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Hostel Pangea
The one and only LONELY PLANET AUTHOR\'S CHOICE FOR 6 YEARS IN A ROW !!With all the right ingredients for a bumpin\' party. This is not just a hostel; it\'s a bar, a restaurant, a movie theater, a pool and a nightclub.
Highly reccomended in every single guidebook from Costa Rica
Availability & RatesTo view availability and prices please select dates and click 'Update Dates'
Hostel Facilities & Policies
- 24 Hour Reception
- 24 Hour Security
- Age Restriction
- Airport Transfers
- Bar
- Bicycle parking
- Breakfast Not Included
- Cable TV
- Café
- Common Room
- Currency Exchange
- Telephone/Fax Facilities
- Free Internet Access
- Free WiFi
- Games Room
- Hot Showers
- Internet Access
- Key Card Access
- Linen Included
- Security Lockers
- Luggage Storage
- Mini Supermarket
- No Curfew
- Outdoor Swimming Pool
- Outdoor Terrace
- Parking
- Pool Table
- Postal Service
- Restaurant
- Steam Room
- Swimming Pool
- Taxes included
- Tours/Travel Desk
- Towels For Hire
Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 2 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
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Cancellation and Reservation Changes Policy
* Cancellations and reservation changes must be made by EMAIL ONLY.
* Reservations can be cancelled up to 72 hours (3 days) prior to your arrival free of charge if you cancel 2 days before your arrival you will be charged for your 1st night only , after this period of time (48 hours ) you will be charged the total of the reservation same applies to ������¢���¯���¿���½���¯���¿���½no shows ������¢���¯���¿���½���¯���¿���½ thanks for your cooperation
* Reservation changes have to be done by email only, phone calls or messages at the front desk are not valid, and you need to bring the email with the acceptance of your changes in order to be validated,
* Last minute bookings: Reservations made only 3 days before your arrival date or within this period of time are non-refundable or accept any changes.
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We have an airport shuttle from and to the airport alot cheaper and safer than a normal taxi, it is only $14 per person when there are 2 or more people on the shuttle or $25 when there is only one, either way it is a lot cheaper and safer for you than a taxi!!
**Airport pick up after 11 p.m. $18°° per person for two or more people, $35 for one person**.
Just send us your flight details in the confirmation email, and we will be waitting for you out of the main exit of the airport holding a sign that says 'COSTARICA HOSTEL NETWORK'.
Directions for taxi drivers:
Hostel Pangea, Barrio Amon , In front of the Hotel Santo Tomas next to bar Poas
If you are in town you can walk to Pangea, located only 3 blocks away from the main square of downtown, Plaza de la cultura.We are the big blue gate in front of the Hotel Santo Thomas.
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*The only hostel located 3 blocks away from the central square in town (plaza de la cultura)
*Only 2 blocks away from the caribean bus station
*Only 3 blocks away from the best nightlife in town
The best location in town!!!!!


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So I purchased an aluratek wifi radio, and it does see ps3mediaserver and can play some mp3 files. But a lot fo the times it hangs on certain files for no reason that I can tell.
How do I go about creating a conf file for this device? I assume that it's determined by the user agent, but how do I find the user agent of the radio? Can I use wireshark to get those details?
Does anyone have an example conf file for an audio (mp3, wma) device?

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MOUNTAIN VIEW -- To the relief of iPhone users worldwide, Google (GOOG) announced Wednesday evening that it had begun rolling out its Maps app for iOS users, giving users of Apple's (AAPL) popular smartphone an alternative to the Cupertino company's competitor that angered enough customers to elicit an apology from CEO Tim Cook.
In a blog post Wednesday, Google announced that a Google Maps app was being rolled out to Apple's App Store in more than 40 countries. The new app will include voice-activated, turn-by-turn directions, which was previously only available on the Android version of apps, Google's mobile operating system competitor to Apple's iOS.
Google took pains in its blog post -- written by Daniel Graf, the director of Google Maps for mobile -- to play up the quality of it Maps app.
"The world around us is constantly changing and, thanks to feedback from you, we make tens of thousands of daily updates to keep Google Maps accurate and comprehensive," it read.
iPhones had Google Maps as its native mapping application from 2007 until the newest version of Apple's mobile operating system, iOS 6, arrived with the launch of the iPhone 5 in September. Immediately, iPhone users revolted at the incomplete maps included with Apple's offering, which have led to complaints from as far away as Australia, where a town's placement in the middle of a national park led a local official to say recently that it was dangerous to the lives of drivers.
Apple's CEO took the enormous step of apologizing to users of the service in late September, penning an open letter that said "With the launch of our new Maps last week, we fell short ... We are extremely sorry for the frustration this has caused our customers and we are doing everything we can to make Maps better."
The head of Apple's mobile software, Scott Forstall -- who worked with late Apple cofounder and CEO Steve Jobs at NeXT before moving to Apple when it bought the company in 1997 -- reportedly refused to sign on to the apology, leading to his resignation. Richard Williamson, who led the Maps effort and also worked at NeXT with Jobs and Forstall, also left the company.
In an interview with Bloomberg Businessweek last week, Cook was even blunter about the failure of the Maps application, saying that Apple had "screwed up."
"We set out to give the customer something to provide a better experience. And the truth is, it didn't live up to our expectations. We screwed up," he said.
Although asked, Cook declined to say much in last week's round of interviews about Apple's recent management shake-up, including the departure of Forstall.
The new Google Maps app is rolling out to the App Store, but did not seem to immediately be available to all customers Wednesday evening in the United States. It works with iPhones running iOS 5.1 or later as well as the fourth-generation iPod Touch.
Apple did not immediately respond to an email request for comment.
Contact Jeremy C. Owens at 408-920-5876; follow him at Twitter.com/mercbizbreak.


