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Today Google announced that it is launching a lobbying campaign specifically to take aim at clean energy. Though Google had record 2010 lobbying expenditures, they perhaps have not yet paid off for green technology or renewable energy infrastructure.
Google spent nearly $5.2 million on political lobbying last year, a 28 percent increase over 2009, more than Facebook, Yahoo, and Apple combined. According to OpenSecrets.com, energy is among the top issues that Google applies those dollars to. Correspondingly, Google has consistently earned the highest scores for political advocacy on our Cool IT Leaderboard ranking of climate leadership.
Although in Obama's State of the Union address he expressed a goal to have 80 percent of electricity in the U.S. come from renewable sources by 2035 (unfortunately not excluding clean coal, nuclear power, or natural gas), Google's upping of the ante is perhaps a reflection of growing public skepticism about what's achievable in this political climate.
It's a good sign that Google is increasing its focus and determination in the face of budget cuts and other threats to strong climate and energy policies and R&D for transformative clean energy solutions. But the company's efforts would be even stronger if the rest of the IT sector would throw collective muscle behind a similar agenda.
The big IT brands ultimately have a lot to gain from a more efficient power grid backed by renewables, but many have demonstrated a myopic view of energy, focusing only on energy efficiency gains to address the industry's own growing footprint. We've been on Facebook's case, for example, over its failure to prioritize clean sources of energy to power its data centers.
We are urging Facebook and other IT leaders to follow Google's lead, and throw the weight of their lobbyists and extremely recognizable brands behind the issue. The IT sector has much untapped potential to educate consumers and lawmakers, and help move the economy toward a major breakthrough for clean energy.
The line in the sand has been drawn. Will IT companies join Google in boldly pushing for transformative policy action to stimulate innovation, or will they continue to stand on the sidelines cheerleading, but letting dirty energy opponents lobby away our clean energy future?
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Hey Jodie- Great piece. I'm just tweeting it @RAN now. Just wanna let you know the link's wrong for opensecrets- it should be a .org, not a .com.
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Don't drink the Kool-Aid bro. There's no such thing as clean coal.
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I agree with Manish Hegde specifically "there's no such thing as clean coal." Try to correct your beliefs.
You spent so much mo...
I agree with Manish Hegde specifically "there's no such thing as clean coal." Try to correct your beliefs.
You spent so much money just for lobbying. You know what? I did my part (independent) in only posting Q & A in answers.yahoo. in 2009-10. Google captured them too from yahoo. My messages & articles were frank & brutal for these captured the attention of some people as well as the UN's secretariat.
I accused UNEP for creating a false & fabricated objective of carbon emission reduction. I considered Kyoto Protocol as a fraud because there was no scientific proof presented to the members that will justify carbon emission reduction as the right direction for the world against global warming & climate change. I also accused IPCC for making false scientific studies before COP 15 began.
With these messages in the net, people started scrutinizing IPCC. They discovered one which pushed IPCC to defend itself. As consequences, IPCC then admitted in public its mistakes & blunders. See my attacks paid off.
UN Sec. Gen. Ban Ki Moon tried to cover up the faults of IPCC by hiring new experts to correct the errors & mistakes. I followed up with another attack by calling the prosecution of IPCC for criminal negligence & imprudence as well as UN for subsidiary liability because many people have already died and many destruction have occurred for which they are all accountable. Again, this action paid off as UN kept silent and it has been speechless for a longer period of time. Some people were wondering as why there is no COP 16. This is because of my articles & messages.
In this vein, you are all brainwashed with this theory of carbon emission reduction. Your lobbying will not prove nothing because you are founded on the wrong direction. Instead, I am pushing the world to shift to O2 regeneration via photosynthesis by rehabilitating wastelands, infertile lands, barren lands. This is the answer as the ultimate solution against global warming & climate change.
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Yesterday, 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh untucked his shirt, chest-bumped a lineman, and then shook hands with losing coach Jim Schwartz. Then he (allegedly) yelled "Fuck you!" or "Fuck yeah!" at Schwartz as he ran away and towards the tunnel, which is (allegedly) what set off the Lions coach and led to this awkward face-off between the two teams.
It was all very silly, because it was all very much what you might expect from the frat boy friendship gone sour after a contentious beer pong game, and not from two NFL coaches. But it is Jim Harbaugh we're talking about here. To borrow from ESPN's stern-faced analysis:
Jim Harbaugh was over the top. He should not have over-zealously slapped Jim Schwartz's back or shook his hand so hard.
(The ESPN story does not include comment from the Mothers Against Hard Hand Shaking And Over-Zealous Back-Slapping.)
Harbaugh says he's not sorry ("I'm not going to apologize for that. If that offends you or anyone else, so be it," he told the Chronicle), because his team is 5-1 and because he's probably still on a testosterone high after his inspiring post-game speech: "Clutch! CLUTCH!" is not poetic, but it is loud and obnoxious, and that's about what we expected from Harbaugh.
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The New York Giants are still undefeated at Cowboys Stadium after another comeback victory under Eli Manning.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The New York Giants are still undefeated at Cowboys Stadium after another comeback victory under Eli Manning.
None were quite like this one, the 20th time in Manning's career the Giants rallied from behind in the fourth quarter.
Lawrence Tynes kicked two of his five field goals in the fourth quarter and the NFC East-leading Giants won 29-24 Sunday after blowing a 23-point lead — and before the Cowboys thought they had a game-winning play with 10 seconds left.
New York (6-2) led 23-0 just 2 minutes into the second quarter when defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul returned an interception 28 yards for a touchdown. That was the third of four interceptions thrown by Tony Romo, and among six turnovers by Dallas (3-4).
But the Giants didn't score again until Tynes made a 43-yard field goal with 10:20 left for a 26-24 lead. He added a 37-yarder with 3� minutes left after Stevie Brown recovered a fumble, and yet that still wasn't enough even though Brown had his second interception of the game after that.
Dallas got to the Giants 19 after Tynes' last field goal. On fourth-and-1 with 1:03 left, Romo was scrambling when he threw the ball and it was picked off by Brown at the 17.
After New York failed to get a first down on three running plays and the Cowboys used all three of their timeouts, Dallas got the ball back with 44 seconds left at the 30. They got to the Giants 37 when Romo threw a pass that Dez Bryant caught between two defenders in the back of the end zone.
The play was ruled a touchdown, and the Cowboys and the fans celebrated even as Bryant remained on the ground after coming down hard on his rear end.
It was during that time that officials looked at the replay, which showed Bryant's hand touched out of bounds first and made it an incompletion. The Cowboys still got three more plays after that, a 10-yard pass to Jason Witten, and an incompletion to Miles Austin before Romo's pass on the final play of the game landed well out of the end zone.
The Giants are 4-0 at Cowboys Stadium, Jerry Jones' football palace that opened in 2009 with a New York victory.
Manning completed 15-of-29 passes for 192 yards with an interception.
Romo threw for a career-high 437 yards while completing 36-of-62 passes with three 100-yard receivers. Witten broke his own Cowboys team record with 18 catches, which resulted in 167 yards. Austin had nine catches for 133 yards and Bryant had five catches for 110 yards.


