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Charlotte, NC – NASCAR revealed on Tuesday that it will not penalize Tony Stewart or Joey Logano for their post-race altercation last Sunday at Auto Club Speedway.
The sanctioning body posted on its Twitter account that "NASCAR will issue no penalties from last weekend's events at @ACSupdates."
Following the conclusion of the Auto Club 400, Stewart got into a physical altercation with Logano on pit road. Stewart was furious with Logano for blocking him multiple times during a restart with 11 laps to go.
Stewart pushed Logano around, while Logano threw a water bottle at him before crew members from both teams intervened. Stewart later said he's "going to bust (Logano's rear)."
Logano said he would contact Stewart in hopes of resolving the matter. When Stewart was asked if he'll accept Logano's call, he replied, "Hell no. If he wants to talk about it, we'll talk about it. After he threw the water bottle at me like a little girl, we'll go at it now."
During a teleconference, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series director John Darby explained why penalties were not handed down to either Stewart or Logano.
"A few years ago, we backed away from micromanaging drivers' emotions," Darby said. "You would hope in today's world that if somebody didn't win a race, they would be upset about it for whatever reason. That's what our drivers do is they try to win races."
"And keep in mind, there's the checks and the balances, but a couple of drivers at the end of the race arguing a little bit doesn't create a foul in our world today. The crews did a great job of managing their drivers to make sure that it didn't cross the line to where there was physical violence or anything like that. And that's what you would hope."
Logano's skirmish with Stewart came after he and Denny Hamlin made contact with each other and spun while battling for the lead during the final lap. Logano scraped the outside wall in turn 4 but went on to finish third. Hamlin skidded down the track and then slammed hard into the inside retaining wall. His car came up off of the ground and spun around after it ricocheted off of the wall.
Hamlin climbed out of his car under his own power but then laid down on the track, as safety personnel quickly tended to him. Shortly after, he was airlifted to nearby Loma Linda University Medical Center. Hamlin remained hospitalized until late Monday after being diagnosed with a compression fracture in his lower back.
According to a report from USA Today, Hamlin wore a thick back brace when he left the hospital. He also had difficulty breathing. Hamlin said that he had a hard time breathing after the accident occurred.
"The position I was in, I couldn't breathe at all," Hamlin told USA Today. "I'm still having a hard time breathing. Literally, when I felt a pop, I couldn't move at all and I knew I had to get flat to my back to be able to breathe again. That's why I rushed out and just laid flat on the ground to start breathing again."
Hamlin will be evaluated by Dr. Jerry Petty of the Carolina Neurosurgery and Spine Associates in North Carolina later this week. Petty has evaluated numerous NASCAR drivers in the past.
The Sprint Cup Series is off this coming weekend for Easter before heading to Martinsville Speedway, a half-mile racetrack, the first weekend in April. Hamlin's status for Martinsville is unknown at this time. His injury might require surgery.
Hamlin must be medically cleared in order to return to competition.
"I don't believe (medical experts) are going to sign off on Denny competing if they don't believe that he can," Darby said. "And then from there, a lot of it is Denny himself and saying, yeah, look, I'm okay. Him being out there racing, and not being competitive isn't good for him or the team or anybody else.
"So I think there's enough responsibility amongst the drivers, and I think there's enough professionalism that, if they can't do it, they will say they can't do it and put a replacement driver in the car. But all that is yet to be seen with the majority of the decisions being made by the medical folks first."
Hamlin and Logano's incident at Fontana was the latest episode in their on- going rivalry. Last week at Bristol Motor Speedway, Hamlin hit the back of Logano and spun him out in the late going. After the race, the two had heated words with each other followed by a shoving match between both of their teams. Hamlin and Logano then traded jabs on Twitter. NASCAR did not issue any penalties for that altercation.
Not knowing that Hamlin was injured during the last-lap crash at Fontana, Logano said after the race, "(Hamlin) probably shouldn't have done what he did last week (at Bristol), so that's what he gets."
Both drivers have yet to speak to each other since the accident at Fontana.


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WASHINGTON – "Today Texans and people across America celebrate Juneteenth. On this day in 1865, Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended. Two and a half years after President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, Texas slaves heard for the first time that they were free.
"There is no other land on earth like America, but we've had our share of failings. And we've had no greater failing than allowing slavery to exist in the land of the free.
"Honoring important milestones in our nation's quest for equality and justice, like Juneteenth, are wonderful reminders for us to live our lives toward the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. – that all of our children may live in a society where they are judged not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character – and to work to make a more perfect Union by keeping America free."

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The male-dominated Marine Corps announced on Monday that it will allow women to train in Quantico, Virginia at its infantry officer school. Women will also be allowed to participate in ground combat battalions. Marine Corps commandant General James F. Amos announced these new rules in an All Marine Message (ALMAR).
According to General Amos, 40 women will be assigned to 19 battalions over the next couple of months. This will allow the Marine Corps to study women's performance in these units. Women are still restricted from joining infantry battalions. As the data is examined, roles for women in the Marine Corps may expand. General Amos wrote in the ALMAR, "I will consider the results and impact of the exception to the ground assignment policy, the quantitative research, and the total force survey as we make future recommendations regarding the potential assignment of women to ground combat element units."
This summer, women will be allowed to attend the three month long infantry course, but will not graduate as infantry officers. Instead, they will fill jobs currently open to women. Women are still prohibited from serving combat roles, but more than 140 women have been killed while fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq. Women make up 7 percent of the Marine Corps.
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Think of the most attractive person you've ever known. If that person was even halfway nice, or at least calculated enough to know that a little charm goes a long way, then s/he probably got a lot of passes when their less attractive qualities reared their less attractive heads. You could call it the Don Draper Dunk: good looks plus a smooth glide through tough situations wins every time. Oblivion, the new one from Joseph Kosinski (TRON: Legacy), has the looks and the smooth thing down cold. Winning is another matter.
