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Not the best part of your trip, but close.
Packing for a bike trip can get heavy and complicated pretty fast, but Yakima's Highlite Bike Rack makes things a little lighter and simpler. It's made from tough, long-lasting aluminum, but weighs under 20lbs, so installation and removal are easy breezy. The expanding adapter screws in to fit 1.25in and 2in hitches, so you can easily load up with whatever hitch you're already working with, and the folding arms give the Highlite a slim, low-profile look that's easy to transport and hides away when your bikes are hanging out in the garage.
When you're getting ready to hit the road, the sliding SwitchBlade loading system makes it a cinch to get three road or mountain bikes easily onto the rack, and the included LockDown security cables make it easy to stop in for a gas-station coffee without worrying about your wheels getting lifted. Best of all are the two integrated bottle openers, which let you pop open a frosty one after a long and dusty ride.
- Aluminum construction
- Sliding SwitchBlade loading system
- LockDown security cables
- Folding arms
- Two integrated bottle openers
- Included adapter fits 2in and 1.25in receivers
- Item #YAK0295
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MUCH better than trunk rack
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
The Good
I can now pack up for a weekend trip without thinking about the necessary packing sequence before I block trunk access.
Works with hitches Class 1 and above!
No slop or movement of hitch in receiver when mounted on class 1.
Includes adapter for larger receivers.
Includes locking mechanisms for bikes to hitch (cable lock to pin on front of arms, cable lock stows in hitch body when not in use) and hitch to car (releases nob which tightens hitch to receiver so hitch can't be removed\loosened)
Releases to lean away (~45 deg.) from trunk but keeps bikes off the ground (allows additional clearance to trunk and lowers wheels enough to reach with floor pump without having to remove from rack and find a place to stand bikes up.)
Mounts have sway arms (prevents bike bangs on stop and start) and contact points are soft to prevent damage to frames
Includes nylon straps to prevent wheels from spinning and causing rub damage to other frames
The negative
Has a center bolt which tightens the hitch into the receiver collar, this prevents the use of a standard hitch pin. Instead a "safety pin" is provided which only goes through one side. (still seems to be a very solid connection, no slop or movement, with reasonable backup)
Hitch doesn't angle up so creates point of low clearance and can scrape steep driveways, bikes are always high and clear only hitch scrapes.
Bike straps/attachment points not the best I've seen but work well enough, Thule has seemed higher quality here.
Too narrow to fit 3 dropbar road bikes with rear racks (used for cycle camping) might fit 3 flatbar road or mountain bikes without contact.
@Bill Porreca Best BC Gearhead ever you always make sure I get what I need in time regardless of what it takes to make it happen. Truly a personal shopping experience.
@BC personal touch and support that will go the extra 10 miles has really made BC my first choice retailer.
Hi, I bought this product and it does not...
Hi, I bought this product and it does not go all the way in on my hitch for the pin hole to align. The rack feels sturdy but I was wondering if it's secure enough to hold a bike or two without the pin in place. Obviously, I'm tightening the wedge as much as I can.


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the CW animated figs including those in the walmart 3 packs, have crappy articulation. I much prefer the realistic style with better articulation. I do like the GG maquettes though -esp. the grievous.
I was fortunate enough in late July to get wave 2 at Target, when they hadn't changed the dpci and TLC rang up at clearance. about $4.60 somethin a fig. In hindsight, I should've gotten extras -esp. Scubas, but I decided to leave them for other collectors b/c I'm a good guy. Too bad more collectors don't follow this practice too.
Plenty of us collectors in L.A. help eachother out, so don't start blaming us for hoarding. Yes we get what we want, but we also make sure to spread it around. In the first week after Midnight Madness, I saw plenty of Scubas on the pegs in the middle of the afternoon.
didn't say everyone hoards. Just saying it's a shame more collector's don't think this way. Indeed, I understand, many get multiples for other collectors. Except for Crunchynug, figrin and ...... just jokin
If anyone needs a Movie Masters Joker PM me. Got an extra one.
Glendale Target had remnants of the next wave of Saga Legends today just before closing time.
Burbank TRU has all the new Dooku/Ventress/Anakin Mighty Muggs.
Burbank Target had the new wave of Cars cars- and Tar McQueen is the most sorry-a$$ed variant I've ever seen. I did break my ban on Cars by buying the mini-van with the mattress on top- too funny to pass up.
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A man suspected of seriously injuring his common-law wife by assaulting her with a pellet gun, a shoe and a knife claims he didn't do anything wrong.
"Good day," Rodney Deniro said, smiling, to reporters as he was being escorted into Courtroom No. 7 by sheriff's officers at provincial court in St. John's this morning.
"All I have to say is I'm innocent."
Deniro was arrested Saturday following incidents that reportedly happened in the couple's house on Guzzwell Drive
The woman was rushed to hospital with what police said were serious injuries.
The 42-year-old is charged with seven charges — three counts of assault with a weapon (a pellet gun, shoe and knife), two counts of uttering threats and single counts of aggravated assault and resisting arrest.
The Crown is opposed to Deniro's release.
Lawyers in court today agreed to set the case over until Tuesday afternoon for a bail hearing.
Deniro, who also goes by the name Roderick Long, has a lengthy criminal record that includes convictions for such crimes as assault, uttering threats, theft, fraud over $5,000 and breaching court orders. His record dates back to 2005, with his latest crimes committed in 2012.
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The cream by which all others are measured.
Assos' venerable Chamois Cream is found in the gear bags of cyclists of all ranks, the world over. Designed to reduce friction between your skin and your chamois, the Assos Chamois Cream is formulated from 100% natural ingredients. For best results, we recommend applying it directly to your skin so it protects you most completely.
- All natural ingredients
- Reduces friction between skin and chamois
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Best I've used
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
I started using this many years ago. Got fed up paying the price. Tried some others. This winter, I did a lot of indoor Zwifting and developed private area problems. Went back to Assos. Much better. Thank you. Not leaving you again.
Excellent Product
I have been using Assos Chamois Cream for approximately 15 years. It provides lasting lubrication. It does not stain and washes out completely especially, when washing with the Assos product. I have tried numerous other chamois creams and none compare.
Woah, seriously awesome.
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
I have tried lots of other chamois creams but this one is by far the best I have ever used. Good consistency and seriously rad in preventing chaffing even on the longest rides.Would definitely recommend this product to all ladies and gentlemen who love to ride their bike for long hours and want to avoid the aftermath. I only wish it came in a bigger container!
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Great consistency. My issue with this stuff is it doesn't have quite as much tingle as other brands. Still a staple...if you ride any longer than a half hour at a time you will love this stuff.
I keep coming back
Best I've found.
The Midas Touch
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
The Assos chamois cream is the best that money can buy. It has a perfect balance of smooth comforting protection against chafing. Highly recommended.
Good to be Back.
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
For several year I have used chamois cream to keep comfortable in bike shorts. I had settled on Assos, as it was widely acknowledged to be the benchmark for products of its type. But this year, I let curiosity gt the best of me and picked up a container from another brand. I was disappointed with the consistency and durability of that product. I used part of the tub but it has been relegated to the back of the medicine cabinet. I'm back to Assos!
Love this stuff
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Like many riders, I've tried many different brands of crème. After wandering through the crème forest I eventually settled back on the Assos stuff. Yes it is expensive, but in my estimation it is truly the best stuff. The thicker consistency is ideal in that it lasts on longer rides and stays where you put it. I ride in really hot summers and freezing winters due to a desert climate, and this stuff works in all seasons to keep my undercarriage fresh. I am worth the extra money darn it!
