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Crunch has certainly been keeping busy in the new year. On the national front, the fitness chain launched a "Lifestyle" fitness book series in conjunction with GetFitNow.Com Books. The first six books in the series will address the needs of Americans from all walks of life. Launched on Jan. 1, the Crunch Lifestyle series includes the Road Warrior Workout, geared toward businesspeople who spend more time in an airport than a gym; and Get Fit in a Crunch, which will guide readers who need to look good in a hurry with effective (and quick) exercises. Other books include Beginner's Luck from Crunch, designed to help those new to the gym work smarter and stay motivated; On Your Mark, Get Set, Go!, is written for novice runners trying to train for a marathon; and Workouts for Workaholics, which will help readers maintain fitness on the job.
The series is available at Barnes & Noble, Border's Books and Music, Books-a-Million, Amazon.com and bookstores everywhere, as well as direct from the publisher at (800) 906-1234.
In addition to its book venture, Crunch Fitness International Inc. has entered into a long-term agreement with an Italian company for a worldwide apparel license. The newly formed company — created between Crunch, Manrico Holding S.p.A. (who've licensed production for the Prada Group and Ralph Lauren Group, among others) and Progetti International (distributor of Perry Ellis Shoes and other fashion products) — will go under the name M.P. Enterprises. The new clothing line will be launched during the fall of 2001 in both Italy and America. In addition, the apparel will be distributed worldwide to select retailers, as well as be available in all Crunch gyms.
Bally Total Fitness has launched BallyStore.com. Developed with Global Sports Inc., a leading developer and operator of e-commerce sporting goods businesses, BallyStore.com will be an extension of the fitness chain's successful BallyFitness.com. The Web site generated more than 3 million unique visitor sessions and resulted in more than $30 million in both direct and indirect revenue last year, according to Bally.
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President Kelly Roddy shares results of reimaging with NRN and details 2013 plans
By Ron Ruggless
Schlotzsky's Franchise LLC this past year completed the reimaging of older stores in the 350-unit chain and this year plans to amp up expansion of its tri-brand units and catering.
Over the past several years, the company has packaged new stores with sibling brands Cinnabon and Carvel, all owned by Atlanta-based Focus Brands Inc.
Schlotzsky's unveils new look – Check out the slide show!
Kelly Roddy, president of the Austin, Texas-based Schlotzsky's division, said in a phone interview earlier this week that the company is set to open tri-brand stores in the new markets this year. Those markets include Kentucky, New Jersey and North Carolina as well as: Minneapolis, Minn.; New Orleans, La.; Orange County, Calif., Philadelphia; and Sacramento, Calif. Schlotzsky's currently operates in 37 states.
The privately held company said reimaged restaurants are seeing a 20-percent increase in sales on average. In addition, Roddy said Schlotzsky's has seen seven years of positive same-store sales increases "even through the tough economy."
Roddy recently discussed the reimaging of Schlotzsky's with Nation's Restaurant News.
What have been Schlotzsky's highlights in the past year?
We've reimaged the restaurants over 2011. We launched new menu boards with new soups, new fresh, made-to-order salads. All the stores are now on table service. Our new prototype rolled out. All the new stores we're opening will have tri-brands with Cinnabon, Carvel and Schlotzsky's. All this has been evolving over say the last five years to relaunch the brand. The result has been a lot of growth.
What has reimaging done for franchise sales?
We sold 110 new Schlotzsky's tri-brand agreements this past year. We're on trend to get 40 or 50 open this year. We have 27 under construction right now with other leases being negotiated.
Are you including drive-thrus with the new units?
They pretty much all have drive-thrus. There will maybe be one or two that will not. The average store that is opening right now is about 3,000 square feet with a drive-thru and a tri-brand. It has soft seating, so you have booths and lots of bright colors and new modern look.
How did you change the food-delivery model?
We put [food runners] in the new stores and went back and retrofit the other stores. [The table-runner model] is now in place everywhere. It eliminates all the clutter from the paging [system]. It allows the guest to go sit down, relax and start the conversation with whomever they are there with. It's just more enjoyable. It allows us to engage with the customer. It allows us to monitor the dining room to make sure that it's clean. If someone needs napkins or whatever, we can bring that to them. It gives it a little more of a casual-dining feels rather than a fast-food feel.
What strengths are you finding in the menu changes?
Our soup and salad business has grown. We've seen an increase in the female customer count since we introduced the fresh, made-to-order salads.
Any shift in dayparts?
In 2012, we saw a small bump in our dinner daypart. We think it's because of the upgraded salads and serving everything on plate ware. We went from Styrofoam bowls, basically, to serving everything on china. That and the booths give us a little more credibility at dinner. This year, we're looking at how to strengthen that with better offerings around our pizza, etc.
What are the advantages of the tri-branding?
It helps you capture different dayparts. The Cinnabon gives you a nice snack daypart fill-in. You'll see a lift in the 2-4 [p.m.] range. We're seeing quite a bit of ice cream sold in the evenings. We think it's helping bring in families.
What's the focus in the year ahead?
Catering. We added about 60 new catering vehicles this past year to the fleet. We will continue to do that. Most stores are getting catering vehicles. We're also partnering with online catering vendors. We'll also be working on a dinner daypart strategy as well, which will probably roll out at the end of the year.
You started the year with about 30 catering vehicles, so it's now in about a third of your stores. What are you seeing in catering sales?
It was small to begin with. Catering sales were probably in the 30 to 40 percent increase off a small base. Our goal would be to double our catering sales within the next 12 months.
What kind of customers are you targeting with the catering sales?
It's pretty much lunch business meetings for Monday-Friday lunch.
What challenges do you see on the horizon?
Commodity costs look to be a challenge, but everybody is in the same boat. We haven't taken any price, and we're doing everything we can to not to take price. We have pretty good food costs. We're going to watch and see what happens.
Source: Nation's Restaurant News
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Walmart.com Holds $550 Hostage For PS3 Bundle It Won't Ship
Consumerist reader The Unicorn has $550 tied up in some strange Wal-Mart purgatory for a PlayStation 3 bundle that they won't ship to her, even though it clearly states in their online terms that they won't charge you for your order until it's shipped. Her customer service queries are being met with content-free scripted CSR-bot responses. She writes, "Here's the thing: don't ever buy anything from Walmart, ever. I knew this, and ignored it, and now I'm paying the price."
Update – 06/27/08: The Unicorn says Wal-Mart called her today and offered to cancel the order!
Update – 06/26/08: The Unicorn posted a slight correction after we published this story: "hey, just to clarify — after Chris (I think) responded to my email re: the Terms of Service issue, I doublechecked my bank account & the funds haven't actually been withdrawn yet." However, she notes that since she can't cancel the order, those funds remain unavailable.
Here's her full story:
So, the Monday before last (6/16), my husband & I came to the unfortunate realization that the 80GB Playstation 3 we'd been saving up to buy was only available through a limited-edition bundle, & that the Metal Gear Solid 4 bundles were basically unavailable in any store near us. After contacting every Game Stop, Circuit City, Best Buy, Target, etc. in the Chicagoland region, we reluctantly expanded our search to the Walmart website, & after checking back several times, all of a sudden an "add to cart" option appeared next to the listing for the MGS4 PS3 bundle. And rationalizing that patronizing Walmart was worth it in order to get a rare piece of game equipment, we placed an order for the system, which the site said would arrive between Friday 6/20 & Tuesday 6/24. After the order was placed, it showed up as "processing" in Walmart's order tracking system, & I was told I'd receive a second email whenever the system shipped. I figured that was good news, but I was a little worried, because the MGS4 bundle showed up as "out of stock" immediately after the order was placed, & it seemed like a crazy coincidence that I would've gotten the last one.
Here's the thing: don't ever buy anything from Walmart, ever. I knew this, & ignored it, & now I'm paying the price.
Coincidentally, that same Monday night, my husband & I rented a movie from Blockbuster, & in the course of some chitchat the clerk randomly told us that they were the only Chicago store to have the MGS4 bundle in stock. (This was the one in Uptown, for any fellow Chicagoans, although I don't know if they'd have any more.) Since the order from Walmart hadn't shipped yet, we decided a PS3 in-hand was better than the promise of one from a retailer we hated, we took the Blockbuster clerk up on his offer & went home with our new toy.
