staunch pigskin purist or arcade all the way, you really owe it to yourself to give Blitz: The League a look. It's easily the best football you'll play all year.
The addition of online play and team customization will definitely keep hardcore football fans glued to their sets. This one doesn't just have meat on its bones, but big, pulverizing limbs. Prepare to get pounded.
BTL is definitely not for the 15 year franchise, NFL obsessed, stat tracking, sim minded football fan. However, if you are looking for a fun football game that captures the more gritty and violent side of the game, it is definitely worth picking up.
The addition of the new play styles, attitude, and story mode only enhance this great title. This is easily the best of the Blitz titles, and Midway has given fans a truly fun and entertaining football game that is not hindered by rules and penalties.
I wanted it to be a Madden-killer. Unfortunately, it's the same old Blitz with some nice new additions that really don't have a major effect on gameplay.


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On Board With WickedEP Racing – At The Drags On An Air Strip 2013
A few weeks back I was asked by WickedEPRacing – The guys who are known to build some of the fastest Starlets the universe has ever seen, to join them at the 2013 Drags which was going to be held at the Katukurunda Air Strip. My immediate response was "Yes for sure".
Porsche Cayenne S – The German Brute
When the name Porsche is mentioned what comes to your mind? the famous 911? Carrera? Turbo? GT2 RS? GT3 RS?
Well they are all iconic machines, that give you the pleasure for a weekend blast.
But what happens if your a family guy that always wanted to have a Porsche as your daily driver, that also gave you good ground clearance along with enough boot to chuck in plenty of luggage?
Enter the Porsche Cayenne S.
GTM Power – Tuned Z For The Street
The term street tuned car to us is when you take a good car and make it even better and at the same time as practical to be as a daily driver. The Nissan Fairlady Z (Z33) has been one of the cars i had always admired on magazines and in movies. What drew me towards it was its body lines and then it was that glorious torquey motor.
Four Ringed Stealth Runner – The Audi A6 C7
When you think of Audi what comes to your mind? To me it was their Group B monster of the Quattro S1 and despite all the odd's the guys at Audi stepped into unknown territory and came forth victories on many occasions in the world of motorsports. Just like all other auto manufactures Audi too has a very strong history, and it was that history that continued on into all their newer designs.
Now enough with the history lesson.
Well then most of you all would have remembered the A6 above with those Lights from the Night races back in 2011.. Well i certainly remeber but unfortunately my camera doesnt, reseaon because each time i was on that tight corner of the track this thing would always come sneak up behind me and whizz pass by without a even a sound.. i was alway off guard in taking a pic of it. In saying that, it was also quite quick for its size.. hence i called it the stealth runner. Since the night races I knew I had to dig deeper and find out what made this car tick the right boxes in me.
The Pistontorque 2nd Year Meet Up – Turning Heads Wherever We Went That Day!
A few years ago i remember seeing the ever so famous super car meet which was held at the nawam mawatha car park… and i thought wow thats just brilliant. The selection of car that were present that day was insane! Since then i remember hearing a few friends of mine mentioning "back in that day… there was this super car meet where the best of Sri Lanka's performance cars met".
From then on the question that i kept asking my self was why hasnt it been happening… I never got the answer to that question until we celebrated our 1 year anniversary of pistontorque last year. Thats when i saw the true potential of our community! Everyone enjoyed last year and that was what made me come up with this meet up, which will from now on been an annual meet up!
Our 2nd Year meet up took place on the 3rd of February @3pm and below is what went down.
J's Racing Tuned FD2-R – Muzahir's Weekend Weapon
As we are celebrating our second year meetup today, I thought it will be fitting to release this feature at our meet.
