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The story of Cesar Estrada Chavez begins near
Yuma, Arizona. Cesar was born on March 31, 1927. He was named
after his grandfather, Cesario. Regrettably, the story of
Cesar Estrada Chavez also ends near Yuma, Arizona. He passed
away on April 23, 1993, in San Luis, a small village near
Yuma, Arizona.
He learned about justice or rather injustice
early in his life. Cesar grew up in Arizona; the small adobe
home, where Cesar was born was swindled from them by dishonest
Anglos. Cesar's father agreed to clear eighty acres of land
and in exchange he would receive the deed to forty acres of
land that adjoined the home. The agreement was broken and
the land sold to a man named Justus Jackson. Cesar's dad went
to a lawyer who advised him to borrow money and buy the land.
Later when Cesar's father could not pay the interest on the
loan the lawyer bought back the land and sold it to the original
owner. Cesar learned a lesson about injustice that he would
never forget. Later, he would say, The love for justice that
is in us is not only the best part of our being but it is
also the most true to our nature.
He did not like school as a child, probably because he spoke only
Spanish at home. The teachers were mostly Anglo and only spoke English.
Spanish was forbidden in school. He remembers being punished with
a ruler to his knuckles for violating the rule. He also remembers
that some schools were segregated and he felt that in the integrated
schools he was like a monkey in a cage. He remembers having to listen
to a lot of racist remarks. He remembers seeing signs that read
whites only. He and his brother, Richard, attended thirty-seven
schools. He felt that education had nothing to do with his farm
worker/migrant way of life. In 1942 he graduated from the eighth
grade. Because his father, Librado, had been in an accident and
because he did not want his mother, Juana, to work in the fields,
he could not to go to high school, and instead became a migrant
farm worker.
While his childhood school education was not the best, later in
life, education was his passion. The walls of his office in La Paz
(United Farm Worker Headquarters ) are lined with hundreds of books
ranging from philosophy, economics, cooperatives, and unions, to
biographies on Gandhi and the Kennedys'. He believed that, "The
end of all education should surely be service to others," a belief
that he practiced until his untimely death.
In 1944 he joined the Navy at the age of seventeen. He served two
years and in addition to discrimination, he experienced strict regimentation.
In 1948 Cesar married Helen Fabela. They honeymooned in California
by visiting all the California Missions from Sonoma to San Diego
(again the influence of education). They settled in Delano and started
their family. First Fernando, then Sylvia, then Linda, and five
more children were to follow.
Cesar returned to San Jose where he met and was influenced by Father
Donald McDonnell. They talked about farm workers and strikes. Cesar
began reading about St. Francis and Gandhi and nonviolence. After
Father McDonnell came another very influential person, Fred Ross.
Cesar became an organizer for Ross' organization, the Community
Service Organization - CSO. His first task was voter registration.
It was the beginning of La Causa a cause that was supported by
organized labor, religious groups, minorities, and students. Cesar
Chavez had the foresight to train his union workers and then to
send many of them into the cities where they were to use the boycott
and picket as their weapon.
Cesar was willing to sacrifice his own life so that the union would
continue and that violence was not used. Cesar fasted many times.
In 1968 Cesar went on a water only, 25 day fast. He repeated the
fast in 1972 for 24 days, and again in 1988, this time for 36 days.
What motivated him to do this? He said, Farm workers everywhere
are angry and worried that we cannot win without violence. We have
proved it before through persistence, hard work, faith and willingness
to sacrifice. We can win and keep our own self-respect and build
a great union that will secure the spirit of all people if we do
it through a rededication and recommitment to the struggle for justice
through nonviolence.
Cesar said about the fast, " A fast is first
and foremost personal. It is a fast for the purification of
my own body, mind, and soul. The fast is also a heartfelt
prayer for purification and strengthening for all those who
work beside me in the farm worker movement. The fast is alsoan
act of penance for those in positions of moral authority and
for all men and women activists who know what is right and
just, who know that they could and should do more. The fast
is finally a declaration of non-cooperation with supermarkets
who promote and sell and profit fromCalifornia table grapes.
During the past few years I have been studying the plague
of pesticides on our land and our food," Cesar continued "The
evil is far greater than even I had thought it to be, it threatens
to choke out the life of our people and also the life system
that supports us all. This solution to this deadly crisis
will not be found in the arrogance of the powerful, but in
solidarity with the weak and helpless. I pray to God that
this fast will be a preparation for a multitude of simple
deeds for justice. Carried out by men and women whose hearts
are focused on the suffering of the poor and who yearn, with
us, for a better world. Together, all things are possible."
Cesar Chavez completed his 36-day Fast for Life on August 21, 1988.
The Reverend Jesse Jackson took up where Cesar left off, fasting
on water for three days before passing on the fast to celebrities
and leaders. The fast was passed to Martin Sheen, actor; the Reverend
J. Lowery, President SCLC; Edward Olmos, actor; Emilio Estevez,
actor; Kerry Kennedy, daughter of Robert Kennedy, Peter Chacon,
legislator, Julie Carmen, actress; Danny Glover, actor; Carly Simon,
singer; and Whoopi Goldberg, actress.
Cesar Estrada Chavez died peacefully in his sleep on April
23, 1993 near Yuma, Arizona, a short distance from the small
family farm in the Gila River Valley where he was born more
than 66 years before.
The founder and president of the United Farm Workers of America,
AFL-CIO was in Yuma helping UFW attorneys defend the union
against a lawsuit brought by Bruce Church Inc., a giant Salinas,
Calif.-based lettuce and vegetable producer. Church demanded
that the farm workers pay millions of dollars in damages resulting
from a UFW boycott of its lettuce during the 1980's. Rather
than bring the legal action in a state where the boycott actually
took place, such as California or New York, Church "shopped
around" for a friendly court in conservative, agribusiness-dominated
Arizona-where there had been no boycott activity.
"Cesar gave his last ounce of strength defending the farm workers
in this case," stated his successor, UFW President Arturo Rodriguez,
who was with him in Arizona during the trial. He died standing up
for their First Amendment right to speak out for themselves. He
believed in his heart that the farm workers were right in boycotting
Bruce Church Inc. lettuce during the l980's and he was determined
to prove that in court." (When the second multimillion dollar judgement
for Church was later thrown out by an appeal's court, the company
signed a UFW contract in May 1996.
