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First of all, ya gotta get a kick out of the nobody threads.
Funnier yet, so many messiahs here, so many messiahs out there, and what if the real one actually came on to GLP?
What would be the real perspective?
Maybe the Jesus guy (as so many refer to him) would be roaring with laughter as the primitive nature of humanity, viewing them as cross eyed goofy lunatics with NEGATIVITY or DELUSIONS of self righteousness.
Maybe he thinks your an evil species?
Matthew 16:4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign
John 8:44 You (humans) are of your father - the devil
Luke 14:26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple
Maybe he would know the true design of this world and the universe as you perceive it and laugh at all your belief systems, as an adult plays with kids believing in Santa.
Maybe he enjoys walking up to another human and identifying himself, KNOWING in advance they won't believe it, and has a great laugh when another denounces him to his face.
You do realize if the spirit comes from another dimension referred to as heaven, where everything is beautiful without issue, he might not like what he see's here.
Conflict between family and friends, co-workers and neighbours, the abuses of government, law enforcement, military, wars, rapes, murders and tortures. The abuses of animals, the abuses of children behind the scenes through organized crime of religion and law enforcement covering up the abuses such as the Jimmy Saville matter of Great Britain. The ignorance, arrogance, belligerence, prejudisms, hypocrisies and irrationalisms of the human nature may make him unwilling to have friends, family, and in fact, desire NOT ONE follower here.
Maybe we has a man of war as the bible states he fought publicly with police (Pharisees) and authorities (Scribes and Sadduccees) and maybe he came not for peace but for war.
Luke 12:51 Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
Maybe, inside this world, where all religions have been mininterpreted, where gods are frauds, and all the Gods commanded wars, maybe this is a bad world, different than his own. Maybe he HATES your kind.
Luke 14:26 If any man come to me, and NOT "HATE" his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
After all, if this Jesus is back, why waste time hanging with primitive humans, and listening to their opinions that matter nothing? If humans are in a world dungeon controlled by evil beings, and you are the offspring of their design as mentioned in so many religions, and the Gods of this world are really the Devils, and all of you remain hypnotized in a trance of negative charged energy desiring to prosecute one another for wrong doings while suppressing your own dirt under the carpet, why would he want to communicate with any single one of the human race?
Maybe...his plan is not to come here for love and forgiveness, and maybe he disagrees with offering forgiveness...Maybe he speaks in manners so that human beings can NOT ATTAIN forgiveness...
Mark 4: 11 and 12 And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables: 4:12 That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them
Maybe his purpose is to come back without anyone knowing, and quietly bring the lost sheep back to his world while leaving the rest of you behind, not to upset your pride.
And of course, if God is simultaneously blamed to be the devil, maybe Jesus knowing the false God was the Devil and the term "christ" was a gift of the Lord of Darkness, maybe your idealogical Jesus will return as the Antichrist. Maybe hey? Never know? DO you?
Ah hell, mistake, your all so damn good, he just loves all of you, even forgives military men for gang raping little 5 year old girls in Iraq while the rest of the people call them heros in patriot fashion. Maybe all ya need is good cash and a good priest to get into heaven hey? Or maybe, the frauds playing Gods and all the human race are about to get their asses whooped soon, and don't know it hey? Maybe?
Love? Love? In this world? Hmmmmmmmmm!
Fact folks. He is not here now to win your friendship. He will not like YOU, he will not like ME, he will not like this place!
But as for me...I just wuvs all ya pilgrims, and why? Damn you are all amusing, everyone! Amusing! Figuratively speaking, listening to anyone on the street, in an office pretending to be something they are not, listening to a government official which is not, listening to people online or in a social setting, DAMN FUNNY! Sort of like visiting a nut house, everyone has a story, an opinion, or a belief, but what is funniest, is they have NOT a clue!
(Did this last comment upset your ego and pride Lol, do you wanna say something derogatory to me now lmao?)
Wuv ya all.
P.S. I dearly enjoy the negative replies, I get bored of Comedy Central television. Want real entertainment? Have the comedian involve the crowd, it is spontaneous, and it is always making for great entertainment. I love the negative responses here, so hammer me, I needs da entertainment lol. Here come the religious nuts lol...
Can hear it already, "I will face damnation for this post". Yup, "Jesus loves you, all of us, and I am minsiterpreting words that REQUIRE NO INTERPRETATION". C'mon with the responses, I am sick over the last few days, very very bored, and could use some laughs. Maybe, just maybe this Jesus fellow might come to this site for some entertainment as well. The Lord knows, he could use a few laughs as well hey?
So...do it for Jesus, just in case he shows up here hey? And for all ya good Christians, Catholics and alike, remember to follow Jesus in prayer by closing your eyes and lowering your head to the Lords of the underworld, and finish with Amen (name of Egyptian Sun God), but don't ya good Christians look with eyes open to the heavens above...then you might be praying like that Jesus dude did when bringing Lazarus back to life from the dead.
John 11:41 Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus
lifted up his eyes
, and said, Father, I thank you that you have heard me.
Hmmm... follow Jesus and pray the opposite? Hmmmm....Sorry, just the asshole in me I guess. I wuv you all so much lol.
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RIALTO - Rialto Unified teachers who had complaints filed against them in the last five years have either cleaned up their acts or are no longer teaching at the district, according to district officials.
On Jan. 13, the San Bernardino Sun ran an installment of its Safe Schools series, looking at the complaints over the last five years against teachers in the district. In all, 18 complaints were made against employees during that time. The special project follows the revelations of the sexual abuse scandal at Miramonte School in South Los Angeles earlier in 2012.
The series is based on documents requested from 19 Inland Empire school districts concerning complaints of teacher misconduct. Not all of the reports released to the Sun included the fate of the teachers who were written up. Rialto Unified Assistant Superintendent of Personnel Services Felix Avila later filled in those blanks. For legal reasons, the district kept the names of the teachers involved out of their reports.
Repeat offender
A female Rialto High School teacher had a pattern of verbally berating and insulting students every few years:
When he objected she yelled "don't tell me how to talk to you" and "(expletive) you and (expletive) your daddy and mama!"
She then submitted a written statement, which, according to the district, "minimized the magnitude of your misconduct."
The teacher has been disciplined and there have been no further incidents reported since, according to Avila.
The morning newspaper
During an August 2006, staff meeting at Eisenhower High School, a male history teacher angrily and loudly refused to put his newspaper away, calling the assistant principal who asked him to do so a jerk. The teacher received a letter of reprimand and there have been no further incidents reported, Avila said.
Lewd acts
In October 2011, the district sent a letter to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, which controls teacher credentials in California, letting them know a male teacher had been placed on a compulsory leave of absence after he was charged with two felony counts of lewd or lascivious acts upon a child under the age of 14, three felony counts of lewd or lascivious acts with a child 14 or 15 years old and three felony counts of oral copulation with a person under age 16.
The teacher is no longer employed by the district, according to Avila.
Ogling students
A male teacher received a letter of reprimand in March 2010, after female students complained he acted inappropriately toward them and made them feel uncomfortable. The teacher reportedly massaged their shoulders, "ogled" or "leered" at them and told a student that she reminded him of his wife. The letter directed the teacher, in part, to "refrain from inappropriate staring at students, including but not limited to staring at female students' chests and buttocks." This was his third such letter of reprimand: He had previously been reprimanded for the same issue in November 2008 and January 2009.
The 2010 reprimand apparently did the trick: There have been no further incidents reported, according to Avila.
Unhealthy attachment
A male Rialto High School history teacher received a letter of reprimand in February 2010, after a year and a half of flirtations with a female student whom the district said he failed to adequately discourage. The girl had told him she had a crush on him, and would spend afternoons in his classroom until as late as 7 p.m. The girl asked for hugs from the teacher, slept with a jacket of his that he had loaned her on a cold winter afternoon and, in December of that year, kissed her on the cheek.
There have been no further issues with the teacher, according to Avila.
Rude administrator
In April 2007, an administrator at Boyd Elementary School was written up addressing a colleague in a "rude, demeaning and disrespectful manner," arguing with her about a survey he was conducting.
