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Some lovers are fine with ice cold beer in a roadhouse. Others want quiet refinement and a whispered "J'taime." We bridge the high/low-cost gap this Valentine's with the dining-out options below. Let the wedding proposals begin!
A six-course flavor expedition, led by Five Diamond/Five-Star restaurant. Relais & Châteaux Grand Chef William Bradley. The menu of squab rôti, smoked pork agnolotti (a kind of ravioli), wild King Salmon, and more gets a $65 black truffle supplement.
Price: $155; $255 with wine pairings
Downton Abbey wished it had dishes this prestigious sounding. Chefs Bernard Guillas and Ron Oliver have offerings like agrumes dill-pollen scented lobster tail and coffee wattleseed-dusted pheasant on this four-course menu. Pass the mignardises, William.
Price: $125
Chef Michael McDonald is fusing land and sea with his Dungeness crab-crushed filet mignon, and other wonders with his three-course menu.
Price: $110
Taste of Derby
El Biz's chef Nicolas Bour is off to cook at the Kentucky Derby to cook this May. Read more here.
Get extra-exquisite romance with Nicolas Bour. Get four-courses of luxury, including a strawberries and champagne amuse, poached grouper 48-hour braised beef short rib and Valrhona chocolate parfait finale.
Price: $88; $128 with wine pairings.
After strolling around hand-in-hand around the Hotel Del, stop into its signature restaurant for three courses of chef Aaron Martinez's "Southland coastal cuisine."
Price: $85, $35 add-on for wine pairings
This Master Chef of France initiate Patrick Ponsaty woos with a four-course menu of modern French food. And he'll probably come out to the dining room to distribute kisses. (With his Bisou au Chocolat dessert he usually does.)
Price: $75
Master Chef of France
Mistral chef Patrick Ponsaty will be inducted into the prestigious culinary group this March. Read more here.
A trendy dining spot from "Top Chef" contestant Brian Malarkey, but all you really need to know is there's five courses (rack of lamb with lamb bacon, salsify and morels; barley risotto and wild mushrooms with pea sprouts and St. Andre) ending with noted pastry chef Rachel King's desserts.
Price: $75
A six-course menu with an "Asian Cowboy" theme, Searsucker's sister restaurant has a variety of offerings, from venison carpaccio to Chinese sausage-stuffed calamari.
Price: $75
Leave it to veteran French chef Jean-Michel Diot to do a his and hers five-course menu. For madame Guinea hen, for monsieur prime beef tenderloin. "C'est si bon."
Price: $72; $92 with wine pairing
Vegetarians are always in the mood…for veggies. See Chef Michael von Euw's gnocchi with wild mushroom fricassee. That meat lover could get duck from this prix-fixe, three-course, French-inspired menu. http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2011/oct/12/dish-deconstructed-chef-michael-von-euw/
Price: $65; $35 add-on for wine pairing
Twenty/20 Grill up close
Read about the setting and food at this Carlsbad restaurant. Click here.
Lovers headed to Legoland? Visit with the cioppino with Dungeness crab or roasted rack of lamb on a four-course menu here.
Price: $65
Chocolatier David Bacco brings his sweets to Sea Rocket's four-course prix-fixe affair at this funky neighborhood hangout. Industry night on Feb. 13.
Price: $65; $15 add-on for wine-flight
Executive Chef Trey Foshee plays to his coast-loving audience and his perch above the La Jolla Cove. He's serving Loch Duart Salmon, smoked Maine lobster, and some California farm-sourced goodies (from Chino Farm!) on his prix-fixe Valentine's menus.
Price: three courses $60; four courses $70
Chef Olivier Bioteau wants to give you five courses of French comfort, starting with a
Croque Monsieur amuse, a red-themed Valentine's Day salad (red Endives, radicchio, pink beets, pickled red onions, burricotta, pink grapefruit, radishes) and other offerings like cabernet-braised beef cheeks and an Atlantic Salmon confit.
Price: $60; $25 add-on with wine pairings
A five-course, wine-paired dinner with liquid stars like a rosé sparkler "from the same folks who make Cristal," and buttermilk fried oysters, a 16-hour braised prime short rib, and a Valrhona dark chocolate ganache.
Price: $59.50
New executive chef Brian Redzikowski makes three romantic courses, dotes on ricotta agnolotti, Maine diver scallops, strawberry romanoff and more.
Price: $57; $22 add-on for wine pairing
Not just a hang for local hipsters, local clams and house-made sausage will be on this three-course menu, along with Jidori chicken, herbed-ricotta ravioli, and chocolate fondue with house-made marshmallows!
Price: $55
Because it's the only time of year to mention "aphrodisiac" while slurping a Pacific oyster, hit this Oceanside restaurant for butter-poached Maine lobster tails, oysters, black-trumpet encrusted lamb sirloin and other edible love drugs.
Price: $54.95
This Gaslamp Italian spot offers so much stimulation! On top of their three-course offer there's violinist Yvonne Shay and you can arrange for a heart-shaped box full of Dallmann Fine Chocolates at the end of your din-din.
Price: three menus, $49, $56 and $65
More on Bo-beau's chef
See a video with chef Katherine Humphus and read more about her background, click here.
Up-and-comer chef Katherine Humphus will do three-course menu with tantalizers like brie fondue, filet mignon, brown-butter seared scallops and chocolate-dipped strawberries.
Price: $49.95
The itty boutique hotel (rooms start at $199, wink wink) has a three-courser foraged mushroom bisque, short rib, a vegetarian vegetable ragu, and chilled chocolate mousse.
Price: $49
Celebrate with chef Jeff Rossman and a three-course dinner with options like smoked caviar with fried oyster toast, crumbly nut (Dukkah)-crusted sea bass, toasted quinoa-stuffed acorn squash (for that amorous vegetarian in your life) and chocolate tarts.
Price: $49
What this little Euro-deli's calling "Bistro de Savory Menu Saint Valentin," the five-course menu tempts with Sicilian-style fried rice balls filled with ragù, salt cod (aka bacalao), bœuf bourguignon and more.
Price: $45
Encinitas will have its crispy short-rib ravioli, its grilled veggies with fresh mozzarella terrine, its buttermilk panna cotta, courtesy Union Kitchen's three-courser.
Price: $39.95
Get off the greens and into the resort's restaurant for chef Augie Saucedo three-course menu, which has Julian apple cider-poached salmon and Valrona chocolate doughnut holes. There's a contest to win a night-stay and goodies at Sycuan, click here.
Price: $39
This cozy tapas spot gives large portions of love to its three-course Valentine's menu, which features options like zucchini salad, baked salmon over spicy hash browns, or churrasco – a thick, beef steak in chimichurri. Reserve some affection for their dark-chocolate roasted-coconut cupcake.
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As part of the changes, NI has created four new roles, which the four people affected by the restructure are being considered for. They are: head of title management, head of digital, head of news and head of lifestyle.
The head of news will run a team selling ads alongside news in all NI papers, websites and apps. However, there will continue to be specialist Sun and Times sales people, while the lifestyle team will sell across all lifestyle content.
There are currently around 20 people in NI's magazine inserts team and 35 people selling print and digital ads across The Sun, The Times and The Sunday Times.
Karin Seymour, sales director at NI, said the changes were "not a cost-cutting exercise", but instead about how News International wanted to trade and sell its brands.
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I know some people in Concord, I hope this isn't theirs!
Submitted By: Adam
Submitted From: Concord, CA
All this ingredients can ordered by inmates in the jails in Contra Costa County. When finished inmates call the stuff \"SPREAD\"
- Packs Ramen Noodles (spicy chicken is the best)
- 1 package of cheetos or generic equivalent
- 1 package of spicy cheetos or generic equivalent
- 1 Meat Log or 4 of the smaller meat sticks
- Mayonnaise and tortillas
In jail there are no pots and pans, just a hot water machine, a microwave, small bowls, and garbage bags!
Step 1: The noodles: Smash the packages of noodles into small noodle bits. Take a large garbage bag (a new one) and put the smashed noodle bits inside of it. Fill a pitcher with hot water and put it in the microwave to get it boiling. Pour the boiling water into the bag and tie the bag closed. Let the noodles cook for 10 minutes.
