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May 15, 2016
Amelia Earhart Park
https://www.mudrunguide.com/event/miami-florida-dirty-obstacle-race-2016/ Amelia Earhart Park, 401 E. 65 St., Hialeah, FL, United States Down and Dirty Obstacle Race firstname.lastname@example.com use-title true MM/DD/YYYY
Amelia Earhart Park401 E. 65 St.
Hialeah, FL, United States - View Map
Distance & Course Length:
3 miles, 6 miles
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Who's Attending?
Cost & Pricing:
5K Cost | 10K Cost | Until |
$85 | $95 | TBA (Online Registration Closes) |
$90 | $100 | Race Day Registration (if available) |
Ticket to VIP Parking available for $20/person | ||
All entry fees are non-refundable and non-transferable to other athletes. | ||
Participants who are active military personnel or public safety officers can race in the Military and Public Safety Division (non age specific). Contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com for a special military and public service discount! |
What You Get / What's Included:
- Custom Racer Shirt
- Race Bib
- Sponsor Schwag
- Dog-tag Finishers Medal
- Post-race Athlete Refreshments
- Access to Sponsor Expo and Post Race Festival
Course Description:
The Down & Dirty Obstacle Race is an obstacle-climbing, trail-blasting race that will push you to your limits. Two courses, 20+ obstacles, one true challenge.
Many obstacles in our course! Some examples are: Heavy Hoist, Jim's Jungle Gym, Monster Climb, Colossus Climb, Mud Pits, Slippery Mountain, Rock Wall, Balance Beams, Military Walls, Marine Hurdles, Monkey Cross, Low Crawl, Ladder Walls, Sand Bag Haul, Cargo Climb, Terrible Tires, Original Hurdles, Water Crossing, Give Me 20 and Tunnels
Aid Stations:
There will be an aid station about every mile; 2 aid stations on the 5K and 5 aid stations on the 10K.
Plus, every racer will receive a bottle of water at the finish line along with athlete refreshments.
Awards will be given to the top 3 finishers in each division. The top 3 finishers overall will be recognized as well. The divisions are as follows:
Male/Female Barefoot Division
Male/Female Military & Public Safety Division
Male/Female Age Groups (Multiple Divisions)
Friends and family are more than welcome to come out and watch the race at no charge. Please check the "Parking" section for each race to check to see the parking fees so your friends and family can be prepared on race day.
There are a variety of obstacles located near the main site so you can watch your friends and family get Down & Dirty right near by. The best place to come spectate the race and take pictures will be at the mud pit! The mud pit will be just before the finish line in the main expo site so there will also be plenty of other things to do and check out!
Parking varies by event.
Post Party:
There will be a post-race expo at the event! Sponsors and vendors will be on site selling gear, offering fitness advice and will feature interactive displays and free samples! Some of our event sponsors include, Subaru, Larabar.
Additionally, we have a race series for kids- The Adventure Kids series presented by Paul Mitchell! This fun filled race for children ages 4 through 13 features running, obstacles just their size, and a trip through the biggest mud pit they have ever seen! All racers receive an Adventure Kids cotton T-Shirt, race bib and finisher medal!
Racers must be a minimum of 13 years old to participate in the 5K and 14 years old to participate in the 10K.
The Barefoot Division specially times racers competing in Merrell Barefoot shoes, Vibram Five Fingers, or those who choose to run purely barefoot. The off-road nature of the trails can feature roots, rocks and sections of gravel. If you're not properly trained, these natural hazards may lead to cuts, scrapes and maybe blisters. You'll need to meet the below qualifications to be able to race purely barefoot:
Racers must have experience running barefoot on off-road trails
Racers must have 90 days of barefoot training under their belts
There will be rinse off stations and changing tents for all athletes to use after the race with Paul Mitchell shampoo to clean you up!
There is a Bag Check where you can drop off your gear prior to the event. Tear off the "Bag Claim Check" tab from your racer bib and affix to your bag with a safety pin. Event staff will sort your bag according to your racer number, and you can claim your belongings later with your bib number. While the bag check area is secure and we make every effort to protect your belongings, MESP, Inc. and the Down & Dirty National Mud and Obstacle Series presented by Subaru is not responsible for lost or stolen items. Please leave valuables at home!
There will be a disposable, orange strip timing chip included in your packet, attached to your race bib. You will need to attach this timing chip to your shoe in order to receive a time for the race.
Sorry! Dogs are not allowed to participate in the events.
The event does not include swimming. Any water crossings are accessible on foot and may come up to about your waist.
You will not be forced to participate in anything you do not feel comfortable with. We encourage all participants to compete at their comfort level. There will be plenty of volunteers on the obstacles there to encourage you or help you to the next step. If you choose to go around an obstacle, you will not be able to participate in the award ceremony.
There is no time limit to finish the course. Athletes are permitted to walk the course.
You are more than welcome to register as a team when you sign up online. In order to submit your team for others to sign up, make sure you complete your registration on that team first.
Coupons / Discount Codes:
Please see our obstacle course race discount & promotion page for all the latest discounts, promos, promotions, discount codes, and coupon codes for Miami Florida Down & Dirty Obstacle Race 2016. There also may be one listed at the top of this page.


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BlizzCon's Peculiar Homophobic Moment
It's an uphill struggle to convince those outside the games industry that it is, in some ways, a mature medium for mature, thoughtful people. Clearly the most difficult element of that hill is the incredible immaturity and thoughtless nature of so much of the games industry. You need not look far in any direction to see examples of sexism (the PC has yet to be blessed with Arkham City's delightful attitude toward female characters), misogyny, racism, and of course homophobia. Something, for reasons inexplicable, Blizzard chose to feature on the main stage of their World Of Warcraft-based celebrations at this year's BlizzCon. Via whoever's extraordinary decision, edited clips from a homophobic diatribe were broadcast to the crowds (albeit loosely bleeped out) which encouraged those who play Alliance characters to kill themselves. Followed by a song.
This rather misguided choice, as reported by GayGamer, was certainly less immediately offensive in the bleeped version shown at the event, but the views of the lead singer of "Cannibal Corpse" weren't exactly hard to guess. Introduced on stage by Blizzard's art director, Sam Didier, the singer, George Fisher, then joined Didier's band. The unedited version of the clip played, which you can watch here (please be warned, it really is a non-stop stream of swearing and homophobic crap), shows some really grim stuff.
Which leaves the question: why?
Why show the clip? Why invite a band on stage with such an attitude? Why allow a video clip to show - even with phrases like, "Go fucking cry in a river and tell me about how you're going to slit your wrists, you Night Elf faggot" removed - with bleeped sentences such as:
"F--- the Alliance. F---ing die, you f---ing emo c----------."
A man wishing players of the game dead. Who is then welcomed on stage to roar his song about how he likes the Horde best in the computer game he likes playing. While he wears a t-shirt of his own band.
He is correct when he describes himself as "pathetic". But why did Blizzard think this was a good idea?

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Out of battery? Just send a text!
People living off-grid can now power their phones simply by sending a text message.
A London-based company Buffalo Grid has introduced a solar-powered cellphone charging station that is activated by text message.
A patchy or absent power grid poses a conundrum of problems for rural areas in the developing world, particularly in Africa and Asia, where the use of cellphones is rapidly rising.
The company's basic technology, which was recently trialled in Uganda, should help tackle this issue, 'NewScientist' reported.
The battery extracts power from the solar panel using a technique called maximum power point tracking (MPPT). A 60-watt solar panel charges a battery.
A solar panel's power output is dictated by environmental conditions, such as temperature and the amount of sunlight, as well as the resistance of the circuits connected to it.
MPPT monitors the conditions and changes the resistance to ensure the maximum possible power output at any given time.
The innovation lies in how the stored power is released to charge a phone. A customer sends a text message, which in Uganda costs 110 shillings, to the device. Once it receives the message, an LED above a socket on the battery lights up, indicating that it is ready to charge a phone.
At the Konokoyi coffee cooperative in Uganda, each text message allows a phone to be charged for 1.5 hours. A fully charged Buffalo Grid unit can last for three days, has up to 10 charging points and charges 30 to 50 phones a day.
To bring the cost down further, Buffalo Grid hopes to co-opt the cellphone network operators into subsidising power for charging the phones, or even making it free.
"When you bring power to phones that don't have any, people will use them more," said Buffalo Grid's Daniel Becerra.
"Instead of paying for the charge, people will spend more on airtime," Becerra said.


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Could You Cut Your Spending in Half?
It's in the Details
A latte on the way to work. A take-out meal on the way back. A dress you saw on sale in a window at lunch. Drinks with friends that turned into a three-course dinner. Before you know it, you're tapped out and left wondering: Where did all the money go?
It's easy to succumb to mindless spending when your mind is on other things. (And when you're juggling work and family and friends, when is it not?) But how might your spending change if you had to keep track of every expense? DailyWorth challenged three women to chart their discretionary spending for a week--basically anything that wasn't a recurring expense (think: mortgage, utilities and childcare)--then try to cut it in half the next. Here's what happened. Keep reading.
Michelle Morton, 43, Raleigh, N.C. Self-employed professional organizer, married, mother of three
Spending, Week 1: $568.42
Spending, Week 2: $400.04
Savings: 30 percent
How She Did it: In week one, Michelle realized she'd spent $175 on eating out. So in week two, she focused on cutting that by more than half, to just $75. Cooking at home for her family took more planning and effort, but it led to a pocket-book payoff.
