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The beach 10 minutes away (walk), supermarkets less de 5 minutes walk, grocery shops in the corner, many cafés on the same street, also bakery and restaurants. the Alcazaba Castle 15 minutes away (walk), the center of Almería 10 minutes (walk).
The bus station Estación Intermodal for national and local transport only 5 minutes away walking.
There many beaches all over. Almería is a very nice city at the Mediterranean Sea. We also have here a dessert of Tabernas (30 minutes away by car) and mountains very close to the sea as well. There is a national park called Cabo de Gata only 20 minutes away by car where you can see flamenco birds´ wildlife.
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Shower Pans... Want strong, durable, and price right.
This is my first time going through a remodel and I want to know what I'm talking about to my contractor when we see him later. I want to make sure their doing it correctly and not taking short cuts.
I've been researching for the right product for remodeling our bathroom from tub to shower.
I went to Lowe's and looked at their shower pans that does not need tiling, which I'm thinking maybe the way to go. But after time goes by, how well will the pan hold up? I don't want to feel like I'm going to crack the pan and fall through like the old bathtub in my grandmother's house.
I was also thinking about Tile Redi pan. I've read on here that Tile Redi isn't a very good product. The installation is a pain in the ass as with the mortar isn't attaching to the pan.
The Schluter Kerdi system seems a better way, but don't you have to use a UnModified mortor and can you purchase that at my local hardware store? Once I start tiling, do I have to use a special thin-set? If I order a larger preformed then what my actual space is, can I cut the form to make it fit?
Is there anyother product out there that is also as good and stands behind their product?
I want the right product for my money and that I don't have to buy "special adhevise" only from their company.
Thank you for anyone who can help a Newbie out! :confused1:
To me your post is confusing.
One place your talking about using a one piece pan and not tiling it, at the end of the post your talking about what to use to tile it.
Which way are you going to do it? Tile, or not for the pan?
No matter which one piece pan is installed if the installer does not follow the directions to install it exactly it's going to fail.
Some of the better built pans are self supporting so there's no mortar needed under the pan.
Yes I am talking about two different pans. Yes one is to tile and the other is no tilling needed.
I wanted to know which WAY is the better way, as in product and durability.
Someone out there has installed these products and I thought someone could give me some insight to which way to go. I just want a good product for my money.
If you read any instructions you shouldn't have any problems, that's just knowledge.
Thanks anyways for your comment even though I confused you.
I hope the contractor can read between the lines and run fast and far.
Once some homeowner wants to get involved and micro manage the contractors work, comes here for this simple advice to explain to the contractor what they want .... this can never go good.
Why not talk to the contractor, look at some photos of his previous work, listen to his suggestions and recommendations, then come back and ask us if we agree with him?
I use cast onyx bases when I need a premade base--
I build my own pan when I do a tiled floor--which is the most frequently desired shower now a days---Either a pan with liner or a Hydroban pan using a surface membrane.
Schluter makes preformed pans that use a surface membrane---
No 'Tile Ready' brand pans---they are a failure---
If you are using a contractor, listen to what they know how to do---you might not like the results if they are doing something for the first time---Mike-----
I'm always pissed that you can't buy a cast iron base for about $200.
I've built the traditional pan and also the single slope variety with a laticrete drain.
The curb with the traditional pan is a pain in the ass.
I guess my favorite is a curbless on concrete.
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maybe build one yourself? I did, Its not to hard to do.
If you choose to build your own pan,look at this link--How to build a shower - Building a shower pan with pre-sloped mortar bed, liner and curb.
I'm looking for some info on this topic as well. I'm going with a tiled floor. I was told to avoid using a mortar bed. Water can break down the mortar bed and will sand away at the liner, eventually leading to a water leak. With that said. I'd like to use a membrane under the tile. Is it ok to put some kind of membrane over the mortar bed? Either roll on(redgard) or fabric(kerdi)? I'd like to keep costs down also.
In went through the same decision process recently.
What I learned was that a lot depends on where you live.....one of the reasons it helps to put your location in your profile.
If you don't care if the shower pan is tiled....prefab base.
If you want tiles...
If your on the West coast....hot mop....
Anywhere else (especially with freezing temps), membrane or Kerdi...
Regarding the Kerdi....a typical shower is going to cost you at least $500 just in materials. A lot of people rave about Kerdi...but my concern is that it does not have the 'history' other methods do. Of course, one has to install and use it for a few years to find out. I personally don't want to be the test person.
I live in CA....so I went Hot Mop....I got 2 very large and odd sized showers done for $500. Kerdi couldn't even touch that price.
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I have a 09' 4cyl automatic engine with 54k.
About 30min ago when when I parked the shifter would not move past neutral into reverse and go into park. I can go from D into neutral or the next slot over for manual shifting. Naturally this causes a problem as you can't take the key out of the ignition if its not in park.
I took a screw driver and popped open the cap for the shift release button and used that to move it into park. Turned car off, back on, etc etc seemed fine. So when I tried moving it into reverse and it wouldn't budge. It instead would make a electronic click or snap coming form the steering column but more back toward the engine. Like more into the dash area but back in it. It would make this noise every time I attempted to move it but it wasn't a continuous sound. Just once with each jerk to the side to move it out of park.
So the car works fine except for this. I used it with the screw driver/shift release to unlock it and it drives fine. Goes into reverse and back in park but if I move it into neutral or drive it will not **** back into reverse or park.
Anyone have experience with this?
P.S. Thankfully I bought extended warranty. I'm not sure if the manufacture warranty transfers to new owners when its sold. Hopefully its nothing major.
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Barns & Outbuildings
The Costswold Coop
May 25, 2010
I find inspiration for the farm everywhere. About a year ago I came across this book (one of the most beautiful homes I have ever seen) An Affair with a House
Where I found this beautiful chicken coop
Which inspired me to draw this sketch ….
and send it to my friends at Penny Pincher Barns who helped me by turning my sketch into architectural plans and materials list so that I could build this…
My amazing builders built this aviary from a vision meeting we had…
So that these little ladies had a good home…
Where do you find inspiration? I find it everywhere…books, nature, blogs, art galleries, outdoors walks, cookbooks, historic home visits, clothing, and catalogs. I think inspiration is all about heart. For me it is a feeling I get when I see something that feels right, beautiful, attractive. When I saw the picture of Bunny Williams' aviary, I immediately photocopied it and put in on my dreamboard. For a year I looked at that picture dreaming of it on the farm.
I can now see the coop/aviary from my bedroom window, great room, mud room and kitchen. All places I spend a lot of time. My eye sees something artistic, beautiful, and sculptural. A home for the hens but a piece of art for me.
Barn Completion
October 27, 2009
I loved this crumbling building the minute I laid eyes on her and I knew that one day I would be able to nurse her back to health.
For years, she sat unoccupied except for a few woodchucks and the three horse stalls left by the previous owners of the farm. I would look back at her from my house and… think…dream…wonder.."What will she become?"
I wanted her to meet her full potential. I didn't want to just "fix her up" on the outside, but instead, turn her into something magical. A place where our family will BE TOGETHER. A place where our children's friends will enjoy visiting. A place where memories will be created. A place of well-being.
Scary Shed Nightmare
October 6, 2009
This is not a HOW TO post on decorating your shed for Halloween. I am not going to give out the perfect Halloween paint colors or tell you that my next step is to paint a silhouette of a black cat on the side of the building and play scary music on auto-play each day leading to October 31.
Yes, I am sure that some may like this shed…in fact it would be perfect for the "Adam's Family" or the "Muensters", but Buttercup Farm…not so much.
The good news….it is paint. The bad news is…it is oil paint. This means that it could take a few weeks before it is ready to take another coat (I'll try to paint the trim white first).
In the mean time….it IS Halloween and I'll make the best of it.
Barn Love Week 8
July 31, 2009
It is so exciting to see the barn really starting to shape up. Big news…the steps to get up to the dance studio are almost complete. Enjoy this little video documenting our progress so far. We are projecting a 2-3 week completion date. WAHOO!!!!!
Barn Love from Shawn Stratmann on Vimeo.
To learn more about the Buttercup Farm Barn renovation:
Barn Update #1
Barn Dreams
Barn Sketches
Also, don't forget…it is "A Beautiful Life" Friday over at The Inspired Room . Take a few minutes to check out all of the post links you will find there. It is a great weekend treat!
Barn Update
July 16, 2009
Things are REALLY starting to shape up on Buttercup Barn. Outside woodwork, almost complete.
Here is what we have finished:
- Replaced rotten wood
- Concrete floor poured in first floor of the barn.
- Removed all hazardous material (bat poop) from loft
- Bleached all surfaces in barn
- Installed cable system to keep the roof and walls in barn from caving in
- Removed all old wood on front and back of barn, replaced with new
- Insulated loft floor
- Ordered windows/doors, installed 1/2 (so far)
- Placed loft floor
- Demoed milk house
- Framed new walls (in loft and downstairs)
- Electrical rough-in
- Assembled Cupola
Next two weeks:
- Finish installing windows and doors
- Install wall slats/panelling downstairs
- Install plywood walls upstairs
- Install Dance Floor
- Build Steps/Deck to Loft
- Install electrical fixtures/fans
- Install divider doors downstairs
- Repair/Paint Metal Roof
- …..so much more:-)
Bear with me this summer…I have been a little slow to write due to the nature of "summer", the barn reno, and the launch of my new business website. I will work hard to keep in touch a couple times a week.
