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Has roof and seats more than 2 - not a sports car
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Id just like someone to identify any recognized authority on the matter. This poll is about as official as anything.
The fact that this discussion comes up so often just kills me. Unless you prescribe to the antiquated dictionary definition of a "sports car," (meaning rwd, 2 seats, open-top) the FR-S is more of a pure sports car than just about anything rolling off an assembly line today. The Civic Si is a sporty car... the FR-S/BRZ is a sports car, straight-line numbers be damned.
To be clear, it is a Sports Coupe.
A sports car has two seats and should have a soft top or removable targa top.
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Is it by traditional definition a sports car...no...
Is it an exceedingly fun, sporty, drivers car...you bet!
BMW could learn a thing or two from Toyota/Subaru on how to build a real "drivers car", and not just use the term as a marketing gimmick
A car doesn't need a soft top to be a sports car... that's a roadster or any other many terms. The FR-S is more of a sports car than any other car on production right now. It's light, agile and produced solely as a car with sporting potential and not for any other reason.
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where is the "your mom is a sports car" option?
the 2 rear seats in the FR-S/BRZ is only there for insurance purposes only... being a 2+2 means a lower insurance rate than a straight forward 2 seater.
pics of "real" sports cars then...
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actually the 2 rear seats are there so that you have room for your spare set of rims, when you go to the track. they were designed to fit a pair of 17's quite nicely in there, very easy.
After all, sports cars like the Miata, Boxster, or Corvette are often cheap to insure due to the grey-hair demographic that makes up a significant group of owners.
The classic "sports car" definition has been butchered for years, so I don't have any problem calling it a sports car.
Sporty car, but I'm not sure why that matters.
yes, the FR-S is supposed to be a spritual successor to the AE85/86, and to a lesser extent, the AE82 (since the old FX-3 was a FWD chassis)... but you can actually squeeze people into the backseat, so in addition to its sporting pretentions, it was still a practical car to use as family car.
Toyota/Subaru designed the FR-S/BRZ from the ground up as a balanced sports car. If it was a true successor to the mid-80's practical sport cars... it would have been based on the current Corolla E140, or if that was too big, then the Yaris XP130 chassis.
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teklord FRS trolling + sports car definition trolling = epic failure
Where's the RWD econobox option?! Oh wait, this ins't an AE86, its another RX-8...
I saw both FR-S and teklord in the thread title yet I clicked anyway. Shame on me.
It's a sports coupe/sporty coupe/2+2/whateverthe****youwannacallit.
Lock it up.
any car built with the primary intent of driving enjoyment should be considered a sports car.
this doesn't mean that all sports cars are good or even fast...however, it does mean the FRS, the RX-8, Nissan Z's, Mustang, Camaro and Porsche 911 are sports car. when their manufacturer built them, the main goal was making them fast/fun.
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We explored another option in our search for bargains: the beer aisle at Trader Joe's in Foxboro, MA. They have a few familiar brands (Sierra Nevada, Sam Adams), but the shelves are dominated by an array of exotic names — Stockyard Oatmeal Stout, Simpler Times Pilsner, Kennebunkport, Trader José, and Mission St. The prices are ultra-cheap: some bombers are $2.29, six-packs run from $3-$7 (and you can get singles of everything).It only takes a bit of Googling to find out who is supplying the chain's private label brews. The acclaimed Firestone Walker — makers of the terrific trio of Jacks (Union, Double, and Wookey) and other sublime suds — are behind the Mission St. offerings (under the alias Steinhaus Brewing Co.). Highlights include Brown Ale (in those $2.29 bombers), and sixers of IPA (6.1% ABV) and Pale Ale (4.6%) — which won a gold medal at the Great American Beer Festival in 2010. They're pretty good beers (especially the latter two) at a real good price ($7/six-pack — "at the crossroads of quality and value," as the label says). Tecate makes Trader Jose's (try the Dark Lager); Kennebunkport is produced by Maine's Shipyard Brewing; and Stockyard is from the Gordon Biersch Brewing Company (Goose Island used to make it). And it's easy to find the pedigree of Trader Joe's 2012 Vintage Ale, a Belgian dark ale (9%) in a corked bomber. The label and the logo on the cork says it's made by Unibroue, the top-shelf Quebec brewery. It sells for $6. We'll be heading back to Patriot Place to explore some of the other bargains at Trader Joe's.
OK, so with the dollars you saved delving into the bargain bin, you should get these luxurious recent releases: SIXPOINT's 3BEANS is an outstanding and unique Baltic Porter (10%), made with cacao husks, cold-brewed coffee, and romano beans, which were used as a barley substitute in beer in days of yore. It has extraordinary layers of flavor, and tastes best at room temperature (the four-pack runs $14). LAGUNITAS SUCKS BROWN SHUGGA' SUBSTITUTE debuted last year as a fill-in for Brown Shugga', and it has blossomed into a big buzz beer this year. The imperial IPA (on the light side of the imperial scale at 7.85% ABV) has a delightful burst of citrus aroma and hoppy perfection ($11). And Goose Island's BOURBON COUNTY BRAND STOUT (15%) has disappeared from most shelves, but there's a mini-mountain at Haxton's on West Shore Rd in Warwick: they still had 10 four-packs on Saturday ($27). You're welcome.
And be on the lookout — because it's going to go fast — for Stone's ENJOY BY IPA 4.11.13 IPA, the fifth release of the "devastatingly fresh" double IPA (9.4%) and the first batch to hit Rhode Island. Here's the hook: the fresher an IPA is, the better it tastes. So Stone will ship the new batch of bombers on 2.22 (the Enjoy By date is 35 days from its bottling); the ETA at stores is 2.27. And it's up to you to Enjoy It by April Fools' Day (or, you know, on 2.28).
"Do good deeds by drinking beer!" That's the declaration for "BREWS FOR BOOKS," a fundraiser for the Adams Memorial Library in Central Falls, which has been aided by donations from CF native/actress Viola Davis and library champion Alec Baldwin and has kept its doors open with community support. The event features luscious local liquids from Revival, Grey Sail, Foolproof, Bucket, and Ravenous, plus cheese from Narragansett Creamery and chocolate from Garrison Confections. Head to 205 Central St on Friday, Feb 22 at 6:30 pm. Tickets are $20 (cflibrary.org, 401.727.7440).
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Campus atrocities in West Bengal reached another low when a member of the students' wing of the ruling Trinamool Congress here was accused of gangraping a first-year student of a polytechnic in the college union room after forcing her to consume alcohol on October 9.
The principal accused, Sambhu Mondal, a third-year student of the polytechnic is the class representative of the Trinamool Chhatra Parishad. Mondal and his accomplices fled after an FIR was registered on Thursday.
"Local Trinamool Congress people are asking me to negotiate and not to complain to the administration. They are all trying to cover it up," the victim's father, Sadhan Dutta, told the media on Friday.
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Dehri On Sone (Bihar): Five men were arrested while they were raping a minor girl at knife-point in Rohtas district of south-western Bihar on Thursday.
The girl had been kidnapped from the Akorhi Gola market of Mathurapur and taken to a house. Acting on a tip-off, a police team raided the house, rescued the girl and arrested the rapists. The men have been remanded in judicial custody.


