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No. 25 UNM Up Next for Bulldogs
Jan. 10, 2013
Game 15 Fresno State (6-8, 0-1 MW) at No. 25 New Mexico (14-2, 1-0 MW)
Jan. 12, 2012 Noon p.m. PT Albuquerque, N. M. --- The Pit (15,411)
Radio: KMJ 580 AM (Paul Loeffler & Randy Rosenbloom)
Live Online Audio: www.gobulldogs.com (Subscription required)
TV: My50 TV (Scott Stiegler & Hunter Greene) - Not available in Fresno
Series record: New Mexico leads 8-7 overall and 6-0 at the Pit
Last Meeting: UNM 83, FS 81 - Feb. 13, 1999 (Albuquerque, N.M.)
Bulldog Bones
This is the 16th meeting between Fresno State and New Mexico.
Fresno State has held 13 of its 14 opponents to under 70 points.
Fresno State last defeated a Top 25 team on Feb. 10, 2002 when the Bulldogs beat then-No. 14 Oklahoma State 58-52 at Selland Arena.
Senior Garrett Johnson has played in 99 games in his 4-year FS career
Inside the Numbers
This season, Fresno State owns a +50 steal margin (116-66).
Under Terry, Fresno State has a +147 steal margin (351-204) by averaging 7.3 steals per game and a +3.0 steal edge per contest over 47 games.
This season, Fresno State owns a +67 points off TOs margin (231-164)
Under Terry, Fresno State has committed fewer turnovers than or the same number of turnovers as its opponents in 42 of 47 games.
Fresno State is 4-0 this season when recording 10 or more assists.
Fresno State Enters Pit to Face No. 25 New Mexico
Fresno State (6-8, 0-1 MW) visits the Pit to battle No. 25 New Mexico (14-2, 1-0 MW) on Saturday at noon PT. The game will be broadcast on KMJ 580 AM and the live audio feed will be available at www.gobulldogs.com (All-Access subscription required).
4-Game Flex Plan Available for MW Home Games
Now that Mountain West play has descended on the Save Mart Center, the Red Wave has the opportunity to purchase a 4-game Flex Plan to soak up the exciting play of one of the best conferences in the country. The new 4-Game Flex Plan allows men's basketball fans to choose any 4 remaining home games. These include MW matchups against nationally ranked New Mexico, UNLV, and Wyoming, and start as low as $14 per game.
About the New Mexico Lobos
The New Mexico Lobos started conference play off in the Pit with a win over UNLV in a duel of nationally ranked squads. Sixth year head coach Steve Alford's Lobos are currently ranked No. 25 in the AP poll and boast a 14-2 record on the year. Junior guard and preseason All-MW team member Kendall Walker leads New Mexico on offense averaging 14.6 ppg, shooting over 40 percent from the floor and 35.4 percent from beyond the arc. Sophomore Alex Kirk leads on the boards with 7.6 rpg and is coming off a 23-point performance in the conference opener.
Against the New Mexico Lobos
This will be the 16th meeting between Fresno State and New Mexico and the first since 1999. The Lobos have the edge in the series by the slimmest of margins, owning a 8-7 advantage. The 'Dogs will look for their first win against the Lobos on the road in the seventh meeting in Albuquerque. The last time the teams met was in 1999 when the two split games with each team winning the game on their home floor. The Lobos won by a single possession, 83-81, while the Bulldogs secured a two possession victory, 86-80, in Fresno.
Playing in the Pit, Recent Close Battles
New Mexico's Pit is universally regarded as one of the greatest environments in college basketball. The Bulldogs, who are still looking for their first win in Albuquerque, have given the Lobos scares in each of the last three meetings in the Pit, including a 104-99 triple overtime WAC Tournament win for UNM back on March 3, 1996. And if you look back at the last six meetings (regardless of where the game was played), the contests have been decided by a collective five points, with five of the six decided by three or fewer points at the end of regulation.
Terry Turns Up the Pressure, Exploits Takeaways
The relentless defensive pressure that Terry expects from his squad has held opponents to just 42.5 percent shooting (294-of-692) from the field and 30.5 percent 3-point shooting (58-of-190). Fresno State has forced an average of 15.6 turnovers per game (218 total) and own a +67 points off turnover margin (231-164), as well as a +50 steal margin (116-66).
Bulldogs Play With aggressive Defensive Tenacity
Fresno State has held opponents to an average of 59.6 points per game, which ranks fourth in the Mountain West lead as well as in the top 50 nationally. The 'Dogs have also held 13 of its 14 opponents under 70 points and limited opponents to under 60 points in eight of their 14 games, including six of the past nine contests.
Valuing the Basketball
One of Rodney Terry's points of emphasis is the importance of valuing the basketball. Since Terry's arrival, Fresno State has not committed more turnovers than its opponents in 42 of the 47 games, including 36 of those 46 games where the 'Dogs made fewer turnovers than its opponents.
Bulldogs Focused on Executing Down the Stretch
The Bulldogs' losses have come by a combined 52 points (6.5 points per game) and three of the defeats were decided by a single possession (three points or fewer). Fresno State has outscored opponents by an average of 2.5 points per game (62.1 to 59.6), and have played much better offensively in the second half of games by owning a +36 point advantage (472 to 436) in the final 20 minutes of regulation this season.
Olekaibe Moving Up The Bulldogs' Record Books
Junior Kevin Olekaibe currently ranks 25th on Fresno State's all-time scoring list with 1,045 career points in 76 games. He also ranks seventh in 3-point field goal attempts (513) and 3-point field goals made (168). Olekaibe owns the seventh-best career free throw clip (191-240, 79.5%).
Bulldogs Begin Mountain West Era
Fresno State is in its first season as a member of the Mountain West, which produced four NCAA Tournament teams last year. The MW features four teams ranked in the AP and USA Today/ESPN Coaches polls (No. 16/15 San Diego State, No. 24/19 UNLV, No. 25 New Mexico and Wyoming).
Fresno State Picked To Finish Seventh in MW
Fresno State was projected to finish seventh out of nine Mountain West schools, as selected by a voting panel comprised of Conference media, during preseason voting. Defending MW co-regular season champion San Diego State edged UNLV as the Conference media's preseason favorite to win the MW men's basketball regular-season title in 2012-13.
"Discover Fresno State Athletics!" --- Fresno State's 4-Game Flex Mini-Plan starts as low as $14 per game and can be purchased by calling 559-278-DOGS (Monday-Friday between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.) or visiting www.gobulldogs.com/miniplan. The flagship radio stations for Fresno State men's basketball are KMJ 580 AM (English) and ESPN Deportes 1600 AM (Spanish).


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Seminal 70s side from bassist Arild Andersen! Green Shading Into Blue has a sound that's as evocative as its title – a rich combination of tones, sounds, and moments from a quartet that features Arild Andersen on bass, Juhani Aaltonen on sax and flute, Lars Jansson on piano and a bit of keyboards, and Pal Thowson on drums and percussion. The reeds are especially nice – arcing over the top of the tunes in a spatial contrast to the mellower tones of Andersen's bass – and titles include "Anima", "Jana", "Terhi", "Radka's Samba", and "The Guitarist". (German pressing.) © 1996-2017, Dusty Groove, Inc.
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I second that wholeheartedly!!
Pam Evans
Kemp, TX
zone 8A
----- Original Message -----
From: Jesse Bell
Sent: 8/17/2004 1:18:28 AM
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Subject: Re: [CHAT] Need some advice...
> OHhhh...please don't use poisons on any wildlife or animals (including
> mice) because it sets off a chain reaction. The mouse, mole or what have
> you eats the poison, stumbles around outside, an owl, hawk, cat, dog eat
> it and they both die.
> Marge Talt <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
> You know, Bonnie, reading your post again, there really isn't any way
> to ensure that you will not have moles working that area as long as
> it contains food for them. If you manage to kill the one(s) that are
> there now, others will come to take their place. I wonder if that
> soil is perhaps looser than the surrounding area; has more organic
> material and thus more earthworms or something...something that's
> attracting them to the area around the pond...
> I do know, from sad experience, that moles can die from excessive
> soil vibration right next to them...one day I was building a
> retaining wall and there was a mole working right where I was; I
> could see the soil heaving...I just kept on pounding in stakes and
> the mole surfaced and died right in my hand - I was very sad:-( Had
> I realized this, I would have moved away until the mole moved on.
> They have the absolutely softest fur on the planet. I expect this is
> why those odd pinwheel mole discouragers are sold tho' I do not think
> they are particularly effective in reality.
