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'Law & Order' canceled
Looks as though "Law & Order" will not beat out "Gunsmoke" as the longest running American TV drama. According to Deadline and a number of other industry publications, NBC has decided to cancel the series, which is currently nearing the end of its 20th season. The "Law & Order" ratings have been dismal this year, but insiders were assuming that NBC would renew the series if only to let producer Dick Wolf break the "Gunsmoke" 20-season record. Still no official word from NBC. [Update below.]
The cancelation would not have an impact on the expected renewal of "Law & Order: SVU" and NBC's expected pickup of the new spinoff "Law & Order: Los Angeles." But it would represent NBC's effort to move into a new era next season, after the Jay Leno debacle. The network is trying to turn around its ratings depression, and has already picked up a new J.J. Abrams spy series, "Undercovers," as well as a conspiracy thriller called "The Event" starring Jason Ritter and Blair Underwood. NBC's official fall slate will be released in full next week, along with the lineups for all the other major networks.
"Law & Order" will always be notable not just for its long life, but for pioneering the cool procedural approach to crime drama that continues to thrive. Cops and lawyers who reveal little of their personal lives, a step-by-step advance through crimes of the week, bad guys who slip through the law on technicalities -- these and other "Law & Order" trademarks are now de rigueur.
According to E!, the "L&O" cast and crew were informed of the cancelation earlier today. The absence of the show will surely have an impact on New York actors, who have found plenty of work on all of the New York-filmed "L&O" series.
UPDATE at 1:15 p.m., Friday: NBC has confirmed the cancelation. The series finale will air on May 24. NBC chairman Jeff Gaspin said in a statement, "The full measure of the collective contributions made by Dick Wolf and his 'Law & Order' franchise over the last two decades to the success of NBC and Universal Media Studios cannot be overstated." And NBC president Angela Bromstad said, "'Law & Order' has been one of the most successful franchises in the history of television, which is why it is so critical that we continue this important brand and our relationship with Dick Wolf and his team with 'LOLA' and 'Law & Order: SVU.'" "LOLA" is the Los Angeles spinoff.
To me, "Law & Order" has been riding on fumes for years, a weak imitation of its early self. The cases of the week are increasingly more predictable and repetitive, and the cast seems to be going through the motions under duress. It's time.
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Surprised, wary and excited expressions met the Thompson Valley singers on Valentine's Day as they journeyed around Loveland to deliver singing valentines to 32 lucky recipients.
"Is this for me?" asked a startled Jeanne Armour as the group of six high school singers filed into the breakfast room at about 7:45 a.m. Thursday morning at Hillcrest of Loveland. The students sang, "Can't Help Falling in Love" and the residents in the hall watched and grew teary-eyed.
The TVHS students who performed the morning shift of the all-day "singing valentine" event included Julia Beatty, Kalie Sullivan, Lana Millard, Chase Tressler, Tanner Johnson and Nash Doughman. These particular students also were selected as Thompson Valley High School's all-state choir students. Three more teams took shifts throughout the afternoon and evening until 8 p.m. delivering valentines on Thursday.
A beaming Kimberly Crossly, vehicle licensing technician at the Larimer County clerk's office, was the recipient of a rendition of "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" while office workers clapped and looked on.
"Surprise!" said Dana Carlsen to her husband Chuck at their home in northeast Loveland. "I told him he couldn't go running at 10," she confided to the singers. He runs every morning and, while the weather looked iffy, that wasn't going to stop him from doing his daily jog after the little performance.
This is the third year that Dana has purchased a singing valentine for Chuck. While he forgot about it the second year so it was a surprise, this year he knew it was coming. But that didn't stop Chuck from grinning fondly at his wife as the musicians gathered around him and sang "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" again while Tressler accompanied on guitar.
"Every year there is a great selection of songs and there's always one that I love," Dana said.
Midway through the morning, the wind picked up and snow started flurrying down but the caravan of students and teacher Christina Forkner forged on to several more venues before returning to the high school at noon and allowing a new team to head out for the afternoon.
Andi Farrell covered her mouth and shed a tear at Loveland Classical Schools while the students sang, "Can't Help Falling in Love," sent by her mother, Doris Helwig.
One of the students handed Blake Stevens, an engineer at Wood Group, his box of chocolates and sang, "Stereo Heart," which was sent by Corrie Stevens.
The singers paused for coffee at Starbucks and graced the baristas with an impromptu performance of "Call Me Maybe."
And showing their good humor, the students visited Loveland High, their rival school, to deliver a singing valentine to the principal, Todd Ball. He wasn't in the office so the musicians instead sang "Stereo Hearts" to other staffers in the room.
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Creamy Orzo Herb and Parmesan
I double this recipe......
Creamy Orzo Herb and Parmesan
1 tablespoon butter
1 cup orzo
1 1/4 cups chicken broth
1 1/4 cups water
1/4 cup grated fresh Parmesan cheese
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
1/4 teaspoon minced garlic or powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper,( cayenne optional)
4 teaspoons pine nuts, toasted (I melt a teaspoon of butter in a small glass bowl and add the pine nuts for around two minutes till browned)
Heat butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add orzo, and cook 3 minutes, stirring constantly. Stir in broth and water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer until liquid is absorbed and orzo is done (about 15 minutes). Remove from heat; stir in cheese, basil, salt, and pepper. Sprinkle with the pine nuts. Serve immediately
44 comments
- Sandra said...
Wonderful looking Orzo! I am planing to make something like this for a while now..and will have to try this recipe!
- February 21, 2011 at 12:24 AM
- Kathy Gori said...
Looks great Claudia. I've never cooked orzo before, it seems to resemble risotto. I'd love to try making this.
- February 21, 2011 at 1:45 AM
- Melynda said...
Except for throwing some into soup at the last minute, I have never cooked this little cutie. And to make matters worse, I purchased another bag to use for a dish like this and dropped it and it split and the contents went everywhere and then into the garbage. So back to the store because this looks delicious.
- February 21, 2011 at 7:45 AM
- Marina said...
Oh, this looks so tasteful that I am already hungry :)
- February 21, 2011 at 8:19 AM
- ARLENE said...
I'm making wedding soup with orzo today, but will have half a box. Will try this risotto-like dish as a side later in the week. Wonderful recipe.
- February 21, 2011 at 8:35 AM
- Patti said...
This looks delicious! What a fabulous side dish!
- February 21, 2011 at 8:35 AM
- Belinda said...
Such an orzo fan - love this creamy delightful version. Will save this recipe for sure.
- February 21, 2011 at 8:38 AM
- Blackswan said...
Thks for introducing me to Orzo! Mmm... must start looking for this :)
- February 21, 2011 at 8:50 AM
- Shelby said...
I love orzo, one of my favorite pastas!
- February 21, 2011 at 10:17 AM
- Pam said...
WOW!!! It looks delicious! I love orzo and have to try making it now. Thanks for the recipe!
- February 21, 2011 at 11:30 AM
- Cajun Chef Ryan said...
I just love the roasted pine nuts in this dish.
- February 21, 2011 at 12:38 PM
- Claudia said...
I am loving this preparation - the cheese and herbs just show off the orzo.
- February 21, 2011 at 12:54 PM
- Rosemary said...
Orzo's one of my favorites. This dish looks so mouthwaternigly creamy. Great photos -- I almost opened my mouth for the spoon!
- February 21, 2011 at 1:08 PM
- Kudos Kitchen said...
This looks delicious! I add pine nuts to just about everything these days so orzo with parmesan and pine nuts has my name written all over it. YUMMY!
- February 21, 2011 at 2:09 PM
- Torviewtoronto said...
yummy yummy love the flavours in this dish
- February 21, 2011 at 2:51 PM
- ravienomnoms said...
That looks fantastic! Orzo is one of my favorite things to have with just about any meal. So good...
- February 21, 2011 at 4:21 PM
- FOODESSA said...
I could only wonder why I haven't got around to buying Orzo? I have so many grains in my pantry...one more wouldn't hurt ;o)
Thanks for the nudge,
- February 21, 2011 at 5:34 PM
- Anu Santanu said...
Lovely recipe, never tried to cook Orzo..Will def try this recipe..
- February 21, 2011 at 5:57 PM
- Cheryl and Adam said...
Such a simple, quick and tasty dish! Love this!
- February 21, 2011 at 5:59 PM
- Lizzy said...
Oh, Claudia, I love, love this orzo! I've made something similar and am just lucky enough to have some fresh basil in the kitchen. YUM!
- February 21, 2011 at 7:18 PM
- wendyweekendgourmet said...
I have everything in my kitchen to make this...can't WAIT! Simple ingredients make the best side dishes...think I'll serve with some pan-seared chicken breast and a nice salad!
- February 21, 2011 at 7:52 PM
- Sunshine said...
lovely Orzo! looks so savory.. saving your recipe to give a try.
- February 21, 2011 at 9:37 PM
- Reeni said...
Parmesan Orzo is one of my favorites! Love it with the pine nuts!
- February 21, 2011 at 10:01 PM
- cake said...
Yummy! This looks so flavorful and i absolutely love pine nuts in recipes :D
-abeer @ www.cakewhiz.com
- February 21, 2011 at 10:14 PM
- 5 Star Foodie said...
