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Bob McKenzie at TSN tweets that with the ownership situation in Dallas not likely to be settled until later in summer, they will not be making a contract offer to Richards.
McKenzie adds that Dallas would be interested in trading exclusive negotiating rights before July 1, but a move would require Richards to waive his NMC.
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Scott Cullen at TSN gives us an off-season game plan for the New York Rangers and says this about obtaining Brad Richards…
"In years gone by, the Rangers have made big splashes in free agency, whether it was Redden, Gomez, Drury or Marian Gaborik and the results have been, to be kind, mixed, so while it would be nice to land a top player like Richards, the Rangers can't consider any free agent signing to be a saviour."
…amen. I've been telling anyone who will listen that this team is 2-3 years away with or without Richards. It's too easy to say, "just bring in Richards and we're a Cup contender." A lot of pieces need to fall into place and I'm not sure they're all there right now.
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- July 21, 1980
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Although He Makes a Living Suing Airlines, a Lawyer Says the Skies Are Safer Than Ever
How safe are the skies today?
Despite unduly alarmist criticism by some authors about airlines, aircraft manufacturers and even air traffic controllers, amazing gains in safety have been made in the last decades. According to the National Transportation Safety Board, in 1950 there were .234 fatal accidents per 100,000 flight hours for scheduled, certificated airlines. In 1960 the number was .220. In 1969 it was .136. Last year it was down to .078.
How are we doing this year?
The first half of 1980 is now over, and there has not been a single passenger fatality in any of the major airline operations out of the hundreds of millions of passenger miles flown.
What accounts for the improvement?
Mostly the switch from piston engines to jets, which, because they have fewer moving parts, are mechanically more reliable and allow planes to fly at higher altitudes, avoiding turbulence. Also, navigation and guidance technology are steadily improving.
So you're satisfied with the record of the major scheduled carriers?
Fundamentally, yes. In the last decade 2 billion 188 million passengers flew, yet the average number of fatalities per year was only 166. Statistics show that flying is 115 times safer than driving, 28 times safer than walking and three times safer than riding a bicycle. Driving to O'Hare Airport is far more dangerous than flying from Chicago to Los Angeles.
Do you consider the DC-10 a safe plane?
As far as the Chicago crash is concerned, American Airlines admittedly violated maintenance requirements, and there were design deficiencies that led to the engine loss. But concerted action was taken to correct those problems; now I think the DC-10 is one of the safest planes flying.
Are pilots up to snuff?
The ones that fly the certificated routes are the best in the world.
What about commuter lines and private planes?
The scheduled trunk lines are safer. The sheer number of private planes—more than 200,000 and growing rapidly—is threatening to saturate the sky. It puts a tremendous burden on air traffic controllers. As for the commuter airlines, Langhorne Bond, head of the FAA, recently pointed out that in 1978 they had eight times the accident rate of certificated local carriers.
Why so many mishaps?
Part of the reason is growth; there are simply more commuter planes flying. In 1975, 165 commuter airlines flew 6.6 million passengers. Today there are 208 carriers flying an estimated 12 million passengers.
Do we need more airports?
We certainly need more satellite airports to handle the traffic that can't be accommodated at places like La Guardia in New York, National in Washington, D.C., and O'Hare in Chicago. The Commuter Airline Association, by the way, makes the point that the small airports they serve lack the sophisticated control and navigational facilities of the major airports, and that's true. It's a question of money—there's only so much to go around.
In your opinion, have the media overdramatized safety hazards?
I think that articles like those recently in Playboy and the New York Times, which focus on spectacular air crashes—while being accurate within themselves—fail to portray the total picture. By exaggerating, if not misrepresenting, the state of aviation safety, the media are harming not only the aircraft industry and the airlines but the entire nation's economy.
We've lost our leadership in shipbuilding and electronics, and our auto and truck industries are seriously threatened. We are still the foremost producer of aircraft in the world. But if these intemperate attacks cause us to lose our lead in that industry too, we're talking about affecting one-sixth of the gross national product. It could add impetus to the decline and fall of North America.
Do you agree with the National Research Council's panel of aviation experts, which has just criticized the FAA for relying on outside industry experts to review designs of new planes?
The council is living in a dream world. The FAA cannot obtain enough funds to compete with industry, and so it has a shortage of qualified aerodynamicists to pass on the design and quality control of jetliners. The FAA simply has to rely upon the proficiency of aircraft manufacturers.
Has litigation led to safety improvements?
Only rarely. However, the 1960 investigations into why wings were falling off Lockheed Electras did result in improved structure mounts. Before that, wing failures had usually been attributed to air turbulence.
What legitimate criticisms can be made of the big airlines and plane builders?
As long as human beings are involved, there will be errors. A chief problem is what I call the pride-of-product syndrome. Companies have incestuous relationships within their organizations. Engineers, attorneys, executives and insurance representatives engage in backslapping, telling one another how great the product is. They're very reluctant to admit an error, that something may not be working as well as it should. At root, it's a human and an economic thing: People want to keep their jobs.
Is that what makes litigating air-crash cases so time-consuming?
Partially. The biggest problem is that as many as 50 to 100 different damage laws can apply to a single disaster, and every state has a different set of laws. The result is an outmoded patchwork that certainly has no place in the jet age. On an international level, there's no world court in which to seek redress, so resolving the jurisdictional complexities among nations is like trying to tattoo soap bubbles.
What reforms would you propose?