A-ha Moment: Logging her spending daily saved Morton from the greatest budget-buster of all: Surprises! "What would happen previously is a few days would go by and I'd enter my receipts and I would be like, 'Are you kidding me?' It's $4 here, $10 here and it doesn't seem like that much but then when you go to put the receipts in it's like, 'Oh my God.'" Updating her checkbook daily gave Morton better control.
What She Learned: Being accountable to someone else (in this case, DailyWorth) for a week made her much more mindful of what she spent her money on. Going forward, she's planning regular check-ins with her husband, in the hopes that could have the same effect (on each of them). And she's going to try to stick to a budget. "Really what needs to happen is to say 'This is what we're going to spend on groceries this week' and when it's gone, it's gone," she says. "And 'This is what we're going to have to spend on eating out,' the same kind of thing. I have to stop telling myself that although we really won't save any money this month we'll make it up next month because that never happens."
Meieli Sawyer, 29, Miami. Communications Specialist at an advertising agency, single
Spending, Week 1: $572.28
Spending, Week 2: $137.59
Savings: 76 percent
How She Did it: In week one, Meieli went crazy at a sale at Talbot's, buying $386 worth of clothing--most of which she realized she didn't need. (She returned all but one $50 dress.) In week two, Meieli snubbed the retail chains for a local second-hand clothing store. She nabbed a dress and pair of ballet flats for $7 total (using a $10 store credit).
A-ha Moment: Because her job involves a lot of client meetings, Meieli is expected to dress well. But by remembering something her parents taught her, she realized she can save money on clothing without sacrificing quality. "When I was a kid, my parents always took me to secondhand stores," says Meieli. "They wouldn't let me buy new stuff because they always said I could get higher quality things for less, and it's completely true. That's the only way I can afford to dress like I do and still have money to pay my bills, and save, because I do like clothes."
What She Learned: Meieli and her friends often rotate who picks up the check during their regular lunches. But that can be a big hit to her weekly budget. She realized she needs to be honest with her friends about her attempts to cut back on her spending and suggest other ways to handle the bill such as going dutch. "I understand being thrifty, but you walk a fine line, and you don't want people to talk about you and say you're cheap," Meieli says. "So I'm just going to try to say, 'Look, things are tight for me right now.' I'm going to try and not be embarrassed about it."
Lucia Mancuso, 36, Toronto and New York City. Owner, The Blog Studio, single
Spending, Week 1: $795.25
Spending, Week 2: $626.80
Savings: 21 percent
How She Did it: Lucia learned she could have fun without spending a lot of money. In week two she attended a free yoga marathon that she loved, and spent only $50 on a Saturday night dinner and movie. Both left her feeling as if she'd had a great weekend without leaving her with a Monday-morning spending hangover. That helped her cut her dining and socializing spending in half, from $238 to $114. This savings made her realize she needs to get more creative when hanging out with friends. "I live in the city, and going to dinner is just how you hang out," she says. "I need to suggest other things like going for a walk or to the beach instead of always having a fancy dinner someplace."
A-ha Moment: Lucia realized that by being so busy with work and her social life, she wasn't making the time to be organized about her spending. "I realized that if I can't control my spending, I can't control my life," says Lucia. "I can't control my health and my weight and my business -- all of it." For example, by not making time to clean her kitchen, she realized she was much more likely to order in rather than come home and want to cook. By not making the time to prep meals or prepare snacks (she used to have a $15 a day kombucha drink and kale chips habit), she was costing herself more money and sabotaging her desire to pay down her debt. "I need to leave enough space in my life for me," she says.
What She Learned: "I think we interpret being financially free as being free spirited and not thinking about money or finances," Lucia says. "I realized that when you have your finances and savings under control, that's when you really have the freedom to make all the choices that you want in life."
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Recipe adapted from Savory Sweet Life
Ingredient (6 small foil cups)
- 1/2 cup Nutella spread
- 1 large egg
- 5 tbsp plain flour
- 1/2 cup chopped hazelnuts
- Put the Nutella and egg in a medium bowl and whisk until smooth and well blended. Sift in the flour and fold until blended.
- Spoon the batter into the prepared small foil muffin cups (about 3/4 full) and sprinkle with the chopped hazelnuts.
- Bake in preheated oven at 180 deg cel until a pick comes out with wet, gooey crumbs, 11 to 12 minutes. Set on a rack to cool completely. Serve immediately or cover and store at room temperature for up to 3 days.


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The TSX has long been one of Acura's most popular models. As an all-new, clean sheet design for 2009, the automotive media was immediately impressed and TSX sales were strong. Thanks to a great mix of styling, sporty performance, luxury appointments, good fuel efficiency and outstanding value, the TSX has remained the volume leader within its segment according to Global Insight.
Rather than resting on its laurels, for 2011 Acura debuted an all-new TSX variant— the TSX Sport Wagon. With crisp styling and added utility, the TSX Sport Wagon was a smart alternative for those considering a compact SUV. Besides offering better fuel economy, the TSX Sport Wagon provides cargo area comparable to that of many CUVs. Plus, the TSX Sport Wagon offers an available power actuated tailgate, a multi-configurable rear cargo area (with numerous hidden storage areas) and a low lift-over height allowing for easy loading. In today's tough economic environment, the time is perfect to offer a smarter choice for buyers— one without sacrifice or that is a compromise for the needs of today's savvy buyer.
Once again, Acura has not left well-enough alone as for 2012 is yet another new TSX variant— the TSX Special Edition. Designed to evoke the fun-to-drive 4-cylinder Acuras of the past, the TSX Special Edition will add even more sportiness to the TSX lineup thanks to numerous exterior and interior upgrades for Acura's entry-level sedan.
The 2012 TSX Special Edition package consists of numerous upgrades to the exterior including a more aggressive front spoiler, a new rear bumper fascia, unique side sills and an exclusive "Special Edition" badge on the trunklid. In addition, the TSX's 17×7.5-inch, 5-spoke aluminum wheels feature a polished finish with dark grey background, unique to the Special Edition model. The TSX Special Edition package makes use of Acura's acclaimed K24 2.4-liter 4-cylinder engine and will be available with either the close-ratio 6-speed manual or Sequential SportShift 5-speed automatic transmissions.
Inside, the TSX Special Edition makes use of sport-minded appointments including exclusive seating surfaces with perforated black Lux Suede® inserts with red backing. Unique red stitching (used for the seats, steering wheel and the shift knob) combines with red lighting for the instrument cluster gauges, overhead lighting and footwell lighting. Adding more appeal to the driver's footwell are aluminum pedal covers with a race-inspired look. Rounding out the Special Edition's interior upgrades is the use of bright silver plating for the steering-wheel-mounted paddle shifters along with black headliner material (standard TSX have grey headliner material).
Other TSX updates for 2012 include even more rear cargo space for the Sport Wagon model. Replacing the safety spare tire with a new tire repair kit allows the under-floor storage area to be significantly enlarged. As a result, the total rear cargo area increases to 66.2 cubic feet— a gain of 5.7 cubic feet. Consequently, the TSX Sport Wagon is now the leader in rear cargo area as compared to the competitors in its class.
The 2012 TSX remains fun to drive thanks to two powerful engine choices; a spirited 2.4L inline four cylinder (available on TSX Sedan, Sport Wagon and Special Edition) and a torquey 3.5L V-6 (available on TSX Sedan). Both engines recently received numerous improvements to reduce internal operating friction which help improve fuel economy. As a result, the friction reduction measures are a significant element to improve fuel economy as (for example) there are improvements in city, highway and combined fuel economy for both the 2.4L I-4 and the 3.5L V-6 versus the earlier designs of the TSX engines.
With a price point typically in the high $20,000 to mid $30,000 range, the "entry premium" segment represents the gateway to luxury for over a dozen automakers. Customers will find the Acura TSX positioned alongside the Audi A4, BMW 3-series, Infiniti G, Lexus IS, Mercedes-Benz C-class and Saab 9-3. With the entry to a luxury brand comes high expectations, and the TSX – together with the award-winning Acura dealership experience – is ready to meet all of them. For 2012, with the new Special Edition model the TSX further improves its appeal for those looking for additional sportiness.
While the TSX sedan with 2.4L I-4 competes with vehicles such as the Audi A4 2.0T, BMW 328i, Infinity G25, Lexus IS 250, and the Mercedes C300, the TSX V-6 targets even more performance minded entry luxury sedans. The TSX V-6 is a strong consideration for customers who will shop the BMW 335i, Lexus IS 350 and Mercedes C350. And with the availability of the TSX Sport Wagon, it also competes with the Audi A3 and A4 Avant, BMW 328i Sports Wagon, Saab 9-3 SportCombi and Volvo V50.
The 2012 TSX is designed to appeal to young professionals who are previous TSX owners, conquests from other luxury brands such as Audi, BMW and Lexus, as well as to customers whose income and tastes are moving upscale. Demographically, TSX buyers are expected to range in age from 28 to 34 years old and hold a college degree. These customers are split nearly evenly between male and female, and slightly less than half are married. They are image seekers and will appreciate the styling, technical allure and total performance that the TSX offers – while also valuing the outstanding customer treatment that owners have come to enjoy at Acura dealerships.
