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Authentic action: The Interpreter is the first film to be shot on location at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
The new film The Interpreter takes former UN ambassador Richard Butler back to the heart of the organisation.
It is almost 60 years since the Rockefeller family donated a prime piece of real estate on the East River in New York for the construction of the headquarters of the United Nations, formed one year earlier. How unlikely such a gift would be today. The land is worth a fortune and the idealism that greeted the new world organisation has all but disappeared in the United States.
Following the Rockefeller gift, an international panel of architects, including Australian G.A.Soilleux, designed what continues to be the most effective large conference centre in the world.
The UN decision to let Sydney Pollack make The Interpreter inside the building was unprecedented. There had been many requests to allow use of the UN as a film setting, including one from Alfred Hitchcock. They had all been declined, for reasons of decorum and confidentiality.
On this occasion, the UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, agreed on the stated grounds that he thought the theme of the film was appropriate to the modern period of world politics and that the people of the world ought to be able to see inside UN headquarters.
It says a lot about the power structure of the UN, that Annan took this decision only after consulting the Security Council.
The Interpreter follows the now thoroughly established formula of Hollywood thriller films. It does this well enough, but the real source of its interest is its backdrop - the United Nations. It was truly striking to see just how much of the UN headquarters was used; from the tiniest interpreters' booths to the imposing cathedral-like structure of the General Assembly Hall.
Everything was authentic. The throng, demeanour and dress of the delegates. The form and pomposity of the speeches delivered. The agitated concern of secretariat officials that everything works and, of course, in the case of this particular plot, that the planned assassination of an African head of state, while addressing the general assembly, does not take place.
That the plot deals with an African political situation is deeply apposite. When the UN formed, it comprised 51 nations - today there are 192 members. The overwhelming proportion of those new states are former African colonies.
Decolonisation was one of the fundamental goals enshrined in the UN charter and although it has been achieved and the UN trusteeship council charged with decolonisation has now been disbanded, the profoundest failures of the UN and of international politics generally, continue to be felt in Africa. This is partly a consequence of the state of politics in that continent, but it is also indivisibly linked to the legacy of colonialism and the continuing marginalisation of Africa.
Nicole Kidman's character, Silvia Broome, is from Africa and feels it deeply. She has a passion for freedom and human dignity, which was shattered when the president of her fictional country, Matobo, changed from "educator" to tyrant. She seeks to pursue her goals through the UN. She believes deeply in the UN. Above all, her unalloyed preference is for negotiation, rather than guns, to solve problems. She is the interpreter.
Kidman plays her part superbly, especially in her dialogue - a constructed African language, called Ku, based on Shona and Swahili, and English, into which she imports an inflection - reflecting her mixed African and European background.
If this film aims to give an authentic view inside the UN, then it provides just that, especially through Kidman's character. Broome is almost identical to many interpreters I knew over the years and whom I'm sure continue to serve the UN with dedication and idealism.
But, she is also something else. She represents the aspirations of people around the world for an effective UN, and for the rule of law and principle, rather than the rule of the gun. In one scene, Broome corners the president of Matobo in the chambers of the president of the general assembly. This is the room in which heads of state, democrats and dictators have waited their turn to speak to the assembly for more than 50 years. It is panelled in Australian silky oak; our national gift to the new headquarters in 1952.
As Umberto Eco splendidly illustrates in his book Mouse or Rat? Translation or Negotiation there is difference between interpretation and translation. A hilarious example of this occurred a few years ago, when a Japanese interpreter translated a formal introduction of the British Permanent Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs (Head of the Foreign Office) as "eternal lesser typist". I've never been sure whether this mistake owed more to the British obscurantism, especially when rank is at issue, or Japanese literalism. Whatever; it was assuredly an act of translation, not interpretation.
Interpreters at the UN are not mere translators. This is something one learns quickly and something upon which the interpreters rightly insist. Their job is to interpret, to give true, not just literal, meaning from one language to another. This is different from, and far more important than, translation. Its outcome can effect the prospects of peace and international co-operation and often has.
Richard Butler was Australia's ambassador to the United Nations, New York, 1992-97; in 1995 he was elected chairman for the 50th anniversary of the UN.
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As we all know, Jonah is the shortest book in the bible, coming in at a mere three verses. It tells us of a call placed upon Jonah and Jonah's successful attempt at ignoring it,
The LORD gave this message to Jonah son of Amittai: "Get up and go to the great city of Nineveh. Announce my judgment against it because I have seen how wicked its people are." But Jonah got up and went in the opposite direction to get away from the LORD. He went down to the port of Joppa, where he found a ship leaving for Tarshish. He bought a ticket and went on board, hoping to escape from the LORD by sailing to Tarshish. (Jonah 1:1-3 NLT)
Why the canon compilers chose to include this fragment, but wholly contained story, in the canon is beyond me, but I believe that looking closely, we can see that Jonah was successful in escaping God's call. No doubt, what the story which ends abruptly with Jonah boarding a cruise ship would have recorded was that Jonah enjoyed himself during the cruise and landing in Tarshish, finished life on a beach, perhaps even with a pina colada or something.
What does this tell us? That our freewill trumps the will of God, and that unlike some who believe that they have to surrender to God's call, all we really need to do is to jump on a cruise ship and relax.

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Arsenic-Metabolizing Bacteria in Extreme Environments
The health of millions of people around the world is at risk from drinking well water contaminated with arsenic. In general, this arsenic has been found to occur naturally, rather than coming from identifiable point sources of pollution. With increasing evidence that mobilization of arsenic from subterranean geologic formations into the aqueous phase is a microbiological phenomenon, USGS scientists and others have been conducting field and laboratory investigations to isolate arsenic metabolizing bacteria from diverse environments and to identify which specific microbiological mechanisms are responsible for arsenic dissolution. Research in hypeprsaline, alkaline enviroments has been supported in part by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) since the studies also may serve as a biogeochemical guide in the search for microbial life on other planets.
In 2008, scientists from the USGS and several universities reported a primitive form of photosynthesis in which bacteria were found to use arsenic instead of water for photosynthesis (Kulp et al, 2008). This anaerobic photosynthetic oxidation of As(III) may have been an essential mechanism for establishing and maintaining the arsenic cycle on the ancient anoxic Earth.
And in December 2010, a NASA scientist and her colleagues from USGS and elsewhere reported (Wolfe-Simon et al, in advance of print in Science Express) a bacterium that can grow by using arsenic instead of phosphorus. They report that the bacterium, strain GFAJ-1 isolated from Mono Lake, California, substitutes arsenic for phosphorus to sustain its growth. Their data show evidence for arsenate in nucleic acids and proteins that normally contain phosphate, a finding that might have profound evolutionary and geochemical significance.
