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Used 2010 Honda Civic Si
Pros & Cons
- Wide variety of powertrains, good fuel economy, comfortable and well-built interior, available coupe body style.
- Some common convenience and safety features are only available on fancier models, elevated road noise, hybrid's high price and slow acceleration.
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For a reliable and enjoyable-to-drive small car, you're not going to do much better than the 2010 Honda Civic.
Vehicle overview
The 2010 Honda Civic compact sedan/coupe is one iconic car whose reputation is well-deserved. Icons often get complacent after establishing their excellence, but the Civic continues to be a leader more than three decades after its first appearance on American soil. The fact that the current-generation Civic is still one of our top compact-car picks in its fifth year on the market speaks volumes about Honda's commitment to excellence with this bread-and-butter vehicle. Offered in a variety of flavors to suit a wide range of tastes, the Civic belongs on every compact-car shopping list.
Long known as Honda's smallest car, the Civic no longer holds this title, as the company's own Fit and Insight are more diminutive. Indeed, the compact segment has become more of a junior midsize segment in recent years -- the current Civic is virtually the same size as the Accord was 15 years ago. But this pumped-up Civic nonetheless retains the virtues for which it is justly famed: agility, efficiency, comfort and a reputation for reliability. Its only glaring flaw is the unavailability of desirable features like Bluetooth, stability control and rear disc brakes on lower trim levels such as the volume-selling LX.
Some of the Civic's aesthetic touches are a bit bizarre, particularly its dual-tiered instrument panel, which combines digital and analog gauges into a "Jetsons"-style presentation. But most shoppers will probably view this as a forgivable quirk in an all-around impressive car. They'll likely be more focused on the Civic's extensive array of models, from the efficiency-minded (though rather pricey) Hybrid and clean-burning natural-gas GX to the high-performance Si. If you like the way the Civic looks and feels, chances are there's a specific model to fit your lifestyle.
The compact segment has become quite competitive in recent years, and the Civic is by no means alone at the top. The redesigned Mazda 3 is its strongest rival, offering performance that only the Civic Si can best, plus superior sophistication and the convenience of a hatchback model. The Volkswagen Golf and Jetta also perform well and offer more refinement and hatchback/wagon versions, though their fuel economy in non-diesel form is lackluster. The Subaru Impreza is also worth considering, as is the Hyundai Elantra, a better-equipped and more affordable take on the Toyota Corolla's formula. And if you want a hybrid, we'd recommend the Toyota Prius over the expensive and slow Civic Hybrid. But otherwise, you can't go wrong with the justly iconic 2010 Honda Civic.
2010 Honda Civic models
The 2010 Honda Civic is a compact car available as a sedan or coupe. For both, there are five main trim levels: DX, LX, EX, EX-L and Si. On the Civic sedan, Honda also offers the DX Value package, the LX-S, the Hybrid and the GX.
The DX comes with just the basics, including 15-inch steel wheels, power windows, a tilt-and-telescoping steering wheel and a height-adjustable driver seat. It doesn't even have a stereo, though the DX sedan's optional Value package includes a four-speaker CD/MP3 audio system, an auxiliary audio jack and air-conditioning. The LX adds 16-inch steel wheels, keyless entry, cruise control, full power accessories, a center console with a sliding armrest, a folding rear seatback and cruise control. The LX-S sedan tacks on alloy wheels, a chrome exhaust outlet, a rear spoiler, front sport seats and a leather-wrapped steering wheel.
Going with a Civic EX gets you 16-inch alloys, a sunroof, a six-speaker sound system (coupes also feature an exclusive subwoofer) with steering-wheel-mounted audio controls and a USB input, ambient console lighting and a 60/40-split rear seatback with a fold-down armrest. The EX-L comes with heated exterior mirrors, leather upholstery and heated front seats. The sporty Civic Si has most of the EX's features plus a more powerful engine, a sport-tuned suspension, 17-inch alloy wheels with high-performance tires, foglights, sport seats and special interior trim.
As for the efficiency-minded Civics, the GX has a feature list similar to the LX's, while the Hybrid is equipped similarly to the EX but adds automatic climate control.
Options are limited to a navigation system with Bluetooth phone connectivity (the only way to get Bluetooth on a Civic) and satellite radio. It's available only on Si, EX, EX-L and Hybrid models. Heated leather seats can be added to the Hybrid.
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Performance & mpg
The front-wheel-drive 2010 Honda Civic has a whole bunch of available engines and transmissions. DX, LX and EX models are powered by a 1.8-liter four-cylinder engine that produces 140 horsepower and 128 pound-feet of torque. A five-speed manual transmission is standard, and a five-speed automatic is optional. With an automatic transmission, the Civic sedan goes from zero to 60 mph in a class-typical 9.6 seconds. Manual transmission models are notably quicker.
The GX also has a 1.8-liter engine, but it's fueled by compressed natural gas and makes 113 hp. It has a cruising range of only 200 miles, but a refueling machine can be installed in your garage. The GX is also America's cleanest mass-production internal-combustion engine car in terms of tailpipe emissions.
The Civic Hybrid uses a gasoline/electric hybrid powertrain to maximize fuel economy. Its 1.3-liter four-cylinder engine makes 110 hp and is paired to a continuously variable transmission (CVT). For the Civic Si, Honda installs a 197-hp 2.0-liter engine and a limited-slip front differential; a six-speed manual is the only available transmission. The Civic Si zips from zero to 60 mph in 7.1 seconds.
Nearly all Civic models boast above-average fuel efficiency. Civics fitted with the standard 1.8-liter engine earn EPA estimates of 25 mpg city/36 highway and 29 mpg combined (26/34/29 with the manual shifter). The GX posts similar 24/36/28 mpg ratings. The Hybrid tops the Civic lineup with fuel mileage of 40 city/45 highway and 42 combined. Civic Si models have 21/29/24 mpg estimates.
All Civics come with front-seat side airbags, full-length side curtain airbags and active front head restraints. Antilock brakes are also standard; however, only EX and Si models have four-wheel disc brakes, while the rest have rear drums. Stability control comes on EX-L, Hybrid and Si trims but is unavailable on the others.
In government crash testing, the 2010 Honda Civic earned a perfect five stars for its protection of occupants in frontal impacts. Side-impact tests resulted in a four-star rating for front passenger protection and five stars for protection of rear passengers. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety gives the Civic sedan its top rating of "Good" for the car's performance in frontal-offset and side-impact tests, but the Civic coupe drops to "Acceptable" (second best) in side impacts.
The 2010 Honda Civic handles more confidently than the average compact car, but it's not as capable as the class-leading Mazda 3. Still, for most drivers the Civic's handling will be just fine, and for enthusiasts the Civic Si's sporty suspension tuning and high-revving engine should satisfy. Ride quality is smooth enough, but not as cushy as, say, the Elantra's. In typical Honda fashion, road noise is elevated even at moderate speeds. The Civic Hybrid and natural-gas GX are quite slow; we're inclined to forgive the uniquely powered GX, but not the Hybrid, as the Toyota Prius is quicker and cheaper.
The Civic's dash features an unusual gauge layout. An analog tachometer is in the traditional location behind the steering wheel, but a digital speedometer and gas gauge reside at the base of the windshield. Some of our editors find the two-tier display distracting, though others say it makes quick visual checks of speed easier. Otherwise, the Civic's controls are well laid out and easy to operate, and materials are of acceptable though not outstanding quality. Seats are comfortable front and rear, and the rear floor is flat all the way across, making the middle passenger's life easier. Rear passenger space is quite good for this class. Regular Civic sedans have 12 cubic feet of trunk space, but it drops to about 10 for the Hybrid and 6 for the GX.
