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Oops, Sorry, You did mention to check for the doc, I simply forg to check for the TuneLibraryXML file. I'll have to do that when I get home tonight. (I have a long day today... Sorry bout that.)
I do order my music the same way you do although if it's only one album, then I don't bother with a subdirectory for the album and just dump it under the artist name. I'll recheck the directory I had everything in. Maybe there was a permission problem or something little like that I might have forgotten to change. (I sometimes limit access to sensitive things and occasionally lock down folders. That could have been the problem all along, but Like I said, I'll have to check when I get home.)
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|Posted: Tue May 15th, 2012 02:20 am
|Dimitri Rotov has posted an enlightening examination at his blog about how Civil War writers all too often and perhaps even unconsciously emphasize the high speed of marches as if some special glory is attached to marches such as the notorious forced marches Thomas Jackson inflicted on his corps.
Rotov writes some examples that illustrate the exact kind of commentary one is commonly exposed to in histories of the war. He makes some excellent and cogent defenses of slower, more measured marches, citing definite advantages of a more humane pace.
Perhaps my recollections of the years of marathon training and the hardship of heat training, hill training and running through pain, thirst, and all the rest (but never carrying a rifle, bedroll, canteen, and assorted other items or suffering along barefooted or dodging sniper fire),has helped me sympathize with the extreme difficulties Civil War soldiers faced. I would have hated to have had to fight a several hour long battle after a ten or twelve-mile run.
Rotov's examination of march speed is not only the best examination I have ever read of this topic, it is the only examination I have ever read of it. It is a part of the Civil War soldier's life that seldom is looked at with critical eyes.
Thanks to Rotov, I'll never just gloss over statements about distances covered again. Take a look at Rotov's thoughts at:

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text: [[quoteright:350:[[VideoGame/FullThrottle http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rsz_top10ben_4071.jpg]]]][[caption-width-right:350:Bonus points for [[OutrunTheFireball not looking at the explosion.]]]]->''' Mildred:''' Hey Johnny, what are you rebelling against?->'''Johnny:''' Whadda you got?-->-- ''Film/TheWildOne''So you've got one mean setting. PoliceAreUseless, and usually [[DirtyCop corrupt]]. Half the time the place is enveloped in [[PollutedWasteland smoke, fog]], and general unpleasantness. [[WretchedHive Violent thugs rule the streets]], and you would have to be crazy to even leave your house if you had even the slightest excuse not to.Only one type of BadAss character can make it around these parts. He's got the [[BadassLongcoat longcoat]], the [[CoolShades shades]], and the (optional) [[SmokingIsCool smoking addiction]]. But what really [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman sells it]] is the CoolBike.Enter the Badass Biker.Possibly popularized by the MarlonBrando movie ''Film/TheWildOne'' and the JamesDean movie ''Film/RebelWithoutACause'', the Badass Biker is the absolute epitome of the viciously cool vagrant tough guy. Whether they are traveling through the desert, city streets, a [[MotorcycleOnTheCoastRoad coastal road]], or [[RuleOfCool up a wall]], this character and bike combo exudes an aura of awesome that eclipses just about any other BadAss + vehicle combination.A pretty universal trope as media from America, Europe, and Japan all love to employ badass bikers. They're also surprisingly versatile, since Badass Bikers can be heroes or anti-heroes, or, in gangs, they can be villains or mooks.Might also be a BikerBabe. A Badass Biker who is a thug or [[GangOfHats gang member]] usually fits into AllBikersAreHellsAngels as well. See also HeroesPreferMotorcycles.----!!Examples:[[foldercontrol]][[folder:Anime & Manga]]* ''Manga/KatekyoHitmanReborn'': Tsuna and Yamamoto in Choice. Airbikes in the [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks anime....]]* ''Anime/MazingerZ'': Kouji and Sayaka.** And Tetsuya and Jun from ''Anime/GreatMazinger''.** And Duke and Maria from ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer''.* ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'': Akira Fudo in some anime episode.* ''Anime/CuteyHoney'': Honey Kisaragi when she used her Hurricane Honey form.* ''Anime/KotetsuJeeg'': Hiroshi Shiba not only is a Badass Biker with a CoolBike but also he is an amateur racer (you can tell Creator/GoNagai is fond of this trope).* ''Anime/{{Raideen}}'': Akira Hibiki, with a CoolBike to boot.* ''Anime/CombattlerV'': Hyoma Aoi was the only biker of the team.* ''Anime/VoltesV'': Right like Kenichi Go in the Voltes team.* Norman Burg in ''Anime/TheBigO'' is this and a BattleButler. He's is ''very, VERY good'' at the wheel, and has the sheer balls to take on massive robots with his bike......especially considering it's equipped with a sidecar mounted MLRS!* Sniper of Manga/YuYuHakusho* Natsuki in ''Anime/{{Mai-HiME}}''.** And her NamesTheSame {{Expy}} in ''Anime/GaReiZero''.* Soutetsu in ''Manga/ZombieLoan''.* Tetsuo, Kaneda and most of the other kids in ''Manga/{{Akira}}''.* Priss Asagiri of ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis''. In at least one episode, she is seen ''stealing'' the Badass Bike, and quite possibly continues riding it in the next episode. Each Knight Saber had a bike, a "Motorslave", which transformed into a small autonomous robot (or hulking add-on battlesuit, depending on need.) So really, all four lead characters had a Badass Bike.* Teana Lanster of ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha''.* The Huckebein family, notably Veryon, in ''Manga/MagicalRecordLyricalNanohaForce''.* Ginji Kawai in ''Anime/MagicalProjectS''.* Takane from ''Anime/BurstAngel'' is a [[{{Delinquents}} biker gang leader]] and a [[BadassLongcoat Badass Longseifuku]]. Only Jo can be more badass than that.* ''Franchise/YuGiOh'':** Marik in ''Anime/YuGiOh''; this is made somewhat more poignant by how it connects to his past, a motorcycle being the first thing he saw (on a television set) the first time he ever left his family's underground home. There's also [[BigBad Dartz's]] henchmen Valon, Rafael, and Allister, who all ride on motorcycles.** ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'': In the future, card games will be played on motorcycles. Tetsu Ushio takes this even further in the second season. He not only uses a D-Wheel, but his deck uses monsters based on demonic bikers.** Parodied in ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' in "Marik's Evil Council of Doom."--->'''Bakura:''' If these are all the villains in ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'', then where are those stupid motorcycle freaks? You know, the ones from season four.\\'''Marik:''' You mean the season nobody liked?\\'''Bakura:''' That's the one.\\'''Marik:''' I didn't invite them. They're just a bunch of dorks.\\'''Bakura:''' For once we agree on something.** Shows up in ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'' as well, with Saiou, proving he could still be BadAss without a SuperPoweredEvilSide.** Shark rides a motorcycle - or something like one - in ''Anime/YuGiOhZexal''. (WordOfGod explains Shark being able to drive despite not being driving age by saying that his bike is "not a motorcycle, but a futuristic vehicle that has not been named" and will not elaborate further.)** In ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'', Yugo comes from the Synchro Dimension, which resembles the world of 5D's, where several duelists, including him, ride motorcycles.* Parodied in an episode of ''Anime/LuckyStar'', in which YukoGoto appears as a badass, hypermasculine {{Yakuza}} biker chick. Essentially a sendup of the funny fact that contrary to her many moe-character roles, Ms. Gotou is actually a motorcycle enthusiast in real life.* Half the characters of ''Anime/GenesisClimberMospeada''.* Hidaka Ken in ''Anime/WeissKreuz''; his teammates, meanwhile, drive various flavors of [[CoolCar cool]] and not-so-cool vehicles. Izumi Sena in ''Weiss Kreuz: Gluhen'' also rides a motorcycle, but it doesn't make him any more badass.* Seki-sensei, Doremi and Co's homeroom teacher in ''Anime/OjamajoDoremi''.* Hibari Ginza from ''Anime/SpeedGrapher''.* Reki from ''Anime/HaibaneRenmei''.* [[spoiler:Mr Ando on his scooter]] from ''WebAnimation/MoriNoAndo''.* The male protagonist from ''SchoolRumble'' Harima Kenji and one of his rivals, Harry Mackenzie (...their names are supposed to sound similar).* ''CromartieHighSchool'' has Kamiyama riding a badass bike that is actually robot buddy Mechazawa turned into a motorcycle, with rocket thrusters, wings, and missiles. Cue [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gFNhbGaVFI epic guitar montage]].* ''Manga/RideBack'' features nearly the entire cast on the titular Ridebacks, basically a cross between a modern bike and a segway, with a bit of HumongousMecha thrown in for good measure.* In the anime version of ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'', Date Masamune's horse sports exhaust pipes which makes it look like a horse version of Harley Davidson bike.* ''Anime/{{Blassreiter}}'' has this trope distilled and crystallized. It starts at the motorcycle racing track, and quickly cranks this up--not merely UpToEleven, but OverNineThousand, introducing MadeOfIron ShapeShifting [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot fencing cyborg]] saint riding ShapeShifting ''[[FlyingCar jet]]'' bike controlled by sentient AI with talkative FairySexy [[ProjectedMan projection]]. And then he got a company. And then both guy and bike are upgraded...* Duke Iker and his girlfriend Renda de Baroma from ''[[Anime/MobileSuitVictoryGundam Victory Gundam]]''.* Beelzebumon on his big, black cycle named Behemoth, in ''Anime/DigimonTamers''.* Mello of ''Manga/DeathNote'' has a rather large black bike. Shame it gets [[spoiler:asploded after Takada sets everything around her on fire.]]* The Zokugaku Chameleons of ''{{Eyeshield 21}}'', the football team of the local ghetto high school. Every member, even the team manager, has their own motorcycle.