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RUSS-470 Yankees in Petrograd, Bolsheviks in New York.
Offered academic year 2011-2012
Yankees in Petrograd, Bolsheviks in New York. Americans and America in Russian Film and Literature.
"I am going to America", announces Svidrigailov in Dostoevsky's novel "Crime and Punishment" and commits suicide. "America, the land of dreams, We have been taught to love your forbidden fruit",- sings the legendary rockgroup "Nautilus" in the 80s. Dream, enemy, model, rival, refuge, object of desire – in the 20^th century America used to play all these roles for Russian reader. We will explore this controversial ever-changing image reading the texts by Korolenko, Mayakovsky, Esenin, Shaginyan, Ilf and Petrov, Dovlatov, Brodsky and watching the cult films "Circus" "The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks", "Brother-2". The course is conducted in English, mainly in form of discussions.
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Ikea bows to pressure and shows girls can screw up too
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If Russell Crowe's cot dramas weren't lesson enough, furniture giant Ikea has been scolded by a European leader for being sexist in its self-assembly manuals.
The Swedish company has been told by the Prime Minister of Norway, Kjell Magne Bondevik, to stop using so many images of men in its instruction leaflets.
He claimed to be unimpressed by the company's argument that it did not want to offend Muslims by showing women assembling its goods. "This isn't good enough," Reuters quoted him as telling a local newspaper. "It's important to promote attitudes for sexual equality, not least in Muslim nations."
The company was forced to undertake a review of its manuals "to get a more even balance between men and women", Ikea said in a statement.
Assembling an Ikea piece can be just as great a challenge for men as for women, the Norwegian leader had said. "I myself have great problems with screwing together such furniture."
He is not the only international identity to struggle with the flatpack. Crowe was compelled last month to issue a written statement saying he was able to follow the guide.
The actor had reportedly said that he had been defeated in attempts to construct an Ikea cot for his son Charles because he was unable to use "the key thingy" so commonly issued to screw together an Ikea product.
But he later said he used a screwdriver instead.
"I am an antipodean male who runs 698 head of cattle. I do know the business end of a screwdriver," he said.
Australian furniture designer Caroline Quaine said having that special skill required by Ikea was not reserved for either sex.
"I just think you need to be a type of person that thinks like that. I have seen so many people throw their hands in the air and say 'I can't do it' - males and females," said Ms Quaine, who trained as an industrial designer.
An ability to follow the manual would be a good measure of the skills of a potential employee at her business, she said.
"I have often wondered whether we should use Ikea manuals in our job interviews."
Manuals should never be gender specific, particularly when women often purchased the products, said Donald Carson, who runs the industrial design school at the University of Canberra.
"I don't know why they do it. In fact, in Australia I have noticed we are better at this sort of thing," Mr Carson said.
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Is a Roth IRA or 529 plan better when saving for college?
Money Watch, a personal finance column that runs every Saturday, features a financial planner from the National Association of Personal Financial Advisorsanswering reader questions about saving, protecting and growing your money. To submit a question, e-mail USA TODAY personal finance reporter Christine Dugas at: email@example.com.
Q: The father of my two godchildren, who are 10 and 11, converted their 529 plans into Roth IRAs. How is that possible without a penalty? Is a Roth better than a 529 plan and when the kids go to college and use the money, will it be penalty-free?
A: The first part of this question is easy. You can't convert a 529 plan to a Roth without penalty.
When you think about the specific limitation placed on 529 plans this makes sense. The tax benefit you receive for a 529 applies only if you use the withdrawal for qualified education expenses such college.
If you take the money out of a 529 plan and put the funds into a Roth, there's no way the government could police how the Roth funds are used. The owner of the Roth (the parent in this case) could withdraw funds from the Roth and use them for his own benefit. So there's no way to do this conversion tax-free.
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With regard to which is better for college expenses, I'd have to say the nod goes to the Roth because of a special exemption that it is allowed.
Generally speaking, you can't withdraw funds from a Roth until you're 59½. Assuming the godparent wouldn't be 59½ when the child starts college, there would, under normal circumstances be a penalty to any withdrawals he makes. However, the exception to this rule is for qualified educational expenses. The parent would be allowed to withdraw from a Roth prior to turning 59½ if he uses the funds for his college expenses or those of a family member.
Since contributions to both the 529 plan and the Roth are made in after-tax dollars, and since the earnings inside them accrue tax-free, there is little difference between the plans on that basis.
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However, with a Roth there is no state tax deduction, which many state plans offer for their 529 plans. But I'd still say to use the Roth.
You can withdraw the funds for college expenses anytime you need to, but if the kids don't go to college, the funds can be used for the parent's retirement use. It's a win-win.
I would change that advice slightly if someone wanted to contribute more than they were allowed to contribute to a Roth. The 2012 Roth contribution limitation is $5,000 per year ($6,000 if you're 50 or over) with certain income limitations. If someone wants to contribute $10,000, for example, to a child's college education, I'd advise putting the maximum amount into the Roth and the difference into a 529.
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In 2013, the band will spend the month of March touring throughout Australia, and in August will head to Europe for the first time, for Denmark's Tonder Festival. They have also been invited to appear for the third time at NC's legendary music gathering, MerleFest. Also scheduled is a fourth appearance at the Bristol Rhythm and Roots Reunion, where in September 2012 the Bristol Herald Courier dubbed Red Molly "The Twin City's sweethearts", saying the band "lit up the stage, as a massive crowd of adoring fans sat mesmerized by their silky smooth harmonies and superb musicianship."
Opening for Red Molly will be very special guest, Jake Armerding. The Boston Globe calls singer-violinist Jake Armerding "the most gifted and promising songwriter to emerge from the Boston folk scene in years."
"Cosmos in the Chaos" is his sixth full-length release. "Leonard Bernstein once said that for him, music is cosmos in chaos. It seemed to fit with this collection of songs: that they could serve as an oasis for someone wrapped up in this chaotic life. They get closer to the sound in my head than anything I've done before," says Armerding.
After joining a farm CSA in 2009, he adopted the idea for his own projects, and launched Community Supported Art in late 2011. The Jake Armerding CSA, now in its second year, delivers a digital box of new, independent music and artwork to subscribers each month. A collection of songs from this musical experiment became the basis for the new album.
Armerding grew up playing classical violin and listening to 80's pop radio. Over the course of 1500 performances, he has shared the stage with Bela Fleck, Nickel Creek, Josh Ritter, David Wilcox and Toad the Wet Sprocket.
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This was the first time we didn't travel, instead logged in and waited for the star on Skype. We were experimenting- more anxious on how it'll turn out. And the experience was worth experimenting and delight was way beyond words. Presenting to you, our first interview overseas in London, of a star who has introduced a new dimension to Carnatic music and a whole new persona in global music fusion, a SCJP(Sun Certified Java Programmer), a pathologist(holds MBBS and Post-Graduate degrees in Clinical Pathology), leading violinist, lady with vibrant personality and smile, Mrs. Jyotsna Srikanth. [Read Jyotsna Srikanth Biography]
Crowning 3 M's (Mother, Music & Medicine)
I have taken a break from medicine for the last 3 years as I have to keep travelling for music to countries and after delivering my second child, parenting was equally important for me. I have been very adventurous in my career.For instance, I have done JAVA Sun certification and have worked as a health care IT consultant. I was always passionate about music. My husband, Mr. Srikanth Sharma encouraged me to take music as my full-time career. So for the last 3 years, I have been crowning 2 M's, being a diligent mother and following my passion, music.
