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The possibility of the spread of the Arab Spring revolutionary wave onto post-Soviet countries worries a big number of experts with Azerbaijan potentially going first.
There were several stages of liberalization and democratization that the ex-Soviet republics passed through with expectations of being crowned by a final one inspired by the Arab Spring. First stage was the collapse of the USSR in 1991 that led to the independence of the ex-Soviet republics.
Second stage was represented in the wave of color revolutions in several post-Soviet countries — Georgia (2003), Ukraine (2004), and Kcoyrgyzstan (2005) — during which opposition removed the old ex-Soviet leaders and assumed power. And now, by the estimates of some experts, a third stage of liberalization can come to some post-Soviet countries with the revolutionary wave from the Arab World. And the first country noted in the list of such countries is Azerbaijan.
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Will the Arab revolutionary wave reach the post-Soviet space? It is a real question. Surely, the Arab World, Azerbaijan, and other post-Soviet Muslim countries of Central Asia are quiet different. All these countries live in very different political circumstances and under the influence of very different historical, cultural, and political traditions. But some trends in today Azerbaijani society force us to make conclusions about serious legitimacy problems facing the ruling regime.
Political Unrest
Last year, Azerbaijani capital Baku observed its largest demonstrations during the last five to six years. For example, last April, the new opposition coalition Civil Movement for Democracy (Public Chamber) gathered ten thousand people for an opposition meeting in Baku.
The members of that action demanded that authorities organize extraordinary parliamentary elections, free political prisoners, end corruption, and solve the problem of the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan which was declared independent from Baku in 1991. They chanted slogans such as "Down with Aliev's regime!" and "Freedom to prisoners, prisons to embezzlers!"
The leader of the Opposition People's Front Party, Ali Kerimli, stated that the meeting "is the first meeting during last seven years officially allowed by authorities. During all these years the regime tried to stifle opposition but it failed despite of prohibition of meetings and murders of journalists". He promised that for the next meeting the opposition will gather 100 thousand people.
The fact that Azerbaijani society is able to suddenly burst forth out of grievance from the government bureaucratic policies became more than evident in last March. In Quba — one of the Lezgi districts on the North of Azerbaijan — local population marched in masses against alleged corruption conducted by a district official, which forced the Azerbaijani government to commit troops and additional police units.
During that unrest, more than ten thousand people crowded the streets of Quba. Sizeable part of demonstrators began storming the house of the district administrator and some other administration buildings. After a series of arsons and pogroms, police began to use teargas and arrest the leaders of protesting crowd. The demonstrators went away only after discharging the Quba district administrator and after releasing all arrested people.
Ethnic Minorities
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Full name: Republic of Azerbaijan
Capital: Baku
Population: 9 million (World Bank, 2010)
Religion: Muslim 93.4%, Russian Orthodox 2.5%, Armenian Orthodox Church 2.3%, and other 1.8%
Area: 86,600 sq km (33,400 sq miles)
Languages: Azerbaijani 89%, Russian 3%, Armenian 2%, and other 6%.
Literacy rate: 99.5% (2007 UN Human Development Report).
Neighbors: Iran (south), Turkey (south), Russia (north), Georgia (north-west) and Armenia (west).
Natural resources: Petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, nonferrous metals, alumina.
Sources: bbc.co.uk and azembassy.us
Against this background, the criticism of Baku's policy toward ethnic and religious minorities is also becoming tougher. The fact is that together with predominant Turk-speaking Azerbaijani people this country is homeland to other native ethnic minorities — Persian-speaking Talyshs on the board with Iran and Dagestani people like Lezgi, Avar, Tsahur, and others in the Northern part of the country.
The critics of the Azerbaijani administration blame it for conducting purposeful policy to assimilate the ethnic minorities, prohibit using native languages in administrative offices, falsify the history of ethnic minorities, restrict them in their rights for establishing national organizations and media outlets, arresting and murdering national activists, and so on.
In June, a conference took place in Moscow about the protection of the rights of Lezgi and Avar people separated between Russia and Azerbaijan. Just after the event the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Tolyshi Sado" (Voice of Talysh) and the deputy head of the Talysh Cultural Centre, Hilal Mamedov, were arrested in Azerbaijan. Recently new criminal charges of treason and inciting ethnic hatred were filed against Mamedov.
But a big number of human rights defenders, including Chair of the Russian "Civil Assistance" committee, Svetlana Gannushkina, say that criminal case against Mamedov has political background, that it has been fabricated, and that criminal proceedings against him should be stopped.
Sunni Community
Shiites represent about 60-65 percent of the Muslim population of Azerbaijan, while Sunnis stand for 35-40 percent. However, Azerbaijani governmental bodies intentionally widen the influence of Shiism in the country. For example, by the words of Dagestani expert Ruslan Gereev Azerbaijani, authorities provide all kind of preferences to Shiite communities and organizations and restrict the activity of Sunni communities and organizations.
Several years ago Sunnis of Azerbaijan witnessed the closure of Sunni mosques in the country. Some experts named those events "a whole campaign of crackdown on Sunni mosques" in Azerbaijan. For example, one of the biggest mosques — Abu Bakr Masjid — labeled by officials and police as a "Wahhabi mosque" was closed in the summer of 2008.
In early 2009 Turkish mosque "Shahidlyar" was closed "for reconstruction," according to the officials. Next mosque was closed in Gyanja city. An attempt to close Ilahiyat Mosque was stopped after interference of Turkish Embassy. (Click here for the US Department of State 2011 religious freedom report on Azerbaijan)
On top of that, authorities repeatedly attempt to pressure on the gem of historical center of old Baku — Lezgi Mosque built in the twelfth century. Since year 2000, this mosque has been added to the list of UNESCO's world cultural heritage.
Along with this, police crackdown on Muslim activists is growing in the northern regions of Azerbaijan inhabited by Sunni Dagestani people (Lezgis, Avars, and Tsahurs). During the June Moscow conference on the rights of Lezgi and Avar people, experts talked a lot about the heavy presence of the military in the Sunni districts of Azerbaijan.
Dagestani expert Alikhan Amrahov writes about regular operations of Azerbaijani secret services in northern districts of the country inhabited by Sunnis and arrests of Sunni Muslims charged with keeping arm and planning terrorist attacks. According to his words, the most severe oppression is directed against Sunni communities with pro-Dagestani positions. They are blamed by Shiite leaders of official Muslim spiritual board in following "Wahhabi Islam," organizing underground radical groups, and preparing terrorist attacks against authorities.
External World
|Some trends in today Azerbaijani society force us to make conclusions about serious legitimacy problems facing the ruling regime.
At the same time, Azerbaijan begins conducting more unfriendly policy toward its nearest neighbors of Russia and Iran. For example, recently, Baku raised high the renting price of the Russia Qabala Radar Station on the North of Azerbaijan from $7 million to $300 million annually. This decision was seen by Moscow as a sign for Baku's interest in stopping renting the radar station.
"Russian Defense Ministry is disappointed by non-constructive approach of Azerbaijan to the negotiations on prolongation of Qabala Station renting," a high ranked Russian officer told the media. Along with this "disappointment," Moscow watches with great attention Azerbaijani policy toward ethnic minorities, especially Dagestani people.
As for Azerbaijani-Iranian relations, they are getting worse at an ever-increasing rate. The reasons behind that trend are numerous. Beginning from nervous reaction of Baku on Iran's attempts to widen its influence onto Azerbaijani Shiite community and ending by huge irritation of Tehran on the Azerbaijani-Israeli relations becoming closer.
Last year witnessed a series of loud scandals between Baku and Tehran. The Azerbaijani secret service uncovered a plot of "Iranian terrorists" against Azerbaijani high ranked officials. In addition, Azerbaijani National Assembly deputies asked to rename Azerbaijan to "Northern Azerbaijan," which reminds Tehran of Baku's old claims on a big part of Iranian territory known as Southern Azerbaijan.
The last straw that forced Tehran to recall its Ambassador, Mohammad Bahir Bahrami, from Baku was the incident where demonstrators in Baku protesting against "anti-Azerbaijani policy" of Iran insulted the supreme Iranian spiritual leader Ali Khamenei.
Behind this background, experts draw the attention to the rapid growth in the Azerbaijani-Israeli relations on the threshold of possible attack on Iran. What is worth mentioning also is the 2009 WikiLeaks document where US Deputy Ambassador in Baku Donald Lu stated: "President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliev said that relations of his country with Israel resemble the iceberg — nine-tenths is hidden from eyes."
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All problems mentioned above rapidly increase the tensions within Azerbaijani society and radicalism among opposition, ethnic, and religious minorities; that is why some experts and politicians began to discuss about possible export of Arabic revolution to Azerbaijan.