The car above you see belongs to a good friend of ours, Muzahir. I remember him a few years ago when he used to own a Civic ES RS, fondly remember the part when He and a few mates of his came to pick up a set of Wheels from a friend of mine, and they all ended up carrying 2 wheels in the boot and 2 wheels on the laps of 3 of his mates in rear seat (Tight Fit) They complained of body aches the next day :)
Anyway, Muzahir has always been a Civic Nut, so from a RS to Type R is definitely a big feat.
The 1/4 Mile Life – Laying Rubber on An Air Strip
We last witnessed a legal drag race exactly 12months ago, within a few months after it was organized everyone were soon thirsting up for another one! Although attempts were made to hold another drag battle early and mid this year failed, the green light came from the officials to hold it at the Katukurunda Air Strip to end this year.
Samurai's With Swords – The Evolution Meet Up 2012
Recently a call was put out to for all Japanese Samurai's to bring out their swords and show Colombo how proud they were of them. Thanks to Social Media these days organizing meets of this nature has become a bit easy to organize. So scroll down to check it for yourselves. We have posted all the pics not in order form for a reason.. so that all who came out that day, wouldn't know what to expect below. Enjoy!
# Street-Out # – Skyline Lights & City Lights
A few nights ago we thought it would be great to step out for some late night dinner during the mid week. We called our good friend Muditha to come talk about cars and also find out what he plans on doing to his newly acquired R34 Skyline GT. This friends isnt a shoot.. Its just a random meet up that goes with a new title that you see above "# Street-Out #". So dont expect all the details that you would on a full feature.
A Sudden Meet Up & A Bid Farewell
A few days ago a message was sent out from a village far far away in Ja-ela for a sudden BMW meet up.. more like a farewell to an E34 known to many in the Bavarian Alternative Club.
Below The Radar – One Clean Silver STi
They say getting the right type of attention from the right type of people ends with satisfaction. But get that wrong type of attention and you'l end up stiring up a hornets nest. In this case Gihans Ver 9 STi seems to be doing very well at getting the right type of attention from the right type of people, as it has been getting lots of thumbs up from the local Subaru owners & enthusiasts.
It was last month where i happened to hear a very distinctive sound being emitted… the sounds of equal length headers and then this silver ghost appeared in the dark… Fast forward few weeks ago and i was up at 5AM on a Saturday and then rode shot gun in this at 5:45AM on the calm Colombo suburb streets… My plan was to capture this just as the sun was revealing its morning rays.
Rodbot's Caged EK9 – Bringing a Race Car out to play on the Street
We all have heard the statement "we will always remember our first crush". If i was to take that statement and put it into the life of a petrol head, it would then obviously mean a car. By now you probably know that EK9's and Me have a sort of history.
If your wondering whats so special about this EK9 to me other than its Normal Aspirated Numbers or its power to weight ratio or its driving dynamics, then let me just tell you : When i turned 18 this car right here was the 1st performance car i drove thanks to my friend who bought it back then. It was the 1st time i felt Vtec kick in at 6000rpm. This was the car that taught me the meaning of simple and functional factory modifications . It also prevented my mind from going rice boy crazy when i took a peek at the world of aftermarket tuning. This car right here is my master! Each time i see it i appreciate Honda for making its 1st fwd car to carry the Type R badge.
The Blue Kick-Boxer – Ishraq Wahab's 2011 STi Sedan
There's a very strong saying in the automobile industry that goes by "Pictures don't do justice to a car unless you see it in person" Well from my personal experience of being in the local car industry for the past couple of years and in shooting cars for the past 1 year i can clearly tell you that, that saying is definitively true… as i really got to feel the difference from seeing a very new car on paper(pics) and then getting to see it in the flesh.
It was a month or so ago that i happened to stumble on some social media comments that said "Sti 11″ and although i had seen the new sti sedan online, those comments sti 11 kind of confused me lol. But after a bit more digging around i found out for real that a 2011 STi was imported into the island… from that very moment i knew i had to check it out! After a few text messages to Javidh Wahab whos STi 9 was featured here, passed the news to his brother Ishraq Wahab…. a few days later i get a message from Ishraq saying he's "Super excited for the feature". :D
So a day was set!
