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The Ancients Go to Therapy
Well, as we may have noticed, the ancients (Aro, Marcus, and Caius) have some...problems. Issues, if you will. So here's a little series of one-shots (though I'll never know the true definition of that term), beginning with Caius - the pyromaniac. *This originally was just going to be "Caius Goes to Therapy" but then I realized that Aro and Marcus have some issues too. Aro might possibly be gay (even though he has a wife...), and Marcus is just SO excitable.
1. Chapter 1: Caius
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'Caius raised a hand as he spoke, and in it was a strange metal object, carved and ornate.
This was a signal. The response was so fast that we all stared in stunned disbelief while it happened. Before there was time to react, it was over.
Three of the Volturi soldiers leaped forward, and Irina was completely obscured by their gray cloaks. In the same instant, a horrible metallic screeching ripped through the clearing. Caius slithered into the center of the gray melee, and the shocking squealing sound exploded into a startling upward shower of sparks and tongues of flame. The soldiers leaped back from the sudden inferno, immediately retaking their places in the guard's perfectly straight line.
Caius stood alone beside the blazing remains of Irina, the metal object in his hand still throwing a thick jet of flame into the pyre.
With a small clicking sound, the fire shooting from Caius's hand disappeared. A gasp rippled through the mass of witnesses behind the Volturi.
We were too aghast to make any noise at all. It was one thing to know that death was coming with fierce, unstoppable speed; it was another thing to watch it happen.
Caius smiled coldly. "Now she has taken full responsibility for her actions."'
"Caius," the man began in a long, drawling tone that was meant to be comforting, "do you know why you're here?"
"Of course I do," he snapped in reply. He crossed his arms over his chest and glared over at the wall opposite of the man.
"Caius, I understand how…frustrated you must be. Anger is not an easy thing to control. It's normal to have issues with coping."
"Don't know what you are talking about," Caius mumbled, staring at a poster above the man's head titled, "What is Divorce?"
"Caius," the man paused to reach out and touch Caius's arm. Caius leapt back, hissing between his teeth – a warning for the human to stay away. "Caius, your brothers are worried about you."
"Of course they are," Caius mumbled in the same antagonistic tone.
The man straightened in his chair, trying to get Caius to look at him. "I'm sensing some tension when I talk about your brothers. Is there anything you want to tell me?"
Caius looked down to give the man a murderous glare. His eyes swiveled to another poster, titled "How to Know When to Say 'No'"
"I don't want to talk about them," he replied dryly, his eyes prickling with emotion he tried to block.
"I'm sensing you do," the man said quietly in that boring tone. Caius began to think he sounded just like Marcus.
"Alright!" He let out an exasperated sigh. "My brothers piss me off to no end. It's no surprise that they sent me here," Caius spat, clearly showing his distaste.
"Now we're getting somewhere," the man drawled on, scribbling on a clipboard.
Caius scowled at the wall, focusing on an area where the paint had begun to peel away.
"Now," the man continued, looking up and folding his hands, interlacing the fingers. He raised his interlocked hands to his face, resting his two index fingers on his lips, "tell me why they anger you so."
"Well," Caius started, biting his lip for a moment, "Aro," he growled the name "is just so goddamn-"
"Ah, ah, ah," the man chided, making a tsking sound with his tongue against his teeth. "You know the rule about language, Caius."
"Right," he grumbled, opening his mouth again to continue. The man stopped him again.
"I want you to tell me what it is."
"Do I have to?" Caius grumbled, sounding like a child.
"Yes." The man's firm tone did not waver.
Caius made a face and began in a sour tone, "When we cuss," his tone mocked the man's slow, drawling voice, "our face fills with…" His lips pinched together as he refused to finish.
"Say it," the man ordered.
"Puss." Caius spat, crossing his arms tighter and scowling. "Happy now?"
"Yes," the man smiled a slight smile. "Now, continue."
Caius took a deep breath. "So Aro's just so…god- goddang happy all the time, and it's so infuriating. He's just like, 'Look it's Alice and Bella, too! Oh, happy day!"' His voice mimicked his brother's poorly, making him sound gay. "He never takes anything seriously."
The man held up his hand, stopping him for a moment. "Who are Alice and Bella, if I may ask?"
"Oh, they're nobody – just some vegan vampires from America," He said the word 'America' like it was predictable that anyone in America would be a little off.
"Explain vegan vampires, please." The man folded his hands the same way again, and put his fingers to his lips once more.
"They don't drink human blood," he said, as if it were obvious. "Of course they're American, because that place is just crawling with even human hippies."
The man unfolded his hands to write something else down. Caius caught a glimpse of part of it, and read, "…seems to think he is a vampire and that others exist…something about vegan vampires in America…"
"You think I'm crazy, don't you?" Caius accused.
"No, not at all," the man said, seeming to humor him. He shifted his leg so that the clipboard tilted upwards and out of sight. "Tell me about your other brother, Marcus."
"Ugh – don't even get me started on him. Even since his wife died, he's been so unemotional. He always looks bored, he never talks. It's just so rude! Even when we have company, he just wanders off to sulk."
"I see," the man said, scribbling on his paper.
There was an awkward silence as the man scribbled for a little while longer. Caius had begun to get frustrated with the slow human, and felt the urge to set him aflame. Caius did not, however, have his special lighter, and therefore could not."Mmm-kay," the man said suddenly, sounding like Mr. Garrison from South Park. "You're done, Caius. I'd like you to send in Aro next, if you would."
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The University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents today approved the appointment of Angela Meixell to be provost of Windward Community College in Kaneohe.
Meixell has served as the WCC interim provost for the past two years during a campus renaissance marked by the opening of several new buildings and a 6 percent enrollment increase.
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Windward," Meixell said. "Windward is an excellent college with talented faculty and staff, hard-working students and the prettiest campus of all.
"This is a time of wonderful growth and change for us. There is no better time to be here. We have beautiful new facilities for instruction and to improve student life on campus as well as high community interest and support. I look forward to the challenges as well as the achievements."
Meixell brings 22 years of experience in the University of Hawaiʻi system.
From 1997 to 2000, she was state director of the Employment Training Center, which provides programs in basic skills and vocational training to the state's at-risk population.
Prior to that, she served as an assistant dean at Kapiʻolani Community College, where she was responsible for management of external academic grants and vocational programs.
Meixell also was director of administrative services at Kapiʻolani CC, where she was responsible for preparing a $20 million budget and overseeing the fiscal, and personnel services for the campus.
Meixell earned both her master's and doctoral degrees in educational administration from the University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa. She has taught in both public and private schools as well as at UH-Manoa.
She has been active with the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, serving as an accreditation liaison officer and as a team member to review colleges on the mainland.
She also has served as Aloha United Way co-chair for the University of Hawaiʻi from 1999 to 2001 and is on the executive board of the Organization of Women Leaders and the Ifuku Foundation.

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From 1943 through 1960, a uranium and vanadium processing mill operated just southeast of Monticello.
In 2005, the Southeastern Utah District Health Department asked the UDOH to prepare a health consultation report (study) in response to concerns expressed by citizens regarding the potential for increased cancer risk due to past exposure to the mill site. The study is now complete and the UDOH will present its findings during a town meeting.


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That figure seems a bit low. Unless an animal runs across the road or similar, other problems are all IMO human error.
If something falls off a truck, that's human error for not securing the load properly. If high winds knock over your truck, that's human error for driving in dangerous conditions. If you skid on an ice patch, that's your error for driving too fast for the conditions, etc.
Tire blowouts, serpentine belt breaks, break cylinders exploding. Sometimes its a maintenance issue, but a lot of the time things just fail. I had the rear cylinder explode on a vehicle I was driving at highway speeds like 10 years ago, I just barely managed to stop myself with the hand-break on the shoulder without running into the stopped traffic ahead of me, but if I had hit then 100% of my accidents ever would have been caused by mechanical failure with no forewarning.
Okay this is true, but do you really think that failures on well maintained cars is the cause of 1 in 5 accidents, or even 1 in 10? I'd think it was more like 1 in 1000.
I cant say for sure, but for me its 100%. (or it would be, if I'd had the accident.). For fatal accidents I imagine about 80% are either falling asleep at the wheel, alcohol related, or typical young male dumb shit, the remaining 20% could easily be caused by high speed blowouts and things of that nature.
For overall accidents I'm inclined to agree with you, the vast majority of what I see is caused by young women talking on cell phones, but those are usually very minor. Talking about lives lost I think the
For high speed accidents then unexpected failures would probably count for more (though I still think that 1 in 5 is giving people too much credit). Even at lower speeds though, there's still serious danger of maiming or killing pedestrians, so even those women on their cell phones are a danger.
