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Can You Hear Us Now?
Zero Tolerance
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No Peace in the Abortion War
A Woman to Watch — Carefully
Street Lights and Short Grass
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From the Ashes of Rana Plaza |
By JASON MOTLAGH AND SUSIE TAYLOR
It took a huge tragedy for the garment factories of Bangladesh, filled with exploited young women workers, to finally draw international attention and action.
Standing Up to Terror | By STACIE STUKIN
Despite extremist threats, determined health providers once again offer full reproductive services to Wichita's women.
Unholy Alliance: South Africa | By Jeanne Clark
How U.S. family-planning and AIDS funds fuel anti-women forces across the globe
Living History | By AVIVA DOVE-VIEBAHN
Two recent documentaries by women filmmakers illuminate icons Angela Davis and Alice Walker.
Marriage Is Marriage | By SARAH R. BOONIN
How the Supreme Court's repeal of DOMA changed our lives.
The Wisdom of Paid Sick Leave | BY MARTHA BURK
It's good for all of us, but some want to ban it.
Test Cases | By susan goldberg
The Supreme Court and Angelina Jolie remind us how genetic information affects our lives.
The Carpet | By anna badkhen
As a magnificent carpet is woven, Afghan villagers struggle against
war and poverty.
Book Reviews
Zita Cristina Nunes on Farah Jasmine Griffin's Harlem Nocturne: Women Artists and Progressive Politics During World War II
Gina Athena Ulysse on Edwidge Danticat's Claire of the Sea Light
Ruth B. Mandel on Olympia Snowe's Fighting for Common Ground: How We Can Fix the Stalemate in Congress
Rafia Zakaria on Khaled Hosseini's And the Mountains Echoed
Gaiutra Bahadur on Amana Fontanella-Khan's Pink Sari Revolution: A Tale of Women and Power in the Badlands of India
Great reads for summer 2013
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Feminist films available for home viewing.
Ratify the Treaty Already! | BY DONNA BRAZILE
We've been waiting more than 30 years for the U.S. to support CEDAW.
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City of Lincoln
Mayor's Office
2006 Media Releases
Mayor Coleen J. Seng said the City's use of a corn-based de-icer known as "Ice Ban" helps keep City streets clear, promotes the use of one of the State's most important crops and protects the environment. The City Public Works and Utilities Department uses about 55,000 gallons of the product each winter.
"Ice Ban prevents snow and ice-pack from bonding to the road surface and is a good corn-based product that promotes our ties to agriculture," said Mayor Seng. "Because it is an agricultural by-product, Ice Ban is non-toxic, biodegradable and does not accumulate in the environment."
Andrew Edwards, City Street Superintendent, said Ice Ban is ideal for treating "black ice" and clear-weather frost on roads and bridge surfaces. Ice Ban also has proven to be very effective in the removal of existing snow-packed conditions.
In anticipation of the storm that hit Lincoln this week, City crews applied Ice Ban between midnight and 6 a.m. about 24 hours prior to the storm. The product is used on bridges, overpasses, new pavement and major intersections. Ice Ban also is used to pre-wet salt used on streets because it reduces the City's salt usage by about 20 percent and helps keep the sprayed areas in relatively good condition prior to the deployment of a full-scale material spreading operation.
Ice Ban is made from the concentrated liquid residue of the processing of corn and other agricultural products. Don Hutchens, Executive Director of the Nebraska Corn Board, said new uses for corn help bridge the gap between the rural and urban parts of the state.
"Thanks to corn growers investing their corn checkoff dollars into research and market development we have new uses and markets for the corn we grow in Nebraska," said Hutchens. "The use of Ice Ban just makes good sense when you look at the tremendous costs associated with new bridges and new pavement today. You want those bridges and highways to last as long as possible, and once the snow and ice melt, you don't want to endanger the environment. Most importantly, you want motorist to be able to drive on a dry surface as quickly as possible."
The City also uses about 20,000 gallons of Ice Ban every year for dust control. Crews spray about 60 blocks of unpaved roads in late spring and late summer.

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NIP Votes for Pepsi Partners
HAPPY HOLIDAYS - Clay Aiken will join a huge cast performing in a holiday benefit at New York City's Beacon Theatre Sunday night. Double clickable graphic by Fountaindawg with photo by Curtis Brown.
Fans Celebrate Holiday Concert
Clay Aiken returns to Broadway Sunday evening for a special performance in the Cyndi Lauper & Friends: Home for the Holidays Concert at the Beacon Theatre.
Presented by Cyndi Lauper's True Colors Fund, the 8 p.m. benefit will help raise awareness for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered youth homelessness. Tickets are priced $35 - $500. For more information, visit the Beacon Theatre website.
"When I first learned that up to 40 percent of all homeless youth in this country identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender, I was shocked and saddened," said Lauper, co-founder of the True Colors Fund.
"For far too long homeless youth have not received the attention, resources and funding necessary to bring an end to this epidemic. My hope is that through this inspiring evening of music and comedy we can raise awareness and much needed funds to help these young people."
In addition to Clay, the Beacon Theatre benefit concert will feature the talents of Lauper, Norah Jones, Lou Reed, Rosie O'Donnell, Carson Kressley, Amy Lee, Chely, Wright, Skylar Grey, Vanessa Carlton, Angelique Kidjo, Harvey Fierstein, Deluka, Debbie Harry, Alan Cumming, and Cassandra Wilson.
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After securing a $50k Pepsi Refresh grant last month, National Inclusion Project supporters are voting for December participants who supported the foundation in November's successful drive.
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An ethics probe of the contractor assessing the environmental impact of TransCanada Corp. (TRP)'s proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline has energized critics who say it should be grounds for the project to be delayed.
The State Department inspector general's office said it is looking at conflict-of-interest complaints relating to the contractor writing the analysis of the $5.3 billion pipeline, which would connect Alberta's oil sands to refineries in the U.S. Gulf Coast.
The review is "hopelessly tainted," because of conflicts between the contractor, ERM Group Inc., and Calgary-based TransCanada, said Ross Hammond, a campaign coordinator for Friends of the Earth in Berkeley, California. "The review should be tossed out and the review process started again."
Known as a supplemental environmental impact statement, the analysis gained new importance after President Barack Obama said in a June speech on climate change that he would reject Keystone if it was found to "significantly exacerbate" carbon pollution.
Environmental groups criticized a draft analysis released in March that found Alberta's oil sands would be developed with or without Keystone, meaning the project would have little impact on the climate.
Sierra Club
Critics, including the San Francisco-based Sierra Club, say Keystone will promote development of oil sands, which have a larger carbon footprint than conventional crude oil.
Friends of the Earth and The Checks and Balances Project, a watchdog group, allege the London-based ERM didn't disclose a financial tie to TransCanada through its venture with Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) in Irving, Texas, called the Alaska Pipeline Project. The project, underway since 2009, is developing a natural gas pipeline.
Marketing materials from the Anchorage-based Alaska Pipeline Project list ERM among the companies involved. Yet ERM answered "no" when
asked if it had an "existing contract or working relationship" with TransCanada in filling out the application to write the environmental analysis on Keystone.
"Unless they have a different definition of 'no' that I'm not familiar with, they're lying," Hammond said.
Environmental Resources Management didn't respond to an e-mail request for comment.
TransCanada Reaction
"TransCanada has not entered into any contracts with ERM related to our partnership in the Alaska Pipeline Project, and we have verified that our project partner has worked with ERM before," Shawn Howard, a TransCanada spokesman, said in an e-mail.
The State Department, which is conducting the review of the project because it would cross the U.S. border, has defended its selection of the contractor in part by saying that engineering firms capable of doing broad environmental analysis often have worked for the oil industry.