As much of the plot as you need to know: the world ended in 2017 and now it's 2077. Jack (Tom Cruise) and his partner Victoria (Andrea Riseborough) are the last people on (or, rather, near) Earth, living in a glass cube perched high in the clouds over a planet ruined by aliens and nuclear weapons. Their job is to repair drones (robotic, squelchy-noise-making death-orbs that terminate stray alien "Scavengers" with precision; call them KILL-2D2 if you like -- I did) and report their effectiveness back to home base contact Melissa Leo, a face seen only on a glitch-ridden, pixelated screen, her twang calling to mind Holly Hunter crossed with HAL-9000. But Jack has strange, impossible memories of a life before, one that he couldn't have known, memories that include a mysterious woman. What he learns from that memory and how he deals with it make up the secret plot twists that dominate the film's second half.
I won't be giving up any more plot details, but know that when this film doesn't live up to its own desires for transcendent soulfulness, it feels like a committee was responsible, the direct result of hiring an up-and-coming director whose contract doesn't give him final cut. From an opening packed with overwhelming exposition via Cruise's voice-over to some stumbling, narrative confusion and a seeming battle between an otherworldly quiet and typical crashing Hollywood space-beats to an ending that pulls punches you wish it wouldn't to a strange remote quality expressed by its star as he struggles to fit himself back into a traditionally heroic role, there's a lot of messiness mucking up the works. More than anything it will make you wish Cruise could unwind a bit more. As goofy and weird as he was in Rock of Ages, snaking around like a PG-13 Axl Rose, at least he was fascinating to watch. Here he's impersonating Keir Dullea from 2001: A Space Odyssey. There's even a moment where he more or less demands that pod bay doors be opened. If those bells don't go off in your head then it's because your head lacks bells.
But in spite of all this, Kosinki is no hack. He's made a gorgeous-looking experience, the kind they invented IMAX to accommodate. He's a pastiche artist, cribbing stylishness and building his own beautiful ice sculpture, lifting from Kubrick and The Matrix and Soylent Green-era grim futurism and even his own take on TRON, right down to M83's orchestral, obvious, pretty-pretty score that sounds like thump-less Daft Punk via Hans Zimmer. He also knows what he doesn't want, the kind of stupid heartlessness that infects so much of contemporary event sci-fi, where stuff gets blown up for no reason and heroes are cool customers who can't feel. At one point, Andrew Wyeth's Christina's World pops up on camera. That's the famous American painting of the woman sitting in field, leaning toward a home far away on a hillside, one she might never reach. Used in this movie it's clearly a gesture toward finding love and a home that isn't hovering around in space. Kosinki's aiming for a kind of emotional grandiosity, a new wave robot with a pulse, a spiritual reboot of Giorgio Moroder's shiny 1984 version of Metropolis.
So there's an aesthetic at work here. And I want to see this director keep working it out. In the future, provided Hollywood doesn't grind down his willfulness, he'll make his best film and it'll look impeccable like this one, and it will move like most shock-absorbed space ship ever invented, and it will connect the head and the hands through the heart like he clearly wants. But today isn't quite the future.
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ADAM Hammill has been spared a jail sentence by Liverpool Magistrates today after pleading guilty to assaulting two female paramedics.
The 24-year-old, Wolves winger, who spent time on loan at Dunfermline Athletic, was charged with two counts of assault relating to an incident in Liverpool city centre on October 7 and has been given a suspended 12-week prison sentence, 150 hours of community service and a fine.
Hammill is currently on loan at Huddersfield and the club have confirmed they will not be sending him back to his parent club Wolves and that he will continue to be a part of manager Simon Grayson's plans in the npower Championship. His loan spell is due to expire in January.
Huddersfield chief executive Nigel Clibbens said: "After long deliberations, the board have decided that we will allow Adam's loan to continue until its scheduled end date on January 13. That decision should not in any way detract from our condemnation of his behaviour and was not taken lightly."
Clibbens added: "From the outset Adam has not sought to excuse his actions or hide from them. Adam fully accepts the mistakes he has made and understands the damage he has done.
"He has demonstrated genuine remorse to us, his manager and our chairman. With the help of the club he has already started to take the first steps to ensure he learns the lessons.
"If Adam had not responded in that way he would not had even a short-term future at Huddersfield Town."
Hammill had been celebrating a friend's birthday in Liverpool after Huddersfield's match at Birmingham and had consumed up to 15 pints of lager and several shots of vodka or Amaretto when he collapsed in Moniques nightclub in the city centre in the early hours of October 7.
When attempts were made to put Hammill in a wheelchair the former Liverpool youth-team player became aggressive and lashed out at two female paramedics.
Hammill said: "I would like to apologise to the people involved in this incident, as well as to the club and its supporters for letting them down. I'm thoroughly embarrassed by the whole affair and regret what happened.
"I would also like to thank the board and management at Huddersfield Town, as well as my family and friends, for their support during this time. I now want to repay that faith through my performances on the pitch and my conduct both on and off the field."


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BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—With two more wins today against Huntingdon and Stillman, both by the score of 3-0, the Birmingham-Southern volleyball team got off to a 4-0 start and won the 2011 McK Attack Tournament.
Junior Shelby Moore was named Tournament MVP after recording 44 total kills over the four matches with a .356 attack percentage. Junior libero Presley Dickson and junior setter Lauren Reibe joined Moore on the All-Tournament Team.
In the match against Huntingdon, the Panthers won 25-13, 25-12, and 25-17. Moore led all players with 12 kills, Reibe led with 33 assists, and freshman Sara Kate Bracewell led on defense with 16 digs.
Against Stillman, BSC had to fight back from a deficit in all three sets, but clawed their way back and won by the scores of 25-18, 25-21, and 25-14. Moore had 10 kills with no errors, and freshman Kathleen Pfitzer also had 10 kills with only two errors. Reibe led with 29 assists and nine digs. Senior Alaina Smith had four block assists, and Pfitzer had three block assists and a solo block.
"I thought this weekend was a really good start for our team," Head Coach Judy Green said. "It shows the potential that we have to continue to get better each week as we go through the season. For the most part we were able to minimize our unforced errors consistently through the weekend. I do think we've got to work on being a better serving team and continuing to develop the layers of our offense.
