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- This driver always makes time to mentor the next generation — whether at home or on the road
- This driver helps rookie truckers learn the ropes
- Home-schooling in a truck means the country is a classroom
- This driver sees the world through Google Glass
- A career trucker brings his tales of the road to people in hospice
- How driver Paul Sedlak finds motivation to reach his fitness goals
- I Love Trucking: More than a job, driving is a way of life
- Big Rig Books: Driver delivers books to underprivileged kids
- Driver Chris Jackson captures moments of beauty on the road
- Trucking Couple: Why June & David got hitched
All posts tagged "David Kolman"
- U.S. Most Congested Highways
ATRI and FHWA recently released the findings of their "2009 Bottleneck Analysis of 100 Freight Significant Highway Locations." Seems to me the organizations could have saved a ton of money by just asking a couple of...
- Posted June 4, 2010
- Healthy While Trucking: Mind and Body
As we struggle with our fitness, I recommend adding mental fitness to the workout routine. After all, we can't get all the benefits from a healthy body if the mind doesn't remain alive and active as we...
- Posted May 26, 2010
- Finally, Roadability Accountability
If you're like me and occasionally pull intermodal containers, there's some good news.The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has finally done something about the condition of these vehicles.
- Posted May 5, 2010
- Roving Eyes
I have a lady friend who is a cross-country trucker. Often, to help her pass the hours behind the wheel on those long, straight stretches of roadway she knits, usually making caps, gloves and sweaters for family...
- Posted May 3, 2010
- David Kolman in the Kenworth T700
Senior Editor David Kolman gives his view of the new Kenworth T700 at the 2010 Mid-America Trucking Show.
- Posted April 2, 2010
- Road King Wins Industry Awards
Road King won nine awards for magazine writing and design at the Truck Writers of North America Communication Awards ceremony
- Posted March 26, 2010
- Valentine's Day Dilemma
A company developed what it says is the world's first driver performance analysis system that can be an effective tool for identifying "drivers-at-risk."
- Posted February 11, 2010
- SARTRE: Technology for vehicles to drive themselves
Wouldn't it be great if you could flip a switch and let your truck take over the inch-along-in-traffic chore while you read a magazine, enjoy a leisurely snack or do all the text-messaging and cell-phone calling you'd...
- Posted January 5, 2010
- Going down the wrong path
I had a close call last week. I was trucking north around a sharp curve on a rural two-lane road. Coming up toward on me on the southbound lane was a large RV pulling a car on...
- Posted November 5, 2009


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Wizards and Warriors: The Great Journey Home CH 1The storm and wind raged on. Aeridusa was sleeping right though it all. A lighting bolt hit the tree she slept in. Hitting the grass below her with sparks of fire igniting the grass aflame. The fire surrounded the unconscious Pokemon. Engulfing her and disappearing with her into the night.Waking up she noticed within the darken room brick walls on either side of her. Laying on a cot she got up and floated to the bars in front of her. Looking to the left it got darker the feather it went down. Looking to the right she could see a persons hand waving frantic. Five cells down the dungeon hall. Backing away a few feet taking a moment to study the bars in her way. She fired an Ice Beam causing the bars to freeze. Then her white wings glowed a silver allowing Steel Wing to now be used. Shattering the iced bars she headed five cells down."I thought I heard the squeaking off someone getting up from a cot." Said a man with a white long beard. The man continued adjusting the glasse
Request: Naruto Melody's FreedomCalm footsteps could be heard though the rustling grass. "Where do you think our wolf friend could have headed?""I'm guessing as far from us as she can get." The person cocked there head at an inclosed forest area. "Maybe it would be best if you just wait here Kisame. If only one of us approaches her she may turn and fight back. Instead of running that will be the opportune moment for her capture." Turning back to the other figure before them."You'd better be right about this Itachi.""When proper strategy is involved I'm never wrong." With that he was off.Entering an enclosed area with tall trees surrounding it. Not a person appeared to be out of there homes. This village was very quite save for the sound of crashing water outside from were the trees stood. Something that appeared to be white in color ran right past like a blur. But it wasn't long before it was stopped by running into the side of a home. The creature a wol
Totally Aeridusa CH 3Tim Scam bolted toward the door. Jerry collapsed on the floor. Just as he began to chase after Tim Scam. Clover and Sam ran to Jerry's side. Alex knelt next to Aeridusa. Standing up walking past her friends to the exit."Her face.""I've never seen her so serious."She quicken her pace up the steps. Upon entering the lab she looked though the backpack. Finding the medicine she felt each would need. A Full Restore for Jerry and Revive for Aeridusa. She returned to were the two lie unconscious. Spraying on the respective medicines."That stings." Jerry said sitting upright.Aeridusa shook her head quickly.The girls chuckled at Jerry's reaction."All of you will head back to my office. Including Aeridusa. That is, after she gets her stuff from the lab." Jerry said stepping away.Alex had gone with Aeridusa to retrieve her belongings. Everyone was now in Jerry's office."As everyone knows Tim Scam has escaped." He hel
Totally Aeridus CH 1Kristen walked though the portal ready to head to another world. She stepped out into the open of the sun rising to a new day. She walked over to the steps walking in front of a sign."Welcome to Maliu University."A bell was heard and people came out of there dorm rooms to begin the day. There was no reason she couldn't blend in. She brought her backpack with her. Some were walking to there destination and some were stopping and chatting with friends. Kristen walked over to a soda machine were three girls stood."Why don't we head over to the Mall?" said the blond."The library might be a good idea it wouldn't hurt to get some extra studying in for the exams." said a long haired red head."Or we could head down to the beach and go surfing." Piped up a girl with dark colored heir."Um girls your standing in the way of someone who would like to get a drink.""Oh, sorry my bad." The girl with dark heir said looking a
Commissions Open... Again! I've decided to open commissions again. If you are interested in taking an order please read carefully the information below and if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask me.RULESPlease send me a note to discuss the commission.Send me a reference of the character you want drawnI only accept Paypal! Details will be provided upon enquiry.I will begin a commission after I have received paymentPlease don't rush me or I'll really rush to finishIdeas must be final, please don't be changing your ideas once I have begunLimit is two per commissionerTYPES OF COMMISSIONWhat I will draw:FanartOriginal charactersEcchi/mudityHumanizationsGenderbendersTwo characters in the same picture (see below)What I won't draw:Boys/YaoiRealistic animals/humansAnthro/FurriesCouples (kissing, hugging, etc)PoniesChibiGroup picturesPRICESSketchesHeadshot - £5Half body - £
