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The mid 1970s was a time of tight pants and even tighter radio playlists. The Runaways tells the true story of hard rock's pioneer all-girl band, whose butch-meets-femme iconography had more impact than their invigoratingly raw music. Fans of David Bowie, Iggy Pop, and Suzi Quatro, the Runaways prefigured punk's DIY attitude, and they collapsed the distance between artist and audience in a way that said, "If we can do it, you can too." Although they never hit the big time in the US, they influenced generations of female musicians.
Their saga, which includes drug addiction and exploitation by their elders, was told in the bleak 2004 documentary Edgeplay: A Film About the Runaways, by former member Victory Tischler-Blue. (Guitarist Joan Jett, an executive producer of the new movie, didn't participate in that one.) With a screenplay based on singer Cherie Currie's autobiography, Floria Sigismondi's mixed-bag debut feature, though offering nightmarish sequences in which the teens are clearly in over their heads, merely skims the surface.
The Runaways were born amid the loopy decadence of LA's Sunset Strip scene and shaped by the skewed proclivities of producer Kim Fowley. High-schooler Joan Marie Larkin (Twilight's Kristen Stewart), who wears her black leather jacket and her "Jett" pseudonym as badges of honor, summons the courage to tell Fowley (Michael Shannon) she wants to start an all-girl band. Fowley digs her audacity, and he pairs her with drummer Sandy West (Stella Maeve). Fowley and Jett find their trailer-park Brigitte Bardot, 15-year-old Cherie Currie (Dakota Fanning), in Rodney Bingenheimer's English Disco. Currie is an outsider too, drawing catcalls when she lip-synchs to Bowie in Aladdin Sane make-up in the school talent contest.
Shannon's Fowley is a marvelously profane version of James Cagney in Footlight Parade as he attempts to mold the Runaways into the ideal jack-off rock-and-roll experience. He excoriates the girls as "dogs" who need to "think like men . . . with your cocks." He and Jett brainstorm the lyrics to the classic "Cherry Bomb." Once his PR effort takes off, he exploits Currie's willingness to pose in provocative outfits.
The movie plays chutes-and-ladders with the band's trajectory while also recounting the Currie family's woes. (Cherie's sister Marie is left to take care of the girls' alcoholic father.) The Runaways play dive venues in this country (the clean mix of the live songs seems highly implausible — you can even understand the lyrics!) but are treated like rock goddesses in Japan. The combination of unsupervised young 'uns, predatory men, and plentiful drugs is a recipe for disaster. Along the way, Currie finds comfort in the arms of Jett (there's a tender love scene), and both are sustained by the kick-ass tunes that fill the soundtrack.
There are memorable moments that mitigate the lax storytelling — the opening close-up of a drop of Currie's first-menstrual-period blood hitting hot pavement is a potent and hilarious foreshadowing of innocence lost. Shannon is perfectly cast, though he doesn't get to be as scary as the real Fowley (who's a creepy presence in the 2003 documentary Mayor of the Sunset Strip). Fanning acts out suburbanite Currie's transition to jailbait poster girl with affecting vulnerability, and if Stewart's Jett seems a bit subdued, that's okay. Jett is in it for the long haul; she cares about the music, and about their legacy. Imperfect as it is, The Runaways might have a legacy as well.
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Pentax Q10 review – Is smaller better?By David Newton - Tuesday February 12 2013 Sensor Review
Announced in September 2012, the Pentax Q10 is the second in the Pentax Q series and lays claim to being the smallest hybrid camera currently available, offering interchangeable lenses in a package barely larger than an advanced compact camera. However, is smaller really better, and how have Pentax progressed since the Pentax Q?
Drawing heavily on the styling of the Pentax Q, according to Pentax the Q10 offers improvements in several areas to help you capture better quality images. Weighing only 200g, it would be easy to assume that the Q10 is nothing more than a simple point and shoot camera. But with a 12.4megapixel CMOS sensor featuring ISO settings to 6400 and their Shake Reduction (SR) system that moves the sensor around to compensate for camera shake, Pentax are ensuring the Q10 appeals to more advanced users as well as those just starting out.
Interestingly for a hybrid camera, Pentax use a sensor that is not much bigger than a compact camera sensor. The magnification factor is therefore 5.5x, so the standard Q-mount 5-15mm lens is the equivalent of a 27.2mm-82.5mm lens in 35mm terms.
Despite the small size of the camera, the rear screen is a good size, offering 3-inch diagonal, with 460,000pixels. It takes up a lot of the back of the camera, but with the lack of a viewfinder, the large screen still makes it easy to compose and view images.
One very nice feature is an interesting pop-up flash that extends from the camera on an arm. It won't solve the problem of red-eye when using flash, but it may go a little way to help alleviate it.
With lots of stiff competition in the hybrid camera market place, let's see how it performed in the lab.
Pentax Q10 sensor performance
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A cut in an underwater cable between Australia and Singapore could be delaying emails sent by Telecom customers.
Telecom said this afternoon that its Xtra customers would have no problem receiving emails but could experience delays when sending them.
"Telecom's Xtra service provider, Yahoo! utilises a submarine cable out of Perth to Singapore to transit some of its email traffic. Whilst cable repairs are underway, Yahoo has re-routed mail traffic away from the impacted cable and is working to clear the delayed email queues," a Telecom statement said.
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Call it women's intuition, but when Jenny Cook walked over the threshold of an aging Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida home, she saw something her husband, Kevin, didn't. "It had this terrible wallpaper, and he said, 'No way!'" she says with a laugh. "I instantly loved it, though. I knew it was going to be a project, but it had a lot of potential. I could really see our family there."
Over seven years, they made minor adjustments to their house in bits and spurts until some cracks in their kitchen countertops prompted them to call designer Andrew Howard. A few suggestions led to a remodel plan that involved raising the ceilings and painting the rooms with fresh, light colors. Here, Howard shares his wisdom on how to transform a sorely dated residence into a dream home.


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[quote user="AsianGiant"][quote user="bandwgn86"][quote user="AsianGiant"]Nostradamus 2012 is on History Channel now if anyone wants to watch it....helps to think about the end of the world compared to this horrible disaster of a season. [:$]
[/quote]ohh is that on tonight?!?! i thought that was on Wednesday.. damn i'm stuck at work.. AG for DC?[/quote]
It's a repeat. I've seen it before so you're not missing anything. If there's one on Wednesday it could be a new one.
