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I own a 2005 Subaru Outback 2.5. Currently done 50,000 miles and going strong.
1. Not a common car. You hardly ever see an Outback (unlike driving a Mondeo estate!)
2. The engine sounds great
3. Very roomy and flexible for transporting items
4. The AWD system is great. It performed extremely well in the recent snow.
5. For 2.5 petrl engine the economy is not that bad (26-30MPG). I have had mine converted to LPG so it relatively cheap to run.
6. Reliabiliy is great. Never had any issues part from wear and tear.
2. Expensive to repair. The parts are extremely high quality, however there seems to be a lack on non subaru replacement parts. I recently had the 50,000 service, cambelt changed and new front discs and pads and it came to £750! I trust my garage as I have bee using it fior years. They said it was simply due to the price of the parts. You also have more items to service compared to a 2wd car - e.g AWD transmission oil.
Summary - I would buy another one. I have test driven the diesel model and its lovely.
Subaru have started to develop a rock solid image as of late, it seems they just can't put a foot wrong, and as always they're building cars to an excellent standard. Of course the thing that everyone knows about them is that they're reliable, but with really bland and tacky interiors.
This is no longer true for the Legacy Outback. This car has a beautiful, almost german interior to it. To sit in, you have to really try hard to know that the engine is running, and you don't get any rattles or squeaks that you'd expect from a Subaru. The car is incredibly well equipped too, offering alloy wheels, a twin sunroof and air conditioning as standard. The 3.0 comes with leather as standard too, and there's the option of electronically adjustable seats, with 2 user presets. The models with "n" in the name come with navigation, so the 3.0Rn is really the top of the range and also offers subaru's SI drive, allowing you to control the throttle response from the cockpit. The 2.5 model is also worth considering, it's just a bit slower. Subaru have just started making diesel engines, which is great, though I've not tested one yet.
So once you get in the car, you're instantly wrapped in a sort of luxury previously only known to drivers of high end german cars. Insert the unusually large key and turn it on, and you're not quite sure whether it's on or not, as it's all so smooth and quiet. The 3.0 litre 6 cylinder boxer engine is the one to go for really, offering around 240bhp and oodles of torque to project you to 60 in around 8 seconds (it's quite a heavy beast). The sound of the engine in the higher revs is delightful too, it has a sort of porsche note to it.
So taking it for a spin, the engine pulls everywhere, the auto box is brilliant, it seems to know everything that you'd want it to, and it's smooth to boot. You don't get any jerky feelings when you put your foot down. Handling is superb, as you'd expect from the world rally championship winning brand. The 4 wheel drive is permanent, set on pretty much a 60% rear, 40% front power system, which can be a little understeery, but generally you won't find those limits anywhere near legally on the road, it's a bit like it's WRC cousin, the Impreza, in that way.
The ride is soft enough to absorb bumps with ease, but hard enough to provide you with ample performance for some fun. The strangest thing is that you know it's a big car, it's quite a beast when you're looking at it, but then from behind the wheel you feel as if you're driving a much smaller car.
The interior is incredibly practical, offering 4 cupholders, plenty of little cubby holes, and a massive boot, easily big enough for 2 large dogs. The materials are of good quality, though the marble look trim in the '06 model might not be to everyone's taste.
Overall then, this is a great car. And being a Subaru you know that it'll last for miles and miles. You can pick up a good example for just over £10,000 now, and near new options for about £18,000. New they are about £23-£30k, depending on options.
One thing to bear in mind, however, is that the range topping 3.0 car slots into the G rating tax band, so cars made after March 2006 will cost you £400 in tax for a year! Go for an earlier model, or a 2.5 (which is still good, just not quite as fast), and you'll be looking at a more sensible £225.