> I am a mole fan...anything that aerates my stolid clay soil and eats
> Japanese beetle grubs is a friend of mine. I just stomp tunnels in
> what passes for our lawn if they get on my nerves...otherwise I think
> what grass I have is grateful for the loosening of the otherwise
> compacted soil:-)
> Here's a link to extensive information about moles and their control
> in Virginia:
> http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/wildlife/420-201/420-201.html
> And another from Oregon:
> http://eesc.orst.edu/agcomwebfile/edmat/html/ec/ec987/ec987.html
> And less information, but better pix from Ohio
> http://ohioline.osu.edu/w-fact/0011.html
> The Virginia site points out that mole traps pose dangers to the
> installer of same as well as pets and other small wildlife. If
> trapping is what you decide to do, it appears it is best left to a
> professional mole exterminator. Poisons are also difficult and
> dangerous, even if the average homeowner can get those rated for
> moles...
> Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> > From: Bonnie & Bill Morgan
> >
> > As you know, I'm the live and let live type of person, but this is
> the first
> > time I've had a mole do so much damage! Since we put the pond in,
> a mole
> > has been making long runs to the pond, around the surrounding area
> and right
> > back to the pond. We've pressed the disturbed soil back down and
> an hour or
> > two later, the "hill" is larger and taller. It has killed out much
> of the
> > grass on the West side of the pond.
> >
> > I know that his presence probably means I have some underground
> problem (is
> > it grubs they go after?) but what would be the safest and sanest
> way to stop
> > the devastation. I'm really worried momma will take her little dog
> outside
> > and trip over or fall into one of the mole's hills. Any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks and blessings,
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National Gingerbread House Competition Winners on Display: Grove Park Inn
The past few days brought intense competition to the halls of Asheville's historic Grove Park Inn. There, craftspeople from all over the country gathered to compete in the 19th annual "National Gingerbread House Competition."
Our own executive editor Rachel Hardage Barrett was on the scene judging the competition, which culminated in Monday's announcement of the winners. Today, the works of art (and they really are) go on display to the public.
From the rules:
"Except for the base, the entries must be constructed entirely of edible materials. The maximum size of gingerbread houses in the competition cannot exceed two feet wide, two feet long and two feet high."
Judging by Rachel's sneak peek photos, this year's entries blew the roof off the old gingerbread house. In fact, Many aren't even houses at all.
Here is the overall winner (adult category):
The boot, pictured here, has two floors — one with a chandelier and one with a ceiling fan!
And more …
Here's a few from the teen competition:
Rest assured, there are some "houses" — well, buildings — and they are beautiful!
But check it out for yourself — these creations and many more are now on display at the Grove Park Inn (non-hotel guests can visit the exhibit Sundays through Thursdays through January 1).
Related Links:
Southern Living: How To Make Gingerbread Men (Video)
Asheville Citizen-Times: Gingerbread House Contest Reurns to Asheville's Grove Park Inn


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Mouvement Communiste
"Communism is for us not a state of affairs which is to be established, an ideal to which reality will have to adjust itself. We call communism the real movement which abolishes the present state of things. The conditions of this movement result from the premises now in existence." Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels - The German Ideology
2016/12 The US presidential election consolidates the global tendency towards reactionary social blocs
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Hosts were incredible, definitely made us feel welcome and had so much information for us. Everything was pristine, from the interiors to the property itself. Fantastic views, and plenty to do on the property. We will definitely be booking with Tam & Charles again.Samantha2015-08-09T00:00:00Z
What a blessing to visit this secluded haven for our 10th wedding anniversary! The journey there was like unfolding a most magnificent gift, the anticipation for what lies beyond the next bend continuously building. And then to arrive, so well met by Tam and Charles and their unbelievable abode. There are trails to follow in the rain-forest with well appointed seating to take in the surroundings, two private outdoor baths/ spa where you feel so immersed in nature and decadence, and very generously apportioned rooms. We could have contented ourselves just in our room (King Snug) - the facilities and comfort met every need and desire- restorative bed (high-praise from this pea-traumatised Princess!), kettle, beverage selection, toaster and cereal, mini fridge for own supplies, tv and dvd player, comfy armchairs, great high-pressure shower, and an outdoor setting with a BBQ. There was also a shared kitchen/ dining/ chill area with BBQ, electric hot plates, microwave and a mini cooker and large fridge, so you could cook your own meals if you brought supplies (why didn't I check your actual website so I knew this!! Gah!! (URL HIDDEN) ). Next time we will do this as we would want to soak up as much of the space as we could. Of course, Whitianga is only a 10-15 minute drive away, so very easy to pop out for dinner or grab some things from the supermarket. & then you get to experience the joy of returning! We spent most of our time peacefully reading and snoozing, which was just perfect for these two very tired parents of small wee beasties, so were able to happily return to our duties with a lighter heart. Thank you Tam and Charles!Jasmin2015-12-29T00:00:00Z
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This is a really beautiful and secluded bach, great for families/friends/couples. Also very handy for Coromandel township. Communication was great throughout, we had a really lovely stay, thank you!Sebastian2016-12-26T00:00:00Z
Such a lovely place. Really spacious accommodation, in a secluded location yet easy to get to places. Waiau waterfall and Kauri Grove an easy walk and so beautiful. 309 road to Coromandel Town easier then to Whitianga but if happy on gravel roads won't be a problem, probably 40 min steady drive. Nestled in the forest, beautiful outside space with hot tub, Tui singing in the forest. Take provisions and enjoy the kitchen facilities and BBQ. Great for couples, group of friends or families.Sophie2017-01-09T00:00:00Z
We had a lovely stay at this Coromandel get-away. Very peaceful in a beautiful location. Great for a stay with kids!Amanda2017-01-10T00:00:00Z
Waiau, Waikato, นิวซีแลนด์
Manaia, Waikato, นิวซีแลนด์
It was very easy to find this glorious retreat thanks to Charles and Tam's easy to follow directions. Once we got there it was amazing to see how well thought out everything was. their entire property is like a haven of tracks and hike's with waterfalls, swimming holes and hammocks to unwind. Very relaxing and truly a getaway from city life without being too far from Whitianga, Hahei and Cathedral Cove.Amar2016-04-26T00:00:00Z
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Families and Caregivers Make a Difference
As a parent, you are your child's first mathematics teacher. In fact, you have probably been doing math together since your child was very young. Counting pictures on a page and singing songs helped your child learn about numbers and counting. Building with objects such as blocks and cardboard boxes exposed your child to geometric ideas such as shape, size and symmetry. Chores such as putting away the dishes and sorting laundry engaged your child in sorting and categorizing, which are important features of data analysis.
Once your child enters school, it is important to continue to support their growing understanding of mathematics. There are many different ways to help your child learn and appreciate mathematics, even if math was not your favorite subject in school. You can help your child by:
- believing that s/he can successfully learn mathematics
- expecting your child to work hard to learn mathematics
- sharing how you use mathematics everyday
- playing games that make learning fun and important
- solving problems together and exploring different ways to solve the same problems
- asking your child questions as s/he solves problems
- examining why solutions are correct and incorrect
- knowing how Investigations helps your child learn mathematics
- supporting your child as s/he completes homework assignments
"One of the most significant things parents can do is to help their children understand the normalcy and the value of struggle in mathematics. Learning math ultimately comes down to one thing: the ability, and choice, to put one's brain around a problem--to stare past the confusion, and struggle forward rather than flee."
Sutton, S. (1998) Beyond homework help: Guiding our children to lasting math success. ENC Focus for Mathematics and Science Education: Family Involvement in Education, 5 (3).


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Words of the WiseJul 28th 2016
A collection of great skiing quotes.
- Cmts: 19
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k-rob i have head jon olsson pro model from this yearwhoah! not only was he old, but he was 65 years old! but yeah, that's kinda creepy i guess.
i'm in the single line, and behind me there is an old 65 years old man.
He stares at my skis and he says:
Is that your sister??? HAHAHAHAHAHA!
Me: hahaha... no
He: CUZ SHE IS HOT! HAHAHAHAHA!