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Arthur became the season's first hurricane early Thursday, headed toward the Carolinas after forming as a meandering tropical depression off the steamy coast of Florida earlier this week.
The storm, with 75 mph winds, struggled to maintain its eye overnight but should continue to intensify as it bears down on the coast, likely moving perilously close to the Outer Banks by Thursday night or early Friday, the National Hurricane Center reported.
Hurricane warnings were issued for much of North Carolina's coast. A hurricane watch also extended just over the state line into South Carolina.
While Arthur barely affected South Florida, bands of rain and thunderstorms lashed the area early in the week. With the most persistent storms trailing Arthur's south side, some thunderstorms may have packed 50 mph wind gusts, the National Weather Service said. The messy weather should clear out Thursday, with normal afternoon storms and showers resuming just in time for the holiday weekend.
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Tuesday, October 5, 2010
BFW Re-Cap: Part 2 "The Swap!!!"
25 comments:
- amber said...
I have never attended a swap, but I always think they look so fun! I love the outfit you put together for the even, the shirt is a fantastic find!!
- October 5, 2010 at 10:40 AM
- amber said...
*event! haha
- October 5, 2010 at 10:41 AM
- joy said...
That clothes swap looks crazy. Like sheer madness! But you and your friends look super duper glam.
- October 5, 2010 at 10:53 AM
Your fashion sense is impeccable! Hard to go wrong when you break out the leather skirt.
- October 5, 2010 at 11:14 AM
- samantha. said...
your hair and outfit looked awesome at the swap!!
- October 5, 2010 at 11:43 AM
- Ana - Toil and Trouble said...
I wanted to go so badly!! You ladies looked great, and I'm bummed that I missed out on all the fun!
- October 5, 2010 at 12:32 PM
such a fun event, I can't wait till next year! interested to see what goodies you snagged
- October 5, 2010 at 12:36 PM
- Lauren said...
Saw some of these pictures yesterday on Jen Loves Kev! So fun! Loved all of your outfits!
Small Time Style
- October 5, 2010 at 12:42 PM
Aw, so sad I missed this, I have class thursday nights (like a six hour class, I really can't miss it) And I just LOVE the armory what a cool spot. You look amazing in that blouse btw.
Can we do a beverly swap sometime? We can do it at my house!
- October 5, 2010 at 12:57 PM
- Talia said...
the leather skirt is just amazing!
- October 5, 2010 at 1:47 PM
- BlueVanilla said...
Aww love the last photos....you look fabulous, great outfit choice!
- October 5, 2010 at 1:55 PM
- Caitlin said...
You ladies look so amazing together! I WILL make it to a swap some day! I'm so sad I missed out yet again
- October 5, 2010 at 2:38 PM
- Christina said...
I love the look of the bottom photo. A friend and I recently found an article on the Swapoholics and decided we wanted to do something in our little city. They're on to something great for us and the environment. You young, talented, stylish ladies keep inspiring us :)
- October 5, 2010 at 2:55 PM
- the lovely birds said...
beautiful top, i am loving all of the tucker designs at target!
- October 5, 2010 at 3:16 PM
- Kallie, Happy Honey and Lark said...
did you all plan to wear golden colors? it makes for really great shots, like something out of a magazine! looks like a blast :)
- October 5, 2010 at 6:51 PM
- Tiffany's Small World said...
love the tights!great photos
- October 5, 2010 at 10:27 PM
- Gizelle Faye | Vanilla Ice Cream said...
first of all, love the colors of all your outfits...you all look stunning with the different styles each of you have.
secondly, how does a swap work? this looks like so much work but also sooo much fun.
♥ vanilla ice cream ♥
- October 6, 2010 at 8:08 AM
- Ginta said...
Oh, yes, I love your look! You can always count on the leather skirt to look gorgeous! :)
- October 6, 2010 at 1:43 PM
- Blackbird Fly said...
this is so lovely!
My friends an I do a seasonal small scale swap every once in a while and is so much fun!
-Morgan (Blackbird Fly)
Blackbird Fly
- October 6, 2010 at 5:16 PM
- Becca [Free Honey] said...
I'm so awed that you found this top right before the event and made a quick switch. You sneaky girl! Well, it looked great.
- October 6, 2010 at 9:17 PM
That place looks crazy! And you look crazy awesome! I think your formula has been boiled down to perfection. Such a great outfit and seems like a great time. LOVE that top!!
- October 6, 2010 at 9:58 PM
- Birta said...
You always manage to make the most impossible outfits work, and not just work, ROCK!
- October 6, 2010 at 10:35 PM
- chelsea lee aka spicklebee said...
this outfit is balls-to-the-wall fabulousness. that top is amazing. happy to say I recently thrifted myself an awesome black leather pencil skirt and I've been dying for cooler weather to break out!!
thanks for the inspiration!!
- October 6, 2010 at 11:28 PM
- Eule said...
great look, nice colour
- October 8, 2010 at 3:26 AM
- Ahn said...
just so you know...i have definitely brought the heidi braids to santa barbara, ca. they don't look quite as good on me, but hey, i tried. people always ask me how i do them and i direct them to you.
- October 25, 2010 at 2:00 PM
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Holika Holika, one of my current hot brands from Korea has newish range of Sleeping Masks (what is a sleeping mask?) based on the power of Honey, honey.
Sleeping packs are worn throughout the night as you sleep and the idea is that you can wake up in the morning and look like you're 10 years younger…or there abouts. Kitty is demonstrating how to sleep:
Holika Holika's Honey Sleeping Pack comes in 3 variations' Canola, Blueberry and Acerola. Each contains 40% honey to hydrate and care for the skin – honey has antibacterial properties too and is known to be 'healing'. I chose Canola because I liked the yellow colour (the other 2 are more reddish) and I like Granola.
The other two masks contain 20% Acerola Extract or 20% Blueberry Extract. The Canola version contains Acerola also and Canola Honey…which makes it almost the same as the Acerola version! Hmmm.
The first thing I thought of when I saw this product, and also bearing in mind the high honey content was HOW STICKY IS THIS?! I could imagine waking up in the morning with my face covered in cat hair and the pillow permanently stuck to my hair.
Now this is pretty thick stuff – it's a very rich gel and of course, it feels nothing like real honey but nevertheless there is a stickiness to it. It sinks in but it's still a it sticky.
How cute is the pot? Reminds me of Pooh Bear.
To be honest I do love a bit of honey, Manuka honey especially but I need to hide it from the brutes around me who slather it on toast.
I've also been told to slap some Manuka on my spots and to use it for a lip mask – and it does work really well. And of course I love my honey and lemon drinks, even when I don't have a cough or cold (which is never).
So what do I make of this sleeping mask?
Let's do a pros and cons!
1. It smells great, like real honey. Therefore if you don't like the smell of honey you won't like this.
2. It is super hydrating, leaves the skin looking plump the next day.
3. I had no reactions to this despite having sensitive skin.
4. It'll last a while as you only need a tiny amount.
5. I think it calmed down areas of redness on my face.
6. It is well priced – better if you can get it yourself but on eBay it comes in at around £14 inc. shipping but that's what you get for not being Korean.
1. It is still a bit sticky.
2. It's not easy to get hold off if you hate eBay.
3. It's not a miracle product.
All in all, I like this sleeping mask, I think it suited my sensitive and dry skin, not sure if it would be too rich for a oiler, troubled skin type though.
It's also for me, an easier thing to use than real honey which is so sticky, thick and hard to wash off. If you don't want to sleep in it, I'd totally recommend it as a 15 minute mask too.
*I bought this from eBay.