'Uqbah Chapter 1 (A Pokemon fan fiction)Kristen was out walking her small dog on a smooth pathway next to the apartments were she lived. When she saw an unusual shaped shadow on the ground causing her to look up. The dog barked continuously at the figure in the sky above them. That's when she put her hand up to shield her face to see a red colored triangle on the creatures chest."Could you be?" she whispered softly.That's when the creature became small. Small enough that it fit into the palm of her hand. It was durty like it had crashed into a pound of mud or something when the creature turned its head to look at her Kristen recognized it."How are you real? Your a Latios. A generation three character making your first appearance in the Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire video games by Nintendo."The Pokemon gave a couple of blinks as if it was confused."That's funny I thought Latios could understand human speech maybe that's changed since your in this world now?"The dog had stopped barking now
Pokemon: fakemon OC InfoName: AeridusaType: Fairy/DragonAppearance: http://xxreshiramxx.deviantart.com/art/Aeridusa-490110190Species: Air Spirit PokemonAbility: LevitateGender: GenderlessClassification: Legendary PokemonPokedex entrees:1. A Pokemon that is rumored to have caused accidental death of a human that cared for it.2. It shot up into the sky after the incident. It was said this Pokemon was shot back down from the sky by an unworldly being.3. A kind Pokemon that dislikes fighting. However, it despises Ghost-Types and will fight until there final destruction.Weak to: Steel 2x, Poison 2x Fairy 2x, Ice 2xImmune to: Dragon 0x, Ground 0x, (Due to Levitate the Pokemon is not effected by Ground-type attacks)Damaged normally by: Bug 1x, Psychic 1x, Ghost 1x, Rock 1x, Flying 1x, Normal 1xResistant to: Fighting, Dark, Water, Fire, Electric, Grass (All halve the damage.)This fakemon is (c) xxReshiramxx aka Kristen DeWitt
Naruto OC Ryoko's HistoryRyoko is from a large village known as Manami. Born as a Per-Blood dragon ninja called Azhdehas she lived a fairly normal childhood with her parents. That was until Ryoko completed her Chunin Exams at fourteen years of age. As a yellow dragon Ryoko is secluded and to wonder alone from the village of Manami. Once completed she was to pack up her things and wait by the village gates for those that adopted her to pick her up.Her new adoptive family did not live near the lakes as she had. Instead living in an inclosed forest setting were no other ninja could spot them for miles. What's more was that she was now living an upper class life. This family were the leaders of Shinnobi born with the blood of two races. Galen Shinobi who could not shift and those who could shift into animal forms, the Shifting Clans. As time went on Ryoko would ask every so often "Why was I chosen to be adopted into this clan? It's not that I'm unhappy or I wasn't honored I'm very honored
The love of an ArchangelLike the shooting star I saw the previous night With a warm breeze blowing through my hair,Especially the freeze of winter kissesIt was odd,Cold, ice cold;And I couldn't shiverI didn't crave the warmthThe heat of the fireWith flames dancing in the fireplaceThe warmth from the flurry of air was enough,Heat filled me from the inside... outBrushing against my skinWith the touch of a featherA feather with the shimmer of goldMany of them, thousands ?strewn by hand to create perfectWingsSo I leaned into the comfort,Of safety and all worries faded...I though it was impossibleMaybe just a dreamI felt myself driven intoDerealizationLosing touch with realityBut gripped tight and brought back to reality, When honey filled with whiskeyColored eyes met mineYou and I are one forever...My angel would send whispers though my earsFilling the emptinessThe piece of my soulThat I have never discoveredUntil now
RosieThere was a girl who wandered off...She never came back,Even when the skylight turned blackThere was worry, there was fearBut the town acceptedThe truth was here A cold caseA story for no one to hear Day after day the autumn grows darkThe town, the people, the flowers in the parkAll had dread for good news might never come Dead in the ground?Where has she gone? But it all went by, one cry at a timeOnly aged 11 ,but did it matter?Her family was shatteredEvery day was the same despairBut there was a boy who actually caredHe took flight on his red bicycle and didn't stopHe got to her house and his heart dropped... He couldn't believeHe felt deceivedBut he won't let this beHe ran to the woodsWhich no one should enterhe was brave and clever He ran fastHe ran fierce Rosie!Rosie!He yelled out loudThe woods were coldAll were dead, even soundHis voice was the on
Things left unsaid These are not storiesMade of dreams,Or jars filled with starsWith salt that burns our raw scarsNot sweetly melted sugarThis is sickly and bitterWith one jar of rainOther jar...EmptyRain is sweet Rain is pure Unlike thisA moment where time fliesAnd the glowing cigarette burns skinWith a mouthThat is filled with wordsI want to tell youI always try toBut...You never listenLike a disease you invade my mindChewing on the very flesh of my heartSucking dry the warmth and love that I feelWith cracks hidden underneath your bedroomWalls, painted in white With secretsOnce in a hospitalThere was a needlePierced through the skinWith toxic fluids running into the veinsOf the innocentThe hallsThey are emptyAnd I might yell for helpThe flowers you gave me 3 years agoThey have fadedRottenFallen apartLike our loveI know I am dyingYou know it tooThe ghosts in these empty places know itBut you left me here, anywayWith tormen
Le secret du temps-prologue (version 1)PROLOGUE« Patience, disait-il toujours.-Mais j'en ai assez d'attendre ! Il y a quelque chose qui m'attend pas loin d'ici !-Attend ton tour. Lorsque l'on fait exprès pour tomber, on n'est pas tant surpris que ça, quand cela arrive par surprise, on est surpris. Ne cherche pas à trouver ton destin, laisse-le venir à toi. » J'ai l'impression de partager mon corps avec quelque chose d'autre. Je pourrais dire que je suis vraiment différente des autres. Je suis… comment dire ? Je suis… soumise. Depuis la mort de mes parents, je vis chez ma tante si sévère. Je n'ai qu'une amie. Elle s'appelle Lisa, mais je ne crois pas que quelqu'un a besoin d'une autre personne qu'elle. Son défaut - le seul, mais celui qui pourrait causer sa perte – est celui d'avoir trop d'ambition.
The Bowie Knife "What are you going to do, kill me? I'd like to see you try, Thomas!" Spat a bald man, obviously toughened up judging by the scar on his face that went with his bald scalp. "That is my intent, Joseph!" Thomas sneered back with equal ferocity. "Okay." Joseph put his hand behind his back and pulled out a pistol. "This should be interesting to watch. You don't even have a gun, only a silly little knife." "This silly little knife has killed more people than you can imagine. It represents more than you and your pathetic gun can ever comprehend." "Fine. Enlighten me. Show me the glory of your old decrepit Bowie Knife." Joseph challenged. "This knife represents courage." Thomas explained as he was transported to twenty years earlier. He remembered meeting the abusive husband of the woman h
The TripTy had an ordinary life. He had normal hopes, normal friends, and normal parents. However, once a year, his dad took a mysterious trip to who knows where. Whenever he asked his dad about the trip, his father would jump into a soliloquy about personal sanity. Ty would always think that his dad, a renowned philosopher and author, was just having an idea about his next book. This pattern would repeat for a few years until Ty was thirteen.One summer morning, Ty was awoken by an incessant repetition of his name. "Ty, Ty, wake up!" The voice sounded familiar, so he woke up to find his dad by his bedside dressed in an unusual assortment of clothes. A pair of hiking boots, a netted hat, and a tan vest was being sported by the man who considered going to the diner a black tie formal event. "Ty, I need you to get dressed in outdoor clothes and get ready to go on a journey," his father instructed."Wait, what? Why? Where are we going?" Ty inquisitively replied."You will see when we get there."