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It's hard enough to be the only girl in a house full of boys without this nonesense of war and struggles for power. It's just too much testosterone in this house. Eddie is an impudent brat, tho, and my hope is that Opie will put him in his place. Someone needs to tell him that being all orange doesn't make him special. I am far too old to have to deal with all this nonesense, but if need be I will support Opie as he has always defended me from the other boys, even when I have been the instigator, heehee. Afterall, girls just want to have fun.
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FUMC Pancake Day is Feb. 26
The 56th annual Pancake Day will be held from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26, at First United Methodist Church in Waynesville. The community is invited to "refuel" with the hearty pancake meal.
The menu includes unlimited buttermilk and buckwheat pancakes, along with prize-winning sausage, bacon and freshly brewed coffee. The cost is $7 for adults and $3 for children under 12.
Since its inception in 1957, the Pancake Day has grown into a church-wide project and an opportunity for the community to enjoy fellowship and a good meal.
When the educational wing of the church was planned in 1955-56, a pledge campaign was launched in order to raise funds to pay for its construction. Mrs. Rufus Siler, affectionately called Miss Anna, had visited her daughter in Texans in 1956. During her visit, a new shopping center opened in the city and as part of promoting the new center, pancakes were being served all day, sponsored by "Aunt Jemima." When Siler returned home and presented the idea to the Woman's Society, they embraced the idea and the first annual Pancake Day was held in the spring of 1957. It was decided that the women would involve some men of the church by having them cook and serve the pancakes, while the women mixed the batter, cooked bacon and sausage, made coffee and other kitchen tasks.
At first the pancakes were cooked on one electric grill and several gas grills. Bacon and sausage were fried in pans on a wood burning kitchen stove, in a small kitchen. The fire in the stove had to be started about 3 a.m. The church also had a very small dining room at that time.
With the completion of the new educational building, all facilities were expanded. A new, larger kitchen was available as well as a new and larger fellowship hall
The first Pancake Day grossed about $500. It has continued to grow each year and it is estimated that in 2012 approximately 3,000 people were served and more than 475 volunteers were involved.
The goal this year is to raise more than $20,000. After the original pledge for the educational building was paid off, money raised has been used for kindergarten scholarships, foreign and local missions and other local needs.
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I thought Tim Cahill did very well in last night's debate -- partly for the very reason that the Globe and Herald gave as his detriment, which was that he laid low during the most heated exchanges between Deval Patrick and Charlie Baker. One of Cahill's strategies in this campaign is to take advantage of the classic political formula: Candidate A attacks Candidate B = advantage for Candidate C. In fact, Cahill pretty much made that explicit at one point in the debate, saying "the governor blames Charlie Baker, Charlie Baker blames the governor -- what we need is solutions."
On the other hand, Cahill certainly gave a lot less in policy specifics than Baker or Patrick, and at some point he will have to show that he can join in that part of the discussion effectively.
Also, Baker got him pretty good, I thought, with the observation that just four years ago, when Cahill endorsed Patrick (nice side shot there), one of his reasons was Patrick's courage in standing up to the tax roll-back crowd -- now, running for gov himself, Cahill is all 'will of the people' when talking about the latest tax roll-back ballot initiative.
I also think Cahill must have been planning to, and forgot to, make a point in the debate about Baker's unwillingness to take responsibility for things that have gone wrong under his watch. I say this because in between the debate and the post-debate press availability someone flipped on a "Baker = no responsibility" switch in Cahill; he used the word repeatedly, saying that it was the key difference between himself and Baker. "I don't blame the lottery on Bob Crane," he said, presumably sending the younger scribes scurrying for their old Massachusetts Political Almanacs for the reference.
I think the reponsibility theme is something that's been building all year from the Patrick camp, and I think Baker keeps letting himself get painted further into it. Last night, he once again gave a really unsatisfactory answer to the Big Dig question -- saying that Patrick and Cahill had approved the exact same financing scheme for infrastructure funding. I promise you, true or not that line of defense won't work -- in the public's eyes, you cannot wash away the stain from the Original Sin of Massachusetts Politics, as I have dubbed it, by comparing it with something else. There is nothing else; the Big Dig stands alone in people's minds as a monument of malfeasance and irresponsibility, and every moment that Charlie Baker extends the conversation about his role in it is a moment he's losing votes.
This is one of the (many) ways I judge campaigns and candidates -- can they keep the conversation of the campaign on the topics that are good for them, and off the topics that are bad for them. Often, smart candidates like Baker can't refrain from the impulse of trying to explain the truth behind the topics that are bad for them -- when they should be pivoting away from those topics as quickly as possible.
By letting Patrick draw him into a pissing match over the Big Dig, Baker put his involvement in the Big Dig right into every piece of debate news coverage, and that just ain't good for him.
Baker also stepped dangerously toward the "no responsibility" trap when Patrick mentioned that Baker's Harvard-Pilgrim turnaround was assisted by "state aid." Baker denied that the company received any public state money -- and then went further in his post-debate press availability, stridently insisting that the company received "not one dime" from the state.
I'll need to go back through the details -- and I'm sure other reporters, not to mention Patrick staffers, will beat me to it -- but that's surely parsing pretty carefully when you're talking about a company that survived by going into state receivership.
I think that Baker's got to be real careful with this impression being laid out, that he won't concede any chinks in his armor. First of all, people don't much like that in a public figure.
But more importantly, if it takes hold, it could put Baker in a real bind down the road. Because then, any criticism thrown at him about the Weld administration, or Harvard-Pilgrim, or the Swampscot sewer system -- I'm just saying, any mud anyone comes up with to sling at him -- gets to stick, because Baker's defense will be criticized as just another case of refusing to take responsibility.
Ridiculous? Unfair? Let's use the Wayback Machine to drop in on this imagined private moment, circa Summer 2004:
John Kerry: Flip-flopper? Are you $%&@ kidding me? Yesterday they were saying I had the most consistent liberal record in the Senate, and today they want to paint me as a #%@* flip-flopper? Based on what, one vote? #%$& that, they'll never make that stick.
John Kerry: Flip-flopper? Are you $%&@ kidding me? Yesterday they were saying I had the most consistent liberal record in the Senate, and today they want to paint me as a #%@* flip-flopper? Based on what, one vote? #%$& that, they'll never make that stick.
Sorry about the profanity -- probably something he picked up in Vietnam. Speaking of which:
Kerry: ...And don't worry about this &#^$ about them going after my war record -- if there's one thing the American people won't stand for, it's going after a decorated veteran's service to his country. $@#& Purple Heart, mother-$#&$s.
Kerry: ...And don't worry about this &#^$ about them going after my war record -- if there's one thing the American people won't stand for, it's going after a decorated veteran's service to his country. $@#& Purple Heart, mother-$#&$s.
All's I'm sayin', is that we all know that somewhere in this great Commonwealth there's a mother ready to sob on camera about her permanently paralyzed child who would have been able to walk and talk and play if Harvard Pilgrim hadn't refused to pay for the treatment and surgery she needed when she was three months old. And Baker's opponents are unlikely, for now, to put that story out there, because the public would (rightly, I'd say) see that as an unfair attack, and not really evidence that Charlie Baker hates sick children. (Although I did notice that Patrick attacked Baker's "values" about 800 times last night.)