After the trial recessed at about 3 p.m. on Thursday, April 22,
Cesar spent part of the afternoon driving through Latino neighborhoods
in Yuma that he knew as a child. Many Chavezes still live in the
He arrived about 6 p.m. in San Luis, Arizona-about 20 miles from
Yuma, at the modest concrete-block home of Dofla Maria Hau, a former
farm worker and longtime friend. Cesar and eight other UFW leaders
and staff were staying at her house in a poor farm worker neighborhood
not far from the Mexican border.
Cesar ate dinner at around 9 p.m. and presided over a brief meeting
to review the day's events. He had just finished two days of often
grueling examination by attorneys for Bruce Church Inc.
He talked to his colleagues about taking care of themselves-a recent
recurring theme with Cesar because he was well aware of the long
hours required from him and other union officers and staff. Still,
he was in good spirits despite being exhausted after prolonged questioning
on the witness stand; he complained about feeling some weakness
when doing his evening exercises.
The UFW founder went to bed at about 10 or 10:30 p.m. A union staff
member said he later saw a reading light shining from Cesar's room.
The light was still on at 6 a.m. the next morning. That was not
seen as unusual. Cesar usually woke up in the early hours of the
morning well before dawn to read, write or meditate.
When he had not come out by 9 a.m., his colleagues entered his
bedroom found that Cesar had died apparently, according to authorities,
at night in his sleep.
He was found lying on his back with his head turned to the left.
His shoes were off and he still wore his clothes from the day before.
In his right hand was a book on Native American crafts. There was
a peaceful smile on his face.
It was the largest funeral of any labor leader in the history
of the U.S. They came in caravans from Florida to California
to pay respect to a man whose strength was in his simplicity.
Farm workers, family members, friends and union staff took
turns standing vigil over the plain pine coffin which held
the body of Cesar Chavez. Among the honor guard were many
celebrities who had supported Chavez throughout his years
of struggle to better the lot of farmworkers throughout America.
Many of the mourners had marched side by side with Chavez during
his tumultuous years in the vineyards and farms of America. For
the last time, they came to march by the side of the man who had
taught them to stand up for their rights, through nonviolent protest
and collective bargaining.
Cardinal Roger M. Mahoney, who celebrated the funeral mass, called
Chavez "a special prophet for the worlds' farm workers." Pall bearers,
including crews of these workers, Chavez children and grandchildren,
then carried their fallen leader, resting at last, from the Memorial
Park to Forty Acres.
The death of Chavez marked an era of dramatic changes in American
agriculture. His contributions would be eroded, and others would
have to shoulder the burden of his work. But, Cesar Chavez, who
insisted that those who labor in the earth were entitled to share
fairly in the rewards of their toil, would never be forgotten.
As Luis Valdez said, "Cesar, we have come to plant your heart like
a seed . . . the farm workers shall harvest in the seed of your
The body of Cesar Chavez was taken to La Paz, the UFW's California
headquarters, by his family and UFW leadership. He was laid
to rest near a bed of roses, in front of his office.
On August 8, 1994, at a White House ceremony, Helen Chavez,
Cesar's widow, accepted the Medal of Freedom for her late
husband from President Clinton. In the citation accompanying
America's highest civilian honor which was awarded posthumously,
the President lauded Chavez for having "faced formidable,
often violent opposition with dignity and nonviolence.
And he was victorious. Cesar Chavez left our world better
than he found it, and his legacy inspires us still. He was
for his own people a Moses figure," the President declared.
"The farm workers who labored in the fields and yearned for
respect and self-sufficiency pinned their hopes on this remarkable
man who, with faith and discipline, soft spoken humility and
amazing inner strength, led a very courageous life"
The citation accompanying the award noted how Chavez was a farm
worker from childhood who "possessed a deep personal understanding
of the plight of migrant workers, and he labored all his years to
lift their lives." During his lifetime, Chavez never earned more
than $5,000 a year. The late Senator Robert Kennedy called him "one
of the heroic figures of our time."
Chavez's successor, UFW President Arturo Rodriguez, thanked the
president on behalf of the United Farm Workers and said, "Every
day in California and in other states where farm workers are organizing,
Cesar Chavez lives in their hearts. Cesar lives wherever Americans'
he inspired work nonviolently for social change."


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The Nokia Lumia line of Windows Phones have arrived in India. At a press event in New Delhi, Nokia announced the launch of the Lumia 920, Lumia 820 and Lumia 620 Windows Phones.
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Rockers React to Beastie Boy Adam 'MCA' Yauch's Death on Twitter
Sad news swept the Internet Friday (May 4) with the death of Beastie Boys rapper Adam "MCA" Yauch at the age of 47. Of course many artists immediately took to Twitter to send their condolences and pay their respects, and below is a sampling of what they had to say. Be sure to keep checking back because we will keep adding to this list — we expect there to be tons of tweets from artists. MCA was a very popular and much beloved man.
Lollapalooza94 talked to Yauch almost everyday He was full of wisdom & encouragement for a freaked out kid like I was. Thank you MCA. LoveBJ — Billie Joe Armstrong (@BJAofficial) May 4, 2012
1994: Yauch storms the podium at the VMAs, doesn't get thrown off as fast as he thought, and blurts, "Um…and Star Wars was my idea!"
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RIP Adam Yauch, so young, so sad xo — Stars (@montrealstars) May 4, 2012
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Digital diplomacy
By Abby Rhodes
December 9, 2011
The economic woes suffered by the West African country of Guinea are rooted in an equation that hampers development on much of the African continent – rich, ample natural resources, plus corruption, minus infrastructure equals a wealthy few and scores of desperately poor.
Laura Doolin, an international studies and French major at Bradley University, is working to improve conditions in the country by reaching out to Guineans living in the United States. An "eIntern" for the U.S. Department of State, Doolin is engaged in digital diplomacy through Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's Virtual Student Foreign Service initiative.
A Guinea-based representative of USAID, a government agency that provides humanitarian and economic aid abroad, serves as Doolin's supervisor and mentor for the eInternship. The two communicate weekly via email to line up research assignments and set project milestones.