Barn Dreams
June 17, 2009
What you see here, is what inspired me to turn "Barn Love" into SOMETHING special. Walking into the barn's loft…looking up….well…let's just say…I SWOON at the site!!!!
I have ALWAYS dreamed of what this space would become. Watching her TIDY up these last few weeks has been amazing. In order to re-purpose her, we are adding an extensive cabling system to ensure the walls and roof trusses stay sturdy. We are also adding 9 windows and a glass door so that the space will be flooded with natural light. Beams will be added across the loft to add ceiling fans and lights for the evening use.
So what will we use her for???? Drum-roll please………
We are turning the barn loft into a 3 season space for MOVEMENT, MUSIC and CREATIVITY. The loft will house a 24×28 dance floor for Irish Dance and Exercise. We have dreams of hosting musicians for evenings of "Loft Music" and Dinner a couple times a year. With the natural light pouring in through the windows, I will be able to shoot portraits and vignettes for the blog. Our ideas are endless…evening family dance parties, birthday parties…..
We are hoping for a LABOR DAY completion…we can hardly wait.
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Grappling the Sword of Hades
Now would it not make sense to add the ability to grapple the player from underground & slam them multiple times just like you do with the Wraith?
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I don't think it would render the sword useless...not a lot of warriors have good reaction Time & know when & when not to grapple... the attack itself is very quick so you would need some good reflexes....some players reactions to that attack is to Dodge or jump not grapple. ..Especially beginners...
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Well,is it not part of the point? to learn and get familiar with the system so you can develop your reflex and reaction times and also muscle memory.yeah sometimes i get caught to the blades moves,but damage output on that move is not so high that it would kill because i think its safe to say that 95% of the users start with L+square and then L+triangle.i usually count in my head...1...2 and then i dodge works for me atleast. it seems this is the most discussed sword/weapon all time...but like a said i dont have a problem with that sword...why? because so many use it that i have adapted the mechanics+i play Hades aswell too,my sword is not even level 3...
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Speaking of this multiple slam grappling, I seen someone doing this, like when Kratos grabs a stunned wraith or siren. Is it a weapon that allowed that person to do that? I know he was a Hades warrior.
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You are confusing it to blades of chaos or should i say your grappling weapon.when you have rage mode on and someone dodges and you grapple you make that heavy slam moves multiple times.
you come out like a helicopter when pressing triangle and if you hit enemy he flyes too and you can grapple.
Okey...extra flav then...well thats kinda tricky to other weapons? ok lets say it would be only limited to L+triangle moves...i actually dont come up any ideas,i have to think about it and test the other weapons special moves...


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Some of the areas that could have delayed openings are Curtis Canyon and Shadow and Munger mountains. They have been previously slated to open May 1.
Granite Hot Springs is expected to open before Memorial Day if Granite Creek Road is deemed drivable.
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We've yet to see a Teufel speaker set we didn't like, so I'm hoping for good things from the Cinebar 50 soundbar. After all, there's no point replacing your stylish-but-rubbish-sounding ultra-slim TV's speakers with a dedicated set if they don't deliver a notable improvement in audio quality.
The bar-section of the Cinebar 50 set-up purports to replicate the sound produced by your typical five-speaker arrangement, but with significantly less clutter, with two tweeters, two mid-range drivers and two low-mid range drivers offering 200W of power in total.
The bundled CB 50 SW subwoofer - unavailable other than with the Cinebar 50 kit - delivers 150W of power with a frequency response ranging from 35Hz to 150Hz. An auto-on function will put the woofer into standby mode when no sound is being delivered to it.
Connectivity comes in the form of two digital inputs (one coaxial on optical) and two pairs of analogue (Phono) inputs at the rear. At the front a USB port caters for playback of MP3 and WMA files from storage devices.
The Cinebar's onboard decoder can cope with DTS and Dolby Digital, but anything more complicated will have to be decoded player-side. On the plus side, the Cinebar 50 doesn't rely on reflected sound to achieve it's virtual-surround effect, making it usable out-of-the-box with no set-up required.
Better still, Teufel's Cinebar 50 is priced to suit those of us not quite able to muster the £1,500 or so needed for the likes of B&W's Panorama soundbar with at a more reasonable £630 asking price. And if you snap one up soon Teufel is offering UK buyers a 10 per cent discount making the Cinebar 50 even cheaper - hard to resist, no?


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The San Antonio Spurs (6-1) will take on the new-look Los Angeles Lakers (3-4) in Los Angeles who haven't gotten off to good start. Aside from adding Steve Nash and Dwight Howard to the mix, the Lakers went through a coaching change firing former Spurs assistant coach Mike Brown and added Mike D'Antoni. Needless to say, this Lakers team will need a bit more time to get some chemistry on the court. The Spurs are coming off a 112-109 win over Portland led by Gary Neal's career-high 27 points in the come back win. The Lakers are coming off a 103-90 win over the Kings and will be short-handed tonight. Nash will still be out due to injury (leg fracture) and Steve Blake will be out due to an abdominal strain. Chris Duhon will start in Blake's place. And as these two Western Conference powers get set to meet tonight, here are five things to watch for during the game: • The Lakers are 3-0 when leading or tied at halftime. • Los Angeles is 0-3 when trailing after the first quarter. • If the Lakers have five players scoring in double-figures, the team is 2-0 this season. • Danny Green has connected on at least one three-pointer in 25 consecutive games in the regular season. This streak dates back to last season. • When leading at halftime, San Antonio is 4-0.
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They charged me $129.00 and then asked me to sign a document allowing them to represent me. That's when I realize that they were not an official passport website. I immediately called back to cancel my transaction. "Andrea" picked up and said that she couldn't cancel the amount because I requested the service. "Sir, you selected the expedited option."
I told her I was fooled into thinking the company was the official passport website because it popped up top on a google search when I searched for "us passport".
She then said she could cancel $79 but not the $50 that I agreed to pay for "processing fee". I told her there was no processing fee. I am calling 5 minutes after I made the transaction. [continued below]....
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When I told her that I will call my credit card company to cancel the charge, she played the victim card and started accusing me of "threatening" her. My response: "I'm calling my credit card company. Why is that a threat to you? I have to call them when a company refuses to refund me money for services I don't want and they never delivered."
What company out there refuses to refund you a charge after they have delivered no service? What company has service reps but no manager? This company sounds very shady. Avoid at all cost.
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Based on the Jonathan Coulton song "Skullcrusher Mountain," in which an evil villain takes a girl captive and makes her a very special gift. "I made this half-pony, half-monkey monster to please you. What's with all the screaming? You like monkeys, you like ponies, maybe you don't like monsters so much. Maybe I used too many monkeys. Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you?"


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The remains of a 27-year-old Sarnia woman who disappeared from a New Year's Eve party have been found in a rural woodlot in St. Clair Township, police confirmed Thursday.
The remains were discovered at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday about 30 kilometres southeast of Sarnia, the day after Noelle Paquette, a teacher, was last seen leaving a party in downtown Sarnia early Tuesday morning. Ontario Provincial Police and Sarnia Police are investigating and consider the death suspicious.
The OPP has set up a dedicated tip line and is asking for anyone with information to call 855-835-5677. Police are awaiting the results of a post mortem.
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'08 WRX sedan, 27k, mobile 1 5w30, 90 octane fuel + STP octane booster. Perrin downpipe and catback exhaust. Cobb tuner currently running in ECO mode.
I was driving home from town at about 65 mph/2800 RPM. Car started smoking, like 007 smokescreen smoking, pulled into the drive smells like burning. There is oil residue on the rear bumper and smoke coming from the union of the turbo and down pipe. There is plenty of oil on the stick, changed it roughly 500 miles back. The current temperature is -18 F. In the past extreme cold has caused the car to run rich, but not smoke. Any ideas as to what is causing this, B/C I really don't want to replace a turbo right now.
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by Bob Sloan
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The newest addition to the Chronicle Books library of cookbooks is tailor-made for the mega-busy superperson pushing the limits of the 24-hour day. The Working Stiff Cookbook is for everyone who works all day but still wants a delicious dinner.
It's 8:00 pm and you just arrived home from work. You've survived the vigorous demands of your job. You've tackled a treacherous commute. You can handle anything but the dreaded meal plan of the evening. The thought of actually cooking and washing all the dishes is mind boggling. Instead of being the reward at the end of a long day's work, dinner has become a burden, a tiresome chore to be disposed of as quickly as possible. Until now! with his new book, Bob Sloan offers a delicious array of fun and easy recipes for the "working stiff."