But if Baker gets effectively tagged as refusing to take responsibility, then you can put that story out there. Then it doesn't look like a random, unfair swipe (even if it still is) -- it looks like another example of Baker refusing to take responsibility for things that happen under his watch.
Anyway, I thought Cahill was last night's winner, and that Baker and Patrick were pretty even -- with Patrick probably getting the edge if Baker's HP 'no state aid' claim ends up getting rapped by the media.
And, as a quick aside, big kudos to Jon Keller for dispensing with the traditional candidate opening and closing statements, which are good but simply too big a time-waste for a one-hour debate (with commercial breaks).


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February 1, 2011,
The showroom includes a feature wall with cherry wood Hitchcock paneling made from reclaimed wood.
City Furniture has opened a furniture superstore here that the chain said is South Florida's first full-line furniture store pursuing Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.
The 93,680-square-foot structure features both City Furniture and Ashley Furniture HomeStore showrooms.
The building is one of just a handful of furniture stores nationwide that has been built to LEED standards, and the project team is seeking certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. The superstore's environmental features are expected to use 42 percent less water for interior uses and 78 percent less for landscape irrigation. The high-efficiency energy management system, heat-reducing features throughout and strategic use of natural light will conserve energy.
"While our customers will appreciate the 'green' features, they'll see other dramatic changes in this new store," Koenig said. "We're continually reinventing our business to meet customers' needs in a changing market, and this is the ideal location to introduce City Furniture's next-generation store design."
Built by Stiles Construction and designed by architectural firm Garcia Stromberg, the new building takes its design inspiration in part from the neighboring Boca Raton Airport. Rooflines are distinctive--a wing-like roof defining the Ashley Furniture HomeStore and a vaulted roof over City Furniture recalling the shape of historic airplane hangars.
"Building 'green' is a natural extension of our corporate values and sustainable practices. Going forward, we'll look to achieve LEED certification in every location where that's doable," Koenig said, noting that several new stores and renovations are on the boards for 2011 for the firm.
City Furniture is the Ashley Furniture HomeStore brand's licensee in southeast and southwest Florida. Koenig said his company plans to roll out its next-generation store format and increase the number of adjacent Ashley Furniture HomeStores going forward. "By parking once to visit two distinct showrooms, our customers can see the widest selection in the least time," he explained.
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Literary agent David Larabell has departed Brooklyn-based David Black Agency for CAA's Books Department, working out of the agency's New York office. During his nine-year run at the David Black Agency he spent the last six as an agent repping authors including NY Times best selling non-fic writers Joe Mcginniss (The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin), John U. Bacon (Fourth and Long: The Fight for the Soul of College Football), and Nick Schuyler and Jeré Longman (Not Without Hope). At CAA he'll be identifying publishing opportunities for the agency's non-author clients.
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wow wow a real game changer…ill alert the media
is maria bello still at caa? did she get a book deal for that nyt article thing? would seem like a no-brainer to expand upon at any rate
At CAA he'll be identifying publishing opportunities for the agency's non-author clients.
i.e., expensive deals for shitty ghosted books with celebrity bylines.


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DDR --- Do I have to?
First time future dog owner.... If I get a DDR male pup, is it compulsory for me to give him protection training? How good are DDR GSDs as house pets and how do they go along with infants/toddlers?
There are plenty of folks here who have DDR dogs as active (active being the key word) family pets. It all depends on the dog, so find a breeder who knows their dogs well enough to match you with a pup with a temperament that meshes with your lifestyle.
May I ask why DDR specifically? Most people, unless they're deeply involved with the breed/sport/etc wouldn't be able to tell a DDR apart from another working line by temperament and probably not by looks, either. It's become something of a "buzzword" these days... don't let it limit you in your search for a breeder. Use it as a guide if you're really set on it, sure, but don't count someone out who produces great, stable dogs just because they're not the lines you think you want.
You do not have to do sports with your DDR dog. Of course, exercise is still very important.
DDR dogs can make great pets, same as any other dog, with proper socialization and training.
Training is important for all lines. GSD's are naturally protective, so training and handling that instinct is important. I wouldn't say 'protection style training' is what is necessary...just good management and training, keeping the confidence level high in general/regardless of the line.
socialization, exercise and training are key. for myself, having some track star daughters and my mountain biking were key to living with our highly driven working line gsd. nest to research and find a breeder wo breeds dogs suited to your life style.
I have owned and been around GSD's my entire 45 years. I recently got my first DDR/Czech pup(a bit of Slovak on the bottom). He has been awesome so far. His drives are high but not too bad. He was rated/scored a bit more than an active family pet. He has "gotten into" a bit more 'trouble" in the yard than my last two W German show line dogs. LOL. You have to keep him busy. He is awesome with our 5 year old grandson. They are best buds. He tormented the cats for a bit but at 11 months he pays them little attention anymore. I am not sure I understand the slow to mature part. He is smart as a whip and trains very easily and is already showing good protection instinct. When out in the front yard you have to keep an eye on him. He will "get" things that come into our area. If the expression on his face changes....grab him....quick. :p
It is compulsory to exercise your dog in any way you see fit. My current boy is a 1 year old East German [DDR] Line. It really did not matter where he came from. Health being a priority. His temperament is right on for me and my family. Hoby has been great with people and dogs. He has been great in new surroundings. After owning a number of GSDs from all over and life long I find that overall they train easy, play and work hard and are glue to you and your family.
The dirty secret is that the working lines are the best pet lines for an owner who puts in the effort. People dont want them dilluted any further though so youll run across breeders who demand the pups go to working homes.
DDR would definitely need an active home and good training but no, you don't HAVE to train protection sports. I have a DDR/Czech male, 16 months old, active family companion right now who has the grand job of alerting me to anyone at the door. He's been very slow to mature. He's good with kids, though excitable at times. My kids he's kinda rough on but kids outside in the neighborhood, he's good with. But he knows he can rough house a bit with my kids.
He also has my 4 year old female GSD to play with too. Though she is a couch potato, even more so in comparison to him. She is content to lay around all day sleeping while he is ready to go and then some. If I don't get the chance to work him even a little bit during the day, I have to crate him at night because he'll be up pacing the bedroom all night otherwise. Also he's pretty mellow in comparison to those of his lines doing bite work but still a handful.
Why are you looking at DDR lines? Any GSD lines can be a good active companion with training and time put in.
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I received a call from my credit card company to state that there was some suspicious activity going on with my credit card. It took some time but finally was able to figure out what the charge was for. I told the credit card company that I would call to cancel the account because I had not received anything from them and did not understand why I was being charged (besides this was to be a free trail and that they would pay me for every pound I lost). I was able to get the number from the credit card company to call and cancel. When I called about the Extreme HCA I informed them that I had not received any product yet and I would be returning product once I was able to grt to the post office.
I picked up my first bottle of Xtreme HCA and Super Cleanse from the post office around the 19th or 21st of June. I called to get the RMA number to have this order canceled on the 26th of June...I told them that I had used only two days of this product and found no difference in appetite or bowel movement. I was told that they would not accept because it was past the 15 days. I tried to explain that I had just received the product, but they would not listen. I told them that I would call my credit card company and have this disputed and would mail back the product.