Our plan was to cancel the Walmart.com order, but as it turns out, it's not possible to cancel online orders once they're placed. Fair enough; we figured we'd just sell the second system at cost on eBay or Craigslist whenever it arrived, or else return it to the store & eat the shipping charges.
…Except, the order is still listed as "processing" in Walmart's order tracking system. It hasn't shipped, & it certainly hasn't arrived by this past Tuesday like it was supposed to. But Walmart was certainly happy to take $550.00 out of my debit account as soon as the order was put through back on the 16th! I've emailed them through their website three times now, explaining that I need the funds freed from my account so that I can patronize a brick-&-mortar store that has the systems in stock. (I figured it would needlessly complicate things to say I already bought another system; the only reason that was even an option is that we're currently flush with wedding-present money, & usually having $550.00 missing from my checking account would automatically preclude any other purchases of similar magnitude.) My last response from Walmart came on June 21st, & it was just a scripted message explaining that they can't cancel online orders in progress because their distributors usually ship things so quickly that it's impossible blah blah blah — clearly not the case here, when the order in question has been languishing unshipped for over a week & Walmart still doesn't have the item in stock. All of this makes me really glad that I actually bought a real-live PS3 when I had the chance, but given that I don't know if Walmart's even going to be getting any additional MGS4 bundles, I'm starting to get worried this order will be stuck in "processing" for the rest of time.
Do you guys have any ideas as to how I can get them to refund the money they're holding hostage? I saw your list of executive numbers, but I don't know that any of those would necessarily be appropriate for an online purchase, & as much as I dislike Walmart, I'm hesitant to call up random people in their corporate office who probably have no recourse to help me with this issue.
We say it's time to go corporate. Don't worry about bothering them—it's why they get paid, to make things happen. In particular, they need to be made aware that they're not honoring their terms of service as listed on their website.
Update!: A former Wal-Mart call center employee has shared some tips on how to resolve outstanding orders like this one.
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John Cleese is your butler in Fable 3
- 12 March, 2010 06:22
While a new clothing system might not sound like the most exciting GDC announcement, Fable 3 game director Peter Molyneux took just enough time from swapping royal robes and trying on regal trousers to introduce the audience to their new digital butler: John Cleese.
"We were really inspired by the idea that we're making this game with Monty Python-esque humor, so we went out, and we got John Cleese as your butler," announced Molyneux at the Complex Challenges of Intuitive Game Design panel. "Having John Cleese big you up in a slightly sarcastic way is absolutely wonderful. Your butler is going to big you up -- he's like a cross between Jeeves and Alfred in Batman."
Originally unveiled at Microsoft's X10 event, Fable 3 is shying away from a more traditional role-playing experience with a streamlined interface and one-button combat system. Replacing the "index card" clothing system from Fable 2 is the new "clothing room", where your butler (played by Cleese) will have laid out appropriate clothes for the hero depending on events in the game's story.
Fable 3 is still planned for a holiday 2010 release on the Xbox 360.


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Brazilian Supreme Court Ends Hearings Stacked in Favor of Eugenic Abortions
By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman
BRASILIA, September 23, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Brazil's last round of Supreme Court hearings on the issue of eugenic abortions ended Tuesday of last week with more controversial testimony by government witnesses.
As in previous hearings, which have been stacked in favor of the pro-abortion position, witnesses gave testimony that contradicts the statements of medical organizations about anencephaly, in which babies are born without part of their upper brain matter and skull and which some are arguing should be permitted to be aborted.
Luis Roberto Barroso, an attorney with the pro-abortion National Confederation of Health Care Workers, repeated the claim earlier made by Brazilian Health Minister Jose Gomes Temporao that anencephaly can be detected in the womb with 100% accuracy, a claim contradicted by the Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs of the American Medical Association, which has noted that "misdiagnoses of infants as anencephalic have been documented in the medical literature and detected by surveillance programs."
Moreover, doctors are still arguing over whether Marcela Ferreira, who died after one and a half years of life, and around whom a great deal of the abortion debate has swirled, was actually anencephalic (See: http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/jun/08060502.html). The pro-abortion side has submitted testimony that she actually wasn't, which has in turn undermined its claim to be able to easily diagnose the condition in the womb.
The undersecretary of Justice, testifying on behalf of the administration of Luiz Lula da Silva, also claimed that "100% of cases" of anencephaly die "in the first hours" of life, despite the fact that anencephalic babies often live for days or weeks, and sometimes even years, in their condition.
During the four rounds of hearings the Supreme Court heard testimony by a total of 26 witnesses, 16 of them in favor of eugenic abortions, and 10 against. Although Supreme Court Justice Marcus Aurelio Mello had previously predicted a quick approval vote by the Court, last week he appeared to be retreating from his previous confident statement, admitting that "only with much optimism could I maintain the hope for November."
The current case began four years ago, initiated by the National Confederation of Health Workers, but was shelved after it became apparent that there were not sufficient votes to support it. Mello revived the case in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling in favor of allowing embryonic stem cell research earlier this year, stating that he believed the court was now ready to rule in favor of abortions.
With the completion of the hearings, the case will now be reviewed by the Federal Public Ministry (Justice Department) of Brazil, whose undersecretary, Mario Gise, has already stated his opinion that it is "torture" to prohibit women from obtaining abortions in the case of anencephalic pregnancies. It will also be reviewed by the General Advocacy of the Union, the agency charged with handling legal issues for the government.
Related LifeSiteNews Coverage:
Brazilian Health Minister Gives False Testimony in Eugenic Abortion Case
Catholic Bishops Denounce Attempt to Legalize Eugenic Abortion in Brazil
Brazilian Supreme Court Hears Testimony on Eugenic Abortions
Brazilian Anencephalic Baby Shatters Pro-Abortion Myths
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[Hook x2]
Not everybody lives, but everybody dies
So while a nigga here, I'm shooting for the sky
Landing on the moon, walking on the sun
Taking over the game, give it back when we done
[Verse 1]
Uh, 10 Thousand hands in the air, have you ever seen
Work 9 to 5 but 5 to 9, do you ever dream?
They in the red, but my stock is green
Proud like I've reached the clouds, all off a bean
Dreams on lucid, films on Lucas
Sound on surround and the crowd on stupid
Who that chick D on? That's Dionne on Clueless
You circlin' around the money, sittin' in a cubicle
Field of Dreams, they said I'm too corny
Funny I got they ears all on me
Fears all gone and my peers all wrong
So keep your 2 cents in every phrase y'all coining
That's just common sense, all the hate I honored it
I don't leap, I quantum it
I don't answer, I problem it
I just drop shit, while they askin' where the colonic is
Pinky, you know what I'm pondering?
[Verse 2]
They said I smile too much to be a a-hole
And these girls is too much for me to take home
Bad as Beyonce, could be a fiance
But, she way too horny to have a halo
And these niggas ain't on me like I'm a J.Cole
More work for me, just more persons to see
That one day that kid out of Kansas could be a J Hov
Cut 'em slack cause same cats said not to rap
I'm overly optimistic, maybe a dream chaser
After some things that I've seen on screensaver
Turn a lions' den into a king's lair
No wonder they say "Vizzy where you've been player?"
Where the wild things are and the kids wear crowns
When we don't eat supper, we just tear that bitch down
Said we was grounded, but we far from the ground
Crossed all our T's dotted I's on the clouds, now
[Break x2]
Hands in the air we reaching for somethin', believing in nothin'
But fuck it man, we want everything
Uh-huh, we want everything
Uh-huh, we want everything
Track off of VX's mixtape Zero Heroes. This song samples Japanese pop singer Hikaru Utada's "Sanctuary". Some might recognize this from being the theme song of Kingdom Hearts 2


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The libguestfs team have been busy adding features over the past few weeks. Here is a quick round-up.
- Writing to Windows Registry files. We haven't quite got this feature working yet, but we intend that you'll be able to "shell into" a Windows Registry and change things:
$ hivexsh SOFTWARE Welcome to hivexsh, the hivex interactive shell for examining Windows Registry binary hive files. Type: 'help' for help summary 'quit' to quit the shell SOFTWARE\> ls ATI Technologies Classes Clients Intel Microsoft ODBC Policies RegisteredApplications Sonic Wow6432Node SOFTWARE\> cd \Microsoft\Windows\TabletPC\TabSetup SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\TabletPC\TabSetup> ls SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\TabletPC\TabSetup> lsval "TabletSetup"=dword:00000000" SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\TabletPC\TabSetup> cd .. SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\TabletPC> ls Snipping Tool TabSetup
- Rename LVs and VGs. (Guymon's incredibly convoluted description of how to do this when you don't have libguestfs inspired me to add lvrename and vgrename commands).
