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With Europe on the brink of recession and recovery in the US finally getting some traction, the case for fiscal consolidation appears increasingly weak. But the case becomes stronger when one considers Asian countries' path from crisis in the late 1990's to astounding growth and prosperity today.
NEW HAVEN – The austerity debate was the topic du jour at this year's World Economic Forum in Davos. With good reason. Europe is slipping back into recession just when recovery in the United States is finally getting some traction. That has undermined the case for fiscal consolidation, which is so heavily favoured in Europe.
Yet I took away a different conclusion from Davos. I moderated a session on "The New Context in East Asia," addressed by a panel of senior representatives from Thailand, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, and Japan. With the exception of the Japanese participant, all had first-hand experience with the devastating Asian financial crisis of the late 1990's.
I couldn't resist the temptation to draw Asia into the debate between Europe and the US. Rather than ask the Asian panelists to theorize about the impact of austerity in the overly indebted developed West, I asked them to assess their own experiences during and after the crisis of the late 1990's.
Frankly, I was surprised by what I heard. The panelists agreed on two points: first, they initially detested the wrenching adjustment programs dictated by the terms of the International Monetary Fund's so-called conditional bailouts (the South Koreans still refer scornfully to the "IMF crisis" of the late 1990's).
Second – and here's where the surprise came – they all agreed that, with the benefit of hindsight, these excruciating adjustments were worth it, because their crisis-torn economies were forced to embrace structural reforms that paved the way for their spectacular economic performance today.
Related: A History of World Financial Crises
Related: Enter The Dragon Year – How Will Asia Fare? : Haruhiko Kuroda
On the surface, the numbers speak for themselves. In 1998, during the depths of the Asian crisis, aggregate output in the so-called ASEAN-5 – Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam – plunged by 8.3 percent. Real GDP in South Korea – long considered the darling of Asia's newly industrialized economies – contracted by 5.7 percent that year. But then the tough conditionality of IMF bailouts and adjustment programs – Asia's own dose of austerity – kicked in.
In response, current-account balances – the Achilles' heel of the so-called East Asian growth miracle – went from deficit to surplus. For the ASEAN-5, current-account deficits averaging 4 percent of GDP in 1996-97 swung dramatically into average surpluses of 6.8 percent of GDP in 1998-99. A similar transformation occurred in South Korea, where a 2.8 percent current-account deficit in 1996-1997 became an 8.6 percent surplus in 1998-1999.
Since then, the region has never looked back. Within two years, most of Asia's crisis-ridden economies had regained their pre-crisis peaks. Nor was this a temporary rebound. Beginning in 1999, the ASEAN-5 began a ten-year spurt of 5 percent average annual GDP growth (5.5 percent in South Korea over the same period). In short, there were no lasting negative effects from the short-term dose of austerity, and, to the extent that austerity was essential to post-crisis healing, the long-term benefits have proven to be both enduring and astounding.
Three lessons for the rest of us come to mind. First, there is no gain without pain. Few of us in the developed world can fathom aggregate-output contractions on the scale that crisis-torn Asia suffered in 1998, let alone muster the political will to impose them on our economies. The economic dislocations and the humiliation of proud nations were, indeed, devastating (as Greeks today can attest). But, once the excesses were purged, Asia's post-crisis rebounds were both strong and sustainable.
Second, currencies played an important role as an escape valve in the early days of Asia's post-crisis adjustment process. As the region moved from hard exchange-rate pegs to floating rates, Asian currencies plunged – with drops against the dollar ranging from 28 percent in South Korea and roughly 37 percent in Thailand, Malaysia, and the Philippines to almost 80 percent in Indonesia.
Finally, there is no substitute for restructuring. In Asia in the late 1990's, measures aimed at the financial sector dominated IMF-imposed structural adjustment programs, but there were also programs that focused on tax and expenditure reforms, corporate governance, privatization, and business-debt restructuring. While not all of these programs were implemented in strict compliance with IMF conditionality, they played a key role in promoting significant improvements in Asian competiveness.
None of these lessons should be lost on either Europe or the US. While individual countries obviously lack currency flexibility in a monetary union – one of Europe's most obvious and important differences from Asia in the late 1990's – there is nothing to prevent a depreciation of the euro from boosting pan-regional competitiveness. The same, of course, is true of the US dollar.
Related: Europe's Currency Conundrum – What Can Save The Euro Now? : Joseph Stiglitz
Related: Europe's Policy Problem: Balancing Austerity With Economic Growth
Related: The Keynesian Formula Will Not Solve Our Fundamental Growth Problem: Raghuram Rajan
But no country – or group of countries, in Europe's case – has ever devalued its way back to prosperity. So Asia's structural lessons are equally important to the developed world. Indeed, Germany's economy is out-competing and out-growing the rest of Europe, largely owing to labour-market reforms and deregulation. The same medicine might prove equally beneficial to the rest of Europe – to say nothing of the US, which faces a major competitiveness challenge of its own.
In the end, Asia's developing economies had no choice but to accept draconian measures as the price of bailouts in the late 1990's. It remains to be seen if rich developed countries are willing to take the same route. Two decades ago, in their book Changing Fortunes, Paul Volcker and Toyo Gyohten underscored the glaring double standard of crisis resolution: "When the [International Monetary] Fund consults with a poor and weak country, the country gets in line. When it consults with a strong country, the Fund gets in line."
Perhaps that is the key lesson from the Asian crisis of the late 1990's: austerity can work. But its success or failure ultimately boils down to power politics – namely, a resolution of the tension between short-term palliatives and the commitment to a long-term strategy. That's where the battle still rages in the West.
By Stephen S. Roach
Copyright: Project-Syndicate, 2012
Stephen S. Roach is the Non-Executive Chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia, as well as being a lecturer at Yale University's School of Management and Jackson Institute for Global Affairs. In 2009, Roach authored "The Next Asia", which contained key research papers on Asia and how the region fits into the broad global context of the globalization of investing and financial markets around the world.
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Now that museum, which is an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, is getting heavily into claims about Area 51 and UFOs. It has a special exhibition on "Area 51," which requires a separate admission ticket. I did not see this exhibit, but I understand that it depicts ongoing classified projects, which would seem to place the museum in the same business as Wikileaks. Whether a Smithsonian-affiliated museum ought to be doing this is a serious moral and legal question. I thought that the Area 51 exhibit restricted itself to aerospace-related matters, but Lee Speigel writes in the Huffington Post, "Among the many items displayed are materials presented as "Authentic Alien Artifact" -- samples of small objects originating from an alleged UFO crash in Russia." So if you want to see an "Authentic Alien Artifact," the National Atomic Testing Museum claims to have one.
|Lee Speigel's photo of an "Authentic Alien Artifact."
|The entrance to the National Atomic Testing Museum
As noted by the British skeptic Ian Ridpath, the tale told by Col. Halt about this incident has "improved" dramatically over the years. In 1980, he claimed only to have witnessed "starlike" objects in the sky. By 2010, his account had expanded so that the objects zoomed up over his head and sent down a laser-like beam at his feet. The audience at Las Vegas will surely hear the new and improved version of Col. Halt's tale, with no hint of any reasons to question it. As Ridpath wrote in reference to a posting by Dr. David Clarke,
Halt's superior officer at the time of the events, Col Conrad, has been scathing of his claims, saying: "He should be ashamed and embarrassed by his allegation that his country and England both conspired to deceive their citizens over this issue. He knows better."
Former intelligence officer Col. John Alexander (U.S. Army Retired), is also speaking. He probably organized this lecture event. Alexander is a bit unusual among UFO proponents in that he absolutely does not believe that the U.S. Government is covering up any "UFO secrets," or is engaged in any "UFO conspiracy." So that rules out belief in the Roswell Crash (which got him jeered while speaking at the MUFON Symposium last year). Yet Alexander apparently believes in a British UFO cover-up, as he is a strong proponent of Col. Halt and the other supposed witnesses at Rendlesham. James McGaha and I each told Alexander personally about Col. Halt's changing UFO claims, and asked how could he continue to have confidence in Halt's story? But Alexander does not seem troubled by Halt's inconsistency in the least, or by the dressing-down of Col. Halt by his superior officer, Col. Conrad; why give up on a UFO story as good as this one??!!!
Also speaking are retired Air Force Cols. William Coleman and Robert Friend. Col. Friend was the director of the U.S. Air Force's Project Blue Book. Coleman, an Air Force public information spokesman, was the producer of the former NBC-TV program "Project UFO," which ran two seasons (1978 and 1979). The show was so bad that, as I wrote in Psychic Vibrations (SI Fall 1979; book, p. 15):
Edward Winters, one of the stars of the series, explained how the writers for Project UFO got their material: "As I understand the story, the Air Force finally got tired of looking at us, because they said, 'Anything your writers can dream up, we can find … There are over 12,000 cases in the Blue Book report.' So instead of finding it first and then writing about it, they let the writers write it and then they go find one like it!"If either of these gentlemen, Col. Friend or Col. Coleman, ever actually had any "UFO secrets," they should have appeared in the Blue Book files. Or at least in Project UFO.
James McGaha contacted the Director of the National Atomic Testing Museum, Allan Palmer, to get an explanation of why such sensationalist material was being presented under the auspices of the museum, but received no clear explanation. His attempts to get a comment on this matter from the Smithsonian has thus far been likewise unsuccessful.
For whatever reason, we are now seeing once-respected names dragging themselves through the swamp of UFO and alien claims. First the National Geographic, embracing UFO claims as if there were no tomorrow, with Chasing UFOs merely the most egregious example. Now even a Smithsonian-affiliated museum is shamelessly promoting entirely uncritical UFO claims. What will be next: Bigfoot exhibits? Astrological displays? Are museums to be the next venue for tabloid entertainment? If America's museums are willing to shed all scholarly rigor and self-respect to bring more visitors through the doors, then it will be a sorry day for science education in America.
(March 22, 2014: Another Blog posting on this same subject: More Museum Shenanigans.)


