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The formal legal abbreviation for drunk driving offenses in Indiana is "OWI," Operating A Motor Vehicle While Intoxicated, which is the same as the most commonly known and used term "DUI," Driving Under The Influence" or sometimes, "DWI," Driving While Intoxicated. In other words, all such terms refer to the same offense of Operating While Intoxicated no matter how they are labeled.
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A fundamental means by which state prosecutors attempt to secure drunk driving convictions is through introduction of field sobriety test results. Although such evidence at first impression may appear to be credible, a thorough analysis of the manner in which specific tests are conducted can often lead to the discrediting of this essential case evidence. Of further inquiry will be the credentials of a given field officer as well as known flaws inherent within each respective form of testing in accord with National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) standards.
Breath Test and Blood Draw Evidence
The initial mode of attack when focused upon the defense of any dui accusation centers upon the legal introduction of breath test or blood draw results. Such evidence must be effectively countered due to the powerful impact such objective evidence tends to have upon a prospective juror.
Utilizing a greater comprehension of department of toxicology regulations than most, if not all, state police officers, effective defense counsel will seek to cast doubt upon the reliability of a given breath test or blood draw result so as to allow for the exclusion of such evidence.
Together we'll discuss all of the ways in which dui prosecutions can be challenged. Understanding Indiana toxicology and procedural issues are essential to preserving all of the evidentiary tools necessary to secure the best legal outcome possible.
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It is this extensive experience that has given me the know how, understanding and legal skills to level the playing field for those who may feel powerless before an arresting cop, prosecutor or judge.
Having a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of .08 percent or more as measured on a chemical test constitutes evidence of drunk driving. All states now impose increasing punishment on those convicted of impairment related offenses. However, the repercussions can be vastly different depending upon the state statutes in question as well as the respective county court. As a result, when charged with such a crime please consult with an attorney who not only has a firm grasp of all legal options, but also the experience to know how to best protect a client no matter what court you may appear in together.
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This is a discussion on Dirty Little Secret about Defensive Ammo at Retail Stores within the Defensive Ammunition & Ballistics forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; I've bought a case of 9mm FMJ a month for 8 months in a row.I always find a better deal online even if it's only ...
I've bought a case of 9mm FMJ a month for 8 months in a row.I always find a better deal online even if it's only five or ten dollars.Right now I'm about out.
I try to stockpile it but I can't stop shooting it.
Lol... I was just kidding mostly. But during the 'scare' of 08' the local wallyworld didn't have anything on the shelf except bigger oddball rifle rounds, bird shot, and for some reason .40 s&w was always in stock.
why does this remind me of someone trying to advertise ammunition depot without being a sponsor?
"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain."
- Roy Batty
Dirty Little Secret, I won't lie, I pass the ammo dealers right on by.
When the panic buying starts, and the prices inflate, I feel great.
Sitting at my reloading bench, sporting a grin, as I hear all my reloads fall into the bin!
My wallet thanks me, and so do my guns.
Dirty little secret, I can't lie; box full of eight dollar 45s!
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Woke up today with a question in my mind, What its like to have a perfect day? Does this "Perfect" exists? What its like to be perfect? What its like to have a satisfaction of perfection at the end of the day? Started my day in search for A single day of perfection. Isolated myself from people to conserve my day not to have something that might ruin the "Perfect Day", I thought isolation can help me, Did everything to save myself from anything that could make me vulnerable, instead I got stuck in Limbo of emptiness, the reign of loneliness, by then I realized a fact of life, the actuality of "perfection", its just a state of mind, a state of mind that can make you turn your worst days into one of those you cant forget. Perfection doesn't exist.
Guzra Saal.
Koi haar gaya koi jeet gaya,
Yeh saal bhi aakhir beet gaya.
Koi reh gaya koi chala gaya,
Kabhi yeh waqt bhi saath chor gaya.
Kabhi khushiyon ka sooraj dhaltay dekha,
Kabhi gham ko hamne doobte dekha.
Kuch humne khud ko samait lia,
Kuch waqt humko jor gaya.
Kuch khuwahishain dil main reh gayen,
Kuch lafz zuban say niklay naheen,
Har aas hoti naheen poori, beeta pal yeh humko sikha gaya.
Let's not forget its not any bullet or anything that is killing humans, its the human killing each other, Ripping whatsoever left of 'Humanity' piece by piece. I've seen animal fighting for other species, saving them and protecting them. But we humans, who knows everything, who have knowledge, sense, mind but yet trying to finish each other.
16th December 2014 – 8:23pm
When learning becomes a crime, when breathing becomes a fine,
There is nothing here to live for, nothing left to die.
When innocence becomes hard to find, when purity is left behind,
There is nothing here to smile for, nothing left to cry.
This shadow of yours
In this shadow of yours,
I have seen a whole world of mine.
In this shadow of yours,
There is some never ending light,
In this shadow of yours,
Heaven is what I find,
In this shadow of yours,
There are myths I want to solve.
In this shadow of yours,
I find safest place of all.
In this shadow of yours,
time slows down, when we meet.
This shadow of yours,
Is what makes my shadow complete.
Sun shines so bright,
Bright as you are,
You are like its rays,
Illuminating everything you touch.
Conflict of interest.
He wanted magic to happen.
She believed in reality.
He wanted to be lighten up.
she liked dark places.
He needed her to breathe.
She needed space more.
He wanted to die in her arms.
She wanted to live free.
He desired to lay low.
She had to fly high.
He hoped to be together.
She had to abandon him.


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CityScienceLab@HCU, a cooperation with the MIT Media Lab
Hamburg as a living laboratory for digital urbanization is the object of cooperation between the HafenCity University Hamburg (HCU) and the Changing Places Group of the Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Funded by the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, the cooperation will set up the CityScienceLab at HCU (CSL@HCU) as a research unit to explore processes of urbanization in the digital age. The lab will work on a wide range of topics related to the concepts of ›digital cities‹ and ›smart cities‹ and will furthermore investigate through experiments how these theoretical ideas can be applied to Hamburg. In order to fulfill this goal the lab will cooperate with scholars from other universities in Hamburg as well as companies and local initiatives in order to develop and test new forms of urban development.
Finding new ways of communication in urban planning and urban design is one of the lab's predominant themes. During its three-year initial period the CSL@HCU puts its main focus on further developing its first major venture, the CityScope, a scalable 3D-platform that facilitates evidence-based, data-driven processes for urban design and which allows all participants in the process to easily communicate changing or alternative ideas regarding the planned target through visualization and simulation of planning scenarios. For the goal of sustainable urban development, tools like CityScope are a means to develop new approaches to citizens' participation and decision-making in planning processes.
Besides communication and participation through visualization and simulation, another main research objective of CSL@HCU will be the utilization of big data for urban analysis in order to demonstrate new ways that cities can apply and integrate new technologies.
Many aspects of academic debates around the conceptualization of ›smart cities‹ including, for example, urban technological infrastructures or urban sharing economies will be central to the work at CSL@HCU. At the same time, this new research lab at HCU will take on the crucial task of reflecting on critical concepts for ›digital cities‹ as the basis of urban innovation.
Visitors at the CityScienceLab
Visit by palestinian delegation of the Ministry of Local Government
March 2017
Photo: Thomas Mensing
Preparation for CeBIT
March 2017
Photo: Nina Pohler
Visit @ MIT
March 2017
Photo: Jost/ MIT Media Lab
Workshop UrbanPlatform
January 2017
Photo: Nina Pohler
FindingPlaces in summary of the MIT Media Lab's work in 2016
We were excited to see FindingPlaces headlining Joi Ito's (MIT Media Labs Director) summary of the MIT Media Lab's work in 2016:
New Professor for Digital City Science
Welcome Jörg Rainer Noennig!
November 2016
Photo: HCU Hamburg
Press confrence and final event FindingPlaces
September 2016
Photos: HCU Hamburg
Visit by Cem Özdemir and Katharina Fegebank
July 2016
Photos: Janina Kriszio
Public Opening of FindingPlaces
with Gesa Ziemer, Olaf Scholz, Julia-Niharika Sen, Katharina Fegebank (missing in the picture) Anselm Sprandel, Kent Larson
May 2016
Photo: HCU Hamburg
Press confrence FindingPlaces
from left: Katharina Fegebank, Gesa Ziemer, Olaf Scholz, Walter Pelka, Kent Larson
May 2016
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I don't know how much boost pressure you plan on running, but the trend for turbo engines is to reduce quench. Its part of the reason those type of pistons are making a comeback.