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Let's say you have a group of 30 nerds who want to watch a movie. These nerds are an eclectic, and varied group. Some of them are easily and deservedly mocked film geeks, most are science and tech geeks, and maybe a few that don't really meet either label other than general nerdery. You propose two movies to watch. One of them is Bonnie and Clyde, a movie that gave birth to Hollywood's Second Golden Age with its radical use of violence, unprecedentedly explicit sexuality, and proposition that two murderous bank robbers could be counterculture antiheroes. The other movie is Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, whose politics never went beyond "Nazis...I hate those guys," and pretty much defined campy, popcorn-munching entertainment for Generation X and Yers. I think anyone who reads this blog and those who read xkcd would predict that crowd would choose to watch Indiana Jones by a vast majority. I also think that a smaller but still substantial majority would also agree that Bonnie and Clyde is a better movie. Indiana Jones, however, is safer, and more enjoyable to watch in a crowd (read: easier to make fun of and quote incessantly). This thought experiment is meant to show that, in a group of intelligent, educated people, nostalgia and camp value is more valuable than searching for quality in art. Whether this is predominantly due to postmodernism, contemporary political apathy, or some other cultural factor I cannot say, but it is certainly a troubling thing to think about when you care as much about art as I do.
Randall Munroe is not to blame for this particular trend, but he has certainly taken advantage of our love of nerd nostalgia—dare I say exploited it—for his own reputation and self-aggrandizement. Wednesday's xkcd tackles the Father Superior of nerd geek nostalgia: Star Trek. Make no mistakes about it, despite it classifying itself as "normal" as opposed to "quantum" teleportation, this is still a reenactment of a Star Trek ritual that rivals only a Darth Vader breath in its ability to give nerds boners.
While Randall may have been able to get away with a post like this a couple of years ago, he's exhausted his options here. The post directly preceding Wednesday's was a surface-level inversion of a popular 90s television show, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air (few things are loved by nerds more than anything having to do with the 80s or 90s). Four comics previous to that, he not only used the same joke about popular misconceptions of science due to movies (this time it was Jurassic Park), but continued his trend of spending far too long on an extending story to make a pun that hasn't been funny since the first time he did it over a year ago... The comic right before that one was a Ghostbusters reference. For those who haven't been keeping score, that's 4 out of the 7 previous xkcd posts that have made overt references to beloved nerd pop culture artifacts. And two of the other ones both referred to movie cliches, one with Morgan Freeman sounding comforting (tastefully timed after his automobile accident, may I add), and one using Google Maps for a horror movie cliche. So in actuality, it's really 6 ironic references to pop culture cliches and geek movies/television shows out of the last 7 posts. Any more posts like these, and we may actually want to see the mushy love comics again.
What strikes me about Randall's use of pop culture so heavily of late is how incredibly dated it seems and how out of character it is for Randall. In truth, this kind of humor was already falling out of favor before xckd was even published. Randall got away with it in earlier days because a) his pop culture references were much rarer and b) usually included a twist of science humor that was still fresh at the time (this comic being the classic example). But what's particularly appalling about this recent trend is that in one of the very first xkcd's was devoted to calling out exactly this kind of use of humor. Rereading this comic after the last few weeks of xkcd is like the scene in Citizen Kane when a bitter, older, ruthless capitalist Kane is sent the manifesto claiming to be a people's advocate that he wrote as a young, green, idealist newspaper mogul. But of course, that comes from a sincere movie, so that parallel is likely to go over the xkcd fanbase's head.
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I bought a combo drill & driver kit recently and I really love it, but it came with "XC" batteries that are 4Ah. I went to buy one of the slim packs because sometimes the large batteries are just too heavy for what I am doing - but even the slim packs are $70!
The kit I bought came with a drill and driver and 2 XC batteries. Each XC battery costs $130 retail, but I only paid $390 for the kit. At retail value that means the drill and driver and charger were only 130. (Drill and driver and charger are same price as one battery?)
The math just doesn't work out. So, why are the batteries so expensive!?


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Celebrities are often spotted in crowds at the Olympics, and given that so many people from around the globe are gathered in one spot, it can be difficult to keep track of the global who's who when covering an event.
According to Getty Images, actor John Wayne, best known for his roles in Westerns like "True Grit," "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" and, of course, "The Alamo," was spotted today at the men's basketball semifinals game between the United States and Argentina.
Not quite, Getty. Wayne died in 1979 — more than 30 years ago.
The man in the photo is actually NBA superfan James Goldstein, who's been spotted at several games, including this year's Western Conference Finals showdown between the Spurs and the Oklahoma City Thunder in June.
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As for taxes, the US tax system is a stranger to me. (The UK tax system is almost as strange, with the comforting distancing effect of PAYE .) But incentive to 'create' wealth must be balanced against disincentives to hoard and hide it, so that investments in workforce (wider and deeper) uplift more of those away from the tip of the hierarchy. I would suggest that punishing those that abdicate their proportionally greater pecuniary responsibilities should be a priority, but I don't see the current CEO of America laying himself open to such measures...
I agree with all of this. And while Thesh is a filthy pinko commie wobblehead, we both (probably) agree that society should not reward wealth appropriation, whether that's through rent seeking, tax evasion, or other economic abuses in general. Thesh'd likely agree that wealth creation should be encouraged, if they could ever admit that is indeed possible for individuals to do something that creates wealth far beyond what the average person can do.
From there, the question is how do we set up the welfare system, especially now when we are on the verge of automating so many shit-jobs in the country, and don't have the heart to just turn the people into dogfood. Personally, I believe we should automate the factories as fast as we can, but actually tax the damned things and use the taxes to provide a guaranteed minimum income for every adult, using that to replace most of the welfare system. Extra welfare for provable disabilities, but better programs in place to help disabled get jobs, and more importantly, none of this fucked up nonsense where if you are disabled but get a job you lose all benefits.