The buyer for the TSX V-6 is expected to be older (approximately 38 years old) than the TSX buyer, 80-percent male, 60-percent married, with a household income of about $110,000. However, remaining the same is that the TSX V-6 buyer will be extremely brand conscious and eclectic in their tastes and interests.
Buyers for the TSX Sport Wagon are expected to be Gen X individuals, slightly older than TSX Sedan owners who have young families. A secondary buyer for the TSX Sport Wagon will likely be active lifestyle empty nesters.
TSX Sedan and TSX Sport Wagon
- 2.4-liter, DOHC, i-VTEC® inline four-cylinder engine
- 201 horsepower at 7,000 rpm
- 170 lb-ft of torque at 4,300 rpm (5 AT); 172 lb-ft of torque at 4,300 rpm (6 MT)
- i-VTEC® "intelligent" valve-control system combines Variable Timing Control™ (VTC™) with VTEC®
- Drive-by-Wire™ throttle system
- Computer-controlled Programmed Fuel Injection (PGM-FI)
- Direct ignition system
- Lightweight aluminum pistons and high-strength connecting rods
- EPA TIER 2 – BIN 5 and CARB LEV II ULEV emissions compliance
- Cylinder-head integrated rear-facing exhaust ports, close-coupled catalytic converter
- EPA estimated mileage: 21/29/24 mpg* (city/highway/combined, 6 MT, sedan)
- EPA estimated mileage: 22/31/26 mpg* (city/highway/combined, 5 AT, sedan)
- EPA estimated mileage: 22/30/25 mpg* (city/highway/combined, 5 AT, wagon)
- Maintenance Minder™ system
- 100,000 mile tune-up interval**
TSX V-6 (Sedan only)
- 3.5-liter, SOHC, VTEC® V-6 aluminum engine
- 280 hp at 6,200 rpm and 254 lb-ft of torque at 5,000 rpm
- 11.2:1 compression ratio
- Variable Valve Timing and Lift Electronic Control (VTEC®)
- Dual-Stage induction system with lightweight magnesium intake manifold
- Cold-air intake system
- Integrated exhaust manifolds cast directly into the cylinder heads
- High-flow exhaust system with dual tips
- Drive-by-Wire™ throttle system
- Computer-Controlled Programmed Fuel Injection (PGM-FI)
- Direct Ignition System
- Detonation/knock control system
- High-flow close-coupled catalytic converters plus under floor catalytic converter
- High-capacity 32-bit RISC processor emissions control unit
- Meets EPA TIER 2 – BIN 5 and CARB LEV II ULEV emissions standards
- EPA estimated mileage: 19/28/23 mpg* (city/highway/combined, 5AT)
- Maintenance Minder™ system
- 100,000 mile tune-up intervals**
*Based on 2012 EPA mileage estimates. Use for comparison purposes only. Do not compare to models before 2008. Your actual mileage will vary depending on how you drive and maintain your vehicle.
**Does not apply to fluid and filter changes.
Sequential SportShift 5-Speed Automatic Transmission
- Sequential SportShift operation via steering-wheel mounted paddle shifters
- 5-position straight-style shift gate mounted within center console
- Grade Logic Control System
- Drive-by-Wire™ cooperative control
- Lock-up torque converter
6-Speed Manual Transmission
- Close-ratio 6-speed manual transmission
- Compact, highly rigid, lightweight aluminum transmission case and bellhousing
- Multi-cone gear synchronizers
- Short–throw shifter linkage
- Compact, low-inertia clutch assembly
- Short-stroke clutch pedal
Design Styling
- Keen-Edge design featuring recently revised (2010 model) front fascia, updated version of Acura's signature grille, crisp body lines and unique rear body design for Sport Wagon model
- Projector-style Xenon HID low beam and halogen high beam front headlights with integrated front fog lamps
- Thin A-pillars for excellent forward visibility
- Advanced aerodynamics with underbody covers
- Wide trunk opening with low lift-over height (TSX sedan)
- Large rear cargo area with power-operated rear tailgate (TSX Sport Wagon with Technology Package)
- Advanced Compatibility Engineering™ (ACE™) body structure
- Frame rails positioned inside of floor pan for improved aerodynamics
- Closed-channel cross-braced roof structure
- A, B C-pillar separators
- Rear bulkhead safety-cage structure (TSX sedan)
- Continuous connection roof structure, hoop-style tailgate structure and one-piece rear frame structure (TSX Sport Wagon)
Wheels Tires
- Five-spoke, 17×7.5-inch diameter aluminum wheels with Michelin Pilot P225/50R17 93V all-season tires (TSX sedan,TSX Sport Wagon and TSX Special Edition) with 2.4L I-4)
- Split five-spoke, 18×8.0-inch diameter aluminum wheels with Michelin Pilot P235/45R18 94V all-season tires (TSX sedan with 3.5L V-6)
Steering, Suspension Brakes
- Electric Power Steering (EPS)
- Dual-mode suspension dampers
- Double-wishbone front suspension; multi-link rear suspension
- 4-wheel disc brakes with ABS and Brake Assist
- Interior seating for five
- Driver-oriented cockpit
- Automatic headlight activation
- Large, easy-to-read LED backlit analog instruments
- Multi-Information Display (MID)
- Dash-mounted electronic compass
- Leather-wrapped steering wheel with fingertip controls
- Tilt and telescopic steering column
- Sport style seats with perforated leather-trimmed interior with contrast color stitching
- 8-way power driver's seat with adjustable lumbar support and 2-position memory
- 4-way power adjustable passenger seat
- Heated front seats
- Dual-zone automatic climate control with air-filtration system
- Climate controlled center console
- Auto-dimming day/night rearview mirror
- Keyless entry system with "quick vent" moonroof and window controls
- Premium 7-speaker audio system with AM/FM tuner, CD player and XM® Radio
- Active Sound Control noise cancellation system (TSX V-6)
- Bluetooth® Audio
- Bluetooth® HandsFreeLink® cellular telephone interface
- USB port connectivity (for iPod®, iPhone®, or removable mass storage device)
- Auxiliary jack interface (for MP3 music players)
- HomeLink® remote control system
Technology Package features
- Acura Navigation System with Voice Recognition™, Zagat® restaurant information and rearview camera with gridlines
- Full VGA color navigation screen
- AcuraLink® Satellite Communication System
- AcuraLink Real-Time Traffic with Traffic Rerouting™ (in available areas)
- AcuraLink Real-Time Weather™ (in available areas)
- Acura/ELS® Surround 415-watt Premium Audio System with 10-speakers, DVD-Audio, CD, DTS™, AM/FM radio, XM® Radio with Note function, 15 GB hard disk drive memory media storage, Song By Voice™ and Dolby® Pro Logic® II
- GPS-linked, solar-sensing, dual-zone automatic climate control system
- Remote operated power tailgate (TSX Sport Wagon)
Comfort Convenience
- Power moonroof with one-touch operation
- Reverse-gear linked passenger-side door mirror
- Auto up/down front windows
- Door-mounted electric trunk release button (TSX sedan)
- Auto-locking fuel door
The 2012 Acura TSX features the following safety technologies as standard equipment:
Active safety systems
- 4-wheel disc Anti-lock Brake System (ABS) with Electronic Brake Distribution (EBD) and Brake Assist
- Vehicle Stability Assist™ (VSA®) with traction control (Electronic Stability Control)
- Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) with individual location and pressure indicators
Passive safety systems
- Advanced Compatibility Engineering™ (ACE™) body structure
- 3-point seatbelts for all seating positions
- Automatic tensioning system with integrated load limiters for front seatbelts
- Dual-stage, multiple-threshold front airbags
- Dual-chamber front seat side airbags
- Side curtain airbags for all outboard seating positions
- Active head restraints for front seats
- Lower Anchors and Tethers for CHildren (LATCH) mounting system for rear seats
With the availability of a V-6 powered TSX, Acura filled a niche in its lineup between the four-cylinder TSX sport sedan and the TL performance luxury sedan.
First available in 2010, the TSX could be ordered with a 3.5L SOHC V-6 that develops 280 horsepower and 254 lb-ft of torque. The V-6 features VTEC® valvetrain control, a high 11.2:1 compression ratio and a dual-stage induction system contained within a lightweight magnesium intake manifold. For TSX use, the V-6 is tuned to deliver a more linear torque curve with emphasis on the rpm range most commonly used for day-to-day driving.
The 3.5L V-6 meets California's stringent CARB LEV II ULEV emissions certification and delivers an EPA estimated fuel economy of 19 mpg in city driving and 28 mpg on the highway**.
Sporty performance, good fuel efficiency and low emissions are the hallmarks of the TSX's all-aluminum DOHC i-VTEC® inline four-cylinder engine. Displacing 2.4 liters and producing 201 hp and 172 lb-ft of torque (6MT), the "K24" inline engine produces its useable power across a wide rpm range, while a broad torque curve further strengthens the engine's pulling power at middle rpm levels. This allows the TSX to be responsive off the line, out of corners and when overtaking other vehicles.