Could not live without it!
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Chaffing is for suckers! Don't be caught out on a long ride without chamois cream. Nothing worse than the feeling of corduroy rubbing between your legs.
Assos is the king of chamois cream. Not overpowering in the tingly department, and lasts all day. If you haven't tried it, treat yourself.
Simply the best
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Two things:
1) ALWAYS use chamois cream and every ride. Always.
2) Make sure it's Assos.
I've tried a bunch of them over the years, nothing else compares. Easy as that.
The Rolls-Royce of Chamois Cream
Let's be honest. Chamois Cream isn't that cool. You shouldn't have an Excel spreadsheet listing the merits, and ingredients of them all. Just find one that works and works well. I've tried quite a few chamois creams but none have stacked up to the feel, texture, smell, and longevity of Assos.
As regular to my morning as coffee
There are a few things that wake me up in the morning; my daily coffee, and the gentle tingle of chamois cream. Assos seems to do the best job!
In all seriousness, I have used everything under the sun, and will always stick to Assos or DZ Nuts depending on what I can get my hands on.
Assos differentiates by being very viscous, so it keeps lubricating for hours and hours, where most others are only effective for a an hour or two. This is reason I always reach for Assos first.
I've tried about everything.
Florida heat and 100% humidity often = swampy conditions. I've tried them all and this goes on easy (yes it tingles) and just works. Washes clean and holds up for hours. No issues down low.
Reduce the burn
If you've ever gone for a century ride, or even shorter rides on rough roads you know the burn I speak of. The Assos Chamois cream is the first and only chamois cream I have ever used and it works as advertised. I did not notice any slipping inside the chamois and had no burns. A tad gloppy, but you get used to it. If you ride long distance or often protect yourself! Rather expensive, but worth every cent.
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Assos Chamois Creme is the best of all worlds...it is not too thick, not too thin and just the right amount of "medicated" feel. I have tried DZ Nuts and I really liked it but it is SO expensive. I also tried Mad Alchemy but it is very goopy (it feels like mayonaise or yogurt). Assos is almost as good as DZ without the HUGE price tag...even with that said, it is still a little pricy...but riding without chamois creme is NOT an option. Try it, you will like it and learn that you can't live without it.
John, uh...what do mayonaise and what do yogurt feel like on your nether bits? Have you tried riding with yogurt as butt butter, my friend? haha jk funny stuff
'Taint perfect, but it's close
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Assos knows how to make gear. The cream applies easily, smells fresh, reduces friction, and does a great job regardless of how long the day in the saddle is. I'm a huge fan.
The only thing I'm not the biggest fan of, in contrast with some other reviewers, is the tingle. On a summer day it's not unwelcome, but there are times where I'd rather just slap it on and be able to forget it a little easier than I do. Interestingly, balancing it with some Nivea cream seems to do the job beautifully.
Assos Chamois Cream was the first Assos product I purchased, and was a gateway drug into all sorts of other Swiss concoctions — shorts, jerseys, socks, you name it. And I wouldn't have it any other way.
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
In all types of bibs, in the heat of the high desert - nothing beats it. Nothing!
This is the best and I have tried others in a bind, I now order in bulk. 100 degrees F at 5000+ feet of altitude, after a 50 mile day - no problems.
I know it is a bunch of chemicals, I make my own shaving oils, I tried numerous natural products - Assos chamois cream works better than any other product I have tried and or used. And I remember when chamois was leather.
I don't always use chamois cream...
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
?but when I do, I use Assos.
I would say on average my taint is more sensitive than most. So if I'm going out for a century or all day ride, I take extra precautions by putting some of this stuff to reduce the friction. I invest in shorts with a good chamois and find the Assos chamois cream makes the ride a bit more comfortable.
I've never had an allergic reaction, but after reading one of the other reviews I may pass on using chamois cream in the future do reduce the amount of chemicals put on my skin.
Stay Comfortable and Fresh
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Pretty good product. There is a slight tingling that dissapates quickly after application. The protection is good and keeps me riding longer. Also it keeps your shorts smelling fresh. I use it less in Oslo Norway where it is cool than in Washington DC during the summer. I don't seem to need it as much.
Great Cream
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Ive been using this product for a couple of years and love it. It feels great on the skin and stays in place for hours. I will continue to use this for years to come.


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Oi, Such a Beautiful World! (1.09.12)
Now that we know who we are, it's time to find out what the world is. Naturally, we tend to conflate the world with our characteristic way of knowing it, but it is always "more" than this or that point of view, something the materialist seems constitutionally incapable of appreciating.
That is, a particular danger in our day and age is to regard the world as nothing more than a reflection of our mundane scientific way of knowing it. But if this is taken too literally, as in the manner of our scientistic jester, it always does violence to reality. Just because the world may be known scientifically, it hardly means that it is nothing more than a material object.
You can also treat a human being like a material object, but we all know that a person is infinitely more than that. A person includes materiality while always transcending it. Our true identity could never be a function of any materialist doctrine, if for no other reason than it unfolds through time, and cannot be unambiguously given in space, as can a material object. (And even that is no longer true, since the quantum world consists of vibrating energy, and vibrations necessarily require time.)
This reminds me of the old joke about the two behavioral psychologists who meet in the elevator. The one says to the other, "You're fine. How am I?"
It also reminds me of a Star Trek episode I was watching with Future Leader the other day. Dr. McCoy angrily says something to Spock to the effect of, "You are the most cold-hearted creature I've ever met!" Spock calmly responds, "Why thank you, Doctor."
Anyway, the last arcanum of Meditations on the Tarot is The World. It is no coincidence that this is the final card, for the sum total of our previous meditations should begin to facilitate an ability to regard the world as a work of art, with all that implies.
Now, intellect is to truth as will is to virtue and love is to the beautiful. It's quite simple, really: Truth is what we must know; good is what we must do; and beauty is what we must love. Now, go away and sin no more.
Being that beauty is the splendor of the true, there is obviously a deep and abiding connection between truth and beauty, knowledge and art, for surely art is a way of deeply knowing beautiful truths about the world that are inaccessible to science per se (although, as we all know, aesthetics enters science through the side door, for example, in the beauty of mathematics.)
I think more than any other theologian of whom I am aware (with the possible exception of Balthasar; among the more secular philosophers, Schopenhauer is supreme), Schuon had a deep and sensitive understanding of the role of beauty in the cosmic economy. He said so may brilliant things about it, that it's rather difficult to get to the essence in the space of short post, but here are a few, conveniently taken from the pithy little book I just finished, Echoes of Perennial Wisdom:
"The cosmic, and more particularly the earthly, function of beauty is to actualize in the intelligent and sensitive creature the recollection of essences, and thus to open the way to the luminous night of the one and infinite Essence."
In ether worlds, essence is opposed to existence as substance is to form. Just as the function of man's intelligence is to discern between accidents and reality, the function of the aesthetic sense is to discern between form and essence, the latter of which is always more inward, whether it is in a poem, painting, musical performance -- or the world. In other words, the world has an inner essence that reveals itself in the mode of formal beauty, which is only "everywhere."
I noticed a trivial example of this the other day while out mountain biking. The bike trail winds through "virgin nature," which, for reasons that are indeed mysterious, is essentially always beautiful -- even the random patterns of rocks strewn about always seem "just so," as if carefully arranged by a Japanese painter or landscape artist.