I want to see uniform criteria adopted. Payments would be standardized on the basis of the victim's age, income, health prior to the crash, how the survivors are related to the victim, and so on. Ten years ago I proposed such a treaty to replace the present one, which was originally drafted in 1925. It would apply to all 50 states as well as 200 countries, and it would speed up the whole process so much that we wouldn't even need lawyers. I'd be out of business.
What has been the largest single award you've won for a client?
It was $5.75 million, in an out-of-court settlement last month. My client, ironically, was not a passenger's heir but Capitol International Airways Inc., a charter outfit in Smyrna, Tenn. It will be paid by the insurers of McDonnell-Douglas, Bendix and other DC-8 parts manufacturers as the result of a 1970 crash in Anchorage. Forty-five lives were lost when the wheels locked on an icy runway. The highest award I've won for an individual was $5 million for the widow of a Chicago businessman killed in an Air Iowa crash.
How do airlines and insurance companies benefit from the present system?
Take last year's American Airlines crash in Chicago. The families of the victims will no doubt ultimately recover from American or McDonnell-Douglas, or both. But meanwhile the defendants' insurers were procrastinating, pointing a finger at each other and earning millions of dollars in interest by holding onto the money they will ultimately have to pay out. For a long time the courts have been reluctant to make insurers pay interest on settlements from the date of death. It's a cruel charade. Fortunately, in the American Airlines case, my motion for interest payments has been upheld.
Has any interest been a warded yet?
Yes. Another lawyer's client in the case won a $250,000 settlement, plus 12 percent interest retroactive to the date of the crash, which came to an additional $27,500. The settlements in the Chicago crash are expected to be the biggest by far in commercial aviation history, foreign or domestic—$200 million is not an unreasonable estimate. In fact, the magnitude of it may provide the impetus to establish a system of uniform awards.
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Bothell recently received an international award from the Association for Commute Transportation (ACT) for its Vanpool Incentive Program, developed and implemented by the city's Carpool and Vanpool Services program.
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"The City of Bothell's Carpool and Vanpool Services program is doing very well. The program has created 33 new vanpools and now have 54 total traveling to Bothell business parks from as far as Bellingham and Tacoma since the service began in 1999," said Bothell Public Works Director Dave Zabell. "Transportation remains a top priority for the city. This program represents the city's efforts to look at all options in its efforts to improve traffic circulation in Bothell."
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The city of Redmond said Friday it just learned that it is the recipient of a $210,000 Local Government Grant from the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department for the Sam Johnson Park Improvement Project.
The project was ranked #1 in the state rankings for large grants, and brings the total fund-raising for this project to $400,000, just $100,000 short of the $500,000 goal.
The Sam Johnson Park Improvement Project is a grass-roots effort to build a 100% accessible playground in Redmond's Dry Canyon that is available for people of all abilities and ages.
The improvement project will replace an under-sized, aging and deteriorating playground structure with a custom-designed playground that highlights Central Oregon's Smith Rock and Redmond's Dry Canyon.
All equipment will be designed to be 100% inclusive, including programming for all ages, (0 – 100+ years old), encouraging multi-generational interaction, physical activity and collaboration.
It's a collaborative effort between the City of Redmond, the Kiwanis Club of Redmond and the Friends of Sam Johnson Park, and has been in development and planning for 18 months.
"This project is truly a community effort. We have conducted public forums, intercept surveys, reached out to partner organizations, hosted design charrettes in Redmond's elementary, middle and high school classrooms. We have heard from parents with children, grandparents, veterans, the Opportunity Foundation, teen-agers and adults," commented Heather Richards, Community Development Director and Project Manager for the Sam Johnson Park Improvement Project.
"The final design of this effort is a collaboration of this community and is representative of Redmond's spirit of working together, caring for each other and promoting family."
The project's goal is 100% inclusivity, meaning that everyone can participate in the play and use of the playground, regardless of age and physical abilities. With that commitment to inclusivity most of the playground will be custom-designed.
Since the equipment needs to be custom-designed to accommodate the inclusive play features, the project team felt that it was an opportunity to build a playground that is representative of and unique to Redmond.
The concept involves a long rock wall with an accessible ramp on one side representing the walls of the Dry Canyon and geological formation of the nearby Smith Rock State Park.
Slides representing water outfalls will come off of the rock wall. Bridges will connect nearby structures to the rock wall and provide an accessible route onto other equipment.
The rock wall will host caves with petroglyphs and interpretive panels describing the different layers of rock found in the wall and the types of animals that inhabit the canyon.
All of the equipment and structures will be custom-designed to represent the geological and ecological habitat of the Redmond Dry Canyon and Smith Rock.
Mature trees on the site shall be retained. Different age programming will flow seamlessly. Amenities will be available for all age groups. Shade, benches, water fountains, bicycle racks, etc. will be provided.
Funding for this project is predominantly private donations and grants. With the recent announcement from the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department regarding the $210,000 grant, the project team feels confident that the project will be installed over the winter and open for use next Spring, 2014.
