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Yeti Ultimate
The beginnings of this bike are sort of funny. Mountain Bike Action did a multi issue article on what they thought the ultimate mountain bike frame would be. After all that press Yeti decided to make the Ultimate. This paint color is Yeti's team color of Turquoise. At some point when I was younger I think I saw a Yeti like this all done up with purple components and when I got this frame I had to go for it. I spent quite some time searching out purple anodized parts for this. Some project bikes go pretty quick and some take years. This one took years.
The components are Shimano M732 Deore XT. The seat post, and bottle cages are Ringle. The headset is Chris King "no logo". The hubs are Hi-E. The pedals are Grafton's. I could go with a lot more anodized parts but this setup is flashy while still reliable and not over the top. I initially built it with much more purple but it was overboard.


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Saturday, September 24, 2011
© Copyright 2015 Gwinnett Daily Post
ATLANTA -- After three fairly easy quizzes, Georgia Tech braced for its first tough exam of the fall semester when No. 25 North Carolina came to town.
It wasn't quite the "A-plus" performance professor Paul Johnson and his students would've preferred, but the 24th-ranked Yellow Jackets were more than happy with Saturday's 35-28 victory in their Atlantic Coast Conference opener before 46,849 fans at Bobby Dodd Stadium.
Grade it an "A" in fortitude and effort, with a solid "B" in execution, especially for Tech's most scrutinized areas -- the pass offense and the defense.
"After the first few games, we thought we'd try to make one of them a little more exciting," Johnson joked after Tech had won its first three games by an average of 38.3 points. "I'm proud of our guys, especially they came back in the fourth quarter after they tied the game up.
"We had to overcome a lot of self-inflicted stuff (Saturday). They hit some plays in the second half, but when we had to, the defense got a couple of stops, and that was all we needed to win the game."
The Tech defense, indeed, came up with some stops when it had to make them.
In fact, despite giving up three rather quick scoring dives, the Jackets (4-0, 1-0 in the ACC) held the visiting Tar Heels (3-1, 1-1) to 322 total yards and sacked UNC quarterback Bryn Renner seven times -- three of which came from Jeremiah Attachou, a third of his team-high nine tackles on the day.
"I feel like it was good for us as a team and as a defense to get this adverse situation and have our backs against the wall and have to fight back," Attachou said. "We haven't had that the first three games. We'd like to do better. There are a lot of things we can fix, but as a team, we came together."
Meanwhile, Tevin Washington continued to show that success Tech's spread option offense had through the air through the first three games was no fluke.
The 6-foot, 205-pound redshirt junior completed 10 of 14 passes with one interception for 184 yards. Six of those completions went to Stephen Hill, who posted more than 100 yards receiving for the third time on the young season with 151 yards, including a 59-yard scoring strike in the first half.
"I guess until (opposing defenses) start respecting the pass, I guess we'll keep hitting big pass plays," said Washington, who added 74 yards and two TDs on 25 carries on the ground. "Down the road, we just want to do whatever it takes to get the win."
And what it took Saturday was coming up with enough on both offense and defense to build scoring 17 straight points in the first half -- the last a 2-yard scoring run from Roddy Jones with 11 seconds left -- after giving up a touchdown on North Carolina's first possession to take a 17-7 lead into intermission.
But after the Jackets had to settle for Justin Moore's second field goal of the game in three attempts -- this one from 36 yards out with 9:47 left in the third quarter, North Carolina's offense began to get cranked up.
Renner helped pull UNC back into the game on the next possession, hitting on all five of his passes for 66 yards as the Tar Heels drove 72 yards before connecting with tight end Nelson Hurst on a 6-yard TD strike, cutting Tech's lead to 20-14 with 7:37 left in the period.
Tech had an answer as Washington engineered a 13-play, 81-yard march that drained 6:05 off the clock and ended when he sneaked in from a yard out, and then pitched to David Sims for the two-point conversion to give the Jackets their two-score lead back at 28-14 with 1:25 left in the quarter.
Still, North Carolina persisted as Renner drove the Tar Heels down the field quickly once again.
This time, it took just 1:25 for them to reach the end zone, which they did when Renner hit Eric Ebron with a 20-yard TD pass, cutting Tech's lead to just 28-21 with 14:53 to play.
And the Jackets missed an opportunity to perhaps put the game away when Hill dropped another wide-open pass from Washington that would likely have wound up as a touchdown, and Tech was forced to punt after coming up short on third down.
And North Carolina made Tech pay when Giovany Bernard burst up the middle for a 55-yard TD run that pulled the Tar Heels even at 28-28 with 7:22 left.
But it took Tech just 2:02, and the steady hands of Jones to get the lead back.
Washington rolled to his left on an option play and sent a pitch towards the 5-9, 202-pound redshirt senior A-back that appeared to be off the mark.
But Jones not only grabbed it to prevent the turnover, but burst down the sideline for 48 of his 65 yards on the day down to the North Carolina 9.
Two plays later, Washington's slithered through the middle for a 5-yard score that put the Jackets back in front 35-28 with 5:20 to play.
"I pitched it right in front of him so he could catch it on the run," Washington said of the pitch to Jones. "That's how we practice it -- pitching it in front of him. So, I just tried to make sure I put it in front of him and didn't over pitch it."
