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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Southern California owner of a Honda hybrid car won her unusual small-claims court lawsuit against the automaker over the vehicle's failure to deliver its stated fuel economy.
Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Douglas Carnahan awarded Heather Peters $9,867 on Wednesday, saying Honda did mislead her about the expected mileage.
"At a bare minimum Honda was aware ... that by the time Peters bought her car there were problems with its living up to its advertised mileage," he wrote in the judgment.
Peters opted out of a class-action lawsuit so she could try to claim a higher payment for the failure of her Civic to deliver the 50 miles per gallon that was promised when she bought it.
Informed of the decision by The Associated Press, Peters exulted, "Wow! Fantastic."
"I am absolutely thrilled. Sometimes big justice comes in small packages," she said. "This is a victory for Honda Civic owners everywhere."
Honda hadn't seen the decision Wednesday afternoon but planned to issue a statement after it was reviewed, said spokesman Chris Martin.
Peters, a former lawyer, hoped to inspire a flood of lawsuits by the other 200,000 owners of the Hybrid Honda Civic model sold in 2006. She said that if all 200,000 owners of the cars sued and won in small claims cost, it could Honda Motor Co. $2 billion.
She launched a website, DontSettleWithHonda.org, and said she was contacted by hundreds of other car owners seeking guidance in how to file small claims suits if they opted out of a class-action case already filed.
The upside of small claims court is that there are no attorneys' fees and cases are decided quickly. Individual payments are far greater than in class-action cases.
Honda's proposed class-action settlement would give aggrieved owners $100 to $200 each and a $1,000 credit toward the purchase of a new car. Legal fees in the class action case would give trial lawyers $8.5 million, Peters said.
Legal experts had said it was unlikely that all owners would take the small claims route because of the time and energy involved in pursuing such lawsuits. But it was a unique approach that could have an impact.
Carnahan held two hearings on the claim in January.
Peters claimed her he car never came close to the promised 50 mpg and that it got no more than 30 miles per gallon when the battery began deteriorating. She still owns the car and wanted to be compensated for money lost on gas, as well as punitive damages, amounting to $10,000.
A Honda technical expert who testified at an earlier hearing said the company was required by federal law to post the sticker estimating the highest mileage the car could get. But he said the mileage varied on how the car was driven. The company said Peters was not deceived.
A judge in San Diego County is due to rule in March on whether to approve Honda's class-action settlement. Members of the class have until Feb. 11 to accept or decline the deal.
Small claims courts generally handle private disputes that do not involve large amounts of money. In many states, that means small debts, quarrels between tenants and landlords and contract disagreements. Attorneys aren't usually there; in California, litigants aren't allowed to have lawyers argue their case.
The limit for small claims damages in California is $10,000. In other states it ranges from $2,500 to $15,000.


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Wednesday, October 7
A President Visits Presidents Cup
Former President Bill Clinton talks with Jim Gray.
(Courtesy of GOLF CHANNEL)
PRESIDENTS ABOUND THIS WEEK. We have the Presidents Cup. The course it's being played on—Harding Park—is named after a President (Warren G. Harding). And now a former President, Bill Clinton, has visited Harding Park and talked about the Presidents Cup in a sitdown with Jim Gray.
The GOLF CHANNEL interview with the former First Golfer airs tonight on the golf network's Live From The Presidents Cup Coverage. Topics include:
• Why the Presidents Cup is important to him.
• The history of golf in the White House, including Presidents Roosevelt, Kennedy and Ford.
• The current state of his golf game.
• The current economic climate in golf.
• Tiger Woods' impact on and off the golf course.
• The impact golf will have in the Olympics should it be voted in for 2016.
• His relationship with Arnold Palmer and Palmer receiving the Congressional Medal of Honor.
• Dream foursome on the golf course.
Clinton and Harding as Presidential Golfers
How do Clinton's and Harding's golf games compare? (I actually had them facing off in my fictitious Presidents Golf Championship in January.)
"The 42nd president, Clinton is a liberal taker of 'Billigans'—the do-over shots and gimme putts that are bestowed on him by willing playing partners smitten by the irresistible Clinton charm," Don Van Natta Jr., bestselling author of First Off the Tee, told me earlier this year.
"Despite that, he's long off the tee, hits a decent iron shot and owns a good putter (lessons from Dave Pelz have helped).
"Harding played golf during Prohibition. While drinking on the golf course, he bet on golf. He didn't just bet on the front nine and the back nine; he had a bet on every swing. Harding lost many of those bets. He rarely shot lower than the mid-to-high 90s, but he never had a bad time."
Bottom line: Van Natta Jr. would give Clinton the edge.
By the way, President Harding died in a San Francisco hotel room in 1923, which, I'm assuming, influenced the naming of Harding Park, a course that opened in 1925.
−The Armchair Golfer
Harding Park Is Primed for Presidents Cup
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Great post...
- Unknown said...
The longer is he out of office, the more I genuinely like Bill Clinton. He is a brilliant man and I think a good man. It is a shame he will be regarded and remembered for a tragic incident that 96.3% of Washington politicos get away with every day of the week...
- Average Golfer said...
I've never heard anyone describe the "incident" as tragic.
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I contacted the church where he is buried, and was informed that they did not keep buried records until 1950. He died in 1943. My next step was to request a copy of his death certificate and thats when Vital records informed me that they did not have it and the undertaker at that time must not have turn it in. No relative that was living at that time is living today for me to asked. I will go to the Carolina Room and see if I can find a newspaper from the year 1943 to see if the burial information is there. Thanks for that tip. I did have a cousin who tried to find property records and tax information, and was told they did not record it. It seems like I am at a brick wall. I was only tring to find out his mother and father's name.
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MapRoute of the New River R.R., 188-. Sketch map of part of West Virginia. Dashed red line across the map indicates the "Proposed New River R.R." Shows counties and names the line of railroads.
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MapMap showing the preliminary line of the East River Railroad, May, 1881. Map of part of Virginia showing relief by form lines, drainage, mills, property owners names, towns, roads, and the railroad line, with distances in red.
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California prepares for the next burn
Officials -- and homeowners -- start to accept the inevitability of wildfire
When Steve Quarles drives the narrow roads that wind through the steep wooded hills above Oakland and Berkeley, he doesn't get distracted by the million-dollar views of San Francisco Bay. He's too busy looking at the landscape's finer points. Take the roof of that elegant Mediterranean-style palazzo.
"Here's a not-so-good example," says Quarles, a soft-spoken building-materials specialist who works for the University of California's Extension Service. "That clay barrel-tile roof doesn't have any bird stops."
A small cement plug under a half-round roof tile might seem like an architectural trifle, but to Quarles its absence represents a fire danger -- and, since this is an area that has burned several times, it's important. If starlings or house sparrows can get under tiles, they'll build nests there. And when a wildfire comes -- like the devastating Tunnel Fire, which roared through here in 1991 -- strong winds can blow embers into those nests, starting spot fires that can consume an entire house, even a neighborhood.
But as Quarles drives, he sees good news, too: stucco siding; roof tiles made of a cement-like material; vents screened to keep out embers; windows made of double-pane, tempered glass. All these features are mandated under California's tough new building code. Collectively, they're likely to result in fewer losses the next time fire sweeps through.
These home-construction details show that the Golden State is finally coming to accept fire as a fact of life. Instead of hoping that all wildfires will be put out, fire officials, community leaders and even homeowners are coming to embrace the old wildland firefighters' maxim: "It's not if, but when." Increasing numbers of Californians realize that it's not necessarily air tankers and hotshot crews that will save them when fire comes; it's their own actions.
"You personally need to take more ownership of preparing for disaster," says Quarles. Although there's still some resistance from homeowners, "the message is slowly getting out."