The performance and flexibility of the 2.4L I-4 is credited to a high compression ratio, precise valve timing, and a high flow intake and exhaust system. Further credit also goes to the TSX's i-VTEC® "intelligent" valve control system. Variable Valve Timing and Lift Electronic Control (VTEC®) combines with Variable Timing Control™ (VTC™) to deliver excellent power. Likewise, a rear-mounted exhaust manifold layout, a close-coupled catalytic converter design and a Programmed Fuel Injection (PGM-FI) system that team to substantially reduce emissions levels, enabling the 2012 TSX to meet the EPA TIER 2 – BIN 5 and CARB LEV II Ultra Low Emission Vehicle (ULEV) standards. Thanks in great part to friction reducing measures recently applied to the I-4 engine, both the city and highway fuel economy improved by 1 mpg with city/highway combined fuel economy improving by 2 mph (versus the 2010 TSX's I-4 engine).
TSX customers who choose the spirited four-cylinder engine have a choice of two transmission styles as standard equipment— a 6-speed close-ratio manual or a Sequential SportShift 5-speed automatic. The manual transmission features a short-throw shifter with a precise, light action that makes it highly rewarding to use. The manual transmission uses an aluminum case to reduce vehicle mass thus improving all-around performance and efficiency.
For TSX drivers who prefer a more relaxed driving experience, available is a sophisticated Sequential SportShift 5-speed automatic transmission that can be operated manually via steering wheel mounted racing inspired paddle shifters. The smooth shifting automatic is also fitted with intelligent features such as Grade Logic Control and Shift Hold Control, which make driving the TSX on hilly or winding roads more enjoyable.
The 2012 TSX features a wide and muscular body which translates into outstanding handling and performance. A wide body (72.4 inches), long wheelbase (106.5 inches) and overall length (185.6 inches) give the TSX sedan excellent ride quality and ample interior space for passengers. The TSX Sport Wagon features a slightly longer overall length (189.2 inches) and taller height (57.9 inches), but still retains the sporty driving characteristics of the TSX sedan.
The TSX uses Showa dual-mode suspension dampers, which provide superior suspension damping characteristics at both lower and higher damper speeds. The TSX employs Electric Power Steering (EPS) that delivers precise input during performance driving, with slightly different tuning for the Sport Wagon model.
Advanced techniques in body design and construction, such as the use of cross-braced roof structure and a strong rear bulkhead, yield a very rigid and vibration-resistant structure. Aerodynamic tailoring included the use of inside frame rails, comprehensive aerodynamic tailoring underneath the car, and the use of A, B and C-pillar separators— all of which give the TSX a quiet cabin even when on rough roads or at high speeds. The TSX's slippery aerodynamics also helps fuel efficiency as well as high-speed stability, all while lowering emissions.
Functionality and refinement, luxury and style converge in the interior of the 2012 Acura TSX. Featuring a blend of sweeping shapes, a high level of standard comfort and convenience features, widespread use of premium materials and an available Technology Package, the TSX sports sedan offers an upscale, modern interior that customers have come to expect from Acura. For 2011, the interior received numerous improvements including revised styling for the center console, darker trim pieces, brightly finished door handles, an updated parking brake handle, new steering wheel garnishes along with contrasting-color stitching for the leather seats, door armrests and center console. Rear seat occupants will enjoy added comfort thanks to the addition of heating/cooling vents mounted at the rear of the center console.
First impressions are powerful, and an initial look inside the TSX reveals much about its character. From the precision crafted metal door sills to the satin-metal finish accents, from the leather-covered seats to the steering-wheel mounted controls, and from the premium 7-speaker audio system to the dual-zone automatic climate control, the TSX represents a merge of intelligent design and innovation. Bluetooth® connectivity is standard and includes HandsFreeLink® cellular telephone interface that makes communications easier while en route. The TSX's Keen-Edgedesign blends perfectly with its range of electronic features in a way that makes the driving experience more satisfying.
Adding to the already impressive list of TSX standard equipment is the available Technology Package, which bristles with leading-edge electronics that make driving that much more efficient and enjoyable. The Acura Navigation System with Voice Recognition™, AcuraLink Real-Time Traffic™ and AcuraLink Real-Time Weather™, and the highly useful AcuraLink® Satellite Communication System are the centerpieces of the Technology Package. Also part of the Technology Package is a rear view camera that includes the availability of showing gridlines (driver can turn off function if desired) that help with alignment when backing up.
The navigation system features continuously updated traffic maps now covering 130 major metropolitan areas within the United States and Canada, and offers Traffic Rerouting™ to help navigate around slow-downs. A 60-gigabyte hard disk drive (HDD) for the navigation and audio systems offers impressive response time (much faster than the 2010 system) and the HDD offers the ability to download 15-gigabytes of personal music.
Also part of the available Technology Package is a 10-speaker premium audio system tuned by legendary recording engineer and producer Elliot Scheiner. The Acura/ELS Surround® Premium Audio System includes a Note function for XM® Radio that makes it easy to identify songs to recall at a later date. With push of a button, the Note function can capture 10 seconds each of up to 30 songs, along with text indicating song title, artist name and XM® Radio channel. The unique Song by Voice™ (SBV) feature allows the driver to select audio choices via voice activation, rather than having to remove a hand from the steering wheel.
Another benefit of the HDD navigation system is expanded Bluetooth functionality including more actions that can be made via interface dial rather than just using voice commands.
A TSX Sport Wagon with the available Technology Package is fitted with a power actuated tailgate that can be electronically activated using the key fob, by pressing a button on the driver's door panel, or by pressing a button mounted on the bottom edge of the tailgate.
The TSX Sport Wagon features an even greater level of utility over the TSX sedan. Besides offering a generous 66.2 cu-ft of rear cargo area (making it the leader in its class), the wagon's rear opening height of approximately 28-inches allows for the easy stowage of bulky items such as large boxes, furniture, bicycles, four full-size golf bags and even surfboards. And for 2012, thanks to a significant increase in the size (gaining 5.7 cubic feet additional space) of the under-floor storage area, even more cargo can be hidden out-of-site.
Providing an array of advanced safety features is among the highest priorities of the 2012 Acura TSX. Leading the way is the TSX's Advanced Compatibility Engineering™ (ACE™) body structure. ACE™ improves the dispersal of frontal crash energy via load-bearing frame structures that also better match the TSX with other vehicles of different sizes and with different bumper heights. In doing so, ACE™ helps reduce the frontal crash forces before they reach the passenger compartment.
Contributing to the safety performance of the TSX is a broad range of passive safety features, including six airbags (dual-stage, multiple-threshold front airbags, dual-chamber front seat side airbags, and side curtain airbags for outboard seating positions).
TSX driver and front passenger are further protected thanks to active front head restraints and front seatbelts with an integrated automatic tensioning system and load limiters. The rear seat features a Lower Anchors and Tethers for CHildren (LATCH) system with built-in lower anchors and ready-to-use tether attachment points that allow compatible child safety seats to be installed without using the vehicle's seat belt system.
Exterior features designed to further improve safety include daytime running lights (DRL) along with pedestrian injury mitigation technologies such as a deformable hood panel, hood hinges and windshield-wiper pivots.


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GDC 2013: Pangalore Brings HTML 5 Game, ZooVale, To iPhone, iPad, Browser
Pangalore, the gaming studio behind Knightly Adventures, sat down with us today to share the new game, ZooVale. Built in HTML 5 for maximum compatibility, you'll be able to play the game on desktop and mobile browsers, as well as your iPad, seamlessly across platforms and with friends. You'll build a village, collect and breed animals, and battle your way in Adventure mode. It looks like great fun, and should be out in a couple of months.
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LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Tiger Woods and Chicago used to be a great recipe for winning, or at least coming close.
He won two PGA Championships at Medinah. He won the Western Open three times and the BMW Championship twice, all at Cog Hill. Woods has finished out of the top 20 only one time in 15 tournaments in the Chicago area, including the 2003 U.S. Open at Olympia Fields.
But he has played the Windy City just twice since his last win (by eight shots) in 2009, and neither time was particularly memorable — a tie for 15th in 2010 that kept him from qualifying for the Tour Championship for the first time in his career, and an 0-3-1 record at Medinah last year in the Ryder Cup.
His next shot is at Conway Farms, a course Woods had never seen until the pro-am Wednesday at the BMW Championship.
"I normally don't work this hard in a pro-am, but I had to do a little bit of work because I wasn't out here yesterday," Woods said.
Conway Farms, a Tom Fazio design north of Chicago, becomes the third course in as many years to host the second-oldest golf tournament in America. At a time when 70 players are trying to qualify for the 30-man field at the Tour Championship, some introductions are in order.
Luke Donald is a member and knows the course better than anyone in the field. Zach Johnson is among the few who played Conway Farms when it hosted the NCAA Championship in 1997. Steve Stricker drove down from Wisconsin on Sunday to see the course for the first time. A Western Golf Association official said about half the field was practicing Monday, a large number compared with other events, especially this late in the season.
As for Woods?
He sent out his caddie, Joe LaCava, to scout the course ahead of him.
"It helps that Joey has been out here a couple days getting the lines, and we were discussing a lot of it today," Woods said.
Woods said it was different from Cog Hill and Medinah but a "nice track." He mostly remembered how confined the layout is on the front nine, restricting gallery movement on a couple of holes. And the closing stretch of holes — a reachable par 4 with water down the entire left side, a strong par 4 at No. 16, a downhill par 3 framed by mounds, and a par 5 closing hole at 570 yards with water in front of the green.
