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After he was forced off next month's UFC 117 event and a fight with Rodney Wallace, undefeated UFC newcomer Stanislav Nedkov (10-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) now meets fellow light heavyweight Steve Cantwell (7-3 MMA, 1-2 UFC) at UFC 120.
A source close to the event today told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) that verbal agreements are in place and that bout agreements should be finalized shortly.
UFC 120 takes place Oct. 16 at The O2 in London, England.
The night's main card airs via same-day delay on Spike TV, though Nedkov vs. Cantwell is slated for the night's unaired preliminary card.
MMAjunkie.com first reported Cantwell's UFC 120 participation this past week, though his opponent hadn't been determined at the time. The former WEC champion fights for the first time in 13 months and looks to rebound from back-to-back decision losses to Luiz Cane and Brian Stann.
In May the Nevada State Athletic Commission cleared the 23-year-old fighter after an issue with his medical paperwork prevented him from being licensed to fight. As a result, he was not cleared for a bout with Vladimir Matyushenko at UFC 108 and sat on the bench as his management worked to clear the hurdle. Although speculation ran rampant about the supposed medical issue, Cantwell and the NSAC never publicly confirmed the details.
Nedkov, a Shooto and World Victory Road/Sengoku vet who recently defeated Kevin Randleman and Travis Wiuff, enters the UFC with a perfect 10-0 record. The Bulgarian fighter launched his career in his native country in 2006 and has posted nine stoppage victories (five via knockout).
The Wallace fight was scratched due to a reported injury, though his management team never confirmed details.
The latest UFC 120 card now includes:
- Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Michael Bisping
- Carlos Condit vs. Dan Hardy
- John Hathaway vs. Mike Pyle
- Travis Browne vs. Cheick Kongo*
- Spencer Fisher vs. Kurt Warburton*
PRELIMINARY CARD (un-aired)
- Claude Patrick vs. James Wilks*
- Tom Blackledge vs. James McSweeney*
- Cyrille Diabate vs. Alexander Gustafsson*
- Rob Broughton vs. Vinicius Kappke de Quieroz*
- Steven Cantwell vs. Stanislav Nedkov*
* – Not officially announced
For the latest on UFC 120, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com.
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Sorry. My "eight" key is broken.
What's particularly annoying about that is how many of my internet usernames involve the number "eighty-four" (my birth year).
So I just got back from grabbing some lunch, and it is easily the most dismal, shitty, dreary day, like, EVER. Great googly moogly.
Anyway… TRIGGER WARNING FOR AFTER THE JUMP
I was expressing concern over the way that we often sweep all different forms of sexual assault under the term "rape", and often seem to dismiss or belittle the differences that exist between the ways that a sexual assault or rape can occur. The term "rape" being used interchangeably, describing an extremely broad range of things. What might the motives be behind that? Are we sure that this is really a good way to approach things?
There is exactly one occurrence in my life I describe as "rape", and even that one occurrence took me a long, long time to finally be able to face as such. It was the time with the knife. When an older, much stronger, and very intimidating man, who I'd never met until that night, and who was quite drunk (I was too), threatened the adolescent Boy I Used To Be with a knife and ordered me to engage in acts of penetrative and genital sex.
I didn't report.
I was young. I was confused. I was scared. I was already in a ton of trouble for having spontaneously gone to an overnight party, and having obviously gotten drunk while there. I was deeply ashamed of myself, and in my head was thinking of it as having been "sex with a man", and that was what I was ashamed of and horrified by, and couldn't get past, not the knife, the age difference, the threat of violence, or the fact that it was not in any way consensual.
And I didn't quite understand that it wasn't consensual, because of how my body responded. Because one of the things I was made to do was to top him. Because I didn't try to run away or fight back. Because I was drunk. Because I had been a little bit curious. Because when he flashed the knife, I just resigned to it all and said "okay". Because I wasn't scared "enough". Because it was all my fault for being interested in guys. Because I somehow magically brought it on myself for having fantasies about men.
All of that, everything that happened, everything I needed to process in order to work through it… it took a very long time. Not least because I hated thinking about it, or remembering it. I still hate thinking about it and remembering it. Mostly, I go through my life pretending this, and the other horrible things that happened to me, just didn't really happen. Or somehow don't "count".
It wasn't until my mid-twenties when I was finally able to look back on that event and describe it as having been raped.
And that is the only thing that ever happened to me that I describe as rape.
But what if I were to ahead and assume the definition that many feminists use? If I were to apply to myself the definition of rape that I don't feel justified in questioning when other women apply it to their own experiences? What if I were to term "rape" every instance of uncomfortable, non-consensual physical intimacy in which one feels their boundaries have been violated?
If that's the case then I've been raped a lot. Repeatedly. For two different significant chunks of my life, I was raped over and over again.
Do I want to see it that way? Am I okay with regarding that way?
One of those series of events was definitely physical intimacy. And definitely non-consensual. And definitely left me feeling violated and uncomfortable. And is also something I hate thinking about and remembering.
Which is exactly why the questions that have arisen for me in regards to the Ira Gray accusations are painful.
But what was far worse than those physical violations was the sequence of events that followed. Some people came to believe that what was occurring was an explicitly sexual thing. Basically, they suspected I was being molested. And so I was pulled through a seemingly endless sequence of interviews. With nurses, psychiatrists, social workers, etc. All of whom were asking me really, really scary questions.
What made things really horrible, though, was that this was "conveniently" timed to a legal battle taking place between various parties connected to me. As such, the possibility that I was being abused presented a wonderful trump card. My extremely painful and conflicted emotional situation, even as a child, was being exploited by the adults around me in their strange, inscrutable, petty little fights.
I was young, but I was smart enough to understand what was going on. I knew I was being used, that this event was important to the power games they were playing, and that whatever I did or didn't say was going to have consequences for them. I also knew that the degree to which my own well-being was their interest was very, very compromised.
All of that felt like at least as much of a violation as the physical ones.
Despite those pressures, I did simply stick by what I understood to be the truth. I said that nothing genital had occurred. Although I didn't possess the kind of terminology I now have, I maintained that to the best of my knowledge it hadn't been sexual in nature. I confessed what did and didn't happen. The only way I distorted the truth was, in trying to get everyone to shut up about it and leave me alone, suggesting that it was "no big deal" and that none of it had really bothered me.
It did bother me. A great deal. But I went along with it because I guess I thought I was "supposed" to. But having so many people invade my life like that, with so little respect for what I was going through and how I felt, and so much self-interest and pettiness tainting everything…. that was a lot worse.
