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Okay, so the holiday decorations are still up, you're dragging yourself back into the work swing after a tough end of the year, and you've had it up to here with all the advice on how to improve everything in your life at the start of a new year. I get it. But as you recover from holiday spending and tax documents arrive in the mail, this is a good time of year to get your finances organized. Since we're all inundated with new year must-do's, I'll keep it as simple as possible with these 5 steps to organized finances.
1.) Files are your friend. Keep a file of all incoming tax documents. Keep another to pull together all receipts and backup documents you'll need to file taxes. Spending some hours early in January finding all of the necessary pieces of paper will save many headaches and lost hours doing it at the 11th hour.
2.) Choose one system and track your money. It is not Quicken or bust anymore. There are so many great tools available today (more on them in a later post) to help you organize and track money matters that the challenge is merely finding the one that works best for you. Sites like Shoeboxed help you organize receipts and business cards online, while budgeting sites like Mint make it easy to track all of your accounts and spending in one place. But I can't tell you which one will work best for you. You need to spend some time with each tool to decide which you are most comfortable with -- and which you are more likely to actually use.
3.) Get rid of old bills, statements. While you're doing all of this organizing, it's a good time to clear the clutter of old, unneeded bills and documents. Most of us hold onto extra paper because we fear once we toss it, we'll need it. But here are some good guidelines:
- Keep federal and state tax returns for 7 years, 10 if you're feeling extra conservative. In most cases, the IRS has three years to audit your returns, but has six years if the agency believes you have under-reported income by 25 percent or more.
- Bank statements. Unless they contain tax-related info (deductible expenses, charitable donations), they can be discarded after you check them and the next month's statement arrives.
- Pay stubs. Keep them until you get your year-end W2 statement. You may also want to hold onto the year's last stub, which includes a final earnings and deductions tally.
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Technology in U.S. Military History – 1
My current course on Studies in U. S. Military History (see courses page here) is drawing to a close. We have been examining the last of Millett and Maslowski's major themes which is that "the United States has used increasingly sophisticated technology to overcome logistical limitations and to match enemy numbers with firepower." [i] I find this supportable in the sense that it has been possible to see a steady progression of technological prowess over time. Nowhere, arguably, have technological advancements been felt more than in the arena of weaponry.
Professor of history Alex Roland (Duke University) posits that "before the twentieth century, most soldiers and sailors ended their careers armed as they were at the beginning. New weapons were introduced slowly, if at all, and most professionals resisted the uncertainties new arms introduced." But, Roland asserts, "by the second half of the twentieth century, this traditional suspicion of new weapons had changed to a reckless enthusiasm." The phenomena of obsolescence on introduction entered the national psyche in that, by the time many "weapons entered service, their successors were being planned. This was especially true in large-scale weapons systems such as ships and aircraft. It even found its way into thinking about less complex military technologies, such as radios and computers." [ii]
More in Part 2. Note I provide a link below to Professor Roland's excellent article titled "Technology and War" which can be read online.
[i] Allan R. Millett and Peter Maslowski, For the Common Defense: A Military History of the United States of America, xiii.
[ii] Alex Roland, "Technology and War," http://www.unc.edu/depts/diplomat/AD_Issues/amdipl_4/roland2.html Accessed 13 July 2008.


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(MCT) — LA VALLE, Wis. — A sandstone bluff rose 50 feet from the ice and dominated Lake Redstone's southern rim. Red oak and red pine trees jutted out at odd angles from rocky ledges.
At the base of the hulking formation, the world was locked in winter stillness.
No wind, no sun. Just frozen water, deep shadow and seven anglers watching their rod tips.
Tad Volkey of Wisconsin Dells broke the spell with a firm lift of the forearm and a hardy hookset.
Seconds later an 11-inch crappie was on the ice.
"The most active ones are right at the top of the brush," Volkey said as he dropped a tiny jig and 2-inch plastic tail back into the water.
"Active" takes on new meaning in winter. There's the kind of activity humans perform for exercise and warmth. Splitting wood, for example, or cross-country skiing.
Then there's the version of the word that describes animal activity.
For cold-blooded animals in winter, "active" can be just a notch above comatose.
"Here's another one," said Joe Durkee of Reedsburg, lifting up and reeling his heavily bent rod.
Soon another similarly sized crappie was on display on the frozen surface of Lake Redstone.
The proper key can unlock any fish's mouth, even in the most difficult conditions.
On a day dominated by high pressure, clear skies, high winds and sun, our group had found the formula for "fish on."
It was centered on light line, a 1/32-ounce jig and a quivering sliver of plastic.
Over the next half-hour, every member of our fishing party was icing panfish.
"It's all about the action," said Nick Olson of Reedsburg.
Rounding out the group were Tyler Volkey of Wisconsin Dells and Dave Carlson and Dave Roll.
Olson runs Reel Good Guide Service in Reedsburg; Durkee and Tad Volkey work with him as fishing guides.
Carlson and Roll were along to fish and film a segment for their "Northland Adventures" television show.
As many ice anglers have discovered, soft plastics can be as effective — if not more than — live bait. In addition to drawing strikes, the artificials don't have to be replaced as often.
The growing awareness has given rise to bait manufacturers with products aimed at the hard-water market.
In Wisconsin, Durkee started a company called Freedom Baitz. Another local company, called J and S Custom Baits, also makes soft plastic lures geared toward ice fishermen.
Among the lures' features: soft but durable plastic and an anise scent.
We gathered on the first Monday of the New Year as decent ice had set up on many waters.
Lake Redstone is located near the Village of LaValle in northern Sauk County. The lake was created in 1965 with the construction of a dam on Big Creek, a tributary of the Baraboo River.
The project resulted in a 612-acre impoundment with a maximum depth of 36 feet and a mean depth of 14 feet. The lake is 4.5 miles long and has a 10,000-plus acre watershed draining from the north in Juneau County.
The dam is located at the south end of the lake and has a top draw spillway. The southern section has beautiful red sandstone cliffs that give the lake its name.
The 16.4 miles of shoreline is largely developed with homes and cottages.
But the lake is notable for existing pieces of native glacial relict vegetation and habitat, including mature white pine and hemlock communities, at some locations.
The bluffs that shoulder the lake are indicative of its bottom contours.
Because of the steep slopes under water, aquatic vegetation is sparse in the lake except in the shallower inlet bays. The 1.5- to 5-foot depth zone supports the most plant growth.
The lake has a population of muskies, walleyes, smallmouth and largemouth bass, bluegills and crappies.
In recent years, gizzard shad have become a prominent forage fish in the lake.
Even in the first week of January, some anglers had positioned ice houses over fish cribs and brush piles.
"Much of the best fishing is over the brush," Durkee said.
We concentrated on areas in the middle to southern end of the lake in 20 to 30 feet of water. After several stops, we found the best action in the shadow of the bluffs.
"As far as the fish know, it's early evening," Volkey said.
Although we had caught fish at each spot, the number and size of fish increased in this cove. Bluegills were mixed in with the crappies. Most of the fish were between 6 and 12 inches in length.
The water was 30 feet deep, but the brush rose at least 10 feet from the bottom. The majority of the hits came when baits were dangled in the tops of the submerged tangles.
You can find action from Las Vegas to Wall Street. Here on Lake Redstone, it came from a simple, inexpensive piece of plastic and a very subtle presentation.
Out of the wind and into the fish, we enjoyed winter comfort that only residents of the Ice Belt fully appreciate.


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Skip to comments.UARS UPDATE: We're back in the crosshairs
Posted on 09/23/2011 9:45:40 AM PDT by hoagy62
Well FRiends...the UARS, according to NASA this morning, is now supposed to come down between 0000 and 0400 UTC, or between 5pm and 9pm Pacific time.