Vista of the Western Classical & Carnatic Classical Fusion
As a violinist, the techniques of violin have to be explored, for example the bowing and fingering technique of the western music. In Carnatic music, the use of little finger is very limited but using the same finger in western classical music gives you tremendous speed and notes which are hard to imagine. Western classical music complements Carnatic music and it appealed to me more when I heard Ilaiyaraaja using the same violin for different pitches. Back then, I had realized that my competency was only 30-40 % when V.S. Narasimhan, solo violinist to Ilaiyaraaja explained to me the different vistas of violin. I joined Bangalore School of music, learnt till grade 5 and undertook exams from Royal College of music, London. For further trainings I approached V.S. Narasimhan himself. Later, I got a fellowship from Trinity College of music, London.
Mystery behind the 7-string violin
I have played 4, 5 and 7 string violin but playing on 7 strings does not appeal to me much as it does not suit the modern world or traditional Carnatic playing. The reason why my guru R. R. Keshavamurthy chose 7 strings was because of lack of amplification at that time; their concept of using 7 strings was different compared to the western 7 strings. The western 7 strings covers 3 octaves but here there are 2 of "pa" Strings, one top and one base and similarly two "Sa" strings to get volume without mikes. Also, to combat the audiences' cheering and echoes, they used this technique of having 2 strings for each note to double the volume.
Embracing Stardom:
Back in India, all the reality shows over project the children and the stardom affects the real quality output. I want my kids to have normal childhood. Although my kids are free to choose their own instruments, they have affinity for violin as they keep seeing it all the time. I will push them only after they settle down in the field of education.
Driving Force for JAVA certification!
When I got married, I was doing my MD in Pathology in Bangalore Medical College and my husband was working with TCS. I had very little knowledge about computers and my husband took this onerous task of making me a computer savvy person. He started with basics and slowly the subject started gripping my interest. I sought computers as a break from my MD, something to look apart from the cancer slides. I learnt programming in the process and discovered my hidden talent with coding. It was then I wanted to be Sun certified in JAVA and enrolled for it.
Concerts and Movies
At present, I am concentrating more on concerts. In another 2 years I would like to go for composing music for movies. I too have offers lined up now but I am declining them because of big projects coming up in London. One of them is my organization Dhruv Arts and also I am curating the London International Arts festival. My effort would be to project Carnatic music on top in the international festival through LIA. Carnatic music is less known in the international market compared to the exposure tabla and sitar have received. People will listen to Carnatic music in this world music act and it would be a big venture. As a violinist I am crazy about orchestral work. Once I am through all this and take music to next level, I would be concentrating on movies.
Back in home land
I tried to host another wing of Dhruv Arts in India but could not get the support as I got from the Arts Council, England here. I recently did a Fusion show at counter culture in Whitefield, Bangalore and it was very well received. People in India have more liking towards fusion and Bollywood music compared to hard-core Carnatic music. Currently I don't have plans of coming back to India mostly due to my kids' education as switching between countries would affect their education.
My Memorable Childhood Experience…
When I was 5, my mother took me to Kunnakudi Vaidanathan's concert; I was thrilled with the violin so much that I imitated the violin with 2 broomsticks back at home. Seeing my interest, my mother enrolled me for violin classes. At the age of 9, I went for my first concert at Rajajinagar, Bangalore for the occasion Ramanavami. It was a junior concert from 6-7 pm and from 7 it was Kunnakudi's concert. I was extremely thrilled. Due to some reason Kunnakudi was late for the concert so I had to continue for some more time till it was 8.30. I was over with my stock of music as I had prepared for just one hour but they asked me to replay to fill in the time. So my first concert lasted from 6 to 9.30pm even though I had a time slot from 6 to 7. Later I went to play for the Prime Minister and David Cameron but my first concert was really thrilling…


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Loloi Rugs to debut six new collections in expanded Atlanta showroom
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Dallas – Family owned and operated area rug house Loloi is coming to the Atlanta International Area Rug Market this month with six new collections that will be on display in the company's newly expanded, 14,000-square-foot showroom in space 4-D-2 of the AmericasMart.
Eden is a new hand-tufted grouping from China, and it is made of 100% polyester. Its portfolio encompasses seven designs in bold, over-scaled design in soft palettes, all enhanced by a hand-carved finish around the edges and a plush surface.
The Panache collection employs textural effects achieved via the use of a mix of fibers on geometric patterns. The base of each rug is hooked with wool, and the pattern is interpreted on a raised pile of viscose for shine.
Sierra is a grouping of vibrantly colored southwestern patterns on a power-loomed construction. Made in Egypt, these rugs are 100% polypropylene.
Stephanie is a bold and tonal collection of 100% wool hooked rugs from India. Each design is featured on a high-low pile for a sense of dimension and textural interest.
And Vista, which is power-loomed in Egypt of a 100% polypropylene fiber, encompasses nine striking patterns inspired by ethnic textiles and depicted in desert hues like rust, and taupe.
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Wootalyzer's Pricing Post! - The price of today's woot item is saved here for future reference------------------------------------------------------------Tabletop Air Hockey with 6 Shot Glasses$20.99 + $5 Standard OR $12 Two-Day OR $15 One-Day ShippingCondition: New*DISCLAIMER* Wootalyzer! is in no way affiliated with Woot!, and this post may not always be here!
And how in the heck am I supposed to make crude humor out of this?!!!!Meh! I'll be back tomorrow.
There. Nice, clean, wholesome family fun.
I think I saw these at Kohls or Walmart for around the same price.
6 things aren't like the others.
ThunderThighs wrote:There. Nice, clean, wholesome family fun.
Someone might try sitting on one of those paddles.
SuperNinja wrote:I think I saw these at Kohls or Walmart for around the same price.
You did at kohls, $19.99 at Christmas minus the shot glasses.
SuperNinja wrote:Someone might try sitting on one of those paddles.
Probably slightly safer than real hockey and shots.
You know, with the whole blades slicing jugulars and all.
mariomario42 wrote:Probably slightly safer than real hockey and shots.
You know, with the whole blades slicing jugulars and all.
//throws off gloves
Wait, what?! Multiple woot-offs? That can HAPPEN?!
...is there... is there any chance of a Bunch of Changelings..? *hopes*
90's Woot-Off. Let me be the first to offer this misheard lyric by the great 90's band Extreme. From their 1991 Billboard #2 hit "Who Wooted" I offer these lyrics.... "There's a hole in my heart that can only be filled by Woot. And these holes in my heart can't be filled with a Bunch of Changelings..Who Wooted?"
I played this with a buddy of mine. We just put it on a table and filled the shot glasses and for every Canadian joke you could come up with the other had to drink. Now drink,EH!!!
Now THAT'S sad desperation!! Even without the shots!
Wait... IF THE booze was included I just might get break out the CC...
Ah hell, who am I kidding?!I'd buy it!
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Hawaii's school accountability and improvement system is designed to meet the needs of students, educators and schools. It aligns and connects our key state education policies and initiatives to position students and educators for success.
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The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), signed into law in Dec. 2015 to be fully implemented for School Year 2017-18, creates significant flexibilities for states in the design and administration of their school performance system. Hawai'i's system, the Strive HI Performance System, reflects many of these opportunities as part of its waiver from the previous law, the No Child Left Behind Act.
While HIDOE looks at opportunities to further innovate the Strive HI System, key elements were not implemented for the SY 2015-16 reports — notably, schools did not receive Index Scores or Classifications. Read the factsheet below for details, and learn more about ESSA on our FAQs page.
