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By Jenny Harris and Jennifer Rogers
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The tantalizing prospect of finding the next Facebook, Groupon or Twitter is driving the biggest rush of venture capital into the Internet start-up arena since dot-com mania first boomed and then fizzled more than a decade ago.
More than $5 billion of venture capital investment flowed into young web companies globally in the first four months of the year, data from Thomson Reuters Deals Intelligence shows.
Though small compared with the boom years, the sum puts 2011 on track to be the busiest in dollar terms since 2000, when more than $55 billion was deployed to back nascent technology firms.
The latest frenzy bears some of the hallmarks of the previous web investment craze -- exuberance over "concept" start-ups that have not launched their sites and intense competition among potential backers to place bets in presumptive hot spots, such as the social media space now defined by the likes of Facebook and LinkedIn.
Entrepreneurs such as Clara Shih, chief executive of Hearsay, a San Francisco-based specialty software provider, enjoy more leverage with investors than last time and talk about having their pick of potential backers. Shih said she had already raised $3 million, when cash came knocking at her door.
"Honestly, we weren't thinking of raising money, but now it's kind of landed on our lap, we may be open to it," Shih said in an interview with Reuters Insider.
Herd investment behavior gives rise to talk that another Internet bubble is forming, particularly when analysts see valuations on the order of $70 billion for Facebook and $15 billion for Groupon calculated from private investments.
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Loopholes? I seen through them!
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Bulletproof Monk (2003)
Seann William Scott as (originally Tibetan American) Kar
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2005)
Rob Schneider as Asian Minister
Rob Schneider's Filipino grandmother notwithstanding, his portrayal of an "Asian minister" in this film was widely criticized. It was noted by Richard Roeper as "perhaps the most egregious stereotype of its kind since Mickey Rooney in Breakfast at Tiffany's."
Balls of Fire (2007)
Christopher Walken as Feng
Norbit (2007)
Eddie Murphy as Mr.Wong
30 Days of Night (2007)
Josh Hartnett as (originally Inuit) Sheriff Eben
21 (2008)
Jim Sturgess as Ben
Dragonball: Evolution (2009)
Justin Chatwin as Goku
Few examples of modern yellowface are as notorious as the films 21 and Dragonball: Evolution. In 21, the story of real-life Asian American blackjack players was re-cast to feature white actors in every prominent role. Dragonball's Goku, the Japanese equivalent of Superman (an alien child lands on Earth, is raised by the native culture, and becomes adopted as the champion of his new home), was likewise whitewashed with the casting of Justin Chatwin.
Regardless of the ethnicity in the source material – whether mythological, fictional, or historical – Hollywood continues to enforce a glass ceiling for performers of color.
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)
Jake Gyllenhaal as 6th century Persian prince Dastan
Gemma Arterton as "exotic Indian princess Tamina"
Genghis Khan (announced, 2013)
Mickey Rourke as Genghis Khan
Yellowface helps to ensure that top acting roles continue to fall into white hands. Asians and other minorities have become acceptable to see in small roles such as sidekicks, maids, war enemies, etc. It is rare enough that a good script is written that calls for an Asian in a leading role. When these scripts do arise, yellowface makes it acceptable for that role to go to a white person. Producers claimed that audiences didn't want to look at an Asian lead for so long, or that there weren't any qualified Asian actors.
- Peter Npstad
Western Visions: Fu Manchu and the Yellow Peril
There are enough minority actors and actresses for marginal or sinister characters – but Hollywood continues to insist it is difficult or impossible to find talented Asian American actors for positive, substantial roles. This is reflected in Paramount's planned films for the 2010s. Of the studio's announced films, 89% feature white leads. On a related note, a staggering 94% of planned leads are men, despite the fact that women make up 55% of American ticket sales.
Fourteen Examples of Systemic Racism in the US Criminal Justice System
by Bill Quigley
The biggest crime in the U.S. criminal justice system is that it is a race-based institution where African-Americans are directly targeted and punished in a much more aggressive way than white people.
Saying the US criminal system is racist may be politically controversial in some circles. But the facts are overwhelming. No real debate about that. Below I set out numerous examples of these facts.
The question is – are these facts the mistakes of an otherwise good system, or are they evidence that the racist criminal justice system is working exactly as intended? Is the US criminal justice system operated to marginalize and control millions of African Americans?
Information on race is available for each step of the criminal justice system – from the use of drugs, police stops, arrests, getting out on bail, legal representation, jury selection, trial, sentencing, prison, parole and freedom. Look what these facts show.
One. The US has seen a surge in arrests and putting people in jail over the last four decades. Most of the reason is the war on drugs. Yet whites and blacks engage in drug offenses, possession and sales, at roughly comparable rates – according to a report on race and drug enforcement published by Human Rights Watch in May 2008. While African Americans comprise 13% of the US population and 14% of monthly drug users they are 37% of the people arrested for drug offenses – according to 2009 Congressional testimony by Marc Mauer of The Sentencing Project.
Two. The police stop blacks and Latinos at rates that are much higher than whites. In New York City, where people of color make up about half of the population, 80% of the NYPD stops were of blacks and Latinos. When whites were stopped, only 8% were frisked. When blacks and Latinos are stopped 85% were frisked according to information provided by the NYPD. The same is true most other places as well. In a California study, the ACLU found blacks are three times more likely to be stopped than whites.
Three. Since 1970, drug arrests have skyrocketed rising from 320,000 to close to 1.6 million according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice.
African Americans are arrested for drug offenses at rates 2 to 11 times higher than the rate for whites – according to a May 2009 report on disparity in drug arrests by Human Rights Watch.
Four. Once arrested, blacks are more likely to remain in prison awaiting trial than whites. For example, the New York state division of criminal justice did a 1995 review of disparities in processing felony arrests and found that in some parts of New York blacks are 33% more likely to be detained awaiting felony trials than whites facing felony trials.
Five. Once arrested, 80% of the people in the criminal justice system get a public defender for their lawyer. Race plays a big role here as well. Stop in any urban courtroom and look a the color of the people who are waiting for public defenders. Despite often heroic efforts by public defenders the system gives them much more work and much less money than the prosecution. The American Bar Association, not a radical bunch, reviewed the US public defender system in 2004 and concluded "All too often, defendants plead guilty, even if they are innocent, without really understanding their legal rights or what is occurring…The fundamental right to a lawyer that America assumes applies to everyone accused of criminal conduct effectively does not exist in practice for countless people across the US."
Six. African Americans are frequently illegally excluded from criminal jury service according to a June 2010 study released by the Equal Justice Initiative. For example in Houston County, Alabama, 8 out of 10 African Americans qualified for jury service have been struck by prosecutors from serving on death penalty cases.
Seven. Trials are rare. Only 3 to 5 percent of criminal cases go to trial – the rest are plea bargained. Most African Americans defendants never get a trial. Most plea bargains consist of promise of a longer sentence if a person exercises their constitutional right to trial. As a result, people caught up in the system, as the American Bar Association points out, plead guilty even when innocent. Why? As one young man told me recently, "Who wouldn't rather do three years for a crime they didn't commit than risk twenty-five years for a crime they didn't do?"
Eight. The U.S. Sentencing Commission reported in March 2010 that in the federal system black offenders receive sentences that are 10% longer than white offenders for the same crimes. Marc Mauer of the Sentencing Project reports African Americans are 21% more likely to receive mandatory minimum sentences than white defendants and 20% more like to be sentenced to prison than white drug defendants.