But it still wasn't over, even after Tech forced North Carolina to punt with 3:07 remaining.
The Jackets got a first down and forced the Tar Heels to burn all three of their timeouts, but UNC got the ball back on more time.
However, two more sacks of Renner -- one by Emmanuel Dieke and the final one from Attachou -- helped drain much of the remainder of the clock, and the game ended anti-climactically with a 10-second runoff following a motion penalty on UNC from its own 44.
Bernard did finish the game with 155 yards and two TDs on 17 carries for North Carolina and Renner finished 17 of 25 for 204 yards and two scores, but the Jackets made enough plays to keep the Tar Heels at bay, including interceptions from Isaiah Johnson and Rod Sweeting.
Meanwhile, the Tech offense -- while not quite as ridiculously prolific as the previous three weeks -- did roll up 496 yards of total offense, including 79 yards on the ground and 21 more receiving from Orwin Smith.
More like this story
- Georgia Tech rolls to record-setting 68-50 win vs. UNC ( November 10, 2012 )
- Georgia Tech to host UNC in ACC men's basketball Tuesday ( March 2, 2015 )
- Tech coach not giving up secrets on offense ( September 24, 2011 )
- Second-half surge helps Tech ramble past UNC 28-20 ( September 21, 2013 )
- Tar Heels score another decisive win over Georgia Tech ( March 3, 2015 )

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I am posting the method I am using to make my topquilt. I used this method to make my down UQ. Thanks for all the suggestions you have made.When I was posting questions about making a topquilt, a few people asked that I take pics and document my steps.Please add any suggestions to help someone else make their project go easier.50" wide tapering to 40", 71.5" long5" baffle spacing, top chamber 5.5", bottom 6"1.75" baffles, bottom 2 baffles 2" (foot section)1.1oz dwr ripstop from BWDD.9oz mesh from BWDD1.5" seam allowance all the way aroundI made a full size template, marked my baffles and seam allowances.I put the fabric on the template. You can see the lines underneath and I used them to cut the fabric to shape (I used a soldering gun with a small pointed tip, it cuts and seals the edges). An added benefit of the soldering gun is the slightly melted nylon sticks to the mdf template and keeps it from moving.I then, I know...GASP...trace the seam and baffle lines with a matching color sharpie. Then repeat for the other piece.The sharpie lines are just visible enough to see while sewing, and if you stitch over them they are about impossible to see.There are other ways to do this but it works for me.Baffles sewn to one side.Sewing baffles to other side.Baffles all sewn, 3 sides sealed up and ready to stuff.Weight at this point is 211g / 7.4oz, so with approx. 11oz of down should be just under 20oz.
looking very nice. I like the idea of the template underneath.I'm wondering if you cut the mesh baffles with the soldering gun as well?
very nice!
Dan, I cut the baffles with a razor knife. I laid the mesh on a piece of mdf and taped the ends with one piece of tape on each end. I cut a straight line on one edge of the mesh, through the tape too. I then had a straight line to measure off. I measured and marked on the tape for each of my baffles (+1/2" for seam allowance, 1/4" per side), then used the straightedge and razor knife to cut each piece. Worked really well, just make sure you have the mesh pulled and taped snug.Thanks
Good tutorial. Can't wait to see the finished product! How do you deal with the baffles when sewing up the sides?
Thanks Ken, recognize the sewing machine? Thanks again, great machine.I guess I should have take pics of how I dealt with the baffles. The baffles extend about 3/8" past the seam into the seam allowance. That way the down can't shift into another chamber and the chamber can still expand starting right at the seam. I hope that makes sense.
Well I finally finished my top quilt.To much time under the house replacing the foundation lately.Well I ended up using 10 oz of 800fill down. From hammockgear.com . I had him package it per my specs. Super easy to take a small ziplock bag containing the proper amount for the chamber, shove it to the bottom and turn the bag inside out (one hand inside the chamber and the other outside) then just remove the bag. It took a little bit of finger dexterity but I didn't loose more than 20 individual feathers stuffing the entire quilt.I ditched the drawcord bottom idea and went with a baffled circular foot box. I am very happy with the enclosed footbox.I also stitched the bottom section up to just under the knees.The loft is over 2" in a single layer, closer to 2 1/2".
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For uninsured families and adults, the deadline to sign up for health insurance is in six weeks (March 31). Those individuals who want coverage by April 1 must sign up before March 15.
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CMH is hosting an open enrollment blitz on Saturday, March 8 starting at 8 a.m. at 2001 W. Broadway, Suite A, Bolivar. Additional appointments are available after hours by appointment only. "There are more Missourians that need to enroll before the deadline," says Dawson. "This enrollment blitz is an opportunity for individuals to look at various health insurance options and purchase coverage before the deadline. Procrastinators will want to act now before time runs out."
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on saturday, i had a do-si-do pARTy. it was a comment from shona that generated the idea — she had asked if a book i posted in early april was a do-si-do. i hadn't heard the term before! i had to google it and when i did, i found a great how-to on etsy.
but first! anna made do-si-do cookies. they were awesome, and i don't like peanut butter cookies. i ate 3 within 30 minutes of anna's arrival.
for our do-si-do books, i cut 3 boards for each person, and we glued them down onto paper, leaving about a quarter inch "gutter". then we glued a second sheet down, sandwiching the boards in the middle.
while the boards dried, we picked out interior paper. i also had some card stock prepped and we made a smaller version of the do-si-do.
jackie brought rocco, her greyhound. he made himself at home and made gus move over and share the dog bed. 8 adults + 3 dogs + 1 cat in my little house = serious negotiations for personal space.
before sewing our do-si-do's, i trimmed the covered boards down to final size. we did a pamphlet stitch and voilà! do-si-do!