References cited:
Kulp, T.R., Hoeft, S.E., Asao, M., Madigan, M.T., Hollibaugh, J.T., Fisher, J.C., Stolz, J.F., Culbertson, C.W., Miller, L.G. and Oremland, R.S., 2008, Arsenic(III) fuels anoxygenic photosynthesis in hot spring biofilms from Mono Lake, California: Science v. 321, p. 967 - 970.Wolfe-Simon, F., Blum, J.S., Kulp, T.R.,Gordon, G.W., Hoeft, S.E., Pett-Ridge, J., Stolz, J.F., Webb, S.M., Weber, P.K., Davies, P.C.W., Anbar, A.D., and Oremland, R.S., in press, A Bacterium That Can Grow by Using Arsenic Instead of Phosphorus: Science. DOI: 10.1126/science.1197258
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Date: April 2007
Maintaining Traffic Sign Retroreflectivity: Impacts on State and Local Agencies
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2. Traffic Sign Costs
The most basic way to look at the impacts on State and local agencies imposed by establishment of minimum maintained traffic sign retroreflectivity levels is to analyze the change in cost for an individual sign. The sections below isolate the various elements of sign cost, provide some estimates of the cost differences between various materials, discuss the effect of service life, and summarize other influences on sign cost.
2.1. Elements of Sign Cost
There are costs associated with the design, fabrication, installation, and maintenance of a traffic sign as a result of the materials, labor, and equipment needed. The major elements include.
In analyzing the impacts, it is necessary to isolate those cost elements that are truly affected by the proposed minimum levels of retroreflectivity. On the assumption that agencies will be able to spread the efforts to upgrade non-compliant signs over a 7-year or 10-year implementation period, the most significant additional cost becomes that of the sign face materials. Associated with the above assumption is that most replacements will take place under planned maintenance cycles. Thus, there should be no additional costs to the agencies for labor and time required to physically replace signs. An assumption is also made that agencies are currently following the MUTCD guidance in Section 2A.22 which recommends night-time inspections. There may be additional costs to agencies for equipment modifications to work with alternative sheeting materials, for conducting training for staff on working with these materials, and for labor and equipment related to new sign management processes and procedures. It is difficult to estimate the magnitude of the additional costs on a per sign basis, but they are considered to be a small percentage of the total cost of a sign.
2.2. Sign Cost Updates
The most significant impact associated with improving the night visibility of a sign is the difference in the cost of the sign sheeting material selected. There are limited data available on the types of materials currently being used by State and local agencies, so a general analysis of cost impacts was undertaken. Table 2 provides a rough approximation of unit cost differences, in dollars per square foot ($/ft2) of sign face, for available materials by ASTM designation.11 These numbers reflect the upward side of the various reported costs for available sign materials.
Upgrading sign sheeting materials from Type I to Type III or Type IV, which is the most likely change that would result from establishment of minimum maintained retroreflectivity levels, will result in an increase of approximately $0.75/ft2. For a typical 36" x 36" sign, that would translate to a $6.75 increase in the cost of the sign sheeting material. While this is a 100 percent increase in the cost of the sheeting (from $6.75 to $13.50), the total cost for an installed sign is estimated to be $100-200, (based on average reported costs in Reference 6, updated for inflation) which implies that the $6.75 increase in sheeting cost translates to a 3 to 7 percent increase in installed cost. All other costs for the sign and the replacement activities would remain unchanged. The overall costs to an agency would be dependent upon the total number of signs in their inventory and the degree of change made.
2.3. Sign Life Cycle Costs
The best measure of the cost of a sign to an agency is its life-cycle cost, under which the total cost is distributed over the years of useful life that the sign will provide. Generally, signs are expected to provide adequate detectability and legibility for 7 to 15 years, depending on the sign sheeting, but there are currently no specific criteria or models that can definitively predict service life. Estimates of the life-cycle cost of a sign are difficult to establish, but important to consider for long-term budgeting.
To illustrate the influence of service life, assume that an agency plans to upgrade 1,000 yellow 36" x 36" warning signs. Three materials are considered for these signs: Type X, Type Y, and Type Z. These materials vary in cost and expected service life as shown in Table 3. Over a 30-year period, it would be necessary to replace Type X signs five times after initial installation. The Type Y materials would require two replacements and the Type Z material only one replacement during the 30 years. The cumulative sign sheeting costs indicate that it might actually save the agency money to select a higher cost material with a longer service life. The most dramatic outcome occurs when total installation costs are added to the sign sheeting costs. Assume an average cost of $150 to install or replace a 36" x 36" warning sign. This includes labor, hardware, administrative expenses, and other costs, and is incurred each time the sign reaches the end of its useful life. In this example, signs manufactured with Type X material must be installed six times, but only three times for Type Y and twice for Type Z. The total costs of the sign and replacement operations clearly illustrate that what appears in the beginning to be the more expensive option is the less expensive option in the end. In reality, the costs in this example would increase due to inflation and other external changes that might affect the service life or unit costs of the materials. Table 4 illustrates how an annual increase of 3.5 percent in sign material, fabrication, and installation costs would affect the live cycle costs of the example.
2.4. Factors Influencing Sign Costs
Agencies that have historically used Type I sheeting for the majority of their signs are likely to experience higher implementation costs than will agencies that have historically used Type II, or III sheeting. Initial cost increases may even be higher if agencies opt to use microprismatic sheeting (Types IV, VII, VIII, IX and X). In addition to the cost differences between sheeting types, there are other factors that can influence the implementation costs incurred by an agency, including:
It is the responsibility of highway agencies under the MUTCD to maintain acceptable levels of night visibility for in-place traffic signs. The minimum maintained retroreflectivity levels for traffic signs provides only the starting point for processes that will lead to improved night visibility over the road network. An agency may choose to define "acceptable" as some level above the minimum levels to better serve the needs of the driving public. For example, retirement communities may wish to use brighter signs to better accommodate older drivers. It is hoped that agencies will adopt retroreflectivity levels for traffic signs that are commensurate with the visual requirements of roadway users based on actual local conditions.


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Chicken Caesar Fit For The GodsApril 2, 2013 | By | COMMENTS
Recipe: Chicken Caesar Fit For The Gods
Summary: An original recipe with a few things pilfered from Ina.
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes, rinsed and patted very dry
- Olive oil
- Salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- Half a loaf of sourdough bread
- A wedge of good Parmesan cheese
- 4 to 5 salt-packed anchovies, soaked and filleted
- 6 to 7 cloves of garlic (if you love garlic) 4 to 5 if you don't
- A spoonful of Dijon mustard
- An egg yolk
- Juice from one lemon
- A splash of Worcestershire sauce (optional)
- 3 heads of romaine, patted dry and cut into fat pieces
- A sprinkling of capers
- Leftover chicken breast cut into larges pieces
- Preheat oven to 425. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or aluminum foil, add the cherry tomatoes and toss with olive oil, salt and pepper. Roast until the tomatoes shrivel and start to brown in spots. Set aside to cool.
- Leave the oven on and cut the crusts off your sourdough. Then cut into cubes. Toss on a cookie sheet with olive oil, salt and pepper and bake in the oven until the cubes are golden brown on the outside but still soft on the inside. Set aside.
- In a blender, add cubes of your good Parmesan. Blend until you have Parmesan powder; pour it into a bowl, leaving whatever sticks inside the blender to help emulsify the dressing.