Compared to their Arab counterparts, crowds in Azerbaijan are not Islamic opposition and their protests are not a wakening up of oppressed middle class by reason of rapid growing access to social networks, Facebook and Twitter. Rather, the post-Soviet Azerbaijan has a strong traditions of political opposition with strong public and political organizations. To understand the difference between situations in the Arab countries and Azerbaijan one should consider such as the huge remaining influence of the Soviet political heritage hanging over the Azerbaijani society and its high level of secularization.
That is why one cannot outright confirm the reproduction of the Arab spring scenarios in Azerbaijan. The Azerbaijan protest will probably imply gradual increasing of protest activity of the Azerbaijani opposition inspired by the success of the Arab revolutions. But as for more tectonic processes and irreversible consequences for Azerbaijan society one can talk only in the case of the collapse of the political regimes of neighbor countries.
A top concern that the Azerbaijani government should keep an eye on is the situation in Iran with 25 to 30 million Azeris, while the whole population of Azerbaijan including ethnic minorities is only about nine million people. Surely Iranian regime has a high degree of robustness. But in the light of public mood and increasing readiness to protest, activity within Shiite communities of Bahrain, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia, and in the light of the growing influence of Shiites in Iraq, Lebanon, and Syria some experts predict the appearance of a "Shiite Crescent" — Irani-oriented political alliance of Shiite political movements and parties.
A new serious situation will arise for officials in Baku in the occasion of the rapid religious revival of Azerbaijani society. Today Aliev's regime in Azerbaijan solves the problem of the growth of the Islamic activism by supporting Shiite expansion to Sunni regions of the country and by the expulsion of the active and radical Sunnis to neighbor Dagestan Republic of Russia.
In case the Sunni communities in Northern districts of Azerbaijan became militarized or the Northern Caucasian militant groups penetrated to the Azerbaijan territory then the ruling regime in Baku will find itself gripped in a scary vise between radical Sunni militants on the North, Shiite alliance on the South, and irreconcilable reality within the country.
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Chrysler Sebring owners have reported 121 problems related to horn assembly (under the electrical system category).
My 2008 chyrsler seabring engine stop on highway and steering wheel lock. The reason why is a chyrsler defected part (tipm) which is total intergrated power module. Chyrsler have a lawsuit on them about this problem. My car is at the dealer for repair. Cost $1100. 00 which I have to pay. This problem should be fix for free under recall. Also horn blowing, door window moving , trunk opening,interior light not coming on. It would help I you could contact the dealer concerning my issue. Contact information: ginn Chrysler Jeep Dodge ,5190 us-278 ,covington georgia 30014 ,770-786-2271 tim dabney timd@gelginn. Com (business manager) zack thackston (service advisor ).
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The 2009 Chrysler Sebring horn starts to blow at all hours and I have to go out and hit the horn pad on the steering wheel. I had it go off in traffic and almost had a guy in a road rage situation until I told him what happens to the horn. This should be a recall for safety for sure. I see where there are many more complaints on the internet.
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Tl-the contact owns a 2003 Chrysler Sebring. The contact stated that the she noticed that the entire steering column was fractured. The driver's side air bag warning light was continuously illuminated. The failure occurred continuously. The horn was fractured and the cruise control was fractured as well. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the clock spring needed to be replaced but the vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made of the failure. The failure mileage was 130,000. Pp.
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The contact owns a 2005 Chrysler Sebring. The contact stated that while driving at 35 mph, the horn independently activated. The failure recurred several times. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the driver side air bag and the horn switch needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown. The VIN was not available.
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Car pulled out in front and hit the horn, which did not work, and now comes on only intermittently, or even on its own. This seems to be a common problem with the Sebrings and from blogs seems to be due to a faulty switch inside the airbag cover on the steering wheel. This is a terrible safety hazard and should have been recalled.
See all problems of the 2006 Chrysler Sebring.
I first noticed the light in the analog click go out, then the light in the shifter and overhead lamp. Most importantly is my power locks stopped working. I purchased a 5 batteries for my remote key and when that didn't work I purchased a new set of keys. The horn and lights would sound but the locks would not lock. I have to manually lock my doors and I'm unable to access my trunk unless I crawl in from the back seat and hit the release. I've had several people look over my car and I no one can figure this out. I finally started researching and I see several recalls but because my car was not built in a certain time and location I'm not qualified for the recalls unless I pay out of my own pocket. I can't even trade it in and get a good enough price due to these malfunctions. I will by no means trust Chrysler or Dodge vehicles.
I recently got pulled over because my horn keeps going of uncontrollably! I had to take the fuse out and I've been pulled over twice because the horn goes off and distracts drivers unintentionally. They get mad and call the cops. . Then once this fuse is pulled the gas meter goes crazy and dumb. It said once we had half tank and we ran out as soon as we pulled out the driveway! this is a safety hazard!! this need to be recalled!!.
Horn goes off by itself and continues to sound, until pounding on the steering wheel center. Dealer says it is a bad horn switch which is integral with the airbag assembly, which is not a covered part with extended warrantee and costs >$750. This would be very unsafe in a high traffic situations, or bad neighborhoods.
Horn started to sound when I was in a parking lot at low to no speed. It would not stop. I had to pull the fuse to disconnect. Dealer said entire horn with airbag assembly needed to be replaced. I was not under warranty, but I noticed the repair ticket had a cost in the range of $700 to $1,000 to complete the job. I bet a lot of people just leave horn and airbag disconnected rather than pay that much money. I have seen many people complain about the same.
The contact owns a 2006 Chrysler Sebring. While driving at various speeds, the horn sounded on its own intermittently. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the clock spring, horn pad, and driver side air bag needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 110,975.
Tl-the cotact owns a 2005 chrylser Sebring. The contact stated while driving the horn sounded and the sound susatined. The vehicle was taken to a dealer, where it was diagnosed that the driver air bag was defective. The failure was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 64,000. Jb.
My horn sounds continously in the middle of the night with no cause or prompting, causing unnecessary angst for me and discomfort for my neighbors.
The contact owns a 2005 Chrysler Sebring. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the horn activated independently. In addition, the contact stated that the horn was depressed but failed to function. The failure recurred on numerous occasions. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who diagnosed that the horn and air bag needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 50,000.
The contact owns a 2006 Chrysler Sebring. The contact stated that the horn activated intermittently. The vehicle was to be inspected, diagnosed and repaired by an authorized dealer. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 125,000.
There is a defective part in the steering wheel that costs around $1000 dollars to fix. The horn will go off with any warning. There are currently 49 complaints on the car complaints website for the Sebring model. . Read more...
Horn goes off by itself, even sitting in the driveway turned off.
Just purchased the car a year ago. Horn did not work since the purchase date. Finally decided to see if I could fix the problem. When trying to repair it,discovered fuse was removed because horn blows continuously.
1st time jut got out of driveway in a. M. And car horn went off and stayed on through most of street and then turned corner and went off again for several seconds as I approached 1st stoplight. 2nd time as I very briefly beeped horn at friend twice, near my local donuts place & mcd's, but it continued ! I was too embarrassed to stop. 3rd time no one around it parked in driveway when I was shoveling snow. Next & worst time as I was pulling in to stop at plaza and it continued as I shut off car and even restarted it and locked door & unlocked it by key and nothing! went inside car and pressed coast button and finally it stopped. Cops in car ,were nearby when I came out later, said nothing, assumed it went off again with no one around ! 3 other times supposedly no one else around in driveway sometime within my earlier descriptions. Recall this thing!.
The horn keeps randomly going off both while im driving and when its completely shit off in the middle of the night. Multiple times its gone off while ive been driving its almost caused wrecks. Something needs to be done before an accident does happen.
See all problems of the 2007 Chrysler Sebring.
Driving down the road when my horn suddenly started going off. Did not turn off until I beat on the steering wheel. Continues to do this every day now, scaring drivers around me and there is nothing I can do about it.
The contact owns a 2006 Chrysler Sebring. The contact stated that while driving approximately 35 mph, the horn erroneously sounded for approximately 2 minutes before shutting off independently. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 140,000.
I have a 2006 Chrysler Sebring sedan. Over the past week the horn malfunctions where it will blare for 30-40 seconds while it is parked and untouched. This also happened while driving and I had to punch the steering wheel a couple times for it to stop. I had to pull out the fuse today. Why Chrysler doesn't recall this is beyond me. It is dangerous and can cause an accident.