* Kenji in ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'' tried to be one, after his [[JapaneseSiblingTerminology aniki]]--who definitely was, before becoming a smug minor {{Yakuza}} boss (though still {{Badass}}, of course).* Akira Hojo from ''Manga/{{Sanctuary}}'' in his high school days had a motorcycle. He rode off on it as he dropped out of high school to join the yakuza.* Celty Sturluson from ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}''. A modernized [[HeadlessHorseman Dullahan]] from Ireland riding around [[TokyoIsTheCenterOftheUniverse Ikebukuro]] on her [[CoolBike horse familiar-turned-motorcycle]], working as a "transporter" to earn money while she searches for her lost head. Also a BadassAdorable: her helmet has kitty ears!** There's also Kinnosuke Kuzuhara, who isn't too notable other than the fact that he's just a MeddlesomePatrolman, but he's the one that gave Celty her fear of cops.** The LightNovels later introduce Vorona and Chikage.* Haruhara Haruko from ''Anime/{{FLCL}}''. She alone inspired many people to get a Vespa, learn to play guitars and live a life of endless badassery.* Jiggy Pepper in ''Manga/TegamiBachi''.* Takeru Takemoto uses his family's motorbike to run his errands. Which he later on has enough Yen to pay for his own bike in ''Anime/ThisUglyYetBeautifulWorld''.* Riki's backstory in ''Lightnovel/AiNoKusabi'' reveals he was once this as the leader of a biker gang that [[EarnYourTitle earned himself the title]] "Riki The Dark".* ''Manga/VenusWars'' is chock full of badass bikers since it's about battle bike riders and motorbike military units with [[TheHero Hiro (Ken) Seno]], [[BikerBabe Miranda]] and [[MajorlyAwesome Major Kurtz]] topping the list.* Natsumi, Ken, and Ken's RetiredBadass father Daimaru from YoureUnderArrest.* Grizzly Bear from ''Manga/ShirokumaCafe''. That's not a nickname by the way. He's an actual Grizzly Bear.* Honda from ''{{Manga/Kochikame}}'' goes from a timid shy cop to a fully badass biker whenever he puts his hands on the motorcycle handles (or something that looks like one).[[/folder]][[folder:Comics]]* ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} from ''ComicBook/{{X-Men}}'' is the most famous comic-book example. ** ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} is also something of a petrolhead. In the movies, after his original bike burned with his campervan, Wolverine stole one from Cyclops. ComicBook/{{Gambit}} as well. * ''Comicbook/GhostRider'', of course. Even in his civilian identity, he's a stunt rider.* In some incarnations, Comicbook/{{Blade}}'s was equipped to scale walls.* ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} has... a scooter.* ComicBook/{{Lobo}}, the baddest [[strike: bastard]] bastich of them all.* The independent comic ''ComicBook/TheBadger'' portrayed ''Santa Claus'' as this.* ComicBook/JudgeDredd is most often seen on his standard-issue Lawmaster.* The title character of the British ''{{Ogri}}'' comic series.* Sometimes, ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} from Franchise/{{Batman}} would cruise the streets on one of these. Jason Todd, The Red Hood would also count as he rides a Harley. He is the Red Hood, er, "Red Helmet". Finally, you have ComicBook/{{Huntress}} and ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}, both of whom frequently use them.* Being the badass he is, Damian Wayne, the current ComicBook/{{Robin}}, is often seen riding a bike that a ten year old normally should not be able to handle.** Nearly every incarnation of Franchise/{{Batman}} has had a Bat-Cycle at some point. Batman on a motorcycle--[[UpToEleven you don't get more badass than that!]]* [[ComicBook/ScarletSpider Ben Reilly]], {{Spider-Man}}'s clone, while he was WalkingTheEarth and dealing with [[CloningBlues his angst]].* CaptainAmerica most often travels on a bike. He has one in [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger the movie]] as well.* ComicBook/BlackCanary frequently travels on a bike.* The alternate universe version of Franchise/TheFlash, Hot Pursuit has a Cosmic Motorcycle, which can go faster than light and time travels.* The comic version of ''[[ComicBook/GIJoeARealAmericanHeroMarvel G.I. Joe]]'' made Zartan into this, with his own gang, the Dreadnoks.* Joshua Brand, the hero of ''ComicBook/ShamansTears'', tools around on a classic Indian motorcycle.* ComicBook/WerewolfByNight, primarily during the UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks.* Franchise/{{Superman}} takes up one of Batman's motorcycles in ''ComicBook/SupermanTruth'' due to him losing a vast majority of his powers.[[/folder]][[folder:Films -- Animation]]* Cloud, in ''Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren''. Includes swords.** And Sephiroth's Remnants.* ''Manga/{{AKIRA}}''.* [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Raphael]] in his Nightwatcher guise in [[WesternAnimation/{{TMNT}} the 2007 TMNT movie]].[[/folder]][[folder:Films -- Live Action]]* MarlonBrando in ''Film/TheWildOne''.* JamesDean in ''RebelWithoutACause''.** James Dean did own a couple of Triumph motorcycles. In fact, a photo exists of him seated on one while talking to Jim Backus on the set of RebelWithoutACause... but JimStark, Dean's character, was not a biker in the film.* Captain America and Billy from ''Film/EasyRider''. "Born to be Wild" was practically ''written'' for the film!** Easy Rider is also something of a subversion. While the main characters don't have a problem breaking the law (they survive by running illegal drugs), they're mild-mannered hippies who generally try to avoid serious trouble.* In ''Film/TheGreatEscape'', the scene where Hiltz is trying to cross the border on the motorcycle (a TT Special 650 Triumph to be precise) was not only [[AdaptationExpansion not in the book]], but entirely superfluous. Why did they do it? Because it's ''[[RuleOfCool cool]]''.* The main character of the ''Film/IRobot'' movie.* In ''Film/RaisingArizona'', "The Lone Biker of the Apocalypse", Leonard Smalls. His friends call him Lenny, but he ain't got no friends.** Aw, stop. You're gonna make me bust out cryin'!* T-800 and T-1000 in the first two ''{{Franchise/Terminator}}'' films respectively, as well as John Connor from ''Terminator 2'' & ''Terminator 3''.* They were clearly going for this with Mutt Williams in ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull'' (Mutt's look is a deliberate homage to Marlon Brando in ''The Wild One''), but unfortunately, he's being played by Shia [=LeBeouf=].* Trinity from ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'', in which she steals a motorcycle during the highway chase scene to escape through the opposite lane.* Doesn't really get more badass than Franchise/{{Batman}} on his freakish bike (detached from the Batmobile, no less!) in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', which gets its own CrowningMomentOfAwesome.** The Batcycle goes back to at least the Creator/AdamWest Batman.* Film/{{Spawn}} rides a bike in his movie, even though he really doesn't need to.** So does Film/GhostRider, but that sort of comes with the territory.* Arcee from ''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen'' is actually three badass bikes, connected by a group mind.* Aped in ''Film/TheMonsterSquad'' with Rudy, a tough middle-schooler who wears a leather jacket, smokes, drinks, defends the downtrodden, and likes to pose on his bicycle.* ''Film/NamsAngels''; a gang of bikers is recruited by the US military to undertake a rescue operation of a CIA agent imprisoned by the Viet Cong with motorcycles armed with machine guns mounted on the front.* BigBad Raven and the Bombers in ''Film/StreetsOfFire''.* Parodied in ''Film/YesMan'' when Carl gets on a Ducati that is too powerful for him to handle.* Nightrider's gang in ''Film/MadMax''.* Much like his comic counterpart, [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger Captain America]] gets a chance to kick ass with his motorcycle in his movie. The bike even has added weaponry for additional ass kicking.* ''Film/{{Torque}}'' is all about this trope, for the good guys as well as the bad guys.* Parodied by [[TheVonTropeFamily Eric Von Zipper]] in the '60s ''Beach Party'' movies.* ''Film/MenInBlack3'' villain Boris the Animal is a badass biker complete with an alien-looking CoolBike.* Scarlet from ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra''.* Pepito in the film adaption of ''[[{{Film/Madeline}} Madeline]]'' spends most of his free time on his Vespa, rather than torturing animals like his [=DiC=] counterpart. His biking skills [[spoiler: [[{{ChekhovsSkill}} would happen to help him]] escape from kidnappers]] in the climax.* Ki-su from ''Film/{{Quick}}'', and the plot requires him to spend almost the entire film on his bike. Myung-shik would like to be one but never quite manages to pull it off.* Wolverine often drives a motorcycle in the ''Film/XMen'' films.. * Played for laughs in ''Film/FacesOfDeath II'' when Dr. Francis B. Gross, the otherwise completely straight-faced narrator, suddenly dons a leather jacket and shades before driving away on a motorcycle, setting up a series of vehicle crash clips.[[/folder]][[folder:Literature]]* ''Literature/SnowCrash'' has Raven, whose title of "baddest motherfucker in the world" is cemented by his motorcycle -- specifically, the nuclear weapon in its sidecar that's set to go off in the event of his death.* The four horsemen of ''Literature/GoodOmens''. In particular, War's appearance, that of a very good-looking woman on a motorbike, makes people want to race against her.* Death from ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' got himself a bike in ''Soul Music'' (a "[[StealthPun triumph]]", built by the Librarian) because the only thing [[RuleOfCool cooler]] than Death the Destroyer of Worlds is Death on a bike made of bones, shiny bits and light. It should also be noted, while we're on the subject on unbearable coolness, that he needed the bike so that he could quickly [[BigDamnHeroes save the day]] by [[ThePowerOfRock shredding out some hot licks on the guitar]]. [[spoiler:In order to blackmail the '''universe''' into [[ScrewDestiny sparing someone's existence]].]] He also has a rose in his teeth at the start of the ride and, knowing that you [[TheoryOfNarrativeCausality need]] to [[BadassLongcoat get the outfit right]], informs the Dean that "[[AC: I need your clothes]]".