"Overall, probably the one thing that impressed me the most was the fight that our team had in them regardless of the situation that we were in, and their ability to be able to come back from a deficit."
In other tournament action, LaGrange defeated Huntingdon, 3-1, Piedmont defeated both LaGrange and Stillman, 3-0, and LaGrange defeated Stillman, 3-1.
The Panthers are on the road next weekend, traveling to Atlanta for the Doc Partin Classic, hosted by No. 2 Emory, Friday and Saturday, Sept. 9 and 10.
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CORAL GABLES — And they're not done yet.
Miami picked up a surprise commitment for the 2013 recruiting class when a Nashville athlete took to Twitter. Corn Elder, classified as an athlete by Rivals.com, used social media to make his pledge.
"Just committed to the university of Miami been my favorite school since I was little #blessed glad this over with," Elder posted.
Elder played running back Ensworth High School and also stars on the school's basketball team. The Nashville Tennessean reported he recently visited Georgia Tech and Auburn. He also reportedly had an offer from Ohio State to play football and another to play basketball at Purdue.
Elder's high school coach told 247Sports.com that he plans to play basketball for the Hurricanes as well.
UM has not confirmed any National Letter of Intent has arrived. No commitment is official until such action is taken.
Miami was in the market for a back to complement the talents of Duke Johnson. It narrowly missed out on Plantation's Alex Collins who ultimately signed with Arkansas after decommitting from Miami.
The Hurricanes reportedly didn't fully pursue Elder until after signing day a week ago. UM wasn't listed among the 15 schools recruiting him on this Rivals.com profile as of early Wednesday afternoon.
According to the Tennessean, Elder rushed for 2,618 yards and 39 touchdowns last season. On the basketball floor, he's scoring 21.2 points a game.
Elder would be the 18th member of the 2013 signing class.
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KIEV, Ukraine—Forget Exxon's Rex Tillerson and BP's Bob Dudley. The executive with the toughest job in the energy sector right now has to be Andriy Kobolev, the newly appointed chief executive of Ukraine's state-owned gas monopoly, Naftogaz.
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BALTIMORE — A new study should ease the concerns of many older adults with mild high blood pressure about the strain or harm exercise could cause their hearts. Results of the research on 104 men and women ages 55 to 75 showed that a moderate program of physical exertion had no ill effects on the heart's ability to pump blood nor did it produce a harmful increase in heart size.
In the study, "moderate" translated to sustained exercise for about an hour, three times a week. Researchers say that people's concerns stem from the fact that during each workout, blood pressure can on average rise from 40 millimeters to 60 millimeters of mercury.
The Hopkins study, published in the July issue of the journal Heart, showed that after six months of aerobic exercise on a treadmill, bicycle or stepper, plus weightlifting, participants showed no overall ill effects in 11 measures of diastolic heart function, when the organ's main chamber fills with blood between beats. They also found that exercise produced no increase in eight measures of heart size, including left ventricular mass and wall thickness. In contrast, a long-term effect of hypertension, even when the body is relaxed, is hypertrophy, an enlargement of the heart that eventually stiffens and weakens the muscle.
Not only were there no ill effects sustained, despite periodic increases in blood pressure during the workout, results suggested that the exercise producing these effects benefited the hearts of those who made the most gains in physical fitness and for those who lost the most abdominal fat.
In addition, unlike the increased heart size that results from high blood pressure, any increase in heart size observed in the active group was similar to what athletes experience when their hearts get bigger and stronger, not stiffer, researchers say.
For a six-month period, the Hopkins team assessed the benefits of a supervised program of exercise training in a group of 104 older men and women, measuring heart function, and body fitness and fat levels at the start and end of the study. All of the participants were in generally good health except for untreated, mild hypertension. Half were randomly placed in a widely recommended moderate exercise program while the rest maintained their usual physical routine and diet. The active group participated in a supervised series of exercises for 60 minutes, three times per week.
Aerobic fitness, as measured by peak oxygen uptake on a treadmill, increased by 17 percent as did average strength. The average weight loss in this group was only four pounds, because much of the loss of fat was offset by increased muscle mass. The fat in the abdominal region, measured by magnetic resonance imaging, was reduced by 20 percent among exercisers. The group that was not exercising had either no or significantly less improvement than the exercising group. The Hopkins study's exercise program followed current guidelines from the American College of Sports Medicine.


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Sugar Loaf — Despite an appealing new look, new owners and a new lineup of shows, the Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center has been struggling to convince the southern Orange County community that it is, well, something new.
Sugar Loaf — Despite an appealing new look, new owners and a new lineup of shows, the Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center has been struggling to convince the southern Orange County community that it is, well, something new.
Formerly the Lycian Centre for 20 years, the new performing arts center opened its first season in August with an impressive lineup, including pop and folk singer Suzanne Vega, renowned Jazz guitarist John Pizzarelli and the seminal reggae act Toots and the Maytals.
If one doesn't understand the significance of that change, consider some acts from years past: Angelina Ballerina, the "Wizard of Oz" musical and David Cassidy.
"Before it was more about serving elderly folks who wanted to take their grandkids to shows," said Siobhan Hill, a 19-year-old administrative volunteer at the center, who worked in ticket sales under the former operator. "Now with shows like Suzanne Vega and John Pizzarelli, it's a different kind of excitement, like 'We're going to see something,' as if you were waiting for a show in New York City."
Buzz about the new center, headed by Paul Ellis, producer of Air Pirates Radio, seems to be simmering on social media. Traffic on the center's Facebook site has gone from three views per day to more than 300 in a matter of months, thanks to a young, computer-literate staff, including Hill and Jessica Rupert, 22, the box office manager.
But, the buzz has failed to turn the heads of the broader southern Orange County community, which is catching only bits and pieces of the center's new image. Though response to all the shows by attendees was strong, none of the early events sold out, said theater officials.
According to Ellis, spreading the word about the change has been hampered by the inability to create a strategically timed reopening of the theater and continued delays in the development of the center's website.
Having received the lease and production business from former owner Richard Logothetis in February, the new owners — The Kings Theatre Company, a nonprofit that leased from Logothetis — planned to shut the theater down for a season to reopen in grand fashion.
