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In this movie I'll show you how to repeat a complex sequence of transformations, including Rotating, Scaling, and Duplicating, using the Dynamic Transform effect. Specifically, we'll take this lone triangle right here, and we'll turn it into a nautilus shell. And just about everything you're seeing is the result of the Transform effect. The only thing that's really there is that triangle right there in the center. And I can confirm that by pressing Ctrl+Y or Cmd+Y on the Mac to switch to the Outline mode, and there is modified version of that triangle.
So, let me show you how it works. Go ahead and switch back to the original triangle here. And the first thing we want to do is create a spiral guide, just so we have a sense of where we're going. So I will press Ctrl+0 or Cmd+0 on the Mac in order to zoom out from the document, and I will click and hold on the Line tool, and choose the Spiral tool from the flyout menu. I just happen to know the settings that work best for this illustration. So I will go ahead and click inside the document window to bring up the Spiral dialog box. We want a Radius of 910 points, a Decay of 86.5%, and a total of 24 segments, and the Style should be this first one here; that spiral is in a counterclockwise direction.
Then, go ahead and click OK. And that ends up coming in at the wrong angle, so we need rotate it by double-clicking on the Rotate tool, and entering an Angle value of 180 degrees, and then click OK. All right! Now, to move the spiral into the proper location, I will switch to the Black Arrow tool, and I'll drag this guy until he snaps into alignment with these two guidelines right there. So just a little bit to the left of the triangle. Now, let's convert the spiral to a guide by going up to the View menu, choosing Guide, and then choosing Make Guides. Or, you can press Ctrl+5 or Cmd+5 on a Mac. All right! Now, I want you to zoom way in on that triangle by Ctrl+Spacebar or Cmd+Spacebar- dragging around it, and then press the A key to switch to the White Arrow tool.
And you know what? I want to zoom in even farther here, so I have a better sense of what's going on. And right about there is an anchor point, so go ahead and find it in any way you can, and then drag it up until it snaps into alignment with the spiral, and then go ahead and drag this one down until it snaps into alignment as well. I might scoot this over just a little bit, and now we're going to go ahead and redraw the bottom of the triangle. So, go ahead and marquee that bottom segment and then press the Backspace key on the PC or the Delete key on the Mac to get rid of it.
Now switch to the Pen tool, which of course you can get by pressing the P key, and drag down it to the left from the right-hand anchor point and then up into the left from the left-hand anchor point. All Right! Now, I will press the A key to switch back to the White Arrow tool and I will go ahead, and drag these guys into better alignment like so. And now, we need to test how things are looking. So I'll go ahead and zoom out a little bit so that we can see more of the spiral. And I will press the V key in order to switch to the Black Arrow tool and I will go ahead and click on the triangle to select it.
And the next thing you want to do--this may seem strange-- but it just gives us more flexibility in the long run. You want to go up to the Object menu and choose the Group command. And I know there's nothing to group the triangle with at this point; you are grouping it with itself. But, what you're doing is you're placing it into a container. Then we'll apply the Dynamic Effect to that container, and that way, if we want to add things to the Dynamic Effect, we can just add them to the group. So I will go ahead and choose the command, or press Ctrl+G or Cmd+G on the Mac. Now then, with the group selected--and you should see the word Group on the far left side of the Control panel--go up to the Effect menu, choose Distort & Transform, and then choose Transform. Or, if you've loaded dekeKeys, you can just press Ctrl+E or Cmd+E on the Mac.
Now, the distance between these two lines of the triangle--that is, the angle of the top of the triangle--happens to be 30 degrees. So go ahead and dial in 30 degrees for the Angle value, and then turn on the Preview checkbox. You'll see the triangle rotate around its center, which is not what we want. Instead, we want to rotate it around its top. So, go ahead and select this top point inside the reference point matrix. Now, if there is one downside to working with the Transform effect, it's that you only have this much control over the origin of your transformation.
It would be nice if you could set a specific point, like right there at the intersection of those two guidelines. But, you can't. And we'll see how we have to work around that in the future. But for now, go ahead and select this point; it's our best bet. It's the top center of the bounding box incidentally. That's what it means. Now, I will go ahead and click on Horizontal Scale value, and I will press the up-arrow key, and that's going to increase the size of my triangle. I can't really tell however, because the number of copies is set to 0. So I'll go ahead and increase that Copies value quite a bit to something, like let's say 10 will work for now.
