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A study by Consumer Reports finds that most of us love a good deal. In fact, more than a third of those surveyed feel guilty when they pay full price. Nearly 60 percent wait for a sale to buy what they want. And 23 percent say they buy things that are on sale, even they don't need them.
AT&T (T) is no longer your grandmother's Ma Bell. The telecom giant has reportedly held talks about buying satellite-TV provider DirecTV (DTV). A deal could be worth more than $40 billion, and it would make AT&T a close second in the pay TV business to the planned tie up of Comcast (CMCSA) and Time Warner Cable (TWC).
Here on Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average (^DJI) gained 45 points Wednesday, to close at its first record high this year. The Standard & Poor's 500 index (^GPSC) added 5, and the Nasdaq composite (^IXIC) rose 11 points.
After tumbling in January, the Dow has jumped 900 points over the past three months.
Finally, in one of the first fallouts from the Western sanctions against Russia, a U.S. court has temporarily blocked Boeing and Lockheed Martin from dealing with a Russian supplier of rocket engines. The company is run by one of the individuals targeted by the Obama Administration.
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the florals matched the underside of the bride's shoes…
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Watch Caleb Johnson Sing "Family Tree" in American Idol 2014 Top 7 — April 16, 2014
Let's just put it out there: Last week of American Idol wasn't the greatest we've seen so far. Sure, Harry Connick Jr. put an unexpecting teenager on his shoulders, but as far as performances were concerned, most of the contestants could have done better.
Tonight (April 16), the Top 7 will be taking the stage once again, and we certainly hope they kick it up a notch. Now that the one and only save has been used on Sam Woolf, there's no room for error to keep the hopefuls from that dreaded elimination. We've watched as the contestants have chosen their own songs week after week, but this time it's a first in Idol history. Tonight, the hopefuls have been tasked with choosing songs for the other contenders to perform. It could prove to be one of the most interesting themes we've ever seen... or it could go horribly awry if the contestants secretly tried to sabotage one another.
First to take the stage is Caleb Johnson, who was perhaps the judges' favorite last week with his rendition of Journey's "Faithfully." Choosing to go with Alex Preston's selection of "Family Tree" by Kings of Leon, Caleb delivers yet another soulful and powerful performance.
"That was a great choice for you," says Keith. "I love that song. The fact that you took it way up like you did really highlights your strengths. You're such a consistent, dynamic performer week after week. Great job!"
"It's dangerous to put you first in the lineup," adds J.Lo. "Now everyone has to step up their game!"
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Introducing Scratchpad
August 15th, 2011
Tools like the Web Console are optimized for entering a single line of code. (ProTip: you can use shift-enter to put multiple lines of code into the Web Console.) Firebug has a button you can click to get into a multi-line input mode. Even with that multi-line input, the workflow is still centered around performing operations step-by-step and linearly.
Interaction with Scratchpad is quite different. It throws away the "one line of input gives you a line of output" interaction in favor of a text editor that knows how to run JavaScript.
Using Scratchpad
To use Scratchpad, go to the "Web Developer" menu (hint for Mac users: look for the "Web Developer" menu under "Tools"). Select "Scratchpad" from that menu, and you'll get a text editor window. The window starts out with a helpful hint about using Scratchpad.
The basic flow with Scratchpad could hardly be simpler:
- Enter some code
- Select a portion of the code
- Choose one of the three commands from the Execute or right-click context menu
The three ways to run code with Scratchpad are:
- Run
- Inspect
- Display
They all have keyboard shortcuts, because you don't want to have to reach for your mouse when you're writing code.
Run just executes the selected code. This is what you'd use if you're defining a function or running some code that manipulates your page.
Inspect executes the code as Run does, but it also opens up an object inspector on the value returned. For example, if you select
window and choose Inspect, you will have an object inspector that lets you drill into the
window object.
Finally, Display executes the selected code and puts the result right into your editor. This could be handy for using Scratchpad as a calculator. Or, more likely, it's handy for keeping track of results while you're testing something your page is supposed to do for you.
Interesting historical aside: Scratchpad was heavily inspired by the Workspaces feature of Smalltalk environments. Thirty years in, we're still reinventing Smalltalk 😉
To really get a feel for Scratchpad, you need to see it in action. Fire it up yourself, or watch Rob Campbell's video which steps through experimentation with Scratchpad.
Trying New Code with Scratchpad
Scratchpad is a great way to try out code in a live browser environment. For example, imagine you have a function called
calculatePosition, and it's just not working quite right. Load up your page, copy the function into Scratchpad and type out a couple lines of code that make use of
calculatePosition. You very quickly get into a flow of tweaking the function and re-running the code.
Once you have the result you want, just copy the code back into your main file. This whole time, you didn't have to reload the page even once.
Using Common Snippets
Scratchpad also has a way to save its contents or load a JavaScript file. Using this feature, you could save Scratchpads with collections of commonly used functions. For example, maybe you have a site that you work on that has various bits of data that get loaded via Ajax requests. Save a file with a handful of those calls and you can always get the data you want when you're working on that app.
A Word about Scopes
When you run code in Scratchpad, it runs in a sandbox that has access to everything on your page, but keeps you from accidentally leaking variables onto your page. This is very similar to how the Web Console works. If you want to put a variable onto your page, just set it on
window.foo=1 will give your page a variable
foo that is accessible to scripts on the page.
Scratchpad, unlike Web Console, follows you around as you switch tabs. When you execute code, it runs against the current tab in your browser. This makes it easy to try the same code against your development and staging servers, for example.
Finally, if you're doing development work on Firefox itself or on Firefox add-ons, you can set Scratchpad up so that it has access to all of the browser's internals. Go to
about:config and set the preference
devtools.chrome.enabled to true. This will allow you to change the "Environment" from "Content" to "Browser". Just don't blame me if you enter some code that forces your browser to send cat pictures to Google+.
More to Come
Scratchpad is a simple tool, and we want it to stay that way. We're planning a handful of improvements to Scratchpad that will show up in Firefox over the coming months, but the simple "text editor that runs JavaScript" core will remain.
We'd love your feedback on Scratchpad! Tell us on the dev-apps-firefox mailing list what you think. You can also get involved and make Scratchpad and other developer tools even better.
– Kevin Dangoor, Developer Tools Product Manager
Firebug: Alive and Well
July 25th, 2011
Last week, John J. Barton announced that he has left IBM and the Firebug project and joined Google. John has been leading Firebug for quite some time and he has made a huge contribution there. It's hard to overstate how important Firebug has been and still is in the world of web development, and John has been a large part of that history.
The departure of Firebug's leader has raised questions in some people's minds about the future of the project. Back in May, I explained the relationship between Firebug and Mozilla's developer tools group. What I wrote there is still relevant today: Firebug remains an important and vibrant independent project. Mozilla directly supports Firebug both through work on the platform that Firebug depends on as well as work on Firebug itself.
Jan (Honza) Odvarko works in the Mozilla Developer Tools group and is the new leader of Firebug. Honza has been working on Firebug for a long time and has been the release manager for the past few releases. The Firebug project is continuing to move forward without a break with the release of 1.8b6 last week and this week's planned 1.8 final release. Honza has plans for interesting new features in Firebug 1.9 so stay tuned or, even better, get involved!
Firebug has many awesome features built up over a period of years and is a favorite tool for more than 2.5 million web developers. If you've never tried Firebug before, you're in for a treat: it's a powerful and comprehensive tool for web developers. If you're already a Firebug user, keep an eye out because the Firebug project has more good things to come.
Best of luck to John in his future endeavors and to the Honza and the rest of the Firebug team for their continuing adventure!