Sloan is on the scene, so throw away your frozen dinners, give the local take-out restaurant a break, and call your whole family to the dinner table for a decent home cooked meal. The Working Stiff Cookbook provides fast-track recipes for Swift Swordfish, 10-Minute Salmon, Chicken Curry in a Hurry, and Stir-Fry Furioso; all skimping on time but most definitely not on flavor! Dishes that you may prefer to eat in a restaurant so other people have to do all the hard work are now easy to create at home. Scrumptious recipes for Paella, Chicken with Porcini Mushrooms, and Cajun Monkfish can now be added to your weekday repas repertoire!
Sloan has made the recipes more than just fun and convenient! Designed with funky and amusing illustrations by renowned artist Michael Klein, The Working Stiff Cookbook is likely to inspire even the weary-eyed nine to fiver to "fry it up a pan!" The spiral binder and individually tabbed sections--instant, one pot, pasta, soups, etc.--make the book easy to follow and easy to use.
Bob Sloan knows first-hand the time limitations of a busy schedule and provides chopping, shopping and planning tips to make it all happen like magic. You even get a cheat sheet of all basic necessities for your pantry. So no matter how late you work, and whether you fancy fish, chicken, pasta, soup, or the good ole' tried and true grilled cheese sandwich, The Working Stiff Cookbook has a dish to satisfy all taste buds.
Bob Sloan, author of Dad's Own Cookbook, is a busy guy who still finds time to cook. His humor pieces and fiction have appeared in Playboy, Print, and Reform Judaism, and he is the co-author of Hi-fi's and Hi-Balls and A Stiff Drink and a Close Shave.
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I was told by the sponsors that this was "Dworkin's show" and that I was merely to comment on her presentation. I was told to sit during my response and not to go to the lectern. It is true that I was repeatedly shouted down by 40 or 50 radical feminists, even before I uttered a word. "Down with the pornocrats," they shouted, whenever it was my turn to speak. "We don't want to hear from people who support porn." These women wanted to censor not only pornography itself but those who would defend it on First Amendment grounds. A smaller group — calling themselves "Dykes on Bikes" and carrying chains — threatened violence. The woman who reported the story in the Boston Globe described the event as follows: "What these ... men and women saw — and some of them created — was an ugly collision between about 40 enraged radical feminists in the audience and Dershowitz, who defended free speech and became a symbol for the entire American legal system."
In the course of our debate, Dworkin urged her followers to take the law into their own hands when necessary — to destroy the pornographic presses. Some time thereafter several gunshots were fired through the window of a local bookstore that carried material deemed to be pornographic.
When it was my turn to speak, I tried to explain — over the booing and hissing — that what I support is freedom of choice about pornography. I informed the audience that a recent law in Iran prohibiting pornography also required all women to keep their faces covered. I reminded them that efforts by the Moral Majority to "clean up" television included feminist programs within the definition of pornography. I told them that the same district attorney who had attempted to ban Deep Throat had succeeded in censoring a beautiful film about lesbianism, by invoking the same anti-pornography statute. I quoted Gloria Steinem to the effect that "the long history of anti-obscenity laws makes it clear that such laws are most often invoked against political and lifestyle dissidents." I cautioned that if any group of Americans could succeed in taking the law into its own hands it would be the Moral Majority, who far outnumber the radical feminists. They would destroy the presses that publish books they deem offensive: books advocating birth control, abortion, and sex outside of marriage. "Among the first books they would want to ban," I warned, "are the writings of Andrea Dworkin." Dworkin scoffed, and then gave me the finger in an obscene gesture.
History has proved both Dworkin and Diamant wrong: there is now more porn than ever — much of it watched by women — and less rape than ever in the US. And yes, the US is better than Iran.
Alan M. Dershowitz
Harvard Law School
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Four friends reunited at a party after 30 years. After a few laughs and
drinks, one of them had to go to the rest room. The ones who stayed behind
began to talk about their kids and their successes.
The first guy says: I am very proud of my son, he is my pride and joy.
He started working at a very successful company at the bottom of the barrel.
He sudied Economics and Business Administration soon he was promoted and
began to climb the corporate ladder becoming the General Manager and now he
is the president of the company. He became so rich that he gave his best
friend a top of the line Mercedes Benz for his birthday.
The second guy says: Damn, that's terrific!! My son is also my pride and
joy, I am very proud of him. He started working at a traveling agency for a
very big airline. He went to flight school to become a pilot and also manage
to become a partner in the company where he now owns the majority of the
assets. He became so rich that he gave his best friend a brand new jet for his birthday.
The third guy says: Well, well, well congratulations!! My son is also my
pride and joy and he is also very rich. He studied in the best universities
and became an Engineer. He started his own construction company and became
very successful and a multimillionaire. He also gave away some thing very
nice and expensive to his best friend for his birthday. He built a 30,000
sq ft mansion specially for his friend.
The three friends congratulated each other mutually for the successes of
theirs sons.
The forth friend who earlier had gone to restroom returned and asked:
What's going on, what are all the congratulations for? One of the three
said: We were talking about the pride we feel for the successes of our sons.
And then he asked, What about your son?
The forth man replied: My son is Gay and he makes a living dancing as a
stripper at a nightclub.
The three friends said: What a shame that must be, that is horrible, what
a disappointment you must feel.
The forth man replied: No, I am not ashamed. Not at all. He is my son and
I love him just as well, he is my pride and joy.
And he is very lucky too. Did you know that his birthday just passed and the
other day he received a beautiful 30,000 sq ft mansion, a brand new jet and
a top of the line Mercedes Benz from his three boyfriends. !!!!!
4th July 2006 From India, Mumbai
Moral of the story is "Make good, fithy rich, friends and don't forget to tell them when your birthday is.... It does not matter even if you are a Gay. Regards Harsha
13th July 2006 From India, Bangalore
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The most significant event of last month came on 1 February when the Fourth Marine and the Seventh Infantry Divisions established beachheads in the Marshall Islands, first territory held by Japan before Pearl Harbor to be invaded. The Fourth Marines landed on Roi Island. The Seventh Infantry went ashore near Kwajalein. The landings followed an intensive softening-up by aerial and warship bombardment of the strong Japanese bases, just north of the already-won Gilbert Islands.
In six days the American forces had the situation on Roi. Kwajalein, and at least 20 other tiny islands well in hand. The key islands of the Marshalls, which the Japanese had fortified in twenty-five years of peace and twenty-three months of war, were in American hands.
With the exception of a few prisoners, the Japanese were annihilated. American losses were held down by the terrific pre-invasion aerial and naval bombardments the islands received.
For two days strong carrier forces pounded the Marshalls. On the third day the shelling from surface vessels began. Kwajalein took 14,500 tons of naval steel; Roi got 5,000. The islands were all but leveled. How one of the most concentrated naval and aerial bombardments in history churned Kwajalein, Roi, and the island of Namur into a living hell was described by Sgt. David Dempsey, a Marine Corps combat correspondent:
"Japanese dead were sprawled over the island by the hundreds, most of them horribly mutilated when our bombs and shells caught them fleeing for a tunnel or blockhouse. They lay like broken wax dolls in shell holes, near ammunition dumps and in the ruins of buildings.
"Sheets of corrugated iron, formerly the roofs of Japanese barracks, were strewn everywhere-twisted, ripped, full of bomb holes. Concrete pilings on which the barracks had rested stuck out of the ground in rows like tombstones.
"Japanese planes, caught when the shelling began, lay like giant birds, pinned helplessly to the ground, their wings broken. Not a plane got away.
"Everywhere the wreckage testified to the unexpectedness of our bombardment. Into one large shell crater had been driven a recent model English automobile, only to have a shell land squarely on top of it. We found American made radio equipment, a tractor, and Australian made tires.
"The American flag was raised approximately 27 ½ hours after our first units landed."


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Malignaggi, Broner boils over in trashtalk fest
By Karl Freitag
Photos: Ed Mulholland
Yes it was tense. Yes it was hilarious. Yes it was bad taste. But if Saturday's fight in Brooklyn between WBA welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi and WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner is anywhere near as entertaining as their press conference of Thursday, fight fans are in for a treat.
Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer opened Thursday's final press conference in Brooklyn by urging Paul Malignaggi and Adrien Broner to focus on the fight and not talk about girlfriends, ex-girlfriends or ex-wives. "I think if they want to focus on that they're going to do a disservice to the sport and most importantly they're going to do a disservice to themselves," he warned.
However, as most expected, Broner and Malignaggi didn't listen. Here's how it went down…
Adrien Broner: I didn't come here to really talk trash. We did enough of that. We're only two days out. It's going to be fight time for me. I came up here today, it's about business. I really wasn't going to come up here. Honestly. I wasn't going to come up here and talk, but that would have been disrespectful to my fans. Even the ones who hate me, they're still my fans because they want to see me lose.
So I came up here anyway and all I wanted to say was I gotta put on a helluva show. I gotta put on a helluva show. Like I said. I'm not here to bash you Paulie. You're a great champion. You're a great Italian who wears hats to the side. I'm serious. You've got good talent. I want you to keep your day job because after this you're not going to be relevant in boxing unless it's with a microphone. And I'm dead serious. I'm being serious.