On that particular Saturday waking up at 5am was not an issue at all for me…. Trust me i even woke up before my alarm went off lol… i guess it was good old motivation's smacking on the head… kinda reminded me of the days in school ;)
Video – Testing @ Pannala Circuit
Sorry for the lack of posts lately guys… being preparing business assignments as of late lol. Anyway a few weeks back I was invited to head over to pannala circuit to shoot a few pics for a few of my mates getting their cars tested. I convinced my mate Sam who had never been to and had always wanted to go to pannala to go along with me…. And for the rest of the 1hour we were there.. this are the results.
Thiwanka's DC5 rolls into the pits.
The Piston Meet Feb '12 – Pistontorque's 1st Meetup
With every year end comes alot of new year resolutions for almost all of us. Well for me it was to actually "organize my 1st ever car meet up" among my many other resolutions. When it came to selecting an appropriate date to organize my 1st meet, i then realized that this February has been exactly 1 year since i started photographing cars… with that i decided to combine the two and this is are the results.
I wonder if there's any better way to celebrate this than to get the guest of honor chucked into a trolley…. Thats what happens when a Raptor messes with an Angry Bird :D
Well then… how did it all start that day?
Japanese Gunslingers – IX vs IX
There have being times when we all have see some old wild wild west gunfight action on television. Well its a bit rare now but as kids it was one of the things that we enjoyed (until our parents stopped us from watching it for the violence). But hey even Looney Tunes got it! LOL
I know we all do miss the old days when we were just kids! but gunfights or gunfighters if you were to call it were conflicts between Good vs Bad, Villains vs Heroes or Lawman vs. Gunslinger.
In this case it wasn't about firearms or physically harming someone… but it was about a battle that was 1st set up in 1992 when Mitsubishi created the 1st generation Lancer Evolution and Subaru created the 1st generation Impreza WRX. The battle between these 2 started on the tracks in Japan and made its way into WRC.
Along with the WRC bug various motoring media groups started comparing them and reviewing them together which lead to a die hard fan base of these 2 cars respectively.
If your wondering whats the real buzz about these 2 cars are… its quite simple, they both have 2L 4 cylinder turbo engines and are All-Wheel Drive. From their inception in 1992 to this very day, that has being their formula!
A few days ago i was going through the thought of how the modern (not the latest) model of the Evo and STi would look together on the street or anywhere for that matter. Soon that thought became a quest…. a quest to find 2 of the best examples in Sri Lanka.
So today from the Subaru camp we have the Impreza WRX STi Ver IX (9) Spec C Type RA and from the Mitsubishi camp we have the Lancer Evolution IX (9) GT spec.
The Green Bavarian – Sam's BMW E34
While growing up as teenagers into adulthood, we would have at some given point of our lives stopped and thought about the time when we could afford our first car. But when it comes down to reality, depending on how high our dream car is we either end up buying it or settling for something that will just help us getting from point A to B. As the saying goes "We all want a Ferrari but we end up with a station-wagon".
Recently my good friend Sam got to fulfill his dream of owning his 1st car. I will let Sam talk you all through on from here regarding his childhood dream of owning his 1st car.
Colombo Night Races 2011 – Just Inches From The Action
The saying "Experiencing all the good of something & automatically all the bad of it just disappears" has stayed within me for along time… If your wondering why i said such a thing, its because my experience at the Night Races started off on a bad note… but soon turned to the opposite direction as you see above :)
Most of you must have faced the very same thing as i did…
Rumesh Rajakulendran's Fighter EK9 – On The Streets of Colombo
Ever wondered what our Memories & Dreams have in common? Well to you & me there will always be a car/cars that would always bridge the gap. Whether you have seen a car and some day dream to own it, or driven it and some day hope to drive it again… what ever the case is, your love for that car will always be within you as you grow older.
