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in the last few weeks i followed some postings & tried to find out some facts about the sharp I/O connector on C1000/C3x00 devices (the port covered behind the plastic shield on the back). This led to some confusion .
So perhaps we might clear this up and collect some facts about this port, that's why i started this post.
You can find the specs of the I/O connector in this forum. It was released from sharp in 2001 and covers the SL-5000.
There are also some posts with a link to a document on hrw site where JTAG access for collie is mentioned (see link below).
All in all, these technical informations seem not to be completely valid for the latest C1000/3x00 devices.
Many of you reported that the serial lines are still available on the I/O connector of the C1000/3x00, because the standard sharp serial cable (C170) is still working with the C1000 as well as with the C3x00 devices. Another guy used it with a homemade cable as serial console output and had success.
I personally use a C3100 and did some measurements on the dedicated pins looking into the old spec from sharp.
The signals made sense to me, so i also assumed that the serial port is still there.
For now it is not completely tested by myself, but one may assume that pin 3-7 and pin 14 still carry the serial lines of ttyS0 (there's still some uncertainty about the handshake lines, i'd like to check this more intensely).
The behaviour of these pins may be identical to the SL-5000 spec.
So for the moment this could be taken as confirmed on C1000/3x00 devices!
Trisoft brought the JTAG thing on I/O into this forum.
At least in one of their famous documents JTAG is mentioned as service port available on I/O connector.
After having a closer look in the schematic published by hrw i thought it might be there as a secondary function of some of the serial lines.
Have a look at pin 13 (mentioned as reserved pull-down in SL-5000 spec), it is connected to VCC. Maybe there's a gate beeing activated through this pin which gives access to the JTAG lines of the cpu. At least on collie this should work.
This has to be checked for C1000/3x00!
Let's go further on!
How about the USB pins of the traditional I/O connector pinout (SL-5000 spec) on C1000/3x00?
No one mentioned a working USB connection using the USB pins on I/O connector.
Perhaps there's another USB host port waiting for connection.
As far as i remember albertr made some investigations concering additional USB inside C1000 (great page!!). The I/O connector is not discussed there.
I tried to connect a host PC as well as a memory stick with external power supply.
No success so far, but this has to be checked more extensely.
So the function of pins 9&12 of the connector is unsure (at least for me !)
Excluded on the C1000/3x00 I/O connector are pins 1,2 and 15,16. These were told not to be connected internally (formerly used as power input). This also seems correct.
The last thing is tested as well:
Pin 11 (VCC3) and Pin 8 (GND) deliver 3.3V power. These pins are allways under power. I don't think it can be switched without additional hardware.
Discussions are welcome!


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So apparently I played the 2 games again today and I found that Trapped in the Cupboard was surprisingly superior to the other one. Although short, it's extremely well written. I had a good laugh (again).
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I agree bubble troll was epic tldr, bop is messed up in the head that guy and not in a funny way
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Bubble Troll is near unplayable on my (admittedly crappy) computer, so I haven't given it a fair go. From what I can tell, Trapped is more succinct, less frustrating, and it still raises a smile.
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call me biased but I dont have ep2Log in to see images!
plus that walnut is a pretty cool guy
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Bubble-troll was funny, but seemed almost an afterthought, and was fairly difficult. I wonder how many people actually played it to completion? Also it wasn't integrated into the story as well as it should have been.
Trapped in the cupboard, however, due to it's completely unexpected {in a good way), short and easy nature, was a complete joy. It also fit into the Forumwarz world perfectly as an actually part of your characters journey through the internet, rather than being a out-of-body backstory type thing, ala Bubble-troll.
TTDR: I enjoyed both, but Trapped in the Cupboard takes my vote.
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I grew up on tldr text adventures so Bubble Troll was alot more engaging to me. It could have used a little more polish but it was still a great effort. It's a shame it couldn't have been integrated into the game better, but I understand the reasoning behind that choice.
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I liked Trapped in the closet, just because I couldn't play Bubble Troll.
plus there's no peen for Bubble Troll IIRC
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I found Bubble Troll to be a frustrating mess, but funnier and more rewarding than Trapped in the Closet.
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Bubble Troll was a mbumive tl;dr, and the one time I did make an attempt at it I got miserably stuck very quickly.
Trapped in the cupboard on the other hand, I was able to get through in clbumic text adventure style (go everywhere, pick up everything, when all else fails use every verb with every object) and got some laughs along the way. Just had to go back later to pick up the gun and say hi to the walnut so as to fully complete it and get the peen. Log in to see images! man-man edited this message on 08/26/2009 12:13PM
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BoP solidarity.
Trapped in the Closet doesn't even qualify as a text adventure game.
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It counts if you're counting Pick Up the Phone Booth and Die:
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I picked up the phone booth and died. Log in to see images!
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Well, it's just that it told me not to. Log in to see images!
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oh fine im sorry i wont' do it again
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bubble troll because its the only text adventure also its actually hard
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Blaaaagh! Why'd you tell me! I can't resist hovering over a spoiler tag! Do I really seem like I have much impulse control Log in to see images!
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sry Log in to see images!
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Solved it without your spoiler Log in to see images!
The sequel is better.
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meeeeeeeeee Posted:
You mean pick up the phone booth and aisle?
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23 Kan. App. 2d 443
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STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. RAYMOND ROTHER, Appellant.
1. A defendant shall be liable for court costs upon conviction in a criminal proceeding. K.S.A. 22-3801(a).
2. Witness fees may be assessed by a district court as court costs in a criminal proceeding. K.S.A. 1995 Supp. 28-172a(d).
3. Under the facts of this case, the district court did not err in its order allowing the expert witness fees incurred by the State to be assessed against the defendant as additional court costs.
Appeal from Harvey District Court; RICHARD B. WALKER, judge. Opinion filed February 7, 1997. Affirmed.
Rhonda Keylon Levinson, special appellate defender, and Steven R. Zinn, deputy appellate defender, for appellant.
Mary A. McDonald, county attorney, and Carla J. Stovall, attorney general, for appellee.
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KNUDSON, J.: Raymond J. Rother appeals the district court's order requiring him to pay as court costs the witness fee charged by the State's expert to testify at trial. He does not challenge the reasonableness of the fee. We affirm.
At Rother's probation revocation hearing, the State called an expert witness from a testing laboratory to establish that Rother's urine test was positive for cocaine and marijuana; usage of the drugs constituted a violation of his probation.
"It is well settled in [Kansas] that upon conviction in a criminal action the defendant is liable for the costs made in both the prosecution and defense of the case." State v. Shannon, 194 Kan. 258, 263, 398 P.2d 344, cert. denied 382 U.S. 881 (1965).
K.S.A. 22-3801(a) specifically requires the district court to charge a convicted defendant with the court costs incurred.
Thus, the issue is whether the fee charged by the State's expert witness to testify falls within the category of court costs to be assessed.
K.S.A. 1995 Supp. 28-172a(d) states: "All other fees and expenses to be assessed as additional court costs shall be approved by the court . . . . Additional fees shall include, but are not limited to . . . witness fees." This statute expressly authorizes a district court to do precisely what was done in this case.
Rother's reliance on State v. Jones, 11 Kan. App. 2d 428, 724 P.2d 146 (1986), is misplaced. In Jones, the State attempted to recover costs incurred in apprehending five inmates after their escape from the Kansas State Penitentiary at Lansing. The Court of Appeals concluded that investigation expenses by a governmental entity are not recoverable as reparations or restitution under what is now K.S.A. 21-4610(d)(1) or K.S.A. 22-3717(k). Whether a witness fee may be included as court costs under K.S.A. 1995 Supp. 28-172a(d) is a clearly distinguishable issue from that of Jones.