How do you measure how well a school is doing? In our estimation, it's about more than scores on high-stakes tests. Schools should demonstrate that they're supporting all children along the educational pipeline toward college, career and community readiness. Are they attending school? Are they graduating? Are they going to college? Students should be able to demonstrate proficiency, but are they also
showing growth? And how successfully are schools reducing the achievement gap between high-needs and non-high-needs students?
The Strive HI Performance System was designed to account for all these factors in student success. To implement it, the state took advantage of the U.S. Department of Education's (USDOE) opportunity to apply for a waiver from certain requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). Hawaii's waiver was
approved in May 2013 after more than a year of collaboration with Hawaii educators, parents, community groups and higher education stakeholders. Approval was extended in 2014, and was rated the highest level of "meets expectations" across all measurements of the
USDOE monitoring report, one of the few states to achieve the distinction. The USDOE has approved the Strive HI System through the 2017-18 school year.
Data from the four components of the system —
Achievement, Growth, Readiness and
Achievement Gap — are gathered throughout the year. Schools' scores on these components are released in the fall.
Websites where you can dynamically view data from the Strive HI System:
Please review ESSA note at the top of this page — not all components implemented for 2015-16.
The Strive HI Performance System is designed to measure and understand school performance and progress and help tailor rewards, supports and interventions for improvement. It aligns with the
Strategic Plan and has three components:
On June 23, 2015, the U.S. Department of Education approved the Strive HI system through the 2017-18 school year.
The Strive HI Performance System replaces many of NCLB's most outdated and ineffective requirements with a system better designed to meet the needs of Hawaii's students, educators and schools.
No Child Left Behind (2002-2012)
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Who designed the system?
federal government designed the system based on an outdated approach to school reform
Hawaii stakeholders designed the system to align to the BOE/DOE State Strategic Plan's 2012 vision of success
What is the system's focus?
Proficiency in reading and math
Readiness for college and careers
How is school performance measured?
Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) measures school performance based mostly on one test, the Hawaii State Assessment (HSA)
reading and math scores in grades 3-10
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All schools are held accountable to meeting
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casetracker_comment_driven (CTCD for short) allows for CCK fields to be added to Case Tracker and tracked in the comments in a manner identical to how standard cases are tracked. This is achieved by using the Comment Driven module to track changes made with each comment and merging the Case Tracker table with the Comment Driven table to make them appear as one.
This method should work for anything that can be tracked with comment_driven. Hypothetically, this includes the title, taxonomy terms (tags) and almost any other field. This functionality has not been tested yet.
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So i'm sitting here with a nice bottle of Neilson-Massey Madagascar Vanilla Bean Paste. I was wondering what the -actual- equivalent is to Vanilla Extract. It says on the bottle that 1 TBS. paste is equal to 1 TBS extract (approximate). However, elsewhere in these forums, it says that while the paste has a truer vanilla flavor, it is less pronounced/intense than the extract. Thus, I was wondering how much extra to add in order to get the same flavor intensity of extract while maintaining the superior vanilla flavour. Any thoughts?
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VIDEO: Juvenile Diabetes Fundraiser at CMHS varsity basketball games
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STANTON — Students at Central Montcalm proudly boast their school colors of green and white during athletic events held throughout the year, but this was not the case during two varsity basketball games on Jan. 27.
This past Friday, students, faculty and fans donned as much orange clothing as they could in support of juvenile diabetes awareness.
Even the girls varsity basketball team joined the effort, purchasing orange jerserys to support the cause.
Event organizer Brad Hansen said the event was a success with nearly $3,000 raised for the cause.
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New Power Plant Siting Law Could Boost Efforts to Close Indian Point
Legislative action in Albany last week may make it easier to shut down the controversial Indian Point nuclear power station north of New York City.
The bill, known as Article X, would greatly simplify the permissions process for new power plants.
If Indian Point is closed, new generators will have to be built to make up the 2,000 megawatts supplied by the nuclear facility's two reactors. Indian Point is estimated to meet about 20 percent of New York City's energy needs.
"It is one of the pieces of the puzzle that we needed quite frankly to address a transition away from Indian Point," said Phillip Musegaas, an attorney with environmental group Riverkeeper.
The Independent Power Producers of New York, an industry group, estimates it currently takes about seven years to build a new power plant because of all the regulatory hurdles. But under Article X, the approval process would be fast-tracked to just 12 months.
IPPNY, which sometimes spars with environmental groups, is supporting the measure.
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Eyes always read a ball could use new eyes or just paint in the breech or I didn't put them in right. Shooting eyes on went into the fail safe mode capped at 5 balls per second which was perfect for me. The last time I used the asa ~6 months ago it leaked out of the hole in the bottom.
I'll include a 10x o-ring rebuild kit from oringmonkey. I've used this marker once in the year I've owned it at Oklahoma D-Day and it worked great. I set the dwell at 20 instead of 18 and tuned it so it's really smooth and quiet now. I was actually very impressed with it. I rarely play semi and it's even more rare for me to play electro so I have no need for it when I have an LCD Angel and LCD Matrix that I want to use over this one as far as my electronic markers go.
$175. I'm not adding for any trade unless it's a cocker, mag, pump, or a PPS marker. If you have a revy or a warp feed.. I'm very interested. That being said I have waaaaaaaayyyy too many markers and I'm trying to thin the herd. I want to keep this but I'll never use it and could use the money for other things.
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Michele Garnett McKenzie serves on the senior leadership team at The Advocates for Human Rights. She also continues to lead the organization's research, education, and advocacy team and is responsible for advocacy on The Advocates' domestic priority issues including migration and human trafficking. Michele joined the staff of The Advocates in 1999 as a staff attorney representing asylum seekers and detained immigrants and later managed the asylum, detention, and walk-in clinic projects in addition to policy advocacy relating to immigration.
Michele serves on the national leadership team of the Immigration Advocates Network and on the Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault public policy committee. She is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and is admitted to practice in the State of Minnesota. She has served as an adjunct clinical faculty member of William Mitchell College of Law and the University of Minnesota Law School, and she currently teaches the Immigration Education and Outreach Externship for the U of M Law School's Center for New Americans.
Prior to joining The Advocates, Michele was in private immigration practice in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and served as a judicial law clerk for the Executive Office for Immigration Review in Arizona and Nevada. She received her J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School and her B.A. from Macalester College.
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Woman on front page of healthcare.gov disappears
Yes, it's true. The pleasant-looking, smiling woman who fronted healthcare.gov for the better part of four weeks has gone missing. And who can blame her?
We thought maybe she emigrated to the Spanish-language site, but no.
Her photo has been replaced by cute circular icons encouraging consumers to apply for Obamacare by mail, over the phone, or in person. The problem is, those applications reportedly won't get processed until the website is fixed:
With the supposedly state-of-the-art $600 million HealthCare.gov portal malfunctioning, President Barack Obama is urging Americans to go ahead and try to get health coverage by mailing in a paper application, calling the helpline or seeking help from one of the trained "assisters."
But the truth is those applications — on paper or by phone — have to get entered into the same lousy website that is causing the problems in the first place. And the people processing the paper and calls don't have any cyber secret passage to duck around that. They too have to deal with all the frustrations of HealthCare.gov — full-time.
Clearly, it is time for out-of-the-box thinking:
Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/10/27/woman-on-front-page-of-healthcare-gov-disappears/


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This is a discussion on The dizzle and loulegz thread within the Mountain States forums, part of the Regional Discussion category; Originally Posted by adizzle02 whats up peeps friggin Monday is a pain in my butt lol you have no idea ...
friends don't let friends ride stock...
Gilly Monster quote:" if you start driving like an asshat we will demote you to Civic tuner status."
