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The 2012 Dakar Rally: The Gods Must Be Crazy
The Dakar Rally has become legendary for its off-road dangers and drama, especially its previous African editions, which began in 1979. When the race moved to South America in 2009, many worried it would lose its rigors, altering the character of what was branded the toughest motorsports endurance event in the world, with Bike, Quad, Auto, and Truck Classes. But there was nothing to worry about -- the first three editions in Argentina and Chile gained notoriety, and this year's event was no less exciting.
This year, there were four deaths associated with the Rally, and one of the race stages that ascended the high, spiny peaks of the Andes was closed when a snowstorm made it too dangerous to continue -- and the next stage was also closed for the same reason. There also were significant trials for all but one of the U.S.-based racers. Many will also remember it as the year when crowd-pleasing, off-road and NASCAR racer Robby Gordon made world-wide headlines with his "kiss my a--" retort to his top-running challengers, whose Mini rally machines he caustically dubbed as fit "for girls." All of this was after Gordon bested the Mini teams by more than 20 minutes, during the stage that followed allegations from frontrunners that he had cheated by using an illegal air inflation system on his HUMMER H3. (For the record, this system was approved by ASO Dakar Rally inspectors in both 2011 and 2012.)
The 14-day off-road rally, which started on the outskirts of the Atlantic coastal city of Mar del Plata, Argentina, and ended some 8300 kilometers (5157 miles) later in Lima, Peru on the Pacific, was called one of the toughest ever by many competitors who participated in multiple Dakar rallies. Only three U.S. teams finished out of the 12 that crossed the start podium.
U.S. Racers The most-publicized American team was Gordon's, featuring legendary biker and former Dakar racer Johnny Campbell as co-driver. The duo finished fifth in the Auto class, driving a Hummer H3. A big surprise in this year's rally was that the biggest rival in such a hard-core off-road event was actually the Mini -- and several of them, at that. Though he was a crowd favorite, off-road and NASCAR racer Gordon was accused of using an illegal tire-inflation system on his Hummer H3. The competitors believed that a pipe in the engine bay was sending extra air into the engine, presumably from the tire-inflation system, therefore was improving performance. All vehicles in this rally adhere to strict rules when it comes to air restriction, so the accusation was that Gordon's team had gotten around the rules. (For the record, the air-inflation system was approved by ASO Dakar Rally inspectors in 2011 and 2012.)
To show that his H3's performance was not being affected by the tire system, he disabled it before starting Stage 12. But even with the tire system disabled, the Hummer bested the Mini teams by more than 20 minutes in that stage. Gordon also made worldwide press for some of his wildly successful, high-speed driving maneuvers. He hit 136 mph on a steep downhill sand dune at the end of a race stage in Chile on a descent that many approach with caution.
Also newsworthy: Well-respected co-driver Andy Grider, who has teamed with Gordon in the past, walked away from his competitive and rudely argumentative Argentinian teammate Orlando Terranova at the end of Stage 4, after being seeded ninth at the start of that stage. The bold move on Grider's part took the pair and their Toyota Hilux pickup out of the rally, as substitute racers are not allowed after the start. Four-time Baja 1000 champion Mark McMillin's Jeep Grand Cherokee overheated and failed on Stage 2 in McMillin's first Dakar attempt, while well-known U.S. desert racer Darren Skilton made it to the finish following a truckload of mechanical and other trials, but had to be towed the final 9kilometers of the Rally, after his 375-hp 2WD buggy's gearbox broke. Skilton and his co-driver Skyler Gambrell, who was new to Dakar this year, had to be pushed over the uphill ramp that led to the podium, with the buggy's motor still running, which allowed Skilton to claim a 62nd-place finish. Americans Rob Rill and co-driver Benjamin Slocum, both experienced in Baja and WRC racing, took on their first Dakar in a BMW Desert Warrior SUV, but, after losing brakes on the race course on Stage 2 and helping Mark McMillin get off the course, Rill and Slocum were disqualified because of missing too many checkpoints. Also in the Auto class were Canadians David Bensadoun and Patrick Beale, driving a 3.0-liter BMW diesel buggy; the duo became the first Canadian team to finish a Dakar in this class, placing 40th overall.
In the motorcycle class, only Ned Suesse, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, completed the grueling event in the Bike class, placing 53rd in his first attempt. Internationally known biker Jonah Street, from Ellensburg, Washington, suffered mechanical issues on Stage 2 that ended his hopes for a top finish. American motorcycle rider Quinn Cody, last year's Dakar Rookie of the Year, had a horrendous high-speed crash on Stage 3 that left him with head, collarbone, and shoulder injuries. U.S.-based biker James Embro was forced to withdraw when he was injured during the transport over the Andes in a snowstorm when he was struck in the face by a rock thrown up by a passing Dakar truck. Bike instructor Bill Conger, a neighbor of Gordon's in North Carolina, had problems from the start on his first Dakar and was knocked out on Stage 3, whereas 65-year-old Mike Stanfield, who broke his foot on his first Dakar attempt last year, was forced to call it quits again this year on Stage 5. Twenty riders quit that day alone, with the experienced riders calling it the hardest Dakar ever.
This year's new route allowed competitors to discover unique lands. Ralliers drove from the Atlantic to the Pacific, across the Andes, and through the Atacama, the world's highest and most-punishing desert. It was the first time the Dakar had entered the country of Peru, taking advantage of a variety of off-road tracks and dunes that competitors described as some of the toughest along the route. The rally came to a close in capital-city Lima, with 97 Bikes, 12 Quads, 78 Autos, and 60 Trucks making it to the finish line -- 249 of the 443 vehicles that started the rally in Mar del Plata.
Bike Class When the dust finally settled after two weeks of racing, the winner in the bike category was Frenchman Cyril Despres, riding a 450cc Rally KTM. He said toughest Dakar of the 12 he's raced. The world-renowned biker, who has competed in some 90 total races over his career, won by seconds over second-place finisher Marc Coma of Spain, also riding a 450cc KTM. Coma has achieved three first-place finishes at Dakar, including last year's top honors. The duo traded first- and second-place stage wins throughout the rally, bringing great drama to each day. "The 2012 Dakar is without a shadow of a doubt the toughest Dakar I have ever raced in. It was very demanding physically but also such an intense psychological battle," said Despres at the finish.
Auto Class Frenchman Stephane Peterhensel won his tenth Dakar (his first in South America) piloting a Mini on the X-Raid team that fielded three cars. "Peter" dueled throughout with his teammate Joan "Nani" Roma, of Spain, who placed second, while Giniel De Villiers of South Africa, who was a first-place winner in 2009 and placed second in 2010, took third-place honors driving a Toyota Hilux pickup. Fourth place was garnered by Russian Leonid Novitsky, also in a Mini. Although Gordon took fifth overall, he took three stage wins, and pushed all of the frontrunners throughout, but setbacks cost him time penalties. Winning the two-wheel-drive category was Frenchman Ronan Chabot in an SMG buggy, while Xavier Foj of Spain topped all in the production category in his Toyota Primas.
Quad The race in the Quad class was a hot contest between siblings who love to ride and race together. First place went to defending champion Alejandro Patronelli of Argentina, who managed to pull off his second Dakar victory in a row in his Raptor 700 Yamaha. He placed second in 2009 behind brother Marcos. . This year, second place went to Marcos also riding a Raptor 700 Yamaha. Marcos was forced out of last year's rally due to an injury.
Trucks The win by Gerard de Rooy of the Netherlands and the Italian constructor Iveco made history, as it was 25 years afterGerard's father Jan, a legendary driver and Dakar winner, had won the famed rally. On board this year were Darek Rodewald (co-driver), and Belgian Tom Colsoul (mechanic), as this class allows three in the cab of the behemoth vehicles, which are popular in Europe and Russia, but are relatively unknown in America.
"I'm a bit moved, but I'll keep my sunglasses on. The entire race was terrific. I was 22 years old when I embarked on this, and now, a decade on, we did it exactly 25 years after my father won the Dakar," de Rooy said. This year's first-place finish was also especially gratifying for De Rooy because a back injury forced him to drop out in the opening stage of last year's race. Even though De Rooy was injured in an Iveco, he enjoyed the support of Kamaz.
"After dropping out last year, I had to wait a month before getting back into action. I went to the Kamaz factory in Russia to meet a specialist. The Russians offered me the services of their physical therapist. They wanted me to be in shape for the Dakar. They wanted a good race. In the end, the Kamaz drivers are rivals only in competition."
The second-place finishers in the Truck class were also from the Netherlands and motored in a Trakker Evolution II Iveco, with Hans Stacey (driver), Hans Van Goor (co-driver), and Bernard Der Kinderen (mechanic).
"Jan De Rooy [one of the team's sponsors] called me because he wanted one of his Ivecos to finish on the Dakar podium," said Stacey. "He thought of me because there are not many guys capable of doing it. I wanted to start at maximum attack speed, but after 50 kilometers in the first section, I went through a river and nothing happened, but my springs were broken, so I had to slow down. I pushed in the first section but in the last section I took care and prayed to God that my suspension would hold out until the finish. It was a very dangerous stage for trucks, but I'm happy to be here at the finish again."
Third in the Truck class was Team Astana from Kazakhstan: Artur Ardavichus (driver), Russian Alexey Kuzmich (co-driver), and Nurlan Turlubaev (mechanic), piloting a Kamaz. Team Astana is the first team not just from Kazakhstan but from throughout Central Asia to participate in Dakar.
"The T4s [big trucks] defy logic," said Darren Skilton, who is the U.S. representative for the Dakar. "Everybody who comes to the Rally cannot believe how fast and thunderously loud they are, with their big wheels and high ground clearance -- the ruts even don't bother them."
Robby Gordon A native of Bellflower, California, Robby Gordon drove the No. 303 SPEED Energy/Toyo Tires Hummer to a fifth-place finish overall, after suffering a number of bad breaks, which included getting lost, a rollover, mechanical issues, and towing and helping his teammate, top-seeded Nasser Saleh al-Attiyah, the Qatari driver who won an epic duel in last year's rally against Carlos Sousa. (Al-Attiyah was forced to retire after Stage 8 due to mechanical problems.) Along the way, Gordon and co-driver Johnny Campbell posted 10 top-five stage finishes in the 14-stage event and won three stages. Although some racers would have been pleased with these results, Gordon was dissatisfied.
"Last year, the Dakar was an agonizing defeat for me. Dropping out on stage four was not only a bitter pill to swallow, but more importantly was an embarrassment. I've always thought that second place is just the first among the losers. So I'm afraid we're fourth among the losers!"
A passionate racer, the high-strung Gordon was hurt by being called a cheater regarding sophisticated air inflation system he developed. "I'm very clever -- a bit of a MacGyver -- and I exposed the ASO Dakar Rally organizers and officials to this system ahead of time," said Gordon, who felt he was chastised when he started to dominate the rally. Now, back in the U.S., Gordon has a full schedule of NASCAR races and off-road events.
Darren Skilton Darren Skilton drove his Revolution "6" 2WD buggy from Baja Automotive to one of the race's more memorable finishes. During the first half of the Rally, his vehicle was plagued by fuel problems. Late in the race, numerous other problems occurred that Skilton described as "an emotional rollercoaster." At Stage 14, the esteemed American racer was aided by Australia's Geoffrey Olhom, as the duo had to tow the vehicle 9 kilometers, when it was then literally pushed over the finish line by Skilton's teammates.
Well-known on the off-road racing circuits of Dakar, in Baja, and around the globe, Skilton's never-surrender attitude has been widely celebrated. This was his seventh Dakar and he had hoped to finish in the top 15. "The car is fast and it's lighter than a Hummer," said Skilton, who was thrilled to start this year in the new buggy and to have his father, well-known racer Clive Skilton, on his crew. Undaunted by his trials, Skilton plans to be back with a small fleet of buggies, now that he's learned how to improve them for the rigors of Dakar.
Mark McMillin A native of San Diego, the popular U.S.-based McMillin drove a Jeep Grand Cherokee with co-driver Gary Arnold. Unfortunately, the four-time winner of the Baja 1000 watched his Dakar dreams die when the McMillin Racing Dakar team's Jeep suffered a blown head gasket and warped head that forced him to the sidelines during Stage 2, which he could not finish.
This was especially disappointing, given that McMillin said before the start of his first Dakar: "I've been thinking about this race for a long time. Finishing is priority one. For sure, I'd like to win my class (Open Score), but I have no idea of what to expect...at the age of 55, I am coming to see what the Dakar is all about. I hope to do a good job so I can come back."
After the event, he said, "The best part was experiencing it first-hand, as there is no way you can begin to know it from TV or the stories of others. You really can't compare it to the Baja 1000 -- it's a different game. The worst part? The lack of sleep and the dust-bowl bivouacs. But I would absolutely go back under the right circumstances!"
Ned Suesse Newbie Dakar competitor Ned Suesse, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, was the only U.S. biker to complete the rally, crossing the podium in 53rd place. An experienced biker, Suesse, who had dreamt of being on the start line of Dakar for years, has invented products for motorcycles, including a folding rearview mirror.
"I was fortunate. I had such a clean race and was never caught by the big trucks and most days by only a few cars. My training was a lot more technical than it needed to be, and therefore I was able to enjoy the Rally and the terrain -- all except the fesh-fesh [silt] and rocks of Chile. My mantra was 'no stops.' When you give up the initiative and stop, it's hard, but you don't get into trouble riding too slow. The only way for me to get through mentally was not to look at the big picture," said Suesse.
"Some years ago, I saw a group of motorcycles racing through the dunes in Mauritania on TV. The sight was so surreal and yet beautiful. I wanted more than anything to be there, doing that. I never thought it could happen. I committed myself to being on the start line in 2012, by doing lots of riding and wearing out tires like crazy practicing."
Jonah Street Jonah Street, currently of Ellensburg, Washington, was "bummed" about going out on day two after competing in six previous Dakars, with three finishes and one seventh-place finish. "I spent the last two years organizing myself and this past year did more training than I've ever done, plus I had a really fast bike. It was surprising and frustrating."
Street raced a YZ450 Yamaha, until electrical problems forced him to withdraw. "I knew the bike wouldn't make it through the dunes," he explained, "so unfortunately, the Dakar rally ended for me right there."
A native of Laguna Beach, California, the popular competitor, who was a seventh-place Dakar finisher in 2010, had high hopes after 2011. "Last year was hard," he said. "It was the first time I organized everything myself with my own team. There was no opportunity for me to test my bike prior to the Dakar. My mechanic saw the bike for the first time in Buenos Aires. We really lacked time."
Street has just announced his retirement, although the world-class biker says he's been planning it for a while. "My kids are getting older and, although my body is still in shape, my hands aren't those of a 20-year-old," said Street, who turns 40 in March. "I always thought I'd be done when my eyes changed -- not my hands," adding that his full-time work as a mason hasn't helped. "I have no complaints. It's been 21 years since my first professional race and I've been to 27 countries and raced on every continent but Antarctica. I might come back to racing in a car or as a team manager, however."
Quinn Cody Quinn Cody suffered a high-speed crash during Stage 3. The rider of a CFR 450X Honda escaped life-threatening harm, but was wracked with head, shoulder, and collarbone injuries. A few hours after the accident, he said, "So many people put so much into our Dakar entry -- months and months of work and to have this happen. To be leaving now, after Stage 3 -- it's just a bummer."
Quinn raced Dakar for the first time last year, capturing a Rookie of the Year Award for his ninth-place finish overall. Naturally, he had high hopes, and a top experience from last year to remember. As he said before this year's race, "My first Dakar was an incredible experience. I had no idea what I was in for. The Dakar changes you."
Andy Grider Along with Robby Gordon, American co-driver Andy Grider made headlines around the globe for his participation in this year's Dakar. After an argument with his Argentinian driver, Orlando Terranova, Grider abruptly quit the Rally following day four. "They started seriously arguing yesterday," Team Overdrive manager Jean-Marc Fortin told television crews. Then Grider "decided to quit and not start this morning." Grider, who finished third with Gordon in 2009, later issued a statement that he left Dakar for "personal family reasons." His departure was significant for Team Overdrive, as Dakar Rally rules specify that co-drivers cannot be replaced mid-race. Terranova had been seeded in the top 10 for the 2012 event.
Statistics 2012 Dakar
Total Distances, including Liaison Stages:
• Motorcycles and Quads- 5196 mi (8363 km)
• Cars - 5202 mi (8373 km)
• Trucks - 5177 mi (8333 km)
• Motorcycles and Quads- 5196 mi (8363 km)
• Cars - 5202 mi (8373 km)
• Trucks - 5177 mi (8333 km)
Motorcycles and Quads were separate classes, but assigned the same number of miles.
With 14 special stages, the 2012 Dakar Rally provided participants with 2500 to 2700 miles of competitive racing. For each class of vehicles, the total number of racing miles varied slightly.
• Motorcycles and Quads - 2737 mi (4406 km)
• Cars - 2604 mi (4191 km)
• Trucks - 4151 mi (2579 km)
• Motorcycles and Quads - 2737 mi (4406 km)
• Cars - 2604 mi (4191 km)
• Trucks - 4151 mi (2579 km)
Of the 443 vehicles that started the Dakar in Mar del Plata, only 249 finished. Finishers by class:
• 97 motorcycles
• 12 quads
• 78 cars
• 60 trucks
• 97 motorcycles
• 12 quads
• 78 cars
• 60 trucks
Four Deaths
There were four deaths. The first occurred near the end of the first stage, when motorcyclist Jorge Andres Boreo died after a crash. During Stage 2, an ultralight aircraft carrying two spectators -- father and son -- crashed. Both died at the scene. The fourth death was another motorcycle rider, a fan from Colombia, who crashed while following the race.
There were four deaths. The first occurred near the end of the first stage, when motorcyclist Jorge Andres Boreo died after a crash. During Stage 2, an ultralight aircraft carrying two spectators -- father and son -- crashed. Both died at the scene. The fourth death was another motorcycle rider, a fan from Colombia, who crashed while following the race.
Why are T4 and T5 Trucks so popular in Holland?
Sue Mead interviewed Fred M. Krijgsman at Xtreme Adventure Reports about the popularity of the vehicles in the Truck class.
Sue Mead interviewed Fred M. Krijgsman at Xtreme Adventure Reports about the popularity of the vehicles in the Truck class.
As he explained, "One of the first guys in the Truck world, Jan de Rooy, made the race popular, especially with his big trucks, and in the beginning with some special-built ones, with a double-cab in the front and rear, and engines with massive amounts of horsepower. He made the big Dakar rally trucks famous here in Holland, but also in the event. Now his son Gerard is taking over, while his dad is more a like a general team manager in the background.
"Further, the Dutch people are adventurous, like to travel, and like to explore. Holland is one of the main gates to Europe, with a big harbor in Rotterdam, so a lot of trucking containers come into Europe here. A lot of Dutch people and companies are involved in trucking. And to have a living legend like Jan de Rooy racing in the famous big trucks made it popular for the Dutch people and Dutch truckers. Of course, there are many other Dutch rally legends that have taken part in the Dakar, but Jan de Rooy is certainly leading the list of all those people. If Dutch people talk about Dakar, they also talk about Jan de Rooy." -- Sue Mead


