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by stillnotelf (1476907) on Tuesday January 29, 2013 @12:37PM (#42727399)I won't send text messages at all. The rates are ridiculous. They're marginally free for the phone companies, since they fit them into the "hey, phone, where are you?" packets that the network is sending anyway. Send me an email instead, an email that reads "Sorry, I'm getting off your lawn!"
I'm sure I'm getting old and all that but I just can't get into texting. Mostly this is due to the fact that I don't own a cell phone. If I did own one, I would still find the concept of paying for texting offensive. The data rates put the cost per megabyte somewhere around the same rates as buying Winchester disk storage in the early 1980s. The worst part is that the true cost for the service provider is effectively nothing - texting plans are about as close to 100% profit as anything ever put on the market. Even if you got unlimited texting for "free" as part of your plan, it's part of the product that they charging you for.
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Or, smart enough to realize that almost anything that can be said in 160 characters or less, really isn't worth saying at all.
"Hey, do you wanna to go camping this weekend?"
"Shit, I'm gonna be a few minutes late for our meeting"
Or even something as simple as "Happy Birthday!".
Yeah, I can't possibly think of any use for a communication medium that is terse.
I swear, I'm as much of an old grumpy fuck as the next Slashdotter - but even I recognize something that's ubiquitous, simple, and damned handy. Email is more involved, calling has its own issues (not everyone is free to engage in a call every second of the day), IM is nowhere near standardized...
Gimme SMS text for making plans with people or blasting off quick info, thanks. It's one of the best technologies invented in terms of "it just works". Well, presuming most people have cellphones (insert a bunch of comments below about how you don't own a TV either, and we may have another Onion article on our hands).
Contrary to what some kids seem to think these days, SMS texting is not Twitter. I'm not sending "I'm taking a dump!" to my friends through SMS (although perhaps I should...).
Re:Missing option (Score:5, Insightful)If you interrupt what I'm doing, when you don't even know what I'm doing, it had better be important.
Let me get this straight:
You have chosen to carry a communications device, on which anyone from your mother to your coworker to a telemarketer could call you at any time...
You have chosen not to turn this device off or even silence it...
You have chosen to take a call in the physical presence of someone else in a context you admit counts as impolite...
I take it back - I shouldn't have closed that "cranky old man" tag. I clearly don't understand what passes for "polite" among those damned kids on my lawn.

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I think it takes God awhile to get humans to pay attention. Thanks God one finally did. So many people are so wraped up in their own life they don't pay attention to the small creatures. We need more people to get involved and bring these things to the attention of Animal Control
The Difference is That people have free will to be evil! God will not force them to believe in him! We need to pray that they will turn to him and stop this horrible animal abuse! But these awful cowards use this as their income.... So as long as there is poor, useless, people unwilling to support themselves, this horrible, horrible "sport" will continue. And the Good Lord knows I wish there was absolutely one possible thing I could do to change it!!!
I think everyone just needs to realize is that there is no god. If there is, it certainly isn't a benevolent one. Gods are invented by small minded people that needs explanations for things they don't understand. Thank Man, for rescuing these poor unfortunate animals and Damn Man for being as evil as he is.
Why can't we just be happy for the dogs? Stop trolling.
@awdgator- this site is not here for debating on relious beliefs. do you realize that?
Well said awdgator...if our quote GOD was a loving GOD...Why would he let innocent animals suffer...sorry folks we are left on our own on this planet...Glad for the good folks who saved & save ALL the abused animals from their abusers...good job!
I feel sorry for you and will pray for you, anyone that has such hate for God as you seem to are lost souls that he would like to save. Yes I thank the humans that rescued these dogs but how where they lead to this poor inoccents?


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24 Hours of LeMons is not to be — and is probably not very likely to be — confused with 24 Hours of LeMans, the world's oldest sports car race held in LeMans, France. Except for the safety gear and equipment, which must be approved, 24 Hours of LeMons is not serious racing. These races include unusual penalties and punishments, such as the Colonel Sanders where teams are tarred and feathered, meted out by judges spinning the Wheel of Misfortune. Teams spend as much time and effort on their theme as getting the car ready to race.
24 Hours of LeMons was founded in 2006 by author/editor Jay Lamm as a progression of a 500-kilometer road rally for $500 vehicles. The car with the most laps in a 14-hour period wins the race. The website says the races are inexplicably presented by Car and Driver and are "where Halloween meets gasoline." Organizers say on the website that if you don't know what you are doing, "we don't either. This whole 'expert' schtick is just pathetic male compensation. Don't sweat it."
