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"These days the narcos think nothing of killing us for no reason other than marking their territory," one police commander said after seeing fellow officers murdered.
From, "Firepower and Bloodshed: Houston's Underworld Connection with Mexican Drug Cartels, " by Clarence Walker, The New Criminologist.
In the end the war between civilization and gangsters comes down to one question. Who rules? Whose "marker" prevails?
I had occasion recently to hear the former governor of a Mexican state describe how the relationships among the drug trafficking criminal enterprises, the legitimate government of the state, and political geography had changed over the last decade or so. He is a man with painfully earned insight.
In the old days, he explained, criminals only wanted safe passage to do whatever they did. So corruption was pervasive but ephemeral. The criminals would bribe as necessity dictated: a customs officer here, a police chief there, another official elsewhere in order to make possible a specific transaction or set of events. The corrupted officials would look the other way. Drugs would move from point A to point B without hassle, and life went on.
The difference now, he explained, has several dimensions:
- The criminals now want to contest the legitimate government for total control of territory.
- Within that territory, they want to preempt the traditional roles of government and enterprise. They want to tax, administer "justice," take over profitable business enterprises, and control the people as their subjects.
- Criminal factions — such as DTOs — battle with each other for control of territory, regardless of who or what is technically sovereign.
If the criminals can seize total or effective control of the law enforcement function (public safety, enforcement of the rules of civil society) the battle is over. They win. There is a spectrum of ways and means in which the security/law enforcement function (if not the bureaucratic structure) can be co-opted to criminality.
One way is to seize physical control by corruption or intimidation — members of the criminal enterprise actually hold office, or they can pay or frighten legitimate office holders into acting as surrogates of the criminals. The latter process is known as "plata o plomo" (silver or lead) in Mexico. It is in effect the axis about which revolves President Felipe Calderon's fight to destroy the power of the Mexican drug trafficking organizations. Here is a succinct description from a longer pre-Calderon but informative discourse:
The necessary involvement of police officials at the local, state, and national levels, and the Mexican military, complicates the battle over turf. Corruption pollutes well-intentioned policemen and soldiers. The law of "plata o plomo," a choice between accepting a job on a criminal payroll or accepting a bullet in the head, perennially compromises members of the Mexican security forces at all levels…Millions of dollars a year land in the hands of policemen, intelligence agents, mayors, port masters, pilots, and many other officials who face the infamous "plata o plomo" decision.
Mexican feathers are ruffled when the matter is put so bluntly. It is what it is. Some serious law enforcement officials in the U.S. worry that half of the equation — the plata — is already here. If the plata is here, can the plomo be far behind? Not yet. And perhaps never on a significant scale. Cop-killers in the United States tend to have short life expectancies. But this germ may be incubating. If the narcos win in Mexico, count on it — all aspects of their putrescence will ooze north, where they have already established substantial logistical and administrative operations in a number of cities.
Another way is to drive legitimate authority out of certain areas, establishing "no-go" zones where the state theoretically still rules, but the cops can or will enter only with a show of extraordinary force.
The final way is to establish a shadow government — let the pinche cops drive through and make an occasional sweep, but the people know that we're always here, so we rule anyway. The graffiti of Latino criminal street gangs often includes the letter "R" or the word "rifa" ("rules") — a leg-lifting marker aimed at other gangs — and at least implicitly at legitimate sovereign authority.
In the United States, by the way, some gangs and gangsters have succeeded beyond their wildest dreams by NOT fighting the power. They co-opted legitimate authority by conning government circles. Chicago is famous for having provided a culture in the late 1960s and early 1970s in which its current "super-gangs" rooted, were nurtured with government cash. More recently, in Los Angeles Hector "Big Weasel" Marroquin represented himself as a "reformed" 18th Street gangster. He established a group called "No Guns." Its staff is said to have consisted mostly of his own family members. Here is how the authoritative blog "In the Hat" sums up the effect of Marroquin's post-reformation career:
Marroquin has basically been shoved down the throats of gang cops by their commanders for years as a person they should work with to quell gang violence and divert young people from the life.
But it turns out Marroquin was not so reformed after all! Busted by ATF last year, "Big Weasel" pleaded "no contest" to three counts of manufacture, distribution and transport for sale of an unlawful assault weapon. He was sentenced to eight years in prison. There is simply no telling what violence "No Guns" was responsible for.
An example of a gang shadow government was the area around MacArthur Park in Los Angeles that I write about in my forthcoming book from the University of Michigan Press (June 2009), No Boundaries: Transnational Latino Gangs and American Law Enforcement. Mexican Mafia gangster Francisco "Puppet" Martinez bossed the Columbia Lil Cycos clique of the 18th Street Gang from his federal prison cell in the 1990s until the FBI and federal prosecutor Bruce Riordan broke up the party. But, like the poisonous Chinaberry tree, gangs "can form dense thickets that crowd out native vegetation." They are "poisonous to humans and small mammals… [and] multiple treatments are usually necessary to successfully eradicate" them. Some eradication is still going on, I am told.
Few gangs in the United States have succeeded in totally controlling territory. But the Drew Street clica of the Avenues Gang came close. An excellent NPR radio story linked here describes how bad things had gotten — it's a little over four minutes long and well worth listening to.
