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Quark announced today QuarkXPress® 10, the new version of the graphic design and page layout software for designers who love print and live digital. New inside and out, QuarkXPress 10 includes Quark's new Xenon Graphics Engine, Retina® display support, a modern architecture, and over fifty feature enhancements that streamline the design process and improve the design experience. It also continues support for ePub and out-of-the-box HTML5 authoring tools for App Studio, the leading cloud-based HTML5 solution for creating award-winning tablet and smartphone experiences.
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Don "The Snake" Prudhomme And Carroll Shelby Join Forces On A Supernatural Super Snake
Horse Sense: Funny Cars have supercharger intake scoops sticking out of their hoods. They look funny and thus the name. However, the Kenne Bell supercharger on the stock GT500 Super Snake sits down in the car. Shelby Automobiles custom-built a dual 4-inch-tube intake manifold that rotates the blower to sprout out of the center of the hood.
Now we're talkin'! We really are living in the second coming of performance cars. Sure, the '60s will always be first, but one day we'll look back at the early 2000s as the heyday of petroleum-powered performance. This historic rally revved up with the '03 Cobra but hit its stride with the introduction of the latest Shelby GT500s. Since that time, the GT500 forged its own performance-crazed niche. Within that arena, Shelby Automobiles takes its offspring to the gym and infuses even more performance.
To date, these special editions have focused on maximum all-around performance. This time around, all the performance upgrades are headed in a straight line, and who better to partner with for a straight-line Super Snake than the one and only Don "The Snake" Prudhomme? However, despite its quarter-mile aspirations, Shelby's new Prudhomme Edition is a luxury cruising Super Snake on the street and a 10-second racer on the track.
How does this work? For track use, the driver installs a smaller pulley on the Kenne Bell supercharger, changes to racing fuel, and uploads the off-road tune to the computer. The result is 800 horses that should turn the Super Snake into a 10-second bracket racer. Reprogrammed to 750 hp and refilled with pump gas, the Prudhomme Edition Shelby is 50-state emission legal once again. That's the trick that makes such a hot car on the track permissible for the street.
Flexibility is the name of the game with the Prudomme Edition. Like the tuning, the suspension is tweakable for maximum quarter-mile e.t.'s. Turning a knob on top of the 90/10 QA1 struts (with 250 in-lb coilover springs), allows the front end to rise and transfer weight to the rearend for great launches. The rear shocks have two knobs each, one for rebound and one for compression. Loosening the compression all the way and tightening up the rebound sets the rearend for the strip. Flip them back and its ready for street duty again.
"They had it on display at Phoenix; I got to drive it not only on the dragstrip, but I also drove it over the road course," Don Prudhomme, for whom the car was built and named, explains. "I was surprised even with the drag slicks on the back and the M&Hs on the front. The thing handled pretty well going around corners. I gave it the Snake test on side roads. I ran it up and down the straightaway pretty good. It hauls ass. It's a lot of fun. I can't wait to get mine."
Shelby Automobiles plans a run of no more than 100 numbered units. Our photo car, which is actually the prototype, is black. But any color offered in the Super Snake is available, such as red, silver, and blue.
Gary Patterson, vice president of operations at Shelby Automobiles, tells us, "We wanted to do a special edition of the Super Snake based on a drag car. There was a history with Don Prudhomme running a `Super Snake,' even though it was a rail dragster back in the '60s. They used that name back then--there's always been a connection between Don and Carroll. So it just made sense."
The job to actually produce the ultimate Super Snake for street and strip at Shelby Automobiles fell upon Gary Davis, who heads up production. Vince LaViolette, senior designer, and fabricator Andrew Smidt cobbled the car together at the Design Center at Shelby Automobiles. The build of the car was atypical. Vince had drawings to go by, but the design was not intact from the beginning. Don describes his input on the project: "Daily sometimes . . . I drove them crazy with it."
Don's original Super Snake was a Top Fuel dragster with a 427 Cammer, circa 1967. Brent Hajek of Ames, Oklahoma, owns this vintage dragster, which he displayed opposite the new Super Snake in the Parks Museum. Don recalls that Ed Pink assembled the Cammer engine and Lou Baney built the chassis. "Ford supplied the engine," Don says. "It started out being a Ford project, but it really ended up being a Shelby project." Super Snake adorned the side of the rail.

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Millar received an MA degree from Johns Hopkins University in 1970. He has worked as a telephone installation foreman and commercial fisherman.
His writing includes two books of poetry, Overtime (Eastern Washington University Press 2001) and Fortune (Eastern Washington University Press 2006), as well as two chapbooks, "Slow Dancer" and "Midlife: (Passionate Lives: Eight Autobiographical Poem Cycles)."
In 1995, Millar was awarded first place in the Montalvo Biennial Poetry Competition, judged by Garrett Hongo, and won second place in the National Writers Union competition, judged by Philip Levine.
His work has appeared in many magazines and journals, including The Alaska Quarterly Review, Ploughshares, Poetry International, and Prairie Schooner. He has been the recipient of fellowships from the Montalvo Center for the Arts and Oregon Literary Arts.
Joseph Millar moved to western Oregon in 1997. He has taught at Mount Hood Community College and the Vancouver School of Arts and Academics and now teaches writing at Oregon State University, the University of Oregon, and the MFA in Writing Program at Pacific University.
