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Section 1 should re-examine Lee case
This letter is in response to Phil Strum's article "Section 1 botches Lee case," (Oct. 12). He did a fantastic job of covering the mistake made by Our Lady of Lourdes High School, and a bigger mistake made by Section 1.
The case of Lourdes' Ki Rang Lee should have been handled more wisely.
New York State Public High School Athletic Association's role is to protect student athletes, providing safe and equitable competition in an organized manner. One would think that part of this should be to fully understand a situation before an important decision is made.
Ki Rang Lee was an exchange student-athlete from Korea at Lourdes, long before he moved in with the Schlottmann Family - Matt Schlottmann is the the soccer coach at Lourds. Because Lee lives with his coach, he's not allowed to play soccer at Lourdes anymore.
Lee's original host family, the Townes family, suffered a horrible loss with the death of Kevin Townes. Lee ended up being in an uncomfortable situation and reached out for help. The Schlottmanns acted in the only manner that they know how to, with loving, caring open arms.
Lee is a good soccer player, but he is not a recruited "ringer." He is part of a team who cares about him. Lee should be given permission to play out his senior year season. Section 1 (should) reconsider and recognize the mistake they made. This is not about wins and losses, and it is time to reinstate the player.
Mary Schanz
Hopewell Junction
Stanford right to reject Stern budget
Recently the Stanford Town Board voted to amend the tentative town budget for 2013 proposed by town Supervisor Virginia Stern and put in place its own preliminary budget. This budget was passed. This was both a wise and a necessary step to help protect the town for 2013.
When originally revealing her budget, Supervisor Stern had commented that her proposed 2013 budget doesn't eliminate any town services and it is "a real tentative budget which the town can operate on." This was simply not accurate. Supervisor Stern's budget had no funds for Master Plan completion nor for zoning revision. The town spent $85,000 and two years plus work to update our 30-year-old master plan. Why were there are no monies in Supervisor Stern's budget for either item? As member and past chair of the Master Plan Committee I found this appalling.
Finally, chief among services cut, Ms. Stern's eliminated all overtime for highway employees. Under her budget, if we would have had a major snow storm or emergency outside of normal working hours, the roads could not be cleared. Clearly, this was not in the town's best interests.
Thankfully, these budget deficiencies have been firmly rectified by the Town Board. Clearly the supervisor's proposed budget was not one Stanford could live with and I thank the Town Board for recognizing and correcting what certainly would have been a major disaster for Stanford.
Carol A. Hanlon
Dewhirst's attacks on Stern are unfair
Councilman Thomas Dewhirst makes accusations against Supervisor Virginia Stern for her apparent "pattern of threats and intimidation," (Letter: "Stanford should be fed up with Stern," Oct. 24). There is irony in accusing the supervisor for negligence when the Town Board's Republicans have arbitrarily banished the office of deputy supervisor, insuring that no one can sign checks during her absence.
Virginia Stern has never supported nor has she ever sent any "hateful" mailings. Nor have any of the wild accusations submitted by her accuser ever been sustained. Yet the three Republicans and one disaffected Democrat acting as a rogue ethics committee, in defiance of a ruling from the Association of Towns and the state's Open Meetings Law, have adopted a secret, closed-door "Star Chamber" proceeding? When in the face of politically ignited charges, the supervisor retains a lawyer, is this what subverts the ethics committee? Has Dewhirst no knowledge of the guarantee of legal counsel in the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution?
Virginia Stern has never lent her name to any secret tape. Could it be that Dewhirst's type of Karl Rovian tactic of misleading accusations foreshadows the 2013 campaign tactics that we have come to expect from the extreme right wing of the Republican Party?
Dr. E. Mark Stern
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Parents and other visitors will need to adjust to a new building access process when schools reopen Thursday in Chambersburg Area School District.
To further screen people entering school buildings, the district will require photo identification for entrance into the buildings.
"As a district in light of the recent events that have occurred nationally, we are continuing to work with our district police force, borough and state police to ensure the safety of all of our staff and students," said CASD Assistant Superintendent Cathy Dusman. "We will continue to keep the doors to our buildings locked, but I believe it's important for parents who are coming to the building to know that they'll need to bring identification.
"Although many of the secretaries know who these people are - they're familiar with the parents - there are often times when another staff member or substitute secretary may be covering the office. It's just important to start getting into the habit of bringing your identification with you to the building, so that you don't have to go back to your car and get it."
In the past, doors have been locked, preventing guests from easy access to buildings during a school day. Parents and other visitors needed to use a buzzer system, state their name and reason for entering the schools.
CASD has reassessed some of its safety measures following the tragic shooting Dec. 14 at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
"We are certainly aware that the tragedy in Sandy Hook has made us revisit our own security and we know that this will take some time - especially with regard to checking people's identifications," said Dusman. "It's important to let the parents know we appreciate very much their understanding and their patience as we work through this heightened level of security in our buildings."
Dusman placed a call to all district families Dec. 16 to reassure them of security measures in place within the district.
The week of Dec. 17, Chambersburg Police Department, Pennsylvania State Police in Chambersburg and the district's police force completed security sweeps of buildings and were present for the morning drop-off or afternoon pick-up of students at many buildings across the district.
On Dec. 21, a staff member took a BB pistol off a student during the school day and the student was taken into police custody. The incident took place in the midst of social media threats for schools throughout Franklin County and across the nation.
Building principals will also be sending letters to parents this week, outlining the new policy and also describing security procedures unique to their buildings.
"Every one of our buildings is a little bit different," said Dusman. "Because each building is a different layout, the principal of the building will be sending a letter home to the parents once we return from break, stating specific changes at their buildings. We are doing extra safety sweeps in all of our buildings and we will continue to do so because we think that keeps us aware of anything unusual in our buildings.
"We are working with the principals of our buildings and the buildings and grounds department to make sure we have appropriate safety precautions in place. We are also continuing to do the safety and security drills and lockdown drills so that everyone knows what the procedures are in the event of an incident."