I will be on Saturday night a three-time world champion at the age of 23. And I gotta put on a show. You know I've gotta put on a show in front of the beautiful lady that's standing to the left of me, the famous Miss Jessica. I've gotta put on a show in front of Jessica. This is not about her, but this is a friend of mine and our friendship is very tight.
So with that being said, I'm going to let Paulie get up here and talk his little bullshit, because at the end of the day we gotta fight Saturday. I'm gonna knock him the f__k out. He's never been knocked out. I'm gonna knock him the f__k out.
[Talking to Paulie fans in the audience]
And after that, if these guys will stand up to fight I'll fight them too. They can line them up in sevens and I'll knock them out in sevens, seven, fourteen, twenty-one…
Paulie Malignaggi: I'm going to squash the Jessica stuff right now. There's a lot of idiots in the media as well, asking me a lot of stupid questions.
[Talking to Jessica]
Jessica, anyone that dated me, how long do you say we dated? Six, seven months? Yeah. So anybody dates me that long, I don't know how you people are with relationships out here, but anybody who dates you that long you would probably meet some family members, maybe you'll meet my mom or something.
What's my mother's name Jessica? What's my mother's name? What's my mother's name? I see my mom often. What's my mother's name? Answer the question!
[Richard Schaefer tries to intervene]
Richard, he got to say what he wants, now I get to say what I want. What's my mother's name? Thank you. OK folks, stop calling this girl my ex-girlfriend. She's someone I slept with. That was it. Okay? …let's put this thing behind me. This was somebody I slept with. Athletes sleep with a lot of women. It's 2013. That's all we do!
[Broner tries to say something into another microphone]
Hey clown the mic's off. Ringling Brothers is coming over next week. You can join them after this. Stop talking. You're a clown.
Let's talk about the fight now.
You've gotta admit it's gotten a little crazy and stuff. I will admit that. I can take some of the blame but I can't take all the blame. I'm sorry, you know what I'm saying? I can only apologize from my end. But at the end of the day, it seems like this guy…
This is basically how the creation of Adrian Broner happened in my opinion. They got everybody that's wrong with boxing together in one room. Get everything that's wrong with boxing in that room and gave birth to Adrien Broner. And you people are eating it up. There's not much intelligence out there.
I'll admit he's a talented fighter. But it takes a lot more than talent to get to the top. I've been in so many gyms across the country and across the world, you see talented fighters who don't make it all the time. Hanging out in those gyms, working out, they just don't get the breaks. It ain't about talent. A little bit of the package is talent. He's got the talent. That's part of the package. I'm not lying to you. What I'm saying is he don't have the rest of the package. Let me tell you something. You're talking about…
[Broner again tries to say something into another microphone]
Shut up! Who hears you anyway? Shut up! Gawd, shut up! You're talking to yourself. Nobody hears you! Damn. What a clown. He's so retarded.
You're talking to someone who made money. You're not talking to the chumps you've been fighting who have to work in the grocery store to make money. You're fighting someone who made money in their career.
Let me get back to my train of thought.
Did anyone notice he was here about a half hour before the press conference started then he pretended he was late? Did anyone notice that? Then he shows up about an hour into the press conference like he's trying to be fashionably late. Stop trying so hard! Just do what you gotta do and stop trying so hard because people see right through you. You're a clown. And stop with the Floyd stutter. Again he's talking like Floyd. Talk like yourself! It's Okay. It's gonna be alright. If you show people Adrien Broner, they might like you. They might. It's got nothing to do with stuttering like Floyd.
[Talking to Broner fans in the audience]
I'll talk about what I want and you know why? I'm a million dollar fighter. I come up here, I say what I want. That's why you're out there listening to me and I'm gonna say what I wanna say.
Mr. Schaefer talked about detours. Talking about how some fighters gotta take detours and some fighters don't end up with detours. It all depends on the matchmaking. It all depends on who's got your back. Al Haymon has taken good care of Adrien Broner and that's why he is where he is right now. There are a lot more talented fighters in boxing than Adrien Broner but they don't get the credit they deserve. I'm not saying he's not talented, I'm saying Al Haymon is responsible for this creation right here.
There's detours. The detour that he hasn't had to take. I was a talented prospect at one time too. You know who I was rewarded with for my first world title fight? Miguel Cotto. You know who his reward was for his first title fight? Some guy Rodriguez. I can't even remember his first name. It's a difference. We end up on detours because of people that got our backs OK? He's gotta thank Al Haymon. Instead of praying to God every night he's gotta pray to Al Haymon every night to make him the creation he is. This guy is nothing. On Saturday I'm going to prove to you how much nothing he is. Nothing but talent. We get to the late rounds…
[Turns to Broner]
Remember that time in the locker room when you were getting ready to fight Ponce? We were in the locker room and you were all nervous about going the distance? You think I forgot that conversation you had with me? You think I forgot that conversation you had with me? 'Hey Paulie, how do you go all them rounds? I never been ten rounds.' And I had to explain to him how you go ten rounds without killing yourself, and then…
Shut up! Shut up! I'm talking. Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!
So he gets to the fight and he throws about 16 punches for ten rounds, and thanks to Al Haymon he gets the decision.
I'm making you go twelve Saturday. I'm going to beat your ass.


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Censorship Sucks!
Poem by: ramonathompson
Status: Finished
Genre: Poetry
Walking all over rights of your fellow man
Don't care who you hurt or why
Just as long as you crybaby get your way
Wanna live our lifes for us
But you can't
Cos we won't let you
Starting tonight
We're getting together an army
Banded together as one
We're not gonna be still
We're not gonna be quiet
Until we've had our day to say
Whatever is on our minds
Censorship sucks and so do you
Always trying to trample
Run over
Force your opinions onto others
But no more
No, no more
This day we're gonna bring about a change
Give you a dose of your own
Shoving it hard
Down your throat tonight
You can choke on this
Yeah, yeah that' s right
Censorship sucks and baby so do you
Got a right
To say what we want
When and where we want
Leaders not followers and useless sheep like you
Trying to dance this world on over to the slaughter
Wish you and your kind would just let us be
Stick your nose right on out of our business
Before we cut it off of your ugly face
False believer
Tell us
What are ya gonna do about this?
Dirty down fighter
Slinging mud in the eyes of those you disrespect
Love 'em if they're just like you
Hate 'em if show even a tiny bit of individuality
Wanna crush 'em hard beneath your high and mighty
Don't know who died and made you God
But I do know
I ain't coming to worship
Would't wanna be like you to save my life
Sticking a finger down my throat
Trying to forget
All about you and your nature so vile
Nothing but headcases and troublemakers
Forever getting in the way
Forever trying to stop progress
Wearing rose-colored glasses
Saying the world is such a perfect, perfect place
When you know damm well that it's not
So you try to shut up
People like us
Writers, musicians and actors
Who dare to tell the real truth
About the state of this cruel world that we're living in
Going behind our backs
Spreading vicious rumors and false lies
Don't you have anything better to do?
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Audi Quattro Concept may see production to honor 35th anniversary of Quattro?
We are hoping this is one rumor that comes true. The last time we discussed the awesome Quattro Concept was with an article that stated production might happen in 2013. That production outlook is now strengthened thanks to an AutoBild report that this model would be a 35th anniversary gift for Quattro. That would also mean we would not see it until 2015. 3 years of waiting is much better than it not happening at all.
The model would likely be slotted in between the TT-RS and R8. That means a price tag somewhere in the $80k region. Not cheap, but not terrible for a projected 3000 pound car with all wheel drive and 380 horsepower from an inline-5 cylinder turbo.
We want it to happen and think this would be a great enthusiast vehicle. Is it necessary to slot something in between the TT-RS and R8? No, but if Audi does this to honor Quattro's 35th anniversary we applaud them. It would also mean they would have yet another sports car in the lineup that BMW has no answer for. We applaud that as well.
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Even if Audi doesn't produce this Quattro Coupe, it certainly seems like they're on the right track with recent product offerings.
This car would be amazing though. I prefer the look of this one to the RS5, to be honest.
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Vholdr is a sports video camera designed for sky diving, skateboarding, surfing, swimming, including on RC helicopters, etc. If you are into sports, you should check out this very cool camera, here's a short video I filmed on Friday with the founder of the company, Marc Barros, who showed me how it all works. If you visit Vholdr's site you'll see a ton of video made by their users with these cameras.
Cool 3D cards from Israeli startup: Snapily
On Friday Snapily's founders visited me and showed me a bunch of cool 3D cards. They also made me some new 3D business cards that start conversations everytime I hand one to someone. Here's the video I filmed of how these things work.
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Look inside Meraki, wifi for cities
On Friday I visited Meraki. They build wifi devices for cities and businesses. San Francisco's wifi was built by them. So was Google's efforts in Mountain View, CA (Google was an investor). I shot two videos of CEO Sanjit Biswas:
1. A look at their new indoor products for businesses (just released last week).
2. A look at their solar-powered systems for light poles and such so a city could put wifi on its main streets.
Interesting business, thanks to Sanjit for showing me around.
