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For the hungry, the routine at most of the city's 600 food pantries goes something like this: Line up outside with dozens of fellow New Yorkers in need of food. Wait in the cold or inclement weather for an hour or so. Collect a bag of groceries, and hope that what is inside can fill the gaps in the cupboards at home.
Stepping in to the pantry of the Bed Stuy Campaign Against Hunger is a different experience. In fact, it is more akin to walking into a supermarket. Sign in, pick up a basket or grocery cart and make your way through aisles stocked with bread, milk, cereal, rice, beans, canned fruits and vegetables - you name it. An industrial-sized refrigerator with chicken and veggie burgers sits behind the checkout counter, along with boxes of fresh produce. When you have picked out everything you need, check out at the register using a point system based on the size of your household, bag your own groceries and go about your way.
In its second year of operation, the Bed Stuy Campaign Against Hunger at 2004 Fulton Street operates this "client choice" food pantry, one of only four in the city. Two such pantries are located in Brooklyn and one on Staten Island, with the West Side Campaign Against Hunger the lone example in Manhattan.
A Growing Demand
The Bed Stuy pantry feeds more than 6,000 New Yorkers every month, half of whom are children. Overall, more than one million New Yorkers rely on emergency food at some point during the year, according to City Harvest, a non-profit food rescue organization, and the numbers are increasing.
While a recent rise in the price of basic food staples like milk, eggs, flour and sugar has pinched household budgets nationwide, rising rents and a rash of mortgage foreclosures are hitting low and mixed-income neighborhoods like Bed Stuy especially hard. The people running the pantry have noted a major rise in the number of clients over the last year, especially among the elderly.
"We had to turn away hundreds of customers last fall, October through December," said Tamara Dawson, the pantry's program coordinator. "We kept running out of food." On a recent weekday afternoon, Dawson said the pantry's current supply of milk, rice, and pasta likely wouldn't last through the end of the week.
People on a fixed income are most affected. "When you only get one check a month, you have to make it stretch like chewing gum," said Mary Sweeney, 68, an appreciative customer who traveled by bus from Brownsville.
The Pleasure of Choice
"Client choice" food pantries like the one in Bed Stuy help alleviate some of the stigma involved in visiting a food pantry. "A lot of our clients already feel a little embarrassed about coming to a pantry, so they love how we designed our pantry. It's common sense," said Tom Neve, coordinator of the all-volunteer pantry at Reaching Out Community Services in South Brooklyn.
"It's more dignified for the clients," said the Reverend Melody Samuels, executive director of the project. "They can shop with pride."
Instead of picking up a readymade bag that may or may not contain food the customer wants or needs, client choice pantries let shoppers tailor their food choices based on their own tastes, cultural background or dietary restrictions. This kind of pantry also represents a more efficient way to provide emergency food to people who need it, by integrating client feedback into purchasing and stocking decisions the pantry staff must make on a weekly basis.
"You only take what you want here. There's less waste," said Noreen McClowd, a client at the pantry who also volunteers once a week.
In fact, when the pantry was run out of the G.R.A.C.E. Church basement, before moving to the other side of Fulton Street near Ralph Avenue in December 2006, waste was a problem, according to Dawson,. She and her volunteers would often find bags of unwanted dry goods left outside the pantry doors.
"Now our clients have a choice so they tend to pick out just what their family needs, not what somebody else thinks they might need," said Dawson. "And that helps us save money."
The Bed Stuy pantry is modeled after the West Side Campaign Against Hunger in Manhattan, considered to be the first supermarket-style food pantry in the country. It is a cooperative, which means that all the customers work at least one shift a month, helping with stocking, checkout or clerical work. Clients can pick food based on their diet and health issues, and perhaps most importantly, the cooking facilities they have access to, said Doreen Wohl, director of the program.
"If you are homeless it may not be in your best interest to go to a pantry and take away a lot of fresh produce that is perishable," said Wohl. "The prepackaged grocery bag doesn't distinguish that."
The history of the West Side pantry says a lot about the collaborative relationship it has built with its customers. One cold day in the spring of 1993, an assistant who was paid to pack grocery bags was late for work. With tens of clients lined up outside the door, many of them seniors, Wohl went outside and asked if they'd like to help.
"They all just came alive, and everybody was anxious to help," said Wohl. "That's when we really changed our orientation. We used to call them clients, now we call them customers. It's about trust. We trust in the customer and the knowledge they bring to us about their diets, their illnesses or their family background."
The Problem of Choice
Still, the client choice model is more difficult to run, requiring thorough attention to customers' dietary restrictions or health needs. More thought and preparation is put into deciding what to stock and what to leave off of the shelves. The pantries' food supply comes from a mix of donations, from individuals and businesses, but mostly from the Food Bank for New York City, the largest distributor of free food in the city. The pantries also have a budget to purchase other items in bulk. This leaves them vulnerable to periodic shortages, such as the one that occurred last fall, when there was a significant dip in federal emergency food aid and many pantries across the city were forced to turn people away.
"Nothing is easier than just giving out standard, prepackaged bags," said Neve.
Neve also acknowledged that space is an issue for the Campaign Against Hunger. It is easier to develop a choice-based, grocery market style pantry when there is ample room to set up shelves and store food stock nearby, preferably in the same building. For pantries that are run out of a church basement, this may not be a real option. The Bed Stuy Campaign Against Hunger was able to sign a long-term lease on a small warehouse space in 2006. The Reaching Out food pantry just moved to a new, larger space in November. As a result, Neve said, it has seen a big jump in people coming through the door, particularly seniors on fixed incomes and single parents.
When all of the elements fall into place and the client choice system works, patrons obviously appreciate it. John Bailey, 58, is a regular volunteer at the pantry in Bed Stuy who greets customers with a big smile. He helps explain the point system to new arrivals, discussing how it awards points based on the size of the household and whether any of its members of the house have illnesses such as diabetes or hypertension that would affect their diet. Bailey likes the way the pantry is organized-and it has had a direct influence on his cooking habits.
"What God gives me I take," said Bailey. But thanks to having some choice at the pantry, he said, he's honed a few recipes, including sweet potato pie. "When they have sweet potatoes in stock, I always go for those. My friends and neighbors tell me my pies are getting better with each try."
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Maui student receives 2007 Masaki and Momoe Kunimoto Memorial AwardUniversity of Hawaiʻi
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The University of Hawaiʻi has selected Maui Community College student Reese Lee as the recipient of the 2007 Masaki and Momoe Kunimoto Memorial Award for Outstanding Contributions to Vocational Education. Established by family members to honor the namesakes' role in development of the food industry in Hawaiʻi, the award recognizes outstanding achievement and significant contribution to vocational and technical education by a community college faculty member or student.
Lee is praised for his dedication to self-improvement through education, hard work and community service. He recently completed an independent study curriculum in the Administration of Justice (AJ) program at Maui CC while at the same time working as a full-time Adults Corrections Officer.
Lee served as a role model for his fellow students at Maui Community College. He was instrumental in exposing the world of corrections to his classmates by organizing and leading them on tours of Maui Community Correctional Center. In addition, he worked closely with the AJ faculty to improve the curriculum and program by giving valuable feedback and advice.
Lee is also committed to giving back to his community. As a martial arts instructor, he teaches children on Maui to make better choices and the values of hard work and self-discipline through martial arts.
