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Let's be gear queers today.
"Gear queer" is a term in the gun community for people that geek out over the equipment aspects of shooting. What to carry your mags in, where to mount it, vest or battle belt, what sunglasses to wear, what knee-pads to buy, should I use a Surefire or a Streamlight on my Glock 19? These are things that the gear queer loves to obsess over. Reading about the newest piece of Velcro-covered black nylon to hit the market is the most exciting part of their day. I'm not really a gear queer but I do have my moments, because being a good shooter (or a good anything) means being performance-oriented. Having quality equipment that works well is important to your success equation.
With hearty enthusiasm I declare that the Japanese have the gear queer game
locked the fuck down
and I love it. In Japan it is almost impossible to legally own a firearm. Video games and Airsoft are their vicarious experiences of gun goodness. The Airsoft community over there is strong and tactically-oriented; military otakus, basically. They work on their equipment down to the last stitch. It's a "since we aren't allowed to shoot 'real steel', let's do the next best thing" kind of method. Their dedication to authenticity carries over to a lot of their games. A good example of Japan's acute obsession with the fine details are
Metal Gear
games. They were doing tactical reality before it was "in", AND before that kind of information was widely available on the Internet.
Every once in a while a game comes out that really has some meaningful details injected into it.
Resident Evil 6
is one of these games, for better and for worse. I don't want to get into
as a game so I'm not even going to say what I think of the game itself. It sucks and I'm glad I waited until it was 13 dollars. Ahh fuck, that totally slipped out by accident. I really just want to talk about one small part of
that absolutely fucking blew me away: HOW AWESOME AGENT'S DESIGN IS.
I got this image from a dude on DeviantArt who goes by the name of Adngel by the way, so go check out his other renders if you are so inclined. -> http://adngel.deviantart.com/
Look at that shit. Black nylon for miles! Enough pouches to hold all your loot and still have room for a litter of puppies! Not an inch of exposed skin! So mysterious. So intimidating. So cool. It's like looking at a modern knight in armour.
Set the stage. You're about to get chest-deep in the undead, literally one of the most dangerous environments imaginable. Do you go in like RE4 Leon with a bomber jacket and jeans? Hell fucking no. You wouldn't even consider it. You'd go in like Agent. Let's take it apart piece by piece and talk about what all that great STUFF is.
Start at the bodysuit. Hard to say exactly what it is or what it's made of, but based on the appearance it's something
a diving suit. I don't know much about diving, but I can say that the perks offered by this type of suit (no extra fabric to snag on branches or objects, tear resistance, isolation from environment, form-fitting to show off your sexy bod) would be very worthwhile. Notice the spongy sections near the joints to improve articulation, and possibly ventilation. This is a feature that a wetsuit DOESN'T have, which indicates that it's something along the lines of an
sneaking suit. Unlike the gloves and boots, the elbow and knee-pads look like they are removable parts of the suit. Gotta protect those knees from bumps and bruises. Nothing is worse than trying to shoot a licker's face off while banging your patella on the curb. I speak from experience.
Touch his helmet. From how it looks, I expect it's made up of a couple different pieces. The top shell doesn't need any explanation, that thing protects your dome. As you can see, it has several mounting points on it for cool goodies like headlamps, NODs (night observation devices, often referred to as NVGs), or something more subtle like an IR beacon. If you're not familiar with the concept, an IR beacon is something you wear that gives off a visual signal when examined by the right kind of optical device. For example, if you and your team were conducting a night operation with NVGs, you need to be able to quickly distinguish who your teammates are. (The acronym for this is IFF: Identifying Friend or Foe.) If you look at somebody with your NVGs and see their IR beacon blinking, you know they are a friendly. There are even Velcro IR patches you can wear.
On the side of the helmet, you can see Agent's ear protection. Thanks to Hollywood and games, most people don't realize how ridiculously fucking loud shooting is, especially indoors. Outside, the percussion of a gunshot has a lot of room to expand and dissipate. Inside, those sound waves bounce off of every surface and right back into your eardrums. (If you've never been in the proximity of a gun firing even a moderately-sized cartridge, it's hard to describe. Not just the sound of the shot, but the actual pressure wave of the miniature explosion going off shakes you. You can
it. Sometimes the impulse from a weapon can be so much that if somebody is shooting beside you, the recoil blast from THEIR gun can push YOURS off target.) I always make jokes when I'm playing a shooting-heavy game that by about 20 minutes in, every character would be deaf for the rest of their life, because none of them ever have ear protection. Hell, they don't even NOTICE all the sounds clocking in at a hundred decibels. Maybe they're already deaf. They can have full conversations over gunfire, or helicopter engines for that matter.
Anyway, it's guaranteed that Agent's earpro is electronic, and has his communications tools (headset/radio) integrated. Modern electronic ear protection intercepts noises over a certain loudness before they reach your ear and reduces those noises substantially. Aside from saving your eardrums, this allows you to maintain solid situational awareness by being able to hear teammates communicating, or an enemy sneaking up behind you, or other aural cues. Combine that with a team using weapons with suppressors and you got yourself a silent, violent team of monster slayers. The last two pieces of the helmet, the face-mask and the ventilator, are worth mentioning. The separate eyepieces are a bit vexing; I think it would be better to have one solid eyepiece across the face, to improve field of view. The mouthpiece of the mask seems like it could be an anti-CBRN measure, one that looks much cooler than those silly Cold War gas masks that HUNK wears. Put some anti-fog solution on those lenses before you set out and that mask is good to go.