Treq about your tranny oil. Go with amsoil severe gear 75-90w gear oil. I had a major grind issue in 1st and 4th before i put that stuff in, now i have no problems whatsoever. I was running the redline/amsoil mix, but then i talked to this dude named ninefourteener, the moderator for slcsubaru and he was running the same mix for a while and said the redline began to screw up his synchros.
And let me get this straight njo, you painted your wheels with regular ole duplicolor spray paint, and they look that good? Sweet. This is my next "mod"
My emotions, and how my car is currently running are somehow interconnected. I would hate to see how I would react if I totalled it!
Stage 2 baby!
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He probably put it on for free huh? What did i tell you about always getting the hook ups?
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My emotions, and how my car is currently running are somehow interconnected. I would hate to see how I would react if I totalled it!
oh and Monday can go to hell!!!!!
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Sfas Emes, Zechuso Tagein Aleinu, Chanuka, 5th Candle, 5631
The Sfas Emes begins this ma'amar with a quote from his Grandfather. The Chidushei HaRim, in turn, is commenting on a statement in the Gemara (Maseches Shabbos, 23b). As you will soon see, that statement cries out for explanation ' for it comes across as a total non-sequitur. Thus: 'Ha'ragil be'neir…" ("If a person takes the lighting of candles — for Chanuka or for Shabbos — as a regular feature of his life, his sons will be talmidei chachamin. ").
To say the least, this statement is puzzling. Why? Because no connection is apparent between lighting candles regularly and having one's sons develop as talmidei chachamim. How did the Chidushei HaRim handle the puzzle? He pointed out that lighting candles in a context of mitzvos can convey a vital message to one's children (and to oneself!). That message is: even in a setting of hergeil (habait, routine), one can rise in one's Avoda. How? By bringing to bear the elucidation (he'ara) and freshness (hischadshus) that newly lit candles symbolize. Thus shielded from the deadening power of hergeil, a person (and his progeny) can reach higher levels of ruchniyus. As noted, the message can help the potential talmidei chachamim in two ways — either via its impact on the sons directly. or indirectly, via its impact on the potential facilitators, the parents.
Mention of the word "hergeil" leads the Sfas Emes to another phrase where – – if one looks with eyes inspired by the Sfas Emes — one can also find the word "hergeil". But to understand what comes next, we must go back to first principles.
The reason why we light candles on Chanuka is : 'pirsu'mei nisa'. (That is: to broadcast news of the miracle that we experienced on the first Chanuka). We attempt to achieve persumei nisa by lighting candles which passers-by can see, and remind themselves of the miracle. Accordingly, the Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chayim, 672,b) tells us that Chanuka candles may be lit: "ad she'tikaleh ha'regel min ha'shuk". In a non-literal translation: "until traffic in the market-place stops". In a more-or-less literal translation: "until the feet [of passers-by] are no longer in the market-place".
So much for the plain, simple meaning of the phrase: "ad she'tikahleh ha'regel". The Sfas Emes leads us forward now to another dimension of meaning. The word ha'regel means "the foot". But working with allusion (remez), the Sfas Emes reads the word as "hergeil" — habit, routine. Thus the Sfas Emes is telling us that we light the Chanuka candles to bring renewal and remove habit from our Avodah.
Doing mitzvos as a matter of unthinking routine is a constant threat to the active, conscious way in which we should strive to live our relationship with HaShem. The Sfas Emes is telling us to let the Chanuka candles remind us to focus our mind and our emotions on our actions when we do mitzvos. "Hergeil" (routine; habit) is the enemy We should be aware of what we are doing rather than live our Yiddishkeit as unthinking creatures of habit .
Clearly, the Sfas Emes considered hergeil to be a very serious problem for our Avodah.. Thus,. he felt it necessary to add two more non-pshats that speak well of living on the edge , and speak ill of life submerged in habit. The Sfas Emes quotes the pasuk ( Bereishis, 42: 31 ) where the shevatim– Yosef's ten brothersâ??say : 'Keinim anachnu…" (. ArtScroll : :" We are truthful men…" ) By contrast, the Sfas Emes shows us another way to read the word "keinim" : namely, as coming from the same root as ":hachana"â??preparation.. This reading shows us the shevatim as 'muchanim"–i,e., alert and ready to go forward in their Avodah., The same thought comes through when the shevatim end the sentence just quoted Thus, we hear: them saying :' Lo hayinu meRaGLim" That is, we do not do our Avodah in a mode of regilus ( habit, routine ).
In deference to the Sfas Emes, who has called our attention.to a potential problem.that threatens every shomeir Torah u'mitzvos, we say once more : "Ad she'tikaleh hergeil min hashuk!"
Text Copyright © 2004 by Rabbi Dr. Nosson Chayim Leff and Torah.org.


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Dear Bleaders,I wrote a little essay on Christopher Hitchens and the meaning of life and death for the Ottawa Citizen called "For Atheists This Life is Enough." Maybe have a look? Maybe tell me what you think.x Jennifer … [Read more...]
Christopher Hitchens RIP
Fun with Poetic Atheism
Dear Bleaders,I'm getting the sense that atheism in these parts ('round this url) is not as, shall we say "taken for granted" as it is in my usual conversations. A good number of my usual conversations take place in my head, the ones that involve other people are still usually in New York City, and failing that, often in universities, and in any number of reform religious temples and churches that invite me to speak, i.e. I go from one den of atheism to another. I'm surrounded by secular … [Read more...]
A Thanksgiving Gift from Emily
Dear Bleaders,"Faith" is a fine inventionWhen Gentlemen can see--But Microscopes are prudentin an Emergency.A favorite of mine from Emily Dickinson, offered here as a little digestif to your worldly feasts. Happy Thanksgiving. (Reread the poem slowly as if Lauren Becall were saying it into your ear very dramatically with an almost full honey stop on every verb and use all four syllables for E-mer-gen-cy. Anyway, that's just a serving suggestion, you can shoot it howsomever you like.)We're … [Read more...]
Down with Agnosticism
Dear Bleaders,I'm against Agnosticism. I think it is hooey. Ancient Skepticism made the beautiful point that we are such imperfect sensing and thinking beings that we cannot really know anything; that everything true has an opposite that can also be argued; that true contradictions can be shown; and that irrational states of mind teach us that all states of mind are somewhat irrational-- it's always only one version of the truth. (This critique is true and solid. Science gets around it by … [Read more...]
Post the First, by Jennifer Michael Hecht
Dear Bleaders,Hecht here. I'm new in these parts so will start with a few introductory introductions. To wit, I call anyone reading any blog I write my "bleader" for the obvious wordscrunch and also because I like reminding us that we are mortal. Also while often "breeder" means nesting heterosexual, blood is something many artists symbolically gush on the blank canvas of existence. So that's you. I'm Jennifer. Jennifer Michael Hecht.I used to blog a lot, over on the Best American Poetry site, an … [Read more...]


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Linnie Malcolm: (after Donnelly recommends probation) Why?
Elizabeth Donnelly: Back then I was trying so hard to be one of the boys that I had forgotten why I became a lawyer.
Brent Latimer: You've got a lot of nerve, detective.
Olivia Benson: Why? Because you can't tell me what to do?
Mia Latimer: Are you here to arrest me?
Elliot Stabler: You handcuffed a rape victim?
Security Guard #2: She created a scene. It's store policy.
Olivia Benson: Unhook her, now!
Elizabeth Donnelly: You have no idea what it was like in law enforcement back in those days. I fought to get assigned to the homicide bureau, but the DA didn't think it was a suitable job for a woman.
Olivia Benson: So what made him change his mind?