That will give us a sense of what we're able to accomplish here. And now I will click inside the Vertical Scale value and I will nudge it up as well by pressing the up-arrow key. And you can see how the triangle is rotating and growing at the same time. Now, if you haven't done so already, go ahead and turn on the Scale Strokes & Effects checkbox. Transform Objects should be turned on as well; we don't have any patterns. So, once you've entered these values, just go ahead and click OK in order to apply the effect. All right! Now notice that we've got kind of a gap at the center of this thing that we were creating.
And the reason that gap exists is because a Transform effect always takes into account the stroke. So, rather than rotating around the top anchor point, which would be ideal of course, it's rotating around the bounding box as I told you before, that includes the stroke. And so the center must not only be up here, but it must be slightly over to the right as well. Now, we can take care of part of that problem by adjusting the stroke, by tucking it inward. And you do that by clicking on the word Stroke up here in the Control panel and then changing the Align setting to Align Stroke to Inside in order to achieve that effect there. All right! That takes care of a lot of the problems, but not all of them.
We still have some further adjustments to make. And I will show you exactly how those adjustments work in the next movie.
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If so, Aunt Rita back in Hoboken will no doubt be saying, "I told you so." Though Pantoliano was never much interested in TV, he says Rita always told him that to become famous, "You gotta do a TV series. That's the only way." As for critics' charges that Fanelli is nothing more than a caricature of Italian-Americans, Pantoliano says the characters' ethnicity is irrelevant. The show, he says, "is all about the blue-collar struggle."
Paging through a family photo album in his two-bedroom Venice, Calif., home, Pantoliano reels off tales of characters in his past who had nicknames like Clarky (he had big ears like Clark Gable), Frankie the Hook (he had a bent finger) and Uncle Popeye (he resembled the cartoon sailor). His dad, Dominic, was called Monk, says Pantoliano, "because when he was born, he looked like a monkey." Monk, a paint company foreman, moved out when Joey was in his early teens; his mother's second cousin, Florio Isabella, then moved in and became a surrogate dad to Joey and his younger sister, Mary Ann.
Florio had just gotten out of the Atlanta federal pen after serving eight years for hijacking trucks. In Hoboken he got a legit job as a truck driver and made sure Joey didn't follow in his crooked footsteps. "He told me, 'If I ever find you doing anything wrong, I'll shoot you in both knees, and every time you take a step, you'll think of me.' " Pantoliano stayed clean.
Not that his family, especially mom Mary, who owned a deli, didn't sometimes sneak around the rules. When the phone company shut off service because of overdue bills, Mary would go through the obituaries and use the name of a dead person to start a new account. According to Joe, she ran numbers for the mob for two summers on the Jersey shore. A bingo fanatic, she often played 12 cards at once; when she died in 1982, her bag of bingo pieces was buried with her.
Never a stellar student, Joey left school when he was 18 to study acting in Manhattan. His mother was so outraged when he broke the news she wrestled him to the deli floor, rolling over fallen bags of potato chips. But she eventually bit for the idea and let him go. Pantoliano supported himself by waiting tables, sometimes getting a little help from his friends. When he needed to find a bike for under $30, his Jersey pals broke into a store and stole five 10-speeds "so I could have a choice of color."
His biggest theatrical success in New York City may have been noticing aspiring actress Morgan Kester in the audience of a play one night in 1976. They began dating and a few months later took off for Hollywood together. Good career move for Pantoliano, as it turned out. His credit list has been buoyed by a steady stream of roles in such films as The Idolmaker, Empire of the Sun, La Bamba and Midnight Run. His personal life hasn't quite kept pace however. Married in 1979, he and Kester had a son, Marco, in 1981, but divorced in 1985. "I loved her," Joe says, "but couldn't make it work." Marco (no nickname yet) lives with Kester in Seattle but spends three to four months each year with his father. "I adore him," says Joe.