Peter. I hate that shit soooo much. According to anyone that doesn't know freeride, a backflip is the world best and only trick. If you can't do a backflip then you must suck nuts in their eyes.for me everyone asks if you can do a 360, especially younger kids with twins.
treebeard -after noticing my athems-hahahahaha yes!!! when i got mine i was with my gaper friend. first thing he says is-
"you have your skis mounted the wrong way!"
sack I did a 5 off a roller beside the ski school at my hill and they all freaked out.A buddy of mine (I know, I'm ashamed) has the full orage TJ schiller suit from last year, and we were talking about what companies made our gear. He comes out of nowhere and is like "my coat is made by some guy named TJ schiller".I told a guy I hit a 50 footer and he asked me if I was pro.A kid at my school didn't believe me when I told him I could get out of COPs superpipe.A CSIA guy who was teaching me the park and pipe stuff so I could get certified for park and pipe freaked out when I started the run in for a 30 footer and told me to slow down by saying "woah". Huge 180 to case. He gets down to the bottom of the tranny and is like "WTF!!! WOAH MEANS STOP."A kid at my school thinks backseat 3s are "steezy".On my school ski day I did a switch 3 off a roller and a couple kids freaked out, couldn't believe it.A kid's ski popped off a bunch and I told him to turn his DIN up. Another kid I was skiing with asked me why you needed DIN if you weren't skiing park.A kid on my ski team got boots that were like.... 2 sizes too big for him, so he could grow into them.A skier on the chairlift accused my cousin who snowboards of pushing all the snow to the side of the run and making it icy, just because he was a snowboarder.A kid at my school thought he saw sammy carlson at sunshine learning to do lincolns.I've heard of the superpipe being called a jump ditch.A race coach on my ski team was impressed by an old school train, but I give her credit because she's like.... 55 and she learned 3s this year.hahaha wow.
crussell Some skin head snowboarder was sitting right below the knuckle of the last jump in the big bear open and during parctice i was working on sweitch leftsides so naturally i had less control anyways i proceed to train not knowing of the idiot in the landing. Took off and instantly freaked out and started to flail like a dying pigeon only to tap his board. That dumbass tried to fight me like you idiot, look in the landing before you hit the jump... i was like you know what man were both fine and im sorry, shook his hand and skied away. Moral of the story is skinheads have aids.for some reason your moral made me spray ice tea all over my keyboard....thanks
schlopy for some reason your moral made me spray ice tea all over my keyboard....thanksi'm sorry!
crussell i'm sorry!it was mostly just my lap, i kinda exagerated, so dont worry about it, only minor cleaning required.
schlopy it was mostly just my lap, i kinda exagerated, so dont worry about it, only minor cleaning required.good
Myke old gaper: r those skis made by line (cuz i find most old people think all twins r made by line)That sounds hot. How big was his pole?
me: no k2
old gaper: theres a chicken ur skis. (pointing to front of my right ski, 07 fujatives)
me: dont think thats a chicken, its a guy
old gaper: spends the rest of the lift ride scraping all the snow off my ski with his pole marvelling at the "pictures"
Lemuel Skier bashing heel in and out of binding...a while later they are still there:haha when me and my friend were getting on the lift, the gayper in front of us dug his tip into the ground and his ski fell off so we brought it up. we put the heel down and i wanted to fuck with the adjustmant because our rental shit is,well, shit and all you have to do is push a little plastic lever with like ur pinky to make it move but i didnt cuz that a little too far. well at the top it took the kid like 5 minutes to figure out that the heel was down. we just watched him laughing
"Excuse me, I think my bindings are broken. They don't work anymore - I can't get my boot to stay in".
...release lever was in upright position.
I LOLed.
jason... .......sad.....u realize no one buys theyre children hellbents right? Its all demographics....PEs are used buy a younger demographic than the hellbents. name one person that owns hellbents that is under the age of 16.bryce. on ns got his hellbents when he was 15 and skied them all that season
i was riding with a buncha good kids at the local mtn.
my dad rides up looking wicked gay and goes nice helocopter it looked steeze.
shorty after that i ended mylife
J~Weis gaper: are those tricky skis?i don't believe that ever happened.
me: yes
gaper: so you can like do tricks and stuff?
gaper: so you can like do grinds and helicopter spins??
gaper: so are you like spansorized and are in like the xgames with shaun white???
gaper:....can you do a backflip??
me: no! you fucking gaper, why the fuck do you and all other peopl like you with your fuckin skiblades come in a park and proceed to create a cluster fuck of bitches and destroy all of our lips and jumps by going 3 miles over it and just going down it and cutting people off and make complete assholes of yourself. god fuckin dammit! alot of people can do backflips and do "helicopters" and grind, you along with the rest of your gaper parasite need to just d=stay out of the park and make everyone happy. fuck!
gaper: ( some high school rich kid) proceeds to get teary eyed
skieasy i know it s pretty much been said buthahahhahahahahah.
you ski
o i though ud snowboard
me:no i ski
(they act supprised)
me: im a cool skier
what kind of skis do u use
me:(after a lond prossess i allways break down) ya know trick skis
o well can you back flip
(acting supprised once again)
An10a_Eng My friend went to play it again sports to see how much he could get for his skis and the guy asked if he "bent the tails up himself"shit. i work at a play it again. that just makes us all look like gapers. bet hes the guy that says snowblades are for tricks. and btw its usually better to sell the stuff yourself
wh@t shit. i work at a play it again. that just makes us all look like gapers. bet hes the guy that says snowblades are for tricks. and btw its usually better to sell the stuff yourself+ karma for info!
null_ Also the traditionnal :LOL!!!thats so funny, i get that everytime at my school
:Are you good at skiing?
Me: not bad...
:Do you do jumps?
Me: Yes
:Can you do backflips?
Shlogan "I'm gettin excited. maybe we'll see some 360's go down, or maybe even some 520s or 740s. It would be really sweet to see a 9 go down."my favorite part,lol, 520
or something like that, from the meathead trailer
neon1peace my favorite part,lol, 520hahaha yeah he seemed really into it too
sirskizalot my friend's second time skiing:i have a friend who has been skiing for many years and still doesnt like skiing in powder.
Him: Wow skiing in powder sucks
me: .... rrrright
RICK_ROSS not skiing, but I like to tell tourist on the river that the white rocks are actually petrified glacier pieces...no fucking way, we do that too!!!!!!
Ben. my aunt, refering to my p.e.'s, "have you ever tried to water ski on those."hahaha yeah. my dad thinks my foils are absurdly fat.....
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Liked this camp the best - the lake looks wonderful!
Journey to Julian Price Memorial Park Campsite
Trip Start Sep 15, 2011
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Other than the campsite, the main destination for the day was the Blue Ridge Music Center. The Blue Ridge Music Center, located at milepost 213, celebrates music indigenous to Virginia and North Carolina by featuring various artists every day of the week. Established by the U.S. Congress in 1985, the site includes an outdoor amphitheater and indoor interpretive center used to highlight this important strand of American musical culture. By featuring local artists, the center's staff can best show the longstanding traditions of this genre.
I was genuinely impressed by the technology employed in this rural enclave
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They had an impressive covered stage surrounded by a naturally sloping hill that formed an amphitheater. I could not help myself so I climbed to the stage and belted out "I am a man, of constant sorrowwwwww".
Thankfully, the live music started early so we stopped in and sat through a variety of songs performed by these two volunteers. The fellow on the left has his own music label and recording company and I think claimed to have the largest selection of Appalachian regional music performed by a variety of artists. The guy on the right sold his pencil drawings which were phenomenal
Perhaps the nicest day of our trip so far, we stopped at several locations along the way to take in the views.
The number one destination for this trip was Julian Price Park. It is 3,900 acres of magnificence and enjoyment. The park provides picnic grounds, campgrounds, rest rooms, nature walks, an amphitheater, hiking trails, trout fishing and boat rental. The trails in the park take you through the forests, by the streams and into the meadows of this fertile land. The pull through campsite at this location was basically a wide section of the campsite road where I could pull over. My 25 foot RV barely fit in the spot. That probably was because it was 30 feet.
We hiked the 2.7 mile Lake Price trail. It was magnificent. Heavily overgrown with Rhododendron and scenic views of the lake were everywhere. Please enjoy the pictures.
Typically, when we hike I am in the lead under the theory ..."Asps, very dangerous, you go first" (One of our favorite movie lines)
I was taking a picture of a feature across the lake when Casey informed me there was a deer ahead. Later, when I got home and uploaded the pictures, I saw I had actually captured a picture of the deer in the water and did not know it! As we moved forward on the trail, Casey saw a fawn! I snuck of the trail and tried to get some good shots. Most of them did not turn out. Hope you like the ones that did.
Fired up the grill for some tasty pork chops for dinner. No firewood in this area and the ground was fairly wet from prior rains. Therefore, no campfire tonight. Later, we walked down to the lake from our campsite to take in our lakeside view.


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i have had an interlock device for almost 2 years now i entered the deffered program sept 2 2011 and i have heard there is a way to request it be taken off early. i was court ordered for 1 year. but dol said 5. i have had zero positives blows.