Elizabeth Donnelly: He knew a male prosecutor beating up on poor little Caroline Creswell would get sympathy points with the jury, so he gave me the case. After he called my husband and asked for his permission.
Elizabeth Donnelly: Did you ask Linnie how she escaped?
Olivia Benson: No. Does it matter?
Elizabeth Donnelly: She asked for a meeting to discuss a plea bargain. I let her use the bathroom, she crawled out the window.
Olivia Benson: So you took the fall?
Elizabeth Donnelly: For years, whenever a rookie ADA pulled a stupid move, it was known as "doing a Donnelly."
International Episode Titles:
Czech Republic: "Neznama osoba" (Unknown Person)
The initial press release from NBC called Nathanial Marston and Clea Duvall's characters Brett and Mia Lorimer. By the time of broadcast, this had been changed to Brent and Mia Latimer.
Special billing was given to Brenda Blethyn (Special Guest Star), Kelly Bishop (Special Guest Appearance by), Judith Light (with), and Mike Farrell (and) for this episode.
Original International Air Dates:
Australia March 19, 2009 on Channel Ten
Czech Republic December 14, 2010 on TV Nova
Jonah Malcolm: If we had a view, I'd be watching the view like Jimmy Stewart in Rear Window and this is my Grace Kelly.
Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 film, Rear Window, starred Jimmy Stewart as a photographer who, like Jonah, was restricted to a wheel chair. He spies on his neighbors to pass the time, and uncovers criminal goings-on with a beautiful neighbor played by Grace Kelly.
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Given whatever social/psychological/developmental problems he already had, we might surmise ( wild guess that could be
wrong) that if that nice semi-auto rifle had a barrel painted pink, a normal wooden stock with some smile face decals,
and a tube feed, his fantasies may have gone in some other direction. If we are going to blame the video games we need
to also look at the looks (not functionality) of what is available at the LGS. I bet the gang bangers wouldn't be so into
guns if the barrels were painted pink. Of course they might be into more violence after getting teased (uh, I mean dissed) about their gender identity.


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Hm Os Are Beginning To Look Vulnerable
The August recess began like any other for Representative Mark Foley (R-Fla.). He looked forward to a little R&R. But there was no escaping Washington. Shortly after Foley arrived home, powerful Beltway lobbies began pelting the third-termer's district with radio and TV ads denouncing a patients' rights bill that Foley supports. The ads blasted the measure as a "lawyers' right-to-sue bill." Foley shrugs off the campaign. "I'm not going to be dissuaded by any ads," he says.
But the pressure will only intensify when Congress returns on Sept. 8. Foley and 20 other Republicans who support a bipartisan patient-rights proposal, will be the target of an intensifying battle over managed-care reform legislation that the House is expected to vote on later this month. The key provision that insurers are determined to keep out of the law: letting patients sue HMOs and managed-care plans for damages. Before the recess, Foley & Co. split from the GOP leadership on this issue and put their support behind a measure that grants patients the right to sue insurers over treatment. Little wonder that big employers and insurers unleashed a $1 million ad blitzkrieg to force the defectors back into the fold. Their major argument against the measure, sponsored by Representatives John D. Dingell (D-Mich.) and Charlie Norwood (R-Ga.), is that it would raise costs and encourage employers to drop coverage.
Norwood, a dentist who has worked closely with the American Medical Assn., has been a leading voice among House Republicans for a strong patient's bill of rights. Supporters of the "Dingwood" measure have been lobbying, too. In late August, a coalition of doctor and patient groups took out ads in 37 newspapers denouncing HMOs for putting "dollars first and patients last."
SAD STORIES. And when Congress returns to work, 2,000 Families USA activists will lobby lawmakers. For now, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America is keeping a low profile, hoping it can win if the debate doesn't turn into an attack on the plaintiffs' bar. The reform issue clearly resonates with voters. That's what brought 250 people to St. Mary's Catholic Church in Jensen Beach, Fla., on Aug. 30 to talk health care with Foley. For 90 minutes, the lawmaker nodded sympathetically as participants, many elderly, recounted tales of $80 prescriptions for eyedrops and other nightmares. Says Foley: "It gave me more courage to continue my quest for health-care reform."
GOP leaders are scrambling to lure back the renegades. But privately, business lobbyists admit that they may be too late to head off the right-to-sue measure. "Maybe we can limit it," sighs one. Their next step is to rally support for a new proposal, sponsored by Representatives Tom A. Coburn (R-Okla.) and John Shadegg (R-Ariz.), that would allow lawsuits against insurers--but only in federal court and only after an independent panel had certified that an injury was caused by lack of care.
Limited liability, iNsists Coburn, "is the only way to drive a hammer on the bad actors." That's a far cry from the narrow patients' rights bill the Senate passed in July, which does not allow lawsuits, period. House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.), a self-styled health-care expert who helped push through an HMO bill in the prior session that did not include any right to sue, is now widely expected to endorse the Coburn-Shadegg bill. But head-counters say Hastert lacks the votes to stop the "Dingwood" measure, which has solid Democratic support and 21 GOP co-sponsors. Insurers and other HMO reform foes now vow to fight to kill off any legislation that includes the right to sue. In the end, Coburn-Shadegg may attract pro-reform Republicans such as Foley, who says he's keeping an open mind. That still leaves insurers on the hook. But consumers, who have sat through two years of debate already, will soon be closer to winning the right to take their grievances to court.


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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by mikhail1973, Jan 18, 2008.
#2 Pick 1998 - Keith VanHorn #1 pick 1999 - Olowokandi
Don't know if I'd call Van Horn a bust... he scored effectively, rebounded fairly well, made over $100 million during his career; sure, he was butter-soft and never a superstar, but of the players drafted after him only McGrady reached that level, and he was selected many picks later. Here's my list of busts from the '97 to '06 draft classes: 1. Nikoloz Tskitishvili 2. Darko Milicic 3. Kwame Brown 4. Adam Morrison 5. Shelden Williams 6. Drew Gooden 7. Stromile Swift 8. Darius Miles 9. Raef LaFrentz 10. Tyrus Thomas Honorable mentions include Andrea Bargnani, Jonathan Bender, Marcus Fizer, Jay Williams, Michael Olowokandi, Mike Dunleavy, and Seinfeld Harris.
Biggest busts? Dolly Parton.
Have you followed him this season in Indiana? He is perhaps their most consistent player. His numbers have been outstanding.
I would substitute Oden for Morrison. At least Morrison got one full year in before spending a year on R & R. Gooden did not live up to expectations as a #4 pick but with a career ave of 12 ppg and 8 rpg he is definitely not a bust. All of these guys were top 12 picks which means that should have become very good players. Some were bigger busts than others but all of them returned a lot less value for their draft position than one would expect. Antonio Daniels - 1997 4th pick Oliver Saint-Jean - 1997 11th pick Jonathan Bender - 1999 5th pick Trajan Langdon - 1999 11th pick Marcus Fizer - 2000 4th pick Jerome Moiso - 2000 11th pick DeSagana Diop - 2001 8th pick Kedrick Brown - 2001 11th pick Dajuan Wagner - 2002 6th pick Mike Sweetney - 2003 9th pick Rafael Araujo - 2004 8th pick Luke Jackson - 2004 10th pick Fran Vasquez - 2005 11th pick Yaroslav Korolev - 2005 12th pick Randy Foye - 2006 7th pick Patrick O'Bryant - 2006 9th pick Muhamed Sene - 2006 10th pick Greg Oden - 2007 1st pick
I didn't include anyone from this year's draft class; that would be premature, although I have my suspicions that Oden won't be as good as he was billed. I included Morrison because he's a lousy player without much upside, and he was picked ahead of Brandon Roy and Randy Foye, who are not only currently much superior players at the wing guard position but have more room to grow. I agree that he's a borderline case, but his and Dunleavy's being picked ahead of Stoudemire and Butler makes it questionable to me. I didn't bother to go past the top 5 picks from each class, but surely there are many more when you look at the entirely lottery. As for Antonio Daniels, the same reasoning as with Keith Van Horn applies. That was just a lousy draft, and the few gems are scattered fairly randomly.