- C# bindings. This doesn't mean you can use libguestfs on Windows, but it does mean you can use libguestfs from Mono/Linux.
- Indian language support. We received Punjabi, Telegu and Oriya translations all at once from the Fedora L10N project so now you can display guestfish in elegant cursive script. "Run a command from the guest filesystem" is "ਗਿਸਟ ਫਾਇਲ-ਸਿਸਟਮ ਤੋਂ ਕਮਾਂਡ ਚਲਾਓ" in Punjabi – how beautiful. The L10N guys work hard doing a pretty thankless job and don't seem to get much credit for what they do, so thanks guys (and gals).


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We Don't Need No Art in Kansas
At POLITICO this morning we find a long opinion piece by Matt Stoller, "Public Pays Price for Privatization," summarized as "The real infrastructure trend in America today is privatizing what is left." If that weren't enough to give you the flavor of the piece, the bio line tells us that "Stoller worked on the Dodd‐Frank financial reform law and Federal Reserve transparency issues as a staffer for Rep. Alan Grayson (D‐Fla.). He is currently a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute." Say no more – except, there's more to say.
Stoller notes, among much else, that Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback "just turned over arts funding to the private sector, making Kansas the only state without a publicly funded arts agency." Don't reel in horror; the cited Los Angeles Times article has already done it for you: "The governor erased state funding for arts programs, leaving the Kansas Arts Commission with no budget, no staff and no offices." One imagines there will now be no art at all in Kansas.
Not surprisingly, Stoller extols the giant public works of the New Deal and after, which petered out in the 1970s, he says, after which "international competitiveness and environmental costs drove the logic of cost reductions into our political order. Today, we are still living in the Ronald Reagan‐Paul Volcker era of low taxes, low regulations, low pay, low spending and high finance." It seems not to have occurred to Stoller that perhaps the prior absence of "the logic of cost reductions" in our political order might have contributed to why, as he says, "the New Deal coalition melted in the 1970s."
Art aside – that's an easy case for defunding – Stoller does go on to criticize much of the "privatization" that's taken place since – starting with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. He's right there: These "private‐public partnerships" are fraught with peril, not least by giving privatization a bad name, something he doesn't consider. The idea of "public goods" is not meaningless, but the definition has to be strict, as economists know, and the means for privatizing ersatz "public goods" have to be clean. Given the vast public sector before us, we've got years of privatization ahead. Let's hope it's done right.


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1.) Write a Java class that generates a random integer (between 1 and 250). Call the
class GenKeys. GenKeys should have a least one method that returns the integer
random number. Gen Keys should not have a main method.
2.) Write a Java Program called MainProg that does have a main method. This class
should create an instance of GenKeys and use it to randomly generate integers.
We will call these integers keys.
3.) MainProg should write keys, each on their own line, in a file called keys.txt.
Ultimately your program should generate and write to file 500 keys.
4.) MainProg should then read all of the keys from keys.txt, and store them in an
array, removing any duplicates. (In other words if the number 55 is generated
twice, only one of these 55s should be added to the array). Note that your final
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Gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner makes the point that Quinn's "good time" early release program has far more to do with Chicago's violence. Quinn's program returned violent street thugs back to the streets after only days or months served from years long sentences.
FBI data shows that crimes committed with any type of rifle are almost nonexistent. This makes sense. How many bangers do we see lugging around military-style assault weapons? I regularly follow the Chicago Tribune, Sun Times and Register-Star, and rarely do I read about a killer or street banger who does not have a rap sheet as long as my arm.
The question I continually ask myself is how can people who have committed so many crimes still be on the street? What judge would be foolish enough to release a career criminal? What parole board would be foolish enough to buy some sob story from a career criminal?
Intuition tells me that Rauner, not Quinn, understands that the Illinois revolving door prison system and weak-kneed judges are more to blame than any military-style assault weapon or lack of gun control laws.
Pat Quinn is just trying to step away from taking responsibility for his Neighborhood Recovery Initiative scam and his early release program. Nothing new there!
Instead of dodging responsibility and tossing out red herrings, Pat Quinn would better serve the people of war-torn Illinois by addressing the real causes of the carnage.
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FDIC Orders Higher One to Repay Students $11 million in Campus Debit Card Settlement
San Francisco, CA – The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) today announced an $11 million civil penalty and restitution settlement with the largest campus financial aid disbursement and debit card company Higher One and its bank affiliate for alleged "unfair" and "unsafe" practices involving overdraft fees imposed on college students.
"We commend the FDIC for holding Higher One accountable," said Jon Fox, Consumer Advocate with CALPIRG Education Fund. "Financial aid should not be a piggy bank for banks to dip into, especially when their practices are unfair or deceptive."
The FDIC's settlement orders against Higher One and its partner Bancorp Bank allege that the companies "engaged in unsafe or unsound banking practices and violations of law and regulation, including engaging in deceptive and unfair acts." Among other things, the FDIC found that Higher One and The Bancorp Bank were: charging student account holders multiple nonsufficient fund fees (NSF) from a single merchant transaction, allowing these accounts to remain in overdrawn status over long periods of time, thus allowing NSF fees to continue accruing; and collecting the fees from subsequent deposits to the students' accounts, typically funds for tuition and other college expenses.
In May, the California Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG) Education Fund released The Campus Debit Card Trap, a report that found banks and financial firms now control or influence federal financial aid disbursement to over 9 million students by linking checking accounts and prepaid debit cards to student IDs and providing financial aid disbursement services. According to the report, students can pay significant fees that are charged against their student aid, including per-swipe fees of $0.50, inactivity fees of $10 or more after 6 months and overdraft fees of up to $38. Financial institutions use aggressive marketing to maximize these fees, the report found.
The FDIC is requiring Higher One to change many of their practices as a result of the settlement. Higher One will also pay restitution estimated at $11 million to current and past account holders. Additionally, the FDIC imposed civil penalties of $110,000 for Higher One and $172,000 for The Bancorp Bank.
"Well-structured campus card contracts should save campuses money without gouging students," concluded Fox. "We urge colleges to insist, if they partner with Higher One or any other bank or firm to disburse financial aid or provide campus services, that contracts prohibit onerous fees and other unfair practices."
To see the full FDIC release see here: http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/press/2012/pr12092.html
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Make Your Case: USC TrojansPosted by jstevrtc on March 11th, 2011
It's back. Around this time of year we like to yield the soapbox to representatives of bubble teams and give them the opportunity to explain to the hooping nation why their team should be granted admission into the NCAA Tournament. We encourage them to be as irrational and nonpartisan as they want. As always, feel free to tell us how you think they did in the comments section. If you'd like to make the case for your school, send us an e-mail at email@example.com and we'll hear your preliminary arguments.
Taking up the argument for USC is Joey Kaufman (twitter feed) of the USC blog Conquest Chronicles. Joey, the floor is yours.
I find the question of whether USC is deserving of an NCAA tournament at-large bid to be self-evident. Of course, our Trojans do!
After all, they don't always get a chance to play past the regular season. Last year, self-imposed sanctions prevented 'SC from participating in the Pac-10 tournament and possibly earning an at-large bid. Not that a team composed of players such as Mike Gerrity and Dwight Lewis (no offense) would have earned one anyway, but still. They never even had a chance (holding back tears). And heck, our football team has been barred from postseason participation for two years.
So, obviously, we're deserving of a bid to the Big Dance, because well, we don't always get a chance to play into March. Sometimes the basketball program isn't eligible, and other times, it just isn't good enough (see: Henry Bibby-coached teams).
But this current USC hoops team is playing surprisingly well late in the season. A year ago, the Trojans, plagued by similar depth issues, dropped the final five games of the season, finishing just 16-14 overall after once appearing in contention for the conference title. Presently, Kevin O'Neill's group has won six out of its last seven games, including yesterday's 14-point victory over California in the quarterfinals of the Pac-10 tournament.