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After months of speculation surrounding the future of players like John Wall, Bradley Beal and Otto Porter Jr. amid the Wizards' struggles, team owner Ted Leonsis went on the record to confirm his star players won't be involved in trade talks ahead of the Feb. 7 trade deadline. "I love when they go, 'trade Bradley Beal. Trade John Wall. Trade Otto Porter.' And I go 'ok, for who?' We're not trading any of those players… wouldn't throw in the towel on this core," Leonsis said during an interview with WTOP radio.
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Considering Kanter can get locked up in prison if he ever goes back home, he's kick-started the process of becoming a U.S. citizen … and is thinking of making even more changes to go along with it. "I'm actually becoming a U.S. citizen in 2 years," Kanter said … "I'm actually thinking about adding an American name. I'm still thinking about it. I don't know yet."
As he spoke and the speaker above cut in and out, Gilgeous-Alexander balanced between a player who knows he belongs and one who understands he has plenty to learn. "I am not Russell Westbrook," Gilgeous-Alexander said with no malice. "I do not have the same name, same body type, stuff like that. So, I'm just going to try to be myself and be the best me and everything else will take care of itself. "I'm just a basketball player. Regardless of the situation, I'm going to continue to work hard and play my game. I know that eventually it will come out. I don't worry about starting. I'm not worried about accolades or things like that. I just work hard, keep my head down and (stay) true to who I am."
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander on what he's learned already from veteran guard and Thunder newcomer Chris Paul: "Some of the things I'd like to keep secret. I've learned a lot from him in terms of thinking the game, angles and things like that… His ability to get shots off at his size is what differentiates him."
"We have a bunch of guys who don't mind being the underdogs," Walker told reporters. "We are hungry, and we are going to go out there to try and win a gold medal…I take pride in being a leader and guys looking to me and I'm here to set the tempo and bring my experience and energy." Walker is arguably the best player on the team, so it's no surprise that he's a captain. Mitchell being named a captain isn't a shock either, when you consider how he came in as a rookie and showed tremendous ability as a leader with the Jazz and has continued to build off that success.
Germany will play against Tunisia and Japan in Saitama near Tokyo on August 23rd and 24th respectively. On August 26, the squad will head to Shenzhen, China where the World Cup group phase will be played. The 13 players currently in Japan for the German NT are: Dennis Schroder, Maodo Lo, Ismet Akpinar, Isaac Bonga, Andreas Obst, Robin Benzing, Paul Zipser, Niels Giffey, Johannes Thiemann, Danilo Barthell, Maximilian Kleber, Daniel Theis, Johannes Voigtmann.
What's your next move? Brett Yormark: I'm not going to announce it yet. I knew there was going to be an end to one chapter and the beginning of another. Ownership effectively told me last spring that (selling the majority share to Joe Tsai) was something they were contemplating. I extended my deal through December to provide oversight of the transaction. There was always a plan to leave with ownership. I've become very close to Mikhail Prokhorov and (board chairman) Dmitry Razumov. It would have been very tough for me to leave the company, knowing that ownership was going to stay on board. My goal is to announce where I'm heading in mid-September, assuming everything works out. I'm going to stay in sports and entertainment and look forward to build something and create value. It's no different than what I did at NASCAR and BSE.
Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert has been home for nearly a week in Detroit as he continues to recover from a stroke suffered in May. Gilbert had spent the past two months in a rehabilitation center in Chicago. On Thursday, Quicken Loans CEO Jay Farner provided a brief update on the 57-year-old billionaire businessman.
"On Friday, Dan Gilbert returned to Detroit to continue his rehabilitation locally," Farner said. "We are extremely thankful for all of the skilled medical professionals who have played a significant role in Dan's recovery and are glad to have him back home." Gilbert, who founded Quicken Loans, suffered the stroke on May 26 after he was taken to a hospital by a family friend. He was immediately taken into a surgery for a catheter-based procedure, which doctors have credited with being a key to his recovery.


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In Katie LeFrancois' classroom at Richmond Elementary School in Richmond, Vermont, the science of iStopMotion runs rampant – and it's been a big help in her curriculum! Recently, Katie's students explored interdependence, focusing on ecosystems and how the biotic and abiotic components of an ecosystem depend on each other. They also discussed how ecosystems can change over time due to human and natural disturbances.
To learn more and dive deeper into the lesson, Katie's students picked the topics that interested them the most and made an instructional iStopMotion film about them to teach to the class. Some of their topics included "How Humans Damage and Help the Earth," "The ABCs of Ecology," "What Happens to an Ecosystem When Something Goes Wrong?" and "What is an Ecosystem?"
The students used iStopMotion for iPad to film and iMovie to edit, collaborating with each other the whole way through. Check out all of the videos on Katie's class blog, www.lefrancoisvt.blogspot.com! Great job, everyone!


