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Today was a dream come true, as Model S Get Amped Tour was in Houston and it was awesome to get behind the wheel after so many months of waiting! I even got to drive a performance model. If anybody gets to wondering if this car is all it's hyped up to be...wonder no more. The air suspension made me feel as though I was floating. It holds the road beautifully, and acceleration is immediate. I was so caught up in the ride that I didn't even care about the 17" screen and all that it had to offer! I am so excited to be on the list for a Model S, and can't wait to drive one again!
I'm more and more wondering if all the wishbone suspension magic so admired in the early TM blogging, etc., are ever going to "hit the road", or if air suspension will be the permanent sole "option". Perhaps the contrast is so great, and irreducible, that standard shocks will be given up as a bad job, like pistons.
@BrianH - yes interesting thought. One problem is that Tesla promised DOE the base price would be $57,400 (before fed rebate) so make air suspension 'standard' would hurt margins. Makes me suspect the conventional suspension is really just a cost reduction to maintain margin.
What does the DOE care about car price? The rebates are dependent on battery size and range, that's it, no?
@BrianH - the retail price was part of the DOE Loan that Tesla received, not the tax rebate.
OK, but I still can't see the DOE caring about anything except the bottom line (net profit and capacity to repay). Why do they worry how TM goes about setting prices to achieve that?
Off Topic: Interesting that the Tesla loan is $465m but the Fisker loan is $529m. Ahem.
Fisker was cut off after only 150m, due to failures to deliver on time, and the fact that the Karma is NOT being built in the USA.
@BrianH - maybe I was mistaken that the base price was written into the DOE loan agreement. This blog by Tesla "Clearing the Air on our DOE Loan" does specifically mention the $49,900 base price. Thats why I believe they need cost reductions such as conventional suspension.
And the Ford load is $4Billion. Kind of makes the other loans look like small potatoes.
Don't forget the flat out Bail Outs!!
Back to the original topic of Houston... Also drove the performance model and it was as good as hyped. Smooth, fast, quiet, and the regen braking was completely easy to get used to. Tesla folks were weary and hot (Houston in August) and were perhaps a little too proud of the air suspension, but they were very helpful and knowledgeable. Car was fast! Sped off from a stoplight, and quickly came across a cop who was nicely looking the other way. Even got some oohs and ahs from the spouse and kids in the back seat who had questioned why they needed to be there in the first place. All were impressed. Would really like to see some substantial options for the front lower console - i keep a lot of misc things in the car as i use it for frequent trips to client meetings. Touchscreen controls may require more "clicks" to carry out certain functions than in my current car, but still way cool.
Are there even any cars with the standard suspension out there yet? Has anyone driven one? I was under the impression that the first few thousand will be only air-suspension. I remember hearing that Continental was the supplier of the air suspension, and it is the same one used by Mercedes, maybe part of the deal with Daimler. Standard suspension should not be that inferior, the advantages of the low center of gravity should still apply.
Word is all cars delivered in 2012 will have air suspension.
And rumor has it that that's due to supplier troubles with the non-air systems
If you go through the design studio, you will see there are several options not available initially. I believe that is because Tesla wants to sell high margin cars initially. According to the design studio the air suspension is the only one available in 2012. That is not new news!
If you read some of the updates on this site, you will see that they are going to offer the console accessory free of charge. So, you can use it or not, but it will be there.
I am trying to figure out why you would buy a car with this much muscle and not opt for the air suspension? Maybe I am just a bit too much of a technology freak, but why spend this much on a car and not get the best it has to offer? Otherwise, maybe wait for the mass production model after X.
How did the air conditioning do with Houston in August? That should be among the most demanding tests imaginable! (I grew up in Houston...)
suegie -- I am trying to figure out why you would buy a car with this much muscle and not opt for the air suspension
I'd think the only reason would be if you intend to drive the Model S a good percentage of the time on unimproved roads (over 25% to put a guess number out there). The air suspension might be prone to damage from gravel (I don't know first hand but the airbags might not be up to a steady diet of gravel). Otherwise, there would be no reason to not get it.
Michael37, let's just say, that when I got out of the Model S after my test drive, my glasses fogged up big time! There was absolutely no problem with the air conditioning...never even thought about it til you mentioned it here. And, acceleration was not affected one iota...though this was the performance model. I have to tell you, this is one car that is just not a cookie cutter model in any sense of the word. There is nothing about it that is status quo...except for those measly sun visors...which will be replaced soon. The slope of the vehicle is very noticeable when you are inside the car...so the visors are only about 4 inches tall!
We were in the panoramic roof model and I never would have known it as the heat really didn't come through the roof. Though my test drive was around 10am, I'm told that this is a feature of that particular design.
I test drove in Phoenix. Although it was somewhat overcast and not as hot as it could have been, the air conditioning was great. My temperature sensitive wife in the back seat was comfortable. I was, in fact, cold but then I am cold when others are comfortable. The staging area for the test drives was under roof near a valet parking area that had misters operating. When I got out of the car and walked past the valet parking area my glasses fogged up so bad I had to take them off to see where I was going. I believe the air conditioning will be just fine. The other nice thing is that when the compressor kicks on and off, there is no affect on the power.
I may have spoken out of turn up above, it may not be the console accessory that is being provided for free, but rather an accessory shelf for sundries:
Begging forgiveness!
Houston was AWESOME !! Great job TESLA people !! It was blazing HOT, and the A/C was flawless. The Model S Performance I drove changed my LIFE. The acceleration was....in one word. VICIOUS. I didnt even have it half way down, and that car was WARP speed. I have had a lot of cars at my age. This one is the most impressive car I have ever test driven. What a high quality car. There were none of those nit picky problems I have heard others talk about fit and finish. The car is just HIGH END, and indeed Premier. WHAT A RIDE. What a car !!! I am still experiencing G forces today even....on a Monday after the Saturday event !! WOW. !!!!!
Your adjective inspired me to wonder if any Texans will be inspired, even once, to get some "clip-on" longhorns and tuck the attachment under the frunk hood, and race about terrorizing the (other) natives. Maybe even go down to Austin for maximum effect!
I am a Univ of Texas grad....not a bad idea! lol.
Glad to hear the A/C is so good! That will sell plenty of cars in Texas. :-)
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1. "One Thing"
2. "Don't take yourself too seriously" (Louis) and "Until I find the right girl, I have Louis." (Harry)
3. Louis and Harry <3
4. Since X Factor. I miss those days!
5. Megamind!
6. "Moments"
7. Run into them by surprise so there aren't screaming girls in my way of getting a pic with them!
8. "And I'd marry you, Harry." -Lou
9. Perrie for sure! She's so adorable!
10. They're amazing lads in general. They're sweet, funny, talented, and they always make me laugh. They're so inspirational and they just brighten up my day.
by chloe617 on 1/10/2013 9:36:25 PM
1.what makes u beautiful
2."A real man would make a girl's lipstick smear not her mascara."
4.Since I heard wmyb on the radio for the first time
5.Spin the Harry
7.I would get past security and go backstage. Then I would hide in a closet and then Zayn opens the door and finds me. I tell him the story and he lets me see the rest of one direction and stay backstag the whole time watching the concert on a huge tv. It is crazy but it would be awesome.