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Mobile Symphony, $10,000
To support the Preludes program. The music enrichment project will provide weekly music classes to elementary school children.
New York Philharmonic (Consortium), $50,000
To support a consortium project called the School Partnership Program. Students in the second through fifth grades will attend workshops held by New York-trained teaching artists.
Orange County s Pacific Symphony, $50,000
To support the Class Act Music Education Program. The project will pair Orange County schools with orchestral musicians in year-long, sequentially structured classroom programs and concert experiences.
Owensboro Symphony, $20,000
To support Owensboro Symphony Orchestra's Youth Educational Services (OSO-YES!). The project will provide activities in which students explore symphonic music.
San Francisco Symphony (on behalf of San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra), $50,000
To support the Artist Development Program. Designed to complement the Youth Orchestra's core program of weekly rehearsals and concert performances, students will receive coaching, apprenticeships, mentorships, and specialized training in chamber music, instrument care, and auditioning techniques.
Spokane Symphony Orchestra (Consortium), $20,000
To support music education programs. Offered in partnership with school districts in Washington and Northern Idaho, the program will provide opportunities for students to participate in ensembles and coaching, and sectional rehearsals with professional musicians, as well as chamber music instruction.
Tacoma Symphony Orchestra, $15,000
To support Simply Symphonic. The integrated elementary school music education program will be offered at no cost to fifth grade students in Pierce County public and private schools.
American Composers Forum (Consortium), $50,000
To support a consortium project for Composers Suitcase, a new music curriculum. In partnership with the MacPhail Center for Music, the series will focus on music creation and improvisation, and will be tested in schools in Minnesota and Washington, DC.
American String Teachers Association, $48,000
To support Careers in String Teaching. The professional development program is designed to assist high school string and orchestral teachers in developing curriculum and lesson plans.
Boston University, $30,000
To support the Young Artists Orchestra and Young Arts Wind Ensemble programs of the Tanglewood Institute. High school musicians will receive individual music instruction and ensemble opportunities through rehearsals and performances, master classes, and coaching sessions led by resident artists and ensembles such as the Synergy Quintet and Vento Chiaro Wind Quartet.
The Juilliard School, $15,000
To support the continuation of the Music Advancement Program. The project will involve concentrated musical training for public school children (ages 8 to 16) from all New York City boroughs.
Midori Foundation, $30,000
To support Adventures in Making Music. The program will offer free twice-weekly instruction in woodwind, brass, percussion, and violin to inner-city youth.
Project STEP, $15,000
To support the continuation of the String Training and Educational Program (STEP). Targeting gifted, at-risk youth, the program provides private lessons, classroom instruction and master classes, performance opportunities, academic and career counseling, and musical instrument loans.
Tales & Scales, $30,000
To support Imagine That! The residencies at Evansville schools will provide opportunities for students to participate in collaborative artistic processes and demonstrate their acquired skills in music, theater, and dance.


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NAND basics
Bad Blocks
NAND memory apparently gets shipped with blocks that are already bad. The vendor just marks those blocks as bad, thus resulting in higher yield and lower per-unit cost. Thus, the flash will in the end contain three kinds of blocks:
- Factory-Default bad blocks
- Worn-out bad blocks
- Good blocks
The only block that is guaranteed to be good, is the first block (first 16kBytes).
We are also guaranteed that a minimum of 4016 blocks (out of the total 4096) are good. This means up to 80 blocks (1.3MBytes) can be dead, resulting in a total guaranteed amount of working NAND storage of 65798144 bytes.
The solution is split into various pieces, one at each level.
Boot loader
The boot loader itself contains a small first-stage boot loader for the S3C2410 Steppingstone.
This code (mostly written in ARM assembly) was altered to detect and skip bad blocks. This means, the first stage bootloader can itself extend over bad blocks.
This also menas that the flashing routine needs to detect and skip bad blocks, resulting in a u-boot image that can have gaping holes ;) The existing "traditional" sjf2410-linux JTAG flashing program is not detecting bad blocks (Note: this might be changed through a compile option, see below)
The u-boot environment is traditionally stored at a fixed location within the NAND flash. This is not acceptable, since it could be a factory-set bad block.
The solution that was implemented for OpenMoko/Neo1973 was to put the in-flash address of the environment into the out-of-band (OOB) area of the first block (the one which is guaranteed to be good). Since the environment address is unlikely to change often, the 1000 erase cycles guaranteed for the first block are good enough.
The exact location is byte 8..15 of the 16byte OOB area, starting with the four ASCII bytes ENVO, followed by the little-endian 32bit unsigned integer of the NAND address where the environment is located.
The u-boot "dynenv get" command can be used to read out a pre-programmed Environment offset from NAND, and the "dynenv set" can be used to write the offset (if the last eight bytes of OOB area are erased (0xff)).
Partition Table
Since those up to 80 factory-bad blocks can be located about anywhere in NAND, we have to accomodate for this worst case. However, we cannot just make every partition 1.3MB larger than it needs to be, since this would waste a lot of otherwise good flash.
The only solution to this (that Harald could think of) is to dynamically calculate a partition table for each device. Every NAND flash has different factory-bad blocks at different locations, thus the partition table on every NAND flash will look different.
So as an example, lets' assume we have a 0x30000 (196k) bytes sized partition for u-boot, starting ad address 0 in NAND. If there were no bad blocks, it would extend from 0x00000 to 0x30000. From 0x30000 to 0x230000 (2MB) we have the kernel partition.
Let's now assume that blocks 0x20000 and 0x28000 (each 0x4000 in size) are marked as factory-bad. Thus, in order to have 0x30000 bytes of usable storage, the uboot partition actually extends from 0x00000 to 0x38000. This shifts the start address of the kernel partition to 0x38000.
If the kernel partition contains more bad blocks, the start address of the rootfs partition (following the e kernel partition) is further shifted down to the end.
Those calculations have been implemented as u-boot "dynpart" command. Once you issue "dynpart", the partition configuration is put in the "mtdparts" environment variable. If you "saveenv" the environment, it is saved into the non-volatile environment partition.
Bad Block Table (BBT)
Since the usual bad block marker in the OOB area does not allow us to distinguish between factory-bad and worn-out-bad blocks, we need to store this information elsewhere. This places is called bad-block table (BBT), and it is placed as a bitmap into the last two working/good blocks at the end of NAND. To increase security, a backup of those two blocks is kept in the next two working/good blocks just before.
The BBT location itself is identified by special markers (BBT0/BBT1) in the OOB area of the first page of the respective erase blocks.
The BBT consists of two bits per block, which distinguish the three conditions (factory-bad/worn-out/good).
Both u-boot and Linux implement the same BBT layout and thus interoperate quite well.
BBT creation
The BBT is created once a BBT-implementing u-boot is started for the first time. The BBT scanning code assumes that the NAND is completely erased, i.e. only contains 0xff as content. Any block that contains bytes != 0xff in the OOB is marked as "factory bad" block.
Flashing from u-boot
The kernel is contained in its own partiton QT2410#NAND. We have to flash it using the
nand write.e
command, and read it later again via
nand read.e
command. Those two variants (as opposed to their non-".e"-postfixed versions) simply skip bad blocks
As opposed to using fixed NAND flash addresses, we can use the mtd partition names. Thus, the magic of device-specific dynamic partition layout is all hidden neatly from the user. A flash command using a partiton name looks like:
nand write.e 0x32000000 kernel
Where 0x32000000 is the source address in RAM, and 'kernel' is the name of the kernel partition.
