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Volkswagen brought its pop-up Jetta Haus to the Windy City to show off the all-new 2019, giving me the opportunity to take it for a-day-in-my-life drive.
So I ran errands and drove places I'd normally go, from the lakefront to the grocery store to rush-hour traffic.
And I discovered it's a pretty nice vehicle.
Of course, I should specify that even though Jetta has a base price of $19,395, I was driving a top-tier SEL Premium trim with all the whistles and bells. So, the as-tested price was $27,795.
Taking all the cool stuff out of the equation, the 1.4-liter, turbocharged 4-cylinder engine is really nice with its 147 horsepower and 184 pound-feet of torque. The Jetta is compact enough for tight city maneuvers, yet large enough to fit backseat passengers in reasonable comfort.
While I generally liked it, here are some key things you should know about the all-new Jetta.
The Digital Cockpit is cool
The available Digital Cockpit is reminiscent of the Virtual Cockpit available in Audi vehicles. It's a little less detailed, but no less cool.
I played around with the settings and opted to have the full navigation map on the behind-the-wheel gauges. But this is multi-configurable, so you can have vehicle info or speedometer/tachometer surround a minimized map or do away with the map altogether.
One thing to know about this -- if you're using Apple or Google maps through your connected phone, this map will not show up in the Digital Cockpit. You can only get the map displayed if you have native navigation and are not using Apple CarPlay or Android Auto for navigation purposes.
The Digital Cockpit only available starting at the SEL trim, where it's standard. So, to get this feature, you will spend $25,265 at a minimum.
Customization settings work
If you scroll through the vehicle settings, there's a nifty little customization wizard that lets you set your preferences. Depending on the trim and added options, the number of things it'll customize will depend on feature availability.
In the SEL Premium, I was able to add my name in the system, pair my phone, set my seating position and preset radio stations. It even remembered how I'd configured the Digital Cockpit.
Once the customization profiles are set up, when you enter the Jetta, it asks which profile to adopt.
I switched between guest profiles and a previously set up "Mark" profile, which were both different than mine, and the audio, gauge and seating settings automatically changed. A nice feature if you're going to have multiple drivers in a single car.
Compact car, nice trunk
A lot of compact cars scrimp in the storage department. But I'm pleased to say that the 2019 Jetta does not.
I went grocery shopping during my turn in the vehicle and noticed the spacious trunk is well designed with bump-out wells at either end of the front of the trunk – perfect for a set of golf clubs.
The Jetta's trunk volume is 14.1 cubic-feet, which is better than a Chevrolet Cruze or Subaru Impreza.
Standard Apple CarPlay/Android Auto
While Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are starting to become more mainstream in the marketplace, it's worthwhile to note that not all manufacturers have bought into these phone-mirroring systems, and not all manufacturers offer both.
Mazda, for example has promised CarPlay and Auto for a couple years now, yet it hasn't delivered. Toyota said it'd never have either, yet for 2019 you're starting to see CarPlay (but not Auto) in some of its vehicles. Then, of course, there are the BMWs and Alfa Romeos of the world who make these features options and charge you $100 or $200 for the privilege.
Volkswagen, thankfully, does not fall into any of these camps. Auto and CarPlay are standard at the base S trim.
A manual isn't available across all trims
It's a sad day for #SaveTheManual types. While Jetta still offers a manual transmission, Volkswagen has opted to treat it as a punishment rather than a pleasure.
It has been upgraded to a 6-speed (rather than the previous 5-speed), but it's only available on the base S trim. That means no cool stuff if you #GiveAShift.
I find this somewhat surprising considering that Jetta is available in a sporty R-Line trim, which would appeal to an enthusiast type who might prefer a manual transmission.
But nope.
The base price for the Jetta is with the manual, and you'll add $800 if you upgrade to the 6-speed automatic transmission.
The only option available at this point is the Driver Assistance Package ($450) with forward collision warning, autonomous braking and blind spot monitoring. No leather seats. No Digital Cockpit. No heated seats.
The Bottom Line
The 2019 Volkswagen Jetta is a nice vehicle. The redesign makes it more handsome than cute, which also makes it a vehicle you'd be happy to take your boss to lunch in.
And it won't break the bank.
While there are many neat available features as you level up through the trims, you can still get an attractive vehicle without all the extras.
For example, the SE trim – one level up off the base – adds leatherette seats, automatic transmission, heated front seats and blind spot monitoring for $23,005.
In a nutshell: The new Jetta is fun to drive, easy to park and has room for people and stuff.


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(CBS News) The Shroud of Turin has intrigued believers and non-believers alike for centuries. On this Easter Sunday morning our Cover Story is reported by Martha Teichner:
It's possibly the greatest "What if ..." in the world. What if the Shroud of Turin really is the burial cloth Jesus was wrapped in . . . and the faint imprint on it, the image of a man who has been tortured and crucified, really is Christ himself?
The last time the Shroud was on view, for six weeks in 2010, more than two million people saw it, even though in 1988, after a carbon dating test, it was declared a medieval fake - dating from between 1260 and 1390.
The story was supposed to be over. But tell that to the throngs who waited hours for the chance to spend seconds before it in reverent silence.
And tell that to scholars who think the carbon dating results were just plain wrong, among them art historian Thomas de Wesselow.
De Wesselow - an agnostic, originally a skeptic about the Shroud - has just published a provocative new book about in which he concludes it's genuine.
He compared it to artwork depicting the Crucifixion created since the Middle Ages, referring to the Station of the Cross at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola in New York City: "If you look at the hands on the cross, the nails go through the center of the palms," he showed Teichner. "That part of the hand is not strong enough to bear the weight of the body."
Meanwhile, the image on the Shroud shows the nail wounds going through the wrists. "That's how they would have done it in Roman times," said De Wesselow, supporting the idea that the Shroud is much older than the middle ages.
He said the Shroud illustrates signs of the events of Good Friday through Easter Sunday. "You start off with the flagellation, and that's very clearly presented on the Shroud, with these very, very distinct marks of the flagrum," he said. "You can then see the crown of thorns. He then is beaten and you can see on his face underneath his eyes there's a swelling. His nose looks as if it's been broken." There is also the mark of a puncture of a spear, with "dribbles of blood coming down."
Just coincidence?
But now here's the provocative part: De Wesselow's take on the resurrection - what he says happened on Easter Day when Mary Magdalene and two other women went to Jesus' tomb:
"They go to the body, they lift off the cloth, and they notice this strange shadowy form on the cloth itself," he said. "Immediately, they would have had this perception of it as a living presence in the tomb with Jesus."
"They didn't see Jesus come alive again?"
"No, I think what they saw was the Shroud," De Wesselow said. "Once they saw the Shroud they understood that he'd not been resurrected in the flesh, he'd been resurrected in the spirit."
According to de Wesselow, each supposed sighting of the risen Christ was actually a sighting of the Shroud. He's convinced it was what sparked the rapid spread of Christianity, as it was taken from Jerusalem to Galilee, then to Damascus, where he believes Paul saw it and became a Christian.
Next, to a town called Edessa, in Turkey, and in the year 944, to Constantinople. There's a drawing from the 1190s of what some scholars believe was the Shroud. A French knight wrote about seeing such a cloth in Constantinople before the city was sacked by crusaders in 1204.
"We can show perfectly rationally where the Shroud was all the way back to the first century," de Wesselow said.
More than a thousand years before it turned up in Lirey, France, where Geoffrey de Charny - descended from one of the crusaders who led the sacking of Constantinople - put it on display in 1355, right about when the carbon dating results said it was faked.
It's been in Turin, Italy since 1578.
"It could well be the burial cloth of Jesus - I wouldn't discount that possibility," said Harold Attridge, dean of Yale Divinity School and an eminent New Testament scholar, said of de Wesselow's book: "That's part of the case that he makes; the other part is trying to see how the discovery of this cloth might have functioned in generating belief about the resurrection, and that's much more, in my mind, conjectural.
"However this image was formed, it was formed in a way that's compatible with the ancient practice of Crucifixion," said Attridge.
"So that is at least plausible?" asked Teichner.