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1994 GMC Sierra - High Maintenance
Not Your Average GMC
In a world of crazy graphics and slammed stances, it's hard to really stand out at a show-no matter how cutomized your truck is. Jeff Johnson of England, Arkansas, was able to overcome this difficult task by building a truck that is chopped, sporting two different custom door configurations, an amazing paint scheme, and an attention to detail typically found in the street-rod arena. So, why the obsession with creating a truck that had to stand out? It was simple: the man likes perfection and wanted a truck that displayed both his talents with metal and with a paint gun. The end result is more than just four wheels and an engine. The aftermath of that dedication is a cover truck appropriately named, High Maintenance.
Jeff owns a paint and body shop in England, which he creatively named, Jeff's Body Shop. When the decision came in July of 2002 to buy and build a truck, Jeff went with a body style that sparked the sport-truck revolution: a '94 GMC Sierra. With only $4,000 invested in the pink-slip transaction, Jeff had a good foundation to begin work, and he wasted little time warming up the welders.
The suspension was the first thing to go on the stock list as Jeff, Randy Hamilton, and David Webb went to work by adding the necessary components to drop the fullsize down to an appropriate level. With the frame blasted to bare metal, it was sprayed DuPont Tangier Orange. After the paint had time to dry, the reassembly began. Up front, a pair of DJM Suspension 2-inch drop spindles, Firestone airbags, 250 Extreme valves, and Air Ride shocks lowered the front. Out back, an Ekstensive two-link was used, along with Firestone 'bags, Extreme valves, and a relocated gas tank that allows the rear frame to touch the ground. The air was supplied by an engine-driven compressor, as well as two smaller compressors in the bed for backup duty. After some convincing from a certain magazine editor, Jeff bolted on a larger-than-he-wanted set of Cruiser Alloy Chillyn wheels measuring 22x9 inches with Hankook 265/35R22 tires protecting the cast hoops. Now that the truck was nice and low, the crew at Jeff's Body Shop went to work on what they do best: paint and body.
The bodywork began with the Sawzall, as 6 inches were removed from the top. This large undertaking really changed the overall look of the truck, but that was only the beginning. With the top off of the truck, a huge 42x55-inch hole was trimmed out of the roof and replaced with a sliding ragtop for an open-air driving experience. Continuing with the body modifications, the Jeff's Body Shop team shaved the upper body line, welded the tailgate shut, removed the handles, antenna, and gas lid, and then added a Sir Michaels roll pan. Not to be outdone, they also swapped the stock door hinges in favor of suicide hinges on the passenger side, and a lambo-style on the driver side. Other not-so-subtle body tricks included the installation of a cowl hood, a Street Scene Equipment SS front bumper cover, and full tubs in the bed.
After the body had been prepped for paint, Jeff filled his spray gun with DuPont Tangier Orange and applied the bright hue as the basecoat. Now that the truck was orange, Jeff went to work masking a myriad of graphics, which included but were not limited to: flames, skulls, nuts and bolts, snakeskin, industrial gears, tear-away patterns, and even an iron cross here and there. By using DuPont Psycho Silver, Purple Passion, bright yellow, green, and black, the truck became as colorful as it is menacing. Hidden within the solid colors and graphics are ghosted skulls everywhere.
You really need several good trips around the truck to really appreciate how much effort went into this mind trip of automotive artistry. Inside of the bed, those huge wheel tubs were treated to custom paint, as well. Jeff masked off the areas he wanted to paint, then applied color-matched bed liner, and airbrushed in where the graphics were to call home. Once the paint was cut and buffed, Jeff added diamond-clear headlights, a billet grille, and small iron cross billet mirrors to complete the truck. This truck doesn't just smack you in the face when it drives by, it drop-kicks you and then runs you over.
Opening those crazy doors revealed an interior that is just as wild as the paint. Jeff and his crew smoothed and painted the stock dash, door panels, and then built a totally custom center console that houses the air switches and air gauge, which had also been painted and airbrushed. With the bright stuff inside, Jeff turned to Buddy's Upholstery in Cabot, Arkansas, where he added the tan velour headliner, tan carpet, and the leather and ostrich-covered '90 Honda Civic seats. Back at Jeff's Body Shop, Shane Price was recruited to build a subwoofer box where the back seat once resided.
The monster structure now houses four 10-inch Kicker subwoofers, one of the two Sony Xplod 1,200-watt amps, and the unfortunate remains of a subwoofer casualty. Of course the box was fiberglassed, painted, and airbrushed to match the rest of the truck. Billet vents, knobs, and a Colorado Custom steering wheel finished off the insane interior.
Jeff didn't leave the underneath of the hood stock, either. He and his crew built custom inner fenders to clear the 22s and smoothed and painted every piece of plastic they could. Chrome and billet pulleys add good looks and an AIRAID intake and Flowmaster exhaust give the truck some extra ponies.
When talking at dinner, we asked Jeff what he loved so much about working with trucks, and his answer was short and sweet, "I think of it as an art form, and I love it." We agree, and we couldn't have picked a better cover truck for our paint and body issue.

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- Emerging Markets Daily
Goldman Sachs Ups Yum Brands on China Turnaround
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Are you hungry for China exposure? There may be no better place to turn than Yum Brands (YUM).
Goldman Sachs upgraded the stock to buy today from neutral, with a new 12-month price target of $77--a 14% gain from yesterday's close.
Why the change of heart? For starters, they believe the recent downturn in China same-store sales has been a cyclical, not structural issue. And if the recent pick-up in China's economy is real, Yum's sales should rebound accordingly.They write:
YUM's same-store sales in China declined from +15%-20% in 2011 to -4% in 4Q12, prompting a recent sell-off in the shares. We believe the SSS declineis likely macro driven and not a result of any fundamental problems with YUM's China business. YUM's China SSS similarly hit -4% in 2Q09, the last time China's nominal GDP dipped below 10% (Exhibit 4). This macro sensitivity is intuitive given
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are trade-ups in China, commanding a premium to both eating-at-home and to other local away-from-home alternatives. Given our view that the sales decline is cyclical, we see the recent sell-off in the shares as an attractive entry point, as buying YUM shares the last time its China SSS cyclically bottomed coincided with a bottom in YUM's relative multiple.
But there's more to the call than simply a turn in the economic cycle. Goldman's analysts believe that Yum has found the "Fountain of Your." They write:
We see YUM as solidly positioned in the "Fountain of Youth" phase of its life cycle with emerging market expansion providing years, or more likely decades, of growth ahead. YUM has the highest emerging market penetration of any US-based restaurant chain, and its operating profits are increasingly derived by these faster growing markets.
...Presuming YUM's brand in China is fundamentally healthy, and we believe that it is, YUM may be able to double its China units from 5,000 to 10,000 over the next five years .
Yum has suffered losses of 7% during the past month and, needless to say, Goldman sees that as having created "an attractive entry point."


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"New Girl" Zooey Deschanel has a new role in a new Broadway musical.
The star and producer of the popular Fox sitcom will play country legend Loretta Lynn in an upcoming musical adaptation of the Oscar-winning 1980 film "Coal Miner's Daughter" by the same name, People Magazine reported.
Deschanel, 32, was cast by the country icon herself. "Coal Miner's Daughter," also the title of Lynn's bestselling 1976 autobiography, recounts Lynn's impoverished childhood as one of eight children in rural in Kentucky to her rise to the top of the music industry.