When I called my credit card company to tell them about the problem I was having, I find out not only was I charged on the 6th of June but they had charged my credit card again on the 21st of June for another $89.90. Now two charges have been made on my credit card for only one order received and that order should have been free.
After several phone calls back and forth I had my credit card company call them with me on the other line...After a very frustrating conversation I agreed that I would pay for the first shipment only (which I'll keep) but would return the second shipment once it came in.
I'll make sure it goes back UNOPEN with the RMA number on the outside of the envelope and witness by the postmaster! I can only pray it comes before the 15 days are up (they go by the day they say they shipped it)....I haven't even received a noticed that they even shipped more...
Talk about a scam…I'm sure Superior Distribution/AZC relys on the elderly and the people who desperately want to lose the weight for many of their health reasons…Give people enough greif they will pay just to get them out of your hair.
Well…This is one overweight elderly that won't take their fraudulent scam lying down…I will be contacting the Better Business Beau and any lawyer who would love to take on companies like this one.
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German Chocolate Birthday Cake RecipeRead Reviews Be the first to add a review
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- 4 eggs, separated
- 4 ounces German sweet chocolate, chopped
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2-1/2 cups cake flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 cup evaporated milk
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 egg yolks, lightly beaten
- 1/2 cup butter, cubed
- 1-1/3 cups sweetened shredded coconut
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Let eggs stand at room temperature for 30 minutes. Line a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan with waxed paper. Grease and flour the paper; set aside.
- In a microwave, melt chocolate with water; stir until smooth. Cool. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg yolks, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in chocolate mixture and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition. In a small bowl with clean beaters, beat egg whites until stiff peaks form; fold into batter.
- Spread batter evenly into prepared pan. Bake at 350° for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before inverting onto a wire rack to cool completely. Remove waxed paper.
- For frosting, in a heavy saucepan, combine the milk, sugar, egg yolks and butter Cook and stir over medium-low heat until thickened and a thermometer reads 160° or is thick enough to coat the back of a metal spoon.
- Remove from the heat. Stir in the coconut, pecans and vanilla. Beat on high until frosting is cool and achieves spreading consistency. Place cake on a serving platter; frost top and sides of cake. Yield: 12-15 servings.
Originally published as German Chocolate Birthday Cake in Taste of Home October/November 1997, p35
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Reviewed Apr. 8, 2017
"This makes a special Birthday cake for family and friends!!!"
Reviewed Mar. 6, 2014
"this is a great cake recipe. the only thing that i would do different is to double the frosting because my family loves frosting"
Reviewed Nov. 8, 2011
"Amazing cake!!"
Reviewed Jun. 7, 2011
"Reminds me of the cake my mother used to make."
Reviewed Feb. 23, 2011
"I made this at my daughter's request for her Birthday. I thought it turned out dry until I tasted it again the next day. After sitting under that yummy frosting it moistened up and was perfect. I would make this again!"
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"This is delicious!"
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"In the late 1950s my grandmother clipped from a newspaper a recipe for German chocolate cake. It was new to her, but being of German ancestry she decided to try it. It was a sensation with her family and became the most-requested cake she baked.Years later, we learned the history of the cake and it turns out that it was a craze that started in Texas and wasn't German at all, except that it was made with German's Sweet chocolate, a brand named after its inventor whose last name was actually German (if his last name had been France, I guess it would have been called "French" chocolate cake).Anyway, the above recipe for a single-layer rectangular cake is my favorite version. My family members have been known to argue about who gets the outside pieces because they have the most frosting."


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|OCZ Vertex 3 SandForce SF-2281 SSD
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|Tuesday, 05 April 2011
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Iometer IOPS Performance
Iometer is an I/O subsystem measurement and characterization tool for single and clustered systems. Iometer does for a computer's I/O subsystem what a dynamometer does for an engine: it measures performance under a controlled load. Iometer was originally developed by the Intel Corporation and formerly known as "Galileo". Intel has discontinued work on Iometer, and has gifted it to the Open Source Development Lab (OSDL). There is currently a new version of Iometer in beta form, which adds several new test dimensions for SSDs.
Iometer is both a workload generator (that is, it performs I/O operations in order to stress the system) and a measurement tool (that is, it examines and records the performance of its I/O operations and their impact on the system). It can be configured to emulate the disk or network I/O load of any program or benchmark, or can be used to generate entirely synthetic I/O loads. It can generate and measure loads on single or multiple (networked) systems.
To measure random I/O response time as well as total I/O's per second, Iometer is set to use 4KB file size chunks over a 100% random sequential distribution at a queue depth of 32 outstanding I/O's per target. The tests are given a 50% read and 50% write distribution. While this pattern may not match traditional 'server' or 'workstation' profiles, it illustrates a single point of reference relative to our product field.
The chart below illustrates combined random read and write IOPS over a 120-second Iometer test phase, where highest I/O total is preferred:
In our Iometer tests, which use 32 outstanding I/O's per target and a random 50/50 read/write distribution, SandForce SSDs clearly outperform the competition when tested which a larger queue depth. The PCI-Express based SandForce-driven RevoDrive SSDs lead the pack, followed by their latest SATA 6Gb/s storage solutions. The OCZ Vertex 3 peaks at 57553, and delivers the fastest IOPS performance we've measured on any SATA-based SSD.
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Pretty good statement. If i was in their ads department i would take this line and add it somewhere in the product page.
As always Olin, excellent review. with each review you provide all the important information needed to understand how these drives work.
I think is probably time to treat myself with an SSD.
Ive been waiting for these prices to come down a bit. But dam, they are persistent. gonna have to call the EU Trade commission to look up into the scheme.
I think there has to be some type of SSD price fixing going on with these companies just like we saw with the LCDs.
"LG Display, Sharp, and Chunghwa Picture Tubes agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges for participating in a liquid crystal display price-fixing conspiracy and pay $585 million in fines, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday.
Read more: #news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10095219-92.html#ixzz1IfIgIv49
Anyway something people need to be aware of is the bigger drives 240GB+ perform very different to 120GB and smaller vertex 3's.
Dont expect to get this performance with a 120GB vertex 3 or 60GB vertex 3. They get much slower with smaller capacity.
That's fine. I found just this sort of benchmark on another site and the results are encouraging. The site shows a number of SATA drives benchmarked both on III and on II.


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Who here uses Focal drivers?
Who here uses Focal drivers?
If so, what drivers?
Im thinking of using the Audiom TD5/6w4411/13wx (3way)
Just wondering if its worth the extra money compared to a Scan-Speak design?
I haven't used any focal drivers myself, but they have a good reputation. For the smaller drivers, Focal drivers are actually cheaper than Scan Speak here in the US, though I don't know how things are in Australia.
Also, it's really only the large 13wx speaker that is very expensive. I put that down to the fact that there is relatively little competition in large, non-subwoofer type drivers. I would never buy the 13wx for $650 USD when I can buy an Aurasound NS12-513A for something like $180 USD.
That driver was tested over at the HTGuide forum:
And then is was subsequently chosen by JonMarsh to be part of a high end 3-way design using an Accuton mid:
He has described this driver as the best 12 inch woofer on the market, and I personally trust his opinion. I'm trying to put you off of the focal driver, but there are other good options out there that may could save you some money without sacrificing performance.