"That's at least plausible, yeah, yeah, and the blood stains, for instance, are clearly not paint," he said.
That much has been proven. But, is it Jesus or someone else? Or is it an expert fake?
In 1898, Secondo Pia was allowed to photograph the Shroud. The image he saw in his darkroom startled the world. The Shroud, it turns out, is like a photo negative.
"There were plenty of other images of Christ which are meant to be imprints of his face, dating from the middle ages," said de Wesselow. "And none of them look remotely like the Shroud."
Thomas de Wesselow's specialty is medieval art. "People did not know about negative images in those days. No one could have seen the realistic image that's hidden behind the negative image on the cloth."
In 1978, a group of respected American scientists and scholars calling themselves the Shroud of Turin Research Project (or STURP) were given 120 hours to subject the Shroud to a "CS"-like forensic study. Working 24 hours a day, they set out to discover how the image was made, and if it was a fake. They couldn't.

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My friend Lisa Auerbach who writes the Little Blog of Revolutionary Knitting has an art show up called The Tract House. Ever see those little religious pamphlets that god-types like to leave on buses, in restaurants, in restrooms and other places for the curious to pick up and page through? Lisa, being the smart and smart-ass person she is thought, why should the religious-right have a stranglehold on tiny pamphlets as a means of spreading ideology? She contacted some equally smart and smart-ass friends to write them for her, with no limitations. I wrote one that does not translate well in pdf or any other electronic means of communication (cause it's all about little pamphlets!), but Morgan wrote a kick-ass one called Faith in Vagueness. Enjoy.
Have faith in vagueness. Live with life held in only the broadest of strokes, to be
filled in as it comes into focus. Leaving space for co-incidences will naturally lead
to co-incidences; every falling leaf must fall somewhere, every space left for chance
will meet with chance. Vagueness is beauty. The vaguest of outlines happily leads
to a missed bus, an accidental walk home
late at night; an impressionistic plan will
be achieved, albeit through necessarily
meandering means.
Distrust of vagueness easily falls into
facile stagnation. Where is the beauty in a
planned adventure? In a deliberate conversation?
Many things never happen because
practicality gets in the way. But they may
just work out, if you launch yourself into them with optimism and faith that your
vagueness will solidify in the process.
With this in mind, co-incidences are no longer surprising, but expected. With so
many unconnected possibilities, it is inevitable that some will be fulfilled. The more
you have trust in chance, the more you are able to trust chance. Indeed, the more
you have trust in chance, the more attuned you will be to co-incidences you would
otherwise have been blind to.
So: of course the guy sat next to you on the bus that you struck up conversation
with is best friends with a friend of yours, living 5000 miles away. Of course one of
your best friends runs into another friend in a distant city on a train platform. Of
course some friends you haven't seen in months walk into the restaurant you're
eating at, miles from where you live. Of course.
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The Hunger Games
A Thoughtful Discussion Guide for Parents
Whether or not you want your high school students and preteen kids to be reading the books and watching the movie, chances are high that families in your church are coming into contact with the current excitement surrounding The Hunger Games.
Our student ministry team has developed a response that we're distributing to parents of our kids to encourage them to dialogue with their children and talk through some of the serious content and questions that The Hunger Games is bringing into the lives of our youth.
Feel free to take this resource and run with it. I think a part of our jobs, as those who are called to serve kids and families in our communities, is to resource them to have significant conversations around their dinner tables about stuff like this. And, I think that part of my job is to share neat things like this that our student ministry team made for our families.
Sharing is a good thing, right?
Hunger Games Discussion Guide (PDF)
A special thanks to our Student Ministry intern, Kailyn King, for doing the footwork to make this resource a reality. One day, you'll be allowed to hire her at your church to run your student ministry. But… not yet – we want to keep her for a while 🙂


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These are exciting times that we live in. Obama becomes President tomorrow and it is Martin Luther King Jr. holiday in the United States today. Even some excitement in Raptor world with talk of a trade of Jermaine O'Neal. The Raptors will play the Hawks in the city that was home to Dr.King. I would like to think we will have a classic to talk about. But I am not sure of that happening. The Raptors on the second half of a back to back after playing the Suns. But here is something to get excited about the debut Nathan Jawai. He has been pressed into action because Jermaine O'Neal is a no go again. Raptors had said he would try to go today but not happening. You can draw your own conclusions as to why that is. Chris Bosh will play after turning an ankle late in the loss to the Suns. Jason Kapono is out of sick bay, as he sat yesterday with the flu. No Jose Calderon in this one still out with a bad hamstring. Kris Humphries is also a no go as he picked up some injury in the game yesterday.I mean that was a long list. Well who ever the Raptors have to throw out there will have a tough task. The Hawks are not flying as high as earlier in the year but are still 4th in the east. In fact they have lost 6 of 8 heading into this one. But the Raptors have lost 5 straight with lots of close calls for the injury filled Raptor roster. After yesterday no surprise that Parker and Graham will start at the point and shooting guard spots. So here we go ready or not.
1st Quarter
Raptors need a win, any way possible that is the bottom line. Raptors lose the tip but get a steal and a score from Andrea Bargnani. The Hawks get an answer from Mike Bibby. Joey Graham has career high 22 yesterday. He gets his first two point of this day with a mid range jumper. Mike Bibby has another basket this time a 3 pointer. The Hawks lead early 5-4 just under ten minutes to play in the quarter. Both teams were shooting a little cold with the early start. But Bargnani was looking good with his second basket. But Mike Bibby again scores and he has 7 and the Raptors have 6. Jamario Moon would give the Raptors the lead with a jumper for 2. The Raptors would get a couple from Bargnani for the line. The Raptors had a 12-9 lead. Atlanta would get a 3 pointer to even up the score. Chris Bosh was looking ok despite the ankle turn and he scored on the glass. Joey Graham would score on the break off a turnover and Raptors. Joe Johnson would hit a 3 pointer to pull the Hawks back again. He was now getting his stroke from range with 2 three point shots. Jamario Moon had an answer from 3 point range. Raptors lead 18-15 with about four and half minutes to play in the opening quarter.
Raptors would extend the lead to 5 points the largest of the day. Raptors would get a chance to build on that after a Hawks turnover. But they would not get it done but an air ball from the Hawks that went out of bounds would give them another chance. However Parker would miss on that chance. A third chance to get it done but a miss and a 4th with offensive rebound. Chris Bosh would get to the line and finally give Raps a chance to extend the lead.
Bosh steps to the line after a time out and makes both. They have a 22-15 lead with under 3 minutes to play. A nice Mike Bibby pass leads to a score. A turnover and another Bibby dime drop leads to another 2 points. Raptors respond with a basket and Josh Smith responds to that with a truly wonderful throw down. Hawks would continue the run from the line making a pair. Hawks on a 6-0 run and cut the Raptor lead to just 24-23. A rookie mistake by Roko Ukic would lead to a turnover. But the Hawks failed to take advantage and grab the lead. They would get a buzzer beater half court chance as well but it did not fall. So the Raptors hang on just barely to a 24-23 first quarter lead.
2nd Quarter
Bosh and Bargnani had 8 each to lead the Raptors. Johnson had 8 and Bibby had 7 for the Hawks. Jake Voskhul had checked in and missed a jumper to start the second quarter. Roko Ukic would get to the hoop and score on the next trip to open the scoring in the 2nd. Bargnani would miss a 3 pointer for his first attempt of the second quarter. Andrea would curl into the paint and make a jumper in the paint to score on his next chance. Raptors lead by 4 points with the score 28-24 and 9:57 to play in the half. Joe Johnson would get his first score of second quarter on a jumper. Jason Kapono as mentioned was back and he made a jumper to reply.
A steal for Raptors would not turn into point as Jake Voskhul missed a turn around jumper. Jason Kapono would get his shoot to fall and Raptors lead 32-26 as the scoring pace had slowed to a slow crawl. Chris Bosh with a nifty little one handed effort in the paint. Joe Johnson would respond with his 3rd make from beyond the arc of the day. Raptors still lead 34-29 with under 6 minutes to play. But the Hawks would get a score to cut the lead a little more. Parker on the move hit a fading jumper.Mike Bibby answered with a score plus a foul but he would miss the shot. Roko Ukic showed his skill and quicks driving to the basket for a score. Flip Murry had a counter for the Hawks as he drained a basket. Raptors hanging on leading 38-35. Chris Bosh would get fouled and head to the line making both. He had 12 points and 7 boards already.