Well for me it was kind of a different story….
It all started when a good friend got his hands on an EK9 and thats when i got the opportunity to drive it. I must say that experience has further helped me in a way to pay attention to how the car behaves on the throttle inputs. After a year or so my friend told me he sold it, as a result that experience became a memory to me. But the words EK9 always stuck on me, i remember there had been times i had wished to drive it all over again on many occasions.
When i started getting to know more people, i noticed that there were a few who did own Honda EK4's &9's. Then it came to the point where i started pursuing photography…
Colombo Drag Race 2011 @ Green Path
As the saying goes "there's always a calmness before a storm", that saying easily applies to the drags that were held a few days back.
Starting from the moment the announcement that Drags were going to be held on the 5th of November, there was a sudden surge of Activity in the local garages & tuning shops. At first i heard about this buzz from friends…. but i really didnt understand this until i took a walk to a few garages, thats where i really came to understand the enthusiasm & determination that was shown from our fellow gearheads.
I guess you all might agree that this is the 1st time in SL history that so much of tuning activity has ever taken place all at once.
November 5th came & I tried my best to be there as early as possible at 8:30/9am… but then found out that scrutinizing starts at 8:30 & the Public are allowed to be there after 10am! Yes so much for me trying to be there as early as possible.
As soon as i arrived i headed into the padocks… and met a few familiar faces. Thats where i saw these Starlet GT family. At the back of my mind i was wondering if i would actually get to see….
The Boss of Evo Bosses – Cyber Evo
You now might be thinking the following "I have seen all the Evo's out there" or "Nah its just another Evo!"
Well stop right there and examine the above picture well and watch the below video… & make sure to look out for the below specs! Then you'l get my drift.
The Cyber Evo started life as a standard Evo IX & went on to be created with one purpose in mind & that is to attack a circuit with a quickest time or is known as Time Attack. The car was built & is raced in Japan, But it also made its way to Australia the previous year & this year to take part in the World Time Attack 2010/2011 respectively.
You might wonder who put down all the cash into building this… That question shall be answered below!
Experience – On The Streets Of Singapore
Last month i got about telling you all that i had some photos from a recent trip to Singapore. I know its being a long time, but finally got around some time to sort them out.
Below you will see a few of the Exotic machines that i happened to see during a time lapse of 1 hour to be exact. As you see on the above picture, it was all calm with a civic at the lights &…
…. a Porsche Cayman wizzes past….
The Rumble Theory – "FLAT4ORCE" Subaru Owners Club Sri Lanka Meet
Its 11:50AM on Sunday September the 4th 2011 and you find people on the streets going about their work calmly and peacefully as usual as any other sunday…
That is all about to change.
Post – On The Streets Of Singapore
Have a couple of photos that i snapped during our 1 day stay in Singapore, will be posting them up in the days to come.
While walking the streets of Singapore which was constantly buzzing of exotic sounds (cars), this building caught my attention with its beaming colors, and there was a moment when the road just got empty all of a sudden…. with all that I thought it would be a worthy shot!


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With Injuries to Starters Mounting, Has Mike Shanahan Neglected the Offensive Line?
Simple answer; no.
Longer answer; as training camp kicks into high gear and the pads gone on, what was already an area of concern for many fans has become more so. Right tackle Jammal Brown was already battling though his ever-nagging hip injury. He showed well in minicamps and OTA's, but then reinjured his hip during gassers, and is scheduled for an MRI later today. Kory Lichtensteiger appeared to be recovered from his ACL and MCL injuries, but had to get a minor scope done on his knee over the weekend. And undrafted free agent Willie Smith got his knee banged up on Monday.
This is all a part of training camp. Injuries happen in every camp; no team goes through a training camp without someone getting hurt, be it a minor tweak or a cramp, a hamstring pull, or a major injury. Still, there is a certain amount of fair concern that an already shaky situation has been made a lot shakier in the last few days.