But along the trail I saw a piece of broken concrete. I have no idea how it got there, but it didn't belong. Frankly, it was ugly, and was obviously out of place. Furthermore, there was no place you could have placed it and made it fit in. It was an aesthetic error, which, when you think about it, is an interesting way of putting it, for it again emphasizes that there is surely truth in beauty.
Interestingly, a couple of years ago, after a brush fire passed our way, I discovered an old abandoned vehicle that must have been there since the 1950's. (Come to think of it, I think that was the day Hoarhey stumbled in here, but that's another story. I remember, because if I am not mistaken, he was able to identify the make of the vehicle.)
Anyway, as a result of the years of mother nature working on it, it had become beautiful in its own way, whereas a new car dumped there in the middle of the scene would have been jarring and lacking in aesthetic harmony and proportion.
Schuon: "Beauty is a reflection of Divine Bliss; and since God is Truth, the reflection of His Bliss will be that mixture of happiness and truth which is to be found in all beauty.... The beauty of the sacred is a symbol or a foretaste of, and sometimes a means to, the joy that God alone possesses.... Sacred art helps man to find his own center, that kernel whose nature is to love God.... The sacred is an apparition of the Center, it immobilizes the soul and turns it towards the inward."
Yes. Just as truth is a reflection of the "divine light," beauty bubbles over with the divine joy, or ananda. Sometimes my son is so beautiful to me, I literally can't stand it. I suppose it's related to the Jewish concept of plotzing with naches over your kids. Oi! Such a ponim on that boychik!


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According to a classmate in BR, the field will be very wet due to rains yesterday. Don't know how this will impact the game but sounds like cutting will be difficult.
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HRCH Patton's Parker Co. Shadow "Shadow"
HRCH Clineline Hijacker "Jack"
HRCH Marks a Lot Midnight Hudson, SH "Hudson" RIP (5/26/01-6/18/15)
Castile Creeks Rawhide, MH "Rowdy"
Zero chance that field is wet. It's a fast track.
game time almost...........Looking forward to seeing a great game between TAMU and LSU. I don't have a dog in the hunt but just want to see an entertaining game.. Good luck to the fans of BOTH teams...
My Dad said to me ."Son, a man just needs three things to be happy....A good dog, a good gun and a good wife.....Thank God I have all three
Sundown's Boss of Delta Marsh JH (Louie QAA X Delta MH)
Traveling Through The Graded Timber JH (2012 NAFC Trav X Timber MH QAA)
Sundown's Ruff And Tuff (Boss JH X Lil Bit) best pup I have ever raised
Home of HRCH Sundown's Loaded To The Maxx (FC AFC Jamie X Dixie QAA) RIP
Which means they probably won't have to worry themselves over any likelihood of playing in a "lesser" bowl game, the granddaddy of 'em all, the Rose, instead of for the BCS championship. They'll get something even lesser - maybe the Peach Bowl.
Man, one slip and A&M scores. 51 yard pass.
Johnny M is so freaking good too. I've NEVER seen a QB that can throw the ball on the run like that with that level of accuracy. I think he throws it better on the move than when he plants his feet.
LSU KILLING themselves with Penalties.
If LSU can FINISH a game in the 2nd Half,
we should see more of the same with the score getting closer and closer.
Team Stat Comparison
TA&M LSU 1st Downs 10 10 3rd down efficiency 2-8 6-9 4th down efficiency 0-2 0-1 Total Yards 198 275 Passing 151 133 Comp-Att 8-22 7-11 Yards per pass 6.9 12.1 Rushing 47 142 Rushing Attempts 13 25 Yards per rush 3.6 5.7 Penalties 3-30 7-66 Turnovers 0 0 Fumbles lost 0 0 Interceptions thrown 0 0 Possession 12:08 17:52
Texas A&M Passing C/ATT YDS AVG TD INT Johnny Manziel 8/22 151 6.9 1 0 Team 8/22 151 6.9 1 0
LSU Passing C/ATT YDS AVG TD INT Zach Mettenberger 7/11 133 12.1 2 0 Team 7/11 133 12.1 2 0
Dustin you posted a bunch of stats but no score, what's the score? I'm out hunting so no idea what's going on.


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A husband and wife can separate upon a deed containing terms for their immediate separation, but they cannot legally agree to separate at a future time. The trustees of the wife must be parties to the deed, and agree with the husband as to what property the wife is to take, for a husband and wife cannot convenant together.
1st. Divorce à mensâ et thoro, being only a separation from bed and board.
2nd. Divorce à vinculo matrimonii, being an entire dissolution of the bonds of matrimony.
The grounds for the first kind of divorce are, 1st. Adultery, 2nd. Intolerable Cruelty, and 3rd. Unnatural Practices. The Ecclesiastical Courts can do no more than pronounce for this first kind of divorce, or rather separation, as the matrimonial tie is not severed, and there is always a possibility of reconciliation.
The law cannot dissolve a lawful marriage; it is only in the Legislature that this power is vested. It requires an act of Parliament to constitute a divorce à vinculo matrimonii, but the investigation rests by usage with the Lords alone, the House of Commons acting upon the faith that the House of Lords came to a just conclusion.
This divorce is pronounced on account of adultery in the wife, and in some cases of aggravated adultery on the part of the husband.
The expenses of only a common divorce bill are between six hundred and seven hundred pounds, which makes page: 10 the possibility of release from the matrimonial bond a privilege of the rich.
A wife cannot be a plaintiff, defendant, or witness in an important part of the proceeding for a divorce, which evidently must lead to much injustice.


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It's hot out, and we've all been there: Your air conditioning breaks, and it's an emergency. So you call the A/C company. We trust them to fix the problem at a fair price, but are they, really? We tested several of those companies on hidden camera, and experts say: Some are blowing hot air when they hand you the bill.
We set up our hidden camera test right smack in the middle of a heat wave. We rented a house in New Jersey and had three certified A/C experts inspect our system from top to bottom. Their verdicts: Our system was "in very, very good shape," "perfect," and in "excellent shape, good working condition."
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Then we brought in Bobby Ring, president of a top A/C company and senior vice chair of the Air Conditioning Contractors of America. He set up what he said is a common and easy-to-fix problem: a simple broken wire that shuts the unit down. He said he would charge less than $200 to fix it.
"So if a technician tells us, 'You need other work done to fix this problem?'" we asked.
"They're either incompetent or dishonest," Ring replied.
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We wired the house with eight hidden cameras to capture every angle and had a mom pose as the homeowner. We had her call six companies to fix the A/C. As the contractors showed up, we were watching with our expert from a control room in the basement.
Good news: The first contractor found our broken wire. But instead of fixing it, he wanted to charge us for an expensive part — something called a capacitor.
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"He's either incompetent or he's trying to deceive her," Ring said. "There's nothing wrong with the capacitor, because we checked it."
Yet this guy wanted to replace it anyway. The price: $395. So one of our experts showed him the real problem, fixing the broken wire and turning the machine on in seconds. No broken capacitor there. His company didn't return our calls for comment.
The next guy found and even fixed our broken wire quickly; the unit was working, the fan was turning. So why did he tell our mom that to fix it, he also needed to replace a pricey part?
"Because it's leaking," he told her. "Combustible fluid." It sounded serious, and so was his bill: $692.
Rossen Reports: Mold contractors charging for unneeded work?
When we revealed ourselves and confronted him, we asked: "Did you actually test the part that you replaced, before you replaced it?"