"Our rigorous conflict of interest procedures ensure that no contractors or subcontractors have financial or other interests in the outcome of a project," said Jen Psaki, a State Department spokeswoman. "The selected contractor works directly with and under the sole direction of the Department of State while the applicant pays for the work."
Inquiry Opened
The inspector general opened an inquiry into the conflict questions and will complete its work in the next two months, Douglas Welty, a spokesman for the office, said in an e-mail. The unit audits the State Department's operations for effectiveness and efficiency and investigates fraud and mismanagement.
Scott Amey, general counsel for the Project on Government Oversight, a Washington-based watchdog group, said the inspector general is probably trying to determine whether the potential conflict is "substantial and material."
Analysts looking for clues to how Obama will ultimately decide on Keystone say the biggest one may be the supplemental environmental impact statement, or SEIS, because it will evaluate the project under the standard Obama set in a June 25 speech on climate change.
"From our perspective, we are waiting on the final SEIS, because that's what it takes for the pipeline to move ahead," Christine Tezak, an analyst with ClearView Energy Partners, LLC, a financial research group in Washington, said in an e-mail.
Potential Delay
The inspector general probe is another potential delay to the release of the environmental analysis, along with a lawsuit alleging that Nebraska's approval of the section of the pipeline through the state was improper, Tezak said. She also said there isn't any indication that the SEIS has been slowed by the allegation yet.
The environmental review isn't the final say. After that is completed, the State Department will conduct a separate 90-day assessment to judge whether Keystone is in the national interest, a decision that weighs other issues including the impacts to the economy, energy security and foreign relations.
Keystone critics, already energized by Obama's climate speech, were further emboldened by comments he made in a July 30 speech on the economy in Chattanooga, Tennessee, dismissing the pipeline as a job creator. Once completed, the project will create only about 50 permanent jobs, Obama said.
The environmental review the State Department is overseeing is necessary to analyze a new route that TransCanada proposed after Obama rejected an initial pathway. Nebraska officials had complained the first route threatened the state's Sand Hills, a network of dunes and wetlands, and the Ogallala aquifer underneath. The latest route largely avoids the region.
Previous Conflict
Environmental impact statements are required under the National Environmental Protection Act, which hands the agencies overseeing the project the responsibility for assessing its environmental risks. The State Department has oversight over Keystone because it crosses an international border.
Conflict of interest questions have been raised before in relation to Keystone, including by Friends of the Earth. An environmental review of the first route prompted complaints that Cardno Entrix, the contractor writing the report, worked in the oil industry.
In a February 2012 report, the inspector general said while it found "specific contractual and financial relationships" between TransCanada and Cardno Entrix, "these relationships did not present a conflict of interest" because they didn't directly relate to Keystone.
It did question whether the State Department had the expertise to conduct NEPA reviews, and whether its protocols were sufficient to ensure conflicts don't exist. The department said it was hiring additional staff and would implement new procedures to examine conflicts.


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Dixie: "We are very fond of glass. In fact, the Corkscrew is our fifth such dildo. At the same time, it is unlike all the others. For one thing, all our other glass insertables we have are clear or with colored swirls in them. They are stunning, of course, but the Corkscrew stands out because it is densely colored; so dense that light won't penetrate it, except at its tail. Ours is this deep forest green. And here's a very cool thing about all the fucking art from Fucking Sculptures; you get to choose between five colors and three sizes. That means they well like make one just for you, to your specifications. How cool is that?"
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Joy: "Remember, the Corkscrew is art, so there's no need to hide this beauty when it's not in use. When we're home it sits proudly on our mantle piece."
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There was a time when John McCain was an honest and pragmatic politician. He was the victim of one of the nastiest smear campaigns in recent history in 2000, and it probably cost him the presidency. He conducted himself well in that campaign and never stooped to the gutter politics of Bush and Rove. But now, he has sold his soul to the sons and daughters of Lee Atwater, and is willing to lie and lie again if it will win him the White House. Consider, if you will, this ad. I won't link to it directly, you can find it yourself if you like. The tag line:
"Obama's one accomplishment? Legislation to teach 'comprehensive sex education' to kindergartners. Learning about sex before learning to read? Barack Obama. Wrong on education. Wrong for your family."The truth? The legislation was intended to teach children how to avoid sex predators and molestation. John McCain, friend of pedophiles!
According to the Obama camp, "Last week, John McCain told Time magazine he couldn't define what honor was. Now we know why." He stands next to Palin while she repeats her lie about the Bridge to Nowhere. He lies about Obama's tax plan, falsely stating that it will raise taxes on all Americans (nonpartisan agencies agree Obama's tax plan would cut taxes on 80% of taxpayers). He lies about Obama's health care plan. And he sheds crocodile tears about sexism, when he himself used the lipstick line on Hillary, and thought it was hysterical when a supporter called her a bitch. He lied when he asserted that Palin never requested earmarks when she asked for $200M in earmarks this year alone. He claims to put country first, and named a patently unqualified person to be his successor.
Over the past eight years, John McCain has abandoned every principle he once held that made him stand apart from the ideologues in his party: tax policy, immigration, torture, and more. He has sold his soul to the "Agents of Intolerance," as he once called them, and embraced the christianists who want to dismante the wall between church and state.
The McCain campaign cannot run on the disastrous legacy of the republican party over the last decade, nor can they run on their ideas for solving America's problems, because they have none. Their only option was to run on the stirring biography of their candidate, a man of integrity and honor.
John McCain has forsaken that honor, and in doing so, has shown himself to be morally unfit for high office.


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Correction: Congo-Peace Talks story
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — In a story Sept. 6 about Congo's peace talks, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Congolese troops had engaged in hand-to-hand combat with rebels in eastern Congo. We should have reported that the Congolese troops had engaged in ground combat.
A corrected version of the story is below:
Congo, Rwanda leaders meet in Uganda over rebels
Congo, Rwanda presidents meet in Uganda over rebels in eastern Congo, push for talks to resume
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA
Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The presidents of Congo and Rwanda on Thursday called for peace talks to quickly resume between the Congolese government and a rebel movement that is widely believed to be backed by Rwanda.
The summit organized in Uganda's capital marked a rare opportunity for Congolese President Joseph Kabila and Rwandan President Paul Kagame to hold face-to-face meetings at a time when their countries are on edge over Rwanda's alleged military involvement in eastern Congo.
The negotiations between the Congolese government and the M23 rebels have repeatedly stalled since late last year.
In a statement issued late Thursday, the presidents and other regional leaders called for peace talks to resume within three days' time "and conclude within a maximum period of 14 days during which maximum restraint must be exercised on the ground to allow for talks to conclude."
In August, Congolese troops backed by U.N. forces battled M23 rebels near the eastern city of Goma, home to nearly 1 million people along the Rwandan border. Rwanda accused the Congolese military of firing missiles across the border and warned that "this provocation can no longer be tolerated."
Then the M23 rebels last week declared a unilateral cease-fire following a week of heavy fighting with the Congolese troops, saying they wanted to "give peace a chance," although Congo's government said it wants M23 disbanded.
Congo's government now will be less keen on the talks as its army and a newly strengthened U.N. intervention force appear to have the upper hand in the most recent clashes with the rebels, according to Jason Stearns, a Congo expert who runs the Usalama Project, a think tank that researches Congo's armed groups.
"The primary drive to get back to the negotiating table is coming from Uganda and Rwanda," he said. "They (Congo's government) feel that they are in a position of strength."
Congo's government would be interested in talks that can lead to "the decapitation of M23," he added.
Thursday's meeting in the Ugandan capital of Kampala was called by Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni "to stop the fighting and get back on the negotiating table," according to James Mugume, the permanent secretary at Uganda's Foreign Ministry.
The summit in Kampala was organized under the banner of a regional bloc called the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region. It also was attended by United Nations special envoy Mary Robinson, who has urged a political solution to a crisis that recently threatened to spill over Congo's borders.