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Lynn revealed the Deschanel casting news Thursday night on the stage of Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium during a Grand Ole Opry show. Deschanel then joined Lynn for a duet of "Coal Miner's Daughter," a No. 1 hit for Lynn in 1970.
In a similar way in 1979, Lynn announced that Sissy Spacek would play her in the film. Spacek won an Academy Award for her performance.
"It's a long way from Butcher Holler to Broadway in New York City. I never imagined I'd see Coal Miner's Daughter on a movie screen, and now I can't believe it's going to be on a stage for people to see," said Lynn, 80, in a statement, according to People.
Although plans for the stage adaptation are still in the beginning phases and an opening date has yet to be announced, Lynn said she cannot be more excited.
"I'm going to be right there in the front row," she said. "And I know Zooey is going to be great – she sings and writes her own songs just like I do, and we even have the same color eyes!"
Deschanel said that Lynn and her music has always been an inspiration to her. "[Lynn] is a true legend and to be chosen to play such an iconic woman is a dream come true," she said.
Producers of the musical – Fox Theatricals and Scott Sanders Productions – said their schedule would not conflict with Deschanel's commitments to her television sitcom, People reported.
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Oh the carnage. I remember Kit'chn T'able, it was a slaughter. Neither side giving an inch, locked in epic struggle. There were heroes on both sides that day. Our boys almost didnt make it. It was a day I'd never forget. Bodies and cutlery littered the landscape. Oh it was horrible.But enough reminiscing, I cant get over how well the Gree helmet meshes with the AT-RT body. The ARC team is sweet too, Im going to have to try some of this. Im seeing some really nice clones lately. It almost makes me want to dust off the ones I was working on.
I could mention the battle of M'ster Bath'rmm. But that was horror beyond mentioning. Its best we leave that one alone.
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Okay, so it's rare to find good(or any) werewolf movie these days. The last one was Underworld prequel. The Wolfman may not be a very original rare gem, but it ends up as a pretty entertaining film.
Director: Joe Johnston.
Cast: Benecio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt.
What's It About
Benecio Del Toro's character has got daddy issues, so he's been away for a very long time. When he learns that his brother's been missing in a mysterious way from the words of his brother's fiance, he returns home to find out what happened. It's suffice to say that he becomes a werewolf(omg was that a spoiler!), now he's on a quest to get rid of the beast inside him while finding out a lot about his past, the hard way!
The Pros
The acting is spot-on! It's not a surprise though, Anthony Hopkins always nails his roles and Benecio Del Toro was as he always is. Emily did a good job with her role, as I never saw her before in a movie. And although I had issues with the "role" he played but Hugo Weaving actually did good(I freaking hate The Matrix!). Overall, really good acting.
I was afraid of the fact that from the trailer, it made it seem like the plot was very "on the surface". But I was wrong, there is more to the story & maybe I did saw the twist(in the middle of the movie's runtime) coming but not the way I expected it to be. Nice job there! Also I predicted a cliche, I thought the climax would be quite "Hulk-ish"(you'll know when) but it wasn't which was a good thing.
Adrenaline. I love vampire or werewolf rampages, hence Underworld & 30 Days Of Night being my favorite sub-genre film. There's plenty of rampages to be had here. The kills looked really good and I thought they wouldn't go for brutal gore, but they did! Good stuff.
The cinematography is beautiful. The look of the film was awesome.
The Cons
This was distracting. The reason for Hugo Weaving's character for being there was never really explained. He's a Scotland Yard agent, most probably hunting down Del Toro's character suspecting that he's a lunatic. That's all we get but I was hoping that he would come off more important to the plot. He takes one for the team though!
The film, is not really something special. It is very entertaining mind you, but is also quite forgettable by the judgment of it's budget.
Basically, anyone with a love for the "werewolf" genre should at least check this out. Grade:- A.


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That little feud between The Situation and Abercrombie & Fitch isn't going away just yet.
The "Jersey Shore" star has just sued the retail clothing giant, claiming that when it said it had offered to pay him not to wear its clothes on the hit show, it was really seeking to profit off him.
Back in August, word was that Abercrombie & Fitch had offered to pay The Situation not to wear its clothes because it thought an association with him would damage its brand.
But The Situation's law suit says it never made him any such offer. Instead, he says, the company "embarked on a grand, worldwide advertising campaign" that used his name and catchphrase ("GTL," what else?) to sell its own products (like shirts reading "The Fitchuation") even as it disavowed an association with him. He's trademarked both his nickname and "GTL."
"The Situation" — or Mike Sorrentino, as he's known in court papers — filed his complaint Tuesday in Miami federal court, asking for $4 million in damages.
Meanwhile, in the coming issue of GQ, The Situation's co-star Snooki claims he's in financial trouble and has already blown the money he made from the show.
"I'm not going to spend money like Mike. He's already broke!" she said.
In that case, $4 million could come in handy.
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Wedding fashion and wedding dresses with pants
Wedding fashion, wedding dresses with pants is not the only fashion in the direct understanding of this term: the main directions and trends of image formation, but also a system of deep symbolic meanings that define the distinctive features of a wedding dress. The history of its formation dates back many centuries: from ancient times to the present day. So, wedding dresses with pants!
Special wedding dresses with pants
Despite the fact that the wedding dress, wedding dresses with pants, in its traditional form and color appeared only in the middle of the XIX century, it always differed from every day and other festive dresses with its special solemnity, richness, and color of fabrics, symbolic jewelry. Before standing out in an independent assortment group, a wedding dress, wedding dresses with pants, it took a long way to form its traditions and canons.
Antiquity and wedding dresses with pants
Modern wedding fashion is characterized by a variety of shapes and silhouettes, color variations and accessories. But at the same time, wedding fashion, wedding dresses with pants, is a special system of traditional values of the image of the bride, which influence the formation of trends in wedding dresses. The system of special distinctive features of a wedding dress begins to take shape in Antiquity. Nowadays, a variety of styles of wedding dresses, wedding dresses with pants, makes admire and rejoice!


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I'm a lover of intentional productivity, but I really can't stand life hacks. I mean some of the little ones are useful, (while some are just crazy talk for real) but I'm talking about the ones with dedicated books and sites to match. Hack your work week, hack your diet, hack your sleep patterns, hack your marriage?! When I think of hacks, I think of quick solutions, dull/inauthentic persons, reckless use of sharp objects, and barely getting by–as in "hacking it." Alternatively put: not the kind of forces I want in my life.
But that "work smarter, not harder" thing seems to be thrown my way a lot, whether I'm cutting lime wedges at work or filing papers and bills for freelance endeavours. It's a little tidbit of advice that always seems to be within earshot from outside. I'm largely motivated by curiosity and personal or communal growth. I can't help but take the long way around because getting lost in the journey is one of the cool things about being interested in something (maybe not so much when you're cutting limes, but you know what I mean). Devoting your time, your being, taking some necessary space, practicing, and then giving something your full attention doesn't always get the job done quickly, but bonus: you get to feel like a real person finding their way.
A present and inspired life is one that hits obstacles and doesn't always have a two minute/3 step solution involving a re-purposed towel rack or simplistic mantra you can tell yourself over and over again to make something bearable/forgettable. In my short (but telling) research on this subject, I read a tip in a 30 Days to A Better Relationship life hack that went something like "Always assume the best about your significant other." What about just ENGAGING your partner with frequency so that you never have to assume anything? (this same article suggested a particular number of hugs to administer throughout the day as well, soooo there's that.) UGH to hacks and the internet. Who else could use a frolic in the grass and a waffle right about now?