I was taught that basically all accidents are human error. This page [smartmotorist.com] claims it's at least 95%. Too many people try to blame external factors when in fact the accident was avoidable. I really don't like to hear that s
I was taught that basically all accidents are human error. This page claims it's at least 95%. Too many people try to blame external factors when in fact the accident was avoidable. I really don't like to hear that someone crashed "because it was raining/icy/snowy". They crashed because they were driving too fast for the conditions.
Every accident would be avoidable if you drive at 5 km/hr, no matter what the conditions are. The question is what is reasonable and unreasonable to expect, if you hide behind a tree near a high speed road and jump out in front of a trailer you will with 99% probability get splattered even if it's a perfect day and the driver goes no faster than the posted limit. But in retrospect you can always claim it's human error and too fast, even though that's how fast we actually expect people to go. In fact under good conditions they will fine you for being way below the limit.
Even if you're driving at speeds that seem reasonable given that it's snowy and icy you can get caught by surprise. I've been off the road once because I got tricked by a bus pocket. It was heavy snowfall, I was already going something like 50 km/h instead of the limit of 80 km/h and for the briefest of moments I followed the curve into the pocket. The road was quite well trafficked and worn clear, but in the pocket there was nothing but polished ice with light snow on top so nothing could get a grip. I couldn't steer, couldn't brake fast enough and went off the road at the end of the pocket. I checked now in a calculator and I couldn't have stopped on 15 meters of ice with with 30 km/h (20 mph) and one second reaction time.
I suppose you could call it human error. But either you assume I would have avoided the situation - which is unlikely - or it would really taken a massive speed reduction to avoid it. Like way, way below what people normally drive, even under those conditions. Either that makes 95% of us reckless or it's jusr acknowledging that driving that car at those speeds under those circumstances is an acceptable but non-zero risk for all the benefits and liberty it gives drivers and their passengers. Not that we shouldn't make roads and cars safer, but until something will literally block me from driving over a pedestrian or off the road we will have accidents.
Every accident would be avoidable if you drive at 5 km/hr, no matter what the conditions are.
Never dealt with ice have you?
so even those women on their cell phones are a danger.
A fact which always surprises people is that some stereotypes are actually true. Women are far, far worse drivers then men. BUT, while women have far more frequent wrecks, they are typically less severe than those created by male drivers. Whereas male drivers have far less frequent accidents but when they do wreck its typically far more serious. This is why young males are more expensive to insure.
So if you say women are bad drivers, its not only a stereotype but statistically accurate. Just the same, a mal
I cant say for sure, but for me its 100%.
Calculating a percentage value for a single data point is slightly bonkers.
I cant say for sure, but for me its 100%.
This being slashdot, it's astounding that you think that's relevant. I'd have thought that, even at a low-ranked school, basic stats would be part of CS.
If anything, you've demonstrated that not all moving mechanical failures result in accidents, which weakens your case.
It happens, but it is the exception, not the rule. In 20 years of driving experience, I have not once experienced a mechanical failure that would've resulted in an accident. I have seen a lot, and I mean several orders of magnitude, more driver errors than car failures. So while switching the human driver for an automated system only exchanges one source of errors for the other, yes, it does exchange one source with a fairly high rate of errors against one with a fairly low rate of errors.
I've had a back tyre run on of the flange in a sharp turn. The valve was leaking and the low pressure in the tyre combined with the sideways forces due to the sharp turn caused the tyre to run off. This caused me to lose control over the vehicle and swerve over the other lane. I didn't hit anything fortunately, and due to the relatively low speeds involved it probably would not have resulted in a fatal accident if I had hit oncoming traffic.
It was definitely caused by mechanical failure. but at the same tim
Cars have brakes to stop them. "Break" is a verb.
Not always (e.g., "a clean break with the past").
First off, serpentine belt failures are usually such that you can still get the car pulled over, albeit requiring more steering force.
Second, how long before that failure did you have the brake fluid flushed. Should be done every 2 years.
I don't think statistics work the way you think they work...
I had a head-on collision in 1976 when the left front tire blew out and threw me into oncoming traffic, and they were new tires. Of course, I guess you could say that the faulty tire was human error on the manufacturer's part.
Usually, too much importance is given to the immediate cause of an accident. Most accidents don't happen due to a single cause, there's a number of circumstances that must exist together for an accident to happen.
In modern highways, the usual circumstance for most accidents is crowded lanes. The usual cause for crowded lanes is a few dumbasses of the i-hate-tailgaters-and-i-have-the-right-to-drive-at-any-speed-below-the-limit species.
Make it a severe offense, same penalties as drunken driving, to drive on t
Usually, too much importance is given to the immediate cause of an accident. Most accidents don't happen due to a single cause, there's a number of circumstances that must exist together for an accident to happen.
In modern highways, the usual circumstance for most accidents is crowded lanes. The usual cause for crowded lanes is a few dumbasses of the i-hate-tailgaters-and-i-have-the-right-to-drive-at-any-speed-below-the-limit species.
Make it a severe offense, same penalties as drunken driving, to drive on the left lane with someone behind you and those "80% accidents" will go away.
Make it a severe offense to tailgate and you get the same solution, plus its the assholes instead of the timid that you would be punishing.
I get it when someone is going 55 in the left lane, that's insanity, but the vast majority of people whom I know that think like this are usually going 15 over the speed limit and riding the ass of the guy going 5 over. The tailgaters and aggressive drivers are the ones who cause fatalities.
This is true, but it's still frustrating for those of us that are attentive and efficient in our driving, to be stuck behind some guy that is being far, far too cautious. There are times when you need to be cautious, and there are times when it's basically completely safe to be doing 100mph (outside of an "act of God" like an unforeseeable mechanical failure), and so for someone not to even be doing the posted limit is just needlessly frustrating those behind. The driver behind may have too short a temper,
Make it a severe offense to tailgate and you get the same solution
It would not be the same solution because the road would me more crowded overall.
Assume one person doing 55 starts passing another doing 54. In order to avoid tailgating altogether, everybody in a long stretch would have to slow down. If someone is driving slowly in front of you, you have to drive even slower until the space between your cars increase to a safe distance. The driver behind you would be forced to drive slower than you to get the same safe distance between you and him. And so on, the rest foll
You fail at both driving and physics. To get a safe distance to the car infront of you you only need to slow down for 5 seconds at most then you can match speed with car infront of you, there is no recursive slow down for the entire road.
"It takes two to tailgate, a tailgater and a tailgatee. As I said, accidents usually aren't caused by one single cause, in most cases if just one of a set of circumstances didn't happen there would be no accident."
That's like saying it takes two to punch someone, the puncher and the punchee. It's retarded. There exists none, zero, zip, nada excuse to tailgate. There exists no situation where you're better off tailgating the person infront of you, you don't even get to your destination faster.
And for the record it is already illegal in most of the world to drive slow in the left lane (Usually under some law conserning disrupting traffic ) however that only applies if he's driving slower then the limit, if you think that's to slow then that's your problem. However there's never really any reason to go faster, suppose you drive at 110 on a 100 mph road, now your 30 minute trip takes 27 minutes, who cares? Those 3 minutes are a rounding error of your day.
...It takes two to tailgate, a tailgater and a tailgatee
...That's like saying it takes two to punch someone, the puncher and the punchee. It's retarded....
Damn, you beat me to it.
From a legal and moral perspective, though, I really do find it hard to see the outrage. "This vehicle in front of me has the nerve to obey the law and obey posted speed limits! Does he not realize that this lane of the road is, by ancient right, the proper and fitting domain of criminals such as myself? How dare they intrude!!! Curses
So by your logic it's safer for me to install push-bars and shove the slower drivers off the road into a tailspin.
By "human error," they likely meant "human driving error," wherein a driver in control of a vehicle takes (or fails to take) an action based on insufficient information or poor judgement that results in an otherwise preventable accident. Accidents resulting from objects falling off trucks, high winds, or ice patches are not always preventable even when the driver is fully alert, following all of the pertinent traffic laws and rules, and is maintaining situational awareness.
But I do agree that 80% seems like
The problem where the UK is concerned is that motorways are actually our safest roads - it's people like the idiot woman this morning in the Range Rover who think that size overrides the Highway Code that present the problem, and this doesn't address it.
it's people like the idiot woman this morning in the Range Rover who think that size overrides the Highway Code that present the problem, and this doesn't address it.
On motorways it might -- because the idiot woman would join a road train for selfish reasons (reduction in fuel costs; ability to relax rather than drive), and hence would do a couple of hundred miles without the opportunity to drive badly.
She drives a Range Rover. Fuel costs won't be on her mind. In fact, judging by the average driver, anything to get someone to their destination quicker will be welcomed, not deliberately running in the most fuel-efficient way - I get much more efficiency at 50mph, how many people do that speed on a major motorway?
