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A man who is accused of stealing a car on New Year's Eve in Belleville, has been charged.
Just before the ball dropped, officers were called to a Bell Boulevard parking lot, after a vehicle, which was left running was stolen.
The accused is said to have eaten at a nearby restaurant and left without paying minutes earlier.
The Ford Fusion was found abandoned on Mill Street in Stirling.
On Wednesday this week, 34-year-old Steven James Johnson of Belleville was charged with theft of a motor vehicle and driving while disqualified, among other charges.
He appears in court February 22nd.


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Saw a beautiful sunrise this morning, but had no opportunity to take a photo, since I was running late as usual. Not terribly late, just my usual 5 minutes, but still late enough that I didn't want to take the time to figure out where I could stop to get a decent picture.
Today was an easier day in some ways, more difficult in others. I'm spending all my prep hours on calling parents. Most are supportive and say the right things, but so far I'm not seeing any improvement in behavior on the part of their offspring. We'll keep trying.

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What sets us apart from the animals? Not a lot, Will Self tells Michael North.
Will Self doesn't have pets. "I live with over 9 million animals in London," says the writer and broadcaster. Self will share his views about the primitive nature of man in a public discussion at the Royal Society in London on November 28. He will be joined by the veteran novelist Doris Lessing and animal behaviour scientists Nicky Clayton from Cambridge University and Andrew Whiten from St Andrews University.
The panel, chaired by Maggie Gee of the Royal Society of Literature, will discuss the following: are our human abilities and instincts so very different from those of other animals, and how have human attitudes to animals changed over recent decades? Self explored the similarities between man and our nearest animal relatives in his book Great Apes . He believes that "people are deceived by the phenomenon of consciousness" into thinking that humanity is distinct from the animal world. But he says that the advances of science have led inexorably "to get us back to our rightful position in the cosmos - as just another animal".
Whiten, a professor of evolutionary and developmental psychology, has shown that destructive Machiavellian political alliances are one aspect of human behaviour that is shared by our nearest animal relative, the chimpanzee.
His research into chimpanzee's tool use and self-awareness also shows the closeness of the two species. He looks forwards to the exchange with the novelists. "Good science is a very creative process. Science feeds into art and vice versa," he says.
Whiten has had to use his creativity in his research; his experiments involve constructing "artificial fruit" that chimps have never seen before and cannot know how to open. He then teaches them how to use a tool to open the fruit and observes how quickly they pass on the knowledge to other chimps. Similar experiments tried on four-year-old children have shown that chimpanzees can sometimes be the more rational species.
"Scientists who have studied animal cognition have discovered there is more to animal minds," Whiten says. His observations will be backed up by Clayton, a professor of comparative cognition, whose research focuses on members of the crow family and their extraordinary capacities for memory.
Whiten contends that the results of such observations have led people to be more sensitive to animal welfare: one of the subjects under discussion might be whether the great apes should be accorded "human rights".
Self, however, disputes that attitudes have changed. "Sentimentalist attitudes towards animals mask the cruelty. Factory farming is the flip side to animal charity," he says.


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We aim to process all returns within 24 hours of receipt with the majority being processed the same day. So the quicker you get your unused parts back to us, the quicker we can refund your money!
Don't need a part? Contact a parts adviser at your local branch, and they'll give your credit exactly the same priority as a sale!
Obviously all parts must be returned in a resaleable condition, and if ever there's a problem that prevents us from issuing a credit note instantly, we'll contact you straight away.
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How do you use shape keys in mono game? I want to use mono game instead of OpenGL, because it's easier. Is it even possible to use blend shapes in monogame?
MonoGame offers no functionality for blend shapes/blend keys out of the box. There's no benefit in this regard compared to raw OpenGL. It's possible to implement it, because you can freely write shaders in MonoGame (in HLSL), but if you're looking for something that makes it easier you'll want to search for a more high-level engine or something .