The Tunnel Fire claimed 25 lives, destroyed thousands of houses, and caused an estimated $1.5 billion in damages. But it also inspired the long, slow push for a better statewide building code, which was instituted across fire-prone parts of the state last year. And it paved the way for a new and sometimes controversial state program to accurately map areas most at risk from such fires.
Much of California was mapped for wildland fire hazard beginning in the 1980s, but improved technologies have recently enabled experts from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire, to do a much better job. Using a computer model developed over the last few years, they can integrate the variables that affect how fire spreads in wildlands -- landscape features such as slope and vegetation -- with data about development patterns and how houses tend to burn.
"Fires don't spread the same way in urbanized areas," says David Sapsis, Cal Fire's chief fire modeler. "This model does a significantly better job of highlighting hazards to areas with structures." In particular, it addresses a well-known fact about wildland-urban interface fires: Most houses don't burn down because they're engulfed by a wall of flames. Rather, they burn because windborne embers cause spot fires that, in the absence of firefighting, spread rapidly.
"Embers get into attics through unscreened vents or into the crawl space, or they get into a woodpile stacked against the house or into a pile of leaves under the deck," says Max Moritz, a fire ecologist at the University of California at Berkeley who helped Sapsis develop the new model.
The model's architects responded by designating "Very High Hazard Zones" around fire-prone wildlands. Drawn in an alarming scarlet, these buffer areas represent the average distance embers can travel from a wildfire. Depending on their municipality's rules, homeowners in Very High zones may have to conform to stricter building codes and seller-disclosure requirements than their neighbors in High or Moderate fire-hazard areas.
Last spring, Cal Fire asked the state's municipalities to provide feedback to the draft maps posted on its Web site. Some local officials pointed out places where the fire hazard had been reduced -- where woodlands had given way to baseball fields or subdivisions, or where groves of highly flammable eucalyptus had been removed. Others simply wanted the VH designations removed because they didn't want any red zones in their towns. And some fire chiefs wanted more local areas designated as VH zones, in order to call attention to what they see as severe fire danger.
Once a map is finally agreed on, it won't take effect until it's officially adopted by local ordinance, along with the accompanying building codes and disclosure requirements. But it also needs to be embraced by the local community as an awareness-raising tool. That's happened in most of California, but it has not been an easy sell everywhere.


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Caramel syrup
- 1⁄4 cup sugar
- 1⁄3 cup water
- 2 tablespoons fish sauce
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon minced ginger
- 2 tablespoons Caramel Syrup, above
- 2 tablespoons fish sauce
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1⁄2 teaspoon sugar
- 1⁄4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1⁄4 teaspoon five-spice powder
- 1⁄6 quail, fresh or thawed
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 tablespoon mild olive or peanut oil, or to taste
- 1 large bunch watercress, largest stems trimmed
Prep time: 15 min, plus 2 hours for cooling
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
At least 2 hours ahead of time, prepare the caramel syrup: Put the sugar in a dry, heavy-bottomed saucepan (2 quarts or larger). Place over medium heat and turn the exhaust fan to its maximum setting. When the sugar begins to melt around the edges, swirl (do not stir) the pan so the sugar melts evenly.
Cook until the caramel darkens to a deep mahogany shade, then remove from the heat. Carefully pour in the water and fish sauce. The caramel will very likely seize into a solid mass; don't worry. Return the pan to the heat and bring the mixture back to a boil, swirling the pan, until the caramel is completely dissolved and the syrup is the color of strong coffee. Let cool, then transfer to a small jar and cover tightly. Store at room temperature.
Combine the marinade ingredients in a medium bowl. Split the quail, removing the backbones, breastbones, and ribs (see Technique Note). Add to the marinade bowl, turn to coat evenly, and marinate 30 minutes to several hours.
Preheat the oven to 375˚F. Arrange the quail skin side up in a single layer in a shallow baking pan (or a large skillet with an ovenproof handle). Pour the marinade over the quail and roast 25 minutes.
While the quail roasts, combine the lemon juice, salt, and pepper in a bowl and whisk to dissolve the salt, then whisk in the olive oil. Taste on a sprig of watercress and adjust the flavors to taste. Toss the watercress in this dressing and arrange on a platter, stems inward.
Remove the quail from the pan and set aside. Bring the pan juices to a boil on top of the stove and reduce to a syrupy glaze. Remove from the heat, return the quail to the pan, and turn to coat them with the glaze. Serve on the bed of watercress.
Partially boning the quail is no more difficult than boning other poultry. All the same muscles and bones are there; they are just a lot smaller. The following procedure takes longer to describe than to perform. Still, if you have never done this with any kind of bird, you might want to practice on a chicken first.
Poultry shears make quick work of splitting the birds and removing the backbones; lacking these, put each bird on its back, insert a chef's knife in the cavity, and cut down against the board first on one side of the backbone and then on the other. Now spread the bird out and lean on it with the heel of your hand to crack the ribs from the breastbone. Turn it skin side down, locate the rib cage and pelvic bones, and slide a boning knife or thin paring knife under the bones to separate them from the meat. When you get to the hip and shoulder joints, pop the thigh and wing bones out of the joints, and all the central bones should come away easily. Repeat on the other side, then cut as close as you can to one side of the breastbone to cut the bird in half. Cut away the breastbone and you are left with two half birds held together mainly by the skin, with only the leg and wing bones remaining.
Serves 6
The watercress gives a good dose of bitterness here, so a not- too-hoppy amber or brown ale is in order.
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Hot Harry hit up a club called Raffles the other night, tried to sneak out the back entrance but the paps caught him first – seen here hopping in a cab with pink polish on his nails. Yum.
Yum because this would have happened in bed. Of course it would have happened in bed. Do you remember Bull Durham? Remember when Kevin Costner was hot? When Kevin Costner painted Susan Sarandon's toes? Do you remember the quiver? Their chemistry was ridiculous.
Now imagine Hot Harry re-enacting the scene. I'm telling you, this is exactly how it went down…the only question is: with whom?
Fast forward to 4:10 if you don't have time for the entire clip…but really, you should watch in full. Steam.
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On shore duty stateside for most of my Navy tour, it seems the government conspires to send me with camera to wherever I find action. From boot camp in San Diego I'm sent to Moffett Field near San Francisco in time to photograph the Summer of Love. Next, I marry Diane Rowenhorst, a hometown girl, and we roar off to the Naval School of Photography in Pensacola, Florida. After several months in photography school, we travel north to Washington D. C. for a two year assignment at the Defense Intelligence Agency. From D.C., Diane and I camp our way across the Trans Canadian Highway. We return down California's Highway 1 to Moffett Field for a few months before I'm deploy overseas to the Philippines and Vietnam. The road trip alone generates photographs worth showing and stories worthy of telling.Read More
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If you're like me, you often wish Luis Bunuel had directed a Bond film. One, probably anything's better than Marc Forster directing a Bond film, and two, Bunuel was riding high during the heyday of 007, so why couldn't it have happened?
Looking deeper, we see that Bunuel directed Bond girl Carole Bouquet in THAT OBSCURE OBJECT OF DESIRE, in which she played one half of the object, shortly before her appearance in MOONRAKER, and furthermore MOONRAKER bad guy Hugo Drax was played by Michel Lonsdale, seen getting his bottom thrashed in Bunuel's PHANTOM OF LIBERTY back when Roger Moore was battling Scaramanga.
"No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!"
Like Bond, Bunuel's characters, at least in his later films, are always impeccably turned out, and demonstrate perfect sang-froid even in the most stressful situations, whether it be alligator attack or the army arriving for dinner unexpectedly. Like Bond, they are famous for their discrete charm.