Not saying that one is better than the other, but that is the current trend for high boost engines.
So your NOT saying one is better than the other for a mild boost application? Just that seems to be the trend huh.. Its interesting..
The tech guy for MAHLE said close to the same thing. He said its not going to make a bit of difference switching to a D cup from the full circle. Not with my compression anyways. Sais not to worry about quench for a street engine and listed some factory performance vehicles with over .080 piston to deck + head gasket.
I'm trying to build the bottom end to handle 100-150 shot of juice or some boost. As of now the reason for the deep dish is my small chambered heads and wanting to keep compression lower for my TRUCK.
I just figured running 9.4:1 on low grade is like running 10.5:1 on premium. Thought the quench pad would help with resisting detonation but others say the full circle will actually be better because there are no hot spots. Anyways from the start of this build ive had my mind set on some inverted dome D DISH pistons. That's what im going to stick with.
Later when I boost it I can go to a thicker head gasket if I need to reduce quench I s'pose.
For now im shooting for .036-.038 head gasket with 0" deck height.
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The Most Insane Bloody Mary Has been Found in Wisconsin
If you're out to brunch, traditionally you would get a bloody Mary, or a mimosa. If you'r eout for brunch in Wisconsin, you get a bloody Mary, and the entire restaurant to go along with it.
As they say on 'That 70s Show', Hello Wisconsin! Head to O'Davey's Irish Pub in Wisconsin and behold, the craziest looking most loaded bloody Mary on the entire planet! Dreamnet up by the bar's owner and one of his bartenders, this bloody Mary certainly packs a punch.
By taking a look at the picture, it looks like this drink contains your traditional bloody Mary, bacon, a burger(?), sausage, nachos, a pretzel, cheese, a pickle, and so much else. No we're hungry AND thirsty.
So how much would this cost you? According to a report in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , only $5. It is only served on the first Sunday of every month, and while supplies last, so drink up!


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StockTwits Hit By Twitter Rule Changes
San Diego-based StockTwits, the stock and finance focused micro-messaging service headed by Howard Lindzon, looks like it has a new challenge on its hands: how to deal with a rule change by Twitter which makes it so that users can no longer directly post to Twitter with a ticker symbol, and have that reflected in their StockTwits account. According to StockTwits, effective March 1st, users will no longer be able to just include a $TICKER symbol in their Twitter account and have that show up on StockTwits, like they did before. StockTwits said the move is "our choice" because the company said it does not feel it can follow Twitter's new rules in working with third party developers. StockTwits did say that over 75 percent of its message today come from StockTwits and/or other financial applications or web sites. Twitter rolled out rule changes to its API in August, which has affected a number of third party developers of applications using Twitter; those changes have been widely considered unfriendly to third party developers.


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Rock photographer Robert M. Knight believes in synchronicity. He recalls a walk he took with guitar legend Stevie Ray Vaughan near Lake Monona in Madison, Wis. Vaughan was in low spirits, and he told Knight that he felt like he might die soon. Trying to be helpful, and wanting to steer the focus away from Vaughan, Knight pointed out that they were walking right next to the lake where Otis Redding died. Knight recalls Vaughan answering morbidly, "Did you know my manager was [Redding's] manager?"
Two days later, on August 27, 1990, Knight had the honor of being the only photographer to shoot a concert Vaughan was playing with Eric Clapton. Afterward, walking out to the helicopter pad, Knight says Vaughan turned to him and said, "Listen, if anything ever happens to me, you'll know me when you hear me."
That's the last time they saw each other. Vaughan's helicopter crashed into a hill late that night, killing everyone on board.
"I did the best photo shoot of Stevie I'd ever done in my life, only to wake up in the morning to find out he'd died," says Knight, in an interview with the Indy from his Las Vegas home. "Those pictures are quite poignant to me."
Knight grew up as the son of a preacher in the backwaters of Hawaii. In his young years, concerts were few and far between. But as luck (or fate, or the law of synchronicity) would have it, Knight found some music magazines on the street. Inside were pictures of British bands he'd never heard of: The Kinks, The Pretty Things, Rolling Stones. Curious, he ordered albums from England and, during the lunch hour, he would play the records over the school PA system.
After graduation in 1968, he convinced his parents to send him off to the San Francisco Art Institute to study photography—not because of the school itself, not even because of photography, but because rock promoter Bill Graham had turned the bay area into a hot spot for live shows featuring Knight's favorite British Invasion bands.
"Those names back in the day—Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin—they were non-sequitur," says Knight. "It's like if I said Panic at the Disco or The Cab, you'd go, 'Who's that?' It wasn't like they were in the popular vernacular like they are today. They were just breaking out."
Knight's first big photo shoot was of Jeff Beck—no shirt, wearing a pair of suspenders—onstage with the Yardbirds for their first U.S. show. It wasn't a professional assignment; Knight paid for his film out of pocket, but it got him a chance to meet Beck in person.
"I couldn't play an instrument, but I had to figure out a way to be in the room with these bands," he says. The camera was his ticket in.
After the Yardbirds broke up, Beck told Knight about Jimmy Page's new band, the New Yardbirds, and Knight called up Rolling Stone magazine to see if they'd send him to L.A. to document the band. The magazine wasn't interested, but they let him use the Rolling Stone name to gain access to the band. But when Knight—not yet 21—got to L.A., the club wouldn't let him in.
"I got really upset," he says. "This lady said, 'Let me call the hotel.' So she called the hotel and it turned out the band was Led Zeppelin. Jimmy Page invited me up to the hotel. They brought me in as part of the band and I was able to get into the venue and shoot their very first show in America."
Over the next four decades, Knight shot rising rock stars across the country. (His new book, Rock Gods, shows his best photos during these years). After Stevie Ray Vaughan died, Knight reacted how people typically do with the sudden death of a friend: with the sense that somehow he could have done something to change the course of events and prevent the outcome. And he obsessed about Vaughan's last words to him: "You'll know me when you hear me."
"What he said to me became haunting," admits Knight. "I kept thinking about it. I suddenly began noticing these young, young guitar players. And I'm thinking, 'Is that Stevie?'"
In fact, Vaughan's last words mark the opening scene of Knight's new documentary, Rock Prophecies, which screens this week at the Roxy Theater during Knight's visit here. The film, directed by John Chester and produced by Tim Kaiser ("Seinfeld" and "Will & Grace"), tells Knight's larger-than-life story. It details his early years, his relationships with bands, and it profiles some current rising stars who Knight more or less has predicted—hence Rock Prophecies—will be the next big thing.
In 2007, Knight heard about a 16-year-old kid named Tyler Bryant who'd just won the Robert Johnson Blues award—for a performance that was compared to Stevie Ray Vaughan.
"There are so many things about him that reminded me of Stevie that it was eerie," says Knight. "And he was born in 1991 and Stevie died in 1990. But I didn't want to say, 'Hey, Tyler, you're Stevie Ray Vaughan.'"
Knight has since taken Bryant under his wing, introducing him to Elton John, Robert Plant and Jeff Beck to get the best advice in the industry. He wants him to make it, while avoiding some of the rock star pitfalls.
He's still haunted by Vaughan. But the more he listens to young guitarists, the more he hears other Vaughan-like musicians.
"I met a lot of other kids who are guitar players who are showing the same thing," he says. "It turns out it may not be a single person, but many young guitarists who seem quite taken with Stevie's sound.
"I hope the film will serve as an inspiration to anyone who wants to be a successful musician. Or a successful photographer. There's nothing special about me. If I can do it from the backwaters of a small part of Honolulu, anybody can do it."
Rock Prophecies screens at the Roxy Theater Tuesday, April 6, and Wednesday, April 7, at 7:30 PM, and Thursday, April 8, at 8:30 PM. Free.


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Urango-Berto announcement!
On Wednesday, the day before the New York Yankees make their debut in their new home in the Bronx, two of boxing's heaviest hitters – WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto and IBF junior welterweight champion Juan Urango – will enter the new Yankee Stadium to officially announce their May 30th clash at the Seminole Hard Rock LIVE Arena in Hollywood, FL.
A 2004 Olympian for Haiti, Andre Berto (24-0, 19 KOs) is one of boxing's rising young stars, a status he owes to his incredible talent and crowd-pleasing style. Unbeaten as a pro, Berto parlayed wins over Norberto Bravo, Cosme Rivera, David Estrada, and Michel Trabant into a 2008 title shot against Miguel Angel Rodriguez and Berto made the most of his opportunity, stopping his foe in seven rounds to win the WBC welterweight title. The 25-year old has since defended his title with wins over Steve Forbes and Luis Collazo, and he plans on adding a third defense to his record against Urango.