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• I WOULD take issue with the scaremongering of the people you interviewed in your article about the muggings on the canal (Canal towpath attacks warning, January 7).
I have lived on a boat in Camden, moored on the towpath, for eight years and not once have I felt threatened.
My wife, coming in at a huge 4 ft 113/4 inches, has also had no problems.
None of the people spoken to lives here so their views are supposition.
Mr Bremner was the man who wanted stop lights put on the towpath with the odd logic they would attract more people to the towpath and thus put them in danger.
The complete opposite has been the case.
More people are safely walking the canal day and night than ever before.
If you want canal reality please ask those that live and work here not the out-of-touch user groups or so-called experts.
Warden Camden visitor moorings,
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Warwick Castle's heavenly landscapeon Mar 01 in Uncategorized by
The visitor to Warwick Castle progresses through the countryside with a growing appreciation that they are approaching greatness. The landscape itself is a character in the unfolding drama.
The relationship between Warwick Castle and its surroundings goes to the heart of what the first and second Earls of Warwick, father and son, committed 60 years of their lives and their entire fortune to create; a sublime Arcadian park and an improved agricultural estate.
In the process they gave Lancelot 'Capability' Brown, probably the best-known landscape designer in English history, his first major commission; they contributed to the birth of the Picturesque, they commissioned famous artists such as Canaletto, and and they advanced agricultural science. They helped to forever change the way the English countryside is experienced.
Lancelot Brown's career runs in parallel to the first wave of the Parliamentary enclosure movement (1750-1780), and by the mid-eighteenth century two-thirds of England was enclosed in small, regimented fields.
Perhaps partly in response to this 'taming' of the English countryside, it became fashionable for wealthy landowners to transform part of their estates into naturalistic open parkland. Glimpses of heaven, or what might have been seen in Europe after the retreat of the Ice-Age.
The Parliamentary enclosure movement not only covered England in fields, it also offered wealthy landowners the opportunity to extend the acreage of their parkland.
Historic England advises that the landscapes associated with landed estates need to be examined as a whole, rather than drawing too sharp a distinction between parkland and surrounding farms. Many aspects of estate landscapes served both functional and aesthetic purposes.
The Earls of Warwick developed Castle Park and their farmland in tandem, and these combined landscapes provide the setting for Warwick Castle.
The second Earl of Warwick drew his inspiration from the Lake District and the Alps. He was an early champion of the Picturesque Movement and he spent his entire fortune on art and landscape design at Warwick Castle. Part of his planned route to the castle included the creation of New Waters, a vast lake a mile long, stretching across Castle Park and surrounding farmland. Visitors to Warwick crossed this body of water along a causeway, following the Banbury Road. Part of the lake and fragments of the causeway survive.
Looking out from Warwick Castle's towers today, you can still clearly see the two central themes that the Earls of Warwick applied to their estate, improved farmland and a natural park landscape. It's possible to imagine how the rapid spread of enclosed farmland created a desire for wilder, naturalistic landscape, as still seen in Castle Park.
The first and second Earls of Warwick committed 60 years of their lives and their entire fortune to create an Arcadian park landscape in tandem with an improved agricultural estate. There has been some change over the following 250 years, but these landscapes remain remarkably intact and they are of international significance.
Many people, not just aristocrats, now enjoy the magnificent interplay of ancient military architecture and eighteenth century landscape at Warwick Castle. 750,000 people visited the castle last year and there will be additional visitors in 2016 to mark 300 years of Capability Brown (1716-2016).
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Fast summary. 1- A U.S. bankruptcy judge in Fort Worth agreed to the sale of American IronHorse Motorcycles to Scott Meyers for $6.7 million. The total cost of the acquisition by Scott Meyers is in excess of $8 million because it includes liabilities in the form of warranties on existing bikes. 2- As announced first in my Blog, Scott Meyers confirms that IronHorse will honor all existing warranties. 3- On August 15, Scott Meyers closes its own Dealership "BlackWater Choppers" in MN apparently giving only a 1 week notice to its employees. Scott Meyers justifies his decision because of a conflict of interest with the New AIH. Why? 4- A liquidation of $10 million of parts is announced and handled by Liquid Asset Partners LLC. with bulk sales beginning August 25. But now the sales appear to be on hold. Why? 5- It seems that no new American IronHorse motorcycles are being built at the Fort Worth, TX. facility 7- Scott Meyers rumored stating that there is no market for a New AIH. 8- Scott Meyers changing his mind and regretting his purchase of the former bankrupt American IronHorse Company? What does he know now that he didn't know when bidding on the assets of the defunct company? 9- Called Scott Meyers in Texas on 09/02/08. My call not yet returned… What's going on, New AIH?
52 Responses to "Will We Ever See New American IronHorse Motorcycles?"
Sep 3rd, 2008 at 2:11 pm
If there is no hope of warranties, a lot of AIH owners are going to be very disappointed or furious..
Sep 3rd, 2008 at 3:22 pm
Sep 3rd, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Sep 3rd, 2008 at 3:53 pm
I can tell you from years of experience in the motorcycle industry that for Scott to keep AIH alive and breathing he will need to produce and sell between 1,000 – 1,050 units per year just to manage his operational debt service at break even.
If you factor in any debt service on Warranty Items, past and future, any possible product liability issues, debt service on the loan from Transamerica, advertising and any possible ROI of his $ 2.5 million investment, he will need an additional $8-9 million dollars in net profits for a break even … that equates to way more motorcycles than he is capable of producing or that the economy is capable of absorbing. Even if this debt service is spread out over 5 years it would be a miracle to achieve, in my humble opinion.
Will the last person out the door please turn off the lights?
Over & Out,
Sep 3rd, 2008 at 4:46 pm
I agree with the comment by A1 Cycles, simple math… buy below cost and sell off the assets in hope of a profit.
The horse is dead, no need to kick it.
Sep 3rd, 2008 at 5:02 pm
AIH is dead and some of its dealers should go with them .Never been helped with my 2007 slammer all repairs made outa my pocket!! Thanks AIH!!!!!!!!
Sep 3rd, 2008 at 5:13 pm
Yep, but $10 milion of parts will be sold for how much? 50 cents on the dollar? I bet less.
Sep 3rd, 2008 at 5:19 pm
i looked at the auction sale..and their prices were listed..to me they looked like 10% below regular dealer wholesale..i know they didnt pay that much for them..if you factor in volume purchases and specials from manufactures they bought very cheap..then figure in that they never paid a lot of their vendors..so those parts end up being very cheap.when you facotr in not paying for them
Sep 3rd, 2008 at 8:32 pm
I feel bad for the owners screwed by this, but I am far from sad to see them go. Hopefully Big Dog will be right behind them.
Sep 4th, 2008 at 7:57 am
May just be what happen at Excelcior Henderson. He's going to sell all and profit.
Sep 4th, 2008 at 8:02 am
Why do you want Big Dog to go under ??????
Sep 4th, 2008 at 8:47 am
Cyril: I spoke with Scott Myers during the 2008 Sturgis rally and he was kind enough to give me a 45 minute recorded interview, and I have some of the answers you ask here today. Give me a couple days to get back home to Florida as I am still in Milwaukee finishing up the H-D 105th event an I will share it with you. I do recall that he mentioned there are legal ramification for him to both own a manufacturing facility and dealership. He actually gave me the specifics on that issue.
Scott seemed very energetic and filled with passion to be part of the Iron Horse Legend and offered some insight and new directions he plans to take the company. At Sturgis he displayed a couple new paint designs and frame modifications that are planed for the new look of the IH. I have those pictures to share with too if you would like to post them.
Jeff Bartucci / BikerDATA.com "Your Rally Resource, When You Can't Be There"
Sep 4th, 2008 at 11:51 am
Indian next?
Sep 4th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
I hope that BikerDATA is right about AIH getting back on track with new ownership; I wouldn't expect folks like Big Dog, Big Bear Chopper and AIH trying to re-invent the wheel right now as far as new bike designs now, think that would be too risky to do from a dollars and cents standpoint right now. When the economy can support it I am sure that ideas that they have stashed away will start coming out, but right now I think M/C Businesses, especially bike builders/manufactures need to be frugal and try to stay in the black as much as they can so that they don't fall to the wayside.
Sep 4th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
3) In the state of Texas, you cannot be the manufacturer of motorcycles and own a dealership that sells the motorcycles that you manufacture. Thus a conflict, he would be in violation of state law.
Sep 4th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
Troy you are exactly correct on that. It is illegal to build the bikes and sell them. Say, for instance, my father wanted to open a dealership. He could not sell Desperados or Jeff Nicklus Customs BUT we could sell Big Dog, IH, Indian, BBC, etc.
Sep 4th, 2008 at 5:43 pm
Yes it was sudden but Scott had to close both dealerships RMC & BWC as Troy stated. Employees were given a severance package and paid up until the building was cleaned out from what I was told from an employee.
Sep 5th, 2008 at 6:46 am
The jury is still out on Scott and AIH ! The new ownership has done nothing to honor the warranties of AIH bikes.I hope what Jeff was told may come true someday but i think not !!
Sep 5th, 2008 at 7:42 am
If Scott is in with Charles Strand, then beware everyone,everywhere.
Sep 5th, 2008 at 10:59 am
Mr Meyers was very smart excluding the parts! peace
Sep 5th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
Charles Strand and Scott Meyers were ganged up at Sturgis. In fact I was told that the corner that AIH had occupied for years on LaZelle was actually rented this time by Strand & Company. Once again this year he was pumping the AIH's out the door at bargain basement prices. All sold with the New AIH Warranty Policy,,,,,,,,, No Warranty and all!
Sep 5th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
It will not be a surprise if they never actually open up for business. Times are hard. Many sre right about Big Dog. They will probably be next.
Sep 6th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
Funny how charlie strand has 2 new 2009 AIH bikes, slammer and a r texas chopper ?
Sep 6th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
I heard that 2 prototype bikes were built and shown in Sturgis probably to test reactions of bikers. It must be the two 2009 bikes that charles Strand is keeping…for resale. 2009 production equals 2 bikes?!?
Sep 7th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
Just twist my gut for all those poor saps that bought and owned these things.
Nitrous Phil
Sep 8th, 2008 at 10:19 am
To clear a few items. We are the group handling the Liquidation of former AIM Parts. They are not part of the Purchase by Scott. They are being sold for the creditors thru the bankruptcy court order. The prices on our sheet are not the selling price. We are open to offers on the parts ranging from 25%-50% on the dollar depending on what items you want. That equals 50%-75% off!! Motor parts require a higher offer than nuts and bolts. We wish Scott all the best in starting up AIM. We are having a huge sale of parts at the site Starting this friday.
Sincerely, Bill Melvin Jr.
Sep 8th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
Why doesn't Charles Strand buy all the parts. He claims to be the number 1 AIH dealer and takes such good care of his customers.
Sep 8th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
…..and while Charles Strand is at it, as he is the biggest AIH Dealer known to man or beast, he can personally assume all of the Warranty Items that any "screwed out of a warranty AIH customer" may have. He could then use all the Auctioned parts to make those repairs.
Gar Out
Sep 8th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
On the warranty side, something needs to be cleared up. Scott Meyers has made it clear that he is NOT honoring warranty on existing bikes. He instead has offered to send replacement parts IF he has them. Anything that was said before is null and void.
He claims that he will cover all future bikes fully. Since Charles Strand is the only one of AIH's past dealership that is, oh lets say, naive enough to actually take possession of any new bikes, that should be a very small number.
Of course that will be after Charles finishes closing down his "hugely successful" dealership and moving it to the "new" location where one HD dealer has already shutdown an operation. LOL. Talk about rolling the dice.
I, for one, hope that Scott figures this thing out before he goes broke. That being said, he's gonna have to do a hell of a lot better than he has so far. If he can pry Jeff Long's tongue out of his backside long enough to actually speak with someone with a resume in manufacturing, maybe he can cut the crap and begin tooling up for this 500+ bike a year pipe dream that they're throwing around to their employees.
Sep 10th, 2008 at 11:58 am
These really are like horse's. I have never seen so much crap involved every time you see one! I agree with most everything on here. The bikes that were at sturgis were just fancied up existing models. Nothing new there, just parts and paint anyone could order.
As far as Scott Meyers..he is a buisness man and a good one. I think that scott being a rider got him excited about buying Ironhorse. Good product, but extremely bad timing in the industry to start anything up now.
As far as Jeff Long…what is the deal!! It seems like Scott bought him with the rest of the company. It's like a lap dog with a camera.
If Iron Horse is to survive, They better start answering the phone and getting parts and service to the customers that have already bought AIH bikes! These are your customers and the biggest word of mouth people you have. I can not believe that you made it public that you pushed away the riders that have already bought Ironhorse bikes.
It seems like everyone is on hold as far as buying or dealing American Ironhorse because of the mass confussion and lack of knowing what is going to happen.
Sep 10th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
Boy i second that from AIH rider as i own one of these and the management will go nowhere without helping the owners now !! Answer the dam phone or do something if ur in business !!!!!!!!!
Sep 10th, 2008 at 10:47 pm
You can say that again.
Although there were a lot of bad managers involved with Iron Horse over the past five years, there were a couple of guys there who actually could have saved and run the company themselves. If only they hadn't been pinned down by the most incompetent string of CEOs ever to drive a company straight into the crapper.
Those guys were let go over the last year and a half of business with the last one being terminated just after the buyout.
Jeff Long, on the other hand, is about as useful as Rosie O'Donnell's vagina. He has a complete lack of formal education or real work experience.
The inability to get anyone on the phone at Iron Horse now is a perfect representation of what it's like to have to work with or rely upon Jeff himself.
His only responsibility after Bill's exit from the company was to be the constant companion of whoever was in charge. Of course if you value an employee who can secure you all of the liqueur and strippers that your company credit card can buy, then he's your man.
He and Dave Marshall were brilliant in the way they both offered up their own wives' asses for Wil's entertainment and it was Jeff who hooked Wil up with the stripper that ended his marriage (as well as the one that came close to getting Buck caught).
With Jeff now running the company with a limp wrist, what could anyone expect of it? No one with a plan, and no one to execute one if they had it.
To anyone needing warranty on an Iron Horse, it's not the end of the world, you're just screwed. Accept that YOU will be paying for the numerous repairs from your own pocket and the aggravation will subside over time. If you bought an 07, dump it. It will cost you more in repairs than the bike originally cost.
And to make it clear one more time,
Charles, I am Numberone! you're number two.
Sep 10th, 2008 at 11:36 pm
Numberone, while I acknowledge that everything you have written here is true, I wonder why, at this point, it needs to be reiterated.
Jeff WAS guilty of everything stated above, but he has found God since then and is truly trying to right his life.
He wasn't involved in the operations at IronHorse until scott meyers came in, but since it is going to be a much smaller operation from now on, that may not matter. When something comes up that jeff can't figure out, he asks everybody and lets them make the decision.
The decision to not pay warranty claims for existing bikes was not an easy one. it was necessary. The bikes built under bucks administration are of such bad quality that it would break the company very quickly.
Let go of the past. it does no one any good to keep looking back. this is the new american ironhorse and God willing, it will be just as successful as it was before!
Sep 11th, 2008 at 12:05 am
A chill just went up my back.
Sep 11th, 2008 at 10:00 am
People usually find God when all hope is lost and they think they're going down the tubes. I wonder did he find God in a pile of Ironhorse trash or was he on some independent builder's website when the Dream Team was trying to confiscate a new design that they wanted to call their own? AIH has never had any real engineers, they just made a living off trying to copy other people's work. I guess it's better that the small person suffer the loss of fixing bad bikes and spread the cost out so that we can have Ironhorse bikes. I think the bike buying public will decide that.
Sep 11th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
Troy, I'm a little concerned that your post above comes off a bit jaded and mean spirited.
Jeff may have actually had a spiritual awakening here.
It's like when you're in the Whataburger around 3am and that homeless guy comes in and sits right down next to you and says "god tole meh I was to keel ya".
At first you may be nervous or even frightened, but then you realize "hey, this guy is with god, everything is going to be ok".
I don't know why god told Jeff that paying to fix their own brand new, expensive, and high maintenance motorcycles would make the unfortunate owners better people for it. But I know god has a plan. If you'll just give em a chance I'm sure god will tell them the right design to steal so that they get back to work. Maybe the strippers that god picks for them won't cause anymore divorces.
So, just calm yourself Troy, and go with god. All he asks is that we be good people.
Sep 11th, 2008 at 5:43 pm
A friend of mine has an iron horse and what a head ache this machine has been. Around twenty thou on the odometer ; mutiple break downs including electricl malfuctions a tired engine that is being rebuilt , on and on . He believes that he has the most attractive bike on the road ;so I guess he is happy ; but over twenty grand in repairs plus some chrome upgrades. Pride stands in the way.
Sep 12th, 2008 at 9:38 am
If Charles Strand ,of American Ironhorse of Ft. Worth, was number uno in the world of American Ironhorse Motorcycles why has he changed the name of his company to Renegade Motorcycles? He has even moved to a nes location!
I know if I had anything to do with an Ironhorse Motorcycle I damn sure would not brag about it whether I was number one, two or 100.
Gar Out
PS: One more thing —– why in the hell would anyone keep Jeff Long?
Sep 12th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
Gar, there is only one answer to your questions about Charles. Everyone who has ever had the misfortune of dealing with him knows that he has always been full of that brown stuff that comes out of cows. He's a water filter salesman for pete's sake! Just look at the people he hangs out with.
And that skank that's always hanging on him, I take one look at her and I'm off to the clinic.
As for Jeff, I had a conversation recently with one of the past managers at IronHorse in which I was calling Scott Meyers a dumbass for keeping Jeff on. This zen master just said to me "don't judge Scott too harshly, guys like Jeff know how to isolate their boss from everybody else. And it's real hard for a manager to say no to the person who has his balls in their mouth".
IronHorse was a great thing for a blink of an eye, but let's be frank here, it's been dying for a long time now. Isn't it time to end the grieving and move on?
Sep 12th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
Brutal bikes may they RIP
Sep 13th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
What is your hard on for JL and Charles Strand- you don't sound like a number 1 dealer. Appear to be an ex-employee with a real ax to grind.
Sep 17th, 2008 at 12:02 am
Love it.. Keep it coming guys.. While everybody takes shots at the bandidos from AIH here we sit with no warranty and broken down bikes..
What a pitty party this is..
Sep 20th, 2008 at 10:05 am
I own an 05 slammer and it had its share of elec. problems in the beginning, but I must say I love the bike way more than my Fat Boy or Dyna I had before.
Sep 22nd, 2008 at 1:28 pm
Bless the work of my hands Lord, for I do everything in your name.
Bless me Lord as I learn to have contentment in my heart. Bless me Lord as I leave ALL things behind me and strive forward toward the mark you set before me. Bless me Lord as I learn to build up my brothers and sisters instead of tearing them down with negative thoughts and actions.
Bless me Lord as I stop bearing fall witness against my neighbor. It took 10 years for the rise and fall of AIH. It will take longer than 3 months for Scott Meyers to rebuild the new company. Proverbs says Patience is a virtue. And Jesus "He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone" There is not one of us are in any position to be casting stones or criticizing others. The greatest commandment is "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' And the second is "Love your neighbor as yourself." Amen
Sep 22nd, 2008 at 10:13 pm
Amen Brother… let these blasphemous mofo's wallow in their own misery with their bikes! Like anyone here never sinned! Y'all should bought a HONDA! lol
Sep 24th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
I find it interesting that the topic has turned to religion and quoting passages. Kind of seems like another smoke screen put in place. Don't get me wrong, I do not mind religion, just don't like it used as a defense system. As far as that love your neighbor comment made…Tell Scott that one! He has alienated everyone that thought he was a friend to,made promises he did not even intend to keep,and even screwed over partners in his way to get what he wants. I have heard from people that are closer to Scott that the unfoutunate bike accident and head injury might be taking it's toll. Many that have known him for years told me at S&S, that he is not even close to the same and they say it is sad.
Many don't know what to think of the new company. They say it could go either way(kind of like Jeff Long.) I had to.. If Scott really is wanting to build the best bike possible get rid of that little coat tail riding,no talent, waste of space. Scott you don't strike me as the lap dance type! You don't need him!
I would hope you would see that he is hurting the IronHorse name.
Let the public know what is going on or we will turn on you big time!
Sep 24th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
One more thing. Cyril, PLEASE put the IronHorse comment page and listing back on the front page from time to time. Thanks.
Oct 1st, 2008 at 1:05 am
Who is Rednex and Real Ironhorse Numberone? Jeff and his wife were friends to the Hendrickson family.
Dec 5th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
it's true that Jeff was a "friend" to Buck (of course, that was his job). I wouldn't want to characterize him as a friend of the family, particularly Buck's wife who had no Idea what Jeff and Buck were getting into while they were "working".
You see, Jeff was a "friend" to the Hendrickson family much in the same way that Chuck Ross was a "friend" to their daughter's vagina.
I don't know who Rednex and RIN are, but the information that they post here is common knowledge to all who worked there and most everyone who didn't. While most companies have skeletons in the closet, at IronHorse you have to step over them to get in the front door.
Feb 27th, 2009 at 11:58 am
I feel for Scott Meyers , but he is not the owner of the horse he is just Textrons front man , Textron is now in the motorcycle buisness , trying to get back some of their money they invested into the company ,
Textron is dumping product throughout North America at very low prices to almost anyone that would buy , so why be a dealer and support the company that has pulled your floor plan out from under you , and sells bikes at lower prices than you purchased for .
just maybe they should allow the manufactures that they so politley pulled floor plan from their dealers buy the motorcycles back at reduced prices that they have done with the horse and i say the horse , i have not seen such a miss managed company in all my life , big cigars and motorcars that is the ways of the horse.
Textron i would be worrying bought a class action suit , for the arms length is not there and what you are doing is distorying a very honest and fun industry which is having a hard enough time to re build and win back the honesty of the rider .
Just take the brand name and let it die and make room for the honest manufactures that are trying to service the public with honesty and good product .
Apr 29th, 2010 at 11:02 pm
well guys all i can say is ive A AIH CUTTER HOW MANY DO YOU THING IS STILL OUT THERE ILL LEAVE THIS BIKE WITH MY GRANDSON WHEN I LEAVE THIS LIFE AND HE WILL RIDE WITH PRIDE ON THE FAMAILY CUTTER MONEY COULDNT BUY IT HISTORY IS NO FOR SALE