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Shanna Strickland, 30, of 6617 Grelot Road, Mobile, was booked into Ouachita Correctional Center on charges of illegal possession of stolen things, improper lane use, no motor vehicle insurance, a fugitive warrant from Calcasieu Parish and possession of drug paraphernalia.
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- Is there something between Ben Affleck and Halle Berry? - Gossip Cop
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- What happened backstage with Kylie Jenner at The Ellen Show? - Radar
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Talk about riding in style! Following a tour-ending injury that required surgery, the pop superstar was spotted speeding around in a custom wheelchair designed by Ken Borochov of the luxury brand Mordekai. Check out these impressive specs: The ride featured tufted calf leather, a 24-karat gold-plated chair (wheels and hardware) with a black leather seat and a removable canopy. Très chic!
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Favourable prospects for German businesses active in China: Trading activities and German exports to China will develop positively until mid-2014. This development is closely connected to the expected rise in Chinese domestic demand. Furthermore, Germany is a very popular destination for Chinese investors. In the coming six months, Chinese businesses are very likely to invest to a greater extent in German businesses and projects. These are the findings of a quarterly survey among executives from German industrial enterprises in China, conducted by the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in collaboration with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and the German Chamber of Commerce in China. read more
The low price for CO2 in the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) is still hardly an incentive for companies to reduce CO2 emissions. Companies regulated under the Emissions Trading System, however, do feel the impact of the weak economic situation in the eurozone. Their total CO2 emissions in Europe went down by two per cent in 2012. In Germany, by contrast, emissions of the regulated companies increased by 0.5 per cent compared with the previous year also due to the country's on-going strong economic development. These are the findings of the 2013 KfW/ZEW CO2 Barometer. This annual survey has been jointly conducted since 2009 by KfW bank and the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) within a co-operation project that examines the impact of the EU ETS regime on the regulated companies. read more
Today, the Internet is already essential for the success of half of the companies in the German information economy. Most companies in the sector assume that until the end of 2014, the significance of the World Wide Web will increase further. The surveyed companies expect that in the coming years, the Internet will especially contribute to improving the efficiency of client relationship management as well as knowledge and information management. Many companies also believe that the Internet has further potential for improving business processes and transactions, for opening new markets and accessing new costumer groups, as well as for developing innovative products and services. This is the result of a current survey conducted by the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim among some 1,000 companies of the German information economy (see bottom of the press release) with a minimum of five employees. read more
Nowadays, thousands of patents are protecting innovative products like the smartphone. Such growing patent thickets increasingly hinder the innovation process of national economies. For many firms, the patent legislation represents an almost incalculable risk. Patent litigations between major technology corporations such as Apple, Google, or Motorola have recently highlighted this phenomenon. Meanwhile, many companies hesitate to market an innovative product due to this development. Smaller companies refrain from investing in innovative products or processes, especially if various owners of patents are involved. In such cases, it is difficult and expensive for them to secure the rights necessary to introduce innovative products. Bigger companies, on the other hand, are deterred by legal uncertainties resulting from patent thickets. These are the findings of an empirical study on the impact of patent thickets, i.e. of webs of overlapping patents, on companies' innovation performance, conducted by the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim. read more
The most recent KfW/ZEW CO2 Barometer shows that the costs resulting from the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) play a lesser role for the surveyed companies' location decision than widely assumed. German companies subjected to the emissions trading regime do increasingly invest outside of Europe, but their motivation is to establish businesses close to local markets. read more
VC investors in Europe positively affect firms' growth, productivity, investment and innovations. VC investors also helped their portfolio firms to outperform during the financial crisis. These findings come from the VICO project carried out on behalf of the EU by the ZEW and nine further European universities and research institutes. The VICO project devoted considerable attention to disentangling the "selection" and "treatment" effects of VC investors on the investee firm. The treatment effect refers to the improvement in the performance of the portfolio firm caused by the VC investment, while selection refers to the VC investors being able to choose high quality firms with superior future prospects. The findings generally supported the view that VC investors had a considerable positive treatment effect on firms' growth, productivity, as well as investment and innovation performance. VC investors helped their portfolio firms to outperform firms not backed by venture capital even during the financial crisis in 2008–2009. read more
German companies are inadequately prepared for the third trading period of the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), which will start in 2013. This is the finding of the third KfW/ZEW CO2 Barometer. Up till now, too few companies in Germany have taken measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Only 40 per cent of the companies surveyed have so far evaluated the expected costs. read more
Older employees assess the return of their training measures lower than younger employees in German companies. Although companies spend approximately the same amount of money per participant on the training of older employees as on the training of younger employees, they do not adequately take into consideration the specific interests and preferences of older employees. Therefore, the investments in training do not pay off as much as they could. These are the findings of a current study by the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim. read more
Immigrants in Germany found considerably fewer firms in key economic sectors, such as engineering, chemical industry or software development, than Germans. Thus, with regard to the so-called knowledge-intensive start-ups, the present growth potential in Germany is not fully exploited, resulting in welfare losses for the society as a whole. These are the findings of a current study conducted by the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim. read more
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The second KfW/ZEW CO2 Barometer indicates that German firms' occupation with the opportunities and risks of the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) is insufficient. Two thirds of them have not yet analysed the potential costs they will face as of 2013. Emission certificates will then not be distributed cost-free, but will be put up for auction. read more
The number and the volume of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in Greece are declining considerably. In 2008, there were 153 M&A transactions with a value of seven billion euros. In 2009, however, the number of transaction has declined to 102 and the volume has decreased to four billion euros. These are the findings of a survey conducted by the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW). The survey is based on the Zephyr database by Bureau van Dijk (BvD), which includes detailed information on mergers and acquisitions worldwide. read more
There is yet no proof of a shortage of bank credits for German firms. On the contrary, the credit volume in Germany, without credits for the German government and among banks, has increased slightly but continually since the beginning of 2008. This is the case despite recession and modest demand for credits. These are the findings of an empiric analysis conducted by the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim. read more
