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Should it set precedent?
A McDonald's restaurant's relocation quickly bloomed into visions about the transformation of the Fairbanks Avenue business corridor at the Monday, Nov. 14, Winter Park City Commission meeting.
The McDonald's restaurant currently open at 1008 S. Orlando Ave. is set to move into a new location that spans the width of two properties and the block between two streets, with its main frontage along Fairbanks Avenue just west of where it intersects South Orlando Avenue. It would also abut Gene Street on its south side, giving it two entrances and exits.
With the location already set, just how that McDonald's new look will affect the rest of the Fairbanks Avenue corridor quickly had commissioners wondering whether the city might be in a fight to keep up appearances down the road.
City staff had already worked with McDonald's representatives to create a restaurant that fit in aesthetically with the city, with a brick façade, shrubbery and palm tree foliage and other trim to help it blend in. No kids'-eye-grabbing playplace will beckon from the roadside along Fairbanks; a dining patio will be in its place.
"It will make this one of the nicest McDonald's in the area," development director Jeff Briggs said. "It is a McDonald's, but it'll be one of the best in the chain."
But with visions of a more urban-looking transformation of the corridor spanning Fairbanks Avenue between South Orlando Avenue and Interstate 4 dancing in their heads, commissioners wondered if the McDonald's would stick out like a sore thumb just a few years after it was built.
"In effect you'd have a more urban-esque area," Commissioner Tom McMacken said. "It'd be sticking out as opposed to blending in. It'd be as if we had something on Park Avenue that was totally different. If we were to implement a true streetscape program, I'd think you'd want to be a part of that as opposed to being the only people on the block who didn't."
Attorney Rebecca Wilson, representing McDonald's, said she was worried that a proposed 10 feet of extra easement in front of the property so that the city could build a wider sidewalk and add more landscaping might take out all but the drive-around lane in front of the restaurant.
"We're just a little concerned about what this easement might look like," Wilson said. "We're being asked to give just a blanket 10-foot easement."
Commissioners agreed that the 10 feet of broader sidewalk and landscaping, intended to make the street more pedestrian-friendly, could set a precedent that could determine how the rest of Fairbanks Avenue would look. What they didn't agree on was whether the McDonald's should be the one to set the precedent for a streetscape plan that is only in its early stages.
"I don't want to set precedent on what we're going to expect, on this project," Mayor Ken Bradley said.
McMacken said that whether the city requests the easement now or later, it'll be the same easement, but it could prove costly if the city waits.
"If we don't do it now and do it in the future, that's eminent domain and we're paying somebody for the right of way," McMacken said.
"In an effort to make it more beautiful, that may be something they're willing to give up," Bradley countered.
"That would be a first," McMacken said, adding he'd never seen a commercial property owner give up an easement for free.
The request for conditional use passed 5-0, on the condition that the McDonald's add the improved landscaping, give up a 10-foot utility easement for future undergrounding, and use directional drive-thru speakers to cut down on noise. As for taking the first step in beautifying the streetscape of Fairbanks Avenue, the Commission took a pass.
"The last time we talked about Fairbanks we needed a bigger Commission Chamber, so I would hate for this to be precedent-setting," Bradley said.


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Resurrecting the Gentleman
Well-known feminist and writer Clementine Ford, has spoken out about women's rights and in doing so, illuminated a very dark side to our culture. After a spate of hacking and data theft, the revealing photos of hundreds of Australian women were shared online. Ms Ford responded to a related segment on Sunrise suggesting that […]Read more →

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SeeSaw Playground, Korea, 1931
[Beautiful vintage photo from National Geographic, by W. Robert Moore, of play in Korean c. 1931]
We have come to think of a seesaw as something to sit on. But this form, seen not just in the Orient but also in Victorian playspaces, is really about jumping. Its low profile to the ground removes some of the safety concerns that have grown up around 'seated' seesaws, and I'd like to see playmakers thinking about using these jumping boards more often.
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Major Fun said:
thanks, Jay, for the insight about the blankets. I was wondering what their impact would be. it makes it so much more if an invitation to play.
March 23, 2013 at 2:42 am
Jay Beckwith said:
Looks like they are using a stack of blankets as the fulcrum. This would act to deaden the force applied to the standing player and make the event both softer and safer than a rigid fulcrum.
March 22, 2013 at 3:42 pm
Major Fun said:
fantastic photo! captures the very spirit of extreme see-sawing!
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Sea Monkey
I went to the JR Indoor event in November and while there, we fly float planes indoors. Lots of different float planes. We build a lake inside, out of PVC pipe leveled out and visquine so the sponsors banners can be viewed when fill with water. Also there are rope lights on each side, aka like runway lights at a full scale airport, so when they turn out the lights, you can land and takeoff the Spectrum Lake as it is called. When the event ends, we knock out one corrner, out runs the water onto the carpet/ floor, and drains away within just a few minutes. Under the carpet is just dirt, so there is no harm at all.
While at the JR Indoor, I saw Thayer once editor of Fly RC magazine, had a float plane he loved. I watched him fly it, then he said, here, fly it. It is a three channel plane, slow flier and all foam. Thayer had some kits with him and I bought one.
Now I met Thayer at the first E-Fest, There he advised me on a plane I still fly, have had lots of fun with and Thayer say, buy this plane, it is a great deal, so I bought a Bug. I still have two of them and a couple kits to build of the Bug.
So I got a Sea Monkey from Thayer, was not expensive, I got the basic kit, motor, esc that he had.
So I am in the process of putting this kit together. I am adding some LED lights to it, some blue on the inside, I also plan to add some red and green on the top of the wings to help protect them from the water, since these are the non-waterproof LED's. So I will glue them with the lights to the foam, so that the foam glows somewhat. I am going to paint the tail in a checkerboard scheme, I am thinking about also doing the wing tips in the appropate color, red for left, green for right also with checkerboards. I think I will do a strip or just solid color on the underside of each wing.
This is a shoulder wing plane with a pylon tractor motor mount. It is supposed to use between an 800 Mah and 1000 Mah lipo 2 cell battery, so it will be a light, slow flier, not for flying in a lot of wind.
So I will post photos of the parts later, also what I have together and then tell you all what I think about the airframe.
I don't have a nice heated shop to work in up here in Northern Michigan and with 3 Labradors and 4 cats in a small house, 3 of the cats are young and are the biggest trouble here. So I have to build late in the evening when most are asleep and quiet reigens in the house.
I hope to get this done in about the next week or so. I need to solder wires on the lights and the connectors on the esc.
Please be patient with me, I am not speedy, I build slow for many reasons, ability, understanding directions, word problems, since I am dyslic and that causes me lots of problems.
The Sea Monkey is from A Zippykits, www.Zippkits.com
Photos a bit later, have to download them from the camera.
Thanks for looking,
Orrin Eldred
Sea Monkey
Photos of fuse, elevator, rudder, wing.
No wing tip floats yet, had a problem with the CA I had. I thought it was foam safe, of course it was not. A call to ask for replacement tip floats was place, they are on the way with NO CHARGE for my stupidity. I am very appreciative of that. Very good customer service.
I had to take this outside to take photos of it. In the house I would have at least one dog and probably 3 very inquisitive cats trying to sniff it and the next thing I know, small parts would be moving around with the help of little cat paws.
Orrin Eldred
I hope to put the wing together tonight. I have found some CA, I am testing it to make sure it is foam safe. One mistake is all I can handle on one model.
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Sea Monkey
For more photos later
I got the wing together last night, one half of it anyway, I will take photos later when I can get outside and get them, also the bottom is on the fuse. Now today I have to solder the lights, use my airbrush, which will be a real learning experience, since I have never used one and mostly when I paint anything other than a house, the job looks like I used a dead cat for a brush. I am going to use some water based paint that is used for lexan car bodies. It is pretty easy to use, at least with a brush, I can thin it down as I need to for the airbrush and clean-up should be easy. I will get all the photos here and then add more later in another post.
Here are the photos I took today with the Sea Monkey partially assembled. I took it outside, set the elevator on the fuse, the wind took it off. Finally I brought it inside and took a couple of photos. I have now put the tape on the rudder and elevator and am waiting for the glue to dry on the control horns.
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Sea Monkey
This is a nice little plane. I was able to fly it as well. When Thayer and I went to the lake to do a round of testing on the Anderson he brought the monkey. He handed me the transmitter and I did a round of flying. It was rather windy that day and I didn't want to risk a water landing but enjoyed how well it did handle the wind. Not really for use in the winds we were flying in, but was pretty fun doing the water take-off with it.
You will have some fun with it
I got it for those nights when the lake I live on is like a sheet of glass. I will be able to fly short circles in front of my little old ramshakle log cabin. When I put the lights on it, I will be able to fly late into the evening, even into the night without much worry. The directions say not to fly in the wind, so I will wait for really calm nights. When the lake freezes, I will be able to go out on it and fly off the snow when there is no wind. That will be fun I am sure.
Orrin Eldred
Kinda strange to see your outdoor pix without snow this time of year!
Looks like a neat design, I spotted your thread when looking at the Kingfisher thread.