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QB guru: Tim Tebow needs to revive career in CFL
- Quarterback coach Steve Clarkson said Tim Tebow should play in the CFL to continue his career
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It might be time for Tim Tebow to move on to the Canadian Football League, because the NFL appears to have moved on from the former Heisman Trophy winner and first-round pick.
After Tebow passed through waivers and became a free agent one day after his release by the New England Patriots, quarterback guru Steve Clarkson, who worked with Tebow in February, urged his pupil to consider playing north of the border to help keep his dream alive.
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Tebow said on his Twitter account Saturday, "I will remain in relentless pursuit of continuing my lifelong dream of being an NFL quarterback.''
The best way to do that is for ultra-popular Tebow to continue working in a competitive team environment and stay ready in case of an NFL injury call.
"It's time now to maybe just reconsider a different path to his ultimate dream. Tim might want to look to the CFL because he may have run out of options in the NFL,'' Clarkson told USA TODAY Sports on Sunday. "Sitting is not an option for Tim. He's ultra-competitive. He needs to stick to his strength, which is being in a competitive environment.
"Anyone who wants to work on their craft the way Tim does, he just needs to give himself a couple of days and really decide, 'Is this what I want to do?' Clearly, football is still in his blood.''
And if that's the case, there's one option: The Montreal Alouettes own Tebow's rights should he opt to pursue that route.
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Clarkson said he's willing to work with Tebow again to help refine his still-uneven throwing mechanics.
Tebow was 11-for-30 passing for 145 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions in three preseason games for the Patriots before coach Bill Belichick released him during Saturday's final cutdowns.
But what Tebow really needs is more live game seasoning.
"I haven't spoken to Tim in a while,'' Clarkson says. "My general thoughts now are, 'We're starting the NFL season. Right now, it's not realistic that he'd be a guy an NFL team is going to pick up.' "
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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Sheldon Richardson appeared perfectly at ease in front of the New York media, smiling and laughing as if he had done this hundreds of times.
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Sheldon Richardson appeared perfectly at ease in front of the New York media, smiling and laughing as if he had done this hundreds of times.
Playing in the spotlight of the big city? No big deal for one of the newest New York Jets.
"It's just conversation," the big defensive lineman from Missouri said Friday. "You just have to know how to answer questions and not give you guys too much to write on, and be professional."
Richardson, drafted No. 13 overall Thursday night, and Alabama cornerback Dee Milliner, taken ninth, formally were introduced at a news conference during which the two often joked with each other — and reporters. While Richardson was drafted with the pick the Jets acquired from Tampa Bay for Darrelle Revis, Milliner will have the responsibility of trying to help replace the star cornerback.
Milliner, widely considered the best defensive back in the draft, also seemed laid-back and isn't worried about the comparisons to Revis that will inevitably mark his early career with the Jets. He had a feeling New York would go after a cornerback early in the draft.
"When they traded Revis, I didn't know who they'd get or when they'd get it," Milliner said, "but I figured they'd have to take one."
He thought, it might as well be him.
Milliner could start opposite Antonio Cromartie, or play in the slot if Kyle Wilson, the team's first-round pick in 2010, beats him out for the job. Milliner had six interceptions and 36 pass breakups in his three seasons with Alabama, and will be asked to play man-to-man defense in New York — as Revis did.
"I don't really worry about the pressure," said Milliner, who met with coach Rex Ryan and defensive coordinator Dennis Thurman before the draft. "I just want to come here and be my own man, go out there and compete and try to make some plays. As far as comparisons, that's not for me to do. That's for you all to try to do that, and hopefully I'll come out and be great."
Milliner is the highest-drafted defensive back in team history, going one spot earlier than safety Russell Carter in 1984.
"He's probably as complete of a corner as there is in this draft," Jets senior personnel executive Terry Bradway said Thursday night. "To have the ability to take him at (No.) 9 was good. We look for him to come in here like everyone else and compete, and hopefully win the job."
While he probably won't be ready to practice fully until training camp in July, Milliner downplayed the health concerns some might have had. He has had five surgeries during his career, including having a torn labrum repaired on March 12.
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In the microwave or double boiler**, heat all ingredients until the chocolate is soft and melted. Remove from heat and allow to sit about 2 minutes. Stir to form a thick sauce. Decant into a bowl or a small fondue pot with a candle beneath to keep warm. Serve immediately with chunks of banana, strawberries, marshmallow, pineapple chunks, pound cake etc. When you near the bottom of the pot, take care as the chocolate will be positively molten.
*A good variation is to use flavored chocolate bars. I just used two of the signature bars from NYC's Chocolate Bar.
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Former Qwest CEO Joe Nacchio's petition for a Supreme Court review of his insider trading conviction was distributed for conference Sept. 29, but the justices haven't granted or denied the request yet.
A Supreme Court official said there's a slight chance another orders list could be issued Monday coming from the Sept. 29 conference. Even if that happens, there's no guarantee the case will be on the second orders list.
A more likely scenario is that the case will be distributed again at an upcoming conference, which is a private meeting of the justices in which they decide whether to grant or deny petitions. The next conference is Oct. 9.
The case was initially placed for consideration in June. Following that conference, the justices requested the entire case record from the lower courts. Nacchio's attorney, Maureen Mahoney, said then that the delay and the justices' request for the entire case record "is a sign that the petition is being given serious consideration."
Nacchio also has ongoing court battles at federal court in Denver. The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered a new sentence, remanding the case to the District Court. The ruling could lead to a reduction of the six-year prison sentence Nacchio is currently serving in Pennsylvania.
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Homeowners applying for a building permit
What you need to know before applying for a permit
Building projects of any size may require that you obtain one or more permits before you can begin the work.
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2. Bring two sets of your construction plans, three sets if your property or structure is historically designated, to Minneapolis Development Review on the third floor of the Minneapolis Public Services Center at 250 South 4th Street. For a map to the Center, see Minneapolis Development Review & Parking Information.
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- You will need a site plan, a site plan is a drawing of your property showing the property lines and any structures that currently exist on that land (house, garage, fence, etc) and where your proposed deck, addition, porch, garage, etc is to be located. Your site plan should have north noted. View a sample residential site plan.
- The site plan should be attached to your construction plans, two sets of construction plans and site plan or three sets if your property or structure is historically designated.
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Projects that usually do not require a site plan review:
- A description of all plumbing, mechanical, and electrical work that you plan on doing.
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Some notes on Darwin cooperative threads
It's obviously possible (see !OpenMCL < 0.14) to implement user-space cooperative threads without using OS facilities, and some OSes provide their own cooperative threading facilities (e.g., "fibers" on Windows.) This page discusses issues that're specific to the traditional MacOS cooperative threads provided in OSX and with issues related to using native and cooperative threads in the same process.
Cooperative threads on OSX are pthreads that have certain data associated with them and which ordinarily execute specific startup and and shutdown functions. In many respects, they seem to behave just like native threads: they can receive asynchronous signals and run their handlers for those signals even if they're not "runnable". (In other words, the illusion of cooperative scheduling is maintained by the threads library, not by the OS; they can run concurrently with preemptively scheduled threads, though it's usually the case that only one cooperative thread can be in a non-blocked state at any time.