The idea was quashed by banks that emphasized the need for the theater to draw crowds immediately as proof of its viability.
The quiet transition left the impression among local residents that the old theater, which was headed to the auction block in March, simply had never shut down.
"We're in Year One, but many people think we're in Year 21," Ellis said. "They're not fully aware that we're new."
Ellis was less clear about the delay in starting up the center's website, which is being spearheaded by one of Kings Theatre's new board members.
"Websites are the new box office for theaters," Ellis said. "It's very frustrating."
Starting any nonprofit under the current economic conditions is a huge gamble, according to officials of the other regional arts and culture organizations.
"It's a real hard time for startups, unless you already have folks in your back pocket who are willing to make a commitment to it," said Dawn Ansbro, executive director of the Orange County Arts Council, located across the street from Sugar Loaf Performance Arts Center.
Ellis, however, said he views the economic conditions as beneficial, as tight household spending encourages people to stay near home rather than, say, head to New York City. It's why the executive director said he insisted to the center's board to keep tickets for shows in Sugar Loaf around $40.
As the arts and cultural affairs director of the Town of Montclair, N.J., Ellis used a community outreach model that connected local artists with businesses and other organizations.
Ellis said he hopes to develop the same kind of energy in southern Orange County, where the only other performing arts venue is the 3,000-seat Eisenhower Hall at West Point. Part of that energy lies in the fact that the Sugar Loaf venture is still a work in progress.
"I know the 'how' and 'why' of this, but I'm not certain what we're going to be, or who's going to be here, so I'm as fascinated as anybody to find out," he said.


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Summary of Hubbard's military record
Search the entire 4500 pages on lermanet2.com HERE
Index of L.Ron Hubbard's entire military record in:
Welcome Aboard, Mr. Hubbard! I'll just take those records for you and Ensign Jones will escort you to the wardroom.
Now, let's see what kind of fine officer material we have here. Rips open envelope and looks at record.
There seems to be a 1942 letter of indebtedness from a Mr. Dave Margolis. This letter states that Mr. Hubbard failed to pay Mr. Margolis for a military uniform in the amount of $130.75.
Here is a 1943 letter of indebtedness, again from Mr. Margolis. Mr. Hubbard has progressed. The bill a year later was down to $120.75 And another unpaid bill from Ryders in Australia.
Here are a series of letters from the First National Bank of Ketchikan, trying to catch up with a certain Mr. Hubbard who walked off with $265.00. Mr. Hubbard seems to have kept the Naval Bureaucracy busy with all these letters. He let them know who was responsible for his "small and irregular payments" in his letter of 28 October 1942. It was now the government's fault for not paying him the money to which he would like to be accustomed.
Apparently money is not the only thing that Mr. Hubbard walked away with.
Here are a series of endorsements about a sub-machine gun Mr. Hubbard checked out in Australia but never returned. The strange thing about these endorsements is that they are only the paper trail in Hubbard's service jacket of the actual letter. The copies of the letters from Australia and of the letter from Hubbard explaining the loss seem to have turned up missing from Hubbard's service jacket. Missing, as in "removed." Whoever removed the letters, though, was not familiar enough with Navy administration to also remove the endorsements, which serve as a paper trail of the letters. The mode of transport for a Navy service jacket is that it is commonly carried by the service member when that member is transferred from station to station. There are six endorsements to these letters in Hubbard's service jacket, including one from the "Officer Performance Division" in Washington, D.C.
It seems that one of Hubbard's main methods for paying off his debt was to accumulate mileage by transporting his wife and two children back and forth across the United States. The travel claims are too numerous to look at in detail, but he has certainly been a busy bee in this area. He was moving so much that the addresses in between submitting travel claims would change. He seems to have had some difficulty transporting his family back and forth between temporary duty stations and still collect on it, an accomplishment I'm sure all service people would like to achieve.
Here is another 1942 report from Australia has turned up missing, and a copy of it had to be requested via radio-telecommunications. The Naval Attache Melbourne had found Hubbard "unsatisfactory for any assignment" and sent him back to the continental USA.
Within six months, Hubbard's new boss "urgently" wanted Hubbard removed from command. This time the report of September 25, 1942 did not turn up missing, but somehow it managed to stay in Hubbard's service jacket, along with a copy of Hubbard's complaint about it.
Nine months after that, in June of 1943, Mr. Hubbard was the subject of a 72-page dissertation on how not to pick artillery targets. His admiral was reacting to a complaint from the Mexican authorities. Key question: "Did either of those buildings resemble a hotel?"
It looks like one result of Hubbard's escapades in Mexico was that he was again relieved of command after receiving an official letter of admonition, this one specified that it was to stay in his service jacket. This one did not stray.
Fitness Reports - Officer evaluations
Most places Hubbard did not stay long enough to get evaluated, and his bosses duly reported that. Anywhere he stayed longer than several weeks, he was given average Navy officer evaluations, with an average of only one horrible exception per year.
July 7, 1943 - "lacking in essential qualities of judgment, leadership and cooperation"
pd fm 21 Jul to 28 Sep 1944, shakedown, Navigator, Trng Officer,
Chief Censor, Spanish, Japanese
October 3, 1945 failed to qualify physically for temporary appointment to Lieutenant Commander. He offered to be physically qualified if he could get the promotion.
There are a series of documents from April and June of 1941 of how Hubbard lined up a job for himself. Two qualifications he did not have to make up were that he was white and male The others took some imagination. He got good recommendations from college professors. Perhaps they felt sorry for him because of his poor grades. In any case the requirement for formal education was waived in Hubbard's case. In view of the disciplinary problems he caused and the jetstream of debt he left behind, perhaps waiving his requirements was not such a great idea.
Hubbard specifically requested that he become an intelligence officer. To get into the field, he claimed he had "professional experience in newspaper work and travel." In any case, he had plenty of experience in story-telling.
