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Yellow 6" Venom Swegway Hoverboard
Yellow Venom Swegway Board
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text: The night The Great British Bake Off lost its innocence - the Twitter reaction #DirtyDiana, #sabotage, #swanbitch – has the backlash against Diana shown The Great British Bake Off is just another reality show? ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW By James Gill Thursday 28 August 2014 at 10:48AM "It's a very, very difficult position he's put us in," Paul said after Iain threw his baked alaska in the bin. Paul didn't know the half of it. Like adding salt instead of sugar in a victoria sponge, last night's online backlash against the decision to send Iain home has left a bitter taste in the mouth – and makes you wonder whether it's worth trying again. As of this morning, almost 8,000 people have voted in Radio Times's poll which asked whether Paul and Mary were right to send Iain home. Over 90% said they were wrong. Were Paul and Mary right to send home Iain? The narrative proved a virulent one on Twitter too: beardy, stereotype-defying, hipster Iain had been wronged by 70-year-old, desperate-to-win Diana. According to Panasonic, tweeting peaked at 8.57pm last night with 3,498 tweets per minute – the moment Iain was sent home. But it wasn't just the amount of tweets that was different, but the hashtags that accompanied them. #DirtyDiana, #SwanBitch and #sabotage all filled our timelines, particularly when it appeared that Diana hadn't admitted her part in the scandal. Goggleboxer Reverend Kate Bottley said, "I know it wasn't his freezer but a simple 'Oi Beard boy shift yer Alaska' would have done it #dirtydiana #JusticeForIain #GBBO" I know it wasn't his freezer but a simple 'Oi Beard boy shift yer Alaska' would have done it #dirtydiana #JusticeForIain #GBBO — Kate Bottley (@revkatebottley) August 27, 2014 Facebook was just as outraged, with responses drawing attention to the lack of remorse on Diana's part. David Clark said, "It's not so much the fact that Iain went, as that Diana showed no remorse whatsoever for her actions which pretty much ensured that Iain would fail the challenge. If she did show any remorse, and say sorry to Iain, then we should have been allowed to see it on the show. Very hard lines, Iain." But then the question came: was all as it seemed? Former Bake Off contestant Ali queried whether the scandal had more to do with dramatic editing than any wrongdoing on Diana's part. What a silly hashtag #DirtyDiana is. Let's not make a villain out of a contestant like this is X Factor. A lot happens in editing room. — Ali Imdad (@AliImdadBakes) August 27, 2014 17-year-old baker Martha, Paul Hollywood and Sue Perkins all tried to calm the situation, but the backlash was in full swing. Iain's Alaska was out of the freezer for 40 secs. That's it. No sabotage. 40 secs of normal temp would NOT be enough to reduce it to liquid — Sue Perkins (@sueperkins) August 27, 2014 I'm glad Mary's not on twitter this would upset her.. #enoughnow — Paul Hollywood (@PaulHollywood) August 27, 2014 Things are NOT always what they seem on TV, Diana is an absolute legend, and the lack of freezer space was none of the bakers fault #chaos — Martha Collison (@marthacollison) August 27, 2014 Comments on our Facebook page also questioned whether producers had shown us the whole story. Samantha Andrews said: "I don't know where the truth lies because the editing might not show what really happened. We as the viewers ought to know who was to blame, and whether an apology was given (if it was merited). Are we being manipulated for publicity purposes?" We've been here before of course with Ruby Tandoh. Ruby herself messaged her support as the comments reached venom of Big Brother proportions. let's just agree that apart from (probs) a few over-zealous hockey tackles at school, Diana's likely never done a nasty thing in her life. — Ruby Tandoh (@rubytandoh) August 27, 2014 The last, rational word goes to Facebook poster Julie Taylor: "I don't know what is sadder - the loss of innocence in the GBBO tent or the nasty comments that people are making," she said. "I've always loved GBBO for its supportive atmosphere. Not sure if it can recover." We hear you Julie. continue reading

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Subject to tougher guidelines in the city, tenure for teachers is no longer a given. Beth Fertig, senior WNYC education reporter, discusses the new standards and the subsequent drop in the tenure rate from 99% to 58% in the last five years.
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A genetic element called piggyBac, which has a propensity for jumping into other genes and riding along in their chromosomes, can be used to transform insects.
Agricultural Research Service insect physiologist Paul D. Shirk and geneticist Alfred M. Handler want to use piggyBac to change the characteristics of insect pests. They are with the ARS Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology (CMAVE) in Gainesville, Florida.
Shirk, who is in CMAVE's Postharvest and Bioregulation Research Unit, and research associate O.P. Perrera modified the original piggyBac gene to create what's called a gene vector. This is a special type of DNA that can move foreign genes from one place to another among chromosomes, or strands of DNA, the genetic material that holds the code for living things. Now Shirk is testing piggyBac in the Indianmeal moth, Plodia interpunctella, the number-one stored-product pest, and in two other pests that infest stored foods— Mediterranean flour moth, Anagasta kuehniella, and red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum.
Initially, Shirk says, they'll use the piggyBac vector to mark laboratory-grown insects for use in sterile release programs. This control method involves growing pest insects in the lab, sterilizing the adults, and then releasing them to breed with wild populations. Nonfertile matings eventually reduce the pest insect populations, and the genetically altered insects do not affect humans or wildlife.