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Despite wet weather, Fall Splash was a smashing success, with a record turnout of about 1,000 attendees. The picnic may have moved indoors, but alumni and their families still enjoyed the activities, such as a magician, a performance by Ithacappella, and a tai chi demonstration. Other events included a walking tour of downtown, panel discussions, dedications of named spaces and an alumni...
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She said she would give me her final answer on Saturday afternoon.
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She said she would give me her final answer on Saturday afternoon.
Should it be in the or on in this case?
The choice of prepositions depends upon the temporal context in which you're speaking. "On ~ afternoon" implies that the afternoon is a single point in time; thus, that temporal context would take the entire afternoon as one of several different afternoons, or in other words, one would use "on" when speaking within the context of an entire week.
"In ~ afternoon" suggests that the afternoon is a temporal space in-and-of-itself, wherein anything that happens will happen amongst many other events. In other words, the temporal context for this usage would be if one were speaking of a single day -- whether past, present, or future -- and of a single afternoon, during which many things might happen.
Think of it like this:
"She called me Saturday morning, and said she'd give me her answer in the afternoon."
In the above example here, one can only use "in", and not "on". Similarly, one uses "in" in the following example, as well:
"She will call early Saturday morning to check in, and will give me her final answer in the afternoon."
In the following example, though, one must use "on":
"She called me yesterday afternoon, and said her mornings are too busy to talk. She's still not sure what her plans are for Sunday, so she'll only be able to give me her answer on Saturday afternoon."
As the above commentator suggests, one can never say "in the Saturday afternoon" -- but i think you already know that. In any event, from the above two examples i think it's clear that the choice of "in the afternoon" versus "on Saturday afternoon" depends on the temporal frame of reference, and the context in which you're speaking.
The idiomatic way to say this in American English is "on Saturday afternoon".
A version of this statement that's likely to work for everyone would use on Saturday. In the makes sense if we say in the afternoon, but *in the Saturday afternoon does not work.
She said she would give me her final answer on Saturday, in the afternoon.
She said she would give me her final answer in the afternoon on Saturday.
*She said she would give me her final answer in the Saturday afternoon.
Your original is also grammatical, but while it is something that occurs frequently in speech, I feel tempted to add in the afternoon (as in the first example above) if the context is formal writing.
She said she would give me her final answer on Saturday afternoon.
This question is common; in and on are difficult to use. For example, on the afternoon of that day may not make sense at first, but it will probably take on because it is like on that day:
"on the afternoon of that day" = "(on) that day's afternoon" = "(on) that day, in the afternoon" = "in the afternoon (on) that day".
These are right:
She'll call back on Saturday.
She'll call back on Saturday afternoon.
She'll call back in the afternoon.
She'll call back on Saturday, in the afternoon.
There is no good reason at all. But, in English, you use 'on' when saying a date or day. You use 'in' for morning, evening, noon, night, etc. And you use 'at' if you're saying a specific time (e.g. 3:00.) English is stupid.


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We went down to get coffee at the hotel this morning and who is there but multi-Le Mans winner, former F1 driver, and current Scotsman Allan McNish.
Most of what he said was a blur, but he advised that when you brake hard into T1 at Daytona, you want to brake so hard that you can start to feel the back of the car getting light.
That... that's when you really want to brake hard as you get into the turn.
He gave more advice, but my mind was mush.
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Los Angeles Councilman Eric Garcetti defeated City Controller Wendy Greuel in a mayoral election that set spending records and saw both candidates rack up high-profile endorsements on the way to Tuesday's runoff.
With 100 percent of the precincts reporting, Garcetti garnered 54 percent of the vote and Greuel 46 percent.
"Thank you Los Angeles--the hard work begins but I am honored to lead this city for the next four years. Let's make this a great city again," Garcetti, 42, wrote on Twitter early Wednesday.
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Garcetti becomes the first Jewish candidate to be elected to the mayor's office. In 1878, Bernard Cohn was a member of the city's council when he was appointed acting mayor to fill a vacancy. He served for less than one month.
Garcetti will inherit a city still struggling to pull itself from an extended fiscal slump.
"We're going to have to give a little something to get a lot," Garcetti said Tuesday night. "Independent leadership and doing what's right for the city is what I'm going to continue to do."
The contest to succeed outgoing Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who leaves office at the end of June with high marks from his constituents, broke spending records as outside contributions topped $33 million.
"We're talking a whole lot of money and very few votes," said NBC4 political analyst Sherry Bebitch Jeffe. "It's not only the money, but how that money was used.
"It shows the increasing dominance of independent expenditure groups. Those groups can't be controlled by the candidate. Garcetti had greated control over the message. Even though he had far less in contributions from the independent groups, he came out ahead."
Greuel would have become the city's first female mayor, if elected. She called Garcetti early Wednesday to concede, The Los Angeles Times reported, citing a Greuel campaign source.
In their sprint to the finish line after two years of campaigning, both Democratic contenders with similar voting records tried to differentiate themselves from each other in down-to-the-wire pitches to undecided voters.
Greuel had racked up endorsements from the L.A. Chamber of Commerce, the Daily News and high profile figures including former President Bill Clinton, Magic Johnson, and U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer.
"He cares deeply about Los Angeles," Greuel said of Garcetti as she addressed supporters Wednesday in Van Nuys. "He will work tirelessly and be a strong leader at a critical point in the city's history."
Garcetti had the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, the L.A. Times and Newark Mayor Cory Booker in his corner. The fluent Spanish-speaker had talked during the campaign about his paternal grandparents' emigration from Mexico.
Villaraigosa issued a statement Wednesday morning on his Facebook page, thanking Greuel and congratulating Garcetti: "Eric is a true leader who I trust to guide our city into its bright future. I know I am leaving Los Angeles in good hands. I look forward to working with Eric and his team over the next month for a seamless transition so that we can keep Los Angeles moving in the right direction.
"I also want to thank Wendy Greuel for her commitment to the people of Los Angeles and admire her for being willing to put her name on the ballot."