On top of the bodysuit is a bit of load-bearing equipment and body armour. It's hard for me to say what kind of body armour it is or what level of protection it offers, but I can note that it offers good protection of the upper body as it fully wraps around the torso and shoulders, and has a nice high neck-guard, leaving only the armpits vulnerable. (Make no mistake though, the armpit is a very bad place to get shot because the entry of a projectile into that space means it's probably heading towards your heart, lungs, spine, etc.) It's probably rated for protection against pistol-caliber ammunition and has ceramic plates inside to protect against rifle rounds. How much ballistic protection do you need against the undead? I have no fucking idea but let's be super clear; if there was a chance of being BITTEN TO DEATH on a mission you would be like, "I'm not going out there without body armour." The armoured shoulder pads are a nice touch.
Now we can pick apart what he's got on his vest. Up on his shoulder is what I call the "Redfield Special," the big knife mounted point-up on the shoulder. This is a great place to carry a knife because it fits many criteria;
- it's easily accessible with both hands even in a confined space or in an awkward position,
- it comes out into a strong fighting grip,
- your hands stay in front of you while accessing it, which keeps you in the fight.
However there is one major problem with toting pointy metal in this particular fashion, which is that not only does it work for you, it works for
anybody else that wants that knife
. A shrewd opponent takes one look at you and knows exactly where your knife is and what he has to do to get it; just reach up and grab it. Imagine you're coming around a blind corner and somebody is right on top of you. He reaches out and grabs your pistol or rifle, pushing it back into you and averting the muzzle. You get into a struggle, and he gets the bright idea to use your knife on you before you use it on him. Once his hands get on that grip it will be almost impossible for you to retain that blade. He reaches up, snatches it out of the sheath and plunges it right into your throat. See the issue? If you're going up against enemies with low cognitive capacity, like the undead or small children, who aren't going to be taking your weapons away from you, then the Redfield Special is a sound idea. But if not, or you don't want to take the risk, you might want to find a better solution, such as stowing it behind or under your magazine pouches, or horizontally across the front of your belt. If that's difficult depending on the dimensions of the blade, stow a few different knives, so that each hand can get one and they're not too easy for an opponent to take. And for the love of fucking Christ, NEVER put them on your back! Forget the Sam Fisher knife-on-the-back-of-the-belt garbage. It's absurd. Imagine somebody coming up behind you; you've given them a weapon to kill you with. Think
-era Big Boss as your strategy. You want that knife somewhere in front, where both hands can get it, and where it's ready to strike from as soon as it comes out of that sheath.
Beneath the knife are all his magazines, to feed those hungry hungry hippos. On the upper row are several pistol magazines in flap pouches, and under those are rifle mags in high-speed plastic carriers. That type of magazine carrier is actually supposed to be mounted with the bottom The rifle magazines are in a great place. If you are right-handed, take your left hand from wherever it is and reach towards your own stomach. This is a natural movement that you've performed thousands of times in your life. You've hardly got to move your elbow at all to reach your stomach, where those big ol' mags full of tasty rifle-caliber treats would be. The most important part of your equipment (which is going to be the high-powered ammo for your primary weapon) needs to be in the easiest place to reach. However your pistol ammo also needs to be in a good location because your pistol is what will save your life when you are really in trouble, such as when your rifle has stopped working (malfunctioned or empty) and the enemy is right on top of you. Putting them up high like on Agent's vest is not the greatest place and I can easily demonstrate why. Take your cell phone and hold it against your upper chest with one hand. Now, using your other hand, grab the very top of your phone with your fingers and imagine you have to pull it upwards to get it out of a pouch that has a big nylon flap in the way. Do you feel what a weak position that is for grabbing something that you might need right away? Weak wrist, weak fingers, and too much elbow articulation, not to mention you'll probably hit yourself in the jaw. Good luck getting a smooth reload from there. A better place to mount them would be either on the front of or beside the rifle magazines, or my preferred location which is on the belt.
How are we gonna get room to put magazines on the belt when Agent's belt is so loaded up with pouches already? Easy. Take the pistol off of the right side of the belt, and move it down into a thigh holster, then move some stuff from the other side of the belt into that real estate you just freed up. Now you can mount pistol mags on the left hip, which is another naturally strong place to keep them. Isn't that fun?
To wrap it up I just want to point out a few small details that really show Agent's design is a labour of love. On his belt he's got a nice assortment of stuff. A smoke grenade, to be used to signal a helicopter or as an obscurant. The pouch with the white flap on it could be for trauma supplies, since it's easy to spot. The drop-leg pouches? He's got them full of Kit-Kat bars, I don't know. The butt pack likely has a survival kit and other necessary items. Now look at the front of his vest and notice what he's got on both sides of his pistol mags. On one side is a chest-mounted lamp which is a fantastic idea. (If only you could turn that shit on so you could see in the absolute pitch blackness you stumble through for 70% of RE6.) But on the other side... what is that? I'll tell you what it is. It's a Combat Applications Tourniquet, pictured above. What a fascinating detail. Wouldn't it be cool if you could use it? Modern trauma medicine in the tactical environment has seen a great return of the "TQ" as a combat lifesaver. As shown in the Tactical Combat Casualty Care guidelines, hemorrhaging from extremity wounds causes up to 60% of preventable combat deaths. The first step to controlling extremity bleeding from trauma is to apply a TQ to the limb. An MA-121 Hunter bites your hand off? You'd better put a TQ on that sucker. To have a CAT-T on Agent's vest is almost like an Easter egg to me, because how many people could pick that detail out? Hell I never even noticed it until I looked at this image. I think that shows a really strong commitment to making Agent look as authentic as possible, which in turn makes him look awesome. If only they'd committed that level of dedication to every aspect of
All in all Agent has a pretty slick, high-speed-low-drag design that really puts a futuristic look on current day equipment. That's pretty much all I got. You could be a gear queer, or gear-curious like, "I wonder what all
shit is," or you don't give a fuck. No matter what, I hope you enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it. If you want me to examine gear from another game just ask in the comments.
