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Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 12:56 am
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Its been frustrating, I know!
As free agency has gotten underway the Saints seem to have been stuck in neutral, maybe even reverse to some degree. While other teams in the NFC South seem to be getting better the Saints status quo remains the same. While a lot of fans may see this lack of action as a sign of trouble ahead, I tend to realize it for what it is Smart business!
In all honesty Every single free agent that has been signed thus far (with the exception of Andy Levitre) has been overpaid and in some cases, grossly overpaid! That is not smart business people. Mickey Loomis and Sean Payton know this as much as anyone in this business. We can all debate about the restructures of veterans Jonathan Vilma and Will Smith until the cows come home but in the end Loomis has gotten both players for another season at a grand total of 4million against the cap combined. Based on the fact that the Saints were set to lose more than that in dead money and that this team will still be a minimum of two years away from a full 34 conversion, that agreement was good business for the black and gold whether we want to acknowledge that or not.
The way the landscape of the NFL and free agency is set up these days, when you have a premier player at the quarterback position and a hefty investment in that player, the system is actually set up for you to annually lose other core players that will eventually end up with teams with cap space because they dont have that premier quarterback. This is the balance that free agency creates and allows a competitive balance to remain among all 32 franchises and is a major reason why our sport is so popular. Last year it was Carl Nicks, Tracy Porter and Robert Meachem this year it was Jermon Bushrod and Chase Daniels. All with the exception of Nicks were solid players but not stars just simply quality role players and those are the pieces that will come and go as long as we have a 20 million per season quarterback on the roster.
Basically what the job is now for Loomis is patch work. Making sure to always make smart business decisions with the leftover budget that is available. Sure it would have been nice to see the Saints land players like Paul Kruger and Dashon Goldson but in the grand scheme of things it just simply wouldnt be smart business for the way the money is currently allocated within this organization right now. Mickey will continue to earn his money and improve this roster the way he knows best. Hell land a few key free agents in the second wave of free agency; hell get young prospects at value rates entering the prime of their careers who are looking for a chance to start while also landing a couple quality veterans who are willing to take less for a chance at winning.
So, cheer up whodatnation it aint all dat bad!!!
We might not be wowing anyone in free agency now but Ive never seen ANY franchise win a superbowl in March!
I just keep thinking back to what my grandpa always told me as a young cat hed say BOY! A penny saved is a penny earned, I think Loomis has mastered this thought process.
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It will be bad if the Saints don't get a good replacement for Bushrod in free agency. Sure...Bushrod was average...and was overpaid significantly by the Bears. But that is beside the point. The point is that the Saints need at least an average starting LT. Unfortunately...LTs come at a premier...even the average ones. Unless the Saints plan on trading up in the first round...and giving away yet another important draft pick...they need to find that average LT in free agency.
As for Chase Daniels...who cares? Sorry to be blunt...but who really cares? If Brees gets hurt...the Saints are screwed. That would have been the case if Daniels...me...you are the backup for the Saints. Use a late round draft pick on a QB and bring in a veteran QB to play for league minimum. Problem solved.
I completely agree with not signing either Bushrod or Daniels at those numbers...but the Saints could see a dropoff at LT and their offensive production unless they play this right.
I completely agree with the Smith and Vilma deals. It would have been tough to get comparable replacements for those numbers. I would love to see both players retire from the Saints after winning a Super Bowl this season. I am concerned that loyalty toward both players will cause Payton to influence Rob Ryan into starting them. I don't think that either player are more than rotational guys any more. Wilson and Hawthorne will likely be better at WILB and Cam Jordan is obviously better than Smith at WDE.
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I have faith Charles Brown can start at LT. Now, what worries me is his injuries. FS also worries me. No way in hell can Malcolm play center field and I don't see many FAs that can. Maybe Ed Reed, but at this point in his career it's questionable. I don't see anyone in the draft capable of doing so either.
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This book is built on an extended metaphor, which casts equations as the poetry of science. According to the editor Graham Farmelo (head of Science Communication at the Science Museum in London), great equations and great poems are alike in a number of ways. Both suffer if anything is added, changed, or taken away, both are a rich stimulus to the prepared imagination, and both draw much of their power from their conciseness.
As Tony Gardiner says in at the beginning of this book, "the last ten years or so has seen a remarkable blossoming of public interest in mathematics [but] most of the books produced have been for adults, rather than for students. Moreover, most are in prose format - for those who want to 'read about' mathematics, rather than those who want to get their hands dirty solving problems."
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Ever since Watson and Crick worked out the double helix structure of DNA in 1953, the role of genetics in biology has grown and grown. Genetic determinism - the belief that we are controlled by our genes and that no other factor is significant - is now all-pervasive.
Research on the Universe leads to many such startling conclusions and this book attempts to describe some of the surprising phenomena which occupy astronomers and cosmologists. Our Universe, Martin Rees' laboratory, allows its natural laws to be cleverly interpreted at arm's length, by observing the 'extreme' physics which we could never replicate in a laboratory. The biggest questions have an almost philosophical tenor.
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ver the last hundred years, human understanding of the nature of the universe has expanded at a mind-boggling rate; and over the last forty, Kip Thorne, along with Stephen Hawking, who wrote the foreword to this book, have been among the group of people shining most light into the darkness. But, aware that his research is carried out on behalf of us all, Thorne has not neglected the task of explaining its results to the rest of us.