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Be a Better You: Take Time to Reflect
A couple weeks ago, a friend and I went to see the film "Boyhood." The film follows the life of a boy from age five to adulthood, and is the first time a film like this has been made. After the film was over, the credits rolled, and the theater emptied, my friend and I were left with a feeling we could not shake. Instead of talking about the film, we were silent, consumed by our own reflection.
We live in a fast paced world where once we are done with something, we claw at anything and everything to hold our attention. Silence bothers us and being in our own heads drives us crazy, but without pausing or taking the time to reflect, we miss out on the opportunity to make sense of ourselves and the world around us.
We forget the value of reflection, of taking the time to think about our lives and more fully understand ourselves — especially when something affects us more deeply, like when we watch a movie that relates so closely to your own life you are not sure how to process it. Or when you read a book and the poetry of the words resonate with how you are feeling or what you are going through. Or simply reflecting on the events in your life. Reflecting on the moments of joy and the moments of sorrow, thinking about your friends and family, and the people who have influenced your life. Reflection is thinking about the big transitions in your life, like starting a new job, moving to a new place, or just the events of your day.
When my friend and I stepped out of the theater, we realized we had seen something that moved us. In taking the time to reflect, we took the time to embrace our thoughts and embrace the silence between us. Reflection helps us to think through and sort out what the world around is trying to say.
Do you take time to reflect? Let me know in the comments below or find me on Twitter @whatsthesich
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I get updated my device yesterday night. In the initial conditions I have its performance better than others two versions. Touch whiz works never better than this. Improvements in finger print sensor it's make more perfect. I found no loss in of attempting to. Icons and gallery is redesigned and intire looking good. In this pros there was some cons. 1st ui and notification toggle is unchanged. Also the Samsung keyboards follows them. Besides that devices does well in the heating problem. Hope well fixing the problem soon later. For took a fresh experience in the old manner you to try that update....
Anonymous, 30 May 2016SM-G900H marshmallow update started with Kazakhstan. Hopefully soon in India.Where r u frm
rajat, 29 May 2016I haven`t got a Marshmallow update for my S5 (SM-G900H ) in India. Any idea when the Company w... moreSM-G900H marshmallow update started with Kazakhstan. Hopefully soon in India.
I haven`t got a Marshmallow update for my S5 (SM-G900H ) in India. Any idea when the Company would be rolling it out here. urgent samsung
I haven`t got a Marshmallow update for my S5 (SM-G900H ) in India. Any idea when the Company would be rolling it out here.
HK, 27 Apr 2016I got the update of 6.0.1 , it is very nice easy & more faster but draining bettery, the u... moreSend me some screeshots to show how much it has changed from lollipop to Marshmallow.
Deadman.leo this is my fb ID.
After the long waited, finally today managed to update my G900F to Marshmallow 6.0.1 with many thanks from Malaysia
Marshamallow to G5 G900H isn't yet confirmed from sammy.
Got this message from samsung mobile india twitter handle..
Anonymous, 27 Apr 2016Thank you for your reply. Very informative.
One thing , Is there any advantage of upgrading? You should tell me.
Do you use any apps which specifically require Android 6.x.x?
If not then it probably depends on which device you have.
IF your device meets the following criteria
--> 32-bit SoC (e.g. SD800/801/805)
--> has LESS than 4GB RAM
--> AMOLed display
THEN I believe (and this is strictly MY opinion) an upgrade is NOT worthwhile
1) Because Android 5 and 6 were specifically designed with 64-bits SoC's in mind.
2) The supposed battery saving features are nullified by the use of too much white in the UI which is especially for AMOLed-equipped device BAD for battery-life.
---> for the less tech-savvy readers: White uses the most power on AMOLed-screens, BLACK uses NO POWER at all since the black pixel is a powered off pixel in the display-matrix. This ONLY applies to BLACK, not gray or dark.
3) Certain Android 6 features were previously and already implemented by certain handset-maker's software-tweaks/variants (e.g. Touchwiz, Sense etc...).
4) The majority of apps run fine on everything from 4.2 upwards. Only a handful of apps actually benefit from (a) specific Android 6 features e.g. RAW support.
there are probably more reasons to stay put on kitkat or lolipop but these are just a small selection
If your device has
--> 64-bits SoC (e.g. SD810/820)
--> has 4GB RAM or more
--> LCD-panel (instead of AMOLed)
Then an update to Android 6 might be worthwhile
Why on LCD-panels? Because most battery drain on LCD is caused by the lighting of the display-panel either side lit or back-lit (screen-brightness) not on the amount pixels. Whether you use a black or white pixels the amount of power needed is almost the same since the majority is needed for the side-lit or back-lit lamps.
Keep in mind though that specific 64-bits apps are (slightly) larger and thus need more RAM and more storage space.
Also remember that some features (e.g. Themes) from e.g. S6/S7 are NOT implemented in OS-variants for e.g. S5 which may cause battery-drain due to the many non-replaceable white elements in the UI. Lighter colours in the UI and apps annoy your surroundings when you use the phone in a darker environment (e.g. Cinema) or at might.
I hope this give the less tech-savvy readers at least some info and/or enough items to think about (and perhaps question what's happening).
AnonD-530731, 27 Apr 2016It drinks battery juice slower when the phone is not in useSo Doze is actually Booz ?
Like I said before: "Samsung, USE GODDAMN BLACK in notification panels and other UI-ellements! And STOP removing (important) features!
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UCSF's neurology training programs have achieved a breadth, depth and quality that are unexcelled. The Neurology Residency Training Program provides broad-based clinical experience across three hospitals and a tremendous variety of subspecialty areas. Our goal is to produce excellent clinical neurologists capable of providing the highest quality care to patients. For more information about these fellowships and the application process, please visit the UCSF Neurology Fellowship Programs website.