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The Scott Henderson Memorial Scholarship concert features the most outstanding students from the Applied Music Program at Cerritos College. The scholarship was established by the Cerritos College Music Department in memory of long-time music faculty Scott Henderson... Link to the full story about concert
Cerritos College to Offer Free Engineering Technology Classes to Area High School Students
The Cerritos College Pathway Programs will be offering free Project Lead the Way (PLTW) engineering classes for High School students in summer 2014. The program is open to students from the Paramount Unified School District, Downey Unified School District... Link to the full story about engineering technology
Cerritos College Hosts Integrative Workshop on the Convergence of Biology and Engineering Design
Workshops are organized by the CTE Counselors and Teacher TRAC staff to engage instructors, improve student learning, and increase educational effectiveness. The workshops focus on integrative teaching and learning on campus and in the classrooms... Link to the full story about integrative workshop
Theatre Department to Hold Auditions for The Boys from Syracuse
The Cerritos College Theatre Department will be holding auditions for The Boys from Syracuse. If cast, actors will be required to enroll at Cerritos College to perform. Detailed instructions and information about available roles are available... Link to the full story about auditions
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August 19, 2015: I'm always happy to help folks get out of debt because I've been there and know how terrible it feels. Check out my advice in 11 Tips for Paying Off More Than $100,000 in Debt.
August 5, 2015: I was asked to give advice to a presidential hopeful who has serious credit card debt: How Scott Walker Can Fix His Credit Card Troubles. This story will also run in Money magazine. I'll update this when I know which issue.
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July 2015 issue: I gave advice in How to Correct Credit Report Errors. This is really important because errors can drag down your credit score. The link takes you to the online version, but you can also find it in the July 2015 issue of the magazine.
Podcast: How Do We Fix It?
June 10, 2015: I was honored to be one of the first guests on this hot new podcast hosted by veteran journalists Richard Davies and Jim Meigs. The show is unique, informative, and just plain fun. Check out my segment: Episode #3: Fixing Credit Card Debt.
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June 9, 2015: The Debt Escape Plan was featured in this segment: How to Get Out of Debt. The Consumer Reporter, Linda Baquero, did a wonderful job on this.
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May 2015 issue: In the story, 101 Ways to Build Wealth, a debt payoff strategy from my book, The Debt Escape Plan, is no. 19: Start Small to Pay Off Big Debt. How cool is that? It's in the current issue and I'll provide a link when it's available online.
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May 18, 2015: I taped a segment about one of my favorite topics, which is keeping young people out of credit card debt. CNN Newsource has over 900 affiliates and this segment has been shown in a huge number of major media markets. Here's the video as shown by 3 On Your Side, CBS Philly: Advice for Grads Looking to Build Credit.
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David Robinson is a Hall of Famer, again
Former San Antonio Spurs center David Robinson was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame for the second time on Friday, this time as a part of the 1992 US Men's National Basketball team. You may know them by their nickname, The Dream Team. The 1960 Men's National team was also inducted.
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Memorial Day weekend is upon us, and for most that means beach, sun and water sports. For us, however, that means big summer movies are officially here. Whether accurate or not, Hollywood views box office totals from this weekend to predict how the summer will go like Punxsutawney, Penn., uses a groundhog's shadow to forecast winter's end.
This doesn't always hold up. Despite last year's Memorial Day box office haul being the lowest in 17 years, Hollywood still had one of its most profitable summers ever. The following five movies will tell you one thing about what type of movies do well over Memorial Day: huge action-adventure sequels.
Opening this weekend, 'The Hangover: Part II' and 'Kung Fu Panda 2,' have the "huge" and "sequel" parts down. But they'll be trying to break into the list as the only raunchy comedy and animated film in the top five. Can they do it? Read the breakdown and decide.
5. 'The Day After Tomorrow'
Opening Gross: $85,807,341
Total Gross: $186,740,799
Opening in 2004, the 'The Day After Tomorrow' is the only non-sequel to make the list. Yet it fulfills all of the other requirements: huge budget, special effects, adventure and a PG-13 rating so families can enjoy it together. Plus, it's sort of a sequel to 'Independence Day'; they're both end-of-the-world scenarios directed by Roland Emmerich and feature a Quaid brother. While it killed at the box office, it failed to win over critics or make Jake Gyllenhaal an action star.
4. 'The Lost World: Jurassic Park'
Opening Gross: $90,161,880
Total Gross: $229,086,679
'The Lost World: Jurassic Park' may be one of the lesser films in Steven Spielberg's catalog, but it's arguably the best movie on this list and an overall enjoyable sequel. It's also the oldest (1997) blockbuster in the top five and put then–critical darlings Vince Vaughn and Julianne Moore on mainstream America's radar.
3. 'X-Men: The Last Stand'
Opening Gross: $122,861,157
Total Gross: $234,362,462
The third film in the series, 'X-Men: The Last Stand' divides a lot of fans. After directing the first two, Bryan Singer dropped out to helm 'Superman Returns,' and 'Rush Hour' director Brett Ratner stepped in. The result may have been a more mainstream interpretation than superfans wanted, but that broad appeal sure helped it at the 2006 Memorial Day box office.
2. 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'
Opening Gross: $126,917,373
Total Gross: $317,101,119
Released in 2008, 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' is the fourth entry in the series and the second Steven Spielberg–helmed movie on this list. It's also the most recent. For that reason, there may still be a bitter taste from it in many readers' mouths. The CGI monkeys, aliens and Shia LeBeouf were a little too much for many critics and audiences to take. Still, everyone had to go see it for themselves.
1. 'Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End'
Opening Gross: $139,802,190
Total Gross: $309,420,425
To demonstrate how Memorial Day weekend really does drive moviegoers, last weekend 'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides' pulled in only $90,151,958. Opening in 2007, 'At World's End' continues to be the biggest movie to open over this holiday. You can attribute it to the downturn of the economy since then, or to the momentum the series had from 2006's 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.' Whatever the case, it's still the top dog to beat this weekend.
