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For Billy Hayes, being arrested in 1970 and sentenced to life in a Turkish prison was both the worst and best thing that ever happened to him. As chronicled in the book and film, Midnight Express (Watch Full Episode: The Real Midnight Express), and now in the sequel book, Midnight Return, this fascinating journey into peril, fame, and fortune was a strange voyage of discovery that extended far out beyond the bars--from the isolation of a prison cell to worldwide notoriety. Midnight Return takes us on that ride, using photos, maps, and old handwritten letters in this vivid portrait of a most unusual experience. The book is also available on Amazon.
I tried to move the file slower, with heavy pressure. Harvey nervously coiled the nylon rope on his shoulder, his skinny body shivering beneath a cheap cloth coat. This was an insane plan--even if we got out the window and onto the roof, the guards in the towers would probably pick us off like flies--but Harvey and I both had thirty-year prison sentences, so sanity was becoming difficult to define.
Harvey Bell was a grinning wild man from Alabama who'd been caught driving a nifty green TR3 with 200 kilos of hash hidden beneath it. He'd spent three years in a small prison in central Turkey and was transferred to Sagmalcilar after a botched escape attempt had left him beaten, but not broken. He showed up one day and proceeded to turn life there atilt.
"Yeeess!" he'd shouted, as he entered the foreigners' cellblock, a battered guitar in his hand. "Where the hell are the Americans and who's in charge of escape around here? Goddamn, ah'm so tired of fuckin' Turks an' fuckin' Ah-rabs and fuckin' Muslims."
I was the only American in a cellblock full of Arabs and Muslims, so I wasn't thrilled to hear this scruffy madman bellowing about escape. I got closer and realized he'd managed to get himself drunk on the long trip here from Elazig.
"Oh, man, it's clean here," he drawled, a silly smile creasing his thin, ascetic face. I looked around at the dirt and scum, sniffed the putrid smell coming from the toilet, and made a mental note never to transfer to Elazig prison.
I informed him of his situation and advised him to keep his voice down, but the damage had already been done. That evening I had to intervene in a pipe-swinging confrontation between Harvey and a Jordanian car thief who'd taken grave offense to Harv's comments about the Muslims. It wasn't the most auspicious beginning to a relationship, but during the following year we became best friends, and like most guys in prison, spent our days plotting and planning escape attempts that we never carried out. There's a vast abyss of pain and fear between planning an escape and actually trying it.
Harvey, like myself, had been an English major in college, and his gruff exterior hid a sharp, educated mind. We shared the books that passed through the prison, talked philosophy, and argued politics. He was a good ole boy who could quote Faulkner. "Lib Arts degree oughta be good for sumpin,'" he'd laugh.
I made the mistake of telling Harvey about one escape plan--cut through the bars, climb onto the roof, then slide down the wall with a nylon rope I'd improvised from a volleyball net that had mysteriously disappeared one day after a game. I'd had the file hidden away for several years, a parting gift from Claude LeBrun, a Belgian diamond thief who'd been released. I'd never tried the plan, because the bullet percentage was way too high. Even if we managed to cut the bar without being spotted, the chances of getting down the wall past the machine gun posts were, as Harvey would say, thinner than frog hair split four ways.
But once Harvey heard I had the file and rope, he was unrelenting; and then one cold December afternoon a letter arrived from my mom:
November 15, 1974
...here I am remembering about long ago. They say that's a sign of growing old. I'm fine. Still the same. Life goes on, even with a little heartache every day for my oldest child so far away.
The letter devastated me. The pain my mother had to bear because of me hollowed out my heart. I picked up Harvey's old guitar and began to play the few chords I knew. Harvey came by and began to softly sing some old Alabama blues. We found a simple beat and improvised a song that seemed to write itself.
When the song wore down to a stop, then Harvey asked, "How long you been here, Willie?"
He knew the answer. "Four years," I said.
"How many summers?"
We sat while he plucked some strings. Then he stopped and looked at me. "Four summers. They're stealing our summers, man. And now here comes another fucking winter. I mean, can you ever get back a lost summer? Can you?"
I must have been crazed at the time, because I agreed to try the roof escape with him that very night, which was why I found myself cutting nervously at a bar in the toilet window, certain the guards would burst in and drag us away.
"C'mon, for Christ's sake," whispered Harvey.
"It's slower than I thought." I filed for a while, fighting the building panic as I realized I'd misjudged the timing.
"You said it'd cut like butter," said Harvey.
"I was wrong."
Harvey worked at it for a while. The bar only had a slight scratch mark. This would take forever.
We worked in shifts, one man filing while the other kept guard. I looked out at the dark sky through the bars. Five a.m. and we'd barely dented the tough metal.
"We'll have to try again tonight," I said.
Harvey stared at me, then coughed and spit on the filthy stone floor. "Fuck it. We try again tonight."
I picked up an old butt and Harvey scraped some putty from the window frame. We mixed the cigarette ashes with the putty and dabbed the mixture on the bars.
"We got lots of time, right?" grinned Harvey.
We both laughed.
Three days later, just before dawn, I woke in fear to the sound of guards rushing into the cellblock. They were led by Arief the Bonebreaker. They made straight for Harvey's bunk, and two guards dragged him up by the arms. He shook them off. Arief slammed him across the face.
"Who else was with you!" Arief bellowed. "Where is the file?"
They dragged Harvey to the bathroom. Arief rubbed away at a few bars until he dislodged the makeshift putty. "They saw you," he said, pointing across at the children's cellblock across the yard. "You and someone else."
Arief backhanded Harvey across the face.
"Where's the file?"
What else could Harvey do? He went to the locker and dug the file out from under the metal molding in the back.
"Who else was with you?" demanded Arief.
Harvey stared into Arief's face.
Arief smiled and told the guards to take Harvey to the cellar. They dragged him past me, and we made flickering eye contact. I kept my face a mask, but my heart slowly filled with fear and anguish as the metal door slammed shut and Harvey's shouts faded away.
The next day I slipped the door guard a couple of packs of cigarettes and bribed my way over to the prison dispensary, where I heard Harvey had been taken.
I entered the dispensary and walked down a row of small cells. Harvey wasn't there. I turned to leave, then looked again at a prisoner lying in bed with a puffy, blackened face.
"Harvey! Jesus Christ! I didn't recognize you."
He roused himself to a sitting position. "Hey, Billy. Yeah, they really fucked me up," he mumbled through swollen lips. "Goddamn Arief kicked me in the balls. Think he opened my hernia."
It hurt me to look at him.
"They wanted my name, didn't they?"
"Thanks, Harv."
He smiled and winced. "Yeah, well, what could I do?"
"I owe you," I said.
"Listen, Billy, tell the Consul. I'm afraid the Turks are gonna hustle me away to some little prison in the sticks."
"I'll contact him, Harv."
"And do yourself a favor and get the hell out of this prison while you still can. This place is bad news."
I stared at him awhile. "I won't forget you."
"Everybody forgets when they leave here, you know that."
"I owe you."
He nodded.
"Oh, yeah," I said, slipping a few blue Nembutal capsules between the bars, "These might help."
"Thanks," he said, taking them, "but some acid might be better."
I laughed. "This place is definitely a trip."
We stared at each other.
I lifted a string of dark rosary beads with a tiny silver crucifix out of my pocket.
"I want you to have these," I said, flipping them onto his bed.
Harvey picked up the beads, stared at them. "You must be shitting me, you don't believe this crap."
"I know, but my old grandmother sent 'em to me, said they were blessed by the Pope or something, and I want you to have them."
Harvey smiled at me, then winced.
"Go with God," I said, in Turkish.
He smiled again. "Go with God."