"Ultimately, I'll use online resources to identify the Guinean diaspora in the United States, professionals who possess the abilities to invest back in their home country," Doolin said. "I'll also be looking at companies in the U.S. that have a history of investing in West Africa, particularly in technology."
Some 10,000 Guineans live in the state of New York alone. Washington, D.C., and Rhode Island are also major hubs for Guinean expatriates. Doolin's targets are literally all over the map, but while many young researchers would be daunted by such a monumental task, Doolin is tackling the challenge with aplomb.
"First, I'm researching the country's history and getting a gist for its economic development up to today, which will help me determine how to make its future development better and more efficient," she said.
Doolin, a junior at Bradley, has been primed for the undertaking through courses in the Institute of International Studies. From freshman year, students are introduced to a broad range of topics and concepts impacting international affairs. At the sophomore level they begin to use qualitative inquiry to analyze specific topics of international significance, then present their findings for peer critique.
"Laura has a mind very inclined toward analysis, with the ability to break down and assess information that at first glance seems unwieldy," said Dr. Charles Bukowski, chair of the Department of International Studies, who teaches the sophomore-level course. "To borrow a phrase from the TV series M*A*S*H, when it comes to research and presentation skills, Laura is the 'finest kind.'"
Just a few weeks into her internship experience, Doolin can already cite a plethora of statistics and related historical data about Guinea and communicates a clear vision for her own role in promoting prosperity in the country.
"Guinea holds the world's largest reserve of bauxite, a natural resource used to make aluminum, but that wealth never translates into development at the level of the individuals who live in Guinea," Doolin said. "I hope that I'll be able to work with some companies interested in that resource who would hire Guinean people, as opposed to bringing in their own workforce."
Her French language skills are also a tremendous asset, as French is Guinea's official language. Doolin will study abroad in France next semester, where she will continue her eInternship while refining her language skills.
"The beauty of this internship is that I can do it from almost anywhere, from Bradley's campus or from Rennes, France," Doolin said.
And the rewards should be plentiful. Doolin has an opportunity to prove herself a proficient researcher and communicator who requires little direction and oversight, an attribute graduate schools and future employers will find very attractive.
"Graduate schools these days are looking for more than just really good students. They want to see what else students can do," Bukowski said. "The opportunity to have an internship with international focus for the federal government, working on a topic that is the perfect fit for her professional interest, will be a major benefit as Laura moves onward."


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WASHINGTON (Sinclair Broadcast Group) -- The World Health Organization recently added Disease X to their list of nine diseases that could cause a worldwide epidemic.
There is no known pathogen associated with this disease.
It is simply a designation placed for a pathogen that doctors and scientists will not know how to react to. It also represents a disease that could be started by a biological mutation.
"Disease X represents the knowledge that a serious international epidemic could be caused by a pathogen currently unknown to cause human disease," WHO says on their website.
They hope this keeps public health officials on their toes and ready for a potential threat to society even if it isn't predictable or hasn't been seen before, according to The New York Post.
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Posted: Sat 10 Mar 2007, 15:44
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Pizzapup: Wireless Woes
Subject description: Wireless works well in 2.14, not at all in pizzapup
Well done everyone! This is a great distro. Finally, I can 'play' in Linux and learn something. And with puppy I am learning a lot. Thanks!
I have experimented installing on different desktop PCs and Puppy always installs effortlessly including the network connection using the network wizard.
I have a Compaq Armada laptop, PIII 500MHz, 384MB RAM, with a Dlink GWL G630 wireless pc card. On the laptop 2.14 installed OK, and, using the network wizard and ndiswrapper and the windows driver on the CD, I got the wireless working. Ditto the above on a desktop PIII 1GHz, 512RAM, with a Trendnet wireless card also using the drivers on the CD.
However, and, this is what this is about, Pizzapup will not do the same on both PCs. I have tried many times to install the driver. Once it even said that the hardware was detected but no go. The drivers can be found in the ndiswrapper folder. I used the command line as well.
ndiswrapper -i seems to install correctly.
ndiswrapper -l shows installed
modprobe can't remember the output
iwconfig shows no extensions for w0lan
Is the ndiswrapper an older version?
Any clues?
I am using 2.14 wirelessly connected to send you this.
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Posted: Sat 10 Mar 2007, 16:55
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I've never used Pizzapup (sorry Pizzasgood) but I noticed that in the steps you showed you missed a few
ndiswrapper -i <driver.inf>
ndiswrapper -l
ndiswrapper -m
modprobe ndiswrapper
ifconfig wlan0 up
I don't know what version of the wizard is included with Pizzapup but I'd recommend making sure it has the latest versions of the network wizard and the rc.network startup script.
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Posted: Sat 10 Mar 2007, 17:25
Post subject: ndiswrapper
Subject description: following the steps
Thanks. The 4 steps I listed are all there are in the network config page. I will try your suggestions but it was the network wizard that works well in 2.14 but not in pizzapup. I will share my results.
BTW pizzapup looks great. If only I had wireless......
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Posted: Sat 10 Mar 2007, 17:50
Post subject: ndis command line
Here are the results:
-l installed drivers
net5211 driver installed, hardware (168c:FF19) present
(This is correct as I learned from pup2.14)
-m modprobe config already contains alias directive
SIOCGIFFLAGS: no such device
Now what? Where can I look to fix this?
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Posted: Sun 11 Mar 2007, 09:46
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I'd recommend changing the title for this thread (edit your first post) to indicate that it is an issue with Pizzapup.
That way people that are using Pizzapup may be able to help you.
I've only tested oficial versions of Puppy but It is clear that the problem is not with the n network wizard but with the drivers.
Are you using ndiswrapper in 2.14?
Please post the list of loaded drivers that show in the first window of the "network wizard" in 2.14
The 4 steps I listed are all there are in the network config page
Do you mean the "wireless wizard" or what "network config page" are you talking about? Ignore the "wireless wizard". That so called wizard was inacurate, It was finally removed in 2.14
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Posted: Fri 16 Mar 2007, 01:22
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IS this what you meant?