– Kevin Dangoor, Developer Tools Product Manager
DevTools Integration Build
July 21st, 2011
(Crossposted to dev.apps.firefox and my blog)
Update February 14, 2012 by kdangoor: The link below for developer tools builds may not be active. Those builds have been used when we've had large features in development and wanted regular test builds. As I write this, you can find the latest developer tools on the Nightly channel.
I have a present for you.
If you go there and download the version for your operating system, you can get a sneak preview of what we've been working on in the Developer Tools group. It is a little rough around the edges still as it's all a work in progress, but it gives you an idea of what we're working towards.
The features can be found in the Web Developer submenu in the app menu on Windows (aero) and Linux or under the Tools>Web Developer menu on Mac and WinXP or Linux Firefoxes without the AppMenu.
The big feature in this build is the Highlighter available through the Inspect menu item (subject to change). It's still using a panel for the HTML display, but that is going to be docked and de-emphasized soon enough. There's a Style panel available through the toolbar at the bottom of the screen. The layout of this panel is going to change very shortly as well to provide more immediate access to the information you're looking for.
The other cool easter egg in this build is the Orion editor in Scratchpad. I'm kind of ruining the surprise by telling you about it, but I just couldn't help myself.
I'll kick off another build in a week or two including the Style Editor and some improvements to the Web Console as well as ongoing additions to the Highlighter. Note that the updater will download the latest Nightly from mozilla-central, so if you let it update, you'll lose this build.
Please let us know what you think. Here on this blog, on d.a.f, or file bugs against the Firefox::Developer Tools component.
I hope you like it.
Weekly DevTools meeting notes (June 16)
June 16th, 2011
The full meeting notes have the details, but the highlights are right here:
- Welcome Nick Fitzgerald (fitzgen on irc)! Nick is an intern with us for the summer. He's already diving into the Command Line and will also be involved with the Style Doctor
- Work on Tilt progresses, as you can see in Victor Porof's latest video.
- Check out the new console.timeStamp feature that's coming in Firebug
- Note that Firefox 5 is coming out next week, and Firebug 1.7.2 is compatible with it (yay!). Firebug 1.8 will come out shortly after Firefox 5.
- console.group/groupEnd have an implementation that you can see in Panos Astithas' video.
- The Highlighter and the ability to register commands with the new Command Line are ready to land! Stay tuned for more.
- Mihai Sucan posted a try build with the new code editor integrated into the Scratchpad. If all goes well, this feature will be in the next Aurora.
Developer Tools Roadmap update
June 15th, 2011
I've posted a draft of an updated roadmap for Mozilla's developer tools project. What we're trying to accomplish overall hasn't changed, but some of the mechanics most certainly have. This isn't surprising given the early stage of our project.
Please take a look and let us know what you think either in the comments here or on the dev-apps-firefox list.
DevTools: Halfway to Firefox 7
June 15th, 2011
We're now right in the middle of the 6 week development cycle for Firefox 7, so I thought I'd do a quick rundown of the features we're tracking for that Firefox, with two special bonus features at the end. Remember that we're following a release train model here. The timing for Firefox 7 is fixed, but the features listed below are not. If we get everything ready in time, you'll see the features listed below appear in Firefox Aurora builds sometime around July 5th and in a Firefox release around September 20th.
Highlighter lets you visually select a DOM element, see some basic information about the element and access further tools for working with the element. It's a gateway to visual/design oriented tools. Rob Campbell and Mihai Sucan have been working on the main patch in bug 642471. Paul Rouget has been working on improvements to the initial element highlighting and adding the overlaid information in followup bugs.
Status: Main patch is ready-to-land
Next 3 weeks: polish the feature with the followups
Style Inspector takes the element selected by the Highlighter and gives you detailed information about the styling of the element. This feature was initially created for Firefox 4 last fall and recently revived by Mike Ratcliffe. bug 582596 covers the main work of landing the feature. Additional important bugs cover things like integration with the Highlighter.
Status: Reviewed by the devtools team, waiting on browser peer.
Next 3 weeks: land it and get the Highlighter integration in
Style Editor makes it possible to make changes to the CSS on your page and see those changes instantly take effect. Cedric Vivier has quite a few great ideas for this tool, and we're hoping to get the first step out in Firefox 7. Cedric's editor is available as an add-on right now. He will be attaching a patch version of this to bug 583041 within the next couple of days.
Status: Patch coming up for review by devtools team.
Next 3 weeks: Get the patch up, reviewed and landed. This will likely be followed by a UI polish round.
HTML Tree editing provides a simple interface for making some changes to the current DOM. Specifically, you'll be able to manipulate attributes and text nodes. Kyle Simpson has picked up work on the HTML tree that was already in mozilla-central, experimented with the user interface and is now getting a patch together for the tree. You can track the progress in bug 659710.
Status: Patch coming soon for review by devtools team.
Next 3 weeks: Get the patch up, reviewed and landed.
We're adding a Code Editor to Firefox to improve the editing experience for the Scratchpad and Style Editor features. Mihai Sucan is integrating the Eclipse Orion editor, which has very good accessibility and internationalization aspects. This work is tracked in bug 660784. A separate bug tracks the Scratchpad integration for the editor.
Status: Initial patch reviewed, more work required for testing the integration. Also getting accessibility feedback to see if the editor hits the "good enough" level.
Next 3 weeks: Finalize the patch and land it.
console object is being extended to have just about everything that's in the de facto standard. Panagiotis Astithas is leading the charge on this, and there are several bugs involved in this work.
Status: Much has landed already
Next 3 weeks: land console.dir, console.group/groupEnd
And now, the two special bonus features. These aren't going to make their impact in Firefox 7, but the progress during the 7 cycle has been great!
The Command Line is part of a rethink on how people get things done with developer tools. It's going to take us a couple of releases to fully bake the Command Line+Scratchpad idea, and we'll be talking more about this soon. Joe Walker worked heavily on the Bespin command line and has been working on this seriously spruced up new version of the idea. Our new intern, Nick Fitzgerald, will help out with this feature. It's actually possible to use this sort of command line interface in your own webapps as well.
Status: Landing support for command registration soon
Next 3 weeks: working to land the command line UI, but turned off by default until we've fully fleshed it out
Finally, the Script Debugger project is huge and has many moving parts. Dave Camp, Jim Blandy and Jason Orendorff are hard at work giving the SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine an entirely new debugging interface that is remotely accessible. Panagiotis Astithas will be helping them out soon as well. The groundwork being laid for this feature is going to help make our other tools remotely accessible, too.
Status: SpiderMonkey can stop at debugger statements and provide stack traces over the remote protocol
Next 3 weeks: Continue on the strong progress made so far… this is not a Firefox 7 feature, but will be here before you know it!
Getting Involved
We're building a lot of new tools, and I think they're fun and exciting projects that will help a great many web developers. There are many opportunities to get involved, and we'd love your help in building some of the best tools for the open web.
Update: Since our release train model is still quite new, I added some additional information to the first paragraph to describe when these features are likely to be available.
– Kevin Dangoor, on behalf of the Developer Tools team
Weekly DevTools meeting notes (June 9)
June 9th, 2011
Check out the full meeting notes for a bit more detail, but I've got the highlights for you below:
- Tomorrow, QA is holding a Firefox 6 developer tools test day. Join us in #testday if you're trying out Scratchpad or new Web Console features for Firefox 6 and would like some assistance!
- Jan Odvarko released Firebug 1.8 beta 1 last week and beta 2 is coming out this week. 1.8 is a major refactoring of Firebug's code, and things are looking good for a release alongside Firefox 5.
- Scratchpad links in the Web Console will work properly soon in Aurora, when a fix that Panagiotis Astithas finishes landing.
- Speaking of Scratchpad, Rob Campbell put together a video which gives you an idea of what it's like to use the Scratchpad for experimenting with code.