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Men who kick in door find babysitter, 2 kids inside
Des Moines police are investigating a home invasion reported Wednesday night.
Police said 4-5 men broke into a home in the 1400 block of Idaho Street and threatened those inside with handguns about 11:20 p.m.
The men demanded drugs, police said.
A 16-year-old babysitter, 4-year-old child and 7-year-old child were the only ones home at the time.
Police said the men kicked and punched the babysitter and pointed a gun at the 4-year-old when he walked out of his bedroom and told him to get back to bed.
The men had the babysitter stand in a corner while they searched the home, according the police report. The babysitter told police he thought the men were inside the house for about 20 minutes.
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The Fort Worth Zoo is celebrating a birthday party for one of its newest residents.
Asha, a greater one-horned rhino, turned one year old on August 16.
The zoo treated the young rhino and her mother, Shanti, to a birthday cake made of ice blocks filled with fruits and vegetables.
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In a recent cigar review, a reader left a comment oozing scorn that accused me of licking the boots of cigar industry insiders and dropping names. You could just feel the pulsing, jealous ire of said reader, as he commanded me to never again review anything but average cigars that are always available, inexpensively priced and widely smoked. If he couldn't find it or afford it, I shouldn't smoke it and write about it.
Wow. All I can say is… Awesome! I've gotten the blogging world's equivalent of hate mail! As you probably are well aware, it's very easy to write things that people don't care about and don't read. It's slightly more difficult to write things that people will read and find pretty good. But to bring somebody to a twitching, teeth-gnashing rage without discussing obvious things like politics and religion (and sometimes the Great Pumpkin), well that just takes skill! To celebrate, I'm going to light up the rarest, most expensive cigar that a person with a famous name handed to me for free. (I'm having trouble coming up with which cigar that'd be, as I don't actually mingle all that much with people are well known. I guess that RTDA Stradivarius might do the trick. Mmmm… 34 dollar cigar I didn't pay for…)
Seriously though, I make a point of finding cigars that are either new, or new to me and reviewing them. And when I can get my hands on a pre-release cigar, even better. One of the great things about the cigar industry is that it's growing. In fact, I've heard that the cigar industry is now at around 80% of its size during the boom of 1990's. New things are coming out all the time, and from completely new cigar manufacturers. Isn't it useful to be able to read about these cigars before you buy them? I know I search for cigar reviews all the time before pulling the trigger on a "deal" I come across to make sure it's actually a deal. Also, how are you going to find out about new cigars out there if nobody ever reviews anything new or unusual? Just because you can't find a cigar right now, doesn't mean it won't be in every store in a month or two! And just because a cigar is out of your price range doesn't mean it's out of everyone's price range. (You aren't everyone, no matter how big your waist size gets!)
As to the name dropping aspect of the tirade, I find that even more surprising. The thing I like the most about the cigar industry (well, after the cigars, that is), is that it's full of unpretentious, friendly, down-to-earth people, that are very accessible. I mean, how the hell else would I have met so many of them? The heads of cigar companies come to herfs and cigar promotions to meet their customers and talk about their cigars. They mingle, they shake hands, they walk, they talk, they breath… Oh my god, I think they're people just like you and me! And they're not behind bullet-proof glass, or surrounded by secret service! If you're reading this, and you haven't met a cigar "celebrity" (if that word even applies), I recommend checking out the event calendar at your local brick and mortar. (Or check out this list on Cigar Cylopedia.) They will be there, will you?
So in summary, I've met at least a dozen famous cigar people, including such names as Kinky Friedman, Jose Oliva, Lito Gomez, Carlos Torano and Tim Ozgener, by going to cigar events. (I've never yet had a cigar celeb travel anywhere just to meet me.) I have a bunch of cigars that I didn't have to pay for, but will spend hours of my own time to smoke and document for your reference for no reimbursement whatsoever. Please leave your hate mail in the comments below.
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Situated on the north east coast of Scotland, Lossiemouth is favoured by the mild Gulf Stream air, miles of excellent beaches and beautiful surrounding countryside. The town began as a port at the mouth of the River Lossieto help the town of Elgin in trading. The port is now a busy town itself and a spectacular marina has been developed in the twin basined harbour.
The town known affectionately as simply 'Lossie' offers something for everyone. Visitors can enjoy long walks, spectacular scenery and beautiful sandy beaches. The West Beach passing the landmark Covesea Lighthouse is some 3 miles long. History records a hermit who inhabited a cave and would walk the headland with a torch to warn ships away from the dangerous rocks of the Covesea and Halliman Skerries.
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Every new semester reminds me how awkward it is introducing myself. The first day of class is efficiently predictable since the players know the rules of the game by heart: professors know to distribute a syllabus, offer a course synopsis, and take questions; students know to let professors do their thing so class can […]


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The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is advising the public that access to Loggy Bayou Wildlife Management Area (WMA) will be restricted during the next several months. Poole Road and the Poole Road Bridge, which provide primary road access to the WMA, will soon be closed for the construction of a new bridge and access.
The tentative start date for construction is Oct. 1 with completion projected for mid to late February.
The existing wooden bridge in southeast Bossier Parish is currently load limited at three tons and has been closed for extended periods in recent years for repairs, limiting public access. Bossier Parish was recently approached by Petrohawk, an energy exploration and production company, with an offer to build a replacement bridge. When completed, the new bridge will be turned over to the parish.
Anyone planning to access Loggy Bayou WMA during construction should be aware that access to the WMA will be by boat or walk-in only. Walk-in access to the WMA is available either on the south end, off of Highway 71 or on the north end from Houghton Road, off of Highway 154.
Anyone accessing the WMA by boat should be aware that the construction activity will require a work barge to be in place in Flat River preventing boat access across the construction area.
For more information, contact Jeff Johnson at firstname.lastname@example.com or 318-371-3050.