8.I like girls who eat carrots
9.the one Harry is dating
10.funny, sexy, hot, has amazing voices, and why wouldn't u love 1D
by monkeygirlee92 on 1/6/2013 5:47:44 PM
1. "What Makes You Beautiful" or "One Thing"?-WMYB
2. Favorite quote?-Louis - "Is this your card?" *pulls card out of hat* Harry - "Oh my god!" Zayn - "Jesus! You got it right!"
3. Liam, Harry, Louis, Zayn, Niall or all five?-LOUIS!!!!
4. How long have you been a Directioner?-Since Oct. 31st
5. Spin the Harry, Megamind or Quickfire?- Spin the Harry
6. "Stand Up" or "Moments"?-Moments
7. If you had the chance, how would you like to meet One Direction?-At my school, when I'm playing video games, if they drive by my house and thier car breaks down, a concert
8. What's your favorite 1D quote from the X Factor?-'"NO" Jimmy protested' or '"Until I find the right girl, I have Louis!"'
9. Who's your favorite 1D girlfriend?-Which one is Louis dating? I like her.
10. Why do you love One Direction?-They're HOT!!!
by wesdelwarrior on 12/22/2012 8:43:13 PM
1. "What Makes You Beautiful"
2. Favorite quote? 3. HARRY, but all of them are fine with me.
4. Recently I have been going crazy for them.
5. Spin the Harry
6. "Stand Up"
7. YES! If you had the chance, how would you like to meet One Direction?
8. What's your favorite 1D quote from the X Factor? Carrot Quote
9. Who's your favorite 1D girlfriend? maybe Danielle.
10. Why do you love One Direction? CUTE, HOT GREAT, SINGERS. Meghan D.
by fashionqn on 11/18/2012 12:24:50 AM
1. "One Thing"
2. "A real man will make a girls lipstick smear, no her mascara."
3. I Like Harry The Most But I Love Them All
4. When "What Makes You Beautiful" First Came Out
5. All Of Them
6. "Moments"
7. While their concert is going on harry is singing his solo and im standing in the front row and he sees me and he whispers in one of the guards ears and tells him to take me back stage and then i meet them there.
8. "Simple, But Affective" -Harry
9. It Was Danielle, But Since Their Not Together Anymore Its Perry.
10. They Are Really Good Singers, Funny, Hott, and Really Sweet Guys
by GIK1999 on 11/17/2012 6:15:24 PM
1. "What Makes You Beautiful"
2. "I remembered Katy Perry's birthday and forget my dads, hahaha yay me. - Harry Styles"
3. Liam and Harry
4. Since last year, my friend showed me them and I loved them!
5. Spin the Harry
6. Moments
7. At a concert and they see me in the front row!
8. She's mine!- Louis
9. Every one of them! They just so awesome!
10. They're British and Irish, they have amazing voices, they're funny, and they're cute. Enough said lol
by dancingirl1613 on 11/16/2012 7:44:32 PM
What makes you beautiful
Last week I explained my love for women who like carrots. Since then I have received a lot of carrots. Now I have a keen interest in women who like Lamborgenies. (I have no idea how do spell that) --Louis
Since 2010
Spin the Harry
Stand up
Win backstage passes
I like girls who eat carrots
Too many reasons!! ;)
by bball4all34 on 11/11/2012 12:45:23 AM
1. what makes you beautiful
2. "NO! jimmy protested." -louis
3. niall and louis
4. I wouldn't necessarily say I am one
5. quickfiiiiire
6. moments
7. randomly, like walkin down the street.
8. ^^^^^^
9. danielle
10. hmmmmmmmmmmmm
by maddieboo786 on 11/2/2012 5:38:50 PM
1. It's a total tie!
2. You normally hear Niall before you see him. XD
3. I love them all (please don't judge me!) But I like Louie and Niall best
4. Ever since X factor
5. Quickfire
6. Um... tough call I'd have to say Stand up
7. They'd see my preform at my school musical, tell me how awesome I was () and we'd get the same record deal.
9. um... not sure oh, me!!
10. Because they're just so amazing, tehy have great voices and they're so hilarious!
by justme_dontchange on 10/25/2012 5:57:03 PM
1. What makes you beautiful
2. "You normally hear Niall before you see him."
3. All five <3
4. Since their first album came out.
5. Spin the Harry
6. Stand Up
7. I would love to meet One Direction at a professional soccer game.
8. I don't watch the X Factor...
9. Danielle
10. They have amazing voices and are so amazingly gorgeous.
by lolobelle_loves13 on 10/24/2012 7:38:24 PM
1. what makes you beautiful
2. I LIKE GIRLS WHO EAT CARROTS! (Louis)
3. all 5! you're not a true directioner unless you like all five!
4. ever since they were on the x factor.
5. quickfire
6. stand up
7. i would want to meet them at the music store, then ask what kind of music they would recomend.
8. same as number 2.
9. elanor
10. they have great music, they are all super cute, louis is funny, liam and zayn have AWESOME hair, harry has a great voice, niall is adorable, they were my first concert, and THEY'RE BRITISH!
by rockerchic123456789 on 10/13/2012 9:04:43 PM
What Makes You Beautiful
Get Out Of My Kitchen! X Harry
All Five Duh it's a no brainer
Since Forever!
Spin The Harry
They would here me singing and they would sign me!
I like girls who eat carrots x Louis
Eleanor but I like them all
Oh gosh thats to many to type!
by Breezy98 on 9/29/2012 5:23:36 PM
1. What Makes You Beautiful
2. "oh no! I drank too much uhnuhjee juice!"
3. Harry
4. I pride myself in being a normal fan who isn't completely obsessed.
5. Quickfire
6. Stand Up
7. They bring me up on stage.
8. "Hello"
9. Idk
10. They are cute and I like their music
by meepala21 on 9/19/2012 6:54:11 PM
1. What Makes You Beautiful
2. But jimmy protested!
4. Recently
5. Spin the Harry
6. Moments
7. When they're in the middle of a concert
8. I never watched the x factor I just heard them on the radio
10. Awesome music and cute boys!
by jmtkwalshgirl on 9/18/2012 7:30:35 AM
1. one thing
2. "your a great friend but if zombies start chasing us, im tripping you"
4.about a year
5. spin the harry
7.i'd be shopping at a stor and harry would walk up to me and tell me the shirt i would be trying on was a great color on me and the restof the boys would come and start agreeing with him then we'd all be friends
8. "i like girls who eat carrots
9.they are all pretty awesome
10.because they are all talented and hot
by soulsister12 on 9/15/2012 10:59:49 PM
1. "What Makes You Beautiful" or "One Thing"? One Thing
2. Favorite quote? just close your eyes and enjoy the roller coaster that is life x -Zayn
3. Liam, Harry, Louis, Zayn, Niall or all five? all five, duh!
4. How long have you been a Directioner? 2011
5. Spin the Harry, Megamind or Quickfire? Spin the Harry
6. "Stand Up" or "Moments"? Moments
7. If you had the chance, how would you like to meet One Direction? Either they see me in the crowd at their concert and have me come back stage after the show or Im having dinner at Nando's and the boys ask if they can join me.
8. What's your favorite 1D quote from the X Factor? SHES MINE!!!!! -Louis
9. Who's your favorite 1D girlfriend? They are all wonderful!
10. Why do you love One Direction? How could you possibly choose one reason?
by Jollyjumper8 on 9/14/2012 9:48:29 PM
1:What makes you beautiful
2:When you look in the mirror you see nothing, but when i look at you i see beauty
4:Ever since they came out
5:Spin the Harry
7:Walking home from school
8:"I like girls who eat carrots"- Louis
9:Eleanor Calder
10: I love their music..and maybe their faces!!
by StandingOvation on 9/14/2012 7:31:17 PM
1. "What Makes You Beautiful" or "One Thing"?