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Investors Look Past the Fed's Reprieve
Investors partied on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve put off cuts in its financial-stimulus program. They woke up with a hangover.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 147 points Wednesday, returning to record territory after the Fed decision. But it gave it all back on Thursday and Friday, falling 226 points and finishing the week at 15451.09, 1.4% off Wednesday's record.
For now, the Fed will continue pumping a full $85 billion a month into bond markets, more than was expected. Analysts thought the market would welcome the decision as a softening of Fed policy, an effort by the Fed to make the stimulus cuts slow and gentle. The market's negative response to that olive branch suggests that when the Fed does start unwinding financial stimulus in the coming months, markets could face a difficult transition.
"The Fed has changed its tune and the market isn't responding, which bothers me," said Henry Herrmann, chief executive officer at asset-management firm Waddell & Reed Financial, which oversees $114 billion in Overland Park, Kan.
Money managers and analysts offered several explanations, but the bottom line was this: Investors realized that the Fed still plans to reduce its stimulus, perhaps starting late next month. St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard said as much Friday.
With the Dow up almost 20% for 2013 at Wednesday's high, many people decided to sell some winners, put some money in their pockets and hunker down for a while.
Their concern is that, with investors uncertain now what to expect from the Fed, markets could become unsettled, as they were from May through August. Few expect a major pullback, since the Fed seems committed to using stimulus to prevent financial disruptions. But the outlook seems murky because investors aren't sure now how much credence to give to Fed officials' comments.
"Going forward I think the market is going to be much more jittery" ahead of major data releases, Mr. Herrmann said. Investors will worry how the Fed will react to job-creation numbers and other economic news.
Three events loom before the Fed's next policy meeting, scheduled for Oct. 29 and 30. September job-creation numbers are due Oct. 4. After that, major corporations will begin releasing third-quarter earnings; investors fret those could be soft.
Then there is the looming fight between Congress and the President over the federal debt limit. The Treasury Department says by mid-October, the U.S. will be unable to pay its bills unless Congress raises the debt ceiling. Some analysts thought Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke indicated that this dispute, which could affect the U.S. debt rating, was a reason to delay reducing stimulus.
Investors don't know how markets will react to these events. Bad news might make the Fed delay stimulus cuts longer. Then again, the news itself could unsettle markets.
Complicating things is the worry that, after all this Fed stimulus, stock prices may have gotten ahead of themselves. The broad S&P 500 stock index, which finished Friday at 1709.91, is already beyond some Wall Street strategists' year-end expectations. The average year-end forecast among 13 strategists monitored by Birinyi Associates is 1708.
Long-time stock analyst Ned Davis, founder of Ned Davis Research, last week shifted to a neutral trading strategy, meaning less stock exposure. With bonds looking weak, he still favors stocks as long-term investments. But he said he saw signs of excessive optimism about stocks. Individual investors have turned more bullish, surveys show. And traders aren't using options as much to protect themselves from declines, a sign of overconfidence.
Some investors are watching the bond market for guidance. Mr. Bernanke said after Wednesday's meeting that one reason to maintain stimulus was that mortgage rates and other market interest rates moved sharply higher once the Fed started talking about trimming its bond buying. Higher mortgage rates hurt home sales and the economy.
Treasury-bond yields, which influence mortgage rates, fell after the Fed meeting, but only back to August levels, still much higher than in May.
That means individuals, businesses and investors all are paying more to borrow, which weighs on stock prices. Higher yields also make interest-bearing investments more enticing compared to stocks. And simple market mechanics suggest that, unless the economy unexpectedly goes into the tank, yields should keep moving higher.
It is basic math. Less Fed bond-buying means less demand and lower bond prices. Investors anticipate this and sell, accelerating the decline. Yields are the interest payment divided by the bond's price. Falling prices mean rising yields.
By next year's first quarter, the Fed's stimulus program will have bought nearly $3 trillion in bonds, Barclays economist Julian Callow calculates. As it gradually buys less and then starts getting rid of its huge store of bonds, the effect will be similar to ending interest-rate cuts and slowly raising rates. That big a sea-change will affect markets. Investors will anticipate the result and move much more quickly than the Fed to cut bond purchases.
"The Fed faces formidable challenges in transitioning from buying a net $1 trillion of debt this year to a 'normal' policy," meaning ending bond purchases and then gradually increasing interest rates toward more normal levels, Mr. Callow said in a report last week.
Optimists say investors worry too much about unwinding stimulus, which isn't exactly a financial crisis. The economy is growing and inflation is very low, a good backdrop for stocks. Even after the Fed's bond-buying ends, it plans to keep target interest rates exceptionally low for years.
Still, the Fed is preparing to take its foot off the gas. Monetary conditions will be tightening. Eventually, history suggests, the tightening will cause a recession and a bear market.
Early this year, traders were blithely pumping money into stocks in a bet on continuing Fed stimulus. Now, the world seems less predictable and, with traders anticipating the day when the Fed starts pulling back, less rosy.


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Flooding continued to devastate parts of southwest England, northeast Scotland and Wales on Sunday (December 23), caused by days of rain falling on already saturated earth.
In the English county of Devon, some home owners were forced to evacuate their properties in the village of Stoke Canon as rivers and streams burst their banks.
Some residents said they were preparing themselves for the prospect of spending Christmas in temporary accommodation.
Local rail networks had also been disrupted, with delays and cancellations after water cascaded over railway tracks.
The flooding could not have come at a worse time, with many people relying on the rail network for Christmas travel.
As the flood waters receded in the Scottish city of Aberdeen, residents who had their properties inundated had been left with a layer of thick mud. Shop owners could be seen sweeping it onto the streets as emergency workers pumped pools of water from the streets back in to the river.
While there was some reprieve from the rain on Sunday, forecasters are expecting more downfalls on Sunday night and into Monday. Forecasters have warned of the potential for more flooding around Devon and Cornwall in England early in the week.


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The official Earth Day for 2011 has come and gone but the celebration continues this weekend with Marietta's own Earth Day event on Saturday.
Exhibits, including presentations from the Ohio State University Extension office Master Gardeners, Harvest of Hope and Neighbors for Clean Air, hands-on activities, and contests are all on tap as the event moves back to the lawn in front of the Armory.
"Last year there was construction going on (at the Armory)," said Eric Barrett with the OSU Extension office. "This year the city said we could move back. We want to try to keep (the event) at its permanent home on the community square."
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Barrett said the Master Gardeners will be showing folks how to recycle items from home to use in gardening, how to make self-watering devices for plants and young people with 4-H groups in the area will have rabbits to show and will give presentations on leadership and team-building.
Again this year there will be a number of hands-on and educational activities for children and adults alike, according to Connie Grimes, one of the committee members.
"We have our Earth Day passport where kids and adults both can go to eight of 16 designated exhibits and we will have water bottles for the kids and totes for the adults," said Grimes, adding that names of those completing the passport will go into a drawing for larger prizes. Grimes noted that private donations and donations from companies such as AEP make the rewards possible.
Again this year, there will be a sweetgum ball contest, a Trash-to-Art contest and the Neighbors for Clean Air essay contest open to area fifth-graders.
Grimes said this is the 12th year for the local event and estimated the average attendance is roughly 300 people each year.


