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Rk. / Team (Division) / Rec. / Result
- / Vista (I) / 1-0 / Did not play
- / Helix (II) / 2-0 / Def. SF Christian 49-10
- / Oceanside (II) / 1-1 / Def. Temecula Chaparral 21-14
- / Eastlake (I) / 2-0 / Def. Lincoln 42-21
- / La Costa Canyon (II) / 2-0 / Def. Poway 24-7
- / Steele Canyon (II) / 2-0 / Def. Bonita Vista 28-14
- / Cathedral Catholic (III) / 0-2 / Lost to Torrey Pines 10-0
- / Torrey Pines (I) / 2-0 / Def. Cathedral Catholic 10-0
- / Carlsbad (I) / 1-0 / Did not play
- / Lincoln (III) / 1-1 / Lost to Eastlake 42-21
•Zero hour: The Torrey Pines defense has turned in two shutouts, blanking Paloma Valley 35-0 and Cathedral Catholic 10-0. The Dons were shut out for the first time since 2006.
•Rolling again: Oceanside, which began the season ranked No. 1 in the San Diego Section, rebounded from its opening loss to Servite with a 21-14 win over Temecula Chaparral. Pirates sophomore quarterback Tofi Pao Pao was 10-for-15 passing for 224 yards and two touchdowns.
•For kicks: Francis Parker kicker Matt Wile not only drilled a 31-yard field goal, he sent four kickoffs out of the end zone in the Lancers' 31-0 win over San Juan Capistrano St. Margaret. He also nailed all four PATs, though one was partially blocked.
•Big win: Francis Parker coach John Morrison on why the Lancers' win over St. Margaret was so important: "We knew if we didn't win, we're out of the hunt (for Division IV State Championship Bowl consideration) as is every other small school in San Diego, so it's important we play them every year." St. Margaret plays in such a weak league and playoff division, there is a good chance the Tartans will now go unbeaten, as they did after losing to Parker 28-20 last year. The last serious threat could be Horizon this Friday. As for Parker, remember that the Lancers stunned St. Margaret last year then lost to Mission Bay. This week, Parker draws unbeaten San Diego.
•Streaking: That's correct — the Cavers are 2-0, winning their first two games of the season for the first time since 2001.
•Wild finish: With less than 10 seconds to play, and San Pasqual leading Rancho Bernardo 28-27, Tyler Gomogda of the Broncos blocked a punt out of the end zone for a safety and a 29-28 RB win.
•Grind game: Castle Park dominated on the ground in its 36-7 win over Mater Dei Catholic. Daniel Noriega (17 carries, 189 yards, 2 TDs) and Paul Sierra (8 carries, 121 yards, 3 TDs) combined for more than 300 rushing yards.
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No Enemies to the Right: The Defining Element of the GOP Primary
February 25, 2012
There was, last week, a brief but thrilling moment in the GOP presidential contest: It seemed like, for the first time, a candidate would be attacked for being, not too liberal, but too far right. Back in the day, that wouldn't have been too unusual, as when George H.W.
Slideshow: What If the GOP Candidates Were Movie Stars?
February 25, 2012
The 84th Academy Awards are on Sunday, and this year's nominees are a large group of crowd pleasers who spend a lot of time—sometimes too much—addressing war, infidelity, the sanctity of life, and nostalgia for the 20th century. Sound familiar? It should: That also sums up the GOP's 2012 presidential field.
These Are a Few of Mitt's Favorite Things…
February 24, 2012
Mitt Romney Visits Michigan "I love this state. It seems right here. The trees are the right height. I like seeing the lakes. I love the lakes. There's something very special here. The Great Lakes, but also all the little inland lakes that dot the parts of Michigan. I love cars. I dunno, I mean, I grew up totally in love with cars." —Mitt Romney, February 16, 2012 Mitt Romney Visits Arizona "I love this state, too. It seems right here. Even more right than Michigan. The heat is the right temperature. The spines on the cacti are just the right sharpness. I like drought. I enjoy canyons.
The Specter Of Romney's Record
February 23, 2012
Here's one of the overriding ironies of the strange, strange 2012 Republican nominating season: as damaging as the primaries have been to Mitt Romney's standing in the public eye, he hasn't actually taken that many hits for his exceedingly moderate record in Massachusetts. Rick Santorum has been the only candidate to make a half-decent attempt to go after Romneycare. Other candidates have halfheartedly nicked Romney for raising revenues in the state by closing some business tax loopholes. But there has been so, so much that has gone untouched.
Horace Mann, Antichrist?
February 23, 2012
I wrote a blog post recently expressing shock that Rick Santorum would attack public education at the state level--an attack he later repeated in the Feb. 22 debate ("not only do I believe the federal government should get out of the education business, I think the state government should start to get out of the education business"). Santorum was attacking an idea traceable to Thomas Jefferson that was later put into action by Horace Mann, the great educational reformer of the early 19th century.
Mission Impossible
February 23, 2012
In late January, on the eve of the Florida primary, Bettina Inclán, the 32-year-old head of Hispanic outreach for the Republican National Committee (RNC), appeared on Fox News opposite progressive activist Simon Rosenberg to discuss the Latino vote. To say that the deck was stacked against Inclán in this fight would be an understatement. Over the past year, the major Republican candidates have gone out of their way to make anti-immigrant sentiment a centerpiece of their campaigns.
How the GOP's Looming Election Disaster Is, And Isn't, Like 1964
February 22, 2012
A specter is haunting the Republican establishment—the specter of Barry Goldwater. With recent polling data suggesting that Rick Santorum has surged ahead of Mitt Romney among Republican voters nationwide, the people whose livelihoods depend on Republican electoral victories are terrified by the growing possibility of a massive wipeout in November, much like the one that Republicans experienced in 1964, when Goldwater was their nominee. But even if the magnitude of the Republicans' defeat this year resembles that previous debacle, the path there will be significantly different.
Santonarola, Satan and The Birth Control Mandate
February 21, 2012
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February 21, 2012
It's been noted by many that Mitt Romney's task in Michigan is but a repeat of the one he faced in Florida and Iowa with Newt Gingrich: Confronted with a surging rival (in this case Rick Santorum), he must turn the guns of his "unaffiliated" SuperPAC (which raised more money, from only a handful of people, than his actual campaign last month) on the challenger hard enough to leave him smoldering in the dust by the time voters go to the polls.
Santorum: Who Needs Public Education?
February 20, 2012
At a weekend appearance in Ohio, Rick Santorum said this about public education, according to the New York Times: [T]he idea that the federal government should be running schools, frankly much less that the state government should be running schools [italics mine], is anachronistic. It goes back to the time of industrialization of America when people came off the farms where they did home-school or have the little neighborhood school, and into these big factories, so we built equal factories called public schools.