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Burger King's (NYSE: BKC) chefs have been busy. First came a move towards premium coffee, when the BK partnered with Starbucks. Then came an overhaul of the Burger King breakfast menu.
Now, fresh off a buyout by private equity firm 3G capital, Burger King is ready to go beyond baby steps and look at the big picture: A wholesale overhaul of its image by redesigning the restaurants themselves.
When 3G made its move in September for a cool $3.3 billion, the investors probably had a number of ways to cut costs and boost revenue through better management and a better capital structure. But clearly they had aims on super-sizing sales via more attractive storefronts that reconnect with consumers and breathe new life into the burger chain.
The new look is called "20/20," and despite the recent buyout isn't a new concept. The redesign debuted two years ago – but so far, only a mere 30 U.S. restaurants have been outfitted with the chrome and brick, LCD menu screens, and flame-shaped light fixtures that are part of the scheme. 20/20 also dumps the purple from the color scheme to favor red and black.
Burger King's CEO told Bloomberg last month that 85% of the 7,200-plus franchise locations in the U.S. need a facelift. The price tag for such a move is about half a million bucks per store – not chump change for a restaurant that continues to see same-store sales erode, but a necessary expense in the eyes of management. Execs aren't pulling any punches on the dated look of BK stores, with the president of Burger King's North American business saying bluntly, "The image is 20 years old."
But it's going to be a hard sell to force the urgency of large scale renovations on individual store owners who haven't had a very good run lately. Most recently, Burger King's fiscal fourth quarter and full year earnings dropped -16% and -8% respectively from the prior periods.
The solution may be for 3G Capital to pony up some of the cash to spruce up the shops. For instance, according to Businessweek, McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) fuels renovations by matching 40% of funds put up by its franchisees, on average. Currently, Burger King franchisees are wholly responsible for renovation costs – and must remodel their stores every 10 years to Burger King's specifications.
There are already tensions between franchisees and management over "unfunded mandates." Earlier this year, Burger King owners sued corporate over the promotion of a $1 double cheeseburger that squeezed margins so thin many restaurants said they were losing money selling the sandwich.
3G will have to tread lightly with its plans for a nationwide Burger King rebranding, even if the plan is good for the brand in the long run. The bottom line is always the bottom line, and many owners may not have the cash to update their stores no matter how badly a facelift is needed.
Jeff Reeves is editor of InvestorPlace.com. Follow him at https://twitter.com/JeffReevesIP.
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Familiar with doing readers advisory for fiction but not for nonfiction? Why should fiction get all the attention? Nonfiction books can be just as fun to read too. For doing readers advisory for nonfiction, here's a valuable reference tool: The Readers' Advisory Guide to Nonfiction by Neal Wyatt, published by ALA Editions.
Why I bought it: I wanted to learn about how it's possible to do readers advisory for nonfiction.
My take: This was an informative and interesting book. In the first two chapters Wyatt discusses how to do readers advisory for nonfiction, the four elements of nonfiction, and how to offer the service to the patron. Popular subjects such as food and cooking, science, sports, memoirs, travel, and history are covered. The remainder of nonfiction subjects receives its own chapter. (How-to and reference books are excluded) I liked how the topical areas within a subject are broken out and explained. Well-known titles are presented at the end of the chapters. (Additionally Appendix B presents those well-known books in a list format by subject) Wyatt ends with a chapter of suggestions about how to learn and promote your nonfiction collection and the kinds of aids you can use for patrons to explore more about their favorite subject. (For example, you can present nonfiction books with a novel based on the subjects covered in the story) Just as you would for fiction, read nonfiction widely too! Bridge the Dewey divide, Wyatt writes.
Bottom line: Worth reading! I learned a lot from reading this book. Great for those new to public librarianship or have been practicing in the field.
Editors note: ($47.70 from Amazon with free shipping – $53.00 from ALA and $47.70 from ALA *if you are a member *. . . hmmm)
To blog readers: On a personal note, I changed divisions within my library. After two years of working in fiction, I transferred to the History & Biography section of our Social Sciences Division in early summer. I had been there before working in our fiction division. My undergrad degree is in history so its my area. Because I'm in a specific subject area, it'll give me an opportunity to relearn the collection and explore what we've got on our shelves.
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Ultimate 747 gambit
The ultimate 747 gambit is an argument introduced by Richard Dawkins in Chapter 4 of his book The God Delusion. The argument questions if God is a good explanation given the assumptions established the 747 Junkyard argument. This is an attempt to subvert the 747 Junkyard argument and intelligent design, thereby making them self-refuting.
"However statistically improbable the entity you seek to explain by invoking a designer, the designer himself has got to be at least as improbable. God is the Ultimate Boeing 747."
- — Richard Dawkins [1]
Similar ideas about the weakness of design as an explanation were stated in David Hume's earlier book Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion [2]. Hume also uses the idea of improbability implying non-occurrence in his essay Of Miracles.
- 1 Formal Argument
- 2 Counter Arguments
- 3 References
Formal Argument[edit]
Dawkins does not explain how exactly the 747 Junkyard argument should be applied to God. He does state that his version "comes close to proving that God does not exist". The direct application of the argument to disprove God is as follows:
- If God exists, God is an ordered system and more complex than the universe he allegedly designed.
- From the 747 Junkyard argument, complex systems either originate from design or chance occurrence.
- If God exists, God was not designed.
- From (2) and (3), God originated by chance or does not exist.
- From the 747 Junkyard argument, the occurrence of complex systems by random chance is improbable.
- From (4) and (5), God probably does not exist.
However, given the summary at the end of the chapter, it is also likely the argument is intended to undermine God as an explanation:
- The order in the universe requires explanation.
- We will adopt the most likely explanation (or scepticism).
- The universe is a complex and ordered system, which has existed for a finite time.
- From (3), the chance of the order in the universe arising by a random process is negligibly small.
- From (1) and (3), an explanation other than random chance is required.
- If a designer exists, the designer (God) is a system that is ordered and more complex than the entity being designed (the Universe).
- From (4) and (6), God has less chance of random occurrence than the universe.
- From (2) and (7), God is a less satisfactory explanation for order in the universe, when compared to chance occurrence of the Universe.
In other words, using God as an explanation suffers from infinite regress. Dawkins goes on to say evolution is preferable to both chance and design explanations. Erik Wielenberg wrote an alternative formulation of the argument. [2]
Counter Arguments[edit]
Definitional defence[edit]
A typical defence is to assert that God is a simple. [2] This depends on equivocation of "simple" being defined in a theological sense rather than the sense used in the argument. This prevents the improbably argument from applying to God. By defining God using obscure terminology, Dawkins commented apologists are "defining themselves into an epistemological Safe Zone where rational argument could not reach them because they had declared by fiat that it could not." [3] No simple system (in the everyday sense) has ever been observed to design a complex system. To arbitrarily insist on exceptions to generally accepted rules, such as the principle that a designer is more complex than their designs, is a form of special pleading.
A system cannot be less complex than any one of its parts. If God has complete knowledge of the entire universe, he must be at least as complex as the universe. David Hume pointed out that a simple God would be incapable of thought or emotion. [4]
God may also be defined as spiritual or having some property that makes the usual meaning of complexity irrelevant:
"But of course God is a spirit, not a material object at all, and hence has no parts. A fortiori (as philosophers like to say) God doesn't have parts arranged in ways unlikely to have arisen by chance. Therefore, given the definition of complexity Dawkins himself proposes, God is not complex."
These are are common beliefs about God, but without evidence this is another ad-hoc special pleading defence. The definitional defence can also be a form of Loki's Wager in that complexity is claimed to be undefined in the case of God.
A similar argument that uses divine simplicity is Swinburne's inductive cosmological argument.
God formed by a non-random process[edit]
The argument is based on God being formed by a random process. This is difficult to establish by evidence or argument. However, it is in keeping with intelligent design's tendency use the false dichotomy of order or design as the only causes of order. The hypothesis that God was designed would likely be rejected by most believers, leaving chance as the only possible cause.
God is sometimes considered as a necessarily existent being, [2] however this is simply defining God into existence without any basis. If the universe is assumed to not have this property, it is a form of special pleading.
It undermines the argument but does not disprove God[edit]
William Lane Craig said "At most, all that follows is that we should not infer God's existence on the basis of the appearance of design in the universe." [6] Craig only addresses the summary at the end of the chapter and ignores Dawkins's argument completely.