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Santa Shames Thanksgiving 'Parasite' Shoppers Lined Up Outside Retailers…with a Megaphone! 'Santa' shames 'parasite' Thanksgiving shoppers who lined up outside retails stores Thursday night November 28th 2013, yelling at them with a bullhorn for destroying the tradition of the holiday. Santa played by Mark Dice.
Be sure to listen to the Alex Jones Show to hear Mark Dice break down this video.
Zombie Plague Sweeps America: Video Proof!
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Bournemouth, Dorset (PRWEB) March 22, 2013
Oral healthcare experts from Eludril and Elgydium have published guidelines to help Easter egg fans enjoy their seasonal chocolate treats in a healthier manner.
Chocolate consumption in the UK has risen by five per cent annually in recent years, a trend which market intelligence experts Mintel expect to continue up to 2016.
That does not bode well for teeth and gums, warn the manufacturers of Elgydium toothpaste and Eludril mouthwash.
Easter eggs – like many chocolate products – have a high sugar content.
This increases the likelihood of gum disease, which has been linked with more serious conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, respiratory disease, osteoporosis and some cancers.
Elgydium and Eludril's experts recommend 'keeping Easter special' by not eating any eggs before Easter Sunday – a healthy and respectful alternative to the approach taken by many UK supermarkets, some of which started selling chocolate eggs as early as Christmas Eve.
The oral healthcare experts recommend the following:
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The apostrophe signals omission of one or more letters:
it's = it is
couldn't = could not
I'll = I will
Use the possesive form for the owner or possessor, not for the thing
possessed. Note that a possessive noun functions as an adjective.
a vacation of two weeks = two weeks' vacation
payment for one day = one day's payment
Add apostrophe plus s ('s) to form the possessive of all singular
words except when pronunciation would be difficult. In those cases, place
an apostrophe at the end of the word (s').
the dial on a phone = a phone's dial
a vacation of one week = a week's vacation
Exceptions: Jesus' teachings, Charles' xylophones
Since most nouns form their plurals with the addition of s, most plural
possessives add the apostrophe alone. Add apostrophe plus s ('s) to form
the possessive of a plural word only when the plural word does not end
in s.
books by the women = women's books
a. First, establish the singular or
plural nature of the base word, for example, cow.
b. Second, form the possessive of the
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2. Do not use apostrophes to form the possessive of possessive pronouns;
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Watch: Justin Long Hilariously Ruins '4th Hour' Segment
by Julie Zied | December 2, 2010 at 2:13 PM | The Today Show, TV News
Filling in for a vacationing Hoda Kotb, Justin Long was out of control on 'Today's 4th Hour Thursday.
First he imitated Kristen Wiig's boozy Kathie Lee impression to her face (just days after Joel McHale did this to Reeg). Then he surprised producers by cursing on-air and talking about his "junk."
But it wasn't until a segment about thoughtful holiday gifts did he finally shift into full-on crazy mode. Watch below as he rubs sugar on his teeth as if it were cocaine, refers to Saturday as "Methday," and jokes about Rufie-ing Kathie Lee's wine. By the end, poor "Kath" is just grasping at straws. Did he forget he was on morning television?!


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1 in 3 New Jerseyans Struggling to Survive [AUDIO/POLL]
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With the fall election only a couple of months away, a new Quinnipiac University poll finds Democratic incumbent U.S.Senator Bob Menendez has a commanding lead over Republican challenger Joe Kyrillos.
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EXMORE — Should businesses stay open or close early when the weather worsens?
For Lloyd Kellam, owner of Lloyds Shore Pharmacy, the decision is based on the needs of customers and the safety of employees.
At almost noon Monday with snow coming down, Kellam felt he would close when it was not safe for employees to be on roadways.
I think we are rapidly approaching that point, he said.
But Kellam, a lifelong pharmacist, also knows that customers like to ensure their prescriptions are filled as storms begin.
Its a natural thing to do because our roads are never good early on. We will stay open as long as it is prudent, he said.
The only merchant in downtown Belle Haven sells a little bit of everything beer, dog food, hardware, groceries.
Phillips Hardware Inc. has seen snowstorms before and remained open at noon Monday. And even if the snow closed the offices of commercial tax preparers just six weeks before the federal tax deadline, the shop wasnt closing.
As a steady stream of customers entered and left, buying soft drinks, cigarettes and other items, Benita Rampersaud, who owns the store with her husband, said the snowfall didnt affect her bottom line.
Instead, it was the season.
In the winter, small stores like this dont make anything, she said.
A number of businesses, governmental offices and schools were closed, but a number of people were working on Monday during the snowstorm, including Jeremy Donovan.
Donovan, who works for a contractor, spent Monday morning ensuring the parking lot at the McDonalds restaurant was safe and free of wintry precipitation.