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Web Design Library is a rather old blog, it's been online for about a decade. Christmas posts are a long withstanding tradition of this blog. I've already published one this year. But since I haven't been working here that long it was interesting for me to explore what this blog has to offer. So I read all the old Xmas posts. I've gathered here the most interesting ones, I think you'll like them too.
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At the time, according to the presentation, Maplewood was facing increasing financial troubles along with a drop in enrollment. Corr said that the annexation would provide better educational opportunities for students and would bring in more state aid.
North Colonie was set to receive $30 million in Annexation Initiative Aid and would see an increase of 48 percent to 68 percent in State Aid for New York State Department of Education approved building projects.
Also experienced through the annexation was the tax rate per $1,000 was cut by a third for those living in the Maplewood community.
The district maintains that it provided a better learning experience as well from combining the staff from Maplewood with the staff from North Colonie.
A cost analysis was completed on November 17, through Questar revealed that if the district was to implement a full day kindergarten program; they would receive $2,412 for each student increase over the previous year. They could also see cost savings of $376,476 from three positions left vacant and $298,575 could be acquired through possible lease agreements.
Corr said a lot must be looked at when considering cost savings, and the closure of Maplewood has been a topic that has come up previously in the community and during budget discussions.
"I think what we have to do in these difficult budget times is to look at lots of different options for cost savings," Corr said. "The Maplewood families feel very attached to their school and it is a part of their community. They're reluctant to at it as an option for cost savings and would for us to consider other options.""
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UT names finalists for Chattanooga chancellor's post
UT names finalists to be Chattanooga chancellor
Five finalists to be the next chancellor at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga will visit the campus there this month.
The candidates, who are all deans, vice presidents or vice chancellors at their current institutes, are vying to replace Roger Brown. Brown retired Sept. 30 following the death of his wife, who was a professor at the school.
Each finalist will host an open forum with students, employees and the public over the next two and a half weeks at the University Center Auditorium in Chattanooga from 2:45 to 4 p.m.
The finalists:
- Diane Allen, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Salisbury University in Maryland. Allen has a bachelor's degrees from University of Memphis and a master's degree and doctorate of education from Oklahoma State University. Allen was also dean of Education and Human Development at Southeastern Louisiana University and associate dean of the College of Education at University of North Texas. She will be visiting campus in Jan. 9.
- James Moran III, a former administrator for the University of Tennessee system, is currently vice chancellor for academic and student affairs at the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. Moran has a bachelor's degree from Duke University, a master's degree from the University of Oklahoma and a doctorate in family relations and child development from Oklahoma State University. During his time in the Pennsylvania State system, he served a year as interim president of Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Moran, who was also dean of the College of Human Ecology at UT-Knoxville and vice president of the UT Research Corporation, will visit Chattanooga on Jan. 10.
- Harold Jones, dean of the School of Health Professions at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, earned his bachelor's degree at Rhodes College and a doctorate in biochemistry from Duke. He's been dean at UAB since 2001, and before that was dean of the School of Allied Health Sciences at East Carolina University. He has also worked at the National Institute on Drug Abuse, was program director at the National Science Foundation and an associate dean at the University of South Alabama. Jones will be in Chattanooga on Jan. 15.
- Jorge Haddock, dean of the School of Management and professor at George Mason University, has an engineering degree from the University of Puerto Rico, a master's in management engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a doctorate in industrial engineering from Purdue. He's also been dean of the Robins School of Business at the University of Richmond and an associate dean at Rensselaer. He will be visiting on Jan. 16.
- Steve Angle, senior vice president at Wright State University, has a bachelor's degree and doctorate in chemistry from the University of California Irvine and his master's from UCLA. Angle was provost at Wright State before being promoted to his current position in August. Before that he was dean of the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences and director of the Agricultural and Natural Resources Program at University of California, Riverside.
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Don't Blame Environmentalists for Malaria
Tina Rosenberg's long opinion piece on the New York Times website brings much-needed attention to the plight of "poor people's diseases," from sleeping sickness to tuberculosis ("The Scandal of 'Poor People's Diseases,'" Times Select, March 29). But her argument about malaria--that more DDT would vanquish the disease--is all wrong.
The basic gist of the argument is thus: Americans wiped out malaria using DDT, but because über-green Rachel Carson crusaded against the insecticide in Silent Spring, we self-righteously deprived the rest of the world of the miracle toxin. Two conclusions can be drawn from this little tale. One: Post-Carson environmentalists have the blood of Africans dripping from their hands. Two: To quote from the title of a previous Rosenberg story on the subject, "What the world needs now is DDT."
There are several problems with this story. The first is that DDT didn't wipe out malaria in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control's door-to-door DDT spray campaign of 1947-1951 was not about eradicating malaria in the United States, because malaria was already gone. The US Public Health Service had noted the "diminishing menace" of malaria in the United States by 1928--seventeen years before DDT showed up on the scene. The pockets of malaria that persisted in the South until the late 1930s were finally vanquished by the swamp-draining, electricity-giving activities of the Tennessee Valley Authority, which cut down on mosquito breeding sites and enabled locals to start living in well-screened houses. The rationale behind the DDT spray campaign was to prevent the re-introduction of malaria from troops returning home from World War II. About the best one CDC physician involved in the campaign could say about it was that "we kicked a dying dog."
The second problem is that the world did try to wipe out malaria using DDT. That campaign, launched by the WHO in 1955, eradicated malaria from a few marginal areas in Southern Europe and a couple of islands. But in places where malaria reigned supreme, it failed miserably. That isn't because they didn't have enough DDT but because the stuff stopped working. Malarial mosquitoes resistant to DDT cousin Dieldrin emerged in Nigeria as early as 1955. Malarial mosquitoes in Venezuela had learned to simply avoid DDT-sprayed walls and bite people outside by 1957. By 1972, when the United States finally banned DDT, nineteen species of malarial mosquitoes had already become impervious to the toxin.
The third problem is that Rachel Carson and the enviros who followed her were not the sole critics of DDT. By the time Carson wrote Silent Spring in 1962, concerns about DDT had been circulating among government experts for years. Not one month after DDT's launch in the consumer market in September 1947, experts were calling DDT "injurious to birds," according to the New York Times. "Experts warn new insecticide also may be fatal to fish--further tests urged," the Times headline read. USDA scientists were urging Congress to ban DDT use on dairy animals by May 1947.
Finally, it is true that environmental groups initially supported a UN-led worldwide ban on DDT in 2000. But they quickly about-faced when informed about its use--albeit limited--in malaria control. "You can only accuse them of naïveté," says malaria expert Amir Attaran. Not so chemical giant Bayer. "We fully support EU to ban imports of agricultural products coming from countries using DDT," wrote Bayer's Gerhard Hesse in an e-mail message leaked to the Financial Times last year. Chemical giant Bayer manufactures brand-name insecticides much pricier than cheap, off-patent DDT. "DDT use for us is a commercial threat," Hesse wrote.