Root Filesystem
The root filesystem uses JFFS2, which is already bad block tolerant. It, too, has to be written using the
nand write.e
command in u-boot
Flash Tool
sjf2410 (during development)
The sjf2410-linux tool has a compile-time option to check (and skip) bad blocks. If we use this for flashing u-boot, we will preserve the bad block info, once u-boot steppingstone code has been enhanced to skip bad blocks.
for production?
I have no idea how flashing during the production process is supposed to happen.
Tentative new Flash memory layout
start size name 0x00000000 0x00030000 196KB u-boot 0x00030000 0x00004000 16KB u-boot environment 0x00034000 0x00200000 2MB kernel 0x00234000 ... jffs2


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If 2011 was a year of simple, powerful narratives — of revolution and sweeping change — 2012 was when things got a lot more complicated.
The aftermath of the Arab Spring's upheavals saw uneasy transitions toward democracy. The exhilaration of freedom dissolved in the face of new struggles and contests for power: in Tunisia, Egypt and elsewhere, the streets are once again filled with protesters angry over the advent of religious radicalism, the return of authoritarianism and the unemployment and tough economic conditions that remain. In Syria, peaceful demonstrations in 2011 morphed into a bitter, bloody civil war that has claimed over 40,000 lives and rages on. Hostilities between Israel and its adversaries in the occupied territories were once more renewed as the peace process collapsed and the road map to a two-state solution looked to have been crumpled up and tossed away. And in the U.S., a seemingly endless, costly election cycle served only to restore the status quo: the re-elected President Obama faces many of the same challenges and obstacles he did before Nov. 6.
Throughout 2012, TIME's unparalleled photojournalists were there. We stood within the tumult of Tahrir Square and shared moments of quiet with the world's most powerful President. We documented both the ravages of war on Syria's blasted cities and the devastation nature wrought on our own backyard in the Northeast. At a time when so much hangs in the balance, bearing witness can be the most essential act — and that's what we do.
—Ishaan Tharoor


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One of the easiest ways to personalize your BlackBerry® smartphone is to change the default Sounds and Alerts Profiles. I'd like to provide an overview of how these profiles work and what options you can modify to suit your needs! This means custom sounds and alerts for anything ranging from phone calls, messages, reminders and browser content in addition to other applications.
This overview will be applicable for any BlackBerry smartphone that is using BlackBerry® 6. If you are using a different version of BlackBerry® Device Software, check out the user guide for information on how to configure the Sounds and Alerts Profiles on the operating system for your BlackBerry smartphone. In case you don't know which version of BlackBerry Device Software you are using, check out this knowledge base article.
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Today's tutorial is on how to piece the Schoenrock Cross block using the foundation paper piecing method.
First off a few general tips on foundation paper piecing:
First off a few general tips on foundation paper piecing:
- Always remember you are working in reverse, the image on the paper template is the mirror image of what your finished block will look like.
- Because of that I always keep an extra printout of the templates, or finished block design next to my sewing machine for reference.
- Use a very short stitch length and a larger size needle, this will make it a lot easier to remove the paper from the wrong side of the block.
- I use regular (cheap) printer paper to print out my foundation templates.
- Over estimate the amount of fabric you will need for each section, especially if there is a diagonal seam. The last thing you want to be doing is unpicking seams with tiny stitches because you came up short of fabric. Trust me I know it has happened to me many times!
- If you hold up your pattern against a source of light you can check if the fabrics are in the right place before sewing them down.
Block Pattern Templates, click here.
Block construction:
Finished block size 10"
The block consists of four corner blocks and a centre cross section.
The cross section is made up of 2" squares (1 1\2" finished) and 2" x 3 1\4" rectangles (1\12" x 2 3\4" finished) Refer to my previous post on fabric choices for different options in making up the cross section. I suppose in theory you could paper piece the squares and rectangles needed but why bother when it is so much easier to just cut them. So I didn't include the cross section in the pattern templates.
Step 1 - Piecing the cross section.
For the centre cross section cut:
Four rectangles 2" x 3 1\4"
Four end squares 2" x 2"
One centre square 2" x 2"
- Piece two sets of 1 rectangle and end square.
- Piece one centre strip in the following order (refer to the diagram below): end square, rectangle, centre square, rectangle, end square.
Step 2 - Foundation paper piecing the corner blocks
2. Place the first two fabrics for section A1 and A2 right sides facing on the wrong side of the template, hold up against the light to check if they are in the right place and sew.
3. Fold back the pattern template along the seam and trim back the seam allowance to 1\4"
4. Fold the foundation paper back and press the block on the fabric side.
5. Repeat steps 2-4 for the next two sections of block A.
6. Trim back all seam allowances to 1\4" on all sides of the block.
7. Repeat steps 2- 6 for section B
8. Join sections A & B, make sure to match up the points and pin them in place. I like to sew a row of longer length basting stitches first to make sure everything matches up correctly. This seam is easier to unpick should the sections not match up.
10. Join the top two squares and centre strip.
11. Join the bottom two squares and centre strip.
12. Join the long centre strip to one complete half of your block.
14. Sew the top half to the bottom half to complete the block and remove all paper from the wrong side of the fabric.
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Don't forget to show off your blocks in the Schoenrock Cross QAL group !

I'll be busy working on the freezer paper tutorial next!