Bunuel's enthusiasm for fire-arms is well documented. You can even see him shooting a mountain goat in LAS HURDES/LAND WITHOUT BREAD (well, you can see the puff of smoke from the right of frame just before the goat falls off the mountain). Don Luis's enthusiasm for experimental weaponry had him making his own bullets, playing around with different charges, trying to develop a bullet with just enough momentum to leave the gun barrel before bouncing lightly off its target. This interest in fancy weaponry surely marks him out as the ideal man to bring Bond to life.
"Do pay attention, 007!"
While Bond favours the vodka martini, Bunuel leans more towards the dry martini made with gin and angustura bitters, but that's a minor point. The martini is a creative drink, also favoured by Busby Berkeley (a Busby Bond? Why not? But later.)
So it's not an implausible idea, OK?
Scaramanga's dwarf sidekick, Hervé Villechaise, would have been right at home in any of Don Luis's films (dwarfs trot through SIMON OF THE DESERT, THE PHANTOM OF LIBERTY and several others), and Bond's tendency to run up against scorpions, tarantulas and other obscure fauna would be quite in keeping with the action of a Bunuel. My Bunuel 100 Anos book (or, as I call it, The Boys' Big Book of Bunuel) even includes a Bunuel Bestiary in the back.
So, Dan O'Herlihy as Bond. Celtic Bonds have been successful before, of course, and as Bunuel's Robinson Crusoe, O'Herlihy got in plenty of experience in exotic locations. I'd love to see what he made of the part.
Mister Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.
Fernando Rey, suavely villainous in Hollywood movies like THE FRENCH CONNECTION, would make a great master-criminal. Could we resist Catherine Deneuve as Bond girl Anne Dalou, and could she resist playing it if the high priest of cinematic surrealism were in charge? Zachary Scott, fresh from THE YOUNG ONE, could play Bond's CIA counterpart Felix Leiter. Oh wait, he died in 1965. Damn. OK, Bernie Hamilton then. Sean Connery always thought Felix should be black — I presume on the basis that it was the kind of thankless part where nobody would object, and therefore you should make the effort.
Ken Adam, I submit, would have had a great time building sets for Bunuel, who loved "secret passages leading on to darkness".
THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL would make a great title for a Bond. Imagine what Shirley Bassey could do with a lyric like that. Much better than QUANTUM OF SLOSH, anyway.
But let's call our imaginary Bunuel Bond GRAN CASINO ROYALE. The globe-trotting narrative will take us through Spain, the U.S.A., Mexico and France. Bond will battle tarantulas, snakes and flesh-eating ants, and face enemies armed with razors, rifles, burlap sacks and buggy-whips. All in search of a mysterious box with undisclosed, buzzing contents…
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You are "The Next Iron Chef." Three Brooklynites hope to hear those sweet words on the new season of the Food Network's popular competition show, which premieres on October 4 at 9 p.m.
"Any chef would want to be 'The Next Iron Chef.' It's one of those big-time honors," said Brad Farmerie, who lives in the Columbia Street Waterfront District. Farmerie is the executive chef of PUBLIC and The Monday Room (210 Elizabeth Street, 212-343-7011, www.public-nyc.com) and Double Crown (316 Bowery, 212-254-0350, www.doublecrown-nyc.com).
The winner of the reality show will join the "Iron Chef America" line-up alongside culinary superstars Mario Batali and Masaharu Morimoto.
Farmerie is competing for the "Iron Chef" title against a group of award-winning chefs, including Park Slope resident Amanda Freitag (executive chef of The Harrison, 355 Greenwich Street, 212-274-9310, www.theharrison.com) and Williamsburg resident Seamus Mullen (executive chef and partner of Boqueria Flatiron, 53 West 19th Street, 212-255-4160, and Boqueria Soho, 171 Spring Street, 212-343-4255, www.boquerianyc.com).
"It was very competitive in the sense that we were all there ultimately to win," Mullen said. "For the most part, I felt like there was a lot of mutual respect and there was not very much if any shady stuff going around."
Freitag had an edge going into "The Next Iron Chef." She's already been a judge on the Food Network's "Chopped" and nearly surpassed Iron Chef Bobby Flay in a king crab battle in Kitchen Stadium.
"It gave me a slight advantage," Freitag said before adding, "We all went in very confident like warriors but we all knew in the back of our minds that nobody has ever done this before."
Food Network producers wasted no time in shaking things up. In the first episode, the chefs are asked to create a dish using one of several odd ingredients, including grasshoppers and unlaid eggs.
"If you're giving us all a piece of chicken, that's boring," Freitag acknowledged.
The drama began early for Mullen when a challenger switched his ingredient and stuck him with stinky tofu.
"Both of us cook Spanish food. He threw me under the bus," Mullen said. However, it is a competition and, "If I had been in his position, I probably would have done the same thing."
"It's an amazing road that we all went down and I think there are going to be a lot of twists and turns," Farmerie said.
Not only are these three chefs incredibly talented, they're humble and eager to share their culinary knowledge with unskilled cooks. In fact, they welcomed this newspaper's "Kitchen Klutz" columnist to their restaurants for one-on-one cooking lessons. (Read all about the fun, informative and sometimes wacky teaching sessions in a special multi-part "The Iron Klutz" series starting next week in this paper's "24/Seven" section.)
Here's a tip from the chefs — when at home, keep it simple. Although their restaurants' menus feature sophisticated ingredients, the chefs often create easy dishes for themselves.
"Nine times out of 10, when I cook at home there's usually not a protein involved," Freitag said. "Either it's this humongous salad with cheese and nuts or a big bowl of pasta with butter, cheese and pepper."
Although all three chefs work in Manhattan, they've decided to call Brooklyn home. Why, you ask? Well, because it's so much cooler — and there's great food at every turn.
Mullen is a big fan of the Red Hook ballfield vendors. "It's my favorite place to eat in New York City," he said.
Farmerie loves the Australian meat pies at Down Under Bakery (DUB) Pies on Columbia Street and plans to use veggies from the Red Hook CSA in his restaurants' menus. "They're probably the best eggplants I ever tasted," he said.
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August 02, 2009
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The continued proliferation of bandwidth intensive applications and services, and devices – mobile and fixed – that are capable of accessing them, service providers are faced with the challenge of ensuring their network infrastructures are capable of delivering those services reliable and cost effectively. That mean they must invest in new access and delivery solutions that will not only prepare them for sustained growth opportunities, without alienating existing subscribers and applications, including those running on existing legacy systems.
In other words, they must seek ways to secure revenue growth in today's
new digital environment
, while increasing cost efficiencies on their overall operations. That means investing in intelligent infrastructures that will allow them to combine legacy solutions with next generation communications, while also
adapting their business models
to effectively meet the needs of today's subscribers.
As fixed and mobile network operators continue to look for ways to increase revenues – something that is becoming increasingly difficult, with data services not making up for lost voice services revenues – they have looked at alternatives, largely focusing on their networks and, more specifically, migrating to all-IP infrastructures.
This migration process requires investment in the physical elements of the infrastructure, as well as implementation costs. But, perhaps more importantly, it also requires a solid plan for transforming traditionally reliable legacy infrastructures to a new generation of technologies that require meticulous care in integration to preserve subscribers' quality of experience. It also requires updates to and integration of back-end BSS/OSS, including adoption of new business models through
third-party relationships
This migration process introduces integration complexities within service providers' own infrastructures, as well as with external, third-party partners, which have previously not been a factor and which could, without proper project planning overwhelm service providers and their networks. Underlying this network and business model transformation process is a highly sensitive fiscal environment that requires careful consideration of both capital investment and associated operational costs.
To facilitate the ongoing process of creating a more efficient and cost-effective network that, at the same time, provides for the introduction of innovative value-added services, network operators can look at putting in place what Alcatel-Lucent (
) calls a high leverage network.
