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Republican presidential hopefuls don't want their fingerprints anywhere near Obama's Syria plan
Of the possible candidates for the Republican presidential nomination, not one potential 2016 hopeful has voiced support for President Barack Obama's call for a U.S. military strike on Syria.
The hesitancy to authorize an attack against the Syrian government, which the Obama administration alleges was behind a chemical gas attack that killed more than 1,000 civilians in August, suggests that those eyeing possible bids for the White House see the Syria issue as a gamble not worth their bet.
The possible candidates — Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida, Rand Paul of Kentucky and Ted Cruz of Texas; former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania; Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan; and Govs. Chris Christie of New Jersey, Bobby Jindal of Louisiana and Scott Walker of Wisconsin — have either said they oppose it or remained silent about their opinion.
It is often the case in politics that the safest place to be is on the losing side of a winning vote, especially if the bill is controversial. Regarding Syria, the political blowback could be great for those who supported a strike if it leads to a crisis. The opponents will be able to say they were correct. If the strike goes as planned, however, and the memory soon fades with time — remember when the U.S. launched more than 100 Tomahawk cruise missiles on Libya? — the political consequences of voting no are not nearly as severe.
The first possible Republican presidential hopefuls who had an opportunity to cast an official vote on the resolution, Rubio and Paul, members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, rejected it when the committee took up the measure earlier this week.
Rubio, who has been vocal about the need for the U.S. to offer aid to the Syrian rebels but has come short of supporting the type of strike Obama has suggested, said in a statement after the committee vote that he remains "unconvinced that the use of force proposed here will work."
Paul also voted against the Syria resolution, but he has been more vocal about his opposition. Unlike Rubio, who has advocated for an aggressive foreign policy and developed close relationships in the Senate with hawks like Republican Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Paul is perhaps one of the most prominent advocates for nonintervention in the Senate.
"War should occur only when America is attacked, when it is threatened or when American interests are attacked or threatened," Paul wrote in an op-ed for Time magazine this week. "I don't think the situation in Syria passes that test."
Other lawmakers testing the presidential waters, such as Cruz and Santorum, have already voiced their opposition, and Cruz is likely to vote against the resolution when the Senate takes it up next week.
Of those two, Santorum's decision to throw his lot in with the opposition is the most surprising. Ever since violence broke out in Syria two years ago, the former presidential candidate has called for U.S. military action, and he has a long history of encouraging aggressive use of force abroad. But on Thursday, Santorum announced he had reversed his position, saying the situation on the ground in Syria has changed.
"When these atrocities in Syria came to light last year, I advocated for military intervention to take out the Assad regime, a strong supporter of Iran. Had President Obama and then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton acted then in support of pro-democracy forces, we could have removed Assad and helped usher in stability for that country. But we have a very different situation today," Santorum wrote in a letter to supporters. "A military strike would no longer be in our national security interest."
In the House, Ryan issued a statement on Tuesday that did not signify how he planned to vote on the resolution.
"The president has some work to do to recover from his grave missteps in Syria. He needs to clearly demonstrate that the use of military force would strengthen America's security," Ryan said. "I want to hear his case to Congress and to the American people."
A look at Ryan's past comments about the situation in Syria, however, could offer clues on how he will vote. As the Republican vice presidential candidate in 2012, Ryan said he agreed with the Obama administration that the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian government would represent "the red line" that would justify some kind of U.S. response.
"We agree with the same red line actually they do on chemical weapons," Ryan said during a debate with Vice President Joe Biden in October 2012.
It is unclear whether Ryan's thinking has changed on Syria since that debate. When reached by Yahoo News on Friday, a spokesman for Ryan reiterated the congressman's remarks from earlier in the week.
With the exception of Santorum, all of the D.C. lawmakers listed above will be asked to go on the record in the House or the Senate when it comes time to vote. But members of Congress are not the only politicians considering presidential runs. Several Republican governors are also looking into the possibility, and among them—Walker, Christie and Jindal—none has publicly announced support for the president's plan. Instead, all have declined to offer an opinion.
"I'm going to leave that to the people who represent us in Congress," Christie said this week when asked about his opinion on the strike, according to a report in the Bergen Record. "I empathize with those folks who have relatives back in Syria, but I'm going to let the policy-making be done by the people who are getting the bulk of the briefing on this, which is our federal representatives."
In Louisiana, Jindal said he was waiting to hear more information before making a decision.
"There are a lot of unanswered questions," Jindal said, according to NOLA.com. "The president has already said regime change is not the objective. So I'd like to see what the objective is. I think Congress needs to hear that."
Walker was equally vague when he spoke to WKOW, a Madison television station, last week.
"The president, working with other leaders on a global basis, can try and put some pressure on to get things under control in the Middle East and provide stability there, because that will help our economy and if they don't it has an impact," Walker said. "We can do all the good possible. We can get the state back on the right track, but if there's instability around the world it will inevitably have an impact."
There are reasons why a governor would be hesitant to speak out about Syria: Foreign policy issues are not something they deal with regularly as state executives, and they do not have access to the same intelligence briefings provided to lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
But that doesn't mean they will ultimately be able to avoid it should they choose to seek the White House.
The federal government's response to Syria in the coming weeks or months might be remembered as a defining foreign policy moment in Obama's tenure, and those seeking to replace him will be required to describe in detail what they would have done in the same difficult situation.
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The Institute for Southern Studies at the University of South Carolina and the Richland County Public Library are sponsoring a Southern Writers Series that will bring a series of writers to Columbia through April.
The series will feature a reading by each writer, followed by a reception and book signing. Each event will take place at 6 p.m. at RCPL's main library on Assembly Street. All events are free and open to the public.
For more information about the series, contact Dr. Tara Powell, an assistant professor of English and Southern Studies, at 803-777-4498 or email@example.com. Also, visit the RCPL at the www.myrcpl.com/friends/southern-writers-series.
The 2010 Southern Writers Series schedule is as follows:
- Daniel Wallace, Monday, Jan. 25 –Wallace has written four novels, including "Big Fish," 1998 (also major motion picture, 2003); "Ray in Reverse," 2000; "The Watermelon King," 2003; and "Mr. Sebastian and the Negro Magician," 2007. Originally from Alabama, Wallace teaches at the University of North Carolina.