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Elephant Pie And More
Some French chefs are immortalized by the dishes that carry their names. Others have streets or Metro stations in Paris named after them. Three have had their statues erected in the cities of their birth and one was even declared to be a saint. Jean-Paul Choron's claim to immortality is a fairly sound one. In addition to more than twenty well known dishes, two streets that carry his name,two statues in his likeness have been erected, he served as the model for the chef in Anatole France's description of the restaurant in the rue Vavin whose only dish was cassoulet. His was also the image used by Flaubert when he described the baker who prepared the cakes for Madame Bovary's wedding, and he served one of the models for Manet's painting "Dejeuner sur l'Herbe".
Acknowledged as one of France's greatest chefs, Choron ruled the kitchens at the Restaurant Voisin for many years. Choron was a chef who catered to intellectuals and at the little restaurant, on the corner of Paris' rue Saint-Honore and rue Cambon, he prepared dinners for a regular clientele that included Zola, Flaubert, Sainte-Beuve and Leon Daudet. As a confidant of the Goncourt brothers, Choron was frequently called in to plan and then prepare the lavish lunches that those idiosyncratic brothers hosted for their friends of the moment.
Those who came to Voisin dined and drank well. The cellars of the restaurant were famous for its Burgundy and Bordeaux wines and the chef was especially renowned for his lamb dishes, roast beef, meat pies and baked chicken. Even during the period of the Commune, when food was extremely hard to come by for most Parisians, Choron assured that there would always be food on hand by making an arrangement with an English butcher, Julius Roos who supplied him with the finest meats and game that he could steal from the Paris Zoo. The Goncourt brothers frequently dined with their friend Arsene Houssaye on Choron's famous elephant pie.
When asked by a visiting Englishman for the recipe for this dish, Choron responded: "It is quite simple. All you need to do is to roast the trunk or foot of an elephant in the same way you would roast a large piece of beef. When the meat is ready, dice it very finely and add a bit of boiling demi-glace or other rich brown sauce. Heat the mixture in a
bain-marie and, when it is cooked through, serve it in a pie dish". The truth of the matter was that Choron never roasted an elephant. His famous pies were actually made from the meat of the pigeons he would trap on the roof of the building in which he lived.
The following dish, devised by Choron himself, takes a fairly long time to prepare but the results will prove well worth the effort. Happily, not a single elephant is involved in the recipe.
Tournedos Choron
8 medium artichoke hearts
1/2 lemon
juice of 1 lemon
1 cup butter, at room temperature
250 grams peas (may use frozen)
1 Tablespoon melted butter
4 slices bread, without crusts
4 tournedos or small fillet steaks
salt and pepper to taste
1 recipe for Choron sauce (follows)
1/2 cup veal or chicken stock
3 Tablespons dry white wine
Rub the artichoke hearts with the lemon and cook them for 10 minutes in boiling salted water with 1/2 of the lemon juice. Drain.
In a skillet melt 3 tablespoons of the butter. Add the artichoke hearts, cover the skillet and cook until the hearts are tender, turning once. (Cooking should take about 20 minutes).
Place the remaining lemon juice in a saucepan with about 1/2 centimeter of boiling water, add the peas and simmer, covered, just until the peas are tender, taking care not to overcook. Drain and then sprinkle the peas with 1 Tablespoon of melted butter. Shake the saucepan well, coating the peas.
In a skillet melt 2 more tablespoons of the butter and in this fry the bread slices, browning nicely on both sides (Add more butter if the pan dries out).
Season the tournedos to taste with salt and pepper. In a heavy skillet melt 3 more Tablespoons of the butter and in this saute the tournedos rapidly so they are nicely browned on the exterior but still pink inside.
To serve, place the tournedos on the croutons. Garnish with the artichoke hearts, filled with the peas. On each tournedo pour a ring of the Choron sauce. To the skillet in which the tournedos were cooked add the stock and wine,and heat through, scraping the bottom of the pan and stirring. Over each tournedo spoon about 1 tablespoon of this gravy and serve immediately. (Serves 4).
Sauce Choron
1/2 cup medium dry or dry white wine
2 1/2 Tablespoons tarragon vinegar
3 shallots, chopped finely
8 peppercorns, crushed
2 sprigs tarragon, chopped
1 sprig chervil, chopped finely
3 egg yoks
1 cup clarified butter, melted
salt and white peper to taste
2 tablespoons tomato puree
Combine the wine, vinegar, shallots, peppercorns, tarragon and chervil in a small skillet. Cook these over a medium flame, stirring regularly, until the liquids are reduced by half. Remove from the flame and strain into the top of a double boiler. Set aside to cool for 15 - 20 minutes.
Place the wine and herb mixture in the top of a double boiler and over but not in hot water add alternately and in small amounts the egg yolks and melted butter. Be sure that with each addition the ingredients are fully combined before adding more butter or egg yolk. Correct the seasoning with salt and pepper. To this point, you have prepared a Bearnaise sauce, which can be used by itself as an excellent accompaniment to steaks, chops or other small cuts of beef.
To make the Choron sauce beat the tomato puree into the Bearnaise sauce, one or two teaspoons at a time until all of the tomato puree has been used and the mixture is completely smooth. Correct the seasoning with salt and pepper to taste.


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Glamour the Italian Way
Cobbled streets, piercing blue skies, hot Italian days, delicious cuisine. Italy is a place where dreams come true. The real fashion capital of glamour, so you must dress the part. Epitomise Italian style and douse yourself with chic fragrance, shade the stunning views with designer sunglasses and make sure you never forget them with a digital camera.
Feast Mediterranean
A steamy kitchen. Salt water boiling over. The familiar aroma of your grandmother's famous ragu. It's that Italian cooking. Cook up your own storm with a traditional pasta maker or cheat a little with an electric pizza oven. For an authentic Italian café feel, surround yourself with clear dulcet tones via coloured headphones, whilst enjoying a freshly made espresso – courtesy of your own machine.
Scoot Away
The road ahead is quiet. The Italian heat is scorching. You're off to pick up your dream girl. She adores your 1970s Vespa. Darting in and out of roads. Riding down tiny winding lanes. A scooter day should be fun and glamorous, make sure safety comes first with a sturdy helmet and there's a touch of fun with stunning heels on your gorgeous passenger. Keep your eye on the time with a stylish watch and stay looking cool in coloured shorts.
Solid Gold
Gold is silver's bold big sister. Where gold dares to roam, every other colour is too scared to go. Gold is not afraid to be centre stage. If you want an instant slice of luxury there is only one colour that will cut it. Light up your living space with a golden lamp and then light up your wrist with a fabulous golden watch. Bring a luxury element to your tech and opt for a molten hued iPhone. Finally, upgrade your style credentials and strut about in metallic platform sandals.
Going Green
Hurry through those dark leaves. Every hue of green easily protects you from being spotted: sage, muddy and khaki. Perfect for when you want to go incognito. Be stylishly undercover in khaki shades. Channel a military mood with a khaki field jacket and a serious olive coloured digital camera. Adopt brighter hues for a more optimistic feel, whether you're into designer handbags or 1950s chairs