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SAN FRANCISCO -- A pair of police officers who helped to save a newborn baby in San Francisco's Bayview District last week emotionally recounted the rescue at a news conference Monday.
Officers Matt Cloud and Steve Gritsch are "absolutely genuine heroes" for their quick actions Wednesday, police Chief Greg Suhr said.
The officers, who have been partners for the past two years, had responded to a request for a welfare check at Third Street and McKinnon Avenue and found a man holding a bloody baby wrapped in a jacket, Suhr said.
The baby boy appeared to have been born just about 30 minutes earlier and was not breathing, Gritsch said.
The officers called for an ambulance, but then decided to take the child to the hospital themselves rather than wait. As Cloud drove, Gritsch -- who previously worked as an emergency medical technician in the North Bay -- performed CPR on the baby in the back seat.
After arriving at the hospital, the young boy was revived and is expected to survive, although he remains at San Francisco General Hospital today.
Gritsch described his state of mind as "abject panic" as they drove to the hospital and said he did not think the boy was going to make it.
Cloud said he could hear his partner "crying and talking to the baby, just telling the baby to come back and breathe ... that's something that I'll never forget."
The officers and other members of the Police Department's Bayview Station plan on gathering gifts for the boy "to give him some kind of Christmas," Cloud said.
Suhr and other officials, including Supervisor Malia Cohen, were on hand at the event to praise the officers.
Following last Friday's shooting of more than two dozen students and staff at an elementary school in Connecticut, Cohen said, "It's very comforting to know that we've got first responders that are trained, that are smart, that are capable, and that are putting their lives on the line every day."
As for the boy's mother, 39-year-old Nneka Nash, she was found shortly afterward by other officers and was also taken to the hospital.
Nash has since been charged with felony willful cruelty to a child and misdemeanor failure to provide care to a child. She is expected to be arraigned on the charges Tuesday morning.
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Today is Document Freedom Day. It's not the easiest subject to explain.
Wow! What a great Document Freedom Day! Today, the United Kingdom's CabinetOffice released is official Government ICT Strategy – not only in .pdf and .doc, but also in .odt! It's a more detailed, rigorous follow-on to their earlier announcements on this important topic, and well worth a read by... Read more
Today marks the annual observance of Document Freedom Day (DFD), a global day for document liberation. On this important occasion, let's all recognize that progress has been made to promote and use open standards and to liberate documents. In January, India's Department of Information Technology... Read more
Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) invites individuals, community groups and institutions to celebrate the Document Freedom Day (DFD) on March 30th. DFD is a global day to celebrate Open Standards and open document formats and its importance. Open Standards ensure the freedom to access your... Read more
With Document Freedom Day 2010 approaching, this is a good opportunity to consider the reasons why the public sector has increasingly opted for ODF, the document freedom that it enables, and why ODF is an essential feature of any "open" eGovernment strategy.
This year on March 31, along with more than 200 groups in 60 countries, we will observe the third Document Freedom Day. This grassroots effort aims to educate the public about the importance of open formats and open standards. We've entered a time in which we store far more digitally than we do on... Read more
An acquaintance emailed me a .docx file last week that my older word processor wouldn't open on the first try. Before you start sending me fixes, don't worry. I got it open eventually after much grumbling about proprietary formats that aren't really standards. But I digress.


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WHAT: Please come to help introduce the new Roberts Creek Disc Golf Course & the sport of disc golf to Marion County as well as recognize all sponsors & volunteers. Prizes will be given away!
WHEN: Saturday, April 21st @ 10:00AM
WHERE: Roberts Creek Disc Golf Course Entrance located at Roberts Creek East, south of the camping area
WHO: Everyone is welcome!
We would not have been able to open this course without the donations and support of all of our sponsors. The following sponsors deserve special recognition for the level of their financial support:
Pella Convention and Visitors Bureau
Vermeer Charitable Foundation
Kooyman Lumber
Pella Corporation
Marion County Foundation
Marion County Chapter of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans


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- Apr 19:
- Recovery fund established for Martinez boy injured in Boston Marathon bombings
- Boston bombings: TV networks plan prime-time coverage
- Boston bombings: Television can only 'hurry up and wait'
- Boston bombing suspects: Who are the two brothers?
- Police: Suspect who killed MIT cop is dead; second suspect tied to Boston bombing
- Apr 18:
- Boston Marathon bombings: Martinez boy takes 'huge step forward' in his recovery
- Boston bombing suspect on video sought; Obama at memorial: 'You will run again'
- Apr 17:
- Fremont manufacturer's battery was used in Boston bombings
- Boston Marathon bombing: Martinez boy's surgery a success
- Source: Authorities recover pressure cooker lid
- Apr 16:
- Oakland: Vigil, run planned to to honor Boston Marathon victims
- Restaurant manager Krystle Campbell, 29, ID'd as victim in Boston bombing
- Boston bombers will be found and punished
- Boston Marathon bombs were packed into pressure cookers filled with shrapnel
- Apr 15:
- Boston Marathon bombings: Martinez boy, 12, injured by shrapnel, expected to recover
- Purdy: Remember Boston bombing next time in line
- Google helping friends, family locate Boston Marathon runners
- At least one from Bay Area wounded at Boston Marathon
- Boston Marathon explosions: Bay Area marathon runners describe chaotic scene after detonations
- Boston Marathon explosion: Early photos from the scene
- Boston Marathon explosions: BART, San Francisco step up police presence
- Boston Marathon explosion: Other cities beef up security in response to explosions
- Security beefed up worldwide after bombs at Boston Marathon
- Boston Marathon bombing kills 3, injures over 140
BOSTON -- The Kenyans finally face a challenge to their dominance of the Boston Marathon, and it's from their East African neighbors.
Ethiopia's Lelisa Desisa took the title in the 117th edition of the world's oldest marathon on Monday, winning a three-way sprint down Boylston Street to finish in 2 hours, 10 minutes, 22 seconds and snap a string of three consecutive Kenyan victories.
"Here we have a relative newcomer," said Ethiopia's Gebregziabher Gebremariam, who finished third. "Everything changes."
In just his second race at the 26.2-mile distance, Desisa finished 5 seconds ahead of Kenya's Micah Kogo to earn $150,000 and the traditional olive wreath. American Jason Hartmann finished fourth for the second year in a row.
"It was more of a tactical race, the Ethiopian versus the Kenyans. That fight played out very well," defending champion Wesley Korir, a Kenyan citizen and U.S. resident, said after finishing fifth.
"The Ethiopians run very good tactical races. One thing I always say is, 'Whenever you see more than five Ethiopians in a race, you ought to be very careful.' As Kenyans, we ought to go back to the drawing board and see if we can get our teamwork back."
Rita Jeptoo averted the Keynan shutout by winning the women's race for the second time. Jeptoo, who also won in 2006, finished in 2:26:25 for her first victory in a major race since taking two years off after having a baby.
After a series of close finishes in the women's race -- five consecutive years with 3 seconds or less separating the top two -- Jeptoo had a relatively comfortable 33-second margin over Meseret Hailu of Ethiopia. Defending champion Sharon Cherop of Kenya was another 3 seconds back.
Shalane Flanagan, of nearby Marblehead, was fourth in the women's division in her attempt to earn the first American victory in Boston since 1985. (Two-time winner Joan Benoit Samuelson, running on the 30th anniversary of her 1983 victory, finished in 2:50:29 to set a world record for her age group.)
"The hardest part about Boston is the Bostonians want it just as bad as we do, which really tugs at our heart," said Flanagan, a three-time Olympian. "We all want it too. We want to be the next Joanie."
Kara Goucher, of Portland, Ore., was sixth for her third top 10 finish in Boston as many tries. The last American woman to win here was Lisa Larsen-Weidenbach in '85; Greg Meyer was the last U.S. man to win, in 1983.
"There's just more pure numbers of African runners," said Goucher, who noted that the field of five American women with personal bests under 2:30 was the strongest in years.
"That's a good team of American women," she said. "One day the opportunity is going to be there."
This year it was the men's race with the sprint to the finish.
Desisa, 23, was among a group of nine men -- all from Kenya or Ethiopia -- who broke away from the pack in the first half of the race. There were three remaining when they came out of Kenmore Square with a mile to go.
But Desisa quickly pulled away and widened his distance in the sprint to the tape. It's Desisa's second victory in as many marathons, having won in Dubai in January in 2:04:45.
He is the fourth Ethiopian to win the men's race and the first since his training partner, Deriba Merga, won in 2009. Desisa is the 24th East African to win in the past 26 years and Jeptoo is 15th East African winner in the last 17 years on the women's side.
A year after heat approaching 90 degrees sent record numbers of participants in search of medical help, temperatures in the high 40s greeted the field of 24,662 at the start in Hopkinton. It climbed to 54 degrees by the time the winners reached Copley Square in Boston.
Japan's Hiroyuki Yamamoto was the first winner of the day, cruising to victory in the men's wheelchair race by 39 seconds over nine-time champion Ernst Van Dyk of South Africa. Tatyana McFadden, a Russian orphan who attends the University of Illinois, won the women's race.
Race day got started with 26 seconds of silence in honor of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. A little more than 2 hours later, the lead runners passed the Mile 26 marker, which was decorated with the Newtown, Conn., seal and dedicated to the memory of those killed there.
The 53 wheelchair competitors left Hopkinton at 9:17 a.m., followed 15 minutes later by the 51 elite women. The men were under way at 10 a.m., followed by three waves that over the next 40 minutes sent the entire field on its way to Copley Square.
Last year's race came under the hottest sustained temperatures on record. About 2,300 runners took organizers up on the offer to sit that one out and run this year instead.
Follow Jimmy Golen on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/jgolen