This excerpt from a federal RICO indictment — in the case of United States v. Francisco ("Pancho") Real, United States District Court for the Central District of California, docket no. CR08-00688, filed June 12, 2008 — handed down against Drew Street and its members provides basic information about the Avenues Gang and the Drew Street clique. Note how the gang asserted "sovereign" control over territory and even plotted to violently confront law enforcement:
The Avenues gang is a multi-generational street gang that was formed in the 1940s and claims..[a defined area] as its "territory" in Northeast Los Angeles. The Avenues Gang is divided into a number of smaller groups, or "cliques," based on geography and associations in the neighborhood controlled by the gang…
The Avenues gang has been traditionally loyal and committed to "Mexican Mafia," also known as "La Eme." Avenues leaders frequently extort money from local drug traffickers, members of other gangs, prostitutes, residents, and persons who maintain businesses in the area controlled by the gang. Avenues gang members also frequently intimidate, threaten and assault persons in the area as a means to intimidate and control the people in their neighborhoods, including potential witnesses who would testify about their crimes. Their crimes typically include acts of violence, ranging from battery to murder, drug-trafficking offenses, witness intimidation, alien smuggling, weapons-trafficking and, very frequently, hate crimes directed against African-American persons who might attempt to reside or be present in the ares controlled by the gang. Members frequently conduct robberies to generate funds for the larger organization and Avenues hierarchy.
The Drew Street gang is a recently formed clique with the Avenues gang. The Drew Street gang is part of the Avenues gang, and it authorized by the Avenues and the Mexican Mafia (aka, "La Eme") to control the area of Northeast Los Angeles in the neighborhood surrounding the intersection of Drew Street and Estara Avenue.
Members of the Drew Street gang enforce the authority of the gang to commit its crimes by directing acts of violence and retaliation against non-compliant drug-traffickers and rival gang members. The organization also directs attacks against law enforcement officers and witnesses who would be willing to cooperate with law enforcement for the prosecution of the crimes committed by members of the Drew Street gang….The Drew Street gang ordinarily is vigilant to the presence of "outsiders," or persons not immediately known to the gang, who may intentionally or inadvertently attempt to enter the territory controlled by the gang. Gang members are likely to identify such persons and physically threaten or kill them.
Los Angeles city and law enforcement authorities finally had enough and moved in on the gangster empire with a "holistic" approaching, mobilizing a range of forces in a pincer movement and frontal assault to erase the gang's dense thicket of poisonous power.
Fairly Civil will describe that in the next posting about the Drew Street gang.


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Last night on "X Factor" in a lengthy two-hour finale, the girl group Fifth Harmony was eliminated early on leaving the winner as either Carly Rose Sonenclar or Tate Stevens. Country boy Tate won the $5 million contract but the drama has been all around the last night of performances. There's some talk that LeAnn Rimes was wasted when she performed with Carly Rose on Wednesday night, but she says, "In my 18 years of performing, I have never been anything but professional onstage." Well Carly's family is mad at LeAnn for trashing their daughter's "X Factor" performance. Sources connected with the family say that the 13-year-old girl's mother is livid that Rimes would dare say Carly Rose was "nervous and had trouble hitting the right notes" when she sang "How Do I Live." Carly Rose's mother and other relatives are telling people they can't believe LeAnn threw their daughter under the bus, and that it was clear - Carly Rose was a pro and even out-performed LeAnn at her own song.
Life & Style magazine claims that John Mayer is cheating on Katy Perry and has been from the start. Supposedly, he has a "sex buddy" he's been seeing for two years and he's still hooking up with her. They meet frequently, just for sex dates. They also sext each other almost constantly.
Simon Cowell has confirmed that he is dating Carmen Electra, but he insisted in a recent interview that the relationship isn't serious, "She's not my girlfriend. We're just dating." They worked together on "Britain's Got Talent" when she was a guest judge.
Madonna freaked out on a fan before her concert in Chile Wednesday night because they were smoking a cigarette during her sound check. It was an open-air theater, and apparently some smoke blew up in Madonna's face. She yelled, "No smoking! If you're going to smoke cigarettes, I'm not doing a show. If you don't care about me, I don't care about you. All right, you wanna play that game? I'm not kidding. I can't sing if you smoke. If you love me, then don't smoke! You're looking right at me, and you're smoking cigarettes, like I'm a stupid f***ing idiot." She stormed off the stage, but the show later went on as planned.

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Today we have some exciting news to share.
With the recent graduations of the Summer 2013 Semesters, we have just eclipsed 1000 companies launched.
Anthony Ha covered the story on TechCrunch here.
The Institute, led by Founder & CEO Adeo Ressi and a mighty-lean team of eight in Silicon Valley, has achieved this milestone is just a mere 4.5 years. We now have chapters launching meaningful and enduring companies across 55 cities, 30 countries, and 6 continents.
In total, through our structured company-building curriculum led by experienced startup founders, we have now launched 1,003 Graduate Companies with;
- 1,114 Graduate Founders and Co-Founders
- An estimated portfolio value in excess of $5 billion
- Six exits or liquidity events (public exits include Shopalize and Gridblaze)
- Over 10,000 jobs created
- 89.5% Graduate companies still operating (versus 115 companies dissolved)
- 73.5% Graduate companies operating at or ahead of schedule (versus 146 companies with Founders still employed or companies struggling)
But we are not stopping there. In just the last two weeks we launched chapters in Munich and Portland, we are currently accepting applications in over 20 cities, our pipeline is filled with potential new city launches (specifically Dublin, Tokyo, Nairobi, Bangkok, Baltimore, Seoul, Manila, and Tomsk), and we have several semesters currently in session as well.
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Foot Problems: Finding the Right Shoes
Footwear plays a large role in the development of foot and toe problems such as bunions, calluses and corns, and hammer, claw, and mallet toes. Shoes that don't fit properly make these conditions worse and more painful. But wearing the right shoes may help keep foot problems from becoming worse.
- A comfortable, well-fitted shoe offers you
the best chance of:
- Relieving pain in the foot or toe that is caused by a deformity or joint problem.
- Preventing a foot or toe problem from getting worse.
- Preventing a toe joint problem from returning after corrective surgery.
- Before shopping for shoes for your foot problem, ask your foot doctor for recommendations.
Bunions , calluses, corns, and hammer, claw, and mallet toes are some common foot problems that develop over time. These problems can range from uncomfortable to painful. In severe cases, they can make it hard to wear shoes at all.