The Deferred Prosecution (DP) typically only requires a IID for 1 year, that is and has always been the case. Courts can order it longer if they want on a DP. However, the Court is not the only one who can affect your license with their order, DoL has their hand in it also. You likely did a DP because you previously were convicted of a DUI,or were convicted of a lesser crime after being originally charged with a DUI. The fact that DoL says 5 years for the IID also tells me that the prior DUI was a conviction for DUI and not reduced because the statue on DUI convictions states that the first time a IID is "ordered," (typically for a first offense DUI conviction) DoL shall require and IID for 1 year, and upon the second time a IID is ordered DoL shall require it for 5 years, and for the third time it is ordered it shall be for 10 years. So in your case, you were previously ordered to have an IID for 1 year due to a DUI conviction, making this DP a second time you were ordered (as a basis for the DP). So even though the court only requires it for 1 year, it is an order of the court nonetheless, and therefore DoL treats it as a second IID order and that takes you to 5 years.Ask a similar question
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Good for you for complying with the IID requirements and having no positives, I hope your program/treatment is going well. I always tell my clients, it doesn't hurt to ask DOL and the court, all they can say is no, but in this instance I agree fully with the previous couple of answers. The DOL is the agency that controls the imposition of the IID and the length it is required. You can ask, but the chances of having it removed are slim to none.Ask a similar question
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Epson Home Cinema 700 Projector Review
Home Cinema 700 Remote Control
Image coming! The first thing notable about the Home Cinema 700's remote control, compared to most others, is that it is not backlit. While backlighting would be a definite plus, Epson is counting on two things in skipping the backlight: First, the Home Cinema 700 projector is unusually bright for a home projector, and is designed to handle some ambient light. Second, Epson doesn't expect the 700 to end up in dedicated home theaters, but rather family rooms, bonus rooms, etc., where the ability to fully darken the room is uncommon. All that said, backlighting would have been a plus. The Epson Home Cinema 700 remote control itself is a compact affair, with small buttons.
From the top:
The Power button is a small orange affair on the top left side of the remote control. YOu press once to power up, or twice to power down. Across from it (to the right) is a button labeled Search. Pressing it will have the Epson projector search the inputs and select the first active source it finds. Directly below those two buttons are six direct "source" buttons, including Computer, S-Video, (composite) Video, USB, HDMI, and one labeled Slideshow (slideshow lets you view images from the projector's SD card slot. That means you can take the memory card out of most digital cameras and plug it right in. Or, if your camera uses other memory cards such as XD, you can get an adapter. All considered, the Slideshow feature is a nice touch for viewing those family vacation, etc. photos.
The next row has three buttons, from the left, an A/V mute (mutes picture, and also sound (if you are feeding sound into the projector, which does have a speaker). The middle button freezes the image on the screen. The right one has no function (more on this below). The next row has (from the left) Auto (the projector sets up the image for you, Aspect ratio, and Color Mode (which lets you toggle between the many picture modes. To the right of those three is a Number button. You can see on the remote that many buttons have dual uses, and this turns on the Numeric mode, so that the buttons become a keypad instead of selecting features. The Numeric keypad can be used to input security codes, to lock the use of the projector. This is a fairly common feature on business projectors as a theft deterent, but rarely found on a home projector.
The next two rows are more business oriented than home. On the left there is a Page Up, and below it, Page Down, for advancing presentations, and right next to those two are a pair that allows zooming in or out of an image. There's also a green button with a ? on it. This brings up Epson's interactive help system. It's a nice touch, as instead of just answering questions it lets you make the changes without having to locate the right controls in the menu system. I've always liked it, but at the same time, it's rather thin, in terms of the areas of help. It would be much better if expanded to cover more topics. Below the Help button are the Volume up and down buttons.
All that leaves are the menu controls at the bottom. There's a small round Menu button to launch the menu system, and across from it, on the right, is the ESC button to take you back one level in the menus. Right below these two, you'll find the classic navigation system in an oval pattern with up/down/left/right arrows and an Enter button located in the center.
Epson claims a range for the remote of 19.7 feet. From using it, that's very believable. I had no trouble bouncing the remote's signal off of my screen, to the Epson projector for a round trip of about 23 feet.
That covers it for the remote. Not bad, definitely functional, but as they say – "nothing to write home about".
Home Cinema 720 Lens Throw
Click to enlarge. So close. The Home Cinema 700 is graced with a basic zoom lens with a 1.2:1 zoom ratio. That gives you limited placement flexibility (actually typical of DLP home projectors rather than 3LCD like the Home Cinema 700). Epson expects most owners will place this projector on a (low) table, such as a coffee table, though some will ceiling mount.
To fill a 100″ diagonal 16:9 screen the front of the projector can be placed as close as 10 feet 10 inches or as far back as 13 feet. These numbers are taken directly from the Home Cinema 700's user manual.
It should be noted, that the Home Cinema 700's LCD panels project a 1280×800 image, not the standard 1280×720 which is 720p. It is the only stand alone 3LCD projector I am aware of, that uses the 16:10 1280×800.
So that you understand, 1280×800 is referred to as WXGA (not 720p), and is the standard for most widescreen laptop computers. This goes back to the Home Cinema 700's roots as a crossover projector, sharing the same LCD panels as the virtually identical Epson Powerlite W6 projector, which is marketed as a business and education projector.
All considered, the Home Cinema 700 is a "crossover" projector, one suitable for typical business presentations but one with sufficient image quality to double as an entry level home projector as well.
Those of you buying a home screen for the Epson should understand that there will be a bit of overshoot above and below the screen, due to the extra 80 pixels of vertical height. That means you will have (for a 100″ screen) a little less than 2.5 inches of letterboxing that is "off the screen". Most or all of that would hit the black border of the screen frame, depending on the screen. The overshoot will be the "blackest black" – in reality dark gray light. It is the same dark gray as the letterboxing you would have above and below a typical movie (2.35:1) when shown on a standard 16:9 screen.
Home Cinema 700 Lens Shift
The Home Cinema 700 does not have lens shift. Adding lens shift would increase the price. If you are interested in an Epson projector with greater placement flexibility, there's the Home Cinema 720, a projector for the more serious enthusiast, which is only a few hundred dollars more. Other 720p projectors with lens shift include the Panasonic PT-AX200U and the Sanyo PLV-Z60.
The projector has a small amount of offset. For that same 100″ diagonal 16:9 screen, the center of the projector's lens would sit 2.7 inches below the bottom of the screen surface. Or, if you are ceiling mounting, the projector mounts inverted, and would have its lens 2.7 inches above the top of the screen surface. All these numbers are from the Epson manual.
Anamorphic Lens
No surprise here, the Home Cinema 700 does not accept an anamorphic lens. Considering it is a very entry level projector, and that a typical anamorphic lens and sled costs 4-6 times as much as the projector, it is incredibly unlikely that anyone considering this projector would be thinking anamorphic lens.
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text: Hello to all who are receiving this distress call and many thanks in advance for any suggestions, Im Steve and Im bummed. 2000 sonoma, 4.3, auto, 2wd, 298000k. truck died while driving, by the time the wrecker arrived battery was dead, towed home and recharged battery and it started up perfectly as usual. Installed new battery as the old one was, well, old. Will not start. No security issues showing, has spark at plugs, fuel pump pressure shows 65 lbs and within range for holding pressure time. Had a mechanic take a look and without proper test equip did what he could, propane in pcv engine fires but will not run, his conclusion was ecm not supplying ground and it should be checked, rolled the die and got a new unit flashed and installed, relearned the fuel key etc and sure enough... no start. Did have ignition cylinder issue a while back so installed a new cylinder and key, redid the relearn and still no start. Questions 1) Ive tried to relearn the fuel key again but the security light goes off and stays off, cannot find a reference for this anywhere, does it mean the key is learned? 2) temperature sensor? Im hoping to get a code reader tomorrow and check that. Thanks!


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Jog-A-Thon was developed by Dr. Jim Hurley, a school board member who was tired of expensive, high-pressure fundraisers. You keep 70-80% of every dollar raised.
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"[Gilead] is so serenely beautiful, and written in a prose so gravely measured and thoughtful, that one feels touched with grace just to read it. Gilead possesses the quiet ineluctable perfection of Flaubert's A Simple Heart as well as the moral and emotional complexity of Robert Frost's deepest poetry . . . Immensely moving." Michael Dirda, The Washington Post Book World
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"The wait since 1981 and Housekeeping is over. Robinson returns with a second novel that, however quiet in tone and however delicate of step, will do no less than tell the story of Americaand break your heart . . . Robinson has composed, with its cascading perfections of symbols, a novel as big as a nation, as quiet as thought, and moving as prayer. Matchless and towering." Kirkus, starred review
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Home › Forums › Gear Forums › Gear (General) › miniworks bottle compatibility?