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Even though emerging efforts such as the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program are simplifying the government's use of the cloud, shared services that are based in the cloud can still be tricky for agencies, according to two top IT managers from agencies that provide such services.
Federal efforts to evolve shared-services platforms can yield cost efficiencies and greater security, but they can also result in divergent demands and other difficulties, said Zachary Goldstein, deputy CIO at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Joe Paiva, executive director of virtual lifetime electronic records at the Department of Veterans Affairs, said agencies should carefully consider the funding of the agency providing a service and ensure that the potential provider has some shared interests.
Both men spoke at AFCEA Bethesda's May 8 breakfast panel on delivering shared services.
Goldstein said NOAA is a longtime provider of shared services and makes weather data and models widely available for companies and other federal agencies. The VA shares medical information services with the Defense Department.
When services are provided and used among agencies with complementary operations and needs, they work well because those agencies have similar demands and expectations, Goldstein said. However, if an agency higher up the ladder uses the same service, he said, "there's a different dynamic." The demands of the larger or higher-level agency won't mesh as well. But even peer agencies can have duties and responsibilities that are too divergent for a good fit, he added.
Those differences make a one-size-fits-all approach to services difficult, he said.
FedRAMP's third-party assessment organizations, which help cloud service providers and government agencies comply with security regulations, was an early win for agencies looking to implement the services. However, FedRAMP can create unrealistic expectations, Goldstein said.
The program's "authorization packages aren't shortcuts to the hard work of qualifying [products and services] for your organization," he said.
Not only should potential users and providers try to match their needs as closely as possible, they should also look at their respective budgets while doing so, Paiva said. Getting services from an agency that might not have the budget to support them is a possible pitfall, he added.
Despite the caveats, Paiva and Goldstein said shared services inject speed and agility into agencies' operations, and Paiva lamented that some basic management services aren't being more widely shared.
"We could do a lot more," he said, adding that some accounting and human resource services such as payroll could be provided across a number of agencies via a shared platform.
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Law professor Robert Bork has signed on as co-chairman of GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney's "Justice Advisory Committee." According to Bork, a former federal judge and failed Supreme Court nominee, "I'd like to be asked a question now and then for advice."
So, what kind of advice will Bork, known for his staunchly outlier positions, offer? Well, in addition to his opposition to the constitutional right to privacy and his very limited view of the protection of the First Amendment, Bork takes an extreme stance on the Fourteenth Amendment: he believes the Equal Protection Clause should not apply to women. (Even Justice Scalia recently walked back a similar view.) As Bork explained to Newsweek:
"I think I feel justified [in taking that position] by the fact ever since [the Court held that it applies to women], the Equal Protection Clause kept expanding in ways that cannot be justified historically, grammatically, or any other way. Women are a majority of the population now—a majority in university classrooms and a majority in all kinds of contexts. It seems to me silly to say, 'Gee, they're discriminated against and we need to do something about it.' They aren't discriminated against anymore."
As others have noted, Bork's statement that discrimination against women no longer exists is simply ridiculous. Yes, decades of pioneering women have made progress in the fight for equality, and for that, we are grateful. But those victories are a far cry from actually eradicating discrimination. Indeed, for proof that discrimination against women is alive and well, one need only look to the persistent sex discrimination that women face in the employment context, including lower wages, discriminatory promotion policies, and pregnancy discrimination, as well as to the discrimination that girls continue to face in our schools, whether with regard to the lack of opportunity for women and girls in career and technical education, harassment in the classroom, discrimination against pregnant or parenting students, or unequal opportunities in athletics. Bork's willful blindness to the world around him is startling.
What's equally amazing about Bork's statement is that many of the gains women have made in fighting against sex discrimination are a direct result of the Supreme Court's application of the Equal Protection Clause to women. Because of the Court's jurisprudence, women cannot be excluded from juries based upon their sex, women are not automatically considered financially dependent on men for purposes of government benefits, and women have equal control of marital property, just to name a few areas where discriminatory laws were successfully challenged. Incidentally, the Equal Protection's guarantee against sex discrimination has also benefited men – by striking down laws prohibiting men from enrolling in state-funded schools and laws providing federal benefits to women caring for minor children, but not men, just to name a few. If the Equal Protection Clause were not applied to eliminate all forms of sex discrimination, discriminatory laws like these could still exist today.
It's disturbing that an individual with unreasonably limited views of the constitutional protections available to women continues to play an influential role in discussions about the meaning of the Constitution. Professor Bork's musings should remind us of how far we've come—and of how far we have left to go.
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Election Day
- If you don't like having your views challenged, then discussing politics (and making grand assertions in general) is not for you.
- Understanding the ballot measures being provided is vital to making elections work. Coming to a decision isn't necessary up until the moment you vote. In fact, I would argue that letting things swirl around a bit before coming to a decision is the better option, if only because you will come to a more comfortable, reasoned conclusion. You may come to the same conclusion as your initial impression to the measure and there's nothing necessarily wrong with that. But you at least need to understand what voting "Yes" will do and what voting "No" will do. I'll concede that they way these measures are written is not the best, but then all the more reason to ensure you understand your vote's influence before going to the voting booth. Also, understanding the measures fully will help ensure that your votes are in line with your day-to-day complaints. For example, if you complain about how your roads are in need of repair, then accidentally voting against tax revenue streams that go directly, by law, to fixing those roads because of you misunderstanding how the measure was written is not a good way to get your complaints addressed.