Two days later he was gone.
Like what you've read so far? Read the book on Amazon. Fore more information on Billy Hayes, visit his website. And if you haven't seen The Real Midnight Express as seen on Locked Up Abroad, watch the full episode online.


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GEORGETOWN, Ky. (WKYT) - Across the nation, there is an outpouring support for those affected by what happened in Newtown, Connecticut on Friday.
That includes dozens of people that came together Sunday night to remember the victims and their families at a prayer service right here in central Kentucky.
The shooting victims' names came across the screens at Harmony Christian Church in Georgetown as they prayed for the families of those murdered on Friday knowing the unthinkable could happen anywhere.
"Good opportunity for the community to get together and lift up those families and specifically look at our community and kind of boost the morale around here and say we're blessed," said John Welch, a teaching pastor at Harmony Christian Church.
They don't usually hold Sunday night services, but this church congregation felt it was necessary for people to come together, miles from where tragedy struck in Connecticut.
"I feel very much that prayer from the community if faith, not just in Connecticut, but all over the United States and all over the world for that matter," said Dean Scott, the senior minister.
A young member of the church also decided to do something special. The teen came up with the idea to make ribbons in remembrance of those killed.
14-year-old Allie Zeller says it took her five hours to make 150 ribbons with safety pins to wear. She passed them out one by one as people gathered for the service.
She says the thought of her seven-year-old brother is the reason why this school shooting has affected her so much, and she felt compelled to do something.
"I found out at school on Friday, and it broke my heart because I can't imagine losing my brother," said Zeller.
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Hagerstown, MD: Community Advocacy Meeting, October 28, 2013
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The Humane Society of the United States and B-More Dog are joining with partners in several counties around the state to build a strong and united front for the next legislative session. The meetings will serve as an interactive forum to chart a path for how we can work together to establish a fair, breed-neutral dog bite liability law for Maryland.
We will discuss the Tracey v. Solesky court ruling, how it affects Marylanders, and the difference between dangerous dog ordinances and dog bite liability. Most importantly, we'll talk about ways you can work with lawmakers to reverse this decision -- with insight from special guest, Senator Chris Shank. If you're a dog owner, "pit bull" lover, or animal advocate, please attend this free meeting and find out what you can do to help. While this ruling targeted pit bull-type dogs, ALL dog owners will be impacted by this legislation in January.
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Tottenham's 2-1 win over bitter rivals Arsenal on Sunday put them seven points ahead of the 5th-placed Gunners, but also intriguingly only two points behind Manchester City in second.
They, like everyone else, remain far behind Manchester United at the summit of the Premier League but what would Spurs need to challenge at the very top?
The squad Andre Villas-Boas has at his disposal is generally thought of as one of the strongest in the league, with only one or two areas that require additions in the summer. In goal, they have the French captain, Hugo Lloris, one of the best keepers in Europe, while the defence has four top centre-backs, depth in the full-back positions, and with Aaron Lennon and Gareth Bale two electrifying wingers-come-forwards. In midfield, Sandro and Scott Parker provide the bite, Moussa Dembele can glide past opponents, while Lewis Holtby, Gylfi Sigurdsson, and Clint Dempsey offer versatile attacking options.
Jake Livermore and Tom Carroll are progressing through the ranks, Andros Townsend is impressing on loan at Queens Park Rangers, while Harry Kane is gaining valuable game time at Leicester. If Spurs can continue to integrate their young talent into the first-team squad, like they have with England international Steven Caulker, they will continue to have that valuable strength in depth.
Problems begin to surface when looking at the striking department. Jermain Defoe started the season on fire but has struggled in 2013, only returning from injury on Sunday after six weeks out. Emmanuel Adebayor has scored three goals in 21 appearances and lacked the drive and determination that earned him a permanent move from City in the summer. Dempsey fills in as a striker but is not wholly comfortable, and if it were not for the heroics of Gareth Bale Spurs would be struggling in the league and out of Europe.
The Daily Express has linked Adebayor with a move in the summer, with long-term Tottenham target Leandro Damiao coming in. If Adebayor continues to play poorly he may find himself on the scrap heap, but regardless of the Togo star's future, Spurs need scoring reinforcements.
Andre Villas-Boas could also do with a midfield playmaker. Luka Modric is sorely missed in the middle of Tottenham's midfield, and while Dembele has impressed the White Hart Lane faithful he does not have the vision or passing ability to make the play and maintain the tempo.
Tottenham were linked with Joao Moutinho in the summer and in January, and it is easy to see why. Spurs have struggled to break down defensive teams, often relying on counter attacks, set pieces, or individual brilliance to get goals. More striker options would help, but they need someone who can stimulate the play.
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Bolt-in EA series Alternator upgrade. Nissan Maxima alt installation guide.
Posted 26 November 2009 - 10:10 PM
EA82 and EA81 alternators are pretty much the same. They are 100% interchangeable, Ive done it I dont know how many times. The ONLY differences were wether or not the cars had AC or PS, then the pulleys had different spacing and/or multiple V-belt grooves. So Yes, this mod will work on an EA82 just fine, you just might need a different spacer for the pulley to make the grooves line up perfectly.
Posted 26 November 2009 - 11:57 PM
Weird it shows the Ea82 motor with a serpentine belt pulley.
mine has that same pulley/belt. 86 xt DL and that IS an XT turbo Alternator
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Posted 27 November 2009 - 12:41 AM
mine has that same pulley/belt. 86 xt DL and that IS an XT turbo Alternator
XT's are the exception as they run multi-rib belt's & pulley's. I didn't realize they used an alt with a different case design. Still not 90A though.
Posted 27 November 2009 - 02:38 AM
Nice upgrade on the alt. I've wondered about this. I bought an 86 GL-10 and it had this
in it. Along with all the other multi rib stuff that goes with it. Weird thing is, on that tag it's printed, "86 T". That's on the silver square, black letters, on the green tag. The car is a 86 turbo wagon.
Edited by Quidam, 27 November 2009 - 02:41 AM.
Posted 27 November 2009 - 03:02 AM
Perhaps someone with an FSM can tell us if the XT's alternator was stiill 55A like the EA82T's in the rest of the body styles.
I suspect it's rated the same they just had to switch to the multi-rib pulley and clearances with that belt arrangment dictated an enclosed-fan case. Looks very similar to the Maxima alt but a bit smaller as well as thinner in the mounting ears.
Edited by GeneralDisorder, 27 November 2009 - 03:04 AM.
Posted 27 November 2009 - 11:03 AM
Here's another, that came with the same car. It's physically larger, larger pulley. I'm wondering if this is from an XT-6.
Posted 27 November 2009 - 02:24 PM
Posted 27 November 2009 - 03:30 PM
80.99 on autozone.com
and 114 for my stocker....
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Edited by Petersubaru, 30 November 2009 - 09:27 AM.
Posted 25 January 2010 - 09:15 PM
Any word on how this reacts with the factory ac in place. I should just rip it out because it doesnt work. Its all there and holds pressure but not charged.
Edited by The Dude Abides, 26 January 2010 - 04:04 AM.
Posted 26 January 2010 - 12:46 PM
If you remove the AC, you can swap out the brackets for one's that will work for sure.
Posted 28 January 2010 - 02:37 AM
after reading this whole thread... will the nissan alt fit my 86 XT non turbo with factory A/C(no not removing that, hey it's florida, its stinking hot)
grammar and sentence structure depleting it's 3:30 am and i work at 8
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Posted 28 January 2010 - 03:41 AM
Here ya go.
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Posted 29 January 2010 - 08:10 AM
As far as I know, no one has tried it with a multi-rib setup - you can be the first.