This wasn't the first time this had been an issue: The administrator had previously received a memo in his file on May 25, 2005, addressing complaints from staff at the school that he was "demeaning, rude and disrespectful," creating "an intimidating, hostile working environment."
It was the last time, though: "The administrator is no longer in the district," Avila said.
Fundraising foul
A Rialto High football coach received a letter of reprimand in October 2010, after he required about 50 freshman football players to pony up $100 each for a "Spirit Pack" of football equipment. The coach had bypassed the district's approval and oversight process for fundraising activities, didn't record funds received or issue receipts, failed to turn in the money in a timely fashion and paid for items for adults using student funds.
"The teacher has been disciplined and there have been no further incidents reported," Avila said.
Drinking at lunch
In April 2007, a group of Rialto High School employees went to a Japanese restaurant in Colton to celebrate one employee's birthday. At the restaurant, several employees saw a teacher drinking at lunch. When the rest of the group returned for student dismissal at the end of the day, the employee remained behind, and never called in to let his supervisor know he wouldn't be returning to high school that day. He received a letter of reprimand from the principal.
There have been no further problems reported, according to Avila.
Resignations without details
On Dec. 21, 2010, the district sent letters to two teachers, telling each that the Commission on Teacher Credentialing would be told of the circumstances surrounding their resignations. The district did not appear to attach any additional information.
Both teachers tendered their resignations following allegations of unprofessional conduct, Avila said.
Unauthorized use of force
In December 2006, a written warning was to a female teacher. A mother had complained that the teacher "inappropriately applied physical force" to her son and the classmate.
"The teacher is no longer with the district," according to the assistant superintendent.
Reach Beau via email, call him at 909-386-3826, or find him on Twitter @InlandEd.

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In 1939, as the armies of Europe mobilized for war, the British secret services undertook operations to impede the exportation of Roumanian oil to Germany. They failed. Then, in the autumn of 1940, they tried again....
So begins Blood of Victory, a novel rich with suspense, historical insight, and the powerful narrative immediacy we have come to expect from best-selling author Alan Furst. The book takes its title from a speech given by a French senator at a conference on petroleum in 1918: Oil, he said, the blood of the earth, has become, in time of war, the blood of victory.
November 1940. The Russian writer I. A. Serebin arrives in Istanbul by Black Sea freighter. Although he travels on behalf of an migr organization based in Paris, he is in flight from a dying and corrupt Europespecifically, from Nazi-occupied France. Serebin finds himself facing his fifth war, but this time he is an exile, a man without a country, and there is no army to join. Still, in the words of Leon Trotsky, You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you. Serebin is recruited for an operation run by Count Janos Polanyi, a Hungarian master spy now working for the British secret services.
The battle to cut Germany's oil supply rages through the spy haunts of the Balkans; from the Athene Palace in Bucharest to a whorehouse in Izmir; from an elegant yacht club in Istanbul to the river docks of Belgrade; from a skating pond in St. Moritz to the fogbound banks of the Danube; in sleazy nightclubs and safe houses and nameless hotels; amid the street fighting of a fascist civil war.
Blood of Victory is classic Alan Furst, combining remarkable authenticity and atmosphere with the complexity and excitement of an outstanding spy thriller. As Walter Shapiro of Time magazine wrote, "Nothing can be like watching Casablanca for the first time, but Furst comes closer than anyone has in years."
©2002 Alan Furst (P)2011 Simon & Schuster
I write for myself, for my own pleasure. And I want to be left alone to do it. - Salinger ^(;,;)^
"Shadows and hard-boiled misfits"
'Blood of Victory' is an oblique sequel to 'Kingdom of Shadows' and the seventh novel in Furst's 'Night Soldiers' series. This novel, however, is set more in Romania and deals with the intrigue around the travels of Ilya Serebin a Russian emigre who runs a organization for Russian exiles and gets caught up in trying to slow Hitler's march into Romania and eventually, inevitably Russia. It is a story about Romanian oil, Hitler's dark creep and the shadows and hard-boiled misfits that wander around, without a home, trying to stop him.
I don't know if it just sepia-fatigue but Furst's novels just aren't hitting me as hard as they once did. 'Blood of Victory' was better written than his last novel, and Furst's plots and characters are still inovative, but just not brilliant. I know I'm asking a lot, and perhaps I'm just weary of the cinematic, hard-boild schtick. I might need to put Furst to rest for a bit. He is too good a genre writer to give up on, but I might have just over-dosed on the Furst world's war.
"Excellent story of WWII"
Rising to threat
The story of ordinary people's response to extraordinary circumstances
He is one of five best out there. I think he likely has the broadest range of any narrarator. He is amazing!
The whole circumstances of finding yourself in a war that you really weren't ready for
"Poor Showing By Furst"
The only thing that was suspenseful about this story was, was anything going to finally happen. Too much dialog, like a movie that had nothing but the interaction of characters to keep it going, and the characters were not all that interesting. The only thing that was consistent (and dubious) was that the women were all ready and willing to hop into bed; are there really that many women like this?
Its enduring quality was that it is a good book to listen to if you have insomnia because it will put you under quite quickly!
Guidell is a good reader, however, I actually found myself getting tired of his voice in this one.
"What was the point"
No suspense to speak of.This was a slice of time early in the war . Not much happening , confusing story
Hardly worth the. Time
"France and Eastern Europe with Nazi occupation "
Excellent historical fiction from the point of view of an Operative. Your caught in war.
"Better when read than listened to"
I love Alan Furst's books, and have read many. First try of an audio version. My view is that his books do not make the transition to audio very well. Nothing wrong with the narrator as such, just that audio narration of this book moves too slowly to keep my attention, thus constantly going back to repeat previous content that I spaced out on.

For me, this is true of many audio books, and find that I prefer non-fiction for audio. The exception was Len Carriou doing Harry Bosch, and a few others that had tight fast moving plots and were read with a minimum of the narrator's take on character accent and voice.

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This Week's Reading
What We're Loving: Angry Generals, Contemptuous GumshoesBy The Paris Review
Several of us are in San Francisco at the moment. As such, I am obviously revisiting that hard-boiled Fog City classic, The Maltese Falcon. How can you beat it? "Spade took her face between his hands and he kissed her mouth roughly and contemptuously. Then he sat back and said: 'I'll think it over.'" —Sadie Stein
This week I've returned to The Coal Life, the 2012 debut collection from Birmingham Poetry Review editor Adam Vines. And it's still staggeringly good. Vines has this way of delivering a deliciously playful line with a face so straight you feel like a fool for thinking words could work any other way. Check out "River Politics" over at Poetry for a prime example, and then spring for the full set. —Samuel Fox


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Why Classic Toys Are More Important Than Ever
September 3, 2012 at 6:00 am melissaanddoug 2 comments
(By special guest blogger Julia Goodell)
We live in a fast paced world, one in which we race to make things better and generally more complex than they ever were before. The toy industry, brimming with classic products, was quickly caught up in this process of kicking out the old and bringing in the new. Every year now it seems something comes out that makes us think "wow, I wish I was a kid again!"
That progress is good, but thinking back…what are the top toys your family cherished the most? If you had the chance back then to play around with the technology we have today, do you think you would have loved an app more than your set of wooden blocks? And do you want your kids to have similar fond memories that aren't attached to a screen? I do. I have nothing against technology, but I think that it's important we don't lose sight of those classic toys we take so much pleasure from.
It's nearly impossible to resist giving your kid your phone every now and again-when they need to be kept quietly entertained or you just need a breather, there's nothing better. But to have them spend more time glued to a screen, no matter how educational the program may be or how entertained they may seem, just doesn't do the same things classic toys do. Toys like pretend play food, animal and people figures, blocks, all of those kinds of toys help to truly develop a creative mind. Not only that, but kids learn through play, and I say the more hands on a toy is the better (especially ones that simulate a "real world" activity, like cooking or baking!)
Something to keep in mind…don't mistake 'classic' for 'old-fashioned.' Take wooden toys, for example. They're the epitome of a classic toy, but these days there are some super neat new twists being put on them that keep their character but add a different dimension for kids to play with.