"PiggyBac can also be used to provide a genetic analysis of agricultural pest insects that is not possible now," Shirk says.
In the Beginning
So where did piggyBac come from? In 1983, Malcolm Fraser, Jr., associate professor in the University of Notre Dame's Biological Sciences Department in Notre Dame, Indiana, discovered piggyBac while looking at baculoviruses in cabbage looper moths. Baculoviruses are strains of viruses that infect insects.
"I found that mutations of the virus were occurring from a mobile piece of DNA within the cell," says Fraser. "This DNA essentially piggybacked into the baculovirus. The transformation efficiency appeared higher by far than by using other similar elements."
Shirk and Handler have successfully demonstrated the effectiveness of piggyBac as a vector by using eye-color transformations to signal genetic changes. Some abnormal moths are born with red eyes, when they should have black ones. Red-eyed moths lack an enzyme that keeps them from producing the normal eye color.
"Perera inserted a normal gene that produces the black eye color into piggyBac, to carry that trait into Mediterranean flour moths," says Shirk. "A new gene was permanently introduced into the host and changed the eye color of its offspring." The progeny have carried the genetic modification for black eyes over 12 generations.
In using the eye-color mutant of the Mediterranean flour moth, Shirk says, "The neat thing is that these moths are from a strain originally isolated in the 1920s and used in experiments that led to today's idea of what a gene really is. That's real use of genetic diversity and return on the investment in long-term research."
What's All This Portend?
Three important and possible future uses of piggyBac, Shirk says, will be introducing genes to mark a population so scientists can track and learn about it, developing a system that can spread certain genes into an insect population, and introducing genes to create sterile insects for use in sterile-release pest control programs.
That's where Handler's research in CMAVE's Behavior and Biocontrol Research Unit is focused. He's looking at piggyBac as a way to transfer genes to improve sterile-release programs to control fruit flies—pests that cause major damage to citrus and other crops worldwide.
One of the most notorious of these is the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata. It feeds on many fruits and vegetables and has most recently become a problem in parts of Florida. Handler is collaborating with Susan D. McCombs, an entomologist at the University of Hawaii, to genetically transform medflies.
He first conducted experiments using piggyBac marked with the medfly white gene, which restores red eye color to mutant white-eyed medfly strains. He wanted to see if gene transformation would be possible in this species. Since then, he has used piggyBac with green fluorescent protein (GFP) from a jellyfish to transform Caribbean fruit flies (Anastrepha suspensa) and Drosophila, as well as medflies. Under ultraviolet light, transgenic fruit flies modified with GFP glow like green lightbulbs.
"The fact that a vector from a moth works so well in several fruit fly species is very encouraging for its use in many other insects," says Handler. "The success with GFP is equally important. This marker should also work in many insects, whereas eye-color markers are available for only a few."
Another Measure of Success
"This is a major breakthrough," says Handler. "People have been trying to transform insect pests of agricultural and medical importance for nearly 14 years. In the past 2 years, our lab and others have had success with several species using only four vector systems. PiggyBac has been successful in the most insect species to date. Many exciting experiments for basic knowledge and field application are now possible."
Handler says this research will be useful in medfly and caribfly monitoring and sterile-release programs. Flies that are marked with GFP and released will be easily distinguished from the targeted wild flies in the field under ultraviolet light or by simple biochemical tests. This is critical to determining a release program s success and ensuring that wild flies have not infested fly-free zones.
Handler says that although the GFP marker may be used in the near future, the real benefit of this work relates to more sophisticated genetic manipulation of medflies that would allow genetic sexing and male sterilization.
Another promising gene vector the scientists are studying is tagalong, also discovered by Fraser. It's like piggyBac, but it can't move by itself.
While piggyBac relies on what's called a transposase enzyme to help it move, tagalong lacks this enzyme and relies on something else to help it travel. The scientists aren't sure what that something else is, but in the future they may be able to use tagalong as a gene carrier.
They agree that piggyBac's potential is promising. They hope that they will soon use piggyBac to insert foreign genes that cause sterility or death in insects under certain conditions, such as low temperature. Such genes could be spread through an insect population in summer and have their effect in winter. This would allow the control of wild populations of pest insects without use of toxic chemicals.
Scientists in other states are also studying piggyBac's effectiveness for transforming pink bollworms, boll weevils, codling moths, and mosquitos.—By Tara Weaver-Missick, Agricultural Research Service Information Staff.
This research is part of Crop and Commodity Pest Biology, Control, and Quarantine, an ARS National Program described on the World Wide Web at http://www.nps.ars. usda.gov/programs/cppvs.htm.
Paul D. Shirk and Alfred M. Handler are at the USDA-ARS Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology, 1600/1700 SW 23rd Dr., Gainesville, FL 32604; phone (352) 374-5720 [Shirk], (352) 374-5793 [Handler], fax (352) 374-5794.
"Gene Vectors—Agents of Transformation" was published in the April 1999 issue of Agricultural Research magazine.