Back in January, my horn in my 2006 Sebring started blowing between 9 & 11 pm for some unknown reason. It lasted for about 40 seconds. I did think much of it at the time, but it started happening nightly. Practically every night the horns will blow for about 40 to 60 seconds. It seems to happen whenever there is a temperature drop outside. But now it will going off sometimes when I start the car and sometime while I am driving down the road. I have to hit the horn to stop it while driving to get it to stop. Other drivers and pedestrians seem to panic when it goes off because it is scares the hell of you when it goes off and there doesn't seem to be any danger in the area. My neighbors are getting a little annoyed with horn going off at night. It even when off at work while parked in the parking lot during the day. Chrysler needs to address this issue, because from what I have researched on this matter shows that this is a common problem with many Sebring owners. Many of them do not even know that they can report this and most likely are footing the $1000 price tag for the defect.
The horn on the vehicle starts to randomly go off and will not stop. Horn will blow even while driving at random times. This is a safety concern as there is also a clicking noise that is emitting from underneath the airbag assembly as the horn starts to go off. I am concerned that at some point during driving the airbag may deploy at the same time as the horn is randomly going off. I have contacted Chrysler and they say they are unaware of this issue even though there are multiple complaints about this issue listed with the NHTSA and do not consider this a safety concern. Repair is quoted at $750+. This really needs to be investigated by NHTSA and Chrysler needs to be made aware of this issue and address for me and other customers who are dealing with this particular safety issue.
Vehicle's horn blows at different times, ie. . . When turn signal is on, when it is cold outside and when nobody is in the car, usually in the early morning.
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Teacher Training - Seattle
KCTS 9 is pleased to offer professional development workshops for educators which will explore the experiences of Latinos in the United States - and Washington in particular. These interactive workshops will feature hands-on activities connected to the national PBS series Latino Americans and KCTS 9's Latinos: The Changing Face of Washington.
Ideal for teachers and others serving youth in grades 4-12+ the training will feature a special presentation by Anita Garcia Morales, who recently led Social Studies initiatives for Seattle Public Schools as well as lessons modeled by one of the writers of the national curriculum for Latino Americans. Clock hours are available and complimentary meals will be served. Advanced registration is required. Contact Tony Gomez at firstname.lastname@example.com or 206.443.4809.
About the Programs
Latino Americans
This landmark six-hour documentary series chronicles the rich and varied history and experiences of Latinos who have helped shape North America over the past 500-plus years and who have become, with more than 50 million people, the largest minority group in the United States. It is a story of immigration and redemption, of anguish and celebration, of the gradual construction of a new American identity that connects and empowers millions of people today. Latino Americans premieres Tuesday, 9/17, at 8:00 p.m. on KCTS 9 and KYVE 47.
Latinos: The Changing Face of Washington
KCTS 9's Enrique Cerna, the son of Mexican immigrants, examines the history of Latinos in Washington and how their dramatic population growth is bringing change to politics, education, immigration and entrepreneurship in the state. Latinos: The Changing Face of Washington premieres Thursday, 9/17, at 7:00 p.m. on KCTS 9 and KYVE 47. The Spanish language version of the documentary will premiere on Vme as Latinos: El Rostro Cambiante de Washington Friday, 10/4, at 9:00 p.m.
About the Curriculum
A suite of lessons, videos, maps and other education resources has been developed to bring Latino Americans into the classroom. Beginning September 10, find these assets at PBS LearningMedia, the free, online source for educational media searchable by subject, grade level or standard.


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for supporting Hamilton's students and faculty through the Annual Fund. Gifts from alumni, parents and friends received between July 1, 2014, and June 30, 2015, exceeded our $6.9 million goal.
This is how your support enhanced the Hamilton experience for students during the 2014-15 academic year:
Hamilton's total financial aid budget was just over $34 million. Annual giving was essential to sustaining our needblind admission promise, by ensuring that the College had the resources to invite the best possible candidates to join our community, regardless of family finances, and ultimately fill our classrooms, residence halls, playing fields, labs and studios.
The Career and Life Outcomes Center posted 600 job opportunities and 460 internship offerings this year. Seventy-one percent of Hamilton students engaged with CLOC programming, and professional staff and peer tutors completed 2,836 student appointments. The center offered more than 250 programs, including Interview Mojo, Career Explo, First Year Forward and How I Got My Internship.
The Nesbitt-Johnston Writing Center and the Oral Communication Center uphold Hamilton's tradition of graduating skilled writers and persuasive speakers — the foundation of leadership. Thirty professionally trained and mentored student peer writing tutors assisted 971 students (almost half of all undergraduates) in 2,655 individual writing conferences this year alone. The Oral Communication Center provided 710 student conferences during the 2014-15 academic year, serving courses in 23 departments or programs. In total, nearly 100 courses throughout the curriculum included an oral communications component.


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Archive for the 'Frisky Sport' tag
Hemmings Find of the Day – 1959 Frisky Sport
We think we're so advanced, but if you want a coil-on-plug, mid-engine car that gets 56 MPG, then look no further than this 1959 Frisky Sport for sale on Hemmings.com. Allegedly one of about a dozen such cars, this one seems to be all-there and ready for restoration by a dedicated microcar lover. From the seller's description:
This car is in the Frisky Registry and is a very early production split-tail model, being manufactured in the same manner as the prototypes and retaining the rear "vents" in the body. The mileage is correct at 1,166, and the Villers 3T engine has been confirmed as original to the car. Essentially, all of the details are present, including mirrors, levers, bumperettes, spare tire, luggage rack, signal lenses, convertible top, dash trays, engine cover, and more.
The car has been stored dry in a barn and garage for decades, and you can see that it is showing its 50+ year age, but it is remarkably complete and intact. Mechanically, the car is sound, and I believe it to be only a gentle restoration away from a running, driving, highly collectible vehicle.
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Fete 2013 Salt City Slam Team before Nationals
The 2013 Salt City Slam Team Sendoff will take place on Monday, July 29 at 8 p.m. at Weller Book Works, located in Trolley Square Mall in Salt Lake City.
The event will fete the 2013 Salt City Slam Team as they prepare to compete at the National Poetry Slam in Cambridge, Massachusetts.The Salt City Slam Team finished 8th out of 72 teams in the last two years at the National Poetry Slam.
Salt City Slam is Jesse Parent, Ben Barker, Willy Palomo, RJ Walker, and Dave Alberti.
They are coached by Josh McGillis, a 3-time team member and the person responsible for coaching the team to their first semifinal appearance in the 2011 National Poetry Slam.
Salt City Slam hosts shows every last Monday of the month at 8 p.m. at Weller Book Works.Good luck!
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Hey Guys! Take some ownership… if you are participating in Fight Gone Bad, pick one of the top 5 non-profits to be the 3rd charity of FGB6. Perhaps you aren't participating in FGB, you can still vote…Vote by clicking here.
We already have 12 people on our team… these are the people who are not showing up as anonymous… Team RSCF already has $75…Go Team!
Lynn – Amy S. – Danielle – Lance – Erin K. – Chris G. – Ryan R. – Will S.
Time vs. Task Oriented WOD
8 minute Cindy (AMRAP):
5 Pullups
10 Pushups
15 Squats
5 minutes for 3 rep Max Deadlift
TASK: Athlete's Cindy AMRAP score, for time.
NOTE: In the first part of this WOD, you will complete the TIME oriented, 8-minute AMRAP, workout for a score of rounds plus all reps.
8 rounds + 5 pullups + 3pushups.
-In the second part of this WOD, you will complete the TASK, your score from part 1, for time.
The intention of this WOD is to complete your task in less than 8 minutes.
8 rounds + 5 pullups + 3 pushups, for time.


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1. Sitting on someones's face with their nose and other organs nestled within your ass crack and proceeding to bust ass.
Sister passed out early from drinking so brother dropped his drawers and sat on her face and gave her a clam baked.
作者 I'm Built for Speed! 2006年3月09日
1) The act of smoking marijuana in an enclosed space, esp. when the space is particularly small and cramped.
All 6 of us had a clambake and smoked that fatty in my bathroom with the door closed and when we came out our eyes were all glassy and bloodshot.
作者 Hugh Jass 2003年7月11日
Any situation in which a small room (a.k.a. a foxhole)is closed to oncomeing airation. Following the rooms air seal, marijuana is iginited in flame, causing massive clouding.
"Hey Clam-master, pinch me some heads and rock the ...cla...cla...clambake"
作者 Jake C. 2005年10月14日
Smoking large amounts of marijuana with many people in an enclosed space, for example, a closet or walk-in cooler.
Clambake in my closet at 0400.