You want me to be DC with HC duties? Who am I? Wade Phillips? [:P]
[/quote]thats good, for some reason Wednesday at 8 is sticking in the brain so maybe there's a new one on.. sharpen your teeth as a DC than slowly push the old man out of HC lol


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Lieutenant Peter Durst was an operations division Starfleet officer, assigned to the USS Voyager when it became stranded in the Delta Quadrant by the Caretaker in 2371.
That year, on Captain Janeway's orders, Durst escorted Lieutenant Paris from the bridge to sickbay, when it appeared Paris had altered the ship's course and had no memory of doing so. Along with Ensign Kim, he later discovered Kes and Lieutenant Tuvok unconscious in a turbolift, apparently having been incapacitated by an unknown alien. (VOY: "Cathexis")
Later that year, Durst, Paris, and the half-Human, half-Klingon Lieutenant B'Elanna Torres, were inspecting the magnesite deposits on planet Avery III, when they were taken captive by the Vidiians. Initially used as slave labor, Durst was later killed and had his organs harvested. The Vidiian scientist Sulan had Durst's face grafted over his own, in an attempt to appear more appealing to the Klingon half of Torres, from whom Sulan had separated her Human side. This attempt was unsuccessful. (VOY: "Faces")


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people don't want artest? lol dude can still play. for the vet min he is excellent value. he can play the 3 or the 4 and would provide some scrapyness and toughness that this team needs. i would love if we were able to pick him up.
people don't want artest? lol dude can still play. for the vet min he is excellent value. he can play the 3 or the 4 and would provide some scrapyness and toughness that this team needs. i would love if we were able to pick him up.
Honestly, the team he makes the most sense for is the Nets. They need a wing defender off the bench to replace what Boguns and Wallace gave them.
All Hail The New York Giants!!
artest is strong as a bull and him at the 4 (or 3 with melo at the 4) is still a bigger lineup than what we used last year. bargs and stat have both missed a ton of games the past 2 years. adding a scrappy vet that can defend and shoot the 3 at a decent clip for the vet min is a good signing no matter how you look at it.
right now the team still needs to add a sf, a hole artest would fill nicely. then resign kmart or add another big and another pg.
ideally the knicks pick up artest, resign kmart, sign a legit center and add a 3rd string pg.
i was hoping to get someone like delfino or barnes for cheap, but they got signed already to fairly big deals.
as a knick fan you should know we need the type of toughness a player like artest provides.
felton / pablo / brooks? telfair?
shump / jr / hardaway
melo / artest / leslie
bargs / stat
chandler / kmart
right now the knicks only have 10 players under contract which means space for 5 more.
artest, pg, big, big. = 14 players, still another spot for a 15th man.
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I would be happy with Artest dont think he has much left but for the min we wont do better. We still have roster spots to fill.
I really love the CAVS roster I would trade teams with them today. They have all those young players and cap space coming. They wont be able to attract top tier FA's besides the greatest of them all Lebron "Because he lives there" but if we had that team in NY we would be set. If Bynum is healthy " big If " they may finish ahead of us.
That Bynum signing was well worth the risk. If he plays well they have a playoff team if not u keep your cap flexibility with the team option. If he plays really well they can even trade him for draft picks and an expiring at the deadline
Even if Stat is healthy this is not a contending team in my eyes. i think they win 45-48 games and finish with the 4-5 seed. They play the Bulls or Nets in the 1st round and lose. Depends how hard the Nets push in the regular season. If the Nets push to win the Atlantic they win it by 5 games at least if they are smart and keep minute totals down for the playoffs the Knicks could still win it. The Knicks played out of their minds for 2 stretches of games last season and outside of that were fairly average
knicks were average last year for stretches due to injuries. mainly to melo who when he's healthy can win games by himself.
no way in hell do the cavs have a chance of finishing ahead of us either. their roster is filled with injury prone players.
We do need one more big though. I'd of loved to of gotten are hands on Birdman. Jason Maxiell is still out there as well.
Also Chris Wilcox would be a solid size guy to add.


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August 4, 1979
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Knebworth Festival
The Song Remains the Same, Celebration Day, (Out On the Tiles intro) Black Dog, Nobody's Fault But Mine, Over the Hills and Far Away, Misty Mountain Hop, Since I've Been Loving You, No Quarter, Ten Years Gone, Hot Dog, Rain Song, White Summer ~ Black Mountainside, Kashmir, Trampled Underfoot, Sick Again, Achilles Last Stand, Jimmy Page solo, In The Evening, Stairway to Heaven, Rock and Roll, Whole Lotta Love, Heartbreaker.
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Caught the train from Doncaster to Stevenage, and walked to the site. Queued quietly to get in - a few guys ran at the fence and climbed over before security could reach them, probably tired of waiting. Found a spot towards the rear where it was a little less congested. Fairport Convention playing 'Sloth' was a highlight and seeing my all time hero Todd Rundgren was amazing.
Before Zep appeared, bonfires were lit around the festival site giving an ethereal feel as well as providing a little warmth. Hearing the opening chords of 'The Song Remains the Same' sent my heart racing and my knees trembling. As well as the obligatory standard (and magnificent) Zep songs it was wonderful to hear some of my personal favourites such as 'Nobody's Fault But Mine', 'Over the Hills and Far Away' and 'The Rain Song'. 'Kashmir' and 'No Quarter' were majestic and Jimmy's solo with the laser was spellbinding. An unforgettable day - proud and privileged to have been there.


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Carl Sagan 1934–1996
American scientist, nonfiction writer, novelist, and critic.
The following entry presents an overview of Sagan's career through 1997. See also Carl Sagan Criticism (Volume 30).
An internationally renowned astronomer, Sagan is among the most influential popular interpreters of science in recent times. Best known for his role as the host of the award-winning television documentary Cosmos, Sagan is also recognized for his efforts to win credibility for the scientific search for extraterrestrial life and as a leading advocate for nuclear arms reduction. The best-selling author of The Cosmic Connection (1973), The Dragons of Eden (1977), Cosmos (1980), and the novel Contact (1985), Sagan celebrated the joy of scientific discovery and captured the imagination of a mass audience with his compelling speculations on the mechanizations of the universe and evolution of human life.