Firms outsourcing services for information technologies (IT) to external providers produce more efficiently than firms which render IT services themselves. Moreover, employees who predominantly work at a computer are more productive in firms outsourcing IT services. These are the findings of a study conducted by the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim. read more
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Germany burdens its corporations' profits as highly as no other country in the European Union, except for Spain. The tax-specific disadvantage to Germany as a business location has increased in the past years: Whereas in Germany tax reduction is so far merely being debated, action has been taken in several other EU states such as Austria, Denmark or the Netherlands. read more
Demand increases on sales markets and an improved earnings situation are necessary to expand innovation activities in the German economy. Only if these requirements are met innovation projects can be financed. read more
At the end of 2004, 48 per cent of Germany's working population had Internet access at work. That corresponds to an increase of six percentage points within two years and almost represents a doubling compared to the year 2000 when only 27 per cent of them could go online at work. read more
Approximately 87 per cent of German companies have outsourced their IT services such as system support, hardware maintenance, software programming, or user support to a greater or lesser degree to external providers. They rarely take advantage of the possibility to subcontract IT services to low-income countries (offshoring). read more
Three quarters of the innovative businesses in Germany make use of company suggestion schemes in order to stimulate innovation. After all, high levels of international competition mean that if the generous levels of pay and short working hours in Germany are to be maintained, new and improved products must be constantly released onto the market. read more
In view of increasing economic globalisation, it is important for national economies to have as many internationally competitive businesses as possible. However, not every company is able to successfully enter the export market. read more
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Since the overwhelming success of the internet has seen its entry into private households, there has been much discussion regarding its potential as an online sales channel for products and services. Comparison of these optimistic expectations to the actual situation, however, is somewhat sobering. Private customers in fact play a very small role as buyers of goods and services made available over the internet (B2C). read more
One in ten companies in Germany engaging in innovation uses scientific findings for the development of new products and processes. The knowledge and technology transfer between academia and businesses works far better than most people think. read more
The productivity of businesses in Central and Eastern Europe has increased considerably over the past few years. According to a recent ZEW study, this development is related to the increased tendency of Central and Eastern European businesses to tap international capital markets to finance their investments. read more
Germany as an investment location is unattractive for businesses. Especially the business taxation is far too high in international comparison. Over the past few years, statements such as these were heard over and over again. And in fact, a look at the current tax burden of companies located in Germany, France and Switzerland, respectively, points to a bleak situation. Particularly due to the high corporation tax plus solidarity surcharge – being about 11% higher than in France and about 26% higher than in Switzerland – Germany clearly appears to be the location with the highest tax burden. With a rate of 51.5 %, a similar French company is significantly less exposed to tax. And Switzerland proves to be particularly attractive with their tax burden of merely 32.8 %. read more
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Sola Coupon for Shalimar Release
I've somehow managed not to post my last couple of designs, so I'm going to start now. The most recent is Sola, a quick tam worked up in less than a skein of Shalimar Yarns Breathless DK in the Curry colorway. Breathless is a cashmere merino blend that is currently available in DK and fingering weights (keep an eye out for a fingering weight design in late spring or summer). Shalimar Yarns will be having an etsy update for BDK on April 10 at noon eastern time. (For more info, see their blog or ravelry group.) With any purchase of BDK you will receive a coupon for $2 off Sola, which you can use to buy the pattern from my ravelry store. At $3.50 it's a great value and an excellent way to use up the remainder of a sweater quantity of yarn or to try a skein of something new.
You can find additional details and photos of Sola on ravelry. The Shalimar shop update will likely sell out within a day, so if you are interested I suggest popping in at noon EST on the 10th for the best selection. There will be a wide variety of colors available, including five new colors that are exclusive to the etsy shop. Here are a few of the etsy shop exclusive colorways:
Shalimar Breathless DK in Billie's Blues, Mystery Date, and Radio Flyer
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JAIPUR: BJP today condemned Pakistan Parliament's resolution on hanging of Afzal Guru and demanded that diplomatic relations with Islamabad should be scaled down along with suspension of confidence building measures.
"Pakistan has crossed all limits by passing a resolution in its parliament on hanging of Afzal Guru. Pakistan has no right to interfere in the internal issues of India and the government of India should register its strong protest with Pakistan as well as in international community," BJP president Rajnath Singh said here.


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In France, as in America, the 1960s were years of heady change in youth culture. Revolutionary political and sexual ideas collided with a burgeoning consumer-oriented pop culture. Director Jean-Luc Godard undertook to capture the spirit of the boys and girls with this 1966 celluloid collage of banality and wildness, sadness and provocation. The movie was racy enough at the time to earn the equivalent of an NC-17 rating.
It's the story of Paul, an activist, leftist intellectual but also an ordinary guy, and Madeleine, a trendy pop singer on the rise but also an ordinary girl, and their friends. There is a plot, centering on Paul and Madeleine's love, but it's rather disjointed, being told in 15 acts and interspersed in typical Godard fashion with self-conscious allusions to literature, philosophy, current events (including the Vietnam War), pop culture and filmmaking. Quite a few of the acts are really question-and-answer sessions amid one activity or another. You learn from the extras that in some of these sessions, the actors aren't so much acting but speaking their own minds or more or less improvising with whatever they were asked to do on the spot. It gives the movie a spontaneous realism that, along with its subject matter, keeps the film fresh and relevant almost 40 years out.
The extras are plentiful on this Criterion Collection disc and they shed much light on the era and on what may or may not have been going on in Godard's head. There are theatrical trailers, shots of the director at work and interviews with Chantal Goya, the real-life singer who played Madeleine. There's also commentary from various experts on video and in a booklet.
Movie grade: A; extras: A+; overall: A
Jeff Gifford, Reno Gazette-Journal
The Phantom of Liberty
The seamless absurdity of dream narrative or corny children's songs is what carries this surreal film from episode to episode in a well-flowing series of distractions and detours that lead to nowhere in particular. It's engaging and often pretty funny, despite the theoretical heft that underlies it. Now part of the Criterion Collection, French director Luis Buñel's 1974 film toys around to expose the arbitrariness of what normal people call "normal." There are monks gambling at a poker table, a police academy whose adult students act like 9-year-olds, a house party where the guests sit on toilets together and go down the hall to eat in private, a little girl who is missing and in plain sight, a mass murderer who has fans asking for autographs. It sounds ridiculous because it is, but it all manages to work because it's so perfectly deadpan.