Delicious looking orzo, love the addition of toasted pine nuts here!
- February 21, 2011 at 10:56 PM
- ChefBlogDigest said...
I am really fun of reading your post.
I will surely try this in my kitchen.
- February 22, 2011 at 4:29 AM
- denise fletcher said...
You know Claudia, I've never had orzo and I'm reading your recipe and trying to imagine chewing on orzo right now LOL I do like the flavours here and the texture is really intriguing to me!
- February 22, 2011 at 9:54 AM
- Emily Malloy said...
Boy oh boy this looks good!
- February 22, 2011 at 10:36 AM
- Cookin' Canuck said...
I would double this recipe, too. It looks so flavorful!
- February 22, 2011 at 11:28 AM
- Elisabeth said...
Claudia-I just love, love, your orzo dish with the herbs, and Parmesan. Such beautiful and large photos of it as well. It makes me want to take that fork of the yummy goodness!
Your photos are getting better, and better...and even if not, your recipes, are always a WINNER!
Thanks for sharing, yet again, another delicious recipe!
- February 22, 2011 at 12:30 PM
- Chris's Gourmet Fashion said...
My husband loves orzo but it's been a long time since we last made it. Quick, simple and nutritious. Will definitely try it!
- February 22, 2011 at 3:59 PM
- Ann said...
This looks so creamy and delicious. I love the looks of it!
- February 22, 2011 at 4:23 PM
- Tammy said...
I love orzo! This looks so wonderful and divine!
- February 22, 2011 at 4:41 PM
- Umm Mymoonah said...
Wow! This looks just amazing, bookmarking this recipe.
- February 22, 2011 at 5:43 PM
- redkathy said...
What else can be said about this amazing dish? Orzo is versatile and wonderful isn't it. Very nice display too Claudia. Love the photo post on FB, up close and personal just begging to be eaten!
- February 22, 2011 at 9:23 PM
- Victoria said...
This is a fantastic side dish. I love orzo but don't utilize it enough.
- February 22, 2011 at 9:46 PM
- tartedujour said...
Rich and creamy goodness! This looks spectacular!
- February 22, 2011 at 9:50 PM
- Priya's Feast said...
Wow..Awesome click..luv to follow ur italian recipes..
- February 23, 2011 at 2:35 PM
- stamatov said...
mmmm I love orzo! This reminds me I need to make it soon. I normally throw it into soups and forget to make it on its own.
- February 24, 2011 at 11:07 PM
- Patsyk said...
Orzo is a favorite of mine... and I love the way you've prepared it here. Looks like a fabulous side dish to accompany almost anything!
- February 25, 2011 at 8:49 AM
- Magic of Spice said...
I love orzo...beautiful recipe Claudia :)
- February 25, 2011 at 5:25 PM
- Magic of Spice said...
I love orzo...beautiful recipe Claudia :)
- February 25, 2011 at 5:25 PM
- alison said...
a beautiful orzo,looks so tasty!
- February 26, 2011 at 4:45 PM
- roz said...
I'm now in the mood for a platter of delicious orzo - - especially made with parmesan and herbs! Delicious Claudia!
- February 27, 2011 at 3:58 PM


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Hey guys.. Nice to meet you.
I need some help although i am not sure if what i want is really possible.
I have created a template with a drop-down menu. (main page and 2 child pages)
The problem is i don't want people to have access to the main page since it's gonna be empty,
so is there some way to auto-redirect them to the 1st child page when clicking on the main page?
To be more precise, i want when someone clicks on the "tablets" item on the menu to be redirected automatically at the
"android tablets" page.
Or something similar to that.
The program i'm using for the template is kinda cr4ppy and only allows me to mess with the html code of each page
and not with the code for the menu,
so is there any pure html code that can help me do what i want?
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Christopher Taaffe Schiaffino died at home on Muir Boulevard in East Hampton on Friday morning at the age of 35. The cause of death is still unknown, according to his family.
The proprietor of Tri-R landscaping services in East Hampton along with a partner, Marcelo Chuya, he moved to the South Fork after college. He was born on Staten Island to Fred and Maureen Taaffe Schiaffino on June 23, 1975. As a child there he excelled in athletics and was a pitcher on his high school baseball team, the Tottenville Pirates, helping take them to the city championships.
He moved to West Palm Beach, Fla., for college, graduating from Northwood University with a degree in business administration. He came to East Hampton to work with his father's landscaping business and steadily built up the business over 15 years.
Mr. Schiaffino's marriage to Kristen McCabe on Aug. 12, 2007, ended in divorce. The marriage resulted in the birth of two sons, Christopher Jr., who is 4, and Daniel, who is 3, for whom he was the primary caregiver and a devoted father, his family said.
They said he treasured his time with his family and friends, often traveling to New York City to spend holidays with his mother or to take in a Yankees game. He enjoyed all sports, and was a fan of the Boston Celtics and the New York Giants. He enjoyed outdoor pursuits such as golf, as well as poker. His sister Lori Schiaffino said he spent every summer weekend fishing on her family's boat in Montauk. As an adult he continued his love of playing baseball as the starting shortstop for the Ocean Aire Nurseries, La Superica, and Sag Harbor Liquors teams, which he led to championships.
In addition to his two sons, he is survived by his mother and her partner, Charles Milano of Staten Island, his father and his wife, Michele, of East Hampton, and three siblings, John Schiaffino of East Hampton, Lori Schiaffino of Huntington and Montauk, and Kathy Trant of Long Meadow, Mass. Also surviving are a grandfather and five nieces and nephews.
Mr. Schiaffino was remembered with wakes in East Hampton at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home on Sunday and on Staten Island, where he was buried at Moravian Cemetery on Monday.


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Archive for Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Memorial Day ceremonies start Sunday with military brass
The Leavenworth National Cemetery Memorial Day Committee has been busy making preparations for this year's Memorial Day ceremonies, which include a special, free concert and patriotic revue by "Brass in Blue," a professional ensemble of active duty musicians stationed at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska.
The offshoot of the United States Air Force Heartland of America Band is a 10-piece brass band with one percussionist and one vocalist that tours the Midwest playing orchestral transcriptions, patriotic favorites and jazz standards.
Brass in Blue's Leavenworth debut is at 3 p.m. (doors open at 2:30 p.m.) Sunday at the Leavenworth High School Auditorium, 2010 Tenth Ave., followed by performances Monday at the Leavenworth National Cemetery and the Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery.
"It's nice to cross services and support the other armed services in our area," Staff Sgt. Ben Kadow, a trombonist in Brass in Blue, said of the group's upcoming visit.
For more information on Sunday's performance, contact Diane Smith at (913) 651-0410 or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Traditional Memorial Day ceremonies begin at 9 a.m. Monday at the Leavenworth National Cemetery followed by another at 11:40 a.m. at the Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery.
The guest speaker at the first ceremony - the 122nd Memorial Day service of its kind - is Kansas Rep. Candy Ruff, D-Leavenworth.
The Fort Leavenworth salute battery and color guard will present and retire colors, and the fort's 500th MP Battalion is to perform a 21-gun salute, which Memorial Day chairman Jeff Meid said "is pretty impressive."
"Believe it or not, there are so many people in Leavenworth that don't even know this is happening in our city," he added, encouraging anyone with a friend or relative that has served in the Armed Forces to attend.
Meid said volunteers would help visitors park upon entering the Muncie Road entrance to the cemetery.
The Leavenworth Guidance Center will also provide three general transportation buses running from Building 19 on the Veterans Affairs campus - the former dining hall. Shuttles start running at 8 a.m. and will run until the ceremony begins. For more information, contact Jamie Quinley at (913) 683-1179.
For more information on the Leavenworth National Cemetery ceremony, contact Meid at (913) 683-3482.
Col. Tim Weathersbee, Fort Leavenworth Garrison Commander, will speak at the fort's ceremony at the Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery.
Weathersbee, Combined Arms Center Command Sgt. Maj. Philip Johndrow, and Mrs. James H. Rogers, President, Lt. Thomas Blair Chapter, National Society United States Daughters of 1812, will lay a wreath at Henry Leavenworth's grave. Col. Henry Leavenworth established Fort Leavenworth in May 1827 and was a veteran of the War of 1812.
Parking on Fort Leavenworth is available at the Frontier Conference Center parking lot, which is across the street from the Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery. Visitors can expect delays entering the fort because of security requirements.
For more information about the ceremony on post, contact public information officer Tisha Johnson at (913) 684-1718.
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It'd be cool if the video link had... Ehm... A link, tho.
It's hard to slashvertise if you link directly to the video [youtube.com] in the slashvertisement.
"Last month, Plastic Logic announced it was abandoning plans to manufacture its own e-readers, deciding instead to to license its flexible display technology and software to OEMs, system integrators, and device manufacturers."
Good, there is nothing worse than a company who makes something interesting, then tries to beat the market in a game they dont understand. Just make the shit and sell it to all the other people who have design and marketing departments larger than your entire company, and let them deal with Q public.