- Paul Rouget has posted a couple of videos of prototypes for new Highlighter behavior.
- To help get it out the door sooner, Cedric Vivier has simplified the code for his Style Editor. You can try out the simplified version right now in add-on form. Cedric will be working on getting this in mozilla-central soon
- Google Summer of Code participant Victor Porof showed off his in-progress Tilt project.
- The Script Debugger continues to progress, with stack frame support landing yesterday in Dave Camp's repository.
Weekly DevTools Meeting Notes (June 2)
June 2nd, 2011
As usual, the full meeting notes are on the wiki. Here are the highlights for this week:
- Firebug 1.7.2 has been released.
- Compatible with Firefox 3.6, 4 and 5 (now in beta)
- Has some other bug fixes
- Firebug 1.8 beta due tomorrow
- Compatible with Firefox 6 (now in Aurora) and Nightly
- Contains the big modules refactoring
- Also contains a net panel improvement that displays remote IP address and port
- Joe Walker and Dave Camp put together a demo showing the Command Line resuming execution in the debugger
- Mihai Sucan posted a demo of the Eclipse Orion editor running inside of Scratchpad
Web Console: where you want it to be, with nicer completion and more
May 28th, 2011
The latest Firefox Aurora features a number of improvements to the Web Console. Take a look at the Web Console at the bottom of the screenshot:
- First of all, the Web Console is at the bottom of the window! Many users liked the Web Console at the top of the window, but others wanted the Web Console at the bottom of the window or in a separate window. All three of those choices are now available.
- console log messages (like "This is a log message") now include a link to the file and line that generated the message. This makes it easy to get some context around that log output.
- Requests to file:// URLs now appear in the Web Console
Here's something else that's new:
Previously, the Web Console provided suggestions to speed your typing. You could cycle through the suggestions, but it wasn't always clear what the choices would be. Firefox is now even better at giving you suggestions and saving keystrokes with its new popup display of completion suggestions.
We refined several other aspects of the Web Console's behavior. Notably, Firefox's native
console object now includes the
debug and
trace methods that appear in other
console objects. We plan to expand the console object further in the next Firefox release.
Thanks to Mihai Sucan, David Dahl and Panagiotis Astithas for these improvements to the Web Console! Thanks also to the reviewers who helped ensure that the code is top notch: Shawn Wilsher, Gavin Sharp, Dave Townsend, Rob Campbell and Neil Rashbrook. Finally, thanks to Eric Shepherd for his documentation work on the changes.
– Kevin Dangoor on behalf of the Mozilla Developer Tools team
Weekly DevTools Meeting Notes (May 26)
May 26th, 2011
Take a look at the full meeting notes for the details, but I'll give you the highlights right here:
- Firebug 1.8a3 is out. It works fine with Firefox 5, but there is a crashing bug on Aurora (Firefox 6) and Nightly. It'll be fixed in tomorrow's Nightly.
- It's worth nothing that Firebug 1.7.1 is compatible with Firefox 5. Sign up for the Beta channel today!
- Cedric Vivier posted a very quick demo of the Style Editor. Notice how the elements affected by the rule you're editing are highlighted.
- Kyle Simpson posted a UI prototype to show some of what he was thinking for the HTML editor
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Go out and buy your copy of Baby Bash's new CD "Cyclone" tomorrow! Let's get it to number 1 next week!
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A former president of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials said recently that state transportation departments are in dire straits and called on the Obama administration to include financing proposals in any federal transportation policy strategy it creates. Pete K. Rahn, president of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials in 2007 and 2008, said states don't have enough money to keep highways in adequate repair, according to a report in The Journal of Commerce.
Rahn, who is now senior vice president of HTNB, a Kansas City-based engineering firm, said states are raiding transportation funds to support other state services and some can barely pull together the 20 percent in state matching funds to qualify for federal highway funds. The lack of a transportation spending bill is causing uncertainty among states, Rahn said. The current law guiding transportation spending will expire on Dec. 31. Congress will have to extend the law before it adjourns, but Rahn expressed doubts that lawmakers will pass a new spending bill.
The Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC), of which PCA is a member, has launched a grass-roots campaign to raise awareness of the need for quick enactment of a robust surface transportation bill. Rahn said Congress will have to either pass a new spending bill or extend the law before it adjourns. "Clearly this Congress is going to have to deal with the issue of either extension or passage. Until Congress acts early it's going to create a lot of uncertainty in the states." Rahn said the policy not only needs to be stated, but there has to be clear indication of how it will be funded. "They've enunciated a policy," he said. "You can state anything you want to do, but if you're not going to talk about how you're going to pay for it, it's not a good plan."
Simply extending the law in December will throw off the normal contract-letting cycle in which contractors win bids in November and December to prepare for the start of construction in the spring. Rahn said the state transportation system is not keeping up with the growth in population and the growth of traffic is stifling the existing infrastructure. "Since completion of the interstate system in 1984, we've added 6 percent capacity, but we've seen a near doubling of the volume of traffic," Rahn said. "We need to be multimodal, but even if we maximize our approach to multimodal movement of people and goods, we're still going to need more highways."
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The CoyoteClub.Org line of predator calls consists of two types of calls: The diaphragm mouth calls, and the deer-in distress and rabbit-in-distress hand-held calls. A coyote will come to many different sounds, but the diaphragm mouth call will allow you to bark and howl to communicate withcoyote and ki-yi like a hurt puppy. The rabbit-in-distress and the deer-in-distress calls will simulate their favorite meals and usually bring them in. These are all that I use and they have always been effective for me. Good hunting and always hunt safe. The life you save may be mine.
Steve Price
This combination of three CoyoteClub calls will cover all coyotes. I developed these calls to be as coyote perfect as my ears can tellin combination with a spectrum analysis comparison. This is all that I use and they work well for me. You may not hear much difference between the three calls, but a coyote can. The most realistic puppy yelps and cries are made with this type of call as well as effective barks and howls. Rotate calls for added effect. All diaphragm mouth calls come in a crush proof plastic case.
I call my black single reed the Black Widow. It is a specially selected flex reed latex mouth call taped in black. It has made many a coyote a widow. It uses a specially selected latex to appeal to western coyotes. Western coyotes are a little smaller than their eastern coyote cousins and the Black Widow has a slighter higher pitch. You probably can't hear the difference but a coyote can.
I call my brown single reed the Brown Bess. It is a specially selected flex reed latex mouth call taped in brown. It has put many a pair of ears on the fence. It uses slightly thicker, specially selected latex, to appeal to eastern coyotes. Eastern are some times call Brush Wolves because they have been found to contain some DNA from wolf cross-breeding. Eastern coyotes can be a little larger than their western coyote cousins because of this and the Brown Bess has a slighter lower pitch. You probably can't hear the difference but a coyote can.
I call my double reed special the Green Monster. It is a special stretch double reed latex call taped in green. The second reed adds a harmonic to the bark and howl sounds. It works in all situations. I use it to back-up the Black Widow and Brown Bess; three different calls to mimic all types of coyotes.