- While seeing any party other than Democrat and Republican on the ballot was great—both parties have had their day and I think it's time we all moved on—I just can't take seriously anything called "Green-Rainbow." Sounds like a flavor of Bubblicious bubble gum, and their website is unprofessional in my view. I don't care how earnest or correct they may be, presentation counts. A lot.
Letters of Note: 1984 vs. Brave New World
The philosophy of the ruling minority in Nineteen Eighty-Four is a sadism which has been carried to its logical conclusion by going beyond sex and denying it. Whether in actual fact the policy of the boot-on-the-face can go on indefinitely seems doubtful. My own belief is that the ruling oligarchy will find less arduous and wasteful ways of governing and of satisfying its lust for power, and these ways will resemble those which I described in Brave New World.. . . Within the next generation I believe that the world's rulers will discover that infant conditioning and narco-hypnosis are more efficient, as instruments of government, than clubs and prisons, and that the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging and kicking them into obedience.
Aldous Huxley writing to George Orwell
I've posted about Huxley and Orwell in the past, but I never got around to what I said I would do until now: I just downloaded the audio book for Brave New World and will listen to it next week. Better late than never.
Don't you agree?
Every once in a while, I get an email proposing some decision starting or ending with the phrase "don't you agree." Whether the proposal is something I agree with doesn't matter; sometimes I agree and sometimes I don't. Either way, I have never liked this phrase for the fact that I feel it puts the receiver immediately on the defensive. By adding "don't you agree" to a question makes an assumption that the receiver is going to agree but that assumption has a real chance of being false.1 We really have no idea all of what the other person is thinking. Using "don't you agree" forces the receiver's hand to defend their position in the real chance that, no, they don't agree, but now they are compelled to explain why, even on those things that needn't be explained because the answers are completely obvious, causes needless chatter, could be none of your business, whatever. Forcing an explanation is putting up a last-second hurdle that has to be overcome, no matter how small that may be.
In other words, ending with the phrase "…, don't you agree?" is a passive-aggressive move in enough contexts that its usage really ought to be avoided should you want to be perceived as someone with whom collaboration is easy. Don't you agree?
- You know what happens when you assume, right? It makes an "ass" out of "u" and "me."
The Independent: 'Dear young men: The old stereotypes of what it is to be a "man" are a load of rubbish'
Even though we humans are (thankfully) moving on from seeing ourselves as two distinct kinds of creatures, there's nothing wrong with being a man and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. There's nothing wrong with doing traditionally "manly" things. Don't be embarrassed by them. If you want to watch football on Sunday, or train in mixed martial arts, or grow a handlebar moustache, or buy a pickup truck, make no apologies. No, there's nothing wrong with masculinity – until it's used as a gauge for measuring and excluding people, whether they're women or other men, or people who don't identify as either.
The Independent: 'Dear young men: The old stereotypes of what it is to be a "man" are a load of rubbish'
This only gets better the further you go. This also came to mind while reading it:
Dear Mr. Vernon
We accept the fact that we had to spend a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was we did wrong, but we think it's stupid for you to make us write an essay telling you who we think we are. You see us as you want to see us: in the simplest terms with the most convienient definitions. But what we found out is that each of us is a brain, an athlete, a basketcase, a princess, and a criminal. Does that answer your question?
Sincerely Yours,
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The more things change, the more things stay the same.
No normal decent person is one thing.
Emphasis mine, but I kept the rest both for context and the fact that it's really funny:
"The whole country's got a fucked up mentality. We all got a gang mentality. Republicans are fucking idiots. Democrats are fucking idiots. Conservatives are idiots and liberals are idiots. Anyone who makes up their mind before they hear the issue is a fucking fool. Everybody, nah, nah, nah, everybody is so busy wanting to be down with a gang! I'm a conservative! I'm a liberal! I'm a conservative! It's bullshit! Be a fucking person. Listen. Let it swirl around your head. Then form your opinion. No normal decent person is one thing. OK!?! I got some shit I'm conservative about, I got some shit I'm liberal about. Crime—I'm conservative. Prostitution—I'm liberal."
Chris Rock
I forget which album this was on, but I keep coming back to this quote repeatedly. One thing I have learned as I've gotten older is that absolutist positions are rarely tenable or realistic.
The Chocolate Season
A former co-worker of mine used to call the time between Halloween and Easter "The Chocolate Season." I have no idea where she got it from, but the label does immediately make sense when I think about it. In my world, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine's Day, and Easter all line up in a relentless parade of sweets. Obviously, there is more than just chocolate involved here, but chocolate does provide a handy culinary benchmark with which to characterize these holidays. So, I go with it. It's an easy joke in conversation.
I am not a health fanatic by any stretch, but I make a point of actively deciding from where my indulgent calories will be delivered, which generally boils down to either sugar or alcohol. If I have one in a given day, or know I will be having one at some point in the day, I won't have the other. Neither are good for my girlish figure, but they are good for the soul. I see nothing wrong with enjoying either, just never at the same time and always in moderation. I derive relatively more satisfaction from alcohol—insert ill-fitted and inappropriate alcoholism joke here—so my junk food intake is pretty minimal.
