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Racer Courtney Force remembers Bandimere Speedway
When your dad is John Force, one of the best racers in the National Hot Rod Association, it's pretty likely that you're going to race. That was the case for all three of Force's daughters.
On Saturday, his daughters Courtney and Brittany continue to race. Courtney faces off against her father in the Funny Car class and Brittany races in the Top Fuel Dragster category.
Courtney said she enjoys coming to Bandimere Speedway because of the unique challenge the elevation presents to the drivers and crew chiefs.
She's visited the track as a competitor and a racer. But her favorite memory is hanging out in the grandstands with her animal crackers and lemonade watching her dad compete. It kicked off the start of her summer and was the first NHRA race out West.


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FAO launches new climate change mitigation programme
Finland is the first country to contribute to a $60 million FAO programme to support climate change mitigation in agriculture in developing countries.
The multi-donor programme aims to promote sustainable low-emission agriculture in developing countries over the coming five years, in partnership with countries and other relevant organizations.
Finland will provide an initial support of around $3.9 million for the period of 2010-2011, FAO announced in the context of the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. FAO will approach other donors for further funding.
Agriculture is a key source of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, accounting for 14%. But the sector also has a high potential to reduce greenhouse gases by removing CO2 from the atmosphere and sequestering it in soils and plants and by reducing its own emissions.
"The overall challenge we are facing is to transform the technical mitigation potential of agriculture into reality," said Alexander Müller, FAO Assistant Director-General.
"Many suitable technologies and farming practices to sequester carbon in smallholder agriculture already exist. These include practices used in conservation and organic agriculture, based on no/low tillage, utilizing residues for composting or mulching, use of perennial crops to cover soil, re-seeding or improving grazing management on grasslands and agroforestry, which combines crops and trees. Nearly 90 percent of agriculture's potential to reduce or remove emissions from the atmosphere comes from such practices. These practices are also known to have a positive impact on hunger and poverty reduction. However, barriers to adoption of these technologies and practices is a key challenge that needs to be overcome. The programme aims to unlock the enormous mitigation potential of agriculture."
The Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs underlined that the effects of climate change on agricultural production and on the rural population are becoming increasingly evident, especially in the developing countries. Rural development, food security and climate change are all top priorities of Finland's Development Policy. This new programme is able to integrate all the relevant dimensions in a sustainable way, giving every country the needed capabilities to develop their agricultureal sector, increase their food security and mitigate climate change at the same time.
In order to address key drivers of carbon emissions, there is a need need to focus on the agriculture-forests interface to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation as well as agriculture in a mutually supportive way. The decision of the Finnish contribution was made by Dr Paavo Vayrynen, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development of Finland.
The programme will create a global database on current and projected GHG emissions in land and agriculture for the most important agricultural commodities, countries and regions. There are currently no data on GHG emissions from individual agricultural commodities by country or by region available.
The programme will also assess various financing and crediting arrangements to incentivize adoption of agricultural practices that reduce/remove emissions and to enhance agricultural productivity. FAO will support the development of carbon measuring, reporting and verifying methodologies. An important element will be to involve farmers in mitigation actions and build capacity at national, regional and local level to realise the mitigation potential.
Pilot projects will be set up in five countries with national partners to test emission reduction and soil carbon sequestration in different farming systems and ecological zones, analyze the economics of mitigation for farm households and the effects on production and productivity. "Farmers will only participate in climate change mitigation if it is economically feasible and attractive for them," noted Mr Müller .

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Acceptance speech of presidential candidate Harry Browne
By Harry Browne
We Believe in You
This is a happy day for me. Aside from the day that Pamela gave me her hand in marriage, this is probably the proudest day of my life. I thank you and I am honored by your nomination.
And I will end the suspense right now. Yes, I do accept your nomination for President.
I am running for President because it is obvious that no Democrat or Republican is ever going to stop the relentless growth of the federal government.
Who Are the Libertarians?
Who are we? Who are these Libertarians you've been watching on television - these Libertarians who presume to challenge the Republicans and Democrats?
We could explain ourselves in terms of philosophy, economics, morality, or in other ways. But it's really very simple:
We are the people who want you to be free - free to live your life as you want to live it, not as Al Gore or George Bush thinks is best for you.
We want you to be free to raise your children by your values, not the values of some bureaucrat who's trying to create a Brave New World.
We want you to be able to keep every dollar you earn - to spend it, save it, give it away as you think best, not as the politicians will allow you to do.
We Believe in You
As this election season continues, you're going to see Al Gore, George Bush, Pat Buchanan, and Ralph Nader talking about the issues - the issues of the environment, education, health care, foreign policy, foreign trade, jobs, and many other things.
But in reality they're talking about only one question. What they're discussing is simply this: Which one of them is best qualified to run your life?
Which one of them should decide exactly what kind of school your children should attend - and every other child in America should attend as well?
Which one knows best how your doctor should treat you - or what you should encounter when you enter a hospital?
Which one is best able to run your life?
Do you know what makes Libertarians different? Now this is going to be an earth-shaking discovery - a revelation, perhaps - but we think you should run your life.
In short, we believe in you.
We believe you are a responsible individual - that you can take care of yourself, that you know what is best for your children, that you know how to care for yourself and your family. We believe you know how to live your life.
Even as you make mistakes, you'll find your way through life a lot better than Al Gore or George Bush can lead you - or Bill Clinton or Newt Gingrich or Pat Buchanan or Ralph Nader or any of the other politicians who presume to know how you should live your life.
We believe in you.
The Issues
Do you want to know how we stand on any given issue? It's very simple. Whatever the issue, we come down on the side of your running your own life, making your own decisions, keeping your own money - spending it, saving it, giving it away as you think best. We are always on your side - the side of stopping politicians from running your life.
Let's take Social Security, for example. We want to unlock the door and let you out - let you decide how much you should put aside for your retirement, let you decide where to put the money.
Of course, the Republicans and Democrats have some wonderful ideas. Al Gore wants to be your investment advisor. George Bush (remember, he's the one supposedly for smaller government) thinks you ought to be able to keep 2% of the 15% Social Security tax. And he thinks you ought to be able to invest it on your own - but only as long as you do it within the government's guidelines, of course.
Al Gore, predictably, responds, "That's risky." I disagree. I don't think it 's risky. I think it's puny.
Now, let's ask a simple question: Who earned that money? Who went to work every day? Who got up at the crack of dawn? Who put in 8 hours, 10 hours, 12 hours a day to earn that money? You did. So who died and made Al Gore your investment advisor? Who died and made George Bush your nanny?