Mar 30, 2010 at 8:09 pm #1257143
Nick –Member
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does the msr miniworks work with small neck bottles? i use aquafina bottles for my water storage. wondering if i'll be able to screw them on. if not, is there an adapter out there?Mar 30, 2010 at 8:26 pm #1592661
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Platypus has a hydration tube that might work- you would have to cut off the mouthpiece and push the hose onto the nipple at the bottom of the miniworks at the output. Ive actually done this using a platy water tank. I dont know if it will screw onto the threads of the aquafina bottle though…someone else would proabably knowMar 30, 2010 at 8:56 pm #1592673
Konrad .BPL Member
hey there, the miniworks only works with nalgene wide mouth bottles, and msr dromedary and cloudliner hydration systems. As far as I know, there are no adaptors or any means to attaching it directly to a smaller bottle.
imo, dont get one! I hate mine. Its heavy and It clogs very quickly, even when you use a coffee prefilter attached to the intake. Then you have to take it apart and scrub it in the field, and worry about cross contamination with your dirty hands etc. When its perfectly clean, its fairly fast, pumping out 1 liter in about 1 min. But when it starts to clog, mannnn like 1 liter in 5 mins, and a very sore forearm. You'd be better off with a gravity filter (make your own, for example, you can use a nalgene soft cantene+sawyer in line filter+ msr dromedary cap + tubing from an aquarium store) or buy some of the ones on the market. Better yet, get a steripen and use aquamira tabs/drops as backupMar 31, 2010 at 9:19 am #1592807
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I had made an adapter byputting a stretchy hose on the little nub coming off the bottom of the filter cartrage then drilling two holes in an extra water bottle cap one for the hose the other to let the air out (or just stick the hose in the bottle). However Konrads advise of using something else is better cause I agree 100% with him about the MSR product or any other that I have used I now use aquamira drops and really dont mind getting my water. If i have to i strain through a bandana which is rare thankfully cause I now use narrow mouth platys and bring one aquafina or gateraid bottle for dipping guess this might not work for all but where I usually go mostly the water is clear and cold. This is making me think of gear swap caause I should really get rid of the Msr and an oid sweetwater I have
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Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Wow!! What a great room!! Nice job!
Mom to 2 Future Stitchers....Wife to One Great Hubby!
"Once A Phi Sigma Sigma, Always A Phi Sigma Sigma!"
Nice space. The fold out ironing board is a great idea.
Your room is so bright and neat!
A bed without a quilt is like the night sky without stars.
I should have mentioned the lighting in my sewing room. Whatever the DH did with the lighting means that I no longer use the gooseneck light that came with my quilting machine. The lighting is fabulous. If anyone is working on lighting and wants suggestions, I can post information on what he did. He tried several things before we got what I now have. I have no shadows and can see everything better than I ever did before!
Nice room.Thanks for sharing always looking for ideas as honey buns says he building me a room soon. Anything to suggest?
I agree with everyone. It's a great room, and is a functional example of what can be done in a relatively small space. Good job. It's giving me the emotional push to finish setting mine up. Thanks.
yes, please. I think we all would like to know abut the lighting.
I'm not sure I will ever be totally finished setting mine up - always a work in progress. BTW the pictures don't show how big the room actually is. It is 12X17' - There is a queen size bed in there AND I have my quilting frame set up with plenty of room for my cutting table. I don't like having the guest bed in there, but until I can talk one of the kids into moving out, I'm stuck with it.


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It seems the British have found a way to cope with the global economic crisis. A survey by the Terrence Higgins Trust, a UK AIDS charity, found that sex is the most popular free activity in the empire, beating out window shopping and going to a museum.
As the credit crunch bites, Britons may be turning to sex as a cheap way to pass the time, a charity says.
A YouGov survey of 2,000 adults found sex was the most popular free activity, ahead of window shopping and gossiping.
The Scots were most amorous with 43% choosing sex over other pastimes, compared with 35% in South England.


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Judge denies bond reduction for woman accused of wreck that killed daughter
NEW BERN, CRAVEN COUNTY - A Craven County judge has denied bond reduction for a mother accused of driving while impaired in a wreck that killed her 6-year-old daughter.
Amber Sandvig and her lawyer went before the judge Wednesday morning to request that her bond be reduced to $100,000, according to District Attorney Scott Thomas. But the judge called Sandvig a "danger to society" and decided her bond will remain at $2 million.
Sandvig is charged with DWI, one count of felony death by motor vehicle, three counts of felony serious injury by motor vehicle, and two counts of felony child abuse.
According to the Highway Patrol, Sandvig was driving while impaired when she crashed her car head-in into an SUV on Brices Creek Road in Craven County on Feb. 22, 2013. Sandvig's 6-year-old daughter, Alanna, died in the wreck. Her then 2-year-old son, "Blaze," was injured.
The wife and husband in the SUV-- Julie and Mike Payne, of New Bern-- were also injured in the wreck. Both of Julie's legs were broken.
A toxicology report showed oxycodone was in Sandvig's system at the time of the crash. Investigators said they also found drug paraphernalia in her car and on her person.
According to Alan Garris, the father of Sandvig's children, the suspect has a history of prescription drug abuse. Sandvig was also charged with DWI in 2012 after an accident with her toddler son in the car.
In August 2013, Alan Garris' lawyers filed a lawsuit behalf of Alanna Garris' estate. The suit claims negligence on behalf of Amber, as well as her father, mother and doctor.


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At the Crossroads: Librarians on the Information Superhighway
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BeschreibungWhite's previously published articles and speeches (most presented after 1989) identify and address critical issues that range from library education, funding, and leadership to technology, ethics, and burnout. Although often delivered with humor, White's probing and sometimes controversial commentaries on the opportunities and dangers to the profession are certain to provoke serious thought. Divided into three sections, the book covers "Librarians, Their Self-Image, and the Perceptions That Define Their Preparation"; "Librarians and Their Role, As Defined by Them and by Others"; and "Librarians in the Cruel World of Politics and Money." The author introduces each section with general comments. A must for the library professional shelf and a useful supplementary text for management and issues courses in library schools.
Pressestimmen?As is customary with White's articles, these raise serious questions about the profession while at the same time maintaining a light touch.?-Journal of Academic Librarianship
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It's hard to believe just 10 years ago automakers were working double-time to churn out the biggest SUVs consumers could stuff into their garages. Bigger was better, fuel economy be damned. Why worry when gas was less than a buck-and-a-half a gallon and few people knew about, let alone cared about, global warming?
Now, at the end of the first decade of the 21st century, everything has changed. The realities of volatile fuel prices, global climate change and a worldwide economic slowdown brought some of the biggest automakers to their knees. The auto industry is in the midst of its biggest change in decades. It's long overdue.
Hybrids are hot, automakers have rediscovered electric cars and everyone's promising us cleaner, greener cars. We're even seeing Americans starting to give diesels the respect they deserve. Oh, sure, automakers still build a lot of big, powerful vehicles. They always have and always will. But you know the rules have changes when even Porsche and Ferrari are developing hybrids.
We're on the cusp of a new chapter for the auto industry. It's an exciting time to be a gearhead, because we'll see more change in the next 10 years than we've seen in the last 50. As that chapter opens, we take a look back at 10 cars that moved the auto industry forward during the past decade. They're listed in chronological order.
Above: Audi TT (2003)
The Audi TT first debuted as a concept in 1995 and for the next eight years existed as a tomboyish kid sister to the A4 and A6. It wasn't particularly fast — a mere 178 horses from the base 1.8 liter four-cylinder engine — and it gained a reputation as a car that offered more show than go.
In 2003, the TT made history when it became the first production car sold worldwide to offer what Audi called the Direct Shift Gearbox — an electronically-controlled manual transmission with dual clutches that outsmarted even the most seasoned drivers. One clutch controls first, third, fifth and reverse while the other handles second, fourth and sixth. That allows for seamless, 0.2 second shifts, since up- and downshifts are "pre-loaded" even while the transmission remains in gear.
Sure, Citroen invented the technology back in the '30s and Porsche tried it on the track in the '80s, but advances in computing made a production version possible in time to revitalize the TT. When it debuted, Car and Driver said the DSG "will soon become the transmission of choice across a broad swath of the automotive landscape." Today, nearly every car in the Volkswagen Group lineup has one as an option, and dual clutch transmissions are cropping up on Hyundai concepts and Ford subcompacts.
Photo: Audi
Toyota Prius (2004-2008)
While Honda introduced Americans to hybrid technology with the diminutive Insight, and Ford perfected the genre with the refined Fusion Hybrid, the iconic Kammback hybrid is to the 2000s as the Beetle was to the '60s.