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Oil Painting for Beginners... ...Getting Started
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Nick Weih (pronounced Why) started painting at the age of 50. He has been represented by fine art galleries on Long Island, New York and has shown his work at many outdoor art shows. He taught a basic oil painting class for 9 years. He remembers how tough it was getting started. Now he wants to help you get started in oil painting. This book was written for people who have never painted in oils and don't know where to start. If you have painted in oils the book may help you get back to basics. It is a no nonsense approach to oil painting. Watch for the next book entitled: "Oil Painting for beginners... the Next Step".
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Warm Bulgur Wheat Salad
I'm trying to get back on track with blogging, but I'm not going to lie – things have been a little rough lately and it has been hard finding the time to develop/test new recipes. Fingers crossed things will start to get a little easier, and thankfully summer is approaching so soon cooking will switch over to the grill which is the realm of my amazing husband 🙂 The theory with that being I can prep, marinate, coordinate the effort and then write the post while he works magic on our indoor brick oven. Thankfully my funk is not extending over to cooking in general, so blog challenges such as Secret Recipe Club and Random Recipes have been insuring that we are eating more than just pasta – and today's A-Themed Random Recipe introduced me to an entirely new member of the grain family. When I told Joe tonight's dinner was going to feature Bulgar Wheat his reaction was to ask me if he liked bulgar wheat, at which point I had to admit that I had yet to make or even eat bulgar wheat and thus had no idea. I also reminded him that we had some leftover matzoh just in case this was a total failure, as well as the ingredients to make matzoh pizza, so with a back up plan in place I opened up Madhur Jaffrey's World Vegetarian cookbook and turned to my "A" recipe: Tabbouleh, a Salad Made with Bulgar and Arugula. I made a few seasonal changes, and also prepped the bulgur per the ingredients on the bulk food bag (Wegmans FTW) as I somehow missed that the original recipe calls for 2 hours of soaking, and that's the quick version!
2 cups water
1 cup bulgur wheat
1 pint cherry tomatoes, halved
2 cups arugula, well chopped
8 scallions, cut about 3/4 of the way in to the green
1/2 cup golden raisins
1/4 cup olive oil
fresh ground pepper
- Bring 2 cups of water to a boil, then stir in the bulgur. Allow to reboil then remove from heat, and cover for about 20 minutes.
- Fluff the bulgar and then stir in the remaining ingredients. Rest for 5 minutes and then give a quick mix and Serve!
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The manager was very aggressive and mocked much of my rebuttal. I am waiting for response from owner and hope to find affordable representation if needed. I will not have repeat business with Jiffy and would caution all who do. Google has over 48,000 negitive comments under group Jiffy Lube. This is a fact.
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1 tbls fine diced onion
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America's Black-Ops Blackout
Posted on Jan 9, 2014
By Nick Turse, TomDispatch
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In September, according to media reports, U.S. Special Operations forces joined elite troops from the 10 Association of Southeast Asian Nations member countries—Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar (Burma), and Cambodia—as well as their counterparts from Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, China, India, and Russia for a US-Indonesian joint-funded counterterrorism exercise held at a training center in Sentul, West Java.
Tactical training was, however, just part of the story. In March 2013, for example, experts from the Army's John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School hosted a week-long working group with top planners from the Centro de Adiestramiento de las Fuerzas Especiales—Mexico's Special Warfare Center—to aid them in developing their own special forces doctrine.
In October, members of the Norwegian Special Operations Forces traveled to SOCOM's state-of-the-art Wargame Center at its headquarters on MacDill Air Force Base in Florida to refine crisis response procedures for hostage rescue operations. "NORSOF and Norwegian civilian leadership regularly participate in national field training exercises focused on a scenario like this," said Norwegian Lieutenant Colonel Petter Hellesen. "What was unique about this exercise was that we were able to gather so many of the Norwegian senior leadership and action officers, civilian and military, in one room with their U.S counterparts."
MacDill is, in fact, fast becoming a worldwide special ops hub, according to a report by the Tampa Tribune. This past fall, SOCOM quietly started up an International Special Operations Forces Coordination Center that provides long-term residencies for senior-level black ops liaisons from around the world. Already, representatives from 10 nations had joined the command with around 24 more slated to come on board in the next 12-18 months, per McRaven's global vision.
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For years, the command has claimed that divulging the names of these countries would upset foreign allies and endanger U.S. personnel. SOCOM's Bockholt insisted to me that merely offering the total number would do the same. "You understand that there is information about our military… that is contradictory to reporting," he told me. "There's certain things we can't release to the public for the safety of our service members both at home and abroad. I'm not sure why you'd be interested in reporting that."
In response, I asked how a mere number could jeopardize the lives of Special Ops personnel, and he responded, "When you work with the partners we work with in the different countries, each country is very particular." He refused to elaborate further on what this meant or how it pertained to a simple count of countries. Why SOCOM eventually offered me a number, given these supposed dangers, was never explained.
Bringing the War Home
This year, Special Operations Command has plans to make major inroads into yet another country—the United States. The establishment of SOCNORTH in 2014, according to the command, is intended to help "defend North America by outpacing all threats, maintaining faith with our people, and supporting them in their times of greatest need." Under the auspices of U.S. Northern Command, SOCNORTH will have responsibility for the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and portions of the Caribbean.