Obsessing about new news
Fred Wilson, a Venture Capitalist based in New York, writes this morning that he's obsessed with TechMeme and that he's noticing changes in his obsession (he's moving more toward Twitter and other places for his news). Oh, I grok that. I used to be obsessed with TechMeme too. Now I'm just an average user, checking in every day or two (I used to check this page every 10 minutes). What happened?
FriendFeed. See, in February I wasn't following anyone on FriendFeed and no one was following me. Now I'm following more than 4,000 hand-picked people. More than 21,000 are following me there today — that's better growth than I got in the first nine months of being on Twitter, by far.
Some of my friends say I'm really stupid to stop spending so much time obsessing over TechMeme and blogging and to be spending so much time on FriendFeed and Twitter.
That might be so. But already my inbound news is more diverse AND faster than TechMeme and my outbound "Likes" and "Comment" feed is pretty damn good cause it includes all sorts of different data types. Quick, how often have you seen a video on TechMeme? I can't remember the time. But video is a HUGE part of news today and video and photos are huge parts of the experience on FriendFeed. Especially live video. That shows up on FriendFeed, it doesn't show up on TechMeme. Well, except when YouTube throws a big concert. Then you see the news stories about the concert, but you need to click through articles to see the live video.
Also, FriendFeed's realtime features (as long as you have about 100 people you are following or more) really rock during news events, like during election night or a big earthquake.
Of course TechMeme's Gabe Rivera, who follows all of our TechMeme obsession writings, replies back with ""Congrats to @fredwilson for discovering @scobleizer's racket. You can claim you're reading Techmeme less and less literally for years!"" Where did I see that? FriendFeed, of course. 🙂
So, what do you think? Is the tech blogging news world moving toward TechMeme or away from it toward places like FriendFeed, Twitter, Reddit, YCombinator, or Stack Overflow? Is how you get your tech news different today than it was a year ago?
Mike Arrington is wrong about Google search
Mike Arrington, founder of the famous tech blog TechCrunch, hates the new Google search features. They even tell you how to kill the new wiki-style features using GreaseMonkey on Firefox. Mike does take the time to explain the new features here, though.
The problem is, Mike is wrong.
These features rock. They let me add notes to entries in Google. They let me tell the search engine which entries are better for me and they help Google's business BIG TIME.
See, truth is Google is too perfect lately.
Eye track research shows that most of us aren't going past the first link. That is a HUGE change from five years ago when we didn't trust Google that much so we'd look down the first page looking at all the links and we'd probably even click on the second page to see what's there.
Tell me, when is the last time you've clicked on the second page. I can't remember anymore and I use Google dozens of times a day.
So, Google has a problem. It is an advertising-supported service and we're just not sticking around on its pages very long. It NEEDS to increase the time we spend interacting with it.
I'm sure Google's leaders are looking at FriendFeed and Facebook's news feed and seeing all the time that their members are interacting and spending time on the page and are saying "we could do that."
These features already are dramatically increasing the time I'm spending on Google search pages. That's a HUGE win for Google.
Personally, I think Google is right to put these features in and I already am enjoying using them. By the way, when you search for TechCrunch can you see the note I left on TechCrunch's entry?
Mike, you're wrong about this one.
Why I love the US auto industry
I've been watching a lot of the talk about the US Auto Industry lately and I don't see many people sticking up for it. That's partially because the execs in that industry are horribly clueless and are flying around private jets. Come on, you missed the chance to really pull some PR magic out of the air. If I were an exec there I would drive an American car down from Detroit. But, let's leave the PR cluelessness aside.
When I was in China over the past few weeks I saw that the Chinese market LOVES American brands. You really need to go there to understand just how significant this is. On nearly every corner you saw an American brand. The world's biggest bookstore there? It has a 7-11 on the first floor. And a KFC. And a Starbucks.
Everywhere I looked I saw Buicks and Chevy's (both American car brands).
I saw Nike and Patagonia and many other American clothing brands. And lots of American technology brands were used at the BloggerCon there. Dell. Apple. Etc.
So, back to why I love the US auto industry and why I'm going to stick up for it.
I own a GM car. My producer owns a GM car and a Ford car. My wife owns a BMW, German. My dad owns a Toyota. My brother owns a GM truck. My other brother owns a Honda.
Funny thing, they are all great cars. The last two cars I've owned are American (I had a Ford Focus, now have a Saturn Aura).
So, why are American cars getting such horrible press? Well, they haven't done two things:
1. They haven't protected their brand from mediocrity. Apple, for instance, doesn't put its brand on crappy things. At least not in the past nine years since Steve Jobs came back. But Ford and GM puts its brands on all sorts of second-rate crappy cars that are sold to taxi drivers and rental car industry. Every time I rent a car it's usually a crappy car. It really bums me out. If I were at GM or Ford or Chrysler I would stop making these crappy cars.
2. They haven't innovated. Three weeks ago Ford gave me a Flex SUV to borrow for a week. I put more than 500 miles on it, and it is a great SUV. It is a state-of-the-art SUV. Has Microsoft's Sync technology in it so you can talk with it. The lift gate has a motor in it to lift the tailgate up for you, which I really appreciated when we had some heavy rains and it kept me from getting my hands wet. The SUV itself had a great ride, handling, and was a lot nicer to ride in than my BMW is (my producer Rocky, says so). But, really, these are minor innovations. They aren't any that you'll get credit for as an auto maker because other brands have similar things (aside from the Microsoft Sync, which isn't that satisfying, truth be told — it often didn't understand when I wanted to switch the radio from, say, CNBC, to NPR). The kind of innovation that American car companies WOULD get credit for? Going all electric all the time. Even GM here, with its Chevy Volt, is coming too late to the marketplace to get all that much credit.
Actually, I think it comes down to the executives PR gaffe. Why are they flying private jets around? They need to demonstrate that they are car enthusiasts and that the American industry is worth saving. Bob Lutz has gotten close when he drives around the Volt and shows it off, but it's too far away still. We don't understand why it takes so long for American industry to come up with a new idea and a new car.
When the executives come back to Congress they should demonstrate that American industry CAN come back and CAN do something innovative.
Here's how.
1. GM should shut down many of its lines and many of its brands. Do a real house cleaning. Why do we need Saturn, Buick, Cadillac, GMC, Chevy? We don't. Pick two, get rid of the rest. Work on the brand. Make sure that the American brand remains one that's viable in places like China and India. If we screw up our brands, or, worse, let them go out of business, then we'll see America drop in influence very quickly around the world. Right now Chinese young people think that being like an American is "cool." What if they figure out that it's not? Yeah, there goes any chance of interacting with a billion-person market.
2. Ford and Chrysler should shut down all lines that make substandard, crappy cars. Yes, this will put hundreds of thousands of people out of work and move tons of market share over to Korea, Singapore, and China. But, sorry, this needs to be done if you want Americans to be in the car business at all in a decade. If you don't, then the people who can build quality low-cost cars will eat our lunch and will take away our oxygen anyway (and, they are coming).
3. GM or Ford should make a strategic deal with Tesla to turn 20% of its best dealerships into Tesla dealerships and should help Tesla get access to the American market. The same company should make Tesla a premier American brand.
4. GM or Ford should figure out why rock star Neil Young could turn his big-ass-American car into an electric car that regenerates its electricity with a liquid fuel generator that uses natural gas, not the stuff that comes from Alaska or Saudi Arabia. Why can a freaking rock star out innovate big old American car companies? GM and Ford should be ashamed. We should take away all executive perks until GM and Ford demonstrate they can innovate again.
5. GM or Ford should make Shai Agassi's car, Better Place. Why, again, is an executive from Silicon Valley out innovating the old-school US car industry? Give Shai one of those jet planes and let him get to work.
6. The congress should increase gas taxes to make all this happen. Obama should call for a "moon shot" for the US industry. One of replacing 50% of cars with electric cars by 2020. Can't happen? Well, if you think that, then get ready for the Chinese. They are building their own car industry. Their citizens are getting tired of the pollution there. They are getting wealthy (I saw tons of Audis, BMWs, Ferraris, mixed in with those Chevys and Buicks) and they are building their own brand names too, that they will bring world-wide. We only have a couple of years of market window before someone else slams it shut.
These moves will not be easy. There is not a whole lot of love for the American car industry in the United States right now. Getting Congress to do ANYTHING for this industry will prove remarkably difficult (and will be impossible if American Car execs remain arrogant and out of touch and don't sell all their jet planes and start riding in coach like the rest of us).
I'm hopeful, because I love my American car and I hope I can buy another one soon.
My experience with the Ford Flex demonstrates that we can build awesome cars here. The fact that the VW Beattle (and Tesla and many other great cars) were designed in Los Angeles demonstrates we still have the best car designers on our shores and that they build products that people want around the world.