In their statement Thursday, the presidents said they "strongly condemn" the deaths of civilians on both sides of the border and also urged M23 to stop its threats.
"M23 should put an end to all military activities, and stop war and threats of overthrowing the lawful government of (Congo)," said the statement signed by the presidents including Rwanda's Kagame.
Rwanda denies backing the rebels despite multiple U.N. reports citing evidence to the contrary. One U.N. report said Rwandans join M23 in small groups, hiking across footpaths into Congo. Rwanda also has supplied the rebels with arms and sophisticated equipment, including night vision goggles, the report said.
In the latest fighting, however, Congolese troops were boosted by a special intervention brigade of U.N. troops who, unlike the other 17,000 peacekeepers stationed in the vast nation, have a mandate to attack the rebels. The U.N. brigade shelled rebel positions with artillery as Congolese troops engaged the rebels in ground combat, support that may have pushed the rebels to retreat and declare the cease-fire.
It stood in stark contrast to last November, when the U.N. troops were unable to stop the M23 rebels from briefly overtaking Goma before withdrawing under international pressure.
M23 is made up of hundreds of Congolese soldiers mostly from the Tutsi ethnic group who deserted the national army last year after accusing the government of failing to honor the terms of a deal signed in March 2009. Even before the creation of the M23 in 2012, eastern Congo's forest-covered hills have harbored other rebel groups, ethnic militias and renegade units of the regular army.
Associated Press writer Krista Larson in Dakar, Senegal contributed to this report.


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There was a comment in one of the other threads recently about how people don't "surf" the waves so much while kiting. I've been thinking about that.
Being a surfer for many years, when I first started kiting in waves, I hardly used the kite......it was a process of learning how to stall the kite enough so that it wasn't pulling to hard, but not so much that I'd drop it. My inclination was to surf the wave rather than get pulled around on it by the kite.
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One of the symptoms of us being in a down cycle on the wind is thinking about stuff like this......


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NWSB insider Jason Green brings us his 5 reasons the Oregon Ducks absolutely blew Utah out of the water in their Saturday, March 3 hoops matchup. The Ducks were on fire all around and hit free throws like their life depended on it while Utah couldn't find a rhythm. Carlos Emery scored 19 on 8 of 9 shooting, and E.J. Singler added 12 and 10 rebounds.
Pac 12 Hoops Recap: The reasons…Oregon BLEW out UTAH
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Fun, quirky, attention-grabbing postcard design that can be distributed to our neighbours to announce the opening of our new not-for-profit business development centre.
Lighthouse 'sheds light' on the early-stage business development and idea commercialisation process. We offer virtual business incubation services, mentoring, networking and referral. We are opening our new premises which are located in an industrial precinct mostly known for its sex shops and appliance super stores.
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BTW-- Side 2 of the postcard will be designed by us--some bullets about what we do and the details of our Open Day in March.
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Judging beer
I'm wondering what kind of class is needed to be a judge in beer contests? I'd like to do it for a number of reasons. I'm out here in Denver, CO., so if anyone knows of any contests OR classes for this, please let me know.
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You'll find a lot of the judges are BJCP certified. They're web site is below:
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I took the BJCP exam with about 15 other people last weekend; indeed there is an extraordinary amount of preparation that goes in to it. It was the fastest three hours I've had in a long time.
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Producer and MC J. Cole was the first artist to signed to Jay-Z's Roc Nation label. Born in Germany but raised in North Carolina, Cole grew up with a mother who loved rock and folk while his father was a fan of hardcore hip-hop artists like 2Pac and Ice Cube. Graduating high school, his grades were good enough to earn a scholarship, but hip-hop had taken hold of his life and he had decided that N.Y.C. was where artists went to get signed. As such, he attended the city's St. John's University on an academic scholarship. After numerous days standing outside Jay-Z's office in hopes of giving him a demo, Cole finally ran into his idol, but the reception was well below chilly. He was shocked then when he received a call from the man weeks later, and even more shocked when he got a chance to contribute to Jay-Z's 2009 effort The Blueprint 3. That same year he would release the mixtape The Warm Up while 2010 saw the Friday Night Lights mixtape appear, with Cole handling most of the production. A year later, Roc Nation released his official debut, Cole World: The Sideline Story, which debuted on top of the Billboard 200. Featuring the single "Power Trip," Born Sinner followed in 2013 with guest appearances from Miguel, TLC, and Kendrick Lamar. The title of his 2014 release, 2014 Forest Hills Drive, was the address of Cole's childhood home in North Carolina.
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HASTINGS, MN — A couple of weeks after he left his post as CEO of Anytime Fitness, Jeff Klinger was beginning to feel a little restless. That's understandable, since all of a sudden, he's found himself with a lot more free time on his hands.
Klinger sold his interests in Anytime Fitness and its affiliates for an undisclosed sum in December.
"At this point, I'm gainfully unemployed," Klinger says, before adding, "I'm not in any hurry to find a job, that's for sure. But I'm already restless. I've caught up with all my novels."
Klinger, who co-founded the Hastings, MN-based key-card club company with Chuck Runyon and Dave Mortensen in 2002, says he began the process of his exit from Anytime Fitness in the summer of 2009. The decision to leave was his alone, Klinger says.
"In a nutshell, I enjoy start-ups," he says. "I enjoy small companies and the maneuverability of it, but when it gets ultra large, to be completely honest, I lose interest. It becomes not as fun day-to-day. It's more managerial than it is entrepreneurial. It seemed to be a great time in my life and in that entity's growth pattern to say it's a good time to step away."
Runyon will assume the CEO duties in addition to his role as company president. Runyon declined an interview for this story, but in a statement released by the company, he said that Klinger had spent more time on ancillary companies and less time on Anytime Fitness over the past few years.
"Jeff Klinger will certainly be missed, and we've had a great ride filled with laughter, success and friendship," Runyon said in the statement. "But our business model and growth rate are still very strong, and the best days for Anytime Fitness are ahead of us."
Last year, Klinger and Runyon received the 2009 John McCarthy Industry Visionary of the Year Award from the International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association (IHRSA). Klinger was named to the IHRSA board of directors in 2008, but he says he won't continue on the board.
One of the affiliates that Klinger sold was Enterprise Insurance Advisors, the preferred insurance provider for Anytime Fitness. Association Insurance Group completed its purchase of the affiliate in late December. As part of the transaction, Association Insurance Group has structured a new insurance program that will be exclusive to Anytime Fitness franchisees.
One interested observer in the change at Anytime Fitness is Peter Taunton, CEO of Anytime's key-card club rival, Snap Fitness, Chanhassen, MN. Klinger used to handle marketing and promotions for Taunton's former club, America's Racquet & Fitness Center, in Minnesota.
"It's always rewarding to take some chips off the table and cash out and spend time with your family," Taunton says. "I certainly appreciate that and wish him well."
Anytime Fitness has more than 1,200 clubs open worldwide and a growth rate of 348 percent over the past two years. Recently, Anytime Fitness was the highest ranking fitness franchise company (at No. 43) behind Jazzercise Inc. in Entrepreneur magazine's Franchise 500.
Klinger, who started in the fitness business as a janitor for a Minnesota club while stringing tennis rackets on the side, is proud of the company's growth, especially internationally.
"In my opinion, it's just in its infancy," Klinger says about Anytime Fitness. "I know that they just penned an agreement with India, weeks before I left, which is very exciting. Australia is taking off like wildfire. I know they have a very active international sales program. Even throughout what I would call an impossible economy and the tough lending requirements, we continue to add a significant amount of stores every month. I think the reason why is because lenders love the model. The level of investment and lending, I think, gave us a unique advantage to continue to sell stores."
After spending time with his wife and five kids, the 45-year-old Klinger says he'll get back in business in the fall — with his sense of humor intact.