Extras include an introduction in English by the movie's screenwriter, Jean-Claude Carrière. He hints that he and Buñel wanted to see just how many non-sequiturs an audience would put up with. Also part of the package is a booklet containing an essay on the film by critic Gary Indiana and a lengthy interview excerpt with Buñel.
Movie grade: A-; extras: B+; overall: B+
Monsieur N
Debate over what happened to Napoleon Bonaparte during his exile on Britain's Atlantic Ocean island of St. Helena began almost as soon as his death was announced. Officially, he died of poor health. But some believe he was poisoned slowly over the years. Others speculate he tricked his captors and escaped. Director Antoine de Cannes has brilliantly blended historical facts and uncertainty into a suspense-wrought, detailed, fast-flowing and even romantic mystery in which the exiled Napoleon was not a captive, but a shrewd emperor leading his final confrontation in a battle of wits. It's a clever story, told through the eyes of a young British officer assigned to keep watch over Napoleon. It doesn't idealize the arrogant French leader, but will make many viewers eager to believe that the ingenious Corsican succeeded in duping both friend and foe in the end. The DVD includes the legend of Napoleon and a couple of brief but good interviews with the director and lead actor, Philippe Torreton. Unfortunately you have to read these extras on the screen.
Movie grade: A+; extras: C+; overall: A
The Browning Version
A film about a stern schoolteacher who is an extreme embodiment of the British "stiff upper lip," who is dreaded by students and despised by his wife, hardly seems like ennobling stuff. But this one is exactly that. We find Andrew Crocker-Harris about to retire and looking at what his life has become. "The Crock," started out a passionate poet but ended up a pessimistic pushover. His awakening to this fact doesn't exactly transform him, but it does set him free. His response is shining, and he emerges as far more admirable than anyone around him. The movie, being an adaptation of a one-act play whose events cover just a couple of days, holds together well. Viewers might see the formal affectations in the acting to be over the top, but this was, indeed, a movie of England in 1951. Those mannerisms can even be charming at times. Criterion Collection adds two interviews to the DVD: one from 1958 with lead actor Michael Redgrave; the other from 2004 with director Mike Figgis who remade the film in the '90s.
Movie grade: A; extras B; overall: A
Crazed Fruit
Depicting the malaise of Japan's postwar "sun tribe" " disillusioned, anti-traditionalist and wealthy kids who make boredom and the search for kicks their new ideology " director Ko Nakahira's 1956 film was seen in its time as utterly scandalous. It heralded Japan's youth revolution and opened the way for a new wave. But it actually could be seen as a sort of morality tale showing the destructive end of the playboy lifestyle and deceptive romance as two brothers " one a partying hep cat and the other a earnest idealist " take a summer trip to the coast and end up in a destructive fight over a less-than-honest girl. The movie has a sultry summery feel; you're almost forced to squint watching its bright black and white contrasts of sun and sea. Film buffs will love Criterion Collection's extras, a DVD interview with scholar Donald Richie and a booklet of essays that explain how this film dramatically impacted Japanese cinema.
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As every man needs I am looking at having a 7 x 7m shed built in the back yard. Problem is Ive looked at a site diagram of the property and there is a main sewer pipe running about one metre underground pretty much under the location I am intending on building. Ive looked into the prospect of council approval, and pretty much know I will be knocked back, so am therefore not heading in that direction. I understand building over a main pipe like this would probably be a no no, however it is the only location I can build. What are the odds of ever having to dig under here to get to the pipes. Would I be taking a big risk by going ahead? If Ive okayed the building with all the neighbours what are the chances of council finding out? Im looking at an overall price of $10K, slab and all, and would hate the thought of ever having to demolish it. Any thoughts on this dilemma?
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Combine this spell with Spectral hand and affect any stone within 100ft +10ft/lvl. Then you can create those spiked walls, cover over arrow slits and murder holes, etc at range.
I would probably limit structures you could create to fairly large shapes (no smaller than a 3-4 inches in thickness/diameter, meaning only one spike per 5 or 10 cubic feet, depending on length), personally, per the "crude shapes" argument, but I see no reason you couldn't make terrain that was the equivalent of an immovable area of caltrops (5 ft square per 10 cubic feet) or trap an opponent with a cage of arm-thick columns (though I would allow them a reflex save to escape as the cage was forming).
A large spike I would allow to deal dmg as a spear that had been braced against a charge if you took the readied action to cast the spell, but it would still require an attack to hit them. However, you could reasonably make a stone ceiling or stalactite cave in with this method as well, dealing falling dmg (1/2 or none on a successful reflex, depending on size) and potentially burying them in the process.
Probably more useful if you were eon a battle field, though, would be if you could use this to make a trebuchet (essentially a counter-weighted lever system) in an instant and start hurling small boulders or scatter shot at your opponents on a battlefield. You can take out any siege engines they might have brought before they can ready them while attacking their squadrons at the same time. Form it in two parts, the base and the arm, so that one just sits on top of the other and the whole mechanism is so simple that most DMs would probably reduce, if not waive, the failure chance for moving parts. And who cares if they destroy one or two of these when it only takes a single spell to recreate them from scratch.
And note that some smaller historical trebuches actually functioned mechanically more like catapults, so why not ask your DM if you can switch between those two rule sets? Gives you a better range of attack options for mid and long range, and the worst thing your DM might say is "No".
P.S. Don't forget to summon small earth (or titanium) elementals for ammunition. Just remind them to earth glide into the ground when they hit so they can keep attacking from below. ;P


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Buffy Scholar/Critic
Sharon Kaye Assistant Professor of Philosophy at John Carroll University. Her primary work is in medieval philosophy. She is co-author of On Ockham (with Robert Martin) and On Augustine (with Paul Thomson). Her interest in Buffy began inexplicably after a serious bicycle accident involving a head injury.