None of it, though, was really rape. At least I don't call it as such.
Why don't I use that definition of rape? Well… it might be simply that that is something to painful to acknowledge, that that would require facing the depth and hurt of a whole lot of experiences I'd much rather just forget and put behind me. It might be because that would mean recontextualizing all that pain, and then having to process it all over again through that new context.
But it's not really that. The real reason is that they were different.
The different things that happened to me felt different. And meant something different. And had very different consequences. They just weren't the same fucking thing.
Being forced to perform fellatio on someone who's holding a knife to your throat is NOT the same as someone stealing a kiss or touching your breast without permission.
It's just not.
And erasing those differences? Erasing the gravity of those differences? It's really fucked up.
I don't by any means think anything should ever be EXCUSED on the basis of "not being RAPE rape"… but please, don't you dare act like the distinctions between sexual harassment and violent penetrative rape are meaningless.
And to be honest? I think there's some pretty creepy motives underlying this.
Consider, for instance, the distribution of risk in terms of who is more likely experience violent rape, or rape at the hands of a stranger, and who is more likely to experience acquaintance rape or date rape instead.
The fact is that there are a number of groups who are at much higher risk for violent rape. Women of colour, women living in poverty, trans women, sex workers, women with addictions, women with mental health issues, etc. These types of women are disproportionately at risk.
Everyone is at risk for acquaintance rape and date rape, but in so far as women benefiting from certain social and economic privileges such as being white, middle-class, cisgender, etc. are spared the additional, disproportionately distributed risk of violent rape (though of course they're not completely safe from it, either), it ends up being in the interests of a feminism dominated by privileged women to position acquaintance rape and date rape as a priority, and to de-emphasise the differences in intensity and consequence between different forms of rape.
There can definitely be exploitation at work here. By erasing the distinctions, and placing everything under a single term, it becomes possible for privileged feminists to make statements such as "1 in 3 women have been raped by the age of 30". By exploiting the experiences of less privileged women (women of colour, sex workers, trans women) and the violent forms of rape they're at considerably greater risk of experiencing, and using that image of rape for its emotional impact at the same time as erasing the disparities of risk and sweeping all forms of sexual assault under the same term, they can use the fear and horror of violent rape to petition for resources to be allocated towards the needs of white, middle-class women without attention being paid to who is really at risk of what, and how. Without attention being paid to disparities in who is suffering, and whose needs are and are not being met.
I don't have any precise information on hand right now, and no time to research, but something I intend to investigate in the near future is how rape-relief funds are allocated. My understanding is that relative to incidence and consequence, considerably more money, time and effort goes into supports for victims of acquaintance rape than victims of violent rape.
So, when we speak of "rape" all under one term, I think there's a lot of important questions we could be doing a much better job of asking…
Are all forms of rape really the same thing? What do we mean when we say "rape"? Who is that definition benefiting, and who might it be harming? Whose needs are we trying to meet? Whose needs might we be ignoring? And what, exactly, are our goals when addressing the question of rape?
Oh whose behalf are we really working?


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Amanda Knox's ex says her version of events is 'imagination and hallucination'
(CNN) -- Raffaele Sollecito reasserted his innocence Tuesday as his attorneys continued to distance him from his ex-girlfriend Amanda Knox.
"This has been a real tragedy," he said. "I'm not a criminal."
Sollecito's new defense strategy comes as their legal teams prepare to appeal the couple's murder convictions in the death of Knox's former roommate Meredith Kercher before Italy's Supreme Court next year.
It's a dramatic departure from the past seven years, where the tactic has been to "stick together" and be "tried" together.
Sollecito attorney Giulia Bongiorno said that approach no longer works.
"They are not Siamese twins -- one body with two heads," she said.
The old approach began to change shortly after an Italian appeals court sentenced Sollecito to 25 years in prison and Knox to 28 years in January, and that change continued Tuesday.
Knox found guilty of murder again by Italian court
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Sollecito's lawyer John Kelly started laying the groundwork in February.
"It's imperative that the Italian courts consider Raffaele's case separate from Amanda's case," he said. "By necessity, he has to distance himself and his case from Amanda and her case."
In a CNN interview at the time, Sollecito followed his attorney's lead.
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"There is nothing against me and nothing very strong against Amanda," Sollecito said. "And in my case, I really did nothing wrong, and I don't want to pay for someone else's peculiar behavior."
In a note on her Facebook page in February, Knox acknowledged Sollecito's new stance and appeared to back it up.
She said he's a scapegoat.
"The only reason he has been dragged into this is because he happens to be my alibi," she wrote.
Raising questions
Knox's behavior on the morning Kercher was found stabbed to death in the apartment she and Knox shared seems to be a new wrinkle in the Sollecito defense.
That was early November 2007, and he and Knox had been dating for only a week.
Sollecito expanded on his doubts in an interview with Italian television that also aired on NBC.
Knox had spent the night with him but went back to her place to shower, he said. When she returned, she was "very agitated," he said.
She told him that it looked like someone had broken in and that there was blood in the bathroom, Sollecito said. But rather than call police, she showered and returned to his place.
He finds it odd, he said.
"Certainly I asked her questions," he said. "Why did you take a shower? Why did she spend so much time there?"
He didn't get any real answers from her, he said in the interview.
"I'm not saying that Amanda is responsible for all this situation, but they focus on her and they accuse her all the time, but I have nothing to do with all these circumstances and all these accusations," Sollecito said.
Tuesday's news conference in Rome was a profile in contrasts.
At one point, Sollecito called into question Knox's version of events on the morning Kercher was found stabbed to death, saying it was "imagination and hallucination."
Yet, a few minutes later, he added, "Amanda and I still believe she is innocent."
There are some anomalies, Bongiorno said, but the legal team hopes that Italy's high court will rule in their favor by "annulling the sentence in full."
Long-running case
Since Kercher's death, Knox and Sollecito have gone through a legal odyssey that led to a conviction in 2009 that was overturned, followed by a second conviction in January.
Knox is now living in the United States. Sollecito lives in Italy.
Another man, drifter and drug dealer Rudy Guede from the Ivory Coast, is serving 16 years for Kercher's murder. He was tried separately from Knox and Sollecito.
He admitted having sex with the young British woman but said someone else killed her while he was in the bathroom.