While Congressional pushback has thus far thwarted Admiral McRaven's efforts to create a SOCOM satellite headquarters for the more than 300 special operators working in Washington, D.C. (at the cost of $10 million annually), the command has nonetheless stationed support teams and liaisons all over the capital in a bid to embed itself ever more deeply inside the Beltway. "I have folks in every agency here in Washington, D.C.—from the CIA, to the FBI, to the National Security Agency, to the National Geospatial Agency, to the Defense Intelligence Agency," McRaven said during a panel discussion at Washington's Wilson Center in 2013. Referring to the acronyms of the many agencies with which SOCOM has forged ties, McRaven continued: "If there are three letters, and in some cases four, I have a person there. And they have had a reciprocal agreement with us. I have somebody in my headquarters at Tampa." Speaking at Ronald Reagan Library in November, he put the number of agencies where SOCOM is currently embedded at 38.
"Given the importance of interagency collaboration, USSOCOM is placing greater emphasis on its presence in the National Capital Region to better support coordination and decision making with interagency partners. Thus, USSOCOM began to consolidate its presence in the NCR [National Capitol Region] in early 2012," McRaven told the House Armed Services Committee last year.
One unsung SOCOM partner is U.S. AID, the government agency devoted to providing civilian foreign aid to countries around the world whose mandate includes the protection of human rights, the prevention of armed conflicts, the provision of humanitarian assistance, and the fostering of "good will abroad." At a July 2013 conference, Beth Cole, the director of the Office of Civilian-Military Cooperation at U.S. AID, explained just how her agency was now quietly aiding the military's secret military.
"In Yemen, for example, our mission director has SVTCs [secure video teleconferences] with SOCOM personnel on a regular basis now. That didn't occur two years ago, three years ago, four years ago, five years ago," Cole said, according to a transcript of the event. But that was only the start. "My office at U.S. AID supports SOF pre-deployment training in preparation for missions throughout the globe… I'm proud that my office and U.S. AID have been providing training support to several hundred Army, Navy, and Marine Special Operations personnel who have been regularly deploying to Afghanistan, and we will continue to do that."
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When performing the weekly phantom QC test, should we use film from the box currently being used to produce clinical exams or film from the box used for quality control purposes?
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In the same way, the student may by practice acquire the faculty of perceiving his own prana aura.
I landed on prana Beach because I'd heard—but it wasn't so and it doesn't matter.
It is not necessary in this book to go into the general consideration of the nature and character of prana.
Because I was alone on prana Beach, between the sea and the swamp.
This prana is what Western healers mean when they speak of "human magnetism" in their healing work.
But the prana Beach one didn't show itself that first night.
The clairvoyant vision is also able to discern what is called the "prana aura" of a person.
I think I said that prana is on the west coast, and that may have misled you.
And the prana and all other airs of the system are seated in the navel.
Atoms and electrons are blind forces; prana is inherently intelligent.
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Monday, August 16, 2010
The parents are okay too
While the movie got mostly great reviews in the press, there is some sizable dissent among gay and lesbian viewers, and I happened upon a furious debate over at the queer message board Datalounge. Someone began it by posted a naysaying review by a lesbian critic and virtual screaming rapidly ensued: I'm tired of lesbians going bi in movies! Lesbians don't watch gay male porn (a little kink the couple has)! Why does Annette have to have a drinking problem! This movie sets the movement back twenty years! And, of course, regular interjections of "who cares, we get to see Mark Ruffalo's bare butt!"
What struck me most was seeing how the arguments and tangents so closely resembled the discussions we have in the children's book world, especially when it comes to books that involve someone's identity politics. Concern about role models, stereotyping, and cultural accuracy. The belief that there are so few books about x that any book about the topic needs to be "positive." Holding one book responsible for the sins of a genre. Grandstanding for its own sake without having read the book in question--one of the Datalounge posters insisted that there was NO WAY Annette Bening's character would sleep with a man. Somebody else published a link to a review which complained that the movie was racist because of something heinous (and racist) Julianne Moore does to a Mexican gardener, confusing, as we often do, the behavior of a character with the attitude of the author. So the whole debate made me feel right at home; the only (and interestingly) absent complaint was that no one seemed upset that neither Bening nor Moore are lesbians, a criterion that frequently zooms right to the top in our children's book discussions of insiders and outsiders.
Most of all, I'm disappointed when people want their movies or books to be conflict-free, or only allow it between the sainted and oppressive. If the good guys--or lesbians--aren't as screwed-up as the real people I know, how am I supposed to connect?
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- Moira Manion said...
I asked my lesbian roommate if she'd heard anything about the movie, and she said she'd heard good things. But I'm not sure from where. The movie sounds ripe for a discussion panel at WIScon, though the theme's probably been done to death already. (Oops, sorry, for those who don't know about WISCon, it's a feminist science fiction/fantasy/speculative fiction convention, where the Tiptree Awards are presented. http://www.wiscon.info/ ) As a straight women, I try to listen and not throw in my two cents; all the better to learn.
I got into enough trouble by expressing to het female coworkers that, first, I didn't know who Mark Ruffledtoes was, and second, after being shown Google images of him, by saying, "Ick!" Hell hath no fury like straight women whose movie hottie is scorned.
- 3:07 PM, August 16, 2010
"Ruffalo." Is that a cross between a dog and a bison?
- 3:10 PM, August 16, 2010
- Roger Sutton said...
No, he's more of a cross between Burt Reynolds and Hal Sparks. Now there's a gay parenting movie I would love to see.
- 3:15 PM, August 16, 2010
- Michael Grant said...