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BlackBerry Z10
3G: £49.99 then £36 per month on a 24-month contract
4G: £49.99 then £41 per month on a 24-month contract
There has never been more pressure on a single device than there is on the BlackBerry Z10. This is the phone, along with its keyboard-wielding sibling, that must save BlackBerry, challenge Apple and stem the dominance of Google's Android. It's a phone that must surpass every expectation and achieve things that no user even contemplated a mobile phone could do. The chances of its success, on that basis at least, are zero. It can only disappoint.
So let's start off by saying, trying to be objective, that the Z10 is a very good device. It is solidly built, with a slightly rubberised back and a 4.2" screen that is both sharp and detailed at 356DPI. Compare that to 326 for the iPhone. And the new features of this BlackBerry start in the very way you turn it on: where every other device demands that you press a button, the Z10 needs you just to swipe your finger up its screen.
There's a lot of swiping in the new operating system, with BlackBerry implicitly saying that it's no longer defined by a physical keyboard – as if to emphasise the size of the leap, BlackBerry has followed up the 'BB7' operating system with 'BB10'.
Once the screen is on, swipe up to reveal a screen with tiles of active programmes you're running, and then swipe right to reveal a peak at your 'BlackBerry Hub', a combined inbox that aggregates everything you've had from email, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and more.
This 'Peek and flow' idea is, once you've got used to it, a very useful addition. But it's hard to see it is the revolution that BlackBerry needs to entice its already dwindling band of users to favour the Canadian brand over Samsung and Apple.
Similarly, BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) has been much enhanced, and now includes video so that you can see your friends, and adds the useful feature of being able to share your phone's screen with the person that you are talking to. And another key feature of BlackBerry, the on-screen keyboard, is excellent at learning your habits so that when you consistently correct something it starts to do it automatically. You can swipe predicted words up onto the main screen with a satisfying, futuristic swoosh. But again, video calling isn't new and there are plenty of phones with decent keyboards. Similarly, the 8MP camera is fine but not market leading, and its 'TimeShift' feature allowing you to select the best images of people's faces is also not unique; the Z10 is also 4G-enabled, but so are plenty of other devices.
There's one key addition that gives a clue to the future of BlackBerry, however, and it's called Balance, in the sense of "work-life". Swipe down and you can easily select between a 'Work' and 'Personal' persona; the colour of the screen changes, the inboxes and everything else are wholly separate. It's neat, offering two phones in one. But it also introduces a division that is as much a benefit as an inconvenience. With more and more people totally combining their work and personal lives on a single device, it seems to be a step that only benefits the corporate IT department, who have to be running BlackBerry Enterprise Service to make it work anyway.
And it seems that that is where the Z10 will find favour – if you work for a company that isn't terribly forward-thinking, you may soon find they're offering you a new BlackBerry. But if you work for a firm that cares whether you get to work on time and thinks it might be useful that there's a National Rail app with train times on your phone, you may not.
And it's apps that are a problem for BB10 – it runs its own and many Android apps, with more than 19,000 'ported' over a single weekend. But it lacks the strength and momentum on its own platform. The Facebook app, for instance, isn't yet fully formed, never mind less popular software. There is no YouTube app, and while you can buy films, for instance, it is not possible to preview a trailer before you do. These details matter if you want to compete in the modern mobile age.
And that's the challenge – in an era when Apple's iPhone 5 was a slight disappointment because it was a little bit predictable, and when Samsung is packing phones so full of features it's hard to always find a use for them, the Z10 is merely quite good. It will find its corporate niche, and 'too little too late' is too harsh. But it's not quite enough, not quite soon enough.
Manufacturer's specifications:
Size: 130x65.6x9mm
Screen: 4.2", 1280x768px, 356dpi
Memory: 2GB RAM; 16GB Flash (hot-swappable MicroSD)
Processor: Dual Core 1.5GHz
Talk time: up to 11hours
Camera: 8MP/1080p; 2MP/720p
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I thought the magic of Paris was wrapped tight in the Eiffel Tower; intricately woven, measured but unexpected. Then i thought it was a potion concocted by the Seine wrapping itself around the islands in the middle of the city – the candles glowing in Notre-Dame casting a final color-coded spell. I suspected the secret ingredient to Parisian magic was the wine and the food, flavors bursting and lasting.
But it was when we strolled through the mountainous alleys of Montmartre that i learned where the real magic of Paris is tucked away. And it's here, the neighborhood once home to Ernest Hemingway and Vincent van Gogh and Satine. (Okay okay, Satine is fictional. But you can't talk about Montmartre without the Moulin Rouge!)
Montmartre is the Paris of absinthe stupor, of romanticized memory. It's where my mother bought her most treasured keepsake from Paris: an acrylic painting of flowers in a vase. It hung on our dining room wall, the blues singing harmony with the white curtains. She'd told me over and over the place i had to go was Place du Tertre – a cobblestone square where street artists gather, luring tourists into buying caricatures and twenty-minute portraits. My favorite artist stall had done a series of cats sleeping around Paris (so out of character for me, i know) but since J and i had already bought our recreation of van Gogh's sunflowers i was merely window shopping.
But Place du Tertre is not the only place in Montmartre where art is to be found; the metropolitan signs themselves are works to behold, adjacent to ivy-colored buildings covered in graffiti.
Hand-in-hand we strolled along the lanes of art on display, covetously sneaking glances at the cafés offering wine under checkered umbrellas.
Just up the hill we could make out the silhouette of Sacre-Coeur white against the blue sky. It was the last church on our list of Parisian places we wanted to see – making it the sixth church we'd see on our trip.
And it turned out to be our favorite.
Sacre-Couer is unlike anywhere else i've been; it has the enormity and grandeur of Notre Dame, but the intimacy and quiet contemplation of a smaller church. The windows are dazzling, bathing the whole place in the lux nova that made gothic architecture such a sensation in medieval France. No photography was permitted inside and, while i am sad to have no photos to remember it by, i was glad for the forced contemplative time. It allowed me the full breathing space of presence.
Awed and quieted by the beautiful building, we meandered back to Place du Tertre for a final glass of wine. Our walk overlooked the whole of the city spread below, the Eiffel Tower stark against the skyline. Paris had enthralled us, the clutter of art and mash of accordion metro musicians just the backdrop to the hum of the city itself.
"We'll spend a whole week just in Montmartre when we come back, someday," J mused. Our last Côte du Rhône of the trip was poised in his hand. In the Scottish wool scarf he'd snagged from my wardrobe, he looked downright European.
I scoffed-laughed, a knot of broke-soon-to-be-grad-student-woes clamping in my stomach. I knew what he meant, though. That Montmartre was the neighborhood you wanted to live in a little- learn the streets by heart, pick a favorite haunt for late-night drinks. I felt the same way.
And i knew that this trip was such a gift. A privilege to have the time and money at all to travel. But a gift to spend such time with J, who hadn't been able to study abroad. A gift to be in love in the city most famous for romance. A gift to stroll alongside the Seine on a sun-dappled afternoon, with no agenda but being in Paris. I was grateful for all we'd seen – the snafus in getting to Paris, the chance to see my dearest Saran at the Eiffel Tower, the sore feet and the sappy smiles.
Mostly, though, i was simply grateful to share in it all with the dimple-faced man wearing my scarf sitting across from me.
current jam: 'lullabye' billy jowl
best thing: freshly-downloaded boarding passes…


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Internet Censorship Bill Threatens Free Speech, Rule of Law
On Thursday the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved the Combating Online Infringements and Counterfeits Act. Its backers, including Hollywood and the recording industry, are hoping to rush the legislation through Congress during the current "lame duck" session. The legislation empowers the attorney general to draw up a list of Internet domain names he considers to be "dedicated to infringing activities," and to obtain a variety of court orders designed to block access to these sites for American Internet users.
To understand the proposal, it helps to know a bit about the Domain Name System, or DNS, that is the focus of the bill. The DNS is the Internet's directory service. Computers on the Internet are assigned (mostly) unique numbers like "188.8.131.52," but these numbers are not convenient for human users to remember. So instead websites use domain names like "cato.org," and our computers use the DNS system to automatically translates these names into their corresponding IP addresses. DNS is a distributed system; thousands of Internet Service Providers operate DNS servers for the use of their own customers.
Under COICA, when the attorney general accused a domain name of being "dedicated" to copyright infringement, the courts would issue orders not against the owners of the domain name (who may be overseas) but against domain‐name registrars and the operators of DNS servers here in the United States. This means that thousands of systems administrators would be required to maintain a large and constantly‐changing list of blacklisted domains. This is a significant and unfair administrative burden on private parties who have absolutely no connection to infringing activities.
The legislation falls far short of constitutional due process requirements. Legal injunctions would be issued upon the attorney general's mere accusation of "infringing activities." Not only would the owner of the domain name not have an opportunity to contest the allegations, he would not even have to be notified. And the parties who would receive notice under the legislation — DNS registrars and server administrators — will typically have no knowledge of or connection to the accused domain, which means they would have neither the knowledge or the motivation to dispute unreasonable orders.
This is especially problematic because we are talking about constitutionally‐protected speech here. The Supreme Court has long held that prior restraints of speech are unconstitutional. The websites on the government's blacklist may have a large amount of constitutionally‐protected speech on them, in addition to allegedly‐infringing material. Not only does COICA not require the government to prove its allegations before a domain name is blocked, it doesn't require the government to ever prove them.
Earlier this year, my colleague Jim Harper praised Secretary Clinton's speech making Internet freedom a centerpiece of the Obama administration's diplomatic agenda. Secretary Clinton was right to lecture foreign governments about the evils of Internet censorship; her former colleagues in the US Senate should listen to her.