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The Core i7 980X Review: Intel's First 6-Core Desktop CPUby Anand Lal Shimpi on March 11, 2010 12:00 AM EST
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A 12MB L3 Cache: 50% Larger, 14% Higher Latency
Gulftown sticks to Ronak's 2MB of L3 per core rule and has a full, 12MB shared L3 cache that's accessible by any or all of the six cores. It's actually because of the large unified L3 cache that performance in applications that don't use all six cores can be higher than quad-core Core i7s.
The added cache does come at the expense of higher access latency. Nehalem and Lynnfield had a 42-cycle 8MB L3, Gulftown has a 48 cycle 12MB L3. A 14% higher latency for a 50% increase in size. Not an insignificant penalty, but a tradeoff that makes sense.
Identical Power Consumption to the Core i7 975
Raja has been busy with his DC clamp meter measuring actual power consumption of CPUs themselves rather than measuring power consumption at the wall. The results below compare the actual power draw of the 32nm Core i7 980X to the 45nm Core i7 975. These values are just the CPU itself, the rest of the system is completely removed from the equation:
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|Intel Core i7 975
Thanks to power gating, both of these chips idle at 6.3W. That's ridiculous for a 1.17B transistor chip. Under full load, the two are virtually identical - both drawing around 136W.
Westmere Goodness
The Core i7 980X is the first LGA-1366 processor based on Intel's Westmere architecture, but unlike Clarkdale it does not have an on-die PCIe controller or on-package graphics. If anything, Gulftown really looks like a 6-core, 32nm version of Bloomfield rather than a scaled up Clarkdale. The similarities to Bloomfield extend all the way to the memory controller. Gulftown only officially supports three channels of DDR3-1066 memory, not 1333MHz like Lynnfield or Clarkdale. Of course running DDR3-1333 memory is possible, but the memory controller is technically operating out of spec at that frequency.
The processor does retain the Westmere specific features. The first Core i7 did not power gate its L3 cache, Lynnfield added it and Gulftown has it as well. While Mainly improved power efficiency and AES-NI instructions. I looked at the performance improvement offered by AES-NI acceleration in our Clarkdale review. If you use BitLocker or do a lot of archive encryption/decryption, you'll appreciate Gulftown's AES-NI.
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Congressman Eric Massa represents a district in western New York that's exquisitely sensitive to the current US broadband market. On the phone side, the area, which includes the city of Rochester, is served by Frontier Communications, which shows no indication that it will follow Verizon in offering fiber to the home, while its DSL terms of service suggest that 5GB per month is appropriate usage. On the cable side of the service duopoly, Time Warner used the area as a test market for its brief flirtation with widespread usage caps. At the time, Massa promised to respond to his constituents' outrage by introducing legislation that would regulate the imposition of usage caps; that bill is now ready. It would treat ISPs like utilities, and put the Federal Trade Commission in the role of Public Utilities Commission, ensuring that the service providers had an economic case for imposing usage-based fees.
In making the case for regulation, the bill brings together a few strands of thought that are becoming increasingly common in discussions of the role of government in fostering the development of the Internet. In short, the Internet has become essential for a variety of basic functions—the bill specifically mentions its use for "agricultural, medical, educational, environmental, library, and nonprofit purposes"—making access part of the basic infrastructure. There's also an economic case to be made for broadband, since it allows more sophisticated services and commerce to take place online.
In a press conference today, Massa reiterated both of these, saying that "volume-based pricing is detrimental to our economy," and highlighting how doctors who tried to work from home could have been hit hard by the usage fees. "I became aware of this issue when Rochester doctors said it would have a catastrophic impact," he said. "They rely on broadband for their professional work, and pricing would triple their bill."
The bill recognizes that the US broadband system, which has created a cable/phone duopoly, hasn't fostered a competitive market; Massa explicitly called ISPs monopolistic. Since everyone with a fat enough pipe into the home is now also offering television programming, this position allows them to take anticompetitive actions, leveraging the Internet monopoly to further their video offerings. The bill explicitly suggests that, by making high-traffic activities expensive, ISPs will stifle the use of online video, and force consumers into paying for their traditional television services.
Put it together, and you have a rather strong statement about usage caps: "Volume usage charges for broadband Internet access that are substantially above cost in a market without sufficient competition constitute an unfair and unconscionable practice, as substantially above-cost pricing has anti-competitive and anti-consumer effects on Internet use." Massa says that, as he's worked on drafting the bill, he's already been approached by lobbyists, warned by senior colleagues, and expects that he'll "be burned in Internet effigy."
Massa's solution would be to force ISPs to justify usage-based fees to the FTC before they are implemented. The ISP would have to submit an economic case, based on the capital equipment cost and operational costs, for why they need to charge for usage, and then consider the impact of those fees on users. The FTC would get injunction power, and the ability to fine any ISP that either neglected to file a justification or implemented the plan regardless of the injunction. The bill uses language like "unjust, unreasonable, or unreasonably discriminatory" to describe plans that run afoul of the economic analysis, which Massa says reflects existing statutory language used giving the FTC regulatory power.
It's safe to assume Time Warner won't like this one bit, as a basic economic analysis shows that its plan imposes fees that are nowhere close to those of its fellow duopolists. More generally, the cost of supporting subscribers appears to be dropping in most cases, so it seems unlikely that anyone in the industry would be able to get their plan past the FTC.
All of that suggests that opposition to the bill might be ferocious, and Massa will need all the help he can get. By his own admission, he's "a very improbable candidate for this cause—when something goes wrong with my computer, I turn to my teenage child." Still, he feels that outrage regarding the usage caps is widespread, and that will eventually drive other Representatives to join him as cosponsors of the bill.


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As the saying goes, do what you love and love what you do ... and make bank while doing it.
For our second annual list of the 50 Best Employers in America, Business Insider used data gathered and crunched by PayScale to evaluate companies on pay and happiness. And for the second year in a row, Celgene Corporation topped the list.
Companies in the 2012 Fortune 500 were ranked using PayScale's salary and survey database. Final scores were determined by multiplying the companies' performance on six criteria: high job satisfaction, low job stress, high work-schedule flexibility, high job meaning, experienced median pay, and salary delta (that is, how the median pay compares to other companies in the same industry).
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Hollywood mourns death of Doris Day
LOS ANGELES, California - The movie business was in mourning on Monday following the passing of one of Hollywood's best known actresses Doris Day.
Day, who also recorded many hit songs, and starred in a number of blockbuster movies alongside another legend, Rock Hudson, died at her home in Carmel Valley, California on Monday at the age of 97.
A statement from the charity she founded, the Doris Day Animal Foundation said Day had been "in excellent physical health for her age, until recently contracting a serious case of pneumonia."