High leverage networks
are designed to provide scalability and flexibility in the access and transport layers, integrating service and applications awareness, QoS, and traffic optimization into the end-to-end network. They also support
application enablement
, allowing providers to not only deliver their own content and applications to users, but to adopt new collaborative business models that leverage their partners' content, applications, and users, increasing revenue while lowering costs.
migrating to IP networks
, many fixed-line operators have already started on the path to high leverage networks as they look to deploy new service and application bundles, including triple and quadruple play services. Wireless operators are now following suit, following the LTE (
) and Evolved Packet Core models for transforming their 2G and 3G networks to 4th generation IP networks. As such, the model going forward becomes similar for wireline and wireless network providers, as they look to meet demands for increased bandwidth and access to advanced applications, anywhere and on any device. A fully converged high leverage network is their solution.
indentifies these key characteristics of a high leverage network:
High bandwidth
– Delivers the applications and content end users want, where they want it, over both wireline and wireless infrastructure.
Scalable and elastic
– Expands and contracts dynamically to meet network provider and end user requirements, but at minimum marginal cost.
Reliable and resilient
– Enables always-on and uninterrupted services and applications that work around failures transparently.
– Offers maximum capability at optimum CAPEX, while reducing OPEX (
) through maximum operational efficiency and technical innovation that improves eco-sustainability.
– Realizes bottom-line and top-line benefits across the network while dramatically reducing the environmental footprint.
– Supports multiple and concurrent customized services over a single, flatter, cost-optimized, higher-performance IP architecture with more dynamic service creation, delivery and assurance.
Open and interoperable
– Enables rapid service velocity and monetization through the exposure of network capabilities in a managed and controlled way to enhance end user QoE.
Secure and private
– Protects the assets and intellectual property of all parties, and the personal and contextual information of end users.
key to success for service providers
– and the ideal behind a high leverage network – is to be able to offer a flexible and differentiated portfolio of personalized services, applications, and content with reliability and performance that cannot be accomplished traditional over-the-top best effort Internet. This includes the flexibility to adjust and adapt services rapidly to meet new and evolving of residential and business customer demands.
Importantly, a high leverage network allows network operators to converge their infrastructures vertically and horizontally, to ensure optimal service quality to all user groups across a single architecture, rather than having to maintain multiple overlay networks used to deliver services to residential, business, and mobile customers today. This simplifies network and subscriber management, lowering TCO and increasing ROI.
Benefits of a converged infrastructure include:
A single converged, multi-service network that leverages the power and commonality of Ethernet and IP, and is application-aware and highly equipped to cost effectively enable the creation and delivery of more dynamic, flexible and personalized services;
Universal converged access with scalable dynamic bandwidth across wireline and wireless, with converged aggregation for wireline and wireless that reduces costs;
Convergence (
) across the IP and Optical layers in the backbone to enable continuously scalable and dynamic bandwidth, from 10Gb/s to 40Gb/s and 100Gb/s, improving operational efficiencies, reduces costs and carbon footprint;
Supporting end-to-end network and service management with tighter integration of OSS/BSS with the network, which enables greater efficiency and faster time to market for new services; and
Enabling converged service control for seamless and transparent service delivery across wireline and wireless domains through dynamic policy management, IP Multimedia Subsystem (
) (IMS), and Mobility Manager (MME).
Naturally, this
evolution to a high leverage network
will not happen overnight, and it requires the support from a partner with the experience and product portfolio to ensure a non-disruptive process. With a partner that focuses on the wide range of network technologies required to complete this transformation, and one that recognizes the importance of business continuity throughout the migration process, network operators can move forward with their plans for securing and, indeed growing, their market presence for the future.
The end result will be a network with increased efficiencies and lower deployment costs, delivering anytime, anywhere broadband to wireless and wireline subscribers, across an architecture that provides maximum end-to-end speed and reliability with lower TCO, and the intelligence, scalability, and security to deliver services and capitalize on multiple business models.
Most importantly, it will allow service providers to renew their focus on their customer – developing and deploying new services, which will continue to be the differentiator between providers – rather than worrying about their networks.
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Understanding Human Development through Film
From child marriage in Rajasthan, food security in Orissa and a shortage of doctors in Himachal Pradesh's health care services, a series of films explore the challenges of human development.
- A series of films exploring the challenges of human development made in collaboration with Films and Television Institute of India (FTII)
- UNDPs 'Strengthening State Plans for Human Development' project aims to operationalise key findings from State Human Development Reports by mainstreaming human development concerns into state policies and plans
A series of films that look at human development across India's states through the filmmakers lens seek to further the debate on human development and form part of United Nations Development Programmes partnership with the Planning Commission and state governments to mainstream human development concerns in state plans and policies.
From child marriage in Rajasthan, food security in Orissa and a shortage of doctors in Himachal Pradesh's health care services, a series of films explore the challenges of human development across 13 states in India. A unique collaboration between the Films and Television Institute of India (FTII) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) India, these films provide a powerful insight into the myriad human development issues confronting states.
A two-day film festival 'Films on Human Development' held on April 10-11 at FTII in Pune screened 26 films produced over four years by FTII alumni. As the films revealed, while the 13 states featured face a diversity of issues, these themes resonate strongly with other regions in the country. For example, Sakhar Shala film highlights the migration of people from drought prone areas in Maharashtra including Vidharbha to the western part of the state and the consequent toll it takes on childrens' education.
Several of the films in this collection have been recognised for cinematic excellance. Bhanga Gara or Tto break, To create from West Bengal won the country's most prestigious National Award at the 55th National Awards in the best scientific film (non-feature film) category.
This effort at building awareness on human development is part of a UNDP and Planning Commission programme 'Strengthening State Plans for Human Development' which aims to operationalise key findings from State Human Development Reports by mainstreaming human development concerns into state policies and plans. It strengthens the plan processes and dialogues within selected states to ensure better progress on human development. Through the project period, planning for human development has also reached district levels where findings in district HDRs are being mainstreamed into district planning.
The human development films project and the film festival aim to build greater awareness of and enhance the quality of public debate on human development across states in India. It is, however, not just through screenings and dissemination on public broadcasters that awareness is sought to be built. Filmmakers have come up with another novel approach. Says project coordinator Milind Damle: "During the production of these films we encouraged crews to include students in their teams. This is a way of giving them hands-on experience of human development issues."


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The nearly month-long Cherry Blossom Festival is about to kick off this week in Vancouver and one of the premier events is the Sakura Days Japan Fair at the beautiful Van Dusen Botanical Gardens. This year, there will be 4 sake seminars (2 each on Saturday and Sunday) sponsored by the newly formed, Sake Association of BC.
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Learn about sake from 3 certified Advanced Sake Professionals (ASP) and taste 5 unique varieties. Your sake guides will be myself, Miki Ellis from Miku/Minami Restaurants, and Iori Kataoka from Shuraku/Zest Japanese Restaurants. There will be much fun and discussion! Tickets for the tasting are a mere $10 on top of entrance fee to the Fair. You need to pre-register for the event on the same day you are attending. Come by to the entrance area of Visitor Centre Classroom where the seminar will take place, and book a spot. Registration opens at 10am, both days. Only 20 attendees per class, please bring a government-issued photo id. You must be 19 yrs of age or older to attend. Here's a link for more info.
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Since I've been talking about sun safety all week, I decided to post another photo of my fair-skinned daughter's recent sunburn. Bad judgement combined with forgetfulness on my part, and now her face and neck area are cooked. She's smiling, so hopefully it's not too painful.
Since I've been talking about sun safety all week, I decided to post another photo of my fair-skinned daughter's recent sunburn. Bad judgement combined with forgetfulness on my part, and now her face and neck area are cooked. She's smiling, so hopefully it's not too painful.
