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News design: focus on readers' concerns, not yours
September 23, 2008 by grzegorz.piechota · 2 Comments
Stop asking questions like: What do you want to read about? How the newspaper should change? Do you prefer longer or shorter stories? Read more
Make bloggers allies of your newspaper
September 22, 2008 by grzegorz.piechota · 2 Comments
Quality local bloggers can help newspapers to make them relevant to readers and to grow revenue, says John Wilpers of Innovation Media Consulting. Read more
How we got 141,665 photos from readers
September 21, 2008 by grzegorz.piechota · 2 Comments
How many photo reporters can you assign to make a portrait of your country? 1? 2? 5? 10? 50? What about 25 thousand? It is possible, we have done it, writes Grzegorz Piechota of Poland's Gazeta Wyborcza. Read more
Untold stories from Iraq War
September 21, 2008 by grzegorz.piechota · 1 Comment
Polish troops will withdraw from Iraq until October 31st, 2008. In a week-long series of feature stories Gazeta Wyborcza has revealed facts about the mission that had been rarely known in Poland. Read more
What television and the Internet is doing to our kids?
September 19, 2008 by grzegorz.piechota · Leave a Comment
Do you try to catch young readers and convince them to read a newspaper? Bad news from scientists: the Digital Age can stupefy the youngsters and jeopardize our future. Read more
When views matter as much as news
September 19, 2008 by grzegorz.piechota · 12 Comments
Updated: When these newspapers hit newsstands and subscribers' homes, everybody has already known what happened. So what has mattered more? Read more
Stop worrying that the Internet will consume print
September 19, 2008 by grzegorz.piechota · Leave a Comment
"The Internet will not consume print, because it's not strong enough, it's not better, and it's too busy consuming itself", predicts Bob Guccione on his blog at the Huffington Post. Read more
The Testimony about Pope John Paul II
September 14, 2008 by grzegorz.piechota · 4 Comments
Poland's Gazeta Wyborcza co-produced a new documentary movie on John Paul II. Its worldwide premiere will be held in Vatican on Oct. 16, 2008, in the presence of pope Benedict XVI, writes Malgorzata Skowronska, Gazeta's special project manager. Read more
New WSJ magazine: a new standard or a flop?
September 12, 2008 by grzegorz.piechota · 1 Comment
Financial Times supplement "How to Spend It" is like a BMW 3-series, and this is a BMW 7-series, says Robert Thomson, an editor-in-chief of the Wall Street Journal. Is he right? Read more
Times of India speaks from the heart
September 12, 2008 by grzegorz.piechota · Leave a Comment
"In our campaigns – rather than talk about the newspaper, we try and be the platform or the presenter of ideas that come from the readers' own lives, reflect their hopes, aspirations," says Rahul Kansal, the chief marketing officer at the Times of India. Read more


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Tide UpdateMarch 7th, 2013 at 6:36 am by Jeremy Wheeler under Weather
This is a very brief update. The tide this morning wasn't as bad as forecast. I think last night the easterly winds kept the water pushed up into the northern Chesapeake Bay. Then in the evening the winds turned more northerly and a bit earlier than forecast. So that pushed the water out and glutted it up on the south end. So Sewell's Point was higher than forecast. This morning the winds are northwest and they have lightened up. So the tide came in under the forecast. We peaked at about 4.6ft which is barely above minor tidal flooding. I suspect that the Coastal Flood Warnings will be replaced by Coastal Flood Advisories later today, but that will be up to the National Weather Service. Don't get me wrong though. I still think there will be some problems on western facing beaches.
The system looks like it has really picked up speed as it quickly pushes out to sea. It is gaining strength though, so the winds will stay up along the coast. We could still see wind gusts up to 40mph with gusts closer to 25-35mph in inland sections. We'll get a more detailed blog out this morning. I just wanted to send out the update.
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Al Woody's 6:20 Funny
The Widow at the Farmhouse!
Jack decided to go skiing with his buddy, Bob. They loaded up Jack's station wagon and headed north. After driving for a few hours, they got caught in a terrible blizzard. They pulled into a nearby farm house and asked the attractive lady of the house if they could spend the night. "I'm recently widowed," she explained, "and I'm afraid the neighbors will talk if I let you stay in my house." "Not to worry," Jack said, "we'll be happy to sleep in the barn." Nine months later, Jack got a letter from the widow's attorney. He called up his friend Bob and said, "Bob, do you remember that good-looking widow at the farm where we stayed?" "Yes, I do." "Did you happen to get up in the middle of the night, go up to the house and make love to her?" "Yes, I have to admit that I did." "Did you happen to use my name instead of telling her your name?" Bob's face turned red and he said, "Yeah, I'm afraid I did." "Well, thanks! She just died and left me everything!"
I got him with door!
A truck driver was driving down the highway when he saw a priest at the side of the road. He stopped to pick up the priest and give him a ride.
A ways down the road the truck driver saw a lawyer on the side of the road. He turned the truck on a direct course with the lawyer. Then he thought "Oh no, I have a priest in the truck I can't run down this lawyer" and at the last second the Truck Driver swerved to miss the lawyer.
But, the truck driver heard a thump outside of the truck, he looked in his rear-view mirror but didn't see anything. He turned to the priest and said "Sorry Father, I just missed that lawyer at the side of the road." And the priest said "Don't worry son, I got him with my door".
He thinks he knows you!
An elderly couple were driving across the country. The woman was driving when she got pulled over by the highway patrol.
The officer said, "Ma'am did you know you were speeding?"
The woman, hard of hearing, turned to her husband and asked, "What did he say?"
The old man yelled, "He says you were speeding!"
The patrolman said, "May I see your license?"
The woman turned to her husband once again and asked, "What did he say?"
The old man yelled, "He wants to see your license!"
The woman gave the officer her license. The patrolman then said, "I see you are from Arkansas. I spent some time there once and went on a blind date with the ugliest woman I've ever seen."
The woman turned to her husband and asked, "What did he say?"
The old man yells, "He said he thinks he knows you!".
Marry a West Virginia Girl
The first man married a woman from OHIO . He told her that she was to do the dishes and house cleaning. It took a couple of days, but on the third day, he came home to see a clean house and dishes washed and put away.
The second man married a woman from MICHIGAN . He gave his wife orders that she was to do all the cleaning, dishes and the cooking. The first day he didn't see any results, but the next day he saw it was better. By the third day, he saw his house was clean, the dishes were done and there was a huge dinner on the table.
The third man married a girl from West Virginia. He ordered her to keep the house cleaned, dishes washed, lawn mowed, laundry washed, and hot meals on the table for every meal. He said the first day he didn't see anything, the second day he didn't see anything but by the third day, some of the swelling had gone down and he could see a little out of his left eye, and his arm was healed enough that he could fix himself a sandwich and load the dishwasher.