"Actually, we were watching you on hidden camera, and you didn't." In fact, what he said was a leak, our experts say, was just harmless rust, and the part worked fine.
In a statement, the company owner told us his employees follow a "...code of ethics...I stand behind my technician...(who)...presented the problem correctly and...made a recommendation based on visual concerns... If for some reason he did not follow our process, he will be dealt with accordingly."
Dishonesty or incompetence?
But the next two appointments shocked even our expert. The first company tried to charge our mom several new parts. Price tag: $850. They weren't happy to see us, even pushing us and threatening a punch in the jaw.
"The experts that we had check this unit say that the capacitor is fine, the contractors are fine, so why were you going to charge her $850?"
"To replace them," the contractor said. "I don't think they're fine."
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His company didn't return our calls for comment.
We thought we'd seen it all, but the next guys told our mom she needed new parts — including one that didn't even exist in our unit. The price: an incredible $950.
"Our experts say this is either dishonesty or incompetence," we said after revealing ourselves. "How do you respond to that?"
Do you want a scam, rip-off or issue investigated?
"I don't have to be on camera," the contractor said. He stuck by his story, telling us the unit needed new parts to work. The company said he was fired.
In the end, the results weren't good. Experts say six out of six air-conditioning companies — every one we called — tried to charge us for unnecessary repairs.
"I'm really disappointed," Bobby Ring said. "I didn't expect to see the degree of dishonesty and incompetence we did."
Experts say there are honest A/C companies out there. And you should find them before you have an emergency. To make it easier, below are some helpful links to find a trained and reputable air-conditioning contractor in your area:
To read a statement in response to this investigation from Rich Bogda, president of A/C company Service Professionals, the company that charged us $692 for repairs, click here .
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JANESVILLE - Melba E. Fink, age 79, formerly of Janesville, died Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012, at Evansville Manor. She was born in Bluford, IL, on May 14, 1933, the daughter of Amos and Minnie (Barr) Wilson. She was an elementary school teacher and later worked in the Library of Governor State University, in Illinois. Melba was initially married to John C. Murphy and later married Kenneth Fink. He preceded her in death on Nov. 15, 2008. She was a member of Sweet Adelines, various United Methodist Churches and their choirs, and also of the Teamsters union at Governor State University.
She is survived by her daughters, Janice Murphy of Evansville, and Teresa (Bill) Bastien-Behrens of Berryville, AR; son-in-law, Daniel Andrews of Footville; and 3 grandchildren: Renee Bastien, Chuck and Kate Andrews. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Ken; daughter, Cynthia Andrews; and 9 siblings.
Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, at the SCHNEIDER APFEL SCHNEIDER & SCHNEIDER FUNERAL HOME and CREMATORY, Janesville, where visitation will take place on Thursday from 10:00 a.m. until the hour of service. Burial will be in Skyline Memorial Park, Monee, IL. Memorials may be made to Alzheimers Research.


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And yet more boot floppies. In the past few hours I've uploaded a new yaboot package that is more likely to work on the boot floppies, a new set of kernel images (2.2.15pre19), and new PCMCIA modules for them.
I had to add mktemp to busybox in order to get ybin (YaBoot INstaller) to work on the boot floppies. This was my first run-in with the inside of busybox; I have a few ideas for how it could be improved, but it is an impressively well organized hack. Maybe I'll have time to contribute some of my ideas sometime soon.
Newt got updated today to fix the annoying Control-U brokenness; my congratulations to Enrique Zanardi for being the most responsive of all maintainers I've sent RC bugs to in weeks.
Here goes another build! This is a candidate for 2.2.12 release, if it works.


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Just a sprinkle of zest and a dab of lime butter sauce beautifully highlight the flavor of grilled salmon.
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I thought this one was great super easy too. I substituted coconut oil for the butter and it came out great.
This was excellent! So simple that I could do it any night of the week. The lime butter did not overwhelm the salmon but complemented it very well. I was only grilling two portions so I halved the lime butter but had enough to add to my grilled corn. I highly suggest trying that. Since I halved the butter, I used my immersion blender instead of the big blender and it worked perfectly. I had no issues with separation.
This was just okay and the lime butter is certainly nothing to write home about. Can't figure out why everyone is so "wowed" by this. I'll stick to my own salmon preparations. There's nothing special about this at all.
My sauce blended but is very thin. When I thin of "emulsified" I think of something thickish, like hollandaise. Any ideas about where I went wrong?
Fantastic! Used it on pan fried haddock dusted lightly with Chinese 5 spice. It was terrific! so good that we had the same meal the next night. A bit still left so I tossed it with a salad of greens, sliced pear and red onion. It worked!
Why would you rate a recipe with lime BUTTER sauce with one fork because you don't like butter? JEEEZ winewiz1..... next time don't bother rating.... it's a BUTTER sauce and it's supposed to be buttery!! It's delicious!
I made the grilled salmon with the lime butter sauce based on the positive reviews, but I do not agree with the other s that made this recipe. I am a huge grilled salmon lover and I thought the butter sauce was too buttery, I prefer the taste of the grilled salmon to shine. I love grilled salmon with herbs and a drizzle of lemon olive oil, delicious and simple!
So easy and so yummy, will make it again over and over!
Really easy and really yummy! Unfortunately not so good for the waistline because I had seconds, including the butter sauce!
Incredible! My family absolutely loved it! Will definitely make again!


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About a "Post-Human" Future & Human Biotechnology
Most observers acknowledge that human biotechnologies are likely to create serious challenges for individuals and society. Some people, however, deny or downplay their risks and challenges, and uncritically embrace the dramatic changes they believe human biotechnologies will bring. These enthusiasts tend to oppose public oversight, and to urge the unfettered commercial development of enhancement technologies.
For the past several years, a small but influential network of mainstream scientists, bioethicists, and others has been actively promoting the unfettered development of inheritable genetic modification (changing the genes passed on to future generations) and the expanded use of selection technologies
such as pre-implantation genetic diagnosis. Most of them acknowledge that these applications are likely to exacerbate existing inequalities and to create new forms of inequality. They often argue that such developments are inevitable.
"Transhumanists" are a marginal but vocal group of self-described futurists who promote human biotechnologies and other scientific advances as a means to "enhance" physical and cognitive abilities and "transcend" aspects of the human condition such as aging and dying. Their ideas are often seen as a replay of eugenics - the belief that science can and should be used to "breed" people with "superior" qualities.
Some transhumanists want to recast "eugenics" as a positive term, distinguishing their vision from past government-mandated eugenics policies. They are comfortable allowing market forces to shape these technologies and their social impact, arguing that government should have no role in developing, promoting, or regulating human biotechnologies.
Many transhumanists embrace libertarian social and political values, and some have attracted support in more mainstream libertarian circles.


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The Toyota Prius c hybrid is available in four grades, ranging from $18,950 to $23,230
At the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) last month, Toyota proudly unveiled its new
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The starting manufacturer's suggested retail price (MSRP) for the 2012 Prius c hybrid is $18,950. However, the Prius c will be available in four grades, offering more features the higher the grade. The Prius c One has an MSRP of $18,950, while the Prius c Two is priced at $19,900, the Prius c Three is priced at $ 21,635 and the Prius c Four is priced at $23,230.
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The Toyota Prius c One offers the basics like remote keyless entry, automatic climate control and a steering wheel with controls such as Bluetooth, audio and other options. Upgrading to the Prius c Two gets you a six-speaker audio system, a center console with armrest and storage, cruise control, engine immobilizer, a cargo area tonneau cover and a 60/40 split fold-down rear seat.