Test Your Knowledge
Are all foot problems painful?
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Not all foot problems are painful, but they can become painful over time. If you don't have any pain but your foot or toe seems to be growing more malformed, ask your doctor to look at it during a routine medical visit.
This answer is correct.
Not all foot problems are painful, but they can become painful over time. If you don't have any pain but your foot or toe seems to be growing more malformed, ask your doctor to look at it during a routine medical visit.
Shoes that fit properly are key to both preventing and treating foot problems. You can develop a bunion, callus or corn, or hammer, claw, or mallet toe for a number of reasons, such as joint disease, genetic predisposition, or stroke. But your footwear can play a large part in how bad your foot condition becomes.
If you have surgery for a foot problem, wearing shoes that fit properly will reduce your chances that the foot problem may come back (recur).
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After my foot problem is surgically corrected, I can feel free to wear any kind of shoe.
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Although you may be able to wear footwear such as high-heeled or narrow shoes without pain after foot surgery, wearing these kinds of shoes increases your risk of having your foot problem recur.
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Although you may be able to wear footwear such as high-heeled or narrow shoes without pain after foot surgery, wearing these kinds of shoes increases your risk of having your foot problem recur.
For some people, the only acceptable option is a sandal or athletic shoe that doesn't rub on an existing bunion, callus or corn, or hammer, claw, or mallet toe. You may also be able to have a cobbler make changes to your shoes to make them more comfortable. But most people will be able to find a shoe that causes little or no pain and allows them to function.
Before shopping for new footwear, ask your foot doctor for recommendations specific to your needs.
Consider the following when shopping for footwear:
- Try on shoes at the end of the day, when your feet are at their largest due to normal swelling.
- If you have shoe inserts or orthotics, bring them with you to test them out in various shoes.
- Shoe size, especially width, may change with age. Having both feet measured ensures a good fit and identifies which foot is larger. Fit your shoes according to how the larger foot feels in the shoe.
- Stand during the fitting process to get an accurate sense of the fit.
- Walk around the store to make sure that the shoe fit feels right.
- If a shoe feels right but isn't your normal size, pay attention to how it feels. Ignore shoe size.
- You should not have to "break in" shoes if they fit properly.
- If a particular shoe fits snugly, the clerk may be able to stretch the shoe for a better fit.
When shopping for the right fit, look for:
- A low heel. Avoid high-heeled, narrow, or pointed-toe shoes. High-heeled shoes increase pressure on the front of the foot and on the toe joints. If you cannot avoid wearing pumps or high-heeled shoes, choose shoes with heels that are no more than 2 in. (5 cm) high.
- A wide and deep toe box (the area that surrounds the toes). There should be about 0.5 in. (1.3 cm) of space between your longest toe and the end of the shoe. You should be able to wiggle your toes in your shoes.
- A rigid yet cushioned heel counter that keeps your foot from slipping out of the shoe.
- A flexible sole that allows your toes to bend as you walk.
- A shoe that allows the ball of your foot to fit snugly into the widest part of the shoe.
- A lace-up shoe rather than a slip-on shoe. Athletic shoes are a good choice.
- Shoes that breathe when your feet sweat. Avoid plastic or vinyl shoes.
- Shoes that do not have seams that may rub against or irritate the skin over your foot problem.
At home:
- Wear sandals or soft-leather flat shoes or slippers, or buy an inexpensive pair of cloth shoes and cut a hole over the affected joint.
- Go barefoot as much as possible (or just wear a sock) unless you have diabetes or peripheral arterial disease or other conditions that decrease the feeling in your feet. People who have these conditions and have limited or no sensation in their feet are encouraged not to go barefoot, because unnoticed injuries to their feet are more likely to become infected.
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High-heeled shoes with room for the toes are a good choice for problem feet.
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Making room for the toes is important, but high heels can cause serious foot problems by shifting your body weight onto your toes. For women who are required to dress for work in elevated heels, some shoemakers offer fashionable yet more comfortable alternatives. Look for low heels, good support for the ball and heel of the foot, and plenty of room for the toes.
This answer is correct.
Making room for the toes is important, but high heels can cause serious foot problems by shifting your body weight onto your toes. For women who are required to dress for work in elevated heels, some shoemakers offer fashionable yet more comfortable alternatives. Look for low heels, good support for the ball and heel of the foot, and plenty of room for the toes.
Now that you have read this information, you are ready to find the best shoe fit for your particular foot problem.
If you would like more information on footwear, bunions, hammer toes, or other related foot problems, the following resources are available:
|American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)
|6300 North River Road
|Rosemont, IL 60018-4262
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|(847) 823-8125
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The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) provides information and education to raise the public's awareness of musculoskeletal conditions, with an emphasis on preventive measures. The AAOS website contains information on orthopedic conditions and treatments, injury prevention, and wellness and exercise.
|American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons (ACFAS)
|8725 West Higgins Road
|Suite 555
|Chicago, IL 60631-2724
(773) 693-9300
|(773) 693-9304
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The American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons provides information on surgery and shoe selection as well as the care and treatment of heel, toe, ankle, nerve, tendon, nail, and skin conditions. You can also look up and learn about sports injuries, diabetic foot problems, arthritis, and resources in your local area.
|American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society
|6300 North River Road
|Suite 510
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The American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS) provides information on a variety of topics, including foot care for adults, children, and people who have diabetes; proper shoe fit; and how to select children's shoes and sports shoes. Some information is available in several languages besides English.
|American Podiatric Medical Association
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The American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA) provides information about foot and ankle injuries, sports-related foot concerns, surgical and nonsurgical treatment of foot problems, special medical issues such as diabetes, and resources in your local area. Some information is available in Spanish.
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Looks pretty cool!
This is a ship I was making in 3d.
It needs a bit of work, like 2-d floorplans laid over the 3D renderings.