"At some point within the industry or in the franchising world," Klinger says, "you'll probably — unfortunately — hear my name again."


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Very nice--love the pictures of Little Pilot working on it--so cute! And I LOVE the baby's hedgehog outfit--where did you get it?!ReplyDeleteReplies
Don't you love it when little ones get right into doing things themselves. :) The hedgehog outfit was a gift from my sister. She bought it from a local organic grocery etc. store. It is made by a Canadian company called Parade. The website says it's sold out, but you might be able to find a store that has it. Here's the link to their website: http://parade.ca/collections/woodland-friends-collection. I hope that helps!Delete
Love the white and red you have going on! The airplanes on the ends are so adorable!ReplyDelete
love the planes! such cute kiddos, too!ReplyDelete
I found you from the Flaunt It Friday link up. What a cute and fun project to do with the kids and perfect for Valentine's. I just started a new Saturday Spotlight Linky Party on my blog this week, and would love to have you stop by and share! http://angelshomestead.com/saturday-spotlight-1/ReplyDelete
Oh how cute. I love the theme. So fun to have the kiddos help :)ReplyDelete
wow! I love your blog and pictures- glad I found you!ReplyDelete
So cute! I would love for you to share this or any of your great ideas at the link party going on now (and every Saturday through Tuesday) at 'Or so she says ...' Hope to see you there! www.oneshetwoshe.comReplyDelete
So sweet!!!!ReplyDelete
Homa Style is having a Valentine link party going on now. I would love it if you linked up your Valentine banner and your pilots.
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Walking past a local Chevrolet dealership a few weeks ago, I couldn't help notice a 2009 blue Saab 9-3 sedan sitting front and center on the used-car lot.
The sedan had 26,000 miles on it and a price tag of about $19,000.
Despite the Chevrolet sign above it, within a few days that Saab was sold.
When I think of the pre-recession days, a Saab on a Chevy used-car lot would have been practically unheard of. But stocking off-brand used cars, and selling them at retail, helped many dealers through the recession. Off-brand means a used car that is of a brand other than the brand the dealer represents.
In years past, many dealers would sell those off-brand cars to auctions for fear the vehicle would gather dust sitting on their lot. The recession changed that; dealers happily sold any brand of used vehicle.
So as sales of new vehicles rise, will dealers return to the practices of years past?
Not if recent observations are any indication.
A BMW finance manager told me the store got a late-model used Subaru on a trade recently. She said it was sold within a day. And she says her store will do more off-brand trades whenever it can.
Many manufacturers prefer that their dealers stock used cars within the franchise family. That allows them to certify the vehicles and helps boost residual values.
And most dealers are on board with that plan, but dealers are also on board with making money.
Dealers learned a lot of good business practices as they rode out the recession. One of those ideas was selling off-brand used vehicles at retail.
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A top GAA player has claimed he was racially abused during the Ulster club football final.
Crossmaglen Rangers full-forward Aaron Cunningham has alleged he was the victim of racist insults in the win over Kilcoo.
The Ulster Council of the GAA has confirmed the allegations and begun a full scale investigation.
Cunningham claimed: "During the game I got a bit of racial abuse from Kilcoo. You go out to play football in a good, sporting manner and hard-hitting and that. When race comes into it, I think it's disgusting."
He told the Irish Independent: "I don't want to let it overshadow what has been a good game and a 10th Ulster title for us but I just feel that it has to be highlighted, because what was said has no place on a football pitch. I don't want to repeat it but the N-word was used.
"The linesman was standing 10 yards away; I can't say if he heard it or not, he said he didn't. I told him what was said and I just felt it was absolutely disgusting.
"In the heat of the championship game when these things are said to you, it does rile you.
"I would never, ever call anybody by their creed or their race or anything like that. I was just disgusted to hear it but it will not dampen the celebrations. I just had to make it known that it was said."
Crossmaglen manager Tony McEntee said: "I'm not going to make an issue of it nor do I want an issue of it, nonetheless he knows what animated him. It's something that maybe happened his father before and it shouldn't happen."
A statement from the Kilcoo side said they were 'shocked and saddened to hear of any allegations of racial abuse following the Ulster Club Final'.
The club added: "We promise to co-operate fully with any investigation."


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(CNN) -- Barbara Rademacher of Rogers, Arkansas, has found that she loves to document events on camera. Now, she's turning the camera around and focusing on improving herself for 2009.
This year, Barbara Rademacher plans to exercise more and drink more water.
Among her goals are exercising more, drinking more water, and going back to school.
CNN recently asked viewers to talk about their New Year's resolutions on iReport.com and to upload photos and videos during their journeys of change.
Rademacher has already sent in updates. iReport.com: See her big changes for 2009
Rademacher, 57, used to be a jogger, but about 20 years ago, while running, she fell and cracked both of her knees. Her knees still hurt when she tries to run, or on cold days, and arthritis adds to the burden, she said.
Today, she'll run sometimes when her dogs insist, and she uses knee braces to help with the pain. But generally she's exercised less and less in the past two years.
"I just felt better when I was working out regularly," she said.
She considers herself just slightly overweight, and might want to lose about 10 pounds, she said. But she wants to exercise more to feel better physically, she said.
She's also thinking about getting an advanced degree in education this year.
Rademacher teaches algebra at Northwest Arkansas Community College. She said she likes helping people see the connection between different facts and discover patterns.
"I teach a lot of people who say, 'Oh, I was never good at math,' and to see them change their definition of themselves, that's worth it," she said. "That's worth the whole thing, when somebody changes their attitude towards math."
Rademacher, who lives with her four dogs and three cats, was already making small changes to start her goals as soon as the new year began. She created a calendar to keep track of positive change activities, such as drinking more water daily. iReport.com: How Rademacher keeps track of progress
Her favorite hobby is contributing videos to iReport.com. Before discovering citizen journalism, she was a less active person, simply going to school to teach and then coming home, she said.
Hooked on the iReport concept, she bought a $500 camcorder and lots of accessories, including a lapel microphone.
She recently filmed an Inauguration Day party at a local pizza bar and volunteer events for Martin Luther King Day. She also interviewed a couple who built a home from old vehicle tires and hay. iReport.com: Watch Rademacher's video about sustainable living
When temperatures plummeted in northwest Arkansas last week, Rademacher was on the scene, filming a snow-covered neighborhood. iReport.com: Watch her coverage of chilly weather
"My life has become so much more exciting since I started doing that, and I'm doing so many things that I never would have done since I became an iReporter," she said. "I'm out and around the community, and I never did that before."
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Listening to Distant Thunder: The Art of Peter Clarke
This is a special celebratory exhibition of the life and work of Peter Clarke (b. 1929), whose career as an artist and poet has spanned six decades. The exhibition charts Clarke's development as an artist over the apartheid and post-apartheid eras, and his work reflects deeply – and without bitterness – on the societal upheavals and dislocation he has lived through.
Clarke is best known as a print-maker through his sensitive approach to linocut and colour woodblock techniques. This fully-comprehensive exhibition reveals him as a strong painter, a talented draughtsman and a poet of considerable literary achievement. In his images, he has articulated a vision of community life at the Cape that is poignant and even humorous, yet powerful in its sense of form.


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2008 Ford F-150 ReviewThis car review is specific to this model, not the actual vehicle for sale.
A pickup for any application.
The 2008 Ford F-150 lineup offers a plethora of models for virtually every occasion or occupation, starting well below $20,000 and climbing beyond double that. The F-150 line offers something on the order of 75 permutations, more than some car companies' entire lineups. All are capable of work or play, even those models with luxurious interiors, and all have four doors.
One V6 and two V8 engines, the larger available as E85 compatible (for ethanol), and two transmissions are offered. Nearly every derivative is available with two- or four-wheel drive.