What Makes You Beautiful
2. Favorite quote?
"Our goals never changed and our ambitions never changed. We always wanted to go in the same direction so we called ourselves One Direction." -Zayn
3. Liam, Harry, Louis, Zayn, Niall or all five?
All five!
4. How long have you been a Directioner?
Erm... since April? but I've liked them longer than that
5. Spin the Harry, Megamind or Quickfire?
Spin the Harry
6. "Stand Up" or "Moments"?
7. If you had the chance, how would you like to meet One Direction?
Doesn't matter how, any way would be perfect
8. What's your favorite 1D quote from the X Factor?
9. Who's your favorite 1D girlfriend?
They're all awesome!
10. Why do you love One Direction?
Too many reasons... I could write a book about it
by rocketshiptomars on 9/14/2012 5:07:59 PM
1.What Makes You Beautiful or One Thing? What Makes You Beautiful.
2.Favorite quote? "I love girls who.. eat carrots."
3.Liam, Harry, Louis, Zayn, Niall, or five? Obvi all five.
4.How long have you been a directioner? Since like last December - ish.
5.Spin the Harry, Megamind, or Quickfire? Spin the Harry haha
6."Stand up" or "Moments"? Moments.
7.If you had the chance how would you meet One Direction? I was walking down the street and fell, and Liam helped me up and then the other boys came along and kept apologizing over and over and then invited me to their house to make sure I was okay<3
8.What's your favorite 1d quote from the xfactor? "No, Jimmy protested!"
9.Who's your favorite 1D girlfriend? This is SO tough, I love them all<3
10.Why do you love One Direction? Because I do.
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Hannaford conditions
The 18-page decision document contains 29 individual conditions for Hannaford.
Among the requirements are:
traffic mitigation measures including reconstruction of the Vermont 116/Farmall Drive/Commerce Street intersection and the Vermont116/Charlotte Road intersection, in compliance with Vermont Agency of Transportation standards;
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HINESBURG — For two years, Hannafords proposal to build a 36,000-square-foot store near Commerce Street in the village has been seen by Hinesburg residents either as divisive or as a discussion that brought residents together.
The Development Review Board on Tuesday issued an approval for the project, but the decision came with numerous conditions for Hannaford.
Board members voted 4-3, divided over several key concerns, including compliance with the town's official map and compatibility with the surrounding area.
Hannaford first submitted its application in November 2010, and the firm gradually revised its plans for parking, architecture, hours and other specifications, during the span of more than a dozen public hearings.
Three related applications by Hannaford required a decision by the board: site plan review, sign review and a conditional use (for extended hours) request.
This week's deliberation and decision pertained to the site plan review. The review includes stormwater, traffic, landscaping, lighting and building design, and it has sparked the major part of discussion at hearings, some attended by as many as 125 people.
In August, the board issued an approval for a wall-mounted sign over the entrance to the Hannaford store, and for extended hours for personnel to work overnight within the building. It denied permission for a freestanding sign proposed to be located near the intersection of Commerce Street and an access road known as Commerce Street Extension.
When a board and town staff write decisions such as this one, they include Findings of Fact, which delineate the history of the application and progress of the hearings; and Conclusions, which discuss sections of the zoning regulations and other town documents and the ways they pertain to the application and decision. Following the Findings of Fact and Conclusions, the board writes its order or decision with a set of conditions for the applicant to carry out before it can receive a zoning permit and a subsequent certificate of occupancy for the proposed building.
Throughout the hearing process, many residents said they were concerned about the large size and the "big box" appearance of the proposed store. Hannaford held a workshop in March where residents offered suggestions such as an increased number of windows, addition of porches and green building methods.
Hannaford representatives said the size could not be reduced, but they added suggested design features. As a result, the conclusions in this week's decision document state, "As a Hinesburg-specific Hannaford supermarket building design, the structure helps contribute to Hinesburg's unique sense of place."
The landscaping, design elements and placement on the lot combine to make this large structure fit in with the surrounding area, the board wrote, saying also that the store will provide a useful service within walking distance for many residents and would not contribute to sprawl.
Hinesburg's Official Map, adopted in 2009 has kindled questions about Hannaford's offer to provide space for a farmer's market and a small community park on the site.
The map designated the 4.56-acre lot as a possible place for community facilities, without stating specific required uses. Critics have argued Hannaford's proposal doesn't meet the town map designation of the land, known as Lot 15, for community facilities.
In October, the board reopened the site plan review hearing for the purpose only of discussing the offer of an easement for the farmer's market. Tyler Sterling, Hannaford real estate representative, said Hannaford agreed to making the easement "in perpetuity" instead of in five-year increments, and the public would have use of the area outside of farmer's market hours.
Tuesday's decision states that the board respects the testimony of interested parties, particularly the Village Steering Committee and the Planning Commission about their concerns that the easement does not comply with the intentions of the official map.
However, it concludes that the draft easement deed language ensures that this community facility (farmer's market) will in fact be accommodated as required by the Official Map.
Planning and Zoning Director Alex Weinhagen said he expects the full decision soon to be available on the town website www.hinesburg.org. He said the project will need an Act 250 permit as well as other town and state permits.
Board members voting in favor of approval were Tom McGlenn, Dennis Place, Richard Jordan and Kate Myhre. Dissenting votes were cast by Zoe Wainer, Ted Bloomhardt and Greg Waples.


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So much so that he was thisclose to playing a gay character "in a funny little scene" with Courteney Cox on her new hit ABC series Cougar Town. Unfortunately, he couldn't do it because of his Dancing With the Stars schedule.
"It would have been perfect," Hough said. "With all the rumors going around, I thought it would be really funny because it's just not true. But I was like, you know what? If that's what you want to see."
Not so funny, however, was Hough's recent battle with the flu...
He said he tested negative for swine flu, but he has his doubts. "It was pretty hard-core," Hough said. "I've had the flu hundreds of times, and I've always been able to work through it. But this one, I couldn't."
But he's back. Not only does he dance tonight with his celebrity partner, Playboy model Joanna Krupa, but he and best buddy Mark Ballas will make their singing debut with their band on DWTS during tomorrow's results show.
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As we stated in our Oct. 27 editorial, we have questions about the safety of fracking. But we weighed in against Initiative 2A, the proposed five-year moratorium. It's a law trying to be pushed through on emotion instead of fact.
For all the concerns we have about fracking, however, we have just as many concerns about the Fort Collins Alliance for Reliable Energy.
In earlier meetings with the Coloradoan's editorial board, we were taken aback by FARE's use of partial truths and scare tactics. Their latest ad campaign that likens a ban on fracking to a slippery slope to a ban on coffee is head-shakingly embarrassing. Fort Collins residents have gone as far as to accuse the group's election canvassers of misrepresentation.
They're not alone in witnessing the underhanded tactics FARE is using to get its point across.
In a flier the organization sent out earlier this month, two former mayors' smiling mug shots and essays appeared side by side. Each extolled the dangers of enacting a moratorium on fracking.
But only one gave his permission to use his image, words and endorsement. John Knezovich, former mayor of Fort Collins and Coloradoan columnist, was shocked to see his face and Coloradoan column on the flier in his mailbox.