They could win if everyone wants it, and if a reader fails they might have plenty of others to sell it to, instead of all of the eggs in one basket, and raffled off to the richest patent troll.
developing a platform model != manufacturing though
Neither is research, they're entirely different skillsets you fucktard.
why am I a fucktard, it seems that you have some major issue with your attitude
I'd be happier if they improved the contrast on existing pearl technology. In anything but bright sunlight, paper is still easier to read.
Good, there is nothing worse than a company who makes something interesting, then tries to beat the market in a game they dont understand.
Yes there is. DeVry MBAs who succumb to variations of the "if you don't get your hands dirty it's not work"/"architects must dig their own foundations or patent they're trolls" fallacy.
Just make the shit and sell it to all the other people
I love the word "just". It usually precedes a verb whose subject is someone other than the speaker. I guess they should "just"
I remember years ago when Kindles first came out one US newspaper (New York Times?) calculated that it would be cheaper to buy every subscriber one and deliver the editions electronically than printing and distributing paper copies. I'm somewhat surprised that no newspaper has offered its readers some kind of eReader+subscription offer yet.
Because you only get the cost savings if everyone switches (no printer, no distribution). If half of them switch, you still have huge static costs.
I eagerly await the time when this tech is down to less than a dollar a page including controls and a week of battery. Because when that happens, you'll start seeing them used as magazine advertisments. Which hackers should be able to disassemble with some effort. Thus giving hobbiests access to vast areas of color e-paper subsidised by advertisers and so cheap that people can (and will) use it as wallpaper.
Except that almost every paper magazine I read has ditched the paper and gone electronic. With more on the way and newspapers hot in pusuit.
So you better hack fast!
Much of the battery advantage comes from the fact that e-ink doesn't draw power unless its changing the picture. I guess if its showing video, that advantage will disappear.
Good luck with that. Apple have patented anything that's thin, think they own touchscreens and if the corners aren't sharper than weasel's ears there'll be holy hell to pay.
Heck, the background is probably white - Apple think they own that too, the bunch of foppish nonces.
Great, so now we really can have newspapers like the ones in Harry Potter... I think I can live without that...
Whats a newspaper?
Being 33 years old, every time I pick something up that I am told is a newpaper, all I get is 1 paragraph of a day old story and 4/5th of a page full of ad's for old lady underwear and flat out scams for gold, homes and used cars... I have given up on finding these fabled papers of news.
Whats a newspaper?
Being 33 years old, every time I pick something up that I am told is a newpaper, all I get is 1 paragraph of a day old story and 4/5th of a page full of ad's for old lady underwear and flat out scams for gold, homes and used cars... I have given up on finding these fabled papers of news.
You need to read better newspapers. Find yourself a quality broadsheet.
they really don't make them like that any more.
the only reason I read the paper is for local news, however even then it is seldom more than 4-6 pages a section and each section is round 4/5 ads.
they really don't make them like that any more.
the only reason I read the paper is for local news, however even then it is seldom more than 4-6 pages a section and each section is round 4/5 ads.
I don't know where in the world you are, but in some countries there are still some very good newspapers. Germany has some great daily and weekly newspapers/magazines if you can read German such as the Frankfurter Allgemeine (famous for its highbrow nature), Süddeutsche Zeitung, Der Spiegel, and Stern. The Guardian or Telegraph in England are worthwhile reading, and then for me the Irish Times when I'm at home. Ads are not so intrusive in these publications, and normally have reasonable articles and in
I personally find every one of those a thinly veiled political tabloid
The "news" part is a misnomer, they are actually opinionpapers. One or two sentences of fact are merely a jumping off point for paragraphs of heavily biased "analysis" and outright ranting. Many UK newspapers have soft porn too. This combination of being told what to think so the mind doesn't have to strain while the cock gets hard seems to be very popular.
Combine this with the spray-on batteries, flexible electronics, and you can have changeable wallpaper.
A maximum of 12fps is not video speed.
No, but it's getting close. I have a first generation eInk device, and it takes about 0.9 seconds to do a refresh, so it's managing 1.1fps (and in 16 shades of grey, not colour). The jump from that to 12fps is a lot bigger than the jump from 12fps to 24fps (cinema speed). More importantly, they can have the pixels switch from one colour to another directly, while the earlier ones needed to go via white, which would have made video flickery at any speed.
As they say in the video, it's not 'true video speed', but it does mean that you can have interactive UI widgets on an eInk device. 12fps is enough, for example, to be able to type into a text field without seeing irritating lag. It's enough for buttons to respond as soon as you click on them. It's enough for simple animated effects. I had some pop-up textbooks when I was a child that managed simple animations of things like the inside of a jet engine by having you pull tabs to make parts of a picture move - it's more than enough for that kind of thing, which could be very useful for textbooks.
Pretend to be your grandfather by watching videos on an old eReader, eating bread made mainly from sawdust and being drowned in a coalmining accident or gassed by the krauts before you're 15 years old.
If that wasn't a Viz top tip, it should have been.
A maximum of 12fps is not video speed.
Actually it is. Perhaps it's not what we are used to by now but above 10fps and a healthy brain is fully capable to join the still images together into a motion.
Perhaps it's not what we are used to by now but above 10fps and a healthy brain is fully capable to join the still images together into a motion.
But only if it's in black and white with a soundtrack consisting of a honky tonky plinky plonky pye-anner.
What you describe is already widely used at Big Box stores such as Walmart. It's an LCD display, not E-Ink, but they not only detect your presence, but try to determine your age and sex to deliver a targeted ad to you as you walk by.
Now when the butcher paper that holds my cold cuts starts advertising products to me as I drive home or when I open the fridge to make a sandwich, Fahrenheit 451 will come true, only it'll be the populace, not the authorities, on patrol with blowtorches.
There is no reason they couldn't do that already with LCDs, unless you think that eInk will be lower power somehow... Well, it isn't lower power when doing video. eInk uses no power to display a static image but changing the image uses a fair bit.
e-paper is nice way of reading. The only reason why i do not own an e-reader is that the time to go from page to page is too long. With these improved speeds (12 fps or 80ms) this last drawback is being solved. That is very good news. Playing video well on these screens will take longer, but already the speed improvement will really help selling e-readers.
the time to go from page to page is too long
What are you, johnny five?
He's right. It doesn't take much longer to turn a page with an eInk device than a real book, but it feels a lot longer. When you turn a page in a book, you're turning a page. When you turn a page with an eInk device, you're waiting for the page to turn.
Well, with a normal book, it only takes a few milliseconds to track from the bottom of the left page to the top of the right. So even if the page refresh took the same time as turning an actual page, you're still only reading at half the rate.
(I know hardly anyone will read this at this point, but we've been without power here for a few days so trying to catch up.)
My favorite type of e-reading software uses the "ReadThemAll" scrolling method, which would work extremely well with e-ink devices. Instead of scrolling or flipping pages, it replaces the text line by line, and allows you to dynamically adjust the auto-scrolling speed. It places a marker on the far right of the page for about where you should be reading to keep pace, and a dotted lin
I wonder how this stacks up to Mirasol displays.
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Todd Frazier Named to the 2014 All Star Team
Cincinnati Reds 3rd Baseman, and Toms River native Todd Frazier has been selected to the 2014 All Star game.
Todd Frazier wasn't voted in by the fans. (which isn't fair in my opinion....the best should be the starters, not a popularity contest). Milwaukee Brewers 3rd baseman Aramis Ramirez received the most votes.
Frazier was then voted in my his teammates, and players around the league
Good job guys getting Todd to the All Star team
The game will be played on Tuesday July 15th at Target Field in Minnesota


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Speaking Out About HIV in Transgender Communities
An Interview With Dee Borrego -- Part of the Series This Positive Life
April 1, 2011
Is there any activism at all going on around getting hormones covered by all of these different services? Especially, like, with ADAP, it would seem like it's a --
The issue with hormones in relation to insurance is a very complicated one. A lot of it has to do with the lack of understanding by the part of insurance companies for the medical needs of transgender people. In my opinion, that really is the crux of the entire problem.
As a transgender female, I was born legally male. So my insurance still lists me as legally male. So any male-related medical treatments or medications I might need can get covered. For example, if I had low testosterone and needed testosterone it would be covered. If I needed to have a prostate exam, it would be covered.
However, things that are typically female-associated, such as estrogen, breast exams, pelvic exams, are not covered. So because the insurance system is really set up for a two-party system, they cover one, and not the other. Well, once I've completed the forms and am legally female in insurance, I believe the insurance will then cover my estrogen. But at that same point, the insurance will no longer cover prostate exams that I might need as I get older, or any other male-body related health issues I may have to address at some point. For example, if I develop testicular cancer, that would not be covered by my insurance if I am legally female, though by that point, the estrogen would be.
So it's a very complicated, complicated picture that is really exacerbated by the fact that the insurance companies do not have accurate understanding of the medical needs of transgender people. Because I need to be able to have both. I need estrogen covered, because it is part of my diagnosis of gender identity disorder. It is a treatment for gender identity disorder. But I'm still going to need access to testicular exams, prostate exams, and other male-specific health needs, as well as mammograms, estrogen, etc., as time goes on.
It's a very, very difficult and complicated place, being a transgender person, in the medical community. And a lot of people I know who are transgender go outside of the system to access hormones illegally for that very reason. Because it's easier to obtain them in some places illegally than it is to obtain them through a doctor.