Denny, 4 years ago, I went for a motorcycle ride on the 5 of January, it was 55 degrees that day. Wonderful day to ride. No traffic, no sand on the road, we had had no snow at all, maybe a few flakes but no need for sand or salt.
We got about 2 to 4 inches about a week or so ago, we have had a warm up and the snow is now all gone here at the lake. Farther inland where we got more snow, maybe 4-6 inches, it is still on the ground, but melting fast.
Last year I was float flying off the lake with about 5 inches of ice and a couple inches of snow on top of the ice. We had ice fishermen on the lake drilling holes and fishing. This year, we got open water, ducks, swans, geese and Eagles hunting fish. Have not seen a loon for more than a week.
I think we are in for some more snow later this week or early next week. It is 34 degrees outside right now, warming to maybe 45 or there about today. I am sure it won't last long.
Last few years, we have had lots of ups and downs, so to speak, with the weather, yet after talking to the long time residents, they say, this happens about every 10 years or so, of course I am not complaining one bit.
It's been unseasonably warm here in the Ann Arbor area but I'm sure it will change soon. But still nice to see the sun and grass this time of year.....
I got the airbrush working today. This has been a learning experience. First thing I learned was that I thinned the paint too much. I am using Faskolor, water based paint for Lexan car bodies. I have used it on my Seawind and my Trojan.
Once I got the paint coming out, I sprayed the elevator. I had to add more paint and that is why the left side is better than the right side. After I learned this, I did the reverse side of the rudder. That worked much better, although the photos don't show it all that great. I used gimp, but still that too is a learning process.
So here are my results, not great, but I can live with them for now. Next time I think I will use a different design.
Orrin Eldred
I forgot to rotate the rudder, sorry about that everyone, next photos will be right.
I plan to do the tips of the wings, same design, but now I know how not to do it.
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Today after I repaired my neighbors tractor so that his wife could blow snow if we got any more, the belts came off the drive pulley and so they had to be put back on. He fell off a ladder before Thanksgiving and destroyed his right leg, from the knee to the ankle. He has a rod, bone graft, lots of screws and such, so he is unable to do it. The project should have taken 30 minutes, but instead took almost 5 hours. Nuts were missing from two bolts that held the bearing on the shaft that drives the snowblower, so I had to make a trip to the hardware store to get fine thread nuts, since that was what they used when they built the tractor. After that was done, I came home, decided to paint the left wing tip of the Sea Monkey. That is now done, tomorrow I will paint the right wing tip and then slide the wing into the fuse. I will take some photos of what it looks like, then get ready to put the lights on and in the Sea Monkey. I hope this works.
In the fuse I plan to use blue lights on the bottom of the fuse, then a strip of red lights facing the foam so it glows on the left wing, green lights on the right wing and then a couple of white lights on the rudder, at least I hope that will work. Then I will be ready to install the servos, push rods, motor and the hatch and see what it looks like finished. I don't have any idea what it will look like, since I can't visualize it finished. I can see the parts, but the whole airframe finished is beyond me. Somehow my mind doesn't work that way.
Since I don't have any family close, I won't get interupted much, so I should be able to get more done. I must say, after I paint a couple hundred more pieces of foam, I may have this airbrushing down to a bit more of a science than the "dead cat" type of painting I am doing now. This has been one learning experience. Yet at least I am learning something.
Tomorrow, more photos, I will post them at the start in the one post so that I have some room.
Orrin Eldred
Still got open water on our lake, but we are getting some snow, which when the Sea Monkey is done, will fly quite well off of the snow.
I got the elevator and rudder glued together and glued on the Fuse last night. I also got the bottom of the Sea Monkey up front glued on. Now I have to decide if I am going to paint the bottom of the wing tip floats. I will think about it a bit more. Now I have to wire up the LED lights and get them installed. Also I need to solder the leads on the speed control and the lead to the speed control and the motor leads.
I hope to be done by the end of the week. Depends on what I have to do tomorrow.
Got a lot done today, now I have to take some more photos. It is dark out now, but tomorrow I will post a few more.
Orrin Eldred
I bought 3 of these kits from Thayer and we have flown them many time since the JR fest. I also filled the fuse with white LEDs and the leading edge with red ones. I am using a 450mah lipo 2s and the lights just are not as bright as with 3s lipos. I am hoping the wind dies down around here tomorrow so I can see how they fly off the snow. Great little plane
Sea Monkey is now done,.
Well last night and today I finished up the Sea Monkey. The hardest part was the front hatch. I had no idea how to do it. I finally figured out I could put some magnets in the foam to hold it on the fuse. So I found some magnets from an airframe that had gone to Airplane Heaven. It took what seemed like forever to get done. Cutting foam and getting it out of the little hole to put the magnet in was very time consuming. My dremil tool died, so I had to use an exacto knife and slowly remove the foam.
I got the push rods done, Servos installed, all the wires run, reciever bound and all the soldering done and everything works. No shorts, all is A-OK.
Some photos to look at.
At times it turned out better than I expected, since I couldn't visualize the finished product. I had an idea, but that didn't help me see the end result.
Lights by Lazertoyz, Thanks to Diane and Dan Greathouse.
They were a great help in what not to do. Many emails and a couple phone calls.
Too much wind to do any maiden right now. Maybe next weekend.
Thanks for looking,
Orrin Eldred
Looking good Orrin! I can't wait to hear how it flies. The lights are definitely brighter on 3S. The good news is that the Sea Monkey can easily handle carrying a second small battery to power the lights. I would check the draw before you buy any new packs and then get the smallest that will give the duration you typically will want. I would think a half hour would be pretty easy to manage.
Thank you Thayer.
I think if I did this again, I would wire the blue lights to a different connector and use 3 cells. I would also take the strip of blue and run it on the bottom, then up to the top piece of the fuse, making it twice as long and it would be much brighter. The red and green are bright enough on 2 cells.
It did turn out pretty good, having never done any painting with an airbrush and checkerboards are not easy. I can get confused easily.
Orrin Eldred
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SAY what you like about ''The Passion of the Christ'' -- and I'll bet you have -- one line of discussion has gone unexplored. Although a good many viewers have criticized Mel Gibson's literalist approach to the Gospels, or have painstakingly scrutinized his claim of scriptural fidelity, no one has spoken up for the Hollywood tradition that he would seem to supplant. No one challenges ''The Passion of the Christ'' by advocating a return to the old days, when a Mary Magdalene clothed in little more than a headdress would set off in a chariot to meet her savior, having first ordered her servants to ''Harness my zebras.''
You will not hear a defense of this tradition from me, either. Those who want to revisit it will nevertheless have ample opportunity this week, when Turner Classic Movies shows a new two-part documentary titled ''Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic'' (tomorrow and Wednesday, 8 p.m. Eastern) and eight of his films. ''The King of Kings'' (1927), with its zebra-driving Magdalene, is on the schedule. So are two more of DeMille's achievements in boffo box-office reverence: ''The Sign of the Cross'' (1932) and ''The Crusades'' (1935). Not glutted yet? You may catch DeMille's ''Ten Commandments'' (1956) tonight on ABC (evidently broadcast in response to the success of ''The Passion'') or visit the American Museum of the Moving Image in Queens for a big-screen series of DeMille's movies (beginning on Saturday), succinctly titled ''Sin and Salvation.''
Although DeMille is unalterably associated with biblical subjects, TCM's documentary (directed by the noted film historian Kevin Brownlow) reminds us that he was several years into a wildly successful film career before he began adding sermons to his deluxe hoopla. Not that religiosity had ever been absent from his life, or separate in his mind from showmanship. Born in Massachusetts in 1881, he was the son of an Episcopal lay preacher who also wrote plays and of a mother (a convert from Judaism) who started her own theatrical company. When DeMille began his career on the New York stage, he found a new version of the parental influence in the director, author and impresario David Belasco, who was lavish in his productions and faux-ecclesiastical in his office furnishings and personal attire.
DeMille tried to rise in Belasco's world as an actor and writer, but after more than a decade of only middling success, he resigned himself to trying what he saw as the lesser medium of film, going into partnership with Jesse L. Lasky and Samuel Goldfish (soon to be Goldwyn). Late in 1913, he left New York for Southern California to make a screen version of Edwin Milton Royle's play ''The Squaw Man,'' a creaky tale of cattle rustling and interracial romance in the Old West; and there, in the sleepy town of Hollywood, DeMille set up an office that became Paramount Pictures.
