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NEW YORK (AP) San Antonio Spurs forward Stephen Jackson was fined $25,000 by the NBA on Sunday for threatening Oklahoma City's Serge Ibaka in a Twitter post.
Jackson posted the message after Ibaka and Los Angeles Lakers forward Metta World Peace got tied up during the fourth quarter of the Thunder's 114-108 victory on Friday night.
The post has since been deleted, but multiple outlets reported it read: ``Somebody tell serg Abaka. He aint bout dis life. Next time he run up on me im goin in his mouth. That's a promise. He doin 2 much.''
``The recent public comments made by Stephen Jackson are absolutely unacceptable, cannot be tolerated and do not reflect the standards held by the San Antonio Spurs,'' Spurs general manager RC Buford said Sunday night in an emailed statement.
The team said Jackson would be fined, but the punishment would ``be imposed in consultation and coordination between the Spurs and the NBA.''
It was unclear if Jackson faced additional punishment from San Antonio in the wake of the NBA fine.
Jackson apologized to Ibaka on Twitter on Sunday, calling his post ``unprofessional and childish.''
Jackson has played for seven different teams in 13 seasons in the NBA. He is perhaps best known for his role in the Pacers-Pistons brawl in 2004, which also involved World Peace - then known as Ron Artest - and resulted in a 30-game suspension for Jackson.

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Gallinari undergoes surgery to fix meniscus in left knee, will have another to repair ACL
DENVER – The Denver Nuggets say forward Danilo Gallinari underwent surgery to repair meniscus in his left knee and will later have another procedure to fix his ACL.
The operation on his meniscus was performed Monday at the Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colo. He will go through rehabilitation on the knee before a date is scheduled to repair the ACL.
Gallinari was hurt on April 4 against Dallas when he planted his left leg awkwardly while going in for a layup. The knee buckled and he went down, screaming in pain.
The Nuggets have missed Gallinari in the playoffs against the Golden State Warriors. He averaged career-highs in points (16.2) and rebounds (5.2) this season. He also led the team with 135 3-pointers.


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We meet at Le Paris Montparnasse Café. The exact address is 43 Avenue du Maine, 75014 Paris.
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Join us to ride, taste & explore on this truly memorable day trip. Escape the crowds, skip the line, explore the Château, gardens & discover secret places seen by few tourists and even unknown to Parisians. If you are looking for a unique experience, out of the city, away from hoards of tourists, and want to make the most of your time in Versailles- look no further than this day trip.


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In1922, Phil R. Hinkley founded Phil R. Hinkley Lighting in Cleveland, Ohio. The company started by manufacturing outdoor lighting fixtures made of solid copper while their first catalog carried 14 products.
During the 1930's, Phil R. Hinkley sold half his interest to a salesman, Stanley Wiedemer. In 1937, Phil died and Stanley bought the remaining half and moved his family from Kansas to run the company.
In the 1940's Stanley's sons, Paul, Jack, and Jim became involved in the business. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the three Hinkley boys enlisted to serve and the Hinkley plant was converted to manufacture airplane parts. During the post war boom, Hinkley was well positioned for a new concept, tract housing.
In 1969, working closely with his father, Richard Weidemer Jr. joined the company. Later they moved the company to its current location on 12600 Berea Road and changed the name to Hinkley Lighting and expanded into Landscape lighting in 1987.
The 2000's brought the fourth generations of Weidemers to work at the company. In 2007, Hinkley Lighting bought Fredrick Ramond, expanding its catalog and offering more modern and luxurious products.


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By law, Michigan public school districts can only employ teachers who have a valid teaching certificate for an instructional assignment.
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MEA provides members with up-to-date information on state requirements for maintaining a teaching certificate in Michigan, and provides assistance to members when individual questions arise.
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This is a great interview with the creator of Super Columbine Massacre RPG, Danny Ledonne. He was booked on a Canadian television show to square off against a Toronto Sun columnist who parrots the popular "games made them do it" argument in response to recent school shootings. Listen closely to the arguments—it's amazing how well the creator of the game defends himself and gets the better of the debate. He's not defensive; he's very open and even-handed while the columnist comes off as shrill and argumentative.
He ends with the best advice we can give people who think that the games are causing these problems. Play the games, talk to your children, and make sure they don't become so far gone that this sort of game becomes something they feel like emulating. His sound bites are all great examples of how the industry needs to deal with these attacks: calmly, firmly, and using common sense. Mr. Ledonne quickly takes a lot of wind out of the arguments of the other gentleman and seems to surprise everyone involved with his quick and smart responses to their questions.
This sort of thing makes me proud to be a gamer, and puts a better face on games for everyone. Well done.


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Are the Spurs the Best Veteran Team in Sports? — Sports Survey of the Day
You hear it all the time in professional sports—'These guys are too old, they can't hack it anymore'—but the San Antonio Spurs are beating teams half their age, and have been doing so for over a decade.
In 1999 the San Antonio Spurs began a run of success that would include four NBA titles, and they were contenders every year. So how have they done it with the same three guys since 2002?
Tim Duncan is 37, Manu Ginobili is 35 and Tony Parker is the youngster of the bunch at 30. Then you take key players like Matt Bonner, 33, and you have to wonder how these guys are beating young teams like the Golden State Warriors. The Lakers and Celtics, also teams packed with veterans, were both eliminated in the first round.