The ship was developed as a landing craft for troops and armored vehicles.
The front bay can hold 2 large tanks or 4 smaller armored vehicles.
It has to shuttle bays though this space could be used for additional troops.
This particular ship has been converted to a freighter.
Looks pretty cool!
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Never use a big word when a diminutive one will suffice!
Any questions on CC3? Post them with CC3 in the Subject Line!
MY 'FAMOUS' CC3 MAPS: Thunderspire; Pyramid of Shadows; King of the Trollhaunt Warrens; Demon Queen's Enclave
Looking at these I was thinking to myself, "Man, I wish I could do these but I don't even know where to begin." "What sorts of things does a space ship need?" And many other questions. So then I thought, why not ask you for a tutorial on how to go about it...theory, practical needs of the crew, all that stuff. I think that would be an awesome tut for those of us who want to try.
Obviously, I think the work is sweet stuff.
If the radiance of a thousand suns was to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the Mighty One...I am become Death, the Shatterer of worlds.
-J. Robert Oppenheimer (father of the atom bomb) alluding to The Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 11, Verse 32)
My Maps ~ My Brushes ~ My Tutorials ~ My Challenge Maps
Very nice...
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I honestly don't think I'm qualified to make a tutorial.
I build stuff just for fun.
eg. if your ship runs on antimatter, you need little or no fuel tankage, if you have replicators you need little or no stores, if your ship is an AI you need little or no crew, etc.
In short, some knowledge of the manufacturing technology will put some limits on the length of that particular piece of string.
Any decent sci-fi ruleset will have ship design rules. That would be your best starting point, perhaps.
Nice ship design.
Mapping a Traveller ATU.
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I love all printing activities really and love how even a baby can print with duplo blocks and other found objects, with relative control and success. Printing with fruit and vegetables is a lovely way to centre a discussion around what might be found on the inside, and then learning about seeds, stems and stones!
I cut a few peppers (bell peppers to those outside the UK!) in half, exactly through the centre of the stalk so that it could form part of the print too. Then I mixed up some simple colours in poster paints on some disposable plates.
The girls got stuck in right away, dipping and printing onto their choices of coloured papers. Because of the small surface area of the peppers, they were fairly easy to print with and didn't slide about as much as some flatter fruit and vegetables can do. Their large, rounded shape meant they were easy to grip too. Fantastic printing tool for little hands!
They layered and overlapped the prints and I was able to introduce some new art vocabulary along the way…overlap, outline, line, edge, layers.
Some hand painting and printing occurred (of course!) and was added into the mix.
Some of the seeds came off and stuck to the prints, which I thought looked lovely!
The results were simple, bright, fun and very quirky.
With an older group of children I would extend this further by asking them to do line drawings of the sliced peppers, in either black ink or heavy pencils. I would ask them to examine the seeds and details really closely and add them into the drawing, finding a way to make them really stand out. They could then go on to mix their own colours and paint a picture too.
Learning Links:
- creative: printing with everyday items, exploring colour mixing, introducing concepts of overlapping and outline
- maths: talking about 2D shapes and irregular shapes
- motor skills: using simple tools/ materials with control, printing and lifting carefully
- science: predicting, examining and discussing what fruit and vegetables will look like on the inside/ talking about seeds/ names of fruit and vegetables


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A petty crime escalated into a far more serious act after two men pulled a gun on a Safeway security officer, 11 News has learned.
Police have detained two people in the incident after locating them at a nearby home.
The suspects were walking out of the Safeway at 2210 N. Wahsatch in Colorado Springs without paying for their food when a loss prevention officer confronted them. The suspects reportedly pulled a gun and then ran from the area. Police tell 11 News that by pulling the gun on the officer, the men immediately change what would have been a misdemeanor crime into a felony.
According to the deli manager, the suspects ordered $150 worth of food from the deli, including sandwiches and cake, then tried to leave.
The robbery is the second at the Bon Shopping Center in three days. A pharmacy called the Medicine Shoppe was robbed Tuesday.
"I work evenings here at Ace and it get's pretty scary," said Robert Drew. He told 11 News these kinds of crimes are on the rise at the well-known shopping center.
"It is discouraging when as a child I lived here and have good memories," said Carol who works in another shop in the Bon Center. "It's scary as well, we've had some scary people around."
Police spokeswoman Barbara Miller tells 11 News police found two men matching the suspect descriptions inside a nearby home, accompanied by three others.
Police said Izaiah Suazo, 19, and a 13-year-old boy was arrested for the robbery. According to a police report another 17-year-old boy was taken into custody on an unrelated Escape warrant from the Colorado Department of Youth Corrections. A 17-year-old girl was also detained as a runaway from a youth home in Denver.
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They say he only knows two facts about ducks, and that they're both wrong.
I wrote a four word letter.
I did it all for the lulz.
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I wanna see movies of my dreams
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Do you open the preview in ps and change the image size then go through the process you explained?
You can do that, but it probably will not get you a better image if it's already been sized down. In most kits, there will be a preview that's 600x600 pixels, 72dpi. That's the one you should use. Anything smaller is going to be insufficient for your folder preview. So just open that 600x600 preview in the "Preview" application, select all, copy, and then open the folder with "Get Info", click on the icon, and paste!
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Vapid is an American automotive company in the HD Universe.