作者 Doctress Julia 2005年6月30日


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New York Ball Drop 2016 live stream, lineup, event schedule
Edinburgh Hogmanay 2015-2016 celebration, performers, lineup
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Nashville new year parties, live music concerts, top restaurants
There aren't many venues where I'm not sure which country to include them in (well, to be perfectly honest, this is the only one so far!) but with Niagara Falls sitting right on the border between Canada and the United States this was a tricky choice. The Canadian side has the town of Niagara Falls, while on the US site, in New York State, there is the Niagara Falls State Park, so they both have a reasonable claim.
In the end, this being a new years eve site I've had to make the call based on who makes the biggest deal of their NYE events, and in this case the clear winner was the Canadians of Ontario, who have the Winter Festival of Lights as the centre point of their new year party, and as this event lasts almost 3 months in total right through the winter months I figured that had to give them the edge!
The biggest event in the area by far is the Niagara Falls New Years party in Victoria Park. This free public event gets underway at 7.30pm and provides live music and entertainment with the Niagara Falls New Year's concert taking place throughout the evening, leading up the huge fireworks display at midnight. A crowd of around 60,000 is expected in Queen Victoria Park for the event so make sure you get there in plenty time!
The headline performers at last year's event were Keith Urban, Nick Jonas, Lights, Nickelback and Shawn Mendes so you can see they generally attract some genuinely big names. We'll bring you this year's list as soon as we have it.
While new year parties in many other venues are cancelled or curtailed due to funding issues to has been confirmed that the Victoria Park party for NYE 2015-2016 is definitely safe, thanks to a total of $240,000 funding secured from the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport's Celebrate Ontario fund and the Niagara Tourism Partnership.
For the fireworks, there is actually a smaller, family show at 8.45pm but the main event is reserved for the stroke of midnight, with launch points on the Skylon Tower, in the Niagara Gorge and actually above the falls themselves, about as spectacular a backdrop as you could wish for.
The bars and nightclubs of Niagara Falls also do their but to add to the range of parties on offer and top venues will be competing to draw the younger crowd - there are big nights this year at the Dragonfly Nightclub, Scotiabank Convention Centre, Blush Ultra Lounge, Coco Cobana and Club Se7en. Ticket details to follow.
If you're looking for new year dining options then there are plenty of restaurants to choose from on both the Ontario and New York side of the falls. Top recommendations include La Galera Mexican, Fortuna's, Casa Mia, Koutouki Greek Cuisine, Zaiki Indian (where there are plenty of veggie options) and Donatello's. See the full range of restaurants here for Ontario and New York.
Places to watch live online: there are several live webcam views in Niagara falls which help take you live to the heart of the new year party. Our favourite by far is this fantastic live streaming view provided by EarthCam:
The new year's eve celebrations from Niagara falls are also broadcast live on TV by Global Live, and last year attracted a total viewing audience of almost 5 million, which shows the huge popularity of the event. Global do have an online viewing option:
Although you do need to have a subscription which unfortunately as far as I can see means this won't be available to viewers outside of Canada. We will double check this nearer the time though and if an international stream is available we'll post the link here too.
If you're planning on visiting Niagara Falls over the New Year period, then be aware that is will be exceptionally busy so you need to make your reservations as early as you realistically can. You can search, check availability and book local hotels here.
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Police were investigating three armed robberies at businesses reported Monday night in Oxnard.
Oxnard police said the same man was suspected in two of the robberies.
The first incident was reported about 4:45 p.m. at a market in the 3200 block of Saviers Road, officials said. A man described as wearing a gray/blue sweater that covered his face and carrying a handgun entered the business and demanded money, police said. He then fled with an undisclosed amount of cash.
In the second robbery, reported about 8:40 p.m., an armed man described as having a medium build and wearing a blue/black sweatshirt, glasses and a blue bandanna over his face entered a Boost Mobile store in the 3600 block of Saviers Road, officials said. The man demanded money and fled with an undisclosed amount of cash.
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1. The oldest known camel is Protylopus, appeared 40-50 million years ago (Eocene) in North America. It had the size of a rabbit and lived in forests. Later, camels spread to the savanna and increased their size. In Oligocene, 35 million years ago, Poebrotherium had the size of a roe deer, but already resembled a camel.
Between 24 and 12 million years ago, various types of camels evolved. Stenomylus was a gazelle like camel. Alticamelus, which lived 10 to 2 million years ago, had a long neck similar to a giraffe ones. Procamelus, just 1.2 m tall (like a modern llama) evolved in the Camelus genus (to which modern camels belong). Camelus passed from North America in Asia through Behringia 2-3 million years ago. 2 million years ago, the ancestors of lama and vicugna passed into the Andes coming from North America. The last camel surviving the cradle of the camel evolution, North America, was Camelops hesternus, which disappeared 12-10,000 years ago together with the whole megafauna of North America (mammoths, mastodons, giant sloth and saber toothed cats).
In 2005, scientists discovered in Syria a fossil dromadery species twice the size of the modern species.
2. There are 17 million camels worldwide. 90 % are dromedaries or Arabian camels (with one hump) and 75 % of the dromedaries are found in North/East Africa. 50 % of the world's dromaderies are found in Sudan and Somalia, in semidesert areas. 15-20,000 bewildered dromaderies roam western and central Australia.
Wild dromedaries are long extinct (the so-called wild dromedaries in some areas are just bewildered). Wild Bactrian camels still survive in the Gobi desert (between China and Mongolia), but they are endangered, the population being under 1,000. This wild Bactrian camels are not the race from which the domestic form comes. That type is believed to be extinct now in the wild.
There is the concept that camel is a strictly desert animal. Some say that camels are at the origin savanna animals, but wild camels were eliminated in the savanna by lions, against which they were defenseless, resisting in the desert due to the lack of big predators.
This is proved by the fact that dromedaries thrive better in less arid areas of their range: 3.6 individuals/square kilometer in Eastern Africa, 8.7 in Somalia, 1.7 in India, while their densities plummet to 0.4 in de deserts of west Africa, 0.14 in North Africa and Arabia and 0.08 in Sahara.
An interesting issue: the dromedary embryos have the bud for the second hump, but it remains undeveloped in this species.
3. Dromedary could have been domesticated in southwestern Arabia between 6,000 to 3,400 years ago, initially for their milk, while the larger and slower Bactrian camel (with two humps) in Northeastern Iran and southwestern Central Asia about 3,500 years ago. From Arabia, dromedaries entered Somalia, 3,500 years ago, and by 500 BC they reached the Atlantic coast.
4,000 years ago, Bactrian camels were spread with the Indo-Iranian invasion from Mesopotamia to the Indus valley and Afghanistan and reached 3,700-3,200 years ago western Siberia and Ukraine. 2,300 years ago they were present in China.
In the ninth century BC, dromedaries were involved in warfare, to carry archers and transport heavy loads. In 853 BC, the Assyrian king Shalmaneser III fought an army made of Syrians and Jews joined by the Arabian king Gindibu, with his army of 1,000 ...camel riders. The Assyrian chivalry was spooked by the sight of the unusual beasts and ran away. On the ruins of the city of Nineveh (the ancient Assyrian capital), on a relief can be seen the chivalry of king Assurbanipal (669-627 BC) fighting Arab camel riders.
The conquests of the Persian king Cyrus the Great (559-530) were based on the logistical support of dromedaries. In c.547, he fought against king Croesus of Lydia (modern western Turkey) and employed these animals in what was to become one of the most famous stratagems of Antiquity: "He gathered all the dromedaries from his army train, took off their burdens and set cavalry men upon them. Having thus furnished them, he ordered them to go in front of the rest of the army towards the horsemen of Croesus [...]. He did this because horses are afraid of dromedaries and can not endure to see or smell them." The Persian king Cambyses (530-522 BC) introduced for the first time dromedaries in Egypt. The Persian king Xerxes (485-465 BC) was proud of his camels and their Arabian riders.
Domesticated camels were used through much of North Africa, and the Romans had a corps of camel warriors to patrol the edge of the desert. Camels were also used by Romans for transportation, especially in the eastern provinces of Egypt, Arabia, Judaea, Syria, Cappadocia, and Mesopotamia. The Persian camels, however, were not particularly suited to trading or travel over the Sahara; rare journeys through the desert were still made on horse-drawn chariots.
Julius Caesar considered the greatest war catch after the defeat of the Numidian king Juba's camels. (Numidia is today northern Algeria). In 363 AD, general Romanus asked as a war tribute to the dwellers of the city Lepcis Magna (today Libya) 4,000 camels, for the transport of his army.