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Cole Wood (Student)
Much of Cole Wood's life has centered on two things: public service and Mississippi State University.
By combining these two, he's discovered that the sky is the limit when it comes to what he can accomplish.
A Starkville native, Wood is a senior majoring in political science, a field he's put in practice since he was an underclassman.
He first joined the MSU Student Association as the organization's constitution adviser before being elected attorney general for 2015-16. In the spring, he lost a hard-fought race for Student Association president.
"I've always been very interested in politics and leadership," Wood said. "Serving on the Student Association taught me leadership skills, and it also taught me to trust myself that I'm capable of succeeding in this field."
Beyond his political ambitions, Wood is a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity and a student worker for the university general counsel's office. Last summer, he interned for Congressman Gregg Harper in Washington, D.C., as a junior fellow in the Library of Congress.
Wood said he grew up a Bulldog fan with strong family ties to MSU, and he never wavered when it came to where he wanted to attend college.
"When you have this unique school with such a family atmosphere, it's hard to turn away," he said.
After college, Wood said he wants to pursue a degree in constitutional law and live in Washington, D.C., for a few years before returning to Mississippi to practice. He may even decide to one day run for state office.
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Come to our yearly Getty Center excursion, Universal Studios trip, International Student Picnic and more! We host many fun events, and you are always invited.
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We have eaten outside every evening since I moved back. We eat late in this house; my mother and her partner run a local artisan pasta business which is exceptionally demanding and my mother is a full time nurse on top of that. They are busy bees. But in the evening, when they return from their busy days we all sit down at the table outside, eat together and talk until it is dark and we can no longer manage the mosquitoes. And somehow the siblings are always able to sense food being laid on the table and they reappear from the ether to join us.
Supper looks a lot like this every evening. Almost all the ingredients are sourced from the garden and then topped up with treats that the pasta-lords have managed to trade for at the farmer's markets during the week. Simple, local food at its very best.
I don't tend to share too many recipes on this blog. Don't get me wrong, I cook a lot but I am also aware the blogosphere is so full of incredible cooks that I feel there is little requirement for me to contribute. But this slaw, this sugarsnap pea and coriander slaw, fully deserves its moment.
This is a vague recipe with vague amounts. Quantities for a rustic slaw are a no-no, just play with it and it will work.
Gather as many sugarsnap peas as you can (if you haven't got a wonderful mother growing them, I know they can be quite pricey) and slice thinly. You could grate them but I think it would be even more fiddly.
Then in another bowl mix an even amount of mayonnaise and yoghurt (enough to coat the sugar snap peas). Chop a clove of garlic until it is basically a paste and mix it into the mayo/yoghurt mix. Roughly chop a good sized bunch of coriander, stalks and all, and mix it in. Squeeze in the juice of half a lemon (or a whole lemon if you are lucky enough to have a tonne of peas) and season with salt and pepper as you like.
This is a mean slaw and it keeps perfectly in the fridge for a couple days (I couldn't comment on whether it lasts longer, we ate all of ours). Eat with everything; sandwiches, barbecues, fish, who cares, it goes.