The Day After Tomorrow
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X-Men: The Last Stand
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
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50 Cent brings back the chills with TDE's new artist and songstress
SZA on the remix video for SZA's single "Teen Spirit".
Be on the lookout for Fifty Cent's Street King Immortal which does not have a release date, but the G-Unit chief has been working on a new body of work for release in January. He told The Huffington Post that it's more than a mixtape and includes all original material "inspired in a whole other direction."
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Police arrested an associate minister at a St. Tammany Parish church Wednesday for trying to pay an underage girl for sex, authorities said Friday.
Brown is an associate minister of Starlight Missionary Baptist Church at 2100 Second St., Slidell.
The Rev. Shovie Ducre, the church's pastor, said he had not been aware of the charges against Brown until a reporter notified him about them Friday.
The case was reported to Slidell Police on July 20 and Brown was arrested on July 28, Swann said.
Police did not release Brown's age or address and refused to say which church he was affiliated with.
Brown was booked into the St. Tammany Parish jail in Covington with indecent behavior with a juvenile and soliciting for prostitution.


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Peter Jennings: 1938-2005
Covering World Leaders, Wars and 9/11—and Then Battling Lung Cancer—the Anchorman Displayed Courage Under Fire
Ever since April 5, when Jennings—with characteristic aplomb—announced on his final World News Tonight telecast that he had cancer, friends, colleagues, even rivals had been impressed by the urbane newsman's quiet, steely courage and his unfaltering grace. "I was always stunned when I visited him," says Ken Auletta, The New Yorker magazine columnist and a close friend of Jennings's. "He was competitive. He was going to fight it. He was dignified. He would even walk you to the door because he was just a gentleman. One time he was too exhausted by the chemo, so he didn't do it, but he was still upbeat." Part of the credit for that unflagging optimism goes to Kayce. "She's just been fantastic," says Barbara Walters. "She protected him."
"Kayce was always there bucking him up, making him smile," says Auletta of Freed, a former 20/20 producer whom Jennings wed in 1997, two years after his divorce from third wife Marton, ABC's former Bonn bureau chief and the mother of Jennings's children—Elizabeth, 25, and Christopher, 23. Both were at their father's bedside when he died—as they had been since his diagnosis in April. Elizabeth returned from South Africa, where she had been working for an AIDS foundation, and Christopher returned to Manhattan after graduating from Wesleyan in May; Jennings was too ill to attend. "Peter was heartbroken that he couldn't be there," says Walters.
Clearly the cancer treatment was taking its toll on Jennings. He underwent a bout of chemo in April, followed by radiation therapy and then one final course of chemo, which ended just before his birthday on July 29. "He was very weak for much of the time," says Barrie Dunsmore, a former ABC News correspondent and godfather to Christopher. "It was hard to communicate very much on the phone. The loss of voice was a function of the lung cancer, and he was having difficulty breathing."
On one of Jennings's rare visits to the ABC offices, colleagues were startled by just how frail he looked. "He was noticeably thinner," says one staffer; he had lost perhaps 20 lbs. "But incredibly," notes one staffer, "he didn't lose any of his hair."
The afternoon following his death, Jennings's colleagues at ABC held a 20-minute memorial in the newsroom. The service "was very emotional," says Bert Rudman, a producer for ABC News. An image of Jennings filled the set's huge video wall. "Everybody who was in the ABC building gathered there at about 3 o'clock," recounts Rudman, who estimates that a few hundred people turned out. Dr. Timothy Johnson, ABC News's medical editor and a long-time friend of Jennings's, told the staff that "he had died peacefully with dignity," according to Rudman. The memorial ended with a standing ovation for Jennings. "The applause lasted about three minutes," says Walters. Adds Rudman: "No one wanted to leave the room after it was over."
For many, it was hard to accept that Jennings himself had left. "People compared him to James Bond," says one ABC News correspondent, "and it's not just because he had such style and grace. It's also because he seemed so indestructible. This was a guy who'd been in war zones"—from Vietnam in the '60s to Bosnia in the '90s—"and natural disasters, and he just came through looking cool and collected."
That composure even extended to the way he fought the cancer. As the show's managing editor, Jennings continued to work behind the camera to make sure WNT remained up to his exacting standards. "He would get on our conference call every morning at 9 in a raspy voice," says senior broadcast producer Tom Nagorski. "It frustrated him, I think, that he couldn't be more engaged, but we valued every word."
"He was treated with so much affection and dignity at a time when he must have known he wasn't going back to his job," says friend and colleague Ted Koppel. "He continued to be the living embodiment of ABC News until the day he died."
Before his illness, Jennings (whom his late boss Roone Arledge dubbed "Prickly Pete") was renowned for running a tight ship. "Quite honestly, he pushed people hard," says Jake Tapper, a correspondent in ABC's Washington bureau, "but it almost always made the work better."
To his public, he could be utterly charming. At one of his favorite Manhattan restaurants, Café des Artistes, he would occasionally stun other diners by playfully posing as a waiter. "He was very real and not full of himself," says the restaurant's manager, Brian Zipin.
Jennings was just as comfortable for the past 15 years feeding hot meals to people living on the streets. "His evening broadcast would end at 7 and he would literally run over from the studio to St. Bart's church and jump on the food van, and we were off," says Mary Brosnahan Sullivan, executive director of New York City's Coalition for the Homeless, one of the many charities Jennings actively supported. "One time when the van broke down, he just got out and pushed to jump-start it. He was just so down-to-earth. It really pulled at him to see people with nothing."