* Subverted in ''The Girl Who Played with Fire'', the second part of TheMillenniumTrilogy. [[BigBad Alexander Zalachenko]] sends two thuggish bikers to kill his daughter [[AxCrazy Lisbeth]] [[LittleMissBadass Salander]]. The macho bikers try to be badass, they try ''very hard'' to be badass: she [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome beats and electrocutes them]], then [[HumiliationConga cuts up their jackets and steals their Harley Davidsons.]]** Of course, [[BikerBabe Lisbeth has a motorcycle herself]]...* The ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'' features "swoopers" -- [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin people who ride swoops]]. Swoops are civilian models of the speeder bikes from ''ReturnOfTheJedi'', and in the [=EU=], Everyone from Luke Skywalker to Han Solo wannabes like Dash Rendar finds them useful.* Hell Tanner, a convicted killer and the last living Hell's Angel, the hero of Roger Zelazny's 1967 dystopia / hellride novel ''Literature/DamnationAlley'' is a Badass Biker of the first degree. The only reason he undertakes to run the titular route is that the Governor has promised him a full pardon if he tried.* Sirius Black, from ''Literature/HarryPotter'', although ridden by Hagrid in the bike's first appearance.* Loki/Gragg from ''Literature/{{Daemon}}''.* The Howlers of ''Literature/CityOfDevils'' are an entire biker gang of phantoms (as in "of the opera").* Ares from ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' often looks like this.* [[Creator/MichaelConnelly Mickey Haller's]] new investigator Dennis "Cisco" Wojciechowski starting in ''The Brass Verdict'' is one. He has connections and an informal affiliation with the fictional Road Saints biker gang, but is not a full member of the club.[[/folder]][[folder:Live Action TV]]* Reno Raines of ''Series/{{Renegade}}''.* ''Series/VeronicaMars'': Eli "Weevil" Navarro, head of the PCH biker gang in Neptune. For the first season, at least. This culminates in the second season, where he kills the guy who stole his biker gang by tasering him and taping the drugs he was carrying to the underside of the guy's bike, knowing that when he reported back to the crime family who owns the drugs that they would search the bike and "deal" with him - thereby leaving him in the clear.* There's a reason they're called ''Franchise/{{Kamen Rider}}s''.* ''Series/TheSarahConnorChronicles'': Referencing the Terminators in the movies, Cameron gets to cruise around on a motorcycle, complete with [[CoolShades sunglasses]]. (Except in her case, the giant motorcycle cop glasses she wears look a little [[{{Narm}} silly]] on petite Creator/SummerGlau).* Spike picked up a motorcycle from a Badass Biker ''Demon'' at the beginning of Season 5 of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', and kept it until the end of the series (though he seldom used it, it was certainly badass).** Wesley tried to become this as a rogue demon hunter on ''Series/{{Angel}}'', but didn't pull it off too well.* Numerous characters on ''Series/SonsOfAnarchy''. Of course, it's woven into the premise.* Fonzie from ''Series/HappyDays'' started out as a family-friendly version; as his role was increased, his badassitude [[strike:was decreased]] morphed from traditional "tough guy" to near-super-powered nice guy.* Richard Hammond on ''Series/TopGear'' obviously thought he was one of these when he got to ride a Vincent Black Shadow motorcycle. Subverted all the way, as he had to scramble to get into his leathers, couldn't get the thing started without help, and spent the entire ride encountering engine trouble and rain.** The Stig's "Communist cousin" in a deleted scene from the Series 12 Vietnam special.* Kryten from ''Series/RedDwarf'' briefly becomes this at the end of his Season 2 debut. There is even a version of the page quote involving him and Rimmer.* The ''Danger Theatre'' segment "The Searcher" is a spoof of ''Renegade'' where a biker travels from town to town helping people, solving problems, and getting into a lot of slapstick situations.* In ''Series/{{Healer}}'', the original TrueCompanions ran a pirate radio broadcast, critical of the regime's media censorship, from the back of one of their member's trucks as he drove around the city. On occasions when the police located the source, Young Jae covered for them by blocking, distracting, and misdirecting the police pursuit.[[/folder]][[folder:Music]]* The protagonist of the classic Richard Thompson song "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" is a Badass Biker [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold robber with a heart of gold]].* Rob Halford, lead singer of pioneering heavy metal band ''Judas Priest'', is known for riding onstage on a large Harley Davidson motorcycle, usually performing a song or two whilst seated on the bike before getting off of it.* The late {{Music/Taiji Sawada}}, ex-X, ex-Loudness, ex-Cloud Nine, ex-The Killing Red Addiction. Insanely talented slap bassist, and until his injuries got too severe, a Badass Biker since the 1980s, also preferred a Harley-Davidson but could settle for a Honda occasionally... http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1011/526527214_21b03351b8.jpg?v=0* Commander of Music/TheProtomen dresses like this.* Jimmy, The Leader of The Pack from the song of the same name by The Shangri-Las.* What about the Cycle Sluts from Hell? And their hit single "Badass Mama"?* Koshi Inaba from B'z. Exclusively ride Harley-Davidson.* Kid Rock rides with them in the video for "American Badass".* The BlueOysterCult were pretty much the house band for New York Angels. The band adopted a leather biker look for a while in tribute, and wrote several songs as homage: ''Transmaniacon MC'' tells the story of the Altamont festival - from the point of view of the Angel chapter that became infamous there. ''Golden Age of Leather'' is about old Angels who decide to go out with a bang rather than get old. ''Feel The Thunder'' is about the death and afterlife of three Angels. * The MemeticMutation of "Superstar" from ''Theater/JesusChristSuperstar'': "Jesus Christ Superstar, burning down the road on a Yamaha,..."* Music/EdithPiaf: Her song "L' Homme � la Moto" is about an attractive biker she likes.[[/folder]][[folder:Pinball]]* The player's character in ''VideoGame/ProPinballTheWeb'' is one of these.* The unnamed protagonist in ''Pinball/SpaceRiders''* All of the ''Pinball/HarleyDavidson'' pins features the player as this. The version from Creator/SegaPinball[=/=]Creator/SternPinball also has the masked Mystery Rider.[[/folder]][[folder:Pro Wrestling]]* Biker [[TheGimmick gimmicks]] were common in the territorial days. Wrestling/TheRoadWarriors and Magnum TA are couple of the more famous examples.* RealLife example: [[Wrestling/JesseVentura Jesse "The Body" Ventura]] rode with the San Diego chapter of the Mongols before entering the pro wrestling business. Ironically, his tag team partner in the [[Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation East-West Connection]], Adrian Adonis, was the one who actually used a biker persona as part of his gimmick.* The Disciples of Apocalypse ([[FunWithAcronyms D.O.A.]]).* Tetsuhiro Kuroda rode a motorcycle and had several other bikers in his wake in [[Wrestling/{{FMW}} Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling]].* Love Machine and H�ctor Garza in Wrestling/{{CMLL}}, the latter serving as transportation for his {{tag team}} partners and stablemates even.* Swedish biker Slo Feng in Wrestling/KaijuBigBattel. He calls his bike Slepnir (after Odin's horse) and doesn't want anybody else to even touch it.* When Wrestling/TheUndertaker switched gimmicks for the first time in the WWE, he traded in his trademark BadassLongcoat for a Badass Bike to become the "American Badass". Mark Calaway, the man behind The Undertaker gimmick, is in fact a passionate motorcyclist (the American Badass character is basically Mark Calaway adapted for the world of pro wrestling).* [[FleetingDemographicRule Chuck Palumbo tried this after the Undertaker]], with less success. This gimmick was also based on the wrestler's real life, as it happens.* Wrestling/{{TNA}}'s Wrestling/AcesAndEights stable.[[/folder]][[folder:Tabletop Games]]* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'': How much more badass do you get than screaming green maniacs on ramshackle scrap-metal motorbikes laden with giant machine guns? Oh yeah, that would be the {{Super Soldier}}s on giant armoured bikes the size of cars. Or the ''evil'' Super Soldiers on ''hell motorbikes'' covered in blades and skulls... or maybe the space-elf knights on flying bikes with laser lances... or the evil space elves that can fly their bladed flying death bikes with enough skill to ''cut specific arteries''.** The Orks have legendary bikerboy Wazdakka Gutsmek, who never, ever gets off his bike except to tinker with it, and never sleeps thanks to a special brew the [[DeadlyDoctor Mad Doks]] make for him. His goal is to create a network of warp gates and such so that he and his army can ride from one end of the galaxy to another. He has a [[ChainsawGood chainsaw]] hand and equipped his bike with [[MoreDakka cannons that can stop a tank in its tracks]]. He once killed a [[HumongousMecha Warlord Titan]] by driving off a cliff, punching through its [[DeflectorShields void shields]], crash-landing in the thing's ''head'', and slaughtering the crew. [[InfernalRetaliation While on fire]].** [[http://mirror.servut.us//kuvat/motivation/doomrider_1.jpg Doomrider]]. A demon price/chaos lord from older editions has become a meme with 40k fans. Now mind you cocaine is bad, but when you are the demon god-thing of sex, drugs and rock-and-roll's favored demon prince biker of badassitude, cocaine is the weakest drug in your veins.** This is the WhiteScars Space Marines' entire schtick. They're pretty much Mongols on armoured bikes with machine guns.** About the only people without badass bikes are the Tau (who go with [[AMechByAnyOtherName battlesuits for their badassery]]), the Tyranids (who are a HordeOfAlienLocusts), and the Imperial Guard (who actually get badass ''riders''...seriously, they have a ''horse-mounted cavalry'' unit).** Cadian Rough Riders ride ''choppers''. Yes, 40k has a unit of badass normals, riding big bikes around in combat and charging people on them so they can stab them with explosive tipped lances.* ''VampireTheRequiem'' gives us the [[ContinuityNod Bruja]] bloodline, which is what happens when a Carthian Gangrel decides the leader of a biker gang would make a good instrument for the revolution. What happens is said Carthian ends up getting diablerized by his childe, who then goes on to Embrace his gang and raise hell all over the Southwest.