No matter how much of a hit he becomes in Hollywood, Pantoliano will always keep an apartment in Hoboken. And his new girlfriend, model Nancy Sheppard, 27, whom he met on a blind date last year, says he still "has bargain-hunter written all over him." When his childhood chum Mike Lackowitz visited last year, Pantoliano dragged him out to buy a TV. "We went to this store, and Joey told me to park my rental car in front," says Lackowitz. "So we go in and argue and finally get them down $300. And then Joey wants it delivered today." Because no store truck was available, the only solution was to rent one themselves. Meanwhile, the illegally parked rental car had been towed. In the end, after claiming the car and getting the TV home, Lackowitz says the $300 savings had been pretty much wiped out.
"No way," protests Pantoliano. "The ticket on the car cost $50. The cab to get the car cost $10. The truck rental cost $25." Tallying the tab up like a scorecard, he says, "I still saved more than $200."
—Jeannie Park, Craig Tomashoff in Los Angeles
Onscreen or Off, the Fanelli Boys's Joe Pantoliano Never Pays Retail
Craig Tomashoff
updated 11/19/1990 AT 01:00 AM EST
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4.6 Room cleanliness
4.5 Service & staff
4.4 Room comfort
4.4 Hotel condition
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Good, comfortable hotelPosted Sep 5, 2016
We were attending a wedding at Kew Gardens so the hotel was very convenient. Check in staff could have been a little more attentive. Our room was a good size and was clean and comfortable. Service at breakfast was quite slow but food was good.
by A verified traveler from Bicester
Great hotel, short walk to Kew and lovelyPosted Aug 27, 2016
Pros: Loads! Location, room, bathroom, aircon, beds, pillows, breakfast, internet
Cons: No instructions for coffee maker, perhaps an assumption everyone knows how that model works...
Location: Kew very close by, which is on the Thames.
What a find! We needed a hotel, close to Chiswick for an early start assessment day. Lovely area, with views of Kew Green and, for London, surprisingly quiet. We had a ground floor room at the back (No.2) which was an ensuite twin. Not huge but quiet and overlooking the hotel garden. Lovely contemporary feel and modern 'rainfall' shower. Comfortable beds and pillows and big white fluffy towels. Effective, quiet, aircon. Coffee maker in room and a kettle, with a small fridge with very welcome fresh milk! Sky box and good internet. Lovely continental breakfast (included in our price) and further cooked options (e.g. eggs benedict for app £7.50 which I didn't have time to try. We were given access to the disabled bay in the car park underground the hotel, which was great. Lift up to reception. All in all, very good indeed and I would definately use again.
by Laura from Williamsport
A Gem on Kew GreenPosted Jul 1, 2016 on Hotels
When I first arrived, I was a little nervous about getting a room right above the pub, especially because the Euros were underway. Although you hear a bit of noise from that particular room (depending on the day), it was not a problem at all. This hotel feels comfortable yet luxurious from when you first step in the room. The amenities that I enjoyed the most included the numerous TV channels, air conditioning, free toiletries, stocked refrigerator, and the delicious breakfast (the Eggs Benedict was my favorite). It was also incredibly convenient for my purpose - researching at the National Archives. If that is not your goal in visiting, the hotel is a stone's throw from Kew Gardens and about a 10 minute walk from the Kew Gardens Station, which will take you to a number of locations in London and elsewhere. Don't forget to visit the pub/restaurant downstairs. The food was fantastic. This hotel really is a gem - from the friendly staff and welcoming atmosphere to the excellent food at the pub. I wish I could have stayed longer.
by John from Canberra
Kew Green GemPosted Jun 27, 2016 on Hotels
Very comfortable hotel, old world feel but newly decorated rooms with every facilty.
by Sue
Good choicePosted Jun 24, 2016 on Hotels
It is 5 minutes from Kew Bridge, and it was lovely to walk along the Thames on both sides. The breakfast in the hotel was very good, and there are some nice pubs and restaurants nearby, and along the Thames. It is 10 Minutes walk to Kew Green station, and there is good secure parking. Our room was very comfortable,clean and quiet, and we enjoyed our stay.