The conclusion one might draw from the real story of DDT and malaria is clear. DDT may alleviate malaria in some places, sometimes, if it still works to repel malarial mosquitoes. That won't be true in many places. And so the "world" does not need more DDT. What the world needs is better housing and civil engineering--in short, an end to poverty. That's what wiped out malaria at home, and that's what will wipe it out elsewhere, too, along with a host of other ills.


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ON THE JOB Movie First Official TeaserApr 02
Netizens are in for a great surprise with the teaser of Star Cinema's upcoming action film On The Job movie. With Star Cinema's record of making only run-of-the-mill box office movies, everyone had their jaws dropped for the entire 1:24 minutes of On The Job trailer. Everyone, meet the makers of generally acclaimed films 'Tiktik: The Aswang Chronicles' and 'Rigodon', Reality Entertainment.
Apparently, they have partnered with Star Cinema to make this awesome movie possible. Yes! It may still be a long while before OTJ hits the screen and I may be having mixed emotions but the upbeat score, dark and gritty feel and the sexy Shaina Magdayao may now be enough to claim this film is awesome. And that's only partly because of Star Cinema. Okay fine! This won't be possible without them. But they better come up with another awesome movie after this.
Anyway, you should watch out for the films of this new Philippine motion picture company, Reality Entertainment!
So about the teaser? For starter, it looks really slick. From the block title card, the Pulp Fiction-esque score, the stylish visuals which reminds me of any dark Korean crime action film and shit! Is Gerald Anderson a sex-crazed addict in this movie? I know he's going to be a hitman under the lead of Joel Torre's character. Piolo on the other hand is an NBI agent who screams like it's his first time to see a dead person. Seriously? "May patay. . May patay."
Reality Entertainment and Star Cinema presents a different type of pinoy style crime-drama which brings to the big screen a stellar cast led by Piolo Pascual, Gerald Anderson, Joel Torre, Joey Marquez, Shaina Magdayao and Angel Aquino. Coming Soon. Directed by Erik Matti.


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Aries Maritime Transport Limited Announces Effective December 21, 2009 Company Will Be Renamed 'NewLead Holdings Ltd.' and Will Trade Under the Symbol 'NEWL'
ATHENS, Greece, Dec. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Aries Maritime Transport Limited (Nasdaq: RAMS) (the "Company") today announced that, effective December 21, 2009, the Company will be renamed "NewLead Holdings Ltd." The Company's common shares, listed on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol "RAMS," will trade under the new symbol, "NEWL," upon commencement of trading on December 21, 2009.
To commemorate the name and ticker change, NewLead's Management team will be ringing the NASDAQ Closing Bell on December 21, 2009.
"We look forward to ringing the closing bell at the NASDAQ, commemorating Aries' name change to NewLead. This name change symbolizes a new beginning for the firm," said Mr. Nicholas G. Fistes, Chairman.
"We believe that the NewLead name will, over time, become synonymous with prudent management, operational excellence, accretive growth and financial transparency. We will strive to be an industry leader," said Mr. Michail S. Zolotas, President and Chief Executive Officer.
To view the closing bell ceremony live, please visit http://www.nasdaq.com/about/marketsitetowervideo.asx at 3:50 p.m. Eastern on December 21, 2009. An archive of the closing bell ceremony is available after December 21, 2009 at http://www.nasdaq.com/marketsite/marketsite_events.stm.
Aries also announced today the results of the Special General Meeting of Shareholders (the "SGM") held on Friday, December 4, 2009. With 68.62% of Aries' common shares represented in person or by proxy, the following two proposals were approved and adopted at the meeting:
- A change of the Company's name to "NewLead Holdings Ltd."
- An amendment to the bye-laws of the Company to provide for written resolutions to be approved by a majority of the shareholders rather than unanimously.
About Aries Maritime Transport Limited
Aries Maritime Transport Limited is an international shipping company that owns and operates product tanker, container and dry bulk vessels. The Company's products tanker fleet consists of five MR tankers and four Panamax tankers, all of which are double-hulled. The Company also owns a fleet of two container vessels in capacity of 2,917 TEU each and three dry bulk vessels secured on period charters.
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This press release includes assumptions, expectations, projections, intentions and beliefs about future events. These statements, as well as words such as "anticipate," "estimate," "project," "plan," and "expect," are intended to be "forward-looking" statements. We caution that assumptions, expectations, projections, intentions and beliefs about future events may vary from actual results and the differences can be material. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, such matters as future operating or financial results; statements about planned, pending or recent acquisitions and business strategy. The forward-looking statements in this press release are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions, including without limitation, management's examination of historical operating trends, data contained in our records and other data available from third parties. Although Aries believes that these assumptions were reasonable when made, because these assumptions are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies which are difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond our control, Aries cannot assure you that it will achieve or accomplish these expectations, beliefs or projections described in the forward looking statements. Important factors that, in our view, could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements include the strength of world economies and currencies, general market conditions, including changes in charter rates and vessel values, failure of a seller to deliver one or more vessels, and other factors discussed in Aries' filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time. Aries expressly disclaims any obligations or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in Aries' expectations with respect thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any statement is based.
Investor and Media Contact: Laura A. Kowalcyk, Account Supervisor CJP Communications (212) 279 3115
SOURCE Aries Maritime Transport Limited


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I have an early '80s heater in my boat. The model is Remotron from AB Thermotron in Sweden. It is a propane forced air heater. The company still exists but has moved on to other products. Apparently they stopped making these 20+ years ago. Does anyone have a manual they would be prepared to scan and send me? I have not been successful in tracking one down on the web.
The unit still works but it is intermittent in that it occasionally shuts off for no reason, or will not shutoff if the flame does not light. I have checked the furnace box and it is still intact and has a few more years life in it. There is a photoresistor that acts as a flame sensor and there is an over temperature switch. They are connected in series and the resistance does change depending on whether the flame sensor sees light or not but I have not yet been successful in identifying what resistance values are present when the unit is responds correctly to the signals versus when it does not. I am trying to decipher whether the sensors may be bad or the electronics. Unfortunately the electronics are epoxy potted and not likely accessible.
