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In Western Europe, wolves were very close to becoming extinct. But in recent years, the occasional wolf has returned from the East. Today, there are 35 wolf families living in the wild in Germany. A specialist tour operator based in northern Germany runs Greenpeace-recommended trips to Lusatia (Germany), and also to Portugal, Sweden and India.


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If one is worried by the quantum measurement problem,a natural question to ask is: Does the quantum-mechanical description of the world retain its validity when its application leads to superpositions of states which by some reasonable criterion are _macroscopically distinct_? Or rather, does any such superposition automatically get "collapsed", even in the absence of "measurement" by a human observer, into one or other of its branches? Scenarios which predict the latter (for example the GRWP theory) may be denoted generically by the term "macrorealistic".
Even if one believes that QM remains the whole truth at the macrolevel, it is clear that to the extent that environmental decoherence destroys the delicate phase relations characterizing the superposition, the predictions of QM will be indistinguishable experimentally from those of the class of macrorealistic theories (a remark which is often taken, in my opinion quite erroneously, as "solving" the measurement problem). Thus, to
distinguish experimentally between QM and macrorealism one needs a system in which decoherence is low enough that (given that QM is correct) one has a realistic chance of observing _quantum interference of macroscopically distinct states_ ("QIMDS"). Over the last few years, a surprising variety of candidate systems has emerged; however, while all experiments to date have been consistent with the continued validity of QM, none has so far refuted macrorealism outright. In this talk I review the systems in question and discuss the prospects for a truly definitive experiment.

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Some of you may remember that we wrote about the Nero Trigger last August. This was a sensor-laden device whose purpose was to help you capture photographs of events that are too quick to catch with even the fastest trigger finger. Well there's a new generation of the gadget out, and this is what the company has to say about it:
It has now a color LCD screen which increases usability compared to the previous version. Every piece of information you need will be displayed to you right on the screen. NeroTrigger features two new modes: HDR (High Dynamic Range) and DIY (Do It Yourself) HDR mode will let you to get different exposures without an hassle and DIY mode will bring you countless options to show your creativity. NeroTrigger is now much more stable as analog controls have been totally eliminated. Everything is digital, everything is accurate.
I have one that I'm supposed to be reviewing, and haven't had time to put through its paces properly. I can say, however, that I got a few shots out and that it does indeed work as advertised. There's some fine-tuning to do to synchronize the event you want to capture with the selected trigger (be it sound, light or through the cutting of a laser), but the fact that there's an LCD to navigate the menus does make the task easier.
It attaches to the hot-shoe of your camera, and at $200, is a worthwhile investment for the photographer looking to shoot what's gone in the blink of an eye.
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'Innovating with people – The business of Inclusive Design' and 'Innovating with people – Inclusive Design and Architecture' are both handbooks that will give you an introduction to how Inclusive Design can be used as a strategy for innovation in any design and in the new book also addressing how to apply it to an architectural process. The idea of the books are to inspire, motivate and to show how industrial and commercial enterprises can integrate a people-centred approach in their own design and development processes. They are practical guides with simple techniques you can use immediately and contains the basic information you need to understand, debate and practice Inclusive Design.
The content is compiled by individuals who have had extensive, practical experience in working with Inclusive Design in a business context. Both books shares insights and learnings gathered over the years and presents in an 'easy-to-read' format with rich illustrations. Case studies and examples explain how other companies have benefited from an people-centred innovation approach as part of the development process.
'The business of Inclusive Design' gives you details nine research techniques for engaging with people and bringing their points of view into the design process.
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Best book on Inclusive / Universal / Accessible Design I've read! Its clear, well designed, and makes excellent points. It summarises the argument for inclusive design well and has great research guidelines. I really wish I'd read this book sooner- it really is fantastic. I've also started reading a government document: Releasing Constraints: Projecting the Economic Impacts of Increased Accessibility in Ontario, so for those interested in the business argument for inclusive design and reside or have business ties to Canada, this may also be helpful.
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Onny is Programme Leader at the Norwegian Design Council, responsible for the Council's activities in Inclusive Design. A main focus is to demonstrate the value of Inclusive Design as an effective business tool for innovation to designers, industry and government. She writes, publishes, and lectures both in Norway and internationally, and works closely with designers, education, industry and government using projects and other knowledge transfer mechanisms to achieve this. Onny has broad experience in international marketing, sales, product development and design management.
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Rama is Deputy Director of the Royal College of Art Helen Hamlyn Centre. He leads a team of researchers and designers on the Centre's Research Associates Programme working with business, voluntary sector and government organisations from around the world such as Toyota, GlaxoSmithKline, and BlackBerry. Over 110 projects have been completed to date with 85 companies. Rama is an expert on inclusive design and passionately promotes a people-centred approach. He writes, lectures and publishes on the subject to diverse audiences across the world.
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Cian is an industrial designer and partner at the design consultancy Studiohead. After postgraduate studies at the Royal College of Art, he worked as a freelance designer before his interest in user-centered design led him to join the RCA Helen Hamlyn Centre. Here he conducted projects for BT and Research in Motion, exploring the future of telecommunications. On leaving the Helen Hamlyn Centre, Cian formed the company Studiohead with fellow designer Matthew Harrison and is currently engaged in projects ranging from travel accessories to surgical equipment.
Marianne Støren Berg Contributing author
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Merih Kunur Contributing author
Merih is an experienced vehicle designer, researcher and consultant. In 2003, he graduated from the Vehicle Design Department at the Royal College of Art with an MPhil, his thesis investigated mobility issues in London. Since then Merih has worked with the Helen Hamlyn Centre on several projects on inclusive design and mobility. Previous projects include animation, art direction for TV, office, retail and warehouse architecture, textile and vehicle design.
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Oakland University hosts ground breaking ceremony for new engineering center
Oakland University held a ground breaking Wednesday afternoon for a $74.6 million engineering center scheduled to open in August 2014.
The 127,000-square-foot facility will house OU's School of Engineering and Computer Science, which saw an enrollment jump of 20 percent in undergraduate and 18 percent in graduate students this fall, when total enrollment reached more than 19,700, the highest in OU's history, said OU President Gary Russi. The Engineering Center will include state-of-the-art instructional, research and development space.
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Dorlene F. (Garcia) Alves passed away on Thursday, May 31, 2012 after a long battle with dementia.
Dorlene, or "Doe" as she affectionately called by family and friends, was born and raised in Pleasanton. She graduated from Amador High in 1951 and married Edmond (Ed) Alves, the love of her life, on June 20, 1954. Dorlene was a homemaker most of her life. Raising, loving and supporting her children throughout their lives were her joys and her vocation. Do what makes you happy she would say.
Dorlene was preceded in death be her son, Jeffrey Alves in 2009, her sister, JoAnne Holden in 2008, parents, William and Mrytle (Frager) in 1984. She leaves behind her husband, Edmond, of 58 years of marriage, her daughters, Janell (Richard) Anderson of Mountain View, CA, Jennifer (Steve) Dowden of Keller, TX their four children, Katie, Jackie, Maddie & Samuel, daughter in-law, Blanca Castillo-Alves, her two children, Isabel & Anthony of Simi Valley, CA, her brother Donald (Lillian) Garcia, their three sons, Steve, Mike, and Ronnie, her nephew Warren (Kathy) Holden, their children Chase and Kayleen.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Barack Obama told a group of Senate Democrats Wednesday that Congress must move forward with comprehensive immigration reform, or else he will propose his own legislation on the hot-button topic.
Obama met with Sens. Dick Durbin, Chuck Schumer, Robert Menendez and Michael Bennet, the four Democrats in the bipartisan group of eight senators who introduced a framework for immigration reform last month. A bipartisan group of House members is also working in secret to craft immigration reform measures.
In a description of Wednesday's meeting, the White House said Obama "reiterated the key principles he believes must be a part of any bipartisan, commonsense effort, including continuing to strengthen border security, creating an earned path to citizenship, holding employers accountable and streamlining legal immigration."
Those measures are included in the bipartisan framework that was unveiled last month, though that proposal (which has yet to be drafted into formal legislation) would require bolstering border security as a prerequisite to a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants already in the United States.
The White House has argued that the U.S. border is currently the most secure it's ever been. Obama made the case Wednesday in his meeting with the lawmakers that "continuing to strengthen our borders and creating a path to earned citizenship that ensures everyone plays by the same set of rules are shared goals and should not be seen as mutually exclusive."
And the president warned that he "stands ready to introduce his own legislation if Congress fails to act" on a comprehensive immigration reform plan.
In January – at the same time the bipartisan group of senators was outlining its immigration framework – Democratic sources told CNN that the White House had been advising senators and advocates that they were writing their own immigration bill in formal legislative language. The White House rarely writes its own legislation.
By presenting his own legislation, Obama could avoid GOP criticism that he's disconnected from the process. Even if Obama's bill failed to win congressional approval, the president would still be able to point to his legislation as evidence of engagement.
Democrats urged the president not to release his own bill in January, fearing such a move would stymie the delicate negotiations taking place among lawmakers in both parties. In terms of substance, sources familiar with both proposals said the border security trigger included in the bipartisan Senate framework was not a part of the president's plan.
On Wednesday, an aide to one of the Democratic senators said the lawmakers told the president "they remain confident that a bipartisan bill could be agreed to in the coming weeks."
"The Senators said the bipartisan negotiations were progressing well and that both sides were making progress and working together in good faith," the aide said.
In his State of the Union address Tuesday, Obama called on Congress to send him a comprehensive immigration reform package, saying both sides agree on what measures need to be included to make the system work better.
"We know what needs to be done," Obama said. "As we speak, bipartisan groups in both chambers are working diligently to draft a bill, and I applaud their efforts. Now let's get this done. Send me a comprehensive immigration reform bill in the next few months, and I will sign it right away."