What do you think? Am I off my rocker? Is there any hope? Or should we just shut down the whole industry and let the Chinese take over?
Oh, one other little data point. I met a former executive from Mercedes Benz (Daimler Chrysler). He said they built a car in Germany and built the same one in China and the one in China had fewer defects. Do NOT assume that the Chinese won't take over the entire world in car production in the next 15 years. You will be proven horribly wrong if you assume that.
Disruptive Factories
Just a few minutes ago I was standing in the middle of a sea of cardboard boxes. They include power supplies for your XXXXXXX. Or new laptops made by XXXXXXXX. Or other consumer electronics goodies from brands you know and love. Sorry, the owner of the supply chain (Liam Casey founder of PCH) forced me to never tell what brands I saw being shipped from his warehouse in Shenzhen, China because he'd lose tons of business if he pissed off the companies who were paying him to build stuff for you.
The brands don't matter, though, they would distract you from the real disruption that's happening here.
In just the last year or so there is a total revolution in manufacturing here and it's so significant that I spent three days getting a detailed look at PCH (Liam was named Ernst and Young's Entrepreneur of the Year back in 2007 and the Atlantic Monthly wrote a great article about Liam a few years ago). I have never spent three days studying a single company since leaving Microsoft. Thanks to Phil Baker, who was a product manager at Polaroid and also on Apple's Newton and just wrote an excellent book on how to get products built introduced us (my friend Buzz Bruggeman introduced me to Phil). Later Tim O'Reilly himself Twittered that I had to meet Liam when I went to China. His reputation is so large that people call him "Mr. China." That's funny because he was born in Cork, Ireland, but you can read about his background in the Atlantic article so I won't waste time about that here. Thanks to everyone who got me to meet Liam, it was an incredible trip.
Here's a photo of Liam and Phil hanging out in Shenzhen yesterday:
This is Liam, on the phone making yet another deal:
The changes that are happening here have deep impacts on all the computer companies you know and love, but also what we are seeing is the obliteration of the middle-man and distributor. Let's go back to when I used to sell consumer electronics in the mid-1980s. A product back then would be made in a Chinese factory (or, more likely, a Japanese one). Get shipped over in a pallet to a distributor, who would have to keep huge inventories. Then they would ship out to retail stores using their own shipping companies. Very slow, expensive, and as a retailer I had no visibility into where my order was, or how long it would take to get there.
Go foward to two years ago. You'd buy something from a retailer and they would order it from a supply chain manager and it would be shipped to the retailer, like Amazon, and shipped out to you. You had some visibility into how long that would take, but often not much.
Today? A product goes from factory directly to your front door via FedEx through Liam's supply chain. How long does that take? Four to five days. All trackable via FedEx and other methods.
What's different today? The Chinese are now cutting out Amazon and are building Websites that you can buy products from directly and they'll ship right to your door.
Next? We used Twitter to discuss a new product with people around the world, get feedback on what they want, and the designers, who no longer will be in Europe or America, can work with the customers to build something highly customized and that serves their needs exactly. Then a factory gets fired up and the product gets shipped out — all within days of the Twitter storm.
Yes, you heard me right. You can now Twitter with Liam Casey. He doesn't quite understand yet how to build a new brand with Twitter, but he's a quick study and he saw how I was able to talk with people around the world within minutes to come up with a new idea.
Yesterday he showed me a new gadget that will get on blogs like Engadget, Gizmodo, Obsessable, GearLive, Gdgt, CrunchGear. It is mind blowing. The engineering is done all in China. The factories are all in China. The website will be hosted in China, or maybe over on one of the new clouds that Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Rackspace are now opening up. The brand name will be done in China, via Twitter and FriendFeed. The PR is done in China via Twitter and FriendFeed, or maybe via a blogger tour in San Francisco and New York because that's where most of the gadget bloggers live (last night CNN's Rick Sanchez Twittered me, which demonstrates that Twitter has a powerful reach now into mainstream media).
This is total ownership of everything. Total disruption of everyone who used to make money along the supply chain. Retailers? Disrupted. Traders and middlemen and distributors? Disrupted. Web designers and developers? Disrupted.
Are you scared yet?
You should be if you are being disrupted.
Now, get over your fears, because there are tons of new jobs in this new world, too, you just need to see how this changes everything and then take advantage of the new opportunities. Where are the high value bits in this whole process?
Not the manufacturing.
The real value and profit is in two places: R&D and coming up with new businesses and new ideas. Take, for instance, the Chumby which was designed at a Tim O'Reilly Foocamp and who's company still has less than a handful of people. Chumby is the new post disruptive business model. Want a job? This is how to do it. Hang out at Foocamp. Come up with an interesting business. Get funding. Go see PCH. Profit! Well, yes, there are a few details involved there.
Other jobs that'll open up? Anything involved in building brands. Marketing, PR, blogging/Twittering/FriendFeeding, building web experiences, videos, going to conferences to show off new products to audiences, etc.
That's it. That's where our new economy is going to be. And this process will happen to EVERYTHING. The American car industry? Well, they figured out how to sell Buick's and Chevy's to the Chinese, so if I were working at GM right now I'd be trying to figure out how to take advantage of this new manufacturing capability and ability to ship custom cars right to your house.
So, to wrap it up, what did I learn?
1. The Chinese no longer are just manufacturers.
2. Those who can build new products and market them will do just fine, but they will face new competition from the Chinese who are doing a ton of R&D now, so are going to come up with their own products and they will figure out how to talk to world-wide markets and will figure out how to build brands (Twitter, blogs, FriendFeed, etc will play into that in a huge way).
3. The days of when Chinese were seen as only copiers/cloners are OVER. I've seen some mind blowing stuff developed by the Chinese and we're just seeing their economic engine sputter to life in the past couple of years.
4. Americans are being fed only the negative stories about China and that is lulling them into complacency. The largest book store in the world is in Shenzhen. The largest city hall I've ever seen is here. The largest library I've ever been in is here. This is an increasingly educated workforce that's just starting to get going. Americans need to come to China and see what's going on because it is absolutely stunning in its scale.
5. The Chinese, over the next 10 years, will turn from the worst polluters (there was a show on 60 Minutes just on Sunday about the ewaste and horrific environmental problems here) to being the leading producer of environmentally-friendly factories, infrastructure, and products. Already Liam's database of 800 factories includes tons of environmental data and products built by his supply chain will be tracked for amount of energy and carbon dioxide that they used in the manufacture of them.
6. The speed at which things get built here is stunning. 12 years ago I was in the TV tower in Shanghai. It was the only building on that side of the river. Now there's an entire set of skyscrapers that put New York to shame.
We're working on a video of Liam's company that should be up in about two weeks on FastCompany.tv where we'll go much more in depth about some of the changes. More to come as we move tomorrow to Guangzhou to meet with Chinese bloggers from around the country (China now has the most Internet users of any country and is growing so fast that the stats are difficult to understand).
I've been putting photos up on Flickr. We've had several videos up on Kyte.tv. And everything we're doing is getting wrapped up on my FriendFeed account where I've been interacting a lot with tons of people. Hope you're enjoying what we're seeing.
Also in China right now are a group of bloggers who are on a separate tour than the one we've been on. You can follow them on Twitter at China 2.0. It's interesting how they are discovering the same things about China while being thousands of miles away in the north. This weekend I'll join the China 2.0 bloggers and hopefully we'll be able to do some live video where we share what we learned with you.


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Twin Pregnancy Prenatal Visits
- Fix an appointment with an obstetrician when you discover that you are carrying twins. You need to visit your doctor once a month in first 24 weeks. Every other week till 32 weeks and weekly after that.
- Twin pregnancy requires you to visit a maternal fetal specialist. This obstetrician specializes in high risk pregnancy. They are known as perinatologists and will help you in handling multiple pregnancy.
Prenatal Tests During Pregnancy
- Expecting twins will have the same prenatal tests as that of mother's expecting singletons. Twin pregnancy requires frequent tests.
- Multiple pregnancy has 5 or more ultrasound tests unlike singletons. The first ultrasound test is conducted in the first trimester, which states that the expecting mother is carrying twins. Then, around 18 weeks you can expect to have an ultrasound test every month till you reach the term.
- In twin pregnancies prenatal care the practitioner will perform vaginal test and ultrasound to check for premature labour.
- Mother's expecting twins will require frequently blood check-ups, keeping a track for iron deficiency anemia. In a multiple pregnancy, the iron content in the expecting mother's body is used up more quickly. This leads to higher risk in pregnancy.
- Gestational Diabetes is more common among women carrying twins than mothers with singles. Glucose screening test is conducted for mother's expecting twins to check diabetes.
- Higher risk of premature labour in multiple pregnancy requires the mother to take a fetal fibronectin test after 22 weeks. This test is conducted when the expecting mother faces premature contractions.
- Fetal fibronectin is a protein that signals when the body is getting ready for birth. If the test is positive, then the doctor needs to take extra precautions to prevent early birth.
- Non-stress test is conducted after 28 weeks in multiple pregnancy. This test measures the heartbeat and movement of the babies. This test also checks for contractions that can lead to premature labour.