O joy! lol alright im off to the junkyard today.
how can i go wrong with only spending 20 bucks total?
but I really want to thank you GD for the phenomenal idea.
Edited by rpholz, 30 January 2010 - 05:36 PM.
i spelt "wrong" "run" wtf?
Posted 29 January 2010 - 10:16 AM
but I really want to thank you GD for the phenomenal idea.
No problem. It wasn't *really* my idea. The speculation that they might fit came from a member that was formerly into Datsun Z cars - the Maxima alt is a popular upgrade for them and they happen to use an almost identical alt to the EA's. It wasn't hard to do the math after seeing pictures of all three (EA, Z-Car, Maxima) - then it was just a matter of trying it out.
Posted 30 January 2010 - 12:46 AM
O joy! lol alright im off to the junkyard today.
how can i go run with only spending 20 bucks total?
but I really want to thank you GD for the phenomenal idea.
XT's have multi-ribbed belts.
They may have the proper pulley for you to use.
And yes, had I not already done the GM swap, I would have done this one.
Much thanks to GD for the info.
Posted 30 January 2010 - 05:40 PM
i should take a pic of the XT tho because of how bad it is squating from all the crap in it.
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- Patrick
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Posted 24 February 2010 - 05:25 AM
MY question: Can I swap out the mounting brackets from the other ea82's to make the Maxima one fit, or to be able to buy a cheaper ea82 alternator (mine costs around 200$ rebuilt) ? I also have A/C and power steering so I don't know if it will work, but I'm mainly concerned of getting her off the side of the road and driving it home.
Anyways I will try this tomorrow, will let you XT owners know if it works or doesn't work - hoping the other brackets will bolt up, don't see why Subaru made two different alternators for the same engine.
Posted 25 February 2010 - 04:24 PM
Now I need to decide whether I should swap my old pulley on there or get a larger belt? My old pulley is 3/8-1/2 shorter in diameter (both are the 4 ribbed style which is what the rest of my pulleys have).
Would the smaller style pulley damage the alternator due to the gear ratio being different? I'm worried it will make the RPMs in the alternator go too high when i am in high RPMs. Then again trying to track down a different size belt isn't going to be easy i think.
Any recommendations?
Posted 25 February 2010 - 10:30 PM
The 1/2" diameter difference is no concern really. That just means it turns a bit slower (larger diameter on the Maxima alt right?). As long as it's sufficiently fast for it to make enough current for your draw at idle it will be fine.
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Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race Week Celebrating the Past in the Present: 25th Anniversary
Wednesday, 06 March 2013
The Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race Week will bring back fond memories of its makings when its 25th Anniversary edition gets underway in late June. The biennial event, scheduled from Sunday, June 23, through Friday, June 28, already has over 100 teams entered.
"This year, we are hoping to exceed the 174 participants that we had in the 1965 Race Week," said Event Chair Lee Reichart, adding that regatta organizers are boosting enthusiasm by offering complimentary entry for boats that competed in that very first Block Island Race Week. "It's great how many boats have entered with almost four months left to the first gun; last Race Week we had only 53 entries in late February, so this regatta is already looking very strong."
The 2013 regatta will stay true to its decades-long heritage with the awarding of the Island Sailing Club of Cowes Perpetual Trophy for the winner of the Around the Island Race, traditionally held mid-week. The trophy, which sprang from the original intention that the event be fashioned after Cowes Week in England, was given in previous years to the IRC winner of the race. This year, it will be awarded, along with a Rolex timepiece, to the boat with the best relative overall performance from among all classes competing.
The five-day event, one of the last true full race weeks in America, welcomes teams in IRC, HPR, PHRF and one-design classes and consists of four days of around-the-buoys racing in addition to the one day devoted to the 18.2 nautical mile Around the Island Race.
PHRF 2 defending champion Brad Porter (Westbrook, Conn.) will be racing his newly acquired Evelyn 32-2 XLR8 for the first time at race week. "We won our class in 2007, 2009 and 2011 and won the Around the Island race in 2007, but that was before PHRF competitors were eligible for the Island sailing Club of Cowes Perpetual Trophy and the coveted Rolex," said Porter. "I've been sailing with the same group of very talented sailors for the past 14 years and Block Island Race Week is the biggest event that we do as a team. All of us really love Block, It is a great place to race and spend time with the family.
The event is also serving as eight championships: the IRC North American Championship; HPR (High Performance Rule) North American Championship; US Sailing's PHRF East Coast Championship; J/80 North American Championship; J/105 East Coast Championship; J/109 East Coast Championship; Swan 42 New England Championship; and Beneteau 36.7 Northeast Championship.
J/105 East Coast Championship
The most recent championship to be added to the Block Island Race Week line-up is the J/105 East Coast Championship, which already has eight boats entered, four of which raced in the 2011 event. The group includes Damian Emery's (Shoreham, N.Y.) Eclipse, which won the J/105 class at Block Island Race Week in 2011 and is the defending East Coast Champion.
The Green Fleet
To encourage a wide variety of racing, event organizers have offered a 50% discount for the Green Fleet, which will be racing on Navigator-style courses. The fleet includes Classics, Double Handers, Cruising, Spinnaker and Non-Spinnaker classes and Gunboat catamarans and other multihulls.
"The Green Fleet races will definitely be fun; sailing around government marks will be an interesting change from the normal windward-leeward courses," said Andy Burton (Newport, R.I.), who is best known for his performance in the Shields Class but will be sailing his recently purchased 40-foot C&C Peregrine in the PHRF Non-Spinnaker Class. "This class is going to be competitive, and I'm very excited to get back to Block Island, since the last Race Week I did was in 1977. The 50% discount is great, and if we get in earlier than the other fleets, it just means we will have a lot more play time on the island."
And playing is a main component of this famed race week, which consistently attracts hundreds of sailors, both young and old, every other fourth week in June to the quaint island named after Dutch fur trader Adriaen Block. They come, many with their families in tow, to enjoy a full vacation week of action-packed sailing, fun and entertainment, all within the context of Block Island's unique offerings and laid back atmosphere.
Racing headquarters for the Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race Week 2013 will be located at The Oar Restaurant, while evening festivities and award ceremonies will be held next door in the event tent.
A 10% early entry discount applies for all classes except in the Green Fleet and ends on March 31st. For more information, visit www.blockislandraceweek.com, where the links to the NOR and entry are posted.
About the Storm Trysail Club
The Storm Trysail Club, reflecting in its name the sail to which sailors must shorten when facing severe adverse conditions, is one of the world's most respected sailing clubs, with its membership of approximately 800 comprised strictly of skilled blue water and ocean racing sailors. Established in 1938, the club is headquartered in Larchmont, N.Y., and operates through local stations across the U.S. It hosts Block Island Race Week in odd-numbered years and holds various prestigious offshore racing events (among them the annual Block Island Race, the annual Fort Lauderdale to Key West Race and the biennial Pineapple Cup Montego Bay Race). The Club's affiliated 501(c)(3) organization, The Storm Trysail Foundation, holds annual junior safety-at-sea seminars and the Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta for college sailors using big boats. For more information, visit http://www.stormtrysail.org/
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British Airways' biofuel plant cleared for takeoff in London
British Airways' biofuel plant cleared for takeoff in London
British Airways has secured a site for a state-of-the-art sustainable jet fuel facility in London, providing a key building block for the airline's efforts to secure "carbon neutral growth" from 2020.
BusinessGreen revealed in September that work would begin on the company's joint venture biofuel with Solena before the end of the year. British Airways announced late last week the GreenSky London initiative has signed an exclusive option on an as yet unnamed site for the facility and begun consent work.