Not that the Toronto-born Jennings sprang from humble roots. His father, Charles, a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation executive, helped him leap into radio at age 9 as host of a half-hour weekly children's show. He was considerably less motivated as a student, dropping out of high school after his junior year. The lack of a high school diploma haunted Jennings the rest of his life. He resolved to educate himself, reading voraciously. "I have never spent a day in my adult life where I didn't learn something," he told The New York Times. "And if there is a born-again quality to me, that is it."
Jennings's encyclopedic brain, poise and good looks helped him rise swiftly through the broadcasting ranks. At 25, as anchor of Canada's first commercial network news show, he was covering the 1964 Democratic Convention in Atlantic City when ABC News recruited the dapper young newsman to anchor its then-15-minute evening newscast. Up against CBS's Walter Cronkite and NBC's Huntley and Brinkley, Jennings proved a ratings disaster. Aware of his inexperience, he spent the next 15-plus years gaining street cred as a roving foreign correspondent for ABC. He opened the first U.S. TV news bureau in the Middle East, scoring exclusives with PLO leader Yasir Arafat and Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini (then exiled in Paris) before moving on to head ABC's London bureau.
By 1983 he was back in New York and in the coveted anchor seat, succeeding the late Frank Reynolds, and over the next 10 years he propelled World News Tonight to No. 1 over rivals Tom Brokaw and Dan Rather.
He pushed himself hard too. For ABC's Millennium 2000 coverage, Jennings was on the air for 25 hours straight. On 9/11 he stayed with the coverage nonstop into the following day. Yet he remained a globe-trotting correspondent at heart. "I think I'll never stop traveling the world," he told Larry King in 2004. "I love it, I love it, I love it." So his absence from on-location coverage of the tsunami last December surprised viewers and colleagues alike. "He thought he had the flu," Barbara Walters told Larry King. "He was shocked and amazed he had lung cancer."
Once the realization had sunk in, "he knew that he had an uphill battle," says ABC News president David West-in. "There were a series of things that needed to be done in the [radiation and chemotherapy] treatment, but he wasn't catching a break. He wasn't getting better, and we knew at some point that it was not good news."
Still, there were moments of respite. On July 29 Kayce lured Jennings outside their Bridgehampton, N.Y., home, where he could see a plane high above trailing a banner that read: Happy Birthday, Peter—love from all at World News Tonight. "He got on the speakerphone, and we sang "Happy Birthday" and applauded him," says West-in, "and he said how proud he was of how they'd carried on even when he wasn't there." The celebration continued with his children planting a tree for him. "Some jazz musicians from a charity concert he sponsored showed up and played for him," says Kati Marton, "and he really rallied."
He was still in good spirits four days before his death, when Marton visited her ex-husband for the last time. As she was about to depart, "I stood in the door as he dozed off and just watched him," she says, "and had a sense this might be our last visit. He opened his eyes and caught me looking at him. So typical of him, like I got ya—I see you,' " says Marton. "Then he blew me a kiss. I think he thought there'd be other visits." Marton pauses. "There will never be another such man in any of our lives," she says.
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My nose never seems to pick up differences from one batch to another in any fragrance.
Thread: Batch variations other houses...
OK, I have been following a tragically funny thread about batch numbers of Creed Aventus, and another thread I started about variations in Amouage Tribute. SO... How often have you run into this? Any other houses/frags do this to you? am NOT talking about reformulations here...we all know they mostly suck...I mean variations within current batches. I suppose like a food recipe, freshness of ingredients, and variations in growing conditions can cause the dish not to taste the same from one time to the next..
Last edited by Possum-Pie; 5th October 2012 at 12:10 AM.
I have a TON of Full Bottles/Decants/Samples for trade/sale. Montale, Oud Oils, Amouage, Mancera, Penhaligon's
My nose never seems to pick up differences from one batch to another in any fragrance.
A lot probably comes down to Creed owners projecting onto their very high-end purchases. Kinda like trying out two frags, one you own and another you don't, and arguing yourself into preferring the one you own even if they're identical, just because doing otherwise degrades your own purchase decision. Moreso with premium houses. Throw in complex scents that may change with the wearer, unknown storage and transport processes, and I usually believe believe this whole "batch" thing is just a normal machination of premium-paying fans.
But that's just me. I've never run into any strange differences that aren't likely attributed to simple age/handling/common cold symptoms.
Never experienced it or heard of it outside Creed frags and the recent Amouage Tribute & Homage batch variations.
I've noticed differences in fragrances, I'd assume though these exist because of reformulations or because of the different age/storage of the bottles. I have 2 bottles each of Gentleman and Mitsouko and they all seem to smell slightly different. Smell good though, so no complaints.
I tend to think it is mostly psychological, but all the universal consensus with Creed lately does make me wonder. I'd love to see a double-blind study where all the batches of Aventus were lined up, and see if people can actually pick out the variants. I know our noses can play tricks on us...I have sprayed myself with a cologne I own, and said, that just doesn't smell right today. the next week...it's fine again.
I have a TON of Full Bottles/Decants/Samples for trade/sale. Montale, Oud Oils, Amouage, Mancera, Penhaligon's
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I smell batch variations in every house. It's more discernable when there's more natural ingredients in the scent. It's just the nature of raw materials vary from year to year, and even month to month. It's something noses' and perfume houses have dealt with since the first perfume ever made.