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Michael Krasny Talks off Mike (4/20/09)
Michael Krasny, Host and Senior Editor, KQED's "Forum"; Professor of English, SFSU; Author, Off Mike: A Memoir of Talk Radio and Literary Life
Krasny talks books, teaches literature, and for more than 65,000 people in the Bay Area he is the one to whom they tune their radio dials. Though he once dreamed of being a novelist, Krasny discovered that reality is often more exciting than fiction. Krasny delves into his life on and off the microphone.
This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club of California on April 20, 2009.


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Blu Ray/Region A. The film offers a utopian place in which soldiers from the two Koreas and the United States are intertwined in a happy-go-lucky fashion during the Korean War. In November 1950, when the war was at it's peak, the U.S. pilot named Smith crashes in Dongmakgol, a small village in the eastern part of the country. And Lee Su-hwa (Jung Jae-young) and other North Korean soldiers end up staying at the village, while Pyo Hyun-chul (Shin Ha-kyun) and another South Korean soldier broke away from the troops led by a villager and come to Dongmakgol. Since Dongmakgol is located in such a remote area, the villagers do not have any idea about the war that is ravaging the entire peninsula. What's more, they "welcome" any stranger regardless of their nationality, which confuses both South and North Korean soldiers. And the story revolves around the changes that eventually engulf the soldiers of different identities.


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BMW Smartphone Snap-In Adapters - Do I Need Them?
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Nor do I, but only if a) you listen to iTunes music only and don't need the nav or b) are a Facebook or Twitter hound and need to read content on the big screen.
I find that for short trips, trapping the iPhone in the armrest is a major annoyance as I don't see texts, can't hear text alerts, can't check my email. If I get a phone call, the app is stopped and I have to re-launch it again after the call is over. I keep my iPhone 5 in a bumper case, no way I want to remove that every time I want to snap it in the cradle.
And for long trips, I find that I'm using my nav for directions and even if I know the route like the back of my hand I want the nav for traffic alerts and re-routing.
So, for me, it boils down to charging. And for that I use the conveniently located power socket ahead of the cup holders, put a slim profile USB adapter in there under the door (closes perfectly) for those occasions where I need to charge my phone on the go. Keep a beater iPod in the armrest, problem solved. Get all my text alerts, can see Tweets on my iPhone screen, can listen to my 20,000 songs and have split screen and not lose my nav or traffic alerts either.
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Langston Hughes Comes to the Apollo with 'Ask Your Mama'
The New York Daily News reports that "Ask Your Mama!," a show based on the work of Langston Hughes that premiered at Carnegie Hall in January, will be coming to the Apollo Theater. More details, according to the paper:
The show…is based on Hughes' collection "Ask Your Mama: 12 Moods for Jazz." It comes courtesy of composer Laura Karpman, singers Jessye Norman and Nnenna Freelon, backing band the Roots (including featured singer Black Thought), the Manhattan School of Music Chamber Sinfonia and conductor George Manahan. Next March will mark its third performance. "Ask Your Mama!" features the poet's own voice "speaking, singing, raw and processed," according to Karpman. These methods are "often attributed to hip-hop," but in her opinion are particularly Hughesian and American. "[M]usical simultaneities are so much a part of an American way of hearing," she says, and their lineage goes back to this work of Hughes' own blending of techniques and varieties of media.
The show's composition is as indebted to the original volume as the words themselves; Hughes annotated the original text with references to music he thought of as a soundtrack. According to press agent Elizabeth Dworkin, Hughes' notes ranged from describing specific genres and specific songs ("Hesitation Blues") to general frames ("Gospel music with a heavy beat").
The team behind "Ask Your Mama!" takes Hughes' iconic Harlem Renaissance poetry as its bedrock. Karpman's hope is that it transmutes "the ghosts of the past" into "an anthem for the future." Hughes' own affinity for music would seem to assure that he would approve wholeheartedly of this theatrical effort.
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The program has been announced for soprano Renée Fleming's solo
recital on Tuesday, January 11 at 8:00 p.m. with pianist Hartmut Höll.
It includes songs by Schoenberg, Alexander Zemlinsky, Erich Korngold, Brad
Mehldau, and Richard Strauss.
Hall's Family Concert series continues on Sunday, January 16 at 1:00 p.m.
with Ensemble ACJW, featuring alumni musicians of The Academy—a
program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and the Weill Music Institute
in partnership with the New York City Department of Education. The musicians
will explore the wide and wonderful world of music, guiding families to help
answer the big musical question, "How is nature musical?" Pre-concert
activities take place one hour before the performance.
ACJW also performs at Juilliard's Paul
Hall on Tuesday, January 18 at 8:00 p.m. with a program featuring Wuorinen's Spinoff,
Ligeti's Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet, Harrison's Varied Trio, and
Piazzolla's Las cuatro estaciones porteñas (The Four Seasons of Buenos
Horne brings The Song
Continues…2011—a series of workshops dedicated to the art of vocal
recital—to Carnegie Hall in January 2011. This marks the first year that
Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute will present The Song Continues…
with Marilyn Horne serving as Artistic Advisor, after many years of being
presented in partnership with The Marilyn Horne Foundation. January 2011
programs include:
Jonathan Biss performs his first solo recital in Stern
Auditorium/Perelman Stage on Friday, January 21 at 8:00 p.m. On the program
is the New York premiere of Bernard Rands's Three Pieces for Piano as well as
Janácek's Sonata 1.X.1905, From the Street; Beethoven's Sonata No. 23
in F Minor, "Appassionata;" and Schumann's Fantasy in C Major.