Biographical Information
Born Carl Edward Sagan in New York, Sagan was raised by his Russian-immigrant father, a garment cutter, and American-born mother in the Bensonhurst section of the city. Fascinated with the night sky as a youth, Sagan became engrossed in science fiction, particularly the novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs, and at age twelve announced to his grandfather his desire to become an astronomer. Four years later he left for the University of Chicago on a scholarship, where he earned an undergraduate degree in 1954 and a Ph.D. in astronomy and astrophysics in 1960. While at Chicago, Sagan earned a reputation as a nonconformist and even organized his own series of campus lectures. In 1957, Sagan married his first wife, scientist Lynn Alexander; a second marriage to Linda Salzman in 1968 also ended in divorce, and was followed by a third marriage to writer Ann Druyan. In 1960, Sagan began his scientific career as a research fellow in astronomy at the University of California at Berkeley. There he developed important hypotheses about the surface temperature of Venus and Martian wind storms. He then took up a teaching position at Harvard University while working at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Denied tenure at Harvard, Sagan left for Cornell University in 1968, where he worked as a teacher and director of the Laboratory for Planetary Studies until his death in 1996. Sagan also contributed to the de-velopment of NASA space-probe projects over several decades, including the unmanned Mariner 9 and Viking missions to Mars and subsequent Pioneer and Voyager missions to distant planets. His first major publication, Intelligent Life in the Universe (1963), was followed by the success of The Cosmic Connection, The Dragons of Eden, winner of a Pulitzer Prize in 1978, and Broca's Brain (1979). A popular guest on the talk show circuit, Sagan's fame as the unofficial spokesperson for the scientific community grew in 1980 with the PBS television program Cosmos, a thirteen-part series in which Sagan traversed a computer-simulated galaxy in search of the origins of the universe and life—both human and extraterrestrial. His book Cosmos, based on the television series, won a Hugo Award in 1982. Sagan's only novel, Contact, winner of a Locus Award, was adapted as a film in 1996. In his late works, Shadows of a Forgotten Ancestor (1992), Pale Blue Dot (1994), The Demon-Haunted World (1995), and Billions and Billions (1997), Sagan continued to take on the central mysteries of human nature and existence. He was also a prolific contributor to both scientific journals and popular magazines. He died in Seattle, Washington, of pneumonia, a complication resulting from myelodysplasia, a bone marrow disease from which he was recovering.
Major Works
Sagan's popular writings on the promise of modern science won wide appeal largely for their unusual ability to translate complex subjects into awe-inspiring commentaries on the possibility of space travel, human evolution, and life on other planets. With the publication of Intelligent Life in the Universe, a translation and abridgement of the work by Russian astrophysicist I. S. Shklovskii, Sagan emerged as a leading spokesperson for exobiology, the study of extraterrestrial environments and potential life forms. The book was one of the first of its kind to take the subject seriously. The Cosmic Connection provides a comprehensive outline of recent advances in planetary science, including the probable origins of the universe, stars and planets, and life on Earth. Sagan further expanded his ambitious investigations into the design and evolution of the universe in his television program and book Cosmos, both of which feature a semi-omniscient Sagan as cosmic guide and instructor aided by stunning intergalactic illustrations and photographs. Pale Blue Dot similarly explores the birth of the universe and solar system, space travel, and the future colonization of other planets through "terraforming." The title alludes to an astonishing photograph of Earth taken by the Voyager space-probe as it left the solar system, drawing attention to the humbling revelation that our planet is merely one among countless others. In A Path Where No Man Thought (1989), a collaboration with atmospheric scientist Richard Turco, Sagan reexamines the threat of nuclear war and the implications of "nuclear winter," a theory developed by Sagan and several other experts in 1983. According to their research, a massive nuclear strike could produce enough smoke to obscure the sun, resulting in a darkened, frigid, and uninhabitable world. Published as the Cold War drew to an end, in the book Sagan and Turco warn against the continuing danger of nuclear holocaust and recommend drastic reductions in U.S. and Soviet nuclear arsenals to a level of "minimum sufficient deterrence." In The Dragons of Eden, Sagan discusses contemporary neurophysiology and the genetic origin of human intelligence. His speculation, largely concerned with the history of human behavior, focuses on the interplay among three hypothetical stages of human brain development: the first and lowest is the reptilian R-complex, a vestige of our pre-mammalian progenitors that is responsible for aggression and ritual; the second is the limbic system, similar to that of birds and lower-order mammals, from which emotions and religion derive; the third and highest is the more developed neocortex or primate brain. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, co-written with his wife Ann Druyan, is a highly readable survey of human evolution, covering the birth of the solar system, formation of DNA, and study of physiological and behavioral similarities among humans and primates. Broca's Brain, named after nineteenth-century anatomist Paul Broca, who identified the source of articulate speech in the frontal lobe, contains a diverse collection of essays on the solar system, planetary exploration, robots, extraterrestrial intelligence, famous scientists, pseudoscience and religion, and a call for greater public support for science and technology. In The Demon-Haunted World, Sagan holds the verifiable achievements of science and scientific method against dubious, unsubstantiated examples of phenomena and superstition. Seeking to demystify stories of UFO sightings, alien abductions, miracles, astrology, and New Age versions of spirituality, Sagan exalts the superiority of empirical testing and the ability of certain branches of science to predict the future. Revealing his abiding interest in the search for extraterrestrial life, Contact, his only work of fiction, explores the possibility of communication with a distant planet. In this science fiction thriller, scientists receive radio transmissions from the star system Vega. From these signals, in the form of rebounded television images of Hitler's 1936 Olympic games, they are able to decrypt mathematical instructions for the construction of a spacecraft. After two failed launches, an international crew is transported to an Earth-like environment where they encounter doppelgangers and apparitions. Discredited upon their return—Earth witnesses note that the vehicle never left the ground and their entire excursion lasted only twenty minutes—an American member of the crew, Eleanor Arroway, seeks to verify their voyage and discovers God's signature in a mathematical extrapolation of pi.
Critical Reception
Sagan is consistently praised for his great ability to communicate the esoteric dilemmas and discoveries of modern science to a general audience. In addition, he is highly regarded for his significant contributions to the study of Mars and Venus, NASA space exploration, and the nuclear disarmament movement. However, criticized and even resented by some members of the scientific community, he has been derided for his controversial interest in extraterrestrial life and accused of oversimplifying complex subjects to the point of inaccuracy for his nonspecialist viewers and readers. Others object to Sagan's materialist view of evolution, tendency toward reductionism, vehement denial of a godlike creator, and glorification of technological progress and the primacy of human reason. Despite his detractors, Sagan's infectious enthusiasm for science and dauntless speculation on the great mysteries of our cosmic origins inspired renewed public interest in the scientific enterprise. Along with Jacob Bronowski and Stephen Jay Gould, Sagan is credited for the popularization of science in the twentieth century.