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Peter Miller captures Vermont characters
A Lifetime of Vermont People, with photographs and text by Peter Miller; 208 pages in hardback; published by Silver Print Press; $49.95.
Reviewed by Chris Braithwaite
Any Northeast Kingdom resident who picks up Peter Miller's extraordinarily handsome new book will see a lot of familiar faces.
Anne and Jack Lazor come up first, and Mr. Miller's nighttime photograph of their Butterworks Farm in Westfield is among the best in the book.
That's a surprise, because A Lifetime of Vermont People, as the name suggests, is a collection of portraits, supplemented with Mr. Miller's insightful commentaries on his subjects.
Next up is Peter Johnson of Pete's Greens in Craftsbury. Then there's a shot of one of fisherman Roger Elkins' favorite spots, the Willoughby River falls in Orleans.
There's a charming portrait of Peter and Elka Schumann at their home overlooking Bread and Puppet Theater in Glover, closely followed by an iconic shot of Bill Royer playing his fiddle at a Sheffield Old Home Day, accompanied on the banjo by a shockingly young Burt Porter of Glover.
Greensboro Bend farmer Carroll Shatney, who died in 2009, is on the book's cover. Colleen Goodridge and her sons pose at their cedar mill in Albany; brewmaster Shaun Hill chats with his father in Greensboro; the poet David Budbill meditates under a tree at his home in Wolcott; and novelist Howard Frank Mosher, rod in hand, strolls back to his Irasburg home from a fishing expedition.
The 60 profiles Mr. Miller includes in his book pretty much cover the state of Vermont. But its generous proportion of Kingdom characters reflects the photographer's fondness for the area.
Indeed, he said while waiting for a book signing session to get underway at The Galaxy Bookshop in Hardwick Friday evening, he's looking for a new home in the area.
Mr. Miller has lived in Colbyville, near Waterbury, since 1968. But the ever-increasing traffic on Route 100 is finally getting to him.
And the Kingdom may turn out to be the final habitat of the quarry Mr. Miller has been stalking through his long career in photography.
"We are losing those Vermonters who have made this state unique," he writes in his introduction. "These are the people who love their state for its beauty, but they revere it more for the freedom and privacy it has given them. Most of the Vermonters I grew up with are farmers, woodsmen, and craftspeople. They are self-employed and self-reliant."
Mr. Miller's decision to present his portraits in black and white — though he shoots them in color with a digital camera — underlines the emphasis he puts on the state's character, rather than its ever-so-well-documented scenic beauty.
It was the right decision, and it gives his new book a timeless quality that reflects the five decades he has spent capturing the spirit of the odd souls he so admires.
It began in 1959 with Will and Rowena Austin of Weston. Mr. Miller was a neighbor who dropped by to visit the Austins on their front porch, carrying along his twin-lens Roliflex.
The farm couple is on the cover of Mr. Miller's 1990 collection, Vermont People, and they appear again in his new book.
But A Lifetime of Vermont People is much enriched by the author's notes that follow some of his profiles. It is here that the photographer talks about that problem faced by everyone who works with a camera — the reluctant subject:
"I was a shy kid, more comfortable alone in the woods, but I felt at home with Will and Rowena. I asked if I could take some photographs.
"'Why sure,' said Will.
"'Goodness NO!' said Rowena. She stood, plucked up her dress and flounced into the house. What they didn't know is that, while talking, I photographed each with the camera in my lap."
Rowena eventually came around, and one of the finest photographs in the book is of her making her way up the path to her house with the mail on a winter's morning — a stout old woman leaning on her cane while a young cat, Canon Ball, prances behind her.
Another such note reveals that Mr. Miller worked for one of the twentieth century's greatest photographers, Yousuf Karsh, of Ottawa, Canada.
Mr. Karsh took formal, carefully posed portraits of some of his era's most famous people. Mr. Miller decided he was more interested in photojournalism, and left his mentor for a stint with Life Magazine before turning to freelance work.
But, he notes, he assimilated a lot from Mr. Karsh:
"I learned to read a face and fathom a personality, how to hold a conversation with my subjects and show them respect. I use a tripod (most of the time) and set off the camera with a cable release so I stand and face my subject as Karsh did. On my own I learned how to combine a persona with their environment."
Those were lessons well learned, and the results, in Mr. Miller's new book, are well worth seeing.
Peter Miller is one of three Vermont photographers whose work is currently featured at the Old Stone House in Brownington. "Visions of Place" includes the work of Peter Miller, John Miller and Richard Brown. It will be at the museum through October 13, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday.
contact Chris Braithwaite at [email protected]
For more free articles from the Chronicle like this one, see our Reviews pages. For all the Chronicle's stories, pick up a print copy or subscribe, either for print or digital editions.