Judges encourage contenders to keep it simple by finding a car that already runs and install safety equipment per the LeMons rule book. "Congratulations," the site explains, "you just built a race car."
Several teams from Onslow left Thursday to compete in the testosterone fueled races.
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In fall 2011, Henkle, the computer instructor at Coastal, saw an article on LeMons racing in Car and Driver magazine and decided to see a race. That spurred Henkle and his team members — his son, Marine Staff Sgt. Christopher Hinkle; Potter, department head of the automotive technology department at Coastal; and Potter's son Sam — to purchase a 1991 4-cylinder Mustang with 386,000 miles on the engine for competition.
To prepare the car for their first race in September, the team stripped all nonessentials —including the seats — from the car. They installed safety equipment, including a full roll cage, a racing seat, fire extinguishing system, 5-point safety harness, electrical kill switch and safety net on the windows. Team members also purchased personal fire suits, helmets, Nomex racing shoes and even underwear.
The team named their car John Galt after a character from the book Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. In the book, Galt "stopped the motor of the world."
Team members took turns driving seven hours each of the two days of their first race.
"We ended up in 55th place, but it was good because we actually finished the race," Steve Henkle said.
With modifications and experience from the September race, the team expects the car to run faster and accelerate quicker in Saturday's race.
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The Fire Truck team includes Dave Shepard and his son David, Jr. of O'Riley's Auto Parts; Coast Guardsman Billy Taylor, Tim Stone and Jim Howard, an automotive emissions instructor at Coastal Carolina Community College.
The team is driving a 1991 Chevy S10 with an ol' timey fire truck theme. The car will be painted red with a red light bar on top, a ladder down the passenger side and simulated drafting hoses on the driver's side.
"We don't have a prayer of a chance of winning but we will have fun. That's what it is all about," Shepard said. "Besides, I don't have room to bring home $501 in nickels."
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The Bosozoku and Irish Car Bomb team includes Brian Marshburn, Chance Becker and Shawn Curtis of Prestigious Metal; Dave Uzzell and Joey Hudler of Modern Tire; and Tommy Collins of Collins Welding. They will drive two cars: a 1992 Nissan Sentra customized with judge approved Bosozoku, an outlandish Japanese style with oversized fender flares and a rear wing spoiler; and a 1999 Ford Contour dressed up as an Irish Car Bomb with a giant Irish hat on it.
In the first race the team was penalized 25,000 laps for a turbo charged engine that is only sold in
Marshburn said he hopes to finish the race but doesn't expect his team to win because they are contending with some NASCAR teams and professional drivers.
They all use golf carts to wander from tent to tent and eat food. There is a lot of bartering for food and parts that goes on.
The team plans to stuff hot dogs with cheese and bacon and deep fry them in bacon grease to trade with a Russian team that makes "great" lamb skewers. Also, the Duff Brewery Team from
Spectators are encourage. General access paddock passes available at the gate are $20 per day or $30 for the weekend. Kids under 16 are free. Marshburn said it has been a lifelong dream of his to be a race car driver.
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I was 22 in 1992. You had the Nokia 1011 [grignani.org] then. Far too expensive for a mere student. I got my first mobile in 1998; an Alcatel that could run on three normal batteries. [blogspot.com]
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I didn't have a cell phone until I was in my 30s. It was a combination of them not being available when I was a kid, and not wanting to have one of the damn things. I hate talking on the phone (and a can-you-hear-me-now cell phone even more so), so I had Zero incentive to carry one around with me. The only reason I relented and bought one (a prepaid dumbphone) was because I was on unemployment, and needed a way to call in for my weekly check-in appointment without being stuck at home or finding a payphone. Of course today (I'm... no longer in my 30s) my phone and I are almost inseparable, but that's only because my phone is now a computer with my calendar, notes, mail, web access, etc. You could remove the Phone app from it, and I'd be just as happy with it. Probably more.
Naw, we're just not that young... (Score:5, Interesting)
Phones were still Gordon Gecko-only bricks for the well-to-do while I was finishing high school. Maybe a better question would've been, "What would've been the right age for you to get a cellphone?"
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They've been available longer than you think (Score:5, Interesting)by anyaristow (1448609) on Monday January 07, 2013 @02:01PM (#42507091)
I was watching the 1976 movie Car Wash not too long ago and it wasn't until after the scene where the woman was talking on a car phone that it dawned on my what I'd seen. So I looked it up and found [checking again] the first handheld cell phone was demonstrated in 1973 and first commercially available in 1983. The first mobile calls from cars were made in 1946, and the networks they built in the following years were in use into the 80's.