Principal Works
The Atmospheres of Mars and Venus [with W. W. Kellogg] (nonfiction) 1961
Intelligent Life in the Universe [with I. S. Shklovskii] (nonfiction) 1963
Planets [with Jonathan Leonard] (nonfiction) 1966
The Cosmic Connection: An Extraterrestrial Perspective (nonfiction) 1973
The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence (nonfiction) 1977
Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science (essays) 1979
∗Cosmos (nonfiction) 1980
Comet [with Ann Druyan] (nonfiction) 1985
Contact (novel) 1985, [with Ann Druyan and others] (screenplay) 1997
A Path Where No Man Thought: Nuclear...
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Bruce Cook (essay date June 1980)
SOURCE: "Carl Sagan's Guided Tour of the Universe," in American Film, Vol. 5, June, 1980, pp. 22-7.
[In the following essay, Cook examines Sagan's popular presentation of science and astronomy on the television program Cosmos.]
This fall, when PBS launches Cosmos, its most ambitious series to date, the total effect may be a little like a thirteen-week funding appeal. But there will be no ringing telephones or heartfelt solicitations. The new show is far slicker than that. In fact, it may just be the slickest production of its kind ever undertaken on either side of the Atlantic. And why not? The driving force behind Cosmos, the man who will smile at you...
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Frederic Golden (essay date 20 October 1980)
SOURCE: "The Cosmic Explainer," in Time, October 20, 1980, pp. 62-3, 65-6, 68-9.
[In the following essay, Golden provides an overview of Sagan's career and his production of the television program Cosmos.]
Scene: A living room in Brooklyn, circa 1946
Grandfather: What do you want to be when you grow up?
Boy: An astronomer.
Grandfather: Yes, but how will you make a living?
Flashing through the heavens like an extraterrestrial Tinker Bell, the spacecraft looks like something by H. G. Wells out of Walt Disney. At the...
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William J. Harnack (essay date July-August 1981)
SOURCE: "Carl Sagan: Cosmic Evolution vs. the Creationist Myth," in The Humanist, Vol. 41, July-August, 1981, pp. 5-6.
[In the following essay, Harnack discusses the success of the television program Cosmos and Sagan's appearance before the American Humanist Association to receive its Humanist of the Year award in 1981.]
On April 18, 1981, the American Humanist Association, at their Fortieth Annual Conference held in San Diego, named Carl Sagan 1981 Humanist of the Year.
In his address, Sagan simply yet eloquently noted that plants, animals, and humans are all part of a whole. The Greeks, in glimpsing the distribution of the elements of the...
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Cynthia Thomiszer (essay date September 1982)
SOURCE: "Brain Theory and Literary Criticism: Sagan on Art," in Essays in Arts and Sciences, Vol. XI, September, 1982, pp. 87-95.
[In the following essay, Thomiszer considers Sagan's application of scientific discovery to explain the origin and significance of art in The Dragons of Eden. According to Thomiszer, "to confuse aesthetics with empiricism, as Sagan does, is to further confuse an already clouded issue."]
Science and art, so long perceived as mighty opposites, are enjoying a new recognition of kinship. The "two cultures," a model based on the disparate results of science and art, has been discarded. In its place has arisen a unified approach to both...
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Thomas M. Lessl (essay date May 1985)
SOURCE: "Science and the Sacred Cosmos: The Ideological Rhetoric of Carl Sagan," in Quarterly Journal of Speech, Vol. 71, No. 2, May, 1985, pp. 175-87.
[In the following essay, Lessl examines elements of religious discourse and rhetoric in Sagan's television program Cosmos. According to Lessl, Sagan's Cosmos provides "a mythic understanding of science which serves for television audiences the same needs that religious discourse has traditionally satisfied for churchgoers."]
A bomb outrage to have any influence on public opinion now must go beyond the intention of vengeance or terrorism. It must be purely destructive…. You anarchists...
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Len Ackland (review date 6 January 1991)
SOURCE: "Chilly Scenes of Nuclear Winter," in The New York Times Book Review, January 6, 1991, p. 7.
[In the following review, Ackland offers praise for A Path Where No Man Thought.]
At their summit meeting in February, Presidents George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev are scheduled to sign the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START). That will be a good step toward disarmament and many people are bound to reckon that the threat of a global nuclear catastrophe has died with the cold war. But, in fact, the risk is far from gone.
In A Path Where No Man Thought Carl Sagan and Richard Turco, who were on the scientific team that devised the concept of...
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Alan Robock (review date March 1991)
SOURCE: "The Imparsible Dream?," in Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Vol. 47, No. 2, March, 1991, pp. 43-4.
[In the following review, Robock offers praise for A Path Where No Man Thought.]
Soon after the theory of nuclear winter was published, Carl Sagan gave a briefing on the subject on Capitol Hill. Sagan described how, after a nuclear war, the thick smoke from burning cities and industrial plants would block out so much sunlight that the earth's surface would become cold and dark. Agriculture would be impossible for years and most of the world's population would starve to death. After his presentation, one member of the audience called him aside. "Carl," he said,...
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Rudy Abramson (review date 15 January 1995)
SOURCE: "Light-Years from Home," in New York Times Book Review, January 15, 1995, pp. 12-13.
[In the following excerpt, Abramson gives a favorable assessment of Pale Blue Dot.]
Carl Sagan became a consultant to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration when it was still in its formative stage. During the more than three decades since, he has briefed astronauts for journeys to the moon, helped resolve some of the most intriguing mysteries about Mars and Venus and reigned as one of the principal gurus of planetary exploration.
Though honored for both public service and scientific achievement, Mr. Sagan is more renowned as a popularizer of space...
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Phillip Morrison (review date May 1995)
SOURCE: "Candid Camera," in Scientific American, Vol. 272, No. 5, May, 1995, pp. 106-7.
[In the following review, Morrison offers praise for Pale Blue Dot, concluding that "no recent book has done better at making plain the subtle nature and fascination of scientific investigation."]
This book opens with a generous gift to us all. It was made early in 1990, when the space probe Voyager completed its scripted dozen-year tour of duty. Well beyond Neptune and far north of the plane of the solar system, the craft received a final set of new commands, no part of the original mission. Look back, Voyager, to the now distant inner planets! Carl Sagan and a...
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Arthur C. Clarke (review date June 1995)
SOURCE: A review of Pale Blue Dot, in Sky & Telescope, Vol. 89, No. 6, June. 1995. pp. 54-5.