''American Epic,'' with its generally hagiographic tone, tends to exaggerate DeMille's accomplishments as a Hollywood pioneer. Studios had begun settling in Los Angeles three years before DeMille showed up. Filmmakers there were already taking advantage of the splendid opportunities for location shooting, and some (notably D. W. Griffith) were working on an ever-increasing scale. It is just barely true, and close to meaningless, for the TCM documentary to award ''The Squaw Man'' the title of ''first feature film shot entirely in Hollywood.'' You might say instead that ''The Squaw Man'' added to a growing industry the talents of a furiously energetic businessman, well trained in a type of exoticizing and spectacular theater, who took the likes and dislikes of his audience rather more seriously than he did the possibilites of his new medium.Continue reading the main story
That said, DeMille did quickly make his name (through relentless self-promotion) and scored an early critical success with ''The Cheat'' (1915). Many present-day critics like ''The Cheat,'' too, for its bold stage-lighting effects and subtle performance by Sessue Hayakawa, who plays a ''Burmese ivory king'' living among the mansions of Long Island. Impressed by the film's stylistic and technical merits, these supporters gloss over DeMille's portrayal of the Asian voluptuary as unchangeably barbaric, or the film's suggestion that white men seeking to deal with such a fellow might want to try mob violence.
It isn't enough to dismiss these details as a product of their time. Griffith, too, had his prejudices, and in ''The Birth of a Nation'' he was skillful enough to make them virulent, where DeMille's could only be lurid. But Griffith was a seeker by nature, always pushing at limits, including those of his own attitudes. DeMille, by contrast, had a deep streak of complacency.
You recognize it, above all, in his allegiance to clichés. In ''The Sign of the Cross,'' the first thing DeMille shows you is Rome in flames; the second, Nero fiddling. The rule seems to be, ''Tell the people what they already know.'' The corollary: ''Don't let them get bored while you're telling it.'' Proceeding as if his public was congenitally slack-jawed and ought to be kept that way, DeMille was always ready to wow the crowd with a leopard, or 50 dancing girls, or a hundred dancing girls dressed up like leopards. In the TCM documentary, Angela Lansbury (who appeared in ''Samson and Delilah'' in 1949) says that DeMille's actors were always ''laughing up our sleeves'' at the dialogue and the way it had to be delivered. If so, they were merely tapping into DeMille's own sense of superiority to his material and audience.
This condescension, when shared by the audience itself, has made his films into venerated objects of camp. No one today can put up with the first hour of ''Madam Satan'' (1930), with its plodding comedy about infidelity among the upper classes; but many people have fast-forwarded through it for the sake of chortling at its second act, a blatantly ridiculous set-piece of a masquerade ball on a zeppelin.
DeMille's greatest legacy, of course, is his introduction of religiosity into this campiness -- to provide a brief excuse for the rest of the picture. This tactic, which he adopted in the scandal-ridden and censorship-plagued Hollywood of the early 1920's, worked magically for the rest of his career. Witness again ''The Sign of the Cross,'' with its lesbian moon-dance, many-lioned gladiatorial games, overhead shots of Claudette Colbert bobbling about in a bath of asses' milk and (by the way) a short speech about Jesus as the man of peace.
One of DeMille's religious epics stands apart, though, despite its prologue with zebras: ''The King of Kings.'' In this well acted and deeply felt version of the Gospels, the presentation of the theology is comprehensive and sober, balancing Jesus' preaching, passion and resurrection. The history is surprisingly sound. (The film takes care, for example, to point out that in this period, the Jews' High Priest was a flunky to the Romans.) And DeMille's cinematic imagination was at its height, inventing such wonderfully touching moments as the first entrance of Jesus. A frail blind boy has come to the apostles, saying he has never seen the light. An intertitle announces ''I am the light of the world''; at which point you see, as if you were the boy, the calmly smiling face of Jesus slowly emerge from darkness.
That's real movie-making. Give DeMille his due.Continue reading the main story


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Facebook has been rightly scrutinized for how it treats your personal information - what is shared and what is not. And at first blush Google+ feels like it give users more control - but the information Google shares with your social circles and the control it offers users are just one piece of the puzzle.
There are also really important questions to be asked about what Google does behind the scenes with the information it collects about you. And reporters are just beginning to ask them.
This post and the follow up by Julie Bort are worth a read.
In one case Bort says Google called a reporter's home phone number - a number she did not remember giving them - to confirm her identity.
She put in her business phone number. Google+ rejected the phone number. It then initiated an automated phone call TO HER HOME NUMBER. That phone call asked her to verify her plus account.
UPDATE: Google says in this case, this woman was called at home because she opted in to a two-step identity verification program and that prompted a call. Google's public affairs folks say Google is not correlating phone numbers with your information on Google +.
But Google *is *coordinating your data with information about you gleaned from other social networks. You can opt out if you want - but my guess is most folks don't know this is even going on.
Here's another creepy story from another Network World editor. For a few months, whenever this editor used Google search, Google would show him relevant tweets from people he was following on his Twitter account within search results. But, he never actually gave Google his Twitter handle. In fact, it would always ask him to verify his Twitter name even as it served up the Tweets. Google was guessing about his Twitter identity, probably using the fact that the editor gave Twitter his Gmail account. Google saw messages from that Twitter account coming into his Gmail, correlated the two and started serving up unasked for Tweets
Google's been upfront about the fact it scans g-mail accounts electronically to place advertising - but could it also be scanning your e-mail for other business purposes? It's almost enough to send you running for that g-mail privacy policy to dig through the fine print.
And Microsoft is there to help you. It's trying to fan consumer's privacy fears with videos about the G-Mailman reading your e-mail.


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PERTH, Australia - Mark Philippoussis could miss the Australian Open after he was forced to retire from a men's singles match at the Hopman Cup on with a hyperextended knee.
The Australian, playing Jerome Haehnel, injured his knee with Haehnel a point away from taking a 3-1 lead in the first set.
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John Woo Returning to WWII with The Flying Tiger Heroes
by Alex Billington
July 6, 2009
Source: SlashFilm
Chinese director John Woo, who decided to remain in China after finishing his two-part epic Red Cliff, is gearing up to start a new project tentatively titled Flying Tiger Heroes. SlashFilm reports that Woo held a press conference in China to announce the new project, which will have a budget of roughly $161 million (although that seems a bit much for a Chinese production). The film will be about The Flying Tigers, known otherwise as The 1st American Volunteer Group, a fighter squadron that flew missions against the Japanese in World War II. Looks like Woo is giving George Lucas and his WWII Red Tails movie a run for its money.
Woo promises that Flying Tiger Heroes will feature "the most spectacular aerial battle scenes ever seen in Chinese cinema." The Flying Tigers destroyed some 300 enemy aircraft while only suffering 14 causalities during the war. The planes the squadron flew were featured the very recognizable shark-teeth design on the nose (seen in the photo above). "This is an extremely important production," Woo explained. "This Yunnan-themed film emphasizes China-US friendship and the contributions of the Flying Tigers and the people of Yunnan during the War of Resistance." The cast will feature a mix of Hollywood and Chinese movie stars.
Either this means that Woo isn't directing that rumored "Romeo and Juliet War Epic" next or that project has been put on the backburner (or was just a rumor to begin with). I'm not the biggest fan of Woo's work in Hollywood, so if he continues to stay in China and make movies there, maybe I'll actually gain some respect for him again. I'm actually looking forward to seeing these upcoming aerial WWII movies, so bring 'em on!
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Friend or Foe?
Friday, July 6, 2007; 12:00 AM
WASHINGTON -- Momentum to deputize local police as immigration agents across the United States grew after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. But law enforcement officers have been reluctant to oblige. They are concerned that taking on that role would both alienate immigrant communities -- where criminals or terrorists can gain a foothold or simply find a convenient hideout -- and undermine police obligations to ensure public safety.
Several jurisdictions, in fact, prevented their officers from enforcing federal immigration laws. By mid-2004, according to the National Immigration Law Center, more than 50 localities, including some of the country's largest cities, had enacted laws, resolutions or policies limiting such activity.
Now that the U.S. Senate has killed comprehensive immigration reform, the fate of 12 million illegal immigrants in this country remains in limbo. What seems absolutely certain is that public pressure will push local, county and state authorities to address what the federal government has failed to.
It is possible that faced with increased public scrutiny and frustration with a broken immigration system, more communities will seek to reverse the trend against localized immigration enforcement. That's what happened earlier this year in Virginia Beach, Va., where local police officers became able to ask non-felony suspects about their immigration status. The change occurred after a drunk driver, in the country illegally, hit and killed two teenagers.
In Hightstown, N.J., officials have taken a different tack. After a series of raids by federal immigration agents in 2004, local authorities adopted measures to regain the trust of the immigrant community. Without the immigrants, most of them from Ecuador, the town "would have a heck of a time" functioning, Hightstown's mayor told The Washington Post. Now, immigrants in Hightstown no longer seem reluctant to report crimes or seek assistance from authorities. One illegal immigrant at the apartment complex where the raids took place even turned to police for help in placing a family member in alcohol rehabilitation.
Nevertheless, during the last five years, Florida, Arizona, Alabama and 12 counties scattered throughout the nation have signed agreements with the federal government to train some of their police officers to enforce immigration laws. In his budget for the next fiscal year, President Bush asked for $26.4 million, a fivefold increase over the current year, to train and equip 250 state and local law enforcement officers.
During the debate in the Senate last week, Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., conditioned his support for the comprehensive reform bill upon consideration of his amendment allowing police to question people on their immigration status, even as some of his state's top police chiefs opposed the measure. The amendment was barely defeated, 49-48, in a first vote in May.