I am sure it will be even better if you drive 40mph and even better with 30, 20,
I am sure it will be even better if you drive 40mph and even better with 30, 20,
No, nearly all cars drop in fuel efficiency below 20mph. I can't find more recent information but it looks like many cars are most fuel efficient at somewhere between 30 and 55 mph [wikipedia.org], have a quite flat consumption in that range, and drop off below this fairly quickly and above this rather more slowly.
Actually fuel efficiency is worse at lower speeds, but don't let facts get in your way or anything.
However, even for gasoline engines, the power required at low speeds drops more rapidly than the fall off in engine efficiency, for any sane value of engine size. Briefly, if your fuel consumption worsens at speeds below about 40mph, you are probably driving an old US V8 with a
Apart from the fact that most cars *are* more fuel efficient at about 50mph (some new ones lower, but generally most cars capable of 70mph are more fuel efficient at 50mph than most other speeds) - basically 5th gear, lowest revs - there are millions more ways to make thing fuel efficient which don't affect driving (e.g. use aircon instead of opening a window, remove roof-top boxes, etc.) and most people don't do ANY of them.
My point is - fuel efficiency is NOT a big seller for this idea. Nobody *really* c
Use your horn. Make sure these people know their driving is crap. If it happens regularly enough eventually they might stop.
Perhaps one day we could have automated platoons of Slashdot submissions about the same damn thing, too?
The last submission was about SARTRE before the tests started. This is the results.
Perhaps one day we could have automated platoons of Slashdot submissions about the same damn thing, too?
The last submission was about SARTRE before the tests started. This is the results.
Ohh? http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/01/18/0411235/How-Europe-Will-Lower-Emissions-mdash-Self-Driving-Cars [slashdot.org] (2 days old)
The team behind SARTRE has now conducted its first real world test, using a sole Volvo S60 sedan that followed a lead truck around the automaker's test facility near Gothenburg, Sweden. In the video, the driver is free to take his eyes off the road and his hands off the wheel. In fact, he uses neither his hands nor feet during the test.
And yes, it's the same fucking video. DUPE.
Invalid test if they did not have another car T-bone or sideswipe a car in the "train" to see what happens.
One of my engineering professors worked on something like this in the 90s, when I asked him why we never saw anything like this come into use he said that they knew that the first time anyone was killed in an accident involving one of the automated vehicles the entire project would be dead. Regardless of if it was from something like a blowout causing a computer driven car to swerve into the other lane, or some drunk ramming headlong into a "platoon" of cars.
Even if it is much safer, the lawyers will be salivating while they wait for the first death.
The protocol for leaving the platoon and returning manual control to the driver is going to be the most difficult thing to solve I think, particularly where it occurs in a emergency situation. A blowout on the motorway is dangerous enough, but a blowout on the motorway where control of a car is suddenly returned to a driver in the middle of drinking a coffee and reading a newspaper could be disastrous.
Even if it is much safer, the lawyers will be salivating while they wait for the first death.
I think the fear of lawsuits preventing autonomous vehicles is way overblown.
Historically, the auto industry has had several design flaws that have led to huge lawsuits, e.g. exploding gas tanks on the Ford Pinto. Ford's gas tank design led to numerous deaths and injuries, and corporate memos later showed that the company was even aware of the problem, yet Ford was not sued out of business. Even today, with all the fuss and lawsuits concerning Toyota's computer systems, Toyota is doing just fine. Lawsuits are part of the cost of doing business in the auto industry.
The technology being used in autonomous vehicle research was, by modern standards, painfully primitive 20 or 30 years ago. I could see how people would fear legal liability, because those older systems weren't smart enough to deal with every contingency in a roadway environment. Today's research vehicles are much better, and in ten years they'll be even better still.
The question to ask is this: can autonomous vehicles do better than 35,000+ fatalities, 2 million+ injuries, and $200B+ in liability / medical costs per year? That's what the U.S. alone is paying right now with humans behind the wheel. 20 years ago, engineers knew their vehicles weren't robust enough for the roadway. As Google's own experiments have recently shown, things are much different now.
There's no doubt that autonomous vehicles will fail from time to time, and occasionally someone will be injured. But fatalities from a well-engineered system will be rare, and the roadways will be orders of magnitude safer. The fear of autonomous vehicles is basically a classic example of flawed risk perception by human beings - they are uncomfortable with a few hundred possible auto accidents with a computer in control, yet think nothing of millions of accidents with the current system because they all think "I'm in control of the situation".
The question to ask is this: can autonomous vehicles do better than 35,000+ fatalities, 2 million+ injuries, and $200B+ in liability / medical costs per year? That's what the U.S. alone is paying right now with humans behind the wheel
That is the sensible question, but in reality it would have to be much safer to be accepted. We see this when there are train crashes. A train is already hundreds of times safer than a car but there are public inquiries, people brought to book and calls for improvement when they happen.
Even if it is much safer, the lawyers will be salivating while they wait for the first death.
There is a good reason why this project is sponsored by the EU and not the US.
While not perfect, the legal systems in most of Europe aren't not quite as broken as in the US.
There is a reason US innovation has begun a slow march backward. You'd have to be out of your gourd to bring anything new to market in the States, these days.
Even if it is much safer, the lawyers will be salivating while they wait for the first death.
There is a good reason why this project is sponsored by the EU and not the US.
While not perfect, the legal systems in most of Europe aren't not quite as broken as in the US.
There were tests of this in California in the 1991 timeframe but I don't know if it was the State or the Feds. A train of 5 white cars would assemble at speed on interstate 15 between Palm Springs and San Diego. With only inches in between, the train would travel back and forth on the freeway . Perhaps another can find a record of this as my Google-fu is not adequate.
Which is probably why this system is being developed in Europe, where the term "ambulance-chasing lawyer" is strongly associated with american lawyers, because we don't have the same kind of liability craze over here.
Strange how accidents didn't kill autopilots in aircraft, electronic lift control, electronically controlled boilers, fly-by-wire, drive-by-wire in cars etc. Toyota's electronics have caused fatal accidents but no-one is suggesting that they should go back to the old mechanically linked accelerator pedals.
You might as well argue that once people discovered that metal can fatigue or that pitons can freeze over it will kill air travel. People are intelligent enough to understand that a small number of acciden
A system like this will indeed have to achieve a phenomenal level of safety, at least in the USA, because of how liability for accidents is assigned. Even if it saved 10,000 lives for every death it caused, on trial for causing that one death the manufacturers and system operators would get precisely zero credit for the lives saved, and would be vilified for causing the one death.
We have already seen this problem with vaccines, and it required special legislation to enable vaccine manufacturers to stay i
> Even if it is much safer, the lawyers will be salivating while they wait for the first death.
Sound like this will work fine in Europe, and will never make it to the US
You can trust the system, but the system doesn't know what's happening to your car. It knows what's happening to the leading truck. Suppose that a car in the convoy has a failure, a blown tire, anything that makes it slow down or change trajectory (maybe some bump or hole in the road). How do following cars avoid it if their drivers are sleeping, reading a book, having lunch?
Exactly. Or maybe it's not a failure, per se, but something as simple as running out of gas? Is the system going to communicate all t
You are being ridiculous. There is no reason for the probability of someone driving in a road train running out of gas being any higher than the same for someone driving normally. With the system in place as described in the video, this would result in one car slowing down, those behind if following suit (distance sensors!) until the link to the lead car gets lost. At which point you are in the common situation of dissolving/leaving the road train, which there will have to be a solution for anyways.
You are being ridiculous. There is no reason for the probability of someone driving in a road train running out of gas being any higher than the same for someone driving normally.
Except that if the driver is reading the paper or watching TV instead of paying attention to the car, they are less likely to notice their level of gas.
Do you disagree that letting drivers become more passive could introduce more situations like this?
I'd bet all those cars have to be equipped with active ACC (adaptive cruise control) systems. Those use radar or lidar, and sometimes other optical systems, to determine speed of and distance to other cars, and can actively control the speed of your car accordingly. Those are commercially available since over 10 years, so sudden deceleration of idividal members of such a train would not have any serious consequences.
I'd guess if somebody has to fuel up, the driver has to manually pull his car out of the tra
Suppose that a car in the convoy has a failure, a blown tire, anything that makes it slow down or change trajectory (maybe some bump or hole in the road). How do following cars avoid it if their drivers are sleeping, reading a book, having lunch?
RTFA. It's even embedded. They do say that they have a system in place monitoring the road, the distance to the car in front, etc. They are not just blindly sending instructions from the lead car and executing them.
but I wonder if road trains are really safer than an equivalent number of cars each with its own driver.
Statistically speaking, if the average chance of a driver having an accident is 1% (it isn't, but it's easier to calculate with simple numbers), then 10 individual cars will have a total probability of 9.562% of at least one car having an accident. The road train will have a probability of 1%. Th
Systems that match your speed to the car in front of you, including breaking to a full stop, are commercially available for over 10 years. I've personally driven in such a car, and the driving experience is (IMHO) fantastic.