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Sunnyvale, Ca — Expresso Fitness has raised $12 million in a Series C-2 round of funding. The financing will be used to expand the company's product portfolio and market reach, driving its revenue growth, according to the company. San Francisco-based Physic Ventures, a new investor in Expresso Fitness, led the funding and was joined by existing investors Sierra Ventures and Enterprise Partners Venture Capital. The company also announced that Andy Donner, director at Physic Ventures, has joined Expresso's board of directors.
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Back in 1952, I used to watch the 'Kukla, Fran, and Ollie' children's T.V. puppet show. Many believe that this show was the forerunner of Sesame Street. You should google this show, and you should also google Cecil Bill, who was one of the puppets on this show. Then, you might have some idea what I am trying to convey here.
Cecil Bill was like an automoton, and he only said one thing. That was "Toytoy toytoy." I consequently believed that Toytoy was his name. Dr. Sharl had no idea what I was talking about here, and she had no idea why I was so obsessed with this hideous monstrosity when I was four years old in the depressing mortuary colloquially referred to as Malden, Massachusetts. I would pace up and down in the three by five hallway for hours, saying "Toytoy Tadoytoy. Hoyhoy Toytoy."
One night, at four in the morning, Toytoy jumped out from my mirror and tried to kill me by smashing his head into my face and tickling me to death. I banged on my parents' bedroom door, trying to get help, but they just ignored me and told me to go back to bed. They did not believe me about Toytoy. Neither did Dr. Sharl. Do YOU believe me?
Toytoy is a menace. He must be destroyed. His puppet is currently in the Kukla Fran and Ollie exhibit at the Chicago Museum of Natural History, but the curator of this museum is someone I went to college with, and he believed I was crazy. After I wrote him a letter about Toytoy, it confirmed his belief.
I even wrote a song about Toytoy.
There are giant yellow spiders writhing under your bed.
Giant yellow spiders climbing up your head.
There's a giant yellow spider that is tickling your toes.
I think we'll hide her inside of your clothes.
I look in the mirror, and what do I see.
Adolf Hitler looking back at me.
Singing hoy hoy Toytoy, Toytoy Tadoy.
I look in the water, and water I see?
A face made of water, waterching me.
The face disappears as it bites off my ears.
I get sucked into the vortex as I lose half of my cortex.
Singing hoyhoy Toytoy Toytoy Tadoy.
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Lygodium japonicum Promotes Hair Growth by Inhibiting Testosterone to DHT Conversion
Japanese climbing fern may be helpful in preventing hair loss. (Photo by homeredwardprice)
Lygodium japonicum, also known as Japanese climbing fern, is a vine-like fern that can climb and twine around other plants. It spreads rapidly by dispersing spores with the wind.
The raw spores of the climbing fern are also sold as health products, with claimed health benefits ranging from improving kidney and urinary functions to relieving cold symptoms and acting as a general blood tonic. According to Matsuda et al., the spores of Lygodium japonicum – for which they use the name Lygodii Spora – may also help with hair growth.
To make the experiment, the authors of the paper used 250 ml of 50% ethanol and 50 grams of spores to make an extract. They then studied how well it inhibited the conversion of testosterone to dihydrotestostorone (DHT) in vitro and also whether it acted as an anti-androgen in vivo. For the latter experiment, mice and hamsters were used.
All the animals had a part of their hair shaved and treated with either testosterone or DHT. Topical Lygodii Spora extract was then applied to the animals in the treated group, while only ethanol was used in the control groups. The hamsters also had a positive control group that was treated with oxendolone, a known anti-androgen.
Effectiveness in vitro
According to the authors, the spore extract "showed remarkable activity" in inhibiting 5-alpha-reductase, the process that converts testosterone to DHT, in vitro. They tried different fractions of the extract to find out which showed the most inhibition. The most effective was found to be the ethanol-hexane soluble fraction, which inhibited 82.7% of the conversion from testosterone to DHT.
Effectiveness in hamster flank organs
In hamsters, the effectiveness was measured by the growth of flank organs, which are often used to study anti-androgenic properties of various substances. Since hamster flank organ growth is stimulated by testosterone and DHT, less growth means higher effectiveness.
In hamsters treated with testosterone, the strongest Lygodii Spora extract showed the highest inhibition of growth, 37.6%. Next best was oxendolone with 29.7% inhibition. Weaker Lygodii Spora extracts were less effective. When treated with DHT, oxendolone showed 21.5% inhibition of growth. Lygodii Spora extracts, from strongest to weakest, inhibited 15%, 11.3% and 7.8%, respectively.
So what does this tell us? Since the spore extract was very effective in inhibiting flank organ growth caused by testosterone but only moderately effective in inhibiting growth caused by DHT, it seems that the strongest thing the extract has going for it is that it significantly inhibits 5-alpha-reductase.
Effectiveness in mouse skin
Shaved mice treated with topical testosterone showed, unsurprisingly, a marked suppression of hair regrowth. However, when a 2% topical Lygodii Spora extract was applied after the testosterone treatment, they grew significantly more hair. In fact, hair growth in these mice was only slightly worse than in the mice that received no topical testosterone.
The authors conclude that the ethanol extract of Lygodii Spora showed a significant anti-androgenic activity. They suggest that the effect is caused by the fatty acids in the extract, namely oleic, linoleic and palmitic acids, which were shown to inhibit 5-alpha-reductase in another experiment of the study. Palmitic acid was about three times as effective as oleic and linoleic acid.
Lygodii Spora extract, an ethanol solution made from the spores of the Lygodium japonicum plant, appears to be an effective topical treatment for hair loss caused by DHT. The anti-androgenic effect may be due to the fatty acids present in the extract: oleic acid, linoleic acid and palmitic acid.
For more information on hair growth, see these posts:
Hair Growth with Vitamin E Tocotrienols from Palm Oil - Experiment Conclusion
Topical Ketoconazole (Nizoral) Increases Hair Growth in Mice
Chinese Hibiscus Leaf Extract Increases Hair Growth in Mice
Asiasari Radix Extract Grows Hair in Mice and in Human Skin Cells


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Benedict Arnold
Benedict Arnold, 1741–1801, American Revolutionary general and traitor, b. Norwich, Conn. As a youth he served for a time in the colonial militia in the French and Indian Wars. He later became a prosperous merchant. An early supporter of the Revolution, he proved to be a resourceful and energetic officer. His expedition against Fort Ticonderoga joined that of Ethan Allen, and the joint command took the fort. Arnold pushed on to the northern end of Lake Champlain, where he destroyed a number of ships and a British fort. In the Quebec campaign, he invaded Canada (1775) by way of the Maine forests. After a grueling march, the exhausted force reached Quebec. Richard Montgomery arrived from Montreal, and the two small armies launched an unsuccessful assault on Dec. 31, 1775. Arnold was wounded but continued the siege until spring, when Sir Guy Carleton forced him back to Lake Champlain. There he built a small fleet that, although defeated, halted the British advance.
In Feb., 1777, Congress, despite General Washington's protests, promoted five brigadier generals of junior rank to major generalships over Arnold's head. This and subsequent slights by Congress embittered Arnold and may in part have motivated his later treason. Although he soon won promotion by his spectacular defense (1777) against William Tryon in Connecticut, his seniority was not restored. In the Saratoga campaign, his relief of Fort Stanwix and his brilliant campaigning under Horatio Gates played a decisive part in the American victory. He became (1778) commander of Philadelphia, after the British evacuation, and there married Peggy Shippen, whose family had Loyalist sympathies.
In 1779 he was court-martialed because of disputes with the government of Pennsylvania, led by Joseph Reed. He was cleared of all except minor charges and was reprimanded by Washington, who subsequently gave (1780) Arnold command of West Point. He had already begun a treasonable correspondence with Sir Henry Clinton in New York City, and now arranged to betray West Point in exchange for a British commission and money. The plot was discovered with the capture of John André, but Arnold escaped. In 1781, in the British service, he led two savage raids—against Virginia and against New London, Conn.—before going into exile in England and Canada, where he was generally scorned and unrewarded.
See biographies by O. Sherwin (1931), M. Decker (1932, repr. 1969), C. Brandt (1994), and J. K. Martin (1998); C. Van Doren, Secret History of the American Revolution (1941, repr. 1968); J. T. Flexner, The Traitor and the Spy (1953); W. M. Wallace, Traitorous Hero (1954, repr. 1970); N. Philbrick, Valiant Ambition (2016).