Much later, the Muslims claimed that Allah first created the camel, and after that the mountains, the deserts, the plains, the rivers, the seas and the other living things. Muhammad itself is said to have escaped from Mecca to Medina on the back of a camel. The Muslim supersition says that the left fore limb of the dromedary belongs to Satan.
The Islamic conquest of North Africa brought Arabian camels, fit to long desert journeys carrying a great deal of cargo. This boosted trade over the Sahara. Arabs also introduced the dromadery to Europe: 1020 in Spain, 1059 in Sicily, and by 1136 they reached the Rhine, but later disappeared from Europe. Still, a fossil species of camel, Camelus alutensis, related to modern species, inhabited Europe 2 million years ago.
The Bactrian Camels were the main burden beast on the Silk Road, linking China to Middle East.
Camel milk is the basic food of the Somali people, and many nomad tribes of the desert depend on the camels, like the Tuaregs of Sahara and Arab Bedouins, for transporting, milk, meat, wool (1.5 kg fro a dromadery, 4.5 kg fro a Bactrian camel) and leather. In Mongolia, the Bactrian Camels offer the hair from which the felt, the material for traditional yurt tents, is made.
Camel meat is taboo for the Non-Muslim populations of the Middle East and North Africa: Jews, Egyptian Copts (Christians), Zoroastrians (Iran), Mandaeans (Iraq, Iran), Neo-Assyrians (Syria, Iraq, Turkey), Ethiopians (Christians), while for Muslims in Egypt and other countries of Near East, basturma (salty camel meat) is considered a delicacy.
In many areas, camels were used for paying the bride's price.
4.Camels are gregarious and well adapted to their environment, the desert. They can carry heavy cargoes, stand sand storms and large temperature differences. Camels are called the "desert ships", and they can swim when they encounter water. The north Egyptian Lake Borollos has a depth varying between 20 cm and 2 m (0.6 to 6 ft). It cannot be crossed by boat or vehicles, and only camels can be used in this case.
A camel can resist 17 days without drinking under a scorching heat. It was wrongly believed its resistance resided in the water kept in the hump or in a stomach pouch. If it doesn't drinking anything for 17 days, a camel can lose a third of its weight, without being affected. But when it catches the opportunity, in can drink 104 liters of water at once (the Bactrian Camel, which is larger, can drink up to 120 liters), in 7-8 minutes! But three days later, there is no sign of water in its stomach or hump.
To resist the lack of water, the camels have several means of adjusting to the situation. Their body temperature varies depending on the environment: in the cooler morning is of 34o C, whereas during the hot afternoon it goes up to 40-41o C. The kidneys' function is regulated depending on the water availability: they produce 7 liters of urine when water is abundant, and 500 g when it does not drink for days. When thirsty, transpiration is reduced towards zero.
Camel's feces are dry (and used for fueling fire when drought) compared to another ruminants (just 40-60 % water): a dromadery loses 2.5 kg liters of water daily though feces while a cattle 20-40 liters! Camel feces are consumed by insects and gerbils (desert rats) (which recover this way a part of the water).
A camel's thick coat maintains an insulating layer, and it also reflects sunlight. A shorn camel has to sweat 50% more to avoid overheating. It also insulates them from the intense heat that radiates from hot desert sand. Their long legs help by keeping them further from the hot ground.
This ability to fluctuate body temperature and the efficiency of their sweating allows them to preserve about five liters of water a day.
The rest of the camel's body is adapted to the conditions in the desert: the hoof is perfect for the soft, instable sand, and the digits are wrapped in an elastic tissue that isolates the foot from the hot ground (while impeding deepening in the sand); the thick eyebrows and eyelashes protect the eyes against sand and sun; the nostrils are moved by muscles that can close them hermetically at will and the ears are filled of hairs that impede the sand to get in. This helps them retain expiration water and protects the animal during the sand storms. Horny layers on the chest, elbows and knees protect the camels against the scorching heat and insect.
Camels avoid stony deserts, as the gravel harms their feet.
Another issue: camels never run, they just speed up, in their typical gait of moving simultaneously the feet of the same part of the body. Running would raise transpiration. They can make daily 160 km (100 miles) with a speed of 16 km (10 mi)/hour. In caravans, they make 30-40 km (18-25 mi) per day, with an average age of 3.5 km (2.2 mi) per hour. The maximum speed achieved by a camel is 25 km (16 mi) per hour, but they get tired quickly.
Dromadery inhabits just warm deserts, as it cannot stand temperatures under 0o C, while the Bactrian camel resist to -25o C during the winter.
5.The camels' humps are reservoirs of fatty tissue. A full hump has 10-15 kg (22-33 pounds). When this fat is metabolized, it is not only a source of energy, but yields through reaction with oxygen from the air 1,111 g of water per 1,000 g of fat converted.
After drinking, water is spread uniformly in the body and it is lost gradually, about 100 liters in 17 days. The average water content of the camel's body is low: while the cow's tissues contain 80 % water, the donkey's (another desert animal) 65 %, and the camel's just 50 %. A camel crossing a desert loses in 24 hours only 2 % of its bodyweight, while the donkey at least 8 %. Curiously, wild Bactrian Camels from the Gobi desert (China-Mongolia) can drink saltwater.
Camels can withstand at least 20-25% weight loss due to sweating (most mammals can only withstand about 3-4% dehydration before cardiac failure due to the thickened blood).
But how can camels drink over 100 liters of water at once without serious consequences? This is the same as a human drinking 20 liters of water in 10 minutes. This would induce water intoxication in us. The red blood cells of the camels (and lamas, too) have an ovoid shape and the property of swelling round, till achieving a double volume and after that gradually release the stored liquid. The red blood cells are extremely small and numerous (132.5 million per cubic millimeter).
In their native lands, camels feel by far the presence of a fountain or river. They never forget the place where they have found water.
7. Camels walk 3 km (1.8 mi) per day looking for food, on average 3 hours, and disperse when food is scarce. They require 10-20 kg (22-44 pounds) of fresh food daily (or 5-10 kg (12-24 pounds) of dry food), depending on the animal's size. If working, the food requirement is of 30-50 kg (70-110 pounds) per day. They spend 8-12 hours per day eating.
Camels eat from small grasses and herbs (Convulvulaceae, Plantaginaceae) to bushes, trees (Acacia) (camels can pick up leaves at heights of up to 3.5 m (12 ft)), and plants growing on salty lands (Chenopodiaceae) and, as a camel's mouth is extremely tough and pain resistant, they can eat easily thorny desert plants, avoided by other animals. Some of their spines so hard they can penetrate through a shoe's sole. Camels literally can survive on plant wastes, like an old twig basket or a mat. Bactrian camels eat wild garlic, saxaul (Haloxylon), and poplar.
Camels can chew gazelle bones (for completing minerals), and even fish waists (especially in Southern Arabia, where fish is abundant). If food has enough moisture, camels can withstand a month without drinking water.
A density of 2-3 kg (4.5-6.5 pounds) of food per hectar means good feeding condition for the camel; 1-1.5 kg (2.2-3.5 pounds) per hectar represent poor feeding conditions.
8. Camels mate all year round, but they have a favorable period when vegetation is lush. The male is extremely aggressive during mating period (he can bite by the foot his rider). During the arousal, he shows off his teeth, salivate abundantly, and the epidermic glands of the neck and shoulders are extremely active. He urinates frequently, and keeps the head and the fore limbs as raised as possible. Males possess an organ called dulla, like a pink bladder, normally harbored in the throat. During the rut period, the male throws the dulla out of his mouth in a display dominance. Dulla hangs like an inflated pink tongue and at the same time the male burbles, a disgusting sight to most humans.
Male combats for females can be deadly, due to the sharp teeth and to the mouth with the largest opening amongst all ruminants (the male can grab in the mouth the head or the neck of his adversary). The Jacobson organ from the roof of the mouth is employed by the male (like in many mammals, a behavior called flehmen) to assess through urine hormones if the female is receptive (ovulating) or not. If the female is receptive, mating occurs on the place. Camels mate laying on the ground! (in decubitus position). Camels and lamas are the only mammals employing this position for mating. Mating lasts 10-20 minutes, and is extremely noisy, the male making a call like "duloo".
The young at birth has 25-50 kg (60-120 pounds) and it is 1.2 m (4 ft) tall. The female has 4 tits, and produces 15 liters of milk daily (87 % water, 3.5-5 % fats and lactose (milk sugar), 3-4 % proteins. Weaning occurs when the young is one year old (rarely at 3 years old), but people force it at 7-10 months, to use the mother's milk.
Camels are sexually mature at about 4 years old. Females reproduce till 30 years old, delivering one offspring at two years, and even more if food is abundant.