The Hawks would get a score and there was more bad news then that for the Raptors. On the play what looked like a moving screen would send Anthony Parker to the ground in pain. The Raptors already were very short handed. They could not afford another player going down. Parker would get attention during the time out and remained in the game. Perhaps a good acting job to try to sell the non-call. Let's hope so. Bosh meanwhile would get to the line. Making the first but missing the second. Roko Ukic would show some speed and skill again to get a score. Raptors lead 43-38 with just over 2 minutes to play in the half. Bargnani would get to the line and he would make both and Raptors had a 45-38 lead. Bosh had an easy chance to extend the lead miss and Josh Smith would make Raps pay on other end. Bosh would not make a mistake a second time as he scored. He would then find Moon for a score as the Raptors got a turnover and scored on the break. Raptors were showing that they could close out a quarter as they had a 10-2 run and a 51-40 lead. A late foul on Joe Johnson allowed the Hawks to get 2 points closer to make halftime score 51-42.
3rd Quarter
Chris Bosh and Joe Johnson shared game high scoring honours as they both had 15. Bosh had 8 rebounds as well with no J.O helping on the glass. No Nathan Jawai as well I am hoping we get to see the big Aussie get on the floor. I won't lie in saying I am rooting for Nathan Jawai. I have learned a lot about him and think he can still be a great story. Raptors shot the lights out going 50% from the field and 11 of 12 from the free throw line. But the Raptors would miss there first attempt of the second half. After the missed screen in the first half the refs saw one early in second half. But the Raptors could not take advantage of the extra possession. Mike Bibby would make the pay with a 3 pointer on next Hawks trip. He would follow that with a 2 point effort. Anthony Parker would finally get the Raps on the board and they now lead by just 6 with score 53-47. Chris Bosh would get to the line thanks to Zaza who had 4 fouls in the game. Bosh would split a pair. Zaza would take a seat with his 4 fouls. Parker would get the score on the break with a pretty ball fake and then take to the hoop for two. Raptors had re-established their nine point lead they had to start the half.
Hawks out of a time out would have Mike Bibby pull up and nail a jumper. Andrea Bargnani would answer with a jumper of his own. Josh Smith would get a score for the home side Hawks he had 13 on the day. Mike Bibby tried to cut the lead more with a 3 ball that would be short on the mark. Parker made a bad turnover and Mike Bibby was off to the races. But he was looking in his rear view for Jamario Moon and forgot to make the lay up. Raptors catch a break. Joe Johnson was not offering another as he made a jump shot from the baseline. Hawks had closed the gap to 58-53. Raptors had missed 6 straight attempts on the offensive end. Josh Smith did not miss in a chance to cut the lead to 3 points. Flip Murry pressured by Parker would fumble away a chance for the Hawks to close further.
Raptors struggles continued with an ugly miss by Bargnani. But he would get on the glass and rebound a Kapono miss to score and end an 0-9 or 10 effort from the Raptors. Hawks would answer with a score right away. Raptors were hanging on to a 60-57 lead thanks to creating turnovers . Kapono would get a basket and extend the lead. Josh Smith answered to keep the lead at just three points. But a Kapono miss gave Bibby a chance to cut the lead to 1 with another score for him. There was 1:16 to go and Hawks had a chance to take the lead but Joe Johnson had a rare misfire. Roko Ukic not the high end shooter Johnson is but he would find a way to get a score with a nice little fading jumper. The Raptors were not playing well but still on top. Hawks had another chance to tie but Jake Voskhul got on the glass and made a rebound which would end up keeping the Raptors on top after 3. But it was now only a 64-62 lead after 3 quarters on a Monday Afternoon.
4th Quarter
How many times have we been here this season? Raptors with a lead but looking like they could lose it at any moment. Raps shooting % had dropped from 50 to 40%. That is how bad they shot it in the 3rd quarter. Josh Smith would waste no time driving straight to the basket and getting to the line. Foul would be on Joey Graham and just like that we were tied less then 10 seconds in. Ukic would commit a ill timed turnover after that. However the Hawks would not be able to score and take the lead. But another Raptor jumper that did not fall. But Hawks again miss. Jason Kapono would make the first 3 pointer of the day for the Raptors. So fans of that 3 point streak can rest easy. More important to me was Raptors managed to take back the lead. Hawks would get a two pointer to pull back to just 1 down.
Chris Bosh would travel and turn it over. The Hawks took the lead on a Flip Murry jumper. Joe Johnson would extend that lead with a short little jumper just outside of the paint on the baseline. Hawks now had a 70-67 lead in a battle of two teams that looked like they were in bad need of a win. Not that they were playing well more like the opposite from both sides. But the Hawks were the team looking the least brutal at the moment. Raptors already had 3 turnovers in the quarter and we were just 3 minutes into it. Parker would make a baseline jumper for 2. Mike Bibby who is on that list of Raptor killers and he would make a big three pointer to answer the Parker jumper. Flip Murry would find himself as open as can be and make a three. But it was not joking matter as the Raptors were looking like they were going to blow another basketball game.
Andrea Bargnani would get a basket plus a foul which he would miss. But that was a good thing as Bosh would tap it back in for a unconventional 4 point play. It had pulled the Raptors back to down just 76-75. Joe Johnson would shoot a technical foul that was called on Bargnani. He got that for arguing a call against him on a foul. To be honest I never saw what happened. Hawks end up with a net two out three free throws. It gave the Hawks a 78-75 lead. Josh Smith would make his way to line looking to build the lead but he missed both his attempts. Jamario Moon on other end made him pay for that by nailing a 3-ball all tied at 78. Bosh after Atlanta could not answer he would make a jumper. Raptors 80-78 lead would be short lived as the Hawks were quick to tie the score. Raptors got to work on the offensive glass and Bosh would eventually cash in and score. Joe Johnson was quick to respond. That would be answered by Anthony Parker and it was Raptors on top 84-82. There was 1:50 left. Could the Raptors close it out this time? Joe Johnson would draw a foul on Jamario Moon. Bosh was upset with Moon's effort. But Johnson only could make 1-2. Raptors still lead but failed to score on offense. Moon would get tagged for another foul. It made Moon luagh but CB4 was not amused. Bibby meantime would make the shoots and give the Hawks the lead. Raptors down 85-84 with 54.4 seconds and a time out called. Raps inbounded ball to Bosh who turned it over but Hawks could not convert. But Jamario Moon took a quick 3 pointer and missed it. Joe Johnson would make Raps pay and extend the lead to 3 points with just 12.5 to play. Raps had two chances at a 3 pointer the first blocked and the second missed. Again the Raptors found a way to lose and that is 6 in a row and this is just starting to become predictable. Hawks take it 87-84. The trip gets no easier as the Raptors head to the Motor City to take on the Pistons. The boxscore of this one for you to figure out how the Raptors lost again.
Hawks/Raptors Boxscore
Moon and Bosh who both made key mistakes had very different looks on their faces. I am not trying to start anything by saying this. But it seemed very clear that Chris Bosh was less than thrilled with Jamario Moon. Fans will not be happy with Bosh or Moon as both made key mistakes down the stretch. This is just starting to have the look of a team that has no answers for the problems they have. Whatever trade or moves that are coming I am not sure what they will do to change that. Not exactly a happy note to end on. But it is an honest one. Even the fact Nathan Jawai never got a chance to get in there left me personally disappointed. FREE BIG NATE. I promise once you do you'll be surprised. He can't do any worse then some of the stuff we are seeing out there that is for sure.
Raptors Rewind- Rare Monday Afternoon Edition
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- AnonymousJanuary 19, 2009 at 8:20 PM
Hey James,ReplyDelete
I've been pretty disapointed with the raptors past few efforts and I'm starting to wonder, what can this team possibly do to win a game? I'm not even sure that a trade for Marion would help this season. What other alternative for this franchise?
Keep up the good work.