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In the nick of time the unspeakable Andrew Hore owned up and said sorry, enabling New Zealand rugby, indeed the nation as a whole, to emerge from this shameful episode with its reputation battered, tattered but more or less intact.
It was a narrow squeak though. For a few days there, the eyes of the world were upon us, and they didn't like what they saw.
How do we know this? Well, Mark Reason, the transplanted Englishman who deplores some aspect of New Zealand sport, if not society, on a weekly basis for the benefit of Fairfax readers, told us so. "The world," he said, was waiting for the All Blacks to apologise for Hore's poleaxing of Welsh lock Bradley Davies.
Reason trawled all the way back to Cyril Brownlie's sending off at Twickenham in 1925 to support his contention that New Zealand rugby's refusal to condemn and apologise for the All Blacks' frequent acts of thuggery "galls the rest of the world".
Interestingly, he produced just one example of the rest of the world doing it any differently when the boot was on the other foot: earlier this year Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer immediately branded Dean Greyling's flying elbow jolt on Richie McCaw "unacceptable" and offered an apology.
Without wanting to suggest that Meyer was insincere or that his comments didn't reflect his attitude to foul play, I would argue that from a management perspective there's a big difference between the two incidents: there was more to gain and less to lose by publicly criticising Greyling than by defending him; with Hore, the situation was reversed.
Greyling is at best a fringe Springbok. He has three caps. He's a penalty magnet. Despite being big enough to need a hotel lift to himself, he scrums below his weight. And despite being banned for just one match, he hasn't been seen in Springbok colours since.
Hore has been an All Black since 2002. He's part of the All Blacks leadership group and, according to some reports, McCaw's closest lieutenant. He might be 34 but gives every indication of wanting to carry on through to 2015. Given his recent form you wouldn't bet against him emulating Brad Thorn, another craggy son of Otago, by fronting up at a World Cup closer to 40 than 30.
I didn't expect there to be any apology or condemnation of Hore from the All Blacks before his appearance at the disciplinary hearing. I assumed his coach and captain would take the view that by putting his body on the line in 74 tests, Hore had earned the right not to be hung out to dry. I further assumed the team leadership would operate on the basis that Hore's teammates would be outraged if he was hung out to dry.
I appreciate some people might think this amounts to a mindset of All Blacks, right or wrong. I also appreciate that some Kiwi rugby fans might despair at what they see as the All Blacks making a bad situation worse for want of a conciliatory public relations gesture. But teams are built on loyalty. The mantra "the team comes first" means exactly that. It means that in situations like this the leadership puts a far higher priority on the preservation of the bonds that hold the team together than conciliatory public relations gestures.
It most certainly means you don't publicly isolate one of your own to please those who don't want the team to succeed and, in some cases, actively resent its success.
As Hore admitted, his action was unacceptable on a number of levels, and it wouldn't have bothered me if he'd been banned for longer. However, as always, the most irksome aspect of the whole business is the ludicrous and offensive extrapolation from a heat of the moment incident (and its aftermath) in a violent, high stakes sporting contest.
Thus because Hore promptly apologised to Davies privately, rather than publicly, because the All Blacks gave him a bollocking behind closed doors and put process before PR, Reason wonders "if New Zealand rugby will ever learn how decent society behaves". His claim that "many good men and women in this country are ashamed" implies that New Zealanders who don't happen to see it his way are somehow morally defective.
In 2005, Brian O'Driscoll's dislocated shoulder generated a sewage pond of this sort of stuff from Reason's former colleagues in the British media, including analogies with Japan's failure to apologise for war crimes and quasi-racist garbage about what a dour, uncultured, widely despised lot we are.
Then as now, the irony is that those who accuse us of being so blinkered and provincial that it deprives us of our moral compass are the ones who are lacking any sense of proportion.