One of boxing's hardest punchers, pound for pound, Juan "Iron Twin" Urango (21-1-1, 16 KOs) has struck fear into the hearts of opponents ever since his pro debut in 2002. Since then, he has won the IBF junior welterweight title twice, with his only setback coming via decision to Ricky Hatton in 2007. The Monteria, Colombia native bounced back from that defeat with four straight wins, the most recent coming over Herman Ngoudjo in January in a bout that earned him his second world title. Now he chases after bigger game in the welterweight division.
This event is presented by DiBella Entertainment and Seminole Warriors Boxing and will be televised live on HBO Boxing After Dark beginning at 9:45 pm ET / 6:45pm PT.
Tickets, priced at $202, $152, $102, and $52, go on sale on April 15, and may be purchased at Hard Rock Live Box Office or may also be obtained online at www.TicketMaster.com
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Snowboarding Forum - Snowboard Enthusiast Forums (http://www.snowboardingforum.com/forum.php)
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Recommendations for a freestyle board for buttering/jibbing and rails
Hey, just wondering if anyone has recommendation for any snowboard(s) that is great for buttering and jibbing; for park style riding with rails and boxes; and also able to hit small to medium sized jumps. I thank you in advance.
I recently purchased the Wild Life wide by Ride snowboard and its great for an all mountain board. It is a stiff board and does not enable me to do butters or play around on the mountain.
I am 5'11" with a foot size of 13 and weigh 200lbs. Any advice and help would be greatfully appreciated and thank you!
Although I haven't road all these boards, here are some recommandations .
NS Evo, Beauty for freestyle/Park
Arbor Westmark
Burton Trickpony
I picked up a Forum Youngblood Doubledog 155W, best jibbing board I've ever ridden
Thanks for the speedy responses. Each board looks pretty good. I'm going to sway more towards a soft flex so I can butter it up on the slopes. I'm open to other suggestions if anyone has them. Thanks again
K2 WWW. Not a noodle. But fairly soft.
Ride Machete
I'm in the same boat. Size 12 foot. Want something buttery and fun as my TRice pro is a little too stiff for fun stuff.
I called three shops. 1 in Mammoth, 1 in Tahoe and, well, the Burton store in LA.
I got recommendations all over the place but all three didn't care for the skate banana at all which was on my list so I threw that out.
All three called the K2 WWW completely soft and noodley. Wouldn't go off a jump with one.
Mammoth guy said Arbor Draft, Burton Custom X Flying V Restricted, Burton Namdropper or Bataleon Global Warmer. None of which are wide.
Tahoe guy loved Capita. Suggested Capita neverfear or Danny Brizze (sp). Not wide. Said GNU Carbon Credit is going to be stiffer still medium but a little harder to press.
Burton guy said Name Dropper or Super Hero. I asked if the super hero could go off jumps and he said 20-30footers all day long.
Since the Super Hero is the only one out of all those wide enough that's the one I'm leaning toward. Good ride gave it a terrible review. I would have to demo it.
Let me know what you find out.
The GNU Street series is A fun buttery board. It's A mid-wide width and is a real fun park board.
I'm not sure is they come in a wide but I used so love buttering and hitting boxes with my signal park rocker but once I started hitting jumps I picked up a Bataleon Disaster and I love it
You guys are all awesome. Thanks for the recommendation, so far I am going to try out the Bataleon Disaster, K2 WWW and Gnu street series. Once I get a chance to demo these boards I'll update on here. Pink, I will let you know which one I went ahead and picked as the winner.
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Peel back the layers of this restaurateur and you'll find more than a bloomin' steakhouse. OSI Restaurant Partners is the #2 casual-dining company in terms of revenue (behind Darden Restaurants) with about 1,450 locations in the US and more than 20 other countries. Its flagship Outback Steakhouse chain boasts about 970 outposts offering steak, chicken, – more... and seafood in Australian-themed surroundings. OSI Restaurants also operates the Carrabba's Italian Grill chain, along with Bonefish Grill and Fleming's Prime Steakhouse. Kangaroo Holdings, a group including co-founders Chris Sullivan and Bob Basham and private equity firm Bain Capital, owns the company.
Shell company Bloomin' Brands operates through OSI Restaurants and owns about 1,300 restaurants in the US and 20 other countries including Outback Steakhouse, Carrabba's Italian Grill, Bonefish Grill, Fleming's Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar, and Roy's. About half are Outback Steakhouses and all except Fleming's and Roy's are casual, full-service restaurants.
Bloomin' Brands was formed back in 1987 and filed to go public in 2012. Pre-IPO, Bain Capital owns about 66% of Bloomin' Brands. The company will use its anticipated $300 million in IPO proceeds to pay down debt, about $248 million, and for general corporate purposes. Going forward, the company intends to grow sales by remodeling restaurants, introducing new menu items, and improving traffic. It also plans to expand Bonefish Grill and Carrabba's domestically while pushing Outback Steakhouse in existing markets (Hong Kong, Brazil, South Korea) and new ones (China, Mexico).
OSI Restaurants has developed along the same lines as other multi-concept dining businesses, using its restaurant concepts to target different segments of the market. Outback Steakhouse and Carrabba's are designed to appeal to the casual steak and Italian dining segments, respectively, and compete against other moderately-priced themed eateries such as Applebee's, Chili's (owned by Brinker International), and T.G.I. Friday's (Carlson Restaurants Worldwide). Bonefish Grill, meanwhile, offers mid-market seafood fare, and Fleming's is a player in the upscale steakhouse sector along with rivals Ruth Chris (Ruth's Hospitality) and Sullivan's (Del Frisco's Restaurant Group).
Typically, OSI Restaurants' flagship concepts have operated at slightly higher price points than their rival casual dining brands, and this left the company hurting more than some other when the economy took a turn for the worse during recent years. The company responded by focusing on efforts to cut operating costs, mostly through negotiations with suppliers and other improvements in its supply chain, as well as through some layoffs and salary freezes to reduce labor costs. To help with top line growth, OSI introduced a new menu of lower-priced items to drive additional traffic to its flagship Outback Steakhouse chain. The company has also been remodeling the interiors of many of its Outback Steakhouse locations to feature a more contemporary expression of the Australian theme.
In addition to those restructuring moves, OSI Restaurants has trimmed its brand estate by selling some of its developing chains. The company sold the Cheeseburger in Paradise concept in 2009 for $2 million to a group led by that brand's president, Steve Overholt. The gourmet burger chain had grown to almost 40 locations. At the end of the previous year, OSI Restaurants sold a majority stake in its Lee Roy Selmon's business to co-founders Sullivan and Bob. A Southern-style comfort food concept, Lee Roy Selmon's had a half-dozen units. OSI Restaurants continues to eye a possible sale of Roy's, an upscale chain offering Hawaiian-inspired dishes created by chef Roy Yamaguchi.
Leading the company's turnaround plans is Elizabeth Smith, who replaced Bill Allen as CEO in 2009. Previously an executive at both Avon Products and Kraft Foods, Smith plans to improve OSI Restaurants by redeveloping its flagship chains and changing the way those brands are marketed. The company is renovating and updating many of its existing locations while developing new menu items designed to appeal to both cost-conscious and health-conscious consumers. With her appointment, Smith became not only the the first woman to lead OSI Restaurants but also the first outsider. Allen had been promoted from division president to take over from founders Sullivan and Basham in 2005. – less
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Girl of the Week – Rachel
You interned for Gabrielle Giffords during college. Tell us about this experience.
While in many ways working for Gabby was the typical intern experience, answering phone calls and recording comments from constituents, there is something special about her office. Congresswoman Giffords and her staff have a genuine concern for their constituents, and work long hours to ensure the citizens of Southern Arizona are satisfied with their local government. It takes an incredibly selfless individual to dedicate their career to serving the public. The time I spent in her office had a huge impact on my decision to get my Master's in Public Administration. I feel honored to have worked for such a self-sacrificing, caring, and hard-working individual, and can only hope to make a fraction of the impact she has made in the public sector.
You've spent time on both coasts. Do you have a preference?
The weather in California is fantastic and I will definitely miss that, but it's the people I've met during my seven months in DC that makes the east coast my preference. I think it goes without saying that the people who live here have the most interesting jobs in the world. I suppose that makes me a bit of a traitor, considering I spent the majority of my twenty-four years (from age 9 to 23) on the west coast. I was born on the east coast, so moving to DC has felt like a homecoming of sorts for me.