Private, per-thread data structure
The traditional MacOS threads library associates an internal data structure with each OS-level thread that it's aware of. (It's "aware of" threads created by NewThread() and is aware of some distinguished native thread that first calls a function in the Carbon threads library; I don't know exactly which functions are involved. It's not generally aware of threads created via pthread_create() or via lower-level Mach mechanisms.) One of the fields in this data structure is a Mach message port that's allocated on cooperative thread creation; internal functions seem to refer to this port as the thread's "scheduling token."
An unexported function - !FindThreadByID - maps a thread ID (which is equivalent to a pthread identifier) to the associated data structure. The first time that it's called (and this can only happen if the first caller is a native thread - it checks the value of the unexported value gMainThread. If gMainThread is null, a data structure is allocated for that native thread, gMainThread is set to that data structure, and !FindThreadByID returns that data structure. Thread data structures are maintained in a circular linked list, and in general !FindThreadByID walks this list until it finds a data structure with the right thread ID.
Context switch
YieldToThread and YieldToAnyThread will return a thread protocol error unless both the calling thread and the target have private thread-library data structures associated with them (e.g., each thread must be either a cooperative thread or gMainThread.) Given the current and target data structures (which contain the "scheduling token" Mach message ports), YieldToThread sends a message to the target thread's scheduling token port and waits for an incoming message on its own port. This is done atomically via the mach_msg() library function, which is a wrapper around the mach_msg_trap() syscall. The trap layer can detect and report interrupted system calls, but the mach_msg() library function automatically retries them. (This has implications for PROCESS-INTERRUPT: an interrupt that occurs when the target thread is executing foreign code sets a pending interrupt bit in the TCR; returning from a foreign function call checks this bit and arranges to execute the interrupt function at that point, if interrupts are enabled. A pending interrupt for a non-current cooperative thread won't execute until that thread receives a reply in the msg_send() call invoked by YieldToThread.) The same problem - stemming from the fact that msg_send() restarts interrupted system calls - limits the ability of PROCESS-INTERRUPT to reliably interrupt a thread that's waiting for low-level events messages, since msg_send() is used in that context as well.)
Obviously, the first successful call to YieldToThread when the target is a cooperative thread must be made from gMainThread; calling YieldToThread from gMainThread has the effect of making gMainThread behave as a (pseudo-)cooperative thread, e,g., it'll block in msg_send(), waiting for an incoming message.
Event processing
It seems to be the case that cooperative threads can share the message port used to receive event messages from the window server.
Pseudo-preemptive scheduling
Unless the active cooperative thread is blocked in mach_msg() (due to event processing or due to the fact that it's about to become inactive), it should be possible to use PROCESS-INTERRUPT from a native thread to force it to cause some other cooperative thread to be scheduled. A native thread can effectively schedule the cooperative threads by doing something like:
(loop (sleep time-slice) ; maybe something like .1 second (let* ((current-cooperative-thread (reliably-determine-current-cooperative-thread)) (when current-cooperative-thread (process-interrupt current-cooperative-thread (lambda () (yield-to-any-thread))))))
Obviously, some details are tbd; it seems that the hard part here is RELIABLY-DETERMINE-CURRENT-COOPERATIVE-THREAD, but I think that a scheme involving simple locking would work (if we can't come up with anything better.)
YIELD-TO-ANY-THREAD (aka PROCESS-ALLOW-SCHEDULE, specialized to instances of a cooperative thread class) would have to maintain the global "current cooperative-thread" state, something like:
(setf (current-cooperative-thread) nil) (#_YieldToAnyThread) (setf (current-cooperative-thread) *current-process*)
Cooperative thread creation
The primary way in which a thread gets created - the function xNewThread in the lisp kernel - waits for the newly-created preemptive thread to run (at least enough to create and initialize a TCR and signal a semaphore indicating that it's reached the point of having reset itself.) Some handshaking then takes place between the creating thread (in the case of PROCESS-RUN-FUNCTION) or whatever thread presets and enables the new thread. The effect is that the new thread calls (via start_lisp()) its initial function (which is placed on its stack by PROCESS-PRESET) and may return from that initial function and wait to be preset again. It may be difficult to use that scheme in the case of cooperative threads, since it may be difficult for the creating thread to ensure that the newly-created thread is runnable during its initialization.
Another approach to thread creation involves existing support for "foreign threads" (threads that are created by foreign code but callback to lisp and therefore need a TCR, lisp stacks, exception support, etc.) The general idea (devil in the details) involves:
- Splitting the current thread startup code into two parts, one of which handles TCR initialization (pre-reset) and the other of which handles calling the initial function, possibly repeatedly. At least some entry
- Use NewThread to create a new cooperative thread, specifying the second part of the lisp startup code as the initial function. Create the thread in a "suspended" state (so that YieldToAnyThread won't try to cooperatively schedule it.)
- Holding the exception lock, send the new thread a suspend (SIGUSR2) signal. Ensure that the suspend handler calls get_tcr(true) to create a TCR for the cooperative thread (it doesn't, at the moment, since a thread can currently only be suspended if it owns the TCR.) The thread will enter the suspend handler (with all signals masked) and will create a TCR, pushing some special binding info on the lisp stack.
- Find the newly-created TCR and set its suspend count to 1; wait on the new TCR's "suspend" semaphore. (In general, we may have to busy-wait until we're sure that the new TCR has entered its suspend handler, unless we can find a way to initialize its suspend semaphore.) Once the thread looks like it's suspended - with a suspend count of 1 - we can release the exception lock. The thread will look like it was suspended in foreign code (in a call to msg_send(), most likely.)
- Discard the special-binding stuff and anything else that's been pushed on its stacks. Clear the "foreign thread" bit in its TCR; maybe set a "cooperative thread" bit. The lisp process object might want to have its class changed (to COOPERATIVE-PROCESS), so that we can specialize methods
on it. Give the thread an initial function, e.g., preset it.
- Set its thread-manager state to "active". Call resume_tcr() on its TCR; it should reenter and restart the interrupted msg_send().
- The cooperative scheduler should be able to schedule it.
Application architecture
As soon as possible after Carbon libraries are initialized, a native thread should be started to run the cooperative scheduler loop.
Soon after that, a thread should be created that will become "gMainThread", e.g., a native thread that gets cooperatively scheduled. If it's the current cooperative thread while it's running, the scheduler thread will cause it to yield to itself periodically. It doesn't need to do anything while Carbon code is loading, but can serve as the primary event-processing thread.
It's important that some thread that we're willing to allow to "turn cooperative" (become gMainThread) is created before some other operation (connecting to the window/font server) happens in the listener or the (native) initial thread during Carbon loading and application startup.