** Danse Macabre introduced The Brides of Dracula, a whole Covenant consisting of Badass Bikers* Dokurorider from the ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' card game is a 6-Star Ritual Monster/Zombie with 1900/1850 who rides a giant motorcycle with jaws over the front wheel. He's not especially strong, but ''damn'' he looks cool. [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Dokurorider Click here for the Wiki article]].** Other biker monsters in the game are Chaosrider Gustaph, Diskblade Rider, Stygian Street Patrol, and Stygian Sergeants. * ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' has go-gangs: themed gangs of motorcycle riders. They range from the Halloweeners, which are basically poorly equipped {{Mooks}}, to the Ancients, an all-elven gang that rivals some military forces in terms of training and equipment. And then there's the Spikes, an all-troll gang that makes up for their lack of training or discipline by being AxCrazy.* DeadReign has The Reapers, badass zombie slayers led by the BigGood of the setting and also an available player class.[[/folder]][[folder:Video Games]]* ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines''. The Anarchs, but nobody is as badass as Smiling Jack.* ''VideoGame/FullThrottle'' (the game, not the movie) is all about Badass Bikers and is generally the all-round reference for details of this trope.* ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'', by the same designer, has ''two'' teams of Badass Bikers; the Thunderhogs, boom-trikes for your bassist [[TheMedic medics]], and the Fire Barons, choppers which ignite high-proof booze in their wake to KillItWithFire. ItMakesSenseInContext, I promise!* Jack Cayman from ''VideoGame/MadWorld'', complete with road rage level.* Ryu Hazuki in ''VideoGame/{{Shenmue}}''. Although he doesn't actually own a bike, he fills the trope when he either borrows one from a neighbor or -- more fittingly -- kicks the ass of a thug and takes ''his''.* Both Dante and Lady ride bikes in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry''. The former is a BadassLongcoat and the latter is a BadassNormal.* This is the only reason [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Shadow the Hedgehog]] got a bike in his solo game. He also has the bike in ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'', and it's his vehicle in ''SonicAndSegaAllStarsRacing''.* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto: Motorcycles make a great choice with their superior speed, ability to maneuver through heavy traffic, fit down tight alleyways or through gaps in roadblocks, and pop a wheelie while doing so... though hitting something means flying out straight into the tarmac.** All the subsequent GTA games have had the bikes, but Johnny Klebitz and The Lost from ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'' are definitely the definitive men to ride them. In the first DLC episode, Johnny is the protagonist, and the gang serves as support and backup.* ''VideoGame/MidnightClub'' also features motorcycles in their games, working much like the example above; quick and compact, but one collision sends you flying. The third game, ''DUB Edition'', has choppers along with sport bikes.* There are quite a few tough "Biker" and "Roughneck" trainers in some of the main series ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' games.** Wes from ''VideoGame/PokemonColosseum'' could count as well.* Matsu, of ''VideoGame/LiveALive'' fame.* Johnny from ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger''; even better, because he's a badass that ''turns into'' a bike.* Nitro Man from ''VideoGame/MegaMan10'' also falls into the Motocycle Transformer category.** Ride Boarski of ''VideoGame/MegaManX 7'' as well, if we're going by that logic.** Zero, Axl and the MemeticBadass [[FanNickname "Green Biker Dude"]] get a ''ton'' of mileage out of the Ride Chasers, physically similar to bikes.* Jack Turner from ''VideoGame/ArtOfFighting''.* ''VideoGame/MarioKart Wii'' added bikes to the series. Of course, in this case the badassness depends on the rider: ones like Baby Peach or Baby Daisy can't really pull it off, but Bowser or even ''Dry'' Bowser? Heck yeah!* ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' has Francis, a heavy-set, 6'3 biker who seems to be the only survivor that actively enjoys larger fights in the game. One soundbite of his, that plays on killing a large horde without taking any damage, "I hope you're all having as much fun as I am!" says it all.** Another example, when being hauled to his feet by another survivor;--->'''Louis:''' Come on now, let's get you up on your feet.\\'''Francis:''' Uuughh... heh... good thing I'm indestructible.* Definitely a parody: Travis Touchdown from ''NoMoreHeroes'' rides a ''huge'' motorcycle that looks like an [[Franchise/StarWars X-Wing]].* Hugh from ''VideoGame/PopNMusic''.* Jak from ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxter'' regularly uses ''antigrav'' bikes. Not particularly badass in [[VideoGame/JakAndDaxterThePrecursorLegacy the original game]] (in which he was your standard-issue FarmBoy), but in ''VideoGame/JakIIRenegade''... well... a PhlebotinumRebel riding a gun-fitted antigrav motorbike stolen from a totalitarian police force is pretty badass.* ''{{Tekken}}'': Paul Phoenix. Bikes around a lot, and self-proclaimed "toughest guy in the universe". Though judging by his record of fighting (beaten several Mishimas in canon!), he's... really {{Badass}}.* Franchise/JamesBond qualifies for this in ''VideoGame/EverythingOrNothing'', whenever he rides the Q-Bike. Especially so in the nailbiter that is the Pontchartrain Bridge chase level, where he's trying to catch up with Jaws [[spoiler: who's driving a tanker-truck full of nanobots, hell-bent on [[HarsherInHindsight destroying the levees and flooding New Orleans]].]]* Snow, from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII''. His motorcycle is made from two hot chicks, who...er...[[GirlOnGirlIsHot link together.]] Oh, and they're also gods.* In one mission in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' Cloud rides a bike. Of course, he still uses his [[{{BFS}} Buster Sword]].* ''VideoGame/{{StarCraft|I}}'': Jim Raynor, who already has one or two entries in {{Badass}}, rides a souped-up Vulture hoverbike as his primary vehicle.* Chuck Greene of ''VideoGame/DeadRising2'' is a motocross champ and zombie-killing extraordinaire who turns his skills fixing up his bike into the ability to [[MacGyvering MacGyver-up]] CrazyAwesome weaponry.* ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne'' introduces us to [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Hell Biker]], who besides being an undead Badass Biker, is also one of [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast the Fiends, the Incarnations of Death]].* In the ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberianSeries'', Brotherhood bikers rides [[CoolBike Recon bikes equipped with twin rockets launchers]].* Hayato Kanzaki of ''VideoGame/StarGladiator''.* Mondo Owada of ''VisualNovel/DanganRonpa'' got accepted into one of the world's most prestigious high schools on the basis that he's one of the most badass biker gang leaders, leading the biggest Biker Gang in Japan.* ''VideoGame/RideToHellRetribution'' attempts this with its lead character, but not very successfully.* ''VideoGame/{{Rebuild}}'' features the NPC faction called the Riffs. They randomly show up to go on zombie-shooting sprees, and later help you out with [[spoiler:taking out the Last Judgement]].* ''VideoGame/{{WarWind}}'' has them as an equivalent of cavalry in Obblinox army, recruitable at an inn.* ''VideoGame/FreedomPlanet'' has Carol Tea, who has a motorcycle capable of scaling walls, climbing ladders, and she can claw swipe, kick, and roll attack her enemies while on it. She can even hang on a hanging bar ''with the bike between her legs'' for extended periods, though she's obviously exerting a lot of effort that way.* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'' has Claire Redfield, a college girl who rides a motorcycle into zombie-infested Raccoon City. Post-credit scenes in both ''Resident Evil 2'' and ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica'' also features Claire with different motorcycles. * The protagonist of ''VideoGame/{{Bombshell}}'', Shelly, is described as someone who likes "kicking ass, motorcycles, [and] kicking ass on motorcycles".[[/folder]][[folder:Webcomics]]* Subversion: an early sequence [[http://wapsisquare.com/comic/02132002/ starting here]] [[note]]If that link doesn't work, go to the archives and start at February 13th, 2002[[/note]] in ''Webcomic/WapsiSquare'' has Monica (looking like a {{goth}} because she's got motor oil around her eyes) looking for a phone in what turns out to be a biker bar after her car breaks down. The bikers all seem pretty badass, but [[spoiler:it turns out that they're all rich, white-collar motorbike enthusiasts dressing up]]. Monica gets to ride shotgun on a Harley anyway, so she's not complaining.* Subverted with Hades from ''Webcomic/ZeusAndSons'' who, despite his biker garb, badass motorcycle and dominion over the dead, is seen crying about his inability to find a girlfriend and lovingly petting his [[CuteMonster three-headed puppy]].[[/folder]][[folder:Web Original]]* Season 9 of ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' has [[ActionGirl Agent]] [[TheAce Texas]] riding a heavy motorcycle during the big highway battle; when she's done with it, she simply sends it up a ramp and crashing into an enemy AV-14 Hornet.* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' has Yang Xiao-Long riding a stylish orange-and-black motorcycle in her premiere trailer, as well as the main show's opening credits. She finally rides it in the actual show's second season, [[Awesome/{{RWBY}} and very stylishly at that]].* In ''WebAnimation/DickFiguresTheMovie'', Red acquires motorcycle skills during a lengthy car chase.* Nightwing in ''WebVideo/NightwingTheSeries'' rides a sleek sport-cycle.[[/folder]][[folder:Western Animation]]* When vehicular travel was necessary, the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' would ride in Cyborg's CoolCar... except for Robin, who would ride his own Badass Bike.** In keeping with his status as Robin's ShadowArchetype, Red X has one too. (Johnny Rancid would like to ''think'' of himself as this, but even control over reality using [[GreatGazoo Larry's]] powers didn't make him badass.)