VainMarty was a vain man. He grew up on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. He still lives there now. His parents owned a prospering law firm and made a lot of money. His parents passed their entrepreneurial prowess to him and it shows. He is the Chief Executive Officer of his own health care company. Obviously, he has always lived the material life.One day, as Marty got out of his limousine right in front of his office, his empty coffee cup in hand, he noticed a young girl, about 18 years old. She had mousy brown hair and hazel eyes with a green tint. She held a bucket in one hand and a sign in the other. The sign read "Millions of people die from cancer each year. You can help.""Please sir, help find a cure." She begged as he walked by. He just chuckled and dropped his empty coffee cup in hand. The girl's hopeful smile faded and was replaced by a frown. He walked into the building as if nothing had happened.Marty spent the rest of the day doing dull paperwork and checking up on his empl
Impaled By One's Own SwordIf a dead corpse could show emotion, Todd's would show shock. He knew that Jasmine's father despised him, but he had no idea how much. He forced his spirit to move; to view the grotesque scene that was his house. Tables overturned, glass broken, a bloodstained carpet. Worst of all, his remains looked disgusting. The dried blood all over him lead to his chest. He saw a crescent blade with a ruby hilt the color of his blood.Todd, furious used all of his ghostly willpower to go on a long trek. Of course, he did not notice the passing time as a ghostly essence. At last, he arrived at his destination during what looked like the dead of night. There, he passed a room where he knew quite well. The handcrafted sign on the door said Jasmine. He lingered there for a moment to remember the times he had with her. He slowly crept up into the room next door. There, he saw a man, obviously asleep.*********************************************************************************************Days late
La Noche TristeI never thought that it would come to this. My soldiers, my friends, are all dead. They were killed by the Aztec savages and their satanic deities. It should have been me. For I, Hernán Cortes, the leader, the oppressor, the conquistador, have been the real mastermind behind this terrible ordeal. We obtained gold, but at what price? This sad night, this noche triste, will live in infamy forever. But how did it happen? I have to think back to the events of the day.After a week of debate, my advisors and I had decided to leave the city of Tenochtitlan due to civil unrest. We planned to begin our journey when the city was asleep; carrying all of our gold and what we brought with us. From there, we would swim across the canals and reach safety. If only we knew what would be waiting for us.We spent the rest of the day preparing and briefing the soldiers for the escapade.Finally, the moment of truth had arrived. We assumed that the Aztecs were asleep because there were no people on t
Brutal HonestyLeon constantly contemplated what his life would be like if he had never lied. Would he be sitting in this small jail cell that has been his "home" for the past month? Would he have never been charged with obstruction of justice and been sentenced for two months in prison? Would he be on good terms with the bureaucrats at the district attorney's office? He tried not to dwell on what could have been; but he just could not help himself. Leon can still remember every detail of why he went to prison.As a young boy, Leon Smitherson was not a genius or a fool. He was average except in one area of his life. He often had a knack for trouble. He never went to look for it, for his father, a prominent fine arts enthusiast, would often coin expressions. "We would be fools if we thought that we had to search for mischief" was one of his father's favorites. Instead, trouble usually found its way to Leon. When havoc occurred, Leon would cover it up with lies, lies, and more lies.When he was in Kind
Benedict ArnoldAll our attempts to trick the enemy were in vain. Our traps had been broken, our barriers dismantled by spells so accurate and precise that they took apart our gates piece by piece. Our Symbiotic Creatures, with few weaknesses, were melted by Blessed Flames, which take preparation to conjure up. We were done for. But who, who would have betrayed our Guild? We only had a few seconds to figure this out. Was it Axas, the raging sociopath? Or could it have been Dryor, the slowly but surely ascending social climber?I decided to cast a Purity Charm on the group, one that would cast out anyone guilty of treachery. I spun my staff and drew symbols on the clay floor. As they disappeared, my staff's bejeweled top began to glow. Every remaining Guild member cocked their head in my direction, their confused expressions looking down on me. I heard someone shout the word no as loud as they could. But it was too late. The spell had been set and I activated it. Suddenly, a hoode

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Last weekend finally saw the release of the horror flick You're Next, arriving nearly two years after its Toronto International Film Festival premiere. Then in a short time we'll be getting another film in the genre, All the Boys Love Mandy Lane, which comes seven years after it's initial showing at the event. This fall will bring another long-delayed film and we've got the first details today.
Originally premiering at TIFF and Venice back in 2009, Jaco Van Dormael's sci-fi drama Mr. Nobody had a fairly substantial budget of around $50 million. It has been distributed in over a dozen countries in the last few years, but it will finally arrive in the U.S. in just under a month. Starring Jared Leto, who is prime for a major fall with Dallas Buyers Club, the film is a rather epic undertaking, tracking his character in various time periods of his life as the last mortal amongst a society of immortals.
We actually saw this during its premiere and said, "Taking from fare like The Butterfly Effect and all movies to do with time and dimension, this film may exceed them all in its exhaustive (and near-exhaustive stylization) of fate and choice and control. It feels like a second showing film, so stay tuned for another overview upon its release. But I enjoyed this viewing just fine." We'll finally get the chance to do that and now one can check out the international trailer, synopsis and poster (via Indiewire) below for the film also starring Sarah Polley, Diane Kruger, Rhys Ifans and Juno Temple.
In the year 2092, Nemo Nobody is a 118-year-old man who finds himself as the last mortal amongst humans who have become immortal due to scientific advances involving the perpetual rejuvenation of telomeres. When Nemo is on his deathbed, he reviews three possible existences and marriages he might have experienced. References to the big bang theory, the nature of time, superstring theory, and memory help structure the plot.
Mr. Nobody hits VOD on September 26th and theaters on November 1st.
Did you see it on the festival circuit or internationally? What did you think?
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we've taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit the interwebs. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming […]
Since any New York City cinephile has a nearly suffocating wealth of theatrical options, we figured it'd be best to compile some of the more worthwhile repertory showings into one handy list. Displayed below are a few of the city's most reliable theaters and links to screenings of their weekend offerings — films you're not […]
Every week we dive into the cream of the crop when it comes to home releases, including Blu-ray and DVDs, as well as recommended deals of the week. Check out our rundown below and return every Tuesday for the best (or most interesting) films one can take home. Note that if you're looking to support […]
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Everytime i try to put it in her booty..its rejected...How do some of you dudes persuade the butthole pleasures???
Finger first with some lube, leave your fingers in for a while so the muscles in the anus stretch.
surprise buttsecks, or get her drunk. or both.
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text: Generally, these positions don't require any prior experience in the grocery business. The following are brief job descriptions (other duties are required). If you are interested in a job or need to know more about it, please contact your local Harris Teeter store. Use our store locator to find the location nearest you. BAGGER These valuable associates are responsible for following correct bagging procedures, placing the bags in the cart and loading them into a customer's car in a prompt and friendly customer oriented manner. Also, Baggers are responsible for the parcel pick-up area and retrieval of shopping carts when necessary. CASHIER Cashiers are responsible for accurately and efficiently operating the cash register while providing prompt and friendly customer oriented service. These valuable associates are also responsible for maintaining security and control of all funds in the cash register. CUSTOMER SERVICE CLERK These associates are responsible for monitoring the customer service areas (counter, front-end area, and parking lot) to provide excellent customer service while practicing positive associate relations. In addition, Customer Service Clerks are responsible for providing various services at the customer service counter. OFFICE ASSISTANT Office Assistants are responsible for performing and assisting with bookkeeping, accountability functions, and overall record keeping for the total store. These associates are also responsible for the office and store accounting operations when appropriate. STORE ACCOUNTANT These associates are responsible for bookkeeping, accountability functions, and the overall office operation. They assist in managing the front end, effectively and efficiently providing superior customer service, while practicing associate relations. Store Accountants are additionally responsible for the front end operation in the absence of the Customer Service Manager. FRESH FOODS/ DELI-BAKERY CUSTOMER SERVICE CLERK Fresh Foods Customer Service Clerks are responsible for excellent customer service through product knowledge and recognition in our Fresh Foods areas (deli, bakery and prepared foods). Customer specifications on meat and cheese selections, adequate counter inventory levels, and maintenance of sanitary conditions is a must throughout the department. MEAT/SEAFOOD CLERK These associates are responsible for providing prompt knowledgeable and friendly service to customers. They are responsible for maintaining our high level of sanitation standards for the meat/ seafood counters, prep room, and cooler. Also, Meat/Seafood Clerks are responsible for unloading stock and efficiently processing and stocking products. PRODUCE CLERK Produce Clerks are responsible for efficiently stocking and processing while maintaining our high quality freshness standards, and merchandising produce while providing prompt and friendly customer service. These associates are also responsible for unloading product from the truck and reloading salvage. FLORAL CLERK These associates are responsible for efficiently processing, stocking, and merchandising the department while providing friendly customer service. Floral Clerks are also responsible for maintaining the overall department conditions in the absence of the Floral Manager. GROCERY CLERK Grocery Clerks are responsible for efficiently processing and stocking in the grocery department. These associates are responsible for unloading stock, reloading the salvage truck and maintaining the cleanliness of the department. DAIRY/FROZEN FOOD CLERK These associates are responsible for maintaining our high standards for the overall conditions of the Dairy/Frozen Food department. Dairy/Frozen Food Clerks are responsible for maintaining inventory at the designated level in a properly merchandised and clean department while providing friendly customer service.