- To the blender, add the anchovies, garlic, mustard, an egg yolk, lemon juice and, if using, a splash of Worcestershire sauce. Also a pinch of salt. Turn on the blender and slowly pour in olive oil, in a steady stream, until a dressing starts to form. You'll add anywhere from 1/2 cup to 1 cup of oil. When the dressing is nice and thick (slightly looser than mayo) you're done.
- In a very large bowl, add the romaine, the croutons, and the capers. Pour on half the dressing and toss with your hands. Taste. Does it need more dressing? Add more.
- Plate the salad on chilled plates. Top with a scattering of the tomatoes, the pieces of chicken, some more dressing (on top of the chicken) and a giant dusting of Parmesan cheese. A few grinds of black pepper at the end is also very nice.
Preparation time: 20 minute(s)
Cooking time: 30 minute(s)
Number of servings (yield): 4
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Vehicle2000 Oldsmobile Intrigue GX 4dr Sedan
ReviewReading everyones issues here w/their Intrigue, guess I got lucky.
Bought mine new in 2000 with 10 km on it.
Thought I had a lemon with problems of it overheating & adjustments were made to thermostat in 2nd year. Never had much heat after that unless I was doing 120km on the hwy driving easterly on a sunny day.
Since I was having hot flashes & driving mostly hwy anyway, didnt matter much, but I digress.
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RECIPES WE LOVE: Potato Salad
I love potatoes. Straight up, salted, sometimes with butter, sometimes with melted cheese. Fancy au gratin or simple with mayo. No matter what goes on them, potatoes are a healthy, budget-friendly, satisfying food. A medium size potato (3.5 ounces) offers 45 percent of your recommended daily allowance of vitamin C, 10 percent of your RDA of B6, plus 620 mg potassium, which is even more than you'll find in a banana. Potassium is an electrolyte, which means it helps regulate the pH and fluid balance of your body, and it's necessary for metabolizing carbohydrates.
Potatoes are reputed to have first been cultivated by the Incans in Peru sometime between 8,000 BC to 5,000 BC. In the 16th century, Spanish conquistadors returned home with the potato and shared it with their fellow Europeans. Sir Walter Raleigh introduced the potato to Ireland in 1589, and within four decades its popularity spread throughout Europe. Potatoes made their way to the American colonies in 1621 when Nathaniel Butler, the governor of Bermuda, sent two cedar chests containing potatoes and other veggies to Governor Frances Wyatt of Virginia. Idaho, currently our largest potato producer, started growing potatoes in 1836, when missionaries moved west to teach natives how to grow their own crops.
For a nice summer potato side dish, here's a recipe for Lemony Potato Salad from MyRecipes.com, courtesy of Southern Living. The ingredients feature heart-healthy olive oil instead of mayo, and the lemon adds a summer kick. Keep a bottle of Seventh Generation's Free&Clear Natural All Purpose Cleaner on hand to spray on spills – then wipe them away with Seventh Generation's 100% Recycled Paper Towels.
Lemony Potato Salad
- 2 pounds red potatoes, cut into eighths
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon dry mustard
- ¼ teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- 3 green onions, thinly sliced
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
1. Bring potatoes and enough salted cold water to cover them to a boil in a large Dutch oven; boil 15 to 17 minutes or just until tender. Drain and let cool 5 minutes.
2. Whisk together olive oil and next 4 ingredients in a large bowl. Add warm potatoes, green onions, and parsley; toss to coat. Serve at room temperature or chilled.
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Great Ship - Some Senior Issues: Oasis of the Seas Cruise Review by Nebraska Fan
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Great Ship - Some Senior Issues
Destination: Eastern Caribbean
Embarkation: Fort Lauderdale (Port Everglades)
1. The electric plugs are located under the vanity. You must pull out the vanity chair, get on your knees and look for the plug in. Not convenient!
2. This is the only ship we have been on where the balcony sheer curtain is attached to the heavy balcony curtain. We like to open the heavy curtain and leave the sheer closed. This provides both light and privacy. So, on the Oasis you cannot do this. When we opened the heavy curtain we had no privicy in port and on the seas we let in the hot sun.
3. Closet space was terrible!
4. Bathroom sink was very low and small with very little counter space. If one was 5'2" no problem. If taller, it felt like you had to get on your knees to use the sink.
Having said this,would we sail on this ship again? Yes. The staff was outstanding, dinning room food More excellent, and wait staff well trained. There is much to do on the ship with great public areas like Central Park. Less
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Deck 11 aft. Closet space horrible - limited room and poorly designed. Electric plugs in terrible location under vanity. Could not reach them. Bathroom sink way to small and very LOW. Very little counter space Balcony sheer curtain attached to heavy curtain so when you open balcony curtain you cannot close sheer curtain. This allows no privacy in port and lets in sun/heat during the day.Read All Family Ocean View Stateroom with Balcony (FB) Reviews >>
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- Sector
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Passionate, Creative, Equal, Empowering and Sustainable
Brighter Futures Housing Association offers effective solutions to the complex needs with which many peoples' lives are troubled.
Are you an experienced support worker whose enthusiasm and commitment ensures your customers receive the right support in getting and managing a home and helping with finances, health, training, education and employment? Can you work with a high degree of autonomy and manage support plans without close supervision from others? Are you computer literate in using Microsoft word, excel, email and the internet?
Support Worker - Partnership – Maternity cover up to 6 months
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We offer a contributory pension scheme, group income protection, occupational sick pay, childcare vouchers, healthcare cash plan, up to 40 days annual leave and provide excellent training and learning opportunities. Our staff survey says 91% of our employees said that they are proud to work at Brighter Futures and would recommend working here to a friend.
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Subject: [AUS-VIC-West] WEST WIMMERA MAIL
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2003 18:14:59 +1000
April 26, 1918
Tragic Railway Accident
A horribly tragic accident happened at the Natimuk East Railway Station last
Friday evening after the departure of the train from Natimuk to Kanagulk,
the victim being Oliver EVANS, a guard in the employ of the railways. The
unfortunate man was giving the signal for the train to set back to connect
with the van in rear, when he slipped from the platform and fell on to the
rails. The wheels of the moving car passed over his left leg, crushing it
terribly below the knee and causing a compound fracture and severe
lacerations. He was taken to the Horsham Hospital, where on Sunday last his
leg was amputated above the knee. We understand that he is getting on
slowly, and is improving as well as can be expected. Guard EVANS had just
been taken out of the Horsham goods shed to fill a temporary gap on the
Toolondo line and has a wife and one child.
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NSW Police Minister Gets Pinged For Snapping A Funny Sheep While Driving
One of the most essential things you should remember if you happen to be the Police Minister of New South Wales is that the community will probably not endorse you doing crimes. Do not do crimes. Just don't. It is not a good look.
Police minister Troy Grant yesterday confessed to a driving offence and asked cops to issue him with an infringement notice after he was caught committing a highly relatable crime: taking a photo of a particularly funny-looking sheep while driving. We've all been there, Troy.