Nine. The longer the sentence, the more likely it is that non-white people will be the ones getting it. A July 2009 report by the Sentencing Project found that two-thirds of the people in the US with life sentences are non-white. In New York, it is 83%.
Ten. As a result, African Americans, who are 13% of the population and 14% of drug users, are not only 37% of the people arrested for drugs but 56% of the people in state prisons for drug offenses. Marc Mauer May 2009 Congressional Testimony for The Sentencing Project.
Eleven. The US Bureau of Justice Statistics concludes that the chance of a black male born in 2001 of going to jail is 32% or 1 in three. Latino males have a 17% chance and white males have a 6% chance. Thus black boys are five times and Latino boys nearly three times as likely as white boys to go to jail.
Twelve. So, while African American juvenile youth is but 16% of the population, they are 28% of juvenile arrests, 37% of the youth in juvenile jails and 58% of the youth sent to adult prisons. 2009 Criminal Justice Primer, The Sentencing Project.
Thirteen. Remember that the US leads the world in putting our own people into jail and prison. The New York Times reported in 2008 that the US has five percent of the world's population but a quarter of the world's prisoners, over 2.3 million people behind bars, dwarfing other nations. The US rate of incarceration is five to eight times higher than other highly developed countries and black males are the largest percentage of inmates according to ABC News.
Fourteen. Even when released from prison, race continues to dominate. A study by Professor Devah Pager of the University of Wisconsin found that 17% of white job applicants with criminal records received call backs from employers while only 5% of black job applicants with criminal records received call backs. Race is so prominent in that study that whites with criminal records actually received better treatment than blacks without criminal records!
So, what conclusions do these facts lead to? The criminal justice system, from start to finish, is seriously racist.
Professor Michelle Alexander concludes that it is no coincidence that the criminal justice system ramped up its processing of African Americans just as the Jim Crow laws enforced since the age of slavery ended. Her book, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness sees these facts as evidence of the new way the US has decided to control African Americans – a racialized system of social control. The stigma of criminality functions in much the same way as Jim Crow – creating legal boundaries between them and us, allowing legal discrimination against them, removing the right to vote from millions, and essentially warehousing a disposable population of unwanted people. She calls it a new caste system.
Poor whites and people of other ethnicity are also subjected to this system of social control. Because if poor whites or others get out of line, they will be given the worst possible treatment, they will be treated just like poor blacks.
Other critics like Professor Dylan Rodriguez see the criminal justice system as a key part of what he calls the domestic war on the marginalized. Because of globalization, he argues in his book Forced Passages, there is an excess of people in the US and elsewhere. "These people", whether they are in Guantanamo or Abu Ghraib or US jails and prisons, are not productive, are not needed, are not wanted and are not really entitled to the same human rights as the productive ones. They must be controlled and dominated for the safety of the productive. They must be intimidated into accepting their inferiority or they must be removed from the society of the productive.
This domestic war relies on the same technology that the US uses internationally. More and more we see the militarization of this country's police. Likewise, the goals of the US justice system are the same as the US war on terror - domination and control by capture, immobilization, punishment and liquidation.
What to do?
Martin Luther King Jr., said we as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values.
A radical approach to the US criminal justice system means we must go to the root of the problem. Not reform. Not better beds in better prisons. We are not called to only trim the leaves or prune the branches, but rip up this unjust system by its roots.
We are all entitled to safety. That is a human right everyone has a right to expect. But do we really think that continuing with a deeply racist system leading the world in incarcerating our children is making us safer?
It is time for every person interested in justice and safety to join in and dismantle this racist system. Should the US decriminalize drugs like marijuana? Should prisons be abolished? Should we expand the use of restorative justice? Can we create fair educational, medical and employment systems? All these questions and many more have to be seriously explored. Join a group like INCITE, Critical Resistance, the Center for Community Alternatives, Thousand Kites, or the California Prison Moratorium and work on it. As Professor Alexander says "Nothing short of a major social movement can dismantle this new caste system."
Bill is Legal Director at the Center for Constitutional Rights and a law professor at Loyola University New Orleans. He is a Katrina survivor and has been active in human rights in Haiti for years with the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti. [email protected]
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As opposed to Yellow racism, we might take in note that the hate for another race for whatever reason is still racism.
Whether it is hating a race for making stupid mistakes, whether hating a race because whatever reason you point out.
Sorry to say this Mr. Shinto-male, but you are being a racist.
But no one here has an issue with white people. Shinto-Male is calling white people out for institutions that fall largely in their favor.
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This is from memory but Japanese companies have a large roll in the Hollywood you dis-like. You call Racism when it should be called bigotry at best. As the population change the more actor's will change to reflect the movie going audience. It is called economics and name recognition. To save money I would go with no name talent. There something to a name and a large pay check for that name will bring in some people because of the name. Here I go again basic economics 101 wake up use your brain other then a hat rack.
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the population is changing over 30% of americans are minorities and are still growing and the minority population have higher birth rates than the white population and the economic excuse is done to death in this thread already America currently have a black president why can't Hollywood put more minorities in leading roles and let Asian Americans play asian historical figures like Ghengis Khan?
Extraordinary Measures: Another Case of Yellowface in Hollywood
When I first saw the movie poster for Extraordinary Measures, starring Brendan Fraser and Harrison Ford, I had no idea what it was about. I guessed Harrison Ford played some kind of heroic character, but beyond that, I had no idea. Nor did I really care — the movie poster looked "eh."
Then I read this article on racebending.com and found out that Harrison Ford's character, a doctor who finds a cure for Pompe disease, is actually based on an Asian doctor, Dr. Yuan-Tsong Chen. Here is a portion of Roger Ebert's review of the movie:
Dr. Robert Stonehill doesn't exist in real life. The Pompe cure was developed by and his colleagues while he was at Duke University. He is now director of the Institute of Biomedical Science in Taiwan. Harrison Ford, as this film's executive producer, perhaps saw Stonehill as a plum role for himself; a rewrite was necessary because he couldn't very well play Dr. Chen. The real Chen, a Taiwan University graduate, worked his way up at Duke from a residency to professor and chief of medical genetics at the Duke University Medical Center. He has been mentioned as a Nobel candidate.
I know this isn't the first time a Caucasian actor was hired to play a role based on an Asian or Asian American — far from it. But that doesn't make it any more bearable each time it happens. I've always had respect for Harrison Ford as an actor, but I wonder if the movie — which opened to just $7 million this weekend, for 7th place — would've been better had an unknown Asian actor been cast. I understand the studio probably wanted a famous actor to carry the role. Yet, if you look at previous unknowns like Gabourey Sidibe in Precious and Carey Mulligan in An Education, you know this is the year of the breakout star.
I don't know about you, but I believe America is more than ready for Asian Americans starring in non-martial arts films. Even if Hollywood isn't.
Covert anti-japanese racism
I dont really understand weeaboos... i know a couple and they're alright, but sometimes they go a little too far with their obsessions. It's okay to be unique, like anime and stuff, its just that I think many of these people take it a little too far. When you abandon reality in favor of your anime and manga (etc.), that's when I think you've really gone too far. Japan is indeed, a different country than most weeaboos think of it as, not everyone there is interested in anime and stuff. Many weeaboos, when thinking of Japan, just think of anime and what they've seen of Japan through anime, they arent looking at the real thing, and dont recognize Japan for what it really is, and thus fantasize about it...