Too much plastic........Gotta go old school with....... Jayne Mansfield or Anita Ekberg........
I can see your position on Morrison but I think he will improve a lot. He only played one year before his injury this year. A lot of guys that are big time scorers in college have trouble shooting a high percentage in their rookie year. Durant is shooting only about 40%. I think you are using bust rather broadly. I would not call someone a bust just because someone drafted behind them turned out to a much better player. That is a GM draft choice bust, not necessarily a player bust. But if you are looking at it from a GM making a choice then I would agree. But then I am sure that almost every player taken ahead of Boozer could be considered a bust. Many players taken ahead of Milsap could be considered a bust using the GM approach. So on and so forth. I can see limiting it to top five picks, because those are the guys that are supposed to difference makers.
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- 1 ounce chilled club soda
- 3/4 ounce fresh lemon juice
- 3/4 ounce Simple Syrup
- 2 ounces malt whiskey, preferably Stranahan's Colorado Whiskey
- Ice
- 2 dashes of celery bitters (optional)
- 4 cherries, preferably Rainier, pitted, plus 1 cherry for garnish
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A Phase 1b Study of ONT-380 Combined With Ado-trastuzumab Emtansine (T-DM1) in Patients With HER2+ Breast Cancer
|Tracking Information
|First Received Date ICMJE
|October 28, 2013
|Last Updated Date
|December 22, 2016
|Start Date ICMJE
|February 2014
|Estimated Primary Completion Date
|July 2017 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Current Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Original Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Same as current
|Change History
|Complete list of historical versions of study NCT01983501 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site
|Current Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|anti-tumor activity of ONT-380 given at the MTD/RD in combination with T-DM1 [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
|Original Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Same as current
|Current Other Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Not Provided
|Original Other Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Not Provided
|Descriptive Information
|Brief Title ICMJE
|A Phase 1b Study of ONT-380 Combined With Ado-trastuzumab Emtansine (T-DM1) in Patients With HER2+ Breast Cancer
|Official Title ICMJE
|A Phase 1b, Open-label Study to Assess the Safety and Tolerability of ONT-380 Combined With Ado-trastuzumab Emtansine (Trastuzumab Emtansine;T-DM1)
|Brief Summary
|The purpose of this study is to determine the maximal tolerated dose (MTD) or recommended dose (RD) and to assess the safety and tolerability of ONT-380 combined with ado-trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1) in patients with HER2+ breast cancer.
|Detailed Description
This is a Phase 1b, open-label study of ONT-380 given in combination with ado-trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1) to patients with HER2+ breast cancer.
Phase 1 will use a 3+3 dose escalation design to evaluate up to four dose levels of ONT-380 in order to identify the maximal tolerated dose/recommended dose (MTD/RD) of ONT-380 in combination with T-DM1. T-DM1 will be administered intravenously on day 1 of each cycle (except cycle 1, when it will be administered on day 2 to allow for PK assessments of ONT-380 alone). ONT-380 will be administered orally, twice per day on days 1-21 of each cycle.
There will be 3-6 evaluable patients enrolled in each cohort in the dose escalation phase, unless that dose is found to be intolerable prior to completion of enrollment. At least 6 evaluable patients are to be treated at a dose level in order for an MTD/RD to be declared. Once an MTD/RD is declared, an additional 24 evaluable patients will be in enrolled in a MTD/RD expansion cohort for a total of 30 evaluable patients to be treated at the MTD/RD.
In addition to the MTD/RD expansion cohort, an optional additional cohort of up to 15 evaluable patients with either untreated, asymptomatic CNS metastases not needing immediate local therapy or progressive CNS metastasis following local therapy may also be enrolled and treated at the MTD/RD. Up to 63 evaluable patients may be treated in this study.
|Study Type ICMJE
|Study Phase
|Phase 1
|Study Design ICMJE
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Condition ICMJE
|HER2 Positive Breast Cancers
|Intervention ICMJE
|Study Arms
|Experimental: Dose Escalation of ONT-380 in combination with T-DM1
|Publications *
|Not Provided
* Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline.
|Recruitment Information
|Recruitment Status ICMJE
|Active, not recruiting
|Enrollment ICMJE
|Estimated Completion Date
|July 2017
|Estimated Primary Completion Date
|July 2017 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Eligibility Criteria ICMJE
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers
|Contacts ICMJE
|Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects
|Listed Location Countries ICMJE
|Canada, United States
|Removed Location Countries
|Administrative Information
|NCT Number ICMJE
|Other Study ID Numbers ICMJE
|Has Data Monitoring Committee
|U.S. FDA-regulated Product
|Not Provided
|Plan to Share Data
|Not Provided
|IPD Description
|Not Provided
|Responsible Party
|Cascadian Therapeutics Inc.
|Study Sponsor ICMJE
|Cascadian Therapeutics Inc.
|Collaborators ICMJE
|Not Provided
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|PRS Account
|Cascadian Therapeutics Inc.
|Verification Date
|December 2016
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Yesterday signalled a year until the World Cup and while Brazil admits mistakes in its preparations it vows to be ready for the finals.
After difficulties getting its stadia prepared for the eight-team Confederations Cup, which begins on Saturday, Brazil promises things will be different ahead of the World Cup.
A clock displaying the countdown to next year's tournament was unveiled yesterday at Copacabana Beach in the presence of FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke, World Cup ambassador Pele and local organisers.
"This is another memorable milestone in our preparations for Brazil 2014," said local World Cup organising committee president Jose Maria Marin. "It's a reminder that the big event is just round the corner. In 12 months' time we'll be staging a football festival."
Despite all the fanfare, Brazil cannot escape the fact it was a close run thing getting just six of its stadia ready for the Confederations Cup as building work was plagued by delays.
Only two of the grounds were completed by the original deadline in December while the fabled Maracana was only able to host one full test event — England's friendly with Brazil — before being handed over for the tournament of continental champions.
"I do believe we could have delivered the stadia sooner to allow for the realisation of more test events, which could have anticipated some of the problems that arose during those test events," said Brazil sports minister Aldo Rebelo.
"Apart from that, I believe that all requirements were executed in accordance with expectations and that we will have a Confederations Cup that will be held as expected."
Rebelo assures FIFA they should not worry about the remaining six stadia being ready for the World Cup.
"This first delivery was actually the hardest deadline to meet," said Rebelo. "The evolution of the construction work of these [World Cup] stadiums indicates that, yes, they can and will be delivered in December.
"We have been in close contact with the responsible parties for these stadiums to make sure that those deadlines are fulfilled."
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Shelf Road's Hardest Route Climbed
Colorado's Shelf Road , a network of vertical limestone cliffs near Cañon City best known for sunny moderates, has a new 5.13d pitch and may soon get its first 5.14. On Sunday, March 7, Mark Anderson redpointed a striking, super-technical arête at Cactus Cliff that was bolted in the early 1990s but apparently never free-climbed. Listed in the guidebook as Wild Virus, the newly redpointed climb has been renamed Carnage (5.13d).