I was raised in a family that limited screen time. My Dad was always nudging me out the door to play outside, sitting me down with a book, and generally putting up with my rants about how all I wanted to do was watch television. I am sure this is why I feel strongly about the importance of classic toys in the face of rampaging technology, and I can't help but laugh a little bit. Growing up I would have given anything for screen time, but now I cherish time away from screens more than anything.
Now as the generations turn over, we can't forget to pass on the importance of classic toys. Toys that swing open doors to the imagination and allow kids to step into new worlds of their own inventions. Toys that allow children's incredible minds do what they made to do-imagine, pretend, and create!
(Thank you again to Julia Goodell from Best Toys Guide for this guest blog post!)
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I just saw a post that made me interested in what people think. Do you think teens can make good parents?
I just saw a post that made me interested in what people think. Do you think teens can make good parents?
Meg, Canadian Mommy to
Teens can be parents that are equally as good as older parents **BUT** they have to be TEN TIMES MORE DRIVEN to do it. They have to balance caring for their child, getting an education, maintaining a job, and they frequently have less help doing it than a parent 10 or 15 years OLDER has.
Yet another failure in a conservative system that sees assistance as a "hand out" and believes that making it easier for teen parents to succeed with "encourage irresponsibility", rather than pragmatically dealing with REAL needs of REAL people.
DS#1 Vincent Sebastian 06/25/2004 ( . Y . ) Gold
DS#2 Maxton Edward 07/15/2010 ( * Y * ) *Diamond*
I'll say yes, they are capable of being good parents. I'll also say that there are many that aren't.
~Mother to Wynken, Blynken & Nod~
I think teens can make excellent parents. I work with a group of teen moms at a local church, and I've honestly never seen parents with such an interest to relate to their children as I've seen with them. They are so energetic, and their children show a visable increase in intellegence as well as socialization skills compared to other children the ssame age. All the teen needs is the passion to want to raise their child. I'm not saying it won't be hard on them, but in this day and age raising a child can be hard on anyone. I totally support the teens who are makng the effort to raise their children!!
Tami:Mommy to Aedric Cade (July 7,2008)!
I got pregnant with my first at 16, I lived on my own and went to a life skills school for teen parents ( I was getting help through a program to do this though but it got me finished school and not needing assistance again ) I think anyone can be a good parent if they do what they need to and can be responsible for it, yes there are many irresponsible teen parents but there are also irresponsible adult parents too. I just hate when I see stuff like no one under 18 could raise a baby right, etc
Meg, Canadian Mommy to
I sure do feel as if teens can make good parents. It's all in the maturity level of the individuals involved. (This coming from a person who was not pregnant in their teens....but still got sideway glances when I told people 21 but when I told them my exh was 23 they were more than relieved after that. Fooled them...ex was immature than most kids I knew.)
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I don't think it has anything to do w/age.....like the Pp stated it has to do w/the maturity level
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The only thing I hate about the teen parent debate is that it brings out everyones story. What are the stats? And who the hell will ever say that they were a crappy teen parent?
Info take from Familyfirstaid.org;
Sad reality,
Thirty-four percent of young women become pregnant at least once before they reach the age of 20 -- about 820,000 a year. Eight in ten of these teen pregnancies are unintended and 79 percent are to unmarried teens.
Teenage Pregnancy Consequences
Teen mothers are less likely to complete high school (only one-third receive a high school diploma) and only 1.5% have a college degree by age 30. Teen mothers are more likely to end up on welfare (nearly 80 percent of unmarried teen mothers end up on welfare).
The children of teenage mothers have lower birth weights, are more likely to perform poorly in school, and are at greater risk of abuse and neglect.
The sons of teen mothers are 13 percent more likely to end up in prison while teen daughters are 22 percent more likely to become teen mothers themselves.
On a positive note,
The teen birth rate has declined slowly but steadily from 1991 to 2002 with an overall decline of 30 percent for those aged 15 to 19. These recent declines reverse the 23-percent rise in the teenage birth rate from 1986 to 1991.
~Mother to Wynken, Blynken & Nod~
Prairie Mama-- Do you think these stats are because kids are not getting assistance from their families? Because they aren't getting assistance from the state? Because they are refusing to access assistence that DOES exist?
I think the answers to the above questions and what we as a society (including the teen moms) do or don't do which will be the best indicators of whether any *individual teen* will be successful--as a mother OR anything else!
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DS#2 Maxton Edward 07/15/2010 ( * Y * ) *Diamond*
I make no guesses or assumptions about the why's of it all. There are too many scenerios to really express well and that won't up offending in a way that wasn't intended.
I think education is important, and I don't agree with the abstinence only approach that is taught in many schools. Different debate though.
Teens can be good moms, but the stats speak for themselves. Everyone and not just teen parents, do the best that they can, sadly that sometimes isn't enough and it almost always goes too far before intervention or support happens. It takes a strong person to stand up and say my best isn't good enough for this baby. Some aren't even capable of knowing that, or have such limited insight to themselves that they are just deluded. I just think it's an extra burden on the shoulders of a teen, and it often is too much. I will never say a teen isn't capable, or can't be a good parent, but I will say it can just be too much to ask.
~Mother to Wynken, Blynken & Nod~
Ok what about my situation?? I got married at 15 my hubby was 18. We had our first when I was 16 and our second when I was 18. And I know we were both good parents, and no there was no help from family. I have 2 highly intelligent children, my oldest walked by 7 months, was talking at 5 months and by 1 she was able to say her abc's. If I was a shabby Mom I don't think she'd have been like that. Still to this day both of my children are above and beyond many at their schools, neither one have to study, and get straight A's & B's. Again if all teen parents were failures then I don't think my 2 would be as they are now, KWIM?
It is damn hard to live that stereotype down. Everyone looks at you as if they are waiting for you to fail. I can remember going for a stress test while pregnant for my daughter. I had been married about 7 months and the tech performing my test told me how sorry she was that I had to be going through a teen pregnancy. I informed her I was married and she actually said well then I am all the more sorry for your situation.
Not all teen parents have their heads up their butts, and there are a lot of us that do make wonderful parents. BUT, damn I hate those buts, I also see a lot of them that should never had their children at a young age. But heck, I see a lot of older people that shouldn't have kids. I think it is the person, not the age, that decides whether or not the can be a good parent.
Proud, hardworking, single mama to 4 beautiful and amazing kiddos, Billie, Boo, Ben and Remi Sue:))


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A soccer director and her husband are accused of stealing money from the Southern Utah Soccer Association's youth recreational soccer program.
Cedar City police said they arrested Rhonda Case, 42, of Cedar City, on suspicion of third-degree felony theft, which means the amount stolen is between $1,500 and $5,000. They also cited her husband, Jeffrey Case, 49, with a class B misdemeanor theft charge. Formal charges have not been filed.
Police Sgt. Jimmy Roden said Rhonda Case had access to the funds for youth soccer program KICKS, which serves youth ages 4 to 19, since May of 2011, but authorities don't know exactly how long she had been stealing money from the program.
Police said they started investigating missing funds in September 2012, when KICKS board members discovered discrepancies in their accounting.
Authorities said Rhonda Case stole the funds by withholding donations and revenues and using the money for personal use. Roden said Case apparently took a little bit at a time so it would go undetected.
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The House at the End of the Road – The Story of Three Generations of an Interracial Family in the American South by W. Ralph Eubanks.
This book recounts the author's journey into his ancestral past. Through the use of public records, local historical societies and the oral histories well know in the Southern tradition, he makes his way back to "the house at the end of the road" where his grandparents, one white and one black, lived and reared a family. It provides insight into the often neglected and over-looked life experiences of interracial families in the deep South in the early 20th century. This is a very personal story that the author shares with his readers that transcends race, class, and era. It is a story of a family, with all of the joys and sorrows, highs and lows that are a part of family life. It is also an examination of the issue of race in America and how it has shaped our families, our communities and our nation.
Ralph has the gift for storytelling the likes of Eudora Welty, William Faulkner and Ralph Ellison. The Washington Post book critic Jonathan Yardly named his first book, "Ever Is a Long Time" as one of the best nonfiction books of 2003.