After Hubbard got booted off his boat for opening fire on a Mexican island, he requested orders for any combat amphibious operating area. He probably figured there was less chance of getting in hot water for firing upon friendly forces there, since by the laws of probability, he had a 50-50 chance of hitting something hostile. But in an October 30, 1943 letter, Hubbard's boss referred to the Board of Investigation in forwarding on Hubbard's request for Hero duty, sending his last hope of being a glorious war hero to a watery grave.
In Hubbard's letter requesting combat duty, he said one of his qualifications was "Service in South West Pacific" intelligence from December 1941 to March 1942. Actually he left the United States December 17, 1941 and did not report for duty until January 11, 1942. He arrived back in the USA March 23, 1942, which means he probably left Australia about February 23. It took that long by boat. That means the total time he was attached closer to one month than it was three months.
The longest job he ever actually held may have been "cable censor," which he held at several places.
From that point forward, Hubbard was interested mainly in paperwork
He requested and got a major in school in how to govern territories which the USA had conquered. Hubbard included in his qualifications that: he was the son of a Lieutenant Commander; "once conversant" in Japanese, Spanish, Chamorro, Tagalog, Pekin Pidgin, Shanghai Pidgin; and "experienced in handling natives." A few comments on these languages. Japanese is not a language you can pick up by reading about it or by listening to it. You learn Japanese by studying the grammar, word selection and intonation. It is not a particularly easy language to pick up unless you are surrounded by Japanese-speakers for a relatively long period of time. Spanish and Tagalog are languages spoken in the Philippines, Chamorro in the Marianas Islands. Pidgeon Peking and Pidgeon Shanghai means something like knowing how to buy a pack of cigarettes in those cities. Hubbard got the 90-day school on provincial government, and went to the staging area in California afterwards, but was soon reassigned to the hospital with an ulcer. With a record like this, I would not be too awfully surprised if the CO ordered Hubbard to have an ulcer and then to report to the hospital for treatment.
Freedom of Information
The Scientology has had an official copy of Hubbard's service record since June of 1979. It's main concern, of course, was to find out what everybody else had found out. So Scientology wrote the Navy and asked what information it had released to the California Department of Justice, which had requested information. The Navy said it had released no detrimental information, as there was no detrimental information in Hubbard's record. This would have been truer if Hubbard and the Church of Scientology would not have been distributing their own versions on a millionfold scale of what a big war hero Hubbard supposedly was, how he supposedly had been crippled and blinded from war injuries and how he had allegedly cured himself with his superhuman Scientology powers.
Two interesting documents include a copy of Hubbard's death certificate and his grades as George Washington University.
Medical Records
The medical records from June 1942 to September 1945 are missing, but the records of September 10, 1945 fill in the gaps a little. Hubbard was taking belladonna and phenobarbital for his "ulcer."
What a guy!
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We live in an ever-shrinking world, where the technologies and transportation systems make it easier than ever to connect people from every corner of the world. We also have the fortune to live in a quality and international city that is home to people of diverse backgrounds and life experience. This Group gives you an opportunity to experience some of the many international cultures that this country hosts, to share your knowledge of cultural heritage, interests/hobbies or professional expertise with other members of the group, and make new friends while doing so. The mission of this group is as implied by the name of the group--we'd like to provide good company as well as a positive and safe environment for members to experience things that, for whatever reasons, you longed for but weren't able to do before. You'll also get to know things that you can do and enjoy in Zürich and Environment through the meetups proposed by your peers. It is also a hope of our group to promote cross-cultural dialogues, sharing, understanding, and peer supports through a variety of local activities and events, as well as international trips.
But we (organizers) are few and you are many, and this means that to work toward these goals we need the proactive participation and supports from at least some members of the community. This group is unique because of our members, and we look forward to meeting you and facilitate the meetup ideas you propose.
Interested in a festival or music performance? Crave for dining at an exotic restaurant? Interested in hiking with a group? Can't find teammates/players for a sport, hobby, or fun stuff (e.g., bowling, basketball, badminton, dance, or a silly fun game)?
* Any Member Can Schedule a Meetup at This Group for Free:)
This is a group in Zürich where people get to discover the city together in a fun and safe environment. People who are familiar with the city and the environment are of course welcome to join us and even provide meeting ideas. Newcomers to Zürich and the environment are also more than welcome to join us and explore this place together! We aim at building a safe and friendly community. You don't need to have experience overseas or be able to speak English to join this group. Every friendly person is welcome in this group! (Including people local in Switzerland or (originally) from other parts of the world.) If you happen to be traveling to Zurich, you are welcome to join our group and events as well:) If you are currently overseas but have a plan to visit or stay here in the near future, still welcome join the group.
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Dear friends, This new group is part of an effort for establishing a network of global meetups, currently being fast deployed in major cities worldwide, including Hong Kong, LA, London, Montreal, New York, Paris, San Francisco, Shanghai, Thailand, Tokyo, Toronto, Zurich...
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September 2001 Photos - Elisabeth Partin
Photos in this month:
playing 'drums' in the front yard
I'm getting good at saying 'cheese'
The water's too cold to get in any further!
I love swimming in the pool
Does this one fit?
Eating popcorn under the cottonwood
I love my Mama
Sitting in the chair with Charlie
Sometimes I have cereal for breakfast
Isn't this a great picture of Mama and me?
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The North Carolina Senior Tar Heel Legislature convened in Raleigh for its first meeting of 2013 on March 19. During the meeting, state leaders shared future trends on aging and housing issues for North Carolina.
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The North Carolina Senior Tar Heel Legislature convened in Raleigh for its first meeting of 2013 on March 19. During the meeting, state leaders shared future trends on aging and housing issues for North Carolina.
The NCSTHL also celebrated 20 years of providing advocacy for older adults in North Carolina. Two of our regional delegates were also honored for serving on the NCSTHL.
The keynote speaker, President Mitchell Silver of the American Planning Association, discussed statistics as related to population growth and a demographic shift over the next 30 years.
Currently, the United States is experiencing a demographic remix. By 2030, one in five individuals will be age 65 or older and life expectancy will be 82 years old. By 2050, the number of Americans over the age of 85 will triple from 5.4 million to 19 million. In North Carolina, we can expect individuals ages 65 and older to increase nearly 125 percent.