The federal government has been authorized to delegate immigration law enforcement to local and state police since 1996, when the Republican-controlled Congress amended the Immigration and Nationality Act. But the Clinton administration, which opposed the measure, managed to delay its implementation for four years. By the time President Clinton left office, no jurisdiction had signed any such agreement.
Salt Lake City, the first to express interest in participating, backed out after a long consultation process with the community -- encouraged by Clinton officials -- that led the city council and the police to determine that complex immigration laws are difficult to enforce.
Doris Meissner, commissioner of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service during the Clinton years, predicted in an interview that the likely result from recent increased public pressure will be that police departments in small- and medium-sized communities will join in the enforcement effort while departments in large cities will remain uninterested, sufficiently sophisticated to "recognize what the hazards are in getting involved."
Sometimes it is the community that demands the police get involved, as in Virginia Beach. Anti-illegal-immigration activists, including national television personalities, insisted that if police there had helped start deportation proceedings against the driver, who had been arrested previously for drunk driving, the two teenagers would be alive today.
In Hightstown, the community took the opposite approach. It was the town's way of rebuking the anti-immigration forces who, in the current immigration turmoil, are fishing for anything to exacerbate fear, frustration and intolerance.
The country needs for immigrants to trust authorities -- as they do now in Hightstown. But because of the failure of immigration reform at the federal level, it is ever more unclear what will happen if those same immigrants step into another county.
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McCormack Line Drive TLC-1 preamplifier Page 3
First up to the plate was the TLC-1's obvious competitor: its passive ancestor, the Mod Squad Line Drive Deluxe—for quite a while my reference for preamplifier non-signature. To my surprise, the Line Drive was more colored than the TLC-1 in its passive mode, its midrange sounding somewhat "squawky" in comparison. It also sounded more veiled, with less top-octave air. Dynamics and bass performance were about the same, however. When I used the TLC-1's buffered outputs, the difference was larger. There was a slight loss in space and image palpability, but the sound otherwise retained its superb transparency. More importantly, the buffered outputs had a better sense of dynamic shading. While the lows were still not as authoritative as those of the YBA 2, they were less lean, and the sense of pace was improved.
Turning to the slightly more expensive Melos SHA-1, which marries a FET output to a tubed gain stage, the sound changed considerably. I enjoyed the Melos preamp's presentation a lot, but there was no doubt that it was big and blowsy compared with the McCormack in both passive and active modes. Both lacked that ultimate clarity on bass guitar that's so important to me; but where the TLC-1's lower mids were somewhat lean, the SHA-1's were rather bloated. Yes, there was more deep bass evident, but everything sounded a little too lethargic. Though the Melos was also more veiled in the treble, with less top-octave air, it still won out in the image palpability stakes. It's that sense of "being there" imparted by tubes, I guess.
More importantly, the McCormack lacked the tubed preamp's slight upper-midrange bite, particularly in passive mode, when brass instruments in my Gerontius recording on Test CD 2 had just the right amount of blattiness. (This term, coined by J. Gordon Holt, actually describes the sound of the air in the instrument going non-linear at very high levels; it's similar to the crackle in the sound of a jet engine.) Switching to the TLC-1's buffered output made this blattiness just a smidgen too "electronic," in that it started to take on the character of white noise; the Melos went further in the same direction.
Changing to the Classé Six revealed the Canadian preamp to have both more bass and better defined bass than the McCormack. However, even in its balanced mode, there was a slight treble chalkiness to its sound compared with the buffered TLC-1, which led me to prefer the latter overall. The McCormack's output FETs are refreshingly free from treble hash and grain, rivaling the French YBA 2's line stage in that regard, and the Californian preamp doesn't have the French preamp's slightly uptilted highs. If only the TLC-1 could have the YBA's combination of low-frequency extension and definition, it would be unbeatable!
Do I still think that the preamplifier is the sonic heart of a system? Absolutely. When it comes to acting as a wide-open window to the music, the danger exists that every facility and function will detract, even slightly, from the ultimate sound quality. The task for the designer is to come up with a circuit that does the least damage to the audio signal, then add the necessary preamp functions in such a way that the purity of the signal is not compromised.
This the McCormack design team has done. It may not offer the ultimate in bass drive and extension, and the Melos SHA-1 edges ahead in image palpability, but in all other respects, the McCormack TLC-1 is one of the most transparent, least colored preamplifiers I've used. With a maximum gain of just less than unity, it may not go loud enough in systems based on insensitive loudspeakers, or on amplifiers that need more than 2V to reach their maximum output levels. It will also be inappropriate for use in systems where a cassette deck or FM tuner is an oft-used source. And, of course, it doesn't have a phono stage. Neither does it offer the currently fashionable features of remote control or balanced operation. But at $995, the McCormack is astonishing value for money. Recommended. Highly recommended. If you're looking for the best sound for the dollar in line-level preamplifiers, buy a TLC-1 right now!


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Suburban life is tough these days. Although we were hooligans growing up, the only things that could get us in trouble hadn't changed much since our parents were young. So the run-ins with booze, sex, dangerous/moronic driving, gateway drugs, mild vandalism (no mailbox within a ten-mile radius of our neighborhood was safe) and sex were known entities for Mom and Dad. Mothers tended to freak out and threaten/bribe us not to smell alcohol, look at girls, touch cigarettes or drive in Steve McAlpine's boatish, yellow Mercury station wagon with the V8 (also known as the "Banana"). Fathers, on the other hand, were more likely to realize what was really going on, and take the opportunity to relive the old days vicariously through their sons -- or plot elaborate murder-suicides in the defense of their daughters.
Today, parents have a lot more to worry about. Kids look up to people with the social mores and ambition of Britney Spears, Paris Hilton and Tom DeLay. Hemlines end just south of South America. I regularly spy teenagers in Victoria's Secret buying stuff that would strike me instantly blind if I ever saw it in my daughter's dresser drawer -- even though I know my wife will take her there when prom time comes and, by federal law, I will have to let them go. Overall, fashion has dipped to such a low point that the current trend could be called something like "Olde Time Colfax." Young people drive around in Hummers and sports cars without knowing how dangerous they are, or when it's okay to speed through a yellow light. They listen to music that, with the exception of the White Stripes, sounds like cats having their claws pulled out with pliers (not that this would be a bad thing); meanwhile, we parents are more concerned with whether the Who will come to Denver on their current tour so that our kids can get an idea of what real (or good) music is truly like. Instead of drinking in abandoned lots at parties that inevitably got busted by the cops so that everyone made it home safely, kids now party at raves, where they take who-knows-what, wash it down with bad beer and end up having group sex.
True, we would have loved being exposed to many of these things when we were teenagers -- but as parents (responsible or not), we need solace from the storm. This is why God dropped an Olive Garden Italian Restaurant at 2390 South Havana Street, near the Latin Representative's home. At this and every other one of the bazillion other Olive Gardens, we can eat a mediocre Italian-American meal (the food is not what my Sicilian ex-grandmother-in-law would technically call "food"), knock back ten or so Morettis and/or some house wine, and forget that our kids are eventually going to drive us insane and then put us in a home. If we last that long: Our bartenderess got a murderous look in her eyes when the Latin Representative ordered a more palatable wine. She slammed down the glass in front of him, sloshing wine everywhere and offered only a halfhearted apology that seemed to suggest she was simply sorry that she hadn't smashed the glass against the side of his head. She probably has a teenager, though, so we forgave her.
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But all ended well with bellies full of breadsticks, salad and Alfredo sauce denser than enriched uranium. The other diners who appeared to be our age looked perfectly content as well. We'd all managed to go out and behave like grownups -- even though the majority of us still secretly act out like Frank the Tank from Old School and drink beer from bongs and streak and wife-swap as often as possible. But as long as we frequent places like the Olive Garden, we'll hold the moral high ground with our kids, acting like boring old farts who never kissed before college. And if they ever do realize that we did the same type of crap at their age, the prospect of winding up like us now, raving about how nice it was to eat at Olive Garden, may just scare them straight.


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Subject: Re: Signature/Autograph Database?
by Parmastahir on 2008/12/20 5:42:00
This kind of discussion is exactly why I love this site. I can understand Beren's fear of providing resources to forgers. My question served its purpose. Should I have further needs, I now know how many examples Beren has access to.
Just pondering the matter, I wonder how many things we sign in a lifetime? What got me to thinking was the 1500 items in Beren's list. Averaged over his life, that is less than 20 items per year. I'd bet that major sports figures sign 1500 per year. Thanks for the comments all!
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A firefighter in Prince George's County is being credited with saving the life of a fellow member of the force.
Sean Roth returned from a call to the Forestville, Md. firehouse around 10:30 Wednesday morning. He said a 42-year-old female volunteer approached him and appeared to be in trouble.
"She got my attention, put her hands around her neck, giving me a sign that she was choking," said Roth. "She was obviously in distress."
Roth said he went up behind her and reached around her abdominal section, giving a big thrust, an action better known as the Heimlich Maneuver. Once the food that was stuck in her throat came out, Roth checked her vitals and determined she was okay.