Because of this active caloric decision-making, I can walk away from a cookie tray or dessert platter without thinking. But I see one fucking Reese's Peanut Butter Cup and all of a sudden I get that nicotine "itch" in the back of my brain that causes me to obsess like the little sugar fiend that I know myself to truly be. My paradoxical strength and weakness is, and always has been, peanut butter. Peanut butter is versatile, good for a quick lunch that fills me up but amazing when combined with chocolate. Seriously, I have yet to come across a peanut butter cup that I didn't like. The problem that has revealed itself is that Reese's has done an absolutely fantastic job at embedding itself in Halloween and Easter, and I fear that the remaining holidays aren't too far behind. Though I think Valentine's Day will be a tough one for Hershey's if only because there is little romance in anything other than just pure chocolate. Either way, Halloween kicks off six months of testing my will power. As my wife is fond of saying: "Ugh."
EFF: Adobe Spyware Reveals (Again) the Price of DRM: Your Privacy and Security
The publishing world may finally be facing its "rootkit scandal." Two independent reports claim that Adobe's e-book software, "Digital Editions," logs every document readers add to their local "library," tracks what happens with those files, and then sends those logs back to the mother-ship, over the Internet, in the clear. In other words, Adobe is not only tracking your reading habits, it's making it really, really easy for others to do so as well.
EFF: Adobe Spyware Reveals (Again) the Price of DRM: Your Privacy and Security
Adobe collects information about whatever book you happen to be reading using Adobe Digital Editions, which potentially means your entire ADE collection. Then ADE sends that information back to Adobe in the clear, meaning anyone snooping can read it.
Intentional or not, I find none of this surprising.
What It's like to Fly the $23,000 Singapore Airlines Suites Class
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This video has been making the rounds, so I thought I would take a shot at it…
I'm not really sure where to begin with this, so here's everything that immediately came to mind upon watching this. All of this would apply to any smartphone, not just Apple's. Choose what you like…
- I find your use of the phrase "for Science" offensive.
- Learn to take care of your shit. None of what you have done, or are ostensibly simulating, is a good idea. I don't believe for even one second that placing the phone in your front pocket would require it experiencing this amount of pressure. Put it in your back pocket where it could experience this amount of pressure, however, and…well…you get everything you deserve by doing so. So, learn to take care of your shit.
- In other news, twentysomethings learn that shit is expensive when you have to pay for it yourself. Film at 11.
- Can we go back to complaining about battery life and antenna performance? Because this video is a waste of everyone's time.
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I have received Traffic Citation ( Obedience to Traffic control devices) for speeding,The Cop said in 40 MPH zone I was on 62 MPH. I want to contest the ticket because I was not going@ that speed, I was around 45 MPH. The car I was driving cannot go that fast. Now my question is that I am going to Court if I am found Guilty, can they put this on my record and give me points. Now I am having Citation under Section 3111 and Sub section A, it doesn't give any points for sure but I am not sure will it show on record.
Seems like the officer may have cut you a break as many moving violation tickets get reduced to 311(a). Be careful what you write on these sites as well. I know you want to contest this, but even in your question you admit to speeding. This is something that I recommend you sit down and discuss with an attorney so you know your rights and options.
You already admit speeding so you are best off paying the $100 fine and be on your way. This is even less of a fine than 45 Ina 40. Also, if you have a car that doesn't go over 45 mph then it is most likely broken, in disrepair and you should probably not be driving it. Driving a broken vehicle is unsafe to you and all other on the road.
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Dubai: Five more suspects in Hmas leader killing
The Dubai police have identified five new suspects in the killing of a senior Hamas operative, a local newspaper reported on Friday. The National said the five traveled to Dubai with Australian, British and French passports to kill Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, who was found dead in his Dubai hotel room in January.
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The Hindu Education Plus Club (E-Plus club) was launched amid much fanfare at Dr. Lankapalli Bullayya College here on Monday. Over 150 students, apart from the 30 selected members of the club, across various streams like MBA and MCA, faculty members and E-Plus club mentors attended the launch function, which was held at the college campus.
Appreciating the initiative taken by The Hindu Education Plus, the secretary and correspondent of the college G. Madhu Kumar urged the students to make full use of the club activity to better their communication skills.
The Dean of the College K. Satyanarayana laid emphasis of the dedication level of the students and urged them to take up the activity seriously and in continuity.
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The E-Plus club activity was first launched by the paper's Editor-in-Chief N. Ram at S.R.R. Government Degree and PG College in Karimnagar on November 20, 2008. It was initially started to help rural students develop their soft skills, but after its success, it is now being extended to other colleges in the cities and professional institutions.
The Director of Department of Computer Science and Management Studies K.V. S. Patnaik, Principal of the college I. Partha Saradhi, Chief of Bureau of The Hindu B. Prabhakkar Sarma and the publication's Regional General Manager T.V. Suresh addressed the students. The Assistant Director of Department of Computer Science and Management Studies S.M. Rahaman introduced the gathering and gave a brief of the club activity. The Public Relations Officer of Dr. L. Bullayya College K. Satyanarayana Reddy was also present.
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TCA / Thier + Curran Architects
An adaptive reuse of a high visibility historic building into an arts centre; the building has housed a hardware store, a prominent nightclub, a pool hall and most notoriously and recently, a strip club. Aimed at contributing to the burgeoning downtown renewal well established nearby, the renovation is intended as a renewal catalyst of Hamilton's Gore Park area at the heart of the city's downtown.