It is primarily based on Ford Motor Company, although some of its models resemble some of those made by Chevrolet, Dodge, Land Rover, and even the International Harvester/Navistar International. In parody of Ford's famous blue oval badge, Vapid's logo is a red oval. The word 'vapid' means 'dull' but also sounds similar to 'rapid,' a possible motivation for the use of the name. Vapid is one of the biggest car manufacturers in Grand Theft Auto IV, along with Declasse
Vapid will also be a car manufacturer in Grand Theft Auto V, according to the first trailer of the game: near the ending of the trailer, a police car is seen chasing a Un-named Convertible, and for a brief moment it's possible to see the name Vapid printed on the back of the police car and the Infernus screenshot shows a Vapid sign in the right superior corner of the screenshot. There is also a Ford Mustang inspired muscle car as well as a pickup truck, both meant to appear in the game. Also, on Trevor's Trailer, whilst he is stealing the plane, a Vapid aircraft hangar can be seen on the right, meaning Vapid may also produce aircrafts, or it can just be a vehicle factory with Trevor just happening to be taking off his aircraft right next to it.
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Redwood Cigarettes is a tobacco-related company which is featured in GTA: Vice City, Vice City Stories, GTA IV, The Lost and Damned, The Ballad of Gay Tony and Grand Theft Auto V. It has appeared in numerous billboards and advertisements throughout the radio. There are also numerous branches of the company, particularly in Vice City. The logo font and package design largely emulates the Marlboro brand. Their main headquarters is located in Downtown Vice City and it's the highest building in Vice City. On the company's website, a cowboy is featured on the top banner, a reference to the Marlboro Man. The company is the official sponsor of the Los Santos City Marathon and the #86 Bati Custom motorcycle in The Lost and Damned and Ballad of Gay Tony. In Grand Theft Auto IV and its DLC's, there is a website for Redwood Cigarettes which can be accessed using any computer.
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In 1984, during the events of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, the company introduced Redwood Juniors, a brand of candy cigarettes intended to market the real product towards children. Each pack contains 20 candy cigarettes. There are many Redwood Juniors billboards throughout Vice City, featuring the slogan "Junior's Gotta Start Sometime!". There is also a large replica of a Redwood Juniors box atop the Verdi Groceries store in Little Havana.
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Baker School District's summer sessions for students who are learning English, or who have struggled with reading, are rich in potential, and we hope the district can afford to continue the programs.
Summer school can be valuable for any student, of course.
But we think such sessions are especially helpful for students who are striving not only to learn several subjects, but also to improve their reading skills or, in the case of English as a Second Language (ESL) students, to learn the language in which those subjects are taught.
During Baker's experimental four-week ESL summer program, 15 students were able to concentrate on mastering English without the distractions of homework and recess and dozens of classmates.
The program also helped to prevent the students' English skills from regressing during the three-month summer vacation.
This is particularly important because most of the students' parents don't speak English at home, said Ma'Lena Wirth, who along with Susan Yen was the students' teacher this summer.
The sooner those students become fluent in English, the more likely it is they'll succeed in school.
The non-ESL students who participated in summer school sessions at South Baker, Brooklyn and North Baker also are at risk of falling behind their classmates. Even native English speakers tend to struggle at school if their reading comprehension lags and the students' learning gap usually widens as they advance in grades.
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45 Favorite Chicken Recipes
Easy Balsamic Chicken [1]
This easy weeknight chicken recipe offers sweet balsamic taste and a golden grilled finish with 10 minutes of prep. Originally published in August 2002, it later made our 25th anniversary list of our all-time favorite recipes.
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Chicken Dijonnaise [6]
This sauteed chicken with mustard cream sauce is easy enough for weeknights, but elegant enough for guests, too. The recipe comes from a Painesville, Ohio restaurant.
Lemon-Avocado Chicken Salad [10]
Avocado adds luscious richness to this bright, citrusy chicken salad. Be sure to toss the ingredients gently so the avocado doesn't blend in completely.
Spicy Chicken-Peanut Thai Pizza [14]
If you love Thai peanut sauce, you'll go nuts for this simple pizza. We especially love how the veggies go on after the pizza bakes, so they stay fresh, crispy and colorful.
Roasted Chicken with Sage Pan Sauce [18]
This sage-infused, company-worthy fall recipe takes full advantage of cast iron's versatility. The pan goes from stove top to oven and back to stove top.
Sesame Grilled Chicken [22]
A lively ginger marinade flavors chicken pieces on their way to the grill. The recipe is a backyard favorite from Linda Taylor of West Des Moines.
Coconut Chicken Noodle Bowl [26]
Ready in 30 minutes, this restaurant-style noodle bowl is a breeze to throw together. Coconut milk and fish sauce—Thai staples available at the supermarket—impart authentic flavor.
Pineapple Chicken Stir-Fry [30]
Garden-fresh veggies and juicy pineapple give classic stir-fry a seasonal refresh. For an easy substitute, switch the chicken for thinly sliced boneless pork or peeled, deveined medium shrimp.
Unforgettable Chicken Pie [34]
This from-scratch deep-dish chicken casserole comes from a Caledonia, Michigan, reader. "It's not your run-of-the-mill chicken pie," says the reader, who adds a bit of pork sausage for farm-hearty flavor. "Anyone who tries it just can't get enough of it."
Lemon-Thyme Roast Chicken with Artichokes [38]
We used all packaged veggies (baby carrots, frozen pearl onions and jarred artichoke hearts) to make this Mediterranean-inspired roast chicken a convenient supper choice. Honey-mustard pan gravy adds to the appeal.
Chef Joe's Cranberry Orange Chicken [42]
Joe Schadler of Celebration River Cruises in Moline, Illinois, loves to fix this colorful make-ahead dish; his passengers savor its sweet-tart flavor.
Jamaican Jerk Chicken Wings [46]
Mix cider vinegar, Jamaican jerk seasoning, orange juice, lime juice, olive oil and soy sauce for this version of jerk marinade. Let chicken marinate 4 to 24 hours, and you'll be ready to go straight to the grill. Serve with Mango Salsa for more Caribbean flavor.
Jamaican Jerk Chicken Wings [47]
Mango Salsa [48]
Texas-Style Casserole [51]
Patterned after a legendary Texas recipe, this irresistible main dish includes seasoned chicken stacked up with chili peppers, tortillas, sour cream sauce, and cheese.