According to 'Orbitron', during that time frame UARS will cross the US three times, once over the Eastern Seaboard (Entering near the Louisiana/Mississippi border, up over the Appalachians, and exiting along the US/Canada border near upstate New York) , once across the Midwest (on a line from AZ/NM border up to the ND/MN border), and finally crossing the Pacific Northwest (entering off the Oregon coast, crossing between Portland and Seattle, and exiting the US around northern Idaho).
They also did say there's a possibility it could stay aloft a little longer past the current re-entry time frame. If it does, then no US territory will be in danger.
Wonder if we'll be able to see it burning up.
My pick for touchdown is still Roswell.
If it comes down over US territory, you couldn't miss it. The times it's scheduled to be over the US will all be near or after sunset, depending on where you are. It's supposed to make quite a light show when it comes down. If it's announced that it will come down near a populated area, you can bet some one (probably more than a few people) will be out there with a video camera.
I'm hoping along the US/Mexican border and we finally get a fence.
As usual for most astronomical events, Ohio is socked in
and will be for the next couple of days.
"There is a low probability any debris that survives re-entry will land in the United States, but the possibility cannot be discounted because of this changing rate of descent.
"... finally crossing the Pacific Northwest (entering off the Oregon coast, crossing between Portland and Seattle, and exiting the US around northern Idaho)."
Great! It'll probably land on my house!
I wonder how many people actually realize that Idaho borders on Canada? Somebody's going to try to correct that, lol.
"Great! Itll probably land on my house!"
I'm hoping it lands in my front yard. 300lbs of titanium has to be worth something.
Or my house!
Here's a link to live real time satellite tracking of UARS. I was able to open it earlier, but it timed out just now, maybe try again later.
Thank you for the link.
It's as big as a bus and weighs 6 tons. It's all going to burn up supposedly? I'd rather not even see it if it means possible chunks falling in my area!
"Servers too busy... Try again later... "
Are they in the process of moving out of harms way as the reason for being too busy?
Where's Bruce Willis when we need him?
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Linked by Howard Fosdick on Thu 8th Nov 2012 02:24 UTC
Microsoft is discontinuing Windows Live Messenger in 1st quarter 2013, forcing users to switch to Skype. Most would want to switch to Skype anyway with its more advanced capabilities, and the switch makes sense to Microsoft, since they purchased Skype for $8.5 billion last year. However, the move may be seen as typical Redmondian high-handedness by those using Messenger with dial-up. Technically Skype works with dial-up but in practice most agree you really need broadband for decent use. Will everyone view Messenger as replaceable by Skype?
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RE: MSN and Linux
by Neolander on Thu 8th Nov 2012 18:53 UTC in reply to "MSN and Linux"
Never had any bad thing to say about the "emesene" client when I was using it, and it also had a nice GUI to back it up. I really wonder why so few Linux users knew about it...
Then again, I guess that's all history now. But I wouldn't consider Linux Skype as a wonder of integration, with its 32-bit builds and the random UVC issue that require patching the launcher script to make webcams work.
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Appeals Court (December 1, 2009)
This case serves as a reminder that it is a violation of Article 30 of the MA Declaration of Rights for judges to accept a plea to a lesser offense and/or to dismiss a charge over the Commonwealth's objection.
The defendant was charged with one count of distribution of a class D substance and with distribution of a class D substance while in or on, or within 1,000 feet of a school. On the date of the suppression motion hearing, the parties submitted a form containing a conditional tender of a guilty plea under c. 278, §18. The parties could not agree on the disposition of the two counts. The defendant requested that the distribution charge be reduced to possession and the matter be continued without a finding for one year, and that the violation of a school zone charge be dismissed. The Commonwealth requested guilty findings on both counts, with a sentence of one day in the house of correction imposed on the distribution charge, and a two-year sentence imposed on the school zone charge to be served after the one-day sentence. After the judge conducted a colloquy, he accepted the defendant's requested recommendation and reduced the distribution charge to possession and dismissed the school zone charge, stating that he could not find facts sufficient on that count. The prosecutor objected and appealed.
The Appeals Court vacated the defendant's guilty pleas and remanded the case to the District Court: "It is well established that the judiciary does not have the power to dismiss an otherwise legally adequate complaint or indictment prior to verdict, finding, or plea, over the objection of the prosecutor. . . .The basis for this case law rests on the principle of separation of powers, set forth in Article 30 of the MA Declaration of Rights, which does not 'permit judges to substitute their judgment as to whom and what crimes to prosecute, for the judgment of those who are constitutionally charged with that duty,' namely the prosecution."
The Court also held that there is no distinction between a judge's decision, over the objection of the Commonwealth, to accept a plea to a lesser included offense and a judge's attempt to dismiss a valid complaint or indictment, because in each instance the judge's action intrudes on the executive branch's authority to decide what crimes to prosecute.


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Eryn Vorn
|Eryn Vorn
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|Southwestern Eriador, in Minhiriath
Reunited Kingdom
|Images of Eryn Vorn
Eryn Vorn (Sindarin for Blackwood[1]) was a wooded cape in Eriador.[2]
Located in western Minhiriath, Eryn Vorn was originally part of the vast ancient treescape that covered most of north-western Middle-earth. The wood was likely named by the Númenóreans during the Second Age.
During the Second Age, however, these forests were decimated by the Númenóreans in their greed for ship-building timber, before being almost completely burnt down by the forces of Sauron during the ensuing war in Eriador.[2]
By the latter half of the Second Age, the surviving natives of Minhiriath had retreated either north to Bree, or hidden themselves in Eryn Vorn.[2]
Eryn Vorn was probably all that remained of the vast forests in Minhiriath for long years thereafter, but by the end of the Third Age, scattered woodlands had reappeared in much of the rest of Minhiriath.
From T.A 861, Eryn Vorn nominally formed a part of Cardolan. The people of Cardolan were almost completely destroyed by the Great Plague a few centuries later, although it is not known how this affected Eryn Vorn.
It is probable that people remained hidden in Eryn Vorn by the Third Age, for although it is clearly recorded that no permanent settlements of Men existed anywhere west of Bree by the late Third Age,[3] it is also said that "a few secretive hunter-folk lived in the woods" of Minhiriath at the time of the War of the Ring. These people we are told were afraid to cross the river Baranduin because the Elves dwelt beyond it.[2][note 1]
Eryn Vorn is Sindarin and has been given the translation "Blackwood". The name consists of eryn ("wood") and vorn ("dark"),[1] the latter being the lenited form of morn.[4]
The name Eryn Vorn first appeared on Pauline Baynes's Map of Middle-earth (1970), for which Tolkien had supplied notes on additional names. The first printing of the map wrongly has Erin Voru.[1]
Portrayal in adaptations
1982-97: Middle-earth Role Playing:
- Eryn Vorn, the Black Wood (called Choil Borba in the local tongue), covers the promontory of Rast Vorn (the Dark Cape). The large wood is a wild land, inhabited by Woses and evil creatures.[5][6]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. lxv
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The History of Galadriel and Celeborn", "Appendix D: The Port of Lond Daer"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King
- ↑ Helge Fauskanger, "Sindarin - the Noble Tongue: I. Soft Mutation" at Ardalambion (accessed 8 June 2011)
- ↑ Jeff McKeage (1987), Woses of the Black Wood (#8107)
- ↑ Jessica Ney (ed.; 1990), Angus McBride's Characters of Middle-earth (#8007), pp. 42-43


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Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers believes winger Stewart Downing has benefited from a sympathetic ear and an honest appraisal of the situation facing him at Anfield.
The England international produced arguably the best display of his 17-month Anfield career with his first Premier League goal for the club and first assist in the 4-0 dismantling of a woeful Fulham. Yet only last week the 28-year-old had revealed Rodgers had told him he could leave in January if he was not happy.