You attend a CrossFit gym. Explain.
CrossFit is all about functional fitness. Everything we do has real-life applicability, the movements provide you with the strength and knowledge to lift things off the ground or push things overhead without injuring yourself. Beyond that, the community is fantastic. It's great to go the gym and chat with your friends before a workout, and the competitive aspect pushes you to work harder than you might otherwise if you were working out on your own. Although I'm relatively new to CrossFit, it's become a huge part of my life and I can't imagine working out any other way.
You recently took the NeXus leadership class. What made you decide to participate?
Being new to DC, I wanted to find a way to better connect to the Jewish community and meet like minded peers. I've completed the program now and have met some amazing people that have reinforced how important it is to maintain a relationship with my Jewish roots.
You recently had a birthday. How did you celebrate?
For me, birthdays are all about spending time with the people closest to you. I went to dinner with friends at Ardeo/Bardeo in Cleveland Park, which is a fantastic restaurant, I highly recommend it. Afterwards, I had some friends over at my apartment before heading out to Rumors in Dupont Circle. It's not for everyone, but I love that place because it's so similar to the bars in Tucson, Arizona, where I went to college.
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Actually, if you look really closely, you'll notice that your local tea bagger rally isn't really "all that". Especially if you watch Fox, you can catch them occasionally doing a distance shot that shows that outside the initial cluster of people who are "front and center", there really isn't a lot going on at the tea bagger rallies. When the local news station has to interview the same person (here anyway) over and over bc none of the other local tea baggers are fit for prime time TV, you kinda start to catch on that they're trying to make them bigger than they really are.
As for Sarah Palin, I don't know anyone on either side of the fence that likes her. She tried to force her daughter to get married for her own political reasons. She's lugging around a kid that she clearly resents and using him to play for sympathy.
She's not real bright, IMHO because she bashes Obama for using a teleprompter but gets busted writing on her palm. Hmmm.... I can use some modern technology or I can do something I don't think any of us have done since like what... maybe 3rd grade.
She flat out lied about the "Death Panels". Rather than letting people make decisions about the disposal of their assets, DNR's, and other things in an informed and orderly way well in advance of needing them, she freaks people out by squealing about "Death Panels". Even though I'm an only child, I will inherit nothing from my parents. My father's care has burned through their savings. The State of Texas now owns their house bc of it. My mother, who is 11 years younger than my father, is allowed to continue to live there under a very specific set of conditions. For example, if she ever has to be in the hospital for more than 30 days, she will loose the house.
Because they are married, all of her retirement savings have had to be spent on his care in order for them to qualify for any kind of assistance. After working almost her entire life, my mother gets $495/mo from Social Security. My father gets about $3000 as his military pension so they're doing ok now.
When he dies my mother will only be entitled to about $1200 of his military pension. That means she's going to have to live on $1700/mo. That's about what you might make working at Wal-Mart. But instead of having a place to go to talk about how to prepare for being on Medicare or Medicaid or to be able to find out what kinds of assistance he might qualify for, my mother has to navigate this maze of government programs by herself with some assistance from the VFW post and a couple of friends who are in similar situations. Thanks for nothing,
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Lopunny (Japanese: ミミロップ Mimilop) is a Colorless-type Stage 1 Pokémon card. It is part of the POP Series 9 expansion.
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|Lopunny - Rabbit Pokémon
|3'11" (1.2 m)
|73.4 lbs. (33.3 kg)
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|It is very conscious of its looks and never fails to groom its ears. It runs with sprightly jumps.
|いつも みみさきを けづくろいして ていれを おこたらない きれいずき。 かろやかに とびはねて はしる。
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A holographic variant of this card was released in Arceus Promotional Packs in November 2009. In Japan, this card was released as part of the Collection Challenge, a campaign that saw the release of several promotional cards through events during the Summer of 2008. This card was available through the DP Card Exchange in August 2008. It was subsequently reprinted in the Regigigas LV.X Collection Pack released in April 2009.
Jump Kick is a move in the Pokémon games that Lopunny can learn. The card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Pearl.
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Cahill, who is 19 years old, was Oakland's first selection in the 2006 draft. He started four games last year for the A's Arizona League affiliate, striking out 11 batters in nine innings of work while allowing three earned runs.
Rodriguez also spent his 2006 season with the Arizona A's, going 5-2 with a 7.42 ERA in 15 games. In 43.2 innings, Rodriguez struck out 59 batters. The 20-year old combined with Cahill to throw a no-hitter against the Arizona Cubs on August 30 last year.
In eight games with the Cougars in 2007, Piekarz was 1-3 with a 6.75 ERA in 17.1 innings pitched. As a Cougar in 2006, Piekarz led the A's farm system with a 3.26 ERA while alternating between a starting and relief role. Madej, pitching exclusively from the Cougars bullpen this season, was 0-2 with a 4.50 ERA in 10 appearances.
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I take between 6-9 pills per day, depending on if I remember.
Abra, Married to George, Mother to DS 12/03 & DD1 08/09 & DD2 12/11 + Someone New in May 2015! After years of planning, we are finally living our dream in South America!!
I wonder if a smaller dose would not yield such a strong detox?
I also noticed that spirulina is in the prenatal vitamin that I take...
thanks ladies!
I wonder if a smaller dose would not yield such a strong detox?
I also noticed that spirulina is in the prenatal vitamin that I take...
You could start taking 1 per day for a week, then upping the dose by 1 pill per week and see how it goes. When I first started taking chlorella I got a bad headache for the first few days, so I know it was doing something. I'm just not sure I'd want to risk exposing my baby to heavy metal detox...
Abra, Married to George, Mother to DS 12/03 & DD1 08/09 & DD2 12/11 + Someone New in May 2015! After years of planning, we are finally living our dream in South America!!
I, OTOH, didn't realize how unhealthy my body was AT ALL until after I had my baby - I got much sicker, allergies intensified, came down with severe chemical sensitivity, etc. -- Not at all related to the chlorella in any way, but I just totally didn't realize my liver was already so-so. I would just never have intentionally dumped more chemicals/metals into myself and my son had I known better. ymmv
XM,: mama to ds (5/08), dd (9/10) and ds (6/12) ! :C.H.S & M.
What kind of dosage should I take?
I am 28 weeks pregnant and have just started taking liquid chlorophyll.
I took it on and off before I was pregnant and then a bit in my early second trimester.
My midwife raves about it's benefits for pregnant women. It helps maintain your iron levels and boosts your energy.
She has me taking a teaspoon a day in a pure 100% juice-as vitamin C aids in absorption of iron.
Lulu- is spirulina supposed to be a detox one too?? I was thinking about taking this but haven't yet, but wanted it for the omegas.
I thought that what makes chlorella such a great detoxer is that it has a very high concentration of chorophyll, which cleans the blood. Spirulina also contains chorophyll, just not as much as chlorella, I read that spirulina contains more protein. besides this difference chlorella and spirulina are nearly identical, right?
I worked part-time at a health food store during this pregnancy and the owner, who I adore, raved about these two algaes... saying they had everything the body loves!
thanks for all these replies ladies!
I had the same concerns as the previous poster about the detoxification effects of the metals "going through my baby". But this is not true.
Chlorella's detoxification effect does not go "through" the baby.
Chlorella is not that type of detoxification agent. The way it was explained to me by a naturopathic doctor is that there are different types of detoxification agents. Chlorella is one that does not take heavy metals out of your bloodstream and/or your fat cells and therefore possibly re-desitribute them to your baby as other detox chemicals might. Instead, chlorella BINDS (basically creates clumps) to these heavy metals in your intestines and gut from food that you have just eaten, and so you basically expell them in feces and urine as opposed to having them absorbed into your bloodstream, as they would normally.
Let me know if this doesn't make sense. Just wanted to help! You can research this for yourself online or ask your naturopathic doctor, or doctor or chinese medicine to confirm this fact. I made sure of this before I continued to take chlorella during my pregnancy.
I'm currently 21 weeks pregnant and my baby is growing BIG and is super healthy (maybe too big and I should lay off the Chlorella! lol).
I know that this is an old thread, but I was just given some free chlorella samples at Whole Foods the other day (Sun Chlorella brand) and I decided to do some research on them. I am still nursing my 23 month old DS and everything I've read is that chlorella actually helps to decrease toxins in breastmilk and make it "cleaner" for baby. It was also shown to increase IgA levels in milk which translated to less infections for baby. Here's what I came across:
Chlorella (Chlorella pyrenoidosa) supplementation decreases dioxin and increases immunoglobulin a concentrations in breast milk.