Dee, I'm really glad you spoke on that, by the way. Because that's something that I think a lot of people aren't aware of. It's a really unjustly perilous position to be in, definitely, with respect to the health system. So, thank you very much for speaking on that, definitely. We're close to wrapping up. How do you think, if it all, having HIV has changed you?
"I can find strength when I don't think I have it, and I can find support from people who I need, and who I love, when I need it. Especially going through my diagnosis, and going through that entire process, I really found that there were people in my life who rallied around me when I needed it."
Well, I think living with HIV has changed me in a lot of ways because, in many ways, it's made me more self reliant. It's made me realize that I'm the only one who's in control of my destiny. I'm in control of the choices I make. I'm in control of, if I get up in the morning and go running for 10 miles, or if I decide, no, I need to save my energy and stay home today.
I think being HIV positive has really given me the insight a lot into myself. I think it's given me a lot of insight into myself, and it's given me insight into how I tick. I think it's helped me to change and realize that, even though things aren't always the way I want them, I can live with them. I can make the best with the choices and the options I have. I can find strength when I don't think I have it, and I can find support from people who I need, and who I love, when I need it. Especially going through my diagnosis, and going through that entire process, I really found that there were people in my life who rallied around me when I needed it.
And that's a scary thing to think that you really need them that way. But I think it's also a good place to be, and to know that I have them there if I need them. And I think after my diagnosis, I learned that I don't have to have them. I can find that strength from myself. And I think finding that strength inside me was a process that I might not have ever found if I wasn't HIV positive.
You know, dealing with the physical ramifications of living with the virus, the social ramifications, I think it all contributes to making me a stronger person. At least, I'd like to think it does.
I personally think it definitely does, for what it's worth. Do you have any advice for folks who were just diagnosed, or recently diagnosed, with HIV? My advice for people who are newly diagnosed with HIV is to breathe. I think one of the biggest things for me when I first was diagnosed was, I stopped breathing. I stopped doing anything but thinking about the fact that I was HIV positive, and everything was different.
Yes, everything is different. It's not going to be the same like as it was before. But just because everything is different doesn't mean everything has to change. And it doesn't mean anything will really change, anyway. So I think people who are newly diagnosed need to remember to breathe and to ask for help when you need it.
"Everyone's going to need to deal with it in their own way. And I think the best advice that I could give to someone newly diagnosed is to be kind to yourself, and to accept yourself for who you are. Being HIV positive is not all that I am."
You know, it's OK. Some days you're not going to be able to do anything emotionally. Maybe you're just going to sit there and cry. Maybe you're going to need to go running around and scream. Maybe you're going to need to go spend some retail therapy. Maybe you're going to need to go to a group therapy.
Everyone's going to need to deal with it in their own way. And I think the best advice that I could give to someone newly diagnosed is to be kind to yourself, and to accept yourself for who you are. Being HIV positive is not all that I am. It's not who I am when I wake up. It's not who I am when I fall asleep. It's not the first thing I think of. It's not the last thing.
It's certainly hard in the beginning not to think about it, but that's part of the process. You think about it, and then you'll think about it enough. And just know that that day is coming.
Well, with that, we need to bring this interview to a close. But thank you so much for talking to me today, Dee. It was such a pleasure.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- For the first time ever, Yale opened a season in the national rankings. Three games later and carrying a 1-1-1 mark into this weekend, the No. 11/12 Bulldogs have a lot to prove with strong conference competition from upstate New York coming to Ingalls Rink. First No. 3 Cornell (3-0-0, 2-0-0) comes to town Friday night at 7 before a hot Colgate (4-2-3, 2-0-0) squad raids New Haven the same time Saturday. The opening weekend at Ingalls can be seen live on yalebulldogs.com beginning Friday at 6:40 p.m. with Ron Vaccaro '04 calling the action. Both games can be heard live on WYBC (AM-1340) and on wybc.com starting at 6:45 with Michael Dunn '10 and Evan Ellis '12 providing commentary.
Series Notes
Cornell leads Yale 77-53-5, but the teams are 3-3-3 over the last nine meetings. Yale won all three games last year, including a 5-0 victory in the ECAC Tournament Championship. Colgate owns a 45-36-3 lead on Yale, including a 3-2 OT win in the 2008-09 regular-season finale.
Last Year
The Elis won 4-3 at Lynah, 4-2 at Ingalls the night Yale clinched the regular-season title and 5-0 in the tournament. The Raiders and Bulldogs exchanged overtime victories. Yale erased a four-goal deficit with five straight and stunned Colgate 5-4 in OT at Starr Rink. Colgate, in the regular-season finale, beat Yale 3-2 in OT.
Undefeated Red
Cornell is perfect after a weekend sweep of Harvard and Dartmouth. The Red rallied with four third-period goals to beat the Crimson 6-3. Junior F Joe Devin notched two goals, including the game-winner. Senior F Colin Greening (2-4-6) leads the Red in points. Blake Gallagher and Devin each have three goals. Senior G Ben Scrivens (1.99,.922) has stopped 71 of 77 shots.
Rising Raiders
Colgate, also coming off a home sweep of the Green (3-2) and Crimson (5-4), has won three straight. The Raiders, who had their first ECAC sweep in two years, are led by senior F David McIntyre, who hit the 100-point career mark in the come-from-behind win against Harvard. He had a goal and three assists. Charles Long (2.69, .908) and Alex Evin (3.45, .883) have shared the netminding duties thus far.
Last Weekend
Sean Backman's goal with six seconds left in regulation capped a two-goal, third-period comeback earning the Bulldogs a 3-3 OT tie at Union. Union outshot Yale 39-37 and was seconds away from a three-point weekend when Backman netted his second goal of the night. Ryan Rondeau made 36 saves...Allen York made 34 saves as Rensselaer beat Yale 5-2 on at Houston Field House in the ECAC opener for both. Broc Little tallied both Yale goals. The Bulldogs could only convert one of seven power-play opportunities. This was the first loss to RPI in six games
Yale, ranked 6th in both major polls after beating Princeton on Halloween, fell to No. 11 in the USCHO.com poll and No. 12 in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine ranking. Five Yale opponents are currently in the USCHO.com Top 20 poll-Cornell (3), Massachusetts (14), Vermont (15), Princeton (19), and Quinnipiac (20).
On the Road
Yale began 2009-10 with three straight road games. The last time Yale began a season with three road games was the 1984-85 season; the Bulldogs did five staight that year.
Young Bulldogs
Four freshmen have been in the lineup over the three games: F Antoine Laganiere (0-1-1), F Andrew Miller (1-1-2), F Josh Balch and D Colin Dueck. The newcomers have combined for six points. G Nick Maricic has made all three road trips but has not been on the ice.
'Little' Line Coming Up Big
Yale's line of Broc Little, Denny Kearney and Kevin Limbert has collected 11 points in three games. Little (4-2-6) leads the team in points. He netted a pair in 5-2 loss to RPI. Kearny is the Bulldogs' leader in assists (4).
Bench Exchange
Former Sacred Heart University assistant Dan Muse joins Yale behind the bench after long-time assistant coach C.J. Marottolo took the head coaching position with the Pioneers. Muse, a 2005 Stonehill College graduate, was also an assistant at Williams (Mass.) College from 2007-2008 and at Milton (Mass.) Academy from 2005-2007.
Backman Close to Century Scoring Mark
F Sean Backman has 94 career points in 96 games, including 59 goals. He was named to the College Hockey News (CHN) 2008-09 Pre-Season All-America squad. He was second-team All-ECAC last year after leading his team with 20 goals. Backman tallied the team's lone hat trick in a 5-0 win over Cornell that gave the Blue the ECAC Hockey Tournament Title and made him tournament MVP.
Ingalls Renovations
Dedication night for the renovated Ingalls Rink is Jan. 16 when the Yale men host Brown after the women play RPI. That is also alumni day for both squads. The underground addition, which includes approximately 13,000 square feet of varsity operational space, is located on the Mansfield Street side of the rink. It includes locker rooms for both varsity teams. There is also a strength and conditioning center, student-athlete study area, training room, officials room, video room, coaches' offices, equipment room and more. The rest of Ingalls has also received a major upgrade, with a new Schley Room reception area on the other side of the rink. A Yale Hockey Heritage area, highlighting more than 120 years of Yale hockey history, will be located right outside the Schley Room. There will also be a new concessions stand and bathrooms in the area where the visiting varsity team locker room used to be; the visitors will now use the locker room that the Yale women's team used to use.
Bulldog Bites
Five different players covering all four classes have scored for Yale this season... Yale, averaging 37 shots per game, has outshot opponents by just four overall... The Blue is 2-for-15 on the power play this year but has stopped 14 of 17 by opponents.
Century Mark
Mark Arcobello reached the 100-game milestone last Saturday at Union. Most Eli seniors don't get a glimpse of triple digits until late in their final campaigns. Two of his teammates, Sean Backman (96) and Ryan Donald (92), should follow Arcobello. All three could break the record of 125 games shared by Jeff Hamilton '01 and Jeff Hristovski '06.