Thanks for the reply.
In building my speakers it prices come out about the same, but when you add 2x13wx and then a 1x15wx it blows it out. As the 13wx are $1100 and 15wx are $1500
The smaller drivers seem pretty nice too. And they are not that expensive, compared to SS and Accuton. But no one seems to use them and I've never seen measurements. Which is strange because they're retail line is pretty highly regarded.
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23. Vashti
To wonder sadly, did I say? No: a new influence began to act upon my life, and sadness,
for a certain space, was held at bay. Conceive a dell, deep-hollowed in forest secrecy; it
lies in dimness and mist: its turf is dank, its herbage pale and humid. A storm or an axe
makes a wide gap amongst the oak trees; the breeze sweeps in; the sun looks down; the
sad, cold dell becomes a deep cup of lustre; high summer pours her blue glory and her
golden light out of that beauteous sky, which till now the starved hollow never saw.
A new creed became mine - a belief in happiness.
It was three weeks since the adventure of the garret, and I possessed in that case, box,
drawer upstairs, casketed with that first letter, four companions like to it, traced by the
same firm pen, sealed with the same clear seal, full of the same vital comfort. Vital
comfort it seemed to me then: I read them in after years; they were kind letters enough -
pleasing letters, because composed by one well pleased; in the two last there were three
or four closing lines half gay, half tender, 'by feeling touched, but not subdued.' Time,
dear reader, mellowed them to a beverage of this mild quality; but when I first tasted their
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the full, liberal impulse of Feeling?
To speak truth, I compromised matters; I served two masters: I bowed down in the house
of Rimmon, and lifted the heart at another shrine. I wrote to these letters two answers -
one for my own relief, the other for Graham's perusal.
To begin with: Feeling and I turned Reason out of doors, drew against her bar and bolt,
then we sat down, spread our paper, dipped in the ink an eager pen, and, with deep
enjoyment, poured out our sincere heart. When we had done - when two sheets were
covered with the language of a strongly adherent affection, a rooted and active gratitude -
(once, for all, in this parenthesis, I disclaim, with the utmost scorn, every sneaking
suspicion of what are called 'warmer feelings:' women do not entertain these 'warmer
feelings' where, from the commencement, through the whole progress of an acquaintance,
they have never once been cheated of the conviction that to do so would be to commit a
mortal absurdity: nobody ever launches into Love unless he has seen or dreamed the
rising of Hope's star over love's troubled waters) when, then, I had given expression to a
closely clinging and deeply honouring attachment - an attachment that wanted to attract
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viewed with a passion of solicitude - then, just at that moment, the doors of my heart
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Maine float plan (Penobscot Bay & Mt. Desert Is.)--your suggestions?
Hi Folks,
My wife and I are looking forward to being in Maine the week of August 8th, and I wanted to share the following rough itenerary to see if it seems realistic to those who have cruised this area.
We've got the cruising guides, up to date charts, and will have a Sabre 38 to ourselves that week. Here's what we have in mind (hoping to moor in most locations--we like to maybe have 1 or 2 long days, then more easy hops of 4 hrs or less.
Most of this an easy cruise with plenty of time on the hook and in the Bay? Then perfect. Let me know what you think!
Monday: Anticipating a late (3-4pm) start out of Southwest Harbor to Somesville (alternatives: Valley Cove; or, moorings at Jock's or Abel's)
Tuesday: Somesville via Eggemoggin Reach to Buck's Harbor (alternatives: Orcutt Harbor, Horshoe Cove, or just stay over at Somesville and spend a day at Acadia)
Weds: Bucks Harbor to Camden or Rockport (alt: Heavily leaning towards Castine as a destination this day)
Thurs: Bucks/Castine to Pulpit Harbor (alt: Cruise Owl's Head, Islesboro and the Bay for the day, then to Camden/Rockport and dinner ashore).
Friday: via Fox Is. thorofare to McGlathery's or Round Is. (alt: free day of cruising Penobscot Bay)
Saturday: From McG's east via Marshall Is. past s. side of Swan Is. to Frenchboro, Long Island.
Sunday: Frenchboro to Cranberry Islands, or Northeast Harbor, or Burnt Coat Harbor, Swan Is.
Monday: Return to Southwest Harbor.
Re: Maine float plan (Penobscot Bay & Mt. Desert Is.)--your suggestions?
Your proposed agenda is quite manageable. I'd suggest you buy a copy of
A Cruising Guide to the Maine Coast - by Hank and Jan Taft and Curtis Rindlaub.
They also have a website. It's full of information on harbors and thoroughfares and local knowledge.
From many Augusts in that area, I suggest that you stay flexible with schedule and destination - come currents are quick, some days have very light wind, there is always FOG, and there are always lobster pots, lobster buoys and lobster toggles (the Cruising Guide has a good section on them.) Bring a wet suit or warm swimming "jacket" for your upper torso, fins and a mask/snorkel with a sharp cutter and a looped wrist band to keep it from falling into the depths.
Despite all my care and knowledge (and cutters on the shaft,) we have tangled with at least one line in each of 8 years and have twice had to dive and cut resulting once in pretty good hypothermia.
Belfast is a nice harbor and good walking distance to the stuff you'll need from a town; also NE Harbor (at your start or end). Blue Hill is beautiful, but well north. But the islands are the best - well worth staying to the southeast of Penobscot Bay.
Re: Maine float plan (Penobscot Bay & Mt. Desert Is.)--your suggestions?
Thanks for your reply....though if you look at the date of my original post, this cruise took place in August of 2011. :)
We had bought the cruising guide you referenced, which gave us the ideas for the schedule above. While we deviated from it a fair amount, a great time was had by all.
The stillness and quiet of Somes Sound.....morning coffee with harbor seals peeking up at us curiously....the professionalism and courtesy of our friends at Hinkley Yacht Charters.....great weather....all of that and more combined for a great trip. Next stop: a week out of Narragansett Bay, RI this summer.
Thanks again...
Re: Maine float plan (Penobscot Bay & Mt. Desert Is.)--your suggestions?
We went to Maine last year and found it beautiful. Our home waters are great too, but not the same sense of isolation. Just the opposite in some places. Still, if you have 4 hrs per day to sail, you have dozens of places to go. Some do require you to be on the hook, but generally very good holding in the bay. Heading out toward the Vineyard or Nantucket are possible, with 4 hr stops along the way. Block island is a grounder, or even use it as a stop over on the way to Eastern Long Island.
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Established in 1958, Applecross Senior High School is located in the pleasant near-riverside suburb of Ardross, close to Garden City Shopping Centre, Booragoon bus transport hub, and the Melville City Council buildings and Public Library. The school has established and sustained a reputation for high academic, sporting and cultural achievements, winning many academic exhibitions, awards and competitions and consistently is a high performing public high school.