However, those systems don't take over steering, so you still have to operate the wheel and thus keep attention on the road. They return full control to the driver in case the surroundings get "dangerous", i.e. outside of the parameters, e.g. if you get cut by somebody. In that case, you
I know the system's still in early trials, but I can't see anything about safety testing in their own site (or any article about them). They've tested in snow, so I assume they've seen a bit of ice, but there's nothing about them deliberately trying to find the system's fail points.
And that seems a little too common in these automated systems. Remember Volvo's infamous lolfail video? An anti-collision system that happily drove into a truck. Or Top Gear's experience with a production auto-park system, which
Think it will be more like a Swam (or flying "V" of geese)
The Lead sends out speed & direction signals to cars behind it.
The cars behind send the lead vehicle info on their location in the swam.
As most cars have been filled with all sorts of sensors it would not be hard to send that as telemetry to a lead vehicle to give it an exact picture of the state of each vehicle.
If one reports a problem (blow out, fuel, engine problems accident) the lead then can either tell other cars to slow down, change lane o
Professional human drivers do make errors too. Not to mention what really makes a driver "professional", a fresh taxi driver has less experience than many "amateurs". Computers may not be distracted or sleepy or drunk but sensors certainly can by rain and snow and low sun. They too can miss that there's an oil spill on the road and go flying off it, or an elk about to cross the road. And while the theory says you're never supposed to go faster than that you can stop on what road is visible to you, that rule
They just need to make it safer to trust the auto than trust the driver, not perfection...
Ideally, yes. But try telling someone that the computer they're entrusting their lives to is almost 100% perfect, killing only 7 people per 1B miles driven*.
Also, people can only relate to human mistakes. If you hit an elk because it jumped into the road and you didn't react fast enough, people understand - even if a computer would have handled it easily.
If the elk was quite obviously standing in the road under a tree,
For about a week, yes.
If you want to take 10-20 others with you, there are easier ways to do that, today. Becoming a road train conductor, which will probably be accompanied by some training and a test or two, would certainly be a very long-winded way. Like joining the NRA and becoming an experienced game hunter just so you can shoot yourself.
Becoming a road train conductor, which will probably be accompanied by some training and a test or two, would certainly be a very long-winded way.
Keep in mind we're geeks and that we try and solve our luxury problems through knowledge and by employing technologically interesting methods. It is a mere coincidence -a very luck coincidence in this hypothetical example- that we generally get bored shortly before having mastered the skill and that we simply move on and forget about our original purpose.
In any case, you're always better of with knowledge -however useless it may be- than without in two identical situations.
Right now, for instance, I'm s
I'd bet that every car will be equipped with safety systems of its own, so if the leading car runs amok, the rest will simply initiate an emergency break.
Good luck selling this to anyone from the Washington, DC area. The Metro is, rightly or wrongly, notorious in the DC area for being dangerous. The WMATA is notorious for everything from ignoring safety recommendations, running old cars, and skipping maintenance, to promoting a culture of hostility within its workforce. Metro employees are underpaid, overworked, and, to put it delicately, benefit from a somewhat lenient hiring process. Now, who would you propose will be driving the lead car around the Capital Beltway? Unless you pick this one segment of public transportation to be contracted out to a private company, it's gonna be the WMATA in the DC area. If I wanted some surly bastard with no professional training who hates his job and hasn't slept in a day to drive, I'd do it myself, thanks.
Somebody should've told them that the term "road train" is already widely used for a related phenomenon.
Currently, if the lead truck in a convoy does something stupid, unexpected, or dangerous, the following trucks with their human drivers are able to instantly make the decision to stop following the first truck's lead and instead perform a much safer action, such as slowing down, changing lane, taking a different route, pulling over etc, regardless of location, road condition, weather, catastrophic damage to the route (landslide, bridge out etc). They are also able to reform the convoy and deliver their own
Of course, and if the lead driver gets killed in an accident and some of the passangers in other cars survive the crash, they will be automatically shot to follow the lead as closely as possible. Also, everbody who works in automotive research is stupid and not able to see this obvious problem.
If Sweden had sunshine, I'd move there in a second.
Oh, and at least one NFL and one NBA franchise.
"Don't worry, the 'road train' is driving me home."
How is this different from http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/01/18/0411235/How-Europe-Will-Lower-Emissions-mdash-Self-Driving-Cars [slashdot.org] posted two days ago? It is a slightly different angle but the same technology.
How does the convoy agree to change lanes? Is there a discussion between all the vehicles' sensors or will some poor bastard get sideswiped into the guard rail? What happens when two convoys are side by side and roadworks narrow the road to a single lane? Imagine the chaos as a hundred 'drivers' have to be awakened/climb back into the front seat/ put down their spaghetti/ find their driving glasses etc.
And so i don't look out of place, I hope nobody will 'loose' their life when the 'breaks' fail.
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After having to miss last year's Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) tournament due to low APR scores under a previous administration, the Towson University basketball team will finally get to take the floor in postseason action this weekend.
The Tigers finished the season with a Division 1 school record 22-9 (13-3 CAA) campaign. That was good enough for second place in the league and the No. 2 seed in the tournament which begins tonight at First Mariner Arena in downtown Baltimore.
James Madison University the defending CAA champions will be the Tigers opponent in the first round game played at 6:00 PM tomorrow night, as the third game in the four game slate. The Dukes lost a lot of players from that Championship team, but bring in a very talented young group, that played the Tigers tough in the two conference games this year, before ultimately losing both contests.
Below is a look at the matchups for the first round game tonight and the quarterfinal matchups that take place tomorrow, the teams CAA record is in parenthesis.
First Round: #8 Hofstra 9-22 (5-11) vs. #9 UNCW 9-22 (3-13) Friday night at 7:00 PM
Hofstra swept the regular season series between the two teams, winning 69-64 in Wilmington, and 61-52 at home. The Pride are led by graduate student transfer Zeke Upshaw who was selected to the All CAA 2nd team at last night's awards banquet. He was second in the league in scoring at 19.6 points per game.
UNCW, lost its first 10 conference games before finally breaking through with a surprise win against Towson in Wilmington on February 10th. The Seahawks started using a five man substitution plan during that game. In doing so they finished the last six games of the season with a 3-3 record. Junior Cedric Williams is the leading scorer for UNCW putting in 11 points per game.
Saturday 12:00 PM #1 Delaware 22-9 (14-2) vs. Hofstra/UNCW winner
The Blue Hens come into the tournament off the most successful regular season ever for a Delaware basketball team. As a result Head Coach Monte Ross was voted CAA Coach Of The Year. Delaware started the conference season 11-0 before losing to Towson 78-63 at SECU Arena in February. Devon Saddler a senior leads a dynamic scoring attack with 20.2 points per game. Baltimore native Davon Usher a graduate student transfer from Mississippi Valley State added 19.4 points per game, good enough for third in the CAA. Jarvis Threatt missed six games due to a suspension which did not allow him to qualify for league leaders but he averaged 17.9 points a game.
In addition junior Kyle Anderson (11.1) and senior Carl Baptiste (10.9) gave the Blue Hens five players scoring in double figures.
Saturday 2:30 PM #4 Drexel 16-13 (8-8) vs. #5 Northeastern 10-20 (7-9)
Drexel battled injuries all season long, at one point having four starters miss multiple games. The biggest injury came in the pre-season when junior guard Damion Lee a pre-season favorite to be 1st team all CAA tore an ACL that would cause him to miss the entire year.
Despite the injuries, the Dragons predicted to finish second in the CAA polls were able to secure a No. 4 seed. Drexel is led by first team All CAA guard Frantz Massenat a senior who led the team in scoring (17.4) and the CAA in assist with 4.8 assist per game.
Northeastern features all CAA Defensive Player of the Year Scott Eatherton, who battled the Tigers Jerrelle Benimon most of the year for the nations lead in double/doubles before finishing second to Benimon in that category with 18. Eatherton put up 15.5 points and grabbed 10.1 rebounds per game for the Huskies.
The two teams split the season series.
Saturday 6:00 PM #2 Towson 22-9 (13-3) vs. #7 James Madison 11-19 (6-10)
We've already talked about the matchup earlier, so I'll just add some of the awards the Tigers picked up at the dinner last night.
Jerrelle Benimon: CAA Player of the Year, First Team ALL CAA, All CAA Defensive Team
Marcus Damas: All CAA Third Team
Rafriel Guthrie: All CAA Third Team
Timajh Parker-Rivera: CAA All Academic Team, CAA Dean Ehlers Leadership Award
Coach Pat Skerry was also one of only three coaches that received votes for Coach of the Year, along with Tony Shaver of William & Mary and Ross.