x Leila


text: On Mon, 22 Oct 2007, Joe Landman wrote: > It is, from what I am told, possible to run windows entirely from the command > line. I have not been able to myself (haven't tried in the last few years). I thought that this was no longer true as of xp, although maybe the question is just what "run windows entirely from the command line" means, or which version of windows. The times I have to mess with windows management on server or client I still almost always have to work through a GUI, though I freely admit that I'm not a Windows god. > It is possible to run sshd via cygwin (and I think through the unix services > bit). You can do a lot with Windows via cygwin, as you say. >> by MS for Windows (as opposed to Linux) is that they need to have well >> defined hardware abstraction and the VM to real hardware layer tightly >> controlled, because it very important for digital rights management (to >> make sure that nobody can put a shim layer in and tap off the protected >> content). What is perceived as a virtue in the Linux world is viewed as a >> terrifying hole in the MS Windows DRM world. > > I am fairly sure that DRM wasn't on the mind of the designers around the > time of the Windows NT Alpha. It was serendipity (for them) that they were > able to use minor display architectural shifts to enable this "needed" > functionality. > > I remember seeing the NT-Alpha version on some DEC boxen at SC95 or 96 or > something like that. Someone was trying to convince me then that NT was the > death of Unix in supercomputing. I didn't hear much about digital media > rights management. Well, the DRM folks are all forgetting one of the essential features shared by many complex systems -- Unix, DNA and evolution, dictatorship and politics, cable TV. Ultimately all of these things manage information flow, and attempts to control information flow require absolute control over all channels, which essentially never happens. Even when it appears to have happened it probably hasn't. This is the part of the Internet's robust design (intended to survive nuclear war, remember) -- the Internet views control as damage and routes around it. So to be honest, it is and will remain nearly impossible for anyone to prevent a shim layer being inserted in what is (after all) software to tap off protected content. Ultimately, that content has to be rendered for human eyes and ears -- it has to be transformed from bits and bytes into a signal that is a direct representation of the information supposedly being protected. And what are you going to do about that? A couple of banana clips, a second computer, and I've got direct access to any music that could conceivably be played on my computer (presuming I can't find a dozen ways to tap it and copy it lower down). Any signal that can be delivered to a display device can similarly be tapped -- if necessary inside the display device with aforementioned clips. The point being, they can never, ever prevent the Chinese from knocking off infinity copies of any DVD ever made, any CD ever recorded, any book ever published (electronic or otherwise). It is a joke to even pretend otherwise. Nor can they control India, Pakistan, Iran, any African nation, most of South America -- pretty much any really poor country is going to pretty much turn a blind eye on attempts to rip off our "intellectual property" richness. For $1 per DVD, any visitor to China can return with any movie ever made, including a lot that haven't yet been released on DVD. IMO, the DMCA and DRM in general is pissing into a hurricane. I personally actually try to mostly respect it, but find me one teenager on the planet who does. Find me a dozen humans under maybe 25 or 30 who do. Hell, most ADULTS I know only obey it to the extent that it is convenient to them. It is silly beyond measure to try to engineer an operating system that more or less deliberately obstructs something that a huge portion of your customer base views as a God given right, whatever the "law" says about it. And I'm not sure that's really what's going on here. I think we're really seeing a healthy thing that is perhaps driven by actual technical considerations. As has been indicated several times in the thread, operating systems (including Linux, all versions) have over time been "gooped up". Given the temptation of unlimited memory resources and ever increasing processor speed, it has been easy to add more and more and more "stuff" down low, breaking up the original modularity of things with overintegration. Periodically it is good to decruft code and reconsider the optimal split between core and UI across the board. Sometimes this means fixing a big mistake with major changes. I'm really pretty amazed that Microsoft is taking the risks associated with this (and with Vista in general). Vista has almost certainly cost them significantly in the business world, and I doubt that they've paid the full price yet. Redoing the core kernel and obsoleting the knowledge of a whole generation of MCSEs is another huge risk, one that has cost big companies major market share in years past, since if you have to retrain in mid-career (when companies would just as soon fire you and hire new young cheap replacements) you're likely to retrain with something else, especially if it is something less likely to undergo that kind of traumatic rearrangment. Interesting times... rgb -- Robert G. Brown Duke University Dept. of Physics, Box 90305 Durham, N.C. 27708-0305 Phone(cell): 1-919-280-8443 Web: http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb Lulu Bookstore: http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=877977


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Chinese New Year – the Year of the Horse begins Friday – is a time when celebrants splurge on dishes whose names sound similar to their wishes for the coming year: luck, wealth, health and long life.
Names and symbols matter, especially at Chinese New Year when people celebrate with foods rich in meaning. Chinese New Year – the Year of the Horse begins Friday – is a time when celebrants splurge on dishes whose names sound similar to their wishes for the coming year: luck, wealth, health and long life. Yu, the name for fish, for example, sounds like the names for wish and prosperity. In addition to dishes with auspicious names, foods are prepared in ways that express the wish for longevity and completeness. Fish, chicken and duck are served whole, with their heads for example, and noodles are uncut.
"For Chinese families, the dinner before Chinese New Year is especially important, like Thanksgiving," said Ophelia Liu, financial manager at Quincy Asian Resources. "We will prepare many dishes – eight, 10 or 12, but never seven. Seven is the number for the dinner after a funeral."
Last weekend, Liu spent hours making one of her favorite New Year's foods – sticky rice cakes known as nian gao, symbolic for growth and prosperity. Nian means sticky and sounds like the word for year; and gao means cake and sounds like high or tall.
"Every Chinese family eats these," said Liu, who makes the steamed cakes for her relatives and friends from sticky rice power, brown sugar and coconut milk. "They are really good."
Another favorite is dried oysters with fat choy, a type of seaweed that is expensive because of harvesting restrictions.
"Some of the dishes cost a lot of money, but they are only once a year," said Andy Lau, manager of Tung Long Garden in Quincy. "Most families will save money for Chinese New Year because they feel that to eat these foods is to bring them good luck."
From Chinese New Year this Friday through mid-February, Lau expects many orders for dried oysters cooked with pig knuckles, Chinese vegetables, and fat choy. The second most popular dish is sea cucumber with dried Chinese mushrooms.
These dishes – and others – usually are available only during the New Year period and often are listed only in Chinese. Adventurous eaters need to ask a waiter to describe the New Year offerings, Lau said.
Whole fish, however, is a traditional New Year's dish often offered year-round. It is one of Lau's favorite New Year's foods. At Tung Long Garden, flounder is pan fried until crispy with green scallions and soy sauce. And whole fish – as opposed to a whole chicken with head and feet – is a dish that both non-Asian and Asian diners will order.
Many truly traditional New Year's dishes are overlooked by non-Asian customers, said Kevin Long, co-owner of Empire Asian Restaurant, and Red Lantern Restaurant, in Boston. In past years, the Asian chefs at Long's restaurants have prepared dishes that non-Asian customers rarely order. This year, his chefs will prepare Americanized versions that still retain authenticity.
Whole striped bass will be prepared in two ways: fried for crispy skin with a glaze of wine, miso and tomato or wok cooked with a brown sauce with ginger, scallion and sesame.
One of Long's signature New Year's dishes are arrow heads, a root vegetable whose arrowhead-shaped leaves symbolize growth and prosperity. Available only at this time of year, his chefs prepare them in two ways: stir fried with smoked bacon and spicy sauce and braised with roast pork, leeks and garlic.
"Everyone has to have them," Long said. "They're very beautiful and have a nice crunch and taste unique, half like a potato and half like a water chestnut."
About 8,000 people are expected to celebrate the new year at the Lunar New Year Festival from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 16 at North Quincy High, 316 Hancock St., Quincy. The festival will include food vendors, performances, demonstrations and a cultural village. Parking and admission are free. For information on the Lunar New Year Festival, go to www.quincyasianresources.org.
Jody Feinberg may be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or follow on Twitter @JodyF_Ledger.
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The Democrats' lost decade?
Democrats fell far short of winning the House in 2012, an otherwise banner year for the party, and many are privately glum about taking back the chamber in 2014.
But that grim immediate outlook raises a far more troubling longer-term prospect for Democrats: that the newly drawn congressional lines have tilted the electoral playing field so decisively in the GOP's favor that the party could control the House through 2020.
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That this, in other words, could be the Democrats' Lost Decade.
Three of the past four elections have produced partisan upheaval, so political forecasting must be approached with caution. Democrats say projecting beyond next year, let alone next month, is a fool's errand.
( PHOTOS: 13 things more popular than Congress)
But strategists in both parties say they are still reckoning with the long-term implications of Democrats' disastrous performance in 2010. Not only did they lose the House that year, but setbacks in state capitals meant that Republicans controlled the once-a-decade process of line drawing in 213 districts — nearly five times the number of districts Democrats had oversight over. And Republicans used that power with a vengeance.
The GOP effectiveness in erecting a gerrymandered fortress has created a paradox: Even in a fast-changing electorate, with many demographic trends favoring Democrats, the part of the national government that the Founders imagined would be most responsive to shifts in public opinion and voter behavior may actually be the least responsive.
The possibility of a decade or more of GOP House dominance is something Democrats – and even some Republicans, who still need to hit up donors – are loathe to talk about publicly. But make no mistake: Even as they struggle in presidential and Senate races, Republicans have a structural advantage in the House that could last through the next four elections.