But with that fair amount of worry, comes an altogether less reasonable thought process; namely, that Mike Shanahan hasn't done enough while he's been here to address the offensive line.
To which I quote a wise man and say…"really?".
The first major move of Mike Shanahan's tenure here was the 3-way trade to acquire not only Donovan McNabb, but Jammal Brown as well. Whether or not Jammal Brown works out or not has no baring on that; Shanahan's first major decision upon becoming head coach, was trading for an offensive linemen.
And his very first draft pick in his tenure as head coach? An offensive linemen to replace Chris Samuels. With the first pick in his first draft as head coach, the Redskins selected Trent Williams with the 4th pick overall in 2010.
The Redskins went 9 years without so much as of glancing at another lineman in the first round. From 2000 to 2009, the Redskins drafted 9 offensive linemen, with an average draft position of 143rd overall. They drafted an average of one lineman a year for 9 years, and that doesn't tell the whole story, as they didn't draft offensive linemen at all in 2001, 2005, 2007 and 2009.
In Mike's first three seasons as head coach, he's added 7 offensive linemen through the draft. The only one not still with the team is Selvish Capers, who was at the very least deemed to have enough potential that the New York Giants added him to their practice squad.
In addition, Mike Shanahan signed Kory Lichtensteiger in that first year, a player whom he drafted in Denver. In year two he signed Chris Chester and Sean Locklear, and then when they needed more help he signed another former Bronco in Tyler Polumbus, who played well for us down the stretch. He appeared to find a potential gem in undrafted free agent Willie Smith who started and was a solid player at left tackle while Trent Williams served his suspension.
"We should've cut bait with Jammal Brown to begin with! And improved at guard with Kory not healthy!" I can hear some people crowing. Whether or not we should've cut bait with JB is up to the coaches and the front office. What we do know, however, is that the Redskins aggressively pursued the best possible offensive line talents that they could in a further attempt to solidify the offensive line.
The Redskins went after big name offensive line talents like Eric Winston, Demetress Bell, Evan Matthis, we looked into Mike Briesel and Chris Meyers. They did everything in their power to entice top flight offensive lineman to come here, but the Redskins completely unfairly, sort of illegal cap penalty prevented them from going out and being even more aggressive, and those sanctions directly affected our ability to compete against what other people could argue.
"We could've restructured guys contracts and freed up cap room…" No. Just no. "Restructuring contracts" doesn't mean what most people think it means. In most cases, when you restructure a person's contract, that means either 1.) giving them more money up front to alleviate the cost of their contracts in later years, which wouldn't help us in the short-term, or 2.) adding more years to a contract and spreading out a person's money, so they're essentially getting paid the same amount over more years, which doesn't help us long term.
"We shouldn't have used that fourth round pick on Kirk Cousins!" still others are now saying. "We could've used another linemen there!" To that, there's a few things I can say.
- 1.) I was unaware that drafting four linemen would've magically prevented other player's from getting injured and forcing younger players to play early.
- 2.) The draft does not work that way. In the draft, the goal is to try to fill as many of the bigger holes on your football team as possible. There are times when you can load up at certain positions. But in the case of the Redskins offensive line, the more people you draft, the more people you have to cut. And while that jives well with the "we should've cut Jammal Brown in the first place" line of thing, it doesn't work in the larger context of building an offensive line.
- 3.) What fourth round offensive lineman was so good that he'd be able to easily slide in and start at right tackle and replace Jammal Brown? And I can almost hear the name "Bobby Massie" on the tip of someone's tongue right now, but the Ole Miss product 1.) wasn't a fit for out scheme, and 2.) at this point, he's still not a shoe-in to start for the team that did draft him, which is much more of a power, man blocking scheme. Other than Massie, there's not a single offensive lineman taking after the third round who is currently slated to be a starter when the season starts.
