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Earlier last year, Nigel Wood, who runs Saxtet Publications, who publish my music for saxophone, asked me whether I'd like to write him a new piece to show off his latest 'toy' - the Soprillo saxophone. He wanted something showy, but fun, and which would hopefully exploit the instrument's capabilities. Perhaps because I had the idea of doing something with Waltzing Matilda, I set about writing an antipodean fantasy, which will be known as Waltzing Soprillda.
Nigel only recently played the piece to great acclaim with the National Saxophone Choir at the 2006 World Saxophone Congress in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and will be publishing a version for clarinet.
I have produced a version for solo clarinet* and wind band which will hopefully find its way onto the concert programme, as some of the other arrangements have done in the past, especially as a good concert encore.
The basic plan is something which has been done before, of course - taking a well-known popular, or folk tune, and presenting it as different composers might have done. The sections are pretty self-explanatory, and the tune is never very far away. The alla antipodean section is simply the tune upside down - or downunder, you might say. Just at the end, there's a brief reference to Australia's 'national anthem,' as I'm sure, given time, and with subsequent generations, Australia will become a Republic in its own right. I snapped the guy in the picture playing the didgeridoo at Sydney's Circular Quay, and swapped this for the clarinet, of course!
Until the piece is hopefully recorded, I've attached an MP3 file of it 'played' via Garritan Personal Orchestra (Sibelius Edition). This gives a much better idea than MIDI playback, although even with a fast processor, and plenty of onboard memory, with reverb on, the PC just occasionally struggled a tad!
Following a request from my good friend, Mark Allen, I have added Eb versions of the Horn parts, a treble clef version of the Trombone parts, and a bass clef version of the Baritone part. Mark is a Tenor Horn player and the Bandmaster with the Bilton Silver Band, as well as helping with the training band. Mark also conducts the Scirocco Wind Ensemble, which is also based in Rugby.
P.S. If anyone should ever want anything else 'customised', please just let me know, and I'll see what I can do to help!
- Following a request from Hong Kong based saxophonist, Kevin Ling, I have now added versions of the solo clarinet part for soprano and alto saxophone, respectively. Should there be a need for a further solo instrument version, do, please, let me know!
STOP PRESS: The attached MP3 has been made using NotePerformer rather than Sibelius 7 Sounds. I think it makes for a more 'natural' sound overall.
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OK, fair warning: This one is going to be a Haters To The Left post. Of all the Avengers, Hawkeye and Black Widow are the ones most likely to be sidelined as being supposedly less valuable than heavy-hitters like Iron Man and Thor. This kind of statement usually stems from the fact that they're the least superheroic of the Avengers, the implication being that if you don't have a jet-propelled robot suit or the ability to punch someone through a wall, you have less worth. In addition to being idiotic, claims like this are Not A Good Message For The Kids. This maye be a superhero movie, but it's also a story about teamwork, and the reason why SHIELD puts together a team instead of an army is because different people bring different skills to the table. This may seem like kind of a no-brainer, but from what I've read of many people's reactions to the film, it apparently needs to be said.
My first reactions to Hawkeye were: 1) Disappointment that we didn't get to see more character details/backstory (even though I understand that there just wasn't enough time to flesh out another hero), and 2) amusement because he was so clearly an awesome character for kids. Obviously every superhero has its own specific fanbase of devoted 7-year-olds, but once Hawkeye got free from Loki he spent the whole time doing things that were just hilariously flashy and super-slick, like shooting an exploding arrow at aliens behind his own head, and jumping off buildings. Do you know what's really fun and easy to pose with? A bow-and-arrow that you just made out of a stick and a piece of string. Hawkeye was totally the kids' superhero.
The reasoning behind Hawkeye's bare arms is probably something to do with increased range of movement, but I kind of have my doubts about that one. For one thing, exposed biceps are not remotely necessary for shooting a bow and arrow, and for another, the shoulders of his costume honestly look like they might dig into his shoulder joint whenever he raised his arms above his head. It's possible that those shoulder-guards retract, but on the whole I think the shoulders of his costume look far too rigid.
a blue SHIELD jumpsuit, he wears a black t-shirt and semi-armoured black vest and combat trousers. Because he's a focal character his face (and arms, because The Gun Show is in Jeremy Renner's contract) is bare, which makes him look weirdly exposed when compared to his fully riot-geared compatriots in Loki's Army and the SHIELD security teams, but serves the purpose of letting us know which one he is during fight scenes. The fact that his clothes are largely quite generic and designed to fade into the background works out just fine considering the fact that he's kind of the everyman of the Avengers, and his preferred role is to be hidden away from the centre of battle.
I've already written a bit about eyecandy in The Avengers in my Captain America post, and while I would say that Black Widow's costume isn't quite as practical as some of the other Avengers', it's not played for sex appeal any more than Captain America's is. Hawkeye's costume bares way more skin, and although I'd prefer it if Widow's outfit included some more obvious body-armour sections, it's no tighter or more form-fitting than any of the others. I'm not wild about the fact that she's wearing high heels, but since they're wedges and never really appear onscreen, there's a possibility they may just be there to boost her up a few inches among her much-taller co-stars. Chris Hemsworth is an entire foot taller than her, plus Thor boots. As for her casual clothes (on the Helicarrier and in the final scene in Central Park), they amount to jeans and leather jackets, and are practical rather than being the kind of drool-enducing sexxxy token female outfits some reviewers appear to have imagined.
This article about reviewer reactions to Black Widow's role in The Avengers is both fascinating and depressing. Thanks to the fact that I didn't read any mainstream reviews until after I'd already discussed the movie with lots of other fans, it was a while before I was even aware that there was so much negative feeling about Scarlett Johansson, both in general and in the context of Black Widow. People were saying that she was just there to look hot. People were saying that she was a token female. People were saying that she only had two facial expressions. Were these people even watching the same movie as me? The one where Black Widow, the most cerebral of the Avengers, is the only one to outwit Loki and play him at his own game? The one where she leaps onto an alien aircraft and works out how to steer it by stabbing the pilot with her knives? The one where she saves the world? It feels almost too ridiculous to say this, but it seems to me like a certain segment of the population have somehow been so blinded by Scarlett Johansson's attractiveness that they think her only asset is the ability to look good in a catsuit. And you know what? That isn't even an asset she utilises in this movie.
this moment in the Avengers press tour (around 3 minutes in), which says a lot about the kind of questions actresses habitually have to answer when promoting their films. While Robert Downey Jr gets a complex question about characterisation, Johansson gets asked what she ate in preparation for her role. Black Widow isn't just a body. Scarlett Johansson isn't just a body.
I've even seen people complaining about Black Widow being afraid of the Hulk. Hey, guys, remember Lord of the Rings? That enormously successful movie franchise where the main characters spent the majority of the story being scared shitless, and as a result you somehow ended up believing that a giant glowing eye was a formidable and terrifying force of evil? Right. Wide-eyed terror is a perfectly reasonable response to the possibility of being stomped by a three-ton rage monster who is literally incapable of listening to reason. The more demonstrably fearsome something is, the more impressive it is when our heroes overcome that fear and tackle it head-on. One of the reasons why the Hulk was so effective in this movie was because everyone had a healthy respect for how dangerous he was, and Black Widow's reactions were a major part of selling that point to the audience.
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Previously: The costumes and characters of The Avengers, Part 1: SHIELD. and Part 2: Tony Stark, Pepper Potts, and Bruce Banner and Part 3: Steve Rogers/Captain America.