It is unreasonable to require an explanation for every explanation[edit]
William Lane Craig said of this argument: "If we required explanations of explanations, we'd end up in an infinite regress and we could never explain anything." However, the argument requires no such thing and his point is a straw man.
The universe still needs explaining[edit]
The argument is based on complex systems arising from either design or change occurrence. The argument concludes that a designer is improbable. Therefore, order in the universe arose from chance but is unlikely to be naturally occur because of its complexity; this is an absurd conclusion since the universe actually exists! It is likely that the cause of order in the universe (and arguably God) is something other than chance or design.
In reality, Dawkins does not accept the false dichotomy of design or chance. Dawkins based the argument on similar axioms as the 747 Junkyard argument in an attempt to subvert it. To disprove the Ultimate 747 gambit on these grounds also undermines the 747 Junkyard argument and intelligent design, which is probably what he intended.
Disproves a God that no one believes in[edit]
Most monotheists don't believe that God had to come into existent but was necessarily existent instead. This is rather an ad hoc assumption but since it cannot be discounted, it effectively sidesteps the ultimate 747 gambit. [7]
- ↑ Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion, p. 114
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Erik Wielenberg, "Dawkins's Gambit, Hume's Aroma, and God's Simplicty," Philosophia Christi 11 (2009): 113-128. [1]
- ↑ Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion, p. 184
- ↑ David Hume, "Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion", Part 4 [2]
- ↑ Alvin Plantinga, "Science or naturalism? The contradictions of Richard Dawkins", 12 Apr 2012 [3]
- ↑ William Lane Craig, "The New Atheism and Five Arguments for God" [4]
- ↑ [5]


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I got into programming for the same reasons almost all passionate programmers do: the joy of solving problems combined with the deep satisfaction of creating new things. When I started on this journey, programming was undeniably fun. My ambitions ran in all directions at once. And so I pumped out lots of code on my own time: an arbitrary-precision calculator, a B+-tree library, a programmable code generator that could test the limits of compilers. These projects were hugely satisfying, made good articles, and were blessedly bounded. Each one of them could be undertaken and finished in a few weeks to a few months of after-hours work — despite being written in C.
As the GUI interface became the de facto means of interacting with software, programs became significantly bigger. Moreover, the profusion of tools, especially from the open source bazaar, created new demands. There was little point in writing a utility that already had a fully formed version widely available at no cost. Consequently, to write something useful, I was confronted with the need to develop programs with significantly more features (or scalability) than whatever else was out there. Over the period of a few years, even small projects came to require six months to accomplish, frequently more. I had to be much more circumspect about what projects I decided to work on as I increasingly reached the point where the love of the goal tapered off long before the labor. To my distress, I began abandoning projects, even after dedicating significant time to them.
My initial response was to move up from C. The language's low level qualities were fast losing their appeal. The nimbleness, elegance, and performance no longer compensated for the time burden they imposed. I switched to Java, where I thoroughly enjoyed the vast libraries and far better tooling. The OO paradigm, of course, also helped greatly.
I was finally able to undertake and complete exploratory projects again. But, after a couple of years, the old problem of complexity began to return. Projects now needed persistence layers and Web tiers. One programming language was not sufficient. HTML, JavaScript, XML, SQL, and other secondary technologies had to be mastered to do anything interesting. Projects were getting both big and difficult.
Today, I find myself about 30K lines of Java code into a project (counting program and tests), which represents about three years of intermittent consignments of my personal time. While the project has advanced steadily; each year on the anniversary of the founding date, I have come to the same conclusion about my progress: I'm about 50% of the way through.
The love endures (it's typesetting software, after all!), but the desire to explore other projects is getting the better part of me. I note that I am not the only one with these sentiments. The overwhelming majority of open-source projects are abandoned incomplete. In part, this results from the youthful inexperience of project founders who, fresh out of school, want to conquer the world — only to discover the task to be far greater than a one-semester project. And unlike school, no one is paid to assess the results or even care about them.
Anyway, for exploratory programming to be fun once again, it has to avoid seeping into the domain of multi-year projects. So the question is how to create a non-trivial project that can be completed in a reasonable amount of time? For small projects, it's OK to cut back on requirements and design — they can be done in a few hours with a whiteboard and a notebook, rather than with elaborate diagrams and carefully written requirement docs. Other areas, such as tests, however, I won't cut back on. The real bugaboo is not design or testing, it's the (endless) coding. Reducing coding is my mantra going forward. And to fulfill it, I've concluded, I must move up the food chain from Java.
Java's speed, portability, scalability, and extraordinarily good tooling are all pluses, but they don't solve the one problem that bars my way: lack of productivity. To clear this hurdle, I'm willing to sacrifice everything but the good tooling. And so I am considering two principal alternatives: Groovy and Ruby. Groovy has the benefits that come from the JVM (except for speed) and of some very unusual features that make certain problems painless (such as testing, XML processing, and others). Ruby's appeal is that it provides, in some senses, a ready-made universe. It comes with its own Web server and Web framework, hosting platforms, and SCM tools. In addition, most users really like the language. I'll probably do very small projects with both languages to examine them fully and I might even end up choosing JRuby to get the best of all worlds. Hard to know.
However, what I do know is to get out from under the endless projects, I have to change my language and my tools.
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Like most rap artists signed to WEA and its branches (Omniscience, Juggaknots, Deda, INI, Supernatural, Agallah, Lin Que, KMD, Ador, Coz… who else ?) in 1994/95, Ill Biskits dropped a couple of 12″ before their album got shelved for 13 years. Their 15 minutes of fame included a few interviews like this one, from Seattle magazine Flavor in september 1995.
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By Marc Malkin and Brett Malec
It's a happy holiday season for Kristin Cavallari and fiancé Jay Cutler.
The couple is celebrating their re-engagement after shortly separating for three months.
However, we're sad to report that the two will not be together on Christmas Day...
Turns out Cutler will be in Wisconsin for a game against the Packers.
"He's going to be in Green Bay," Cavallari told us at last night's Alice + Olivia fashion show benefiting Baby Buggy in West Hollywood. "It's difficult with the football schedule."
Despite Cutler's big Christmas Day game, Cavallari says she will get to spend lots of quality time with her man, who is recovering from a broken thumb that has kept him out of recent games
"I'll be in Chicago for about a month," she explained. "My mom and that whole side of my family's there and then Jay is obviously there."
As for all that wedding planning she dished to us back in May, Cavallari says they've decided to stop and take things slow. "We haven't set a date," she said. "We're just enjoying being engaged."
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Institutional Biosafety Committees (IBCs) were established under the NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules to provide local review and oversight of nearly all forms of research utilizing recombinant DNA. Over time, many institutions have chosen to assign their IBCs the responsibility of reviewing a variety of experimentation that involves biological materials (e.g., infectious agents) and other potentially hazardous agents (e.g., carcinogens).
Texas State faculty planning to work with any amount of rDNA and biohazardous materials are required to submit protocols for review and approval by the IBC prior to initiating their project. Protocols should be submitted far enough in advance to secure approval before the project start date. Applicants may also submit a request for Determination of Exempt Research.
If you have questions about whether your project requires approval by the IBC or is exempt, contact the committee chair, Dr. Robert McLean.
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CHARLOTTE � Football fans by their very nature can be compulsive, irrational and perhaps a bit too aggressive in the strategies they wish their teams would employ.
Few fan bases endured those emotions more than the Carolina Panthers� in the past week as radio talk shows, water cooler talk and even casual fans weighed in on last week�s disappointing 24-23 loss in Buffalo.
�Why wouldn�t you go for it on fourth-and-one?� was one cry in reference to Carolina head coach Ron Rivera�s decision to kick a field goal for a 23-17 lead rather pursue a first down that would�ve ended the game if successful.
Well, on Sunday, Rivera�s chance to appease such fans came quickly � and was answered emphatically � at the start of what became a record-setting 38-0 rout of the New York Giants. The win was the most lopsided in franchise history.
After the teams traded jabs for three possessions, Carolina drove 57 yards to the Giants 2 late in the first quarter.
Facing fourth-and-inches, Rivera didn�t show any hesitation about rolling the dice.