Saturday 8:30 PM #3 William & Mary 18-11 (10-6) vs. #6 College of Charleston 14-17 (6-10)
The Tribe spent a good part of the year either tied or just one game behind Towson for second place in the CAA before going 3-3 in its final six games. However, two of those losses came at the hands of Towson. The Tigers defeated the Tribe 85-70 on the 15th of February, and closed out the regular season with a thrilling 70-68 win at SECU last Saturday.
William and Mary is led by First Team All CAA Guard Marcus Thornton, who finished 5th in the CAA with 18.6 points per game, and led all CAA players with 85 three-pointers on the season. The Tribe also feature the Rookie of the Year for the CAA in freshman Omar Prewitt.
College of Charleston is a newcomer to the CAA this year and found the quality of the teams in the CAA was much deeper than the Southern Conference in which it left after last season.
The Cougars are led by senior Willis Hall (12.2) and they allowed the fewest points scored per game at 62.5 of any team in the conference.
The quarterfinals are sure to produce a lot of what the regular season featured, close games that come down to the last few possessions, and possibly overtimes. While Delaware and Towson are the decided favorites, and a lot of people would consider a Tigers/Blue Hens finals matchup a marquee event on Monday night, there are seven other teams that feel they are very capable of ruining the hopes of either the No.1 or No. 2 seed.


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It also includes a commissioning facility, providing space for work on up to eight cars at one time and will include an overhead crane, traction power and embedded and pedestal rail. A second floor space will house offices and a conference room. Skanska will also construct a 320-space parking garage.
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Review of the Second Doctor's era
|1966 - 1969
The Power of the Daleks*
The Highlanders*
The Underwater Menace*
The Moonbase*
The Macra Terror*
The Faceless Ones*
The Evil of the Daleks*
The Tomb of the Cybermen
The Abominable Snowmen*
The Ice Warriors*
The Enemy of the World*
The Web of Fear*
Fury from the Deep*
The Wheel in Space*
The Dominators
The Mind Robber
The Invasion*
The Krotons
The Seeds of Death
The Space Pirates*
The War Games
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When Patrick Troughton took up the role of the Doctor, he had a huge task ahead of him. Not only did he have to make the character his own (a challenge every actor since him has also faced), but he also had to convince the entire viewing audience that he was the same person. Had the gamble not worked - or had Troughton been less brilliant - our favorite show would have died an early death. Lucky for us all, Two was a wonderful Doctor.
Not much remains (since so many of these episodes were wiped and remain lost, presumably forever) of Two's time on screen. However, the scripts and the audio recordings are still out there. Some wonderful reconstructions that at least get the general stories across are readily available (I highly recommend the BBC's photonovels). One of the quirky characteristics of Two that has been lost in the æther is his frequent use of his recorder, which seems to diminish with time, just as the percentage of extant episodes increases.
Another disappointing loss is the opportunity to experience the scope of Troughton's acting skills firsthand in The Enemy of the World, in which he plays a dual role as both the Doctor and the main antagonist Salamander. The first time I saw the one remaining episode of this story, it was a real wake-up call. Troughton may play the Doctor quite naturally, but the Doctor is not Troughton. Seeing both roles side by side, we can clearly see what's so easy to forget as we are immersed in the stories: the Doctor is a character being deliberately and thoughtfully portrayed in a specific way, just like any other character.
So what does Troughton bring to the Doctor's persona? Stealth. On the surface, Two is silly, clownish, unkempt, scattered, and prone to alarm ("oh no!"). Watch him long enough, though, and the unwary adversary will discover that he's still fiendishly clever, calm in the face of adversity, and fiercely loyal to his Companions. It's a classic clown maneuver - the antics disguise something deeper.
Two didn't have nearly as many Companions as his predecessor (only five), and one of them (Jamie) was with him for all but his first story. Here they are in order, with the stories in which they first and last appeared and how they left the Doctor:
These three seasons introduce several memes that persist to this day. For example, the good ol' sonic screwdriver makes its first appearance in Fury from the Deep - as a screwdriver (go figure). And it's Jamie who, when pressed for an identity, first tells someone the Doctor's name is "John Smith" in The Wheel in Space. (Never let the Trekkies tell you Trek came up with the Borg, either - at least as early as The Moonbase, Cybermen were declaring that "Resistance is Useless!")
There's some truly classic stuff here - I'd recommend The Tomb of the Cybermen to pretty much anyone, and The War Games to anyone willing to sit through ten episodes. On the other hand, there are also some real stinkers. The Underwater Menace, Fury from the Deep, and The Wheel in Space are all pretty bad in their own ways. In essence, the show was still trying to figure out what it wanted to be, and how to be that within its monetary and temporal constraints. Whatever its challenges, the show did something right, because when it was time for its wonderful leading man to move on, it was clear to everyone that the right thing to do was cast someone else and keep going.
Two's era brought the show more clearly into itself. No longer quite the awkward teen, it's more the young adult out to spread its wings and explore the world. Sometimes it falls flat, and sometimes it soars. The Doctor himself, though, provides a steady hand at the metaphorical tiller throughout, sailing gracefully across both calm and stormy seas. The best part of Troughton's episodes is Troughton himself. If you've never seen him in action, go find Tomb or War Games to watch. You'll be glad you did.
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LOWELL -- Northwood Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, a skill-nursing facility at 1010 Varnum Ave., is among six Radius HealthCare Centers acquired by a larger, Connecticut-based firm.
Northwood Executive Director Chris Sullivan said the 123-bed facility employs between 180 and 200 people, all of whom are now employees of Farmington, Conn.-based Athena Health Care Systems.
Financial terms were not disclosed, although the Middlesex North Registry of Deeds records a price of nearly $8.2 million for the Lowell facility.
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I'm going to post a bunch of stills from my Cooperstown video here. So this would be the teaser, I guess. Someone had asked Johnny to wave, so he struck a weird wave pose and held it. For better resolution, move way back from your screen.
Terrible job by Captain Cheese tonight. This was one of those frustrating losses we've all experienced so many times, but we never get used to.
Female Sam, get those Tigers back on track for tomorrow. Come on. Tell 'em. That Quantrill's a real ass, isn't he?
I looked in my pocket for a scrap of paper I'd written an idea on earlier today. The paper says, "think puppy." When I wrote that, I told myself, "You fool, you'll never remember what this means." I was right.
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Yeah, I pretty much want Paul Quantrill drawn and quartered after tonight. THEY WERE UP 11-0, retaliation or not, he had no call to go throwing at Tiger heads. Ass.
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Can they kill off Michonne now? Her character is incredibly boring in the show.
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I thought the episode was dull ............. it's all relative
two episodes ago amazing, last week good, this week not so much
guvnor and andrea having sex was completely un-entertaining - he's gross and her judgement sucks eggs
i hate daryll's brother - so annoying - can't wait for him and his knife hand to bite the dust
michonne is starting to grow on me
why did glenn give up his gun? pretty stupid IMO
the bar is so high for the show now that a not so good episode seems like it sucks
^ that better not happen
better not
he's finally becoming a real character
Someone just spoiled something major for me on another forum.
I'm ready
watching it now
I hate Merle
Glen barely avoided getting eaten by the zombie
now the Guvnor is making Maggie take off her clothes - he sucks
Carl saved Michonne
this is sick !!!
What an awesome episode! Tons of action, felt sick to my stomach twice, Glen lives!
Can't wait for the next episode.
the scene where Andrea, Milton, and old guy jus a filler, I hate those parts
and how on eart the old guy in the cabin didnt realize it's walker apocalypse
and the woods is near to Woodburry
how can Gov's man havent found the cabin just yet?
and the gladiator arena being shown on the trailer for next week?
I acn't wait to see who Andrea is going to chose when it comes down to Rick versus the Governor. Andrea's perception might be that Rick abandoned her, killed her last lover, and is now attacking her new lover. That might be enough to have her side up with the Governor. On the other hand, Michonne trusts Rick and Andrea trusts her judgement, and the Governor has tortured two of her friends...
I like Andrea. I'd rather see Carol go than Andrea. I already lost Shane- I can't lose Andrea too!
Ooooh! Tonight is the midseason finale! I'm psyched!!! But then I'll be sad because I'll have nothing to watch on Sunday nights!
OH MY, SWEET MARY MOTHER OF GOD. Why do we have to wait until February!!!! It's not fair!!!!
pretty good ......... couple soft moments
glenn wasn't killed ........ thank god
carl REALLY stepped up
new humans in the jail - not sure how that will work
michonne went off to go after the guvnah and saw the crazy heads/daughter
andrea continues to be CLUELESS - somebody kill her pls
one of the new guys bit the dust
What ya going to do Andrea.....what are you going to do?
glad February is not too far away
they say love is just a game...they say time will heal the pain....sometimes you win, sometimes you lose
after she saw the sitch in the guvnah's secret room ............ hello ????
i thought the last scene with merle and bro was pretty shark jumping
is the group gonna come back for them ...... again ?