On-going refinement following a major 2004 redesign makes the Ford F-150 a refined, easy-to-drive pickup. It offers familiar and comfortable surroundings for previous Ford owners.
The smallest, least-expensive F-150 isn't boring, it leaves room for customization and keeps overhead down. With the segment's only rear-hinged side access doors, the Regular Cab gives excellent recline space and an easy reach to everything dropped behind the seat. At the other end of the scale, premium models include two-tone leather seats, polished 22-inch wheels and other touches: Within those extremes lies something for everyone.
2008 marks the first availability of an XL-grade SuperCrew with 5.5- or 6.5-foot bed: maximum people space with a work truck ethic. Detail changes for 2008 run the gamut from functional to decorative, the latter a Wheels and Stripes package for STX models, the former a standard tachometer for XL and STX with manual transmission, tire pressure monitors on the heavy-duty package, plus the availability of a cargo management system, remote start, telescoping towing mirrors, and a rearview camera (that does not require purchase of a navigation system).
With one of the deepest beds in the half-ton pickup segment, the F-150 has generous cargo volume out back and a maximum payload rating of 3,050 pounds. A properly equipped Regular Cab F-150 is rated to tow up to 11,000 pounds; other models max out in the 9000-pound range.
The 2008 Ford F-150 lineup offers three cab styles, two bed styles and three lengths, six wheelbase choices, six model designations, and three drive systems.
Starting with the least expensive, the trim levels include XL, STX, XLT, FX, and Lariat. Within the Lariat group are special, lower-volume models including the Lariat Limited, King Ranch, and Harley-Davidson, and the FX offers FX2 and FX4 versions. A Foose Edition F-150 designed by hot-rod master Chip Foose will be available as a late-2008 model. Regular Cabs are roomy with one row of seats, SuperCabs add a rear row ideal for kids, with legroom similar to small cars and doors you can't open until the front doors are, and the SuperCrew has legroom like big sedans and four standard doors.
The base XL is for the fleet or first-time buyer where budget's a priority. The base F-150 XL ($17,345) is a short, Regular Cab two-wheel drive. Wheels are steel, the grille is black and bumpers painted, vinyl covers the floor and seats, and the audio is AM/FM. However, it does have intermittent wipers, map lights, a 40/20/40 split bench front seat with driver lumbar adjustment, and on SuperCabs ($23,440) air conditioning. Since it frequently adds other upgrades and a larger engine, 4WD adds almost $6,000 (and a V8) to the most basic example and $3,000 to the lowest-priced SuperCab.
STX models up the ante without going broke, with body-color front and rear bumpers and grille trim, air conditioning, CD player, and cloth upholstery. A 4x2 Regular Cab short bed starts at $21,050 and a 4x4 SuperCab Flareside goes for $29,045; there is no STX SuperCrew.
Central to the lineup, and sales, is the XLT. To an STX it adds chrome bumpers, black honeycomb grille, remote keyless entry, power mirrors/locks/windows, carpeting, auto headlamps, tinted windows, and better fabric for the 40/20/40 seat. The XLT offers the greatest spectrum of configurations, ranging in base price from $23,350-$33,745.
Off-road style and intent characterizes the FX2/FX4 models, which all come with the 5.4-liter V8. Hefty rubber mats protect the carpet; other upgrades include a leather-wrapped wheel, unique instrument display, and sport cloth upholstery with driver and passenger lumbar support. Monotone paint includes the bumpers (gray with tow-tone paint), flares cover 18-inch aluminum wheels, and the door gets keypad entry. On Regular Cabs ($24,105-30,645) the FX4 is $5,750 over the FX2 and there's no long-wheelbase FX4; on SuperCab and SuperCrew ($28,700-35,445), the 4WD version is a $3,295 premium.
The Lariat label is reserved for more luxurious, car-like interiors, and does not include Regular Cab or Flareside models; retail prices range from $29,895-$35,595. Fancy bits include 18-inch aluminum wheels, power heated mirrors with signal repeaters, climate control, leather-trimmed seats and steering wheel, powered driver's seat, trip computer, light-faced gauges, and chrome and Arizona Beige trim.
For 2008, Ford will build 5,000 Lariat Limited F-150s, replete with serial-number plates, spun-metal instrument cluster trim, two-tone leather cabin, color-matched grille and bumpers, and three-dimensional chrome bed side badging. Limited models are offered only as 139-inch wheelbase SuperCrews in two- ($35,160) or all-wheel drive ($38,160).
Top tier among regular production models is the King Ranch, with Castano leather modeled after the saddles that roamed the Texas ranch. Exterior trim is similar to Lariats, with color-matching components and Arizona Beige accents. At this level, items such as heated power seats and power-folding mirrors are standard. The King Ranch is SuperCrew only, short or standard bed, with two- or four-wheel drive, and retail from $35,495-$38,795.
The limited-run Harley-Davidson edition SuperCrew ($38,125) comes with special bodywork in Menacing Black or Black and Vintage Copper two-tone, four buckets in two-tone leather, piano-black trim panels peppered with H-D ba.
In the world of pickups, styling boundaries are determined by a three-box layout: one for the engine, one for people, one for cargo. And the 2008 Ford F-150 shows the evolution of 70 years of function. Angular means easy to clean, easy to park and gives maximum inside volume for outside space. The F-150 is easily recognized in any trim level by the circular front lights within a rectangular housing, stepped front window ledge, opening rear doors on the Regular Cab, and the tall bed. In this case, it's hip to be square.
The door edge that allows a lower glass line at the front is stylish but also very useful; it allows a better view of front quarters near the truck and means you can have a good-sized mirror that doesn't limit forward vision because you look over it rather than around it. For 2008, extendable dual-element towing mirrors bring the F-150 in line with the bigger Super Duty pickups, as well as the Ram, Titan, and Tundra. Any cosmetic sacrifice is well worth the extra visibility with a trailer behind.
Pillars between the doors may yield a blind spot for those who sit more rearward and everyone should appreciate the windshield pillar designed to help preserve forward vision. Relatively square shoulders on the hood make it easy to see the edges of the truck, a bonus for tight parking lots, plow operators, and squeezing between trees or rocks en route to outdoor recreation.
The F-150 is a rarity in modern pickups in that it offers two bed designs. The Flareside is shaped to mimic pickups of old, where the box walls were between the wheels and you could stand on the sides for loading. The Flareside really is more stylish than the Styleside bed, that which is essentially a box with some character lines in the sheetmetal, and more space within. In either case you can get a locking tailgate and a rearview camera in the gate latch fitting.
The Harley-Davidson Edition features black paint with red stripes in a scheme that's in keeping with the tradition established by this model. The chrome Harley badges are a bit much for some of us, but it drew many admiring looks.
Ford has all bases covered inside the F-150, with plenty of patterns, textures and finishes, including at least three different gauges clusters, and the choice of a 40/20/40 split-bench front seat or captain's chairs in many models. On those trucks with a bench seat, the central dash area is not designed for better middle-passenger legroom.
Mindful that you can't have everything for $18,000, the basic XL is quite respectable and a good value given a single option tab on a bigger pickup can be nearly half the XL's purchase price. Generous fleet owners will pop for AC for their employees but in typical field work plain is preferred.
At the other end of the spectrum the King Ranch chairs may look like a fine saddle (and require the same maintenance in some climes) but you want to ensure the jeans are clean and spurs off before you climb into this cowboy clubhouse. Virtually everything you might need is either standard or available, and much the same degree of luxury in a more subdued style can be found in Lariats, which follow a more eclectic approach to decor and make one wonder if eight colors and surface textures might be one or two too many.