"I think if you communicate with him you hope you can see a reaction," said Rodgers. "You get some players like that. Some can manage themselves but you find with attacking players, because their job is to take people on, when things are not going quite right then they need that bit of support. But all they can do is work hard and you have to give massive credit to Stewart because he has reacted really well."
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Circa 39 Hotel is a Luxury Boutique Hotel in Miami Beach, Estados Unidos
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The cool boutique hotel Circa 39 is where hip meets history in a refresh and energetic departure from traditional Hotels in Miami. Circa 39 blends intimate ambiance, amiable service and trendy surroundings into a soothing and playful hideaway. Circa 39 is a 100-room boutique hotel in Miami, ideally situated a few steps from Miami Beach's sandy beaches and just minutes from the lively scene of South Beach in a peaceful beachside neighborhood. refurbished in 2004 from the former Copley Plaza, the chic lobby rouses your senses with its funky and fun-loving décor while the pool and sundeck with cabanas and teak chaises are a reminder of why you are here, the superb Miami rays. A quiet courtyard with day beds for lounging and the comfy Play Bar & Lounge for board games and cocktails relax and entertain while convenience is provided by the casual Bistro 39, the fitness center, the nearby South Beach and beach access and service, the on-site parking and internet access. Modern guestrooms and suites with fresh white and sea blue hues with views of the swimming pool, the courtyard or the city and upgraded amenities round out the picture for a peaceful Circa experience at this Miami boutique hotel. Accommodations are situated in either the Collins building or the Courtyard building with easy access to all hotel facilities and of obviously, to the beach. Circa 39 Hotel creates also an intimate space for small business meetings with its fun-loving style, ideal for getting your attendees in positive thinking mode, here in Miami beach. Available are a range of business services including high-speed wireless internet access, audiovisual equipment rental, event production coordination, customized menu planning and destination management services. The pool and the courtyard make also for a great break.
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Circa 39 is located in Miami Beach, just a few steps from the beach.
Endereço: 3900 Collins Avenue - Miami Beach, 33140, United States - Circa 39 Hotel Miami Beach Map
Descrição: One king/queen . City and courtyard or pool view. Modern decor. CD player. 32" LCD TV with complimentary premium cable channels. Laptop-compatible safe. Wireless Internet access (included in resort fee). Bathroom has pedestal sink and Aveda bath products.
Occupancy: 2 Adultos & 1 Crianças
There is a parking fee iper night per car.
Descrição: The hotel's lobby bar surprises with unusual craft cocktail selections and local beers as well as light bites to be enjoyed in the laid-back lounge area or poolside from 4:00-11:00pm.
Localização: Lobby bar
Descrição: Inspired by Jules Verne's classic "Around the World in 80 Days", the hotels Café serves global comfort food with a twist 7 days a week for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Guests can choose to dine either in the vibrant Café itself, on the inviting Front Terrace or poolside. A full American breakfast buffet is offered from 7:00am to 11:00am (currently at $12.95++ for adults/$6.95++ for kids). From 11:00am to 10:00pm an all-day menu of tapas-style small plates, homemade soups, burgers, Panini's, fresh salads, quick entrees, yummy desserts, locally roasted Panther coffee as well as natural juices satisfy both guests and the local community alike.
Localização: Off the lobby
Café da manhã: 7.30-10.30
Almoço: 11-4
Jantar: 4-10
Descrição : Circa 39 Hotel has found its niche in Miami Beach by creating an intimate space for small business meetings with its fun-loving style, ideal for getting your attendees in positive thinking mode. We also offer a range of business services including high-speed wireless internet access, audiovisual equipment rental, event production coordination, customized menu planning and destination management services. Our hotel's tranquil courtyard and pool area offers a distinctive space for breakouts, meals and cocktails. In between meetings, attendees can treat themselves to a dip in our pool or at the nearby beach to refresh their minds. With its modern amenities, intimate ambiance and attentive staff, Circa 39 proves that business and pleasure do meet in Miami Beach. Our sales team will work with you to set up your group's rooms affiliated with your meeting and our top notch conference services and catering team will work with you to create a hassle-free and memorable event.
Meeting Room Facilities: Equipamento auditivo /visual, Catering, Internet Conectividade WI FI.
Type: Praça
Capacity: 18 people maximum


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Who else...Dempsey in the 90th.
Who else...Dempsey in the 90th.
who else...RVP again
The go-head has been confirmed. GAME ON!!
1-1 i think..
Two team to score is 100% bet
over 2.5
In my opinion there will draw, 1-1 or 2-2
Manchester United to trash Spurs at home..jk. no offence Spurs fans. Ya'll are doing good this season, but I go for my team.
Do not underestimate Spurs. Draw!
i agree with the predicted bets,and am leaning towards over 3.5!
Top game! At Old Trafford you beat us to 3-2 ,but this time it's going to be a different story ,we are going to take all the points!!! ;) Red Devil for Life!


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Watermelon Baby Carriage Recipe
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This fruit-filled carriage was made for my daughter's baby shower and was a huge hit. Fill it with any fruit you fancy and serve purchased poppy seed dressing alongside if you desire. —Angie Schaff, St. Anthony, North Dakota
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- 1 medium watermelon
- 5 toothpicks
- 4 orange slices
- 4 lime slices
- 2 cups seedless red grapes, divided
- 1 medium cantaloupe, cut into balls or
- 2 cups seedless green grapes
- 2 cups halved fresh strawberries
- Poppy seed salad dressing
- With a sharp knife, cut a thin slice from bottom of melon it sits flat. Lightly score a horizontal line halfway up sides and around the melon, leaving 5 in. from one end unmarked on each side for baby carriage hood.
- For hood, make another line around top of watermelon, connecting both sides of the horizontal line. Using the rounded edge of a biscuit cutter as a guide, mark a scalloped edge along all straight lines. With a long sharp knife, cut into melon along the scalloped lines, making sure to cut all the way through the melon rind. Gently pull off rind. Remove fruit from melon and removed section; cut fruit into balls or cubes and set aside.
- For the U-shaped handle, cut out a 5-in. square from the removed section of rind. Cut out the center and one end, leaving a 1-in.-wide handle. Break one toothpick in half. Attach handle to watermelon with toothpick halves.
- For wheels, position orange slices at base of watermelon and attach with toothpicks. To each orange slice with a lime slice and a red grape.
- In a large bowl, combine the cantaloupe, green grapes, strawberries, remaining red grapes and reserved watermelon. Spoon into baby carriage. Serve with poppy seed salad dressing. Yield: 20-24 servings.
Originally published as Watermelon Baby Carriage in Taste of Home's Holiday & Celebrations Cookbook Annual 2002, p198
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Reviewed Aug. 24, 2011
"I made this for a baby shower and it was perfect !"
Reviewed Jun. 18, 2011
"Turned out beautifully"
Reviewed Jun. 17, 2010
"This was easy to make and the hit of all the babyshower food."
Reviewed Aug. 7, 2009
"I made this for my sister-in-law's baby shower. It was a HUGE hit.A little tricky to get the melon out of the shell, but worth the effort."


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 15th Aug 2012 21:30 UTC
Microsoft has made Windows 8's final release available to MSDN and TechNet subscribers, so if you are one of those - have fun. The 90-day trial has also been released, so us mere mortals can have a go at it as well. The evaluation version is Windows 8 Enterprise, so it contains a number of features regular users normally won't see. As far as I can tell - it's a bit unclear - the trial version cannot be upgraded to a final version a few months down the line. Happy testing!
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Maria Kirilenko had a super-brief stint at this year's Australian Open; as the 27th seed, she bowed out to Italian Sara Errani 6-0, 6-4.
Still, it gave us a look into the spring/summer 2009 adidas by Stella McCartney collection, a marriage of the designer's thematic inspiration (Edwardian petticoats) with looks from her archive, plus an infusion of the color du saison.