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Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis (born 19 February 1962 in Ventspils) is a Latvian politician. He is a member of the centre-right Unity party.
Kristovskis served in several previous Latvian governments as the Minister for the Interior from August 3, 1993 to October 28, 1994, when he resigned), and the Minister of the Defense from November 26, 1998 to March 9, 2004. He was elected to the Saeima in four subsequent elections since 1993,[1] being a member of Latvian Way party in 1993–1998 and a member of For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK party in 1998–2008. At the 2004 European election he was elected as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK, but lost his mandate in the 2009 elections. Subsequently he was elected to the Riga City Council where he was the leader of the opposition.
In 2008 he founded the centre right Civic Union party which became a founding member of the Unity coalition which won the largest mandate the 2010 Saeima elections. On November 3, 2010 Kristovskis became the Foreign Minister in the new Cabinet. In November, a scandal erupted in Latvia concerning the minister's correspondence with a doctor, who had expressed views perceived as Russophobic. Kristovskis survived the vote of non-confidence held on 9 November (36 deputies representing the opposition parties of the pro-Russian Harmony Center coalition and the right-wing For a Good Latvia voted for the proposal, with 51 deputies from the governing coalition voting against).[2] Between 3 November 2010 and 25 October 2011 he served as the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Latvia. Kristovskis lost his seat in the Saeima as a result of the 2011 Latvian parliamentary election.
He is a signatory of the Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism,[3] and co-sponsored the European Parliament resolution of 2 April 2009 on European conscience and totalitarianism.[4]
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- ^ "Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis; 8.Saeimas deputāts" (in Latvian). Saeima.lv. Archived from the original on 2007-06-29. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
- ^ "Mixnews.lv". Mixnews.lv. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
- ^ "Prague Declaration: Selected signatories". Institute for Information on the Crimes of Communism. Archived from the original on 2011-08-25. Retrieved 2011-05-10.
- ^ "Joint motion for a resolution: European Parliament resolution on European conscience and totalitarianism". Europa.eu. 30 March 2009. Retrieved 2011-05-10.
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Now add in a wife and two kids that want to come along for the journey. Out goes the poster car and in comes something far more useful and, dare I say it, less sexy.
It was that desire to go on road trips and explore Europe during the oppressive summer months in the Middle East that lead me to contact the only man I could ever trust; Ben Lewis. Ben is based in the UK and is the proprietor of Evil Ben's. As hoped, he stepped up to assist in creating something I'd wanted for years – an early (1968) Volkswagen Type 2 Westfalia. That early pre-intercooled 911 Turbo just wouldn't cut it with the family onboard.
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The show, which comes from writer-creators Marta Kauffman ("Friends") and Howard J. Morris ("Home Improvement"), will follow longtime rivals who form an unexpected late-life bond after their husbands announce they are in love and plan to get married.
The show's first season will consist of 13 half-hour episodes. A premiere date was not announced.
"Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin are among the funniest and most formidable actresses ever and it's an incredible privilege to give them the opportunity to run riot on Netflix," said Ted Sarandos, content chief for the streaming service, in a statement. "The show created for them by Marta and Howard is warm, very funny and anything but wholesome. We can't wait."
Tomlin and Fonda first worked together on the big-screen comedy "9 to 5." Tomlin is currently appearing on Lisa Kudrow's Showtime series, "Web Therapy," while Fonda has a recurring role on HBO's "The Newsroom."
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There will be health assemblies on the first two days of school, Sept. 9 and Sept. 10, to address precautionary measures that can help to ward off swine flu, including washing hands, not sharing drinks or utensils and not coming into school if a student is not feeling well, St. Francis Principal Brother Leonard Conway said.
"We're going to run similar messages on TV monitors throughout the building," Conway said.
He added that information about swine flu will be incorporated into health classes for the school's 2,700 students in the nation's largest Catholic high school.
St. Francis was the first school in the city to report large numbers of students with swine flu symptoms and the city Health Department said 50 students and teachers were infected with H1N1. The outbreak occurred after the students had arrived home from a trip to Mexico, where the World Health Organization said the global pandemic originated.
All of the St. Francis victims made a full recovery and after nearly 10 days of being closed for cleaning, the school reopened and students returned to classes.
As of July, more than 900 New Yorkers had been hospitalized with H1N1 and 47 had died, including two Queens residents, according to city statistics.
Should massive numbers of students come down with swine flu, which city health officials have said is a possibility with an expected second wave of H1N1, Conway said they could use the school's auditorium as a sick room. Last year numerous students feeling ill crowded the hallways outside the nurse's office.
Conway said he was concerned the Health Department had not yet released a plan for school closings in the case of another round of swine flu, although Health Department officials said they expected such a document prior to school openings.
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Brauns spent Father's Days on the field
Brauns spent Father's Days on the field
MILWAUKEE -- For the Brauns, Father's Day and baseball always seemed to go together. Joe Braun was convinced to coach his eldest son Ryan's tee-ball team when Ryan was 4 1/2 years old. Technically, Ryan was too young to take part, but league officials agreed to bend the rules if Ryan's father would volunteer his time. Joe agreed, and he continued coaching both of his sons through their youth baseball careers.
"At the time of year Father's Day came up, it was typically baseball season, and [Ryan] was usually on an all-star team," Joe said. "Father's Day was always spent somewhere on a baseball field playing a game."
Ryan is still playing the game, though these days he gets paid a lot of money to do so. The Brewers' top Draft pick in 2005 and the '07 National League Rookie of the Year signed a seven-year contract extension last month.
Joe was there when the deal was announced in Milwaukee. He called the day "fantastic" and "unbelievable."
"Really, the past few years have been those things," said Joe, who works in Los Angeles for an insurance company. "The past year especially. It's been phenomenal. For all of it to happen in such a short period of time, it's hard to put it into words.
"To me, it's still Ryan. It's my kid, even though he's an adult. He's still playing the game of baseball, even though it's on a bigger stage and there's a business side to it now. I still keep it in a really small perspective, that it's my kid playing baseball."
Ryan's baseball roots date back to that tee-ball team with his dad at the helm. Joe, who was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, and moved to the U.S. when he was 7 years old, did not have any formal baseball experience.
But he loved the game and wanted to spend as much time as possible with Ryan and his younger son, Steve.
"It was just a lot of fun," Ryan said. "I think at that age you take a lot of things for granted, but looking back on it now it was a really special experience to have him there. I'll cherish that forever."
That baseball league produced some talented players in a variety of sports. The baseball alumni include current Major League pitchers Jon Garland and Jack Cassell, the latter an Astros reliever who surrendered a homer run to Braun on June 1. Cassell's brother, Matt, also played in the league -- now he's the backup to New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. Jason and Jarron Collins, who are in the NBA, also played.
Braun recently became the second-fastest player in Major League history to hit his 50th home run (Mark McGwire hit his 50th in his 161st game, nine games quicker than Braun). But as a kid, Braun was never a home run hitter. He didn't hit his first until Memorial Day weekend when he was 13 years old, according to Joe. Braun was a gap hitter and a speed guy.
"Then he had a little bit of a growth spurt at 13, 14, and that's when the power came," Joe said. "It was almost like it happened overnight. All of a sudden scouts were watching him when he was a freshman in high school saying, 'That kid is a power hitter.'"
Credit Joe Braun, a left-handed thrower who pitched batting practice to both of his kids, for Ryan's success as a rookie against left-handers. Braun hit southpaws at a .450 clip in 2007.
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There are so many conferences going on all the time that it is easy to miss out on ones that would matter. Not only that, but it is easier to throw your hands up and just not go when it might actually be a really good thing to do.
In 2008, one of the most successful things I did for my business was to really make an effort to get out there and network. I found myself in Phoenix, Seattle, and Las Vegas for conferences last year. In addition to the ones I traveled for, I also went to a lot of meetups here in the Tampa area.
Loren Baker (of Search Engine Journal) started the Tampa Bloggers meetup on meetup.com and I went several times. He eventually handed over the reigns to Josh Carrico who has taken the group into a different direction (more like a "tweetup") which is actually quite cool and I continue to attend.
I also joined up with a private mastermind group where I meet bi-weekly with some characters like Ryan Wade, Kyle Graham, Tony Teegarden and several others. I also started a more public mastermind group on meetup.com for the Tampa Bay area. Our last meeting was last week and we had about 20 attendees.
So far on my radar for this year is:
- Rockstar Platinum, Las Vegas, March 27-29
- Mass Control Workshop, San Diego, April 24-25
- Affiliate Summit East, New York City, August 9-11
- Izeafest, Orlando, October 1-4
- BlogWorld Expo, Las Vegas, October 15-17
We'll see if anything else pops up that I think might be worth the trip.
So, what about you? Are you going to any conferences this year? Are you attending any meetups?
You might be worried about the travel costs. That is completely understandable. However, I wouldn't want to see anybody miss out on the numerous benefits of personal networking and learning that can be had from conferences because of just that. If cost is an issue, I would recommend picking at least one conference that is most relevant to you, your blog and your goals. Then, make arrangements to go to that one conference and go there with the aim to get as much out of it as you possibly can.
I can only tell you that it has been very valuable for me. And I think it would be valuable for you. And, who knows, maybe we can hang out at one of these conferences. I'd love to meet up with some of my readers. I've met many regular readers who reside here in the Tampa Bay area, but I'd love to meet the rest of you, too.
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Sporting Kansas City left back Seth Sinovic insists he'll be ready to return from injury and make the starting XI for Saturday's match at Chicago (8:30 pm ET, watch LIVE online).
SKC head coach Peter Vermes, however, isn't quite so sure.
"Working him back into training? Yeah, we'll see how that goes," Vermes told MLSsoccer.com after Monday's training session. "What happens on the weekend, I honestly have no idea."
Monday marked the first time Sinovic has trained since he broke his right hand in the second half of Sporting's 1-0 loss to the Portland Timbers on April 21. He underwent surgery during Kansas City's bye week and spent last week doing drills and fitness work, but did not take part in the team's scrimmages.
"It's always nice to be able to get back out and practice," said Sinovic, who wore a cast that covered his right hand and forearm. "Hopefully, I can get more comfortable with the cast on as the days go on. It's a really lightweight cast – can't be more than a pound or two – so I hardly notice it."
Still, Sinovic said, it's not quite business as usual.
"The only issue that I'm getting used to is when I'm checking somebody with the arm a little bit," he said. "Right now, it's kind of unnatural, but as the practice went on I got more and more comfortable."
Though the regular Sporting left back took part in Monday's scrimmage, the outing came on a short field, and Vermes is reserving judgment until he sees how Sinovic performs on a larger scale.
"It's one thing playing small-sided games," he said. "It's another thing playing 11-v-11, how he's able to do over long stretches of the field, whether his balance is there."
If Sinovic can't go, Michael Harrington is likely to get a second straight nod in replacement after going the full 90 in last weekend's 2-0 loss to Montreal.
"His possession was very good," Vermes said of Harrington. "His entry ball out of the back was really good. … He made good decisions in where he played the ball. I thought defensively he was locked in, didn't really give anything away. All of that was good stuff."


text: Copenhagen-based artist and illustrator HuskMitNavn (RememberMyName) applies his tasty character work indoors and out. Whether in a gallery or on the street, his goofy characters are usually spot on. Here's a small selection of what the guy's been up to during the past few years, but I highly recommend checking out his site which is packed with images from past projects. Would love to see a collaboration between HMN and Malark.


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Thanks, everyone! I wouldn't mess with these three!
Tex, you do come up with some great puzzles! Fun, thanks!
At least they aren't "sky clad"! Could be worse!
Cute cute cute :))))
Witch one is witch??? (Ha! thanks, TS!)
Ha! I don't want to prowl around here at night Tex, cool puzzle though!
the first
Funny thanks.x hahaha
Ha, ha, witches don't do dentists, they just tie a string to each tooth and rip it out! Jacques, and which one might that be?
i see only one real witch((((()))))
Maybe a visit to the dentist also!
We are lovely ladies, lyndee, but we do need a nose job!!!
Sorry, tex, I'm trying to keep up!!!
Especially their noses!
I've been wondering what my new jigidi friends look like. What lovely ladies!!!!!!
Now look! I buy you books and send you to school, and what do you do? These are NOT pogo sticks nor brooms. You have been burned at the stake! Why do you think I left my own pic out of there? It's every man (witch) for themselves! To quote my dear friend Chooks, Keep up!
Should have said (By the way girls,)
Hi Robbos! By the girls, did you forget those are pogo sticks attached to our brooms? That is tu helps us take off!
Looks like they are up tu no good!
Ah! What a happy get-together this mob must have had, not to mention the trouble they got up to.
I need more than a tune-up with this thing - it needs a V8 engine attached!!
Chooks, you just need a tuneup! And Gracie, you're right, it is a clever disguise!
I'm finding it hard to get off the ground today....this wretched broom just isn't like what it use to be!!!
Glad you are back eyes!
What did I tell you Tex, take a look
Great disguises! You know, smart witches know the spells for looking younger and lovelier than their real selves, so the girls are being doubly clever in pretending to be eyesores.
I love my nose Tex. no I am not mummified yet!! LOL
Well this is years after--They're staked, so she's mummified by now! Sorry you had to find out this way, Gemstone.
Judging by Graciela's avatars I don't think this does justice to her legs (of which I am quite jealous!)