And, if you don't mind me asking, what's with the obsessions with Asian girls? I've been seeing it more and more and it's starting to bother me...
More covert anti-Japanese racism
I know there is anti Japanese resentment but most that comes from Asia not here. Most Americans did not live through japan WW2 stunts and there allot survivor from that war that can remember what they saw. Think thing through better you should know there was a Japanese American regiment or division that won more unit citation in WW2. I respect the Asian people I just wished they stop looking at the ground so much.
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tarakelly wrote:
This is from memory but Japanese companies have a large roll in the Hollywood you dis-like. You call Racism when it should be called bigotry at best. As the population change the more actor's will change to reflect the movie going audience. It is called economics and name recognition. To save money I would go with no name talent. There something to a name and a large pay check for that name will bring in some people because of the name. Here I go again basic economics 101 wake up use your brain other then a hat rack.
Except that name recognition doesn't work. They tried to do that with Memoirs of a Geisha and MOAG TANKED at the box office. Same with The Last Airbender.
Ultimately, name recognition means absolutely crap when it comes to if it is a good movie or not.
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What about Tom Cruse and which I can not stand there other actors but right now my blank Morgan Freeman and Eastwood I love to see them work together or independently.. Remember it may have tanked here what about over sea it may not have. Most people are not even familiar with those titles. And marketing has allot to do with a movie success. How were the star in those movies I do not pay much attention to stuff like that. American idol I could careless about it. What about Jet Lee and Jackie Chain ? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You can say that but they do pay large amounts of money to this jokers because of there name. I guess Hollywood likes flush money down the toilet, i am pretty sure they do not. the there only a hand-full of movies that are consider block buster in a year. allot of movies do not even break even and some make profit. The after market sell need to be looked at as well. By the way every ones a critic when movies are involved.
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Or to be precise, what marginalized stereotype/expectation is more marketable, and bank in on the over-hyped media frenzy of the easily impressed masses.
angrierchick wrote:
tarakelly wrote:
This is from memory but Japanese companies have a large roll in the Hollywood you dis-like. You call Racism when it should be called bigotry at best. As the population change the more actor's will change to reflect the movie going audience. It is called economics and name recognition. To save money I would go with no name talent. There something to a name and a large pay check for that name will bring in some people because of the name. Here I go again basic economics 101 wake up use your brain other then a hat rack.
Except that name recognition doesn't work. They tried to do that with Memoirs of a Geisha and MOAG TANKED at the box office. Same with The Last Airbender.
Ultimately, name recognition means absolutely crap when it comes to if it is a good movie or not.
BTW, I quite liked MOAG. The politics behind the Geisha community is very complex and frankly interesting to explore.
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The fight against racism must continue
The fight against racism must continue
Daily News July 30, 2010
One of the quirks of the Canadian identity is our belief that we don't have a problem with racism here.
Hardly. The headlines speak loudly. In Courtenay three men are convicted for an attack on a black man in a case that had definite racist elements; in Richmond, an 18-year-old man is arrested for writing racist graffiti targeting people of Chinese descent; in Vancouver a Jewish synagogue and community hall that have been victims of attacks are granted federal money to beef up security.
Canada may not be the deep south, notorious for racist attitudes among many whites against African-Americans. And though we pride ourselves for receiving slaves who escaped via the Underground Railroad in the 19th century, the reality was that for those who got here they had freedom but little else due to the colour of their skin.
And let us not think that it was just easterners. A 19th century black settlement on Saltspring Island was not exactly accepted.
We all know the stories about the treatment of First Nations, the Japanese internment and even up to the 1970s when south Asians faced racism as they settled in cities like Toronto.
It is with considerable regret that as Canadians we must say racism is not confined to just these sad realities of the past.
Due in part to the Internet, hate is making a big comeback. It used to be that like-minded people, if they didn't want to dress up in bedsheets, had to sneak about surreptitiously for fear of being exposed.
Today they preach to the world from the anonymity of a computer in their own home. But one thing hasn't changed, and that's the surreptitious nature of these cowards.
When the Daily News ran stories about the RCMP shooting death of Jeff Hughes in October last year, claims emerged he was associated with racist groups.
Whether he was connected with such groups or not is not relevant. But what was of interest at that time was that certain racist groups did react to the shooting. And there was not a single instance in which individuals associated with those groups revealed who they were.
We should make no mistake that if we are seeing racist graffiti, attacks with racist overtones and Jewish groups needing enhanced security, racist groups are playing no small part as they use the Internet to spread their particular poison.
Such groups often pose as fighting for rights or free speech when the reality is that their bottom line is violence; making their racist views into reality would require the use of force in no small dose.
Fighting racism only starts with education, and not just with children. It starts with ourselves and admitting that the irrational fear or dislike of other races seems to be part of the human makeup. But by being aware of when we are doing it, we can then make a different choice. And we can teach our children to do the same, as well as those important lessons about being tolerant and open-minded.
One of the worst things we can do as Canadians is walk about thinking we're less racist than people in the United States or other countries. Racism doesn't work that way, it's not about quantity. Any amount at any place at any time is wrong.
By telling ourselves such a story we only allow the racists among us to continue to lurk in the shadows when they need to be exposed to the light like the scurrying cockroaches they are.
We may not be able to eliminate that very human xenophobic tendency, but we must learn ways to eliminate its manifestations.
Go ahead boycott the movies like it going to make a real difference. The Japanese market is not that big and has very little to do with the politico in move making.
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more people are boycotting hollywood


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SparkFun Electronics Comments urn:uuid:214d0e4e-f1b1-d287-ce26-ac5b4c9f8249 2017-06-25T11:35:49-06:00 SparkFun Electronics FrankN on AVC 2014 Recap FrankN urn:uuid:9dbde734-7ccf-72aa-9ece-31b40016a632 2014-08-10T10:14:10-06:00
Can the spreadsheet of raw scores be posted somewhere so we can see how the scores were made up? i.e. how fast does an entry have to be to be competitive?
 Customer #4431 on AVC 2014 Recap Customer #4431 urn:uuid:2beddfad-04bc-fe65-2b6b-8acd18b2b000 2014-07-19T08:58:16-06:00
How many aerial vehicles ended up being lost in the water? I'm aware of two but had to leave about 2PM. Were there any more?
 kirby g on AVC 2014 Recap kirby g urn:uuid:00a60218-27da-5235-0a6c-44b36d69d501 2014-07-03T16:26:37-06:00
I think next year should have a mario kart style competition. No touching other bots but yours can put stuff in the way to impede others movement on the course.
 HelloTechie on AVC 2014 Recap HelloTechie urn:uuid:96e86ca7-5ee2-7209-51ca-31a047b6629f 2014-07-02T15:38:18-06:00
The hackathon went great and the teams were awesome! It was a mini NodeCopter.js event with 5 developer/student teams. All the teams rock it out and hacked on the Parrot AR.Drone 2.0. Here is a list of the awards and winners:

Master Drone Hackers Award - RefactorU team. They had a wearable ultrasonic sensor that repels quadcopters that attacked.

Code and Hack Academic - Monarch High School - Had a sound indictor, so you know where your quadcopter was. They were also playing with music base on movement.

Bit and Pieces Award - RefactorU team

Code Impressive Award - Human Design team - A system for quadcopter placement for warehouses.