More: See the season's looks after the cut…
Something old: Stella took inspiration from the silhouettes of English Edwardian petticoats and nightgowns for the empire-waisted Tennis Performance Dress. She pairs this with jersey and cotton shorts reminiscent of long johns. And for the season's blouson, McCartney combines feminine rouching/gathering with fluted sleeves.
Something new: After playing with skirt hems for last season's dress, she goes further by moving floral cutouts all the way to the hem's edge. Lavish embroidery!
Something borrowed: The salmon color of seasons past, which McCartney uses to accent her usually neutral fabric colors, returns as "Neon Red". A lotus green also adds some punch.
Something blue: well, purple. The one bold dash of color in this collection comes in purple grape, which is the other color of the Performance dress.
A word from Stella: "This collection tries to provide for all the needs of a modern woman. Style meets performance is crucial for women today, and I've tried to address this in my most recent collection. Remembering you're alive is key, health is wealth!"
Full collection: See all the pieces from the show (including the rest of the sports covered by the range — golf, running, yoga, gym, dance, swimming — via style.com.
Buy: Items should drop by February. We want to see the Mibi Bag up close.
Further reading: Above, images from McCartney's s/s 2009 resort collection.
Reading, pt. 2: The six images above are highlights from the s/s 2009 ready-to-wear collection.
(show images via wireimage.com and style.com; lookbook images courtesy of adidas)


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A joint initiative between the American Immigration Council and AILA seeks to change the playing field for immigrants facing deportation.
Learn more about AILA's official statements on immigration issues.Read Now
AILA Doc. No. 97111359 | Dated November 13, 1997
A. STATUTORY NUMBERS (This communication provides priority dates and other transitional information as taken from the State Department's Visa Bulletin released November 12, 1997.) On the following chart, the listing of a date for any class indicates that the class is oversubscribed; "C" means current, i.e., numbers are available for all qualified applicants; and "U" means unavailable, i.e., no numbers are available.
PREFERENCES FAMILY All Charge- ability Areas CHINA Except Those Mainland Listed born INDIA MEXICO PHILIPPINES 1st 01SEP95 01SEP95 01SEP95 01MAY93 23OCT86 2A* 15JUL93 15JUL93 15JUL93 010CT92 15JUL93 2B 15JUN91 15JUN91 15JUN91 08MAY91 15JUN91 3rd 01JUN94 01JUN94 01JUN94 01JAN89 01JUL86 4th 22APR87 22APR87 08AUG85 01OCT86 10MAR78 *NOTE: For DECEMBER, 2A numbers EXEMPT from per-country limit are available to applicants from all countries with priority dates earlier than 01OCT92. 2A numbers SUBJECT to per-country limit are available to applicants chargeable to all countries EXCEPT MEXICO with priority dates beginning 01OCT92 and earlier than 15JUL93. (2A numbers subject to per-country limit are "unavailable" for applicants chargeable to MEXICO.) EMPLOYMENT-BASED All Charge- ability Areas CHINA- Except Those mainland Listed born INDIA MEXICO PHILIPPINES 1st C 01JAN97 C C C 2nd C 08OCT95 01DEC95 C C 3rd C 01NOV93 15DEC94 C C Other 01JUN90 01JUN90 01JUN90 01JUN90 01JUN90 Workers 4th C C C C C Certain 15FEB97 15FEB97 15FEB97 15FEB97 15FEB97 Religious Workers 5th C C C C C Targeted C C C C C Employment Areas/Regional Centers
The Department of State has available a recorded message with visa availability information which can be heard at (202) 663-1541. This recording will be updated in the middle of each month with information on cut-off dates for the following month.
B. DIVERSITY IMMIGRANT (DV) CATEGORY Section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act provides 55,000 immigrant visas each fiscal year to provide immigration opportunities for persons from countries other than the principal sources of current immigration to the United States. DV visas are divided among six geographic regions. Not more than 3,850 visas(7% of the 55,000 visa limit) may be provided to immigrants from any one country.
For DECEMBER, immigrant numbers in the DV category are available to qualified applicants chargeable to all regions/eligible countries on a CURRENT basis.
(NOTE: For January, a rank cut-off will be establish for Africa and Asia (regional) as well as Albania (country) to hold issuances within the numerical limits. All other areas will remain "Current" for January. It remains to be seen if applicant demand will increase sufficiently to require oversubscription of any other region/country for a subsequent month.)
Entitlement to immigrant status in the DV category lasts only through the end of the fiscal (visa) year for which the applicant is selected in the lottery. The year of entitlement for all applicants registered for the DV-98 program ends as of September 30, 1998. DV visas may not be issued to DV-98 applicants after that date. Similarly, spouses and children accompanying or following to join DV-98 principals are only entitled to derivative DV status until September 30, 1998. DV visa availability through the very end of FY-1998 cannot be taken for granted. Numbers could be exhausted prior to September 30. Once all numbers provided by law for the DV-98 program have been used, no further issuances will be possible.
Continued heavy use of China-mainland born visa numbers has oversubscribed this chargeability for December, and has required the established of cut-off dates for the Employment FIRST, SECOND, and THIRD preferences. (The October Visa Bulletin (number 79) contained an item (D) which alerted readers that oversubscription of these preferences was possible.) In the Employment First and Second preferences, the heavy demand for numbers has been primarily from adjustment of status cases at INS offices. CHINA-mainland born Employment Third preference demand comes not only from adjustment of status cases, but also from consular visa applications by following-to-join family members of persons who obtained status under the Chinese Student Protection Act; many of those cases have relatively early priority dates. Cut-off date movement in these Employment preferences categories during the coming months depends on the extent of future visa demand. No specific predictions are possible at this time.
There has been no movement in INDIA Employment SECOND and THIRD preference cut-off dates for the month of December. Applicant demand in these categories continues to be heavy. The rate at which a cut-off date advances depends on how many applicants in each category need visa numbers, and on their priority dates. A cut-off date is established when there are no more numbers available for a month. Since it is not possible to determine how many applicants with relatively early priority dates will use number each month, there is no way to predict the rate of cut-off date movement in the INDIA Employment Second and Third preferences during the coming months.
Cite as AILA Doc. No. 97111359.
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Makau: Hawaiian Fishhooks
Practical, handmade tools admired as a work of art
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So impressed was Capt. James Cook by Hawaiian fishermen and the strength and neatness of the fishhooks they fashioned from natural materials that he made note of it: "Considering the materials of which these hooks are made ... we found them upon trial, much superior to our own."
These fishhooks that Cook saw were the result of at least one thousand years of Hawaiian development and refinement. They were visually pleasing, with smooth, clean symmetrical shapes and perfectly suited for their intended purpose: catching fish.
Individual preference, competitiveness and rituals associated with fishing suggest each fisherman made his own fishhooks. Even today, anglers hesitate to show their hooks and lures to competing fishermen. The appearance of the hook was important to early Hawaiians, because they recognized fish as an integral part of nature and worthy of respect. It would be insulting to fish with a carelessly made hook. Therefore, much patience and skill were invested in making strong, neat-appearing hooks, which would ensure success in fishing.
Fishhooks varied in size from the smallest bone hook of a half-inch long to the large wooden shark hooks of eight inches. Some had barbs to hold struggling fish fast, and some barbs were used to prevent the bait from slipping off.
Pig, dog, bird bones and pearl and turtle shell were used for smaller hooks, but human bone was preferred for larger hooks. The pearl shell used to make fishhooks came from the pearl oyster, which was only found in certain locations. Pearl Harbor, once known as Pearl River, was named for a pearl oyster, Pinctada radiata, which once lived there in great numbers and was the major source of pearl shell for early Hawaiians. The raw material was cut with a coral saw, and holes were drilled in the bone or shell blank with a shell-pointed pump drill. It was then shaped with coral files and finished with sea urchin spine files. The Hawaiian fisherman considered his fishhooks to be one of his most prized possessions, and they were carefully cleaned and stored in containers after use.