�I thought the way we were playing defensively, I really felt that if we didn�t get it, we could keep them down there,� Rivera said afterwards. �What was crazy was that we thought we had gotten the first down and then, all of a sudden, they were yelling, �It�s fourth and short,� and I said we were going for it anyways.�
For Rivera, who said at his mid-week news conference on Wednesday that his conservatism was based on being a defensive-minded guy, the decision couldn�t have worked out better.
Not only did many of the 73,748 in attendance at Bank of America rise up and roar their approval at the gamble, physical fullback Mike Tolbert drew even louder cheers when he went two yards to pick up the first down and the touchdown.
With the exception of Cam Newton�s worst pass of the day � he was intercepted at the Panthers 17 on the Panthers� next possession � the Carolina defense was playing so well that one touchdown would be all it would need.
Certainly, the Panthers aren�t going to shut out all of their opponents. After all, Sunday�s shutout was only the sixth in the 19-year-old franchise�s history.
But the aggressiveness with which Rivera and his team attacked their situation after so much scrutiny following a disappointing 0-2 start has to give even the harshest of Panthers� critics some optimism.
The key now will be whether or not Carolina can continue on with efforts like Sunday�s.
In some ways, this week�s bye comes at the worst of times as it looked like the team pulled together in its historic beatdown of the Giants.
�This was a big team win today and there�s nothing more for me to really say,� said quarterback Cam Newton, who tied his career-high with four touchdowns in a single game (three passing, one rushing). �I�m just excited and this is just one step for us in the right direction I feel.�
Games at Arizona (Oct. 6) and Minnesota (Oct. 13) are up next before the team returns home Oct. 20 against St. Louis. Wins in all three would no doubt regain confidence and optimism within the fan base.
A loss � especially anything that reminds fans of the 12-7 home-opening defeat against Seattle or the much-discussed meltdown in Buffalo � would kill that enthusiasm and raise more questions about Rivera�s job security.
But for now � on this Sunday � Rivera and his team had to feel pretty good. And deservedly so.
�To win a game like this, especially against a team like that � says something about who (we) are,� Rivera said. �These guys will persevere. Hopefully, this is the catalyst to get us rolling.�
You can reach Richard Walker at 704-869-1841 or by twitter.com/JRWalk22


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Brain Fitness: top 9 best Books about Brain Fitness as compiled by AARP.
The Dana Guide to Brain Health, by Floyd E. Bloom, M. Flint Beal, and David J. Kupfer (Dana Press, 2006). Available on: http://www.amazon.com/Dana-Guide-Brain-Health/dp/0743203976?&tag=httpwwwamarew-20
The SharpBrains Guide to Brain Fitness: 18 Interviews with Scientists, Practical Advice, and Product Reviews, to Keep Your Brain Sharp, by Alvaro Fernandez and Elkhonon Goldberg. (SharpBrains Inc., 2009). Available on: http://www.amazon.com/Sharp-Brains-Guide-Brain-Fitness/dp/0982362900?&tag=httpwwwamarew-20
Save Your Brain: The 5 Things You Must Do To Keep Your Mind Young and Sharp, by Paul Nussbaum. (McGraw-Hill, 2010).
The Secret Life of the Grown-Up Brain: The Surprising Talents of the Middle-Aged Mind, by Barbara Strauch (Viking, 2010).
The Memory Bible: An Innovative Strategy for Keeping Your Brain Young, by Gary Small (Hyperion, 2003).
The Mature Mind: The Positive Power of the Aging Brain, by Gene Cohen (Basic Books, 2006).
The Brain That Changes Itself, by Norman Doidge (Penguin, 2007).
Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain, by John Ratey and Eric Hagerman (Little, Brown and Co., 2008).
Think Smart: A Neuroscientist's Prescription for Improving Your Brain's Performance, by Richard Restak (Riverhead, 2010).


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The Tanker is a large tanker truck that has appeared in Grand Theft Auto 1, Grand Theft Auto: London 1969, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars and Grand Theft Auto V.
Design Edit
The Tanker in GTA 1 is designed as a straight truck with a cab-over design and a tanker load. It is one of the most durable vehicles in the game, being able to withstand a lot of damage. Despite it being a large truck, the Tank is able to drive over it. The Tanker in GTA London 1969 is designed as a generic British lorry of the 1960s. It bears a logo that resembles the badge of British Petroleum. In GTA San Andreas, the Tanker appeared with a semi-cab design. It is one of the more popular of the three trucks in San Andreas, being encountered more than any of the others (the Roadtrain and the Linerunner), and is generally designed as a mid-sized semi truck smaller than the Roadtrain but larger than the Linerunner. Finally, this truck, like all the others can attach a trailer in San Andreas, making the experience even better. It looks loosely based on a Mack R series. Like the GTA San Andreas rendition, the Tanker in GTA Chinatown Wars is designed as a conventional cab semi-trailer truck, but is only available with a permanently attached tanker trailer.
Performance Edit
Surprisingly, the Tanker in GTA 1 has the highest top speed - if driven on a straight road, for long enough, it will keep picking up momentum - much like the Bus and Coach. After an examination of internal files, it is clearly shown that the Tanker in GTA San Andreas is the slowest of all three but it has better acceleration than the Linerunner. In-game gameplay, however, has the truck performing better than the Linerunner, with an unusually better top speed of about 130 km/h (80 mph), as well as superior acceleration and hill climbing power. Its lower body height also makes it less vulnerable to rollovers than the Linerunner. In Chinatown Wars, the Tanker's long length and large weight makes the vehicle less than suitable for intensive driving, faring poorly in top speed and acceleration, as well as poor cornering (often requiring large turning radius's) and braking. If the trailer is set on fire, it will blow up dramatically, usually killing the player and harming anyone else near the vehicle. Also during a mission the Tanker is shot at whilst the player is driving and starts to leak fuel, this fuel starts to set on fire behind the player and, if they don't pick up enough speed, then the flames will reach the trailer and the truck will explode. This can be renacted outside of the mission also.
Trivia Edit
- In GTA San Andreas' game files, the Tanker is always named "Petrol".
- In GTA San Andreas, the default radio station in the Tanker is K-DST; in the DS version of GTA Chinatown Wars, it's Prairie Cartel.
- In GTA San Andreas, a glitch in the game is if the Tanker is pulled by a Tractor at full speed the tractor will go at almost the top speed of a race car and the tanker will be flung over the Tractor.
- A possible Tanker can be seen in the GTA V trailer.
- The Tanker only has one breather.
- On the PS2 Version, the rear of the Tanker seems slightly more detailed than the Linerunner.
- It is believed that in some versions of GTA SA, the Roadtrain comes with either rear axles containing single wheel or double wheels. For example: Comparing Single Wheel to Double Wheels.
Locations Edit
GTA San Andreas Edit
- At a diner south-west of El Quebrados, Tierra Robada, San Andreas (only when wanted for export).
- Importable from Easter Basin, San Fierro every Saturday after completing export lists for $28,000.
- Available during Trucking missions, which are accessible in the RS Haul depot in Flint County
- Can be spawned with a cheat code; this one comes with an attached trailer.
- Near a building in Fallen Tree.
GTA Chinatown Wars Edit
- Typically found parked near any gas station.
- Three can be found in the salvage yard in Northwood.
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Olympic homes in Brockley
Can Brockley Central come and sleep on your sofa during the Olympics? This modest Brockley home is available for rent during the Games for a mere £3,000 per week.
The online home for all things Brockley (SE4), Deptford, Ladywell, Lewisham and New Cross
Can Brockley Central come and sleep on your sofa during the Olympics? This modest Brockley home is available for rent during the Games for a mere £3,000 per week.
Thought about it but got no further than that yet! GBP3000 for a week? It's almost worth getting of my ass an actually doing something about it!
Wow. I'd heard of people with nice houses in Wimbledon making a lot during the tennis.
If you are actually going to be able to make that sort of cash in Brockley then I'll look into it!
Taking the P charging that amount of money.
Anyone fancy a room in Lou towers?
It'll come complete with daily lessons on why you're wrong about life.
Good luck to those who hope for a bumper rental next year. Despite the recent media hype, very, very few people will make that sort of money.
I was involved in the 2008 Games. Hotel prices began sky high, but then fell dramatically as hoteliers realised they had too many empty rooms.
Similar price drops happened in Athens and Sydney. A lot of extra people do visit, but most have accommodation arranged, either in the Village or as part if the large official hotel bookings.