With a modest $3 Million construction budget, 95 King is a bold and dynamic renovation that includes remarkable attention to inspirational elements and touchstones for the artistic community it houses. Whimsy, warmth, uncommon touches and bold colours allow the project to transcend the ordinary, making this a home for artists, not simply affordable housing.
The program includes a ground floor 1,800 ft2 art gallery and multi-purpose space. It is two stories high, with a full storefront. Four main floor studios are double height, daylit spaces. There are four smaller basement studios, a meeting room, shared washrooms and a wash-up area, laundry, storage, etc.. The upper two floors contain twelve one bedroom loft apartments.
Fragments and unique traces of the old have been sensitively blended with the new, with featured exposed brick walls, wood ceilings, polished original concrete floors, and original steel columns and beams bearing the insignia of a lost storied local company.
Soaring ceilings afforded by the existing building heights lend an expansiveness to the loft apartments which are modest in size, ranging from 500 to 700 ft2. Amenities like parquet wood floors, frosted glass sliding bedroom doors and custom wood trim belie typical affordable housing expectations.
Apartment unit entrances feature tile surrounds, lights and custom signage including a panel for mounting of personalized identity mementos for the artist tenants.
Bright colours, unique lighting, and custom designed elements characterize the common areas of the building. TCA designed custom signage and graphics throughout and collaborated with local metal artists to uniquely hand tool all metal doors.
The apartment lobby features custom millwork including a bench for lingering and a focal mailbox/bulletin board display wall designed around the fragments of an old wall safe. Inspirational arts-related quotes are found throughout the housing lobby and on every apartment and studio door.
As Hamilton's steelmaking heritage is supplanted by its burgeoning art community, the popular slogan 'Art is the New Steel' is acknowledged by the use of raw steel elements, thoughtfully designed.
A new two storey storefront of glass and faceted metal panels is a clear delineation from the restored masonry above. The dynamic angled and sculpted storefront is deeply recessed to create emphasis as a public building on the streetscape.
A massive Brazillian cherry pivot door with custom pulls adds gravitas to the arts centre entry and is a strong identifying element.
The sensitive balance of heritage features and robust modern insertions have helped this adaptive reuse transform this building into a powerful catalyst for the renewal of Hamilton's Gore Park neighbourhood, while creating a new hub for Hamilton's growing arts community.
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Apple has passed the 50 billion mark for app downloads on its iOS devices, making the announcement as Android rival Google kicked off its I/O conference in San Francisco.
Apple said that customers are now downloading more than 800 apps per second at a rate of over two billion apps per month on the App Store. The firm announced it had passed the 40 billion downloads mark on 7 January this year, and has taken just over four months to add another 10 billion and reach the half-century milestone.
Apple updated its website to show that it reached the 50 billion milestone, and has named the winner of the $10,000 iTunes gift card for downloading the 50 billionth app as Brandon Ashmore from Mentor, Ohio.
Just a few hours earlier, Google announced at its I/O conference that its Android operating system has seen 48 billion app downloads from the Google Play store.
"Apple would like to thank our incredible customers and developers for topping 50 billion apps downloaded," said Eddy Cue, Apple's SVP of Internet Software and Services.
"The App Store completely transformed how people use their mobile devices and created a thriving app ecosystem that has paid out over nine billion dollars to developers. We're absolutely floored to cross this milestone in less than five years."
The Apple App Store launched just under five years ago in July 2008 with just 500 apps.
Madeline Bennett is editor of V3 and The INQUIRER. Previously, she was editor of IT Week. Prior to becoming a journalist, Madeline was an English teacher at a London secondary school. Madeline is a regular technology commentator on TV and radio, including Sky, BBC and CNN.
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So I have decided to try to write another fandom... that's what they are called right? well anyway, here is my little one shot about Claire and Shane. I absolutley love this series and Lord of Misrule came out yesterday (bought it, haven't had time to read it yet... :[) anyway, so... this is something new. enjoy, please tell me how you like it.
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Claire sat at the breakfast table and sighed heavily. She was frustrated, for the most part. Frustrated with school and all the attention it demanded, frustrated with her parents and their lack of trust in her, but mostly she was frustrated with Shane and herself. Shane for not coming out and talking about his feelings, not expressing them to her, though she knew she shouldn't expect him to. It was Shane after all. She was also, and probably mostly, frustrated with herself. She was angry that she was too chicken to tell Shane how she really felt about him to his face. Sure, she had said it a few times, but he had either been asleep or not near her when she had uttered the three little words.
Claire pushed away her bowl of cereal, suddenly feeling nauseous. She wanted everything between them to be perfect, but perfect in Morganville was just not something that was going to happen. She'd be eaten by a vampire or killed by school bullies before Shane confessed his love for her. "Great, I'll be dead before he can realize it." She snorted to herself.
"Why are you dying?" Claire shot up at lightning speed and turned to see Shane walk into the kitchen. He was up early for him and looked sinfully delicious in an old faded Pepsi shirt and some stone washed jeans. His hair was a mess just how she liked it and his eyes were still tired and unfocused.
Claire turned her head, a furious blush running to her cheeks as Shane sat across from her at the table. He grabbed her untouched bowl of dry cereal and poured some milk into it before digging in.
"Chem II test today." Claire said numbly. She was hoping the blush would fade soon, but if Shane noticed it, he didn't say anything.
"Right, and who is not going to realize what you want them to?" Claire looked up at him and blinked. He was studying the cereal box while chewing, and would occasionally look up at her. She shook her head, searching for an answer.
"My lab partner. He's been sick and doesn't know about the test." It was a poor excuse, but Shane wasn't paying too much attention so it worked in Claire's favor.