* ''BikerMiceFromMars'' is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: they're humanoid mice, they come from Mars, and they're bikes. For the Badass part... Back on Mars they routinely fought tanks one-on-one and ''won''.* Some ''{{Transformers}}'', such as Thrust from ''Beast Machines'', Sideways from ''TransformersArmada'' and Prowl from ''TransformersAnimated'', take this even further... they're Badass ''Bikes''. [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Oil_Slick_%28Animated%29 Oil Slick]] has yet to appear, but he looks the part and will likely fit the role to a T.** He finally appeared. And for those who don't know, he transforms into what is essentially a heavily modded Dodge Tomahawk, the most badass mode of transportation ever conceived. Modded meaning he has a GOAT SKULL on his handlebars and spikes everywhere. Metal incarnate. He was so awesome that while he was originally intended to be toy-only, the creators thought he was so awesome that they put him in both the show and the tie-in comic.** Oh, and did we mention badass bikes Prowl and Oil Slick are also ''ninjas''. Sideways just has to get along with being [[spoiler: a living virus and servant of an eater of worlds.]]*** [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sideways_(RID) Tfwiki has it]] that he actually is a ninja as well, though more recently he's a spaceship or a car instead of a bike.** Arcee from ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' is another badass bike-bot.* On ''{{WesternAnimation/Metalocalypse}}'', Nathan Explosion often drives a bike with four sidecars, which he calls the Murdercycle.* Ulrich Stern of ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'' has a monowheeled, flying "Overbike" in the virtual world. Note that he's also a [[SuperSpeed speedster]], but the bike makes him even ''faster''.* Vigilante from ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited''.* Sonia the Hedgehog from ''SonicUnderground'' in a few episodes.* ''GIJoeRenegades'' shows Zartan's origin as this.* [[spoiler:Mike Chilton]] pulls this off in the finale of ''{{WesternAnimation/Motorcity}}''.* ''WesternAnimation/AvengerPenguins'' revolves around three bike riding penguins that inhabit Big City, uniting to protect it and its citizens from the evil Caractacus P. Doom, [[MadScientist an insane and reclusive criminal scientist]].* ''Grojband'' has Mina Beff and Nick Mallory, who can ride a motorcycle.* In his biography for ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Island'' Trent states that if he won the money, he'd use it as a down payment for his dream chopper.[[/folder]][[folder:Real Life]]* RealLife bikers can get a bad rep, especially in areas where gangs are well-known, but there are a lot of stories of how they are actually quite nice, though they often use the image to protect their own.** A good example are the guys of [[http://www.rescueink.org/ Rescue Ink]], who work to help rescue abused animals while making sure that the abusers get what's coming to them. See [[http://www.dosomething.org/blog/chatterbox/bikers-help-fight-animal-cruelty this article]] for an absolutely adorable picture of them helping out puppies.** There are also the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_Guard_Riders Patriot Guard Riders]], veteran bikers who attend funerals of American servicemembers and shield the family from the [[strike:evil cultists]] protesters of the [[ReligionOfEvil Westboro]] [[HolierThanThou Baptist]] [[BeliefMakesYouStupid Church]].** Adelasian locals (Adelaide, South Australia) will know all about the Santa Bikers run. Every year all the bikers in the city buy presents for disadvantaged kids and drive down the main roads on their bikes (most decked in Santa gear because that's part of the fun) to deliver them. I'm told other countries have similar runs.** [[http://www.bacausa.com Bikers Against Child Abuse]] are another charity biker group who offer support and protection to children who have experienced mental and physical abuse. They have chapters in the US and other countries.* A couple of [[TooDumbToLive particularly dumb robbers]] in Australia made [[MuggingTheMonster an unfortunate choice of place to knock over]] since the club had about [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH8kxDPl6tc 50 "Blackie" bikers meeting inside]], who proceeded to ZergRush the robbers to the point that one [[SuperWindowJump jumped out the window]] to get away while the other was rugby tackled and hogtied by the bikers while trying to leave out the back door.* Touring bikers are often an aversion. [[{{Music/Rush}} Neil Peart]] and Creator/EwanMcGregor are good examples of this.* In places where the driving conditions are often chaotic and dangerous (i.e. in developing countries), people who choose to ride motorcycles become badasses by default since every day they brave hellish road conditions that can lead to severe injury or death.* An indirect example would be the [[http://www.ocweekly.com/2014-02-27/news/disneyland-california-adventure-social-clubs/ "Very Merry Un-Gangs of Disneyland."]] Basically, large social clubs who often adopt a tough, biker-like apparel, but visit the park to enjoy the attractions just like anyone else. When necessary, they'll leverage their intimidating looks to help keep the peace by intimidating actual troublemakers and reporting them to security.* Kurdish militias fighting back invading Islamic State militants got some unexpected reinforcements in the form of [[http://news.yahoo.com/netherlands-says-ok-biker-gangs-fight-islamic-state-155136559.html Dutch biker gang "No Surrender"]] and [[http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/186278 German biker gang "Median Empire."]]* Italy has a tradition of ''military'' bikers dating to before WorldWarII, when every ''Bersaglieri'' (quick assault infantry) regiment was given a recon platoon equipped with bikes, recon platoons that, if necessary, [[http://image.archivioluce.com/foto/high/ATTUALITA/GP13/A00049515.JPG could fight]]. To this day, Italian brigades still have a recon company equipped with bikes (including, of course, the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garibaldi_Bersaglieri_Brigade Garibaldi bersaglieri brigade]]), said bikes' manufacturer Cagiva sells bikes to armies of all the worlds, and the ''Corazzieri'' (the guards of the Italian president, chosen among the tallest and most badass of the ''Carabinieri'') [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/2june2006_059.jpg can be seen on large bikes when on parade or escorting the president]].* Motorsports involving motorcycles typically have this, with [=MotoGP=] and more extreme series taken UpToEleven. Valentino Rossi, for example.[[/folder]]----


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Likely more than a year after Monday's final regular-season 49ers home game, developers will destroy what a devastating earthquake could not, leveling Candlestick Park for retail and residential construction.
An earlier-than-expected 49ers departure to Santa Clara next year has accelerated plans for the stadium site within the massive Hunters Point/Candlestick Point project. The first homes are going up within the former shipyards and in four years a huge outdoor urban shopping center is set to rise where the stadium stands.
"The 49ers moved along at a very good clip. We moved our timeline up. It's a great piece of property and enables us to move faster to realize the program, dream and vision," said Kofi Bonner, regional vice president for Lennar Communities, the developer chosen by the city of San Francisco.
Candlestick Park Through the Years
In planning since 1999, the project began as an effort to build a new football stadium with housing, retail and office space.
With the 49ers ultimately pulling up stakes in San Francisco, the master plan for the nearly 800 acre area features 12,500 residences, 800,000 square feet of retail and more than 3 million square feet of office, research and development space. Parks, trails and open space would span some 320 acres.
"So this is a big, big development project, over a couple decades, and the work is already underway. This is gonna be one of San Francisco's newest and more robust neighborhoods a generation from now," said Phil Ginsburg, general manager for the city of San Francisco Recreation and Parks.
The retail hub for the project is the stadium site.
The shopping center will be outdoors, anchoring the project's Candlestick Point portion. In addition to parking and transit services, plans also call for a hotel, 500 condominiums and apartments, and a 2,000-to-4,000-seat entertainment venue on the stadium site.
But first, the concrete edifice that is Candlestick Park must come down. Demolition is expected in late 2014 or early 2015.
Leveling the 12-story stadium constructed from 50,000 cubic yards of concrete and 9,000 tons of steel is a science of sorts. Not yet known is whether Candlestick comes down in a day or longer.


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Nov. 29, 1996
Weiss Promoted in Army Reserve
A UW-River Falls employee was recently promoted to the rank of Colonel in the Army Reserve at a ceremony at Fort Snelling, Minn.
Thomas Weiss, the UW-RF director of purchasing services, has been employed at the university since 1984. He manages purchasing, postal services and risk management.
He has completed 26 years in the army, with two years of active duty and 24 years in the reserve. Weiss is the Deputy Chief of Staff for the 88th Regional Support Command, where he is responsible for all supply, maintenance, transportation and services. The RSC includes 27,000 soldiers from Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Illionis, and Indiana. Weiss previously commanded the 397th Engineering Battalion in Eau Claire, Wis.
Weiss attributes his longevity in the Army Reserve to various reasons, foremost his sense of patriotism and obligation to his country. He also credits the reserve for providing him skills that are valuable in his civilian occupation.
"I feel the reserve has been a real growth experience for me and has heightened skills I use every day on the job, such as problem-solving abilities."
He also enjoys the travel opportunities the reserve creates, and has been to Europe, Central America, and all over the United States.
Accompanying Weiss at the promotion ceremony were his wife Mary, his father John of Springfield, Minn., and son Jeremy, who is a sophomore at UW-RF.