Saturday, January 22 at 10:00 p.m., Uruguayan singer-songwriter Jorge
Drexler performs a distinctive combination of traditional Uruguayan
music, bossa nova, pop, and electronica. Drexler's songs often encompass
themes of love, identity, race, and religion as with his composition "Al otro
lado del rio" from the soundtrack of the 2004 film The Motorcycle Diaries,
which won an Academy Award for Best Original Song.NEW: In Carnegie Hall's new "Late Nights at Zankel" offer, Zankel
Hall's doors will open an hour before this and all other Zankel Hall concerts
beginning after 9:00 p.m. this season. The first 200 concert-goers to arrive
will receive a complimentary drink and the chance to meet other music
enthusiasts in a laid-back atmosphere.
Director James Levine leads The MET Orchestra in the first of
three Carnegie Hall concerts this season on Sunday, January 23 at 3:00 p.m.
with a program of Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde featuring
mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung and tenor Simon O'Neill as well
as Mozart's Serenade in D Major, "Posthorn."
Mehldau—the acclaimed jazz pianist,
composer, and holder of the Richard and Barbara Debs Composer's Chair for
Carnegie Hall's 2010–2011 season—continues his residency on Wednesday,
January 26 at 7:30 p.m. with a solo recital of original compositions
interspersed with favorite classical works by Bach, Brahms, and Fauré.
San Miguel 5—with guitarist Gil Gutierrez, violinist Charlie
Bisharat, percussionist Jimmy Branley, and bassist Kevin Thomas—have
been added to the lineup for The New York Pops' program, Doc
Severinsen's El Ritmo de la Vida, on Friday, January 28 at 8:00 p.m.
Music Director Steven Reineke leads the Pops in a performance that features
former Tonight Show bandleader and trumpeter Doc Severinsen in a
program of Argentine tango, Spanish flamenco, and gypsy jazz.
2011, Carnegie Hall celebrates the 200th anniversary of Franz Liszt's birth,
beginning with a Discovery Day that explores the life and work of this
legendary composer through panel discussions, talks, and performances on Saturday,
January 29 at 1:00 p.m. Participants include leading Liszt scholar and
biographer Alan Walker, Director of Artistic Planning at Carnegie Hall
Jeremy Geffen, pianist Gregory DeTurck, and others to be
Sunday, January 30 at 5:00 p.m., Artistic Director James Levine and The
MET Chamber Ensemble perform their second and final Carnegie Hall concert
this season with a program featuring Brahms's Serenade No. 2 in A Major, as
well as music by three iconic 20th century American composers: Leon
Kirchner's Music for Twelve; George Perle's Serenade No. 1 for Viola
and Chamber Ensemble; and Lukas Foss's Time Cycle for soprano,
clarinet, cello, percussion, and piano-celesta with guest artist, soprano Jo
Ellen Miller.
new music ensemble eighth blackbird performs on Monday, January 31 at
7:30 p.m. with a program including Missy Mazzoli's Still Life with
Avalanche; Pierre Boulez's Dérive 1; Philip Glass's Music in
Similar Motion, Philippe Hurel's …à mesure; Thomas Adès's Catch;
and Stephen Hartke's Meanwhile, Incidental Music to Imaginary Puppet Plays.
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Best Of :: People & Places
The SunPost covers four districts, but it began in South Beach and still covers the Miami Beach beat best. The fact that it now distributes 48,000 weekly copies from Coral Gables to Aventura is evidence of its recent growth and the improved quality of its journalism. Under the editorial direction of Erik Bojnansky, the paper has in the past year or two hired former New Times staffers such as Robin Shear, now managing editor, and columnists Rebecca Wakefield and Celeste Fraser Delgado. (As much as some readers may have liked the goofy club gossip of "Cubby," you have to admit the current roster of writers is significantly more professional than that of a year or so ago.) With two full-time staff writers, the Post covers everything from serious local news to politics to movies and dining. Its editorials can be fiery, its letters section the most extemporaneous around. The latter might not be all that professional, but it sure is fun -- as is much of this tabloid success story.
James "Jimbo" Luznar opened his joint on Virginia Key, Jimbo's, a half-century ago. And there's no better place on the water to take a toot.
What is your greatest triumph?
We used to be where the Herald building is, but then they said our boats would have to go. So we looked at Snapper Creek, Mart Park, then we ended up on Virginia Key. It stunk sometimes, and there were mosquitoes, snakes, coons, opossums, and iguanas. It cost us a lot of money to be there, but we stayed. They've been trying to get me out of there for a long time, but now everyone all over the world knows Jimbo.
Born in Homestead, Kevin Wynn is the producer and cohost of Downtown Dade, a TV talk show that covers the arts and culture and airs on the county's government access channel. He is also the coprogrammer, with Barron Sherer, of Cinema Vortex, a nonprofit organization devoted to screening unusual, significant, and neglected film and video works. And he's the creator of Public Domain Playhouse, a continuing series of screenings he curates with Sherer.
What is your greatest triumph?