On Social Security, as on all other issues, we believe in you.
How do we stand on other issues? On foreign trade, on health care, whatever the issue, we believe you should be free to make your own decisions. We don't think anyone should tell you where you're allowed to buy things, what countries you're permitted to deal with, what products you're limited to, how much of anything you can buy.
We don't believe politicians should design your health care for you. We want the politicians completely out of health care, so we can have a system in which:
A hospital stay costs a few days' pay instead of a year's pay.
Your doctor's waiting room doesn't look like Grand Central Station - and doctors make house calls.
Low-cost health insurance is available to almost everyone.
Charity hospitals and free clinics abound to take care of the poor with tenderness and concern, instead of with red tape and orders.
How do I know that's the way it would be if we got the federal government out of health care?
Because that's the way it was before the federal government moved into health care in the 1960s. And in those days anytime you didn't like the health care you were getting, you were free to choose from many other alternatives. We want to restore what was once the best health-care system in the world by getting government out of it.
We don't want your health care ordered from Washington. And it doesn't matter whether it's ordered by Republicans or Democrats. If it isn't designed to suit you, it isn't right for you. We believe you should make all the choices, because we believe in you.
We could go through many issues. Our stand would always be the same - for your free choice and against political orders.
But there are two issues I want to focus on today because you don't usually hear all sides of these issues.
Gun Laws
The first is the gun laws in America.
Everytime there's a gun disaster of some kind, the Democrats say, "We need new gun laws to keep this from happening again" - even if 25 existing gun laws were violated in the disaster. The Republicans immediately go on the defensive and say, "Oh no, we don't need any new gun laws. What we need is better enforcement of the existing gun laws. We need more prosecutions of people breaking those gun laws."
Ladies and gentlemen, those gun laws are the primary source of gun violence in America today.
Criminals aren't affected by gun laws. They don't buy guns in ways that involve gun registration, or waiting periods, or any of the other panaceas that are supposed to end gun violence. They buy their guns in the underworld or simply steal them. So the only practical effect of these laws is to intrude upon your privacy and upon your ability to defend yourself.
Like so many well-meaning laws in this country, gun laws injure the innocent while allowing the guilty to continue slipping through the net. And the gun laws are particularly tragic because they cause so many deaths. If just one person at Columbine High School had had access to a gun, there might be eight or ten teenagers alive today who, instead, are buried under a pile of gun laws.
If we care about making our schools safe, if we care about making our neighborhood safe, if we care about making our cities safe, we will stop disarming innocent citizens and putting them at a disadvantage to armed criminals.
The Drug War
The other issue I want to focus on is the insane War on Drugs.
You've heard a good deal about this during this weekend if you've been watching our convention on C-SPAN. Many speakers have referred to it.
Some people might get the impression that Libertarians are a party full of druggies. But I look around this hall and I find it hard to believe that.
The truth is we are adamantly opposed to the Drug War not because drugs are important to us - but because our lives, our safety, and our children are important to us.
The War on Drugs is probably the greatest scourge ever to be visited on America.
It has spawned violence in our cities.
It has spawned law-enforcement corruption.
It has spawned over-crowded prisons that allow murderers, rapists, and child molesters to get out on early release.
It has spawned the greatest destruction of personal liberty in American history. And I'm not talking about the liberty to take drugs. I'm talking about the liberty to have your bank account, your e-mail, your home, and your property safe from prying eyes and safe from arbitrary seizure.
In the last 30 years, almost every intrusion on our liberty has been enacted in the name of the War on Drugs.
And who gets hurt - the drug dealers? Of course not. Innocent people like you and me are the ones who have our privacy destroyed, and whose bank accounts are inspected by Treasury agents looking for suspicious transactions. Innocent people like you and me are the ones who have our cars torn apart in random searches, and who are stripped-searched at airports.
This has to stop, and it has to stop now.
How It Happens to People Like You
Maybe this still seems far away to you. Who is really being hurt? Just some people who want to smoke marijuana? No. And to demonstrate how vulnerable you are, I'd like to tell you three short stories, if I may.
The first one is about someone who's been mentioned often at this convention: Peter McWilliams. In 1996 he was diagnosed as having both AIDS and cancer. His doctor prescribed a daily regimen involving an enormous number of pills. The medication was so intrusive to his system that he continually vomited the pills back up. He couldn't keep the medicines down in his stomach until he began smoking marijuana. I believe he told me he hadn't smoked marijuana in something like 25 years - since the 1960s. But he found that marijuana kept the medicines in his stomach. Marijuana kept him alive.
But that wasn't a good enough reason to smoke marijuana as far as the federal government is concerned. The Drug Warriors imagine this sends a bad message to our children - a message that we let people save their own lives by smoking marijuana. So the Feds moved in on him and took his marijuana away. Without marijuana his medicines were ineffective, and a couple of weeks ago Peter McWilliams died.
Democrats and Republicans treat someone's death as an opportunity to pass new laws that will take away more of your freedom. But the reason so many people in this convention have spoken of Peter McWilliams is because he was a friend to all of us.
Despite all the persecution brought upon him, he always said the enemy isn't the individual Drug Warriors, it is ignorance. To me he showed a dignity and a benevolence throughout his ordeals that went beyond the limits of a saint.
So it truly was a terrible loss for us when he died. He was an inspiration to us and we miss him. As Steve Kubby pointed out, he died of an overdose of government.
Yes, we want people who are sick, people who have glaucoma, people who have cancer, people who have AIDS to be free to smoke marijuana to relieve their pain, to relieve their nausea, to be able to live in dignity like human beings. But we want more than just a permit from the state under special circumstances. That isn't enough. The Drug War itself is an abomination and it must go.
Let me tell you the second story - about a woman named Debbie Vineyard. She didn't use drugs or sell them. But one day she received a phone call from a man she barely knew. The fact that she accepted the call and recognized the man's name was treated by federal agents as confirmation that she was the man's accomplice in a drug deal. He had already been arrested and, because of the insane drug laws, the only way he could reduce his sentence was to inform on other people.
It didn't matter whether the people he fingered were guilty or innocent, because it isn't necessary to produce drugs or money as evidence at a drug trial. All that's needed to convict someone is the testimony of one person - even a person who's already facing prison and can get a reduced sentence by saying anything the prosecutor wants. And so Debbie Vineyard, who was pregnant with her second child, was separated from her family and sent to prison for 10 years. Shortly after arriving there, she was taken in handcuffs, a belly-belt, and shackles to a prison hospital to deliver her second baby.