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- soccer mom in denial said...
Thank you for such an important message (and finally getting your comments back up - mine were off for a while last night too which I never do!).
My kids and I are all fair-skinned so I've been chanting the Australian saying "Slip, slap, slop" repeatedly -
Slip on a shirt
Slap on a hat
Slop on sunscreen.
- May 19, 2007 at 10:13:00 AM PDT
OOHH, that looks like it hurts!
- May 19, 2007 at 10:33:00 AM PDT
- Jennifer said...
Awww...poor sweetie. Doesn't look too terrible though.
I had the same problem with my comments - guess it's a blogger issue...ugh!
- May 19, 2007 at 10:53:00 AM PDT
- BenSpark said...
I thought about sunburns for the theme. Good pic.
- May 19, 2007 at 11:25:00 AM PDT
- heidi @ ggip said...
Oh dear! Very good interpretation of the theme, but so sad! I struggle to remember the sunscreen too. They are in such a hurry just to get outside, sometimes we dont' remember.
Have a great weekend!
- May 19, 2007 at 11:26:00 AM PDT
- srp said...
Now this is looking at it from a different angle for sure.... ouch! Hope she does ok and doesn't blister!
- May 19, 2007 at 11:56:00 AM PDT
- Liz Hinds said...
Oh, bless her! I never remember smiling when I was sunburned so let's hope hers isn't too painful.
Good take on the theme.
- May 19, 2007 at 12:20:00 PM PDT
- ipanema said...
Oh dear, I hope it will heal soon. But look at her smile! Ah, children. Lovely shot by the way. :)
- May 19, 2007 at 3:26:00 PM PDT
- Anita Powell said...
Ouch! That doesn't look fun at all! But a good take on the theme. Thanks for stopping by. Oh, a jello cake is really simple. Here's the recipe for lemon jello cake, but you can use any flavor you like.
1 pkg. Yellow Cake Mix
1 (3 1/2 oz.) pkg. lemon Jello
3/4 c. hot water
3/4 c. oil
2 tbsp. lemon extract
4 lg. eggs
Dissolve lemon Jello in hot water in the large mixer bowl. Cool to lukewarm and then add the oil, extract and cake mix. Beat until smooth. Add eggs and beat until very light and fluffy. Pour into cake pan that has been greased and floured. Bake one hour at 350 degrees. Turn out on wire rack to cool.
4 tbsp. lemon juice
1 1/2 to 2 c. powdered sugar
- May 19, 2007 at 3:41:00 PM PDT
- ~Kathryn~ said...
what an interesting (but painful) take on the prompt
my fair skin son was often getting burnt growing up even though we used sun care all the time
thanks for dropping by for my photo hunt
- May 19, 2007 at 4:15:00 PM PDT
- Cheryl said...
Oh, you did have my original idea! I hope it does not repeat often as that can lead to cancer! She looks adorable from what I can see.
- May 19, 2007 at 4:38:00 PM PDT
- Heart of Rachel said...
I saw this earlier and hope that she's feeling better. Sunburn could give a little discomfort. I'm
glad she's smiling because it's a good sign that she's okay.
- May 19, 2007 at 5:13:00 PM PDT
- Samantha & Mom said...
Ouch! I'm glad I'm furry. I don't need sunscreen. Do cats need sunscreen? Great take on cooked.
Be blessed,
Samantha, Tigger and Mom
- May 19, 2007 at 6:17:00 PM PDT
That is a nasty sunburn. I remember as a child i went swimming almost every day and had horrid sunburns.I used baby lotion to soothe the irritation at that time :)
- May 19, 2007 at 8:47:00 PM PDT
- Cats~Goats~Quotes said...
*lol* We have the same idea, different species!
Hope your daughter is not in pain and healing!
- May 20, 2007 at 10:15:00 AM PDT


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Google may not love Apple but the search giant has never accused the iPhone-maker of digital plagiarism.
The Mountain View-based search giant says Microsoft's Bing has been monitoring what people search for on Google and then mirrors those results on its own page.
The head of Google's web spam took to Twitter to announce that his company would be taking Microsoft head-on over the accusations.
"I'm about to be on a panel with Bing and ask them how http://goo.gl/m3IWc on Google showed up as http://goo.gl/CTjsE on Bing," Matt Cutts tweeted Tuesday morning.
(Google's head of search, Amit Singhal is a guest on "Press:Here" this Sunday, Feb. 6.)
The claim was first brought up by SearchEngineLand Tuesday. Bing's corporate vice president responded to the claim on his blog Tuesday.
While not denying the accusation, Harry Shum admitted that his company monitors some Google users' activity to improve Bing's own search.
"We use over 1,000 different signals and features in our ranking algorithm," he wrote on his blog. "A small piece of that is click stream data we get from some of our customers, who opt-in to sharing anonymous data as they navigate the web in order to help us improve the experience for all users."
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Covaris Introduces the AFA-based, FS220-M Processing System
|(Nanowerk News) Covaris, Inc. today announced the introduction of the FS220-M High Performance Formulation Processing System.
|The FS220-M system extends the company's groundbreaking Adaptive Focused Acoustics (AFA) technology platform and has the ability to process sample volumes ranging from microliters to liters with a true continuous flow process. Application areas such as nanosuspensions, liposomes, and emulsions can be scaled from the early Discovery phase work all the way to First-In-Human studies. The FS220-M can be cGMP certified.
|Carl Beckett, General Manager of Covaris Process Technologies describes the capabilities of the system. "The FS220-M product represents our most advanced product to date. With the incorporation of dissolved oxygen monitoring and advanced thermal design, it offers unprecedented processing capability for Formulation and novel Drug Delivery systems. Materials which are temperature and/or solvent sensitive (previously not viable with conventional technologies), can now be made into unique Delivery System constructs, thereby expanding the range of materials possible for development. We are excited about the capabilities and the early adoption we are seeing by major pharma."
|The Covaris FS220-M system is suitable for a variety of application uses. For example, when wet milling limited material to produce nanosuspensions the non-contact AFA process has been shown to achieve smaller particle sizes than traditional bead milling while recovering 100% of the material and without the risk of contamination. When used to control crystallization the isothermal AFA process can yield nanoparticle sizes as well as produce specific particle morphologies. Liposomes can be formed both without organic solvents and below the lipid phase transition temperature. Emulsions are enabled with very low levels of surfactants and again at low temperatures (e.g., 4C). This allows processing of materials that could be sensitive to temperature and solvents when treated with traditional methods.
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|The FS220-M system complements the broader product offerings from early-stage benchtop to Pilot Scale Manufacturing equipment.
|About Covaris Inc.
|Covaris, Inc. is a rapidly growing life science instrument company. Its proprietary instrument platform, based on patented Adaptive Focused Acoustic (AFA) technology brings unsurpassed speed and efficiency to biological and chemical sample preparation. The AFA process, based on shock wave physics, delivers controlled, precise and accurate energy to biological and chemical samples. The process is non-contact, isothermal and rapid. Leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies worldwide are using Covaris instruments for Formulation, DNA shearing, RNA extraction, Compound Dissolution and much more. Information about Covaris is available at http://www.covarisinc.com
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Powerful gaming PCs are awesome for their intended purpose, but try sticking one in a typical home theater setup and things can so sideways. Not only will it usually look out of place, but there are power, heat, and noise considerations to worry about. Conversely, a miniscule machine like the ACEPC AK1 is so quiet and requires such a small amount of power, that you'll wonder why every self-respecting geek doesn't have a tiny PC attached to their TV.