Step 2: The Meat: Tear or cut the meat into small pieces, place all the meat into a bowl, add about a half inch of water and dump all the soup flavoring packets into the bowl. Cook the meat for 3-4 minutes in the microwave.
Step 3: The chips: Smash the bags of chips into dust. You can adjust the ratio of cheesy chips to spicy chips to whatever you like.
Step 4: The Mix: Dump the meat and any juice that is in the bowl into the garbage bag of noodles, Dump the chip dust in as well. Tie the bag back up and mix.
Step 5: Plating" This dish feeds 5 people, it should fill everyones bowl to the top. Use a county issued cup to dish out the spread. Top with a few squirts of mayo and give each person a tortilla.
This stuff makes a good burrito filling. Jail sucks. There are a lot of variations to this recipe of course but this is SPREAD in it's most simple form. Noodles, chips, meat, mayo.
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In Maryland we call them HookUps and you don't have to nuke the noodles just use the hottest water you can get. We used freezer bags!
I don't know what every ones talking about… disgusting?! (I've never been to jail NOR do I ever plan on going) but this sounds absolutely amazing. especially for a burrito filling! put this as a base layer, add some chili, some bacon bits and a little bit of ground beef…
my god this would be a feast!
read alll of the comments! ive been IN n OUT of jail. none of yall ever metioned the BOILED EGGS!!! tha ts one of the most important ingredients! u need BOILED EGGS IN YOUR SPREAD!!!!!
damn someone actually put the good ol' spread on here huh…lmao thats great…
Omg .. lol. Wow super suprise that just about all these spreads are amazing.. I myself am a correctional officer and have made many of these spreads they are amazing!!!
The recipe that I learned throughout jail and prison is ramen and whatever else you have that might add a little flavor to the monotony of what is being served in the chow hall.
Well well where do I start.
First, I've never been to jail. Although the first time I heard about spread was in like 9th grade, the first time I had it was when I was 19 (4 years later or something?) My (ex) made it when I was hungry… At first I was like HELL NO but I was starving so I ate it and other than burning my throat from being spicy, it was delish and I was hooked
The ways I have it are with cup o noodles or Ramen.. Opps. I mean always with Ramen *looks around*
I always prefer the beef but my husband's favorite (yeah, he eats it too) is chili lime shrimp.
(Mine) I cook in the mic (never been to jail, remember) three minutes sometimes crushed, sometimes noddley… add 1 or 1-1/2 slices american cheese and melt (mind you, there's very little if any water left in it by now. chop up some sandwhich meat (ham's the fave) and crush some flavored doritos and sometimes a bit of (hot/not) cheatos. A small spoon or two of mayo, mustard, and tapatio hot sauce. combine and consume!
My man likes to add all kinds of crazy shit like finely chopped hot pickles and refried beans or nacho cheese or something along those lines. He's constantly checking the grocery store for dehydrated refried beans. We're currently still looking. If anyone knows a good place to get them or the brand name please post it here. "We'll be watching"
Yo this page keeps it real. First off just wanna say for da niggas dat had hot pots and microwaves u guys had it good. In da LA mens central jail aka old county 3000 flor we used hot warter from the dam sink and we had to time it right because if the showers were running the warter wuz luke warm at best none of that fancy twin towerz shit. Any wayz herez my recipiez which i dont think i ceen posted.
Orange Chiken
noodles chiken,chilly shit wut eva it gonna b gud ne way
summer sausage
lunch meat
shit prety much wut u want just not cheez or seafood not right for this dish
chiken and hot pickles and pickle juice mando
ok dats the noodle part u no wut to do wit dat
now for the orange "chiken Part"
bag o pork rinds big bag
5packs of jelly in to d bag
and a bit of orange juice and pickle juice
shake it up
mix it up and "spread"
taste just like orange chiken well when ur n jail
This goes out to da south siders even though i ran other r black cause im asian. u vatos made some dam big spreads and made sure no homie went wit out much respect. and my sureno bunky taught me da tamale wit no ramen just fritos and cornchips n shit bomb as fucking shit.
for da blacks
too black too strong
for aznz
too azn too proud
i probaly post some moe shit later on but i leave all who have been locked up with these words we all no jail is hell but we gota stop d violence the cops treat us like animals keep us in cages feed us like dogs ,shit in 3800 we couldent shower unless they let us out our cell(bird baths had to do) but if we act like animals and fight amongst each other who wins in the end ? south siders? blacks? no the pigs because they have suceeded in their goal of making us less than human
o fuck forgot to say mustard(other shit they give u works to it just adds to d slimey ness n eggs lots of eggs
egg good
3 packages of ramen noodles
1 can of spam cut into cubes and fried in a skillet
1 can of ranch style beans drained
cook noodles
mix in fried, cubed spam
mix in drained beans
may be served with a side of doritos or crackers
or topped with cheese whiz
it is yuuuuuuuuuuummmmmeeeeeeeeee!
My cousin got out of chino a few weeks back and his recipe was delicious as hell! It was chicken ramen noodles with a little of the juice with crushed up hot cheetos mayo and tapatio. Good sh*t
in wayside i looked forward to saturdays South side spread.. All the vatos and paisas donated their lunch meat, eggs from breakfast also mayo and mustard. MANDO.. if u didnt donate u woulda got broken off.. anywayz we had a hot pot so the vatos poured the hot water w the ramens in a big plastic bag and mixd that shit up.. that shit was the bomb!
I was at salinas valley state prison. my bunkie and our neighbors would spread every nite. we had a huge tupperware bowl w/a lid. for 4 of us we would put in 10 soups. any flavor. 2 big meat logs. some cheese spread. a bag of cactus annie's hot fries. a cut up hot pickle. (w/the juice. a must).some mayo. cut up jalapeno's. add 2-3 lge. mugs of hot water. let it cook. 15 to 20 min. if we did it right all the water was consumed by the noodles. no draining req'd. when it's done remove the lid and mix. after steaming 2 packs of tortilla's (20 tortilla's) my bunkie would start making burritto's. all the burritto's would be put into ind. bowl's w/lid's. now it was time to eat. 4-5 burritto's each and your full. I read in some of the replie's that people thought these spread's sounded "awful" but, let me tell you in prison a meal like this is top of the line. after cleaning all the dishes we would roll a couple of cig's and relax. as far as prison, it does'nt get any better. please don't think i'm glamourizing prison life. it sucks. you just try to make it livable while your there. if you have never been don't go. if you have been don't return. freedom is priceless.
damn someone actually put the good ol' spread on here huh…lmao thats great…
This was heaven for me in jail i traded 3 packs of cookies to a inmate for a bag of noodles i waited till like 11 at night when every one was asleep and went in to the bathroom to get hot hot water and but it in a cup and got a handfull of cheetos from a friend and saved a hotdog from dinner mashed it all up in the cup and it was dankkkk omg
reason why i wait till so late at night is because thats when the water is the hottest when no one is awake using the showers and the toilets
I have tried the county jail recipy when my sons dad was in jail (not with him anymore) but I'm yet to try the prison spread once my boyfriend gets out in 4 months. Lol I seem to attract the bad boys. Spreads are SOOOO deliscious! Honestly 2 me it sounded disgusting but once I tried it, it was the bomb! Seriously! No joke!!!
my brother was in prison and made us this dish at home. At first, i didnt want to try it, but then got enough guts to try it and it was delicious
who ever knocks spreads with out trying them don't comment……. you just look stupid yaaadiidieeee
look out here in harris county this is how we do it get a smakll bag and put 5 or 6 crushed up soups in it any flavor cut up some bologna and crush up some chips add jalapinos and bologna into the bag with some hot sause then add a pack of chili and some chicken breast if thats what you want start mixing it all up in the bag then flatten the bag out until it looks like a little pizza or burrito whatever you want to make sprinkle the chips on it and cut and put it on tortillas and you got yourself a good ol harris county spread H-TOWN baby
Thiss Iss Thee Bombs Andd Simple:)
What Youll Need:
One Packet Top Ramen(Chili Flavor)
Ziploc Bagg(Sandwich Size Preferred)
So First Boil Up Water, Whilee Thats Boiling,, Crush Top Ramen (Put Powder Chili Aside) And Place Intoo Ziplocc Bagg..