Drunk Joke
A guy comes home completely drunk one night. He lurches through the door and is met by his scowling wife, who is most definitely not happy. "Where the hell have you been all night?" she demands.
"At this fantastic new bar," he says. "The Golden Saloon. Everything there is golden. It's got huge golden doors, a golden floor, the works - hell, even the urinal's gold!"
The wife still doesn't believe his story, and the next day checks the phone book, finding a place across town called the Golden Saloon. She calls up the place to check her husband's story.
"Is this the Golden Saloon?" she asks when the bartender answers the phone.
" Yes it is," bartender answers.
" Do you have huge golden doors?"
" Sure do." "Do you have golden floors?"
" Most certainly do."
" What about golden urinals?"
There's a long pause, then the woman hears the bartender yelling, "Hey, Duke, I think I got a lead on the guy that pissed in your saxophone last night!"
Hold My Hat!
An old lady was standing at the railing of the cruise ship holding her hat on tight so that it would not blow off in the wind. A gentleman approached her and said: "Pardon me, madam. I do not intend to be forward, but did you know that your dress is blowing up in this high wind?" "Yes, I know," said the lady, "I need both hands to hold onto this hat." "But, madam, you must know that your privates are exposed!" said the gentleman in earnest. The woman looked down, then back up at the man and replied, "Sir, anything you see down there is 85 years old. I just bought this hat yesterday!"
Got any paper??
A drunk staggered down the main street of the town. Somehow he managed to make it up the stairs to a cathedral and into the entrance, where he crashed from pew to pew, finally making his way to a side aisle and into a confessional.
A priest had observed all this, and figured the fellow needed some help, so he entered his side of the confessional. After the priest sat there in deathly silence, he finally asked, "May I help you, my son?"
"I dunno," came the drunk's voice from behind the partition. "You got any paper on your side?"
Three Friends Die....
Three friends die in a car accident and they go to an orientation in Heaven. They are all asked, "When you are in your casket and friends and family are mourning you, what would you like to hear them say about you?"
The first guy says, "I would like to hear them say that I was a great doctor in my time and a great family man."
The second guy says, "I would like to hear that I was a wonderful husband and a school teacher who made a huge difference in our children of tomorrow."
The last guy replies, "I'd like to hear them say, 'Look! He's moving!!'"
Talking Dog
A young cowboy from Wyoming goes off to college, but half way through the semester, he has foolishly squandered all his money. He calls home.
"Dad," he says, "You won't believe what modern education is developing! They actually have a program here in Laramie that will teach our dog, ol' Blue how to talk!"
"That's amazing," his Dad says. "How do I get Ol' Blue in that program?"
"Just send him down here with $1,000" the young cowboy says. "I'll get him in the course." So, his father sends the dog and $1,000. About two-thirds through the semester, the money again runs out. The boy calls home.
"So how's Ol' Blue doing, son," his father asks.
"Awesome, Dad, he's talking up a storm," he says, "but you just won't believe this they've had such good results they have started to teach the animals how to read!"
"Read!" says his father, "No kidding! How do we get Blue in that program?"
"Just send $2,500, I'll get him in the class." The money promptly arrives.
But the young cowboy has a problem. At the end of the year, his father will find out the dog can neither talk, nor read. So he shoots the dog. When he arrives home at the end of the year, his father is all excited.
"Where's Ol' Blue? I just can't wait to see him read something and talk!"
"Dad," the boy says, "I have some grim news. Yesterday morning, just before we left to drive home, Ol' Blue was in the living room, kicked back in the recliner, reading the Wall Street Journal, like he usually does. Then he turned to me and asked, 'So, is your daddy still messing' around with that little redhead who lives in town?'"
The father exclaimed, "I hope you shot that son of a bitch before he talks to your Mother!"
"I sure did, Dad!"
"That's my boy!"
Women Drivers
This morning on the freeway, I looked over to my left and there was a woman in a brand
new Cadillac doing 65 mph with her face up next to her rear view mirror putting on her
eyeliner. I looked away for a couple seconds and when I looked back she was halfway
over in my lane, still working on that makeup. I don't scare easily, but she scared me so
much I dropped my electric shaver, which knocked the donut out of my other hand. In all
the confusion of trying to straighten out the car using my knees against the steering wheel, it knocked my cell phone away from my ear which fell into the coffee between my legs, splashed, and burned Big Jim and the Twins, ruined the damn phone, soaked my trousers, and disconnected an important call. Damn driver!


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New York, NY (PRWEB) August 06, 2012
Steven J. Phillips and Diane Paolicelli announce the formation of a new law firm, Phillips & Paolicelli, LLP. Mr. Phillips and Ms. Paolicelli recently departed from Levy, Phillips & Konigsberg, LLP, where they were senior partners. Phillips & Paolicelli will specialize in representing injured children, workers and individuals who are harmed by toxic exposures, dangerous medical devices, pharmaceuticals, and professional malpractice. The Firm will also focus on consumer fraud, qui tam, and other complex personal injury litigation.
Phillips & Paolicelli's partners, Diane Paolicelli, Steven J. Phillips, Danielle George, and Daniel J. Woodard, bring in over 90 years of trial experience representing severely injured children and adults in groundbreaking cases of corporate and healthcare misconduct. In total, seven attorneys from LPK and one outside attorney will join Steve Phillips and Diane Paolicelli to make up the founding group of lawyers at Phillips & Paolicelli.
"Our departure from LPK is the natural result of different practice areas growing and developing different trajectories," Mr. Phillips said. "The split is amicable. LPK will continue to pursue its traditional asbestos practice. At Phillips & Paolicelli, we will continue to blaze new trails in complex personal injury law, and carry on our innovative work involving medical monitoring, coal ash waste contamination, and the representation of foreign nationals injured by American corporations."
Phillips & Paolicelli's new offices will be located at 380 Madison Avenue, New York, NY.
Phillips & Paolicelli LLP is a New York-based law firm that specializes in representing seriously injured children, workers and individuals in complex personal injury lawsuits. Veteran trial lawyers Steven J. Phillips and Diane Paolicelli founded the firm in 2012. P&P represents clients across the United States and internationally, including those who have been harmed by toxic exposures, dangerous medical devices, pharmaceuticals, and professional malpractice.
Website: http://www.p2law.com
Phone: 212-388-5100


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Happy birthday, Daniel Bryan: Watch his first WWE match against Chris JerichoAdd to Favorites | WWE NXT
Though Daniel Bryan is currently on top of the world in WWE as the WWE World Heavyweight champion, everyone has to start somewhere. For Bryan that came in 2010 when he took part in the inaugural season of "WWE NXT."
After wrestling independently around the world as far back as 2000, it was Bryan's first shot at becoming a WWE superstar. Now, as he turns 33 Thursday (May 22). To celebrate his special day, here's his very first WWE match, against then-World Heavyweight Champion Chris Jericho.