In addition, Silver added that the traditional family is changing. There is an increase in multi-generational households, a decrease in marriage rates and an increase in singles living alone.
As families change, the need for housing will change as well. Silver observed, �Young people either cannot afford to buy a home or prefer to rent. We also expect smaller and more energy-efficient homes to be in demand in the next 30 years not only for single individuals but for older adults who want to age in place.�
According to Silver, some initiatives have been passed by local governments that address housing needs for older adults and single families. Universal design homes and cottage courts are being developed in some urban areas to meet the need of this population.
Dennis Streets, director of the Division of Aging and Adult Services, expanded on the housing issue for North Carolina. �Our state will receive grant funding to provide rental assistance for extremely low-income individuals with disabilities. The North Carolina Finance Agency was awarded $12 million to support more than 560 housing units,� said Streets.
The initiative, called the Section 811 Project Rental Assistance Demonstration Program, is designed to offer permanent housing and supportive services to individuals who might otherwise be institutionalized or homeless. Meeting this need will help reduce health care costs, improve quality of life and decrease homelessness.
Guest speaker Caroline Farmer from the North Carolina General Attorney�s Office talked at length about scams targeting the elderly and identity theft.
The 2013 legislative priorities for the NCSTHL include: 1) Maintain funding for senior centers; 2) restore funding to sustain Project CARE; 3) mandate pre-employment and random drug testing for employees of nursing, adult care homes and adult day care facilities; 4) strengthen and fund North Carolina�s Adult Protective Services Program; 5) provide recurring funds of at least $7 million for the Home and Community Care Block Grant.
The North Carolina Senior Tar Heel Legislature was created by the North Carolina General Assembly in July of 1993. One delegate and one alternate represent every older adult in the state�s 100-counties. Please feel free to contact your local delegate or the regional Area Agency on Aging.
In Carteret County, you can contact delegate John Thompson at 252-726-7221 or email: firstname.lastname@example.com. In Onslow County, contact delegate Marge Zima at 910-324-1444.
You can also contact Tonya Cedars, the regional AAA director, at 1-800-824-4648; or visit the STHL website at http://www.ncdhhs.gov/aging/sthl.htm as well as our Facebook page. Search for North Carolina Senior Tar Heel Legislature. The next STHL meeting will be June 2013.
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After sailing through her third pregnancy, Lis, a 37-year-old mother from New York, gave birth to a nine-pound boy, Simon, in January. Five days later, his first checkup was reassuring -- until the pediatrician noticed small bumps on his face, near his eyes. He inspected them, then turned to Lis and her husband and asked if either of them had herpes.
Lis's body went cold. Two years earlier, her husband had been diagnosed with genital herpes. "The doctor told us that my husband could have gotten the virus years before and never had an outbreak," she recalls. "But no one suggested that I get tested. No one ever said, 'You could have herpes and not know it.'" Like up to 90 percent of people with herpes, Lis had never had any symptoms.
After spending three weeks in the hospital being treated for neonatal herpes -- a condition which can result in severe central nervous system damage and even death -- Simon beat the odds and was able to go home. "By some miracle, he was treated soon enough that he never got sick," says Lis. Now, at 7 months, he's thriving.
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are perhaps the most overlooked threat to babies today. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), over 65 million Americans are now living with an incurable STD and 19 million more are infected each year. Because these diseases often don't cause noticeable symptoms, many moms-to-be don't find out they have an STD until it's too late. "Pregnant women are more likely to know about the remote risk of contracting toxoplasmosis from changing the kitty litter than about the dangerous ways an STD can affect their baby," says Linda Alexander, Ph.D., former president of the American Social Health Association (ASHA). Untreated, these infections can cause preterm labor, blindness, pneumonia, developmental disabilities, and even death.
Perhaps the greatest tragedy of all is that most STDs can be easily detected and managed -- if not completely cured -- during pregnancy. Your doctor can test you and your partner, but you may need to ask to be screened. Routine tests are offered only for hepatitis B, syphilis, and HIV; your doctor may not screen you for other infections unless she thinks that you're at risk. But the fact is, even married women like Lis are vulnerable. "The single most important message about STDs is that everyone is at risk -- it doesn't matter what your current or past sexual behavior is," says Lyn Finelli, Ph.D., an epidemiologist at the CDC in Atlanta. Here's what you need to know to keep you -- and your baby -- healthy.
Lorie A. Parch is a freelance writer in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Stats About 3 million new cases are diagnosed each year, making it the most common sexually transmitted bacterial infection.
Symptoms Though 75 percent of affected women don't have symptoms, there may be painful or frequent urination, vaginal discharge, pelvic or abdominal pain during sex, sore throat, fever, or nausea.
Testing A culture of cervical cells, a urine sample, or a test that can detect the DNA of the chlamydia organism.
Risks Up to 40 percent of women with untreated chlamydia will develop pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) -- an infection of the uterus, fallopian tubes, and ovaries -- which can lead to infertility. The bacteria can cause miscarriage, preterm birth, and, if passed to the baby during delivery, infant pneumonia or eye infections.
Treatment Antibiotics.
Stats The CDC estimates that there are more than 700,000 cases of gonorrhea each year.
Symptoms Signs are the same as chlamydia, though half of infections don't cause symptoms.
Testing A culture of the cervix. (Get tested for both chlamydia and gonorrhea -- they often appear together.)
Risks Untreated, gonorrhea can cause joint pain, arthritis, affect the heart and brain, and lead to PID in 10 to 20 percent of affected women. It can also cause miscarriage and, if it infects a newborn's eyes, lead to blindness.
Treatment Antibiotics. Many states treat all newborns' eyes with silver nitrate drops to prevent infection.
Herpes (HSV)
Stats There are 1 million new infections each year, with 45 million Americans already infected. It's estimated that one in four pregnant women has herpes.
Symptoms As many as 90 percent of those infected don't have symptoms, but those who do can experience sores (internal or external) that last two to three weeks, itching or burning, vaginal discharge, fever, or headache.