Specifically, it was a photo of a sheep crammed into the back of a station wagon, which he was foolish enough to post to Twitter:
Let's be real here: there was no plausible deniability here. This is like a Snapchat driver's seat selfie in terms of culpability. Anyone with a pair of eyes can tell you he's driving.
Grant faces a $325 fine and the loss of four demerit points – which has gotta sting for a dude who spends a good portion of his time advocating for road safety messages.
He issued a statement to the Daily Telegraph:
Sitting stationary with the engine off at a road works site is no excuse to use a mobile phone. As Police Minister I work hard to promote road safety and work with the police to campaign for better driver behaviour, including most recently for the launch of Operation Westforce. I've contacted the NSW Police to issue me with any appropriate infringement notice, and I hope my experience can serve as a reminder to others.
Righto. The pic's not even that funny dude.
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Blue Wahoos Host Casting Call for Game-Day Talent
Pensacola's Got Talent to be held Saturday, February 23
By Pensacola Blue Wahoos | February 14, 2013 4:55 AM ET
Preparing for their second season of fan-pleasing baseball at Pensacola's Bayfront Stadium, the Cincinnati Reds Double-A affiliate Blue Wahoos are putting out a casting call for any entertainers wanting to be part of the pre-game and in-game entertainment.
As part of the audition process, Pensacola's next stars are asked to register for the second annual Pensacola's Got Talent event, to be held on Saturday, February 23 from 10am to 2pm. The event will be hosted at the Bayfront Stadium, and the Blue Wahoos will hold open auditions for entertainers to win a chance to:
- Sing the National Anthem
- Perform pre-game (on-field or outside the main gates)
- Work as a Street Team member or on-field Emcee
- Perform during the 7th-Inning Stretch
- Be part of the Blue Wahoos Entertainment throughout the season
The Blue Wahoos have made fan satisfaction and entertainment a priority, according to Andrew Demsky, Creative Services Manager for the team. "Every game we work to make sure we're giving the fans a great value - whether it's great baseball, fantastic food, or a full nine innings or more of family-friendly entertainment," said Demsky.
"We found out last year that the Pensacola area has some amazing, impressive, and sometimes odd-but-unique talent, and we look forward to putting on a great show again this year. So whether you think you can dance, want to be the voice or the idol, or can juggle while riding a unicycle, and anything in between, sign up and show us your talent," said Demsky.
Interested entertainers will need to pre-register for one of the tryout slots, by emailing Demsky email@example.com. Applicants should include their name, age, phone number, email address, and specify their talent. Selected candidates will be contacted to schedule a time for auditions.
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Help us select the next book that the
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The nominations will run through midnight EST March 1 or until 10 books have made the list. The first poll will then be posted and will be open for 4 days, followed by a 3 day run-off poll between the two
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In order for a book to be included in the poll it needs THREE NOMINATIONS (original nomination, a second and a third).
How Does This Work?
The Mobile Read Book Club (MRBC) is an informal club that requires nothing of you. Each month a book is selected by polling. On the last week of that month a discussion thread is started for the book. If you want to participate feel free. There is no need to "join" or sign up. All are welcome.
How Does a Book Get Selected?
Each book that is nominated will be listed in a pool at the end of the nomination period. The book that polls the most votes will be the official selection.
How Many Nominations Can I Make?
Each participant has 3 nominations. You can nominate a new book for consideration or nominate (second, third) one that has already been nominated by another person.
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Please just post a message with your nomination. If you are the FIRST to nominate a book, please try to provide an abstract to the book so others may consider their level of interest.
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The poll thread will open at the end of the nomination period, or once there have been 10 books with 3 nominations each. At that time a link to the initial poll thread will be posted here and this thread will be closed.
The floor is open to nominations.
Please comment if you discover a nomination is not available as an ebook in your area
In case of a first or second place tie in the first voting poll, the run-off poll may have more than two choices.
Official choices with three nominations each:
The Redbreast
by Jo Nesbo [hpulley, issybird, Nyssa]
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Harry Hole, drunkard, loner and brilliant detective is reassigned to surveillance after a high profile mistake. He's bored by his new job until a report of a rare and unusual gun being fired sparks his interest because of its possible links to Neo Nazi activity. Then a former soldier is found with his throat cut. Next Harry's former partner is murdered. Why had she been trying to reach Harry on the night her head was smashed in? The investigation leads Harry to suspect that the crimes have their roots in the battlefields of Eastern Front during WWII. In a quest that takes him to South Africa and Vienna, Harry finds himself perpetually one step behind the killer. He will be both winner and loser by the novel's nail-biting conclusion. The Redbreast. He's your judge, jury and executioner. And he must be stopped. (From Kobo.)
The Day Of The Jackal
by Frederick Forsyth [The Terminator, Asawi, John F]
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One of the most celebrated thrillers ever written, The Day of the Jackal is the electrifying story of the struggle to catch a killer before it's too late.
It is 1963 and an anonymous Englishman has been hired by the Operations Chief of the O.A.S. to murder General de Galle. A failed attempt in the previous year means the target will be nearly impossible to get to. But this latest plot involves a lethal weapon: an assassin of legendary talent.
Known only as The Jackal this remorseless and deadly killer must be stopped, but how do you track a man who exists in name alone?
Along came a spider
by James Patterson [Asawi, John F, Nyssa]
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A missing little girl named Maggie Rose. A family of three brutally murdered in the projects of Washington, D.C. The thrill-killing of a beautiful elementary school teacher. A psychopathic serial kidnapper/murderer who calls himself the Son of Lindbergh. He is so terrifying that the FBI, the Secret Service, and the police cannot outsmart him-even after he's been captured.Gary Soneji is a mild-mannered mathematics teacher at a Washington, D.C., private school for the children of the political and social elite. He's so popular that the kids all call him "Mr. Chips." And he's very, very smart. Growing up, he always knew he was smarter than the rest of them-he knew that the Great Ones always fooled everybody. He kidnaps Maggie Rose, the golden-haired daughter of a famous movie actress, and her best friend, Shrimpie Goldberg, the son of the secretary of the treasury, right out from under the noses of their two Secret Service agents. But Gary Soneji is not surprised at his skill. He's done it before. Hundreds of times before.Alex Cross must face the ultimate test as a psychologist: how do you outmaneuver a brilliant psychopath? Especially one who appears to have a split personality-one who won't let the other half remember those horrific acts?Soneji has outsmarted the FBI, the Secret Service, and the police. Who will be his next victim?
The Secret Agent
by Joseph Conrad [issybird, The Terminator, Asawi]
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The Secret Agent is Conrad's dark, and darkly comic story of a band of spies, anarchists, agents-provocateurs plotting and counter-plotting in the back streets of London in the early 20th Century. The novel centers on Verloc, a shop-owner, phony-anarchist and double-agent, who becomes embroiled in an ambitious terrorist plan to bomb the Greenwich Observatory.