- My favourite Hawkeye & Black Widow fanart of all time: Genderswapped Clint and Natasha, by Kreugan. Their expressions are so perfect!
- Cartoonist Gingerhaze's commentary on Hawkeye's original costume.
- Hawkeye and Black Widow's posters from the Mondo Posters series.
- Awesome fanart of the girl from Brave as Clint & Natasha's daughter.

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Women are under paid in Hollywood
This week only one new movie came out and it was "Hot Pursuit" starring Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara. It's not a great movie but that mixed with a series of articles lead us to the discussion of equal pay for women in Hollywood. We try to explain why they're not paid equally but ultimately come back to the fact that they should be. It's not just Hollywood, it's all over the world, but why not start in Hollywood at least.
Our Undisputed Classic was actually a Cult Classic Guantlet that Sean laid down before Josh and I. We were tasked to check out the Netflix Cult Classic section and each check out a movie for the first time. Sean loved "Goon," I appreciated and "Reanimator" and Josh loathed "Wet Hot American Summer" despite the fact that both Sean and I love the flick.
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Corporate Rot--Readers Respond
The April 5 entry on "Corporate Rot" drew a number of thoughtful responses from readers, some supporting the thesis and others contesting it.
While I understand how fluid labor markets contribute mightily to the "productivity" and adaptability of the U.S. economy, I am not persuaded that an obsession with short-term financial results, human-resource software filters and an atrophying of long-term experience are healthy trends. The facts are that corporate profits have risen to post-World War II highs ($1.3 trillion a year, fully 10% of the entire GDP) while wages have remained flat except within the top tier of wage-earners.
Is this imbalance justified in a Darwinian way, i.e. corporations have successfully adapted to post-industrial globalization while 90% of American workers have not? The larger question is: have U.S. corporations eaten their seed corn by throwing off long-term employment as a profit-diminishing yoke?
Here are six (very different) commentaries contributed by readers. In order to keep this page's file size managable, I've placed all the commentaries on a separate page. I think you'll find the variety of viewpoints most interesting.
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Saturday, April 21, 2007
Corporate Rot--Readers Respond
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The Time To Learn From The 1868 Hayward Fault Earthquake Is NOW
It is a sobering endeavor to remember the 1868 Hayward Fault Earthquake, the last major eruption on our local fault. The USGS states that major destructive earthquakes occur along the Hayward Fault, on average, every 138 years. This means that since 2006 we have been due for another. There is no doubt that the Hayward Fault, the most densely populated earthquake fault in the United States, is going to lash out mightily sometime soon. Is "soon" in a few decades, a few years, a few minutes?
The fact is that, as a community, we have chosen to ignore what happened on October 21, 1868, at 7:54am, and at what is most likely in store for us. Few know the facts of this history. What is to be seen is not pretty. It is rather ominous.
The forty-five-second 1868 Hayward Earthquake (over 2½ times longer in duration than Loma Preita, and equal in intensity to the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake) arrived with a rumble and then increased shaking. Then it stopped for a second or two. It then resumed with a growing and overwhelming power and clamor. It ended with an oscillating motion in many locations.
Many people were knocked down and could not stand again until the shaking stopped. Some folks grabbed onto trees or fences to try to stabilize themselves. Many trees swayed like pendulums. People were propelled across their rooms and back again. A number of residents all over the Bay Area witnessed fissures in the earth open and then close again like a hungry mouth. Some folks just sank down and waited. Many assumed this was it for them and began to prepare to meet their doom. Panic ensued in some places, and as far away as Sacramento people charged into the streets through the dust as soon as the wild gyrations stopped. The Hayward fault had ruptured from south of Fremont to as far north as what would become Berkeley.
Many people experienced the quake and its intense horizontal shaking but had no or only minor damage to their structures. In general, it depended on what kind of ground you happened to be on and what kind of building you were in. There were locations where destroyed buildings and unharmed ones were right next to each other. San Francisco suffered major damage, mostly in the area of the "made-ground" where Yerba Buena Cove had been filled in (now the Financial District). This area had previously been ten to eighty feet deep in mud. As a rule of thumb, the further from the epicenter (Hayward) you were, the less intense your experience was, but there were notable exceptions to that rule.
Many people reported feeling a sinking feeling, nausea or dizziness during the quake. Some reported an electrical feeling in their knees. Huge boulders rolled out of the East Bay hills taking trees with them. Long-dry creek beds suddenly gushed with water. Fissures opened in the ground in numerous locations all over the East Bay and as far south as Santa Cruz. Fissures opened by Lake Merritt and the bay shore in Oakland, at the base of the Hayward hills, and along the San Ramon Valley and hills in Contra Costa County. It was almost impossible for the stage coach to traverse the road between San Leandro and Warm Springs due to the many crevices. A man herding his cattle in Summerville had to leap two or three paces to avoid falling in a fast-forming gap in the earth during the rumbling. Some fissures spouted dust or water, one gushing as high as fifty feet in the air. Some earth was raised up, while other nearby areas fell and became ponds. New springs were born while others dried up.
A continuous nine-mile-long fissure opened starting in Oakland around Mills College, extending south and east to San Leandro. Later studies indicate the straight fissure, ranging from six inches to six feet in width, continued for thirty miles.
The earthquake of 1868 was powerful enough ‒ somewhere between a 6.8 and a 7.0 ‒ that even after destroying much of the small towns of San Leandro and Hayward, it still had enough wallop to slither with the speed of a jet fighter to Sacramento, where it shook the ground with such violence that the Sacramento River ran momentarily backwards, leaving the ship The Globe sitting in mud. The river returned in a matter of seconds with a two-foot wave that pounded dockside ships intensely. People "vomited" (to quote Mark Twain) into the streets in general confusion and fear, though not panic.
Some large warehouses near San Francisco Bay sank. Others in the flatlands collapsed. One toppled into the bay near Warm Springs. Some were untouched, especially on the hills of San Francisco.
Kanaka Davis had built a two-story house along the mouth of San Leandro Creek. During the earthquake, it sank to its second story into a wide earthquake fissure. The family was still inside. They miraculously escaped unharmed. Other buildings were ripped in half, tipped, or in various stages of collapse or damage. Most chimneys were toppled or twisted. Large areas, such as all of Oakland, were almost devoid of standing chimneys. Interestingly, every downed chimney there fell in a southerly direction. In Oakland, glass littered Broadway, some brick buildings suffered collapsing walls, and some did not. Some were destroyed, some unharmed.
Brick buildings in much of the Bay Area did not, as a whole, perform well. After the quake there was a call to limit their height and require that they be reinforced with steel. Others demanded that city hall structures be rebuilt with wood rather than masonry materials. Damage to city halls or courthouses was almost universal.
The eleven chimneys of the California School for the Deaf, in what would become Berkeley a decade later, were knocked down. The massive new stone building, which was in the process of being completed, suffered some downed gable-end walls and other repairable damage. One workman was about 140 feet in the air, at the top of the new wooden tower, when the earthquake exploded. He held on while it swayed many feet back and forth. The majority of the building held together well. One workman commented that if the construction had been of brick and not stone, the school would not have been left standing.
The Hayward Fault's western side ruptured six feet horizontally to the north, on average, that morning. The fault physically ruptured as far north as what would become Berkeley. Down at Jacob's Wharf, by the shoreline, much lumber was tossed into the bay.