Qualified and experienced teachers with a commitment to excellence attract students from outside our local intake area to the Specialist Programs in Visual Arts (Gifted and Talented) and elite Tennis. Within the school, places in Academic Extension programs in English, Science, Mathematics, Society & Environment and French and Japanese, along with Drama, Dance and Music (Junior and Senior String Orchestras, Junior Intermediate and Senior Concert Bands, a Jazz Band and Guitar Ensemble) are keenly sought by students. Chess is also a strong co-curricular program, as are Debating, Creative Writing and many sports. Applecross SHS is one of the Department's Hundred Schools selected for specialist Information & Communications Technology.
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Famous alumni include media personalities Deborah Kennedy and Mara Pritchard, maritime museum director Graeme Henderson, and cartoonist Dean Alston.
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Parent involvement is valued and encouraged through the P & C and Canteen, school Committees, and School Council. Active groups support the programs in Art, Tennis and Music. A School Bulletin is posted home three times per term. The Student Homework Diary details the school's assessment policy, the student Clothing Code and other essential information for families. Development of positive relationships with parents and students is fostered by the staff's stability, expertise and long-term commitment to the school. This year there are 110 members of the teaching faculty, and 28 support staff working together to maximise each student's opportunities for development.
Facilities: Applecross Senior High School has excellent facilities, including two ovals, a swimming pool, Performing Arts Centre for Dance, Drama and Music, Hall/gymnasium, six synpave tennis courts, 2 basketball courts, a purpose-built Special Art Centre, Design and Technology Centre, 11 Science Laboratories, 6 Computing Laboratories, with a total of 206 computers for student use. Its 1958-vintage buildings have large classrooms which have been networked for Learning with Technology, students have on-line access via classroom computers to the Library Resources Centre and the Internet. The school environment has recently been refurbished from both state and federal government funding sources, in consultation with parent and teacher representatives. The P&C has among its many projects funded air-cooling of the entire school, and has provided under-cover areas and picnic-style seating in the quadrangles for the students' comfort and convenience.
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We used Allied/NRG for the first time in July 2013 after out AC began making a loud noise and freezing up around the back of the outside unit and was not cooling properly. They sent out a tech who was able to get it going for us. By the next day, however, it was doing the same thing. I'm not an AC tech and because their invoices don't have work descriptions, the tech had informed me he direct wired something. I honestly couldn't tell you what he was talking about. I didn't care what he did to get it working properly as it was 100 degrees outside and I had an infant at the time.
The following day (or maybe two days) we started having the same issues. This time they sent a supervisor out who informed us the evap coil was bad and needed to be replaced. The home warranty supposedly would cover a portion of it, but we would be liable for nearly $2,000 in repairs as well. The supervisor also jumped all down my back about the direct wire issue. He basically "scolded" me telling me it was a severe code violation, et cetera. When I told him HIS tech from the previous day did it, he basically told me that was his word against mine, he didn't believe that, blah, blah, blah. But don't you think the tech would have made note of that from the day before??? Whatever.
So we pay the $2,000, AC works fine, thankfully.
Fast forward to November and our furnace keeps shutting off. It would only stay on a few minutes and then would shut off. It was throwing a code, which my husband was able to locate in the manual as either being a bad heat sensor or a bad control board. Call Allied back, they send out NRG again. Their tech tells me he can't figure out what's wrong, but more than likely, I'm going to need an entirely new furnace and he's got to get his supervisor out here. I asked for a price estimate and he told me it'd probably be around $2,000 after Allied paid their portion.
This house is only eight years old. What are the odds that both the AC AND heat both need major work/replacement within the same year?
In the meantime, my husband replaces the heat sensor and then control board (based on the code that it had been throwing, he figured that was the issue). Spent $180 in parts and it took him literally 10 minutes to swap them over. And my husband is in IT, has NO experience working with HVAC systems. Heater works perfectly fine now. Really makes me wonder what kind of simple solution we could have had over the summer for the AC instead of a $2,000 complete evap coil replacement.
I can't help but wonder if they did something to the control board while they were up there over the summer working on the AC. I'm probably being overly paranoid, but I've seen other reviews where people have found evidence of sabotage.
I'd advise anyone looking for a home warranty to RUN, RUN, RUN the other way. DO NOT use Allied!!
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16:52 17th September 2011
Burton Albion produced their second fine display of the week to earn a 2-0 victory over Paulo Di Canio's Swindon Town. The win earned the Brewers their first back to back league victories since the final two games of the 2009-10 season. A debut goal for Billy Kee gave Albion a first half lead, the former Torquay striker chesting in Justin Richards cross. Jacques Maghoma made it two for Burton, capitalising on a mistake by Swindon keeper Mattia Lanzano to finish from 18 yards. Burton then were able to see out the game under little pressure from the visitors.
Jacques Maghoma made a surprise return to the Brewers starting eleven after coming through a late fitness test. The midfielder had been expected to miss at least another week after suffering an ankle injury in last Saturday's 2-2 draw at Oxford United. Maghoma replaced Chris Palmer on the wing. A hamstring strain picked up in training this week sidelined striker Calvin Zola, with Billy Kee coming in to make his full debut since joining Burton Albion from Torquay.
Both teams headed into the match in good form with Swindon having won their last three league matches.
It was a lively opening to the match with both sides looking to attack from the outset. An early move forward from the Brewers broke down with a misplaced cross by Aaron Webster. Matt Ritchie was also looking threatening on the left for the visitors, firing two dangerous ball through the Burton area with no Swindon man able to get the final touch.
A left footed cross from the right from Ritchie almost set up Alan Connell to score, the former Grimsby Town striker nodded the ball narrowly wide. Jonathon Smith then had a great chance in the 17th minute, getting on the end of a through ball after an nice SWindon passing move, but seeing his shot from 18 yards saved low down by Atkins.
Burton took the lead in the 21st minute thanks to a debut goal for Billy Kee. Justin Richards made it after chasing down James' ball over the top before shifting the ball past a defender to cross for Kee who was arriving in the six yard box to chest the ball into the goal.
Richards had a glimpse of goal in the 30th minute, latching onto Bolder's ball forwards but curling his effort over the bar left footed from 20 yards. Mehdi Karrouche then fired a freekick into the Swindon fans behind the goal from a 25 yard freekick 5 minutes later.
Andy Corbett put in a superb cross with five minutes of the half remaining, Kee was in the centre but the ball was just too high for the striker after his second Burton goal.
Half time: Burton Albion 1-0 Swindon Town
Swindon made one change at the nreak, bringing on Miles Storey for Alan Connell.
Burton doubled their lead two minutes into the second half thanks to a scuffed clearance by Mattia Lanzano under pressure by Richards, the ball reached Maghoma on the edge of the 18 yard box and he finished cooly past the Swindon keeper into the bottom corner.
Swindon were looking to build pressure on the Brewers after condeding the second and maintained the ball in the final tird through a succession of corners. Burton continued to defend well and in the 60th minute Paul Peschisolido brought on Danny Blanchett for the goalscorer Billy Kee.
Blanchett went straight in at left back with Webster moving forward into midfielder. Maghoma slotted in behind Richards up front.
Swindon made their second change in the 64th minute, bringing on Ahmed Abdulla for Simon Ferry. Abdulla was straight into the action with a 25 yard shot which flew wide of Atkins' goal.
Alessandro Cibocci was Swindon's third change, he came on for Raffaele De Vita. As the game entered the last 20 minutes Burton were not under any undue pressure with possession evenly shared.