[In the following review, Clarke offers praise for Pale Blue Dot, but objects to Sagan's reference to Wernher von Braun as a "Nazi-American."]
An honest reviewer must disclose any special interest, and in the case of this book I have several, starting with David Hardy's magnificent Marsscape on the dust jacket. A slightly different version appears on page 328, which was used for the jacket of my own book The Snows of Olympus: A Garden on Mars. Frankly, I'm not sure which I prefer: they're both beautiful, but there's a subtle distinction between the two...
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Francisco J. Ayala (review date 26 July 1996)
SOURCE: A review of The Demon-Haunted World, in Science, Vol. 273, No. 5274, July 26, 1996, pp. 442-43.
[Below, Ayala presents a favorable review of The Demon-Haunted World, but disagrees with Sagan's reductionist view of scientific truth.]
In 1961 while driving at night in the White Mountains, Betty and Barney Hill sighted a bright object in the sky that seemed to follow them. Fearing for their safety, they left the main highway and took narrow roads, arriving home two hours later than they had expected. The experience prompted Betty to read a book that described UFOs as spaceships navigated by little men from other worlds, who sometimes abducted humans....
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Richard Lewontin (review date 9 January 1997)
SOURCE: "Billions and Billions of Demons," in New York Review of Books, January 9, 1997, pp. 28-32.
[In the following review, Lewontin challenges Sagan's defense of science and scientific method in The Demon-Haunted World.]
"But the Solar System!" I protested.
"What the deuce is it to me?" he interrupted impatiently: "you say that we go round the sun. If we went round the moon it would not make a pennyworth of difference to me or my work."
—Colloquy between Dr. Watson and Sherlock Holmes in A Study in Scarlet
I First met Carl Sagan in 1964,...
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Stephen Jay Gould (essay date 31 January 1997)
SOURCE: "Bright Star among Billions," in Science, Vol. 275, No. 5300, January 31, 1997, p. 599.
[In the following essay, Gould praises Sagan's contribution to the popular presentation of science.]
Saul despised David for receiving ten thousand cheers to his own mere thousand. We scientists often stigmatize, for the same reason of simple jealousy, the good work done by colleagues for our common benefit. Because we live in a Philistine nation filled with Goliaths, and because science feeds at a public trough, we all give lip service to the need for clear and supportive popular presentation of our work. Why then do we downgrade the professional reputation of colleagues...
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Jerry Adler (essay date 31 March 1997)
SOURCE: "Unbeliever's Quest," in Newsweek, March 31, 1997, pp. 64-7.
[In the following essay, Adler discusses Sagan's unshakable faith in science over religion even in the face of fatal illness.]
A man of science, Carl Sagan didn't want prayers; he wanted proof. He died still waiting for evidence.
Carl Sagan, the famous scientist and author, never asked for anyone to pray for him, although in his final illness many people did anyway. For two years prayers for his health filled the great Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York. They rose (if prayers do rise) to the heaven Sagan had never seen in all his years of searching the sky, and were heard...
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Further Reading
Chapman, Clark R. "Carl Sagan: An Appreciation." Sky & Telescope 93, No. 3 (March 1997): 6-7.
A brief overview of Sagan's career and scientific contributions.
Eicher, Dave. "Carl Sagan: 1934–1996." Astronomy 25, No. 3 (March 1997): 28.
A brief summary of Sagan's professional accomplishments and public role.
Randi, James. Review of The Demon-Haunted World, by Carl Sagan. Skeptical Inquirer 20, No. 4 (July-August 1996): 46-7.
A favorable review of The Demon-Haunted...
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Policy Information
- Issue Date: November 1, 1989
- Primary Contact: Director of Human Resources
- Responsible Member of Directorate: President and Director
- Responsible Office: Human Resources
ContentsPolicy Information
OverviewI. Background
A. In 1988, federal regulations were issued through the United States Coast Guard, Department of Transportation,calling for drug and alcohol testing of marine crew members and others. The intent of the regulations is to improve safety by reducing the incidence of drug and alcohol abuse by personnel operating ships. The regulations apply to all Marine Crew members and Alvin Group Members on board Institution vessels and, in some circumstances, to all other embarked personnel on board our ships, including scientific staff. This Drug Testing Policy is intended to establish rules for implementing the regulations and to inform all embarked personnel on board WHOI ships about the requirements of the regulations. The testing mandated by the USCG regulations covers the following specific circumstances:
2.Random Testing
3.Post-serious Marine Incident Testing
4.Marine Casualty Testing
5.Reasonable Cause Testing
6.Periodic Testing
B. Definitions and details on each of the circumstances are noted below. For ease of reference, citations to Marine Crew Members should be read to include ALVIN Group Members as well.
1. Pre-employment Tests: All applicants for employment as Marine Crew Members at the Institution will be required to undergo drug testing as prescribed in the USCG regulation during their pre-employment physical examinations. Applicants will be expected to sign a statement indicating they understand that they will not be employed at the Institution if they test positive for drugs during this pre-employment examination. In addition, the applicants will acknowledge that, in the event that they must be sent to sea prior to the receipt of test results, their continued employment at the Institution will be based on negative test results.
Applicants who can provide the Institution with official documentation to support that they have successfully passed a pre-employment physical or a Periodic Test within six months of their employment application at the Institution will not be required to take another drug test. Additionally, a prospective employee who can document that he/she has been involved in a Random Drug Test procedure by a marine employer during the previous 12 months and neither failed nor refused to participate in the test will also be exempt from taking a pre-employment drug test.
2. Random Tests: A minimum of 50% of Marine crew members will be tested each year, with no advance notice, by random selection. The Port Office will notify the Ships' Masters by telex of those individuals who have been identified through the selection process. Specimens will be collected the day of notification. The Port Office is notified immediately if a collection is not possible.
3. Serious Marine Incident: Any person on board an Institution vessel who is directly involved in a serious marine incident, as defined by the federal regulation 46 CFR 4.03-2, "Serious Marine Incident", is subject to an immediate test for drugs and alcohol. A person directly involved in a serious marine incident is any person whose order, action or failure to act is determined to be, or cannot be ruled out as, a causative factor in the events leading to or causing said incident. Examples of serious marine incidents, besides physical and environmental disasters, include (i) an injury to a person that requires professional medical treatment beyond first aid and which renders the individual unable to perform routine vessel duties, and (ii) damage to property in excess of $100,000.