The Bay Area population of 1868 was fundamentally brave, hearty and self-reliant, and began cleaning up the mess at once. Then they began rebuilding and repairing with determination. They had no choice. Deaths were surprisingly few, somewhere around thirty. Given the magnitude and reach of the earthquake, the East Bay was amazingly lucky. But there were only about 24,000 people living near the fault in 1868, which limited casualties. Today there are over two million.
Within a matter of days, the people of 1868 quickly thought about and published the lessons of the event. They concluded that chimneys above the roofline should be made of sheet metal and not brick. Many believed that well-built, wood-frame houses were basically earthquake-proof if they had a proper foundation on solid land. They warned to never build with heavy cornices, overhangs, or awnings, as they could fall and kill people running out of buildings, as had just occurred. They said good mortar must be used in building walls and chimneys. They cautioned that masonry buildings should have metal braces and ties, and that foundations and walls should be thick. Firewalls above roofs ‒ mandated to help prevent fires from spreading quickly from one roof to another ‒ were condemned as they fell with such thunder and frightening frequency in the earthquake. Earthquake dangers now took precedence over fire hazards, the previous number-one danger.
Most of all, people were cautioned not to run out of buildings during an earthquake and to stay calm. Some called for a commission to study the best practices for future building and for those recommendations to be enforced.
Newspapers noted that deaths from natural disasters in California were much less than back east, where 300 people had died of sunstroke in New York the previous year. They urged strength, faith, and determination. They stated their lessons clearly. If those lessons had been followed, especially by governmental officials, hundreds of people would not have lost their lives in the subsequent 1906 earthquake.
Look around. Look around your house, your block, and your neighborhood. We have built pipelines for jet fuel on our bay shore and oil refineries in and near our communities. We have fire, toxic, and collapse hazards. We also have bridges and gas stations and overpasses and chemical plants posing unknown potential risks. We continue to build on "made-land," and pretend that human engineering of a masonry football stadium directly on the Hayward Fault will protect tens of thousands of people when a forty-mile mass of earth intends to rupture and shift.
An invisible Paul "Earthquake" Revere is riding down your block crying out, "The earthquake is coming. The earthquake is coming." But few are listening. They are talking on cell phones or texting. They are ordering from menus and busy with chores and children. They are us.
Time is running out to prepare for a potentially massive disaster. Here we sit. Some of us are just waiting. Others are preparing for what is surely on its way to our homes ‒ soon.
On Saturday October 27, Berkeley historian and author Richard Schwartz will give an illustrated dinner/talk on the history of the 1868 Hayward Fault Earthquake at Spenger's Fresh Fish Grotto, from 5:30 to 7:30pm. Reservations are required, by October 21. For more information call Builders Booksource: 510-845-6874.


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Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (shown) told the World Health Assembly (WHA) on Monday that "universal health coverage" is a "right" and that it is the responsibility of "national governments" to achieve this goal.
Speaking at a plenary session of the World Health Organization's (WHO) governing body in Geneva, Switzerland, Sebelius said, "One goal that is particularly essential to health and development … is universal health coverage. Advancing the health of our nations is a fundamental commitment we make to all our people. As President Obama recently reminded us, access to health care is 'not some earned privilege — it is a right.''" (Emphasis in original.)
In other words, everyone is entitled to healthcare whether he can pay for it or not. This clearly is not a right in the sense of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" — rights that every person can exercise without imposing on others. Instead, it is a government-granted privilege whereby some individuals are permitted to plunder others — and where the victims of this theft are penalized by the government for resisting.
It is clear that this is the kind of "right" that Sebelius has in mind. "Expanding access to health coverage," she told the WHA, "is a responsibility belonging chiefly to national governments."
Other nations may foolishly believe this — and are learning the hard way that nationalized healthcare means declining quality of care and ultimately euthanasia — but in the United States healthcare and coverage are plainly no business of the federal government. Tortured Supreme Court decisions notwithstanding, nothing in the U.S. Constitution authorizes the federal government to be involved in healthcare or health insurance in any way, shape, or form. Sebelius and the other globalists at the WHA may wish it were otherwise, but it is not.
"The Americas region," Sebelius noted, has "come together to promote equitable access to essential health services."
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In every nation, those who live in extreme poverty, people with disabilities, and members of traditionally discriminated-against groups have all faced additional barriers to good health and the security of health coverage. Some of those barriers have been put in place by stigma and discrimination. For our goal of universal health coverage to be truly universal, we must work tirelessly to remove those social and institutional barriers — and to find new ways to reach out to those who are most vulnerable to health disparities. We need to ensure that all people, even those at the margins of our societies, have the full opportunity to access health coverage.
Few would question the notion that some people have been unfairly denied healthcare because of prejudices. The difference of opinion concerns how to rectify this injustice. To Sebelius, the only possible solution is to use the blunt instrument of the state to force people to treat everyone equally. Others, observing that Sebelius' way invariably leads to a trampling of property rights and the institutionalizing of reverse discrimination, prefer persuasion through appeals to moral teachings such as the Golden Rule, an approach that preserves individual liberty and leads to more lasting improvements rather than breeding resentment.
Sebelius went on to tout the Obama administration's healthcare policies.
"In the U.S., we are now in the process of dramatically expanding Americans' access to affordable health coverage," she said.
That, of course, is a reference to ObamaCare, a law that, far from making health insurance "affordable," is making it vastly more expensive, as 17 of the nation's largest insurance companies recently told the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
"Consumers purchasing health insurance on the individual market may face premium increases of nearly 100 percent on average, with potential highs eclipsing 400 percent," the committee wrote in a report summarizing the data provided by the insurers.
Access to health coverage can hardly be said to be increasing, either. Employers are reducing employees' work hours to avoid having to offer them cost-prohibitive health insurance. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that beginning in 2019, as many as 20 million Americans each year are likely to lose their employer-based health coverage. And according to a new poll by the American Action Forum, young adults will drop their health coverage, opting to pay the (cheaper) individual mandate penalty instead, if their premiums increase significantly, as they almost certainly will. This will put even more upward pressure on premiums for those retaining coverage.
"New rules have been put in place to prevent the worst insurance company abuses that for decades contributed to many people being denied care," Sebelius told the WHA.
What she means, of course, is that insurers are no longer allowed to take each potential beneficiary's risk into consideration when deciding whether to offer him coverage and at what rate. As Dr. Jane Orient told The New American in 2010, ObamaCare "basically outlaws anything that follows the principles of insurance." Insurance companies are now expected to operate as charities, offering a nearly infinite variety of mandated benefits to everyone who applies and at the same rate regardless of how sick — and therefore costly to the insurer — the applicant is. This will surely lead to higher and higher premiums or the bankruptcy of the insurance industry — or, in the long term, both.
The Obama administration, Sebelius said, has created a "domestic action plan for reducing racial and ethnic health disparities," which can only mean the dispossession of some racial and ethnic groups to benefit those with political power.
She continued:
But we know that health disparities are often exacerbated by forces that go beyond access to care. For example, due to market failures, there are insufficient incentives for private sector investment in research and development for products to address diseases that primarily affect the poor. And this often results in products that are too expensive, not ideally formulated, and often lacking in innovation entirely.
As the observant recognize, "market failure" is one of the standard excuses for government intervention into the economy. If some group doesn't get what it wants, it blames the market and demands that the government make things right. In this case, presumably, an already-bankrupt Washington will be called upon to "invest" taxpayer dollars in coming up with treatments for diseases affecting the poor. Besides being unconstitutional, such an approach will end up costing vastly more than it would if privately funded, diverting resources from more highly valued private uses, and driving the United States ever more deeply into debt.