Chris Palmer came on for the final ten minutes in place of Jacques Maghoma.
Alan McCormack was lucky to get away with only a yellow card after pulling down Richards who looked to be in on goal. Palmer hit the resulting freekick into the wall.
Burton were able to see out the match with ease, Peschisolido replacing Justin Richards with Adi Yussuf on 90 minutes.
Full time: Burton Albion 2-0 Swindon Town
Attendance: 3320
Goals: Burton - Kee (21) Maghoma (47)
Referee: Mr R. Lewis
Booked: Burton - Bolder (23) Swindon - Kerrouche (74)
Burton: ATKINS, WEBSTER, JAMES, MCGRATH, CORBETT, RICHARDS, AUSTIN, PHILLIPS, MAGHOMA, BOLDER, KEE. Subs: POOLE, MOORE, PALMER, YUSSUF, BLANCHETT.
Swindon: LANZANO, KENNEDY, DEVERA, CADDIS, FERRY, RITCHIE, McCORMACK, CONNELL, DE VITA, SMITH, KERROUCHE. Subs: COMAZZI, SMITH, CIBOCCHI, STOREY, ABDULLA.
TOM Flanagan has been called up to represent Northern Ireland in their upcoming matches against New Zealand and Azerbaijan.
ON this day in 2014 Burton Albion lost to Fleetwood Town in the League Two play off final at Wembley.
TAKE a look back at the ups and downs of the 2016/17 Sky Bet Championship season as a Burton Albion supporter.
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What Does Your Mission Mean to You?
What does your mission mean to you?
Do you even have a mission?
Before you can progress in business, you have to have some idea of where you are
headed and how you plan to get there. I am not talking about establishing goals –
that's a totally different help line. If you have not yet established a business
mission statement, we will walk through the necessary steps together.
I want to elaborate on the necessity of incorporating a mission statement into your
business. If you have a mission that is great . . . you have completed a crucial step
in planning your journey.
Every journey in life requires a mission. If you are travelling from the Point A to
Point B, your mission is to get from one point to the other in the most feasible
manner possible.
I recall from time to time hearing about someone having "set out on a mission."
What does it mean to set out on a mission? It simply expresses that the individual
has determined to accomplish something they have determined in their mind to
For instance, if you leave your house determined to find a new dress
for an important upcoming business banquet meeting, your mission
will be to make sure you find just the right dress before you return
The second factor I would like to elaborate on is that merely establishing your
mission is not enough. You must also develop a passion for your mission and be
willing to stop short of nothing to accomplish what you have determined to do. Not
only have you determined you are going to buy that new dress before you return
home, you are also willing to drive 100 miles to find just the right one.
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Spend a week with Vandana Shiva: Rights of Seeds, Rights of Nature
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As Vandana Shiva told me: "I think it would be a really good idea at this moment in time, to do a GX trip to India on the issue of the seed…and the link to rights of Mother Earth. I mean where does all life begin? You begin with the seed." I'm looking forward to co-leading this trip with Vandana from November 1-11, and exploring the rights of nature in the context of India's sacred seed saving work, Gandhian legacy, Mother Teresa's Ashram, Agra, fair trade cooperatives and more.
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The Attorney-General and Justice Minister, Kerenga Kua, has answered questions in parliament about the situation of condemned prisoners.
Source: theaustralian.com.au, November 29, 2012
Papua New Guinea residents offer to carry out executions
Residents of Papua New Guinea have "expressed interest" in carrying out executions if the government cannot agree on a method of execution for its 10 people on death row.
The Commonwealth nation introduced capital punishment in 1991 but has been unable to decide between hanging, gas or lethal injections and has not yet executed any prisoners. The death penalty can be given for the crimes of treason, piracy and murder.
The justice minister, Kerenga Kua, is seeking to broaden the scope of the death penalty to try to reduce the country's soaring crime rates. Facing pressure over the country's failure to kill the ten condemned prisoners, he told parliament he favoured Texas-style lethal injection and wants capital punishment to cover rape, armed robbery and drug trafficking.
"While we have to consider the costs involved and the need to prepare the killing chambers, which will run into the millions, we have many Papua New Guineans who have already expressed their interest in carrying out the executions," he said.
Mr Kua has blamed the courts for failing to condemn people to death and is consulting the United States on the most efficient and cost-effective way to conduct the executions. However, he said, lethal injections would cost about AUS$ 1 million - more than double the cost of a hanging.
"We need to prepare things like chambers for that process," he said. "Then we have to provide the funding."
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Facts and figures on Wednesday's clash at the Stadium of Light (ko 7.45pm)
If it was not for the recent form of both the Baggies and Sunderland, tonight's Stadium of Light encounter might well have been a six-pointer in the battle against the drop, but Pepe Mel's men are safe - barring a vast and nigh-on impossible swing in goal difference.
There will still be motivation to go for the win and aim to finish as high up the table as possible.
Defeats at the Etihad and the Emirates were rendered insignificant given wins over Norwich and West Ham and draws with Spurs and Cardiff in recent weeks, and so Albion's form should generate confidence that another victory is obtainable in the upcoming clash.
What is more, the Baggies have won seven of their last eight matches against Sunderland, last failing to win when they drew in 2011.
That means Albion have won each of their last four clashes with the Black Cats, and each of those wins have been rather comfortable, with the Baggies taking a lead in at half time and holding onto it until full time on each occasion.
They have also netted at least twice in each of their last six encounters with Sunderland.
As this record stretches back so far, it is not restricted to home games.
In fact, Albion have won two and drawn the other of their last three trips to the Stadium of Light, scoring a total of nine goals.
All of this points towards another good day for the Baggies in midweek.
Among the changes Pepe Mel has made during his reign has been the inclusion on a more regular basis of Graham Dorrans in the starting XI.
The versatile midfielder has played both wide and centrally under the Spaniard, and to great effect, scoring twice in Albion's recent run of form, against Cardiff and Manchester City.
Diligent and hard-working but also skilled and threatening going forwards, Dorrans is a vital asset to Mel's team.
Technically, he is brilliant, and he has developed a WhoScored.com strength of 'taking set pieces' as a result of his delivery into the box from corners and free-kicks, for the likes of Gareth McAuley and Jonas Olsson to benefit.
Without the ball he does his job brilliantly for the Baggies, able to tuck in from the wing or play a disciplined defensive midfield role, and he therefore has 'defensive contribution' as another of his WhoScored strengths.
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|Well I never thought I'd see the day I'd wind up liking Estelle, at the beginning she grated on me a little but as I progressed through the game I got attached.
I really love Tales of costume designs and I think Estelles would be a good one for a ball sometime in the future. ^^ Hopefully, I'll be able to do the costume justice, fingers crossed!!
kool, im planning on doing yuri lowell for the october expo
It's awesome to see an Estelle cosplayer!
Looking foward to seeing this^^
sdhush this is gunna be amazing. Pfft can't wait till you start working on it, the cosplay is so detailed and if you get it all right and this will be fabulous.
Aww! This will be so cute! If you get it done in time for the october expo, you should join the little vesperia group we're forming :) we have a zagi, a raven and I'm cosplaying Rita!