When complete the site should be capable of turning around 500,000 tons of waste that would otherwise go to landfill into 50,000 tons of sustainable jet fuel each year.
The process uses Solena's high temperature gasification technology to produce a synthesis gas, which is then cleaned and converted into liquid hydrocarbons using British company Oxford Catalyst's patented Fischer-Tropsch reactors.
British Airways has committed $500 million to purchasing 10 years' supply of the fuel and joins Lufthansa, KLM, Virgin and several other large carriers experimenting with alternative fuels as oil prices spike.
Jonathon Counsell, Bristish Airway's head of environment, told BusinessGreen earlier in the year that by 2015 the plant could account for two percent of British Airway's fuel and produce the green fuel at a similar price to fossil fuels.
He added that if the plant proves to be successful, the company will look to build several facilities in the U.K. Dr Jeremy Tomkinson, chief executive at NNFCC, which has providing technical consultancy on the GreenSky project, said he expected many new plants to be built in the coming years.
"Biofuels are the only low carbon alternative to fossil fuels in the aviation sector and as a result GreenSky London is likely to be the first of many similar projects built in the years to come," he said. "Every new market needs a pioneer and it is pleasing to see the U.K. take a leading role in its development."
Photo of British Airways jet provided by Robert Sarosiek via Shutterstock.
This article originally appeared on Business Green and is reprinted with permission.


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Initial D
Now this is a great anime. Yes, I do know that the character designs look like crap, but the story, cars, racing, drifts, and development blow this one off the charts. The manga is also amazing as well but the anime just brings it to life. I must say though that TokyoPop did a really bad job at dubbing it. Well it isn't unbarable but still sucks. They even redid the opening theme! The rythem is lovable but the lyrics to the song kinda kill it. Then again there is always subbed.
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What tokyopop did was try to aim it for a slightly different audience, however they couldn't get it on TV and had already paid for it to be dubbed that way
Think of it this way, you get a crap dub for cheap pricing (and besides, wonderful thing about DVDs is that you DONT have to watch the dub)
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I have to say that I didn't even bother watching more than a minute of the dubbed track. Just stopped the player and switched over to the sub as quickly as I can. The characters are drawn, IMHO, horribly, but the driving scenes, like those in the manga, are done well. I'm waiting for the third volume now...
It'd be nice, though, if TkPop puts more episodes onto the discs; three each aren't enough, and the way the first disc ended... Made me run out and buy the second disc the next day, which is probably the reason they packaged it!
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Ok, I have to say that what TokyoPop tried to do with the dubbed versions is just painful to watch!
I'm thankful I got my unaltered japanese version on the DVDs.
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Since I won't watch it dubbed, I don't mind it. What I do mind is the 2nd video stream for the tricked out version taking up space that could be better used for more episodes. Though I can't complain too much because they're only 20 bucks instead of the usual 30.
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This anime is indeed awesome. For a car tweaker like me it's a must buy but still I can't drift though.
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The retail for the discs are $19.99 each. I think it's great that they put 3 episodes on it with that kind of price (growls at Viz). It allows room for a higher bitrate for each episode. Unfortunately, the content in it is not original. It was altered. They took out scenes that would make it cautionary for young'ns to watch *prostitution*
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I got them at an anime convention for 15 each, no tax. They had volume 1 and 2 even though it was a few weeks before 2 was supposed to be released. I was refering to the msrp, which like tcov mentioned is 19.99. Also the dvds have 6 seperate episodes. 1-3 uneditted and 1-3 edited with crappy effects put in in the race scenes. There are 2 seperate video streams. The subs have the original names and while they change the wording in the subs in certain scenes, they don't cut them.
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I want to start watching Initial D, not exactly sure what the order is. Is it 1st Stage, 2nd Stage, 3rd Stage, Battle Stage, then 4th Stage? Just want to make sure to watch in proper order, or should I have posted this in the licensed board?
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1st Stage -> 2nd Stage -> 3rd Stage -> Movie -> Battle Stage -> 4th Stage.
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No. You may not.
Since it is licensed I would recommend that you buy the DVDs. Read the The "Where do I buy..." Thread for more details about where to buy them.
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I would'nt recommend buying the Tokyo Pop dvds. I usually am against downloading licenced anime, but in this case, TP edited the episodes of Initial D. I am really against this. Also, in the english dub they completely changed the music. IMO, the music was amazing as it was, there was no reason to change it at all. I would recommend looking for HK bootlegs, or downloads, but as this forum doesn't allow talk of where to find that kind of stuff, I won't give any links.
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Quote from: diesel_darlin on January 12, 2013, 09:23:55 PMI have no words of advice, but I will be watching this thread with interest as I have a "Clare" in my family as well.Lol! Yes I think every family probably has one in there somewhere, don't they? I just keep trying to imagine how a great lady of yesteryear would respond - I'm sure this type of issue has been a problem in polite company for 100s of years! There must be some classic, elegant way of handling it. I don't think a straight beandip would necessarily work, nor a complete silence.
Well, in my family someone would break the silence with a comment like "And there folks is how you bring a halt to a pleasant family conversation." and then people would laugh and someone would change the conversation. Or if my aunt Wendy was there, she would flat out say "why are you bringing up unpleasant topics when we are having such a nice conversation?" or my sister no. 3 would say "none of us were there and have all the facts so I'd rather not discuss it. Excuse me, I'm going to the restroom." I know this because they have all shut me or one of my other sis's down when we tried to bring up what we saw as old family legend stuff.
... I don't think we have a clare in our family... maybe we don't have enough skeletons in our closet lol... ...
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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Ariana Gnekow closed out her final regular season game as a Gaucho in great fashion, turning in career-highs for points and rebounds, but she wasn't the only UC Santa Barbara player to get a double-double on Saturday at the Icardo Center.
Mekia Valentine had 14 points and 21 rebounds while Gnekow had 13 points and 13 rebounds as the Gauchos held off a fast and furious-paced Cal State Bakersfield team with a 80-75 victory. It was UCSB's fifth straight victory to close out the regular season as the team will now head to Anaheim for next week's Big West Tournament.
Because Long Beach State defeated UC Riverside, the Gauchos (13-16 overall) will play on Wednesday, the opening day, of the Big West Tournament. Big West Tournament tickets are available for purchase by clicking here.
As the No. 5 seed, UCSB will open the Big West Tournament on Wednesday at noon vs. No. 8 seed Pacific. UCSB defeated UOP twice this season. In this case, the Gauchos have to win four games in four days to advance to their 15th straight postseason. The game will be broadcast live online through BigWest.TV.
Cal State Bakersfield (16-12) hit 12 3-pointers but the Gauchos had five players score in double figures - the first time that's happened since UCSB defeated Cal Poly in last year's Big West Tournament final. Along with Gnekow and Valentine, Emilie Johnson scored 18 points, Meagan Williams had 12 and Chris Spencer added 13 off the bench.
Phynique Allen scored 32 points against UCSB, hitting 4 of 9 from downtown. However, nearly every Bakersfield miss was cleaned up by Santa Barbara. UCSB had 48 rebounds compared to the Roadrunners' 28.
But, the Gauchos' balanced scoring was too much for Bakersfield to handle. Plus, the Gauchos, who entered the game shooting just under 64% from the free throw line, hit 19 of 28 from the charity stripe, including 11 of 12 in the final 6:46.
Tiffany Belt's 3-pointer with 1:52 left in the first half gave Bakersfield its first lead at 34-31, but Emilie Johnson answered with a triple of her own. Kelly Tarver and Johnson traded layups, tying the score at 36-apiece before Chris Spencer's jumper at the first-half buzzer gave UCSB a 38-36 lead at halftime.