We were similarly surprised to see nearly the entire column printed in this flier. Campaign managers have used snippets of newspaper articles in ads for decades. But rarely do they have the audacity to violate U.S. copyright law by republishing most of the column without permission in a ploy for votes.
This outright misuse and attempt to use our name to add credibility to FARE lends further credence to the notion that this group will employ any tactic, above board or not, to sway voters.
After serving the organization with a cease-and-desist letter, their attorney agreed to have a statement published on their site. The response read that the "use of this specific content did not represent, nor was it intended to imply, an endorsement against initiative 2A by The Coloradoan or its contributors."
Even when threatened with legal recourse, their reaction was just enough for compliance and doesn't tell the whole story.
The Coloradoan's editorial board did weigh in against 2A. We believe the ballot question doesn't take into account a key local reality: While Northern Colorado is ground zero for oil and gas exploration, Fort Collins proper is nearly entirely insulated from oil and gas development. We're worried that successful passage of this law will have few tangible changes in our quality of life while opening the door to a costly lawsuit.
But recommending residents vote against 2A is hardly an endorsement of FARE.
This pseudo-local alliance is little more than a front for the state's oil and gas lobby. More than 99 percent of their funding comes from the Colorado Oil and Gas Association, with local figurehead Ray Martinez standing out as the only other donor, chipping in $100.
Our position on the issue itself hasn't changed. We won't let emotion deter our focus on the facts - a sentiment we'd ask of Fort Collins voters as well when you cast your ballots.
But we're wary of FARE. As we have found out not just from Fort Collins residents, but from our own encounters with the organization, their "facts" leave a lot to be desired.


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Teacher Matt Dadey knocks down barriers, both physical and mental, so kids with disabilities can find success in sports.
His hard work was recognized last month when Dadey earned the New York State Adapted Physical Education Teacher of the Year award. He works for the East Syracuse Minoa Central School District.
"I think we have a very good program here at ESM and the fact that its being acknowledged state-wide says a lot about the program," said a humble and honored Dadey.
The 10-year schoolteacher works with approximately 40 to 50 children from kindergarten through 12th grade whose disabilities range from physical to cognitive, including cerebral palsy, autism, spina bifida and visual impairment. Dadey's job is to modify activities in the physical education curriculum so these kids can enjoy the same exercises as their peers. He takes his students on field trips to ice skate or hike, and they kayak or canoe using an outrigger system on campus at Butternut Creek.
"For a lot of [the kids], this is their first time getting in a kayak, [their] first time they pull back a bow for archery, and to see the smiles on their faces, and their success, is just incredible," Dadey said.
Parents are also encouraged to get involved. If they see what their child can do in school, Dadey said, then the kids are more apt to exercise at home. For instance, when Dadey was having trouble finding activities for one of his students, he took him snowshoeing.
"It's simple, just walking outside in the woods," he said.
The next year the entire family bought snowshoes to join him and his new winter sport.
"That's nice to see," said Dadey, who recommends individual over team-oriented sports such as soccer or hockey. "Lifetime leisure activities [such as horse-back riding, kayaking and snowshoeing] are more adaptable [and] easier to modify."
In addition to teaching, Dadey is on the board of directors for Arise at the Farm, an accessible, integrated recreational facility in Chittenango. It offers activities to include adaptive and therapeutic horseback riding, horse cart driving, adaptive fishing and cycling and a high and low adventure ropes course.
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Besides the #RichKids, she also has more super cool friends. Like here, she's just casually hanging out with Paris Hilton. Just another day in the life of Dorothy.
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|The dissociative recombination (DR) of H(3)(+) is a key process in interstellar chemistry. More than 30 experimental studies of the DR process have been published in the literature. The H(3)(+) DR rate coefficient results obtained from these measurements, however, have not always been consistent. The outcome seems to depend on the experimental method, on the exact measurement procedure and sometimes even on the interpretation of the experimental data. In the past two decades, heavy-ion storage rings have become the working horse for DR measurements, as they provide a direct measurement of the DR products. Furthermore, storage ring measurements yield energy-resolved rate coefficients with unprecedented resolution that allow for detailed comparison with theory. DR results from different storage ring facilities have shown a remarkable consistency throughout the years and they provide additional information on break-up dynamics and internal excitation. In this study, we will review the storage ring DR measurements that have been carried out for H(3)(+).
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Former then-Northeast Louisiana University and San Diego Chargers quarterback Stan Humphries was announced Thursday as the latest assistant coach to join new women's basketball coach Jeff Dow's staff.
Humphries, who has spent the last 13 years as a girls basketball coach at the high school level, said he was excited about getting started rebuilding the Warhawks' program. ...


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Today, your basic Thanksgiving may consist of a dinner with family, a prayer or other acknowledgement of what you're thankful for, maybe watching some football on TV and, quite possibly, taking a nap. It may also involve plotting your course of action for Black Friday sales - or, this year, Black Thanksgiving Night sales.
But what if you took your basic Thanksgiving and turned it into an advanced Thanksgiving? It really doesn't take that much more of an effort.
One way is to remember that Thanksgiving isn't just meant to be a day of gratitude. It's meant to be a day of humble gratitude.
Too often, we say we're "blessed" with family, friends, health or wealth without acknowledging that we're no better than those who are missing one or more of those "blessings."
To someone without family, without friends, without good health or without an income, saying that you're blessed because you do have them is just bragging. To them, it might very well be insulting. Or they might consider themselves blessed anyway, despite or even because of their problems.
Remember humility when expressing your thankfulness.
Remember, too, that thankfulness works in two directions. Try to be someone who someone else is thankful for.
We can always be a better son or daughter, a better spouse, a better parent, a better sibling, a better friend. We can be a friend to those who need one. We can be of service to our neighbors and our community. Even a kind word or a smile to a stranger can lift a spirit.
We can demonstrate our humility by putting others before ourselves.
So before you settle into that chair at the dinner table or that spot on the couch today, take a moment to think about how you want to approach this Thanksgiving.
And think about how you can approach the rest of the year in the same way.


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Write well. Write often. Edit wisely.
You've probably heard the advice about writing hot and editing cold*—write freely without censor, trying any- and everything that might work, that could lead to a wonderfully creative, dramatic, or satisfying line or passage or scene, but only edit after giving yourself some distance from the text.
The writing hot part isn't usually too difficult, though many times we do cool ourselves down, analyzing as we write, editing as we write, rather than simply allowing wild and wonderful and hotly passionate ideas to shoot off our fingers.
But rather than giving you suggestions for writing without a censor, an inner critic, or an editing witch perched on your shoulder—which I've covered before—I want to focus this article on the edit cool part of the advice.
Note: As for writing hot, I'm not saying you don't have to write, don't have to push through, when you're not feeling it, when words are a struggle. I am saying that if you allow yourself to simply write, even force yourself to write—good stuff, bad stuff, or horrendous stuff—that you can usually get a momentum going and will produce something usable. Or at least something that will lead to something usable.
So while writing hot is important and a worthy topic, it's not the focus of this article.
Again and again I have writers approach me with a manuscript's first draft. And before I even see it, I advise the writer that it's probably not ready for an edit.
If you've been around The Editor's Blog a while, you know that I constantly remind writers that a first draft is not a finished manuscript. It can't be one. There is simply too much in a novel—too much that has to be linked and foreshadowed and layered and finessed—for a first draft to be sufficient.