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Multiple fire departments respond to Trufant barn fire (Photos)
MAPLE VALLEY TOWNSHIP– Six fire departments responded to a fully involved fire at a barn that housed dairy cattle late Friday morning.
The Maple Valley Township Fire Department was called to 477 Marble Road at 11:25 a.m. with a report that the roof of the barn was on fire.
At the time of the fire, there were 35 to 40 cows in the barn, according to owner Dale Rowland.
"They all made it out," Rowland said.
As Maple Valley firefighters arrived at the scene, they called in assistance from Lakeview, Sand Lake, Spencer Township, Montcalm Township and Oakfield Township fire departments.
Rowland said with the help of friends and family, he was able to get the cattle into a separate barn where heifers and calves were held.
Rowland's nephew Nick called 911 to report the fire. Rowland said he was only gone about five minutes in the field when he saw the fire.
"I don't know what started (the fire)," Rowland said.
Rowland has lived at the residence all his life, running the dairy farm with just a little help.
"Dale does all the milking himself," said Jeff Dillon Sr., a friend of Rowland. "He did not let anyone else do it."
Dillon was one of about 20 people who came to help Rowland after they heard the news about his barn.
"When neighbors need help, they all pull together when someone needs it," Dillon said. "Most of the people here are also farmers."
Dillon said he was having lunch with a friend who serves on the Spencer Township Fire Department when he found out about the fire. He thought Rowland would need help getting the animals out of the barn so he rushed to the scene as well.
"Most of them were out when we got here," said Dillon, adding one cow needed to be freed from the barn with axes after getting caught in the barn loft.
Dillon has known Rowland for about 15 years and his son previously worked on the farm and still does occasionally when he is home from school.
"Dale is an every day hard worker," Dillon said. "He does most of this himself."
Rowland's brother, Bruce Rowland, said their father, Lloyd Rowland, bought the property in 1952.
"The barn was standing then," Bruce Rowland said.
After buying the property, the Rowland family extended the back portion of the barn and later added the stalls for the cattle. Bruce Rowland said Dale Rowland has been handling the dairy cattle for about 20 years.
"It's terrible," he said as he watched smoke and flames coming from his brother's barn. "Neighbors are going to be taking some of the cows until he can figure out what to do."
Dale Rowland said he does have insurance on the barn, however most of the barn was filled with hay and he is not sure if that will be covered.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.