Karl Rove, George W. Bush's political architect, stopped short of predicting that the speaker's gavel will remain in GOP hands through 2020. But he said the dual factors of sharp Republican line drawing and population shifts provided a solid foundation for the party.
"The impact," he said, "is certainly favorable to Republicans at the congressional level."
( Also on POLITICO: Dems' 2014 strategy: Own Obamacare)
Of the 435 districts that constitute the chamber, 242 tilt toward Republicans while 185 favor Democrats (another eight are evenly divided). In November, Mitt Romney - despite getting shellacked nationally – won 21 more congressional districts than President Barack Obama.
It's for that reason that Democrats, who are 17 seats shy of the majority, start out the midterm season at risk of losing ground. While there are 15 Democrats residing in GOP-tilting districts, only four Republicans are in Democratic-friendly ones. And the Cook Political Report lists 37 Democratic-held seats as being competitive, compared to just 28 Republican ones.
Redistricting is the single biggest factor driving the GOP's congressional power. When the process came to an end last year, 109 Republican seats were made safer as opposed to 67 Democratic seats. And 109 Democrat seats became more competitive, compared to just 96 Republicans.
Demographics also play a role. While Democrats are benefiting from a booming Latino population – a dynamic that's helping them in presidential and statewide races — the party's supporters have clustered in densely-packed, ethnically diverse urban population centers. The result is that wide swaths of suburban, exurban, and rural districts have been left to Republicans.
If Democrats are discouraged, they're putting on a brave public face. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee frequently out-performs its GOP counterpart in monthly fundraising, and the party's leaders maintain a sunny outlook about their prospects. In the final days leading up to the 2012 election, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi told aides she was convinced her party could win control.
But for all the blood, sweat, and tears the party pours into the battle for the House, there is also a sense that larger forces are at work.
"I can't worry about what's out of our control. I can worry about what's in our control," said Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Steve Israel (D-N.Y.). "If we play strong offense and strong defense [in 2014], there is a path – not an exceedingly wide path – but there is a path."


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Phantasmagoria Island
A new film by Martin Scorcese starring Curtis Craig and Leonardo DiCaprio.
A new film by Martin Scorcese starring Curtis Craig and Leonardo DiCaprio.
The epic conclusion to this Puzzle of Flesh is an orgy of slime, lightning, mucus, and alien weirdness in Dimension X. Who survives? Who dies? Will Curtis prevail, or will Paul Warner's new weight loss drug usher in a new golden age of pharmaceuticals? More importantly, will Spoony survive with his sanity intact? All signs…file continues…
It's rough going at the loony bin. Joey Fatone is still looking for latex and McNuggets, Ed Norton is shrieking like a banshee, and there's a weird lady eating her own arm. Later, the drama reaches a fever pitch as Trevor finally reveals his dark secret: the Potato Story. Don't miss it!
What spells terror like a visit to your psychiatrist? Prepare yourself for a load of long, talky scenes that somehow makes the Senate scenes in the Star Wars prequels seem taut and suspenseful. Ah well, maybe now we'll finally figure out what's wrong with Curtis.
Curtis is a little shaken up over his latest demonic experience, so he and Gay Spoony head over to Chotchkies for some extreme fajitas. But what's this? Has Bastard Bob struck again and locked the Pensky File?
Let's sit down and play some Phantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of the Flesh! I've never actually played this game before, so join me on an all new rollercoaster ride through FMV Hell!


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Our friend Victoria from the Developer Relations team sat down with Jane McGonigal, one of the featured speakers at BlackBerry® DevCon Americas 2011, to chat about game development as well as "gamification": how gaming concepts can apply to real world challenges. Jane highlights the growth of a gaming generation, and looks to the future when this group will become the majority of the workforce. Lastly, she touches upon the importance of exploring the applicability of gaming early on in order to fully understand this trend. Check out a full video of the interview above!
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LA GRANGE – Double the space could mean double the fun at Kama Indian Bistro, which will debut a new bar and expand its cocktail and beer menu when it moves around the corner to its new home at 9 S. La Grange Road in early July.
The move will allow Kama, currently at 8 W. Burlington Ave., to more than double its seating capacity, from 50 to 115. A bigger kitchen will help owner Vikram Singh increase Kama's menu, which could include more weekend specials and more experimenting with the restaurant's from-sratch sauces.
But the most immediate change will be an enlargened bar and lounge area situated near open windows.
"I think the atmosphere is going to be really nice," Singh said.
Kama currently has a bunch of cocktails it can't keep on the menu, Singh said, but they'll be available regularly come mid-summer.
"We want this place to be built on that and really establish that as a strong point of the restaurant," Singh said of his cocktail menu.
Singh said he hopes to open for lunch around 11:30 a.m. from Thursday or Friday through Sunday. He also hopes to stay open until midnight on Friday and Saturday, depending on business. Currently, Kama opens at 3 p.m. on weekends and closes at 10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
Kama's new location was previously occupied by Cafe 103, which had its lease terminated after a legal battle with the property's owner.


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Peak Flow Meter: What Exactly Does it Measure?
My daughter uses her peak flow meter as an objective tool to be able to know if she is not breathing well or not. Sometimes it gives her a good reading when she does not think she is breathing well at all. We have asked many people about this including her pulmonary doctor. He says he does not know why this happens.
One nurse told us it is because it measures the large airways only and does not account for all the many smaller airways. Does this mean that my daughterâs problems are concerning the small airways and the peak flow meter is not designed to be used with them?
Sometimes she gets a bad reading and she is like âThat is what I thoughtâ and then she does her rescue inhaler. But on those times where she is like âWhy isnât my breathing good like my reading says it is?â—she does not know whether to take her rescue inhaler or not. It is very disconcerting because she wants that objective "voice" from her peak flow meter. By the way, we used to throw those away thinking something was wrong with the device, but that was not it (just in case you were wondering too). I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW ANSWER TO THIS.
Her asthma started in 5th grade when we noticed she did not recover well from the flu. She takes Adair 100/50 2x a day every day except when she has been sick and then she goes up to 250. It is usually well-controlled. She has tried Singular and breathes even better when she is on it along with Adair, but Singular makes her mood alter towards depression or other times high anxiety. She loves the way it helps her breathing but she cannot take the mood changes. I also would like to know if maybe taking it every other day would be any different.
Thanks for help – it is so hard to come by. Oh yes, my daughter is 21 so it has been a long time dealing with asthma.
In general, a peak flow meter is used to monitor air flow. The meter is not calibrated like the sprio machines at the doctors office or pulmonary lab so it is not an exact measuring tool. It is used to monitor trends in airflow only. The reading is "effort dependent" which means the size of the breath and technique can affect the reading.
The measurement is best taken in a standing position to obtain maximal expansion of the diaphragm. Three measurements should be taken and the best of the 3 readings recorded. If she has an asthma action plan it is generally set up based on symptoms alone or symptoms and peak flow readings. Follow the plan for determining rescue or other medication use.
Other conditions such as allergies, sinus disease, uncontrolled acid reflux and vocal cord dysfunction can cause shortness of breath without causing a change in the peak flow readings. Your daughter may want to discuss any concerns with her provider.
There have been reports Singulair, Accolate and Zyflo can cause agitation, aggression, anxiousness, dream abnormalities, hallucinations, depression, insomnia irritability, restlessness, tremor, suicidal thinking or suicide. The FDA has requested the manufacturers of each of these medicines include a precaution in their drug labeling. It is unlikely every other day dosing would eliminate the depression your daughter has experienced on the drug; therefore it is best for your daughter to talk to her doctor about possible alternative medications if her asthma is not fully controlled.