The female volunteer went back to setting up a luncheon for a funeral later in the day.
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text: In my search to find a new bass I currently brought home with me two Romanian basses to try out. This question is regarding the left one in the picture. I was wondering what kind of model this bass is. The one on the right is supposed to be made after a French model but with my limited knowledge I cannot identify the shape of the left bass. Please don't mind the crappy pictures... both basses are much darker in real life, the right one almost looks like a blond bass here... It is very narrow between the C bouts and has a carved back. Maybe it is not any model at all and just a "narrow bass"


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Goodlatte & Ros-Lehtinen: Why Did Administration Help Cuban Spy Artificially Inseminate Wife?
Goodlatte & Ros-Lehtinen: Why Did Administration Help Cuban Spy Artificially Inseminate Wife?
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) today sent a letter to Federal Bureau of Prisons Director Charles Samuels, Jr. expressing outrage over the measures taken by the Obama Administration to help a convicted Cuban spy artificially inseminate his wife in Panama while he was imprisoned in a U.S. federal prison. The spy, Gerardo Hernandez, was sentenced to two life terms in federal prison after being found guilty of 13 criminal counts, including conspiracy to commit espionage and conspiracy to commit murder. In their letter, Chairman Goodlatte and Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen demand the Obama Administration provide answers about its controversial decision to help a convicted spy and murderer in this manner.
Below is the text of the letter. The signed letter can be found here.
Dear Director Samuels:
We write to express our dismay and outrage over measures taken by the Obama Administration to facilitate the artificial insemination of Cuban national Adriana Perez, wife of convicted Cuban spy Gerardo Hernandez.
On December 12, 2001, Hernandez was sentenced to two life terms in federal prison after being found guilty of 13 criminal counts, including conspiracy to commit espionage and conspiracy to commit murder. Specifically, Hernandez's actions, which he took under direct orders from the Castro regime, resulted in the deaths of three American citizens and one U.S. resident: Carlos Costa, Armando Alejandre, Mario de la Peña, and Pablo Morales, all of whom were members of the humanitarian group "Brothers to the Rescue." Intelligence provided by Hernandez enabled the Cuban regime to shoot down these individuals' planes over international waters.
Media reports indicate that the U.S. government went to great lengths to assist Mr. Hernandez, a convicted spy and murderer, in becoming a father. It is shameful that, in doing so, the Obama Administration overlooked the sad and grim reality that, because of Hernandez's actions, some of the Brothers to the Rescue victims were prevented from having families of their own. Hernandez's actions robbed three American families of their futures and the Department of Justice and the Administration rewarded his taking of life by proactively intervening to help him become a father. With that in mind, we request answers to the following questions:
1. What statute or regulation authorizes the U.S. government to facilitate an artificial insemination in this manner?
2. Please explain who submitted this request and who approved it.
3. Who incurred the costs for this medical procedure? How much did it cost? If the costs were borne by the U.S. government, from which account(s) was any or all of this process funded?
4. To where was the specimen sent and who delivered it?
5. Has this sort of arrangement happened before with other federal inmates or was this an exception? If it has happened before, what were the circumstances?
We request that you submit answers to these questions no later than February 27, 2015. Thank you for your attention to this important matter.


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Rita, Gary and Whitney Visit Isla Mujeres!
On Monday, August 11, 2008, our friends from Texas, Rita, Gary and Whitney Schaper, visited us in Isla Mujeres. They had a trip planned to Cancun and called us up to see if we were still going to be in Isla in August. So, they came over for the day to see us. It was great to see them and see someone from home. Rita is from my hometown of Crystal Springs, Mississippi, and I have known her and have been close to her family all my life.
Rita was kind enough to contact us before she left to see if there was anything she could bring us from the States. It just so happened we did... Rita went to the local West Marine store for us and the local tobacco shop and bought us some good old USA dock lines to add to the boat for hurricane season, some premium cigars for LA, and some Nat Shermans for me. (Yes, I'm sinning down here, folks... these are the best premium cigarettes around and they are fabulous!).
They arrived on the island around 10 o'clock in the morning. They had never seen our boat so we gave them the grand tour and we sat on the boat visiting and drinking beer for a while.
Next, we checked out the pool.....Whitney was the local bathing beauty for the day!
Then, we took a dinghy ride to the south point of the island. The water was spectacularly beautiful that day.... as it is EVERY day in Isla Mujeres! Gary, Rita, and Whitney had visited Isla many times before and usually toured the island by golf cart, but today was a special view of the island that not many tourists get to see!
We "water-buffaloed" around drinking beer and swimming in the cool water.
Rita and Whitney snorkeled (Hey, Rita, which way does that mask go???).
Later in the afternoon, we returned to the marina and took a cab ride to town. (Hey, how many people can you get in the back seat of a cab??)
We went to the famous Isla restaurant owned by Texans, Jax, and all had cheeseburgers that couldn't be beat!
Rita, Gary and Whitney caught the 5:30 p.m.ferry back to Cancun. As for us, we waddled back to our boat after those fabulous cheeseburgers and took a big nap! Now, that's living!
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It's show and cruise time
By Félix Alfonso Peé?a
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Roll to the show, cruise and schmooze - maybe even find some deals for your wheels or pitch in for a good cause. It's auto show and cruise season, with everything from motorcycles to monster trucks on display, and plenty of opportunities for family fun or friend time. Pick from the lengthy list and mark your calendar now.
April 24-28: Spring Carlisle Collector Car Swap Meet & Corral. Carlisle Fairgrounds, 1000 Bryn Mawr Road, Carlisle. Gates open Wednesday-Saturday 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wednesday to Saturday $10, Sunday $5, event pass $30, children 12 and under free. More information: www.carsatcarlisle.com/ce/events/spring-carlisle.
April 28: Hawk Mountain Regional Group of the Early Ford V-8 Club of America 39th Annual Flea Market. Leesport Farmer's Market, 312 Gernant's Church Road, Leesport, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Antique and classic car parts - all makes, collectible cars for sale. Free admission and parking. Flea market table spaces $15 at the gate.
May 4: Reading Muhlenberg Career & Technology Center's 3rd Annual Car Show. 2615 Warren Road, Muhlenberg Township, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Street rods, classic, muscle cars, stock, antique and trucks welcome. Judging in nine categories, with 21 awards, including viewers, directors and best paint. $15 registration. First 100 receive gift bag and are eligible for door prizes throughout the day. Other activities: $5 pancake breakfast from 7:30 to 10 a.m., spring flower sale, health fair, Miller Keystone blood donations, car wash, gift basket raffle, music and food all day. More information: call 610-921-7300 or email email@example.com.
May 4: Vagabonds Rod and Custom Club Spring Kick Off Car Show. East Petersburg Community Park, 6051 Pine St., East Pennsburg, Lancaster County, 1 to 5 p.m. Rain date May 5. Motorcycles and antique cars welcome. $12 per car. Also: trophies, door prizes, food vendors, live entertainment, a Chinese auction, valve cover racing and free activities for kids. More information: www.eastpetersburgday.com.
May 5: Allentown Corvette Club Springfest. Desales University, 2755 Station Ave., Center Valley, Lehigh County, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. More information: www.allentowncorvetteclub.org.
May 5: 35th Annual GM on Display at Macungie. All GM show sponsored by the Keystone State Chapter of Pontiac Oakland Club International.Small flea market and food available. Contact: Don Haley at 610-640-7464 for more information.
May 11-12: Carlisle Performance & Style. Celebrating the hottest trends in the motorsports world at the Car-lisle Fairgrounds. Gates open 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Admission: $20 Saturday, $10 Sunday, children under 12 free. More than 1,500 vehicles, from custom compacts to mini-trucks and more, plus displays, guests, stunts, live music and competitions. More information: www.carsatcarlisle.com/ce/events/performance-style.
May 17-19: Carlisle Import & Kit Nationals. Carlisle Fairgrounds, Friday and Saturday $8 admission each day, Sunday $4, event pass $15. Seven countries, 37 manufacturers represented, plus family fun and prizes via the Passport Program to onsite autocross racing, club gatherings, cruises to historic scenic locations and kids activities area. More information: www.carsatcarlisle.com/ce/events/import.
May 18: Topton Community Street Fair Cruise Day. The cruise day starts at 9 a.m. at the Little League tee-ball field in Topton, just off Home Avenue. There is no entry or registration fee. The rolling cruise begins at 1 p.m. Call Dennis Seibert at 610-682-7718 or Donald Batz at 610-682-6291 for more information.
May 19: AMA Round Robin Poker Run. Presented by Reading, Pagoda, Thunderbirds and Garden Spot motorcycle clubs. Start at any of the clubs: RMC, 208 Jefferson St., Oley; PMC, 441 Red Lane Road. Birdsboro; GSMC, Route 272, Reamstown, Lancaster County, or TMC, Route 23 and Kinderhook Road, Columbia, Lancaster County. Registration from 9 a.m. to noon, back by 4 p.m. More information at RMC, 610-987-6422.