After early adopters fell for Toyota's first hybrid, the second-gen Prius proved batteries plus gas could go mainstream. With fuel economy averaging 46 mpg — and many owners boasting figures in the 60s — high gas prices ensured the Prius became a common sight in the parking lots of both farmers' markets and firing ranges. Far from a plebeian appliance, the Prius also introduced upscale refinements that were downright luxurious for 2004. Keyless ignition, optional Bluetooth and a touchscreen interface made the sub-$30K car feel like a Lexus, while a CVT and regenerative braking added efficiency to the already petroleum-parsimonious hybrid drivetrain.
Sure, it handles like a grocery cart in the twisties and sounds like a Cuisinart on the highway, but its a car that many Americans have come to love with a passion not seen since the pony car.
Photo: Toyota
Ferrari F430 (2004-2009)
Tradition means a lot in Maranello, which is why the F430 is so significant. An all-new 4.3-liter, 483-horsepower V8 offered selective power to the rear wheels based on the calculations of the all-knowing E-Diff electronic differential, while the driver could pick his or her poison with a twist of the manettino.
All those technological advancements ensured that the F430 would be equally magnificent in the hands of drivers ranging from Schumacher on the track to a celebrity plastic surgeon stuck on the 410 freeway. Want a tame commute to work? Switch on the electronic nannies. Showing off at the track? Dial back the stability control and firm up the suspension, all with a flick of a switch. Best of all, the F430's E-Diff took constant readings of steering angle and acceleration and adjusted torque accordingly, making it virtually impossible to headline wreckedexotics.com.
We're particularly fond that designers created a body that's a veritable history lesson for Ferrariphiles. Testarossa mirrors, a front bumper off the 156 and taillamps from the Enzo prove history is just as important as moving forward.
Photo: Ferrari
Bugatti Veyron (2005-2009)
Timing is all that limits the Veyron to this decade's "best of" list. Had engineers managed to wring 987 horsepower out of a rock-solid luxury coupe 20 years earlier, the Veyron would have topped the same decade-in-review as the minivan and C4 Corvette. Any car that needs a CD player specially designed not to skip when the speedo hits 250 is worth the $2.1 million that a new Grand Sport — the latest iteration of the venerable Veyron — will set you back.
If the bevy of hybrid and electric supercars on the horizon are any indication, the Veyron will forever remain the gold standard against which all other internal combustion engined cars are measured. Rightly so. With 16 cylinders and a 0-60 time of 2.5 seconds, anyone who has ever driven a Veyron — and our own Joe Brown has — can assure you the Veyron is the best car of this, or any other, decade.
Photo: Bugatti
Volkswagen Jetta TDI (2006-2010)
We're sure that more than one gas station attendant second-guessed a Jetta TDI driver after hearing a request to fill 'er up with diesel. After all, most Americans are still hung up on the clattering, oily Rabbits of the 1970s and loath to embrace the fuel that powers half the cars in Europe.
The '06 Jetta was a solid car, but a diesel under the hood made it bulletproof. With an engine that purred like a kitten and sipped fuel like a hybrid at 38 mpg highway, suddenly it was OK to like diesels again. The car even took on a cult status among owners who were proud of its fuel economy and performance. As much as we like hybrids and love insanely powerful exotics, we'd take the TDI on a road trip any day. We'd even run biodiesel.
Best of all, acceptance of the '06 Jetta diesel paved the way for the 50-state compliant 2009 Jetta that's capable of 0-60 in 8.2 torque-filled seconds. That's one reason Green Car Journal named the Jetta TDI the Green Car of the Year last year.
Photo: Volkswagen
Mercedes-Benz S-Class (2007-)
While competitors showed off luxo-barges that could barely park themselves, with the W221 Mercedes returned the S-Class to its rightful status as the flagship of flagship sedans. Weighing just under 5,000 lbs., the S65 AMG still manages 0-60 in 4.2 seconds, with all the wood, leather and legroom you'd expect from an S-Class.
In addition to all the requisite refinement under the hood and in the passenger compartment, Mercedes introduced active crash-avoidance that's the next best thing to having a polite German driving instructor sitting in the back seat.
Doing some insider trading on your Blackberry while cruising down I-95? The S-Class has Distronic Plus radar-guided cruise control will do its best to save your Very Important Posterior, automatically slamming on the brakes if you're approaching stopped traffic. If you're unfortunate enough to be hurtling toward an unavoidable impact, your Benz earns a Medal of Honor by doing its best to save your sorry behind. The windows and sunroof shut, the seatbelts tighten and the power seats move to cushion occupants from the force of a crash.
You've got to really try hard to kill yourself in this car.
Photo: Mercedes-Benz
Mitsubishi Evolution IX (2006)
The ninth-generation Evo is the result of a tried and true automotive formula: Power – Weight x Low Cost = Fun. For less than $35K, buyers could get a bare-bones RS with a curb weight of 2,888 lbs., a 2.0-liter engine cranking out 287 horsepower and an invitation to join a frequent guest program at traffic school.
While it may have a reputation as appealing to a particular subgenre of gearheads, the Evo should attract anyone whose ever removed a back seat or ordered the "radio delete" option in order to shave a tenth of a second of a lap time. It truly doesn't matter how ugly the car is — other drivers won't be looking at it for long after you pass them.
We often see used Evos turn up on Craigslist advertised as "adult owned," but its a misnomer. Put Queen Elizabeth behind the wheel of an Evo and she'd turn into a 19-year old hoon.
Photo: Mitsubishi
Honda Fit (2007-present)
Around the same time that Hummer sales fell into an abyss, Honda proved that small was the new big and high mileage didn't necessarily require a hybrid drivetrain. The global car, introduced to the United States in 2007, could get 38 mpg on highway while remaining fun to drive and cute as a button.
By moving the fuel tank under the front seats, Honda freed up valuable cargo room in a subcompact that felt like an SUV. Fold down the "magic seats" in the back and you'll get 23 cubic feet of cargo space. Fold them back up, and you'll sit four comfortably in a car that's high up and roomy enough not to feel small.
We're especially glad that Honda's entry into the subcompact hatch market solidified the class, leading to worthy competition from Nissan's Versa, Kia's Soul and redesigned Scions.
Photo: Honda
Tesla Roadster (2009)
When encountering friends and relatives who know of our work for Autopia, we're all prepared for the inevitable question: "Hey, whaddya think about that Tesla?" We love it. Like all electric cars, torque is its forte (along with solid handling). The Roadster has 276 foot-pounds of torque on tap the moment you touch the accelerator, leaving you free to enjoy a 3.9-second jaunt from 0-60 while pinned to the seat.
If the Toyota Prius helped big batteries go mainstream, the Tesla Roadster made them sexy. It combined Lotus looks and lap times with Segway emissions and exotic street-cred in the first EV that didn't look (and drive) like a toaster.
If the David-and-Goliath backstory of a start-up automaker isn't amazing enough, the Tesla Roadster gave us hope that automobiles of the future won't lose their souls once they're freed from fossil fuels. Doubt out words? Ask yourself why Audi and Mercedes-Benz are among those planning electric supercars.
Photo: Jim Merithew / Wired.com
Ford Fusion Hybrid (2010)
In a reversal of the prevailing automotive culture since the early '70s, what Toyota created, Ford perfected.
Following a series of ill-conceived sedans from automakers whose mild hybrids offered marginal increases in fuel economy not worth the price premium (cough, cough, Chevrolet Malibu, cough), the 2010 Fusion was late to the hybrid party but proved an American automaker could build a fuel-efficient sedan with no compromises.
Unlike its hybrid competitors, the Fusion doesn't trumpet its greenness. Tiny badges and special wheels are all that differentiate it from a conventional Fusion. It can hit 47 mph on the electric motor alone, estimated mileage is 41 mpg in the city, and leaves "growing" on the in-dash LCD screen coach drivers to coax even more miles from a tank.
It's the first hybrid that doesn't look, feel or drive like a hybrid.
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Julian McMahon stars in Nip/Tuck, a raunchy drama about the glittering and gruesome world of plastic surgery.
The only question viewers should have about Nip/Tuck, a Miami Vice-style drama about two dashing and unscrupulous plastic surgeons in South Florida, is why.
Why is this the only show to tap seriously into America's insatiable obsession with cosmetic surgery? There have been other attempts - for example, the reality show Extreme Makeover that gave nose jobs and liposuction to ordinary people. But mostly, the quest for eternal youth - easily the most powerful and poignant delusion of the baby-boomer generation - has been ignored or taken for granted by television.
Until Nip/Tuck. The drama's surgery scenes are as daring and graphic as its sex scenes, and far more repellent than anything on E.R. In Tuesday night's pilot on Channel Nine, a buttocks implant, a breast augmentation and a facial reconstruction (carved to the tune of the Rolling Stones' Paint It Black) are portrayed as unsparingly and cinematically as a mob hit on the The Sopranos.