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Jon Rubinstein
Jon Rubinstein | |
Born | Jonathan J Rubinstein October 1956 (age 58) New York City |
Alma mater | Cornell University Colorado State University |
Known for | Playing key role in development of Apple's iPod and iMac, and webOS |
Spouse(s) | Karen Richardson |
Jonathan J. Rubinstein (born October 1956) is an American computer scientist and electrical engineer who played an instrumental role in the development of the iMac and iPod,[1] the portable music and video device first sold by Apple Computer Inc. in 2001. He has been elected to serve as a member of the National Academy of Engineering[2] and is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. He is a director of Amazon.com.[3]
He left his position as senior vice president of Apple's iPod division on April 14, 2006. He became executive chairman of the board at Palm, Inc., after private equity firm Elevation Partners completed a significant investment in the handheld manufacturer in October 2007.[4] He became CEO of Palm in 2009, replacing former CEO Ed Colligan.[5] Following Hewlett-Packard Co.'s purchase of Palm on July 1, 2010, Rubinstein became an executive at HP. On January 27, 2012, Rubinstein announced he had officially left HP.[6]
In May 2013, Rubinstein was named to the board of directors of semiconductor company Qualcomm Inc.[7]
Rubinstein is married to Karen Richardson,[8] a technology-industry veteran who is currently on the board of BT Group plc.[9]
Early years and education[edit]
Rubinstein was born and raised in New York City. He is a graduate of the Horace Mann School, class of 1974. He went to college and graduate school at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., where he received a B.S. in electrical engineering in 1978 and a master's in the same field a year later.[10] He later earned a M.S. in computer science from Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado.
Rubinstein's first jobs in the computer industry were in Ithaca, where he worked at a local computer retailer and also served as a design consultant to an area computer company.
Early career[edit]
After graduate school, Rubinstein took a job with Hewlett-Packard in Colorado. He spent about two years in the company's manufacturing engineering division, developing quality-control techniques and refining manufacturing processes. Later, Rubinstein worked on HP workstations.[11]
Rubinstein left HP in 1986 to join a startup, Ardent Computer Corp., in Silicon Valley.[11] While at Ardent, later renamed Stardent, he played an integral role in launching a pair of machines, the Titan Graphics Supercomputer and the Stardent 3000 Graphics Supercomputer.
Steve Jobs and NeXT[edit]
In 1990, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs approached Rubinstein to run hardware engineering at his latest venture, NeXT. Rubinstein headed work on NeXT's RISC workstation – a graphics powerhouse that was never released because in 1993, the company abandoned its floundering hardware business in favor of a software-only approach.
After helping to dismantle NeXT's manufacturing operations, Rubinstein went on to start another company, Power House Systems. That company, later renamed Firepower Systems, was backed by Canon Inc. and used technology developed at NeXT. It developed and built high-end systems using the PowerPC chip. Motorola bought the business in 1996.[11][12]
Apple years[edit]
After Apple's purchase of NeXT, Rubinstein had planned on an extended vacation to travel. But Jobs, now an unpaid consultant for Apple, invited Rubinstein to work with him for Apple.
At the time, Apple was losing industry support. The company's reputation as an innovator was waning, as were profits (Rubinstein's arrival in February 1997 came on the heels of a year in which Apple lost US$816 million). Rubinstein joined Apple anyway because, as he told The New York Times, "Apple was the last innovative high-volume computer maker in the world."[13]
Rubinstein joined Apple as Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering, and a member of its executive staff. He was responsible for hardware development, industrial design and low-level software development, and contributed heavily to Apple's technology roadmap and product strategy.
Rubinstein took on an immense workload upon his arrival. The company sold over 15 product lines, nearly all of which were derided as inferior to other computers available at the time. Internally, Apple also suffered from extreme mismanagement of its hardware teams. Multiple teams often worked on the same product independently of each other, and very little attention was directed towards making all of the product lines fully compatible with each other. With Jobs, Rubinstein helped towards fixing both of these problems.
He also helped initiate an extensive cost-cutting plan affecting research projects and engineers. Expenses were eventually cut in half. After critically examining all projects currently in the pipeline, the G3, a fast PowerPC-based desktop machine, was chosen to be Apple's next released product. Upon its release at the end of 1997, Apple finally had what it hadn't had in years: a cutting-edge desktop machine that could compete with its Intel-based competitors.
In 1997, Jobs cancelled almost all of the product lines, and introduced a new product strategy focusing only on desktop and laptop computers for both consumer and professional customer. With the Power Macintosh G3 filling the role of a desktop computer marketed at professional customers, Apple began to focus on an entry-level desktop computer suitable for consumers. The result was the iMac released in 1998, a computer with an innovative design intended to be friendly and easily accessible for average computer users. For the iMac's development, Rubinstein assembled a team and with a deadline of only 11 months (a timeline they considered impossible). The iMac was an immediate success, not only helping to revitalise Apple as a company, but also popularising new technologies at the time, such as USB, which would then go on to become an industry standard. The iMac also shipped without a floppy disk drive (rare for computers of the era), relying solely on the optical drive and new technologies such as USB and Firewire for data transfer. Rubinstein was responsible for both of these decisions.[14]
Future rollouts under Rubinstein's management included all subsequent upgrades (the G4 and G5) of the Power Mac series. While they were technically powerful computers, the Power Mac series suffered from the perception that they were slower than their Intel-based counterparts because their PowerPC CPUs listed slower clock speeds. Rubinstein and Apple popularised a term known as the Megahertz myth, to describe how the PowerPC architecture could not be compared to the Intel architecture simply on their clock speeds (the PowerPC CPUs, despite their lower clock speeds, were generally comparable to Intel CPUs of the era).[15]
Developing the iPod[edit]
Due to the relatively low sales of its Mac computer brand, Apple decided to expand its ecosystem in order to increase its consumer awareness. The iPod came from Apple's "digital hub" category,[16] when the company began creating software for the growing market of personal digital devices. Digital cameras, camcorders and organizers had well-established mainstream markets, but the company found existing digital music players "big and clunky or small and useless" with user interfaces that were "unbelievably awful",[10][16] so Apple decided to develop its own. Even though it was a space with immense market potential, previous products had not enjoyed any notable market penetration.[17][18]
By 2000, Steve Jobs expressed interest in developing a portable music player. But Rubinstein demurred, saying the necessary components were not yet available. While on a routine supplier visit to Toshiba Corp. in February, 2001, however, Rubinstein first saw the tiny, 1.8-inch hard disk drive that became a critical component of the iPod. While Toshiba engineers had developed the drive, they were not sure how it could be used.[10][16] At a Tokyo hotel later that evening, Rubinstein met with Jobs, who was in Japan on separate business. "I know how to do it now. All I need is a $10 million check," he told Jobs.[19]
Jobs agreed, and Rubinstein assembled and managed a team of hardware and software engineers to ready the product on a rushed, eight-month schedule.[17] The team's engineers needed to overcome a number of hurdles, including figuring out how to play music off a spinning hard drive for more than 10 hours without wiping out a battery charge.[17] Rubinstein's production contacts proved invaluable, too; the iPod's sleek, minimalist design, with its high-gloss, engraveable metal back, was a mass-manufacturing triumph.[10] The success of the first-generation iPod was almost overnight.[20] By 2004 the business became so important to Apple that the iPod was spun off into its own division, which Rubinstein took over.[16]