Place the tip of your tongue against the back of your lower front teeth, arch your tongue toward the roof of your mouth, place the diaphragm on your tongue with the rounded edge towards the back of your mouth and the dimple toward your tongue and lift it to the roof of your mouth. Do not put it too far back or you will feel you want to gag. It should be as far forward as possible without biting the call. The soft rounded part of the call should seal to the pallet so all air is forced between the call and your tongue. The front outside edges should be near or touching your top teeth (number 4 or 5 on each side from the front). Exhale and you should get a low toned sound. By increasing the pressure with your tongue against the roof of your mouth the sound should become higher. Practice lower sounds to become able to get the feel of the diaphragm. Practice going up and down with sounds, like playing the scale on a piano. Listen to each sound you make and fit it to the call scenario you wish to make. The more pressure you excerpt with your tongue, and by making short breaths you can sound like a hurt puppy. (Ki-yi, ki-yi, ki-yi). A bark of a coyote is done with short sharp breaths with medium pressure. These calls can be used to call turkey, cow elk, bugle like a bull elk, howl like a coyote, ki-yi like a hurt puppy, bark like a coyote, simulate a bear cub in distress and be a combination of barks, howls and ki-yi all in the same scenario. Practice doing one type of sound at a time until you get the feel of where the diaphragm fits and how much breath you should use. Watch, listen, and practice, and before long you will master the calls. Their are three basic calls for communication among coyote. 1, Two barks and a long howl is the locator call. 2, Two barks and a short howl is the challenge call. 3, Three barks is the danger call. There is nothing more exciting than calling a predator in close. They are our greatest challenge.
The distress cries of animals will bring all predators running, especially a coyote. A coyote is an opportunistic hunter; always ready to take advantage of another animal in trouble. In country where deer are numerous, a deer in distress call will always bring then running. In more urban areas where deer are scarce, a cottontail rabbit cry will work best. Over all, the cottontail distress will work everywhere you hunt because cottontails are almost everywhere. Above all, your animal distress must be believable to the coyote. You must take into effect that an animal will have more air at the start of his cries than at the end. He will also get weaker as the calls continue. Your call must be believable to the coyote. The more believable your sound, the less likely the coyote will circle and wind you. A coyote is very cautious and will often slip in quietly, so always be alert and look in all directions. Both the Deer and the Rabbit-in-distress calls come with a spring tension lanyard.
The CoyoteClub Cottontail Distress Special
Grasp the call at the base of your thumb and hand. Cup your hand around the call and begin to blow. Begin to open your hand as you blow into the call. Finish with your hand open as you simulate the rabbit running out of breath. Each cry should contain this maneuver. By using this technique the sound will change during the calling sequence and it will sound realistic to the coyote. Each call should be 4 to 5 cries of about 2 seconds each with the last cry a little more muffled as the rabbit losses his breath. Wait for about 5 or 10 minutes between calls and watch carefully. If after three calling sequences you don't see the coyote, pick another set-up and try again. If he heard the call he has come in and either seen you or winded you and is gone. Perfect scenario, wind 3-5 mph in your face, sit in the shade, and call into the wind, any time of day, any time of night. Of course there must be a coyote in calling range, so do your homework. Scout around for coyote sign one day and pick several spots to setup around the area, and then pick your best setup based on the winds the day of the hunt. Good hunting.
CoyoteClub Deer Distress Special is used in the same way as the CoyoteClub Cottontail
Distress Special. Hold the call in the same manner and use your
hand in the same way to control the sound. A deer has more
wind than a rabbit so the cry should last 3 seconds instead of 2. Other than
that, the calling sequence is the same. The Deer
Distress Special is a more complex tool in that it is capable of imitating a
variety of animals, from a fawn and doe cry, to a tending buck grunt, and
everything in between. The reed block has 5 groves for the O-ring to hold
the reed on the tapered reed block in five
(5) different positions. In position 1
(the closest to the end), the cry is a fawn deer. In position 2, it is
doe cry, in position 3; it is the cry of a larger animal like an elk,
moose, or bear. In position 4 and 5 it simulates a perfect tending
buck grunt. A lanyard is provided to keep your call handy, and an extendable
bellows is included to add resonance to the buck grunt.
The fawn and doe cry are performed without the extendable bellows.
A very versatile call.
A very versatile call.


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From Pennsylvania to Washington and in between, baby boomers recently responded to The Lutheran's questions about how their faith was formed, is lived out and will look in the coming years. The reader call went out in preparation for The Lutheran's April cover story on the faith of boomers. This week we offer "sound bites" from four readers who share their history, insight and predictions, reminding us what it was like to be born in the 1940s and '50s (even '60s) and how that faith lives on as they face retirement:
"The main influence has been materialism. ... We began to see instant gratification as the way to happiness. Everyone was encouraged to do their own thing. Credit cards became a way to have it all. All this led to a lack of time and energy to give to our spiritual side. ... Boomers need to change the 'me' generation to the 'we/Thee' [generation]. There is an extraordinary amount of technical knowledge, resources and energy in the boomer group. We need to rely on God's wisdom and guidance as we continue to be his body in the world."
"The influence of faith from my childhood (the 1950s) has in many ways shaped who I am today. Grounded in faith which at that time was firmly family centered has influenced my life decisions, parenting and personal outlook. It certainly created in me the understanding of the importance of worship, fellowship and service."
"While a youth I didn't always appreciate the weekly confirmation class, but in hindsight it was valuable training. I really learned to pray while in the Army and it was faith that sustained me during combat. Too many of the boomer generation have no religious affiliation. They dropped away from churches soon after becoming adults and have never returned. ... While we support in principle the desire to attract new believers, we fear that our own denominational heritage can be jeopardized in the name of growth. Our faith is stronger today because of a lifetime of nurturing and prayer and Bible study."
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One of the keys to the sneaky emotional power of Park Chanwook's "Revenge Trilogy" (Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy, Lady Vengeance) is the distance he keeps from his characters. All three films center on characters of complex morality, doing things that are foreign and often shocking to most viewers. Park, however, refuses to either judge or endorse their choices. Instead, he simply records events as they happen, allowing his characters and their actions to speak for themselves.
Such is the case with Lady Vengeance, Park's follow-up to the showier Oldboy, the film that won him not only the Director's Prize at Cannes in 2004, but also instant world-wide regard. The film is the story of Lee Geum-ja (Lee Yeong-ae), a lovely young woman who, while still in her teens, was forced by an older man (Oldboy's Choi Min-sik) into confessing to a brutal child-murder she didn't commit. Through her 13 years in prison, she was revered by her fellow inmates for her kindness, and known to the outside world for her great piety; upon her release, however, Geum-ja coldly begins calling in favors from her former cell-mates, and sets in motion a plan for revenge that has been in the works for all those long years in jail. Though her saintly behavior in prison earned her the nickname "Angel," it is a very different Geum-ja that appears in the outside world. Finally free to orchestrate her revenge, Geum-ja views those around her as no more than potential distractions, or tiresome wastes of time. When her former friends dare detain her with hugs or questions, her face assumes a bored, irritated expression. It's as if she's calculating how much longer she will have to wait for satisfaction because of the time wasted on conversation.
The combination of Geum-ja's coldness and Park's aforementioned distance creates something like a layer of frost over Lady Vengeance, making it difficult for Park neophytes such as myself to gain access. For American audiences accustomed to visceral thrills with their stylistic flash, Park's approach is confusing -- we're witnessing astonishing, bravura filmmaking, but we're left outside, observing rather than feeling. At first, his style is blinding, offering strange juxtapositions (singing Santas greeting ex-cons outside of a prison), impossible fantasies (the murder's head on a sleigh dog's body) and stunning compositions (there are more hypnotic patterns on display in Geum-ja's tiny apartment than appear in the entirety of most films) in place of human identification. We don't know what to make of Geum-ja, and are left with little choice but to identify with her former cell-mates, all of whom are turned off and troubled by her lack of emotion.
The film's emotional thaw comes near its midpoint, when Geum-ja locates the daughter she was forced to give up for adoption when she went into prison. When she finally meets the girl -- Jenny, having been adopted by an Australian family, speaks no Korean and is just as ferociously determined as her mother -- Geum-ja experiences unexpected twin pangs of love and guilt. When Jenny manipulates her guardians into allowing her to travel back to Korean with her mother, Geum-ja feels herself losing control -- not only of the situation, but also of her emotions. This crack in her armor allows audiences for the first time to see her has a three-dimensional human being, very different from the woman who thus far had been either a saint or an emotionless stone. Interestingly, it is only once we achieve this emotional breakthrough with his protagonist that Park's visual style becomes more restrained. And, suddenly, instead of just watching the film, we are experiencing it.