Marion if he is traded here to me is a rental for the rest of the year and is really just here for his contract to allow Colangelo to rebuild in off season and win back the confidence of Bosh and the fan base. At least he sure hopes so.ReplyDelete
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Taking It Seriously
The Following is an excerpt from Great Lent, by Alexander Schmemann
From Chapter 5, Section 1: Taking It Seriously
What could be not only a normal but a real impact of Lent on our existence? This existence (do we need to recall it) is very different from the one people led when all these services, hymns, canons, and prescriptions were composed and established. One lived then in a relatively small, mainly rural community within one organically Orthodox world; the very rhythm of one's life was shaped by the Church. Now, however, we live in an enormous urban, technological society which is pluralistic in its religious beliefs, secularistic in its worldview, and in which we Orthodox constitute an insignificant minority. Lent is no longer "visible" as it was, let us say, in Russia or in Greece. Our question thus is a very real one; how can we –besides introducing one or two "symbolical" changes into our daily life—keep Lent?
It is obvious, for example, that for the great majority of the faithful the daily attendance at Lenten worship is out of the question. They continue to go to church on Sundays, but, as we already know, on Sundays of Lent the Liturgy, at least in its externals, does not reflect Lent and thus one can hardly have even a "feel" of the Lenten type of worship, the main means by which the spirit of Lent is communicated to us. And since Lent is in no way reflected in the culture to which we belong, it is no wonder then that ours today is mainly a negative understanding of Lent—as a season when certain different things such as meat and fats, dancing and entertainment are forbidden. The popular question, "What are you giving up for Lent?" is a good summary of that common negative approach. In "positive" terms, Lent is viewed as the time when we must fulfill the annual "obligation" of Confession and Communion "…and not later then Palm Sunday…" as I have read in a parish bulletin. This obligation having been fulfilled, the rest of Lent seems to lose all positive meaning.
Thus it is evident that there has developed a rather deep discrepancy between, on the one hand, the spirit or the "theory" of Lent, which we tried to outline on the basis of Lenten worship, and on the other hand, its common and popular understanding which is very often shared and supported not only by laity but also by clergy themselves. For it is always easier to reduce something spiritual to something formal rather than search for the spiritual behind the formal. We can say without any exaggeration that although Lent is still "observed", it has lost much of its impact on our lives, has ceased to be that bath of repentance and renewal which it is meant to be in the liturgical and spiritual teaching of the Church. But then, can we rediscover it; make it again a spiritual power in the daily reality of our existence? The answer to this question depends primarily, and I would say almost exclusively, on whether or not we are willing to take Lent seriously. However, new or different the conditions in which we live today, however real the difficulties and obstacles erected by our modern world, none of them is an absolute obstacle, none of them makes Lent "impossible." The real root of the progressive loss by Lent of its impact on our lives lies deeper. It is our conscious or unconscious reduction of religion to the superficial nominalism and symbolism which is precisely the way to by-pass and to "explain away" the seriousness of religion's demands on our lives, religion's demand for commitment and effort. This reduction, we must add, is in a way peculiar to Orthodoxy. Western Christians, Catholics or Protestants, when faced with what they consider as "impossible" would rather change religion itself, "adjust" it to new conditions and thus make it "practicable." Quite recently, for example, we have seen the Roman Church first reduce fasting to a bare minimum and then practically dispose of it altogether. With just and righteous indignation, we denounce such an "adjustment" as a betrayal of Christian tradition and as minimizing Christian faith. And indeed, it is the truth and the glory of Orthodoxy that it does not "adjust" itself to and compromise with the lower standards, that it does not make Christianity "easy". It is the glory of Orthodoxy, but certainly not of us Orthodox people. Not today, not even yesterday, but long ago we have found a way to reconcile the absolute demands of the Church and our human weakness, and this not only without "losing face" but with additional reasons for self-righteousness and good conscience. The method consists of fulfilling these demands symbolically, and symbolic nominalism permeates today our whole religious life. Thus, for example, we would not even think of revising our liturgy and its monastic regulations—God forbid! —we will simply keep calling a one-hour service an "All-Night Vigil" and proudly explain that it is the same service the monks of the Lavra of St. Sabbas served in the 9th century. In regard to Lent, instead of asking fundamental questions—"What is fasting?" or "What is Lent?"—we satisfy ourselves with Lenten symbolism. In church magazines and bulletins appear recipes for "delicious Lenten dishes," and a parish might even raise some additional money by means of a well-advertised "tasty Lenten dinner". So much in our churches is explained symbolically as interesting, colorful, and amusing customs and traditions, as something which connects us not so much with God and a new life in Him but with the past and the customs of our forefathers, that it becomes increasingly difficult to discern behind this religious folklore the utter seriousness of religion. Let me stress that there is nothing wrong in the various customs themselves. When they appeared they were the means and the expressions of a society taking religion seriously; they were not symbols, but life itself. What happened, however, was that as life changed and became less and less shaped by religion in its totality, a few customs survived as symbols of a way of life no longer lived. And what survived was that which on the one hand is most colorful and on the other hand the least difficult. The spiritual danger here is that little by little one begins to understand religion itself as a system of symbols and customs rather than to understand the latter as a challenge to spiritual renewal and effort. More effort goes into preparing Lenten dishes or Easter baskets than into fasting and participation in the spiritual reality of Easter. This means that as long as customs and traditions are not connected again with the total religious worldview which produced them, as long as symbols are not taken seriously, the Church will remain disconnected from life and have no power over life. Instead of symbolizing our "rich heritage", we must start integrating it into our real life.
To take Lent seriously means then that we will consider it first of all on the deepest possible level—as a spiritual challenge which requires a response, a decision, a plan, a continuous effort. It is for this reason, as we know, that the weeks of preparation for Lent were established by the Church. This is the time for the response, for the decision and the planning. And the best and easiest way here is to follow the Church's guidance—be it only by meditating on the five Gospel themes offered to us on the five Sundays of the pre-Lenten season: That of desire (Zacchaeus), of humility (Publican and Pharisee), of the return from exile (Prodigal Son), of the judgment (Last Judgment) and of forgiveness (Forgiveness Sunday). These Gospel lessons are not merely to be listened to in church; the whole point is that they are to be "taken home" and meditated upon in terms of my life, my family situation, my professional obligations, my concern for material things, my relation to the concrete human beings with whom I live. If to this meditation one adds the prayer of that pre-Lenten season, "Open to me the gates of repentance, O Giver of Life. . .," and Psalm 137—"By the rivers of Babylon . . ."—one begins to understand what it means to "feel with the Church" how a liturgical season colors the daily life. It is also a good time to read a religious book. The purpose of this reading is not only to increase our knowledge about religion; it is mainly to purify our mind from all that which usually fills it. It is simply incredible how crowded our minds are with all kinds of cares, interests, anxieties, and impressions, and how little control we have over that crowd. Reading a religious book, concentrating our attention on something entirely different from the usual contents of our thinking, creates by itself another mental and spiritual atmosphere. These are not "recipes"—there may be other ways of preparing oneself for Lent. The important point is that during this pre-Lenten season we look at Lent as it were from a distance, as something coming to us or even perhaps sent to us by God Himself, as a chance for a change, for renewal, for deepening, and that we take that forthcoming chance Seriously, so that on Forgiveness Sunday when we leave our home for Vespers we may be ready to make ours—be it only in a small way—the words of the Great Prokeimenon which will inaugurate Lent:
Turn not away Thy face from Thy servant,
For I am afflicted . . . .


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Hi there!
I finally joined this great forum.
I have seen many threads related to range under different conditions.
I have developed a tool that analyzes all cycles on realworld conditions for all the EV's in the market. It allows to upload a GPS datalogger file of one specific trip or commute giving you the range estimated for the conditions selected. You can play with accesories consumption, front wind speed, number of passengers onboard, % of slope (if not on the GPS file), ambient temperature, etc. It can even modify your cycle driving pattern to make you reach certain desired range.