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Welcome to Tuesday Night Fights, a weekly celebration and analysis of street-fight videos found on YouTube. Tonight's fisticuffs: "Jordanian Politician Pulls A Gun On Critic On T.V.." (Action starts about 25 seconds in.) Tonight's commentator: former NFL Pro Bowl quarterback (and current assets manager) Jim Everett, who would probably be in prison had he had access to weapons on Jim Rome's TV show.
First the background: A Jordanian member of parliament, Mohammed Shawabka, was on a live TV talk show with political activist Mansour Sayf al-Din Murad. Shawabka and Murad were discussing the recent Syrian conflict. As the debate heated up, Murad called Shwabaka a "Mafia thief," Schwabaka accused Murad of being an "Israeli Spy" and proceeded to throw his shoe at Murad. Murad got up quickly and the table flew. Soon after that, Schwabaka pulled a gun.
Would Schwabaka have pulled the trigger if Murad called him "Chris"?
No, I don't think so either, but the war of words continues around the world and way beyond the scope of athletics. This table flipper gets a score of four on a ten scale. I'd rate him higher but it was more of a defensive "dodge the hated Muslim shoe technique" rather than an offensive maneuver of "attacking the infidel."
This outlandish behavior on live TV will not be heard by a Jordanian Court. In the US, we'd expect a court trial based on attempted murder or assault with a deadly weapon. However, life is much different in Jordan. The listed reasons for no repercussions; 1) the gun was not pointed at Murad's head, 2) the words "I'll kill you" were not used, and most importantly 3) Shawabka is a paid member of the King's parliament.
Thus Shawabka does his job of intentionally sending a visual message that leadership will physically stymie any uprising. Speaking of toting heat, I still wonder who's uprising Plaxico Burress was trying to stop?
In America we love sports, know the stats, cherish the records, anticipate juicy gossip; like who got the latest DUI, who used steroids, or who is about to get trophies taken away because of some sort of cheating.
Sports sells here at home, but in general, we are rather naïve about other societies, their democracies and their motives.
The Michael Jordan we love and admire is free to make any decision he likes; however, in the land of Jordan, they have a King and it's not the NBA King James from Florida.
Jordan's ruler is King Abdullah II and he does not run a free democracy. If the king allows a vote for parliament members and he does not like the results, he dissolves the parliament. This sounds more like an NFL owner clearing house than a voting member of our Congress.
Murad, the table tipper, used to be on the king's staff but now is an opposing voice, which is unwelcomed in the Kingdom. The usual pension plan of ex-king employees is a free one way ticket to any country of your choice (and stay there for life) or be next in line for the CEO position at "Pushing up Daisies Inc."
The meat of the TV conflict is about Syria. Yet Syria has a president, so we assume there must have been a vote, yes? Hold on a minute, the president of Syria is Bashar al-Assad and he has been in office since 2000. Who was the president before al-Assad? Oh, that would be Bashar's father, Ḥafiz al-Assad, who was in power since 1971. Forty-one years of family reign in Syria sounds like a free voting a society to me. NOT!
This would be like listening to Jim Rome since no other programs are allowed to air. ULGH!!!
So the typical behavior of those in power (whatever their label in the Middle East) is that anyone who does not agree with them is called an Israeli agent. Why Israel is considered a derogatory term is a subject that would take more than one article to finish; but for now in my humble opinion, I'll simply state that the Arabs are jealous of Israel.
What really pisses me off is the fact that we are sending our American young men into this hell hole without a firm and long term game-plan. Our American leaders pick and choose which dictator, king or governing body to support for our own gains; then we'll change political course mid-steam. Are we not a free society in support of free nations and democracy? Yet, we supported Syria's President Bashar al-Assad for years, now al-Assad calls USA supporters of terrorism.
Overall, we'd all much rather watch ESPN highlight than dive into our own foreign policy.
This "old time" NFL quarterback would audible for protecting the free right of people abroad. However, we need rules of engagement and understand what contributes to a first down, what leads to a score and most importantly, when is the game over.
If your taxpayer dollars are involved, why don't we support ONLY those entities that promote true democracies of the people and freedom? The Middle East is not a game and our young men and women are not players to be used recklessly.
Lastly, speaking of reckless, isn't it time for LA to bring our Rams home for they have been in the Middle West way too long!
And now, the rest of your Tuesday Night Fights:
• Awesome happens when a dude on parole or probation or some sort of restriction that requires regular check-ins gets interviewed outside the jail in Rockford, Illinois. This, because a fight breaks out behind him and he wonders if it might be a Punk'd situation. He's been through the system since youth; he knows the hijinks of which people are capable. (Start of Violence, 0:06, but watch it from the start as it's among the more entertaining TNF clips in ages)
• There was a dust-up outside the Popeye's on Broadway. A lady passerby ended up swinging a cane. A narrator ended up noting that this fracas interfered with his ability to get some Popeye's, which is all he wanted to do on this day. This is understandable because Popeye's has some damn good chicken and, of course, the nation hasn't turned on its owner. Yet. (SoV, instantly)
• "They wanted to fight? Let 'em fight!" (SoV, 0:01)
• Your "Gatorade Bitch" Intermission:
• This Week In Philadelphia Street Brawls: Bonus Coverage: "Free for all North Philly Fight." Bonus Coverage: This would have been considerably more entertaining in Hanna Olivia Johnstone knew how to hold her damn phone when being all, like, I'm outside McFadden's and there's a fight and check it on YouTube tomorrow.
• TNF Beijing Correspondent Anthony Tao humbly submits, "Females Duke It Out In Female Way, By Which We Mean With Hair-Grabbing" (SoV, instantly). And that is your weekly TNF report from Beijing.
• If you didn't expect people to get violent at a casino where the headlining act is Frank Caliendo, you don't understand people. Or, just how horrible Frank Caliendo is at whatever he does when he isn't yukking it up on an NFL pregame gigglefest. (SoV, instantly) Bonus Casino Coverage: "Hooker Fight!!!"
• One Shining Go-Kart Racetrack Melee Moment:
• This fight is apparently over a Gucci belt. (SoV, 0:08)
• This World Star Hip Hop classic is notable for the "CHOKE HIM OUT!" exhortations and the fun fact that one of the two participants has 20 kids. (SoV, instantly)
• Here's the lede that tipster Erik provided in sharing this clip from early June: "San Francisco, CA. Mid-Market crack head Rosa Parks attacks historic trolley, then gets her ass beat under the train by some lady who was trying to help(?). Meanwhile, some other shitbag tags the windshield of the trolley car." — 30 — (SoV, 0:40)
• Bested on the street of battle, this man would not let his conqueror drive off without a parting message. (SoV, instantly)
• HULK NO LIKE GYPSY CAB DRIVER IN FOREIGN LAND. (SoV, 0:14)
• Don't sell drugs in Poland. (SoV, 0:04)
• Your "Ana vs. Netta" Intermezzo:
• Not sure what's worse: The lighting for "That's Fucked up! (Hair Done Nails Done) part.2" or the fact that "That's Fucked up! (Hair Done Nails Done) part.1" doesn't seem to exist. (SoV, instantly)
• Hey look, someone encouraged two five-year-olds to fight. And they did. And one of them got "dropped." Which prompted the worst daycare worker/babysitter hanger-on/young parent/uncle/something on the face of the earth to proclaim "World Star." (SoV, 0:50)
• Others: "Street Fight." "Hoes Fighting Hard." "Girl gets Knocked Out!!!" "Constable Remembers Night Club Brawl" "Lafeyette and lens." "Niggaz fightin Outside A Store." "Brawl: Murder Suspect's Son Drops Witness Outside Of Court For His Dad's Trial!" "Police dogs breaks up cat fight." "Chinese street fighters in action".