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Tottenham are reportedly set to launch a summer swoop for Wolfsburg forward Max Kruse as they look to bolster their ranks.
The 28-year-old joined Wolfsburg last summer for a fee in the region of 12million Euros from Borussia Monchengladbach.
Kruse scored six times in 31 appearances during his debut campaign but it is understood that he is looking to find a new challenge overseas.
The Germany international, who has bagged 4 goals in his 14 caps, is reportedly available for 8million Euros and is said to be tempting Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino to open his cheque book.
The Spurs boss has made no secret of his desire to strengthen his attacking line in order to relieve some of the pressure from star man Harry Kane's shoulders.


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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Call it a holiday miracle — gas prices below $3 a gallon in Ohio.
Prices at the pump have edged below $3 at many stations in Ohio in the past couple days, while lots of others are hovering around that mark.
The state average has dropped 6 cents since Monday. The average Thursday was $3.08 for a gallon of regular gas in the survey from auto club AAA, the Oil Price Information Service and WEX Inc.
The Toledo average Thursday was $2.95, while Dayton stations were averaging $3.00 and Columbus stations $3.03. The highest average price was $3.18 in the Youngstown area.
The national average Thursday was $3.25.
"The Midwest has had the cheapest gas prices nationwide," Ohio AAA spokeswoman Kimberly Schwind said. "It's a combination of weak demand, healthy production and ample inventory."
Ohio prices are tied to wholesale prices in Chicago that have been the lowest in the country, Schwind said. Crude oil rates are down and Midwest refineries have been healthy, leading to higher production.
But pump prices depend on so many different factors that it's hard to tell how long the sub-$3 trend will last, Schwind said. And prices are probably not going to go much lower.
"It looks like we might have hit the bottom, and we could start to see the prices go up a little," she said.
The last time the Ohio average dipped below $3 a gallon was in December 2010.


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USDA Non-Streamlined Refinancing
What is 'USDA Non-Streamlined Refinancing'
A mortgage refinancing option offered by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). USDA non-streamlined refinancing is available to homeowners who purchased their home using a Section 502 Direct or Guaranteed loan. These are loans made available to low-income individuals and households in rural areas. The refinancing option is available in all U.S. states and territories.
BREAKING DOWN 'USDA Non-Streamlined Refinancing'
Unlike loans made under the USDA streamlined refinancing program, non-streamlined refinancing mortgages require that the property be appraised. In addition to the principal balance, a non-streamlined refinancing loan can include guarantee fees, accrued interest, lender fees and closing costs if the appraised value of the home is greater than the principal loan amount. However, unpaid fees cannot be included.
USDA non-streamlined refinancing is for a fixed-rate loan with a 30-year term. The interest rate must be lower than the interest rate of the loan being refinanced. A credit report is required. Homeowners do not qualify if they are refinancing a loan offered by the FHA, VA, Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.


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Film Noir Animated Comedy Short - SPOTTER
Today's animated short film comes from Gobelins school of animation. It's called Spotted, and it's a great film noir style comedy piece that centers on a fugitive who is "intercepted by two customs officers as he tries to escape his fate. During a violent interrogation, Big Mike and his sidekick attempt to dismantle his secret network and to put an end to his dreams of liberty…" Gobelins always tends to put out really fun animated shorts, and I think you'll enjoy this one.
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BURLINGTON – 15-year-old Dylan Freeman is slowly making progress after being hit by a car in late May while he was riding his bicycle on U.S. 61 in Gibsonville. He was thrown nearly 100 feet and wasn't wearing a helmet. He didn't break any bones, but suffered severe head trauma. Now, Dylan's having to relearn the basics with the help of the woman who taught him the first time.
"When I went back in to see Dylan, my mom went in with me and he was hooked to a ventilator because he wasn't breathing on his own," Dylan's mom, Christy Freeman, said. "Scariest thing ever in my life to see my child laying like that and me not being able to fix it or do anything to make it better."
Life has been far from normal for the single mother of two. She had to take a leave of absence from work in order to be in Charlotte with Dylan at the Levine Children's Hospital. She also makes the nearly two-hour road trip back to Burlington when she can to see her other son.
"Eight weeks ago tomorrow, I promised my son that I wouldn't quit. And I'm not going to because if I quit, he quits," she said. "I don't know how I do it sometimes, but my strength, it comes from the Lord."
Christy said Dylan has come a long way in the past three weeks since he's been at the hospital in Charlotte. He is now able to sit up on his own and lift his head. Dylan does different types of therapy for about four and a half hours a day. He's teaching his muscles how to stand up, sit down and for the first time since the accident, give his mom a hug.
"I've definitely learned patience. The Lord is teaching me that every day. Dylan is nowhere near where I wish he was at, but he progresses and gets better every day," Christy said.
It is unclear when Dylan will be able to leave the hospital because of the head injury, but his dream is to one day become a firefighter. Christy said she prays her son will be able to live a normal life.
"He's just a really good kid. I want him to be able to go back to school, graduate with his class. All of those things are important," Christy said. "I don't want this to limit anything for his future."
If you would like to follow Dylan's recovery, you can visit the Facebook page, Prayers for Dylan Freeman, by clicking here.


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Executives seek help to improve Europe's chip industry competitiveness
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MUNICH, Germany Europe needs to master innovation and shape its own semiconductor future to restore competitiveness according to a report from the European Semiconductor Industry Association (ESIA).
The warning comes in the industry's second Competitiveness Report that was presented this week to European Commission Vice-President Günter Verheugen.
"Europe needs to take note of the dramatic semiconductor industry changes and act now to safeguard a strong future presence. The ESIA calls for an effective, EU-driven nanoelectronics innovation policy, said Frans van Houten, the President of ESIA and President and CEO of NXP Semiconductors.
At the meeting with Commission officials presenting the report were the CEOs and European general managers of Freescale Semiconductor, CEA-LETI, Micron Italy and STMicroelectronics.
Following the meeting, van Houten said : "We had an open and frank discussion with a highly engaged Commission Vice-President, and look forward to advancing the common issue of enhancing the competitiveness of Europe's semiconductor industry, possibly through creation of a European sectoral policy for semiconductors."
Earlier this month, van Houten told a meeting of senior executives organized by the British government: "European industry could be under threat. In Asia manufacturing is a 24 hour a day operation - and design is moving that way," van Houten told his audience. "As Europe moves from production to R&D there is more focus on niche products, on specifications and IP [intellectual property]."
van Houten also called on Europeans not be risk averse. "European leadership in new applications gives us more chances. For many of these things we need to collaborate on R&D, with universities, with suppliers, with customers and with government agencies. Legislate for a tough environment, for example in the area of energy consumption."
Also earlier this year, Joseph Borel, former vice president of central R&D at STMicroelectronics NV and now boss of his own consultancy JBR&D, called for political intervention that could help create a European champion for chip R&D and manufacturing.
The executives at the Brussels meeting Monday (Nov.10) strongly recommended a broad consensus to establish micro-nanoelectronics as the overriding priority for EU-wide R&D efforts. They also called for increased funding levels by both the EU and Member States to keep pace with the increasing R&D requirements and global competitor regions.
Efficient and effective R&D tax credit incentives based on best practices are one of the tools to be applied, the report suggets.


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Canadian Journal of Chemistry, vol. 88, issue 11 (2010) pp. 1063-1070
Three-component organic thermochromic materials, consisting of a leuco dye, a weak acid acting as the colour developer, and a low-melting organic solvent, can change their colour in response to temperature changes. Although widely used in applications, their detailed thermochromic mechanism is not fully understood. The present study delineates the role of subtle changes in the solvent's molecular structure and concentration in the crystal violet lactone (CVL, dye)/lauryl gallate (LG, developer)/1-alcohol (dodecanol (DD), tetradecanol (TD), hexadecanol (HD), or octadecanol (OD); solvent) system. Through inkjet printing of the components directly onto a substrate, combinatorial approaches reveal differences when the alkyl chain length of the alcohol solvent is changed slightly. During the process of heating to the melt, followed by cooling to room temperature, CVL/LG/DD showed no colour change. On the other hand, CVL/LG/TD exhibited reversible thermochromism with colour forming in the molten state and colour loss in the solid state. In the composition range investigated, the CVL/LG/HD system showed no colour change during heating, but on cooling from the molten state, at first a blue colour appeared just below the freezing point, and this was followed by a slow colour fading on further cooling. A significant new finding is that the orientationally disordered α-phase of the solvent is required to support the dye–developer complex that provides colour. Furthermore, there is an optimal solvent chain length for thermochromism: if too short, there is no disordered phase and no colour; if too long, the formation of the coloured developer–dye complex is prevented in the melt.
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Vancil Performing Arts Center to be to be featured
Fri, 23 Aug 2013 13:35:00 GMT —
A Quincy performing arts studio is going to be featured on a local television outlet.
PBS Quincy will be featuring Vancil Performing Arts Center.
Owner Cindy Vancil has been teaching performing arts since 1979.
PBS will be show-casing how Vancil uses dance to allow her students learn about performing arts.
The program is funded in part by the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
It airs Sunday, August 25th at noon.


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The Value of Measuring Health Care Quality
The Value of Measuring Health Care Quality
Consider the following scenario:
You are contacted by the major health plan with which you contract and are told that your average length of inpatient stay is longer than their standard. You believe this is because your patients are more severely ill than average. How do you respond?
It's a fact: Physicians' practices are, and will continue to be, evaluated. It is therefore important to: 1) understand what is meant by quality, why and how it is measured and the problems with measuring it; 2) review current health care quality measurement activities; and 3) appreciate why physicians should become involved with quality endeavors.
Quality measurement is a reality. Why should health care providers become involved? Because quality data can be useful for physicians. Quality data may permit health care providers to understand how errors creep into clinical practice, and allow detailed review of all steps involved in providing care. Physicians are in an excellent position to make a case for improving quality.
If physicians cannot understand, much less lead, the debate about quality in health care, the public may lose confidence in physicians' abilities to serve and protect their patients in the face of health care system changes. By showing leadership, physicians can improve outcomes for patients and retain a measure of autonomy over the practice of medicine.
Marketplace Changes
Until recently, physicians could be confident that they alone had the social mandate to judge and manage quality of care. Changes in the medical marketplace have probably had the most significant influence on the increasing prominence of health care quality measurement. As cost containment pressures have increased, quality of care issues have emerged. The field of outcomes research has grown in response to concerns about cost containment and health care quality, and in response to the belief that variation in medical practice may be due to uncertainty about appropriate types and levels of care (Palmer, 1996; Epstein, 1995).
In addition, practice patterns and the quality of medical care vary more than had been previously realized. Clinicians' interest in obtaining objective information about their practices has increased, and patients and purchasers want to know more about the quality of care available (Wennberg and Gittelsohn, 1982; Brook et al., 1996; Corrigan, 1995).
Quality: Definitions
There are differing views on what constitutes quality. In 1980, Donabedian defined quality care as that which is expected to maximize an inclusive measure of patient welfare, after taking into account the balance of expected gains and losses that attend the process of care. According to the American Medical Association (1984), quality care is that which consistently contributes to the improvement or maintenance of quality and/or duration of life. The Institute of Medicine defines quality as the degree to which health services increase the likelihood of desired health outcomes and are consistent with current professional knowledge (Blumenthal, 1996).
Health professionals tend to define quality in terms of the technical quality of care and the quality of the interaction between the physician and the patient. Patients tend to take into account both traditional clinical end points and specific problems unique to a given disease or its treatment, including perceptions of physical, mental and social functioning, disability, and overall quality of life (Blumenthal, 1996; Ware, 1995).
Patients are more likely to define quality in terms of provider-patient interactions rather than clinical processes and outcomes of care (Kane et al., 1997). Health plans and organized health care purchasers emphasize the health of entire populations and those attributes of care that reflect the performance of organizational systems (Blumenthal, 1996).
Quality: Problems
There are many potential problems with quality measurement. First and foremost, the relationship between health care outcomes and the quality of care is not always clear. Many important outcomes occur long after care is provided, making it difficult to associate specific interventions or activities with those outcomes. It is difficult to relate receipt of specific health care services to a patient's quality of life or well-being.
Differences in severity of illness and patient preferences limit one's ability to make comparisons of clinical performance without some sort of adjustment method (Palmer, 1996; Epstein, 1995). In addition, distinguishing differences in outcomes requires large samples, which may not be available for a single provider (Ware, 1995; Palmer, 1996).
Quality: Measurement
There are three generally accepted criteria for measurement of care quality: structure, process and outcome (Table). In the practice of medicine, the division between structure, process and outcome is not as distinct as might be theorized. In fact, process may not be an important predictor of outcomes, and differences in outcomes may be the result of factors not under the control of health care providers. If care quality criteria based on structural or process data are to be credible, one must demonstrate that variations in the attribute measured actually lead to differences in outcome.
Likewise, if outcome criteria are to be credible, one must demonstrate that differences in outcome will result if processes of care are altered. It is difficult to relate changes in patient health to specific medical care interventions. Many factors influence outcomes that are not directly attributable to the care process itself, and it is difficult to measure the individual contributions of each provider or organization to the overall care process (Brook et al., 1996; Hammermeister et al., 1995).
The challenge in designing quality measures is to decide what it is we want to measure and how we are going to measure it. First and foremost, one must have good measures: the integrity of everything that follows is driven by the measurement system. Generally, it is much better to design measures around specific questions, rather than to collect all data possible and hope to solve the problem in the process.
For data to be useful, they must have fundamental value in monitoring and improving care (O'Leary, 1995; Ware, 1995). One must understand the reliability, validity, strengths and weaknesses of different measures in order to avoid misinterpretation of the data.


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November 8, 6 a.m. UPDATE: The weapons have been found. Police have arrested a 16-year old juvenile and say he is cooperating.
(NECN: Kathryn Sotnik, Andover, Mass.) - The FBI in Boston is offering a reward of up to $20,000 for information leading to the recovery of two weapons stolen from an FBI vehicle.
According to a news release from the Boston Division of the FBI, the Colt M16-A1 rifle and HS Precision Pro-series 2000 Sniper Rifle were stolen from a SWAT vehicle parked in Andover, Mass. Wednesday night into the early morning hours Thursday.
NECN spoke with Boston FBI assistant special agent in charge Jeffrey Sallet Thursday night.
Sallet wouldn't get into specifics about how the thief stole the rifles, or whether the vehicle was broken into, only saying the vehicle was "illegally entered."
"It's an ongoing criminal investigation, so I can't discuss the details of that," said Sallet. "That's why I'm using the term 'illegally entered.'"
The FBI confirms the agent had the vehicle parked at his property when the rifles were stolen.
"There are times where it is permissible by FBI policy by a member of the SWAT team or other special agents to store weapons in a vehicle," said Sallett. "There's a proper protocol as to how those weapons have to be stored and are stored."
That protocol is now under internal review by the FBI, according to Salett.
Sallet would not comment Thursday on the current status of the FBI agent, citing the internal investigation.
Andover Police confirm they investigated thefts around the same time along Canterbury Street in the Shawsheen area of Andover.
Anyone with information is urged go call FBI Boston immediately at (617) 742-5533 or Andover Police Department at (978) 475-0411.


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Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Ginnifer Goodwin and and her costar, fiancé Josh Dallas, are expecting their first child together.
Rumors that the Once Upon a Time actress was pregnant began a few weeks ago as the 35-year-old has been spotted wearing loose-fitting clothing for a while.
Details like the baby's gender and the due date are being kept private.
Goodwin and Dallas, 31, met on the set of the ABC show in 2011. The couple went public with their relationship the following spring. The two announced their engagement in October 2013.
In November 2010 -- when she was engaged to actor Joey Kern -- Goodwin told InStyle UK that she wants to have a big family.
"I want three or five children, but I need a bigger house or a smaller closet. I'm 32, so I'm already thinking about that. If it happened right now, I would absolutely have a baby."
"The only issue I have with aging is nothing to do with my career," the Killing Kennedy star added. "It's that I want to have a lot of kids before I'm physically unable to do so."
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Every year, during the Executive Forum and Fly-In, a delegation of member executives from Plumbing Manufacturers Intl. (PMI) travels to Washington...
Cora Dietz, CWS-VI, has more than 23 years of experience
Hague Quality Water Intl. of Groveport, Ohio, a manufacturer of water treatment equipment, recently appointed Cora Dietz as its new Mid Atlantic regional manager.
Dietz brings a wealth of knowledge and experience gleaned during her more than 23 years of working in the water treatment industry with Kinetico, Inc. Dietz has earned the distinction of Certified Water Specialist VI with the Water Quality Association. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Ohio Water Quality Association and is also active with the Easter Water Quality Association.
Dietz holds a bachelor's in Business Administration with a Magna Cum Laude distinction from Lake Erie College. She is a respected leader in the industry who inspires enthusiasm and teamwork. She will oversee Hague's Mid Atlantic Dealer Network, which includes Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia.


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Director Paul Thomas Anderson may adapt Thomas Pynchon's stoner private detective novel, Inherent Vice. According to an anonymous source, there is already one high profile contender for the lead role.
Here's more about the project from Vulture: "One source familiar with the project said that Anderson's agency, Creative Artists, has been pondering the idea of trying to attach Robert Downey Jr. as Doc Sportello, but another source cautions there's no official Downey involvement yet and, in any event, Downey's schedule is so full he wouldn't available to shoot anything until November 2011 at the earliest."
Here's a collection of more Inherent Vice links. Last year, an intrepid Wall Street Journal reporter ran a check with a voice identification expert, confirming that the reclusive novelist had supplied the narration for the Inherent Vice book trailer. (Via Edward Champion)


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MCCLEARY, Wash. — Spider-Man had seen better days.
He'd lost his mask, revealing himself to be a middle-aged man with a salt-and-pepper mustache. His red and blue suit with sewn-in abs was covered with filth. And somehow his spidey senses failed to alert him that two boys were stuck in a nearby pond.
But what concerned me most as I careened down an inflatable chute known as the Slop 'n' Slide was that I was seconds away from crashing face first into the superhero's muddy backside.
"Spider-Man!" I screamed. "Look out!"
Just when all seemed lost, the web slinger rolled to his side with the agility of a turtle and I zipped past, landing safely in a pile of hay.
We were a league of more than 5,200 superheroes, women in prom dresses, men in hot pants and even a few people in regular workout clothes — all participating in the Dirty Dash near McCleary on June 23.
We'd be hard-pressed to call this racing. But that's kind of the point behind the booming fad of mud and obstacle adventure racing. No clock. No trophies. Just fun, beer and an excuse to play in the mud like you're 3 again.
"It is the best way to introduce people to the running community," said Dirty Dash promoter Trudy Schug, of Kent. "It's totally unintimidating and unthreatening. And once people realize running is about going out there and having fun and being healthy and that nobody is judging them for what they look like, how fast they are or what they're wearing, they're more likely to try running."
But not necessarily. Marie Landon, of Puyallup, and her family will do at least three mud runs this summer but they have no interest in trying a traditional 5K. "Just straight running?" she said, "No. Thank. You."
Mud runs might be the best known of these adventure races, but they come in many forms. Foam runs. Color runs. Electric runs on courses adorned with neon lights. And even races requiring you to avoid brain-eating zombies.
"It is so much fun," said Schug, an avid runner who logged 40 miles on her birthday. "And what's best about it that anybody and everybody, no matter their age and fitness level, can have a great time being active, outside and challenging themselves."
Buddy system
When I decided to try to the Dirty Dash, I also decided I wasn't going to do it alone.
There's a fine line between fun and crazy, and best as I could tell it lies somewhere between a grown man wallowing in the mud by himself and doing it with friends.
"But people definitely do it by themselves," Schug said. "They want to challenge themselves or just can't find somebody to run with. There are plenty of people there to run with, but, yes, 99 percent of people are there with somebody else."
Landon and her family were on a team of 18. And Shug says some teams are as large as 100.
So, I called fellow rookie mudder Brian Devereux and we formed a team of two and headed to the Straddline ORV Park.
Fear factor
There was never really any fear we wouldn't be physically capable of completing the course.
Participants ranged from sculpted from granite to molded from Jell-O. We heard more talking about cigarettes and fried foods than we did about negative splits and personal records. And with all day to cover the 5K course, not finishing is rare.
"It's all-inclusive, but I was kinda scared at first," said John Dobra, of Maple Valley. "I thought people were going to go all in and be racing. But I stopped worrying after a couple 100 yards when I realized most people were walking."
The most common fear, Schug said, is that of the unknown. What will the obstacles be like (many mud runs keep them secret)? And just how gross will it feel to be that dirty?
Participants are welcome to skip any obstacle they don't want to do. The fear of getting dirty, on the other hand, is something you're likely to overcome in a matter of minutes.
Devereux and I watched racers for a while before the start of our heat and I admit I was little wary.
Then Devereux started reminiscing about the days before society brainwashed us into believing mud was bad. When he was a kid, like most kids, Devereux loved splashing in puddles and playing in mud.
"I don't think of it as a mud run," said Clark Barton, of Puyallup. "I think of it as a mud mask, both face and body. It's more therapeutic than the spa. You get your frustration out and you get nice smooth skin. It's beautiful."
Somewhere past the ironically soapy first obstacle and the two sternum-deep ponds, Devereux and I rediscovered the joy of mud.
As I slipped my way up a hill, I felt something gooey on the back of my neck. Devereux had launched a grimy attack that would last the rest of the race.
The mud-flinging stopped briefly when we came across a man stuck in shin-deep mud.
"Help!" he said. "I can't move my feet."
Where's Spider-Man when you really needed him?
The man put his right arm across my shoulders and I had to grab each leg by the knee to help him pull free.
Later, at a series of two 10-foot walls that required climbing over using a rope and whatever upper-body strength you can muster, participants were quick to help push and pull each other up and over.
"That's one of the fun things you see," Schug said. "People always stop to help."
Safety first
The only injury I sustained during the run came about 30 feet from the finish. We decided to race through the final two mud pits and when Devereux emerged from the second with a slight lead, I attempted to pull him back into the mud.
Instead, I slipped and scuffed up my right shin.
That's typically as bad as injuries get, Schug said.
"Maybe a cut on a branch or twisted ankles," she said. "But it's rare. When you take the competitive piece out, people do a better job of taking care of themselves."
Injury is still possible and participants are required to sign waivers. In December, three women sued organizers of a Silverdale mud run, claiming they sustained foot and ankle injuries that required surgery.
Not all mud runs are created equal. While some are short 5K affairs with obstacles that are moderately demanding, others are longer than 10 miles and include monkey bars, electrical shock and flaming hurdles. Some of these are timed races with prizes for the winners.
But even the most challenging races often have mild-mannered options for those looking for something a little less intense. Before plunking down $40-$125, check the race website to make sure you know what you're getting yourself into.
Coed outdoor showers
The last obstacle to any mud run is figuring out how to get clean.
Some races offer to collect, clean and donate your dirty sneakers. Soiled clothes can be seen stuffed into trash cans. Some people just pack their filthy clothes into plastic bags.
Regardless, there is no avoiding the coed outdoor showers.
While that probably sounds horrifying to anybody who ever took a high school P.E. class, really, it's just hilarious.
While some mud runs offer massive his and hers cleaning tents, the McCleary dash set up a structure with about 100 hanging garden hoses.
Filthy men, women and children stood side by side hosing each other down, trying to get clean without removing their mud-soaked clothes. Even with the multitude jokingly passing around a tiny bar of soap, this is no easy task.
A mud puddle formed in the shower area and, inevitability, you'll have to make several trips back into the showers before your friends deem you clean enough to ride home in their car.
I made three trips into the shower before Devereux stopped laughing at me. And even after two more showers at home, when we attended a party that evening people still asked why we had dirt in our ears.
This, I figure, is why parents eventually start telling their kids not to play in the mud. They figure it couldn't possibly be fun enough to warrant all the cleanup and they're certain the boys will forget to wash behind their ears.
They're wrong, of course. At least about the first part.


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New York, even for devotees, can be an overwhelming place. And for more vulnerable residents, the city can sometimes swell to unmanageable proportions. In Stand Clear of the Closing Doors we watch as a family cleaves, their narrative strands tearing free of each other like unraveled DNA. In both stories, the characters struggle with ever-mounting challenges. For Ricky, a young teenager with Asperger's who goes on a multi-day journey through the city, the onslaught is sensual: the sights and sounds of New York's subway enticing and assaulting him in equal measure. On the other side of the East River, in Rockaway Beach, Queens, Ricky's mother and sister attempt to find him. But their efforts are repeatedly thwarted by factors beyond their control. While their story is more recognizably real, Ricky's wanderings feel real, and thus, more memorable.
Ricky's disappearance is set in motion when his sister, Carla (Azul Zorrilla), fails to meet and escort him home after school. Ricky (Jesus Sanchez-Velez), a capable artist obsessed with dragons, spots the mythical creature on a stranger's sweatshirt. The image ensnares the young teen, drawing him into the labyrinth that is the New York subway system.
With Ricky as our guide, we experience the full spectrum of the subway's subterranean magic. Ricky's autism manifests primarily as a sensitivity to stimuli (before his disappearance, he haunts a local shoe store, where his fingers trace the textures of a sneaker and he inhales its musky leather scent). Director Sam Fleischner, cinematographers Adam Jandrup and Ethan Palmer, and sound designers Eli Cohn and Scott Hirsch take full advantage of Ricky's perspective, depicting his journey in layered abstraction. On a black screen, for example, orbs of light hover in the void like multicolored cells under a microscope; Ricky's voice mumbles "G train, G train… I train, I train…" over a low rumble and buzzy tone. It's a beautiful, if disorienting, sequence. Then streaks of white cut through the darkness and you recognize the scene: you're in the front car of a train and it's pulling into a station.
Ricky's journey recalls the sensory overload of last year's Leviathan (TMT Review) — a rich experience unbound by conventional storytelling. Likewise, Fleischner doesn't feel obligated to untangle Ricky's experience. He sees and hears all manner of exchanges: feet tapping, children yelling, musicians playing. And as time passes, and basic survival becomes more pressing, he is also witness to kindness and cruelty. His dreamlike encounters, each portrayed with inventive originality, wash over you, feeling more like reality than any constructed narrative could.
This free-form story runs counter to the linear narrative unfolding in Rockaway Beach. It becomes evident right away that Ricky's mother, Mariana (Andrea Suarez Paz), can't act upon her panic. She may want to contact the police, but like many immigrants, she's wary of official authorities. Ricky's father — who is away, working for people who haven't yet paid him — is even more nervous, urging Mariana to keep quiet. Ricky's school is no help either. A frustrated and unsympathetic administrator adds insult to injury, complaining they can't adequately meet Ricky's needs. Amidst this chaos, Mariana continues to show up for work, cleaning the very large home of an idiosyncratic artist.
While Mariana's story is undoubtedly true for many New Yorkers — and Suarez Paz portrays her role with accomplished naturalism — it somehow feels concocted. Maybe that's how life feels when every disadvantage begets another, the obstacles so numerous and persistent that they couldn't possibly all be the plight of one family. And yet they are.
But when Hurricane Sandy appears on the horizon, it feels superfluous, an unnecessary conflict in a story already brimming with them.
Writers Rose Lichter-Marck and Micah Bloomberg couldn't have predicted that a climax as momentous as Sandy would arrive in the midst of filming. (Nor could they have known that just a year later, Avonte Oquendo, a young autistic boy, would wander away from school and disappear. Posters of his face were plastered on every subway stop throughout the city to no avail; only the boy's remains were found.)
When Sandy hits, it threatens to overwhelm the movie. But Fleischner wisely lets the storm pass without getting swept up in the tumult. Rather, the hurricane and its aftermath are consumed by the larger task at hand: finding Ricky. And when resolution finally arrives, it feels both surreal and real — the split strands entwined once again.


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On a day of giving thanks, Anthony Spencer is likely doing just that.
Last week against the Redskins, his first sack of the year was stricken from the record by the officiating crew, the result of a long and generally pointless play-review; his consolation prize, of course, was the game-clinching interception. Still, the frustration was obvious moving into Thursday's Thanksgiving Day match-up with Oakland, the new home of Greg Ellis, who Spencer replaced in the defense.
"Yeah, it's frustrating, of course it's frustrating, but at the same time, what can I do?" Spencer said on Tuesday. The self-evident answer, for Spencer, was to remain positive in the face of such seeming futility.
The approach yielded some positive, and long-awaited results--for Spencer, the team and fans alike--in Thursday's 24-7 win.
Spencer finally ended the drought, dating back to week 15 of 2008, recorded his first and second sacks of the season on Thursday; but the sacks alone are hardly sufficient in explaining the kind of day seen by the Purdue product. Arguably the defensive player of the game for Dallas, Spencer recorded 8 tackles (second only to Keith Brooking, with 9), 6 of which were solo, and a pass deflection.
Since being drafted in 2007, many in Cowboys Nation have been waiting patiently (or not) for some sign that Spencer may be "putting it together," as they say; at the risk of overvaluation--it being one game, against the Oakland Raiders, no less--this may have been just that.


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A Six Flags Over Texas employee told police that a safety restraint was "a little high, or not as tight as it should be" on the Dallas woman who fell to her death from the Texas Giant roller coaster in July, according police documents.
That employee, whose name was redacted, went to the roller coaster's control panel to check the safety indicator light, the interview summary said. After it was determined the lap bar was secure, the train carrying Rosa Esparza was allowed to leave.
Moments later, the lap bar had moved enough to allow Esparza, 52, to fall to the bottom of the car before she was ejected from the ride, according to witnesses.
"If there would have been a safety indicator/malfunction indicator then the train would have never left the station because the computer would not allow it," according to the police report, explaining the automated system.
Nearly 100 pages of police reports, emails and witness and employee interviews were released Thursday afternoon in response to an open-records request by The Dallas Morning News. The documents give the fullest account of the second guest fatality on a ride at the Arlington amusement park.
In a written statement from Six Flags, park officials again offered their condolences to the Esparza family and reiterated that "safety is our highest priority and at the heart of everything we do."
"The Texas Giant reopened in September after external and internal experts determined the coaster was safe to ride and that the accident was not caused by any mechanical failure," park president Steve Martindale said in an email.
The company announced the reopening of the Texas Giant hours after a lawsuit was filed by the Esparza family. The safety changes to the ride included redesigned lap bar pads and the addition of seat belts. Also, test seats were placed at the ride's entrance so riders could determine whether they would fit safely in the trains.
Esparza's family is suing Six Flags as well as Gerstlauer Amusement Rides GmbH, the German firm that made the roller coaster trains.
Arnd von Waldow, the lead attorney representing Gerstlauer, had not seen the full investigative report and could only comment on summaries sent from The Dallas Morning News.
"Based on your excerpts below, however, it appears that no claimed defects allegedly attributable to Gertslauer were uncovered that caused this very unfortunate accident," von Waldow wrote in an email Friday. "This confirms the results of Gerstlauer's investigation."
Both Gerstlauer and Six Flags have filed responses in Tarrant County court denying wrongdoing.
Recent problems
The police investigation did not draw definitive conclusions other than that the death was an accident.
Arlington police studied Six Flags video footage and tried to verify whether the indicator light for Esparza's row was on or off before the train started. One of the riders, however, blocked the view.
An employee also told investigators that the red train — the one Esparza rode — had recently had problems. Another worker told police there had been "issues with the red train's panel" and had seen a "trouble light" on one of the cars within the previous week.
"The sensors were not working properly and they had to have Maintenance come out and fix it," according to police documents.
The Esparza lawsuit had mentioned that the Texas Giant had had "inconsistencies and intermittent failures" in safety systems."
A couple of previous Texas Giant riders contacted police to tell their stories about restraint problems on the ride. Those riders were not injured.
In one instance, a girl told police that her "restraint spontaneously opened up" just before the train started.
The video captured the concerned teenager trying to get the attention of Six Flags staff by shouting: "Wait, wait, person!"
An employee had to return and re-secure the restraint before the ride started.
One woman told police she and her nephew were in the Texas Giant red train a couple of days earlier when staff shouted "all clear." Before the train left, she told police, someone announced that staff needed to check "Car 3," the one they were riding in.
An employee checked the restraints again before clearing the train to leave.
Contrary to reports from another witness, family members also told police they didn't hear Esparza express any concerns to Six Flags staff or anyone else about the security of the lap bar.
"Aracely [Esparza] said her mother speaks very limited English and if a concern would have been voiced, she would have told either [son-in-law] Ronal Segovia or Aracely about it first," according to relatives.
The consensus from witnesses was that Esparza slipped from the restraint around the first descent and slumped to the floor of the train. Moments later, she was head down in the car with her legs sticking straight up.
Some people heard screams but assumed they were riders enjoying the roller coaster. Others on the Texas Giant saw her fly out of the train.
One woman told police she covered her eyes the moment she saw Esparza leave the train.
Another rider told police he tried to grab Esparza, but couldn't reach that far.
Conflicting accounts
There were also conflicting accounts among some witnesses riding the Texas Giant.
One said the restraint in Esparza's car was in its proper position after the ride, while another said it was "leaning back," according to police reports.
Police were unable to determine firsthand which account was correct.
"As all of the restraints had been raised after the last ride, thus letting our witnesses depart, I was unable to determine the restraints' last position during the decedent's ride," wrote Detective C. Blank.
The documents and audio released by Arlington police also highlight the confusion after Esparza's death.
Police documents also indicated some Six Flags employees thought the family was joking when they said a woman had fallen from the train. Employees said there was no body on the track or anywhere else immediately visible.
When Esparza's panicked son-in-law called 911, the operator was initially confused about whether the woman fell off the ride or was missing.
"Are you sure she got on the ride?" the operator asked.
It took a few minutes to become clear that she had fallen and was missing.
"I've got to go look for her," Segovia shouted into the phone.


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New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) Swaraj Abhiyan members held a protest outside a police station here on Tuesday after their founder-member Yogendra Yadav was arrested after midnight.
A total of 92 members, including Yadav, of the Swaraj Abhiyan were arrested around 1 a.m. on Tuesday from Jantar Mantar, where they held a protest, demanding adequate compensation for farmers affected by the land bill as well as those hit by crop loss.
Yadav and others were at the Parliament Street police sation.
"We have been holding a protest outside the police station since 2 a.m. after Yogendra Yadav was arrested," Yadav's aide Anil Kumar Maurya told IANS.
"We don't know what is going on as we have not been informed by the police," he said.
He said they had informed the Delhi police commissioner about their rally, and were told they could go ahead.


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Connoisseurship and its Consequences: An Interview with Mark Resnick
Mark Resnick, executive vice-president, business affairs for Twentieth Century Fox, and his wife, Maura, have assembled one of the foremost private collections of American posters spanning the 1890s to present. Seventy-five selections from the Resnick collection comprised the recent exhibition at Rochester Institute of Technology entitled, "The American Image: U.S. Posters from the 19th to the 21st Century." Resnick co-authored the exhibition's companion book with Professor R. Roger Remington and has edited The Critical Vision: A History of Social and Political Art in the United States. In this interview, Resnick talks about connoisseurship and its consequences.
Steve Heller: You are an executive at Twentieth Century Fox. What made you become a collector of American posters?
Mark Resnick: Actually, there's more of a connection between my day job and my poster collecting than one might think. Both involve a mixture I've been fascinated by for a long time—art, commerce and popular culture. Beyond that, my poster collecting is a logical extension of certain life-long passions. A passion for collecting itself—as a kid, I collected lots of things and definitely squirreled away some posters. A passion for looking at and making art—I used to be a pretty good painter and draughtsman. And a passion for writing—as combinations of image and text, posters have always matched my interests perfectly. When I went off to college at Yale, I started as a pre-med (influenced by my physician father) but ultimately majored in history of art. I became particularly interested in art's role in popular culture, and in art that is as significant politically, socially, and culturally as it is aesthetically. During law school, I still couldn't shake the art history "bug" and edited and contributed to a book on the history of U.S. social and political art. All of this led naturally, I think, to my focus these past 15 years on American posters and other graphic design. By the way, when I talk about "me" in this interview, I often also mean my wife, Maura, who is a wonderful partner in the collection.
Heller: It seems that lawyers are always collecting something (usually art, but also artifacts) as an "investment." Despite the scholarly attributes of your recent exhibition and catalog (a collaboration with design historian R. Roger Remington), is this basically an "investment?
Resnick: Well, if I were this passionate about my investments, I might be a lot better off financially! I collect posters for the love of it. Not a day goes by without my trying to expand my knowledge—for its own sake—of graphic design. That isn't to say I'm not rather businesslike about my collecting. I have to be, in order to build and manage what is now getting to be an archive. If there's a "recipe" here, I think it's to combine a sharp eye, deep knowledge of the material, and solid business skills. So that's the formula I try hard to follow.
Heller: Where do you rate yourself as a collector/connoisseur next to Merrill Berman, the Sacklers or Mitchell Wolfson? Is there a friendly competition here? Or have you charted your own territory?
Resnick: It's nice to be mentioned in the same sentence as those collectors, but the truth is I can only aspire to their level. Collectors inspire collectors and, in my field, Merrill Berman and Mitchell Wolfson are basically the muses. As to "territory" and "connoisseurship," I do think it's fair to say that each of us has a somewhat different focus and expertise. In my case, I collect only American posters but, within that, I collect very broadly—from the 1890s to the present and including just about every kind of poster you can think of. (I'm likely the only private collector who systematically collects, preserves and documents such posters as a unit.) By the same token, Merrill Berman and Mitchell Wolfson collect internationally and tend to focus on particular segments of the 20th century, segments that correspond to Berman's emphasis on the avant garde and Wolfson's on propaganda.
Heller: Do you have restrictions? In other words, are there items you won't collect and why? Conversely, what are your standards for collecting?
Resnick: The collection's breadth means there are few restrictions. I do avoid purchasing even great posters, however, if they're excessively priced. And I'm more cautious still when it comes to "good-but-not-great" posters, posters in poor condition, or posters in a category already well represented in the collection. I know that if I don't stay focused (price-wise) on posters in good condition that truly fill a gap, then the goals I've set for the collection will never be reached.
Although I collect in the broad range I just mentioned—in an attempt to assemble an archive covering the history of American poster making—I also strive for museum quality. I look for the best examples of certain styles, content categories and designers, as well as for exceptional works created anonymously, as was often the case (and still is) with posters. I look for posters that most reflect the country's social, political, and cultural history. If a poster otherwise meets my criteria, I will occasionally compromise on aesthetics.
Heller: Are there larger goals?
Resnick: I very much want to share the collection with the public. Hence the recent exhibition of part of the collection at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), and the accompanying book. The RIT project was a joy, especially as there have been almost no such surveys of the American poster. (The exhibition and book were entitled, The American Image: U.S. Posters from the 19th to the 21st Century.) I also want to do what I can to reverse the second-class treatment posters have received in the world of fine art. Finally, as American posters are often less celebrated than, say, European posters, I want viewers to reconsider that tendency. The book, which Roger and I believe is the first "compact history" of the American poster, is one more step in that direction. But don't get me started on these last two topics—I could go on for far too many column inches with my theories on why posters, especially American, have been under-recognized!
Heller: Do you advocate for any particular artists who are not in the so-called canon? Or do you stick to the works that have already been deemed historically significant?
Resnick: Helping to bring high-quality-yet-little-known (or even unknown) designers and posters to the fore is one of the collection's primary goals. In the RIT exhibition, for example, about one-quarter to one-third of the designers or posters filled that bill. Around each corner of the show was a war, WPA, show, travel or political poster that had never before been exhibited created by such unsung designers as Jay Johnson, Jim Michaelson, James Minter, Robert Muchley, Hernando Villa, Dorothy Waugh and William Welsh. That's very gratifying, and probably impossible to achieve in an exhibition of, say, paintings of comparable quality from the same time period.
Heller: What would you define as the most "important" or even "sublime" work in your collection?
Resnick: I could truthfully say it's impossible to identify a poster or posters as the collection's "best." But that would be cliché and boring! So I'll take a flyer and say that, as a group, Lester Beall's 18 posters for the Rural Electrification Administration are about as good as it gets in American posters. They were produced, as three series of six posters each, between 1937 and 1941. The first series alone would qualify as sublime in its translation of the European avant-garde into a distinctly American, precise modernism. But Beall didn't stop there, if anything, outdoing himself in the second and third series.
Heller: As a movie mogul, do you include film posters in your collection?
Resnick: Only a few—they remind me of work, and collecting is supposed to be a diversion from my demanding job! Also, great movie posters these days are rare for lots of business reasons that I suspect we could spend much of an interview discussing. Having said that, there are certainly masterful vintage movie posters from those exemplifying American stone lithography to, say, those by Saul Bass and a few of his contemporaries. Such posters are not to be resisted ... and I don't.
Heller: Once a collection is exhibited it often becomes entombed, or worse, sold off. What are your plans for the Resnick collection?
Resnick: I have never thought of "ending" the collection with this exhibition and book. If anything, my focus has been sharpened, and my desire to continue to improve the collection intensified. Also, by collector standards, I'm still young with plenty of time to keep going. So in that sense it's premature to talk about ultimate plans for the collection. I will say, however, that Maura and I intend for there to be other exhibitions and publications. After all, this show tapped only a fraction of the collection.
About the Author: Steven Heller, co-chair of the Designer as Author MFA and co-founder of the MFA in Design Criticism at School of Visual Arts, is the author of Merz to Emigre and Beyond: Avant Garde Magazine Design of the Twentieth Century (Phaidon Press), Iron Fists: Branding the Totalitarian State (Phaidon Press) and most recently Design Disasters: Great Designers, Fabulous Failure, and Lessons Learned (Allworth Press). He is also the co-author of New Vintage Type (Thames & Hudson), Becoming a Digital Designer (John Wiley & Co.), Teaching Motion Design (Allworth Press) and more. www.hellerbooks.com


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Our Fall 2017 semester will continue until November 16, so make plans to attend at one of our locations listed below. Each week Men's Leadership Network will have the following schedule:
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text: So I recently got a Oklahoma Joe Longhorn and did the following mods to it: gasket tape around the firebox door and main cooking chamber door. reduced smoke escape by 98%. There is still some escape b/c the door isnt heavy enough to put more pressure now that the is some tape on the edges. Fixable by putting some weights on it. added high-heat sealant to the all joints around the firebox and around the chimney. Reduced smoke escape by 100%. added 90" angled tube to the inside of the chimney to bring the vent down to the grate level. raised the level of the fire box grate by 3" to give more room for ash. build a 12"x12"x12" charcoal box out of mesh steel. I did my first smoke on it yesterday, 10lbs full packer brisket and here is what i noticed. started with full basket of kingsford charcoal briquettes (around 5lbs). i monitored temp at grate level right in front of the brisket. could not maintain 250F for more than 1 hour without having to add more charcoal. - When needed to add more, I would light up a chimney full and add it to the firebox when its starting to get white. I did this pretty every 90 mins over 10 hours. temps fluctuated from 220 to 260 for the entire cool. I cleaned out the ash once i saw it was getting to be too much. did this 2-3 times during the day. I ended up using around 25lbs of charcoal and around 3lbs of cherry wood chunks for the entire cook. For those with offsets like mine of similar size, are you using this much charcoal? Is this normal? Not sure what else I could do to optimize charcoal usage.


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Charles Leadbeater: Education innovation in the slums
Av 02/10/2010 07:55:00
About this talk
Charles Leadbeater went looking for radical new forms of education -- and found them in the slums of Rio and Kibera, where some of the world's poorest kids are finding transformative new ways to learn. And this informal, disruptive new kind of school, he says, is what all schools need to become.
About Charles Leadbeater
A researcher at the London think tank Demos, Charles Leadbeater was early to notice the rise of "amateur innovation" -- great ideas from outside the traditional walls, from people who suddenly…


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Where a claim in respect of a physical entity (product, apparatus) seeks to define the invention by reference to features relating to the entity's use, a lack of clarity can result. This is particularly the case where the claim not only defines the entity itself but also specifies its relationship to a second entity which is not part of the claimed entity (for example, a cylinder head for an engine, where the former is defined by features of its location in the latter). Before considering a restriction to the combination of the two entities, it should always be remembered that the applicant is normally entitled to independent protection of the first entity per se, even if it was initially defined by its relationship to the second entity. Since the first entity can often be produced and marketed independently of the second entity, it will usually be possible to obtain independent protection by wording the claims appropriately (for example, by substituting "connectable" for "connected"). If it is not possible to give a clear definition of the first entity per se, then the claim should be directed to a combination of the first and second entities (for example, "engine with a cylinder head" or "engine comprising a cylinder head").
It may also be allowable to define the dimensions and/or shape of a first entity in an independent claim by general reference to the dimensions and/or corresponding shape of a second entity which is not part of the claimed first entity but is related to it through use. This particularly applies where the size of the second entity is in some way standardised (for example, in the case of a mounting bracket for a vehicle number-plate, where the bracket frame and fixing elements are defined in relation to the outer shape of the number-plate). However, references to second entities which cannot be seen as subject to standardisation may also be sufficiently clear in cases where the skilled person would have little difficulty in inferring the resultant restriction of the scope of protection for the first entity (for example, in the case of a covering sheet for an agricultural round bale, where the length and breadth of the covering sheet and how it is folded are defined by reference to the bale's circumference, width and diameter, see T 455/92). It is neither necessary for such claims to contain the exact dimensions of the second entity, nor do they have to refer to a combination of the first and second entities. Specifying the length, width and/or height of the first entity without reference to the second would lead to an unwarranted restriction of the scope of protection.
For the assessment of claims directed to computer-implemented inventions, where a claim to a computer program refers to a computer (a separate entity), see F‑IV, 3.9.


text: Recycled Art Show opens By ARTESIA DAILY PRESS STAFF Published: 8:21 am, Thu. Feb. 14th, 2013Updated: 7:42 pm A selection of pieces in the Eighth Annual Eddy County Recycled Art Show, hosted by Artesia Clean & Beautiful, awaits the public this morning at the Artesia Historical Museum Art Annex. From left, Ronnie Null and Betty Jo Allen, the judges of the artwork, stand next to a handmade dress that was awarded a first-place ribbon. The show will open to the public with a reception from 5-7 p.m. today at the annex. The Recycled Art Show will remain on display until March 1.Rob Larson – Daily Press


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There's a Christmas tree lighting ceremony which takes place every year many don't know about, unless you live in Los Angeles. It's the lighting of Capitol Records' Rooftop Christmas Tree in Hollywood, which was switched on last week by [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Frank Sinatra[/lastfm]"s daughters.
In celebration of the release on November 15th of a brand new hits album entitled Sinatra: Best of the Best, which is the first compilation of the singer's top songs while on both Capitol Records and his own Reprise Records, Sinatra's daughters Nancy and Tina joined the three generations of the Sinatra Family to switch on the Christmas Tree on top of the iconic Capitol Records Building on Vine Street in Hollywood.
The lighting of the lights in the shape of a tree on the roof of the Capitol Records building signals the start of the holiday season in Hollywood, a tradition which started in 1958.


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Charge LR
The Charge LR pack features a lumbar design that slings the bladder around the rider's waist. The Charge LR keeps 70 cool ounces on-tap.
Originally designed with the adventure-racing, trail-running crowd in mind, the Charge has found favor within mountain biking circles as well thanks to its low center of gravity and lightweight design.
Squirrel's pack of choice. Loud and ostentatious? Hell yes. Stylish? Arguably.


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