We salted right when it stared sleeting and now we are back again to start shoveling, he said.
Then well be back again to plow if it gets thick enough.
Others, like Ty Smith of Washington, D.C., who was doing bridge infrastructure work at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility, couldnt quite understand how it can be more than 70 degrees one day and then have snow showers the next.
Its odd, said Smith, who had to stop working because of the snowstorm. He hoped to resume soon, but this weather is not looking too promising now.
For Donovan, a change of season was in order.
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TV 101: Why we need public figures who lie to us (and how TV screws that up!)
Think about just how awful it would be to read another person's thoughts:
You would know for certain that your wife fantasizes about other people in bed (probably your friends). You would know for sure that your father doesn't brag to his friends about the $110 a month you make as a semi-professional blogger. You would know just exactly what websites your husband is looking at with the "private browsing" function turned on in Safari (and you would be blinded by them).
It would be horrible. And that's just the kind of world TV is making for us.
My father once scared the hell out of me. He said, "Next time you go flying, look down at the guys doing maintenance on the engine. Then realize, they care just about their jobs as much as you care about your job."
This was an awful thing to say, because I don't care very much about my job. Any single chance I get to slack, I take. If I were working at an airline and I saw a few loose rivets, I wouldn't think of all the people that might die in a flaming wreck, I'd consider how much work it would take to tighten those rivets versus what I brought for lunch that day. If it's a good lunch -- I'm thinking pizza with meatballs on it -- the people on that plane are going to die.
Now, I'm pretty sure that all of you would be just as irresponsible as me. But I can't know for certain that you suck as bad as I suck because you cover the stench of your real personality with a bountiful perfume of lies.
I'm not criticizing you for this; I'm happy that you lie to me. If I found out everyone was as bad as I am, I might as well transport myself to Mars and hang out with Dr. Manhattan and his big blue penis for all eternity.
See, I need to think that I'm an exception. I need to think that I'm a horrible, rotten person and that those people working on the plane are much better human beings than me. I know that's not true, but as far as I'm concerned, that lie is as important as the wings for keeping me in the air.
It's even more important that my public figures lie to me, especially politicians. I want to think that the people leading me are smarter and more moral than me. The idea that President Obama might be watching the same rerun of Beverly Hills Bordello on Showtime OnDemand that I'm watching doesn't make me feel more connected to him, it makes me feel nervous.
I'm an idiot. I don't want my leaders to be like me.
So, I expect them to lie to me. I want them to lie to me. In the deep, dark places of my heart, I know that they aren't better than me, but in the same Orwellian doublethink that allowed me to believe Kristy Thompson turned me down for a date senior year because she really did want to "preserve the friendship," I'm able to ignore the lie so as to maintain my sanity.
This is where TV knocks on the door, Larry-Dallas-style, to ruin everything.
In the last 20 years, the reach and availability of TV has grown to Kirstie Alley proportions. We've gone from 3 channels each giving us 30 minutes of news at 6 o'clock to almost a dozen channels blowing news at us 24 hours a day.
CNN, FOX, MSNBC, and all the other channels have a financial incentive to expose the lies we know our public figures tell. Because even though we know that public lying is part of the social contract, nothing gets people watching TV more than a really good scandal.
Scandal is the oil that keeps the cogs of these channels moving smoothly. They thrive on it, and will do their best to create it.
Right now, at this very moment, there are literally hundreds of reporters running down thousands of leads, all with one goal in mind: destroy the lie that these public figures have crafted for us. They are praying to Jesus that President Obama once cheated on his wife. They are baking pies for Buddha in hopes that Michael Phelps discovers crystal meth. They are lighting cigars for Jobu in order to assure another DP wanders into Christian Bale's eyeline.
Your first thought might be, "Big Deal! So what if they expose the lies!? Maybe those people shouldn't try to act so perfect all the time!"
If it were 30 years ago, I'd agree with you. A few scandals here and there made sure our public figures carefully maintained their lies. It kept their lying honest.
But with today's news cycle, it's literally impossible to hide your true self from the cameras. And, as we've already determined, everyone's true self is actually a pretty awful thing.
What we're headed for here is an apocalypse of truth. If TV keeps turning its unblinking eye on the people we need to pretend to trust, we will destroy one worthy person after another, tearing them down only for having committed the crime of being human. Then what would we be left with?
In Larry Niven's Ringworld series, the Puppeteers created a birth lottery that made sure that only the very lucky got to have more than one child. Eventually, this evolutionary pressure led to Teela Brown, a woman actually bred for luck.
I believe that TV News is doing to our public figures what Pierson's Puppeteers did in Niven's novel. Only, instead of selecting for luck, we're selecting for "ability not to be found out to be the fraud that we all know in our hearts that you really are."
Natural public figure selection is going to result in people who so believe their own BS that no amount of truth or scandal can destroy the public's faith in them. Instead of public figures who lie to us out of cynicism or because the social contract necessitates that lie, we'll have public figures who actually believe their own lies.
What will those public figures look like?
Pretty scary, I know.
The solution is a simple one, but I'm not sure if we have the collective will to actually carry it out. What we need to do is this:
Stop caring.
When scandals erupt -- when an otherwise good governor decides to get a little sumpin' sumpin' on the side or when a sports star decides to fill his body with random hormones -- instead of consuming this information like it was a big deal, just ignore it.