text: From architecture to graphics to furniture, the typical Piero Lissoni product is modern and elegant, sexy and sly\u2014much like the man himself. With his longtime design partner, Nicoletta Canesi, this Milan-based architect and designer\u2014who also operates a studio in New York\u2014has built everything from private villas to corporate headquarters and hotels (one of their latest: a swank renovation of Amsterdam's historic Conservatorium Hotel). Lissoni is perhaps best known as a prolific designer of contemporary furniture, housewares, and kitchen systems for such iconic brands as Alessi, Boffi, Living Divani, and Kartell. Wherever he roams, this jet-setting bachelor has an eye for perfection. "I love beauty," he says. "I am Italian, don't forget." Click here to see the gallery for "Shortlist: Piero Lissoni."


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Out of the mouths of Babes……..
Beit Lahiya's children laid on an afternoon of celebration of "Vik" on thursday afternoon, A celebration most welcomed for those of us who attended another court session that morning . As adults, we sometimes tend to focus on the bad memories but children realize the importance of celebrating and remembering life. Through Drama, song and dance they portrayed Vik as he should be remembered , Happy, Loud , Alive !!!. They made us dance to his favourite songs, clap to their dances of his favourite music, . They depicted in drama Vik's work with farmers and fishermen, but also his playing with Palestines children, We laughed, we danced , we sang and as they brought Vik back to us for a little while on stage, we , all of us, men and women, friends, and colleagues, allowed the tears to fall for him.
Saturday 14th April, 2012
Gaza , El Meena, ( Gaza Port) , 10.30 a.m.
Most of this week we have found ourselves focused on what has changed in Gaza, what or rather who is missing but unfortunately some things never change. As we gathered with the fishermen, Shots ring out and a fishing boat is towed back to Port by fellow fishermen, Its engine shot out, the crews livelihood destroyed by Israeli gun fire , well inside the 3 mile limit, unilaterally imposed by Israel .
Yet still, after speeches , and photographs the fishermen, along with Internationals clambered into the CPS Boat, " Oliva" and one other fishing boat laden with flowers and took to sea. We slowly headed out, singing" Onadikom" perhaps not "totally Synchronised between the 2 boats! Not very far out, ( lack of fuel for the boats) We stopped and threw the flowers in the water, the same waters Vik fished so many times with the Palestinian fishermen he loved and respected and who loved, respected and now missed him.
A few hours later , on a blank wall just up from the port, Vik's picture emerged. A mural of Vik and Handala together, along with his name, near the building he lived in, near the Port he frequented, a reminder for all of his presence………Always here!!
Sunday 15th April, Avenue Hotel, Gaza city
Many of us gathered again on the actual day of his anniversary in Avenue Hotel. The proposed link up with Italy could not take place due to electricity problems so a downloaded video from Italy was played. The children from Beit Lahiya again came to sing for us, some young Palestinian children played "Bella Ciao", many spoke of Their personal stories of vik, A young boy, Mahmoud Samouni spoke poignantly of his friendship with Vik as a video of the Samouni family was played. We sat together and chatted and remembered mostly the good times, the memories we should always remember…..
Vik will never be forgotten and his words to us, " STAY HUMAN" should also never be forgotten…..
Pictures and video's by Jeff Bright, Rosa Schiano, Hussien Amody, عبد الحليم ابو ناموس and Omar El Qattaa.


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Vicky Pryce: Most women jailed due to men in their life
Most women in Holloway prison are there because of something the men in their life have done, recently jailed Vicky Pryce has told the BBC.
The former wife of ex-minister Chris Huhne was sentenced to eight months for perverting the course of justice after taking speeding points for him.
"I did something, I paid the price," she told Radio 4's Today programme.
The economist - who had claimed her husband coerced her - has written a book about the economics of prison.
Her royalties from the book will go to the charity Working Chance, which helps women with criminal convictions find work.
Pryce, who was recently stripped of her Companion of the Order of the Bath, served two months in the north London prison earlier this year.
Huhne, the former energy secretary, was also jailed for the same offence.
He left Pryce in 2010 as his affair with PR adviser Carina Trimingham was about to be exposed.
During the former couple's trial, the court heard Pryce had revealed the speeding points scandal to newspapers in 2011 to seek revenge.
Asked whether she agreed with Chris Huhne's assessment that they had fallen victim to the Murdoch press, she said: "I don't begrudge anyone in terms of what's happened - or any of the journalists frankly - in my view one has to just look forward.
"I did something, I paid the price of it and that is it."
'Learn from it'
On the prospect of going to prison, Ms Pryce said she knew it was "something I simply had to survive and perhaps learn from it obviously, and see what goes on".
The worst aspect of prison life was "losing my liberty, but mostly worrying about my children - that they would be worried about me and how do I react to ensure that they feel that 'actually I'm ok'.
"And of course that meant that I also had to stay strong."
On the claim in her book that many women in Holloway were there mostly because of something their husbands, brothers and fathers had done, she said: "Clearly they knew what they were doing but it didn't mean that they necessarily wanted to do what they did.
"Vulnerable women who often have lost their self esteem - they could be prostitutes, they could be people who are stealing to feed their, but also their other-half's, drug habits.
"More than 50% of women who enter jail have been physically, sexually, or emotionally abused. And those are statistics quoted by everybody.
"Of course you are [responsible for your actions] and they were. The thing to remember is that they were very vulnerable at the time they were doing it and they remain vulnerable.
"The interesting thing is that jail doesn't do anything to take that away from them and they leave prison after a while, go back into society and they find themselves in exactly the same position and they re-offend."
She said there had been surprises, such as Holloway's reception area which meant she hadn't felt "threatened" by entering it. "It felt that somebody worried about you," she said.
On how well the prison system was coping, she said: "There's been a huge increase in the numbers of prisoners, although crime is going down.
"The causality doesn't work that way. The causality works in a way that says in fact crime has been reducing because of things to do with technology - making it difficult to break into houses, difficult to break into cars - and all that sort of stuff, and yet the numbers have been going up very, very significantly.
"Women in particular, the numbers have gone up by 27% between 2000 and 2010, while crime has been coming down.
"It makes no sense at all. The costs are enormous. There are so many cheaper ways to deal with this whole issue, which is what the Prisonomics book is all about."


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A significant percentage of today's students have expressed a desire to work in careers that are good for the planet. Even greater percentages have indicated that they wish to work for companies or organizations that are proactively reducing humans' impact on the environment or promoting its restoration. Given this tremendous interest, we have created Green Careers, a Website for students seeking to match their passion for the environment with a career that can make a difference.
What are Green Careers?
• Includes jobs that focus on environmental protection and preservation, regardless of the industry or place of work.
What are some benefits of Green Careers?
An exciting range of career paths
Interesting and challenging work
Excellent training
Long-term careers that make a difference to the environment
Good salaries and good progression opportunities
Opportunity to travel as more countries seek expertise in green issues
Includes those jobs that are not green until they are filled by people who are determined to make them green
Green Careers is organized within six separate sections, each containing specific and unique content related to exploring and entering a green career.
Section 1. What I Can Do Green With a Major In...? - Contains a list of majors that are offered through New Jersey Institute of Technology and how they relate to green careers.
Section 2. Green Jobs - Contains a database of green jobs and internship opportunities specifically for NJIT students and graduates.
Section 3. Green Companies - Contains lists of companies and organizations that have been certified or highly recognized as being eco-friendly from multiple sources including ceres.org, EPA's Green Power Partnership, and or The Vault Guide to Green Programs.
Section 4. Green Civic Engagement - Describes volunteer opportunities, websites, agencies, projects and internships available to students interested in green.
Section 5. Green Academics & Research at NJIT - Contains information and updates about the many existing and new green academic and research initiatives occurring at NJIT.
Section 6. Green Podcasts & Blogs - View green videos and podcasts relating to green initiatives, listen to green lectures, and view blogs.