Weiss holds a master's degree from UW-RF in supervision and leadership and resides in River Falls with his wife Mary and children. They include Thomas, who is a first lieutent in the U.S. Army; Rachael, a senior at the College of St. Benedict, and Joshua, who is a sophomore at River Falls High School.


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HOPKINS COUNTY, Ky. (5/17/13) – ANALYSIS – Public trust of government is at "low tide" these days and as Cecil B. DeMille once said "The Public is Always Right". The debacle in Washington D.C. aside, the public has been subjected to an alarming string of "good projects gone bad" here in Hopkins County. Sadly, it is unfortunate that some of these projects have gone from bad to even worse. When unforeseen problems arise and leadership does not take responsibility and hides or transfers blame it gets even worse.
The Career and Technical Center is an excellent example. For some unexplained reason, leadership in the Hopkins County School System and Kentucky Department of Education lost their notes that building a multi-million dollar school on unconsolidated fill (ground that had been surface mined) was a bad idea.
Perhaps the engineer that approved the site missed school the day they covered that in college. To their credit the Board of Education admitted their folly and sought to remedy the problem. However, viable and affordable alternatives were not considered. School officials remained fixed on the shining school on the hill and sought engineers that would keep that dream alive. It failed and millions of dollars have been lost. The abandoned building remains as a black eye.
The Veteran's Memorial is an excellent example of how a good project went bad, got worse and was salvaged. The location of the memorial continues to puzzle many; but, the public has accepted the location. According to Mayor Jackson, original cost estimates underestimated the cost of labor for city workers and only included fuel estimates for city equipment (not a rental comparison). During construction, the stereotype of one worker working and fifteen watching became so bad that a local businessman paid private contractors to complete the job. Unlike the Career Center, the Veteran's Memorial stands completed. It is a tribute to our veterans.
Now, it is the continuing saga of the Hopkins County Public Library. This is the story of a good project that got bad, then worse, and then worse still. The twists and turns of this story are too numerous to enumerate. Now it is cost overruns associated with the new location at the former Edwards IGA and Save-A-Lot building. There are always unforeseen problems when renovating an old building. Dr. Bill Smith has been severely criticized by former mayor, Will Cox, and city councilman, Mark Lee, for Smith's performance and cost overruns of the library project.
Former Mayor Cox should be more understanding of Smith's circumstance. Cost overruns of the city hall caused the renovation of the former bank building to exceed the Prevailing Wage threshold and prompted a Kentucky Department of Labor investigation and finding against the City of Madisonville. This was totally on Cox's watch when the $200,000 estimate ballooned to over $600,000. Final tab for the city hall building is $1,621,000.
Next, the Sports Complex: This is another example of a good project, gone bad. It will take millions more to complete the complex. This (like the library) is an ongoing story. Many have questioned the location as well as the likelihood of the project being a net positive for the county. State Representative Ben Waide has had misgivings about the source of funding to build the facility and operate the facility thereafter. This story could get worse and then get permanently bad if the county has to use taxpayer dollars to keep the doors open year after year. Adding to public mistrust are statements by Judge Executive, Donnie Carroll, where he said on a radio talk show that the threat of eminent domain was never used in purchasing property for the Sports Complex; however, a letter to Larry and Janet Dame refutes those statements. Furthermore, the public was told for over two years that the Corps of Engineers permit was about to be issued. But, for now, six million taxpayer dollars should do the trick. That is in
addition to the $1.5 million already spent on the complex and another $1.5 million on a sewer line to the Sports Complex (and the empty Career and Technical School).
Lastly, the new Taj Mahal (also known as the new Justice Center). This multi-million dollar extravaganza has many scratching their heads about excesses of government. Local citizens have asked why that large of a building was necessary or practical. Questions have also been posed about building security and the large number of security guards when court is not in session or planned for the day. Of course everyone else was getting one, so Hopkins County did too. If we are going to pay for all the court houses across the state, we want one too.
Public officials can expect public outcry to increase until such time parties begin working together to solve problems and quit snipping at each other on Facebook. The City of Madisonville and Hopkins County Fiscal Court fund the library and the taxpayers fund the city and county. Let's start getting it right.
In all these projects, public officials that lie and deceive the public should come clean, resign or be replaced.
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Truett-McConnell College students Gabe Miller and Zach Brown represented TMC's wrestling team at the NAIA National Wrestling Championships, March 1-3 in Des Moines, Iowa.
"Our team finished in thirty-third place, which is not last," Head Coach Jim Bailey told TMCNews.
Going into the tourney, Miller's season record of 24-6 and Brown's 19-11 record helped rank them among the top four in their respective national weight classes.
Brown's valiant effort got him close to advancing, but he lost his first two matches.
Miller split his matches, 2 - 2, and was only a couple of matches away from All-American status.
"Thanks to all who made this possible for us," Bailey said. "We plan to do even better in the future."


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Rolly: Will the real Mia Love please stand up?
A recent campaign flier supporting Republican Congressional candidate Mia Love appeals to conservatives to contribute up to $5,000 to make sure the tea party favorite, who came within about 700 votes of defeating Democrat Jim Matheson in 2012, will be victorious the second time around.
At the top of the flier is a picture of Love taken from her own campaign literature, complete with the Elect Mia Love for Congress logo.
Then in the middle of the flier, between the campaign prose, is another picture of Love with the caption, "Mia Love Conservative."
There is only one problem: The second picture isn't Mia Love.
"It's a scam," said Dave Hansen, a paid consultant to Love's 2014 campaign for the 4th Congressional District. "This organization soliciting money purportedly on Mia's behalf has nothing to do with the campaign. We believe it's somebody using her name to raise money for their own purposes."
Hansen said the Love campaign has appealed to the National Republican Congressional Committee for help, but officials there are not sure they can do anything about it.
This is a result of the Citizens United case, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that an interest group can form and raise unlimited money without the disclosure requirements of a campaign as long as it acts independently of the candidate it supports, and there is no contact between the interest group and the campaign.
"Under the law, we are not supposed to have contract with this group," Hansen said. "But they are raising this money without our blessing, and we have no idea what this group plans to do with it."
Meanwhile, the picture in the middle of the flier that purports to be Love is a mystery woman.
"I have no idea who that might be," said Hansen. "She looks like a model."
"There's plenty we could complain about with our federal government," the flier says. "There's out of control deficits, higher taxes, erosion of our personal liberty and more. The list is endless."
It then makes the plea that instead of complaining, send money on behalf of a "great patriot like Mia Love." Under the photo of the woman who is not Love, the text continues: "Mia Love's family came here with just a few bucks in their pocket, and instead of telling Mia to rely on government handouts, they raised her with a work ethic that called for self-reliance and personal achievement."
The flier is distributed by the Conservative Campaign Committee of Sacramento, Calif., and includes a post office box number for donations.
Hansen speculates the Conservative Campaign Committee may be sending out solicitations on behalf of other Republican candidates without their knowledge as well.
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Troopers from Pennsylvania State Police, Chambersburg, responded to the Rite Aid at 300 S. Fayette St. at 3:45 p.m. Tuesday for a report of an armed robbery.
Police said two suspects entered the store and forced all employees to the pharmacy area at knife point.
The suspects obtained prescription medication and fled out the front door in an unknown direction.
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BIG unveils 150-metre twisting Vancouver skyscraper
[First look] Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has revealed plans to build a 49-storey mixed-use tower in downtown Vancouver, Canada
Named Beach and Howe, the tower would feature 600 residential apartments and be the city's fourth tallest building.
The project for Canadian developer Westbank features a nine-storey podium containing market rental housing, commercial and retail space.
BIG is working with Buro Happold, Glotman Simpson and local architect James Cheng on the gradually cantilevering scheme.
Bjarke Ingels said: 'The Beach and Howe tower is a contemporary descendant of the Flatiron Building in New York City – reclaiming the lost spaces for living as the tower escapes the noise and traffic at its base.
'In the tradition of Flatiron, Beach and Howe's architecture is not the result of formal excess or architectural idiosyncrasies, but rather a child of its circumstances: the trisected site and the concerns for neighboring buildings and park spaces.'
Ian Gillespie, president at Westbank, said: 'We have brought together the best talent available in Vancouver and Europe to create a truly world class project that will enrich not only the particular neighborhood, but also the city and its quest to become creative, sustainable and affordable city.
'Architecturally, the Beach and Howe tower will introduce a new building typology to the Vancouver skyline and will create a dramatic gateway to downtown Vancouver that speaks to the emerging creative economy in the city.'
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Location: Vancouver, Canada
Size:653,890 sf / 60,670 m2
Collaborators:Dialog, Cobalt Engineering, Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg Urban Design, Buro Happold, Glotman Simpson, James KM Cheng Architects
Partners-in-charge:Bjarke Ingels, Thomas Christoffersen
Project leader: Agustin Perez-Torres
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Working with the Summary AdvisorBy Mark Rittman
Create in-memory aggregates for better performance on Oracle Exalytics In-Memory Machine.
If you create analyses and dashboards with Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 11g, you know that users expect short response times even when querying datasources many terabytes in size. How do you provide short, consistent response times when querying such large amounts of data?
Oracle Exalytics In-Memory Machine, one of Oracle's latest additions to its engineered systems products, works alongside Oracle Exadata and Oracle Exalogic to provide a "speed of thought" business intelligence platform. Oracle Exalytics brings in-memory analysis to Oracle Business Intelligence solutions and provides a platform for analyzing terabytes of information with lightning-fast query responses.