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Although cellphones were available in 1980s, they were big and expensive but much easier to get than a IMTS (take a look at http://www.wb6nvh.com/Carphone.htm [wb6nvh.com]). Pre cellular car phones used dedicated frequencies (meaning very few subscribers) and only the top stinking rich can get these. But then if you had a cellphone in 1980s (or early 1990s) you were The Man.
I have a 1970s IMTS control head I got at a flea market 10 years ago (Bell System Property, Not For Sale), it's big and scary (god only knows what the trunk unit was like), it has a Model 500 handset, rotary dial, and a real bell (ding, ding, ding). I don't know when or ever I will have time to make it operational with a cellphone module interfaced with a pulse counter and other circuitry to interface and use it like a carphone. However, no room to put it in today's cars that have big divider down the center. But it would be uber cool just like Banacek and Cannon.


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Everett's Lopez headed to the next level
In ceremony at Evergreen Middle School, Everett wrestler signs to wrestle at Springfield College (Mass.)
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Everett's Jessie Lopez (facing) won a state title in 2012 and finished third after moving up to 145 pounds. Lopez signed a National Letter of Intent to wrestle for Springfield College in Massachusetts on Tuesday.
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Jessie Lopez signs his National Letter of Intent to wrestler at Springfield College (Mass.) in a ceremony at Evergreen Middle School.
One of his top wrestlers, Jessie Lopez, wasn't as sure.
Lopez, who won a state title as a junior and finished third at the Tacoma Dome as a senior, had a ceremony Tuesday afternoon celebrating his commitment to Springfield College in Springfield, Mass. where he will wrestle at the Division III school next year.
"Right off the bat he went to state and placed seventh as a freshman. When someone's able to accomplish that you kind of know that they have the skills to go on to the next level," Elliott said. "He put in the time in middle school to be prepared to be on varsity when he came in his freshman season. It's been a lot of fun to have him. He's a hard worker. He's had a lot of achievements. It's fun celebrating the success of those achievements."
Lopez, however, wasn't always sure he was going to wrestle at the next level. More specifically, he wasn't sure he had the desire to.
"It was always a goal. I wasn't always sure I really wanted to, but now I know I want to," Lopez said. "During my freshman and sophomore year I wasn't sure, but the idea grew on me. I knew the opportunity would be there if I worked hard for it. It's just something that I loved to do and getting a scholarship was just extra."
The senior talked to a group of kids Tuesday afternoon at Evergreen Middle School, where he went to school and started his wrestling career. Elliott said that he likes to have his wrestlers that earn scholarships speak to kids to help inspire them to work hard so that they can accomplish the same feat.
He believes Lopez is a good example for the younger kids to "invest in themselves and look to the future."
"We try to expose them, like doing this letter of intent signing with Jessie at the middle school. We want to expose them to that now," Elliott said. "It's important for them to know there are success stories out there and that they can be one. He was a sixth grader walking the halls of Evergreen once ? and now he's got a wrestling scholarship."
The other reason for the ceremony is to honor Lopez, who went to state all four years at Everett.
"You want to honor your seniors that have been in the program and have been dedicated to you and their program," Elliott said. "That's the thing that I've always stated to the kids. If you're dedicated to me and what we're trying to do here, I'm going to be dedicated to you in everything you do, not just in wrestling. I've told my wrestlers I'll assist in whatever they need. Finding a job, being a marriage counselor, being the first person to purchase insurance from you."
Lopez, who also won the Dick Rowley Scholarship at Everett, finished seventh in the 119-pound weight class as a freshman, and third in the same class as a sophomore. He won the 132-pound title his junior year before finishing third at state in 2013 after bumping up to the super-competitive 145-weight class.
Before the tournament Lopez talked to his brother Danny, a former Seagull who now wrestles at Trine University in Angola, Ind., about his plan to wrestle in the 145-pound weight class instead of 132.
"I talk to my brother a lot. We're very competitive," Jessie Lopez said. "We said we'd rather take third at a harder weight class with harder competition than win one where the competition maybe isn't as strong."
Needless to say, the younger Lopez has no regrets about his decision.
"It was a tough loss but it happens," Lopez said. "It isn't too bad. Yeah. I don't look back on it and regret it. And now I won't always have the question of how I would have done at 145."
Elliott gave a clear and concise "yes" when asked if he thought Lopez would have repeated at 132-pounds.