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Oneida (4 Albums, 29 Tracks)
- Brah Records Jagjaguwar
- Kid Millions - drums
- vocals (formerly of Adhesive X and Pocket Monster)
- Bobby Matador - organ
- guitar
- vocals
- Hanoi Jane - guitar
- bass
- Shahin Motia (of Ex Models) - guitar
- Barry London - synths
- organ
- effects
- PCRZ (aka Papa Crazee or Pat Sullivan)
- now with Oakley Hall - keyboards
- guitar
- Double Rainbow (aka Phil Manley of Trans Am and The Fucking Champs) - guitar
Oneida is a rock band from Brooklyn, New York. Their influences include psychedelic rock, krautrock, electronic, noise rock, and minimalism, but the overall structure and intent of their music cannot be easily traced to any of these styles. Common elements found in their music include improvisation, repetition, driving rhythms, antique and analog equipment, and an overall eclecticism.
A prominent aspect of Oneida's music is their use of repetition. Their 2002 LP, Each One Teach One, for instance, begins with two especially long tracks, Sheets of Easter and Antibiotics, the former over fourteen minutes long, the latter more than sixteen. Both of these songs consist of one repeated riff (with a few short interludes on Antibiotics). Oneida's music can also be distinguished by the band's use of antique keyboards and analog electric pianos.
The band also runs Brah Records, an imprint of Jagjaguwar. The label has released records by Parts & Labor, Oakley Hall, Home, Company, and an Oneida/Plastic Crimewave Sound split 12".
(read more at Wikipedia)


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Washington state was among the biggest gainers in population between July 2011 and July 2012, helped in part by the region's strong technology and aerospace sectors.
According to new data released this week by the Census Bureau, Washington state added 73,700 people during the period, making it the 8th biggest gainer. As the chart below shows, Texas, California and Florida led the way in terms of number of new residents. North Dakota was the fastest growing state, showing a change of 2.17 percent, followed by Washington D.C., Texas and Wyoming.
Rick Olson of the Puget Sound Regional Council tells The Seattle Times that the state's IT and aerospace industries have helped draw in new residents. Companies such as Amazon and Microsoft continue to import talent to the region, bolstering the economy here.
Earlier this week, the state's economic department released a report showing that the unemployment rate had dropped below 8 percent for the first time since January 2009. The state's unemployment rate now stands at 7.8 percent, while Seattle's sits at 6.9 percent.
According to the Census Bureau data, Vermont and New Hampshire were the only two states to lose population during the period. As a whole, the nation increased its population by 2.3 million during the period of July 2011 to July 2012, with the total estimated population now calculated at 313.9 million.