Other iPod models were released on a regular basis, increasing the device's capacity, decreasing its size, and adding features including color screens, photo display and video playback. By early 2008, more than 119 million iPods had been sold,[21] making it not only the most successful portable media player on the market today but one of the most popular consumer electronics products of all time.[22]
Rubinstein - sometimes called the "Podfather" because of his role in developing the iPod[1] - was also instrumental in creating a robust secondary market for accessories such as speakers, chargers, docking ports, backup batteries, and other add-ons.[10] That gear, produced by a network of independent companies that came to be known as "The iPod Ecosystem", generates more than $1 billion in annual sales.[23] In the 2007 fiscal year, the iPod generated $8.3 billion in revenue, or about a third of Apple's sales.[24]
In October 2005, Apple announced that Rubinstein would be retiring on March 31, 2006.[25] It was later announced that he would make himself available for up to 20% of his workweek on a consulting basis.[26]
In 2007, Rubinstein joined Palm as executive chairman of its board of directors; at about the same time, he stepped down as chairman of Immersion Corp.,[27] a developer of haptic technology. Rubinstein took control of Palm's product development and led its research, development, and engineering efforts. One of his first tasks included winnowing the company's product lines and restructuring R&D teams.[1] He was instrumental in developing the webOS platform and the Palm Pre. Rubinstein debuted both on January 8, 2009, at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.[28] On June 10, 2009, just four days after the successful release of his brainchild, the Palm Pre, Rubinstein was named the CEO of Palm.[29]
The Pre first launched on the Sprint network. Reports at the time of the launch noted that it was a record for Sprint, with 50,000 units sold its opening weekend.[30] A follow-up phone, the Palm Pixi, was announced on September 8, 2009, and released on Sprint on November 15, 2009. Rubinstein had said that one of Palm's keys moving forward would be to "bring on more carriers and more regions,"[31] and the company launched its Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus phones on Verizon Wireless in January 2010.[32] In the same month, AT&T announced plans to launch a pair of Palm's webOS devices later in 2010.[33]
But the addition of Verizon Wireless did not help as much as expected. By February 2010, Palm warned that its products were not selling as quickly as hoped.[34]
Rubinstein's visibility in the mainstream tech community grew upon joining Palm. He was the featured guest in September 2009 at the first episode of "The Engadget Show," a web videocast produced by the technology weblog.[14] In December 2009, the magazine Fast Company named Rubinstein one of its Geeks of the Year, along with people such as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and writer/director/producer J.J. Abrams;[35] Fast Company also named Rubinstein to its list of the "100 most creative people in business."[36]
Hewlett-Packard to present[edit]
Rubinstein rejoined HP in 2010, when the latter bought Palm for $1.2 billion.[37] The deal gave HP another chance to enter the mobile-device market while sending a lifeline to Palm, which some analysts expected to run out of cash within two years. Rubinstein agreed to remain with the company for 12 to 24 months after the merger.[38]
At the time, HP said it would utilize webOS across a spectrum of products, including phones, printers and other devices. HP's strategy was to keep consumers connected to all of their information through the cloud, regardless of which device they were on.
On July 1, 2011, HP released the webOS-based TouchPad. Shortly after, Rubinstein stepped down from the webOS unit and assumed a "product innovation role" elsewhere within HP.[39] While Rubinstein had pledged to be patient in building demand for the device, HP abandoned it quickly in the face of soft sales: The TouchPad was on the market for only seven weeks when then-CEO Leo Apotheker announced in August that the company would discontinue all hardware devices running webOS. (HP subsequently slashed the price of the least expensive TouchPad to $99, setting off a buying frenzy and leading technology-research firm Canalys to call it the "must-have technology product of 2011.)[40]
Apotheker himself was gone less than a month later, when the HP board replaced him with former eBay CEO Meg Whitman.[41] She announced plans to make webOS open source in December 2011.[42]
On January 27, 2012, Jon Rubinstein left HP after his 24 months contract ended. In an interview, he said he would not retire, but take a break - and while he had no plans at the time, he added "the future is mobile." [38] In May 2013, Rubinstein joined the board of Qualcomm, a leading provider of chips used in mobile devices. He also currently sits on the board of Amazon.com, to which he was elected in December 2010.[43]
- Member, National Academy of Engineering
- Senior Member, IEEE
- Director, Amazon.com
- Member, Cornell Silicon Valley Advisors
- Fellow, World Technology Network
- Former director, Immersion Corp.
- Former member, Cornell Alumni Council
- Former member, Consumer Electronics Association Board of Industry Leaders
- ^ a b c Tam, Pui-Wing (December 13, 2007). "Apple's 'Podfather' Now Aims to Revive a Wilting Palm". The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ "Members Directory". Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ^ "Officers & Directors". Amazon. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
- ^ "Palm Closes Strategic Recapitalization with Elevation Partners" (Press release). Elevation Partners. October 24, 2007.
- ^ "Jon Rubinstein Appointed CEO of Palm" (Press release). Palm. June 10, 2009.
- ^ Hesseldahl, Arik (January 27, 2012). "Former Palm Head Jon Rubinstein Leaves Hewlett-Packard". All Things Digital.
- ^ "Qualcomm names former Palm CEO Rubinstein to board". MarketWatch. May 7, 2013. Retrieved May 7, 2013.
- ^ Perry, Tekla (September 2008). "From Podfather to Palm's Pilot". IEEE Spectrum.
- ^ Technology guru joins BT as new director, October 19, 2011
- ^ a b c d e Aaron, Ken (Fall 2005). "Behind the Music" (PDF). Cornell Engineering Magazine. Retrieved March 3, 2012.
- ^ a b c Perry, Tekla S. (February 2000). "Jon Rubinstein" (PDF). IEEE Spectrum.
- ^ Hof, Robert; Gross, Neil; Sager, Ira (March 7, 1994). "A computer maker's power move". Business Week.
- ^ Markoff, John (April 26, 1999). "Apple and PC's, Both Given Up for Dead, Are Rising Anew". The New York Times.
- ^ a b "The Engadget Show 001". September 17, 2009.
- ^ "The Megahertz Myth (broken link)". Apple Inc.
- ^ a b c d Kahney, Leander.Straight Dope on the iPod's Birth, Wired News, 2006-10-17. Retrieved on 2006-10-30.
- ^ a b c Schlender, Brent (November 12, 2001). "Apple's 21st-Century Walkman". Fortune. Archived from the original on June 2, 2002.
- ^ iPod introduction, October 2001 on YouTube
- ^ Isaacson, Walter (2011). Steve Jobs. Simon & Schuster. p. 385.
- ^ Kato, Donna; Boudreau, John (November 24, 2001). "Holiday shopping season kicks off". San Jose Mercury News.
- ^ "All Eyes on Apple at Macworld", USA Today, January 11, 2008.
- ^ Levy, Steven (2007). The Perfect Thing: How the iPod Shuffles Commerce, Culture and Coolness. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-7432-8522-0.
- ^ "The iPod Ecosystem; Add-Ons Have Become a Billion-Dollar Bonanza", The New York Times February 3, 2006.
- ^ Form 10-K, Apple Inc.. November 15, 2007.
- ^ Chris Preimesberger, "Apple Promotes Two Key Executives", eWeek, October 14, 2005
- ^ "Apple retains ex-iPod VP Rubinstein as consultant", MacDailyNews, April 23, 2006
- ^ Form 8-K, Immersion Corp. October 30, 2007.
- ^ Baig, Edward C. (January 9, 2009). "Palm's Pre gets lots of good buzz". USA Today.
- ^ "Jon Rubinstein Appointed CEO of Palm" (Press release). Palm. June 10, 2009.
- ^ Reardon, Marguerite (June 8, 2009). "Sprint breaks its sales record with Palm Pre". CNET.
- ^ Hansell, Saul (November 16, 2009). "Is Palm's comeback losing steam?". New York Times.
- ^ Wolverton, Troy (January 7, 2010). "Verizon to carry Palm's smartphones". San Jose Mercury News.
- ^ Stone, Brad; Vance, Ashlee; Wortham, Jenna (January 10, 2010). "Optimism Takes Charge at an Electronics Show". New York Times.