It's just impossible not to have batch variations. There's nothing psychological about it at all. Talk with any nose, it's common knowledge.
I just got a new bottle of Invasion Barbare, and it's much lighter and transparent than my previous bottle. In fact it's so different, I don't even care for it too much. Now my old bottle with just a little remaining still blowns my mind. It packs a wallop, and the new one is wimpy, and smells like a reformulation, and it's probably not one.
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Interestingly, I remember threads where BNoters have commented that after some time (and some 'oxidation'), their bad batches of Creed Aventus improve!


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The Gold Door has been in Portland, Oregon's historic Hawthorne district since the early 90's. It has since become a landmark and prominent shopping destination.
Our staff travels to exotic lands seeking beautiful and unusual jewelry, fine, folk and ethnographic art to share with all who venture in. Step through the door and discover for yourself where a world of mystery and beauty abound.
The Gold Door first opened in the early 90's in Portland, Oregon's historic Hawthorne neighborhood as an antique mall. We are now one of the Pacific Northwest's leading resources for gemstone jewelry, including many original, one of a kind designer pieces. We also sell folk, tribal and devotional art from all over the world. We literally travel to the ends of the earth to find irresistible and exotic treasures to tempt our customers!
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Juice of 1 lime
4 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
¼ cup red onion, finely chopped
Salt and Pepper to taste
Slice avocados in half lengthwise by cutting into the avocado and running knife around pit. Just twist the 2 halves and it should come right apart. Spoon out the pit. Using a spoon, scoop out the meat of the avocados and place in a bowl. Mash avocado with fork or potato masher. Add lime juice, garlic, onion, salt and pepper. Mix well. Serve immediately with tortilla chips.
*To keep leftovers from turning brown, press plastic wrap onto surface of dip making sure there are no air bubbles and store in refrigerator.
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On Sunday 6th September 2009, a French birdwatcher and photographer named Didier Domec was out in wetlands by the Nivelle river, near St Jean de Luz on the Basque coast.
He had placed his hide near a perch he'd put up a few weeks before, with the aim of photographing ospreys on migration. Right on cue, an osprey approached; he noticed it was wearing an aerial.
After some unsuccessful fishing attempts.....
The bird settled on the perch right in front of him. Now he could read its ring - white, with a black PM.
Startled by a boat, the osprey flew off.........
Past this mountain, La Rhune, and over the border into Spain.
When he got home, Didier Domec set about finding out where the osprey had come from. He posted details of the sighting, and some of the photos, on the website Faune-Aquitaine.org, a database of bird sightings run by the Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux (LPO) in the region.
The webmasters started surfing, and soon found the RSPB site, where they were able to identify Mallachie. Didier then joined the RSPB community, under his internet name of Xalbai, and posted his photos, originally on this thread
Xalbai's last two photos of Mallachie, and his story of how he came to take the photos.....
I'm very happy to have the opportunity to meet the rspb community and to please them with my photos. I've dreamed to take photos like that for more than 1 year. That's why in August, with a friend of mine, I set up a dead tree near the NIVELLE river as a perch for osprey during the migration. When I saw Mallachie I hide myself near the perch....10 minutes later, she came to perch,10 meters of my position...When I saw the antenna and the ring, I was sure she was an osprey "VIP". The members of "Faune-Aquitaine" a French website, helped me to find you in order to let you know how she is getting on. This is a beautiful story. It was for me a moment of emotion. Very many thanks..
Thansk Sue C for putting all the photos together have them saved in my favourites now so I can access them quickly when I want a Mallachie fix. It has been a real bonus for us and what wonderful photos Didier has taken.
Many thanks SueC for putting theses photos on the one page. I havent been able to see them all over the last few days so this is very welcome. They are absolutely brilliant.
Thanks Margobird & wendymac
I've just noticed - it looks as if Mallachie is "taking a bow" at the end doesn't it?
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Thanks Margobird & wendymac
I've just noticed - it looks as if Mallachie is "taking a bow" at the end doesn't it?
Now that you mention it Yes it does. Wonder if she does autographs!
Not long home from work - noticed that GE is not yet updated and came to this page hungry for Mallachie. A wonderful page, Sue, thank you so much for putting it together.
Fantastic photo's from Xalbai, well done!!! you have excelled yourself.
Agree with the rest of those on this page, thank you Sue for putting them altogether.
Thanks from me, also, Sue. What great pictures, more than we could have hoped for, ever. Extra thanks of course to Xalbai, you are a star!
My favourite is the shot from below where Mallachie is looking directly into the lens. She must have known she was on camera. What a star! (Xalbai too, of course).


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Horsepower per liter - it is serious business!
By FastestLaps, 5 years ago
At some point or another, you have likely encountered someone chiming on about an NA engines horsepower per liter - it is inevitable whenever an engine produces 100 hp/l or more. But what is the significance of this interesting little figure?
To sum it up, there really is none. hp/l has as little significance to performance as the storage capacity of your cars boot.
hp/l is not even necessarily directly associated with engine weight. Less displacement and more revs is just one of the many ways to go after big power. Some manufacturers choose high displacement, some go with forced induction, and others opt for high revs. They can all make equal power and they can all (for the most part) be packaged to weigh the same. The choice often comes down to the manufacturers goals for the characteristics of the engine (and their chassis space constraints).
BMW has had no trouble in the past producing NA engines that make more than 100hp/l. But they have recently decided to go with forced induction. I assume, they have chosen to go this route because they feel it is the most appropriate approach to meet their goals.