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25 Unique Destinations to Add to Your Travel Bucket List
Quitting a job and traveling around the world, checking off one bucket list destination each month, sounds more like a movie script than a realistic plan. It often takes years between visits to places a person has dreamed of for a long time. But all obstacles are worth the trips to some of Earth's most amazing sights.Shutterstock
Stairway to Heaven, Oahu, Hawaii
This is one of the most epic hikes in Hawaii, but it's illegal. The trail, also called Haiku Stairs, which reach a peak of nearly 3,000 feet, is officially closed. This doesn't discourage adventurous hikers from trying their luck reaching the spectacular Puu Keahiakahoe summit to take in the view of the lavish Koolau mountain range.Shutterstock
Ancient Cambodia
April, May and June are the times to take a holiday in this dollar-friendly adventure destination because it's the dry season. Visit the ancient city of Angkor Thom, Angkor Wat, the largest religious monument in the world, learn about the country's tumultuous history, enjoy the beautiful untouched beaches, encounter wild animals in the lavish jungle, and eat delicious local food. Along the way you'll get to swim, sunbath, and snorkel. There are also boat tours that are readily available.Shutterstock
Angel Falls, Venezuela
Angel Falls, the highest waterfall on Earth, is 3,230 feet in height with a vertical drop of 2,647 feet. It is only accessible by river from June to December, when the river is deep enough for boat travel. You'll also have to hike through the jungle for about five hours. Angel Falls is one of the most insane BASE jumping destinations. Be prepared for a very intense jump, as seen in this video.Shutterstock
Komodo National Park, Indonesia
This is one of the best places for scuba diving, some travel bloggers say. The waters surrounding the Komodo National Park form part of the Coral Triangle, which contains one of the richest marine biodiversity on Earth: a paradise for divers. This is also the place to come and see the famous Komodo Dragons.Shutterstock
Mnemba Island, Tanzania
Mnemba, just of the north east coast of Zanzibar, is a destination for barefoot luxury �?? you can snorkel straight off the beach and onto pristine reef.Shutterstock
Antelope Canyon, Arizona
It is made up of two canyons. The upper is approximately 4,000 feet in elevation. When the sunlight shines in the colors of the canyon, they appear to vibrate off of the walls. The canyon looks red, gold and orange.Shutterstock
Fogo Island, Canada
Fogo Island is the largest offshore island in Newfoundland. Stay at the Fogo Island Inn for tons of hiking, walking and backpacking opportunities. Enjoy nights by the bonfire, relax in their rooftop sauna and stargaze in their rooftop hot tubs. While you are there make sure you attend the Fogo Island Partridgeberry Harvest Festival, it's a celebration of local food and crafts.Shutterstock
Cinque Terre, Italy
Cinque Terre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site deemed as having noteworthy cultural value for signifying a "harmonious interaction between man and nature to produce a landscape of exceptional scenic quality." The colorful village provides a vibrant backdrop for travelers who are after truly stunning snapshots. It's a great destination for cycling and hiking.iStock
Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia
Salar de Uyuni is the world's largest salt flat. Because of the large, flat area and clear skies, it is often used for calibrating altimeters of Earth observation satellites. It also creates a dream-like reflection off of the crust. Stay at Palacio de Sal, a hotel made of ice. Even the furniture in the hotel is made of salt.iStock
Sagano Bamboo Forest, Japan
The soaring green stalks move with the wind, colliding and twisting. Hike along the Bamboo Forest's paths, which are more than 1,640 feet long. You can also rent a bike for a relaxing ride through the majestic place.Shutterstock
Hạ Long Bay, Vietnam
Ha Long Bay puts explorative kayakers amidst striking limestone islands, rugged rock formations and low caves, making it a less intense but still exotic and exciting destination for capturing extraordinary footage. The bay in the Gulf of Tonkin includes 1,600 islands and islets. Most of them are uninhabited and unaffected by a human presence.Shutterstock
The Sea of Stars, Vaadhoo Island, the Maldives
The mesmerizing island is best known for the "sea of stars." At first glance, the water looks like a mirror, reflecting the glittering stars from the dark sky. The glowing waves of the surreal beach are caused by bioluminescence, a natural chemical reaction generated by phytoplankton, marine microbes disturbed by oxygen.Shutterstock
Glass Beach in Fort Bragg, California
The name comes from the smooth colorful glass pieces on the pebbly beach. The site was once a trash dump so broken bottles from garbage cans of local residents are now little treasures to be found, according to California Beaches. It is illegal to remove any glass from there.Shutterstock
Hobbit Village in New Zealand
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"End of the World" in Ecuador
La Casa del Arbol in Baños is a small treehouse, the nickname of which is "the end of the world." Visitors get to swing over a gorge at the edge of a canyon without any safety measures. It feels like you're flying into a void above clouds. You'll have to go there early in the morning if you want to avoid waiting in long lines.RPBaiao/Shutterstock.com
The Pamukkale Thermal Pools, Turkey
Pamukkale is Turkey's leading mineral-bath spa because of its natural splendor. Hot calcium-laden water flows over a cliff. As it cools down it forms vivid travertines of hard, white calcium that form pools. Named the Cotton Fortress in Turkish, it has been a spa since the Romans built the spa city of Hierapolis around a sacred warm-water spring.Shutterstock
Issyk-Kul Lake, Kyrgyzstan
The gorgeous Issyk Kul Lake, the second largest alpine lake on the planet. Meet with nomads whose yurts and horses are scatted along the landscape.Shutterstock
Merzouga, Morocco
The dunes are a must-see. Morocco in general should be on one's bucket list, many travel bloggers say. It's a magical place with a real Aladdin feel. You feel like you're going back to ancient time.Shutterstock
The Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Encompassing 3,000 individual reefs along 900 islands, Australia's Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef in the world and the only living thing that's visible from space.Shutterstock
Utah's national parks
The state has five national parks �?? Arches, Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands, and Zion. It's hard to pick one that is better than the other, so the best thing to do is visit them all. Follow the paths where ancient native people and pioneers walked and see stunning colors year-round. Don't miss the sunsets �?? they are among the most gorgeous in the world.Shutterstock
Hôtel de Glace, Canada
This incredible, and some might say extreme, hotel is open only until March 28 this year. Everything is literally sculpted ice, including the beds. If you're looking for an original vacation, this one certainly qualifies. You're surrounded by pure white snow and ice, which allows it to change its décor as often as customers please.Lukas Maverick Greyson/Shutterstock.com
Faroe Islands, Denmark
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Meteora, Greece
Christians used to go to the monastery for absolute isolation, peace and harmony, according to Visit Meteora. The massive rocks are perched at a maximum height of 1,200 feet. This place is a phenomenon of vast monolithic pillars and hills that have formed enormous rounded boulders. They are mystical yet serene and breathtaking.Shutterstock
Blue Lagoon, Iceland
Easily one of the most famous attractions in all of Iceland, the baby blue waters of the Blue Lagoon hover between 98 and 104 degrees and are said to have a magical effect on skin. The combination of silica, algae and minerals help exfoliate and reduce inflammation so well that there's actually a line of skin care products made from the water.Shutterstock
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe and Zambia
Victoria Falls is classified as the world's largest sheet of falling water with a width of 5,604 feet and height of 354 feet. Spray from the falling water can be seen miles away during the wet season. You can go on the wildest one-day whitewater trip in the world. This is one of the greatest attractions in all of Africa.Shutterstock


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Elon Musk wants to manufacture half a million cars per year at the Fremont car factory (within a few years time). Possible?
Elon Musk wants to manufacture half a million cars per year at the Fremont car factory (within a few years time). Possible?
I've had my car for about a month. Based on the rabid enthusiasm I've seen everyone, and I mean everyone, that I have shown the car to, That number seems quite realistic worldwide.
After Gen III goes into production this is possible, but a lofty goal.
By then they will be producing:
Model S (version 2? Convertable?)
Model X
Gen III Sedan
Gen III Roadster
It will be GenIII that is most of the volume. There are many of us that beleive in Tesla but can not justify a Model S. If GenIII was announced tomorrow my reservation would be in before the sun set.