We're not going to hack soup today. We're going to slow roast tomatoes for over an hour and we're going to purée them with cashews that we mindfully soaked beforehand. And it's going to be the creamiest, most comforting and nourishing bowl of tomato soup. It'll take time, but it's mostly inactive, so you can watch an episode of Breaking Bad or read a book or something while it's all happening. There's a lot of recipes like this available online and in cookbooks, but I've already made this exact formulation a couple times, and I think that always counts for something as far as sharing goes. We had a rather cool snap over here, which made for some slowly decaying tomato plants and an urgency to get the fruits picked and preserved in some form or another–basically the best possible timing for a cozy, homemade tomato soup. To slower days, all :)
Print the recipe here!
NOTES: If you don't have cashews/forgot to soak them, feel free to use some full fat coconut milk instead–about a 1/2 cup. This will change the flavour a bit, but you could totally go with it and roast the tomatoes with some cumin and coriander seeds to balance the flavours out. Also, I puréed this in a high speed blender, which might account for the serious creamy-ness. I think similar results are possible with an immersion blender or food processor–maybe with just a few extra textural bits.
4-ish pounds of tomatoes (I mixed my varieties up for maximum flavour, but also because that's what I had)
3 shallots, peeled
4-5 cloves of garlic, peeled
4 sprigs of thyme, leaves stripped from stems
olive oil
salt + pepper
1/2 cup raw cashews, soaked for at least 2hours + drained
1 tbsp tomato paste
1/2 cup basil leaves, packed
2-3 cups vegetable stock
1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
Cut any large tomatoes into quarters. Cut medium Tomatoes into halves and leave any cherry or grape tomatoes whole. Spread them out in a single layer on the baking sheet with any cut sides facing up. Cut peeled shallots into quarters and nestle amongst tomatoes. Stick garlic cloves into juicy spots of tomatoes or nestle them between cut tomatoes like the shallots (just to avoid burnt + bitter garlic).
Scatter thyme leaves on top of tomatoes. Drizzle some olive oil on top of everything, using no more than 1-2 tablespoons. Season the tomatoes with salt and pepper and slide the tray into the oven. Roast for about an hour, or until the tomatoes have shrivelled up a bit and the shallots are soft. Let cool slightly.
In batches, blend the roasted tomatoes with the soaked cashews, tomato paste, basil, and vegetable stock until you have a smooth purée. Pour blended soup into a large pot. Once you've blended everything, including the accumulated juices in the baking sheet, add the balsamic vinegar to the pot. Bring the soup to a boil, check it for seasoning + adjust, and serve hot with extra basil and olive oil drizzles.


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Trotting for Chub
Chub – one of the most aesthetically pleasing fish found in our rivers. The colours: some a beautiful golden bronze and some a silvery grey, with a dark back and black edging to the fins. The most easily identifiable part of the chub is of course those great big white lips, attached to that cavernous mouth.
Chub seem to be distributed throughout most of the UK and are even rumoured to be in Ireland, despite the official line. They are the most accommodating of fish with a catholic taste and make bait selection almost endless. Most chub anglers have their personal favourites. Whether it is cheesepaste, casters, maggots, lob worms, slugs, fruit, bread, fish baits, boilies or pellets. Really the list of possibilities is endless. Try anything and everything and you'll be surprised and probably delighted by the results.
Winter, for many, is the real chubbing season. The keen coarse fisherman is ready for any weather nature can throw at him. Ideal conditions though, are without doubt, spells of prolonged dry conditions. Whether it's freezing cold or relatively mild, it doesn't really matter. Even the harshest of winter frosts won't deter the chub from biting, providing they have had a few days to acclimatise to the below freezing conditions. High water during flood conditions is another matter altogether. Best get the barbel rods out and forget the chub for a while.
So we move swiftly on to the technique of trotting. A method overlooked by many big fish anglers in favour of a more static approach. However, do not underestimate the power of a trotted maggot or piece of bread flake to entice chub of mammoth, nay, mythical proportions!
The basic principles of trotting are fairly simple. So I'll start with the fishing tackle.
Any decent fishing rods, match or trotting of around 13 to 14 feet. This may well be governed by the stretch of river you are fishing. If there are a lot of trees, you may wish to use a shorter rod to avoid overhead branches, otherwise a 13foot rod is about perfect. Look for something with a nice tip that will be able to pick line up off of the surface at a distance. Don't go for anything too pokey either, or you'll suffer hook pulls galore. Ideally a nice tippy, soft, through action match style rod is perfect.
Your reel is one of the most important pieces of your fishing gear, nearly as important as your hook! Centrepins are perhaps the purists choice and that of the more experienced river angler. However I can assure you that with very little practice, if any, you will be able to fish quite effectively with a pin despite being a novice. They are simple to use, offer a smooth presentation of the float and unparalleled control of a hooked fish. One of my favourites is the TF Gear Classic Centrepin.
Centrepins are essentially a rotating drum. Most, these days, have ball bearings and so are incredibly free running. The mere weight of a float being carried along by the slightest current will be sufficient to turn the drum of the pin, thus allowing line to be taken from the reel. The float goes with the natural flow of the river. You can control the spinning of the pin further by using your thumb as a brake.
Closed Faced Reels
A number of closed face reels are still available. Essentially the line is controlled via a release button on the front of the reel. The spool of line is enclosed within the outer housing. Line spools off the reel once the button has been pressed. The flow of line is then controlled via your finger. This system allows line to leave the reel in a very free running fashion and suits trotting perfectly.
Fixed spool
The standard coarse fishing reel. With the bail arm open line can spool off quite freely and as with the closed face reel, can be controlled with a finger. This is perhaps the least favoured reel for trotting as it is harder to control the line as effectively. However in experienced hands it can be every bit as effective as the centrepin and closed face varieties.


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Gum chewers are blowing bubbles of relief ever since New Jersey police declared they are no longer the most dangerous walkers on the beat.
As MYFOXNY reports, pedestrians who text while they amble down the sidewalks of Fort Lee, N.J. can now get issued a citation for dangerous walking.
"It's a big distraction," Fort Lee Police Chief Thomas Ripoli told the news network. "Pedestrians aren't watching where they're walking, they're not aware."
Police argue that people who are plugged into their phones, iPods or other electronic devices are more likely to ignore traffic signals or wander straight into oncoming traffic.
In fact, a pair of professors at Stony Brook University found that texting while walking increases those odds by 60 per cent.
"Performing a dual-task, such as talking or texting with a cell phone while walking, may interfere with working memory and result in walking errors," wrote the study's authors in their abstract.
Since declaring their intentions through brochures back in March, Fort Lee police have been on the lookout for distracted walkers. Last month alone, they handed out 117 $85 jaywalking citations.
Though a number of townsfolk have grumbled about the crackdown, police said they'd like to put an end to unnecessary traffic accidents. This year, twenty borough residents have been hit by cars, three of whom were killed as a result.
The new bylaw follows previous crackdowns on cell phone use and texting while driving.
In 2005, Connecticut became the first state to ban drivers from using handheld cell phones, followed by New Jersey and New York.
Though the bylaws vary from state to state, many have since put some restriction on the practice.
Up north and across the border, CBC notes that Newfoundland and Labrador was ahead of the curve when, in 2003, it became the first province to nix the handheld-device-while-driving routine.
Quebec, Nova Scotia, B.C. and Ontario introduced similar legislation in 2009.