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Places to live in Nicaragua
Another reader submitted a question I'm sure that many of you would like to know the answer to – where to live, should you desire to retire in Nicaragua. Ryan is not a retiree, but he is looking for some liveable location in Nicaragua, not too expensive, offering a simple life, with no TV, minimal internet and low costs. So, in answering Ryan's question, I will be answering the questions of other people who share the same interest of moving to Nicaragua, whether retired or not. I won't suggest Managua at this time. It's chaotic, busy and sometimes dangerous, though we had no problems when we were there. You need more caution and security to live in Managua and there are safe neighborhoods to live. It's not, by my estimation, a peaceful place, whether you are 22 or 62 years old. Also Managua, being the capital of Nicaragua, is more expensive to live in and it does provide the best and most modern services and amenities including healthcare that people from other countries have come to expect.
Here is Ryan's question:
Hello, I stumbled upon your website while searching for livable areas in Nicaragua.
Truth be told, I am not looking for a retirement home, in fact quite the opposite. I am a young guy, 22, and would like to spend roughly six months in a foreign country. I just want to be by myself in a small apartment, perhaps close to the beach, and live a very simple life style. No TV, minimal internet, minimal spending etc.
After looking around on the internet Nicaragua seems like a good place and, from what I have read, small apartments can be rented quite inexpensively in the north of the country.
If you could recommend some communities, preferably on the west side, that are a mix of safe and cheap I would greatly appreciate it. The area doesn't need to be exciting.
He wants to live a simple life, in a small apartment, maybe near a beach community on the west side of Nicaragua. Sounds like the life for a retirement. Well, I'll start with my recommendation of San Juan del Sur and work up the west coast of Nicaragua, to the places I've been.
San Juan del Sur is one of the most developed beach communities of Nicaragua, largely in part due to the high ratio of Americans and Europeans who've moved there and developed the tourist industry. Some people find it too touristy and too developed and it's also one of the most expensive places to live in Nicaragua. However, compared to just about everywhere else, life is still going to cost you less. There are all the modern conveniences of life if you want to pay for them. You can find an apartment, a small one for about $375 – $700 a month. The housing costs are higher in San Juan del Sur because the real estate market is very active. Everyone goes to San Juan del Sur, so it's busy with tourists and is a very pleasant place to live. You can also see that the money from tourism has helped the local people to economically to improve their standard of living.
On to Granada another town well developed by tourism, but still affected by poverty. Granada is perhaps the most charming Colonial town of Nicaragua apart from Leon, further north. A two bedroom apartment can cost you as little as $250 to $400 a month. It can get a little touristy as it is a very popular place to visit, but it has services, lots of restaurants, bistros and a lively nightlife.
I like Leon which is another charming Colonial city in Nicaragua, but take it as a warning, it can get very hot and humid here and you will certainly need an air conditioner for at least the night time. Electricity can get expensive in Nicaragua, just warning you. Again, you can live inexpensively just about anywhere in Nicaragua. Live like the locals, shop in the markets with the locals and eat local food. It's also a town filled with university and college students, so you'll find lots of places to visit in the evenings, such as restaurants and Nicaraguan nightlife – it's a young people's town. It's a busy, bustling and attractive town and just a half hour drive away from the beaches on the west coast of Nicaragua.
Beach communities I would recommend are:
Masachapa, – lovely seaside town based on a fishing community. Great beaches, just enough restaurants and shops to keep you busy. Masachapa has a few small hotels and is near to the famous Montelimar Resort. Rental fees for apartments are pretty cheap. Not as touristy as San Juan del Sur. You'll find near Masachapa, there are other similar, small beach communities which haven't been developed by foreign investors yet.
Las Penitas – less busy than Masachapa. This beach community is based on surfing. Nicaraguans come here to surf. It's perfect for long walks on the beach and admiring sunsets and sunrises. Very laid back. It's just a half hour drive from Leon, if you yearn for the city life once in a while. There are a few tiny surfing hotels, and other backpacker type hotels and if you need a restaurant, people drop into the various beach hotels for a delicious meal of seafood or what have you. Las Penitas is an inexpensive place to live, but also lacks services and is less developed than either Masachapa or San Juan del Sur. There are sometimes blackouts of electricity so be warned, but blackouts can occur throughout Nicaragua. Also, the beach, although very attractive, has very wild surf and is not the safest for swimming in. Yes, you could live the simple life here whether as a young person or someone who's decided that a Nicaraguan retirement is for them. Las Penitas is quiet and laid back and gets busy during the Nicaragan peoples' holidays when everyone heads to the beach.
Poneloya Beach – another small beach quiet beach community and like nearby Las Penitas – it's not very developed – at least not as developed as, say, San Juan del Sur or Granada. You'll find a lack of many services here, but as with Las Penitas, people drive to Leon, a half hour away to get the things they need. There are many vacation homes, deserted homes and houses for sale in Poneloya. Rents are inexpensive. It's also very quiet and laid back and also gets busy during Nicaraguan holidays.
My suggestion to Ryan and others who want to retire in Nicaragua is to find out the facts about Nicaragua and stay for an extended period of time and explore the country and find your place. Before deciding where to live in Nicaragua, investigate the weather, the services and see if you really like Nicaraguan culture. The above places are just my recommendations for retirement or just plain "escape." When you find a place you love, you will know and you can begin to put down roots.


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Captured at the exotic paradise of Sunburn Goa's 6th edition (Percept's flagship event), this nine minute trailer encapsulates every component built to create the ultimate dance showcase.
On the golden shores of the Indian subcontinent, we live, love and breathe the world's best music with every single partygoer, as the video bottles everything to the intoxicating atmosphere of community permeating the air.
Touching the mind, body and soul of all that attend is a sensation that transcends Sunburn beyond any other music festival – it is a true coming together of worlds and cultures; an event that synergizes music, entertainment, freedom and society.