Though is was Bryan's introduction to a lot of WWE viewers, many professional wrestling fans considered it a dream match. With limited TV time available, they sure were able to deliver. Now, five years later, Bryan himself is the champion.
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Fastpitch Tip: Using The Pitcher As A Fielder
Many coaches and players often think that once a pitcher delivers the pitch, her job is finished. They believe that it is someone else's job to "make the play."
As a coach, I feel that the complete opposite is true. A good fielding pitcher can go a long way toward determining how good a team's defensive unit is.
At Oconee County, we have been fortunate enough to have had pitchers who were good fielders. As a result, our pitchers have helped the team (and themselves) time and again on defense. If a pitcher is not a proficient fielder or as good a fielder as you would like, you may have to find time away from the normal practice setting to work on her weaknesses. This could be before or after a normal practice or even something to pinpoint in your preseason or out of season workouts.
In what ways can a pitcher help a team defensively? The first is by acting as another infielder in bunt situations. I, as well as many coaches, have been in situations where we prayed that the first or third baseman fielded the bunt instead of the pitcher. Think of the advantages of having a third fielder, the pitcher, who could make the throw to a particular base.
Another way the pitcher can improve a defense is be serving as another middle infielder. If the pitcher can handle most one-hoppers, high choppers or even soft line drives back through the middle, she can be a defensive asset. This may allow you to play the shortstop and second baseman a step or two closer to the third and first base holes, respectively. You will also be surprised how often a pitcher who is a good defender will snag a well-struck ball that has base hit written all over it and turn it into a routine out or better yet into a 1-6-3 double play.
The third way a pitcher can help a team defensively is in cutoff situations from outfield throws. We have our pitcher act as the cutoff person on all throws from the outfield toward home. This is true whether it is a fly ball and the runner is tagging from third base or if it is a base hit and the runner is attempting to score from second.
The first question I usually get after making this statement is, "Who is backing up home plate in case of an overthrow or a bad throw?" My answer is that the fields we play on normally have backstops close enough so that the bad throw is not going very far anyway. And on most overthrows the runners are going to advance a base no matter how well the play is backed up. When a ball is hit to the left field side of second base, our first baseman will try to get in a backup position. When the ball is hit, the pitcher is already closer than anyone else to being in a cutoff position. She is also a natural target and it allows the infielders to cover bases or cut in other positions. We have had a lot of success using our pitcher in this manner once she and the rest of the defense get accustomed to doing things this way.
These are just three ways that a pitcher can help a team be successful defensively by being a good and proficient fielder. This will also allow you as a coach to be more diverse with your calls and coverages in certain defensive sitations.


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It's coming in 2017!
The Smurfs are a franchise of characters initially created for Belgian comics, and gained popularity on television in the 1980s. Smurfs are little blue creatures who live in a village made of mushrooms. Their leader is Papa Smurf, who looks over his Smurf society consisting of Brainy Smurf, Smurfette, Handy Smurf and many others. Their arch-nemesis is Gargamel, an evil wizard always trying to catch Smurfs as part of his various nefarious plans. Gargamel's faithful companion is his cat, Azrael.
The characters have currently made their way to the silver screen in the 2011 movie, The Smurfs starring Neil Patrick Harris as Patrick Winslow, Hank Azaria as Gargamel, Sofía Vergara as Odile and Jayma Mays as Grace, with the voices of Anton Yelchin, Alan Cumming, Katy Perry, Paul Reubens, B.J. Novak, George Lopez, Kenan Thompson, Fred Armisen, Jonathan Winters, John Oliver, Gary Basaraba, Tim Gunn and Jeff Foxworthy. None of the original voice actors would be playing the title characters, except Jonathan Winters, who voiced Grandpa Smurf, will voice Papa Smurf.
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Iuliu Maniu (January 8, 1873—February 5, 1953) was an Romanian politician. A leader of the National Party of Transylvania and Banat before and after World War I, he served as Prime Minister of Romania for three terms during 1928–1933, and, with Ion Mihalache, co-founded the National Peasants' Party.
Maniu joined the Romanian National Party of Transylvania and Banat (PNR), became a member of its collective leadership body in 1897, and represented it in the Budapest Parliament on several occasions. He settled in Blaj, and served as lawyer for the Greek Catholic Church (to which he belonged). Maniu was influenced by the activity of Simion Bărnuţiu, a close friend of his father, Ioan Maniu.
After serving as an advisor for Archduke Franz Ferdinand, counseling on the latter's projects to redefine the Habsburg states along the lines of a United States of Greater Austria, Maniu moved towards the option of a union with the Romanian Old Kingdom when the Archduke was assassinated in Sarajevo in 1914.
After the creation of Greater Romania, the PNR formed the government in Bucharest—a cabinet led by Vaida-Voevod and allied with Ion Mihalache's Peasants' Party. It entered a competition with the traditional force of Romanian politics, the National Liberal Party, and with its leader Ion I. C. Brătianu, when the Peasants' Party deadlocked the Parliament of Romania with calls for a widespread land reform.
After King Ferdinand I dissolved the Parliament, Iuliu Maniu found himself at odds with the national leadership, especially after the new Prime Minister Alexandru Averescu (with support from the National Liberals) dissolved the Transylvanian Council in April 1920. Consequently, Maniu refused to attend Ferdinand's crowning ceremony as King of Greater Romania (held in Alba Iulia, in 1922), seeing it as an attempt to tie multi-religious Transylvania to Orthodoxy. At the same time, the PNR rejected the centralization imposed by the 1923 Constitution favored by Brătianu, and demanded that any constitutional reform be passed by a Constituent Assembly, and not by a regular vote in Parliament. Citing fears that the PNL had ensured a grip over Romanian politics, the PNR and the Peasants' Party united in 1926, and Maniu was leader of the new group, the National Peasants' Party (PNŢ), for the following seven years, and again between 1937 and 1947.
The PNŢ only came to power in November 1928, after both Ferdinand and Brătianu had died (in the elections of that year, it allied itself with the Romanian Social Democratic Party and the German Party). In 1930, Maniu maneuvered against the Constitution, and, together with Gheorghe Mironescu, brought about Carol's return and deposition of his son Michael. However, Carol did not respect the terms of his agreement with Maniu, refusing to resume his marriage to Queen Elena. After alternating governments of Maniu and Vaida-Voevod that had brought the party into conflict with the King's inner circle and with his lover Magda Lupescu, and had to deal with major problems caused by the Great Depression (including strike actions—see Griviţa Strike of 1933), Carol ultimately removed the PNŢ from national leadership.