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Already drawing excitable comparisons with The King's Speech, My Week With Marilyn is the story of the turbulent 1957 production of The Prince and the Showgirl. Made on a small budget with a stellar supporting cast, My Week With Marilyn features a mesmerising lead performance from Ms Michelle Williams, who plays Ms Monroe. The film is further distinguished by its painstaking recreation of the style, romance and drama of a brief, but significant episode in history.
The rugged Mr Scott, more familiar for his portrayals of villains (opposite Mr Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible II) and love interests (opposite Ms Teri Hatcher in Desperate Housewives), plays Ms Monroe's new husband, the playwright Mr Arthur Miller. On arriving in London, Mr Miller is subjected to the full glare of his wife's celebrity, an experience for which he is neither prepared nor equipped.
"Marilyn Monroe was the biggest movie star in the world at that time," explains Mr Scott as he collapses into a sofa once the MR PORTER shoot has wrapped. "Whenever she arrived somewhere there would be hundreds and hundreds of people wanting a bit of her. In the film, Miller talks about being woken up one night by the sound of singing. He thought he was having a dream but it wasn't a dream; there was a male voice choir serenading Marilyn outside her window."
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Subject description: Is there an alternative or a solution?
Hi everybody! I hope I am using the correct forum place to post my problem. Anyway I'm a beginner user, then it could be correct.
I started to use puppy linux almost 6 months ago and I'm very very happy with this OS. I use it on a notebook with Intel I7 microprocessor with 4 GB ram and it goes excellent. The problem appear when I put this OS on a netbook with an Atom 1.6GHz microprocessor with 2 GB ram and I tried to use chromium or firefox on youtube.
The puppy linux runs very well without problem, but the flash player uses almost 100% of cpu!!!
I hate that plugin!.
Do you know some solution what I can do or any alternative software?. I am really exciting to use this OS on older machines, but it is a problem if I cannot enter to some site because the flash player doesn`t work, don`t you think?
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I have an older Acer netbook...31/2 years old
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I run the latest Lucid...no problems
Dpup Wheezy and Slacko...older versions
Look at my post here for links.
I also use the latest Flash.
However some Puppies would be too new for this Acer.
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Do you know some solution what I can do or any alternative software?
One option would be to try another version of flash player.
is a thread that provides different versions.
Another alternative would be to try
as a replacement to flash player. You can also check the Puppy Package Manager to see if there is a copy there. Another one is called Lightspark but I'm not sure if either of these two are as good as Adobe's.
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Actually one very good move I find is to use flashblock...a browser addon.
Basically makes flash content a click to enable job unless you specify otherwise.
I often find its not the main flash item bogging down the page but half a dozen other unrelated junk items.
If I disable flashblock on our pentium 3 machines I find many sites unbrowsable ...one bad example is where I get train timetable info...crazy isn't it.
Otherwise javascript and crazy css are the other sources of slowdown which can be tricky to deal with. (noscript and adblock)
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I'm happy with a program called 'gtk youtube viewer'
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This program lets you SEARCH, VIEW and DOWNLOAD video streams without using browsers. No flash required! I tried it and it works very well.
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Actually one very good move I find is to use flashblock..
Awesome. I despise flash intrusion(s). Makes browsing with low-bandwidth and/or older hardware a B**** and I want to slam S***.
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The alternatives above work ok with Internet television? Which for me and several others is almost as important as email
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Thank you very much to all. I did all you said and in any moment the flash is running good, with normal limitations from graphic driver of course. But I am very happy with I get.
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Thanks for the feedback...anything in particular help?
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Well, first at all I made a clean uninstall of flash files. I back to flash 10.3 version and it worked very well. But considering advises about vulnerability from somebody from here, I tried again upgrading flash to the last version 13.x.x.x.
that is the reason I am saying I don't know which step provoque a better behaviour of flash plugin.
Thanks for all. I am really enjoying Puppy Linux! I think it is very important to have this support from all of you.
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No problem...don't think you can go beyond version 12 on linux anyway.
I have flash from version 7 upwards... not had any security breaches yet...the older versions are simpler and that's not such a bad thing either in security terms.
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How can I test any security bug on older versions of flash? I mean, I am kind of newbie in linux systems, is there any way I can feel confortable using an older version of flash? I really don't want to depend from any plugin, neither flash what is getting more heavy on each new version.
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Good question...no one answers that for me either.
All this hypothetical weakness stuff gets a bit tedious and no one backs it up with actual occurrences.
I reverted back to 10.0.15 as videos stream to /tmp and never had a sniff of a breach in the 4-5 years of using it
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The wonderful world of outsourcing is about to get a little bit smaller after Indian tech giants Tech Mahindra and Mahindra Satyam announced their intention to merge, creating India's fifth-largest IT and outsourcing group by revenues.
In reality it is Tech Mahindra in the driving seat, as the outsourcing giant bought a controlling stake in Satyam in 2009 after the firm became embroiled in one of India's biggest ever corporate scandals.
The $1bn (£630m) merger will give birth to a company with revenues of around $2.4bn (£1.5bn), a workforce of approximately 75,000 and over 350 clients across 54 countries, according to the firms.
However, Ovum analyst Ed Thomas warned that the saga is far from over.
"It will take the rest of the year for the merger process to be concluded and no name for the combined entity has yet been announced," he said.
"On this latter point, it will be interesting to see if the Mahindra Group, which will own over one quarter of the new operation, decides to finally rid itself of the Satyam brand, which was badly tarnished by the accounting scandal that came to light in 2008."
That scandal emerged when Satyam founder B Ramalinga Raju admitted he had been inflating profits at the firm by almost a billion pounds over several years.
The government was ultimately forced to step in and the company was offloaded to rival Tech Mahindra.
BT of course owns about a quarter of Tech Mahindra as it founded the firm in the mid 80s as a joint venture, so will get its mitts on 12.8 per cent of the new entity.
Unsurprisingly gushing statements from both sides of the table pointed to an "important new chapter" in the history of both firms.
"This merger will help propel the combined entity into the top tier of Indian software and services companies, achieving the [Mahindra] Group's key objective of being in a leadership role in each of our focus business areas," said Tech Mahindra chairman Anand Mahindra. ®
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My Odin is not working with my 5D MKIII., Tested with both 580EXII and 430 EXIIthere are 2 problems1. Zoom is not working at all, in ettl mode, i zoom the lens in, the flash will not zoom with it. In manual mode I adjust zoom range in Odin Screen, the flash head will not zoom either.2. there are 20% of the time the Flash will trigger bit slower, the picture comes out dark. There are 10% of time flash will not trigger at all (flash is ready during the test) and i tested with 1/50 - 1/4000Firmware is up to 1.08 on both Odin Transmitter and Receiver.Does anyone know why is this happening? is it the hardware issue or firmware issue?
Thank you for your respondand yes my Head was tilted, it is normal after turn the head forwardfor the second issue. No i have not used my flash with PW beforewhen it trigger slow or not trigger at all, the picture is almost to totally dark depends on the setting and ambient light. (not half)I did few more test with flash head pointed towards the camera and with 2 flashes both 580exii and 430exiiwhen i use 1 second shutter speed, did about 10 shots, flash fired and not recorded, i believe its firing before the shutter.used 0.5 seconds, same as 1 sec, its firing before the shutter.but there is once during the test 580 did not fire and 430 fired right after shutter closed. and tried with P mode later on at 1/60 f4.0 the results are1. 40% of the time flash before the shutter opens2. 10% of the fires after shutter closes (not sure if my eye is right but it seems the flash flashed at lower power than normal)3. 20% of time the flash will not flash ( the ready light is on Red)4. 3% of the time one flash will fire and the other will not (it seems when this happens, the flash will fire after the shutter closes, with lower power)tested again with my Cheap Yongnuo $35 radio trigger, Set both camera and flash to manual, Camera 1/160 Low speed continuous, Flash 1/64The Cheap yongnuo trigger never missed a shot, and Phottix Odin had 50% dark shots.