In less than 10 minutes we see humanity from all ages and all cultures coming together to experience the unique event that provides everything music lovers from all backgrounds, colours and creeds could desire. From Spas to beer bars and Fedde Le Grand to Sander Van Doorn, Sunburn is a bespoke festival of the highest order.
At the core however, Sunburn is a labour of love for dance music – 6 stages filled to the brim with the best acts in the world are put together by 100% manpower in a truly mind-blowing, exquisite location long associated with electronica.
A spectacle in themselves, these stunning structures have housed the likes of Axwell, Carl Cox, Pete Tong, Paul Van Dyk, Above & Beyond, Armin Van Buuren and many, many more.
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However, according to ESPN NFL insider John Clayton, it's incorrect.
"I don't agree," he told Doug and Wolf Friday morning. "But it's one of the most improved teams, there's no question about that, and they're certainly trending well toward the end.
"But if you're going to be one of the best teams, you make the playoffs, and at the moment, they're probably going to be a tiebreaker short of making the playoffs."
Clayton said he thinks the Cardinals have a good shot of beating the San Francisco 49ers Sunday, which would give them an 11-5 record along with a better mark than two NFC playoff teams and as many as three AFC postseason participants.
"There's not that big of a gap," Clayton said when it comes to the Cardinals and the NFC's best, "but no, they're not the best team in the NFC."
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Narendra Modi's style of functioning as prime minister has evoked mixed responses. There is praise for and euphoria over several announcements — downsizing the council of ministers, setting targets for infrastructure development, rationalising departmental responsibilities and demanding that ministers find bilateral solutions to departmental entanglements, for instance. But there is also unease over some developments. The first is the fear of excessive centralism, which stems from the belief that centralisation kills democratic decision-making.
What is seldom understood is that all governments operate through the bureaucracy, which is an amalgam of individuals who constantly require policy-level direction, leadership and evaluation of outcomes. At one time, ministers and secretaries provided that direction. But as disproportionate influence began to be exercised by powerful political associates, accountability became increasingly diffused. Many departments faced major obstacles due to an absence of leadership. With the growing complexity of government, a clear message from the top was needed to remove logjams but, over the last few years, the top political executive simply did not intervene. The bureaucracy was often led by secretaries who always had one eye on post-retirement sinecures or a better posting. Either way, ministers were never held answerable for taking a one-sided view, even when this was publicised through leaks and interviews. Secretaries were generally loath to spoil their copy-books, and discouraged enthusiasm and originality lest it rock the boat. The result was inertia.
Perhaps for the very first time in decades, Prime Minister Modi's interaction with the bureaucracy and the instructions he has given have signalled the need for transformation. No longer would proximity to the minister and other power centres provide insurance for the future. Status-quoist secretaries can no longer sit on the fence looking busy. They will have to display and encourage initiative because their own future will henceforth be decided by entirely new yardsticks. By pinning down the secretaries, Modi has extracted a commitment on the main concerns they have highlighted themselves. Of even greater significance is the fact that reaching political consensus is once again the minister's responsibility — the alibis of groups of ministers and empowered committees having been ripped apart.
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By Dale Lezon | August 5, 2013 | Updated: August 9, 2013 11:40am
One person died in a traffic crash early Monday morning in northwest Harris County.
The single-vehicle wreck happened about 2:45 a.m. on Northcrest near Klein Oak, according to Harris County officials. The person was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Yet after dropping another stink bomb of a game versus Tampa Bay, here's what my genius pick for Habs captain observed: "Right now, we're a fragile team."
Buddy, right now I've got tougher Waterford crystal wine glasses than you lot. One goal-against during the Tampa Bay game and you crumpled like a trailer in a tornado.
Then yesterday afternoon Habs fans were treated to a Happy New Year courtesy of Les Boys. Not only did they win against the Florida Panthers, it was the manner in which they played that had me delighted, regardless of the outcome.
The boys played with passion, heart and hunger for the first time in a long time.
They looked a lot more like the team that had taken to the ice in October and November, and a lot less like the team that could barely bother to skate onto the ice for most of their recent road trip.
If only they were that passionate all the time, they might score more often!
OK enough with the funnies. Two games with two different results, so let's talk some Habs hockey.
The Good
How can I not pick James Wisniewski here?
Even in the loss to the Bolts, Wizzer (as I like to call him) came to play. He spent the day in airports and cars trying to reach his new team, missed practice with them and actually had a valid excuse for phoning it in.
Instead he was one of their better players.
Wisniewski is a serious upgrade over most of the defense corps the Habs have been icing this year. He's looking pretty solid defensively and has already made an impact offensively, scoring two goals and an assist during last night's game against Florida.
This was a much needed deal to shore up the flailing back end by Pierre Gauthier.
In the short term, I think it will mean Yanick Weber heads back to Hamilton once Josh Gorges returns to duty. Personally I'd rather keep Weber and send Alexandre Picard down, but the Habs never listen to me about these things.
In the long term, I expect Montreal to try to keep Wisniewski at the end of this season, which will likely mean the end of Roman Hamrlik's days in the bleu, blanc, rouge.
The Bad
There are a whole lot of choices to be had here but rather than go on and on I'm going to put down Jacques Martin's system as my favorite target right now.
When the Habs take a lead, his defensive system tends to work better. Once they are down a couple of goals it becomes largely ineffective.
I really don't understand the logic behind applying a trap system when down by three goals. What is it they're trying to protect? Being embarrassed further?
It's not working.
Martin's system as it stands does not get adapted when the Habs are in trouble. Of course even though I wrote that, they came from behind last night to win against the Panthers.