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My First Time With Lucy Hale
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You may already know Lucy Hale from the hit TV series "Pretty Little Liars," but this pretty little lady is also working hard on her growing country music career. In fact, when she wasn't busy trying to figure out who "A" is as Aria Montgomery on PLL, for over about two-and-a-half years, she's managed to work towards finally releasing her debut album Road Between this year.
While Lucy may be a great actress, she's actually been singing for a very long time. Lucy tells iHeartRadio, "I've been working towards this since I was 16." She goes on to say, "I always felt like a singer at heart who happened to act, and for a lot of people it's the other way around. People always ask me, like, which one would you choose, and I want to be the exception. I want to be the person that can do both, and put in the time to do both. I never wanted people to think that like I expected anything from making this album. Like I want to do the hard work. I want to go to every radio station and shake every hand, and like meet every fan and sign everything. Like to me that's so exciting, I want to earn it. Because when you do all that work, it's that much more gratifying."
Speaking of being the exception and the person to do both acting and singing, Lucy tells us what it's like to juggle both her loves. "It definitely makes for an interesting life and an interesting schedule. I always knew I was going to make an album, I just didn't know when, and then the acting took off, and, you know, we film eight months out of the year. But two years ago I was, like, 'this hiatus, I'm going to make an album.' And I did. And then the next hiatus I went on a radio tour, and so the next hiatus I'm going to go touring. I just knew that if I didn't do it now, I was never going to do it. So I sort of just dove right in, and knew what I was getting myself into, and knew that I'd be sleeping a little less, I'd be traveling a little more, I'd be seeing my friends a little less. But I would be doing what I love even more. So it's kind of like a give-and-take. It's fun, though. It's like, at the end of the day I love what I do and it's totally worth it."
Based on her debut album, we'd say it's totally worth it too! Lucy describes the making of her album as "the greatest experience of [her] life." She also says, "We got to really take our time with it and really pinpoint what I wanted to say, and what my point of view was, and my perspective. It was very therapeutic. I learned a lot about myself and my strengths and my weaknesses. And so at the end of the day I made an album that I'm really proud of, and I feel like I can do anything now! Because when you put yourself out there in that way, like that's as vulnerable as you can get. It's like your heart on your sleeve."
Lucy stopped by iHeartRadio Headquarters when he was in New York City recently, where she treated us to an amazing performance and revealed what it was like to perform at the Opry for the very first time not too long ago, and all of her other firsts. She talks about the first song she ever wrote, the first CD she ever bought, even where she went on her first date!
Check out "My First Time" with Lucy Hale below!
Well, it was pretty crazy because I was supposed to perform there in February and I got really sick. We had to cancel, which was like heartbreaking because like that was my only chance, like 'what if they don't ask me back?!' And two days later they sent me flowers and we had to pick another date. The whole day was pretty ... I got to sleep in, I got to go do hair and makeup. I got there, I was fine, like no nerves whatsoever, plus all my family was there. About thirty minutes before, I'm like, "I'm going to throw up. I'm shaking, I'm convulsing." Because this is something I had built up in my head as a little girl. I was like, "Can I do this? Am I going to be disappointed?" But the second I walked out there, I don't really remember it, because it was one of those experiences, it was so out-of-body that ... I was so in-the-moment that I don't remember. But I was told that I was smiling the whole time! And then, afterwards Bill Anderson, who's been there forever came out and talked to me a little bit, and, ah, I started crying. I've done so many cool things so far in my life and that was hands-down - nothing comes close to how cool it was. It was pretty special and I just can't wait to go back.
I want to say I was like nine years old. Yeah, I was nine, I had like a bob haircut and the most intense bangs you've ever seen in your life, and I was singing "The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow," from Annie. And my grandmother had made my costume. It was just at like a little county fair in Tennessee. And [I] didn't look at anyone in the audience, looked at my feet the whole time, didn't move, but always had a strong voice for being small. I don't know, but I remember people being like, "Wow!" But no stage presence whatsoever. So it kind of took a while to develop being comfortable on stage. Of course, I was nine years old at the time, but I remember being terrified. I still have the costume in my closet, actually. My grandma used to sew my singing costumes.
[It was] actually in my car on the radio. I was driving on the 405, so if you're familiar with LA, the 405 is just a madhouse. It's a highway that's so much traffic. So I was in back-to-back traffic, was just so annoyed, and I was listening to the radio, sure enough, I caught like the last thirty seconds of my song ["You Sound Good To Me"], and just was like ... It was a bummer because I didn't have anyone else there to share it with me, but I got it on my phone, like recorded it, and it was just really crazy. I mean, you'll never hear that ... You'll never relive your first moment of hearing yourself on the radio for the first time.
Yeah, it was the same day the single was released, so it was a big day. It was the "PLL" premiere, single was released, and video was premiered. It's so weird because I don't usually watch the show because it's just strange to watch myself on TV, but I wanted to see the video. I had seen the video, but I wanted to see it on TV and it was pretty crazy because you see me as Aria on "PLL" and then it switches to Lucy, which is who I truly am in the video. Like that's how I dress, that's how I am, and then it was like back to Aria again. That was pretty strange, but very cool.
It was a song called "Dessert Comes First," and it actually was going to make the album, and ... I've always written songs growing up, but never finished them or never felt like they were finished, so this is one that I co-wrote with Chris De Stefano, and Mike Daly, who actually wrote a lot of songs on the album. But, it was just about a friend going through a breakup and me trying to, like, drag her out to go have a good time, and like, "Tonight dessert comes first," like we're going to have a great time. So, like, go get ready and we're going to go out. But it's a really fun song. It was based on a true story about my best friend, and it almost made the cut, but not quite. But I think it will find a home for someone. It's really catchy!
TLC, Crazy, Sexy, Cool. I was given a boom box for Christmas when I was, eight maybe. And I love the song "Waterfalls," it's still one of my favorite songs. Yeah, Crazy, Sexy, Cool, the red cover with them on the front. I love TLC.
The first CD I remember playing on repeat was Rascal Flatts, their first album that was just self-titled. I was eleven or something, and I was on a choir trip, and I had my Discman ... So forget the boom box, now I had my Discman! We drove from Memphis to Dallas and I just memorized every song, and that just sort of kick-started my love affair for Rascal Flatts. Yeah. It's still one of my favorite albums, it's a great one.
Oh, first job ever was a Nickelodeon show called, "Drake and Josh." I had one word. I was fresh in LA, like I had lived there three months, and my line was, they were like, "What's your name?" And I had to say, "Hazel." And they're like, they'd just go, "Like the nut?" And I'd go, "Ah-ha." I was so nervous. Everybody at the time, [was] like, "Drake Bell is so hot," like, "Oh, my God, it's my big moment." And I don't remember ever being that nervous. The Opry and "Drake and Josh" were the most nervous I've ever been in my life!
I did "American Juniors" when I was 13, which is a singing show. That was the first thing I ever did. It was a reality show, but you get paid a little bit. That was my first paying job at 13 years old.
I think it was at Forever 21. I think that was, like, up until I was about 18 years old, all my money went to Forever 21. Just clothes, yeah. Did not save a penny.
It was Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2. I played Effie, who was Alexis Bledel's little sister, who loses the pants. That was really cool, and because I was 17 at the time, the only way for me to book the job was if I got emancipated, and we only had a week's amount of time and were like, "well, that's impossible." But, my uncle was a judge in Mississippi and got me emancipated real quick, so I got the job and it's because of that, that I got another show called "Privileged," and because of "Privileged" I got "PLL." So, if it wasn't for my uncle getting me emancipated, I would not be on "PLL" right now, probably!
Zac Hanson. I was a huge Hanson fan. Well, it was him or Billy Gilman. He was a country singer. He was like the Justin Bieber of country music. He was, like, 11 or 12, but we'll go with Zac Hanson. I mean, I would write love letters and, like, hide them in the woods, like thinking that he would find them. I was really creepy, and I mean, I still kind of have a crush on Zac Hanson. I know he's married and has kids, but whatever.
Matt was his name. Oh, what could have been with Matt! No, I was in middle school, and like he was just a guy that I just ... he was so beautiful, and never liked me, like always. I think he invited me to his school dance in sixth grade once, but that was it. But he was the first guy I remember just really liking. I thought I loved him. I saw pictures of him on Facebook the other day, and I think he's in the army now, or something. He's still beautiful.