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Nearest Town: Priest RiverSite Size:
Highlights: Raptors, Shorebirds, Songbirds, Upland Birds, Waterbirds, Waterfowl
Access: Year-round. Open sunrise - sunset. Admission Fee. Handicapped Access free of charge
Directions: PRIEST RIVER/MUD HOLE: from Priest River, ID 2 E 1 mi; after mp 7, go R (S) into rec area. RILEY CK REC AREA: from Priest River, ID 2 E 8 mi; R (S) into rec area. ALBENI FALLS DAM/VISITOR CENTER: from Priest River, ID 2 W ~4 mi; turn L (S) between mp 2 and 3 into dam site. ALBENI COVE RECREATION AREA: from Priest River, ID 2 W 6 mi to Newport; ID 41 S for 0.4 miles; L (E) on 4th St (which turns into Albeni Cove Rd); 2 mi to park.
Description: Albeni Falls Dam retains scenic Lake Pend Oreille and 25 miles of the Pend Oreille River. Recreational sites along the river contain a variety of wildlife habitats. Waterfowl are most diverse in spring and fall. Nesting Osprey and Bald Eagle can be seen.
More Information: ACE (208) 437-3133Priest River Chamber of Commerce 1-888-774-3785 www.nws.usace.army.mil/publicmenu/menu.cfm?sitename=albeni&pagename=recreation_areas
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New 2020 Lexus ES 350 Luxury in Scottsdale , AZ
- $48,590
Vehicle Details
|Stock #
|Exterior Color
|Matador Red Mic
|Interior Color
|Chateau W/Linear Espresso
|Gas Mileage
|City:22 Hwy:32
|3.5L V6 302hp 267ft. lbs.
|8-Speed Automatic
Additional Vehicle Information
- Features
- Specs
- Warranty
- Technology
- Exterior
- Safety
- Mechanical
- Interior
- Comfort
|Warnings and reminders
|low battery, lamp failure, low fuel, engine oil, coolant, maintenance due, tire fill alert
|Instrument cluster screen size
|7 in.
|Trip computer
|Driver information system
|Digital odometer
|External temperature display
|Multi-function display
|Fuel economy display
|MPG, range
|Trip odometer
Audio System
|voice operated, AM/FM, HD radio
|Auxiliary audio input
|Bluetooth, jack, USB, iPod/iPhone
|Antenna type
|diversity, mast
|In-Dash CD
|single disc, MP3 Playback
|Total speakers
|Radio data system
|Speed sensitive volume control
|Satellite radio
|Electronic messaging assistance
|with read function, voice operated
|Smart device app function
|vehicle location, maintenance status, lock operation
|Driver assistance app
|roadside assistance
|Wireless data link
|hands free
In Car Entertainment
|Connected in-car apps
|Google POIs, Amazon Alexa
|Enform, Apple CarPlay ready
|Infotainment screen size
|8 in.
|Moonroof / Sunroof
|tilt/slide, one-touch open/close, anti-trapping, power glass, sliding sunshade
|Daytime running lights
|auto high beam dimmer, LED, auto delay off, auto on/off
|Exterior entry lights
|puddle lamps, security approach lamps
Tires and Rims
|Spare tire size
|Tire type
|all season
|Spare tire mount location
|Spare wheel type
|Tire Pressure Monitoring System
|Wheel spokes
|Window defogger
|Front wipers
|speed sensitive, variable intermittent, rain sensing
|Power windows
|safety reverse
|Laminated glass
Exterior Features
|Front bumper color
|Mirror color
|Door handle color
|Exhaust tip color
|Rear bumper color
|dual tip
|Window trim
|Grille color
|silver surround, silver
|Rearview monitor
|in dash
|Impact absorbing seats
|dual front
|Autonomous braking
|Pre-collision warning system
|audible warning, visual warning
|Lane keeping assist
|Traffic sign recognition
|Child safety door locks
|Child seat anchors
|LATCH system
|Energy absorbing steering column
|Impact sensor
|door unlock, fuel cut-off, alert system
|Safety brake pedal system
|Body side reinforcements
|side impact door beams
|Emergency interior trunk release
|Camera system
|First aid kit
|Lane deviation sensors
|Crumple zones
|front, rear
|Airbag deactivation
|occupant sensing passenger
|Side airbags
|front, rear
|Knee airbags
|dual front
|Front airbags
|Side curtain airbags
|front, rear
|Side-curtain airbag rollover sensor
|Rolling code security
|Power door locks
|anti-lockout, auto-locking
|Anti-theft system
|engine immobilizer, alarm with remote
|2-stage unlocking doors
|Side mirrors
|integrated turn signals, heated, auto-dimming
|Side mirror adjustments
|power, reverse gear tilt, power folding
|Drive mode selector
|Axle ratio
|Rear brake type
|Rear brake diameter
|Front brake diameter
|Front brake type
|ventilated disc
|Braking assist
|Electronic brakeforce distribution
|Power brakes
|Electronic parking brake
|auto off
|Front suspension classification
|Rear suspension classification
|Front struts
|Rear suspension type
|Rear spring type
|Front stabilizer bar
|Rear stabilizer bar
|Front spring type
|Front suspension type
|lower control arms
|Rear shock type
|Front shock type
Stability and Traction
|Stability control
|Traction control
|Hill holder control
|Battery saver
|Passenger seat power adjustments
|4-way power lumbar, height, 14, reclining
|Driver seat power adjustments
|height, 14, 4-way power lumbar, reclining
|Driver seat
|ventilated, heated
|Passenger seat
|heated, ventilated
|Rear headrests
|3, adjustable
|Front headrests
|2, adjustable
|Front seat type
|Rear seat type
|Upholstery accents
|Seatbelt pretensioners
|front, rear
|Seatbelt force limiters
|front, rear
|Emergency locking retractors
|rear, front
|Seatbelt warning sensor
|Rear seatbelts
|Front seatbelts
|Turns lock-to-lock
Convenience Features
|front, rear
|Memorized settings
|3 driver, steering wheel, driver seat, side mirrors
|Cruise control
|One-touch windows
|Reading lights
|front, rear
|Power steering
|Multi-function remote
|illuminated entry, panic alarm, proximity entry system, trunk release
|Cargo area light
|Retained accessory power
|Power windows
|lockout button
|Courtesy lights
|Footwell lights
|Steering wheel mounted controls
|audio, cruise control, phone, multi-function, paddle shifter, voice control
|Push-button start
|Vanity mirrors
|dual illuminating
|Power outlet(s)
|12V front and rear
|Assist handle
|rear, front
|Center console
|front console with armrest and storage, illuminated
|Steering wheel
|power tilt and telescopic
|Rearview mirror
|Easy entry
|power driver seat, power steering wheel
|Universal remote transmitter
|Homelink - garage door opener
|front seatback, grocery bag holder, cargo tie-down anchors and hooks, door pockets, accessory hook
|Ambient lighting
|Touch-sensitive controls
Comfort Features
|Floor mat material
|Dash trim
|wood, leather
|Shift knob trim
|Center console trim
|leather, wood
|rear center folding with pass-thru, rear center with cupholders
|Steering wheel trim
|Door trim
|wood, leather
|Interior accents
|wood, leather
|Floor mats
|rear, front
|Floor material
Air Conditioning
|Front air conditioning
|automatic climate control
|Front air conditioning zones
|Rear vents
|second row
|Air filtration
Drive Type
|Drive Type
|Standard Seating
|Max Seating
|Head Room (front)
|37.5 in
|Head Room (rear)
|37.8 in
|Hip Room (front)
|55 in
|Hip Room (rear)
|54.3 in
|Shoulder Room (front)
|55.9 in
|Shoulder Room (rear)
|54.3 in
|Leg Room (front)
|42.4 in
|Leg Room (rear)
|39.2 in
|Seating Rows
Measurements of Size & Shape
|195.9 in
|73.4 in
|Width (without mirrors)
|73.4 in
|56.9 in
|113 in
|Track Width (front)
|62.9 in
|Track Width (rear)
|63.4 in
Measurements of Weight
|Gross Vehicle Weight Rating
|4740 lbs
|Gross Vehicle Weight Range
|4001-5000 lbs
|Curb Weight
|3649 lbs
Truck Specifications
|Max Payload
|905 lbs
Interior Dimensions
|Cargo Volume
|16.7 cu ft
|Passenger Volume
|99.9 cu ft
Performance Specifications
|Aerodynamic Drag
|0.29 Cd
|Turning Circle
|38 ft
|Acceleration (0-60MPH)
|6.6 seconds
Fuel Tanks
|Fuel Capacity
|15.9 Gallons
Wheels and Tires
|Front Tire Type
|Front Wheel Diameter
|17.0 x 7.5 in
|Rear Tire Type
|Rear Wheel Diameter
|17.0 x 7.5 in
Crash-Test Ratings
2020 Lexus ES 350 4 DR FWD
|Front Crash Overall
|Front Crash Driver
|Front Crash Passenger
|Side Crash Overall
|Side Barrier Overall
|Side Barrier Driver
|Side Barrier Passenger
|Side Pole Driver
|Side Combined Front
|Side Combined Rear
Green Score
EPA Green Score
( California LEV-III ULEV70
EPA and California-required standards. The names refer to tables of numerical limits for the various air pollutants allowed by the standards.
|Fuel Type
Air Pollution Score ?
The Air Pollution Score is based on the government emission standards for which the vehicle was certified to comply with and reflects vehicle tailpipe emissions that contribute to local and regional air pollution, creating problems such as haze, and health issues.
Greenhouse Gas Score ?
This score reflects fuel emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases.
Smartway ?
SmartWay is a designation earned by those vehicles that have combined Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gas Scores that place them in the top tier (approximately the top 20%) of environmental performers. SmartWay Elite is reserved for the best of the best.
EPA Green Score
( Federal Tier 3 Bin 70
EPA and California-required standards. The names refer to tables of numerical limits for the various air pollutants allowed by the standards.
|Fuel Type
Air Pollution Score ?
The Air Pollution Score is based on the government emission standards for which the vehicle was certified to comply with and reflects vehicle tailpipe emissions that contribute to local and regional air pollution, creating problems such as haze, and health issues.
Greenhouse Gas Score ?
This score reflects fuel emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases.
Smartway ?
SmartWay is a designation earned by those vehicles that have combined Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gas Scores that place them in the top tier (approximately the top 20%) of environmental performers. SmartWay Elite is reserved for the best of the best.
Available Incentives
1.9% APR Financing up to 60 months *On Approved Credit
Offer available on approved credit to very well qualified customers through Lexus Financial Services and participating Lexus dealers on a new 2020 ES 350 LUXURY. Only a limited number of customers will qualify for advertised APR. No down payment required if qualified. Must take delivery from available dealer stock by 02/03/2020. See your local participating dealer for other finance program limits, qualifications and terms. Lexus Financial Services is a service mark of Toyota Motor Credit Corporation.
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Malaysia Flight 370: The 'Ghost Plane' Scenario
Did Malaysia Air Flight 370 fly for hours without anyone at the controls? Newly-released radar data suggests to some experts that the pilots may have passed out. But is this theory plausible? WSJ's Jason Bellini has #TheShortAnswer.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
after Malaysia's Prime minister said the evidence pointed towards flight three seventy being deliberately parade ... most theories focus on some kind of ... foul play ... but a new possibility is making the rounds ... the so-called ghost clean scenario what is the ghostly scenario ... one version of it goes like this shortly after signing off to Malaysia ground control ... a fire up some flight three seventy ... it is this the political house scramble to navigate to the nearest airport ... flight either manually or by entering a new point and the autopilot ... they can explain the left turn Malaysian military radar man picked up from flight three seventy ... within moments the slow growing thicker ... even with maps and oxygen on ... the pilots house out ... before getting the chance to radio distress signal ... but flight three seventy flies onward ... autopilot keeping it on course until it runs out of fuel ... and likely crashing into the ocean ... what's appealing about this theory ... Juan explains the transponder and other electronics going dark ... the pilot may have pulled the circuit breaker on the transponder ... try to prevent the fire from spreading ... or the fire itself may have disabled the equipment ... to explain why nothing was suspicions been found in the back burner the pilot or co pilot ... and why no motive or suspects has been identified as the yen and the plane's disappearance ... was the ghostly theory really plausible possible yes but requires ... a highly unusual set of circumstances when the palms with the ghostly and during several one onboard fire bad is the one imagined under this scenario when most cases that could destroy the plane ... to the changes in the course investigator safe flight three seventy made after losing contact ... while part imagine without a person controlling the plane ... but for the best Indigo's winter has going for his ... lack of other plausible alternatives ... has to answer ...