This is the real effect of the War on Drugs - not the protection of our children, but the destruction of the Bill of Rights. This is what happens not to drug users, not to drug dealers, but to innocent people like you and me. We are the ones who are in jeopardy because of the War on Drugs.
And, finally, let me tell you a third story. This is about Lonnie Lundy - a 32-year-old businessman who had never smoked, touched alcohol, or done drugs of any kind in his entire life. In 1993 an employee of his got in trouble with the law for dealing drugs. The employee was faced with a 20- or 30-year prison term. His only hope for a reduced sentence was to put the finger on other people. So he identified Lonnie Lundy as his supplier, as the kingpin drug dealer.
When the case went to court, no drugs or money were produced as evidence. Nothing was offered in evidence except the testimony of the convicted drug dealer. And Lonnie Lundy received a sentence of life imprisonment without parole. Later, the informant recanted his testimony. But that's no help to Lonnie Lundy, because letting Lonnie out of prison might send a bad message to our children.
There is a further twist to this story. Lonnie's father wrote to his U.S. Senator, Richard Shelby of Alabama - a Republican Drug Warrior. He pleaded with Senator Shelby for help. The Senator wrote back, "We must take a strong stand against drugs, and I support strict punishment for individuals involved in the possession or distribution of illegal drugs. . . . The protection of innocent citizens must be our top priority, and mandatory sentences are a deterrent for future drug activity."
Five years later Senator Shelby's son, arriving at the Atlanta airport from London, was arrested with 13 grams of hashish in his pocket. He pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor possession charge, paid two fines totaling $860, performed 40 hours of community service, and was on probation for one year. He didn't spend a single hour in jail or prison.
In case you're wondering, Senator Shelby is still an ardent Drug Warrior - as is Senator Grams, Senator Lugar, Rep. Cunningham, and all the other politicians whose family members have been caught with drugs - family members who didn't serve the sentences that would be imposed on you or me if someone put the finger on us.
Senator Shelby still believes in the Drug War. All the other Drug Warriors still believe that putting young people in prison for 10, 20, 30 years without parole will somehow make them better persons - as though Al Gore and George Bush would be better people today if, for their "youthful indiscretions," they had served 10 years in prison.
The Good News
I said earlier that the War on Drugs is the worst scourge ever to be visited on America. That's the bad news.
The good news is that the tide is turning. Public opinion has changed considerably over just the last five years. People are coming to recognize, if nothing else, that the Drug War is an enormous failure, that it is a monumental tragedy, that it is an unmitigated disaster.
They may not yet understand fully what the solution is. They may not understand that the complete absence of drug laws would be the greatest reform for this country since alcohol Prohibition ended - an ending that also ended the gang warfare, the drive-by shootings, the police corruption, and all the other ills that Americans had come to take for granted in the 1920s.
Most people may not yet realize what the solution to the drug problem is, but they're quickly learning that the problem isn't so much drugs as it is the War on Drugs.
And so, today, to all those people whose lives have been harmed, injured, or even destroyed by the War on Drugs - to those families who have loved ones in prison - to those people who have lost property to government through the oppressive asset forfeiture laws spawned by the War on Drugs - to the people who have been searched and harassed and had their doors broken down - to the people whose families have torn apart - to those denied medical marijuana to relieve their suffering - to all these people we say to you:
Lift up your hearts.
We know what has happened to you. We care what has happened to you.
We will not forget you. We will not forsake you.
We are Libertarians, and we will not rest until your lives are made whole again.
Why Voting Libertarian Is Important
People ask me, "Why are you running for President? Do you think you can win?" That question comes up in nearly every interview.
But the real issue is not whether we can win this year. The real issue is that we will not have a free country again until we do have a Libertarian President - whether that's in 2000, 2004, or 2008. And every vote we get this year puts us one step closer to the day when we do have a Libertarian President.
So if you're sick and tired of the Drug War, if you're sick and tired of the government taking your income and doling a little of it back to you as though you're a child on an allowance, if you're sick and tired of seeing the Constitution shredded, if you're sick and tired of seeing more and more and more of your liberty stolen from you, you really have only one choice: vote Libertarian.
If you want people to know what you believe, if you want to get government out of your life, if you want control of your life, there's only one way you can make that known: vote Libertarian.
And you need to send that message all up and down your ballot. You need to send the message to your local government, to your state government, and to the federal government. That means voting Libertarian for President, for Governor, for Senator, for Congress, for State Representative. This is the only way you can tell them how you feel.
You may say, "I can't stand Al Gore; I've got to vote for George Bush." But do you think George Bush will accept the idea that you voted for him as the lesser of two evils? No, he'll take your vote as an endorsement of every one of his plans to make government larger and larger. He'll assume you voted for him because you like the fact that he helped make the Texas government bigger and bigger. He'll say, "They like me, they like me!"
If you vote for Al Gore because you don't like George W. Bush or you're afraid of the Religious Right, I can guarantee that Al Gore won't pay attention to your reason. He, too, will use your vote as an encouragement to make government bigger, more expensive, and more intrusive.
The only possible way to cast an unmistakable vote to get government out of your life, to regain control of your life, is to vote Libertarian. And if that doesn't result in a victory this year, it will at least move you closer to victory. And victory is what you want in the end - not the election of the lesser of two evils.
I said I believe the War on Drugs is living on borrowed time, and I fully believe it. And I believe there is more good news ahead.
However, I freely admit that I'm an optimist. As a matter of fact, I'll confide in you that I went for a physical a few weeks ago, and I was diagnosed as having Chronic Euphoria - with Pollyanna Syndrome.
But I also believe I have good reason for my optimism. As I look ahead I see an America that gets better and better - whereas up to now, throughout my entire lifetime I have seen government getting bigger and bigger, more intrusive, more expensive, and more oppressive.
I'm an optimist because I can see in the future (and this is not a prediction, a promise, or a guarantee) a logical progression of events that lead by the end of this decade to a Libertarian America.
A Libertarian American in which you pay no income tax, because a government limited to its Constitutional functions would not need an income tax.
A Libertarian America in which no one forces you into a fraudulent retirement scheme like Social Security.
A Libertarian America in which there is no Drug War tearing our cities apart.