After Water Boils, Pour Intoo Ziploc Bag Andd Seal It..Let Top Ramenn Cook.. After You See Its Cooked, Pour Outt Water…Thenn Add The Powder Chili It…. Add Aboutt 2 Teaspoons Of Mayo Andd Pourr Somee Mustardd In Theree…Closee Bag Andd Mix…Make A Little Holee In The Corner And Eat From There…Itss A BOMBB Snackk On Thee Goo:)
i just got out of prison and cant find any hot and spicy corn chips like the cactus annies we had in there does anyone know where i can find anything like them on the outside????
Where I was locked up (Texas) there were 3 basic types of spread. A Chili base, a Beef Stew base (like Dinty Moore) and a Fish/Mayonnaise base. Not being a fan of canned fish I would seldom partake in the fish, but the other two were very good. It was basically Chili/Ramen or Stew/Ramen, and crushed chips (Nacho Cheese Doritos was most popular), plus whatever else you could get a hold of. Usually some type of cheese, although all we had was a bottled cheese sauce, a little mustard, pickles, jalepeno, summer sausage, etc. I've been out for over 10 years but I still make it at home, it's cheap. Here's my favorite, it's a little better than what I had in the joint, mainly because of ingredients.
1 Can of Wolf Brand Chili (no beans)
1 Package Ramen Noodles (Beef)
1 Tbsp Mustard
1 Jalepeno (or about a handful of sliced jalepeno)
1 cup chopped tomato, or a can of Rotel if you like
Chips – crush up about 2 handfuls. Doritos work, I also like Hot Fries
1 Cup Shredded Cheddar, or sometimes I tear up a couple slices of Pepper Jack
Salt-Pepper-Chili Powder-Garlic Powder – To taste, but take it easy, you can overpower it
Cook the Ramen Noodes and drain, setting aside the seasoning. Cook the Chili as per the directions, then add the Ramen seasoning, other spices, tomato, jalepeno, and mustard, stir well. Then toss in the noodles and cheese. Return to the microwave for about a minute or until cheese is melted. Once done add the crushed chips and enjoy straight from the bowl or on top of some bread or tortillas. Don't be afraid to experiment, you don't go to jail by playing it safe.
i learned how to make these in tehema county jail (nor cal baby) still eat them, now im perfecting the art
I am so surprised to see this on Cheetos website. That's awesome! When I first learn of spread it was in a California jail about 7 years ago. I think there is better variations to this than what was listed. If you doubt this concoction you are ignorant. It's very very good, filling and low cost. In jail is like gourmet food. I prefer:
– 1 pack crunched up Lime & shrimp Ramen noddles
– 3 almost minced beef sticks(these add lots of flavor!)
– 1 pack of crunched up cheese crackers(look like Oreo cookies but are cheese crackers cheese filling)
– 1 pack of Cheetos(Hot Lime Cheetos will add some spice in this combo, considered mild when done)
– 1 pack of some type of crunched up tortilla chips(cheese Doritos, etc.)
This is of course cooked the same way. The hardest part is knowing how much hot water to add. After all this is crushed up ad into a garbage bag(yes when brand new they are perfectly clean). The be sure to double bag. Add boiling hot water. Try to avoid hot water from the tap as it can contain unfriendly bacteria(it is not hot enough to kill the bacteria and bacteria lives in warmer water). I would add just enough water so that the mixture is about 1/1 water to food. It will soak fast so be sure to do it quick. Keep some extra chips to throw in if you think you added too much water. If water is very visibly on top of all the food, its probably too much, if no water is above the top of the food, its not enough. Next you will twist the bag tight so the food is as air tight as possible. This next step is important. Once the bag is twisted tight and tied wrap the bag with a towel. This will help it stay warm and will work much faster and stay warmer to serve. Then wait about 10 minutes. It should be done. Many people will add hot sauce and cheese sauce after which is good to depending on what you like. You can eat in tortillas or just with a spoon/spork. Again if you get this down use this as a spread for other foods and surprise the heck out of your friends. It tastes delicious! Enjoy!
Simplest recipe in the world, bomb taste. All ya gotta do is mash up the ramen while it's still in the bag, pop the bag open, shove the still filled bag into a mug with the open part at the top so the bag's like a cup inside a cup. Then ya put in a tiny bit of water, shove it in the micro for 90 seconds. Pull the mug out, drop in a scoop of mayo, crunch up some chips and drop em in. Pour in a little salsa or hot sauce. Mix up, grub down. Cleanups a breeze, just toss the bag when it's empty. Cup's still clean even, unless you screwed up the bag and it leaked.
The best ramen to use is a spicy one, but any kind'll work. Pork rinds are the best, but cheetos or doritos work. Tried it once with ranch doritos cuz that's all I had, wasn't too bad actually. Also tried it with corn nuts, sun chips, fritos, potato chips, s'all good.
If ya really wanna go all out, toss some teriyaki jerky in there. Or the spicy kind, but I like the teriyaki kind better. Party in yer mouth, yo.
I learned a lot of this from just mixin crap together but my mom actually taught it to me. She was never in jail but I found out years later she'd learned it from her dealer. Saved us huge on food money back then and still saves me today.
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On June 25, 2013 Dr. Elliot Shore, the new executive director of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) as of this year, is visiting Alden Library. Shore will be giving a talk at 2:00 pm in room 319, the Friends of the Libraries room, titled "Nineteenth Century Origins Collide with the 21st Century: The Research Library Conundrum."
Dr. Shore is visiting Alden as a part of a tour of ARL member libraries. While in Ohio, he will also visit Case Western, Ohio State and the University of Cincinnati. The Association of Research Libraries is a 125-member non-profit organization that brings together research driven libraries in the United States and Canada who share common missions and ambitions. Ranked among the top 100 research libraries in North America, Ohio University Libraries is a proud member of this prestigious organization.
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The talk will take place at 2:00 pm in the Friends of the Libraries room (319) on the third floor of Alden Library and is free to all. Light snacks and refreshments will be provided.


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In a unanimous opinion today, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected patents behind a diagnostic test sold by Prometheus Laboratories of San Diego, California. The decision was a blow to the biotech company and a victory for a testing lab linked to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, which has refused to pay royalties to Prometheus.
Mayo had developed its own diagnostic blood test, and Mayo officials argued that although it was similar to the company's, it did not violate the principles of patent law and was medically superior. Mayo drew support in amicus briefs from a number of prominent medical and scientific societies, while Prometheus had support from the Biotechnology Industry Organization and other industry leaders.
The Supreme Court opinion, penned by Justice Stephen Breyer cites basic principles for rejecting the Prometheus patents. According to the court, Prometheus sought to lay claim to processes that are not far removed from natural phenomena; previous court rulings make it clear that natural phenomena are "not patent-eligible." Breyer explained that the court does not want to permit monopolies on the "basic tools of scientific and technological work" because this "might tend to impede innovation more than it would tend to promote it." The court also noted that Prometheus's claims fell short because its invention—a method of monitoring thiopurine drugs in the blood—involved a "well-understood, routine, conventional activity previously engaged in by researchers in the field."
The battle over Prometheus's drug test has been closely watched because it may foreshadow rulings on other high-profile biotech cases, in particular the fight over whether human genes can be patented. The court has been sitting on a request to review the validity of patents on the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes for breast and ovarian cancer, held by Myriad Genetics of Salt Lake City, Utah. A federal district court in 2010 ruled these claims invalid because they were an attempt to patent nature. That decision went to an appeals court, which partly accepted and partly rejected the Myriad patents. Both sides appealed to the Supreme Court, which has yet to say whether it will hear arguments on the Myriad case.