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"Z Warrior Chronicles" is an independent project being worked on by Xatoku based off of the popular Dragonball Z franchise by Akira Toriyama. This project has been going since early April 2011, and has gone through many revisions along the way, but the story elements are now being worked on and progress is booming. The aim of this project is to emulate the Dragonball Z world in an Action/RPG type scenario,and tell the story of the Z Fighters as best it can. The gameplay is best described as a combination of Legacy of Goku 2 & Dragonball Z Sagas on the GBA & PS2 respectively, along with a ton of Anime inspired gameplay elements as well. Production is naturally at a slow but steady pace due to the development team being only me, but I've invested all of my free time into this project and have no intention on stopping any time soon.
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While Hong Kong's public health-care system covers anyone with an HK identification card, children under the age of 11 with resident status and those approved by the Hospital Authority chief executive, residents are encouraged by the government to be privately insured to get more comprehensive care and put less stress on the public system.
Private Versus Public Health Care Residents can access the public health-care system at facilities operated by the Hospital Authority. Insurance is not necessary for those eligible. The public system is geared toward emergency care: If an attending nurse deems a case not critical, patients can sometimes spend hours waiting to see a doctor.
Rates for public hospital services vary. Charges are broken down on the Hospital Authority website.
Having private health insurance affords patients the option of choosing doctors and scheduling routine check-ups. In general, the private system is more accessible for minor health issues and offers convenience by avoiding long waits at public hospitals. Private hospitals also offer a higher level of accommodation, such as private or semiprivate rooms.
Private health care, however, generally costs more than the public health-care system. Cost can vary by the level of accommodation, and may not be entirely covered by private insurance. For instance, some hospitals provide suites; policies typically cover only standard private rooms. The cost of surgery varies according to when it's performed—more expensive on weekends, holidays and outside normal office hours.
Some large private insurance companies that serve Hong Kong: Aetna | HSBC | Pacific Prime | GlobalHealth | Bupa
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What Are Your Greatest Strengths and Weaknesses?
Marie is about to interview two candidates for the customer service manager position. Her candidates are Francine and William. As always, she plans to ask about their strengths and weaknesses.
Francine answers the question, "What are your greatest strengths and weaknesses?" with, "My strength is that I'm a hard worker. My weakness is that I get stressed when I miss a deadline because someone else dropped the ball."
This answer is unimaginative. Most people think of themselves as hard workers.
William has difficulty with the question. "I really can't think of a weakness," he begins. "Maybe I could be more focused. My strength is probably my ability to deal with people. I am pretty easygoing. I usually don't get upset easily."
This answer leads with a negative, and then moves to vague words: maybe, probably, pretty and usually.
So what is the best way to answer this question?
Assessing Your Strengths
Assess your s****s, and you will identify your strengths. This is an exercise worth doing before any interview. Make a list of your s****s, dividing them into three categories:
Assessing Your Weaknesses
This is probably the most dreaded part of the question. Everyone has weaknesses, but who wants to admit to them, especially in an interview?
The best way to handle this question is to minimize the trait and emphasize the positive. Select a trait and come up with a solution to overcome your weakness. Stay away from personal qualities and concentrate more on professional traits. For example: "I pride myself on being a 'big picture' guy. I have to admit I sometimes miss small details, but I always make sure I have someone who is detail-oriented on my team."
Scripting Your Answers
Write a positive statement you can say with confidence:
"My strength is my flexibility to handle change. As customer service manager at my last job, I was able to turn around a negative working environment and develop a very supportive team. As far as weaknesses, I feel that my management s****s could be stronger, and I am constantly working to improve them."
When confronted with this question, remember the interviewer is looking for a fit. She is forming a picture of you based on your answers. A single answer will probably not keep you from getting the job, unless, of course, it is something blatant. Put your energy into your strengths statement -- what you have to offer. Then let the interviewer know that although you may not be perfect, you are working on any shortcomings you have.
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Can't believe out romance was just beginning. Now its Through.
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FT215: "Of course the Republicans are the party of 'no' because that's what grownups say to children." —Old Pithy
Fundamental Truth
Children only care about the Here and Now and Instant Gratification
"Mom, can I eat this whole birthday cake?" "No." "Dad, can I stay up past my bed time?" "No." "Mom, can I go out and play instead of cleaning my room?" "No." "Dad, can I skip my homework and play football with the guys?" "No." "Mom, can I go to the concert with Billy and his big brother?" "No." "Dad, can I use your table saw?" "No." "Mom, will you buy me this micro dress for the dance?" "No." "Dad, can I borrow the car this Friday to drive to a party?" "No." "Mom, can I have boys in my bedroom?" "Hell no." "Dad, can I have $50?" "For what?" "Stuff?" "What kind of stuff?" "You know, stuff." "Oh, in that case, no."
"No." It is the most important word in a parent's vocabulary. For kids want to do a lot of things that aren't good for them. Things that will get them into trouble. Things that might hurt them. Things that may leave them with unpleasant and/or long-lasting consequences. Parents have to say 'no' because kids just don't know any better. They only think about the here and now. Not about the future. They want instant gratification. They want to have fun. They don't want to wait. They don't want to work. And the last thing they want to do is to delay gratification.