For those willing to bump up to the Prius c Three, drivers receive a plethora of technology for both entertainment and information such as a 6.1-inch touchscreen, Sirius XM Satellite Radio capability, HD Radio with iTunes Tagging, a Display Audio system with Navigation and Entune, advanced voice recognition, and a USB port with iPod connectivity. The Three also allows drivers to add 15-inch alloy wheels for an extra $390 and a power tilt/slide moonroof with sunshade for an extra $850.
The crème de la crème of the Prius c hybrids is the Four, with added 15-inch, 8-spoke alloy wheels, color-keyed heated power outside mirrors with turn signals, integrated fog lamps, and Softex-trimmed heated front seats. Prius c Four drivers can also choose to add a power tilt/slide moonroof with sliding shade for an extra $850, a 16-inch, 8-spoke alloy wheel package with P195/50R16 tires for an extra $300, or a 16-inch alloy wheel package that includes P195/50R16 tires and the moonroof with sliding sunshade for an extra $1,150.
"It's sized, priced, styled and packaged to appeal to young buyers on a budget who, until now, have probably found a hybrid experience out of reach," said Jim Lentz, Toyota USA president and CEO. "That's why we view
the Prius as a gateway vehicle
and a key component of our Prius strategy."
The Prius c hybrid will be available in dealerships in March 2012.
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Don Carlos is an opera composed by Giuseppe Verdi in the 19th century.
In early 2375, The Doctor wanted to rehearse a duet from Don Carlos on the holodeck, but it was still occupied by Tom Paris running his Captain Proton holoprogram. (VOY: "Night")
The Doctor performed a duet from the opera, "Dio, che nell'alma infondere", aboard the USS Voyager for an audience of Voyager crewmembers and a number of fascinated Qomar. He later gave small holograms of him singing the same song to Qomar admirers, even singing a duet with his small holographic self. (VOY: "Virtuoso")


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Dear Alibi ,
I just finished reading your "Best of Burque Restaurants" edition [Oct. 6-12]. Judging from the "winners," I believe it's now time for you to change the title to: "Best of Burque Restaurants—Closest to UNM"
It's apparent that the majority of readers, understandably, reside in the UNM area and therefore do the majority of voting. It's also apparent that the majority of their dining dollars are spent along Central Avenue and, with only a few exceptions, within a small radius of the campus.
The establishments listed are certainly all credible and noteworthy. Yet, to call this edition the "Best of Burque Restaurants" is not only false, but is misleading, and it relegates many eating establishments outside the UNM area to anonymity.
When the majority of "winners" are all within walking distance of the campus, it's time to reevaluate either the title of the survey or the methods you use to entice voters throughout the entire city. Here's hoping the next "Best of Burque Restaurants" edition truly is.
Editor's note: The Alibi's largest distribution numbers are actually in the Northeast Heights. But there is indeed a concentration of locally owned restaurants along Central—and not as many chains. The prevalence of mom and pops in the International District, Nob Hill, UNM and Downtown areas probably has more to do with Central's prominence in the poll than the university students who pick us up during the school year. —Laura Marrich
Dear Alibi,
The New England Patriots, Green Bay Packers and New Orleans Saints are all winning NFL teams, having won a Super Bowl at least once in last decade. During that time, the Miami Dolphins, Cincinnati Bengals and Cleveland Browns have all been NFL cellar dwellers. Say that players on those losing teams point out what the Patriots, Packers and Saints do to be winning teams. The coaching staff and management tells those players who simply are illustrating what winners do to "go play for those teams if they are so great." That means the coaches and management, rather than try to bring their teams up and into the winner's circle, want to knock somebody else because their egos are so fragile they cannot tolerate someone pointing out a fact. This is EXACTLY what people do when confronted with the fact that the U.S. in no longer No. 1.
They say "go live in Norway or Germany if they are so great." Or they mention the ageless canard about saving Europe in WWII. They cannot accept that evolution has passed the U.S. by, and that in terms of prosperity, education and science, European and Asian nations have surpassed the U.S. Rather than ask what can be done to bring the nation up to par, they deny the truth. They accuse anyone who dares to point out cold facts of being communist or socialist traitors who should exit the country pronto.
This is like the coaches telling a player—rather than working to make their team as good as the Patriots or Packers—he should just leave and go play for the winning teams. So, do these people who always preach "Love it or leave it" think the U.S. should just remain mired in mediocrity? Should the U.S. be like the Browns or Bengals on a global scale; cellar dwellers? Or, should the nation aspire to be the geopolitical equivalent of the Saints? It is always easier for those of mediocre intelligence to parrot what some spokesperson said and call names. It's less painful than thinking.


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My partial evaluation article is fixed -- some parts had got broken in the import, and now it's finally worth linking to. (Supposing it's worth linking to at all, I mean.)
I'm in Pasadena this week, visiting family and looking for contract work.
My partial evaluation article is fixed -- some parts had got broken in the import, and now it's finally worth linking to. (Supposing it's worth linking to at all, I mean.)
I'm in Pasadena this week, visiting family and looking for contract work.
A couple of new releases tonight:
A discussion with Zooko about studying compilers brought up some stuff others might find interesting -- so I'm going to try moving it onto my diary here.
Zooko wrote:
You're saying that a realistic compiler would be even *simpler* using concepts of program transformation and partial evaluation? Intriguing! Is there another book that will teach me this stuff?
Not exactly, but there are some sources below. The basic idea is that the job is simplest when you're doing just what needs doing, no more and no less -- and that's taking a program in a high-level language and producing a low-level equivalent. If you're working with a language with clean semantics, the most direct way to get there from here is through a sequence of transformations that each remove some high-level feature, until you end with something that maps directly onto machine code. I can send you a design overview of a compiler I wrote, if you want an example. (It was for the Vapour OS project and got various bits of ugly hair hacked into it by others so I'm not sure I have any really exemplary copy of it around anymore... but there is still the overview doc.) Or there's the toy compiler on my webpage for an earlier go at the same ideas -- underdocumented, though. Someone did write in once to tell me he'd still learned from it. :)
If your source language isn't so nice, you can convert to a nice intermediate form and then continue as before -- SGI's ia64 compiler looked like a good example of this. You can see most compilers as working this way to a greater or lesser degree, but it tends to get hidden by the different data structures used at each stage.
There's a bunch of ways partial evaluation comes in:
OTOH it's *not* simpler to write a peval and an interpreter rather than write a simple compiler directly, because the peval effectively has both an interpreter and a codegen crammed together already. You might as well just write the compiler.
Formerly I would've emphasized just the conceptual clarity part, but playing around with implementing pevals I'm starting to think it's not so incredibly hard and it should be in everyone's toolchest.
The relation between compiling by transformations and by peval seems to be basically this: in both, the result is lower-level code that avoids using the full range of constructs available in the original language. In one you write a code transformer that eliminates the construct; in the other you write an interpreter in the language subset that lacks the construct, then compute the generating extension.
So, the refs:
Steele's Rabbit and Clinger's Twobit (that I pointed to before) are based on program transformation. Steele's thesis is pretty pleasant and conversational, though it's obviously far from the state of the art, and got printed by a horrifically ugly early computer typesetter.