by Derek
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Posted Jun 21, 2016 on Hotels
Schönes Hotel, saubere Zimmer, leckeres Frühstück. Sehr hilfsbereite Dame an der Rezeption. Schade: Die U-Bahn-Station Kew Gardens ist ca. 7 min zu Fuß entfernt, also Anreise besser mit leichtem Gepäck. Alternativ: mit dem Bus fahren, eine Bushaltestelle ist in der Nähe.
by Sean
Kew Can't Go Wrong at Coach and HorsesPosted Jun 3, 2016 on Hotels
This place is awesome. The rooms are fairly spacious and the kitchen brings out a product that looks just as goods as it tastes.
by A verified traveler from Louisville, KY
Quiet and convenientPosted Jun 2, 2016
Pros: Off-street parking. Comfortable room. Welcoming staff.
Cons: Nothing
Location: Near Kew Gardens, the Kew parade, shops, etc.
In a busy city, this was a nice respite. Check-in and check-out were simple. The staff were friendly and helpful. The breakfast was top-notch.
by A verified traveler from Qualicum Beach , B. C. Canada
Wonderful locationPosted May 21, 2016
Pros: Just everything, it truly was wonderful.
Cons: Not one thing.
Location: We walked along the " Kew " Gardens, all the way to town, then along the River, then along a path to Ham Court. A simply wonderful, tiring day!
We loved our stay at this hotel. It oozed charm, and character. Staff was wonderful, helpful, and kind. Our room was just lovely, clean, lots of extras. Everything in our room was for our comfort. Above and beyond. We hated to leave ! The breakfast was spectacular. We would recommend it to all.


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Historical Traveler Reviews West County Hotel Ennis
Staff wonderfull
I attended a wedding in august in this hotel and all i can say is WOW!!!!
because i was travelling from Mayo to Clare on the day of the wedding I needed to check in early but i hadnt phoned in advance. when i arrived at reception at 11.00 they got staight on to their houskepers who had my room ready in just 15 mins. I was so impressed by everyones attitude and plesent nature.
room was standard enough but very very clean.
didnt eat in hotel only at wedding function and i must say it was fab and again service wonderfull
we will be back
Dirty and stinky
My fiance and myself stayed at this hotel in September 2004 as we were guests at a wedding there. We were glad that we were only staying there one night - because the place is absolutely dreadful.
The lobby area is pleasant enough - but it gives a false impression of what the rest of the hotel is like.
The toilets in the main bar smelled of stale urine and the room we stayed in was filthy. We had requested, and were given, a supposedly non-smoking room but there was a strong smell of stale cigarette smoke in the place. We were unable to be moved to another room as the hotel was full of wedding guests. The net curtains in the room had strange yellow stains on them and the place was just generally unkempt.
The food that was served up at the wedding was also terrible - so dry as to be almost inedible. This was followed the next morning by an equally unimpressive breakfast.
Overall a terrible hotel - charging people to stay somewhere like this is quite ludicrous.
West County thoughts
Stayed with family group of nine. Staff accomodating. Rooms clean and comfy (apart from one brick filled pillow!). Breakfast O.K. - more choice for early diners. Food available did not match everything listed on menu. Did have problem with working the shower; water peculiar colour when gave up and ran a bath. There are notices advising that you boil water before drinking. It's a fair walk into Ennis, especially for young children or older people. Enjoyed our stay!
All the charm of a typical family hotel. Very Very friendly. Rooms small but spotless and well fitted. Loads op food options and a livley bar. Huge mix of customers there while I was there but great atmosphere
The only place open at Xmas.....
This review is rather late, as I only stumbled across this Website via a friend who himself only discovered it today. Please forgive me for writing a review (in August 2005) of a stay I had at the West County, Ennis, in December 2003.
As a regular December visitor to County Clare for foxhunting, etc. I only booked into the West County, Ennis, since there was nothing else available, and my usual preferred B&B on the Kilrush Road was closing for the Xmas holidays (I'd stayed there for two weeks previous to my stay). As I travel alone, I only need to worry about myself.
First lesson of booking into ANY hotel: they've got you by the privates when it's Xmas. The room rate I paid for the three days which constituted the West County's Xmas season came to something like 85 Euro per night. I paid less than this at a classier hotel in Maynooth, Co. Kildare! I still have my hotel bill filed away. The West County's B&B rate which only came into force after I left was only 20 Euro!