- ^ "Its Smartphones Selling Weakly, Palm Cuts Its Forecast; Shares Fall". New York Times. February 25, 2010.
- ^ "The Fast Company Geeks of the Year". Fast Company. December 30, 2009.
- ^ "100 most creative people in business". Fast Company. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
- ^ "HP to acquire Palm for $1.2 billion" (Press release). HP. April 10, 2010.
- ^ a b "The exit interview with Jon Rubinstein: 'What we accomplished has been amazing'".
- ^ "HP to Drive Innovation, Scale and Growth of webOS" (Press release). HP. 11 July 2011.
Jon Rubinstein, the visionary behind webOS, will assume a product innovation role within the Personal Systems Group (PSG) at HP.
- ^ Hayley Tsukayama (22 August 2011). "TouchPad sales soar after HP discontinues, drops price". Washington Post. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
- ^ David Goldman (September 22, 2011). "HP CEO Apotheker fired, replaced by Meg Whitman". CNN Money. Retrieved March 2, 2012.
- ^ "HP to Contribute webOS to Open Source" (Press release). MarketWire. December 9, 2011. Retrieved March 2, 2012.
- ^ "Palm's Rubinstein Joins Amazon.com board". MarketWatch. December 17, 2010. Retrieved March 3, 2012.
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- USA Today, "Apple turns a profit – And a corner," Oct. 17, 1996
- Wall Street Journal, "Designing Duo Helps Shape Apple's Fortunes" July 18, 2001
- IEEE Spectrum 2008-09 "From Podfather to Palm's Pilot"
- The Engadget Show, Episode 019, March 28, 2011
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i personally just loved the ending. other than it was the finale. and i am having withdrawals http://teespring.com/tire
I agree with your points about Adalind. She was more open and interesting in this episode than she's ever been. I used to dread her scenes but if they can hang on to some of this side of her, I'll rethink that. I also agreed with your notes about the humor on this episode. I also agree with the tone of most of the comments. I really like this show but it's become something of a mess. The core is the Wesen community and they don't really deal with that enough. My favorite recent episode is the one with the Wesen Nazi Council(I can never remember their name) because I think it carried the essence of the series - Wesen traditions, real peril, and kick-ass heroics by the whole team. The Royals could have been a very intriguing story line but just comes across as petty. And I'm so tired of Juliette, Adalind, pregancies, etc. I was sick at the burning of the trailer. Even if the info has somehow been saved it is the loss of such a special place that I regret. Not so much because of what it says about Juliette but because of what is says about the show-running. My biggest disappointment about this show is that it never really deals with Nick as a Grimm. He's not curious about it, he's doesn't learn about it, he doesn't work at fulfilling his role. He's just a cop with a special ability to see something others can't and fight well. I would like to see this show move toward more of an Arrow or Daredevil approach, though maintaining the lighter tone, where Nick starts to seriously understand and develop his Grimmness to help the good Wesen, etc. It's like he takes no serious responsibility for anything, except sometimes in immediate reaction to a situation. The trailer for me was the one link to the ancient traditions of being a Grimm, his heritage, etc. Burning it means a break from that which I hoped would go deeper not less.
Kill of Red (James Spader) and you kill the show. So, even though we knew that he wasn't going to die, it was an intense hour of television. Mr. Kaplan is awesome, and like others I want to know more about her. I am so very fond of Dembe, and was grateful that he played a bigger part in this episode. We need that every week. Dembe, Mr. Kaplan, and even Tom are more interesting than Lizzie.
Oh I am so enjoying this show! It feels so good laugh again at a series that is serious in nature, rather than at the sitcoms that are not my thing!
I was so happy to see Dennis Haysbert in this episode, but somehow I knew that he was going to be killed as soon as he left Frank's office. What a waste of such a talented actor. Anyway, poor Frank is just about ready to quit, and Danny isn't able to do diddly to catch the killer with his hands tied. I had not heard beforehand that one of the Reagans would be shot, but I did know as soon as Linda replaced Hector's IV bag that someone was going to go after Hector.Having it be Curtis was a shock, and now it looks like he shot Linda and Hector, but I guess time will tell. I wish that we got more than just 22 episodes, and Blue Bloods better be renewed for another season!
Totally missed Michael Weatherly on the list. Great Smile.
I agree - Misha has a smile that leaves you warm all over!!
I like the way the characters interacted with each other and the pace was OK. However, what really annoyed me was that the show was about stopping the Apocalypse. It's Sleepy Hollow but with out the weird stuff and more people. Hahahahaha.
At the end, while Rossi tried to start the interrogation Hotch heard something different from his name. Sounded like Erin to me. So I googled "Erin criminal minds" and found out, that there really was a charakter Erin (Strauss) in the series. Because I missed some seasons, I´m just curious if that gives some hints to what Peter could have done to Hotch?


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- 4 smoked trout fillets
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- 1⁄3 cup olive oil
- 3 -4 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1⁄2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- Place 2 trout fillets in a deep dish and sprinkle with half the chives and half the dill. Place the other 2 fillets on top, and sprinkle the rest of the dill and chives.
- Mix the oil and lemon juice in a glass jar and add the mustard. Shake until thoroughly combined. Pour the sauce over the trout fillets, which should be half-covered by it.
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I have a HTC-Hero and have an annoying problem with incoming international calls. The caller's name is correctly identified from what is stored in the 'People' directory. However, the international dialing sequence is stripped out so that I am unable to return the call by touching the caller's name displayed in the call history. For example, the 'people' directory might have an entry like: Bob: +44272272272 When Bob calls, the phone log shows the caller without the '+' sign thusly: Bob <44272272272> When I want to return the call from the phone log by touching the name 'Bob' in the list of calls, the call does not go through because the '+' (international dialing sequence) has been stripped. Is there some setting or specific way of storing people's phone numbers that can overcome this irritant?
I am not sure weather the Hero can do that, but it might work if you use GoogleVoice and store that number in your GV contacts
Maybe I did not explain it properly. It is not new functionality that I am looking for. This same feature works properly for US originated calls. I can touch the name of the caller in the phone application and place the call. I am unable to do the same for international numbers because the prefix '+' has been stripped from the list of incoming calls when the listing appears in the phone application.
Correct, I got that, but if you use GV for your international calls, when you click on that contact it will automatically call using GV which already has the prefix for international calls. and it might even be cheaper than using Sprint for that call, worth looking into it, I would also call Sprint and HTC and see what they say.


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The following packages will have visitors falling in love, both with each other and with 'The City Different':
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• Room type: standard, suite or presidential accommodations
• One dozen red roses delivered in-room, prior to arrival
• Champagne bottle with chocolate covered strawberries
• Breakfast in bed for two
• Fireside dinner for two in Luminaria
• A 50- or 80-minute couple's massage with tub soak
• Two passes to The Loretto Chapel
Package is valid for travel now through March 31, 2015. Must book before March 31, 2014. Price varies based on options selected and offer is based on availability. For more information or to make a reservation, visit www.innatloretto.com or call 866-582-1646. Use promo code ROMANCE online.
Bishops Lodge Ranch Resort & Spa: Travelers are invited to indulge in a romantic getaway at Bishop's Lodge with the Romantic Romp at the Ranch Package, starting at $869 for a three-night stay, and including:
• Overnight accommodations (Superior Deluxe those with King Bed and Gas Fireplace only)
• Romantic Valentine's Day dinner for two (includes entertainment and dancing)
• Couples Massage at SháNah Spa & Wellness Center on-property
• One hour couples horseback ride
• Fork Me Spoon Me (Sensual Cookbook)
• Bear skin rug
• Bottle of champagne and chocolate covered strawberries
• Kama Sutra Book
Package is valid for travel Feb. 14–17, 2014. For more information or to make a reservation, visit www.bishopslodge.com.