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Tim McGraw Plans Tribute Concert for Deserving Veterans
Tim McGraw has honored many veterans through his partnership with Chase and Operation Homefront. He's given away homes and cakes and even a puppy, and now he's planning a tribute concert for military members and their families at U.S. Naval Station Mayport to celebrate Veteran's Day.
The singer will perform at the Chase Presents Live From the HomeFront event in Jacksonville, Fla. on Nov. 10, which is the eve of Veteran's Day.
"It's easy for me to show up and play music to honor the men and women who have the really tough jobs," McGraw shares. "To me, it's just one small thing I can do to help show how much we appreciate what they put on the line and what these families sacrifice every single day."
The 'Highway Don't Care' hitmaker won't just be performing -- he says that giving away homes has left an indelible mark on him, and he'll give away another home to a deserving family at the Veteran's Day event.
"Since we started this program 18 months ago, I have had the privilege of meeting many service members and their families and have heard many inspiring stories," the singer reveals. "It's something I'm proud to do and want to take it as far as we can!"
He should be very proud of what he's done. Since the partnership began over a year ago, McGraw and company have awarded more than 70 mortgage-free homes to wounded warriors and military members in need.
The Veteran's Day concert will be broadcast live on the Pentagon Channel and online at McGraw's website and YouTube channel beginning Nov. 10 at 8:45 PM ET.


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Ashton Kutcher and Jon Cryer, stars of the CBS comedy "Two and a Half Men," have been named the highest-paid TV actors of 2013 by Forbes magazine.
Despite flagging viewership as of late, the show makes most of its dough in syndication, which keeps its male stars -- old and new -- in the magazine's top 10. Besides syndication, most of the actors on the list have some meager box-office bucks that helped boost their totals this year.
The magazine calculates the earnings by speaking with producers, managers, agents and other individuals in the industry to figure out how much the actors made through their entertainment-related endeavors between June 2012 and June 2013, Forbes said.
Kutcher, 35, who stepped in for embattled star Charlie Sheen in 2011, earned $24 million, the magazine estimated. The actor earned the same honor last year, when he also reportedly earned $24 million. Sheen topped the list in 2011, when he earned an estimated $40 million, but still has a place in the No. 10 spot this year due to his comeback on the FX comedy "Anger Management."
Kutcher, an alum of "That '70s Show," has also been working on his film career, starring as his "hero" Steve Jobs in "Jobs," the biopic about the Apple co-founder, which was released this summer but earned only $16 million at the box office. But Kutcher's paycheck has been boosted by his passion for investing. The scruffy-faced actor has stakes in tech companies such as Airbnb, Foursquare and Path, the financial mag said.
Kutcher and his girlfriend, Mila Kunis, also made the magazine's list of top-earning couples, clinching the No. 4 spot by earning a combined $35 million between June 2012 and June 2013.
However, Kutcher barely holds a candle to "Modern Family's" Sofia Vergara, who was named TV's highest-paid actress in September, and earned an estimated $30 million, thanks to a major boost in her salary and endorsement deals with Diet Pepsi, CoverGirl, Rooms to Go, Comcast, State Farm Insurance and thyroid medicine Synthroid.
Kutcher's costars Cryer, 48, and Angus T. Jones, 20, also made the list, locking in the No. 2 and No. 7 spots respectively. Two-time Emmy winner Cryer made about $21 million, and Jones made $11 million. Jones was downgraded from series regular earlier this year after he made a video that went viral on YouTube in which he called the show "filth" and beseeched fans to stop watching it. Even though he has been replaced by Amber Tamblyn, who plays Sheen's character's long-lost daughter, he's still earning cash from the show's run in syndication.
Ray Romano, 55, also has syndication to be grateful for, even though the comedian's cash cow went off the air in 2005. The "Everybody Loves Raymond" actor came in at No. 3 on the magazine's list, earning $16 million, thanks to his sitcom's reruns, his stint as a crotchety photographer on NBC's "Parenthood" and his voiceover work in the "Ice Age" franchise.
"How I Met Your Mother" star Neil Patrick Harris, 40, placed at No. 4 with $15 million in estimated earnings. The triple threat and award show host extraordinaire made his moolah this year as ultimate playboy Barney Stinson in the CBS comedy and for his role in "The Smurfs 2."
"NCIS" star Mark Harmon, 62, tied Harris in fourth place, thanks to his role on CBS' highly-rated procedural. Harmon is said to have earned $15 million as well.
Below is the complete list of Forbes' highest-paid TV actors of 2013. For more on how they made their money, click here.
1. "Two and Half Men" star Ashton Kutcher, $24 million
2. "Two and Half Men" star Jon Cryer, $21 million
3. "Everybody Loves Raymond" star and "Parenthood" actor Ray Romano, $16 million
4. "How I Met Your Mother" star Neil Patrick Harris" and "NCIS" star Mark Harmon, $15 million
6. "Grey's Anatomy" star Patrick Dempsey, $13 million
7. "Last Man Standing" and "Home Improvement" star Tim Allen and "Two and a Half Men" star Angus T. Jones, $11 million
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Young Brothers Limited / Hawaiian Tug & Barge gives $120,000 to UH Manoa College of BusinessUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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HONOLULU - The University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa College of Business has received a $120,000 gift from Young Brothers Limited / Hawaiian Tug & Barge to assist students participating in the Executive Neighbor Island MBA (E-NIMBA) program.
Starting Fall 2006, the E-NIMBA Young Brothers / Hawaiian Tug & Barge Scholarship Fund will provide approximately 10 scholarships every two semesters through Summer 2008 to Executive Neighbor Island MBA students. Scholarship recipients must be Neighbor Island residents and will be chosen based on their grade point average and financial need. For more information on these scholarships and Young Brothers' other community giving programs, please visit www.youngbrothershawaii.com.
"We are extremely grateful for Young Brothers / Hawaiian Tug & Barge scholarship support," says Vance Roley, Dean of the UHM College of Business. "We share a common vision in helping Neighbor Island students obtain a quality MBA so that they can one day make valuable contributions in their own communities."
"This is critically important for the future of the neighbor islands' businesses and economies," said Young Brothers and Hawaiian Tug & Barge President Glenn Hong. "We're extremely proud to support the neighbor islands and assist in the development of professional managers. We are continuing our commitment to supporting neighbor island communities," Hong continued.
The E-NIMBA is a three-year, part-time, AACSB accredited MBA program geared toward individuals who have shown leadership or management potential. The goal of the program is to provide participants with a competitive edge in analytical, human resource and decision-making skills for a managerial position within today's dynamic global economy.
The E-NIMBA program enables students to expand their business perspectives, build professional networks and earn their MBA degrees—all without leaving home.
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Michigan Street Scene
The Real World Of Street Racing
Youd expect Michigan, home to the Big Three, to have more than a few gearheads. A huge percentage of the states engineers, technicians, and businessmen work for one of the car companies or their suppliers. A good majority of these folks are car guys. Car guys like car shows. Car guys like car cruises. Car guys like car racing. And car racing always implies street racing. So it shouldnt come as any surprise that Michigans street racing scene is crawling with insomniac power junkies. And their cars are flying. Were wont pretend weve exhaustively surveyed the street scene across the nation or even across Michigan, so well talk about what we know, and the street scene were most familiar with happens deep in the working class, blue-collar city of Flint.
Flint is about 1- hours northwest of Detroit, and its almost as big a part of American car history. You see, Flint was Buick City, where Buicks were designed, engineered, and assembled until just a few years ago. Late in the night, youd find Flint street racers lining em up on a freaky three-lane road on the outskirts of the Buick City complex. This road, Industrial Boulevard, had two lanes side-by-side for racing and a third one for return. The only barrier between the return and the race lanes was the double yellow line, so you hoped the racing didnt get too squirrelly when you cruised back to the starting line. Third-shift factory workers would emerge from the plants during their breaks to catch a front-row seat for the racing action.