"Oh, right." He said between bites. Claire bit back a groan.
The door swung open and Eve danced in adorned in her usual attire. Lace, skulls, fishnets and ribbon, all a perfect shade of black.
"Good morning Claire Bear." She said grinning. Claire nodded.
"Morning." Eve stopped at the stressed tone of Claire's voice and frowned. Claire sighed. She wasn't a skilled liar and Eve knew her best out of everyone in Morganville. This morning, she knew something was wrong with Claire. She opened her mouth to ask, but Claire shook her head, glancing at Shane. Eve followed her gaze before her eyes lit up in understanding. The best thing about Eve was, she was loud when you needed her to be, and knew to keep her mouth shut when the time called for it, usually.
Eve smiled at Claire, reassuringly, before prancing to the coffee maker and pouring herself a cup. "So what's on the agenda for today?" Claire glanced at Shane who looked up.
"I'm just hanging out." Shane said shrugging. Eve nodded and turned to Claire.
"School." Claire said dejectedly. It was a rare day she didn't want to go to classes. Instead she felt like crawling upstairs and snuggling deep into her comforter, not coming out until all vampires and humans alike gave up trying to kill her. Eve nodded.
"Well would you like a ride?" Claire nodded.
"Sure, thanks." Eve nodded and Claire stood. "I'll see you later Shane." He looked up at her, his bowl nearly empty now.
"You're leaving?" Claire nodded.
"I have classes." Shane shook his head.
"Man this is early. I'd be falling asleep in the lectures." Claire rolled her eyes.
"I'm sure you would be." Shane grinned and pulled her into a hug. Since he was sitting, they were very nearly the same height. He smiled.
"Have a good day. Be safe." Claire nodded and kissed him gently.
"I will. You too." He nodded and turned back to his cereal bowl, releasing his hold around her waist. She bit back a sigh and followed Eve out the door.
As soon as they were in the car, the interrogation started. "What's wrong? What did he do this time? Does he even realize you're mad at him? Wait, you are mad at him right?" Claire chuckled at the string of questions.
"Nothing's wrong per say, but nothing is right either. He didn't do anything different than normal. I don't think he noticed my mood this morning and no, I'm not mad at him." Claire said, answering all of Eve's questions. Eve frowned.
"Care to elaborate on it?" Claire felt a blush creep up her cheeks again and she turned her gaze outside. Eve glanced at her then looked back in shock, her mouth hanging open. "You are in love with him!" she screamed. Claire flinched from the shear pitch her voice had taken on.
"Eve do you have to scream?" of course, Claire's lack of deny was proof enough for Eve and she stared at her in shock. There was a honk, pulling them both back onto the road. Eve pressed the gas and started across the street as she tried to think of something to say. The silence grew heavy as they made their way to the campus. When they pulled up, Eve looked over at Claire.
"Will you tell him?" Claire stared at Eve incredulously.
"Will I tell Shane, Mr. Don't-talk-about-emotions-if-your-life-depended-on-it? I don't think I can." Eve frowned.
"Look I know he can be an ass sometimes, but he really does care about you." Claire played with the sleeves of her shirt, keeping her eyes averted from Eve's face.
"I know he does. But is it enough?" Eve patted Claire's knee gently.
"I think you'll know it's enough. Shane isn't that familiar with relationships. He doesn't know that well how they work. Give him time." I nodded. "Hell, the only time he's stayed in a relationship was when the sex was really good, but I'm pretty sure you haven't done that," Claire blushed and shook her he.
"Or he was bored. He's not in this relationship for either reasons. He's in it because you're too good to let go of." Claire smiled up at Eve.
"Thanks Eve." Eve nodded.
"Of course Claire. That's what I'm here for. Now go to class before you're late." Claire smiled slid out of the car. She headed to class with a little less stress on her mind. Eve was right, Shane just needed time.
Claire's day passed slowly, much to her dismay. She wanted to be home and watch Shane and Eve bicker as they usually did, while Michael sat in his chair, watching amused and jumping into Eve's rescue when Shane was winning. She wanted the boys to pull out the beer and start playing video games, ignoring her and Eve. She wanted a normal, happy day at the Glass house.
Classes finally ended and Claire was more than happy to go home. She took the walk home to try to clear her head. She knew Eve was right, but it didn't mean she liked what Eve said.
Claire made it home with no incidents, for that she was thankful. A walk home from school in Morganville could prove deadly. When Claire stepped inside, she saw Shane at the TV playing video games. He had probably been doing that all day. He didn't pause the game, but glanced at Claire and smiled.
"Hey kid, how was school?" It grated on her nerves that he still called her kid. Didn't he see her as anything else? Or was she merely some fun for now. The extra danger of jailbait was just enough temptation to interest Shane. She ignored the question and threw her bag down by the couch before walking into the kitchen. She grabbed a bottle of water and unscrewed the lid, chugging down half of it in one gulp. She sighed and walked back out into the living room. She plopped next to Shane on the couch and watched as he shot at aliens on the TV. "Bad day?" she shrugged, sipping her water. "How was your Chem II test?" Claire's head snapped toward Shane in shock. How had he remembered that? She had been sure he wasn't paying attention this morning. Shane glanced at her and rolled his eyes. "Yes Claire, I have been known to pay attention every once in a while." He said chuckling. Claire nodded, shocked.
"It was fine." She mumbled, laying her head back against the back of the couch. Shane laughed and sipped his coke before turning back to his game. Claire's eyes drifted shut in exhaustion. She laid still, listening to Shane shoot at the Aliens and cuss when he got hit.