In 1959, Kenneth Emory, William Bonk and Yosihiko Sinoto studied a sample of 4,159 fishhooks excavated from 33 separate locations. They noted variations in style and shapes from different chronological levels of settlement habitation, so that fishhooks looked different in different eras. The scholars developed a classification of shapes in order to recognize and track changes in style over time. In a revised report published in 1991, Sinoto further refined the coding system and noticed greater variations in line attachment configurations, which are important for tracing fishhook development.
Sinoto classified types of material used, point and shank shapes, line attachment configurations and the use of barbs. We can see the fishhooks change over time. Like arrowheads in Native American excavations, fishhooks are one of the few artifacts that can be used to date the layers in an archaeological site, without the use of radiocarbon testing. However, these chronological assumptions may not be foolproof. Location, availability of raw material and fishermen preference may skew the assumptions. Further research and more samples are needed.


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ESPN.com is reporting that Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel spent almost six hours on Sunday talking to NCAA investigators about allegations that he accepted payments for autographs.
According to a source familiar with the investigation, Manziel denied that he ever took money for signing autographs.
It was unclear whether the NCAA was satisfied with the initial meeting or if it would spend more time with the redshirt sophomore.
The meetings all stem from reports that the NCAA was investigating Manziel for taking money to sign autographs during the time of the BCS National Championship game in South Florida. ESPN also reported that a set of autograph dealers said the quarterback accepted payment to sign more than 4,000 items, including footballs and photographs, in late January.
Manziel has been listed as the started for Texas A&M's season opener against Rice in College Station on Saturday. The game will be on ESPN at noon.
"The focus of our coaches and student-athletes is solely on preparing for Rice this Saturday," athletic director Eric Hyman said in a statement, "and in the best interests of Texas A&M and the 100-plus student-athletes on the team, I have instructed Coach Sumlin, his staff and our student-athletes to refrain from commenting on or answering questions regarding the status of our starting quarterback, Johnny Manziel."
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Tomorrow we're supposed to cross into Arizona and return to the civilized, predictable world of pavement. The day after that, a plane will deliver us from Las Vegas to Detroit, back to our daily routine and roads so familiar we know where the potholes are. But today — right now — we are not where we want to be.
To the best of our knowledge, we are somewhere in the lower right quadrant of page 50 in DeLorme's Utah Atlas and Gazetteer. What we know for certain is that Utah stands 350 miles tall, our trip odometer shows 586 miles, and we are nowhere near our final destination — Arizona. We do not know how far it is to the border, what route we'll follow to get there, or how long it will take. That uncertainty is causing a lot of anxiety right now.
Four days earlier, photographer Sandon Voelker and I drove a Ford F-150 SVT Raptor from Salt Lake City to a desolate dirt road in northern Utah. We crossed into Idaho, performed a six-point U-turn, and began heading south. Our goal is to trek from Utah's northern border to its southern border without using a single paved road. We will follow dirt roads, gravel roads, two-tracks, fire roads, trails, and barely visible creases in the earth as the ultimate test of the ultimate factory off-roader. In the first four days, our unroad trip has been everything we fantasized about: gnarly trails, beautiful topography, and enough unexpected twists to keep things interesting.
We wish now that we had given ourselves more time to do the drive. Rain liquefies the earth beneath us, and night erases the surrounding landscape. Prospects for making serious progress tonight are shot. If it weren't for the saturated ground, this rutted road would be a cakewalk for the Raptor. Instead, its BFGoodrich tires are caked in mud so thick that it prevents the 6.2-liter V-8 from putting any power to the ground. Steering inputs are largely meaningless; it'd be just as effective to open the door and drag a boot through the slop.
We should be calling it a night. Just minutes ago we pinched the exhaust tips and pushed in the front fascia while crossing a creek. Cosmetic damage like this merely makes the Raptor that much more off-road friendly, but it doesn't do anything for already-frazzled nerves. We press on, though, because even speeds of 6 to 12 mph register as meaningful forward progress in our mental state.
The foliage opens up around one corner and the creek that we've already tramped through half a dozen times now runs parallel to us, ten feet below on our right. The road, canted toward the water and glimmering with slick mud, forms a perfect chute into the cleft. That the truck is going to slide toward and possibly over the drop-off is all very obvious, and yet it's not so inevitable that I'm ready to call it quits. I stop the truck and offer Voelker the opportunity to get out. "I wouldn't hold it against you if you wanted to watch rather than participate," I say. We would likely survive the fall. The truck would not. Voelker cinches his seatbelt to signify his faith.
Likely that faith is in the truck and not the driver, because we're soon proceeding just as predicted: at an angle to the road and in a direction that has nothing to do with the orientation of the front tires. It's the straightest, most perfect four-wheel drift you've never seen. I grunt and swear as I saw at the steering wheel and feather the throttle, but it's clear that we won't make it twenty more feet in the right direction — forward — before we cover four more feet in the wrong direction — toward the ledge. My instincts kick in — my wrong instincts. I stab the brake pedal. The Raptor is no longer sliding; it's rotating. The right rear wheel slips over the edge.
The problem with the Ford F-150 SVT Raptor — if you can call it a problem — is that you couldn't buy one in 1856. If the Mormons had access to Fox Racing shocks, a locking rear differential, a 411-hp V-8, and 12.1 inches of rear suspension travel, the treacherous slog from the Midwest to what's now Utah would have made a hell of a motorsports event. Instead of lugging heavy handcarts through deadly weather and unforgiving terrain, Brigham Young's persecuted brethren could have crisscrossed the whole of the United States to confirm that, yes, the Salt Lake Valley really was the least desirable plot of land west of the Mississippi.
One and a half centuries later, the Raptor is unquestionably the best way to experience Utah in its entirety. This state's incredible beauty is amplified by its sheer diversity. There's no better way to appreciate that than by connecting each landscape through the seamless clines. The northeast, where we start our adventure, is a land of arid rolling hills, a blanket of dusty oranges dotted with sun-faded green scrub. Overhead, cotton clouds glow on a soft blue background as far as we can see in every direction. We skim over wide dirt roads as we head for the northern border and enter a supersize kennel of barbed wire strung between improvised fence posts. This is ranching country, where the business relies on the courtesy of unaccountable strangers to keep inventory from wandering off. Signs on several gates kindly request "please close gate behind you."
We're prepared to drive an extra ten miles just to guarantee that our trip is truly border-to-border, but that proves unnecessary. Someone has marked the state line with a sign by the side of the road: a platter-sized Idaho, painted red, white, and blue. Utah, on the reverse side, is hemorrhaging rust from two dozen bullet wounds. Out here, the only reminder that we're living in a man-made world is a sun-bleached Busch Light can and a string of utility poles stretching to the horizon. We flip the truck around, zero the trip odometer, and head back the way we came.
We retrace our tracks for the first six miles before turning off into the unknown. For now, though, the unknown is well-mapped and well-marked. Voelker traces a finger on the map to chart our progress and calls out turns a half mile before they appear as the Raptor soaks up the dirt road at 50 and 60 mph. Our first uncertain decision leads down a much rougher, slower trail. We slow to 30 and then 15 mph until eventually we're crawling along at a cow's pace. The Raptor's navigation system places us on a mapped route, and yet it isn't so much a road in front of us as a seven-foot berth between the shrubbery. We grin with excitement. Ten minutes later, the smirks are wiped away when we realize that we're heading the wrong way. There will be several more wrong turns before the day is over, but we generally make good progress in the right direction. A steer's skull found along the route becomes a hood ornament, and the Raptor's tires touch pavement twice — but only to cross over two state highways. The sun is dropping quickly when we reach a gate marked with a no-trespassing sign that threatens certain prosecution. Stumped, we stop for the night and pitch our tent in a field of crusty cow pies.