A Libertarian America in which we have a foreign policy focused totally on national defense, and without today's enormous national offense that butts into the affairs of everyone around the world.
I can see how this could happen by the end of the decade.
But only Libertarians can bring it about because only Libertarians are determined to bring it about. Only Libertarians will achieve it because only
Libertarians believe in you. Republican, Democratic, Reform, and Green politicians all believe you must be guided, arranged, ordered, and homogenized.
Only Libertarians recognize that you - not Al Gore or George W. Bush - are the rightful owner of your life.
A further benefit of that Libertarian society is an America at peace with itself - an America where Blacks are no longer afraid of Whites, and Whites aren't afraid of Blacks - where Gays aren't afraid of Christians and Christians no longer fear Gays - where old people no longer are in competition with young people for limited government resources.
This harmony can come about because the government no longer will be the instrument by which one group can impose its values upon another. When that instrument of oppression is no longer available, no group will have to fear any other group.
If you want tolerance, if you want mutual respect, if you want benevolence, if you want diversity, there is a simple answer: get the government out of the way and set people free.
That is the kind of America we Libertarians want - an America that's at peace with itself - an America that believes in you.
And that is the kind of society America was once moving toward. That was the promise of America - a nation continually moving towards greater personal responsibility, greater liberty, and greater individual sovereignty.
It was an America that was able to overcome slavery, and get rid of laws that made men and women legally unequal. It was an America full of promise that got derailed in the 20th century and became instead a copy of the Old World countries of Europe - so that now you can hardly distinguish America from Germany, Sweden, or any other country in which the politicians know best how to run your life, and in which they have the power to impose their way upon you.
We Libertarians want to return to the America that promised every individual the freedom to pursue his own dreams. That was an America that said to people:
It doesn't matter who you are or where you come from or what you were there.
You might have been the king of your country or the lowest member of society. But once in America you will be a free, responsible, sovereign individual.
No one will ask for your papers. No one will stick a number on you. No one will extort a percentage of your income as the price of getting a job. You will be free to pursue the life you've always dreamed of.
And I believe that's the meaning of the Statue of Liberty - holding aloft that great lamp beside the Golden Door. I believe that's what Emma Lazarus meant when she wrote those wonderful words inscribed on the base of the Statue of Liberty:
Give me your tired, your poor,That is the America we once had.
That is the America we should have - the beacon of liberty providing light and hope and inspiration to the entire world.
And, by God, I am determined that this is the America we will have.
Harry Browne was nominated as the presidential candidate for the Libertarian Party late last month.
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BMW Connected Drive Driver Assistance systems in the BMW 2 Series Coupé.
The BMW 2 Series Coupé is already equipped with a reliable front-seat passenger: the numerous assistance systems from BMW ConnectedDrive. They support the driver and allow him to really enjoy the unique driving experience. They give timely warning when needed and help you park. Or lend a hand when manoeuvring with the Rear View camera acting as a third eye. The BMW 2 Series Coupé is a reliable partner that lets you concentrate on the most important thing en route: the road.
The Driving Assistant safety equipment combines the camera-based systems Lane Departure Warning and Approach control and Person warning with light city braking function.
The Lane Departure Warning detects lane markings and alerts the driver to an unintentional lane change at speeds above approx. 70 km/h by means of vibrations in the steering wheel. The warning is not activated if the lane change is deliberate, that is, when the indicator has been activated.
Whereas the Approach control warning with light city braking function identifies vehicles, the Person warning with light city braking function recognizes pedestrians. If a vehicle ahead brakes suddenly, the BMW responds immediately when the Approach control warning is activated. First a warning symbol appears, which begins to flash in the next stage, and then an acoustic signal sounds. If the driver still does not react, at speeds of up to 60 km/h the system begins to brake by itself. At speeds of approximately 20-25 km/h, Person warning helps to prevent accidents with pedestrians, and at speeds of up to 60 km/h, it reduces the severity of the accident. If the system needs to intervene, it preconditions the brakes for faster responsiveness and begins braking if necessary. The Attentiveness assistant monitors the driver's behaviour for signs of fatigue. When it detects any abnormalities, a suggestion to take a break is shown in the Control Display.
iDRIVE TOUCH CONTROLLER.
The iDrive Touch Controller enables the iDrive system to be conveniently operated with a single hand. Thanks to the touchpad integrated in the Controller, the driver can easily enter information such as destinations in the navigation system using his or her own handwriting. It can also be used to access and configure numerous functions and scroll through lists. Operating the system is very simple and intuitive (based on a sense of touch). This makes life especially easy for the driver, since it keeps distraction from traffic to an absolute minimum. All functions operated using the Controller can be conveniently viewed in the Control Display.
Better safe than sorry: the Speed Limit Info including no-overtaking indicator displays the current speed limit as well as information on no-overtaking zones. This is shown on the Info Display in the instrument cluster. A special camera detects the relevant traffic signs. This information is processed by a control unit along with data from the navigation system. By incorporating additional features of the car, the system can also calculate variable speed limits – for instance in wet conditions or at different times of the day. This equipment is only available in conjunction with the Navigation System Business or Professional.
The Parking assistant makes parking parallel and perpendicular to the road easier. Whether activated or not, the system measures potential spaces – even tight parallel parking spaces – while driving past at a low speed (below 35 km/h) and at a maximum distance of 1.5 m from the row of parked cars.
When a large enough gap has been found, the driver simply turns on the indicator and the Parking assistant takes over the steering, while the driver continues to operate the accelerator, gears and brakes. The system also gives instructions in the Control Display and additional acoustic signals.
As the car slowly approaches an obstacle, the Parking assistant is automatically activated via the function "Auto PDC" (Automatic Park Distance Control). The system's enhanced functionality includes supporting the driver when parking in spaces that are perpendicular to the road. The PDC also emits a warning signal if the car becomes too close to obstacles.
When parking without Parking assistant, the Lateral parking aid uses additional sensors to monitor the areas to the sides of the car and represent obstacles on the Control Display. So the driver can stay relaxed and enjoy greater safety while parking.
The Rear View camera allows you to view the area behind the car in the Control Display while manoeuvring and parking. The rear view camera enhances visibility when reversing at speeds below 20 km/h, for example when parking.
Interactive track lines indicate whether the chosen parking space is big enough for the car and support the driver during parking by marking areas in colour on the Control Display. In conjunction with the tow hitch, the rear view camera makes the approach when hooking up a trailer easier with a practical zoom function.