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Trivial age lines on all sides. Bright paint, glass eyes. VG+++ (most would call it EX-). A slip-on plastic top (1 corner torn) on a maroon Wards Sports King box. End code 60-7371P is correct for this bait. 7 on 1-10 scale. (Cat. #18885)
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EVERETT — Throughout the last few years of the 2008 recession, many Snohomish County businesses have been forced to close their doors. Staff have been laid off, machines ground to a halt, and all that's left in some cases are empty rooms or factory floors where the ghosts of people who worked hard to make a living still linger.
But there are some companies that managed to keep their business running when times were difficult. And now that the economy is looking up, the tough stance some businesses took is now paying off.
"Over the years we've weathered the storm," said Melissa Benton, director of client services at Quantum Windows and Doors Inc.
Quantum is an Everett business that is now reaping the benefits of the hard decisions made by staff in the wake of the 2008 economic downturn.
At its height, the manufacturer of high-end windows and doors employed 120 workers. That number has been lower than the approximately 50 there today. Quantum had to let go good workers throughout the work drought as the housing market went through a severe contraction.
"We have highly trained, highly skilled staff continuing to produce high-end work," Benton said. "We were letting go good core people."
Now, Quantum has quoted and bid on more work in the past year than at any other time during Benton's almost 10-year tenure.
"There's an upward swing," she said.
The strengthening economy and more positive figures in the housing market means for some companies like Quantum that they can rehire some employees. A few Quantum workers, including one due to start shortly before Christmas, have returned to their former employer and are once again helping to create quality product for homes, businesses and other buildings throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Quantum opened its doors in 1981 when two men, Paul Vexler and Herb Hulse, were looking for local sources to supply windows and doors for their construction business.
The product, windows and doors made of mahogany, Douglas fir, teak, oak and other woods, is made to an architect's or customer's specifications in Everett. Milling the wood, assembly, painting and staining and glass installation are all done at the workshop. Some oversized window projects require that glass be installed on site because of weight.
Many custom homes fitted with Quantum doors or windows are those costing up to $5 million. But that's not always the case. The company's well-engineered products are used in smaller homes and business buildings.
Other changes at Quantum have included management personnel with new president Paul Humphreys coming on board in July and doubling his duties in a sales director role. He says that what has partly kept the company going and able to keep its doors open could be due to its longevity.
"The bottom line is the company has been around for 30 years," Humphreys said.
The Everett business has focused on higher end architecture and continues to build a strong reputation in and around the U.S.
"Our clients are intimate with who we are," Humphreys said.
During the last two years, Quantum has been hiring new sales people. The company has also increased business in British Columbia, California and Hawaii.
Quantum's core product lines, its Classic and Signature window and door systems, can be found in upscale resorts and Pike Place Market among other installations. While Quantum can design and engineer one front door, the likelihood is that the company will make all doors for a customer's home.
Variation on design is a key feature, Humphreys said.
Quantum earned the Energy Star award last year and clients, particularly with large glazing projects, can rely on the benefit of reduced energy costs.
Staff works with clients near and far, some in challenging areas, when it comes to doors and windows. From the Pacific Northwest to other shoreline climates where salt affects doors and windows, to high altitudes exposed to desert heat and ultraviolet light, they find solutions. Products are made to the highest standard, craftsmanship and quality and are tested in independent labs.
"Our products weather very well," Humphreys said.
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On April 9th and 10th, Ballet Austin II is proud to present its performance of Red Roses at Austin Ventures Studio Theater, choreographed by artistic director Stephen Mills. Recently nominated for an Austin Critic's Table Award for Best Ensemble, the program also includes premieres by Jennifer Hart, winner of Ballet Nouveau Colorado's choreographic competition and Nick Kepley, winner of Canton Ballet's choreographic competition.
For more information and to purchase tickets, click here! April 9th performance is at 8pm; April 10th performance is at 3pm.


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During Dubspot's recent trip to Seattle's Decibel Festival, our video team caught up with Roger Linn, the godfather of the modern drum machine, Carl Craig, one of Detroit's most talented producers, for a lecture/discussion about the history and evolution of the rhythm machines that have shaped our musical world.
One of the most inspiring elements of Seattle's annual Decibel Festival is the conversations that transpire between some of the world's most talented musical thinkers. Decibel acts as a catalyst for these moments, with lectures and demonstrations taking place throughout the festival. We were especially excited to catch a workshop where drum machine creator and pioneer Roger Linn joined Detroit techno innovator Carl Craig for a talk on the evolution of drum machines and the future of electronic rhythm.
In this video, Linn explains that our assumption of drum machines appearing in the early 80s is incorrect, and he takes us on a tour of early electronic rhythm devices such as Leon Thermin's Rhythmicon (1930), the Chamberlin Rhythmate (1957), Raymond Scott's Bandito the Bongo Artist (1963), Seeburg's Select-A-Rhythm (1964), the PAiA Programmable Drum Set (1975) and the CompuRhythm CR-78 (1978). Craig probes with questions regarding interface design for musicians vs. engineers, discusses the development of drum interfaces, and talks about how the Akai MPC changed his production and composition techniques.


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The Community Health Improvement Resources (CHIR) Intervention MICA and planning components were developed with input from:
This section summarizes how findings from these resources were used to define evidence and guide the process of developing this tool, including the structure, content and format of the Intervention MICA.
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Intervention MICA encourages the user to consider multiple strategies and settings for intervention. Prompts and links are provided throughout to promote consideration of intervening to create changes in individuals as well as interpersonal relationships, organizations, environments and policies that influence health. The Intervention MICA component is framed within a planning process that addresses partnerships, assessment and prioritization, readiness and preparation, capacity, evaluation and momentum. Users are encouraged to use the other CHIR tools (Data MICA and Priorities MICA) to help them determine the appropriate areas for intervention. However, the user is also able to go directly to interventions without referring to the other MICA tools or background information. Lay language and visual cues are used to ensure accessibility of the information to a wide variety of audiences.
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Recommendations for specific intervention strategies made by the Task Force on Community Preventive Services are considered the "gold standard" for scientific evidence on intervention effectiveness. Based on findings from the resource review and expert interviews in developing Intervention MICA, the Task Force's recommendations were combined with other types of evidence or criteria to determine the appropriateness of the intervention for dissemination. Specifically, the Intervention MICA provides a summary of different types of interventions based on research- and practice-based evidence.


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John Morse: 'I don't have votes' in Senate to pass DNA testing for misdemeanors bill
Senate President John Morse on Friday said he doesn't have the votes to pass a measure requiring those convicted of class 1 misdemeanors to submit a DNA sample to be stored in state databases.
"I don't have the votes to pass it. I'm not going to spend legislative time doing a committee meeting when that bill is going to end up dying either in that committee … or on the Senate floor," said Morse, who is the Senate sponsor of the measure.
House Bill 1251 was assigned to the Senate Finance committee last week, though it hasn't appeared on the committee's calendar. And with the session ending Wednesday, Morse appears to have no intention of having it come up for a vote.
He did offer a public service announcement of sorts Friday to other lawmakers: "Anybody that can help me get votes on both sides of the aisle …help, let's do it."
The measure, sponsored by Rep. Dan Pabon, D-Denver, in the House, passed through that chamber last month with bipartisan support. The measure had originally sought to require DNA testing for all misdemeanor convictions, but was extensively winnowed down to just class 1 misdemeanors under the criminal code.


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It's going to be a mixed bag of weather events today, in all likelihood, and most of us probably won't be happy about it.
It's going to be a mixed bag of weather events today, in all likelihood, and most of us probably won't be happy about it.
The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory for snow, sleet and freezing rain for today from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Snow accumulation of up to one inch is expected, with a tenth of an inch of ice.
Light snow is expected to begin around the morning commute before changing over to a sleet and freezing rain mixture by late morning and continue into the afternoon and evening.
Travel will be hazardous especially on untreated and elevated surfaces.
The morning commute is probably going to be just a warmup for the afternoon commute when sleet or freezing rain could be falling during the drive home.
Temperatures will be in the upper 20s to the low 30s all day.
All of the nasty stuff should be over by some time this evening, turning to rain overnight.
There won't be any freezing precipitation on Tuesday because of warming temperatures, but there is a chance of drizzle.
Temperatures could be as high as 49 on Tuesday, and Wednesday promises more showers with temperatures climbing to almost 60 degrees in some parts of the Poconos.
The system is coming from the middle part of the country. It created travel problems in the Midwest on Sunday because of snow, freezing rain and sleet.