Kaye, Sharon and Melissa Milavec. "Buffy in the Buff: A Slayer's Solution to Aristotle's Love Paradox." Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy. Ed. James B. South. Chicago: Open Court Press, 2003. 173-84.


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Performance assessment is the ATOS function that helps ensure operational safety. During your demonstration events, inspectors use the Element Performance Inspection (EPI) data collection tool to collect information that will be used by the Certification Project Manager (CPM) to affirm that your process design is being followed and that it produces the intended results.
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- Conduct evacuation/ditching demonstrations, as required. Refer to CPD Step 3.5 in FAA Order 8900.1 Volume 10, Chapter 6, Section 2.
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FAA team members will report their observations during these activities on the Element Performance Inspection (EPI) data collection tool. The CPM will analyze that data and make an assessment about the performance of an air carrier system. In the past we focused on finding what was wrong with the way the system was performing; the focus now is on what is right and what is working well. We will continue to identify deficiencies; but we are assuming that the system process, if it is well-designed, should be performing the way it was intended and producing the desired result.
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A few days ago my sweet little boy asked me to tie a day-glow orange bow into his hair. Without blinking I swept his bangs into a little pigtail. He ran to the mirror and exclaimed at how "adowable" he was. He really did look adorable. But, instead of enjoying his cuteness, I was angry.
I am still angry.
My son doesn't yet know or care about gender roles. He likes trucks, trains, dinosaurs and mud. He likes nail polish and glitter shoes. He likes bow ties. Since Monday he's also liked his hair tied back with an obnoxiously bright orange bow. He's too young for these things to have any significance. But they do.
These things matter to the disapproving adults who shake their heads at his butterfly wings when we go to the library or the park. They matter to the other children who have already learned at such tender ages which color sippy cup he is allowed to drink from. They matter to my son's little cousins who tell him that his painted toenails are "weird." They really seem to matter to the small boys whose fathers and mothers have taught them to be ashamed for being drawn to beauty and that they should crush that joy for my child too.
Someday our society will probably change him and teach him to be ashamed of his light, sparkling self.
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5-27-14 NEW YORK, NY. White Stratus, a premier Google Partner specializing in helping Google's largest customers transform their enterprises to take advantage of cloud computing via the Google Apps platform, has relocated its development operation to Beacon, New York. This office will function as the core development center for a business that continues to expand and boasts several Fortune 500 companies among its list of U.S. and international clients.
"We outgrew our previous office space and as we looked around the Hudson Valley, Beacon quickly moved to the top of our list," said Tim Drury, CEO and Founder. "It's a great city to grow a business, with its culture, proximity to transportation, access to creative and talented people, and an active and vibrant Main Street where our employees can easily walk outside, grab a lunch or coffee, and not have to get in their car and drive miles away."
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I finally got my stupid garmin to upload my last 3 workouts! And I don't exactly know how I did it either, and if it is even actually fixed or was some sort of freak occurrence..... this morning coming back from the trails I first tried it in the laptop, nothing happened so I finally grabbed the old ANT agent Stick thingy that came with my 410's and stuck it into the lab top along with the tiny little ANT agent that came with the 610 - still nothing. So in frustration and about to say F*%$ all things holy I am done, I stick both into the actual computer and just sit there wondering what the heck I am supposed to do now when (and I can't remember if I actually clicked on Garmin Express or it popped up) Express asked if I wanted to pair with the 610 which then immediately my 610 pops up with the same question so I say yes. The 610 then says transferring files but the sync fails, so in a last ditch effort of hope I click retry on the Express and OMG it worked! It said synced successfully and so my last 3 workouts since Wednesday are now up there and I have no honest idea how or what happened of if I can manage to do it again next time.
Okay, so yesterday Dorian and I ran with Team 13 for 3.3 miles and I ended going much faster than I wanted. They didn't stage groups like lasts time and it was pretty confusing at the start, I don't remember the pep talk or the prayer and we just headed out on the road.
The only good that came from the beginning bottle neck was that I was forced to slow down to around 10 minute pace, the bad thing was I didn't want to be stuck in the midst with so many people so I made sure to push on, faster and faster. I fell into a good groove after mile 2 and in a good spot that wasn't too crowded, then we came to an intersection where we had to stop and wait for like a minute or 2 and EVERY SINGLE PERSON I had just passed in the last 5 minutes caught up to me and 3 other people and got right in front of me and my stroller (I wanted to scream at them) so when we were able to cross I had to use up precious energy to re-pass 10-20 freaking people that I had already passed. Common sense and group running etiquette should tell someone that if another runner (even one with a stroller) passes you, it's probably because they are faster and it would be very rude for you to take advantage of an intersection stop and get in front of them and slow them down when everything gets going again. It really frustrates me, and I am sure people were feeling my vibes, it almost makes me not want to even bother running with the group.
I'll be better prepared next time, anyways I ran 3.3 miles in 31:44 - moving time 31:20 because at the first intersection I forgot to stop the garmin for 24 seconds... pooh on that. Anyways, it was like 79 degrees sunny but not bad until near the end as I was heating up and going much faster than I wanted in the final two miles and it wasn't until the final .3 of the run that I got back up to where I wanted to be.
Laps/splits were:
Mile 1 - 10:11
Mile 2 - 9:22
Mile 3 - 9:17
.3 - 9:44
I'll post this morning's bloop later today, right now I've got a toddler demanding my attention and get ready for work.
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Stupid Garmin!
You 2 eyed human runners can be such dinks sometimes.
Move over for the faster runners no mater what sector your from.
"I may not be handsome, but I am loved."
Lol, that is how I was feeling at the moment... but I don't want people to think I am a b*^ch so I am going to have to start smiling or shrugging it off.
That's how I usually fix mine.
Attitude is everything
Technology can be so frustrating
Rock on and keep on running.....