As Geum-ja gradually brings her plan for vengeance to its fruition, she meets a surprising obstacle, and turns in an unexpected direction to exact her revenge. The revelation of the means to her vengeance is one that be won't spoiled here; suffice to say that the last 30 minutes of Park's work are astonishing in their grace and beauty. His confidence in himself as a filmmaker allows him to slow down just when everyone else would be speeding up; to show restraint when others would be at their most flamboyant. The results are breathtaking, and so unexpectedly lovely that they're hard absorb all at once.
As in the previous installments in the Trilogy, there are moments of extreme, calculated brutality in Lady Vengeance, but none of them are without consequence. In every case, Park chooses to show the build-up to the violence, as well as how it affects those who witness and commit it, instead of the bloody moments themselves. In other words, had Park made Reservoir Dogs, there would have been no ear-slicing on screen, and the event would have had an impact that reached well beyond sadistic pleasure. There is none of that gleeful malice to Geum-ja. As played by Lee Young-ae, she often seems very small on screen, and very self-contained. Her perfect, oval-shaped face portrays a serene purity, even when she dons the red eye shadow she hopes makes her look like kind. Park cast Lee partially because she was known and loved in Korea for her innocent, wholesome role in the TV series The Jewel of the Palace, and he wanted her to play against both her looks and reputation. In this Lee is a complete success, so much so that she doesn't so much play against those traits than she molds her character around them; suffice to say that every emotion, from stone-faced disregard to small, private agony is completely convincing on her face, even when only her eyes are visible.
If Park has a reputation in mainstream American, it's as a director of daringly violent and dark revenge fantasies, a description that calls to mind both the all-encompassing, thrilling bloodshed of The Wild Bunch and the sadistic torture of new American horror films, like Hostel. Lady Vengeance, though, possesses a subtlety and tenderness that are totally unexpected, and make one realize that Park is done a great disservice by the facile assumptions we make about him and his work. Miles away from the cliched violence we expect based on too-brief summations of his career, Park instead offers complexity and nuance, and an understanding of his characters -- however outrageous they may appear -- that puts him on a higher ground than most other directors working today.
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Though born in New Zealand, Andrew Dominik, the director of this week's "Killing Them Softly," moved to Australia at the age of 2, and was raised there. And around thirty years later, he provided a firecracker up the arse of the nation's film industry by directing "Chopper," a biopic of colorful criminal Chopper Read that made Eric Bana a global star, and firmly launched Dominik as a filmmaker to watch.
Australia's film industry has had its bright spots -- the grindhouse scene of the 1970s, the emergence of directors like Peter Weir and Gillian Armstrong in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the feel-good 1990s comedies of Baz Luhrmann, Stephan Elliot and P.J. Hogan. But "Chopper" seemed to launch a decade for the nation's film culture that might number among the finest in its history, with a host of uncompromising directors emerging over the following decade that have led some to talk of an Australian New Wave or New Australian Cinema movement.
And while Dominik has moved away from home, delivering his second slice of brilliant Americana with "The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford," being followed by "Killing Them Softly," we thought the release of the latter this Friday seemed like a good opportunity to shed a light on some of the other key figures of this movement. So below, you'll find five of the most important Australian directors to emerge in recent years. We didn't have space for everyone ("Samson & Delilah" helmer Warwick Thornton might have made the cut, but he's mostly been MIA since that film came out), but readers from the Southern Hemisphere, and elsewhere, can let us know who else they tip in the comments section below.
Older and more experienced than most of the names of these five, Hillcoat was born in Queensland, Australia in 1961, but spent a portion of his childhood in Canada and Connecticut. By the 1970s he had returned to Australia, working by filming bands on the Melbourne post-punk scene, where he befriended a promising musician named Nick Cave. Hillcoat stayed principally in the music world, making his directorial debut with the INXS documentary "Swing and Other Stories" in 1985, but had stayed close to Cave, and the duo teamed up for the director's feature film debut, 1988's "Ghost Of The Civil Dead," a tough, brutal prison movie co-written, co-starring and scored by the musician. Despite the presence of Cave, by then an international superstar, and a Venice Film Festival premiere, the film, while well received, didn't make too much of an impression around the world. However, Hillcoat embarked on a successful and lucrative career helming music videos for the likes of Bush, Suede, Depeche Mode, Manic Street Preachers, and Siouxsie and the Banshees. Another feature followed, the romantic drama "To Have & To Hold," starring Tcheky Karyo and Rachel Griffiths, but that too rather disappeared without a trace. Nearly a decade later, having continued in the promo world, Hillcoat came roaring back, reteaming with Cave on the western "The Proposition." Starring an international cast of character actor favorites including Ray Winstone, Guy Pearce, Danny Huston, Emily Watson and John Hurt, it's a grubby, nasty tale of violence and loyalty, with an uncommon emphasis on the Aborigine people (still a somewhat taboo subject in Australian cinema) and a hall-of-fame score from Cave and Warren Ellis. It picked up great reviews around the world, and ever since Hilllcoat has ensured that similar decade-long gaps wouldn't lapse between his next films. 2009 saw the release of "The Road," another typically bruising, powerful widescreen epic, an adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's Pulitzer Prize-winning post-apocalyptic novel. And this year brought his most commercial film to date, in the shape of Prohibition-era crime tale "Lawless," an entertaining picture that proved a modest hit. All share a no-nonsense muscularity, an almost classical, John Fordish style, and an ability to extract fine performances from performers as diverse as Viggo Mortensen and Shia LaBoeuf. Next up, all being well, is L.A. cop thriller "Triple Nine," and we're looking forward to Hillcoat bringing his skills to the big city.
"I'd like to see your film, smartass" -- the common refrain of internet commenters, incensed at a bad review given to their own personal favorites. It's a silly idea (you don't need to be a chef to know when someone's pissed in your soup), but even so, David Michôd, a former journalist with Australian film craft magazine Inside Film, must have left a few tails between legs when he premiered the astonishing "Animal Kingdom" at Sundance back in early 2010. Michôd was born in Sydney before heading to university and film school in Melbourne. When he moved back to his birthplace, he ended up answering phones at the magazine. Within six months, Michôd was Deputy Editor, and he went on to be Editor there for three years. But directing was always the end game, and he left his job in 2006 to focus on it, with short film "Ezra White, LL.B" hitting the festival circuit that year. Two shorts followed in quick succession, "Crossbow" and "Netherland Dwarf," playing Sundance and picking up awards around the world. It was 'Dwarf''s run at Sundance that saw him come into contact with Nash Edgerton and Spencer Susser, who also had shorts at the festival, and they joined forces to create Blue Tongue Films (see below), putting "Animal Kingdom" into development. The film -- which saw Michôd return to the crime-riddled Melbourne he remembered for his college years -- was a powerful, rich and complex crime tale, immaculately helmed by the director, and it launched half its cast to stardom; Jacki Weaver, Ben Mendelsohn and Sullivan Stapleton have all gone on to greater things, while a cameo-ing Joel Edgerton has only gone from strength to strength since. Michôd has reteamed with the latter for his next project, a futuristic Western developed from an idea by the director and the actor named "The Rover," which has Robert Pattinson, Guy Pearce and Scoot McNairy set to star. Filming is slated set to start soon, so fingers crossed, we'll see before 2013 is out.