So parents have to keep saying 'no' for their children's own good. At least, responsible parents do. Because parents are older and wiser than their children. Contrary to popular belief children have about their parents. Children like to say that their parents "don't know anything." But they do. In fact, they know a lot. Because they were once impulsive children having the same arguments with their parents. And now that they are parents they see the world differently than they did as children. They see it as their parents saw it. And realize that their parents were right all along. Thanks to a lot more education, a lot more work experience and a lot more life experience. The things that makes one wiser as one gets older.
Children who never Grow Up as Adults tend to Remain Liberal and Vote Democrat
Children that grow up into responsible adults tend to be more conservative. They get jobs. Straight out of high school. Or after college. And party less. They cut back on reckless behavior. Such as drinking and driving. Because they realized they could get a DUI. They could hurt themselves. Or, worse, hurt someone else. If they used drugs they cut back. Some stop using them completely. They stop having casual sex with random people. In part to avoid an STD. In part because they want something more than just a good time. So they, instead, get married. And settle down. Raise a family. And it's about this time that these one-time wild liberals start voting Republican. As they see there is a lot more to life than partying with booze and drugs. And having sex. Especially when they become parents.
Becoming a parent changes a person. Single coworkers may still want to go out and get a drink after work. They may look forward to the weekend so they can drink themselves into a stupor. But not a married person. At least, not a married responsible grownup. They want to go straight home to their wife. Or husband. They want to spend time with their kids. And they don't want to do anything that could harm their kids. Like risking their job by coming in late hung over after a night of excessive drinking. They'd rather get to work early. Do their job. And build a successful career. That is both personally satisfying. And takes care of their family. Something sobriety helps. And our days tend to be easier when they don't start with a hangover.
Children who never grow up as adults, on the other hand, tend to remain liberal. Focused on the here and now. Without a thought about the future. For them gratification is all that matters. These people tend to keep the wild ways of their youth. And those who go on to college take it up a notch. Away from their parents incessant 'no's they can finally say 'yes' to everything. And a lot of them do. They'll get drunk and video things with their smartphones. And upload them to the Internet. The kind of things you once had to go to a pornography store to buy. But they and their friends will post these videos for all the world to see. And these things will still be floating around the Internet years later when they're saying 'no' to their own children. Or interviewing for a job. Jessie Watters on The O'Reilly Factor has interviewed some of these young college students on spring break. Asking them questions about history. International events. Current events at home. And if they could identify members of the Federal government. Few could. Very few. Because they have more pressing things in their lives apparently than getting an education. At least based on what they're doing with their smartphones.
Democrats only care about the Here and Now and Instant Gratification
Liberal Democrats love these kids. For they know all they want is to have fun. So they become the party of fun. Free birth control. Access to abortion. Decriminalizing marijuana. Anti-religion. No moral absolutes. Anything goes. Even encouraging reckless behavior (they're going to have sex anyway so we might as well make it easier for them). Veritable anti-parents. Who tell these kids that they (these kids) know what's best for them. Not their parents. And if they want instant gratification that's okay. You don't have to worry about the future because if you vote Democrat that's something else we'll do for you besides the birth control, abortion, marijuana and the lack of moral constraints. If you vote Democrat we'll take care of you from cradle to grave. Just like that The Life of Julia slideshow promised. With so little education, work experience and life experience these kids don't know any better and say, "Okay. Where do I vote."
So the Democrats use these kids to stay in office. They know little so it is easy to lie to them. About the 'evil Republicans' that are as big a killjoy as their parents. And about how much better the Democrats are going to make their lives. If only they keep voting Democrat. So they do. Because the Democrats offer everything an irresponsible adult could want. Which is a shame as a lot of what the Democrats offer is bad for the rest of us. And the country. Their Keynesian economics fails over and over yet they keep using these failed policies of the past. Putting the country further into debt. And further depreciating the dollar. They lie to these kids about global warming. Allowing the Democrats to remain in power and pass crippling regulations. Threatening the coal industry. As well as increasing our energy costs. They want to raise the minimum wage for unskilled, entry-level jobs. Reducing the number of entry level jobs available for those looking to enter the workforce. And they want to take over our health care. The best health care system in the world. Replacing it with something not as good and more costly.
But these grand domestic plans require a lot of money. Which they often get from gutting the defense budget. Weakening our military (something they never liked to begin with) to free up money for buying votes (i.e., spending) elsewhere. They help justify this with a horrible foreign policy. Instead of peace through (costly) strength they choose a 'please like us' foreign policy. Marginalizing American Exceptionalism. Being kind to our enemies. And leaving our allies doubting our commitments. But if our enemies like us we won't need a large military anymore. Allowing them to use those defense dollars elsewhere. And how has that been working out? Not good. Since the 'please like us' foreign policy juggernaut Egypt is in chaos. Syria is in a bitter civil war. Iran is developing a nuclear bomb. Israel is feeling abandoned. Al Qaeda is taking over Libya and Iraq. The Taliban will return to Afghanistan once the U.S. leaves. North Korea is test-firing ballistic missiles. And Vladimir Putin is restoring the Soviet Union. Because he can. Thanks to America's new 'please like us' foreign policy. Instead of the peace through strength of previous presidents. Like Ronald Reagan. And JFK.