The plant is big enough for that volume. I beleive that when Toyota ran the plant they produced >400,000 a year.
I have heard Elon wants to be BMW size within a decade. That would be 1 million+ cars per year by 2022.
I imagine they will be around Porsche size when Gen III gets into production 150-200k cars per year in 2016 (with Gen III at 100k and Model S and X varients running around 50k each per year).
When they get to the 500,000 cars per year mark they will have to think of building another factory...I think eastern europe would be a good location here. European demand for EV's will be higher than USA due to higher gas prices, increasing taxes on ICE vehicles, and a more enviro friendly population. Eastern europe has lower wages so could keep costs down for Tesla..it would also allow for a central point for western european and asian deliveries.
GenIII - a $40K car that is as cheap to own and run as a $15-20K car.
Where does everybody "hear" all this stuff?
6K per week is what Nummi produced per wiki 312K a year
wiki=wikipedia, a popular internet resource to learn things
6k is shorthand for SIX thousand, you can figure what 312K means now
Elon has said the GenIII will look a lot like the MS, but smaller.
In order for a mass market GenIII to be viable, the battery energy density has to double and the cost/Kw-hr has to come down by half. In other words, we need a disruptive battery tech advance. I read about all kinds of possibilities, but now it is all pie in the sky. A higher density battery will reduce the weight of the battery, car and even energy requirements. Make the car affordable.
In the mean time, Li battery tech improves at 7%/year in terms of capacity/density. That should enable Tesla to address larger hi end markets, beyond early adapters. Meanwhile, costs can come down to $60k ASP for a 85P equivalent. Higher end cars could have 50% more KW-hr in 5-6 years. Advances in structural design, alloys could reduce the weight and extend nominal range to 500 miles.
Tesla will need hundreds of $millions if they want to built GenIII mass production capacity. So they better start selling more Model S+X, unless we get diluted again.
Competition will creep in sooner or later. Just Apple!
I don't think that the number of brands or models necessarily limit or support the number of sales. I think that price, quality, practicality, public awareness, and durability, for example, are much more important factors. I also don't see any problem with Tesla selling high luxury models while it also sells a model everyone can afford. People are smart enough to see the difference between two models, the same way jet engine sales for General Electric are not really affected because of the line of light bulbs. If a model (or brand) is a bad deal, people will (or should) vote with the feet and the dollars and it won't last. The thing is that if a lot of the technology of the model S finds it's way into Gen3 BlueStar, the model S will have to be refined further and get new improvements to remain a luxury car. That is how luxury cars used to work, back before people would buy them mostly just for the name in my opinion because an Audi is not much better than a Chevrolet and probably worse than a Honda in my opinion.
Sure! "If they can be sold" or "the demand exists in the market" The sky is the limit as to how many cars Tesla can and will produce.
In the nearer term, I think TM is going to blow Elon's 12/12/12 sales predictions for Model S out of the water. The demographics it is demonstrably appealing to are far wider than the standard 'premium plus' segment. One buyer, for example, sprang for more than the total of the 5 cars he had previously owned, lifetime. That is not a factor that any marketing model can cope with. Sales in the US this year will be surging again by this spring and summer. And the "owner-sales force" will hit like a tsunami.
In Europe and Asia, it's going to be even more powerful.
I have a 40kwh MS (Model S) due in a couple of months to come to me in Hamilton, Ohio, about half way between Dayton and Cincinnati. We have a Columbus, Oh, Tesla Service Center opening this month (March, 2013) which is 120 miles north of Hamilton and about 145 north of Cincinnati.
The MS 40kwh battery is enough to get me to Columbus where I have people there where I can charge up and also go to the Service Center there when needed. The closest public charging J-1772 outlet is in Monroe, OH, about 17 miles east of Hamilton, in the parking lot entrance of an outlet mall.
I'd be interested to know if there are any other Tesla reservation holders in the Dayton and Cincinnati areas.
Hi all! Tesla is in deed an amazing and revolutionary company. Besides Northern America, EU, and Asia, I wonder if will Southern America, Middle East and Africa get their own Tesla cars and service centers? Did anyone hear any news on that?
Thanks so much.
500,000 car production at Tesla's Fremont plant by 2018-2020 no sweat with models MS, MX, MR, Supercar MR, G3ms, G3mx, Cabriolet MS (CMS), cG3ms, cabriolet MR, plus various versions of autopilot cars.
If that's not enough, Tesla's two skateboard platforms will allow for two small to mid size of trucks models MT & G3mt. Let us add semi-autonomous upgraded versions. For these autonomous models, put an A/a in front of all the abbreviations, AMS, AMX, AMR, Supercar AMR, ams, amx, AMT, aG3mt.
So that's 10-15 models/varieties at Tesla's Freemont plant.
But as others have said, Elon wants to get production into the millions. So I think a better question is how does Tesla get production to 5 million cars a year, with how many car plants and where, instead of can Tesla get to 500,000 cars a year.
For a European plant, a factory that produces a station wagon model would be good, since that seems to be a European specialty niche market now. Station wagons arn't as popular now in the U.S. as they use to be. So it makes more sense to have a station wagon plant over in Europe, since that's where those customers are. Not sure how the Asians feel about buying station wagons.
Now plant design. Should be built from ground up by Tesla for modularity and logistics efficiency. Buy plenty of land but start small, it should be expandable say from 500,000 vehicles to 2 million vehicles using a wheel and hub design. In the center is the metal stamping plant, spokes coming out from the center are different models/variations capable of 500,000 car production.
Now as sales increase keep adding spokes (different models) coming out from the hub.
The plant should have its own rail line and be located near a major rail line linked up to all of Europe. I think Europe has a good commercial rail line, perhaps you may know Benz ?
If possible have aluminum and steel recycling plants nearby for best ecology.
This might not be Tesla's 2nd or 3rd plant, but it could be the 4th or 5th Tesla plant.
I have some other ideas for plant number 2 & 3 that could get Tesla up to 5 million cars a year, two more platforms, and a sub 30k &sub 20k EV car.
@Benz, 800 cars / week is only about 13% of what NUMMI plant can produce when it is fully utilized. Tesla doesn't need to open more plants for some time, that one factory is enough for medium-sized car manufacturer for ever. If Tesla ever needs to build additional factories it would mean that it has grown to be one of the big ones.
When you talk about millions of cars build, I think you might find this interesting: http://www.worldometers.info/cars/
I would be happy with Tesla staying comparably small high-end car manufacturer if others follow Tesla lead and turn to pure BEV production. I mean "millions of cars" is quite a bit more than for example MB produces each year. BMW already seems to take this seriously, I just hope that they make some sort of deal with Tesla to use their SC network with their cars. SC network is a key to BEV success, and I would hate to see tens of different solutions when one is enough.
It is an interesting side not that TM got the ex-Nummi plant essentially for free. It paid Toyota about $40 million, and sold Toyota about $40 million worth of shares (from Treasury, before the company went public, so essentially cost-free). Terrific deal, even making it worthwhile to operate in Kookoofornia. (It had previously planned/committed to build in New Mexico.)
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Timo, & Benz,
I think Tesla making cars in the millions will have the greatest affect in spuring real BEV production increases not just compliance cars. It will also allow Tesla to setup the most superchargers & battery swap stations.