At first sight, the hotel looks mighty impressive - the bar is well laid-out, as is the reception area, cafeteria, and even the lift and corridors to the various floors are kept constantly tidy.
Then you get into your room. The electronic key works. So far, so good. They've spent the money well. Then you walk into the bathroom. It's all done in fairly standard hotel style - marble-effect interior, inset lights, etc. The money runs out when you have to use the shower / bath. The shower head was clearly past its best, and the various pipe joints had gone green with age - or was it corrosion? I ran the bath and was a bit peturbed to find that the water on that occasion was not exactly clear.... I have attached photos of what I saw - I hope that these little glitches have been rectified by now.
Xmas lunch / dinner was what you would expect of mass catering. Remember the West County was pretty much the only place open in town, so much so that the hotel hired a doorman to keep undesirables (i.e. non-reisdent guests) out. It was a good try, but I was unlucky enough to notice that, at one point, the Mushroom Stroganoff was being served to another guest. During service, a small amount fell to the floor. I kid you not when I say that I saw it deftly scooped up.... and put back with the rest of the Stroganoff. Fortunately, this was the only time I saw this type of dodgy practice. I made a mental note to avoid the Stroganoff next time round.
I must be grateful for small mercies. The hotel staff tolerated my daily disappearance to my friends' equestrian centre in Doora, in full riding kit, and my returns in the evening covered in mud.
Xmas Day is traditionally spent doing nothing after lunch. Not for me it wasn't. I must've been the only hotel guest who went anywhere that day - it was back up to the stables to help exercise the horses! I had plenty of nervous glances from bemused guests as I stalked out after breakfast, and stalked in (muddy again) before dinner.
The West County staff proved most accommodating: they extended my stay (and charged me for it!) when they realised that I'd injured myself after spending St. Stephen's Day out foxhunting and wasn't in any fit state to drive all the way back to Dublin, AND gave me a new room with a larger bath I could sink into to try and relieve the pain (and I was in quite a bit of pain).
In writing this, I should point out that I can put up with little imperfections. As a horseman, I spend very little time within the confines of the hotel. But there are guests who can't put up with imperfections. It is for them that the hotel really needs to improve.
Stay someplace else
We needed a place near Shannon Airport to stay for one night, and made the mistake of checking in here. Desk Reception assigned us to room 113 (that was an omen). The furniture in the room was old, dirty, scratched, stained, and creaky. It looked to be at least 20 or more years old. The bedspread was stained in several places which gave my wife and me a severe case of the creeps. The bed sheets were clean, but the thought of lying in that bed after seeing the stained bedspread was scary. The curtain on the window was dirty and wrinkled as if it has never been ironed. The room carpet was patched which made me wonder what was it that caused the hotel to cut out from it. In brief, this was a pretty gruesome room that the hotel had no right to foist on anyone. I went to desk reception and complained. They were apologetic, but they know damn well that this room is a disgrace, but chose to assign it to us neverthe less. They moved us to a new room which was slightly better, but at least it was clean, better maintained, and had recent (not new!) furnishings. I think the Lynch Hotel chain ought to be ashamed of this place and seriously think about shutting the doors for a few weeks and painting it throughout, replace all carpeting and give it a general overhaul. Pass up this hotel.
Great for Groups
Took a family trip for 3 nights August 2004 - a party of 16 of us including 4 children - we had the package deal which included dinner from a quite varied menu and unlike the other reviews the food was good but the dining area for "package people" was sub-standard, just a group of tables bunched together in a cold room unlike the more atmospheric pay as you go restaurant directly beside it ! The rooms were cleaned daily however on day 2 the fire alarm went off early and when I grabbed my 5 year old to exit -I found the cleaning staff discussing where they were clubbing the night before and were not in the slightest bit helpful if it was a drill or not. We were celebrating my husband's 40th birthday and the bar staff were more than accommodating to a large group - live music every night of the week also was great. Overall, the hotel is fine, nothing spectacular but we got a good deal for mid week. They have a Kids Klub in the mornings and evenings which is full of variety and the leisure center with pool, jacuzzi, spa, steam room and workout area is very well supervised at all times. Walking distance to Ennis town center - don't even try drive - the town is beautiful but tiny roads. Oh yes - did I mention the rain.....