Tried everything you said, including rewriting firmwareand tried with my Canon 60D Body,still the same. most after flash and few preflash.i guess its the trigger thats defective? since the change for 2 receive to be defective is very low.
Thank you for the link,i tried to find there contact and warranty department. but no success.so.. is facebook the only way to contact them?


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An Acts Matter Essay
Life as a sixth-grader can present many challenges. Leaving the elementary school that you endearingly considered your "safe place" is difficult for students and — let's face it — parents too. The unknown middle school environment is daunting and the memories parents have of their own experiences don't always help.
As a six-grade health teacher at Talent Middle School, I have spent the last eight years focusing on important and relevant topics that will help students be prepared for life. Why? Because life as an 11-year-old today has drastically changed since I was their age. My students must have practical skills — tools to ensure their success in life.
I have been blessed with the opportunity to teach six-graders at Talent Middle School about health 55 minutes a day, five days a week, all school year. As I await your
child's arrival, I stand at the door watching — watching their interactions with other students in the hallway. I listen — listen to their hopes, dreams, struggles and pain. I affirm that they are worth the time to communicate with.
I, too, wish the world was full of love, peace and happiness, but I witness hate, conflict and sadness everywhere I turn. There is no safe place from bullying. Bullying exists at the grocery store, sporting events, roadways, staff meetings and yes — in our schools.
Bullying exists and we must train our kids not to allow it to happen. How do we do this? Well, bullying prevention programs are only as good as they are practical. We all have different comfort zones in which we feel like we could actually help someone being bullied.
At Talent Middle School, we begin the year with bully awareness campaigns and prevention. Choice Point, a program presented by the organization Mediation Works, helps train students to deal with bully situations. Then we practice, role-play, review the terminology and revisit the topic often.
Bully prevention takes time — time that is built into the six-grade health schedule on a daily basis. Being an ally, not a bystander, is part of the class expectations. Aggressors are easily identified by my students and students use their Choice Point techniques to stop an incident from occurring. When Choice Points occur, that is, the point in time where students must decide to either help and be an ally or watch and be a bystander, I call it just that. "Here is your Choice Point," I say. "What are you going to do?"
Stephanie Hayes has served the Phoenix-Talent School District for the past 15 years, developing curriculum that includes bullying prevention and awareness campaigns. A graduate from Southern Oregon University, she currently teaches the most comprehensive year-long health curriculum in the Rogue Valley at Talent Middle School and advises the TMS Lifers Club, a drug-, alcohol-, and tobacco-free lifestyle that offers a monthly extracurricular event for students who take this pledge.
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About the Center of Pedagogy
Montclair State University was the first university in the nation to create a formal structure in which faculty from arts and sciences, education and the public schools — what we call the Tripartite — are equally involved in the ongoing work of teacher education. Anyone who is involved in the education of educators is a member of the Center of Pedagogy. Policies and practices are established by collaborative groups with equal representation from all parts of the Tripartite.
The Center of Pedagogy coordinates all aspects of teacher education. Our work is informed by the belief that public education is critical to creating and sustaining a political and social democracy. We believe that schools, universities, and communities must engage in simultaneous and collaborative renewal in order to make our vision of education for social justice a reality.
Under the umbrella of the Center of Pedagogy you will find a number of programs and offices including the Montclair State University Network for Educational Renewal, Agenda for Education in a Democracy, Advocacy Center, Office of Admissions and Retention, Fieldwork Department, Urban Teaching Academy, and Urban Teacher Residency Program. The Center of Pedagogy also coordinates the Teacher Education Policy Committee, which is the oversight body for policy and curriculum for undergraduate and graduate certification programs.
Mission Statement
The mission of the Center of Pedagogy is the continuing development of educators who promote students' critical thinking and learning and develop their competence to participate actively and productively in democratic communities. The Center's members recognize their roles and moral responsibilities in the enculturation of students into our emerging political and social democracy. The Center provides a vehicle for collaboration in an environment where all members can participate as equals. The Center of Pedagogy facilitates the ongoing simultaneous renewal of the education of educators and the educational programs of the University and the public schools. The Center encourages a wide range of scholarship, especially the scholarship of pedagogy and of application.


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Clawson police shot and killed a gunman barricaded inside his house after police say he fired a shotgun at an officer on his porch.
The gunman, Charles Muse III, fired at least two shots through his living room window at a Clawson police officer about 8:40 p.m. Tuesday in the 400 block of Phillips.
The officer returned fire from the porch, police said, and struck Muse multiple times before the gunman retreated to a rear bedroom.
Clawson and Troy police set up a perimeter around the area south of 14 Mile Road and east of Main Street, and the Oakland County Sheriff�s Department�s SWAT team arrived about 9 p.m.
Clawson Police Lt. Scott Sarvello said SWAT members entered the house about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday and found Muse lying dead on a bed in a back bedroom.
Sarvello said he did not know how many gunshot wounds Muse had and the Oakland County Medical Examiner is doing an autopsy.
The incident started as a domestic violence report when a teenage daughter of Muse�s called 911 about 8:20 p.m. Tuesday.
�She reported her mom and dad were arguing,� Sarvello said. �The mother was able to gather up three kids and the dog and left the house before police arrived.�
When a Clawson police officer went to the front door Muse was seen with a shotgun inside the house walking toward the front door, police said.
The officer on the porch took cover and yelled at Muse to put his gun down and come outside to talk, Sarvello said.
Police said they made several attempts to convince Muse to come outside and unsuccessfully tried to contact him by phone.
About 15 minutes later, police said, Muse closed the living room curtains and fired a shotgun at the officer on the porch and the officer shot back.
The SWAT team took over after they arrived and tried to reach Muse by a public address system and by phone before entering the house, police said.
The shooting is being investigated by the Oakland County Sheriff�s Department.
Muse had no criminal history, and police said they had been called to his house only once before on a bonfire complaint last year.
Violent crime is rare in Clawson, a community of just under 12,000 residents, said Mayor Penny Luebs.
�The City Council just learned yesterday that Clawson was the eighth safest city in Michigan,� she said. �After our council meeting Tuesday we heard the news about a barricaded gunman and people were calling to see why they couldn�t get down streets in the area.
�Our police are very responsive, and even in a city as small as Clawson they put their lives on the line every day.�


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World Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan is unconvinced that Stephen Lee is the only snooker player involved in match fixing.
Lee was found guilty of match-fixing charges relating to seven matches in 2008 and 2009 on Monday and faces the possibility of a lifetime ban when his punishment is announced next Tuesday.
However O'Sullivan, who won his fifth world title earlier this year, believes there may be many others out there guilty of throwing snooker matches.
"I've heard there's many more players who throw snooker matches .. I suppose Steve Lee was just caught out," the 37-year-old tweeted.
A further tweet added: "No need to worry if you got nothing to hide. But plenty of people have got loads to hide. That's why there is no free speech . There hiding."
Former world number five Lee had denied the allegations of match fixing, but it was concluded that he purposefully lost games against Ken Doherty and Marco Fu at the 2008 Malta Cup.
The tribunal in Bristol last week also found him guilty of agreeing to lose the first frame against both Stephen Hendry and Mark King at the 2008 UK Championship.
Furthermore, it was found he agreed to lose matches by a pre-determined score to Neil Robertson at the 2008 Malta Cup and to Mark Selby at the 2009 China Open.