Chicken Dinner in a Packet [55]
Chicken, mushrooms, zucchini and carrots steam in tidy foil packages in your oven. Serve in the foil packets, or transfer chicken and vegetables to serving plates and drizzle with cooking juices. If you like, serve with rice and garnish with basil.
Asian-Style Chicken Salad [59]
Curly noodles, almonds, sesame seeds and rice vinegar blend in this crunchy, tangy brunch or luncheon salad from a West Des Moines, Iowa, reader.
Grape-Stuffed Chicken with Lemon Orzo [63]
Fruit-and-nut stuffing transforms everyday chicken breasts into a company-ready feast. Bonus: It's deceptively simple; you'll have dinner on the table in an hour.
Angel Chicken [67]
Chicken and fresh mushrooms slow-cook in cream cheese, wine and soup. It's easy to put together but tastes like chicken in a complex cream sauce -- smooth with delicate seasoning.
Angel Chicken [68]
New Potato and Chicken Casserole [71]
Green beans, mushrooms, leeks, potato and handy rotisserie chicken make this creamy casserole a true one-dish meal.
Oven-Barbecued Chicken [75]
Oven-baking the chicken makes this recipe a breeze for any time of the year, and homemade barbecue sauce is always a hit. Serve with rolls and slaw.
Loaded Greek Chicken Pizza [79]
Frozen spinach-artichoke dip is the secret ingredient in this fabulous pizza that delivers an authentically salty punch of kalamata olives and feta cheese.
Tender-Crisp Spring Braise [83]
Chicken, potatoes and veggies cook together for a nutritious dinner that's missing only one ingredient—a bottle of white wine.
Chicken Pot Pie [87]
Ina Pinkney, owner of Ina's in Chicago-- home of this pot pie recipe--calls this dish creamy, chickeny goodness. The pastry lids can be made a day or two ahead. Bake as directed; cool and then cover loosely with plastic wrap and store at room temperature.
Chicken Pot Pie [88]
Spiced Chicken with Cucumber-Mint Sauce [91]
Garlic, garam masala and fresh ginger season the chicken in this Indian-inspired recipe from The Spice House shop in Milwaukee. The refreshing yogurt-based sauce is similar to traditional cucumber raita.
Cashew Chicken Stir-Fry [95]
This dish from Max Archer of McPherson, Kansas, packs some heat. Adjust it to suit your taste by varying the amounts of chili paste and poblano chiles.
Chunky Bean and Chicken Chili [99]
Crushed tortilla chips, stirred into the chili's base, give this dish a lusciously creamy texture.
Start to finish: 20 minutes
Pesto Penne with Deli-Roasted Chicken [103]
Purchased pesto and roast chicken help get this quick and easy main dish on the table in just 20 minutes. Fresh broccoli cooks with the pasta and lends straight-from-the-garden flavor.
Garlic-Roasted Chicken with Lemons and Vegetables [107]
This flavor-packed dish combines garlic-infused chicken with perfectly cooked vegetables. Roasting the lemon in the pan brings out its flavor.
Oven-Fried Parmesan Chicken [111]
Think this is loaded in fat and calories? Think again! Herb bread crumbs and Parmesan cheese make the coating on this oven-baked dish extra tasty.
Chicken and Asparagus Risotto [115]
Don't be afraid to try this Italian classic at home! Our hearty version is made with convenient rotisserie chicken and loaded with asparagus, herbs and lemony flavor.
Garlic Chicken Italiano [119]
Garlic lovers will enjoy the aroma of this chicken almost as much as its flavor. The recipe comes from Ristorange Brissago at Grand Geneva Resort & Spa in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. We've reduced their suggested 40 cloves of garlic to about 16--though you can add more if you like!
Garlic Chicken Italiano [120]
Country-Style Chicken Paprikash [123]
A paprika-seasoned sour cream sauce adds buttery flavor to tender, juicy chicken. Serve with spaetzle or noodles. The recipe comes from the Sidekick Cafe in Osseo, Michigan.
Chicken and Wild Rice Casserole [127]
This hotdish combines a handful of pantry ingredients. It's a great way to use up leftover chicken or turkey. Or, if you prefer, just shred a supermarket-deli rotisserie chicken.
Midnight Star Chicken [131]
Orange juice, red sweet pepper and green onions make a sweet-and-tangy sauce for chicken in this colorful stir-fry recipe, which comes from Jake's restaurant at the Midnight Star Casino in Deadwood, South Dakota.
Midnight Star Chicken [132]
Wild Rice and Chicken Soup [135]
Mix a can of cream of chicken soup, mushrooms, veggies and rice mix for the soup base. Any boneless cooked chicken works in this slow-cooker recipe, but chicken thighs, with more moisture from fat, cook the best.
Chicken Veneto [139]
Salvatore's Ristorante in Indianapolis has served this classic Italian dish for years. Artichokes, white wine and pistachios add flavor and texture to a simple sauce spooned over sautéed chicken. The recipe takes only 30 minutes from start to finish.
Chicken Veneto [140]
Blue-Ribbon Cranberry Chicken [143]
Just three ingredients make the sweet-tart sauce for this super-easy chicken. While it's baking, cook rice and a quick-fixing frozen vegetable mix for a quick-and-simple dinner.
Buffalo-Style Chicken Fingers [147]
Dunk this neat-to-eat chicken breast variation of chicken wings in bottled blue cheese dressing.
Creamy Chicken-Broccoli Bake [151]
Chicken breast and chopped broccoli combine with a soup-based cream sauce and noodles in this classic potluck dish. You can lighten the traditional recipe by using reduced-fat, reduced-sodium soup and fat-free sour cream, if you prefer.
Spinach-Stuffed Chicken [155]
A spiral of chicken stuffed with oozing cheese creates an impressive and irresistible main dish--perfect for company. The recipe is from Grand View Lodge in Nisswa, Minnesota.