Sebelius' prescription for access to affordable healthcare is a cure worse than the disease. In fact, it is just more of the same disease — socialism — that already afflicts healthcare systems the world over. The only cure for that disease is to excise it from the body politic like the cancerous tumor it is and to let freedom ring.
Photo of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius: AP Images


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DMY Berlin is an international design network for contemporary product design. At the yearly DMY International Design Festival Berlin both renowned and young, experimental designers launch new products, prototypes and foresighted projects. The exhibition is accompanied by a wide program of symposia, designer-talks and workshops, able to reflect current topics of contemporary design and to reveal necessary future trends of design and its related disciplines.
In collaboration with the Bauhaus Archiv / Museum für Gestaltung, DMY yearly assigns the DMY Awards for excellent projects. With international exhibitions and activities in Europe, Asia and South America, DMY gives visibility to unconventional and innovative projects and products that go beyond the mainstream. Janne Kyttanen is selected to design the awards for this year's event. There jury exists of the following designers:
Jurgen Bey (designer, Studio Makkink&Bey)
Jerszy Seymour (designer, Jerszy Seymour Design Workshop)
Werner Aisslinger (designer, Studio Aisslinger)
Hella Jongerius (designer, Jongeriuslab)
Patrick Reymond (designer, Atelier oï)
This years event is held at one of the hangars of the historic Berlin airport, Tempelhof. FOC is exhibiting in collaboration with its German agent, Now is here.
DMY Hangar 5 - Stand 142:
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text: The spiny-tailed monitor, also known as the ridge-tailed monitor or spiny-tailed "goanna," exists in a number of sizes and colors throughout northwestern Australia. The spikes ring the tail, directed backward from the body, making it difficult to pull the monitor from a rocky crevice where it may be hiding. The tail is also useful in hunting, as the lizard can whip it around as a large, spiky club to attack prey. Though this species can be highly variable in color and pattern, red and yellow are the two distinct forms. Here at the National Aquarium, visitors can see the red phase spiny-tailed monitor, noted by its distinct brick-red color accented with dark and cream ringed spots. Did You Know? This monitor uses its tail to wedge itself into tight crevices. Diet Spiny-tailed monitors are carnivores with a voracious appetite. Juveniles in the wild feed on insects, while adults feed primarily on smaller reptiles and mammals. We offer our monitors a variety of insects and small rodents weekly, allowing guests the opportunity to observe their feeding behavior. Size The maximum length of the spiny-tailed monitor is approximately 2 feet, although size varies with region. Range The spiny-tailed monitor is native to the northwestern part of Australia, in habitats ranging from tropical escarpment to red sand deserts. Population Status The spiny-tailed monitor is common within its range. Predators Raptors, snakes and other monitors all prey on the spiny-tailed monitor, consuming adults, juveniles and eggs. Back to the Top


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A couple of Walmarts here spewed forth the Wave 11 alt case with 3x each of Lando, Han, Madine, and Bespin Leia (which isn't a bad thing) but to such a severe load that I'm wondering if that assortment will choke them out for a while.
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There's been talk for weeks among fantasy football circles on how much owners should invest in consistent players or "high-upside" guys. You know, players with potential to put together a great year.
There's been talk for weeks among fantasy football circles on how much owners should invest in consistent players or "high-upside" guys. You know, players with potential to put together a great year.
For example, consistent fantasy players include Larry Fitzgerald (ARI), Michael Turner (ATL) and Maurice Jones-Drew (JAC). High-ceiling players include Reggie Bush (MIA), Marshawn Lynch (SEA) and Michael Vick (PHI)
Lynch exploded during the second half of last season and Bush was a consistent double-digit scorer from Week 8 until the end of the year.
Both backs had forgettable first-half results and don't have very consistent track records, but their ceiling will leave people reaching.
Then there's Michael Vick (PHI).
Vick's last two preseason games have been a microcosm of what makes drafting the quarterback so dangerous. We all know just how uncanny Vick's stats can be as we witnessed in 2010. But Vick has been injury prone throughout his career, missing 11 games since joining Philadelphia.
Last season, Vick still finished 17th overall in points scored in fantasy and was the 11th-best fantasy QB, so his 2011 campaign wasn't anything close to a failure.
To draft him in the third-, fourth- and fifth-rounds isn't exactly a reach. But he missed critical weeks a year ago — Weeks 11, 12 and 13, when fantasy owners are vying for playoff position — and his recent rib injury is obviously cause for concern.
It just proves why drafting Vick too high may not be your best option. But if you do, make sure you grab a more reliable backup QB.
As for other high-upside players, they don't have to be injured to be ineffective. They could just play at a low level for weeks. Remember how explosive Mike Wallace (PIT) was in the first half of the 2011 season? By season's end, Antonio Brown (PIT) was outscoring him.
High-upside players are great, especially when you're in a pinch when others don't perform as well as expected. They can be the difference in winning and losing your weekly matchup.
You just have to wary and draft wisely to build around inconsistencies in later rounds.
Where have all the Cowboys gone?
Dez Bryant, Miles Austin and Jason Witten (DAL) have all suffered injuries in the last week.
Austin has a hamstring injury and I swear he's had a hammy injury for the last two seasons. He'll be out for the remainder of preseason.
Bryant has a knee injury that may or may not be considered serious and Witten lacerated his spleen.
I'm not sure yet what this does to Dallas quarterback Tony Romo's value, but with his top three targets potentially hobbled going into Week 1 of the regular season, it likely doesn't help much.
By the way, the Cowboys start their year off early taking on the NY Giants in league's season-opener Thursday, September 5, which means they have less time to heal than most.
Romo could fall a round or two as a result, so keep your eyes open in drafts.
The Purple Drank list — Presented by JaMarcus Russell
Overvalued or overrated. It doesn't take much to land on The Purple Drank list for the preseason. These are the duds I'm projecting out for the 2012 season.
Either I don't trust their projected value, don't care for the team's usage of the player or just think they stink and always have.
Throughout the season, I'll project each week which players I believe won't live up to billing or just plain can't and shouldn't start for your team. Be careful, I've been wrong plenty of times on this list — regular readers know just how many times I've ended up putting Lynch on here, only to look foolish and eat crow the following week.
Next week, I'll unveil my six "Don't Sleep on my Sleepers" preseason list. Some won't exactly be sleepers, but players that are undervalued, according to average draft position.
QB: Sam Bradford (STL)
RB: Stevan Ridley (NE), Shonne Greene (NY Jets), Roy Helu (WAS)
WR: Kenny Britt (TEN), Dez Bryant (DAL)
Joey Baskerville (@jmark79) writes his Pick Six Weekly column every Wednesday during the NFL season. He is a sports writer for The Journal-Standard. Reach him at email@example.com.


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Author(s): Elizabeth Gilbert
mind spirit religion philosophy
A must-have, one-of-a-kind, limited presentation-case edition of worldwide bestseller Elizabeth Gilbert's Big Magic, each bound in unique art by watercolor rock star Lourdes Sanchez.