The dromedary and the Bactrian camel can hybridize, and the hybrid is fertile. The hybrid has a high fore hump and a tiny, undeveloped rear hump. The mix mating is dangerous. The male of the Bactrian camel has short feet, and loses balance on the dromedary female, falling. The dromedary male can smash the second hump of the Bactrian female.
That's more: even hybrids between camels and llamas, called camas, have been obtained. They are born via artificial insemination due to the huge size differences of the animals which impedes natural mating. Camas usually lack the hump, have the power, short ears and long tails of a camel but the cloven hooves and wool of a llama.
9. Camels are gregarious. Free roaming camels form groups of 6-30 individuals, made of one male, several females with offspring. The rest of the males are solitary of form bachelor groups. There may be groups of females lacking males.
10. One of the worst habits of the camels is spitting. A distressed camel will spit a fetid stream coming from its first stomach chamber, especially when angry, frustrated or spooked, a real chemical bomb.
Camels can spit also as a method of establishing hierarchy, especially during the feeding time as a way of disciplining lower-ranked individuals in the herd. Females also spit to chase away insistent males. This second type of spit is less smelly. All camels - including the South Americans llamas, guanaco, vicuna, and alpaca - spit.


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Daybreak Montreal | Feb 7, 2013 | 7:11
Young Gymnasts could lose club
A gymnastic club that serves the west end of Montreal and a largely English-speaking population could soon be forced to move or close. The Flexart Club in Snowdon is housed in a building owned by the borough but the borough is now thinking of selling it. Daybreak's Shawn Apel brings us the story.


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First 2013 Mock Draft
1st - Kansas City Chiefs - Luke Joeckel (OT) - Texas A&M - JR
2nd - Jacksonville Jaguars - Bjoern Werner (DE) - Florida State - JR
3rd - Oakland Raiders - Damontre Moore (DE/OLB) - Texas A&M - JR
4th - Philadelphia Eagles - Dee Milliner (CB) - Alabama - JR
5th - Detroit Lions - Jarvis Jones (DE) - Georgia - RS JR
6th - Cleveland Browns - Barkevious Mingo (DE/OLB) - LSU - RS JR
7th - Arizona Cardinals - Eric Fisher (OT) - Central Michigan - SR
8th - Buffalo Bills - Geno Smith (QB) - West Virginia - SR
9th - New York Jets - Dion Jordan (DE/OLB) - Oregon - 5th YR
10th - Tennessee Titans - Star Lotulelei (DT) - Utah - SR
11th - San Diego Chargers - Manti Te'o (ILB) - Notre Dame - SR
12th - Miami Dolphins - Keenan Allen (WR) - California - JR
13th - Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Johnthan Banks (CB) - Mississippi State - SR
14th - Carolina Panthers - Johnathan Hankins (DT) - Ohio State - JR
15th - New Orleans - Sheldon Richardson (DT) - Missouri - RS JR
16th - St. Louis Rams - Kenny Vaccaro (FS) - Texas - SR
17th - Pittsburgh Steelers - Ezekiel Ansah (DE/OLB) - BYU - SR
18th - Dallas Cowboys - Chance Warmack (OG) - Alabama - SR
19th - New York Giants - Sam Montgomery (DE) - LSU - RS JR
20th - Chicago Bears - Jonathon Cooper (OG) - North Carolina - 5th YR
21st - Cincinnati Bengals - Alec Ogletree (OLB) - Georgia - JR
22nd - St. Louis Rams (from Washington Redskins) - Cordarrelle Patterson (WR) - Tennessee - JR
23rd - Minnesota Vikings - Jesse Williams (DT) - Alabama - SR
24th - Indianapolis Colts - Xavier Rhodes (CB) - Florida State - RS JR
25th - Seattle Seahawks - Tavon Austin (WR) - West Virginia - SR
26th - Green Bay Packers - Lane Johnson (OT) - Oklahoma - SR
27th - Houston Texans - Kevin Minter (ILB) - LSU - RS JR
28th - Denver Broncos - Jonathan Jenkins (DT) - Georgia - SR
29th - New England Patriots - Sharrif Floyd (DT) - Florida - JR
30th - Atlanta Falcons - Tyler Eifert (TE) - Notre Dame - RS JR
31st - San Francisco 49ers - Terrance Williams (WR) - Baylor - 5th YR
32nd - Baltimore Ravens - Eric Reid (FS) - LSU - JR
Not a great KC pick brosef.
Pretty good Bears pick. Would prefer Eifert or Johnson
ughhh worst possible pick for KC
Would take Geno, but im not completely sold on him to be honest...
Kansas City are in a bad position. It isn't the best year to have the 1st overall pick. I don't rate the QB class this year. I have Buffalo reaching on Smith at 8 so it would be a major reach if Kansas City do it as well. The don't need a pass rusher as they have two of the better ones in the league. So that leaves, in my opinion, Joeckel, Fisher or Milliner.
Not a big fan of Sharrif Floyd but the fit is right. I would likely prefer Sylvester Williams if they were go to DT in the first.
Eris Reid would be an option there too
EDIT: I also have a few issues with your projected positions for some players.
I don't think Jarvis Jones can be utilised as a DE. He may play there on occassion but he's probably a LB in the NFL.
On the opposite side I don't see Ziggy Ansah playing LB. I think his best fit is a strongside end in a 43, or some 5 technique.
DE is probably the wrong designation for Jones. Even in the 43 he is probably a LB (Von Miller mould perhaps).
Ansah played rush linebacker at times in college and in this day in age no team if pure 3-4/pure 4-3 anymore and the Steelers are running a lot more 4 man front on nickle downs than they used to.
Solid Saints pick!!
Not crushed by the Tavon Austin pick but you get some of the same stuff i think with Golden Tate.
In a roll the dice pick i think i'd go with Tyler Eifert there. Wouldn't mind seeing some two TE stuff and McCoy is a bum, so Eifert or Ertz there would be nice.
yes PLEASE
Solid Miami pick.
As a colts fan you can skew the draft any way you want and this is what you do? Not the worst pick I have seen but the position is horrid. If it isn't in the trenches I do not want them.
And if you look at value the only Linemen I'd have in that region are Jonathan Jenkins (who is a Nose Tackle which isn't a major need in my opinion) and Sharrif Floyd (who probably doesn't fit the 2 Gap). Margus Hunt is an option but a bit of a reach at this stage in my opinion.
O-Line wise you have Lane Johnson who will be a work in progress. While he does have massive upside I don't know whether or not he'd be a day 1 contributor. D.J. Fluker has big questions in his pass protection and I feel that while he could be an elite run blocker he could be abused in pass blocking. While the upgrades on the line have to be also about improving the run game it is primarily about protecting Luck, while I question Barrett Jones's value and upside.
I guess if you're of the mindset that Fisher doesn't take first round offensive linemen, you could argue this one. But Warmack is almost consistently viewed as a Top 5-10 prospect in this class. To pass on him if he's there... would be odd.
If Warmack was not on the board, I'd be okay with this projection. With him available, it's a frustrating one.
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Lindsay Lohan's much-hyped trip to "The Ellen Show" airs Monday, and the star finally hit on the topic that's on everyone's mind: her alleged "ex-lovers list."
On "Ellen," along with telling host Ellen DeGeneres about getting clean and filming her reality show, Lohan also touched on her past as a singer.
According to "The Huffington Post," Ellen admitted that she didn't remember her singing career or the fact that the actress sang her song "Over" on her own show.
That led Lindsay to reveal that she was nervous to perform the "really emotional song" so soon after her breakup.
Ellen asked if she remembered who she had been dating at the time (Wilmer Valderrama), she rolled her eyes and joked, "Apparently there's a list of many guys."
The response seems to be Lindsay's public denial of writing the list, though her comments might not satisfy James Franco.
Franco told "Los Angeles Magazine" last week, "Lindsay herself has told lies about me with her people-she's-slept-with list!"
"In Touch" posted the list earlier this year, continuing to unblock certain names from the document they claim to have gathered from the Beverly Hills Hotel.
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I have loved Star Wars, and by Star Wars I mean the three real movies that came out when I was a lot younger than I am now. I don't like Star Wars quite enough to wear a T-shirt, but I do understand that there are many people who do and for such people this top is bound to be hilarious.