It's worth bearing in mind that two of last night's three goals were scored on the power play, and all three were the result of some hard work by Wisniewski.
But unless Martin can get his forwards charging the net more often, parking themselves in the blue paint, and willing to take some punishment to score a few dirty goals, the Habs are going to continue to find it difficult to come from behind.
This team has offensive problems that are easily masked by a win, but get exposed pretty quickly when they're behind the eight-ball. And Martin's system is not helping correct that problem at all.
The Ugly
I don't recognize this team.
Forget, if you can, their style of play and concentrate on their level of commitment and effort. It's just not there. I haven't really seen it since around mid-December and I've been griping about it ever since.
While workhorse Tomas Plekanec has had a bad game or two, other than him only Brian Gionta and Carey Price continue to bring their lunch pails to the rink every day. Pretty much everyone else on the team has been mailing it in during this road trip.
That just frosts me to no end.
Yes, I understand it's the holidays, they don't like being away from their families and the constant travel is hard on them but you know what? Suck it up.
This is neither unexpected nor new. This is status quo for the Canadiens this time of year. I do not consider it a valid excuse for some truly terrible on ice performances.
The Habs had two too many men on the ice penalties within a 45 second span during the game in Tampa Bay. I can't remember seeing that before and I don't ever care to see it again.
This is strong evidence of the total lack of focus, drive, desire and determination that got this team off to a great start at the beginning of the season.
The stupid penalties have gone into the realm of the ridiculous.
I now actually consider it a rousing success if the Habs aren't giving up a late period goal or any five-on-three opportunities.
But when the team's big accomplishment is to avoid being shut out, when Brian Gionta is dropping F-bombs, when Andrei Kostitsyn gets dropped to the third line and Travis Moen is on the top line, there are still some serious problems evident.
Last night the third was one of the Habs' best periods of hockey I have seen in awhile. There was a lot of passion and hunger, and were it not for the heroic efforts of Florida's netminder Tomas Vokoun the game would would have been over long before it got to overtime.
I hope the boys remember this particular lesson going into the game against Atlanta on Sunday. I hope they remember not only how great it is to win, but also what kind of effort it takes to accomplish that.
The road trip is over and whatever little patience I had for the incessant list of excuses is now gone.
They're home now, in front of their most ardent fans, and it's time to pull up the socks and get back to work.
Nap time is over.
But maybe that's just me. What do you think is going well and what needs work?
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WINOOSKI, VT —A sign on a lamp post at the bottom of the Winooski Circle displayed the words "Yield Sneakers Bacon" until Friday morning. The bistro owners took it down.
It got there as part of "Operation Bloom."
A city program put it in place to keep its flower beds beautiful. If businesses do some gardening they can post an advertisement where they do it, but the word "bacon" on the Sneakers Bistro sign started a discussion about diversity on the Winooski Front Porch Forum.
It started with a post from one woman who wrote that the sign was insensitive to those who do not consume pork. She said as a Muslim she is personally offended by it.
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San Diego man sets sail for 30 dates in 30 days using local app
You a cheap date? An adventurous date? The kind of date who prefers outdoor activity on a Saturday afternoon?
There's an app for that.
San Diego State University graduate Mark Wills and co-founder Blake Whitley Thompson unveiled the free application, "Details Matter," for iPhones and Androids several months ago to collect and share cool dating ideas in San Diego and beyond.
That noise you hear? It's beyond calling.
The app, which lets you search dating ideas by price, location or keyword, is getting more action than ever thanks to local photographer Tim King's idea to use the app for 30 dates in 30 days starting in March. King's stunt is now national news, not all of which he's smitten with.
Good Morning America and the New York Daily News have covered it and the Huffington Post is next.
"It's now reaching a much bigger audience," Wills emailed. "But getting the word out in San Diego was always my goal!"
What was King's goal? Read on.
King, an SDSU grad himself, told me that he approached Wills with the dating idea a week after meeting him at the app's launch party in January. He started his dating marathon on March 21 whale watching off the coast of La Jolla and began documenting each date in great detail on a blog. Paint ball? Drive-in movie? Ceramic painting? Check, check and check please.
A third of the way through his 30 dates, King expected to put 2,000 miles on his Toyota 4-Runner by the time he was done.
A 27-year old with a degree in international business, King has plans to date a 63-year-old woman from Seattle and a local man in his early 20s. The woman told him she's "into the paranormal" so they're going to go on a tour of haunted houses. King is thinking his date with the local gay man, whom he met at a recent fashion show through a mutual friend, may involve a dinner "where we go out and recognize that we're on a date."
In his words, he's stepping outside his "comfort zone." Not too far, though. Half of his 30 dates are with girls he knows. His other 15 dates are with people who emailed him after seeing a YouTube video he posted March 12 to explain what he was after. That solicitation drew about 50 responses, he said.
"It's not about looking for love and it's not about getting laid," King said on the video. "What it's all about is enjoying the company of the person that you're with and going out and experiencing something new on the regular."
King told potential dates that he wanted someone "fun, spontaneous and adventurous" and asked only that they be single and without kids.
"I don't want no boyfriend or baby mama drama," he said.
King bristles at any suggestion he's a ladies man. In fact, he asked me not to link to the New York Daily News story, which quotes him saying, "I've told a few I want to hang out with you but call me in 27 days." He said he'd promote my story if I dropped the link, but he also said he understood when I told him I wasn't going to do that because the fact his story went national was one of the reasons I wrote about it.


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There can only be one.
Pick a winner, go on, tell me which of the top six teams will actually finish at the top of the table after Round 27? It's impossible and I could put a case forward for all six of the teams. If you support a club then you will obviously think that it is going to be your team's trophy this year, but the people responsible for compiling the fixture list this year have appeared to come up with the perfect formula.