In the spirit of Big Magic, a limited edition of two hundred and fifty copies has been created, each of them signed, numbered, and bound in a unique piece of art created by New York artist Lourdes Sanchez, printed on satin, stamped with gold foil, and housed in a pristine white presentation case. Sanchez s geometric works reference ancient tribal cultures, cellular biology, urban detritus, the natural world, and the quest for union with a spiritual force. Her paintings are represented by the Sears Peyton Gallery, where she had her first solo show in New York City this spring.
Big Magic reveals the secrets of Elizabeth Gilbert's own generative process and shares her unique wisdom and perspective on creativity. Gilbert offers insights into the mysterious nature of inspiration and discusses the attitudes, approaches, and habits that let us live our most vibrant lives. Embrace curiosity. Let go of needless suffering. Tackle what we most love, and face down what we most fear. Balancing between soulful spirituality and cheerful pragmatism, she helps unearth the "strange jewels" that are hidden within each of us. Whether making art, find new ways to address challenges in our work, or embarking on a dream long deferred, Big Magic cracks open a world of wonder and joy.
From the worldwide bestselling author of Eat Pray Love: the path to the vibrant, fulfilling life you've dreamed of
If a more likable writer than Gilbert is currently in print, I haven't found him or her ... Gilbert's prose is fuelled by a mix of intelligence, wit and colloquial exuberance that is close to irresistible, and makes the reader only too glad to join the posse of friends and devotees who have the pleasure of listening in Jennifer Egan, New York Times Book Review A writer of incandescent talent Annie Proulx Gilbert dares us into adventures of worldly discovery Barbara Kingsolver, New York Times Book Review Sumptuous ... Gilbert's prose is by turns flinty, funny, and incandescent New Yorker Readers prepared to enter Gilbert Time will be rewarded: she is an unflaggingly curious writer, prone to delightful touches Lucy Atkins, Sunday Times Smart but unpretentious, funny, warm, and generous ... By the end of one of her books, you feel as if she is your friend, too San Francisco Chronicle Charming ... Her tone is relentlessly endearing. It's like talking to your hippy-est friend, the one who never turns up at the right bar but always makes you feel great once she's got there ... Some great stuff about the power of ideas themselves, about how utterly useless emotions such as fear are when trying to do anything creative, and why we all have a right to live creatively The Debrief Gilbert writes about enchantment and wonder, but her feet are always firmly on the ground ...Eminently practical ... Witty and self-aware, she never urges her readers to just follow their dreams or to believe that they can't fail, or any of the usual platitudes often thrown at people with creative ambitions ... It's all very refreshing ... In almost every section of Big Magic I found something that rang perfectly true to my situation, something that helped me to view my work and creative stumbling blocks in a new and more productive way ... Whether you're worried about getting started, burning out, making money, failing or even succeeding, there is something in this book that will speak to you Irish Times Gilbert offers powerful insights into the mysterious nature of creativity, and she delivers the vibrant message that we can all find, and create, magic Veggie Doing that [Turning fear into a positive force in your life] starts simply by acknowledging that having fear isn't the same as letting it control you. In her book Big Magic, Elizabeth Gilbert describes this brilliantly, explaining that living life healthily alongside fear is like taking it on a road trip Top Sante Health and Beauty I was feeling fragile about quite a few exciting projects that were up in the air. This book, which is all about creativity, helped me recognise anxiety is just part of the creative process, which made me much more accepting of the way I was feeling. Elizabeth Gilbert is the author of Eat, Pray, Love - she's so open and makes me laugh. I buy this for loved ones and recommend it to clients and students who I think will find it inspiring -- Eve Menezes Cunningham Fit Well
Elizabeth Gilbert is the number one bestselling author of Eat Pray Love and several other international bestselling books of fiction and non-fiction. Her story collection Pilgrims was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway award; The Last American Man was a finalist for both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Her follow-up memoir to Eat Pray Love, Committed, became an instant number one New York Times bestseller. She has published two novels, Stern Men and The Signature of All Things, which was longlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction and shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize. She lives in New Jersey. www.elizabethgilbert.com @GilbertLiz


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It was an adorable sight and tough to miss, but perhaps easy to trip over.
Toddling about in the mix of bright jerseys, long-legged racers, and thin, wagon-wheeled race bikes at Saturday's leg of the Tour de Murrieta was an army of little ones, on lavender Disney princess bikes, shiny tricycles, and more.
Wearing numbers of their own pinned to their shirts, Saturday's noon heat was just for the kids.
"This is how we give back to the community," said Tour de Murrieta race director Aaron Goodale, who also helps oversee the Tour De Murrieta Kids Race. "This gives them a taste for cycling and racing, this is their introduction."
The three-day Tour de Murrieta is in its eighth year. Cyclists hit the streets of Murrieta's Old Town and the pretty landscape of this hilly valley for several events over the weekend.
The kid's race, a highlight of what has become one of the city's signature events, was divided into three sections: a 50-yard dash for 3- to 6-year-olds, and two separate mile races for ages 7 to 10 and 11 to 12. The entry fee was one can of food for the local food pantry.
Parents watched from lawn chairs nearby and cheered along the way, sometimes helping their little ones back onto their bicycles. They said they liked their children catching the race bug early on.
Peter D'Aquanni, of Murrieta, said he has raced for years, but Saturday he was helping 2-year-old Matteo D'Aquanni stay focused on a pedal-less bicycle known as a "balance bike." Nearby, 4-year-old Sierra D'Aquanni pedalled along with their mother Erin D'Aquanni walking alongside.
"They were so excited about this," said the father. "It's a great thing to have in the community."
Murrieta resident Heather Miller, whose three children participated, said the short event is just a snapshot in good sportsmanship.
"This teaches them about winning and losing," she said. "My 7-year-old was saying all morning that she was going to win, and she came in last place."
For the Crook family of Murrieta, the event was all about doing something together. Monnette Crook said her sons would have been home "doing nothing."
"This gets them out here and busy," she said. Eight-year-old Nathaniel, holding a bag of popcorn the size of his torso, said he came for "the food."
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How to Build a Home Business With Incentive Vacation Certificates
Incentive vacation certificates-also referred to as free travel vouchers-provide an excellent opportunity for both experienced and aspiring entrepreneurs to build a home-based business with little to no investment required. In fact, because the market for these no-cost coupons is still virtually untapped, there exists real potential to achieve significant success by distributing these products. Formal training or education in marketing or sales fields is not needed because any person with a little ambition and part time availability can earn a respectable income distributing free travel vouchers.
Not many people understand what incentive vacation certificates are; let alone that they can be used to start a home-based business. This is because it's hard for most to imagine why an airline company or hotel would possibly want to give away free tickets or reservations. However, what many don't realize is that these companies still profit when they give these coupons away: the recipients will still probably buy additional services or upgrades from the airline or buy merchandise and food from the airport. Hotels know that free guests will almost certainly spend money in their gift shops or eateries. Therefore, it makes sense to give these otherwise-unused seats and rooms away instead of earning nothing. After all, the vast majority of seats and reservations go unsold except during peak times.
How do you get free travel vouchers? It's actually quite simple. Airlines and hotel companies contract with certain outside companies who are permitted to offer these coupons to the public under very specific conditions. These companies in turn offer printing rights to consumers. Buyers can elect between free air vouchers, free hotel stays and complete combination packages, although each has different terms and conditions that must be met. Once you buy the printing rights (very inexpensive, typically $ 10 to $ 25 for unlimited rights) your name or company information will be printed on the coupons along with a unique code that identifies you to the issuer.