Study Shows Chlorella Boost Breastfeeding Immunity Properties
All the reviews I read about it on both Amazon and Vitacost were also very favorable. I'll think I'll give it a try!
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Yep! Chlorella binds with heavy metals actually keeping them AWAY from the baby! When you have any seafood, you should have some chlorella at the same meal (before) to keep any new heavy metals away from your blood stream! This prevents your body from absorbing the metals bc they bind with the chlorella and then are excreted out of your body.
Chlorella is a superfood- so many minerals, vitamins, protein, etc. I think it would be OK to have some here and there for your baby. Maybe just don't overdo it~~!
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Update: For a textbook example of incoherent babbling, read Professor Simpson's response to my response to his response here. Incoherency is not new to Professor Simpson. Hmmm, should I respond or ignore him, like he ignores me. ;o) He's now ignored me twice in recent weeks. First, someone tell Professor Simpson what "ignore" means. As with the last exchange, I didn't start this, he did - I guess while he was busy ignoring me. I will be posting a more lengthy response within the next few days. We'll see if Professor Simpson has the will power to "ignore" me again. ;o)
A reader recently forwarded me a link to Civil War Historian and Professor Brooks Simpson's response to my recent post regarding the proposed Lincoln Day Proclamation Bill resolution. (Which, by the way, has been tabled until next year.) Before reading my response to his response, I'd recommend you read his post here. No need for me to respond to the whole post - it's pretty much the routine stuff and what one would expect. As a matter of fact, the good Professor's remarks do a fair job of simply confirming what I originally wrote. Read it for yourself and see if you disagree. His remarks really did not address my main issue - inconsistency and double standards regarding the reaction (or lack thereof) among the same folks who had a cow over Governor McDonnell's Confederate History Month Proclamation. Simpson's remarks offer up the same tired defenses of Lincoln's attitudes and public record on race, i.e. "he evolved, he grew, he ate fairy dust and morphed into an angel of light, etc, etc." Certainly Lincoln's "growth" on the issues discussed didn't involve political expediency or calculation. Whatever. The same nuanced explanations can be offered regarding the Confederacy and her leaders. It's not that some of these explanations and a discussion of the more complicated issues aren't warranted - *they are. It's just that they always seem to be so one-sided - which was the whole point of my original post.
That being said, I did want to respond to a few choice comments in Professor Simpson's post, to wit:
"once Mr. Williams and I had a few exchanges of our own"
Indeed, we did. And you can read one of those exchanges here.
"I guess Mr. Williams doesn't read my blog."
Roger that Sparky. I know that must come as a shock. And I hate to be the one to break it to you, but there's probably a few others on the planet who don't read your blog either. Cruel world, isn't it? But why should I read Professor Simpson's blog? It didn't take too long for me to realize that there is very little diversity of perspective and analysis among establishment, academic historians and bloggers when it comes to the WBTS. Read one and you've pretty much read them all. Kinda like reading the Washington Post and New York Times editorial page and expecting to see diversity of opinion. Ain't gonna happen. They got skin in the game.
"As I wasn't interested in the bill, I had not read it. I really didn't care. Now, had the governor of Virginia actually issued a proclamation, I might have paid more attention. But a bill does not rise to the level of a proclamation."
You gotta be kiddin' me. That's a rather lame defense, wouldn't you say? So, let's get back to the original point and ignore the distraction - did academic historians and all the other critics raise the same ruckus over the lack of "full disclosure" with Lincoln? No. Why? Are they like the WAPO and NYT? Do they have skin in the game? Actually, it's not a "bill" either. It was a joint resolution. But Simpson is splitting hairs, which is obvious to any objective observer. According to a legal definition: "joint resolutions are commonly used to establish commemorative days." The Lincoln Day joint resolution closes with,
That the Governor be requested to call upon the citizens of the Commonwealth to commemorate this day with appropriate tributes, programs, and events that honor the memory and legacy of Abraham Lincoln . . .Gubernatorial proclamations in Virginia are, according to the Governor's website:
. . . commonly issued in support of Virginia history and/or historical figures from Virginia, public health and safety, education, professions and/or occupations, state government initiatives, and issues the Governor would like be bring to the public's attention.So where's the substantive difference? There is none; other than it's ok to ignore Lincoln's faults and record, but not so much with the Confederacy - or anything connected to it - when it comes to proclamations and commemorations. Simply put, the same critics of the Confederate History Month proclamation are willing to hold the Lincoln Day commemoration to a lower standard. This isn't the first time I've pointed out the double standards. Draw your own conclusions as to why, but it is what it is.
"That said, Mr. Williams argues that the bill's wording overlooks several aspects of the Lincoln legacy. Let's look at his list a bit more closely."
Read: "Allow me to mount a spirited, but hypocritical, hair-splitting, defense."
That's enough. Again, read my original post and the associated documents and read Professor Simpson's response and draw your own conclusions. I have no problem with Lincoln Day proclamations, though one for Virginia is a bit odd, given Lincoln's distant ties and the destruction his army wrought. All I asked for was consistency among those who criticized the Confederate proclamation. Apparently, that's not the goal. I'll trust the objective to come to their own conclusions. I've come to mine.
*But those discussion are not the purpose of proclamations and commemorations - something I've also argued before. These proclamations and commemorations serve the dual purposes of satisfying constituencies as well as tying us to our past in a way that honors that past in a positive way.


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Hugh Jackman introduced the world's first screening of Les Miserables to a Sydney audience on Saturday, describing his lead role as ''truly a labour of love''.
Jackman, pictured, who plays Jean Valjean in the epic film musical, told an audience at a mid-morning screening at the Entertainment Quarter in Moore Park that they were the first to see the completed movie.
''I don't think I've ever worked harder or been prouder,'' Jackman said. He said the film was a tribute to the success of the hit musical and the literary genius of Victor Hugo.
Mike Baard, the managing director of Universal Pictures Australia, said director Tom Hooper had finished the final print last Sunday night in London before the film was brought to Sydney for the screening.
The Sydney showing was held before private preview screenings in New York and London, with strict security before its worldwide release on Boxing Day.
No one at the screening is allowed to talk about the film's content after signing a legal document.
''We're scouring the auditorium,'' David Collins from Universal said. ''Security will be here with night-vision goggles.''
Meanwhile, in New York, Tom Hooper introduced the film to a packed audience of critics, who were also under strict instructions not to breathe a word to anyone. According to The Hollywood Reporter:
At about 3 p.m. EST, Hooper came out before the packed house to introduce the film, and told the crowd that he had only finished working on the film at 2 a.m. on Wednesday morning. "You are the very first people to see the film," he said to cheers. He then noted that The King's Speech had begun its theatrical rollout on Thanksgiving weekend two years ago, and that last night, at his first Thanksgiving dinner, everyone was asked what they were grateful for. He said that he can now say, "I'm grateful that I finished it [the film]... I'm grateful to the thousands of people who have been on this journey, particularly the wonderful cast... and I'm grateful to Victor Hugo [who wrote the novel upon which the Broadway play upon which the film is derived], who unfortunately can't be with us."
Um. Yeah, of course he couldn't be there, Tom. He is dead. You're making it sound like he just caught himself a chill.
But the best line of the night belongs to Anne Hathaway, who together with a handful of her co-stars, hung around for a Q and A session after the premiere. When asked about her now famous haircut for the film, Anne said that when she underwent the chop and looked in the mirror for the first time "I just thought I looked like my gay brother."
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Suggested maintenance at 100K
wonder what are the regular things that need to be replaced/upgraded at 100K? maybe not replaced but at least should be looked at very carefully.
Based from what I have read so far (which has been a lot quite honestly), I think the following items need to be addressed:
* Cooling System: There's a really good thread around here about a member that changed all of the cooling system. I recommend you to find it but at the very least the water pump, hoses, and thermostat (including all misc. items such as gaskets, etc) should be replaced. I think the member did the radiator too but that might be too much for me ATM.
* Fluids: Definitely the transfer case unless you have done it within 30k miles already. Also, the differentials.
* Belts: This is a pretty standard thing to do at this juncture.
* Spark Plugs and head gasket...
* Unless it has been done within 50k miles, I would also recommend the coolant expansion tank BTW. You should be able to do it at the same time the cooling system upgrade is taking place.
* Air and Cabin filter
That's all I can think of for now. Hope all works out!
I wonder what's the ballpark for all the changes above?
A big question you have to ask yourself is whether you want to do the work or not.