PF Chang's when I was 16. It was my first boyfriend, who actually turned out to be my first love. [He] took me to PF Chang's, and I remember what I got. I got chicken lettuce cups and wonton soup. I remember where we sat. We were in like the back right-hand corner. I dated him for like three-and-a-half years, so we would always go back there, so that's how I remember.
A boy named David was my first kiss when I was like, 13, in Memphis. He lived down the street from me, and we're still friends, so it's pretty crazy!
Aubrey. Our parents were friends and we grew up together, and, I mean, [we were] just connected at the hip. Did everything. Stuck up for each other, lied for each other, got in trouble, laughed, stayed up all night, just everything you can imagine. We kind of lost touch somewhere along the way, but I hope she's doing well.
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Add MITM attacks using arpspoof and ettercap. Also add SSlStrip and fake ssl stuff.
Hello to everyone, i'm writing a little tutorial about backtrack which i hope that could be useful to anyone who wants to learn more about network security and to my self which im learning it and i also want to do it so i dont forget about some important concepts.
So far i've made a brief explanation about WPA and WEP, showed some tutorials about how to get WEP (open sys and shared key) and WPA/WPA2 passwords using aircrack-ng and also with pyrit on WPA
I'm also writing now about TLS/SSL, what is it and SSL Striping.
I would like some one to tell me more things that i should search for and put it on my tutorial, like things they think its important.
What i want to do is to focus on types of attacks that could happen in your own network, would like to make tutorials about how to do that type of attack and the countermeasure against it.
Thats the idea, show to attacks but also show how to make harder someone to break your network, since there is no 100% safer network.
Hope i could post the tutorial here when im finished
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Add MITM attacks using arpspoof and ettercap. Also add SSlStrip and fake ssl stuff.
World Domination is such an ugly phrase. I prefer the term World Optimization.
I think it's a really good idea to write some tutorials on how to use backtrack. You'll learn a lot by writing it - and you get to educate others...
Im kinda curious - do you plan on writing down the theory behind TLS/SSL and SSL-Stripping ? the same question goes for the wireless hacking as well..
What I often miss, when I read tutorials is some theory / explanation on WHY and HOW does ssl-strip actually work...
I hope you get my point...
Best regards
Good luck, that's a big undertaking considering there are hundreds of tools and different ways to accomplish the same thing. Some things to think about: Are you just covering tool use, or are you including a pentesting methodology of some sort? How will you decide which tool/technique to use when attacking a certain vulnerable service (ie: metasploit all the way, or some other included script, or both)? Are you going to talk about "why" and "how" a certain technique works or just the tool that exploits it (ie: why/how does SQL injection works, or just jump straight to using the sqlmap tool)?
Well as i'm a beginner i will write about what i learn. For example, i learned some ways of hacking wep and wpa by reading and watching how, and im writing my own tutorial with what i learn. As I'm learning I'll writing about it on my tutorial. It will take a while because i really want to make a good thing out of it.


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Earlier this month, the company I worked for launched its first two European sites dedicated to mobile – the Toyota German mobile site and the new Lexus CT 200h pan-European site.
The Toyota German mobile site was specifically designed for high-end mobile devices such as iPhone and provides information on "hot" topics, Toyota models (pictures, specifications, colours, prices…), a simple configurator and a retailer locator based on Google Maps services.
The Lexus European mobile site supports the launch of new Lexus C-premium hybrid car, providing pictures and information on the car features plus the possibility to register to the newsletter.
Enough with the promotion… From my perspective, as a Web Analytics freak, this meant my first steps in mobile analytics! Hurray! (me jumping in the air, full of joice and happiness ;-))
Mobile vs. Web analytics
This is an exciting experience as it is opportunity to expand my expertise and learn new things. It also means new challenges to tackle as measuring mobile sites does not work the same way as measuring Websites. The differences come from the specific aspects of the mobile platforms and devices.
The biggest challenges with mobile analytics are
- Identifying unique visitors because mobile devices do not support cookie and the changing of IP addresses
- Collecting client information such as device model, manufacturer, screen resolution and others. Most common ways of collecting data for web analytics relies on the use of Javascript but not all mobile devices support execution of Javascript. Gasp!
- And finally, retrieving geographic information (if important) can be difficult as well – again not all devices enable geographic detection.
Well there are other methods to collect data. Phew! We are saved. So what are these alternatives? Basically there a four main solution types:
- Server log-based: process the raw data coming from you web server (My take is to forget about this one except if you are really a geek and that you have plenty of time to loose! :-))
- Packet sniffing: a hardware device or software is added between your server and the Web. It listens and analyses requests sent and received by the server. No need of having tags here but additional hardware or software is required (meaning you will need help from your IT best friends!)
- Image tag-based: A call to an image is added in the content with appropriate parameters & value in the querystring. Data are sent to a collector server by the client device each time a page is rendered. Parameters can be dynamically set by the server back-end when the content is generated. Easy but it has some limitations (see previously) and can not be used for event tracking.
- Server-side script: A script is added on server side that sends data directly to collector server when requests are processed. It doesn't rely on the device to get the data. Data are extracted from the received requests and set dynamically based on the request/content. This solution is getting more and more used by traditional Web Analytics vendors.
AdMob(1), Bango, Percent Mobile (2), Amethon to name few of them. But mobile analytics has become almost as hot as social media monitoring and it only took a few months to see most Web Analytics vendors offering technical solutions for mobile site tracking whether this is Google Analytics, WebTrends, NedStat, Omniture, AT Internet… Just check with you nearest local vendor for more info.
here if you need a good methodology to define your online KPI's). For example, do you need to go as deep as identifying model of a specific device brand or knowing the platform is enough for you? Keep in mind that it is not the quantity of data you can get that matters, it is what you do with it!
Think wisely!
My personal opinion is that mobile specific vendors have lost a big part of the edge they had compared to traditional Web Analytics vendors. If possible, you should try first using your existing Web Analytics solution. Why? Here are some points to consider:
- Tagging & data consistency: using same platform for both your Web and mobile sites means you can tag & measure content in the same way. If you need to compare web vs. mobile performances, at least you will be comparing apples with apples.
- Web & Mobile data integration: By having both Web and mobile data on same platform – data can be aggregated and segmented at will. For example, what content is more efficient on mobile? It will give you a global view of your online ecosystem on one platform while being able to isolate each main segment.
- Leverage existing knowledge & expertise: why learning a new tool when you can leverage years of expertise you already have? It can be fun of course to learn new tools but do you have the time? Can you or your business stakeholders afford the risk?
- Reusability: If your mobile site is an extension of your website (or very similar), you may reuse existing tagging guidelines, mechanisms but also reports and indicators. No need to reinvent the wheel! In my case, for our mobile site, 80% of reports are existing ones (from main site) and 20% are mobile specific ones
- Costs: If you go for another solution there may be additional costs involved either for the software/hardware or for the technical expertise and implementation.
Use a Kaizen approach
If Mobile analytics is new to you (as it is for me), I also recommend a Kaizen approach – start small & simple, use first the tools and expertise that you have. It is a learning process. It is better to take the easy way and improve & develop your mobile analytics capabilities step by step rather than a big leap with the risk to make it more complex and more risky than necessary.
If you find out it is not enough or too limited – think how you can enhance it easily. For example, you can use a image tag-based implementation using your existing Web Analytics tool and complement it with a free mobile specific solution to get missing information such as used devices & handsets, screen resolution…
When you reach the limits of your framework then it will be time to consider moving to something else – plenty of choice there – by that time you should have gained enough experience and expertise to make the right choice and justify any additional investments in time, resources and money. Well, that's what I think. Future will tell if I am right.
So what do you think? Does it make sense? What are your thoughts on the different methods & solutions? Any other key aspects you would consider before making a choice? Any experience with mobile analytics you are willing to share? I would be curious to know.