Eventually battery swap stations could merge into repair shops/battery lease stations, especially when millions of Tesla cars start accumulating on the roads, which may be too many repairs for Road Rangers to handle. Fees at swapping/leasing stations may be one way to help finance those repair stations capex build out. Adding rental, loaner, test drive functions may also be a possibility.
I believe 5 million cars/year production is possible with just 2 more car plants, if Elon stays on as CEO until he is 60 yrs old. If Freemont is at capacity in 7yrs, the time to start thinking about plant #2 is now.
One aside. A really cool thing about autopilot cars, after testing they could drive themselves onto the trains & transport ships, convoy style, perhaps with only one lead driver. That would really save a lot of manpower.
Seems the military might also be interested in that sort of technology to save lives & might help fund it.
I think that Tesla can produce and sell 500,000 Model S+X alone at the Fremont factory. Model S is an excellent car and I expect Model X to excel.
The company could optimize the design of Model S to improve minor deficiencies like more headroom in the backseat, trim some weight with improved structural design use of stronger alloys, etc. Add safety features over time like smart cruise control, collision avoidance, park assist, etc. Same for Model X.
With economies of scale, falling battery prices, the cost of Model S and X could fall to the base price of $50,000 with a 85 KW-hr battery. With supercharge deployment in the US, Canada, Western Europe, and China, demand could take off. Many parts of the world have 100% taxes on ICE and $8-10/USG for gasoline and none for the BEVs. Until BEVs take off, this could continue.
GenIII is extra.
the problem is not the car making - today the world makes in the order of 80-90 million cars a year. So there are enough factories and skilled engineers to run car manufactoring.
The growth will be in battery... 5 M cars x 5 k cells = 25 B 18650 cells - today the world makes 3 B Li-ion cells all formats. Who will control that production capacity.
And the battle will be in battery systems - Tesla proudly shows you the old car manufacturing with some new twists downstairs, but hides the interesting upstairs... battery systems is the secret souce. The company that is the low cost battery systems producer will dominate the market. And I think people don't realize how far Tesla is already down that path.
Five million cars is nearly twice as much as all cars combined build in US now. I think you are reaching a bit too far with that. If Tesla ever reaches even one million cars I think all other car manufacturers are doing the same by then. Remember that even that Tesla is successful it is still small compared to big ones, and they are not stupid, if they want they can conjure up cars much like Model S without much problems. After all there is nothing really new in Tesla cars.
Problem here is lack of want, not ability to do so. When others jump in this Tesla will have real competition and that pretty much halts the growth. Which doesn't mean that they are not successful, just that BEV has made breakthrough and ice-age is over.
@Timo - the US consumes 12 M cars and produces 3 M ( including all the foreign brands BMW, VW,... made in US ). My main reson to support Tesla.
Germany, Japan are positive ( 3 M consumed vs 6 M produced ), but even China is negative ( 18 M vs 14 M )
There is room for 9 M cars produced in the US to become neutral. Will we ever get there ?
"After all there is nothing really new in Tesla cars" - yes there is... battery system - can't buy a competetive battery system from a supplier. Boing, Nissan, GM are stuck on 19th century technology, only Ford seems to get it to some degree. My bet would be Ford, VW and BMW to catch up fastest, Benz and Toyota are in bed with Tesla anyway.
Tesla batteries as Panasonic batteries. I don't think Tesla deal prevents others making same deal.
Wrong. Panasonic makes the batteries but they are Tesla specific design. Put these into your everyday device e.g. laptop and they are likely burn in no time. They only work safely in the Tesla battery system... and they are much cheaper to make then what Panasonic sells to other customers. That is the brilliance of Elon and his team. And btw Tesla has patents on that design.
Who cares if Tesla has patents, other manufacturers don't need to copy that, they only need to use similar kind of systems. They are Panasonic made for Tesla, but nothing prevents Panasonic to build for example BMW-specific system that doesn't work on Tesla. It's like touchscreens in Android/iPhone/Windows/whatever phones. You can't prevent others to use touchscreens with patents.
No, they're TM proprietary chemistry and architecture, in the 18650 form factor, made by Panasonic for Tesla.
They are not available to anyone else, except through TM.
If you don't want to use the word NUMMI, at least spell Fremont right. ;p
Timo - sure nothing prevents to make a different design which evades the patents. Question how much is the production cost. As I said the before the low cost battery system producer will win. Elon has a laser focus on that...
Exciting times to watch that battle to evolve


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UW health hopes to prevent rise in ACL injuries
Women 7 times more likely to suffer knee injury than men
MADISON, Wis. — Knee injuries in professional sports are common. Big names in all of the major four sports have their share of horror stories about torn ligaments and blown knees.
But at a UW Health clinic at the McClaine Center, doctors and athletic trainers hoped to prevent those kinds of injuries in a group that sees them more than the pros: high school girls.
According to UW Health, high school girls who are involved in sports, are four to eight times more likely to suffer major knee injuries than their male counterparts.
"Athletes will tell you they heard a tear or a pop and it really is a life changing and devastating injury," Said Dr. Alison Brooks. Brooks works with the Badger women's hockey and men's soccer teams.
"A lot of what we're focusing on in females, is their movement patterns," she said. "Not so much their absolute strength, but their quad strength compared to their hamstring and how they move when they jump, land pivot and cut."
According to UW Health, one in 10 girls will suffer a major knee injury, like a tear to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), that could sideline athletes for up to a year. Knee surgeries can run in the tens of thousands and the total cost of care and treatment reaches nearly $3 billion nationwide each year.
Brooks said the easiest way to recover from knee injuries, is to prevent them. The clinic ran female athletes through a dynamic warm-up and plyometric strengthening routine designed to keep things short and simple.
"Fifteen minutes, two days a week," Brooks said. "Not only are they going to make better faster stronger players, but they can decrease the risk in players by 50 to 85 percent."


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Alliance for Justice President Nan Aron issued the following statement in response to the vote by the Senate Judiciary Committee today on President Obama's nomination of Nina Pillard to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit:
We commend the majority of the Senate Judiciary Committee for supporting President Obama's nomination of Nina Pillard for the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. We are disappointed, but not surprised, that all of the committee's Republicans chose to put politics ahead of qualifications and opposed this outstanding nominee.
The American people have good reason to be fed up with Republican obstruction and delay. They demand and deserve courts that have enough judges to administer justice fairly and swiftly. Americans are entitled to a swift yes-or-no vote by the full Senate on Nina Pillard and President Obama's other judicial nominees.
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There are very legitimate arguments about different kinds of Boycotts, Divestment and Sanction (BDS). Indeed, I have made many
of them myself. This is why I do not consider myself personally connected to the so-called "BDS Movement." But since the late 1990s I have been advocating for public, economic pressures on Israel to change its policies, because without such pressure it has no reason to do so. Like any other country, Israel makes difficult policy shifts only when the cost of the current policy clearly and unarguably outweighs the risk of change.