Nip/Tuck is unusual and different to most TV fare, but the show is like its critically acclaimed American network stablemate The Shield in one way: just as that police drama twisted convention to focus on corrupt cops, Nip/Tuck showcases young, talented surgeons who do not save lives. They do not even improve them.
Most of their patients are beautiful, neurotically insecure women who need hobbies, not larger breasts or smaller noses. The doctors turn away a badly burned child who needs pro bono skin grafts but not a suspicious Latin American who speaks no English and has a briefcase brimming with cash.
Needless to say, the two deplorable surgeons are also quite appealing.
Nip/Tuck is a shrewdly written drama without intellectual pretensions. It is a dark satire that manages to be as engrossing as a soap opera.
The series's creator, Ryan Murphy, a former journalist who got the idea while reporting a sceptical piece about plastic surgeons, deserves extra credit because he manages to romanticise a whole new field even as he lampoons it. Other innovative shows, again such as The Shield and The Sopranos, had the advantage of riffing on familiar television genres: cops and mobsters. Nip/Tuck takes on a milieu as unexplored as the undertaking business in Six Feet Under, but much less solemnly.
In the pilot episode, Sean, the milder, more conventional doctor, played by Dylan Walsh, suspects that the burly Latin American client seeking a new face has a distorted self-image. He turns him over to his partner, Christian, played by Australian actor Julian McMahon, a cheerfully amoral rake. (His speedboat is called The Boatox.) Christian quickly concludes that the client is a drug trafficker who needs a new identity and takes the cash. He is right but is dangerously mistaken about exactly from what his patient is running.
The doctors' personal lives are interwoven into consultations ("tell me what you don't like about yourself"), surgeries, and Christian's pre-op predatory dating rituals. Sean is unhappily married to a bored, frustrated woman named Julia, played by Joely Richardson, who contemplates breast implants to rekindle their marriage. (Perhaps Ms Richardson, the willowy English actress and daughter of Vanessa Redgrave, was cast as an American housewife because she is one of the few actresses left in Hollywood whose chest has not been pneumatically enhanced.)
Christian, when not distracted by models, hookers and twins, covets his partner's wife.
The plot twists are clever, and the principals move smoothly from caricature to character study, but much of the show is dedicated to outrageous knife work - shock value is the surest way for a show to separate itself from the pack. Just to be certain, however, the producers also ramp up the sex. Christian is shown having hot, sweaty, yelping intercourse with a model he picked up at a tennis club bar; those scenes are intercut with shots of Sean making love distractedly to his yawning wife.
Violence, of course, is also in the mix. It doesn't take long for vengeful South American drug lords to find more creative uses for a Botox needle than just paralysing a furrowed brow.
Viewers need not worry that Nip/Tuck will further legitimise cosmetic surgery - the show has a cautionary message absent from most makeover shows or advertisements for tummy tucks, laser peels, eye lifts and "rejuvenation" of more intimate body parts.
The clients who demand nips, tucks and far more radical procedures do not find happiness. "I don't want to be pretty," the aspiring model who Christian lured from bed to the operating room whispers pleadingly. "I want to be better. I want to be perfect." He dumps her before her stitches come out.
Fiction, in fact, seems to be the one realm left where cosmetic surgery is viewed as a menace. With the exception of the 1941 movie A Woman's Face (Melvyn Douglas plays a kindly plastic surgeon who repairs the face of a hideously scarred Joan Crawford), the science has for the most part been depicted as sinister. In Seconds, a 1966 thriller starring Rock Hudson, the director John Frankenheimer envisioned a secret society that recruits ageing tycoons with rejuvenating facelifts. Breast Men, a 1997 movie starring David Schwimmer, was based on the true story of two Texas doctors who got rich developing the silicone breast implant.
Nip/Tuck makes plastic surgeons seem glamorous, but also seedy and greedy. And there is no question that on the show, the work they do is foolish at best, deadly at worst, and revolting most of the time.
- New York Times
Nip/Tuck premieres on Monday at 9.30pm on Channel Nine. The second episode screens on Tuesday at 9.30pm. It will permanently move to Tuesdays from the following week.
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Weight Loss Tips
Throw away your scale. Too many of us get caught up in the ritual of daily weighing, fretting over the gain or loss of a pound or two.
Lessons of Women Gone
It looks lively for a class that started with dead women. It's 6 p.m. on a Tuesday, the end of a workday for most people. But more than 50 women trickling into the gymnasium at Weeping Willow AME Zion Church on Milton Road, in Charlotte, N.C., are charged up and ready to go.
Tavern on Nostrand
When the original Tavern on Nostrand closed last October, local residents Michael Pratts, M.D., and Niles Stewart lamented the "void" in the community.
Fit and Fabulous
In Part 2 ("Fit + Fabulous") of their book The Black Woman's Guide to Healthy Living (Time Inc. Home Entertainment, 2008), the editors of Essence magazine present top fitness strategies for women in their 20s, 30s 40s, and in their 50s and beyond.
Cruising with Smooth Jazz
It's one thing to bump into your favorite music artists as they slip backstage for a concert or sprint from their limos. But a chance meeting in a hot tub? Or at the breakfast buffet? Or on a horseback riding trail?


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Yesterday was just a typical day, or so we thought it would be. Mom took me swimming at a place we've been to before. Her friend tagged along, and so did her brothers and her mom. The brothers and her Mom were at the playground, but we were in the woods by the lake/river. As soon as we got down the steep part of the trail, Mom's friend threw the stick for me. It wasn't that far out, I've been farther. So i jumped into the water.
After about a minute, they noticed that I was struggling. I was paddling but not going anywhere. They waited two or three minutes, figuring that I would be strong enough to pull myself to land. But, that didn't happen. Instead of going forward, I went backwards. Who would of known there was a current?
All that Mom could think was "Stitch is going to die. It's my fault." She desperately tried to pull of her shoes to jump in, but it was hard because they were all wet. She finally got them off and dove in after me. The cool thing is, she's afraid of lakes and rivers!
She got to me within a few seconds, because, again, I wasn't too far out. She tugged on my collar, but it didn't work. It was then that she realized we could both die. But she had no regrets. She always said she would try and save me if she had to. We were both getting pulled back, so she swam behind me, and shoved me. It took all of her strength to push me and not get pushed back further. We were only in the water together for a minute or two, but to her, it seemed like hours!
Well, that wasn't allll that happened yesterday. After that, I wasn't as shaken up as Mom. I still wanted to play. There was another dog there and we ran around down by the tiny water fall. The water fall has a shallow pool of water and then breaks off into a stream. We ran around in there. Then the other dog left, adn I wanted to go into the pool by the waterfall one more time. I stepped over a log, and then a started yelping. It lasted for about thirty seconds, so Mom instantly knew that it wasn't just a stick or something that I stepped on. It was a snake. I ran back up to her, and I was fine, but she didn't know that. She looked down by the water and saw the snake slither away.
There aren't any poisonous snakes where we live, except for the occasional copperhead or rattlesnake. She knew it wasn't one of them, but she couldn't be sure. She slipped on her wete shoes, and we ran back up the steep hill. We got to her Mom and she called Mom's Uncle. He knows much about animals. He said it was probably a black racer snake. (mom made the mistake of calling it a "razor" snake on Only Pups.
We went back home. It's one day later and I'm ok, except for a little swelling where the snake bit me (underneath my back left dewclaw).
Well, that's it! Mom's a hero!
My whole family was home for the snow today, and I got to pull the kids in a sled! Ok.. it wasn't that fun. BUT- one of the kids let me go and I was able to romp around in the snow for a while!
Mommy's dad took me, Mommy, and Liv to Hacklebarney State Park today! It was really fun! We got to climb on rocks by the waterfall, say hi to everybody, and I went in the water! Mommy and Liv saw a chipmunk. Luckily I didn't see him or else he would've been a dead chipmunk! Muhahaha!
*evily glares at mom* Later mommy found a tick on her, and then one on me! Fortunately, I was frontlined last week.
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Countertop sink hole
I posted this over in the plumbing section, but thought I should here too. I recently had my kitchen sink replaced and the new one is smaller than the old one. They are both 22" x 33", but apparently the old one was more rectangular and the corners on the new one are tapered. In other words there are now gaps in the corners of the countertop.
I was planning on redoing the laminate on the countertops in the near future, but do I now need to redo the entire countertop? Any ideas as to how I can make the existing countertop work with the new sink on the long term? Can filler pieces be tied into the countertop and then laminated over? Thanks.