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The Return of the Giant NYC Dance Club
By Steve Weinstein
July 4, 1976 Was a Ramones-less Weekend in NYC
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Remembering Dee Dee Ramone's Rap Album
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With Sciarrino one immediately speaks not of techniques but of a sound world, for his aesthetic of evanescent gestures and noises has remained consistent since the late 1970s. (He was born in Palermo in 1947, and is self-taught.) His is a quiet yet hardly tranquil music of the almost-heard, a music endlessly elegant and yet seemingly nervous about coming into existence, as though any statement too plainly made will automatically be false. In both his Aspern Suite, performed by Joel Sachs's New Juilliard Ensemble on July 11, and his opera Luci Mie Traditrici, presented by the Theatre Royal de la Monnaie the rest of the week, the instrumentalists were often nearly inaudible. Flutists made whooshing breath sounds, violinists flitted through chords in the lightest of tremolos, and ominous hums that gradually crept into consciousness turned out to be the percussionist softly drumming a cymbal on a timpani-head. What you thought was subway bleed-through would turn out to be part of the music.
Yet Sciarrino is no Italian George Crumb, despite their shared fondness for an insectual sound world. Luci Mie Traditrici was, in its subject matter at least, a typically tortured Italian love storya duke, sung by Paul Armin Edelmann, stabs and kills his wife, the duchess, sung by Annette Stricker, after eventually uncovering evidence of her infidelities. The libretto was based on a mid-17th-century drama in turn inspired by the bizarre life of the murderer-composer Don Carlo Gesualdo. Yet just as Sciarrino's music seems to consist of fragments of some other, more manifest music, the libretto was reduced and abstracted to lines and parts of lines that sometimes splintered into absurdity: "Noble soul!" "Inexpressible affection!" "What evidence?" "Myself!"
The charming thing was the infinite expressivity of the vocal lines, wispy, nonrepetitive, and exact in their postserialist detail, which Stricker, Edelmann, and the other singers pulled off in a beautiful and impressive feat of nuance and memory. They performed all in white on a curved stage intersected by large saw-toothed dividers, which rose and fell as the psychological turns of the plot became more or less menacing. Between scenes the almost quiescent orchestra would tentatively elicit your attention, sometimes hinting at Baroque Italian music played in disappearing tremolos. Everything was abstracted to its barest archetypes, yet for Sciarrino, even having the protagonists appear and act was a bold move: In his earlier opera Lohengrin (available on a Ricordi CD), the singers remain invisible.
Even though written some 19 years earlier, in 1979, Aspern Suitebased on phrases from Henry James's story The Aspern Paperswas remarkably similar in style. Soprano Wonjung Kim spoke phrases and occasionally sang entire Italian arias as Sachs's ensemble articulated little flurries of arpeggios and barely voiced flute melodies that sometimes turned minimalist in their repetitions. My favorite music of Sciarrino's, however, has long been his piano music, of which Eric Huebner gave us the Second Sonata, from 1983. The work's playful dialogue of recurring sonorities depended on an ability to differentiate several distinct dynamic levels, a feat in which Huebner was masterfully precise.
Exquisitely written music, all of it, and yetlike so much recent music from that continent where composers are well funded whether they reach an audience or notobstinately uncommunicative. Like a Thomas Mann character, Sciarrino has made his life's output a supremely poetic gesture, a disembodied music unsure whether it wants to be heard; a novel about such a composer could be fascinating, but listening was like watching some madman's obsessive private game. In the short span of the piano sonata, that was pleasure enough, but the 70-minute span of the opera was deadly in its monochromatic wealth of indistinguishable detail. It is curious but ultimately wearying to listen at length to someone who obviously speaks elegantlybut is coyly unsure whether he wants to tell you anything at all.
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"PWS is a paradigm shift, in that we don't need to examine the tumor itself to determine the presence of cancer," added Hariharan Subramanian, a research associate in Backman's lab who played a central role in the development of the technology.
After testing the technology in a small-scale trial, Roy and Backman focused the study on smokers, since smoking is the major risk factor related to 90 percent of lung cancer patients. "The basic idea is that smoking not only affects the lungs but the entire airway tract," Roy said.
The study was comprised of 135 participants including 63 smokers with lung cancer and control groups of 37 smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), 13 smokers without COPD and 22 non-smokers. The research was not confounded by the participants' demographic factors such as amount of smoking, age or gender. Importantly, the test was equally sensitive to cancers of all stages, including early curable cancers.
The researchers swabbed the inside of patients' mouths, and then the cheek cells were applied to a slide, fixed in ethanol and optically scanned using PWS to measure the disorder strength of cell nanoarchitecture. Results were markedly elevated (greater than 50 percent) in patients with lung cancer compared to cancer-free smokers.
A further assessment of the performance characteristics of the "disorder strength" (as a biomarker) showed greater than 80 percent accuracy in discriminating cancer patients from individuals in the three control groups.
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As part of its deal with the city of Las Vegas, a boxing promoter will give the city eight ringside seats and 30 general admission seats for the planned Holly Holm fight in September.
Should the community expect to see the politically connected in the choice seats?
Absolutely not, if some city officials get their way.
Councilman Morris Madrid, a boxing fan, said he thinks the city should raffle off the seats and let the proceeds go to some good cause such as a homeless shelter. He said city officials shouldn't be eligible.
In a recent letter to the editor, Kathleen Dudley from Ocate cited Farmington as an area devastated by the oil and gas industry. She speculates that Farmington was "most likely" a farming area which is now "vastly industrialized with... (no) sound of roosters crowing, or sight of a herd of sheep, or acequias open, flooding fields of alfalfa."
I am puzzled and can only conclude that we see what we want to see. The last time I was in Farmington, I saw all the above (though I didn't hear a rooster crow).
West Las Vegas Superintendent Jim Abreu is looking at the possibility of contracts with new coaches stipulating that if they're fired as coaches, they lose their teaching positions as well.
However, the West school board seems skeptical of the idea.
Abreu said he was looking at a policy used by other school districts called the "Farmington Clause."
I picked up your July 6-7 issue of the Optic and was upset by the use of the word "jihad" in (David Giuliani's column) "It's hard to say no to a boss."
In recent years the media has used the term jihad to push anti-Islamic sentiment. When used in the context printed in the article, it undermines the progress being made by Muslims, to mend the differences of between the various faiths.
For one last time, Kristen Encinias will play basketball for coach Jose "Majic" Medina.
As West Las Vegas' girls' coach, Medina will undoubtedly miss Encinias' dependable performance in the paint, her steady free throw shooting and her leadership in the locker room when the Lady Dons open camp this coming season.
But the two will team up once more on Friday night, wearing the red of the Class 3A North All-Stars instead of the green and gold of WLV.
The SynergyFest committee wishes to thank the many businesses, organizations and individuals who helped to make this year's fest a success. The fest drew over 500 attendees who talked with our exhibitors, attended workshops, and listened to music. The Sunshine Kids Village, sponsored by Amigos de Rio Gallinas School offered children's games, crafts and other activities.
It's human nature to love a thriller. You are not alone if the baseball of this past weekend made you want to scream. It wasn't bad, you know it, and if you were there, you might long remember the time...