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My television habits: a primer
I watch a lot of television. I am not one for escapist fiction (for the most part; there are always exceptions), but I am definitely one for escapist television. My DVR is a surprising mix of high-brow programming (BBC America and PBS are favorites) and low-brow programming (I watch most of Bravo's reality shows.) As a highly visual person, I appreciate seeing the action. I love visual jokes and glimpses filled with meaning you'd miss if you looked away.
I also have a fondness for episodic storytelling. I was reared on books in a series that came out monthly. Now, it's somewhat torturous as an adult reader to wait for a new book in a series I adore to come out once a year (or even less frequently.) Television fills a niche with me. Good television characters feel like friends to me in the same way characters in a novel can.
The Best Show on TV? The Good Wife. No contest.
I've watched The Good Wife since it first aired. I remember tweeting my love for it after finishing the first episode (which languished for a few weeks in my DVR because no one seemed to be talking about it.) Initially, I was skeptical. It was a great premise, but I wasn't convinced it would work for a weekly show. In case you don't know the basics: Julianna Marguiles stars as Alicia Florrick, a wife scorned by her husband, State Attorney of Illinois (played by Chris Noth in the best performance of his career) Peter Florrick, when it is revealed he had an affair with a prostitute. She is "the good wife" who stands beside him through political embarrassment.Thankfully, it's nowhere near that simple. Alicia, with Peter in jail (simply put: he was corrupt in other ways too), must return to work. After being out of the workforce since law school, she lands a job as a first-year attorney and competes with fresh, young, lawyers. She finds an apartment for her and their two children, Grace and Zach. It's nice, but it's far from the neighborhood and price range of their house. Peter's mother cares for Grace and Zach while Alicia works long hours, aiming to be the one who keeps her job (two first-year associates battle it out for one spot.)
The Good Wife succeeds because it isn't afraid to tell stories. It's also blessed with an amazing cast and inspiring guest stars. It manages to be both a case-of-the-week legal drama and a dramatic long-term story of a woman scorned, a failing marriage, and a prying public who think they know what's going on. Some weeks the case takes center stage, but some weeks the private drama does. Either way, it's brilliant storytelling. It's perfectly paced.
I'm missing The Good Wife this summer, but I am looking forward to watching it from the beginning on dvd with my mother. I hope to have her caught up on the first two seasons by the start of season three this fall.
Although I haven't yet watched The Wire, The Good Wife showrunners are huge fans. They're such huge fans, in two seasons they've managed to cast fourteen cast members from The Wire. That's television dedication I can get behind (and yes, The Wire, is at the top of my Netflix queue.)
Now tell me: do you watch The Good Wife? What's your pick for the best show on tv?
Convinced? Buy Season One and Season Two of The Good Wife from Amazon. Season 3 starts Sunday, September 25, 2011 on CBS.


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Croatia, meaning "Leader of the Croats" in Medieval Latin, is a country situated on an important cross roads between Central and Southeastern Europe. The area is believed to have been settled by early Celts before being subjugated by Greeks and then Romans. Following Croatia's independence in 1991, the country has quickly established itself as an attractive tourist destination, and offers plenty of resorts looking over the gleaming white beaches and sapphire blue waters. Some of the major cities such as Zagreb and Dubrovnik enjoy a thriving tourist industry, and there is plenty to see and do for everyone. With thousands of hotels to choose from in dozens of cities, finding your ideal hotel in Croatia can be a daunting task. With Hotels.com, finding and booking the hotel suited to your expectations is easy, and you can make your decision with the aid of user submitted hotel reviews, photo galleries, and our interactive map.
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Take a moment to find your ideal Croatian destination, and you could be exploring ancient ruins along the coast, shopping in the city, or sun bathing on one of the many beaches. The city of Dubrovnik, known as the Pearl of the Adriatic, offers many cultural attractions such as the historic Old Town ringed by ancient city walls, or the Placa Thoroughfare, better known as "King's Landing" in the Game of Thrones tv show. The capital city Zagreb, while still idyllic, is more of a shopping haven, and offers several malls including Avenue Mall, Centar Kaptol, and City Center One, which between the three of them have hundreds of stores from popular brands as well as more local specialty stores.
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Most of Croatia enjoys a continental climate, which results in warm summers and chilly, wet winters. Average afternoon temperatures during the summer months of June to August are often around 26°C, however it can sometimes exceed 40°C. Although the Croats of course speak Croatian, many of the locals in the larger cities in particular will likely speak a conversational level of English, however try not to expect this of them. Most of the tourist resorts are concentrated around the coast of the Adriatic Sea, however you can sneak away to the cities for a more authentic Croatian experience. Nautical tourism in particular is popular within Croatia, and if you find your sea legs you can enjoy taking a boat out of the many marinas for an afternoon on the sea. Croatia is a diverse and modern destination ideal for couples and families alike.
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Inspiration, ideas and information to help women build public speaking content, confidence and credibility. Denise Graveline is a Washington, DC-based speaker coach who has coached nearly 200 TEDMED and TEDx speakers--including one of 2016's most popular TED talks. She also has prepared speakers for presentations, testimony, and keynotes. She offers 1:1 coaching and group workshops in public speaking, presentation and media interview skills to both men and women.
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week 14: Stephanie considers her message delivery
This week, Stephanie used a great analogy--how you see your progress when you're trying to lose weight--to describe her reaction to her public-speaking progress in our Step Up Your Speaking program. In week 12, to show her how far she's come, I put her contest entry from the summer alongside her current video demonstrating a message she created about facing her fear of speaking. In this week's video, she says, "When you're trying to lose weight and you're working out, and every day you're in the mirror, and you don't really notice it. But people come up to you every day to give you compliments on how great you're looking. To have those two videos side to side, it gave me a lot of joy to see that my work is paying off." It's just another demonstration of her growing skill set--and that, when you speak from the heart about something you know personally, you'll be far more eloquent, relaxed and effective, as she is in this video.
In the next-to-last week of our Step Up Your Speaking challenge, Stephanie reflects in the video above about her week 12 message and what she might do better, based on my feedback and that of other viewers. For video or for speaking with a lectern, she'll need to move her hands higher and into view for gestures to really be effective. She wants to pay attention to her visual "ums," those moments when she looks away and breaks eye contact so she can pause and think about what she wants to say--or remember it. And she's trying to speak more slowly.