If TV won't let us maintain the necessary lies that keep our society running, it's up to us to do it ourselves!
Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go freebase some cocaine with the high-priced prostitute I'm cheating on my wife with.
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CPI in July 2007
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On a seasonally adjusted basis, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) advanced 0.1 percent in July, following a 0.2-percent increase in June.
The index for energy declined for the second consecutive month, down 1.0 percent in July. The index for petroleum-based energy decreased 1.4 percent. The index for energy services fell 0.5 percent, resulting from a 1.7-percent decline in the index for natural gas.
The food index rose 0.3 percent in July, reflecting a 0.5-percent increase in food away from home. The index for food at home rose 0.1 percent in July after registering average monthly increases of 0.6 percent in the first six months of the year.
The index for all items less food and energy advanced 0.2 percent in July, the same as in June. A smaller increase in the index for shelter was offset by an advance in the apparel index and larger increases in the indexes for medical care and for new and used vehicles.
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Sibanye aims to be S.African "mining champion" as it eyes Amplats mines
JOHANNESBURG, July 31 (Reuters) – South Africa's Sibanye
Gold remains on the hunt for a platinum asset and has
Anglo American Platinum's (Amplats) mines in its sights, ready
to make a move if the owner decides on either a straight sale or
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JOHANNESBURG, July 21 (Reuters) – World number-one platinum
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The mines account for over half of the company's workforce
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South Africa union war follows old pattern on new turf
MARULA PLATINUM MINE South Africa (Reuters) – When a wildcat strike hit Impala Platinum's Marula mine in South Africa's Limpopo province this month, union leaders there had no idea it was coming.
"We were taken by surprise. We came to work that morning and everyone was outside saying they were not going to work," said Solomon Digoro, deputy chairman of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) at Marula, 280 kilometers (170 miles) northeast of Johannesburg.
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Platinum said on Monday wildcat strikers at its Marula
mine had indicated they would return to work on Tuesday and
press their demands through "formal channels".
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Mineworkers (NUM), the dominant union at Marula, said its
leaders there had been given 48 hours to vacate their offices by
a "workers' committee" and faced death threats if they did not.
GM suspends South Africa production as striking union rejects offer
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – U.S. auto giant GM said on Friday it had suspended production at its main South African assembly plant in the southeastern city of Port Elizabeth because a strike by the country's biggest union had hit components suppliers.
The engineering and metal workers' strike shows no signs of abating after the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) rejected an increased employers' wage offer late on Thursday, the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (SEIFSA) said.
Interview – Vedanta stands by struggling Zambian copper mine
JOHANNESBURG/LONDON (Reuters) – London-listed Vedanta Resources Plc remains committed to its underperforming Zambian copper unit, despite disputes with the government over lay-offs and a looming audit of its books, the company's chief executive said on Friday.
Vedanta bought a controlling stake in Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) a decade ago, but the business, intended to be part of the company's push beyond India, has repeatedly disappointed.
Vedanta stands by struggling Zambian copper mine
JOHANNESBURG/LONDON (Reuters) – London-listed Vedanta Resources Plc remains committed to its underperforming Zambian copper unit, despite disputes with the government over lay-offs and a looming audit of its books, the company's chief executive said on Friday.
Vedanta bought a controlling stake in Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) a decade ago, but the business, intended to be part of the company's push beyond India, has repeatedly disappointed.
The Swiss commodities connection in African poverty
JOHANNESBURG, June 27 (Reuters) – Are mispricing and the
opacity of commodities trading in Switzerland contributing to
Africa's underdevelopment?
The world's poorest continent remains heavily dependent on
natural resources and so is extremely vulnerable to
manipulations in the price of the commodities it extracts and
exports, with very real consequences for its economies.
South Africa miners return to work after longest platinum strike
MARIKANA South Africa (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of South African platinum miners returned to work on Wednesday after wage deals ended the longest and most damaging strike in the country's history.
The five-month strike hit 40 percent of global production of the precious metal and has cost companies Lonmin LMI.J, Anglo American Platinum (AMSJ.J: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) and Impala Platinum (IMPJ.J: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) a combined 24 billion rand ($2.25 billion) in lost revenue.
After record strike, life returns to South African platinum town
MARIKANA, South Africa, June 24 (Reuters) – An armoured
vehicle carrying banknotes for an ATM machine rolled down
Marikana's dusty main street on Tuesday, a rare sight for locals
in the gritty South African mining town starved of cash during a
five-month platinum strike that has just ended.
"I haven't seen a cash vehicle coming out this way in a long
time," said Mohamed Moosa, who runs a general store in Marikana,
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The Liberty Firearms Institute would be the largest facility of its kind in the state, if not the country, said John Mason, co-owner of USA Liberty Arms, 921 E. Harmony Road. The proposed building would include a gun store, restaurant, classrooms and separate shooting ranges of varying distances for pistols and rifles.
A large-scale retail and shooting facility in the 2534 commercial development southeast of the busy I-25/U.S. 34 interchange would likely attract customers from across Northern Colorado and Southern Wyoming, he said.
"It's the perfect location," Mason said. "There's so much traffic through there, and just look at how much that area has to offer for other businesses."