Story threads and subplots can't be tightened on a first draft when you're just writing a few of the threads at the end of that first draft. You have to go back and make or strengthen connections that you'd not included or only hinted at when you wrote earlier sections of the story.
Even if you are a plotter with detailed outlines, once the actual story words are written, you still need to make adjustments, playing up some elements while reducing the emphasis on or eliminating others. Maybe you need to hone mood or tone or word choices.
Changes might be as wide-reaching as cutting out a subplot or character, giving a main character a different motivation, changing the setting. Or you might decide a high proportion of a character's thoughts should become dialogue. Or changes might be as subtle as changing the words a character uses to refer to another character or to an important event from his past.
Changes might need to be made at the chapter level or the word level or, more likely, at both and everywhere in between as well.
You may find you have too many characters or too few. You may have to play with pace and syntax and tone and subtext. You may have to rearrange events or scenes, cut back story, add or adjust dialogue or description, give characters quirks, even change a character's goals.
These are just a few of the issues you'd change with subsequent drafts—take my word when I say that a first draft isn't a final draft and that every manuscript may see, may require, a half dozen or more drafts.
Now that we've confirmed that a novel manuscript needs multiple drafts and rewrites and edits, let's look at the real topic of this article—editing or evaluating your story with a cool editor's eye.
To evaluate a story, or some part of it, objectively, you've got to be able to step away from the intimate ties you have with your story and read it as any other reader would.
You've spent months or years creating characters, a fictional world and story events, and you've done everything you know how to do to make those characters, events, and that world seem real. Those people and places and events are no doubt real to you.
You know the characters, their motivations and histories, better than you know many of the 3-D people you interact with each day. You know what your characters have done, what's been done to them, and you know their emotional triggers. You know what people in your fictional worlds do and what they want and the lengths they'll go to protect themselves, their loved ones, and their secrets.
You understand your characters' emotions and motivations, their strengths and weaknesses. You feel the rhythms of your story world and the cadences of your characters' speech.
You feel the atmosphere of your fictional setting, maybe even hear the bells or the rush of cars on rain-slicked streets or the background murmur of waves hitting the shore.
But what you need to be able to do when you're ready to edit—or when you need to evaluate a section of the story—is to read that text cold, to evaluate it based on what's on the page, not what's in your head and heart.
And to be able to evaluate in this manner, you need distance—head and heart distance—from your characters and story events.
I've offered this same advice to a handful of writers who approached me, just this week, about a possible edit—
Once you finish the first draft, put the manuscript aside for at least a month (maybe only a few weeks for a novella or a few days for a short story). Find something else to do—start a new writing project, get back into a hobby, have fun with the family. Whatever you do, don't touch the manuscript you just finished. Don't peek at it, don't read through the good parts, don't check just that one little thing that's now bugging you.
Make notes if you absolutely have to remember something—without looking at the manuscript—and then put those aside. Get out of the mode you were in while you wrote and occupy your brain with other pursuits.
This is hard; I know it is. But once you actually stop thinking about the story for a few days, it becomes easier to do.
Why do we do this, step away and create distance between our minds and emotions and our stories? Because distance allows us to see errors and weak places in the text. Distance enhances our insight; we can see problems that had earlier been lost in a haze of enchantment over our story.
When we love, we overlook flaws and weaknesses; we quite literally don't see them anymore or we make adjustments to deal with them. We do it with the people we love, and we do it with our creations.
But with novels, we have to take a dispassionate look and eliminate the bad, change the weaknesses to strengths. Readers won't love our stories the way we do, not with the faults that keep readers from appreciating them. And not only might they not love them, critics might actively savage your stories, creating an additional handicap to be overcome when you release the next book.
Readers deserve your best. That best requires that you take a cool, dispassionate look at your manuscripts and make the changes that create a better story.
Once you've cleared the story and all the emotion-based connections from your mind—this may take longer for some stories than for others, depending on how long you've been living with the story and how deep you were in it to the exclusion of other activities—print a clean copy of the manuscript, take it to a quiet place, and read.
Now make your notes. If you're reading from a first draft, you'll probably have lots and lots of notes. You may have more notes and suggestions than you have regular text. And that's okay. If you wrote hot, you'll have all sorts of ideas that you didn't use or that didn't work or that need clarifying. Or you might have had a great idea for a character or subplot that didn't come to you until three quarters of the way through the story and now you need to weave it into the manuscript in a handful of earlier scenes. Now is the time to analyze and make sense of what you have, determine what you want to develop further and what you want to drop, and see what is lacking completely.
And then, after you've read and made your decisions, it's time to go back to the writing.
You may end up doing some variation of this hot/cold approach several times for the same manuscript, though you may only take a full month or a couple of weeks for cooling down period between the first draft and your first evaluation of it. That is, you might not need as much time to distance yourself from the feel of the story for successive drafts as you did for the first draft.
You might also need a couple of weeks of distance between a final draft and your last polishing edit. Or you could enlist someone unfamiliar with the story do that final pass.
Distance does bring clarity in this type of endeavor. Allow yourself the time to create that needed distance.
But, but, but . . .
Yes, I can already hear the exceptions heading my way—
But I'm on a deadline. I don't have time to wait a month between one draft and another. You don't understand contracts and the publisher's demands.
But I told my fans I'd publish this weekend.
But I'll lose interest if I wait that long.
But I didn't budget time for some cooling-off period.
Yes, there are exceptions to this advice as there always are for any advice. But we're looking at best practices here. And now that you know what kind of time you'll need, you have no excuse not to budget for it.
Build in the time for a cooling off period between drafts. And if you've never before considered having to do it, build in time to rewrite as well. Until you understand the value of rewriting, understand that rewriting and editing is where a story truly takes shape, it's likely that you'll balk at such advice. But if you're serious about a writing career, you need to take advantage of techniques that work. If you're out to make a few bucks, don't care about your reputation as a writer, feel free to ignore any advice. But if you want a long-term reputation as a competent writer, learn the ins and outs that will help you become one. If you want to write high-quality books, learn the methods that produce good books.
Writing a novel isn't effortless, not for most of us. That doesn't mean we can't get better at it or that it doesn't get easier as we write more and more. It also doesn't mean that writing isn't enjoyable and rewarding. It does mean that you have to work, especially on those fiction elements and writing skills at which you're less than expert.
If your dialogue is weak—if it stinks—then you could go heavy on action and description as a fix. If you have no idea how to include setting details, you could ignore them. If you find foreshadowing difficult, you might forgo adding any. But these choices, this avoidance pattern, will no doubt create a much weaker story than what you should be producing.
If you instead discover your weaknesses and work to eliminate them, something that rewriting and self-editing will force you to do, then your stories will improve. You won't have to hide weaknesses with your strengths; you'll instead increase the number of strengths you bring to story.
But what if you are on a deadline?
If you're writing to a deadline, this is probably not your first book, so it's likely you have experience with stepping away from a manuscript and allowing your brain to grow cool with it; you already know the advantages to editing cool. But if the completion of a first draft is bumping up against your deadline, my suggestion is that you see if you can change the deadline. At this point in your career, you know a first draft isn't going to cut it. And if this is something that always happens with you, change your work habits or request a longer time to write. Build in the time needed to edit cool.
Yes, some writers can churn out a decent story and rush it into print without a lot of time between edits and rewrites, but you don't have to make a practice of doing that. And your story will be stronger with a cooling period between drafts or between drafts and editing. Do you want to produce only a decent story or a truly good one? If you're reading this, I'm guessing you want to write good stories. You don't want to merely get by.