Adding a wrinkle to a new course is that blistering hot conditions earlier in the week were supposed to yield to cooler temperatures — the low 50s in the morning — the rest of the week and a wind out of a different direction.
"That's where I have to rely on Joey a little bit, and we were discussing the weather forecast and how it's going to change a little bit, and discussing the different lines and different options," Woods said. "As I said, we did a little bit of work today, more so than we normally do."
Woods has won five times this year, bringing his PGA Tour career total to 79 as he closes in on Sam Snead's record of 82. Woods doesn't stray much from his schedule, and because he wins so often, he tends to win at the same courses. The last time he won on a golf course he had never played was at The Grove outside London for the 2006 American Express Championship.
The BMW Championship is the third FedEx Cup playoff event, and the hardest to get some separation. The field has been reduced to 70 players, so for the first time during golf's version of the postseason, there is no cut.
The goal is to get into the top 30 for the FedEx Cup finale at the Tour Championship, where everyone will have a shot at the $10 million prize, and they are guaranteed a spot in at least three of the major championships next year.
Better yet is getting into the top five in the FedEx Cup standings — those players only have to win at East Lake to capture the FedEx Cup.
Henrik Stenson, coming off a win at the Deutsche Bank Championship, is No. 1 by a small margin. Masters champion Adam Scott is right behind. The onus is on Rory McIlroy, who is No. 41 and figures a seventh-place finish is needed to get into the Tour Championship, a consolation prize for a season gone wrong. Donald, meanwhile, is No. 54 and faces a tougher task to avoid missing the Tour Championship for the first time in five years.
"I guess if there was ever a year to struggle, to coming into an event needing a big week, this is a good one to come to," Donald said.
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A really nice scene I caught on my phone the other night while out for a stroll. The harvest is upon us!! |
Well it has been a wonderful spring and early summer, lots of hiking and generally being active and outside every day. Hence my lack of posts.
That said the time of gaming harvest is upon me once again via my annual micro-con hosted at my house since 2009. Yes this is the big LARRYCON V!! Five years and still alive!!
My friend Scott Anderson from Las Vegas has just departed (he is driving up this year, normally they all just fly up) with a carload of Nevada booze, games, etc. and should be here this afternoon. My friends Will and Rob are also trekking up later in the week and then all of my local friends residing up and down the Wasatch front will be making appearances throughout the week.
The general format is basically I have time slots just like a real convention, we have a morning game slot, and afternoon and then an evening. Generally we have a single game going the entire time and then in the evenings we have enough people for two and sometimes three games to be running simultaneously. I have a converted garage that we normally game in but for LARRYCON week I ship the rest of the family off to the in-laws in Oregon and I convert the entire house into a gamer dormitory and have games running in the kitchen, front room and even on the back deck.
Some of the games we hope to play are:
- 7 Wonders
- Agricola
- Eldritch Horror
- Castles of Burgundy
- Eminent Domain
- Flash Point
- Hanabi
- Firefly
- Spartacus
- Lords of Vegas
- City of Iron
- Power Grid: Japan Map
- The Resistance
- Russian Railroads
- Smash Up
- Timeline
- Terra Mystica
- Brass
- Eclipse
- Marvel Legends
- Pathfinder Card Game
In addition to that we might toss out a game or two of Warmachine and maybe get some wargaming in (probably some nostalgic Axis and Allies or perhaps Attack! ...). There will likely be some party games and light fun little games (stuff like Love Letter, Zombie Dice, Kill Dr. Lucky, etc.) as well as some one shot RPG action (we are doing a Warhammer 40K Space Marine themed hack of the Margret Weiss Marvel system for example).
Again ... what most of my spring has been spent doing ... hiking and climbing. Great fun, but this week I am ready for beers and games >:) |
Lots of BBQin, BSin and Beer >:) ... ah life is good this week!


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Fifth Circuit Katrina Suit: No Qualified Immunity for Corps Under FCA
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week that the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) is liable to property owners who suffered billions of dollars in damage during Hurricane Katrina, reports the Associated Press.
The court affirmed District Judge Stanwood Duvall's 2009 decision in the matter on Friday, finding that the Corps is not protected by qualified immunity under the Flood Control Act.
The Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MRGO), which affords a shorter shipping route between the Gulf of Mexico and New Orleans, was originally designed to be 36 feet deep and 500 feet wide, increasing at the Gulf of Mexico to 38 feet deep and 600 feet wide. While designing and constructing the MRGO, the Corps also implemented the Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity Hurricane Protection Plan (LPV). Under the LPV, the Corps constructed levees to protect New Orleans East and Chalmette and higher floodwalls in the outfall canals at 17th Street, Orleans Avenue, and London Avenue.
MRGO was cut through virgin coastal wetlands at a depth that exposed strata of so-called "fat clay," a form of soil soft enough that it will move if made to bear a load. The channel's original designers considered, and rejected, armoring its banks with foreshore protection, leaving them vulnerable to erosion.
Over the years, that decision resulted in substantial erosion, largely from wave wash from wakes left by channel-going vessels. MRGO eventually grew to an average width of 1,970 feet - more than three times its authorized width.
Though the Corps eventually added foreshore protection in the '80s, the delay allowed the channel to widen considerably, destroying the banks that would have helped to protect a Chalmette-area, Reach 2 levee from front-side wave attack as well as loss of height. The increased channel width added more fetch as well, allowing for a more forceful frontal wave attack on the levee.
MRGO's expansion thus allowed Hurricane Katrina to generate a peak storm surge capable of breaching a Reach 2 Levee and flooding the St. Bernard polder. Separately from MRGO, the hurricane also caused the 17th Street, Orleans Avenue, and London Avenue levees to breach.
Katrina victims sued the Corps after the storm. The U.S. government claimed that it was not liable for Katrina damages resulting from the breaches under the Flood Control Act. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals disagreed, noting that the United States enjoys immunity under the Flood Control Act only where damages result from waters released by flood-control activity or negligence therein; such was not the case in the Katrina litigation.
Here, the Fifth Circuit found the Corps' negligence in maintaining the channel -- grounded on a failure to appreciate certain hydrological risks -- caused levees to fail and aggravated Katrina's effects on New Orleans and the surrounding areas. The Corps' negligent decisions rested on applications of objective scientific principles, and were not susceptible to policy considerations.
The court found the Corps flatly failed to gauge the risk, therefore it does not receive qualified immunity.
Related Resources:
- In Re: Katrina Canal Breaches Litigation (Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals)
- Court: Army Corps of Engineers Liable for Katrina Damage (FindLaw's Decided)
- Feds Challenge Sovereign Immunity in Hurricane Katrina Lawsuit (FindLaw's Fifth Circuit Blog)


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For some, life couldn't be any more perfect than if they were paid to travel. I've run across three airline crew members who have discovered ways to keep their jobs fresh and exciting by embracing what is for them the biggest benefit that comes with working for an airline: travel.
You hear about the turbulence in the airline industry nearly every week – layoffs, pay cuts, pensions lost and airlines shutting down. The echo chamber at work is enough to drive an airline employee crazy after hearing how these events are affecting everyone. But a few pilots and flight attendants I've worked with have come to the conclusion that they're unable to change the situation materially, and so they may as well find a way to enjoy the job.
I like to think I'm an adventurous traveler, although my definition of adventurous is to try to avoid eating at the same place in a given city more than once. I rarely succeed, but it's a goal at least.
Years ago, a flight attendant asked me for advice about purchasing a digital SLR camera. She started a blog called 2 Stews that revolved around eating and writing about various restaurants in Europe and recreating some of the amazing dishes. I was surprised when she heeded my advice not to skimp on the camera and began to take some eye-popping pictures of the food and sights she came across.Today, she looks forward to trips, planning them well in advance to secure reservations for herself and some of her fellow crew members. For her, the job no longer revolves around the work she does going back and forth across the Atlantic, it's more about the next topic or theme she plans for her blog. I'm similarly motivated when I come across a subject I want to talk about in "Cockpit Chronicles," which lately hasn't been often enough.
Here, Diane catches us up on her schedule, which ends in Rome, so naturally she shares the recipe for a dish she had previously there that had an unusual mix of ingredients:
Lately I feel like the Johnny Cash song, I've Been Everywhere. In the past few weeks I've been to Dallas, Rome, Budapest, Boston, New York, Minneapolis, Boise, Idaho and back again. I'm off to Rome today. I'm not complaining, mind you, but my affairs aren't in order. The weeds are growing, the dust is collecting and my computer time has been zero. If only I had an iPad for my journeys….plus a few days off! Oh yeah, don't forget a house cleaner on that list of wants.
I settled yesterday for an easy and tasty pasta dish to keep me going. I have been wanting to make the Pater Nostri pasta I bought in Rome using a recipe that was inspired by a dish I had at Trattoria Moderne last month. It had Italian sausage, pear and radicchio. The flavors rounded out each other with a little sweet from the pear, some savory sausage, salty cheese and a slightly bitter taste from the radicchio. The essences of life.
Diane has collected so much about Paris that she's started a blog featuring that work called Merci Paris.
Aspiring to learn everything there was to know about his favorite city, Rudy has ventured nearly everywhere in Rio de Janeiro and logged enough helpful tips that he's become the go-to guy for other pilots and flight attendants interested in Rio. He put together a guide that he shares in paper form with crew members, which caused me to try things I never would have otherwise – such as a frango from a farmers market, for example.