Thanks for the help. Have not had opportunity to troubleshoot lately. I will keep looking for posts. ANd I will try updating some things as well when I get time.
Meanwhile I gotta put out those M$ xp fires my customers keep calling about. ;>)
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Posted: Fri 16 Mar 2007, 03:41
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This weekend I should have Pizzapup 3.0.1 finished, which is based on Puppy 2.14. I got way more done tonight than I imagined I would. All that's left is updating the icons and *.destktop entries, and testing.
It will have very few differences from Pizzapup 3.0 besides the stuff that changed from Puppy 2.12 to 2.14, which is why I've been able to get so far after only three sessions working on it. It should hopefully take care of your problem, along with some keyboard issues another person had.
If that doesn't work, but the standard 2.14 does, then I'll know that I fudged something up and I'll try to figure out what.
Between depriving a man of one hour from his life and depriving him of his life there exists only a difference of degree. --Muad'Dib
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Posted: Fri 16 Mar 2007, 10:20
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Pizzasgood, a minor bug in 214 is that zcat should be symlinked to gzip, not to busybox ... i should add that bugfix to my SP214 package
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Thanks, but I already saw your post in the dev-forum and took care of it. I also mentioned it to WhoDo for 2.15CE.
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What has animated pitchmen, a guy in a monkey suit, a damsel in distress and a truck with seats that are "soft like she-ape"? While we can't imagine what else might fit this criteria, this 1969 Dodge truck advertisement certainly does.
This 1969 Dodge truck commercial is another late 1960s/early 1970s advertising gem from the company who brought you the story of Eliot and his girlfriend upgrading Charger 500 we saw a couple months ago. This commercial opens with a blond photographer taking pictures of the animated "Dodge boys" in front of a shoddily made cage. The cage holds a man in a monkey suit. Not surprisingly, the monkey man easily escapes and kidnaps the blonde photographer. While the Dodge boys are nowhere to be found, the blonde photographer is saved from an unknown fate when the man in the monkey suit forgets his kidnapping in progress to inspect the 1969 Dodge truck.
What the monkey man finds is a Dodge sport truck that "makes tough roads look like sissies". In addition to the previously mentioned She-ape soft interior the Dodge features "Car like bumpers" and several other options. From the air conditioning that "made winter come early" to what sounds like a very late 60s stereo system, the kidnapping monkey man makes a convincing case for the "Sport truck". We have to wonder how many buyers took the monkey's advice and went to their Dodge dealer. While the days of primate costumed advertising spokesmen may be gone forever it's amusing to know they existed in the first place.


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NEW HAVEN, Conn.—The Yale men's track and field team may have only had one athlete competing at the fabled Penn Relays on Thursday, but luckily for the Bulldogs, that one athlete was freshman Kevin Dooney.
The Penn Relays are one of the most highly anticipated competitions of the year for the Bulldogs. The annual meet features some of the world's most skilled athletes, attracts tens of thousands of spectators each day and is covered by major news outlets like ESPN. Dooney, however, did not seem daunted in his first ever Penn Relays, and he represented the Bulldogs well on Thursday, running a personal-best 14:26.52 in the 5,000-meter run and placing 11th overall. More impressively, though, Dooney recorded the 11th-fastest 5,000-meter time in Yale history and qualified for the IC4As for the first time this outdoor season. Dooney, who hails from Dublin, Ireland, finished just more than one second behind St. Joseph's Kevin McDonnell. Texas A&M's Henry Lelei won the race, finishing in 13:45.30.
Dooney's showing on Thursday was just another strong performance in what has been a striking freshman campaign. During the indoor season, Dooney placed second (8:29.26) in the 3,000-meter run against Dartmouth and Columbia, third (14:47.53) in the 5,000-meter run at the Giegengack Invitational, ninth (14:33.36) in the 5,000-meters at the Ivy League Championships and ninth (8:15.41) in the 3,000-meters at the IC4As. More recently, during the outdoor season, Dooney placed fifth (29:55.91) in the 10,000-meter run at the Sam Howell Invitational, running the fifth-fastest time in Yale history in the process.
In addition to Dooney, the Elis brought 10 other athletes to Philadelphia for the meet. The remaining Bulldogs will be competing over the course of Friday and Saturday, and they will be seeking to build off of Dooney's success on Thursday. A full schedule of events is available at http://pennrelaysonline.com/Results/schedule.aspx?l=CM. Results will be posted on www.yalebulldogs.com at the conclusion of both Friday and Saturday's events.
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The Na'vi are no laughing matter. It was almost a minute into Ben Stiller's routine, in which he appreared onstage in full Na'vi gear to present the Oscar for best makeup, that "Avatar" director James Cameron seemed to crack a smile. It took a flailing of Stiller's tail for the director to finally seem down with Stiller's bit. Yet Stiller, previewing what will surely be the most popular Halloween costume of 2010, brought a bit of over-the-top goofiness to the proceedings. We're not experts in the Na'vi language here, but Stiller translated his opening rant to the audience. "That means, 'This seemed like a better idea in a rehearsal.' It was between this and the Nazi uniform, but the show seemed a little Hitler-heavy." But here's what was most shocking about Stiller's outfit: Subtract the computer animation, and a Na'vi get-up looks like little more than an ol'-fashioned "Star Trek" alien. Stiller seemed aware, noting it would have been easier to just slap on his Leonard Nimoy-autographed Spock ears."That would have been too nerdy. This is much cooler."
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This is a pretty long Brikwars matched played with my two younger brothers.
In the dark underground of Virginia, there is a basement. And two forces of insanity are fighting for it...
The first faction, the Police, led by a manic-depressive alcoholic Sheriff (The guy in the Aussie-hat).
The second force, the Bandana Swordsman's Knight. They are commanded by the Blue Bandana Swordsman.
And, a detachment of the Conglomerate of Salt Miners stumbled into the area. Captain Subordinate leads this group.
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Just some movement into the wide and featureless Basement. The Police are really far and are still slothing forward. A Firefighter on their side runs into the castle for some ale.
Turns Three and Four
The Pickup Truck and Flier fire upon each-other, to no avail. The truck damages the yellow attack vehicle. Police are still moving out. I get sick of this and grant double movement to them to enter battle faster.