Following tested and true techniques will help in your quest to craft solid and high-quality stories. And building in the time needed to improve your manuscript is wise. What's the point in working on a first draft for 18 months only to skip over some of the most important steps in the creative process just so you can get the story up on Amazon two months earlier?
What I'm advising is that you not rush and not skimp on the practices and techniques that create strong stories. You wouldn't skip one of the major fiction elements—character, dialogue, or setting—in your novels. Why skip a major and necessary step in their creation?
Write hot. Let your ideas and words spew creatively. Let imagination reign as you create. Let words flow unimpeded without censor or challenge. Write with passion.
But edit and analyze with a cooler head and heart. Figure out what works, what doesn't, and the reasons for each. Use what you learn about writing one manuscript help you with subsequent stories.
Edit by looking for weaknesses—poke at those weaknesses to see where they break down. And then fix them. Rather than remain in awe of your stories, look at them objectively, as a stranger would. Examine them as a critic would. And then shore up the weak places or eliminate them altogether. Fix problem areas before your critics have a change to highlight and ridicule them.
In order to make your stories as good as you think they are, step back and analyze them with a cool mind and an unbiased, dispassionate heart.
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Fabulous read Beth. Reading all your articles again, now first draft of Divine Darkness is "cooling down."
Congratulations, Victoria! Finishing that first draft deserves to be celebrated. I hope you're able to find great insights after the cooling down period.
I'm so glad you're finding the articles useful. I've got something coming that I hope will prove even more useful—I'm finishing up a book on editing for those who intend to self-publish. It'll have lots of tips for making a manuscript ready for publishing. I hope to have at least the PDF version ready by late September.
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Monday, June 28, 2010
© Copyright 2015 Albany Herald
VALDOSTA -- One look at Robbie Knievel's wrinkled old map of North America and it's easy to tell the man's been around the block a few times.
The map, which he keeps in the RV he uses to travel around the country, has black marker circles around every city in which the daredevil has ever performed.
And with more than 250 jumps to his credit, it somewhat resembles Verizon's cell phone coverage map.
Yet, after 40 years of being a stuntman and traveling everywhere from Vancouver to Puerto Rico, the famous son of the legendary daredevil Evel Knievel has not performed in seven states.
This weekend, that number will drop to six.
That's when "Kaptain Knievel" will jump over the famed lake at Wild Adventures Theme Park in Valdosta on Saturday at 6 p.m.
And according to professional stunt coordinator Spanky Spangler, who is responsible for setting up this weekend's event, the jump is the first of its kind, in that it starts over water and ends over water.
"I don't have butterflies (in my stomach)," Robbie said Monday during an interview in that famed RV with The Herald. "I have cockroaches."
As he should.
The ramps for the jump's take-off and landing will be supported by barges, and the gap distance is the equivalent of 30 full size cars (approximately 150 feet). But for the 48-year-old Knievel, who says he doesn't practice his jumps before he performs them, it'll be business as usual.
"I say a little prayer in my head (when I'm about to go off the ramp)," Robbie explained as he took a drag from his cigarette. "It's like playing Russian Roulette. You have to have the guts to pull the trigger. You have to keep it together and have a positive mental attitude, because if you hesitate, you lose."
Hesitating is one thing the younger Knievel, who jumped the Grand Canyon in 2000 and the Ceasars Palace fountain in Las Vegas in 1989, does not do.
Robbie said stunt jumpers routinely go 65-to-75 miles per hour on their takeoff and end up at well over 100 on their landing, so everything has to be perfect to land the jump successfully.
"There's no backing out," Robbie said. "One time in my whole life ... I backed out. I went around the ramp because I wasn't going fast enough to make the jump."
Robbie knows what not making the jump feels like. He's broken more than 20 bones but ironically, the worst crash of his life didn't come during a performance.
"I ran into a bridge pillar," Robbie said. "I was just being silly, messing around after a party (when I was young) and tore up both of my knees and a lung. It was pretty bad."
Of course, you can't mention the son without mentioning the father. After all, Robbie got his start in stunt jumping by opening for one of Evel's shows in 1970 -- when he was just 8 years old.
But even after going solo and moving out on his own when he was 16, he couldn't escape his father's shadow.
"He always complimented (me on my career)," Robbie said. "But he would never quite move over or pass the baton, and I never understood that."
Robbie said he later realized it was because all these other daredevils were constantly trying to challenge Evel and make a name for themselves, but they wanted to do it by simply doing bigger jumps.
"They didn't have charisma or speak from the heart," Robbie said. "And my dad always did."
Evel passed away on Nov. 30, 2007, but thanks to Robbie, "Knievel" is still synonymous with stunt jumping.
"There are a lot of fans out there," Robbie said. "There's always some guy who brings his kid and says, 'My dad brought me to see your dad, and I brought my son to see you.' "
Robbie has successfully completed every one of Evel's attempted jumps except for two: Idaho's Snake River Canyon and England's Wembley Stadium. He has plans to jump 16 buses at Wembley -- three more than his father's failed attempt in 1975 on Sep. 19 -- while he's in the process of scheduling the half-mile Snake Canyon jump.
According to Robbie, however, his most important accomplishment was sharing his faith with his dad.
"I sent him a Bible with a bunch of highlighted sections," began Robbie, "(because) God's the only judge of your heart."
Evel eventually became a Christian a few months before he died, even giving a testimony on the "Hour of Power" television program.
Discovering his faith marked one of the first times Robbie, who says he got saved in 1997, did something before his dad.
"I'm not trying to be good enough, (because you can't)," Robbie said. "But I've been on that path since I was young."
In the end, Robbie said his faith, and his confidence he'll see his father again, make each jump a little easier.
And come Saturday, it will also make his map a little darker.
Sure, you've heard all about his daring stunts and famous father, but do you really know Robbie Knievel, the man? Here are a few of his favorite things.
***Favorite band: Bob Seger (right now).
***Favorite food: Sushi.
***Favorite city: Beaufort, S.C. (where he lives).
***Favorite movie: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
***Favorite jump: 1989 Caesars Palace fountain jump.
***Favorite people he's met during his travels: Clint Eastwood and Burt Reynolds (among others).
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Hizer does it all as Bulldogs win in Morris' return
SEWARD, Neb. – With junior guard Bailey Morris back in the lineup, the seventh-ranked Concordia women's basketball team regained the form that saw it win seven GPAC games in a row prior to last Saturday's setback. The Bulldogs dominated the game's final minutes on the way to a 79-63 win over Briar Cliff (12-9, 5-6 GPAC) on Saturday afternoon.
Eighth-year head coach Drew Olson's squad moved to 16-4 overall and 10-2 in the GPAC – good enough for second place.
"The second half was just great basketball for us," Olson said. "Defensively we finally figured them out and locked down the last 10 minutes. That was a great performance for our team."
Whether blowing past defenders on the way to the basket or rising for a 3-pointer, Morris (game high 21 points in 36 minutes) looked comfortable on the right knee she injured on Jan. 8. She exploded to the rim and showed off her characteristic flair with a sterling bullet pass to Tracy Peitz for two during an 18-0 run that put Concordia in control.
Trailing by a small margin much of the second half, the Morris-led Bulldogs punished Briar Cliff down the stretch. The 18-0 run was ignited by a Morris trey at the 6:17 mark of the second half. That gave Concordia a lead it would keep for good. Morris combined with junior Kelsey Hizer for 15 of the 18 points during the game-winning spurt.