Just for the record. the results for Tesla models are:
CONDITIONS: 1 passeger 75Kg, EPA cycle (NO slope), 1kW from accesories, 25ºC ambient, 0 Km/h frontal wind speed:
Range (Energy Consumed): 339Km / 211 mls (154Wh/Km - 248Wh/ml)
2.4kW from accesories (estimated A/C consumption): 298Km / 185 mls (-12%) (176Wh/Km - 283Wh/ml)
MODEL S 85kWh Battery
Range (Energy Consumed): 402Km / 250 mls (209Wh/Km - 336Wh/ml)
2.4kW from accesories (estimated A/C consumption): 365Km / 227 mls (-9.3%) (231Wh/Km - 372Wh/ml)
A little under claimed figures, as you can see but closer to real world, I guess.
Just having a Time-Speed-Height GPS file makes it work for any model and conditions selected.
If someone is interested in doing any kind of specific simulations feel free to ask.


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Toyota Yaris | 1.5 Hybrid Excel 5dr CVT [Nav]
Toyota Yaris Overview
I would like all maintenance and service costs included
Initial Rental (Personal)
£2,001.35 inc VAT
Initial Rental (Business)
£1,770.21 ex VAT
Contract Length
48 Months
Processing fee
£199.99 ex VAT
Standard Options
- Auto up and down function on drivers window
- Automatic wipers
- Electric front windows
- Electric rear windows
- Privacy glass
- Rain sensitive windscreen wipers
- Rear window defogger
- Rear wiper
- ABS EBD Brake assist
- Collision mitigation braking system
- Emergency brake light system (EBS)
- Hill start assist control (HAC)
- Vehicle stability control VSC traction control
- Bluetooth connectivity
- Auto speed limiter
- Cruise control
- Power Steering
- Reversing camera
- Push button start
- 4.2" coloured LED TFT multi information display
- Analogue speedometer
- Analogue tachometer
- External temperature gauge
- Fuel indicator with low level warning
- Hybrid energy display
- Hybrid system indicator
- Key reminder warning
- Lights on warning
- Multi information display switches on steering wheel
- Touch 2 Go navigation system
- Trip computer
- Auto dimming rear view mirror
- Automatically retractable door mirrors
- Body coloured door mirrors
- Electric adjustable heated door mirrors
- Turning signal integrated indicators in door mirrors
- Soft touch instrument panel
- 6 speakers
- Auxiliary input socket
- DAB Digital radio
- Steering wheel mounted audio/telephone switches
- USB connection
- Black lower front grille
- Black side sills
- Body colour bumpers
- Body colour door handles
- Rear spoiler
- Solid paint
- Automatic headlights
- Follow me home headlights
- Headlight cut-off reminder
- LED daytime running lights
- LED front fog lights
- LED High mounted stop lamp
- Projector headlights
- Rear combination lights LED bulb type
- Dual zone automatic air conditioning
- Pollen filter
- 12v power outlet - front
- 3 spoke leather steering wheel
- Chic fabric seat trim with partial leather upholstery and alcantara bolsters
- Data Communication Module (DCM) connected services
- Front and rear cup holders
- Glovebox
- Leather gearshift
- Leather parking brake handle
- Map pockets on the backs of the front seats
- Removable rear parcel shelf
- Soft touch inner door garnish
- Tilt/telescopic steering column
- Boot light
- Driver and front passenger personal light
- Front map reading lights
- Illuminated entry system
- 3 point rear seatbelts x3
- Active headrests
- Front passenger airbag on/off switch
- Front seatbelt reminder
- Height adjustable front seatbelts with pre-tensioners and load limiters
- Rear child proof door locks
- Rear seat belt reminder
- Road sign information display
- Seatbelt warning lamp and buzzer
- Supplemental restraint system (SRS) airbags - 7 airbags including driver, front passenger, curtain, side and knee airbags
- Toyota safety sense including Road sign assist, Pre collision system, auto high beam and lane departure alert)
- Tyre pressure warning system
- 3 adjustable rear headrests
- 60/40 split folding rear seat
- Driver and front passenger Whiplash Injury Lessening seats
- Front seats with lumbar support
- Height adjustable driver's seat
- Height adjustable front head restraints
- Height adjustable passenger seat
- Isofix seat fixing
- Sliding front seats
- Engine immobiliser
- Keyless entry
- Power and remote door locking
- Driver/passenger vanity mirrors with covers
- 16" 10 spoke black machined alloy wheels
- Space saver spare wheel
Technical Options
- HC+NOx: N
- Noise Level dB(A): 73
- NOx: 0.005
- Particles: N
- Standard Euro Emissions: EURO 6
- Bore: 75
- Catalytic Convertor: True
- Compression Ratio: 13.4:1
- Cylinder Layout: IN-LINE
- Cylinders: 4
- Engine Codes: 1NZ-FXE
- Engine Layout: FRONT TRANSVERSE
- Fuel Type: MULTI POINT FUEL INJECTION
- Gears: 1 SPEED
- Number of Valves: 16
- Stroke: 84.7
- Valve gear: DOHC
- EC: True
- EC Combined: 67.3
- EC Extra Urban: 65.7
- EC Urban: 76.3
- WLTP - FC (l/100km) - Medium - Max: 4
- WLTP - FC (l/100km) - Medium - Min: 4.1
- WLTP - MPG - Comb: 4.4
- WLTP - MPG - Comb - Max: 6.3
- WLTP - MPG - Comb - Min: 5
- WLTP - MPG - Extra High: 4
- WLTP - MPG - Extra High - Max: 4.1
- WLTP - MPG - Extra High - Min: 4.1
- WLTP - MPG - High: 4.2
- WLTP - MPG - High - Max: 4.4
- WLTP - MPG - High - Min: 4.4
- WLTP - MPG - Low: 6.3
- WLTP - MPG - Low - Max: 6.4
- WLTP - MPG - Low - Min: 5
- WLTP - MPG - Medium: 5
- Any aspect of the vehicles safety cause concern?: Data Not Available
- Based On ID: N
- Coin Description: Hybrid
- Coin Series: Excel [Nav]
- Ghost model for valuation purposes: N
- Man Corrosion Perforation Guarantee - Years: 12
- Manufacturers Paintwork Guarantee - Years: 3
- NCAP Adult Occupant Protection %: 57
- NCAP Child Occupant Protection %: 5
- NCAP Overall Rating - Effective February 09: 100
- NCAP Pedestrian Protection %: 1.5
- NCAP Safety Assist %: M1
- Service Interval Frequency - Months: 83
- Service Interval Mileage: N
- Special Edition: Data Not Available
- Special Order: Data Not Available
- Standard manufacturers warranty - Mileage: 100000
- Standard manufacturers warranty - Years: 5
- This vehicle is classed as a car for VED purposes: 12
- Timing Belt Interval Frequency - Months: 63
- Timing Belt Interval Mileage: 80
- 0 to 60: Data Not Available
- 0 to 62: 11.8
- Engine Power KW: 74
- Engine Power RPM: 4400
- Engine Torque LBS.FT: 82
- Engine Torque MKG: 11.3
- Engine Torque NM: 111
- Engine Torque RPM: 3600
- PS: True
- Top Speed: 103
- Alloys?: True
- Space Saver?: True
- Tyre Size Front: 195/50 R16
- Tyre Size Rear: 195/50 R16
- Tyre Size Spare: SPACE SAVER
- Wheel Style: 10 SPOKE
- Wheel Type: 16" ALLOY
- Height: 1510
- Height (including roof rails): N
- Length: 3945
- Turning Circle - Kerb to Kerb: 10.2
- Wheelbase: 2510
- Width (excluding mirrors): 1695
- Width (including mirrors): N
- Boot Capacity Saloons: 286
- Fuel Tank Capacity (Litres): 36
- Gross Vehicle Weight: 1565
- Max. Roof Load: N
- Max. Towing Weight - Braked: N
- Max. Towing Weight - Unbraked: N
- Minimum Kerbweight: 980
- No. of Seats: 5
- Payload: 585
Toyota Yaris BATTERY UP (79/100)
The Toyota Yaris Hybrid takes some of the tech that has made the Prius such a massive hit and miniaturised it. Jonathan Crouch checks out the revised, now more affordable range.