My greatest triumph? I dont do triumph. Ive never had one. I cant tell you how it feels to triumph, or what it looks, tastes or smells like. I wouldnt know triumph if some guy ran over me with a TR4.
There are several safe, clean places where we can let Fido run off-leash in Miami-Dade. Coconut Grove has several dog-friendly parks; the Beach has some nice locations; there's a spot on Virginia Key where dogs can swim and sunbathe; but of all the canine treats in my Miami, the mac daddy of all dog parks is in Aventura. Two years ago the city, which is burgeoning with young dog-owning families, built the expansive new Veterans Park. The $600,000 two-acre expanse has a wonderful, well-kept, welcoming space. There are pooper-scooper dispensers throughout the space. There are doggy water fountains and doggy showers. And the most endearing detail: red fire hydrants. All of this greatness, of course, comes at a price: You have to live in Aventura, and show proof of residence, to gain access. It's almost reason enough to move there.
It is a dark time for Miami-Dade County's executive mayor. The evil lords on the county commission annihilated Carlos Alvarez's bold offensive to strip them of some bribe-making abilities. Then the Galactic Empire displayed the true power of the Dark Side when it crushed Alvarez in the Boundary Wars. Beaten but resolute, the good mayor fled to the outer rim of the county's suburban wasteland to regroup and complete his training. Upon his return, Alvarez successfully destroyed the Imperials' diabolical device: The Public Silencer. In time, this Obi-wan of the Swamp may finally bring balance to the county.
Come one, come all, to the "Read to Farley" sessions at the children's section of the North Miami Beach Library, the second and fourth Tuesdays of every month at 4:00 p.m. This is no ordinary dog. This shaggy mop o' unconditional love once suffered from crippling agoraphobia, owing to early abuse. But his patient handler, Margo Berman, a professor at Florida International University, worked tirelessly, training him to overcome his fears and earn his Therapy Dog badge. Now Farley helps shy children who have trouble reading aloud. Once the youngsters sit down with Farley on the colorful rugs, they don't want to stop reading him stories because he is a great listener, mispronunciations be damned!


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DVD • Director Tim Burton, who's been in an inspirational slump lately (for example, consider his awful "Dark Shadows" remake), gets a boost from the young Tim Burton in "Frankenweenie."
Burton expands his own 1984 live-action short into a charmingly goofy black-and-white stop-motion animated tale of lonely Victor, who revives his deceased pooch Sparky with lightning and then must save the day when his classmates try the same, with disastrous results.
Burton gathers some old friends on the voice cast (including Catherine O'Hara, Martin Landau and Winona Ryder), but it's his arresting visuals (some of them too spooky for small children) that ignite this lively story.
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The five media heavies who shamelessly promoted the government's lies about the Los Alamos scientist chose to settle today rather than reveal their government sources.
Lee was savaged by a media fueled by government rumors that he was spying for China, an accusation he was never officially charged with. Lee was imprisoned in solitary confinement for nine months in 1999-2000 and ultimately received an apology from the judge who heard his case. Truthdig says: The media was not defending freedom of the press but their own right to operate as a megaphone for government agents with an agenda to slander an American citizen. The media went to bat for government agents who broke the law. When will those agents be held accountable?
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Wen Ho Lee Settles Privacy Lawsuit
By William Branigin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, June 2, 2006; 6:42 PM
Wen Ho Lee, a former nuclear weapons scientist who came under government suspicion of being a spy for China, settled a lawsuit today over violation of his privacy rights and will receive $1.65 million from the government and five news organizations, including The Washington Post.
Full background of the case: No Defense: How the 'New York Times' Convicted Wen Ho Lee—October 23, 2000
Secrets, Lies and Media Privilege—December 23, 2003
Wen Ho Lee —February 12, 2001
Wen Ho Lee smiles after giving a brief statement to the press upon his release outside the United States Courthouse in Albuquerque, N.M., on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2000. Lee plead guilty to one of 59 charges against him for downloading top secret nuclear weapons information while working as a scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory.


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Hello! What do you cold weather guys do for winter storage? I start my cars up once or twice a week and if there is no snow, I'll take them round the block. I read somewhere I shouldn't do that but it has worked for me. I am in a constant battle with mice and red squirrels too. Any tricks besides traps, mothballs, dryer sheets? Should have an update on my 400 engine rebuild soon! Tony
58 years old painter, body man. Blues guitar.
hi i see you are new, welcome."I am in a constant battle with mice and red squirrels too. Any tricks besides traps, mothballs, dryer sheets?"rats = catsquirrels = paintball gun or tater cannon.NO WARRANTIES OR GUARANTEES EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED
Hey Blues Man maybe if you played for them critters they would leave the neighborhood........HA HA welcome to the club. Believe it or not I bought those plug in high pitch noise makers years ago and they did the trick. No more mice nothing. I was in Costco a few weeks ago and they have something similar. They have a pack of 4 that are like a night light just plugs straight into the outlet. They were less than $20, might be worth a try... A pro exterminator told me the biggest thing is to eliminate the food source and they will move on...The 400 I bought was stored indoors and the exhaust manifolds were packed full of goat heads. The darn mice feed on them come winter. This guy rented indoor storage to other Pontiac guys but after seeing that I wouldn't store a car at his place.
if it stays parked... 1/4" or 3/8" hardware cloth.. to surround the car.. keep them from getting under it.. this works better if it lays tight against your car cover.. a friend and i talked about this a long time ago.. from korean stores they sell little boxes with squeeze tubes with hot mustard concentrate.. that stuff wiped on big willies rottweiler houses and the vehicles stopped them from chewing them up ..