Here's her week 12 video delivering her message, so you can see what she's evaluating, and my feedback to her in week 12:
Stephanie's put two issues on the table I want to address this week: Speaking speed, and how to take a short message and expand it into a longer talk. They're both important issues for you to consider when you're developing your speaking style and approach. Now it's my turn to come up with two videos to coach her on those topics! In the meantime, please leave your feedback and encouragement for her in the comments.
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GOLDIE 'Masterpiece' – Ministry of Sound – 18th August 2014
Goldie, musician, drum and bass icon, actor and artist, has been on the scene for over 20 years and counting. With over 3 million records sold worldwide to date and a host of prestigious accolades under his belt, he is the perfect talent to front the next album in the prized 'Masterpiece' series from Ministry of Sound due for release on 18th August.
The 'Masterpiece' series is a concept fronted by artists and DJs of the highest calibre. It's an opportunity for these pioneering acts to curate a three disc musical journey that depicts their own influences and inspirations which they can share with their fans. With predecessors including David Rodigan, Andrew Weatherall, Fabio and Grooverider and Gilles Peterson, the level of reputation and irrefutable standing of acts selected for 'Masterpiece' in the past is a given.
Minimix CD 1 – The Alpha
Minimix CD 2 – Journeyman
Materpiece: Goldie – Tracklisting
CD1 The Alpha Track
1 Goldie My Little India
2 Terry Callier Lazarus Man
3 Soul II Soul Feat. Caron Wheeler Back To Life (However Do You Want Me)
4 Maze & Frankie Beverly Twilight
5 Cherrelle With Alexander O'Neal Saturday Love
6 Teena Marie Behind The Groove
7 Serious Intention You Don't Know
8 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles The Tears Of A Clown
9 Junior Murvin Police & Thieves
10 Ken Boothe Everything I Own
11 Roy Ayers Ubiquity Everybody Loves The Sunshine
12 [re:jazz] Inner City Life
13 Radiohead Just
CD2 Journeyman Track
1 Top Buzz Living In Darkness
2 Zero B Lock Up
3 Dragon Fly Visions Of Rage
4 Nookie Pedro Pulls An Essex Sort
5 A Guy Called Gerald Like A Drug
6 Egyptian Empire A.K.A Tim Taylor The Horn Track
7 Wax Doctor A New Direction
8 Internal Affairs Hands To Heaven
9 Roni Size It's A Jazz Thing
10 Nookie Only You
11 Wax Doctor Heat
12 Krust Soul In Motion
13 Internal Affairs In My Soul
14 Goldie Sea Of Tears
15 Goldie Kemistry
CD3 Headzville Track
1 dBridge Inner Disbelief
2 Commix Be True
3 Marcus Intalex & ST Files Universe
4 Rufige Kru Special Request
5 Rufige Kru Feat. D-Bridge Mirror
6 DLR & Mako Your Mind
7 Scar Old Ground (Vinyl Exclusive mix)
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10 Break Headz Up
11 Ulterior Motive Given Contact
12 Marcus Intalex Hell to Pay
13 Blocks & Escher Razor
14 Klute Curley Wurley
15 Loxy & Ink Headz Roll
16 Kiat Feeder
17 Commix Belleview
18 Doc Scott Blue Skies
19 Ivy Lab & Hydro Feat. Frank Carter III & Lucy Annika Make It Clear
20 Rufige Kru My Thoughts
21 Rufige Kru Sometime Sad Day
22 Rufige Kru Feat. Cleveland Watkiss Beachdrifta VIP
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V1 Artist Track
1 [re:jazz] Inner City Life
2 Internal Affairs Hands To Heaven
V2 Artist Track
1 Dragon Fly Visions Of Rage
2 Nookie Only You
V3 Artist Track
1 Ken Boothe Everything I Own
2 Cherrelle With Alexander O'Neal Saturday Love
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The American Water Works Association (AWWA) and American Society of Mechanical Engineers Innovative Technologies Institute, LLC (ASME-ITI) have developed the first risk and resilience management standard designed specifically for water utilities.
The J100 standard, created in response to 9/11, Hurricane Katrina and other recent disasters, will be released July 1. The Risk Analysis and Management for Critical Asset Protection (RAMCAP) method is designed to help water and wastewater utilities identify potential threats to U.S. water infrastructure and prepare for or mitigate damage.
"This partnership leverages several years of development across multiple industry sectors, resulting in the only multi-sector, quantitative risk/resilience method available," said ASME-ITI President J. Reese Meisinger. "Tailoring this method into an American National Standard reflects the far-sighted leadership in infrastructure security and resilience shown by AWWA and the water sector."
"The J100 standard provides the water sector with a critically needed methodology to support risk and resilience decision making, especially in an already resource constrained economy," added AWWA Executive Director David LaFrance.
Approved by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) in May, the manual addresses hazards from terrorist attacks to natural disasters with a new RAMCAP methodology. This methodology differs from others by guiding utilities in calculating:
An expert committee representing water utilities, risk assessment practitioners and government agencies spent the last 18 months ensuring that the standard considered specific water sector needs.
AWWA and ASME-ITI also have partnered in developing a training program for the J100 standard. This training will provide utilities and practitioners with a functional understanding of the all-hazards RAMCAP method and how it applies to the water sector. The training will be launched in late July through AWWA's E-Learning platform.
A more detailed summary of J100 is shared in the Security & Preparedness column of the June issue of Journal AWWA and online at StandardJ100.


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There are currently two technical issues that require rebuilding of packages. 1) a bad binutils was used in buildroots for almost two months that caused all ppc32 binaries to need execmem. SELinux rightfully denies this. We need to rebuild the effected packages so that ppc and SELinux work again. 2) build-id (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureBuildId) Any binary package with a debuginfo package that hasn't been built after the good build-id stuff landed needs to be rebuilt so that it has a build-id. The unique combination of these two has led to a list of 2845 packages that will need to be rebuilt. (http://jkeating.fedorapeople.org/really-need-to-rebuild) That's 598 packages that need rebuilding for the ppc32 issue, and 2831 that need building due to the build-id issue (there is obviously some crossover). At the absolute minimum we need the ppc32 builds done before Test2, which has a freeze date in one week. We'd /like/ to have them all done as build-id is an important feature of Fedora 8 and Test2 is the Feature Freeze and if you're building 600 packages, might as well build 3K. A less technical but a nonetheless important rebuild issue is correct package licensing. We have a goal to have all our packages with (a) correct License(s) tag in the spec file, and a build with that correct tag. I do not have the numbers currently as to how many still need updating, it is not a small number. Also important to note is that for the above technical issues no changes are needed in the package beyond a release bump and a build. But for the license tag issue there is a significant number of packages that still have the invalid license and need auditing and changing. Given that with just the fully technical issues we're at just a bit over 1/2 the package set for Fedora we've got some hard choices to make. Obviously we'd like to rely upon the maintainers to rebuild their packages, however with just a week to accomplish this that may be nearly impossible. It's also a rather large number of packages to try and automate over, with a large degree of different $release values to try and automatically bump (especially without resorting to just plonking a ".1" to the end of everything which is against the guidelines). There is also a rather large list of things that failed to rebuild during Matt Domsch's last rebuild test, and I don't know how many of those have been fixed. That can cause some delays as well. So I ask you, great Fedora Community, how do we want to handle this situation? I'm open for suggestions, but we should decide something before the end of the day given our time constraints. I'm going to continue working on these lists and keeping them updated, perhaps getting a mapping of maintainer to package, or whatever format the community finds useful. -- Jesse Keating Fedora -- All my bits are free, are yours?