- Prenatal care in multiple pregnancy requires your doctor to take extra precautions. He may suggest a biophysical profile of the expecting mothers. This test includes non-stress test with an ultrasound test to check the baby's body movements, breathing and the amniotic fluid that surrounds the babies.
- Tests are also conducted to check babies for birth defects and down syndrome.
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Someone Up There Loves America WestEric Schine
Most U.S. airlines greeted the end of 1991 with a measure of optimism. How, they wondered, could 1992 be any worse? But America West Airlines Inc. was another story. As the new year dawned, competitors, analysts, and travel agents began a death watch on the bankrupt carrier. Chief Executive and airline co-founder Michael J. Conway had taken draconian measures, laying off 15% of his employees, cutting pay by 10% for the remaining 12,000, and grounding 15 planes. But most observers were predicting the Phoenix-based carrier would be gone by the time the cactus bloomed.
Well, the cactus have been in flower since February, and America West is still flying. Conway, the rough-talking son of a Brooklyn cab driver, is now thumbing his nose at the doomsayers. He's kicking off an ambitious plan to build a hub in Columbus, Ohio, and is restructuring routes to move away from competition with formidable Southwest Airlines Co. "This airline is too tough to die," boasts Conway. Few would support that claim, but many observers are suddenly more upbeat. America West, says Standard & Poor's Corp.'s Philip Baggaley, has "leveled off at the treetops."
EASTERN EXPOSURE. Passengers have finally used up the half-priced tickets sold in desperation in 1991, which had put a strain on cash flow. In January, the carrier reported achieving the lowest costs in the industry. And bookings are up, Conway says. Two months ago, advance bookings were 30% below 1990 levels. Conway has since bombarded travel agents with letters--even dinners--and many have come back. February's advance bookings were on a par with 1990's, before the war battered traffic.
Conway has overhauled the airline's strategy. Until recently, it flew mostly short haul, operating mainly from its hubs in Phoenix and Las Vegas. But it suffered in the competition with Southwest, which has rock-bottom prices. So, Conway is moving toward longer flights, flying to more Eastern cities and reducing service at Western hubs.
At the center of the strategy is the airline's launch of a new hub in Columbus. As of Mar. 1, America West is operating 26 flights daily. Rapid expansion has gotten the airline in trouble before. But Conway is gambling that Columbus, which boasts such corporate headquarters as The Limited, and Banc One, will bring in high-paying business travelers. Conway claims America West can reduce average fares for that market by 30% and still bring in 30% more than it's getting at its Las Vegas hub.
The CEO also believes a Columbus hub will help raise badly needed cash. The airline had just $38 million of unrestricted cash as of Jan. 31 and will get $15 million when the sale of its Nagoya route to Northwest Airlines Inc. is cleared. But Conway is trying to raise $100 million more, partly by tapping local businesses.
Conway hopes to line up commitments by April, two months before the airline is due to submit a reorganization plan to the bankruptcy court. Still, staying alive ultimately depends on an economic rebound. "If they can make it to that elusive recovery," they have a great shot at survival, says analyst Helane Becker of Lehman Brothers Inc. That's still a big "if," but not as big as before.


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a 4-D experience combines a 3-D film (=a film that looks as if it has length, depth and width) with other physical effects on the audience such as smells, water spray etc
'… apparently Moviefone figured out that Spy Kids 4, which was done in Aroma-Scope (4D), or what I call smello-vision with scratch and sniff cards, has lasted longer than the Kardashian marriage. …'TG Daily 15th November 2011
During the festive holiday season at the end of 2011, there's a chance that you might have taken a trip to the cinema and donned a pair of those silly plastic glasses in order to enjoy a 3-D movie experience. Alternatively, you might have splashed out on the latest technology and invested in a 3-D TV, for which you'll still need to wear those daft specs, but at least you can do so in the privacy of your own home!
typical [4-D] effects include pleasant or nasty smells, smoke, vibration, tickling and water spray
If done well, 3-D films can be quite impressive, often cleverly simulating the idea of things coming out of the screen so that we feel like we're able to touch them, though it's only in fact our eyes which are ever being assaulted by the effects. But what if other sensory dimensions could be added to the cinema-going experience? This is the concept behind 4-D, where sight, touch, smell and movement are all potentially incorporated into the set-up.
A 4-D experience is a form of entertainment which combines a 3-D film with physical effects occurring in synchronization with it. For instance, if on screen a horse and cart is bumping along a dirt track, audience seats might move gently up and down in rhythm, or as leaves are being swirled around by the wind, air is blown into the faces of the audience. Other typical effects include pleasant or nasty smells, smoke, vibration, tickling and water spray, the latter sometimes used to rather comical effect as in for example when a character sneezes.
Up until more recently, 4-D film experiences tended to be confined to theme parks (there are several 4-D attractions at the Disney and Universal parks across the world) and other tourist attractions such as London's London Eye 4D Experience, which includes wind, snow and a virtual firework display. However in November 2011, Korean cinema chain CGV opened what it claimed to be the world's first dedicated 4-D theatre, where the film viewing experience routinely includes wind, water, aromas and vibrations from specially adapted seating.
4-D is of course based on the term 3-D, an abbreviation for three-dimensional that began to appear more regularly from the early 1960s. The three dimensions referred to are length, breadth and depth. Correspondingly in 4-D, these dimensions are augmented by a fourth sensory 'dimension', which can include touch, movement, smell, or presumably even taste.
The concept of a 3-D film is older than you might expect, the first examples dating as far back as the 1950s. Technological advances meant the idea became more established in the 80s and 90s, but it wasn't until the unprecedented success of 20th Century Fox's film Avatar in 2009, that the concept was really brought into the mainstream, prompting the film industry to respond and leading to the much wider availability of 3-D presentations. 3-D television is as I write the hottest new technology in home entertainment, and will no doubt also increase the relative frequency of the term in everyday language.
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This article was first published on 13th February 2012.
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|Green Spring Golf Course
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|Sunset View Golf Course -- Information on page is out dated
|Review by: Justin Carroll
|The course has had 18 holes for the last few years instead of the 9 holes stated at this site. They have done a excellent job keeping the greens and fairways in desent shape. The sand traps are not attended to and the sprinklers water them makeing the sand pretty hard. So don't go there unless your good at playing from a cement surface. Enjoy the round!!!
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Puneet-Yogaraj's Paramathma to start shooting in February
According to various reports in tabloids, the movie Paramathma is to have Puneet Rajkumar starring opposite three top heroines. The producers are said to have finalized first actress and she is none other than actress Deepa, who is well known for her astounding performance in the flick Sarathi, where challenging star Darshan was cast opposite her.
The other two names for the two other female leads are yet to be finalized. However, the cinematographer Santosh Kumar Pathaje has been finalized for the project and this will be the first time that director Yogaraj Bhat will be working with him. Other well known names finalized for the project are Harikrishna, who is going to be the music director and Deepu Kumar has been finalized for the editing.
The buzz is that a press conference is soon going to be held and all the other artists and technicians to be a part of the film will be announced officially at the meet. However, star Puneet Rajkumar is busy shooting for his film Hudugru in Mysore as of now and is going to be there till the 31st of January. It will only be after that that his next project will be announced.


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April 21:: Arabic Language and Cultural Classes
Spring into CAC with our Arabic language, music and art classes. Classes will begin the week of April 21st.
All classes are 6-week long courses and are held at the Center for Arabic Culture located at the Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Ave, B6, Somerville, MA 02143.
Click below for further course information.
12pm:: Lunchtime Arabic
7pm:: Rhythms of the East Drumming workshop (Tabla)
6pm: Introduction to Modern Standard Arabic
7:30pm:: Advanced Modern Standard Arabic
11:30am:: Moroccan Arabic
2pm-3:30pm:: Egyptian and Levantine Colloquial Arabic
1pm:: Oud (Arabic Lute)
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The single most important issue obstructing the productivity of biomedical scientists today is the culture of research funding. This finding challenges the belief of some that the lack of "open access" to journal content is a major barrier to scientific productivity.
A survey of 883 biomedical scientists -- in Europe and North America - commissioned by the Publishing Research Consortium found that aside from lack of resources, a 'stop-go' funding culture prohibits scientists from initiating new ideas, choosing research projects that contrast with funders' priorities, and recruiting and retaining qualified staff.
Conversely, the study found that 90% of respondents reported access to publishers' online content had increased their productivity by saving them significant time in locating research articles and enabling them to become more effective researchers.
"This study reinforces the critical role that publishing plays in advancing research and scholarship," says René Olivieri, CEO, Blackwell Publishing. "Major improvements in journal accessibility over the last few years have not only improved research productivity but they have also helped to maximize return on investment in scientific research."
A number of recommendations to address the non-financial barriers to productivity were highlighted in the study including help with recruiting suitable research and administrative staff, autonomy in setting research direction, and technical help in writing proposals.