While the new laws have led to nanny state accusations, statistics show that 25 per cent of traffic accidents in the U.S. are caused by distracted drivers.
Distracted walkers don't cause as many calamities, so it will be interesting to see whether this bylaw eventually makes it up to Canada.
But as anyone who's ever been stuck behind a texter that slows down to a pedestrian crawl already knows, it can't hurt to encourage these busy folks to step off to the side and finish their highly important business in one place.


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Kanye West It LOOKS Like Kanye ... BUT ...
A video has just surfaced showing a man purported to be Kanye West fist fighting like a champion ... knocking 2 guys out cold. If it's Kanye it could be disastrous in his upcoming criminal case because prosecutors want to show he's violent by nature -- HOWEVER....
TMZ has confirmed ... the fighter is NOT Kanye. The video was shot in Austin, TX and Mr. Kardashian wasn't there at the time this hit the Internet.
Our Kanye sources say he's aware of the video and laughed, saying if it were really him, he'd be in jail for sure.
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New Zealand justice minister resigns amid scandal
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand's Justice Minister Judith Collins resigned Saturday from her portfolios amid a scandal about her ties to a controversial blogger.
The resignation comes just three weeks before New Zealand's general election and could impact the chances of center-right Prime Minister John Key returning for a third term in office. Opposition parties will see the move as victory while Key will hope it will bring closure to the scandal.
Collins was one of Key's top ministers and observers had considered her a possible future prime minister.
FILE - In this Nov. 23, 2010 file photo, then New Zealand's Police Minister Judith Collins speaks at the afternoon media briefing on the 29 miners and contractors trapped in the Pike River mine, Greymouth, New Zealand. New Zealand's Justice Minister Judith Collins has resigned from her portfolios amid a scandal about her ties to a controversial blogger. The resignation Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014 comes just three weeks before New Zealand's general election and could impact the chances of Prime Minister John Key returning for a third term in office. (AP Photo/NZPA, Ross Setford, File) NEW ZEALAND OUT
New Zealand freelance investigative journalist and liberal activist Nicky Hager first detailed the extent of Collins engagement with blogger Cameron Slater in a book he released this month, "Dirty Politics," which was based on hacked emails from Slater's Whale Oil blog that Hager had obtained.
The blog takes a no-holds-barred approach to promoting Slater's conservative views and mercilessly attacking opponents.
Key did not mention the book in an announcement Saturday. He said Collins had resigned after he received new information that raised questions about her conduct as a minister.
"This new information suggests Ms Collins may have been engaged in discussions with a blogger in 2011 aimed at undermining the then Director of the Serious Fraud Office. Ms. Collins was the minister responsible for the SFO at the time," Key said in a statement.
Key also released a 2011 email written by Slater and addressed to several people in which Slater said that he had spoken at length with Collins and she was "gunning" for the director, Adam Feeley.
Collins said in a statement she had nothing to do with the email and denied any inappropriate behavior. She said she was resigning because she didn't want the matter to become a distraction for Key or his National Party during the election campaign.
She said that despite resigning from her portfolios, she would remain a lawmaker and planned to campaign for re-election.
Recent opinion polls have indicated Key remains a popular leader and the front-runner to win the election. Under New Zealand's proportional voting system, parties typically need to form alliances to govern.
On his blog Saturday, Slater said he felt bad for Collins, who was a friend and the victim of left-wing campaign to remove her.
"This game, this beautiful game, this Dirty game, it is brutal," Slater wrote.
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When New England Patriots running back BenJarvus Green-Ellis scored a touchdown in the American Conference championship game, he celebrated by pointing to the letters "MHK" sown onto his jersey, blew a kiss, and pointed skyward.
The gesture was aimed at honoring Myra Kraft, the wife of Patriots owner Robert Kraft, who passed on in July. The team, which will be trying to win its fourth Super Bowl title this Sunday, dedicated its season to the late Mrs. Kraft, who was known as a "hands on" philanthropist. Her charity work, much of it unpublicized, has come more to light since her passing in July and become an inspiration to the team and the region.
"One of the biggest hearts you can imagine. The things she did for people, it went beyond camera, and it wasn't all about the media," Patriots defensive tackle Vince Wilfork was quoted as saying in an article about Myra Kraft at ESPN.com. "She just did a lot for people. She wanted to be out in the community. With people that make a difference, going to the YMCA, Boys & Girls Club, going to these shelters, all the type of places that need help. She was right in the middle of it."
According to an appreciation in the Boston Globe, the Krafts have given more than $100 million to charities, including the Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston; her alma mater, Brandeis University; and other organizations.
"She didn't just write checks,'' said Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz, who led a memorial service for Mrs. Kraft, but often worked hands on serving food to the needy or filling bags of clothes. "She was down in the trenches, doing real work for real people.''
Among Myra Kraft's other accomplishments were raising funds for Boston College, College of the Holy Cross, the Harvard School of Education, and Harvard Medical School. She was also the national chair for the United Jewish Communities General Assembly.
Earlier this season the Patriots team presented Robert Kraft with a painting to honor Myra Kraft's life work. It shows several Patriots players lifting their arms to point to the initials "MHK." The bottom of the painting contains the words "DEDICATION." The team brought the painting, created by New England artist Brian Fox, with them to the Super Bowl site in Indianapolis.
Mrs. Kraft made a strong impression on Green-Ellis, who has risen from being undrafted free agent as a rookie to the team's starting running back. "She taught me about giving back to the community," Green-Ellis said in a Yahoo Sports article. "Anytime I get a chance now, I want to go and give back to the children in this area and helping in the community."
"We play a game, but this game is really small in the grand scheme of life," says another Patriots player, special teams captain Matthew Slater, in the ESPN piece. "What she did was really shine a light on what's valuable, what's important. She really cared about her fellow human beings. She was so selfless in the way she carried herself. She had a great heart."
Robert Kraft added this about his wife: "She cared about people – all people," he said. "And doing random acts of kindness. I don't think there's enough of that in this world. She was the No. 1 volunteer. That's what makes this country great. She personified it."
The Patriots owner even wondered if she had helped the Patriots win their Jan. 22 game against the Baltimore Ravens, which sent the New England team into the Super Bowl. The Ravens' kicker missed an easy 32-yard field goal that could have tied the game and sent it into overtime.
"I think we had an angel smiling down on us that day," Kraft said. "I think the spirit of my sweetheart pervades our locker room and our team this year. I really do."
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On September 13, 2012, Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp issued a press release stating that the Georgia Archives will be closed to the public effective November 1, except by appointment (I'll get to this in a minute). Five days later, he fired 7 full-time archivists, reducing the archives staff from 10 to 3.
That announcement came only days before Georgia Governor Nathan Deal proclaimed October 2012 Georgia Archives Month.
Congratulations, Georgia! You are now the only state in the country without a public Archives.
In a recent interview, Secretary Kemp said that the Archives would operate with limited appointments only one day per week (despite the statutory requirement - O.C.G.A. Section 45-13-50 - that the Archives also be open every Saturday with access to those records that are available during regular business hours on weekdays).
Over 6,000 researchers visited the Georgia Archives in the last fiscal year. If we allot only 30 minutes per appointment, and don't allow for lunches, the waiting list for those researchers to schedule appointments would be over 8 years long. And that's only if no government officials have priority appointments. (Not to mention the fact that you really can't get a lot of research done in 30 minutes, so you'll have to make several appointments at a time or keep going to the end of that 8-year list).