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Miracle-Ear Hearing Aid Center - Cedar Rapids
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Make Miracle-Ear® your choice for hearing aids in Joliet, IL. If you're suffering from mild, moderate, or severe hearing loss, we'll find a solution for you. You'll see how much difference Miracle-Ear can make in your life.
Having hearing loss can cause you to avoid social situations like restaurants or parties where it's hard to hear conversations. That makes you miss out on things you'd normally attend. Hearing loss can even isolate you from loved ones since you can't understand everything they're saying to you. The good news is that nine out of 10 people with hearing loss can benefit from the use of a hearing aid, and Miracle-Ear is the best business to provide you with one.
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Yesterday's Dinamo Zagreb-Dynamo Kyiv Champions League match in Croatia found itself being played under those most beautiful of conditions: a massive snowfall that blanketed the pitch. (It led to one of the prettiest delayed games you'll see in awhile.) In the end, a stoppage-time penalty allowed Zagreb to earn a 1-1 draw and their first point of a miserable, failed Champions League campaign.
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Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Mary Jo White will testify before the House Financial Services Committee on Tuesday, April 29. The committee will hold an oversight hearing to examine the SEC's rulemaking agenda, operations and $1.7 billion budget request. Committee members are also expected to discuss financial commitments made for technology projects from the SEC's $100 million Reserve Fund and the SEC's plans to complete work on the bipartisan JOBS (Jumpstart Our Business Startups) Act and its implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act. The hearing will take place in Room 2128 Rayburn House Office Building at 10 a.m.
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In an epic collision of hipster idolatry and baseball, two members of the Montreal-based indie band Arcade Fire led "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" during the seventh inning stretch at Wrigley Field this weekend.
Marika Anthony-Shaw and William Butler led the fans in song, and although it was by no means a feat of musical genius, they succeeded in getting the Cubs fans into it — despite absolutely nobody recognizing who Arcade Fire actually is. Some things may never change. But hey, maybe antics like this will help to bring in the Chicago hipster audience from Wicker Park and Bucktown and get attendance back up at Cubs games, which is the lowest it's been since 2002.


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"My favorite thing is to go where I've never been." - Diane Arbus
Welcome to our travel webpage.
I'm Lisa and my husband is Michael. We've been together since 1995 and mutually discovered our love for travel. We got married in 1997, honeymooned in Italy (our first trip abroad) and ever since then our passion to see all that this wonderful earth has to offer has only gotten stronger!!
Thankfully, we are lucky enough to be able to travel a few times a year. Our goal is to see all 50 states and as many countries as possible in this lifetime!!
41 states, 59 countries so far...and counting!
Michael has enlightened me to the joys of photography and it is now one of my greatest passions. So I can think of nothing better than capturing all the wonderful places we go on this earth and being able to relive all those memories through these photos!
We realized very early on that this earth is filled with amazing landscapes, people and cultures, and to us the only way to truly live is to experience as many of these as we possibly can!
We invite you to journey around the world with us through our photos. Browse through the galleries...wander, explore...you can even buy some prints.
This website is a continuing work in progress so feel free to check back and see what we add!
We hope you enjoy your visit and maybe even become inspired to live life to its fullest. That is what travel inspires us to do!
Happy, safe travels!
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts." - Mark Twain
Past Journeys
Waaaaay Back Trips, pre-digital age
Thanks for visiting. Feel free to leave me a comment.
Prasun Choudhuryon January 28, 2017
Glad I stumbled across your travel blog; the pictures are truly stunning! I am planning a trip to Croatia + Slovenia (~16 days) this summer and it seems that I can literally follow the schedule you undertook. Some of your other travel destinations (Iceland, the Baltic countries and French Polynesia) are high on my priority list for the coming years as well. Thanks for providing a virtual visual journey into these amazing places.


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Although funding has not yet been identified to do the actual work, the Poway City Council is scheduled to vote in June whether to accept an environmental report that would clear the way for the long-awaited widening of Espola Road.
Anybody who has driven along Espola (the name is short for Escondido-Poway-Lakeside) between Twin Peaks Road and Poway High School knows what a bear the two-lane road can be at times.
The worst is in the morning on school days, as thousands of students head to the high school at the same time people are going to work.
For 25 years studies of what to do about the road have been conducted and talked about, but now a firm plan has been created that will widen the road from two to three lanes, create much-needed sidewalks and bike lanes, and improve drainage.
An environmental report, roughly 1,500 pages long, is available for public review and comment. The report can be viewed electronically on the city's website at poway.org, or hard copies can be found at several locations, including the Poway Library and Poway City Hall.
The public has until May 6 to submit comments. The city is required to consider all opinions before making a decision.
Then a town hall-type City Council meeting will be held June 4 in the multipurpose center at Twin Peaks Middle School, 14640 Tierra Bonita Road. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m.
Poway's director of development services, Bob Manis, said should the council approve the environmental report, it could still be some time before work would begin. Funding has not been identified, but an approved report will make it possible for the city to seek state transportation grants.


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Sammy Shepard is a creepy bastard. It's a fact. It's on the internet, there's no arguing it. For this fact alone he is a perfect fit for Scott Cooper's new gritty 80's era crime-thriller "Out Of the Furnace". The story follows a man recently released from prison who finds his brother has been murdered. Shepard plays the killer but we don't find that out till the end. Oh, spoiler alert. I'm kidding of course. I have no idea who the killer is. Man if it is him though wouldn't that be cool? It's like I can see the future or something. Think of a number and let me know on twitter when you're ready. I'll tell you what number you're thinking of.
Strap in kids because "The Dark knight Rises" has officially been given a rating by the MPAA. It's such big news that I think we should just sit back and take a deep breath and prepare for it. Now look around the room. Is there anything you want to say to the people around you before you read this in case the news gives you a heart attack and you die right there? Go tell them. I'll wait. No maybe you might want to go to the bathroom. I heard when you die everything lets go and you don't want a giant mess ruining your corpse. Ok. Are we good? Ready? Here we go. PG-13. The rating is PG-13.
There's all kinds of problems going on with Tom Six's "The Human Centipede Three". Namely Six and the first film's star Dieter Laser having slap fights about money or some crap. Well today news has dropped that Laser is officially out of the project and will be replaced by none other Udo Kier, who kind of looks like Dieter Laser so i guess problem solved. Ya know, unless you see the film actually being made as the problem. In which case you're still SOL.