The Ship's Master, as the Institution representative, is charged with the responsibility to determine if such an incident has occurred and which individuals are directly involved. Those so determined will be required to provide a urine specimen and a breath sample. Anyone refusing may be subject to suspension or termination. In addition, the USCG may initiate license revocation procedures. The names of those individuals refusing to be tested will be placed in the Ship's log.
In the event that the Master may be determined to be directly involved in a Serious Marine Incident, the specimen collection and chain of custody procedure will be executed by another person so designated and trained for this purpose.
The procedures to follow in the event of positive test results or a refusal are outlined below. In addition, the USCG will be provided the names of all personnel tested. After the test results are received, those results will also be provided to the USCG.
4. Marine Casualty: Federal regulations trigger alcohol testing obligations for any individual who (i) was a Marine Crew member, pilot, or on watch and was (ii) directly involved in the occurrence of the marine casualty. For purposes of the purposes of this policy a marine casualty incident includes any incident in which (i) there is damage to the vessel and/or other property of more than $200; or (ii) a person dies or is injured and requires medical treatment beyond first aid; or (iii) a person disappears from the vessel under circumstances that indicate death or injury.
5. Reasonable Cause: The criteria for determining reasonable cause are contained in 46 CFR 16.250 for drugs and in 33 CFR 95.035 for alcohol. These criteria require testing when there is a reasonable and articulable belief that the individual has used a dangerous drug or is intoxicated. This belief will be based on direct observation of specific, contemporaneous physical, behavioral, or performance indicators of probable use. The primary responsibility for this determination lies with the Ship's Master, as the Institution's management representative. Where possible, the concurrence of two (2) supervisors and/or superiors who were direct observers of the reasonable cause incident will be sought.
Reasonable cause testing may consist of drug and/or alcohol testing, as determined by the Master's assessment of the incident. All such cases will be entered into the Ship's log, along with refusals to comply with the testings, should that occur.
The individuals involved in the reasonable cause incident will, if practicable, be immediately removed from any watch or duties involving the navigation or operation of the ship. Persons whose testing results are negative may be returned to their duties if such action is appropriate in the judgment of the Master.
Persons who test positive for alcohol but not for drugs may be returned to their duties after the period of intoxication if, in the judgment of the Master, there is no significant risk of subsequent intoxication. The USCG will be notified.
6.Periodic Testing: Periodic drug tests will be those performed in conjunction with the physical examinations required of marine crew members by the USCG, for example as part of the initial application and renewal process for a Merchant Mariner's Document or License. Periodic testing may also be an integral part of a rehabilitation program for any marine crew testing positive for drugs.
II. Disciplinary Action
A. If a Marine Crew member receives a positive drug test result or refuses to submit to requested drug testing, the Institution shall, as soon as is practicable, remove that crew member from active duty and place the crew member on involuntary unpaid marine department furlough or terminate his/her employment. However, the Institution may, in its discretion, continue in active duty any person whose performance is necessary for the preservation of life or property or the protection of the environment. The Institution may, in its discretion, treat a positive alcohol test result or a refusal to submit to alcohol testing in the same manner as a positive drug test result or a refusal to submit to a drug test.
B. If that same marine crew member holds a license, certificate or registry, or merchant mariner's document, the Institution must also report any positive drug test result to the USCG Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection. A crew member in this status faces license and/or document revocation under USCG procedures. Disciplinary action from the Institution is also appropriate.
C. If the individual affected does not hold a license, certificate of registry, or merchant mariner's document, there is no obligation to report the positive test results to the USCG (except as part of a response to a request for records by the USCG). The sole exception is in the event of a Serious Marine Incident. Employees who have positive test results are nevertheless subject toappropriate Institution disciplinary action.
D. Under these Federal regulations, the Institution must maintain all records of positive drug and alcohol tests for at least five years and must provide those records to the USCG on request. Negative test results must also be maintained, but only for one year.
E. Additional information and guidance is available from Drug-Free Workplace; Termination; Employee and Student Assistance Program; and Substance Abuse.


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Rock and Roll, Over the Hills and Far Away, Black Dog, Misty Mountain Hop, Since I've Been Loving You, Dancing Days, Bron-Y-Aur Stomp, The Song Remains the Same, Rain Song, Dazed and Confused (incl. San Francisco), Stairway to Heaven, Whole Lotta Love (medley incl. Everybody Needs Someone To Love, Let That Boy Boogie, (You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care, Let's Have a Party, I Can't Quit You Baby), The Ocean.


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Stacey Gabriel, Ph.D.
Stacey Gabriel is director of the Genomics Platform at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. Under Gabriel's guidance, the Genomics Platform explores, validates, optimizes, and implements new technologies, methods, and analysis tools to meet the needs of the Broad community. Gabriel and the members of her team are committed to pushing the boundaries of the genomic frontier through the application of operational excellence, advanced process design, data analysis and visualization, and technology development capabilities.
In addition to her activities with the Genomics Platform, Gabriel's research interests lie in using genomic techniques to understand the genetic component of common disease. She has represented the Broad in many large national projects, including providing foundational research for the International HapMap Project; serving on the steering committee for the 1000 Genomes Project, as well as co-chairing the project's production group; serving on the steering committee for The Cancer Genome Atlas; serving as principal investigator on the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute's Exome Sequencing Project; and co-principal investigator (with Eric Lander) of the National Human Genome Research Institute's large-scale sequencing center at the Broad Institute. She has also served as principal investigator on eight NIH grants, totaling over $200 M, related to large-scale genotyping, sequence production, and analysis.
Gabriel joined the Whitehead Institute/MIT Center for Genome Research in 1998, where she successfully led the center's contribution to the SNP Consortium Allele Frequency project.
Gabriel received her B.S. in molecular biology from Carnegie Mellon University and Ph.D. in human genetics from Case Western Reserve University.


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Review - Reversing: Secrets of Reverse Engineering
As implied by its title the book covers many topics in the field of reverse code engineering which are essential to know. The book is divided into four parts (named Reversing 101, Applied Reversing, Cracking and Beyond Disassembly) which are again divided into several subparts. Throughout the book a Windows environment is used mostly which is pursuable as most malware and copy protections are available for these platforms.
The first part focuses on the very basics and gives an introduction to reverse engineering, such as where and when it is used, legal aspects, which tools can be used and how an operating system works in some aspects. This part will answer many questions for people who are not familiar with reversing at all and should be read therefore carefully.
Full review can be read at my site www.awesec.com.
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PL boys 9th at section meet
The Pequot Lakes Patriots finished ninth at the Section 6AA boys' golf meet on Monday, June 3, at Blackberry Ridge in Sartell.
The Patriots did not qualify as one of the final four teams on the second day, which had play reduced to nine holes because of steady rain.
The top Pequot Lakes' score on Monday was an 83 by Kevin Beltz.
The final team scores after 27 holes was Staples-Motley, who advances to state after combining for 464, Albany with 486, St. Cloud Cathedral 488 and Becker 497.
Advancing to the state as individuals were Wesley Dickhaus (Melrose) 111, Jordan LeClair (Albany) 114, Logan Konop (Rocori) 116, David Schneider (Albany) 117 and Billy Dingmann (Becker) 118.
Team scores: 1-Staples-Motley 299, 2-Albany 326, 3-Becker 327, 4-St. Cloud Cathedral 327, 5-Rocori 328, 6-Melrose 332, 7-Annadale 345, 8-Zimmerman 346, 9-Pequot Lakes 347, 10-Little Falls 349, 11-Milaca 361, 12-Sauk Centre 366, 13-Pierz 375, 14-Foley 388, 15-Kimball-Eden Valley-Watkins 439
Pequot Lakes results: Bradley Boldt 87, Kevin Beltz 83, Nic Olmscheid 92, Trenton Beyer 98, Ethan Neitzke 85, Jackson Georges 92
Patriots 9th at Cragun's
Ethan Neitzke's 88 and Trenton Beyer's 89 led Pequot Lakes to ninth place at the Cardinal Invitational at Cragun's Legacy Courses on Wednesday, May 29. The Patriots combined for a score of 371 while Staples-Motley was first with 302.
Team scores: 1-Staples-Motley 302, 2-St. Cloud Cathedral 322, 3-Rocori 326, 4-Anandale 335, 5-Brainerd and Albany 338, 7-Melrose 339, 8-Pierz 364, 9-Pequot Lakes 371
Individual medalist: Wesley Dickhaus (Melrose) 71
Pequot Lakes results: Ethan Neitzke 88, Trenton Beyer 89, Jackson Goerges 92, Jonah Lelwica 102, John Marchwick 120, Wyatt Fink 124


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Luminous and Elegant Studio Flat
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Located in quiet leafy street with off street parking. Peaceful escape from the city, but within 25 minutes metro ride into Central London. Excellent transport links, M25 within easy access. Close to Heathrow Airport and local bus routes.
Rayners Lane Tube station, which serves both Metropolitan and Piccadilly Lines, is 10 minutes walking distance. Conveniently located near Harrow Town Centre with cinema, shops and restaurants.
Brent is a suburb in North West London. There are several tube stations located in the district, many of them located on the Jubilee Line which will take you directly to Bond Street Station, which is right by Oxford Street. Oxford Street is the main shopping street in London with shops such as Selfridges and Debenhams. Most attractions of London are within easy reach, such as Piccadilly Circus, Madame Tussauds and Tower of London. Hyde Park is located west of Oxford Street where you will find Kensington Gardens. If you walk through the park you will reach Kensington where you can find the famous department store Harrod's and plenty of museums, for example Natural History museum and Science museum.
An easy journey away is also Camden, which is famous for Camden Market and the wide range of bars and clubs that daily hosts many gigs. Camden is amazing for a day and night out! Around the corner you can enjoy a calmer environment in the beautiful Regents Park, which is also the location for Madame Tussauds.
If you want to enjoy the extensive night life London has to offer, there are also plenty of buses and night buses running 24/7 from all directions in London.
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We loved our time staying at Esther and Don's house. They were very welcoming and helpful. The flat was very clean and perfect for our needs. We were able to explore all the sights of London then come back to the flat to relax and prepare for the next day. Thank you Esther and Don.
This was the perfect place to visit London for a few days. The studio was comfortable and clean, had everything you needed and most of all it felt like having your own place in London. It was perfectly situated; close to the Underground, close to the local pub and close to a lot of little shops.
The owners Esther and Don were very nice and friendly and made us feel at home.
The flat is exactly as it´s described.
The most important thing for me was/ is that the flat was/is tidy.
I am normally used to tiny hotel rooms that are stinky and dirty and just...gross.
This flat doesnt smell bad, it´s very tidy and you have everything you need.
I have been there for 8 nights and it was perfect. Nothing I did miss.
You have a nice english, quiet big, bed a nice bathroom with a shower and towels and a hairdryer and a kitchen with everything you need to cook small meals or just heat something up.
The other important thing for me is that the area is safe and doesn´t look like a ghetto. And the area there is really nice with lots of nice houses, a small tesco and a small sainsburys and you just walk 5-10 minutes to the tube station.
The last important thing for me is that the flat owner are nice and you feel comfy living in their flat.
And that absoloutely happened. Esther and Don are really really nice and lovely people who want you to feel comfy and make sure you have everything you need.
I already said that I will def. come back here! :)
Very nice room with all the necessary necesseties. The hosts were most kind and helpful.
The studio flat is small but has everything you could desire for a stay in London and spotlessly clean. The neighbourhood is silent and well connected with the Piccadilly and Metropolitan lines at the tube station just a short walk away and there is an incredible assortment of ethnic shops and restaurants just round the corner.
Esther and Don are charming and willing to give useful advice and tips for a pleasant stay. Nothing is too much trouble. I'd book again with them any time!
10 Excellent
We have a wonderful weekend in London!
The apartment was really good!
Esther an Don was so kind and helpful to us.
When we go to London next time this will be the place to book again.
Our stay was great. The place was sparkly clean, it was also tiny but we knew that coming in (we were 3 people). Bed was very comfortable. Location was great too, despite being in zone 5 it was very easy to get wherever we needed to go with the underground. Lovely stay overall :)
We found the apartment to be clean, well-equipped and comfortable, if rather compact. Esther and Don welcomed us warmly and were very helpful. They allowed a very early check-in and also arranged a taxi to the airport. The apartment is reasonably close to a tube station and a variety of shops. We had a good stay and would be happy to stay again.
Our stay at Don and Esthers' apartment was very pleasant. It's a very nice apartment on the ground floor of their home, with a very complete set of facilities. The apartment is located near an underground station and two supermarkets. It took us about ten minutes to walk from the apartment to the underground station. From there, you can take either the Piccadilly line or the Metropolitan line, both of which will take you to the city centre in about a half hour. The hosts were very kind and helpful, and were able to answer all our questions. They gave us plenty of tips to enjoy our stay. All in all, we really enjoyed our stay with Don and Esther, and we would one day like to return to their apartment!
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Oregon Kids: Healthy and Safe (OKHS) is a training and online resource that childhood care and education (CCE) professionals can use to provide healthy and safe environments and practices for children in their care. This resources includes:
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[Source: Sterling]PRESS RELEASE:Sterling Truck Corporation Enhances Product Lineup with New Mid-Range Truck - February 13, 2007Latest Vehicle to be Introduced at NTEA Work Truck Show 2007REDFORD, MICHIGAN - Sterling Truck Corporation added velocity to its North American sales efforts today by announcing plans to introduce a new conventional class 4-5 truck: the Sterling Bullet™. This exciting addition to the Sterling family is a real work truck designed by the work truck experts, and will be introduced at the NTEA Work Truck Show 2007 on March 6.The new truck is ideal for vocational applications including construction, residential services including landscaping, municipal services such as government and utility, and pickup and delivery applications."With the introduction of this tough new vehicle, Sterling is rounding out its extensive lineup of reliable work trucks," said Chris Patterson, president and CEO of Freightliner LLC. "Sterling dealers will now have an expanded selection of products across commercial vehicle classes 3 through 8, and customers will have a single source for all their truck and service needs. Nothing will stop this new truck."Professional truck users demand an industry-leading product with an engine that's ready to work. The Bullet is powered by an EPA '07-compliant diesel engine found in other Sterling vehicles. The new truck will be available in both regular and quad cab configurations, as well as two-wheel and four-wheel drive.This marks the third product introduction for Sterling within the last twelve months, making Sterling an ideal solution for any light-, medium-, or heavy-duty application.
Sounds like it's going to be built just as a work truck! Cool!
Well, Sterling was Ford's heavy truck unit that was spun off... but dang if that isn't a photo of a rebadged Dodge Ram.
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It is a re-badged Dodge Ram. Click Here.
Daimler Chrysler owns Sterling that is why it looks like a Dodge because it is the same company.
Looks like Ford has set teh standard again for trucks.I knew it wouldn't be long after the F450 until Chrysler or GM had an answer, and now they do.
Chevytrucks83:Daimler Chrysler owns Sterling that is why it looks like a Dodge because it is the same company.Sterling is actually a subsidiary of Freightliner, which in turn is a subsidiary of DaimlerChrysler. They're not the same company, but they are part of the same group of companies.
Interesting, if a bit odd. Freightliner gives Dodge the Sprinter, and Dodge gives Sterling the Bullet.
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I am curious to see what this thing does. But it will be limited to what the platform can handle. It's just a Ram. But will it use more powerful engines? If not, how will Sterling market and differentiate this from the Dodge offerings? I understand it's a work truck but if it isnt any different from the Ram and doesnt have more powerful engines and is more expensive, a lot of people might turn to the F-350 and 450 (towing capacity is up to 24,500lbs!).
=================================No, Brian, it's a foreign car, the "T" is silent. Sweet, I'm getting an Audi!
El Kabong:Interesting, if a bit odd. Freightliner gives Dodge the Sprinter, and Dodge gives Sterling the Bullet.Mercedes had the Sprinter for six years before it gave it to Freightliner.
The article said, if you read it, the Sterling will be ona 4/5 chassis...so that means it will be a 4500, which will directly compete with the new F450. That's the only reason this truck is being built. It's a quick, and by quick I mean through a new chasis under it and call it good, response to the F450's 24,500 lb 5th wheel rating which is just awesome.It should be interesting to see what this truck can do and what the final specs are. I know the article said something about 16,000 lbs, whichi is what the F450 will tow at the toungue as well.


text: 07 Jul 2016 The strangest - and stupidest - items confiscated at airports Previous slide Next slide 1 of 24 View All Skip Ad An iPhone case shaped like a gun - and high heels like revolvers An air passenger was stopped at Stansted Airport yesterday after being spotted with an iPhone case shaped like a gun. Essex Police tweeted a picture of the device and suggested that the unidentified traveller could have been mistaken for a terrorist and shot by armed officers. The caption read: "You have a split second decision to make... #WhatWouldYouDo" It's not the first novelty device to have landed an air passenger in hot water. Earlier this year a woman in the US was stopped for wearing high heels shaped like revolvers. Back to image


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Theres a lot of misinformation out there, and thats why Bayer is taking a proactive approach toward dealing with this issue, said Robyn Kneen, Bayer CropSciences North America Bee Health Project Manager, regarding speculation on Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD).
After the tobacco industry's huge campaign to lie to us about the dangers of smoking, I have to wonder if other industries are doing the same. I don't know if they are - but it's hard to trust.
Do they really care - or are they just trying to protect their products?
However, researchers have reached a consensus that this is a complex issue. What is labeled by some as CCD is actually the result of a variety of problems, including poor bee nutrition, varroa mites, fungi and stewardship, that are impacting honey bee colonies, Kneen said.
Hopefully someone can go on one of these "tours" and let us know.


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Europa Raumschiff VenusErich Zablatnik
Europa Raumschiff Venus, 1989
felter pen and acrylic paint on cardboard
60,5 x 39,2 cm
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Collection de l'Art Brut, Lausanne
Zablatnik, Erich (1942 – 1995), Austria
BiographyErich Zablatnik was born in Klagenfurt, Austria. He attended school to secondary level, then did odd jobs until his military service began. He then moved to Germany and worked for several years as a miner. Later he trained as a rotisserie cook and worked in a chain of grill restaurants for twenty years. Devastated by the accidental death of his wife and son, he tried to kill himself in 1989 by driving his car into a wall. He survived his grievous injuries and returned to Klagenfurt, where, no longer able to work, he lived in a Caritas hostel.
That was where Zablatnik started to produce paintings of his utopian, futuristic dreams. He drew on cardboard with ballpoint, felt pen, gouache, or acrylic paint. He sometimes added cardboard or aluminium foil shapes, and finished his pictures with a layer of glossy varnish.
Exhibition(s) at the Art Brut Collection


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I am getting my new queen Friday and I planned on making a new nuc to start a new hive. I have read about doing this but have never done it and I am kinda nervous. I plan on putting 1 frame capped brood, 1 frame of brood in different stages of development, 1 to 1/2 frames of honey and if possible pollen, and 2 frames of empty comb. Is this correct? If I dont have a spare frame of pollen, do I really need it until they get foragers.
My question is if I get the queen Friday in the afternoon, when should I pull the frames from the other hives and let them sit queenless before I insert her into the nuc?