May 19: Armed Forces Run. Starts at the Schuylkill County Motorcycle Club, Schuylkill Mountain Road, South Manheim Township, Schuylkill County. Run starts at 9 a.m. Kitchen opens at 8 a.m. Donation of $7. More information: www.schuylkillcountymotorcycleclub.com.
May 30-June 1: Antique Automobile Club of America Eastern Division Spring Meet. Hosted by AACA Gettysburg Division at Carlisle Fairgrounds. Registration starts at 8 a.m. Thursday and Friday, 7 a.m. Saturday. Youth activities on Saturday. Car corral, flea market, contests, tours, member banquets, food available. More information: www.aaca.org/images/meet_brochures/2013_Carlisle.pdf.
June 1: Berks County Mustang Club Car Show. Haldeman Ford, 15465 Kutztown Road, Kutztown, 10a.m. to 2 p.m., registration $10. Food, music, benefits American Red Cross. More information: 610-914-3426, firstname.lastname@example.com.
June 2: Ride for Wise. Motorcycle ride in memory of Michael H. Wise II, a Reading police officer killed in the line of duty in 2004. Starts at noon at Reading Area Community College and ends in Cleona, Lebanon County. Driver registration $35, passengers $25 each. After party at Ozgood's Neighborhood Grill & Bar, Route 422, Robesonia, free for riders and $10 for non-riders. Proceeds benefit the Michael H. Wise II Memorial Foundation. More information: www.wisememorial.com.
June 7-9: Carlisle Ford Nationals. Carlisle Fairgrounds, gates open Thursday to Saturday, 7a.m. to 7 p.m.; Sunday, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission: Thursday to Saturday, $10 each day; Sunday, $5, event pass $25, children 12 and under free. Gate-N-Go deadline May 6. Historical, concept and custom displays, test drives, a burnout competition, activities for the kids, industry guests, giveaways, NHRA drag racing, autocross for all skill levels and club gatherings. More information: www.carsatcarlisle.com/ce/events/ford-nationals.
June 9: Reading Fairgrounds Historical Society Third Annual Antique, Race Car, Street Rod & Custom Car Show. Lyons Community Park, 15 Park Ave., 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. $5 pre-entered, $10 day of show. Food, music, Chinese auction, raffles, door prizes, flea market, 50/50 drawing, dash plaque to first 50 entries. More information: www.readingfairgroundsracing.com.
June 9: Shartlesville Cruise-In. Shartlesville Community Park, Fourth St., Shartlesville, 2 p.m. to dusk. Admission $5; children under 16 free. Hot rod, custom, muscle cars welcome. Trophies awarded to the top three fans' choices. Raffle prizes, 50/50 drawings, door prizes, oldies music, great food including Smokey Bear Bar-b-cue,. Proceeds benefit the Shartlesville Youth Baseball Association. More information: www.shartlesvillecruisein.com.
June 9: VW June Bug Classic XXVI. Maple Grove Raceway. Racing (VW Heritage Points Series), car show, vendor and flea market. General admission, $15. Teens, ages 13-15, $10. Children, ages 12 and under, free. Car show registration, $25. Race entry fee $25 to $35 depending on class. Gates open 8 a.m., car show trophy presentation 4 p.m. For more information, visit www.maplegroveraceway.com or call 610-856-9200.
June 10: Schuylkill County Motorcycle Club Observation Run. Starts at the Schuylkill County Motorcycle Club, Schuylkill Mountain Road, South Manheim Township, Schuylkill County. Run starts at 9 a.m. Kitchen opens at 8 a.m. More information: www.schuylkillcountymotorcycleclub.com.
June 15, 2013: Fleetwood Rotary Show of Wheels. Fleetwood Community Park, 333 W. Main St., Fleetwood. Registration is 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. with judging at noon and awards at 3 p.m. Pre-registration $10 before June 11, $15 at gate. Free for spectators. There will be cars, trucks, motorcycles, activities, and entertainment, including music by Sound Factory. More information: www.fleetwoodparotary.org.
June 16: Pontiacs at the Grove. Maple Grove Raceway, 30 Stauffer Park Lane, Brecknock Township. Opens at 8 a.m. Admission is $15 crew and spectator. Racing and car show. More information: visit www.maplegroveraceway.com or call 610-856-9200.
June 16: Pretzel City Rod and Custom Car Show, Father's Day Run. Oley Fairgrounds, 477 Main St., Oley Township. Proceeds benefit local charities. Registration 8 a.m. to noon. Open to street rods, customs, classics and special interest cars - all show cars. Chinese auction, games, flea market and more. More information: 610-777-1179 or 610-223-5350.
June 21-23: Carlisle GM Nationals. Carlisle Fairgrounds, Friday to Saturday 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Gate-N-Go deadline May 20. Friday to Saturday $10, Sunday $5, event pass $15, children under 12 free. Classics, original muscle cars, modifieds and more, plus autocross action, NHRA drag racing, industry guests, kids activities. More information: www.carsatcarlisle.com/ce/events/gm-nationals.
June 22-23: Mega MOPAR Action at The Grove. Maple Grove Raceway. Opens at 8 a.m. Admission $35 for two-day crew or spectator pass, $20 for one-day pass. Car show participant entry $25 one-day, or $40 two-day. Racing, car show, car corral, manufacturers' midway and more. More information: visit www.maplegroveraceway.com or call 610-856-9200.
June 29: Reading Motorcycle Club Carnival Run. Starts at RMC, 208 Jefferson St., Oley. Sign-up from 1 to 3 p.m., $7. More information: More information: 610-987-6422.
June 30: Vettes Cruisin' for Pets Show. Alvernia University, 400 St. Bernardine St., 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., $18 pregistered, $20 day of show. Food and beverages, dash plaques, trophies, raffle prizes, pets on display from the Animal Rescue League. Benefits ARL. More information: www.skylinedrivecorvettes.org/Events.aspx.
July 4: Hawk Mountain Regional Group of the Early Ford V-8 Club of America annual car show and flea market, Fleetwood Community Park from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. All makes and models are invited to attend. Preregistration is $8 before June 8 and $10 the day of the show. Registration the day of the show is 9 a.m. to noon. Flea market space preregistration is $10 and $15 the day of the show. There will be music, refreshments and door prizes. A portion of the proceeds will benefit Keystone Wounded Warriors. No alcohol is permitted in the park and cooking fires are only permitted in park grills. For information, contact William Snyder, 717-336-2735
July 12-14: Carlisle Chrysler Nationals. Carlisle Fairgrounds, gates open 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday to Saturday; 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday Gate-N-Go deadline June 10. Friday to Sat $10, Sunday $5, children 12 and under free. All eras, classics, muscle cars, high performance and more, with kids activities, industry guests, special prizes and NHRA drag racing. More information: www.carsatcarlisle.com/ce/events/chrysler-nationals.
July 13: Fifth Annual Car Show. Benefits Schuylkill Valley Girls Softball Association. Bern Church Grove, 3196 Bernville Road, Leesport, 8:30 a.m. to noon, judging from noon to 3 p.m., music by Flaming Dick & the Hot Rods 12:30 to 3 p.m., rain date July 14. $10 preregistered, $12 day of show. Also: Chinese auction, door prizes, food, dash plaques and prizes for all registered cars . More information: call 610-823-1332 or 610-926-255, or visit www.svgsa.net.
July 13: 34th Annual In-Vette-Tational Corvette Show. Bob Fisher Chevrolet, 4111 Pottsville Pike, Muhlenberg Township, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Preregistration $20, $25 day of show. Trophies, awards, music and food. Reading Fairgrounds Racing Historical Society artifacts, race car/drivers. More information: www.skylinedrivecorvettes.
July 13: Reading Motorcycle Club Photographic Scavenger Hunt. Start at RMC, sign-in from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.. Bring digital camera. More information: 610-987-6422.
July 13: Children's Miracle Network Bike Night. Boyertown Community Park, South Madison Street in Boyertown, 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. Rain date, July 14. Bike show registration 4 to 6 p.m., judging 6:30 p.m. Registration $15 before June 30, $20 after. Trophies awarded in 15 different categories. No alcohol permitted. Free admission for spectators. $2 parking fee benefits the local fire company. More information: visit www.pagospelriders.com or call 215-234-8611.
July 13: Deutsche Classic. Oley Fairgrounds, 26 Jefferson St., Oley, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Features vintage, classic and late model Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche and Volkswagen as well as the unique German orphan, micro and mini-cars. Plus swap meet, judged car show, barbecue chicken dinner, tire toss contest, DJ, ladies in jeans contest, new car displays. $17 admission includes food coupons redeemable at show. More information: www.DeutscheClassic.com.
July 13 and 14: Wings and Wheels at the Golden Age Air Museum, Bethel. Show combines vintage aircraft with antique and classic cars. While emphasis is on vintage aircraft it can attract a small, eclectic range of cars. Entertainment usually in the form of a WWI/WWII music, a swing band and/or a brass quintet. Biplane rides, mini-flea market and food available. More information see www.goldenageair.org.