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Angry Birds does Star Wars
Rovio, the Angry Birds developers, have announced a Star Wars: Angry Birds.
Hollywood loves a marriage, and there may be few marriages so rich in potential than the fusion of computer game developer Rovio and production company Lucasfilm. Or, in simpler language, Angry Birds and Star Wars.
The most successful mobile game in iPad history and the most successful film franchise in cinema history have given birth to Angry Birds: Star Wars.
The latest iteration of the popular game is set in the Star Wars universe.
Instead of birds and pigs engaging in a war of attrition, Angry Birds: Star Wars will feature bird-like iterations of iconic Star Wars characters such as Luke Skywalker, Chewbacca, Princess Leia, Han Solo and Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi.
They will be pitted against pig-versions of the Star Wars franchise villains, notably the sinister Sith Lord, Darth Vader, who features in the short trailer released this week.
The trailer is the first step in a marketing campaign building up to the game's launch on November 8.
The game's established birds will be transformed into specific iterations of the Star Wars characters for Star Wars: Angry Birds.
Angry Birds' Red Bird, foe example, will be based on Luke Skywalker as he was seen flying an X-Wing star-fighter in the Death Star battle at the end of the original Star Wars film.
The game will be released on the iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Kindle Fire and PC platforms.
"You will see a pig-esque Vader and pig-esque stormtroopers," Lucasfilm's vice-president of marketing Paul Southern told the American newspaper USA Today.
The game will also feature recreations of the Star Wars universes's iconic locations, including the desert world Tatooine, where Luke Skywalker was raised, and the ice planet Hoth, which featured in the film The Empire Strikes Back.
Angry Birds is the most successful computer game on the iPad platform. It has been downloaded more than one billion times.
The fusion of the two companies, and the marketing might they command, is formidable.
"We wanted this to feel like one of the biggest, if not the biggest, entertainment launches of the year," Rovio's general manager in North America Andrew Stalbow told US media.
It is not Rovio's first partnership with another company on Angry Birds.
In March they released Angry Birds Space, in partnership with NASA. And last year Angry Birds Rio was released in partnership with the film studio 20th Century Fox, and based on their film, Rio.
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Sometimes people are simply not who they seem to be. Take for example, Monsieur Hawarden …
One snowy winter evening in 1848, a car drew up to the front of a country house in the village of Ligneuville, in the Belgian Ardennes. He was dressed elegantly and walked uprightly. "Who is this mysterious man?" asked the villagers. "Where is he from?"
After a while, they discovered his name – Monsieur Arthur Hawarden – and a few years later he had become fairly well integrated into village life. He was perceived as a charming man, intelligent, and of great learning. He was courteous and generous … yet his past was still shrouded in mystery.
It wasn't until he died in the old mill on the edge of the River Amblève 15 years later that his secret was finally revealed.
Monsieur Hawarden was not a man. He was a Frenchwoman called Meriora Gillibrand. But the mystery remained: why did she live her life in Belgium as a man?
Fleeing from the scene of a crime
Meriora Gillibrand belonged to French high society and apparently was a beautiful woman. Two young men were deeply in love with her. She became engaged to one, which filled the rival with jealousy. So much so, that the two young men fought, and her fiancé was killed.
When she heard of her fiancé's death, she immediately suspected the rival and during the confrontation, she stabbed him, and he too died.
All possibility of happiness had been destroyed for Meriora. Her fiancé was dead, and she was a murderer, facing the real possibility of a long prison sentence.
An ingenious plan is devised
With the help of close friends, a cunning plan was concocted. She would leave Paris and go into exile in Belgium. Moreover, she would throw the police investigation completely off the track by taking up a new identity … as a man.
And so, in Ligneuville, Monsieur Hawarden was born.
Did her disguise give her the freedom and peace she sought after? Or was she always looking over her shoulder, fearing discovery? We shall never know.
Naturally her secret was revealed upon her death on March 1st, 1863, and she is buried – as Meriora Gillibrand – in the cemetery, where you can see her tombstone.
Based on an article by Adrien Jans in Le Soir, Sunday, October 20, 1957. With thanks to Tim Peeters for pointing out this interesting story to me.
- Her life was the basis for the 1935 novel Monsieur Hawarden by Flemish writer Filip Pillecyn (1891-1962). Set against the crisis in the Eifel area, a woman dresses as a man and retreats after an unhappy love to a country house, filling her days with walks in the region and looking back on her failed life.
- It was made into a 1968 Belgian-Dutch movie, Monsieur Hawarden, directed by Harry Kümel. It was selected as the Dutch entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 42nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
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This month's Bulletin cover shows a Soyuz launcher at Europe's Spaceport at Kourou, French Guiana. The launch site was declared ready for its first Soyuz flight and, after a simulated launch campaign, an official ceremony took place in May to mark ESA's transfer of the site to Arianespace.
In Giotto and Rosetta, we look at how 25 years ago ESA made its mark in deep space. A small spacecraft swept to within 600 km of Comet Halley. The Giotto probe was nearly destroyed by the encounter, but what it saw changed our picture of comets forever. Today, ESA's comet-chaser Rosetta is on its way to meet with Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in 2014, and possibly provide answers to one of today's most interesting questions of science: did comets bring water and the chemicals necessary for life to Earth?