"He wanted to take the challenge and that was important to him," Elliott said. "We supported him. It was a tough ride at state but that's the way it goes. I think Jessie's in the sport more than just winning a title. I think he's in the sport of wrestling because he loves the sport and that's important to him. I think he saw wrestling up as a good challenge and he's still glad he's done it today."
His commitment ensures that March's Mat Classic at the Tacoma Dome will not be the last time Lopez takes to the mat. He heads to Springfield College which is graduating the No. 1-ranked 141-class Division III-wrestler in the nation in senior Joe Grippi.
However, Grippi will still be a common sight at Springfield College wrestling practices. While working on his Master's Degree, Grippi will serve as a student coach for the Pride, and will be there to help mentor one of their newest wrestlers.
"That'd be pretty awesome," Lopez said. "Anybody that's that good definitely has stuff to offer, especially if they can wrestle with you."
Elliott, who has helped about 15 of his wrestlers earn scholarships in the past seven years, was looking at some schools for Lopez and was drawn to Springfield College in part because of the academic programs. Lopez is thinking about studying athletic training, physical therapy or exercise science.
"They're really well known for their athletic training and physical therapy programs," Lopez said. "And they have a really good (wrestling) team, which of course played a big role."
Lopez visited the school and noticed its feel -- particularly, the climate -- in the northeastern part of the United States, was pretty similar to here in the Pacific Northwest.
He's eager to get the next part of his life underway.
"I'm kind of nervous, but looking forward to it," Lopez said. "It'll be a new start. A new adventure. It'll be a lot of fun."
Lopez wasn't the only Everett wrestler honored at the event. The Seagulls' Tyler Saparto was also honored with the first annual Everett wrestling alumni scholarship. Elliott called former Everett wrestlers and was able to collect $1,500 for Saparto, who is going to wrestle at Everett Community College next year.
"We're excited to do something like that," Elliott said. "Tyler was a really hard worker but he suffered a couple injuries that really held him back his sophomore and junior year. And even a little bit his senior year. But he loves the sport and he stuck with it. We want to recognize Tyler for all his efforts. He put in seven years of wrestling and he deserves to be recognized too."
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In 2009, a revised booklet was published, providing information on 15 revised action pledges, building on the progress made from 2007-2009 in support of the objectives of the Nairobi work programme (2009 booklet).
In September 2009 a second update was provided: 01/09/2009 START Action pledge 2nd update. Assessing impacts of, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change.
This September 2009 action pledge update was provided as a contribution to and is summarised in the Nairobi work programme publication "Action pledges: Making a difference on the ground. A synthesis of outcomes, good practices, lessons learned, and future challenges and opportunities"
Better document and disseminate information about methods and tools for vulnerability and adaptation assessment from the AIACC and CLIMAG projects
Seek opportunities and partnerships to build capacity for the use of vulnerability and adaptation assessment methods and tools through new education programmes, advanced study institutes, fellowships and small grants
Implement an education programme with the University of Dar es Salaam targeted to convervation professionals that will help them to integrate climate change risks and adaptation measures into conservation planning and practices
Seek support for and otherwise assist CSAG to identify and collect long-term observation data for additional weather stations in Africa, obtain permission from relevant authorities to integrate the data into its data archive...
Seek support for and otherwise assist other START research centers to provide similar data services for researchers and stakeholders in Asia and Oceania
Promote, develop, and implement a programme to support climate science education in developing country universities in collaboration with the Stockholm Environment Institute; the Alliance for Earth Sciences, Engineering, and...
Work with IPCC-TGICA to identify and promote regional mechanisms for building and institutional capacity for providing access to climate data and projections and assisting users to interpret and apply climate data and projections
Make widely available lessons from AIACC and other START projects about climate related risks through new publications and the weADAPT platform (www.weADAPT.org)
Promote, develop, and implement a programme to integrate climate risks and adaptation into graduate and undergraduate education in developing country universities in collaboration with the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)...
Work with the IPCC to plan and develop donor support for a successor to the AIACC project that will build on the achievements of the AIACC to address remaining knowledge gaps and target Least Developed Countries for scientific and tech
Assist the UNFCCC Secretariat to plan an expert workshop on socio-economic information for early 2008
Join with UNESCO, SEI and AESEDA to organize an International Symposium on Climate Change in Sub-Saharan Africa and a Pan-African workshop on Strategic Planning for Future Social and Economic Development; a range of trajectories for...
Assist the Joint Global Change Research Institute and the US Environmental Protection Agency in planning workshops in Africa and Asia that will provide developing country input to the development of socio-economic scenarios and...