It has not been suggested that any other player was in any way involved.
"His (Lee's) future participation in the sport is now in real doubt as he will face a significant sanction," said World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) chairman Jason Ferguson in a statement.
O'Sullivan added that his assertions were likely to put him in trouble with snooker's bosses.
"They will prob fine me for talking about it.. They don't like you doing that.. Like to keep things under the carpet.." he added in a further tweet.
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Today marks the official end to the war in Iraq. The flag of U.S. Forces-Iraq was officially retired in a formal ceremony in Baghdad. Host Michel Martin talks with Lieutenant Colonel Pat Proctor about the war. He served two tours of duty in Iraq, and he is the author of the new book, Task Force Patriot and the End of Combat Operations in Iraq.
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Take a tailor's approach on today's episode of Knitting Daily. We get started with a modular octagon fabric for sculptural effects. Then, on this episode's how-to segment, Laura Bryant and Barry Klein are back with a tutorial on slip-stitches. Incorporate this technique into your knitwear with fashionable projects. On today's yarn spotlight segment, Eunny joins Clara Parkes in the knitting lab for a look at boucle yarns. These fun yarns are a bit tricky to work with, but the results are stunning. We'll look at various boucle yarns that are available. Finally, we wrap up today's episode with refining a workhorse finishing technique: mattress stitch. Learn how to finish your garments by seaming them row to row, stitch to stitch, and row to stitch.
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most people will still eat drive thru, lol
Food Prep It's Easier Than You Think!
Where do you get time to prepare your food? You must be in the kitchen for hours, How do you do it? Those are the two most common questions that I get asked. My answer is??It?s simple, and it doesn?t take me long at all.? I honestly spend about 1 to 1.5 hours in my kitchen every Sunday preparing my meals for the week. Yep, that?s right, 1 to 1.5 hours. I?m kidding right? Not at all. Let me explain how my food prep is quick and easy. You just have to micro-manage your time and be disciplined in doing so. Here is a quick sample of what a week?s worth of preparation looks like:
Protein (Chicken)
I preheat my oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. After removing all of the fat from my boneless, skinless chicken breasts, I cut it up into small pieces. After cutting the chicken, I wash it all off with water. I then lay my chicken pieces on a baking sheet covered in aluminum foil and season it. (15-20 min). I then place the chicken into the oven and bake the chicken anywhere from 29- 32 minutes, or until the internal temperature is 165 degrees Fahrenheit and the juices run clear. This will alter a little depending on how much chicken you are cooking, and how big of chunks you cut it up into. The cooking time should roughly be the same. (30 minutes).
*All the rest is done while the chicken is baking*
Protein (Liquid Egg Whites)
I next move on to preparing my pasteurized liquid egg whites for the week. I have all of my shakers ready to be filled with the desired amount of egg whites. I then carefully measure out the correct amounts and store the shakers in the fridge. (2-3 minutes).
Oatmeal (Complex Carbohydrate)
Next step is to prepare my oatmeal for the week. Once again, I have the desired amount of shakers for the meals planned, and measure out the amount of oatmeal needed for caloric purposes. I then add fresh ground cinnamon (1 teaspoon) to the oatmeal (4 shakers for me) and then add 1 scoop of Whey protein and fresh ground cinnamon to the other shakers (2 for me). I will then add water to the oatmeal shakers when needed, and let the oats get soggy. This is a quick meal when you are in a bind for time. I can down a shaker in about 2 minutes, and still be happy knowing in such a short period of time I have had a nutritious meal and have stuck to my nutritional plan. You can always change up your carbohydrate selections.
This is just the easiest for me with my work schedule. (5-6 minutes).
I usually eat fresh vegetables, so the only prep work I need is to wash and cut them up. I tend to stick with broccoli, peppers, carrots, mushrooms and celery. (10-15 minutes).
** I now get out all of my plastic containers to put my chicken and vegetables in for the week. I also have a food scale and measuring cup handy, so that I will be able to measure out the correct portions that I need. This process may take another 10-12 minutes. I will then start to wash my dishes and put them away. (10 more minutes).
** I also supplement with multi-vitamins and EFA?s throughout the course of the day, to achieve maximum nutritional benefits.
That?s about an hour. Some areas may take a little longer, in cases of making more amounts of food, more peeling and cutting veggies, or just simply preparing to season your food, or add a little of this, or a little of that. The main thing is to try and stay on course while doing this and not get distracted. This is easier said than done, trust me, I know, I have 2 little ones at home that require constant supervision. Nonetheless, it is definitely something that everyone can do. It might seem like a lot of work at the beginning, but think about all the time you will save during the week. I have prepared anywhere from 50-55 meals for the week, depending on how I space my meals apart, and have done it within the time frame of 1-1.5 hours.
I am also saving on other things. You save TIME, the number one advantage. You also save money on water (washing all dishes at once, washing all food at once, as well as gas and electricity (saving by making all of your food at one time). Preparing in bulk is the way to go. I understand that my meals may appear bland to some, but that is something everyone can tailor to their own likings. This works for me, so I will stick with it. You can always alter proteins, carbs, veggies, and seasonings to switch things up, so experiment with it. This type of preparation takes all of the guess work out of eating and cooking for the work week. When you are tired from work and your workout, the last thing you want to do is go home and make your dinner. This is where many of us fall into the pit of eating something fast. Catching something on the way home or ordering delivery will only throw you off course. Stay mentally strong, and stick to your nutrition plan.
most people will still eat drive thru, lol
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I have a hard time eating any fast food after getting in the habit of prepping similar to what he posted above, its tough to justify the cost, especially for a larger family. We used to prep only our meals, now we prep for the entire family (kids), so they will hopefully end up turning that style of healthy eating into a habit and will come natural to them as the get out on their own.
The only times i ever mess up my calories/macros, is when i havent prepped food. Also, absolutely hands down i believe its the most important part of health and fitness... which i know is a dead horse.. but still!
Good post. I do it similarly with the chicken, and cook brown rice and a dark green veggie (brocolli, green beans) and just put everything in containers on Sundays. Easy to grab and go at that point, and quick re-heats if you have a busy work schedule.
With the oatmeal, cinnamon and a couple of splenda packets does the trick. I'll also do 3 days worth at a time and toss into small containers. Love it.
On Sundays I usually cook enough beef for the week to have it for breakfast, lunch and mid afternoon. I usually eat chicken or eggs (whole) for dinner. I also steam up around 5lbs of broccoli and kale for my daytime meals. I always stop eating 2 hours before bedtime. I put my meals in individual plastic containers (along with a scoop of peanut butter) and throw them into my little igloo and off to work I go.
It takes several hours for me to meal prep on Sunday is my meal prep day, but then it's easy during the week because I just heat up and go.
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a week old cooked chicken sounds like a bad idea to me
I usually spend an hour or so on sundays prepping my meat and then vac pack them for fridge and freezer.
I'll only cook 48 hours ahead, and a fresh dinner every night.
Agreed. I wouldn't eat chicken or any other animal products after day 4 to be on the safe side.
I prep for about an hour a day. I make breakfast for tuesday on Monday around lunch time and have 1/3 of that for lunch. The other 2/3rds are for the old lady and myself on Tuesday. She is in charge of dinner prep. I prefer my food relatively fresh so I don't pre-cook more than a day in advance.
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Little holiday musicals are golden at this time of year. And Mark St. Germain and Randy Courts' adaptation of the much-loved O. Henry story, "The Gifts of the Magi," has many of the elements competing off-Loop theaters most desire: a heartwarming story of struggle and love; a modestly sized, child-free cast; a retro patina; and a setting in the big city.