Ten Second Review
Hybrid technology features in every Toyota Yaris trim level and a recent package of improvements has made this petrol/electric supermini model smarter, plusher inside, better to drive and quieter. Oh and did we mention it still can record over 85mpg?
Petrol electric technology has worked well for the Toyota Yaris and the result is that hybrid variants accunt for an increasingly large proportion of total Yaris sales. It's also helped that this model has been refreshed in recent times as part of a general Yaris range update that incuded 1,000 new parts and saw 576,000 man hours of development. Though this wasn't the market's very first hybrid supermini, it was the first able to improve upon the running costs of comparable eco-conscious diesel models in this segment, while matching (or beating) them on price. Which has made this model a game-changer in its town-targeted market sector and, in theory at least, an impossible option to ignore for those who spend much of their lives in the kind of stop-start traffic where hybrid technology really comes into its own. Let's put it to the test.
Driving Experience
The Yaris Hybrid is powered by a combination of a 1.5-litre petrol engine and a small electric motor which together combine to produce a modest 100PS. That might not sound much, but such is the torque of the motor that it feels as if it's got the lazy flexibility of a bigger engine which is exactly what you want around town. You can pull away and drive just over a mile purely in electric mode if you're light on the throttle and when the petrol engine does kick in, it's anything but uncouth. Drive goes to the front wheels via an e-CVT continuously variable transmission and the turning circle is, at 4.7 metres, just as tight as the regular Yaris. The power pack is effectively a downsized version of that featured in the Prius, with a more compact electric motor, transaxle, inverter and battery pack. With this revised model, the engineers have tweaked things quite a lot, adding in a new subframe, as well as changing the engine mounts and front driveshafts and adding in a roll restrictor. All of this is claimed to make the car even quieter and smoother, particularly under acceleration. As before, this model is at its best in stop and start city traffic. Ride quality retains a decent suppleness, courtesy of a supple torsion beam rear suspension. The steering is also sharper than you might expect.
Design and Build
Toyota has spent over 90 million Euros improving this model, so we're talking about more than just a light facelift here. The front end is completely new, much sleeker and classier than before. There are revised rear tail light clusters too. It's these days a more assertive-looking design and Europeans like that. The headlights feature projector technology for high and low beams and the clusters incorporate LED daytime running lights. In profile, this improved Yaris displays a smart door belt moulding, door mirrors with an optional folding function and classy 15 and 16-inch alloy wheel designs. A rear bumper and diffuser assembly give the back end a more self-confident look. The interior features the Toyota Touch 2 multimedia system, complete with a 7-inch screen. This apart, the interior hasn't changed much since this car was launched in 2011. Which means that build quality from the French Pas-de-Calais factory is as strong as ever. And that the controls are sensibly positioned and extremely easy to get to grips with. There's also plenty of interior storage space, though some of the ledges provided tend to deposit their contents onto you once you corner with any speed. The door bins are useful though, able to accommodate a decent sized drinks bottle with ease. By cleverly packaging the hybrid drive system, this Yaris features just as much boot space as its more conventionally powered siblings. That means you get 272-litres under the parcel shelf and when you drop the 60:40 folding EasyFlat rear seats you've got up to 477-litres at your disposal.
Market and Model
Originally, it was only possible to order a Yaris Hybrid with very plush trim, but you can now specify this technology right across the range, which means a lower starting point for prices which begin at around £16,000. 'Active' is the entry point to the five-door-only line-up, but even at this level, the car comes equipped with dual-zone climate control, trip computer, power front windows and a split-folding rear seats. The plusher Sport variant cuts a sharper dash with rear privacy glass, 16-inch alloy wheels, rear spoiler and a rear pillar treatment that creates a floating roof effect. Other key features include climate control, power windows all round and the Toyota Touch 2 multimedia system with DAB radio, Bluetooth, touchscreen control and rear view camera. An optional Skyview panoramic roof can also be specified. Further up the range lie 'Icon', 'Icon Tech', 'Design', 'Bi-Tone' and 'Excel' derivatives. The range-topping 'Excel' gets features like part leather seats, cruise control, rain-sensing wipers and dusk-sensing headlights. The Toyota Touch 2 system is interesting, offering an updated take on the touch screen multimedia system with a higher resolution seven-inch display. The package includes Bluetooth for hands-free calling, sending and receipt of text messages and audio streaming. There's a rear-view camera, vehicle information, including trip data, climate control profile and management of settings for door locking and lighting. It comes with DAB digital radio as standard, with an FM link that automatically switches the system to FM reception when there is no DAB signal. Toyota Touch 2 is also MirrorLink-ready, allowing users to connect compatible smartphones and operate them entirely using the touch screen. Toyota Touch 2 with Go is available as an option, adding navigation, connected services and access to a range of applications, including Toyota Real Time Traffic and services such as fuel prices, weather and parking information.
Cost of Ownership
The question many will need answered is whether the Yaris Hybrid works out cheaper to run over a three year period than, say, a rival small diesel supermini. In truth there's extremely little in it. The Hybrid scores better for fuel economy, insurance costs and emissions, but a diesel alternative might counter with slightly better residual values and cheaper servicing. With ever stricter emissions-based tax legislation, the 79g/km Hybrid future-proofs itself better than any diesel - which could be critical. The other thing to bear in mind is that you're building the additional cost of a CVT transmission into calculations on the Hybrid whereas diesel rivals often just campaign with a manual 'box. On balance, we'd say that the hybrid option probably just squeaks it. All told, it's hard to argue with a car that can return 85.6mpg on the combined cycle.
Is the Toyota Yaris Hybrid a car that appeals on grounds other than mere skinflintery? The answer has to be yes. Even if you didn't care what fuel economy or emissions figures it was getting, you'd be impressed with its ride quality in town, its smooth powertrain and the way it integrates big car features into a supermini. Choose the base 'Active' model and you're getting an awful lot of car for around £16,000. You can easily spend that on a sparsely-equipped feebly-powered Fiesta or Corsa diesel, so the Yaris Hybrid's value proposition is easy to appreciate. The changes to the Yaris have worked well on the Hybrid. While it's still not the sharpest driver's car in the sector, it never set out to lay claim to that title. Instead it's a car that works brilliantly at its key remit; taking the slog out of city driving. You can't ask for much more than that.
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Walk Wit Me – Raekwon Testo della Canzone. Wikitesti.com è la più grande enciclopedia musicale italiana, sul nostro sito oltre i testi delle canzoni potete trovare: traduzioni delle canzoni, accordi per chitarra, spartiti musicali e molto altro.
Il Testo della della canzone Di: Walk Wit Me – Raekwon
[Intro: Raekwon w/ others]
[sniff] Yo, boo, calm down, man
Chill 'fore you break your nose, man
What up, what up, king (yo what's going on?)
(Yo, oh, who the fuck is this?)
(Yo, walk this bitch outta here, man)
(Her hands is all white and shit, looking all crazy)
Fingerprints all over the refrigerator
Yo, girl, chill chill, come on, man
Just give me papi number, man, for real, man, you playing
I'm on the crisp blue yacht, with my hand on the twat
With a Commodore CD, a bottle of stock
On a green rug, GG's on it, a mean snub
Bad little Asian, named Asia, my love
Had connects, plus fame favorite flick, Black Rain
Pinky finger rocked up, giving me brain
Like Grizelda's little flame, ran with her for forty months
Came home, her estate was insane
Vuitton toilet paper, Polo walls, Jimmy Choo
Pots and pans, this broad had a horse
Cash it in, yo, Masta, live with me, take it all
You can have whatever, five hundred leathers
Bruno Mag' sweaters, Gucci rain boots
Brook Brothers, New Eras, jew killers
New line sponsored by fellas, catch 'em in the hall balling
I thought about it, whatever
[Chorus: Raekwon (sample)]
(Walk with me) Relax and get your facts right
(Walk with me) You know we only getting cash in the fast life
(Walk with me) Living, giving my all, I give it back, right
(Walk with me) We die, we die together, this the last night
CNN watching, ESPN friend
Coat shopping, lochness, smothered up, god damn
Boo living it good, Aspen, the color of wood
On the outside, vibe is good
Knowing I'm hood, I should, escape project life
Run with my rifle, live in the woods
Grow a rugged beard, and chill, poppa real
Poppa eat, poppa a rolling stone, for real
This the deal, chill, this how we live in the Hill
Kill a nigga for me, kill or be killed
Share that money and still, when it's time to reveal
You never met me, but respect me, you will
Dinosaur wheels we peel, skated with the fly seals
She broke out, died in Brazil
Met her younger cousin Nil', you looking for birds, right?