Related articles:
- "Lost in the Mobile Maze", White paper on mobile analytics by Bango
- "The Truth about Mobile Analytics", white paper by Eric T. Peterson (June 2009)
- "Mobile Analytics", post by Anil Batra (October 2008)
- "The Challenge of Mobile Analytics" (Part I and Part II) - CMS Watch (May 2008)
(2) Former TigTags analytics solution has been "absorbed" by Percent Mobile.


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Tesla Model S - My first experience with a fully electric car
I test drove a Tesla Model S today. I've driven hybrids before, but this was my first drive in a full electric car.
I came away extremely impressed. The car struck me as the greatest automotive innovation since the Model T. It is special on so many dimensions that it feels very different to everything else in the luxury car market. In fact, it makes me wonder whether Toyota and BMW have been asleep at the wheel, that a startup was first to market with a product like this.
These are the things that impressed me:
1) Drive's really well. The driving sensation is very unique. It has some of the characteristic of a hybrid with the instant throttle response, but it feels completely different because you have that response at any speed, and it is all electric so it is very linear. It is hard to describe what makes the driving experience - adjectives like good handling, low cog, instant throttle response, only touch the iceberg. However you articulate it, the combination of these qualities is extremely unique. In fact I liked it so much, I think cars like the F10 535i and 550i, Lexus GS350, Audi A6, E550 are all rendered obsolete by the Tesla Model S. Unless you do drives above 300 miles in one go, this is a better product.
2) I love the motor. I drive an M5 so I'm good at handling large amounts of torque. But I nearly lost control of the car going full throttle while exciting a curved on-ramp. The response is very striking. The M5 is definitely faster, the rate of acceleration in the Model S felt more like my Dinan 550i, however the instant electric response is very gratifying and much more exciting than what you would see in a 550i Dinan Stage 2.
3) BTW this was the car weith the large battery and 300 mile range. Now in a V8 300 miles will cost you about $70 in petrol. In this car it is $10 for a full charge. That is a massive efficiency!
4) The integration of tech into the car is the best I have ever seen. The massive touch screen is really bright - much brighter than what we have. I was amazed how intuitive it was to control eveyrthing through a computer. But what is most impressive is how they use this to add features all the time. The Motortrend review called out the lack of memory seats. Now the car has them via software update. It can store 12 driver profiles. The sales guy told me that a customer once said it would be a good idea to have the sunroof open using the options on the steering thumbwheel. he sent it in. Obviously others must have suggested it too, and a month later it was rolled out via software update. That impresses me because it tells me that you are getting a product which embeds continuous improvement.
5) There are some key omissions - HUD, parking sensors, top-view cameras, center console were the first things to come to mind. They are going to add a center console as an option.
6) Some nice touches too - I love the giant sunroof, I love the 7 passenger seating which I thought was quite creative. The giant wheels are really nice. I hate the cheapo Mercedes switchgear.
7) Very interesting retail experience. The store was factory owned. The guy was extremely knowledgeable but also very customer centric. He honed in on what I was interested in. No attempt to make a sale, I asked him if I could order one after the drive. All electronic order taking - very quick. Also the car can be delivered to any Tesla dealership in the country for no additional charge - obviously not an issue since they are mostly corporate owned. Their service centers are separate from their retail locations - but the one they have down here is top notch.
I put down 2 deposits - one for the Model S and one for the Model X. I don't think I will keep both cars, but I am planning to replace our Lexus GS460 with a Model S. And if resale remains as strong as it is now (used ones have been selling around $140k), I may flip the Model S after 6-9 months when our Model X arrives. It pays to be on the waitlist. BTW My production number for the Model S is 16,XXX and for the Model X it is 2,0XX. These cars are clearly flying off the production line.
LOL. You too!? I take delivery of my Model S Signature Performance in March. Whether I keep the M5 is still up in the air.
I've been looking at this car for several months now. I would love to test drive one. Your review just confirmed my need to get into this car for a test drive and possibly put 1 on order
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What kind of pricing did you get? Was there any negotiation?
But it won't be replacing my M5, it will be replacing my Lexus GS460. We were looking at the 535iGT and the A7 as possible replacements, but the Tesla trumps both. The M5 handles, performs, and delivers an experience on a completely other level. I don't think there is anything that substitutes an M5 out right now, but I'm sure in 5 years electric cars will compete in the supercar segment.
I wanted to get one. The only problem for me was that there is no lease on it.
And another concern was that charge times from standard chargers are just enormous. Like 16+ hours. So, you really need to get your route along their fast charge stations (where "fast" means half of full charge in 1 hour - compare it with typical ~5minutes to fill full tank of gas).
If I have a round trip that is more than 300 miles, I would just take another car.
However they did tell me that Tesla are setting up free charging stations at rest areas, and these will provide an 80% charge in 40 minutes.
I would lease this car in a heartbeat, and I haven't even driven it. It looks amazing. I can't just bring myself to consider buying it knowing that the resale might be zero because of the battery pack issue.
These concerns to me are analogous to concerns about BMW turbo engines failing. It's a risk for long term resale, but not short term.
Describe the electric steering and suspension systems?
How much to wire the house in order charge the Tesla?
Suercharging: http://www.teslamotors.com/supercharger - they say "half charge in half an hour". Sounds fishy. Knowing that company is Californian - they are well aware of all marketing catches and ways to put fine print. It makes me really think that there is one of 2 (or more) possible catches:
1. They just don't let you get full charge (and half of charge is just 150 miles, so you need to stop for half an hour after just 2 hours of driving).
2. It takes significantly more than 1 hour to get full charge.
Basically, for me to get from SF to LA I would need to stop:
1. Gilroy
2. Harris Ranch
3. Tejon Ranch.
AND most importantly to get some way to charge in LA, which is very not trivial as most of "regular" charging stations would charge Tesla in like "3.5 years", where as I said you can fill your V8 literally on every corner in 5 minutes.
But yes, if you have 2 cars - Tesla is great "commuter car".
Wow... cool ride. Seen it once on-line, then forgot about it and now seeing it again - I'm thinking... why is there so little talk about this car?? (the oil industry doing its best to make sure the word does not get out?) It seems rather affordable for such a rocket and fully electric.
But as with all things that just sound too good to be true, the savings in gas are immediately wiped out by the 8-yr cycle of replacing the batteries ($10k). So that argument does not hold any water. No savings, period.
BUT, it must be one heck of a cool driving experience. I'd definitely consider it as it looks nice and sounds like a really fast, well made machine - but it'd have to have an armrest for me LOL (I know you said it's coming).
And it'd be a commuter only. No way people are going to stop at rest areas for such a long charge. Not to mention if these things ever got popular, what about waiting for another dude to finish his charge? Forget it. It's for charging at home only. All other options are pure spin.
So considering those few things... hmm... maybe there's a reason why there's so little talk. And people who can afford one are - once agian - most liekly the ones least interested in gas savings. Heck, people buying $40k rides often tell me cost of the gas is irrelevant to them (one dude with a Pontiac G8 6l V8 which generates only a bit more power than our twice smaller 535i, for example).
Tesla clearly has a great product with the Model S. I had followed the car's development through their location in Houston. I have several concerns, however. First is warranty work. They have not explained to me how warranty work such as repairs to computer parts or trim materials for example will be handled. Second, and perhaps most important, is the financial stability of Tesla. They lost $154M in 2010 and $254M in 2011. Granted, the Model S wasn't for sale in 2011 but I will be interested to see the 2012 financials. I'm not sure about spending $70+k on a car with a company that can easily go bankrupt. That said, I think they have the best and most innovative product on the market. If their quality is up to standard, they will give BMW and Mercedes strong competition in the luxury sport sedan market.
It's a car for someone very wealthy who can afford another nice car if they want to actually go somewhere in the car. No way can I justify paying BMW 550 price for a car that is effectively a commuter car. Who knows the future of Tesla. If it weren't for government subsidies the company would not exist. To me, paying the cost of entry for this car would be no different than investing the same amount of money in a start up company. Be prepared to take a huge loss on your investment. If Tesla goes under you'll have a very nice museum price. This is not to rain on anyone's parade who buys one. The people who buy it likely understand and can afford the risks involved.