At the same time, Ferrari and Porsche know that their customers expect high revving engines that rush to within an inch of their life to reach their screaming redline.
In contrast, a powerful Mercedes isn't a true Mercedes to many without displacing more than 5 litres and/or sporting the barely audible whine of a blower or a pair of turbochargers.
A small displacement NA motor can actually have its disadvantages. The power is very often much more peaky than most modern FI and large displacement engines. It can feel gutless down low and make day to day city driving a PITA.
So why do people go on and on about NA hp/l? Well, it is often viewed as an engineering marvel - a way for followers to brag about their favourite brands engineering prowess.
What some people often don't consider is how common place high hp/l in a NA engine really is. Look at most any modern bike manufacturer and you would be hard pressed to find one where their sportier versions make less than 100hp/l. I know, I know, its a bike, but the same principal stands. In fact, bikes have managed to make over 100hp/l for years even with carburettors. Fact of the matter is: Honda, BMW, Ferrari, Porsche, VW/Audi/Lamborghini, and several others have all produced production engines with more than 100hp/l.
There is no doubt that producing an NA engine that makes a lot of hp with little displacement is tricky. It takes a perfectly honed intake system and a top end setup that can squeeze every last bit out of the little displacement that is offered. But, it can be equally difficult to make a reliable high hp engine that makes use of forced induction.
Fact of the matter is, a powerful forced induction motor can actually be trickier. You have to deal with more moving parts, a significantly hotter engine bay, and everything needs to be even more stout to deal with the additional stress that FI puts on an engines internals.
Ultimately, it comes down to a manufacturers personal taste. The technology to make an engine produce a lot of power with very little displacement has been around for a while, but it is not something many manufacturers or consumers want in an engine.
I don't expect this to change anyone's opinion as many of the people that hold hp/l in high regard are not easily swayed. I mean only to present my own take on the matter, as it is commonly brought up at one time or another.
What is your take on hp/l?
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hemisrt 3 years ago
saxy 3 years ago
@voice of doom.
Performance doesn't neccesarily come in the form of acceleration numbers. MPG is too. For all I know, if a long top gear allows high MPG, then so be it.
Everywhere in the world is harping on emissions. That's fact, and every manufacturer is thinking about it.
The laugh is NOT about about HP/l. It's this cheesy hybrid business of extreme hypercars claiming low emissions so that they meet certain standards when in fact most people driving those cars won't ACTUALLY meet those standards. The electric mode of the Mclaren P1 lasts only a few miles, and I don't know how much does the Laferrari. Now THATs a loophole. And no wonder everyone's using it. These cars now can claim acceleration numbers with all the max juiced up. However they don't tell you how quickly that juice is gone, another exageration of performance.
The voice of Doom 3 years ago
If you want to see how HP is developed from each country of manufacture, i.e. big OHV V8 / small OHC VVT / Turbo, then all you need to do is look at the cost of fuel and cc tax, in the country of export. The ''laugh'' is, when Chevy build a V8 with gearing SOOOOOOO long in top, to sell on mpg. by exploiting the ''average'' MPG loophole. How can that ridiculous top gear be for performance? No, they are concealing a design shortcoming.
The law (according to physics is) OHC kicks OHV, because of less mass losses, 4 Valves per cylinder kicks 2, because although mass losses are greater, the VE improvement more than compensates. Turbo kicks all because both VE and thermal losses are reduced.
But in the end, it's all about how much your country charges at the pump that dictates the level of technology / HP.
Don't start me on secondary safety and weight gain!
Nor ''lean burn'' and efficiency vs pollution (Nox.) and public opinion. (where in the USA political agenda becomes scientific fact via the fox news network)
Shaggy 4 years ago
@ Future: Back to reality, please, you're either living in the future or a fantasy world, opposing magnetron forces?, really?, maybe in another 100 years or so. Fossil fuels will be around for at least the rest of my life, and I'm only 28 years old.
Shaggy 4 years ago
I judge an engine's power output by 2 standards to gauge whether it's a powerful engine for its size, the old method, horsepower per cubic inch, and the newer standard, horsepower per liter, if the engine's power output is more than, the same as, or even a little less than its displacement in cubic inches, it's a powerful engine for its size, if the horsepower is more, equal to, or even a little less than 100 horsepower per liter, it's a very powerful engine for its size.
Andy Onnomous 4 years ago
some cars are built to be push rods and others to be DOHC, but as much as people make fun of them I've seen more than one small displacement push rod take on a turbo DOCH and win, but don't judge a cars output by its 1970's era emission control system
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future 4 years ago
cars of the future will use opposing magnetron forces within a wave field. Clear ones mind of fossil fuels
Apathy 4 years ago
"engine that is the same displacement, but has dohc vtc cam gears and some form of controlling the valve timing"
Just noticed this gem from "c00l"
VTC and some form of valve timing control?
Ever heard of a thing called vvt?
Ford actually has an extremely advanced vvt system.
Also, I already own a dohc supercharged V8 Ford. I'd be willing to gamble that it's quicker than anything you've owned before too...
Speaking of my Ford (and not directed to cool). I'm really tempted to sell it come next fall and getting another LS car. The mod motors are just a PITA to work on and I kinda miss my old c5.
BR2, 4 years ago
You know somebody's an expert when they call a pushrod motor a SOHC and a F430 engine 4.6 liters....