There's something else children who never grow up do. Go into politics. Into the Democrat Party. Not the Republican Party. The party the Democrats derisively call the party of 'no'. They join the Democrat Party. And do all of the things that give us the worst economic recovery since that following the Great Depression. And a more dangerous world. Despite this they still want to do more. Without caring what their actions may do to our future. Just like children. All they care about is the here and now. And instant gratification. So of course the Republicans are the party of 'no' because that's what grownups say to children. 'No'.
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Join Date: Jul 2009
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Top Gear First Drive: the BMW i8 sportscar prototype
Top Gear First Drive: the BMW i8 sportscar prototype:
Lordy that looks a bit futuristic. What is it?
The i8 is BMW's new-age sports car. So new-age, in fact, that its engineers refuse to say how it does against that age-old sports car measuring stick, the Nürburgring lap time. Guess that makes it, right out of the box, James May's favourite sports car.
Instead, they maintain it's a "sports car for the real-world". And they just let Top Gear out to have an early drive. Well it's certainly welcome into my world.
As a part of BMW's new i brand, it shares a lot with the i3. But it's also strikingly different. It uses a carbonfibre passenger cell like the i3. It has a plug-in battery like the i3. But it's not pure electric drive. Instead, most of the propulsion is taken care of by the piston engine, linked via a six-speed transmission to the rear wheels.
It's also very, very low, very grippy and massive fun. Both in a straight line and in corners. Oh and it looks like it's just been beamed down from Planet Astonishing.
But it's making my eyes hurt. Can we stop now?
Sorry about the swirly disguise in these shots. The 'clean' unveiling will be at the Frankfurt Show on 10 September. I was in a prototype, though the engineers say it feels almost exactly the same as the car that will go on sale in April for about £95,000.
Suppose I should know about the plug-in hybrid bit I guess. But will you make it snappy?
Because it has a pure electric mode from its mains-chargeable battery, you're expecting it to be silent and smooth and nippy in town. And because it also has a hybrid mode, you're expecting it to be efficient in give-and-take suburban driving. Yes and yes. It is both those things.
Fine fine, now what's it like as a sports car?
Well all you need to do is nudge the transmission lever out of the PRND side of its gate and into the S side. This activates sports powertrain mode, sports steering mode and sports damping mode. It allows the engine and electric motor to pull flat-out, so there's 360bhp in a car of just 1490kg. It's good for 0-62 in less than 4.5 seconds. Let's explore.
Remember, everything about this car is as small and as light as possible while still getting the job done. Even the mid-mounted petrol engine. It's a 1.5-litre three-cylinder turbo. Basically it's the one off the next Mini Cooper, but for i8 duty it's boosted up to 230bhp. Sounds like a recipe for peakiness and lag? Well not here, partly because it has all the latest anti-lag tech. But also because attached to it is a small electric motor-generator which does a remarkable job of filling in the low-rev lag, even if it doesn't add to the engine's power when boost has been built.
The rest of the urge comes from the electric motor that drives the front wheels. That's worth another 130bhp. All that said, it didn't feel like quite a 4.5-second car to me. Maybe because its off-the-line sprints get a helping hand from the effective 4WD of the electric front motor, so the figure is flattered. Whatever, it's quick enough to be called a sports car.
But more important is how controllable it is. However good a chassis is, if you can't meter out the power flowing through it you'll never get into the driving groove. The i8 does the job better than I'd dared hope.
But doesn't such a complicated drive system feel a bit weird?
Because the petrol engine drives through a sharp-witted six-speed autobox with paddle over-ride, it all feels remarkably natural and answers the accelerator promptly and progressively. The front electric motor is calibrated to match its efforts. You don't feel the car's two ends are disagreeing.
It sounds good too. In sport mode they have taken the exhaust and electronically boosted the nicest of the three-cylinder harmonics. The result is a bass-heavy thrum in mid revs, that hardens nicely as you get to the red at 6500rpm. No it's not as epic as the departed V8 M3 at full scream, or even a 911, but it's certainly no deal-breaker.
And the handling?
All the sports car basics are in place for good cornering, The overall weight is trim, the centre of gravity very low, the track wide, the masses concentrated inside the wheelbase.
And it works. There's a wonderful eagerness to the steering, and the feeling that the anti-roll bars really don't have much to do. Through S-bends the tidy flick of the body is a delight. Fast corners are neutral and confident.
Something odd, though: in slow ones, especially on the test's sections of greasy damp newly-laid tarmac, you're fed a big helping of pre-apex understeer. The engineers say this is the tyres, and that they're confident it'll be fixed in the nine months they have in hand until production.
Otherwise, more excellence to report. The steering assistance might be full-electric, but it sends up lots of feel, unweighting when the nose hits a crest or a damp patch, lightening too when you power on and edge out the tail, nibbling away as you sweep through a fast corner. Grip is strong, even if the tyres look skinny. That's because the centre of gravity is low, so the job is shared more equally between the inside and outside tyres.
By varying the torque to the front motor through bends (less early in the bend, more through the apex and on exit) the i8 gets the most out of the tyres and gives the most confidence to the driver. But it also allows a bit of adjustability through the right pedal. I don't suppose it's a big smoky track drifter, but remember, it's a real-world sports car. Not a hardcore weapon, not a supercar.