Patent attorney and blogger Dennis Crouch, in comments published today in his column Patently-O, anticipates that the Supreme Court will send the Myriad case back to the lower court for reconsideration. He also speculates that the lower court "could logically find" that, in light of today's ruling, isolated DNA cited in the Myriad BRCA gene patents is "unpatentable."


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Longtime TTAC commenter/contributor David Holzman has a piece in Environmental Health Perspectives entitled Vehicle Motion Alarms: Necessity, Noise Pollution, or Both? tackling the problems and effectiveness issues associated with audible vehicle warnings. He writes
For all their ubiquity, backup beepers are poorly designed for their job, and some of their most annoying attributes are part of that poor design, says Chantal Laroche, a professor in the Audiology/Speech Language Pathology Department at the University of Ottawa, Canada, who has devoted much of her career to investigating the practical shortcomings of alarm sounds. Their single tones, with a typical volume of 97–112 decibels (dB) at the source, are loud enough to damage hearing and can be heard blocks from the danger zone, says Thalheimer. Their sound is so commonplace that their warning can lose its authority through the cry-wolf phenomenon. For reasons having to do with the physics of sound, they also are notoriously hard to localize, further undermining their utility, says Laroche.
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polpoJanuary 3rd, 2011 at 12:38 pm
As was mentioned in the comments in the last thread about backup beepers, the Prius's backup beeper is only audible inside the car, and can be disabled.
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Daanii2January 3rd, 2011 at 3:02 pm
What's the logic in having a backup beeper that can only be heard inside the car?
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LectroByteJanuary 3rd, 2011 at 4:39 pm
I think some lawyers somewhere must have gotten worried about folks shifting into reverse accidentally and not noticing, so the beeper was added. It can be turned off, but it's not particularly annoying to me. Basically the same as a seat belt reminder beeping etc.
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obbopJanuary 3rd, 2011 at 12:56 pm
Perhaps an onboard source of "stench material" squirted out the vehicle's rear to warn those behind the backing-up vehicle to vacate the area.
Especially handy when old fogies or females (with elderly females the most danger who seem willing to back without stopping even if they see an impediment… based upon personal experiences) are driving a vehicle… no matter what direction they are driving (a generality based upon MY reality and experiences with exceptions).
Install an easily refillable container with some sort of mechanism (many types available) to propel the noxious stench.
One obvious hurdle would be excess wind to prevent the stench from entering the backed-into area.
Maybe droplets expelled to overcome winds of X speed would ensure effectiveness up to X gale-force wind and allow functionality in X percent of instances.
One positive among the negatives would be usefulness among the deaf portion of the public.
Other mechanical, electrical, electro-mechanical, pneumatic, etc. devices could be utilized to offer warnings to those within or entering the "danger zone" but whatever method used requires the avoidance of requiring any active participation by the parties involved; be it the driver, the pedestrian or any inanimate object (passing vehicle, etc) within striking distance of the reversing vehicle.
On a side note: who amongst us has, at a stop light, ever shifted into reverse just to activate the back-up lights and remained that way during the red light stopping period just to, perhaps, create worry/concern/puzzlement/whatever in the mind or mindlets in the mathematically likely blithering idiots behind thee?
C'mon. Admit it. You did it at least once…. right?
Of course you kept thine wits about thee and ensured before the red turned to green you shifted from reverse to make-the-vehicle-move-forward-mode, right?
If you committed the above juvenile-but-fun stunt but failed to exit the reverse mode and accelerated when red became green… please clarify the event.
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January 3rd, 2011 at 1:26 pm
Why not make the backup beeper sexy! Make them play recorded audio of a wolf-whistle, at moderate, non-hearing damage levels. Spaced for maximum attention getting timing.
http://sexcpotatoes.com/?p=75 For example ;P
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Felis ConcolorJanuary 3rd, 2011 at 1:48 pm
I'd prefer the old Sam Kinison whipcrack/scream alternating combination. It would certainly hold attention during the maneuver.
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philadljJanuary 3rd, 2011 at 1:32 pm
My roommate and I live across the street from a school parking lot with a very narrow opening, requiring any large truck to to a several-point turn to enter and exit the lot (depending on their level of skill; some are pretty damn good at it!)
Our neighborhood in Philadelphia has clear noise ordinances stating that dumpster trucks are not allowed to operate before 7:00 AM. Yet as many as three mornings a week the huge, loud trucks blatantly broke the law, subjecting our neighbors and us to extremely loud beeping and air brake bleeding for as long as 20 minutes, ruining our sleep patterns.
Only by excessively calling the proper complaint hot-line every time an offending truck comes before the legal time have we seemed (for now, knock on wood) to make any impact. I've always grown up in cities with all the requisite loud noises, but this is particularly grating.
On the few occasions the trucks came too early but somehow switched off their backup-beepers (or maybe they were malfunctioning), however, it was easier to sleep through their visits. The brake bleeding is annoying, but the beeping is absolutely intolerable.
If it were legal, fine, we'd deal with it. But it isn't…and we won't.
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Steven02January 3rd, 2011 at 3:07 pm
It is because the noises are some common that they are a problem. If you think about it, how many people look at car alarms now. A quieter noise may not work for the deaf. Not an easy problem to find a good solution to.
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Highway27January 3rd, 2011 at 4:01 pm
I was recently on a construction site and some of the vehicles were using the 'broad spectrum' audible alarms (mentioned near the end of the article), and they were much more attention-getting than the usual 'beep-beep-beep' sounds. Some of that is attributable to them being different, but they were definitely more localized, and didn't carry as far. Hearing beeps from 1/4 mile away doesn't help anyone, especially when they're indistinguishable from the ones 25 feet away.
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K5INGJanuary 3rd, 2011 at 5:41 pm
I used to work at a place that had a fleet of Chrysler minivans, and a few of them had a backup warning device that said, in a very loud and female voice, "WARNING! THIS VEHICLE IS BACKING UP…….WARNING! THIS VEHICLE IS BACKING UP" over and over as long as it was in reverse.
Very embarrassing for the driver, but it got people's attention.
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mcsJanuary 3rd, 2011 at 9:27 pm
in a very loud and female voice, "WARNING! THIS VEHICLE IS BACKING UP…….WARNING! THIS VEHICLE IS BACKING UP"
English only?? Uh oh! Better be a multilingual version! This approach would be a target for personal injury attorneys representing the non-English speaking community.
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January 5th, 2011 at 2:00 am
I currently work at a place that is a construction zone, crowded with scissor lifts, forklifts, trucks, cranes, etc. Every damn one of them beeps the same damn beep, and given that at any particular moment several of them are in motion the beeping pretty much never stops. Ever.
When "wolf" is cried over and over again, the villagers quit paying attention. So much for safety eh?
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MidLifeCelicaJanuary 5th, 2011 at 9:54 am
That would drive me nuts in short order. To add insult to injury, it seems that the majority of this equipment is meant to be USED primarily in reverse, especially fork lifts, so the effect is more like a Simpson's episode…
Homer: THIS ALARM WILL SOUND EVERY 3 SECONDS, UNLESS SOMETHING ISN'T OKAY!
Marge : HOMER, TURN IT OFF!
Homer: IT CAN'T BE TURNED OFF!
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HCUAAugust 9th, 2013 at 4:28 pm
I always look when I hear the beep. I installed one on my kitchen sink. Whenever I hear it, I know that the sink is backing up.
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Datamaxx Group today announced a new joint alliance with Microsoft and Esri to develop the first ever cloud-based Fusion Core Solution. Omnixx Fusion Core Secure Cloud Solution will be available in December.
Omnixx Fusion Core Secure Cloud Solution builds on the success of Fusion Core Solution (FCS), an 18+ month old advanced collaboration and geospatial intelligence solution based on Esris ArcGIS Server Advanced Enterprise and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server. It extends the functionality by offering mission critical data access and analysis powered by Datamaxxs Omnixx Solution, plus offers it in a cloud via the FBI and Nlets audited Datamaxx Network Operations Center (NOC).
For law enforcement agencies, moving to a cloud-based environment eliminates most upfront capital expenditures, is more easily deployed than on-premise solutions, and enables scale on demand. This cloud solution enables agencies to rapidly realize the benefits of Omnixx and the Fusion Core solution regardless of the size of the agencys IT organization.