Carnage ascends 5.11 ground to a big rest ledge, followed by sustained 5.12 climbing up the prow, with the desperate crux coming below the eighth bolt in the form of an "ultra-subtle V10-ish boulder problem [that] slaps directly up the arête." Anderson, an engineer who lives in Morrison, spent four days working on the route and sent on his ninth attempt.
At Mountain Project, Josh Janes, one of Anderson's partners, wrote, "After two frustrating burns on the fourth day of working the route, Mark decided to throw in the towel for the day and give his sore bicep a week of rest, despite having unlocked subtle new beta for the crux. Later in the day, however, it occurred to him that the moves that tended to tweak his arm came after the crux, and it wouldn't hurt to climb up to that point one more time to reinforce the new beta…. Without any expectation of sending, he crushed the crux sequence and then persevered though the upper section for the FFA—an inspired performance!"
A potentially even harder route is in the works. According to Anderson, Ben Schmitt has been projecting a bulge on the wall between Carnage and Cure for the Common Crimp that is said to be at least 5.13+. "Ben's been working it for a few weeks, and he's one-hanged it a bunch, so he could send any day now," Anderson said.
"I had been convinced that Shelf was climbed out, but now I'm starting to see the crag with new eyes," Anderson added. "I think there's still a lot of potential, especially for harder routes, though they may not be of a style that's fashionable these days."


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56 Hope Road still truckin'
December 15, 2005
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When 56 Hope Road came through Steamboat last February, band members announced their plans to take over the world — musically. They had just quit their jobs in Chicago, made 56 Hope Road T-shirts and moved into a 33-foot mobile home.
Almost a year later, they still are on the road, touring from coast to coast and performing about 20 shows a month. Since February, they put 70,000 miles on their RV.
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They played the side stage for two Dave Matthews Band shows. They opened for Page McConnell from Phish, and this week, they are playing a show with Vince Herman from Leftover Salmon.
Playing with such frequency has allowed the group to relax into its sound, drummer Greg Fundis said. 56 Hope Road is a song-based acoustic jam band.
In October, the band released its first album, "Once in Our Lives."
"It's a play on words," Fundis said. "It's a live album, and it represents one period of our lives — the first year of our band."
Since the band's last tour through Steamboat, 56 Hope Road added guitar player Chris Corsale, who also sings three-part harmony in several songs.
56 Hope Road is the address of the famous Bob Marley compound in Kingston, Jamaica, from which reggae radiated out to the rest of the world. When the band chose 56 Hope Road as its name, its members had no plans to become a reggae band. What they wanted to take from Marley's legacy was his positive message as told through their own brand of music.


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where to find out about the newest sci-fi books
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Can anyone recommend a website that showcases the newest sci-fi books released each week?
John Scalzi's blog http://whatever.scalzi.com/ often has a round-up and reviews of the new stuff.
The publishers may have them on their websites, eg Tor at http://www.tor.com/
Your local bookstore may also have a newsletter to let you know what is out or coming out.
That's all I can think of, but I'm sure someone else will know exactly where to go.
I mostly find out about new stuff from right here (LibraryThing talk).
Many members are bookstore owners, writers, and critics and therefore get access to material before the general public.
That and here, but you have to wad thru a lot of fantasy to find SF titles
This will only be of interest to you if you have a Kindle, but you can subscribe for free to Fantasy & Science Fiction, Free Exclusive Digest (author Spilogale Inc.), which contains short reviews (including, at least in the most recent issue, ten recommendations from Charles de Lint). Just make sure you're subscribing to the FREE version because there's also the paid version which is apparently more comprehensive than just a digest.
For all I know, this may also be available for Nook, but I'm only familiar with the Kindle version.
There are lots of good sites, but many are like the one Randall just cited (Fantastic Fiction) in covering fantasy also. One I've found useful is The Sf Site. which does have lots of announcements of new stuff, plus awards lists, reviews & links.
Weekly : The Locus monitor is one option: http://www.locusmag.com/Monitor/category/new-books/ - they are doing SF, Fantasy, Horror, Weird but books are marked with their genres.
SF Signal also has a Books received section: http://www.sfsignal.com/booksReceived2011.htm - but they are mixed and it is not clear what is what -- but it is nice for keeping an eye on things. I usually keep an eye on their articles more than on the list - they tend to highlight the better ones sooner or later.
Between the two, I usually hear about most of the new SF.
http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi if you scroll down gives selected forthcoming books, Just above this is a link for view all forthcoming books.
I used to follow Andrew Wheeler when he was editor at the Science Fiction Book Club, but I just couldn't keep up. As an editor and prolific reviewer, he's often posting about to-be-released books on his blog
In addition to Locus' weekly (or so) postings of new books as they are published, they have a great list of forthcoming books: http://www.locusmag.com/Resources/ForthcomingBooks.html
>9 edgewood:
Any time I look through this list, my pre-orders's numbers become huge :)
My library does a monthly newsletter on a variety of genres, it's usually a mix of both new titles and old ones that might have been missed.
Is there a magazine about Sci-Fi and Fantasy books in the UK, i believe there used to be and if not why?
>12 johnsimpson:
There's Interzone. Though the emphasis is on short fiction rather than news and reviews etc.
IZ does do reviews, but they tend towards the small press end of the market. Since the magazine passed to its current owners/editorial team, their emphasis has been on new writers rather than the mix of established and emerging talent that it was famous for in the old days. OTOH, they do have a column from Dave Langford, who is in touch with all the best gossip in the field - though even that column isn't as up to date as his newszine 'Ansible' itself.
AFAIK, Interzone has no reviews policy regarding what imprint or press published a book. Reviews copies are sent to the editor, he emails out a list of available titles - which include books from the major imprints as well as small presses - the reviewers choose which book they'd like to review, and then they might or might not get it. In the time I've been reviewing for IZ, I've reviewed books published by Angry Robot, Eibonvale Press, Tor, Voyager, Corvus, NewCon Press, Solaris, Orbit, Del Rey, PS and others.
>12 johnsimpson:
The Transreal SF bookshop in Edinburgh offers a weekly listing of new books. The British Science Fiction Association produces a printed review zine, while SF Crowsnest, also UK-based, offers news and reviews. SFRevu and SFsite are both American sites but have UK listings. SFSignal is an excellent blog with news of new books.
To my mind the best single source for new UK books is Locus, even though it is is American. It is published on the 1st of each month as an open-format ebook.
>15 iansales:: I stand well corrected; perhaps it's indicative of the standard of the small press scene that reviewers are choosing writers and titles that take more seeking out, leading to my getting that impression.
I suspect it's more a result of the fact most of the reviewers don't have especially populist tastes, and when books by big imprints are covered it's because the book or the author is seen as "important".
Uncle Hugo's Science Fiction Bookstore in Minneapolis, Minnesota has a newsletter that provides lists of upcoming Science Fiction and Fantasy titles.
Current and archived issues can be found at http://www.unclehugo.com/prod/newsletterArchive.shtml
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I just published my first SF novel "The Ambassadors".
Here's a brief description:
"The Ambassadors is a work of speculative fiction, set in the eco-city of Riverton – a place where social media is the news, green technologies are embraced, and private corporations rule the day. Jake, the Sustainability Officer of Riverton, is kidnapped by his old friend Clyde and forced to participate in a series of twisted tests designed to break society's dangerous obsession with progress."
If anyone is searching for a new SF book to check out, you might find this one appealing. Its available in softcover and as an ebook download here http://www.blurb.com/my/book/detail/2892772.
#20 by seanlemon> http://www.librarything.com/about/authors
Come back when you've read that thoroughly.