- Brian Ray, Monday, Feb. 8 – Ray wrote the novel, "Through the Pale Door," in 2009, which won the S.C. First Novel Prize, an award sponsored by the S.C. Arts Commission. Versions of the manuscript were also finalists for the 2009 Next Generation Indie Book Award and the 2007 Pirate's Alley Faulkner Award. Originally from Georgia, Ray earned an MFA in creative writing from the University of South Carolina and lives in Greensboro, N.C.
- Percival Everett, Wednesday, Feb. 24 – Everett has written 17 novels, three collections of short stories, two books of poetry and a children's book. He has received numerous literary awards, including a PEN USA 2006 Literary Award for his western novel, "Wounded," 2005, and a Hurston/Wright Legacy Award and the Academy Award for Literature form the American Academy of Arts and Letters for his satire of the publishing industry, "Erasure," 2001. Everett grew up in Columbia and graduated from A.C. Flora High School. He teaches at the University of Southern California.
- Pamela Duncan, Thursday, March 18 – Duncan has written three novels, including "The Big Beautiful," 2007; "Plant Life," 2003; and "Moon Women," 2001. "Plant Life," the story of seven generations of Carolina textile workers, won the 2003 Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction. Duncan, who also earned the 2007 James Still Award for Writing about the Appalachian South, lives and teaches in Cullowhee, N.C.
- Robert Inman, Thursday, April 1 – Inman will give a staged reading of his play, "Dairy Queen Days," by University of South Carolina drama students. Inman writes plays, musicals, screenplays and non-fiction. Two of his works became Hallmark Hall of Fame presentations. His works of fiction include "Home Fires Burning," 1987; "Old Dogs and Children," 1991; "Captain Saturday," 2002; "The Christmas Bus," 2006; and "Dairy Queen Days," 1997, an adaptation of the the play. Raised in Alabama, Inman is a retired journalist who lives and writes in Charlotte and Boone, N.C.
- Margaret Maron, Thursday, April 15 – Maron has written 26 novels, including the acclaimed Deborah Knott and Sigrid Harald mystery series. She also wrote two collections of short stories. Her most recent novels are "Sand Sharks," 2009, and "Death's Half Acre," 2008. Her first Deborah Knott novel, "Bootlegger's Daughter," 1992, won the Edgar Allen Poe Award, the Macavity, the Anthony, as well as the Agatha Award. She won the N.C. Award for Literature in 2008 and has been president of Sisters in Crime, the American Crime Writers League and the Mystery Writers of America. Maron was born, raised and lives in North Carolina.
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California became the first state in the United States of America to legalize marijuana in 1996. It happened at a time when the state was struggling to address it's swelling budget deficits, At which point California medical marijuana laws appeared as attractive ways of raising revenue for the state.
It is estimated that California marijuana laws bring at least $1.2 billion in tax revenues besides saving approximately $200 million in enforcement costs for arrests, prosecution, and prison. As a result, California medical marijuana laws also promote employment and spin-off industries such as coffeehouses, tourism and industrial hemp. Moreover, legalized status for marijuana encourages producers and consumers to choose the legal sector.
California marijuana laws also reduced infringements on civil liberties and racial profiling in the state because victimless crimes are a key cause of such police behavior. In addition to that, these laws generate budgetary savings for state and federal governments by allowing taxation of legalized sales and eliminating expenditures on enforcement.
Dan Steinberg, CEO of Vapor Genie, said, "If marijuana is legalized, we see the potential for significant growth in the smoking products industry. It will create a new market for our products. And of course legalization will attract investment that will fund further advances in smoking technology."
The legalized status of marijuana in California was expected to bring an undesirable increase in its use, but the magnitude of this increase has been modest and in fact it has reduced over a period of time. Marijuana users who wanted to use it in the past but abstained because of prohibition are now consuming it responsibly and they are enjoying the drug without the fear of arrest or incarceration. It is also seen that most of the violence and corruption that used to characterize marijuana markets has been nullified by California medical marijuana laws. Furthermore, medical marijuana patients would no longer be suffering from legal limbo and social stigma associated with use of the drug for treating nausea from chemotherapy, glaucoma, or other conditions.
All in all, thanks to the California marijuana laws, marijuana has emerged as the answer to the economic misery faced by California and the benefits of legalizing marijuana in California have exceeded all expectations, thanks to the California marijuana laws.
[1] M. Atha and S. Blanchard, "Self-reported drug consumption patterns and attitudes towards drugs among 1333 regular cannabis users," Published by the Independent Drug Monitoring Unit 1997. Cited in Leslie Iversen, The Science of Marijuana, Oxford Press. 2000, pp. 217-9.
[2] Caputo and Ostrom, "Potential Tax Revenue from a Regulated Marijuana Market", American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Oct 1994.
[3] D. Gieringer, "Economics of Cannabis Legalization," in Ed Rosenthal, ed. Hemp Today, Quick Publishing, Oakland 1994.
[4] California Wine Institute, California Wine Industry Statistical Highlights, 2008.
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A City Council panel postponed Monday a decision on whether to overrule the Airport Commission's vote to award $3.8 million in public relations contacts, or reconsider a seven-year-old executive order barring such contracts.
Former Mayor James Hahn issued the order in 2005 to ban all outside public relations contracts after private firms were accused of overbilling the Department of Water and Power.
"We need to know if that executive order is still in effect and, if it is, whether we can overrule it," said Councilman Joe Buscaino, who sits on the tourism and travel panel. "I think we need the answer to that before we make a decision on these contracts."
Councilman Tom LaBonge said the committee will schedule a special meeting to deal with the executive directive issue.
The Airport Commission had approved contracts with three firms - all outside the city of Los Angeles - to develop a public information and communications campaign to advise the public about the modernization project under way at Los Angeles International Airport.
Councilman Dennis Zine, who is running for city controller, raised objections to the contracts, questioning if they are needed and why no firms based in the city were among the recommended firms.
"If we are going to spend this kind of money, we ought to try to find a firm that pays taxes in the city to be included," Zine said, citing emails he has received over the past week from firms saying they were unaware of the contracts.Zine also questioned what the contracts will accomplishfor those who use the airport - namely people catching a flight or picking someone up at LAX.
"I'm not sure spending $3.8 million will make it any easier for people," Zine said. "I agree with the need for the modernization and we need to be more customer friendly, but I don't see how this helps us."