Ah, how times change. I remember we passed on writing a book about a black character because we were white (come to think of it, we still are) and we didn't want to get stuck writing something too high-minded.
I have three major African-American characters going at the moment -- one heroic lesbian, one sleazeball, one businessman. And no one cares that I'm white (still) and straight.
Here's a sign of hope: my two kids never -- literally never -- describe anyone by race. That's not some rule we imposed, they just don't see the world that way. We've had conversations where we're trying to differentiate between, let's say camp counselors. And neither kid will ever say, "the black guy," or the "Asian girl."
- 11:55 PM, August 16, 2010
I think there was a good bit of "wink-wink" humor in the movie that I didn't hear many folks laughing at in the theater. Like when Moore explains to her son that the women hired in lesbian porn are usually straight and inauthentic. And when Bening (who blurts some very funny insults) asks Moore if she's straight now, and then Ruffalo's character misunderstands the fluidity of Moore's sexuality in exactly the same way when on the phone with her--It's almost like a lot of these critiques have already been anticipated, and a preemptive attempt to diffuse them with humor has been made. Unfortunately, I fear that playing overly strict with idealistic identity politics can kill a sense of humor just as fast as bigoted demonizing can in the other direction.
- 11:47 AM, August 17, 2010
Do you get the feeling that we understand how people work in general-- how they turn facts into fiction, how they misremember stuff or get their facts wrong in their stories, how they make tasteless jokes to deal with upsetting events . . . but when it comes to our personal sore spot, we say that people shouldn't act like people any more. Our sore spot is SPECIAL and people should be somehow a better version of human beings when they deal with it?
- 8:48 PM, August 17, 2010
I haven't seen the movie, but I'd like to see a mainstream film with a lesbian couple in which their being lesbians isn't the focus, and in which one or both of them doesn't die, doesn't suffer from misery due to being lesbian, and doesn't have sex with a man.
That would make a change. Actually, it would be unique.
I wonder how the movie Patrik 1.5 compares?
- 9:18 AM, August 23, 2010
- Cassie Noelle said...
Mr. Sutton, I have a direct question for you. I am currently in a Children's literature class and doing a project on gays/lesbians/bisexuals/trangenders in children's literature. I have read most of A Family of Readers and was wondering why you never mentioned LBGTs or controversial issues at all?
I'm not disrespecting you, I just am curious (more info for my paper :] )
- 11:23 AM, June 09, 2011
- Roger Sutton said...
always better to reach me through the Horn Book, Cassie--magazine at h book dot com. But there is mention of glbt books in Megan Lambert's essay and I don't think we shied away generally from controversy. I guess the one place it could have come up where it didn't was in the YA chapter, but I chose there to focus on two books that really interested me rather than the gamut.
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One-On-One With Allyson Fasnacht
What is your favorite sport to play, other than basketball?
Softball. I played when I was younger, all the way up until my junior year of high school.
Why did you decide to attend Liberty?
I decided on Liberty because I loved the girls on the team and I wanted the opportunity to play on a winning team and make an immediate impact. Looking back, it's easy for me to see God's hand in the whole recruiting process. Plus, with my parents being so close, they are able to catch almost all my games.
If you could eat dinner with three other people, who would they be and why?
1. Michael Jordan, because he is the best basketball player ever.
2. Duke Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski, because he is such a classy guy who knows so much about the game. He's one of the best motivators and mentors, and I love his books.
3. Channing Tatum. If you've seen "Step Up" or "She's The Man," you'll know why.
Who is your favorite band?
David Crowder Band. I was introduced to them by a friend I met through Athletes in Action and I love them.
Who was your favorite athlete while growing up and who is it now?
My favorite athletes growing up were my two older brothers. They played basketball, baseball and football. Now, I love watching Diana Taurasi and Candace Parker.
Who is your favorite Bible character and why?
I would have to say Paul. He went through so much for the cause of Christ and it only strengthened his faith. One of my favorite passages is Ephesians 3:14-19, which is Paul's prayer for spiritual growth.
What is one event in history that you wish you could've witnessed?
I think I would've liked to see the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is the most famous person you've met?
I guess it would be J.J. Redick. He went to a nearby high school and I've been following him throughout his career.
What is your favorite food at the Liberty cafeteria?
Cinnamon raisin bagel with peanut butter, jelly and cream cheese.
Why did you choose your uniform number?
I chose #10 because my only other choices were #54 and some other un-point guard-like numbers.
What is your biggest pet peeve and why?
Disorganization really gets under my skin. I consider myself to be a pretty organized person and when things are not well organized, I can't see how people function.
What website do you visit the most frequently?
Either Facebook.com, LibertyFlames.com, or espn.com.
What is your favorite restaurant?
I absolutely love Texas Roadhouse, Buffalo Wild Wings and recently, La Villa.
What is the first question you'll ask God when you get to Heaven?
I would ask God why he chose to love me, knowing I'm not deserving of his grace.
What DVD do you wear out the most?
I guess I would say Pride and Prejudice because my roommate watches it a lot.
What is the best part about playing on the Liberty women's basketball team?
The best part would have to be the relationships I've built. We are such a close knit family, and I now have 13 sisters who I care about, and I know care about me too. We spend a ton of time together and I wouldn't trade any of these girls in for anyone.
If you could play one-on-one with anyone, who would it be?
I would love to play against Diana Taurasi. She's not only a great player, but is down to earth off the court as well.
What is your favorite store to shop at?