How long will it keep it up?
Good question. On most tracks, the power would deplete after a few laps. That's because the strategy in sport mode is to use the rear generator and indeed the front motor to fill up the battery whenever the engine's entire efforts aren't needed to drive the car. But on a track where you're either at full throttle or full braking, it wouldn't get enough light-throttle periods to do its recharging thing.
Hence the silence on a 'Ring time. But really, on any road, even an autobahn going at a sustained 155mph, the engine gets enough time to charge the battery. And then when you ask for the full beans you can have piston power and electron power together.
Is it bumpy?
Because you're sitting low, your head isn't levered about by lateral bumps, so the ride feels placid. Sure there's a sharpness to the damping in sport mode, but the springs aren't that hard, and comfort mode is exactly that.
How do those other modes work?
Comfort mode is the default. The car operates as a hybrid. Imagine you've started off with a mains-charged battery. It only takes 5kWh, which equates to two hours off a mains socket. Now the car will use front-wheel electric drive in most conditions up to about 45mph, because that's efficient. Then it'll use the engine above that, because engines are good for higher speed. Unlike in sport mode, it won't use the engine to recharge the battery (at least not until it sustains the battery at about 35 percent).
And it won't use the electric motor to add to the engine's power. So overall performance is lower. But it's still a nice progressive powertrain in this mode. It isn't making too many distracting transitions between electric and petrol power. Also, the engine's sound enhancer is switched off, so you notice it less.
Used this way, the official figure is going to be 113mpg and 59g/km CO2. Of course like any plug-in hybrid number, it doesn't reflect the energy from the electricity you've bought. Even so, it might well reflect the amount of petrol you put in, if you're commuting. And the tax advantages will make it cheaper to own than the Carrera 4S PDK which has a similar sticker price.
A fairer comparison might be this. The engineers claim that even if you never plugged it in, real-world you'd use little over half the fuel you would in an M3.
Then there's zero-petrol, zero-tailpipe-carbon, full-electric mode. Here the engine is stilled, and the front motor gets a unique trick: it's dropped into a lower gear. That way it can accelerate off the line pretty smartly - up to the tyres' wheel-spin limit. And it'll stay that way to 75mph.
So now you're wafting silently through a town, enjoying the remarkable dual character of the car. And maybe looking around at the rest of the cabin.
Ah yes, the i3 has lovely furniture. Is the i8 as good?
Everything about the interior is designed to be spare and light. The seats are thin but do the job; the dash screens look weightless. The huge door lifts out and up with one-hand ease, yet it shuts reassuringly solidly.
How come they made it so light?
The tub is carbonfibre, made in BMW's new low-cost method. To either end are bolted aluminium sub-frames for crush zones and to carry the powertrains and suspensions. Most body panels are plastic, but the doors and front bonnet are aluminium, and the roof is carbon in pursuit of a low C of G.
The side glass is amazing. It's the same stuff as smartphone screens, very thin and light, but strong and actually flexible. There's clever stuff like that all over the i8.
What about the fancy aero?
It has a Cd of just 0.26. The concept-car shots here show the way the air is shepherded in layers between some of the body panels. It goes through the front bumper and past the wheels in a curtain. It's taken in below the number-plate, through the radiators and out of an opening the front bonnet. It's pulled into the engine bay from below. It's taken in ahead of the rear wheels and channeled through the rear diffuser. It wraps around from the sides to the rear screen, for a highly tapered low-drag boat tail.
Is it going to stop the traffic?
Probably more than a Porsche 918. Nothing else looks remotely like it. And that's before we even get to the doors. OK they don't have glazed lower panels like the concept, but can you think of another 2+2 that has scissor doors?
Does it really make sense though?
Like the i3, what BMW has done with the i8 is re-invent the whole car in search of efficiency. Everything works because of everything else. None of its elements - carbon shell, hybrid system, radically down-sized engine, the packaging, the aerodynamics - makes sense alone. They all work because the others reinforce them.
As project chief Carsten Breitfeld says, it's important to remember it's an i8 not an M8. Not a track-day hero, but a sports car for all the other days. It's meant to show that sports cars can survive and adapt. And do it even if a world of incentives for low-carbon cars and deterrents for the opposite sort.
He doesn't say, so we will, it's also a captivating piece of design.
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Early Stone Castles of South Lanarkshire
I have been working as an Archaeological Investigator for RCAHMS since 1989 and currently as an Operations Manager in Survey and Recording. As a medievalist I have long been interested in castles in all their variety wherever they occur from Scotland to Greece, but opportunities for me to record and research them for RCAHMS only became available in 2000 with the Donside survey that led to the publication of In the Shadow of Bennachie (2007). This showed me that we have a lot to learn about the origin and development of castles, with a rash of motte-like structures, including the dramatic castle of Invernochty, Strathdon, with its 'later' stone curtain wall built by the 'native' earl of Mar, not all of which were medieval castles at all. Baileys, usually part and parcel of the castle earthwork, were absent, except at the Bass of Inverurie, but the mottes were often big enough to take a range of structures. More worrying was the absence of identifiable elite structures of the immediately preceding period.