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In March 2004, Equality Now launched its Beijing + 10 campaign at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, urging governments to revoke all laws that discriminate against women. Equality Now's report, Words and Deeds: Holding Governments Accountable in the Beijing + 10 Review Process [2] (PDF, 196KB) contains a representative sampling of laws that explicitly discriminate against women and in doing so fundamentally contradict the commitments made by governments at the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995. Over twenty governments were represented at the launch of the campaign in March 2004 at the United Nations. Many pledged to repeal the laws highlighted; others detailed steps they had taken to eradicate sex discrimination from their legal codes. There have been some developments regarding the laws given in the report, including the following:
Ethiopia: The Ethiopian Parliament has adopted a new Penal Code that removes the marital exemption from penalty for crimes of abduction and rape. The new Code will come into force once the final text has been signed into law by the President and publicized in the official gazette.
Monaco: The government has revised Article 1 of Law No. 1155, so that it now provides equivalent rights to Monegasque mothers and fathers to pass their nationality to their children. The amendments were effected, however, by a structure that enumerates specific categories of mothers who could pass on nationality, while preserving to fathers a blanket right to do so. Consequently, while the change is welcome, the law remains facially discriminatory. According to government officials, this differentiation derives from the law regarding acquisition of Monegasque nationality by marriage, including Article 3 of Law No. 1155 which was also highlighted in Equality Now's full report as discriminatory. Article 3 permits non-Monegasque women to acquire Monegasque nationality in certain circumstances through marriage to Monegasque men, but Monegasque women do not have the equivalent right to pass on their nationality to their non-Monegasque husbands. Please write to the government to welcome the changes that have been made to Article 1. Urge it to complete its reform by amending Article 3 to provide for equal nationality rights for non-Monegasque men and women who marry Monegasque nationals and also to remove the discriminatory structuring of Article 1.
Morocco: Morocco has effected broad legal reform that includes the following amendment to the cited provision:
Section 418—A mitigating circumstance obtains in cases of murder, injury or beating committed by one spouse against the other spouse, when either party is caught in flagrante delicto committing an act of infidelity.
While Equality Now welcomes the revision of law to eliminate explicit discrimination against women, Morocco, together with other governments, committed in the Beijing Platform to "ensure equality and non-discrimination under the law and in practice" (emphasis added). The new law, while neutral on its face, may continue to be applied in a way that discriminates against women by mitigating punishment for offenders who are all, or almost all, men who have killed women in so-called "honor" killings. Please write to the government, congratulating it on the several reforms made that provide for gender equality. Urge the government to continue this reform, including full repeal of Section 418, which maintains an exemption from punishment for murder that will in practice largely if not exclusively be applied to men who murder women.
United Kingdom: The wording of Section 85(4) of the Sex Discrimination Act of 1975 has been amended, although the discrimination remains. Section 85(4) now reads:
Nothing in this Act shall render unlawful an act done for the purpose of ensuring the combat effectiveness of the armed forces.
Please continue to write also to the other heads of states of the countries mentioned in the report (note several updates in contact information on the reverse side of this page) and call on them to ensure that the laws mentioned, and any other discriminatory laws in force, are repealed or amended before the agreed target date of 2005. Call on your own government to undertake a comprehensive review to identify and address any laws with sex discriminatory language or impact. Share this report and your concerns with the media and the general public to enlist their support in the campaign to hold governments accountable to the promised made in Beijing.
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Goodge Street, you will forever have a warm fuzzy place in my heart.
I have no idea what or who Goodge is or was, but the name is unmistakable. It's easy to get in and out of, pops you right onto the Northern Line or out onto Tottenham Court Road, and is just generally good(ge).
Oh, and it's windy. Extremely windy. Between the time I stepped into the station to the time I got on the train, I...more
The station features five lifts but, from my observation, never are all put into service at once. Like Belsize Park station it's a bit claustrophobic and dank on the top side. But unlike Belsize it's been recently refurbished and doesn't (always) smell like food and urine.
In the off-hours the platform can be uncomfortably vacant, like that empty train station in The Matrix that connects...more
With a name like "Goodge Street", how could I not go out of my way to use it? Sure, there might be other stations that are more convenient, but Goodge it is.
Serving only the Northern line's "Charing Cross" branch, the platforms are accessed by one of three lifts ("elevators" to Americans) and a few stairs. It is in Travelcard Zone 1, between Leicester Square (technically, Tottenham Court...more
This is a small station and it is not one of the busiest so it is easy to get in and out.
The problem would be that the only practical way to get down to the platform is to use the lift. Yes they have a lift service here, don't even think about the small windy stairs unless you really really have to.
They have three lifts so it is really not a problem. The lift serves both people coming in...more
Interchange-free Tube station on the Northern Line (between Tottenham Court Road and Warren Street). Not too frequently used by tourists, it's really only busy during rush hour. Very annoying in that there are only lifts and no escalators, which makes it seem more crowded than it is. Lots of cafes and such nearby - centrally located to some University of London library and colleges.more


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Amanda Bynes Could Go To Jail For Hit-And-Runs
By Mack Rawden 4 years ago
Amanda Bynes abhorrent driving record may soon catch up with her in a big way. The Los Angeles City Attorney has officially charged the actress with two separate counts of vehicular hit-and-run, and if convicted of both, she could wind up spending real time in jail.
The first incident occurred all the way back in April. Bynes was allegedly driving a rental car, clipped some random guy and took off. He wrote down the license plate, and detective work led back to Bynes. Had this been her last dust-up behind the wheel, prosecutors would have likely let the situation go, but in the months since, the former All That star has been accused of driving under the influence, chased by a police helicopter and involved in other accidents. At some point, the government had to put its foot down and say enough is enough.
According to TMZ, if Bynes is convicted, she could spend up to a year in jail. Her next court appearance isnt scheduled until September 27th; so, its entirely possible a plea arrangement could be struck before then. Most defendants would likely go that route, but since the Hairspray star has long maintained her innocence, she may well choose to fight.
Well keep you updated as the case winds its way through the court system. Until then, if youre driving in the LA area and see Bynes in the car next to you, consider moving over and letting her pass. Youll probably be fine either way, but sometimes its better to take the safe route.


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Safest Ford Mondeo yet gets new engines, more equipment and an upmarket image
Among the hive of activity at the Paris Motor Show, the new Ford Mondeo has taken centre stage on the American manufacturer's stand, alongside the updated Ford C-MAX and brand-new Ford S-MAX.
The long-awaited new Mondeo has been on sale since 2012 in the US (where it's badged Ford Fusion), but the European version had been delayed due to production constraints. However, we've now had our first look at the new family hatchback, which will cost from £20,795 when it goes on sale later this year. The top-of-the-range model will cost £27,550.
A wide range of engines and specifications will be offered, with highlights including a turbocharged 207bhp 2.0-litre diesel and an innovative 1.0-litre petrol engine. Ford will also offer a Mondeo Hybrid with a petrol-electric engine capable of class-leading CO2 emissions.
As with the current car, hatchback and estate models will be available, but the new model will also see the reintroduction of a four-door saloon version.
New Ford Mondeo 2015 specs and equipment
The new Ford Mondeo is the safest the company has ever built, thanks to a raft of new features and a body that's 40 per cent stiffer.
The new safety features are led by the latest autonomous braking system. This can detect pedestrians and can reduce the severity of (or completely avoid) a collision at speeds of up to 50mph. The system can recognise people walking in the road ahead, or about to enter the car's path, using cameras mounted on the windscreen. If it detects an imminent collision, an audible warning sounds and the brakes are primed for action. If the warnings are ignored, the car applies the brakes independently.
That system is backed up by Active City Stop, which can apply the brakes when it detects an imminent collision with a car at speeds of up to 25mph. Pre-Collision Assist uses radar and cameras to scan up to 200m ahead and can apply the full force of the brakes if required.