Warren tech worked on WiFi hacking to disable WiFi on quadcopters. Tinker Mill improved on the Parrot AR.Drone API. Thanks for asking! :)
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AVC 2014 - Best yet!! Well worth the trip from Minnesota. Thanks Sparkfun!!
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What about your hackathon?
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ha, oops.
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everyone got points and Gilbert got pounds weird…
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Awesome event! However next year the airborne portion may need to be different due to the FAA's recent reinterpretation of its rules.

For those interested, here is a link: http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=FAA-2014-0396-0001
 Kamiquasi on AVC 2014 Recap Kamiquasi urn:uuid:4fca3b01-77d3-18a2-7e6a-7168600a33a1 2014-07-01T14:11:31-06:00
Wait, next year is going to have a quadruped category? AWESOME! ;) Hope I can sneak out and venture on over :)
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It was yet another amazing event. Water landings, a bona fide crash-and-burn, and a full-sized jeep. Been a spectator all six years, and looking forward to finally having a horse in the race next year!
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ornithopters

ha! if you can make one, we'll make a special category.
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 My brother-n-law and I created Phat Tire. We were thinking of going aerial next year, but was not sure which catagory ornithopters would fit.
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TOTALLY AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!


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Iain Matthews Biography
Ian Matthew McDonald, 16 June 1946, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. McDonald left school to work as a painter and decorator but also sang with small-time Lincolnshire bands, the Classics, the Rebels and the Imps. He moved to London in 1966 and was featured as one of the vocalists in a British surfing band Pyramid, who recorded The Summer Of Last Year single for Deram Records. To supplement his income, McDonald worked in Ravels shoe shop in Londons famous Carnaby Street. He learned of a vacancy for a vocalist in Fairport Convention, which he joined in 1967 before they had recorded (and before Sandy Denny joined them). He appeared on the bands first single If I Had A Ribbon Bow, released on Track and produced by Joe Boyd, and on their debut album on Polydor Records. Fairport Convention then moved to Island Records in 1968, and Matthews appeared on their early breakthrough album, What We Did On Our Holidays, but left during the recording of mid-1969s Unhalfbricking because it had become obvious to him that the bands new-found traditional folk rock direction would involve him less than its previous contemporary underground work.
Matthews (who had changed his surname to avoid confusion with saxophonist Ian McDonald of King Crimson) then signed with starmakers Howard And Blaikley, who had been involved in the success story of Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich. After making the soloMatthews Southern Comfort for MCA, a band, also called Matthews Southern Comfort, was formed around him, and released two more country rock albums, Second Spring and Later That Same Year. The band also topped the UK singles chart with their cover version of Joni Mitchells Woodstock. By 1971, Matthews had left the band, which continued with little success as Southern Comfort.
Matthews signed a solo recording contract with Vertigo Records, releasing two excellent but underrated solo albums, If You Saw Thro My Eyes (1971) and Tigers Will Survive (1972), both featuring many of his ex-colleagues from Fairport Convention, before forming Plainsong, an ambitious quartet that included Andy Roberts (ex-Liverpool Scene), Dave Richards and Bob Ronga. Matthews was still obligated to make another album for Vertigo, but was unwilling to commit Plainsong to the label. As a result, he was given a small budget to make a contractual commitment album, Journeys From Gospel Oak, which Vertigo did not release but instead sold to Mooncrest, a label with which the albums producer Sandy Robertson was connected. Originally released in 1974, it became one of the earliest compact disc releases to feature Matthews post-Fairport work.
Plainsong then signed with Elektra Records, and released the magnificent In Search Of Amelia Earhart in 1972, before Bob Ronga left the band. During the recording of a second album (supposedly titled Plainsong III, referring to the membership of the band rather than a third album, and finally released under the title And Thats That in 1992) Matthews and Richards apparently fell out. To continue would have been difficult, and Matthews accepted an invitation to work with ex-Monkee Michael Nesmith in Los Angeles. An excellent solo album (organized and encouraged by Nesmith), Valley Hi, was followed in 1974 by Some Days You Eat The Bear... , which included the Tom Waits song, Ol 55, which Matthews recorded a month earlier than label-mates the Eagles. He then signed with CBS Records for Go For Broke (1976) andHit And Run (1977), which were neither commercially successful nor artistically satisfactory.
By 1978, Matthews was again available for hire, at which point Rockburgh (which was owned by Sandy Robertson) offered to re-sign him. The first fruit of this reunion was Stealin Home, on which the backing musicians included Bryn Haworth and Phil Palmer on guitar, and Pete Wingfield on piano. Robertson licensed the album for North America to a small Canadian label, Mushroom, which had been financed by the discovery of the band Heart. Shake It was extracted as a US single and reached the Top 10, but the founder and owner of Mushroom died suddenly, and the company virtually collapsed. A follow-up by Matthews, Siamese Friends, was already contracted to Mushroom, but swiftly vanished with little trace in the UK. 1980s Spot Of Interference was an ill-judged attempt to climb aboard the new wave band wagon. This also disappeared, and later that same year came Discreet Repeat, a reasonably selected double album Best Of featuring post-Matthews Southern Comfort material, but this marked the parting of the waves between Matthews and Robertson. The former formed an unlikely band called Hi-Fi in Seattle, where he lived with ex-Pavlovs Dog vocalist David Surkamp. Two more contrasting vocal styles than those of Surkamp and Matthews could hardly be imagined, but the band made a live mini-album, Demonstration Record, in 1982, and followed it with a full-length studio album, Moods For Mallards, both of which indicated a willingness to experiment with electronics.
In 1983, Matthews signed with Polydor Records in Germany for the low-key release Shook. Matthews threw in the towel and took a job as an A&R man for Island Music in Los Angeles, but was made redundant in 1985. An appearance at the 1986 Fairport Convention Cropredy Festival in Oxfordshire convinced Matthews that he should return to singing, even though he had just ended a period of unemployment by starting to work for the noted new age label, Windham Hill Records. After a frustrating year during which it became clear that Matthews and the label were creatively at odds, Matthews left, but only after recording a vocal album for the predominantly instrumental label, Walking A Changing Line released in 1988, on which he interpreted a number of songs written by Jules Shear (ex-Funky Kings and Jules And The Polar Bears). While this was his best album to date according to Matthews, it sold little better than anything since Stealing Home.
In 1989, Matthews relocated to Austin, Texas, where he linked up with Mark Hallman, a guitarist and producer who had worked on Walking A Changing Line. A cassette-only album by the duo was made for sale at gigs, and Matthews signed in 1990 with US independent label Gold Castle, to which several comparative veterans, including Joan Baez and Karla Bonoff, were also contracted. Pure And Crooked was released in 1990 (the first album to bear the Celtic spelling of his first name), and later that same year, Matthews reunited with his Plainsong-era colleague, Andy Roberts, for a very popular appearance at the Cambridge Folk Festival.
By 1992, Gold Castle had gone out of business, and Matthews signed a new recording contract with the German label, Line Records. Skeleton Keys marked a return to an acoustic sound after the recent electronic phase. In 1993, Matthews and Roberts re-formed Plainsong with two new members, Mark Griffiths and Julian Dawson. Three albums followed before Clive Gregson replaced Dawson in 1997. In the meantime, Matthews released two albums for Watermelon Records and teamed up with Hallman and singer-songwriter Michael Fracasso in Hamilton Pool, releasing the country rock album Return To Zero in 1995.