The only places which made really good money were those next to sports venues and suitable for athletes or officials.
It's still worth trying your luck, so fair play to the advertiser. But don't spend the thousands until you get a booking.
Anyone gone for tickets yet? Best tip: don't forget the Paralympics. Same venues, great sport but cheaper tickets and arguably a more fun atmosphere.
Tristam, Why is it tax free? It is income from property and subject to your marginal rate of tax, surely?
Actually, this property seems to be in Crofton Park...with the reference to a nearby BBank and a bus ride to Brockley Overground.
i'm signing up ... Couple of grand for a week will pay for my accommodation ...... In Barbados!
@AnonOne - yes, the price seems rather unrealistic. And as for the price drop, you're right, I do some work for Visit London and they have said in the past that hoteliers need to maintain realistic prices, since the pattern is consistent - prices get jacked up, people stay away and they have to drop them.
I can't believe that anybody would really pay c£1000 a week for a room in somebody's house, Greatest Show on Earth or not. Being notoriously tight-fisted, I'd rather buy a big tent and inflatables, or hire a camper, and pitch up at Crystal Palace campsite (though I imagine all spaces have been taken by now), and sell them afterwards. More fun too ime. Always a good option too when you're having work done on your gaff, and you need to ship out for a week or so.
I pity the poor sports fan who take up residence at Lou's Guest House during the Olympics. Especially if they ask what the quickest route to Stratford is.
3k a week?!? I priced mine at 1.5k, obviously should have gone for broke and got them to 'bargain' me down.
Tax-free as you're allowed to earn about 4.5K per annum renting rooms out in your own house before you have to start paying tax on it. Note that the owner has made it very clear he'll be in residence the whole time; this will be why. If you were to rent it out and not be there, you'd have to pay tax on it.


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SPRINGFIELD, Pa. – Eight years with any sports franchise is a long time, but it's even longer after joining the club as a wide-eyed teenager.
That's the story of new Philadelphia Union midfielder Justin Mapp who, before being traded to Peter Nowak's club on Monday, spent the better part of a decade with the Chicago Fire organization.
Brought to the City of Brotherly Love in a trade for allocation money, Mapp is ready to get the new chapter of his career moving, despite his nostalgic feelings for his former home.
"It's a little bittersweet," Mapp said Wednesday after making 174 appearances for the Fire. "I've been there a while, so I was pretty comfortable with the city and my friends and teammates. I'm excited to be here though, and very optimistic, so I'm looking forward to it."
WATCH: Mapp connects with McBride
Mapp admitted that he didn't see the trade coming.
"I was a little surprised, just for the fact that I've been there for so long," Mapp said. "It kind of hits you. It doesn't really sink in immediately. I know anything can happen in this league and I've seen players in and out through the time I've been there.You can't stay in one place forever, so it has to happen at some point, I'd imagine."
Mapp is a rare breed in MLS, still just 25 years old but already with nine years of league experience. He started his career with D.C. United in 2002 before he was dealt to Chicago, where he was an MLS Best XI selection in 2006. He boasts 36 career assists and 14 goals in league play over his career.
"It seems like a good group of guys," Mapp said of the Union. "I've only been here one day, but they are a good group, a young group. If they [the younger players] need any advice from me or anything, I'm always willing to do that. Whatever way I can help out."
The Union return to action against the New England Revolution on Saturday at PPL Park.


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Sunday 13 September • Symphony Hall, Broad Street, B12EA
Saturday 19 September • KKL, Europaplatz 1, 6005 Luzern, Switzerland 6000
Sunday 27 September • The Hawth in Crawley, West Sussex RH10 6YZ
Saturday 28 November • Stravinski Hall, Montreaux. Claude-Nobs 5, 1820 Montreaux, Switzerland 1820
Sunday 29 November • Stravinski Hall, Montreaux. Claude-Nobs 5, 1820 Montreaux, Switzerland 1820
July 9 • Cheltenham Silver Band is a 3rd section band looking for a new Musical Director.. We would like an enthusiastic conductor who will work closely with the band, committee and the training band MD to foster an enjoyable, supportive and creative atmosphere.
July 5 • Newbridge Celynen Brass Band are a 4th section band based in South Wales who have vacancies for the following seats:. . Front Row Cornets, Horns. Baritone, Euphonium. Bb Bass, Eb Bass. Tuned Percussion
July 3 • Chadderton Band is a non-contesting band playing at various events throughout the year. We are a friendly band looking for players of all ages and abilities on all sections EUPH and percussion. Come along to one of our rehearsals most welcome.
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CARE Veterinary Center is seeking Emergency Veterinarians to join our multi-disciplinary Specialty practice in beautiful Frederick, Maryland—located just outside of Washington,DC. The successful candidate will be a personable team player who is friendly, approachable, and has a client-centric approach to specialty care.
Our practice enjoys a strong referral base and support from our local and surrounding primary care veterinarians. You will also be supported by specialists in Internal Medicine, Cardiology and Surgery (orthopedic & soft tissue) and a wonderful staff of exceptional Veterinary Technicians and Technician Assistants. Our facility is fully equipped with an 8-Slice CT, HBOT, digital radiography, GE ultrasound units, full endoscopy equipment, Surgical suite—along with a full rehabilitation unit with an underwater treadmill. The region has several blue-ribbon schools, plus a thriving performing arts area. For your recreational needs there is the C&O Canal Trail, which runs for 184 miles from Washington, DC all the way to Cumberland, MD. Close to historic Harpers Ferry, WV where John Brown's raid on the Armory occurred, Antietam National Battlefield in Sharpsburg, MD and Pack Horse Ford in Shepherdstown, WV, the region has endless opportunities to experience the rich history of our nation's past. And don't forget our professional sports teams! The Redskins and The Ravens for Football, The Wizards for basketball, The Capitals for hockey, DC United for soccer, and The Nationals and Orioles for baseball. Nestled just outside the hustle and bustle of two major cities, you get the charm of a small town with access to all the excitement our neighbors have to offer.
Under the guidance of the Medical Directors and with the support of the entire hospital staff you will carry out CARE's promise to our clients: making their pet's health our top priority and excellent service our goal.
Benefits: We offer competitive compensation along with a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision and paid vacation/sick days, 401(k), generous employee pet discounts and more! We look forward to hearing from you!
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I went to the dollar store today and I found this yarn. Very pretty colors - now I just have to figure out what to do with it. Also in the picture is some pink fabric I bought at Joann Fabrics. I saw a post on Crochetville.com that someone had crocheted a purse with strips from 2 old jean shirts she had. I really liked the look of it so I'm going to give it a try.
Here's a picture of what I have done so far with the fabric. I stripped it into 1/2" wide strips and am working it in sc. I'm using a "P" hook. Very stiff and tricky to work with - I think I should of washed the fabric before stripping it.
My rag purse is complete - I don't know if I'll try another anytime soon. I'll see.....
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Does the U.S. have FATCA fever? You bet. FATCA, the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, requires foreign banks to report U.S. account holders to the IRS. Some must even withhold and pay 30% over to the IRS. FATCA does it with a stick not a carrot, harshly punishing foreign banks that don't comply.
Think of it as the IRS enlisting every bank as its agent. It's controversial but already having an impact. And the IRS is digging in with gusto. A U.S. Treasury press release trumpets that the U.S. is engaging with more than 50 jurisdictions in its international tax compliance push. The U.S. already completed a bilateral agreement with the U.K.
What's more, the U.S. is finalizing intergovernmental agreements with France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan, Switzerland, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Guernsey, Ireland, Isle of Man, Jersey, Mexico, the Netherlands, and Norway.
That's just the short list. The feds also have an "active dialog" with: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, the Cayman Islands, Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Israel, Liechtenstein, Malaysia, Malta, New Zealand, the Slovak Republic, Singapore, South Korea, and Sweden.
The U.S. expects many deals by year-end. Want even more international alphabet soup? The U.S. is discussing "viable options for intergovernmental cooperation" with Bermuda, Brazil, the British Virgin Islands, Chile, the Czech Republic, Gibraltar, India, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Romania, Russia, Seychelles, Saint Maarten, Slovenia, and South Africa.