I think I need the pied piper! It's funny there's no food source, I think they are there to nest. I had one section all insulated with the pink fiberglass and within a year it was all ripped down! I'll try the noise makers. Thanks.
58 years old painter, body man. Blues guitar.
Hey gtony: Welcome to the forum!Although this is not funny it does present a few opportunities for a little bit of humor, doesn't it? Rodents cans cause thousands of dollars of damage, seemingly overnight and I feel your pain. One or some, of the critters even ate a hole in our 96 Bonneville's plastic intake. Another managed to jump 7 inches to the exhaust pipe and built a nest in there - Might Mouse got a spring awaking when I started the 400 CI motor but I had to cut a hole in the muffler to get out all the mouse scat.I don't know if you are storing inside or out or if you have an aversion to sending them to the happy hunting ground but I put down copious quantities of Decon (some on the engine too) and add a few mouse traps around as insurance. That will control all but the ardent of mice and I add nylon net bags filled with mothball to discourage cats and other critters.Giant rodents, aka squirrels, are another matter. Wood frame barriers are just something for them to play with and gnaw on. I have even seen them pull up stapled down hardware cloth off things to get in. The only really effective way I've been able to keep them out is to shoot them (and maybe risk damage to the car). The other way is with an electric fence. Poison will work some of the time but it is indiscriminate.I had a 48 Chevy Pickup once that they liked (forgive me but I was young then – btw it was outside). So I drove it onto some 60" wide hardware cloth so only about a foot was left under the truck and I bent the remainder up along the side of the truck. Then I tied a few ears of corn on the sides to attract them. Finally I hooked and high line International Electric Fencer to the hardware cloth. Those fencers are powerful enough to sit a Bull on its butt and it really discourages any rodent, 2 or 4 legged, from molesting the truck or trying for the corn more than two or three times – they are persistent though.Now, about driving your car a short distances - it is not good for it. If you are going to drive it you need to drive it long enough to get it, and keep it hot, for no less than 45 minutes to an hour to prevent condensation in the crankcase and exhaust. You may be interested in this Posthttp://forums.highperformancepontiac.com/70/9588528/the-general-discussion/storing-your-ride/Keep as posted on the battle against Rory RodentMilt
Yep if these little guys are that big of a problem I would try everything I could think of. It may be worth our money to have a pro come by and look it over. You know there is more to every job or profession than meets the eye. And there may be something unique to your location that needs something not obvious to us or you. Those outdoor traps you see around food processing plants and grain storage elevators work really good maybe you need some of those around the property to widdle down the population of these nuisance critters.My niece and her family moved out in the country with horses and the normal hobby farm animals. The first day or two they noticed strange stuff going on and the chickens weren't laying. They called a pro out and in an hour he killed 21 rats and set out some traps. He didn't want to leave anything that would hurt any of the animals or kids. That was a year ago and there has been no problem since. Now they have so many eggs they give them away to friends and family. I would do about what it takes to get rid of these pests. They can cause some real health problems for you and your family.Good Luck
I live out in the country all right. Deer, gray and red squirrels, wild turkeys, raccoons, skunks, you name it! No rats though! I built a four car garage but it is unheated. Concrete floor 22' X 44". More like a carport really. I have a heavy duty tarp to enclose the front. Someday I would like to insulate it and add garage doors. I had mice get into the bellhousing of my 78 vett through the rubber clutch fork seal. Made a nest and pissed and pooped all over the clutch fork. I went to start it one day and no pedal. The piss rusted one side of the clutch fork clip and it broke off! Thanks for the suggestions, I will use them all!!Tony
58 years old painter, body man. Blues guitar.
I don't know what would help with the squirrels but I use Irish spring soap bars. I read somewhere that if you have fresh bars in your car the mice stay out. I now do this and no mice. Just remember to put the soap bars on a paper plate or something because they will stain the carpet. And they have to be changed out when the get to dried out. The added benefit is you car does not smell old and musty. I get the 12 pack from sams club and put 2 per car.Hope this helps.
All you're missing is one link in the food chain. Cover up the cars and let a cat use them as it's observation post. Their scent might be the lesser evil because they don't chew and nest, just kill and crash out. Has to be a mean hungry one though, can't be no Garfield type!
try tennis balls soaked in vinegar for the squirrels. not shur if it will work in the cold. maybe set them under the car! i think any thing with a strong oder weather it be soap ,moth balls or vinegar will drive them away.come to think of it i have not had a mouse problem sence i got my neighbor a brendel coon hound witch we share. the dog will chase anything that will run! i seen her out in a freshly brush hoged field the other day catching mice!
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Separately, the army tanks and artillery pounded several neighbourhoods in Ramadi city, some 110 km from Baghdad, leaving eight civilians killed and 11 wounded, the source said.
Gunmen also attacked an army checkpoint in central Ramadi in the morning and killed three soldiers and wounded five, the source added.