In the latter part of the 90s Matthews signed with yet another German label, Blue Rose Records, for whom he released Excerpts From Swine Lake (1998) and A Tiniest Wham (2000) and a collaborative album with Elliott Murphy, in addition to reuniting with his Plainsong colleagues to record a new studio collection. Since 2000, he has been based in Amsterdam in the Netherlands, where he has continued to release low-key solo albums and also a collaboration with singer-songwriters Eliza Gilkyson and Ad Vanderveen. Several demo sessions and live recordings have been made available through the Orphans & Outcasts and The Notebook Series collections.
Source: The Encyclopedia of Popular Music by Colin Larkin. Licensed from Muze.


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Some Reflections on Rachmaninoff and His Music
The great Russian-born composer, pianist and conductor Sergei Rachmaninoff died at the end of March, 1943 at the age of 70. Charles O'Connell, then RCA Victor's Music Director, composed this personal tribute for the May, 1943 WQXR Program Guide.
Sergei Rachmaninoff was one of the most completely individual personalities I have encountered among artists in the field of music. His every thought and action was dedicated, not merely to music, but to his music. Artistically, he was fiercely egocentric; and in this fact, it seems to me, lies the reason why, though his life span encompassed several distinct musical periods, he was not substantially affected by any one of them. He knew and profoundly admired Tchaikowsky and others among the Russian romantics, but it cannot be established that apart from the racial flavor of the music, he was influenced by them. He had nothing in common with Brahms or Debussy or Strauss; he was a contemporary, but not a modern.
Rachmaninoff was a pessimist. Much has been made of the generally somber character of his music, and it is this quality that has led to the conclusion that he was greatly influenced by Tchaikowsky. I cannot agree. His melancholy was of a philosophical, not a morbid kind. He never felt sorry for himself. He had not --at least prior to the invasion of France--any personal tragedies to mourn. He was grave but not grieving, and often disclosed a healthy cynicism, a wry humor, that were marks of a vital and eupeptic personality. The serious, even the saddest aspects of life engaged his interest; Death itself was a fascinating thing for speculation, but Rachmaninoff's consideration of such subjects was quite detached and impersonal. In years of acquaintance I never heard him laugh, but his rare smile could be more contagious laughter; and his wit, while distinctly dry, was never acid. I have spent many an afternoon with him and [Fritz] Kreisler and their friend of many years, Charles Foley, when after gargantuan servings of pasta and a bottle or two of Chianti, Rachmaninoff would relax in a story-telling mood. His audiences, accustomed to the dour and remote personality of the concert stage, would have been both amazed and entertained; yet the most absurd drollery would be accomplished, on Rachmaninoff's part, by no more than a rather grim yet kindly smile, though Kreisler, Foley and I might be in convulsions.
It is doubtless not the time to attempt any evaluation of Rachmaninoff's music; Time itself will accomplish that. It seems to this observer, however, that the Paganini Variations, of all of Rachmaninoff's works, represents most faithfully the personality of the composer, and his characteristics as a pianist also.
In his recorded repertoire Rachmaninoff left us treasures. Listeners of WQXR must be especially appreciative since this unique station has made and continues to make so much of Mr. Rachmaninoff's music available. Happily, most and the best of his records were made when the techniques of modern sound engineering were fairly well developed. Indeed, his last recording was done with the most modern equipment and technique. It was made only a little more than a year ago. Beautiful as it is, it cannot give a clearer idea of Rachmaninoff as a pianist than several already available recordings. This man had developed technique to an incredible degree of perfection, but I always loved his playing more for its loveliness and variety of tone. Most pianists--and many of the greatest--do not realize the tonal possibilities of the piano, and they are aided and abetted by some scientists who maintain in effect that the players cannot influence the character of piano tone except with respect to its intensity. Rachmaninoff, and a few others, disprove this. He demonstrates in every record that subtle variations of tone quality can be accomplished by pressure, weight, force, pedaling, laxity or rigidity of the fingers and wrists. One of the loveliest illustrations of this occurs in the beginning of the Second Concerto. The eight solemn chords, each individually shaded and colored, yet progressing as a unified phrase and with growing power toward an inevitable climax and response--these glowing yet somber utterances of the piano constitute one of the great exordiums in music.
It is unfortunate that more of Rachmaninoff's songs have not been recorded; indeed, few are sung in concert. They will be. The fame of his Second Symphony, his four concerti, the Paganini Variations, the ubiquitous C-Sharp Minor Prelude, has obscured the many lovely songs he left us. Perhaps the consciousness that he is gone will direct the attention of singers to his songs. His shorter piano pieces, such as the Preludes other than the Prelude Polichinelle, and so on, deserve more attention and, let us hope, will get it.
Rachmaninoff profoundly admired American orchestras, and the Philadelphia Orchestra above all. He considered it incomparably the most beautiful orchestra in the world, and vigorously opposed the recording of his music by any other.
He said, "I used to have Chaliapin in mind in all my composing; now I think only of the Philadelphia Orchestra." The orchestra remembers him, as we all do, with respect and affection.
Rachmaninoff at a Steinway grand piano in 1936 or earlier. (Wikimedia Commons)
Charles O'Connell was a conductor, recording executive and arranger. From 1930 to 1944 he was head of the artist and repertoire department of the RCA Victor Red Seal label, then music director of Columbia Masterworks (1944-1947). He published The Victor Book of the Symphony (1934; new edition, 1948); The Victor Book of the Opera (1937); The Other Side of the Record (1947); The Victor Book of Overtures, Tone Poems and Other Orchestral Works (1950).


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School Bus Workers Facing Major Pay Cut
New York City school bus workers are expected to have their pay slashed and benefits cut, starting April 15. Both Michael Cordiello, president of the union local representing some of the drivers and aides, and Jeffrey Pollack, a lawyer representing the school bus operators, confirmed the wage cuts. They also said contract talks were suspended.
This follows a tumultuous winter for the school bus industry, which included a month-long strike starting on Jan. 16. Some 8,000 bus drivers and aides walked off the job over the loss of job protections, known as EPPs. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said a court ruling prohibited the city from including the protections in future contracts. And it was followed by an ignominious suspension of the strike when Local 1181 of the Amalgamated Transit Union realized it could not convince the Bloomberg administration to step in.
The school bus strike was the first in the city since 1979. About 5,000 of the city's 7,700 routes were affected. Cordiello said the latest failed round of negotiations with the bus companies were an extension of the strike.
"Companies, seeking to make more profit, and based on fears from the EPPs being removed, they're using that as leverage and as a green light for them to go forward to decimate the work force even further," he said, adding that he expects bus drivers and matrons to face a 7.5 percent reduction in wages. They will also lose pay over the Easter holiday and face higher health insurance costs.
The Daily News broke the story Thursday in a Juan Gonzalez column.
A statement from Pollack said that talks hit an impasse after the bus operators' coalition made a final offer which the union rejected.
"As the law permits, we will immediately begin implementing reductions in wages and benefits which will allow us to remain competitive and fairly bid for future contracts," he said. "We do not take lightly asking our employees to accept reductions in their wages and benefits, but such cost saving measures are absolutely necessary for the survival of all our futures."
Roberto Mora has been a school bus driver for 16 years. At the Atlantic Express depot Thursday morning he was upset about the possible cuts. "For the companies to do that, they're trying to take advantage of the situation we're in right now, that's a no no. For me, if we have to go on strike, I'm ready," he said.
Another driver, Lionell, who declined to give his last name, said he already lived on the margins, and any cuts would be hard to absorb.