With the loss of Northern Transylvania, Bessarabia, and Northern Dobruja in 1940, Carol conceded power and exiled himself, leading to the creation of the National Legionary State around the Iron Guard and General Ion Antonescu, a regime which aligned Romania with Nazi Germany and the Axis. The PNŢ survived in semi-clandestinity and, after Antonescu purged the Guard, achieved some unofficial status when Maniu began holding talks with the general over several issues (notably, he called for an end to persecution of the Jews and transports of Jews to Transnistria). He remained an opponent of Antonescu, a view which he balanced with his adversity towards the Soviet Union, and joined the plotters of the pro-Allied royal coup in 1944, while expressing his resentment of the Romanian Communist Party (PCR) involvement.
Subsequently, Maniu was the most prominent adversary of Soviet influence and advocate of the Western Allies, while his party became the predilect target of PCR hostility. After events such as the street fighting between the its supporters and Communists in February 1945, and the loss of the general election of November 1946 through widespread electoral fraud carried out by the pro-communist Petru Groza government, the PNŢ was sidelined, with the PCR ensuring the collaboration of several former party members, such as Nicolae L. Lupu and Anton Alexandrescu.
The party was outlawed in July 1947. That month, Ion Mihalache was alleged to have attempted to flee the country in an airplane which landed at Tămădău, in order to establish a government in exile (see Tămădău Affair). This was judged as treasonable, and both Maniu and Mihalache faced a kangaroo court that sentenced them to life imprisonment in a hard labour prison; given their advanced age, this amounted to a death sentence. The show trial, signaling the suppression of opposition groups, was a significant step towards the establishment of a communist regime in Romania.
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The MDC has set up a policy to solve the country's biggest crisis of unemployment and ensure that every citizen has a decent job by 2018, the party's Secretary General and Finance Minister, Hon. Tendai Biti has said.
He said this while addressing thousands of MDC supporters from Harare East at Mukandabhutsu and Runniville shops at the weekend.
"As the MDC, we came up with Juice, which means Jobs, Upliftment, Investment Capital and the Environment, because we want to create a minimum of one million jobs between now and 2018.
"Everyone knows that a job will take away poverty from their homes while domestic violence will decrease. Without the psychological stability of jobs, we will not have peace in the country," Hon. Biti who is also the Harare East MP said.
He said due to unemployment, Zimbabwe now had the highest per capita divorce rate in the world because there is no money in the homes. "The issue of unemployment has created serious dislocation in our nation," he said.
Hon. Biti said that Zanu PF's biggest failure was that of economic mismanagement and lack of love. He added that if the sunset party had love and listened to the cries of the people of Zimbabwe, they would have invested in infrastructure that would see all the people benefitting. "In the last four years, I was in the cockpit as the Finance Minister and I discovered that it's not difficult to run an economy, but you need the correct ingredients. When managing the economy, the first ingredient is love. You must love your people. You must know your priority. The people are saying we want schools and you buy arms of war, which is a wrong order. When you buy vehicles and build stadiums when people need housing then you are offside,' he said
He said that if one has love, they listen to what the people want and do exactly that. Further, Hon. Biti said the first step towards creating the one million jobs was to have foreign direct investment (FDI), which encourages investors to capitalise our industries.
"FDI does not come from China alone. As MDC, we have friends the world over, and we are proud of having all these friends. Some say Look East, others say Look West but as MDC we look forward. We want every foreign investor to come into our beautiful country," he said.
He added that the Zanu PF indigenisation policy is an elitist programme. Agreements signed by Zimplats, Mimosa, Unki mines have exposed how only a few people connected to Zanu PF are benefiting from the policy. "The MDC is clear. The Party of Excellence will revisit and review all clandestine and incestuous agreements made at night and in secret. We will not legitimise such agreements.
"The MDC wants to know how many jobs each company will create. We want value addition on our raw materials thus creating jobs. Let platinum be used to make cars in our country, so that our children will have jobs in here.
"Right now, we do not know what is happening to our diamonds. We are going to audit all the diamond income, to trace where the money came from and went to. We are watching these things. The people of Zimbabwe are watching. White collar crimes will cannot be hidden because there will always be an audit trail," he said.
Furthermore, Hon. Biti said the issue of housing was of concern to him and the MDC, as the majority of people are lodgers. Zimbabwe under Robert Mugabe has not allowed people to work and acquire houses and the MDC will not accept that.
"At least 65 percent of Zimbabweans are lodgers. Is that fair on our people? A lot of people have no security of tenure because the majority of people are lodgers," he said.
Speaking on rural development as one of the main thrusts of the next MDC government, Hon. Biti said Zimbabwe was still underdeveloped and the people are still fetching water from boreholes that were drilled a long time ago.
The roads have not been expanded, neither have there been improvements on any of the roads available. He said if there was need to make a difference in people's lives, the government should undertake an exercise for rural transformation.
"We want people to have electricity because electricity is transformative. We want clean, running water in the rural areas. It doesn't cost a lot of money. We want toilets that can be flushed in the rural areas," he said.
He said nearly 33 years after independence, 48 percent of the people are still using the bush toilet system, something which was unacceptable. "To sink a borehole alone costs US$2 000. To put an electricity transmitter, you need US$1 000. So out of a million dollars, how much can be done? If Mugabe had love, all this could have been done over the last three decades," he said.
"So the MDC government will ensure that there are proper roads in the country, that people have clean, safe water and better toilets for all," he said.
Turning to the new Constitution, Hon. Biti encouraged the people of Zimbabwe to vote yes in the referendum. He said the new constitution has dealt with the issue of citizenship where the so called aliens are now citizens of the country, by birth and will be allowed to vote. He said the new charter has an expanded Bill of Rights, which gave every Zimbabwean democratic rights, even when in prison.
'Now, you have a right to know why you were arrested. Once arrested, one has a right to make phone calls to their family, lawyer, doctor and pastor at the expense of the State. One will have the right to be visited while in prison, unlike a scenario we have where we need a letter from the Ministry of Justice. The new Constitution says one has a right to a hygienic environment not the current state of our jails where a section meant for 35 people is now being occupied by over 400 people.
He added that when arrested, one has a right to appear before a magistrate within 48 hours. When this does not happen, Hon. Biti said, the arresting officer is liable to pay the damages.
Speaking on the same issue, Senator for Chisipite and Deputy Justice Minister, Hon. Obert Gutu said the new Constitution allowed for two five-year terms for those seeking for higher offices. "The President can only lead the nation for 10 years, after that they are not legible to participate. It is now in the Constitution that those who carry public offices like the president, permanent secretaries, and service chiefs will have limited terms of office," he said.
Senator Gutu said in the new Constitution, there are commissions that give power to the people including the Gender Commission, Peace and Reconciliation Commission among others that empower the people to be the sole decision makers on national issues.
He encouraged the people of Zimbabwe to register to vote as the nation gears for the watershed elections this year. He said unless the two million residents of Harare register to vote, that number will remain a statistic and will be insignificant in terms of decision making.
"Harare is the most populated city with more than two million people. These numbers will not mean anything if people do not vote. That's why the MDC leadership of Harare Province is encouraging at least a million people to register to vote," he said.