Turns Five and Six
Conglomerate soldiers move to attack the police. Bandana Knights push the attack, losing their flier but making progress.
Turns Seven and Eight
Police devastate the Congolmerate unit. The Bandana Spider-Guy misses Captain Subordinate.
Captain Subordinate uses a Stupendous Feat to pick up and throw Spider-Guy into his friends. It works.
In addition, the Sheriff uses his Stupendous Feat to summon Besseh, his personal BURP-Man. This succeeds as well.
Turns Nine, Ten, and Eleven
The Police finish off the Conglomerate unit. The pickup truck rams a bunch of Bandana Knights, but the driver gets shot by a Samus knock-off.
Turns Twelve to Seventeen.
The Bandana Knights are finished off. However, Conglomerate and Police forces engage each other.
One Police Guy, infuriated that a Conglomerate soldier killed his girlfriend earlier in the battle, kills Captain Subordinate! However, the Sheriff is also killed, though he claims he's still alive, teleports away, and vows revenge.
The last of the Conglomerate makes their last stand, but then Besseh throws the pickup at them.
The Police win the battle!


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Ah, Orange County. This mythical land of silicon mountains and overly plump lips welcomed something new to their bar screens last Saturday night; snowboarding! This femme centric event featured the lovely people from Boarding For Breast Cancer, girls kitted up in Nikita and Roxy gear strutting atop bowling lanes and a little peep of Peep Show, the virgin effort from June Bhongjan and Esthera Preda.
As music rang loud from DJ Bliss, attendees backed off from bowling and turned their focus on screen to watch what these girls had to offer. Though there were minor technical glitches involving audio fumbles and chapter repeats, no one complained as an all-time slam section looped on repeat, showing exactly what the babes went through this season. After quickly sorting out the situation, the film played in its entirety synched to a 60's-esque soundtrack for all to enjoy.
Standout moves garnered cheers, but it was Celia Miller's plant on the June satellite dish and fine backcountry work that helped set her apart. Many other notables included Desiree Melancon's perfectly executed frontboards, Marie Hucal's creative and fresh approach to killing it, numerous girls tackling double kinks and stylish jump shots of Bev Vuilleumier and Madison Blackley. Though some enjoy the cliché "last but not least," the girl holding down last part proved why in the realm of shred videos showing up last means you're coming in first. Miss Superpark super shredder Jess Kimura had a solid part in both time, tricks and tenacity. Logging a few minutes solo on screen, Jess charged backy bomb drops, deathly playground equipment and possibly pulled off the best 50-50 to flip, slam, recover and ride away ever seen.
In a time of baffling budgets and sponsor dollars tugging on creative strings, Peep Show is a film that makes you want to snowboard with your friends. Hand held shots and smile loaded energy coming from the heart makes this a film worth appreciating regardless of the riding. Thanks to Nam and everyone at B4BC for working hard on making things happen.


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Some homeowners might consider a 20-foot Ficus nitida rooted in the middle of a 5,400-square-foot lot to be a liability, especially when planning a major remodel. But architect Carlos Zubieta isn't one of those people.
The two-story glass addition that he completed with his wife, Tatiana Barhar, also a designer, practically embraces the towering tree, transforming a 650-square-foot Venice cottage into a fresh, contemporary family residence centered on the ficus they spent years nursing to health.
"We wanted as little separation between the inside and outside," Zubieta said, "so we built a house with windows and doors that open to our tree."
PHOTO GALLERY: The Zubieta-Barhar house
Viewed from the street, the new house has simple lines, echoing the proportions of the original 1947 cottage that Zubieta and Barhar bought in 1998, when they made an offer without ever setting foot inside. The selling point was lot size, 40 by 135 feet, "on the larger side for Venice," Zubieta said.
Zubieta, a Uruguay-born residential architect, and Barhar, a Chilean native whose Verdego studio designs retail and commercial projects, lived in the tiny two-bedroom, one-bath house for eight years. During that time, "we embarked on guerrilla warfare in order to make it livable, with very little means," Zubieta said. "We dug our own sewer line for the plumbing. One day Tatiana came home from work and I had ripped off the roof and the framing to replace it."
They spent their wedding savings on repairs and held the ceremony in the backyard in 1999.
The entirely hands-on approach fit their budget and their training at the Southern California Institute of Architecture. "At SCI-Arc, you are encouraged to get your hands dirty and 'own' whatever project you take on," Zubieta said.
Daughter Sasha was born in 2002, and by the time she was a toddler the need for more space was evident. Although construction didn't begin until 2006, the design process had been ongoing for years, conducted as a conversation between two like-minded designers.
During construction, the family moved into a 1962 Airstream Land Yacht trailer, bought for $3,500 from an online seller in Oregon and hauled to their Venice backyard. ("Sasha loved it so much that she didn't want to move back into the house," Barhar said.)
Two bedrooms, one bathroom and the living room in the new house are comparable in scale to the original residence, although that's where the similarity ends. New horizontal windows across the front of the house slide on tracks mounted on the home's exterior to maximize openings to the outside. Slivers of glass beneath the beams visually lift the ceilings, while tilt-out awning-style windows elsewhere in the house ensure passive ventilation.
Much of the house's light and air flow through the 10-by-12-foot sliding glass wall that connects the two-story addition to the backyard. The lower level contains a 600-square-foot kitchen and dining room that function as the hub of the home. An open staircase connects to a 500-square-foot family room and bathroom on a mezzanine that offers the best vantage point of the leafy green branches.
Metal Windows Corp. of Inglewood fabricated the custom aluminum windows, and Jack's Glass of Glendale fabricated the large sliding glass panels. Dean Whiteside, president of Metal Window, praised Zubieta's design process.
"Some architects will just look at what's available and design within those parameters," Whiteside said. "Carlos looks at what he can create and finds new ways to create it."
Last summer, the beloved tree gained its own resident when Sasha and her father constructed an A-frame tree house.
"When she and her friend set up a lemonade stand and had a garage sale to raise money to build a tree house, I had to take it seriously," Zubieta said.
Barhar took the lead on other aspects of the landscape, discussing plant choices with friend and colleague Mark Tessier, a Santa Monica landscape architect. Tessier suggested an entry garden with dark-leafed plum trees.