Law enforcement agencies arent immune from budget pressures, nor are smaller localities immune to crime, so the ability to leverage this solution cost effectively is a significant benefit, said Greg Rohm, Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, Datamaxx. But that only works if they trust the environment for security and performance. Thats the value of Omnixx Fusion Core Secure Cloud Solution.
Omnixx Fusion Core Secure Cloud Solution enables homeland security and law enforcement personnel to manage intake, search, analysis, and work flow within their own and multiple agencies, enabling them to access critical data and visualize patterns and trends to help prevent future acts of terrorism and crime, and facilitate a faster and more informed response when necessary.
Law enforcement today, whether it is fighting crime or terrorists, demands improved capability to find the right information in mountain sized haystacks, said Joe Rozek, Executive Director for Homeland Security, Microsoft Corporation. As a community, we simply have to be better at sharing information between agencies, across regions and in time to make a difference. We are committed to helping make that possible.
This solution combines some of the best technology capabilities of all three companies in mission critical data sharing and analysis, geospatial and collaborative solutions helping, state and local data fusion centers, real-time crime centers, information sharing consortiums and emergency operations centers to quickly gain access to data and capabilities to assist in accomplishing their mission to protect and serve. This alliance leverages the very distinct strengths of the individual partners. For us, that means bringing more innovation to market with well-integrated, best of breed technologies," said Russ Johnson, Director, Public Safety Industry Solutions, Esri. For our customers it means that they get better overall value, and to focus more on their core mission.
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The Obama campaign filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission yesterday, arguing that Crossroads GPS, the secret front group founded by Karl Rove, should be required under the law to reveal who its donors are.
As the Washington Post reports:
"In a letter to Crossroads—and a complaint to the Federal Elections Commission—the president's lawyer, Robert F. Bauer, demanded that Crossroads divulge its donors because it is a political committee and not, as it calls itself, a "social welfare" organization.
"The demands, first reported by the New York Times, stem from a federal appeals court decision last week that upheld an FEC rule calling for case-by-case analysis of whether groups must disclose.
"Under the pretense of charitable activities, Crossroads has tried to shield its donors—wealthy individuals and corporations who may be pursuing special interest agendas that are not in the national interest," Bauer wrote in the FEC complaint. "Complaints about this scheme to achieve anonymity are pending before this agency and before the Internal Revenue Service, but Crossroads seems to believe that it can run out the clock and spend massive sums of money in this election without accounting for a trace of its funding."
"The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and nonprofit groups such as Crossroads GPS have run millions of dollars worth of ads without disclosing donors."
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I just traced the outline of another shirt I had and am pretty happy with the fit. I think it will be one of those shirts that work for now, pregnancy, and post-pregnancy/nursing. Hopefully mint won't disappear from the fashion world soon.
I struggled a little with the length of the ribbing on the neckline and had to do it twice. Bleh. But now I am happy I redid it instead of leaving it.
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The head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Maxim, has passed away at the age of 98.
Patriarch Maxim died shortly before 4 am on Tuesday, the Bulgarian National Television reported.
The head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church was hospitalized a month ago, and in the last few days he was on life support in the Governmental Hospital in Sofia....
He has brought forth within my intuition that belief becomes a conviction through intuition and liberation leading to redemption and the feeling of democracy that is fortified in my conviction.
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DIFF is a feast of great cinema that includes numerous award-winners from around the world. The exciting and varied line-up comprises feature films, relevant documentaries, short films and thrilling surfing films at the associated Wavescape Surf Film Festival.
In addition free filmmaker seminars, workshops and public discussion forums are offered for professionals, aspirants and any member of the public interested in the inner workings of the film industry.
The festival hosts a number of film industry development initiatives such as Talent Campus Durban and Durban FilmMart.
Most of the films will have their premiere showings at DIFF. Visit the film pages at www.durbanfilmfest.co.za or sign up to @DIFFest on twitter for helpful hints and your own guided tour of this year's electrifying programme.
Further detail is contained in the festival catalogue obtainable at principal cinema venues during the festival.
Elelwani is the film that will open the curtains of this year's event on 19th July. Directed by Ntshavheni wa Luruli and produced by Florian Schattauer, Elelwani deals with the collision of modernity and traditionalism, through an updated, magical realist take on the very first and much loved Tshivenda novel of the same name. Against a backdrop of startling primary colours and rich ochre hues, young Elelwani (perfectly played by the beautiful Florence Masebe) must negotiate her transition into fully-fledged womanhood amidst the conflicting flows of rigidly patriarchal cultural protocol, and opportunities that may offer her a chance to grow in new ways, but that will sever her from her roots.
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Ferguson backs Macheda
Sir Alex Ferguson still has faith in Manchester United striker Federico Macheda even though youngster has had yet another loan deal cut shot.
Macheda left for QPR in January optimistic he would prove he could cut it in the Premier League.
Unfortunately for the Italian, manager Neil Warnock was sacked within a matter of weeks and he never saw eye-to-eye with replacement Mark Hughes.
The 20-year-old had not made an appearance since coming on as a substitute at Aston Villa on February 1, although he did hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons when he was fined £15,000 by the Football Association for a posting a homophobic Tweet.
He also used the social networking site to express his displeasure at his treatment by Hughes and has now returned to United for an ankle operation that will end his season.
"He is so unlucky," Ferguson told MUTV.
"I have complete belief in the boy. He could be an outstanding player. But he needs football. We put him on loan to Sampdoria last January. He was there for two weeks, they sacked the coach and he doesn't get a game.
"We put him on loan to QPR. Two weeks later they sack the coach and he doesn't get a game. That has been really unfortunate.
"He has been bothered with his ankle a little bit over the last few weeks, so we have done the right thing to get an operation and hopefully he will be ready for next season.''
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May 8, 2012: NJ Woman Sentenced for Counterfeit Cosmetics
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May 8, 2012
United States Attorney
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Contact: Patty Hartman
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PHILADELPHIA - Lynn Lavigne, 61, of Vineland, NJ, was sentenced today to three years probation, including six months of home confinement, and a $44,215.50 fine for trafficking in over 1,800 items of counterfeit MAC brand cosmetics and accessory items. Lavigne pleaded guilty on December 13, 2011.
The investigation in this case began in August 2010 after Solebury Township Police received a complaint about the cosmetics that Lavigne was selling at a local flea market. The complainant had purchased some MAC brand eyeliner and suffered a rash on her left eyelid within minutes of using it. She suspected that the eyeliner may have been counterfeit based on its substantially reduced purchase price of approximately $7, compared to its usual retail/department store price of approximately $17.50. The Philadelphia trade fraud group began to investigate Lavigne and her husband Michael Lavigne. Undercover purchases of MAC brand products were also made from the Lavigne as part of the investigation.
The investigation revealed that Lynn Lavigne was receiving MAC brand cosmetics from a supplier in China and, on at least five occasions between September 2009 and January 2011, United States Customs and Border Protection seized shipments of counterfeit MAC cosmetics addressed to Lynn Lavigne's Vineland, NJ address with a total domestic value of approximately $6,100. As a result of those seizures, Lynn Lavigne received notices from U.S. Customs and Border Protection putting her on notice that the merchandise was counterfeit and subject to forfeiture. Despite those notices, Lavigne continued to order and sell counterfeit MAC brand cosmetics which ultimately resulted in the seizure of approximately 1,643 items worth approximately $38,944.50 during a law enforcement raid and seizure at the flea market on June 21, 2011. The Lavignes additionally surrendered approximately 233 counterfeit MAC brand items worth approximately $5,271.
Lavigne admitted that despite receiving notices from CBP regarding seized counterfeit MAC brand products, she elected to continue buying and selling counterfeit cosmetics from her supplier in China until the subsequent raid and seizure by law enforcement at her flea market stand.
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Photo of the Week 06.08.12
Posted by Michael McCoy | Tags: Photo of the Week
From Night Riders: Return of the Wobbly Rob, by Blevin Davis.