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A 74-year-old Long Island man has been arrested, accused of mailing a letter containing anti-Semitic remarks and a white powdery substance to an office building, police say.
Authorities say Leslie Feher mailed a letter containing anti-Semitic remarks and some type of white powder to an office building at 622 Stewart Ave. in East Garden City around June 13.
When a woman in the office opened the letter, the powder got on her fingers, and she called police.
The powder was later determined to be non-hazardous.
Investigators identified Feher as a suspect and took him into custody at his Hicksville home Friday. He's expected to be charged for placing a false hazardous substance in a letter when he's arraigned in First District Court in Hempstead on Tuesday, Aug. 12.
Attorney information for Feher wasn't immediately available.


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Janet Napolitano: Border Is Less Secure Because of Budget Cuts
(WASHINGTON) -- Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says that, although safety is her top priority, there is no way around cutting back on border patrol agents monitoring the country's borders because of the across-the-board spending cuts, known as "the sequester," that went into effect over the weekend.
"The number of border patrol hours that will need to be reduced equates to the equivalent of 5,000 border patrol agents, so we have fewer border patrol agents between the ports of entry," Napolitano told ABC's senior national correspondent Jim Avila in an exclusive interview. "We're going to do everything we can to minimize that impact on our nation's security, but that's just the plain fact of it."
When asked about the Department of Homeland Security's controversial decision to begin releasing illegal immigrants from jails across the country last week in preparation for sequestration, Napolitano said she was not involved in making the decision.
"The decision was made by the people who operate this program that certain low level detainees could be put in an alternative to detention. They're not released. Some are wearing ankle bracelets. Some have to report repeatedly into an office and the like," she said, going on to add that she would have preferred the changes to have been made more gradually.
Despite the secretary's concern about the impact of sequestration on border security, she said the country's border with Mexico has never been stronger and said the time for comprehensive immigration reform is now.
"We need to bring the 10 million to 11 million who are here out of the shadows so that, we know who they are, we have their biometrics, and we're better able to then focus on narco-traffickers, and human smugglers, and transnational criminal operations, the big law enforcement needs that we have," said Napolitano.
She said there also needs to be a system for employers to verify the legal status of their employees, to cut back on the demand for illegal immigrant labor among businesses.
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Konica C35 update
The Konica C35 has gone to the big shelf in the sky. I wrote that it had extensive internal corrosion, and that I'd tried to clean it up. But the battery compartment tabs had enough surface contamination to prevent any solder from adhering, so there was no chance to attach new wiring. The battery box is separate from the camera body, which should be a good thing. It's a plastic case meant for 2 button cells. But the worst news was that exposure mechanism is inoperative. I tried attaching a power supply to it and pointed a powerful flashlight into the photocell, but nothing worked. Now, it could be either the photocell or the exposure mechanism, there's no way of knowing.
I've been lucky so far with the old cameras I've picked up. This is the first one that's seriously gorfed. I put in a bid on another C35 on the shopgoodwill.com website. I was outbid, but I also received an email from the seller stating that the battery compartment could not be opened. Chances are, it's badly corroded too.
I like these small 35mm rangefinders. They'd make very nice pocket cameras, though I have to say that the Olympus XA is certainly an outstanding one. Still, I bought this C35 for five dollars at a flea market, so I'm not out much cash and I've learned quite a bit.
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CHARLOTTE � Results in preseason NBA basketball usually mean little to coaches, executives and even fans.
But for the Charlotte Bobcats, a three-game winning streak is significant even as it included Thursday�s 110-84 blowout win over the depleted Philadelphia 76ers in front of 16,283 in the annual midday �Cool School Field Trip� game at Time Warner Cable Arena.
�It�s like a lot of times in preseason when you�re not playing against their rotation guys,� first-year Bobcats coach Steve Clifford said. �So you come out expecting to guard Thaddeus Young, expecting to guard Spencer Hawes and expecting to guard Evan Turner and there could be a letdown.
�But our guys played hard.�
More importantly, they also played really well.
The Bobcats (3-2), who next play in Greensboro Saturday night against the Dallas Mavericks, scored the game�s first 12 points, led 25-10 after one quarter, 58-28 at halftime and by a game-high 39 points (95-56) before taking the 26-point victory.
It was the first start-to-finish victory of Clifford�s initial preseason, as the Bobcats had to rally to win against Milwaukee and Cleveland in their previous two contests after losing to Atlanta and Miami to open their exhibition schedule. After Saturday�s game, Charlotte hosts Cleveland next Thursday at 7:30 p.m. before closing its preseason next Friday at the New York Knicks.
Charlotte opens its regular season Oct. 30 at Houston with the home opener on Nov. 1 against Cleveland.
Ben Gordon led Thursday�s effort with an efficient 22-point effort that featured seven of nine overall shooting, a perfect four-for-four on 3-pointers, four of five from the free throw line and three assists.
�That�s what he is: a proven scorer,� Clifford said of Gordon.
With reserves playing as much as starters, Jeffery Taylor and Cody Zeller added 13 and 10 points, respectively, off the bench. Starter Kemba Walker also had 13 points. And Bismack Biyombo�s seven rebounds and Ramon Sessions� six assists were team leaders for the Bobcats.
Clifford started Walker and Gerald Henderson at guards, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and Josh McRoberts at forwards and Biyombo at center, each playing 19 or more minutes. Sessions, Gordon, Taylor, Zeller, Anthony Tolliver and Jeff Adrien each played 13 or more minutes off the bench.
Perhaps more impressively, Charlotte continued its strong defensive preseason, limiting Philadelphia to 37.3 percent shooting and forcing 23 turnovers.
�We�ve played five really good defensive games,� said Clifford, whose team has allowed 39.3 percent shooting while forcing 20.0 turnovers per game. �You have to be pleased with what we�re doing on that end of the floor.�
Tony Wroten, a second-year guard, came off the bench to score a team-high 20 points for the 76ers (2-3).
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What's in A Name
Gallaudet University has had many names over the years. This chronology identifies the official name changes and Institutional growth.
- 1857 - The Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind is incorporated.
- 1864 - A college is authorized and named the National College for the Deaf and Dumb with the signing of the law by President Abraham Lincoln.
- 1865 - The blind students are transferred to the Maryland Institution for the Blind. The corporate name is changed to Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb. The College name changes to the National Deaf-Mute College. (The corporate name is used when referring to the entire institution, which, at that time, included the National Deaf-Mute College and the Primary Department.)
- 1885 - The Primary Department moves into a new building and becomes the Kendall School in honor of Amos Kendall.
- 1894 - The College is renamed Gallaudet College in honor of the Rev. Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet.
- 1911 - The corporate name becomes Columbia Institution for the Deaf.
- 1954 - The corporate name is changed to Gallaudet College.
- 1969 - The Model Secondary School for the Deaf, authorized by Congress in 1966, opens on campus.
- 1970 - With the signing of Public Law 91-587 by President Richard Nixon, Kendall School becomes the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School.
- 1986 - Gallaudet College becomes Gallaudet University when President Ronald Reagan signs the Education of the Deaf Act (Public Law 99-371).