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In the 24 hours after Kojii Ray put her brick colonial on the market, nine people visited, five wanted to buy, and one offered more than the asking price.
That's the power of owning a home in the Centennial school district.
In Howard County, where many residents are obsessed with schools, this Ellicott City community is the center of the universe. Houses sell for up to $100,000 more than elsewhere in the county -- sometimes even before they're listed. Buyers all want the same thing: to send their children to Centennial schools, which boast some of the highest test scores in Maryland.
Demand is so high that some real-estate agents routinely call around Centennial to see if anyone's planning to sell. The buyers are ready and waiting.


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I love cheesecakes. I can't remember from when, but I always have. From the day of yore, where there was no internet, I'd sit for hours looking a cookery books with recipes of cheese cake and long to make it. But for this ingredient called 'cream cheese'. Unfortunately, cream cheese in India comes with scary prices & even scarier expiry dates. So cheesecaking was limited to friends and relatives arriving from anywhere out of the country.
An unforgettable experience was having that one giant slice of Juniors cheesecake after watching a show at Broadway. This humongous slice of creamy cheesecake - just YUM!
A few months ago, my friend shared this wonderful recipe, which has been modified slightly to suit ones taste. Here goes a cheesecake recipe with well, no cream cheese!
2 packs of digestive biscuit
25 gms of butter (you can add more if you want a crunchier harder crust)
1. Crush biscuits in the mixie, add butter to the crumbs and mix till it all come together.
2. Line a springform tin (or any tin with a loose base) with foil and pack the crumb mixture into it.
Yogurt made from 1 lt milk (full/regular - both work well)
Paneer made from 1 lt milk (full/regular - both work well)
200 ml cream
3/4 cup powdered sugar (can be increased to 1 it you like it sweeter)
1.5 tbsp gelatin
1 tsp vanilla extract
1. Hang the yogurt in a muslin cloth till all the water has drained out - usually around 3 to 4 hours
2. Dissolve gelatin in warm water and keep aside
2. Blend together the hung yogurt and cream till smooth
3. Keep adding little bits of paneer till to achieve a smooth texture
4. Add gelatin and vanilla to the above mixture
4. Add gelatin and vanilla to the above mixture
5. Pour over prepared crust and refrigerate.
You have a choice of toppings, since strawberries are in season you can made a coulis by blitzing about 100 gms of the berries with a little sugar added (depending on how sweet the fruit is). With such gorgeous fruit how can one not use it.
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The Cotton Board has hired two new regional communication managers (RCMs) including Christi Chadwell who will serve the states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, plus central and south Texas; along with Shelley Heinrich who will serve the Southern Plains covering north Texas, Kansas, and Oklahoma.
The Cotton Board's RCMs work to ensure that stakeholders of the Cotton Research and Promotion Program in their respective territories are aware of program activities conducted by Cotton Incorporated and administered by The Cotton Board.
RCMs visit with cotton growers on farms, speak at cotton meetings, participate in trade shows, and coordinate producer tours for Cotton Incorporated.
Chadwell currently serves at Texas Tech University as the plant and soil science department's communications and recruiting coordinator. She has a Master's degree in agricultural communications from Texas Tech, and lives in Lubbock, Texas. Her Cotton Board duties start Aug. 23.
Chadwell said, "I'm looking forward to being able to interact with producers, give them insight into the groundbreaking research and promotion being done in the industry, and working alongside so many other great organizations."
Before joining The Cotton Board on July 17, Shelley Heinrich of Slaton, Texas was the development director for the National Sorghum Producers where she developed programs for the industry and producers.
Heinrich said, "I'm looking forward to traveling across my territory and meeting as many cotton producers as possible."
Other Cotton Board RCMs include Monty Bain, southeast RCM covering Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia; and Brent Murphree, Mid-South RCM, covering Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee.