Captain Ryan Donald
Ryan Donald (St. Albert, ALB), a class of 2010 defenseman, is the captain of the 2009-10 Bulldogs. The 6-foot-3, 220-pound Bulldog skater had eight assists in 2008-09. Donald is one of 20 NCAA hockey candidates for the 2009-10 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence - classroom, character, community and competition. Donald has compiled a 2.93 grade point average as a political science major at one of the nation's top universities. He was recognized as a member of the ECAC All-Academic team in 2009.
Coach Allain
Three years with Keith Allain '80 as Yale's Malcolm G. Chace Head Coach of Hockey has meant remarkable progress for the program, and the most recent campaign more than established the Bulldogs on the national scene. All he did in 2008-09 was lead the Bulldogs to the best season in the history of the sport at Yale. A school-record 24 wins, Yale's first ECAC Tournament Championship and a school-best No. 5 national ranking in late March backs up that statement. The Elis' second ECAC regular-season title, a third NCAA Tournament appearance and an Ivy League crown confirm the status of the 2008-09 squad. That's why the ECAC coaches voted him the conference coach of the year (Tim Taylor Award) and College Hockey News named him national coach of the year.
Conference Picks
The Bulldogs, defending ECAC Hockey regular-season and tournament champions and 2009 NCAA Tournament participant, have been picked to finish first in both the ECAC Hockey Coaches' Preseason Poll and the ECAC Hockey Writers and Broadcasters Association (ECACHWBA) Preseason Poll. Yale, predicted to finish atop the ECAC Hockey standings for the first time, received 15 of 25 first-place votes and earned 278 points in the writers' poll. The Blue had seven of the 12 first-place votes in the coaches' poll. The highest prediction for a Yale squad prior to this season was fifth in 2003.


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Down the stretch, Joe Johnson single-handedly brought the Nets out from the jaws of defeat.
He sent the contest to overtime with a tough 3-pointer and then went on to bury the game-winner as time expired to give Brooklyn a 113-111 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday at Barclays Center.
"The end of game play is pretty good when it's in Joe's hands," said Nets coach P.J. Carlesimo. "We just give it to Joe and get out of the way."
Johnson scored 24 points on 10-of-18 shooting and Deron Williams added 19 points with nine assists as the Nets came out of the All-Star break to collect their third straight win.
Brook Lopez added 19 points and nine boards in the triumph, which helped the Nets end a 13-game losing streak to Milwaukee.
Brandon Jennings had 34 points and Ersan Ilyasova contributed 21 points and nine rebounds, but the Bucks dropped their fifth game in six tries.
Larry Sanders returned from a four-game absence and totaled 14 points, eight boards and six blocks in the setback. Milwaukee will have another crack at the Nets on Wednesday when they play the second game of the home-and-home series at Bradley Center.
With just seconds left in regulation, the Nets seemed dead in the water after Williams hit Monta Ellis in the face with an inadvertent elbow, resulting in an offensive foul.
Jennings the added two free throws to give Milwaukee a 105-102 lead, but following a timeout, Johnson got freed up off a screen and knocked down the tying triple to send the game to overtime.
Keith Bogans began the extra session with a triple, and after the Bucks scored six unanswered points, he buried another to knot the game at 111-111 with 1:03 left to play.
Jennings got a good look from just outside the paint with the clock winding down, but his jumper rimmed in and out before falling into the hands of Gerald Wallace.
On the game's final play, the Nets ran an isolation for Johnson, who dribbled through his legs before rising above Luc Mbah a Moute on a stepback jumper to sink the game-winning shot.
"Joe Johnson makes big shots," Bucks coach Jim Boylan said. "It wasn't a shock that Brooklyn went to him. We knew that's where they'd be looking. Luc played him tough and Joe just made a great shot."
Brooklyn was in control early during the contest, building its advantage to as many as 15 points in the second quarter before taking a 61-51 advantage into the break.
Jennings, however, exploded for 16 points in the third quarter, with his second triple of the period tying the contest at 73-73. Ellis then followed shortly after with a 3-pointer to put Milwaukee ahead and they carried an 81-80 edge into the fourth.
Game Notes
The Nets last defeated the Bucks on March 3, 2009 ... Brooklyn is 5-0 in overtime games this season ... Sanders recorded a block for the 34th consecutive game ... The Bucks have dropped four straight road contests ... There were 18 lead changes and seven ties throughout the contest.


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Collections 2009 series
The 'From collections to exhibitions' symposium brought together speakers from across Australia to discuss the nature and uses of collection material and objects for display in various forms.
From collections to exhibitions – welcome and keynote address
Professor Howard Morphy, Australian National University and Dr Peter Stanley, National Museum of Australia
Collections 2009 series, 27 March 2009
Peter Stanley welcomes guests to the 2009 National Museum Collections Symposium and key speaker Howard Morphy delivers 'Perspectives on exhibiting collections,' looking at the significance of artefacts and the stories they can tell.
What was it like: a perspective on history in museums
Brian Crozier, Crozier Schutt Associates
Collections 2009 series, 27 March 2009
Museum consultant Brian Crozier considers how material culture might be interpreted by museums for popular rather than academic audiences. He examines the cultural contributions that museums may make in the study of history.
A load of old rubbish: displaying archaeology of the modern city
Dr Charlotte Smith, Museum Victoria
Collections 2009 series, 27 March 2009
Curator Charlotte Smith outlines the development of an exhibition at Museum Victoria based on urban archaeology. She discusses the challenges in interpreting the 'rubbish' and creating a snapshot of life in nineteenth-century Melbourne.
No presence in the case: looking for Tahiti in world museums
Dr Jenny Newell, National Museum of Australia
Collections 2009 series, 27 March 2009
The presence of objects from Tahiti in museums across the world is examined by historian Jenny Newell. She discusses the representations of Tahiti over the years and suggests how museums might renew Tahitian exhibitions and collections.
Dead museum animals: from 'order of nature' to chaos of culture
Dr Libby Robin, National Museum of Australia
Collections 2009 series, 27 March 2009
Libby Robin looks at the use of dead animal collections in museums. She examines the scientific precedents behind these collections and how they are evolving from representations of science to components of social history and art studies.
A cast of thousands: redevelopment of Circa
Bronwyn Dowdall, Dr Martha Sear and Jennifer Wilson
Collections 2009 series, 27 March 2009
National Museum curators and researchers discuss the development of the Museum's introductory Circa rotating theatre. They examine its function and the use of new narratives to explore the National Historical Collection.
Objects to stories: using thematic studies to develop exhibitions at volunteer museums in the Port Macquarie-Hastings region
Liz Gillroy, Port Macquarie-Hastings Council
Collections 2009 series, 27 March 2009
Curator Liz Gillroy discusses the development of exhibitions at volunteer museums in northern New South Wales. She examines methodologies, education, training and support from the wider museum sector.
Flora Pell: Australia's first domestic goddess
Alison Wishart, National Museum of Australia
Collections 2009 series, 27 March 2009
Alison Wishart examines the challenges of displaying rare cookery books in museums. She focuses on Flora Pell's Our Cookery Book, published in 1916, and suggests display methods to allow better visitor interaction.
From flat things big things grow!
Elspeth Wishart, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Collections 2009 series, 27 March 2009
Elspeth Wishart outlines the challenges facing the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery in exhibiting important two-dimensional artefacts. She relates how the museum must balance the needs of visitors with the care of these artefacts, a letter and a flag.
Into the light
Nicola Smith, National Museum of Australia
Collections 2009 series, 27 March 2009
Conservator Nicola Smith examines the management of exhibition light levels at the National Museum of Australia. She addresses display periods, object replacement and new non-destructive methods of assessing object degradation from light.
Victoria Police Museum: collecting crime
Liz Marsden, Victoria Police Museum
Collections 2009 series, 27 March 2009
Collections manager Liz Marsden outlines the objectives of the Victoria Police Museum, examines its exhibitions and how the presentation of stories can create challenges in regard to the emotional 'charge' experienced by some visitors.
Online exhibitions
Mary-Elizabeth Andrews
Collections 2009 series, 27 March 2009
Mary-Elizabeth Andrews examines an online exhibition about war brides at the Australian National Maritime Museum. She considers the use of objects, access, technical and moral concerns and how museums can reconnect with communities.
Before the badges, before the T-shirts, before the flag
Dr Jay Arthur, National Museum of Australia
Collections 2009 series, 27 March 2009
Curator Jay Arthur on the creation of an exhibition on the struggle for Indigenous civil rights from 1920 to 1970 for the National Museum. She examines the notion of the 'untold' story and the challenge in assembling objects to tell this story.
Review of the National Museum of Australia's Australian Journeys gallery
Dr Michael Cathcart, University of Melbourne and Dr Martha Sear, National Museum of Australia
Collections 2009 series, 27 March 2009
Historian Michael Cathcart critiques the new Australian Journeys gallery, which traces Australia's interconnections with the world. Exhibition curator Martha Sear responds, in a discussion chaired by museum general manager Louise Douglas.


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Wendell Barnhouse is a nationally-known and respected columnist who has spent over 20 years covering collegiate athletics. He has reported from 25 Final Fours and more than three dozen bowl games and has written about the Big 12 and its schools since the conference's beginning. Barnhouse will be updating the Big 12 Insider on happenings and behind-the-scenes information about the conference.