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7 Sex Moves You Think He Wants —But He Really Doesn't
In scissors position, instead of simply letting your legs lie on top of his, lift your top leg and support it with your hands. Manually opening yourself up stretches and sensitizes the tissue in your V-zone, so you'll feel whatever he's doing more intensely.
When he's on top, squeeze your legs together to tighten the fit and angle his penis so it targets your clitoris.
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USA, 2011, 91 Minute Running Time
Genre/Subjects: American Indie, ComedyLanguage: English
MUST END Thursday, October 18th!
35mm presentation - A tale of competition at its most cut-throat, BUTTER surveys the raw ambition of Laura Pickler (Jennifer Garner), the wife of Bob Pickler (Ty Burrell), Iowa's long-reigning champion butter carver. For 15 years, Laura has relished her high-profile role as the beautiful, loyal helpmate to her affable, artistically gifted husband. But when Bob is pressured to retire and allow someone else a chance at glory, an indignant Laura decides to enter the competition herself. She is first in line on sign-up day, only to see her odds of victory fall below 100% with the arrival of an unlikely yet formidable contender: 10-year-old Destiny (Yara Shahidi), the African-American foster child of local couple Julie and Ethan (Alicia Silverstone and Rob Corddry). And that's not all. Bob's would-be mistress, bad-girl stripper Brooke (Olivia Wilde), also declares her candidacy, as does his #1 fan, Carol-Ann (Kristen Schaal). Facing three opponents, mocked by her stepdaughter Kaitlen (Ashley Greene) and furious with her husband, Laura resolves to do whatever it takes to win. And if that means resorting to sabotage--and recruiting her dim-witted former boyfriend Boyd (Hugh Jackman) as a co-conspirator--then so be it.
DIRECTOR: Jim Field Smith
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Fladlien wrote: What did most slaves do you when they were freed? Well at first, nobody told them so they went on thinking they weren't free for a while. Then when they found out that they were indeed free, you know what they then did? Almost all of them stayed on the plantation they were slaves of. That's how the system was set up. To set them free in a way that would keep them locked up. Free was just a loaded word.
prolifik wrote: Lincoln was the greatest abolitionist in the history of man.


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Sunday, March 10, 2013
SAVANNAH, Ga. – The nationally sixth-ranked University of South Carolina Aiken baseball team fell 2-1 to Armstrong Atlantic State on Sunday afternoon at Pirate Field.
The loss allowed Armstrong (11-6, 5-6 PBC) to take the three-game league series from the Pacers, 2-1. Armstrong claimed a 7-6 victory in the first game of the three-game set, while the Pacers garnered a 12-8 win in game two.
The series loss is the first of the year for USC Aiken (15-5, 6-3 PBC).
USC Aiken had entered its first road games of the year against Armstrong having claimed all five of its three-game series in the 2013 season (Lincoln Memorial, Carson-Newman, Shepherd, Francis Marion and Flagler). The Pacers swept Lincoln Memorial, Shepherd and Flagler.
Armstrong opened its narrow rubber game victory over the Pacers by plating a run in the bottom of the first inning.
The Pacers would even things in the contest in the top of the sixth when Ty Barkell (Denver, Colo./Palmer Ridge HS) doubled down the left field line to score Bill Gerstenslager (Solon, Ohio/Mercyhurst), who had singled up the middle earlier in the inning.
Armstrong would claim the victory with a run in the bottom of the eighth.
USC Aiken out-hit Armstrong, 7-6, in the game.
Ryan Metzler (Glen Burnie, Md./Siena) was the only Pacer to secure multiple hits in the contest. He was 2-for-4.
No Pirate was able to collect multiple hits in the game.
One of three pitchers used on the day by USC Aiken, Wyatt Brown (Suwanee, Ga./Middle Georgia) obtained the loss on the hill for the Pacers. Brown (2-1) pitched the first 7.1 innings, fanning five.
Armstrong reliever Juan Vera (3-2) dealt the final two innings of the game for the Pirates to pick up his third win of the year.
USC Aiken next returns home for the first of seven straight home games. The Pacers welcome Limestone to Roberto Hernandez Stadium for the first game of the seven-game homestand at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 13.


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Hey Bushwackers
I am looking for subs in Waterloo/Cedar Falls for the next two or three Mondays. I have teammates who need to be gone. I will be there, so you would have to play with me. Let me know if you are interested, I know it is a long haul on a Monday for some of you.
Yours Truly,
Jeremy Prouty