Christmas Day Lunch 20003
We a party of 14, booked Christmas lunch, in the West County hotel, Ennis. The cost was 60 euro a head ,a total rip off.To say our meal was poor would be generous, the service was slow and very disjointed.No wine was included in the price!!When our order for wine was eventually taken,it arrived so late that we brought it home with us. The main meal was dreadful,meat dried out, and the veg resembeled babyfood! Then to cap it all off the staff stood over us so that we felt we had to finished and leave, never to return.
Lunch at the West County Inn Christmas Day
We, party of 8, decided to eat out this Christmas day. Since we were in Ennis, we booked lunch at the West County Inn. We were advised, at the time of booking, that wine was included in the cost. The cost per person was 60 euro, which seemed expensive, but we assumed the food and atmosphere would be great. Boy, were we wrong! The music was loud and not very Christmas like. The turkey and ham were dry, the stuffing was 'like sand', according to my 11-year old, the potatoes were cold. And, the wine was NOT included in the price. Nor were soft drinks included, which added another 5 euro to the already enourmous bill. And just as we were about to dig in, the table next to us decided to light up their after-lunch cigarettes......On our way out, I asked to speak to the hotel manager. I explained that we were unhappy with our meal, but mostly I explained to him that when we booked, we were advised that wine was served with lunch. He said they never include wine with the meal. I explained we'd been told otherwise when I booked. He said, "thats not how we do things".....This was one argument that I wasnt going to win, and besides I had better things to do on Christmas Day. I left a message for the hotel manager to call me, so far, no word. All I can say is this. If the West County Inn expects to stay competitive in Ennis, attention should be paid to the customer. Customer service obviously isnt a priority. Next time, we'll go to the Templegate or the Old Ground, two establishments which hold their customers in high esteem. Thanks!
Way over priced
Was charged 210 Euros for a room for 3 persons. This was definitely not value for money. The room was nothing special, and definitely was not worth anything near the rate they charged. Could get a room in a 5* hotel for less.
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The first Volkswagen GTI debuted in 1983. Based on the Volkswagen Rabbit, the GTI was modified with a more powerful fuel-injected engine, stiffened suspension and larger tires. The car was a success with the public, and the GTI remains credited with originating the \"hot hatch\" craze that continues even today. The latest iteration of the GTI, based on Volkswagen's new \"A5\" platform, made its debut in 2006 in 2-door form; a 4-door version joined the lineup in 2007. In 2008, Volkswagen lowered the GTI's suspension by about two-thirds of an inch, giving the car an even sportier look. For 2009, the German automaker has only made minor changes to the GTI.
Model Lineup
Both 2- and 4-door versions of the 2009 Volkswagen GTI come in a single trim level with power windows, locks and mirrors; remote keyless entry; trip computer; 10-speaker stereo with 6-disc CD changer; Xenon headlights; alloy wheels; and cruise control. Options include summer tires, iPod adapter, and a new Autobahn package, which bundles a sunroof, leather sport seats, leatherette door trim inserts, premium sound system, and heated washer nozzles. For 2009, Volkswagen has improved the \"RNS510\" navigation system with a 6.5-inch high-resolution screen, integrated 30-gigabyte hard drive, and video DVD playback. The cold weather package is now standard, and the \"Top Sport\" leather is available with the GTI Autobahn package.
The 2009 GTI is powered by Volkswagen's 2.0-liter, turbocharged 4-cylinder engine with FSI direct fuel injection. All models are front-wheel drive. Power output is 200 hp at 5100-6000 rpm and 207 lb.-ft. at 1800-5000 rpm. The GTI is offered with either a 6-speed manual or 6-speed Direct Shift Gearbox (DSG) transmission, the latter offering both manual and automatic shifting modes; 2009 EPA fuel-economy estimates are 21 mpg city/31 mpg highway with the manual transmission, 22 mpg city/29 mpg highway with the DSG transmission.