The front bench is still split three ways: The center section flips down to reveal a console with storage and cup holders. The console is flat, so you can put a clipboard on top of it and it won't slide off until you stop, start or change direction quickly. Captain's chairs on FX and Lariat models, especially with power adjustment and the optional adjustable pedals, provide good driver positioning for virtually everyone. Finding it may take some time because the backrest angle adjustment is manual and the power controls are on the side of the seat with the door very close. The seat bottoms lacked thigh support on the Harley-Davidson model we drove, which could become tiring on long drives.
Controls are simple, lacking arcane icons or any hint of a universal controller, so everyone from 8 to 80 can find their favorite music or change the temperature instantly. Displays are easily read in polarized shades or at night; full instrumentation is typical but the secondary gauges (oil pressure, volts, etc.) are not numbered and rather lethargic. Ford's black temperature controls are not the most attractive (and they look better in silver as found in the Lincoln Navigator). Most gadgets will remain powered until you open a door, even if the key has been removed. Bench seat models use a column-mounted shift lever, while some bucket seat models use a substantial floor shift lever; both work well although we'd often prefer overdrive as a shifter position and not a thumb-button press.
The navigation system works really well. It's easy to program destinations and features like context-sensitive volume make learning how to use it relatively intuitive. We'd say it's better than most. The screen is a bit small, however.
Pickups without space are pointless and the F-150 won't disappoint. The Regular Cab is roomy enough to fit three adults across and has plenty of space for the miscellaneous debris and detritus that tends to accumulate in trucks. SuperCabs have a full-width back seat best-suited to kids and short rides for bigger adults since legroom is the squeeze point; it's similar in size and intent to the Chevy Silverado or GMC Sierra extended cab or the Titan King Cab. For larger families or routine four-passenger service, the SuperCrew's extra six inches of rear legroom and regular back doors will be welcome in a space slightly larger than a Ram Quad Cab or Tundra Double Cab.
Driving Impression
The Ford F-150 is among the heavier trucks in its class, contributing to a solid feel and none of that empty metal box bang-and-clang that characterized pickups of old. There's an impression of substance and tight construction regardless of the road surface or the model; Ford attributes some of this to its laminated Quiet Steel panels in the bodywork.
Any engine will get the job done so long as you pay attention to load ratings. The 4.2-liter V6 gives 202 hp and 260 lb-ft of torque, enough to get around town or tow a small boat over nominally flat terrain.
Ratings for 2008 models weren't out at posting, and most recent '07 numbers put the V6 at 16/21 with the manual and 16/20 with the automatic. In general, fuel economy ratings drop by 1 mpg for each increase in engine size or addition of 4WD. Subtract 4-5 mpg for E85 on the 5.4 V8 or be a realist and smile when you get a V8 into the teens.
The 4.6-liter V8 on base 4WD versions was updated last year to 248 horsepower and 294 lb-ft of torque, and it need not be revved a lot to deliver that power. You could spend money on the 5.4-liter (or on a shorter axle ratio) if you tow a lot or live in hilly areas, but the 4.6-liter is more than satisfactory and will return better fuel economy, perhaps by 5 percent to 10 percent.
Ford's 5.4-liter V8 is the only truck engine with overhead cams and three valves per cylinder, yet it delivers the grunt earlier in the rev range than many traditional pushrod pickup engines: 375 lb-ft of torque at 3,750 and 300 horsepower at 5,000 rpm. It is paired exclusively with a four-speed automatic transmission that shifts gently and as soon as possible for highway economy.
There are two big reasons the F-150 is not the quickest half-ton pickup or fastest tow vehicle. First, it is usually heavier than similarly equipped models from the competition, and second, like GM's Silverado and Sierra, it has to make do with a four-speed automatic where Dodge, Nissan and Toyota offer a five- or six-speed automatic. (We are expecting to see six speeds in the 2009 F-150 because the Expedition's 5.4-liter already has it.)
The F-150 needs no excuses for ride quality, however, whether it's empty of loaded. We've tried all six wheelbases over the worst freeways in Los Angeles and Ford has a handle those expansion-jointed roads, with better-controlled pogo-sticking (bobbing) that plagues many mid-length (say 138-150 inches) wheelbase pickups. Resistance to shuddering is very good too, although it's nearly impossible to rid any two-body-on-frame vehicle of it.
Suspension follows typical light pickup design, with coil-sprung independent in front and leaf springs out back. Aluminum is used to save weight in components in protected positions, with steel parts where they may scrape on a rock. Unlike most pickups the rear shocks are mounted outside the ladder frame, in theory allowing more precise control of the spring, but in actuality the performance of the shock absorber makes more difference than the outboard mount.
And in this regard the F-150 parallels other pickups in that the best ride quality anywhere except a racetrack comes with the FX4 (off-road) package. Off-highway performance strongly depends on keeping the wheel in contact with the ground, and using the most available suspension travel is the best way to do that. Such off-road packages are tuned to take advantage of all available travel, typically with only the slightest reduction in response to turns. Some off-road packages also offer the biggest tire sidewall, the first impact absorber in any suspension system, although the FX4 uses 18-inch wheels and stronger LT tires as an option.
All F-150 models use power rack-and-pinion steering and have been singled out in more than one comparison as the best in class. The F-150 is quick to respond to steering inputs without feeling too light or going too far, and directional stability is superb. Add in the rela.
The Ford F-150 delivers a strong combination of style, interior comfort, performance, ride and handling. With six major trim variants and a choice of drivetrains and body styles, there's an F-150 for every type of pickup owner.
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Rory McIlroy commits to Houston Open
HOUSTON (AP) – Rory McIlroy has formally committed to play in the Houston Open, which takes place two weeks before The Masters.
The two-time major champion and current No. 1 player will make his third start in the event and his first since 2010. This year, as part of his "6 Bags'' charity drive, McIlroy will use a bag emblazoned with the logo of Chinquapin Prep, a Houston-area school for disadvantaged youth. The bag will be auctioned off through McIlroy's foundation and all proceeds will go to the school.
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- "I see you've all bought a complete set of my books. Well done. I thought we'd start today with a little quiz. Nothing to worry about. Just to check how well you've read them, how much you've taken in..."
- —Gilderoy Lockhart[src]
The Defence Against the Dark Arts Second Year Essential Knowledge Test was a "little quiz" given by Professor Gilderoy Lockhart to his second year Defence Against the Dark Arts students to test their reading of his collected works.[1]
- Ron: "Look at these questions. They're all about him."
- Harry: "'What is Gilderoy Lockhart's favourite colour?'"
- Ron: "'What is Gilderoy Lockhart's greatest achievement to date?'"
- Harry: "'When is Gilderoy Lockhart's birthday and what would his ideal gift be?'"
- — Harry and Ron, aghast at the quiz[src]
Despite the test's title and class subject, it does not have any relation in testing practical defensive knowledge. Instead, the questions on the quiz were all about Gilderoy Lockhart's personal taste, habits, likes and alleged achievements, all of which were information found inside his seven books. They covered everything from his favourite colour to his ideal birthday gift. There were a total of fifty-four in all.[1]
- "Tut, tut – hardly any of you remembered that my favourite colour is lilac. I say so in Year with a Yeti. And a few of you need to read Wanderings with Werewolves more carefully – I clearly state in chapter twelve that my ideal birthday gift would be harmony between all magic and non-magic peoples – though I wouldn't say no to a large bottle of Ogden's Old Firewhisky!"