Join as partner of weADAPT (www.weADAPT.org) and contribute information about methods, tools, experiences, and lessons to the knowledge base
Implement a new African Climate Change Fellowship Programme in partnership with the University of Dar es Salaam, the African Academy of Sciences and the International Development Research Center
Develop research activities to explore the barriers to economic diversification as an adaptation strategy and strategies that have proven effective in diversifying economic activities
Strategically plan future education, fellowship and capacity building programmes to develop the next generation of vulnerability and adaptation researchers
Review future and capacity building programmes to assure that they allocate human and other resources to the development of technologies, know-how and practices for adaptation, and to their dissemination to relevant stakeholders
Continue and expand START research activities designed to support decision making about climate change adaptation, environmental risk management and integration of environmental risk management with sustainable development
START Research and Capacity Building: Helping to Advance the Nairobi Work ProgrammePreliminary information on the programme Conserving Biodiversity in a Changing Climate
START's ongoing works in education, training and public awareness
Methods and ToolsA Synthesis of Methods and Tools Developed by the AIACC Project http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/aiacc/
The AIACC Project Website – for additional information http://www.aiaccproject.org/
Climate Research Special Issue on results of the Climate Prediction and Agriculture project http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/cr/v33/n1/
Training in assessment methods provided by START Advance Study Institutes http://www.start.org/Program/advanced_institutes.html
Data and observations and Climate modeling, scenarios, and downscalingThe Climate System Analysis Group (CSAG), The University of Cape Town – long-term weather observations throughout sub-Saharan Africa http://data.csag.uct.ac.za/
The Temperate East Asia START Regional Center (TEA-START) – climatological data for the monsoon Asia region http://www.tea.ac.cn/english/index.asp
The Miombo Network – land use and land cover change data for the Miombo region, Africa http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/GlobalNetworks/Africa/Miombo-2003.pdf
The Global Observation of Forest and Land Cover Dynamics (GOFC/GOLD) project http://start.org/programs/gofc-gold
Climate related risks and extreme eventsFor Whom the Bell Tolls: Vulnerabilities in a Changing Climate, Working Paper No. 21, AIACC Working Paper Series http://www.aiaccproject.org/working_papers/Working%20Papers/AIACC_WP_21_Leary.pdf
AIACC Working Paper Series – for other lessons about climate change vulnerability from the AIACC project http://www.aiaccproject.org/working_papers/working_papers.html
Monsoon Asia Integrated Regional Study – project information, central climate-related risks and extremes http://www.mairs-essp.org/
Adaptation planning and practices'A Stitch in Time, Lessons for Climate Change Adaptation from the AIACC Project', Working Paper No. 48, AIACC Working Paper Series http://www.aiaccproject.org/working_papers/Working%20Papers/AIACC_WP48_Leary_etal.pdf
weADAPT – a web-based program developed by the Stockholm Environment Institute and others to enhance the knowledge base of the adaptation community http://www.weadapt.org/
The African Climate Change Fellowship Program – to enable African researchers and practitioners gain capabilities for planning and implementing adaptation actions http://www.pass-africa.org/
Organizations, institutions and private sector companies at all levels and in a wide range of sectors can become engaged with the NWP by becoming a partner and making Action Pledges. Information about how organizations can become engaged with work on adaptation under the NWP can be found here.
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TomTom GO x40 LIVE: TomTom sets new standard for navigation industry
Aug 28 2008
TomTom GO x40 LIVE: TomTom sets new standard for navigation industry
~ New dynamic route guidance fundamentally improves in-car navigation; if there is a faster route, the new TomTom GO x40 LIVE will find it ~
IFA - Berlin, 28 August 2008 – TomTom, the world's leading navigation solutions provider, today presents its most innovative product yet. The connected TomTom GO x40 LIVE delivers dynamic navigation and route guidance that continuously adapts to changing road conditions and always gives drivers the fastest route to a destination.
The three models of the TomTom GO x40 LIVE series (TomTom GO 940 LIVE, TomTom GO 740 LIVE and TomTom GO 540 LIVE) come with a new and extended version of TomTom's unique IQ Routes™ technology. TomTom IQ Routes™ is now based on historical travel time information for every road, specified for every day of the week, at five minute intervals.
The TomTom GO x40 LIVE automatically connects to TomTom's exclusive High Definition (HD) Traffic service for the most accurate and detailed live traffic information. It will now be available in the UK, Germany, France and Switzerland for the first time, in addition to the Netherlands, where the service was introduced at the end of 2007. If the measured traffic conditions differ from the expected traffic flow, the TomTom GO x40 LIVE will automatically calculate a better, alternative route, if one is available. The expected time of arrival will be adjusted accordingly.