Airport Commission President Michael Lawson, however, said the issue is not so much for Los Angeles residents but for travelers and companies from overseas who have options beyond LAX.
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Mean Betty: Why On Earth Would Anyone Need a Dress Made of Black Diamonds?
Mean Betty questions the necessity of "The Most Expensive Dress in the World." Black diamonds? Really?!
-Mean Betty
Kittens, what's the most expensive item of clothing or accessory you own? Is it that pair of jeans that set you back a bundle, but were totally worth it because they fit you like a glove? Or is it that one Kate Spade handbag you own that you took months to save up for? Maybe it's that dress you splurged on for your best friend's black tie wedding? Whatever it is, kittens, believe Meanie when she says that it's got nothing on the dress pictured above!
British designer Debbie Wingham unveiled a dress last week which is now being hailed by the World Record Academy as "The Most Expensive Dress in the World." What makes it so expensive? The gown is encrusted with 50 black diamonds of two carats each. That's right, kittens: Kelly Osbourne's ridiculously expensive black diamond manicure just found its perfect mate. How joyous! Or, perhaps more accurately, how ridiculous!
Wingham unveiled the dress in the Ukranian city of Kiev. Models, socialites, glitterati, and (of course) journalists bore witness to the event at the Fairmont Grand Hotel Kyiv; no doubt it was an occasion to remember. What's that, kittens? You want the facts? Very well: The dress weighs a gargantuan 29 pounds, and the aforementioned black diamonds adorn its basque—what most of us would refer to as a peplum (isn't "peplum" such a delightful word?)—and its bolero along the shoulders. Beyond the black diamonds, it also features a fringe decorated with white diamonds set in white gold. Once all is said and done, its value weighs in at $5.7 million.
Don't get Meanie wrong, kittens; she enjoys a little bit of luxury as much as the next girl (there is definitely something to be said for a little bit of pampering and a good martini!). But is Meanie alone in thinking that this dress is… just a bit much? Wingham calls it "an anthem for a beautiful woman who loves life," but simply put, Meanie cannot understand why. Since when do women need dresses made of black diamonds to feel beautiful and to demonstrate their love of life?
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To be fair, Wingham did note that "the creation of this dress is not some commercial project." Thank goodness! She continued, "This is simply a stepping stone to my new collection of jeans, which will also be decorated with diamonds."
…Oh. Curses. For a moment there, Meanie felt a little better knowing that the dress was intended as something more akin to a piece of art than an article of clothing. Alas, it appears that this is not so, for lo, pairs of jeans covered in unnecessary wealth will soon descend upon the earth. Run, kittens! Save yourselves before you, too, fall prey to the trappings of severe excess! Could we already be well on our way to the level of extravagance that so plagues the world of The Hunger Games (yes, kittens, Meanie is a closet Hunger Games fan. Shhhh—no one must know!)?
But as silly as the comparison may seem, even the butler agrees that it is an apt one. The amount of excess embodied by Wingham's dress and planned denim line is on par with that seen in Panem's Capitol. Take, for instance, the party dear Katniss attends in the second book in the series, Catching Fire. Does anyone really need to stuff themselves to bursting, then drink something that makes them vomit up the entire contents of their stomach, then repeat the process in order to meet the body's nutritional demands? Most certainly not. The same might be said of this dress: Does a dress really need to be made out of black diamonds in order to fulfill its function as clothing? Does it even need them to adorn it in order to fulfill its function as art? Again, the answer to both questions is no. Black diamonds will not keep one warm, and there are plenty of less extravagant items one might use to embellish it for artistic purposes.
One thing is for sure, kittens: We must be careful, or else we might soon find ourselves living in a dystopian post-apocalypse. And goodness knows, we wouldn't want THAT, now, would we?
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Ah Wilderness!
Richard Miller a rebellious high school senior is in love with his neighbor Muriel McComber. Her father, unhappy with Richard's wildness, breaks up their relationship. Richard wanders into a bar to drink his troubles away and meets Belle, a town flirt who is a bit older. He gets drunk, tries to fight with a salesman who picks Belle up, and gets thrown out of the bar. His father understanding that the whole business was simply a part of growing up...
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Two brothers, Rob and Andrew Mayo, are in love with the same woman, Andrew's girl Ruth Atkins. Rob, unfit for the farm life of his family, resolves to go to sea on his uncle's ship. Just before he is to leave, he confesses his love to Ruth. She is captivated by Rob's poetic nature, and believes that she is in love with him. As a result Rob stays home and Andrew runs off to sea in his place. Rob and Ruth marry, and he tries to run the farm, but he ...
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Elderly Ephraim Cabot has married a young woman, Abbie Putnam. They live on an isolated farm with his sons. When the play starts the two older sons decide to leave to seek their fortune in California. Unhappy with her old husband, Abbie looks for love with his younger son, Eben. They fall in love, and Abbie looks to find a way to get free of her husband....
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Lavinia is the adult daughter of the Mammons, a wealthy family living in New England at the tail end of the Civil War. Her suitor Brant is on his way, probably to propose again, while she awaits her beloved father Ezra's return from the front. Before Brant arrives, the family gardener warns her that Brant resembles her family, that he is probably the offspring of her uncle and and a nurse that used to work in the household. When Brant arrives, he angrily...
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The Iceman Cometh
A group of alcoholics wait in a saloon for their friend Hickey to arrive and make them feel good about their miserable lives. Harry Hope runs a saloon and boarding house for unemployed drunks in Greenwich Village. The various men spend their waking hours drinking as much as possible to make their lives bearable. Harry, who hasn't left the bar in the 20 years since his wife's death, is having a birthday party soon, and the whole assemblage is awaiting the...


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Coroner: Peaches Geldof's Death Was Drug-Related
A British coroner says Peaches Geldof's death was drug-related. The ruling was issued Monday, three months after the 25-year-old was found dead at her home in southeast England.
In May, tests indicated there was heroin in her system and puncture wounds on her arms at the time of her death. A detective had said drug paraphernalia was found near Geldof's body. Authorities said they also found a bag of almost-pure heroin in her home.
Geldof was the daughter of Boomtown Rats frontman and Band Aid founder Bob Geldof. Her mother, Paula Yates, died of a heroin overdose in 2000.
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PASADENA - After first saying porn productions in town would have to abide by the county's Measure B - requiring the use of condoms - city officials Thursday did an about face.