LVLL minors championship:
Red Sox 7, Yankees 6
As regular-season champs, the Sox were favored in this one, but the Yanks came out on a tear. Beginning with a run by Elena Archuleta, they struck for a 3-0 lead midway through the first. And they led 6-1 through three frames.
Albuquerque pro boxer Holly Holm may be coming to Las Vegas, with some help from the city.
On Wednesday, the Las Vegas City Council approved a request from Fresquez Productions for $15,000 to help sponsor a Holm fight set for early September. Her rival hasn't been announced.
The money will come from a portion the city's lodger's taxes, which are assessed to motel bills.
The council voted 3-1 for the $15,000; Councilwoman Diane Moore dissented. Moore said she would rather the issue go through the lodger's tax board first.
Las Vegas City Schools Superintendent Rick Romero faces a misdemeanor charge of failure to report child abuse or neglect to law enforcement authorities, as do Athletic Director Mike Yara, former football coach Ray Woods and two former assistant coaches.
The district attorney's office alleges that these men failed to notify authorities about allegations that football players sodomized their teammates with broomsticks during a football camp last year.
John Armijo started his summer in Orlando, but he wasn't there to check out Disney World.
Armijo, who graduated from West Las Vegas in May, was the lone representative of Class 3A on an all-New Mexico wrestling team that competed in the Amateur Athletic Union Scholastic Nationals, a duals tournament hosted by Disney's Wide World of Sports facility.
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As far as I am concerned, summer ends on July 31 and, along with Autumn, Winter, and Spring, the fifth season of the year, football, begins Aug. 1.
It is the day when high school football teams in Ohio can officially start practice. Today most, if not all, Ohio teams have been working out several days a week all summer.
There are regulations, the biggest is that these workouts have to be voluntary. I suppose the workouts are good. Players start practice in very good physical condition. Coaches also have a chance to keep an eye on their players through the summer and make sure they are ready to play come Aug. 1.
I am not part of the coaching staff but am humorously referred to as a "consultant" at Clinton-Massie. I'm not sure what that means but I appreciate the coaches allowing me on the sidelines at the scrimmages and games.
I also like to attend several practices and enjoy the noise, the smells, and the rapport, yes I like the whole scene that takes place on the field in the season's early days. My wife says it keeps me young. I don't think anything is working to accomplish that.
Fifty years ago I was hired as the first head football coach at Clinton-Massie. My staff consisted of a well-educated farmer named Frank Irelan who had a burning love of the game and was anxious to see his two boys in football uniforms, and an elementary math teacher named Virgil Patrick who was a star quarterback at Wilmington College after WWII.
For the next 10 years we formed the core of the football coaching staff. Kenny Briggs, Sam Lewis, John Hosler and several others worked with us to produce three Fort Ancient Valley Conference champions. It was a great period those first 10 seasons and I could not have dreamed what coach Dan McSurley and his staff and players have accomplished over the past decade plus. And they are not done yet.
But let me take you back to that first season. We may have had 30 players in uniform and the start of two-a-day practices in 1964 was Aug. 20. It was the same date used when I was a high school player. There were no state playoffs and we started later in the year.
When my team showed up for uniforms I did not know a single player. Two of the group had played at Mason and had moved into the district but the remainder had never played a game. I understood that the previous year, they put on the equipment and for two weeks went out and hit a little. Basically we were starting from scratch.
On top of that, we had to lay out a football field. As I recall, we did this with string and stakes. The field is in the exact same place today.
There were no stands for our fans. In fact, there were no fans at that point. Most were looking forward to the strong basketball team that had to come from the consolidation of four county schools.
As I remember, a section or two of wood bleachers were brought in from somewhere. There was little mowing behind the new high school so we practiced on the baseball field parking lot. We practiced there for 10 years. I recall that every year on the first day, I would have the team line up and go down the field picking up glass, bottle caps, and any other dangerous debris.
Our first schedule was made up of several reserve teams and several varsity squads. We won the first six games beating Goshen, 24-20, Kings 22-0, Clermont Northeastern, 44-14, Waynesville, 12-6, Mason reserves, 32-6, and Hillsboro, 52-30.
Our success went to our heads as Blanchester won the first and only Cider Keg for the next 10 years, 12-6. Mechanicsburg taught us what a real football team plays like, thrashing us in our final game, 49-0.
However through the season we were told by several coaches that we were better than most of the varsity teams they played.
The first game was on a Saturday with Goshen and was played on a drought burnt field. I recall the Goshen coach threw a cigarette down and the field caught fire. He also told me he brought most of his varsity because they got beat Friday night. It was a humorous but great start.
Over the next nine years the Falcons won FAVC championships in 1967, 1968 and 1972. It was a great 10-year ride with many dedicated players, coaches, and, oh yes, we began to draw fans. I always felt that if I developed this first group of athletes from freshmen on, they would have been an awesome team.
It was a humble beginning but over the past 49 seasons, the program had a steady rise with a few hiccups along the way. I'm very proud to still be around to see today's outstanding program, one born from the program we started in 1964 and continue to root for the red, white, and blue.


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- Cupcakes and Butterflies Kit
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- Red - 7
- Light Green - 28
- Parrot Green - 38
- Purple Glitter - 15
- Brown - 3
- White - 8
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- Download the Colorful Plant Sticks Project Pattern. Use the cupcake and large square pegboards for your projects. If you're using a clear pegboard, slide the actual-size pattern underneath it. Place all the beads for the design.
- Ask an adult to fuse your designs. Place your pegboard on a flat, heat-safe surface. Set a household iron to the medium setting. Place ironing paper over the pegboard. In a circular motion, begin to iron the project. When ironed properly, the beads will still have an open center. Let the design cool.
- Remove the paper and bead design from the pegboard. Flip the design over to expose the non-fused side. Repeat step two. Let cool completely. Once the design is cool, peel off the ironing paper. Your pegboards and ironing paper are reusable.
Note: Beads need heat for about 10-20 seconds per side to fuse evenly. Depending on the size of the project, additional heating time may be required.
- Assembly: Glue a plant stick to the back of each of the bead designs.
For the cupcake, accordion-fold a 4" x 8 1/2" piece of white paper, then bring the ends together and glue to form a pinwheel. Glue the pinwheel to the back of the cupcake.
Decorate your bead designs and plant sticks with heart stickers, then place the finished plant sticks in a bouquet or potted plant.
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James DeGale is refreshed and ready to go this Saturday night at the Liverpool Echo Arena in his European Super-Middleweight title challenge.
The former British Champion takes on the tough title-holder from Poland Piotr Wilczewski who's only lost once in 30 fights and is ranked number two by the World Boxing Organization (WBO).
He features as chief support to the big showdown between WBO World Light-Heavyweight Champion Nathan Cleverly and Tony Bellew, LIVE on BoxNation (Sky Platform Ch. 456)
DeGale put on a blistering display in his media work-out today at his Loughton gym with trainer Jim McDonnell.