La Posada de Santa Fe Resort and Spa: Couples can enjoy a passionate escape together with the Retreat Your Sweet Package, starting at $239 on weekdays, based on a two-night minimum stay, and including:
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• Champagne, Chocolate and Strawberries upon arrival
• Daily Breakfast for two; up to $40 per day
• Two 50-minute Swedish Massages
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• Two glasses of champagne
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• For a relaxing touch, Nidah Spa is offering a "No Cold Feet" couples massage featuring a Swedish massage with guest's choice of aromatherapy oil
Package is valid for travel now through December 31, 2014. For more information or to make a reservation, visit www.eldoradohotel.com or call 800-955-4455.
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• Two yoga classes
• 50-minutes in a private outdoor pool with kiva fireplace
• Bottle of wine or sparkling cider
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• Fresh Flowers in the Room
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Tayammum should be performed instead of Wudhu or Ghusl in the following seven circumstances:
First: When it is not possible to procure sufficient water for performing Wudhu or Ghusl.
655. If a person happens to be in a populated area he should make his best efforts to procure water for Wudhu or Ghusl till such time that he loses all hope. And if he happens to be in a desert, he should search for water on the way or at nearby places. And if the land is uneven, or densely wooded, and it is difficult to walk, he should search for water in all the four directions for a distance covered by one or two flings of an arrow. (A fling is equal to about two hundred steps).
656. If out of the four directions, some are even and others are uneven, one should search for water in the even direction to the extent of two arrow flings, and on the side which is uneven to the extent of one arrow fling.
657. It is not obligatory for a person to search for water in the direction where he is sure that water is not available.
658. If the time left for Namaz is not short, and if he is sure or feels
sure that water is available at a farther place, he should go there to procure
water, provided that going there is not extremely difficult, and that the distance
is not unusually long. And if he has mere suspicion about water being there,
then it is not necessary for him to go.
In his commentary on the book entitled Man la Yahzuruhul Faqih the late Allama
Majlisi has defined the distance covered by an arrow to be equal to 200 footsteps.
659. It is not necessary that a person should go himself in search of water. He can send a reliable person for this purpose. And it is sufficient if one person goes on behalf of many.
660. If a person feels that there might be some water in the provision he carries or at the place of encampment or even in the convoy, he should search for it thoroughly, till he is satisfied that there is no water or he becomes hopeless.
661. If a person searched for water before the time for Namaz, but did not find it and if he stayed there till the time of prayers set in, he should search for water again, as a recommended precaution, provided he feels that water may be found.
662. If a person searched for water after the time for Namaz had set in, and did not find it, if he stayed there till the time for next prayers, and if he felt there was a possibility of water being found, the recommended precaution is that he should go in search of water again.
663. When the time left for prayers is short or when there is fear of thieves or wild beasts or when the search for water is unbearable, it is not necessary for one to search for water.
664. If a person does not search for water till the time for Namaz approaches Qadha, in spite of the fact that he would have found water if he had tried, such a person has committed a sin, but the namaz which he will pray with tayammum will be valid.
665. If a person is sure that he cannot get water and does not, therefore, go in search of water and offers his prayers with tayammum, but realises after prayers that if he had made an effort he would have fetched water, he should, as an obligatory precaution, do wudhu and repeat the prayers.
666. If a person could not get water after a search and prayed with tayammum and then learns later after offering prayers that water was available at the place where he had searched, his prayers is valid.
667. If a person believed that the time left for prayers was little, and prayed with tayammum without going in search of water, but later learnt after the prayers but before the expiry of time that there was time for a search of water, then the obligatory precaution is that he should repeat that prayer.
668. If the time for Namaz has set in and a person is already with Wudhu, he should not allow his Wudhu to become void if he knows that he will not be able to find water or he will not be able to do Wudhu again. As an obligatory precaution, he should not invalidate his Wudhu deliberately. However, a man can have sex with his wife even if he knows that he will not be able to do Ghusl.
669. Similarly, if a person is with Wudhu before the time for prayers set in, and knew that if he made his Wudhu void, it would not be possible for him to get water, the recommended precaution is that he should try to keep his Wudhu intact. As an obligatory precaution, he should not invalidate the Wudhu deliberately.
670. If a person has just sufficient water for Wudhu or for Ghusl, and if he knows that if he spills it he will not be able to get water again, it is haraam for him to spill it if the time for prayers has already set in, and the obligatory precaution is that he should not throw it away even before the time for prayers sets in.
671. If a person knew that he would not get water, and yet made his Wudhu void or spilled it after the time for prayers had set in, he committed a sin but his prayers with tayammum will be order. However, the recommended precaution is that he should offer the Qadha of the prayers.
672. If a person is unable to procure water on account of old age or
weakness, or fear of a thief or a beast, or because he does not possess means
to draw water from a well, he should perform tayammum. The same would apply
if acquiring water is intolerably difficult. But in this last situation, if
a person, inspite of the difficulty, did not perform tayammum, and did Wudhu,
his Wudhu will be valid. 673. If a bucket, a rope and other similar implements are needed for
pulling water out of a well, and the person concerned is obliged to purchase
or hire them, he should do so even if he has to pay much more than the usual
rate. Similarly, he has to buy the water even if it is sold at a higher price.
However, if by doing so, his economic condition is harmed, then it is not obligatory
to procure them. 674. If a person is obliged to take a loan for procuring water he should
take a loan. However, if he knows or feels that it will not be possible for
him to repay the loan it is not obligatory for him to take a loan. 675. If digging a well does not involve much hardship the person concerned
should dig a well to get water. 676. If he is given water by another person without any obligation he
should accept it. Third:
677. If a person fears that if he uses water his life will be endangered,
or he will suffer from some ailment or physical defect, or the illness from
which he is already suffering will be prolonged, or become acute or some complications
may arise in its treatment, he should perform tayammum. However, if he can avoid
the harm by using warm water, he should prepare warm water and do Wudhu, or
Ghusl when it is necessary. 678. It is not necessary to be absolutely certain that water is harmful
to him. If he feels that there is a probability of harm, and if that probability
is justified by popular opinion, giving cause for some fear, then he should
do tayammum. 679. If a person has an eye disease and water is harmful to him he should
perform tayammum. 680. If a person performs tayammum on account of certainty or fear about
water being harmful to him but realises before Namaz that it is not harmful,
his tayammum is void. And if he realises this after having prayed he should
offer the prayers again with Wudhu or Ghusl. 681. If a person was sure that water was not harmful to him, and he
did Ghusl or Wudhu, but later realised that water was harmful to him, his wudhu
and Ghusl will be void. Fourth: 682. If a person fears that if he uses water for Ghusl or Wudhu, he
will be involved in hardship because of thirst, he should perform tayammum.