Once you've printed some vouchers you can give them away for free or sell them-either way you'll earn money when your customer redeems. Some people find little value in free things and so marketers actually sell the vouchers to their clients, while other people can't resist the thought of a free vacation and so redeem certificates in droves. Generally speaking this is a product that is appealing to any demographic, so targeting consumers is relatively easy. Whether you charge for your products or not, you'll need to market them using one or a combination of the following marketing tactics:
* Your own travel-related website or blog
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* Article directory submissions
* Email campaigns
* Print
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With an initial investment cost of $ 10 or less, capital can be retained for any of these marketing methods. However, you can also market free travel vouchers at next to no cost simply by purchasing a.info domain and using free software to build a website hosted on a free server. You …


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FOOD- Chow down! Welcome to the Monthly Meal Plan
Each week in the Hook readers find the latest and greatest 0fferings of our local restaurant scene in our Food Finder section and in Dave McNair's column, "The Dish." Extensive as that food coverage is, it's but a single helping next to the all-you-can-read smorgasbord that is our new Monthly Meal Plan.
Inside, we serve up not only "The Dish," but also an expanded Food Finder featuring all our area restaurant listings. And if that weren't enough to fill your literary belly, dessert comes in the form of our new feature, "Kitchen Confidential," wherein area chefs and restaurateurs reveal the secrets of their trade and explain how to make their signature dishes at home.
So whether it's burgers or bouillabaisse, your server will always be the Monthly Meal Plan.


text: You paid a lot for those books, so here's how to get the best price when you sell them back at the end of the semester. By Cameron Huddleston, Former Online Editor December 2, 2010 Before the school year started, we told you how to cut your textbook costs in half -- or more. Now that the fall semester is almost over, it's time to sell those books back and get a little spending money for the holidays. The campus bookstore may be a convenient way to do this, but you'll likely get more money back if you sell your books online. I did a little comparison shopping to find out how much more. I teach a journalism course at the university where I live, so I used the book from my class, Writing and Reporting News. The retail price is about $120. Sponsored Content First I checked the buyback price at the university bookstore: $37. Advertisement The I used two of the comparison Web sites we recommended in the story about cutting textbook costs -- Bigwords.com and CampusBooks.com. Of the 13 purchasers Bigwords.com listed when I did a buyback price search for Writing and Reporting News, eCAMPUS.com was offering the best price: $50.16 in store credit or $41.80 cash. Plus, Bigwords.com provides free, printable shipping labels and will send you a check or credit your Paypal account within seven to ten days. (Chegg actually had the best buyback price listed, $80.14. But when I clicked through to the site, Chegg said it could not buy back this book.) My search on CampusBooks.com turned up a better cash price from Bookleberry.com: $49.95. And shipping is free on books more than $25. So before you tote all your books to the campus bookstore, do a little searching online to see if you can get better buyback prices elsewhere. Follow me on Twitter


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Saturday's online sale for admission to this year's
The online purchase process began at 9 a.m. and within minutes many would-be purchasers were informed of the grim news: the "online waiting room has reached capacity and it is unlikely that badges are still available."
Within less than an hour, all of the four-day badges for the July convention were gone.
Last year, all tickets to the pop culture extravaganza sold out in a record one hour and 20 minutes. Saturday's sellout took roughly one hour and 40 minutes. Organizers, while they would like to accommodate more fans, have said they long ago outgrew the capacity of the city's downtown convention center.
The city has approved an expansion of the center, but construction cannot start until it is approved by the California Coastal Commission. The $520 million project also faces legal hurdles. The city is awaiting the outcome of a lawsuit it filed to confirm whether the hotel room surcharge approved to finance the expansion is legal. A hearing is scheduled for later this month.
In the meantime, Comic-Con International has committed to staying in San Diego through 2016, despite being heavily wooed by other cities. A 2008 survey quantified the economic impact of the four-day event, which attracts some 130,000 attendees, although many of them locals. The survey concluded that spending on lodging, meals, transportation and other related items totaled $67.8 million, which includes $25 million rung up by conventioneers occupying nearly 31,000 hotel rooms.
While no other opportunities for obtaining a badge to Comic-Con have been scheduled, organizers offer some hope. For those who did not make it into the online waiting room Saturday morning, they were told to "check our website frequently or follow us on Facebook and Twitter for important badge resale announcements later this year."


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Radial shaft seals
Radial shaft seals are used between rotating and stationary machine components (fig 1) or between two components in relative motion and consist of two main parts:
- A cylindrical outer covering of sheet steel (case) or an elastomer that has the requisite interference fit to seal statically against the housing bore.
- A sealing lip made of an elastomeric or thermoplastic material that seals dynamically and statically against the shaft. The lip has a sealing edge that is formed by moulding, cutting or grinding. It is normally pressed against the counterface surface of the shaft, with a defined radial load, by a garter spring. The edge of the sealing lip and the shaft counterface surface form the most important functional area of a radial shaft seal. The sealing effect of the lip can be enhanced by designing the contact area of the lip with hydrodynamic features.
Some radial shaft seal designs have an auxiliary lip that protects the primary sealing lip from dust and other contaminants. A suitable lubricant in the space between the primary sealing lip and the auxiliary lip can reduce wear and delay corrosion. Contaminants that have passed the auxiliary lip will eventually cause damage in the counterface surface area. A build-up of heat can also occur between the two lips, resulting in premature wear.
Radial shaft seals are used in a multitude of applications. Because of the importance of radial shaft seals for the operational reliability and service life of machines and equipment, both seal manufacturers and users are equally interested, to some degree, in standardization. This has led to the establishment of national and international standards and guidelines listed in the table. These cover boundary dimensions, tolerances, material specifications, test methods and terminology as well as the basic outside diameter constructions and sealing lip arrangements.


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1964 Chevrolet C-10 - Kevin's Keepsake
A Testament To Teamwork
It's pretty safe to say that just about all of us have one special pal who's more like a brother than a friend-someone who really is a pleasure having as a helping hand out in the shop. And that's a big part of the story behind this stunning '64 big-window. Kevin Fillenberg and his best friend, Tyler Campbell, started out with the dream of combining their skills and building a one-of-a-kind '64 that'd stop folks in their tracks. As you can plainly see, the guys have for sure met their goal, but sadly Kevin's pal Tyler died in August of 2009-leaving without being able to enjoy the fruits of the duo's labor. Rightfully, Kevin has dedicated this truck to Tyler-and this feature, in a few words, says, "Here you go Tye, we made it, a feature in CLASSIC TRUCKS magazine!"
Seven years ago in a local pub Kevin and Tye overheard a gentleman who was going through a divorce say he had a rough old '64 Chevy big-window for sale. It was exactly what Kevin was looking for. "It's my birth year and the only year, plus it had the perfect combination (a shortbed, Fleetside, and a big back window) I'd been looking for," Kevin says. After getting it home and formulating a plan, Kevin enlisted Tyler's help and the guys began the tedious process of creating a hot rod out of old farm truck. The motor was the first thing to get tossed; Kevin wanted a heck of a lot more power than the original straight-six with the standard four-speed tranny put out. Kevin chose Larry Speer out of Thornton, Colorado, to do all the engine assembly and machine work for him. He decided to go with a 402 big-block from a '72 Chevy and then had it bored out .030 over. A COMP Cams Magnum bumpstick was installed with a lift of .550 and a 260-degree duration, Kevin chose an Action Plus intake manifold from Weiand. The carburetor is a Performer 720 cfm from Edelbrock with a Hilborn-style air cleaner. With all that fresh power that 402 needed a way to fully express itself. For this Kevin chose to go with a set of 2-inch Hooker headers, which run into 21/2-inch Flowmaster pipes and finally release from a couple of 50 series Flowmaster mufflers letting everyone around know who's boss! Now this beast couldn't go anywhere without a nice strong tranny behind it so Kevin went with a beefed-up 700-R4 overdrive trans. The powerplant he ended up with may not be the biggest engine out there, but it sure ain't no sissy and believe me Kevin isn't afraid of lettin' that fact be known!