He said, "I've had a good rest and returned back stronger than ever and I'm just looking forward to getting in the ring again and winning the European title,"
"I'm still on track to fight for a world title next year which was always the plan when I turned professional after winning gold at the Beijing Olympics,"
"Wilczewski is a good strong fighter and he's ranked number two in the world, I'd be a stupid to just look past him so everything is about Saturday night and making sure I win,"
"It could be explosive and I'm sure the crowd and viewers on BoxNation are going to be in for special night with my fight plus a potential thriller between Cleverly and Bellew."
This will be his first fight since his close and controversial fight with George Groves in May that he lost on points to his rival.
He added, "One loss isn't going to break me, if fact, this is going to be the making of me and I'll go on to bigger and better things,"
"Groves is defending the British and Commonwealth titles against Paul Smith next, who I've already beat, but I'm going for the European title which is a bigger fight and a win will get me back in the rankings,"
"There's a great world title fight next month between Mikkel Kessler and Robert Stieglitz and I'd fancy the winner of that."
See James DeGale v Piotr Wilczewski for the European Super-Middleweight title and the WBO World Light-Heavyweight Championship between Nathan Cleverly and Tony Bellew on October 15th live from the Liverpool Echo Arena; then live from the Staples Centre in Los Angeles, the WBC World Light-Heavyweight title between the legendary Bernard Hopkins and Chad Dawson, live and exclusive on BoxNation (Sky platform Channel 456).
Tickets for the Liverpool Echo Arena, priced at £50, £100, £150 and £250, are available from:
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Welterweight prospect Willie Nelson ready to rebound
ST. LOUIS (October 10, 2011) - The welterweight prospect with a strange name for a boxer and freakish size for a welterweight, Willie "Quiet Storm" Nelson, has made career-defining changes, including an attitude adjustment, and now he's fully prepared to rebound from his first pro loss.
Since losing to Vincent Arroyo by eight-round majority decision last April, Nelson (16-1-1, 10 KOs) has moved across Ohio, from Cleveland to Youngstown, where he's now trained by his former manager, Jack Loew, who also trains Kelly Pavlik and Willie's stable-mate, Dannie Williams.
Nelson was a highly-decorate U.S. amateur boxer who had nearly 250 matches, winning numerous titles (PAL Nationals twice and Under-19 Tournament), and suffering only 22 losses,
"Jack's known Willie for years and he's a proven pro-style trainer," Smith said. "Jack and Remond Safo (Nelson's former trainer) are both great trainers. Willie is fine tuning his skills in order to take better advantage of his tremendous height and reach, in addition to working on sitting down on his punches more often. He's surprisingly strong for a thin, 147-pound kid and the sky's the limited for Willie. "
Presently rated No. 7 by the United States Boxing Association, Nelson made his pro debut on May 19, 2006, stopping Diego Villalba in the third round. As his famous namesake's famous song says, ever since Willie pro debut in New York City he's has been 'On The Road Again," fighting all across the country in Connecticut, Michigan, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, California, New Jersey and finally Texas against Arroyo.
The gifted welterweight whose physical make-up reminds fans of Tommy Hearns -- despite Willie being 2 ½ inches taller -- won his first 10 pro fights until hitting a small bump in the road, a six-round draw in 2008 versus fellow undefeated welterweight Antonio Johnson. Six straight victories followed until that fateful day last April when he dropped a close majority-decision to Arroyo.
Boxers often react to their first losses in extreme fashion, one way or the other, learning from their experience and progressing, or becoming an opponent after being exposed. Nelson can't wait to get back into the ring in order to show everybody what he's learned from his first taste of adversity as a professional.
"I learned that I needed to pick myself up and become more focused in training and coaching," Willie commented. "I had been with the same coach for 14 years and, I think, over the years he probably let me get away with some mistakes. After my last fight, I realized that he wasn't telling me in the corner what I needed to hear. I'm more comfortable with Jack, who I've known 14 years, and he's been to the top with Kelly Pavlik.
"I think I'd become a little cocky, maybe arrogant, and losing may have helped me. I was used to doing what I was supposed to do, but each fight isn't a walk in the park. I had an I-can't-be-beat attitude. Now, though, I appreciate winning even more. I went right back in the gym and didn't need to discuss losing because it wasn't the first time I'd lost in boxing. I'd lost as an amateur. I'm still confident and still make mistakes, everybody makes mistakes, but I'm training hard to make fewer mistakes.
"I'm learning how to use my size, firing stiff jabs instead of staying inside where I can get hit with big punches. I'm starting to use my power, too. I need more rounds and can't wait to get back in the ring."
Loew believes Nelson hasn't come close to realizing his vast potential. "As tall and thin as Willie is," Jack explained," he's very strong and can bench press 280 pounds. That's very strong for a welterweight and he's learning how to use his power. No 5' 8" fighter like Arroyo should beat a guy almost 6' 4" like Willie. He had some bad habits, kept lunging in, and got caught. Everybody told him he had to make changes and he did.
"Willie made some big changes, leaving his four kids in Cleveland when he moved to Youngstown, right next door to Dannie Williams in Youngstown, and he goes home on weekends. I've been telling him he needed help since he was 14-0. Everybody close to him was telling him that because he was winning but not getting better. He's so freakishly tall with a lot of amateur experience, but he lost when he fought his first real fighter. He was making amateur mistakes and it caught up with him in his last fight. He's learning how to use his height and working on snapping punches."
With his natural skills and body, combined with learning from his past mistakes, Willie Nelson will undoubtedly be a champion one day.
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Chevelle Hallback to Battle Myriam LeMare for IBF Title!
Once again, Chevelle Hallback (28-7-2) will travel outside the United States to challenge another elite female fighter, Myriam LeMare (19-3) for her IBF 140 pound title on November 5 at the Palais des Sports de Toulon, in Toulon, France. Chevelle has traveled this road before, and accepts it as the reality of her career. I've got to go far and wide to fight the best, she said. I am so excited about getting back into the ring and fighting in France is a plus! I've fought in Canada, Japan, Denmark, and now France. I am on my way to being internationally known with fans all over the world........LET'S GET IT. I need to bring this title home, and when I do, create some more opportunities.
Bill Calogero, Chevelle's advisor is in agreement. Chevelle fighting in France is a means to an end, he said. In the long run, we'd like a rematch with Cecilia Braehkus and so we have to go to France and win, to make that happen. After that, I'm not ruling out another fight, a third trip New Mexico. It's too bad we have to globetrot for the great fights, but Chevy is a warrior and never has or never will dodge her opposition.
Chevelle arrives in Marseille, France October 29, and is in the midst of training at her gym, Fists of Steel Boxing Academy, In Tampa, Fl. I'm doing the work, and am ready to go and get the reward, she said.