Essentials of Programming Languages develops lots of topics through transformations (what's called refactoring these days), and ends with an intro to compiling from that perspective. Only in the first edition, though -- the second seems designed to serve college classes and is just not as fun for hackers. The book is mainly about essential stuff you need to know to start reading programming language research papers, like the title says.
Appel's Compiling With Continuations seems to be the only book-length treatment of a practical compiler written this way, but it's about 10 years old now and the SML/NJ compiler is said to have changed a lot.
On partial evaluation and compiling, I referenced this in my article:
Frank Pagan, Partial Computation and the Construction of Language Processors. Prentice-Hall, 1991. A basic textbook on this approach to compiler design, doing partial evaluation by hand. Examples include parsing, source-to-source translation, code generation, decompiling, and macroexpansion.
It's not brilliantly written, but it's short and worth checking out from the library.
Modern Compiler Design is another compiler textbook. From that page:
A recurrent theme is `precomputation': first a simple, understandable, and obviously correct technique is designed, then all computation that can be done at compiler generation time is performed there. This leads naturally from interpretive lexical analysis to FSAs and allows us to view generated code as an instantiation of an interpreter, thus introducing connections with partial evaluation.I've skimmed that book and it looks like a good one, but Appel will probably suffice unless you get really interested in all this.
After writing all this up I might as well post it to my journal, too -- want to be quoted/credited?
One reason the area gets a reputation for deep magic (though it's been losing that over time) is because you can invest arbitrary amounts of effort in optimization for economic reasons -- your compiler's part of your processor as far as SPEC is concerned. I've been discovering lately that partial evaluation isn't as magic as it looks, either...Hm. I read that, while Moore's Law has doubled CPU speeds every 18 months, compiler optimizations have doubled emitted code speed every 18 years. :-)
So it seem like CPU manufacturers would have done better to defund the compiler optimizers and spend the money on manufacturing processes eh?
Excellent question. :) Pulling numbers out of my ass, if you're spending $1B on a chip, throwing $40M into compiler development probably makes sense, even if that only gets you 40% faster than a $2M compiler. (No idea what the real figures are.) From where I'm standing that looks like infinite amounts of money. And yeah, this is why I haven't invested much time in learning hardcore compiler optimization -- I don't want my life's work to be making someone's embedded processor run 10% faster. It's a pity this narrow emphasis still controls how people learn the subject, because the ideas in compiling really are widely applicable -- all kinds of computations are interpreters or translators of some sort, and people tend not to think of them that way. So it's worth more effort to find ways of applying the easy parts of compiler tech in lots of real programs. Valgrind is a great recent example, though perhaps `easy' isn't quite the right word there -- but it's certainly not like a hardcore dynamic optimizer.
I also wish more of that money went into implementing more powerful languages with competitive performance. And supporting more physically realistic models of computation -- that slow progress in software is actually holding the hardware back. What to do about it, I don't know -- it's the usual economic lockin.
More CS/programming books up for auction, including my old Smalltalk-80 books -- I'll be terribly sorry to see them go. Cashflow problems.
lukeg: I still print out my code to go over with pen in hand sometimes... got in the habit back in the dark ages when I had only occasional access to computers. It seems most helpful in the early stages of a program -- later on I may still read through a program from start to finish, sitting at the computer, but that's more of a way of procrastinating by picking little nits than anything productive.
With all the arguments about virtual machines lately, people might like to check out idel. It picks out a different point in the design space from stuff like the JVM -- closer to a hardware instruction set, using software fault isolation for safety.
I have about 20 books up for auction on ebay, the majority on programming or computer science. Will be putting up more soon.
My E compiler has gone through its big reorg and is passing all its tests again. I'd like to get started on the JVM backend soon, but with all the time going into finding work and scraping together rent money, it's iffy.
A headhunter emailed me about a job opening, which was nice, as I'm looking for work, except that the description looked familiar. Sure enough, poking around a local company's website turned up the exact same job ad which I'd seen already, so I replied with a one-liner saying thanks but I'd go straight to the company, and figured that was the end of it.
They replied:
I have been contracted by Company to recruit for this position. I respect that you are intelligent enough to determine the client, I would also hope that you would respect the way we have chosen to work. If you are interested in the position, Please send me an MSWord version of you resume so that I may determine the fit per my clients request.
(In their original email they said they'd seen my resume already on hotjobs.com (which I hadn't posted it to, at least not directly).) I wonder, is all this silliness old hat to other jobseekers?
Prompted by raph's post:
Bad patents
I posted about this to livejournal once: Sun patented a three-line assembly program that had already appeared in a famous paper in the previous decade. There needs to be a wiki or something for collecting these cases; I helped start one up but its server is down now.
Readability of RPN
I agree that having to track through the effects of stack manipulations hurts Forth's readability. That's why when I made up a variant of Forth for idel it had no stack-manipulation words: you use local variables for everything instead. The result seems more readable than assembly code, the more obvious language type that could've been used there.
If indeed workers do serve a large colony in order to win prestige and acquire rank, there must be a mechanism that demonstrates each individual's ability reliably.from The Handicap Principle by Zahavi and Zahavi.
The mechanism that seems likeliest to us is pheromones. ...It is known that the pheromone secreted by the queen motivates workers to serve her. Bees are very eager for the pheromone and lick it off the body of the queen. Workers can get the pheromone directly from the body of the queen when they serve her, or indirectly, from workers who have served the queen.
So, does this sound like advogato? Is it a coincidence?
New HTML Parser: The long-awaited libxml2 based HTML parser code is live. It needs further work but already handles most markup better than the original parser.
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HI all. First time poster here, so please bear with me.
I have a real time data feed that I'm pulling data off of into a local port. The command I use to grab the data is
"netcat localhost 12345".
This command works perfectly in the shell command line. The problem is that it runs continuously. To have it run only for 100 ms would be perfect.
In the Perl Script I am implementing this command with, my goal is to put each line into a string so I can parse the data, filter if need be, and do it again as a loop. The following commands are in a while(1) loop. I tried a number of things to get the data into a string line by line...
while(`netcat localhost 12345`) #because I know that backticked system commands return their output to the STDOUT
while(!`netcat localhost 12345`) #I thought maybe it worked with negative logic
$new_line = `netcat localhost 12345`; #This just didnt work at all...
`echo |netcat localhost 12345 >> $new_line`;
Unfortunately none have worked. I know that you can netcat the data into a file, but I would like to like to cut out the middle man, if possible. Hopefully someone knows a simple command that can help me.
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Tenth of December, by George Saunders, Bloomsbury RRP£14.99/Random House RRP$26, 272 pages
George Saunders, lavishly blurbed on his new collection of short stories by grandees such as Jonathan Franzen ("We're lucky to have him") and Thomas Pynchon ("An astoundingly tuned voice"), came to writing via an unusual route.
As a Chicago teenager in the 1970s, he fell under the influence of Ayn Rand, libertarian author of The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. Her vision of an America rescued from the tentacles of socialism by virile men of enterprise and action – free-market Übermenschen – inspired young Saunders to become an engineer, one of Rand's "earth movers".
He graduated in geophysical engineering in 1981 and set about finding a Randian role for himself in oil exploration. But disenchantment followed and his politics shifted.
Saunders' eventual break with Rand's ideas was the subject of a recent piece he wrote in The New Yorker: "I was Ayn Rand's Lover", a satirical fantasy in which he imagined himself at 17 becoming Rand's sex slave before being displaced by a "handsome and confident and ripped" rival: Tea Party pin-up Paul Ryan.