"I love soft plants and a layered look," Bahar said. "Our house is so architectural, and I wanted to make sure whatever we planted was more organic-feeling. I love throwing California poppies and chamomile seeds in with the wild bunch grass."
So much of the family's life spills outdoors — cooking, dining, sitting around the fire pit, playing bocce ball, gardening in the raised planter boxes — the expanded home feels much larger than its 1,750 square feet.
"We didn't need more square footage inside," Zubieta said. "We needed it outside."
He and Barhar recently designed a daybed for the backyard and a "South American barbecue," a wood-burning fireplace with a cooking grate. This summer they plan to add rock climbing equipment. "We're always designing, always building."
See it for yourself
What: The Venice Garden & Home Tour, a self-guided walking tour with 30 stops including the Zubieta-Barhar house.
When: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday
Where: The starting point is the Neighborhood Youth Assn., 1016 Pleasant View Ave., Venice
Tickets: $70
Information: (310) 821-1857, www.venicegardentour.org


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Sunlab needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 141 designs submitted by 28 freelance designers.
We are a german Internet Pharmacy Agency who help drugstores to get online. This includes Affiliate Marketing, Online Marketing, PPC, SEO, etc.
"Aposolut" means:
Apo = "Apotheke" = "drugstore"
solut = "Solution"
So in fact: Drugstore Solutions.
Aposolut focuses on pharmacy, no other trades involved. This is a B2B Business.
Of course the logo needs to be related to pharmacy. No Cartoons - we want it to be playful but not cheap or childlike.
If possible something which brings together Online Marketing & pharmacy. Be creative!
Maybe you can use some kind of modification of the german sign for pharmacy in the logo.
Please feel free to experiment with colors!
The files we will require are:
Print file format - .ai (CMYK)
Web file format - .jpg and layered .psd (RGB)
Please do not use any stock images or clip art in the logo.
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Sheriff's Report
November 27, 2012
In this week's Sheriff's Report, a man on a boat reported he had found a child's skeleton on the Echo Reservoir shore on Sunday, Nov. 25. Deputies responded and located the bones, identifying them as deer bones.
Also on Sunday, a Kimball Junction man was investigated for providing alcohol to minors. During an interview, the suspect confessed that he had purchased the alcohol. He was arrested and booked into jail.
A deputy smelled marijuana coming from a vehicle after he had stopped it for an equipment violation. The canine alerted the deputy to the driver's side of the door. A search revealed marijuana and drug paraphernalia inside the vehicle.
On Saturday, Nov. 24, a man was arrested on suspicion of DUI in Kimball Junction after performing poorly on the sobriety field tests. At the jail, the suspect was determined to have a .130 alcohol level. He also had two prior DUI convictions and was an alcohol restricted driver.
An ATV driver reported rolling his vehicle in an off-road area and nearly severed his hand. He had been attending a party with friends at an East Summit County residence and had walked back home after the accident, after which he was driven to the hospital. A female passenger was not injured and alcohol did not appear to be involved.
A stop for an equipment violation on I-80 revealed the driver had an active warrant. He was placed under arrest and booked into the Summit County Jail.
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On Friday, Nov. 23, a handgun was found in a Kimball Junction store.
Deputies arrived to a reported domestic violence incident in progress. When they arrived, they discovered it was only a verbal argument, but one of the individuals present was on alcohol-restricted probation and was intoxicated, and was subsequently put on a 72-hour hold.
A traffic stop on S.R. 224 revealed two active warrants on the passenger, who was subsequently arrested and booked into jail.
On Thursday, Nov. 22, deputies responded to a domestic violence report along S.R. 32. A male was discovered to have a warrant and was booked into jail. A female was cited for domestic violence assault and issued a no-contact order.
A South Summit store employee found items in a car that were not paid for. Store employees detained the suspect until a deputy arrived and took the suspect to the Summit County Jail.
A juvenile male was observed by a Kimball Junction employee stealing merchandise. When contact was made, the item was recovered and the suspect was referred to Juvenile Court.
On Wednesday, Nov. 21, a Basin woman discovered damage to a vehicle she had parked on the street overnight. The rear passenger window was broken, and a Nook and DVD player had been taken.
A Kimball Junction man reported someone had broken into his unlocked vehicle overnight and taken a large amount of equipment.
Deputies responded to a burglary in progress at a Basin home. The homeowner reportedly came home to find someone pulling out of his driveway and pulling away. His front door was allegedly kicked in or pried open. There were no suspects, as of Thursday.
Deputies found marijuana inside a vehicle in Summit Park after responding to a parking complaint. The owner admitted to the possession, and was subsequently arrested and booked into jail.
A deputy assisted the Park City Police Department with a traffic violation in Kimball Junction, when a warrant was discovered. The driver was arrested and transported to the Summit County Jail.
On Tuesday, Nov. 20, a man with a revoked driver's license was pulled over on I-80. He did not have an ignition interlock device, as was required. He was taken into custody and his vehicle was impounded.
Deputies responded to a parking problem on Old Ranch Road. Construction workers were asked to park on one side or the other side of the road, but not on both sides.
A deputy stopped a driver on S.R. 224 for illegal lane travel, and smelled marijuana. A probable search of the vehicle revealed a personal amount of marijuana inside the passenger's clothes. The passenger was arrested and booked into jail.
A South Summit man reported two female acquaintances entered his residence, taking a laptop, coins and other property. When confronted, the females allegedly admitted their actions to him personally and through text message.
On Monday, Nov. 19, deputies received information that a man with several warrants was working at a local ski resort. When the deputies arrived, they saw the suspect. The deputies took him into custody at the top of the run.
Deputies made a traffic stop on S.R. 224 for an active warrant. When deputies searched the driver, they found two hollowed out plastic pens with black residue. The pens were melted on both ends. The suspect admitted to smoking marijuana out of the pens, and he was subsequently booked into the Summit County Jail for possession of paraphernalia and an active warrant.
A deputy was about to transport a man from the Summit County jail to Salt Lake City when the man started fighting with him. He was eventually placed into handcuffs by other deputies.