For the first time, the Mondeo will be available with inflatable rear seat belts that can keep the passenger tightly strapped in the event of an accident. The new system is backed up by nine airbags.
Other safety features available on the new Mondeo include Adaptive Cruise Control (which can match the speed of the car in front of you) and a lane-keeping assistance (which gently steers the back into its lane if you drift out). Traffic-sign recognition, which displays roadside information on the dashboard, is another option.
LED headlamps that can be used on full beam without blinding other road users, and an automatic parking system that can parallel park and reverse into bays by itself, complete the new Mondeo's substantial list of safety features.
New Ford Mondeo 2015 engines
The 2015 Ford Mondeo will have a wide range of engines from launch. Diesel engines will form the core of the range, with three 2.0-litres as well as a 1.6-litre available. The 1.6-litre diesel is the economy champion, with CO2 emissions of 94g/km, but even the 2.0-litre diesels won't emit much more.
The flagship diesel is an all-new 2.0-litre engine that produces 207bhp thanks to the use of twin turbochargers – much like the flagship diesel in the latest Volkswagen Passat.
The petrol line-up focuses on downsizing, with 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0-litre engines available. The 1.0-litre engine, which is also fitted to the Ford Fiesta and Ford Focus, will produce 123bhp and emit 119g/km of CO2 for a £30 annual road tax bill when it goes on sale in early 2015. The 1.5-litre EcoBoost engine will produce 158bhp and have CO2 emissions of 134g/km.
The 148bhp and 178bhp versions of the 2.0-litre diesel engine will be available with either front-wheel drive, or, in a first for the Ford Mondeo, four-wheel drive.
New Ford Mondeo Hybrid
For the first time, the Mondeo will also be available as a hybrid. This version will be sold as a four-door saloon only and will have emissions low enough to exempt it from road tax.
The Mondeo Hybrid will use a 2.0-litre petrol engine and two electric motors – one to drive the wheels and another to recharge the battery. The lithium-ion batteries are anticipated to last for 10 years or 150,000 miles. The engine and motors will work in conjunction with a CVT automatic gearbox.
Like the rest of the range, the Hybrid will be fitted with a number of features that cut drag by 10 per cent to further improve economy, including grilles that close to make the car slip through the air more efficiently, plus automatic start-stop.
New Ford Mondeo 2015 drive
Ford has become a master of producing cars that are not only comfortable, but also fun to drive, and the new model looks set to continue the trend. Its sophisticated rear suspension absorbs bumps better than the old setup, but is a little bit stiffer for better handling.
That suspension is bolted to a chassis 10 per cent stiffer and significantly lighter than the old car's, which should also improve the handling. Ford will also throw in a long list of electronic aids – including the strangely named Active Nibble Compensation – all of which should make the new Mondeo safer and easier to drive quickly.
The introduction of electric power steering means Ford can now offer steering weight settings, including Comfort, Normal and Sport, which can work in tandem with Ford's Continuous Control Damping system. This optimises the car's suspension depending on the road surface.
New Ford Mondeo 2015 interior
Improved quality is crucial to boosting the upmarket appeal of the new Ford Mondeo – and this is something also being chased by the new VW Passat and facelifted new Peugeot 508. It comes not only in the form of a classy new chrome grille, but also in the shape of improved interior quality thanks to premium finishes and soft-touch plastics.
Interior road noise has been reduced by three decibels in the rear and two decibels in the front, while the rear windows are made of thicker glass to reduce wind noise. Added sound deadening and improved seals ensure this will be the quietest Mondeo yet.
The new Mondeo comes with what Ford says is the most affective air-conditioning system in its class – capable of reducing cabin temperature from 55 degrees centigrade to 18 degrees centigrade in 15 minutes. New equipment includes a power-adjustable, memory-equipped steering column, a power tailgate and a heated steering wheel, plus heated and cooled front seats with a massage function.
Another new feature is the Ford SYNC 2 voice-recognition system, which is operated via an eight-inch touchscreen and can act on voice commands as well as reading incoming text messages. The Mondeo also has Ford's MyKey – a key that lets you limit the car's top speed and maximum stereo volume when it's being driven by a younger or less experienced driver.
New Ford Mondeo 2015 release date & price
The 2015 Ford Mondeo is priced from £20,795 for the entry-level five-door Mondeo 1.6 TDCI ECOnetic in Style trim. Estate models start at £22,045.
New Ford Mondeo 2015 trims
Four trim levels are available in the Ford Mondeo range: Style, Zetec, Titanium and Titanium with X pack (or Titanium X as it's more commonly known).
Style models, which start at £20,795, include an eight-inch colour touchscreen, 16-inch alloy wheels, a DAB radio, dual-zone climate control air-conditioning and cruise control.
Zetec models, priced from £21,045, feature power-folding door mirrors, a heated front windscreen and height and lumbar adjustment for the driver's seat. Sat nav is available for an additional £300.
Titanium models, which cost from £22,245, add 17-inch alloy wheels, sports seats, sat nav, automatic headlights and wipers, traffic-sign recognition and a lane-keeping aid, which helps to prevent the car drifting out of its lane. Active parking assistance is available for £450.
Titanium X models, priced from £24,745, feature LED headlights, leather trim, electrically adjustable heated front seats and tinted glass. A memory function for the electric steering wheel adjustment is a £200 option.
New Ford Mondeo Vignale
Ford will also introduce an upmarket version of the Mondeo called the Ford Mondeo Vignale. It'll compete with the BMW 3 Series, Mercedes C-Class and Audi A4. Ford has given it with plenty of upmarket features including big alloy wheels, chrome door handles, a new grille, a redesigned front bumper and new foglights.
The interior also gets a premium-quality makeover, with quilted leather seats, luxury floor mats and leather on the dashboard and steering wheel.
As it'll sit at the top of the Ford Mondeo range, the Vignale is expected to cost upwards of £30,000, but the price will include a high-end care package that aims to give excellent levels of customer service.
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With the help of celebrities like Sherri Shepherd, the magazine launched their "Truth About Trying," series, a no-shame video campaign featuring celebrities and everyday women discussing the trials they faced getting pregnant and where they found support in the process.
"I think it's really important to start a dialogue because I think if more people are aware of what women go through and the stress that we go through, it will just mushroom out," actress Sherri Shepherd says in her video testimony, where she also shares the story of how her son was conceived through in vitro fertilization. "I think it affects women at their jobs when they don't have the support of people when they're going through the fertility process. Maybe employers will realize 'if I just support her, or maybe if I just pay for some fertility treatments, that means she'll come in everyday and she won't be late, and I'll get a really effective worker,'" Shepherd says.
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Retro Cars Magazine, December 2008
Two modified Renault 5s are featured.
Evo Magazine, November 2008
Feature on the Renault 5 GT Turbo:
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Article featuring a Renault 5 GT Turbo converted to LPG.
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Bravo's Andy Cohen was feeling frisky on the red carpet of the Point Foundation Gala at the Pierre Hotel Monday night and ended up copping a feel as he posed with friend Kelly Ripa and Jane Krakowski.
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The Gustavus women's golf team has its sights set on winning the programs first-ever MIAC Championship after finishing second each of the last two years.