"With heavy hearts, we share the news that Doris Day passed away peacefully this morning at her home in Carmel, Calif. She had just celebrated her 97th birthday on April 3, and many of you attended birthday events and sent your best wishes from around the globe. She delighted in hearing from you! She was in good physical health to the end, and we are so grateful she was surrounded by friends as she passed," T. Robert Bashara, CFO of the Doris Day Animal Foundatioon said in a separate statement posted on the organisation's Facebook page.
"The world has lost a light today. Doris was not just a darling of song and screen, but a close friend, an inspiration when the world seemed bleak, and a dear, compassionate advocate for her favorite beings on Earth: the 4-leggers," Bashara said.
"Her life's work, her music, her films, and her animal advocacy, comprise an enduring legacy. Fans will continue to laugh at her romantic comedies, admire her dramatic grit, marvel at her pitch and interpretation of so many great, songs. She redefined what it meant to be a girl singer with a Big Band, and she broke the mold for Hollywood starlets. And for so many fans, young and old, the name Doris Day will always make us smile."
"Doris' passionate work on behalf of dogs, cats, horses, sea lions, raptors and other animals in need of rescue, veterinary care and adoption will not end. The Doris Day Animal Foundation is committed to continuing its work as a grant-giving organization, funding smaller animal welfare non-profits across the country," said the foundation's CFO.
"While we grieve Doris' loss, we at DDAF also honor her leadership of more than 40 years. She was truly a voice for the voiceless among us, a bright and beautiful champion for the cause of animal welfare, and a dear, dear friend to us all."
Day's music continues to attract new fans worldwide. The 2011 release of "My Heart," a compilation of songs never before released, went to No. 1 in the United Kingdom, a separate statement posted on the foundation's website on Monday said.
Doris Mary Ann Von Kappelhoff was born in Cincinatti, Ohio in April 1922. Whilst she was often portrayed as 'the girl next door,' she married four times, and divorced 3 times.
She did not win an Oscar, although nominated for her role in "Pillow Talk" in 1960, in which she co-starred with Hudson.
She did however win a string of awards and was honofred with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2004 and a lifetime achievement Grammy in 2008.
She went into semi-retirement in the 1970s when she turned her attention to her animal foundation, which she started in 1978. The foundation's mission is 'to help animals and the people who love them.'
Affectionately known to some as "The Dog Catcher of Beverly Hills," Doris would often find unwanted dogs dropped off at her gate. It was not uncommon for her to knock on neighbors' doors in an attempt to reunite lost dogs with their owners or check to make sure those that were either reunited or in new homes were doing well and receiving proper care and attention. One star was famously quoted as saying, "We all had at least one of 'those Doris Day animals.' If you would see Doris on the street or at the studio, chances are you would end up with some homeless cat or dog Doris was sponsoring. She carried around photos of the animals who needed homes, and then she'd actually come over to inspect your house to make sure you were up to it."


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My Heavenly Father Loves Me
1. Whenever I hear the song of a bird
Or look at the blue, blue sky,
Whenever I feel the rain on my face
Or the wind as it rushes by,
Whenever I touch a velvet rose
Or walk by our lilac tree,
I'm glad that I live in this beautiful world
Heav'nly Father created for me.
2. He gave me my eyes that I might see
The color of butterfly wings.
He gave me my ears that I might hear
The magical sound of things.
He gave me my life, my mind, my heart:
I thank him rev'rently
For all his creations, of which I'm a part.
Yes, I know Heav'nly Father loves me.
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Sometimes, lawmakers act like they've never seen a car. These ten are their worst bills, with some changing the car industry forever.
10.) Front plates
They don't fit, and there's a good reason for that according to mountain_runner:
I personally hate the front license plate. It's useless, ugly and costs the taxpayers extra money.
Suggested By: mountain_runner, Photo Credit: Máté Petrány
9.) Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems
They are never accurate. How hard can it be to check it yourself once in a while during a fill up?
Too many false positives, especially if you live in an area with huge temperature variations. This thing gets on so often during winter that I just ignore it.
I just switched from my winter to summer wheels and tires, and I haven't had a chance to get to the dealership yet for them to reprogram the TPMS system to the different sensors. So now I've got an angry orange light blinking at me for my whole drive to and from work.
It won't save those who don't care about their cars at all and drive around with flat tires all year long.
Suggested By: Kate's Dirty Sister, Photo Credit: Brentd Payne
8.) 85 MPH Speedometers
Yes, this was a thing. And what a way to get rid of speeding! Ford didn't think so.
Yes, but that's the awesome "85"-mph speedo out of the Mustang SVO where Ford gave the Feds the middle finger and put a 140 speedo in anyway, leaving off the numbering after 85 to comply with the letter of the law.
Suggested By: Demon-Xanth, Photo Credit: allfordmustangs.com
7.) Speed warnings
An annoyed driver is not what you want on the highway. Here's how to switch it off, but what were they thinking? e30s2k:
I haven't seen this in the US, but definitely existed in JDM and Asian market cars. Growing up my parents had a variety of Toyotas, and once you hit a certain speed (it was either 80 mph or 120 km/h...which are 50 or 75 mph WTF!) the car would start making this stupid chiming bell sound. Imagine that on a long stretch of open road during a roadtrip cruising at 75mph - a fucking bell blaring the entire time.
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6.) Fender mirrors
I agree, they look amazing, but visibility was an issue. Forgetful:
Fender mounted mirrors were mandated in Japan because the mirrors had to be visible through the area that was cleaned by the windshield wipers. They look cool, but compared to current door mounted mirrors, visibility isn't great.
Fender mirrors couldn't have been very aerodynamic either. Door mounted they're more aero efficient, but they're constantly under attack in the quest for more empeegees.
Suggested By: Forgetful, Photo Credit: R. Lopez
5.) Automatic seat belts for cars without airbags
Welcome to America! Monsterajr:
I hated them. If I opened the door of my 90 GTi too fast it would actually stop the door from moving and I'd catch my chin on the top of the door when trying to get in. I've also had my 93' Passat knock me in the head with the motorized portion and catch my hair. And in my wife's old 90 Pontiac Gran Prix they'd either get hung up and you couldn't quite open the door enough or they'd be so slack that you'd have to reopen the door for them to retention. Thankfully nobody makes cars without an airbag anymore.