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2007 Ford Explorer ReviewThis car review is specific to this model, not the actual vehicle for sale.
A family favorite with a strong record for safety.
Ford Explorer is a traditional midsize SUV with body-on-frame construction. Available with V6 or V8 power, it competes against the Chevy TrailBlazer, Jeep Grand Cherokee, Toyota 4Runner, and Nissan Pathfinder.
Explorer was completely redesigned for the 2006 model year and we were pleased with the new steering, the new suspension, and the new brakes, all of which were vastly improved over the previous-generation. The latest Explorer is quieter than previous models, and it rides better. It also leans less in corners and the brakes are more responsive. The rear seats fold flatter, and the interior has been improved throughout. More important, it's a very nice vehicle that's pleasant to live with and it compares well with the competition.
With the V8 engine, the Explorer is rated to tow up to a whopping 7,300 pounds; that's about as much as a Jeep Grand Cherokee with a Hemi. And Explorer is rated to carry up to 1,520 pounds of payload.
Explorer earned the best possible impact protection rating in the government's crash tests: five stars for the driver in a frontal impact, the front-seat passenger in a frontal impact, front-seat occupants in a side impact, and rear-seat occupants in a side impact. (This was in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's 2006 model-year New Car Assessment Program.) Ford says the Explorer is designed to meet all known federal frontal- and side-impact crash requirements through 2010.
For 2007, Ford has simplified the model lineup. The Safety Canopy side air-curtain system is now standard on Eddie Bauer and Limited. An auxiliary audio input jack is now standard, and power-retracting running boards and heated windshield wipers are available. And the available rear-seat DVD entertainment center comes with a larger, eight-inch screen.
The most important change for 2007 might be the new interior door handles, of all things. We found the door pulls on the 2006 models awkward, traceable to thick armrests engineered for crash protection. This situation has been improved for 2007.
Though car-based SUVs, or crossovers, such as the Ford Edge are gaining in popularity for their smoother ride, better handling, and easier interior access, the Explorer remains a good choice for families that tow. Explorer's truck-based chassis gives it towing capability, while its clever independent rear suspension smoothes the ride for back-seat passengers.
The 2007 Ford Explorer lineup comprises the XLT 2WD ($25,300), XLT 4WD ($27,595), Eddie Bauer 2WD ($28,300), Eddie Bauer 4WD ($30,595), Limited 2WD ($31,400), and Limited 4WD ($33,659). All are available with the standard 4.0-liter V6 and five-speed automatic transmission or an optional 4.6-liter V8 with a six-speed automatic ($1,200).
Standard equipment on the XLT includes cloth low-back bucket seats with manual driver lumbar adjustment; 60/40-split folding second-row bench seat with back-rest recline; power windows with one-touch-down driver window; remote entry key fobs; air conditioning; AM/FM/CD/MP3 audio with auxiliary input jack; cargo management system; center console; two 12-volt power points; load-floor tie-down hooks; two-line message center with outside-temperature readout; privacy glass; one-piece liftgate with flip-open rear window; fold-away electric remote exterior mirrors; black roof side rails; 16-inch, painted aluminum wheels with P235/70R16 all-season tires; fog lamps; AdvanceTrac with Roll Stability Control; and a tire pressure monitoring system. XLT options include leather seating surfaces with heated front seats ($995), heated windshield ($300), and navigation ($2,505). The Ironman Package ($1,495) for XLT celebrates Ford's sponsorship of the Ironman World Championship with Ironman logos; 18-inch, machined-aluminum wheels; unique 10-way, leather trimmed, heated front seats; and exclusive Orange Frost paint.
Eddie Bauer adds automatic headlights; exterior mirrors with approach lights; fixed running boards; 17-inch, painted aluminum wheels with all-season tires; second-row dome lights; wood-grain interior accents; overhead console; four-line message center; electrochromic rearview mirror; leather upholstery; 10-way-power seat for the driver; illuminated visor vanity mirrors; keyless entry with keypad; and Safety Canopy.
Limited adds heated exterior mirrors; 18-inch, machined-aluminum wheels with all-season tires; unique interior wood-grain accents; dual-zone electronic climate control; Audiophile AM/FM audio with six-disc, in-dash CD, MP3 playback and subwoofer; auxiliary climate control; unique floor console; Reverse Sensing System; heated seats; leather-wrapped steering wheel with cruise and audio controls; and a third-row manual-folding seat.
Seating choices include a manually folding third-row seat ($845) on XLT and Bauer, standard on Limited. A Power-folding third row is optional on all models. A four-bucket-seat configuration, with comfortable second-row captain's chairs, is available ($795) on Bauer and Limited. The third-row seat comes standard on the Limited, but can be deleted for credit (-$375), providing a flatter cargo floor.
Other options include a power glass sunroof ($850); rear-seat DVD entertainment ($1,295); power adjustable pedals ($150); rear heat and air conditioning ($675), Sirius Satellite Radio ($195); and power-retractable running boards ($695).
Safety features include the same roll stability control system already used by Volvo and Land Rover. It intervenes with throttle and brakes when the computer senses an impending tip over. Other safety features standard on all Explorers are seat-mounted side-impact air bags, adaptive energy-absorbing steering column, and passenger classifier in the front passenger seat. Safety Canopy air bags, standard on Limited and Bauer, are optional ($560) on XLT.
Up front, Ford Explorer looks like an F-150 pickup with finer, scaled-down features. At the same time, its generous use of chrome, big-and-bold lamps, and square-cornered aero mirrors make this latest-generation Explorer look more like a Lexus SUV than a Ford, and we mean that in the most complimentary way.
Between the elaborate lamps front and back, however, Explorer is a big, empty box with five large doors and a whole bunch of space inside.
Each Explorer trim level presents its own visual personality. XLT faces the world with a four-bar chrome grille, black wheel-lip moldings, and black roof rails. Black running boards are optional.
Bauer features a two-tone front bumper and an accent-color rear bumper; a three-bar chrome grille with side nostrils; accent-color wheel lip moldings; body-color exterior mirrors; silver roof rails with black end caps; and Pueblo Gold running boards.
Limited wears body-color front and rear bumpers; a chrome four-bar grille; chrome exterior mirrors; chrome roof rails with black end caps; body-color running boards; and body-color wheel lip moldings.
Everything inside the Ford Explorer was all-new last year, and continues for '07 with only minor detail changes. There are dark wood accents in most models and darker, richer wood for the Eddie Bauer version. The graphics are accented with metal surrounds both shiny and matte. On the downside, we saw a fair amount of glare reflected off the dash top onto the windshield.
The seats are at once more supportive and more comfortable than in older Explorers, where we found them a bit hard. The colors and trims and combinations are elegant and tasteful, the metallic trims just about right, not overdone.
Second-row seats are available as a 60/40 split bench with recline adjustment, or as two bucket seats and a console. The bucket seats are more comfortable for adults, but the bench seats fold down better for cargo.
The third row, when ordered, sits almost two inches higher than in an '05 or earlier Explorer, so kids can see out better. The third row is always a 50/50 split, but is available with manual or power folding and unfolding.
The cargo floor is completely flat when all the seats are folded, with almost no forward rise (2 degrees as opposed to 10 in older models). With three seats, you get 13.6, then 43.9, then 83.7 cubic feet of space as the seats fold down. The five-seater has slightly more room with the seats folded.
The DVD-based navigation system is very easy to use, with excellent colors and graphics, and a big eight-inch display.