Launch of TomTom LIVE Services
The TomTom GO x40 LIVE series has plug & play connectivity built in, and comes with a number of valuable information services for motorists.
- • TomTom High Definition Traffic™ service for the most accurate and current traffic information en route, now available for the first time in the UK, Germany, France, Switzerland, as well as in the Netherlands.
• TomTom Safety Alerts including real-time safety camera reporting and sharing, meaning users can keep each other informed about mobile safety cameras. Safety alerts in the UK will be supplied by Road Angel.
• TomTom Fuel Prices: up-to-date fuel price information guides users to the cheapest fuel stations along their routes or in their area.
• TomTom unlocks the power of online Local Search with Google. It turns search results into a destination with the press of a button. This gives users access to millions of locations.
"The introduction of the new TomTom GO x40 LIVE series and LIVE Services marks a fundamental breakthrough in the quality and functionality of navigation devices, and how people will use them," says Harold Goddijn, TomTom's chief executive officer. "We don't want our customers to spend time in traffic if they don't have to. With the new TomTom GO x40 LIVE, we provide drivers with the best routing information available, and we help them to make intelligent decisions that save time and money, putting them back in control."
"Through the introduction of TomTom LIVE Services we are also evolving from a pure PND manufacturer to a provider of state-of-the-art routing information," Goddijn adds. "We believe that through those innovations, we can enhance the lives of millions."
TomTom GO x40 LIVE range
The new TomTom GO x40 LIVE series features three models; the TomTom GO 940 LIVE, TomTom GO 740 LIVE and TomTom GO 540 LIVE*. Each comes with an iconic flat design and a new, high-quality user interface with optimised icons for even easier navigation through the device menu.
All products come with TomTom's wide range of award-winning navigation features, including IQ Routes, HD Traffic as part of LIVE Services and TomTom Map Share - TomTom's unique map improvement technology. The improved advanced lane guidance feature now gives drivers clear instructions at complex junctions.
The new Active Dock incorporates a system connector, so the device can be semi-integrated into the car, while ensuring easy docking and charging.
With safety in mind, the TomTom GO LIVE series now also features voice command and control in addition to existing safety options, providing customers with more safety features than any other navigation device. For the first time, users can plan a route or make a phone call just using their voice. More than 100 tasks can be activated by voice, so drivers can keep their eyes focused on the road ahead.
The TomTom GO x40 LIVE series comes with a full range of accessories to match the design and finish of the new range.
Availability and pricing
TomTom LIVE Services and the TomTom GO x40 LIVE series will be available in the UK, Germany, France, Netherlands and Switzerland from Autumn 2008. Suggested retail prices start from £299**. A free three month trial period for TomTom LIVE Services is included. Following this, users can register for a monthly, flat-fee subscription of £9.95** with no hidden costs, so they can continue to receive all LIVE Services directly to their device.
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*Availability and price of the TomTom GO x40 LIVE series and TomTom LIVE Services may differ by country. Some LIVE Services are country specific.
**Approximate pricing - final UK pricing will be announced nearer to the time of retail launch.


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Bishop Kerri Rivera of Genesis II Church, famous for her autism clinic Autismo2 in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, where she is using diet and MMS as one of her methods to provide a successful treatment for the kids, have so far recovered, in the last 20 months, 39 children whom are now completely free of autism.
Kerri and her sister Kim (also working at the clinic), agreed with documentary and filmmaker Daniel Bender ("Straight Talk on MMS", an interview with Andreas Kalcker) that it would be a good idea to inform everyone interested in how the treatment works in detail, while also doing live Q&A. The webinar launched at the 24th of april 8pm central time on Ustream with great success:
URL: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/mms-autism-webinar
Sister Kim looked through the many e-mails from viewers as well as the live ustream chatroom, reading up the good questions for Kerri to answer.
This first webinar that took place 24th of april 2012 is available to watch on ustream both now and in the future.
Anyone interested in Autism should most definitely check out this webinar as it contains a lot of key information about Kerri's autism treatment.
To read and find out more about Kerri's clinic Autismo2,
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Dickens has Huge Night as Women's Volleyball tops Anderson 3-1
September 18, 2009
MISENHEIMER, N.C. Senior Brittany Dickens (Raleigh, NC) put up a double-double with 14 kills and 16 digs to lead the Pfeiffer Lady Falcons to a 3-1 (30-28, 25-21, 22-25, 25-21) Conference Carolinas win over Anderson University on Friday night in Merner Gym. Pfeiffer, with the victory, moves its overall record to 5-6 on the year, now 2-1 in conference play. With the loss, Anderson falls to .500 at 6-6, 1-2.