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4.) Pedestrian Impact Regulations
There are many problems with this one including aesthetics, aerodynamics and the question whether they're only used to score higher in certain kinds of crash tests. However, then comes esalor:
I appreciate lovely bodywork as much as anyone but if those regulations are actually increasing pedestrian safety, designers should find their way around them.
If the shitty Fiat sedan that hit my grandfather 15 years ago would not have killed him today, thanks to these regulations, I'd gladly take a "raised belt line".
Fair enough.
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3.) The 1974 Seat Belt Interlock
Anything that stops you from starting your car immediately is a safety hazard. Patrick Frawley:
Seat belts had to be fastened to start the car. Led to an epidemic of people sitting on top of always-buckled seat belts and no end of annoying electrical problems. Regulators came to their senses pretty quickly on that one.
Suggested By: Patrick Frawley
2.) Blocked LEDs
Modern headlight technologies are fantastic. American regulations and the reasoning behind them — not so much.
Suggested By: Automatch Tom
1.) 5 MPH bumpers
This regulation, put in place in 1972 and weakened down in 1982, turned beautiful cars into ugly ones that handled like a bowl of crap. Thank you NHTSA!
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The Hot at Nights
Says one Carolina newbie to one Carolina native, "Dang! I knew it would be hot in the Summer down here, but I had no idea that it would get even hotter at night!!" Meteorologically speaking, there is a scientific explanation for this phenomenon. But as far as the Raleigh-based exploratory jazz trio called The Hot at Nights, there is no explanation for them. 8-string guitar virtuoso Chris Boerner leads the group, with Matt Douglas on sax/woodwinds and Nick Baglio on drums. The group melted together in Boerner's studio over the many sweltering evenings of Summer, 2010. Though largely improvisational, the group's compositions pull from contemporary songwriters, classic funk, pop, rock, and of course the electric avant garde stylings that have spanned the last 30 years of contemporary jazz. Complex rhythms can quickly transform into head-bobbing groove fare. Simple melodies coaxed by all three players can explode into cacophonous meteor showers at the drop of a dime. Their limits go as high as the stratosphere and deep into the Earth's mantle. Both of which keep them sweating… even after the sun goes down.
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HAMPTON — Boo Williams has had more than his share of talent and future pros come through his acclaimed summer basketball program. When he fields a team devoid of star power, the margin for error is small and the required ingredient is intensity.
"If you don't have a lot of big-time cats," Boo said, "you've got to come out with some focus and energy."
Boo's mostly star-less bunch went 1-1 Saturday in Nike's Elite Youth Basketball League at the BooPlex. The locals bounced back from a lackadaisical morning performance against the Kentucky-based Travelers and defeated Canada's CIA Bounce in the afternoon.
"If we played like that this morning, we'd be 2-0," Boo said after his team's 67-45 win. "We were much more focused and had our mind right."
The afternoon game reversed a disjointed 88-69 loss to the Travelers, as lopsided a defeat in Boo's building as he could recall in recent years. It was all the more galling because the Travelers had no transcendent players, either. They simply played harder, smarter and more efficiently.
During a first-half timeout as the Travelers began to pull away, the normally mild-mannered Williams slammed a clipboard to the ground and lit into his players. The deficit fluctuated between 15 and 25 points for the final 25 minutes.
"We didn't do what we needed to do, defensively," Boo said. "We didn't guard the post. We gambled and didn't play consistent defense, and they knocked down all their open jump shots. Every time we made a mistake, they capitalized on it."
Boo's annual Nike Invitational coincides with the third stop of the EYBL, a format in which the Swoosh's top-shelf teams play a league format that concludes with the championship tournament at the Peach Jam in North Augusta, S.C., in July. The EYBL, and Boo's invitational tournament for 16-and-under and 15-and-under teams, concludes Sunday.
Boo's elite team went 6-2 in its first eight games at previous stops in Sacramento and Dallas, but said Saturday morning's performance was a carryover from the last stop.
"Even though we won, that was fool's gold," Boo said. "We didn't practice well (Friday) night, we didn't warm up well, and everything (went) downhill. We've got to make that curve go uphill. We've got to get our mind focused, and we've got to come out with energy. We've got to match their intensity. If you're a blue-collar team, you've got to match their intensity."
Though Boo's team doesn't have an Alonzo Mourning or Allen Iverson, there's still ample talent.
Guard Justin Robinson from Manassas has a slew of scholarship offers, among them Virginia Tech, Maryland, Old Dominion, Providence, Temple, Saint Joseph's, Memphis and UMass. Chris Clarke, a springy 6-foot-5 junior with a nose for the ball who stars for Cape Henry, has offers from ODU, Virginia Tech, East Carolina and George Washington.
Guard Kenny Williams from Chesterfield has offers from VCU, ODU, Memphis and Cincinnati. Edrice Adebayo, a promising 6-9 sophomore from Gatesville, N.C., has offers from Virginia Tech, North Carolina and N.C. State.
Clarke's Cape Henry teammate, guard Marcus Evans, is courted by ODU, Hampton, Norfolk State and High Point, among others.
In some ways, the players are still adjusting to each other and to their roles on this team.
"I'm more of a 'junk man,'" Clarke said. "I do the little things. On my high school team, I'm more 'the man.' I have more of the scoring load, but here I'm doing what I can to help the team win."
There's enough talent that wing Marco Haskins, the 6A Player of the Year for state champ Colonial Forge, comes off the bench and gets a limited run.
"That's probably the biggest difference between high school and college, and high school and summer basketball," Boo said. "What you did in high school, you're not going to do in summer basketball because everybody here's a great player. What you do out here won't relate to what you do in college because of the roles that everybody's taken on."
Clarke finished with 10 points and 12 rebounds, and his energy helped set the tone against CIA Bounce, a program whose recent alums include Andrew Wiggins and Tyler Ennis. Robinson led Boo's bunch with 15 points in the second game. Evans scored 11 points, including a two-handed flush on a fastbreak that belied his 6-1 height.
"We shoot well, we rebound the ball, we get to the basket, we play good defense," Clarke said. "We do everything well when our motor's running."
Preventing stallouts is the task for the remainder of the summer.
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For many people, rebuilding their finances is a battle that begins and ends with credit. Credit was an easy crutch to lean on before the recession, and in 2009, average household credit debt ballooned to nearly $20,000. At last count, that average had fallen to just over $15,000.
Before you get too excited, this improvement is actually a little misleading. Americans didn't suddenly change their credit habits overnight. With so many seriously delinquent accounts floating around, credit companies increasingly started "charging off" accounts (letting cardholders settle debts for smaller amounts) and in turn, they tightened restrictions for new lines of credit. Both of these factors contributed to lowering household credit debt.