The interior door handles are awkward to use, though this improves with familiarity.
Driving Impression
Two engines are available for the Ford Explorer. Both powertrains are smooth and quiet. With the lighter V6, the Explorer is a bit easier to turn and maneuver, but both engines are pleasant and competent. Choose the V8 if you pull trailers.
The 4.0-liter single-overhead-cam V6 features variable valve timing and is rated at 210 horsepower and 254 pound-feet of torque. It meets federal Tier II, Bin 4 emissions requirements for Ultra Low Emissions Vehicle II (ULEV II) status. With the V6, you get a five-speed automatic overdrive transmission.
The V8 is the latest from Ford's 4.6-liter Modular family, with single overhead camshafts and three valves per cylinder: two intake and one exhaust, for better breathing. It develops 292 horsepower, and 300 pound-feet of torque. The V8 delivers low emissions as well, meeting the Tier II, Bin 5 federal standard, which is compliant with California's Low Emissions Vehicle II (LEV II) standard. With the V8, you get a six-speed automatic with two overdrives, plus full electronic control of upshifting, downshifting and torque converter functions.
The steering has a nice, hefty feel at highway speeds, while still providing plenty of assist for parking. The suspension is relatively supple, giving the Explorer a nice ride on rough streets. Yet the Explorer does not lean excessively in corners, body roll is nicely controlled and there's a feeling of being solidly planted. The current chassis is some 63-percent stiffer than in older models; chassis rigidity is a key element for crisp handling and a smooth ride. Explorer manages to be isolated from the road, but well connected to it, at the same time.
Ford has done an exemplary job of insulating occupants from noise and vibration. The air conditioner is relatively quiet yet moves the air. Conversations are easily heard, the music sounds good, and the mirrors, with their square corners defying intuitive logic, are mercifully quiet, as are the tires.
The brakes work well, with much less pedal pressure and travel than before.
The Ford Explorer has never been better and represents an excellent choice among midsize sport utilities. It gets the basics right while paying attention to the details. We find the Explorer fully competitive in a tightly contested segment, succeeding as both an excellent machine and a high-value purchase. It's handsome, smooth, quiet, comfortable and competent.
New Car Test Drive correspondent Jim McCraw filed this report from Dearborn, Michigan.
Model Lineup
Ford Explorer XLT 2WD ($25,300): XLT 4WD ($27,595): Eddie Bauer 2WD ($28,300): Eddie Bauer 4WD ($30,595): Limited 2WD ($31,400): Limited 4WD ($33,659).
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Louisville, Kentucky; St. Louis, Missouri.
Options As Tested
V8 engine ($1,200); third-row seat ($845); rear air conditioning ($675).
Model Tested
Ford Explorer XLT 4WD ($27,595).For many years the Ford Explorer has been one of the best selling SUVs around. Though capable as a tow vehicle and able to venture off the highway, most Explorers spend their lives shuttling people and collecting groceries with luxurious ease. The Explorer can seat five occupants, but an optional third-row seat that folds flat permits a seven-passenger capacity. It comes with either a 210-hp 4.0-liter V-6 or a 292-hp 4.6-liter V-8. The V-6 is matched with a five-speed automatic and the V-8 is matched with a six-speed automatic. Either engine size can be equipped with Rear- or All-wheel drive. All the standard radios now come with and audio input jack for mp3 players. For 2007, The Ford Explorer simplifies its trim options.
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Yippee! Another Silver Medal for Team USAPosted by rtmsf on July 23rd, 2007
We continue to track the Tim Donaghy saga, and we're putting together a take on that situation as it relates to sports and basketball in general, but we wanted to make brief mention of the following score from Novi Sad, Serbia: Serbia 74, Team USA 69. Yeah yeah, we realize that the Serbs had home-court advantage and it's
probable possible that there were more than one Donaghy running around in FIBA gear out there, but once again a US team went into an international competition against its peers and came home with something less than the gold medal. In fact, the last time Team USA won the Under-19 competition was 1991, which means that this year's stars Deon Thompson and Patrick Beverly were still in diapers when we last won this event.
All Hail Serbian Dominance in International Hoops
Is it too much to ask that the United States, a diverse country of over 300 million people where among Gen Y basketball is the most popular participatory sport (over 39M youth participants in 2001) , put together a group of the best 19-year olds in the world? By comparison, Serbia has a total population of just over 10M and a youth population of just under 2.5M (or about the size of the Denver metro area). So, to recap, we have approximately 16 youth basketball players in the USA for every single one of Serbia's kids, and we still can't beat them in the game that we invented and honed in our tried and not-so-true-anymore system designed to produce the world's best players.
How Embarrassing to Lose to These Serbs
If we're sounding a bit like an old fart, that's fair. Sometimes we sure feel like one. We certainly realize that the world is catching up in hoops, and the days of any Team USA (from the junior teams all the way up to the Kobe-led Senior Team) rolling roughshod over cowering foreigners (see: Frederic Weis below) are over. But it seems lately that we can't win any of these competitions, and the same old tired excuses of "different style of play" and "national teams" are falling on our deaf ears.
Rather, we believe that there's a serious problem with our shoe-company driven AAU youth system that stresses 1-on-1 play over team basketball. To borrow from Rick Barry, it is incredibly frustrating to watch an amazing athletic talent and product of our "star system" like Lebron James play the game at such a high level yet still not know how to properly rub off of a basic screen – nobody ever took the time to teach him how to do it! Unfortunately for the game, fundamentals and team basketball fell by the wayside in the last generation, and we think that fact, more than any other, contributes to our continuing struggles in today's international competitions. The thing is, much like our health care delivery system, we never hear anyone within the industry say anything good about the broken AAU system, but rare is the man who actually steps to the plate and offers a viable alternative.
Well, at least we know to expect that Michael Beasley, Patrick Beverly and Deon Thompson will have breakout seasons next year.


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SANTIAGO (Reuters) - EU leaders won a promise from Argentina and Brazil on Saturday to revive stalled talks on a free-trade deal that would be a major prize for Europe as it emerges from crisis, but disputes over key issues mean a breakthrough appears distant.
At a summit in Santiago, German Chancellor Angela Merkel led the Europeans in a new push in the negotiations with the South American trade bloc Mercosur that is made up of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Venezuela and Uruguay.
In a region whose economies are in markedly better shape than Europe's, Merkel's persistence appeared to pay off after she met her Brazilian and Argentina counterparts and warned them not to revert to the kind of protectionism of the 1930s that deepened the Great Depression.
"A tremendous effort has been made to install new momentum into the discussions," the EU's Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht told Reuters during the summit. Asked if there had been a breakthrough, he said: "I think we have to be careful with that word. It's moving on the political front."
Five years after the global financial crisis and with the euro zone in its second recession since 2009, the European Union needs Latin America's buoyant economies. But it is frustrated by Brazil and Argentina's policies to protect local industry.
Both sides have now agreed to exchange offers by the end of the year on how far they are willing to go in opening up sectors ranging from services to agriculture and De Gucht said the European Union will reciprocate Mercosur's offers.
"We need to have open markets in terms of free trade and not protectionism," Merkel told a meeting of business leaders. "History taught us that in the '20s and '30s," she said, flanked by the pro-free trade presidents of Mexico and Chile.
Negotiations on a trade pact with Mercosur began in the 1990s and were relaunched in 2010. If successful, the accord would encompass 750 million people and $130 billion of annual trade.
But talks have yet to make real progress due to disputes over European farm subsidies and moves by Brazil and Argentina to shield local industry from cheaper, foreign-made imports.