Andrea is about as smart as a box of rocks.
This might make something in that head of her tick thinking "Oh if Daryl was the terrorists maybe it was Rick and the others who were here shooting" I don't care if she dies now, if the heads in the Gov's room isn't enough for her to realize to leave then she deserves to die.
Awesome end. What a cliffhanger! February can't come soon enough!
We actually had a party for the mid-season finale. A group of friends always had get-togethers for each new episode, but we went all out today. Brought the 60 inch outside, had hot dogs at 12 for the Texans game and zomburgers(some burgers XD) for the mid-season finale.
I loved the episode. Everyone there was at the edge of their seats, screaming at everything, especially when Michonne stabbed Penny.
10 minutes in and I already like this new group better than rick's
I don't like the new group anymore. They are all either weak or crazy.
Rick was so hot
Shane was so hot
Michonne whooping ass
Axel dragging Carol so effortlessly
Not the good sis Darryl
Because of the preview it's damn near confirmed Darryl and Meryl dip out of there together because of when Glen says "Why did you bring him?!!" the only other man he could be talking about is one from the new group but I doubt that's it.
I PRAY! they don't kill Daryl. That would be a fucking travesty!
I keep hearing that Daryl is not in the comics, that might be one reason why so many people think he might be killed off. As a character, he has pretty much run his course. He has been reunited with his brother. He'll have to pick a side, and after that... who cares? I like that they kill off characters to make room for new ones. Or maybe I'm still just bitter over the loss of my Shane!
Thanks God the spoiler werent true after all
Glenn is still alive
and Im here for Beth kissing Rick....
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As far as Tyrese goes, I'm not sure how he is in the comics, but he didn't strike me as "leader" material. Especially since he let that one woman who got bit come with them. But at the same time, they didn't chop her hand off ala-Herschel to save her. So I don't know about him yet.
The Walking Dead Is First Cable Series to Beat SLAY Every Show of Fall Broadcast Season In Adult 18-49 Rating
AMC's The Walking Dead is the first cable series in television history to reign as the biggest show of the Fall season among Adult 18-49 rating, beating all broadcast and cable entertainment series including The Voice (catch), Modern Family, X Factor (catch), Two and a Half Men, The Big Bang Theory and Grey's Anatomy. Last night, the 9PM premiere of The Walking Dead's Midseason Finale delivered 10.5 million viewers. The series encored at 10PM and then again at midnight, delivering an additional 3.6 million and 1.1 million viewers respectively, totaling 15.2 million viewers for the night. With Live plus 7, The Walking Dead adds another 3.4 million viewers a week on average. The Walking Dead Season 3 to date reigns as the number one ad supported drama series in basic cable history among total viewers, adults 18-49, adults 25-54, adults 18-34, men 18-49, men 25-54 and men 18-34. AMC resumes the final eight episodes of The Walking Dead Season 3 on Sun., Feb. 10 at 9/8c.
In addition, the Season 3 Midseason Finale of Talking Dead at 11PM attracted 2.2 million viewers. The live after show, hosted by Chris Hardwick, expands to a one-hour program on Sun., Feb. 10 at 10/9c immediately following The Walking Dead. Embassy Row's Michael Davies and Jen Patton serve as executive producers and Brandon Monk is co-executive producer.
Source: Nielsen. Live+SD. M-Sa 8P-11P/Su 7P-11P. The Walking Dead Finale 12/2/12; Season 3A 10/14-12/2/12. 12/13 Fall Season to Date (11/29/12) vs. Previous Fall Seasons To Date Broadcast & Cable. 9/13/93-12/2/12, Broadcast and Ad Supported Cable, Trackage Level Data. US RTG A18-49. Excluding Sports. Qual Avail Upon Request.
"Representing both the studio and the network as AMC does on this project, I speak for so many when I say 'thank you' and congratulations to everyone involved," said Charlie Collier, AMC's president. "The records that The Walking Dead shattered today represent an enormous achievement of which we are so proud."
Key Nielsen Highlights for the Midseason Finale of The Walking Dead:
9pm: 6.5 HH rating, +44% vs. Season 2 Midseason Finale
9pm: 10.5 million viewers, +58% vs. Season 2 Midseason Finale
9pm: 6.9 million Adults 18-49, +54% vs. Season 2 Midseason Finale
9pm: 6.0 million Adults 25-54, +52 vs. Season 2 Midseason Finale
9pm, 10pm and midnight encores: Grossed to 15.2 million viewers
Key Nielsen Highlights for the Midseason Finale of Talking Dead:
11pm: 1.5 HH rating with 2.2 million viewers, +67%/+110% vs. Season 1 Midseason Finale
11pm: 1.5 million Adults 18-49, +111% vs. Season 1 Midseason Finale
11pm: 1.5 million Adults 25-54, +117% vs. Season 1 Midseason Finale
Hailed by EW "The greatest thriller ever produced for television," The Walking Dead currently has over 12 and a half million likes on Facebook. The Walking Dead is cable's most mentioned show according to Trendrr.tv, out-ranking WWE's Monday Night Raw on USA and ESPN's Monday Night Football each week. The series ranks 1st each week vs. all cable. Last week, The Walking Dead ranked No. 1 on television's Top Social TV Charts. Talking Dead ranked No. 11. The Walking Dead also reins No. 1 for the week for Cable's Top 20 weekly ranking by General Sentiment.
For the past two years, The Walking Dead has received the Emmy® Award for Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup (2011/2012). Based on the comic book series written by Robert Kirkman, The Walking Dead tells the story of the months and years that follow the zombie apocalypse. It follows a group of survivors, led by police officer Rick Grimes, who travel in search of a safe and secure home.
Wow! That's amazing! Walking Dead rules television!
The promo for the second half looks amazing!
Am i the only one who doesn't see Beth dying this season? I think she's going to become the comic book Sophia.


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La Russa & The AP Claims Twitter Settled Lawsuit... Twitter Sets The Record Straight
from the that's-not-quite-right dept
But... Twitter is claiming the story is not true. It does say that it deleted the account, but that's because of the terms of service violation -- not because of any settlement. Instead:
Reports this week that Twitter has settled a law suit and officially agreed to pay legal fees for an impersonation complaint that was taken care of by our support staff in accordance with our Terms are erroneous. Twitter has not settled, nor do we plan to settle or pay.Now that is a lot more like it. In the meantime, it's worth noting that La Russa still doesn't seem to recognize the case still has no chance:
With due respect to the man and his notable work, Mr. La Russa's lawsuit was an unnecessary waste of judicial resources bordering on frivolous. Twitter's Terms of Service are fair and we believe will be upheld in a court that will ultimately dismiss Mr. La Russa's lawsuit.
"There is a law against improperly using a person's name without authorization and it wasn't authorized."I'm curious (a) which law he's talking about specifically and (b) how this was "improper use." The account was clearly a parody (and said so in the bio). There was no implied endorsement of anything or other misuse of La Russa's name. And, even if La Russa's statement was true, the liability would certainly be on whoever created the account -- not Twitter. While the details of what actually happened still aren't clear... I'm guessing that after Twitter deleted the account, La Russa simply assumed they "settled." Most likely, his lawyers will drop the lawsuit, but it would be interesting to see if Twitter pushes to keep the lawsuit in place in order to try to get a favorable ruling and use it to prevent other, similar, frivolous lawsuits.
Oh, and in the meantime, isn't the Associated Press supposed to fact check things like "Tony La Russa and Twitter have reached a settlement in his lawsuit against the social networking site" and "Twitter has agreed to pay legal fees and make a donation to his Animal Rescue Foundation" both of which appear not to be true? The AP keeps telling us that only its "professional" journalists get things right -- whereas those "amateur" bloggers out there screw up the news all the time. Or did the AP figure that it could get away with not fact checking, since it could just threaten to sue any blogger who quoted its erroneous report?


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Set as carbon filters and media for both chemical and physical processes of filtration, they are able to selectively remove large amounts of drinking water contaminants. Water filters can remove small, but dangerous chemical pesticides and herbicides, and trace elements to secure through the filter with water. Conservation of minerals and trace elements in water results in a much healthier source of drinking water.
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All booths are inside, and exhibitors are expected to have arts and crafts, antiques, collectibles, clothing, jewelry, gift items and garage sale items.
Hours will be 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. both days.
This is a good time to begin your early Christmas shopping.