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Behind The Wheel
Well, the ballots are in and the survey says: the printed word's preferred. That comes as no surprise to me—what was a bit surprising, however, was the overwhelming response I received. The very day the November issue hit the 'stands, emails began pouring in; 99.999 percent in favor of print. Kind of a nice readers' reassurance, to say the least.
But R&C's online entity is definitely a "source" to be reckoned with. While the website needs some serious tuning up, on the other side of the coin we've got our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/rodandcustom). There you can get up-to-the-minute magazine and general hobby-related info, including project updates and vital legislation news. I'll be honest, I never thought Facebook was good for anything other than allowing ex-girlfriends and old schoolmates the ability to "reconnect". While that's still the case on a personal level, as far R&C's concerned, it's become a great tool.
As I'd mentioned in that particular editorial, we still have plenty of obstacles to overcome—externally and internally. Pleasing the readers is one thing; getting the magazine out to as many readers as possible, another. Both of those battles are fought behind the lines; the "pleasing" part is my duty, while the distribution aspect is someone else's (wish I knew just who that was). If, in the last three to six months, you've noticed that R&C is no longer available wherever you normally purchased it, let me know, as this is indeed a fixable situation. Same for Little Pages—if you were unable to find it or it was sold out, shoot me an email.
There is one more thing that I recently brought to the table and need to address … again. Apparently there's still a reader or two opposed to "lowriders" being featured in R&C. It completely blows my mind that any of the cars we've run could be construed as lowriders in the first place. Nothing—I repeat, NOTHING—about Jennifer Laosa's gorgeous 'Bird, Erik Hernandez's dynamic Olds, or Jack Fields' stunning Starliner suggest they're anything other than customs … period. And should you expect to see future-featured, similar-style customs? Absolutely.
Lastly, it seems as if a little statement I made in the Dal Porto lakester feature got misconstrued due to its "tense nature". When I referred to Hop Up magazine as our "soon-to-be-sister publication", that meant 60 years ago, not today. While I'd love to be able to call Hop Up an ink relative, as it stands now, there's no relation whatsoever—we haven't bought Hop Up, so let's put that rumor to rest … for now.


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The Boondocks to End After Fourth and Final Season
Mar 21, 2014 8:06 PM EDT
The Boondocks' fourth season will be its last, Adult Swim announced Friday. The final season, which was produced without original creator Aaron McGruder, will kick off Monday, April 21 at 10:30/9:30c. Best moments from March Madness The new season fi… Read more


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Announced in October of 1972 and on sale in the USA in March of 1973, the Elsinore was preceded by minimal hype but nevertheless generated great excitement. After all, it was Honda's first two-stroke and first production motocrosser.
The Elsinore, named after the famous Elsinore Grand Prix, was the lightest production motocrosser in the world, employing the latest available technology and high-tech materials. Compared to the European offerings, the Elsinore was vastly superior in user-friendliness, ergonomics, carburetion, durability and electronics. The CR250M's molded plastic, satin-finished aluminum and magnesium in the engine cases became the new standard. Elsinores became as popular as free beer.
In late 1972, Honda founder Soichiro Honda met with Don Jones, father of the 1971 and 1972 AMA 250 National Champion Gary Jones. Don said, "Mr. Honda wanted me to help develop the new Elsinore with Gary and DeWayne as the riders. I was reluctant to switch from Yamaha, as we had helped develop the YZ and were happy with the bike. Soichiro asked me how much we were getting from Yamaha and my accessory business. I told him, and he said, 'I'll double that.' It was a done deal!"
At first, Gary and DeWayne struggled with the factory Honda. Reliability issues and poor communication with the factory mechanics were factors. Don told Honda that they didn't want to race the works bike anymore, but instead wanted to get production CR250Ms and develop them. If not, the Jones gang would quit. Honda agreed to the terms, and Gary Jones went on to win the 1973 AMA 250cc National Championship (and then switched to Can-Am and won again in 1974).
Suggested retail in 1973 was $1145. This was close to what the European manufacturers were charging at the time. A piston cost $11.40, and rings were $3.00. This Early Years of Motocross Museum example is valued at $10,000. Recently, an unridden 1974 CR125M sold on Ebay for $17,500.
The CR250M and an enduro/street-legal two-stroke model (dubbed the MT250) were the only two-strokes in Honda's lineup until they were joined by the CR125M in 1974. The CR125 was a bigger success than the CR250, first, because it was a better bike and, second, because American teenagers flocked to the 125 class.
Most important is to find an Elsinore with a clean, undented tank. New and original tanks have sold for as much as $2000 on the vintage market. Elsinores came with lightweight finned shocks that were often replaced with Konis. For the collector, stock is best! Stock-stamped exhaust pipes with the original ribbed silencers, molded side panels and original levers are difficult to source.
Try www.hondarestorations.com, or Western Hills Honda at [email protected].
For more info on classic bikes go to www.earlyyearsofmx.com


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Just been chatting on the Lifeforms Repress group on Facebook, one guy said he wished they'd do a new album again. I mentioned 5, 6, 6.5 and Environmental but he was adamant that they 'contain recycled material'. I keep coming across this, and it really makes me wonder why they're continuing to put out new albums under the Environments moniker. It's been something mentioned quite a lot, but rarely properly discussed, but I really do think the choice of naming is underselling the material and doing them no favours. The original trilogy fair enough, but I think if 4 through to Environmental (and the remaining four to come!) had their own names, far more people would have paid attention to them. I can't get my head around it. It's not like there's even a stylistic similarity between the albums...
Ross wrote:Just been chatting on the Lifeforms Repress group on Facebook, one guy said he wished they'd do a new album again. I mentioned 5, 6, 6.5 and Environmental but he was adamant that they 'contain recycled material'.
Haha, it´s unbelievable, there still seem to be so many people out there adoring FSOL´s 90ies output who still don´t seem to be aware of the run of rather excellent new albums they did in the last 3 years alone. I mean I respect the artistic decision they made with calling the albums like that, but they would definitely gain more attention if they would make the albums more individual with their own title and concept like they did in the 90ies.
I think we can be lucky that at least the CD´s are still available in stores across europe (and US I guess?), but that total lack of any kind of PR is really astounding. It would so much help to reach a lot people I´m sure.
I mean there are at least half a dozend electronic music magazines here in Germany but I cannot remember having read only 1 review since the launch of fsoldigital and the archived- and Environments-Series. They appear so completely under the radar it´s simply baffling. The last GAS album got so much attention, reviews, interviews (one reviewer managed to hear Brexit, Trump and 'political issues' in the album ), I mean it´s not a bad album (I really like it somehow), but it´s just so onedimensional sounding compared to the multidimensionalism of 'Environmental - Views - etc' alone, but no one seems to notice.


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