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Michaelalvandi needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 241 designs submitted by 66 freelance designers.
City Urban Realty
City Urban Realty is a recent startup with its main focus being the investment in, ownership and management of real estate. I will be targeting buildings and/or assets in and around Manhattan, New York. I am an experienced investor, having been in the industry for the last 12 years, serving various roles under some of the city's most well known operators. I will combine my knowledge of the marketplace and bring it together with the vast network I have built to make sound investments. I envision long term ownership in all of the assets I invest in and most importantly create a positive image of myself in the marketplace and among my peers.
Initially the company will target investors, owners, operators, sellers, brokers, vendors, and bankers.
I am looking for a clean and sleek logo design that will be used on stationary, letterhead, the company website, and ultimately on the placards posted on the exterior of buildings to signify the company's ownership of the asset. Possibly consider the incorporation of a city skyline into any design. I have attached the following files:
- A bar code design depicting a city skyline that struck me after coming across it on, of all places, the back of a box.
- The logo of a company whose business plan is similar to mine. Please note the simplicity yet effectiveness of this design. It is what I am trying to target.
Any logo should incorporate the company name. All designs should be done in Greyscale. No colors. Shading encouraged to give depth to an image. Also possibly consider incorporating metallic tones to the logo.
The design should target and exude the following emotions: Strength, permanence, resiliency, held in high regard, and long term success.
Ultimately the graphic portion of the logo should be one that is discernable to the target audience and be instantly recognizable on a standalone basis when put up against its peers.
Please provide all designs in high resolution JPEG(s), PDF, and original format.
Please note, a design was not awarded in my last contest due to the change in name of the company.
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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Peerflix: Movie Trading The Legal Way
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If you are looking for a way to get movies for 99 cents a pop, look no further than Peerflix. Peerflix is an online trading post where members can create a list of DVD "haves" and "wants", and match up their lists to other users on the service. If they find a match, they contact the other party, and set up the swap. The transaction costs 99 cents, and both parties walk away from the deal with a DVD they wanted to see in return for a DVD they no longer wanted. No late fees or due dates here, plus there is no monthly membership fee. Of course, there is an honor system here, which the site monitors closely. For the deal to be successful, both members must mail the requested DVD to the other person - and with that being the case, there are bound to be some snafus along the way. Still, it is a good way to trade DVD's on a 1:1 ratio, rather than going to your local DVD shop and having to trade in 3 or 4 movies in exchange for the latest blockbuster.
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Blackberry to Ship With Built-In Instant Messaging
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Instant messaging services aren't necessarily new to the Blackberry. in fact, there are already a few third party solutions available. The news here is that it's going to be bundled in now. Research In Motion just signed up a deal to offer instant messaging services from both Yahoo and AOL right out of the box on future Blackberry models. Current owners will also be able to download this feature for use on their existing handsets. Great news for those who want to stay in constant touch without the hassle of being near a PC at all times.
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USB Cafe Pad
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I can think of only a couple things that might taste worse than room-temperature coffee. But you can avoid the trauma altogether by getting one of these warming pads that connect to your PC (or laptop!) via USB. Simply plug it in, pop your mug on top, and try not to touch the pad with your bare fingers. $18 at ThinkGeek.
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I've seen many tattoos in my time, both good and bad, but I had not seen any quite like these before. BMEzine has a nice collection of images of geek tattoos. The art ranges from Math symbols and binary code, to video game characters such as the lovable Mario or the Covenant Sword from Halo 2. Nothing expresses your love for computers as much as permanently branding yourself with one of these.
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Sony has unveiled their newest 5.1MP digital camera – the T7. The T7 is an updated version of the very popular T1 model. Some of the updated features include the relocation of menu buttons to the left side, zoom controls moved to the top, and the body has been truncated to one-third of an inch thin. The miniature camera not only looks sexy, but has a 3x optical zoom and the ability to capture and playback high-resolution video at 640x480 pixel resolution. You can get your hands on one in May, retailing for $500 USD.
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Apparently, some iPod shuffle accessories can be used to protect more than just your Apple MP3 player. Case in point: the iSmoke shuffle. Big enough to hold three cigarettes perfectly around your neck, and cool enough to wear with your earbuds.
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We have a schizophrenic Playlist this time, with rappers and beach bums, with soul singers and pop bands. 50 Cent is back, as is Jack Johnson, both trying to improve over their last successful releases. Sage Francis furthers the cause of underground hip-hop, and Sam Cooke is our collection essential, putting a little soul in this dreary winter. Enjoy the Playlist, and let me know what you think in our forums or by emailing me.
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...by posting Content on an AIM Product, you grant AOL, its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, assigns, agents and licensees the irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide right to reproduce, display, perform, distribute, adapt and promote this Content in any medium. You waive any right to privacy.
That is straight from AOL themselves, my friends. You waive any right to privacy. That is as clear as day. I recommend anyone using AIM to switch to something a bit more sensible, and a lot more user friendly - like Skype - available in both Windows and Mac/Linux flavors.
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Liturgy is like a strong tree whose beauty is derived from the continuous renewal of its leaves, but whose strength comes from the old trunk, with solid roots in the ground. ~ Pope Paul VI
Whenever I'm in the midst of lamenting about some unjust change to my personal way of life, my mother always shakes her head and calmly states, "You never did like change." She's right, as moms always are. Sometimes it was simple changes that bothered me, like my favorite television show moving to a different night or a good restaurant closing. Other times my life had the bigger changes we all face from time to time: a new subject in school, friends moving away, or a new position at work. No matter how serious or frivolous, I was always a bit reluctant to embrace and accept whatever change came my way.
The comfort I find in routines and rituals is one of the many reasons why the celebration of Mass is special to me. As I hear the familiar words and prayers, I forget whatever is troubling me and lift my heart in prayer. The words are so ingrained in my memory that I don't need to look at a missal to follow along – I know what's coming next. The words are familiar; they are comfort food for my soul.