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Inspired by the Spider-Man film trilogy and the classic Spider-Man comics, Spider-Man: Friend or Foe challenges players to defeat and then join forces with notorious movie nemeses including Doc Ock, Green Goblin, Venom and Sandman, and embark on an epic quest to overcome a worldwide evil threat. Throughout the game's original story and thrilling battles, fans control Spider-Man and one of numerous Super Hero or Super Villain sidekicks and master unique fighting moves and styles while switching between characters to execute team combos and defeat foes.
Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man returns in a two-fisted adventure that's fun for the whole family. Read More »
Also known as: Spider-Man Trilogy [working title]
Release Region: United States
Release Date: October 2, 2007
Publisher: Activision
Release Region: United Kingdom
Release Date: October 12, 2007
Publisher: Activision
Release Region: Australia
Release Date: October 10, 2007
Publisher: Activision
Also available on: Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable, PC
Spider-Man: Friend or Foe at IGN
Spider-Man: Friend or Foe at GameSpy
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Koen van Velsen Architectenbureau, the namesake practice established in 1977 by the Dutch architect Koen van Velsen has recently realised this glass-and-aluminium rehabilitation centre discreetly located in a leafy forest near Arnhem in the eastern part of the Netherlands. The three-storey, 14.000-square-meters structure 'is the result of an intensive collaboration between architect Koen van Velsen and the users of the building' and encompasses a number of facilities such as a swimming pool, a gym, a restaurant and a theatre.
The centre was one of the six projects shortlisted for the 2011 edition of the EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award, which was won by the London-based David Chipperfield Architects for their reconstruction of the Neues Museum in Berlin.
About the project:
''Groot Klimmendaal' is part of a masterplan also designed by Koen van Velsen. The masterplan envisages the area, largely built upon by one and two-storey buildings, to be gradually transformed into a public park landscape. Revalidation centre 'Groot Klimmendaal' radiates self-confidence and self-control. The welcoming and open environment offers a natural habitat for care but at the same time allows plenty of opportunity for other activities.
The care concept is based on the idea that a positive and stimulating environment increases the well-being of patients and has a beneficial effect on their revalidation process. The design ambition was not to create a centre with the appearance of a health building but a building as a part of its surroundings and the community.'
'A combination of large and small voids and light wells ensure a spatial connection between different levels and allow natural daylight deep in the heart of the 30metres wide building. Interplay of striking but subtle colours and direct and indirect (artificial) lighting enlivens the interior.
'The use of energy is amongst others reduced by the compact design of the building and the design of the mechanical and electrical installations. Most notably the thermal storage (heat and cold storage) contributes to the reduction of energy consumption. The choice of selecting sustainable building materials and materials requiring little maintenance for floor finishes, ceilings and facade cladding result in a building which can be easily maintained and with a long lifespan.'
view Koen van Velsen Architectenbureau's profile on Architonic
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esp351 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 34 diseños de 8 diseñadores freelance.
Blakehurst Auto Repairs
We are a family owned business in a afluent neighbourhood, we love cars and we love fixing, we own several race cars as well. We are expanding our premises and looking to gain more customers by changing the facade of the shop. We want to create a modern and sophisticated shopfront which is eye catching to cars on the busy highway which we are positioned on.
We are looking to gain new private and business customers, as well as give our old loyal customers something new to look at. Our customer base is 80% private (that is made up of locals, mums and dads) and 20% businesses (TRUCK FLEETS) we want a new look to be proud of so we can apprach new business customers.
Be creative! Have fun with it!
WE are planing to paint the front of the shop orange and we want a combination of black, orange and grey to define our brand. We want something that stands out.
I have attatched a picture of the front of the shop, picture of the car ontop of the roller door on the right has been taken down as we have expanded the roller door to fit larger trucks in the workshop.
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Rosie O'Donnell's relationship with her long-time partner may be in worse shape than she lead us to believe.
O'Donnell let the truth slip earlier this week that her partner of five years, Kelli Carpenter, moved out of their Nyack, N.Y. home two years ago. The reveal came as O'Donnell told an anecdote about her Chihuahua, Misty, on her Sirius Satellite radio show.
"What happened [was] when Kelli moved out two years ago, I got the dog. Because I wanted another child or something to love. And I got the dog," O'Donnell said.
U.S. & World
Rumors of the split began to fly back in October when O'Donnell admitted to USA Today that the couple was on rocky ground, and that Carpenter had moved into a Manhattan apartment.
"Kelli and I love each other very much and we are working on our issues," O'Donnell, 47, said in October. "But everything's fine and everybody's good and we're still both raising them together. We will both continue to parent them and we're friendly and everything's all right."
The couple have three adopted children -- Parker, 14, Chelsea, 12 and Blake, 9, as well as Vivienne ("Vivi"), 6, whom Carpenter carried.


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As I recall, I made the bold prediction that Louis Oosthuizen would fade on Sunday and allow some other (possibly more Major tested) golfer to claim the Open championship. If I had been betting on my prediction, Oosthuizen would have cost me money two days in a row. Which just goes to show you why I stay away from casinos and other venues that allow you to put down your money and take your chances
Far from fading, Oosthuizen played steady golf all day, shooting a 1-under par 71 to close out his nearest competitor, Lee Westwood by 7 strokes.
Paul Casey, 4 strokes behind at the start of the day could not make the putts drop and after a disastrous triple bogey on the 12th, shot a 75 and faded into a tie for 3rd place. I had really expected Casey to post a score on the final day, but seeing how the South African played, Casey would have had to shoot a 65 just to play his way into a tie.
Nobody gave Oosthuizen the Claret Jug: He claimed it fair and square.
Also tied for 3rd was Rory McIlroy who shot a brilliant 63 on Thursday, then blew to an 80 on Friday and steadied back down to record a 69 and a 68 on the weekend. What could have been! Nevertheless, a solid recovery and no doubt a learning experience. As was noted on the Golf Channel, McIlroy still hasn't shot a score in the 70s at St. Andrews. Unfortunately he did shoot an 80.
The end result on Sunday was that it was not a very exciting day of golf to watch, with Oosthuizen playing solid 'hold them off' golf and no-one near enough to the top of the leaderboard posting a charge to even threaten for the title.
Now the question is whether Oosthuizen will build on this win to become a regular contender on the golf scene or whether he will slowly slip back into obscurity, living with memories of his brief burst of fame and fortune.


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You may have noticed that within our collection of USA-made, graphic tees, one tee is actually produced in India: our 'Fair Trade' tee — and you'll see that through its impact on its workers and the environment, it certainly lives up to its name!
Our workers are treated respectfully: Our 'Fair Trade' tee is produced in conjunction with Hae Now, an organic, animal-friendly and Fair Trade manufacturer in southern India. In an industry that typically exploits its workers with meager wages and sweatshop-like conditions, Hae Now's workers receive independently assessed fair living wages, safe working conditions, as well as medical, paid leave, retirement benefits, job training, and free education for their dependents. Additionally, our workers are paid pre-harvest with fair prices, which means reliable and steady income.
Organic cotton means no harmful chemicals: The cotton used to produce our 'Fair Trade' tee is farmed from a farmer-owned collective in central India. Cotton is considered the world's 'dirtiest' crop due to its heavy use of pesticides — the pesticides used in cotton were originally developed as toxic nerve agents during World War II! Therefore you can imagine how harmful they can be to farmers and the environment: poisoning farm workers, drifting into neighboring communities, contaminating ground and surface water, and kill beneficial insects. The cotton we use in our Fair Trade tee is entirely organic: no pesticides means no ill-effects on workers, farmers, and the environment.
Sustainable farming is practiced throughout: Sustainable techniques like hand-farming, botanical pest control, and crop-rotation are practiced at our farms in India. Besides being better for the environment, crop-rotation gets rid of many costs associated with disease and pest control. Oftentimes Indian farmers rely heavily on expensive pesticides, which easily drags them into spiraling debt. Practices like crop-rotation uses no pesticides and keeps soil enriched and healthy. Because organic, sustainable farming is more labor-intensive, it's become a powerful vehicle in worker empowerment by creating job opportunities at all levels.
Proceeds support our local community: For every 'Fair Trade' tee sold, $5 goes to Fair Trade Resource Network and Fair Trade Boston to help them continue to promote Fair Trade and grow the movement!
And an additional fun fact: the design on our 'Fair Trade' tee came from a t-shirt design contest we held last year! High schooler Cathi Schwemin from Hanover, Massachusetts produced this design after learning about the common exploitation of workers and discovering Fair Trade.
**In celebration of World Fair Trade Day, we're excited to share that our 'Fair Trade' tee is 50% off! It's on sale at www.autonomieproject.com. Know that with this tee, you're not just looking good, but you're also supporting so a very important movement of ethical, safe, and fair treatment.