Kansas senior Justin Wesley got the chance to play the legendary Wilt Chamberlain in a "Jayhawkers," a movie about Chamberlain's time at KU. The movie debuted Friday; here's the trailer plus a Big 12 Digital Network story explaining the background about Wesley and the moving role.
Kansas State coach Bruce Weber held a charity event to help the American Cancer Society.
Mechelle Voepel of ESPN.com writes that Karen Aston, in her second season in Austin, has Texas back on track.
And her's a great read from Voepel's colleague Graham Hays on Baylor coach Kim Mulkey and her daughter, senior Makenzie Robertson.
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Yesterday, the episcopal church passed a resolution that supposedly was a compromise between its beliefs concerning the rights of gays and lesbians and the concerns of the greater Anglican Communion for fidelity to Scripture and Apostolic tradition. You would think that I as a moderate Evangelical would be pleased -- and you would be dead wrong. As for the content of the "compromise" I will leave that critique to the eloquent statements on both the left and right. I did notice something, though, in the critique on the left by Bishop Chane that caught my eye:
The process that brought about the reconsideration of this matter failed to honor the integrity of the House of Deputies by bringing undue pressure to bear on that body.
I would like to expand on this. The whole point of this exercise was to respond to the Windsor Report of the Anglican Communion. When V. Gene Robinson became a bishop in 2003, it created a firestorm that threatened to rip the Anglican Communion apart. The Archbishop of Canterbury asked for a compromise and got it in the form of the Windsor Report. This report requested that the Episcopal Church show regret for this action and place moratoria on both blessing same-sex unions and having practicing homosexuals become bishops (but not priests). If the Episcopal church did not accede to the request they would in effect chose not to participate as a representative to the Anglican Communion. There was no response for three years. Why? Because according to the church, only the General Convention can do this.
Fast forward three years. Before I start I need to explain some process. There are two houses in the Episcopal Church, Bishops and Deputies. Different legislation comes from different houses. If it passes one house it needs to be approved by the other. If it fails to pass one house it is dead. Furthermore, any similar legislation cannot be taken up unless there is a 2/3 vote for reconsideration. Canon law allows for a joint session to be called by the Presiding Bishop under extreme circumstances. The response to Windsor was in A161 which originated from Deputies. It read as follows:
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, that the 75th General Convention of the Episcopal Church regrets the extent to which we have, by action and inaction, contributed to strains on communion and caused deep offense to many faithful Anglican Christians as we consented to the consecration of a bishop living openly in a same-gender union. Accordingly, we are obliged to urge nominating committees, electing conventions, Standing Committees, and bishops with jurisdiction to refrain from the nomination, election, consent to, and consecration of bishops whose manner of life presents a challenge to the wider church and will lead to further strains on communion; and be it further
Resolved that this General Convention not proceed to develop or authorize Rites for the Blessing of same-sex unions at this time, thereby concurring with the Windsor Report in its exhortation to bishops of the Anglican Communion to honor the Primates' Pastoral Letter of May 2003; and be it further
Resolved that this General Convention affirm the need to maintain a breadth of responses to situations of pastoral care for gay and lesbian Christians in this Church.
Resolved that this General Convention apologize to those gay and lesbian Episcopalians and their supporters hurt by these decisions.
This failed to realize that Windsor was already a compromise. Even so, there truly existed no middle ground here and it went down to defeat and was condemned by both the left and the right. A substitute to effect a moratorium was ruled unconstitutional. Motion to reconsider failed. At this point, it should have been dead. But then something happened. PB Griswold panicked. He said:
"If we don't have something substantial, it will be very difficult for the Archbishop of Canterbury to invite the Presiding Bishop to the Lambeth Conference. I do know the complexity of what the Archbishop dealing with, in communion terms, and he needs for something clear to come from the Episcopal Church."Well, duh! So, he engineered a joint session and proposed and got passed this:
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, that the 75th General Convention receive and embrace The Windsor Report's invitation to engage in a process of heaing and reconcilation; and be it further
Resolved, that this Convention therefore call upon Standing Committees and bishops with jurisdiction to exercise restraint by not consenting to the consecreation of any candidate to the episcopate whose manner of life presents a challenge to the wider church and will lead to further strains on communion.
While this was debated in the house of deputies PB-elect Schori made a statement that the church wasn't really of two minds but conjoined twins. Deputies was forced to suspend its rules to not reconsider like matters. So, in four hours the bishops were able to act in what constitutes a non-binding promise (at least that what dissenting bishops Chane says). PB-elect Schori apparently concurs.
The resolution that stands before you is far from adequate but it is the best we are going to do. I am fully committed to the full inclusion of gays and lesbians. I do not understand this resolution as slamming the door.
Furthermore, the "promise" was not able to be kept during the GC itself. The bishop-elect of the diocese of Northern California who was married three times and divorced twice was approved. This would seem to "consecrating someone whose manner of life present a challenge to the wider church"
Everybody waited three long years for this because the bishops need approval from the representatives of the people. What we saw was the bishops acting unilaterally when it became apparent that they would get kicked out of their club because the people on the left and right rejected the phony compromise based on principle. So, against the rules they reintroduced an even phonier compromise that consisted something that was always in their power to do. I can think of nothing else than to call this ecclesiastical tyranny.


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Answers for Austin
There is going to be a special fundraising event this Saturday for a local infant who needs our help.Austin Taylor was born in May of this year to Carly and Dakota Taylor. He developed within days a strange rash, something that doctors in our area and in specialists in Dallas and Little Rock have not seen before.
He suffers dangerously high fevers, dangerous anemia, a high white blood cell count, swelling and constant pain. The next step is to send Austin to the National Institute of Health in Bethesda Maryland. This hospital specializes in rare and difficult to diagnose disorders.
So, hence the Answers for Austin Fundraiser this Saturday at Whiskey River Harley Davidson from 10 am to 2 pm. There will be live & silent auction, a $5 plate donation which includes choice of pulled pori or brisket with sides, drin and dessert. There will be t-shirts and koozies for sale as well.
An account has also been set up at Capital One Bank for Austin Wayne Taylor.
For more information phone Brad Sweeden at (903) 293-0371 or Nikki Kitchens Moore at (870) 356-9021.


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November 19, 2008 > Medicare open enrollment
Seniors eligible for Medicare can sign up for prescription drug coverage or change their existing plan. Peter Pitts, president of the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest, is urging seniors to jump at this opportunity to sign up or switch."Qualified seniors should not delay," said Pitts. "With hundreds of private plans competing to provide the best deals, Medicare Part D has more options and better coverage than ever before. That's really healthcare choice we can believe in."Most public health programs are funded and managed by the government. Part D is different because it's administered by private insurance companies. In other words, taxpayer dollars operate as a subsidy, but then seniors are allowed to select the drug benefit that best suits their needs. "According to a recent Harris Interactive Poll, an overwhelming 87 percent of Part D enrollees are happy with the program," continued Pitts. "This makes sense. By leveraging market forces, Part D has both lowered costs and increased choices for seniors."In fact, the program has reduced out-of-pocket healthcare expenses for the average enrollee by 17 percent, according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. And the projected cost of Part D to taxpayers over the next decade has dropped $117 billion since last summer -- from $915 billion to $798 billion. Pitts did have some words of caution: "Some plans -- especially the more popular ones - will be more expensive in 2009, so even seniors who are pleased with their existing drug coverage should examine their options."About CMPIThe Center for Medicine in the Public Interest is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research and educational organization that seeks to foster debate and discussion on health issues by demonstrating how technological progress coupled with smart public policy will enhance and advance 21st-century health care.


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Please Note: The technical assistance session is now scheduled for Monday, November 19, 2007. The deadline to register has been changed to Friday, November 16, 2007. Please see the NGO document for contact information.Division: Early Childhood Education
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Purpose: Governor Corzine's fiscal 2008 budget includes $8.5 million for the Preschool Quality Enhancement Award (PQEA) program to improve the quality of preschool programs serving the neediest young children in non-Abbott districts. This funding notification is to announce the availability of funds for the Preschool Quality Enhancement Awards (PQEA). These awards are designed to improve the quality of existing full-day preschool educational programs that are located in non-Abbott districts by assisting these programs to move toward Abbott-quality standards. Eligible programs must be able to demonstrate that at least 75 percent of the children enrolled in their preschool programs are at or below 100 percent of the federal poverty level (eligible for free lunch).
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This elm buffet made in Hebei Province around 1850 has been refinished in such a way that the natural figure of the elm shines forth. This buffet has had its doors modified to permit easier access to the interior, and has had it's hardware replaced. The interior shelf has also been replaced. Drawer interiors have also been repaired. As those of you who follow this site have long since learned, Chinese country antiques frequently are found in weather worn conditions, and need restoration to make them functional once again. This buffet is such an example, and when you look at the beauty of the original elm wood, restoration was well worth the effort.
Wood: Elm
Province: Hebei
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May 10, 2011
Complete Release in PDF Format
The Schedule
Wednesday May 11, 2011 at 6:00 p.m.