Spinach-Stuffed Chicken [156]
Chicken with Lemon-Thyme Dumplings [159]
This country-style chicken soup with dumplings will remind you of Grandma's recipes--hearty, rich and comforting.
Spicy Chicken Wings with Blue Cheese Dressing [163]
These succulent chicken wings might disappear as fast as you can grill them. The recipe comes from Danny Edwards Famous Kansas City BBQ, formerly Li'l Jake's Eat It and Beat It. The tiny, no-frills eatery has served weekday lunch crowds in Kansas City for more than two decades.
Chicken Spiedini [167]
Zia's restaurant on the Hill in St. Louis uses provel in this grilled chicken dish. It's a cheese made in the neighborhood that tastes like a blend of cheddar, Swiss and provolone. You can substitute mozzarella if provel isn't available.
Chicken Spiedini [168]
Blackened Chicken with Avocado Salsa [171]
A zesty fresh salsa tops flavorful chicken breast. A little bit of creamy avocado goes a long way to making the dish taste more indulgent than it really is.
Old-Time Fried Chicken [175]
This crispy chicken keeps diners returning to the Brookville Hotel restaurant in Abilene, Kansas. Brookeville Restaurant owner Mark Martin skillet-fries his chicken in lard, just as his grandma did. If you'd rather, you can cook your chicken in shortening or cooking oil.
Old-Time Fried Chicken [176]
Chicken and Garden Vegetable Penne Pasta with Oven-Roasted Tomatoes [179]
Tomatoes, squash, red sweet peppers and green onions give fresh flavor and color to this recipe, which comes from the Culinary Vegetable Institute in Milan, Ohio.
Grilled Chicken and Garden Vegetable Penne Pasta with Oven-Roasted Tomatoes [180]


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Members of Parliament yesterday said the prevailing land conflicts cannot be properly addressed without revisiting the country's fundamental law.
Contributing to the 2011/12 Ministry of Lands, Housing and Human Settlements Development budget debate legislators said the escalating land conflicts are fueled by the prevailing legal framework which considers land as an asset of the state and not individuals.
They said this loophole creates an environment for land officers and other government officials to steal land from wananchi and sell it to wealthy people so called investors.
Israel Natse (Karatu, Chadema) proposed that land ownership in Tanzania should have a special place in the constitution, saying that such a strategy would help save people's land from the grabbers.
Bad contracts entered between the government and investors on land also fueled land conflicts in the country, he said, adding that the government can not escape blame.
The signing of land contracts between the government and investors without involving the communities living around the area given to investors according to Natse, is a mistake that needs to be rectified.
Rev Natse cautioned the government that the current land grabbing trend, which goes in the name of attracting investors, would turn majority of the rural population landless. Should this happen, many people would become slaves in their own land.
Suzan Kiwanga (Special Seats, Chadema) noted that only one per cent of the country's land has been surveyed since independence, adding that in this situation the public and government should not expect land conflicts to scale down.
Ezekia Wenje (Nyamagana, Chadema) said favouring investors in the allocation of land was a 'smart move' to bring back the settlers who were chased away after independence.
"By bringing the settlers back in the name of attracting investors we are bringing back colonial rule," Wenje observed.
The opposition lawmaker said the same policy that failed in Zimbabwe, prompting President Robert Mugabe to forcefully take over farms belonging to whites is now being implemented in Tanzania.
Supporting the proposal to make land ownership a constitutional matter, Vincent Nyerere (Musoma Urban, Chadema) said in so doing it would make it easy for members of the public to get bank loans.
Halima Mdee (Kawe, Chadema) called upon the government to implement the recommendations made by the commission formed William Lukuvi, a former Regional Commissioner on land grabbing in Dar es Salaam.
Speaking on the controversial land agreement between Mpanda District Council and a US-based investor - Agrisol Energy LLC, the outspoken MP said the contract was the worst case of land grabbing in the country.
She also said the ministry has yet to settle the long outstanding land compensation to nearly 2000 Kwembe villagers who were asked to move out to allow the construction of Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) campus.
She noted that the villagers have for the last four years not been allowed to do any farming on the land.
Sylivester Koka (Kibaha, CCM) called upon the government to review the present land laws and procedures to be followed in allocating land to investors saying this is necessary after land, village officers and planners have turned into the biggest violators of the same.
During the debate, many MPs complained of existence of land conflicts in their constituencies, a problem they attributed to bad contracts entered between government officers and investors on one hand and poor compensation to wananchi.


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I created a test page to show how it would looks like if the Susanoo was sorted by state instead of character. What do you think? --Fox616 (talk) 16:33, September 29, 2012 (UTC)
- I'm not really seeing an issue with how the page looks right now. Also, if you want to create test pages like this, do it in your own userspace, not as subpages of articles (eg User:Fox616/Sandbox/Susanoo Test) --Speysider Talk Page | My Image Uploads | Tabber Code | My Wiki | Channel 16:35, September 29, 2012 (UTC)
Opening 12
Opening 12 updated Sasuke's final Susanoo to its new design, but left it with the same incorrect weaponry it was depicted with in the anime before. Is it worth adding errors only found in an opening to a trivia point, or should this be ignored?--BeyondRed (talk) 02:39, October 5, 2012 (UTC)
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shouldn't we put pictures of all susanoo versions as the info box pic--Kmorrison (talk) 17:09, December 9, 2012 (UTC)
- No. That's why we have the galleries. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 17:30, December 9, 2012 (UTC)
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Hello. I saw there are different translations regarding what Madara said about his perfect Susanoo's power. There are ones that make him say it is as strong as the tailed beasts, and others that put Susanoo even stronger than the tailed beasts. Which is correct?--184.108.40.206 (talk) 13:14, February 8, 2013 (UTC)
Correct translation is comparable to tailed beast power--Elveonora (talk) 18:19, February 8, 2013 (UTC)
Kurama/Susanoo Fusion
Can someone please add a cooler version of the Kurama/Susanoo fusion that looks more like a dragon then anything else. The current one tbh sucks. --18.104.22.168 (talk) 18:45, February 21, 2013 (UTC)
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As you may recall from our coverage, the California Public Utilities Commission has been wrestling with whether to establish procurement targets—i.e., mandated purchases—of energy storage technology to fulfill the demands of that state's Assembly Bill 2514.