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Seat Belt Installation: What You Need to Know
Follow The Instructions, Maintain Your Equipment, And You'll Be Ahead Of The Game
The restraint assembly in your race car consists of several components, each with a specific function. The system is built to control a drivers movement inside the car during a crash, keeping him pinned to the seat and allowing him to ride the crash down to acceptable limits of force.
This article will show you mounting methods and usage procedures to make your car as safe as possible and give the driver a better chance of avoiding serious injury in the event of a crash.
The Seat Belt System
The shoulder harness is a belt assembly (one strap for each shoulder) intended to restrain movement of the upper torso and shoulder regions. An optional cross-strap across the chest, called a sternum strap after the bone it bisects, can be used to hold the shoulder harness together. The sternum strap was initially designed to spread belt-tension loads across the chest and include the sternum as a load-dispersing member, but tests have shown it is limited in its effect in a high-deflection (head-on to 30-45 degrees) crash. During side impacts, however, its effectiveness in equalizing shoulder belt loading is increased. There are also questions regarding the mounting of the sternum buckle, including the fact the buckle is close to the drivers chin and could be an obstacle to exiting the car quickly following a crash.
The lap belt restrains movement of the pelvis. We will detail the proper mounting methods later in this article, but angles and placements of this belt are very important. If it is used incorrectly, it can cause serious damage to internal organs.
The anti-submarine strap(s) prevents the pelvis from slipping forward from under the lap belt in the event of an accident. The anti-submarine belt is where the terms five-point and six-point belts come from. The five-point belt system uses a single vertical strap that attaches the lap and shoulder belts to the chassis and helps hold the other belts from rising up on the drivers body.
The six-point anti-sub belt is an upside-down V, which still attaches to the lap and shoulder belts but mounts to the chassis in two separate, spread locations. This anti-sub belt placement helps to better control the movement of the drivers lower torso. In fact, Ford Motorsports, seeing the benefits of the six-point system, is encouraging its drivers to utilize the six-point belts. PPI Motorsports NASCAR Winston Cup team has experimented with a seven-point system using both the single vertical strap and the upside-down V. This system controls the upward movement of the belts and offers improved control of the drivers lower torso.
The buckle, which hooks the belts together, has a quick-release mechanism in case of an emergency situation. There are three types of buckles to choose from: latch/lever, turn/push and cam lock. All three can be opened in one or two motions. In case of an emergency it is better to have a mechanism that is both simple to unlatch and will stay secure under all other stresses. Mechanisms with all-metal components should be mandatory. Any type of mechanisms with plastic parts or items that would easily warp or melt should be discarded.
A restraint assembly also utilizes two types of hardware: adjustment and mounting. The adjustment hardware is used to change the length of the individual straps to fit the driver. The mounting hardware secures each strap to the chassis. It is of critical importance to use the manufacturers recommendations for mounting locations and hardware, as well as the sanctioning body rules on what is required.
Inspect Your Belts Regularly
Restraints must be maintained, inspected and replaced or re-webbed every two years because they degenerate over time and from exposure to the elements. Prolonged exposure of seat-belt webbing and thread to sunlight can cause degradation of the fibers and loss of restraint integrity.
The webbing used in motorsports restraints is typically made with DuPont Nylon 6-6 or a similar product. According to data derived from tests on the nylon webbing material, the strength of typical webbing can be cut in half with only one years exposure to outdoor weather and sunlight. After two years of this exposure, the strength of the webbing can be reduced to 20 percent of its original strength.
With this kind of rapid deterioration, it is obvious that replacing the webbing every two years is essential to driver safety. Old and weakened belts could easily snap under the loads imposed upon them in a crash. A belt system that looks good enough is not worth your safety. By comparison, a new set of belts is cheap compared to the possible damage an old set could cause.
Proper Installation Is Vital
The effectiveness of a restraint assembly is also influenced by attachment techniques. The principal precaution for installing the mounting hardware to the vehicle is to minimize bending stress in the mounting brackets. This is achieved by making sure the belts pull from a straight angle against the hardware. The assembly should be installed so the straps do not rub against any surface that can cause the webbing to fray. The anchoring mechanisms should also periodically be checked to see if they have become loose or weakened.
Proper installation of the restraint assembly also means achieving the correct fit to the driver. Belts should be as short as possible to reduce stretching for better control of driver movement. How the belts run through the seat while the driver is seated is also an important concern. With the driver seated and the belts tight, none of the belts should be in contact with or laying across their access holes in the seat. If the belts bend at a different angle because they lay incorrectly across the access hole then that also affects the way the body is restrained and could promote chafing and fraying during a race.
The attachment points must provide the optimum geometry to minimize movement of the belts. Lap belts perform best when they act at an angle between 45 and 55 degrees relative to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle. This angle permits the lap belt to react to the upward pull of the shoulder harness. A system installed with a shallow belt angle permits the shoulder harness to pull the lap belt up off the pelvic area and into the abdominal region, which greatly increases the chances for internal injury.
The end attachments of the shoulder harness must also be installed at appropriate angles. The ideal position is anywhere between five degrees below and 30 degrees above the drivers shoulder.
If the upper attachment point falls significantly below the drivers shoulder, then a spinal compression injury is likely to occur. In an accident, the shoulder belts pull down and back on the torso as they resist the forward motion of the driver. The resultant restraint force compresses the spinal column and will add to the stresses in the spine already caused by the force of the crash impact.
In the opposite situation, if the trailing ends of the harness are too far above the shoulder (greater than 30 degrees), then two problems can occur. First, tension in the shoulder harness is increased and undue stress is applied to the harness and its structural attachments. Second, excessive angle will cause excessive motion. If the harness belts are too far above the shoulder, they will provide little resistance to forward motion of the drivers upper torso. The result is an impact with the steering wheel and the possibility of neck injury. The shoulder straps should also be three to six inches apart behind the drivers neck to prevent slippage off the shoulders.
The reliability of a restraint system is greatly affected by the way it is installed. It is imperative to follow the installation instructions provided by the seat-belt manufacturer. Also, the necessity of replacing or re-webbing seat belts every two years cannot be more important.
There are many considerations in the safety of a race car driver. The ones that are the most personal to the driver are the seat and seat belts. As with the parts that make the car go faster, the parts that keep the driver safe should be the best and newest and should be checked and replaced at definite intervals.


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"The circle is now complete." – Darth Vader
In December of 1980, a deal was made between the San Diego Padres and the St. Louis Cardinals, a deal that would see future Hall-of-Famer Rollie Fingers join the Cardinals' organization. Wait you say, "Rollie never played for the Cards." Well, right you are, so let me explain what happened.
On December 8th 1980, the San Diego Padres worked out an eleven player trade with the Cardinals. This deal would see Fingers, Bob Shirley, Gene Tenace and a player to be named later (Bob Geren) traded to the St. Louis Cardinals for Terry Kennedy, John Littlefield, Al Olmsted, Mike Phillips, Kim Seaman, Steve Swisher and John Urrea. Fingers' time in St. Louis would be brief, four days to be exact. You see, the very next day (December 9th) the Cards would acquire future Hall-of-Fame closer, Bruce Sutter from the Cubs.
On December 12th 1980, Fingers was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Ted Simmons and Pete Vuckovich to the Milwaukee Brewers for David Green, Dave LaPoint, Sixto Lezcano and Lary Sorensen. Milwaukee now held the contract for "Number 34", a number that would be retired by Milwaukee in 1992, the same year he was inducted into the Professional Baseball Hall-of-Fame.
Flash forward to 2010 when a young reliever would join the Brewers ranks and immediately began drawing comparisons to Fingers. Some would say it was because of the way he pitched, others would say it was his domination in the closers role, but most would say it was his mustache. That man was John Axford.
"The Ax-Man" would set the Brewers bullpen on fire in 2010, setting a new franchise rookie saves mark of 24 saves which shattered the previous mark of 15 set by Doug Henry in 1991. 2011 would see more franchise records fall as he converted 46 of 48 possible save opportunities, including 43 in a row to end the season. His 2011 accomplishments included the following:
– Named Brewers Most Valuable Player by members of the Milwaukee Chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America
– Named National League Rolaids Relief Man of the Year (an accolade Fingers won as a Brewer in 1981 while playing in the AL)
– Co-winner (with the Reds' Joey Votto) of the Tip O'Neill Award presented by the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame
– Tied for the National League saves lead with the Braves' Craig Kimbrel
– Set a new single season franchise record with 46 saves (previous record was 44 set by Francisco Cordero in 2007)
– Set a new single season franchise record by converting 43 consecutive saves (previous record was 25 set by Doug Jones in 1997)
Despite these momentous accomplishments, struggles in 2012 (a season in which he led the MLB in blown saves with 9) and a 2013 campaign in which his closers role would be handed over to Jim Henderson would leave Axford exposed at the trade deadline. On August 30th 2013, the Brewers would say goodbye to "Number 59" as Axford would say goodbye to the number as well.
In a deal with the division rival Cardinals, Axford's services would be acquired for a player to be named later (that player would be revealed as Michael Blazek on September 1st). With his number 59 already on the back of new teammate Fernando Salas, Axford was in line to make a change whose significance seems to have been overlooked by most.
His new number? 34, Rollie's number at the time of the 1980 deals that saw him traded from the Padres to the Cards and then the Cards to the Brewers in the course of 4 days.
Was this intentional or just a convenient coincidence? That is yet to be clear. What is clear, however, is that the Cards now has a mustachioed "Number 34" on the roster 33 years after they dealt Fingers and Axford has seen a renaissance in St. Louis.
Since joining the Cards, Axford has posted a 1.93 ERA over 9.1 innings across 12 games. While he has yet to record a save, he does have a 1-0 win/loss record since the move.
Cream City Cables reached out to John Axford who could not be reached for comment regarding the origin of his new number at the time of publication.
Kevin Kimmes is a regular contributor to creamcitycables.com and an MLB Fan Cave Top 52 Finalist. You can follow him on Twitter at @kevinkimmes.