LOL I was gonna point that out...but i thought i would let him correct himself LOL
Honestly where do these people come from? Surrey? lol
Jeff B 4 years ago
You know somebody's an expert when they call a pushrod motor a SOHC and a F430 engine 4.6 liters....
NIN 4 years ago
The fact that the ls engines from gm use pushrod sohc setups is a joke.
Pushrod SOHC?....strike 1.
I have a really hard time believing that you have an accurate weight on the f430 4.6L v8
F430 4.6L?...Strike 2.
I'd rather have the highest end inline 4 or inline 6 than a low end or average v8 regardless of which makes more power...
...and we're done.
Apathy 4 years ago
@ cool
What's a pushrod sohc motor?
My old c5 made ~440whp thanks to better heads, cam, and other goodies. I never had any trouble with a ferrari at the track. Not bad for old tech.
I wouldn't want dohc or vtc on an ls engine. A simple cam swap on my c5 netted 50whp and took me a little over an hour. New cams in my dohc 03 cobra would take me a whole afternoon and net me virtually nothing.
Ps, I've owned hondas and dsms in the past. Not really my cup of tea.
And please keep your angry inaccurate prepubescent insults to yourself.
Thank you
BR2, 4 years ago
The Engine weight of a F430
F430 451Lbs
C6 LS3 432Lbs
R8 V8 492Lbs
V8 Vantage 456Lbs
As tested By Road&Track in there Exotic V8 Comparo V8 To Creston lineup.
However, i hear the Weight of the C6 ZO6 LS7 is 442Lbs from LS1Tech.
And a Stock F430 will not beat a stock ZO6 in any Acceleration type, that has been proven, fastest 1/4 mile was email@example.com by MotorTrend in there 2006 October Issue(3.4s 0-60mph, 7.4s 0-100mph, Fastest F430 time was also by MotorTrend firstname.lastname@example.com(0-60mph 3.7s, 0-100Mph 7.8s) Also fastest 0-150mph times of 17.0 Zo6, and 23.7 F430, So please, dont say the F430 will beat a ZO6 when the fact is it will not(Best For Best)Same outcome on the track.
And like E said, what is Low Tech about a Corvette engine?
c00l 4 years ago
I have a really hard time believing that you have an accurate weight on the f430 4.6L v8... Not to mention I that the 505hp rating on the zo6 is an inflated number to the crank... The stock f430 will beat a new z06 in a 1/4 mile by a few tenths of a second, but that isn't really what it was built for obviously. It will really outshine the vette in a road race where power band and the ability to rev higher longer really comes into play...
Honestly though I do agree that it is important to look at hp/weight of the engine, and in that regard some of the low tech pushrod v8s are not too shabby. I look at it as a trade off though. With domestics you get an average v8 where with a lot of other cars you get a smaller less desirable engine, but it is the best of its kind. I'd rather have the highest end inline 4 or inline 6 than a low end or average v8 regardless of which makes more power...
E 4 years ago
LS7, 505 hp, ~450 lbs
F430, 490 hp, ~450 lbs
What's low tech?
Don't forget that road cars don't race competitively and that makers choose how much hp they want. The Corvette has 505 hp because GM wanted 505 hp, not because they got every hp/L out of it.
c00l 4 years ago
Another thing to keep in mind. When lambo builds an engine they don't make it 2 valves per cylinder with push rods and nothing to control the valves. Clearly hp/l is not an end all say all stat. If you really understand cars, then you realize there is no end all stat that is the final say in how fast a car/engine is. Domestic fans have their panties in a bunch because although they are right to a point, they realize their engines are low tech. The fact that the ls engines from gm use pushrod sohc setups is a joke. I would love for this Apathy domestic dick rider to seriously come on here and tell me that he wouldn't rather have an ls engine that is the same displacement, but has dohc vtc cam gears and some form of controlling the valve timing to create an engine that puts out more hp/l than the curent ls engine. Simply put, if you are designing a high performance engine hp/l does matter.
I know the new 5.0 is an exception, but most domestics could be a lot faster with some technological upgrades with head and cam design...
Not to mention the fact that building a v8 costs a shit ton more than a smaller displacement engine with high hp/l .
The extra 100-175lbs a v8 has is a bigger issue than some of you think. I say that, because this is not dead weight along for the ride. Some of this is weight from things such as more and longer rods, more and wider pistons, and a beefier crankshaft to handle the harmonic vibrations a v8 produces. This makes a big difference in
not completely true 4 years ago
displacement is definitely going to have an impact on efficiency i.e. mpg. It's not that you can't be faster with an engine with less hp/L but it does say a lot about how high performance your engine is...
lamboboy 5 years ago
It all really comes down to the Manufacturer and vehicle personality. A Ferrari is not a Ferrari without a high revving engine and a Viper is not a Viper without a low revving engine. In the end it gives each car its own unique appeal and a personality. I think both are great but i mostly prefer the high-revving types.
Unknown 5 years ago
Perfect example with three engines:
All three engines are made from the same block, heads, intake, exhaust, etc. The only thing different being the internals.
1) 8.5 compression pistons, short stroke
2) 10.5 compression pistons short stroke
3) 8.5 compression pistons, long stroke crank.
Engine 3 makes the same power as 2, and engine 1 makes 3/4's the power of 2 and 3. All three use very basic technology, and there's certainly nothing advanced about higher compression pistons, at least not in comparison to a longer stroke. Even though engine 2 has a higher hp/l than the stroked engine 3, niether is more advanced than the other.


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