The repudiation of Rand is also the theme uniting the stories in Tenth of December, in which Saunders deploys his mastery of the short story form to reject his former guru's belief in selfish individualism as the truest expression of human nature.
The book, his fourth short story collection, comes 16 years after the first, CivilWarLand in Bad Decline, which he wrote while still working for an engineering company. Its titular story, a blackly comic account of a failing theme park dedicated to the American civil war, narrated by a genial loser who becomes implicated in terrible acts of brutality, is Saunders in a nutshell: deceptively folksy in prose style, unsettling and bleak in outlook. Chiefly set in lower-middle-class exurbia, at a surreal point in time somewhere between science fiction and the present day, Saunders' stories depicted America as a place of inauthentic consumerism, uncaring corporations and unsettling outbreaks of violence.
The stories in his new collection continue in the same vein. "Escape from Spiderhead" is about convicts being tested with drugs to alter their emotional, sexual and intellectual life. "Exhortation" takes the form of a corporate memo from "Todd Birnie, Divisional Director" whose feel-good banalities ("So the point of this memo is: Positive") mask the sinister quality of the work being undertaken. "Al Roosten" rehashes the loser-in-a-theme-park setting from "CivilWarLand in Bad Decline".
Each story is written with an acute ear for the rhythms of everyday life. The feisty 14-year-old girl in "Victory Lap" is a brilliant blend of Disney princess-isms and girl-power ("ixnay on the local boys"), while the teenage boy who lives next door is in constant imaginary dialogue with his insanely prohibitive father. "Swearing in your head? Dad said in his head. Step up, Scout, be a man. If you want to swear, swear aloud."
The tone goes seamlessly from comedy to whimsy to horror. When a vocabulary-enhancing drug is tested on the convict guinea pigs in "Escape from Spiderhead", Saunders' language grows flowery and convoluted, subsiding as the drug wears off. Tension is ratcheted up with unobtrusive skill. Characters' fantasy lives blur neatly into their real lives.
The combination of rigorous conceptual focus and distinctive style can make Saunders seem formulaic. "Home" is a cartoon-like treatment of a stock figure, the psychotic war veteran, while "Puppy" turns a dog-buying outing into a grotesque and claustrophobic mini-portrait of American society. An echo of Rand's strictures remains in the stories' distrust of the state, illustrated by the cruelties of prison life or the misguided actions of well-meaning social workers.
Ultimately, however, Tenth of December is lifted by its sustained attack on Rand's ideology of individualism. Each story is about people doing good, or wanting to do good, often in situations when they would profit from doing nothing. Their actions may have unintended consequences, as in the bleak parody of heroism in "My Chivalric Fiasco" – but the point lies in the impulse to act morally.
The theme reaches its peak in "Tenth of December". Set on a freezing winter day, it is a beautifully framed encounter between a bullied overweight boy fantasising about bravery and a suicidal skinny man suffering terminal illness. ("Wednesday he'd fallen out of the med bed again. There on the floor in the dark it had come to him: I could spare them.") What happens next overturns Rand's belief that altruism is evil, and instead suggests that helping others is the core component of our being.
Saunders relates this to family life; in the book's acknowledgments he thanks his daughters for teaching him that "goodness is not only possible, it is our natural state". The arch-rationalist Rand would have detested this appeal to sentiment – but Saunders deploys sentimentality as superbly as he does other modes of writing. If storytelling is a form of kinship network, binding readers together in a shared experience, then Saunders is as much an "earth mover" as the best engineer.


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When Ram brought its collection of new vehicles to the auto press, we were hoping to get some seat time in the new 3.0-liter I-4 EcoDiesel ProMaster, equipped with the M40 six-speed automated manual transmission, a class first and exclusive in the U.S. commercial van segment. All of the specimens provided at the event were the gas model equipped with the 3.6-liter Pentastar V-6 and 62TE six-speed torque-converter automatic. The target availability for the diesel is first quarter 2014. Like the Ram 1500 EcoDiesel, the ProMaster will be part of our Truck of the Year competition, but unfortunately, in gas-only guise for the time being.
The control positions and layout are pretty much standard-issue commercial-spec tall van. The steering wheel has a deliberate horizontal orientation. The seating position is also bolt-upright, looking over a wide dashboard, and broad front glass giving a commanding outlook over the road ahead. Our tester was equipped with an overhead storage shelf, made for clipboards and other lightweight accoutrements in the commercial segment. It will likely be an appreciated and handy feature by buyers.
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As noted previously in our first look at the ProMaster, the van is unique in its class in the U.S. for being the only front-drive entry -- for now. Both the forthcoming full-size Ford Transit, as well as the freshened Mercedes-Benz Sprinter models, are rear-drive. But the front-drive design has not significantly impacted the ProMaster's payload capacity, with only the 3500-series high-roof cargo models of the Sprinter offering a greater higher payload capacity.
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Serves 6
Personally, I'm not so fond of "vegetable" chilis, as they seem to feature overcooked and watery veggies that were never meant to be "stewed." So in warmer weather, I top the bean chili with a cool, salsa-like mixture of raw veggies like tomatoes, avocado, and corn. And in the winter, instead of adding vegetables to the pot during braising, I roast them separately and garnish the dish with them.
In a small bowl, combine the ground ancho chile, coriander, cumin, oregano, paprika, brown sugar, cocoa, ground chipotle, cinnamon, cloves, and 1-1/2 tsp. salt. Set aside.
In a liquid measure, whisk together the red wine, tomato paste, finely chopped cilantro stems and leaves, the chopped chipotle, and the adobo. Set aside.
In another large liquid measure or bowl, combine the crushed tomatoes with 3 cups water and stir well.
In a large Dutch oven, heat the butter and olive oil over medium heat. When the butter has melted, add the onions, bell pepper, and 1/2 tsp. salt and stir. Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables have softened, 5 to 7 minutes. Uncover, raise the heat to medium-high, and continue cooking until the onion is lightly browned, another 7 to 8 minutes. Reduce the heat to medium-low, add the garlic and jalapeño, and cook, stirring, until softened and fragrant, about 1 minute.
Add the dried spice mixture and cook, stirring and scraping until well incorporated, 20 to 30 seconds. Add the tomato paste mixture and cook, stirring and scraping it against the sides of the pan, for 1 to 2 minutes.
Add the crushed tomato mixture and cook, stirring and scraping the bottom of the pan, until well combined. Bring the mixture to a gentle simmer and cook, loosely covered, stirring occasionally and continuing to scrape the bottom of the pan, for 20 minutes. Keep an eye on the heat and reduce it, if necessary, to maintain a gentle simmer.
Uncover the pot and add the drained beans. Raise the heat to medium-high and return the chili to a simmer and then reduce the heat to medium-low and maintain a gentle simmer. Stir thoroughly and cook, partially covered, for 10 minutes.
Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the 2 Tbs. chopped cilantro. The chili will stay warm, covered, off the heat for a half hour.
In a mixing bowl, whisk together the olive oil, orange juice, lime juice, honey, and 3/4 tsp. salt. Add the tomatoes, avocados, zucchini, corn (if using), radish (if using), and cilantro. Stir well and use right away, or let sit at room temperature for up to 20 minutes. Do not refrigerate.
Spoon 1 cup rice into each of six deep bowls and ladle about 1
cup chili over the rice. Top each serving with a generous
spoonful of the salsa. Garnish each serving with your choice of goat
cheese, queso fresco, or sour cream and/or cilantro sprigs, toasted
pepitas, and lime wedges (if desired).