Also in Ramadi, a security force opened fire on a suicide bomber and forced him to blew up his explosive vest before he reaching his target at an army base, he added.
In Baghdad, two roadside bombs went off in a quick succession in Doura district, leaving one civilian killed and five wounded, a police source said.
In a separate incident, a soldier was killed and another wounded in a roadside bomb near their patrol in Abu Ghraib area, some 25 km from Baghdad, a police source said.
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In Diyala province, a soldier was killed and another wounded in a roadside bomb explosion near their patrol in the town of Udheim, some 60 km from Baquba city.
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Iraqi police found a body of a male in his 30s dumped near Diyala river near the city of Baquba, with bullet holes in his head and chest, the source added.
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I AM learning to play the tenor jazz saxophone – I am 64 and live on the Fylde Coast but I taught at Witton Park High School, Blackburn, for seven years. My sax teacher said I should buy 'The Real Book'.
When I went online I found that Reidys stocked the book so I came to Blackburn the other day for my first visit in over eight years.
On entering the multi-storey car park I was expecting a chit: instead, I got a yellow disc. I then proceeded to find a parking place, going the wrong way and blocking two cars who were exiting. They graciously let me past.
I found a place and went to the basement, saw a machine and put money in to purchase what I thought was a ticket, realising I had not complied with protocol.
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I then went to Reidys, purchased my requisites, had a good look round the town and came home.
Even though we are in a grave recession, the town looked clean and well looked after. The new market encapsulated the traditional with the new. The people were polite and extremely helpful. The town had an upbeat feel to it and people looked genuinely happy.
After a somewhat traumatic beginning, the day turned out to be an unexpected pleasure.
Thanks to the people of Blackburn.
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Re: What is the ESC sequence for the "Matching Double Brakets"? From
With my "SetFaceAndFont" palette you might press a button to obtain a double
bracket around a selection. There is another button "Peel" to remove it.
Download from http://www.familydahl.se/mathematica
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Breitfeld [mailto:phbrf at t-online.de]
> Sent: den 11 oktober 2010 11:29
> To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
> Subject: [mg113028] Re: What is the ESC sequence for the "Matching Double
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> "Nasser M. Abbasi" wrote:
> > Mathematica Experts;
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> > What is the ESC key stroke combination to enter the "Matching double
> > brackets" into my notebook?
> >
> > I can't find the ESC sequence for this. Are these documented somewhere?
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> > I remember that before when one moved the mouse over one of those
> > things, then the ESC sequence would show up at he bottom of the palette.
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> > (Just noticed that some do show the ESC sequence in the ballon help that
> > comes up when the mouse is over them, but some do not. The ballon help
> > only shows the name, but not the ESC sequence as well. Strange).
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> > thanks
> > --Nasser
> The escape sequences are esc[[esc and esc]]esc. But you I prefer to
> add a keystroke for that. I use "Ctrl <" to produce the opening and
> closing double bracket and to position the cursor between the brackets.
> To do that, open the Mathematica file KeyEventTranslations.tr in an
> editor and add this code:
> Item[KeyEvent["<",Modifiers->{Control}],
> FrontEndExecute[{FrontEnd`NotebookWrite[FrontEnd`SelectedNotebook[],
> "\[LeftDoubleBracket]\[RightDoubleBracket]",After],
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Here lies a poet dead,
After going through deep melancholy of life
In the bed of death
Sorrow doesn't engulf the poet any more,
And silence takes him in its core,
The poet does not cry now,
The world mourns to lose a shining star,
Which always shined in all dark……
Who will come again to love? The sad world ponders
But I must come in the other form again to love
And compose beautiful poems
For my beautiful world that has shed its tears in my memory…..
A man of thoughts,
No more poetry he pens down
But he sleeps peacefully
In his grave,
And the grass grows green, the dew fallen upon
What a beautiful morning
To a poet,
We wakes up with the Mother Nature
The sun shines bright upon that,
And the poet smiles to feel all this
Over his grave
The birds sing their song
In the early morning
And the poet rests at peace for long
The stars like the little drops of rain twinkle,
In the sky…..
With a poet they all mingle
And the night hugs him tight
In its sweet dreams…..
I miss all the creatures,
As they gather near my grave to make a prayer
Their crying makes me sad,
But I can't touch them
As I know that my soul is touching them…….
A poet lies dead today, but all his wishes still with the world, he will come again to the world to love more, He just says "Thanks to the world"
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Passive rear steer revisited
Ok after messing with this online game called "live for speed" more specific the rear toe settings on the car I came up with what seems to be a brilliant idea (Mabye).
when tunning the rear of a car to rotate we generally sacrifice the independent suspension by upping the stiffness of the rear bar or reducing the front bar. then mabye some tire pressure. Why not play onto the rear steering of our car? Its been overlooked as far as I know.
- Going straight rear tires point foward for most part.
- turn left and the suspension rolls right and rear right tire toes out and I think rear left toes in causing the rear steer.
- this could be tuned by replacing the arm or what ever it is that bends, flexes, or acts lever.
- more turn in could be had.
- better rotation could be had (rear will track aroujnd the turn vice drag ala large swaybar)
- as you let off the turn the body will start to go back to center as will the toe I think this may alow for you to get on the gas sooner as the rear is actually not breaking traction and you dont have to wait for traction to catch up.