For these reasons, among others, I have been a strong advocate, for most of this century, for what become known as "selective divestment," although it can encompass other actions as well. Targeted actions, rather than sweeping calls to boycott anything and everything Israeli are, in my view, both more effective and more just. I had once hoped that this strategy would take broader hold, because I feared that otherwise, the entire notion of economic action would come to be identified with one segment of the pro-Palestinian/anti-occupation crowd—the more radical and anti-Zionist strain. While BDS is employed and supported by many anti-occupation activists, including not a few who consider themselves liberal or left-wing Zionists, my fear of how BDS would be identified has indeed come to pass. That sad event can be laid at the feet both of over-zealous BDS activists and at some ostensibly anti-occupation people and groups who really should know better. Continue reading


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Sara Meinsler
Class of 1993
Major/Minor: Sociology
Sara Boggess Meinsler, LCSW-C graduated in 1993 with a BA in Sociology.
Following graduation from WC, she began the MSW program at The University of Maryland at Baltimore's School of Social Work. After graduating with a specialization in Gerontology in 1995, she has served in numerous positions serving the older adult population and their families. She was the Director of Social Services for Ginger Cove, a retirement community in Annapolis; a Social Worker at Oak Crest Village, a retirement community near Towson and a Respite Care Coordinator at the Central Maryland Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association. She has provided various presentations on the topics of care giving, self-care and Alzheimer 's disease.
Since 2004, Sara has been working as an Assistant Professor and Fieldwork Liaison in the Human Services Department at Anne Arundel Community College, located in Arnold, MD. She also teaches continuing education classes in various venues for social workers and counselors on the topic of ethics. Sara's other full time job includes caring for her 3 children: son, age 9 ½, son, age 7 and daughter, age 3. Sara and her husband Tim (a physical therapist working with the elderly) have been married for 12 years and enjoy participating in activities at their church, spending time carting kids around to sports and activities, and vacationing in Myrtle Beach. Sara is really looking forward to seeing MANY classmates from the Class of 1993 and surrounding years at Reunion Weekend in June!


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At a recent book signing for The Splendid Magic of Penny Arcade, I had the chance to sit down and chat with the incredible minds behind one of the most popular webcomics of our time: Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik. Jerry and Mike talk about what an average day for them is like, who else works at their office so they get to read and write about video games, what Child's Play is, what goes on at PAX, and how much time they really spend playing video games. Included in the episode is my review for The Splendid Magic of Penny Arcade:
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"The Avengers" will hit $1 billion in global box office Sunday, in its 19th day of release.
The Marvel superhero mashup took in another $103.2 million from 4,349 U.S. locations over the weekend, the best-ever second week and the first time a film has broken $100 million in a second frame. The box-office bounty provided by "The Avengers" resonated up to the boardroom.
"It's a fantastic movie and an extraordinary franchise that will continue with more great stories and compelling characters for years to come," Robert Iger, Disney's Chairman and CEO, said in a statement released Sunday morning.
Also read: 5 Things You Need to Know About 'The Avengers' if You Don't Read Comic Books
Combined with its unprecedented $207.4 million debut weekend, "The Avengers" has taken in $372.2 million at U.S. theaters.
"The Avengers" added $95.4 million from 54 foreign territories over the weekend, upping its foreign haul to $628.9 million.
The all-time global box office leaders are two James Cameron films. "Avatar" rang up $2.7 billion in 2009, breaking the mark of $2.1 billion set by "Titanic" in 1997.
"I wouldn't be surprised if it passed 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2' for the No. 3 spot," Jeff Bock, a senior box office analyst at Exhibitor Relations Col., told TheWrap. That movie took in $1.3 billion last year.
Also read: 7 Hidden Gems in the Summer Movie Season
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"The Avengers" has gotten the summer off to a roaring start, and appears to have smooth sailing for at least another week. Paramount opens Sacha Baron Cohen's "The Dictator" on Wednesday, and Universal bows its overseas hit "Battleship" next weekend, but those films aren't likely to dethrone "The Avengers." Sony's "Men in Black 3," which opens on May 25, could do it.
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Elsewhere domestically, Warner Bros.' "Dark Shadows" managed $28.8 million on 3,755 screens for No. 2. That's a soft debut for the remake of the campy 1970s soap that stars Johnny Depp with Tim Burton directing.
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Welcome to PWInsider.com's coverage of WWE No Way Out. We will be updating this page throughout the evening, so check back often for results from the show.
No Way Out opened with a video package highlighting the WWE and World Title matches as well as the two Elimination Chambers, pushing the fact that tonight's winners will be going to Wrestlemania. Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler welcomed us to the show, and they went to the ring for the opening contest.
ECW Champion Chavo Guerrero vs. CM Punk.
Joey Styles and Tazz reviewed the Guerrero-Punk feud and threw it to a video package as Punk entered the ring. There was some sort of audio error, as during the video package on the feud, you could hear Tazz asking someone about the "go home" portion of the match. That audio feed quickly cut off. Chavo Guerrero, wearing his new T-Shirt, then made his entrance as the announcers played up that Punk has scored pinfalls over Chavo with the GTS.
There was a chant for Punk at the bell as the two men went nose to nose. Chavo slapped Punk, and Punk kicked Chavo in the head. Punk hit a back elbow and a tilt-a-whirl slam for a two count. Chavo backdropped Punk to the apron and kicked him to the floor. Chavo attacked Punk as he got back into the ring and hit a series of elbows to the back of the head, then decked Punk with an uppercut for a two count. Chavo kicked Punk in the chest, then in the gut. Punk battled back with kicks, but Chavo gave Punk a drop toe hold and then hit a somersault splash to his back. Chavo hit a backdrop driver, then applied a bodyscissors.
Punk got out with a catapult into the corner, then hit a back kick to the gut and a kneelift. Punk backdropped Chavo, then ran into a boot by Guerrero. Guerrero charged Punk, who hit a powerslam for a two count. Punk went for the GTS, but Chavo countered it into a rana. Chavo hit a Tornado DDT for a two count. Chavo did the old Guerrero dance. Chavo went for a running kick, but Punk caught it and hit an enzugiri for a two count. Punk mocked Chavo's dance, then hit two vertical suplexes. The fans, who were behind Punk for the whole match, booed the attempt at the Three Amigos. Chavo blocked the third suplex, but Punk hit a bulldog for a two count. Punk went for the GTS, but Chavo grabbed the ropes to block it. Punk dropped Chavo to the apron, then kicked him in the head. Chavo collapsed onto the floor. Punk rolled Chavo back into the ring for a two count. Punk set up Chavo for a superplex, but Chavo shoved him off. Punk then crotched Chavo on the top rope. Punk went for a rana off the ropes, but Chavo hooked the top rope and Punk crashed to the mat. Chavo hit the frog splash and got the clean pin at the seven minute mark.
Winner: Chavo Guerrero.
Michael Cole and Jonathan Coachman reviewed the Edge-Mysterio feud, and noted that Smackdown General Manager Vickie Guerrero would not be here as a result of Rey knocking her out on Smackdown. Mike Adamle interviewed Rey Mysterio, who claimed Edge doesn't care about Vickie. Rey said his hitting Vickie was an accident, but he's not going to say he is sorry again. They talked about his torn bicep, and Rey showed off his bruised arm. Rey said it is torn, and it can't get any worse. Floyd Mayweather Jr. walked in and he and Rey exchanged pleasantries. Mayweather was accompanied by two huge bodyguards. Rey and Mayweather walked off together.
Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler discussed the Raw Elimination Chamber, and they showed Chris Jericho backstage taping up his wrists. The Elimination Chamber was slowly lowered as Michael Cole and Jonathan Coachman talked about the Smackdown Elimination Chamber. They showed a video package on the Chamber.