Because of those new restrictions, these days you'll need nothing short of a stellar credit score to have a shot at decent credit (the average APR is more than 15%). For many, that will mean doing some serious damage control. To help, we came up with a simple guide with actionable ways to start rebuilding your credit.
It won't happen over night, but follow these tips and you'll be on you way to a better score this year:
1. Attack the largest debts first.
Focus on your larger debts first, since paying them down will pack the biggest punch and likely save you the most on interest charges. A big chunk of your credit score is based on your revolving debt (debt you have lingering on cards that hasn't been paid off yet) and the smaller that total is, the better off you'll be. The general rule of thumb is to keep credit balances under 30% of your available limit, but if you're looking to improve your score dramatically, you need to aim for 10% utilization or lower. That means carrying no more than $100 at a time on a $1,000 credit card.
2. Whatever you do, make payments on time.
There is no better way to improve your credit score than simply making on-time payments. Payment history makes up a whopping 35% of your credit score (check out the full breakdown in the chart below), which means a missed payment can be seriously detrimental. The simplest way to make payments on time? Leave nothing to chance. Sign up for auto payments and set text reminders on your cellphone a few days in advance to make sure you've got the cash on hand.
3. And if you miss payments? Start sweet talking.
Mistakes happen. If you miss a payment on your credit card, the good news is that you have time to call up your lender and sweet talk them into removing the flag on your account before they report it to the credit bureaus.
"You have 30 days from the due date before the lender can report the late payment to the credit bureaus so you have a bit of wiggle room," says John Ulzheimer, credit expert for CreditSesame.com.
4. If possible, always pay more than the minimum balance.
This is easier said than done, but you're only doing credit card companies a favor by paying their puny minimum balance each month. They get to rack up interest charges on your account and you might as well be spinning on a hamster wheel for all the progress you'll make paying down your balance.
5. Look into a secured credit card.
A secured credit card can be an excellent tool for people with poor credit to rebuild their scores. Bankrate.com has a smart guide to understanding secured credit cards, but here's how they work in a nutshell: You pay a lump sum upfront (usually around $300 to $500), which is used as collateral, and receive a credit card with that amount available. All of your payments are then reported to credit bureaus and reflect positively on your credit history, helping you improve your credit over time. Note: They don't come for free. Try to find a card without an application fee and a low annual fee.
6. Go to your credit union for a credit builder loan.
If secured credit cards aren't up your alley, try applying for a credit builder loan from a local bank or credit union. This is a favorite credit-building strategy of Ulzheimer's.
Unlike a typical loan, you don't actually get access to the money right away. The bank will put it in an interest-bearing account and hold it there while you make monthly payments on the balance. Once you've paid off the balance, you get the cash (plus interest!) and you've had a year or two of good payment history reflected on your credit report.
7. Get authorized on someone else's account.
Becoming an authorized user on a spouse or parent's credit account is a simple way to get some good credit under your belt. Just use caution. If that person winds up screwing up their credit, your name will be attached to the card and your credit will get dragged down right along with theirs.
8. Check all of your credit reports for errors — then fix them.
You'd be surprised how much damage credit reporting errors can cause to your score. You could have excellent credit but if one of the three credit bureaus has mixed up your account with another person's or someone has taken out a fraudulent line of credit under your name, you can kiss that nice score goodbye.
Make a habit of getting your free credit report every year from Annualcreditreport.com, where you can download one from each of the three credit bureaus. Each bureau has an easy web form to fill out if you spot any errors or want to contest any information your account.
9. Don't close old accounts once they're paid off.
Cutting up your credit card and closing the account may seem like an appropriate way to celebrate after making your last payment, but you won't do yourself any favors. Credit history factors in your credit score and keeping older accounts open and paid in full shows lenders that you have a long track record of good behavior. On top of that, closed accounts will still show up on your credit report anyway, according to FICO, and can be factored into your score.
10. Track your progress for free.
Credit scores typically cost money if you buy them from credit bureaus, but a host of sites have recently started letting consumers track them for free. We like CreditKarma, CreditSesame and Credit.com, all of which update scores monthly. It's fun watching your improvement over time and their estimations won't hurt your score, since they don't count as credit inquiries.
11. Stop using credit as a crutch.
Last but not least, the worst thing you can do to improve your credit is take out a bunch MORE credit to cope with your existing financial issues. Not only will new credit inquiries hurt your credit score, but you'll just wind up digging yourself into a bigger hole than you're already in.
Bonus: Why not just hire a credit repair company to do all this work for you and call it a day?
Credit repair firms bill themselves as knights in shining armor for people with bad credit, promising to cure their bankruptcy scars and "erase bad credit—100% guaranteed!" In most cases, if you see claims like this, it's in your best interest to run the other way. Best case scenario: Even if the credit repair firm is legit (that's a big IF), all they are going to do is basically everything we just laid out in this guide but they will charge you dearly for it. Worst case: They are scam artists who will charge you illegal upfront fees and disappear the next time you come knocking. Read up on the warning signs over at the FTC.
The bottom line: Rebuilding credit is a marathon, not a sprint. You won't get anywhere by pulling the wool over your own eyes and hoping it will disappear, but you can't expect to do a 180 in a few days either.


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describe quantities that can be represented by equivalent fractions.
- Number: Number represents and describes quantity.
- Sample questions to support inquiry with students:
- How can you prove that two fractions are equivalent?
- In how many ways can you represent the fraction ___?
- How do we use fractions and decimals in our daily life?
- What stories live in numbers?
- How do numbers help us communicate and think about place?
- How do numbers help us communicate and think about ourselves?
Computational fluency
and flexibility with numbers extend to operations with larger (multi-digit) numbers.
- Computational Fluency: Computational fluency develops from a strong sense of number.
- Sample questions to support inquiry with students:
- How many different ways can you solve…? (e.g., 16 x 7)
- What flexible strategies can we apply to use operations with multi-digit numbers?
- How does fluency with basic multiplication facts (e.g., 2x, 3x, 5x) help us compute more complex multiplication facts?
Identified regularities in number patterns
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- Patterning: We use patterns to represent identified regularities and to make generalizations.
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- How do tables and charts help us understand number patterns?
- How do tables help us see the relationship between a variable within number patterns?
- How do rules for increasing and decreasing patterns help us solve equations?
Closed shapes have area and perimeter
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area and perimeter
- Geometry and Measurement: We can describe, measure, and compare spatial relationships.