Yeah, my cousin said you real, you gotta
Oh shit, gold slagger in the gold dagger in a gold Acura
A gold Phantom pulled up, yo, go backwards
They had a package on 'em, hold half a bit, it's half rough
But still, I got me forty traffickers
Riding through Manhattan tough, got my mavericks up
We on, rolling thirty deep in the gadget trucks
Spending magic bucks, fuck around, get an Aston truck
Fly around, fucking actress sluts
We been clashing with the masses, what
Put the gasses up, flame 'em out his lab, splash him up
That's how we get it on, that's what's up
Don't ever wrassle us, you might get shackled in your castle, what
Play with the boys, that's the stuff
I'm talking bout, niggas they die, faster than a pastor fuck
Seeing 'em mourn me, flash a buck
Pull a bulb out, like Con Ed, keep it on a massive hush
[Outro: Raekwon]
Come on, man, word up, let 'em talk
Put this bag out, and after that, take it to heed
Man, I see you in a minute, chill
You got to lay on the other side of the fucking wall for you
Word up, this the nigga face, man, I only got four million, man
Straight up, last thing I heard, the nigga grandmother was in Argentina
I want her too, for real, for real, we ain't playing no games, man
The nigga like to shop and floor shine
He stay on 44th, catch the nigga by Delancey, too
For real, I got his baby pictures and everything
Word up, his cousin, his cousin is a security guard at Barnes/Nobles
For real, his little nephew, his little nephew work in the
Muthafucking fish store
Up in, 138th and Harlem, man...
This all the money for today, man
A lot of paper came in today, a lot of Franklins
Bring the other bag, son, yeah, hold it, huh
Toaster head nigga, get the fuck off of me
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Friday night was the 16th Annual Mealani's Taste of the Hawaiian Range and this was the first time that I had been invited to this event.
I had no idea how huge this event was, until I walked into the Grand Ballroom earlier in the day and saw folks starting to set up for the event.
While folks lined up outside of the ballroom entrance near the grand staircase…
…At 5:00 they had a Pre-Taste for the VIP's
…and a media blessing of the foods and chefs.
Wholesale buyers and media had a pre-taste opportunity to meet the people growing and producing Hawai'i's food.
Vendors represented a wide range of products….
Agricultural enterprise such as coffee, tea, honey, goat cheese, meat, produce, herbs and specialty items.
Also at the expo were representatives of various agriculture-related associations and projects.
At 6:00, Senator Hanohano, House Representative Mazie Hirono, Mayor Billy Kenoi opened the entrance…
While Dan Akaka Jr. blew the conch shell announcing the official opening of the Taste of the Range.
Hailing from Honolulu to Hilo and beyond to LA, nine new restaurants and their chefs participated joining together for a total of 35 culinary stations.
They offered lots of forage-fed meats prepared with fresh fruit and vegetables.
Meats on the menu included a variety of dry-aged, grass-fed beef cuts-everything from tongue to tail… and well in between… Mountain Oyster Pateles!
Of course there was a whole mixture of other types of meat such as lamb, mutton, goat, pork and a wild boar.
New restaurants participating in this years Big Isle's dining scenei included. Sam Choy's Kai Lanai of Keauhou-Kona, and Kohala Burger & Taco in Kawaihae.
The day before I got to eat at Eddie Aikau Restaurant & Museum in Waikoloa and they were also there at the taste the next day.
Red Water Café in Waimea was also a new restaurant participating this year and I really enjoyed their samples of the sandwiches they made.
The owner of Honolulu Burger Company on O'ahu was assigned grass-fed ground beef and he made Hamburger Lollipops.
Other O'ahu eating establishments making their debut include the Pagoda Restaurant in Honolulu and 'Umeke Market in Kahala.
I really had a great time there and I thank the folks that sponsored me to be able to go there and fill my opu (stomach) up!
Mealani A Taste of the Hawaiian Range provides a venue for sustainable agricultural education, encouragement and support of locally produced ag products. The premiere ag tourism event is a partnership between CTAHR,, Hawaii Cattlemen's Association, Hawaii Cattlemen's Council, Kulana Foods and community volunteers. Sponsorship also includes the Hawaii Tourism Authority, the Hawaii County Research and Development, Big Island Resource Conservation & Development and KTA SuperStores.
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The following wood types are available for this listing: Cherry, Canarywood, Walnut, Flame Birch, Leopardwood (2"x2" box only), and Paduak (2" x 2" box only). (Refer to the listing photos to see the options.) Please note that wood is unique and can vary from piece to piece, especially with Walnut. We have included some examples of these Walnut color and woodgrain variances in the listing photos.
You also have your choice of personalization with this listing.
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The ring cavity has a 1.25 inch diameter and is about 5/8 inch deep.
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Monsanto and Dow AgroSciences have reached new cross-licensing agreements for creation of the next generation of advanced weed and insect control technology in corn.
Monsanto will license Dow AgroSciences' new Enlist Weed Control System herbicide-tolerant trait for use in field corn.
Dow AgroSciences will license Monsanto's third generation corn rootworm technology, Corn Rootworm III, which is presently under development by Monsanto and offers a new mode of action for rootworm control.
The agreement allows for introduction, pending regulatory approvals, of next-generation products that build off the current SmartStax platform, which includes Dow's Herculex and Monsanto's insect resistance and herbicide-tolerance traits.
Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
Read more of our latest Monsanto coverage.
These technologies are expected to be introduced in each company's respective elite, proprietary germplasm and sold competitively by both companies as next-generation weed and insect control products. The agreements build on the competitive standard set by SmartStax for stacked-trait corn offerings in providing added value for farmers in their ongoing need to secure higher yields despite wide-ranging pressures from damaging pests. This creates the opportunity to bring together for the first time three different modes of action for below-ground insect control in a corn product.
Stacked trait products are particularly valuable for combating pest resistance and preserving trait durability. Weed resistance is also a challenge facing agriculture, and Enlist is a next-generation system that combines innovative traits providing tolerance to 2,4-D and FOPs, novel herbicides and stewardship, offering two modes of action for weed control to deliver performance that farmers need now. Monsanto is the first licensee of the Enlist trait in corn.
Read the full press release here.
Under the agreements:
- Monsanto and Dow AgroSciences will license to each other, under royalty-bearing agreements, traits for weed control as well as insect protection in corn. Specifically:
- Dow AgroSciences will license to Monsanto its proprietary Enlist corn herbicide-tolerant trait on a non-exclusive basis.
- Monsanto will license to Dow its third generation corn rootworm technology, Corn Rootworm III, on a non-exclusive basis.
- The agreement paves the way for U.S. introduction (pending regulatory approvals) of new, next-generation SmartStax products by the end of the decade.
- Monsanto will represent both parties for joint third-party licensing of the next-generation SmartStax corn to third-party seed companies through its Corn States business, allowing farmers access to cutting edge technology in the brands they prefer.
- Dow AgroSciences will out-license the rights to the Enlist trait technology.
- Both parties will retain the right to independently stack additional trait technologies.
- As currently sold, SmartStax corn includes Dow AgroSciences' above- and below-ground insect resistance traits, Herculex I and Herculex RW, and glufosinate herbicide tolerance trait; Bayer Crop Sciences' LibertyLink; and Monsanto's above- and below-ground insect resistance traits YieldGard VT Rootworm/RR2® and YieldGard VT PRO as well as Monsanto's Roundup Ready glyphosate tolerance trait.


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We're looking for a talented UI/UX graphic designer to join our team!
At LastPass, we're passionate about technology, about our product and brand, and about how we can help improve people's online lives in a meaningful way. We're a committed, driven team, and we love what we do.