In a further complication, Venezuela became a member of the bloc last year. Its president, Hugo Chavez, is an outspoken critic of free trade.
In the meantime, Brussels has signed free-trade deals with a number of Latin American countries, including Mexico, Peru and Chile, exposing a split between the free-trade advocates on the Pacific side and the more closed economies, such as Brazil, Argentina and Venezuela, on the other side of the continent.
Standing out in orange among other leaders' dark suits, Merkel shared a joke with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and Argentina's Cristina Fernandez as about 60 leaders posed for a summit photo.
"Within Mercosur, those in favor of this agreement have won the battle," said Gianni Pittella, vice president of the European Parliament, which has to approve the EU's trade pacts.
Europe wants to retain its influence in a region it conquered 500 years ago and where it remains the biggest foreign investor as China steps up its investment in mining and energy.
After decades of hyperinflation and financial crises, Latin America's economic fortunes are now better than Europe's. Latin America's economic output is expected to grow almost 4 percent this year, while the 17-nation euro zone will probably contract.
Latin America's per capita gross domestic product could double by 2030, according to the InterAmerican Development Bank, meaning Europe will have more potential buyers of its cars, luxury goods, banking services and pharmaceuticals.
Gathered at a luxury hotel in a part of the Chilean capital dotted with newly built glass skyscrapers, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos declared it was "Latin America's decade."
But differences with Argentina and Brazil represent a new hurdle to a Mercosur deal, one that Germany as Europe's top exporter is especially keen to see resolved.
Argentina's fiery, left-leaning Fernandez, slapped sweeping controls on imports in February 2012 in a bid to prop up the trade surplus and keep industry competitive as labor costs soar.
According to Global Trade Alert, an independent body monitoring commerce, Argentina is the world's worst offender when it comes to protectionist measures because the policies affect so many industries and sectors all over the world.
Neighboring Brazil - Latin America's largest economy - has also raised import barriers on goods ranging from European steel to powdered milk. In the first 10 months of 2012, Brazil opened 47 trade defense cases, more than double the number in all of 2011.
Additional reporting by Helen Popper, Alejandro Lifschitz and Anthony Esposito; Editing by Eric Walsh


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1995 Ford Mustang Cobra - Garden Snake
A Jersey boy gave the Cobra of his dreams a 750hp bite
Horse Sense: Being a legit '95 Cobra, Jay's ride is one of only 1,447 examples produced in Rio Red, and one of only 535 with black leather interior.
Jay Houlis has cherished Ford's dynamic ponycar since he took his first ride in one as a suburban New Jersey teen. The ride in question was in a built '88 Mustang GT, and he still remembers to this day how sweet the exhaust's tone note was when the torquey motor pinned him back into the bucket seat.
The ride was true bliss in his mind, and it forged a memory in Jay's cranium. It wasn't long after Jay earned his "license to speed" from the Garden State that he went looking for a pony to produce more memories. It just so happened that one of his older friends had a sweet '95 Cobra. It was a potent local car that young Jay always had eyes for. It was a one-owner ride, and the title holder steadily improved the car with induction mods and nitrous. That was fine with Jay, because deep down inside, he just knew one day he would own it.
While the prior owner of this Cobra swapped out the original 5.0 in favor of a 351W, and add a six-speed trans, Jay bided his time with an LX notch. It featured a Two-Valve, and Jay soon added a turbo to the mix. This 'Stang would be Jay's cruiser, until that fateful day when he once again he crossed paths with the built Cobra.
The Cobra had run into some difficulties. The owner grenaded the rearend, and it sidelined the car. Jay bellied up and hit the owner with a solid proposal—a straight up trade. He offered his notchback in exchange for the wounded snake. The owner jumped on the offer. Finally Jay owned the ride he had long desired.
Once Jay took possession, he started modifying the car's worn-out setup from the get go. First off, he removed the 8.8 rear and rebuilt it with a set of 3.73 gears.
It didn't take long for Jay to realize that the 351 had seen better days. After seeing the Mustang's small-block blow smoke continuously, he pulled the motor and tore it down for a complete rebuild. The 351 in question is an FRPP Sportsman block which was driven pretty hard. Jay had it cleaned up and punched out 0.040-inch. He then filled the block with forged D.S.S. 9.5:1 slugs, Eagle rods, a D.S.S. main girdle, and ARP main studs.
Maximizing the Windsor's power is a Turbonetics 78mm turbo dialed in at 15 pounds of boost. A huge front-mount intercooler peeks out from the front fascia, which hints that this Cobra means business. In addition to air-to-air intercooling, Jay employed an AEM methanol kit to keep the boost cool.
Jay takes pride in the fact that he did all the work himself, even tuning the engine to its 750 horses—first with an SDS system and eventually an ACCEL DFI Thruster. It's a good thing, as Jay states that if he couldn't do all the work himself, he never would have been able to afford such an impressive build.
To get this beast through the gears, Jay decided to go with an automatic, choosing Ford's bulletproof C4. The transmission is an Art Carr build. To install the C4 properly, Jay built a custom crossmember from scratch. After hooking up the new trans, Jay had to change the gears out back, taking out the 3.73s, replacing them with more automatic-friendly 3.55s.
In the future, Jay's on a quest for more power, so modifications to his potent setup are not out of the question. For now he's going to keep enjoying his creation, tearing up the streets of Northern Jersey with his big Mickeys out back. 5.0
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Engine and Drivetrain
Block: FRPP Sportsman 351W
Crankshaft: Stock w/ D.S.S. Racing main girdle and ARP studs
Rods: Eagle H-beam
Pistons: D.S.S. Racing forged, 9.5:1
Camshaft: Lunati 51012 cam with 0.544/0.560 lift, 232/242 duration, and a 114-degree lobe separation
Cylinder heads: Canfield port-matched to the intake manifold
Intake manifold: Edelbrock Victor Jr. w/ 3-in inlet elbow and
Power Adder: Turbonetics 78mm turbo w/ 39mm wastegate, 50mm blowoff valve, and AEM methanol injection
Fuel system: 255-lph fuel pump w/ Flowcharger pump booster, SX regulator, custom made fuel rails, and Trick Flow low-impedence 83-lb/hr injectors
Exhaust: Turbo headers w/ 3-in downpipe, dual MAC mufflers, and turndowns
Transmission: Art Carr C4 automatic w/ 3,200-stall UCC turbo converter featuring a billet stator and mechanical diode; a reverse-manual valvebody and transbrake; and Hurst shifter
Rearend: 8.8-in w/ Moser 31-spline axles, 3.55 gears, and an Auburn Pro differential
Engine management: ACCEL DFI
Ignition: Stock w/ MSD distributor and MSD 6AL
Gauges: Stock w/ Auto Meter fuel pressure, boost, water temp, oil pressure, and AEM wideband air/fuel gauge
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Suspension and Chassis
Front suspension
K-member: Stock
A-arms: Stock
Struts: Koni five-way adjustable w/ caster/camber plates
Springs: Stock
Brakes: Stock Cobra calipers w/ drilled and slotted rotors
Wheels: Weld Racing Pro Stars
Tires: Skinnies
Rear suspension
Shocks: Stock
Springs: Stock w/ airbag in the right rear
Control Arms: HP Motorsport Megabite Jr. lowers and double-adjustable uppers
Brakes: Stock w/ drilled and slotted rotors
Wheels: Weld Racing Pro Stars
Tires: Mickey Thompson 325/50-15 drag radials