Testing Blood tests can determine which strain you've been exposed to -- Herpes Simplex Virus 1 (HSV-1), which usually causes oral herpes (cold sores), or Herpes Simplex Virus 2 (HSV-2), which causes genital herpes. If you have symptoms, a culture can confirm or rule out herpes.
Risks A woman with long-standing herpes may find that outbreaks are more severe during pregnancy. Medication to suppress outbreaks is usually given late in pregnancy, but if a woman has sores at delivery, a c-section may be done. If a woman acquires herpes before or early in her pregnancy, the chances of the infection harming her child are small, since there's time to build up and pass protective antibodies to her baby. If a mom-to-be is first infected with herpes in her last trimester, her baby has a 30 to 50 percent chance of contracting neonatal herpes, which, though rare, can cause eye and throat infections, central nervous system damage, developmental delays, and death. Signs of infant infection include sores around the eyes, irritability, lethargy, poor feeding, and seizures.
Treatment Outbreaks can be controlled with antiviral medications such as acyclovir. A 15-year registry for acyclovir found no elevated risk of birth defects.
Stats About 7,000 women with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, give birth each year.
Symptoms Those infected usually don't have symptoms (though some may have a brief flu-like illness) because it takes time for the virus to wear down the immune system. Untreated, HIV depletes immunity, increasing vulnerability to infection and disease.
Testing Blood or saliva test. If you prefer private testing, the Home Access Test is FDA approved. (Available in pharmacies, at homeaccess.com
Risks Babies can acquire HIV from their mothers in utero, during labor and delivery, or through breast milk. About 20 percent of infected infants develop AIDS in the first year of life and die before the age of 4.
Treatment The drug zidovudine (AZT, ZDV, Retrovir) has reduced the mother-to-baby transmission rate to less than 5 percent. Antiretroviral drugs can strengthen a woman's immunity and further reduce transmission risk.
Human papilloma virus (HPV)
Stats An estimated 75 percent of the U.S. reproductive-age population is infected. symptoms In some people, certain strains of HPV can cause genital warts; others can cause cervical cancer.
Testing A Pap smear, which detects changes in cervical cells, can indicate an infection or the early stages of cancer. A follow-up DNA test can confirm the presence of HPV. Testing in pregnancy if warts aren't present isn't usually necessary because the virus is so prevalent and the risk of transmission is so low.
Risks A woman with HPV may get genital warts for the first time during pregnancy or find that her current warts grow larger. The risk of transmission during delivery is less than 1 percent. In these infants, there is a slight chance that they will later develop the virus in their larynx (voice box). If a woman has large genital warts close to her due date, a c-section may be considered.
Treatment While it's considered safe during pregnancy to freeze or laser the warts or put acid on them, many healthy women appear to get rid of HPV over time.
Stats The condition affects an estimated 5 million women each year.
Symptoms Often called "trich," it can cause a foul-smelling or green vaginal discharge, vaginal itching, or redness within six months of infection. Other symptoms can include painful sexual intercourse, lower abdominal discomfort, and the urge to urinate. Testing A doctor can diagnose trichomoniasis by examining vaginal discharge.
Risks Untreated it can cause preterm labor. Mother-to-baby transmission of the parasite is rare.
Treatment Antibiotics after the first trimester.
Stats Over 32,000 Americans get syphilis each year; infection rates are higher in some southern states and in African-Americans.
Symptoms While most pregnant women don't have any symptoms, the primary stage of syphilis is characterized by a small, firm, painless sore (called a chancre) that appears from 10 to 90 days after infection; the sore lasts one to five weeks. This can be followed by a rash and rough, "copper penny" spots on the palms of the hands and the bottoms of the feet.
Testing In many states, a syphilis screen -- a blood test -- is the only routine prenatal STD test.
Risks Untreated, syphilis can attack the internal organs, causing blindness, lack of muscle coordination, and dementia. A pregnant woman with untreated syphilis has a 50 percent chance of miscarriage and a 40 percent chance of delivering a syphilitic baby. Signs of an infant infection (which can appear up to eight weeks after birth) include sores, runny nose, jaundice, a small head, slimy patches in the mouth, anemia, and a swollen liver.
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Harassment never 'works'
This letter is in response to the [November 6] Brazen Careerist column titled "Strategic planning: Make harassment work for you."
In this country and this age, sexual harassment is illegal. However, as Penelope Trunk points out in her column, 44 percent of women between the ages of 35 and 49 still report experiencing sexual harassment at work. Harassment is, indeed, widespread, as Trunk notes. Many victims of sexual harassment feel they cannot report the incident(s) because of fear of the perpetrator, fear of humiliation, fear that they will not be believed or that they will suffer repercussions in the workplace.
Trunk's advice to "use" sexual harassment to climb the corporate ladder does nothing to support victims, dispel myths about sexual harassment, or make it easier and safer for victims to report it. I take great offense at her instructions.
The idea that one should "allow" sexual harassment to continue so as to gain power in the workplace is ridiculous, and only perpetuates the problem. When those who perpetrate sexual harassment are let off the hook, the lesson learned is that it's ok to behave in whatever way one wishes, even when that behavior is not only offensive to others but illegal.
That lesson is then passed on to others in the workplace, as well as to the perpetrator's peers and children. No wonder victims are afraid to come forward!
Trunk's final "fantasy" is stated in her last paragraph– that her boss had been fired for rampant harassment rather than low performance. I would point out to Trunk that the odds of this happening are slim, thanks in part to her own unwillingness to report the behavior and demand action from supervisors.
Trunk needs to reconsider her advice, and The Hook needs to reconsider including a column that contains such a double message for young workers today.
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What Is It?
No kidding, the 2014 MINI Cooper DeLux is a production model. Sure, it looks like it came out of the recent "Tron: Legacy" movie, and there's no doubt that either that film or the original 1982 version provided some inspiration. But the DeLux is the product of a regular girl's imagination, as opposed to coming from one of those wacky professional car designers.
Let's fill in some of the back story: In the dark days of November 2013, MINI set up a competition called "Final Test Test Drives." The big idea was to ask MINI owners -- past and present -- to send in a video or photo detailing which features on the then-imminent third generation of MINI hardtops they were most looking forward to testing. This was to drum up some excitement about the new car before it hit the dealerships this spring.