It seems sensible to think that the team at the top after 24 rounds are the favourites. St Helens have a three point advantage over the rest but with the injuries that they have suffered, clearly the worst of any team in the competition, I doubt that they will be able to win all three which will put them under some pressure.
Saints face a massive challenge this week at Leeds, against a team who have just been successful and will be keen for some more. Some teams might struggle the week after playing in the Cup Final but the Rhinos have proved themselves to be mentally stronger than the rest and have a score to settle with the Saints after the Round 7 clash in March. Thomas Makinson scored a spectacular and dramatic try to win the game for St Helens in the 78th minute, and what seemed to make it even more remarkable was the fact that the Saints had seven of their first choice players missing. It sounds familiar but can lightning strike twice in one season? If St Helens win this game then I feel that they will go on to win the League Leader's Shield but I do not fancy their chances in Leeds.
So if Leeds win this week does that mean that they then have the momentum to add a second trophy to the one that they have just collected in London? Well you could say YES, but they will need to win away at Wigan in Round 26 to do so and then most likely finish off with a win over Hull.
Backing up and playing well one week after a Wembley Final is possible for Leeds, but you sometimes find that it is the second week when it hits a few players. They would need all 17 to fire to win at Wigan. It is currently one apiece so far this season between the two teams who have made a recent habit of lifting the trophies. The next game between them could be a season defining one for both.
As I have said recently, most people can't remember all of the results throughout a season, but they can remember the ones at the end.
Tiger, Tiger
It would be great for the Tigers and the sport if they could end the regular season on a high with three wins. You could say that they have the best chance now against three teams outside of the Top 6 but their next match is perhaps their hardest. I doubt that any team would now want to play against the Bulls after the revival that they have enjoyed under James Lowes.
If the Tigers do win that then in theory all they have to do is beat Wakefield and Catalans to lift the League Leader's Shield. Could anybody have imagined that this would have been possible when they started the season with their second half demolition of the Bradford Bulls? I need to ask Rod Studd what the odds on that would have been.
If you stuck the colours of all six teams onto a dice and rolled it you would be as close as anybody else at guessing the Top Team at Tea Time on Sunday 14th September.
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Which then leaves us with the teams in fourth and sixth. They have had very few headlines this year, get little attention and yet could finish the season in first place. Rugby league has a habit of making predictions look stupid but something inside me says that one of them will. This year has been one of those races when the pack has stayed close together and either of them could strike now that the finishing line is in sight.
I can't decide who I think will win this Thursday night between Warrington and Huddersfield and have seen both of them look ordinary at times this year. But I can also remember seeing the Wolves destroy St Helens at the start of the season and the Giants being too good for Wigan and Leeds in the middle of the competition.
If you stuck the colours of all six teams onto a dice and rolled it you would be as close as anybody else at guessing the Top Team at Tea Time on Sunday September 14. It's a great climax to the regular season and in some ways it's a shame that we never had a competition as close as this before we moved to a Grand Final.
In some ways the Play Offs and Grand Final start this week. Twelve of the teams have had their last rest for the season and this is what all the work has been about.
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MSR Tire Chaning Stand...anyone use one?
I get the concept, reviews on it seems ok.
Anyone use it here?
Will help make it a little more comfortable spooning both street and dirt tires on/off? I don't see how it would make it any easier.
Here is what it looks like:
Also, does it breakdown and pack small?
I have the stand. its ok. gets pretty wobbly as the legs are weak and being two piece there is room for play.
I had tried like hell to buy a Mikes Racing stand - apparently the originator of the design. he wasnt answering emails or calls, and a lot of web reading showed others had the same experience.
however a friend did get one from mikes racing this spring. it costs another $60 or so but if you can get one, it is way better than the msr/moose stands.
If it might help, an Iron Butt rider friend who would go thru 10+ tires a year
made his own; simple, cheap.
A 30 gallon barrel w/one end cut out and covered with heavy heater hose.
Then a pipe installed thru the drum about a foot from the top to provide
an anchor point to hold the wheel in place. The drum was full of rocks
to keep it stable. A decent bead-breaker and a few good tire irons and
you are in business.
I use three milk crates stacked up.
looks like a bunch of top racers all use this stand
I have not used that one but did make my own and having the wheel clamped down and at waist level makes tire changing waaay easier for me...FWIW mine is fairly small and light, clamps in a vice and was easy to make, posted some photos awhile back at http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=822721
Hope it works out and I don't have to kill my back changing tires....some days, it can be a real chore, especially a set of rear 17/190 street tires. I gotta be in the mood to change tires when working off my present system (harbor frieght bead-breaker, spoons and the floor with some 2x4).
I'm using the Moose Racing version with a No-Scuff bar from Dave Anderson. Since the picture was taken I've mounted the stand to a 2' x 2' piece of 1/2" plywood and replaced the cheesy 1/2 x 13 tpi center rod with a piece of 5/8" Acme threaded rod. I bolt the plywood base to the garage floor with a couple of 3/8" anchor bolts when I'm changing tubeless tires with the No-scuff bar, but that's not necessary with tube tires and tire spoons. It paid for itself pretty quickly.
make a mount for your reciever hitch on your truck. portable and sturdy....................steve
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Adopting from Russia: One Family's Story
My husband was waiting for me in the car when the phone rang. I should have let the call go to the answering machine, but on an impulse, I picked up. "We have a little girl for you," the agency director said. What? My mind was racing. How could they have a child for us so soon? We just sent in our initial application. "She's 4 years old, and when we saw her picture, we thought of you. Are you interested?" "Of course, we're interested." And so our story began.In a Family Way
The picture came the next day, along with a two-page account of the beautiful little girl in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, with the sad, troubled past. Nastia's big brown eyes stared into our very souls. Our decision was instant, before we read a word on the page. A good thing, too, because a surprise was waiting for us on page two. Under the heading "Siblings," it read, "Boy, age 10."