Set one needed extra points in a back-and-forth match to decide a winner. Pfeiffer trailed early as several ball handling errors led to a 5-4 Trojans lead. Junior Jamie Lancaster (Fountain Inn, SC) started Anderson out with a lead on the first play of the night and continued the Anderson lead when her fifth kill of the setkept the Trojans ahead at 18-16. Pfeiffer later took advantage of a pair of Anderson errors to go up 22-21 taking their first lead of the match. Dickens along with Kristina Mordini (Freeport, IL) rallied the Lady Falcons back on top at 28-27 before Dickens finished off Anderson with two more kills to win the set 30-28.
Dickens would stay hot as her first kill in set two would put the Lady Falcons up 3-2, never relinquishing the lead from there. Lancaster brought Anderson to within one at 11-10 on back-to-back kills, before Vanessa Gerig (Towanda, IL) would serve up a pair of aces to separate Pfeiffer once again. All three of Gerigs aces came in set two within five points of one another to keep Anderson at bay. Mordini and Dickens would pick up kills at 17-11 and 23-17 to help put Pfeiffer up 2-0 in the match.
Anderson came roaring back in set three being down as much as seven points at 13-6. The Trojans would tally an ace from Lindsay Doggett (Jacksonville, AL), a kill from Lancaster and take advantage of three Pfeiffer miscues to sneak back in the set at 14-11. Shelby Nethertons (Charleston, SC) kill at 16-14 and an ace by libero Katie Rich (Lexington, SC) would square set three at 16 apiece. Three ball handling errors, two by Pfeiffer, one by Anderson, would knot the contest at 21-21 before kills from Lancaster, Marlie Bryant (Easley, SC) and Paulette Rivers (Rock Hill, SC) helped Anderson avoid the sweep and send the match into a fourth set.
Dickens served Pfeiffer out to an early 6-2 lead in the fourth set thanks to a couple of Anderson errors and kills by Mordini and Kaci Markham (Asheboro, NC). Later, a kill by Jordan OBryant (Reidsville, NC) put Pfeiffer up 12-4 in their biggest lead of the set. Dickens would thrown down another pair of kills late in set four before delivering the knock-out blow with her fourth and final ace of the night to end it.
Pfeiffer remains home to entertain Erskine on Saturday afternoon in another Conference Carolinas match. The Lady Falcons and Flying Fleet will get things underway at 1:00 p.m. in the Merner Gym.


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I thought I'd post some pics from my first hunt this season. I took the opportunity to do a little R&D with the 2 blade rage.
This is the first year I have used them. They fly great, and as you can see from the pics they open a hole up.
I am hoping to get a shot at something a little bigger to do some more research.


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HIGH POINT, N.C. - King College men's cross country team made a splash in its first season, as a Conference Carolinas member, fighting their way from fourth to second in the NCAA Division II Southeast Region polls riding into the regional championship. King College was selected as the top team in the 2012 preseason poll followed by Queens and Mount Olive. Pfeiffer University came in tied for 10th in the annual rankings.
The momentum built behind Tornado record setter Spencer Frantom (Morristown, Tenn.) all season long as well as his fifth place finish in Charlotte helped the team to a runner-up finish in their first Conference Carolinas Championship. The Tornado will return its top three runners including juniors Frantom and Taylor Dix, as well as sophomore Jordan Noe.
Frantom currently sits atop the King all-time list after registering a 25:01 finish at the Clemson Open, last season. Noe ran into the number two all-time spot at King with a 25:26 time at the 2011 conference championship, held in Charlotte, N.C. Dickson Kurgat will join the trio this season and is expected to be a major contributor to accomplishing the team's goals.
Queens University of Charlotte is coming off of a 2011 season where they took their third consecutive conference title at the league championships after having runners finish in the top four spots. Felix Duchampt earned Conference Carolinas Runner of the Year honors, while Chris Enriquez was crowned Conference Carolinas Freshman of the Year. Queens then went on to win their fifth straight NCAA Southeast Region title with an average time of 31:53.66. The Royals finished 18th at the NCAA National Championships.
Mount Olive finished 22nd at the NCAA Division II Men's Cross Country National Championship, but returns only one of four All-Southeast Region performers.