Actors shooting adult films in Pasadena will not be covered by the law, and thus not covered, city spokesman William Boyer said.
"Pasadena currently does not have any specific health or filming regulations that require the use of condoms in films," Boyer said. "Pasadena does allow permitted adult entertainment filming as it can't restrict it under the First Amendment."
On Wednesday, Boyer, speaking on behalf of city officials, said the opposite.
Measure B requires producers to undergo training on blood-borne pathogens and submit an "exposure control plan," then pay for a public health permit.
Permit fees will be used to pay for enforcement, according to creators of the law.
Condom use on porn sets already is required under state and city laws. But those are rarely enforced, with state inspections and consequent fines based only on complaints.
Pasadena could write its own ordinance requiring condoms on set, but officials said there are no plans to do so at the present time.
City officials said the last adult film shot in Pasadena was shot by Califa Productions, a house known for music videos. Boyer could not provide the name of the production or the location where it was shot.
In 2010, a Playboy TV producer pulled a permit to shoot an unknown film at an unknown location, Boyer said.
Two permits for adult productions were pulled in 2012, but both were cancelled, Boyer said.
"Pasadena should opt to enforce the condom requirement," City Councilman Terry Tornek said. "I agree with the ordinance. I see it as a public health issue and a worker protection issue."
Regardless, Tornek said Pasadena couldn't stop porn shoots within city limits.
"If it's legal, it's legal," he said. "We have a history of knowing how to administer film permits. I don't see Pasadena becoming the porn capitol of California."
On Wednesday, the Free Speech Coalition, a trade group representing the adult entertainment industry, said it plans to file a lawsuit to overturn the condom requirement on constitutional grounds.
"We believe in the calm, serious deliberations of the legal system, we will find that Measure B is in fact unconstitutional," Diane Duke, the coalition's executive director, said in a statement. "The adult film industry will not just stand by and let it destroy our business."
In a letter sent to the county Board of Supervisors, the industry also requested that it be involved in discussions as to how the county will implement the requirements. It will also explore moves to neighboring states as soon as possible, the coalition said.
"While the AIDS Healthcare Foundation has tried to portray any move of jobs outside of L.A. County as unrealistic, the hard truth of the matter is that is exactly what this industry plans on doing now," said James Lee, communications director for the No on Government Waste Committee, which opposed the measure.
Staff writers Susan Abram, Brian Charles and the Associated Press contributed to this story.


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Our student organizations sponsor panels and lectures on a range of legal, social, cultural, academic, and professional topics.
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http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2013/4/3/...k-shamrock-mmaIt's Tuesday, about 6 p.m. I'm pretty f**king tired after team wrestling practice which was run by DC (Daniel Cormier). It was a pretty hard session, and not being in top shape made it even tougher. Especially when your training partner for most part was Jon Fitch. I've got 8 weeks before what pretty much is the biggest fight of my career


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Emergency Regulation to Enforce Medical Loss Ratio in Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009 Made Permanent
On Thursday February 9, 2012, California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced that he had obtained approval from the California Office of Administrative Law to make permanent the emergency regulation issued in 2011 allowing the Department of Insurance (the "Department") to enforce the medical loss ratio guidelines in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009 ("PPACA") (which we previously discussed here).
As of January 1, 2011, the PPACA required all health insurers in the individual market to maintain an 80% medical loss ratio.
The Department obtained approval to make permanent its amendment to 10 California Code of Regulations § 2222.12 to reflect this requirement. A copy of the text of the regulation can be viewed here.
This permanent regulation went into effect on February 8, 2012.
The regulation adopted by the Department contains more stringent requirements than PPACA, as it allows the Department to evaluate whether the 80% medical loss ratio will be met at the time a rate is filed with the Department, rather than waiting until the end of the year to determine if this ratio was satisfied.


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The minivan segment is a fiercely contested market in which features, pricing and capacities remain extremely competitive. The current Sienna continues be leader with its strong V6, 6-speed automatic transmission and mileage estimates of 25 mpg on the highway. The Sienna distinguishes itself as being the only minivan to offer all-wheel drive as an option as well as seating configurations for up to eight passengers. Even the entry-level L trim includes such comfort options such as keyless entry, 3-zone air conditioning and 10 cup holders.
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Toyota Sienna is roomy and handsome, one of few minivans remaining on the American market, and the only one that can be equipped with all-wheel drive.
Last redesigned for 2010, the Sienna got a freshening for the 2015 model year. Little has changed for 2016, except that the Entune infotainment system has added smartphone-driven navigation and Siri EyesFree.
Though scorned for years by critics as drab suburbanite transport, the minivan is the ultimate family vehicle. When weighing a purchase, all considerations typically fall by the wayside, except for one: will it convey seven or eight passengers safely and comfortably?
Seating seven or eight, depending on second-row seating, Toyota's minivan scores highly on both counts. Gas mileage is about average. Handling ranks above average for the minivan class, and you get Toyota's long-standing reputation for reliability.
All Siennas hold a 3.5-liter V6 that makes 266 horsepower, coupled to a 6-speed automatic. Performance is brisk, though Honda's Odyssey handles with a bit more crispness. Steering on the modestly sportier SE version offers slightly more direct feel.
The Sienna's well-organized cabin has a bit more flair than some minivans. Front seats provide an almost majestic seating position. In the second row, even the basic bench is comfortable, including substantial leg and head space. The bench can be moved fore/aft to reapportion leg space.
Separate seats may be substituted for the bench, dropping passenger capacity to seven. Top-rung Limited models can even have airline-type reclining buckets. Second-row seats may be removed, but they don't fold into the floor as in Chrysler/Dodge minivans. With the third-row seat folded, cargo space totals 87.1 cubic feet.
Its low load-in height and big cargo capacity makes the Sienna a great vehicle for the family dog and for hauling lots of stuff.
Siennas can be equipped with modern safety technology, though many features are optional. Forward-collision warning and adaptive cruise control are available on upper trim levels. Parking sensors are standard on the Limited. Blind-spot monitoring with cross-traffic alert is standard on the XLE and Limited, and available for the SE. Toyota has increased the number of LATCH anchor points from three to four.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration gives Sienna a five-star overall rating and side-impact score, with four-star for frontal and rollover incidents. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety gave Toyota's minivan only an Acceptable rating on the rigorous small-overlap test, but Good in other testing.