But some residents of the Thompson Crossing housing development that sits south of the proposed facility, which could have up to 60 firing lanes, are concerned about the impact the business would have on the neighborhood, especially in terms of noise and traffic.
The facility would be suitable for an industrial area rather than next to an established residential development that is home to many families and children, said Thompson Crossing resident Jim French.
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Cut zucchini crosswise into 1/8-inch-thick slices and in a colander toss with salt. Let zucchini stand to drain 45 minutes. Pat zucchini dry.
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SUWANEE — Fresh routines began bright and early on Monday morning as students, parents, teachers and administrators said goodbye to summer and hello to a new school year in Gwinnett.
"All of the students come back excited, all the teachers are excited, you can feel the energy," North Gwinnett High School assistant principal Brad Siegfried said. "About like a ballgame, first ballgame of the year, everybody is excited about it."
For the first time in more than a decade, Gwinnett County Public Schools did not open any new facilities. The district operates 132 facilities, which are 77 elementary schools, 26 middle schools, 19 high schools, and 10 special entities.
GCPS spokeswoman Sloan Roach said there weren't any reports of incidents in the morning. She said traffic patterns would smooth out as the week goes on as parents and bus drivers get used to new routines.
New teacher orientation began two weeks ago, and most schools had student orientation late last week. That's when students and parents met new teachers, picked up schedules, found lockers and parking spaces and paid for school
"The old saying, 'The hay's in the barn,'" North Gwinnett High School Principal Ed Shaddix said. "If you're scrambling on Day 1, you didn't do something previously.
Shaddix said things begin to settle down after the first week.
GCPS has a projected enrollment of 162,635 students, the 14th-largest district in the country, and 11 principals are new to their school this year. The district has 615 new teachers and about 265 more students than last year.
Superintendent J. Alvin Wilbanks said Monday was a success for the district. "We are off to a great start to the school year in Gwinnett," Wilbanks said. "Day one has gone smoothly and that is due to the hard work of our teachers and staff. We appreciate all they have done to ensure we were ready for students."
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ADAMS Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. Matthew 7:7
That biblical verse, from the New King James Version Bible, mirrors what is unfolding in the village. After Hearthstone Ministries was evicted Aug. 31 from its location at 11 E. Church St., organizers prayed they would find a new home, and they have maybe twofold.
William A. Sampson, who runs Hearthstone Ministries, said the missions thrift store now will operate out of a 1,700-square-foot space at 3 N. Park St., below the Family Dollar. Hearthstone Ministries, he said, still is looking for space to house church programming and classes and expand mission work. The store reopens at 10 a.m. today.
Its all been falling into place, Mr. Sampson said.
He said he has faith that God will continue to improve Hearthstone Ministries situation. More prayers soon may be answered, because now that The Edge teen center/ministries, 35 Main St., has closed its doors, those same doors may open soon as Hearthstone Ministries second location.
We saw there was a need in the community so we put in motion to give the building to that need, said DonnaJo Dowker, who is The Edge codirector and founder, along with her husband, the Rev. Albert J. Dowker, pastor at Honeyville Baptist Church, Adams Center.
The Edge and Hearthstones ministries are independent and not affiliated with each other.
The Rev. Mr. Dowker said the decision awaits final approval in state Supreme Court because of the intended transfer of property, free of charge, from nonprofit to nonprofit.
We saw they need this building more than we did now, the Rev. Mr. Dowker said.
He said the teen center/ministry is going in a different direction, and there are more opportunities for youths to be engaged in their communities today than there were 15 years ago when The Edge was formed. It has been located on Main Street for 12 years.
Although there will be no Edge physical space now, the Dowkers said the churchs youth mission work will continue.
In two weeks, youths from the program will go to New York City for a mission trip, and The Edges band, worship team and drama teams will travel and participate in camp sessions and other youth programs.
Financial support is still needed for those ventures, the Dowkers said; checks may be made payable to NCCYO, and sent to NCCYO, P.O. Box 194, Adams, N.Y. 13605-0194.
As difficult a decision as it was for The Edge board of directors to close the center and give Hearthstone Ministries the building, the Rev. Mr. Dowker said, it was not without careful consideration.
The Edge has been the Dowkers passion and part of their identify for a decade and a half.
Our hope is when we turn this building over that itll enrich our community to make it better, the Rev. Mr. Dowker said.
Mrs. Dowker said the building was named The Edge because it stands beside the South Sandy Creek, and she and her husband wanted to give kids choice of an edge on life.
Hearthstone Ministries now will be given that edge. Mr. Sampson said he would not comment on the matter because he didnt want to break the trust he had with the Dowkers, as he told them he wouldnt discuss the topic with anyone.
Were looking for another building, Mr. Sampson said. We are constantly looking for another space, whether its church or a total community center. Were hoping to have an area where we could have emergency housing; thats probably going to be down the road.
Only the thrift store of Hearthstone Ministries will operate out of the North Park Street location, as its too small for other services for the 12-member church and the public.
Mr. Sampson said he cannot thank the Central Square-based Evergreen Estates, the buildings owner, enough for providing Hearthstone Ministries the space rent free.
The group pays for utilities, insurance and related church expenses. He said he got it all in writing, so there are not issues similar to those the group had with the landlord for its old location.
Ninety percent of thrift shop sales are generated back into the community through emergency assistance programs run by the ministries group, Mr. Sampson said. Through those efforts, several thousand dollars have gone to needy families in the last three years.