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An incredibly awesome person who is famous in the eyes of the almighty spaghetti monster. Is often used as a substitute for awesome and insane. The most well known trait of this person is their name. It's frickin' epic, just like their personality. Persons with this name are known to be insanely smart and outgoing and make the nest jokes. EVER.
Oh, you are such an Alix Young, you should be on a leash.
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I have been looking for sometime into getting a new 2012 or 2013 base WRX. I really love the car, and think I am going to go ahead and make the plung. First I have so questions for those of you who own wrx's. first what do you love about the car? what do you not love about the car? I know Subaru had some engine issues are these all resolved in the newer models? Are there any other known issues besides some fluttering and small things similar that don't pose a large threat? how much on average do you spend on maintenance for a wrx?
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In the "Woman Manager of the Year" category
Nathalie Ducombeau, Head of Quality at Airbus, received the "La Tribune Women's Award" in the "Woman Manager of the Year" category last night in Toulouse, France
This year "La Tribune Women's Awards" brought together 23 women entrepreneurs from the Midi-Pyrénées region, nominated in eight different categories. The "Woman Manager of the Year" category rewards a woman who heads a department or company and manages teams, contributing every day to the success of the company, its strategy and results; while integrating into her daily activities a culture of gender equality and diversity in general.
After joining Airbus in 2008 as Head of Aerostructures for the A400M programme, Nathalie Ducombeau was appointed Head of Quality at Airbus in October 2012. As such, Nathalie is responsible for determining and deploying the Quality Management System, along with its standards, procedures and tools. She is also responsible for all the employees who contribute to Quality in the programmes and functions. Her previous positions at Airbus include heading up the improvement of industrial performance for the A380, A400M and A350 XWB, and later on, steering the production start-up for the A350 XWB.
After beginning her career in the Avionics division of TRT (Philips), Nathalie Ducombeau gained vast industrial and management experience at Matra and then MBDA. Born in 1961, Nathalie Ducombeau is an engineering school graduate, and has a DEA postgraduate degree in instrumentation/microwaves. She was appointed "Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur" for her industrial accomplishments in Europe.
"I welcome Nathalie Ducombeau's nomination as Woman Manager of the Year. Nathalie is an example of success and she highlights the fact that women can also build their careers in an industrial sector that is no longer the preserve of men. We are keen to attract a greater number of women into our workforce. It's not a question of meeting quotas, but rather of achieving a more balanced participation of women at every level of the company, because this diversity is a source of wealth, success and performance," explained Thierry Baril, Chief Human Resources Officer of EADS and Airbus. "Offering equal opportunities is an essential factor in our company culture," he added.
Airbus – the leading aircraft manufacturer worldwide – will be hiring about 3,000 people around the world in 2013. Despite the small numbers of female students in the engineering sectors, Airbus is hoping that 25% of these new recruits will be women and is actively seeking to encourage young women and orient them towards careers in aeronautics.


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NO that was not me and my family. that was a bandwagon fan with no loyalty. you can be pissed at romo but that aint loyalty..
lets all keep in mind, and this wasnt known to me till the next day, but apparently romo was playing with broken ribs he suffered early in first quarter. this makes sense to me as to why romo couldnt throw with his usual zip on the ball for the majority of the game. int #2 on the underthrow n loft can easily now be solved as to why that int happened......still NO excuse for #3.
and for those who will use the romo had broken ribs last yr and played excellent. well he had fractured rib, no broken ribs(plural). and while both are painful, broken ribs are more painful due to the stress of the breaks being able to break off more...
Unfortunately, I have had broken ribs and they are awful. Very painful. If Tony Romo did in fact play with broken ribs then he is a tough SOB.
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Welcome home
Welcome home
Fetal, So very, very glad to see you back and ready to start us off on some interesting and slightly skewed voyages into the wilder side of skating. World's commentary would have been woefully lacking if you had not come back.
Welcome, welcome, welcome
Welcome back Fetal. You came back and posted for one day and your topic is already on page two. You must be doing something right.
Welcome back Fetal

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I was going to call this thread "I made over 1000 long, thoughtful, content-filled posts and all I got was a lousy suspension?" But that's too long, kinda bitter, and not very on point.[/quote]
Yeah, too long and bitter. No need for that now as there is enough of it internationally. Plus, your above that, don't ya' think?

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I've had a few invitations to come back to this board now that my suspension is over. And why not? After all, I post essays on this board the quality and length of grad school papers. Disagree? Too bad. Get offended? Call a mod.[/quote]
Well I know that two of your invitations were mine. Although I may have to suspend someone I make it my task as the Admin to ensure the person is aware of when it is up. No grudges here - just ask that people follow the guidelines.
As for your essays, I would have to disagree. Though you are well-versed and knowledgeable in figure skating, most of your essays have been about other unrelated things that we shant reminisce about, okie? You're last comment about "calling" a mod reinforces your bitterness. You may direct that towards me. I am the one that suspended you for breaking the guidelines - you got my emails - refer back to them.

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Now the last part is the part I want to discuss. I heard tale that this board has become even more restrictive since I left. I heard like there is now an army of mods monitoring the board and signatures are getting banned left and right (pun intended). So I'm very wary of returning to this board. What do ya'll think?[/quote]
Yep, that's a yarn alright. Or at least someone else's opinion. Due to the ratio of posters I found it necessary to have more moderators. Joe has to sleep sometime, right?
As for restrictions. Nope. Nothing else has changed or been implemented. In answer to your sig file? ONLY you. It violated the guidelines along with some of your comments.
Weary of returning? That means you have a conscious and know that you were a bad boy. I didn't ban you - I suspended you. There's a nice protest thread about that somewhere around here, but hey, nothing in the post violated the guidelines. so who am I to get upset? Everyone is entitled to their opinions.
Remember that the posters are all unique (hence the guidelines.), which can result in an entertaining and informative forum - if you let it.
I'd say welcome back but I didn't even notice you were gone. :rolleyes:
Does that upset you? I doubt it. Do I care? Not really. Will I read your lengthy diatribes? Probably. Will I agree with them? Hardly ever.
With that said, welcome back! :rollin:
(some of us can be as cynical and sarcastic as others)
Seriously, it's nice to have you back, FetalAttraction.:D
Fetal, I haven't been in the chatroom since you left.:lol: :lol:
Welcome back, Fetal!! Life has been like a taco without salsa while you were gone. I'm so glad you're back!
The chatroom has been empty every time I checked since Fetal left
Fetal, just wanted to let you know that everytime I see Michelle's dress at National's (I think) I always think about you when you said it looked like someone threw oatmeal at her while she was skating by. Just made me laugh.
Welcome back Fetal. It's about time.
Welcome back, Fetal!
:D Yeah Fetal! Welcome back!
Big kisses for you Fetal!!! Love ya!!!:smokin:
I was actually thinking about Fetal the other day realizing that the suspension was a while ago -- and here he is again.
Nice to have him back in time for the big skate next week as I find his comments on fs8ing illuminating. And though I almost always totally agree with his political views, I prefer reading the ones on skating here. For the record I agree with GrGranny's comments regarding the flag.
Hi again, F-man. About the topic that shall not be named, I promise to do my part and not cast temptation in your path with wussy agnostic scientist rants. Note that I haven't even mentioned fatted calves on this thread.
On the other hand, when Paula sends you private emails, I think that it would be courteous of you to respect that privacy.