The 2016 Toyota Sienna is available in five trim levels. Front-wheel drive is standard, all-wheel drive is available:
Sienna L ($28,850) comes with seven-passenger seating; fabric upholstery; dual sliding side doors; power windows, locks and mirrors; cruise control; CD player; Entune touchscreen audio; a rearview camera; three-zone automatic climate control, and 17-inch alloy wheels. (All prices are MSRP and do not include destination charge.)
Sienna LE ($31,640) upgrades to Entune Audio Plus with a USB port and Bluetooth audio streaming, power front seats, power sliding doors, and center console. Sienna LE AWD ($34,180) upgrades with all-wheel drive and 18-inch wheels.
Sienna SE ($35,210) gets tighter suspension tuning, LED taillights, foglamps, a mesh grille, power sliding doors and liftgate, and 19-inch wheels. Sienna SE Premium ($39,930) adds a moonroof, heated power mirrors, pushbutton start, and blind-spot monitor with cross-traffic alert.
Sienna XLE ($35,410) has leather upholstery and heated front seats and is available with all-wheel drive ($37,620). Sienna XLE Premium ($38,605) adds Blu-Ray/DVD entertainment with 16.4-inch screen, and is available with all-wheel drive ($40,815).
Sienna Limited ($41,900) adds dual moonroof, overhead console, sliding console, second-row lounge seats, power-folding third-row seat, JBL audio, and 18-inch wheels. Limited all-wheel drive ($43,040) eliminates the lounge seats and sliding console. Sienna Limited Premium ($45,270) and Premium all-wheel drive ($46,410) add HID headlights, rain-sensing wipers, and Blu-Ray/DVD entertainment.
Eight airbags and a rearview camera are standard on all Siennas.
Measuring 200.2 inches long and 78.1 inches wide, the Sierra is emphatically a large van. Updating for the 2015 model year was a mild update, continuing the Sienna's basic configuration as an upright minivan with a familiar twin-box profile.
Glamour isn't part of the package, but few minivan buyers fret about style. Still, Toyota designers have given the Sienna a comparatively modern aura, with a front end that reflects the company's current design cues. The low grille tapers gently upward, toward a strictly traditional roofline. Utility is evident throughout the Sienna, with no controversial or questionable elements intruding on the basic look.
The Sienna is one of the most comfortable minivans, and ranks among the biggest. A sweeping, wide, contoured dashboard separates the driver and front passenger, giving the latter access to climate/audio controls. Upper models feature sizable color screens, while lower trim levels get smaller, black-and-white displays.
On the down side, horizontal plastic dashboard graining has a dull appearance. Matte woodgraining on upper models isn't much better.
At least five adults can find comfortable accommodations within the eight-passenger version. Front occupants enjoy pleasant, supportive seats. Between them lies plenty of storage space for small items.
Sienna stands tallest for its second row. The standard bench can slide to expand either cargo or passenger space. The removable segment may be stowed in the cargo space. Twin captain's chairs can substitute for the bench.
Reaching the third row isn't too difficult. Once there, expect adult-size space in each direction. Back seats fold nearly flat. With the third row upright, cargo space totals 39.1 cubic feet, growing to 117.8 cubic feet with second-row seats at their forward limit.
All-wheel drive availability is one feature Sienna offers that's absent elsewhere.
Apart from that, performance is unexceptional. Nothing about the Sienna experience is dramatic. In other words, it's ideal for a minivan, focused on practical, sensible values.
What matters most are performance issues that relate to safety, such as the ability to accelerate to highway speed promptly, and pass or merge without delay. Handling needs to be agile enough to steer away from a potential collision. Braking must be effective, especially in an emergency. In each of those vital areas, Toyota's Sienna ranks favorably with its primary competitors: the Honda Odyssey and FiatChrysler's twin minivans.
Toyota's V6 engine performs agreeably, emitting a muted sound while delivering smooth, ample power. Of course, acceleration is a bit throttled by vehicle weight, which can reach 4,705 pounds.
Electric power steering can be an issue nowadays, but the Sienna's setup has proven itself, allowing the vehicle to track well at highway speeds. Relatively quick steering, coupled with a smooth ride, make the Sienna easy to maneuver in urban traffic. The SE edition has a lower body and tighter suspension tuning, yet feels almost like other versions.
Visibility is excellent, and the standard rearview camera provides a 180-degree view. Gas mileage is lower than in the Honda Odyssey, but competitive with other minivans. The front-wheel-drive version is EPA-rated at 18/25 mpg City/Highway, or 21 mpg Combined. All-wheel-drive estimates fall to 16/23 mpg City/Highway, or 19 mpg Combined.
Relatively costly, Siennas come with the usual features, plus some distinguishing extras. Prices can escalate rapidly, moving through the trim-level selection. Dodge Grand Caravan and Chrysler Town & Country still beat the competition in flexible seating and engaged driving, though they may not be around much longer. Overall, Sienna is a close match for the highly rated Honda Odyssey. The Toyota Sienna offers all-wheel drive, which makes it a compelling choice for wintry weather.
Driving impressions by Marty Padgett, The Car Connection. James M. Flammang contributed to this report.
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So there was Bob Miller, Jim Fox and Patrick O'Neal in front of the cameras at Staples Center the other night, covering a Kings practice, the hockey rink up and running.
We're talkin' about practice ...
If not for this unique situation finding the Kings in defense of a Stanley Cup championship, Southern California viewers could be excused for having a chilly reception to FoxSports West's coverage of this 2013 NHL restart.
Instead, Monday's "event" carried on FSW was more than a welcome-back gesture. It may have been the freshest programming on the channel that has seemingly been in hibernation since the Angels' season ended.
"When did we ever televise a practice?" Kings Hall of Fame play-by-play man Miller asked Thursday morning with some amazement.
Miller, starting his 40th season with the team, isn't concerned Kings fans in particular will make their way back to the party.
"I get the sense talking to people in the Kings' offices, I don't think there's any question that fans want to come back and celebrate a year as the Stanley Cup champions," he said. "This Stanley Cup victory is a factor working to the Kings' advantage. I don't see any backlash at all to the lockout."
Miller, who took advantage of the extended offseason to add new chapters to a book he wrote several years ago that will be reissued in the upcoming months, will be the master of ceremonies for the on-ice presentation Saturday prior to the Kings-Chicago season opener. NBC snatched it up as a regional telecast, but it's only going to 55 percent of the country. The other 45 percent will focus on the Philadelphia-Pittsburgh opener, but the network pregame show plans to include the Kings' championship banner unfurling for all to witness.