The chili is best the same day it's made, but you can refrigerate or freeze it. Cool the chili, uncovered, at room temperature, stirring frequently, for 30 minutes. Then divide into portions and refrigerate, covered, for up to 3 days. To freeze, refrigerate until completely cold, then transfer to the freezer and store up to 1 month.
Chili with Roasted Winter Vegetables: Preheat the oven to 450ºF. Line two large, heavy-duty rimmed baking sheets with parchment. In a large mixing bowl, toss 2 lb. peeled, seeded butternut squash, cut into 1/2-inch dice, with 5 Tbs. olive oil and 1-1/4 tsp. kosher salt until evenly coated (or substitute an equivalent amount or a combination of carrots, parsnips, sweet potatoes, rutabagas, or turnips for the squash). Divide the vegetables evenly between the prepared baking sheets and spread them in a single layer. Roast for 18 minutes. Using a flat spatula, flip some of the veggies over for more even browning. Rotate the baking sheets from front to back and between top and bottom racks and roast until all the veggies are tender and nicely browned in places, about 12 minutes more, for a total of about 30 minutes. Top the chili with the roasted vegetables in place of the fresh salsa.
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Who's the orange that gave this thread one star?
Who's the orange that gave this thread one star?
probably an FSU fan
2009 Football Schedule:
BYU (In Dallas), Idaho State, Tulsa, @Miami, Baylor, Texas (In Dallas), @Kansas, Kansas State, @Nebraska, Texas A&M, @Texas Tech, Oklahoma State
All I want to know...
When you say "contender" your not saying for the National Championship are you? ACC sure, NC... Not yet. UM still has some work to do to get back to that standard. Not saying they won't get there, but I don't see it this year.
It's pretty clear, and I'm not sure how you'd miss it, that we were talking about being ACC contenders. I think Miami has just a good of a chance of making it to the NC as the Gators do. We always have a ton of talent...it's just that Coker couldn't do anything with it. I think Shannon changes that.
No way other than up for the Canes.
Beat the semenholes.
I was getting my hair cut the other day, and as the lady finishes up and I go to pay for it, I see some dude sitting on a chair right next to my lady friend...and I'm thinking, what a douchebag, until I realize that it's kirby freeman...then I really thought, what a douchebag.
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Michael Jordan
Where to begin, six (count 'em 6) NBA championships and more regular season and playoff MVP awards than we can count. Offense, defense he did it all. Michael Jordan owns more records than Imelda Marcos owns shoes! Not to mention having his own line of shoes -- what young man didn't want a pair of Air Jordans at some point in his life!
AppealIf you don't count the groupies that follow him around, Michael Jordan wasn't, and isn't, exactly renowned as a ladies' man, although we doubt he would ever have a problem finding another wife.
SuccessLet's see... he won three back-to-back championships, retired and returned to win another three back-to-back championships. Along the way, he won a couple of MVP Awards and a couple of scoring titles. No, we don't think he accomplished enough!
Michael Jordan BiographyMichael Jeffrey Jordan was born on February 17, 1963, in Brooklyn, New York, but his family decided to move to Wilmington, North Carolina when he was still a toddler. Michael Jordan is the fourth of five children, having two older brothers and an older and younger sister. Michael Jordan's dad worked hard at an electric plant while his mom labored full-time at a bank. Michael Jordan's parents worked hard to provide him and his siblings with a comfortable lifestyle.
As a child, Michael Jordan played baseball, basketball and football. His preferred sport at the time was baseball, but after he began spending a lot of time on the basketball court, his outlook changed. Because his older and taller brother, Larry, continuously kept beating him when they played one-on-one, he was determined to become a better player.
Ironically, in 1978, when Michael Jordan attended Laney High School in Wilmington, he was cut from the varsity team. Instead of giving up, however, he fought through adversity and became the greatest basketball player in the world.
Between the 10th and 11th grade, Jordan grew from 5'11" to 6'3", and because he had improved greatly as a player, he made the varsity team the following year. Michael Jordan played so well in his junior season that he was invited to attend the Five-Star Camp in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, during the summer before his senior year.
By the time Michael Jordan finished his senior year at Laney, he had grown to 6'5" and attained a basketball scholarship from the University of North Carolina. Michael Jordan's ever-growing popularity began at UNC, where he made a last-minute game-winning shot in the NCAA championship game.
Michael Jordan in the OlympicsIn the summer of 1984, Michael Jordan played on the U.S. Men's Olympic Basketball Team under head coach Bobby Knight. The team had such college players as Michael Jordan, Patrick Ewing and Chris Mullin (NBA players weren't allowed to compete in the Games until 1992). Michael Jordan's plays quickly awed the other teams as he led the team in scoring with an average of 17.1 points per game. Two months after the Olympics, Michael Jordan played his first regular-season game with the Chicago Bulls.
Michael Jordan in the NBAMichael Jordan immediately proved that he belonged in the big leagues, and his acrobatic moves and hang-time won him the infamous nickname Air Jordan. His basketball skills and allure made him the perfect key figure to market both Nike products and the NBA.
Michael Jordan led the Bulls to three consecutive World Championships (1991, 1992 and 1993). He retired from the NBA preceding the 1993/94 season after the mysterious death of his father and after rumors about his gambling addictions began to circulate.
MichaelJordan plays baseball with the Chicago White SoxAfter proving that he was the best basketball player in the world, Michael Jordan sought a new challenge and decided to try his hand at professional baseball. He played outfielder for the Birmingham Barons, affiliates of the Chicago White Sox. Michael Jordan quickly realized that he was not cut out for baseball after a disappointing season.
In 1995, Michael Jordan made a surprise return to basketball right before the playoffs, but the Bulls unfortunately lost the Championship. In 1996, Michael Jordan led the Bulls to their best regular season record and the fourth Championship title in six years. He also took a shot at the silver screen, where he starred alongside Bugs Bunny in the animated comedy Space Jam.
Michael Jordan decided to retire after winning his last Championship in 1999, mainly due to his decision to dedicate his life to his wife Juanita and their three children, Jeffrey, Marcus and Jasmine.
Michael Jordan returns to the NBAAfter partly returning to the game as president of basketball operations with the Washington Wizards (he owned a stake in the team), Michael Jordan announced his return to the NBA, this time, as a Wizard. Michael Jordan might have been back, but in 2002 he suffered a knee injury that kept him on the sidelines for the rest of the season, and experienced stormy wedded bliss when wife Juanita announced her desire to file for divorce (they reconciled briefly, but officially filed for divorce in December 2006).
michael jordan retiresMichael Jordan's final NBA game was on April 16, 2003, in Philadelphia. Michael Jordan scored only 13 points in the game and went to the bench with four minutes and 13 seconds remaining in the third quarter and with his team trailing. Just after the start of the fourth quarter, the crowd began chanting "We want Mike!" After much encouragement from his coach, Michael Jordan finally rose from the bench and re-entered the game with 2:35 minutes remaining. At the end of the game, Michael Jordan received a three-minute standing ovation from his teammates, his opponents and a crowd of 21,257 fans.
Michael Jordan was one of the most marketed sports figures in history. He has been a major spokesman for such brands as Nike, Coca-Cola, Chevrolet, Gatorade, McDonald's, Ball Park Franks, Rayovac, Wheaties, Hanes, and MCI. An academic study found that Michael Jordan's return to NBA resulted in an increase in the market capitalization of his client firms of over $1 billion.
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