"Maybe that's the problem. Maybe it the Zone Blocking Scheme that's the issue, because of what it requires from it's linemen. It's not much of a pass protecting scheme anyway and…" The issue isn't the scheme. The ZBS works. It's worked for a long time. It takes a while for all the pieces to gel and work together, but when it does work, it works, well. Part of it is because the moment of the quarterbacks means teams can't just tee off on. While he was in Denver, Jay Cutler only took 27 sacks in his first full season as a starter, and took 11 sacks in 2008.
All indications are that our offense will closely resemble the offense that Mike Shanahan ran with Jake Plummer. Plummer took an average of 17 sacks a season in Denver.
The scheme isn't the problem. It does require a certain skill set which may make it slightly harder to find linemen, but the scheme isn't the problem.
The offensive line that people are complaining about potentially starting is the same offensive line that only gave up 8 sacks to end the season; and that was without Trent Williams. According to Pro Football Focus, Trent Williams had one of the best performances for a left tackle in the entire season versus the Seattle Seahawks, and finished in the 15th out of the top 20 offensive tackles in terms of pass blocking efficiency.
And on the whole season, according to Football Outsiders, the offensive line ranked 10th in the NFL in run blocking and 15th in pass blocking.
Is our offensive line perfect? No, of course not. But no line is. What has helped the line get to this point is having the same people playing the same scheme for the past two seasons. And let's also not forget that across the board, the offensive linemen we did draft all received high marks; Adam Gettis and Tom Compton were hailed as potential steals, and the only pundit who spoke up on Josh LeRibeus was Mel "Jimmy Clausen Is A Future Star" Kiper.
Welcome to the wonderful world of having depth, ladies and gentlemen. One or two injuries does not cripple us in the way that it did before. The situation is less than ideal, sure. But we are not in crisis mode, or in immediate danger of our quarterback suffering a major injury. Far from it.
To suggest that we "haven't done enough" to fix the offensive line is foolish, and plain wrong. Fact is, this regime, under Mike Shanahan and Bruce Allen, has done more in its tenure to not just a competitive offensive line, but also build and cultivate depth.
The sky is not falling, Chicken Littles. Keep Calm and enjoy the ride. There is no reason to panic yet.


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Beware Flaws in Online Physician Rating Sites
Physicians respond
Another recent study conducted by the American College of Physician Executives (ACPE) found that physicians consider the rating systems questionable at best, primarily because many sites seem to focus on experiences not related to patient outcomes and other indicators of skill and proficiency.
The ACPE study is based on 730 responses to a 21-question survey that researchers received from ACPE members in late 2012. The majority of respondents (55%) work at health systems or individual hospitals and 20% are employed by medical groups. When asked to give their opinion of online physician rating sites, only 12% of respondents said the sites are helpful and should be made more available while 26% considered them "a nuisance" that provide no benefit to patients who use them.
"Healthcare, like most all other industries, has clearly entered an era where measurements and reporting have increased importance," Peter Angood, MD, CEO of the ACPE, said in a statement. "This important new survey illustrates the strong concern among physician leaders about the quality and integrity of current reporting strategies and the data they are based upon."
The survey found that 69% of physicians had checked their online ratings. Of those respondents, 39% said they agreed with their ratings, while 19% didn't agree and 43% partially agreed with the findings. In a related question, some physicians were also skeptical of ratings compiled by organizations such as The Joint Commission and the National Committee for Quality Assurance. While most physicians (41%) said they were neutral about the rating systems, 29% said they were helpful and 14% described them as "a waste of time."
The study also included comments from respondents about the rating systems. One respondent said the ratings "are not very accurate" and that "the small sample can give a poor quality physician four stars and an excellent physician half a star." Another described the ratings as "a good idea in theory" but expressed frustration that "they allow angry people to do a lot of damage with no option for us to know what the issue is or how to address it."