We had never planned to adopt siblings. The thought of two was very intimidating. But having sisters and a brother of my own, I could not imagine life without them, and I knew Nastia would feel the same way. We made the decision in a matter of minutes. I dialed the agency and greeted the director with a resounding "Yes!" Then I asked, "Could you tell us about her brother?" "Why," came the reply, "are you interested?" She seemed surprised. "Of course, he's her brother."
The months that followed, however, were not easy. A few months into the process, it became evident that we might not be able to find, much less adopt, Nastia's brother, Vanya. In fact, Nastia's adoption was plagued with delays. Finally, after a month in Russia, we returned home with our daughter.


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After an investigation that revealed missing money and questionable financial practices, officials of a national longshoremen's union are considering seizing control of a Baltimore chapter — a move that could complicate contract negotiations at the port.
According to an internal committee report of the International Longshoremen's Association obtained by The Baltimore Sun, a "trusteeship hearing" in Baltimore found that money was missing from accounts of ILA Local 333. It also found that union debit cards were used for nonunion expenses.
The committee, which also noted a feud between two of the local's officers, said it had "uncovered a number of financial practices that could expose the local to investigations by the Department of Labor and perhaps even liability." It retained jurisdiction over the investigation pending an independent audit of the local chapter's finances, a process that is ongoing, according to Kevin J. Marrinan, a national ILA attorney.
The investigation and infighting could affect contract negotiations at the port, which employs more than 14,600 workers and is responsible for $3 billion in personal wages and salaries, according to Maryland Port Administration statistics.
Darrell VanDeusen, a local labor attorney who represents employers in contract negotiations but is not involved in the ILA contract, said it is hard to tell whether unionized longshoremen or port of Baltimore employers would benefit more from a national takeover of Local 333, partly because "so much in negotiations really is the individual relationships" that people have with those sitting across from them.
But if stubborn local officers distracted by infighting within their union were removed, everyone could benefit, VanDeusen said, even if the international officials aren't any "kinder or gentler" than their local counterparts.
"I don't care who I'm going to be talking to, but if I'm going to be talking to someone who has authority and isn't going to be distracted by all this other stuff, that's fine," said VanDeusen, also an adjunct professor of labor and employment at the University of Baltimore School of Law.
Neither Local 333 officials nor their attorney responded to requests for comment.
Union leaders have been immersed in heated contract negotiations since October, when Local 333 — Baltimore's largest ILA chapter, with some 1,200 members — called a three-day strike that paralyzed operations at the port's public terminals. The strike raised doubts among port customers about Baltimore's reliability as a major port of call.
A federal arbitrator ordered the local to pay nearly $4 million in damages for the strike's impact on container cargo, which is protected against work stoppages under a separate coastwide master contract. National ILA officials publicly stepped in to help lead the local contract negotiations in February, with hopes of negotiating down the amount of damages.
The ILA committee report noted that the local's secretary-treasurer, Daryl Wilburn, and its president, Riker "Rocky" McKenzie, had been feuding — a dispute that triggered the look into its finances.
In early November, weeks after the strike, the two got into a fight and police went to the union hall on Hull Street in Locust Point. That day, McKenzie filed a written complaint in Baltimore District Court alleging that Wilburn had assaulted him, "jerking, yanking and finally lifting me ... and slamming me into the concrete tile floor with vicious force causing injury to my neck, head, jaw and back."
Ten days later, Wilburn filed a countercomplaint, alleging that McKenzie had "attempted to murder" him by trying to push him over a second-floor railing. "Mr. McKenzie came into my office in an aggressive manner and threw papers, banged and shook cabinets, attempted to force me to change documents for his benefit," Wilburn wrote.
Both men face charges of second-degree assault and reckless endangerment, which are scheduled to be aired at a trial Tuesday.
Within weeks of the fight, Wilburn sent a long list of complaints to national ILA officials about the local's operations under McKenzie, asking the officials to "come protect the assets and funds of the ILA."
ILA President Harold Daggett soon called the "trusteeship hearing," which was held over seven hours Dec. 17 in the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel. The committee's findings were sent to Local 333 officials in mid-February.
The report noted violations of the ILA constitution and Local 333's bylaws and questioned some of the local's financial practices. The committee said McKenzie's $50-per-day meal and unlimited fuel allowances would "raise a red flag for any investigator from the Department of Labor."
Unions submit detailed annual financial filings to the U.S. Department of Labor, which sets standards for safeguarding union assets.
The last financial filing that Local 333 submitted is for fiscal year 2012, when the local reported about $1.1 million in total receipts and nearly $2 million in net assets, according to the Labor Department website.
McKenzie declined to speak to a reporter when reached for this article, and other members of the Local 333 executive board did not respond to an email sent to a Local 333 media account. The union's attorney, Jennifer Stair, did not reply to a request for comment.


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With its family of six colleges and 130 majors in a range of disciplines, UC San Diego combines the intimacy of a small liberal arts college with the academic resources of a major research university. Unlike most universities, college affiliation is not based on a student's major field, but on the college's unique focus. Each college has its own programmatic theme, general education requirements, housing and staff. When applying to San Diego, students rank the colleges in order of preference, based on their own interests and the colleges' theme:
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Accra — With the battle lines for Elections 2008 steadily taking shape, the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) yesterday launched an initiative to raise funds for the party's campaign.