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The Holiday 2011 Holiday Sculptee de Chanel Highlighting Powder ($72/ .46 oz.) has a gorgeously textured, glazed finished. The compact is the large Chanel version that matches the size of Chanel's powder foundations and bronzers and comes with a well-designed, usable brush. The compact and velveteen sleeve:
Designed as an elegant gift, the glazing on the highlighter looks beautiful and brushes off easily with a few brush swipes:
The powder is soft and the pattern wears down quite easily. Here is the same compact with the glazing removed and after the highlighter was used once on Liz:
This highlighter did not live up to my expectations. I found that the texture was not as finely milled as Chanel's Pearl Glow, and the highlighting was so subtle that the product acts more as a very slightly glowy finishing powder. Here is the powder applied heavily on Liz's cheek over Chanel's Tweed Brun Rose blush (reviewed here) in sun:
Typically, this type of lighting maximizes the highlighting properties of any powder product (compare Guerlain's Parure de Nuit here). Neither Liz or I found that Lumiere Sculptee de Chanel had reflectivity. Here is a comparison between Chanel's Lumiere Sculptee, MAC Lightscapade, Chanel Pearl Glow (reviewed here) and Guerlain Parure de Nuit (which picked up some color from the peacock color shapes):
To be honest, I was disappointed (and a bit surprised) with Chanel Lumiere Sculptee. As beautiful as the product looked in the promotional pictures (really, it absolutely glowed with the pretty glazing), I found the product delivers a finishing powder-type look. Worse, I didn't find the powder very finely milled. I'd give this a "pass," even for collectors. Particularly at this price point, this did not work for me.


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Falderal to host Q&A on making beer, wine
Paul Kovacich, winemaster at Falderal Winery, 131 3rd Ave. W., will host a free question-and-answer session on "How to Get Started Making Beer and Wine" at 6 p.m. Monday.
Kovacich will describe particular aspects of making beer and wine. From 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., the floor will be open for questions. This is a drop-by opportunity; no reservation is required.
"As we are becoming known as a supplier for those in the area who make wine and beer at home, I often get questions from folks who think they may want to start making beer or wine but aren't sure what it entails. So we're offering these sessions, where I will talk about the equipment needed, costs, how long the process can take and any other topics people may have questions about. I will demonstrate the equipment and show how it works. We'll discuss the science of fermentation. Whatever people want to know, I'll try to answer their questions," Kovacich said.
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Lewis new chef at HomeGrown
HomeGrown Restaurant at 371 N. Merrimon Ave., Asheville, recently added Executive Chef Joseph Lewis (former owner/executive chef at Square 1 in Hendersonville) to its staff.
Lewis has blended the old HomeGrown style and the new HomeGrown style. Lewis, who claims an "Old World French-Italian" style, is bringing a bit of cultural zing into this down-home local diner while maintaining the restaurant's commitment to affordable food from local sources.
Lewis has added items to the breakfast menu: Breakfast Redneck Pot Pie, which contains cheesy grits, scrambled eggs and local sausage gravy topped with a house-made buttermilk biscuit; and The Breakfast Bowl with toasted quinoa, local kale, tempeh saute, two eggs with a Siracha aioli and house pickled onions.
Visit slowfoodrightquick.com for menu items. Call 828-318-8584 or email homegrown@slowfoodright quick.com for more information.
Blackberry Mountain events for March
Blackberry Mountain Cafe at 1908 Haywood Road, Hendersonville, is hosting these events:
u March 29-30: Easter tea with a three-tiered tray of scones, Devonshire cream, lemon curd, tea sandwiches, desserts and a pot of Harney and Sons tea. The event is $15 per person, and reservations are required.
u March 31: Easter Sunday, serving a special ham dinner for brunch from 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Call 828-692-4100 for more information.
'BBQ Pitmasters' to visit Blue Ridge BBQ Fest
The Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival will host the cast and crew of Destination America's popular TV show "BBQ Pitmasters" June 14-15 at Harmon Field in Tryon.
Festival founder Jim Tabb, whose daughter Lee Ann Whippen has frequently appeared on the show, was instrumental in getting "Pitmasters" to come to Tryon.
"I've wanted this for a long time," Tabb said. "The show has a great following, and it will bring even more national attention to our area."
The Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival will celebrate its 20th anniversary this year, and Chairman Chuck Britton said, "What a fitting way to add to the fun and excitement of this special birthday year."
Visit blueridgebbqfestival.com for more information.
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Is owning 27 RC's too many? No way!
thanks glad u liked it..
the rims are DEracing sc with 17mm hex my favorite..
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I have some more of those DE racing wheels now for some new tires i have.. set of panther slicks for the street, set of gladiators, and some panther paddles
Cool! Wonder if anyone's made a Ken Block-themed body...
Probably on a on road car or rally car??
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looks great Ckeithnitro! This is my spin on it. I just need new rims.
Nice I like it.. Yes black rims would set it off. Like the lights too..
Do you know if they make ones?
You can get them at tower hobbies, RCplanet
They come in 6mm, 12mm, 18mm extension..
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2010-2011 Season (Senior): Finished the season with a 13-6 record, mainly at the No. 5 and No. 6 positions … Reached the quarterfinals of the consolation draw at the CSA Individual Championships…
2009-2010 Season (Junior): Finished the season with a 5-0 record, at the No. 4, No. 6 and No. 7 positions…
2008-2009 Season (Sophomore): Received Second Team All-American Honors… Received All-Ivy League Honors… Finished the season with an 11-5 record at the No. 1 and No. 2 positions…
2007-2008 Season (Freshman): Finished the season with an 8-2 record…
All-Ivy and 2nd Team All-American ... Member of US U23 National Team.


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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- Baseball season is underway in Cookeville as the Golden Eagles open up their 2011 season at home with a visit from the Blue Raiders of Middle Tennessee on Wednesday at 3 p.m.
Having notched their first three games of the season on the road at Coastal Carolina's Caravelle Resort Tournament, Tech will be concentrating on defending their home field against MTSU, which leads the lifetime series with a 103-63-1 edge on the Golden Eagles. This includes two match-ups from last season, in which the Blue Raiders dealt out 11-5 and 13-9 losses to TTU.
In avenging the losses, the Golden Eagle line-up will go up against senior right-hander Eric Gilley. Last season, Gilley worked his way from a mid-week starting position into the weekend rotation, striking out 40 batters in 75 innings of work and finishing his season with a 4.32 ERA.
Taking the hill for Tech will be junior college transfer Cullen Park, a righty out of Walter State Community College. At WSC, Park logged a 4-1 record, pitching 37 innings and striking out 29, recording a 4.38 ERA on the season.
Both teams are coming into Wednesdsay's match-up looking for their first win of the season. The Blue Raiders fell in their season opening three-game series to Portland, while Tech shouldered three losses in CCU's tournament.
Fans who can't make it out to the Averitt Express Complex for Wednesday night's game can follow the LiveStats here.


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The unemployment rate in Davidson County dipped below double digits in March, according to information released Wednesday.
The unemployment rate in Davidson County dipped below double digits in March, according to information released Wednesday by the N.C. Department of Commerce, Labor and Economic Analysis Division.
The unemployment rate dropped .5 percentage points to 9.6 percent for March 2013 from 10.1 percent in February. The rate in March 2012 was also 10.1 percent.
The county unemployment rate is slightly higher than the statewide unemployment rate of 8.9 percent. The county is much higher than the national unemployment rate, which is 7.7 percent.
Charles Diggs, manager of N.C. Department of Commerce Division of Workforce Solutions office in Davidson County, said, "It's positive especially since unemployment is down throughout the state." He said that the rate drop is in line with national economic indicators such as home sales and increase in construction.
"Our request for job orders are up," he said. "In the past three weeks, we have at least one company per week looking to recruit employees."
He attributes some of the success to the WorkKeys certification program that encourages prospective employees to obtain the education and certification that employers are looking for. "These companies are looking for those people who meet certain skill levels and this program helps them achieve that goal."
There were 77,831 people in the Davidson County labor force with 7,438 unemployed. The countywide unemployment rate is still higher than most nearby counties in the state. Forsyth had a rate of 8.4 percent, Rowan 8.9 percent, Davie 8.1 percent and Guilford 9 percent. Only Randolph had a higher rate at 9.7 percent.
Davidson County's rate ranked 46th out of the 100 counties in North Carolina. Orange County has the lowest unemployment rate at 5.6 percent, and Graham County has the highest rate at 17.8 percent.
Larry Parker from the N.C. Department of Commerce Labor and Economic Analysis Division said, "We lost close to 300,000 jobs since the recession hit, and it takes a while to get those jobs back, but it's a sign that jobs are growing in North Carolina. Since 2010, we have recouped close to 200,000 of those jobs." He added that it can be misleading to look just at the monthly unemployment rates, and people should look at the long-term trends.
"Three-quarters of the counties in the state unemployment rates are under 10 percent," Parker said. "It's a sign that jobs are being added. It's a slow growth, but it's consistent."
The unemployment rates in March fell in 99 of North Carolina's counties and remained the same in one. Compared to March a year ago, the rate fell in 78 counties, rose in 14 and stayed unchanged in eight. Since March of 2012, the number of workers employed statewide increased 32,155 while those unemployed decreased 22,262.