The origins of castles in Scotland are generally assumed to derive from the influx of Anglo-French followers of King David and his successors bringing with them their notions of what was necessary for the centre of power of a lordship. Raising an earthwork or modifying a natural mound to make a place of strength was the quickest way of achieving this. South Lanarkshire provides a good test bed for this thesis since the documentation tells us that it was settled in the 12th century by Flemish knights, some of whom established themselves by building castles based on mottes or earthworks that defy easy definition. Some like Coulter motte in the care of Historic Scotland, or Crawford castle, a motte with a later stone tower, appear to have been typical conical mounded structures, but others like the earthwork at Castle Qua just outside Lanark, or that at Cadzow, not far from the later stone castle, take the form of promontories defended by earthworks with broad external ditches. These were sites that were rejected as prehistoric settlement enclosures by the Royal Commission investigators in the 1970s, although a Roman coin found during excavations by Lanarkshire Archaeology Society of the Cadzow earthwork suggest a late Iron Age or Dark Age date.
Further investigation of these sites is clearly needed. That at Castle Qua has been the focus of some interest locally and the Commission has reviewed the possibility of further survey work at the site with Addyman Archaeology for the Clyde and Avon Valley Landscape Partnership. The site itself is a dramatic one with a cliff on one side dropping down to the Mouse Water more than 100 feet below. A substantial earthwork that displays traces of stone facings lies within broad ditch enclosing an area some 30m across with traces of structures near the cliff edge. A second ditch suggests the possibility of a bailey.
Archaeology has also thrown up spanners in the dating of mottes, for example, excavations by Chris Tabraham at Roberton motte in the 1970s produced a sherd of imported pottery from France dated to the 14th century from the base of the mound. This contradicts the established wisdom of dating the construction of mottes and other earthwork castles to the 12th and 13th centuries by incoming Flemish lords. Although there is a good correlation between the documented Flemish incomers and the eponymous villages of Roberton, Thankerton, Symington, Covington, Lamington and Wiston, for example, all settlements of potentially medieval origin, earthwork castles have yet to be located at all of them. There is clearly much work to be done here in understanding the development of castles and this area provides an excellent location for doing just that.
This is what I've chosen for Day of Archaeology, but why not tell us your favourite archaeological sites in Scotland on Twitter using #MyArchaeology.


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Bailey scores twice as Islanders top Bruins 2-1
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BOSTON (AP) -- Josh Bailey scored twice and the New York Islanders added another big win in their surge toward the playoffs by beating the Boston Bruins 2-1 on Thursday night.
The Islanders, seeking their first trip to the postseason in seven years, improved to 5-0-1 in their last six games. They started the day tied with Ottawa and the New York Rangers with 44 points.
New York kept pace with Ottawa, which won at Philadelphia. The eighth-place Rangers were idle.
The Bruins fell to 5-2 in their last seven games one night after moving into second place in the East with a 5-4 win at New Jersey.
Bailey's fourth goal in six games and ninth of the season snapped a 1-1 tie at 13:12 of the second period. Tyler Seguin had tied it for Boston earlier in the period.


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Manitoba: Children and youth in out-of-home care in 2018
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*The rate per 1000 is calculated using the population of children covered under the age of protection in Manitoba (under 18 years old).
§ Child welfare services fall under the jurisdiction of provincial and territorial authorities, making it difficult to compile statistics at the national level. The most notable variations between provinces include mandate variation by jurisdiction with respect to the age to which children are eligible for services, differences in the length of time a child can receive out-of-home care and the definition of out-of-home care.


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Drama List
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Taburakashi Daiko Joyuu MakiJapanese DramaMaki Todo (Mitsuki Tanimura) falls into heavy debt after her theater company closes. Maki hears of an audition and goes to OR Corporation. The President of OR Corporation Tokitada Matsudaira… [More]Status: Completed Released: 2012 Rating: 9.53/10 (17 Votes)
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Taira No KiyomoriJapanese DramaThe 51st NHK Taiga drama recounts the life of Taira no Kiyomori (1118-1181), a general of the Heian period, who established the first samurai-based government in Japan. During the late… [More]Status: Completed Released: 2012 Rating: 9.88/10 (72 Votes)
Taisetsu na Koto wa Subete Kimi ga Oshiete KuretaJapanese DramaToda and Miura play two teachers, Natsumi Uemura and Shuji Kashiwagi, at the same high school who are set to get married in half a year. However, the night before… [More]Status: Completed Released: 2011 Rating: 8.86/10 (116 Votes)
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Taiyou no UtaJapanese MovieA girl who can only live at night and a high school student who loves to surf as the sun rises... The two had nothing in common... Kaoru Amane, 16… [More]Status: Completed Released: 2006 Rating: 9.72/10 (166 Votes)
Taiyou no Uta (drama)Japanese DramaWhile working at a seaside inn with his high school buddies, Kouji Fujishiro (Yamada Takayuki) meets Kaoru Amane (Sawajiri Erika), a street musician. Kaoru is suffering from an incurable disease… [More]Status: Completed Released: 2006 Rating: 9.31/10 (77 Votes)
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Checking the claim that the league always made sure players "knew the risks"
We've spent quite a bit of time discussing the NFL and head trauma. One rather constant claim is that the NFL has always been always been straight about head trauma and that players "knew the risks." I think it's helpful to weigh that claim against the actual history. Here is one rendition of that history.