He said the people's vote was their ammunition to determine the future they desired. 'Let us encourage the 18 year olds, the first time voters to register to vote. This is the first time when we have an opportunity to bring change to our country. Most people grew up under the ruler ship of Mugabe. He was in power since he was 56 years old, now he is close to 90 and still at the helm of national politics, this is time to change.
Rhino Mashaya, a representative of the Harare Youth Assembly said the youth should step in, register to vote and defend the people's vote. "In previous elections, as youth we were unable to defend our vote. Now it is important that we all vote yes for the constitution, then vote for president Tsvangirai in the presidential race and the MDC for the next government" said Mashaya.


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Bread rises in the foreground as baker Marsha Lemos and Scott Harris talk to a visitor at Saturday's inaugural bake oven kick at the Sackville Community Garden. PHOTO SUBMITED
Published on June 25, 2014
Baker Marsha Lemos, left, talks to visitors at the Sackville Community Garden during Saturday's inaugural bake oven kick. PHOTO SUBMITTED
In the Garden
By Norma Jean Worden-Rogers
Thank you to all that came out to the inaugural bake oven kick off this past Saturday, June 21, at the Sackville Community Garden. The event was well attended with over 120 people braving the wet weather to come see this magnificent piece of art in action.
A big thank-you goes out to Renaissance Sackville for funding the project, as well as the builders - Scott Harris, of Fundy Stonecraft built the oven with help from John Crawford, Daimen Hardy, Graeme Bancroft, Elliot Allan, Ross Galbraith and Filip Jaworski, making the project a big success.
Thank you to Marsha Lemos for creating a delectable menu for us – hand pizzas, stew, roasted apples and dates, roasted parsnips, baked potatoes, yum! In the future the oven will be used for community firings that will be advertised and be open to the entire community to bake in. In the meantime, dust off your grandmother's bread recipes and have them ready for the next event!
The Sackville Almanac – Late June Plantings
Plant in succession!What in the world does that mean? By planting 'in succession' it will ensure you have veggies consistently throughout the summer. As temperatures get warmer, greens tend to 'bolt'. This is when the plant thinks that it is done producing the leaves that we eat and thinks that its life is over. The 'bolt' or 'shoot' that comes up and flowers is how the greens spread their seed in preparation to grow the next year. If you plant greens throughout the season, you will always be able to eat salads without having to worry about bolting! Other crops that can be planted in succession are peas, beans, kale, radishes, etc.
For more information, visit our blog: sackvillecommunitygarden.wordpress.com or visit us on Charles Street!
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2006 Ford Mustang Hertz Shelby GT-H - Rent This Racer
Shelby celebrates the 40th Anniversary of the '66 GT350H by building 500 new Hertz GT-Hs
It's 1966 all over again, only this time, it's even better. How so? Forty years later--almost to the day--Shelby, Ford Motor Company, and the Hertz Corporation have again joined forces for a modern interpretation of the ultimate Mustang rental car.
Is the new '06 Hertz Shelby GT-H better than a '66 GT350H? In some ways, it's much better, mainly from a performance standpoint. Is it more collectible than a '66 Hertz Shelby? Not yet, but give it a few years. With only 500 scheduled for production, there's a good chance these new rentals will gain a true collectible following once their rental stints are complete and enthusiasts like us can own one.
Enough questions: Now it's time for some answers. And we've got 'em in the form of an exclusive look at the assembly at the Shelby facility in Las Vegas, along with a detailed examination at what sets an '06 Hertz Shelby GT-H apart from a standard Mustang GT.
Part of what we love about the car is its subtle execution. It's far more low-key than most other specialty Mustangs on the market these days. Not to worry, of course, as plenty of cool updates are a part of the Hertz Shelby program. But frankly, part of what's great about the car is what hasn't been done. The standard 17x8-inch five-spoke wheels and stock 235/55ZR17 Pirelli tires are a good example. With the car's lowered stance, they look good as opposed to over the top with 20-inch tires. Some of the concessions are certainly because these cars are destined for rental fleets, but the by-product is less bling and more function.
While the car is distinct, standing out even on the flashy Las Vegas strip, it's a tasteful new look that nicely accentuates the new S197 Mustang's super-clean retro lines. Starting with black premium-package GTs, the Hertz Shelby transformation begins with a Shelby-exclusive hood that incorporates a subtle 1-inch bulge in the center with a scoop near the front. A pair of hood pins are also added. An updated front fascia, slated for use on the '07 California Special Mustang GT, is added, along with a brushed-aluminum grille that eliminates the foglights found on all other '05-'06 Mustang GTs. As a tribute to the '66 Hertz cars, a running pony is subtly placed on the far driver-side of the front grille. In what we consider good taste, the only add-ons to the side of the car are a pair of scoops, also scheduled to be used on the '07 California Special.
As for emblems, restraint is again a part of the overall vibe. This includes removing the rear "GT" cap on the trunk lid for the standard V-6 cap with a running horse. The trunk lid is also home to a set of vintage-look letters that spell out "Shelby" just above the Pony cap. The front fender-mounted GT emblems are jettisoned in favor of a pair of low-key side emblems that simply say "Hertz."
Of course, no Hertz Shelby, '66 or '06, would be complete without the gold stripes running over the hood, roof, and trunk. There's also a pair of gold rocker stripes with the words "Shelby GT-H." All in all, it's an understated and refined appearance package that many aftermarket designers and stylists could take a hint or two from.
Moving inside, there's not much to improve upon. The GT-Hs have a dash plaque embossed with the Shelby serial number and a set of trick-looking door-sill plates that read "Hertz Shelby GT-H."


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i'm curious to hear about the wheel sizes on the new bike. I didn't read all 20 something pages, but it looks like it's got a 21" front (and the reports seem to confirm that), but I'm wondering if they are going to move to a 17" rear?
the new 800XC and the F800GS both have 21" fronts with a 17" rear. give you MANY more options for tires from what I've looked at. The SE can get away with the narrower 18" rear because you can throw on a 140/80-18 or a 120/100-18 rear, but the wider ADV is a lot more limited to what tires it'll fit...
more power IMHO is always good. but then again I ride a CBR1000rr on the street and have considered one of the new BMW S1krr's but that's just me.
Lighter would be MUCH better as well, but sometimes that's what the aftermarket is for. the exhaust manufacturers are going to have a hayday with this one. :)
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The Privilege to Grow Old
It's a cliché, that headline. You see it printed on plaques and greeting cards and if people still stitched them, undoubtedly it would turn up on samplers:
"Do not regret growing old. It is a privilege denied to many."
The thought could be a companion to another bromide, "Old Age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative."
And that one could be taken as a reaction to actor John Derek's dictum in the 1949 movie, Knock on any Door: "Live fast, die young and leave a good-looking corpse." (Many other sources cited here..)