- —Lockhart remarking his students' lack of interest on his books.[src]
After the allotted thirty minutes, most of the students did poorly on the quiz, showing little knowledge of Lockhart's works, or perhaps simply little interest in them. Hermione Granger, however, earned perfect marks, knowing among other things that Lockhart's favourite colour was lilac and that his secret ambition was to rid the world of evil and market his own line of hair care potions. Her perfect score earned her ten house points for Gryffindor. On the other hand, this utterly irrelevant quiz was the first step that made Ron Weasley see what Lockhart for he truly is.[1]
Known questions
- What is Gilderoy's favourite colour? (Correct answer: lilac)
- What is Gilderoy's Lockhart's secret ambition? (Correct answer: To rid the world of evil and to market his own range of hair care potions)
- What, in your opinion, is Gilderoy Lockhart's greatest achievement to date? (Opinion-based, one possible answer was "To banish the Bogle-banshee in Kathmandu")
- How many times has Gilderoy Lockhart won Witch Weekly's Most Charming Smile Award? (Correct answer: Five)
- In his book Break with a Banshee, how did Gilderoy Lockhart bravely banish the Bandon Banshee? (Correct answer: Uncertain, not by smiling at her, possibly by knocking her over the head with a broomstick)
- Which is Gilderoy Lockhart's best side for photographs? (Correct answer: Uncertain, at least one student was known to have answered "Left side")
- Has Gilderoy Lockhart ever won the Dunstable Duelling Championship for wizards or just been pipped at the post? (Correct answer: Uncertain, given answers include both "always won" and "pipped at the post")
- Which product does Gilderoy Lockhart use to clean his teeth with to achieve his famous dazzling white smile? (Correct answer: Uncertain, given answers include Gentleman's-tooth-pearling-paste and Fairy Spark Dust)
- Which is the person name which Gilderoy Lockhart has given to his broomstick?[2]
- 54. When is Gilderoy Lockhart's birthday and what would his ideal gift be? (Correct answer: 26 January, harmony between magic and non-magic peoples)
Behind the scenes
- The quiz only appears in the film version of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets in a deleted scene. Despite this, the scene has become widely known because it is played in the extended edition of the film regularly broadcast on ABC Family.
- The first three questions in both the novel and the film are the same, with the fourth question in the film being the one that was the final question in the novel. All other known questions were created for the film. Additionally, the quiz is only given its name in the film, seen on the test paper. In the book, Lockhart simply refers to it as a "little quiz."
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film) (Appears in a deleted scene)
- Harry Potter Page to Screen: The Complete Filmmaking Journey
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 6 (Gilderoy Lockhart)
- ↑ Harry Potter: The Exhibition (see this image)


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Letter, Mary Holliday to My Dear Husband [Cyrus K. Holliday]
Author: Holliday, Cyrus Kurtz, 1826-1900
Date: May 29, [1856]
Mary Holliday of Meadville, Pennsylvania assured her husband, Cyrus K. Holliday in Topeka, Kansas Territory, that although she had read in northern newspapers of the May 21st sack of Lawrence, she was willing to join him. If violence relented, she and Mr. Nichols planned to leave the following week. Previous to writing, Mary sent Cyrus all their money but what she would carry while traveling. Concerning their friends in Pennsylvania, she mentioned a death, an invitation, a sickness, and a success.
Location of Original: KSHS Call Number: Cyrus Kurtz Holliday Collection, #386, Box 1, Folder 3
Item Number: 101506 Number of images: 3
Keywords: Health; Holliday, Cyrus Kurtz, 1826-1900; Holliday, Mary; Meadville, Pennsylvania; Sack of Lawrence, May 1856; Shawnee County, Kansas Territory; Topeka, Kansas Territory; Travel
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Host header cannot be trusted as an anti anti DNS-pinning measure Sep 07 2006 06:23PM
Amit Klein (AKsecurity) (aksecurity hotpop com)
Host header cannot be trusted as an anti anti
DNS-pinning measure
Anti DNS-pinning texts ([1], [2], [3]) typically
mention that the Host header of the HTTP request is
different than the "real" domain name/host name of the
site. As such, a suggested security measure against
anti DNS-pinning described in those texts is simply
for the target site to verify that the HTTP Host
header contains the expected value.
However, this measure fails to take into consideration
the unfortunate fact that the Host header is shown to
be forgable in various ways, e.g. via XmlHttpRequest
(as hinted in [4] and [5]) and through Flash ([6]).
Note that since the origin page is in the same
"domain" as the target URL, XmlHttpRequest can indeed
be used; likewise, Flash will provide a page that is
accessible from the same domain.
As such, monitoring the Host header to avoid anti
DNS-pinning is not a reliable method.
-Amit Klein
[1] "DNS: Spoofing and Pinning", Mohammad A. Haque,
September 12th, 2003 (or earlier)
[2] "(somewhat) breaking the same-origin policy by
undermining dns-pinning", Martin Johns, BugTraq
posting, August 14th, 2006
[3] "Re: [WEB SECURITY] Detecting, Analyzing, and
Exploiting Intranet Applications using JavaScript",
Amit Klein, WebSecurity posting, July 28th, 2006
[4] "Exploiting the XmlHttpRequest object in IE -
Referrer spoofing, and a lot more...", Amit Klein,
BugTraq posting, September 24th, 2005
[5] "Round-up: Ways to bypass HttpOnly (and HTTP Basic
auth)", Amit Klein, WebSecurity posting, May 3rd, 2006
[6] "Forging HTTP request headers with Flash", Amit
Klein, BugTraq posting, July 24th, 2006
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Cave Run Lake, a
pristine, crystal-clear body of water located in the foothills of the Appalachians, is becoming a top destination for
houseboaters searching for awesome scenery, a relaxing environment and world
class muskie fishing.
It is doubtful many have ever heard of tiny Cave Run, a
small tributary of the Licking River that flows fairly close to Morehead, Ky.,
just off I-64. Few ever heard of Morehead until a young football quarterback by
the name of Phil Simms was drafted by the New York Giants and became a star in
the National Football League.
Fifteen miles from the Morehead University
campus where Simms played, a new
star was born in the form of 8,500-acre Cave Run Lake (named
by the U.S. Corps of Engineers for the small tributary that entered the Licking River near the Cave Run Dam). Built primarily as
a flood control and recreation reservoir, Cave Run (completed in 1973) is the
largest lake in northeastern Kentucky and
regularly attracts visitors from major cities in Kentucky,
Ohio, West
Virginia and numerous other states. That's because
the lake is surrounded by a near wilderness and remains free of ice in winter.
Some boating and lots of fishing occur on a year-round basis. The lake is best
known, however, because it is considered one of the top muskie-producing lakes
in the world!
There's something special about tangling with a
tackle-bustin,' lure-chompin' mouth-full-of-teeth aqua-monster known
scientifically as Esox masquinongy
ohiensis-which means "muskie" to most
Because muskellunge at Cave Run are of the purest strain of all
muskie in America,
anglers cherish catching one of these great fish. And they get big, too! The
current Kentucky state record for muskie came
from Cave Run in early November, 2008, when 14-year-old Sarah Terry of nearby Mt. Sterling
hooked and landed a 54-inch beauty that tipped the scales at an even 47 pounds!
Sarah released the fish, meaning that this prize is still swimming in the lake,
waiting to do battle.
When Cave Run Lake was
in the planning stage, folks in Washington
decided Kentucky needed a lake that would fit
naturally into the surrounding Daniel
Boone National
Forest, where such noted frontiersmen as Daniel
Boone and Simon Kenton explored and hunted amid the towering hardwoods, craggy
cliff lines and clear-flowing rivers and streams.
The planning and construction all came together in 1973,
when the gates were closed on the dam, and the waters of the upper Licking River
began backing up over little hillside farms, pasturelands, iron bridges, small
churches and more than 4,000 acres of trees that were left standing for fish
At the same time, work began on Scotts Creek
and Longbow marinas, the only two development permits issued for the entire
lake. Today, Scotts
Creek, which is home for more
than 120 houseboats and offers a number of rental units, is the busiest place
for boaters on the lake. The smaller Longbow marina, located in the upper end
of the reservoir (near the only place a road crosses the lake), is affected by
annual draw downs for flood protection. Yet a couple dozen privately-owned houseboats
are docked here. The owners prefer to cruise the narrow, upper Licking River channel where wildlife and wild scenery
abound. There's also a real chance these boaters will latch onto one of the naturally-spawned
muskellunge that thrived in the Licking before Cave Run was impounded.