I love Barnes and Noble and Best Buy.
What is the last book you've read, outside of those required for class and the Bible?
The last book I read was Walk-On: Life from the end of the bench. It was written by a walk-on basketball player at Wake Forest University, and it's all about the struggles, determination and perseverance it takes to play Division 1 basketball. Right now, I'm reading Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers.
Where do you see yourself in five years?
In five years, I could see myself playing professionally overseas or working for a professional team here in the U.S.


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Here's something to think about: every seven-and-a-half seconds, someone, somewhere in the world, is purchasing a General Motors product. And most of those are Chevrolets of one kind or another.
GM's largest division seems to be on a roll these days, and has been churning out one new model after another over the past year. Chevys are now sold in more than 130 countries worldwide, and some 3.5 million of them were sold globally last year.
The newest model to hit the asphalt in North America is the Camaro convertible. According to Russ Clark, Camaro product marketing director, the coupe version caught and passed the Ford Mustang in overall sales last year – the first time since 1985. "It's now the segment leader," he said at the convertible launch in San Diego, "and 90 per cent of the cars have been sold through retail sales, with no incentives."
Starting at five bucks less than $34,000 in Canada, the new Camaro convertible will be offered with either a V-6 or V-8 engine, with your choice of a six-speed manual or automatic transmission. The V8 also comes in two power configurations: 400 and 426 horsepower. Interestingly, the V-6 and V-8 models have different gearboxes, but there are four basic trim levels, and about $9,000 separates the V-6 model from the V-8. Chevrolet has packaged the new Camaro soft-top in various ways, and if you want the V-8 engine, for example, you have to get the SS package, while the V-6 comes as an LT.
All models come with a canvas power soft-top that deploys in about 20 to 25 seconds. There is one lock-down latch point in the centre of the windshield frame, with a windscreen-located button. The tops were actually designed by the same team that builds the Corvette, with a glass rear window and Z-type folding mechanism. "We didn't want to use the dual-latch system that some of our competitors use," adds chief engineer, Al Oppenheiser. "The driver can unlatch the top without having to lean all the way over and it can be lowered or raised while you're stopped at a traffic light."
Oppenheiser is also quick to emphasize that the new convertible is not just the coupe with the roof hacked off. "This car was planned as a convertible from day one, and is not a boulevard cruiser. Drivers will find that there is virtually no difference in ride quality between the coupe and the convertible, and the Camaro convertible has better torsional stiffness than the Mustang or the BMW 3-Series."
This is thanks in part to reinforcing along the rocker panels, along the front body pillars, and in the engine bay and firewall areas, all of which add some 112 kilograms to the car's weight, and give it a slightly slower acceleration time from 0 to 100 km/h. Otherwise, it shares the same platform and brakes as its hard-top counterpart.
And it is just as quiet in operation. Top up or down, engine noise and NVH (Noise, Vibration, and harshness) is about as minimal as I've ever experienced in a convertible.
Under way, cowl shake is almost non-existent, and you literally can't hear the drivetrain. With the windows up, you're well shielded from wind turbulence and, needless to say, peripheral visibility is 1,000 times better than the claustrophobic coupe. The V-8 does generate a bit more drivetrain noise under hard throttle, but overall, this is a pretty civilized al fresco driving experience.
Depending upon the trim level, you can order things like two-stage heated front seats, leather interior, a rally instrumentation package, folding rear tonneau cover and a rear turbulence-reducing buffer.
Performance-wise, the V-8 is the better-rounded engine of the two. That's not to say the V-6 is a slug –with some 312 horsepower on tap, it moves the 1,800-kg-plus convertible along at a good clip, with adequate reserve and revving power. But the V-8 is smoother, more robust, more responsive and seems to suit this car a little better. Whether it's worth the extra money is another question, because the V-6 will give you a similar driving experience. Plus, it delivers better fuel economy: a 9.4 litres/100 km combined rating with the automatic transmission for the V-6 versus 10.9 for the V-8.
2011 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible
Type: Four-passenger convertible
Price Range: $33,995-$47,835
Engine: 3.6-litre V-6/6.2-litre V-8
Horsepower/torque: 312 hp/278 lb-ft for V-6
400 hp/410 lb-ft and 426 hp/420 lb-ft for V-8s
Transmission: Six-speed manual/automatic
Drive: Rear-wheel
Fuel economy (litres/ 100 km): 11.4 city/6.9 highway (V-6/automatic); regular gas
Alternatives: Ford Mustang, BMW 3-Series Cabriolet, Volkswagen Eos, Audi A4 Cabriolet, Chrysler Sebring Convertible
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Originally posted by qqemokitty View PostIt all comes down to what you find affordable. This is my favorite beef jerky of the moment. At ~50 bucks for 24 servings, the cost is not exactly dorm-budget friendly. I work full time and go to school full time and care for a sick mom and game competitively so hanging around watching meat dry is pretty low on my list of things to do, hence tossing cash at my jerky craving. :P
No freezing or thawing required, they are individually wrapped servings, they are super yummy. You can buy in varying quantities, so it's easy to try out. The more you buy, the cheaper it is. The only downside is they are a very small operation so it takes at least a week, sometimes two, to get your order in hand.
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Originally posted by specsAreGrok View PostWhy? Jerky is a very lean meat, specifically because the fat is what goes rancid and makes it go bad so jerky shouldn't have much if any fat at all. Since you are cutting the fat out, the difference between grass-fed and grain-fed jerky should be minimal.