The Secret Agent
was ranked the 46th best novel of the 20th century by Modern Library
In The Woods
by Tana French [sun surfer, Hamlet53, Synamon]
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From Booklist
*Starred Review* Rob Ryan and his partner, Cassie Maddox, land the first big murder case of their police careers: a 12-year-old girl has been murdered in the woods adjacent to a Dublin suburb. Twenty years before, two children disappeared in the same woods, and Ryan was found clinging to a tree trunk, his sneakers filled with blood, unable to tell police anything about what happened to his friends. Ryan, although scarred by his experience, employs all his skills in the search for the killer and in hopes that the investigation will also reveal what happened to his childhood friends. In the Woods is a superior novel about cops, murder, memory, relationships, and modern Ireland. The characters of Ryan and Maddox, as well as a handful of others, are vividly developed in this intelligent and beautifully written first novel, and author French relentlessly builds the psychological pressure on Ryan as the investigation lurches onward under the glare of the tabloid media. Equally striking is the picture of contemporary Ireland, booming economically and fixated on the shabbiest aspects of American popular culture. An outstanding debut.
The Looking Glass War
by John Le Carre [The Terminator, Hamlet53, hpulley]
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The Department has faded since the war, effectively mothballed, without agents or resources. But now, with intelligence of a possible missile threat, it again has a mission. This is a chance to prove its influence to those at the Circus, like George Smiley, who think the Department's time has passed. The opportunity to reclaim former glory cannot be missed - even though it means putting men's lives in desperate risk, on foreign soil.
The Looking Glass War is a gripping story of the amorality of espionage - unflinching in its depiction of spying and the men involved, who are as much full of vanity and fear as of selflessness and courage.
Shutter Island
by Dennis Lehane [WT Sharpe, voodooblues, odiakkoh]
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Summer, 1954.
U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels has come to Shutter Island, home of Ashecliffe Hospital for the Criminally Insane. Along with his partner, Chuck Aule, he sets out to find an escaped patient, a murderess named Rachel Solando, as a hurricane bears down upon them.
But nothing at Ashecliffe Hospital is what it seems.
And neither is Teddy Daniels.
Is he there to find a missing patient? Or has he been sent to look into rumors of Ashecliffe's radical approach to psychiatry? An approach that may include drug experimentation, hideous surgical trials, and lethal countermoves in the shadow war against Soviet brainwashing. . . .
Or is there another, more personal reason why he has come there?
As the investigation deepens, the questions only mount:
How has a barefoot woman escaped the island from a locked room?
Who is leaving clues in the form of cryptic codes?
Why is there no record of a patient committed there just one year before?
What really goes on in Ward C?
Why is an empty lighthouse surrounded by an electrified fence and armed guards?
The closer Teddy and Chuck get to the truth, the more elusive it becomes, and the more they begin to believe that they may never leave Shutter Island. Because someone is trying to drive them insane. . . .
(From the Amazon Hardcover edition)
The Snowman
by Joe Nesbo [Format C:, sun surfer, Synamon]
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The Snowman, Norwegian author Jo Nesbø's thriller, should please even the most die-hard Stieg Larsson fans. On the first day of snow, a child wakes up to find his mother has disappeared during the night. Outside, a snowman has appeared out of nowhere, the calling card of one of the most terrifying serial killers in recent fiction. A letter from the perpetrator draws Detective Hole further and further into the case, and together with his new partner, Katrine Bratt, he hunts the Snowman through twists and turns that become increasingly personal and may drive Hole to the brink of insanity. Brilliantly crafted, this credible and dark page-turner fully fleshes out the characters, especially Hole, a hardened detective with sharp instincts and real heart. What is the link between the victims? Is the Snowman a suspicious doctor, a notorious playboy, or one of Hole's peers on the force? The police keep thinking they've caught the criminal, but Hole's astute observations may steer him around the red herrings and right into the hands of the cold-as-ice killer. (From Amazon.)
The Silence of the Lambs
by Thomas Harris [Synamon; WT Sharpe, odiakkoh]
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The Silence of the Lambs , by Thomas Harris, is even better than the successful movie. Like his earlier Red Dragon , the book takes us inside the world of professional criminal investigation. All the elements of a well-executed thriller are working here--driving suspense, compelling characters, inside information, publicity-hungry bureaucrats thwarting the search, and the clock ticking relentlessly down toward the death of another young woman. What enriches this well-told tale is the opportunity to live inside the minds of both the crime fighters and the criminals as each struggles in a prison of pain and seeks, sometimes violently, relief. Clarice Starling, a precociously self-disciplined FBI trainee, is dispatched by her boss, Section Chief Jack Crawford, the FBI's most successful tracker of serial killers, to see whether she can learn anything useful from Dr. Hannibal Lecter. Lecter's a gifted psychopath whose nickname is "The Cannibal" because he likes to eat parts of his victims. Isolated by his crimes from all physical contact with the human race, he plays an enigmatic game of "Clue" with Starling, providing her with snippets of data that, if she is smart enough, will lead her to the criminal. Undaunted, she goes where the data takes her. As the tension mounts and the bureaucracy thwarts Starling at every turn, Crawford tells her, "Keep the information and freeze the feelings." Insulted, betrayed, and humiliated, Starling struggles to focus. If she can understand Lecter's final, ambiguous scrawl, she can find the killer. But can she figure it out in time? --Barbara Schlieper In this thrillingly effective follow-up to Harris's masterful 1981 suspense novel Red Dragon, the heroine is new, but the villain isn't: Dr. Hannibal Lecter, the evil genius who played a small but crucial role in the earlier novel, returns, to mesmerizing effect. When a serial killer known as Buffalo Bill (he kidnaps, slays and skins young women) begins a crosscountry rampage, FBI trainee Clarice Starling tries to interview Lecter, a psychiatrist whose brilliant insights into the criminally insane are matched only by his bloodlusthe's currently imprisoned for nine murders, and would like nothing more than the chance to kill again. Lecter, a vicious gamesman, will offer clues to the murderer's pattern only in exchange for information about Clarice, analyzing her with horrible accuracy from the barest details. When Bill strikes again, the agent begins to realize that Lecter may know much more, and races against time and two twisted minds. Harris understands the crafting of literary terror as very few writers do; readers who put themselves in his good, coldblooded hands will lose sleep, and demand a sequel. 200,000 first printing; $200,000 ad/promo; BOMC main selection. Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. (from Amazon.com)
The Spies of Warsaw
by Alan Furst [issybird, sun surfer, voodooblues]
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An autumn evening in 1937. A German engineer arrives at the Warsaw railway station. Tonight, he will be with his Polish mistress; tomorrow, at a workers' bar in the city's factory district, he will meet with the military attaché from the French embassy. Information will be exchanged for money. So begins The Spies of Warsaw , the brilliant new novel by Alan Furst, lauded by The New York Times as "America's preeminent spy novelist." War is coming to Europe. French and German intelligence operatives are locked in a life-and-death struggle on the espionage battlefield. At the French embassy, the new military attaché, Colonel Jean-Francois Mercier, a decorated hero of the 1914 war, is drawn into a world of abduction, betrayal, and intrigue in the diplomatic salons and back alleys of Warsaw. At the same time, the handsome aristocrat finds himself in a passionate love affair with a Parisian woman of Polish heritage, a lawyer for the League of Nations. Colonel Mercier must work in the shadows, amid an extraordinary cast of venal and dangerous characters–Colonel Anton Vyborg of Polish military intelligence; the mysterious and sophisticated Dr. Lapp, senior German Abwehr officer in Warsaw; Malka and Viktor Rozen, at work for the Russian secret service; and Mercier's brutal and vindictive opponent, Major August Voss of SS counterintelligence. And there are many more, some known to Mercier as spies, some never to be revealed. The Houston Chronicle has described Furst as "the greatest living writer of espionage fiction." The Spies of Warsaw is his finest novel to date–the history precise, the writing evocative and powerful, more a novel about spies than a spy novel, exciting, atmospheric, erotic, and impossible to put down. "As close to heaven as popular fiction can get." – Los Angeles Times , about The Foreign Correspondent "What gleams on the surface in Furst's books is his vivid, precise evocation of mood, time, place, a letter-perfect re-creation of the quotidian details of World War II Europe that wraps around us like the rich fug of a wartime railway station." –Time "A rich, deeply moving novel of suspense that is equal parts espionage thriller, European history and love story." –Herbert Mitgang, The New York Times , about Dark Star "Some books you read. Others you live. They seep into your dreams and haunt your waking hours until eventually they seem the stuff of memory and experience. Such are the novels of Alan Furst, who uses the shadowy world of espionage to illuminate history and politics with immediacy." –Nancy Pate, Orlando Sentinel From the Hardcover edition. (from eBooks.com)
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The SharpMan's Guide to the SUV MarketSubmitted by SharpMan Editorial Team on Friday 15th October 2010
- Are these gas hogs right for you?