- A non passive rear steer car with alot of rear toe out will be really tail happy and less effective as both tires are pointed outward and your scrubbing speed and eating tire even when going straight.
-Passive rear stear guides the rear based on whatever bends, flexes, or acts as a lever and by the body roll.
Assumed Aplication:
- make for a much better slip angle when tuned with your current suspension, almost feel like your drifting the corner but actualy are turning around the turn but have enuf stiffness to set you center quickly in transitions.
- on a stiff track car I assume you loose a good bit of (PRS) since your roll is reduced you can up the effect on whatever bends, flexes, or acts lever to regain some of this.
** heres an analogy for over clockers of the AMD type all others skip this:
Body roll = MGHZ (bus speed)
bends, flexes, or acts lever suspension part = CPU multiplier
CPU mghz = amount or rear steer
if you lower your mghz you can up the multiplier to regain some cpu power.
if you reduce body roll you can up the part that bends, flexes, or acts lever to get more (PRS)
***end of wierd analogy ***
to summarize I really think this is a part of our suspension we have really been over looking.
Don't forget, some of the PRS works through bushing deflection as well. If one can engineer a different piece that could change its charactistics, its worth exploring then.
Re: Passive rear steer revisited
"on a stiff track car I assume you loose a good bit of (PRS) since your roll is reduced you can up the effect on whatever bends, flexes, or acts lever to regain some of this."
PRS is immobilized on cars that have it when raced. Drivers prefer to be able to induce oversteer when necessary. Example, early Mitsubishi Galant 4wd turbos had PRS and the first thing people did whether it was for rally or the track was to disable the system.
Same with some of the 300z turbos. A friend of mine bought one a few years back to build up, and I honestly thought it felt ALOT better with the PRS disabled. The car was more predictable in the turns, but maybe thats just me.
Rear steer, both active and passive, was a bit of a fad in the 90's, especially with the Japanese. Most racers who use those cars now actually buy kits that defeat them, as they are unpredictable and unreliable in nearly every incarnation that has been tried yet. The only one I know of that was really good and still used in the racers is the Porsche 928's "Weissach Axle."
i believe the 3000GT, Dodge stealth R/T and the 94 (i think) Mitsu galant VR4 are the only ones i can think that had any kind of rear steer.
honda prelude, nissan 240sx, and probably a few other too my bmx'r
^^^^^^honda prelude?
Other cars with rear steer
Porsche 928
Nissan 300ZX, Skyline, Micra
Honda Prelude SH
Mazda RX-7 (FC3S), MX-6
SAAB 9-3 (ReAxs Equipped)
VW Corrado
Rolls Royce Phantom
Several non-us cars (EDM, JDM, ROW cars)
Toyota Aristo (Lexus GS here I believe, not equipped so in US)
GM trucks (QuadraSteer)
And probably many others. Even the Focus's Control Blade suspension offers a bit of passive rear-steer.
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Hmmm… Everybody seems to have lots of energy for making unpleasant comments about each other, but nobody can offer some advice on my question of using Arduinos with LabView for a robotics class, above? I need to make some decisions in order to write a grant proposal due by Sept 17, and am way out of my areas of expertise. All of you know more about this than I do. I'd really appreciate some feedback.
OK, I'm going to try and avoid all the sniping going on here! I am a high school physics teacher, and coached our rookie FIRST Robotics Competition team last year. That is my total experience with programming languages (PostScript doesn't count) since taking Algol as an undergraduate in 1967. Our administration decided that they were so happy with our robotics team that they gave me a Robotics course to teach next semester. Only problems - no curriculum, no materials to work with, and I have to raise the money myself (grants, selling T-shirts, bake sales, etc.).
I solicited advice on a physics teacher Listserv, and several people recommended Arduinos. We used LabView for the FRC robot, and so it would be useful if whatever platform we use in class can be programmed using Labview. That way skills learned in the class could translate to the team.
So … are Arduinos a suitable platform for teaching robotics to high school kids? And is its adaptation to LabView sufficiently transparent that it would be useful in training programmers for the FRC team?
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Police release monthly statistics
Blairsville Borough police responded to 118 calls for service in February and filed charges against six individuals, according to the monthly statistical report.
Those calls included two accidents, one of them DUI-related accident; two alarms; three assists to other agencies; five harassment calls; one fight; four thefts; two domestic disturbances; two drug violations; three criminal mischief incidents; three burglaries with a $30 loss to the victims; one assault; two disorderly conduct incidents; two fire assists and 12 medic assists.
They issued 41 citations, of which 35 were traffic and six were criminal; 24 warnings; 11 parking tickets; and arrested two people for DUI and one for public drunkenness.
State police in Kiski Valley responded to 687 incidents during the month of February, and made 32 criminal arrests, according to the monthly statistical report.
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Troopers also responded to 26 accidents last month, of which five were hit-and-run incidents and three were DUI-related.
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They issued 467 traffic citations, 143 warnings and 14 seat-belt citations. They assisted 15 motorists and made 23 commercial motor vehicle inspections.
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They issued 11 administrative citations for liquor law violations and nine warnings; arrested two minors for underage drinking; and made four other criminal arrests.