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A Woman on Her Own in Vermont
Posted by Deb Rodgers | Tags: Inexpensive , Routes & Rides , U.S. - Vermont
The Green Mountains of Vermont are a wonderful place for a bike tour. I found a 100-mile loop with campgrounds about 50 miles apart. It is hard to get a campground on the weekends in New England on short notice, so I went mid-week instead. The ride traveled along valleys so it wasn't particularly hilly -- no large mountains to climb.
Photo of the Week 06.01.12
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From The Sauerkraut Route: Rural North Dakota, by Joel Bickford. Adventure Cycling photo by Chuck Haney.
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HOW BIG IS IT TO START UP FRONT HERE? ON THE BROADCAST THEY SAID NOBODY HAS WON A RACE HERE STARTING WORSE THAN 11TH SINCE OCTOBER OF 2003. "That's big. I saw that, they said top three rows or something, but I didn't know it was 11th. That is important. Typically you have a good car if you qualify up front here and that's what I was saying, I feel like I could have actually been a fair amount better than I was, so that gives me a lot of confidence for Sunday that I do have a good car. There's two kinds of qualifying, if you're hanging on by the skin of your teeth, and you just sneak out a lap, or did you leave a little out there and could have done a little better, and it was the latter of the two. Normally, that's not the case but it was here, so a lot of confidence for Sunday, especially when it comes to track position and pit road selection. We were talking in the trailer about how picking on pit road is gonna be important because it's gonna be four tires pretty much every time here, so that is a different strategy for pit road."
DO YOU PLAN TO MAKE ANY CHANGES FOR THE RACE? "With practice tomorrow we'll probably be close to what we were today, but it could be a little bit different tomorrow, especially with more rubber on the race track. We'll just have to wait and see what tomorrow brings."
ARE YOU AWARE OF WHICH GUYS ARE ON THE BUBBLE OR WHAT GUYS NEED GOOD RACES TO EITHER MAKE THE CHASE OR STAY IN CONTENTION? "I don't know that specifically. I know Carl and the 39 car and a few of those guys are tight on the points, but I probably don't know as much as I should know as far as things like Tony trying to take his bonus points, of course, into the Chase and what-not. I'm gonna try and focus on keeping the 16 car up front and, really, a win here is what we're after. Besides that, I'm kind of like everyone else, it doesn't really matter if we finish in the top 10 or top five. We really just need to win for the bonus points."
HOW DO YOU APPROACH A WEEKEND DIFFERENTLY IF YOU'RE QUALIFYING ON A FRIDAY VERSUS A SATURDAY? "I'm probably a bad person to ask about the schedule because I have a pretty strong opinion on it. The schedule that we have here this weekend is the schedule we should have all year long – absolutely, bar-none, without question because, first of all, when we have the two practices – all of our race practice today – we can't take advantage of our tire allotments and we don't know what the track is gonna be like tomorrow, and we start off in race trim, or some guys will elect to start in qualifying trim and run just a few laps and then switch over. But when you finish on the race track in q-trim, you know three hours later or two hours later or five hours later, you're gonna qualify pretty much in the same conditions that you have set your car up for. Today, in fact, is quite a bit different because we did our qualifying practice at 2:30-3:00 when it was very hot out and it's a lot cooler now. This race track changes a lot. A lot of other places aren't as drastic, so now we can forget about qualifying and focus tomorrow solely on how we're gonna win the race on Sunday – focus on the car, focus on what we need to do, and, in fact, some more strategy goes into that. If you're starting 20th versus starting second, you may want to start your car a little bit different than you would starting second. You're gonna want your car a little freer if you're starting 20th because you're gonna be back in traffic and you need to get your car to turn versus starting on the front row, where you may want it a hair different. I just personally really like this schedule. It works well for coming here for the weekend and getting things planned out. You don't have to switch into qualifying trim to get a fast lap in the first practice because that seeds you. We're switching back and forth two times or three times from race to qualifying trim when we qualify on Saturday. It just doesn't seem like it's as good when we just make one lap on Saturday and that's the only thing we do."
CASEY MEARS – No. 13 Geico Ford Fusion – "It's been the roughest day we've had in a long time. There are a lot of different concepts going on right now. We kind of went down a road at Michigan with a certain direction and it didn't really seem to apply here, so we had to bail on that about three-quarters of the way through practice and go back to what we think is something a little bit more basic. We didn't really have time to tune it, but the guys did a good job. That's the best it's been all day. I think we're going in the right direction and I'm glad we've got the practice tomorrow to refine it."
DAVID GILLILAND – No. 38 House-Autry Ford Fusion – "We've just kind of fought loose all day. We've got House-Autry on board and I think the car looks great, but we were just too loose. You've got to be able to get to the gas and go here, especially in qualifying trim, and we just haven't been able to do that today. We made it better and made some gains, but still need to be better. We're gonna go to work on it and get it better for tomorrow."
TREVOR BAYNE – No. 21 Camping World/Good Sam Ford Fusion – "That was a really bad run, probably our worst qualifying of the year. That kind of bums me out a little bit, but we're in the show and we'll race really well. I wasn't very good on entry. I couldn't drive it in as hard as I wanted to and I couldn't see. I know it's a bad excuse, but I couldn't see in turn one at all with the sun in my face. Everybody else is dealing with it too, but I just missed my marks down there on both laps and I couldn't get back to the gas because the car was just way too free. Unfortunately, we missed it on that one. We missed the cloud, missed the setup a little bit and I missed my line, so when you have three things like that go wrong it's not the best day, but we're in the show and we can go race now."
MARCOS AMBROSE – No. 9 DeWalt Ford Fusion – "It was OK. We struggled in practice and got a bad draw and we're gonna pay the price for that, but I'm proud of my team. We laid down a decent lap there. It wasn't awesome, but decent. This is a really tough one-and-a-half mile race track. It doesn't feel like the traditional one-and-a-half mile because the track is so old with low grip and it's rough. You've got to really mandhandle the car around there. There's no easy way to get around a lap, but I feel good about it. I feel good where we're at and we'll start somewhere in the front half of the field for Sunday's race and we'll get after it and try to get ourselves another win."
DAVID RAGAN – No. 34 Glory Foods Ford Fusion – "That's a pick-up from practice. Anytime you can pick-up some from practice that's a solid lap. This is a fun place to qualify. It can be a frustrating place to race sometimes, but our Glory Foods team did a nice job working on the car today in qualifying practice and we'll certainly have a top 20 start. Anytime you can see the leaders when we take the green flag on Sunday is a good thing, but we'll have our work cut out for us. I'm looking forward to a fun race here."
ARIC ALMIROLA – No. 43 AdvoCare Ford Fusion – "The car feels really good. I missed my marks there in turn one. The sun was really, really bad and was glaring in my face real bad, so I missed turn one a little bit. I'm sorry about that because I felt like we had a car capable of getting the pole right there and I just missed my marks in turn one, so I think our car is really good in race trim and we'll go from there."
CARL EDWARDS – No. 99 Subway Ford Fusion – "I just got really tight. We tried to adjust for the rising speeds and was just too tight. I think we've got a really good race car and, fortunately, it's 500 miles and we can pass here, so it will be good."
MATT KENSETH – No. 17 Ford EcoBoost Ford Fusion – "The car was pretty good. The guys made great adjustments and we had a lot of grip. I kind of messed it up. We were a little too tight. I kind of scrapped turn one and two a little bit and thought I did OK in three and four. I wish I had one more try at it since we were that close. We're not gonna be on the pole, but it looks like we're gonna be in the top five. If I'm second or fourth, I don't really care that much because it's more about the finishing position. We really struggled a lot in practice today, so I hope we can find a balance for it tomorrow and hit on something that will drive good for a long run."
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Pro-Fox Hunting, Pro-Censorship, Ex-Tory MP Louise Mensch featured heavily in the papers last week. Why was that? Has she solved world hunger? Slashed the deficit? Invented self-removing socks? Nope, she's come to the stunning realisation, in her blog, that not drinking is better for you than drinking a little bit.