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They're everywhere. On every highway and byway. Climbing every mountain, fording every stream, fulfilling every suburban dream. Of course, I speak of the incredible popularity of sport utility vehicles over the past decade or so.
These vehicles have become so prevalent, virtually every carmaker has had to jump on the bandwagon, some offering entire lines of all- or four-wheel drive machinery. And despite the fact that the roads are jammed with the things, there are new examples being introduced all the time.
Now, an article dealing with every SUV out there would take up our site's entire domain and then some. So, rather than transform these pages into the latest issue of "Off-Roader Online," we've selected a dozen examples in three main categories that hint at the wide range of options on the market.
Buckle up, 'cause it just may be a bumpy ride…
* Note: All specifications and prices listed are for the all- or 4-wheel-drive version of the vehicle in question.
Big Things from Small Packages
The smallest among the SUVs can be a tricky bunch. All of them play the versatility card, but not all of them deliver on that spin-doctored promise. You are likely to find cramped, under-powered and poorly designed SUVs almost as often as you find these lackluster qualities in other cars and trucks. But not so with this fantastic foursome…
Honda CR-V
Newly redesigned for the 2002 model year, the Honda CR-V represents an improvement on the previous iteration in nearly all areas. Masters of practical, reliable craftsmanship, the engineers at Honda started with a platform shared with their Civic and built an SUV with a car-like ride and some truck-like utility.
Where it scored: Handling is superb and steering is precise; engine meets LEV-II emission standards; RealTime all-wheel-drive system does not sacrifice fuel economy in the name of traction; and rear seats easily "fold and tumble" to create more cargo space.
Where it missed: Engine isn't wildly powerful as compared to some others in its class; car platform is capable, but not suited to the rough stuff; and styling of this SUV represents Honda at its dullest.
Honda CR-V $19,300
Engine 2.4-liter inline-4
Horsepower/torque 160 hp / 162 lb-ft
Max cargo capacity 72 cu ft
Max towing capacity 1500 lbs
Fuel economy 22 city / 26 highway
Honda Element
On the other end of the design spectrum is Honda's other small SUV, the radical new Honda Element. What to make of this box on wheels? Well, love it or hate it, the designers deserve some praise for giving us something different. And the Element is nothing if not flexible, with its flat floor, split rear tailgate, waterproof interior and removable rear skylight.
Where it scored: Exterior design commands attention; fully reclining seats are sweet; options include neoprene seat covers; same engine as the CR-V, so the same good qualities; and plastic body parts replaceable.
Where it missed: Different gearing and heavier curb weight than CR-V translate into weak acceleration; tall stance is a magnet for wind gusts; rear "suicide" doors must be closed first, so potential for damage to front doors is high; and in terms of cargo capacity and fuel economy, not as good as the CR-V.
Honda Element $18,300-$20,850
Engine 2.4-liter inline-4
Horsepower/torque 160 hp / 162 lb-ft
Max cargo capacity 70.1 cu ft
Max towing capacity 1500 lbs
Fuel economy 21 city / 24 highway
Mitsubishi Outlander
These days, it seems like you need a program just to keep track of all the SUVs in the Mitsubishi fleet. One of the new entries is the Mitsubishi Outlander, another of the vehicles to adopt the "tall station wagon" design that's become so prevalent. This newcomer incorporates all-wheel drive technology derived from the company's highly successful Paris-Dakar Rally efforts and places it on a reinforced platform derived from their Lancer sedan.
Where it scored: AWD system sure-footed under all conditions; independent suspension provides car-like ride with definite off-road capability; and standard features include 140-watt CD stereo, A/C, power windows, mirrors and door locks.
Where it missed: Only comes with 4-speed semi-automatic transmission; ABS not standard; acceleration is weak; and in terms of exterior styling, vies with the CR-V for dullest entry.
Mitsubishi Outlander $20,790
Engine 2.4-liter inline-4
Horsepower/torque 140 hp / 157 lb-ft
Max cargo capacity 60.3 cu ft
Max towing capacity 1500 lbs
Fuel economy 20 city / 25 highway
Subaru Baja
The Subaru Baja is an SUV that carmakers love to call a "category buster." It's not quite a car, not quite a truck, but a curious blend of both. Essentially a Subaru Outback from the tip of its front bumper right up to the rear doors, the Baja then becomes a mini-pickup with a 41.5-inch long truck bed. The Switchback, a pass-through to the passenger compartment, boosts that figure to 77.7 inches.
Where it scored: Dynamite styling despite critics' complaints about silver lower body armor; back of rear seats covered with bed liner material for protection during pass-through maneuvers; and rugged in the finest Subaru tradition, they know AWD like few others.
Where it missed: Without the pass-through, truck bed is too short for many items (optional bed-extender available); questionable real-world utility of the package; and the weak link in the Subaru chain: the 5-speed manual transmission.
Subaru Baja $23,995
Engine 2.5-liter flat-4
Horsepower/torque 165 hp / 166 lb-ft
Max cargo capacity 17.7 cu ft
Max towing capacity 2400 lbs
Fuel economy 20 city / 25 highway
Mid-size, Not Middle of the Road
There's a large group of mid-sized SUVs that packs a healthy wallop and offers plenty of packing space to boot. The most populated segment in the market is also the most hotly contested. And here are four of the combatants…
Buick Rendezvous
If you're looking for the room to hold seven passengers and looking to watch your pennies, the Buick Rendezvous may just be your ride. Not the most exciting SUV around, this one is tailor-made for families with a lot of gear. The middle row of seats can be removed and the back row can be folded down to create an expansive 108.9 cubic feet of storage space. The Versatrack AWD system operates as front-wheel drive until traction to those wheels is suspect.