About the job:
- Improve the look, the feel, and the UX of LastPass & Xmarks, from both the web and within the products themselves
- Provide graphic assets for marketing programs and other user-facing initiatives
- Take ownership and responsibility of the product and the brand
- Work across disciplines with team members, including product, sales, marketing, and support
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- Highly proficient with Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks
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- A strong portfolio showcasing design for various form factors and devices
- Passion for clean design and highly usable interfaces
- Establish consistent interactions and appearances across all web and mobile products
- UX training preferred
- Knowledge of HTML, CSS a plus
- Proficiency with Prototyper, Omnigraffle, etc a plus
- Proximity to Fairfax, VA (in the DC / DMV area) preferred
Bonus points if:
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LastPass headquarters are based in Fairfax, Virginia, centrally located near the nation's capital and easily accessible by public transport. Employees enjoy flexible work hours, flexible holidays, and a great benefits package. A weekly company-sponsored lunch outing helps keep the social atmosphere relaxed (see above reference to Chipotle).
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You think ethanol from corn kernels is environmentally friendly? How about gasoline made from cornstalks? Bioforming, a new catalytic technique for converting biomass materials into fuels and chemicals, resembles the alchemy used to turn garbage into energy in Back to the Future. But it actually seems to work.
Co-inventor Randy Cortright was a scientist at the University of Wisconsin when he developed the process in 2001; he left the following year to found Virent and commercialize his findings. Virent can already produce small amounts of fuel from stalks, and Cortright says the process would also work with anything from wheat straw to sugarcane stalks to switchgrass. Grass in; gas out.
When he first considered applying catalytics to fuel production over a summer lunch in 2001, Cortright was working on a project for agro-giant Cargill to make antifreeze out of organic acids. Gradually, he expanded his technique. Cortright says Virent now generates about half a gallon (2 L) of gasoline a day. Clearly there's a scale issue. But the fuel has properties so similar to petroleum-based gas that you could run your car on it. The Wisconsin company, which has 76 employees, hopes to build a bigger pilot plant next year, followed by a commercial demo plant that could generate 10 million gal. (38 million L) annually. Eventually, Virent wants to go global, with each plant using local biomass grass, cornstalks or other ag by-products to generate gas. "Not that many people," Cortright says, "have a chance to have that much impact both on economics and the environment."
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I wonder how much of that is our getting older and how much is the technology not having anymore breakthroughs to make(Or rather, it hasn't been making any). 8 bit changed gaming since it was such a step up over atari. Then two gens later it's 3D and cutscenes. And it's mostly just been adding more polygons from there. I guess a nod to dreamcast for being the first to go online. But not really much since then except gradual refinement. Basically it's time for consoles to become sentient and rise up against us.
The booger kid in the 1st village is making me sick
Quote from: Yoda on September 26, 2013, 02:34:23 PMThe booger kid in the 1st village is making me sickThat was the most intense digital snot I have ever seen.... in a platformer that would be used to swing from objects whilst doubling as a weapon.
They have mountains of them at the gamestops near me. I'm guessing you'll be ok to chill until more rupees are in your pouch
So I bought the bundle, for the fuck of it, and I love it. I haven't had a N console since N64 and I'm hoping they HDify more classics, especially some sort of Galaxy bundle. The controls in Waker are a bit wonky and floaty, though. Still it's a beautiful game and loads of fun.
Quote from: Yoda on September 26, 2013, 05:34:58 PMThey have mountains of them at the gamestops near me. I'm guessing you'll be ok to chill until more rupees are in your pouch I have the money, but with the amount of things coming out next year, I'm saving to be broke next year.Yodes, FF14, lets doit
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In the UCR Program, a law enforcement agency reports that an offense is cleared by arrest, or solved for crime reporting purposes, when all of the following conditions have been met for at least one person:
In its calculations, the UCR Program counts the number of offenses that are cleared, not the number of arrestees. The arrest of one person may clear several crimes, and the arrest of many persons may clear only one offense. In addition, some clearances that an agency records in a particular calendar year, such as 2006, may pertain to offenses that occurred in previous years.
In certain situations, elements beyond law enforcement's control prevent the agency from arresting and formally charging the offender. When this occurs, the agency can clear the offense exceptionally. Law enforcement agencies must meet all of the following conditions in order to clear an offense by exceptional means. The agency must have:
Examples of exceptional clearances include, but are not limited to, the death of the offender (e.g., suicide or justifiably killed by law enforcement or citizen); the victim's refusal to cooperate with the prosecution after the offender has been identified; or the denial of extradition because the offender committed a crime in another jurisdiction and is being prosecuted for that offense. In the UCR Program, the recovery of property does not clear an offense.
When an offender under the age of 18 is cited to appear in juvenile court or before other juvenile authorities, the UCR Program considers the incident for which the juvenile is being held responsible to be cleared by arrest, even though a physical arrest may not have occurred. When clearances involve both juvenile and adult offenders, those incidents are classified as clearances for crimes committed by adults. Because the clearance percentages for crimes committed by juveniles include only those clearances in which no adults were involved, the figures in this publication should not be used to present a definitive picture of juvenile involvement in crime.
Expanded information regarding clearances for the offenses of forcible rape, robbery, burglary, motor vehicle theft, and arson may be found in Table 27, "Percent of Offenses Cleared by Arrest or Exceptional Means, Additional Information About Selected Offenses by Population Group, 2006"
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Ryan Nelsen has two bone defects in his knees and a hamstring held together with "screws and mesh", but still managed to walk away from Loftus Road as a legend today after playing his last professional football match of a 12-year career at the highest level.
Nelsen once again epitomised the fight and control that his QPR side has shown in defence over the past few weeks as they held second placed Manchester City scoreless in a 0-0 draw.
At the end of the game fans QPR fans chanted 'There is only one Ryan Nelsen,' while players gave Nelsen a guard of honour as a mark of respect for the New Zealander.
Nelsen will now take up a stint as manager of MLS side Toronto FC and in an interview with MLSsoccer.com yesterday Nelsen said he will be sad to leave England but is excited for the next challenge.
"Obviously, it's just that time, you know," Nelsen said. "That's life. I'm not getting any younger and I always felt to get to 35-and-a-half [and still playing well], I would have given my left arm to do that 15 years go. So I have no complaints. I leave on my terms and I feel extremely fortunate to even have had that opportunity."
The former All Whites captain played 18 matches for QPR this season after a short stint with Tottenham Hotspur last year on the back of playing seven seasons and 172 games for Blackburn Rovers.
"I wouldn't say [I'm] at the top of my game, but I'm close. I always wanted to go out on my terms. I didn't want to be a player that kind of held on, you know. Even now, though, my mind can see it but my body can't really back it up. When that was happening, I knew it was time.
"I've got two bone defects in my knees. Both have had operations, it's wear and tear. I've got a hamstring issue where my hamstring is screwed on with screws and mesh at the moment. Just countless stuff over the years, which every player has. But it kind of wears on you and I'd like to one day be able to play with my kids instead of walking around with a cane."
The wear and tear will stop with Nelsen's entry into coaching, but his next challenge may be equally as big. Getting Toronto into the playoffs for the first time in franchise history would be an impressive first step in building a coaching legacy matching that of his playing days.
What the fans said on Twitter:
Peoww ?@Peoww
Ryan Nelsen is king. One of the best defenders QPR have ever had.
UncleJoshy ?@JoshBanksy1
Thank you Ryan Nelsen and good luck. Best player this season by a country mile. Glass knees and glass ankles and still that good. #QPR
Amit Bhatia ?@Amit_Bhatia99
Ryan Nelsen must go to bed every night with the incredible satisfaction of knowing he gave his best that day. We'll miss him & wish him well
Beckie ?@qprdolly
Also nearly cried when Ryan Nelsen came over, amazing how one player can have such an influence, QPR legend in such a short space of time.
90 Minute Matters ?@90MinuteMatters
IF Ryan Nelsen puts as much passion into management as he did wearing the shirt, then he will become a fantastic manager... Rovers Legend !
Joseph Barton ?@Joey7Barton
QPR deserved that point. Battled hard. Be difficult to get a warrior like Nelson in, in the next few days. Aston Villa look doomed to me...
- nzherald.co.nz


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