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On March 27, the City of Pacifica opened its Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and practiced what would happen should a tsunami reach Pacifica's coast. The emergency exercise in Pacifica was like many others conducted all along the West Coast in memory of the 50th anniversary of the Great Alaskan Quake.
The exercise gave City staff and community partners the opportunity to come together and practice their response.
Staff members from every city department were assisted by liaisons from the American Red Cross, the North Coast County Water District, the Pacifica School District, the Jefferson Union High School District, and Pacifica CERT including local HAM radio operators.
As part of the emergency drill, at 9 a.m., the EOC staff received notification that a 9.0 earthquake had created a tsunami that was heading toward the Bay Area. The emergency operations staff used its time wisely and were able to use various means to "virtually" notify the community and conduct evacuations of potentially affected areas.
Several agencies also worked together to establish evacuation centers. CERT HAM radio operators and other CERT members worked together to report any damage once the tsunami "struck." The impact to Pacifica, based on models of a real magnitude 9.0 earthquake in Alaska, would have been a 2- to 3-foot sea level rise. In the drill, no structures were damaged, but roadways and parking lots near the coast were flooded and awash in several inches of sand.
What you should know about tsunamis
Tsunamis may follow earthquakes, even if the earthquakes happen on the other side of the ocean. A tsunami could arrive within minutes or could take several hours to move across the ocean. Natural warning signs are: strong ground shaking, a loud ocean roar, or the water receding unusually far exposing the ocean floor. Official warnings will come in several ways: radio, television, text message, door-to-door contact, and emergency sirens.
Pacifica has sirens located in Sharp Park, Rockaway, and Linda Mar. These sirens are tested the first Wednesday of every month and contain a verbal warning in English and Spanish.
If those warning signs occur, determine if you are in a hazard zone. If you are in low lying areas near the ocean, move inland or to high ground. Remain there and seek information from local radio or television stations.
You can identify natural hazards in your neighborhood by going to http://myhazards.calema.ca.gov. Another great source of information is SMC Alert. Every Pacifica resident can sign up for a free account via www.smcalert.info. Once registered, emergency alerts (including road closures) can be sent via email messages or test alerts, although there may be a fee for text messaging. For more information, visit the City of Pacifica Police Department webpage:http://www.cityofpacifica.org/depts/police/ or the Pacifica Emergency Preparedness & Safety Commission page: http://www.cityofpacifica.org/government/committees/.
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Julia Mancuso wins giant slalom after three feet of snow falls at Alpine nationals
Julia Mancuso wins giant slalom after three feet of snow falls at Alpine nationals{mosimage}MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN, Calif. (April 4) – Julia Mancuso (Olympic Valley, CA) produced the fastest second run Monday and won her second gold medal at the Oroweat U.S. Alpine Championships in 24 hours, capturing the giant slalom, which ended the women's races, by more than a second at Mammoth Mountain.
Outdoor Life Network will broadcast coverage from the Championships Saturday night at 10 ET.
After an overnight snowstorm left more than three feet of snow on the mountain, the first run was held in soft conditions, which caused a couple of delays in the start. Mancuso, fifth in the first run, relaxed between runs instead of free-skiing in the new powder, then came out and led the final run.
Her total time was 2:53.46 as Mancuso, who took the combined gold medal Sunday by finishing third in slalom, also extended her own U.S. record of earning a medal in 11 consecutive U.S. Championships races.
"Yeah, it's a nice way to end the season. I was skiing powder on that first run. Somebody said it was three to five feet of snow [during the night], but Mammoth did another great job pulling it off," she said. Mammoth has been blanketed by upwards of 10 feet of snow in the last two weeks.
"I just wanted to ski my second run more in control. I stayed in the lodge between runs and didn't go free-skiing, so I wasn't as tired as I might have been," Mancuso said.
Canadian Allison Forsyth was silver medalist in 2:54.70 and first-run leader Kristina Koznick (Eagan, MN) finished third (2:54.90).
Coach Trevor Wagner credited a near-epic team effort by national and club coaches, working with Mammoth's Race Department staff, to set the course after a night of snowfall. "We let the course sit overnight and they worked on it with grooming machines and then everyone was out at 7 o'clock and we were pulling B-nets [for safety] and, really, it was the coolest thing – it's amazing the race got pulled off," he said.
"It was perfectly sunny for the first run but there was all this fresh snow from the storm, and it wasn't packed down. It was tough, especially tough for the first group of skiers," Wagner said, "but as the race went on, the course got a nice groove and even got down to the hard snow.
"For the second run, we cleaned itup a bit and decided to use the same course. It was tough, that first run, hard to pressure your, the soft snow made it tough to make a dynamic turn."
By the second run, he said, racers had a better chance to make a more solid run because the snow condition was more consistent. "There was some good skiing here and there, and Julia certainly laid down a good one," he said. "She's had quite a season and this is a fitting end for her."
The Championships conclude Tuesday with the men's giant slalom. Jimmy Cochran (Keene, NH).
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Women's Giant Slalom
1. Julia Mancuso, Olympic Valley, Calif., 2:53.46
2. Allison Forsyth, Canada, 2:54.70
3. Kristina Koznick, Eagan, Minn., 2:54.90
4. Lindsey Kildow, Vail, Colo., 2:55.08
5. Bryna McCarty, Concord, Vt., 2:55.32
6. Shona Rubens, Canada, 2:55.60
7. Jonna Mendes, Heavenly, Calif., 2:55.80
8. Kirsten Clark, Raymond, Maine, 2:56.11
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Miami quiets Clemson offense to win series
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CORAL GABLES, FL (WACH)- No. 20 Clemson could not get anything going against Andrew Suarez as Miami took the series from the Tigers with a 7-0 win on Sunday. The Tigers fall to 27-13 overall and 13-8 in the ACC.
Clate Schmidt (3-2) had a rough outing giving up eight hits and four runs in just 3.2 innings pitched and was tagged with the loss. Miami out hit the Tigers 13-6.
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Thirty two people were killed and hundreds injured as a rally in the capital of Bangladesh turned violent. Police used tear gas to disperse thousands of Islamist protesters in the streets of Dhaka who demanded execution for "blasphemous" blogging.
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"One point, One demand: Atheists must be hanged", chanted the demonstrators as they marched along at least six highways, blocking transport between Dhaka and other cities and towns.
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How Estonia became E-stonia
In Estonia computer programming is not seen as the realm of the nerd, but something fun, simple and cool.
This northernmost Baltic state, a small corner of the Soviet Union until 1991, is one of the most internet-dependent countries in the world.
Estonia's schools are teaching children as young as seven how to programme computers.
The country sees technology as an important part of its national identity and independence.
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Jeff Mills 4th Dan Aikikai regularly visits Japan and Europe to train with Kobayashi Sensei, Igarashi Sensei and Hiroaki Sensei.
In 2001 he completed a three month uchi deschi (live in student) program in Kobayashi Dojos, Japan.
Jeff returned in 2003, 2005 and 2008 as an uchi deschi (live in student)
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Aikido Tenchikan Dojo hold regular Aikido courses in Bristol and Bath. Annual international Yudansha (black belt) examinations are held under the direction of Hiroaki Kobayashi Sensei on behalf of Yasuo Kobayashi Sensei 8th Dan. These black belt examinations are certified and registered by Moriteru Ueshiba Doshu, Hombu Dojo Japan.
Ten Chi Kan Dojo is a fully insured member of the British Aikido Board its instructor is qualified having completed the BAB's coaching course. So what does this mean to prospective new members?
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Thousands of low-income people at risk of losing their homes have found relief through the Lawyer for the Day in the Boston Housing Court Program.
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In an interview conducted by Consumer Reports with Jeff Bezos, the Amazon CEO said to "stay tuned" when directly asked about the possibility of an Amazon tablet. Mr. Bezos restrained himself from giving out any further details about the device, but did state that any such enterprise would likely complement the Amazon Kindle rather than replace it.