Its even rumored that in the mid-80s certain Buick engineers ran their Grand National development vehicles on Industrial Boulevard to refine high-performance computer calibrations, harking back to the musclecar days of test-and-tune sessions on Detroits Woodward Avenue. Every weekend late-night, the heart of Flint pumped thick gearhead blood.
The camouflage of behemoth buildings and factory noise in Buick City kept a low profile over Flint street racing. Now that Buick City is no more, the old strip has all but been abandoned too. Racers converge instead on Dort Highway, mere minutes from Buick City, and race a few blocks away on a desolate service drive. Its a four-lane road, separated by a boulevard that runs parallel with the freeway, whose drone helps mask the screaming seven-grand big-block powershifts on late weekend nights.
The casual atmosphere of Flints racing scene has a lot to do with how the city polices the street action, and how amicably the racers and spectators behave. Street racing is dangerouswhats new? But most Flint street racers are simply out to run cars and make a little money. Weve never seen a racer drink or use drugs. As usual, its the spectators that are cause for concern. We always seem to get at least one Yall smoke weed? solicitation every time were out, and there are a scary amount of paper-bag-wrapped drinks consumed around the race scene. As youd expect, there have been some serious problems in the past. One street racer recalled a girl shot in a drive-by. Another saw a guy take a couple of blows to the head with a tire iron. These incidents happened a few years back when local gangs started crashing the street racing scene; fortunately, theyve mostly moved on. But what social scene is without these kind of risks? Show us a bar or a club in this neighborhood with a better safety record, and well show you a liar. Big money, often the cause of serious violence at street races, gets exchanged very rarely in the Flint scene.
Detroit has suffered more serious tragedies, probably because the wagers are considerably higher. That, and recent negative media attention directed toward street racing in general has prompted Wayne County to seize street race cars caught in the act. No, theyre not merely impounding carstheres absolutely no guarantee that youll ever see your car again.
Race gas and high-compression motors cost big money, so although there arent a lot of money-wager races in Flint, they do occur, usually late in the nights action. Money races are more typical of the Detroit scene. In fact, like travelling card sharks, racers from Detroit and Saginaw occasionally show up in Flint hoping to lock in races with locals who arent savvy to out-of-towners reputations. The money cars often dip into the 9s, arrive on trailers, and wont come off the ramps for less than $500 a race. Capable of 140-plus quarter-mile blasts, these cars are run on a nearby strip of freeway where they can safely slow down from these whiplash speeds. Weve only witnessed a couple of these races. Because of the large amounts of cash involved, the cars owners usually squabble away the night setting up the terms to penalize the faster car. Whether its running on street tires, turning off the bottle, or giving up the leave and a few car lengths, each racer tries to direct the win in his favor. If they cant settle on mutually agreeable terms, the cars never come off their trailers. So what keeps the parking lot packed with gearheads, often until five in the morning? What warms us from the cold of night and awakens us from the drain of sleep deprivation? The mere potential that, if the conditions are met, 1,000-plus cubic inches will catapult two wild drag cars into the single-digits on the freeway tonight.
How bout the import scene? One Flint street racer told us, Imports are pretty non-existent around here. In Michigan, a hopped-up import has clear taillights, a chip, and after-cat exhaust. Nobody here is too serious about the imports yet, but why would you be when there are millions of huge, cheap V-8s?


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Mike Lee
|Mike Lee
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From: January 3, 2011 – present
|Bob Bennett
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|Sharon Lee
|The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Michael Shumway "Mike" Lee (born June 4, 1971) is a constitutional conservative, a constitutional lawyer, a paleolibertarian and is the junior Republican United States Senator from Utah, having won the 2010 election. Lee was backed by the Tea Party Movement and the Senate Conservatives Fund. He scored a primary victory against incumbent Republican Bob Bennett. At the age of 39, Lee is currently the youngest U.S. Senator. He promises to reduce the cost, size and scope of the federal government. His father was an Assistant U.S. Attorney General under President Ford and U.S. Attorney General under Ronald Reagan. Lee's legal career includes a one-year clerkship with Justice Samuel Alito at the U.S. Supreme Court. Mike and his wife Sharon have three children and live in Alpine, Utah.
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Howard out vs. tough lefty, Frandsen in
PHILADELPHIA -- Everybody knows Ryan Howard has struggled tremendously against left-handers, especially opposing managers, who happily run a steady stream of lefties at him in critical parts of the game.
Howard has a mere .604 on-base-plus-slugging percentage against lefties from 2011-13, including a 1-for-15 effort with one double, one walk and eight strikeouts against them this season. His .604 OPS against lefties ranks 170th out of 178 qualifying players in baseball during that span. (Coincidentally, Jimmy Rollins ranks 169th with a .605 mark.) Howard has nine home runs, 18 walks and 108 strikeouts in 283 plate appearances against lefties in that stretch.
So it made perfect sense to rest Howard against Cardinals left-hander Jaime Garcia on Friday night at Citizens Bank Park, although Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said Howard did not play because he has tightness in his right groin.
He said Howard is day to day.
But Manuel also acknowledged Howard's struggles against lefties, when he said, "This is a good time, gives me a chance to sit him down."
Manuel said Howard was available to pinch-hit but wasn't needed in the 8-2, rain-shortened win. Kevin Frandsen got the start at first base, and though he didn't get a hit in his two at-bats, he walked, reached on an error and scored twice. It was his first start of the season, despite the fact he hit .338 with 10 doubles, three triples, two home runs and 14 RBIs last season, including a .400 (26-for-65) mark against left-handers.
Maybe Frandsen can find playing time at first base when the Phillies face lefties. In the meantime, he will just try to be ready to play.
"You go in the cage and work your butt off and when the time comes [to play] you hope you're prepared," Frandsen said. "It is tough when you go a while without getting a lot of at-bats, but that's part of the job. It's not about a complaint. That's what my role is. Obviously, it is a lot different when you're playing every day. Last year I got that chance. I proved that I could do it every day. I hit [close to] .340. You hope that didn't get lost in the shuffle with everything."
Frandsen played 1 1/3 innings at first base over the weekend in Miami. He has played 34 innings there in his big league career, plus some more in the Minor Leagues.
"I've got a glove in my hand, so I feel comfortable there," he said. "That's all that matters to me."


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A visit to my house is not complete without a trip to the candy dish. Some of my everyday favorites include dove chocolate, gummy octopus, and toffee. When October rolls around it's always candy corn and mellowcreme pumpkins.
Tony and I were downtown the other day, for dinner at Bottega Louie. Besides being a full service restaurant, bar, bakery and cafe they also have a gourmet candy bar. I was delighted to find apple cider and pumpkin spice candy corn! I love pumpkin anything.
Also, I love malt balls, especially spooky ones. Their printed ribbon is so glam, I want some for paper pastries custom orders.
All varieties are delicious. I hope someone comes over soon so I don't eat them all!
It's not October in my house without some glitter pumpkins :) The porcelain fruit baskets are from ReForm School.
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1. On Saturday, I'm going to my friends halloween party, on sunday, I'm going to my sisters house to watch scary movies and pass out candy.
2. My most memorable halloween costume was when I was harry potter in college. A lot of people wanted to take pictures with me. The only bad thing about it was that I let my friend draw the scar on my forehead with a sharpie that left its mark for days.
3. For Halloween this year, I'm not dressing up.
4. I thought I was going to be a firefly, but had no reason to dress up. My friend just told me this week he's having a party. I didn't want to rush and come up with something half assed.