Nice. I had ignored that thread a while back. Did you leave a message with Jeremy about the sock-puppetry? Probably a good idea.
I'm also shocked, just completely shocked that this is a self-published book. Shocked.
One more author that I can put on the "Don't read until you had read all other books in the world" list...
PS: I flagged the profile -- he posted in at least two threads, all of them being spam. So flagged he is.
diverting away from the spam and sock puppets that seem to be infesting us at the moment (surely there's a spray for those?) -
What about podcast? I've become rather addicted to listening to podcast but I've only got 'Slice of SciFi' for a scifi one. Anyone know of any good ones for books? I've downloaded 'Galatic Suburbia' but only listen to half of the latest one at the moment and that seemed ok.
The sfsignal weekly post with free fiction has links to podcasts -- both individual stories and serials... See if you like any of them. Although they are mainly for fiction - because of what this list is about...
There's the very specific HP Lovecraft Literary Podcast. Boy, now we're really straying from the thread topic. :D
going off topic is a tradition around here. Besides, the topic is a generic 'where to find out about the newest scifi books' and it's only in the first comment that klah specifies websites.
Yes, that's my justification and I'm sticking to it :-)
And thanks for the tips, I'll go check them out.
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In 1924, the 28th president of the United States, Woodrow Wilson, died in Washington, D.C., at 67.
Today is Sunday, Feb. 3, the 34th day of 2013. There are 331 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
•On Feb. 3, 1913, the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, providing for a federal income tax, was ratified.
On this date:
•In 1865, President Abraham Lincoln and Confederate Vice President Alexander H. Stephens held a shipboard peace conference off the Virginia coast; the talks deadlocked over the issue of Southern autonomy.
•In 1943, during World War II, the U.S. transport ship Dorchester, which was carrying troops to Greenland, sank after being hit by a German torpedo; of the more than 900 men aboard, only some 230 survived.
•In 1953, the Batepa Massacre took place in Sao Tome as Portuguese troops killed some 1,000 striking plantation workers.
•In 1966, the Soviet probe Luna 9 became the first manmade object to make a soft landing on the moon.
•In 1971, New York City police officer Frank Serpico, who had charged there was widespread corruption in the NYPD, was shot and seriously wounded during a drug bust in Brooklyn.
•In 1972, the XI Olympic Winter Games opened in Sapporo, Japan.
•In 1991, the rate for a first-class postage stamp rose to 29 cents.
•In 1998, Texas executed Karla Faye Tucker, 38, for the pickax killings of two people in 1983; she was the first woman executed in the United States since 1984. A U.S. Marine plane sliced through the cable of a ski gondola in Italy, sending the car plunging hundreds of feet, killing all 20 people inside.
Ten years ago: President George W. Bush sent lawmakers a $2.23 trillion budget for 2004.
Five years ago: The New York Giants scored a late touchdown to win Super Bowl XLII, 17-14, ending the New England Patriots' run at a perfect season.
One year ago: Susan G. Komen for the Cure abandoned plans to eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood, following a three-day furor that resounded across the Internet, in Congress and among Komen affiliates. Federal prosecutors dropped their investigation of Lance Armstrong, ending a nearly two-year effort aimed at determining whether the seven-time Tour de France winner and his teammates had participated in a doping program. (In January 2013, Armstrong publicly admitted taking performance-enhancing drugs.)
Today's Birthdays: Comedian Shelley Berman is 88. Football Hall-of-Famer Fran Tarkenton is 73. Actress Blythe Danner is 70. Football Hall-of-Famer Bob Griese is 68. Singer-guitarist Dave Davies (The Kinks) is 66. Singer Melanie is 66. Actress Morgan Fairchild is 63. Actress Pamela Franklin is 63. Actor Nathan Lane is 57. Rock musician Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth) is 57. Actress Michele Greene is 51. Country singer Matraca Berg is 49. Actress Maura Tierney is 48. Reggaeton singer Daddy Yankee is 37.


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Im not upset. ;-) lol
Im not upset. ;-) lol
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I am not a judge, but 16 rounds for one person seems a bit excessive.
To shoot and not knowing where 16 rounds are going is Irresponsible. Why save yourself and then go to jail for life or be bankrupt because you shot without looking; Some things are worse than death.
I really don't think is an example we want to use to justify haveing high cap magazines. Good grief....I am surprised the Brady Bunch doesn't use this guy as THEIR poster child for high caps. Just picture the ad for it:
GG shooting at BG with 30 bystanders around. At the end of the ad they show the only person standing is the BG with dead bodies around and the GG reloading..
Just saying I would distance myself from using this as an example. Better ones would be where the GG actually hit the BG multiple times and needed to keep shooting.
Keep pulling until it stops going bang...then reload.
I think this guy did great he did what he had to do to save the lives of his family and himself all the while having a round lodged in his shoulder and a broken collar bone.....he may not have hit the BG however he may have not had his shooting hand available it may have all been week hand shooting just as an attempt to drive him away....
We have no idea what we may face or when we will face it so that's why you need to train for the worse possible situation you can think of. Hopefully you will never need to defend against it but you can if you have to. As the saying goes "better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it."
^^^^^I agree 100% I did mean that as if its an excuse there are just so many factors within such a situation I just chose that one to name specifically. but yes training with the non dominant hand is absolutely a must for a situation like this one for example^^
I think the GG did the best he could and won the fight. No others injured, and they survived the encounter. One thought though - maybe a better outcome if the wife had returned fire rather than her wounded husband. If your partner isn't proficient with the car gun then maybe a range trip is in order before the weather turns cold... ;-)
I'm glad I don't live next to him ... if he's shooting off rounds and can't hit his target.
Needs some range time.


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Iraqi forces free hundreds of civilians in Mosul Old City battles as death toll mounts
* Nikkei down 0.2 pct, Topix off 0.3 pct * FOMC eyed - analyst * Asian funds' buying limiting drops - analyst * Renesas surges on investment plan By Ayai Tomisawa TOKYO, Dec 11 Japan's Nikkei share average slipped on Tuesday as investors, cautious over signs that the market is overbought after a 10 percent rally over the past month, took profits on export-focused firms. Investors also held off from taking positions ahead of a two-day policy meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve starting later on Tuesday where it is expected to announce a new round of Treasury securities purchases, analysts said. The Nikkei was down 0.2 percent at 9,517.00. Its 14-day relative strength index stands at 68.11. A level of 70 or above is deemed overbought, and can often signal a pullback in the near term. Exporters have led gains in the market over the past month on the back of a weaker yen, after Shinzo Abe, the leader of the main opposition which is expected to win a Dec. 16 general election, called for the Bank of Japan to embark on "unlimited easing." On Tuesday, exporters led the decline with Honda Motor Co falling 1.0 percent, Sony Corp slipping 1.8 percent and Komatsu Ltd dropping 1.1 percent. But analysts said that losses should be limited as some investors were still buying exporters, having missed the rally. "Some funds which invest in Asian funds have failed to chase the market higher over the past month as the market started rising too fast... they could not make a quick investment decision," said Kenichi Hirano, a strategist at Tachibana Securities. "Now they are trying to catch up with the rises and add more long positions on Japanese stocks when they fall." Bucking overall market weakness, struggling Japanese chipmaker Renesas Electronics Corp soared 8.4 percent after it said it will receive 150 billion yen ($1.8 billion) in aid from a government-backed fund and manufacturers to help it stay afloat. The broader Topix index dropped 0.3 percent to 785.98.
Iraqi forces free hundreds of civilians in Mosul Old City battles as death toll mounts
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