Under the covers, Oracle Exalytics works by gathering statistics on your query workload and then recommending in-memory aggregates to improve query response time. To make this possible, Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition provides a set of cache management tools that are available only when you license Oracle Exalytics. One such management tool is the Summary Advisor, a utility within the Oracle Business Intelligence administration tool. Let's take a look now at how you can use the Summary Advisor with your Oracle Exalytics system to first analyze your query statistics and then to recommend in-memory aggregates, which you will then implement to improve the performance of queries on your system.
Using the Summary Advisor to Generate Recommendations
The following example uses the SampleAppLite repository and catalog that come preinstalled with Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 11g to demonstrate the Summary Advisor at work. This article assumes that your Oracle Exalytics system has been installed and set up with a standard configuration: query caching is disabled, usage tracking is set up for your system, the required tables are registered in your repository, and the standard TT_AGGR_STORE Oracle TimesTen In- Memory Database connection is enabled.
Creating the Aggregates
At this point, the Summary Advisor has created two scripts for you:
Let's now use the first script created by the Summary Advisor to create the aggregates it has recommended. To do this, close the Oracle Business Intelligence administration tool; open a command-prompt session (Start -> Run -> cmd.exe); and run the nqcmd (nqcmd.exe) utility, using the following parameters:
For example, for a default installation and the file, account, and password naming suggested in this article, the command-line entry is
C:\>"C:\Program Files\Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition Plus Client\oraclebi\orahome\bifoundation\ server\bin\nqcmd.exe" -d exalytics -u biadmin –p welcome1 -s C:\TEMP\summary_ advisor.sql
After the script runs, you should see a message indicating that several statements have been executed successfully. You can now reopen the Oracle Business Intelligence administration tool, connect to your repository, and navigate to the Business Model and Mapping layer to check out the new aggregate logical table sources that will have been automatically mapped in for you. For example, Figure 3 shows the F0 Revenue Base Measures logical table with seven new logical table sources mapped to it, representing the seven in-memory aggregates that were created by the Summary Advisor script.
Figure 3: Aggregate tables mapped into the Business Model and Mapping layer
Later on, if the volume of data loaded into your source database changes or new dashboards and analyses are created, you can generate a fresh set of aggregate recommendations by using the same Summary Advisor settings. Click Load Parameters from File on the first Summary Advisor screen to load your settings from the c:\TEMP\rerun_advisor.xml file you created in the previous steps.
Testing the In-Memory Aggregates
So now that you have generated a set of in-memory aggregate recommendations and implemented them for your repository, you can test the impact on your dashboards and analyses. Using your Web browser, log in to the Oracle Business Intelligence Web page again, navigate to the Overview dashboard, and try drilling into the History Overview analysis. You should now notice a much shorter response time as you drill into the hierarchies in your data.
Mark Rittman is an Oracle ACE Director and cofounder and technical director of Rittman Mead. He writes for the Rittman Mead blog at rittmanmead.com.
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Canon cameras are having a hard time competing with smartphone cameras, now so ubiquitous that people are unlikely to bother carrying a traditional camera in addition to their phone. JWT Mexico created this series of print ads to emphasize a benefit of using a camera instead of a smartphone that consumers might not have considered: with a camera, no one is going to call you right at the moment when you're framing the perfect shot.
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The Battle Tower Chapter #1: Riptide
It was a gloomy fall day in Riptide. The people mostly stayed inside unless work, or fear, kept them outside. The city was named after a large riptide just outside the village that was so large that if you even just stepped in the water just outside the pier, you would be sucked out to sea. Many newcomers and small children were lost this way. The pier eventually got fenced off with razor wire to stop the constant loss of life. The town was controlled by a militia that meant good, but did not have the force to stop the bandits. A man by the name of Zenith lived in Riptide, he was an honest, good man whose biggest flaw was that he could gamble away all his money. He was a 6 feet 8 inch caucasian male, he was 23 years old, and a banker. In riptide and most other cities currency was in electricity and measured in amps, two amps could get you a piece of bread. As well as being a banker, after Zenith closed up shop he would leave the city and scavenge whatever he could, a coin there, a battery here. His bank was usually very quiet even though it held almost all of the citizens amps in the form of a daisy chain system of car batteries that can charge a battery any amount at will.
"Hi Zenith, i'm here to collect my money." Said a
Random person who walked in,
"Okay, How much? Wait, i need to see some identification first," said Zenith, the man handed him a bank card that Zenith handed out to customers with their approval number, ID number, and bank account number. Each card is about 4 inches wide and 2 inches long and made of a corrosion proof plastic and laminated. This card was about 7 inches wide, 5 inches long, and made of cardboard. It was obviously an attempt to steal money so Zenith's hand went on the revolver that he kept in the drawer nearest to him. The revolver was a model 500 revolver and had a nickel plating, right then it had only 3 shots in the chambers, Zenith had found it on one of his scavenging trips and had to shoot down 3 more bandits for it. "Okay, that was fake, show me the real one, leave peacefully, or leave in the hands of the militia."
"I knew you'd say that, so screw you!" Said the man who proceeded to flip Zenith off and pull out a short sword. Zenith whipped out the revolver and cocked it before the man had a chance to even open the screen that protected Zenith. The man still tried to kill Zenith until he got a bullet in the face. At the sound of the gunshot two of the militia men who were patrolling raced into Zenith's bank.
"What happened?" Said a guard,
"Well, the man tried to rob one of my customers, and then he tried to kill me, i had to shoot him or else i would have had a sword through me right now,"
"Hmmm, let me see, the bandits always have some sort of identification on them so that other bandits won't kill them," Said the other guard, he proceeded to search the body for evidence, he found ammunition, the short sword, the fake ID, and a hungarian passport with a droplet of blood dripping from a flower petal, that was the symbol of the nearest clan of bandits, The Bloody Peace. As well as those items the guard found 20 old gold coins, 5,000 amps of batteries, and a desert eagle pistol with an empty clip and a bullet in the chamber. "You're in the clear, the bandit was from The Bloods, you can keep the pistol and the sword if you like, our armory is stocked but we don't have enough people to use them. Also we have some money to add the the government account." The men handed Zenith the batteries, Zenith measured and recorded the amount inputted and added the electricity to the government account.
It was market day and Zenith needed more ammo for his pistol, the ammunition on the bandit was 50 caliber sniper rounds, neither him or the guards could imagine what the bandit was doing with such powerful rounds. Anyway Zenith got more ammunition for his revolver and since the bank hours were over he went out and started to look through some abandoned houses. He found a broken colt 1911, a rusted knife, a battery equivalent to 50 amps, and a suit that he wanted for no apparent reason. Most people did not go scavenging out of fear that they would be captured by bandits. Also most people did not have a gun, or two guns at that. A bandit did actually show up, but after he saw the glints of the guns on Zeniths hip, he simply ran away. Zenith found a little bit of the ammunition he needed, but only 10 rounds, it would last him for a little bit, he would have to buy some then. However on his way back he saw something that looked like carbon fiber, he walked over there and picked up an amazing find, it was a combat crossbow with a scope that would be very helpful as it is silent and has very common ammunition. Zenith then picked up as many crossbow bolts as he could find around him, and walked into town. When he walked in it was a little too quiet in the town for his liking. Sure there were still people walking around in the streets but the guards were... absent. Zenith shrugged it off and for good measure barricaded himself in the bank which was one of the most well defended buildings in the city with a mortar up top with Zenith found and repaired.
One of Zenith's hobbies was gunsmithing and he was very good at it as he fabricated a rifle upstairs, and he fixed his mortar. Also to bring in some extra cash he runs a small gunsmithing business to make and repair weaponry from the people and the guards. He started to work on the 1911 pistol he found, it was a simpler fix than others he had done as there were only two things that were bad, the barrel was on the verge of shattering and if he fired it right then he would have been afraid of holding a hand grenade, not a pistol, and the ejection handle was snapped in two so he would have to fabricate a new one. Luckily the barrel was an easy fix as he simply made a new one from some aircraft grade aluminum he scavenged from a plane he found. The ejector handle was not so easy, he would have to use his CNC machine to fabricate a new one. He decided to ask permission to use solar panels to charge a battery to power the CNC machine, but immediately scrap the excess energy. It was a special permission from the guards that was not normally granted, but he decided to try. He was looking forward to getting all the supplies he needs to start setting up a house outside of the town so he didn't have to live by the town's rules. As he was thinking about that he heard the gunshots of the nearby bandits. They were screaming that it was time for the "sacrifice," at first Zenith didn't understand, but then as soon as he did he grabbed all the ammunition and supplies he had, stuffed them into a backpack, grabbed his rifle, and headed out to help the guards.
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|Incontinence pads: clinical performance, design and technical properties.
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|The paper describes the functional requirements of urinary incontinence pads and reviews the results of several studies which seek to relate the clinical performance of pads to their design and the technical properties of their constituent materials. Pad designs covered include: simple rectangular (for use with conventional pants or marsupial pants containing a pouch); wing-folded; shaped; and all-in-one infant-style diapers. Data on the clinical and technical properties of fluff wood pulp and hydrogel absorbents, and viscose rayon, polyester, polypropylene and polyethylene coverstocks are presented. Attention is focussed on four major aspects of pad function: freedom from leakage; freedom from discomfort and skin damage; ease of application and removal; and aesthetic properties. The relationships established between clinical and technical data will be of interest to health care professionals selecting products; organizations seeking to create standards; and pad designers.
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I recently became involved with the bicycle advisory committee in Rohnert Park and am planning at next months meeting to propose a swap meet event for like minded people to get together, trade/sell parts and discuss all things cycling.