If you do the work, the cooling system should run you around 300 ish... the pump is about 70 and everything else should add up to three bills.
Everything else, I wanna say about two or three more bills... assuming you do it. I do want to say that a lot of it can be done simultaneously, like the belts can be done while doing the cooling system... the fluids are pretty straight forward, etc.
i would love to - but i have no place where i can do it. So i can only do some very basic things .:(
In order of priority:
Transfer case fluid
Spark plugs
Oil every 7500 miles
Differential (both) fluid
Transmission fluid.
Air and cabin filter (takes 5 min no tools required)
Third (assuming no leaks or cel);
Cooling system refresh
Valve cover and oil filter gasket
Fuel filter
Disa and hoses
Intake boot hose
Those last three will show up as CEL. Very common right now in 05 models.
Yes, Brian is right. I meant to say the valve cover gasket.
Overall, I think it really depends on whether you have done the "regular" maintenance or not. If not, then what Brian said is accurate: do the transfer case fluid which you can easily do, and the spark plugs. An oil change, obviously that's a straight fwd maintenance.
If you want to do an extensive preventive maintenance then the third list is consistent with what I said.
Yes indeed. The third list is like buying a life insurance policy for the engine. The cooling system if it fails will destroy the engine. Disa pin failures can as well but are far less common.
Number 1 and 2 are a given. Everything in bucket 3 are nice things to do to get ahead of the curve, but you will be fine if you wait a few months or have a CEL...which ever comes first. Like I said...it's like buying insurance.
Just replace the plugs on my 2009 at 102,900. The center electrode was burned off so badly that the resulting gap was .060 (.044 is specs). For that reason I'll be changing them at 75,000 the next time.
I got curious and pulled the maintenance guide for the 2010 and they changed the recommendation to 60k miles from 100k. No part number change though.
I am moving to 50k mile changes now.
^^^ Hmmm, Good to know. I'll be doing that schedule too then.
thank you for the detailed list.
A quick question - how do i know if i need to replace a coil? Is it recommended to change them ( coils) all @ 100K?
I have pistol style coils on this vehicle.
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Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Matt Kemp says he'll undergo surgery on his left shoulder Friday.
He made the announcement Wednesday after the Dodgers ended the season with a 5-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants.
Kemp has a torn labrum in his left shoulder. He could have his shoulder cleaned up in a minor procedure or he could have the labrum repaired, which would sideline him four months.
"It depends on what they got to go in there and do," the right-handed hitter said. "It's just something that needs to be done."
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Surely if BFC is in April or even May Leigh should know about it so he can start preparing. I don't know much about Leigh's pre-fight training, but don't most pro fighters ask for 8-12 weeks to prepare for a fight?
April is 4 weeks away and May is 8 weeks away... even if he is fighting the last week of May it is cutting it a bit fine surely? Esspecially when a lot of the 61kg guys are really, really cutting... I remember reading for example Alves needs 15 weeks to make his cut.


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Staircase wainscoat angle
This angle is driving me nuts. Look at this pic
How do you cut the lower acute angle on the box? The stair angle is 48 deg and I guess that should be the lower angle.
So if I cut the base cap at 24 degrees on my saw, I get the other obtuse angle on the box (132 degrees).
If you miter at 45 degrees, you obviously get a 90 degree angle.
Seems I would have to miter above 45, but my saw goes up to 48. The only solution I have so far is cutting a 48 degree, and butting the other piece without a miter.
Any suggestions? Thanks.
Set up a jig on the saw so you can get a 48 degee angle.
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You can make that angle on a table saw with a decent miter guage. Or you can use your miter saw as Ron suggested and clamp down a 90° fence on the table to work off of.
Don't have a table saw. If I clamp the 90 deg fence, I would then miter each piece at 48 or 24?
You would divide the overall angle in half for each cut to get the angle you want. Test it on some scrap pieces before you use the good stuff just in case it's a little off.
Thank you sir!
Came out perfect. The table would have to miter at 66 degrees to make that angle, so the jig is necessary.
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It was the body of a tall stout man. On his dead face, a handsome pair of gold pince-nez mocked death with grotesque elegance. The body wore nothing else.
Lord Peter Wimsey knew immediately what the corpse was supposed to be. His problem was to find out whose body had found its way into Mr Alfred Thipps' Battersea bathroom.
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"More work on pronunciation please"
I have been waiting for a reading of the Lord Peter Wimsey books for a long time and down loaded this with glee. It is the first of the series so it seems that the originators are doing it the right way and starting from the beginning.
The narrator seems to think that the characters all gabble. They are all done in funny voices, at odd pitches and even odder speeds. Yes - Lord Peter's speech is affected and speedy but she really gets him wrong I think.
The worst thing is the lapses in pronunciation. Lord Peters college is Balliol. His time at Oxford is fundamental to the man, the stories and so much of what is to come. It is pronounced Bail - e - ol. The narrator says Bal i ol.
I really worry when she gets to Magdalen, not wanting to be maudlin about it but my expectations are low.
Another is when Lord Peter is looking around the roof of the mansion flats and checks what the narrator calls 'the leeds'. She means 'the leads'; the word comes from the lead used to make the channels and downpipes in traditional buildings, now often stolen.
The lady has a lovely voice. When just narrating it resonates and could do Harriet Vane well later. Meanwhile PLEASE stop gabbling and research the words before launching into the next one?
"Terrible performance"
The narrator
Her accents are awful, Lord Wimsey sounds like a cockney half the time. She speaks too fast and all the voices sound the same. her voice is also shrill in parts and makes for a very uncomfortable listen. Such a shame as the story was quite good, and should have been funny in parts. I couldn't finish the book. Dreadful
"Great story, bad reader"
Have enjoyed the shorter Whimsy stories on radio and the longer version is better. Darker with more misery and intrigue but still witty. But I did not enjoy the narrows voice, high pitched and difficult to distinguish the characters, possibly appeared worse in comparison to the full cast stories I have heard befor, but the plot keeps me listening.
"Unbearable reader"
Sadly, I have no idea if the story is any good because I only lasted about 10 minutes before turning it off. The narrator is absolutely awful. Her voices were all screechy, which grated on my nerves like fingernails on a chalkboard. I also found it very difficult to follow which character was talking as many of her voices sounded so similar.
"Love the story but wrong narrator"
This is a great story but using a female narrator for a novel where the lead character and most of the supporting characters are male doesn't make sense. She's clearly a good narrator but not for these stories. It spoils the experience.
"Pleasantly surprised!"
This is a humorous introduction to Lord Peter Wimsey and the characters that appear in this excellent series.
I enjoyed all the characterisations - and the reason I entitled the review 'pleasantly surprised' was because of negative reviews from others. To my ears, Jane McDowell captured the capricious nature of Lord Peter nicely, and it is worth remembering that, in the printed copy (and TV adaptions), like so many aristo's of his day, Lord Peter dropped the 'g' from pretty much anything ending in 'ing', and also used 'ain't' more times than one can shake a stick at which is probably why some people thought he sounded like a cockney!! I especially enjoyed how Jane read the Dowager Duchess! I also didn't think she read too fast, although I tried slowing it down as had been suggested, but was quite happy with the standard speed.
I'm always a little bit sorry when I guess the murderer early on in the book (I'd really rather not be able to guess at all!), and this was the case here, but it is an enjoyable romp, and I would say well worth a credit! I will collect the entire Lord Peter series, and look forward to hearing Jane MacDowell reading them.
"Brilliant novel, read beautifully..."
I disagree with the other reviews here, Jane McDowell does an excellent job of bringing the characters to life. I really enjoyed her telling of the story and did not feel she detracted from the experience at all. Comments that Wimsey sounds cockney or odd stem from the original novel and Jane puts across his affected speech which made him such a novelty to his upper class contemporaries. But you can take a listen to the sample and make up your own mind!
As for the book, I've read the Wimseys out of order and this is a good opener to what I know to be a fantastically written series of novels. I liked meeting young peter, and watching him solve his first murder. It was simpler than later ones, but still very enjoyable with some laugh out loud moments.
"Wonderful Wimsey, but oh dear the reading a disaster"
I am a great fan of Dorothy L Sayers books, particularly the Lord Peter Wimsey series. I was delighted to find that they have all been published, unabridged by Audio. I purchased a large part of the series and I looked forward immensely to listening to them. I started with the first, Whose Body, only to discover that it is really badly read. For a start, to have a woman's voice for the principal character, Lord Peter Wimsey, is quite wrong. But over and above, the reading is, quite simply, not good. It is banal and the accents all wrong. Oh what a tragic waste. Ian Carmichael and Edward Petheridgebare are infinitely better, but unfortunately their versions are mainly two hour abridged versions. I listen frequently to Audio books and they are, nearly all, outstanding and brilliantly read. I cannot believe, and am very disappointed that the unabridged Dorothy L Sayers Audio books have been completely ruined by a poor and inappropriate performance.