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Jonas Kaufmann never had a chance. From childhood, his future as a world-renowned opera star was almost a given.
Classical music was always a part of Kaufmann's life. Music from his father's record collection filled his home: Bruckner, Mahler, Shostakovich, Rachmaninoff. For relaxing, Mozart, Schubert or Haydn. And, yes, there was opera, too. What's more, Kaufmann's grandfather played Wagner on the piano and would enthusiastically sing along, performing all the parts - both men and women's - while his grandchildren sat on the sofa shouting out requests.
"My parents knew that it was very important for us to hear that music," Kaufmann fondly recalled. "It was something normal, because they had experienced this with their own parents. It was something they loved and were passionate about. And they wanted to share that with us - without knowing that it would spread that virus that brought me here."
Kaufmann began attending Munich's Bavarian State Opera productions at an early age and joined the chorus in elementary school. He first stood on an operatic stage when he joined the extra chorus at Munich's Gartnerplatztheater, the city's second opera house.
Yet, wanting to follow his parents' advice to learn something "sensible," something that he could use to get a job and earn a "decent income," Kaufmann enrolled as math student at the University of Munich.
"I held out for a couple of semesters," Kaufmann said, "but the certainty that I wasn't born to be a theoretician, a desk jockey, weighed heavier and heavier."
So, Kaufmann auditioned for a slot as a vocal student and was immediately accepted. In the summer of 1989, he began training at the Academy of Music and Theatre in Munich to become an opera and concert singer.
Kaufmann is now recognized as one of the world's leading tenors, one of just a few opera singers who can be described as great. On Sunday night he will stage a concert to benefit the Vilar Performing Arts Center, one of only three stops Kaufmann will make while in the United States to perform in the Metropolitan Opera's production of "Parsifal."
"There are many ingredients to becoming a great opera star," said Kaufmann, thoughtfully. "Of course you have to have talent. That's number one. It's not possible to have a long career without talent. It's only one ingredient. You need some intelligence, you need some connections, you need friends, you need people who support you and you need luck to be at the right spot at the right moment to meet the people that can bring you to another level.
"Very often I turned something down and then began to think, 'Is this really a good decision?' And then something else much more important came up. And I was free to do that instead. So it's really a kind of destiny thing. How can that be? Like a cat that always lands on its feet."
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Early in his career, Kaufmann had a problem with his voice. Constant hoarseness was part of his everyday life, sometimes during a performance. Once, singing a small part in "Parsifal" he didn't think he could make it to the end of the evening. At one point, he thought he should quit the theater and go back to a career in mathematics. Fortunately, he met Michael Rhodes, a voice teacher who "unearthed" his natural voice and taught him how to relax while singing.
"Many of the muscles that you're using cannot be easily controlled," explained Kaufmann. "They just work for you spontaneously, say, when you yawn, when you cough, when you inhale. And you have to combine several of these natural movements of you body to a technique and make this package, again, something natural. And, you push the singing button and it adjusts everything to the right status.
"It's very difficult to describe. We're always working with images and picture. You need to find the teacher who not only knows your technique, but who also knows the right language that you understand. And he describes the technique to you with all kinds of images and doesn't say anything. And then, suddenly, you get it. And you say, 'Ahh. That's it. It's amazing!'"
What's even more amazing is that it only takes Kaufmann just a few days to learn a part.
"But that means working hard, reading and studying it for hours a day," he said. "What you usually do is get some coaching from the pianist and sing through it three or four times. Then you let it sit and you come back about 10 days later and you begin to think, 'Okay, I know this bit.' And your brain starts to put the bits and pieces together. I'll be in the car and start singing some lines and, maybe, I'll forget a word and make a note to remember it when I get home and I'll look it up and think, 'I know this bit already.' It's like a puzzle and suddenly, the parts all fit naturally."
'Taking care of your instrument'
Kaufmann admits to knowing at least 50 parts. And there are so many more to come. Yet, in a way, Kaufmann is like an athlete that is getting ready for a major event - contemplating just the right time the make "the" move.
"Everyone is asking me to do Othello," he said, "but I just have to wait. And I just have to be careful. I'm getting closer and closer to the moment when I have to say 'yes.'
"You know that there's a certain point coming when your voice is ready," he continued. "But at the same time, experience is something that is extremely important for parts like Othello because not only are they vocally demanding, but also the characters are strong and wild and the music is also driving you. It's very easy to lose control and just go for it and that is dangerous. Then you can hurt yourself if you do too much and are not taking care of your instrument."
"There are many good opera singers, but only a handful of great ones!" wrote Margarida Mota-Bull, for MusicWeb, Seen and Heard International. "Jonas Kaufmann possesses one of the most exciting voices on the planet. No other tenor is capable of expressing the overwhelming emotions of the heroes he personifies on stage in such a credible, vivid way."
Indeed, Sunday night's audience will be privileged to see the singer perform. It's an evening that Kaufmann is looking forward to as well.
"I can choose the program. I can say 'Let's put this next to that. ' And, of course, you can't do that in opera," he noted. "You have only one pianist with you and you can do whatever you want. With an orchestra, with a set, with the costumes, with the lights and with the chorus on stage, you can never do what you really want to do. You always have to take care of the others. You have to compromise. In a recital, there is no compromise. You and your pianist decide what is the best."
Yet, Kaufmann is not sure that it's best for his children to do anything in the music business.
"It's a tough job," he said. "I enjoy it very much, but I am lucky. I'm on top of the hill. The view is nice up here, but it's also very slippery."