The mobile phone support programme initiative with the rather longish name of "The NPP/Nana Akufo-Addo SMS Text and Support Programme", according to the chairman of the fund raising committee of the party, Mr. Hackman Owusu Agyeman would generate more than two hundred thousand Ghana cedis a month.
He explained that the NPP has a voter population of about 4 million and they would be getting the projected amount if half of that population texts every month.
Mr. Hackman Owusu Agyeman said the "unique" initiative is to give every supporter of the party an opportunity of "identifying with and owning our goals, aspirations and eventual victory in the crucial 2008 election ".
By texting 'NPP' to Onetouch or Kasapa, using the common short code 'One' and NPP or 1677, he said, "you would be making a direct and personal contribution to the campaign effort of the party." Each text message that is sent, he said, would cost the sender one Ghana cedi.
Mr. Owusu Agyeman said with this initiative and many others in the pipeline, the NPP will win this year's elections by sweat and toil and by the way and manner that the party relates to the people. "Remember, the more you text, the more you consolidate our party's march to victory in the general elections and ensure a prosperous Ghana for all", he said.
The presidential candidate of the party, Nana Akufo-Addo, who launched the programme, said money is the life of any political campaign and without it "no matter how good your message is you can't win and we need more, more, more money".
He said since 1992, the party has enjoyed the goodwill and support of a large section of the membership through direct contribution and donation of hard cash and in kind, which kept the internal structures of the "great Danquah-Busia tradition resilient but is has been observed that large numbers of our supporters and sympathizers have found it cumbersome to express their support for the party's cause because of the absence of a simple vehicle for channeling the average member's contribution and donation to the party, that is why we must all welcome this innovation that will help the progress of our party".
He said he believes in the prospect of the country and that he does not believe in "people saying we want to get to the middle income status, I am thinking of how quickly we can join the first world." Nana Akufo-Addo told the media that this initiative and many others are what the people of Ghana should be told.
"This will then help us compare our track records The identification hair cut, the arbitrary rule, the lack of freedom and the rest, these are the matters of the day for the Ghanaian people", he said.
Present at the launch were Dr Kofi Konadu Apraku, the Director of Campaign, Jake Otanka Obetsebi Lamptey-the Chairman of the Campaign and Mr. Yaw Osarfo Maafo- a former presidential aspirant.


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Stomach ulcers, also called gastric ulcers, are sores or disruptions in the lining of the stomach. Ulcers can penetrate deeply into the sensitive layers of the stomach wall and be extremely painful. They can be caused by a number of things, including ingestion of caustic substances or foreign objects, administration of irritating medications, stress, shock, allergies, infection, cancer, pancreatitis, inflammatory bowel disease, Addison's disease, liver disease and kidney failure. Dogs suffering from stomach ulcers often vomit and have abdominal pain manifested by a "praying" or "bowing" posture. They tend to be depressed, weak, nervous and anxious. Their appetite wanes and they lose weight, become dehydrated, disoriented and may even collapse. One of the most important complications of stomach ulcers is anemia, which is caused by the loss of blood that accompanies this condition. In severe cases, the stomach can perforate or burst, causing septic peritonitis, shock and sudden death.
Gastric ulcers can be caused by many things. Common causes include:Dietary modification and management can help prevent stomach ulcers and may also reduce the severity of symptoms in dogs already suffering from severe gastric ulceration. Highly digestible diets reduce the inflammation and irritation associated with ulcers. Feeding small meals multiple times a day can also help relieve gastrointestinal irritation. Dogs should always have free access to fresh water, unless advised otherwise by a veterinarian.Certain medications
The symptoms of gastric ulcers are very similar to those of gastritis, which is a general term for inflammation of the mucosal lining of the stomach. They include:In severe cases, the blood loss from gastric ulcers can cause even more severe symptoms, including:Any dog with chronic vomiting that includes evidence of digested blood may have gastric ulcers and should be seen by a veterinarian.Gastric ulcers can affect dogs of any age, breed or gender. Certain
Any dog that is vomiting frequently, and whose vomitus contains material that looks like coffee grounds, should be suspected of having gastric ulcers. A veterinarian presented with this history will conduct a thorough physical examination, including a rectal examination, and will take a comprehensive case history. She also typically will draw blood for a complete blood count and serum biochemistry panel. The initial data base usually includes a urinalysis, as well. The results of these
Stomach ulcers usually can be well-managed medically. Ulcers that have perforated the stomach wall require immediate hospitalization and surgical correction. Severe stomach ulcers that have not yet perforated the stomach wall may also require hospitalization and intravenous fluid replacement therapies, blood transfusions and nutritional or electrolytic support. Other treatment options include supportive care, dietary modification, medication and lifestyle changes. The goals of treating gastric ulcers are to identify and remove the underlying cause of the
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"Commercial Human Spaceflight on the Horizon"
Dr. George C. Nield, The Plains, Virginia
May 15, 2010
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What a great day for launching rockets! I'm certainly honored to have a chance to participate in the festivities.
I don't know how many of you are space historians, but some of you may be surprised to be reminded that the United States has been launching astronauts into orbit for almost 50 years now. During that time, there were a number of different programs, so we have had to weather a few transitions along the way. For example, 47 years ago today, on May 15, 1963, Gordon Cooper was launched into space on the very last flight of Project Mercury, America's first human spaceflight program. It was a very successful flight, and at 34 hours and 20 minutes, the longest flight we had ever done. In fact, it was longer than all of the previous Mercury flights put together. A couple of years later, Project Gemini began, followed by Apollo and the moon landings.