Reaction was strong. More than 800 submissions had to be whittled down to 10 winners, who then sat with an illustrator to create their ideal MINI package, each one labeled a "MINI Original." Among the 10 winners was Alex Coyle, a sophomore student of creative advertising and photography at Virginia Commonwealth University.
If you're a photographer, you're invariably thinking about light, and Coyle wanted her MINI to be visible at night. "'Lux' is the root meaning of 'light,'" said Coyle. "After I went through all the options I had available to customize the car, I went for all the bells and whistles and created what I call a 'de luxe' model. The result was DeLux."
The actual bells and whistles include custom graphics, Midnight Black metallic paint, chrome line exterior, chrome mirror caps, a rain sensor, a rear spoiler and a sports pack that features 18-inch alloy wheels, LED lights and white turn signals.
The car is now on the MINI stand at the 2014 New York Auto Show. To see this and the other finalists online, check out MINIFTTD.com.
The company will be building a limited run of 56 2014 MINI Cooper DeLux versions based on the Cooper S.
How Much?
The 2014 MINI Cooper S starts at $23,600, and it's an extra $8,900 for the DeLux treatment.
When Can You Get It?
Now. Click on the configurator at MINIUSA.com, or place an order at a MINI dealer.
Add It to Your Shopping List Because...
While it's not exactly one-of-a-kind, chances are slim that you'll find another of the 56 cars being made. And under all that arty paintwork is one of the feistiest front-wheel-drive cars to ever roam the earth, so it's a win-win.
Other Cars to Consider
2014 FIAT 500 Abarth -- None of these cars have limited-edition arty paint jobs, but they're still a blast to drive. The Abarth is a fun little front-drive machine with pep and personality.
2014 Ford Fiesta ST -- Gives the MINI some serious competition as the enthusiast's choice in this wonderful little niche.
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As you may have heard today, Ashton Kutcher has signed up to become one of the first civilians to visit outer space as part of a test run for Richard Branson's new commercial space tourism endeavor Virgin Galactic. Which leads me to wonder: really? Him? Ashton's good in stoner comedies and all, but when it comes to who I want representing the human race to potential alien contacts, there are a few other people who come to mind before the guy from Dude, Where's My Car? In that vein, I give you: eight notable people better fit to represent Earth than Ashton Kutcher.


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Intel Core i5 661 Review
Most of the Intel processors I have looked at in the past were geared more towards the enthusiast, but this offering from Intel is geared straight at the mainstream user. As more and more personal computers reach the point that they need an upgrade, there has to be a valid reason to throw the old reliable to the side and step up to the latest and greatest technologies. Sure, increased performance is one reason, but the performance is only part of the equation. Speeding up applications and taking advantage of the latest technologies with the newest operating systems is another way to make the experience that much more enjoyable and efficient. By having the ability to do more at the same time means less time in front of the magic box so you can spend that time saved on another project or spend that time with the family watching the latest Blu-ray release on your High Def television.
To make these things a reality, Intel is releasing their new for 2010 Core series processors and five new chipsets to provide that enhanced the user's experience. Today I will be looking at the Intel Core i5 661 processor and Intel DH55TC motherboard combination. The Core i5 661 processor is not just a dual core processor, but has included under the the heatspreader an integrated graphics core built on a 45nm High-k process with 12 execution cores and a clock speed of 900Mhz and sports Intel's 3rd generation Unified Shader Architecture. The processor side of the chip is built on Intel's 32nm second generation High-k process and sports a 3.33GHz clock speed with 4MB of L3 Smart Cache. The processors makes use of Intel technologies such as Turbo Boost technology to increase the processor speed up to 3.6GHz dynamically, based on the load and current being used. Hyperthreading is used to increase the amount of threads the processor can access simultaneously so in essence you have a dual core that acts like a quad core. The 2010 Core series processors are designed to take advantage of the optimizations in Windows 7 such as support for Intel's Clear Video playback and High Color support for a more vibrant picture. Let's see how the latest processor performs.
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The Intel Core i5 661 Clarksdale processor is a deviation from what has been done in the past when it comes to an integrated graphics solution. In the past, there has been a graphics chip on the motherboard with the CPU as its own entity. This is not the case anymore with the introduction of the Core i5 661 processor and its family. This chip is based on both Intel's 32nm High-k second generation manufacturing process for the processor with a 45nm High-k process used for the integrated graphics processor. This puts the processor core, graphics core and integrated memory controller all in one package. The Clarksdale processor package is based on the Nehalem micro-architecture and is capable of running in the 30 to 40 watt range at idle with a TDP of 87 watts. This CPU in this package is rated to run at 3.33GHz and makes use of Intel's Turbo boost technology, employs Hyperthreading to increase the amount of work that can be done, uses 4MB of Intel Smart Cache that is shared and dynamically allocated based on the needs of the cores. AES-NI is a new set of six instructions that help accelerate data encryption and decryption. The graphics core is based on Intel's 3rd generation Unified Shader Architecture to run at 900MHz and includes 12 execution units and can use a maximum of 1.7 GB of video memory. All this and it still fits in the socket 1156 package. The Intel promotional shot shows the cores after the heatspreader is removed.
The heatsink that ships with the Core i5 661 is, for all intents and purposes, the same as the one shipped with the i5 750 as seen back in September. It is smaller in stature than the stock Intel cooling solutions used in the past, but is adequate for a processor with four actual cores - a dual core with Hyperthreading and an integrated GPU should be fine. Left to right, you have the socket 775, socket 1366 and the socket 1156 heatsink.
The H55 chipset is just one of five chipsets being introduced to take advantage of the capabilities of the 17 new processors in the 2010 Core family. Looking at the block diagram below you can see the introduction of the FDI or Flexible Display Interface between the processor and H55 chipset that contains two independent channels that allow graphics data to be transported between the processor and H55 Express chipset.
The package of the Core i5 661 and an H55 equipped motherboard looks like it can be a winner for the mainstream, let's see if that proves true in the testing.