"We just kept hitting shot after shot and I just knew we had it in the bag," Hizer said. "People definitely stepped up and made some plays."
Hizer had a big day with 16 points, six rebounds, four assists and two steals. The 5-foot-10 guard did a number on Briar Cliff leading scorer Slone Masters, who was held without a single point in the second half. Hizer also connected on a 3-pointer in the final minute to put an exclamation mark on the win.
"Kelsey was fantastic," Olson said. "She hit a couple shots that helps her confidence, but it's her defense that really helps us. Slone Masters is a really nice player and (Kelsey) was all over her."
Concordia, which held the Chargers to 32.8 percent shooting (21.6 percent in the second half), also got solid performances from Peitz (11 points, 13 rebounds) and freshman Becky Mueller (13 points, seven rebounds). Peitz, a Hartington, Neb., native, notched her second double-double in three games. Morris added five assists and four steals to her ledger.
The Bulldogs tremendous defensive effort caused 21 Briar Cliff turnovers. In addition, Olson lauded his team for taking a season high four charges.
Oddly, Concordia shot 41.7 percent (10-for-24) from beyond the arc, but only 31.3 percent (15-for-48) on attempts inside the 3-point line.
Paige Herrboldt topped the Chargers with 15 points. Regan Cooper chipped in seven points and 10 rebounds for a Briar Cliff team that lost in GPAC play for the fifth time in the last six outings.
While Morris returned to the hardwood, the Bulldogs played their second game in a row without senior leader Kristen Conahan.
Next up for the Bulldogs is a trip to No. 10 Hastings (18-2, 9-2 GPAC) on Wednesday in what will be a battle of top 10 teams. The Broncos won the first meeting, 94-89, upsetting Concordia in Seward on Nov. 26. That contest ended a streak of seven-straight wins over the Broncos, who defeated No. 9 Morningside 64-55 on Saturday.
"We're pretty excited to play Hastings and CIT (Jan. 24-25) is obviously always really fun so we can't wait to get back at it," Hizer said.
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Reasoning and reaction are out of date.
Slowying my own hell i create.
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Losing everything which was within.
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Damian Smith does not 'suffer' from Asperger's Syndrome. He likes to think of it as a superpower, but describes it as being akin to "really wanting to pat a cat, but being eternally trapped in a dog's body".
Damian's show for MICF 2014 is called 'I'm Here All Weak: Ultimate Edition', and in it he discusses the pros and cons of being an Aspie, from what it's like to be high-functioning, to what happens during a meltdown, illustrated along the way with graphs and charts that give a little bit of insight into the mind of someone with Asperger's.
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MIDDLESBORO, Ky. (WYMT) - Free lunches are now available in Bell County.
The Salvation Army opened "Willy's Diner" in the Middlesboro building.
The diner serves a hot meal every Monday through Friday from Noon to 1:00.
Organizers say everyone is welcome.
"There's a lot of people in the community having a hard time making ends meet. We had a bread line going, but we wanted to do something further than that so we opened the diner to make sure everybody had the opportunity for at least one hot meal a day," said Lt. Jason Quinn.
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WINNIPEG -- The Winnipeg Jets will begin to scatter across the globe this week, but more than a handful of players might reconvene when the IIHF 2012 World Championship begins next month in Finland and Sweden.
Jets captain Andrew Ladd indicated that he will play for Canada after participating last spring at the event in Slovakia. Canada finished fifth in the 2011 tournament. Ladd will join Evander Kane, who led the Jets with 30 goals this season, as returnees from last season's Canadian team.
"I had a great experience last year with it," Ladd said. "Hockey Canada treats you very well, and it's fun to be a part of."
Goaltender Ondrej Pavelec led the Czech Republic to a bronze medal last year, but his status for this year remains to be determined.
Defenseman Zach Bogosian will not play for the United States, as he battled late-season injuries. Dustin Byfuglien still is considering playing for the U.S. team, but Blake Wheeler seems unlikely to participate.
Other Jets who may be possibilities for the tournament are Nik Antropov (Kazakhstan), Alexander Burmistrov (Russia), Tobias Enstrom (Sweden), and Antti Miettinen (Finland).


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NounSummons (plural Summonses)
- A call to do something, especially to come.
- (law) A notice summoning someone to appear in court, as a defendant, juror or witness.
Summons (third-person singular simple present summonses, present participle summonsing, simple past and past participle summonsed)
- (transitive) To serve someone with a summons.
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Adjectives for Summons
emphatic; collective; peremptory; gracious petulant; authoritative; coincident; silent final; hasty; urgent; dread; long-waited vociferous; strange.
Verbs for Summons
abrogate—; announce—; answer—; countermand—; dismiss—; dispatch—; enforce—; heed—; ignore—; nullify—; quash—; serve with—; —apprehends; —arraigns; —bids; —cites; —coerces; —commands; —demands ; —directs; —informs; —notifies; orders.
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From Old French sumunce (modern French semonce), from popular Latin *summonsa, a noun use of the feminine past participle of summonere 'to summon'.
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I am writing this update from the balcony of my hotel on lake Issyk-Kul in Kyrgyzstan but I know I will not be able to send it until we get to Almaty Kazakhstan.
It is incredibly beautiful. The lake is in the middle of the Tyan-Shan mountain range. The mountains are snow covered and have an average height of 10,000 feet. We rode here from Bishkek on some pretty good roads but for the most part the roads were straight which is boring to ride on. As soon as we got into the mountains the roads became really curvy and fun. For the most part we travel on paved roads but yesterday we took the panniers off of our bikes and went riding on some of the dirt roads near our hotel. It was a blast!
We rode up into the mountains to watch a group of local Kyrgyz people show us some of their traditional horse games. The first game was between a man and a woman and the goal is for the man to catch and kiss the woman while at a full gallop. Then they turned around and she chased him while trying to whip him with her horse whip. Then they put some colored cloths on the ground and the young men would try reach down and pick up the cloths while galloping. This was meant to be a test for the young men to show their strength and horsemanship. The young men also competed in a sort of wrestling match where the goal was to pull your opponent off of his horse.
The last game was not a game that has much of a future outside central Asia. The field has a circular goal on each end (approximately 1.5 meters in diameter.) There are four riders on each team and the object of the game is to drop a headless, hoofless baby goat in to the center of the goal. The game is very similar to rugby minus the dead goat. It is very physical for both the riders and the horses. The riders fight to hold onto the goat while whipping their horses and the horses of their opponents.
A bit about the goat....we did not see the goat before the games but we heard it scream just before the game began. After the game is over the winning team gets to keep the goat.
Unfortunately I do not have any photos of the game but here are a few from the last few days. (John and I got stopped three times in one dy by the Kyrgyz police. 2 out of the three let me take a photo.)


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LAS VEGAS (AP) - A state official says last week's elections did nothing to change Nevada's staunch opposition to the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump in southern Nevada.
Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects Executive Director Bob Halstead says President Barack Obama's re-election and Democratic gains that strengthened Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's position have eased fears that the project could be resurrected.
He told the Las Vegas Review-Journal (http://bit.ly/TAnWD0 ) there were no changes in the state's congressional delegation or in the Legislature that sent a message that the state's opposition is weakening.
The Obama administration and Reid were instrumental in shutting down the nuclear waste repository site beginning in 2009. Obama's budgets since then have zeroed out funding, and Reid has blocked efforts in Congress to restore money to the project.