Tayammum is permissible in the following three cases:
Apart from these three conditions mentioned, it is not permissible to perform
tayammum when water is available. 683. If besides the Pak water which a person has for Wudhu or Ghusl
he also has najis water enough for drinking, he should keep the Pak water for
drinking and pray with tayammum. When water is required for other people attached
to him, he would keep Pak water for Wudhu and Ghusl and let them quench their
thirst with najis water, regardless of whether they know about the najasat or
not, or whether they care about it or not. If water is required for an animal
or a minor child, it should be given najis water to drink and Pak water be used
for Wudhu or Ghusl. Fifth: 684. If the body or dress of a person is najis and he possesses only
as much water as is likely to be exhausted if he does Ghusl or Wudhu, and no
water would be available for making his body or dress Pak, he should make is
body or dress Pak and pray Namaz with tayammum. But if he does not have anything
upon which he would do tayammum, then he should use the water for Ghusl and
Wudhu, and pray with najis body or dress. Sixth:
685. If a person possesses such water or container which is not permitted
to use, like when they are usurped (Ghasbi) he should perform tayammum instead
of Ghusl and Wudhu. Seventh: 686. When the time left for Namaz is so little that if a person does
Ghusl or Wudhu he would be obliged to offer the entire prayers or a part of
it after the prescribed time, he should perform tayammum. 687. If a person intentionally delays offering the prayers till no time
is left for Ghusl or Wudhu, he commits a sin, but the prayers offered by him
with tayammum will be valid, although recommended precaution is that he should
give Qadha of the prayers. 688. If a person doubts whether any time will be left for prayers if
he does Ghusl or Wudhu, he should perform tayammum . 689. If a person performs tayammum owing to shortage of time and after
the Namaz he had an opportunity to do Wudhu but did not do so till the water
he had is no longer with him, he will have to perform a new tayammum for subsequent
prayers, even if the first tayammum had not become void, provided, of course,
that tayammum continues to be his religious obligation. 690. If a person has water, but because of shortage of time he prays
with tayammum and while in prayers, the water he had goes out of his possession,
he will, as per recommended precaution, do tayammum again for the subsequent
prayers, provided that his religious obligation continues to be tayammum. 691. If a person has only just enough time that he may perform Wudhu
or Ghusl and offer prayers without its Mustahab acts like Iqamah and Qunut,
he should do Ghusl or Wudhu, whichever is then necessary, and pray without those
Mustahab parts. In fact, if for that purpose, he has to avoid the next Sura
after al-Hamd, he should do so after doing Wudhu or Ghusl.


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Ann versus the Man: Boxing's Battle of the Sexes
Ann Wolfe has enjoyed an illustrous boxing career, winning titles across four weight classes. But, women no longer want to fight her. Wolfe turned to Bo Skipper. In December, they'll fight boxing's first "Battle of the Sexes."
Anne Wolfe, right, lands a punch on Marsha Valley in their June 18 fight. Next up for Wolfe: Bo Skipper.
Things didn't look so good for the female boxer from Texas: Ann Wolfe had challenged Vonda Ward to a fight for the International Boxing Association World Championship, but as the 34 year-old climbed into the ring at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum the odds seemed clearly stacked against her. Not only was she was almost nine inches (22 centimeters) shorter than her undefeated opponent; but, in the weeks before the fight, Wolfe had to quickly gain 11 pounds (five kilograms) lest she not qualify for Ward's weight class.
Ann Wolfe doesn't float through the ring like a butterfly. And she doesn't sting like a bee. It's the elemental force of her punches that instills fear and terror. Wolfe beats her victims relentlessly, mercilessly. And usually, the referee needs to end the proceedings: Only 8 of her 23 matches ended in a judges' decision -- the rest have all be knockouts or TKOs. Over the course of her short career, the boxer, who has adopted the nickname "Brown Sugar", has won four titles in four different weight classes.
Wolfe has trouble finding opponents, though. Even Laila Ali, daughter of the legendary Muhammed Ali and the best-paid female boxer in the world, has rejected the offer to fight Wolfe for a $500,000 purse. "She doesn't want to fight me, because she knows that I'd kill her," growled the challenger. "When there aren't any more women who want to take me on, then I have to take on a man."
Ann takes on Bo
And, thus, on December 2, boxing will have its first "battle of the sexes". The bout will run for eight rounds and will be aired nationwide in the United States. Wolfe's opponent will be the 36 year-old, cruiser-weight Bo Skipper.
"I've never hit a girl before, but now that's going to change," said Skipper. "I don't have any problem with hurting Ann. I just hope that after the fight she doesn't have to drink soup through a straw." Skipper doesn't think about the possibility of losing, because, he claims, "Men are just physically superior."
Wolfe, for her part, seems amused by the testosterone-saturated theatrics of her opponent. There is no readily discernible physical advantage: Skipper's frame resembles Wolfe's. And Wolfe's self-confidence is impenetrable. "I've sparred hundreds of rounds with tough guys, and every day I send one of them to the ground," she attests. "There's not a woman on the planet who can dish it out harder than me."
The bluster reminds one of September 1973. That was when the 29 year-old Billie Jean King, the world's number-one women's tennis player, took on Bobby Riggs, 26 years her senior. "The best women's tennis player wouldn't stand a chance against a half-demented man," boasted Riggs, the one-time Wimbledon champion. He felt assured of victory and as a display of machismo, he entered the arena in a rickshaw pulled by women. His exit was much less grand: He sulked to the showers after Billie Jean King shot him down in three sets 6:4, 6:3, 6:3.
Still, not everyone is looking forward to the impending boxing face-off - "Ann vs. The Man" it has been billed. In April amateur female boxer Becky Zerlentes died after getting knocked out in Denver, even though she was wearing protective head gear. Wolfe won't be wearing any such protection. Experts fear that a serious injury would be a catastrophe for the sport of boxing. Dr. Michael Schwartz, President of the American Association of Ringside Physicians, advised Wolfe not to enter the ring against Skipper.
After considering the matter, though, the sporting commission of Mississippi dismissed any misgivings. Chairman John Lewis, a former boxer, visited one of Wolfe's training sessions and came away convinced of her fitness. "I don't worry about her safety," Lewis said after the visit. "Ann is damn tough."
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Neighbor reports seeing man running after shooting
UPDATED 12:30 PM EST Jan 10, 2014Police in Nashua are looking for at least two people as they investigate a shooting that left a man critically injured Thursday night.
Video TranscriptHE SPOKE WITH ONE WOMAN WHO SAW SOMEBODY RUNNING FROM THE SCENE. SHE DESCRIBED HIM AS THIN AND QUITE THE RUNNER. AS YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE SCENE YOU CAN SEE POLICE ARE GATHERING EVIDENCE. NEIGHBORS SAY THEY DID NOT HEAR ANY SOUND OF AN ARGUMENT OR A FIGHT PRIOR TO THE SHOT BEING FIRED. FRIDAY MORNING, THE CRIME VAN PULLED INTO THE AVENUE AS POLICE CONTINUED THE INVESTIGATION. I HEARD A BANG. AMANDA SAYS BECAUSE OF THAT, SHE DID NOT PAY ATTENTION THURSDAY NIGHT UNTIL SHE SAW THE LIGHTS FROM EMERGENCY VEHICLES. AS HER ONE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER CRIES, SHE POINTS OUT WHERE SHE SAW THE 22-YEAR-OLD MAN IN THE SNOW. HE WAS ON THE PATHWAY RIGHT BY THE CAR. WE FOUND HIM UNCONSCIOUS ON THE SIDEWALK SUFFERING FROM A GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE HEAD. WE HAD SOME INFORMATION FROM SOME FOLKS THAT THEY HAD SEEN TWO OR THREE HISPANIC MALES IN THE AREA PRIOR TO THE US INCIDENT. HE COMES BACK AGAIN RUNNING. HE. I WAS LIKE WHAT IS HE DOING? WHEN I SHOWED HIM MY FLASHLIGHT HE YELLED SOMETHING AT ME. SOMETHING IN SPANISH. THIS PERSON WAS WALKING HER DOG AND BELIEVE SHE SAW SOMEBODY INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTING. HE WENT RUNNING BACK. I DON'T KNOW WHY. WHETHER HE DROPPED SOMETHING. IF THEY ARE ON THEIR PROPERTY AND SEE SOMEBODY, ANY DISCARDED ITEMS THAT WERE NOT THERE YESTERDAY, GIVE US A CALL. POLICE HAVE NOT RELEASED THE VICTIM'S NAME, AS YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE SCENE ONCE AGAIN. YOU CAN SEE THE TARP ON THE SIDE, WE CAN TELL YOU THAT THE CAR THE TARP WAS COVERING HAS TACIT USE ITS PLACE. POLICE ARE TELLING US THE VICTIM WAS IN CRITICAL COME BUT -- CRITICAL BUT STABLE CONDITION.
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