L.A. gets Dave Strader and one-time Kings center Eddie Olczyk on the Kings-Blackhawks broadcast, while NBC sent Doc Emrick and Pierre McGwire to describe the Penguins-Flyers game.
FSW's strategy to recapture Kings fans is not only to add a special pre-game show for the opener (11:30 a.m., FSW) but to expand its regular-season coverage with a pre- and post-game show, home and away.
"I think this is something to show that we have to do our best to continue to give the viewers more and more information as much as possible," said Fox, starting his 23rd season as a broadcaster. "Part of that is because we have the defending champions, so you're not talking about `potential' anymore, but something that's proven. I'm glad Fox is adding coverage to bring more and more to the fans who want this."
The expanded shows will have O'Neal hosting, with former Kings players Daryl Evans and Anson Carter contributing.
Tom Feuer, the executive producer of FSW and Prime Ticket, said the purpose is to use a set outside Staples, introduce new personalities "that will not only provide a unique mix of analysis, but offer fans a different dynamic as we incorporate social media discussions and feature reports throughout the season."
NBC executive producer Sam Flood said that discussion of the lockout during the network's opening weekend will likely be held to a minimum. The focus, he said, will be more on which teams may have an early advantage if they had players go overseas versus those starting from scratch with limited practice time.
"What happened in terms of the business side of the lockout is not relevant once the games are being played to this audience," Flood said.
Miller and Fox have the ability to educate Kings' fans during the regular FSW telecasts as to what the outcome of the labor strife produced.
"I hope we can take a look at all the rules that have changed and how they have a direct bearing on how teams are assembled, long- and short-term," Fox said. "It can get complicated, but eventually I think fans will want to know. We can get into the nuts and bolts of the CBA because I think fans realize every sport has those business issues, and you can't ignore the reality of it."
FSW will do as many as 41 Kings regular-season games. The Ducks, starting their 20th season with Prime Ticket, begin Saturday in Vancouver on FSW and could have a larger hill to climb with getting fans back because of the projections they'll likely miss the playoffs this season. With some channel conflicts, they'll also be a little tougher to find. Fourteen of the Ducks' 42 local telecasts will be on the Kings' FSW, with the rest on their regular Prime channel, plus some on KDOC with John Ahlers and Brian Hayward. Prime also plans a pre- and post-game Ducks show with home and road games with Mark Rogondino and Kent French rotating as hosts.
NBC has 14 TV windows on Saturdays and Sundays until the end of April to cover the regular season, with the NBC Sports Network putting another 56 on cable, including a regular Wednesday night rivalries matchup.
After the last NHL lockout-shortened season in 1994-95, and then the lockout that canceled the entire 2004-05 season, TV ratings tended to bounce back, and in some instances increase.
"We're going to have to see how the audience responds and how pent up the demand for hockey is," Flood said. "We can't control it. We just cover the games as best we can and hope the passion bubbles back. I'm cautiously optimistic they'll come back. As we learned last time, fans eventually came back, but it's not instantaneous.
"It's the casual viewer that became part of something special last year and got caught up in the excitement and the drama of the playoffs - we've got to get them back. The banner-raising (for the Kings) is the perfect way to welcome hockey back."
Go to Gottlieb for the real story
Some days, you Google up a menu of Doug Gottlieb news and it looks as if you've stumbled by accident onto Gilbert Gottfried.
A couple weeks into his new CBS Sports Radio gig manning the noon-to-3 p.m. slot, Gottlieb may have drawn the most attention for his "CBS Sports Minute" updates inserted during the day of programming on various affiliates.
So what is missing by not having a Southern California outlet?
Monday, Gottlieb compared Atlanta Falcons tight end Tony Gonzalez experiencing his first NFL playoff victory to when former Laker A.C. Green finally had his first sexual experience after years of abstinence.
Deadspin.com jumped on it and referenced it as a "media meltdown," predictably providing another platform for Gottlieb-bashing.
Gottlieb told us that the Gonzalez-Green comparison was "more tongue-in-cheek than anything and some fail to see the sense of humor in it." He understands there's "a little `gotcha' factor to it - someone hears something and if they like or don't like you, they try to say something outlandish, so they overreact."
Gottlieb, who'll be paired with Spero Dedes as the analyst on CBS' coverage of the UCLA-Oregon game from Pauley Pavilion on Saturday (Channel 2, noon), appears to accept his role as something of a polarizing figure, going back to his 10 years of working at ESPN when he also did radio, studio analysis and game coverage.
Last month, Gottlieb also got some pushback for a "CBS Sports Minute" take trying to put Syracuse basketball coach Jim Boeheim winning his 903rd game into some context, calling him "not a great coach, but a very good one."
Boeheim responded: "I don't think he knows what he is talking about. I think he has an agenda when he talks about things and his agenda has always been anti-Syracuse and an anti-Jim Boeheim agenda, really, for whatever reason."
Gottlieb explains that he "didn't say Boeheim was `bad,' but again some of it is people hear something completely different from the narrative that you sell them on because of one particular word you use here or there. My intent was to create an argument, and either you make your opinion super strong or you make it funny and clever. Those two things create something more memorable."
Gottlieb, who turned 37 this week, does his weekday show out of the KLAA-AM (830) studios in Anaheim since his move back to Orange County.
== It's understandable how the media comes under scrutiny in its reporting over the past several months about Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o and the "death" of his girlfriend, which now appears to be a hoax. Slate's Josh Levin, for example, argues that elementary fact-checking by Sports Illustrated would have saved a lot of grief before writer Pete Thamel's cover piece hit the stands Oct. 1. Thamel, on Thursday morning's Dan Patrick radio show, explained there were ways to "write around" nebulous information with deadlines facing him, knowing that colleagues would be able to confirm so-called facts. (SI.com was to release the transcripts of the Thamel interview with Te'o later Thursday). Are media members who today champion the angle that Te'o has obviously been "duped" just trying to save their own credibility? Hardly. SI.com's Michael Rosenberg probably summed it up best: "I don't know anything. Let's say that up front. One more time: I don't know anything. That's the lesson of this crazy Manti Te'o story, isn't it? Sometimes you think you know and you don't." He then laid out all that's supposedly known to this point, and ended it: "I think Te'o got duped by some twisted people. And if I've convinced you, then that's a shame. I tried to tell you, I don't know anything."