We've covered the CPUC's staff recommendations contained in "CPUC Energy Storage Proceeding R.10-12-007: Energy Storage Framework Staff Proposal" and the reactions of various parties to the proceeding, as well as a few general pieces.
The following column is packed with links to primary documents, op-ed pieces and our coverage, and comprises a pretty good resource on the issues. Read them at your leisure.
Our most recent coverage has included:
- "Influencing Energy Storage Policy in California"
- "Energy Storage and Policy"
- "Answers on Energy Storage?"
- "Energy Storage: Drivers and Goals"
While it would be insane to summarize the situation in a few words, insanity is my business—let's call it brevity. Here goes.
Legislators bought the storage vendors' thinking that progress on integrating renewables, for instance, wouldn't happen unless investor-owned utilities were forced to procure and implement new energy storage technologies. Regulators are obligated to consider that position. The CPUC staff has recommended continued study and analysis due to the outcome of workshops that established "that there are too many considerations, barriers, issues and uncertainties to be dealt with at the same time." Utilities are already engaged in pilots to discover what roles storage technologies might serve and how they might be valued by the market. Vendors suggest that procurement targets would provide a degree of certainty to their investments and provide real-world scenarios that would be preferable to more modeling and analysis. Critics suggest that forcing procurement targets merely lays more costs at consumers' feet, prior to proven business cases; and, in the market, the services (and value) that storage might provide tend to fluctuate, making storage investments at scale rather perilous. Meanwhile, researchers (see "Energy Storage: Drivers and Goals") have noted that "storage" per se isn't a monolithic concept, that specific applications must be identified and the value of storage to deliver those applications must be established. Cost-effective storage likely means, for instance, using one type of storage for multiple applications.
In the course of that coverage, Jack Ellis, a consulting engineer with decades of utility experience, published two prominent critiques of procurement targets, both in our pages. See "Energy Storage: Not So Fast" and "Energy Storage: Why Policymakers Should Proceed Carefully."
Ellis' first critique drew a response from the authors of a report, "2020 Strategic Analysis of Energy Storage in California," produced by the California Energy Commission's Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) program. I featured the response from lead author Ethan Elkind, Unversity of California, Berkeley School of Law, in my column, "Energy Storage in California: Prose and Cons."
Ellis' second piece appeared this week. It's worth a read, as are the comments that followed its publication.
Over the past week or two, additional parties have filed their comments on the CPUC proceeding on energy storage procurement targets and we'll feature excerpts here. For the full documents, go to the CPUC website and locate proceeding R.10-12-007.
While the California Energy Storage Alliance (CESA), a trade group designed to advance storage commercially, agreed with the CPUC staff's recommendation on continued analysis of the issue, it also urged the prioritization of issues and action on those on a track parallel to continued study. CESA suggested that a cost-effectiveness methodology would be such a priorit deserving immediate action.
"Cost-effectiveness is pivotal and foundational to optimizing the deployment of cost-effective energy storage ... and is foremost among pending issues," CESA wrote in recent comments to the CPUC.
The Sierra Club argued that AB 2514 and the CPUC's staff proposal requires the CPUC to consider procurement targets after cost-effectiveness has been analyzed. The Sierra Club rejected arguments by the state's Division of Ratepayer Advocates and Pacific Gas & Electric that procurement targets be taken up in a separate, long-term procurement proceeding. Instead, the Sierra Club argued, the CPUC should close out Phase I of its energy storage proceeding and immediately proceed to Phase II, where a cost-effectiveness methodology can be developed and procurement targets subsequently set.
Otherwise, in short, some suggest that the complexities demand more analysis, while other parties fear paralysis by analysis—a pitfall certain to accompany any subject as complex and a technology as untested as employing energy storage on the grid with an apples-to-apples method for determining its cost effectiveness in the market.
Fact is, California wants to move ahead with whatever technologies will bolster reliability and capacity of the existing grid, help integrate 33 percent renewables by 2020 and transition away from fossil fuel-fired generation. Government, reflecting the will of the people, can sometimes make a difference through policy. Yet the corollary is a distortion of the market and, possibly, needless costs on the taxpayer. In that sense, this proceeding is reflective of many conversations about clean(er) energy taking place in this country and, indeed, around the world. It bears scrutiny and deep thought.
With apologies for my triteness, that's all for now, folks.
Phil Carson
Intelligent Utility Daily
Coal [stored sunshine], Natural gas vs renewable energy storage
'Utilities are already engaged in pilots to discover what roles storage technologies might serve and how they might be valued by the market.'
Please tell us how many BTUs/Joules are planned to be produced by Wind and solar generation of electricty and stored.
As a independent consultant for a pumped ydro develpoment company I'm aware of the profound resistence applied by utilities who host a fleet of single cycle "peakers" for the integration of renewables. However since the project is getting closer to recieving its FERC license and will become a reality the utilities are asking for a piece. They recognize that it might be better to join forces rather than compete against a better cheaper integration resource. There are a lot of market issues to work out but I suspect that will happen when storage resources become reality.
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I'm also curious. If the project's target market is California, I'd be interested in hearing how you plan to deal with the ISO auction structure, which is probably the biggest obstacle to successfully operating a grid-scale storage project once its built.
Jack Ellis, Tahoe City, CA
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