With his motorvation problems out of the way Kevin moved on and paid some attention to the frame and suspension. Kevin had Tim Lucero from Ikonz Customs in Denver do most of the frame and suspension work for him. Starting with the front he used all stock '84 Chevy crossmembers, suspension, and disc brakes. Wanting a low low stance Kevin went with an air ride setup from Ridetech. The Chevy sits on the crossmember when slammed, so let's just hope Kev never forgets to raise it up before he takes off-ouch! Moving on to the rear suspension Kevin tossed in a narrowed Ford 9-inch rear with 4.11s along with some traction bars. The rear drop on the leaf springs is roughly 4 inches. For a comfortable ride Kevin chose Bilstein shocks all around, and added disc brakes to his Curry Enterprises 9-inch.
Having predetermined the wheel/tire combo he was going with, Kevin knew he had to tub this baby out and C-notch the frame. Now Kevin didn't want just any ol' wheels tucked under his classic Chevy. With that in mind he chose a set of polished American Racing Torq Thrusts (15x8s up front) wrapped in a Remington 235/70R15s and a custom-made pair of 15x15s wrapped nicely in 31x18.5 Mickey Thompson Sportsmen out back. The body was next up on the guy's to-do list. First things first; the bumps, dents, and rust was tended to. Then all the seams were filled as well as the bed stake pockets. To fit the huge rear wheel/tire combo the stock tubs were widened 10 inches, as well. One of Kevin's favorite parts of the truck is the hood. It's a one-off custom-built cowl inducted hood built by Freddie Herring Jr. at Creative Visions in Northglenn, Colorado. The bed on this beauty was redone in oak with polished stainless steel strips. "I wanted to keep a vintage look to the '64 so I kept all the original trim, bumpers, and door handles," Kevin says. For the paint Kevin's wife, Lori, had a hand in the build helping him decide that the purple she chose was the perfect color for his truck. Agreeing and going along with his wife, Kevin chose Sherwin-Williams Hot Rod Purple with a red pearl for his masterpiece.
With the interior last on his list, Kev wanted to keep it as original as possible but with a couple modern tweaks to it. The dash and door panels are all painted to match the exterior, and keeping to his somewhat vintage look Kevin decided to retain the original Delco in the dash-and it actually works! A bench seat out of a late '90s Chevy pickup was refinished in black leather and purple tweed, accented by brand-new black carpet. The steering wheel (a GTX01) from Billet Specialties and the knobs, door handles, cranks, and defrost vents are all billet aluminum, as well. The most noticeable interior accent would be his best friend Tyler's bandana that is kept hanging around the steering column, "It's like my good luck charm, my guardian angel," Kevin says.
Endless nights out in the garage and an empty pocketbook are what Kevin likes to refer to when talking about his truck. "The amount of time, money, and effort involved to build this truck was more and tougher than I expected," Kevin says. I asked Kevin what he would do differently if he was to do it again. "Absolutely nothing! I am proud of the truck and very pleased with the outcome," he says. Well Kev, I know Tye is looking down on you and the truck today with a big broad smile. You should be proud; it's a truck built to perfection not only in his eyes but everyone's, including ours.
Kevin Fillenberg
Thornton, Colorado
1964 Chevy C-10
|FRAME: modified stock
|MODIFICATIONS: '84 Chevy pickup crossmembers, C-notched
|REAREND / RATIO: Currie 9-inch / 4.11:1
|REAR SUSPENSION: de-arched leaf, lowering blocks
|REAR BRAKES: 11-inch disc
|FRONT SUSPENSION: '84 Chevy pickup
|FRONT BRAKES: disc
|STEERING BOX: '84 Chevrolet
|FRONT WHEELS: 15x5 American Racing, Torque Thrust
|REAR WHEELS: 15x15 American Racing, Torque Thrust
|FRONT TIRES: 235/70R15 Remington
|REAR TIRES: 31x18.5 Mickey Thompson Sportsmen
|GAS TANK: custom, stainless
|ENGINE: '72 Chevy, 402 ci
|HEADS: iron
|VALVE COVERS: Summit Racing
|MANIFOLD / INDUCTION: Weiand, Action Plus / Edelbrock Performer, 750 cfm
|HEADERS: Hooker
|EXHAUST / MUFFLERS: 2-inch Flowmaster / Flowmaster 50-Series
|SHIFTER: column
|STYLE: Custom Cab, Fleetside, big-window
|MODIFICATIONS: custom hood (GMC), filled seams, filled stake pockets, custom tubs
|FENDERS FRONT / REAR: stock / stock
|HOOD: customized GMC
|GRILLE: stock
|BED: stock
|BODYWORK AND PAINT BY: Freddie Herring Jr., Creative Visions, Northglenn, CO
|PAINT TYPE / COLOR: Sherwin-Williams / Hot Rod Purple, Red Pearl
|HEADLIGHTS / TAILLIGHTS: tri-bar halogen / stock (with blue dots)
|BUMPERS: stock
|DASHBOARD: stock
|GAUGES: refurbished stock
|STEREO: '64 Delco, a.m.
|STEERING WHEEL: Billet Specialties
|STEERING COLUMN: '84 Chevy pickup
|SEATS: '90s Chevy pickup
|MATERIAL / COLOR: leather, tweed / black, purple
|CARPET: black


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A special extended length episode where Downtown host a gameshow with the rest of the cast as contestants. They bring onto the main stage different guests or animals in pairs. Then they're asked a question such as which animal is female/male, the contestants must pick a side to go on. If they pick the wrong choice too many times they get a batsu. (NSFW Note: Topless women).
Some of the batsus in this are really "unique". Higashino's and Yamazaki's especially!
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When the program is fully running, visitors will be asked to pause at the gates, take off any hats, glasses or other obstructions, and look at the cameras before passing through.
It took three minutes for James Palmer to make it from the entrance of an Arkansas courthouse to the chambers of the judge he intended to kill.
Dressed in a long coat that hid two handguns and a rifle, Palmer went undetected on Sept. 13, 2011 — until he started firing. A secretary was injured in the leg, but the judge was at home that day. Palmer fired more than 70 rounds before dying in a firefight with officers.
St. Louis judges considered such a scenario in approving a pilot program for security at the Carnahan Courthouse downtown that brings a new twist to law enforcement's emerging use of facial recognition technology.
Unlike programs that have alarmed civil libertarians for snapping pictures of people to run through giant databases of mugshots and arrest records, what's being done here is much more targeted.
If a judge or prosecutor knows of a particular threat — someone such as Palmer, for example, who was angry at the judge over divorce and custody issues — that individual's photograph is put into a computer system. It sends an alert if that person is spotted by cameras at the courthouse entrances.
A group of current and retired St. Louis police officers developed the technology over eight years and recently formed a company, Blue Line Security Solutions, to market it. The St. Louis Circuit Court is one of three sites (a daycare and downtown business are the others) where they are testing the program for free.