I doubt that Derek's character (or the film's writer) really meant that. I think the 17th/18th century satirist, cleric, poet Jonathan Swift nailed most people's feeling about old age, one that remains so more than 350 years after Swift's death: "Everyone wants to live forever but nobody wants to grow old."
If anything, that sentiment has become only stronger over the centuries; it is now a cultural truism promoted and supported by the several billion dollar anti-aging industry.
From the cradle, we are brainwashed every day with images, jokes and advertising telling us that gray hair, wrinkles, saggy skin and other evidence of old age are bad, bad, bad and must be denied even when they are obvious.
We are exhorted to lie, pretend and spend large amounts of money in the attempt to make everyone looking at us think we are younger than they can perfectly well see we are.
When the appearance of old age can't be denied, people think saying "She doesn't act old'" - whatever that means - is a compliment. (By the way, next time someone says that to you, paraphrase Gloria Steinem as I do: "This is what 73 acts like these days.")
All the negative energy aimed toward aging exhausts me. We're all going to die but in the United States, if we make it to 65, we can expect nearly 20 more years of living and that's just the average. Life expectancy at 65 for people in other developed countries is even a bit higher.
And it is a privilege to be here that long because some are not.
Too many friends died young. One was only 28. Another was barely 40. A third, the same year, was 42. And one, with whom I had planned to share a home in our old age, was 52.
It would be a wonderful thing if I could know what kind of old person they each would have become. I choose to assume they would have had no interest in worrying about how they looked at age 60, 70 and more and having known them well, I believe I'm not wrong.
They – along with some others I knew – didn't get the chance to find out what old age is like. I have that privilege and so do most of you who read this blog. Certainly we can use the time better than pretending we are not old.
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Thanks, Ronni. Lately, I have reconsidered goals for my remaining years. I used to think I should live "like I only had a few months" left. Now, I say, "Don't be afraid of taking on more long term writing projects." If I do make it for "a longer time," I don't want to feel regret that I never started.
It would be a wonderful thing if I could know what kind of old person they each would have become.
What a great thought --- Thanks
My only regret is that my parents did not live long enough to see ME grow old.
Beautifully put! I was just thinking exactly the same thing! Rejected an ad on FB because it was about hiding your wrinkles...I'm so sick of all the negativity surrounding signs of aging! Maybe if we all fight back, those of us who are fortunate enough to have wrinkles, we might stem the tide of negativity! I feel lucky to have lived long enough to have wrinkles! But alas, there's not much money to be made in that!
...then again, there are occasions when I wish I had a chin again.
I've changed my goals from trying to LOOK good to trying to FEEL good. Sure I've got wrinkles and the gray hair--though it's been slow coming--is finally more apparent. I don't plan to do anything about those things--no Botox or hair dye for me.
But I have changed my diet radically to reduce my sugar consumption and increase my fruits & vegetables consumption. And I have added swimming to my yoga and walking routines. I don't try to be beautiful anymore, just healthy. I think if I stay healthy, I'll enjoy the coming years much more.
This is so beautiful, Ronnie. Thank you for your appreciation of the present at any age and the joy you have for life. I've never really understood the anti-aging industry. I think aging is beautiful– it allows one to remember all the places they've been!
My wrinkles don't bother me at all. They are a map of a life that survived life's struggles.
Thanks for the reminder about Gloria Steinem's remarks. I yam what I yam, work to be okay with that.
After three "breast conserving surgeries" for ductal carcinoma in 2006 followed by 33 radiation treatments, my surgeon offered reconstructive surgery. A cousin who underwent reconstructive surgery after her breast cancer contracted an infection which she suffered from for two years. I decided against the reconstruction. I am fine with what's left of my right breast and it has been seven years since the margins were clear. I faithfully have a mammogram every year. I am still alive and my cousin passed away two years ago.
We were within a month of being the same age. I miss her.
"Certainly we can use the time better than pretending we are not old." Profoundly agree with sentiments in this post. " Younger Next Year" is a book I recently spotted at the library that I have no intention of reading. We are ALL growing old. It is growing old vibrantly that matters, no pretending there is no aging.
I recently asked my 10 year old granddaughter if she thought I was old. I am 60. She said, "No, but you are getting there." That's how I choose to look at it, too.
I was interested in your comment about John Derek. He was my boyfriend when I was 14, 62 years ago. We had great fun riding horses in the Santa Monica California hills. He died in his seventies, probably not such a great looking corpse, but he was a handsome teenager!
I have to amend my post. It was 72 years ago. I can still ride horseback and I am so glad I got to get OLD.
Alice! So interesting and I am extremely impressed that you can still ride horseback!
I think you become the same kind of person in old age that you are when you are young; the traits just deepen and get stronger. A forward-thinking, positive and youthful in outlook person will still be that in old age, unless something drastic happens to change their psyche. A negative, grouchy young person doesn't usually change as they grow into older years (in my experience.)
Alice Hoffner, I am trying not to be jealous. I had SUCH a crush on John back in the day!!
Every comment above is gold.
I never lie about my age. Today I piped up in my ESL volunteer job classroom and flat out said I am 71.
Nobody fainted or dove out the window.
No way will I apologize for looking, acting, being this age.
We are a huge force in this world today. We have the knowledge, experience and staying power.
If you feel like learning something new or teaching something, forget about how old you are or how much time you might have.
Just go for it.
A senior woman I garden for is 88 years old. her husband died a year ago.
Call her G.
G got together with two of her retired children and bought a small farm in Ontario, where they plan to live and raise alpacas.
G could say "oh gee I am too old for this move."
But no. She is looking forward to a new life.
Bruce, I enjoy your blog. You are an example of someone who is shining where you are.
Nobody should be kicked off the dance floor of life.
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Please do this right now.
Google The Trashmen singing "Surfin Bird."
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I love to read the comments about aging from aging people.
I think a lot of "trying to look younger" is more about fear of dying than fear of aging.
And we live in a culture where it pays to look 10 years younger than you are. Of course you are not fooling yourself! But if you want to be taken seriously in our society, don't pull down the shades on grooming, exercise, make-up and "hair attention" before you are ready to be "dismissed!".
Still and all, it is ok to get to the point where being "dismissed!" is what we may actually want. "Leave me alone" is what many seniors really do say. And that is ok, also.
Just be kind to those who are still fighting the battle against erosion and gravity.
Agreed. And I had the same thought this morning on my walk I'm becoming very aware of how creaky I'm getting to be. My greatest motivation for exercising lately is less aesthetic and more the desire to keep all the parts moving.
Great Post!
Riverwatch and Marty--we may think somewhat alike about some aspects of aging. At 77 I'm not quite ready to be "dismissed". I'm still fighting but mostly with weapons I have naturally. No Botox, cosmetic surgery or expensive elixirs (altho' I do still choose to color my hair).