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— Brian D. McLaren, author of A New Kind of Christianity
Bestselling author, Bible scholar, and theologian Marcus Borg (Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time, The Heart of Christianity, The Last Week) uses his core teachings on faith and the Bible to demonstrate their transformative power and potential in Putting Away Childish Things: the moving, inspirational story of a college professor, her students, and a crisis of faith.
In Putting Away Childish Things, Marcus Borg weaves his insightful teachings on Christianity into a new form—fiction. In this compelling tale, we meet Kate—a popular religion professor at a liberal arts college in a small midwestern town who thinks her life is right on track. She loves her job, is happy with her personal and spiritual life, and her guilty pleasure consists of passing her afternoons at the local pub with a pint of Guinness and a cigarette. Life is good.
Kate is up for tenure when it all starts to go wrong. A colleague warns her that her books are too Christian and too popular. She is offered a visiting professor job at a prestigious seminary, which sounds like the perfect solution except for one complication—it is the same seminary that employs the professor she had an affair with years ago. Kate now has to face her past and watch as the ramifications unfold in ways she never imagined. In the classroom, students ask for her views on Jesus, the Bible, and homosexuality, controversial topics that Kate candidly addresses until outraged parents start campaigning for the school to get rid of her. Through it all, Kate faces the toughest challenge yet—a crisis of faith that leaves her questioning what she believed so strongly before.
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"In Putting Away Childish Things, Borg has chosen fiction as the best vehicle for exploringChristianity, important questions of career and vocation, and thorny issues within the churchsuch as fundamentalism and homosexuality. This imaginative excursion is handled with aplomb…A thought-provoking novel." — Spirituality & Practice
"Borg offers up a didactic novel that explores some of the thorniest theological issues facing the Christian community. ... he is to be commended for taking up a new form of literature to share his theological perspective—a perspective that many have found to be generous, open and hopeful." — Christian Century
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"Putting Away Childish Things is a page-turning tale grappling with issues of faith confronting today's church. An inspiring and compelling story that will be treasured and revisited, Borg's illuminating insights and all-too-human characters make theology accessible to all." — Julia Spencer-Fleming, award-winning author of One Was A Soldier
"The form is different with Marcus Borg's insightful new novel, but the reader's experience and payoff are the same as with his many excellent non-fiction books: this is a great read that leads to a deeper, more hopeful understanding of the meaning and possibilities of Christian faith today." — Tom Krattenmaker, USA Today Board of Contributors, author of Onward Christian Athletes
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The Bay Area added 17,000 jobs in April, pushing down unemployment rates to their lowest levels in nearly six years, according to a report released Friday.
"The job market in the Bay Area couldn't be stronger," said Scott Anderson, chief economist with San Francisco-based Bank of the West. "We saw some weakness last year, but what's happening so far in 2014 has reversed that."
During April, all three of the Bay Area's major urban centers showed strong job gains, with the upswing especially robust in the South Bay and San Francisco metro area, according to the state Employment Development Department.
Santa Clara County added 4,600 jobs, the San Francisco-Marin-San Mateo area gained 8,800 jobs and the East Bay added 1,800 jobs, the EDD reported.
The hiring surge has driven jobless rates steadily lower. In April, the East Bay posted an unemployment rate of 6.3 percent, down from 6.8 percent rate in March; the South Bay's jobless rate dropped to 5.8 percent from 6.3 percent; and the San Francisco-San Mateo-Marin area's rate fell to 4.6 percent from 5 percent in March.
California's jobless rate improved to 7.8 percent in April, down from 8.1 percent in March, marking the first time in more than five years that unemployment levels in the state have been below 8 percent, the EDD reported. Statewide, employers added 56,100 jobs in April.
"The decline in the unemployment rate is happening everywhere," said Jeffrey Michael, director of the Stockton-based Business Forecasting Center at the University of the Pacific. "The entire state is moving back to the 2008 levels, but it's not time to celebrate yet. It would be better if we were back to the 2007 levels."
That could come soon. Jordan Levine, director of economic research with Beacon Economics, said he expects Bay Area job growth to be even stronger in the second half of the year.
"Corporate profits are high, capacity utilization is moving upward, which means more business investment," he said. "That will stimulate economic activity in the Bay Area, particularly in Santa Clara County and San Francisco."
Stephen Levy, director of the Palo Alto-based Center for Continuing Study of the California Economy, also was upbeat.
"This is going to last for a while," Levy said. "There have been reports about how the tech boom will fade. But the hiring is based on the solid needs of real tech companies."
For the Bay Area, the upswing in hiring came in several tech-related sectors, although health care and construction employers also produced plenty of new jobs.
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Government by two independent authorities (especially in India 1919–35).
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- This system of dyarchy was abolished by the Government of India Act, which gave the provincial assemblies full responsibility for government.
- Raymond Barre told the UDF group in parliament in September 1983 that according to de Gaulle there could be no diarchy at the summit of the state; a president faced by a hostile Assembly would either have to dissolve it or himself resign.
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- On the termination of the First World War, another installment of reforms was conferred in 1920, which created a diarchal form of Government placing wider powers in Indian hands, by associating them increasingly with civil administration and putting the " transferred subjects' under the direct control of responsible Ministers.
- As the women's revolution begins to have its effect upon the fabric of society, transforming it from patriarchy into something that never existed before - into a diarchal situation that is radically new, it will, I believe, become the greatest single potential challenge to Christianity to rid itself of its oppressive tendencies or go out of business.
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- L.A. Clippers beat Warriors, go up 3-2 in NBA playoffs
- Kawakami: A release, an emotional re-set, and a Golden State Warriors loss
- Warriors were ready to boycott Game 5 over Donald Sterling sanctions
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LOS ANGELES -- After all the anticipation, perhaps the most dramatic element of Game 5 was what didn't happen.
Warriors players had a devised a plan that, had they gone through with, would've been one for the history books. The plan was to go through the pre-game festivities Tuesday night, then take the floor for the opening tip. Dap the Clippers starters, as is customary, and get in position for the jump ball.
As soon as it was tossed, point guard Stephen Curry said his team was going to walk off the floor in protest. All of them.
"It would have been our only chance to make a statement in front of the biggest audience that we weren't going to accept anything but the maximum punishment," Curry said. "We would deal with the consequences later but we were not going to play."
Thanks to Adam Silver, that boycott plan was boycotted. The new NBA commissioner's punishment of Clippers owner Donald Sterling for his bigoted comments -- a lifetime ban and forced sale of the franchise -- appeased the fury of the players.
Silver's ruling did not propel the Clippers into the raging juggernaut we saw the last game at Staples. Listless in Game 4, after being blindsided by the national attention of the Sterling story, the Clippers didn't seem to have a renewed zeal. The relief of knowing their owner was on his way out didn't produce the expected spirited performance.
Silver's ruling, however, did not turn Staples Center into a raucous environment. The signs illustrated the glee of Silver's decision -- "Clip Sterling" and "No Bigots Allowed" and "Hate the Owner."
But it fell well short of the intimidating environment that played a big part in the Warriors' 40-point Game 2 loss.
Formerly a sea of red, many wore black shirts in support of the team, part of the Clippers' post-Sterling "We Are One" campaign. And as emotive as they tried to make the ambience, the spectacle of it all drowned out the enthusiasm of a pivotal playoff game.
Unlike the tangible passion of Oracle Arena, the Clippers' home court felt like people-watching at a protest. The vibe was more about celebrating the departure of Sterling than refocusing on a thrilling series. Even Jesse Jackson was in attendance, a sign that politics was in the air.
The Warriors, who already won one game in Los Angeles, helped zap some of the life out of the atmosphere. They played defense just well enough to keep the Clippers from clicking, and were ugly enough on offense to drag the game.
But they were playing. And that's something. The series that had been hijacked by tabloid scandal and race relations was once again a physical, emotional slugfest between two teams that don't like each other.
The distraction was snatched from the psyche of the Clippers locker room. The theatrical protest the Warriors had planned was left on the shelf of imagination. Curry said the players would have boycotted if Silver had done as many had expected -- suspend Sterling indefinitely and slap him with a meaningless fine. He said boycotts were planned across the league.
Perhaps he sensed something major was brewing, but Silver snuffed that out with the surprising banishment of Sterling. In doing so, he went from a three-month old commissioner to the newest NBA star.
He seized the opportunity to establish himself as a viable and worthy leader of the NBA, to separate himself from the imposing legacy David Stern left behind, to bolster the NBA's reputation for being a progressive league.
He made the owners look strong and forward-thinking. At the same time, he won over skeptical players and validated their importance to the NBA machine.
And it wasn't just that he did it, but also how. He orchestrated a production befitting of the moment, one that surely has LeBron James rewriting the script for The Decision 2.
It was great theater Tuesday, which says a lot in a postseason that has been nothing short of riveting. Silver arrived to the podium late, thickening the tension. When he finally spoke, his voice cracked from nerves and emotion.
Then he laid the hammer. An emphatic finale to a four-day circus.
By the time the Warriors and Clippers took the court for Game 5, all the drama and spectacle was gone. And all that was left was basketball.
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109.There was no evidence before the Court that even one of these Ereignismeldungen was shown to Hitler.
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I am a new runner 42 yrs old have been doing the run/walk plan, I am a avid gym freak basic cardio and weight lifting and looking for a new challenge so I want to run! I am not really following the slow plan on run/walk now that I am into week 3 I start off at 3 min. brisk walk, run 4 min walk 1 min. and then 2 run/1 walk but it is really hot humid even at 6:30 am in FL. so I am losing steam now down to 1:30 min run walk 1min doing a total of 30 min time what am I doing wrong? I drink plenty of water and small snack 1 hr prior, is the weather? Just trying to get some ideas? any suggestions much appreciated.
Gogolegs. Our weather in Florida this summer has been brutal between the heat and humidity. It sounds like you just need to give your body a chance to adjust to your new challenge. Once youhave more time on your feet outside the heat won't bother you as much. I would suggest you run as early as possible. I start my long runs between 3:30 - 4:30. Normal runs 5 - 6 miles no later than 5:30.If your doing a run / walk ratio and can lst 30 minutes your running to fast for your current level of fitness considering the heat and humidity. Try slowing your pace down considerably. try a 30/30 ratio. Sounds crazy but it will help you get the needed time on your feet. Gradually increase to 60/30. If you go online and check Galloway run / walk ratio's you'll find you just started a little to fast. Try not to worry about speed. if 30 minutes is you max. set your goal at 45 minutes. If your panting or breathing heavy you going to fast. Another good indication is a Heart Rate monitor. Try to stay under 75% of you max rate.
Good luck. Hope this helps
2012 Races: Tony from Florida
Jan.7,2012 Walt Disney World Half Marathon Orlando FL 02:09:14 PR
Oct 7 2012 Chicago Marathon Chicago Illinois 05:17:43
Feb 10, 2012 Rock N Roll Half Marathon St Petersburg FL
2011 Races:
Started running at 58 ( Nov 23rd 2010)
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Oct 31,2011 Fl Halloween Halfathron 02:18:22
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Some numbers that may help maybe not. I adjust fairly well after two weeks we stay with a dew pt above 70 for most of the summer. You will feel great in the winter.
Dew Points Humidity + Temp
75 + Extremely uncomfortable 150+ Adjust for slower pace just focus on finishing
70-74 Very Humid and uncomfortable 130-150 Adjust for slower speed especialy longer
65-69 Somewhat uncomfortable 120-130 OK for fast 10K adjust for longer
60-64 OK for most 100-120 Not Ideal okay for fast
Below 100 IDEAL
Look into one of the running headbands/bandanas. Some have wicking fabric and/or cooling gels that are activated with water, so those can be a great help with cooling core body temps and getting through higher humidity.
I'm new and slow so take it for what it's worth. So far great advice. I run in SE Texas (Usually I'm visiting in the Ft Laud area right now) and most of my runs are temps between 75 (heaven) and 85 with humidity that rarely drops below 90% but I'd guess almost all are above 97%. It's hard sometimes to even get going when both numbers are at the high end. (Last year when I tried this we were having lots of 100+ degrees days and rarely had a night that dropped below 85 by the time I took my midnight run. So I've done a lot of looking into this. The things for your neck or head (I'm thinking of trying one on both. LOL) do help me. I also wet my head with cool water before I start. Clothes that wick I'm not so sure about. They just can't wick that fast, but maybe I just sweat that much. I get thirsty even though I'm only up to about 2 miles in the time limit (W8) so I've always carried a small water bottle with me. I freeze half a bottle and then fill it right before I do my stretches. When I start to get really wilted feeling I pour some of the water on my head and sometimes my feet. But I wear barefoot running shoes so the feet thing likely won't work for most people. I get hot feet. But mostly I accept that the heat and humidity means that if I want to go the distance I can't push myself to run faster than it lets me comfortably. Everything I've read says that in hot humid weather you have to slow down. I look forward to seeing if it's true that when the weather does break and cool down that I will naturally speed up some. Hope you get some help from all the wonderful advice you've gotten so far.
Get up and try again! I think I must be setting a record for how many times I've been sidelined in my quest to actually run an entire 5K. Back injury, bronchitis, knee injury, bad cold, broken toe, biopsy. I am determined to make it.
2013 - Gritty Goddess Mud Run (Run/Walk)
2013 - Firefly Run (Run/Walk)
2014 - ??
My 6 year old ran in the Gritty Kids Mud Run and I couldn't keep up. LOL
I'm in Florida too and this is my first summer running. I finished C25K last December.
I've experienced that I cannot run at the same pace as I did in the cooler months. I'm running anywhere up to a 2 full minutes slower for the same distance of 3 miles. I was getting discouraged by this, but after reading that it's best to slow down in the humidity I'm accepting it and hoping to see the payoff when it turns cooler again...November? right!
I run early in the morning at about 6:15 before the sun is up, but it seems to be the most humid then too. I am totally drenched when I'm done running and have to splash cool water on my face to cool down. I would suggest slowing down as mentioned and making sure you have water available on your route.
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"To reduce deadly collisions, U.S. transportation officials said Monday they plan to propose a requirement that new cars be equipped with the ability to communicate with one another."
-- News item, 2/03/2014.
Like everyone else, I'm all in favor of preventing the 30,000-odd fatal accidents on American highways every year. I don't know, however, if people have explored exactly what cars might say to one another if they could talk.
Because lives are at stake, the emphasis would naturally be on directness, and I'm not just talking about "Hey, expletive deleted, get your fanny to the right." Here are several imagined conversations between the cars of folks we know and love:
A Google, a Tesla, and an Apple car on Highway 85:
GOOGLE: Tesla, I'd feel better about you if you kept your headlights on the road rather than on that big screen in the middle of the dash.
TESLA: Oh, shut up! You and your obsession with street view. I'm watching the "Fast and the Furious." I've already told you I like Android. What more do you want?
APPLE: What? You're dating Android? Siri is chopped liver now?
TESLA: Not Elon's type.
ELECTRIC CAR: Hey, guys, wait for me!
GOOGLE: Oh, God, here comes that bankrupt loser, Fisker. Keep moving, pretend you didn't hear him.
Trash-talking between the cars of San Jose mayoral hopefuls Sam Liccardo and Pierluigi Oliverio.
LICCARDO: Pierluigi, do you know how much more costly I am than you? My designers lavished more than a half-million on me last year. You, bro, look like a heap.
PIERLUIGI: And you still resemble a bicycle. Do you have a sweet ride in those green lanes?
LICCARDO: Ever notice there's something wrong with your alignment? You steer to the right.
PIERLUIGI: And you, friend, jump lanes like a maniac. Does that Cortese SUV with the sirens scare you? That sleek little Madison hybrid have you nervous?
LICCARDO: You need to get off at the next exit. Make a right and go until you reach a dead end.
A confrontation between two coaches' sports cars:
HARBAUGH: You wanna go? I'm ready to rumble.
CARROLL: What, now?
HARBAUGH: No, yesterday, fool.
CARROLL: I just won the Super Bowl, chump. I'm happy in the garage, waiting for my super wax job, then the ring and extra fuel in my tank.
HARBAUGH: A car can be destroyed but not defeated.
CARROLL: What does that mean, anyway? More of your gibberish? What's your deal?
HARBAUGH: $339 a month lease. But they're giving rebates.
Madison Nguyen's car in Little Saigon:
MADISON HYBRID: Hi, could you guys tell me if this is the Saigon Business District?
CADRE OF CARS: *b*@@@!!!!!f544KKLLL###!!!
MADISON HYBRID: No slight intended. If this is McLaughlin and Story, I named it the Saigon Business District. I want to know I'm in the right place.
CADRE OF CARS: ##%%**BJ!!!!kkk05$$%%^^!
MADISON HYBRID: Little Saigon?
CADRE OF CARS: In unison, horns toot the opening of Beethoven's Fifth: Duh-duh-de-DUH.
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Published: Friday, April 19, 2013 at 8:43 a.m.
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ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A portion of the Blue Ridge Parkway is reopening to tourists.
Chief Ranger Steve Stinnett said the parkway will be open from Asheville north to the Craggy Garden Visitor Center by noon Friday.
The parkway has been closed for weather all winter from the Asheville area northward. It is now closed from Milepost 375 at Bull Gap to Milepost 355 at N.C. 128 at Mount Mitchell State Park.
The Craggy Gardens Visitor Center will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekends. Starting May 24, it will be open daily.
The section just north of Craggy Gardens will remain closed at least until mid-May because of ongoing road stabilization work.
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the blog post that celebrates itself
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- Mat said...
going to check a few of these top tips out now, haven't listened to MBV in a loooong time
- February 7, 2012 at 2:04 PM
- darcy dubose said...
This is exactly what I've been needing.
- February 7, 2012 at 5:16 PM
- Coco Layne said...
I think you might be my musical soulmate
- February 8, 2012 at 3:33 AM
- Magnet said...
OH MAN.. a place to bury strangers! YES, thank you. Damn, you have some sweet music taste. Have you heard 'To fix the gash in your head' by them? Aaah, I loooove that song. So good. I'm listening to it right now xD anyway, good bands, good bands. (Sorry getting a bit excited here) I'm going to go vote for you right now :) Oh also other than black.. I'm really feeling white, hot pink, pale pink and some lilac. Not quite sure how to make hot pink and black work for me yet. I'm determined to find a way.
- February 8, 2012 at 11:14 PM
- Sasha Lane said...
Everyone keeps telling me to get into My Bloody Valentine, "it's crucial...especially in your career" blah blah blah :p I really want to, where do you suggest i start?
- February 9, 2012 at 11:02 PM
- meagan said...
@sasha lane start with the you made me realise EP. then proceed to loveless! it's their seminal work. it may take you a minute to "get" it...but when you do, you will realize it gloriousness.
- February 9, 2012 at 11:06 PM
- Rich Hippie said...
I've been dropping F bombs at every fecking record store for the loveless lp. it literarily is the soundtrack of my none existent love life, yet makes bradding about being alone seem to lovely..almost poetically correct...
okay enough of my nonsense...is it a reissue you own? and do u know where i can buy one online(sorry stuck in sweden)???
i love your style by the way, i wish i could stick to a look but I'm always bouncing back and forwards between kinderwhore and cyberpunk fashion :P
- February 18, 2012 at 9:32 AM