UC Santa Barbara at No. 13/20/18 UCLA (27-16)
at UCLA's Jackie Robinson Stadium (1,250)
Overall record vs. the Bruins - 34-54
Last series win - 2005 (4/15 - 4/17 @ UCSB; 2-1)
Last series loss - 1980 (2/6 @ UCSB; 0-2)
Last time out vs. the Bruins - L, 6-2 (5/18/10 @ #10 UCLA)
Streak - Lost 3
Game broadcast live on AM 1290 and online by clicking here
Live stats available by clicking here
Friday May 13 2011 at 3:00 p.m.
Saturday May 14, 2011 at 1:00 p.m.
Sunday May 15, 2011 at 1:00 p.m.
UC Santa Barbara vs. No. 22/18/19 UC Irvine (31-13, 10-5)
at UCSB's Caesar Uyesaka Stadium (1,000)
Overall record vs. the Anteaters - 36-34
Last series win - 1992 (4/29 - 4/31 @ UCSB; 2-1)
Last series loss - 2010 (5/14 - 5/16 @ UCI; 1-2)
Last time out vs. the Anteaters - W, 2-1 (5/16/10 @ #27 UCI)
Streak - Won 1
All 3 games broadcast live on AM 1290 and online by clicking here
Live stats available via Gametracker
Listen Up!
All UCSB baseball games will be broadcast live online - click here for the schedule! Beginning on Friday, all Big West games will be broadcast live on AM 1290 in Santa Barbara. The remainder of UCSB baseball games - including midweek contests - will continue to stream live online. Our broadcast page will have all gameday information.
Projected Starters
Day Pitcher 2011 Season Last start
Tues ... RHP Nick Loredo ... 3-2, 4.03 ERA ... (4/26) 3.0 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 1 K (ND) Fri ... RHP Greg Davis ... 4-4, 3.03 ERA ... (5/6) 7.0 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 1 K (L) Sat ... TBA Sun ... TBA
POW ... Again
Junior Matt Vedo was named the Big West's Pitcher of the Week after tossing a complete game, allowing four hits, an unearned run and striking out a career-best nine hitters on Sunday at Cal State Northridge. Vedo earned his second conference POW, becoming the second Gaucho in as many seasons to win the award twice. Last year Mario Hollands was the Big West Pitcher of the Week for the weeks of Mar. 1 and Mar. 15.
Big Willy Style
Four weeks ago, Sean Williams' batting average was .387. It dipped to .326 until his current eight-game hitting streak (14-for-31, .452) boosted it back to .352. That mark stands as the third-best clip in the Big West. Williams is aiming to be the first Gaucho to lead the conference in batting since Bill Geivett did so with a .412 average in 1985.
Hammerin' Haddow
Senior Mark Haddow's name is all over the conference's leaderboard: his .340 batting average is 10th; his .542 slugging percentage is 1st; his .412 on-base percentage is 8th; his 30 runs scored are 10th; his 35 RBI are 3rd; his five home runs are 2nd; his four triples lead the conference; his 83 total bases are 3rd; and his 13 stolen bases are 4th. Haddow is the only conference player ranked in the top-10 in those categories.
By the Numbers
.221 - Batting average allowed by senior LHP Nick Capito, ranking as the fifth-lowest mark in the Big West.
UCSB Quick Fact
Last season UCSB's pitching staff combined for eight complete games. Following Matthew Vedo's complete game on Sunday, this year's staff has totaled four.
The Bob Brontsema File
The 2011 season is the 30th year of Head Coach Bob Brontsema's involvement in the UC Santa Barbara baseball program. With two years as a player, 10 as an assistant coach and now entering his 18th season at the helm, Brontsema has been involved in 880 Gaucho victories, far more than anyone in UCSB baseball history. Brontsema has UCSB's most career wins - achieved on Mar. 28, 2010 - is third in overall career winning percentage and third in career conference winning percentage. He also holds the record for most Division I wins in school history. His 18 years as Gaucho head coach tie him for the longest tenure in UCSB baseball history, with Dave Gorrie (1960-77). The dean of Big West coaches, Brontsema currently ranks first in Big West career wins amongst active Big West coaches and first in overall wins. In career conference wins, only five individuals throughout the history of the Big West surpass Brontsema. The Big West Conference is consistently ranked as one of the toughest baseball conferences in the country. Brontsema has managed seven former Gauchos who are currently in the Major Leagues or have major league experience (Cincinnati's Justin Lehr & Chris Valaika, St. Louis' Skip Schumaker, Colorado's Ryan Spilborghs, Los Angeles Angels' Virgil Vasquez, Texas' Michael Young and San Francisco's Barry Zito) and his 2009 squad tied a school record by having nine players drafted. Fifty-five of Brontsema's athletes have earned All-Big West honors and 10 of his Gauchos have been named All-Americans. Of the 72 athletes under Brontsema's tutelage selected into the professional ranks, only seven had been drafted before entering UCSB.
To purchase tickets, please call (805) 893-UCSB, visit the Ticket Office located inside the Intercollegiate Athletics building on campus or buy online and print at home by clicking here.
A donation to the Gaucho Fund - regardless of the sport it supports - will be part of the One Donation is Gold system. This allows donors to purchase priority/premium seating and parking at UCSB games across several sports in addition to other benefits.
The Gaucho Fund, launched as part of the Dare to Be Great strategic plan, is UCSB Athletics' annual giving program to provide vital funding support for scholarships, academic success and leadership development for Gaucho student-athletes. The Gaucho Fund is the anchor to the Dare to Be Great campaign.


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- Premier League
Pardew: Cabaye won't be rushed back
Newcastle midfielder Yohan Cabaye is facing a battle to be fit for his side's trip to Norwich City on Saturday.
Cabaye, 26, has missed almost two months after undergoing surgery to a groin injury in November.
With Newcastle only two points above the relegation zone, manager Alan Pardew is eager to see Cabaye return, but admitted it would be foolish to rush him back.
"We cannot bring [players] back, play them for one game and then they are out for five," he told Newcastle's Evening Chronicle.
"It is better if they come back and stay fit. We are on a knife-edge now, with form and everything else."
Pardew, who will be without the suspended Shola Ameobi, said new signing Mathieu Debuchy would be in his line-up at Carrow Road, with three first team players also likely to be welcomed back.
"Debuchy comes into the team and we will look like we have a much stronger team than at the weekend [at Brighton in the FA Cup]," Pardew added. But hopefully, Jonas [Gutierrez] will be back and Colo [Fabricio Coloccini] and Papiss [Cisse]. They should train on Thursday, with a bit of luck."
Meanwhile, Lucas Biglia is the latest name to be linked with a potential move to Tyneside. Argentina international midfielder Biglia, out of favour at his current club Anderlecht, would cost around €8 million.


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The following letter appeared in the Fall 2009 Reflections Alumni Magazine.
Looking back now, it wasn't just 'the college experience.' It was, in fact, uniquely SVSU. I can now look back and see an evolution of personal growth. Each of the following three experiences served as a catalyst that opened doors to additional amazing opportunities.
During my first semester, a Global Cultures sociology class opened my eyes to both the beauty and complex challenges in the world. That sociology class motivated me to volunteer in Haiti the following summer. It was what I saw in Haiti, as well as the beautiful people I met there, which first inspired me to go into medicine. I've since returned to Haiti and participated in a similar program in Ecuador. Indeed, my international travels have provided me with some of my greatest memories and most essential life lessons.
SVSU's biochemistry degree program placed me in the company of a world-class staff of chemistry professors, who professionally and personally mentored me in so many important ways. Completing my Honors thesis in that field provided me with a deep sense of personal pride and allowed me to attend an American Chemical Society conference in New Orleans. It was a both professional milestone and a personal reawakening, as New Orleans was a city in need a rebuilding that reinforced my commitment to service.
Finally, the Roberts Fellowship Program opened my eyes to ever-lasting memories of an adventure in Asia, brilliant friends, and the comprehension of what makes a genuine leader. The idea that good leaders are so vital to our society today inspired me explore public service by pursuing an internship in Michigan Governor Granholm's Office. Of course, it was my college experiences that made me such a competitive applicant.
These examples, and undoubtedly many more SVSU memories, don't just fill up a resume; they've also shaped who I am today. In addition to incredible friendships and a deep well of knowledge, it is the sum total of my college experiences that I will carry with me to medical school. The best part is that I never have to remember to take them with me; they've been incorporated into the core of who I am all along the way.


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Fan voting for the All-Star Game ends on Thursday at 11:59 p.m. It seems safe to say that David Ortiz will be the designated hitter for the American League.
Ortiz has received 4,398,197 votes and is well ahead of Lance Berkman. who has 2,004,388. It would be the ninth All-Star selection for Ortiz and seventh time voted in as a starter.
Ortiz ranks fourth in the majors with 57 RBIs since his season debut on April 20. He is hitting .317 with a 1.008 OPS.
Dustin Pedroia is in second place at second base. He has 2,838,129 votes, well behind Robinson Cano of the Yankees (3,974,322).
Pedroia (.322/.401/.443) is having a very comparable season to Cano (.287/.364/.502.).
Mike Napoli is fourth at first base; Jarrod Saltalamacchia is fifth among the catchers and Jacoby Ellsbury is eighth in the outfield.