In Safe Skies, we give some background to the Iris project, which is placing satellite communications at the forefront of the world aviation industry's modernisation programme. By 2020, Iris will be contributing to this programme by providing digital data links to cockpit crews in continental and oceanic airspace. The use of satellites for air traffic safety and communications will be a major confirmation of the value of space as a means to benefit European citizens.
Imagine astronauts being able to operate robots on the surface of another world – that is the ultimate aim of ESA's exciting Meteron project, which is helping to prepare Europe for future exploration missions to the Moon, Mars or other celestial bodies. Our Meteron article tells how astronauts on the ISS will be able to control advanced robots on Earth using 'telepresence' control equipment, providing essential experience for planning and preparing real human exploration missions.
The Bulletin is published four times a year to inform the space-interested public of ESA's activities. In addition to a wide range of articles, every issue provides an overview of the status of ESA's major space projects.


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A transient with a long criminal record is being sought in the kidnapping of a 10-year-old girl who was snatched from her San Fernando Valley home before dawn last week and abandoned hours later in front of a hospital.
Police identified Tobias Dustin Summers, 30, as a suspect Saturday, but they couldn't elaborate on the motive or what led them to him. They also don't know if the girl was targeted.
"We have no information that the family knew this individual or that the individual knew any members of the family," Los Angeles Police Deputy Chief Kirk Albanese said.
About 40 detectives have been investigating since the girl was abducted from her home at around 3 a.m. Wednesday.
"They're working around the clock until this guy gets captured," Officer Norma Eisenman, a police spokeswoman, said Sunday. "As of right now, there are no new developments on the case."
The girl was found about 12 hours after she was abducted, wandering near a Starbucks several miles away.
She was barefoot, had bruises and scratches, and wasn't wearing the same clothes she had on when she vanished. The girl told police two men she didn't recognize had taken her from her home.
Police initially said they were looking for two suspects but now are focusing their efforts on Summers.
"This is the only person we are looking for right now," Albanese said Saturday.
Investigators have said they believe the girl was driven around the San Fernando Valley in a couple of cars and taken to at least two locations, including a storage facility, before she was released.
A passer-by who recognized her picture from media reports saw her outside the Starbucks and called police. The girl had wandered there from the hospital where she was dropped off.
The Los Angeles Times reported law enforcement sources said the girl was sexually assaulted. The Associated Press does not identify victims of sexual assault. Summers isn't a registered sex offender, police said.
Summers, who has a distinctive tattoo of a ghoulish face on his right arm, has arrests dating back to 2002, police said. Among them are robbery, grand theft auto, possession of explosives and kidnapping.
Police said they had no details on the prior kidnapping case.
Summers was released from prison in July after serving his sentence on a petty theft conviction. His supervised release was being handled by county probation instead of state parole as part of a California law designed to ease crowding in state prisons. He also spent six days behind bars in January on a probation violation.
Summers last checked in with his probation officer earlier this month and had been complying with his release terms, police said. He is known to frequent the area where the 10-year-old's kidnapping took place.
Albanese said Summers had been arrested four years ago for investigation of battery that involved "child annoyance." Court records show Summers was convicted of battery in September 2009 but the child annoyance charge was either dismissed or not prosecuted.
Summers has family in Southern California, according to police, and the FBI said it will obtain a warrant for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution if it determines he left the state.


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Kentucky Horse Park? Has a lot of horses.
Lots of different breeds of horses, with their riders dressed in appropriate costumes:
Although this rider, during the horse-and-rider meet-and-greet after this show, did respond to my eager nerd questions about her bareback riding of her Appaloosa by smiling, putting her finger to her lips, then lifting up her saddle blanket to show me the real saddle hidden underneath.
The saddle set-up on this Frisian doesn't look authentically medieval, either, but there was JOUSTING!!!
JOUSTING!!! Five points if you knew before this very moment that I have a master's degree in English with an emphasis in medieval studies.
I mistakenly brought only my telephoto lens, assuming that all the horses would be in pastures or shows and thus far away. I regretted this for the entire day, as we were invited over and over again to pat draft horses, carriage, horses, saddle horses, and show horses. A trainer walking by with a horse, if one of the girls showed the slightest interest (and of COURSE they did), would invariably stop and encourage the girls to pat that horse, while gamely engaging in horsey nerd-talk with me. I now know several very interesting things about horses, from the reasoning behind giving draft horses very short names to the fact that if a thoroughbred is retired to breed and it turns out that he's sterile, he gets infertility treatments.
The Kentucky Horse Park is also a working establishment, not just a tourist destination, and we were welcome to walk down to the arena area and watch this dressage competition:
It was a hot, sticky, horse-filled, day, wrapped up by a trip to the gift shop for horse trading cards and postcards.
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Coffee shop owner shot at while chasing bank robber
Howard Todd chases after man on Mt. Washington
When a robber held up the First Niagara Bank at the corner of Shiloh and West Sycamore streets on Mt. Washington, he ran into trouble he hadn't counted on: the owner of the coffee shop next door chasing him across the neighborhood as he ran off with the money.
Grand Brew owner Howard Todd told Channel 4 Action News' Bob Mayo that the bank robber actually fired at him. Todd said he was outside his coffee shop on Shiloh Street on Wednesday afternoon when a woman he knows came out of the bank and approached him.
Photos: Coffee shop owner chases after bank robber
"She calmly said to me, 'Todd, somebody's robbing the bank.' I turned my head to go towards the bank, I saw that person coming out of the bank, all in black. Black on black on black, face covered, kind of stuck out like a sore thumb," said Todd.
Todd said the robber strolled around the corner, but when he shouted, 'hey,' the robber took off.
"I ran right after him, and we ran probably about 50 yards, and he stopped and he turned and pointed a gun at me and he shot it. As he was pointing at me, I kind of dove into the hedges. He shot, I got up," said Todd. He then grabbed his own crude weapon of choice.
"I was even more mad. I picked up a couple of bricks. I started chasing him down the road, and as I was chasing him down Beam Way, I whipped a brick at the vehicle I saw he was getting in. He was obviously the passenger, not the driver, and I just missed the truck," said Todd.
Todd kept running after the getaway vehicle, hoping to shatter a window with a rock, but he said the robber dropped some cash as he fled.
"It looks to me like he did, because where the car, the SUV was situated, that's where the money also laid," said Todd.
Todd said he believes "the only way to stop crime is by stopping it. I can tell you this, he better not come up here again. I'll catch him the next time, for sure."
The FBI and Pittsburgh police are investigating the bank robbery.