Today, the Space Shuttle Atlantis is circling the Earth on what will likely be its final mission. As the Shuttle program comes to a close, with just two more launches on the schedule, we are going to have some more transitions to work through. But let me assure you that there are some very exciting things on the horizon when it comes to human space flight. As just one example, we are currently on the threshold of a new era in space transportation: commercial human spaceflight, and specifically, suborbital space tourism. Our office at the FAA is working with about a half dozen companies right now, each of which is in the process of designing, building, and testing vehicles that are capable of carrying paying passengers to the edge of space, allowing them to look out the window and see the blackness of the sky and the curvature of the Earth, and experience the magic of weightlessness. Within the next few years, I am convinced that we are going to see multiple companies launching suborbital spaceflights several times per week. That will mean hundreds of launches per year, allowing thousands of people to experience spaceflight firsthand.
Those companies, and others that are already well-established in the aerospace business, are going to need plenty of talented, hard-working people like you, to develop and operate those vehicles, and their successors, to take us back to the Moon, on to Mars, and to other destinations throughout the Solar System. And after what I have seen today, I know you are going to do a fantastic job. I'd like to congratulate the winners, and indeed all of the participants, on what you have achieved. And I want to thank all of you who have supported the Team America Rocketry Challenge. Because these young people, the ones who have been conducting the launches we have been watching today, are going to be among the leaders of our upcoming adventures in space.
On behalf of the Federal Aviation Administration, let me just say, "Good job!" and best wishes in all of your future endeavors.


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Addis Ababa — East African mediators on Friday held separate talks with representatives of South Sudan's government and rebels who are gathered for ceasefire talks in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.
Ethiopia's ministry of foreign affairs confirmed that the negotiations, mediated by the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), began on Friday.
"Both delegations are meeting the mediators separately," Dina Mufti, Ethiopia's Foreign Ministry spokesperson, told Sudan Tribune.
"We hope to bring both sides into face-to-face talks soon" he added.
Mufti said that IGAD is committed to supporting the peace process to bring an end to the weeks of violence in South Sudan that has killed over 1,000 people and displaced tens of thousands.
Friday's discussions were aimed at narrowing existing differences between the two sides to pave way for direct negotiations, which were scheduled to have begun on Wednesday.
Preconditions set by the leader of the rebels, Riek Machar, are believed to be slowing the process. The former vice-president has demanded that all political prisoners be released and that a mechanism to monitor and implement the ceasefire be put in place.
South Sudan's security forces arrested 11 senior members of the country's ruling party (SPLM) accused by president Salva Kiir of allegedly conspiring to overthrow him on 15 December. All the accused strongly deny this and claim that Kiir took the opportunity of infighting within the army to silence his critics.
So far South Sudan has agreed to release eight of the 11 detainees. Taban Deng Gai, whom Kiir sacked from the position of Unity state governor last year, is leading the rebel negotiating team after he managed to escape from Juba without being arrested.
Mufti said that direct talks were likely to begin either on Saturday or Sunday. .
Authorities have blocked access to all journalists from the Addis Ababa Sheraton Hotel, the venue for the talks.
Ethiopian officials, who are playing lead role in brokering a truce, are optimistic that a ceasefire agreement will be reached in the coming days, but others are skeptical as the two sides continue tying to gain military advantage on ground.


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AFTER Helena, the devout Christian mother of the Roman emperor Constantine, made travelling to the Holy Land popular in the 4th century, pilgrims came from all over Europe. And many of them stayed, joining one of Jerusalem's monasteries.
The ancient writers delighted in telling the stories of pilgrims who made the long journey, and stressed the cosmopolitan nature of the monasteries. "That's what is emphasised," says Jaime Ullinger of Arizona State University in Tempe. But like many modern scribes, the ancient writers weren't going to let the facts get in the way of a good story.
Ullinger and her colleague Susan Sheridan at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana examined the remains of the monks from St Stephen's monastery.
Teeth from ethnic groups from different regions have distinctive characteristics. For instance, Carabelli's trait, the presence of a fifth cusp on certain teeth, is common among Europeans, but rarer among ...
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Court records indicate that the man suspected of murdering an Arizona police officer early Saturday morning had exited the car and fired the fatal shot before the officer exited his patrol vehicle.
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A Man arrested for attempt murder of a Memphis Police Officer. The suspect arrested Saturday after he reportedly attacked the officer near Madison Avenue and Cleveland Street. Police say at one point during the struggle he was almost able to get the officer's gun.


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Angelina Jolie's 'darker times': 'I shouldn't be here,' for many reasons, says the actress
Angelina Jolie recently gave an interview to "60 Minutes" where she addresses her "darker times" in the past, where she seems to have even feared she might die young.
"I went through heavier, darker times and I survived them. I didn't die young. So I am very lucky. There are other artists and people that didn't survive certain things ... people can imagine that I did the most dangerous, and I did the worst...for many reasons, I shouldn't be here," says Jolie.
"You just...too many times where you came close to too many dangerous things, too many chances taken too, too far," she continues. "I'm still a bad girl. I still have that side of me...it's just in its place now...it belongs to Brad. Or...our adventures."
Interview Bob Simon and the "60 Minutes" crew spoke with Jolie in Budapest, Hungary, where she was filming some scenes for her upcoming writing and (fictional) directorial debut, "In the Land of Blood and Honey," which is set during the Bosnian war in the early 1990s.
The full "60 Minutes" interview airs Sunday, Nov. 27 at 7 p.m. ET on CBS.
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