1992 - Al Toon suffers his fifth reported concussion in six seasons. Asked if he will retire Toon says, he's "not thinking about retirement right now."
A week later Toon retires saying, "I feel better sitting still than moving around. I get real tired. Things I normally help with around the house, I can't."
1994 - The NFL establishes the Mild Traumatic Brain Injury committee. Rheumatologist Elliot Pellman is installed as its chair. "Concussions are part of the profession, an occupational risk," rheumatologist Pellman tells Sports Illustrated. He says that a football player is "like a steelworker who goes up 100 stories, or a soldier."
Pellman continues--"Veterans clear more quickly than rookies...They can unscramble their brains a little faster, maybe because they're not afraid after being dinged. A rookie won't know what's happened to him and will be a little panicky. The veterans almost expect the dings. You have to watch them, though, because vets will try to fool you. They memorize the answers. They'll run off the field staring at the scoreboard."
1995 - The Jets try to improve Boomer Esiason's recovery time from a concussion by employing what the Times calls a "innovative but unproved form of biofeedback therapy." The Jets team physician explains the treatment as "having a head filled with marbles knocked around after a hit. The biofeedback is trying to put them back in the same order." The Jets team physician admits that they have no controls to show whether the treatment is effective. The Jets team physician is Elliot Pellman.
1997 - The American Academy of Neurology establishes guidelines for concussed athletes returning to play. The guidelines recommend holding athletes who suffer a Grade 3 concussion (loss of consciousness) be taken "withheld from play until asymptomatic for 1 week at rest and with exertion."
2000 - The NFL rejects these guidelines. ''We don't know whether being knocked out briefly is any more dangerous than having amnesia and not being knocked out,'' says neurologist Mark R. Lovell. ''We see people all the time that get knocked out briefly and have no symptoms,'' he added. ''Others get elbowed, go back to the bench and say, 'Where am I?' ''
Lovell is a consultant for NFL and the NHL.
2002 - Hall of Fame Pittsburgh Steeler center Mike Webster dies. Towards the end of his life Webster was living out a pick-up truck, using a Taser to ease back pain, and applying Super Glue to his teeth.
2003 - In a game against the New York Giants, Kurt Warner suffers a concussion. Confusion ensues over the medical chain of command. Warner's coach, Mike Martz, says that the team doctor cleared Warner to play. The doctor, Bernard T. Garfinkel, agrees. But asked why Warner was allowed to play even though he "had trouble deciphering plays," Garfinkel says, "That's a coaching decision, not a medical decision."
Warner leaves Giant stadium in an ambulance.
"I would say it's not the coach; it's ultimately the physician's decision," says Pellman. "But you can't have a hard and fast protocol, because the injury is all over the place."
2003 - Wayne Chrebet suffers a concussion in a November game against the Giants. The following discussion between Pellman and Chrebet takes place:
"There's going to be some controversy about you going back to play." Elliot Pellman looks Wayne Chrebet in the eye in the fourth quarter of a tight game, Jets vs. Giants on Nov. 2, 2003, at the Meadowlands.
A knee to the back of the head knocked Chrebet stone-cold unconscious a quarter earlier, and now the Jets' team doctor is putting the wideout through a series of mental tests. Pellman knows Chrebet has suffered a concussion, but the player is performing adequately on standard memory exercises.
"This is very important for you," the portly physician tells the local hero, as was later reported in the New York Daily News. "This is very important for your career."
Then he asks, "Are you okay?"
When Chrebet replies, "I'm fine," Pellman sends him back in.
2004 - In September, former Steelers offensive linemen Justin Strzelczyk leads the police on a high speed chase through central New York, colliding at 90 MPH with a tractor trailer. The trailer explodes, killing Strzelcyzyk instantly.
Neuropathologist Bennet Omalu later finds evidence of CTE in Strzelczyk's brain. Dr Ronald Hamilton of the University of Pittsburgh confirms Omalu's assessment: "If I didn't know anything about this case and I looked at the slides, I would have asked, 'Was this patient a boxer?'"
2005 - In January, Pellman and MTBI publish their seventh in a series of research papers on concussions, concluding, in part, "Return to play does not involve a significant risk of a second injury either in the same game or during the season."
2005 - In March, the Times reports that Pellman has exaggerated his credentials.
2005 - In June, former Pittsburgh Steelers guard Terry Long commits suicide by drinking antifreeze. Neuropathologist Bennet Omalu later examines Long's brain and concludes he suffered from Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy.
"People with chronic encephalopathy suffer from depression. The major depressive disorder may manifest as suicide attempts. Terry Long committed suicide due to the chronic traumatic encephalopathy due to his long-term play," Dr. Omalu tells the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "The NFL has been in denial."
Steelers neurosurgeon Joseph Maroon says Omalu is employing "fallacious reasoning" saying "I don't think it's plausible at all ... to go back and say that he was depressed from playing in the NFL and that led to his death 14 years later, I think is purely speculative."
2005 - In July the peer-reviewed journal Neurosurgery prints Omalu's autopsy and brain analysis of "Iron" Mike Webster. Omalu concludes that Webster suffered from Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy.
2006 - Pellman's MTBI committee releases research concluding that "on-field evaluation by team physicians is effective with regard to the identification of cognitive and memory impairments immediately after an injury."