== Of all the media members who should have reason to demand a Lance Armstrong apology, David Walsh, the chief sports writer from the Sunday Times of London, could be first in line. Walsh, who wrote a book, "Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit of Lance Armstrong," has been called "a troll" and the "worst journalist in the world" by Armstrong for his 13 years of reporting on his alleged doping over the years. Walsh, however, recently tweeted out that Armstrong might be reaching out to journalists once considered adversaries to clear his name, but Walsh isn't one of them. For "those who wonder if I'm disappointed LA didn't contact me, please don't. It's not something I want and definitely not something I need." One reason: The Sunday Times has a lawsuit against Armstrong seeking to recoup $1.5 million it had to pay out to him in 2006 for a settlement reached in a defamation suit.
More media notes on the blog: www.insidesocal.com/tomhoffarth
And follow Tom Hoffarth's pathetic attempts on Twitter: twitter.com/tomhoffarth


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Good work with the review James, can't imagine it being more comprehensive (and humorous)!
And as for us, the organizers of the event...
Based on all the feedback we received, we're not the only ones who think the entire day was an outstanding success. With 44 fighters participating, it was, without a doubt, one of the biggest MMA events in Scottish history (albeit on an amateur level). The quality of the fights was phenomenal, but, what gave us the biggest morale boost, was seeing the same fighters who took part in SMMART 1 come back stronger, faster and twice as technical. Hence, despite of the whole 'head-guard controversy/ridicule' and the fact that, in the end of the day, we had to fork out some of the club's funds to pay for everything, it was well worth it and we've already began planning the next one. There's no bigger reward than looking at all of this talent, nourishing it and then seeing it grow.
For those who don't feel like reading James Scott's article posted above, here's the results in a nutshell:
1st place – Andrew Scoular (Headhunters, Edinburgh)
2nd place – Cameron Hyde (Jigoku Dojo, Aberdeen)
3rd place – Andrew Wilkie (Tei Karate, Fife)
1st place – Dylan Cameron (Internal Warrior, Dundee)
2nd place – Ryan Hulse (Aberdeen Combat Centre, Aberdeen)
3rd place – Ablaykhan Beken (Jigoku Dojo, Aberdeen)
1st place – Mark Keegan (Granite City Grapplers, Aberdeen)
2nd place – Kevin McAloon (Fusion MMA, Forres)
3rd place – Akan Samenov (Jigoku Dojo, Aberdeen)
1st place – Edgar Ponsevic (Jigoku Dojo, Aberdeen)
2nd place – Andrew Stevenson (Headhunters, Edinburgh)
3rd place – Rejus Zemaitis (Jigoku Dojo, Aberdeen)
3rd place – Michal Szczepanek (Immortals Gold Team, Aberdeen)
1st place – Lee Walker (Tei Karate, Fife)
2nd place – Craig Mitch (Immortals Gold Team, Aberdeen)
Fighter of the Night:
Nikola Dragovic (Jigoku Dojo, Aberdeen)
Our thanks go to all the teams who got involved, some of which had to travel quite a distance to grace us with their presence – the Headhunters, Urban Disturbance, Internal Warrior, Fusion MMA, Tei Karate, Satorishido Kickboxing, Immortals Gold Team, Granite City Grapplers, Aberdeen Combat Centre and – last but not least- Jigoku Dojo Shetland!
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|Publication Date: Jan 26, 1995
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Examines Beer's actions on assuming leadership of Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide, the world's sixth largest advertising agency, during a period of rapid industry change and organizational crisis. Focuses on how Beers, the first outsider CEO, engages and leads a senior team through a vision formulation process. Chronicles closely the debates among senior executives struggling to reconcile creative, strategic, and global vs. local priorities. Sixteen months later, with a vision statement agreed upon, Beers faces a series of implementation problems. Turnaround has begun, but organizational structures and systems are not yet aligned with the firm's new direction. Concludes as Beers must decide how to work best with her senior team to achieve alignment in 1994.
Advertising; Leadership; Multinational corporations; Organizational change
Charlotte Beers at Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide (A), Spreadsheet Supplement
Herminia Ibarra; Nicole Sackley
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As Craig Lieberman puts it, "I guess Im an extreme example of a car nut who never grew out of it." Perhaps thats a wee bit of an understatement.
More than 20 years ago, Lieberman was a Datsun Z and V6 Capri fan. He was modifying cars from the day he got his drivers license. After 15 years, he had owned several Zs, a Chevelle or two, a 544hp supercharged 5.0 liter Mustang and a 12 second nitrous equipped Impala SS but he is perhaps best known for his Supra. No ordinary Supra, this bright orange Supra is one of the most famous in the world...it was "Brians" Supra in "The Fast and The Furious."
In reality, Lieberman was never pleased with the look of the Supra. "It was yellow and clean when I built it, but Hollywood chose to rice it out. Rather than to destroy a valuable movie memorabilia piece, I sold it and rolled the money over into a Skyline. After 2 Fast 2 Furious was done with it, we sold that car for a Diablo and an M3. As you can probably guess, we made a pretty penny on both cars."
But Lieberman needed a daily driver and in his typical over the top fashion, would settle for nothing less than a premium sports car. "The M3 is a brilliant piece of engineering....all BMWs are. Drive anything else for 4 hours, then drive a 3 series immediately thereafter...the suspension refinements, precise turn-in and striking balance and poise at speed is unrivaled by even Lexus or Mercedes." I think most of our board users would agree.
After using the car on set down in Florida for filming of 2 Fast 2 Furious, Lieberman decided to start modding this car once it was safely home in California. "Bimmers like Jon Sibals, Troy Wilhites, James Demmitts and Eddie Farcons were inspirational. They are well tuned and modified in a flashy, but tastefully done manner. I looked to them for styling cues and ideas."
Lieberman shopped around and found the Flosman kit from Eisenhaus in Chicago, Illinois. "Great to deal with, honest, fast shipping and no drama...very up front about the whole process." After a brief wait, the kit arrived in proper packaging, ready for installation. "It was so well packed, the unwrapping probably took longer than the installation! But the kit is indeed superb...super thick fiberglass but fit and finish that rivals many of the best Japanese kit suppliers. The aggressive look and high price will make the kit fairly exclusive, at least at first....after all, who wants to cut up a $50,000 car?"