"I think in today's world, being observed by a security camera is not that unusual or odd an event," said Mike Guzy, spokesman for Sheriff James Murphy, whose office secures the courthouse and transports prisoners. "The only difference here is if you have been deemed a threat, the security officers will be notified that you are on the premises."
Guzy, who brought the idea to the courthouse, emphasized, "We are not screening everybody who walks in to see if they have any unpaid parking tickets or anything like that."
Still, the pilot program has drawn concern from the American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri. Executive Director Jeffrey Mittman said in an interview Friday that in some ways, the targeted approach was more troubling than broad-based facial recognition applications.
"Whenever you start targeting people for differential treatment, and that targeting is being done by the government, we have to be very careful," he said. For example, he asked, "Who is responsible for selecting these people who are quote, unquote, flagged?"
The judges voted on the trial program in December, after a presentation that used the Arkansas shooting as an example. Palmer had raised alarms with his family, who communicated them to police just prior to the shooting.
The judges eventually will be asked to consider using the program on a permanent basis. Costs have not yet been worked out.
The cameras are perched at the top of the security gates at the courthouse. For several weeks, sheriff's deputies have been learning how to use them. When the program is fully running, visitors will be asked to pause at the gates, take off any hats, glasses or other obstructions, and look at the cameras before passing through.
The system compares each person's face to photographs stored in the computer. It alerts deputies if there is a match, and of the nature of the threat. The alert also can be sent to any designated iPhone — for instance, directly to a judge who has been threatened.
If a visitor who does not already have his or her photo stored later causes problems or becomes a threat, a security gate photo can be retrieved from the video feed. But other than that, nobody's images are stored.
"This was very specifically designed to only capture people you want to stop for security reasons," said St. Louis Police Major Joseph Spiess, one of the officers who started the company. "If you look at it and it doesn't recognize you as a threat, you're gone from the system."
Facial recognition technology has been used increasingly in both the private and public sectors. More than half the states use it in drivers license registries as a way to prevent ID fraud. Facebook uses it to suggest names to be added to photographs, and some companies have starting using it to target ads to consumers.
Where it has migrated into local law enforcement, the technology has been used mostly to check someone's criminal history based on a photograph, or for chasing leads in investigations.
What Blue Line proposes is much more narrow, Spiess said, and that is one of its major benefits.
Its approach allows for an almost instantaneous match, and thus, quick reactions to security problems, because the database being searched is relatively small. Spiess said he believed that narrowed use should allay civil liberties concerns.
In addition to courthouse security, Blue Line is marketing additional uses of the technology: to warn of a disgruntled former employee returning to the workplace, to alert shopping mall security of known shoplifters; and to help pharmacies ward off prescription drug theft and fraud.
It can also be used in reverse — for instance at a daycare or school, where photos of authorized people are entered into the system, flagging anyone who does not have permission to enter.
Blue Line has garnered interest from several area companies. And it is working on upgrades that could broaden its appeal: a point-and-zoom camera for identifying threats in crowds, a door release system for places that already have swipe card access but want to make sure the right person is using the card, and an application for people clocking into work.
"I think facial recognition will be everywhere in five years, and honestly, it's a race to get there," Spiess said.
Mittman, of the ACLU, said he had no complaint with private companies' doing what they want with security.
"But the courthouses are public buildings that belong to the people," he said. "To test something that has the potential to keep the public out is very concerning."
He said the ACLU would probably reach out to court officials to find a middle ground that addresses both security and their civil liberties.
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Wishin' and Hopin': A Christmas Story
It's 1964 and ten-year-old Felix is sure of a few things: the birds and the bees are puzzling, television is magical, and this is one Christmas he'll never forget.
LBJ and Lady Bird are in the White House, Meet the Beatles is on everyone's turntable, and Felix Funicello (distant cousin of the iconic Annette!) is doing his best to navigate fifth grade—easier said than done when scary movies still give you nightmares and you bear a striking resemblance to a certain adorable cartoon boy.
Back in his beloved fictional town of Three Rivers, Connecticut, with a new cast of endearing characters, Wally Lamb takes his readers straight into the halls of St. Aloysius Gonzaga Parochial School—where Mother Filomina's word is law and goody-two-shoes Rosalie Twerski is sure to be minding everyone's business. But grammar and arithmetic move to the back burner this holiday season with the sudden arrivals of substitute teacher Madame Frechette, straight from QuÉbec, and feisty Russian student Zhenya Kabakova. While Felix learns the meaning of French kissing, cultural misunderstanding, and tableaux vivants, Wishin' and Hopin' barrels toward one outrageous Christmas.
From the Funicello family's bus-station lunch counter to the elementary school playground (with an uproarious stop at the Pillsbury Bake-Off), Wishin' and Hopin' is a vivid slice of 1960s life, a wise and witty holiday tale that celebrates where we've been—and how far we've come.
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The first names that come to mind when you think of safe sex would probably not be Bristol Palin or The Situation, but that's not stopping the two reality TV stars from cutting a public service announcement extolling the virtues of abstinence.
In an ad for the Candie's Foundation, The Situation happens upon Palin backstage on "Dancing With the Stars," on which they both appeared this year.
"Excuse me miss, have you ever had a situation with the official Situation?" he says before recognizing who she was, calling her "B Palin."
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He continues to press his case, asking, "Like you're not gonna hook up before you're married, like for real?"
She replies that she knows "how hard it is to be a teen parent," a reference to her son Tripp, whom she had with ex-boyfriend Levi Johnston during her mother's vice-presidential run in 2008. She convinces the Situation that she's sincere in her beliefs, which he
"I totally respect abstinence," he said. "I mean it actually has the word 'abs' in it. I mean, come on, I'm The Situation and I love that."
But while he's down with Palin's choice, The Situation wants viewers to know that you can have sex, if you do it safely, offering a condom to Bristol.
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For the record, the word "situation" is uttered 17 times in the two-minute ad.


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Introduce students to fundamental ideas of critical literacy through a reading and critical analysis of two pieces of literature from the 1800s, focusing on each author's intent and intended audience. Students first read and discuss two chapters from a story by Louisa May Alcott. Each student then chooses a literary piece for individual analysis from the online archives of a popular magazine from that era. After reading and studying the two selections, students write an essay in which they compare each author's purpose and voice.
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Operations ceased at Cologne's first airport in 1939, never to resume again. A photography project showcases the building's timeless architecture.
Gazing at Butzweilerhof Airport through the viewfinder, Philipp Robien says he "felt chills running up and down his spine." Not because of the cold that March evening in Cologne but "because every window was lit up, every building illuminated – just for that one moment." Robien, 30, photographed Cologne's first airport for a student project in 2015/2016. Now, his images have been published in a book. They tell the story of what was once Germany's biggest airport (after Tempelhof in Berlin), its architecture reflecting the pathos of the 1930s but clearly also influenced by Modernist aesthetic of the previous decade. The "aviation hub of the West" was also an important center for Lufthansa operations, and the crane emblem still adorns the doors of the reception hall. But in 1939, civil aviation ceased here and the airlines never returned. International operations resumed instead at Cologne-Wahn Airport in 1950, and from 1955, they also included Lufthansa flights. So the "Butz" (Butzweilerhof Airport) stayed as it has been left, as if locked in a time capsule. But Robien's images already document history. Just recently, the complex was given a new lease on life as a vintage car center, complete with restaurants and a hotel.


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