The All-Star Game rosters will be revealed on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. on Fox.


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I do like the way you've modeled the feet. It flows nicely.
I'm not a big fan of the rod stuck at an angle in the clips, but can't think of a better solution.
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Skip to comments.CBS dancing to Republican tune
Posted on 11/10/2003 11:11:34 AM PST by holymoly
CBS dancing to Republican tune
I'm thinking of having the above photo retaken in order to show the drywall embedded in my forehead. It's a wonder I stopped bashing my head long enough to eke out this column.
It's been that kind of week. First, there was CBS's dumping of its sweeps period biopic The Reagans after a right wing-organized backlash, and then, at Thursday's Canadian Journalists For Free Expression awards dinner, I got into a surreal argument with a TV network foreign affairs producer who made the outrageous claim that the U.S. never lied about its motives for attacking Iraq.
The two events are related because it has been my experience in the past two years that, every time you raise an issue that makes those on the right uncomfortable, they change the subject and argue about something else.
And so, in making his case about how the Bushies made their case for killing thousands of people in Iraq, my TV foreign affairs colleague kept shifting the debate the way a desert wind shifts the sands. No, the White House never said the U.S. was in imminent danger of attack by nuke-yule-er weapons wielded by terrorists, he said. It merely "sold'' the war wrong. No, President George W. Bush never mentioned that bit about 45 minutes to annihilation. That was Tony Blair. And so on.
As for The Reagans which, like any docudrama, likely boasts as much drama as doc, it was denounced by one writer for the Wall Street Journal as a "cartoon plot" best summarized as "Mommie Dearest Manipulates President Fuddy Duddy." Meanwhile the paper's deputy editorial page editor Daniel Henninger fulminated over how the now Alzheimer's-afflicted president was played by James Brolin, who is guilty of being "partner of America's most invested Republican hater," Barbra Streisand. Almost as bad was hiring an Australian actress Emmy-winning Judy Davis to be former First Lady Nancy Davis Reagan who, it shall be remembered, was indeed called "Mommy" by her husband.
Naturally, the pro-Reagans, anti-Reagans forces dragged out their favourite burning cross: the sins of the so-called liberal media. The script here is that, when the media report news that the right doesn't like, its defenders counterattack by screaming left-wing bias rather than admit that Bush could be a big fat liar. Last week, one of my favourite cartoonists Tom Toles illustrated this brilliantly by showing a CBS announcer saying the network won't be airing The Reagans "because it's full of inaccuracies, hostile in tone and completely misleading" and then, looking off camera, asking, "What do we do about this Bush press conference?''
Oh the horror, the horror, of allowing travesties of truth, justice and good taste on the corporate-controlled supposed public airwaves. Never mind that Viacom, which owns CBS, is awaiting new broadcast rules that will allow it to expand its considerable media dominion. So duh! It's going to do what the Republicans want it to do.
But the Ronald Reagan-loving critics overlook that, claiming victory over the liberal media, which had merely set out to trash their beloved Gipper and, among other things, his appalling record on AIDS. Even though these critics never saw the show, and even though Reagan never mentioned AIDS for the first six years of his administration. Anyway, do they honestly believe that CBS, which owns the older, more conservative demographic, would risk a single eyeball with a smear job?
So now The Reagans has been offloaded to CBS's smaller cable sister network Showtime. My guess is that Showtime, which says it will follow the presentation with a panel discussion, never runs the now heavily edited and re-edited miniseries.
Meanwhile, the late great Edward R. Murrow who, along with his producer Fred Friendly and CBS, helped bring down Commie-hunter Joseph McCarthy, spins in his grave.
If that's not enough irony for you, consider this: President Ronald Reagan was the guy who, in 1987, vetoed legislation, passed by both the U.S. Congress and the Senate, that would have entrenched the "Fairness Doctrine.'' As a president who was big on keeping government out of the business of business, he did not see the value in a law that would have forced broadcasters to present balanced accounts of controversial issues.
Hmmm ...
This is not to say that the Fairness Doctrine was without problems from a freedom of the press standpoint. But abolishing it led to even more trouble in television land, including the creation of entire "news" networks that spew lots of opinion and little fact.
The Reagans was never meant to be a news program. It was designed as drama, and cheesy drama at that. But its critics seem to be saying that most Americans can't discern between TV fiction and news.
Considering the record lately, they could be right.
Revealing slip. He derides McCarthy only because he was a "Commie-hunter." Oh, then there were Commies, were there? In the State Department?
McCarthy is supposed to be reviled for "ruining innocent lives". He must not have gotten the memo.
It never ceases to amaze me how the LEFT uses the same pithy statements at the same time as if scripted. This seems to be the latest. I've noticed this in several articles today in different variations. It's like they're all listening to the Wizard of Oz.
Salon posted the whole script as a PDF. This dumba$$ can read the venom for himself. I hope that this bed wetting liberal has put fresh rubber sheets on his bed...
We've "had" entire "news" networks that spewed lots of opinion and little fact. Only they all tilted left. Now that some obviously conservative news networks/radio is getting exposure people are waking up to just how socialist left leaning the news editors/anchors at Big Media were.
Beyond the "Fairness Doctrine", we have commercial free 501(c)3 radio stations on the left end of the radio dial; stations that are voluntarily limited in their political speech because of the tax dodge they take. Of course anyone who has listened to US taxpayer supported Pacifica or NPR will tell you that they violate their 501C3 charter everyday.
And to think; this poor man's anguish is likely to continue for the rest of his earthly days.
Heh. Heh-heh-heh...
You forget that Canadian Petah Jennings tells many an American what to think every day.
Peter is still a Canadian because he violated the loyalty oath that he swore when he "became" an American. He still claims his Canadian citizenship and says that he is a dual citizen (something that the US certainly does not recognize for foreign born nationals with foreign resident parents). He lied when he took his loyalty oath and is therefore still a Canadian. Some Canucks love mucking about in antiAmericanism.
The kennel attendents for the yellow dog democrats keep telling them that Algore really won the 2000 election. I'd say that there are a large number of simpleminded idiots living in a surreal dreamworld. Albert Gore Junior was good at spinning this hooey; "Everything that is down should be AUP, and everything that is aup should be DOWN!".
Chapter title: "The Joy of Arguing with Liberals: You're Stupid!"
"If liberals were prevented from ever calling Republicans dumb, they would be robbed of half their arguments. To be sure, they would still have "racist", "fascist", "homophobe", "ugly" and a few other highly nuanced arguments in their quiver. But the loss of "dumb" would nearly cripple them. Like clockwork, every consequential Republican to come down the pike is instantly, invariably, always, without exception called "dumb"."
"This is how six-year-olds argue: They call everything "stupid". The left's primary argument is the angry reaction of a helpless child deprived of the ability to mount logical counterarguments. Someday we will turn to the New York Times editorial page and find the Newspaper of Record denouncing President Bush for being a "penis-head"."
You gotta love Ann. No one puts it as hilariously or succintly as she does.
This is certainly the current spin. It is a lie. What the libs are trying to obscure here is the clear line between fiction and biography. There are two entirely different sets of rules that apply, two entirely different levels of obligation to accuracy. Were the names of the principals artfully altered and the circumstances changed, any amount of "artistic license" (by which we mean deliberate distortion of the truth) is excusable, but where the principals are (1) living, and (2) presented under their real names, it is not only unconscionable, it borders on the downright illegal, to present falsehood masquerading as reality.
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Sometimes you own the project and sometimes, unfortunately, the project owns you. Case in point:The '70 Chevelle shown here started out as a potential grudge-night brawler, only to be abandoned after the funds ran dry. Prior to sitting on the sidelines, a freshened 502ci big-block was dropped in between the rails and the entire frontend was removed in anticipation of being upgraded with new sheetmetal. Suffice it to say, years down the road it still needed a face-lift-among other things.
These days, the once idle 'Velle is in capable hands of a new owner, and he has little intention of reviving the dragstrip theme. Instead, we're talking street thumper with the occasional open-track jaunts. Don't expect a trailer queen asking to be pampered with A/C. We're starting by giving the ol' ride a new look with fresh components right out of Year One's mail-order catalog.
If you want the honest truth on the difficulty factor...let's just say if you've never tried to align a fender, then you'll have to deal with a slight learning curve, but it's really a matter of playing with shims to properly fill the gaps. Yep, it's nothing a little patience can't handle. Other than that, the radiator core support, the fender extension, and the front bumper went on with little drama, but we'll get more into that. The one thing we highly recommend you order is a frontend fastener kit. For $59, it comes complete with black-oxide pinch bolts, cage nuts, fender washers, and detailed information of where each piece goes. Besides, you'll be hours ahead by not having to search for miscellaneous bolts.
In the months to come, we'll add larger binders on all four corners to help bring it to a stop, and we'll even address the suspension. That's right, nothing crazy. Just easy bolt-ons for a truly functional street machine. Follow along as we begin the first phase of changing a straight-edge drag piece into something a bit more civil for the street, with a hint of attitude.
Quick Notes
What We Used
Sheetmetal from the Year One catalog
Bottom Line
Easy weekend bolt-on with minimal handtools
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