I had spent days poring over DeLorme's Utah atlas, dated National Geographic software, and Google Earth satellite imagery trying to connect the lines on one map with the lines on another map. I had spoken with a Utah State Parks trails specialist and read through the online diary from a trans-American ATV trip. Yet even as we began this adventure, it wasn't clear just how we were going to cross Utah without using paved roads. The uncertainty is what makes the whole trip worthwhile. This is a fantasy escape from the modern world, where digital likes, mentions, and shares pass for social interaction.
After less than seven hours of driving, we're scratching our heads. We knew there would be gates in livestock country but weren't expecting them to impede our progress. Now we have to decide: is the no-trespassing sign there to deter off-roading and hunting on private land, or does the gate stand in front of a private road? I'm of the mind that if a road shows up on a map, we're going to drive on it, but in our first standoff, Utah calls our bluff. Never mind that we can see the far side of this particular fenced-in plot less than half a mile away, I spend the morning plotting a new route. If we continue south in Utah, we're bound to bump into Deseret Land and Livestock, a 200,000-acre ranch owned by the Mormon church that has no room for our truck. Instead, we turn east and head toward Wyoming.
Leaving Utah, we scramble up some short, steep hills, squeeze between thorny bushes, and dip into long, open valleys. The Raptor bounces along the two-tracks, weedy brush scraping at its skid-plate-protected underside as we move farther from major highways and civilization. These trails don't show up on our map, but Ford's navigation system displays the route as if it's no different from a Salt Lake City thoroughfare. When the path dead-ends at a small shack servicing a natural-gas pipeline, the eight-inch touchscreen suggests that the road continues, so we skirt around the fenced
perimeter and carry on. The road definitely does not continue but the power lines do, and the utility company must keep the foliage in check because the scrub isn't more than knee-high. The earth takes a sharp turn skyward, and the surface becomes peppered with loose rocks of all sizes. I select low range, lock the rear differential, and call up the Raptor's off-road mode, which smooths out the throttle mapping, raises shift points, dials back the ABS threshold, and deactivates stability control. Despite the hardware and software to tackle any terrain, the Raptor can't compensate for my lack of experience. It takes three tries to find the right line and speed to make it over an eight-inch step on the 25-degree-angle slope.
When we crest the hill, we're surprised to be looking at a small town that is actually a gas production facility. There are acres of pipes, stacks, and steel buildings and a network of maintained dirt roads. Voelker is dragging open a gate separating us from the road when a local drives by. He glares from his Chevy, trying to determine who we are, what we're doing, and whether we belong here. In the rural West, though, a sweet truck must be enough to vouch for a stranger, because he never slows below 5 mph and eventually drives off.
The dirt road leads to a lower elevation, where a set of heavy equipment hogging the road brings us to a stop. We've seen several trucks out in the field, but this crew isn't servicing the pipeline. They are actively paving the very road we're driving on. It's a spirit-sapping moment. If we turn around, we'd have to head six hours back to this morning's start. We've come too far and used up too much of our day to retreat. We drive on, our disappointment and frustration apparent from the silence inside the truck. There's less than a mile of pavement, but had we arrived a month earlier, there likely would have been no pavement at all.
We leave the tame dirt road to cross meadows that feed into the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, which is rife with white-barked quaking aspens. It's easy to mistake these trees for birches, but unlike the birch's flaky skin, the quaking aspen's bark is shrink-wrapped tight to its trunk. We also can't help but notice a trio of corrugated steel huts that look like temporary housing, although there are no signs of people. Several miles down the road, we pass twenty yards from a man repairing a split-rail fence made of tree limbs. He looks up from his work, mouth slightly open to complete the look of bewilderment on his face. Clearly, visitors are a rare sight here, and we get the feeling we're not wanted. A friendly wave defuses the tension as we lock our eyes down the road and calmly disappear into the woods.
An hour later, we have another theory as to why our fence fixer was so confused: he knew we were headed for a dead end. We're happily humming along, having just cut through three fallen trees with a folding saw, when we come upon a massive metal gate. Not only is it secured shut; we're locked out. We rattle the combination lock and try a few four-digit codes. We inspect the hinges and try to lift the gate off its post. Then we contemplate calling the phone number posted on a nearby tree and pleading for merciful compassion. I walk back a quarter mile to a faint two-track that splits off from the main trail. It traces a sweeping arc that spits out fifty yards from the gate — on the far side. We feel lucky.
The trail expert from Utah State Parks had warned us that we'd be forced onto pavement once we hit the national forests. We figured he was merely underestimating our stubbornness; surely there were fire roads and service trails through the trees. So after passing back into Utah, we throw away the first few hours of Day Three bombing down dirt roads in hopes of finding a path we can drive. Instead we find campgrounds and hiking-trail parking lots. The only vehicle trails are locked down and restricted to park service use. Some trails even prohibit bicycles despite the fact that they're wide enough for a Jeep. We're in a true wilderness area, and nobody is interested in a cyclist, let alone a 6.2-liter V-8, interrupting their nature walk. We accept defeat and aim for State Route 150.
The Raptor covers thirty miles of pavement before we can return to the good stuff, but as we wend our way south, we encounter yet another construction crew paving over the road we're on. It appears that the Raptor's natural habitat is rapidly disappearing. When we eventually reach Skyline Drive, it's a relief to see that the road is unpaved. While our path to this point has wobbled east and west almost as much as it has extended south, Skyline gives us sixty-some miles in the right direction. According to the atlas, it's a fairly major road, so assuming that we're done with any excitement for the day, I pass the driving duties to Voelker. I've driven roughly twenty-four hours in two and a half days, and my legs ache like I just finished a marathon. The constant jostle of off-roading has caused the ten gas cans to wear down the paint in the bed of the truck to bare metal. Fighting the head-toss has led to an incredible tension in my neck and shoulders. I'm grateful for a break. Plus, I suspect Voelker has become bored riding shotgun.
His boredom is quickly cured when we pass a sign warning that the road becomes a "natural surface." Sure enough, our path degrades into a bona fide off-road trail. Huge rocks, deep ruts, and thick mud slow our progress. From the passenger's seat, I marvel at the Wasatch Plateau, an unexceptional flatland made magical by being located at an altitude of 10,000 feet. Rippling fields fall off abruptly with spectacular vistas of the San Pitch and Valley Mountains to the west. Even better, the setting sun casts strange purple, orange, and deep green hues on thickets of slender subalpine evergreens. It's Utah as imagined by Dr. Seuss. Engrossed in our surroundings, I don't quite appreciate what Voelker is going through in the driver's seat. The road regularly narrows to a single car width and passes within inches of 100- and 200-foot drops. It's a baptism by fire for this off-roading virgin as the mud saps his control over the truck's behavior. I won't know the fear going through his mind until I have my turn in similar conditions tomorrow.
By our not-very-precise measure, we're halfway to Arizona at the start of the fourth day. We've covered four pages in the atlas and have four to go. The final five miles of Skyline Drive are a civilized, gravel-covered road — at least until we stumble across a small whoop in the road. When piloting a Raptor, you're always looking for opportunities to get your 6016-pound truck airborne, and I make a half-dozen passes at 60 mph. Each time, the Raptor launches and lands as gracefully as a Mercedes-Benz S-Class thumping over a squirrel. While it's impressively light on its feet, the Raptor is also predictably thirsty. We've used a little more than half of the 76 gallons of gasoline we started with, and even though yesterday's on-road stint helped boost our average indicated fuel economy from 7.3 mpg to 9.1 mpg, it's clear that if we don't refill our jerry cans, we'll come up ten or so gallons short of Arizona. We make our third concession to pavement to find fuel in the town of Salina.