I committed the Portuguese word for chicken to my short-term memory and marched down to the weekly market near our hotel and ordered a frango with some sort of sugar cane drink.
I'm convinced that Rudy may know more about the city than some of the locals. I thought I knew Paris well, but I couldn't write anything for the City of Light that would approach what he's done for Rio. In order to get around a little easier, Rudy has a bike in Rio and is planning on picking up another one so he can bring someone else from the crew along with him on his adventures.
On the day he leaves Rio, Rudy will routinely carve up some fruit purchased at a farmers market, some of which isn't available in the states, and put it on a plate before delivering it to the rooms of the two other pilots he's flying with hours before meeting for pickup.
Above and beyond, I'd say!
Rudy's delicious fruit from the market in Rio prepared and delivered to our rooms!
I've flown with Catherine Caldwell for years, but I never realized what a true expert she was on getting the most out of her trips until reading her recently published book, "Jet Vignettes." (Available on Amazon, the Kindle and as an iBook from iTunes.)
Catherine's advice for dining in Paris resonated with me:
When I first started flying to Paris, I knew nothing of where to eat in the city. My crew members and I would walk to the Latin Quarter because initially no matter who we asked – friends, passengers, other flight attendants – all said the Latin Quarter. All said this area hits the quota mark for the highest concentration of "cute" Parisian restaurants. Each layover we went to the Latin Quarter, layover after layover, in search of the holy grail of true Parisian cuisine, the kind we heard and read about, the dinner that was the true pinnacle of dining in Paris. Each time, we passed the restaurants with flower boxes, checked curtains, old architecture, and beckoning waitstaff holding enticing menus. After five subpar meals of so-so food, expensive bills, sitting next to table after table of American tourists, it dawned on me, this was not the place to eat at all in Paris. That was 1996, and I have eaten in the Latin Quarter only once since, at a Greek restaurant that was actually pretty good (I picked up a card).
She then went on to talk about a few of her favorites in Paris as well as other places in Europe, and includes a section on pastis in Paris and shopping in local grocery stores while abroad. She includes a few telling anecdotes about her job, such as the requisite chapter on the Mile High Club and 9/11 as well as helpful chapters such as "Big Cities on a Flight Attendant Budget" and how to look like a local in various countries. Like Diane, Catherine regularly updates her blog after nearly every trip, it seems.
I wholeheartedly recommend "Jet Vignettes." I even learned a few things about her job, and picked up some tips that I'll put to use on international layovers.
In fact, all three of these extraordinary people have inspired me to get out and explore more while traveling, and subsequently to enjoy my job more. And that's something every airline employee could use right now.
"Cockpit Chronicles" takes you along on some of Kent's trips as a pilot based in New York. Have any questions for Kent? Check out the "Cockpit Chronicles" Facebook page or follow Kent on Twitter @veryjr.


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Athens, Ga. – For the sixth consecutive year, the University of Georgia has been named to the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll by the Corporation for National and Community Service. This honor is the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning and civic engagement.
During the 2010-2011 academic year, more than 26,000 UGA students, staff and faculty contributed more than 445,000 hours of service-the equivalent of nearly $9 million in volunteer time-through community projects, student organizations, and academic service-learning courses.
The 2012 Honor Roll highlights several UGA service projects, including the Campus Kitchen Project, a student program that provided more than 1500 meals to the aging population of Athens, and IMPACT, which engaged more than 324 students during academic breaks in weeklong service-learning projects that focused on education, hunger and affordable housing in 19 different locations nationally. In addition, more than 300 UGA faculty, staff and students participated in the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service hosted by HandsOn Northeast Georgia and Community Connection.
Launched in 2006, the Honor Roll recognizes higher education institutions for exemplary, innovative and effective community service programs. Honorees are chosen based on a series of criteria, including scope and innovativeness of service projects, percentage of student participation, incentives for service, and availability of service-learning courses.
The Office of Service Learning, a unit that reports jointly to the Office of the Vice President of Public Service and Outreach and the Office of the Vice President of Instruction, coordinated UGA's application process.
For more information, see the Office of Service Learning at http://servicelearning.uga.edu/.


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Fresh Air Weekend highlights some of the best interviews and reviews from past weeks, and new program elements specially paced for weekends. Our weekend show emphasizes interviews with writers, filmmakers, actors, and musicians, and often includes excerpts from live in-studio concerts. This week:
Bishop Explains Vatican's Criticism Of U.S. Nuns: Bishop Leonard Blair talks about his Vatican-ordered assessment of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, an organization that represents 80 percent of Catholic sisters in America. He says the LCWR is promoting a "new kind of theology that is not in accordance with the faith of the church."
An American Nun Responds To Vatican Criticism: The Vatican recently announced that it would completely make over the Leadership Conference of Women Religious because of its "radical feminist themes incompatible with the Catholic faith." Sister Pat Farrell, who heads the organization, says many of the charges are unsubstantiated.
You can listen to the original broadcasts here:
Bishop Explains Vatican's Criticism Of U.S. Nuns
An American Nun Responds To Vatican Criticism
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KDDI Singapore, FLECT to jointly offer Cariot real-time vehicle management to Southeast Asia, Middle East
KDDI CORPORATION May 28, 2018
―Using Air SIM cards to make global SORACOM services easy, no installation work needed―
KDDI CORPORATION (Headquarters: Chiyoda, Tokyo, President: Makoto Takahashi) and its subsidiary KDDI Singapore Pte Ltd (Headquarters: Singapore, Managing Director: Yasuhiko Miyahara) are joining forces with FLECT Co. Ltd. (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo, President: Koji Kurokawa) to jointly offer Cariot(*1) real-time vehicle management services to corporate clients in Southeast Asia and the Middle East.
Cariot is a real-time vehicle management service that provides corporate clients with the ability to use the Internet to monitor digital data including vehicle speed and distance traveled, engine rpm, fuel consumption, primary electric power voltage and more. No special installation is required for the device, which simply plugs into the vehicle cigarette lighter. The ability to make vehicle information visible enhances compliance and safety capabilities while helping cut costs and make business operations more efficient. Using "the Global Air SIM card" provided by SORACOM Inc. (Headquarters: Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, President: Ken Tamagawa), the service is capable of roaming, in which the service automatically switches from one country's systems to the next when a vehicle crosses a national border.
This is particularly useful in regions such as Southeast Asia, in which vehicles frequently pass through numerous adjacent countries and vehicle traceability has become an important issue. Numerous traffic accidents have also been caused by unsafe driving practices such as sudden starts, making employee driver education a crucial issue for companies.
As the distribution source, KDDI Singapore will begin by offering the service to Japanese corporate customers in Southeast Asia and the Middle East, and will then expand its sales effort among local firms. KDDI Singapore will also work to make the service available in as many countries and regions as possible.
As KDDI Group works to achieve its goal of integrating telecommunications and life design, it strives to be a company that is always offering exciting new ideas. We provide powerful support for the global business operations of our client companies, creating new customer experience value.
1. About FLECT Co. Ltd.
FLECT Co. Ltd. pursues its stated goal of "Using the Internet to seek a more fulfilling life for everyone" primarily through Salesforce-centered efforts in the areas of software development and consulting. FLECT provides support for IoT service implementation, and provides the Cariot connected-car service. A consulting partner of salesforce.com Inc., FLECT has strengths in the area of software development and service design, having accumulated a wealth of technology through continual engagement in Web application construction work since its founding.
http://www.flect.co.jp/ (in Japanese only)/
2. About KDDI Singapore
As the Regional Head Quarter of KDDI Group in Southeast Asia, KDDI Singapore offers comprehensive telecommunications solution services to companies operating in Singapore and throughout Southeast Asia. Understanding the distinctive character of regional locales enables KDDI Singapore to provide its services from a perspective that is global, yet local.
KDDI Singapore will serve as the international regional distribution hub for Cariot, providing subsidiaries in numerous countries with implementation support.
For details, visit the Cariot with KDDI website at: https://sg.kddi.com/products_services/detail2/cariot-with-kddi.html
Company name | FLECT Co. Ltd. |
Est. | August 2005 |
Location | Kyobashi MID Bldg. 2F, 2-13-10 Kyobashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo |
President | Koji Kurokawa |
Business activities | Cariot connected car service, cloud integration services, IoT-related services, etc. |
Contact | 03-5159-2090 |
Company name | KDDI Singapore Pte Ltd |
Est. | Sept. 28, 1989 (KDDI Singapore office est. 1961) |
Location | 77 Robinson Road, #26-00 Singapore 068896 |
President | Yasuhiko Miyahara |
Business activities | Telecommunications business operations (proprietary telecomms equipment base licensing) systems integration; data center and Internet services; cloud services, office relocation, IoT, cyber-security and management services, comprehensive hardware procurement, etc. |
Contact | +65-6220-7001 |
*1 "Cariot, connecting cars, changing work" https://www.cariot.jp/ (in Japanese only)
* This press release is an abridged translation of the press release announced in Japan.
- *The information contained in the news releases is current at the time of publication. Products, service fees,service content and specifications, contact information, and other details are subject to change without notice.


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BEIRUT – Syrian warplanes and artillery pounded opposition strongholds in Damascus and its suburbs Tuesday, as rebels in the northern city of Aleppo launched an operation to try to free hundreds of political detainees from the city's central prison, activists said.