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Tucker will join Private Finance, a mortgage brokerage focused on high net worth clients, after she leaves her current role at Mortgageforce on Friday February 19.
She says: "I have had an amazing 18 months as technical manager at Mortgageforce and we have achieved huge amounts in that time. My decision to move has been incredibly hard but factors such as the six-hour round trip to the office and the desire to diversify beyond PR and marketing played a role, so this new challenge has come at the right time for me personally."
Mortgageforce managing director Kevin Duffy says: "Katie will be a real loss for the business because her creativity and energy have added so much. But her new role is quite simply a 'can't miss' career opportunity."
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Fed Reviews QE2 at Last Scheduled Meeting of 2010 (Yahoo Finance via AP) Many investors believe policies will remain unchanged—but will focus on modifications in language to signal future actions. "Since the Fed announced its second round of stimulus on Nov. 3, stocks have risen. That's encouraging for the economy because larger stock portfolios make people, especially the wealthy, more inclined to spend. On the other hand, rates on mortgages have risen, defying one of the Fed's stated goals of the bond-buying program. The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage has climbed to 4.61 percent. It's up sharply from 4.17 a month ago, the lowest rate in in some 40 years of recordkeeping. And "Since the Fed announced its second round of stimulus on Nov. 3, stocks have risen. That's encouraging for the economy because larger stock portfolios make people, especially the wealthy, more inclined to spend."
Spanish Bonds Down (Again); Borrowing Costs Rising (Bloomberg) "Spanish government bonds fell for a seventh day as the country paid higher costs to sell more than 2.5 billion euros ($3.3 billion) of securities and prepared to issue more debt later this week."And: "The yield on the 10-year Spanish bond rose eight basis points to 5.57 percent at 12:27 p.m. in London. The 4.85 percent security due October 2020 fell 0.58, or 5.8 euros per 1,000-euro ($1,346) face amount, to 94.61. German 10-year yields were one basis point lower at 2.96 percent, while two-year yields fell two basis points to 1.04 percent."
Distressed Assets Funds Trade Madoff Settlement Claims (DealBook New York Times) "The lawsuits filed by the trustee seeking money for Bernard L. Madoff's fraud victims may be a blow for the defendants — but they are catnip for an obscure breed of Wall Street traders speculating on the outcome of the enormous Madoff bankruptcy case. In recent months, hedge funds and other investment firms have been quietly contacting Madoff victims whose loss claims have been approved by the trustee, Irving H. Picard. These funds — specialists in beaten-down assets known as distressed securities — are offering to buy those claims immediately for cash, but at a sharp discount from their face value. With the latest round of big-ticket lawsuits, however, that quiet market has started to sizzle."
Hawkish Hoenig Still Says 'No' (CNBC via New York Times) "All year, Thomas M.Hoenig has been saying no. As the lone dissenter on the Federal Reserve committee that sets interest rates, Mr.Hoenig, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, has been a persistent skeptic of just about everything the Fed's chairman, Ben S.Bernanke, has done to try to stimulate the flagging recovery."
"Icahn Pulls Lions Gate Bid" (TheStreet) "Activist investor Carl Icahn has pulled his bid for Lions Gate Entertainment after the New York State Supreme Court ruled that director Mark Rachesky can keep his increased voting power."
Differing Views of QE2, Ahead of Fed Meeting (Bloomberg) "Some investors see a "conspiracy theory" that the central bank causes a stock rally on days of its purchases, Bank of America Merrill Lynch strategists led by Jeffrey Rosenberg said in a Nov. 2 report. While the report showed stocks rose on 15 of the 24 days the New York Fed bought Treasuries from Aug. 17 through the beginning of last month, Rosenberg said he's skeptical of a direct relationship because of positive economic indicators on some days. "
Berlusconi Survives (Wall Street Journal) "Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi narrowly won a confidence vote in the lower house of the Italian Parliament on Tuesday, surviving a crucial political and personal challenge, but seeing his ability to govern Italy crippled at a time when European leaders are facing major fiscal turmoil."


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BLEACH Discussion
Being one of the mainstream anime and manga Bleach needs to have a discussion tread specifically for it .
All the Otaku , anime and manga fans -Welcome to the World of Shinigami(Soul Reapers).
Many of you must seen this anime , and for newbies who haven't JUST START IT NOW.
The story involves powerful battles ,good puns ,great plot,supernatural elements and super powers.
Anime Specific( it has awesome Scores by Shiro Sagisu and some wonderful songs)
The anime is based on manga of same name by Tite Kubo.
In Karakura Town, Ichigo Kurosaki becomes a substitute Soul Reaper, when Rukia Kuchiki cannot fulfill her duties after engaging in battle with a particularly powerful Hollow. He later discovers several of his friends and classmates are spiritually aware and have powers of their own: Uryū Ishida is a Quincy, Orihime Inoue possesses a group of protective spirits known as the Shun Shun Rikka and Yasutora Sado ("Chad") has strength equal to the Hollows, later defined as being a Fullbringer.
Currently the anime has gone on a Hiatus after the Season 16: The Lost Agent.
However the manga is continuing. Kubo has filled the major loop holes and have connected all the strings.
Currently the manga following it's last arc before ultimately reaching it's finale.
And those who have discontinued after the anime , Trust me , read the manga. It has really become interesting.
ALL Common KAT FORUM Rules apply here..
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Whose Bankai you fellas miss the most ?
genryusai's bankai
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Check out the new chapter 673 : Father
The last few chapters are really becoming good.
indeed it is
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genryusai's bankai
yea ... I agree , but with unique ones , I love Urahara's . It's just awesome.
Just wish that kubo had shown Yoruichi's zanpakuto and bankai
yea ... I agree , but with unique ones , I love Urahara's . It's just awesome.
Just wish that kubo had shown Yoruichi's zanpakuto and bankai
come to think of it ....i never saw Yoruichi with a zanpakuto
i wanna see Aizen in action again
i never saw his bankai
Whose Bankai you fellas miss the most ?
I miss Yammammoto's bankai. But I also miss Coyote Stark's resurrección. Damn he was cool.