BTW, they will not give anyone a run for their money anytime soon. Its one thing to sell a very limited number of novelty cars - no matter how good they are. But the market as it is today is extremely limited for the car. I get that there are long term issues that can change the landscape for this type of car, but not quickly. We also don't know the downsides if/when electric cars sell in the millions a year.
I tend to buy and keep my cars for 4-6 years, so there you go.
A lot of people prefer to fly if they are going longer distances.
I'm going to try to hit a number of the comments here, so please forgive me if it seems I'm rambling.
Tesla is a small startup company that just won Motor Trends car of the year award. As much as the larger car companies would love to keep them out of the press, they are getting lots of publicity. As a small, innovative company, they are relying on wealthy first-adopters and government loan programs to fund the technology necessary to bring these types of vehicles to the mainstream masses. I believe their plan is a $30k car in 2016.
The batteries are just like the ones in your cell phone or laptop, except with a huge system for maintaining temperature and charging integrity. As with all lithium-ion batteries, you can charge them up to half power in just a few minutes. A full charge takes much longer. The last 10% usually takes as long as the first 90%. I believe they claim a 4 hour total charge time with a 50amp 240volt charger.
Charging stations are showing up outside restaurants, movie theaters, and shopping centers, as well as office buildings. If you're making a 600 mile long journey, won't you stop to eat somewhere along the way?
And is everyone here single? As a married man, I'm half of a two-car family. If an electric car won't work for the trip, we can take the wife's car.
Personally, I really want a Model S. I've wanted one for a while. Even before they went on sale. But I didn't put my money down in time to take delivery before my old car needed to be replaced, so I picked up a used 760Li. You can probably tell, since I opted for a V12, that the economy of an electric car is not the driving factor for me. I do plan to sell it and get a Tesla in the next 18 to 24 months. I will probably miss some of the 760's features, but the Tesla is just a cool car for so many reasons. I mean, it's practically an M5 that costs less than $10 to fill up. While the batteries are imported, the technology to make everything work and the whole rest of the car is fabricated in the USA. I could keep going, but lets just say there are a multitude of reasons why a Tesla will be my next car.
Again, I'm not trying to be overly critical, just pointing out the shortcomings which are very real and the fact that for me a $70,000 car cannot have the limitations or the risks that buying that car would entail.
People always miss reality when it comes to electric cars. Any perceived fuel savings is offset by the price premium of the car and the replacement of battery packs after 5-10 years at a cost of $30k or more according to Tesla. What will that due for resale on a 5 year old tesla that may need $30k in batteries?
Are they cool? Yes
Do they save you money? Absolutely not.
Also the Tesla gets "up to" 300 miles on a charge when new. Expect 150 miles or less after a couple years. So be sure to read the warranty carefully.
Tesla was considering separating the car and battery warranty. You know what that means.
.... Or with an aggressive driving style. Which is why one would buy a 5s 0-60 ride to begin with.
Electric powered burnouts....like a petrol muscle car!!!
Multiple automotive mags have reported 300 plus mile range with a heavy right foot.
This would work for me around Houston. I would never drive it out of it's range. When I lived in VA and made trips up to PA and NY, I might have some range anxiety as those trips were just under 300 miles each, and we used to take either one of our cars. But for the way we live now, it could easily fit into our lifestyle.
Again, if I could lease for 3 years, I'd be on the waiting list and the 535 would be at CarMax.
I think this car would be a great car for its intended audience. The exterior has me a bit ambivalent though, in my eyes it looks like a cross between a Maserati Quattroporte and a Kia Optima. Anyway, it's not for me since I drive more than 250 miles probably 2-3 times per month.
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I recently came across various information on the Bosnian pyramids though, not the Antartican ones.
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Posted 11 May 2014 - 03:56 AM
Speaking of the world's oldest pyramids, there's been stories floating around the web about 37+ pyramids found in Crimea that date back 65 million years ago! However, the discovery is largely considered to be a hoax, with even George Noory admitting to a Coast to Coast caller a few days ago that they decided not to run the story because their research pointed in the direction of it being untrue and unfounded.
However, there are new conspiracy theories popping up that the hoax is a hoax. Some believe that they're trying to discredit the discovery, yet its the real reason that Russia took over the area and why there are tensions between them and the rest of the Ukraine. The alleged age of the structures combined with several UFO reports near the area are being used as "proof" that the pyramids are alien technology from a long lost civilization that are still being used today.
Here's just one story on the topic, but there are many more, lol:
Posted 11 May 2014 - 04:34 AM
Interesting, yeah many things unknown, and remains unknown!
Posted 27 July 2014 - 08:02 PM
whole cities have been discovered underneath sand and earth..having been lost to volcano eruptions and the sandstorms of time...why should ice and water be any different.....the earths' surface is ever changing and there is little doubt many more discoveries will be made in these areas....as for cover-ups...if it changes history and throws main stream religion into question no doubt the super powers will be involved......after all ..... control is power.
Posted 31 July 2014 - 10:31 AM
True, what the bleep do we know yet?
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Seth Meyers Reveals What's in Store for Primetime Emmys
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By Kathleen Perricone
Seth Meyers is moving from Late Night to primetime when he hosts the Emmys on August 25.
With just a little over a week until showtime, "It's coming to together well," he tells On Air with Ryan Seacrest.
"We're starting to lock in our ideas and write our jokes and we're really looking forward to it. For someone like me who can't sing or dance, the open is pretty much where we feel as though I can make the biggest impact, so that's the biggest part for us: To have a strong monologue and just write a ton of jokes."
Soon after the Emmys, it's another big milestone for Seth: the one-year anniversary to his wife, Alexi Ashe. Their plans? The couple is attending another wedding!
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Two Robberies at FAU in the Past Week
Campus police at Florida Atlantic University are investigating an armed robbery that took place Wednesday night on the Boca Raton campus.
According to an alert email sent out to students and staff, the crime started in the parking lot adjacent to the recreation center. Police haven't specified if the victim is a student at FAU or what the alleged robbers were armed with.
Authorities say the victim was getting into his car when he was approached by five males, and forced to drive to a bank to get cash and then on to Broward County, where the victim was beaten and left alone with his car.
Police say he then drove home and received medical treatment.
Our Newschannel 5 partners report this is the second armed robbery at FAU in the past week. Last weekend, a student says she was robbed by someone holding a knife at the Arts and Letters building.
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HTML5. CSS3. These are hot topics. Because of the novelty. But I feel there are a few things left browsers need to fix before engaging in a competition over who better supports these two.
What interests me at this point is put in this honest question: "Are the modern UAs living up to their fame?" We know everybody's saying: "Die IE6, die!" and we know some UAs complain about the lack of attention they get. But, these modern UAs, are they all really a force to be reckon, or are they just an ongoing modern vogue?
HTML5. CSS3. These are hot topics. If providing support for them is going to bring changes to the basic core of the way modern UAs is helping me with my coding, I'm all for it. If not, I say UAs can wait a little longer on these and start fixing the base.
A series of practical tests, using real life situations developers are asked to solve, those are going to shed light on their capabilities, more than any other made up (or not), partially (or not) test. UAs new versions rain upon us, but is this raining bringing any improvement to help our coding? With that in mind, let's start the practicals!
So you mean HTML5 is non normative and is partly a waste of space; one step forward, two backwards?
Yes, I can see the logic behind your thinking on that one. I also agree they should be trying to fix the bugs in the current and up-and-coming versions rather than trying to follow the latest vapour markup fad first.
Well put: fad. I mean chase HTML5 and CSS3, yeah. But to what purpose? Are they done with all the previous remaining homework first? It's like they try to graduate while still having failed exams.
Some browser makers should put aside their fear of not being trendy and get serious about some basic implementations.
All new UA versions should cut down the problems you face as a developer instead of adding more and/or leaving the old ones unresolved.
The latest buzz is "fast&glamour" but they don't show you the price for it. What about computational correctness?
Meh, this isn't the only industry doing this sort of thing. Automakers will add new features before fixing minor nuisances as well (they're kinda forced to fix major issues, otherwise they fall in the Consumer Group ratings and people won't buy their products).
I kind of agree in that the basic problems we always had - we still have in some cases. These rounding errors have always been a problem and Firefox has always been better at them (and now IE has improved also). Opera is very bad and can't handle fractions of a percent at all.