July 14: Dice Poker Run. Starts at the Schuylkill County Motorcycle Club at 9 a.m. Kitchen opens at 8 a.m. Donation $8. More information: www.schuylkillcountymotorcycleclub.com.
July 17-20: National Chrysler Products Meet. Bird-In-Hand Family Inn, 2740 Old Philadelphia Pike, Bird-in-Hand, Lancaster County. Member activities 3 p.m. Wednesday to 9 p.m. Saturday, $5 covers annual membership through end of year. Car show Saturday open to non-members, 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. across from the Bird-in-Hand Family Inn. Registration for show 8:30 to 10 a.m. No cost to spectators. More information: 215-917-5915, or email email@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com.
July 19-21: Carlisle Bike Fest. Carlisle Fairgrounds, gates open 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday; 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday; 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday; One-day admission $8, event pass $15, children 12 and under free. Free onsite bike parking, Tens of thousands of bikes, trikes and open-air enthusiasts, Rat-Rod revival, non-stop entertainment, local rides, industry guests, custom builders, stunt shows, test rides, special prizes, live bands all weekend. More information: www.carsatcarlisle.com/ce/events/bikefest.
July 20: St. John's Lutheran Church Fourth Annual Car Show. Church grounds, 1035 Old River Road, Robeson Township, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. All makes, models and years of cars, trucks and motorcycles. Pre-registration is $8, $10 the day of the show. Dash plaques to the first 200 entrants and trophies will be awarded. There will be food, a DJ, Chinese auction, baked goods, a raffle and flea market ($10 a space, no food vendors). More information: stjohnsgibraltar.com or call Gene at 484-772-6388 or Dan at 717-577-0863.
July 20-21: Super Chevy Show. Maple Grove Raceway, opens at 8 a.m. Admission $35 for full event or $23 Saturday or $25 Sunday. Car show participant entry $45; non-judged entries $23 one-day or $35 two-day. Racing, car show, swap meet, car corral, manufacturers' midway and more. More information: visit www.maplegroveraceway.com or call 610-856-9200.
July 21: Berks County Mustang Club Car Show. Evergreen Club, 415 Hartz Road, Fleetwood. Grounds open at 8 a.m., kitchen at 9 a.m., bar at 10 a.m. Car show from 10 a.m. to 2 a.m. Registration $10. Benefits American Cancer Society. More information: call 610-914-3426, email email@example.com or visit www.evergreenclub.org.
July 21: Lot Party at Classic Harley Davidson, 983 James Drive, Bern Township, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be food, vendors and a performance by Echoes Talk Back. Proceeds benefit Opportunity House.
July 23: Boyertown Sixth Annual Cruise Night. Reading and East Philadelphia avenues, Boyertown, 4 to 9 p.m. Registration starts at 3 p.m. Rain date, July 27. Free to spectators. $10 pre-registration fee, $15 day of event. Sponsored by Building a Better Boyertown. More information: boyertownpa.org.
July 25-27: Reading Motorcycle Club 99th Anniversary Bash. At RMC, starts 6 p.m. July 25 and ends 2 a.m. July 28, $40. Bands, drags, burnout pit, field meet, vendors, bike show, food, camping, beauty contest and more. Must be 21. More information: 610-987-6422.
Aug. 2-4: Carlisle Truck Nationals. Carlisle Fairgrounds, gates open 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday to Sat, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Gate-N-Go deadline July 1, judging on Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday to Sat $10, Sunday $5, children 12 and under free. Lowered mini trucks, lifted 4x4s, chromed out big rigs, SUV's, custom vans and perfectly restored classics, monster truck rides, burnout and beauty contests, kids activities, prizes, celebrity guests. More information: www.carsatcarlisle.com/ce/events/truck-nationals.
Aug. 3-5: Das Awkscht Fescht 49th Annual Antique and Classic Car Show. Macungie Memorial Park, Route 100 and Poplar Street, Macungie, Lehigh County. Gates open at 6 a.m. for walk-in guests, show cars after 7:30 a.m. Adults $7, children 15 and under $2. Discount for next-day pass available. Activities include flea market, arts and crafts vendors, entertainment. Entertainment until 10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 6 p.m. Sunday. Fireworks on Saturday at 9:30 p.m. More information: call 610-967-2317, or 610-262-9718 for car registration, email email@example.com or visit www.awkscht.com.
Aug. 3. Geezers at the Grove Reunion. Maple Grove Raceway. Opens at 8 a.m., admission $25. Racing, including the Boninfante Friction Cavalcade of Funny Cars, and vintage bracket classes. More information: visit www.maplegroveraceway.com or call 610-856-9200.
Aug. 3 Gear Grinders Hot Rod Association 17th Annual Car Show. South Cass Fire Co., State Route 901, Primrose, Schuylkill County. Car pre-registration is $8 by July 19 or $10 day of show. All proceeds benefit the Gear Grinders Achievement Awards for Schuylkill Technology Center automotive students. Registration is 8 to 11 a.m. and awards ceremony is at 3 p.m. There will be dash plaques and goodie bags to first 150 registrants. 20 classes to enter. Best of Show, first, second and third place trophies for each class. There will be food available, a Chinese auction and 50-50 raffle with entertainment by To Shea Sound. More information: call Tony Brophy at 570-874-0286.
Aug. 9-11: Bloomsburg Nationals. Exit 232, I-80, Bloomsburg. Gates open 8 a.m. $10, event pass $20, children 12 and under free. Gate-N-Go deadline July 8. Cars, trucks and motorcycles of varying eras, make, model and style, with awards live music, food, games and so much more. More information: www.carsatcarlisle.com/ce/events/bloomsburg-nationals.
August 10: Reading Motorcycle Club Benefit Bike & Rod Cruise In & Drag Race. At RMC, cruise in starts 9 a.m., drag races at 6 p.m., $7. Rain date: August 11, 9 a.m. cruise in and 1 p.m. drags. More information: 610-987-6422.
Aug. 11: Officer Scott Wertz Memorial Ride. The event begins at noon at Classic Harley Davidson in Bern Township. The ride is held in memory of Scott Wertz, Reading police officer killed in the line of duty in 2006. Registration fee is $35 for rider, $25 for passenger, and $15 for non-ride participants and includes T-shirt (while supplies last), ride, lunch at a place to be determined and non-alcoholic beverage. Proceeds benefit the Officer Scott A. Wertz Memorial Scholarship Fund. More information: call 610-587-5069 or visit www.officerscottwertzmemorialride.com .
Aug. 17-18: Fun Ford Weekend. Maple Grove Raceway. Opens at 8 a.m., admission $30 full event or $20 one-day. Car show participant entry $45 two-day or $25 one-day. Racing, car show, swap meet, manufacturers' midway and more. More information: visit www.maplegroveraceway.com or call 610-856-9200.
August 18: Carnival Run through Lake Wynonah. Starts at the Schuylkill County Motorcycle Club. Run starts at 9 a.m. Kitchen open at 8 a.m. Donation $8. More information: www.schuylkillcountymotorcycleclub.com.
Aug. 21: Reading Motorcycle Club Yahtzee Run. From RMC, sign-up 1 to 3 p.m., donation $7. More information: 610-987-6422.
Aug. 23-25: Corvettes at Carlisle. Carlisle Fairgrounds, gates open Friday to Saturday 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Gate-N-Go deadline July 22. $15 except Sunday, $7, event pass $35, children 12 and under free. More than 5,000 Vettes representing all generations, plus autocross, burnouts and the parade through historic downtown Carlisle. www.carsatcarlisle.com/ce/events/corvettes.
Aug. 23-25: Wheels of Time Annual Rod & Custom Jamboree. Macungie Memorial Park, Route 100 and Poplar Street, Macungie, Lehigh County, 7 a.m. until dusk, entertainment until 10:30 p.m. Friday and 11 p.m. Saturday. $8 for adults, $2 discount with can of food for Allentown Rescue Mission, children 16 and under free with adult admission. Charity auction, flea market, arts and crafts, poker run, women's world, raffles, and more. Car registration $45 in advance, $50 day of show. More information: www.wheelsoftime.org.
Aug. 25: Reading Motorcycle Club POW/MIA Ride for Freedom. Starts at Valley Forge Flag Parking Lot, Routes 422 and 419, Womelsdorf. Ride ends at Reading City Park. More information: 610-987-6422.
Sept. 6-8: Carlisle Sports & Outdoor Nationals. Carlisle Fairgrounds, Friday noon to 6 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. $10, children 12 and under free. ATVs, RVs, campers, trucks, boats, safety courses, seminars, off-road course. More information: www.carsatcarlisle.com/ce/events/sportsoutdoor.
Sept. 7: Yuasa 5th Annual MotorcycleFest. Will be held at Classic Harley Davidson, Route 183 in Bern Township from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. There will be motorcycle displays and demonstrations, cruise-ins for bike and cars, food, live music, a silent auction and raffle. More information: yuasabattery.com.
Sept. 15: Benefit Run for Crippled Children Society and AMA Hall of Fame. Starts at the Schuylkill County Motorcycle Club. Run starts at 9 a.m. Kitchen opens at 8 a.m. Donation $8. More information: www.schuylkillcountymotorcycleclub.com.