This is the area of the lake where country music super stars
Billy Ray Cyrus (achy-breaky heart) and his famous daughter Miley Cyrus can often
be seen cruising the lake when they visit the Cyrus farm where they stable Mountain
Bred horses.
The houseboating season at Cave Run gets underway in April when
a vast, colorful array of blooming redbuds and dogwood adorn the surrounding
woodlands. Balmy southern breezes bring boaters out of winter doldrums as they
head for the lake to fish for muskie and bass that run the shoreline in
preparation for spawning. Anglers fortunate to own or to rent a houseboat tie off
their rigs to trees lining the shore near famed muskie fishing spots like Big
and Little Cave Run, Zilpo Flats, Clay Lick
and a hundred other places where muskie live in the reservoir. Living on
top of your fishing hole makes it handy to try your luck anytime you wish, and bringing
along a small boat or canoe is also a great idea.
Pin-pointing dead sticks (dead trees still standing after
being flooded for four decades), fishermen cast tandem-blade spinnerbaits
dressed with white or all black skirts past any structure they can see in the
clear water. Many muskie are caught by fishermen out after the lake's large and
smallmouth bass populations. Even crappie fishermen hook up with monster size
muskie while fishing light lines, limber poles and tiny minnows and jigs amid
underwater brush and newly-emerging weed growth-almost any time of the year.
The lake's muskie population remains steady year after year
because of supplemental stocking of the species from Minor Clark Hatchery,
located just below the Cave Run Dam. The muskie "fingerlings" range upward of
16 to 18 inches in length, which assures a healthy survival rate. Because
fishery biologists are stationed full-time at the hatchery, they have ready
access to harvest numbers, catch and release and other important information
needed to manage the muskie fishery properly. Because local guides and
experienced muskie fishermen practice catch and release almost exclusively,
Cave Run is brimming with fish that measure by the foot, rather than pounds and
Because the reservoir is surrounded by public-owned lands,
houseboaters can simply tie up to the shoreline, grab a shotgun and a turkey
call during spring gobbler season and have a better-than-average chance of
bagging a fat gobbler for the grill. Non-hunters have a field day trekking the
woodlands in search of the delicious morel mushrooms that grow near the top of
the hills where the ridgeline faces the morning sun. Judged as second only to the
famed truffles of western Europe, sautéed morels make the perfect topping for a
thick steak or juicy burger seared on the houseboat grill.
Perhaps nowhere do boaters have better access to woodlands
where spring wildflowers carpet the forest floor. Grab a picnic lunch, a field
guide to wildflowers and head out for a few hours of awesome beauty and identification
of species that have been native to the Appalachians
for millions of years.
Summer is prime time for houseboating at Cave Run. The kids
are out of school and there's no better vacation to renting a houseboat (if you
don't own one), stocking it with plenty to eat and drink and heading out to
your own piece of wilderness for a few days. The entire shoreline is
accessible. Houseboaters who enjoy swimming can pull up to the white sand beach
or find a thousand private places to take a dip around the lake.
Muskie fishing at Cave Run in summer is a deep trolling
game, pulling lures and spoons deep across points and steep turns in the old Licking River channel. Nighttime is fertile for muskie
hunting as well. Big fish move up to shallow flats at night, where fishermen
toss big black bucktails and noisy surface lure for heart-attack strikes that
often occur in the inky blackness.
My favorite season of all at this picturesque mountain lake
is autumn. Surrounded by a deciduous hardwood forest, the hills are a brilliant
canvas of blazing reds, gold, russets, orange, and yellows. Naturalists say the
color extravaganza equals or surpasses that which occurs in the Northeastern U.S. It is also an ideal time to find esox
prowling the shorelines, feeding up for winter. This is the season when the
largest muskie come to the boat. It's not uncommon to hook up with a half dozen
of the finnesters in an average day of fishing in the fall, and there's a good
chance you'll hook one that stretches out past three feet in length!
The houseboating season at Cave Run winds down in late
October, though rentals can be arranged for later dates if reservations are
made in time. My choice for the late season is to rent a unit and keep it tied
to the dock where all utilities are available. Some of the best muskie fishing
in the entire lake during autumn is in and around Scott Creek Marina in the Scott Creek
arm of the lake.
No doubt about it, Cave
Run Lake
is a unique place in the Southern Appalachians.
The water is pure, the scenery is unspoiled any time of the year, the East Kentucky
Mountain folk are a true
pleasure to be around and don't forget the esox. The muskellunge at Cave Run
are ready and waiting to provide an experience in fishing no one will ever
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MANAMA (Reuters) - Bahrain's Crown Prince called for dialogue with the country's opposition to break a deadlock in the restive Gulf Arab state, an appeal met with skepticism by rights activists.
The ruling Al-Khalifa family, who are Sunni Muslims, used martial law and help from Gulf neighbors to put down a revolt in March last year against alleged discrimination of Bahrain's majority Shi'ite Muslim population, but violence has resumed.
Protesters and police clash almost daily and the island has seen bombings this year. Demonstrations are banned.
Prince Salman bin Hamad bin Issa al-Khalifah, who was seen as losing influence to hardliners in the ruling family during mass protests last year, said Bahrain must continue political and judicial reforms.
"I call for a meeting between all sides, as I believe that only through face-to-face dialogue will any real progress be made," he said late on Friday in an address to a conference on Middle East security organized by the International Institute for Security Studies.
No opposition figures were invited to the conference.
"We know dialogue would help solve the problems in Bahrain, but we don't see any positive messages from the authorities," said Mohammed al-Maskati, head of the Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights.
"The repression is ongoing, people are facing unfair trials, activists are in jail... You have to ask - if he is serious, why doesn't he make this address at a national level? It's just propaganda by the authorities," he said.
Bahrain, where the U.S. Fifth Fleet is based as a bulwark against Iran, accuses Tehran of encouraging the unrest and has promised a tough response as talks with the opposition have stalled. Iran, which is led by Shi'ite clerics, has denied meddling in Bahrain's affairs.
An opposition group held a peaceful protest in the capital Manama on Friday despite the ban on demonstrations.
In his speech, Crown Prince Salman urged all political figures to condemn street violence but also said the government needed to push harder to reduce inequality.
"We must do more to change laws which still can lead to, in my opinion, judgments which go against protections guaranteed in our constitution. We must do more to stop the selective enforcement of law," he said.
The conference was attended by British Foreign Secretary William Hague, U.S. Assistant Secretary for State William Burns and the foreign ministers of other Gulf Arab states.
Crown Prince Salman singled out Britain for particular praise for its support for Bahrain during its crisis but did not mention the United States in what delegates present at the conference saw as implied criticism of Washington.
"You have stood head and shoulders above others," he said of the British government, which he praised for engaging with both the Bahraini government and opposition and aiding reform of the police and judiciary.
Last month, U.S. officials voiced concern that Bahrain's failure to implement reforms outlined in an independent 2011 report was making political dialogue more difficult and widening fissures in society in ways that would benefit Iran.
Appearing at the conference on Saturday, Bahrain's foreign minister denied the crown prince had deliberately left out the United States.
"Our Royal Highness thanked our friends in the West. He did not exclude anyone," Khalid Bin Ahmed Bin Mohammed al-Khalifa said.
But for some rights groups, Washington has not been outspoken enough. Amnesty International said in a statement that the United States should use the conference to "hold Bahrain's ruling family to account for its escalating crackdown on dissent and continued repudiation of human rights standards."
The rights watchdog accused Washington of prioritizing its military ties with Bahrain over "the basic freedoms and rights of Bahrain's citizens."
Additional reporting by Raissa Kasolowsky in Abu Dhabi; Editing by Tom Pfeiffer