We make steady progress through the afternoon. The roads through Fishlake National Forest aren't exactly fast, but they also aren't so rough as to require single-digit speeds. We reach our highest altitude of 11,483 feet, which provides a great vista of the desert that lies ahead, and we cherish a long streak with few obstacles and no major navigation errors. At about 3 p.m., we hit a dead end at an ATV trail that is too narrow for the Raptor. The last ninety minutes have been a complete waste of time, and that thought burns as we retrace our tracks. It's even more annoying when our detour includes yet another stretch of pavement before we can cut back to the same trail three miles south of where we were stopped. This is why we'll keep driving past dark, on a road that's getting muddier, in a truck that I increasingly have less control over. It's why I push on when I know we should stop. It's how I end up behind the wheel of a truck that is now sliding toward certain disaster with the swollen creek ten feet directly below the Raptor's right rear tire.
Jabbing the brake pedal has made the situation much worse, and I quickly take the opposite tack: more throttle. The front tires slip and spin, mud sprays off the treads, and the Raptor claws its way forward. The fourth wheel rejoins us on planet earth and helps us power up the slight incline. There's no backing off the gas until we're on flat ground and flanked by trees that will keep us from sliding off the road. We stop and have a "did that just happen?" moment.
Despite that near miss, we keep at it for another hour. I drive with a more aggressive throttle, and Voelker does his best imitation of a rally co-driver, using the navigation system to read out turns in advance. Never mind that we're moving at less than 10 mph. I assume it's some kind of survival mechanism that makes him feel like he has the slightest bit of control from the passenger's seat. At least the road is slightly less hostile. It's still slippery, and I'm still fighting momentum and the tires' reluctance to bite, but we won't see another drop-off as severe as the last one. We finally call it quits when another off-camber road nearly pushes us down a gentler slope into a ravine. Mentally exhausted, I step outside and instantly understand what the truck was struggling with. My boots are now carrying two inches of mud on the soles and get heavier with every step. We pitch the tent in the bed of the truck to keep it out of the slop and eat reconstituted risotto as raindrops tap on the nylon. I say a silent prayer for the precipitation to stop, knowing that we may not be going anywhere tomorrow if the rain keeps up. I send an "I love you" text message to my girlfriend, knowing full well that it won't find a cell tower to ride out of this valley. Then I lay down to sleep. It seems like hours before I can calm my pounding heart.
Waiting proves to be the right decision. By 9 a.m., the clouds have burned off. By 10 a.m., the ground has started to dry and Voelker has scraped pounds of mud off of the Raptor's tires. Daytime visibility will also make the route less daunting and more predictable. Before we leave, though, I walk back over last night's route for about a quarter mile and inspect the tire tracks from the close call that led us to pull over for the night. Seeing how far we drifted from our intended path has me wondering what it looks like back at the creek. I think about how close we came to hiking out of this valley and about the call I'd be making to Ford PR: "Your truck is upside down in a foot of water. Oh, and you'll probably need a helicopter if you want it back." We're fortunate to be driving out of here and just as fortunate that the final eight miles on this particular trail are uneventful.
When we cross State Route 12, we're running along the western edge of Bryce Canyon National Park. Pine forests have given way to spectacular coral-colored rock formations, and the mud has turned into hard-packed gravel. The roads here have been groomed for the Hertz-driving masses, and that's just fine by us. The scenery is just as picturesque as anything so far, even if we never actually enter the park. The final page of the atlas looks relatively straightforward until we encounter a locked gate, the likes of which we haven't seen in two days. I comb the map, but every alternative includes a single-dashed line. We've already been burned by these routes at least three times — they typically turn out to be ATV trails — and I can tell that Voelker's tolerance for near-death experiences and hours-long detours to nowhere is growing thin. Rather than risk another night in the tent and a missed flight home, we aim for U.S. 89. We drive sixty miles on the paved road with the guilt of a dog that just raided the kitchen trash can. Within minutes of returning to the dirt, we're three miles from the border and smack in front of yet another locked gate. This one includes a phone number and an offer to tour this fine desert property for a mere $15 a head. We pass and drive parallel to the border for five miles in search of any dirt road that will take us to Arizona.
The road we choose winds through a sort-of neighborhood, but it's the fire hydrants — not the houses — that tell us we're close to returning to the civilized world. The road twists around, and we wonder whether we're actually going to pass over the Arizona border without knowing it, but a thin orange line eventually appears on the Raptor's navigation system. We weren't able to avoid paved roads completely, but in 822.1 miles we found plenty of challenges for the Raptor. It climbed rocky mountains, powered through thick mud, and bounded over dirt roads. It can make a driver feel invincible, and yet it led me through one of the most humbling experiences in my life. Most of all, though, I admire the Raptor's ability to go anywhere. It took us places we otherwise never would have experienced and rescued us from a couple of places we didn't want to be. After forty-two hours of driving, we're ready for it to carry us out of Utah.


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Barclays Wealth & Investment Management division has been rocked by another senior departure, as its head of global investments and solutions Rory Tobin exits.
Tobin, formerly head of iShares International, had been at the bank since 2012 and had previously worked closely with ex-private bank head David Semaya on Barclays' asset management proposition.
His departure follows that of UK wealth management head Henry Fischel-Bock in early July to join Lombard Odier, while chief executive Peter Horrell announced he will stand down at the end of the year.
Commenting on Tobin's departure, Ashok Vaswani, head of personal and corporate banking, said: 'Rory Tobin, head of Global Investments and Solutions (GI&S) at Barclays' Wealth and Investment Management business has decided to step down from Barclays and return to institutional asset management. A search for his successor, with a proven track record, to lead GI&S is underway.'
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Savannah's relationship with China continued to evolve Monday as a delegation visited to learn more about Savannah and its assets.
Xu Erwen, counsel general for the People's Republic of China Southern Region based in Houston, and several members of her staff stopped at City Hall for a formal introduction with Mayor Edna Jackson and Acting City Manager Stephanie Cutter and other city leaders before heading to tour Gulfstream and the port.
"We will work with you to bring our cities, our countries together for the good of our people, and this is another step in our journey together," Jackson said.
Xu, in reply, said, "I think that a good relationship between China and the United States is beneficial to both countries and the whole world. I and my colleagues will try our very best to make this relationship even smoother, the very best."
Savannah, Brunswick and Hinesville for several years have conducted international outreach efforts.
As the city and the Savannah Economic Development Authority have devoted more resources to international development, they are seeing more response. International inquiries used to come once a month or less. Now, it's several times a month. SEDA's affiliation as a World Trade Center licensee is expected to further target that work.
"The city of Savannah has positioned itself as open to international connections to culture, education and to business development," said Brynn Grant, vice president of SEDA and WTC Savannah. "With the establishment of a World Trade Center Savannah there's a greater awareness of Savannah beyond the incredible asset of the port of Savannah. I think the city and the World Trade Center, as a result of that, are getting a lot more contact about trade missions to Savannah."


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By Mark Patton, Santa Barbara News-Press
Dom Sarle seemed like a fish out of water when he transferred to UCSB this fall.
The New Yorker has steered clear of both the ocean and the Halloween abyss of Isla Vista since arriving this fall to play for the Gauchos' 23rd-ranked soccer team.
"I haven't learned how to surf - I'm a little shark-scared," said the sophomore forward from St. John's University. "I wanted to learn, but I don't think I'm going to get out there anytime soon.
"And I've heard stories about Halloween here, and I'm not going to walk the streets. I'm going to stay safe. I'm not sure which is more dangerous, the sharks or Isla Vista."
Or Dom Sarle on a soccer pitch.
He's been the calm head that's kept the roller-coaster Gauchos on track in an up-and-down soccer season.