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DD is 32 months. she will often nap if given the chance, but i really prefer her not to, because the days she naps she is up till 11 p.m. if she doesn't nap, she is asleep by 8.
so lately at home, we don't do naps. the only exceptions are illness, travel/exhaustion, or if she wakes up really early.
they have a 12-3 napping period at daycare. i suppose i could try asking them to wake her at 1:30 and see if that helps. my sense is she is up for about 8 hours after her nap ends.
i dunno. i know it is a hardship on them if she doesn't sleep. all the other kids sleep. but this is a hardship on us
and it doesn't help that the days she is home with us (she's in daycare 3 days per week) she doesn't nap and goes to bed early. because then she is more tired the next day for daycare, so she definitely will nap, then she is definitely up late...and then she wants to sleep in because she was up late! so every day is just haywire, and it sucks. i don't even get what people mean by having a set bedtime. that is IMPOSSIBLE with this child because it all depends on whether she napped.
she's always been this kind of sleeper...like, she needs to be up for x hours before sleeping again. problem is, the number of hours just gets more and more. when it was 5, this was perfect. she went to bed at 8. 6? 9. but her routinely going to bed past about 9:30 is really taking a toll on us.
can i ask them to have her not nap? i don't want to be a pain, but jeez louise. do other kids do this, or is it just mine? i don't see how the 3-4 year olds nap there and then go home and go to bed at a normal time!
I totally get what you're saying. My ds will be 3 next month and he has been in this cycle for a few months. The reason I started cutting back his naps was so I wouldn't have so much trouble getting him to bed at night. BUT, at this age, it has been impossible to completely cut out the nap. He really needs one at least every 2-3 days or so. Otherwise he's a mess. On the days when he naps, I do not let him sleep past 3, not matter what time he falls asleep.
We don't do daycare, so I'm not really sure what would be best in that situation, because I can't see it working to NEVER have a nap at daycare. Could you just talk to her teacher about it and see what she says? Maybe they could put her on a MWF nap schedule! That way they get three days of her napping, but have to deal with her being awake only on 2 days. Or I'm sure they would be able to tell on those days when she's just tired and needs a nap. Ugh, that's a tough situation. I think just talking about it has to be the first step and see if the daycare is willing to be flexible.
They have a 3 HOUR nap time for almost 3 year olds? That's insane. My kids would never sleep at night either. I can't let them sleep more than one hour during teh day, or they'll beup all night long. I'd discuss it with them.
My sister had this problem with my nephew. He was at daycare five days a week while she worked and he took 2-3 hour-naps every day. He wouldn't go to sleep until 10:30 p.m.
I would ask the daycare if they could wake him up early.
before i posted here, i googled on this topic and i read all this crap online (not here!) where DCPs were saying "oh, parents don't want their kids to nap, because they say they won't go to bed, but that's just poor parenting/no boundaries/no routine. not my problem!"
uh, no. it's called SHE'S NOT TIRED! so she won't sleep! it has nothing to do with my parenting. short of locking her in her room (which i would obviously NEVER do), i can't make her "go to bed" at a certain time!
ETA: i just realized i replied to you twice, talking about different parts of your post. obviously working today then staying up late with a toddler who was not tired has taken its toll!
i feel bad about not wanting to spend as much time as possible with her in the evenings. it's not that i don't miss her, but i'm tired after doing work all day, and i like playing with her/eating dinner/playing more/doing bath/reading to her, and then getting a couple hours to wind down myself so i can go to bed by midnight.
my personal theory is that the parenting part of your brain shuts off at 9 p.m. i know mine does! DH's too!
But seriously, don't feel bad because you don't want her to stay up until 11 with you. It must be hard to have to work all day and then come home to toddlerland! This has nothing to do with your parenting. 9pm is a very reasonable bedtime for a 2 year old. Plus, you'll be a better parent to her if you have those couple of hours to unwind at night.
I know we are required by the state to provide a two hour nap to all kids, even if the parents don't like it.
I do think three hours is too long.
Kids do not have to sleep, but they do need to rest. I won't keep a child up during nap time either. But, I do allow them to lie quietly on their mats and look at books or watch a movie.
The trouble is, it's a vicious circle. SHe was up until 11:00 the night before, and she needs a nap since she didn't get enough sleep. So, keeping a child up when they are missing sleep would be hard, and make the day miserable for everybody.
BUT, they should be able to manipulate her nap a little. Maybe she could be the last to lie down, and the first to get up. They could put her cot in a spot that there is a lot of action so your daughter wont fall asleep so early, and maybe the teachers moving around and talking will wake her up earlier than the other kids.
If you don't explain that she's not tired at bed time, they have no idea. They might not be able to do a whole lot about it, but they should be able to make a little bit of a transition for you.
thanks for all the replies!
i talked to DCP, and she agreed a 10-11 bedtime is not good for any of us, so she's going to try for a shorter nap with DD...waking her up at the 2 hour mark to start, then if that still puts bedtime past 9, she'll wake her up earlier.
she was very understanding, and even said she already does this with 2 of the 3 year olds, who also won't go to bed if allowed to nap the whole period!
i think 3 hours is long, too, but since they have more infants and young toddlers than older toddlers, it makes sense...i know as a young toddler DD sometimes really NEEDED a 3 hour nap.
i love my DCP, so i figured she would work with me, but i always feel self-conscious asking for things, because i don't want to be "that parent," KWIM?
I'd ask if she could have books and/or quiet toys at rest time. Could she listen to books on tape or music through earphones?
3 hours seems like an awfully long quiet period, but they might not want to let her get up early if all of the other children are still sleeping/resting...
ETA: Nevermind! Glad she's working with you and your dd.
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text: here you guys & gals go http://www.gbnreport.com/2005projection.htm this is a free site visit often they really stay on top of things & have a lot of useful information. Underclassman are included in this 2 Rd. Mock (these are only prospects that have indicated interest in various sources of investigating what their stock would be if they declared for the 2005 draft, the actual deadline is still a couple months away) to give a pretty interesting rough draft of teams needs with possible available prospects. with all the crying about the Texans offensive woes they have us selecting the top tackle in the draft Alex Barron (i don't think he'll still be available) and passing on Antrell Rolle (i'd be pissed). Then in the second round underclassman Orien Harris DT Miami (that would be cool). Overall this would be a great start to the draft for the Texans & demonstrates if underclassman are projected the 2005 draft will be another great year for NFL teams.


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Ships' captains will be welcomed to the port at a Captains' Dinner at the Falmouth Hotel on the first day of the regatta when glasses of fizz will be handed out on arrival thanks to sponsorship by St Austell Brewery.
Regatta organisers are pleased to welcome St Austell Brewery on board as an event supporter, with the local brewery supporting the event in a number of ways.
The brewery will be celebrating its longstanding relationship with Port Isaac shanty singers the Fisherman's Friends by arranging for the group to perform at the Tall Ships opening evening in Events Square next Thursday.
The Fisherman's Friends will kick off the weekend celebrations with an hour long performance of new and traditional songs which no doubt will be enjoyed along the way with a few pints of St Austell Brewery's Tribute Ale being served in all three Regatta Entertainment Centres.
St Austell Brewery is also kindly donating drinks to quench the thirst of VIPs watching the Tall Ships Regatta Parade of Sail from Pendennis Castle on Sunday, August 31.
Jeremy Mitchell, St Austell Brewery marketing and communications director, said: "The 2014 Tall Ships regatta promises to be a wonderful and spectacular event for Falmouth and for Cornwall offering a chance to see the wonderful sailing ships in these amazing settings and also to enjoy the festivities and music in the town centre. It is a privilege for St Austell Brewery to be part of the regatta and that visitors and participants will be able to enjoy St Austell beers along the way."
Sam Groom, event manager for Cornwall Development Company, added: "We are very grateful to St Austell Brewery for their support, demonstrating how local businesses can support the regatta through a whole range different ways.
"From the arrival of the ships with the Captains' Dinner to the send off of the regatta fleet in the Parade of Sail - glasses will be charged, thanks to St Austell Brewery."
For the latest information about the regatta see www.falmouthtallships.co.uk, follow on Facebook 'Tall Ships Falmouth 2014', on Twitter @tallships_2014, or follow lovefalmouth on Instagram.