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- What is the relationship between area and perimeter?
- What standard units do we use to measure area and perimeter?
- When might an understanding of area and perimeter be useful?
represented in graphs can be used to show many-to-one correspondence.
- Data and Probability: Analyzing data and chance enables us to compare and interpret.
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- How do graphs help us understand data?
- In what different ways can we represent many-to-one correspondence in a graph?
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Use reasoning to explore and make connections
Estimate reasonably
Estimate reasonably
- estimating by comparing to something familiar (e.g., more than 5, taller than me)
Develop mental math strategies
and abilities to make sense of quantities
mental math strategies
- working toward developing fluent and flexible thinking of number
Use technology
to explore mathematics
- calculators, virtual manipulatives, concept-based apps
mathematics in contextualized experiences
- acting it out, using concrete materials, drawing pictures
Understanding and solving
Develop, demonstrate, and apply mathematical understanding through play, inquiry, and problem solving
Visualize to explore mathematical concepts
Develop and use multiple strategies
to engage in problem solving
multiple strategies
- visual, oral, play, experimental, written, symbolic
Engage in problem-solving experiences that are connected
to place, story, cultural practices, and perspectives relevant to local First Peoples communities, the local community, and other cultures
- in daily activities, local and traditional practices, the environment, popular media and news events, cross-curricular integration
- First Peoples people value, recognize and utilize balance and symmetry within art and structural design; have students pose and solve problems or ask questions connected to place, stories, and cultural practices.
Communicating and representing
mathematical thinking in many ways
- concretely, pictorially, symbolically, and by using spoken or written language to express, describe, explain, justify, and apply mathematical ideas; may use technology such as screencasting apps, digital photos
Use mathematical vocabulary and language to contribute to mathematical discussions
Explain and justify
mathematical ideas and decisions
Explain and justify
- using mathematical arguments
- "Prove it!"
Represent mathematical ideas in concrete, pictorial, and symbolic forms
concrete, pictorial, and symbolic forms
- Use local materials gathered outside for concrete and pictorial representations.
Connecting and reflecting
on mathematical thinking
- sharing the mathematical thinking of self and others, including evaluating strategies and solutions, extending, and posing new problems and questions
Connect mathematical concepts to each other and to other areas and personal interests
other areas and personal interests
- to develop a sense of how mathematics helps us understand ourselves and the world around us (e.g., daily activities, local and traditional practices, the environment, popular media and news events, social justice, and cross-curricular integration)
First Peoples worldviews and perspectives to make connections
- Invite local First Peoples Elders and knowledge keepers to share their knowledge.
to mathematical concepts
make connections
- Bishop's cultural practices: counting, measuring, locating, designing, playing, explaining (csus.edu/indiv/o/oreyd/ACP.htm_files/abishop.htm)
- aboriginaleducation.ca
- Teaching Mathematics in a First Nations Context, FNESC fnesc.ca/k-7/
Students are expected to know the following:
number concepts
to 1 000 000
number concepts
- counting:
- multiples
- flexible counting strategies
- whole number benchmarks
- Numbers to 1 000 000 can be arranged and recognized:
- comparing and ordering numbers
- estimating large quantities
- place value:
- 100 000s, 10 000s, 1000s, 100s, 10s, and 1s
- understanding the relationship between digit places and their value, to 1 000 000
- First Peoples use unique counting systems (e.g., Tsimshian use of three counting systems, for animals, people and things; Tlingit counting for the naming of numbers e.g., 10 = two hands, 20 = one person)
decimals to thousandths
equivalent fractions
whole-number, fraction, and decimal benchmarks
- Two equivalent fractions are two ways to represent the same amount (having the same whole).
- comparing and ordering of fractions and decimals
- addition and subtraction of decimals to thousandths
- estimating decimal sums and differences
- estimating fractions with benchmarks (e.g., zero, half, whole)
- equal partitioning
addition and subtraction of whole numbers
to 1 000 000
whole numbers
- using flexible computation strategies involving taking apart (e.g., decomposing using friendly numbers and compensating) and combining numbers in a variety of ways, regrouping
- estimating sums and differences to 10 000
- using addition and subtraction in real-life contexts and problem-based situations
- whole-class number talks
multiplication and division
to three digits, including division with remainders
multiplication and division
- understanding the relationships between multiplication and division, multiplication and addition, and division and subtraction
- using flexible computation strategies (e.g., decomposing, distributive principle, commutative principle, repeated addition, repeated subtraction)
- using multiplication and division in real-life contexts and problem-based situations
- whole-class number talks
addition and subtraction of decimals
to thousandths
- estimating decimal sums and differences
- using visual models such as base 10 blocks, place-value mats, grid paper, and number lines
- using addition and subtraction in real-life contexts and problem-based situations
- whole-class number talks
addition and subtraction facts to 20
(extending computational fluency)
addition and subtraction facts to 20
- Provide opportunities for authentic practice, building on previous grade-level addition and subtraction facts.
- applying strategies and knowledge of addition and subtraction facts in real-life contexts and problem-based situations, as well as when making math-to-math connections (e.g., for 800 + 700, you can annex the zeros and use the knowledge of 8 + 7 to find the total)
multiplication and division facts to 100
(emerging computational fluency)
facts to 100
- Provide opportunities for concrete and pictorial representations of multiplication.
- Use games to provide opportunities for authentic practice of multiplication computations.
- looking for patterns in numbers, such as in a hundred chart, to further develop understanding of multiplication computation
- Connect multiplication to skip-counting.
- Connect multiplication to division and repeated addition.
- Memorization of facts is not intended this level.
- Students will become more fluent with these facts.
- using mental math strategies such as doubling and halving, annexing, and distributive property
- Students should be able to recall many multiplication facts by the end of Grade 5 (e.g., 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, 10s).