The Georgia Archives is one of the oldest Archives in the country, with historical records dating back to the 1730s. These records are vital to the history of Georgia AND to ensure the transparency of the government. Why is this critical resource at the bottom of the list of priorities? More importantly, why aren't more Georgians upset about it?!
I cannot fathom how the state of Georgia, with its state income tax, ad valorem taxes, and state sales tax cannot figure out how to make their budget work. Yet they still feel that it's okay to invest $4.5 million in state funds so a millionaire campaign contributor can run his fancy new resort on Lake Lanier. Because that's more important than the Archives. Or - better yet - let's throw money at some variable speed limit signs in a laughable attempt to ease congestion on the Perimeter. (Now you know why I don't live in Georgia anymore - and never will again).
But I don't live in Georgia, why does this matter to me? Well, because if our elected officials don't understand why State Archives are an integral part of both our history and our future, the next state to close its archives could be YOURS!
I urge each and every one of you to sign the Petition to Leave the State Archives Open to the Public. Over 16,000 people from all over the world have signed the petition. I'd like to see that number climb to over 20,000. We absolutely need to let the government know that we will not stand idly by and watch them take away our access to public records. After you sign the petition, go to the Georgians Against Closing State Archives on Facebook and "like" their page so you can get periodic updates on this uphill battle.
If you can make it, there is also a rally in support of the Georgia Archives and to reinstate the seven archivists who lost their jobs. The rally will be held at noon on Wednesday, October 3 in the rotunda of the State Capitol.
I will leave you with this quote from Franklin Delano Roosevelt (shared by one of the petition signers from Atlanta):
To bring together the records of the past and to house them in buildings where they will be preserved for the use of men and women in the future, a Nation must believe in three things. It must believe in the past. It must believe in the future. It must, above all, believe in the capacity of its own people so to learn from the past that they can gain in judgment in creating their own future.
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Who knew that Riker's Island and an Eagles game had so much in common.
On Plaxico Burress's first night as a guest of the state prison system, he was subjected to taunts of "a--hole" and "the Giants suck" from his fellow inmates at Riker's Island. The New York Post spoke to a pair of guards who shared their impressions of Burress's long night, a night that had to confirm Burress's suspicions that bringing a gun with him to a nightclub was about as wise a decision as taking up someone's offer to buy the Brooklyn Bridge.
"He was depressed," said one guard from Rikers, where the former Giants superstar spent his first-ever night behind bars. "He was trying to keep to himself, but everyone was yelling at him."
"These people got nothing," a second guard explained of the taunts. "What else are they gonna do?"
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Burress left Riker's on Wednesday morning for a prison in upstate Ulster where the indignities continued with a strip search and a shave that cost him his goatee. He also got issued a new uniform, hunter green rather than Big Blue, and the number 09-R-3260 in place of his familiar 17. The only good news to come out of the day was that he wouldn't be subjected to more nights like his first one.
Burress is going to be in voluntary protective custody, possibly at the suggestion of the prison consultant that he hired, where he'll be separated from the general population for the duration of his stay. While that's probably best for his health, it does come with drawbacks. He'll spend 21 hours a day alone in his cell, he'll be allowed three showers a week and just one visit each weekend.
After Burress officially pleaded guilty on Tuesday, his lawyer Benjamin Brafman said that he hoped that a good thing could come out of Burress incarceration if it warned people about the perils of carrying illegal weapons even if there wasn't a criminal intent. The account of Burress's first night behind bars and what his life will be like for the next two years are certainly good evidence to use to prove that case.
Josh Alper is a writer living in New York City and is a contributor to FanHouse.com and ProFootballTalk.com in addition to his duties for NBCNewYork.com.


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I had a problem with my new used PC. It gave me a Windows exception: In page error. Before that I didn't know about Windows Exceptions. But I studied it and read about structured exception handling. A Windows program throws an exception using API call RaiseException(). The code embraced in a _try block in MSVC then catches the error. Microsoft has added this functionality to its compiler for Windows exceptions. I don't know about other compilers (Borland, etc). How they handle Win Exceptions?
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Prairie dogs, those little pups popping in and out of holes on vacant lots and rural rangeland, are talking up a storm. They have different "words" for tall human in yellow shirt, short human in green shirt, coyote, deer, red-tailed hawk and many other creatures.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. − Prairie dogs, those little pups popping in and out of holes on vacant lots and rural rangeland, are talking up a storm. They have different "words" for tall human in yellow shirt, short human in green shirt, coyote, deer, red-tailed hawk and many other creatures.
They can even coin new terms for things they've never seen before, independently coming up with the same calls or words, according to Con Slobodchikoff, a Northern Arizona University biology professor and prairie dog linguist.
Prairie dogs of the Gunnison's species, which Slobodchikoff has studied, speak different dialects in Grants and Taos, N.M.; Flagstaff, Ariz.; and Monarch Pass, Colo., but they would likely understand one another, the professor says.
"So far, I think we are showing the most sophisticated communication system that anyone has shown in animals," Slobodchikoff said.
Slobodchikoff has spent the last two decades studying prairie dogs and their calls, mostly in Arizona, but also in New Mexico and Colorado.
Prairie dog chatter is variously described by observers as a series of yips, high-pitched barks or eeks. And most scientists think prairie dogs simply make sounds that reflect their inner condition. That means all they're saying are things like "ouch" or "hungry" or "eek."
But Slobodchikoff believes prairie dogs are communicating detailed information to one another about what animals are showing up in their colonies, and maybe even gossiping.
Linguists have set five criteria that must be met for something to qualify as language: It must contain words with abstract meanings; possess syntax in which the order of words is part of their meaning; have the ability to coin new words; be composed of smaller elements; and use words separated in space and time from what they represent.
"I've been chipping away at all of these," Slobodchikoff said.
He and his students have done work in the field and in a laboratory. With digital recorders, they record the calls prairie dogs make as they see different people, dogs of different sizes and with different coat colors, hawks, elk. They analyze the sounds using a computer that dissects the underlying structure and creates a sonogram, or visual representation of the sound. Computer analysis later identifies the similarities and differences.
The prairie dogs have calls for various predators but also for elk, deer, antelope and cows.
"It's as if they're trying to inform one another what's out there," Slobodchikoff said.
So far, he has recorded at least 20 different "words."
Some of those words or calls were created by the prairie dogs when they saw something for the first time. Four prairie dogs in Slobodchikoff's lab were shown a great-horned owl and European ferret, two animals they had likely not seen before, if only because the owls are mostly nocturnal and this kind of ferret is foreign. The prairie dogs independently came up with the same new calls.
In the field, black plywood cutouts showing the silhouette of a coyote, a skunk and an oval shape were randomly run along a wire through the prairie dog colony.
"There are no black ovals running around out there and yet they all had the same word for black oval," Slobodchikoff said.
He guesses the prairie dogs are genetically programmed with some vocabulary and the ability to describe things.
Slobodchikoff has also played back a recorded prairie dog alarm call for coyote in a prairie dog colony when no coyote was around. The prairie dogs had the same escape response as they did when the predator was really there.
"There's no coyote present, but the prairie dogs hear this and they say, 'Oh, coyote. Better hide,'" Slobodchikoff said.
Computer analysis has been able to break down some prairie dog calls into different components, suggesting the critters have yet another element of a real language.
"We're chipping away with this at the idea that animals don't have language," Slobodchikoff said.
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Seven-year-old Blair Partain is a fist-full of energy. Whether she's bouncing on the trampoline, trying on costume jewelry or playing with her Barbie dolls, her mom says she's a bona fide princess.