"That will hurt me, even what they pay now I can't pay my bills with it. But if they cut it, it will be crazy for us," he said.


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Interesting and thorough review.
Do you have any thoughts as to why the SA trigger pull is so inferior to earlier 'Classics'?
This is a discussion on Got to shoot the 'new' P229 at the range today... within the Defensive Carry Guns forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; JIC everybody isn't up to speed on what's been happening at Sig: A short time back, Sig introduced an E2 version of their P229/6 series ...
JIC everybody isn't up to speed on what's been happening at Sig: A short time back, Sig introduced an E2 version of their P229/6 series pistols. Distinguishing features are a short trigger, a short reset trigger, an enhanced grip (read smaller and shorter reach to the trigger), a slimmer slide with a long external extractor (don't know why all guns don't have long extractors), and a slightly new frame.
Other than the ergonomic grip, the most significant change to the 9mm frame was to use the P229 40 cal frame. The difference in the prior 9mm P229 frame and the P229 .40/.357 P229 is the width of the magazine channel. The .40/.357 frame has a wider magazine channel starting just below the magazine catch. Hence a .40/.357 mag would not fit a 9mm frame, however, a 9mm mag would fit a .40/.357 frame but would be loose below the mag catch. I havent tried the straight walled 9mm mag in my E2, other than to confirm it fits, but I have been told that the older style mags will function in the newer frame. I would not trust that for SD.
Now all frames are the same and because the 9mm mag channel is wider, and it uses the .40/.357 style mag, you can get two more 9mm rounds in the mag, bringing the mag capacity up to 15 rounds. For whatever its worth, that brings the compact P229 capacity up to par with the G19 and some of the other compact size guns.
My friend at Shooters Depot that was kind enough to let me shoot his new P229, Shoot it all you want., was his words, said his grips were Hogues. I dont know if thats what came on it, or he put them on it, but it felt really good. The true E2 grip feels just a bit small to me, and I notice that because my hand wraps on the grip a bit differently, I tend to pull the gun to the left just a bit if I dont watch what Im doing.
The gun had the short trigger, but not the SRT setup. I generally dont like the short trigger, but didnt notice it so much in this gun. In consideration of the generous offer, I only shot the gun 5 times. The first two shots (3 yards) was one hole, the same hole, not touching or cloverleafs, etc. just one indistinguishable hole. The next three widened out the hole a bit, but was still just one bigger hole, so the gun appears to be very accurate. On to the trigger.
I only shot the P229 in the SA mode since I only intended to shoot 5 shots through it. It had about the worst SA trigger Ive ever shot. It was obvious from the first shot. The pull weight was fine; the creep was simply awful as was the pull to break distance. On the first shot, I actually paused and reset the hammer, because I thought something wasnt right. I remember thinking, when is this thing going to break! I could actually feel the trigger travel not like my expectation of a SA Sig trigger at all. What I felt was a drag akin to pulling something across 320 grit sand paper. I hope thats not the norm! I suspect the creep will smooth out some with just shooting it, but the length is not going to get shorter.
Other than the trigger feel and pull length, I really, really like the new classic Sig. IMO, this is Sigs best work yet in the classic line. The grip will be more compatible with more people and the short trigger will help shooters with shorter reach. I didnt weigh the P229, but I have weighed my E2 which is essentially the same gun, and it weighs 1 oz less than the prior classic format. Not much, but some help, and with the additional two rounds in the mag, it still shouldnt be as heavy as the 13 round prior classic.
The slide is narrower. It will fit in a P226 holster although the P226 holster would be a bit longer than necessary, but still thats a good thing one holster for two guns.
The sights are a bit different too. Instead of the dot and post that P226/9s used to come with, they now have a three dot set up a step backwards if you ask me, but thats the way it is nonetheless. The rear sight is now protected, i.e. it has sides that extend upward beyond the top of the rear sight, I presume to protect the sight. Not sure what its being protected from however. I do not like that feature; it reminds me of the G34/35 rear sights I dont like them either at all theyre confusing, at least to me anyway, but then what would I know, I only shoot about 1000 rounds a month. Hmmm, and Im behind this month due to closing out the semester at school, but school is over for the summer so guess where Im going shortly?
I like the new classic format a lot! But honestly, the SA trigger would keep me from buying (or trading) for one its just sub-par. However, if I had a chance to shoot, or even handle a DAK model and it was typical, the SA trigger wouldnt be an issue; Id take the DAK over the DA/SA without a second thought! Hmmm, in fact, why dont I see if Sig has a conversion kit for the E2 to convert it to a DAK. I doubt it though for two reasons, one, the E2 was a transient/transition gun and two, the E2 and the new classic requires a different hammer strut design and I havent seen a kit for the DAK system yet.
Good job Sig! Well except for the SA trigger and the three dot sight system! If they fix that, that would give a whole new meaning to Glock Perfection.
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Interesting and thorough review.
Do you have any thoughts as to why the SA trigger pull is so inferior to earlier 'Classics'?
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Has anybody built a parts washer? I plan on using an electric fuel pump to pump the cleaner but am particularly interested in how others have built the filter system and what kind of cleaner they use.
I don't have any input for you, but I'm also interested in this...
parts washer
i have made one that works well i started with a center sump oil pan from a 3208cat (worked for a cat dealer for30yrs}then a fuel transfer pump driven by a small elc motor of a dish washer. the filter from a diesel engine(the primary one wich is a fine screen)so it can be washed, welded some legs on the pan and made a lid workes great. the center sump allows instalation of a heavey skreen to put stuff on above the varsol. a center sump pan of a 302 truck engine would work, but if you live near a cat dealer and smile at the servicr maneger you will likely get some freebees when he knows what you are up to ,a fuel pump off a oil furnace would work also. have fun. i also have a old dish washe in my shop for final cleaning works well, v8 heads fit. soap and hotwatter is very good for final cleaning engine or trans parts. be sure to sray lube the parts after wash as rust will develop fast. have fun cliff
I made one from a kitchen sink. I used a pump out of an old side by side washing machine. The filter was from an oil fired furnace. I sat the ssembly on a 20 gallon drum.
Thanks so far for the input. There is something worrying me at the moment: I inquired about industry cleaners that are offered for such parts washers and found that these are TREMENDOUSLY expensive where I live.
What did you do? It's possible that such cleaners are cheaper in the USA, but probably not. These cleaners usually contain kerosene, is it possible to use normal kerosene which is probably cheaper, or does anybody have a special receipe for a cleaning mixture?
Solvents are expensive. I have in the past used varasol with mixed results. It's about 3 bucks a gallon.
Cleaning solvents
Yup they are very expensive but then since they are constantly recycled in the parts washer it may not be as much of an issue as is generally thought. for a homemade washer I woudl like to use 1/2 of a 55 gal drum so I can put a complete tranny or engine block on the washer. Now one will need to do a secondary cleaning before painting to make sure no solvents are left to interfere with painting. Might be best to just bite the bullet and get a replacement washer pump from your parts supplier as some of the jury rig deals wind up costing as much or more as doing it right in the first place.
parts cleaner
I've found it works well at getting rid of the large amount of crap that accumulates and then I just give whatever I'm cleaning a quick degrease and hose. Job done.
BTW, my parts cleaner is a 60 litre drum on it's side and cut in half. It's welded to a frame with wheels and has a large(ish) pump underneath it.
Don't know what the pump was originally for, but it was cheap at a junk sale.