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While Erik continued the Prince family tradition of supporting the right-wing Christian movement, his Blackwater empire was steadily growing in the Great Dismal Swamp of North Carolina. How fast it would grow wouldn't become clear until two planes smashed into the World Trade Center a year later, in a horrible tragedy that would fuel Erik Prince's meteoric rise to become head of one of the most powerful private armies in the world. Prince would soon draw on his father's ideals and money to build up an army of soldiers who would serve on the front lines of a global battle, waged largely on Muslim lands, that an evangelical President Prince helped put in the White House would boldly define as a "crusade."
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Still Not Enough People Willing to Quit Jobs
The labor market has strengthened this year, yet Americans are still scared to quit their jobs — a sign they have yet to regain their confidence in the economy.
Around 2.2 million Americans voluntarily quit their jobs in May, up slightly from March and April but barely more than a year ago, the Labor Department said Tuesday. Before the recession, three million employees tended to quit their jobs a month. The "quits rate" — the number of people quitting as a share of the employed — has now stayed stuck at 1.6% for three months in a row.
The data, from the government's monthly Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, known as Jolts, are for May, when the economy added a healthy 195,000 jobs. Including June's equally-strong job growth, U.S. employers have now added an average of about 200,000 jobs a month this year, reaching a benchmark that some Federal Reserve officials have cited as an indication of economic progress.
Yet Tuesday's report shows that at least one measure of labor-market health — the level of "churn" — remains weak. Employees still aren't jumping ship and seeking higher pay in new jobs, probably because they aren't confident they can quickly find something after leaving their current employer. As more workers move in and out of jobs, the logic goes, the economy becomes more efficient at matching workers and jobs.
The main reason Americans aren't seeking greener pastures is probably because hiring remains both modest and patchy. The number of hires edged up in May to 4.4 million, below the 4.5 million mark seen a year ago and the 5 million-a-month level common before the recession. Looking over the past year, hiring also has been uneven across the economy: The number of hires in May at hotels, bars and restaurants is up 13% from a year earlier, but other sectors like manufacturing and construction are actually down.
There was some positive news, however. The number of job openings posted by companies edged up, while layoffs dropped a little and have fallen to prerecession levels. Competition for jobs has eased dramatically since the worst of the recession. For every job opening in May, there was just slightly more than three people — 3.07, to be exact — looking for work. That's below the 3.37 level seen a year ago and a far cry from where we were in July 2009, when there were more than six job seekers for every job opening.