A grand reopening celebration will be held at the store Nov. 8, when cake will be served to customers. The store is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays to Thursdays and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Its telephone number is 232-9994.
People can shop or drop off donations during business hours, or send monetary donations to Hearthstone Ministries, 3 N. Park St., Adams, N.Y. 13605. A donation account is set up through Northern Federal Credit Union, and can be accessed at any branch.
Mr. Sampson said he believes God continues to bless Hearthstone Ministries and the needy families of northern Oswego and southern Jefferson counties that use the thrift shop and the ministries support services, because gifts of various donations, money, support and love keep coming.
Weve been called to do this, Mr. Sampson said.
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We reviewed this film originally for our special Peter S. Beagle edition in July 2006. It really was a fine job of adaptation, largely because Mr. Beagle wrote the screenplay, and all I can say here is that it is still a good film. But now it is even more satisfying to watch.
During the 25 years since this little film was produced, it has wandered a road as long and bleak as the road of the title's heroine. The original animation company has gone out of business; the film has changed hands three or four times; and Peter S. Beagle — who wrote the screenplay as well as the world-renowned novel on which the film is based — has struggled in vain to get any of the royalties owed to him by the present owners, Granada Media.
Now, in time for the film's 25th anniversary, some justice is available along with a very nice re-issue. Lionsgate Entertainment, the American distributor responsible for this new special edition, has graciously agreed to let Conlan Press, Mr. Beagle's representatives, market the DVD along with the usual media outlets. So if you want this film, order it from Conlan Press (www.conlanpress.com) — and over half your purchase price will go to the author, who has otherwise received nothing of this film's profits during its 25-year life.
Why should you pop for the re-issue? Aside from the karmic brownie points of personally assuring that some money gets to Mr. Beagle, this new DVD is a huge improvement over the original version. It has been digitally remastered, and thus is a fresh, bright copy; in addition, it is now in wide-screen format, which shows the lovely backgrounds to tremendous advantage. The soundtrack has also been remastered, and comes out clean and crisp in 5.1 format. Even the packaging is a pleasure — instead of the peculiarly plump, neotonic, Beanie Baby-style unicorn inexplicably pictured on the original cover, the new cover is made from actual screen shots. The unicorn is her proper exquisite self, just as she appears in the film. Rankin-Bass did a particularly lovely job with her, producing a unicorn that really is hauntingly beautiful rather than cute.
And there are extras! The best is a documentary interview with Mr. Beagle, giving background and history on the writing of the book. I found this especially moving, opening as it does with Mr. Beagle himself beautifully reciting the opening lines of the novel. There is also a fun, simple little game for children or story novices (this is technically a children's movie); the original theatrical trailer; a promo for Mr. Beagle and his books; and a nice gallery of stills from the movie. The gallery is enriched with art from a talented friend and fan of Mr. Beagle, Rebekah Naomi Cox, whose work Mr. Beagle himself describes as being precisely what he had pictured. I must say, seeing the examples on this DVD, that Ms. Cox did seem to capture the essence of what Mr. Beagle wrote: not only does it illustrate what was in his head, it is exactly what I imagined too, as a reader. That's an amazing thing to see.
The special anniversary edition is well-worth acquiring for the many, many fans of the book and film. It always was a charming little film, capturing much more of the beauty of the story than was usual for animated movies 25 years ago. It still has that charm, and now is better presented. It also finally makes a start at redressing the injustice done to its author for so long. While it is available from Lionsgate through all the usual outlets, please make the time and commitment to order it from Conlan Press — better yet, explore their site (www.conlanpress.com/youcanhelp) for the full story of Granada Films and Peter Beagle's long struggle with them.
[Kathleen Bartholomew]
illustration: portion of a screen shot from the digitally-remastered 25th Anniversary DVD
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This is one of those books that sticks with you long after you've finished it. The entire book is a mystery, even the title, 2666, is never mentioned or explained. Made of 5 parts, it centres around the serial killing of over 400 women in Juarez Mexico but even those are never fully explained. There are stories within stories within stories. It's best not to try to search for a logical beginning or end but to enjoy it as it goes along. A masterpiece.
``An oasis of horror in a desert of boredom.'' -- Baudelaire
If there was ever a book impossible to write a review about, it must be Bolaño's 2666. Having just finished the book, I have the urge rating it with five stars. The last 100 pages were really amazing.
However, I also remember the utter boredom I felt while ploughing through the Part about the Crimes. I sometimes had to drag myself towards the next page, often wondering why I was wasting my time on seemingly random sentences about random people doing essentially nothing. I was travelling at the time; if I would have had another book with me, I'm not sure I would have continued with 2666...
If you're really into literature, and looking for a masterpiece of language and epicness, but don't mind the lack of a compelling story in a book, then 2666 is definitely something for you. Don't expect a conventional novel however. This is a beautiful piece of art not to be toyed with.
I guess you'll rate it with either 1 or 5 stars. I'm sticking with 4, because of the middle part which I *hated*, even though I feel like I want to reread the whole book...
started reading this back in 2009 and put it aside after i got bogged down in "the part about the crimes" . I made it to page 428 but will likely have to start over even though i actually remember quite a bit of it
I didn't get very far with this work. Too meandering for my taste, and also meanders into arenas I'm just not interested in. So although I didn't like it, it wasn't for lack of writing skill or storytelling...just not my kind of book. So 3 stars because I feel like the fault is not in the book, and 2 stars would be too harsh.