Regarding browser improvements then you are already reaping the benefits in that IE has been forced to up its game and to try and keep pace. Previously IE was the worst at rounding errors and other bugs but IE8 has improved a lot and had to improve or get left behind.
John Allsopp also states that's it the vendor extensions that are driving the browsers current rate of change and unlike previous proprietary implementations these extensions are made public from the start and available to all for use, discussion and finally implementation into the specs. This open mindedness has seen that a lot of new features are adopted more quickly.
Whether we need them or not is another matter
I am quite interested in the flexible box model module though as it specifically addresses layout problems that have dogged us from day one. If that works it will change the way we code layouts and make life a lot easier.
But I still have to agree that all the old bugs should be fixed first. I tend to still not use a lot of the newer stuff simply because I can do it without. A reduced instruction set allows you to work quicker
Interesting stuff about flexible box model module. Sounds a lot like the GridBagLayout layout manager in Java AWT.
And fixing the old bugs before even considering the above it's a very good idea. Otherwise it might just make it useless since computational correctness will be missing. The gaps would make your super cool theoretical flexible box model layout flank the CSS SATs.
Welcome to why I don't use % widths on columns -- ever.
OH, and it's broken in IE7- too... and doubly broken here in Opera and IE since I'm a large font/120dpi user. For some reason it's doubling that right side gap. (which actually should not occur since default fonts size should be unrelated).
That or I'd float the last one right, and set the entire wrapping div to the white background not setting background on the center one...
Or I'd move the third one before the second one, then do left, right and unfloated.
Or I'd move the content one first, give it it's own private wrapper, and do a content first columns allowing it to be dynamic.
Because you can't trust browsers to round the same (NOT that as a programmer I believe fractions should be preserved during render) I would NEVER try to declare percentage widths to add up to 100% in the first place. That's one of the basic rules of creating layouts.
Existing UAs do just that, even old IEs, if you provide the proper structural context. That remaining 400px must have its own block formatting context, else the 70 & 30% boxes have the 500px box as their container.
Why would you have any expectation that the UA should follow the rules, e.g. percentage width is based on parent width, then out of nowhere suddenly read your mind and apply the rule differently?
The algorithm UAs should employ it's not based on reading my mind
It should be based on this trigger: the use of combined fixed and proportional values.
But it's the first thing an unware developer would think of doing. And. let's face it, it's the logical thing to expect from UAs.
No, you should have trust browsers to do a decent job at it: no fraction preservation but rounding. But a "big picture aware" rounding, not a "blind" or "dumb" rounding, that should be performed in more than just one single step.
OK, sounds reasonable. Please describe the algorithm and the test cases.
Will do. Just not tonight
I would rather have UAs accept calculations than to randomly change the way they derive percentages depending on whether any siblings have a width declared in px. (How would it work if it was declared in em?)
That would be infinitely more predictable, more user-friendly and more powerful.
If you make sure each element references an immediate parent container, it works pretty well, as is. There may be some benefit to calculations, but for me, it just hasn't come up. Maybe I subconsciously structure to avoid the need.
test case: px, em and pct.
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Democrat Markey Wins Massachusetts Senate Seat
(Boston, MA) -- Democratic Representative Edward Markey is the winner of a special election in Massachusetts to succeed John Kerry in the Senate. A long time member of the House of Representatives, the 66-year-old Markey defeated Republican Gabriel Gomez to take the seat vacated by Kerry when he became Secretary of State. President Obama was pleased with the results. He said in a statement Tuesday night "The people of Massachusetts can be proud that they have another strong leader fighting for them in the Senate." Obama added that "the country will benefit from Ed's talent and integrity."


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By Jerry Cornfield Herald Writer
OLYMPIA — It's pretty easy for a freshman representative to get lost in the crowd of 98 House members.
Not if you're the only person voting against a bill allowing one spouse to be charged with raping the other.
Or you don't sign a resolution honoring a fallen former governor. And you oppose legislation to boost the aerospace industry, which is a major employer in your district.
Do all that, and, as first-term Republican Rep. Elizabeth Scott of Monroe has learned, you're not anonymous anymore. Not even to senators.
"They're noticing, too," a smiling Scott said in a recent interview.
But Scott is quite comfortable knitting conservative ideology into her political service and isn't about to start apologizing now.
"I ran on smaller, smarter government. And of course I swore to uphold the state and federal constitutions to protect our liberty," she said. "If I perceive that something doesn't fit with those criteria, I am a 'no' vote. I would rather be a no vote and be wrong than be a yes vote and be wrong." Some peers laud her for standing up in the face of almost certain political blowback.
"If she can truly rationalize her vote to her constituents, I appreciate that," said Rep. Maureen Walsh, R-Walla Walla, a veteran of two decades. "That takes a lot of gumption to stand up and say this is the right thing to do."
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Three months on the job and Scott is living up to expectations of those who sent her to Olympia from the rural 39th Legislative District. She succeeded Kirk Pearson, who is now a state senator.
Her conservative social and fiscal views earn her comparisons with Val Stevens, the district's former state senator whose retirement opened the door for Pearson's move.
"She's Val Stevens with attitude," described one lobbyist.
Attitude is what the 47-year-old parent and former educator isn't afraid of displaying in her votes and floor speeches.
Scott turned heads and caused eyes of a few Democrats to roll when she voted against a bill to erase a law allowing marriage to be an absolute defense against some allegations of sexual assault.
There is no such protection in cases of first- and second-degree rape which involve elements such as violence or kidnapping. But marriage is an absolute defense today for third-degree rape and indecent liberties, both of which involve sexual intercourse without consent.
Scott mostly objected to the inclusion of indecent liberties, concerned it might spur spouses to use the law against one another during disputes.
"It could be as simple as a spouse walking around in the nude and if the other spouse finds that offensive, it would now be a felony," she said. "I was concerned that this might be a threat to the liberty of a spouse whose angry spouse is on the way out the door in a divorce and maybe wants to throw a few parting bombs."
When former governor Booth Gardner died, Scott did not sign onto the House resolution honoring him.
"Since I'm new here, I asked around a bit to find out what he is known for. Frankly, when I learned that he was instrumental in enlarging our abortion laws, that is something I feel strongly about so I said no thanks," she said.
And she voted against extending the life of the Joint Center for Aerospace Technology Innovation which researches ways to benefit the industry. It is run by the University of Washington and Washington State University.
"I felt that this was another feel-good bill that wasn't a solution," she said. "We need to be focusing on making sure that our high school graduates are well prepared for college or the work force and right now they are not."
To be sure, Scott isn't an automatic negative vote by any means. Notably, she helped pass a bill requiring the state to provide payments to those wrongfully imprisoned.
"I believe it's the least we can do," she said. "We stole all that liberty, years off their lives, years of income earning power, years of expanding their resume, years away from their families and the horrible impact it has on their children."
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Scott, who emerged from the ranks of the Tea Party, lived in Edmonds when she ran for state office in 2010 and lost to Rep. Marko Liias, D-Edmonds. She and her family moved to Monroe in time for the 2012 race and her message resonated louder, wider and more successfully.
While her votes get her attention, she's kept a low-profile in caucus and on the committees on which she serves.
"I don't think she's ever said anything," said Rep. Hans Dunshee, D-Snohomish, who is chairman of the Capital Budget Committee.
Silence in such settings is a good thing for a rookie lawmaker.
"I'm very proud of her. She's doing her damndest to learn how to do this job, to do all the right things a freshman legislator should do," said Walsh, who serves with Scott on the House Early Learning and Human Services Committee
Rep. Norma Smith, R-Clinton, said Scott is very bright and learning quickly. They are both on the Capital Budget Committee.
"The depth of her background and education gives her a broader view of some of the pieces of legislation," Smith said. "She provides a perspective that's important to the Legislature."
It's a conservative line most of the time.
"We are all sent down here by our friends and neighbors to do the job and if they don't like it, they will unelect me," she said. "I have Democrat neighbors and I have Tea Party neighbors and they all know this is me. This is what I promised."
Jerry Cornfield: 360-352-8623; email@example.com.