I don't know if your other post got answered, but I thought I would mention that you will get a lot of swelling if water gets down those gaps. If your counter is pressboard, it will be ruined quickly. If you're in a tight bind, you can use some 100% silicon to fill the gaps, but watch that it does not come off and let water get under it.
If you can stop water from getting in there until you're able to relaminate, you'll be fine. Relaminating though should only be done if the existing laminate is in good shape physically. This means no delamination has occured. Also, you'll only be able to do it if the counter top has a square edge, not the bullnose or drip edge type.
Now, if you have any problems like those I listed, I will let you know that buying enough MDF to build a new counter top will not be much more expensive than buying new laminate. So in other words, if you planned on buying laminate to relaminate, you might be better off getting the base material and creating a completely new countertop. This way, you can do some nice fancy looking edge trim, if you like.
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Lesson 3: Puns
Lesson Plan
Rhyme and PUNishment: Adventures in Wordplay
- Learning Goal
- Identify and describe puns.
- Duration
- Approximately 50 minutes
- Necessary Materials
- Provided: Independent Practice Worksheet
Not Provided: Rhyme & PUNishment Adventures in Wordplay by Brian P. Cleary, chart paper, markers
Teacher Modeling
will explain the definition of a pun (using words that either sound the same or have two different meanings in a humorous way). I will read the first two pages ("What is a Pun?") of Rhyme & PUNishment: Adventures in Wordplay by Brian P. Cleary aloud. I will present the two pun poems on page 23 to the class on chart paper. I will explain the double meaning of the pun (in purple).
Think Check
Ask: How can I identify puns and their meanings? Students should respond that you first read the text and looked for words that have a double meaning. Then you thought about how the author intended the text to be interpreted and whether the correct word was used.
Guided Practice
will read the pun poem on page 32. We will identify the puns, identify the correct words for the poem and explain their meaning.
Independent Practice
will read aloud the pun poem from page 33 and replace the puns with the correct words. (Student Independent Practice is provided below in Teacher and Student Materials.) Note: You will need to write the pun poems on chart paper before the lesson for the Direct Teaching section of this lesson.
Build Student Vocabulary perch
|Tier 2 Word: perch
|Contextualize the word as it is used in the story
|We searched about the kitchen from our perch atop a chair.
|Explain the meaning student-friendly definition)
|A perch is a high position. When the people were searching from atop a perch, they were sitting on top of a chair to look down and find what they were looking for.
|Students repeat the word
|Say the word perch with me: perch
|Teacher gives examples of the word in other contexts
|He was perched on the roof of his house during the flood. He saw a lot from his perch on the lifeguard's chair. The bird was perched on my shoulder.
|Students provide examples
|What can be used as a perch? Start by saying: "A ________________ can be used as a perch."
|Students repeat the word again.
|What word are we talking about? perch
|Additional Vocabulary Words
|starved, pest
Build Student Background Knowledge
After reading the pun,"Give me Bach my Schubert" on the "What is a Pun?" page, explain that Bach and Schubert were classical musicians. Johann Bach was an ordinary working musician from Germany. He didn't become famous for writing music until after his death. He wrote music for organs, keyboards, and pianos, in addition to other kinds of orchestras and instruments. Time permitting, play a sample of Bach's classical music for your class.
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well thats cool if your a one night stand kinda guy lol... are seriously most mid 20s guys all like this? lol if so im screwed... me being set out into the single life at some point soon? ughh im not ready for all this.

every guy is different, I was burned a few times in relationships already, I'm not looking for one yet (maybe a year or two from now) until I start looking again I am the one night stand F buddy kind of guy...yeah.
That's why I never wanted a GF or had one. No need to acculmulate scar tissue in baggage for no reason. Now since we are the same age, I guess now I tend to look at girls to see if they are GF material as well, something I NEVER used to do. So funny, how, well with me, when you get older, your philosophy changes.
[/quote] ur tellin me bro... u guys got a couple of years on me, but i was just in a on where relationship. I woke up one day and realized im 24 in a 4 year relationship with someone that i am def no marrying, so whats the point[/quote]

yeah the whole marraige thing got brought up in my "this is not working" talk last night. its so funny how guys and girls have such different views on marriage and **** ya know.. but i def hear ya.. like if you date someone for a long time (me currently 3+) and feel like its going no where, whats the point of staying in it.. esp when its a constant fight over EVERY little thing.


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Prior to 2002, non-Gulf Corporation Council (GCC*) expats living in United Arab Emirates were only permitted to rent property or own property on the federal law-approved 99-year leasehold basis.
Then in 2002 the Dubai government permitted the ownership of freehold property to expats, triggering a chain of events which quickly began changing the face of the real-estate industry in the Gulf.
Emirate Ras Al Khaimah was the first to copy Dubai, with Ajman quickly following. Sharjah was next, but only in allowing foreign ownership of leasehold property, though not freehold – a model also copied by Umm Al Quwain. Fujairah has followed the "freehold" line, whilst Abu Dhabi passed its property law in August 2005 permitting 99-year land ownership and renewable 50-year surface ownership in specified areas within the Emirate.
The terms "freehold" and "leasehold" are similar but not necessarily equivalent to what Western practitioners understand by those terms, and UAE currently does not have a federal law defining what it means by "freehold".
Dubai property for foreign investment
Dubai is not oil-rich like some of its neighbours and has therefore focused the development of its economy by establishing itself as a trading hub between East and West, an emerging financial centre and as a tourism destination, using its remaining oil revenues to stimulate the development of a self-sustaining economy using a different model.
It is this dash to establish an economy independent of oil revenues which has accelerated the pace of change, including the boom in the real-estate industry.
The current boom can trace its sources back to 1997, with the creation of the publicly quoted Emaar Properties and Al Nakheel Properties, which has spawned developments such as Dubai Marina, the Emirates Living Community developments and, following an announcement in May 2002 by Nakheel, the man-made island, The Palm Jumeirah, followed a year later by the second man-made palm shaped island, The Palm Jebel Ali. Further island developments such as "The World" and "The Universe" have followed.
The 2002 announcement coincided with the Crown Prince's decree allowing foreigners to buy and own freehold property in selected areas of the city, known as New Dubai. Foreign ownership of freehold property in Dubai is broadly limited to areas on Sheikh Zayed Road, Jumeirah, Jebel Ali and along the Emirates Road.
It then took until March 2006 for the publication of the new law legalising foreign ownership of properties in designated areas. Many hoped that a relaxation of immigration law would accompany the property changes, but they were to be disappointed as the law fell short of giving property owners permanent residence visas or an automatic right to work in Dubai.
Key features of the new Dubai property law included: the setting up of a property registration office at the Land Department responsible for documenting property rights and their amendments; permitting non-GCC citizens to own freehold or 99-year leasehold in certain designated areas (article 4); conferring wide regulatory powers on the Land Department (article 6); the setting up of the property register (article 7); requiring property transactions to be registered (article 9) and the requirement to register inheritance rights (article 11).
In addition, as a further move to boost investor confidence, the Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA), was established in July 2007. RERA, as part of the Dubai Land Department, formulates, regulates, manages and licenses various real estate-related activities in Dubai, such as the registration of developers and escrow accounts.
Dubai property sector: the future
The land registration laws bring certainty, enhancing confidence for investors in a market which commentators believe to be seriously in danger of overheating.
Further attempts to bring clarity and certainty into the sector have followed, with the latest being the announcement in August 2008 of a new mortgage law for this autumn requiring mortgages to be sold by registered financial institutions, to carry compulsory insurance and for registration of the mortgages with the Land Department, where registration details will include the size of the loan, the repayment period and the value of the property.
The last year in particular has seen an explosion of western firms seeking a trading foothold in the UAE – and especially in Dubai.
Only a small handful of years ago there was no international market in property. Since then we have seen rapid change and the beginnings of mechanisms designed to internationalise land as a trading commodity and attract investors.
From a closed market six years ago, the new regulatory regime permits foreigners to own, mortgage and lease land and buildings for occupation or as a trading asset.
The Dubai government continues to seek to plug gaps in the law to bolster investor and occupier. It is a testament to the success of their attempts so far that we see the drive from western law firms to provide property-related legal services.
While the majority of these services have so far been in the area of development agreements, project finance and development law, we can now see the emergence of real-estate finance, an embryonic investment class and, as these develop further, the move to more sophisticated leasehold arrangements and property management transactions which will become more recognisable to western investors.
The pace of change has been breathtaking. With this political will continuing – and there seems to be no sign of it abating – we could see the emergence of a fully recognisable westernised property asset class within three to five years.
Adrian Barlow is group head of property at Pinsent Masons
*Gulf Corporation Council members are citizens of one of six participating Arab states: Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates.