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The Red Fox is often regarded as a sly, cunning creature that is always up to no good. This reputation is often reiterated in old children stories, fables and folklore. But why? How does an animal that has proven to be a cautious canid able to quickly adapt to its ever-changing habitat be categorized as a thief or trickster?
Could it be that red foxes simply look suspicious? The Vulpes vulpes' coat varies from pale red to a deep reddish brown with a white underbelly, black lower legs and either a white or black tip at the tail. Nothing too suspicious there until you take account of their long, thin muzzle; large, upright ears; and bright yellow eyes with slits-for-pupils certainly make them appear as if they are up to no good.
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Yet these features attribute to how skilled red foxes are as hunters. Their keen sense of smell, sight and hearing allow them to locate the rustling of prey within a degree of its true location. As fast and ready-to-pounce hunters, red foxes are able to live off the birds, rabbits and small rodents. However, if their preferred meal is unavailable, red foxes will happily consume the fruits and leaves of nearby vegetation - just an example of how they will adapt to the environment around them.
Maybe it's because we always imagine stalking about in the dark, which of course, is quite true. Red foxes are nocturnal - sometimes crepuscular - creatures that are active while most of us are in bed. They also enjoy their solitude as they only pair up in early winter for mating season. Only then will mates move into a den and stay together until the young arrive and are ready to live on their own. After the pups are old enough to take care of themselves, everyone will return to a more loner-like lifestyle.
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Regardless of why we characterize red foxes as sly tricksters, the truth is that red foxes play an important role in the scheme of things. The red fox is known to control insect and rodent populations in areas it inhabits and spreads the seeds of the fruits and vegetation he consumes. While many believe they are backyard pests or a quick target, red foxes are animals that play a quiet, but integral part, in the pyramid of life.
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- In many cultures, I am seen as a trickster or thief. Talk about a PR nightmare - I may be clever, but I'm a pretty good citizen when you get down to brass tacks. I keep a firm eye on rodents and insects, and I also help to distribute seeds of local flora wherever I roam.
- You think you can jump? I can actually beat out a kangaroo for leap distance - I can vault 15 feet at one time, and I can reach up to 30 miles per hour!
- I like my space...when rearing young, my mate and I will stay together until our pups are self-sufficient, and then we will part ways. I like my "me time!"
- I'm not the longest-lived creature in Indiana's wild spaces: I typically only live about 3 years in the wild, and maybe double in captivity.
- I'm what you might call an opportunivore: I may be famous for eating meatier subjects, but I like my fruits and salads, too. I'm not picky, so if my favorite entree isn't on the menu, I'm always okay to go with something a little more in-season.
More fun facts about the red fox
- At birth, red foxes are actually brown or gray. They are also born blind and very vulnerable. Only after 9 -14 days do they open their eyes.
- Foxes only inhabit a den when caring for their young. After the young are weaned from its mother's milk - around 8,10 weeks - both parents and pups will abandon the den.
- Even in the cold months of winter, foxes prefer to stay out in the open. To protect itself from the elements, the fox will curl into a ball and wrap its bright, busy tail over its nose and foot pads, and at times can be blanketed with snow.
- The Red Fox will also use its tail to communicate with other foxes, waving it about to let his presence be known.
- Red foxes are very territorial animals, marking rocks and trees within their territory with urine, and willing to fight for what he deems as his.
- They also use a wide range of vocalizations when communicating.
- Wolves, coyotes, and eagles are natural predators of foxes.
Information found on Animal Diversity Web, Wikipedia and National Geographic.
Red Fox Quick Facts
- Scientific name: Vulpes vulpes
- Size: 18 - 35 inches in length; 6 - 30 pounds; males larger than females
- Coloring: varies, pale red to deep reddish brown upper coat and white - gray on underside; lower legs usually black; tail has either white or black tip
- Range: most of northern hemisphere, from the Arctic to Central America
- Habitat: wide range - forests, prairies, farmland, urban areas
- Food: omnivores - rodents, rabbits, insects and fruits; known to adapt to whatever is available; store for winter
- Mating: practices vary; breeding pair share den; mostly monogamous pairs
- Reproduction: once yearly; 1-9 kits, ave. 5; leave den after 4-5 weeks
- Predators: young attacked by coyotes, wolves; adults preyed upon by man
- Lifespan: ave. 3 years in wild;10-12 in captivity
- Conservation concerns: population is on stable; range has expanded


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Ronald G. "George†Miller 84, of Zanesville, passed away at 7:00 PM Sunday August 19, 2012 at Cedar Hill Care Center.
He was born January 25, 1928 in Perry County, Ohio the son of the late James Elmer and Dora Alice Barrow Miller. George served his country in the US Army during the Korean War and was member of Faith United Methodist Church where he had previously served as head usher. He retired after 27 years with Western Southern Insurance in 1981 and then worked for 10 years in the shoe department at Lazarus. George enjoyed gardening, flowers and spending time with his family.
George is survived by his sons: Stephen (Nancy) Miller of Grove City, Kevin (Patty) Miller of Nashport, Stacey (Linda) Miller of Eagleriver, Alaska and Aaron (Jane) Miller of Tucson, AR, daughter: Ellen Miller (Randy Wood) of Zanesville, 9 grandchildren , 9 great grandchildren, 2 step-grandchildren and 2 step-great grandchildren.
Preceded in death by his parents, wife: Ruth l. Price Miller who died February 13, 2005, brothers: Darrell Miller, Jimmy "Fonzo†Miller, Theron Miller and Herman "Shorty†Miller, sister: Juanita Owens and Thelma Pattoson.
Visitation will be 5:00 – 8:00 Wednesday August 22, 2012 at Bryan & Snider Funeral Home 2318 Maple Ave. where funeral service will be at 10:30 AM Thursday August 23, 2012. Committal service with Military Honors will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery.
Memorial Contributions may be made in George's memory to: Genesis Hospice and Palliative Care 713 Forest Ave, Zanesville, OH 43701.
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Kobe should be the 3rd option for Lakers to win that title
Kobe should be the 3rd option for Lakers to win that title
blackjack2012 wrote: »This is easily a top 25 starting lineup in NBA history.
evoljeanyes wrote: »Kobe and mike gone be smoking cigars talking shit about who is better in about 5 years...I wonder what bean will do after the league
when will dwight howard be back during the season?
he had a herniated disk surgery right?
usually it takes about a year to be 100% from that kind of surgery
hmmm.... interesting. Hopefully he comes back 100% because that injury is no joke. Do you think he will come back the same? Can you think of anyone with the same injury that came back better than before because i can't?
NothingButTheTruth wrote: »Lakers winning the whole thing this year easy. Nash will run the offense, Howard will lead the defense, and Kobe will be aggressive on offense and probably lead the league in scoring.
Kobe's job will be to score and score only. People have to remember that he's a shooting guard, not a point guard or a point forward. He took it upon himself to play the Jordan-Pippen role in the previous years, but now that he has Nash he can play his natural position.
In brief, it's not his job to make sure everyone gets their touches. That's the point guard's job.
Both have always been true, even when they were winning. Just because they have DH and Nash thats going to change?copperkid27 wrote: »Not even counting howard this is one of the best off seasons lakers had in years.
If they play good in close games down the stretch they're going to be scary good (unlike last season giving away leads partly due to kobes jackin, bynums indifference and paus indecisivenes)
LOS ANGELES -- It has been 23 years since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar last played for the Los Angeles Lakers, but soon fans headed to Staples Center will see him every day.
The Lakers plan to erect a statue outside the arena to honor The Captain, the NBA's all-time leading scorer.
The Lakers plan to announce the date of the official unveiling of the statue in the near future, according to a league source.
While Abdul-Jabbar's on-court accomplishments were no-doubt stellar, racking up six championships and six MVPs during his 20-year career, his relationship with the Lakers had become strained in recent years. The team cut ties with Abdul-Jabbar as a special assistant following the 2010-11 season and the former 19-time All-Star also voiced his frustration at Jerry West receiving a statue before he did, after West's statue was unveiled during the 2011 NBA All-Star weekend in Los Angeles.
"I don't understand (it). It's either an oversight or they're taking me for granted," Abdul-Jabbar told The Sporting News at the time. "I'm not going to try to read people's minds, but it doesn't make me happy. It's definitely a slight. I feel slighted."
Shortly after Abdul-Jabbar's remarks to the magazine became public, Lakers spokesman John Black told The Sporting News that Abdul-Jabbar had been informed by the team that he would be the next player to receive a statue in his honor.
Later, in an interview with ESPN's "Mike & Mike in the Morning," Abdul-Jabbar revealed that he had other gripes with the organization.
"When you look at what (owner Jerry Buss) did for Earvin (Johnson) and what he did for me, big disparity there," Abdul-Jabbar said. "I just think that it's a mindset that's taken over in the organization that I'm of minimal value to the organization and they're doing other things. ... They just don't seem to want to include me in the way they have included other people."
There are currently five statues outside of Staples Center, with three of them being Lakers-related in West, Magic Johnson and broadcaster Chick Hearn joining Wayne Gretzky and Oscar De La Hoya.
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Inverness upset the odds to down defending champs Celtic
An own goal edged a spirited Inverness past league champions Celtic in the Scottish Premiership clash in the Highland capital.
The deciding moment came in the 1-0 success came in the 65th minute when Marley Watkins got away down the right side and fired in a cross which goalkeeper Lukasz Zaluska could only parry. The ball rebounded straight off Hoops defender Eoghan O'Connell, who was helpless as the ball rebounded into the net.
The goal gave the Caley Jags their first victory over the Glasgow giants on their own patch since May 2011.
Inverness retained the same line-up that beat Motherwell at Fir Park last week, with James Vincent missing out again with an ankle injury and Watkins keeping his place on the right side of midfield.
Celtic made 10 changes from the 1-1 draw with Maribor in midweek. Charlie Mulgrew was the only man to keep his place, with starts given to O'Connell, Dylan McGeouch, Liam Henderson and Filip Twardzik.
Greg Tansey had the first chance of the game after four minutes, with a free-kick which went around the wall and rippled the side-netting.
The former Stevenage man came close again in the 11th minute as Danny Williams' pass broke to him 25 yards from goal. Tansey struck the ball firmly but it bounced wide of Zaluska's near post.
Leigh Griffiths had Dean Brill worried with a shot into the side-netting, before the Inverness goalkeeper was forced to tip over Efe Ambrose's scooped effort.
The visitors were beginning to exert some pressure on Inverness and Brill's smart double save kept the game scoreless.
A slip by Josh Meekings allowed Teemu Pukki time and space to shoot and Brill blocked with his feet, before repelling the rebound for a corner.
Looking to continue their impressive home form, Inverness were denied a penalty in the 27th minute as Ryan Christie appeared to be brought down by Mulgrew in the area.
Referee Bobby Madden waved the appeal away and Celtic went down the other end and tested Brill again, this time through Kris Commons.
With 10 minutes to go until the break, Nir Biton rattled the crossbar for Celtic before Inverness came close through Gary Warren – Mulgrew back-pedaling in time to clear the defender's header off the line.
The first chance of the second half came for the hosts, with Zaluska nearly caught out of position from a corner. Christie's inswinger caused problems in the Celtic six-yard box and Josh Meekings got to it, but he was unable to get his header on target.
Other than that opportunity, the opening of the second half was largely stale – with the ball getting bogged down in midfield.
Griffiths shot straight at Brill on the break and Celtic were made to pay for their lack of incisiveness in the 65th minute through O'Connell's mistake which gave the hosts' the advantage.
Inverness were attacking at will now and could have doubled their lead with 15 minutes to go, when Christie curled a low effort just wide of Zaluska's goal.
The impressive Watkins had given Celtic's defense the runaround all day and with Inverness looking to hold on for the victory he was reshuffled to the center-forward position with Billy McKay substituted.
A late breakaway nearly put the icing on the cake for the Caley Jags as Williams rolled in substitute Nick Ross – but Zaluska reacted well to parry his effort.
Around the SPL
Dundee United returned to winning ways thanks to substitute Chris Erskine's late winner pin the 2-1 victory over Ross County, who are still looking for their first point of the campaign.
Derek Adams' County were on course to stop a run of three straight defeats after Jake Jervis' 50th minute equaliser had cancelled out Nadir Ciftci's first-half opener at Tannadice.
But the Highland side were left to rue another loss as Erskine capitalised on a mistake from County goalkeeper Antonio Reguero to lash home United's crucial 87th-minute strike and give the Taysiders three wins from their opening four games in the wake of losing 6-1 away to Celtic the previous weekend.
Steven MacLean went from villain to hero with the winning goal for St Johnstone in the 1-0 success against Aberdeen at McDiarmid Park.
The Saints striker hit the outside of the post when clean through on goal in the first half and Gary McDonald also missed a golden chance for the Perth side before Dons defender Andrew Considine hit the bar with a header.
There was little between the teams in a disjointed second half but with 10 minutes remaining MacLean was much more efficient in front of goal when he was set up by Michael O'Halloran, steering the ball low past Jamie Langfield from 12 yards.
Kilmarnock claimed a convincing 2-0 victory as Motherwell's worries continued.
Goals from Robbie Muirhead and Sammy Clingan in either half secured the three points against 10 man Well.
The reverse at Rugby Park was Motherwell's third league defeat in a row.
Hamilton won their third Premiership game in a row after snatching a dramatic 2-1 comeback victory over Partick at Firhill.
A stunning goal by Kallum Higginbotham just six minutes from time looked to have given Partick the points, but immediate responses by Hamilton substitutes Tony Andreu and Jason Scotland saw the Lanarkshire men head back along the M74 with all three points.
A fine strike 10 minutes from time from substitute Peter MacDonald was the difference in a tight contest as Dundee grabbed a 1-0 victory to leave St Mirren still searching for their first point of the season.
The former Morton ace got on the end of an excellent Paul McGowan pass to sink the hosts who have now lost their opening three matches.


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Problems with batt's from Hobby City??
A newbie here with a couple of SC LP's.
Seams as most here buy batt's from Hobby City because of the prices. I ordered and recieved (finally) 3 batts for my SC. Out of the 3, only 1 was not completly dead. So, I still got a decent price, 33 bucks for 1 battery.
I've tried calling the 800 number, but no answer and I've emailed them twice. They've returned the email saying they will return my email. That was a week ago and they've not repleyed to my email since then.
Is this the norm for HC?? Anyone have suggestions?? I now need a couple of batteries for my new T-28, but I"m hesitant about ordering them for HC.
First off, welcome to the forum. I'll warn you, be prepared for people to come in and slam you for the mere mention of a bad HC product!
Unfortunately, you've found the kink in the chain of fantastic lipo prices from HC. Normally they will require you to send them back before they will refund or replace them. And of course, shipping them back is almost as much as just replacing them yourself, so most people don't do it. And I'm guessing they count on that.
Their policy really is a joke, you have to notify them of an under voltage the same day you receive the package, which I'm guessing you haven't. But since you have been trying to contact them with no luck you may have a shot, but don't count on it.
Some people have great luck with HC, and good for them. I'm like you and have not, so I shy away from their packs anymore, but do use them for servos, motors, and other items. If you decide not to go with HC, there are other places to get good packs in the States, with a useable warranty, and prices that are "almost" as good as HC, especially if you take shipping cost into account.
Try here, http://hicountryhobbies.com/index.ph...index&cPath=53, the packs are good, they are having a 10% off sale right now, and shipping is always free. They have a good warranty, and offer 40% off crash replacement as well. And the fact that they are 2C charge packs is just that much better.
Hope that helps,
The return policy is active and working. just don't expect overnight results.
BUT, you have to follow the instructions on the website.
General instructions:
Lipo Battery instructions:
After reading that, fill out the form.
It does work!
I ordered 4 lipos from HC. 3 are okay and 1 was WAAAYYYY out of balance but no cells were below 3 volts. Guess I will eat this one if it does not hold up. I plan on cycling it a couple of times with my CBAII before attempting to fly with it...
this what I do
- if pack is cheap and affordable, I just order one extra
- if pack is more expensive I do return it if received defect
I had a defect pack 4s Rhino 2150 30C.
After checking the balance of the pack the charger gave an error.
Pack was to expensive (usd 33) and shipping back made sense (usd 14).
So check a pack, before attaching other connectors!!
At the first checkup I even do not remove the plastic tape they add.
This will help with claiming warranty.
The replacement pack is on its way back to me now. So it was warranty...which was also logic.
It only takes a few weeks of course...so not handy in flying season.
Therfore better to buy one extra pack at the order. Big chance that you receive all packs in good shape.
I just orderd 3x 800 2s packs (usd 4.95 each)....(Turnigy)
I only need 2...but just did order 3 because of the price tag..and in case I receive a defect one. Untill now I have 9 Rhino received...of which one was defect and now replaced under warranty.
I already spend too much money on hyped packs and did find out that HC delivers quality for a very good price. They are king in my hangar now!
Turnigy 1300 3s pack does cost USD 9--
So TP is 3times more expensive.
I do not know the Prolite V2, but their eXtreme 25c packs are the worst packs ever produced. All are in my trash (4 packs).
I hope your ProLites V2 do better!!!
For sure I am not going to waste my money at TP anymore. Heavily overrated and overpriced.
Anyhow I do not steal from own wallet anymore. Turnigy and Rhino packs are well spend money!
Only disadvantage...you buy more then you need. LoL....but still saving "allot" of money
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Sounds like SOMEBODY has financial interest in Turnigy company. Or maybe just romantic involvement with Anthony Hand.
Seriously though.. they are the best deal going.
it is always a tough call. When I was looking for a couple of batteries 6s1p for my EDF jet plane last; The TP version was selling for about $249.00 ($180.99 on sale at one place), whereas the HC Turnigy one was selling for about $54.99; decisions, decisions. I could buy 4 of ther HC battery packs and if one or two packs don't work out I could still be ahead. Or do i go with the TP pack on sale and have only one pack, and I don't know if the battery pack is nearing the end of its shelf life either.
So one needs to make some decisions.
I only had one problem with HC, and when I emailed them, a few days later they took care of it. So I don't know if it is better or worse. But they did solve my problem. Maybe I was lucky, hard to say.
My problem would be the shipping costs for sending something back for warranty replacement. I haven't done it on a couple of things that went bad, a couple of brushless motors, as the motors were pretty cheap to start with.
Now I had one pack with one cell way off from the other cells, so I had to hook it up individually and charge the one cell up some to get it in sync with the other cells. Then I charged and discharged the pack to storage voltage levels. it is working fine now. So I feel one might hve to work with the HC battery packs some before you can use them. But I assume one would likely have to do that with the brand name packs too.
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weight: 115 grams each (I have some good quality 2100mah 3s that weight under 140grams!)
TP ProLite G4 1350 3s 20C $ 34.99 with free worldwide shipping. (rclipos.com or rctoys.com) ... plus there are 10% off coupons for the holidays...
weight: 86 grams
That's a huge difference in weight! So you are comparing 2 very different batteries. The TP is lighter, will require less thrust and the aircraft will perform better and will fly longer.
TP is just 2 times more expensive (not 3 as claimed), but you also get a 1 year warranty and much less DOA packs than Turnigy. Warranty on Turnigy is what, 30 days from when they ship?
Also consider that it is illegal to ship damaged batteries via mail service. Whereas in most cases TP will do warranty exchanges based on proof of purchase and photos alone.
On the other hand, check out these results: http://www.f3d.fi/wp-content/uploads...ilu%20+22c.pdf (although longetivity is not tested).Looks like Rhino is the bottom of the barrel, and Turnigy can hold its own against Hyperion (TPs have been proven to be slightly superior to Hyperion).
Don't get me wrong, HK really makes this hobby less expensive, but I find myself going less and less to them for motors & batteries as I'm finding through experience that I get more value going with reputable brands. A $500 plane is not worth risking it to save $40 on a motor or $30 on a lipo). I wish they'd carry more brand names, like they already do with MKS, Ino-Lab, iCharger, Sullivan.
For the record, I'm not affiliated or sponsored by anyone, just pointing out my observations over the past several years. I don't have a lot to spend on this hobby with a kid & all, so I ensure that what I do buy lasts me a long time. Cost per flight is more important to me than the initial outlay. Also, there's nothing worst than waiting 3-5 weeks for batteries to show up on my doorstep only to find 1-2 are defective.
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So a few are replaced but I stick to pack that work....
I counted 8 defect eXtreme packs in my hangar of which 4 where replaced.
Sure, TP has great warranty but I lost trust. I am also heavily irritated that some still claim that they are best of the world!
In my hangar the facts are different.
Fact is that the Rhino's I have do better.
Sure I am baised now. Because I lost allot of money.
Maybe the new Prolites V2 are okay, but I am not going to try out for sure. They lost my trust "fully"
I found them overrated and for sure overpriced.
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For most users, their cycle life was not that practical, since most users don't push the packs close to their max ratings.
From their website:
So maybe they weren't defects, just the wrong pack for the job? At least they didn't just rebrand and re-label those packs like HK does when they get too many poor reviews for a certain product.
My ZebraHobby LiPowerLites (same cells as TP Lites from 3 years ago) are still going strong after 300+ cycles ... about 90% capacity remains.
A few people keep on defending these bad packs!!!!!!
Again.... I did not nothing wrong. Packs did work for a few flights and started to decay. My RC friend has the record. He had a 2200 eXtreme packs that only had 5 flights (max) and was waste.
The 3850 I had was used at 46amps static and I did fly on time and set ESC cutoff higher. After a few flights the power was gone. The packs where just "bad quality" and noting else.
Most likely I am not rated for these types of high-end packs! (cynical)
That could be...therefore wise to stick to other brands that keep on working.
So I think...wise to do.
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Wealthy car-owners and the Port of Oakland are set to take advantage of nearly $9 million in clean-air funding, with grants and rebates arranged this week for new technology that will reduce carbon emissions.
According to the CC Times, the Port will get $5 million in renovations to its power system. Currently, ships burn diesel while they idle at the port. But the new funds will pay for electric infrastructure that will supply power to the ships. That power will be generated by sources that are very far away, so it will be easy to pretend that they do not cause pollution.
A similar system was installed for cruise ships in San Francisco last year.
Nearly $4 million will go to electric car companies, which will allow them to install nearly 3,000 charging stations in private residences. The wealthy beneficiaries of the equipment will get what's being called a "generous rebate."
In addition, thirty charging station will be installed around the region.
According to the manufacturers, a fifteen-minute charge will yield 200 miles of travel. Despite producing fewer carbon emissions, electric cars still require environmentally-damaging asphalt roads, and are plagued by comparable safety problems and fatality rates as regular gasoline-powered vehicles.


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Submerged: Part Three
When it began raining, we brought buckets, pots, Tupperware, flower vases, trash bins, and plastic cups outside. Anything that could catch water, we hauled outside. Then as the sky puked its guts like a binge-drinking frat boy during finals, we paddled off in our rickety dinghy. Work to do, beneath the shifting sea.
Irregular, to purchase fresh water in this part of the country, most of the land underneath the ocean, but rain came every few weeks; we collected every last drop. Ethan struck his paddle into the water and pushed our vessel away from a shallow mud bed. We floated between two strips of land into the open sea, where the waves crashed violently against the edge of our boat.
As Ethan changed into his rubbery diving suit, I took the paddle and furiously beat against the waves. Our island stood several miles away from the bay where Charleston lay. In the islands near the coast, a few people still lived, either too criminal or too poor to survive in a city. Most people lived in cities, because the federal government had invested billions to protect the patches of urban growth, the places where money came from.
They built walls and glass ceilings that filtered the sun's UV rays; farms only existed in blooming skyscrapers, seeds sprouting in clean, white laboratories. Everything wild eradicated. And below the gleaming banks and offices with sterling views lay the waste of society. Slums strewn in the underbellies of luxurious hotels, these houses made of rotting wood and trash. The garbage was often unbelievable, sometimes flooding the streets. Sewage leaked into the streets, where children sifted through the muck that reached their knees, collecting trash to sell in local markets. For them, anything could have value, anything at all. Though we were no better, diving beneath the sea to strip garbage form forgotten cities, selling it to modern pirates.
Though the smugglers had not come, not for weeks. Before, they sailed the islands once a month, docking near us to buy whatever we had found. Sometimes copper, sometimes old car parts they no longer manufactured. Once, they paid us a fortune for a pack of unopened Coke cans. I wanted badly to let Ethan try drinking one, since they didn't make sodas anymore– you needed water for that, but we sold every last can. All unopened, not too badly damaged. We had found them floating inside one of the abandoned houses underwater.
Ethan pulled the mask over his face and mumbled, "Ready." Through the frothing waves, I could make out the dark patterns of Charleston's streets.
"Stay close. We're looking for more copper. Copper would be great." He nodded, then flipped backwards out of the boat. I cranked the winch backwards, the rope snaking into the water slowly. The boat bobbed with each passing wave, the rain splattering against the brim of my hat and trickling down my neck, cold as death. Grasping the rope, I let it run against the edge of the dinghy, burning my palms raw. Rain made it slippery to grip, and Ethan kept tugging, traveling further and further from the boat.
Another wave crashed against the boat's bow, water spraying onto the deck. The next onslaught fell heavier, crashing against my legs and nearly knocking me to the ground. The smugglers– they never came. What happened to those damned pirate bastards?
Not far from where the top of the wall still jutted from the ocean's surface, a broad white sheet as grandiose and strong as the Hoover Dam. I sighed, bracing myself as the waves crashed harder against me. A foolish idea to row out in the middle of a storm, but we would have been stupid not to– only a few copper wires, and what was that worth? There must have been more, under every house here.
Lifting the rope, I pulled as tight as possible. Ethan, how incompetent– had he not found a suitable house by now? I felt a tug in the rope, a sign to begin cranking. Turning to the crank, I clutched the handle and turned it wildly. The winch whizzed loudly, even against the pounding of rain, the rope disappearing into a thick hemp spool. A minute later, the end of the rope rose from the water and whipped limply onto the boat deck.
Collapsing against the boat's side, I clawed through the water. "Ethan?" Now I shouted his name. "Ethan." But no head came bursting from the water. I tipped out of the boat, plunging my head beneath the sea. Bubbles escaped my mouth as I called out his name again, and again. Then I rolled over the side, plummeting through the waves.
I had never lived in a city and never imagined one so antique like the kind you saw in classic movies. Like a tropical snow globe of pastel-bright houses and business men in flip-flops. But I arrived downtown in a traffic jam of shuddering cars, languid tourists, and horse-drawn carriages. All a mirage of simpler times, when no one worried the sea might kill us all.
Still, the reminder loomed clearly from many miles away, the wall half-finished. It would be over nine hundred feet tall when finished, a bleak white spectacle. In downtown Charleston, residents and visitors tromped around like nothing was happening, like the world wasn't changing. At least someone had learned to ignore the inevitable.
I parked my truck by the docks where the man told me. Others waited anxiously, some without vehicles. Most looked like burnt-out college grads like me with too much stubble, and others looked unluckier. A man approached us wearing a bright-orange hardhat and holding a plastic clipboard.
"You're the ones here for a construction job?" He chewed on a piece of gum, glancing at the wall thirty feet away, which struck out of the water solidly, a concrete barrier. "Follow me, and we'll get you set up with jobs."
We all needed jobs here, I realized, all of us desperate and drained of ambition. Lining up behind the hard-hat man, we followed him up a set of steel stairs to a stark office where a fat man in a red tie assigned us, seemingly randomly, to different crews.
"Top of the wall, block placement."
"Filling cement."
"Cement cutter."
"Cement hauler."
"Top of the wall."
"Crane duty. Danny'll teach you. Just head over there."
"Cement hauler."
"Look like a good cement hauler."
When I approached him, he glanced at me only briefly before announcing "Cement cutter." Before I even knew what that meant, I was ushered off with the other men and women assigned to cut cement. Really, the task seemed pretty easy after a burly black man explained it to us at the base of the wall. Some other people created these massive concrete blocks a few miles away, then the cement haulers brought the huge blocks to the wall, where we would cut it into smaller blocks depending on what the foreman wanted. Then we loaded the blocks onto palettes, which were moved by massive cranes to the top of the wall. There, hundreds of men shoved the block into place Egyptian-style. It seemed very crude to me, it being almost the twenty-second century, but I could hardly complain about scoring a job.
The next day, after sleeping in dorms the construction company provided, I walked down to the docks where other men began climbing onto the backs of the flatbed trucks. One of the supervisors handed me a portable concrete saw and indicated the freshly drawn black lines running down the length of the long cement blocks. After cranking the saw until it vibrated violently in my hands, I pressed the blade against the concrete. I could hardly hold the saw still as I attempted to trace the black line, and sparks spat from the blade as I jerkily cut.
Pulling the saw away from the block, I nearly fell over, weighed by the saw's immense mass. "This is not as easy as I thought," I muttered. The black man from the day before stood beside me, wearing safety goggles and calmly cutting. He turned to watch me as I reapplied the saw.
"Careful there, now. Wouldn't want that saw to drop down, cut into your foot." I shook my head, that no, I didn't. But it was certainly one more thing to worry about.
Six weeks later, exhausted near the end of the day, I collapsed against the concrete block, and the saw veered from its path falling on top of me. But before the blade sliced through my chest, I grabbed it hard with my left hand. The blade sliced clean through my thumb, and as I fumbled with the saw, screaming, the blade fell against my wrist. Blood spurted from the stump as I crumpled to my knees. It took nearly ten minutes before the supervisor decided to call an ambulance.
And all I could think about as I blacked out, red lights blinking around me, men shouting, some jeering at my stupidity– now I was useless, truly useless, even for this sort of job.
Self-Destruction: Not Just For Killer Robots Attacking Earth
If I traveled back in time to confront me about something that could potentially ruin my life, would I listen? We have seen this plot recycled too many times in Sci-Fi made-for-TV movies or during reruns of Doctor Who. This particular, ole deus ex machina implanted itself into our own culture so well, it would be ludicrous to dismiss the warnings of our future-selves. But would we really listen? If we were stopping at a gas station to use the restroom and our future selves time-traveled to forbid us from doing it, would that actually change our fate?
I think, No. I think I would stop despite my own protesting because as a human, curiosity acts as a better motive than self-preservation. In fact, we can be downright self-destructive at times.
But the phrase "Self-destruction" has many meanings to many people, not just an odd architectural choice for the Death Star. Why am I so interested in this as a writer? Why does it matter? Fiction writers are merely very biased philosophers, so when we write a story, we instill our own values and beliefs into the characters we write. Not that I agree with my characters, but through them, I try to make a point; in this way, writers must balance characters as real and fleshed-out people as well as symbols for something bigger. In Victorian novels, characters often acted as spokespeople for whole social groups, but today, we can't generalize people in that fashion through literature.
Self-destruction is a purely human trait, which is why it interests me as a writer. Every bit of the human condition intrigues me. Other
animals act out of self-preservation. We, however, have a tendency to choose to do things we know with certainty will harm us. Of course, suicide comes to mind. Apparently, panda bears also commit suicide by either starving or suffocating themselves, but there is not much substantial evidence as to why they do this. In that way, we are of a select few animals who practice self-inflicted death or even self-loathing.
Then think, suicide is a definitive form of self-destruction, but there are more ways to kill yourself than just with a gun. Suicide needn't be instantaneous but can take place daily, a system, a routine. Sometimes, even while doing what we love, we are actually causing our own deaths or at least our own unhappiness.
Consider this.
Animals eat to survive; we eat for pleasure. We keep eating even if it is killing us. We eat too much, drink too much alcohol, and smoke too many cigarettes because what we love can one day kill us unless we kill whatever it is (that craving, impulse, or desire) we love. Think of Wile. E. Coyote chasing the Road Runner across the desert for eternity, allowing ACME bombs to blow him up and anvils to drop him off cliffs, boulders crashing on his head, for what? For a single delicious meal? In a way, he is killed by his own needs, by his insatiable addiction.
Because self-destruction does not only occur when we hate ourselves but when we love something else more. In that vein of thought, we could argue that Jesus possessed self-destructive tendencies. Because he doesn't do what best serves him, he effectively destroys himself, allows himself to die. We argue that this is compassion, a special type of altruism, yet nevertheless is also a form of self-demolition.
Or any volunteer worker who commits his or her time for a cause– this is time not spent selfishly and therefore perhaps "self-destructive." For that reason, the term is difficult to define, and the boundary pushing toward altruism or some other distinct human trait can be blurred.
When I talk about self-destruction, do I just mean causing our own deaths through bad habits or also causing rife within ourselves? We spoil our own emotions knowing that what we do will make us unhappy. We are fully capable of torturing ourselves physically and emotionally. Other animals attempt to escape pain, but sometimes we invite it or self-inflict it.
Out of a pure Darwinian lens, this makes no sense. Why do we make choices that we actively know will yield terrible results? Why don't we just listen to our future selves and avoid all this pain and misfortune? Biologically, we like all animals exist for a short time, but our DNA can exist forever through procreation. Producing offspring becomes the true test of success when concerning an animal. We need only produce viable offspring with a mate, and BAM, we're considered a success.
Humans, however, sometimes purposely refuse to have children. Is that self-destructive, because even if we care about the survival of us, we don't care about the survival of our genes. In a world of over-population, does that truly matter any longer? From an evolutionary standpoint, we would see not having kids as counterproductive, but many adults choose careers over their potential parenthood.
This entire essay is composed of questions, not any sort of theory or secret notion that ties the truths together. I am a writer because I ask questions. In fiction, we explore the subtleties of what makes us human. When we use words so freely, we have to consider their meanings, even those which are barely-defined like "self-destruction." The meaning of words gets so lost in vagueness: self-loathing from compassion, love from deadly obsession.
We must quietly consider why we commit acts we know will cause pain, and why this sets the human race apart, what it might mean for our future.
Evolution of Writing (Part 3): Who Is, and Who is Not, a writer?
As much as the art of writing has changed over generations, so has the perception of the writer. Let us crank up the Dolorian again to travel back and look at how the common people viewed writers over the ages and how writers viewed themselves. Could the persona of "writer" have changed that much from the dawn of time?
Speaking strictly in cavemen terms, writers were pretty progressive. They used symbolic language to communicate stories that we have read millions of years later. Such brilliant narratives as: I found mammoth, I made spear, I kill mammoth, and I eat mammoth. From the invention of fire to the first use of clubs, cavemen scholars documented their primeval progress on cave walls. Even before words existed, man possessed an innate need to tell stories, which we surely have not outgrown today.
Once language, written and spoken, was formalized, writers of stories became better well-known. They were the wise men of their day, scholars and preachers and philosophers. These were storytellers who could actually read and write. Playwrights such as Socrates, philosophers such as Plato, scientists too: all these were celebritites because of their skill at the written word.
And yet in the recent past, writers have been viewed not as elite people but lowlife bums too lazy to get jobs. They sit at home collecting unemployment checks while writing about their drug addict lives. We can see the writer crouched over a rusty typewriter, tripping on Benzedrine, chain-smoking, and naked.
The Beatniks of the fifties inspired this attitude towards writers. They were poor people trying to connect with a mystic way of life through drugs. Rather than tell legends, they wrote about their own lives. But they were also glamorized as enlightened and hedonistic. Living life to the fullest. Though sometimes pretentious and overly "ironic" by today's standards.
While some writers are scene as wild like these, others are seen as recluses.
Think of Salinger or Pynchon. While some are poor, others are rich.
There once was a time when writing was the past time of wealthy aristocrats. Famously, in 1818, Lord Byron challenged his visitors at Lake Geneva to write a gruesome story. Each took turns trying to scare the wits out of the others. One such story that came of this was Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.
Some writers speak as nobles, others for the common man. During the Industrial Revolution, portraits of the common man came into vogue. People saw working conditions from a working class man's perspective. We saw inside of factories, the evils of corporations run wild with greed, and the daily strife of living in poverty.
Then there are the Romantics, writing expressively about their emotions, about their torments and loves and loss and horrors. Then come the realists who take scientific views and incorporate them into stories. They are intellectuals writing factually about things that will make them look smarter if the right professors read the books.
The war-torn writers write about how battles scarred them, about their emotions being drained. About the absence of a meaning to life. About horror and blood and brutal, pointless violence. These men we viewed as lost souls, writing as emotional release. Penning those feelings that were pent up for years after wars.
We have seen writers in a variety of ways for so long: as highly influential literati, as common men spinning common tales, as the Lost Generation, and as hipsters telling stories ironically.
Today, these perceptions have all meshed so that there is no one perception of "writer." The only true thing tying us together is our burn to write, our need to tell stories. We cannot clearly define ourselves any longer. We are novelists, vocalists, bloggers, and poets. We are idealists, realists, poor, young, old, wealthy, calm, and angry.
There are no literary periods anymore. All we have to offer are words, trying to describe our own human condition. Perhaps the public sees us in a myriad ways.
But in truth, we are only humans struggling to articulate our own inability to articulate our struggles.
The Evolution of Writing (Part 1): Faster, Better, Stronger
Since the dawn of typewriters, there has been an evolution in how writers write. Some say that to speed up how fast someone can pen a story will only lead to more bad writing. That can be true, to some extents. Wen u typ rilly quick, u tend 2 mispel words or just sound stuped.
It has been argued that since writers can write faster, they have to think too fast. And they do not pay enough attention to what they're actually saying. They're just banging out words, like I do whenever I write a blog post. A robotic writer-churner of words, processing word vomit thirty terabytes per second. How exactly has writing evolved?
We've gone from pen-to-paper to type writers to laptops to tablet-sized writing devices. It seems we can write anything and anywhere, so how has that affected the art of writing?
A long, long time ago, the printing press was invented. Before that, the Bible and a few other texts were the only things were read because monks had to devote their lives to transcribing those thousands of pages. Imagine if J.K. Rowling had to write every Harry Potter book by hand for each individual reader. It's likely she would not have sold as many books.
No one was very literate. All the townspeople relied on the priests to interpret the Bible for them, which of course caused some obvious problems. Church leaders could say things like, "God says to give me all your money and your wives. Seriously, it's in The Bible."
There was something else impressive about these books: their ornateness. Some might take more than a year to pen own, perfectly. And then they were filled with incredible illustrations, rewritten every time a book was reprinted.
Then, when the printing press was invented by Johannes Gutenberg in around 1440. This exploded literacy because more people could afford books. Bibles and scholarly works were available to more people, so more people began to read. Of course, this lead to the Protestant Reformation and a change of religion, but this isn't about religion. This is about writing.
Before, storytellers acted orally. A story might be passed down through generations, as was Homer's Odyssey and the Arabic classic 1001 Nights. But when the printing press came along, writers could get their stories out there which gave rise to what we call today "the novel." Not only did texts of science, philosophy, and religion bloom, but so did works of fiction such Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. The books published were more widely circulated and read by more people.
This increased the flow of ideas, so by the time the 1600s come, everyone is reading books and sharing ideas. This is end of the Renaissance era. Writing is entirely about ideas, so this is important to what I'd like to talk about next. In 1868, the typewriter was born, which revolutionized writing. Before, writers were affected because more people could read what they wrote. But this device made writing available to more people because it was faster and more efficient. Like a mini-printing press at your fingertips. Writers loved typewriters. Even today, a typewriter seems a universal symbol of the ideal age of writing.
Things have changed, but have they changed for the better?
Today, I sometimes take notes in a journal and at other times with my Nook. Soon, I'll buy a keyboard attachment so without the hassle of carrying a full laptop, I can whip out the device and type away whatever I'd like to. Even in the backseat of a car at night, I can still make notes and write. Amazing, huh? Try to do that with a typewriter. This has also changed WHERE we write (which can certainly affect the story itself), but that is a discussion for Part 2.
Typewriters seemed the natural evolution of recording words, but the next leap changed things forever. Writing words in a digital form. Ala, a word processor. This changes HOW the writer writes, literally. On Microsoft word, if I suddenly don't like a word, I have to only delete it. But typing on a typewriter, I may have to use white-out or trash a whole sheet and start over again. This forces the writer to do the thinking in his head rather then on the computer. He must compose the perfect sentence first before typing it out, "thinking as he goes" as many computer-users do. Then again, does it not seem easier to type it on an erasable surface such as a computer screen?
Why are some writers obsessed with the old times?
Ernest Hemingway stood beside his typewriter to give him better creativity. Jack Kerouac wrote On the Road on his typewriter using a single scroll. E.E. Cummings used his typewriter to accentuate his poetic style in his famous "Grasshopper poem."
Writing has been inexorably changed! AGHAST!
I can go back now and delete the entire post without having wasted tree's lives. What madness hath these computers brought upon us?
We can write anywhere and anyhow we want now that we use computers to write instead of paper or a typewriter. Unless you still do write out entire drafts on paper or are nostalgic enough to use a typewriter. Honestly, I usually write poems and short stories first on paper, even sections of the novels I'm working on. But to write an entire novel on paper seems ridiculous, pointless even.
Yet changing the way we write, we change the WAY we write. We write with a different psychology. Because we write faster, we think differently. We are allowed to write much later into the night, so we write differently. Perhaps the ability to write at any time has diminished how much work we actually get done!
What do you think about this evolution in writing? Has the ability to use new writing implements proved helpful or detrimental to our writing processes? Is the future the way to go, or should we fall back upon what has served us in the past? How are you affected by the change in writing tools?
Tune back in soon for an extension of this conversation on the evolution of writing and writers.


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[Noozhawk note: One in a series of articles highlighting Santa Barbara's Man and Woman of the Year awards. This year's nomination period is now open.]
Jackie Cabral is a young woman with big dreams. A senior at Santa Barbara High School, she has already accomplished more than many people twice her age.
Cabral has made use of every opportunity that has come her way. She grew up in a low-income family headed by a single mother. She understood early that education was the key to her future. So when her eighth-grade classroom received a visitor from the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History to talk about Quasars to Sea Stars, a four-year science program for teens, she sat up and listened.
Quasars to Sea Stars is a science work-study program where students work closely with educators and scientists to learn about the natural world, including entomology, zoology, astronomy, marine biology and anthropology. Students also learn important life skills such as public speaking, computer competency and leadership. The program received nearly 60 applications the year Cabral applied. Only five were admitted.
The program's requirement of 60 hours of community service introduced Cabral to the concept of volunteering. Concerned that these hours would keep her from home, she discussed the plan with her mother, who endorsed the idea wholeheartedly. She says the program helped her to grow as a person and to be a leader.
Cabral said she appreciates that museum scientists have been unfailingly kind and generous with their expertise and have high expectations for her. She came to view the museum as her home away from home. Now in her fourth year, Cabral exudes complete confidence as she approaches museum visitors to share scientific information on a variety of subjects. She works many of the museum's special events — Winter FUNderland, Nature Adventures camps for kids, Halloween celebrations and Free Teen Friday — and shares her behind-the-scenes knowledge. And she delights in her regular work sessions as an exhibit interpreter within the Butterflies Alive! exhibit.
Cabral says museum visitors are delighted when she approaches. Teens sidle up and ask her how they might join the program. She relishes her role as museum ambassador and being a role model for teens.
She is working on her final requirement, an independent science project, which she will present at the end of the summer to the other Quasars to Sea Stars participants, their families and museum staff. Her subject is the life cycle of crabs and, with a grin, adds she will share an example of a preserved dissection and give the audience a "tour" through the anatomy of the graceful rock crab (Cancer gracilis).
Cabral's experience at the museum motivated her to participate in Youth Making Change, a program of The Fund for Santa Barbara in which teens look into current issues facing young people in Santa Barbara County and learn about philanthropy and grant-making. She is also a second vice chair of the Santa Barbara Youth Council, advising the City Council, Parks and Recreation Commission and Parks & Recreation Department on behalf of local teens.
"I want to take on as many leadership roles as possible," Cabral said.
She wants to make a difference in her community and has her eye on encouraging more Hispanic teens to take Advanced Placement classes. Reducing the incidence of bullying is another interest. She is determined to attend college, the first in her family to do so. She hopes for a career in the medical field.
Cabral's mother, Emma, has supported all her work and sheds tears of pride as she watches her brave, accomplished daughter engaging visitors of all ages and representing the museum as an ambassador and young scientist.
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Volunteers enrich all our lives.
Do you know a volunteer who has made a significant impact on the Santa Barbara community? You can nominate that person to be the next man or woman of the year! Just fill out a simple nomination form online by clicking here. Nominations are open until Aug. 26. The awards are sponsored by the Santa Barbara Foundation and Noozhawk.
— Suzanne Farwell represents the Santa Barbara Foundation.


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According to 1AutomationWiz.com Director of Technology Don Schnure, the Broadcast Email Software service is now available for new and current clients in the system online control panel.
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The recent forced landing of a U.S. Navy EP-3 surveillance aircraft on Hainan Island after aerial harassment by Chinese fighters underscores that the dangers of the Cold War are not behind us. Reconnaissance-intelligence gathering-has always been one of the most highly secretive operations in the military. Men risk their lives with no recognition for themselves, flying missions that were almost always unarmed and typically pose as weather survey or training flights.… (more)
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Raid cash accused was 'creating his own bank'
The businessman charged with laundering £3m from the Northern Bank robbery was in the process of setting up a bank in Bulgaria, he told detectives.
Ted Cunningham (60) told two Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) detectives that he had travelled to Bulgaria with a view to setting up a bank and a mortgage business in partnership with then-Bank of Scotland (Ireland) boss, Phil Flynn.
Cunningham of Farran, Co Cork denies a total of 20 charges of money-laundering the proceeds of the Northern Bank robbery in December 2004.
Yesterday, Judge Cornelius Murphy and the Cork Circuit Criminal Court jury of seven men and five women watched a video-taped interview conducted with Cunningham at the Bridewell Garda Station on February 18, 2005.
The interview partly focused on the relationship between Cunningham and Phil Flynn. Cunningham said he met Mr Flynn after trying to establish a line of credit with the bank for his company, Chesterton Finance.
The trial has heard that Chesterton specialised in lending money to people who were asset-rich but cash poor with interest rates of 24-25% per annum.
"After a lot of to-ing and fro-ing and getting nowhere I picked up the phone to Phil Flynn and asked him for a meeting," Cunningham said.
"I explained to him the kind of finance we were doing. He said he would talk to people in the bank. He was not sure what their feeling on it would be."
Cunningham confirmed another meeting then took place with Phil Flynn.
"He (Flynn) thought that the kind of finance we were doing was a great concept. But people in the bank had concerns about the bad debts we would have due to the nature of the clients we were dealing with," he said.
Cunningham explained to the CAB officers that, "out of the blue", he then asked Phil Flynn to get personally involved with Chesterton. After initially wanting to clarify that there would be no conflict of interest with BOSI, Phil Flynn agreed and took a 10% stake in Chesterton and became a company director.
Some time later the idea of establishing a financial venture in Bulgaria arose — and Cunningham said that Phil Flynn was offering his advice.
"Initially we said we would set up a bank (in Bulgaria) ... I suggested that Denis O'Connell (former ICC Bank chief executive) come with us as I had no banking experience and Denis did," he added.
Ultimately, €58,000 was paid to a Bulgarian solicitor to set up a company in the country — with Cunningham funding this out of a Bank of Ireland account.
The trial — which is now in its fifth week — is expected to last until Easter. The case continues today.
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Onyx Concept has recently pulled the wraps off the Porsche Cayenne OTS Edition, which is adding some interesting features compared to the standard version of the luxury SUV.
According to Onyx Concept, the Porsche Cayenne OTS Edition is available in two stages, which are adding features like the new front bumper, the different side skirts, the extended wheel arches, a tailgate mounted spoiler, a new rear bumper which integrates a diffuser, some carbon fiber trim, a center mounted dual exhaust system and daytime running lights, amongst others. These features are available for the stage one.
The stage two package is adding features like the carbon fiber mirror caps, the roof spoiler, the ventilated hood, the custom paintjob and the large 22-inch forged alloy wheels. The cabin hasn't been left aside either by Onyx Concept and the company has added a sport steering wheel, quilted leather seats, some carbon fiber trim and lamb's wool floor mats. Additional details on the Porsche Cayenne OTS Edition signed by Onyx Concept are limited for the moment and are expected to be announced over the following months. Meanwhile, you can check out the photo gallery below. Enjoy!


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I am writing a java based client that would be executed from windows that will use libvirt.
1. Got libvirt-java ( http://libvirt.org/sources/java/libvirt-java-0.4.7.tar.gz) and build a jar out it (ant with no params)
2. Then, according to http://libvirt.org/windows.html, built a dll using the "MSYS build script"
3. Got 2 files libvirt-0.dll and libqemu-0.dll
When I run the sample example(from Eclipse) from http://libvirt.org/java.html I get the following error:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: Unable to load library 'virt': %1 is not a valid Win32 application.
at com.sun.jna.NativeLibrary.loadLibrary(NativeLibrary.java:169)
at com.sun.jna.NativeLibrary.getInstance(NativeLibrary.java:242)
at com.sun.jna.Library$Handler.<init>(Library.java:140)
at com.sun.jna.Native.loadLibrary(Native.java:368)
at com.sun.jna.Native.loadLibrary(Native.java:353)
at org.libvirt.jna.Libvirt.<clinit>(Unknown Source)
at org.libvirt.Connect.<clinit>(Unknown Source)
at Main.main(Main.java:26)
Also tried instead of step 2 cross compile in Fedora – same error message when I use new dll's.
Does anybody have any idea where do I start fixing the issue??
Thank you,
Sergey Sudakovich


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This may be an excellent solution, but don't call it a free market. These folks are hardly free to manage their own property as they choose.
Issues of concern to people who live in the west: property rights, water rights, endangered species, livestock grazing, energy production, wilderness and western agriculture. Plus a few items on western history, western literature and the sport of rodeo... Frank DuBois served as the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003. DuBois is a former legislative assistant to a U.S. Senator, a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interior, and is the founder of the DuBois Rodeo Scholarship.
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Raiding the Bridge again! Paris St Germain plotting move to sign Chelsea star Eden Hazard
PSG boss Laurent Blanc has made it clear that he wants to sign Chelsea midfielder Eden Hazard this summer.
Blanc has admitted that he is a fan of the talented Belgian winger and would be interested in bringing to the Parc des Princes this summer.
The French giants have already raided Stamford Bridge after agreeing a reported £50m deal with the Blues to sign Brazilian defender David Luiz.
Luiz's imminent move to Paris would make him the world's most expensive defender but the mega-deal could be eclipsed by a bid for Hazard.
Hazard, 23, was Chelsea's top goal-scorer last season but was heavily criticised by Blues boss Jose Mourinho after their Champions League semi-final defeat against Atletico Madrid for his failure to track back and help his team-mates.
Mourinho said: "Eden is the kind of player that is not so mentally ready to look back to his left-back and to leave his life for him.
"If you see the first goal of Atletico you completely understand where the mistake was and why we conceded that goal."
"Why do I love Eden Hazard? Because he is a player who eliminates"Laurent Blanc
Hazard's failure to track back and help his team-mates hasn't put off Blanc from wanting to add him to his star studded team.
The PSG boss said: "Why do I love Eden Hazard? Because he is a player who eliminates.
"We can discuss all of the systems, or a player's individual or collective qualities.
"But a player who can eliminate three, four players at any time in a game is something else.
"We do not know what to expect with these players.
"They destabilise the opponent.
"We know we want plan A. But of course there is a plan B if he doesn't come. There is also a plan C."


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Phone deals abound this weekend, so it's no surprise to see Sony devices in the mix. Among the Xperia sales floating about (and those yet to come), Best Buy has the XZ Premium for $549.99, a nice $150 off the going price.
Released at the beginning of this year, this phone sports a 5.46″ "4K" display (4K only in certain situations), a Snapdragon 835, 4GB of RAM, 64GB of storage, 19MP/13MP cameras, and a 3,230mAh battery.
[Update: Amazon, too] Deal Alert: Get a Sony Xperia XZ Premium for $550 from Best Buy ($150 off) was written by the awesome team at Android Police.
Oreo should also soon be available for the Xperia X Performance.
Sony's Xperia XZ1 and XZ1 Compact are two of the company's best phones in quite some time, and when they were announced, they were the first two phones on the market to ship with Android 8.0 Oreo out of the box. Sony's commitment to snappy updates has really been shining through lately, and this continues with the Oreo love being shared to two of the company's older handsets.
Both the Xperia XZ and XZs are now receiving an official update from Sony to Android 8.0.
With this update, the XZ and XZs gain Oreo's app shortcuts, notification dots, smart text selection, the Autofill API, and picture-in-picture. In addition to all of Oreo's regular goodies, Sony is also including Xperia Actions and Reminders. Xperia Actions are suggested settings that your phone will show you based on your usage, and Reminders are described as "useful prompts for unfished tasks, including emails in draft and messages."
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The Razer Phone has been receiving generally-positive reviews, but one sore point has been the camera. The dual 12MP rear cameras are impressive on a specifications sheet, but in real-world usage, the shutter speed is slow and HDR increases the captur…
The Galaxy J series shows off an elegant new style. How does the J5 (2017) work in everyday use? Read our review to find out.(This is a preview – click here to read the entire entry.)
Google's Pixel 2 and 2 XL have a lot in common, but they aren't just larger and smaller versions of the same hardware like last year. Thus, fans of
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Fossil has been making smartwatches with Android Wear for a while now, under the 'Fossil Q' brand. The third generation of Q watches have been available for a few months, and now you can get any of them for 30% off from Fossil's website, and a few second-gen watches are on sale too.
[Update: Amazon too] Deal Alert: Fossil Q Gen 3 smartwatches are 30% off ($178+), Gen 2 watches 50% off ($137) was written by the awesome team at Android Police.
If you've been considering taking a peek into the world of VR porn, you won't find a better time.
There's only so much you can find online for free, and you usually end up taking a quality hit when you do. That's not idea when using a standard flat monitor, but when it comes to watching video in VR you really need the highest possible quality to hit your headset. It's one of the biggest reasons folks who enjoy VR porn tend to rely on subscription services above free streams from unverified sources.
If you're looking for the most affordable way to explore VR porn, the folks at BaDoinkVR have a ridiculously good Black Friday deal for you to take advantage of.
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Passwords are great but inconvenient. If you want to keep your Chromebook secure but easy for you to get into, follow these steps.
A long, complicated password — coupled with two-factor authentication — is an essential part of modern life. While a long password is the most secure option, it can be inconvenient if you just want to quickly open your Chromebook. This isn't to say you shouldn't keep your devices locked, but there is a better method available.
Chromebooks have had the ability to be unlocked via PIN for a while now, but it's not a feature many people know about. Fortunately, we're here to tell you about this feature and show you how to turn it on.
How to set your Chromebook to unlock with a PIN
Unlock your Chromebook with your standard password.
In the lower right corner, click on your account picture.
Click on the gear icon to open the settings app
Under the "People" section, click Screen lock. Enter your login password.
Under "Screen lock options," cl…
One of the ways Nokia (or rather, HMD Global) is trying to differentiate itself is with quick Android updates. Android 8.0 Oreo, being the first major update since Nokia started releasing its phones, is the first major test of this claim. Now, about three months after it started rolling out to Google devices, the Nokia 8 is receiving its Oreo update.
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The public Oreo beta test for the Nokia 8 started last month, and now the final version is rolling out to unlocked models.
Nokia 8 gets Android 8.0 Oreo, update for Nokia 6 and 5 coming soon was written by the awesome team at Android Police.
OxygenOS 4.7.2 is 1613Mb in size and is rolling out to the 5T now.
OnePlus just recently launched the OnePlus 5T, but the company's latest flagship already has a pretty hefty software update waiting for it. OxygenOS 4.7.2 is now available for the 5T, and while it doesn't introduce any new features, it does improve a lot of the existing ones that are on the phone out of the box.
Along with your general stability enhancements and bug fixes, OxygenOS 4.7.2 includes optimizations for the fingerprint sensor and face unlock on the 5T so that they're even faster and more reliable. We were already quite impressed with just how well face unlock worked on the 5T prior to this update, so we can't wait to see how it performs now.
OnePlus also has also improved the accuracy of screen off gestures, electronic-image-stabilization when recording 4K video has been upgraded, and the WPA2 KRACK vulnerability is patched as well.
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Why Ben Bernanke Can't Print Us Out Of the Great Recession
Policymic – In September, Ben Bernanke announced that the Federal Reserve would be extending its bond buying program in the form of a third round of quantitative easing (QE3). QE is an unconventional form of monetary policy enacted by central banks if conventional monetary policy is not effective. It amounts to, basically, the creation of a pre-determined amount of new money, which is injected into the economy by the Federal Reserve's bond purchases.
QE has the effect of increasing bank reserves, as well as driving up prices on bonds and lowering their interest yield. So far, it has been an effective method for the Federal Reserve to boost financial markets. Each time it has been enacted, we have see stock prices increase.
Some say that QE is a necessity to stave off deflation, which would manifest in plummeting prices. As long as stock prices and home values are kept high, QE's proponents reason, people will be encouraged to spend money and stimulate economic growth. This does not mean that QE is the cure-all to America's economic woes. In fact, it is anything but a panacea; rather, it is prolonging the fundamental problems that underlie the United States' economy.


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FREE Knitting Classes at the Brooklyn Yarn Cafe
Winter would be easier if we were all bears, because then we could sleep away several months. Instead, we humans have to find ways to entertain ourselves to avoid winter madness, like watching the entire series of Arrested Development in a three-week span, reading the books we've been carrying around for years, etc. Or if you get really ambitious, you can try to knit a cover for your bike so it looks more like your grandmother's couch when it's stuck in your apartment for months. If you don't even know how to knit, or you've started a scarf and can't figure out how to finish it, The Brooklyn Yarn Cafe can be your guide. They have three FREE knitting classes each week. Along with cupcakes, coffee, and snacks, the cafe carries enough yarn to make a cover for your entire apartment.
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6 Porter Avenue at Flushing Avenue [Bushwick, Brooklyn]
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Sundays, 2 to 4pm


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SCBT Financial Corp. (SCBT) filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2010-03-31.
Scbt Financial Corp. has a market cap of $475.77 million; its shares were traded at around $37.33 with and P/S ratio of 2.83. The dividend yield of Scbt Financial Corp. stocks is 1.82%. Scbt Financial Corp. had an annual average earning growth of 1.1% over the past 10 years.SCBT is in the portfolios of Chuck Royce of Royce& Associates.
Highlight of Business Operations:goodwill assigned to the reporting unit, there is no impairment. If the carrying value of goodwill assigned to a reporting unit exceeds the implied fair value of the goodwill, an impairment charge is recorded for the excess. An impairment loss cannot exceed the carrying value of goodwill assigned to a reporting unit, and the loss establishes a new basis in the goodwill. Subsequent reversal of goodwill impairment losses is not permitted. Management has determined that SCBT has one reporting unit. Our stock price has historically traded above its book value and tangible book value. However, during the year ended December 31, 2009, our stock price occasionally traded below book value, but always above tangible book value. During 2009, the lowest trading price for our stock was $16.53 per share, and the stock price closed at $27.69 and $37.04 on December 31, 2009 and March 31, 2010, respectively, above book value and tangible book value. In the event our stock were to trade below its book value at any time during the reporting period, we would perform an evaluation of the carrying value of goodwill as of the reporting date. Such a circumstance would be one factor in our evaluation that could result in an eventual goodwill impairment charge. We evaluated the carrying value of goodwill as of April 30, 2010, our annual test date, and determined that no impairment charge was necessary. Additionally, should our future earnings and cash flows decline and/or discount rates increase, an impairment charge to goodwill and other intangible assets may be required. Core deposit intangibles, included in other assets in the condensed consolidated balance sheets, consist of costs that resulted from the acquisition of deposits from other commercial banks or the estimated fair value of these assets acquired through business combinations. Core deposit intangibles represent the estimated value of long-term deposit relationships acquired in these transactions. These costs are amortized over the estimated useful lives of the deposit accounts acquired on a method that we believe reasonably approximates the anticipated benefit stream from the accounts. The estimated useful lives are periodically reviewed for reasonableness. Income Taxes and Deferred Tax Assets Income taxes are provided for the tax effects of the transactions reported in our condensed consolidated financial statements and consist of taxes currently due plus deferred taxes related to differences between the tax basis and accounting basis of certain assets and liabilities, including available-for-sale securities, allowance for loan losses, accumulated depreciation, net operating loss carryforwards, accretion income, deferred compensation, intangible assets, and pension plan and post-retirement benefits. The deferred tax assets and liabilities represent the future tax return consequences of those differences, which will either be taxable or deductible when the assets and liabilities are recovered or settled. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are reflected at income tax rates applicable to the period in which the deferred tax assets or liabilities are expected to be realized or settled. In situations where it is more likely than not that a deferred tax asset is not realizable, a valuation allowance is recorded. As changes in tax laws or rates are enacted, deferred tax assets and liabilities are adjusted through the provision for income taxes. We file a consolidated federal income tax return for our subsidiaries.
Results of Operations We reported consolidated net income available to common shareholders of $49.0 million, or diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $3.86, for the first quarter of 2010 as compared to consolidated net income of $3.7 million, or diluted EPS of $0.33, in the comparable period of 2009. The increase comparing the three months ended March 31, 2010 to the same quarter of 2009 was primarily the result of the gain on acquisition of CBT offset by an increase in the provision for loan losses, an increase in OTTI charges related to pooled trust preferred securities, the prepayment fee for the early pay-off of legacy SCBT Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) advances and CBT merger-related expense.
Compared to the first quarter of 2009, our loan portfolio has increased 14.0% to $2.6 billion driven by the addition of $438.8 million in acquired loans covered under FDIC loss sharing agreements. Excluding the acquisition of CBT, our loan portfolio declined 5.1% compared to the first quarter of 2009. The decline was a result of decreases in construction and land development loans, commercial and industrial loans, commercial non-owner occupied loans, consumer non real estate loans, and consumer owner occupied loans. For the three months ended March 31, 2010, we originated approximately $90.6 million of mortgage loans in the secondary market, down from $198.4 million of mortgage loans during the first quarter of 2009. We have experienced a slowing of the refinancing activity from the first quarter of 2009 partially due to tightening of loan underwriting standards within the secondary mortgage markets.
· Diluted EPS increased to $3.86 for the first quarter of 2010 as compared to $0.33 for the comparable period in 2009. Basic EPS increased to $3.89 for the first quarter of 2010 as compared to $0.33 for the comparable period in 2009. The increase in both diluted and basic EPS reflects recognizing a gain on the FDIC - assisted acquisition of CBT.
· Gain on acquisition of $98.1 million, after-tax of $62.5 million, resulting from the acquisition of CBT. As a result, we recognized $3.9 million in merger-related expense.
Total loans, net of deferred loan costs and fees, (excluding mortgage loans held for sale) increased by $321.4 million, or 14.0%, at March 31, 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009. The increase resulted from the addition of loans covered under FDIC loss share agreements in the CBT acquisition. Non-covered loans or legacy SCBT loans would have decreased by $117.4 million, or 5.1%, at March 31, 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009. The decrease was driven by reductions in construction and land development loans of $77.1 million, commercial and industrial loans of $37.3 million, commercial non-owner occupied loans of $31.0 million, consumer non real estate loans of $20.7 million and consumer owner occupied loans of $10.7 million. Offsetting these reductions was some loan growth in commercial owner occupied loans of $39.6 million and home equity loans of $18.4 million.
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Western Gas Interstate Company
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Effective Date: 06/01/1997, Docket: RP97-160-001, Status: Effective
First Revised Sheet No. 135 First Revised Sheet No. 135 : Effective
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(b) the maximum and minimum quantities of daily firm
capacity which the Releasing Shipper elects to
release, stated in Dths;
(c) the Receipt and Delivery Points at which the
capacity is being released, and the firm capacity
to be released at each such point;
(d) the effective date and the maximum and minimum
period for the capacity to be released;
(e) whether the capacity is subject to recall by the
Releasing Shipper, and the terms under which the
capacity may be recalled;
(f) the maximum and minimum rates at which the
Releasing Shipper is willing to accept a bid for
the Released Capacity, specified in dollars and cents
or as a percentage of maximum tariff rate;
(g) the objective criteria under which the bids for
the Released Capacity will be evaluated selected
pursuant to section 9 of this Rate Schedule RCS; and
(h) any other applicable conditions of the release,
including whether the Bidding Shipper must comply
with the Releasing Shipper's creditworthiness
requirements in addition to Western's.
Offers of released capacity shall be binding until written
or electronic notice of withdrawal is received by Western.
A Releasing Shipper must specify in its Capacity
Release Notice any minimum requirements that a bid must
meet to be accepted. Once a valid bid is submitted
that satisfies those minimum conditions, if any, the
Releasing Shipper may only withdraw its offer to
release capacity where it has an unanticipated need for
the capacity. However, so long as no valid bid has
been submitted that meets its minimum conditions a
Releasing Shipper may withdraw its offer to release
capacity submitted under the terms of this Rate
Schedule at any time prior to the expiration of the
bid period as defined in Section 6 of this Rate
Schedule. A Releasing Shipper is not obligated to
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Crawley Open House said a fond farewell to its director at a packed reception this evening (January 31).
Peter Mansfield-Clark has been at the helm of the homeless shelter and day centre for 15 years but handed over his keys on Thursday.
Peter has seen Open House move from its original base in Spencers Road, West Green, to its current home in Stephenson Way, Three Bridges.
He was made an MBE in 2010 for his tireless efforts to help those in need and to change the attitudes of the public when it came to the homeless.
Dozens of friends and supporters greeted Peter with a rousing cheer when he arrived at the party at the Civic Hall.
There was laughter as he took his seat on a golden throne – which may have looked familiar to anyone who visited Father Christmas in County Mall last Christmas.
Peter listened to tribute after tribute from friends, politicians and community leaders before taking to the floor himself.
They spoke of his work before Open House, working with the homeless in London and with travellers.
Peter said: "When I look back now, all the things I did in the past were practice for Crawley Open House."
Peter has been succeeded as director by his former deputy, Charlie Arratoon. She will be assisted by Glenn Stubbs.


text: I am located in Mississippi. Building sportsfield for football, soccer, etc... Familiar with field repairs using hybrid bermuda and such but nothing this large before. Just so I have my facts for the field construction straight for my bid. Power rake existing area level field with new soil fertilize soil roll out Tifway Like anyone else I enjoy the fact of constructing a beautiful playing surface. That is why I enjoy this business. If anyone would add suggestions they might have. I want to make sure I have everything covered. Above all, obviously I want to make a profit but more than anything I want to take all the necessary steps to make a well-built playing surface.


text: Best Western Plus River Escape Inn & SuitesOnlineWebsite - www.bwriverescape.comSend an email - firstname.lastname@example.com & SeasonsSeasons - Year-roundAddress248 WBI DriveDillsboro, NC 28725Mailing Address - PO Box 700Dillsboro, NC 28725PhonePrimary - (828) 586-6060Toll Free - (800) 937-8376 Newly renovated riverside lodging with king and queen suites overlooking the water available. All guests receive a full complimentary hot breakfast, as well as access to our high-speed wireless Internet, heated pool and spa, and fitness center. We offer special rates for military/vets, AAA and AARP members, and group blocks. AmenitiesTripAdvisorTripAdvisor Traveler RatingBased on 885 reviewsSee all 885 reviews.Write a review.ElevatorExercise / fitness facilitiesFree breakfast – fullFree parkingHandicap accessibleHot tub – in room / rental unitHot tub – on propertyInternet – high-speedInternet – wirelessLaundry – in unitPool – indoor