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Many of our students are in a "coming of age" period where they are encountering significant academic, social and even legal responsibilities, for the first time in their lives. Sam Houston has an attorney on staff to provide legal consultation to students. It is our hope that students use the service as a preventative measure, to learn about their rights and responsibilities before entering contractual commitments or making decisions with long term future impact. However, in addition answering general legal questions, we are also here to advise students who find themselves involved in a legal controversy.
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This was the view at 3.45pm today from Manchester, WA, looking at Vashon Island. Fast moving clouds told the story of the storm coming into the Seattle Area.
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According to financial publisher HSH Associates, rates on 30-year mortgages are the lowest ever on record at 4.75 percent, making it a good time to buy a home or refinance.
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November 27, 2015
WASHINGTON (February 13, 2013)--The Oscar-nominated film "Beasts of the Southern Wild" got Michelle Obama's ringing endorsement Wednesday.
The first lady played host Wednesday at a White House workshop to about 80 middle- and high-school students from the District of Columbia and New Orleans, the state in which the movie was set.
Students watched the film, and then questioned cast members and the director.
Mrs. Obama said she saw "Beasts" last summer and considers it one of the most powerful and important movies released in a long time.
The film tells the mythical tale of a 6-year-old girl named Hushpuppy struggling to survive in the southern Delta with her ailing father as a storm approaches.
Her world consists of a small but tightly knit shantytown community on the bayou with wild animals, both real and imagined.
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Wasilla photographer Mike Criss recently posted this clip on our Anchorage Daily News Facebook wall
Easy to imagine a similar scene is playing out across the state this month as Alaskans allow their frozen jack-o'-lanterns to linger in the snow.
I asked area Fish and Game Biologist Jessy Coltrane if she had any concerns about pumpkin-eating moose.
"Weve never shaken our finger at people about pumpkins," she said.
Still, moose have learned to love this post-Halloween treat, and that can lead to unexpected encounters, Coltrane said.
"(If) you dont want to open your door and have a moose standing on your porch, then perhaps you should enjoy your jack-o'-lantern away from your door."
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qidiq is on the lookout for a hungry/motivated Business Co-founder (read sales/marketing/business dev wizard) that can complement our existing team of rockstar designers and developers. We've created an incredible product that our first few customers love but we need someone who loves knocking down doors and shaking hands to bring us to the next level.
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We're an Ottawa based web startup that was a part of the awesome Montreal tech incubator Year One Labs, which has produced other hot startups like Massive Damage (they're now killing it in Toronto) and LocalMind (they're now crushing it in San Francisco).
The problem we're tackling is feedback. The way most companies get feedback today is by sending out lame surveys that only the bored, boring, or bothered fill out. We've invented a new way to get feedback from people that increases response rates from 10% to 70%.
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The Healing Power of Therapeutic Animals
The Dog Did It!
The Utterly Amazing Power of Therapeutic Animals
What is it about the wagging tail of a dog or the purr of a cat that makes us feel so calm, so safe, so present? Not a few clients have said, "I came to see you for psychotherapy because you work with dogs." I remember one patient who came in and said, "Y'know I didn't know you from beans, but I figured, how bad could you be if you rescued two dogs?" Another young man was so traumatized by abuse that he held onto one of the dogs and cried for two months. He could not yet tolerate the vagaries of human relationship, but he could let the dog love him. And through that a bridge was formed back to life.
Animal-Human Bonding
One of the major sources of disease is the stress of loneliness and isolation. Even in the midst of a crowd, we can feel alone, anxious, disconnected. As a result, one of the essential elements to healing is connectedness. A physician without empathy, compassion, and love is doing half her job. So the question becomes, do animals feel? More specifically, do they feel with us and like us?
The evidence seems to suggest they do. When my patients cry, my dogs go over, nuzzling them with their snouts, licking away their tears, looking for ways to soothe them and make them feel better. Anyone with pets has seen the same thing. They know when we're angry, when we're afraid, when we're sad, when we're angry. And the only way they could know would be to have similar emotional states themselves.
The Field of Pet Therapy
Something about animals-not just cats and dogs, but horses, dolphins, birds, geese, mice and rabbits-helps us to heal. It is not simply a sentimental fantasy. It's science.
Aaron Katcher MD and Patricia Gonser PhD are currently engaged in research that suggests that animals can have a positive effect on people's mental health. I know one fellow, a 55-year old teacher who was going through a terrible spot with his adolescent son, who eventually needed hospitalization. He had also suffered from depression off and on through his life. And he said, in no uncertain terms, that if he had not had his dog, he would have lost his mind or left his home.
In the Ohio Reformatory for Women, Susan Kestella is the Director of a pet therapy and wildlife rehab program. They started with wildlife rehabilitation as a way of helping the community (because it is such time-consuming work, few people can or will do it) but it turned out to be much, much more. The inmates became intensely involved, developing exquisite rapports with the animals as well as with each other, building self-respect, skills, and resources they weren't aware they had. What they found was that the disabled pets that they could never release and had to keep in the prison, were able to help not only the inmates who worked with them, but dozens of other low-functioning or disabled inmates. They found that the simple act of holding the rabbits on their laps calmed the women and changed the environment in the prison itself.
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The third time's a curse. Or is it?
Twice in a four-year period from 2007 through 2011, a rolling New Orleans Saints lost to a folding St. Louis Rams outfit.
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So I keep reading that we shouldn't 'max' charge the battery all the way to 300 miles worth of charge unless we really need it as it could decrease the life of the battery.
Isn't the battery under warranty? Don't I WANT it to wear out in the next 5-6 years so I can potentially get a new one under warranty?
Before you beat me up, keep in mind I'm not doing anything inherently wrong to the car...it's supposed to hold 300 miles of charge so why wouldn't I be allowed to put 300 miles of charge on it all the time?
Welcome to the wonder of human behavior!
Most people don't want to be robbed , beaten, abused or in car crashes just because they have great insurance/warranty.
Most people won't use Max Range because of the warning of premature battery death.
However, all of us are not all alike, so very few of us will go ahead and kill off the battery as soon as possible in order to get a battery replacement as quickly as possible.
AFAIK battery warranty doesn't cover loss of capacity from normal usage. Warranty says "8 years, unlimited mileage" but doesn't mention anything about capacity loss.
Since Tesla will have a complete record of how you charged from the computer, I imagine any degradation of the battery for be considered normal for your usage and not covered by the warrantee (which doesn't cover "normal" degradation). .
Just got my car two days ago and the "full" Standard charge never gets "full", but stops a few miles from full.
Is this normal?
[Just got the 4.2 release last night - so don't know if that will change this behavior.]
bp your full standard charge will vary as battery management uses some of the battery after the car has stop charging and is highly depending on the ambient temperature. This morning when I got in my car, the standard charge range indicated 220 mi. with a cold battery. After driving 17mi, the car indicated 210 mi range. The battery was still cold.
The warranty covers battery failure, not battery degradation. Hell, the warranty even points that out:
The Battery, like all lithium-ion batteries, will experience gradual energy or
power loss with time and use. Loss of Battery energy or power over time
or due to or resulting from Battery usage, is NOT covered under this New
Vehicle Limited Warranty.
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|Posted: Thu Sep 4th, 2008 01:37 pm
Johan Steele
Life NRA,SUVCW # 48,Legion 352
|Land of Plenty, Sherman's men... what the thread was originally about showed it to be. 60,000 men marched through Georgia from Atlanta to Savannah barely touching the rations they brought w/ them. Instead finding plenty from the area... an area not by any means the most heavily populated in Georgia.
Savannah was starving because the CS govt refused to allocate any rolling stock to bring in food from elsewhere, instead it was being fed by those who brought in wagon or mule loads of produce for market. Much of which stopped when govt tithing agents confiscated their 10%... which was often entire loads meant for market and very rarely only 10% especially when added to the knowledge that most of those rural farmers had already paid their 10% when tithing agents came to their farms and took... usually more than 10%. This food was then shipped to Richmond, some which even found its way to the Army, much of which was "acquired" by the wealthy and the politicians. The CS govt was quite aware of the shifty goings on w/ the tithing system and never did anything about it.
Andersonville... the nearest towns were not starving, at all. They also weren't providing any produce for sale to the camp. At least twice locals who brought produce to sell were turned away. Wirz made no efforts to alleviete the food shortages in the camp. When it looked as though US Cav might arrive to liberate the camp two Napoleans, double shotted w/ Canister, were pointed into the camp. Note,into the camp, not at the avenues of approach for advancing enemy cavalry. CS intent was quite clear.
As I said it was ugly in any POW camp in the CS. Andersonville was worse than most due to incompetance of those commanding it. Elmira wasn't any better. Rock Island, better than many as the same rations supplied the guards were supplied the POW population. None were pleasent... then again the US made a very real, if failed attempt to free POWs. The CS never even thought about it.


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Olivia Culpo must have seen her chances of winning the coveted Miss Universe 2012 crown slip between her very fingers after taking a tumble in front of judges - but not even a little fall stood in her way as she was eventually crowned the winner.
Olivia Culpo beat 88 women to be crowned Miss Universe 2012. (Brian To)
During the glitzy annual competition, the Rhodes Island native embarrassingly tripped over the fabric of her dress as rock band Train performed. Gracefully composing herself and rising to her feet, she must have felt her chances vanish into oblivion, but continued regardless.
Speaking after beating the 88 other contestants to win, the 20-year-old sent out a heart-felt mesasage urging her followers to never give up on their dreams even if they mess up.
"I hope my little slip last night in evening gown competition will inspire everyone this year competing! It's okay to mess up. You're human!" she wrote.
The beauty semed to come from nowhere to be crowned this year's winner and amazingly also won the Miss Rhode Island beauty pageant last year after renting a $25 dress with a hole in the back.
Wise words, Olivia.