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Graduate in economics, Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) (1989). Doctorate in international relations, UAB (2002). Research analyst in armed conflict and post-war rehabilitation (UNESCO Centre of Catalonia, Intermón Oxfam and the School for a Culture of Peace at UAB). UN consultant on post-war rehabilitation and disarmament. Principal assistant to the UNESCO representative in Bosnia-Herzegovina; responsible for UNESCO's Culture of Peace education programme.
Member of the ICV party's Youth Development Group and National Council. Active member of Joves amb Iniciativa-Joves d'Esquerra Verda (1994-1999). Active member of the Europe Group (since 1999). Head of the Europe Group (since 2004).
OSCE election observer in Bosnia-Herzegovina (1996-1997).
Author of several books and articles, including: 'Pau i seguretat a Europa' (1998); 'Desarme y desarrollo' (2000); 'Guerra, posguerra y paz: pautas para el análisis y la intervención en contextos posbélicos o postacuerdo' (2003), 'Bosnia en paz: lecciones, retos y oportunidades de una posguerra contemporánea' (2003).
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As the debates continue to rage on with passion and stubbornness on all things Zags, I challenge my fellow fans to gain a little perspective. I think in life we all view things from certain preconceived lenses, and watching the Zags games is no different.
Here is what I mean. If you view a game through the lens of "Mark Few Sucks", then everything that goes wrong you will be blaming Mark Few (even when a player misses an easy layup, because obviously he has the wrong guy in there). "DS is a terrible player" lens, you only see the things he does wrong rather than right. The "Coleman and Nunez Train" lens, only wants to see more of them and mad when you don't. And this is true about the lenses that are converse of these. Now when you add in a little beer, emotions, and the up and down roller coaster of a game, because of these lenses, we end up seeing exactly what we wanted to see or expected to see not necessarily what really is. Every bad thing is an "I told you so". Every good things is "see I was right". Two people can see the same play or series of plays and totally disagree about what happened and why.
So my challenge to my fellow fans is the same as the challenge I received when by another fan on this site several weeks ago. I challenge you to go back and re-watch games, focus on a few key aspects, and take some notes. Gain another perspective (more of a coaches perspective) by not viewing the game emotionally charged and stressed about whether the Zags are going to win or lose. Look at moments in the game that shifted momentum, and why they happened. Who was really playing well and why. Who was really playing hard and who was lazy on defense. Watch defensive rotations and lackadaisical plays on offense. Was so and so really playing when you thought things turned either bad or good. Become a more educated Zag fan.
Not only does this have the possibility of changing our perspective, but would give us some very pointed facts to support our claims one way or another. Instead of blanket statements of "So and So sucks", or "this person needs less or more playing time", we can state facts in the game, our view of why, even times when it happened. This helps give validity to our statements and knowledge behind our words.
When I did this it confirmed some of the things I saw, but I also realized what I thought I saw, didn't really exist. Some things I was sure I saw, but just wasn't there. I started paying closer attention to the hot buttons on this site and realized it none of the extremes were realistic or true.
For me, when I started paying more attention to all the the things Stockton did (which was what the original conversation was about), I gained a whole new respect for his play. I am not on the "Stockton Train" but have a new respect for how he plays the game and better understanding of his role. I even understand why in the last few games the his minutes have decreased while Coleman's have increased. This is just one of the things I went back and paid closer attention too.
Ultimately, it's easy to watch a game through our Zag colored glasses, and post. But being a fully informed fan takes a little more effort. And when some one posts something erroneous, we can point it out by more than, I think, I feel, or I want. We can be specific.
Now this may be me just being a little OCD, but it is a challenge none the less. So, what Zag colored glasses do you wear when you watch a game?


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PBS Masterpiece theater is still running The Complete Jane Austen. Tonight is part II of Sense & Sensibility so be sure to tune in {part one was lovely}. Check your local listings here. I plan on putting the kidlets to bed & snuggling up in a warm blanket {with a cup of hot cider} to watch the conclusion of this great story.
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