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On Thursday, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a California high school's decision to outlaw American flag t-shirts on Cinco de Mayo.
Officials at Live Oak High School banned American flags on May 5, 2010 because the year before there had been altercations between white students and Mexican students. There were American flags and chants of "USA." According to reports, there were also Mexican flags and kids running around saying, "Fuck them white boys. Let's fuck them up."
The high school, located 20 miles south of San Jose, is has had numerous gang problems. Nevertheless, the school seems to have organized an impressive Cinco de Mayo celebration.
School allowed to ban US flag shirts for safety, court says
Officials at a Northern California high school acted appropriately when they ordered students wearing American flag T-shirts to turn the garments inside out during the Mexican heritage celebration Cinco de Mayo, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the officials' concerns of racial violence outweighed students' freedom of expression rights. Administrators feared the American-flag shirts would enflame the passions of Latino students celebrating the Mexican holiday. Live Oak High School, in the San Jose suburb of Morgan Hill, had a history of problems between white and Latino students on that day.
The unanimous three-judge panel said past problems gave school officials sufficient and justifiable reasons for their actions. The court said schools have wide latitude in curbing certain civil rights to ensure campus safety.
"Our role is not to second-guess the decision to have a Cinco de Mayo celebration or the precautions put in place to avoid violence," Judge M. Margaret McKeown wrote for the panel. The past events "made it reasonable for school officials to proceed as though the threat of a potentially violent disturbance was real," she wrote.
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Jerk is a style of Cooking native to Jamaica in which Meat is Dry-Rubbed or wet marinated with a hot Spice mixture called Jamaican jerk spice.
The term jerk is said to come from the word Charqui, a Spanish term of Quechua origin for jerked or dried meat, which eventually became the word Jerky in English.
Jerk is also derived from the action of jerking, which referred to poking meat with holes so that flavor could more easily be absorbed.
The term jerk spice (also commonly known as Jamaican jerk spice) refers to a Spice Rub. The word jerk refers to the spice rub, wet marinade, and to the particular cooking technique. Jerk cooking has developed a following in United States, Canadian and Western European cosmopolitan urban centres with Caribbean/West Indian communities.
Jamaican jerk sauce developed as an adaptation by escaped enslaved Coromantee Africans in Jamaica. When the British invaded Jamaica in 1655 the Spanish colonists fled, leaving behind a large number of African slaves. Rather than be re-enslaved by the British, they escaped into Jamaica's mountainous regions where they mixed in with the local Taínos.
Jamaican jerk sauce primarily developed from formerly enslaved Africans, seasoning and slow cooking wild hogs over allspice wood, which was to native to Jamaica at the time and is the most important ingredient in the taste; over the centuries it has been modified as various cultures added their influence.
From the start, the Coromantee slaves found themselves in new surroundings on the island of Jamaica and were forced to use what was available to them. As a result, they adapted to their surroundings and used herbs and spices available to them on the island such as Scotch Bonnet Pepper, which is largely responsible for the heat found in Caribbean jerks.
Jerk cooking and seasoning has followed the Caribbean diaspora all over the world, and forms of jerk can now be found at restaurants almost anywhere a significant population of Caribbean descent exists, such as the United Kingdom, Canada, or the United States. French Caribbean's "Poulet boucané" (Smoked Chicken) is quite similar to traditional Jamaican jerk chicken.
The cooking technique of jerking, as well as the results it produces, has evolved over time from using Pit Fires to old oil barrel halves as the container of choice. Around the 1960s, Caribbean entrepreneurs seeking to recreate the smoked pit flavor in an easier, more portable method came up with a solution to cut oil barrels lengthwise and attach hinges, drilling several ventilation holes for the smoke. These barrels are fired with charcoal, which enhances the spicy, smoky taste. Alternatively, when these cooking methods are unavailable, other methods of meat smoking, including wood burning ovens, can be used to jerk meat. However, oil barrels are arguably one of the most popular cooking methods for making jerk in Jamaica. Most jerk in Jamaica is no longer cooked in the traditional method and is grilled over hardwood charcoal in a steel drum jerk pan. Street-side jerk stands or jerk centers are frequently found in Jamaica and the nearby Cayman Islands, as well as throughout the Caribbean diaspora and beyond. Jerked meat, usually chicken or pork, can be purchased along with Hard Dough Bread, deep fried cassava Bammy (flatbread, usually with fish), Jamaican fried Dumplings (known as Johnny or journey cakes), and Festival, a variation of sweet flavored fried dumplings made with sugar and served as a side.
Jerk seasoning principally relies upon two items: Allspice (called "pimento" in Jamaica) and Scotch Bonnet Peppers. Other ingredients may include
Jerk seasoning is traditionally applied to Pork and Chicken. Modern recipes also apply jerk spice mixes to Fish, Shrimp, Shellfish, Beef, Sausage, Lamb, Vegetables, and Tofu.
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KUMD studio renamed for radio host John Bushey
The space formerly known as Studio B at KUMD-FM was officially renamed for a radio show host who has regularly recorded his long-running Bob Dylan-centric program within its walls.
The John Bushey Highway 61 Revisited Studio sign was co-hung by its namesake and Duluth Mayor Emily Larson during a short event Tuesday afternoon at the University of Minnesota Duluth, where the public radio station is based. Larson called it "a celebration of your life's work" and added, "You are a treasure to us, John."
Bushey said he thought his show, which airs at 5 p.m. on Saturdays on 103.3 FM, would last about a year. It's been more than 25. "It's not volunteering," he said. "It's not work at all when you're doing what you love." Bushey's program includes rare songs, anecdotes and interviews — all delivered without notes, according to Maija Jenson, program director.
As for John Bushey Highway 61 Revisited Studio, which is in line for an upgrade: "It's very peaceful to me," Bushey said.


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[North Carolina] Is It Age Discrimination If You Don't Know You're Being Discriminated Against?
In Villarreal v. R.J. Reynolds, the Supreme Court would have to decide whether the nation's second-largest tobacco company was within its rights to summarily reject older job applicants. It is the latest in a series of cases that are making it easier for
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[Virginia] Appellate Group Of The Year: Jones Day ($$)
Once again, Jones Day made a big splash at the U.S. Supreme Court in 2016, taking on some of most high profile legal matters including ... former Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell's corruption case, earning it a spot as one of...
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[Maryland, Pennsylvania] Pa. Can Keep $126M After SCOTUS Rejects Tobacco Case
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Philip Morris USA Inc. and others challenging a Pennsylvania court ruling that modified a national settlement over tobacco-related health care costs in a way that saved th
Oct 11, 2016 The Legal Intelligencer
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[Maryland, Pennsylvania] Justices Won't Review Tobacco Cos.' $125M Payment To Pa. ($$)
lost a bid on Tuesday to have the U.S. Supreme Court review a decision that allowed Pennsylvania to receive a $125 million payment as part of a nationwide settlement over smoking-related health costs....
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US Supreme Court denies MSA appeal by Big 3 tobacco manufacturers
The manufacturers' first petition was filed April 21 involving its dispute with Pennsylvania. The amount of money in dispute is several hundred millions of dollars, according to the petition. Reynolds and Philip Morris declined Tuesday to comment on the
Oct 11, 2016 Winston-Salem (NC) Journal
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[UK, Maryland, Pennsylvania] CERTIORARI -- SUMMARY DISPOSITIONS (PDF)
Oct 11, 2016 Supreme Court of the United States
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[Maryland, Pennsylvania] U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear tobacco arbitration dispute
let stand lower court rulings allowing Pennsylvania and Maryland to keep tens of millions of dollars in a dispute with tobacco companies involving the massive 1998 settlement over deceptive marketing and advertising of cigarettes. The justices declined t
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Maryland Opposes U.S. Supreme Court Review Of MSA Arbitration Ruling
opposing a petition for writ of certiorari filed by a group of tobacco companies asking the high court to rule on the reach of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) and whether a Maryland appellate court erred by invalidating a multi-hundred-million-dollar ar
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[Virginia] U.S. attorney's office recommends putting Robert McDonnell on trial again
Less than three months after the Supreme Court vacated the convictions of former Virginia governor Robert F. McDonnell, the U.S. attorney's office that prosecuted the Republican has recommended to Justice Department higher-ups that they endeavor to try h
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[Virginia] Feds Recommend Retrying Ex-Gov. Robert McDonnell
Disgraced former Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell, convicted of 11 counts of bribery and corruption but granted a reprieve by the Supreme Court, could face a retrial. Lawyers in the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Eastern District of Virginia have reportedl
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Weapons COD
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These are all of the available weapons in Call of Duty 5 World at War
Rifles- M1 Garand Mosin Nagant Kar98 Arisaka Type 99 M1903 Springfield M1A1 Carbine SVT-40
Heavy Sub-Machine guns- Browning Automatic Rifle MP-44 PPSH(drum mag.)
Light Sub-Machine guns- M1A1 Thompson MP-40 Type 100 Sub-Machine gun Sten
Light Machine guns- Browning M1919A6 MG-34 MG-32 FG-42 Type 92 Heavy Machine gun
Sniper Rifles- Kar98 Scoped M1903 Springfield Scoped Mosin Nagant Scoped Gewehr 43
Shotguns- Trench gun Double-Barelled shotgun
Sidearms- Knife(not used as sidearm slot) Katana(not sure if its used as a sidearm slot) Colt 45 TT-33 PO8 Luger Nambu 14 Walther P38
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Adding a bit of Glamour…. bought colour changing organza to make these instead of several cuts! Budget stuff! It's the beads that give it glamour and sparkle – top tip: don't scrounge on the beads!!!
Month: February 2017
Napkin decoupage on candles with heat gun
More Christmas Stuff.
Sparkly and Snuggly, what more would you want!
This turned out better than I thought it would! It was a bit mind numbing to knit! But it looks good done. Successful stuff!
Dual purpose Birthday and Christmas Chocolate Biscuit Cake
Just plain yummy. Added extra stuff from the recipe like cherries and mini marsh mallows. Used mini marshmallows to filling the gaps, covered in butter cream, then icing. Good Stuff! https://supervalu.ie/real-food/recipes/kevins-chocolate-biscuit-cake
Gluten free gingerbread Christmas Tree
More yummy stuff! I think this was the recipe :http://www.food.com/recipe/gingerbread-cookies-gluten-free-366330
Gluten free mince pies
Gluten free mince pies, using my recipe from the ICA Book of Christmas… just missing one for that real Christmas tree look. hmmm Yummy stuff – used last years Monce Meat, which was soaked in Brandy.
OOO shiny
Arrived in the post today, I thought they were very Cinderella, but I was corrected and told they are very Frozen – generational difference stuff!
Trying out Quilling
Interesting 1/2 day trying out quilling… really want to find instructions now for snowflakes and other Christmassy stuff.
Towards Poulaphouca
Let there be light & stuff!
Deer tracks in the sand – Blessington Reservoir.
Came across these one Sunday on a walk
Let there be cake – cherry cake
Here's the cherry cake that got through to the national baking competition finals.
My latest creation
Shawl stuff – doing it without blocking wires!