Originally posted by drnemer View PostWell I am just worried about how most of the food served in my college is cooked in vegetable oil and has traces of soy.
Start haunting craigslist and ebay for a dehydrator and I bet you can pick one up cheap.
Either that or look up some good recipes and ask your mom for some help whipping up a batch on break. It really is pretty simple and requires almost no kitchen skill except for cutting.
I've used eye round just because it's lean, but as mentioned above if you're going to consume it in a few months that's not so much of an issue.----------
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Black Easter will be commemorated at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Covington square, as city and county leaders remember the 5,000 black men and women who marched in protest of racial segregation in Newton County in 1970.
The African-American Historical Association and The Georgia Black Elected Officials (GABEO) are hosting the fourth annual Black Easter commemoration, where local and state leaders will speak about the events of the past and path of the future. There will be entertainment and several speakers, including Tyrone Brooks, GABEO president and state representative, and Norris Freeman, a prominent local civil rights leader. Deacon Richard Johnson of Good Hope Baptist Church was one of the original marchers in 1970 and will be delivering the keynote speech.
"We need to learn from the past and use it to move forward; we need to use it as a stepping stone," Johnson said. "It's good to remember the past, but we don't want to get held back there. That (1970) was a time to break down old laws and barriers; this is a time to heal and move forward."
Johnson said that without the Civil Rights movement and Black Easter there wouldn't be a President Barack Obama or a Sheriff Ezell Brown.
"Those things happened because of history," he said. "We all should be proud of where we are now, living together. It's just a better day."
Forrest Sawyer, a Newton County civil rights leader, said the racial situation in Newton County and America has improved significantly, but he said there is still a lot of work to be done. This year's theme is "My Brother's and Sister's Keeper", because we need to continue to work together, Sawyer said.
"We've come a long way, but we still have a long way to go," he said. "We still live in cities with 25 percent poverty levels. We still don't have the (proper representation) based on the population. We still don't have a lot of African-American policeman and other positions.
"We have to deal with keeping young black men out of jail. Our focus is shifting. We need to put them in work, put them in school. Create a generation of college graduates, rather than a generation of convicts or jailbirds. We need to bring the focus back on helping each other."
The purpose of Sunday's ceremony is to remember how far our society has come and to use those experiences to tackle the problems of the present and future, according to Sawyer.
The Black Easter march is so important because it was the culmination of many previous marches and boycotts as black citizens protested racial segregation in local businesses, schools, the police department and the hospital, Sawyer said.
"A lot of people in Covington and the county don't even know this happened," Sawyer said. "They see Covington as a lovey-dovey town, a sleepy town, but all hell was breaking loose in 1970. We had night marches every night, marched over 1,000 people every night. We had some 50 to 100 state troopers out here every night.
"During the day we picketed and had economic boycotts. Even if we had to go across county lines to buy, we would, because we refused to buy from Ku Klux Klan. We refused to buy in Newton County until the (store owners and residents) treated us with dignity. It was not civil rights; it was human rights."
Those boycotts forced change to happen and over the next months and years, blacks began making more inroads. Blacks were allowed to work as the cashiers of white-owned stores, become policemen and Sheriff's deputies and sit in the same restaurants and hospital waiting rooms as whites. Johnson said the marches in 1970 paved the path to the changes we've seen today.
"I feel like an American now," he said. "I look at Obama and feel like the United States is actually the "United" States now. But we're not quite to the promised land yet; there's still more land to go."


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|Mezgebu Tessema: Paying homage to the World of the Ethiopian Peasant
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The success of abstract, abstract expressionist and surrealist art in the 1960s and the
sociopolitical conditions of the country created a crisis for major players of realistic
art and to those interested in a naturalistic representation. The realistic or naturalistic
representation - the techniques of defining pictorial space and the grouping of figures or
forms - in the history of Ethiopian art is only a 20th Century preoccupation, which develops
with the introduction of photography and a Western style art education. Some artists,
whose technique and style had already matured, carried on with minor adjustments in
response to abstract art; others attempted a more fundamental revision in terms of
modernist principles. They respond in different ways; in most cases they use a rational
system of color application similar to that used by western avant-garde artists. Although
the artists were not trained how to become abstract painters, as they are taught how to
draw the human anatomy, the style and methods of Abstract Expressionists and Surrealists
gained the interest of younger artists. They soon developed a tendency to paint in surrealist
or expressionist style following their accomplished and successful instructors.
In the late 1970s following the revolution, everything and every constructed system in the country was under fire. Traditional values, political and social practices were condemned as useless and reactionary. The contemporary plastic art was not spared this rage. As a result new form of art, in the shadow of socialism, took its place somewhat slowly for almost two decades. This artistic trend which becomes squarely ideological - flourishes in producing an Ethiopian version of socialist realism art. Following the ouster from power of the military government in 1991, the artists who received their formation both at home and at several major art academies throughout the world in the last half century start producing art works which are very much pluralistic in trend. Once again reflecting Ethiopia's unique artistic sentiment and aesthetic principles. .