Quite an improvement from three years ago, when the Partain family thought they might lose Blair altogether. She was the victim of a sudden and violent attack. The culprit was the family dog.
"I just remember hearing my son burst into the house screaming, 'Segar's got Blair!'" says Theresa Partain. The Rottweiler was restrained on a heavy chain, but managed to lunge forward and grab the four-year-old as she ran past him.
Theresa remembers rushing to the doorway to find the dog "slinging Blair like a rag doll."
By the time Blair's father, Randy, rushed outside, the dog was crushing the child's chest with his paw, and had her head in his mouth.
As Randy pried Blair from the dog's clutches, he called to her. "I just wanted to hear her voice," he recalls, "to see if she was OK."
The remarkably courageous 4-year-old replied, "Yes Dad, I'm OK."
The Partains rushed little Blair about ten miles from their rural home – a southern Illinois town called Carrier Mills – to the Harrisburg Medical Center. Blair had a badly torn scalp and puncture wounds to her neck.
After her initial evaluation, an emergency helicopter was called to transfer Blair to St. Louis Children's Hospital.
Within hours of the attack, Alex Kane, MD, a plastic and reconstructive surgeon, had begun the lengthy procedure that would reattach Blair's very severely injured scalp and repair her torn neck muscles.
The family experienced several setbacks in those first months following the attack. Blair stumbled and fell on three occasions, causing hematomas – bruises to the tender tissue in her forehead. To prevent further injury, Dr. Kane prescribed a helmet, which Blair's mom decorated with pink paint and Blair's name.
Blair also suffered ear canal injury related to the trauma and was treated by St. Louis Children's Hospital ear, nose, and throat specialist David Molter, MD. Fortunately, Blair did not suffer any permanent hearing loss.
The Rottweiler was destroyed after the attack. And understandably, Blair developed a fear of dogs. But Theresa followed some professional advice and got a new puppy, a female cocker spaniel. Otherwise, she feared Blair would remain traumatized unless she learned to cope.
Blair has definitely learned to cope. She and the puppy are good pals now. And it appears Blair's recovery is complete. She recently had her final surgery to close an open spot in her skull – a surgery which, according to Matthew Smyth, MD, pediatric neurosurgeon at St. Louis Children's Hospital, carried some neurologic risk because of an important cerebral artery just under the defect. But Dr. Smyth and Theresa both agree: Blair came through with flying colors.
She'll need periodic CAT scans to confirm her skull continues to heal.
Blair is not one to let this terrifying ordeal slow her down. Ironically, one of her most dominant traits is that she's headstrong.
"She did a complete turnaround. She's a pistol. If you could meet her you'd know exactly what I'm talking about," says Theresa, "She's very active and I wouldn't trade her for the world."
And you'd never know about her ordeal by glancing at her.
Her mom says she loves gym class and she loves being active, but she's also conscientious about protecting her head. "Blair knows what she can and can't do while her head heals. She's very cautious with that side of her head."
The Partain family is thankful every day for their daughter's dramatic recovery, and for the care she received at St. Louis Children's Hospital.
"Finally, after almost three years I have stopped crying every day," Theresa says. "God was with Blair three years ago, but it was also Dr. Kane in there. He will always be in our prayers and in our hearts."
And now, three years later, Blair is living a normal, active and exciting life.
"She's a heartbreaker," says Theresa. "That's for sure."


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Three bite marks left in the Martian ground by the scoop on the Curiosity rover's robotic arm are visible in this image taken by the rover's right navigation camera during the mission's 69th Martian day, or sol (Oct. 15).
NASA's Curiosity rover is analyzing its first Martian soil sample, a load of dirt that may well include some of the "bright shiny objects" noticed by Curiosity's cameras.
Scientists have determined that the mysterious bright flecks of material are native to Mars, and may represent a different kind of mineral. That's one big reason why Curiosity's science team members are so anxious to get back the first detailed mineralogical analysis of Martian soil.
"The most important thing about our mobile laboratory is that it eats dirt," Caltech's John Grotzinger, project scientist for the $2.5 billion Curiosity mission, told reporters today. "That's what we live on."
The bright bits in the sandy soil measure about a millimeter wide, as big as a medium-sized grain of sand. In close-up pictures taken by Curiosity's MAHLI imager, those bits were so unlike the typical reddish grains that scientists held up on scooping dirt into the rover's CheMin (Chemistry and Mineralogy) analyzer until they could figure out what the schmutz was. (Grotzinger said that the science team adopted the Yiddish word for dirt when referring to anomalous bits of bright material on the Martian surface.)
Last week, Curiosity's cameras spotted a different kind of schmutz that the scientists concluded was plastic debris from the rover itself. This time around, scientists were "super-paranoid" about the potential for putting a contaminated sample into the highly sensitive CheMin lab, Grotzinger said. That's why they took their time deciding whether the latest bright flecks were artificial or natural.
By Monday, the scientists decided they were natural — which raised a new question: What's behind the brightness?
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This image shows part of the small pit or bite created when NASA's Curiosity rover collected its second scoop of Martian soil at a sandy patch called "Rocknest." The bright particle near the center of this image, and similar ones elsewhere in the pit, prompted concern because a small, light-toned shred of debris from the spacecraft had been observed previously nearby. However, the mission's science team assessed the bright particles in this scooped pit to be native Martian material rather than spacecraft debris. This image was taken by Curiosity's Mars Hand Lens Imager, or MAHLI camera, during the 69th Martian day, or sol, of the mission (Oct. 15).
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The robotic arm on NASA's Curiosity rover Curiosity delivered a sample of Martian soil to the rover's observation tray for the first time during the mission's 70th Martian day, or sol (Oct. 16). This image taken later that same sol by the rover's left Mast Camera shows the sample on the tray. The tray is 3 inches (7.8 centimeters) in diameter. The sample came from the third scoopful of material collected at Rocknest.
Grotzinger said there were two hypotheses on the table. The first was that the mineral grains were cleaved during their formation to create flat, shiny surfaces that reflect sunlight better than typical Martian sand. The second was that the bright grains really are a different kind of mineral, mixed in with the garden-variety dirt.
The X-ray analysis from the CheMin lab, coupled with additional readings from Curiosity's laser-blasting ChemCam analyzer, should tell the tale, Grotzinger said. "We're kind of hoping that ChemCam can be useful to analyze these particles on a grain-by-grain basis," he said.
One scoopful of dirt, collected by an attachment on the rover's robotic arm, had been used earlier to clean out the internal surfaces of Curiosity's soil-sampling system. A second scoopful was dumped out without being used because of the contamination concerns. The third scoopful was shaken through the system this week, and some of that dirt was fed into CheMin's inlet funnel on Wednesday.
The mineralogical analysis is a big part of Curiosity's two-year mission to determine whether ancient Mars had the chemical wherewithal to be potentially habitable. Grotzinger said that Martian soil could well have served as a home for subsurface life billions of years ago, when the planet was warmer and wetter.
"Now, once and for all, we hope to address what's in the soil of Mars, mineralogically," he said.
Curiosity's other onboard lab — known as Surface Analysis on Mars, or SAM for short — was expected to get its first sample next week. Later on, the rover will use its drill for the first time on Martian rock. Grotzinger suggested that Curiosity would spend the next few weeks investigating the site where it is now: a place known as Glenelg, where three geologically distinct formations come together.
"We consider ourselves to be in the promised land," he said.