Go to www.homier.com. Buy Homier item #04725. You cannot find a better pump for the price.
Get a drum. I had a friend at a dealership save me a 55 gal that had windshield washer fluid in it. Ideally I would rather have had a smaller one. Ask around and you might get one for free like I did.
I used an old steel kitchen sink. Use the drain too. I took a piece of screen wire over the bottom in case any small parts were to find their way to the drain. All free.
I added a flash lid. Just a piece of sheet metal hinged.
Get about 4 ft of 3/8" vinyl tubing.
The rest you can figure out. Mounting of the sink, rigging a spout.
I wonder if my powerstroke will run on Varsol? :)
Roger, I don't own one of the HF washers but I know of a couple of guys that do and it seems they are one of the items from HF that work really well. One of the fellows rebuilds transmissions and the other runs a small engine/lawn mower shop and both use these things a lot, seems like it would make more sense than trying to build one.
Just a thought
build your own for spare change and use the $79.99 for....
-a dyno session
-tools you can't build
-speed parts
-taking the wife/girlfriend/whatever out on a nice date
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The number of small- and medium-sized businesses in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, the three hit hardest by the earthquake and tsunami in March 2011, decreased 10.6 percent in 2012 from 2009, the government said Friday.
By prefecture, Iwate suffered a decline of 9.1 percent, Miyagi 11 percent and Fukushima 11.2 percent. The falls are far larger than the nationwide figure of average of 6.4 percent, the government said in its fiscal 2013 white paper on small and mid-size enterprises adopted at a Cabinet meeting the same day.
Specifically, in the three prefectures' tsunami-devastated coastal areas, 18.3 percent of such businesses disappeared, according to the annual report.
The white paper referred to public support measures for firms in afflicted areas, such as subsidies for business launches and debt guarantee, pointing out small and medium-sized businesses are expected to play greater roles in creating jobs for disaster victims and revitalizing local communities.
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The fund will eventually have nine offices in Tokyo and five prefectures, including Miyagi, Iwate and Aomori, officials said Thursday, and its workforce will double to 200 by next April.
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American Apple Pie
Marion Cunningham
Lost Recipes
Published by Knopf
Serve this pie warm with a slice of Cheddar cheese or ice cream or whipped cream.
It's important to use fresh-tasting, crisp apples. I find Fuji apples particularly dependable, and Royal Gala can be good, too.
Cooking Methodbaking
Total Timeunder 2 hours
Make Ahead RecipeYes
Kid FriendlyYes
OccasionBuffet, Casual Dinner Party, Family Get-together
Recipe Coursedessert
Mealdinner, lunch
Taste and Texturefruity, spiced, sweet
Type of Dishpie
- 2½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup vegetable shortening (I use Crisco)
- 6 to 7 tablespoons cold water
- ¾ cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground allspice
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 1½ pounds apples, peeled, cored, and sliced about 1/8 inch thick (about 6 cups) (see Note)
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 3 tablespoons butter, cut into small pieces
To make the pastry dough, put the flour and salt in a mixing bowl; using a fork to stir, distribute the salt throughout the flour.
Add the shortening and break into small chunks. Either lightly rub the chunks into small pieces throughout the flour or use a pastry blender to cut the shortening into the flour. Mix lightly until the mixture resembles coarse meal. The texture won't be uniform but will be made up of small pieces and crumbs.
Sprinkle the water over the flour mixture 1 tablespoon at a time, mixing lightly with the fork; add only enough water so the dough will hold together when pressed gently into a ball. If there are dry places that don't adhere, sprinkle a little more water over them. Put the dough in a bowl, cover, and chill in the refrigerator while you prepare the apples.
To make the apple filling, put the sugar, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, and flour in a large mixing bowl. Add the apples and the lemon juice, and toss together gently but thoroughly.
Preheat the oven to 425 F. degrees.
Divide the dough in half. Roll out one half about 2 inches larger than the pie pan. Transfer the dough to the pan, fitting it in loosely but firmly all around.
Fill the pie shell with the apple mixture, mounding it somewhat higher in the center. Although the apple filling may appear quite high, it will shrink considerably during the baking. Dot the top of the filling with the butter.
Roll out the remaining half of the dough into a circle the same size and thickness as the bottom crust. Roll it up on the rolling pin, and then unroll, starting at the edge of the pie and letting it drop so it is draped over the filling.
With scissors, trim the top crust, leaving about ¼ inch of crust over the edge of the pie pan. Tuck the overhanging ¼ inch under the edge of the bottom crust all around the rim and then press down with the tines of a fork to seal the two crusts together.
Cut two small gashes in the center of the top crust to allow the steam to escape.
Place the pie on the middle rack of the preheated oven and bake for 30 minutes. Reduce the heat to 350 degrees and continue baking for 20 to 30 minutes more.
The pie is done when the apples are soft. Test by piercing through the gashes into the apples to make sure they are tender. If the pie starts to become too dark, cover loosely with aluminum foil.
2003 Marion Cunningham


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Review: 610 Carwash
Posted in the Falmouth Forum
81 - 100 of 107 Comments Last updated Jul 22, 2016
#83 Jan 4, 2013
Reading these posts are entertaining as hell
This could be a tv miniseries with Gary played by an under medicated Gary Bussy
#84 Jan 13, 2013
I have never understood why people take their car in so some else can wash if for a fees. Even when I didn't have a hose in my driveway. I find one of those self car wash places and do it myself
#85 Feb 16, 2013
I heard Gary learned karate from Chuck Norris
#86 Feb 16, 2013
#87 Feb 26, 2013
Three of my kids have worked here. Any parent knows how kids can tend to 'embellish'(sp). If you listen closely though, you can discern the common threads in what they all say. Gary would seem to meet all the text book requirements to be classified as bi-polar. The management bears the responsibility of handling a high volume customer service business. Kids tend to need a lot of direction at that age. Oddly enough, none of my kids complained about the hard work, and believe me, in the heat of a Virginia summer or the cold of winter, the job is difficult at best. What my kids did find bothersome is the complete lack of respect due any human being. Favoritism is the norm, especially with the two women that are usually present. Tips are often allocated using a very arbitrary formula, and are frequently with held for any number of reasons. I have read several posts that say that the kids should just go elsewhere for employment. In a normal economy, I agree. But today, they don't have a lot of options, and the management knows that. it's sad that some people can only live inside their own skin by trying at every turn to minimize others. I am well aware that many kids will just plain under perform. That's simple to deal with. Terminate their employment. My kids work hard, and in return they get yelled at for needing to use the bathroom. I am so glad they have had the opportunity to work at the 610 carwash. It motivated all of them to go to college and never have to tolerate management like that which currently operates the 610 carwash. Thanks Gary !! You did what mom and I never could!!
#88 Feb 27, 2013
Gary killed a guy. yup he stabbed a guy in the heart with a trident. You stay classy 610
#89 Mar 28, 2013
Gary needs the money to pay for all his porsche's. Just look outside when you go there and you will see them.
#90 Mar 30, 2013
I took my van to 610 car wash last Thursday and did take my GPS out of the car but did not think of taking out my daughter's DVD case that was in the console. My van very conveniently got stuck in the car wash that day for a few minutes. As soon as I left I opened the console to put my GPS in and noticed the DVD case gone! All but the Barney and Elmo ones that the person who stole it had the time to take these out of the DVD organizer and left them in the console! I know they don't like Barney and Elmo but must like all the Disney ones in there! I could not go and complain since they have a sign saying they are not responsible for lost items! They stole $200 worth of kids' DVDs! I will never go back nor will recommend it to anyone. The van was still dirty anyhow! This was my second time there! I am taking out their 610 Car wash license plate border!!!