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Excerpt: "As of mid-week, the New York Giants should enter the 2013 NFL Draft with 76 players already on their roster. Since free agency has slowed down and general manager Jerry Reese handled business in his calm, collected demeanor, quite a few conspicuous holes have been filled. While there are still some dealings to go down this offseason/free agency period, the focus has shifted full well onto the main event that is the draft.
The Giants haven't entered a draft with a glaring need since 2004 when they held the 4th overall pick. If you don't know what transpired that April afternoon, please ask someone. Of the following eight years (2005-2012), mostly defensive players were drafted in the first round. Wideout Hakeem Nicks (2009) and tailback David Wilson (2012) were the exceptions. Offensive lineman hasn't been a number one pick of blue since Luke Petitgout was chosen out of Notre Dame in 1999 (funny enough, with the 19th overall pick).
If you're looking for a trend, stop. Reese is a bit harder to figure out in his method of building a draft board than Ernie Accorsi ever was. While BPA (Best Player Available) is part of the equation, many are wrong in stating it's the sole method. Need (especially in the first round) is most definitely factored in. Funny part about that is that most armchair general managers and coaches have no idea of the Giants' actual need. Remember when Accorsi drafted a Troy pass rushing defensive end by the name of Osi Umenyiora and the draft "experts" scoffed at the pick? You can never have too many pass-rushers. Those experts are dropping tears in their cheap beers as Mr. Umenyiora has now signed elsewhere.
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#1 Wed 19 Dec 12 6:28pm
Help with chocolate ganache
So I am trying to recreate chocolate ganache from 30 minutes meal.
I do not have single cream in here, so I use whipping cream 30% milk fat minimum. My problem is I always end up with fat sort of split as separate substance, so whole consistency of ganache is not "silky" as Jamie puts it. I guess it is not right, so how can I avoid it. Desperate to master this dish and cannot grasp idea of why fat splits. Help please.
#2 Wed 19 Dec 12 6:38pm
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Re: Help with chocolate ganache
Can you describe exactly what steps you go through?
#3 Wed 19 Dec 12 10:40pm
Re: Help with chocolate ganache
Boil water, put on bowl on top of it (makin sure that water does not touch bottom of bowl), break down chocolate, put whipping cream, butter. Waiting for chocolate to melt while mixing slowly. All as shown in 30 minutes meals episode. Chocolate melts fast, but oil appear even faster.
#4 Wed 19 Dec 12 11:42pm
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Re: Help with chocolate ganache
Single cream is like coffee cream. Whipping cream is basically "double cream". If you want single cream and the recipe calls for 1 cup use 1/2 cup whipping cream and a 1/2 cup milk.
Ganache doesn't have to be all that difficult and there are different ways of getting it.
I've tried this
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alto … index.html
It didn't seem to work because after cooling I whipped the heck out of it and nothing!
Put it in the fridge and shortly it was perfect. And stayed perfect even on a warm summer day outside. Strange.
Raymond Blanc
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/choco … oons_19613
"For the ganache filling
100ml/4fl oz whipping cream
100g/4oz dark chocolate, or white chocolate if you wish
....For the ganache, place the cream in a small pan and bring to a boil.
Remove the pan from the heat and whisk in the chocolate until the mixture is smooth then place the in a piping bag fitted with a 8mm/�in nozzle."
#5 Thu 20 Dec 12 10:05am
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Re: Help with chocolate ganache
ndabbot wrote:
Boil water, put on bowl on top of it (makin sure that water does not touch bottom of bowl), break down chocolate, put whipping cream, butter. Waiting for chocolate to melt while mixing slowly. All as shown in 30 minutes meals episode. Chocolate melts fast, but oil appear even faster.
You've got the water too hot, keep it below boiling, and if the chocolate melts quickly, remove the bowl from the pan/water..(Chocolate will melt in your pocket, it doesn't need to be "Hot")
If you over heat the chocolate it changes texture and goes "Grainy". Th efact that you're using whipping cream is neither here-nor there.
Edit..make sure you are using good quality chocolate, at least 50% cocoa solids, and melt the chocolate, remove from heat, before adding cream.
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#6 Thu 20 Dec 12 6:43pm
Re: Help with chocolate ganache
Thanks for help, I will try your suggestions. Reason I am using whipping cream is because for some reason UAE malls do not have single cream and Spinneys is too far. Chocolate I use is Lindt 70% Cocoa.
I thought that heat could be the problem, but Jamie showed that he brought water to boil and even put pasta in it to save time cooking, so I followed
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By: Andrew Gavin (@GBGavin)
HOWEY-IN-THE-HILLS, Fla. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - Senior Eleanor Yorobe (Bloomington, Wis.) fired a 9-over par 82 on Friday to pace the Green Bay women's golf team and help the Phoenix sit alone in fifth place after round one of the 2012 Horizon League Golf Championships at Mission Inn Resort. The three-day, 54-hole conference championship will continue with Saturday's second round.
Green Bay shot a 57-over par 349 on Friday, just seven shots back of second place. Butler leads the women's tournament at 39-over par (331) while Detroit (342, +50), Cleveland State (344, +52) and Loyola (345, +53) sit just ahead of Green Bay. Youngstown State (350, +58), Valparaiso (351, +59) and UIC (378, +86) round out the field.
Yorobe's round included a 41 on both the front and back nine and a birdie on the par-5 10th hole. The senior also carded nine pars in her first round and is tied for fifth heading into Saturday.
Sophomore Molly Fassbinder (Hudson, Wis.) used back-to-back birdies on nine and 10 en route to an 88. Senior Stephanie Fifield (Oconto Falls, Wis.) was one stroke back of Fassbinder on the strength of a 41 on the back nine, and junior Christina De Boer (Onalaska, Wis.) carded a 90 to round out the scoring rounds for the Phoenix.
2012 Horizon League
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2. Detroit, 342 (+50)
3. Cleveland State, 344 (+52)
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Ken Gilmer has found some
examples of surprisingly bad CACAO performance on ARM
(see slides).
In my understanding, CACAO should be at least as fast as
JamVM for moderately long-running benchmarks such as
probe and decode. Before looking into the
issue, I could only imagine lots of JIT/native transitions
as the cause of this, but I was not entirely convinced that
that alone would create such a performance problem.
Digging into it using oprofile, I quickly found
some very inefficient code for handling JNI local
references. Interestingly, it's mostly a
of 64 bytes that is run on every transition from JIT code to
native code. It seems that either memory bandwidth on ARM is
unbelievably low or the machine's caching behavior is
extremely poor, as the same call, when run on decent x86
hardware, doesn't even show up in a profile, at least not
nearly as prominently.
Anyway, after an overhaul
of this half-decade old code, performance for these two
benchmarks has improved by more than 50%. JamVM is still
faster for decode, but only slightly. I attribute
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Excerpt: "Offensive lineman James Brewer is part of the three-headed competition for the right tackle job with the New York Giants.SHARE (1)
We continue our breakdown of the 90-man roster the New York Giants will bring to training camp with a look at a player we focused on a bit during mini-camp, third-year offensive lineman James Brewer.
2012 Season In Review
Brewer saw his first regular-season action in 2012, albeit limited. He played 34 snaps at right tackle or right guard in five games. The 2011 fourth-round pick was exclusively a tackle in college at Indiana, but has added the ability to play guard to his resume.
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SANTA CRUZ -- Even before his sudden death at the hands of a gunman Tuesday, Santa Cruz police Sgt. Loran "Butch" Baker had left a legacy.
In addition to being one of the most veteran and respected officers in town, Baker, a 28-year member of the force who was nearing retirement, passed on the love of policing to his son Adam. The young man was just out of Harbor High School when he started serving as community service officer, a position he still holds.
View a slide show of Loran Baker
In 2010, the Sentinel reported Adam Baker had grown up hearing stories from his well-respected father.
"I've grown up around this place," he said. "I've always wanted to work for Santa Cruz."
At the time, Butch Baker said the choice his son made to follow in his footsteps "kind of threw me for a loop."
Their mailboxes were placed side by side at the department.
"I've been inspired by that 'new guy' persona. ... I get glimpses of me when I first started," Butch Baker said at the time.
Police Chief Kevin Vogel was Butch Baker's partner at the time Adam Baker was born.
Baker worked with UCSC Executive Vice Chancellor Alison Galloway, a noted forensic anthropologist, on several notable cases including the still-unsolved case of Pogonip Jane, a woman whose remains were found in Santa Cruz's largest greenbelt in 1994.
Butch Baker said in 2010 that he told his son to work hard for the department.
"It's a great community to be a cop in," he told the Sentinel. "You don't get bored."
Deborah Elston, a co-founder of the advocacy group Santa Cruz Neighbors, has relied on Butch Baker for support and who has been working with Adam Baker recently to help clean up the San Lorenzo River levee.
"It's such an incredible loss of his expertise and just a salt-of-the-earth guy," Elston said, adding that he was "very personable, thoughtful and very approachable."
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Had anybody made their own? The discs that Mann lake is coming out with look pretty expensive. I live near there so I get all my gear with them. So I figured I could probably make my own. I took some scrap Luan that I had laying around and simply drilled a bunch of 1/8th inch holes in the shape of the nuc entrance. It is in the shape of a rectangle. One side has the vent holes and the other is untouched. I used a nail as a pivot on the untouched side so I can spin it from wide open to vented shut or anywhere in between. I figured that I didn't really need any of the other settings since I would only really use them to reduce the entrance and shut the entrance.
So my question is how well do you think these will hold up? I have plenty of other scrap if some thicker wood would help. Would this be anywhere effective against a determined mouse in the fall? I am not sure if any of my tools besides a tin snips is rated for metal. I remember reading once in the warre book that he used old soup cans or something. Anybody do that?
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Harpur Cinema showcases "Magic, Miracles & Other Extraordinary Events"
BINGHAMTON, NY – Harpur Cinema's Fall 2011 season will feature recent films such as Julie Taymour's The Tempest, Sylvain Chomet's The Illusionist, and Werner Herzog's Cave of Dreams.
The series "Magic, Miracles & Other Extraordinary Events" will include 8 popular releases representing international cinema from the most classic to the most surreal.
The schedule is:
9/16 & 18: The Tempest—Julie Taymor (USA, 2010) 110 min.
Before Spiderman flew across the Broadway stage, Julie Taymor (The Lion King, Titus Andronicus, Frida), directed this gorgeous, gender-bending version of Shakespeare's magic play. Never one to hold back, Taymor casts the radiant Helen Mirren and the rowdy Russell Brand in this adaptation that uses every form of cinematic magic to spin "Prospera's spells." Venice Film Festival, 2010
9/23 & 25: L'Illusioniste/The Illusionist—Sylvain Chomet (UK-France, 2010) 80 min.
Chomet (The Triplets of Belleville) conjures up this animated tale about man whose increasingly shabby magic act is transformed in the starry eyes of a young girl from an unproduced script by filmmaker Jacques Tati, famous for his (largely silent) commentaries on the foibles and absurdities of modern life. Tati himself is reincarnated in the figure of the melancholy magician in this poetic reinterpretation. Oscar nomination (directing); Winner: Cesar Award, New York Film Critics and National Board of Review, 2010
Introduced by Professor Dora Polachek on Sunday.
10/14 & 16: Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives—Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand/Germany/UK/France/Spain, 2010) 114 min.
Though Apichatpong's (Mysterious Object at Noon; Syndromes & a Century) ostensible subject is a dying man who tells the abbot of a Buddhist temple he has access to his past lives, this provocative film is also a meditation on all the "past lives" of the cinema itself, including such categories as old cinema, documentary, costume drama, and my kind of film... First Thai film to win the Palme d'or at Cannes Festival, 2010; Best Film, 5th Annual Asian Film Awards.
Introduced by Professor Tomonari Nishikawa on Friday.
10/21 & 23: Cave of Forgotten Dreams—Werner Herzog/Dominique Baffier, (France-USA-Germany-Canada, 2010) 90 min.
In 1994, potentially the oldest cave paintings were discovered at Chauvet-Pont-D'Arc in southern France. In 2010, Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man, Aguirre: Wrath of God) poet-documenter of the extreme, the secret, the margin, the edge, conducted personal tour of this 32,000 year old art gallery. The New York Times Manohla Dargis describes the experience as "communing with the dead, summoning up the eternally lost," but of course, cinema also presents this remarkable past directly now before our wondering eyes. Opened Toronto Film Festival, 2010
10/28 & 30: Halloween Feature: The Magician—Ingmar Bergman (Sweden, 1958) 100 min.
Are you a believer or a non-believer? Can you trust what you see? Celebrate Halloween at Vogler's Magic Health Theater where the master of mixing (cinematic) magic and mysticism marshals the forces of "animal magnetism" to create an "out of body experience" for the suspicious municipal authorities. Spooky and comic by turns, this Bergman classic is presented in its sparkling new Criterion restoration. Venice Film Festival (Special Jury Prize, 1959), BAFTA (Best film nomination, 1960).
Introduced by Professor Brian Wall on Friday.
11/4 & 6: Gabbeh—Mosen Makhmalbaf (Iran, 1996) 75 min.
"Gabbeh," a style of nomadic weaving, is also the name of the weaver herself who magically emerges from an old couple's prized carpet in Makhmalbaf's (Kandahar) dazzling film. Very much in the tradition of Scheherazade, the beautiful girl spins tale of magic and love interwoven with the old peoples' commentaries and reactions. Filmed in breath-taking color and with sweeping romanticism, Gabbeh's images hover between the beauties of the earth and the land of dreams. Un Certain Regard (Cannes Film Festival, 1996); Best Director and Prize, Screenwriter's Critic and Writer's Catalan Association, Catalonian International Film Festival (Spain), and Best Artistic Contribution Award, Tokyo International Film Festival.
Introduced by Professor Joyce Jesionowski on Friday.
11/11 & 13: Shadow Magic—Ann Hu (China, 2000) 116 min.
In 1905, Liu Jinglun, made the first Chinese narrative film at the Feng Tai Photo Shop in Peking—reminding us that cinema was global from the start. Evocative of Giuseppe Tornatore's Cinema Paradiso, Ann Hu's first film avoids the easy comparisons between East and West by locating the arrival of modern "gizmos" squarely in terms of Chinese tradition and innovation. Winner Golden Horse, Taipei Festival, 2000; Sundance Festival, 2000.
11/18 & 20: Le Quattro Volte—Michelangelo Frammartino (2010) 88 min.
Finally: reincarnation Italian style. The Circle of Life has never been quite so mystical and so grounded at the same time. At once, a document and a poem, Frammartino's (The Gift) film follows the passage of the soul as described by Pythagoras from human to animal to vegetable to mineral by concentrating on the details of village life in Calabria. In J. Hoberman's words (Village Voice) "Pretty darned sublime." Winner, Cannes Festival, Bratislava International Festival, Annency Italian Film Festival, 2010; official selection: Toronto, Telluride Film Festivals
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If You Hate HBO's 'Girls', You're Missing the Point
Angelina Chapin | Posted 03.18.2014 | Canada TV
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Girls, which just began its third season, is often criticized for indulging privileged people's problems. But the show actually critiques first-world entitlement. Girls creator Lena Dunham doesn't endorse her characters' behaviour or ask us to feel sympathy for them; she wants their personalities to expose our own weaknesses.


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The Office of the Inspector General and its two bureaus, State Investigations and Internal Audit, perform the following functions:
Goal: Add value to organization.
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To meet the growing needs of a rapidly expanding Department of Corrections, the Office of the Inspector General has had to maximize the efficient use of its resources by addressing those matters of greatest concern and vulnerability to fraud and abuse. Specific functions and the benefits they provide are as follows:


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We're going to be doing to a small group Bible study every Monday night, so I thought I'd make a crock pot meal on those days to make supper time a little easier. On Tuesdays I'll share Monday's recipe and a crock pot tip!
We're not vegetarians, but having a few vegetarian meals every now and then is both healthy for our bodies and our wallets! Today I'm sharing an economical, easy and yummy vegetarian recipe: Stuffed Peppers.
- 3 bell peppers – You can use whatever color you want, but I find green ones are almost always the cheapest.
- 1 1/4 cup cooked rice – I used brown, but white works fine too.
- 3/4 cup black beans – You could do it with other kinds of beans or you could even use cooked hamburger meat.
- 3/4 cup of tomato sauce – I kinda forgot to buy tomato sauce, so I looked online for substitutions, and ended up making tomato sauce by mixing tomato paste and water.
- 1/4 cup corn
- 1/4 cup parmesan cheese
- Seasonings: I used salt, pepper, paprika, garlic powder, creole seasoning salt and oregano, but you could of course do whatever seasonings you like!
- Cheddar cheese to top with
Mix all the ingredients except the peppers and cheddar cheese.
Wash your peppers, cut off the tops and take the seeds out.
Now stuff your peppers with the stuffing.
Put the peppers in your crock pot and put a little water in the bottom of the crock. Cook the peppers on low for about 6 hours. UPDATE: A couple of people have mentioned that these turn out very soft. If you like your peppers a little firmer, then try a shorter cooking time. Before serving sprinkle some cheddar cheese on top.
Crock Pot Tip: If your lid breaks (like mine did), you might be able to just use a lid from a regular pot. I have one that's the same size. It doesn't seem to seal as good as the original lid, but it works until I can get a new one. You might be able to find a used lid to replace it with. I saw a crock pot and lid that were just like mine at Goodwill and asked if I could just buy the lid, they said no, but I figured it didn't hurt to ask.
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2.2 Million Active-Duty Personnel in VA Data Theft
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nearly all active-duty military, Guard and Reserve members -- about 2.2 million total -- may be at risk for identity theft because their personal information was among the data stolen from a Veterans Affairs employee last month.
In a new disclosure Tuesday, VA Secretary Jim Nicholson said the agency was mistaken when it said over the weekend that up to 50,000 Navy and National Guard personnel were among the 26.5 million veterans whose names, birthdates and Social Security numbers were stolen on May 3.
The number is actually much higher.
The VA realized it had records on file for almost all active-duty personnel because they are eligible to receive VA benefits such as GI Bill educational assistance and the home loan guarantee program.
In a statement, Nicholson said the VA's latest review found the data included as many as 1.1 million active-duty personnel from all the armed forces, along with 430,000 members of the National Guard, and 645,000 members of the Reserves.
He noted that the agency has been notifying all affected veterans and that there have been no reports of identity theft in what has become one of the nation's largest security breaches.
"VA remains committed to providing updates on this incident as new information is learned," Nicholson said, explaining that it discovered the larger numbers after the VA and Pentagon compared their electronic files more closely.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Colorado Springs police are searching for a man who robbed the Taco Express on the 4500 block of Centennial Boulevard.
Police said the man walked into the restaurant armed with a handgun at about 9:30 p.m. Monday.
The man demanded money and took off with an undisclosed amount of cash, according to investigators. No one was hurt in the robbery.
Witnesses described the robber as a white man, in his mid 20s, about 6 feet, one inch tall. If you have any information, call police at 444-7000.


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United States Attorney Lawrence J. Laurenzi
April 21, 2010
Charges Include Conspiracy, Wire Fraud, Embezzlement, and Obstruction of Justice
Memphis, TN- Penny Burns, 43 of Memphis, and Ruby Klyce, 56 of Sardis, Mississippi have been charged in a 14 count federal indictment, announced Lawrence J. Laurenzi, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee. They are charged with one count of Conspiracy to Defraud, 10 counts of Wire Fraud, one count of Embezzlement of Title IV Educational Funds, one count of Theft of Government Funds and one count of Obstruction of Justice.
Burns and Klyce were the CEO and Executive Director, respectively, for HD Adcock and Associate, Inc. (HDAA), a corporation of cosmetology schools operating at nine locations between Memphis, Jackson, and Nashville, Tennessee and Charlotte, Greenville, Winston-Salem, and Durham, North Carolina. As a proprietary cosmetology school, HDAA was funded mainly through grants and loans provided, administered, or reinsured by the United States Department of Education.
According to the Indictment, between June 2006 and January 2009, Burns and Klyce devised a scheme and defrauded the Department of Education approximately $464,957. Burns and Klyce allegedly were responsible for certifying hours for student attendance when students, in fact, were not in attendance and, therefore, HDAA received reimbursement funds which were not due to them. The indictment further alleges that by falsely certifying student attendance, the defendants failed to return funds to the Department of Education for students who had withdrawn or dropped out, and HDAA retained funds from Pell Grants and Title IV financial aid to which it was not entitled. In addition to falsifying attendance records, the defendants allegedly falsified GED certificates for a number of students so that those students would appear eligible for financial aid when, in fact, they were not.
Count One carries a penalty of up to five years in federal prison. Counts 2-11 carry penalties of up to 20 years; Count 12 carries a penalty of up to 10 years in prison; Counts 13 and 14 carry penalties of up to five years in prison.
This case was investigated by the U. S. Department of Education-Office of Inspector General, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation. Assistant United States Attorney Justin Bailey is handling the prosecution for the government.
Note: Charges brought against a person through a Complaint or an Indictment are accusations only. That person is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.


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This recipe makes great use of convenient frozen bread dough. The tender bread makes a pretty loaf to bring to a holiday gathering or to give as a gift.— Priscilla Gilbert, Indian Harbour Beach, Florida
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- 1 loaf (1 pound) frozen bread dough, thawed
- 1/3 cup chopped walnuts
- 1/4 cup golden raisins
- 1/4 cup raisins
- 1/4 cup dried cranberries
- 1/4 cup chopped dates
- 1 large egg white
- 1 tablespoon honey
- Turn bread dough onto a floured surface; roll out to 1-in. thickness. Sprinkle the walnuts, raisins, cranberries and dates over dough; fold over and knead well until the fruit and nuts are evenly mixed into dough. Shape into a round loaf and place in a greased 9-in. round baking pan.
- Cover and let rise until doubled, about 30 minutes. Beat egg white and honey; brush over loaf. With a sharp knife, make 2 shallow crosses across top of loaf. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Transfer to a wire rack. Yield: 1 loaf (12 wedges).
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Sections of Old Stage Road are unrecognizable, impassable after storm
EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. - Sections of Old Stage Road remained unrecognizable and impassable Thursday as El Paso County workers continued to stitch the road back together.
El Paso County engineer André Brackin said Old Stage Road was the worst hit road in the county during last week's storms. Brackin said it will take at least one month to re-open to the road to thru traffic. He estimated the price tag for the repairs will be $800,000.
"It's steep grades and there is a lot of runoff. You combine the two and with a big storm, this is what you're going to get," said Brackin.
There are chunks of pavement gone and problems scattered along the paved section of the road leading into the mountains. The most extensive damage starts 3 miles after the road turns to gravel.
Heavy rain coupled with creeks and mountainous terrain inflicted a lot of damage along the stretch of road. Water washed out large sections of the road every quarter mile. The section of road remaining in those places was too thin for a car to pass through.
"The goal right now is just to get a single lane open so the people who are up here can have access but it will stay closed and it will stay closed until we repair these culvert locations," said Brackin.
Repairs to the road will come in two parts. First, the county will repair the road enough so residents can have access to their properties. Next, the county will recut sections along the road and install larger culverts.
"We will put bigger culverts in to handle more runoff so the road will be able to survive or withstand greater storms than it has up to this point," said Brackin.
Jeff Karshner is the caretaker for the Stables at the Broadmoor. His friends at a neighboring ranch measured 19 inches of rain in the area during last week's storms.
"Friday, when I'm getting up in the morning to feed horses, the horses are gone, buffalo is gone, there is fish on our road," said Karshner describing the conditions at the stables after Thursday night's rain. "When I saw fish on the road I knew the pond had gone, the dam had broke"
He's had to hike and use horses to get food and fuel to the stables. Karnsher said he couldn't be happier to see the county piecing the road back together.
"The county has just been awesome," said Karshner. "All these guys are going on the Christmas card list this year."


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Chicana scientists to speak at UTSA Nov. 16
By Ashley Harris
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(Nov. 15, 2006)--The UTSA Women's Studies Institute and the Department of English, Classics and Philosophy will welcome Elma Gonzalez, Diana Marinez, Elvia Niebla and Elisa Ruiz, who will read excerpts from their recent book, "Flor y ciencia: Chicanas in Science, Mathematics and Engineering," at 5:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 16 in Main Building Room 0.222, 1604 Campus. The event is free and open to the public.
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Published in 2006, "Flor y ciencia: presents the stories of nine Latina pioneers in mathematics, science and engineering and discusses the obstacles and joys they experienced as minorities in their fields. The book also discusses methods of increasing interest in the sciences among Latinas.
Gonzales is a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at UCLA.
Marinez is a professor of biochemistry and dean of the College of Science and Technology at Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi.
Niebla serves as the national coordinator for the USDA Forest Service Global Change Research Program.
Ruiz is a doctoral candidate in mathematics at Texas A&M University, College Station.
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Every single aspect that comes with a wedding can be highlighted through the use of a quality theme. The kinds of wedding styles that people can choose from can be rather daunting to some considering the massive variety that can be found in today's wedding environment.
One thing is for certain that many of these wedding styles can be prepared to where every event associated with such a wedding will match up with that style. For instance, the wedding shower invitations may match up with the theme and the bridal shower or rehearsal dinner may fit in with the same theme. The themes to choose from are amazingly varied and all people who come to a wedding will certainly enjoy what is open.
Beach Themes Are Popular
The beach theme has become a popular style to take a look at. This theme entails the use of a series of fine light colors and a nice series of beach-related decorations. Sometimes sand may be ported in for the event.
Every event at a wedding can come with a beach theme. The invitations may have plastic shells glued onto them while the dinner may be held outdoors with a grill like tickled pink rehearsal dinner invitations.
A Rustic Style Is Relaxing
A rustic style will feature the wedding being held at a more naturalistic spot like a farm or barnyard. A good rustic tone will come with natural colors and decorations and will focus on country living. The dress rehearsal may require classic gowns that are reflective of farm life while the dinner may come with some traditional farm foods that are prepared with care and with classic materials.
What Is the Vintage Style About?
The vintage style is a unique wedding option to take a look at. This style comes with a look at features a number of classic materials and influences. It often places an emphasis on things like older cars, older table settings and even older music that can be played at the dance after the wedding. A vintage theme may even entail some older wines if the wedding party is able to afford them.
This theme may be further emphasized in the invitations that are sent out. For instance, the invitations may include a series of 1950s-inspired text prints or paper stock materials that make it look as though an old-time office prepared the documents like these from Tickled Pink.
A Christmas Wedding Is Nice
A Christmas wedding can be filled with traditional Christmas decorations, colors and themes that are relevant to this important time of the season. It is a fine feature to have but it works best if the entire theme is situated around it. In particular, the Christmas theme should be reflected in the dress rehearsal and rehearsal dinner to get people into the mood for when the wedding will come about and the theme is really in full display.
The best thing for the couple that is getting married to do is to consider the wedding style that will be set up. If the right style is prepared then it will be rather easy for the entire wedding to be set up with a theme that matches up in all parts.


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[Article]-An Insider`s Look at the Social-Engineer.Org SE CtF at DEFCON
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By Chris Hadnagy
I want you to picture this scene: It is a warm day in sunny Maryland, my phone rings. I answer it.
Me – "Chris speaking…"
Voice – "Hello Sir, this is Special Agent Smith (name changed) from the FBI, I would like to speak to you about this social engineering contest…"
Me – "Nice Dave, not falling for it. Good try sucker!"
Voice – "Sir, I already mentioned my name is Special Agent Smith, not Dave. It is important that we…
Me – "Blah, Blah Blah.. right Dave. You are always trying to get me. Nice one, almost sounds real. Later loser…"
Moments after the phone was hung up it rings again…
Me – "Hello?"
Voice – "I would ask that you listen sir and do not hang up. Call me back at this number… And ask for Special Agent Smith."
This was the birth of the very first Social-Engineer.Org's Social Engineering Capture the Flag Contest (SE CtF) at DEFCON over 2 years ago.


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So I'm new here, and just starting to look around seriously. Obviously I want to build a Fett costume, so am looking for any helpful tips and suggestions in doing so. Just know that I'm utterly rubbish at painting or using hardware tools that aren't basic haha.
I'm from Australia, but haven't really been able to find anyone in the country that does any parts (soft or hard). Have been in contact with some helmet makers, and at this point it's looking like I'll be getting a BM bucket, including put together and ROTJ paintjob, from Daz. Have also PM'd woodman in-regard to some soft parts.
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ARSC T3D Users' Newsletter 36, May 17, 1995
New T3D Batch Queues
The T3D batch queues were changed on May 16, 1995. The current T3D queues are:
always on:
16pe_24h 1 job using at most 16 PEs for 24 hours 32pe_24h 1 job using at most 32 PEs for 24 hours 64pe_24h 1 job using at most 64 PEs for 24 hours 64pe_10m 1 job using at most 64 PEs for 10 minutes 128pe_5m 1 job using at most 128 PEs for 5 minutesThere is one additional queue that is enabled on Friday at 6:00 PM and disabled at 4:00 AM on Sunday:
128pe_8h 1 job using at most 128 PEs for 8 hoursA request made to these queues will be run as soon as enough PEs are available to satisfy the request. The intent of this change is to provide more production access to users who are moving from development work to production runs. We will be closely monitoring how this new queue structure is working and we may need to modify it in the future. Please contact Mike Ess if you have any concerns about the batch queues.
User's UDBSEE LimitsMost T3D users currently have a limit of 32 PEs for batch access. Users can check their limits with the udbsee command:
udbsee grep jpelimitThe output will indicate their limits in interactive (i) and batch (b). For example:
jpelimit[b] :32: jpelimit[i] :8:If your batch PE limit is too small to access these new NQS queues and you would like to use them, please contact Mike Ess, either by phone at 907-474-5404 or email to email@example.com , to have your PE batch limits increased.
Users can query the NQS batch system with the command:
qstat -ato see what other NQS T3D jobs are scheduled to run on the T3D. The utility mppmon is available to see what jobs are currently running on the T3D. T3D jobs are executed on a "first fit" priority and run to completion without interruption.
A Barrier Routine with a Fixed DelayIn developing code for the T3D it is often the case that not all PEs reach a barrier point. The behavior of the program when this happens is that the program looks hung. This is because those PEs that have reached the barrier are spinning and the PE that hasn't reached the barrier is holding everyone up.
One of our users, Dr. Alan Wallcraft, a scientist with the Naval Research Center in Stennis, Mississippi and I had the need to implement a barrier function that waits a specific number of seconds. For this function, if the time delay is exceeded, then the T3D job is aborted and the user can tell which PEs have reached the barrier and which one(s) were holding up the show.
Below are two implementation of this "barrier with delay". The first is implemented with PVM and the SET_BARRIER/TEST_BARRIER functions. This version can be used with Fortran 90. The second version is implemented with Craft Fortran. A driver program and the complete source files are listed below. (These routines are also available in /usr/local/examples/mpp/src as barrier.1f and barrier2.f).
program test real a( 100000 ) intrinsic irtc include '/usr/include/mpp/fpvm3.h' c call pvmfmytid(itid) call pvmfgetpe(itid, mype) c irtc0 = irtc() c c loop on idelay. c do idelay= 5,1,-1 c c generate some unequal size tasks c do i = 1, 5000 * (mype+1) a(i) = sqrt( real(i+idelay)**3) enddo do k= 1,35 do i = 2, 5000 * (mype+1) a(i) = a(i-1) + a(i) + sqrt( real(i)**3 ) enddo enddo c c call a barrier that aborts if any processor waits more than idelay seconds c call debug_barrier(idelay) if (mype.eq.0) then write(6,*) 'idelay=',idelay,' ok at ', + (irtc()-irtc0)/150000000.0 ,' sec' call flush(6) endif c c a test that is always .false., to prevent optimizing away a(:) c if (a(5000*(mype+1)).eq.-999.9) then write(6,*) a(1),a(99),a(5000*(mype+1)) endif enddo end SUBROUTINE DEBUG_BARRIER(IDELAY) IMPLICIT NONE INTEGER IDELAY C C A VERSION OF BARRIER THAT ABORTS AFTER IDELAY SECONDS. C INTRINSIC IRTC INTEGER IRTC LOGICAL TEST_BARRIER C INTEGER ITICK,NTICK, ITID,MYPE C INCLUDE '/usr/include/mpp/fpvm3.h' C CALL SET_BARRIER() IF (TEST_BARRIER()) THEN RETURN ENDIF C ITICK = IRTC() NTICK = ITICK + IDELAY*150000000 C DO WHILE (ITICK.LE.NTICK) IF (TEST_BARRIER()) THEN RETURN ELSE ITICK = IRTC() ENDIF ENDDO C C ONLY GET HERE AFTER IDELAY SECONDS. C CALL PVMFMYTID(ITID) CALL PVMFGETPE(ITID, MYPE) WRITE(0,*) 'ERROR - DEBUG_BARRIER(',IDELAY, + ') TIMED OUT ON PE ',MYPE CALL FLUSH(0) CALL ABORT() STOP C END OF DEBUG_BARRIER. ENDA version using Craft Fortran:
program test real a( 100000 ) intrinsic irtc intrinsic my_pe c c loop on idelay. c call mybarriersetup c mype = my_pe() irtc0 = irtc() c do idelay= 5,1,-1 c c generate some unequal size tasks c do i = 1, 5000 * (mype+1) a(i) = sqrt( real(i+idelay)**3) enddo do k= 1,35 do i = 2, 5000 * (mype+1) a(i) = a(i-1) + a(i) + sqrt( real(i)**3 ) enddo enddo c c call a barrier that aborts if any processor waits more than idelay seconds c delay = idelay call mybarrier(delay) if (mype.eq.0) then write(6,*) 'idelay=',idelay,' ok at ', + (irtc()-irtc0)/150000000.0 ,' sec' call flush(6) endif if (a(5000*(mype+1)).eq.-999.9) then write(6,*) a(1),a(99),a(5000*(mype+1)) endif enddo end subroutine mybarrier(delay) c c this subroutine is a replcement for the standard call barrier routine c if any processor waits at a barrier more than delay seconds a call to c abort is made and all PE dump core c integer flags( 0:127 ) common /mine/ flags CDIR$ shared flags(:block) intrinsic my_pe mype = my_pe() flags( mype ) = flags( mype ) + 1. t1 = real( irtc( ) ) / 150000000.0 10 continue et = real( irtc( ) ) / 150000000.0 - t1 if( et .gt. delay ) then write(0,*) 'error - mybarrier(',delay, + ') timed out on pe ',mype do i = 0, N$PES - 1 if( flags( i ) .lt. flags( mype ) ) then write(0,*) 'pe ',i,' not at the barrier' endif enddo call flush(0) call abort() endif do i = 0, N$PES - 1 if( flags( i ) .lt. flags( mype ) ) then ! barrier goto 10 endif enddo end subroutine mybarriersetup() c c an initialization routine for the status flags c integer flags( 0:127 ) common /mine/ flags CDIR$ shared flags(:block) intrinsic my_pe flags( my_pe() ) = 0 call barrier() ! make sure we're in sync endWith the 1.2 PE version of totalview, a user can envoke these test programs as:
totalview a.outWhen executed from within totalview the progress of each PE is shown at the time of the abort initiated by the one PE that has waited at the barrier more than "delay" seconds.
If you know of similar techniques on the T3D please send them to me and I'll pass them on to the readers of the ARSC T3D newsletter.
List of Differences Between T3D and Y-MPThe current list of differences between the T3D and the Y-MP is:
- Data type sizes are not the same (Newsletter #5)
- Uninitialized variables are different (Newsletter #6)
- The effect of the -a static compiler switch (Newsletter #7)
- There is no GETENV on the T3D (Newsletter #8)
- Missing routine SMACH on T3D (Newsletter #9)
- Different Arithmetics (Newsletter #9)
- Different clock granularities for gettimeofday (Newsletter #11)
- Restrictions on record length for direct I/O files (Newsletter #19)
- Implied DO loop is not "vectorized" on the T3D (Newsletter #20)
- Missing Linpack and Eispack routines in libsci (Newsletter #25)
- F90 manual for Y-MP, no manual for T3D (Newsletter #31)
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