First-year head coach Wayne Norman inherits four players from a squad that finished seventh at the NCAA Championships last May. That group includes juniors Kelsey Getz and Katie Aplin and sophomores Alana Reetz and Erin Schliep. Schliep was selected as the Newcomer of the Year by the Minnesota
Women's Collegiate Golf Coaches Association last spring. So far this fall, the Gusties have played very well including a first place finish at the eight-team Small College Invitational and a third place finish at the 13-team Southwest State Invitational. Stroke averages for the Gusties this fall include Katie Aplin at 83.50, sophomore Kelli Groff at 84.16, Kelsey Getz at 85.67, Erin Schliep at 86.33 and Alana Reetz at 89.50. Getz claimed medalist
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Op-ed: Rocket attack on Eilat looks like sign of things to come, Israel should hit Sinai terrorists
Published: 04.08.12, 14:25 / Israel Opinion
The rocket that exploded near residential buildings in Eilat last week surprised residents of the southern city but not defense and intelligence officials. While there was no specific warning, IDF,
Shin Bet and police officials recently estimated that rocket and mortar attacks
from Sinai on Eilat are merely a matter of time.
In order to do this, Israel needs an active system comprising three components: An effective fence (half
of it is already built,) thorough intelligence gathering from the air and on the ground, and the ability to use air, ground and possibly naval forces to hit terrorists. In short, a similar arsenal to what is used by Israel on the Gaza Strip border.
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Henderson County Board of Public Education will meet at 6 p.m. Monday in the board room, 414 Fourth Ave. W.
Agenda: Election of officers, recognitions, chairman's observations, board members' observations, public comments, meeting schedule, budget amendments, Sugarloaf Elementary School, new policy on School Advisory Councils, revised policy "Patriotic Exercises and Citizenship," revised policy field trips and excursions, revised policy use of private vehicles to transport, Beginning Teacher Support Program, traditional schedule calendar, contract with architects for Dana Elementary Phase II, offer to purchase Tuxedo Elementary School property, financial statement, Crime and School Violence Report, construction management, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and Council on Accreditation and School Improvement, calendar of events, district-wide in-service, closed session, personnel, student acceptances/releases.
Henderson County Board of Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisors and Employees will meet at noon Monday at the USDA Service Center, 61 Triple Springs Road. Agenda: N.C. Agricultural Cost Share Program, NRCS report, Mills River project, education program update, swearing in of elected officials, Water Resources Grant, operational agreement.
Hendersonville Planning Board will meet at 4 p.m. Monday at the City Operations Center. Agenda: Rezoning of 819 and 825 Sixth Ave. W. on northeast corner of U.S. 64 West and North Whitted Street from high density residential to medical, institutional and cultural; special use application to build 38 cottage homes and 45 townhomes on 22.7 acres at Wolfchase and rezone from planned residential development and highway mixed use to planned residential, general discussion.
Fletcher Town Council will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the Town Hall. Agenda: Council updates, set public hearings, tax releases, request for voluntary contiguous annexation of 81.46 acres by Stanley E. Harkins and Pamela R. Harkins, public hearing on Continental Teves request for economic development incentives, public hearing on lowering speed limit from 35 to 25 mph on streets in Livingston Farms, update on Cane Creek Greenway land transfer from Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy, improvement guarantee for infrastructure in Townes at Connor Creek on Old Airport Road, town manager's comments, department heads' reports, public input.
Saluda City Council will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the Saluda Library. Agenda: Public comment, budget and department reports, assignment of tax assessor duties, tax report, repealing city ordinances, final draft of zoning ordinance, letter of credit regarding Forrest Creek Subdivision, final draft of zoning ordinance re-write.
Transylvania County Board of Commissioners will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the large courtroom, Transylvania County Courthouse.
Agenda: Public comments, facilities use request, board appointments, retirement recognition of Barbara Newman, incentive grant to Jennings Truss Co., FY 2005-06 audit, request to use Rogow Room at new library, meeting cancellation, closing of county offices for Employee Christmas Luncheon, manager's report, public participation, commissioners' comments, closed session an acquisition of real property.
Hendersonville Board of Adjustment will meet at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the City Operations Center. Agenda: Decision for Richard Yelverton variance, application from Devin Properties for variance from minimum lot size requirement for variance of 285 sq. ft. for property at 809 S. Whitted St., amendments to by-laws.
Flat Rock Village Council will meet at 9:30 a.m. Thursday in the Village Hall. Agenda: Village Hall special report, report from Zoning Administration and Planning Board, progress report from TSAC, tax collections, Flat Rock Tree Protection Ordinance, flood insurance application process, appointment of Bob Staton as vice mayor, Henderson County Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control Ordinance, schedule of meetings and holiday schedule, mayor and council reports, public comments.
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Secretary-General's remarks on 40th Anniversary of German Accession to the United Nations and the Inauguration of the Quiet Room [as prepared for delivery]
New York, 16 September 2013
Es ist mir eine besondere Freude, heute hier den neu renovierten "Quiet Room" einweihen zu können.
I am pleased to be here to inaugurate the newly renovated "Quiet Room".
Forty years ago, the Federal Republic of Germany, and the German Democratic Republic became members of the United Nations.
Before and since reunification, Germany has been among the most active supporters of the Organization.
Germany is currently the third largest contributor to the UN regular budget.
I rely on many senior German officials for advice and action.
After accession, each of the two new Member States gave the United Nations a gift.
In 1975 the German Democratic Republic donated a powerful sculpture called "The Rising Man".
In 1978 the Federal Republic of Germany gave the Organization the beautifully decorated and furnished Quiet Room.
During the Capital Master Plan, the two gifts fared very differently.
The "The Rising Man" on his pedestal behind the North Lawn Building seemed to enjoy the bustling construction work.
But the Quiet Room had to be dismantled as part of the renovation of the Conference Building.
And not only that.
Because the original interpreter booths in the Consultations Room did not conform to the modern international standards in size, they had to be made bigger.
To allow for this, Germany agreed for the Quiet Room to shrink.
I thank you, Mr. Ambassador, for this much appreciated concession.
Germany then decided to use the CMP as an opportunity to redecorate the Quiet Room.
The result of Germany's generous in-kind donation, as you can see, is an airy, friendly and inviting lounge with a tapestry showing an unmistakably German forest.
I am not sure whether "Quiet Room" is always an appropriate name for this space.
But at times it is indeed a quiet room where delegates can catch their breath, collect their thoughts, and quietly exchange ideas.
When they do so, maybe they will notice that behind the trees in the tapestry a rising sun sends its beams from the direction of the Security Council Chamber and the Consultations Room.
Just as the sun rises every day, may the Security Council shed light shine on the pressing issues of the day and nourish us with rays of hope.
Mr. Ambassador, on behalf of all who use this space, allow me to express my gratitude for the donation of the Quiet Room by Germany.
Thank you.
Statements on 16 September 2013
- New York, 16 September 2013 - Secretary-General's remarks at the Church of the Holy Family
- Vienna, Austria, 16 September 2013 - Secretary-General's message to the Fifty-Seventh Annual Regular Session of the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency [delivered by Mr. Yury Fedotov, Executive Director, UN Office on Drugs and Crime]
- Brussels, Belgium, 16 September 2013 - Secretary-General's message to High-Level Conference on a New Deal for Somalia [Delivered by Nicholas Kay, the Secretary-General's Special Representative for Somalia]
- New York, 16 September 2013 - Secretary-General's remarks to the Security Council on the report of the United Nations Missions to Investigate Allegations of the Use of Chemical Weapons on the incident that occurred on 21 August 2013 in the Ghouta area of Damascus
- New York, 16 September 2013 - Secretary-General's remarks at closing session of the 67th session of the General Assembly
- New York, 16 September 2013 - Secretary-General's message on the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer


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You can also preview any version of a container. A version is essentially a saved snapshot of the container. To preview a previous version of your container, navigate to the Versions tab and next to the desired version select Action → Preview.
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In the left column of the Debug Panel you will see a list of all events that have been pushed to the data layer, in the order that they were pushed. Selecting an event allows you to see a snapshot of the container state for a particular event.
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