The process would not be easy, given the kit had to be glassed into the stock rear quarter panels which still needed to be cut. Further, a color changed was being specd, so additional time would be needed. Worthy of note is the cutting that needs to be done at the lower, rear area of the front fenders to accommodate the swoop inwards of the rocker panels and the attention to corrosion resistance needed when cutting through galvanized panels which required extensive corrosion resistant coating, inner splash shield building and texture matching. Inside the rear wheelhouse, it looks stock. The kit shaves 100 lb from the original curb weight, mostly through metal cutting. The front is a bit more open for airflow, but corrosion resistant paint and insulation was added. All of this added complexity to the installation, as well as time and expense. Quigleys Paint charged a cool $14,000 to paint the car this custom, Lamborghini candy blue using 2 coats of base lavender, 4 blue coats and 2 clear coats.
After 6 weeks, the car was nearly done at the paint shop. Further expense would be needed to complete the outside, including coil overs to close up the wheel gap and custom built wheels. KW Suspension shipped over some Version 3 fully adjustable coil overs and HRE Wheels would custom build three sets of wheels for Lieberman to try out to see which he liked. The jury is still out on his decision, but the car will appear as shown for the SEMA show. The wheels right now are prototype HREs using Pirelli 305/30/19 in the rear and a 4 inch lip.
As the car prepares for SEMA, it awaits the Stop Tech big brake kit. Lieberman is a huge fan of Stop Tech. "I used their 15 inch kit on my Skyline and got their brakes on several cars for 2 Fast 2 Furious. Unbelievable, youll never appreciate how much time you can make up on a road course or canyon road if you can brake deep with confidence. Forget Brembo and AP...overpriced for what you get, in my opinion."
A car this aggressive looking needs to look the power so power mods would be a high priority during the stage 1 build up process. A quick call to K&N and MagnaFlow got the ball rolling. Using only a panel filter on the front end, any power increase of substance would have to come from the exhaust. Fortunately, Lieberman works with MagnaFlow and they custom tuned an exhaust just for the E46 M3. Due for release in June of 2004, the system uses a MagnaPack and resonator combo through a custom, straight through muffler using 2.25" inch pipe. "We experimented with 16 different solutions to find one that made good power without being too loud or without retaining the stock, raspy fart-like sound. The secret is in the inner muffler design and how it necks down. 14hp at the wheels was the result...good enough for me." 83mm tips complete the tail end.
As an SMG car, driving this beast around town is insane fun and it draws mad stares and inquisitive liaisons from people of all ages. "People follow me for a bit, then sit at my quarter panel trying to figure out why it looks wider than a standard M3. When I tell them that it would take about $30,000 over the base price to make an M3 look like this, they ask you could buy a Porsche for that price." Indeed. In fact, Liebermans other car is a 996 TT X50 car, but to hear him tell it, the M3 is his true love.
"The Porsche is a superb automobile...much better than my Lambo was. But the M3 has it all: comfort, style, reliability, sportiness and a unique look that says "modified." To me, thats having my cake and eating it too and it makes my 4 mile daily commute go by way too fast."
Coming soon will be a full audio/video system and nitrous. Lieberman is still considering how much audio hell add as hes conscious of weight. Thus far, his sole concessions to wretched excess in the interior are small touches like the Xenarc T700TSV touch screen interface to the Dell Latitude computer, which controls navigation, a DVD player and wireless internet. Some other touches like the Passport SR&7 integrated radar/laser detector and shifter are barely noticeable, but certainly the Motec ADL data logging dash cluster is. This nifty device monitors speed, RPMs, gear selection and all pertinent engine temps. With the full sensor package and software, its a $10,000 upgrade...and this is just the beginning?
Overall, I think most will agree that Liebermans switch to European cars is agreeing with him. His M3 features some of the most exclusive and aggressive parts seen on an E46 M3. Who hasnt dreamed of driving an M3 GTR race car on the street? Liebermans M3 is perhaps as close as any of us will ever get.
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Richard A. Bross, Hormel group vice-president and Hormel Foods International Corp. president, and Ronald W. Fielding, Hormel executive vice-president of corporate strategy, planning and development, will both retire at the end of October.
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Ari_jay that's the one I'm putting my baby in! And my ds (dear son) has a " big bro" one to wear to the hospital. My baby shower is on the 12th though so I may change my mind haha.
I'm bringing a few, I can't decide on just one.
VirgM my older boys have the big brother shirts as well. They are gonna be too handsome lol! Im not having a baby shower so this is probably gonna be it
Awww! You all are making me want to go shopping! Being team green I have a few yellow jammy outfits that are cute but won't be worn home, just in the hospital and at home. My mom insists on buying the coming home outfits (she says it's Grandma's job lol) so baby doesn't get one until the day it's born, with each baby she has stopped at the mall and purchased an adorable outfit before coming to see baby for the first time, she will especially be waiting this time around until we can tell her pink or blue lol.
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But what I put alot of thought into is her first trip out outfit lol it will most likely be to church so I'm so excited
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That is the CUTEST onesie I have ever seen in my entire life! lol big oldies country fan :) love it! Mommas, all the outfits are adorable! I'm so jealous since my baby shower isn't until ths weekend! lol
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I am new in this forum and I would like to use Back Track once I am ready.
Since I am a newcomer in the Linux universe I am using Ubuntu and Debian right now because I think this will be an easier start rather than
jumping immediately into the BT universe.
I was always fascinated by IT security but did not explore this field since I thought that only people like programmers or those with a degree in quantum physics
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I did a research on the net already but there are so many sites which claim that they "know
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How to secure a wireless connection? How can I determine if a network is insecure and how can I fix these problems? How to hide my Ip address effectively to maintain
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Those and many more are the questions I have always asked myself.
Of course, you can tell to search every topic one by one. But what I am looking for is...well some sort of "guideline" which explains even the basic things of IT secur$
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If any of you have suggestions about books which a serious and reliable about this topic please let me know.
I know it will take me years to learn that but I am patient.
I just want to have a solid base of knowledge before I start using BT. because without that knowledge It makes now sense to use it in the first place.
It is not my intention to waste space here in this forum by asking this question. So if you also think that there are forums that handle this topic
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