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Gilbert Arenas' Custom Sneakers for Grant High Alumni Game
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Larry Brown Sports explains the shoes are the Grant colors with the mascot on them. The alumni game was last night, looks like a good time was had by all.
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Opposition leaders have praised Police's new approach towards their countrywide rallies that are tailored on sensitizing the masses about the need for free and fair elections.
Speaking at the UPC headquarters in Kampala, Dr. Kizza Besigye, the former FDC president said that their northern tour was a peaceful venture.
The former presidential candidate also urged police and government to continue with the new policy of non-interference as a tool for shaping a harmonious democratic dispensation in the country.
"There was no interference at all, we are happy with that," Besigye said at a joint press briefing attended by DP president Norbert Mao, UPC president Olara Otunnu, Butambala County MP Muwanga Kivumbi and retired Bishop Zac Niringiye.
"We are glad to note that there was no disruption of our meetings and radio programmes. We had a very successful town hall meeting in Arua and other areas in the North; Nebbi, Gulu, Kitgum, Lira," Besigye said.
Besigye traces the new approach of police from the meeting that opposition leaders had with the security top brass - General Aronda Nyakairima, the minister of Internal Affairs and General Kale Kayihura, the Inspector General of Police.
The meeting convened last month came after a frosty relationship between police and opposition over when and how to conduct their rallies.
Since March this year, the opposition has been traversing the country to spread the free and fair election campaign.
This weekend, they opposition top brass would be heading to Hoima and Masindi.
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Ansar al Sharia Ally A Key Figure in Benghazi Security Failures
6:00 AM, Aug 1, 2014 • By THOMAS JOSCELYN
A key figure in the security failures surrounding the September 11, 2012, terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya is fighting alongside members of Ansar al Sharia, which is one of the terrorist groups responsible for the assault on the U.S. mission and annex that night.
Wissam Bin Hamid's name has surfaced time and again in the investigation into the Benghazi attack. He admittedly met with American officials in Benghazi just days before the assault to discuss security, and he reportedly refused to provide assistance once the attack was underway. The post-revolution Libyan government also worked with Bin Hamid and his Libya Shield militia, which was supposedly one of the strongest "security" forces inside Benghazi.
But in recent days Bin Hamid has been pictured with Ansar al Sharia's leader in Benghazi, as well as the group's fighters. The pictures show Bin Hamid and Ansar al Sharia overrunning a Libyan special forces base and capturing a large amount of weaponry.
One of the pictures was posted by Ansar al Sharia on its official Twitter feed on July 22. The accompanying text reads, "The mujahid Sheikh Mohammed al Zahawi accompanied by the battlefield commander Wissam Bin Hamid - May Allah protect them both - during the course of their leadership of the invasion." Mohammed al Zahawi is the head of Ansar al Sharia.
The pictures can be seen at the end of this article.
A declassified State Department cable dated September 11, 2012 recounts a meeting between Bin Hamid and American officials that took place just two days prior, on September 9. The cable was released by the House Oversight Committee. Bin Hamid's name is spelled "bin Ahmed" in the cable.
The cable says that Bin Hamid and one of his fellow militiamen "discussed the very fluid relationships and blurry lines they say define membership in Benghazi-based brigades," as they were both "members of multiple brigades." The pair claimed to "control" the chief of staff of Libya's armed forces, Yousef Mangoush, adding that he "often provides the brigades direct stocks of weapons and ammunition."
In their September 9 meeting with the Americans, Bin Hamid and his colleague portrayed themselves as indispensable when it came to providing security in eastern Libya. The duo also said that they supported the Libyan Muslim Brotherhood's Justice and Construction Party candidate for prime minister, and they "criticized" the U.S. for supporting National Forces Alliance (NFA) leader Mahmoud Jibril. Bin Hamid and his counterpart argued that their brigades would receive significant positions in the Libyan government should the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate win, giving them "tacit control of the armed forces." But if Jibril won the prime minister's seat, "they would not continue to guarantee security in Benghazi, a critical function they asserted they were currently providing."
On October 1, 2012, the Washington Post reported on an interview with Bin Hamid in which he confirmed that, along with "two officials from another [Libyan] government-sanctioned militia," he had "met with three U.S. officials posted in Benghazi three days before the attack." (The cable says the meeting actually took place on September 9, 2012.)
"They wanted to know who was in control in Benghazi," Bin Hamid recalled, according to the Post. "It was like an introductory meeting. They asked us what we needed to bring security to Benghazi, what the Americans could possibly bring to help." According to Bin Hamid's account, he told the Americans that Benghazi was comparatively safe.
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New Zealand is set to step up it up a notch in it's quest to beat the Aussies in the latest 18 foot skiff regatta, January 2012.
The 18 foot skiff 'World Championships' affectionately known as the Mark Foy Regatta will be held by the Auckland Sailing Club in Okahu Bay in the first week January. The Kiwi's will be putting forward 8 crews, including two brand new boats, there is reportedly 6 Aussie teams and talk of a couple of others from various places in the world, so the fleet should be huge!
This past year many of the crews have been on the water at least twice a week to raise the level of boat handling skills, as anyone who's sailed these exciting high performance skiffs will agree, they can be a real handful in the breeze, and the sailing skills and boat speeds are now exceptional. 'Ginge' reported a 28.6 knot kite ride just three weeks ago and many of the crews are confident of some awesome results.
With support from Harken the regatta will be based in Okahu Bay, and sailed between North Head and the Okahu Wharf, both of which will be perfect spots to watch the most action packed racing in Auckland this summer. Racing starts at 1pm each day, and the crews will be rigging up on the new boat ramp from around 11am.
As well as this the 12 foot skiffs will also have a large fleet sailing for their inter-dominions With this much skiff action happening you'd be crazy not to check out the ASC website or come down and check them out.


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PHS graduate Damarious Randall earned JUCO All-American honors at defensive back after recording 73 tackles and leading the nation with 10 interceptions for Mesa Community College in Arizona.