A book I found far more interesting than good. In 2666 Bolaño gives us five interconnected novellas all concerning a few key topics, namely the fictional author Benno von Archimboldi and the murder of hundreds of women in the Mexican city of Santa Teresa (a fictional version of Ciudad Juárez). Of these novellas only the first of the five, titled The Part about the Critics, works as a standalone story. The rest of the novellas lack a resolution, understandable in a way considering that the real-world murders that inspired the book continue to this day, but the lack of resolution nevertheless frustrated me. After the first novella the book created an expectation of resolution, and given the interconnected nature of these stories some form of final tying together of all the threads seemed possible until only a hundred or so pages were left of the book- at that point it became clear that Bolaño didn't have sufficient time to resolve all the conflicts and mysteries he had raised. One could argue that this isn't a book about resolutions but about continued mysteries, and that's actually a strong position with a decent amount of textual evidence, but at the end of the day a novel with that approach just isn't my cup of tea.
The individual parts of the novel are varied, with all being conceptually interesting at the very least. The part that most exemplifies this is The Part about the Crimes, which chronicles the dozens upon dozens of murders in Santa Teresa and the less than inspiring efforts to catch the perpetrator. Each murder is given a brief description, with a small spoonful of context, before moving on to the next one. As the body count grows higher and higher it's all but impossible to remember each individual victim, and so going forward you tend to pay less attention to each new victim. Bolaño, by going over each and every victim in this manner (this is the longest of the five parts), manages to transform a seemingly sensational series of events into a dull routine. In this way he desensitizes the reader to the murders, normalizing them so that they lose individual importance in the same way that such crimes have slipped off the front page in Ciudad Juárez in real life. It's fairly brilliant, but it's not that enjoyable to actually read. All the parts do interesting things, but none of them stood out to me as being both theoretically interesting and interesting in practice.
In a way, however, 2666 is more than the sum of its parts. As characters reappear and you make more and more connections you immerse yourself further and further into this fictional take on Mexico. It becomes your world, a dark and disturbing world that is more impressive than any of its component novellas. It's just too bad for me that such a world contains no resolution, as it makes me feel as though the world is ultimately unfinished, and therefore unsatisfying. If you don't need resolution of any sort in your books then right now I envy you, since I'm sure you'll absolutely love 2666. For me it's a 3/5.
"2066" är en av dessa sällsynta romaner man skulle kunna bosätta sig i.
Nu bör alla som inte redan skaffat och läst den ha slängt på sig halsduken i farten, störtat ut i hösten och vara i fullt fläng på väg mot närmaste bokhandel.
(Note: this is not the same review as the other one by the same reviewer. It concerns a different translation.)
Lever han upp till sina ambitioner? Tveklöst. "2066" är en av dessa sällsynta romaner man skulle kunna bosätta sig i.
"2666" ist ein kühnes, wildes, hochexperimentelles Ungetüm von einem Roman. In der vorliegenden Form keineswegs perfekt - besonders der zweite, dritte und fünfte Teil haben große Längen -, ist er doch immer noch so ziemlich allem überlegen, was in den letzten Jahren veröffentlicht wurde.
Theorie her oder hin, "2666" ist ein ungeheuerlicher Wal von einem Roman, er bläst seine Fontänen hoch in den Äther.
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Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0312429215, Paperback)Amazon Best of the Month, November 2008: It was one thing to read Roberto Bolaño's novel The Savage Detectives last year and have your mind thrilled and expanded by a sexy, meandering masterpiece born whole into the English language. It was still another to read it and know, from the advance reports of Spanish readers, that Bolaño's true masterpiece was still to come. And here it is: 2666, the 898-page novel he sprinted to finish before his early death in 2003, again showing Bolaño's mesmerizing ability to spin out tale after tale that balance on the edge between happy-go-lucky hilarity and creeping dread. But where the motion of The Savage Detectives is outward, expanding in wider and wider orbit to collect everything about our lonely world, 2666, while every bit as omnivorous, ratchets relentlessly toward a dark center: the hundreds of mostly unsolved murders of women in the desert borderlands of maquiladoras and la migra in northern Mexico. He takes his time getting there--he tells three often charming book-length tales before arriving at the murders--but when he does, in a brutal and quietly strange landscape where neither David Lynch nor Cormac McCarthy's Anton Chigurh would feel out of place, he writes with a horror that is both haunting and deeply humane. --Tom Nissley
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An American sportswriter, an elusive German novelist, and a teenage student interact in an urban community on the U.S.-Mexico border where hundreds of young factory workers have disappeared.
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April 21, 2011
Terence Stamp in "Toby Dammit"
Terence Stamp, speaking in his own voice, in "Toby Dammit," Federico Fellini's contribution to the 1968 omnibus (anthology) film, Histoires extraordinaires (Extraordinary Stories/Spirits of the Dead).
For years only dubbed versions were easily available.
This is my Easter basket treat for all y'all. Make of it what you will.
(Terence Stamp just got another award. This one from the Film Society. San Francisco.)
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