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I didn't read the comments before making, and I should have. The caramels are very hard. Crispy, even. I make caramels A LOT - at least 1 batch/week. I've mastered the art, but not with this recipe. I should have stopped cooking around 245°. I will recook batch tomorrow with a cup of water and heat to only 245 to see if that works.flag if inappropriate
I followed the recipe and directions as written. I should have gone with my instinct and removed it from the heat earlier. I used two different thermometers and removed it from the heat at 247. They are quite hard. Definitely not caramel texture. I'm not sure where the problem arose, but definitely do not rely on the temperature to let you know when it is done. My normal method for candy making is to test the candy in cold water, but I didn't do that in this case. Lesson learned.flag if inappropriate
This recipe was easy and turned out very well. They're not too sweet and the salt is a nice contrast that brings out the chocolate flavor. Next time, I may try to reduce the butter slightly since the caramels seem oily. Also, they're not kidding when they say leave the stuff in the bottom of the pan. It sets up to a hard shell and will ruin your caramels. Also, I must have cut mine smaller because I got over 100 pieces in portions that seemed generous for the richness of the candy.flag if inappropriate
I almost always follow the recipe as it is written the first time I make it. However, I simply couldn't imagine boiling chocolate. So I stirred it in after removing the caramel from the heat and it worked fine. No scorching. Lovely gloss, delicious.flag if inappropriate
Tasted like caramel heaven, but a bitch to make. LOL will still make again for the holiday season. Dont bother to wrap them and gift. Keep and enjoy!!!!flag if inappropriate
While these are melt in your mouth delicious, they were a bear to get off the wax paper. Really sticky, so maybe I didn't do something right. I substituted Maine maple syrup for the corn syrup.flag if inappropriate
These were great! I was nervous after reading all the reviews. I've never made caramels before so tried to consider much of the feedback previously posted. First, I used my cheap regular non-stick pot that is not particularly heavy but did not stop stirring.. EVER. This certainly added to the total amount of time it took to reach temp but I had no problems with burning or sticking at all. I followed the advice of one reviewer and got the temp to about 350 and then after adding the chocolate I got the temp back up to about 235-240ish. I also cut down on the butter by 1/2 tbls. My caramels where not overly buttery and had a very nice texture. I think I'll get the heat up even a slight bit more next time because they were just a bit softer than I really want them... but still great. Due to the constant stirring the heating process took about an hour.flag if inappropriate
I want to say right off I've only made caramels three times. Each time the caramels did not turn out the same for a variety of reasons: humidity, inaccuracy of temperature etc. Now how to fix them! My caramels. came out too hard. This apparently was due to cooking them to too high a temperature after the cream was added. It actually evaporated too much of the liquid in that batch! The fix was to put the hardened caramels back into the pan and re-heat slowly. Add a splash of water or cream. Cook to the proper temperature 248. If the caramels are too soft then I imagine you have a bit too much liquid and you can remelt and bring them up to the proper temperature a second time and re-pour. It seems that caramel may be difficult to get perfect every time but easy to fix! The 2 most common problems: too hard/too soft are fixable by re-cooking the batch. I also am getting used to using the water test for an accurate preview of how hard or soft they are so I can trouble shoot them before I pour. Good luck!flag if inappropriate
Friend of Mothers made these and i tasted one then stole five more. Am not a chocolate fan or sweet fan. DELICIOUS. Making them tomorrow. johnflag if inappropriate
I gave these to my co-workers for the holidays and they were a big hit!flag if inappropriate


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Kiwi international Alex Glenn was on cloud nine more than 30 minutes after saving Brisbane's NRL season with his 13th and most important try of the year against Penrith at Suncorp Stadium on Friday night.
The recently turned 24-year-old Aucklander, who's being groomed as a future Broncos captain, came up with the match-winner in the 75th minute to break a 12-12 deadlock with Brisbane's season on the line.
"When I went over for that try I was overwhelmed," Glenn told AAP in a vibrant Broncos dressing room.
"My emotions were running through my head. I didn't know what to do.
"It's the first time I've scored the winning try in a game. I was rapt."
Glenn's excited teammates knew exactly what to do, piling onto his back and shoulders as they realised the importance of his four-pointer before sealing a 19-12 triumph.
A courageous Penrith had earlier threatened to gatecrash Petero Civoniceva's farewell party in front of 35,000 fans after five-eighth Lachlan Coote's aerial skills levelled the scores six minutes earlier.
"When they scored that try and levelled it up (12-12) we had 10 minutes of our season left and we all had to look each other in the eye," said Glenn.
It's been a rough month for the one-time premiership favourites but the win after six straight losses may just be what the doctor ordered for the six-time premiers who have nothing to lose from the bottom half of the top-eight.
Australian Boomers basketball star Patrick Mills, who upstaged America's NBA superstars as the highest individual scorer at the London Olympics, was leading the high fives in Brisbane's dressing room after the victory.
"He was really happy for the boys and we all love having him around when he is at home," said centre Justin Hodges, whose big plays were crucial in a tight second half.
Hodges finished the game with a badly swollen lip following a full-blooded collision with Penrith winger Josh Mansour who launched himself into a tackle in the opening minutes.
"I don't really remember it too much, I was dazed for a bit," he said.
"It's ruined my looks a little bit, but I'm alright."
Hodges's class shone through when the game was on the line and he was challenged, something his coach Anthony Griffin acknowledged after the win.
"Sometimes you can get lost in a game but as a senior player, when things are on the line, you have to step up," said Hodges.
"I thought the young guys played well and really dug deep when it got tough out there."
Hodges had a message for those who believe Brisbane will be finals fodder.
"We're there, it's a new ball game and this win is going to give us a lot of confidence for next week," he said.
He said halfback Peter Wallace answered his critics with a man-of-the-match performance.
"That's Wally. He copped a fair bit as you do when you're the main playmaker in the side," said Hodges.
"He carries a big responsibility and I thought he had an exceptional night when we really needed him."


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Guyanese cricketer charged with murder
A Guyanese cricketer accused of the shooting death of one of his friends in Georgetown has been charged with murder.
Carlyle Barton, who plays for Demerara Cricket Club (DCC), was not required to plead to the indictable offence when he appeared before Magistrate Sueanna Lovell.
The 23-year-old cricketer is accused of murdering 39-year-old Shawn Nelson in Georgetown on Monday.
Barton was remanded to prison until June 7 when he will appear in Court 1.
Family members, relatives and other well-wishers packed the courtroom and used umbrellas in an effort to shield Barton from news cameras as he emerged from the hearing.
However, police ordered them to clear the area to allow free passage.
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Ryan's Photo Slideshow Series: Yoga Teacher, Lara Borrego of CorePower.
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What's your weakest asana? I have a shoulder injury, so Dolphin.
Strongest Asana? Down Dog. You work on it so much.
Favorite Asana? Definitely Tree.
How long have you practiced yoga? 5 years.
Why yoga? For me, it started as a physical practice and it has evolved into aligning my body to the breathe to the mind to the spirit. It carries over into all of my life.
Favorite yogic philosophy? Yoga is balance.
Any yogic wisdom to share? Yoga is a gift of healing. Honor yourself by listening to your body.
What do you focus on in your classes? Bringing awareness. Illuminating change.
What is your training background? I have completed the CorePower 200 hour yoga teacher training.
Yogi Diet? I eat everything in moderation.
Nude Yoga? Yeah?! More power to you!
Any religious affiliation? I'm a spiritual person. As far as traditions go, I lean towards Buddhism and Shamanism.
What else are you into? Guitar, painting, and I am a certified massage therapist.
Any thank you's? Yeah! I want to say thank you to all my teachers, my friends and family for the support, and all my students because without them I would not be here.
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My digital food scale gives me so much better accuracy. It measures in ounces or grams. The zero feature allows me to zero out my container, weigh my first ingredient, zero again, weigh the 2nd ingredient, zero again and so on until I have everything I will use in that dish. I simply write down each weight as I go. The scale also has nutritional infor on over 1000 foods. Well worth the $50 at Bed Bath and Beyond.
I keep a small Tray on the kitchen counter,with The Digital Food Scale ,several Measuring Cups,and 2 sets of Measuring Spoons.I am much more diciplined to use all these tools when there is Multiple Sets,and within easy reach,no need to wash/rinse utensils after each use.Also when measuring "Tare" on The Food Scale,sometimes i use a piece of "Saran Wrap" instead of a plate for easy use and clean up.25848553
I've been keeping a digital food scale on my counter with an empty bowl on top for 2 weeks now. Every time I think of eating something or when I'm ready for a meal - I weigh it first. This is really keeping my portion control in check.
I bought a decent digital scale that measures in both kg and ounces.I weigh out all my foods for accurate accounting.


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Multifunctional Versus Tailored Approaches in Beauty
By: Imogen Matthews
Posted: November 6, 2012, from the January 2013 issue of GCI Magazine.