- developing computational fluency with facts to 100
rules for increasing and decreasing patterns with words, numbers, symbols, and variables
one-step equations
with variables
one-step equations
- solving one-step equations with a variable
- expressing a given problem as an equation, using symbols (e.g., 4 + X = 15)
area measurement of squares and rectangles
relationships between area and perimeter
area and perimeter
- measuring area of squares and rectangles, using tiles, geoboards, grid paper
- investigating perimeter and area and how they are related to but not dependent on each other
- use traditional dwellings
- Invite a local Elder or knowledge keeper to talk about traditional measuring and estimating techniques for hunting, fishing, and building.
duration, using measurement of time
- understanding elapsed time and duration
- applying concepts of time in real-life contexts and problem-based situations
- daily and seasonal cycles, moon cycles, tides, journeys, events
of prisms and pyramids
- investigating 3D objects and 2D shapes, based on multiple attributes
- describing and sorting quadrilaterals
- describing and constructing rectangular and triangular prisms
- identifying prisms in the environment
single transformations
- single transformations (slide/translation, flip/reflection, turn/rotation)
- using concrete materials with a focus on the motion of transformations
- weaving, cedar baskets, designs
one-to-one correspondence and many-to-one correspondence
, using double bar graphs
many-to-one correspondence
- many-to-one correspondence: one symbol represents a group or value (e.g., on a bar graph, one square may represent five cookies)
probability experiments
, single events or outcomes
probability experiments
- predicting outcomes of independent events (e.g., when you spin using a spinner and it lands on a single colour)
- predicting single outcomes (e.g., when you spin using a spinner and it lands on a single colour)
- using spinners, rolling dice, pulling objects out of a bag
- representing single outcome probabilities using fractions
financial literacy
— monetary calculations, including making change with amounts to 1000 dollars and developing simple financial plans
financial literacy
- making monetary calculations, including making change and decimal notation to $1000 in real-life contexts and problem-based situations
- applying a variety of strategies, such as counting up, counting back, and decomposing, to calculate totals and make change
- making simple financial plans to meet a financial goal
- developing a budget that takes into account income and expenses
Note: Some of the learning standards in the PHE curriculum address topics that some students and their parents or guardians may feel more comfortable addressing at home. Refer to ministry policy regarding opting for alternative delivery.


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The Wrigley Company has stopped advertising on the show, according to The Hollywood Reporter. It followed similar recent moves by Taco Bell and GM.
"Wrigley has decided to suspend any advertising during MTV's Skins as it was never our intent to endorse content that could offend consumers. Any ads that previously aired during the show were part of a broader advertising plan with the network," said the company in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter.
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"Skins," which premiered last week, has generated publicity and controversy due to its depiction of teenagers in situations such as drugs and sex. On Wednesday, The New York Times reported that executives at MTV told the show's producers to moderate some of the content.
Nonprofit group the Parents Television Council had called "Skins" the "most dangerous program that has ever been foisted on your children." In a statement released yesterday, the organization's president, Tim Winter, lauded the Wrigley pull-out.
"We applaud Wrigley for making the responsible decision to separate its brand from a show that glorifies teen sex, teen drug use and teen alcohol abuse. At the end of the day, it is the flow of advertising dollars – or lack thereof – that decides which programs are delivered into the nation's living rooms, and we thank Wrigley for making a socially responsible decision.
In the statement, the PTC said it was also planning to contact other companies, such as Subway and Footlocker, to stop advertising on "Skins."
An adaptation of a British television series, "Skins" is described on the show's Web site as "a wild ride through the lives of a group of high school friends stumbling through the mine field of adolescence... and stepping on most of the mines as they go."
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Look what I have here!
This is Nintendo's Donkey Kong Jr (Panorama Screen). The memories from so long ago are slowly being reconstructed.
Out of the Panorama Screen series I think it's the best one.
It has the full directional pad, so the most control out of the lot. (Maybe Snoopy or Mario's Bombs Away would be others worth getting).
It's actually pretty hard to find. I DID see it in Nakano Broadway for 12,600 yen, but I baulked at paying so much. It's almost as much as a DS! These models get crazy prices up to 30,000 yen! I think it's easy to see why. The main difference to the usual Game & Watch series, is that these have vibrant COLOURED LCDs.
I bought it at Friends for 7,500 yen. It was 8,000 yen, but I managed to talk the sweet lady into giving me a bit of a discount. I gave it a go and it was like a shot in the arm taking me back to 1983!
The game was rated a C in condition by the store. It looks slightly yellow on the back (very slight), bottom half but apart from that everything looks great. Bright LCDs, no scratches and the controls are solid. What more could you ask for?
I was still racked with guilt for spending so much. Less so now that I'm writing this post though. She threw in the batteries in the "bargain".
Only a few more now to get. I'm sure my parents think I have lost it by now.
Arriving back home I found the postcard from the Immigration Office saying to come in for my visa renewal. Great News!
Finally, the Wonka chocolate has been opened for our enjoyment. There is some unwritten rule that things unopened will stay that way until upon opening, it will finish in no time.
Thursday, 15 May 2008
Donkey Kong Jr's Come Home
Look what I have here!
Posted by Jimmy In Japan at 9:50 pm
Labels: 80s handheld electronic games, game and watch, Nintendo
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OHCHR Human Rights Programme for the Middle East and Northern
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Country Mandates Establishedby the CHR/HRC
Standing invitations to Special Procedures
Regional Members of the Human Rights Council:
Bahrain 2021
Egypt 2019
Iraq 2019
Qatar 2020
Saudi Arabia 2019
Tunisia 2019
Voluntary Pledges and Commitments
The Regional Office for North Africa was established in 2012 in Tunis and covers Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, and Mauritania. The Regional Office supported efforts to strengthen democratic institutions and governance systems in a number of countries in North African in 2012, initially from OHCHR Headquarter in Geneva and subsequently from Tunis. As of April 2013, the Regional Office for North Africa has been located temporarily in Beirut with current focus on Algeria, Egypt and Morocco.
Human rights context
The North Africa region continues to present major human rights challenges and opportunities. Almost all states of the region are undergoing their own democratic transitions, often punctuated with political disputes and/or violence; the main challenge is to ensure that the human rights and aspirations of all their people are respected, without discrimination and in accordance with international standards. Human rights challenges are in the areas of rule of law, good governance, economic, social and cultural rights, and, in some cases, effective transitional justice initiatives. Gender protection, women and children�s rights and the rights of persons in vulnerable groups, for example, minorities, people with disability and migrants, remain key areas to be strengthened. Other human rights issues of concern include freedom of expression and information, protection of human rights defenders, freedom of association, judicial independence and law enforcement, the impact of counter-terrorism legislation and economic and social rights.
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OHCHR�s Regional Office in North Africa focus on establishing bilateral cooperation frameworks with countries in the region where OHCHR has no presence and identifying relevant thematic priorities in consultation with Member States, National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs), NGOs and UN Country Teams in the region.The Office seeks to strengthen the national human rights capacities of governments and civil society actors in the region on the promotion and protection of all human rights without discrimination, including thematic issues such as judicial independence, fighting impunity, the impact of counter-terrorism legislation, and law enforcement.
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