The fighting has escalated across Syria in recent weeks, particularly in Aleppo and Damascus, the country's largest cities, as the rebels and President Bashar Assad's regime try to gain the upper hand in the 2-year-old conflict.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said some 6,000 people were killed nationwide in March alone, making it the deadliest month since the uprising began.
Fighting has also intensified in the southern provinces of Daraa and Quneitra, across from Jordan and the frontier with Israel.
On Tuesday, the Israeli military said a mortar shell landed on its side of the frontier in the Golan Heights area, but it was not clear if the fire was intentional. The incident came after Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon visited the region Tuesday and warned that Israel would respond to any attack from Syria.
The escalation in the southern Quneitra region along the cease-fire line separating Syria from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights accented concerns that Islamic extremists among the rebel forces could take over the front line opposite Israeli troops.
Damascus has become a key battleground in the civil war. From their strongholds in the suburbs, rebel fighters are trying to slowly push their way into the heart of the capital. Assad has deployed his most loyal and best equipped troops there, trying to insulate it from the violence.
The Observatory said government forces on Tuesday shelled the northern Damascus neighborhoods of Jobar, Barzeh and Qaboun. It also reported an air raid on the suburb of Mleiha.
Maath al-Shami, an activist based in the suburb of eastern Ghouta, said there were several airstrikes in the area, which includes Mleiha. "Fighting is taking place on all fronts," he said, referring to clashes east of Damascus.
"Drones fly over eastern Ghouta then warplanes come and bomb the area," al-Shami said, using his activist name because he feared government retribution.
State-run TV said rebels fired a mortar shell on the Damascus suburb of Muqailabiyeh, killing four people, including two children. It claimed troops killed scores of gunmen throughout the country.
The Observatory also reported that five people were killed, including a woman and an Iraqi national, when a barrage of mortar shells exploded in an area of the suburb of Jaramana, just few kilometers (miles) southeast of Damascus. The town is overwhelmingly pro-regime.
In Aleppo, rebels launched an attack dubbed "Freeing the Prisoners" that aims to eventually free detainees held in the city's central prison, the Aleppo Media Center activist group reported.
Aleppo-based activist Mohammed Saeed said the operation is a three-pronged attack targeting at the Kindi Hospital, Ghondol square and the central prison. He said the hospital has been turned into a military compound recently.
"The aim of the offensive is to strengthen the siege on the central prison and demand the release of political prisoners," Saeed said via Skype, adding that the goal is to free hundreds of political prisoners inside.
He added that if the rebels manage to take the three areas, they can cut supply lines for government troops stationed in the city.
Aleppo, Syria's largest city and a former commercial hub, has been a key battleground in the country's civil war since rebels launched an offensive there in July, seizing several districts before the fighting largely settled into a bloody stalemate that has left the city carved up into government- and rebel-held zones.
In an attempt to combat rising crime and kidnapping for ransom as a result of the civil war, Assad issued a decree Tuesday threatening life in prison at hard labor for any person who abducts someone for political or sectarian reasons or for ransom, the state news agency said.
It said if the kidnapper kills, rapes or permanently disables the captive, then the abductor will receive the death sentence.
In neighboring Lebanon, security officials said tribal leaders in the northern region of Wadi Khaled were expected to meet to discuss freeing eight Syrians who were kidnapped while on their way to Syria on Monday.
Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reported that the eight were kidnapped by relatives of a Lebanese man who has been held by Syrian authorities for about a year. Local media reported that the eight were Alawites -- members of Assad's minority sect.
Lebanon is sharply divided between supporters and opponents of Assad and along sectarian lines. Violence from Syria has spilled over into deadly street fighting and kidnappings on several occasions.
Also Tuesday, Syrian state-run Al-Ikhbariya TV said the government has decided to exempt fuel and diesel imports from Iran from tax and customs charges until June 30. Syria has been suffering major shortage of fuel after repeated attacks on oil pipelines.
In Geneva, the U.N.'s World Food Program said unknown assailants in Syria have carried out at least 20 attacks on its food trucks, warehouses and cars since emergency operations were launched in December 2011.
WFP spokeswoman Elisabeth Byrs says no one has been hurt in the attacks, but she could not provide details on locations or the assailants.
Byrs told reporters Tuesday in Geneva that the attacks show "it's becoming more and more difficult with this growing violence to reach the people who are in need of assistance."
The U.N.'s food agency says 2.5 million people in Syria and almost 1 million refugees in neighboring countries need its help, costing $19 million a week.
A U.N. panel estimated in mid-February that at least 70,000 people have died in Syria's civil war.


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This is a section of Ultimate Pellet Pipe chimney. The length specified is the overall outside length of the chimney section. Each section uses 1.75" of this length when connected to another component piece of this venting system.
It is UL listed to standard UL641 as a Type L low temperature venting system. This venting system must be used with appliances requiring this venting standard. Commonly used for wood pellet burning appliances. Galvalume steel outer pipe with 300 series stainless inner pipe. 4" component pieces have 4.75" OD.
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Y or I?
I was browsing in the kitchenware department of one of the department stores in town today, looking at the huge Zyliss display. Zyliss, as you probably know if you are into your kitchen gadgets, is a Swiss company that makes a lot of useful things. I have a number of Zyliss products in my kitchen, but my favorite one at the moment is the Soft Skin Peeler, aka the Tomato Peeler. This wonderful thing can take the skin off of any soft fruit like tomatoes and peaches with amazing ease. It even shaves truffles very thin!
The one I have is the Y shaped one, which doesn't seem to be available in the U.S. yet. The I-shaped one is, but I'm firmly in the Y camp when it comes to peelers, mainly because I'm left handed and the I shape goes the 'wrong way' for me. I think that the Y shape is a lot more practical. In Japan, the I shape is practically unknown, but almost every household has at least one Y shaped peeler I think.
But I know a lot of people who swear by the I shape. Years ago at our wedding reception, the best man devised several games, one of which was a very Swiss potato peeling contest amongst the women! (Yes, some thoughts about the political un-correctness of that did come to mind but I was too overwrought by the whole Wedding Thing to bring it up.) The game was fun anyway, but I had no chance since the only peelers provided were the I shaped ones. The winner, a veteran I-shape user, managed to peel a potato in under 15 seconds.
I feel a tiny bit guilty when I use a peeler because I'm not using a knife. That comes from growing up in Japan, where everyone until recently was supposed to be able to do execute the most intricate cutting techniques with just a couple of knives. Never mind though, I love my Y shaped peelers.
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IndieCade 2011: The Dream Machine
We get some impressions and chat with indie developer Cockroach, Inc. at IndieCade 2011 about their visually-unique, creepy episodic adventure game The Dream Machine.
The point-and-click adventure genre has been around nearly as long as video games themselves, so it's especially refreshing (and surprising) to encounter one that takes an entirely new approach. The Dream Machine, an episodic adventure from Sweedish developer Cockroach is one of those games. All of its characters, props, and environments are created from materials like clay and cardboard, and then captured using stop-motion animation techniques.
The game begins innocuously enough. A couple is moving in to a new apartment, but soon discover that not everything is as it seems. In the words of Cockroach's Anders Gustaffson, who I spoke to at the recent IndieCade festival in Culver City, CA: "There is something shady going on in the apartment complex, and they have to find out what it is, and try to stop the persons responsible."
"Being more than 30 years old, I really appreciate the fact that you're not firing a gun in the game, and that it's actually about a real-life relationship at the very core," Gustaffson continued. "It's basically about a guy who's trying to make his family life work, while being put in a very strange situation."
Anyone who has ever played a point-and-click adventure game will immediately feel at home playing The Dream Machine. While it doesn't do much to turn the mechanical conventions of the genre on their heads, the excellent presentation cannot be understated.
When I asked Gustafsson--responsible for the game's writing, puzzles, and programming--why he and co-creator Erik Zaring chose the visually striking claymation style for the game, it turns out that it was a natural decision, given both of their backgrounds.
"Well, first of all, it's love for the medium of stop-motion animation," Gustaffson explained. We both love [Tim Burton's] The Nightmare Before Christmas, and movies like that... and [the works of] Aardman Animations, but we--both me and Erik--have traditional animation backgrounds. He actually used to run a stop-motion animation studio in Sweeden, and I used to do children's animation. I got into computer games a while ago, and then we started talking about doing a collaboration. He's not very technical, but he can build like nobody else."
In adventure games, good storytelling is what makes them ultimately worth playing. As such, I won't spoil any of the twists and turns I've experienced so far in the first couple of chapters. Let me just say that by the end of the first installment (which the developers are letting people play for free), I was both intrigued and unsettled. Given what Gustaffson had to say about the game's narrative influences, I wasn't surprised.
"We've been watching [Roman] Polanski's 'The Tenant' quite a lot, and we're big fans of [David] Cronenberg," he said. "[They both take place in] a slightly off-putting universe that makes you feel guilty by watching it, like a co-conspirator. That's a quality that we like in the works of both Polanski and Cronenberg. I also like the television series Fringe, and some of the more bizarre and trippy Star Trek episodes."