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"Disappointing narrative after BBC dramatisations"
I enjoy this story, but this narrator's voice soon began to grate. I believe Ian Carmichael whether reading The Lord Peter Whimsey books or playing the role in the radio dramatisations, but I didn't really believe this narrator. I've read and listened to many Sayers stories, but won't be purchasing any narrated by McDowell.
Nothing in particular.
Grating voice in a role where Ian Carmichael is already the default voice for Whimsey stories.
Difficult, given that for my generation at least, the late Ian Carmichael best fits the bill.
"Awful Narration"
I have always enjoyed Sayers' work and her eye for detail both in plot and characters. However the narrator of this story is truly awful, employing high pitched unbelievable voices and at times screeching lines pivotal to the plot. This simply detracts from the brilliance and indulgence if Sayers.
I would avoid any further novels by this narrator.
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Day 2 of the Australia New Zealand Poker Tour has been consigned to the history books, as the original 76 players that had survived the flights of Day 1 sat at the felt. That number was drastically reduced though by the end of the day as only nine were left going into the final table tomorrow.
The player to finish as the chip leader at that final table is Jamie Mulligan who ended up with 987k in poker chips.
That total means he has almost double the chips ahead of Pravin Harji who is the player in second place. These final nine will now be looking forward to tomorrow where they will be charged with attempting to take down the title and the winners cheque of NZ $107,640.
Day 2 Underway!
Once the play got underway, though it took a little why to warm up it soon got into the swing of things with players jostling position on the leader board before the eliminations started coming in. In the early stages it was two women who were showing the men how it was done as Monica Eastwick and the ever aggressive Angie Fitzgerald.
The Bubble!
By the halfway point of the day we were approaching the bubble, with each player looking to find themselves in the top 24 paying places by the end of the day. As that bubble approached we lost Paul Hockin just a couple of places from being paid whilst the bubble boy was Souny Fredrick as he lost his tiny stack of 1,000 immediately after the dinner break had finished.
Once he was gone, the play loosened up again as players knew they had already been paid, allowing them to now make some moves to achieve as high a payout as possible.
We started to lose players quickly, with big names such as Michael Guzzardi hitting the rail; he had recently finished in a very good third place at the ANZPT Melbourne and was one of the early favourites for this event, and however he finished in one of the minimum payout positions.
The Final Table:
Geoff Smith – 347,000
Patrick Healy – 255,000
Slav Sheynin – 510,000
Sebastian Martineau – 454,000
Pravin Harji – 597,000
Jamie Mulligan – 987,000
Xiaodong Xia – 169,000
Monica Eastick – 458,000
Graeme Putt – 130,000
The action is all set to continue tomorrow at 12.30pm local time where we will find out who takes home the title. So set your alarm and make sure you come back to read the full report of the final day.


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Bake the eggplants and save half of them for a same-day meal (see Sunday Supper). A quick tomato sauce will be combined with lamb filling and will also serve as a base in which the eggplants will bake a second time right before you serve them. Preparing the baked eggplants, tomato sauce and filling took about 1 hour.
The plastic-wrapped dish of stuffed eggplants can be refrigerated for up to 4 days.
Servings: 4
- For the baked eggplant
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 4 one-pound eggplants
- 1 large tomato, cut into 8 wedges, for garnish
- 4 long, thin green hot chili peppers, 1 1/2 inches trimmed from stem end and discarded, for garnish (optional)
- For the tomato sauce
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 large white onion, cut into 1/2-inch dice (about 1 cup)
- 1 medium red or green bell pepper, stemmed, seeded and cut into 1/2-inch dice (about 1 cup)
- 2 large cloves garlic, peeled and finely grated
- 1 28-ounce can tomato puree (about 3 cups)
- Salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- For the lamb filling
- 1 pound ground lamb
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1/2 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley
- 1/2 cup toasted pine nuts or slivered almonds
- 1 teaspoon salt, plus more to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, plus more to taste
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For the baked eggplant: Position a rack in the middle level of the oven and preheat to 400 degrees. Have ready a large rimmed baking sheet or jelly roll pan and a large enameled iron gratin dish or other ovenproof baking dish.
Spread the olive oil in the bottom of the baking sheet or pan and scatter the salt on the oiled surface.
Trim the eggplant stems and caps; cut the eggplants in half lengthwise. Use a knife with a rounded tip to score the flesh on the cut sides of the 8 eggplant halves no more than 1/2 inch deep on 4 of them; make deeper cuts on the other 4. Make 4 or 5 slashes lengthwise, then another 5 or 6 diagonal to those. Arrange the eggplants, cut side down, on the prepared sheet or pan. Bake for 20 minutes and test doneness with a fingertip; the eggplants should start to yield. Bake for 10 to 20 minutes, testing again every 5 minutes to make sure they do not overcook. The skin may pucker slightly and there should be no signs of char; the flesh should feel soft but not mushy.
Transfer the sheet or pan of eggplant halves to a rack to cool for 5 minutes. Use a wide spatula such as a pancake turner to loosen the eggplant halves underneath and invert them. Leave the 4 firmer, best-looking ones (with shallower cuts) in the sheet or pan and cover them with plastic wrap. Set aside the remaining 4 halves for the Eggplant Salad (see related Sunday Supper recipe).
For the tomato sauce: Combine the oil, onion and bell pepper in a large saute pan over medium heat. When the oil starts to sizzle, reduce the heat to low and cook about 8 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables have wilted. Increase the heat to medium-low and add the garlic, tomato puree and salt and pepper to taste. Cook for about 15 minutes, stirring often, until the sauce is no longer watery. Reserve 3/4 cup of the sauce for the lamb filling; spread the remaining sauce in the gratin or baking dish and let it cool to room temperature.
For the lamb filling: In a wide saute pan over medium heat, combine the ground lamb and water. Cook for about 10 minutes, stirring and mashing the meat with the back of a spoon or spatula to keep it lump-free; no pink should remain. Drain the meat in a colander, discarding the fat, then transfer the cooked lamb to a mixing bowl. Add the reserved 3/4 cup of tomato sauce and the allspice, parsley and pine nuts or almonds. Add salt and pepper to taste, stirring to combine. Set aside.
Arrange the eggplant halves, cut side up, on the cooled sauce. Divide the lamb filling evenly among the 4 eggplant halves, mounding it slightly in the center. Garnish with 2 tomato wedges placed near each end of each eggplant half, with the rounded sides facing outward. Arrange a pepper diagonally in the middle, if using. Press plastic wrap against the surface of the filling, then tightly cover the entire dish with plastic wrap. Refrigerate for up to 4 days.
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A glittery tiara in her hair and menace in her strokes, Venus Williams tightened the family grip on women's tennis Saturday night, capturing the U.S. Open title her sister won a year ago.
A glittery tiara in her hair and menace in her strokes, Venus Williams tightened the family grip on women's tennis Saturday night, capturing the U.S. Open title her sister won a year ago.
Two months after beating Lindsay Davenport at Wimbledon for her first Grand Slam title, Williams confirmed her place as the best in the game, if not in the rankings, by beating Davenport again 6-4, 7-5 in the hardest-hitting women's final in U.S. Open history.
Never before had two women's finalists walloped shots so fiercely, so consistently, from both sides as Williams and Davenport in this rain-delayed, 1-hour, 25-minute duel. They each needed to be fast to keep up with the other, and no one in the game is faster than the sinewy, long-legged Williams.
"I really have some wheels," Williams said. "I'm really speedy these days. It helped me out a lot."
Williams gazed at the silver trophy, taking pleasure in seeing where her name will be inscribed next to that of sister Serena.
"It feels real nice," Venus said.
Williams celebrated this victory less tamely than she did her Wimbledon triumph, skipping lightly to the net, twirling a bit, shaking hands briefly with Davenport. Williams then trotted over to the corner to kiss her mother and hug her father and coach, Richard, who came down to the court and danced jubilantly beside her, while Serena told her, "Great job, Venus."
"Venus was playing great. She forced me to play better and I couldn't do it," Davenport said.
Davenport beat 18-year-old Serena in the quarterfinals, but made too many errors to hold off Venus, who pocketed dlrs 800,000 compared to Davenport's dlrs 425,000.