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SANTA CLARA -- Rookie safety Eric Reid has won the starting spot at free safety for the 49ers' Sept. 8 season opener, and he did so by following a gradual path plotted out since his first-round selection.
Reid, drafted 18th overall, made "steady progress" over the past four months to have that starting role bestowed upon him Tuesday by defensive coordinator Vic Fangio.
"I feel like a professional football player now," Reid said. "The first day I got here, it was a lot faster than college and the defense was tougher, but it just takes practice and repetition."
Reid, along with most starters, likely won't play in Thursday's exhibition finale at San Diego. Fangio noted how Reid already "has had a lot of reps and gotten a lot of work in."
Reid will be the 49ers' first rookie to start on defense since Taylor Mays in 2010. The 49ers can only hope Reid follows the more decorated route taken by linebacker Patrick Willis, who's been a Pro Bowler since he started in his 2007 rookie season.
"He's had his potholes with some mistakes here and there. Overall he's just been steady," Fangio said of Reid.
Reid beat out Craig Dahl, C.J. Spillman and Trenton Robinson for a job vacated by Dashon Goldson's exit to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers via free agency.
"He's tackled well in the games, which is important for us," Fangio added. "We lost a really good tackler last year in Goldson. (Reid has) done a good job in tackling, and we think he'll continue to improve."
Added coach Jim Harbaugh: "He's shown he's picked up the system fast and played well in games. It's been a nice progression by him."
Reid said he expects to soon start studying videotape of the 49ers' Week 1 opponent, the Green Bay Packers. Fellow starting safety Donte Whitner praised Reid as a quick study who has "really good ball skills," adding that Reid's 6-foot-1, 213-pound frame can pack a wallop, too.
Asomugha lined up at left cornerback Sunday night for the first time in the exhibition season. "He told us from the start that, left or right, it's not a big issue for him, and it proved to be true," Fangio said.
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