One of the major stylistic trends - indicating the reality and complexity of the country - flourishing in Addis these days is an art symbolic in nature and realistic in its approach. One of the most important artists most easily identified with this trend is Mezgebu Tessema. His works are singularly original and unprecedented. His subject matter came from contemporary Ethiopia. It is none other than an imitation of Ethiopian reality or nature - an ideal, and a beautiful copy of nature, as a large section of our contemporary urban society thinks of what art is, its creative nature and beauty. His early works in the late 70s while he was still a student, and later an instructor, in the Addis Ababa school of Fine Arts, were marked by persistent experimentation. He painted and did linoleum engraving of portraits, still-lives as well as several pencil drawings and oil painting of genre pieces that treat scenes of everyday life. His drawings and linoleum engravings were more in search of a topological perspective, on the problem and proportion of the human anatomy. His paintings during this period are noted for their rich, warm tones, such as ocher reds and purples, and the harmonious effect he achieved through his masterful blending of these colors. The effect and contrast of light was so intense that his friends used to refer to the feeling of the heat in his diploma work as Nedad which reflected the sweat of the very dark skinned farmer, the main character at the center of the composition. Despite the romantic and sentimental emphasis inherent in this painting, it exhibited a close attention to detail, which reflects a concern for pictorial realism instilled in him from the beginning. After his initial successes with these themes and his diploma work of communal farmers working, he left for the Soviet Union in 1982 to continue his studies.
His works after 1991 reflect a new trend in Ethiopian contemporary art. Mezgebu has a strong desire for modern life but one of the things that fascinate him is rural Ethiopia and its folks rather than urban Ethiopia. This fascination asserts itself in almost all his works. His visual manifesto becomes to depict the Ethiopian peasants in all his composure, Ethiopians in contemporary situations, and Ethiopians realistically as never before. It is not historical, religious, legendary or heroic in the traditional sense. Subjects were not taken from the Holy Book, from the palace or from the ideal and romantic literature or from a revolutionary rhetoric. It is not even from the activists' concept of the peasants and rural life. Mezgebu depicts realistically and symbolically folks who have seldom been given their due place in the last hundred years artistic culture of the nation, just as they have been denied their place in the political and social decision making of the country for centuries. These are the peasants, so many in number, who gave so much for so many centuries.
It is hard to imagine Ethiopian society without the toiling peasant and his surroundings. It is also evident that the peasant's culture is part and parcel of daily life and norm of Ethiopians. The majority of the officials, government or military, the ministers, authors, musicians, actors etc. came from a family of peasants, or they are an extended family of the peasant. The middle class groups in Addis Ababa and some other cities even though city dwellers still hold dear and are nostalgic for farm and peasant life. Yet, they have lost touch with the peasantry and live in denial of their obligation.
Mezgebu seems to be determined to pay his due all by himself. He is paying homage to the world of Ethiopian peasant through his clear, clean, exhilarating figurative painting. All on his own, without the support or patronage of anybody, even without artistic rivalry, he produced several powerful deeply penetrating images on the life of the peasant - hoping to create links between the disillusioned urban dwellers and the ever "realistic and humanitarian" peasant. . Despite the fact he came at a time when artists were no longer offered commissions, neither from government nor from individuals, he is painting subject matter that might raise the eyebrows of some. In this sense alone, he can be considered as avant-garde. His portable easel paintings are so monumental it is as if the state, the Church, the community or an anonymous patron had commissioned them. They are so large in size that the traditional idea of a small size painting, appropriate for our small rooms and walls, is completely shattered.
When in 1991 he decided to exhibit his tableaus, to his surprise he couldn't find a place to show. The traditionally frequented exhibition halls by young artists, the cultural centers like the Alliance Francaise, the German Cultural Institute, and the Italian Cultural Institute were not ready for the format and content of this kind of painting. The Addis Ababa City Hall Gallery was booked for political meetings and was not ready to accommodate the exhibition. After a very frustrating search for a place to show his works, he finally was given a place at the National Museum in Addis Ababa and had his first one-man show there. He came out with his monumental metaphor of life, which fascinated many of his fans, and would be patrons. Although, detailed and rationally and theatrically composed, they are not subject matter different from what we see daily in a typical Ethiopian countryside. According to him this subject matter reflects his childhood memories, memories of the rugged and harsh plain of his native Enewari in northern Showa. His interest in the rural Showa, with its powerful and enduring experience, and the nearly spiritual encounter between him and the subjects are revealed in his works. The landscape and surroundings in which he creates the deep-rooted encounters and memories allow him to create beauty and to make a far-reaching and meaningful commentary as clearly as any contemporary Ethiopian love songs and Novels. His childhood memories and background are mentioned here not like psychoanalysis of his works but as a clear memory of and nostalgia for childhood. He said: "I think every body has a kind of root, like the plants we have placed where we like to live. We humans since we are mobile and rational, we chose and find our place to live even if it is not where we were born. Yet, that place, where our umbilical cord is buried, is so enchanting we can never be free of it however far from it we are. This is especially true for me as an artist. I have a lot of memories from my childhood, of rural Shoa where I grew up that always inspire me to paint and I want to depict it the way I see and imagine it. Perhaps it is because I consider childhood memories to be non-pretentious and true spirited."