Though clearly dominant in women's tennis as she rides a 26-match winning streak bookended by two major titles, Williams will remain No. 3 in the ranking behind No. 1 Martin Hingis and No. 2 Davenport. The lag in the rankings is due solely to Williams absence from the game for nearly six months until the spring because of tendinitis in both wrists.
"This was a very nice victory because I feel like I played Lindsay when she was playing some of her best tennis, and now I've beaten the No. 1 and 2 players in the rankings successively," Williams said.
Asked whether she thought of herself as No. 1, Williams said:
"Oh, yeah. I always feel like I'm the best player. ... No. 1 is definitely one of my goals. I'm trying."
President Bill Clinton watched the men's semifinals won by Pete Sampras and Russia's Marat Safin, and had planned to watch the women's final - the first between American-born women since Tracy Austin beat Chris Evert in 1979. But he left when showers delayed the start of the match more than an hour and a half. But most of the fans stayed right to the end at 8:19 p.m. (0019 GMT), the latest finish ever for a women's final.
The match was not always pretty as Williams and Davenport pummeled flat line drives, going for the corners, the sides, the baseline, finding them often, but nearly as often just missing or hitting wildly.
The 20-year-old Williams, fulfilling the championship dreams her father instilled in her since childhood, served at up to 117 mph (188 kph), hit eight aces, and saved a dozen break points while yielding on her serve three times. Williams, far more mature a player than when she reached the Open final in her debut three years ago, showed she could handle Davenport's less powerful serves, breaking her five times.
At 24, Davenport showed in reaching the final that she remains a huge threat to add to the three majors she's already won - the 1998 U.S. Open, 1999 Wimbledon and 2000 Australian Open. But she doesn't have the range and speed and sheer athleticism that Williams has brandished this summer.
Davenport, who had the longest winning streak on the women's tour, 21 matches, until Williams surpassed her last week, has lost to Williams now in five of their past six matches, all of them in straight sets.
Williams looked as if she would be in trouble at the start, beginning the match with a foot fault and falling behind 1-4 as Davenport broke her twice.
"I feel like I wasn't taking my opportunities very well," Williams said. "I was missing a little too much and maybe hitting a little too hard. She was playing at a high level but I think maybe I was giving her what she wanted. I kept feeding her. I was giving her the spoon."
Williams dug in resolutely, as she has throughout her winning streak, and broke Davenport back to begin a run of six straight games. Davenport double-faulted twice to end the first set, and her broad shoulders sagged as she walked to her chair, angry with herself for giving so much away.
Clinton made a congratulatory phone call after the match, as he did last year to Serena, and Williams asked boldly and with a laugh what he could do to reduce her taxes.
"Not too much right now," the president said. "I think there ought to be new rules for athletes."
To which Williams responded, "Should I read your lips?"
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Lib Tech Skunk Ape
I'm getting the hard push by my pals to pick up a Skunk Ape in 161 CM. Need an all mountain freestyle board but I am not that big (about 180lbs) and my foot isn't that big (size 10) and I am an intermediate skilled rider. This board is very stiff. Is this ride gonna be too much work for me or will all the banana technology and whatever, make up for the width and stiffness enough to keep it fun?:dunno:
Surprise them by getting either a Bataleon "Goliath", "The Jam", or "Omni"
Or a Never Summer "SL-R", or "Evo" if you want something softer.
Everyones and there mommas has a dam Lib Tech, be different and get an even better board while your at it!
I did a lot of research when replacing my skunk ape and most lead to Never Summer, K2, Batalion and Ride. I would really check out the Ride Machete, K2 Slayblade, Never Summer EVO R or SLR.
Here is a review from BA on the skunk ape. Check out The Angry Snowboarder for lots of good reviews.
162 Libtech Skunk Ape MTX (07/08) Rome 390's
Stance 22 18 negative 15 Goofy
boots: Vans Fargo Boas size 11
Conditions: Icy, choppy, overcast, just plain nasty
One Word Description: Plank
So everyones been hyping this up I figured I'd go hop on it and see how great it is. Really its nothing special, the Dark series and TRS are way better in my opinion. Its sluggish edge to edge and kind of chattery. It didn't hold well on edge either and thats saying something since it has MTX which as everyone knows I'm not a fan of but it does have its uses like the conditions I was in. Buttering wasn't happening on this stick. I'd have to say it wasn't that great of a ride, I was kind of turned off in general by it.
Did it my way!
Thanks for the tips and thoughts. Got lucky today and tt the Never Summer rep who was in town. Totally sold me on the SLR. Picked one up in 158 with a set of Union Force bindings. Stoked! None of my boys have one. Hope it lives up to the praise!
Nice, you came out really good on this one.
Not to say that you won't enjoy your board a ton - but I'd never base a purchase off of what a rep told me.
yea reps say any thing to sell you . but thats a nice board . have fun on it
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Parking assist problem
My 08 DTS just started having a problem with the front parking sensors. They have started alarming when I am driving the car and nothing is in front of me. The beep alarm sounds and the dash
light flashes (all the lights flash). To stop it I have to turn the front park assist to off. However, the front parking assist comes back on each time the car is restarted. It does not happen all the
time, but enough to make me nuts. I took the car in to a dealer and they said that the cars computer is not recording any fault with the front sensors. Then they advised that it appears the bumper
cover has been repainted and showed me where some clear had "pooled" at the bottom of each sensor and said this could cause the faulty signal. Then they quoted me a small fortune to replace
the sensors. I have owner the car three years and it never did this before recently.
If the clear is causing the problem, which I question since it did not do it before, anyone know a safe way to remove the pooled clearcoat from the sensors without damaging them?
Re: Parking assist problem
If it just started doing it after you have owned the car for three years... it is VERY unlikely that the clear is causing it.
Next time it happens... while it is flashing, push the OnStar button and they can read the code remotely...
Then you can tell the dealer what code it is.
If you do not have OnStar....If at all possible, try to take it to the dealer when the lights are flashing.
It sounds to me like the tech at the dealer did not know how to use the TECH ll properly.
Re: Parking assist problem
Check that the senors are all out proud with the bumper cover. Someone in a park lot may have touched your bumper & pushed one in a bit. Then they do strange things. Happened to me. With a long screw driver I was able to get down behind the grill & pop it back out.
Re: Parking assist problem
They are all in their proper postions. I read on another thread about a software reprogram for this problem, but it stated that it only applied to 2009 forward. Actually, I had the system checked by the local chevy dealer (no Cadillac dealer locally) and maybe they didn't know how to properly check them? But they said that all the gm cars were the same system?
Re: Parking assist problem
Well, actually the Chevy dealer is also a Buick dealer.
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Re: Parking assist problem
#PIC5171A: Front Parking Assist False Detections Or Parking Assist Turns Off - intermittent - (Oct 8, 2010)
Subject: Front Parking Assist False Detections Or Parking Assist Turns Off Models: 2006-2011 Cadillac DTS w/ RPO UFR
This PI was superseded to update model years and procedures. Please discard PIC5171.
The following diagnosis might be helpful if the vehicle exhibits the symptom(s) described in this PI.
Condition/Concern:A customer may comment the LEDs located in the front parking assist indicator will illuminate suggesting there is an object in front of the vehicle when there is not. In addition, it is very likely that the PARK ASSIST OFF message is displayed in the DIC on some occasions and the customer cannot turn the system back on. Review of the Park Assist History Data with the Tech 2 will indicate Hitch/ Obj Attach as the reason in some or all of the disable records. The cause may be front license plate.
- Scan all modules for DTC. Record any DTC found and clear them.
- Review the park assist disable history stored in the vehicle. If the disable reason shows Hitch/ Obj Attach continue to step 3
- Inspect the front of the vehicle for any of the following conditions and repair any discrepancies found. If none are found continue to step 4.
- Improperly installed or crooked sensor
- Silicone isolator ring surrounding sensor may be missing, cut, and or twisted
- The sensor may be scratched or paint chipped
- Excessive paint thickness on sensor after sensor replacement
- Aftermarket bumpers
- Hitches
- Aftermarket license plate bracket.
- Improper license plate bracket mounting.
- Bent license plate (even a small deflection can cause this).
- License plate frame installed. Important: The vehicle may need to be driven to remove the "Park Assist Off" message in the DIC and to clear the Park Assist Disable 1 History.
- Drive the vehicle and attempt to reproduce the customer concern. If the concern can be reproduced, isolate the cause further by removing the license plate and mounting bracket one at a time a driving the vehicle to see when the concern can no longer be reproduced.