#91 Mar 30, 2013
Father of Five, Another reason not to go there! If they treat kids bad, I do not want to support a place like this! I know that most of them are hard workers but one of them is a little thief stealing a little kid's DVD collection. Sure, my fault for leaving them there but over the years I've been going to Santa Fe Car wash and have left the case there and never had a problem.
#92 Apr 15, 2013
I took my 2004 Converson van to he 610 for a much needed cleaning. Those teens did a fine job. I don't know this character "Gary" but I think I saw him. Is it the frazzled fella who kept yelling at that gal behind the counter? This Gary fellow should know not to yell at a lady. I think this Gary needs to stop smoking the pot or needs to get a good sock in the mouth. In fact, this Gary fellow sounds like a first rate douche bag. Hey Gary name the place fatty!
#93 Apr 15, 2013
Was Gary in Boston on 15, April, 2013? Can he account for his where abouts? "Gary once made a happy meal sad."
#94 May 31, 2013
I had worked there for two months and about 2 weeks in to worki g in the tunnel I had developed a cough so I went to the doctors and had it checked out it turns out I was developing pneumonia so I told Teri and she told me to take a week off so I did I come back Monday morning to find out I had been fired because I wasent there in my opinion no body should go there just to make that establishment go under
#95 Jun 1, 2013
Someone needs to call one of those shows and have a undercover person work there and just find was to shut it down. I was a customer but after the bad service nasty attitude and stealing haven't been since. Boyfriend goes their all the time. I won't let him tip not cause I don't think the kids deserve it but cause its tax free money in a bucket that you can't just give to the kids. Money makes people greedy and power pushes them to have bad attitudes.
#96 Jun 11, 2013
Haha Gary got what he deserved, it's just upsetting to see me and my former coworkers lose our jobs. Their no facial hair policy was stupid, it's a car wash not the military we shouldn't have to shave our faces. The managers were all assholes except for Terry, she was chill. Tree used to yell at some of us workers for no reason and Jeff would just stand there looking like a dumb ass eating PB&J sandwiches and cracking jokes about us to our faces.
#97 Jun 12, 2013
What gets me is that it takes all four of those folks to run a car wash, and piss off half of stafford.
#98 Jun 13, 2013
Service is terrible. Gary shouldnt be running a business with the way he acts. Apparently they have closed there doors without notice leaving many people with free car wash certificates and coupons. Have read anywhere why they closed.
#99 Jun 13, 2013
I have been a 610 carwash customer for years and they usually do a very good job. If I had a complaint, they would always fix it. As with any establishment, there were some who operated the cash register who didn't have the most pleasing personalities. But overall, I felt like I got my money's worth. I hope the owners can work out their differences and reopen.
#100 Jun 20, 2013
It is said that Gary still haunts the old 610 car wash. From time to time you can hear his voice echo through the empty place. By the way, has ANYONE EVER seen Gary bleed or cry? f*cking vampire I tell you!
#101 Jun 20, 2013
I share the name, must I share the shame? Not everyone named Gary is "the Gary". Stop the hate. bring "the Gary" to justice! I call to rally all those inflicted by the crimes of Gary to unite! anyone up for a march or a hunger strike?
#102 Jun 20, 2013
In the same week we see the NSA scandal and the 610 car wash close? Coincidence? I think not.
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Hopefully I've caught you before you've left for your Thanksgiving travels. If so, pay attention. If not, I hope you didn't get a speeding ticket!
One of the Busier Travel Days of the Year
Thanksgiving is one of the busier travel days of the year. Many people travel to visit family either for a few days or just for dinner on Thanksgiving day. Some people fly and others drive but I'd say most people have to drive at least part of the way unless they take a taxi.
Whenever you drive there is always a chance you'll pass a police officer and there is a chance that officer will be looking for speeders. If you're not careful you might end up with a ticket.
I know some people speed on purpose because most police officers allow a fudge factor for a certain amount of miles per hour over the speed limit. If you're one of these people this tip can still, potentially, help you out.
Then there are others, like myself, who never intend on speeding but don't constantly stare at the speedometer because the road and your surroundings are more important than staring at your speedometer. Occasionally your foot or the flow of traffic will get the best of you. When you glance at your speedometer you realize you're speeding… whoops!
Whoops! Was That a Police Officer?
In either of these cases let's pretend you fly by a police officer without noticing you were going faster than the police officer's fudge factor. The lights and siren go on and the officer pulls up behind you. You pull over and realize that he's not going to let you off.
You just got a speeding ticket on the way to visit your family for Thanksgiving. So much for a happy holiday. Now you have less money to spend on Christmas presents or anything else you were planning to spend money on in the next month because you have to write a check for speeding.
This Could Have Been Prevented With One Easy Step
Yes, going the speed limit is the obvious answer but we all know we don't stare at the speedometer the whole time. Instead, let your car do the thinking for you. If you have a vehicle with cruise control, how often do you use it? I use mine all the time to prevent me from speeding and you should too!
All you have to do is click a couple buttons and the car will maintain your current speed. I use cruise control on my way to and from work every day to make sure I don't go over the slow 35 mph speed limit.
It can also prevent you from going with the flow on the interstate where people sometimes speed 15-20 mph over the speed limit. It is so easy to do when you're on a straight road with no traffic lights and cruise control will help you avoid falling into that trap.
Cruise control isn't perfect though so you should still check your speed. My car will speed up a mile per hour or two whenever I go down a steep hill. I also never use my cruise control in the rain to prevent hydroplaning.
Does your car have cruise control? If so, do you ever use it? Why or why not?


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Removing the End Panel to Expose the I/O Connections
Commercial Microsoft Surface units include acrylic panels on all four sides and kick plates below the panels on the long sides of the Microsoft Surface unit.
To access the I/O connections, you must remove the kick plates and then remove acrylic panel on one end of the unit. The I/O connections are located on the end of the unit that has the On/Standby button on the underside in the bottom left corner. For more information about the I/O connections, panels, kick plates, and the On/Standby button, see Physical Features of a Microsoft Surface Unit.
Removing the Kick Plates
The kick plates (labeled 2 in the following illustration) are indented under and run parallel to the acrylic side panels (labeled 1 in the following illustration). The ends of the kick plates curve around the corners of the unit, extend a few inches, and stop before the exposed heat vents. You must lift the ends of the unit to remove the kick plates.
To remove each kick plate
On the end of the kick plate that curves around the short end of the unit, press the end in, and then pull the kick plate down and away.
Repeat step 1 on the other end of the kick plate.
The kick plate is connected to the long side of the unit by two dart-like clips that plug (or snap) into connectors on the unit's frame.
Gently pull the kick plate out from the center of the long side.
Repeat the previous steps to remove the kick plate on the other side.
Removing the End Panel
To remove the end panel that covers the I/O connections
Loosen the two captive, cylindrical fasteners on the frame at the bottom of the unit, below the edge of the panel.
Use your hand or a Phillips-head screwdriver to turn each fastener counter-clockwise until it pulls away from the frame.
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Pull the panel away and set it aside, being careful not to scratch the acrylic panel.
Next, you can access and use the I/O connections.
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