After a moment his voice filler her ears. "Claire?" she looked up at him and blinked in surprise when she saw he was closer than she had thought. "Claire what's wrong?" he asked, pausing the game and looking at her. Claire sighed shrugging.
"It's nothing Shane." Claire was surprised when he got up and turned off his game before turning to her. She hadn't expected that.
"Claire, talk to me. I noticed this morning something was off this morning. What's up with you?" Claire bit her lip. She wanted so bad to just spit out everything she had bottled up. She wanted to scream and cry, she wanted to hug and kiss him, but mostly, she wanted to tell him how she felt and she wanted him to say it back to her.
Claire knew that they still had another few hours before Michael would wake up and Eve would get home. It was now or never.
Claire opened her mouth and it all started rushing out. "I guess I'm frustrated." She started. "I want all these things that are just out of my reach and I'm not brave enough to jump because I'm afraid of falling." She said vaguely. Shane nodded with a small frown and she bit her lip.
"Care to elaborate?" that was all the invitation Claire needed.
"I'm scared because it feels like I'm falling so hard and so fast for you and our relationship isn't something you consider serious. I know you aren't an emotions guy, and that makes it really hard to understand what you are feeling and it frustrates me because I just want to tell you how much I like you, how much I love you, but I'm afraid that'll make you run and yell at me because I'm underage and," Claire felt Shane's large hand rest on her knee and she looked up at him. His look silenced all words in her throat.
"You love me?" he asked softly. Claire nodded slowly. She watched as his eyes processed her words, then he smiled slowly. "You know what?" Claire shook her head, unable to talk. "I think that's pretty cool. You've got a lot more guts than I do kid." Claire flinched. "What?" she sighed.
"I'm not a kid. Okay I'm technically 16, almost 17, but I'm not a kid." He studied her face and she suddenly felt very, very exposed under his examining gaze.
"No, I suppose you're not." She watched his eyes as they burned with a new emotion. One she had seen when they made out and lost control of their sense. The burn of lust and passion. "Besides, it'd be weird if I fell in love with a kid, wouldn't it?" Claire's heart fluttered wildly at his words.
"You love me?" she asked, repeating his previous question. He nodded, smiling.
"Yeah, you're something special Claire. I'm not sure how I got so lucky to have you in my life, but I'm not complaining." Claire grinned, her soul feeling light. She launched herself at Shane, attacking his mouth with her own. His large arms automatically wrapped around her waist, holding her to his chest. After an immeasurable moment, they pulled apart, gasping for air. "That doesn't make you any less jail bait though." Claire blushed and rested her head against his shoulder.
"I can't wait until I turn 18." She muttered. Shane laughed and kissed the top of her head.
"You and me both." Claire smiled and rested against his chest, listening to his steady heart beat as she drifted into a peaceful sleep.
"Claire? Claire?" Claire blinked her eyes open and looked up. She was on the side of the couch, curled up away from Shane who was sipping his coke and still playing video games. It had all been a dream. Of course. It was too good to be true. Claire could have cried at the realization that it hadn't been real. She hadn't told him how she felt and he hadn't admitted it to her either. "Claire you okay?" Shane asked glancing at her. She looked up at him.
"Yes, why?" Shane shrugged.
"You were mumbling in your sleep." He said, his eyes glued to the TV. Claire blushed. She rarely talked in her sleep. Only when she was really stressed.
"Mumbling or talking?" she asked, horrified to think of him hearing her dream.
"Mumbling. I couldn't make any sense of it." He said shifting on the couch with the game controller to kill an alien. Claire sighed in relief.
"Oh, sorry." Shane shrugged.
"So was it a good dream?" Shane asked, not looking at her. Claire smiled to herself.
"Yeah, it was a really good dream. I learned a lot." She said honestly. Shane paused the game and looked at her incredulously.
"You learn even in your dreams?" Claire grinned.
"Apparently so." Shane rolled his eyes and un-paused his game.
"Fine, Little Miss Einstein. What did you learn?" Claire smiled as she spoke.
"Three little words." She paused and studied Shane's profile. He bit his lip in concentration as he maneuvered around the screen.
"And that would be?" he asked, hardly paying attention anymore. Claire nodded knowing now that Shane would be ready when it was the right time. And when it was the right time, everything would fall into place. She could wait for it as long as it promised to be perfect. She smiled as she answered Shane, knowing that her answer would make little sense to him.
"Eve was right."
Did you like it? Sorry if it didn't make much sense. It's like two am and I'm writing this. I'll probably go back and fix it up when I'm more coherent. anyway, leave me love please. :D


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(January 23, 2010: Colorado Springs, CO 80906) Fans at Saturday's league challenge between the Wasson Thunderbirds (Colorado Springs, CO) and the host Harrison Panthers (Colorado Springs, CO), saw Wasson's basketball squad hold off Harrison by a count of 69-64.
With the victory, Wasson upgrades its record to 6-6 on the campaign. The Thunderbirds host Falcon (Falcon, CO) to play the Falcons in a 4A Colorado Springs Metro challenge on Tuesday, January 26. The Falcons come into the challenge with a record of 5-8.
Next up, the Panthers play the Woodland Park Panthers (Woodland Park, CO) in a 4A Colorado Springs Metro challenge, on Tuesday, January 26. Harrison will attempt to upgrade on its 5-10 season record. The Panthers come into the challenge with a 2-12 record after their 63-23 league loss to Widefield (Colorado Springs, CO).
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