You may not care too much if all of your income and account disclosures (past and present) are pristine. But if not, you may worry about the global transparency this portends. U.S. citizens and permanent residents must report worldwide income. Plus, if they have signature authority over foreign bank accounts with more than $10,000 at any time during the year they must file an FBAR. See Foreign Accounts? Don't Forget June 30 FBAR Deadline.
Under FATCA, most taxpayers with foreign financial assets worth $50,000 or more must file a Form 8938. See Summary of Key FACTA Provisions. Unlike the FBAR, this form is filed with your tax return. See IRS Form 8938 Or FBAR? and FBARs & FATCA Form 8938: Maddening Duplication?
Institutions must withhold a 30% tax on payments or transfers to account holders refusing to identify themselves. To avoid withholding, institutions must agree with the IRS to identify U.S. accounts; report to the IRS; and withhold 30% on certain payments to those unwilling to comply.
The law rankles many in the international community. See Are Expats Derailing The FATCA Express? But many nations are getting on board. See 5 nations joining U.S. in tax evasion crackdown. And FATCA's pace is quickening.
In February 2012, the IRS issued proposed regulations implementing FATCA. Then, in July 2012, the Treasury Department released model agreements for information sharing. Next, the IRS tweaked the proposed regulations and set out timelines. See As Foreign Banks Brace For FATCA, You Should Too.
The FATCA regulations should be finalized soon. Still, the U.S. progress with global intergovernmental agreements is astounding. Whether you agree with it or not, the FATCA freight train is gaining momentum. You may want to get out of the way.
Robert W. Wood practices law with Wood LLP, in San Francisco. The author of more than 30 books, including Taxation of Damage Awards & Settlement Payments (4th Ed. 2009 with 2012 Supplement, Tax Institute), he can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. This discussion is not intended as legal advice, and cannot be relied upon for any purpose without the services of a qualified professional.
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|Don't listen to him, SpongeBob. Remember: Ravioli, ravioli, give me the formuoli.
— Robot Krabs, "Imitation Krabs"
Robot Krabs is a robotic dummy of Mr. Krabs in the episodes "Imitation Krabs," "New Leaf," "Spy Buddies," "Goodbye, Krabby Patty?," and "Plankton Retires". In the episode "Imitation Krabs," Plankton creates and controls the robot. It was accidentally destroyed by SpongeBob when he put a penny into the Self-Destruct Coin Slot, causing the robot and the Chum Bucket itself to become destroyed. In all its appearances besides "Imitation Krabs," the robot is animatronic.
Robot Krabs is a highly sophisticated robot that has many different features. Inside, from where Plankton controls it, there are hundreds of levers and pulleys to make the robot do many things. The robot is red and constructed from metal, with a metal suit as stated by SpongeBob. It has big eyes and its face acts and looks like a microphone. The robot appears to wear the same clothing as Mr. Krabs, but made from metal.
The robot has a self-destruct device activated by a penny inserted through a coin slot on his belt buckle. He can also disguise himself as a bread toaster.
One of the giveaways that the robot is not Mr. Krabs is that it periodically emits an exhaust fume with an audible noise from an exhaust pipe at the rear whenever it lies.
Video games/Online Games
Operation: Krabby Patty
In the video game Operation Krabby Patty, Plankton uses Robot Krabs to steal Krabby Patties. However, this robot is designed more differently. It is rusty, has no shirt or pants design, has more crooked arms, uses wheels for legs, and the chest somewhat resembles Mechagodzilla's.
Reef Rumble
Robot Krabs is an unlock-able character by completing tournament mode and is also the final boss.
Bikini Bottom Brawlers
Robot Krabs is a selectable character.
- In "Krab Borg," SpongeBob and Squidward probably mistook Mr. Krabs for Robot Krabs.
- Robot Krabs self-destructs when a penny is inserted into him.
- In one of the deleted scenes of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, "Mr. Krabs" transformed into this character. However, this wasn't included on the DVD/Blu-ray release.
- It is unknown how in "New Leaf," there was the robot in the Krusty Krab closet filled with Plankton's failures since the robot from "Imitation Krabs" blew up. There are three logical explanations to how that could happen:
- "New Leaf" happened after "Spy Buddies."
- There was another attempt before "New Leaf" in which one of the robot's design survived after Plankton's unseen plan was foiled, or:
- Plankton might have rebuilt Robot Krabs.
- In The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, Mr. Krabs superpower is a robot, which could be a reference to this character.


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Author Siobhan Fallon to Visit SUNY Canton April 24Wednesday, April 17th, 2013
Siobhan Fallon, winner of the 2012 Pen Center Literary Fiction Award, will discuss her celebrated collection of short stories, "You Know When The Men Are Gone," at SUNY Canton.
Fallon's visit, which will be the final installment of the Spring 2013 Living Writers Series, will take place at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 24, in the Kingston Theater. The event is free and open to the public.
Praised by The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe and The Wall Street Journal, "You Know When The Men Are Gone" offers a glimpse into the lives of military families living in Fort Hood, Texas. Described as "gripping," "fascinating" and "extraordinary," Fallon's debut book explores the challenges that service members and their families must face on the battlefield and the home front.
Fallon found inspiration for the book from her personal experience as an Army wife living in Fort Hood and the difficulties she encountered during her husband's multiple deployments to the Middle East.
SUNY Canton Assistant Professor of English Philip K. LaMarche created the series and arranges guest lectures to correspond with his Living Writers Course curriculum so that students can read the books by authors scheduled to visit the College.
"Siobhan Fallon gives us the Odyssey of our times, telling stories about the long road home from the front lines, about the soldiers and families fighting the wars we as a country seem so quick to forget," LaMarche said.
Fallon's stories and essays have appeared in Publishers' Weekly, Women's Day, Good Housekeeping, among other publications. She is currently working on a novel and writes a monthly fiction series for Military Spouse Magazine.


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Quote"We are writing this letter to inform you that a very targeted malicious attack took place on our network this morning at 6AM EST. As a result, most of our server operating systems have been corrupted resulting in the current downtime," the company wrote to the affected customers a few hours ago.
"We have access to all backups and have already figured out a strategy for bringing your servers back up, and have all hands on deck working to restore service," Reality Check Network President Moisey Uretsky added.
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Some of you were waiting for quite some time now for this update. Here it is !
Portable-VirtualBox pack has been updated to the latest version of VirtualBox 5.0.4. I fixed the issue with Virtualize_This_Key.exe that was not working anymore. I also updated the outdated icons on the EXE files.
But that's not all. LiLi has also been updated with new Linux (as always) and also Vietnamese translation thanks to Mr Huy.
Windows 10 is now officially supported both to run LiLi and to create installer USB from its ISO.
Last thing : I fixed a bug on CentOS 6.x not booting anymore. It should work fine now.
Here is the full list of new Linux supported in LiLi 2.9.4 :
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Ubuntu 15.04 a.k.a "Vivid Vervet" has been released a few days ago.
LiLi 2.9.3 has been updated to support this new version but not only. Here is the full list of new Linux supported :
Releasing LiLi 2.8.30 with Linux Mint 17 Qiana official support (it was already working fine).
Full list of new Linux supported :
Please note that Portable-VirtualBox package is now hosted on SourceForge global mirror network. This means that it should be (way) faster to download it from most locations in the world.
I also fixed a stupid bug (when "Format" option was checked then selecting a NTFS drive it would not let you create a key). Thank you Tilman Krummeck for reporting it.
I wish you a pleasant summer / holidays.
Update 2.8.29 released today. Adding support for :
Trusty Tahr is here !
Trusty Tahr is the name of the latest LTS release of Ubuntu.
LTS stands for Long Term Support which mean that it will be supported by Ubuntu team for repectively 3 years (Desktop) and 5 years (Servers).
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Second Street Gallery, a non-profit contemporary art space, provides Central Virginia with access to the best of national and regional contemporary art. Exhibitions change monthly, and there is an opening and artists's talk for each new show on the first Friday of the month, from 5:30-7:30 p.m.(see the related events page for information about individual exhibitions and the exhibition calendar). Situated in the heart of historic Charlottesville's downtown district, just one block off the city's dynamic, newly-renovated pedestrian mall, the Gallery is located inside the McGuffey Arts Center, a large complex of artists's studios and exhibition spaces. (For more information on location and related activities, click the "Charlottesville" button on the right.Travelers' Info:Second Street Gallery is located in the heart of Charlottesville.
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