"More than anything, the study shows the need for policymakers to listen more carefully to its scientists," says Dr. Ian Rowlands, Centre for Information Behaviour and the Evaluation of Research (CIBER). "By making small changes in work practices and addressing the sources for productivity bottlenecks, we can ensure the future of scientific and economic progress."
This study was conducted by CIBER in 2005. It utilized one-to-one interviews to find out what researchers thought were the main issues affecting their productivity. This, together with an analysis of the peer-reviewed literature enabled the team to identify a list of 16 key factors.
Online polling methods in conjunction with conjoint analysis techniques were used to establish the relative priority that researchers place on each of these 16 factors. The results were highly consistent and represent a strong consensus view of the biomedical research community.
A PRC Summary Paper entitled "Journals and Scientific Productivity -- a case study in immunology and microbiology" and the full report of the study entitled "Overcoming the Barriers to Research Productivity" can be accessed from the PRC site:
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A sweet, smooth stepper from the great Randy Brown – and a record that's got the same sublime mix of mellow grooves and earthy vocals that you might find on some of Tyrone Davis' best late 70s work for Columbia! Tunes are all plenty darn fresh – written by the team of Homer Banks and Chuck Brooks, who also produced the album – and Randy's got this way of hitting a groove that's confident, but never arrogant – a perfect late 70s masculine mode, of the sort only a handful of singers could handle this well! Titles include "Without You (I Can't Make It Through The Night)", "We Ought To Be Doin It", and "Do You Love Me?" – all of which have great hooks – plus "Do You Love Me", "Love Be With You", and "Love Formula". (Cover has an unglued top seam & creased corners.) © 1996-2017, Dusty Groove, Inc.
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New Zealand paceman Hamish Bennett is happy to find his way as a change bowler despite being an obvious candidate to open the bowling in one-day international cricket.
Bennett played a co-starring role alongside Tim Southee in New Zealand's nine-wicket defeat of Pakistan in the first of six one-day matches here on Saturday.
The pair were expected to open the bowling but James Franklin took the new ball alongside man of the match Southee, who took five for 33 from 9.3 overs, with Bennett the second change.
New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori said a horses-for-courses approach was being taken with the bowling lineup and, given there was a history of bowler-friendly conditions Queenstown, Southee and Franklin's ability to swing the new ball would likely see them open again in Wednesday's second match.
"I think we'll look to use James, particularly in Queenstown where the wicket probably suits the swing and seam bowler," Vettori said.
"When we get to the likes of Hamilton and Napier, maybe we'll revisit it on the flatter wickets."
Vettori believed Bennett, who took three for 26 from eight overs in just his third one-day international, was better suited to first or second change.
"I think that's where he's most comfortable, but if he keeps bowling as well as he did (on Saturday), there's no reason why he can't step up into that opening role. We just hope he keeps performing that way."
Bennett, 23, who generated good pace and bounce and is comfortably the quickest bowler in the team, said he enjoyed being introduced later in the innings. He was still able to gain enough movement to be a handful.
"I think Franky and Timmy do a good job swinging the new ball so we've got to use that, especially with the conditions we had (on Saturday)," he said.
"I probably rely more on bounce so if I can use that and bowl a heavy nut it's going to help."
He had an eye on the speed gun as he wandered back to his mark at Wellington Stadium and, despite being clocked consistently at about the 140kmh mark, was hopeful of cranking the pace up a tad in Queenstown.
"It would be nicer if it was a little quicker," Bennett said.
"I've never bowled (at the stadium) before so it was quite funny, it always felt like you were bowling into (the wind), so I found that quite tough.
"Hopefully in Queenstown I have the wind at my back. I think in Bangladesh last year I got clocked just under 145kmh so if I can get the conditions going my way, hopefully a bit quicker but who knows?
"If it's not in the right area it doesn't really matter, does it?"
Bennett and Southee took eight wickets between them on Saturday as New Zealand routed Pakistan for 124 in the 38th over and chased down the target inside 18 overs.
The new opening partnership of Jesse Ryder and Martin Guptill fired with an 84-run partnership from 10 overs. Ryder blazed away with 55 from 34 balls, while Guptill ended 40 not out and Ross Taylor was unbeaten on 23. Only Misbah-ul-Haq, with 50, showed any fight for the tourists.
"It's a difficult one because we're not going to play on any wickets like that at the World Cup but this series is about getting that winning feeling back," Vettori said, referring to an 11-match losing streak late last year.


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Date: 8/9/2011
The Public Renewables Partnership (PRP) is an initiative dedicated to enabling public organizations, co-operatives, and Tribal utility authorities to effectively integrate renewable energy into their power portfolios and business strategies. PRP's primary objective is to better inform utility decision makers about renewable energy technology options and potentials.
PRP members include municipal utilities and public power agencies, and other organizations wishing to establish renewable energy programs.
PRP aims to bring together critical decision making tools in a central location. Our goal is to make it less painful and more efficient for electric cooperatives, public utilities and Tribal utility authorities to quickly access important, timely and updated information about green power programs, renewable energy technologies, products and services.
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Chapter 12
Mr. Knightley was to dine with them--rather against the inclination of Mr.
Woodhouse, who did not like that any one should share with him in Isabella's first
day. Emma's sense of right however had decided it; and besides the
consideration of what was due to each brother, she had particular pleasure, from
the circumstance of the late disagreement between Mr. Knightley and herself, in
procuring him the proper invitation.
She hoped they might now become friends again. She thought it was time to
make up. Making-up indeed would not do. She certainly had not been in the
wrong, and he would never own that he had. Concession must be out of the
question; but it was time to appear to forget that they had ever quarrelled; and
she hoped it might rather assist the restoration of friendship, that when he came
into the room she had one of the children with her--the youngest, a nice little girl
about eight months old, who was now making her first visit to Hartfield, and very
happy to be danced about in her aunt's arms. It did assist; for though he began
with grave looks and short questions, he was soon led on to talk of them all in the
usual way, and to take the child out of her arms with all the unceremoniousness
of perfect amity. Emma felt they were friends again; and the conviction giving her
at first great satisfaction, and then a little sauciness, she could not help saying,
as he was admiring the baby,
"What a comfort it is, that we think alike about our nephews and nieces. As to
men and women, our opinions are sometimes very different; but with regard to
these children, I observe we never disagree."
"If you were as much guided by nature in your estimate of men and women, and
as little under the power of fancy and whim in your dealings with them, as you
are where these children are concerned, we might always think alike."
"To be sure--our discordancies must always arise from my being in the wrong."
"Yes," said he, smiling--"and reason good. I was sixteen years old when you
were born."
"A material difference then," she replied--"and no doubt you were much my
superior in judgment at that period of our lives; but does not the lapse of one-
and-twenty years bring our understandings a good deal nearer?"
"Yes--a good deal nearer."
"But still, not near enough to give me a chance of being right, if we think
"I have still the advantage of you by sixteen years' experience, and by not being
a pretty young woman and a spoiled child. Come, my dear Emma, let us be
friends, and say no more about it. Tell your aunt, little Emma, that she ought to
set you a better example than to be renewing old grievances, and that if she
were not wrong before, she is now."
"That's true," she cried--"very true. Little Emma, grow up a better woman than
your aunt. Be infinitely cleverer and not half so conceited. Now, Mr. Knightley, a
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Police catch Servantez
Crystal Servantez, 29, was apprehended Monday night when an off-duty police officer recognized her in Walgreens, 1835 N. Main St., where she was caught shoplifting mint-flavored dental floss and Ibuprofen. Servantez was listed on the Dec. 5 Daily Record's Roswell's Most Wanted for failure to appear on charges of trafficking methamphetamines, possession, drug paraphernalia and tampering with evidence.
In addition, a warrant was issued at the end of December when Servantez was implicated in an arson that took place in the 300 block of South Sequoia Avenue on [auth] Nov. 20, where a woman awoke to find her car on fire.
The arson resulted in $5,000 worth of damage and ended a cycle of harassment that dated back to May 2011. Gene Chester, 64, had been arrested four times previously for aggravated stalking. The target in each case was the same female victim whose car went up in a fiery blaze.
Chester pleaded no contest with two of the cases. He was convicted on the fourth charge of aggravated stalking in October. He was released from prison on Jan. 15. Four days later he renewed his vendetta against the 56-year-old victim. His movements were tracked using the ankle monitoring system Chester had to wear as a condition of his probation. On Dec. 13, Chester was sentenced on the final offense to four years in jail, three years with a one-year enhancement as a habitual offender.
According to court documents, Chester was incarcerated in Chaves County Detention Center when he arranged the arson. Servantez was one of two named co-conspirators, along with Isaiah Chavez, 23, who was Chester's cellmate. Detectives learned of a conversation where Servantez allegedly described specifics about the arson. The police also traced three $200 deposits made to Chavez's bank account by Chester.
When Servantez was picked up by the police, she had a small American flag, a handcuff key and a cell phone.
Servantez is being held at Chaves County Detention Center on the no-bond warrant for failure to appear and $100,000 cash or surety bond on the conspiracy to commit arson charges.
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