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HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Kids can learn the five things that they can do to prevent the spread of the H1N1 flu virus by watching "These Five Things," a new music video released today by the Department of Health.
"This video is groundbreaking because it educates children on the simple ways to prevent H1N1 flu in a manner that is fresh, fun and engaging," said Secretary Everette James. "Because children are extremely vulnerable to the H1N1 flu virus, it is important that schools, youth organizations and parents use interactive and appealing educational tools--such as this new video--to reach kids."
The video features students from Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School in Midland, Beaver County. The video targets children between the ages of six and 12 and focuses on five steps to take to prevent getting or spreading the H1N1 virus:
"These Five Things," which is available for download, will be distributed to the state's elementary and middle schools for use in classroom settings, during morning announcements or student assemblies. It will also be available for community youth organizations.
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Another film festival was launched recently. It is called CineFilipino Film Festival 2013 and what makes it different from the other film festivals is that it offers P1.5-million grant (much more than the usual grants offered by the earlier film festivals) to eight filmmakers to be chosen for them to produce their respective projects.
The CineFilpino Film Featival 2013 is under the auspices of PLDT-Smart Foundation, MediaQuest, Studio 5 and Unitel Entertainment. The film Festival will serve as a showcase of fresh cinematic works by both aspiring and established filmmakers who best define the human experience through a Filipino perspective.
During the press conference that launched the festival at the Cinema 1 of Ali Mall in Cubao, the festival's organizing committee was represented by Vincent Nebrida of Unitel, and Esther Santos of PLDT-Smart Foundation.
The Festival has two categories, the Feature-Length Filmmakers Section and the Short Filmmakers Section.
The first is open to aspiring and experienced filmmakers. The screenplays submitted will be evaluated for the selection of the eight film projects to receive a production grant of P1.5 million each. Those who want to join must submit their feature-length narrative scripts on or before the deadline which is Oct. 8.
The Short Filmmaker Section, on the other hand, is open to student filmmakers. Only 10 student filmmakers will make the short list for this category. Completed short films must be submitted between Sept. 29 and Dec. 31.
All entries should be sent to CineFilipino Film Festival office at 1196 Pablo Ocampo Extension corner Zapotec Sts., Makati City. For more details, interested filmmakers may e-mail email@example.com. They may also visit www.cinefilipino.com.
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Manila Bulletin Presents 'Captive'
The Manila Bulletin, in collaboration with Ayala Malls and Café France, presents a special advance screening of Brillante Ma. Mendoza's acclaimed film "Captive" tomorrow, Sept. 3, at Cinema 2, Greenbelt 3, Makati City.
"Captive" will have its gala premiere tonight at SM Pampanga. Regular run in theaters nationwide will start on Sept. 5.
"Captive" stars French actress Isabelle Huppert in the lead role. It also stars Sid Lucero, Angel Aquino, Ronnie Lazaro, Raymond Bagatsing, Rustica Carpio, Maria Isabel Lopez, Mon Confiado, Mercedes Cabral, Kathy Mulville, Timothy Mabalot and Coco Martin.
"Captive" has been screened in the Special Selection Category of the Sydney International Film Festival 2012 and in the 33rd Durban International Film Festival 2012. It has also been shown at the 17th Busan International Films Festival 2012.
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'Manny Many Prizes' Goes Universal
GMA Pinoy TV, the flagship international channel of GMA Network, mark its 7th year and in celebration of this milestone, it is bringing the country's No. 1 pound-for-pound game show "Manny Many Prizes" to the US with a two-part presentation at the Gibson Amphitheater at Universal Studios in Hollywood, California.
Sarangani Rep. and Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao will lead the celebration as he brings hope and cheers to his kababayans in the US through different fun and engaging segments.
"Kapuso Goes International with Manny Many Prizes" will have two versions that are uniquely designed for two different sets of audiences who will all have the chance to bring home big and exciting prizes that could reach up to $20,000!
These episodes will air locally on Oct. 7 and 14.
Aside from giving away attractive prizes, "Manny Many Prizes" also promises to keep viewers entertained with games and live performances from Dingdong Dantes, Solenn Heussaff, Rochelle Pangilinan, Elmo Magalona, and Julie Ann San Jose.
Joining Pacman are co-hosts Rhian Ramos, Paolo Contis, Gladys Guevarra, Pekto and Olympic medalist-turned-comedian Onyok Velasco. A talent search will also be held prior to the show in the hop
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I'm a little late with getting this review done but better later than never eh? For the Holidays NP Set had released two 12 color eyeshadow palettes. These were available exclusively at Target and quite a little bargain.
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Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo teamed up earlier this month for a special cover tribute to Johnny Cash. The pair, who are married and have two daughters together, took the stage together at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium for the show to sing a mash-up of their signature hit "Heartbreaker" with Cash's classic "Ring of Fire."More »
Gene Simmons says that KISS are not putting away their stage boots anytime soon. Speaking with Classic Rock, the bassist noted that they plan on heading back into the studio soon. "It will happen when we have time," he began. "I have music in me that needs to come out. I recently wrote a song called 'Your Wish Is My Command.' It feels like a Kiss song . . ."More »
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Described by Road & Track magazine as "one of the best-all around domestic cars," the idea for the Plymouth Valiant was for it to be both smaller and lighter than a full-size car without compromising luggage and passenger space. It was designed to be a stylish yet affordable car capable of comfortably seating a family of six and their luggage, and neither be an inch longer nor a pound heavier than it absolutely needed to be. The car had designer Virgil Exner's famous "Forward Look" style with a long, semi-fastback hood line. The body and frame, instead of being bolted together (as was common in those days), were welded together instead, giving it a rigid, rattle-free quality. For his work on the Valiant, Virgil Exner was given the 1962 Styling Award by the Society of Illustrators. Not only was the Valiant praised for its looks, it reigned supreme on the racetrack as well. At the 1960 NASCAR compact car race on the Dayton International Speedway, the Plymouth Valiant, with the innovative Hyper Pak intake manifold installed on its slant-6 engine, dominated with all seven Valiant entries taking the top seven spots.
This car would really stand out and turn heads on streets everywhere. Designed by Chrysler Motors designers and young university students, the Plymouth Slingshot had a uniquely futuristic look with an aircraft-like pivoting canopy, sliding sunroof, exposed engine and suspension system, and wheels that jut out from under the car's frame. The rear wheels, in particular, are even extended further behind the vehicle. Instead of conventional doors, the canopy swings upward to allow entry. Produced in 1988, this concept car could easily be considered decades ahead of its time.
Whether it's a domestic family car capable of dominating a race track, or a glimpse of the future on wheels, Plymouth will always be remembered for its innovative style in car design.