Elimination Chamber for a World Title match at Wrestlemania: Undertaker vs. Batista vs. Finlay vs. Big Daddy V, with Matt Striker, vs. MVP vs. Great Khali, with Ranjin Singh.
MVP entered first, then Big Daddy V, then Great Khali, then Finlay (no Hornswoggle) all of whom entered pods. So, it is starting with Batista vs. The Undertaker. Batista made his entrance, going to each pod and trash talking the wrestlers inside of them. Undertaker then made his entrance, slamming the Chamber door shut behind him.
Taker and Batista started out punching in center ring. Batista got the better of it and worked over Taker in a corner with shoulderblocks. Taker hit a kneelift to block a shoulderblock, then threw Batista over the top rope and onto the steel floor of the chamber. Undertaker rubbed Batista's face into the chain wall. Batista fought back with a punch, then kicked Taker back into the ring. Batista whipped Undertaker hard into a corner, then hit a clothesline for a two count. Undertaker came back with a boot to the face, then punched him into a corner. Undertaker choked Batista, then stomped him down. Taker hit some elbows in a corner, then kicked at Batista's legs. Undertaker continued to stomp Batista, then stood on his throat. Batista got to his feet and battled back with punches, to boos from the crowd. Batista hit a back elbow for a two count. Batista missed a clothesline, and the two men kicked each other in the head, knocking them down as the time period elapsed.
Big Daddy V entered the match.
Big Daddy V went to work on Batista, hitting a clothesline, then gave on to the Undertaker. BDV slammed Undertaker, then chopped Batista in the corner. BDV gave Undertaker a Samoan Drop, then stood on his stomach and chest. BDV went back to Batista, hitting chops and slamming him. Undertaker recovered outside the ring. Big Daddy V chopped Batista, then headbutted Undertaker. Taker fell into the door, which broke open and Undertaker fell to the outside. The referees kept BDV from going outside, and Taker got back in the cage. BDV avalanched Undertaker against the cage wall. You know, for such an awesome structure, you'd think there would be more than one small bolt lock keeping the door shut. Big Daddy V turned his attention to Batista in the ring, hitting an avalanche in the corner. Big Daddy V went for a Samoan Drop, but Batista ducked it and hit a spinebuster. Big Daddy V was knocked through the ropes by Batista, and Undertaker DDT'd him on the steel floor. Batista covered Big Daddy V, on the steel flooring, and got the three count.
Big Daddy V is eliminated.
Great Khali entered the match.
Khali went back and forth between opponents, chopping Batista down as Khali worked over Undertaker with elbows. A "You Can't Wrestle" chant broke out. Undertaker hit some shots and went for a chokeslam, but Khali blocked it and hit a double handed chokeslam on Undertaker for a two count. Khali then gave Batista a clothesline for a two count. Khali chopped Undertaker, then put Batista in the Vice Grip. Batista broke out with a low kick and hit a spear on Khali. Taker then knocked Batista down. Singh climbed up on the cage wall, but Taker kicked him down. Undertaker put Khali in the gogoplata (or, as I like to call it, the Bloody Shin Choke) and Khali tapped out (and bled from the mouth).
Great Khali is eliminated.
Undertaker worked on Batista outside the ring and got a two count on the steel floor. Undertaker dragged Batista's back across the steel flooring.
Finlay entered the match.
Undertaker immediately hit Finlay with a jumping kick and whipped him into a corner, but then missed a running kick and got caught in the ropes. Finlay hit Undertaker, then went after Batista and threw him through the ropes and onto the steel floor. Finlay gave Undertaker the Celtic Cross in the ring for a two count, then hit a kneedrop. Finlay and Batista slugged it out on the steel floor, then Batista grabbed Finlay's legs and catapulted him into the cage wall. Finlay fell into the ring and Undertaker stomped him. Batista and Undertaker began slugging it out in the ring, and Batista tried a backdrop, but Taker kicked it away, then nailed him with a clothesline. Finlay crawled onto the downed Batista for a two count. Finlay dropped an elbow on Batista, then threw Undertaker over the top rope and onto the steel floor. Finlay rammed Undertaker into the cage wall. Finlay kicked Undertaker in the head and got a two count on the steel floor. Finlay rammed Taker into the plexiglass wall of the chamber where MVP was. Finlay rammed Taker into an empty pod, and the plexiglass broke. Batista, from the ring, grabbed Finlay and rammed him into the ringpost. Batista pulled Finlay into the ring with a cradle suplex for a two count.
MVP entered the match.
Undertaker was waiting for him, so MVP tried to hold his door shut. Taker got it open and pounded down MVP in his pod. As Taker returned to the ring, Batista attached him and hit some shoulderblocks in the corner. Batista hit a clothesline on Taker, but ran into a boot to the face. MVP came in and hit a Shining Wizard on Batista and a running kick on Undertaker. MVP got a two count on Undertaker. MVP took off his medallion and used the chain to choke Finlay and get a two count. MVP punched down Undertaker and hit a series of shots, using the medallion as a weapon. Taker was busted open. MVP kicked Finlay in the face, then kicked Batista. Undertaker got to his feet, and MVP blasted him over and over with the medallion. Taker wouldn't go down, and dared MVP to hit him again. MVP threw more shots, then seeing the Undertaker not go down, jumped up on top of the pod. MVP threw punches from there, as Taker climbed the ropes to try and reach him. Undertaker grabbed MVP by the throat, and threw him off the top of the pod and into the ring. Finlay crawled onto MVP for the pin.
MVP is eliminated.
Undertaker went for a top rope elbowdrop on Finlay, but Finlay moved out of the way. Hornswoggle popped up by the ringpost, in an opening in the Chamber floor, and handed Finlay a shillelagh. Finlay used it on Undertaker and Batista. Batista tried to lift Finlay for a powerbomb, but Finlay hit Batista in the head with the shillelagh and got a two count. Undertaker grabbed Finlay and chokeslammed him over the top rope and onto the steel floor. Undertaker pinned Finlay.
Finlay is eliminated.
Batista, who was bloodied by the shillelagh, and Undertaker, also bloody, went at it in the center of the ring. They traded punches, with Taker's getting cheers and Batista's getting boos. Batista hit a kick to the gut and powerbombed Undertaker, to a pop. Undertaker kicked out at two, to a bigger pop. Batista punched Undertaker in a corner, but Undertaker grabbed Batista and hit the Last Ride powerbomb. Undertaker collapsed after hitting the move, then slowly crawled onto Batista for a two count. Undertaker mounted Batista and hit a series of punches. Undertaker called for the tombstone. Batista floated over it and threw Undertaker over the top rope. Batista went out onto the steel floor with Undertaker and rubbed his face against the cage. Batista put Undertaker over his shoulder and threw Undertaker head first into the cage. Batista went to do it again, but Undertaker blocked it with his hands. Undertaker, from over Batista's shoulder, pushed off the cage and as Batista fell backwards they tumbled over the top rope into the ring, with Batista now in Undertaker's arms. Undertaker nailed the tombstone piledriver for the three count at the twenty-nine minute mark.
Batista is eliminated.
Winner: The Undertaker.
Undertaker struggled to his feet, then pointed at the Wrestlemania sign.
Coverage continued on the next page.
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