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Composed by Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn. Arranged by Ed Lojeski.
(from Pete's Dragon). Disney Choral. Voicing/Format: SAB. 6.75x10.5 inches. 8 pages. Published by Hal Leonard. (HL.08426402)
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Slow wage growth in private sector likely to remain
The slow pace of annual wage increases in the private sector likely will continue in the coming months, according to the final third-quarter wage trend indicator released today by Bloomberg BNA, a publisher of specialized news and information.
The index now stands at 98.70 (second quarter 1976 = 100), down only slightly from the second-quarter reading of 98.72. Over the past two years, the forward-looking indicator has fluctuated within a narrow range from 98.47 to 98.75, showing no clear upward or downward trend.
"The possibility of a prolonged government shutdown and the threat of a U.S. Treasury default are injecting big unknowns into the near-term outlook for the economy and the labor market," said economist Kathryn Kobe, a consultant to BNA. Kobe expects the rate of wage growth in the private sector to remain close to 1.9 percent, the increase reported by the Department of Labor.


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With four games remaining, New York is still in the running for the No. 1 draft pick. Who should they target in the draft? Here are some candidates.
You probably won't be able to read this article until they fix the Internet, which Odell Beckham Jr. broke last week when our nation flocked to social media to OMG en masse after his one-handed catch against the...
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He'll make the Hall of Fame because he's a Manning who won two Super Bowl MVPs in the nation's largest media market.
From start to finish, Eli Manning was the game's Most Valuable Player.
I'm indifferent to the fortunes of most NFL teams, but I enjoy watching the Niners lose.
If the Giants were interested in procuring the No. 1 draft pick in the 2015 NFL, they should have started their current four-game losing streak a few weeks earlier.
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Curt and Deborah Sleeper find themselves in a predicament millions of other Americans find themselves in these days: they own a house in which the mortgage payment is about to reset and they can't afford it. Except the Sleepers' house isn't just any old house. It's a cave, and a pretty cool one at that. Boing Boing ran a post on the cave house last Friday. Apparently, it's listed for sale on eBay as "Unique Cave Home over 15,000 sf. Beautiful setting — 2.8 acres, commerical or residential." Starting bid is $300,000.
I can see the cave house property on Zillow (click Bird's Eye View & Map, drag the map to the right and then click the "West" map orientation) and am simply amazed of the beauty that unfolds within this cave house. Some details:
- 17,000 square foot house in Festus, MO.
- 3 "chambers" — a front chamber that contains three bedrooms; a middle chamber that holds the laundry room, storage, and a spare bath, and the back chamber that still has the stage where Ted Nugent, Bob Seger, Ike and Tina Turner, the MC5 and many other bands performed.
- 2.8 scenic, partially wooded acres. Very private, although very close to town, just several blocks from shopping, dining, and other conveniences.
- Energy efficiency: Geothermal and passive solar keep the home comfortable year-round without a furnace or air conditioning.
- Kitchen: The kitchen is the crowning jewel of the house, with nearly 400 square feet and a floor plan that lends itself well to cooking for one person, two, or parties of a hundred guests. Some of the features include a customizable Jenn-Air cook top, two convection ovens, Kitchen-Aid triple sink, large island with secondary sink and breakfast bar, and granite tile countertops.
- Water features: The property has at least three groundwater springs, one accessible via a cistern in the middle chamber of the cave, one that yields an average of 100 gallons a day that drips into an indoor pond in the front chamber, and one near the woods that creates a shallow pond. During heavy rain, the property gets as many as fourteen beautiful waterfalls from the cliffs.
The Sleepers have less than 90 days to come up with a solution. We'll keep you posted.
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Andy McDonald and Alex Steen scored in the shootout to give the host St. Louis Blues a 2-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks.
ST. LOUIS — Jay Bouwmeester tied the score midway through the third period, and Andy McDonald and Alex Steen scored in the shootout to lead the St. Louis Blues to a 2-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night.
Brian Elliott, who made 21 saves through regulation and overtime, stopped Derek Roy and Alexandre Burrows in the shootout, solidifying the Blues' chances in a tight Western Conference race. Bouwmeester's goal was his first since joining the Blues in a trade-deadline deal with Calgary.
Alexander Edler scored on a power play with 13 seconds left in the second period for Vancouver. Cory Schneider made 35 saves through overtime before giving up two goals on three shootout chances.
The Northwest Division-leading Canucks played for the third time in four nights, all on the road, and had trouble generating much offense coming off Monday's 5-2 victory in Nashville.
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Blues coach Ken Hitchcock got his 600th career win against the franchise he beat for his first victory when the Dallas Stars won in Vancouver on Jan. 22, 1996.
Hitchcock, 61, is the 11th coach with at least 600 NHL victories.
"It's basically because I'm old," he said of the milestone. "If you last long and you're old, you get this."
The Blues were 0 for 4 on the power play, extending a tough run to 6 for 76.
Bouwmeester, a key acquisition on defense for the stretch, scored his first goal in eight games with St. Louis.
The Canucks were outshot 25-11 through two periods, but needed just one shot by Edler late in the second to take the lead and end a string of 25 straight penalty kills by St. Louis.
"It was exactly what I think everybody expected, a tough game, a hard-fought game," Vancouver coach Alain Vigneault said.
• St. Louis forward T.J. Oshie had surgery on his left ankle Tuesday, and he was listed as week to week. Oshie, 26, was born in Mount Vernon and grew up in Everett.
• According to multiple media reports, the league might add five outdoor-stadium games to the Winter Classic on next season's schedule.
Detroit is scheduled to play Toronto on Jan. 1 at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor in the Winter Classic.
According to ESPN, one of the five added games would be an Ottawa at Canucks matchup at BC Place in Vancouver, perhaps March 2.
• Detroit and goaltender Jimmy Howard, 29, agreed to a $31.8 million, six-year contract, keeping him off the market as a free agent this summer.