@Sammykins Oh cool! I'll try my hardest to get it done for then! Otherwise I'll have to reuse my Rita D: but I'd really prefer to get Estelle done! ^___^
As you know, I haven't played this game ... but I still kinda want to cosplay from it! XDDD;; The characters just look so cool ...
Bet this will look Awesome.
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Ipoh (The Star/ANN) - A face, said to resemble that of Lord Buddha, has appeared on a limestone hill overlooking the Nam Thean Tong Temple in Ipoh, capital city of Malaysian state of Perak, rousing great interest among tourists and locals.
Jade seller Chan Yew Ming, who runs a shop at the temple, said the face was first spotted by tourists recently.
"I saw them pointing at the limestone hill above my shop and snapping photographs. I was curious and was surprised to see what looked like Buddha's face there," the 53-year-old woman said.
According to Chan, none of the temple workers or committee members had noticed the "face" previously because of the trees and plants surrounding it.
She claimed that people had also seen other "manifestations" on the hill, such as that of Buddha's palm and the face of Hindu deity Ganesha.
"Just above Buddha's face, there is an elephant-like face, which many people believe is Ganesha while several dark spots on the rocky surface of the hill resemble Buddha's palm.
Chan added that news of the manifestations had reached as far as Thailand and Singapore with many visitors from the countries coming in droves to see the amazing sights.
Temple committee chairman Chan Kwai Hoong said heavy rainfall and strong winds in recent times had caused tree branches to break, exposing the face.
"We were surprised by it when tourists pointed it out to us," he said.
Kwai Hoong, who has been with the committee for about 20 years, stressed that it was impossible for people to climb up the hill to sculpt the face. "The surface is too steep and nobody can climb up there," he said.
Nam Thean Tong, situated between the Ling Sen Tong and Sam Poh Tong temples, is believed to be one of the oldest temples here, dating back to 1867 when it was first discovered by a Chinese priest.


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"Painting Air," a site-specific new work which curates a selection of objects from the Museum's collection
In 1895, Claude Monet declared, "I want to paint the air . . . and that is nothing short of impossible." That statement provided the ephemeral inspiration for "Painting Air: Spencer Finch," the new major exhibition at the RISD Museum of Art, 20 North Main Street, Providence. Finch, whose work "combines science with poetic observation to bring new awareness to both the natural and built worth in which we live," as RISD notes, has created a large-scale installation with 100 transparent glass panels suspended in a 150-linear-foot mural bursting with 35 colors. "Light and color shift across the surfaces of the gently swaying panels, reflecting the painting and the movements of visitors, and transforming viewers' perspectives from one moment to the next." The exhibit also includes more than 60 pieces from the Museum's collection, from a Chinese Han Dynasty earthenware jar to Op Art. "His placement of objects . . . reveals aesthetic influence between artists, unexpected connections among disparate works, and his personal sensibility." The show runs through July 29 | $10, $7 seniors, $3 students, free under 5 | 401.454.6500 | risdmuseum.org


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4. The Northmen, A.D. 858—958
There were many more of the light-haired, blue-eyed people on the further
side of the North Sea who worshiped Thor and Woden still, and thought that
their kindred in England had fallen from the old ways. Besides, they liked to
make their fortunes by getting what they could from their neighbors. Nobody
was thought brave or worthy, in Norway or Denmark, who had not made
some voyages in a "long keel," as a ship was called, and fought bravely, and
brought home gold cups and chains or jewels to show where he had been.
Their captains were called Sea Kings, and some them went a great way, even
into the Mediterranean Sea, and robbed the beautiful shores of Italy. So
dreadful was it to see the fleet of long ships coming up to the shore, with a
serpent for the figure-head, and a raven as the flag, and crowds of fierce
warriors with axes in their hands longing for prey and bloodshed, that where
we pray in church that God would deliver us from lightning and tempest, and
battle and murder, our forefathers used to add, "From the fury of the
Northmen, good Lord deliver us."
To England these Northmen came in great swarms, and chiefly from
Denmark, so that they were generally call "the Danes." They burnt the
houses, drove off the cows and sheep, killed the men, and took away the
women and children to be slaves; and they were always most cruel of all
where they found an Abbey with any monks or nuns, because they hated the
Christian faith. By this time those seven English kingdoms I told you of had all
fallen into the hands of one king. Egbert, King of the West Saxons, who
reigned at Winchester, is counted as the first king of all England. His four
grandsons had dreadful battles with the Danes all their lives, and the three
eldest all died quite young. The youngest was the greatest and best king
England ever had—Alfred the Truth-teller. As a child Alfred excited the hopes
and admiration of all who saw him, and while his brothers were busy with
their sports, it was his delight to kneel at his mother's knee, and recite to her
the Saxon ballads which his tutor had read to him, inspiring him, at that early
age, with the ardent patriotism and the passionate love of literature which
rendered his character so illustrious. He was only twenty-two years old when
he came to the throne, and the kingdom was overrun everywhere with the
Danes. In the northern part some had even settled down and made
themselves at home, as the English had done four hundred years before, and
more and more kept coming in their ships: so that, though Alfred beat them
in battle again and again, there was no such thing as driving them away. At
last he had so very few faithful men left him, that he thought it wise to send
them away, and hide himself in the Somersetshire marsh country. There is a
pretty story told of him that he was hidden in the hut of a poor herdsman,
whose wife, thinking he was a poor wandering soldier as he sat by the fire
mending his bow and arrows, desired him to turn the cakes she had set to
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LATONIA, Ky., Oct. 28. -- Eased up at the finish, Marta Hari, the Dixiana filly, continued her brilliant come-back today, winning the $10,000-added Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes handily.
October 29, 1933
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A Giant Sucking Sound: The Financial Multipliers of Globalism
Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke testified this week that "the situation in Europe poses significant risks to the U.S. financial system and economy." This indicates the extent to which financial globalism has become a controlling factor in U.S. economic and financial prospects and policy.
While globalism wasn't supposed to have that level of influence, there was a memorable warning in the great North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) debate of 1992. As it was conceived of at the time, globalism meant trade rather than finance, and the costs and benefits became a presidential campaign issue. It was at that time that Ross Perot famously associated globalism with a "giant sucking sound" of jobs being lost to low-wage countries.
Today, the issue is not trade but financial globalism, and all efforts are being made to contain Euro bank meltdowns from also taking down the rest of the world's financial asset valuations.
This is not easy when Euro banks are highly leveraged — that is, funded by short-term financial claims such as deposits or Repo loans that can and do run without notice. This forces the sale of the banks' troublesome assets, not just for liquidity but to also to downsize the book of assets that can only be a fixed multiple of the bank's declining net worth.
That all fits the description of a financial crisis, but the crisis is even more severe when the bank's questionable assets are government debt. The forced selling only makes it more transparent that the government is nearly insolvent and can't backstop the bank's insolvency as well.
This unstable equilibrium is destabilized one step further when other arm-twisted governments are coerced into seeking bailout aid, because the costs of the spreading financial meltdown exceed the bailout costs. So the implication of financial globalism is indeed the giant sucking sound of sapping resources across the globe into a financial black hole which used to be called Greece, Ireland and Portugal but now also includes Spain.
Read the full version of this article on Dr. Spellman's blog, The Spellman Report.