The paper also again rejects The American Academy of Neurology's guidelines, concluding that:
...current attempts to link prospective grading of concussion symptoms to arbitrary, rigid management decisions are not consistent with scientific data. We believe that if one insists on grading concussion severity, the best way is retrospectively, on the basis of how long it actually takes the player to become asymptomatic, with normal results on neurological examination. It is the recommendation of the NFL's Committee on Mild Traumatic Brain Injury that team physicians treat their players on a case-by-case basis, using their best clinical judgment and basing their decisions on the most relevant, objective medical data obtained.
2006 - In May,The NFL's MTBI committee attack Bennett Omalu's analysis of Webster claiming it contains "serious flaws." The committee then demands a retraction.
2006 - In November, former Philadelphia Eagles safety Andre Waters shoots himself in the head. After examining his brain, Omalu diagnoses Waters as having suffered from CTE. Waters was 44 at the time of his death. Omalu says he had the brain of an 85-year old man.
MBTI member and Baltimore Ravens physician Andrew Tucker says, "The picture is not really complete until we have the opportunity to look at the same group of people over time."
2007 - In May, the NFL commissioner establishes a league-wide minimum for "baseline neurological tests" to be mandatory on sidelines. Goodell announces an offseason "concussion summit." "We're protecting the players against the players."
2007 - An NFL safety pamphlet notifies players, "Current research with professional athletes has not shown that having more than one or two concussions leads to permanent problems if each injury is managed properly."
2009 - NFL spokesman Greg Aiello acknowledges, "It's quite obvious from the medical research that's been done that concussions can lead to long-term problems,"
2009 - The NFL begins to put up posters in locker rooms that state, in part, "Concussions and conditions resulting from repeated brain injury can change your life and your family's life forever."
"This is about Roger Goodell, that fraud, covering his own ass," says former defensive lineman Dave Pear.
2009 - Goodell testifies in front of a House Judiciary Committee saying, "My approach to this concussion issue in football has been simple and direct - medical considerations must always take priority over competitive considerations."
2010 - Responding to research from neurologist Ann McKee on CTE, Ira Casson, co-chairman of the MTBI, tells Congress that, "Tau deposition is the predominant pathology in a number of other neurologic diseases that have never been linked to athletics or head trauma. Some of these diseases have genetic causes, some have environmental toxic causes, and others are still of unknown cause."
2010 - In March, the NFL creates a new committee to study concussions, distancing itself from Pellman and Ira Casson. Prominent neurologists Dr. H. Hunt Batjer and Dr. Richard G. Ellenbogen are appointed as co-chairs. Batjer says the following about the MBTI: "We all had issues with some of the methodologies... the inherent conflict of interest... that was not acceptable by any modern standards or not acceptable to us."
2010 - In September, Eagles quarterback Kevin Kolb and linebacker Stewart Bradley suffer concussions. ESPN reports that Kolb "slammed into the turf, his eyes closed for several seconds and he was slow to get up and walk to the sideline," while Bradley, "on all fours, struggled to get up on his own power, stumbled for a few steps and toppled to the ground."
Both players had concussions. Both were returned to the game.
2010 - In a display of seriousness over player safety, Steelers linebacker James Harrison is fined $75,000 for his hit on Browns receiver Mohamed Massaquoi in an October game. Somewhat undercutting this display, the NFL sells pictures of the hit on its website.
UPDATE: Forgive me but I forgot to thank Malcolm Burnley for the assist he lent on research. I could not have pieced this together alone. Thank you.
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Loma Plata (Menno Colony, Boquerón Department, Paraguay)
Loma Plata, Paraguay is the administrative, economic, and social center of Menno Colony (coordinates: 22° 23′ 0″ S, 59° 50′ 0″ W). Located on non-arable land, in 1937 it became the center of such cooperative enterprises as trade and industry, as well as the offices of the colony administration. It received its name from the Mennonite expedition which explored the Chaco for settlement possibilities in 1921. When the first settlers came in 1927-1928 a large preliminary camp of settlers was located at this place.
In 1988 ca. 2,000 people (550 families) lived in Loma Plata. Originally the central school served as worship center also, but in 1988 three large church buildings served as meeting places for the Menno Colony's multi-congregation church (Mennonitengemeinde) of ca. 1,500 members. The three congregations had choirs, music groups, women's organizations, youth clubs and youth work, and volleyball and football clubs, etc. A large elementary school and a high school with full national accreditation were also located here, as was a Bible school, agricultural school and a school for special purposes. The offices of the colony administration, security services, and agricultural bureau as well as a number of private enterprises including general stores, furniture establishments, an agricultural machinery factory, and various other enterprises were found in Loma Plata.
The producer-consumer cooperative of the colony was headquartered here. This included a cotton processing plant, an oil press, a power station, a plant converting wood to gas, a meat market, and a creamery processing ca. 70,000-80,000 liters (ca. 20,000 gallons) of milk daily. Loma Plata was also the location of a hotel, telephone and radio services, and a 45-bed hospital, including five doctors and a nursing school. Daily bus service to Asunción was maintained as was occasional air service. The colony museum and historical archives were also in Loma Plata. In 1988 ca. 430 Mennonites and 80 Indians were employed by the colony in these enterprises.
See also Filadelfia.
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