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A totally wonderful bit of jazz from Guadeloupe – recorded with a bit of American inspiration in the instrumentation, but also plenty of local grooves that really help flesh out the sound! The island combo features alto sax, flugelhorn, and plenty of electric piano – used with a freely fluid style that dances along wonderfully with the open-ended rhythms of the tunes. And while there's certainly a 70s funky jazz sound going on here, the overall execution is a bit more unusual – with some complicated rhythms that stretch out on the longer tracks, and really create a compelling sense of interplay that's quite different from anything in the US at the time! The electric piano is great, and tracks include "Eduardo", "Quand Les Oiseux No Pourront Plus Chanter", "Eduardo Soprano Latino", "Samba Pour Martine", and "Samba Arawak". © 1996-2015, Dusty Groove, Inc.
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Some Dickinson County residents are disagreeing over whether a flag should have been raised for Veterans Day in the rain.
Sunday, Omer Nevils went to visit the Veterans Memorial at the top of the Pine Mountain Ski Hill and found no flag. He was informed by the American Legion, who is responsible for raising it, that the decision was due to the inclement weather. Nevils responded by putting up his own American flag at the memorial with friends.
"Every conflict, Vietnam, World War II, over in Iraq, all day, they were flying flags and they've been through every kind of weather condition you could imagine," said Nevils. Dennis Larson of the Iron Mountain American Legion responded the flag and pole are expensive, and they didn't want it to get ruined.
"We built that Veterans Memorial to honor our veterans and the service that our veterans did. It's unfortunate that sometimes weather circumvents what we do in our lives, but yesterday (Sunday) the weather did just that," said Larson.
There was still no flag there Monday, and Nevils says he will keep his there until the Legion raises their's back up on the flagpole.


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RANT: For the financial struggle facing the Montgomery Humane Society, which needs an infusion of funds to continue its important work in our community. Without some help, the agency will soon be unable to pay its employees. The agency is jointly funded by the city and the county and also gets some revenue from animal adoptions and private donations.
However, private-sector assistance is down significantly. To its credit, the county commission has agreed to provide its usual quarterly funding in advance, which will help ease the crunch in the short term. The commission also is considering an additional appropriation. This would be a real quality-of-life investment. The animal shelter is a crucial entity in our community.
RAVE: For the expansion in Montgomery Public Schools of Alabama's acclaimed pre-kindergarten program. MPS now has 22 4-K classrooms, up from six in 2009. The pre-K program has been repeatedly recognized as first-rate.
The problem, in Montgomery and across the state, is that it reaches only a small percentage of eligible children due to a lack of adequate funding. We encourage Superintendent Barbara Thompson to continue her push for expansion of the program.
RANT: For the mysterious - and appalling - deaths of dolphins along the Gulf Coast. Dolphins have washed ashore in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana with bullet wounds, missing jaws and hacked-off fins.
Federal officials are looking into the deaths and mutilations. This is indefensible, and punishable with fines and imprisonment under the Marine Mammals Protection Act.
RAVE: For state Sen. Vivian Davis Figures of Mobile, elected as minority leader for a two-year term beginning next year. She is the first woman to serve as a minority or majority leader in the Alabama Senate.
After Figures was elected in 1997, people would still address the body by saying "Gentlemen of the Senate." Things have changed and the Senate is the better for it.
RANT: For the findings of a new survey by a consumer finance service that showed 45 percent of those questioned would choose to skip Christmas because of the financial strain they associate with it. That's really sad. Far too many of us have forgotten what the holiday is actually all about.


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Stunningly beautiful story, surely one of the best--if not the best--of Eric's [rofoundly sensitive dramas. Just astonishing.
Rev V, 2012-01-14 08:49:51
The show description is not for this show (Help Somebody). A depressed man separated from his wife moves to a new town and meets a girl standing in a field of daisies. I like the show, but wish the girls voice have been done differently.
GeofBrit, 2012-12-25 20:52:24
Hmmm... beautiful quaint story
misty, 2013-01-21 13:59:03
I am a little surprised Robert Dryden, Amanda Plummer and Teri Keane are not also listed. This amazing website is usually very thorough.
Mangleman, 2014-07-07 06:34:22
Surely one of the show's top five best episodes. Perfectly casted, deliciously performed and the best evidenceof that CBSRMT's single greatest accomplishment — taking nothing from the monumental talents gathered here — is as a showcase for the mesmerizing mind of Elspeth Eric. Everyone knew she was a strikingly beautiful actress; few knew she could write. . If you're taking your first taste of this extraordinary body of work, look for Eric's writing credit and see what you think.
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Citizen who tried pulling over cop charged for reckless driving
Man claims he is often on seat belt patrol and puts the videos on YouTube
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SOUTHGATE, Mich. — He rolled up alongside a Detroit police officer and shouted, "Where's your damn seatbelt?" while his home video camera was rolling. Now, Steve McClain of Southgate says he's in trouble with the law for reckless driving....
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text: Hi all... Just thinking, since I have a Cetech subchassis in my current LP12, I just noticed that the Cetech website has finally disappeared again, and it seems as if this fine upgrade has gone out of production for a second time (perhaps due to competition from other aftermarket mods, such as Sole and others? combined with a lack of continued interest in such a limited demand product)... Which leads me to the question: Anyone here have their preferences? I've never heard the Sole and though I've heard the Keel, it's well out of my price range. I really enjoy the Cetech and it seems to bring out the best in everything, IMHO. I can still enjoy a stock Linn LP12, but I really like the Cetech. I know there's other options, both past and present (out of production and still currently available, that is)... Anyone have any input or firsthand knowledge about those? Then there's the "stock Linn" subchassis/bearing question: Early/intermediate (pre-Cirkus) or Cirkus upgrade? or Keel? ...I know there were several variations of the early and intermediate subchassis units (from the original ribbed version (first 2,000 made) followed by the 10 to 22 spotweld versions (it varied over those years), to the epoxy bonded crossbrace). Original (non vented) bearing liners, vented bearing liners, and finally the harder "PEEK" black bearing liners, which transitioned into the Cirkus version. No doubt, there's preferences here, too.