If only it had a few more surprises.
This show actually had its origins in the mid-1980s, when it played Lamb's Theatre in New York on several holiday seasons. St. Germain, who also wrote the excellent "Freud's Last Session," combined "The Gift of the Magi," which deals with a struggling married couple willing to sacrifice everything for each other, with a second O. Henry story called "The Cop and the Anthem," which focuses on one Soapy Smith (Kevin McKillip), a comedic bum who would like to get himself arrested for the holidays and acquire a warm jail cell. With those two stories unfolding simultaneously, St. Germain uses that old device of a newsboy narrator (Nate Lewellyn) and, alas, two characters with the unfortunate names of The City — Him (Gerald Richardson) and The City — Her (Heather Townsend). Any time a character is playing a city, that is generally cause for alarm. It sure rings here.
When "Magi" is focused on the impecunious married couple, very nicely played by Jason Richards and very talented newcomer Chelsea Morgan, it's on reasonably secure footing with a much-loved story. Morgan, especially, has a great deal of charm and Mark Lococo's Porchlight Music Theatre staging of this story of this likable pair is simple and quite lovely.
But once we venture out onto the streets beyond, both the prosaic material and Lococo's production take on a rather arch quality.
It's not that Lewellyn's newsboy is a lousy guide — on the contrary; he's a charming young actor, just as McKillip is a skilled physical comedian. It's just that both characters feel here like such cliches. And both Richardson, who has vocal issues, and Townsend, who needs to turn down the dial a good few notches, don't seem to belong in any world you recognize. All of that would be easier if the score popped with a little more exuberance, if the overall stakes were somehow higher, and if the piece could achieve a greater feeling of unity.
"The Gifts of the Magi" is certainly a well-intended diversion, quite brief and suitable for all. And Elizabeth Doran's musical direction is very solid. But the show falls between a lot of sweet spots: It's not expansive enough for you to feel as if you are experiencing the pageantry of 1905 New York, but it's also too diffuse in style and focus for you to fully feel like you are sharing in a difficult but very intimate Christmas.
When: Through Dec. 23
Where: Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont Ave.
Running time: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Tickets: $39 at 773-327-5252 or stage773.com


text: This lady was such a badass, I can't count the ways, but let's try. She got married to an already successful pirate, Zheng Yi, and took over when he died. She was crazy strict to keep an iron fist over her fleet of pirates, and the punishments for stepping out of line were brutal. If you stole or looted from a town that provided assistance or tribute to the pirate fleet, Ching would chop your fucking head off with a battle axe and dump your lifeless body in the ocean. If you stole from the pirate treasury, or she thought you were stealing from the pirate treasury, Ching would chop your fucking head off dump your lifeless body in the ocean. Raping any captured female prisoners was punishable by immediate death. Fuck, if you had consensual sex while on duty you got your head chopped off and the woman was chucked off the boat no matter where they were at. Ching wasn't fucking around, and she wanted to make damn sure you weren't fucking around when you should have been working. Two years after she took over, she got so notorious for ransacking towns and taking taxes on them that she pissed off the entire Chinese government, and sent out a massive fleet to bring her in line. Most pirates probably would've said this was out of their pay grade and taken off to hide out or ransack some other country. Ching Shih said fuck that. She not only faced them head on, she wiped the floor with them, killing hundreds and capturing sixty-something ships from the Imperial Fleet. Prisoners were given the choice of joining up or being executed on the spot. The Admiral of the Chinese navy, Kwo Lang, was so afraid of being captured by her or going back to admit he'd been beaten by her that he committed suicide. For the next two years, Ching Shih not only kept on pirating, she fought off Chinese forces as well as Dutch and British warships that the navy called in to help. Finally the government gave up and offered her amnesty as well as amnesty for her then SEVENTEEN THOUSAND crewman. Ching Shih got to keep all her plunder, so she retired to the countryside where she opened up a brothel and lived until she was 69. tldr: I've come to terms with the reality that I'll never be as terrifyingly badass as this woman was.


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Sunday, January 18, 2009
OLDSMAR, Fla. (January 17, 2009) Musket Man and Rock Candy garnered top honors in today's Skyway Festival Day, winning the $75,000 Pasco Stakes for three-year-olds and the $65,000 Gasparilla Stakes for three-year-old fillies, respectively. Both races were contested at seven-eighths of a mile over the main track.
Musket Man, under jockey Louis Antonio Gonzalez, remains undefeated though his third lifetime start for owners Eric Fein and Vic Carlson and trainer Derek Ryan. The three-year-old Kentucky-bred son of Yonaguska broke alertly, and ran along early leaders to draw away in mid-stretch to win by one length in 1:23.06. General Quarters was second and Miles and Miles was third.
Derek Ryan said of his trainee's win, "We came down here with this race in mind, and as soon as we got here we gave him a little break. When we were getting him ready for this race, he was working great; I usually have a workhorse with him, but I'm running out of workhorses that can keep up with him! " Ryan said that the Grade III $225,000 Sam F. Davis was next on the colt's agenda, adding that he doesn't think that Musket Man will mind the 1 1/16 miles distance of the race. "He's got an awful lot of talent, and he's a very laid-back horse. Because of his disposition I don't think he'll have any trouble with the distance."
Rock Candy took home the 25th edition of the $65,000 Gasparilla Stakes today, besting a field of 7 other three-year-old fillies for owner/breeders William S. Farish and Mrs. William S. Kilroy. Conditioner Mike Zwiesler saddled the Kentucky-bred daughter of Mineshaft to her second career win.
With Carlos Montalvo in the irons, Rock Candy vied for the early lead, drawing ahead of the field mid-stretch to win the Gasparilla by 2 ¼ lengths. Vicki'sprideandjoy was second and Market Vendor completed the trifecta, which paid $616.20 for a $2 wager.
"She trained fine coming up to the race," said conditioner Mike Zwiesler. "She's really a push-button type filly. She does everything you ask when you ask her. She's very easy to train, and this is a big step, going from a maiden special weight to a stake. We thought we'd take a shot because she's been training so well. It worked out!" Zwiesler said that he'll have to talk to Mr. Farish regarding Rock Candy's next start, but indicated that February 14's Suncoast Stakes here was a possibility. "It seems like she'll run all day, but we'll just have to take it step by step."
Reinsman Carlos Montalvo said of his trip aboard Rock Candy, "We had to stand in the gate a while and I was worried she might get too relaxed. But she broke well and settled in behind the leaders. She's still learning but she waited for me and stayed behind them without getting anxious. We were in the center of the track at the top of the stretch and I saw a hole near the inside and went for it. She responded like a real pro and we were gone. I am so grateful to be able to ride a nice filly like this one."
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Disciplinary Act won the Lambholm South Race of the Week today. The three-year-old Florida-bred daughter of Roar of the Tiger scored her first career win for owner Martha Fisher, trainer Larry Bates with jockey Dean Butler as her pilot. Sentimental Concert was second and Pops Lady V. was third.
Next Saturday, January 24, will be Cap Giveaway Day at Tampa Bay Downs. A free Tampa Bay Downs commemorative baseball cap will be given away with each paid admission while supplies last. Additionally, jockeys will be on hand throughout the day in the first floor of the Grandstand to sign autographs and answer fans' questions. Sunday, January 25th will be the first Family Fiesta day of the Tampa meet. Family Fiesta Day takes place in the Tampa Bay Downs Backyard and is hosted by Univision Television. The afternoon will feature free Latin-themed entertainment and personalities, pony rides, games and more from noon until 3 PM.
Please note that there will be live racing at Tampa Bay Downs on Wednesday, January 21.
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