Senior Ronnie Sturgill finished 10th out of 169 runners at last year's NCAA II Southeast Regional and was the Trojans' top finisher at the National Championship in Spokane, Wash. Jamar Davis and Erasmo Ordonez, who were also part of the Trojans' seven-man roster at the National Championship, also return.
Belmont Abbey finished fourth in the poll with Erskine, fifth followed by Limestone, Lees-McRae, Barton, North Greenville, Pfeiffer, and Coker respectively rounding-out the poll standing.
Conference Carolinas Men's Cross Country Pre-Season Poll (# of First Place Votes in Parenthesis)
1. King (2) 92
2. Queens - (6) 87
3. Mount Olive - (2) 85
4. Belmont Abbey - 64
5. Erskine - 60
6. Limestone - 55
7. Lees-McRae - 54
8. Barton - 38
9. North Greenville - 26
T-10. Pfeiffer - 22
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Gavin Rich, writing in the Weekend Argus, wonders how much longer John Smit will be able to keep his team together.
So a British & Irish Lions tour has come and gone and at least this time there won't be any British journalists butting me on the head while muttering over and over again 'We did you, we did you', as happened on this night 12 years ago.
Instead I had to listen to former Lions scrumhalf Matt Dawson, who was on a BBC radio programme I took part in, telling the people of the United Kingdom that the Springbok coach was 'absolutely bonkers', 'unbelievable' and a 'discredit to the game'.
And then afterwards, in the final Test, the Lions scored the most emphatic victory of the series.
So yep, you have probably figured it out – I am not sure how I feel.
It was 'us' who did them this time, but pretty much the same way as they did us 12 years ago – by exploiting some quite weak selection and strategy decisions from the opposing coach.
Had Ian McGeechan got his selections right for Durban, the Lions would probably have won this series 3-0, and the Boks would have been made to pay a much bigger price than just embarrassment for the fault-lines that are appearing under Peter De Villiers.
The Bok coach has been a severe embarrassment to the country, and those who argue in his favour on the basis of his results are either just not close enough to the team to know what is really going on, or they are wilfully ignoring the facts.
The fact is that De Villiers inherited a World Cup winning team held together by a core of individuals who rank among the most experienced rugby players in the world.
They played against a Lions team that, apart from being poorly selected first up, struggled to come to terms with the challenges posed to the Lions concept in the professional era, when provincial games are no longer proper examinations and there are not really enough of them to get the combinations to groove.
The Lions were hammered 3-0 in New Zealand in 2005, with not one of those games being close, and considering the scarcity of world-class players in the Lions unit, the Boks should have expected something similar.
There are probably a few reasons why this was not the case, and credit must be given to the Lions for the way they fought, but I am inclined to agree with Eddie Jones, who in a London newspaper column described the Boks as a team that looks under-coached.
Yes, the Boks were winning until yesterday, but how much has De Villiers had to do with those victories?
For those who know what is going on within the camp, it will not be news that the players are running the team. It is one of the reasons why they seem on their way to regaining their reputation for indiscipline.
You really can't allow the inmates to run the prison indefinitely without there being some kind of drawback.
John Smit is taking a great deal on his plate at the moment, and his captaincy last week, the way he kept his players calm when the mortars were falling all around them in that first hour, played a big part in the way the Boks were able to win it in the final minutes.
But how much longer can Smit and his lieutenants Victor Matfield and Fourie du Preez keep the Boks together?
Yesterday the cracks were clearly becoming evident, and the Boks have got progressively worse during the series.
It is when the experienced players go that the Boks are going to need a coach. Is De Villiers the right man to take the Boks to 2011?
I don't believe he is. His record might look impressive, but there is a big difference between a successful coach and a good coach.
Former Australian cricket coach John Buchanan was an example of a successful coach. The Australian team he was in charge of for several years was brimful of experienced, talented players – all of them world class.
Buchanan's team picked up trophies and dominated the Test game. But Shane Warne had doubts over Buchanan's credentials as a coach, and he was vindicated once Buchanan was no longer coaching a team of super-stars. His performance in the recent IPL was so poor that he has now been sacked.
They used to say about Kitch Christie – 'the right man at the right time'.
It may be that De Villiers will be remembered as 'the wrong coach at the right time', meaning that if ever there was a time when a flaky coach could be carried, it is now, when the team has been playing together for so long and has such a long established winning habit.
Unfortunately that means they probably won't kick onto the level where they should kick onto, and while the coach may, at the moment, be able to get away with having minor input to strategy, that won't be the case forever.
When the experienced players move on or retire, and inexperienced players become more prevalent in the team, the Boks are going to need a coach.
In fact, they need one now.
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