"He brings that work rate and energy and that no-nonsense kind of commitment which we kind of struggle with," UCSB coach Tim Vom Steeg said. "The California kids are real feel-good kind of players. They play on the day. They play when it feels good.
"With Dom, you know what you're going to get every time you put him on the field ... A tireless worker."
Sarle helped the Gauchos, 11-5-1 overall, bounce back from a two-game losing streak with wins last week over UC Davis and Cal State Fullerton.
They hold down fourth place in the Big West Conference with a 4-4 record, and only four teams get to play in the league tournament. UCSB will need to win or tie at fifth-place Cal State Northridge tonight to remain in playoff range, with just Friday's Fox Soccer Channel match against Cal Poly remaining.
Sarle has maintained a pragmatic approach even as four starters went down with season-ending injuries.
"We can't say, 'I wish we had this guy,' or 'I wish we had that guy,' " he said. "We don't have them. It's unfortunate that they got injured, but you have to keep playing and hopefully we'll get more healthy the next couple of games.
"Everyone's done well and has been working hard in practice to come in and take their spots. You've got to get it together when guys go down."
Sarle had earned All-Big East Conference and All-Rookie team honors at St. John's last year, but he tired of kicking a frozen soccer ball.
"I loved my team, but it's tough to get up for games on the East Coast when you're playing in 20-degree weather," he said. "I asked for my release and started looking at schools.
"I remembered Leo (Chappel, former UCSB assistant coach) talking to me throughout the recruiting process, and telling me that if things didn't work out to give him a call."
Sarle was sold after watching Akron beat Louisville on TV in December's College Cup final at UCSB's toasty-warm Harder Stadium.
"It just looked like an awesome place to play," he said. "I'd never been here, although my grandpa (Arthur Torrellas) lives in Orange County. I saw the crowds, even for games that weren't Santa Barbara teams in the College Cup, and it just made me really excited to play here."
He brought an international resume to UCSB, having played in the U17 World Cup and making the U20 U.S. National Team roster. He had already escaped the hometown cold of Huntington, N.Y. when he was invited to attend Bradenton Prep and the U.S. Residency Program in Florida.
"Dom is very unique because he has what we call a huge soccer brain," Vom Steeg said. "He really gets the game, he knows how to settle the thing down. He's very unflappable on the field.
"When things get frantic, he's the one guy that can control things, especially around the 18-yard box."
He wondered for awhile where Sarle would best serve the Gauchos, and he finally came to a conclusion: Everywhere. He moves him all over the offensive end of the pitch.
"It's hard to get a read for what exactly is his position because he's not a forward who runs through, but he's very smart," Vom Steeg said. "His head is up, he's very crafty and he's got a great engine on him.
"It's lik that famous conversation of 'What do you do with Landon Donovan?' You play him here, you play him there, and all you know is that, at the end of the day, he gets you points."
Sarle is second on the team in assists with six, which included a big one to Silva in Saturday's 4-3 win at Fullerton.
"(Sam) Garza put me through, I got a great ball, and I just took it down and cut it back - and Silva is always there to finish," he said. "It always seems like that. Playing with him makes life easy."
It was vintage Sarle, Vom Steeg said.
"It was a great run, and he looked up and picked him out - and that's Dom," he said.
Sarle has also scored two goals, which included a go-ahead dazzler in the second half of UCSB's 3-2 win over national champion Akron. He had his back to the goal when Josue Madueno's header landed at his feet. He deftly kicked the ball over his left shoulder, turned and sent his shot into the low left corner of the goal.
"He's pigeon-toed, and the ball stays so close to his feet," Vom Steeg said. "He can be in the 18-yard box and it goes 'boom-boom,' and it's like a duck walking.
"He's able to keep the thing so tight to his body, and his cut is so sharp, that even in an incredibly tight space, he's able to play out of that. It's what you saw in that Akron goal."
The toughest part of Sarle's season has been the distance from home. His biography on UCSB's web site says he "can't do without his parents," Dom and Pat.
"It's definitely the biggest downside, being away from family. It's tough," he said. "Everyone follows me ... My parents, my brother (Pete). They listen to all the games. They all love me and they want me to do well.
"As far as missing family goes, it's unfortunate, but sometimes you have to make sacrifices. But I love the team, and I love the school."
And he had 13,772 loving him during move-in weekend at UCSB when the Gauchos played the University of San Diego. He connecte with Silva inside the box for a pair of first-half goals that sent them on their way to a 3-0 victory.
"With the 14,000, it wasn't hard to get up for that game," Sarle said. "You look around and think, 'I didn't see this too much last year.'"
It's enough to make you feel warm and fuzzy, even in the dead of winter.
Mark Patton's column appears on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
UCSB will play at Cal State Northridge tonight, Nov. 1 before returning home on Friday to take on Cal Poly in a nationally televised FOX Soccer Channel contests.
Both games will be broadcast live on AM 1290, the Santa Barbara News-Press Radio Station. Gerry Fall will be calling the play-by-play while Mark Patton will cover the color commentary. AM 1290 will air all of the Gauchos' remaining games, including any postseason contests. Fans can also listen online here.
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Honk if the car in front is connected
The networked car is coming sooner than you think
Mis-use fears
Some pundits though have raised the issue of privacy, and whether drivers will be able to remain anonymous. Others fear the use of the technology for commercial uses. Some readers of the motoring enthusiasts' website Pistonheads, for instance, recently raised the issue of whether busineses will be able to zap direct marketing information at passing cars.
"How long before that data gets sold on to someone else and before you know it you're getting spam emails for restaurants that you drove by a few weeks prior?" asked one forum member.
The wireless highway is coming
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Some were concerned about obsolescence: "Cars built on extensive technology will simply become out dated and incompatible too and much quicker than older simpler cars."
Distraction was a worry too, as one Pistonheader commented: "If it's optional, I don't think I'll like sharing the road with [ITS users]. People seem to be whittling their concentration spans down to zero and it seems it's an increasing possibility that 'learning skills' is passé thanks to computers doing everything for you."
Not every driver is against the technology, however. One poster expressed a more nuanced view: "I for one am quite happy being 'unconnected', though I do find myself checking Facebook and the like on my phone quite often, I often switch it off just to get away from it. I think having the option for internet-based connectivity in cars is a good one, as long as it's not forced down throats and it can be used only when needed or wanted."
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Ford is convinced, however, that such systems will be a sales attraction for its vehicles, according to Jack Bergquist, from IHS, a research company. He told the BBC: "Ford has categorically stated that this is selling more cars for them."
We love technology and we love our cars - and with applications that will be able to tell you about the nearest, cheapest petrol station, help you find a parking space, or even just tell you when the traffic light up ahead is due to change, it seems likely that connected cars will prove to be a sales hit. Certainly, telcos are hoping to use their shiny new LTE networks as conduits to deliver data to cars. Expect to see wireless services, including breakdown rescue; service alerts such as MoT, maintenance and product recalls; rear-seat video and remote diagnostics all being waved at punters either by car makers, by car sellers and by service providers like the AA and RAC.
And according to ABI Research, you can expect to see connectedness being used in many new ways, including driver behaviour monitoring to improve driving skills and reduce the risk of accidents; insurance telematics as an incentive for safer driving; and prognostics and preventive maintenance to avoid breakdowns and reduce repair costs.
Are our cars destined to become smartphones on wheels?
Other potential uses include road charging, car sharing schemes, road condition alerts, and pay-as-you-go insurance. And although nothing has officially been announced, it wouldn't be surprising to find connectivity being used for law enforcement at some point down the road, your own motor grassing you up for going too fast.
The real question is whether those of us who enjoy driving will still feel able to call it driving - or will it be more like being in semi-charge of a smartphone on wheels? And when the fully automated car finally arrives, will they build roads for the rest of us to just go and have some fun? No, I don't think so either. ®
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