Although it seems hard to associate Mezgebu with a particular artistic movement, his compositional innovations, such as cut-of views and unusual angles, his approaches to plastic problems are quite similar to those used by various contemporary schools of art and art movements worldwide. He is totally at ease with his approach to painting, claiming to be in the forefront in achieving the wishes of the majority of Ethiopian art lovers. Even those of several contemporary Ethiopian painters who have always loved to represent a realist work, however far they are from being realist. Mezgebu's realistic art, sentimental of the peasant world and the peasant conditions is different from any of his predecessors and contemporaries. He seems totally content with his surrounding and life seems to go on as usual for him. . His painting renders the present day Ethiopians devoid of the many tensions - tensions we see in several artists' works in Addis these days. There is no indication of psychological themes, expressed in color, brush stroke or distortion of forms. Explicitly we see no kind of suffering or misery depicted in his characters. If there is any indication, we are rather more inclined to be attracted by his incredible skill and marvelous observation than react to the suffering - since the tableaus are so beautifully composed and painted. But their effects are symbolical - closely tide to cultural and political movement - and what motivated him is moral indignation and the desire to condemn or scorn the present state of Ethiopian society. His desire, at the same time, is to celebrate what he sees and witnesses in rural Ethiopia.
Ethiopia is an agrarian society in which more than four-fifths of the population are engaged in agricultural production. Now, as in the past and for a long time to come, the peasants or the countryside image will remain as the true and the real picture of our very existence. Mezgebu believes wholeheartedly since his childhood, that the peasants are religious, hardworking, and more than anybody - nationalist. Depicting the laboring peasantry and the world of the Ethiopian peasant, the most recognizable home of Ethiopians, without or with some sort of metaphor, Mezgebu is paying homage to the peasant. He is also giving a comforting and unifying symbol for the confused, doubtful and puzzled modern generation Ethiopians.
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I installed my BT4 on hard disk and working perfectly.
I created another user. user2
PROBLEM: I cannot send mail from root to user2 or from user2 to root.
mail user2
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login user2
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same thing happens if i send mail to root from user2.
I tried to use sendEmail that was preinstalled with BT4, this also never work!
No error was reported but I never get any email that I sent as a test using the sendEmail as well.
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I have a spirit that craves adventure and freedom, and friends and family mean the world to me. I love reading. It's like taking a vacation in your head. I love to draw, paint, and I love photography. I love being around and in water and also love wandering the parks or woods. Basically, I love being outdoors and in the sun.
I am bisexual, open minded, have little judgement against others and generally am a happy person! I have lots of energy and am a super friendly and bubbly person ^_^
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garden. I love going out to eat and finding new and interesting
restaurants. I am a bit of a foodie and always interested to try
something new or exotic. I used to work in the music industry and
got a little burned out, but I still like going to shows from time
to time.
degree in engineering. I am currently revitalizing some of my
artistic interests such as photography and throwing pottery.
Nothing like getting messy with a bunch of clay.
I have a wide range of movies I like, from drama to horror. I love a lot of the cheesy comedies, such as Better off Dead, and Spinal Tap. Some movies I enjoy because of the historical context such as Band of Brothers (kind of a WWII history buff), and Master and Commander. Recently I have been really enjoying the 3D technology in theaters and going to a lot of the PIXAR movies. I know they are targeted towards kids, but they are cool.
Music is a tough one to pin down for me. I enjoy at least something from all genres of music. After working so many concerts over the years I could never say I hate all hip-hop, or love all rock and roll. I love music that is well produced and arranged. Some of the artist I have been listening to recently include Citizen Cope, Coldplay, Femi Kuti, DJ Shadow, DJ Stéphane Pompougnac, Gypsy Kings, Yello, T-Bone Burnett, Reverend Horton Heat. It all depends on my mood at the time.
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The Science of Shopping:
Why is milk located at the back of the supermarket? Why does the Gap use wide, flat tabletops more often than racks and shelves in their displays? Why does Sephora put merchandise out despite the inevitable damage? Paco Underhill's entertaining book, abc Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping xyz , answers these and other questions you've probably never thought to ask. Geared towards retail executives and shoppers alike, this book sheds light on common mistakes in visual merchandising, tips for stimulating retail sales, and ways to improve the shopping experience.
Some of Underhill's findings include:
Underhill is the CEO of a retail market research firm whose "spies" watch shoppers' every move. Creepy, yes, but look how much can be learned! The book is peppered with insights. Why didn't that senior citizen buy that bottle of aspirin they needed? (Because raucous teens kept raiding the soda cooler nearby.) Why did the young dad pushing the baby stroller forego the jeans he was eyeing on the wall shelves? (Because he couldn't get the stroller past all the racks of clothing in his way.)
This data should be taken seriously, but the text is so witty that you forget you're learning! Even if you're not a vice president of a retail company or a window designer, you're probably a shopper. And after reading abc Why We Buy xyz , you will never look at the shopping experience the same way again.
Reviewer: Kirstie Harless, FIDM Library Staff Member, S. F.


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College expands "Language School" program
07/23/07 12:00AM By Ross Sneyd
(Host) A medley of languages can be heard on the Middlebury College campus again this summer while the "Language Schools" are in session.
The 92-year-old schools continue to generate so much interest that an expansion is planned.
Middlebury is teaming up with Brandeis University to open a school of Hebrew.
Michael Geisler is Middlebury's Dean of Language Schools and Schools Abroad.
Hebrew will be taught beginning next summer. And Geisler says it will join the 25-year-old program in Arabic to complete Middlebury's Middle East studies curriculum.
(Geisler) "We felt that since, obviously, the other major player in that area is Israel, we needed to offer Modern Hebrew."
(Host) More than 1,300 students are on the Middlebury campus now. They've all taken the language pledge. That means for the entire duration of the program, students must speak only the language they're studying.
Hebrew courses begin next summer. They will be taught by some of the professors from Brandeis who taught a college textbook on Hebrew instruction.