The Dream Machine has five planned chapters. As mentioned, the first chapter is playable for free on the developer's website. Chapter 2 is currently available to purchase and play, and Chapter 3 is planned to release by the end of October. The game's final two chapters will be released sometime thereafter. I asked Gustaffson about the decision to release episodically, as opposed to all at once.
"Reducing the risk is a part of it," he told me. "If we had invested three years into releasing one big chunk of the game, then we wouldn't have feedback from the players. We wouldn't know if anybody liked it, or if we were on the right track, or needed to change it slightly--tonally. So, releasing the first episode into the wild and getting feedback was really critical."
He also shared some excitement about The Dream Machine's upcoming third chapter, due out before the end of the month. "I'm really proud about [episode] number three. It really came together," Gustaffson said. "I was crunching up until the last day--right before I came here [to IndieCade]--but it really came together nicely. I was shocked when I did the first playthrough all the way that it was cohesive and tonally more creepy and weird than I expected."
If you have a soft-spot for good point-and-click adventure games, but are looking for something a bit more adult and creepy than the (also quite good) titles being produced by Telltale Games (Sam & Max, Back to the Future), I'd highly recommend giving The Dream Machine's first chapter a go.
Chapters 2-5 each run €4.69 apiece ($6.52); however, ordering the full game bundle will only cost €13.75 ($19.11)--a savings of 20%. You can click The Dream Machine's official Store tab on the game's website for more information.
Jeff Mattas posted a new article, IndieCade 2011: The Dream Machine.
We get some impressions and chat with indie developer Cockroach, Inc. at IndieCade 2011 about their visually-unique, creepy episodic adventure game The Dream Machine.


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A glossary (from Ancient Greek: γλῶσσα, glossa; language, speech, wording), also known as a vocabulary or clavis, is an alphabetical list of terms in a particular domain of knowledge with the definitions for those terms.[citation needed] Traditionally, a glossary appears at the end of a book and includes terms within that book that are either newly introduced, uncommon, or specialized. While glossaries are most commonly associated with non-fiction books, in some cases, fiction novels sometimes include a glossary for unfamiliar terms.
A bilingual glossary is a list of terms in one language defined in a second language or glossed by synonyms (or at least near-synonyms) in another language.
In a general sense, a glossary contains explanations of concepts relevant to a certain field of study or action. In this sense, the term is related to the notion of ontology. Automatic methods have been also provided that transform a glossary into an ontology[1] or a computational lexicon.[2]
Core glossary[edit]
A core glossary is a simple glossary or explanatory dictionary that enables definition of other concepts, especially for newcomers to a language or field of study. It contains a small working vocabulary and definitions for important or frequently encountered concepts, usually including idioms or metaphors useful in a culture.
Automatic extraction of glossaries[edit]
Computational approaches to the automated extraction of glossaries from corpora[3] or the Web[4][5] have been developed in the recent years. These methods typically start from domain terminology and extract one or more glosses for each term of interest. Glosses can then be analyzed to extract hypernyms of the defined term and other lexical and semantic relations.
See also[edit]
- Controlled vocabulary
- Frahang-i Pahlavig, a glossary of Pahlavi logograms
- Index (publishing)
- Terminology extraction
- ^ R. Navigli, P. Velardi. From Glossaries to Ontologies: Extracting Semantic Structure from Textual Definitions, Ontology Learning and Population: Bridging the Gap between Text and Knowledge (P. Buitelaar and P. Cimiano, Eds.), Series information for Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications, IOS Press, 2008, pp. 71-87.
- ^ R. Navigli. Using Cycles and Quasi-Cycles to Disambiguate Dictionary Glosses, Proc. of 12th Conference of the European Association for Computational Linguistics (EACL 2009), Athens, Greece, March 30-April 3rd, 2009, pp. 594-602.
- ^ J. Klavans and S. Muresan. Evaluation of the Definder System for Fully Automatic Glossary Construction Archived 2019-12-22 at the Wayback Machine. In Proc. of American Medical Informatics Association Symp., 2001, pp. 324–328.
- ^ A. Fujii, T. Ishikawa. Utilizing the World Wide Web as an Encyclopedia: Extracting Term Descriptions from Semi-Structured Texts. In Proc. 38th Ann. Meeting Assoc. for Computational Linguistics, 2000, pp. 488–495.
- ^ P. Velardi, R. Navigli, P. D'Amadio. Mining the Web to Create Specialised Glossaries, IEEE Intelligent Systems, 23(5), IEEE Press, 2008, pp. 18-25.
External links[edit]
- glossarist.com: The Glossarist - Large list of glossaries
- www.ontopia.net: The TAO of Topic Maps
- www.babel-linguistics.com: Babel Linguistics Glossaries Selected Multilingual Glossaries by Industry
- Hessels, John Henry (1911). Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 124–128. This provides a detailed description of the development of glossaries in classical languages. . In


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26 Jun Jessica Simpson Gives Us The Money Shot
Jessica Simpson took a stroll yesterday with her newborn baby and decided to show off her….assets? Jessica is in the middle of a $4 million dollar campaign to shed the weight she gained while pregnant.
I figured we wouldn't see for months so we could see the transformation. Jessica has always been top heavy and at 5'3, that seems like it might be a little painful. Yet, she still gives us the mouth wide open shot with the tag line "Just taking a walk around the block… Street legal???"
Was she talking about her breasts..or the device that is supposed to count how many steps you take while walking? We wonder if it gives extra steps and calories burned for each bounce? We only ask for scientific purposes. Honest.-DocFB


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Manchester United battled to a goalless draw at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday night as Arsenal were denied a return to top spot in the Premier League.
Chances were at a premium between the two sides, with the best coming in the opening minutes as former Arsenal captain Robin van Persie, now in the United camp, and home striker Olivier Giroud should both have scored.
Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny pushed a bullet header from the Holland forward against the crossbar in the second half of a match which ultimately failed to live up to its billing, leaving Jose Mourinho's Chelsea still top of the league.
David Moyes' visitors were almost gifted a lead inside the first minute when Mikel Arteta gave the ball away to Van Persie, but the one-time Arsenal skipper saw his scuffed shot saved.
French forward Giroud headed an Arsenal corner wide from inside the six-yard box in what was an electric start.
However, the tempo of the match then dropped, with only a deflected effort from Tomas Rosicky causing United goalkeeper David De Gea some concern during the lull.
United – looking to make up ground on the top four following their 2-2 draw at home with Fulham – continued to frustrate Arsenal with a determined midfield display, closing down space quickly when not on the ball.
When Arsenal did get into second gear as the hour passed, Antonio Valencia cleared a header off the line from Gunners defender Laurent Koscielny.
Giroud just could not get on the end of a great cross from right-back Bacary Sagna before, at the other end, Szczesny tipped a bullet header from Van Persie against the frame of the goal.
De Gea twice saved from Santi Cazorla during the closing stages as Arsenal pressed for a winner, but each team had to be content with a point.
United had made two changes following the disappointment of the Fulham result, as Tom Cleverley and Valencia came in, while midfielder Marouane Fellaini was on the bench following a long lay-off with a groin problem.
Arsenal were looking to return to the top of the table following Chelsea's draw at West Brom, and boss Arsene Wenger made two changes in the wake of the 5-1 mauling at Liverpool, with Tomas Rosicky and Kieran Gibbs starting.
Wenger's men had been caught sleeping by Liverpool's fast start on Saturday, and they were almost behind within the opening minute again, as they were at Anfield, when Arteta gave the ball away on the edge of the penalty area.
However, Van Persie, so prolific in the season before he left the Emirates Stadiu – and the season after – scuffed his shot and Szczesny got down to save.
Arsenal then went on the offensive, with a goal-bound shot from Jack Wilshere blocked before Giroud headed wide from five yards following the resulting corner.
A 20-yard strike from Rosicky spiralled up off the back of United captain Nemanja Vidic and almost wrong-footed goalkeeper David De Gea.
Van Persie beat the offside trap down the left channel after 17 minutes, but then made a complete hash of his cross, which flew through the penalty area and out of play on the far side.
The tempo of the match dropped before Giroud cracked a 20-yard effort high and wide following a good spell of Arsenal pressure.
There was a brief stoppage when home left-back Gibbs needed treatment following a heavy fall after making a header in the United box – which left Red Devils manager Moyes fuming after play was correctly called back by referee Mark Clattenburg.
United's Brazilian full-back Rafael then also had to be treated after coming off worse in a 50/50 challenge with Giroud.
Cazorla crashed a 20-yard shot into the back of Wilshere as the first half fizzled out.
United were forced into a change at the start of the second half as struggling Rafael was replaced by Rio Ferdinand, who made his first Premier League appearance since November.
Having been frustrated by United's determined midfield display, Arsenal almost snatched the lead after 61 minutes when Valencia's headed clearance under the crossbar thwarted Koscielny.
Szczesny was then quick off his line to head clear as Van Persie closed in on the Arsenal penalty area.
Both sides made a change as the match entered the final 15 minutes, as United replaced Juan Mata with Adnan Januzaj and Arsenal midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain came on for Rosicky.
Arsenal went close again, but Sagna's right-wing cross was just ahead of Giroud as he raced in at the near post.
With 10 minutes left, Van Persie could have won it when he met a floated cross from Rooney at the far post with his powerful header, from which Szczesny produced his heroics.
There was time for De Gea and Cazorla to have their personal battle in the late stages, but neither side had really done enough to earn victory.