5. Halloween free association: thriller, October, pumpkin, haunted house
6. The worst thing about Halloween is girls who dress "sexy" and walk around freezing.
7. The best thing about Halloween is it's one holiday closer to Christmas.


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I know I don't usually post news about Super Junior here but since I've already posted about Hankyung's lawsuit against SM, I might as well post this one too. Besides, this is in a way DBSK related they are fighting for the same thing that JaeChunSu are fighting for and Donghae – my most favorite SuJu member – might be involved in this so of course, I would care about this issue.
Not Just Hangeng; 6 Members Of Super Junior File For Lawsuit Against SM
[Sina Entertainment News] The day before, Hangeng, the only Chinese member of Asia's super popular group, Super Junior, filed for a termination of his "exclusive contract" with SM Entertainment. According to the latest news from Korea, Hangeng is not the only one who filed the lawsuit. Other Super Junior members have also filed a similar lawsuit, and they include: Lee Teuk, Yesung, Kangin, Eun Hyuk and Donghae. The only reason why news about Hangeng was exposed first, is because of his nationality.
According to the lawsuit, Hangeng has not had any rest in 2 years, causing him to suffer from fatigue, which also resulted in chronic gastritis, illnesses related to his kidney, lumbar disc herniation, as well as a visible decrease in body strength. However, SM Entertainment rejected Hangeng's requests for rest, and continued to schedule activities for him, which caused Hangeng to suffer a lot of pain.
According to the contents of the lawsuit, since the time of his debut, Hangeng didn't even have one day of rest per week. For 2 years, Hangeng has continuously done his overseas schedules as well, and had no choice but to continue with his schedules without any rest. In his contract with SM, there are clauses stating that he has to pay the company monetary damages should he be unable to fulfill the schedules arranged for him. Thus, even when he was in poor health, he had no choice but to follow through with his schedules.
Once the news broke out, many fans have expressed the wish for SM and the members to be able to make peace, and make changes to their contracts, as well as expressed hope that Super Junior will not face the threat of disbanding.
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I would like to remind everyone that this news is UNCONFIRMED as of now. It's a report from Sina (Chinese News) which they "claim" to have gotten from Korean sources. I guess we should wait for further articles to come out confirming this but fans of Super Junior should also be ready to accept this should this news be real. After all, Sina was the first to report about Hankyung filing a lawsuit against SM and it turned out to be true.
I know IF this news is real, Super Junior fans will be in a difficult situation just like what we, DBSK fans are experiencing at present. Having your favorite group divided into 2 is really, really hard and depressing. But all I can say to all ELFs out there who might be reading this, don't let your belief and love for the SuJu members falter. We, DBSK fans, know how hard and frustrating this could get but believe me when I say that this will only make you and your relationship with SuJu stronger. This is just one of the challenges that your relationship with them has to go through. It is like a test of how far your love and support for Super Junior is. There may be some fans who would be choosing sides on this issue but I hope you could be like majority of us, DBSK fans, who still support and love the our five boys no matter what their decision may be. My advise is to just believe the SuJu members and no one else. Trust them and, as what Cassiopeia's battle cry says, always keep the faith no matter what happens. :)


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It started with a blank map. Knowing what I know now about my life and who I have become it is almost comical to think that an object as mundane as a map would have such a profound impact.
Yet, as I think about history I can't help but wonder how many souls of the ages were inspired by a single word, look or phrase. Heck, Sir Isaac Newton credits his theory of gravity to the observation of a falling apple. These seemingly simple agents of fate have served their purposes and ignited sparks that have changed the course of history. God works in mysterious ways, He speaks to our hearts in quiet whispers and sometimes uses insignificant objects like apples or maps to help us realize our purpose. When I walked into staples in 2001 as an unfocused adolescent I had no idea that on this common shopping trip I would receive my greatest inspiration. I entered aimlessly, but left with two items that would come to symbolize my life's greatest ambition.
My Map that Started Blank all those years ago has not stayed that way! I have been pretty busy filling my map! My goal is to travel to 30 countries before I am thirty years old!
Goal: 30 Countries before I am thirty years old.
Current Count: 33 Countries, and I'm 28 years old!
(In order of my visits)
2. Scotland
- Scotland: My First Love
- Edinburgh: Castles, Ceilidhs & an ode to Haggis
- Finding Scotland: Scott's View, Dryburgh Abbey and Abbotsford
3. England
4. Germany
5. Belgium
6. France
7. Italy
8. Vatican City
9. Jamaica
10. Canada
11. Spain
12. Monaco
13. Switzerland
14. Austria
15. Czech Republic
16. Mexico
17. New Zealand
18. Australia
19. Singapore
20. Thailand
21. Cambodia
22. Malaysia
23. China
24. South Korea
25. Japan
26. Ireland
27. Finland
28. Russia
29. Sweden
30. Denmark
31. Estonia
32. Netherlands
33. Norway
34. Brazil


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Earlier this week, Sony unveiled the much-awaited Xperia Z smartphone at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2013 in Las Vegas. This handset managed to grab the eyeballs of almost everyone at the event, thanks to its brilliant design and powerful specs. Sony Xperia Z is a water and dust resistant smartphone with a durable glass display.
Sony has already announced that the device will be launched during the Q1 of 2013. Sadly, the price of this device was not revealed at the event. Now, we have good news for the folks living in the UK. Clove, a popular online retailer has not only started taking the pre-orders of this device, but also revealed the exact price of this device. If you are still unaware of the complete features, then check out the specs posted below.
Sony Xperia Z features a 5 inch full HD TFT Reality display, sporting a resolution of 1920 × 1080 pixels, 1.5 GHz Snapdragon S4 Pro quad-core processor, Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) Operating System, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, 4G LTE Connectivity, 16 GB internal memory, MicroSD card slot, 32 GB expandable memory, 2 GB RAM, Bluetooth 3.0, DLNA Certified and so on.
It also comes with a 3.5 mm audio jack, FM radio with RDS, 13 megapixel Fast Capture camera with Exmor RS for mobile, HDR video, Superior Auto and Noise Reduction, Full HD (1080p) video recording and playback, 1.3 megapixel front-facing camera for video calls, USB 2.0, GPS with A-GPS, HDMI support, Micro USB, NFC (Near Field Communication), Google Play Store, Wi-Fi Hotspot functionality and a 2330 mAh battery.
Clove has not mentioned the exact release date, however the retailer is expected to ship the device starting from March 1, 2013. This handset comes with a price-tag of £528 (approx. $850) in the UK (including VAT). To pre-order this device right now, just head over to this page.


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YouTube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen are separating after working together for the last 15 years. Hurley and Chen were PayPal workers before creating YouTube with fellow founder Jawed Karim. The three sold YouTube to Google for $1.65 billion in 2010, but Hurley and Chen stayed at YouTube and created incubator Avos Systems (Karim went to grad school at Stanford University.)
Hurley is staying at Avos, and turning it into a mobile video platform called MixBit, and Chen will join Google Ventures as an entrepreneur in residence, according to TechCrunch.
Avos was created in 2011 so that both Hurley and Chen could work on different projects handpicked by them.
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"We were working on nine products at one time, which sounds astronomical, but it wasn't based on the way Avos was structured," Chen told TechCrunch. "I'd say about 40 percent of all websites and iOS apps are built on the same shared technology, built and rebuilt and rebuilt again. With Avos all the servers and authentication and security were all written and handled, so it was much easier to test out new ideas."
In the end, MixBit was the one project that seemed to capture Hurley's heart. Mixbit is a mobile video app that lets users record clips and create videos together and eventually Avos's 20-odd employees became Mixbit. After selling off Delicious, the team was free to concentrate on the app.
"MixBit was Chad's idea before we started Avos and even at YouTube, and if I feel driven to work on other projects, then I'm just getting in the way of MixBit and the team."