Monthly labor force statistics for the state are revised by the Bureau of Labor Statistics through the annual revision process. These statistics reflect revised population, seasonal factors, employment estimates and unemployment claims.
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This summer The Royal Ballet will travel to Moscow, Taipei and Shanghai for the annual international tour.
The Royal Ballet will return to Moscow, its first visit since 2003, where it will be part of the UK-Russia Year of Culture celebrating the rich and diverse cultural heritage of both countries.
The Company will perform a Mixed Programme of Wayne McGregor's Tetractys, Frederick Ashton's Rhapsody and Christopher Wheeldon's DGV: Danse à grande vitesse, as well as Kenneth MacMillan's Manon at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow between 17-22 June.
It will then travel to Taiwan where it will perform Kenneth MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet at the National Theatre & Concert Hall in Taipei from 27-29 June, and then onto Shanghai where it will stage Carlos Acosta's production of Don Quixote at the Shanghai Grand Theatre from 3-5 July.
The Royal Ballet's tour is made possible through a number of tour supporters, including Aud Jebsen, the Tsukanov Family Foundation, Alta Advisors, Vitol and Coutts.]]>
Simon Catchpole, Senior Stage Manager at the Royal Opera House, and Robin Auld from The Backstage Centre in Thurrock, recently visited the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) in Beijing, where they delivered a two-week course to managers from the China theatre sector.
The course is part of an ongoing exchange programme with the NCPA, designed to strengthen international ties, further Britain's international reputation in the arts and support the development of the NCPA.
'I first visited the NCPA with Tony Hall in 2009,' said Robin. 'There has been an enormous increase in production activity since then. The expansion of the theatre sector in China means a great deal of training needs to be put in place and so the NCPA is very keen to develop the programme.'
The training focused on stage and production management, programming, budget and production schedules. Following the course in Beijing, the 25 Chinese delegates then spent a week in London visiting Royal Opera House departments in Covent Garden and Thurrock.
They received masterclasses from a wide variety of Royal Opera House staff, including Director of Opera Kasper Holten, and were shown what goes into preparing and delivering multi-company ballet and opera programmes.
'The NCPA in Beijing only stage one show at a time, which gives them an enviable length of technical time on stage to build and rehearse,' explains Robin. 'As such, the concept of holding a number of productions in the building at the same time was something we were able to focus on.'
The delegates also spent two days at The Backstage Centre in Thurrock, where they had practical lighting sessions to learn the basics of design software and lighting control.
'There is an increasing emphasis on technical training in China,' continues Robin. 'Many of the delegates trained as actors, designers and musicians and so this was a great opportunity for them to work with technical equipment.'
The course culminated in a presentation of an imaginary production schedule across a two-year period leading up to an opening night.
'The course was basically a three-year degree course condensed into three-weeks!', says Robin. 'It was a great success, and further deepens the relationship between the Royal Opera House and the NCPA in a market that is seeing rapid expansion.'
The partnership, which began in December 2012, is set to run until 2017 and will include a series of shared training programmes, education, community and regeneration projects and future co-productions.
Earlier this year, former Royal Ballet Principal Tamara Rojo visited China to create a new work with Chinese choreographer Fei Bo. Find out more about her visit.]]>
Royal Ballet Principal Tamara Rojo recently visited China to create a new piece of work with choreographer Fei Bo. Tamara is one of a series of artists from different disciplines to appear in the CNN series Fusion Journeys. Other artists featured include opera singer Thomas Hampson, photographer Roger Moukarzel and fashion designer Trelise Cooper.
The piece created by Tamara and Fei Bo infused traditional ballet with kung fu and Chinese opera. Episode 1 was shown last night and you can watch clips from it now:
Of working with Fei Bo, Tamara commented:
The first thing I noticed about the Chinese ballet is that it is much more influenced by philosophy than physicality - there was a lot more emphasis on meaning.
These ideas are typically expressed with little gestures of the hand or head. Such movements might not be the most beautiful to my eye, but because they have a shared cultural meaning - a meaning that is understood by onlookers because it is part of their tradition - it's beautiful to them.
One of the main challenges I experienced out there was trying to understand this complicated and subtle language. While I could always admire Chinese and Asian dance from a distance, I felt that I could never really understand the depth of meaning - and everything that comes with it - until immersing myself in the culture first hand.
Read more of Tamara's thoughts on the experience on the CNN website
Tamara Rojo and Fei Bo in front of the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing © CNN International/Fusion Journeys 2011
Tamara Rojo and Fei Bo have dinner in a restaurant in Beijing © CNN International/Fusion Journeys 2011
The two remaining films, which follow Tamara on her 'Fusion Journey', will air on Wednesday 11 April and Friday 13 April at 9pm BST on CNN International (available on Sky 506, Virgin Media 607, Freesat 207 & Tiscali 506).]]>
The Royal Opera House and China's National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) are to collaborate on a new professional skills training programme for stage managers.
The course has been designed for 15 production staff from both the NCPA and other major Chinese theatres who are looking to expand the skills of their staff. It covers the management of complex stage productions from the rehearsal room to the stage as well as management of touring productions.
At the announcement of the collaboration, Royal Opera House Chief Executive Tony Hall commented "Through joint projects such as this, the UK and China continue to show their commitment to nurturing the arts and creative industries that underpin them."
The establishment of the course reflects the international focus of the Royal Opera House which, as well as its education work, has a history of touring internationally, digital initiatives and cinema screenings to widen access to its work.
The first course will take place in Beijing, beginning this month. This will be followed by a second in London in April. Further modules of specialist skills and training will be developed under the joint partnership.]]>


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Given Boll's track record of game-to-film flicks--which now includes Far Cry, BloodRayne, Alone in the Dark, Postal, In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale and House of the Dead--the internet was not exactly enthusiastic about the news.
Then property holder Konami came out and said it hadn't talked to Boll, at all. So what happened? Turns out, Boll got pranked.
"Two French guys wrote a script, said they are from Konami hired to write the script, said 'You wanna direct it?' I read the script, I liked the script. I said, 'Yes, I can do it,'" Boll explained to MTV News.
"I read on the internet Konami said they had nothing to do with me, they had nothing to do with the movie," he continued. "So it turned totally against me in the press. Like 'Boll tried to do Metal Gear Solid, but he didn't get the rights.' And this is how it is sometimes."
While the Shacknews staff is certainly sympathetic towards prank victims, please remember that this is the same man who advocates ignoring a game's fanbase when creating a game-to-film adaptation.
"To be honest, the real gamers are the typical download guys, right?" Boll reasoned earlier this week. "They don't pay anything for movies, because they illegally download the movies. So why [should I] please these guys? I need the normal audience."


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Sloppy shifter fix?
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Note that it needs to be fixed, my shifter would hit the side of the trans housing before I could get into reverse. I put 30k miles on my brat a year. Fix has worked done for over a year.
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On a '78 Brat, I managed to improve a little by replacing the bolts in the shifter linkage. There were grooves worn in the shaft of the bolt.
I did this as well with a 4mm (I believe) 2" (I believe) bolt. I got it at Home Depot. The length matters cause half of it is not threaded. Then you simply cut of the un-needed threads.
Mine had grooves worn into it as well.
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Will any of this work for me too, or so there something else completely wrong with mine?
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Serena Williams topped Johanna Larsson in straight sets Saturday to even the Fed Cup playoff between the United States and Sweden after day one of the competition.
Williams' 6-2, 6-2 rain-delayed victory came after the Swedes had taken the opening match in the best-of-five tie by virtue of Sofia Arvidsson's 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 triumph over Sloane Stephens on the outdoor hardcourt at Delray Beach Tennis Center.
Sunday's reverse singles call for Williams to play Arvidsson and Stephens to take on Larsson. The fifth rubber would be a doubles encounter with Arvidsson and Larsson teaming against the American tandem of Venus Williams and Varvara Lepchenko.
Stephens committed a whopping 74 unforced errors in her match, while Serena fired 31 winners to only nine for Larsson in the second match.
The reigning Wimbledon and U.S. Open champion and world No. 1 Serena and the former top-ranked Venus are playing Fed Cup together for the first time in 14 months. Serena is a perfect 9-0 in her lifetime Fed Cup singles affairs, while Venus is 4-2 in her doubles bouts.
Team USA is captained by Mary Joe Fernandez and boasts four women who are all ranked inside the top 30.
The Americans and Swedes have met four other times in Fed Cup play, previously all in the World Group, with the U.S. going 3-1. Sweden won their last encounter, however, in Melbourne, Australia back in 1988.
The U.S. is attempting to avoid relegation to World Group II after losing its 2013 opening tie 3-2 to Italy in February. A victory over Sweden would land the Americans back in the World Group for 2014.