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DNS Servers are difficult to mitigate. Mostly because they use UDP. Most services ( http, https, email, ssh ) rely on TCP. TCP uses a three way handshake this means that every communication has to follow a certain procedure. This allows us to filter out fragments or faulty handshakes.
UDP in contrast you can image it better as a flood of packets. When data is sent using udp, it is seperated into several packages which are simply sent, they find their own route through the internet and arrive at the destination. Whereas with TCP it starts at the beginning of the file and reads and sends part after part, UDP packets from the beginning of the file can arrive later then parts from the end of the file.
1.) Find out a way to mitigate high volume attacks.
We at https://internetz.me have a Firewall located on the router's edge.
We can allow every client up to 20 stateless firewall configurations per ip. In the above example you can see how our old network was designed ( simply put of course there is more redundancy ). But you can see this shows France and at the bottom of the image you can see all countries that are france's neighbours – so if there is an ddos, the traffic must go through these countries first. Then it hits the core routers of the datacentre. With our current infrastructure we can handle almost 500GBit/s of ddos traffic.
So at the core router's is where the magic is happening and let me explain you why it is so important to have the attack traffic blocked there. The core routers are big routers, they can forward a lot of traffic – in this example its 80GBit/s. The switches behind them can handle up to 10GBit/s and the servers have 1Gbit/s NICs. For an attacker to harm the system a flood of 1GBit/s would be enough to clock up the switchport of a server. If we now block the malicious traffic on the router's edge it doesn't evne enter the datacentre and our services will remain up and running. Of course this blocking needs to be done on every "door" of the datacentre, basically any where data comes in.
2.) The more silent you become the more you are able to hear.
Some of you may know this quote from backtrack. But it is true you can find the needle easier if your haystack is smaller. To demonstrate this i took a look at a default cpanel servers, which are not known to be lightweight and small but a bit more clumsy then a simple bind configuration – but since its easy to setup – people will continue to use it. So how do we start? With a simple portscan to see what we see thats running on this box. For the scope of this tutorial the dns server will have the public ip 184.108.40.206
sudo nmap -sS -v -Pn 126.96.36.199
Now we install some kind of firewall. The most easy to use client would be "ufw" or you could use "csf/lfd" which also includes a daemon that monitors certain directories and informs you via email. Or you use bastille firewall which integrates nicely with ispconfig. This should become a dns server, so all we should see is port 53 from the outside. You now may say "but i need ssh" then i say "yes sure you do", but not on port 22 – go inside your /etc/ssh/sshd_config and change the port to a high value. Nmap and other portscanners also dont manually check every port they only check well known ports. so your are better of setting your ssh port to somewhere between 10000 and 65000. Remember the max value for your ports is 2^8.
3.) Start reading your logs
Now that we have blocked high volume traffic and made only port 53 available to the public – this will be the most likely point of attack. Now it is VITAL to understand your dns server, know where the log files are and are prepared
A few weeks ago i published an article with a simple bash script . In case of a ddos attack, or a certain amount of packets on your interface, the script will start a tcpdump, sort the data and sent it to you via email.
You then already know the type of attack, and roughly the volume which allows you to start ways of mitigating the attack.
4.) Block higher level attacks.
I already mentioned csf/lfd which acts as a firewall/watchdaemon duo and informs you, when attacks, portscans and such things occur. You can also use fail2ban which is another log reading daemon. Fail2ban looks for repeating events such as login bruteforce attacks and blocks users based on those events using iptables. Fail2ban can also be used effectively to block users that are abusing the dns servers. or ban attempts of dns reflection attacks.
5.) Get to know your Service
Figure our what dns servers are usually speaking to your dns server, whitelist those servers. I already told you in 3. and 4. thats its important to understand your setup, and to determine the type of ddos etc. This does not have to be a boring thing. I used logstalgia in combination with csf/lfd to generate videos from the logs of ddos attacks. And it generated some beautiful videos 🙂


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FRAMINGHAM (03/31/2000) - Now that The Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. has admitted that it won't meet the July 3 deadline to prepare its computer systems to handle decimal-based stock prices, the Securities and Exchange Commission will likely extend the deadline by a month or two.
SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt said he was "dismayed and disappointed" by Nasdaq's request for a delay, but that the SEC is likely bump the cutover date for brokerages, exchanges and other market participants.
"We are working to accomplish decimalization as expeditiously and as safely as possible," said SEC spokesman John Heine, although he added that the deadline has not yet been officially changed.
Meanwhile, Nasdaq officials said they were targeting the first quarter of 2001 to handle decimal-based pricing and processing -- several months beyond the extended deadline that the SEC is expected to set.
The biggest challenge for Nasdaq and other players is the dramatic increase in trade and quote traffic that decimalization is expected to generate.


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It's been a whirlwind of a year or so for fans of the Tragically Hip. It seems like so much has happened from the day Gord Downie announced his cancer diagnosis, to the day he died last month. We've seen the release of new music, an incredible final tour and an inspiring documentary to sum it all up.
Long Time Running, the documentary that was screened country-wide just weeks ago will hit stores on DVD and Blu-ray on November 17th. It will contain an extra 10-minutes of interviews that were excluded from the theatrical cut.
The final Hip show, now known as A National Celebration, will also hit DVD and Blu-ray as well as digital on December 8th. It'll feature the entire setlist from the concert in Kingston last August and be "fully complete and true to how it was performed, with no post-production overdubs, drop-ins, or 'corrections' to the artists' in-the-moment expressions."
And for those who want it all, just in time for Christmas, you can buy a deluxe box set containing both Long Time Running AND A National Celebration AND a 24-page booklet AND a collectors pin AND a replica VIP laminate, tour program and posters. That releases December 1st…and you can find it here.