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Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Who's That Lady Comin' Down the Road? Who's that Lady? Who's That Woman Walkin' Through My Door? What's the Score?
"... School."
"Hi, I'd like to speak to the principal please."
"Oh, he's in a meeting right now. Would you like his voicemail?"
"No, I'd like to speak to him. My son is enrolled in the half day Kindergarten program and he got a letter today stating that his classroom's school supplies is on order as well as a curriculum and I've got a question - WHAT THE FUCK?"
"Let me see if I can get a hold of him...."
"Hi, this is the principal."
"Hi, I'm Laura [official last name], my son Griffin is in half day Kindergarten..."
"Oh, hi..."
"Yeah. Got your letter in his backpack today. It didn't clear anything up."
"Yeah. And what's this about a curriculum being on order? What the hell is that about?"
"Oh, the other two teachers are sharing their curriculums until the new set comes in."
"So, you're saying my son is actually getting an education?"
"Um, yes?"
"Because to the best of my knowledge, she doesn't have anything in his classroom. Other than carpet, that is."
"Did you know the 14 children in the class stated a revolt because they only had six bottles of glue between them? Do you like have a second cousin to the Underpants Gnomes, because where the fuck is the three bottles of glue we provided you?"
"Um.... all their supplies should be in their classroom."
"Well, they are not."
"Oh... um... I thought they were?"
"You thought wrong. So, new topic: why did you split the classes up before being adequately prepared for them?"
"Because we thought it would be an easier transition now?"
"Did you just phrase that as a question?"
"Are you sure about that?"
"Well, um, four years ago the same thing happened and the school waited until the new classroom was outfitted and it was a huge disaster because by then the routines had been established and, um, it was a fiasco."
"So... you were thinking it would be less of a fiasco to stick some kids in the basement with no resources?"
"Um... I wouldn't say they have no resources..."
"You wouldn't? You sure about that?"
"Um... anyway, we thought the transition would be easier? We're working really hard on it."
"Doncha think maybe you need to pull some resources out of the other rooms?"
"Um... yes?"
"And you realize that Back to School Night is Wednesday and you're in hot water with the parents already, right?"
"Um... yes?"
"And there's been talks of lynching?"
"Um... yeah..."
"And talks of a lawsuit for discrimination?"
"Whoa, there is?"
"You do realize the only reason why I'm not completely ripping you a new one right now is because my son LOVES school and LOVES the fact that he's in the basement, right?"
"Um... now I do?"
"And the fact that he's learned to write his name shocks me and makes me happy."
"Um... great?"
"And you're gonna be Royally Fucked if that classroom isn't as nice or nicer than the other rooms by that night, right?"
"I do now."
"Yeah, you better STEP IT UP dude. You have two days before the school board is involved."
31 comments:
- Oil Cloth Junkie said...
You rock.
- Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Go, Laura! You're a bad ass! Kick some Principal butt!
- Tuesday, August 28, 2007
seriously! How the hell is he this clueless?!!!
- Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Now THAT was a can of whoop-ass. Good work.
- Tuesday, August 28, 2007
- Samantha said...
No wonder the Principal was answering in a questioning tone!
You kicked his butt!
- Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Please, please tell me that wasn't the convo in your head while you were having another convo. Please, please tell me you really said, "Did you just phrase that as a question?" Because I think I just peed. lol.
- Tuesday, August 28, 2007
- amy h said...
:) Go! It sounds like they might listen at least. I'm glad Griffin still seems to like school despite this mess.
This is scaring me about our school district though. And we supposedly have one of the better ones in country. Hrm.
- Tuesday, August 28, 2007
- Ali said...
Tee hee - good for you!
- Tuesday, August 28, 2007
- Stephanie said...
Thata girl!!!
- Tuesday, August 28, 2007
wow. did he know he was being recorded? :)
- Tuesday, August 28, 2007
- lera said...
Uh-oh. I hope for the principal's sake that room is finished in time. I wouldn't want to meet *you* in a dark alley. lol
- Tuesday, August 28, 2007
- Kim -today's creative blog said...
I think you should run for PTA president!
- Tuesday, August 28, 2007
- Unknown said...
You go girl!!!! God I know that feeling of run-ins with the school... Lets hope its your only one this year. Can't wait to hear how the meeting goes....
- Tuesday, August 28, 2007
- Hyena In Petticoats said...
Well done Laura!
I feel so sorry for that principal. He never had a fucking chance in a fight against you...! (not that he doesn't deserve it, of course)
Good on you!
- Tuesday, August 28, 2007
i really hope that that is the real transcript of your conversation - hilarious!
- Wednesday, August 29, 2007
- Kristy said...
I think he gets you now!
- Wednesday, August 29, 2007
- Unknown said...
i so need you on the phone at my house - go girl!
- Wednesday, August 29, 2007
- Stacey said...
Umm... are you for hire?
Can you come and sort out my son's school? Please?
Oh, by the way I am in Melbourne so it might be an overnight trip for you - I'll make you some lunch though....
I bet that Principal hides in his office when he sees you coming.
- Wednesday, August 29, 2007
- LA said...
I'm singing Lori's song.
- Wednesday, August 29, 2007
I bet he pooed his pants and on Weds night he'll call in ill!!
- Wednesday, August 29, 2007
- Chickenbells said...
Rock on Girl...you give this poor sucka' a FIASCO!!!
- Wednesday, August 29, 2007
- Angeleen said...
You've got some serious balls, Girl!
The world needs more moms like you!
At the risk of sounding unoriginal, you ROCK!
- Wednesday, August 29, 2007
- Amy said...
You go with your bad ass self, girl. I can't wait to hear about the Meet the Teacher night. You SO need to sneak a camera in the room and snap some shots for us.
- Wednesday, August 29, 2007
- Dana said...
Holy crap! Are you serious??????
You go girl!
- Wednesday, August 29, 2007
- Angelina said...
Oh yeah! You tell him!!
Good work with the name writing Griffin.
I wonder if we should all donate some supplies and have UNICEF drop them down to the school by helicopter?
- Wednesday, August 29, 2007
You go girl - I discovered very early in my son's career in elem to show my face at that school as often as possible - get on that PTO board - hate the meetings, but amazing things will come your child's way when the dorky principal tries to keep you happy -
- Wednesday, August 29, 2007
That was too fun. Call him again!!
- Wednesday, August 29, 2007
- Heidijayhawk said...
fuck yeah laura. you are my idol!
- Wednesday, August 29, 2007
- Crystal and Kaiden said...
you held back?! if that classroom doesnt look like it has every little last bit of target's back to school clearance blow out, i would throw the effing book at his ass. tear em up! get em girl!
- Thursday, August 30, 2007
- Chara Michele said...
You seriously rock girl! I hope it gets better at that school (I would be very surprised if it doesn't at this point though).
- Friday, August 31, 2007
- sulu-design said...
Thank God your child doesn't attend school where I worked for the past eight years. You'd be amazed at what went on in that little school in the South Bronx.
- Tuesday, September 04, 2007


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