Although the Plymouth brand and its logo allude to the Mayflower landing on Plymouth Rock, this automobile company was actually named after Plymouth Binder Twine, which was a common household item at that time and was the preferred tying implement of farmers. True to the spirit of its name, Plymouth marketed itself as a manufacturer of stylish and good quality automobiles at affordable prices. That mass market appeal made the company shine during the Great Depression of the 1930s while other car companies failed. Through the 1940s and the 1950s, Plymouth was among the top three (with Chevrolet and Ford) most popular automobile brands in the United States. However, a fuel crisis, among other factors, lead to the decline of the company by the mid-1970s and the final demise of the brand in 2001. In its 70-year existence, Plymouth had made a name for itself, both in creating reliable and affordable family cars and in its innovative designs. We give you a look back at a couple of Plymouth's greatest hits.
Road & Track magazine once hailed this car as "one of the best all-around domestic cars." The Plymouth Valiant is a compact car that was extremely popular in the US, Canada, and other countries like Australia and Argentina. Not only was it a favorite family car, the Plymouth Valiant, with the innovative Hyper Pak intake manifold installed on its slant-6 engine, proved to be unbeatable on the racetrack as well. At the 1960 NASCAR compact car race on the Dayton International Speedway, the Plymouth Valiant dominated with all seven Valiant entries leaving the competition behind and taking the first seven places.
Along with its twin the Dodge Aries, the Plymouth Reliant is largely responsible for saving Chrysler from almost certain bankruptcy. This front-wheel drive vehicle is one of the first "K-cars," which is a type of car designed by Chrysler to be relatively compact or midsized and capable of carrying up to six adults with three people sitting on two rows of bench seats. This raised the bar when it came to quality family cars. The Reliant was listed as Motor Trend magazine's 1981 Car of the Year and sold over 1.1 million cars in the span of only one generation.
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If you want to order a book (or something else), don't buy it from Amazon. Amazon harms its customers, as well as workers, the national treasury, and many others that it affects.
If you want to order a book, order it directly from the publisher or through a local book store. If you want to use a URL to refer to a book, please don't use an Amazon page.
Here's a good (though long) overview of why Amazon's overall activity is harmful to society overall.
Here are specific reasons — plenty of them.
Amazon appears to have cooperated with the US government to intercept a Thinkpad keyboard purchased by a Tor developer. To install a spy device, presumably.
Amazon distributes ebooks in a way that strips users of many freedoms (PDF or html).
Amazon's on-line music "sales" have some of the same problems as the ebooks: users are required to identify themselves and sign a contract that denies them the freedoms they would have with a CD.
The Amazon Swindle has a back door that can erase books. We found out about this when Amazon remotely erased thousands of copies of 1984. In response to criticism, Amazon promised it would never do this again unless ordered to by the state, which I find not very comforting.
Amazon did not keep that promise. In 2012 it wiped a user's Kindle and deleted her account, then offered her kafkaesque "explanations".
The Swindle has a universal back door through which that Amazon can forcibly change the software. This is called "auto-update". It puts the user helplessly at Amazon's mercy.
Amazon's book recommendations are not based honestly on algorithms that try to figure out what users might like. Publishers pay to have their books promoted this way.
Amazon rents textbooks to students with a requirement not to take them across state lines.
Amazon turns servile US public libraries into retail agents. Users have to register with Amazon and give their own email addresses. Then they get mail like this.
Subject: Your digital library loan expires soon Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 ... From: firstname.lastname@example.com To: LIBRARY-USER'S-EMAIL-ADDRESS Your digital library loan will expire in 3 days Hello LIBRARY-USER'S-NAME Your digital library book will expire in 3 days. If you purchase /BOOK/ from the Kindle Store or borrow it again from your local library, all of your notes and highlights will be preserved. BOOK (Author) AUTHOR <http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/PAGE>
Amazon "sold" someone Disney Christmas videos (via remote access, not a local copy); subsequently Amazon, at Disney's command, cut off access for Christmas. This demonstrates why we should not trust remote hosting for copies of published works. Insist on having your own copy which is yours.
Amazon's service, that offers you an MP3 for CDs you bought there, respects your rights less than ripping the CDs yourself.
Amazon's complex financial arrangements bypass UK credit card consumer protection.
Amazon cut off service to Wikileaks, claiming that whistleblowing violates its terms of service. It had no need to go to court to prove this, because if you rent a server from Amazon, you have no rights.
Amazon censored an ebook that exposed how ebook bestseller lists can be manipulated (and therefore are meaningless).
Amazon's shipping in the US is done in a sweatshop. More info, including paramedics standing by for workers who pass out from the heat.
Workers in an Amazon warehouse and shipping center walk all day under the orders of a computer, and are forbidden even to speak to each other.
A stress expert, looking at an undercover report about an Amazon warehouse, says these conditions make physical and mental illness more likely.
Amazon squeezes small publishers. For instance, Amazon cut off Swindle sales for an independent book distributor in order to press for bigger discounts. (The article ends by promoting ebooks for another platform, the Shnook from Barnes and Noble. While that company is not as nasty to small publishers, its ebooks do violate your freedom in most of the same ways.)
Amazon doesn't just compete with independent book stores, it arrogantly seeks to destroy them. Independent book stores urge people not to buy from Amazon.
Amazon appears to treat self-published authors well, but it can unilaterally cut the price of their books. And when it does, the authors are the ones who lose.
Amazon is bad for books and writing.
Amazon is demonstrating its dangerous power by punishing one publisher with all sorts of unofficial discouragements to buy.
We should not allow any bookstore to be as big as Amazon.
Amazon's hardball tactics against a publisher show its dangerous power.
Not that Hachette deserves any sympathy. The point is that we need to break Amazon's power.
At least 10% of Amazon's success is due to avoiding the taxes that physical book stores pay.
Amazon's tax avoidance means it sucks money out of your country's economy.
Amazon charges publishers for 20% sales tax in the UK even though the tax it pays is 3%.
UK independent bookstores condemn Amazon for not paying taxes as they do.
After a bug in Amazon's software caused Amazon to sell many products for one penny, Amazon takes no responsibility and dumps the loss on the sellers.
Amazon was a member of ALEC. ALEC is the right-wing lobbying group that promotes voter-suppression laws and "shoot first" laws, as well as attacks against wages and working conditions in the US.
Amazon quit ALEC after public pressure in May 2012, but I am sure it still supports the same nasty policies and is waiting for a new tool to achieve them.
A study found that people who read novels on the Amazon Swindle remember less of the events.
I think issues like this are less important than the injustice of the Swindle.
The Amazon "Smart" TV is watching and listening all the time.
Emo Phillips made a joke: The other day a woman came up to me and said, "Didn't I see you on television?" I said, "I don't know. You can't see out the other way." Evidently that was before Amazon "smart" TVs.
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