By the end of the year, Curiosity is expected to turn back from Glenelg and make its way toward a 3-mile-high (5-kilometer-high) mountain sitting in the middle of Gale Crater, about 6 miles (10 kilometers) away. The six-wheeled, nuclear-powered rover landed on Mars on Aug. 5. Today is the mission's 72nd Martian day, or sol — and although Curiosity has picked up a few dings on its wheels, project manager Richard Cook said the rover "continues to be in great health."
The only recent glitch involved NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, which temporarily went into safe mode. That meant the Curiosity team had to turn instead to NASA's Mars Odyssey probe as a backup communication relay for data from the surface. Fortunately, MRO's controllers resolved the safe-mode issue, and "yesterday they went back to full operations," Cook said.
Trace the Curiosity rover's journey to Mars, and see the first pictures that the six-wheeled robot has sent back from the Red Planet.
More about the Curiosity mission:
- Rover digs up shiny particles on Mars
- Rock turns out to be a true curiosity
- Weird Martian object traced to rover
- Cosmic Log archive for Curiosity mission
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The focus of the Republican Party now shifts toward New Hampshire with Iowa in the books.
This Sunday the Republican presidential candidates will join NBC News and participate in a digital primary debate that will stream live on Facebook.
The event will be streamed live online here at 6 a.m. Pacific Time Sunday.
The joint partnership between NBC and the Menlo Park-based social-networking site will be broadcast on air at 8 a.m. Pacific Time.
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The debate will also be streamed live on the "Meet the Press" Facebook page and Facebook's U.S. Politics page and viewers are being encouraged to submit questions on the two pages.
For those who struggle to wake up early, digital politicos can submit their questions early and watch a re-broadcast of the debate online after it is over.
The debate will be available on-demand on both Facebook pages after it is over.


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When the housing bubble popped — in 2006, 2007, or 2008, depending on where you were — chances are that the value of your home took a nose dive. But who got hit worse, the top of the market or the bottom?
In an effort to answer this question, Clear Capital, a valuation and analytics firm in Truckee, Calif., (near Lake Tahoe) analyzed the market in terms of "tiers." Take as a starting point the national peak of the market, that glorious, golden-haze summer of 2006.
At that point, any home that sold for less than $150,000 was in the bottom quarter of properties — what Clear Capital calls a "low-tier" house. Any home that sold for more than $395,000 was in the top quarter of properties — a "top-tier" house. The remaining two in the middle were — of course — "mid-tier."
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What Clear Capital has found is that not all those layers fell by the same amount. The average mid-tier house fell in value by 41%, while homes in the low tier fell 46.3%. Homes in the top tier, though, have lost only 26.8% of their value since the crash. If you picture a wedding cake with three even layers, what happened is that the bottom layer pancaked more than the other two.
So is this another tale of the rich getting off relatively easy? Maybe not, according to Alex Villacorta, director of research and analytics for Clear Capital.
"You may argue that by percentage, what happened in the top tier is an easier hit to take," Villacorta notes. "But for people who are a little bit overextended, that's an absolute hit of $106,000." The low tier, by contrast, saw valuation suffer by an average of $69,500. The average mid-tier house, for its part, dropped $100,900.
That's the bad news. The good news is that, according to Villacorta, it looks like all tiers of the market have adjusted to the large numbers of foreclosures and the subsequent resale of those properties by banks. In other words, while your local market may not be great, it's probably fairly stable. And even if there's an onrush of more foreclosures — which some analysts predict will happen in 2012 — prices are unlikely to tank.
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That relative stability is due in large part to the rental market. Former homeowners still need to live somewhere, of course, and their demand for rentals has led to the recovery of those low tier homes. Villacorta says investors have been buying empty properties from banks and improving them for renters. The result: The decline in home prices slowed during 2011.
"In terms of our Home Data Index, we see stabilization on a national level," Villacorta says. "We've seen only a 1% drop in prices since January — and no change at all in the past six months."


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Rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight, who has a long arrest record, was arrested on an outstanding traffic warrant as he left an LA restaurant early Saturday.
Knight was stopped by deputies, who ran his name through computers and discovered he was wanted on a minor traffic warrant issued recently in Beverly Hills," said Sgt. Shawn Ruda, spokesman for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
Knight, 45, was released after agreeing to appear in court within two months.
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Knight, the co-founder and former CEO of Death Row Records, has served two stints in prison, including a five-year term for parole violation that began in 1996. He sold the record label and has filed for bankruptcy amid continuing troubles. Over the last two years, he has feuded with singer Akon, whose handlers allegedly beat Knight severely at a party last year.
Knight, who has a long arrest record, was not doing anything wrong when he was stopped," Ruda said.
"A person who's been arrested multiple times, you see if he has any outstanding warrants," Ruda said. "And he did."
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I've watched this video several times now, and I'm still not exactly sure how NYC artist Dev Harlan managed to pull off the light-show voodoo featured in his video-projection sculpture "Parmenides I," featured in the clip up top.
Based on the video, and others like it, it's clear that the projectors used to generate the changing hues and patterns on the polyhedron's numerous faces are positioned outside the sculpture — but how Harlan manages to localize colors and designs on one, two, and four-face moieties of the larger geometric structure is downright mind boggling.
Needless to say, the end result is nothing short of spectacular.
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CIMB loves them based on a research note dated Aug 18 2011 where it called for an "Overweight" on the Reit sector.
CIMB recently hosted nine Singapore and Malaysia real estate investment trusts (Reits) at our inaugural Asean Reit conference. While investors were generally not pricing in a double dip, most appeared increasingly cautious.
Coupled with value emerging from the recent selldown, we sensed increased interest in Reits, with a particular preference for those in more resilient segments like industrial, retail and healthcare.
Our top picks are Ascendas Reit, Frasers Commercial Trust, Starhill Global Reit and Cache Logistics Trust. We also like CapitaMall Trust and CDL Hospitality Trust at current valuations.
During the conference, we sensed increased caution among investors after the recent market selldown, with more turning to S-Reits given increased risk aversion. Most Reits also gave the feedback that they had been receiving more investor interest and enquiries. While turning cautious, investors were not yet pricing in a double dip.
Questions centred on rental growth and expansion via acquisitions or development. Most agreed with us that S-Reits have emerged with stronger balance sheets and portfolios from the last crisis.
Recent market volatilities and developments in advanced economies have not affected Reits yet.
Notwithstanding slowing growth in advanced economies, industry participants remained positive on growth in the region. However, most would be monitoring developments closely.
Industrial Reits continued to expect positive rental reversions on the back of rising spot rentals and rental step-ups. Investors liked the stability from industrial leases but were slightly wary of a seeming slowdown in manufacturing in Singapore.
Industrial S-Reits, however, noted that manufacturing remains a core component of Singapore's economy and continued to see bright spots as local manufacturing transitions to higher-value-added products and services.
While spot rents for most office S-Reits remained healthy, more investors were starting to question rental growth next year. We noted a moderation in tone among the office S-Reits, on the back of a slowing leasing momentum, significant physical completions in 2012 and potential growth concerns. Most expected rental growth to be more moderate in 1H12, before picking up again in 2H12 as supply tightens in 2013.
Most Reits are still keen to grow through acquisitions. Opportunities are, however, limited with the system still flush with liquidity.
Industrial Reits noted a difficult acquisition environment, given increased competition from new entrants such as private funds, smaller players and other industrial Reits. Most were thus gravitating towards development (mainly build-to-suit) and redevelopment, given their enhanced yields, the small capital outlays, short gestation periods and Reits' ability to mitigate leasing risks by building to suit.
Similar concerns on compressed yields and a lack of quality assets for acquisition were expressed by the office S-Reits.