- Today's skin care consumers are seeking products that exemplify different paths—multifunctional products, such as BB creams, and tailored products that are customized for specific skin problems.
- Multifunctional products are prized for their value and convenience, and are becoming increasingly popular in beauty brands.
- Tailored products target specific skin issues, imparting the idea that it can focus all its efforts and ingredients on solving that one problem, hopefully affecting a more immediate and impactful outcome.
- As long as skin care remains a strong trend, both types of products will likely maintain a presence in consumers' skin care regimens.
There are two seemingly divergent trends happening in the skin care market lately. On the one hand, there is great consumer demand for specialized targeted products, and on the other, consumers are looking for shortcuts with multifunctional products that also save money.
Multifunctional products are not a new trend, with examples dating back to products such as the 2-in-1 shampoos and conditioners. Today, however, multifunctionality is present across most categories, but most prominently in oral care, hair care, skin care, color cosmetics and sun care. Taking the example of hair care, the category has evolved to include a number of offerings with many additional properties beyond basic function and care, such as treatment, moisturization, SPF and repair.
Nicole Tyrimou, industry analyst, Euromonitor International, explains what is driving the trend. "There is a desire to cut down on the multiple steps and products, to save time as part of increasingly ingrained on-the-go lifestyles, as well as get better value for money, which in turn is driving multifunctional launches," she comments.
[Euromonitor will present this and similar industry trends at the trends presentations at the in-cosmetics 2013 event in Paris, taking place April 16–18, 2013.]
Tyrimou also maintains that although the trend is seen in both prestige and mass brands, it is more dominant in mass. "Mass brands by default want to promote their value for [the] money, as well as convenience—two factors well-supported by multifunctional products," she points out. "Multifunctional products are increasingly moving into the mainstream, but consumers still need further education and persuasion in terms of why they should choose those products over others, as well as what added value and benefits they are getting."
BB Creams
BB creams are the newest and probably the most successful development in the area of multifunctional beauty products. It is hard to believe just how new the category is, at least in Western markets, given the number of skin care brands that now include a BB cream within their lineups. The appeal of a single skin care product combining multiple features has its origins in South Korea, gaining popularity there before spreading to the rest of Southeast Asia and then west to Europe and the U.S.
The original BB creams stood for "blemish balm" creams and typically featured ingredients to treat pigmentation spots in a formulation that provided natural coverage. It wasn't long before leading brands—including Estée Lauder, Clinique, Lancôme, Garnier and Dior—launched their own versions. Each brand wants to differentiate its BB cream product by interpreting BB in a number of ways, calling them "Beauty Balms," "Beauty Benefit Crèmes" and even Clarins' "Beauty Flash Balm" to denote instant radiance.
Euromonitor's head of beauty and personal care Irina Barbalova believes the success of BB creams can, to a large extent, be attributed to the wide publicity, marketing and media hype they've received. "They are fashionable, and many consumers are drawn to their novelty and are willing to experiment," she notes. "The fact they are a trend that originated in Asia is not to be ignored either. Much like in the fashion industry, exotic influences from the East are easily aspired to in beauty."


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From the June 2, 2003 issue: The Mondale Democrats are alive and well in the U.S. Senate--does John Kerry still believe in their worldview?
Jun 2, 2003, Vol. 8, No. 37 • By DANIEL MCKIVERGAN
UPDATE, 10/4/04: During last week's debate, voters caught a few glimpses into how Kerry would conduct foreign policy. One came on an issue that had, until then, garnered scant media attention: the advisability of moving ahead with research on a low-yield nuclear deep-earth penetrating weapon to hit underground bunkers. On this matter, Kerry stated:
And part of that leadership is sending the right message to places like North Korea.
Right now the president is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to research bunker-busting nuclear weapons. The United States is pursuing a new set of nuclear weapons. It doesn't make sense. You talk about mixed messages. We're telling other people, "You can't have nuclear weapons," but we're pursuing a new nuclear weapon that we might even contemplate using. Not this President. I'm going to shut that program down, and we're going to make it clear to the world we're serious about containing nuclear proliferation.
But Kerry's facts don't square with his view on how best to send "the right message" to North Korea.
Is he unaware that North Korea was developing nuclear weapons during the Clinton administration when research on "bunker-busting nuclear weapons" was prohibited?
Is Kerry also unaware that North Korea was pursing nuclear weapons in violation of the 1993 bi-lateral agreement brokered by the Clinton administration?
Kerry's current arms control position raises other major questions. For example, does he still believe the nuclear freeze was a better alternative than President Reagan's policies for dealing with the Soviets? Was it a mistake for President Reagan and Prime Minister Thatcher (and a few others) to place Pershing II and cruise missiles in Europe? Does Kerry still agree with the logic of his 1985 Senate floor statement below opposing President Reagan's nuclear policy?
In addition, the past 30 years of arms negotiations have demonstrated that the United States resolve to expand its military will prompt a renewed Soviet military buildup, not a mutually satisfactory agreement to reserve the buildup. . . .
Unfortunately, bargaining chips in the form of new weapons, particularly when it is obvious that deployment will proceed no matter what arms talks may produce, are rarely cashed in. In fact we know they frequently add to military power, [and] seldom, if ever, contribute to security or arms control trade-offs. . . .
As my senior colleague, Senator Kennedy, succinctly stated, "a bargaining chip is good so long as it is not played. Once played, its only effect is to raise the stakes." The history of bargaining chips is miserable. . . .
It is time that we accept the idea that the Soviet Union is not going to bargain with the United States from a position in which we have grabbed the upper hand through the development of some new technology. They are only going to agree with the United States on arms limitations if they have parity, in overall force capacity. . .
Perhaps the major media will get around to asking these questions.
SUPPOSE A FEW YEARS FROM NOW, a nation hostile to the United States and its allies is manufacturing biological, chemical, or nuclear weapons in a super-hardened bunker deep underground. And suppose the miscreant nation has ties to terrorist organizations dedicated to killing as many Americans as they can. The U.S. president judges the facility a major national security threat and asks the military to come up with options for taking out the complex should force be necessary.
Just such a scenario--and our lack of any real solution to the problem--is what prompted Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to seek to include language in the 2004 Defense Authorization bill that would repeal a 10-year-old ban on all "research and development which could lead to the production by the United States of a new low-yield nuclear weapon, including a precision low-yield warhead." Lifting the ban would allow the Pentagon to study the effects of using a low-yield nuclear deep-earth penetrating weapon against a bunker complex, as well as the feasibility of using conventional munitions. "The threat," Joint Chiefs chairman Richard Myers said last week, "in many cases is going underground."
Moreover, as Myers also explained, hitting a chemical or biological bunker with a conventional weapon may have a disastrous impact in some circumstances. Anthrax spores, say, or chemical compounds that would be destroyed by the gamma rays and high heat of a low-yield nuclear device might actually be spread in the aftermath of a conventional attack.


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Report: Bentley Picked SUV Over Sports Car, Good Call?
talk about a niche audience. kanye and jay probably bought the thing.
what is that even supposed to mean?
you're really wanting to just use some racial slurs aren't you?
... which only proves that money and taste have very little in common indeed.
+1 to Phoenix5454.
Stick to pimpin out Escalades for the gang bangers.
What a waste
...and then comes the village idiot who defends the retards who chopped up a Maybach. Yes Nell, I really want a butchered Maybach you read my fkn mind. You're just as retarded as them then.
Funny looking at all these comments about Jay Z and Kanye being 'retarded', yet, separately, they have enough cash on hand to completely buy Motortrend and pay off every asset each member here has, and still have money left over to create a brand new business. Don't hate what ya can't have.
I thought for a rap video all you had to do was put 22" wheels on a vehicle, subs, TVs in the head rests and underbody lights. They just massacred this poor Maybach....
Who do they think these 2 rappers are, Midas? That car is worth nothing. I am glad that it at least generated $60K for the charity. If I were the "winner" of this amazing auction, I would donate that too the charity too. I like my garage clean and garbage free.
Yup. If they would have left the Maybach "stock" then they could have sold it for a couple hundred grand.
Gee, that's shocking.
Two men with such impeccable taste... all that is missing is the bejeweled hood ornament and a bottle of Courvoisier.
you know why it sold for "only $60,000"? Because moron 1 (Jay Z) and moron 2 (Kanye West) let a perfectly good Maybach be turned into a fkn retard mobile. Good Job you idiots. That goes for the retards that modified the car too! Why would you do that to a perfectly good Maybach? You destroyed it for some retarded rap video.
It's worth a lot less than $60,000. As if these clowns think they can generate worth by touching something.
Jay z huh?? Lmfao!!! Trash!!! He should retire!!