All GTI models are equipped with independent MacPherson strut front suspension and 4-link rear suspension. Disc brakes are standard, as is anti-lock (ABS) control. The standard wheels are 17-inch aluminum alloy with 18-inch wheels optional.
All 2009 Volkswagen GTIs come with dual front air bags; front-seat-mounted side air bags; two-row side curtain air bags; anti-lock brakes; and electronic stability control. Rear-seat-mounted side air bags are offered as an option on the 4-door GTI.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) crash-tested the 4-door GTI and awarded it 4 out of 5 stars for frontal crash protection and 5 stars for side impact; the rollover rating was 4 stars. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has not crash tested a GTI; however, they did test the structurally similar Volkswagen Jetta and awarded it their best-possible \"Good\" rating for both front and side impacts.
The DSG (a.k.a. twin-clutch transmission) is Volkswagen's answer to the high-performance automatic transmission. It is similar in theory to a sequential manual transmission (essentially a fully automated manual transmission) but eliminates the lag between shifting by employing two separate 3-speed gearboxes linked by a clutch. Instead of shifting gears, the transmission pre-selects the next likely gear on the alternate gearbox, and then uses the clutch to switch between gearboxes for a near-instant gear change, according to Volkswagen. DSG allows for fully automatic operation or manual shifting via the gear selector or steering-wheel-mounted paddles, and because it uses a mechanical clutch rather than a hydraulic torque converter it does not suffer from power loss like a traditional automatic transmission, Volkswagen says.


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In physical rehabilitation and sports training, the SAID principle asserts that the human body adapts specifically to imposed demands.[1] In other words, given stressors on the human system, whether biomechanical or neurological, there will be a Specific Adaptation to Imposed Demands (SAID).[2]
For example, by only doing pull-ups on the same regular pull-up bar, your body becomes adapted to this specific physical demand, but not necessarily adapted to other climbing patterns or environments.
In 1958, Berkeley Professor of Physical Education Franklin M. Henry proposed the "Specificity Hypothesis of Motor Learning".
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She joins a long list of stars such as Barbara Windsor, Mike Reid, Martin Kemp, Shane Ritchie, Ian Lavender and Sheila Hancock who have taken roles in the BBC1 soap. Little Britain star David Walliams has also appeared in a cameo while Robbie Williams was spotted drinking in the Queen Vic.
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Longer-term appearances by well known faces can often have the opposite effect, adding some good old fashioned glamour to the street, square or village.
It also helps if their appearance fits in with the tone of the show - Babs Windsor's part in EastEnders seemed made for her. And Una Stubbs will be a good addition too - she has known Babs Windsor since they were teenagers and the pair appeared in Cabaret together.
In EastEnders they will go head to head in the run-up to the big wedding.
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Sir Laurence Olivier once asked to be in Coronation Street and a role was written for him, but he was too ill to appear. Fellow knitted thesps Sir Derek Jacobi and Sir Anthony Hopkins also asked their agents to put in a good word - but have not yet had the chance to take part.
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Piet Roozenburg (24 October 1924 in Rotterdam – 27 April 2003 in Ochten) was a draughts player from the Netherlands.
He was an important figure in the game, having been the world's draughts champion in 1948, 1951, 1952 and 1954. He created the "Roozenburg system" of play and wrote on the game. He was named Dutch sportsman of the year in 1948.
In his professional life he worked as an economist. His brother Wim was also a successful draughts player.[1]
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The next-best alternative when someone can't spell "denial".
Por TGKF 27 de marzo de 2003
Not a river in Egypt
When a person denies a proven fact, you just say to him: denile is not a river in Egypt!
Por thom 04 de febrero de 2004
When a girl name kara is pregnant and she wont admit it.
Wow! Kara is having a baby
Por n 27 de marzo de 2003


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In another incident in June that underlined tensions, South Korean soldiers fired their rifles at a South Korean commercial airliner, mistaking it for a North Korean fighter plane.
Fri, Aug 12, 2011 - Page 5 News List
Koreas trade blame for military spat
WALKING ON EGGSHELLS:Although South Korea says that its new hardline approach is successfully deterring further attacks, analysts say the risk of an escalation is now higher
Reuters, SEOUL
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