I'm not afraid of dying per se, but I am concerned about getting there in this age of "heroic" medicine. That a huge percentage of Medicare funds is expended on high-tech treatment of very ill elders in their last 3-6 months of life--when death will occur in a matter of weeks or months regardless--makes no sense to me. It approaches being criminal when the elder has made his/her wishes to the contrary clear in writing.
I'm waiting for the day when I let someone know my age (currently 76) and they reply, "Really? Gee you look much older than that" It would do my heart good after having so many people tell me, "...but you (insert verb or adjective) so young!"
Do I really look stupid enough to believe what they tell me?
Well, what's a 76 year old supposed to look like, eh?! Sometimes if we are upright the young think we look like a miracle!
It bothers me when people tell me I don't look 70. I always want to say (in alarm) "Well check and see what I look like tomorrow!"
The slide is real and on-going and it is shocking.
I don't want to look young, I just want to look "ok". Big job. Ha ha.
And, Elizabeth, the heroic medicine is "over the top" sometimes, but basically the anguish and pain go to the family and friends, not the patient. Having been a nurse doing "heroics", most team members say we are getting a chest tattoo that says STOP. Of course we never get the tattoo and we do realize that the heroics on old patients teaches the team how to better save the young person intact. It is "research and effort", not just effort. Do I believe in it? Not really, but I don't disbelieve in it either since I do cheer and support the rising generation. And many of the wonderful perfected advances in medicine I enjoy are possible because they were perfected on old patients who were in the departure lane when I was young. "Leave me alone" is a real statement uttered by many old patients. Even some young patients!
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Apple iPhone 3G 8GB 'top for mobile phone recycling'
8 July 2010 — 3:53 PM
Apple's iPhones are the most recycled handsets, new figures have revealed.
The table from SellMyMobile.com reveals the Apple iPhone 3G 8GB is top of the chart when it comes to what devices consumers are choosing to recycle for cash.
One reason for this could be the release of the iPhone 4 last month, which saw stocks sell out on the release date as people snapped up the latest Apple offering.
In second place is the Apple iPhone 3G S 16GB, while the 3g 16GB version takes third position for most recycled mobile phones.
The website also noted the most recent mobile phone recycling sales, with Envirofone one of the companies it regularly tracks.
Envirofone has been established in the UK and Ireland since 2005 and says it hopes 2010 will be "a massive year", while it is set to expand across several other countries.
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Kofi's hat and Pardon My Freedom have some (slightly more encouraging) tracks from the new Yeah Yeah Yeahs album! (via Aziz)
- Austin's Oh No! Oh My! have been setting the blogs abuzz with their melodic indie pop – head over to DoCopenhagen to grab a couple of their tracks (and some Band of Horses while you're there!)
- Bishop Allen had the innovative idea of serializing their music, giving their fans something to look forward to with a new EP release every month – and the surprising part is the music is always amazing. Head over to The Underrated Blog and grab the track "Vain".
- Strap on your dancing shoes and mosey on over to My Old Kentucky Blog to nod and bop to the electrosynthpopawesome sounds of The Gaskets.
- Check out a few tracks from a NYC band I've been digging a lot recently – Bravo Silva.
The Daily Danza
Don't let Rachel
Ray raid Tony's gig. Do your part and sign the Save the Tony Danza Show Petition!
- Sophia Bush wants to annul her marriage to Chad Michael Murray, citing "fraud." She says that before they got married he convinced her that she had heard of him.
- Barry Bonds switches from "the cream" to estrogen therapy.
- CBS is suing Howard Stern for "improperly us[ing] CBS radio's air time to promote his new show with Sirius." But they were totally fine with his throwing sandwich meat at strippers.
- The Apprentice got whupped by Two and a Half Men, Courting Alex, and 24. Donald Trump blames Bode Miller.
- They're fake and they're so-so: Teri Hatcher admits to having used botox and collagen in the past.
- Michael Jackson has reportedly pledged to build a Mosque in Bahrain. They've politely declined the offer.
- Bobby Brown denies saying to Tamala Jones, "Don't you know I always wanted to f**k you?" I don't know, it sure sounds like him.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Microsoft iPod Parody
Maybe it's the years of conditioning, but the Microsoft way of doing things kind of makes sense to me.
Oh God, did I actually say that? It's too late for me, save yourself!
Apple Martin Sings the Blues
Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin's 2 year old daughter Apple Martin is wide-eyed and adorable but up until now she just wasn't motivated enough. So I was relieved to see she's finally done something with her life: Apple Martin recorded an album. The tracks have only been heard by insiders like family friend Helena Christensen. But the hope is, with this new direction, she'll finally get out of the house and make something of herself.
Jack White Hates Us
From his rant a couple days ago over at WhiteStripes.com:
Back when there was a time when we had great writers, and respected
journalists who had earned their position as tastemakers, and won
peoples respect with their knowlege and insight, it was much easier to
understand a written opinion because at least you knew where it was
coming from.
Now those printied opinions are probably coming from the person
sitting next to you on his laptop at the mall. Why should you care
about their opinion? Why shouldn't you? Who are all those people on vh1 trashing everyone?
Why does a failed stand up comedian have the final word on the rubik's
cube? They are currently digging trenches for the bar to be lowered
down into.
Ouch. I take it Jack doesn't love the 80's. (via Ms. Modern Age)
While You Were Thinking It's Still February
Two security guards were shot at a Kanye West show in England, by a fan trying to get in without a ticket. Just what Kanye's ego needs – the knowledge that people would commit murder to see him perform.
- Sex symbol Jessica Alba is reportedly threatening to sue Hugh Hefner for giving readers the idea that she appears nude in the issue of Playboy on whose cover she
posed forwas featured (Ed. note: Thank you to the veritable Deep Throat of the comments sections for this important clarification). Imagine that, people thinking you might be naked when you're on the the cover of Playboy!
- Lindsay Lohan claims that she "has no celebrity friends". Probably because they're all her lovers.
- The success of Brokeback Mountain has apparently "made gay okay" in Hollywood, which for so long been has been known only for its raging heterosexuality.
- Sorry guys, but PoweR Girl and totally desirable babe Lizzie Grubman is off the market. Guess you'll have to look elsewhere for the vapid, soulless succubus of your dreams!
- If you have as much trouble keeping up as I do, click here for a handy
trainwrecktimeline of Pete Doherty's wasted life.
In Case You Missed Him: The Real World: Key West's Johnny Bananas
In the past few seasons of the Real World, I've noticed an increase in frat guy meat-heads per capita on the show. Where as there used to be one token frat guy, in the past few seasons there have 2 per house ( Philly's MJ & Landon, Austin's Danny & Wes). But in last night's premiere of the new Real World in Key West, the producers have distilled the power of 10 frat guys into one protein-shaking, beer-funneling, Adidas flip-flopping, bro-calling super-duper frat guy: Johnny Bananas.