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Your Care in Our Hands
Broomhills is a beautiful, 47 bedroom, residential care home situated in an idyllic rural setting in Rochford, Essex, overlooking the Thames Estuary. This stunning and spacious care home in Rochford, with charming grounds, has recently undergone a programme of refurbishment and redecoration with new flooring and furnishings. Broomhills provides 24 hour expert care for older people, including those living with dementia. Rochford is a lovely market town and the coastal towns of Southend-on-Sea and Leigh-on-Sea are just down the road for a great day out.
We strive to create a homely environment at Broomhills care home, and we want our residents to not just think of us as 'a' home, but as their 'home'. We have themed areas, including vintage motor memorabilia, sweet shop and cinema. All of the bedrooms are beautifully furnished, many with en-suite bathroom facilities. We also have a dedicated area for dementia care, designed to enable those we care for to maintain their independence in a safe environment.
Our activity programme ensures that residents remain stimulated and engaged, and our activity coordinators take into account resident's hobbies, needs and interests. Activities include:
Cycling Club
Zumba Group
Annual Dog Show
Baking Club
Gardening Club
Knit and Natter Group
In addition, Rochford Cricket Club is just next door, with many rooms overlooking the regular matches that take place there.
We now have a themed tea room at Broomhills, designed to enable residents, families and friends to meet in a relaxing, old fashioned tea room environment, and enjoy a day out experience without leaving the Rochford care home. For more information on the Tea Room at Broomhills, please see the tab above.
Why Choose Us?
At Broomhills, our aim is to practise 'person centred' care for all our residents, and our trained staff are available 24 hours a day to meet your needs.
We understand the value of individuality, so you will be able to personalise your accommodation with special familiar items you may wish to have around you, such as a favourite chair or pictures to go on the wall.
We take pride in our activities programme, and you will have the option to join in organised activities if you wish to do so. Our activity coordinators seek out and listen to residents who may have hobbies or pastimes, in addition to arranging a whole variety of activities and entertainment to stimulate all residents.
Mealtimes are, to many, the highlight of the day and all of our meals are made of fresh produce, prepared by our own chefs and catering teams. We undertake to provide a nutritious and balanced diet around your preferences; we like our residents to have a say in what they eat as they did at home.
Choosing a care home can be an intimidating process, so why not come and visit us at Broomhills? We wish to understand everything that is important to you, so on your visit we will discuss your needs and how best we can meet them, as well as giving you the opportunity to look around and ask questions. If you are unable to visit, we will arrange for a staff member to call on you at your home or other place of your choosing at your convenience. We hope to see you soon!
Opened in august 2013 the Broomhills Tea Room has a country cottage theme, chosen by its residents. The cafe is on the first floor of the home, as this makes the room especially light and bright, enhancing the homely environment. Our residents enjoy entertaining their family in the café when they visit, with some residents making their loved ones tea and coffee as they would do at home, giving them a sense of value and empowerment. In addition to entertaining visitors, our resident's also enjoy regular coffee mornings in the cafe, and some days small groups have lunch there. The cafe is also used by families when a resident has a birthday and they throw a party.
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Recently i started going through boxes of kit that had been in stoage since we moved house. To my horror I discovered that some of the boxes appeared to have been attacked by mice whilst they were in the storage warehouse. Unfortunately some clothing had to thrown out as it was completely destroyed and chewed to pieces. The rest of the stuff seems to have either been untouched or at worst contaminated. Im wondering if anyone has any advice on how to clean and decontaminate some of the more unusual stuff which im obviously a bit reluctant to use:
Sheepskins (lanolin covered), deerskin (hair still on), boarskin (hair still on) they look visibily fine with no evidece of soiling but id like to be sure.
Leather pouches and belt, definately in a bag that had mice in it at some point.
Metal cauldron, metal fork and metal spoon. Left out in the open in the storage container.
There is also some wooden bowls plates and spoons which I have tenatively soaked in a 10:1 water and household bleach solution for 24 hours followed by a neat hydrogen peroxide solution immersion for 24 hours. Also considering placing in a UV lightbox for 24 hours as a final followup. Again these have no visible contamination but were in a suspect bag.
If anyone has any advice on this id love to hear it. I cant imagine im the first person this has happened too, but its left me uber paranoid about all my kit.


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Friday, June 17, 2011
Handspun Friday - Time Lord
After everybody got good and wet, we go upstairs to sit on the deck for a while to get dry. It can get pretty hot up there.
I had to go back down to get something, and when I returned, Denny made some god awful noise, as if I'd been away for a week. I wish you could hear him, it's embarrassing sometimes, the way he yaps on, and on.
I'm not spinning as much these days, but sure would love to do more. I still get things done, although at a slower pace.
This is Time Lord, a Southern Cross Fiber May 2011 Fiber club offering. It's oatmeal BFL.
I chain plied it, and got 314yds.
I'm working on the second colorway right now. This should make some nice socks some day.
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend!
13 comments:
Pooltime and spinning... sounds like mavelous times. Your time lord yarn looks absolutely gorgeous!
- June 17, 2011 4:13 a.m.
- AdrieneJ said...
That yarn looks beautiful, but this time it was the photo of the roving that made me look twice this time. What an interesting texture!
- June 17, 2011 11:26 a.m.
- Rhonda said...
You gotta love it when the dogs have so much fun. That handspun is to die for. I love it.
- June 17, 2011 1:18 p.m.
- Susan said...
Oh, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful handspun!!
There are times I wish we had a pool but it's raining so hard today that we have several of them on the lawn. I'm thinking about building an ark.
- June 17, 2011 3:18 p.m.
- Catherine said...
I am so impressed at how beautifully even your spinning and plying is. How ever do you do it??
- June 17, 2011 3:55 p.m.
I just love seeing pictures of your pups. Especially swimming pics!
- June 17, 2011 8:05 p.m.
ooh that yarn is gorgeous! I can hardly wait to see the socks.....
- June 17, 2011 9:29 p.m.
- April said...
Such beautiful yarn. It just looks fun and squooshy.
- June 18, 2011 12:48 a.m.
- Stadtwaldvogel said...
I like your new handspun yarn although it reminds me of autumn and winter. But the colors are lovely nontheless.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Yours, Julia
- June 18, 2011 7:42 a.m.
- Unknown said...
It always amazes me on handspun Friday that the fiber could look kind of 'blah' but the yarn turns out to be something quite beautiful. Great job!
- June 18, 2011 8:08 p.m.
- Ilix said...
I love the pictures of your gorgeous dogs! Honestly the spinning stopped me, the colours are fantastic plied!
- June 19, 2011 1:07 a.m.
- Tina said...
sounds like you are having a great time! Love the yarn, too!
- June 19, 2011 3:04 a.m.
- 2paw said...
That looks like a lot of fun on a hot day and when I see all three together is is clear that Maggie has a lot of growing to do. I am glad she is having a go at swimming!! Vundy The German Shepherd was just like that too!! Oh, Denny loves you!!
The Time Lord is very nice, is it Doctor Who Time Lord????
- July 10, 2011 12:20 a.m.