Where it scored: Disc brakes on all four corners for extra stopping power; comfortable interior made for long family trip; and interior cargo space is best-in-class.
Where it missed: Engine is under-powered for an SUV of this size; baffling list of options packages won't be helped by introduction of 2004 Rendezvous Ultra; and exterior styling decidedly uninteresting.
Buick Rendezvous $28,170
Engine 3.4-liter V6
Horsepower/torque 185 hp / 210 lb-ft
Max cargo capacity 108.9 cu ft
Max towing capacity 3500 lbs
Fuel economy 18 city / 24 highway
Honda Pilot
Here's the thing about the Honda Pilot: It may not be the flashiest SUV on the road, but does it ever perform like a star. Built on the same platform and using the same basic engine as the Acura MDX, the Pilot offers plenty of power in an 8-passenger layout. And although it's a large vehicle compared to a sedan, it maintains a civilized ride and a high level of comfort.
Where it scored: With the MDX, first mid-size SUV to earn highest possible crash rating from US government tests; ultra-low emission engine; and Variable Torque Management 4WD among the best anywhere; 5-speed automatic very smooth.
Where it missed: Relatively high curb weight hampers fuel economy; rear seat big enough for kids only; and exterior styling on the plain side.
Honda Pilot $26,900-$29,270
Engine 3.5-liter V6
Horsepower/torque 240 hp / 242 lb-ft
Max cargo capacity 90.3 cu ft
Max towing capacity 3500 lbs
Fuel economy 17 city / 22 highway
Hyundai Santa Fe
You've got to hand it to Hyundai. When they first entered the North American market, their offerings were truly dismal. Now, in fewer than 20 years, they produce cars (and an SUV!) that rival anything in their price bracket in terms of quality and the all-important fun-to-drive factor. That SUV, the Hyundai Santa Fe, cuts a unique swath across a conservative design landscape with its bulging fenders and rounded edges.
Where it scored: Light curb weight for this category; least expensive SUV in this group, so a lot of truck for the buck; long list of standard features; the best warranty in the business; and unique styling.
Where it missed: Smaller 2.4-liter engine too under-powered, 2.7-liter unit the only smart choice; full-time AWD less technically sophisticated than others out there; and underneath the skin, not terribly exciting.
Hyundai Santa Fe $21,599-$22,619
Engine 2.7-liter V6
Horsepower/torque 173 hp / 182 lb-ft
Max cargo capacity 77.7 cu ft
Max towing capacity 1200-1500 lbs
Fuel economy 18 city / 24 highway
Toyota 4Runner
Building on a 50-year history of building tough trucks starting with the original Land Cruiser, the all-new Toyota 4Runner is bigger, more powerful and even tougher than its predecessor. Past models have been under-powered and tight on space, but the new iteration solves that with a 4.0-liter V6, a larger profile and a redesigned interior. When combined with legendary Toyota quality, the 4Runner is now a tough act to follow.
Where it scored: Greatest towing capacity in this group; engine is silky smooth and very powerful; capable off-road performer, unlike many SUVs; and anti-lock disc brakes standard.
Where it missed: Lowest fuel economy in this group; smallest cargo capacity too; long list of options adds a big $9K to the base price; and 5-speed automatic comes with optional V8 engine, V6 has four speeds only.
Toyota 4Runner $28,005-$36,480
Engine 4.0-liter V6
Horsepower/torque 245 hp / 282 lb-ft
Max cargo capacity 75.1 cu ft
Max towing capacity 5000 lbs
Fuel economy 15 city / 19 highway
Luxo-trucks Go Off-road in Style
The SUV has become so ingrained into our car culture, many of them rival luxury sedans in terms of sheer comfort. This group is referred to as "near-luxury" SUVS, a selection of four that offers plenty of features and a lot of "off-roadability"…
Acura MDX
When the Acura MDX was introduced in 2001, it was a steal, a near-luxury SUV at a bargain basement price. Since then, due to high demand, the manufacturer has revised their flagship model slightly and priced it to match its competitors. This model year, the MDX gains 20 horsepower, improved ride quality, better handling and an upgraded 5-speed automatic transmission.
Where it scored: Smoother ride defeats previous iteration's glaring weak spot; as stylish as any SUV on the road; engine makes MDX responsive and fun; and goes and drives like far more expensive competitors.
Where it missed: Unsure if 2003 version is a wiser choice than a used 2001 model; large optional equipment list sends price into orbit; and without optional front guard and running boards, looks a bit naked.
Acura MDX $35,700
Engine 3.5-liter V6
Horsepower/torque 260 hp / 250 lb-ft
Max cargo capacity 81.5 cu ft
Max towing capacity 3500 lbs
Fuel economy 17 city / 23 highway
GMC Envoy
General Motors has a seemingly endless array of models, but few are as enjoyable as the GMC Envoy. When it was introduced last year, it immediately lured buyers away from more established nameplates… and for good reason. An aggressive stance and the most powerful engine in its category translate into SUV-ing in style. The extra-long XL joins the line-up this year and the XUV that switches into a pick-up arrives as a 2004 model.
Where it scored: Strong, strong engine; astounding towing capacity; anti-lock disc brakes standard; and car-like refinement combined with truck-like attitude; few know luxurious cruising, on-road or off, like GM.
Where it missed: Long list of options creates buyer paralysis; 4-speed automatic only transmission for base model SLE; and optional 290-hp V8 tempting but expensive.
GMC Envoy $30,735-$37,385
Engine 4.2-liter inline-6
Horsepower/torque 275 hp / 275 lb-ft
Max cargo capacity 80.1 cu ft
Max towing capacity 6200 lbs
Fuel economy 15 city / 21 highway
Mitsubishi Montero
One of the strangest looking SUVs on the road, the Mitsubishi Montero offers the highly palatable combination of off-road capability and exquisite comfort. For this year, a new engine brings greater low-end torque and more power overall. Sitting behind the wheel of the Montero is simply a very pleasant experience, with dynamite seats and all the amenities you could want, all for a competitive price.
Where it scored: 5-speed Sportronic automatic standard with entry level XLS; Active Skid and Traction Control adds to surefootedness; anti-lock disc brakes standard; fully independent suspension for the rough going; and low-range transfer case for off-road adventures.
Where it missed: Anemic fuel economy numbers; engine offers good pulling power, but so-so capability in highway acceleration and on long stretches.
Mitsubishi Montero $32,487-$36,597
Engine 3.8-liter V6
Horsepower/torque 215 hp / 248 lb-ft
Max cargo capacity 96.4 cu ft
Max towing capacity 5000 lbs
Fuel economy 15 city / 19 highway
Volvo XC90
The company known for creating ultra-safe family sedans and wagons has at least entered the SUV game! The Volvo XC90 was just introduced late last year as a 2003 model, but it's already earning accolades and awards. Looking like a beefier and taller version of their CrossCountry wagon, the XC90 seats seven adults comfortably and boasts a list of technological safety features as long as your arm.