Sept. 22 - Keystone Pontiac Chapter's Annual Fall Meet at A.W. Golden's Fast Track Car Care Center, 2526 Centre Ave. This will be the 39th annual event this year still sponsored by Albert Golden and the A.W. Golden Auto Group. The show is limited to Pontiac, Oakland cars and GMC trucks. This is a judged event with trophies awarded to the best in each class. Music and food available with a modest flea market. Albert Golden's personal collection of Pontiacs usually play a prominent role and are well worth seeing. For more information call Frank Kemp at 610-367-6664 or see www.pontiacfallmeet.com.
Sept. 29: Women's Club of Birdsboro Car Show. Daniel Boone High School, 501 Chesnut St., Birdsboro, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Pre-registration by Sept. 21 is $10 or register the day of the show for $12. No charge for spectators. There will be food, a DJ, drawings and a Chinese auction. Contact Sherri Riegel, president of the club, for information: 484-529-5090.
Oct. 2-6: Fall Carlisle Collector Car Swap Meet & Corral. Wed. to Sat 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. $10 except Sunday, $5; event pass $30; children 12 and under free. One of the largest automotive swap meets in the world, with 8,100 vending spaces, 2,000 vehicles. More information: www.carsatcarlisle.com/ce/events/fall-carlisle.
Oct. 6: Fall Colors Run. From Schuylkill County Motorcycle Club. Run starts at 9 a.m. Kitchen open at 8 a.m. Donation of $8. More information: www.schuylkillcountymotorcycleclub.com.
Oct. 9-12: Antique Automobile Club of America Eastern Regional Fall Meet. Hersheypark and the Giant Center in Dauphin County, 550 West Hersheypark Drive, Hershey. There will be more than 9,000 flea market spaces, 1,000 corral spaces and approximately 1,500 show cars. Car corral and flea market open each day at 7 a.m. More information: www.hersheyaaca.org.
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There really isn't a good quality images to make any proper comparisons.
Only thing that stood out was the huge fusion fire that blinded the player, but otherwise it looks good.-------
Couple of nice blog posts about OpenGL.
The Truth on OpenGL Driver Quality
Things that drive me nuts about OpenGL
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Forza 5 will be a great game for sure, but Forza 6 will be worlds better and truely next gen (this isnt).
Forza 6 vs GT7PSN = GgT-Wolves-FC
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Dan Carter vs. Matt Giteau: Could King Carter Lose His Throne?August 2, 2008
My most popular article, by quite a margin, was my piece on Dan Carter. It's great that I created debate on the subject and loved reading the comments posted about what I said in the article.
One constant, in term's of fly-half's specifically, is that there have been several people comparing Matt Giteau, the golden boy of Australian rugby, with Dan Carter. This is a comparison worth looking into, and without beating around the bush, I personally find Giteau to be overrated.
This, I realise, is a big statement, and I'm not saying it because I'm English and therefore, in rugby terms, I should be hung just for mentioning a Wallaby, Giteau, along with Lote Tuqiri, and at least up until recent form has changed my mind, Stirling Mortlock.
I will, however, be concentrating on Giteau in this article. The comparison is admirable and worth looking into, but I look at Giteau play, and his versatility has almost become a weakness. He plays with the mindset that he can stand at 9, 10, 12 or 13, all at the same time.
The All-Blacks put him under some immense pressure today, and he found it very hard to handle. He also has a habit that all centres and wings despise in a fly-half, and that running sideways and cutting off their line.
His tactical decisions limited, and he gets away with a lot of things he shouldn't, like when he scored against Chabal in the first test against France. Any player even half-a-step faster than Chabal could have cut his run off before it even got started, but because he got away with it, he was the golden boy.
I would never say he is a bad player, I just think that he is overrated as the total package, especially when compared to Carter. Dan Carter times his run's better, runs straighter, fixes more defenders, kicks better, passes better, and I honestly can't think of anything Giteau does that would damage Carter in any way.
His kicking is developing; unfortunately he still throws wayward cross-kicks out at the wrong time. The Australian backline looks more dangerous when Barnes has the ball at 12. Giteau never seems totally at ease with the ball, as he tries to do everything himself, or from his pass so, backline moves are often limited to short switches or sending it back into the forwards.
I know full well I will now get lots of angry comments telling me how good Giteau is, and by the 2011 World Cup, he might be a great player, but as of the present time, he just isn't all he is cracked up to be.


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Eight members of the Camp Lejeune Montford Point Marine Association, including one original Montford Point Marine, will take part this weekend�s christening of the USNS Montford Point � the first of three mobile landing platforms released by the Department of the Navy.
Eight members of the Camp Lejeune Montford Point Marine Association, including one original Montford Point Marine, will take part this weekend�s christening of the USNS Montford Point � the first of three mobile landing platforms released by the Department of the Navy.
�It being the best feeling is the only way I can describe this event,� said Montford Point Marine Norman Preston, 90, of Wallace. �It�s going to be something my grandkids can see and be proud of. For such a small organization to get recognized with the Congressional Gold Medal � and now � this is truly amazing.�
The ship�s sponsor, Jackie Bolden will ceremoniously break a bottle of champagne over the hull of the vessel at 10 a.m. today, March 2, in San Diego to commemorate the 20,000 black Marines who were trained at the segregated Montford Point from 1942 until 1949. The ship, which will not be operational until 2015 will provide capability for large-scale logistics movements such as the transfer of vehicles and equipment from sea to shore, significantly reducing the dependency on foreign ports.
�It�s amazing to be able to attend,� Preston said. �I can�t wait to see the ship. The whole thing isn�t going to hit me until I�m standing with the ship. I cannot wait. It�s going to help people realize the struggles we went through and what this organization means to us.�
Speakers at the event will include the Secretary of the Navy, Hon. Ray Mabus; the Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. James F. Amos; the president of General Dynamics; and numerous members of Congress.
According to a Jan. 4 statement made by Mabus, he chose the name Montford Point �as a way to recognize these American pioneers and heroes both collectively and individually.�
�The courage shown by these Marines helped forge the Corps into the most formidable expeditionary force in the world,� the statement said.
The second MLP will honor Col. John Glenn, a decorated Marine pilot, astronaut, Congressional Space Medal of Honor recipient and U.S. Senator. The final MLP will honor Gen. Lewis �Chesty� Puller, the most decorated Marine in history. The MLP in its most basic form supports a vehicle staging area, side port ramp, large mooring fenders and up to three landing craft lanes.
Preston hopes that this ship will serve as an inspiration to future Marines.
�Look beyond color,� Preston said. �Strictly be a Marine. Regardless of race, creed or color we are all Marines. Telling our story to the younger generation shows them that you can accomplish your dreams mostly because it wasn�t always that way.�
Preston, who served from 1944 until 1946, was stationed at Pearl Harbor after completing his training at Montford Point and said that living and social conditions were not ideal for the Marines training aboard the base.
�They had to make a segregated area to train us,� Preston said. �In order to endure what we went through we had to establish a reputation for working hard. We earned what we were entitled to. We were determined to be successful.�
Preston now serves on the advisory board for the City of Wallace and attends all city council meetings.
Preston said that all of the Montford Point Marines� efforts were worth it.
�We changed the image of the Marine Corps,� Preston said. �It�s incredible that an African American can now do anything because of the path we paved.�
Thomas Brennan is the military reporter for The Daily News. Contact him at 910-219-8453 or email@example.com.
Watch the christening ceremony live via the U.S. Navy's Livestream channel at livestream.com/usnavy.


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Sightseeing with your family will never be the same! Save the world, defeat the Erasers and learn about history by playing the first interactive video ...
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Sightseeing with your family will never be the same! Save the world, defeat the Erasers and learn about history by playing the first interactive video game to guide you through the world's most important museums, churches and historical sites. Developed in consultation with top U.S. educators, History Hero brings history to life in a way that guidebooks and audio tours cannot. Kids of all ages - and their parents - take on interactive missions from the International Committee of Extraterrestrial Threats to save the world. History Hero injects excitement into family sightseeing outings by engaging young people of all ages in an entertaining and educational battle between the History Heroes and the Erasers - evil aliens who want to destroy our history to make us weaker as a planet and more vulnerable to attack. History Hero missions are designed for three age groups - ages [4-7] (with an adult), 8-12 and teenage/adult. Players choose a hero -- like Hunter Relik and Dane Jerr -- and embark on a mission to save history, defeat the Erasers and earn points by: •Following clues to find the most important artifacts at the site; •Answering challenging questions about the artifacts; •Taking photos of the artifacts to preserve them for history; •Learning age-appropriate, interesting facts about the artifacts which are recorded on a "secure hard drive†for preservation; •Unlocking awesome celebrations by the History Heroes; and •Winning the coveted History Hero Medal of Honor. History Hero missions are available at the following sites in New York: - American Museum of Natural History - Metropolitan Museum of Art - Museum of Modern Art - Central Park Patent Pending
Version: 1.0
Size: 39.94 MB
Price: 0,00 €
Day of release: 0000-00-0


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