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FCC Slaps Two $7K Fines on Same Guy at Two Different Stations For Same Reason.
Commission Slaps Two $7K Fines on Same Guy at Two Different Stations For Same Reason.
The first fine of $7K is levied on Media Associates, the owner of KBJM(AM), Lemmon, South Dakota. The violation. Failing to timely file a license renewal application. The renewal app should have been filed by December 1, 2004, four months prior to the Stations license expiration date. On June 27, 2006, the staff wrote to Media Associates indicating all authority to operate was terminated and the call letters were deleted from the commissions data base. Two weeks later Media Associates sought special temporary authorization to continue operating and filed a renewal application. The commission granted the request.
On Jannuary 31, 2007, the commission granted the stations license renewal application and reinstated the calls. But the $7K fine was still on the table. Media associates argued for a fine reduction based on two things. They claimed the statute of limitations expired which the commission rejected. And, they wanted a break for good behavior. Well, that didn't fly either with the FCC.
On the same day the commission issued the NAL in this case, it also issued an NAL to KNDC(AM) in North Dakota, owned by Schweitzer Media, for failing to file a license renewal. Michael J. Schweitzer is the sole shareholder of Schweitzer Media. Schweitzer is also the majority shareholder of Media Associates. So, the commission tacked on another $7K for the North Dakota violation.
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you have to write a script or a batch file launching your apps and CF in the end, and use this script as shell
I moved "Girder" and "Delorme Serial Emulator" from my startup folder to HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Run, but they still don't run when CF is set to be the shell. Where else can I load them from?
I really want CF to be my shell, but I need my IR-Man and more importantly GPS working too .
Setting Explorer.exe as an external app is pretty cool. It didn't load the desktop (which is kinda strange), but it does embed the "My Documents" window and from there you can navigate the whole PC.
you have to write a script or a batch file launching your apps and CF in the end, and use this script as shell
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That's totally lame. I want to be able to use the CF settings to easily switch back-and-forth from CF as shell vs. explorer as shell... I don't want to have to edit the registry. Why doesn't HKLM\...\Run work? I have used other programs besides explorer as the shell before and the items in Run, RunOnce, etc. still worked (I think).
Maybe I could make those 2 apps windows services. I'm not using a bat file... it's just ugly.
David: It looks like you gotta add a StartUp script to CF for when its the shell (of just make it run things in HKLM\...\Run and thing in the Startup folder)
some startup folder in the CF directory where you can put shortcuts and/or batch files would be pretty easy to implement.
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Nope. I'm still using APP6 to run an autoit script that loads Girder.exe and the Delorme Serial Emulator. I have to click APPS and then APP6 everytime I start up if I want to use my GPS or any of my Girder enabled input devices (steering wheel control, Pioneer remote control, Griffin Powermate knob, and F-key modifiers for my thumb-pad keyboard).
I will make another xml file you can edit to add parameters to launch something at start, resume, and exit....
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Sales remained sluggish throughout Waikiki and drivers continued to suffer traffic delays Friday as some people across Oahu began to wonder whether the inconveniences of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit will result in the predicted $123 million economic boost for Hawaii.
"$123 million? At this point it doesn't seem like it'll be that high," said former Mayor Mufi Hannemann, president and chief executive officer of the Hawaii Hotel & Lodging Association. "Certainly, it hasn't been as busy as anticipated, and we haven't seen the billings of 20,000-plus people."
Yet Hannemann and others in the visitor industry insist that the state will benefit from the high-profile exposure and guests that come with APEC.
The APEC Host Committee expected up to 20,000 people -- including 2,000 journalists -- would pour into Honolulu this week, but have been unable to produce numbers on how many dignitaries, delegates and staff actually showed up. By Friday, 1,100 journalists had picked up media credentials. An additional 150 White House journalists were expected to arrive late Friday along with President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, host committee spokeswoman Dawn Hirai said.
With both APEC business and attendance seemingly down, drivers such as Bob Hoevel questioned whether APEC is worth the mental and physical toll on Oahu residents.
Hoevel normally drives around the island for his boat repair business, but booked jobs close to home in Kailua this week to avoid traffic. Then on Thursday, Hoevel chose not to drive his daughter to her school near Honolulu Airport to avoid the delays caused by the arrival of Chinese President Hu Jintao, which included heavily armed soldiers and Humvees blocking major intersections.
"I hope somebody gets that $123 million," Hoevel said, "but it's not going into my pocket."
Security checkpoints set up Friday slowed traffic into Waikiki to a one-lane crawl.
All of the security to guard the heads of APEC nations has turned Waikiki into a "war zone," said Waikiki Neighborhood Board Member Les Among. "Was it worth it?" Among asked. "No. This isn't worth it at all."
State Sen. Sam Slom (R, Diamond Head-Hawaii Kai), who is also president and executive director of the Smart Business Hawaii organization, does not believe that APEC will give Hawaii the $123 million economic boost that was promised. "From the beginning those predictions were overly optimistic," he said. "I predict we'll actually lose money, particularly down in Waikiki."
APEC heads of state and their staffs are in town for serious work, not to shop, Slom said. And all of the security designed to protect Obama and other world leaders has kept local residents from spending money in Waikiki, which has resulted in some businesses temporarily closing this week, he said.
"The bottom line is there is very little -- if any -- economic benefit," Slom said. "At worst, we have lost a lot of business."
Lt. Gov. Brian Schatz said he and other APEC supporters have long been telling Hawaii residents that APEC will produce important long-term -- rather than short-term -- benefits.
"APEC exposes us to hundreds of millions of people across the globe who otherwise wouldn't realize the opportunities Hawaii has to offer," Schatz said Friday. "People understand that we have to more directly engage throughout the Asia-Pacific region in order for Hawaii's economy to thrive. This meeting is part of a strategy that has to be undertaken over time, and we have to show that we're committed to this strategy that extends well beyond (APEC's) Leaders Week."
By the middle of next week, the Hawaii Tourism Authority will have an estimate on the dollar value of Hawaii's media exposure from APEC, Schatz said.
"We expect it will be into the tens of millions of dollars," Schatz said. "Needless to say, it's good international exposure."
By the end of the year, Schatz hopes that the actual money generated by APEC will be calculated in a study commissioned by the HTA and state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism.
Keith Vieira, senior vice president and director of operations for Starwood Hotels & Resorts in Hawaii and French Polynesia, said APEC has attracted a more sophisticated group of visitors who are spending money in ways unlike Hawaii's typical leisure tourists. "The revenue will be what we expected," Vieira said. "It's just going to be in a less traditional way."
Starwood's room service business, for example, is up "significantly" this week because APEC staff are ordering working meals in their hotel rooms as early -- or as late -- as 4 a.m.
Waikiki hotels are generating additional revenue by hosting APEC functions and dinners, Vieira said.
"These are the types of individuals that tell their friends, higher peer groups, about what a wonderful place Hawaii was both for business and for vacation," Vieira said. "There couldn't be a better example of Hawaii situated to handle more international business, especially from the Pacific Rim."
After five days of APEC events, sales at ABC Stores' 38 Waikiki shops "are still a little soft," CEO Paul Kosasa said Friday. Although ABC Stores loaded up on merchandise, Kosasa was focusing on bigger, future benefits.
"It's the post-APEC that's going to really benefit our economy," Kosasa said. "We just have to suffer a little pain, but it'll be beneficial in the long term."