Where it scored: Third row of seats folds away flat; air conditioning controls and audio jacks appease rear seat passengers; Roll Stability Control helps prevent rollovers; traction control and anti-lock disc brakes also standard.
Where it missed: Not as cool a design as the CrossCountry; least powerful engine in the group; optional twin-turbo inline-6 a virtual must, but you lose the 5-speed automatic transmission with that option.
Volvo XC90 $35,100
Engine 2.5-liter turbo inline-5
Horsepower/torque 208 hp / 236 lb-ft
Max towing capacity 4000-5000 lbs
Fuel economy 18 city / 24 highwayThis article last updated on Friday 15th October 2010


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F-86 Sabre
Type Fighter
Country of origin United States
Manufacturer North American Aviation
First flight 1 October 1947
Introduced 1949, with USAF
Produced Numbers built 9,860
Unit costs US$219,457 (F-86E)
Max speed Maximum speed:
687 mph (1,106 km/h) at sea level at 14,212 lb (6,447 kg) combat weight
also reported 678 mph (1,091 km/h) and 599 at 35,000 feet (11,000 m) at 15,352 pounds (6,960 kg). (597 knots (1,106 km/h) at 6446 m, 1,091 and 964 km/h at 6,960 m.)
Stall speed: 124 mph (power off) (108 knots (200 km/h))
Max range Range: 1,525 mi, (1,753)
Service ceiling: 49,600 ft at combat weight (15,100 m)
Dimensions Length: 37 ft 1 in (11.4 m)
Wingspan: 37 ft 0 in (11.3 m)
Height: 14 ft 1 in (4.5 m)
Wing area: 313.4 sq ft (29.11 m²)
Weight Empty weight: 11,125 lb (5,046 kg)
Loaded weight: 15,198 lb (6,894 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 18,152 lb (8,234 kg)
Powerplant 1 × General Electric J47-GE-27 turbojet, 5,910 lbf (maximum thrust at 7.950 rpm for five min) (26.3 kN)
Armament Guns: 6 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine guns (1,602 rounds in total)
Rockets: variety of rocket launchers; e.g: 2 × Matra rocket pods with 18× SNEB 68 mm rockets each
Bombs: 5,300 lb (2,400 kg) of payload on four external hardpoints, bombs are usually mounted on outer two pylons as the inner pairs are wet-plumbed pylons for 2 × 200 US gallons (760 L) drop tanks to give the Sabre a useful range. A wide variety of bombs can be carried (max standard loadout being 2 × 1,000 lb bombs plus two drop tanks), napalm bomb canisters and can include a tactical nuclear weapon.
Operators Former Operators:
Argentina, Belgium, Bolivia, Canada, Colombia, Ethiopia, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United States, Venezuela, Yugoslavia
The North American F-86 Sabre is a legend of Korean War. This transonic jet fighter also known as Sabrejet which developed and manufactured by North American Aviation to be pitted with the Soviet MiG-15. The F-86 was well-known of its versatility and adaptability which in turn made the fighter as a front-line fighter serving with many air forces in the world. The Bolivian Air Force was the last operator of Sabrejet as the air force kept operating the America's swept wing fighter until 1994.
Throughout 1949 to 1956, there were more than 7,800 units of Sabrejet had been built in the United States, Japan and Italy. Canada and Australia also built the variants of F-86 Sabre. The Canadian version was called CAC Sabre or CAC CA-27 or Avon Sabre. Overall, the F-86 was the most-produced Western jet with total production of all variants at 9,860 units.
The Development of F-86 Sabre
After successfully producing propeller-powered P-51 Mustang in the Second World War, to fulfill the requirement of United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) which desired a new medium-range, single-seat, high-altitude jet-powered day escort fighter/fighter bomber in 1944, North American Aviation developed XP-86. The prototype was based on the FJ-1 Fury but it was lighter and faster than the Fury. The XP-86 could reach a maximum speed of 582 mph (937 km/h) while the Fury only reached 547 mph (880 km/h).
By the end of the Second World War, Americans made use of the seized flight research data German aerodynamicists which explained that to extensively reduce drag and put off compressibility problems an aircraft could use a thin swept wing. This effort could lead to reaching the speed of sound.
In September 1948, the F-86A printed the first official world speed record of 670 mph (1,080 km/h). On 18 May 1953, Jacqueline Cochran, a female pilot, broke the sound barrier, flying a Canadian-built F-86 Sabre Mk3. She was the first woman who achieves the record.
The Design of F-86 Sabre
F-86 Sabre is a battle-proven jet fighter as it had been in service during Korean War, Taiwan Strait Crisis of 1958, Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 as well as Bangladesh Liberation War 1971.
The XP-86 prototype, the embrio of F-86 Sabre, was rolled out on 8 August 1947 and took its maiden flight on 1 October 1947.
Basically there were two variants of the F-86 Sabre: fighter-interceptor and fighter-bomber. The XP-86 featured a General Electric J35-C-3 jet engine, built by GM's Chevrolet division until production was turned over to Allison.
The fighter-bomber version (F-86H) could bear up to 2, 000 lb (907 kg) of bombs; this includes an external fuel-type tank that might bring napalm bomb. A number of the fighters on training missions brought unguided 2. 75 in (70 mm) rockets, however 5 inch (127 mm) rockets were subsequently bore on combat operations.
The two interceptor and fighter-bomber versions were armed with six 0.50 in (12. 7 mm) M3 Browning machine guns. Afterwards, other versions of the F-86H were equipped with four 20 mm (0. 79 in) cannons instead of machine guns.
Initial aircraft were equipped with the Mark 18 manual-ranging computing gun sight. The last 24 F-86A-5-Nas and F-86E were loaded with the A-1CM gunsight-AN/APG-30 radar which made use of radar to quickly calculate the range of a target. This would certainly show to be a substantial advantage against MiG opponents throughout Korean War.
The F-86 Sabre was also manufactured under license by Canadair, Ltd., in the Province of Quebec as the Canadair Sabre. The final variant of the Canadian Sabre, the Mark 6, is commonly graded as owning the highest abilities of any Sabre version produced anywhere else.
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Texas Photo offers two types of classes: in-person classes that cover a chosen topic, and safaris, during which students are given a short set of instructions and ample time to shoot images while the instructor oversees and provides tips.
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Texas Photo founders Angilee Wilkerson and Jana Perez, draw from their expertise as masters of the fine art of photography to impart camera-wielding wisdom to shutterbugs in informative classes. Each morning, the formidable photographers snap still lifes of their breakfast cereal to maintain the skills that have earned them recognition from the The Center for Fine Art Photography and the Fitton Center for Creative Arts. In classroom courses, the teachers edify students about specific technical topics, such as using Photoshop to add layers, resize images, or seamlessly crop Janet Reno into every family portrait. Photo safaris meet at scenic locations such as the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens or the Dallas Farmers Market, where pupils capture photographical fodder as Angilee and Jana proffer picture-framing advice. Classes do not exceed 20 pupils in size, allowing for ample individual attention.