Barely Legal: Madonna Blows Up
stealing the name Semtex from the Czech
company Explosia. Semtex is the name of one their best-known explosive. I knew
that name would blow up in her face. Or, if you like, this is Madonna's biggest bomb
since Who's That Girl.
Madonnais accused of
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Puzzle fans may wish to sell used phones to fund Nokia N8 purchase
30 November 2010 — 2:16 PM
Those who love to take on puzzles and complete challenges everywhere they go could decide to sell their used phones and put the money towards a Nokia N8 after learning of a trio of games that have been made available free of charge by the brand.
Adam, writing the Nokia Conversations blog, says the three titles each pose a different problem for switched-on mobile users.
The first to be released for consumers is Blast Box, which features falling blocks very much like Tetris, but it should be noted the game play is "very different".
Also up for grabs is GemsXXL, where people are asked to shift sparkly gems around the board in an attempt to match three and win points, as well as a traditional Jigsaw Puzzle app that could provide hours of fun.
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Sometimes a downhill bike isn't actually the best machine for downhill racing. Canadian racer Steve Smith (Devinci Global Racing) headed south this past spring to race at the Sea Otter Classic but given the relatively tame course, he pushed his usual Devinci Wilson Carbon aside in favor of a much lighter Dixon Carbon enduro rig.
Despite having about 60mm less travel at either end and vastly different geometry, team mechanic Nigel Reeve told BikeRadar that Smith still, "wanted it to feel as much like his downhill bike as possible."
Part of bridging that gap came from setting the Dixon Carbon enduro machine in its lower and slacker setting for a 347mm (13.7in) bottom bracket height and 67-degree head tube angle. Reeve said the suspension feel is similar as well even with just 145mm of travel out back and 160mm up front.
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Heirloom Tomato Galette WFO
The Los Angeles Times had a recipe this week for a Savory Tomato Galette and we were firing up the wfo for beer-can chix and thought this recipe would be super in the wfo.
You make a simple non-sweet Galette (pastry) dough. I imaging a store bought frozen would be fine but it was simple to make. Flour, Crisco, butter tsp of salt-sugar-cider vinager & ice water...you get the message.
Inside was cut up heirlooms tomatoes, garlic, kalamata olives, evo, salt, pepper (draining in a colander for the 2 hours that the dough was setting up in the frdige), We forgot to buy fresh garlic so I had shallots instead.
WFO was 450 deg, it was done in 20 minutes:
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Ate at room temp as a side to the chix. The rich dough was great with the ripe tomatoes. We'll make it again but also do it with a sweeter dough and sliced peaches, raspberries, almond slivers and sugar instead for a wfo desert rustic galette.
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Beautiful and I bet tasty too.
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That looks fantastic, we need to be able to taste test these dishes! It looks like you are truly enjoying the fruits of your labor!
Great idea with the dessert... we make a pear pizza with butter,cinnamon, brown sugar and cooked pears, on the pie. Then on the side, mix ricotta and confectioners sugar, then add on as a sauce after it comes out of the oven!
You can tell I haven't eaten dinner yet!
I haven't tried ribs yet, your pics are making me try it next weekend!:D
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Thanks John,
I love pears so that sounds like a good desert to try.
thanks, Dino
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After I read this, I came to realize that you really are just an amature! Everyone can criticize me for how long it is taking me to complete my oven, but I always have remaind true to the basics as much as possible. Even though I have been here in Saudi Arabia I can honestly say that I have NEVER EVER RUN OUT OF FRESH GARLIC!!!
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Believe me Gary, my reaction was "really?", "We have no cloves of garlic in the whole house?" We make the "rounds" at least weekly (Costco to Trader Joes to Whole Foods to the Mediterranean Market, repeat, repeat, repeat) and neither of us thought about garlic.
You can use that "but I'm in Saudi #@&!$ing Arabia and can't possibly finish my oven" excuse only so much :p We expect results!
Just kidding, actually having to delay your build so much & often gives you time to think constructively for when you do get back to it. Glad to hear you're still trying to build it.
Cheers, Dino
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How about compiling a 'WFO Friendly" thread for the LA Times Recipes and your own of course. Sort of like Whats Cooking at Karangi Kitchen.
I think it would be great to have a few booked marked sites of all the dishes / recipes that I would love to try at home once my build is complete :).
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I have fairly new to the WFOers club, but your thinking outside the box with cooking has me starting to compile recipes already, although I am still in the building phase. Keep em coming......
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Thanks Russell, Les and Joe (Gulf).
Gulf, I'm really enjoying your oven build and great detail I see on your picasa web album.
Doug (Karangi Dude) is just amazing with his wfo cooking skills. He should be christened the "house chef" of FB Cooking, so I'm not going to even attempt anything like he's doing. My problem is that I'm either organized, or I eat. Never both so I'll just post food pics when I can :o.
I made this tomato tart a few days ago in the house oven on a pizza stone and took it camping over the weekend. Works great indoors too.
I'm starting a word doc on my mac today of food I'd like to do in the wfo and high on the list is paella. Although I feel like I haven't done a pizza in so long, I've forgotten the process :D
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A security firm is trying to call attention to 13 applications that have showed up in the official Android Market over concerns that they contain software development tools that enable the theft of data.
The baker's dozen of applications, carrying names like Counter Elite Force and Balloon Game, allows downloaders to play action, adventure and puzzle games, Kevin Haley, director of Symantec Security Response, said.
But they also contain a software development kit (SDK), known as "Appherhand," that not only installs a search bar on the user's phone but also allows the distributors to change the user's home page and add and remove bookmarks and shortcuts.
"I'm not sure why you would need to pull someone's bookmarks," Haley said. "I'm not aware of the benefit."
The apps, which contain a trojan dubbed by Symantec as "Counterclank," have been downloaded between one and five million times, Haley said.
Apperhand is quite similar to an SDK that was present in a number of apps that appeared over the summer in the Android Market. They carried malicious code referred to as "Plankton," which enabled the distributor to gain remote access to the device. Ultimately, Google temporarily suspended these apps, but upon conclusion of its investigation, determined that they were not harmful.
"You should be aware what you're getting into when you download these apps, and if you don't want them taking these actions on your phone, then I think you should remove them," Haley said.
Google, however, will not remove the apps because they do not violate its terms of service, Symantec said in a blog post Monday. A Google spokesman declined to comment.
Lookout Mobile Security, meanwhile, said in a blog post it doesn't consider the applications malware, but it does appear to be "an aggresive form of [an] ad network and should be taken seriously."
As the mobile device space continues to mature, security companies and platform providers will be forced to sort out exactly what is worth flagging and what is not. Haley likened this to the early days of the PC industry, when spyware programs routinely were considered innocuous.
"Maybe we don't have all the nomenclature set yet in the Android or malware space," Haley admitted. "We're building consensus on what these things ought to be called."
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