If you knew these things about me, you would assume that today would be very difficult, for the Mass as we know it is changing. The new translation of the Roman Missal begins today, the first Sunday of Advent. The "old" English translation of the Mass will never be used again. But what theoretically should rock my personal ship of comfort in a big way isn't; I've actually been looking forward to the new translation. As a person who enjoys the familiar, my anticipation of such a major change is rather surprising. After all, the order of the Mass that is changing is the only one I have ever heard – I'm too young for the pre-Vatican II Latin Mass. But as much as I love the comfortable and routine things about life, I'm also a lover of language. And while comfortable, familiar, routine words and phrases are good, there's something to be said for improving the good to make it even better.
By now most church-going Catholics have heard about the change, which is giving the English-speaking world a more faithful translation of the former Latin Mass. When I first heard about it a couple of years ago, my first thought was, "Oh, good!" because I recognized that something wasn't quite right with the words I was so used to saying. When I attended Mass in Italy, I realized that the congregation was not saying what we say in English. The phrase that I understood was the people's response to the priest's greeting of "The Lord be with you". I knew enough of the language to know they were saying "And with your spirit" and I knew that the phrase had been the response in the older Latin Mass. And I wondered…why was our English translation dumbed down?
The language of the Mass that I have come to know wasn't exactly a word for word translation of the old Latin. Maybe "dumbed down" is a little harsh – I'm sure the original translators would have said that the language was "more accessible". In fact, the main complaint about the new translation is that the language is becoming too lofty – too inaccessible for our modern sensibilities and understanding. But give us a little more credit than that – maybe the words we use for worship should be lofty and majestic! We are worshiping our Creator, not conversing about the latest reality show. Starting today, the words will be more poetic – especially the prayers that the priest will say.
The one familiar phrase I will miss is in the prayer after the Our Father (called the embolism) in which the priest prays to "protect us from all anxiety". I always liked the sound of that. The new version will ask to keep us "safe from all distress" – an equally comforting thought, but it will sound different to my ears. Change isn't easy, and I think it will take a long time until I'm used to the new words and know them by heart the way I knew the old. To get to that point, I'm going to have to do something that we often forget to do when it comes to the "familiar" – I'm going to have to listen.
While it will take a while for me to remember the new words, I will come to appreciate the richness and beauty of the new translation. Some day those of us that grew up with "the old" will either remember this shift to "the new" as a significant change – or the "new" will become so familiar that we won't ever remember the liturgy having been different.
Take time to listen closely to the "new" liturgy and enjoy some of the poetic imagery. It may sound a little different from what we're used to, but the words are beautiful. If a skeptical routine-loving change-resister like me can appreciate the fine tuning of the language, anyone can.


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In its second year, MPact East is a festival for BMW and exotic-car owners, gathering enthusiasts from across the East Coasts to the Camden Yards sports complex in Baltimore, MD.
With the West Coast movement bringing its act East, with events like Bimmerfest and WekFest also establishing a Right Coast presence, MPact wanted to create an event similar to MFest's annual event in Las Vegas.
The event corralled exotics such as Ferraris and Lamborghinis, along with an endless procession of BMWs. Not only did they have the show area but BMWCCA has set-up an autocross sanctioned to give attendees the chance to put their vehicles through the course.
Dyno Dynamics Mobile continued the high performance theme with its mobile dyno that attracted everything from sleepers to race-ready M3s.
Among the many cars on display, a few cars caught our eye, including Jai Nayar from Team Solo, whose M3 Vert showed off an Active Autowerke supercharger kit and an unusual Corvette brake conversion behind polished HRE wheels.
Steve Greathouse had created a track-ready 1M, complete with matte black body and ton of carbon fiber for weight reduction. The interior had Sparco seats with harnesses, and a half cage in the back.
AutoCouture Motoring came out to support the event with a number of their rides to show off their work.
With so much for people to do, MPact put on a great event. They gathered a large crowd and were able to able to raise $5000 for the Wounded Warrior Project, which was matched by Custom Performance Innovations to bring the total to $10,000. For details about next year's show, visit www.mpacteast.com


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Dan Gilbert said today that he doesn't regret the open letter he posted for Cavs fans in July. Wise of him. Any middle school girl will allow that it's ill-advised to back down from hate letters written in Comic Sans.
Cleveland opened its season tonight and took advantage of a really wonderful (if fleeting) opportunity to have a better record than LeBron James' Heat by beating Boston, 95-87. Cavs owner Gilbert was on WKNR radio earlier today, and he answered a lot of questions about the various disparaging comments he wrote and said about James in the past few months. The summary? He meant it all. Well, he meant almost all of it.
On the public letter:
I don't regret it. That letter was to the fans and the supporters of the Cavaliers and it wasn't to the player that left, it wasn't to the rest of the world. It wasn't to anybody but them. I wanted them to understand not only how I felt but how everyone felt in the entire organization.
As for his comments to the AP that James quit on his team during the Boston series and the ensuing $100,000 fine from David Stern:
There are some of the things everybody has to make their own personal judgment on. It's a subjective judgment when you watch a game or watch a tape. You make those kinds of judgments. I'd rather not answer directly. I'd really rather not comment what my feelings are any more, but everybody has to make their own decisions on that.
Gilbert also skirted around that little personal guarantee he made—the one he wrote in bold, caps-lock Comic Sans that said that Cleveland would win an NBA title before James ever gets a ring.
"You never know," Gilbert said. "We'll see what happens."
So now he hedges. Luckily, the new Comic Sans Letters product on Gilbert's company, Fathead.com, ensures that we'll never forget: the (bold) prediction can now be the writing on your wall.
Gilbert has no regrets about James' comments [AP]
[H/T Elliot]


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Images | June 8, 2010
Eos Chasma
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At eastern end of Valles Marineris is Eos Chasma. In Eos, the canyon system transitions into a region of chaos and then into major outflow channels. This image shows the transition into chaos.
Orbit Number: 36901 Latitude: 1.39403 Longitude: 45.6855 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2010-04-09 18:41
Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the 2001 Mars Odyssey mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) was developed by Arizona State University, Tempe, in collaboration with Raytheon Santa Barbara Remote Sensing. The THEMIS investigation is led by Dr. Philip Christensen at Arizona State University. Lockheed Martin Astronautics, Denver, is the prime contractor for the Odyssey project, and developed and built the orbiter. Mission operations are conducted jointly from Lockheed Martin and from JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.


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